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Lat YOUR Aruwar to Bomb be BONPSI Bur Ril Bonds and Stamp TOUAV Coiitnbuta to lh war effort of your nation. Patriot lam. your own telf-protectlon. drmandi that VOU do Tour port NOW! Ot The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results t Small Cost Tribune FORD Full Alloc latad Prou Unltod Press Thirty seventh Year. - MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY SO, 1942. NO. 112. NT LAST MB Ml WW Med E3A2LS urn, News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, July 30 The un varying bad news from Russia has caused authorities here to face the prospects of how this war will turn, if Hitler reaches his Immediate objectives, Stalin grad, the Volga and Caucasus oil. It is not like ly that he will come back and attempt to conquer B r 1 t ain. The Brit ish have too much of an air force now. Paul Malloo That possibil ity is therefore eliminated from practically ev ery official list. And if he cannot hope to conquer Britain by assault, rr.uch less can he be expected to attempt invasion of the Unit ed States or this hemisphere. We have control of the inter vening seas. There is more reason to be lieve he will carry his currently moving blows on through to the near east. From Stalingrad, he may try to move south to the Caspian. From Rostov he could hope to sweep through the Cau casus into Iran. By simultaneous thrusts through Syria and Egypt, he could join his forces for march to the Indian ocean. Turkey would be surrounded by such a venture, and would be compelled to cooperate. Success in Russia would en able Hitler to shift to Egypt whatever forces are necessary to drive the British out of the Suez, while our long line of supplies to that front would prevent us from equaling his reinforcements. ' ' .' AN attack by Japan on Russia, in event of her full defeat lit the west, must naturally be assumed. Our supplies to Russia could possibly be cut by the axis at Murmansk, Persia and Vladivostok, or held to a trickle. Whether or not the Russian army is able to remain as a fighting force, Hitler would be expected to swing to the defen- (Guntlnuod on Page Six) Women's Auxiliary Approved For Navy Washington, July 30. (IP) President Roosevelt signed to day legislation creating a wom en's auxiliary in the navy which will release for sea duty thous ands of officers and men now holding desk jobs. Radio Highlights (Pacific war time.) Dance bands now are missing from the late schedule of two networks, NBC and MBS, two of them from NBC and 15 or so from MBS. The same under lying cause is behind the omis sion in both cases, contract dif ferences between affiliated sta tions and the local musicians' unions. Tonight: CBS, 7, First Line, U. S. Navy; 7:30, Prof. H. LuU on "Taxes and Income." Blu. 5:30, Salute to KXEL. Waterloo, la.; 6., Town Meeting. "Air Power Plus Nerve Blitz." MBS, 7:15, Brail Presents. . Friday: CBS, 12:30 p. m., Russian-American Mjsie Festi val. MBS, 1:30, Saratoga horse ace; 3:30, overseas war pickups. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Lela Rogers, John Day and other fiesta patrons trying in vain to ride "Fleabite," the hobby horse. Fiesta "bartenders" I. E. Schu ler and Ned Vilas creating a sensation with their handlebar mustaches. Nina Tuttle looking cute In a red satin costume and selling many cigarettes. Fiesta patrons all enjoying the beautiful Nefi gardens. Ml KERCH STRAIT TO LAND ON TAMAN Movement Dangers Russian Forces Fighting to Hold Nazis Southern Drive. By Roger D. Greene .(Associated Press War. Editor) Adolf Hitler's invasion armies. racing toward the Caspian sea, reported today they had cut the last major rail line to the Cau casus oil fields, while in the north the Russians declared they had beaten off all German attempts to hammer wedges in to soviet lines above Stalingrad. A Vichy (French) radio broad cast heard in London reported that German troops from the Crimea had crossed the narrow Kerch strait and landed at dawn today on the Taman peninsula of the Caucasus. Dangers Russians ' Such a movement would seri ously endanger Russian forces stubbornly fighting, to hold the German drive south - into the Caucasus from Rostov. Late dispatches indicated that the Germans had found a "soft spot" in the Russian defenses east of Rostov and were exert ing their main efforts in a drive to isolate the Caucasus. Meanwhile, amid widespread agitation for an allied invasion of western Europe, Sir Stafford Cripps again told parliament in London- that plans regarding a second front could not - be dt vulged. Sir Stafford, Prime Minister Churchill's spokesman in the house of commons, said the gov ernment would not be able to reveal such plans "even in sec ret session;" but in response to a member's question, he added: "I can tell him now, we have intentions." London newspapers mention ed Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. army chief of staff, as a pos sible allied generalissimo for a second front. Growing Acute In the soviet campaign, the situation appeared to be grow ing rapidly more acute in the northern Caucasus, where the Russians acknowledged fresh nazi advances at several points. Premier Joseph Stalin, in a message to the Russian people, invoked the names of Russia's great heroes of the past as an inspiration in the present crisis, recalling such figures as Alex ander Nevsky, who beat the an cient Teutons, and Mikhail Ku tuzov, whose resistance helped turn Napoleon's Russian inva sion into a disaster. The German high command asserted broadly that the Rus sian line of retreat to the east had been cut off in the great Don river bend, but gave no de tails. Dispatches to Red Star said a gigantic seven - day old battle was raging in the Don bend above Stalingrad, involving thousands of troops, planes, field guns and tanks. Chungking. July 30 (JP) Major John E. Allison, who flew Harry Hopkins to Moscow last year, scored one of the most spectacular Individual perform ances by the U. S. air force in China today by shooting down two of three Japanese bombers destroyed out of a nine-plane squadron raiding Hengyang, Hunan province. The blond, part-bald squadron leader who comes from Gaines ville, Fla., shared honors with Capt. Albert J. Baumler, who accounted for the third enemy raider. Without losses to themselves, the challenging American fight er pilots broke up the Japanese formation before It reached its target, the Hengyan- airdrome. What bombs the raiders succeed ed in dropping caused only slight damage. Washington, July 30. (JP) Maxim Litvinoff, the Russian ambassador, had an engagement to see President Roosevelt late today. Germans Crossing Lower V MILLEROVO lIXxvV nikolaevskIIAJJ( s "BATAISK "Xl "N. f V I jy .7.7. a jy RUSSIA s ) M 5oT TIKHORETSK djfa- I ) STATUTt MILCS British sources said Germans had crossed the lower Don River at two and possibly four places. Crossing were reported at Tsimlyansk and Nikolaevsk (1), and possible crossing at fallen Ros tov and Azov (2), on the shore of the Sea of Azov. Nazi drive toward Stalingrad (3) was said to have reached area of Kachalino. Black arrows Indicate direction of German thrusts. IS TARGET IN LATEST London, July 30 (IP) Saar- bruecken, German coal and steel center, was blasted by the RAF last night In a short, fierce raid under a waning moon. While four-motored 'British bombers were delivering this third heavy assault on a Ger man Industrial city In four nights, the night and day offen sive against nazi air bases and transport in occupied Europe was continned, and other Brit ish bombers ranged south over the Bay of Biscay in search of U-boat packs en route from France to North American waters. The Saarbruecken attack caused "much damage," Inform' ed air sources said, while the British lost nine bombers of the considerable force which made the 700-mile foray, first against that city since Nov. 8, 1940. This was partly offset by des truction of eight of the nazi raid' ers which made a series of over night "nuisance" attacks on Brit ain's Midlands and dropped some bombs In London for the first time since June 3. RAF fighters sped across the channel to continue the coastal raids today. Wholesale Grocery Concern Convicted Seattle. July 30 (JP) A fed eral court Jury early today convicted Nathan Eckstein, Seat tle capitalist, and Schwabacher Bros, and Company, of which Eckstein is president, of violat lng the Sherman anti-trust act. Eckstein and the company were sDecificaly charged with acting to fix prices of wholesale groceries. No Private Parcels For War Prisoners San Francisco, July 30. (IP) The Red Cross said today it cannot accept individual parcels from relatives, friends and or ganizations for war prisoners in the western Pacific and will carry only Its own food pack ages on the relief ship It hopes soon to send into the war zone 134 Oregon Doctors Quota For Services Salem, July 30 (IP) Oregon Is expected to supply 134 doc tors to the armed forces by the end of this year, state selective service headquarters said today. Doctors are subject to the draft the same as other men of draft age, but the doctors will k. I ...!.: . ... given vyyvi humbles w apply for commissions. Copco Stock Reclassification Has Approval of California Commission San Francisco, July 30 (IP) A plan drafted by the California Oregon Power company for reclassifying Its outstanding com mon stock was approved, with California railroad commission The Proposal, designed to per-, mlt the issuance of more com mon stock, already has been okayed by the Oregon public utilities commission, but final approval is still pending before the federal power commission. The plan calls for issuance ot $3,500,000 In serial notes, using the proceeds to refund $3,123.- 000 in 5V4 per cent debenture bonds due this October. Approval by the California commission was made condition al on transfer of stocks and bonds held by Standard Gas & Electric company, which owns all California-Oregon common stock and has vpting control !n the $42,000,000 concern. Under terms of this provision, Standard will be obliged to conlNDUie $2,375,000 worth of debentures It holds and turn over preferred stock valued at $1,793,500 for cancellation. With these reservations, the railroad commission authorized California-Oregon to issue 312,- 000 shares of stock in exchange for 78.000. outstanding, and to enact changes in voting rights for preferred stock, btanaaras voting control would be lessened slightly, but It still would be over 50 per cent. Several accounts remain un der scrutiny to determine wheth er the power concern overpaid on the acquisition oi cermiu utility properties. The company has asked permission to charge off the amounts as they stand. The California commission ln nnnroved the proposed transfer to the corporation s de preciation reserve of avi.na in capital surplus and $494,560 in earned surplus. As a result of a brawl on South Riverside last night, Gor dan C. Raymond, 48, and How ard Hancock, 23, were both fined $10 In police court this morning. Raymond suffered head wounds in the fracas and was taken to the hospital for treatment and then released to the police. Questioning of the two men by officers revealed that the fight resulted from a drinking party In a local hotel. Hancock according to the report, object ed to Raymond striking one of the two girls present and when he attempted to Intervene Kay mond Is said to have threatened Hancock and the two girls with a gun. Leaving the hotel the two couples started to a car but the quarrel contlnuH. with Han cock finally giving Raymond a beating. Don River certain reservations, by the today. , 1 SPIES' DENIES PLAN TO Washington, July 00 VP) Arguments were completed today In the effort of seven men trained in Germany as saboteurs to have the supreme court overrule President Rooaevelt and send them to trial In the civil courts rather than before a military com mission. The supreme court recessed until noon tomorrow. Washington, July 30 (IP) Counsel for the accused German saboteurs seeking through the supreme court to escape juris diction of a military commission declared during his argument today that only one of the men had any Intention of communi cating with Germany. That one was named by Col. Kenneth Royal!, one of the officers assigned to defend the eight Nazis -before the panel of seven generals, was Edward John Kerling. Kerling, leader of the group of four explosive-laden men who landed from a submarine at Polnte Vedra, Fla., had an ad dress in Portugal which could be used as a relay point for communications Intended for Germany. This discussion came up as Royall was attacking the gov ernment's charge that the men were liable to treatment as spies. THIEF1TST50 AT COFFEE POT A thief who entered the Cof fee Pot, drive-in restaurant on North Riverside, some time dur ing Wednesday night took $50 In cash from the establishment. The loss was discovered this morning when Carl H. Wilter irood, manager, opened up the restaurant for business. Police investigating the bur glary found that the thief had torn a screen from a kitchen window and then opened the window latch through a broken pane of glass. He had searched through several boxes and con tainers and then Wt through the window, leaving the doors untouched. '. COUNSEL 10 Die in ICKES CLAIMS NEW Output of 240,000 to 250, 000 Tons Above Present Program Says Secretary. Washington, July 30 UP) Petroleum Coordinator Ickea said today that the oil Industry has uncovered capacity for pro duction of 200,000 tons annually of butadiene. Ickes said this would make possible the output of 240,000 to 250,000 tons of synthetic rub ber annually over and above presently projected rubber pro grams. "It's brand-new; It's like find ing an oil well,' Ickes told his press conference. This new r'ubber production could be "brought in" by the end of the year by conversion of existing gasoline refining plants, he said. The material used for butadiene would be gasoline. Ickes declined to say whether he expected such a program would make more rubber avail able for civilian use. Credit Given A study of the capacity of the petroleum industry to produce butadiene tor manufacture of rubber above the government's presently planned output of over 800,000 tons annually was made by Wright W. Gary, director of refining In the office of petro leum coordination, and Ickes said "the credit belongs to him and the oil Industry for the achievement." Several oil companies already are adjusting gasoline refineries to butadiene output, Ickes said, adding that several independent companies might need govern ment financial assistance to make the adjustments. Washington, July 30 (IP) Petroleum Coordinator Ickes to day declared that nation-wide gasoline rationing was not need' ed now as a measure to bring about larger deliveries of petro leum to the rationed eastern states. The statement, made at his press conference, differed sharp ly with the position of Joel Dean, gasoline rationing officer in the office of price admin istration who said yesterday a recommendation for nation-wide rationing, indorsed by himself and OPA Chief Leon Hender son, now was before President Roosevelt. BASEBALL American First game: R. H. Philadelphia 5 24 Detroit 11 14 Besse and Wagner; White, Trout and Tebbetts. Cargo Plane Output Awaits Congress Order Says Kaiser Washington, July 30 UP) Henry J. Kaiser advised con gress today an order from the government was all the nation's shipbuilders needed to launch them on the construction of giant cargo planes to speed the war effort and break the sub marine menace. The heavy-set, bald-topped Oakland, Calif., shipbuilder told a senate defense investigating committee that he was awaiting a signal to convert part of his facilities to cargo plane con struction and that the big steel companies would "rise to the oc casion" it requested to make similar conversions. Before the committee met, Senator Lee (D-Okla) claimed strong support from aeronauti cal experts within the adminis tration for legislation he is sponsoring to divert shipbuild ing facilities to plane production. Cargo Plane Crash From Philippine, ijFLAlS FOLLOW Lt Comdr. Alexander Sum mons (above), of Los Angeles, was among five naval officers that arrived "Somewhere ta Australia" after a two-months' Journey in a primitive outrigger sailing boat In which they left the Philippines Just ahead ei the Japs. HITLERITES KILL OF IB VILLAGES London, . July 30 (IP) The Jugoslav government reported tonight that 18 villages In German-occupied Slovenia had been obliterated and all their inhabi tants shot for violation of occu pation rules. Vice Premier J. Krek said the government was unable to ob tain an estimate of the number slain, but declared: 'The Germans recently have deported 180,000 Slovenes, in cluding the most prominent scientists, teachers and physi cians, to Poland, Serbia and Croatia after shooting 1,084 hos tages In Maribor and Bled." In the section of Slovenia oc cupied by the Italians, 130,000 men have been put into concen tration camps, 410 hostages slain and 42 villages burned recently, he added. More RCAF Men Arrive Overseas A British Port, July 30. UP) More thousands of Canadian soldiers with ground crews for RCAF squadrons have arrived in Britain in a large convoy from Canada, crossing the At lantic safely and virtually with out incident. Escorting warships dropped a few depth charges but it was not said definitely whether submar ines were shadowing the con voy. Kaiser agreed with Chairman Truman (D-Mo) who said "the job can be done if there's will to do It," and remarked that th Bonneville dam was uuilt despite assertions of aw- perls It was an impossible Job. The Californlan advocates di verting part of the facilities of nine shipbuilding plant to con struction of huge flying boat tor cargo and troop movement, The genius behind the con structlon of many dams, Kaisei said he "never saw a ahip launched" until 1940 and yet his company had cut the time for building a ship to 48 days under a maritime contract call ing for 140 days. He added that he hoped to show soon a record of 29 days for a ship and eventu ally "a 30-day average." 'This Is not a wild, fantastic scheme," Kaiser said of hi plans to convert facilities to plan construction. - - ALL INHABITANTS MACHINE'S FALL1 DURING TAKEOFF Victims of Minneapolis Dis aster All Employes of Northwest Airlines. Minneapolis. July 30 PI . Ten Northwest Airlines em. ployes were killed when a U. S. army cargo transport plana crashed shortly before 8 a. m. today on Wold - Chamberlain field during the take-off. Fire which broke out when the plane crashed so badly burn ed several of the bodies that identification was not possible. iater. However. Dr. G. W. Callerstrom, deputy county cor. oner, released the following re vised death list: Roy Josephson, St. Paul. L. D. Husby, St. Paul. Hubert Wiechman, Minne apolis. James Painter, St. Paul. W. C. Rose, Minneapolis. Robert Paulson, St. Paul. L. O. Larson, Minneapolis. Winston A. Lachau, St. Paul. First Officer Kenneth Olson. 28, Minneapolis. First Officer John Fischer, Z, Minneapolis. 270 Gallons ot Gaa . The plane, a 147 Boeing 19 passeniifr. was loaded with 370 gallons of gasoline before the) takeoff. The ship, formerly own ed by United Airlines, belonged to the government and bad been acquired by Northwest Airlines to use as a cargo ship on the) northern division. ; It was operated - under the ferry command. i Olson and Fisher had boarded the ship to make a check flight. The Northwest Airlines mechan ics and g roomers went aboard. The ship. Northwest Airline employes who witnessed the) crash said, was about 200 feet up when it seemed to nose up, swing over on one side, stall and crash. The fir that broke out attef the crash burned for about 10 minutes. A fire fighting squad from the U. S. navy air base rushed onto the field and extin guished the blaze. Vlctorvllle. Calif.. July 30 (JP) Two men were killed and a third, Frank Filan, veteran photographer of the Associated Press, parachuted to safety la an accident involving two army bombardment training planes) last night. Killed were Sgt. Pilot Rodney M. Grim, 20, of the army air forces, and Clarence L. Block, 29, Los Angeles, civilian pho tographer for the west coast army air forces training center. Filan was found wandering i the desert this morning. seven hours after the accident, by Lt Clarence M. Skagga and T. Col. A. J. McVea, who had set out in a Jeep on a search, on the slender hope the star earner man might have been able to use his parachute. tit Lake City, July 30 UP) Donald Lawtan Condit, 25. was executed by a firing squad today for the slaying of Harold A. Thome, Salt Lake City sales man. Condit, a hitchhiker whom Thome had given a ride, chose this way to di in preference to hanging, after he was con victed of first degree murder. Five men from Iron county, where the crime took place, fired th lethal volley. On of U gun carried a blank but none of the executioner knew which of them held that gun. Th shots war fired at :0 a. m. at 6:11 th prison physi cian pronounced Condit dead. The execution was without untoward Incident, ... BY FIRING SQUAD
