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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1942.
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NO. 111.
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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.
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ALEUT AIR FORCES
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.