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Lnt YOUR JLuiw to Bombs be B0NDS1 Bay War Bond mat Itaapt TOIUf Contribute In th war crrort or your nation. ratrtot ba. your own Mlf-protectlon. ermanda Chat V0U an your port NOWI Cm The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results at Small Cost Medford Tribune full Associated Prooa United Piau Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1942. NO. 101. MM : ! 1 t News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, July 17 One day last week the farm lobbyists trooped unobserved into a closed session of a Senate appropria tions sub-committee. In line they came, representatives of the American farm bureau federa tion, the grange, the U. S. live stock group. The newspapers did not find out about it. Next day a peculiar amend ment loaded with poison ar rows for Leon Henderson, the price adminis trator, appear ed strangely In the annual ap propriation bill for the office of price admin istration which the sub-corn- Paul Mallon mittee had been handling. This amendment said Mr. Hen derson shall not fix the price ceiling on farm products or even processed goods, like cot ton shirts and leather shoes which does not reflect 110 per cent of parity back to the farm Everyone said It was merely a restatement of existing law, but no one bothered to explain why the farm lobbyists felt it neces sary to restate such a law in an appropriation bill dealing with other matters. To the ' initiated In this peculiar political farm lusiness, however, it was evident that the farm lobbyists had set out to break up Mr. Henderson's - THE amendment would cause Henderson to abandon his present program, re-open thousands pf price items in the farm and process schedules, and this time follow Agriculture Sec retary Wickard's direction to fix much higher prices than now allowed prices which -wouio. give the farmer that 110 per cent parity index. The farm lobbyists and their congressional bloc felt justified in playing this and other little (Continued, ot Pago Ton) Marshfleld, Ore., July 17 (IP) The palatial home of Roy G. Currier, former Los Angeles and Portland medicine manufactur and founder of Curriers' Village at Lakeside, Ore., was destroyed by fire last night. The home was located on an Island in Ten Mile lake and could be reached only by boat. Built on lavish proportions, it contained a master bedroom fin ished entirely in myrtlewood a species of wood found only in this section of Oregon and in the Holy Land. The surrounding estate included an aviary, big greenhouses, and large kennels where Currier kept several Great Danes. The kennels had their own kitchen, equipped par ticularly to barbecue goats. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight: Talks MBS 8:15 Rep. V. Marcantonlo on Italian American Role in War": NBC 8:15 Rep. W. Ploeser on "Small Business"; MBS 8:15 Rep. S. Dickstein on "Disloyalty in Times of War." Saturday: NBC 1 Pan-American Holiday BLU 8 a. m. Ser vice Men's Hop; 9:30 a. m. National Grange. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORT'S RS George Hilton hopping into Otown to arrange details of har vesting his hop crop near Grants Pass. . , ' i t - Hizzoner H. S. Deuel J City Dad Jim Collins putif their beads together outside WapJOsJ working hour - W U. S. CASUALTIES 44 DEAD. 49 HURT No Material Change in Aleut Situation is Navy Report Nippon Losses Heavy. Washlngton, July 17. UP) The navy announced today in a resume of fighting in the Aleu tians that army aircraft recently dropped 56 bombs on Japanese short installations at Kiska, one of three islands on which the enemy has landed. American losses in the cam paign to date were disclosed of ficially to include 44 army and navy men killed in Jap bombing attacks on Dutch Harbor and nearby Fort Mears and on an army post at Fort Glenn about 70 miles west of Dutch Harbor on the island of Umnak. Old Ship Lost The old station ship Northwest ern was lost in the attack on Dutch Harbor early last month when it was hit by bombs and burned and some damage, al though of a minor nature, was done to American short installa tions. In addition to the 44 army and navy dead, there were 49 army and navy personnel injured and one civilian killed so far, the an nouncement said. The navy's review of the situa tion in the Aleutians said that ."there has: been no material change in the general situation" since July 11. Several new bits of Informa tion were added to what pre viously had been announced. These included: That the force which attacked the Aleutians on June 3, the day before the Japanese attack on Midway in the Hawaiian group, consisted approximately of two small carriers, two seaplane ten ders, several cruisers and de stroyers and from four to six transports. U. 8. Ships In Harbor At the time of the Dutch Har bor attack three United States destroyers, an army transport, a mine sweeper and a coast guard cutter were in the harbor, in ad dition to the Northwestern, which had been beached and was used as barracks for contractors' personnel. The day after the first Dutch Harbor attack army bombers and navy patrol planes attacked the enemy carriers, launching bombs and torpedoes, but results "could not be observed." On June 4, the same day the American planes counter attack ed, the enemy's carrier-based bombers and 16 fighters attacked Dutch Harbor and Fort Mears for the second time and simul taneously assaulted the army post. Fort Glenn, where nine enemy fighters strafed shore in stallations. Two of the fighters were shot down and the other seven withdrew "without inflict ing damage." On June 12, enemy ships were observed at both Attu and Kis ka islands at the tip of the Aleu tian chain, and about 20 tents and temporary structures were observed on the shore at Kiska. Attack Jap Ships Meanwhile, numerous air at tacks had been made on enemy shipping and these were contin ued in subsequent days. Then on July 6 the army planes dropped 56 bombs on the enemy's Kiska installations, but the navy did not relate what results were ob tained, if they were observed at all. . The review summarized the enemy's losses as three destroy ers and one transport sunk and four cruisers, three destroyers, one gunboat and one transport damaged. This summary did not include a report Informally made several weeks ago by Lieu tenant General Henry H. Arnold of the army air forces that an aircraft carrier had been dam aged and a cruiser sunk. Counting both the navy and ar y reports, the toll of Japan ese ships in the area now stands at nine damaged, one believed sunk and five sunk. In addition, the navy commu nique disclosed today, "at least seven enemy aircraft have been destroyed and our pilots' reports Indicate damage and possible de struction of several others." Russ Army t AW RUSSIA jVORONEZ"v AT M belgorod) oYkolL povorino KHARKOV tiSK 5-Siu J - V tV. I STALINGRADC. X LISICHANSK J j VOROSHILOVGRAD I GANROGjLjji"! To Caucasus I Th And Oil Fields Red army couniar attacks In the Voronesh resulted In the te capture of an Important point on the northern anchor of the defense line against the Mast drive for the Caucasus oil region and a stubborn defense was maintained by Marshal Tlmoshenko's troops in the vital Boguchar Miculinsk. Voroshilovgrad and Pokrovik areas. A withdrawal in the area south of Boguchar, Increasing the middle sector threat by the Natis, was admitted by the Soviets. Submarine Torpedoes Get Two More Ships; ' Total Loss Now 379 By the Associated Press Axis submarine torpedoings of two more United Nations ships, one a small British cargo vessel in the South Atlantic and the other a small Dutch merch ant ship in the Caribbean, were announced by the navy today. (Frl.) The losses,. and three reported yesterday, two of which were American and one Norwegian, raised to 379 the unofficial As sociated Press count of allied and neutral ships sunk - in the western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. The U-boat which, sunk the British vessel the night of June 25 used one torpedo and 65 shells, survivors said. Two mem bers of the 40-man crew drown ed and a third died later in a lifeboat. After nine days in two life boats and three rafts, the 37 survivors were picked up and landed at a south Atlantic port July 5. They reached an east coast United States port July 13. Washington, July 17. (IP) The senate voted today to auth orize construction of a Florida barge canal, two or more oil pipe lines and the deepening of the gulf intercoastal Waterway. WLB Wage Stabilization Policy Stirs Unionist Dissatisfaction By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS President Roosevelt told his press conference today that the whole question of wage controls and Inflation is under study when asked for his reaction to the broad wage stabilization policy laid down by the war labor board to maintain the pur chasing power of hourly wages at the levels of January, 1941. He said no decision had been reached on when he might send a message to congress on the subject, and that the basis of all policy on the program was to keep the cost of living from go ing up. Unionists Oppose Even as he talked unionists expressed dissatisfaction with the labor board's ruling, laid down in an 8 to 4 decision which permitted an increase of 44 cents a day in wages of workers In "little steel" who were seek ing tl a day increase through the CIO United Steel Workers. The labor members opposed the 1 ruling Halts Nazis at GENERAL CALLS Major General Charles H. Gerhard t, - commander of the Hist Infantry Division at Camp White, will make his initial pro nouncement to officers and men of his staff at a brief ceremony in front of the divisional head quarters building at the camp Sunday morning at 9 o'clock. - All officers and men of the 91st division will be present. Following the ceremony, short church services will be held. Cement Barges Will Bring OH Seattle, " July 17. W Fuel oil and gasoline soon will be brought up the Pacific coast in large, sea-going concrete barges now under construction. Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman of the Maritime commission, said today. Reno, Nev., July 17 (IP) Modification of taxes applied to the mining industry and greater cooperation between various government agencies concerned with mining was urged today at a hearing before the senate sub committee on silver. There also were work stop-' pages over the nation which hampered the war effort. Steel unionists quickly pro tested the WLB decision and Re public Steel Corporation, one of the four firms affected, said "the wage increase Is a long step in the direction of Inflation. It said It would have to study the opinion before deciding on its future course of action. In another part of its decision the WLB by another 8 to 4 vote, with industry members dissent ing, granted union security thru a maintenance of membership clause combined with a check off (collection) of union dues by the companies. Roosevelt Heeded Writing the principal board decision on wages. Dr. George W, Taylor said the members had paid heed to President Roose velt's anti-inflation program and the board "has determined that the following guiding principles should be applied In evaluating I claims lor wage increases: Voronezh 1 Sweater Girl Weds Young SleeSr Broker On Lts Vegas Flight Hollywood. July 17 (Pi' Lana Turner eloped by air to Las Vegas, Nev., with Stephen Crane, a former New York and Chicago stock broker, today and reports were rife that Linda Darnell and Publicity Agent Alan Gordon, who accompanied them, would make it a double ceremony. Lana's studio said It never had heard of Crane but Gor don's agency said Lana had known him a year, been his fre quent companion four months. Crane asked the big question while dancing last night. Crane, 27, graduated from Butler university. He came here two years ago with the mer chandising firm of David O. Bernstone. He is divorced from Carole Kurtz, Indianapolis society girl. Lana, 22, was born in Wal lace, Idaho and had a rapid rise on the screen. Previously she posed for thousands of sweater girl pictures. Grants Pass, Ore.. July 18 VP) Ninety-four persons survive Emma . Braeazeale, 71, of Sel ma, who died today. Besides her husband, there are nine children. 48 grandchildren, and 36 great grandchildren. "1. For the period from Janu ary 1, 1941, to May, 1942, which followed a long period of rela tive stability, the cost of living Increased by about IS per cent. If any group of workers aver aged less than a 15 per cent Increase In hourly wage rates during or Immediately preced ing or following this period. their established peacetime stan dards have been broken. If any group of workers averaged a IS per cent wage Increase or more, their established peacetime stan dards have been preserved. "2. Any claim for wage ad justments for the groups whose peacetime standards have been preserved can only be consid ered in terms of the Inequal ities of the substandard condi tions specifically referred to In the president's message of April 27. 1942. "3. Those groups whose peace tune standards have been bro ken are entitled to have these standards re-established as stabilization factor. Nazis Halted at Voronezh, Continue Toward BILL TO OUTLAW CONTRACT FEES Navy Demands Swift Action to Halt Profiteering ' in Government War Effort. Washington, July 17. AP A measure outlawing commission fees on government war con tracts was approved unani mously today by the house naval committee after the navy itself demanded swift action to "stop profiteering at government ex pense. The action came after three days of public hearings during which representatives of four firms of "sales engineers In the nation's capital told of earning close to $2,000,000 during the last 18 months in fees for obtain ing contracts for manufacturers throughout the country. Robert E. Kline, an advisor In the office ot Undersecretary of the Navy James V. Forrestal, told - the committee . that it "should be obvious that some thing is very wrong and that quick action should be taken to stop profiteering at government expense. Portland. Ore.. July 17 OPt A handsome youth who recount ea nis -glowing heroism as an Australian flying officer was held in jail here today under nis real name, William J. Smith. 20-year-old U. S. army private from Canton, 111. Chief of Detectives John J. Keegan said that Smith, - who posed as flight officer Thomas Causon, Royal Austrian air force, a hero in every United Nations' major engagement from Dunkerque to the Coral sea was a three-timer deserter from the American armed forces. . Additionally, Keegan said Smith was charged with unau thorized use of American and Australian uniforms and with misrepresenting himself as an ofifcer. Keegan said the youth admitted stealing various uni forms found in his possession. "4. The board, as directed by the president in his April 27 message, will continue to 'give due consideration to Inequalities and the elimination of substan dard! of living.' " "5. Approximately 20 wage disputes, still pending before the board, were certified prior to the stabilization date of April 27. The question arises in these cases whether Wage rates being paid on April . 27, 1942, can or cannot be considered as 'exist ing rates' within the meaning of the president's message, or whether they then had the ten tative character of disputed rates. Due regard must be given to any factors of equity which would be arbitrarily swept away by 'a change of rules In the middle of the game.' 'The guiding principles out lined above Insure, in general, that claims for wage rate adjust ment can be considered on an equitable basis and In a manner 1 which will further the national purpose to stabilize the cost of living." Advance in South Stalingrad, Rostov BASEBALL American First same. St. Louis 4 6 0 Philadelphia a 11 2 Sundra and Hayes, Ferrell; Besse, Fowler and Swift. (12 innings) Chicago 19 1 Boston 2 7 1 Humphries and Turner; War ner and Conroy. Cleveland 16 2 New York .. 8 10 2 Smith, Hevlng, Eisentate and Denning; Chandler and Rosar. COL MEREDITH IN CAMP GEO. WHITE Headquarters of Colonel Owen R. Meredith, commanding offi cer at Camp White, were moved today from the Brophy house on tne reservation to new buildings Just completed by the army 'for suoh use, It was announced by the colonel's headquarters. New headquarters for Colonel Meredith and his staff include four buildings facing semi circular drive, In the diametric center of which Is a 72-foot flag pole approximately 300 feet from the Crater lake highway. One of the buildings will house the Camp White finance office, another the camp post- office . and the two structures flanking these will be utilized by the camp's administrative personnel. - - The Brophy house, built years ago by Nick Brophy, who oper ated a cattle ranch, and resided in for many years afterwards by his son, Vern Brophy, will be used as temporary office for the Camp White engineers, headed by Captain Lin Shields, it was announced. It was taken over by the army as headquarters for . Colonel George C. Ferch, FA., as com manding officer ot the camp on or about March 5. Colonel Mere dith relieved Colonel Ferch as camp commander on May 21 and, with his staff, occupied the dwelling until it was vacated to day. Increasing administrative ac tivities of camp headquarters had expanded far beyond the capacity of the building. SUBMARINE NEST London, July 17 (JP) A force of Stirling!, Britain s big gest four-englned bombers. struck at Germany before the fall of darkness last night In at tacks on submarine building yards five miles from hard-hit Luebeck and on shipyards at Flensburgl near the German- Danish border. The raids carried to climax daylight attacks yesterday on ob jectives In Germany which open ed with single-plane assaults on points in the Ruhr. Londoi Alert Wkea Single Raider Scaa London, July 17 (IP) Lon don had it first daylight air raid alert since March 16 today when single- raider was re ported headed toward the city. The all clear followed In half an hour, however, without any thing happening. No Incident ao curred on March 16 either. The enemy plane was said to have been within 13 or 20 miles of the capital. Baron Tomau. German, built the first Russian oil refin ery near Baku in 1138. STEPPESOF DON Million Men Forcing Soviets Back Stalin Joins Gen eral Staff at Volga City. By Clyde A. Fan-worth (Associated Press War Editor) The Germans, at a bloody standstill if not in actual diffi culty before Voronezh, were re ported today to be losing the initiative there, but further south, in a zone of deeper pene tration eastward, they rolled like a tide across the waving Caucasian grain fields perhaps a million strong. , The Russians, harassed from land and sky, fell back fighting, eastward toward Stalingrad on the Volga and southward toward Rostov on the Don. Nasi Lose Most At Voronezh, on the northern flank ot this blazing, 300-mile front, the chance ot a successful side diversion against the Cau casus offensive rested in the ba ances of a bloody struida in which the Russians said the had cracked through two lines of their besiegers. The battle of Russia was run. ning to the red army's favor in a nine-to-four ratio ot man power losses, according to ozV flclal Russian statistics for the past two months of combat. A roundabout reoort unda German sponsorship said that Joseph Stalin, for whom Stalin grad was named, had Joined the chief of the Russian general staff at the Volga city to take per sonal direction of the defense. The report that Stalin had taken charge at Stalingrad, ac cording to word which reached Stockholm through German controlled channels from "an ab solutely reliable source in An kara," was linked in the same) dispatch with word that strong reimorcemenis irom "tne newly formed central Asiatic army" were concentrated there. There was no confirmation from Moscow, and the Stalin re port might be merely a bit of fiction based on the facts that Stalingrad Is gravely menaced, that it Is not likely to be yielded without a terrible struggle and that Stalin, as both premier and defense commissar,- has person ally directed Russia's year-old battle with Germany. But there was a chance that a defense of Stalingrad in its Im mediate environs may never be necessary. Two German spear heads, at least one of which is well Inside the north Caucasian area at MiUerovo, are still about 173 miles west and northweai of that major goal. The fate of Voronezh on the exposed flank of the Germans eastward bulge may in turn de cide the fate of the German of fensive further south. "In some sectors of the Vor onezh front the initiative haa passed Into soviet hands," the Russians declared in today's communique, reporting that the fight there had gone on through another night. "The Germans are on the defensive." "In the Voronezh sector fight ing continues with the same ferocity as before." the coram t que went on. "Numerous at tempts of the enemy to press forward are failing. The battle field is littered with - German corpses and dozens of burned out enemy tanks." This optimism-tinged report came as a sequel to the official Moscow announcement that the Germans were on the losing end of a nine-to-four ratio in casu alties. From May ;S to July IS, said last night's special communique, the Germans lost In dead. In jured and captives no less than 900,000 troops against 399.000 for the red army. Of the Oer- man casualties 150,000 1 to be dead.
