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Let YOUR Aniwer to Bomb b BOND31 Bur War Bonds and stamps TODAY lontrtbute to the mr effort of four notion. Patriot ism, rour ova tetf-proteettoB, demand that YOU ia Joor part .VHV! SseThe KAIL THIS UK E Want Ad Wa? Quick Result at Snsaii Cos EDFORD 1RIBU full Associated Press Ssiisd Prs Thirty seventh Year. WEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1942. NO. S3. rui ji M o)nnff'0ANi fpn aii f r News Behind The News By Paul MalloD Washington, July 8. The main point behind recent fight ing in Egypt is that both the British and axis are hav ing difficulties in maintaining lines of sup plies. Just before the final stage of Romm el's successful drive, Italians waylaid a Brit- - ttT ish convoy on Paul Maiinn its way from Gibraltar to Alexandria. It was cut up so severely it was never able to reach General Auchin leck, but was stopped at Malta, where the supplies were needed much less than in Egypt. CINCE the Mediterranean has become a virtually no man's sea, so far as the British are con cerned, General Auchinleck's re cently advanced reinforcements naturally had to come from other directions, nearby Syria, our own air base In Eritrea, and even India. The German line is 10 times shorter, but the British have superiority in the air. Their bombers, you may have noticed, have been hitting Bengazi day and night since their trouble started. Thus, the fighting on both sides has been hindered to a substantial extent by the invis ible factors behind the lines The Germans, however, still hold a substantial advantage in this critical aspect of the cam paign, because the British have been pushed back from their ad vance air bases. Hope, but not optimism, Is consequently being generally felt here. PMPHATIC interpretations of - the news from the Russian front have never been possible. The nazis and the reds are en gaged there in tactics compar able to American football. The latest nazi hammering of the line between Kursk and Kharkov, several hundred miles north of where the real play (Continued on Page ?t LABORERS NEEDED AT CANTONMENT The U. S. army engineers, through Lewis Ulrich, manager of the United States Employ ment Service, today issued a call for 40 or 50 laborers to work at Camp White in the closing stages of the big con struction job. The Job is non-union, Ulrich said, and pays 95 cents an hour. Laborers interested are asked to get in immediate touch with the employment service, 45 North Fir street. Department store sales have Increased 24 per cent since 1939. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight: CBS, 7:30, drama. "Life of Nellie James." MBSJ s:l3, right Against mtiation Jesse Jones. Thursday: NBC, 3:30 p. m., W. D. Fuller on "Wage Ceil ings." MBS, 1.30 p. m.. Empire Track Race; 2:30, Quaker City Frivolities. SIDE GLANCES BY TRIBUNE REPORTERS A. Z. "Tubby" Dean having a new answer for the old que tion upon being greeted, "what cha know", merely replying, "it's a government secret," Add "first impressions in four words" regarding Gen. Charies 91t Infantry division at Camp: White, upon his arrival here for; duty: 'young, fit, alert, com-! patent " I ' V1 INVADERS SUFFER TERRIFIC LOSSES N VORONEZH AREA Reds Ignore Nazi Claim That Key City on Moscow-Rostov Railway Has Fallen. By Roger D. Greens Associated Press War Editor. Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's armies, recoiling after the initial shock of an assault by 200,000 German troops, were pictured in Soviet dispatches today as checking the 120 -mile Nazi break through on the heights west of Voronezh and inflicting terrific losses on the invaders. Red army headquarters ig nored an official German claim that Voronezh had fallen, de claring that the battle was still raging before that key city on the Moscow-Rostov railway. "Fierce battles continued to the west of Voronezh," a Soviet war bulletin said. Dud Litter Field The communique said more than 3 000 German dead littered the battle areas and 35 tanks were destroyed. A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's field headquarters asserted that strong Russian forces had been encircled behind the Voronezh front and that a gap in the So viet lines had been widened. Conceding that the Russians were still fighting before Voro nezh, the Nazi command de clared Red army counter-attacks northwest of the city fail. Briefly, the German commu nique noted that Soviet attacks in the Orel sector, 210 miles below Moscow, were continu ing. The Russians were appar ently pressing a counter-offensive around Orel in an attempt to relieve the fierce pressure of the German drive against Voro nezh. The latter, if successful, might split Russia's central and southern armies and cut off vital communications to the Caucasus oil fields. British Smash At Axis In the 15-day-old battle of Egypt, British imperial head quarters announced that British patrols and flying columns slashed at Field Marshal trwm Rommel's imasion armies all day yesterday, destroying Axis tanks and capturing prisoners. Overhead, swarms of RAF warplanes bombed and machine gunned Axis troops grouped in the 35-mile-wide "bottleneck" 70 miles west of Alexandria. Dispatches from Cairo said there were no major attacks on either side, with both forces saving their heavy punches for a decisive battle expected at any time. Italian headquarters asserted that a strong British force had been repulsed with heavy losses. The Fascist communique de scribed aerial activity in the desert struggle as intense. While the two armies Jockeyed warily, Stockholm dispatches from Benin indicated uneasi ness in the Nazi capital over Rommel's position. One report said the axis chieftain was in difficulty because his troops were exhausted by the 350-mtle sweep across the sands from Tobruk. while Gen. Sir Claude J. E.' Auchinlccks armies were revitalized by fresh troops drawn from the middle east. Rush Reinforcements However, furious new axis raids on Malta, the British Medi terranean island stronghtld, in dicated that convoys were rush ing reinforcements across the sea to Rommel. Evidence of the axis attempt to cripple Malta as a threat to Rommel's trans Mediterranean supply route was reflected in a report last night that Maitas defenders had shot down 24 raiders in 24 hours. Presumably Rommel was await ing the arrival of these rein forcements before attempting to lunge on once more in his drive toward the Nile and the Suez canal. WATCH FOR SABOTEURS IS WARNING TO COAST Salem. July 8 V-Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, western defense commander, warned Governor Sprague yesterday that vigilant observation should be main tained on the coat to prevent landings of enemy saboteurs. Major General Gerhardt Arrives To Head 91st Infantry Division CAMP WHITE SITE AND PROGRESS IN BUILDINGPRAISED Arrival Completes Executive Personei Coi, Meredith Officer in Charge of Post. Major-General Charies H. Gerhardt arrived here Tuesday to assume command of the 9ist Infantry division at Camp White, and after a quick but thorough inspection of the army camp declared the "site is per fect" and expressed enthusiasm over the progress made thus far by the army engineers, contrac tors and workers. General Gerhardt praised the ranges on which the soldiers will receive training with the modern weapons of war, ex plaining that every type of gun can be fired without the lines of fire crossing. He was pleased by the proximity of Rogue river and grinned when informed of the salmon and steelhead abounding there. Meredith Heads Post The assignment and arrival of General Gerhardt to command the 91st Infantry division mark ed completion of rmy executive personnel for the operation of Camp White, General Ger hardt wii! be in charge of all phases of the actual training of the troops, while Colonel Owen R. Meredith, post commander, heads the staff in charge of liv ing and recreational facilities.- Although only 47 years old, General Gerhardt has had a col orful career in the army. Born in Lebanon, Tens., the son of Brigadier-General Charles Ger hardt, on July 8, 1895, he was graduated from the United States Military academy in 1917 and was immediately appointed a second-lieutenant of cavalry. When his regiment, including troop "C," 3rd cavalary, went overseas, he commanded the troop. His initial assignment in France was with remount troops. Had German Stay In June of 1818 he became aide-de-camp to Major Genera! W. M. Wright and in August of the same year was assigned as assistant plans and training of ficer in the 89th Infantry divi sion. He was with the division through the St. Mihiel and Ar gonne offensives until the ar mistice. The division stayed in Germany for a time with the American army of occupation, and returned to France in time for the general to quarterback the 89th division football team to the championship of the AEF. In January, 1920, he took command of troop "A," 14th eavairy, stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex., after serving as assistant football coach at West Point in 1919 and the fall of 1920. From 1921 to 1923 General Gerhardt was student at the cavalry school at Fort Riley, Kan. The latter part of this period he took the advanced equitation course, and stayed as equitation instructor from 1823 to 1925. From 1928 to 1931 he was tactical officer at West Point. Top Notch Athlete General Gerhardt was a top- notch athlete while attending west Point, playing baseball, basketball, football and polo. From 1924 through 1930, after his graduation, he was a mem ber of the U. S. army polo team which, in 1925, defeated the British army s polo team in Lon don for the army championship. During this period the genera! carried a national rating of seven goats, only one other army polo player having ever been rated this high. ! From 1931 to 1833 he at tended command and genera! staff school at Fort Leaven worth, Kan., and in 1933 and 1934 served with the 8th cav alry. Fort Bliss, Tex., as squad ron Cfimn R'-der ani trziTvr.'rt ; plans and traicifig officer. In Signal Corp photo, CHARLES H. CERHAHDT Rubber Drive In Home Stretch; Stations Will Close Six Hours Los Angeles, July 8 The local chairman of the gov ernment's rubber drive announced today that every Pacific coast service station would close for six hours tomorrow while the 30,000 managers and operators went on a last-minute hunt for materials to add to the growing stockpiles. 1934, 35 and 38 he was in the Philippine department as assist-! ant chief of staff for personnel.; Returning to the United States; he served until 1S40 with the 11th cavalry at the Monterey. CaU presidlc, as regimental plans and training officer and regimental commander. The general was assigned to general headquarters from 1840 to 1941, and In 1841 and 1942 commanded both the 58th cav alry brigade and the 2nd cav alry brigade at Fort SSiss. Tex. j General Gerhardt was pro moted to first lieutenant May; 15, 1817; to captain March 30, 1920, to major September I, 1932; to lieutenant colonel July 1, 1940; to brigadier general (temporary) July 10, 1841, and to major general about two weeks ago. For his world war service General Gerhardt was awarded the Order of Leopold by the Belgian government, Meredith Nebretkan Colonel Meredith, born and raised in O'Neill, Keb., was graduated from West Point in 1908. He served in the infantry until 1920, in the chemical war fare service for the next eight years, and has been in the in fantry since. in World war I Colonel Mere dith engaged principally in machinegun work. He organ ized and conducted the machine gun department at Fort Ben ning, Ga., and later organized and conducted the chemical war fare department at Edgewood arsenal, Maryland, He has served in the Philippine islands, Panama and France in addition to the United States. A graduate of the Infantry school and of the command and general staff school at Fort Leavenworth, Colonel Mere dith recent service has been as Gl personnel officer and tfi plans and training officer of the 4th army. Immediately prior to his being assigned as post commander of Camp White he wal chief of staff of the 8th corps area. Colonel Meredith was ap pointed a second-lieutenant Feb ruary 14, 1D08, a first lieuten ant in 1913, captain in 1813. major in 1820, lieutenant col onel in 1930 and colonel on January 1, 1937. Colonel Meredith's decora tions include that of the treas ury department's silver lifesav Srsg medal, BUND CHIEF PLEADS NOT GUILTY, HELD Hartford, Conn., July 8 1& Gerald Wilhelm Kunze, 36 year old chief of the former German-American Bund, plead ed innocent today to charge of espionage. He was arraigned in federal court before Judge J. Joseph Smith and held In default of j $59,000 bail. i Rain falls sometimes 300 days a year in t" Caribbean iow i lands of Costa Rtce. OWH S, MEREDITH P, S. Allan, in charge of the drive here, said his instructions came from William T. Humph reys of San Francisco, chairman for five western states. Allan said attendants would join in a coordinated house-to- house and ' bullding-to-buiiding search for the last scrap of non essential rubber. Friday is the last day of the drive, which government officials have said is short of expectations. SLOT MAI All mechanical gambling de vices, meaning slot machines and plnbail machines, operated in Jackson county otherwise than for amusement have been banned after next Monday noon Sheriff Syd 1. Brown reported today. Operators and owners of the devices have been notified of the ban and its enforcement will be under the direction of the sheriff and district attorney. The order was issued upon requests of Major General John L, DeWitt, commander of the Pacific coast area, to Governor Charles A, Sprague. The order is effective In Nevada. Idaho, Arizona, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California. Governor Sprague, In his In structions, called upon sheriffs and district attorneys Is this state to report to him upon re sults of the clean-up. Two Medford residences were entered within the past two days, both by intruder cutting the screen in windows. The Charles Ciay residence at 23 Crater Lake avenue was entered Monday night between ? and 8:30 o'clock according to a re port filed with city police yes terday, Mrs. Lin Shields of 819 Minnesota avenue reported to city police that her home was entered last evening. At the Clay home coin purse was stolen and Mr. Shields reported that her purse. pes and check books were missing. Later the purse, con taining sugar ration cards, was found in the yard and miscel laneous cards from the purse were on the front porch, the police report stated. FALL IS FATAL Portland, July S UP; Gordon Oake Parker, 33, was killed last sight in fall from a third story window of a downtown hotel. Police said Parker's wife told them that he had been de spondent for some time. leu Landed by U-8oats Go Before Military Court Heavy Guard at Hearing. Washington, July 8, fiFS i In setting of utmost secrecy J guaranteed by heavily armed; soldiers, police and secret agents I and waHed-off corridors, eight! German-bora men went on trial for their lives today before a military commission sitting is the justice department. The eight, accused of violat ing the articles of war by steal ing into this country with intent to spread fire and destruction by Nazi sabotaged methods, were rounded up by the FBI after they had bees landed by U-boats on lonely beaches of Long Island and Florida. So veiled with secretivesess was the commission proceeding the first important one of its kind since the civil war thai not even the fact of the starting of the trsal was made knows officially. An informed person confirm ed it, however, after it became obvious from the arrival ot the prisoners, the seven generals who compose the commission. the prosecution and defense counsel and a number of wit nesses. tinder Heavy Guard The prisoners arrived behind a wedge ot motorcycle police men in two closed vans guard ed by soldiers with machine guns and automatic rifles. They were brought is thru a heretofore unused gate is the justice department building is an effort to evade cartons and photographers who waited at the usual entrance on toe oppo site side of the building. Both streets, one on the east, the other on the west side, were patrolled fey policemen, while in the basement of the ousiatog a self where the vans were un loaded, heavily armed, helmet wearing soldiers guarded every corner and manned guns set up in some Instances on trucks. From there, the prisoner were takes by guarded and secret elevators to the fifth floor area where the trial is being held is what normally is a federal bu reau of investigation class room. Oregon CHy, Ore., July S &P Oregon CHy and nearby Gres- ham and Newberg closed shops this morning to esd towns people into the blackcap and raspberry fields. They are the first of westers Oregon towns expected to shut down during harvest seasos. Grower called for 5,003 pick er to save 1950,000 in crap. Gresham stores will not open until 10 a. m. for the net three days. Oregon CHy store will not open until noon the rest of the week, and Newberg will not open up until noon for the next two week. TOWNMI Hero of Raid On Nazi Bases Medford Visitor h October One ot the most treasured names In the "guest book" at the Medford airport canteen is that of Captain Charles C. Kegelmaa of El Bens, Okla.. who, on the Fourth of July, was awarded the distinguished serv ice cross for gallantry is action. Captain Kegelman was the pilot of a Boston Douglas light bomber which, with 11 other, made the first Americas raid on German held territory is western Europe. HI plane, with only on engine working, re turned aefely to its base in England after having actually touched Saji-held soil, only to rebound asd make its getaway under the pilot's expert control. I WM3io, July t f.s Th nnry announced today tet a Halted Stat submarine hs torpedoed and was b!sTd to haee sunk asanas destroyer is th Tifisii? of KUks Island is the Aleutians July Osr- ssaa asd British suss aisns th English channel tradad shall Is more titas as sssf arly today is iirisg precipi tated hf the Sannsss first beoisaidisesi sf th ssstseasi coast is many weeks. Capetown, South Africa, July (S" South Atrtcan rtavat asthsritia announced today that a S.$SS-ioa Qsiisd States vessel wbics west asrsssd eH th Cap of Seed Hop is a fes yesterday had sunk, Ta craw w mtU la Waahisgtea, Sh titrf d partmast described th &1? only a a merchant ssM By The Aitsciatad Frees In the far Pacific, Generalis simo Chiang Kai-shek's Chinese armies reported they had closed Is around Jabasese advasce for ces which penetrated the town of Fesgchsjjg and Chasgshss in a new drive aimed at capture of the Klangsi-Hunan railway. 'ilh Ihe Chinese still Sieg ing to a 25-miie sector on the ChekisngKlangsi, the Japanese Were attempting to aeiie the Kiangsi-Hunan loop for a part of their projected rail trunk imking Shanghai ana Singapore. Fierce battles were reported raging aro&nd the two towns. Is the battle of Australia, Gen. Douglas MacArthur head quarter reported that 18 Jap anese bombers raided an aiHed airdrome on Hra Island, is the Torre strait between Australia and Hew Guinea, teflieiisg slight damage. Otherwise, there was only "In termittent air reeonsasssasce, Gen. iSseArthar reported, with allied filers keeping constant vigil against any new massing of Japanese invasion armada is the ring of island above Aus tralia. A castonfcesi worker, Ken neth Piitman of Grant Pas, ha bees tsissisg from his home since last Sunday aftertsoos. and, according to the time keeper of the division en which he wa employed at Camp White, has failed to return to his job this week. Pittmas, according to the Grants Pass Courier, drew a large pay check Saturday sight and left his home Sunday after noon aayiog he was goisg to tows. He has not seen heard from since. Canada ss the fifth greatest trading nation is the world. Upon it return Captain Ke gelman was immediately award ed the medal by Major Genera) Dwlght 0. Eisenhower, Amer ican commander is the European theatre, Captain Kegelman last fall wa a member of the 58th bomb ing squadron from Will Soger Field, Oklahoma City, Oki which participated is northwest maneuvers. With other pilot he landed at the municipal air port es route north, on Octo ber it, and again on the squad ron return on November 2 Grounded here for several days Captain Kegelman, then s lieu tenant, spent much of hi tune in fee easiees, asd signed bis sense in the "guest bout. CsuncJf Moves Ta Prsvfd Inspector in Cooperation With Government, Becoeniiin the for additional inspection of sanitary condition sad food handling is MedforA s s council last night passed an or. finance asstsersmg the exeesv tioa of an agreement with fee state department r for the employment and train Isg fey that jjfnre nf ; mas to act i sanitary inspector oisiBoia ana surrounding country. The ir&neetor. $n vised by the atate department of agriculture, will fee designated a deputy health officer of Med lars, ise esyt as set forth is ihe agreemast, will eontrihate to the department of agreuttur such amounts as collected is license fee iram sii food-hasd ter ia accordance with a city ordinance. This money will fee paid to the inspector as part &i hi salary. Partial Sereiea Haw The eitv. it 3k rint v. City Attorney Frank P, Farreii, m bis ice occasional services of department of agriciiltur inspector, but because at th war emergency It wa felt thai inspection oi local restaurant and firms handling foods shouH A petition presented by S. L, Chiiders, and aigned fey proper ty owners is the vicinity, cojs plaised thai trucks of Console date Freightwaya, taming around at the isieneetics oi 12th street and Arcadia court created dus. asd Sisfaverafel condition. Th eomntatRt v referred to the aireet and roads committee. Councilman Harold Fry moved that ail city-owned 1st ss Court Jfeet, north and south Riverside svesue and north sd south Central avenue be with draws from sale because of changing essdiiion. The motion was passed. The license eoss tsiitee reported unfavorably oa the request sf fee Holly theatre to hang a sign on Sixth street. The city superintendent office reported there were 108 lot with defective sidewalks, ssxi the council ordered thai letters be written to the owners calling the fact to their attention. Study Arfny Iteueat Referred to the feu tiding and light committee for study and to confer with the army, was a request fey fee army thai fee city install prophylactic ata tion Is city hail. The meaihiy resort on worst done fey fee various separi. menf, submitted by Frank Sog er, acting superintendent, wa read by Counctusas r rani: Buntx. Vice-Mayor Larry Sehaa presided in the absese of Ma yor H. S. XSeael, Lake Arrowhead, Call?., latf 8 0P Handsome Cary Grant of fee movie and the one-time "poor little rich girt," heirett Barbara Hattos, were married here today. The wedding wa as great surprise to Hollywood. Film friend month ago had said 8s ceremony could fee expected at any time. For nearly two years, they had bees devoted cosn penisn at cinema colony f fairs- Grant, 38, wa bora Archibald Alexander Leach Sis Bristol, Eng. He ran away from horn when he we 15 to go with troupe of acrobat and corned tens. Popular among hi coileefue, Grant only last week became rv American eiiises. A fee His, he said he interred ts volunteer for active duty wife V, . aaas ed force a sees a he saav'f get si L'tf ia abas.
