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Let YOUR Answer to Bomb b 80NOSI Buy W ar Bonds ana lumpi TODAY ContnbnU to the ar effort of your nation, Patrlot Um. your own Hf-protectlon d-mafidi that YOO do yon part SOWI Uh Tho MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results at Small Con Medford Tribune Full Awocitd Pru United Press Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1942. NO. 92. PUT AIo)M JU IN imuvuu News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 7 Japan Is doing all the obvious things pre paratory to an attack on Russia. Her naval press chief, Capt. Ogawa, has broadcast around the world an immodest warning of "a huge offensive" to come. More and more troops and equipment are being filtered into Manchuria. And now.no less important, comes evidence that the Japs are. fortifying those Aleutian islands of At tu, Agattu and Kiska as sub marine bases, which could mean only the same thing Paul Mallon that they in tend to prey on our Pacific supply line to Russia and iso late the nearby port of Petro pavlovsk on the Kamchatka peninsula, the only sizable har bor in Siberia aside from Vlad ivostok. Those three rocks of Attu, Agattu and Kiska could mean nothing to Japan unless she in tended to make war on Russia. No air fields could be estab lished on them, and even carrier-based planes there must constantly fight fog. Consequently, many American news readers have been inclined to over-estimate their impor tance, some indeed suspecting their occupation is a first step toward conquest of Alaska or invasion of our Pacific coast. Those suppositions seem fan tastic. But these three islands would have a real live military value as sub bases, In case Japan in tends to break up Russian trade. No one except the Russians, of course, have any trade in that part of the world. ORICE Fixer Leon Henderson was squeezed, into making what he called the first break in the price ceilings, raising prices on a number of fruits and vegetables. As a matter of fact it was not the first break. A few weeks (Continued on Pag Three) BRAZIL FREEZES Rio De Janeiro, July 7 (IP) Freezing gales and snow have brought widespread suffering to Brazil's southern states (where it's winter now) and a tempest at sea was reported today to have sunk the schooner Rosa with a probable loss of eight lives. Radio Highlights (racific War Time) Tonight. MBS 5:45 to 8 Baseball from Cleveland,MaJor league all-stars vs. Service mens' all-stars, also short wave CBS 5:30 Nature of the enemy, Alfred Rosenberg: 7:30 Rep. W. C. Ploeser on "small business." Wednesday: CBS 2:30 free French week Gen. Charles de Gaulle from London and Wen dell Willkie. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS Practically no customers saw the greatest one-man rodeo ever put n in Southern Oregon over any, July 4th week end when rresident-General Major Domo Jackson devc ted his entire va cation this year to cutting the "rough'1 at the Medford Coun try club with a tractor-mower which he drove over hill and dale like a cataleptic war tank. Jackson puffing his kewpie pipe meanwhile, like Barnemus wood burning "cannon-ball". 300 tons of unbaled hay was the product of this patriotic solo flight, also according to golf G. H. Q 9 new golf balls. 24 old ones, 8 digger squirrels and one bull snake! Joe Crawford looklrt the other way while parsing the guy he promised a new set of tele phone bell 120-MILE WEDGE PRODUCES GRAVE TURNOFEVENTS Important City on Moscow Rostov Railroad Captured by Invaders Is Claim. Br Roger D. Green Associated Press War Editor Adolf Hitler's invasion arm ies, exploiting a swift 120-mile break through, appeared to have cut direct communications be tween Russia's northern and southern armies in a grave turn of events in the Soviet cam paign today, while in Egypt the British reported they had bent the Axis southern flank back to the west for a third succes sive setback. A bulletin from British im perial headquarters said Gen. Sir Claude J. E. Auchinleck's 8th army, bolstered by fresh troops and big American tanks, "continued their pressure on the enemy, who extended his south ern flank to the west." Rommel Line Weakened This evidently meant that Nazi Marshal Erwin Rommel had been forced to weaken his forward line, within 70 miles of the great Alexandria naval base, and build a protecting or "ex tended" wall against British flying columns hacking at his flanks. "Our battle groups engaged and dispersed several small enemy columns " British head- mmrtAr. mail) while front-line dispatches indicated that Gen. Rommel s weary troops were refusing battle. A German communique as serted tersely that "in the fight for El Alamein, several enemy counter-attacks supported by tanks failed." Voronesh Captured On the Soviet front, Hitler's headquarters reported, tank-led Nazi troops had captured the important city of Voronezh, on the Moccow Rostov railrrad which is the principal r3il com munication between the Red ar mies of the north and south. Simultaneously, the Nazi-controlled Paris radio asserted that "the Germans are advancing from Voronezh in the direction of Provino," 140 miles east of Voronezh. Voronezh, a city of 212.000 population lies 10 miles east of the Don river, about half way between Moscow and Rostov. The Paris radio said the Moscow-Rostov railway, the last major rail connection between Moscow and the Caucasus, had been cut. The line runs througn Voronezh. Reds Fall Back While the Russians gave no Indication that Voronezh had fallen, Red army headquarters indicated that Gen. Heinz Gud erian's Nazi tank columns, sweeping 80 miles beyond the iirw. nf their sreatest 1941 ad vance, had fought their way across the upper uon. Soviet dispatches said the Red wore falling back in good order, inflicting a bloody toll on the invaders, with half a dozen battles costing the Ger mans 3.550 in dead alone. "During July 6. our troops waged fierce battles west of Voronezh and southwest of Start Oskol." the Russian com mand said. "Our troops evacuated a num ber of populated places." Voronezh is 130 miles east of Kursk, the starting-point of the new German offensive. Stari Oskol lies 65 miles southwest of Voronezh. Soviet dispatches said fresh German divisions were moving Into the battle and that almost 200.000 Nazi troops were now throwing their weight into the drive, which ultimately could turn either south for a thrust into the great Caucasus oil fields or north for a flanking sweep around Moscow. Although military experts ex pected Hitler to strike for the oil treasures of the Caucasus, they did not discount the pos sibility that he might also be I intent on the prize that so bit terly eluded him in 1941 the I capture of Moscow. Japanese Transport Bombed Off Kiska )j i i , -- - The first action picture of the fighting off Kiska. Alaska, re Jap transport afire after being hit by a bomb from a U. S. army Tho army and navy ar continuing their aerial assaults against in ih Aleuteian chain. C u. tK '" ALASKA 1 - ' ITIAWMNCI iOAj Vi'. "V 'V ! 1 Mir , is. i. JBr. y ' L .:.- " i Bering Sea i "Sy." I NUNIVA Jj J TjUi? 5Arru fyjJitVIAWB ' AGATTU ; 'gr L? . 7 VNAIASKA 'SUNDS Pacific Ocean 1 1 STATUTE MILftr Fiv now attacks by U. S. army and navy planet on Jap forces on bombing attack on transports and escorting vessels of the Island enemy shor installations on Kiska MAY TAKE TIRES FROM ALL AUTOS Washintgon, July 7 (JP) President Roosevelt asserted to day that if things get worse it might be necessary for the gov ernment to commandeer all the automobile tires in the country He told a press conference that he was not trying to save rubber or gasoline, but the na tion. And he added he thought the nation was willing to make any sacrifice in the emergency confronting it. The chief executive expressed a hope that the tire and gasoline problems could be separated, and he said no decision had been reached yet on nationwide rationing of motor fuel. Life Raft Designed o By Insurance Man Portland. Ore. 0J.B A new - ly-designed life raft, equipped to carrv 18 men and hnilt entirelv ,ifhn. n.n. ,m t,. ,r.rf,..H here in quantity as soon as Washington gives the go ahead. The raft," approved by U. S. maritime officials, is built of Oregon fir and cedar and galvan ized iron. It passed rigorous tests specified by maritime regula tions. The raft was conceived by Leon Bullier, a Portland insur ance man. Augusta, Mont., July 7 'TV This little town or what's left of It reads all war news eag - erly. It has svnt 85 men. more than a fifth of Its 1940 DODula tioo. into the armed forces. J Sty- (21, were announced oy tn nary. 1,000 Mill Workers Walk Out at Eureka Eureka, Calif., July 7 (Pi Approximately 1,000 mill work ers employed by the Hammon Redwood Company began their' second day of idleness today as the result of a strike called by the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers' Union, Local 2592. Cliff Richter, union organizer, said the workers were called out after employers refused un ion demands for a closed shop in two big saw mill plants. June Busiest Month Here for Dan Cupid June was the busiest month of the year In Jackson county for Dan Cupid, and the county clerk's office issued 49 mar riage licenses. In May 29 were ',sued- Th June lotal w" " hMW o fhjt uvma mnnth In the years when this county was ; ,retns oreen ,or onnn California couples, evading the so-called "gin marriage law. No especial reason was given !by clerk office deputies for the unexpected increase in romance. England Executes Two Enemy Spies London, July 7 UP) Two enemy spies one of them a British subject were executed today in Wandsworth prison. The Briton was Jose Estella Key and the other, a Belgian National, was Alphonse Tim- 'merman. 1 Thpy were convicted under the Treacery Act, a home office I announcement said, and their ' appeals laler were dismissed. leased by the nary shows a plan over the Kiska Harbor. tho Japs at Kiska and Attu in tho Aleutian ialand. including of Agattu (1) and the others on STOP-GAP BILL IS Washington, July 7 (IP) The senate and house finally agreed today on stop-gap legis lation to provide funds for the department of agriculture pend ing settlement of a bitter dis pute over items of the S6tS0,000, 000 annual supply bill. The senate accepted house amendments to its own resolu tion, sending the temporary legislation to the White House. Milk Board Refused Restraining Order Astoria, July 7 (IP) Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmerman refused a temporary restraining order yesterday against the For ney dairy s delivery of milk to Fort Stevens. The state milk control board asked the order, charging Forney with selling below the board's minimum price. The dairy had agreed to sell for 10.99 cents per quart. The board minimum is 11 cents. 14,000 STAGE STRIKE IN CANADA WAR PLANT Montreal, July 7 IAA spokesman for ' the Montreal metal trades council said today that a munitions plant at nearby Cherrier, Que., had. been closed following a strike of 14 000 workers. The spokesman said the strlk era were nroteitinz dismissal of several emoloves for union ac- tivitles. Dfjjj jQVf Aimed PACIFIC IS URGED Open of Sixth Year of War Is Marked by Plea for Full American Support. By The Associated Press In the far Pacific theater. China marked the beginning of her sixth year of bloody strug gle against Japan's Invasion armies with a renewed plea that the Pacific, instead of Europe, be made the United Nations' 'second front." A Chinese government spokesman declared the United States and China could knock out Japan this year if full Am erican power were thrown Into the Pacific. So far, the spokesman said, 'very few" planes are being flown into China to aid Gener alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's be leaguered armies. Million Japs Slain Meanwhile, a Chinese army spokesman declared Japan had lost 1,000,000 killed and 1.500,- 000 wounded since the war be gan on July 7, 1937, as well as 2,504 planes and 29,924 prison ers in 14 major battles and 10, 375 minor engagements. The spokesman estimated 900,000 Japanese troops were Involved in the China campaign. In Tokyo, Imperial headquart ers said only 111,000 Japanese had been killed in China and as serted that Chinese losses ex ceeded 5,000,000 killed, wound ed and missing, Including 2,338, 000 slain. Salute From U. S. In Washington, War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Knox saluted the Chinese as comrades in arms and in a joint order-of-the-day read to all army and navy forces pledged Amer ica's determination to help China "expel the aggressor from every foot of Chinese soil." In the battle of Australia, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head quarters announced allied bomb ers struck again at Tulagl, Japanese-occupied base In the Solo mon Islands, while 33 enemy planes raided the allied outpost at Port Moresby, New Guinea. NAME DIM-OUT CHIEF ' Seattle July 7 (IP) Ap pointment of C. T. Bakeman as assistant director of the north west sector of the office of civ ilian defense was announced to day by Stanley Donogh, sector director. He will have charge of lighting control and will direct the dim-out on th Washington Oregon coast. PM Editor Says Draft Call Issued Account Prejudice New York, July 7 VP) Ralph M. Ingersoll, editor and publisher of th newspaper PM, accused his draft board In an open letter today of attempting to draft him because of prejud ice against PM. A major portion of th news papers' front page headlines was devoted to th letter and the next three pages contained the text and an explanation by Ingersoll, who said In an editor ial preface that he was ready to go Into the army or continue as editor but added: "What I am kicking about is the decision being made by a draft board which has betrayed prejudice in my case apparent ly because it doesn't like PM." Classified 1-A by his local board, Ingersoll appeared for in duction June 24 only to find that this had been delayed be cause of an appeal for defer ment by Marshall Field, owner of PM who said Ingersoll was Indispensable to the papers con tinuance. Th editor was scheduled to I appear before th board tonight Persistent Vet Riddles Self in Vain Suicide Try Tacoma June 7 (IF) David C. Montgomery, 69-year-old Spanish-American war veteran, decided today fie wanted to die. He took down his little single 1 o r d e r .22 caliber rifle, went to the woodshed ind shot himself in the head. He then loaded the rid ind shot himself in the left :hest near the heart. He loaded his rifle again ind shot himself again in the forehead. Hospital attendants laid he would recover. LOST BOY FOUND TRAIL ON ROGUE Grants Pass, July 7 (IP) Donald Thompson, 5, lost in the lower Rogue river wilds since Sunday afternoon, was discov ered plodding hungrily and wearily homeward on the Rogue river forest trail at 9 o'clock this morning. Ranger Rolfe Anderson tele phoned Assistant Supervisor L. L. Colvlll of the Siskiyou na tional forest that the lad, who wandered away from his father, Memory Thompson of Reeds port, - orr--ishtng trlpfTeas unharmed. He had not eaten since Sunday, Anderson said. Following standard practice for any person lost in the moun tains, he had followed the down ward course of streams and was located about 10 miles upstream from Lowry's landing. More than 100 residents of the coastal and mountain dis trict had Joined in the search. BOY CRUSHED TO" DEATH NEATH TRACTOR WHEELS Salem, July 7 (IP) Ernest H. McAllister, 15, was crushed to death today when he fell beneath the tractor he was driv ing on a neighbor's farm near Aumsville. LAUNCH JESSE APPLEGATE Portland, Ore., July 7 (IP) The Oregon shipbuilding cor poration launched its 50th hull today, the Jesse Applegate named for an Oregon pioneer. The launching was 47 days after keel laying, 11 days over the yard's record. Short Circuit The city fire department was called to 113 West 11th street at 11:53 a. m. today when a short circuit in the wiring system caused a small blaze. No damage was reported. for a new hearing to determine his status. Ingersoll prefaced a list of ac cusations with a demand that his case be "handled by an Im partial board." "At my hearing on the night of June 16," the letter said "on of you said to me: 'Don't you think it would b a fitting climax- to PM'i career to have it end with you being drafted into the army as a private?' "Were you drafting me . In order to kill PM or in order to send an able-bodied combatant to fight our enemies as PM has done since its Inception? "You said: 'Wouldn't your competitors laugh if PM went out of business on account of your being Inducted?' Were you volunteering to help for mer America Firsters and isola tionists to kill PM or were you sending me to kill Nazis?" Ingersoll, who Is 41, said he had told the board h had two dependents, on a former wife "awaiting a very serious opera tion," and the other, an "aged paralytic." and that he had no capital and was, in fact, In debt. at Blind FEDERAL AGENTS ROUND UP HEADS OF NAZI OUTFIT New Indictments Charge Conspiracy to Evade De fense Regulations. New York, July 7 (IP) A. smashing blow at the German American Bund involving 57 of its highest officers and active members over the nation was begun today by federal agents on newly returned indictments charging conspiracy to evade national defense regulations and Institution of denaturalization proceedings. Twenty-six wer" named In Indictments charging conspiracy to evade the selective service act and conspiracy to counsel Bund members to resist service in the armed force? of the United States and of conspiracy to conceal Bund affiliations in filling out alien registration forms. Three more were ac cused of all but selective servlca violation. 29 In Custody P. E. Foxworth, assistant TBI chief, announced that all 2! were in federal custody. He said four had been in internment camps. The balance of those sought' among, them, national -and see- -tional officials and principal leaders of the Bund were th object of denaturalization pro ceedings. , We intend to put the Bund out of business," said United States Attorney Mathias Correa. Fritz Kuhn. former National Bund leader now in prison, and Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, a sub sequent Bund chieftain arrested, recently in Mexico and returned to this country yesterday, were- involved in the federal pro ceedings. Also indicted was William Ottersbach, Seattle. Goes Underground Denaturalization proceeding were Instituted against Kuhn, serving a term for larceny, and Kunze was charged with eva sion of the selective service act, a charge upon which he was held in $50,000 bail yesterday. Kunze is wanted also in Hart ford, Conn., to answer a federal charge of violation of the 1917 espionage act Nominally defunct sine th outbreak of th war between the United States and Germany, the Bund was charged in th indictments with continuing cer tain acts which Correa said con firmed a belief that the Bund was operating with underground tactics. Correa said that numerous singing societies in the York- ville section of New York and elsewhere had taken over Bund activities and continued to fos ter Nazi beliefs. He said these would be the subject of further investigation. Correa said that under th cloak of th name "Militant Or ganization of Free Americans," th Bund organizations sought to further the political and propaganda aims of th German relch. Vichy Reveals Daije To Chsrtoarg Dikes Vichy (U.R) The four-mil dike at Cherbourg protecting th port from heavy sea blown across the channel at its widest point was damaged seriously by R.A.F. raids early In May. German military authorities have ordered the immediate re pair of the dike despite the short age of cement in France, and priority has been given to 'th delivery of materials to p-evns th widening of th breach and serious damage to th Installa tion. TWO SHIPS SUNK Washington, July 7 (IP) Th navy announced today that two small merchant vessels, a Brit ish ship and a Norwegian, had been torpedoed in the Caribbean and survivors had landed at Caribbean port. 7
