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Let YOUR Aun to Bombs b BONDSI Bur War Bond! ana lUmpt TOIWV Contribute to th u flart o jonr nation. Patriot bra. rout own Klf-protectloa. rmand that VOU do yonr part NOWI TJm Tha MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results at Small Coat Tribune FORD full AsaocUUd Press iitd Prou Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1942. o)M AM Ira uvu ZX h TO. HEKL'f Med NO. 111. 1VAKB News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, July 29. Repre sentative Lyndon Johnson tipped a few high officials' chairs over backward when he came back from the far east battle front and cri 1 1 c i z e d our planes as well or our fighting leaders His criticism camel forth the same day it was an-1 nounced t h a 1 1 Paul Maimn American ill ers had used British planes In their first raid on the continent instead of their own. Also at least one aviation manufacturer in this country has been heard complaining lately that our program puts too much emphasis on quantity, too little on quality. The inference from all these and other similar murmurings is that our fighting ships are in ferior to both the Japs and the British. CUCH drastic conclusions, how ever, do not seem warranted. If they were true, we certainly have the most colossal assembly of dunderheads ever assembled, in charge of choosing planes for our fighting services. They have known all about the Japs, as well as the British -ships, for many months, and Jonly the most extravagant stu pidity could possibly have pre vented them from using the vast mechanical facilities and genius of American production. But the situation is hardly so clear cut The Jap ships, for in stance, seem to be superior in some qualities, the British in others, and ours in still more. You cannot have maneuver ability, fast climbing and speed in planes without neglecting ar mor, fire power and self-sealing gas tanks. The Japs, the British and our people have been re quired to choose which of these qualifications they wanted and which they would sacrifice. MOW no cautious reporter will ' attempt to do anything more in the current argument among aviation technicians than report (Continued on Pag 6U) OOld Fruit Boxes Needed in Dalles The Dalles, Ore., July 29. VP) The Dalles Cooperative Growers appealed to boys of Wasco county today to turn in old apple or pear boxes, which have become scarce lately. They have offered 10 cents each for the boxes which Wasco farmers have used to market bulk fruits and vegetables. Radio Highlights Colonel Warren S. Hood, camp quartermaster, one of the first officers to be assigned here in connection with the canton ment, will lead a discussion by key officers during the Camp White program on K.MED from 7:30 to 8 tonight. f (Pacific War Time) Tonight: MBS 5:15 Analysis of Propaganda; 6:30, Pass In Re view from Ft. Bragg, N. C. Thursday: NBC 10:15 A. M., U. S. Army Air Force Band; 11:45, Hymns of All Churches; 3:30, Engineer at War. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mqry Brewer loaning her horse and buggy for the league fiesta tonight for the use of romantic couples to ride in the moonlight. School Supe E. H. Hedrick fretting about the mosquito sit- uation at the open-air dance for Camp White soldiers. Senator "Rufe" Holman thank ing everybody for the fine treat ment he received on bis short visit here. SS TROOPS SEN! TO POSTS ALONG Nazi Press Assures People Second Front Attempt By Allies Can Be Defeated. Hearty Welcome Berlin (From German Broadcasts) July 29 ((IP)) Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebels today extend ed "a hearty welcome" to the British and Americans in case they should try an in vasion of the continent, but told them it would be 'an act of madness." Writing in the periodical Das Reich, he expresed hope that Americans would parti cipate in such an attempt, saying, "these MacArthurs then for the first time would make the acquaintance of German soldiers who, al though not carrying tennis rackets or golf clubs, would carry first-class weapons and would oring with them a vast store of war experience col lected on all European battle ships. By Roger D. Green Associated Press War Editor German dispatches said today that Nazi Field Marshal Gen. Gerd von Rundstedt was revis ing his whole plan of defense against an allied second front in western Europe, while in Paris German SS (elite guard) troops from the Russian front paraded through the streets en route to posts along the English channel invasion coast. Advices from Berlin said the Nazi press was assuring the Ger man people that any second front attempt could be defeated but for the first time acknowl edged that such an effort could be expected. Hamburg Hit Again While Germany thus display ed open concern over the pros pects of an allied invasion, the RAF's big bombers, perhaps 600 strong, spread fresh ruin in the battered city of Hamburg, Ger many's greatest port, before dawn today. Loss of 32 bomb ers was admitted. On the Soviet front, there were signs of a slight stiffen ing by Field Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's red armies against the Nazi tide sweeping into the Caucasus, but the crisis remain ed acute. DNB, the German news agen cy, announced that Adolf Hit ler's own SS troops were pa rading through Paris ostensibly to show that Germany was ready to combat a second front, and also, perhaps, to cow rebellious Frenchmen who might rise to aid the allies. DNB said the SS forces were equipped with "new vehicles and new weapons." The troops were described as "important contingents." Nazi-inspired estimates of Ger man forces still remaining in the west have varied from 750,000 to 1,800,000 men, spread along the coastline from ,Norway to southern France. Expect Invasion Dispatches from Bern, Swit zerland, quoted German military quarters in Berlin as saying they believed an invasion attempt would be made by the allies. Simultaneously, the Berlin .radio asserted that more than 200.000 skilled workers "have used a half million tons of con crete monthly for fortifications along the (English) channel coast." On the Russian front, Adolf Hitler's armored columns knifed deeper into the Caucasus in a drive from Rostov, racing over a country-side described by the Russians as "flat as a billiard table . . . ideal for tank oper ations." Soviet dispatches said the Ger mans were striking toward Kushchevka. 45 miles due south of Rostov, on a route parallel ing the Rostov-Baku railway and oil pipeline, but declared the In vaders were suffering bloody losses. "Our men are displaying stub born "resistance to the attacking enemy," tha Soviet command Navy Court Martial For J , 4 i ' iS j The six officers (above) form lha trial board for th general court martial of Lt. Comdr. M. N. Aroff. U.S.N.R., being con ducted in San Francisco. Left to right: (beneath flag), Lt. Comdr. T. D. Rois. Comdr. J. S, Graham, Capi. D. E. Theleen. Capt. P. Smyington, Capt. L. S. Shapley. all of the U. S. Navy, and Major A. P. Crist, U. S. Ma rin Corps, retired. In fore ground is D. Marlln (left). Aroff's attorney, and Lt. C. R. Robinson. Upper left (satd at desk) is E. A. PfaffaxU, court reporter. Man behind him wr not identified. Shown balow is Aroff (right), who was re moved as naval procurement of ficer in San Francisco for trial on charges of accepting an au tomobile from Tony Martin (center), radio singer, who loin ad tha navy. Capt. R. A. White daft), Aroffs superior officer, has ban removed from duties and placed on tha navy's retired list. Th three are shown to gether the day Martin was sworn in. London, July 29. (P) Sin gle planes of the RAF bomber command attacked western Ger many this afternoon, it was learned authoritatively. London, July 29. (IP) A big raid upon Hamburg, the al ready hard-hit sutmar'ne build ing center, drove home Air Mar shal Sir Arthur Harris' grim promise: "We are going to scourge the third reich from end to end." Cairo, July 29. (IP) Allied heavy bombers attacked the vital axis supply harbor of Suda Bay, Crete, at .dusk yesterday while land operations on the El Ala mein front were confined to pa trol activities in the northern sector, general headquarters an nounced today. AUTOIST CREMATED IN SMASHUP NEAR YREKA Yreka, Calif.. July 29. (IP) A man carrying draft papers is sued in Detroit and Ho tSprlngs. Ark., to James O. Coomer, but driving a car registered to Ed ward C. Kuhl of Oakland. Calif., was burned to death under his car today. The car overturned on a curve six miles south of Yreka. One of the man's legs was pinned under the machine. His screams at tracted two ranchers, but they were driven off by flames as the car caught fire, and were un able to Extricate him. said. "During yesterday in one sector they disabled 10 German tanks and killed 1,100 enemy of ficers and men." A single Russian infantry force was credited with wiping out 10.800 Germans in 10 days of fighting at Voronezh on the upper Don, the scene of the orig inal push in Hitler's grand of fensive. Here, at least, the Rus sians appeared to be sliahtly mora than holding their own. RAF SOLO PLANES . Ul STRAFE GERMANY . .. I'M t y.L...:.. J.va',ri ALEUT AIR FORCES E Washington, July 29 (P)) Creation of a unified command of all aircraft operations in the Aleutian Islands was announced by the navy today. It said that details as to com mand relationships and the ex act location of headquarters could not be disclosed as they would be of value to the enemy. The navy reported, however, that a naval officer now In the Aleutians area had been placed in command of the Joint opera tions by naval and army air craft. The same system of oper ational control under one head which has unified commands in Joint operations in Hawaii, Aus tralia, the canal zone, the east ern Caribbean and the various sea frontiers will be effective In the Aleutians. The Japanese have occupied three islands in the western Aleutians. KAISER CONFERS WITH PLANE-BUILDER MARTIN Baltimore. July 29 ((IP)) Henry J. Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder who proposed a plan to turn shipyards to producing a mammoth fleet of huge cargo and transport aircraft, con ferred this morning with Glenn L. Martin, builder of the 70-ton Mars. Martin had expresed Interest in Kaiser's proposal, but plant officials said they had no state ment as to the subjects of their meeting today. LSI Recruiter GIRL FLIER DIES Miles City. Mont., July 29 (IP) Trapped in the wreckage of a plane which crashed in Graveyard Creek valley, Emille Nofke. 22, of Tacoma, Wash., burned to death yesterday. The plane, one of six small privately-owned craft being flown from Tacoma to Aber deen, S. D., smashed against a steep hill when Miss Nofke made a forced landing. Miss Nofke was a known Tacoma avlatrix. widely All Homes In Growing Shortage .Washington, July 29 (P)) Progressive shortages in essen tial supplies appeared likely to day to bring more forcibly to every home what President Roosevelt termed the need of a greater realization of the seri ousness of war. Asking full civilian participa tion in a scrap salvage drive and warning of forthcoming short ages in many foods, the Presi dent said at a press conference yesterday that the situation had yet to be realized by many peo ple In the country. He declared that while there would be no general food short age, many specific Hems avail able now would be lacking later. Counsel For Accused Claims Presidential Ukase Invalid Biddle Opens Argument Washington, July 29 OP) Argument before the supreme court in behalf of the right of seven of the eight alleged Nazi saboteurs to be tried in the civil courts was finished shortly after 4 p. m. (EWT) today and Attor ney General Biddle immediately began presentation of the gov ernment's opposition to aban doning their military trial. Colonel Kenneth Royall of counsel for the accused was on his feet before seven members of the highest tribunal for.SVi hours, during which he insisted that the presidential proclama tion denying the civil courts to the prisoners was invalid Biddle Argun Biddle opened his argument with the statement that the peti tioners were enemies of the gov ernment asking protection of the courts. "Enemy aliens have no right to sue or enter courts of the United States under these cir cumstances," Biddle declared emphatically, waving his hand. He said that their citizenship was not a factor, and that "the essential element is that all seven are enemies of the United States.". The defense freely conceded that all of the eight accused attended a school near Berlin and received Instructions and directions for sabotaging manu facturing and transportation fa cilities but declared that all the petitioners had testified that they did not intend to commit sabotage. ' Spokane, Wash., July 29. (IP) A Junk dealer stopped in an alley today to pick up a rag and found a newborn baby in it. Emergency Hospital Steward I. W. Dare said the prematurely born girl was blue with cold, al though wrapped in a small flan nel nightgown and a pink flan nel bathrobe. At a hospital where the In fant was placet In an Incubator attendants sain it soon was "warm and pink and crying lus tily." Morgan said hospital attend ants estimated the girl was born about three hours before she was found. t Hoppers Overrun Farms of Wasco The Dalles, Ore., July 29 ((l County Agent W. Wray Lawrence said today Wasco county farms face one of the worst grasshopper plagues in years. In some areas the hop pers have damaged alfalfa, late potatoes and even vegetable gardens, and one orcha-lst re ports serious loss of apricots The agent has arranged for a supply of poison bran. To Feel WWs Impact I In A current shortage of mea some areas, he added, was symp tomatic of conditions which will produce deficiencies of certain foods in the future. The President attributed the lack of meat to tha fact that the armed forces have grown to about 4,000 000 men, with a greater consumption of meat than In normal times; purchase of more and better cuts by peo ple with m6re money to spend, and arrival of th off-season for beef. Describing the coming scrap salvage drive as an opportunity for every person to take a per se nal part in the war effort, the President called upon families to BASEBALL National (First game) R. H. E. Pittsburgh 3 10 2 Boston 0 8 2 Scwell, Lopez and Phelps; Javery, Donovan and Kluttz. (First game) R. . 4 .. 2 H. 7 10 Chicago New York . Bit horn and McCullough; Mungo, Feldman and Mancuso, Danning. INJURY IN WOODS Kent Clark of Rogue River and Robert Frame of Grants Pass, both 17, were confined in Community hospital today. Clark with a broken left leg he suffered In a fall yesterday morning about five miles from the Union Creek guard station, and Frame with a condition brought on by his efforts in run ning for help and then helping carry Clark out of the woods. According to George Davis, driver for the Perl ambulance. which brought the two youths to Medford, Clark and Frame, members of a blister rust con trol crew, were working in the mountains above Union Creek guard station. Clark, in a man ner undetermined, fell and broke his leg and Frame ran for miles down the mountainside to enlist aid for his injured com panion, Davis said he learned. Returning to where Clark lay, Frame and other blister rust control workers fixed what Davis termed a "very fine trac tion splint" and placed it on Clark's leg, then carried him to a truck for transporiauon io Union Creek. Frame, after his companion was safely in the truck, lost consciousness from exhaustion, Davis said. The accident occurred about 9:30 a.m., and it wasn't until 3:30 p.m. that the boys entered the hospital. Clark is the son of Ben Clark, 338 West Plum street, and Frame is the son of Elmo Frame, Grants Pass. Nineteen worthless checks Is the count to date in the flurry of bad check passing in Medford and Ashland the last few days. The checks have all been writ ten on blanks from a book stolen from the Holland hotel recently along with the hotel's check protector and have forged to them the signatures of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Earley of the hotel. Local police hava arrested LeRoy Ericks, 15-year-old Klam ath Falls boy in connection with the bad checks and are now in vestigating a trio of other Klam ath Falls boys. The Ericks boy Is said to have1 facilitated the cashing of the checks by claim ing to be a bell hop at tne hotel The majority of the checks are for $30 or 840, making the sum Involved a considerable one. of Supplies ransack cellars, attics and back yards for old metal and rubber and he urged that waste fats be turned over to meat markets. The lack of raw materials. Mr. Roosevelt added. Is in many ways a seriously limiting factor in war production. The more scrap turned in, he said, th greater the output of planes, tanks and guns. The President said he still was scrutinizing the Inflation prob lem but was not reajy to an nounce his next step. Informa tion on the subject he said, was being boiled down for him by Samuel Rosenman, New York supreme court Justice. close advisor. E Senator on Brief Visit Here Also Promises Support In Disposal Plant Addition. Senator Rufus Holman, an overnight visitor in Medford last night, promised city officials that he would make requests for immediate release of housing; materials for Medford, and for government aid in the proposed addition to the sewage disposal plant. The meeting of Oregon's Jun ior senator with representatives of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and city heads was held last evening to discuss in formally the needs of Medford and the county. This morning; he made a brief speech to as sembled soldiery at Camp White as the guest of Major General Charles H. Gerhardt, command er of the 91st Infantry division. In connection with his visit to Camp White, the senator said ha was much impressed with tha progress being made at the army cantonment. Goes to Klamath Senator Holman arrived here Tuesday evening and left this morning for Klamath Falls, en route back to Portland. He is on a trip surveying defense pro jects and military establishments in Oregon as a member of tha senate military affairs subcom mittee, and haii already inspect ed bases and projects inTPendle ton, Hermiston, Salem, Corval- lis and on the Columbia river. Colonel Owen R, Meredith, camp commander of Camp White, was Senator Holman s dinner guest at the Hotel Med ford last night, after which tha senator met with Glenn L. Jack son, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce) H. S. Deuel, mayor, and other civic officials. The senator in spected the municipal airport. Looks lo Safety Before leaving this morning. Senator Holman said he had found that the only adequate manner in which the wishes of the people could be learned was by personal visits, and that he was especially eager to make a trip at this time because of the necessity of insuring the safety of the people, on the west coast. He said: "In my opinion tne Jap anese invasion of the Aleutian islands constitutes a distinct menace to the coast. Senator Holman, with other members of the military affairs subcommittee, will visit Alaska In August. The trip, under su Dervision of the army, will re quire from 17 to 21 days. The subcommittee wiu gainer m Spokane August 8. E Cottaee Grove. Ore-, July 2 (P)The second fire this week In holdings of W. A. wooawara destroyed the dry kiln, ma chinery and 40,000 feet of lum ber yesterday. His 873.000 home was de stroyer Sunday In a fire blamed on defective wiring. Origin of the kiln fire, whicn burned for two hours before being controlled, was undeter mined. 22-Year-Old Yarn Brings Big Check Seattle, July 29. OP) Here' a thrill. Miss Blanche Brace, short story writer, signed for a registered letter at her front door and on opening It found a $2,000 check. It was for motion picture right to a war story she wrote 22 years ago. It waa published then in national magazine. ANOTHER CHASER Portland, July 29. OP) Al blna Engine It Machine works today launched another tub chaser for the navy to use in combating the axis menace to united nations' (hipping.
