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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1942.
NO. 100.
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, July 16 The Rus
sian method of meeting the blitz
has always been to give ground
until the attack is spent. Then
the Reds customarily move in
against the panting and exhaust
ed foe with counter-attacks.
For this, and
many other
reasons, au
thorities have
discounted the
direst possibili
ties of recent
news from
Russia.
For instance.
those two sal
ients which
Paul Mallon
the Nazis first
drove to the
Don were narrow mechanized
pushes. They were long slender
fingers driven Into the Russian
position, not a complete whole
sale advance on the 200-mile
front.
It is true they cut the two
railroads from Rostov to Mos
cow at Voronezh and Rossosh
and thus succeeded in hindering
communications between Timo
shenko's southern army and the
central army.
But these railroads have been
used onlv for troons. Siinnlips
have always gone from the north ,
by a safer route, around through
Stalingrad
Furthermore, even if Stalin
grad falls and the Volga is cut
there the Russians would still
have one rail line left to the
i Caucasus oil from Astrakhan
straight north. . . .
s
CO while the two handiest
troop rail-routes were cut at
the outset of the drive, supplies
were able to move to Timo
shenko as usual, and his cause
was not irreparably damaged.
Furthermore, the thin line of
the German advance left Hitler
the problem of protecting his
flanks as he moved forward, and
limited his operations.
At the two heads of the thin
salients, Voronezh and Rossosh.
his troops turned southward,
fighting their way down the
railroads and the Don river.
THE Russian defenses along
the Don were seriously ham
pered by the winding nature of
(Continued on Paga Eight)
Radio Highlights
(Pacific war time.)
Broadcast premiere by Arturo
. Toscanini and the NBC Sym
phony orchestra in a 90-minute
concert on Sunday afternoon
cf the Seventh symphony by the
Russian composer Dmitri Sho
stakovich is to be dedicated to
Russian war relief.
The program on NBC's full
network at 1:15 will include a
brief talk in that connection by
Edward C. Carter, president of
Russian War Relief, Inc.
CBS series of commando
dramas, based on the feats of
the British raiders of the con
tinent, has been delayed in start
ing until 5:30 p. m. Saturday.
It originally had been set for
Wednesday night.
VACATION PAY DISPUTE
9 CLOSES COOS BAY MILL
Marshfield, Ore.. July 16 (P
A dispute of 25 of 60 employes
over vacation pay kept the Mc
Kenna Lumber company mill
idle today.
SIDE GLANCES
BY
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Rosemary and Carolyn Jones,
identical twins, having a hard
time riding herd on their young
twin brothers.
Gwynnlee Young and Joan
Gardner enjoying a midnight
onack last evening consisting of
hard boiled eggs, carrots, sand
wiches, oranges, graham crack
ers and iced tea.
Don McPherson passing out
Imaginary cigars over the tele
phone on the arrival of a seven
pound ion
SALIENTS DRIVEN
E
Invaders Gain Control of
25,000 Sq. Miles Since
Start of Drive June 28.
By Clyde A. Farniworth
Associated Press War Editor.
A German foothold some 20
miles inside the northern Cau
casus and another on the north
ernmost rim were officially con
ceded today by the Russians
while the sanguinary struggle
for Voronezh on the north flank
of the enemy's menacing bulge
along the Don river attained a
new degree of ferocity.
An informed source said it
was evident that Germany was
throwing her full weight into
the present offensive betore Bri
tain and the United States can
invade Europe. . . -
No Relief Soon
Even so, he said, the allies are
not likely to be able to form a
second front in time to relieve
the pressure on the red armies
now or later this summer.-
These expressions accompan
ied a British military commen
tator's confirmation of Russian
reports that several German re
serve divisions had recently
been moved to the eastern front
from Belgium and France,
. The commentators said, how
ever, that the diverted German
troops were not garrison divi
sions trained in western Europe.
The garrison strength, he said,
remained unaffected and the
garrison forces while "not spear
head troops, are good soldiers
nevertheless."
Since launching their latest
all-out effort in Russia on June
28, the Germans have won ef
fective control of an additional
25,000 square miles of Russian
territory somewhat more than
the area of West Virginia
although not all Russian forces
therein have been moppeci up.
Pressing behind two spear
heads eastward from this bulge,
the Germans threaten to crash
on through to the Stalingrad
elbow of the Volga river, less
than 200 miles away, effectively
splitting the Caucasus and eas
ing the way for direct penetra
tions of the oil-bearing region
further south.
These were the implications
of the Russian communique ad
mitting loss of Bogucuar, Just
outside the North Caucasian
territory and Millerov, 75
milp. farther south ana msiuc
the territory, on the direct line
of rail communications between
Moscow and Rostov.
The North Caucasus is one
of Russia's principal agricultur-
al regions.
If repeated axis reports are
correct, the German advance
through Boguchar has carried
-.n Kvnnrt the southeast.
These advices last located the
point of this spearhead at Migu
linsk, 160 miles northwest of
Stalingrad, industrial capital of
the lower Volga.
Los Angeles. July 1-!T;
An air attack on me r-.-coast.
Including the use of gas,
l at anv time.
may uc - c
Lt.- Col. E. K. Merritt. U. S.
army air forces, told 350 Indus
trialists today.
Col. Metritt. western district
plant protection officer for the
air forces, addressed school
of emergency protection for Los
Angeles Industries and public
buildings. He warned: 'The
enemy certainly is not going to
let our tremendous aircraft pro
duction continue on the coast
without trying to put a crimp
in it.
"An air attack on the coast
may be expected at any time.
The army has every reason
to believe that gas will be used "
He said contracts for plants
which ignore protection regula
tions will be cancelled, and also
declared the government "will
not stand for strikes in war
production." Contracts will be
transferred or plants taken over
if strikes occur, he said.
ARMY LOOKS FOR
ATTACK ON fSOAST
Americans Join in Bastille Day
I ill -:".: Cf lr,M
Central Charles Da Gaulle (left), "Fighting French" leader, shakos hands with Lt. Can.
Dwight D, Eisenhower, chief of the U. S. forces in Europe, during: the Free French celebration
of Bastille Day, national French holiday, in London. In the m W Is Admiral H. R. Stark,
U. S. naval chief in European waters, while at extreme right is A Hafii Macha, Saudi Arab
ian minister to London. Photo cabled from London to Now Yorhi H
Vichy Protests U.S. Consulting
Free French Leader De Gaulle
. Vichy, July 16 (JP) The Vichy government officially protest
ed today to Washington against assignment of. military repre
sentatives to Gen. Charles de G a wile, declaring this "constitutes
an attack on the sovereignty of France."
An authorized sources declar
ed it was "inadmissible" that the
American government, "which
is maintaining normal relations
with the French government,
also maintain relations with a
rebel force"
(The United States depart
ment of state announced July 9
that Admiral Harold R. Stark
and Brig. Gen. Charles L. Bolte
had been assigned to consult in
London with the national com
mittee of the fightine. French
headed by General de Gaulle "on
all matters relating to the con
duct of the war."
(The announcement and an ac
companying memorandum stres
sed that the purpose was to
strengthen military aid to the
fighting French, and did not
refer to the controversy over
diplomatic recognition, which
the United States has not given
the de Gaulle organization.)
The protest was announced
pending publication of the
French stand concerning
French warships Interned at
Alexandria. The latter was un
derstood to reject all proposals
to move the ship elsewhere than
to French territory, on the
grounds that to do so would not
conform with French-German
armistice terms.
(The state department an
nounced in Washington two
days ago that Vichy had already
reiected two proposals oy rres-
ident Roosevelt for removal of
the nine demilitarized French
naval vessels from the Egyptian
war zone.
President Roosevelt proposed
that the ships be moved through
the Suez canal under American
rustodv to some American or
tral nort for Internment
until after the war, when they
would be returned to France
When this plan was rejected,
he suggested that the ships be
ent tinder U. S. protective cus
tody to Martinique. French West
Indian Island, for aemoDiuza
tion). CRASH KILLS 5
Spokane, Wash., July 18 UP)
A heavy bomber based at Geiger
field crashed last night near
Post Falls, Idaho, 20 miles east
of Spokane, killing the entire
crew of five men, the public
relations office at Geiger field
reported this morning. Names
of the men were withheld.
.
maT .r r e - m
Whiskered Transient
Held for Failure lo
Comply With Draft
John Charlie Blandt, SO. tran
sient, an admitted conscientious
objector, arrested near Talent
yesterday on a vagrancy charge
will be turned over to the local
draft board for further action.
District Attorney George W.
Neilson said today. Instructions
to this effect were received to
day by the district attorney from
Sacramento federal aides.
Blandt was arrested by a
sheriff deputy yesterday who
discovered him asleep near a
highway bridge near Talent
He was charged with vagrancy
and a hearing was held in jus
tice court yesterday afternoon
with Blandt acting as his own
attorney. He had $55 in his
possession Justice Coleman re
served his decision on the va
grancy charge.
Blandt readily admitted he
had failed to report to his Cali
fornia draft board for physical
examination and said he was a
conscientious objector. He ad
vised the arresting officer he
always camped out and worked
only when people asked him to.
He said he was American barn
of German parents. He will be
held here until a final decision
in his case is made. He is a
husky and bewhiskered.
Don't Be Surprised at Anything,
British Boys
By Frank K. Kelly
New York, July 16. (P)
Tap an American and he may
turn on you with a war whoop,
a Rotarian grip or a fraternity
yell.
But don't be surprised at any
thing he does, says the British
air ministry, because the melt
ing pot has been cooking for a
long time and many new things
have been added.
He likes to ramble and tight.
He is curious, generous, vio
lent, talkative and unreserved.
He stalks the dollar with the
ferocity his ancestors used in
gathering redskin scalps.
He leaves culture along with
child-bearing to his women.
That's an American, the Brit
ish ministry informs royal air
force cadets headed here for
training.
The American Is so many
things It Is sometimes hard to
understand him, the ministry In
dicates In its pamphlet-portrait
for the guidance of the British
PERT NL ELDER
JUVENILE OFFICER
Robert M. Elder of Klamath
Falls was appointed juvenile of
ficer for . Jackson county by
County Judge J. B. (Blin) Cole
man yesterday. He will assume
office August 1. Elder was one
of several applicants for the
position which was provided for
in the budget for 1942-43.
Elder has been engaged in
juvenile delinquency work In
Klamath Falls and Klamath
county for six or seven years
and is experienced in the work.
He also has served as desk ser
geant for the Klamath Falls
police department, owns an
apartment house in Klamath
Falls, is married and has two
children.
County Judge Coleman said
the Juvenile delinquency situa
tion in this county requires the
services of a full time officer,
and he will be able to reach the
children and their parents be
fore things have gone too far.
"Mr. Elder is a trained man,
with rather definite Ideas on the
handling of juvenile cases and
I believe is just the man we
need for the place," Judge Cole
man further explained.
En Route Here Told
fliers about to . rub elbows with
a strange species.
"The average American has
inherited something of the tra
dition of the American Indian.
There la the same preliminary
war dance and concurrent ex
citement, the same love of vio
lent action and no less violent
speech, the same war cries, the
same concentration on the scalp
as the object of expedition."
The American is unpredict
able, the ministry continues, be
cause "out of the mixture of
races from which he derives his
personality, he is more Euro
pean than any European."
Not only that, he lives In "a
vast and fabulous country where
the northwest la rather like the
British Isles, the deep southeast
like the tropics, the mlddlewest
an empire richer than Germany
and the Ukraine put together,
Texas very similar to southern
Brazil and Uruguay, California
and southern Oregon like parts
of Australia."
V ar Contract
Admits Huge
AID CIVIL EFFORT
Maj.-Gen. Gerhardt to Detail
Man For Duty at Local C.
of C Review Needs.
The' Jackson county coordinat
ing board and Major General
Charles H. Gerhardt, command
er of the 91st Infantry Division
at Camp White, met yesterday
to consider the acute housing
situation here, magnified by the
influx of hundreds of wives and
families of military personnel.
A flood of applications for living
accommodations has been re
ceived at the chamber of com
merce the past week.
Frank J. VanDyke. coordina
tor, stated that an officer from
the 91st division would be
stationed at the chamber of
commerce to aid the chamber,
the coordinating board and the
Homes Registration Office In
explaining the situation and
helping obtain housing units for
the wives and families of mili
tary personnel.' He urged the
public to cooperate by immedi
ately listing at' the chamber all
available dwelling units in this
area, including houses, apart
ments and rooms. .
Officers At Camp
General Gerhardt and all of
ficer personnel of the 91st divi
sion and its attendant troops are
to live at Camp White, Van
Dyke explained, adding that the
crying need was for housing
units for wives and families of
the officers, many of whom have
traveled thousands of miles to
be with their husbands and
fathers in the few remaining
weeks or months before they
are called to the actual war
front. . .
VanDyke said that over 200
nice rooms were listed at the
present time, but that many of
the landlords had requested they
be made available to officer
oersonnel only. However, he
explained, by reason of the plan
being followed in wnicn an
officers of the 91st division will
live at Camp White, theJieed Is
not for the officers but for their
wives and families. He called
upon the landlords to cooperate
by renting rooms to wives of the
officers.
Manv of the officers have
families here, VanDyke pointed
out, and these families are plan
ning to "double up in nouses
thev are able to rent. Again,
VanDyke requested landlords
not to be reluctant in renting
houses to more than one family,
as this plan would greatly im
prove the situation.
Questionnaires eni
Questionnaires have been sent
to contractor and engineer per
sonnel at Camp White asking
that they list their housing units
prior to vacating, so that tnese
units will be readily available
to wives and families Immedi
ately after the present occupants
leave.
VanDyke said that General
Gerhardt Indicated the army
was not going to dictate what
rent shall be paid for any given
property, and it Is anticipated,
he said, that the community
response will be such that It
will not be necessary for wives
and families of the military
personnel to use accommoda
tions for which unfair rentals
will be charged.
RAF RAIDS GERMANY
FROM CLOUDY SKIES
London, July 16 (Ph British
bombers raided Germany In
davlieht this afternoon, it was
announced authoritatively.
Lone bombers protected by
clouds dropped bombs on sepa
rate missions In the inausiriai
Ruhr, other parts of northwest
Germany and in Tha Netherlands.
BASEBALL
National
First game.
Brooklyn . 0 8 2
Chicago , 7 14 1
Dsvis, Mimball and Owens:
Schmitz, Warneke and McCul
lough. American
Cleveland S 7 2
New York 8 11 1
Harder. Milnar and Hegan.
Denning; Bonham and Rosar.
FOR 1942 SEASON
Washington, July 18 (IP)
Federal migratory birdhunting
regulations for 1942 were an
nounced today by Interior Sec
retary Ickes, providing a 70-day
shooting season for ducks in
stead of the 60 days permitted
in i4i.
Duck hunting will begin in
the northern zone on September
20, intermediate zona October
15 and southern zone, Novem
ber z.
While liberal!; ng the restric
tions on hunting ducks, which
showed a vast increase in num
bers last year, Ickes tightened
rules for: the protection of
geese, doves and other birds
that have not increased in popu
lation. Duck hunting hours will run
from sunrise to sunset, instead
of from sunrise to 4 p. m. as
formerly, and legally killed
birds may be possessed for 30
days after the close of the sea
son, instead of 20 days.
Regulations governing bag
and possession limits of ducks
remain unchanged except that
a new provision makes the pos
session limit on the first day of
hunting conform to the daily
bag limit.
The regulations reduced the
bag limits on geese and Includ
ed other special safeguards,
since Investigations had shown
a decline in goose populations
other than the blue geese.
Tl
A troop train today brought
to Camp White most of a cadre
of 934 men, all of them non
commissioned officers, techni
cians or specialists transferred
from Fort Bliss, Tex., to become
key men In the new 91st In
fantry Division commanded by
Major General Charles H. Ger
hardt. A cadre, lt was explained
by the general's headquarters.
Is an army term describing a
group of men transferred from
one post to mi in at anoiner.
The men. all from the 1st
Cavalry Division at Ft. Bliss,
are veterans and considered one
of the best trained units in the
army. They will be assigned
to highly-Important posts in the
91st division.
While most of them arrived
on the troop train, others are
driving their own cars and some
are bringing their families.
Draft of Married
Seen by Stimson
Washington,' July 16. OV-
Secretary of War Stimson ex
pressed his belief today that
young married men and youths
of 18 to 20 would have to be
drafted for the armed forces be
fore a victory over the axis is
won.
Asked at his press conference
whether tha war department
still believed these men would
be needed for the army, Stimson
replied that "we have never had
a great war In which we did not
find It necessary to call up both
l these classes. '
Agent
Profits
PARTES, PRESENTS
GIVEN OFFICERS IS
$431,463 Received In 18-
Month Period Says Ward
Socially Inclined.
Washington, July 18. (JPh
Horace Ward, of Washington,
war contract commission agent.
acknowledged earnings of $431,-
463 in an 18-month period today
and said he entertained coast
guard and naval officers with
whom he did business because:
"I'm socially inclined."
Ward appeared before the
house naval committee, now in
vestigating the operations of
commission agents who obtain
war contracts for manufacturers
throughout thfe country. He said
that he had plenty of manufac
turers as clients.
. Parties Charged Off
In response to questions.
Ward testified that he charged
oft parties and presents to naval
and coast guard officers as pan
of his sales expenses.
That statement came alter
William Shaughnessy of com.
mittee counsel introduced a let.
ter in which Ward wrote client
that "when I tell you I can da
something in the coast guard ,1
mean just that and nothing
more."
What is the motive in enter
taining these coast guard ana
naval officers?" inquired Chair
man Vinson (D-Ga).
Tm socially inclined,- re
sponded Ward.
A Washington family of four
acknowledged before the house
naval committee today mat a
h.H realized nroflts amounting
to $613,798 In 1941 by obtaining
war contracts for eleven manu
facturers on a commission main.
"What's your definition ox
war profiteering," Rep. Magnu
son (D-Wash) asked William
Scrlmgeour, father and founder
of the partnership.
"I don't think that I hava
one," Scrlmgeour replied:
"That's what I tnougnv ob
served Magnuson. . .
The partnership inemun
si-imffoniir. his wue. ana weir
two sons, Maxwell and C Bailey
Scrimgeour.
I.. VranrUm Julv 16 UPh
A 68-year-old woman was held
on a murder charge wy "
the fatal shooting of Luelea
Doyen, 38, as the climax to
long-standing argument over
noise the Doyen children mad
In the downstairs flat.
Police Inspectors Frank Aheara
and Al Comas said the woman.
Mrs. Mary Slater, had conieseeu
the shooting but insisted tha
Doyen had goaded her by con
stant Insults.
Doyen, an employe of the)
Southern Pacific hospital and
the father of three girls, died
shortly after a bullet from tha
woman's .28 caliber pistol
pierced his chest.
Officers said Mrs. Slater com
plained about the noise tha
Doyen children were making,
and turned on her radio loudly
and stomped on the floor when
they failed to stop. Doyen then
went upstairs to protest and was
shot as his wife below called
out, "Look out, she's got gun'
Britishers Strafed
By German Raider$
London, July 16. (V-German
raiders attacking In tha
East Midlands this morning machine-gunned
men and woman
going to work and bombed ona
town, causing fires and some
property damage.
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