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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, July 2. The
mashing army bomber attack
-upon Wake island does not
n e c e s s a rily
f o r e c ast the
opening of our
counter- march
westward
across the Pa
cific to Japan.
True, when
we get ready
for that march
we may soften
up Wake and
other advance
Jap bases with
Paul Mallon
heavy bombing, as a prelimin
ary step. But we will not be
ready until we are prepared to
go beyond Wake into the Mar
shall and Marianas islands as
well.
Wake Is within land -based
bomber range of Jap bases in
the Marshall and Marianas, and
hence can be held only with dif
ficulty unless they are also
taken. In fact. Wake should
fall into the lap of whoever can
hold these two other groups, so
we might take them first.
Meanwhile, we can make It as
uncomfortable for Japs there as
they could make it for us, if we
tried to seize it alone.
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DRIVATE government figures
on the probable future of
motor-riding Americans are al
most unbelievably dismal.
When Mr. Ickes whispered In
Mr. Roosevelt's ear urging a
rubber collection campaign, he
submitted certain figures which
were not made public.
These showed that if the war
lasted three years more, hardly
an American private car would
be left on the road, even if mile
age was reduced 25 per cent and
a 40-mile speed limit enforced.
They predicted 4,000.000 cars
would go off the road this year,
6.000,000 next, 7.000.000 in 1944.
leaving only S. 600. 000 cars rid-
Srig in 1945; 1,600.000 riding in
'1946 and none in 1947.
If a program for recapping
60 per cent of civilian tires
could be effected as a result of
this rubber drive, the situation
would become fairly satisfac
tory. Less than half as many
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SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Major Morris still in a fog
over a seven no trump vulner
able doubled and redoubled
hand In bridge which he bid and
played successfully.
Walter Degerness and Harold
Axland licking the heat by aris
ing almost in the middle of the
night to mow the Avland lawn.
Denny Edge extolling the
pleasant weather inside the Ice
arena, which opens Friday
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Average Oregonian's Rent $19.03
During 1940 Is
Washington, July 2
The average Oregonian paid
$19.03 a month for rent in 1940.
the bureau of census reported
today.
The city dweller paid on an
average $24.28 while those in
rural non-farm homes paid
$14.86. Families on rural farms
paid $11.67 which included the
dwelling only, not rental for the
land.
Monthly rents of $100 or
more were reported for 1,623 of
the 283,106 urban and rural non
farm units surveyed. More than
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By The Associated Press
China's fledgling air force,
pressing its first offensive in five
years of war against Japan, was
credited today with a big-scale
assault on Japanese military
targets along the Yangtze river,
while Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Sheks' armies coped with an in
creasingly grave situation on the
East China seaboard.
Dispatches from Chungking,
the war-time captal, said large
formations of Chinese bombers
pounded the enemy at Hankow
and Yochow. In North Hunan
province. All the raiders return
ed safely.
Hankow has served as a main
base for Japanese air raids on
Chungking.
On the fighting front, a Chi
nese army spokesman again de
nied a Tokyo claim that Japa
nese Invasion columns had seiz
ed the entire 450-mile Chekiang
Kiangsl railway.
In the battle of Australia,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters reported a series of al
lied aerial blows which indi
cated a sharp upshoot in United
Nations air strength.
Radio Highlight
s
' (Pacific war time)
i MBS network Is to broadcast
the annual all-star baseball game
on Monday, followed by the
Tuesday contest between the
'' winner of this event and a
team made up of baseball stars
j now in Uncle Sam's service.
The Monday game goes on at
1 3:15 p. m., the Tuesday broad
cast at 5:43 p. m.
Tonight: BLU 4:30 Sen. Pat
McGarran on "Port Office Sal
aries"; 6 Town Meeting "How
Shall We Deal With Germany
Aft-r the War?"
MBS S Salute to Gen. Mae
Arthur. Friday: MBS 7:15 a. m. Lib
erty production rally; 11:30 ajn.
Canada joint recital.
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Census Revelation
half, 52.S per cent, of these
units rented for less than $zo
per month. About one unit in
every six had rent of less than
$10.
Rents of tenant-occupied 'urb
an and rural non-farm dwellings
were lower in 1940 than in
1930. The median rent for urban
units in 1940 was $19.58 com
pared to $26.19 in 1830; -for
rural non-farm units it was
$11.47 compared to $12.53.
In urban and rural non-farm
areas the median rent of non-
white tenants was $14.40, while
whites paid $16.89.
Washington, July 2 OP)
President Roosevelt created a
military commission of seven
army generals to try eight per
sons accused of landing in Flor
ida and New York to try to com
mit sabotage.
The commission was set up
by means of a presidential mill.
tary order, and it will begin its
deliberations In Washington
July 8
The prosecution is to be con
ducted by the Attorney General
and the Judge Advocate Gen
eral, the military order said
Dowell and Kenneth Royall
will be counsel for the defense.
The death penalty is expected
to be sought by the govern
ment. Generals appointed to the
military tribunal are Major
Generals Frank R- McCoy, who
will preside; Walter S. Grant,
Blanton ' Winship and Lorenzo
D. Gasser and Brigadier Gener
als Gu V. Henry, John T. Lewis,
and John T. Kennedy, -
Housing Project
Lacks Materials
Portland, July 2 (TV-Chairman
W. J. Avlson of the Clack
amas county housing authority
asked priorities yesterday for
materials to complete a $2,000,
000 600-unit - housing project
near Milwaukie.
He conferred with ' Portland
officials seeking similar action
for 5700 units threatened by
shortages in Portland. .
Cautious Driving
Urged On Holiday
Salem, July 2 (IP) Secre
tary of State Earl Snell urged
automobile drivers and pedest
rians to exercise the utmost cau
tion over the Fourth of July
week-end. Last year four per
sons were killed July 4, and
three more died on July 5,
FIRST DROWNING
Bend, Ore., July 2. iP For
est service officials reported cen
tral Oregon's first drowning yes
terday that of Howard Collins,
14. Fort Klamath, who fell Into
a water-filled gravel pit at Crescent.
Premier Sees Hope
Of Egypt Victory
In Reinforcements
London, July 2 (JP Prime
overwhelming vote of confidence
today after he had gravely assessed the allied position in the
Mediterranean and middle east war zones as a near disaster
with a hope of victory pinned on "very considerable" rein
forcements now in progress.
The vote was 475 to 25.
The parliamentary victory
came at the end of a speech one
hour and 28 minutes long in
which Churchill staunchly de
fended his direction as the best
possible under the circumstances-
Dark Picture Limned
Churchill sketched a dark
picture of the Battle of Egypt.
He said it had developed "a re
cession of our hopes and pros
pects in the middle east and
Mediterranean unequalled since
the fall of France."
To this he added, without el
aboration, a statement that "at
any moment we may receive
news of grave importance."
The 475 to 25 vote left 115 of
the House's 615 members unac
counted for. Of the 115 some
members undoubtedly expres
sed partial disapproval of the
Churchill government by ab
staining from the vote but many
could not attend the session be
cause of wartime duties and oth
er causes.
Vote Draws Cheers
Tremendous cheering greeted
announcement of the vote.
which squelched the most seri
ous . challenge yet made to
Churchill's premiership. The
opposition vote was the highest
sine the Prime Minister took
office May 10. 1940.
The motion upon which the
vote was taken was the first
censure resolution introduced
against the present government.
Previous votes had been taken
on the government's own mo
tions. The latest of these was
464 to one vote of last Jan. 29.
The applause was still raging
when Churchill left the House
today. He stopped at the door,
turned, lifted his finger In the
"V-For-Victory" sign and went
back to work.
Churchill's somber portrayal
of the war in Africa was reliev
ed only by his statement that
"very considerable" reinforce
ments have reached or "are ap
proaching" the battlefield.
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GOING 10 YARDS
Portland, Ore., July 2. (IP)
Federal employment service
officials said yesterday that
Portland and Vancouver, Wash.,
shipyards will hire an addition
al 107,000 workers by the end
of the year if housing can be
provided for them.
L. C. Stoll, Oregon employ
ment director, said he was not
worried about finding the work
ers, half of whom he said could
be hired locally.
. The big problem Is housing,
he said, citing the case of the
Vancouver shipyard, where 55,.
000 will be employed in a town
which in the 1940 census had
only 18,000 residents.
Toy Cap Pistol
Dealers Warned
. Salem. . July 2. (Pi Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague warned
dealers of toy cap pistols and
caps that they must cease oper
ations Immediately.
Citing the fireworks ban of
Lieut. Gen. John L. Dewltt,
commander of the western de
fense area, the governor said
there has been some sale of
cap pistols and caps.
SWIMMER DROWNS
Eugene, Ore., July 2 OP)
Laurence Eikenberrj. 16, Spring
field, was drowned in the Willa
mette river yesterday. Deputy
County Coroner Harold Poole re
ported today. Eikenberry was
carried under by the swift cur
rent. A friend, Robert Coleman,
Springfield, swimming nearby,
recovered the body.
CHERRY PRICES
Portland. Ju!y 2 UY Cher
ries: Bints 10-12 row parked 12
15c; Royal Ann 8'i-8c
Minister Churchill won an
from the House of Commons
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BATTLE REPORTS
Cairo, Egypt, July 2. UP)
Meeting the full fury of an
axis armored attack, the allied
defenders of Egypt and the
Middle East tonight struck
hard at the axis rear with
tanks and artillery in a melee
irom which neither side can
turn back.
London, July 2. (IP) Fight
ing the battle of Egypt in a de
sert sandstorm, the British an
nounced today the repulse of
powerful axis armored and in
fantry attacks at El Alamein, 70
miles west of Alexandria, but
the Germans and Italians as
serted they had seized that drab
coastal village and were pursu
ing the British headlong toward
the inviting green delta of the
Nile.
All sources agreed on the in
tensity of the conflict, but on
nothing else.
"Results were not unfavor
able to ui," British headquart
ers in Cairo declared in report
ing a battle that continued- all
day yesterday.
The armored forces of Nazi
Marshal Erwin Rommel were
acknowledged to have made -a
temporary break at one defend
ed locality, only to be driven
out again by the British col
umns. Farther south, on the edge of
the great Attara depression.
British forces ranged 17 miles
west of their positions to engage
axis units, but the main battle
obviously was along the coastal
road toward Alexandria, where
General Sir Claude J. E. Auch
inleck chose to make his stand
against persistent frontal as
sault.
Despite the sandstorms, the
RAF continued intense bombing
and strafing of the enemy in the
El Alamein area, the British
said, but the axis claimed dom
ination of the skies over the
battlefield.
The Germans credited their
dive-bombers with paving the
way for the claimed break
through at El Alamein. '
In recognition of the close
threat to the Nile valley, the
Egyptian government replaced
police guards with soldiers at
all important bridges, dams and
buildings.
The Vichy French expressed
fears that the British might de
stroy the French battleship,
submarine, four cruisers and
three destroyers which have
been Interned at Alexandria
since the fall of France, rather
than let them fall into the ene
my's hands. ...
An act against these ships
would be one of "violence,"
warned a semi-official Vichy
statement
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TO POST PRICES
Portland. July 2 OP) The
Oregon OPA ordered storekeep
ers today to post maximum
March prices at once.
No further extension of dead
lines will be granted, Richard
G. Montgomery, director, said.
He also ordered merchants to
file price lists with price and
rationing boards.
Two rationing officials were
appointed, William H. E. L. Cox
to become temporary head of
the sugar section, and Ed Dag
ner to become a tire section representative.
F
Henderson Tells Congress
1942 Pack To Go Up
15 Per Cent or More.
Washington, July 2 (IP)
Prime administrator Leon Hen
derson told a senate appropri
ations subcommittee today that
he could not carry out what he
regarded as congress' directions
in controlling prices, rents and
rationing with the 34.576 em
ployes now on his staff.
Urging restoration bv the
senate of the full $161,000,000
approved by the budget bureau
for this fiscal year's operations
of the OPA, Henderson said he
gave the committee figures
showing that house action in
cutting this fund to $75,000,000
wuold reduce his staff to about
32,500 persons.
Tables Thumped
In a closed session from which
drifted sounds of vigorous table
thumping, Henderson was said
to have been questioned closely
by committee members about a
statement he issued yesterday.
Some senators said they inter
preted this statement as blam
ing congress for permitting the
puncturing of ceilings on canned
fruits and other agricultural
commodities.
As he appeared for more
funds, Henderson also spot
lighted two other disputes with
congress the price concessions
to farmers and the matter of
subsidies to absorb losses under
price ceilings.
He announced that he was
''being compelled to take meas
ures that will raise retail prices
of the 1942 pack of canned and
dried fruits by as much as IS
per cent and possibly more."
First Departure
This represented the first de
parture permitted from the uni
versal price ceiling. In an ac
companying statement to house
wives, Henderson explained that
it was made necessary by the
concessions to growers which the
farm block wrote Into the price
control act over the administra
tion's opposition and by the re
fusal of congress to approve the
subsidy plan by which the gov
ernment could have absorbed
business losses when necessary
to make price controls stick.
The increased prices on can
ned and dried fruits will apply
only to the 1942 tax, which has
not yet reached the retail stores.
The details remain to be worked
out.
PORTLAND WAITRESSES
GET 10 PER CENT MORE
. .Portland, July 2 (IP) Wages
and living costs were linked yes
terday In a contract that gave
4000 AFL culinary workers
here an immediate 10 per cent
increase. The minimum for wait
resses was lifted to $3.60.
PENDLETON LEADER DIES
Pendleton, Ore., July 2. (IP)
Donald T. Robinson, 44, Pen
dleton civic leader, died yester
day of coronary thrombosis. He
was commander of the Pendle
ton American Legion post, chef
de gare of the 40 and 8, was ac
tive In round-up affairs, and
formerly was president of the
chamber of commerce.
20 Axis Helpers Rounded Up
In Caribbean
United States Army Head
quarters, Panama Canal Zone,
July 2 OP) Lieut. Gen. Frank
Andrews, defense commander
of the Caribbean area announc
ed today the arrest of 20 persons
who, the army charges, formed
spy rings engaged in fueling
axis submarines and disclosed
Information of United States
shipping to the enemy.
A roundup completed June 25
included arrests extending from
Honduras to Panama,
Involved are prominent busi
ness men, laborers, night club
hostesses, shipping employes,
and trusted Panama Canal Zone
workers.
All 20 persons now are being
held for trial
BASEBALL
American
Washington at Boston post
poned. '
St. Louis
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9 8 0
Detroit
Niggellng, Galehouse and
Hayes; Benton and Tebbetts.
DAY ON RECORD
Portland Ore-, July 2 (IP)
A heat wave that lifted Port
land's temperature to an all
time June high of 102 degrees
Tuesday was blamed for the
death early today of John Dor
sey, 69, Portland.
Hospitals reported several
other heat prostration cases.
Previous June high in Port
land was 101 degrees, recorded
in 1925.
Well, folks, here It Is! If you
thought it was hot Tuesday in
Medford you were right because
the weather bureau verified
that very thought when they an
nounced today that mercury
zoomed to 105 degrees Tuesday.
Minimum temperature was 58.
But that's not all I Since wea
ther reports were first recorded
in 1911 there have been three
days only during June which
topped Tuesday's super-duper.
On June 6, 19ZQ, Old Sol beam
ed merrily at 10B degrea. In
June 1925 the mercury touched
108 one day and in 1924 the
thermometers registered 106 da-
greet one sunny day in June.
' Snlom Julv a UP) Tuesday,
with lt ton temnerature of 102
Hffraee. was the hottest June
day since weather records were
first kept in 1923.
MILLS, BUSINESS
TO TAKE HOLIDAY
The Timber Product and
Medford Corporation plants will
close down Saturday for observ
ance of Fourth of July, but will
resume operations Monday, it
was announced today by the
management. This will give
workers a two-day holiday. Mill
and logging operations through
out the county will also suspend.
The banks, county and public
offices and many stores will
also close Saturday. The post
office will observe regular Sat
urday hours.
It is understood operations
will continue at the cantonment.
A few local residents are
planning trips to the seashore,
but for the most part citizens
will Journey to nearby favorite
picnic spots.
CAIRO NEWSPAPERMEN
WILL BE EVACUATED
Cairo, July 2 (P Non-essential
workers on the staffs of
French and English language
newspapers here will be evacu
ated starting either today or to
morrow. Editorial staffs have received
three months salary In advance.
Many of their members will take
I part in defense work.
Area by Army
The governor of British Hon
duras is awaiting the authority
of the British government before
determining trial procedure of
those arrested In his territory.
A United States patrol plane
uncovered the first definite evi
dence of the location of the
ring's operations when It spot
ted a slow ship in the Caribbean
carrying oil drums.
Ownership of the vessel was
traced and a U. S. army observ
er placed on the trail. Attempts
were made to poison him and to
sabotage his Diane.
He survived the attempt and
with the cooperation of army,
canal zone and British author
ities, managed to round up all
he believed to be Involved.
BATTLE STILL ON
Heroic Defenders Continuing
Fight 12 Hours After Nazis
Claim Capture of Fort.
By The Associated Press
The Russian high command
declared today that the heroic
defenders of Sevastopol still
fought on throughout the night
more than 12 hours after Nazi
field headquarters announced
that the great Crimean citadel
had fallen.
Soviet dispatches filed yester
day said overwhelming German
forces carried the battle into
the streets of Sevastopol Itself
after breaking through the city'
fortifications, but declared that
the defenders continued to fight
against heavy odds.
The remainder of the beaten
Sevastopol army has fled to the
peninsula of Khersones," the
German high command asserted.
Face Annihilation
'Crowded in a very small
area, it faces annihilation."
Two successive Russian com
muniques ignored the German
claim that Sevastopol's garrison
surrendered yesterday noon, thaf
Soviet command declared:
The defenders of Sevastopol
have covered themselves with
unfading glory. They are firmly
and courageously defending
from the German fascist invad
ers every Inch of Soviet land."
It was possible, however, that
the Russians were withholding
acknowledgment pending evacu
ation of aurvivors of the garri
son, who fought off nearly 229,
000 axis troops through 27 dayf
of bloody assault.
In London, informed quarters
said the Nazi claim waa "not
doubted." These quarters said
that while fighting In the Cri
mea was not entirely finished.
the hopelessly ouWvumberea
Russians were not expected to
continue their resistance much
longer.
Nan VnrV Julv 2 (IPl The
Wall Rtraot Journal, under the
heading "True Story of th
Week," today reported mis oc
currence at a midwestern war
plant:
A big, tougn worxer 101a
nw emnlove he was turning
out too many unit a day and
had better (low aown. next
day the new man upped hi out
put. "We're at war," he ex
niainaH. The third day. when
the new man' production reach
ed anotner new nign, uie outer
worker violently told him he
was "out."
"So you are," replied the bul
lied one. He showed an FBI
badge, attached handcuff to the
tormenter and marched him the
entire length of the assembly
line.
DRAFT EVADER IS
F
Sacramento, Calif., July 2
(IP) Emmet J. Seawell, Assist
ant U. S. Attorney, announced
today that Paul N. Yate of
Weaverville had been arrested
on draft evasion charges
year after being reported as
probable murder victim.
Seawall said that Yate. ar
rested by Sheriff E. H. Mont
gomery of Trinity county, had
dyed hi hair to conceal his
Identity, and had been hiding
out In a mine since the time of
his disappearance.
Seawell said Yates disap
peared after unsuccessful ef
fort were made to exempt hint
from military service.
RHONE VALLEY QUAKES
London, July 1. 0P) Th
Swiss radio reported today that
minor earthquakes were felt
yesterday In the Rhone valley
In France),
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