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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1942.
NO. 117.
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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Aug. 5. The
army attorneys tor those Nazi
saboteurs received abusive let
ters and tele-
grams from
citizens out in
the country for
taking their
case to the su
preme court.
The public
appa r e n 1 1 y
thought Colo
nels Kenneth
S. Royall and
Cassius Dowell
were doing a
Paul Mallon
little more
than necessary of their sworn
duty by calling the supreme
court back from its vacation Just
to confirm everybody's judg
ment about seven obvious sabo
teurs. Up close, however, the
case had an entirely different
aspect.
Among officials who were far
away from angry at Colonels
Royall and Dowell was Attorney
General Biddle. 'He seemed al
most too glad it happened that
way.
His courtroom manner sug
gested that if he had not encour
aged the colonels, he certainly
relished the opportunity they
presented him. He made the
argument a great occasion to try
to break down the civil war case
of "Ex parte Milligan" which
has restricted presidential hand
ling of civilians ever since.
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MR. Biddle openly sought to
have the court say the presi
dent could order army court
martials for war recalcitrants
caught attempting to undermine
our cause, not only on the battle
field, in transportation, or actu
al blowing up of factories, but
for those who sabotage "morale"
with "rjropaganda."
Biddle mentioned these two
words "morale" and "propagan
da" in such a way as to intimate
he wanted the army, rather than
civil courts, to try some of the
minor mice in our midst and the
intellectual saboteurs. At one
nolnt he said:
"The time may now have
come when the exigencies of
total and global war must force
a recognition that every foot of
this country is within the theatre
of (military) operations. Under
modern conditions, warfare by
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Fire late yesterday afternoon
prim nlptclv destroyed a one-story
frame dwelling opposite the Ever
Shady Auto camp on the soutn
Pacific highway. The house was
irti bv a family named
Sweet, whose initials were not
tmmprliatelv learned.
It was understood the blaze
wn nnssiblv started by a short
in the wiring. After the fire was
discovered Berthel Barnum, a
neighbor, took his spray rig to
in orpne and prevented the
spread of the conflagration to
buildings nearby, and later the
state forest patrol sent a portable
i pump and a pump truck.
Most of the furniture was
saved, it was stated by neighbors.
Salem, Aug. 5 P) The state
department of agriculture said
today it has employed 10 women
In field Inspection work, the
first time in the department's
history that women have been
employed in this type of work.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
"Hobby" Hobson and "Honest
John" Warren packing a whole
lot of visit into five short min
utes, and looking fully capable
of turning out some winning
teams at Oregon the coming
year.
Roberta Bebb agreeably laugh
ing twice at the same story.
Margaret Schulcr being inter
ested in the process of having
her fingerprints taken.
Regulation Misses Medford
Portland Among Large
Cities Within Eclipse.
San Francisco, Aug. S (P)
The army today called a stop to
baseball and other outdoor
sports at nigh on the Pacific
seaboard, ordering every electric
sign and theater marquee extin
guished and prescribed some
form of shielding for virtually
all other types of exterior light
ing. The regulations, defined in a
proclamation by Lieut. Gen. J.
L. De Witt, commanding the
fourth army and western de
fense command, will become ef
fective August 20 and continue
as long as the war lasts.
Extends Dun-Out
Covering a strip of western
Washington, Oregon and Califor
nia at some points as much as
150 miles wide, they have the
effect of extending and tremend
ously augmenting the "dim-out"
order requested by the navy last
spring for certain oceanfront
sections of the coast and admin
istered by the office of civilian
defense.
The proclamation created a
"zone of restricted lighting,"
which General De Witt said the
present situation requires as a
matter of military necessity.
"The armed forces of the en
emy have made attacks upon
vessels of the United States
traveling along the Pacific
coastal waters and upon land
installations," the proclamation
said.
Three Degrees
The army order provides for
three degrees of darkening.
Completely blackened are "illu
minated signs and ornamental
lighting of every description
which are visible out-of-doors,
floodlighting which illuminates
buildings or signs and
Interior signs and ornamental
lighting immediately within un
obscured window areas."
It is this clause which bans
after dark athletics and bill
boards, display lighting, build
ing outline lighting and the like.
A second phase of the procla
mation requires the shielding of
certain types of lights in the re
stricted area so that they are not
visible from above.
Regarding motor traffic, the
proclamation states within
areas from which normal auto
mobile headlamps are visible
from the sea no vehicle
shall operate between sunset
and sunrise" with more than two
lighted driving lamps. Each
lamp shall provide a maximum
of not more than 250 beam can
dlepower." A 250 candlepower lamp Is
only slightly brighter than ordi
nary parking lights. Normal
automobile headlights are
around 20.000 candlepower.
Lines Given
The area spreads from the sea to
roughly the Cascade mountains
in Washington and northern
Oregon along the southern boun
dary of Marion and Polk coun
ties to the eastern douiiuij .
Lincoln, then follows in nearly
a straight line to the northern
boundary of Humboldt county In
From there it branches east
ward again along the northern
boundaries of Trinity and Shasta
counties, turns south and follows
th. fnolhills of the Sierra Neva-
das and the line of the Tehacn
api mountains to the base of
mithm California.
The proclamation designated
OCD's ninth regional civilian u
fense board as the primary su
rwrvinrv acencv in enforcement
or the orders. The assistance of
civil law enforcement author
ities In the three states will be
requested.
Specifically , tnese uregon
areas fall within the restricted
zone:
Clatsop. Columbia, Coos, Cur
ry. Lincoln, Polk. Tillamook,
Washington and Yamhill coun
ties; all of Clackamas and Mult
nomah counties west of Mount
Hood national forest: all of
Douglas and Lane counties west
of the eighth guide meridian
west of the Willamette merid
ian: all of Marion county west
of Willamette national forest
Oregon Area in Eclipse
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The map above shows th area that will be covered by the
"dlmout" regulations issued by the Wastera Defense command, af
fective August 20, Under the regulations, signed by Lieut. Gen.
John L. DeWitt, the Pacific Coast will present a leu distinct bomb
ing target to possible night enemy raiders. (Associated Press
Photo.)
Cavemen Would Sell Crater Lake
For Money to Purchase War Bonds
Grants Pass, Aug. S (JP) Oregon Cavemen, who claim to
have dug Crater Lake and formed Mt. Shasta from the heaped
up debris, today offered to sell their entire rights (if any) to the
natural wonder for the duration of the war. The money is to
be invested in war bonds.
The tribesmen pointed outi
that bus service to the lake has
been suspended and that the
lodge for overnight visitors has
closed.
A hotly-argued session of the
skin-clad tribe Tuesday night
found four Eagle Eyes, elders
of the tribe, outvoting Chief Big
horn Sherman Dahl, who insist
ed Crater Lake be retained for
Cavemen and Cavemen s pros-
terity. . j J
The majority agreea a ueea
to the Cavemen's rights would
be auctioned here Thursday
night at a war bond and stamp
rally. The legal conveyance will
be inscribed on an animal skin,
they said.
Under the unique auction ar
rangements, highest bidders get
not only the items offered for
sale, but also retain the war
bonds and stamps wnicn me,
must buy to claim their pur
chases.
Another tremendous crowd
was exrected to jam the roped
off area on Main street between
Front street and Central avenue
tonight for the second and last
showing of the moDiie -victory
House," with the colorful mu
sical and variety program sched
uled to start at 8 o'clock sharp,
According to Jack Matlack,
program chairman. 50 handsome
bonuses will De otierea lonigm
to purchasers of war bonds and
stamps, which will be sold from
the "house."
The program will Include the
opening flag -raising ceremony
by a color guard from Camp
Vhite while the high school band
plays the national anthem and
Mrs. Fred Strang sings it. mu
sical selections by Mrs. Alex
ander's Hawaiian band, the Ac
eordionettes and the Negro quar
tet from Camp White, and a
patriotic stunt staged by city
firemen.
Tribal dances of the natives
of Mozambique sometimes last
for 38 hours.
OREGON
CAPPER SURVIVES
PRIMARY TEST IN
By The Associated Press
Congressmen In Virginia.
Kansas, Missouri, and West Vir
ginia successfully weathered re-
nomination tests In yesterday's
primary day balloting.
Unofficial tabulations In the
contests In which the chief Is
sues were labor and pre-war
foreign policies, gave victory to
Virginia's only two representa
tives who faced Democratic op
position; to Senator Arthur
Capper, veteran 77 -year -old
Kansas Republican, and to Gov
ernor Matthew M. Neely of West
Virginia in his battle with for
mer Governor H. G. Kump for
the Democratic nomination to
the U. S. senate.
Twelve representatives won
renomlnation in Missouri, Rich
ard M. Duncan, veteran Demo
cratic congressman, defeating
former Circuit Judge Ferd M.
Frankenhoff after an early neck
and neck race.
Representative Walter C.
Ploeser. St. Louis Republican,
also had a close contest in beat
ing out six opponents in a cam
paign based solely on his pre
Pearl Harbor voting record.
Five other Incumbents won
handily and five more were
without opposition. Nomination
for the seat to be vacated by re-1
tirement of veteran Representa
tive Joseph B. Shannon, Kansas
City Democrat, was won by
Roger C. Slaughter.
ASK HUNTING BAN
Sacramento, Aug. S P Lt.
General John L. De Witt has
asked that deer hunting be pro
hibited, at least temporarily In
all of California and Governor
Culbert L. Olson today wired
the state fish and game commis
sion to act at once upon the
defense commander's request, i
North Pacific Sub Attack
Nazis Drive Deeper Toward Oil
IN EFFORT TO CUT
Small Air-Borne Tanks Also
Landing Behind Red Lines
is Claim of Hitlerites.
By Roger D. Greene
Associated Press War Editor.
German mechanized columns
thundered deeper into the Cau
casus today, on the road to
Russia's vast oil treasures, and
hundreds of Nazi parachute
troops and even small air-borne
tanks were reported landing
behind the lines in an attempt
to paralyze Soviet communications-German
military dispatches
said Adolf Hitler's SS (elite
guard) troops had captured Kro-
potkln, 125 miles below Rostov
4k. .nilrnnJ .J nil nlnAlIn
from the Caspian sea. and hadl
reached the Kuban river along
a 60-mile front.
Tha Nazis said axis troops
were continuing "pursuit of
defeated. -Russians on a broad
.front." r-: - , . . ,
Soviet dispatches till' declared
that the main struggle was rag
ing far to the north of Kropot-
kin and gave no Inkling that the
Nazis had advanced so far to
the south.
Red Fleet, the Soviet navy
newspaper, said Russian war
ships in the sea of Azov were
shelling German troop columns
and frustrating Nazi attempts to
move sea-borne reinforcements
into the battle south of Rostov.
Red navy guns were credited
with sinking an undisclosed
number of German ships.
A German spokesman de
clared that the position of the
Russian Black sea fleet was
"constantly more endangered"
and that about 70 small Red
navy craft mostly gunboats and
motor torpedoboats massed in
the Don river estuary had been
"rendered homeless."
He said the Red fleet was
"evidently seeking refuge in
flight from the Sea of Azov, but
the Strait of Kerch has already
become a dangerous route for
escape which can only be util
ized at night with any hope of
success.
Italian torpedoboats were cred
ited with sinking a , 500-ton
Soviet Cruiser in the Black sea.
"The advance of German and
allied troops in the western fore
land of the Caucasus continues
uninterruptedly in two main
columns along the coast of the
Seas of Azov and via Voroshi-
lovsk," the Nazis said
Overnight, the situation ap
peared to have taken a sharp
turn for the worse along the
whole 300-mile Don-Caucasus
front, with the Russians ac
knowledging withdrawals
three main sectors despite bloody
losses Inflicted on the Nazis.
Coat Hanger Are
Badly Needed By
Soldiers in Camp
Probably no home In Med
ford is without surplus coat
tangers, those handy little
gadgets there always seems to
e plenty of, but out at Camp
tVhite there is a different
itory. When a soldier sheds
its blouse there he can fold it
leatly on the floor or Just
:huck It on the floor. Uncle
Jam provides practically
verything else for his neph
ews in service, but no coat
ungers.
And that's the reason the
food people of Medford are
isked to drop their surplus
at hangers at the U.3.O.
neadquarters, 232 East Main
rtreet. where the army will
pick them up. Thousands are
TjrtdsndqnWtlv!
PROSPECT YOUTH
KILLED IN CRASH
Jack Orr Pinned Between
Machines While Riding on
Runningboard.
Jack Orr, 23, employed by the
Alley Brothers mill near Pros
pect, died yesterday of injuries
received when he was pinned
between two trucks as he rode
on the running board of one of
the vehicles. He suffered a frac
tured skull and severe back in
juries and died a few minutes
after being brought to the
Sacred Heart hospital here.
Driver of the truck on which
young Orr was riding was Vern
on D. Chamberlain, Shady Cove,
who reported to state police that
he left the mill with his truck
loaded with lumber and that the
a mile down the highway. Cham
berlain said he asked Orr to
ride on top the load but that
he disregarded the request.
Chamberlain stopped his truck
at the intersection of a side road
and the main highway to- look
over the load and the collision
occurred as he drove onto the
highway.
Carried Tie Load
The second truck, driven by
Donald Swanson of Prospect
was loaded with ties.
Perl's ambulance was sum
moned and brought the injured
man to Medford.
Little is known locally about
the dead man. He had worked
at the mill but a short time,
coming here from Grants Pass
where his sister, Mrs. Frank
Prosser resides. He was a native
of Illinois and his father, Ernest
Orr, resides In St. Louis, Mo.
BIG S. F. BAKERIES
COOLEDBYSTRIKE
San Francisco, Aug. 9. (AP)
Virtually all major wholesale
bakeries in San Francisco halted
production today as 300 union
bakers failed to report for work.
The bakers, members of
Bakers' Union No. 24, AFL, were
reported to have stayed off the
Job to study employer contract
proposals.
An official of one of the firms
estimated the shutdown would
mean that 75 per cent of the
bread normally consumed in this
city will not be baked today and,
consequently, will not be avail
able to consumers tomorrow.
Junction City, Aug. 8 (P)
Fire, breaking out early this
morning, did several hundred
dollars of damage to the Junc-
nitlon City bakery and the Nelson-
Toftdahl Electrical Supply shop
today,
Doughnut Fund Started by 91st
And Salvation Army to Refresh
Thousands
Thousands of doughnuts and
I thousands of cups of good coffee
are being arranged for to feed
I the anticipated ten thousand or
1 more visitors, veterans and gen
' eral public, expected to attend
the 91st Infantry Division's Acti
! vation Day ceremony to be held
', at Camp White on August 19.
As part of their fixed exhibits,
each unit of the 81st Division
will have in operation one of the
army's new portable gasoline
field ranges and each exhibit
will be prepared to supply
"dunking" material to all
: comers.
The problem of providing cof-
1 fee and doughnuts for tha (reat
War Bulletins
London, Aug. 8 P Heavy
bombers of the United States
army air forces hit one ship
during an attack on an escort
ed enemy convoy in the
Mediterranean yesterday,
RAF Middle News Service
said today. The action was
part of increased aerial activ
ity over the north African
battle areas and the sea lanes
of supply to the axis forces.
London, Aug. S. UP)
Premier Pieter S. Gerbrandy
of the Dutch government In
exile told the people of his
German-occupied homeland to
night that the war tide is
starting to turn and asked
them to await a call "to take
an active part in the destruc
tion of the tyrant."
In a move designed to center
in one office the authority for
making city expenditures, the
council last night adopted an
ordinance requiring all depart
ments to obtain aN requisition
from Acting City Superintend
ent Frank Rogers before incur
ring any city obligation.
Councilman James C. Collins,
author of the motion, explained
that by following such a proced
ure the city superintendent's
office would at all times be able
to check expenditures against
the war-time budget, thus elim
inating the possibility of one de
partment overdrawing Its bud
get figure.
Requisition First
The ordinance requires that a
requisition be obtained from
Rogers prior to the purchase of
materials of all descriptions. The
action was recommended by the
finance committee, and was
passed unanimously.
A resolution. Introduced oy
Councilman Harold Frye, auth
orized the sale of 10 lots in the
Fairmont addition to George C.
Rusco. builder of defense houses.
The lots were described as 4, 8,
6 and 7 in block 2 and 4, 8, 8, 7,
8 and 0 in block 3. Frye pointed
out that $64.29 In delinquent
taxes was due the county on lot
S, block 3, and the treasurer was
authorized to draw warrant In
that amount and clear the lot.
Grant Beer License
A package store class A beer
license was awarded to Paul J.
Selby, proprietor of the Home
Grocery store, 608 East Main
street, and a resolution was
passed cancelling, at the army's
request, the lease of a garage at
the municipal airport, rental of
which was $2.80 a month.
A report from the city police
Judge showed $1,320.80 was col
lected in fines during July.
Vice-Mayor Larry Schade pre
sided In the absence of Mayor
H. S. Deuel. Councilman Frank
J. Runtz was absent.
at Activation Rites
crowd Is one that will require
co-ODeration of all the local back
ers of the west's new fighting
division. Voluntary contributions
are needed and several have ral
lied to the call already.
The actual preparation and dis
tribution of the - coffee and
doughnuts will be handled by
the Salvation Army, reminiscent
of the days of World War I. Its
services have been volunteered
by Adjutant Charles K. Cox of
the Medford unit. Individuals
and organizations who desire to
contribute any amount toward
the "doughnut fund" are urged
to contact the Salvation Army
headquarters, 239 North Bartlett
street, or telephone 4230 at one.
Is Told
FIRED ON AFTER
TAKINGTO BOATS
U. S. Ship Sunk by Shell-
fire Night of July 1424
Survive Eight Succumb.
Seattle, Aug. 8. AP) Sur
vivors of an American freighter,
sunk by shellfire from a Japan--ese
submarine in the north Pa
cific the night of July 14, reveal
ed upon their arrival here crew
members were machine gunned
as they drifted away from their
flaming vessel in a lifeboat and
two rafts.
The submarine attacked the
ship at 8 p. m. and scored eight
direct hits, finally knocking out
her steering engine and setting
her afire during the two-hour at
tack. More than 30 shells were
fired.
Eight Succumb
Two sailors died from shell
wounds and six others from ex
posure when 17 men, huddled on
one raft, drifted for four days
and nights in the Icy seas before
rescued. Some of the crew mem
bers were not picked up by res
cuers until eight days after the
attack. All 24 survivors were
suffering from 'exposure.
William Kosarich, of Pitts
burgh, P., a radioman, 3rd class;
and Milton G. UcGaughey, of St.
Joseph,' Mo., a signalman, 3rd
class, members of the naval de
tail assigned to the ship and the
first two survivors to reach here.
revealed that a naval plane flew
so low over the shouting sur
vivors the morning after the
sinking that they could sea the ,
men in her rear turret, but tha ,
plane did not spot them.
After that they saw no sign
of life until they sighted on tha
horizon the masts of tha ship
which eventually picked them
up.
Kosarich, a healthy looking (
18-year-old, said he kept on send
ing out SOS signals and tha ,
ship's position at the request of
the skipper, Capt. Christian
Evenson, San Francisco, even
after gunfire had blown the cor
ner off his radio room.
Both youths said the Japs' ma
chine guns swept the life boat
and rafts as they fled the ship.
Survivors on one raft owed their
life to the fact that it was in a
trough between waves when the
machine guns opened fire, they
said.
MILLER, HAMILTON
ELECTED LEADERS
V. D. (Bert) Miller of Ashland
was elected chairman of tha
Jackson County Democratic
Central Committee and Moore
Hamilton of Medford was named
state committeeman at a meet
ing last night of tha executive
committee, called by Mrs. Syd
I. Brown, vice-chairman, for tha
purpose of electing a chairman
to succeed George A. Codding,
who resigned following his ap
pointment as a special attorney
for the government
Hamilton was chosen state
committeeman to fill the posi
tion vacated by Miller when tha
latter was selected chairman of
the central committee.
Miller, who reported on tha
recent state meeting and pledged
county democrats to wage a vig
orous campaign in tha fall elec
tions, plans to carry on with tha
same executive committee ap
pointed by Codding. This eon
stats of Ward Spatz. J. R. Mar
shall, and Vern Cannon and
Fred Kelly of Medford; Vera
Hastings of Ashland and Lester
Mathes of Central Point. He
will appoint ona mora member
to succeed Hamilton.
The new chairman named a
committee to till all existing va
cancies for precinct committee
men. ' ""
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