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Newspaper Page TextLet YOUR Anawar to Bombt be BONDSI Buy War Bontfa and Stamps TOIMr Contribute to tha irar effort of your nation. Patriot an, tour awn aelf-protecttoa. demand that 0U do Jour part NOW! Vm Tha MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Raiulta at Small Coat Medford Full Associated Press Unltad Pros Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1942. NO. 91. 1. t, IB IK M BHBj All MfflMIS HWIffl KIKAT News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 6 Heroic defense of Sevastopol against hopeless odds, is the best current example of why the United Na tions are going to win the war. The Rus sians held Se vastopol for over a month against one of the most vic ious attacks ever launched by the r.azis. The way they did it was, in general, the Paul Mallon same way they have held Hitler back in Russia for over a year. Their method is a combination of two things: 1 Ability to adapt their weapons and tactics to natural defenses and 2 The tenacity to die rather than to give up. By using a lot of military in genuity in adopting their de fenses to the terrain, the Rus sians had made Sevastopol one of the strongest fortresses in the world, perhaps second only to Gibraltar. ..-Sevastopol is built among rocky cliffs and is protected from the land side by a semi circle of hills. The nazis had to fight their way over these hills and through the narrow passes. The hills were honeycombed with heavy Russian artillery, pill boxes and machine gun nests; the valleys were cut up with deep ditch tank traps. It took the Germans, even with their unlimited manpoyer, gunpower and airpower, over a month to hammer their way in. They finally did it by absolutely pulverizing Russian defense with some of the biggest mobile siege guns ever built. Rumors say these guns were over 20 inch, far bigger than the biggest gun on battleships. FIELD Marshal Fritz Erich von . . . i i nn a av ji... jviannsiein naa am w div isions availatye for the attack on Sevastopol, over 300,000 men but he could only use three (Conunuad on Paga Four) E 10 BEPRIVATES Los Angeles, July 6 (IP) When Uncle Sam's women's army auxiliary corps recently asked for women who thought they would make good officers, hundreds stood In line as the of fice opened to issue application blanks. But today, was the WAAC office opened to recruit privates, not an applicant was waiting. And during the first two hours only six women sought to en list. Radio Highlights Billing Gracie Fields, English comedienne, Baritone Paul Robe sen and Comedian Walter O'Keefe as the high spots, a spec ial half-hour of variety on behalf of China relief has been placed on the BLU schedule for 7 p. m., (PWT) Tuesday. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Little Linda Lowry and Mam ma Barbara watching the big Tribune press in action. Clarence English and C. H. Davis doing some high-powered second-guessing as the Craters went down to defeat. Joan Hoppe returning from a week end at tha coast with a super sunburn. LEFT BURNING IN ALEUTIAN FORAY Navy Department Announces Successful Attack in Aleu tian Waters on July 4th. Washington, July 4 UP) The navy announced today that United States submarines had sunk three Japanese destroyers in the Aleutian islands July 4 and had left a fourth destroyer "burning fiercely." A communique based on in formation received up to 12.30 p. m., Eastern War time, today said: "North Pacific area: "1. On the Fourth of July, U. S. submarines torpedoed four Japanese destroyers in the Aleu tian islands. "2. Three of these destroyers were attacked at Kiska. Two were sunk and the third, when last seen, was burning fiercely. "3. The fourth destroyer A as torpedoed and sunk at Agattu where enemy transports and escorting vessels were located on iuly 2 and were attacked by army bombers." Lost Total Fir Today's navy report raised Japan's losses in her efforts to establish occupation forces on the western Aleutians to five ships sunk three destroyed, one cruiser and one transport and nine damaged, Including an aircraft carrier. All the attacks prior to the Independence Day submarine offensive had been made by army and navy aircraft which have been limited in their oper ations by the infrequency of fav orable weather. All the natives and the few white residents have been eva cuated from the western Aleu tians and from the Pribilof is lands in the Bering Sea north of Dutch Harbor. William Zimmerman Jr., assistant Indian commissioner, reported v today that the eva cuees, numbering somewhat less than 1,000, had been taken by the navy to Juneau, where the Indian bureau has provided housing. Atlu Unevacuaied The Japanese landing at Attu, however, was said by delegate Dimond of Alaska to have pre vented the evacuation of tne few residents of that island. There were no natives at Kiska, where the Japanese also have landed. This has not deterred the army from bombing the enemy's shore installations and an other available targets when ever a rift in the fog permits. A navy communique Saturday reported four attacks by army bombers, supported by navy patrol planes, from June 21 to July 3. Bombay, July 8 (IP) De claring that "India is as much interested as her allies In ward ing off attack," Mohandas K. Gandhi proposed today that India be made free and that united nations troops be allow. ed to remain to defend the coun try against the Japanese. The Influential nationalist wrote In his weekly newspaper Harijan: "I argue that allied troops. If they remain, will do so not to exercise authority over the peo ple or at India's expense but will remain under a treaty with the government of a free India at the united nation's expense for the sole purpose of repelling Japanese attacks and helping China." U. S. S. Shaw Cuts Zig-Zag In Trial jP-fr''-':1' '.-.rwrW ' Uian .Has tm-i iii.iih.iw-i.i-. mw-W3rlZ-r"--- r -.. f ' ' - ' ' " ' ;' - ..... . t -.-.IS ri 1- The United States Destroyer Shaw (above), was making about 20 Waat Coast port and waa sig-sagging at har wake shows. Note depth U. S. S. Shaw was bombed in the Jap sneak attack on Pearl Harbor her. But she it very much back In service. EIGHT SMASHUPS THREE ARE HURT Eight automobile accidents were reported over the holiday weekend, two collisions putting participants in Community hos pital. Other accidents reported were minor doing only slight damage to the cars involved. Dan Kocning, driving a lum ber truck on the Tiller-Trail cut-off road, received medical treatment in Community hos pital after his truck rolled over on the road this morning at 6 o'clock. He received a fractured pelvis, arm and broken ribs. He was brought to Medford by Perl's ambulance. Charles Morris Johnson of 204 South Central avenue and Mel vin Wilmoth Shannon of Camp White were given medical atten tion at Community hospital ear ly Sunday morning after the car Johnson was driving east on West Main street ran Into a telephone post at South Orange street. The report filed stated that Johnson evidently fell asleep at the wheel. Shannon received several cuts on the head when he was thrown through the windshield by the impact. Johnson had a cut lip. The car was badly damaged. Robert H. Phillip of Four Corners and Lester C. Orton, both operating passenger cars collided seven miles nortn oi Medford on highway 82 Satur day at 8:45 a. m. Another acci dent occurred at Eagle Point when cars operated by George Irwin and Mrs. George H. Bas ler, both of that town, collided on the highway near Eagle Point city limits Friday at 8:30 p. m. Bob Timlley of 818 South Central avenue and Robert Henry Nelson of Klamath River, Cal., were drivers of passenger which were involved In a minor accident at the intersection of Grape and Eighth streets Sat urday at 10:05 p. m. Automo biles driven by R. C. Dunham of Marshfield and J. Logan of Talent collided six miles south of Fern Valley Friday at 7 p. m. Cars driven by Richard Kid well of route 2 box 392 and A. M. Kingfarry of Jacksonville were slightly damaged Sunday at 8 p. m. when they collided at the intersection of West Mair. street and Riverside avenue. Carl Gross, operating a pickup and Mrs. Wale Hoppe of East Main street, driving a passe; ger car, collided on South Fix street Sunday at 7.19 p. m. Six Deaths by Violence Mar Oregon July 4th Celebration By the Associated Press Six violent deaths marred Oregon's fourth of July week-end celebration. Four persons died by drowning and two in a traffic collision. The traffic victims were Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Robertson, Eugene, whose automobile col lided with a train near Eugene Saturday night. Robert Hollingsworth, 29. of Roseburg, drowned In the South Umpqua river Saturday after stepping into a deep hole while wading. Mrs. Viola V. Hayes, 28. Ban don, attempting to step from one boat to another, fell into Floras lake near Bandon Sunday. The body was not recovered. Ernest Richmond, over 30, Grants Pass oil station operator, and his son, Bobby, 7, drowned Sunday in Bolan lake in south west Josephine county. The boy fell from a raft and the father, wearing heavy boots, jumped in after him and both perished. Mrs. Richmond was with them on the fishing trip. FOURTH OF JULY COOL: MAXIMUM 88 DEGREES After five days of tempera ture over 100 degrees Medford felt the cooling effect of 88 de grees maximum July 4 the wea ther bureau reported today. Minimum for Saturday was 80 degrees. Nelson Bucks Proposal For Synthetic Rubber Washington, July 6 (IP) War Production chief Donald M. Nelson protested today against a proposed program to produce- synthetic rubber from grain on the ground that it would re quire critical materials "urg ently needed for the war effort." Opposing a bill calling for creation of a rubber supply agency to direct manufacture of synthetic rubber from grain alcohol. Nelson told senate agriculture subcommittee spon soring the measure that con struction of such distilleries would require copper and steel. "Every pound of copper and steel taken away from our pres ent supply," he asserted, "would hinder the war program. And that is of paramount interest. "Further, by placing produc tion of synthetic rubber under an agency director, you would take from the president his con knots during a trial run charges on extreme stern. and the Japs claimed they i Death Takes Holiday As Fireworks Banned And Gasoline Scarce By The Associated Prats Violent death took its lowest holiday toll in years over the two-day Fourth of July week end, with only 337 lives report ed lost as against a 628 total for the three-day celebration of the Fourth last year. Gasoline rationing on the pop ulous eastern seaboard, war plants operating everywhere over the holiday and fireworks restrictions combined to lessen accidental deaths. Of the total deaths reported In a nation-wide associated press survey, 169 resulted from traf fice accidents, 93 from drown ing and 73 from miscellaneous causes. Not a single fireworks casualty was reported. The toll by states included: California, 31; Idaho, 3; Ore gon, 6; Washington, 21. trol over priorities. This direc tor could do anything he wanted to direct the flow of materials needed for war." Accordingly, Chairman Gil lette (D Iowa) assured Nelson the committee would defer ac tion until Nelson could present additional objections within week. An accusation by Senator Nor ris (Ind.. Neb.) that the War Production Board was "doing nothing about the production of synthetic rubber from alcohol" drew an emphatic denial from Nelson. "That's a very unfair state ment," the production chief re torted. "Why?" Inquired NorrU. "Because we are doing some thing about it and when appear before the committee again I will make a t.ment about that situation," Nelson declared. CONGRESS HOLDS T E Senate and House Unable to Agree Even to Extent of Temporary Financing. Washington July 6" IP) The long senate-house deadlock over farm policy persisted today with the two chambers unable to agree even to the extent of passing a resolution to tide the agriculture department over temporarily until its regular ap propriation bill can be enacted. The senate, on a voice vote, approved stop-gap legislation providing up to $93,900,000 for the department's July oper ations and permitting the sale of government-owned grain for livestock feeding without price limitations for this month only. In the house Rep. Tarver (D Ga) submitted similar legisla tion, making available to the department for July the appro priations which the senate and house previously have agreed upon and permitted it to meet its regular payroll Wednesday. But Rep. Hope (R-Kans) blocked its consideration today . when uncertainty developed . as , to whether it would permit or prohibit the sale of government- owned grain for livestock feed ing at prices below parity. The department haa been technically without funds since June 30, largely because the senate and house have not been able to agree on a senate prov ision in the money bill which would permit sales of government-held wheat at about 83 centi a bushel for livestock feed. Minority leader McNary (R Ore) opposed the full-parity bill, expressing belief it would hurt wheat and corn producers. Boll of Lightning, Careless Smoker Blamed for Fires Lightning and a smoker were believed the cause of two fires Just east of the Crater Lake National Park boundary Satur day afternoon July 4, Rogue River National Forest headquar ters reported today. A blaze in the vicinity of Cow litz Butte, probably started by a dry-lightning storm In the mor nlng. burned over about 20 acres before brought under con trol by crews and equipment sent from Lake o' Woods and Union Creek guard stations The Indian Service at Ft. Klam ath loaned a tractor and plow to the crews, headquarters an nounced. The other fire was small and was extinguished by a tourist. Harold Selby of Dallas, Ore., who discovered the blaze and kicked dirt on It, thereby pre venting a possible serious con flagration. The forest service be lieve this fire was started by a careless smoker. Hobart Price, rationing boards executive secretary, an nounced this afternoon that no time limitation has been set on1 implications for doi.iestic can ning sugar. A time limit, for applications was set on Indus trial and institutional sugar users but Mr, Price also an nounced today this time has been extended to the evening of July 8. A heavy rush of domestic ap plications for canning sugar certificates has all but swamped the board, Price said, and he emphasized that this was not necessary as there Is plenty of sugar for domestic canning and no time limit set for applying for same. To Wed Hopkins y t.f '.. tj r- s j. f I? Mrs. Louise Macy (above). New York fashion authority, said that she and Harry Hopkins, presi dential aide, would be married In about a month. E BY END OF WINTER By Associated Press In Chungking, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek marked the start of the sixth year of war with Japan with a broadcast to day declaring that "by the end of this winter Japan's strength will be only one-tenth of that of the allies." Gen. Chiang said confidently that Japan's invasion army plunging deeper and deeper In to the morass of Chinese resist ance "now Is beyond recovery." American warplanes, flashing through the far Pacific skies in growing numbers, were declared today to be teaching the Japan ese a cautious new respect In the Battle of China and crip pling any Japanese attempt to pass for an invasion of Aus tralia. Military dispatches said the Japanese, after bombing the helpless Chinese with Impunity through five long years of war, were now switching to night aerial attacks in an effort to avoid the fierce resistance en countered from fliers of the new U. S. army 23rd pursuit group in China. In communique No. 1, United States headquarters announced that the newly established Am erican air force, swinging quick ly into action, inflicted heavy blows on Japanese airfields at Hankow, Nanchang and Canton over a four-day period starting July 1. "Communiques will be Issued dally," the first war bulletin said. Indicating the American's determination to pres home un relenting attacks against the Japanese Invaders of China. On the ground. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's armies were reported to have struck back at the Japanese captors of Ihwang, in Kiangsi Province, retaking the town after the enemy had held it only 24 hours. Chinese dispatches said the counter-attack had weakened Japanese efforts to trap large Chinese forcei in central Kiang si, and declared that the Invad ers were still unable to bridge the last 23-mlle gap between their columns driving along the strategic Kiangsi-Chekiang rail way. Oregon Hogs Reach 16-Year Price Top San Francisco, July 6 (IP) Oregon hogs brought $13 50 a hundred pounds today for the first time in 18 years. The price at Chicago reached flS, also a 16-year record. The margin of only SO cents over Chicago top prices was unusually small for this market. SEEN AS GERMANS CROSS RIVER DON Hitler Throws Million Men Into Kursk Drive Rus sians Forced Back. By Roger D. Greene Associated Press War Editor British headquarters an nounced today that Gen. Sir Claude Auckinleck's Egyptian armies had driven the axis into retreat for the second successive day, while in the Ruisian cam paign a sharp new crisis was in dicated by a German claim that Nazi spearheads had crossed the river Don. London military quarters said Adolf Hitler, now pressing a full- scale offensive, had thrown more) than 1,000,000 troops into tha Kursk drive In a mammoth wheeling operation to overrun the approaches to the Caucasus. Tank Battle Scene Kursk, 130 miles north ot Kharkov, was described by tha Russians last week aa the scene of the greatest tank battle of tha year. . Advices reaching London laid the Germans, using 1,500 first line aircraft and 10 divisions to spearhead the lunge eastward, had already forced the Russian back In the region of Voronezh on the Moscow-Rostov railway. The Vichy radio, often a Nazi propaganda outlet, asserted that Gen. Heinz Guderian'a tank col umns had cut the vital rail Una. Two German columns were said to be approaching Voronezh from the northwest and south west, aiming at a Junction west of the Don for an assault on tha city ot 212,000. Meanwhile, the battle of Egypt took a brighter turn for Britain's imperial desert tighten. British On Offensive A Berlin dispatch to a Swiss newspaper quoted GerfMft mili tary circle aa admitting that tha British had succeeded in bring ing up enough reserves to take the offensive. A bulletin from Imperial GHQ said British troops, pressing tha Initiative, attacked Field Marshal Rommel's forces In fierce all-day fighting in Egypt yesterday and "in a night ' attack drove tha enemy from a strong point, In flicting heavy casualties." The New York Times said pri vate advices indicated that Gen. Rommel might fall back to Mat- ruh, 110 miles west of tha present battle zone, to shorten his supply line and await reinforce ments. The Paris radio broadcast a re port that Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavell, the British general who drove tha Italians out of Egypt and far across the Libyan desert last year, had arrived in Cairo and gone Into Immediate confer ence with Gen. Auchinleck. Gen. Wavell is now command-er-ln-chief In India. In Russia, German dispatches described operations along tha Don as a "big and broad offen sive Uerust" and the Berlin press proclaimed it "the beginning ot the big push." "Strong enemy groups encir cled west of the Don face annihi lation. Soviet attacks supported by tanks to relievo tha pressure broke down," Hitler's headquar ters said. Bee Truck Wreck Brings Activity The busiest man In Southern Oregon was discovered by Dr. C. C. Goldsberry of this city yesterday on the Klamath Falls Ashland highway near McCoW turn's mill. He was the driver of a truck, with 30 or 40 hlxes of bees abroad. Tha truck tip ped over, and tha driver was highly active righting hives, and fighting tha rolled ben. Many motorists stopped to view tha commotion and offer advice, from a safe distance. . . .