Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 24, 1942, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLet YOUR Answer to Bombs be BONOSI But War Bonds and Stamp TODAY Contribute t tha war ffort of jour nation. Patriot. Ism. four own self-proteetloa. 4manda that VOC do yew part NOwl Us Tho MAIL TRIBUHK Want Ad Way Quick Results at Small Cost Medford TRIBUNE rull Associated Pitsi Unitsd Press Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942. NO. 107. J I BV . News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, July 24 If prom ises were tires, the nation would ride, but, as it is, the rubber jfat- problem is V'" fH-i sinking deeper f and deeper in- to the mire of business com- 5- i. fl Pettonnd w Fl rjolicies. yJL 1 N one seems V able or willing to take hold of various d 1 f f i cult phases of the problem and hammer Paul Mallon out a satisfactory policy. To cite a typical example, the five big rubber manufacturers trooped into town with an ex hibit of rubber processes, de signed to show that 60 per cent of civilian needs and all military requirements could be satisfied without much trouble. The ex hi'.'t was set up in a hotel parlor and government officials were invited in to see it a week before it was opened. Before most officials got around to it, they read some ad vanced stories in one 'ical news paper suggesting that this ex hibit would solve all national problems of tires and gas ration ing. That happened to be a little more than the industry claimed, and it made the government of- . ficials angry and critical in ad vance. k Few even went to the show v until the arraneers for the indus try made it clear they were not responsible for the publicity. WPR Airtmtnr Ttanalri Kntenn then came in, made a few notes and went on his way. THE oil industry stole a march of five days on the rubber manufacturers, when w. S. Par ish, president of Standard Oil of New Jersey, announced his com pany will produce 200.000 tons of synthetic rubber by the end of next year. However, Franklin Waltman, former publicity director of the Republican national committee, succeeded ' in anticipating Mr. Farish by assembling a large press conference here a week earlier to promote interest in the Houdry process of one of his new 111 MM clients, which apparently is backed by competitors of Mr. O Farish, namely, the Sun Oil com pany and the Standards of New York and California. SO it goes in an active competi tive business battle to produce synthetic tires for the nation, while government officials look (Continued on Page Ten) "Mess" is actually the English mispronunciation of the French "mets," meaning "all the food served at a meal." Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Tonight: CBS 4:30, Report to the Nation, Secretary Wickard, new time; S Lewisohn stadium concert. - - BLUE 7:30 Men, Machines, Victory, new time. i Saturday: NBC 11:30, 1:30. 3 45 Tarn O'Shanter open golf tournament; 1 Pan American Holiday, Argentina. BLU 8 a. m., Service Men's Hop; 9:30 a. m.. Farmers' Union; 11 Rec ords for Fighting Men; 1 Cana dian Air Force Band. MBS 12 U. of Iowa Fine Artu Festival; 1:30 Archduke Otto of Austria and others on Austrian situation. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Set. Glen Reed returning to Medford after four years in the army and informing friends he had enlisted in the air corps. Scth Bullis, Jackson county kRcd Cross chairman. praUing rjin able officers at the annual luncheon meeting. Margaret "PeKgy" Gardner Practically going around in iL VS. W,h two new additions; "ie lamily E at cmrs GATES American - Built Bombers Take to Caucasus Skies in Effort to Help Defense. By Clyde A. Farnsworth (Associated Press War Editor) Germany proclaimed today that Rostov had been stormed and captured, although not yet mopped up, and Moscow reported that unprecedented numbers of United States-built planes es poially Douglas Boston bombers had taken to the Caucasus skies to bolster Russia's fight for life. It seemed obvious to observers both in Moscow and London that the Russians, with strong forces in depth, were preparing for a showdown in the Caucasus fight along the Don or to the south. Finland Casts Hint Meanwhile, Finland was circu lating a veiled suggestion that the United States might help take her out of the Hitler camp, where she stands to gain little even in event of German victory and to lose much if the United Nations win. By broadcasting a Stockholm newspaper editorial with their o -i explanatory comment the Finns urged the United States to elucidate its position on protec tion of such countries as Finland in the event of "a Bolshevik- dictated peace." The broadcast repeated Helsin ki press statements that-Finnish forces had consolidated their de fenses and now merely stand "stationary guard against the enemy. The prospect of a limited al lied offensive in Europe to divert German pressure from Russia and also safeguard communica tions with Russia has emerged predominantly in second front sp '.'Ulation and northernmost Norway and Finland would seem to fill these specifications as a zone of action. Say Raslstanc Broktn The Hitler command announc ed today capture of Rostov, capi tal of the northern Caucasus, on the main railway and pipeline which tap the oil and mineral wealth of the deep Caucasus, and the Russians, while not acknowl edging the claim, said the battle had reached the city gates. Quickly the Germans followed this up with an announcement that resistance by fresh Russian troops within the Don bend had been broken. Moscow dispatches said, how ever, that red armies had taken a last ditch stand on the lower Don and were developing a flank attack against the east wing of the German lodgement in the Tsimlyansk region, about mid way between Rostov and Stalin grad. From the wording of the Mos cow communique the flank ac tion was on a small scale, how ever. The red air force was still a power in the Caucassian skies, "inflicting continuous blows on enemy formations and communi cations," as the communique put it. The Russian stand on the Don indicated a determination to hold the Tikhoretsk-Stalingrad rail way which roughly parallels the course of the lower Don between Rostov and Stalingrad, an air line distance of 250 miles. Tikhoretsk, south of Rostov, is at the junction of this railway a: '. the north-south line from Rostov into the Caucasus. The Germans at their Tsimlyansk po sition were about 35 miles from the Stalingrad-Tikhoretsk link. D. A. V. Convention at Eugene Is Postponed Cincinnati, July 24. (IP) Indefinite postponement of the 1942 national convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War, scheduled at Eugene, Ore., August 8-13, was announced today by the or eanization's executive commit tee. The action drew Immediate praise from President Roosevelt who. In a message to Lawrence R. Melton of Dallas, Tex., said this Is a fine demonstration ol I practical patriotism.' Nazis Drive On Rostov. r Xkursk )v ) . (WORONEZK T I J IV . .V ...... . Tl I ' T SAHATnVArt u or Tt1 AN iTtgfeC X Q Lines The Russian press raportad that million-man Carman drive Stalingrad (B). A German force (1) Is praising down tha Moscow-to-Rostov tacks, on from southeast of Millerovo (2) and another from Voroshilovgrad (3) are driving on Ros tov. Also a Nasi column in tha MUlarovo area is aimed at Stalingrad, Reds reported successful counter blows at Voronaih. ALLIED AIRMEN DIVE-BOMB JAPS General MacArthur's Head quarters, Australia, July 24. (AP) Before the Japanese could settle down in their newly-seized base on the southeast coast of New Guinea allied airmen went to work on them yesterday, knocking out the third transport In three days, destroying shore installations and forcing frenzied invasion troops to leap wildly overboard from landing barges. But despite the heavy cost, the enemy went ahead with opera tions in the Gona Mission-Buna area; where a toehold was gained Wednesday, and a military spokesman indicated another small sea-borne Japanese force had been put ashore at Ambasi, 30 miles up the Papua peninsula coast from Buna. Allied dive-bombers, used for the first time against land targets in New Guinea, and medium bombers made five separate raids on the Gona Mission-Buna area and a headquarters communique said they started numerous fires. A 5,000-ton fuel-laden trans port was caught squarely amid shlp and set aflame. Previously two other transports were hit, and one ot them sunk as the cruiser and destroyer-protected Japanese convoy moved, down the coast from. Japanese-held Salamaua. $60 OFFERED FOR The first cannery Bartlett price offer of the season for the Rogue River Valley crop was reported today by J. P. Naumas representing the Star Fruit Products company of Portland with a quotation of $60 per ton for No. l's, size 2-H inches and over .and $35 for No. 2's. No sales were reported at - this price, and growers indicated It would meet with sales resist ance. It was understood the . same price had been offered in the Yakima valley, and . growers there were holding out for a higher quotation. NEW COPPER CURBS Washington, July 24 lP The war production board has approved new curbs on the use of copper which will curtail op erations of the rural electnfica tion administration, it was lear ped today Railroads McNary Would Give Kaiser Plan For Cargo Planes Close Study . .Washington. July . 24., W) Representative Casey (D.-Mass.) said after a White House conference today that he had urged . President Roosevelt to put into J. Kaiser, west coast ship builder, that tha government build huge cargo flying boats to get FOR "PEEP" RIDE A crowd ot youngsters sur rounded the sturdy little army "peep" at noon today, awaiting their turn to ride as guests of Camp White officials and the Jackson County war savings staff. Free trips in the peep were given to buyers of war bonds or their children as a means of stimulating sale of war securi ties in this area. Those who have . purchased bonds since July 13 may secure the free peep rides by presenting their bond, according to war sa vings staff officials. Also boys and girls under 12 years of age, who purchase at least $5 in war savings stamps, will be entitled to rides. Ride passes will be is sued at the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce office ad joining the victory center. Bonds and stamps will also be sold at this office. The free jeep rides will be featured until 9 p. m. Saturday. TWINS JOIN LODGE Springfield, Ore., July 24 OP) Two sets of twins, Richard and Robert Richardson and Cleo and Leo Johnson, were given final initiatory " frees In the IOF lodge here last night. Ac cjrdin" to State G.and Master Grant Murphy, Stayton, who at tended the ceremony, such an eent is without precedent in the his" ry ot the Oregon lodge. Hull Sounds Call for World Wide Fight Against Axis by Those Who Love Freedom By Wade Warner Washington, July 24. UP) The United States is calling on all peoples who hope to keep their freedom, regain lost free dom or win new freedom to help defeat the axis now. Secretary of State Hull sound ed the call last night in an ad dress shortwaved to all coun tries friends, foes, defeated na tions and those still listed as rigidly neutral. He stressed that the conflict now raging is "not a war of nation against na tion" but a world-wide fight by those who love freedom against would-be conquerors who seek to enslave all mankind. , Stalingrad SOVIET RUSSIA 7 ASTRAKHAN ptfj O SO IOO 150 STATUTE MILES tilS is endangering Rostov (A) and railroad and two other at practice the proposal of Henry around the submarine menace. Senator McNary (R.-Ore.) said in a statement that the Kaiser proposal should "receive pro found study from the military and naval experts and the thoughtful consideration ot con gress." Something heroic must be done, said McNary, to overcome the submarine menace in the Atlantic ocean it the united na tions were to be successful in the war, and Kaiser's "unex ampled achievements in various fields of construction prove his fitness for an undertaking of this nature." San Francisco, July 24. (IP) Henry J. Kaiser, who wants to build giant flying cargo ships on a mass production basis, of fered today to break the bottle necks blocking his plan. He said he already had been offered all the aluminum needed for the program, and declared that the required- engines an other bottleneck could be sup plied by the automotive Indus try, j AUTOS TO STOP AT L Portland, July 24. P) Be cause railroads are carrying in creased traffic, including troops and explosives, state highway commission workmen prepared today to erect signs at 32 prin cipal crossings ordering full stops for all motor vehicles. Characterizing professions of neutrality in such a conflict as "absurd and suicidal," he pic tured the world-wide war as a test of the caliber of nations and individuals. "There is no super way," he said, "for men and for nations to show themselves unworthy of liberty than, by supine submis sion and refusal to fight, to render more difficult the task of those who are fighting for the preservation of human free dom unless It be to align them selves freely and voluntarily with the destroyers of liberty." Then, in a sentence apparently aimed at the military helpless Inhabitants of axis -occupied countries, he added: Alcohol Rubber Bill Up to F.R. KILLED IN CRASH OF ARMY PLANE Commander of 33rd Division One of Three to Die in Fall En Route to Fort Sill. Waynesboro, Tenn., July 24 (if) An army observation plane trashed near here just before noon today, killing Brig. Gen. Frank C. Mahin, commanding officer of the 33rd division at Camp Forrest, Tenn., and two army fliers. An army official at the Tul- lahoma (Tenn.) air base who de clined to use his name said the plane was en route from Tulla noma to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The official Identified the other victims as Second Lieut. Robert E. Turk of Wichita, Kans.. and Sgt. John Camerford, a na tive Texan, both attached to the 127th observation squadron at Tullahoma. Bodies of the three army men were brought to an undertaking home here. The plane, Mrs. Wal ter Brewer, wife of the Wayne county sheriff said, crashed into a tree five miles west of Waynes boro. General Mahin came to Camp Forrest recently to take over, the 33rd division. He had 32 years active service with the U. S army, having seen service in the Philippines and elsewhere. IN SMASH, FIRE Portland, Ore., July 24 HP) Three young persons were burned to death and fourth escaped when their automobile caught fire after striking anoth er machine and turning over late last night. The dead: Ruth Winters, 15. 15, 22, Portland; Murial Parker, Portland, and Joe W. Witt, Milwaukie, Ore., driver. The fourth occupant, Burton Salvog, 17, Portland, escaped with severe lacerations. Police Officer R. Chester said the vehicle driven by Witt was traveling at a high rate of speed when it entered a west side intersection where It and a car driven by Grace Cannon, 17. Portland, collided. The Witt car rolled over - and Immediately burst into flames. ALUMINUM PLANT IS LOCATED IN ARIZONA Portland, July 24 " The Portland Oregonlan learned from Its Washington, D. C, cor respondent today that an alum inum extruslan plant which had been sought for Oregon has been located in Arizona. Oregon and Bonneville Power administration officials wanted the plant located near Trout dale. "There is no surer way for men and nations to show them selves worthy of liberty than to fight for Its preservation, in any way that is open to them, against those who would de stroy it all." In further emphasis of the theme that those who would be free must show themselves will ing to fight against the despoil ers of freedom, Hull asserted that In this vast conflict the whole-hearted support of Ameri cans is dedicated to those who are: 1. ' Fighting for the preserva tion of their freedom. 2. Fighting to regain the freedom of which they have been brutallr denrived. or BASEBALL American New York S 1 Detroit : 0 4 1 Chandler and Hemsley; Ben ton, Corsica, and Parsons. 782 NEW TIRES T Washington, July 24. (IP Eligible drivers in Oregon will have 782 new tires and 838 sec ond grade ones to divide up during August. The totals were disclosed today by the Office of Price Administration in an nouncing tire and tube ration ing quotas for the entire country for next month. For the most essential pas senger car services, 58,308 new tires will be made available. compared with 57,097 this month; 87,880 grade two new tires will be distributed for the restricted classification ot war workers, against 23,402 in July; and 637,059 recapped tires will be available. There were 553,- 077 for July. The sharp increase in the grade two new-tire quota was explained by the fact that this provision for limited classes of war workers did not become ef fective until Julv 15. The tube quota Is" 418,910, aaainst 323,087 for July. Quotas for trucks, buses, farm tractors and other heavy ve hicles also were increased, part ly because of normal seasonal increase in demand and partly because of "evidence of inceas ing need on the part of ellg lbles." OFFICE TO CLOSE The United States employ ment service sub-office in the old Farmers' and Fruitgrowers' bank building at West Main and Grape streets, open since last February, will be closed Satur day morning and all business will hereafter be transacted In the main office, 45 North Fir street. Lewis Ulrich, manager of the local U. S. employment service office, explained that the sub office was opened to take care of cantonment workers, but now that the project was almost com pleted there was no longer any need of two offices. John Pat- ton, who has been in charge of the sub-office, will return to the main office, and other sub-office help has obtained private em ployment, Ulrich stated. :' TIMBER IS CROP Tacoma, July 24 (IP) The Weyerhaeuser Timber company reported today the war damage corporation had recognised tim ber as a crop and as such listed it as entitled to the same cover age easier accorded general farm crops. 3. Fighting for the oppor tunity to achieve freedom. Without specifically mention ing the acute tension In India over nationalist leaders insist ence on immediate independ ence, Hull said: "We have always believed and we believe todaythat all peoples, without distinction of race, color or religion, who are prepared and willing to accept the responsibilities of liberty, are entitled to Its enjoyment. The full measure of American Influence, he added significant ly, will be used to support at tainment of freedom by "peoples who, by their acts, show them selves worthy ot it and ready Itnr it" . QUOTA IN AUGUS Creation o f Independent Agency Opposed by Sec'y. Patterson and Nelson. Washington, July 24. (API The house passed today and sent to the White House an administration-opposed bill to cre ate an independent agency for production of synthetic rubber from grain alcohol. House passage was en a div ision of 104 to 18. The senate passed the meas ure earlier in the week. The house action disregarded protests of the war department and the war production board and predictions of administra tion spokesmen that President Roosevelt would veto the bill. Opponents cited a communi cation from Under-Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and an earlier statement by Produc tion Chief Donald M. Nelson that the proposed agency would confuse the governments syn thetic rubber program and di vert critical materials from vital war needs. The measure was pressed by farm bloc led by Chairman Fulmar (D-SC) of the -agriculture committee who declared it was designed to "expedite tha prosecution of the war by mak ing provision for an increased supply of rubber." Washington. July 24 AP) President Roosevelt told re porters today he had consulted Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone on the rubber situation, but had not asked him to make a survey o the problem. Asked whether he Intended to ask the chief justice to take such an assignment, the presi dent said he doubted it. 1TH0UT TAX STAMP GET FEDERAL TICKET Erie M. Gray, deputy col lector of U. S. internal revenue. said today he was making a check ot vehicles in the county in connection with the issuance of federal use tax stamps for the fiscal year which began July 1. Gray said he was placing a ticket on all vehicle which didn't display a stamp, and that these tickets must be returned by mall to his office in the port office building within five daya or the vehicle owner would faca prosecution. Car owners who have purchased stamps but have not yet placed them on the upper left hand corner of the windshield, where they shou.d be stuck, must fill out the cards with data contained on their stamps, Gray explained. The deputy collector said many persons had purchased stamps, but were still carrying them around in their pockets or purses, instead of placing them oi. the windshield as required. Many others, he stated, had not yet bought stamp, which costs $5 for the entire fiscal year and which may be obtainea a torn postofflce. . AGEDlEiYMAII SAVES SWIMMER Sllett, Ore., July 24 AP The Rev. Wallls Douglas, 70. waa recovering today from exhaus tion occasioned by his plunge fully clothed into the swift Silets river yesterday to rescue a vouna twiramar.