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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1942.
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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
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TRIBUNE REPORT'S RS
George Hilton hopping into
Otown to arrange details of har
vesting his hop crop near Grants
Pass. . , '
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Hizzoner H. S. Deuel J City
Dad Jim Collins putif their
beads together outside WapJOsJ
working hour -
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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."
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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
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St. Louis 4 6 0
Philadelphia a 11 2
Sundra and Hayes, Ferrell;
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Chicago 19 1
Boston 2 7 1
Humphries and Turner; War
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Cleveland 16 2
New York .. 8 10 2
Smith, Hevlng, Eisentate and
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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.