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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1942.
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News Behind
The News ,
By Paul Mallon
Washington, July 13 Some
significant post-war planning:
to raise world wage rates al
ready is being
waged inside
the govern
ment by vice
President Wal
lace's board of
economy war
fare, but not
without en
countering dif
ficulty. The Wallace
group wants
the state de-
Paul Malloo
partmen to run
into some our war trade con
tracts with Latin American na
tions a provision which will
start rising some wage levels in
those nations. It would be a com
paratively simple matter for this
government to require that cer
tain labor standards be met in
any goods it purchases from
foreign countries.
Some officials, however, doubt
that this is the time to start
world social reforming. They
want to win the war first and
then they think that they could
look at what is left with a more
objective and experienced view
point. But the Wallace boys heHeve
It is never too early to start
reforming and are pressing their
views onward.
A decision is likely within a
week or two.
f
TPHE only very clearly social
experimenting for the post
war world was done 1n tb Ha
itian development company fi
nancing by the export-import
bank, and this was done long
before the war started. The
company was created under gov
ernment auspices for the grow
ing of sisal and rubber, and has
been trying to boost basic Hait
ian wage averages of 20 cents
a day by offering 25 to SO per
cent more.
Another modest experimental
beginning of Mr. Wallace's plan
for the post-war world Is the
Peruvian cotton deal. The way
the deal is being worked out
offers the first concrete evi
dence of how this government
will go about curtailing world
(Continued on Pag Pour)
A Klamath Police Head
Nominated Successor
Marshal Summerville
Washington, July 13. (IP)
President Roosevelt today nonv
inated Steve F. Hamm of Ore
gon to be United States marshal
for Oregon.
Hamm is Klamath Falls po
lice chief. He had experience
with the Pendleton and the Los
Angeles police departments be
fore becoming chief at Klamath
Falls.
As marshal he will succeed J.
T. Summerville who has held
the office for eight years.
Radio Highlights
(Pacific War Time)
. Tonight: Joseph E. Davles, 8
I p. m. from Omaha, MBS.
Tuesday: Justice Hugo Black,
at Raleigh, N. C, win-the-war
rally, 0:30 p. m., MBS.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ralph Stephenson allowing as
how yesterday's ball game was as
exciting as any he ever saw.
Kenneth Parrett proudly an
nouncing the final and official
poundage of scrap rubber col
lected in Jackson county.
Nellie W i n n e gaining gam
glamor with a coat of dye.
k Frank Perl back to Medford
F 'ith a good dose of California
sun tan.
Nancy Heath remarking that
toVu.?fre than glad to returD
E ATTACK
SHIPS IN
Heavy Guns Beat Much of
Sector To Pulp Destruc
tion by Navy Aircraft.
By Larry Allen
With the British Navy Air
force In the Egyptian Desert,
July 12 (Delayed) (JP) Brit
ish warships hurled more than
700 rounds of high explosive
shells into the axis vital supply
base at Matruh before dawn
today, causing great destruction
in the enemy's materiel dumps
close behind the Egyptian bat
tlefields. Naval aircraft bombed the
western Egypt seaport installa
tions while scores of steel pro
jectiles from the great throats
of the sea guns silenced shore
batteries and beat much of the
sector into smoking, ravaged
pulp.
Ships Set Afira
The surprise bombardment
caught a mass of small supply
ships and swift motor torpedo
boats resting at anchor in the
harbor. A number were set
afire. The great shells from the
fleet set huge blazes ashore.
The warships pumped shells
into Matruh for nearly a half
hour. The first round fell
squarely on the target area and
blasted the heavy Nazi anti-aircraft
guns into rubble of twist
ed steel. Afterwards, there was
only the rattle of machinegun
fire and bursts of small arms
from ashore.
Cairo, Egypt, July 13 (IP)
Britalns' army of the Nile, once
again bolstered by Australians,
stood firm in its newly won
positions 10 miles west of El
Alamein today after repulsing
sharp German attacks but Mar
shal Rommel was reinforcing
his forces by air and sea and
preparing for a new thrust
toward Alexandria.
Gen. Sir Claude Auchlnleck
also was drawing new strength
from his stores and reserves in
Egypt.
With both sides thus hastily
gathering power for new tests,
present activity in the desert
was viewed by British military
circles as probing for favorable
ground for future operations. -It
appeared that the hard-bitten
Australian troops, whose arrival
in the battle zone has given the
British eighth army a fresh lift,
were tightening their grip on
newly-won positions near Tel
El Eisa.
CHINESE RETAKE
FUTUO ISLAND AT
FOOCHOW'S GATE
By The Associated Press
Generalissimo Chiang Kal
Chek's high command declared
today that the Chinese had re
captured Futuo Island, just
off the Fukien province coast
from Foochow, smashing the
newest Japanese threat to one
of the biggest ports still in
Chinese hands.
The Japanese seized the Is
land last Thursday but were
driven off Saturday, a Chinese
communique announced. It said
fighting still was in progress
northwest of Wenchow, In
Chekiang province, the second
of the two big remaining Chi
nese ports. The Japanese claim
ed yesterday that they had oc
cupied Wenchow.
Fighting continued Inland In
Kiangsl province where the Chi
nese said the Japanese were
rushing uo reinforcements in
an effort to save 30,000 of their
troops hemmed In by the Chi
nest between the Kan and Fu
rivers.
Free China's leading newspa
per, Ta Kung Pao, called upon
the United States to bring the
war to a turning point this SUm
mar nr autumn bv ODenlnff a
second front in Europe, starting
a naval offensive against Japan.
1 I..MU. thm full MUVfr Of
' hr air force udod the axis In
4 Europe and Asia
A German
This waterfront view, which
was described as showing a German submarine "oarage" on the French coast. Atop the concrete
covered U-boat docks a foxtification was being built. Aircraft were to be assigned to protect the
14 ARRESTED AS
ASSOCIATES OF
Washington, July 13. (IP)
The arrest of 14 alleged associ
ates of the eight Nazis standing
trial 'for their- lives before a
military commission was an
nounced today by Attorney Gen
eral Biddle. .
The group included six wom
en and Biddle said that the 14
persons were the "immediate
contacts" of the German agents
who landed on Long Island and
Florida coasts from German
submarines last month.
At the same time, Director J.
Edgar Hoover of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation said
that the arrests had been made
in Chicago and New York dur
ing the last three weeks and
that the investigation of their
activities, and of other possible
contacts, still was underway.
Those announced as in cus
tody were:
Helmut Lelner, Astoria, Long
Island, N. Y.
Anthony Cramer, New York.
Miss Hedwig Engemann, New
York.
Hermann Helnrich Faje, As
toria, Long Island.
Mrs. Maria Kerling, New
York.
Ernest Herman Kerkhof, New
York.
Hans Max Haupt and Mrs.
Haupt, Chicago.
Harry Jaques and his wife,
Emma, Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Richard
Wergin, Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilhelm
Froehling, Chicago.
Sheltered Saboteurs
"The individuals apprehend
ed," Hoover said, "are known to
have given shelter to the sabo
teurs after their arrival In New
York and Chicago and to have
furnished them assistance which
would have aided the foreign
agents In their sabotage activi
ties in the United States. One
of the Individuals assisted by
purchasing an automobile for
the use of one of the (Nazi)
agents in transporting the ex
plosives and other material re
covered by FBI agent on the
Atlantic shore on Long Island
and Florida."
"Although all 14 of these In
dividuals were aware of the ar
rival of the eight saboteurs
from-Germany on a secret mis
sion," Hoover said, "none of
them made any attempt to re
port the information to the FBI
or any other authority."
CREAMERY HEADS TO
EYE ROUTE MERGERS
Salem, July 13. F) The
state department of agriculture
today called five conferences
with heads of creameTies.'cheese
factories and other dairy manu
facturing plants to eliminate the
duplication of truck routes.
The meetings include: wea
nesday, county agent's office,
iledford. '
U - Boat "Garage" in France"
came from neutral nation throuoh London ta tha United Statu.
U-Boat Brood To Be Bombed
Before Leaving German Nests
London, July 3 (IP) The new potency of Britain's air
campaign to drive the U-boat from the seas by smashing Ger
many's replacements before she can get them into the water is
the story behind the RAF's sensational daylight raid on Danzig
Saturday.
That neither daylight, dis
tance nor foul weather deterred
squadrons of British bombers
from sweeping low over Ger
many on a 1,750-mile roundtrlp
In daylight showed that the
Nazis are exposed now to mighty
air assault anywhere and at any
time.
. The test of the Danzig raid
is comparison with the dramatic
daylight air attack on the Ger
man submarine plant at Augs
burg just last April. Only 12
planes made that stab, only
about half as far from home
as the former free city, and only
five returned.
The attack on Danzig cost but
three planes and unofficial In
dications that this was less than
five per cent of the attacking
force meant that at least 60
bombers made it. ,
On this longest and riskiest
daylight operation by the RAF
so far, the British sent out their
Lancasters great, four-motored
bombers which are the newest
and highly secret bomb-carriers
in their air fleet.
For hours these tough planes
flew over Germany's heavily
guarded coast before they sliced
down to lay their heavy bombs
on Danzig's submarine yards in
the bright light of the northern
evening.
PEACHES AND COTS
BRING BIGPRICES
Wenatchee, Wash., July 13
(IP) Doubling and quadrupling
last year's prices, canneries and
other buyers are offering $30 a
ton for No. 1 peaches and have
paid $60 a ton for top-grade ap
ricots, fruit dealers reported to
day.
The price offered for peaches
is double that of last year and
for apricots ois to; r times as
high. Similar prices wore report
ed at Yakima.
Although no quotations on
Medford pears have been re
ceived as yet, a Medford packer
expressed the opinion there
would be a reasonable Increase
in the price of Medford Bart
lefts this year. He said the out
look appeared to be "good".
Portland, July 13 (IP Port
land births set an all-time record
of 718 in June, Dr. Thomas L.
Meador, city health officer, re
ported today.
The previous record was 652
babies born in April of this
year.
BASEBALL
American
Detroit
New York
Trout, Gorsica and TebbetU;
Gomez and Dickey, Rosar,
BOUGHT TO TUNE
OF OVER $1,500
Jackson county residents were
well-decorated with war stamp
corsages and boutonnieres Fri
day and Saturday because $1,
500 in war stamps were sold
through this means In local
stores and a booth located on
East Main street at the M. M.
Department store. At this booth
alone members of the Eagles
auxiliary sold $722 In corsages
for men and women.
Mrs. Ted Hornecker, chair
man of the volunteer women's
sales cdrps, said today that sales
so far exceeded expectations
and if more volunteer help had
been available for making cor
sages the sales would have been
higher.
Prises Given
The M. M. Department store
offered prizes Saturday to the
man and woman wearing the
largest corsages when they en
tered "the store. Prizes were
awarded to Mrs. Sam Jones, for
wear a $76 corsage and Mrs.
W. E. Nicholson, an $18.75 cor
sage, and B. M. Thumlcr of
Central Point received the
man's prize for his $100 bou
tonneire. Largest corsage sold
totaled $200 and was purchased
by H. W. Conger.
Through the volunteer serv
ice of the Eagles auxiliary,
members of the Lions and
American Legion auxiliary, the
Chrysanthemum Thimble club
of N. O. W. a large number of
corsages were fashioned last
week with Mrs. Charles Beatty
giving instruction. At the Med
ford Sojourner club meeting
Thursday a few members de
voted their afternoon to this
work also. Cellophane for the
project was donated by Fluhrer
Bakery. '
A picture of the Eagles aux
iliary members selling corsages
at their victory booth on East
Main street was taken and will
be sent to the Eagles magazine.
Fast Working Fire
Destroys Sawmill
Redmond, Ore., July S (IP)
The $230,000 Dant & Russell
lumber mill was virtually de
stroyed In a sudden, explosive
fire yesterday.
Only the planer escaped the
flames, which were first sighted
by a workman shortly before
noon. The blaze licked at the
floor of the building, and In a
few moments flames engulfed
the whole plant. Causa was
undetermined
Reds Continue
Under Nazi Hammering;
Claim Front Unbroken
E
Spokesman Says Operation
Carried On As Licensed
Government Agency.
Akron, Ohio. July 13 (IP)
M. A. Goldberg, local represen
tative of the Loewenthal Co..
Chicago, denied today a charge
that Rubber Reserve Corp. had
allowed "enormous profits" to
his and three other firms under
agreements connected with the
scrap rubber drive.
The charge was made by
Elliot E. Simpson, counsel for a
house sub-committee investigat
ing the rubber situation. In a
statement issued in Washington.
"We are operating as a gov
ernment agency under supervis-
lion of the Rubber Reserve
Corp., said Goldberg. "On July
18 we will close our books and
operate strictly under govern
ment license."
A. Schulman, president of the
firm bearing his name, -which
also was mentioned ay Simpson
said "there s no use making any
comment. AH this rubber be
longs to the government. It Is
part of the government's stock
pile." Washington, July 13 (JP)
Elliot E. Simpson, an Indepen
dent rubber dealer who is coun
sel for a house subcommittee
investigating the rubber situa
tion, charges that "four large
scrap rubber firms have reaped
enormous, prof its from the coun
try's scrap rubber drive."
Simpson, in a statement re
leased yesterday, said:
"The four companies which
have been appointed as the sole
rubber reserve 'agents are H.
Meuhlstein and company. Inc.,
A. Schulman, Inc., Nat E
Berzen, Inc., and the Lowenthal
company. All four have
branches extending from coast
to coast, and all four are due to
obtain tremendous profits from
this deal."
The Rubber Reserce corpora
tion is a government subsidiary
of the Reconstruction Finance
corporation.
NO STATE FAIR
IS FINAL
Salem, July 13 (IP) Cover
nor Charles A. Sprague an
nounced today cancellation of
the 1942 state fair, scheduled
for next September, because of
transportation difficulties.
Washington, July 13. (IP)
American pilots ferrying planes
across Africa have to watch out
for elephants, lions, crocodiles
and hippopotamuses, a returned
officer reported today.
Jackson County Rubber Pile
698,071 Pounds at Wind-Up
Exceeding by almost 100 tons
the most optimistic estimate bf
the amount of scrap rubbt.
Jackson county would yield In J
the nationwide rubber drive
which ended Friday, Kenneth
Parrett, chairman of the petro
leum committee In charge of the
county campaign, said today a
final check showed 998,071
pounds were collected.
Parrett expressed the commit
tee's thanks to everyone for
their patriotie cooperation In
turning In the scrap rubber 'to
the service stations and oil com
panies, and said that many per
sons parted with rubber article
"Dirty Holds" For
Use On Japanese
Taught Air Fofce
McChord Field, July 13
(IP) Soldiers of various units
In the United States air force
at this air base are receiving
instructions in "commando
training" and "Illegal wrest
ling," public relations officers
announced today.
The instructor In Illegal
wrestling 'with no dirty
holds barred" is Lieut.
L. A. Rogers, who has' Just
returned from the Fort
George Meade school of spe
cial services. Designated, for
exclusive use on the Japs' the
wrestling training program in
cludes every hold that 'could
be dreamed up in coordina
tion with a course of Judo
and Jui-Jitsu." .
STATE-WIDE WAR
TO WIPE OUT ALL
. Salem, July 13 W) Gover
nor Charles A. Sprague dis
closed today that state police
and county sheriffs are attempt
ing to wipe out all slot machines
operating In the state.
Governor Sprague, at the re
quest of Lt Gen. De Witt, com
manding general of the western
defense command, asked the of
ficers to make the raids on July
1. Many of the raids already
have been made.
General De Witt asked the
governor, In a letter written
June 10, to shut down all slot
machines operating near bar
racks and . encampments of
troops.
"Clearly," General Da Witt
wrote, "the use of these ma
chines by soldiers tends to de
prive them of the little money
they have to spend and does not
give them adequate return In
pleasure or profit. It is thus de
moralizing and injurious to
their moral and must be re
garded as an Important factor.
particularly In view of the pres
ent emergency conditions and
the large number of troops in
this locality."
General De Witt said he had
requested similar action in other
western states.
' Governor Sprague explained
that he delayed the announce
ment in order to give police
chance to catch slot machine
operators by surprise. He said
that publicity would have given
the operators a warning and
chased them Into temporary hid
ing.
HEARING RECESSES '
Portland, July 13 (JP) A
federal court hearing on a fed
eral power commission order
for the Portland General Elec
tric company to show causa why
its valuation should not be cut
$12,806,000 opened today and
recessed a short time later.
in good condition and still us
able. He thanked the Craterian
theatre for the "rubber matinee
It held, and the various agencies
which publicized the campaign.
Parrett said- that, although
per capita figures for the state
and nation were not yet avail
able, it was believed Jackson
county and Medford stood near
the top In the amount of rubber
collected per person.
The rubber has been stored In
bulk plant of the oil companies
and will be shipped to designat
ed receiving centers upon re
ceipt of shipping orders, he
stated.
Retreat
DEFENDERS FACE
GRAVEST THREAT
IN DONBIG BEND
Southern Front Drive Car
ries To Within 200 Miles
of Stalingrad, Key City.'
By James M. Leaf
- Associated Pass War Editor
The Russian army, giving
ground, but keeping its front un
broken, was hammered back to
day into the big bend of the Den
f i r where the Germans' deep
est drive into soviet soil carried
the swastika war flag within 200
miles of the Volga in a sweep
toward the Caspian sea that
would cut off the Caucasus.
The gravest threat to the hard
strained Russian southern front
developed at Boguchar, 50 miles
beyond Rossosh, 200 miles east of
Kharkov, whence the German
drive began, and barely 300
miles short of Stalingrad on the
Volga river.
. . Hold la North , '
, To the north the Russians r
ported t41. iioidun Voronezh,
though under intensive assault,
but to the southwest they were
forced to give up Llslchanak and
drop back to the east bank of tha
Donets river against a third Gar-
man spearhead bemg driven In
south of Izyum between Kharkov
and Rostov, front door to tha
Caucasus.
'Intense fighting continue at
the approaches to Voronezh, dur
ing which the enemy is suffering
enormous losses," a Soviet com
munique declared.
In the neighborhood of Bogu
char," it said, "our troop ara
waging a heavy defensive en
gagement against advancing;
enemy forces . . . having evacu
ated Llsichansk and occupied
new positions, our troops ara
waging a battle against enemy-
tanks and infantry."
Boguchar, where the Don
veers sharply east to within M
miles of the broad Volga. 1 43
miles from Astrakhan where tha
Volga pours Into the Caspian. .
30.000 Reds Taken
The Vichy radio broadcast a
report that tha Germans had oo
cupied Pokrovsk, 40 miles north
west of Rostov, In a new and
fourth spearhead of tha southern
drive.
The German high command
said the Russians were "being
pursued on a broad front in tha
southern lector" and that Rus
sian defenses had been breached
and 30,000 Russians captured in
a big new encirclement south
west of Rzhev, 13S miles north
west of Moscow.
13 Assricsa Urriry
Wcsita Ca Sfriij f:r
23 Per Cst Pty Kiia
Thirteen women em doves of
I wiin laundry, 10a bo.
Central avenue, went on strike
at noon today because, accord
ing to Robert C. Wright, man
ager, hi firm had refused ta
sign a labor contract calling for
an approximate 20 per cent pay
Increase for help.
Wright said the laundry
would be unable to accept any
more private work for, the time
being, or until an agreement
was reached and tha strikers,
consisting mostly of tha flat
work crew and markers, return
ed to their Job.
Wright stated tha manage
ment felt It could not Increase)
wage 20 per cent and still op
erate at a profit. In view of tha
recent government "free sing" of
laundry price.
When you throw away three
can you ara throwing away
enough tin lor coa hand
ft