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A IT Let YOUR Answer to i BONDSI Us Tho MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results t Small Cost Bombm be Tribune MEDFORD 0 Bar Kv Bonds ill Stamps ToiiAY Contribute t the ear trfort of your nation. Patriot ton. your own wir protection, round thst VOU So yonr art NOWI Full Associated Press Jnlted Press Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 1942. . NO. 113. o)fnfi lit 0) SA mm News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, July 31. The British are really making hash out of German industrial cities one by one, but experience on this night bombing front has placed cer t a 1 n definite limitations on what can be done with it. The impati ence of certain American o b -servers at the failure to de Fsul Mslloo velop these grand aerial assaults faster and further, has cast some reflection on British ef ficiency. It is not that. The British started this super bombing campaign the night of May 30-31. with a thousand plane attack on Cologne. They went back at Essen and the Ruhr with a thousand planes two nights later, but could not duplicate these attacks again for nearly three weeks. They hit Bremen with a thousand planes on the night of June 25, and then skipped three weeks more before marshaling seven hundred for an attack on Duisburg, July 13-14. Two weeks later they put six hun dred over Hamburg on two suc cessive nights (dropping 175, 000 incendiaries and using 4,-000-ton bombs). Not Inefficiency, but lnsur- )mountable obstacles of weather and operations forced the long intervals of comparatively quiet nights when only a few squad rons were able to, indulge in this new type of warfare. THE British "found, for in stance, that their losses from collisions among their own planes were greater than from enemy action, on moonless nights. This meant they could efficiently hurl thousand plane raids at Germany only half of the month, when the moon per mitted, and even in that half of the month only when there were do heavy clouds or rain to ob scure vision. Summer night raiding Is fur ther restricted by the fact that only four hours of darkness is to be expected in the latitude of German industrial cities (which are on the latitude of Labrador.) This condition, however, will k improve constantly as winter draws near, and eases the com- (Continue at Pte Tn) Vancouver, B. C, July 31 (IIP)) Officers who searched the clothing of P. Hammond, 74, who collapsed on a downtown street last night, found $1,236.' 88. He was sufering from mal nutrition. Radio Highlights (Pacific War Time) Another war-effort program, "Giants of Freedom," is to be added to the network schedule via CBS on Monday afternoon at 1:30, with Wendell Willkie as the Introductory speaker. Tonight: CBS 6, Lieut. Rob ert Montgomery In "Man Hunt." BLU 5:30 Those Good Old Days, new time., i BLUE 7, boxing. Ray Rob Pinson vs. Sammy Angott. Saturday: NBC 10:30 a. m., All out for victory; 1, Pan-American holiday, Argentina. BLUE 8:30 a. m., Four-H Club; KMBS 7:45 a. m.. Red Cross program; 10:30 a. m., RAF ca dets in training. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Officer Clyde Fichtner ad miring a huge bouquet of pos ies brought to the station by a friend. Maynard Bush reversing the age-old fishing yarn by explain ing to friends that he landed kthe big one but the little one 'got away. John (Grandpa) Esds and son Clarence sitting calmly in their truck while it was pushed into service station. HAS LEGALSTATUS President Authorized to Order Trial is Unanimous Opinion of High Tribunal. Washington, July 31. (IP) The supreme court unanimously upheld President Roosevelt s wartime power today to close the civil courts to seven alleged nazl saboteurs and to appoint a military commission to deter mine their fate. The charges preferred against the men that they slipped into America armed with explosives to blast war production plant!! allege an offense which, the court said, "the president is authorized to order tried before a military commission." End Seen Near This commission, which began its secret sessions July 8, is now f inishfng the case and, Attorney General Biddle, elated over the supreme court's ruling, said the arguments before the commis sion would be concluded speed ily and that the commission might be able to report a ver dict to the president early next week. Colonel Kenneth C. Royall, one of the army officers as signed to the defense, expressed doubt that the proceedings would conclude so quickly; however, apparently Indicating an intention to plead at length for the prisoners' lives. Royall . had argued to the court that no one in America should be denied the right to civil trial, while the prosecution had contended that these men were enemies in as practical a sense as "parachutists or invad ing armies" and had no consti tutional rights. Claimed Refugee The defense declared that some of the prisoners, at least, were in effect refugees from Germany and had no intention of actually using the training and the explosives with which they came equipped. Further, the defense had con tended that President Roose velt's order closing the civil courts to specified types of per sons was "totally invalid and unconstitutional." In handing down its decision at the end of an extraordinary three-day session, the court ob served that it "has fully con sidered the questions raised." Chief Justice Stone announced that the court denied the prison ers' motion to file writs of ha beas corpus. Only seven of the eight sa boteurs sought the writ. The prosecution alleged that the men left this country for Germany with funds furnished by the nazis Herbert Hans Haupt travelling on a German passport attended a sabotage school there run by the army, embarked from L'Orient. France, on U-boats equipped with extensive paraphernalia and specific instructions for the destruction of important dams, factories and other installations here and plotted a two-year cam paign of sabotage to further the axis cause. The defense claimed that the men, all former residents of this country, were loyal to the United States, that they at tended the school and boarded the submarine as the only means of fleeing Germany, that they buried their explosives in the sand upon landing and did noth ing to carry out any sabotage campaign, and that they were planning to report to the au thorities. PLENTY OF MEAT There Is no shortage of meat in the Rogue River valley, though fat cattlj are not plenti ful. County Agent Robert G Fowler reported today. There are plenty of hogs and veal and sheep. Reports indicated a short age of some meats in Portland. Butchers reported they had plenty of offers from farmers who want to tell calves and pigs. U. S. Fliers See Action With RAF These six army air force fliers serving with the RAF, took part in a sweep which saw nine of the newest German fighters downed last week. Left to right: Captain Harrison Thyng, 24, Barnstead, N. H.j Captain DeWin B. Avery, 25, Salt Lake City, Utah; Major Marvin L. Mc Nickle, 28, Doland, S. D.i Captain Mercer P. Davis, 25, Bellingham. Wash.j Major Fred M. Dean. 25, St. Petersburg. Fla.i Lieut. Winifred L, Chambers. Nashville, Ark. HEROES OF 91ST AT CAMP EVEN! Special honor to the four sol diers of the division, who were awarded the Congres s i o n a 1 Medal of Honor in World War I, will be given at the Activation ceremony of the 91st Infantry Division, here, August 15. Mem bers of the 1917-19 division will be honor guests at the event. Of the four, Major Oscar F. Miller of Los Angeles, Calif., died from wounds received In i leading his battalion during a front line advance of the 361st I Infantry in the Argonne Forest. Wounded in arm and leg, the officer was at the very head of ( the advance, inspiring and guid-i ins h's men, until a third wo ind . through the abdomen compelled him to fall to the ground. Two From California ! Two other Californians, Phil-' lip C. Katz of San Francisco and Lloyd M. Seibert of Salinas, j were presented the Medal of Honor. The San Franciscan, a Sergeant in the 383rd Infantry, voluntarily crossed a machine gun swept area to bring a wounded comrade to safety. Seibert, a sergeant in the 364th Infantry, dashed forward alone under fire and wiped out an enemy macjiine-gun emplace ment after a hand-to-hand en counter. Chester H. West of Idaho Fallr, Idaho, another sergeant with the 363rd Infantry, also eliminated an enemy machine gun nest in a hand-to-hand strug gle for which he received the outstanding award. The Activation ceremony will Include military exhibits, music, a a stirring transfer of the old 91st Division's colors to Major General C. H. Gerhardt, com manding general of the new divi sion. Tony Martin Given Special Attention In Navy Enlistment San Francisco, July 31 WP) A witness at the courtmartlal trial of Lieut. Commander Maurice N. Aroff testified today that the officer ordered the na val reserve procurement office here to give the enlistment of Tony Martin, actor and singer, priority over other applications on file. Aroff Is accused of soliciting and accepting a $950 automo bile from Martin. Yeoman William Bassett, who worked in the procurement of fice under Aroff. said that last New Year's Day the commander ordered him to have Martin's papers ready by 8 a. m. the next day, and to put them ahead of others. Arofff order to make out some papers that are normally filled out at recruiting station. Bastett said, cause "a good deal of irritation in the office among officers and enlisted men. Nelson Favors If Material Washington, July 31 (IP) Chairman Donald M. Nelson said today the war production board was "much interested" in the proposal of Henry J. Kaiser, West Coast shipbuilder, to build 5,000 giant cargo planes in shipyards. "If it develops that the en gines and other components needed fpr these planes can be built without disrupting the present military aircraft pro gram, which, if our No. 1 war essential, he 'will get planty of action," Nelson said In formal statement. The WPB chief disclosed that Kaiser had discussed his pro- New Plane Type Washington, July 31 P) Aircraft engineers dis closed before a senate mil itary subcommittee today that they bad designed a revolutionary type of flying cargo plane which would be lifted and propelled by a unique combination of en tines, helium gas and air tunnels- . The plane could be used, they said, as a ski-roaming carrier of a dozen speedy fighting airplanes. gram with him, and declared WPB was "ready to cooperate to the limit" in any - practical plan for heightening effective ness of war transport. The report of a special com mittee named by Nelson late In May to study expansion of the air transport program will be published within one or two days, Nelson said. Kaiser told a senate committee today Nelson had promised "full support" to his program. TO BE SET AUG. 4 A special session of federal court has been called by Judge James Alger Fee for Medlord, August 4 for the purpose of set ting the calendar for condemna tion suits involving Camp White land. It was explained this special session would set the day and hour for the various con demnation suits, which will be heard during the regular Octo ber term of federal court, or sooner. Judge Fee win preside at the special session. Also scheduled to come here for the session is Bernard H. Ramsey, special at torney for the department of Justice. NO MORE ICE CREAM FOR AMERICANS IN BRITAIN London, July 31 (IP) Ice cream was taken off the menu at United States army camps in the British Isles today because of a ministry of food ruling that ice cream manufacturing is a non-essential Industry. The ministry estimated the ban would save 30.000 tons of I tri;v::,rt and 1,000 tons of 1 pacer a year. Kaiser Plan Can Be Found SLOT MACHINES T ALL OUT- DECLARES PRAY Salem, July 31 (IP) Very few slot machines now are oper ating In Oregon, State Police Superintendent Charles P. Pray said today in commenting on the results of the drive against the machines which Is being made at tha request of Lieut. Gen. John L. De Witt, western de fense commander. Pray said that state officers and local authorities have either confiscated or ordered removed virtually all the slot machines in the state. They also are at tempting to remove pinball games which pay off. He said the drive would con tinue. Some machines, he ex plained, might be placed in op eration again, but Pray said that "if they are, our men will con fiscate them wherever we see them. Operators don't need to think this drive Is Just a brief flurry that will be forgotten." Slot machines and pinbal) games. If they pay off In either cash or merchandise, have been Illegal in Oregon since a su preme court decision four years ago held that they violate the anti-lottery provisions of the constitution. Editorials Cited As Refuting Pelley in Charges of Apathy Indianapolis, July 31 (IP) The government Introduced a survey of American newspaper editorials at the sedition trial of William Dudley Pelley today in an obvious effort to refute the former silver shirt leader's as sertions of national apathy to ward the war effort. Mrs. Persis Richter, attractive 23-year-old brunette employed in the office of war information, testified about a survey of edit orials which she said were pub lished two weeks orlor to a Pel- ley article in his magazine, "The Galilean," which claimed there Is no feeling in this country "against Japan and Hitler." ' ' ' Mrs. Richter, who said she had been employed on Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers, testi fied she headed a staff of four In the OWI charged with analy zing newspaper comment. She testified that a survey of editorial comment of repre sentative rcwTpFM from var ious states refuted Pelley'f assertion. Reds in "Do or Die" Rallies Halt Nazis in Some Sectors; Caucasus Invasion Rolls On GIVE JAPANESE TELUfOLOWS Nine Raiders Downed Over Darwin Transport Set Afire North of New Guinea General MacArthur's Head quarters, Australia, July 31 (IP) In the biggest burst of aer ial warfare since the Coral sea battle nearly three months ago, American fliers in Curtiss Kitty- hawks yesterday shot down nine Japanese raiders over Darwin and downed one or possibly two Japanese over New Guinea, while heavy allied bombers 100 miles north of New Guinea set raging fire to a Japanese trans port and shot up its destroyer escort. One American plane was shot down at Darwin but the pilot parachuted to safety. Brilliant Work 'The American fighters tore Into tha attacking force of 37 heavy bombers and 22 escorting zero fighters over Port Darwin, knocked down seven of the fighters and two of the bom bers at a cost of only one de fending plane. The Japanese formations were completely broken up In this allied perform ance, described by a headquar ters communique as a piece of 'brilliant Interception." The big raid upon the north ern port came In the afternoon after a light. Ineffective mor ning attack- In other thrusts at the com monwealth, nine high-flying Japanese bombers made the first attack of the war on Port Mid land, small freight port south west of Broome, In western Aus tralia, causing slight damage and one casualty, and made a futile, singleplane night attack on Horn island, in the Torres Strait. Keeping up their own offen sive operations, allied heavy bombers pounced on the de stroyerescorted Japanese trans port 100 miles off Gana Mis sion, Papua, and scored five direct hits, having the vessel spouting flames visible for 30 miles. Destroyers Strafed Then the destroyer escort was machlnegunned from low level and her anti-aircraft guns sil enced. The transport, described by today's communique a med lum sized cargo vessel, was the fifth enemy ship damaged or sunk since the Japanese Invad ed the Papuan Peninsula last week. Heretofore one transport was sunk and two others and a destroyer were hit by allied bombs. From all yesterday's oper ations three allied planes were missing. The Jackson county Chamber of Commerce announced that Edward L. Kropp of the War Production board would be here all day Tuesday, August 4, In stead of ' today as previously scheduled to help local business men with their production re quirements plan form PD25A. Circumstances prevented Kropp from coming here today, It was stated. Kropp will be at the chamber of commerce office and bulpess men are invited to contact him there- War Bulletins (GERMANS MASK IN London, July 31 (yP) Bos ton bombers escorted by a strong force of spitfires bombed the German airdrome at Abbeville. France, this aft ernoon and shot down 11 Ger man fighters in a series of dogfights. It was reported au thoritatively. Eight of the British fighters are missing but all the bombers returned safely. Cairo, Egypt, July SI (IP) Axis bombers raided Alex andria last night, killing four persons and injuring 13 and causing slight damage to property, the Egyptian Inter ior rnlntotry announced today. GROCERY CLERKS SET PICKET LINE ,T Detroit, July 31 (IP) Gov ernor Murray D. Van Wagon er of Michigan announced lata this alternoon settlement of dispute that closed two war plants at Poniiac, Mich., and said pickets were being with drawn from Pontlae retail grocery stores which were a center of contention between CIO and AFL unions attempt ing to organise tha clerks. Detroit, July 31 (IP) C. E. Wilson, president of General Motors corporation, In telegrams to Secretary of the Navy Knox. members of the war labor board and Donald M. Nelson, chief of the war production board, today described as "more than a na tional disgrace," the arbitrary closing today of the Pontiac di vision of the corporation by a jurisdictional dispute Involving grocery clerks." "I think I can agree with you" he wired a labor board member, "that In these times It ap proaches treason." Submarine Seize Captc ain of Ship By the Associated Press The first reported Instance of the seizure by a German subma rine of an American ahip'i cap tain as a prisoner of war was disclosed by the navy yesterday in announcing the sinking of another U. 8. merchantman In the western Atlantic, the 404th sinking. "You are a prisoner of war. I want you to come aboard. I am very sorry," survivor of the American vessel quoted an English-speaking U-boat commander as having said to the American as his ship was foundering In the South Atlantic on July S. CAMP OFFICERS TO RIDE WITH LITHIAN HORSEMEN Ashland, July 31. (Spl.) General Charles H. Gerhardt, commander of the 91st In fantry Division, and 20 officers will be the guests of local horse-back rider enthusi asts Sunday morning, with an extensive horse-back riding trip. breakfast, various contests and a general get-together program arranged for the entertainment of the group of about S3 who will comprise tha caravan. BASEBALL American Boston 7 12 0 Detroit , - 6 13 3 Hughson, Butland and Pea cock: Benton, Henshaw and Tebbettj. ' National Cincinnati 5 10 1 Boston 2 3 1 Thompson, Beggs and R. West; Earley, Tost, Hutchlngs and Mast IS DEFENSE CLAIM Three Battalions of Invaders Wiped Out Says Red Star When Ruse Discovered. By Roger D. Greene Associated Press War Editor Rallying Soviet armies, fight. Ing under the slogan "Die, but Don't Retreat," threw back tha Germans in some sectors of tha Don river bend 80 miles north west of Stalingrad today, but In the Caucasus the situation grew aver more critical. Dispatches to Red Star said Ruslan troop also wiped out tnree battalions of German in fantry disguised in Soviet army un norms. Red Star said the de ception was quickly frustrated when It was discovered that white tabs, not worn by the Rus sians, had been placed on tha collars. A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's field headquarter declared that German, Rumanian and Slovak troops driving toward the Cau casus oil field had already thrust spearheads 112 mile be low the Don, and the Russians acknowledged German advance In this theater. t Fight For Salsk I The Nazi command said that fighting was In progress for tha town of Salsk, a Junction on tho last major rail line from tha Caucasus to Stalingrad -100 miles southeast of Rostov, and that Axis troop? had swept across the Dor. on a 150-mlle front. German speed troop and ad vanced infantry divisions were pictured by the Nazi command as closely pursuing the Russians and preventing further retreat at several points by outstripping the disorganized fugitives. Strong Soviet attacks were ac- nowledged in the north, around Rzhev, 130 miles northwest of Moscow, on the Volkhov front and outside Leningrad. In the battle of the Don river bend, above Stalingrad, the Red armies reported they had turned a novel "flying wedge" attack of massed German Infantry, walled by tanks. Into a death trap for the Nazis. Soviet armored trains rolled Into tha (hell-torn battle area, bringing up fresh relnfotw menti to bolster Red army vet erans who appeared to be slowly turning the tide against tha Germans. Front-line report said tha new troops were rushed Imme diately lrto the flaming battle zone. While tha situation along tho Don river bend visibly Im proved, the Soviet command ac knowledged that Marshal Fedor von Bock' armies had scored new gains In tha critical strug gle In the Northern Caucasus. German field headquarter asserted that Nazi troops had crossed the lower Don on a 130 mile front, and German military dispatches reported that Nazi columns lunging into the Cauca sus had captured the important rail Junction of Kushchevka, 43 miles south of Rostov. Nazi military quarters said German vanguards were making quick headway in two big col urns south of Rostov and beyond Proletarskaya, and declared that according to Information reach ing Berlin tha Soviet retreat at several points became disor derly flight. Confirmation still was lacking; for a Vichy (French) radio broadcast report yesterday that German troops from tha Crimea had crossed tha narrow Kerch Strait to the Caucasus mainland and were Imperilling tha Rus sians below Bataisk.
