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Lt YOUR Answer to Bombs bo BON PS I Buy War Bund and Stamps TOIAV Contribute to th war effort of four nation. Patriot. Urn. four own telfprotectlon drmaniU that VOU do foot pert NOW! Dm Tha MAIL TRIBUNE Medford Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results at Small Cost rull Associated Press United Press Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1942. NO. 119. Nl OA wm f ui i n V Jvll . News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 7 Intima tions that the Russian war ef fort Is in danger of complete collapse, and a separate peace is imminent, have been swirling around the fringes of news from Moscow. The same suggestions has gone into offi- ficial ears here from the official grape vine- Even U. S. eon gressman have heard from Russian lips such com ments as: "Well, if you get pushed Paul Ma loo back and back i what can you do?" An eminent American news writer in Moscow has gone as far as to predict the war will be lost for us on the Russian plains within 40 days unless a British-American invasion re lieves the pressure on the reds. An American columnist in Washington has broadcast on the radio the same prophesy, which he expects will come to pass unless the invasion is started "immediately." All these things make the Russian prospect seem certainly disastrous and convey the im plication that we must bear a responsibility for the disaster when it occurs. "NE thing to remember, while reading and hearing the cur rent stress placed on this view point, is that it all comes from Moscow one way or another not from the nazis or even from our own officials. Russia, unlike the - United States, controls all outlets jf comment from within its bor ders. Any newspaper account really has an unofficial govern ment label, as the Russians gen erally use foreign news outlets for diplomatic purposes (again unlike the United states). All that these stories really prove to the initiated, is that Stalin Is using diplomatic re sources to hasten Washington and London into a diversion ef fort. i This second front propaganda method Is also a natural one for the reds to follow for their (Continued on Pag Ten) Radio Highlights MBS will broadcast high lights of the 13th annual Chiea goland Music Festival Saturday, Aug. 15, from Soldier field. A cast of 10,000 singers and mu sicians from 30 states and Can ada is being assembled to appear before an expected audience of 100.000. Henry Weber of WGN will lead an orchestra of more than 100 pieces and Dr. Edgar Nelson will direct a choir of 3.000. Marine Is Lucky In Blazing Berth . Riverside. Calif.. Aug. 7 (IP) f The marine landed with the situation well out of hand. Pvt. Earl M. Cotton slept as his train pulled through the yards but not for long. A cigaret was burning in his berth. Trainmen helped toss his smoking clothing from the train. At a water stop a moment later, a station clerk came gal loping down the track, Cotton's trousers In one hand and a wal let containing his ticket, money and a medal in the other. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mary Christensen being sur prised when she turned over her breakfast egg this morning. Frances Bunce. in a nifty play suit, doing a bit of lawn work. Anna Gilbert pridefully show ing some premium produce from hujband Van a victory garden. NAZIS SAY THEIR WELLS OF MAIKOP Huge Baku Fields Still Many Miles Across Mountains Reds Fight Back Hard. By Roger D. Green Associated Press War Editor Adolf Hitler's blood-for-oil drive into the Caucasus was slowed in two key sectors today, Russian accounts said, as the Red armies beat off repeated mass tank assaults and mopped up fresh swarms of Nazi para chutists and plane-transported troops behind the Soviet lines. An entirely different version came from German field head quarters, which declared that Gen. Fedor Von Bock's armies had captured three strategic towns and advanced to a depth of 160 miles on the road to the Caucasus oil treasures. Near Maikop Wells A bulletin from Hitler's head quarters asserted that Nazi troops swarming across the Kuban river had advanced to within 30 miles of the Maikop oil fields. The Maikop wells are important but far less vital than the huge Baku fields which lie across the towering Caucasus mountains hundreds of miles to the southeast. The Nazi communique also asserted that Axis columns were approaching . Krasnodar, 150 miles southwest of Rostov, on the rail line to the Black sea Arrival of Soviet reinforce ments in the critical struggle be low the Don river was acknow ledged by the German command which said the Russians were counter-attacking north of the Sal . river apparently in the Kotelinikovski sector, 95 miles south of Stalingrad. Stukas Help The high command empha sized the role of Nazi dive- bombers in helping German troops "in their heavy defense' against Soviet "relief attacks" in the Rzhev sector, northwest of Moscow, and conceded that the Red armies were striking back in the big bend of the Don river before Stalingrad. Conflicting versions of the battle came from Moscow and Berlin. The Germans reported the capture of Armavir, on the Baku rail line, 160 miles south of Rostov; Yeisk, on the Sea of Azov, 70 miles southwest of Rostov; and Tlmashevskaya, 130 miles southwest of Rostov. Capture of Armavir would place the Germans within 65 miles of the Maikop oil fields, which produce seven percent of Russia's oil, and would represent a 50-mile advance from Kro pot kin, the southern-most point claimed by the Germans previ ously in their drive down the Rostov-Baku railway. Contrasting Claim By -contrast with the Nazi claims, a mid-day bulletin from Red army headquarters gave this picture of the 350-mile bat tlefront: Kotelnikovskl sector, 95 miles south of Stalingrad "the Ger mans are sending in large num bers of tanks in attempts to smash our defenses. Our troops have repulsed these attacks." Kushchevka sector, 50 miles south of Rostov "the Germans launched repeated attacks against our positions, but were repulsed with heavy losses." Kletskaya sector, 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad "our troops launched a number ol counterattacks and pressed the enemy back, destroying nine German tanks and killing about 800 enemy officers and men. . ON SPEAKERSHIP Portland. Aug. 7 'Wil liam M. McAllikter. Medford. here yesterday furthering his candidacy for the speakership of the State House of Represent atives, said he already had some early support but did not indi cate the number. M'ALUSTER BUSY Cavemen "Deed" Crater Lake To War Bond Bayer Grants Pass, Aug. 7 (IP) Charles R. Cooley, president of the chamber of commerce, retained for Grants Pass to day the tenuous claim . of local residents to "rights" in Crater Lake. He outbid H. H. Deemer of Provolt, Jackson county, and bought $225 in war bonds to receive from the Oregon Cavemen a "deed" from the tribe which claims to have originally dug the big hole. Showing the relative im portance of food and scenery In wartime, a young pig was auctioned for $538, more than twice as much as the lake. You can't eat scenery! Total bond and stamp sales In the city yesterday totalled S18.028.85. ISSUE PERMIT FOR TEN NEW HOUSES Work on construction of a block of 10 new houses on Haven street in the northwest section of Medford was started this week permits for the con struction having been Issued yesterday at the city Inspector's office. It will be a $30,000 proj ect with George S. Rusco of Klamath rails as owner, and is an F.HjA: defense housing proj ect. . 'y..3r-ii. . . The houses, being built on both sides of Haven street be tween Summit and Oak streets, will be one-story structures of four and one-half rooms, accord ing to the plans. The exterior of each Is to have different architecture, with some of shake and others of siding finish. All will have oil floor furnaces and floors of oak and linoleum and are to have garages either at tached or on the lot. I. S. Stenerson of Klamath Falls is in charge of construc tion for Mr. Rustr- and the Sub urban Lumber company of that city. Mr. Stenerson stated today that the houses would be com pleted in about 7S days and would b put up for sale, with preference given to military and workers on essential defense projects as required by the fed eral housing authorities. The houses are being con structed on lots purchased from the city. It Is understood that construction of another grout will be started as soon as priori ties for material can be secured. Harold Brown Is the local agent for Mr. Rusco. Tuna Luxury Food A Prices Rocket Astoria, Ore., Aug. 7 UP) The way prices were going to day tuna was well on the way tr becoming a luxury food. Albacore went up to $415 a ton $7 above the all-time high set here last week In private sales. "Save Russia" Conference Said Under Way in Moscow London, Aug. 7 (IP) Repre- j sentatives of major united na tions were reported assembling in Moscow today for a "save Russia and win the war" con ference, the urgency of which was accented by the increasingly desperate plight of the southern Soviet armies. This information came from sources whose Identity could not be disclosed. The British them selves maintained dead silence on the movements of their own leaders except for their ambas- aador to Russia, Sir Archioaio Clark Kerr, who has gone from Kuibyshev to Moscow along with the United States ambassa dor. Admiral William H. Stand ley. Dispatches from Moscow said conferences were proceeding to day between Admiral Standley. MaJ. Gen. Follett Bradley of the U. S. air force, and Soviet officials. Rent Gougers Here ? Get NELSONREVEALS First 100 to Be Built For Navy in Kaiser's Pacific Coast Shipbuilding Plants Washington, Aug. 7. (IP) Chairman Donald M. Nelson said today the WPB had ap proved construction by Henry J. Kaiser, west coast shipbuilder, of 500 huge "Mars"-type flying boats, with an initial order for 100 to Be placed by the navy shortly.' The other 400 70-ton cargo carrying planes will be built Nelson said, it trie initial pro gram Is accomplished success fully in Kaiser's Pacific, coast shipbuilding plants. This Is all contingent upon the construction not interferring with our combat plane pro gram," Nelson added. Asked whether WPB wnevea it could be done without hamp ering war plane production he replied: "I have hopes at least we can try. Nelson said Kaiser now In Washington, would (o to the coast and then "come back and tell us what materials and fact- fHtlefh. t.wban-hja ran get started, ina.wuere n wn wiuw them." ... :.. . .,.-:: - Other WPB officials said they believed Kaiser planned to con struct the big sky freighters at Richmond, Calif., on Ban. r ran clsco bay. ' ' ' . Los Angeles. Aug. T. () Gigantic cargo planes, capable of mass - transport of troops across the Atlantic out of reach of lurking submarines, are not a vision of the future tney are an actuality, in quantity produc tion. And even greater ships, with a capacity of 400 soldiers, able to span the Atlantic in iu to it hours, have passed tne specula tive stage to the point where the industry could begin their con struction. Tom M. Glrdler. chairman ol the board of Consolidated Air craft Corp. and MaJ. Reuben H. Fleet, the company s rounaer and present adviser, made these statements last nigni as tney told the nation, in separate radio talks, that the industry Is pre pared to tackle the heavy trans port problem. , CANNING SUGAR PERMIT GOOD ONLY SIXTY DAYS Portland, Aug. 7 (IP) Wil liam H. E Cox, state OPA food rationing official, warned house wives today that certificates for canning sugar are void 60 days after Issuance. Federal income tax levies on department store earnings were about three times greater in 1941 than in 1940. A Moscow communique an nounced that Bradley, who ar rived In Moscow by bomber three days ago. came for "a dis cussion with the appropriate Soviet authorities of practical questions connected with the supply of arms and war mater ials to the U.S.S.R. from the United States." The Moscow dispatches Indi cated that Bradley had not yet seen Premier Stalin for whom he brought a letter from Presi dent Roosevelt. As reports streamed into Lon don from both axis and allied sources Indicating that the cast was being assembled for grand strategy talks of the utmost Im portance In the Soviet capital. Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard coupled these black faced banner lines: "Allied diplomats reported gathering In Russia." "German! speed up oil field drive." DRAFT STATUS OF MARRIED MEN IS Tl Get Jobs in One of 34 Essen tial Occupations or Be Drafted, Warns Director. Salem. Aug. 7 (IP) Married men with children had their no tice today from Colonel Elmer . Wooton, state selective serv ice director, to get Jobs in one of 34 essential occupations, or to be drafted into the army, possi bly early next year. Colonel Wooton, declaring there are not enough men be tween the ages of 20 and 45 to fill both the needs of the army and of essential war Industries, said many non-essential jobs either will have to be eliminat ed, or filled by older- men or men who are physically handi capped. Many Jobs Listed Attempting to correct the mis taken idea that essential occu pations are limited to the ship yards and aircraft factories, the colonel announced that the list of 34 Industries and activities ranges all the way from produc tion of war materials to the pro cessing of food, repair of essen tial motor vehicles, communlca ttons swrvloes, -newspapers, nd police and t lr protection. ? - "I urge -every -man. between the ages of 20 and 45 to search the list Of essential activities and Industries to determine whether he Is now employed In one of these essential activities or industries," Colonel Wooten said.- "It he finds that he is em ployed In one of the essential Industries or activities, he should next ask ' himself If his Job could be filled by an older man, a physically handicapped man, or by a woman. If he is not employed In an essential ac tivity or industry, or it ne can be replaced in his Job in an es sential activity or Industry, he should be able to resolve lor himself the course to follow In the Interest of the national wel fare and this country's free dom." Essential Activities The list of essential Industries and activities follows: Aircraft production, ship pro duction, ordnance production, ammunition production, agricul ture, food processing, logging and lumbering, construction of buildings and highways, coal mining, non-metallic mining, smelting and refining, production of metal shapes and forglngs, nn ishlng of metal products, produc tion of industrial and agricul tural equipment, machinery pro duction, chemical production, rubber production, leather pro duction, textile production, pro duction of apparel, production of stone, clay and glass products, petroleum production, produc tion of finished lumber products, p r o d u c t Ion of transportation equipment, transportation ser vices, production of materials for packing and shipping products, production of communication equipment, communication . ser vices, heating and power ser vices, repair services, health and welfare services, educational ser vices, and governmental ser vices. STORESTO CLOSE F0R91STSDAY The Jackson County Chamber of Commerce announced today it expected all Medford stores and business firms to close all morning and to 1 p. m. Saturday, August 15, In order to give every body the opportunity of attend ing the activation day ceremony of the (1st Infantry Division at Camp White. Tha ceremony will start at 10 a. m. and close at noon. - From 8 to 10 a. m. civilians will be Liken on tours of the camp, ex hibits will be viewed and regis tration received. Oregon State's New Prexy Is Dr. Strand of Montana Albany, Ore., Aug. 7. (IP) Dr. August Leroy Strand, pre sident of Montana State college became president of Oregon State college today. Willard L. Marks, president of the State Board of Higher Education, announced appointment of the 48-year-old educator and scientist as successor to Frank Marks said that Dr. Strand. interviewed with other candi dates for the Oregon State pre sidency by the state board at Portland last week will take over his new duties immediately. A recognized authority on en tomology, Dr. Strand was head of that department on the Mon tana State faculty before his ele vation to the presidency In 1937. He is listed in Who's Who in American Men of Science and the Educational Blue Book. Among organizations of which he is a member are the Ameri can Society for the Advance ment of Science and Sigma XI, science honorary. Dr. Strand has served with Dr. Donald M. Erb, University of Oregon president, as a mem ber of the board of trustees or the Northwest Regional Educa tional council. Born at Victoria, Tex., Febru arv 12. 1894. Strand was gradu ated from Montana oiate in 1917. He went into the navy's aviation branch in the first World war, commissioned as an ensign. After the war he re turned to Montana and became assistant state entomologist. He received his master's de gree in 1925 and his doctorate in 1927, both irom tne univer sity of Minnesota. " " ' Dr. Strand is married and has three children. James Allen is a student at the U. S. naval aca demy, Patricia Marilyn is in high school and Roy Douglas is a fifth-grader. ROOSEVELT STILL EYING EVIDENCE Washington, Aug. 7 (IP) President Roosevelt told a press conference today he had not yet finished his review of testimony in the case of eight alleged Nazi saboteurs and added that he did not know whether he would fin ish today. The President made no am plification of that brief state ment. Shortly' before the press con ference, the White House said that "the President has not yet concluded his reading of the tes timony" In the saboteur case. This statement was read to re porters by William D. Hassett, an assistant secretary, In re sponse to inquiries about re ports that Mr. Roosevelt had de creed death for six and clemen cy for two Nazi i gents -tried by a military tribunal on charges that they came to this country to sabotage vital war activities. Wilhelmina Decorates Five Officers of Washington, Aug. 7. (IP) Queen Wilhelmina of The Neth erlands conferred decorations upon five members of the United States navy today, including Ad mlral Thomas C. Hart, retired, for distinguished service In the southwestern Pacific campaign against the Japanese. The ceremonies at the resi dence of The Netherlands am bassador, A. Loudon, followed an appearance of the queen as a guest at President Roosevelt's press conference at which time she said contributions of the ! press and radio to efforts of war leaders was of "immense value In helping lead mankind "to ward a brighter morrow." Others decorated were: ' Rear Admiral William A Glassford, American chief of staff of the combined fleets In the western Pacific. Commander T. H. Blnford. commander of destroyer division 58. which took part In the battle of the Lombok strait during the night of February 19, 1942, Final Warning L. Ballard, resigned. Cloudburst Traps 9 : In Mountain Canyon; Oes Survives Flood Wenatchee, Wash., Aug. 7 (IP) A cloudburst and wall of water hurtling down a mountain canyon nine miles north of here last night trapped nine people in an automobile, killing eight of them as the machine rolled and was carried several hundred yards down the hillside. Russell Kirk, 27, a logger, the driver, escaped. Thrown free, he crept through the mud and debris to the highway and was found by a passing motorist. Early today six of the bodies were found in the buried ma chine. The dead: Mrs. Ann Kirk, 24; Mrs. Lena McCann, 22, Lena Firpo, 17; Wilbur Hale, 27, and his 22-year-old wife; Frank McCann, 27, and his wife, 21; and Ray McCann, 32. The bodies of Wilbur Hale and Frank McCann were be lieved burled deep In the debris. BRIG. GEN. COOKWILL HEAD ADAIR DIVISION Salem, Aug. 7 (IP) Brig. Gen. G. R. Cook, commander of the 104th division to be acti vated next month at Camp AHnlr. hna arrived in Salem j with his two daughters and Is living temporarily at a now, American Navy against numerically superior Jananese forces. Commander H. E. Eccles, com mander of the destroyer Ed wards, which took part in that battle. Lieutenant Commander H. P. Smith, commander of the de stroyer Stewart, which also took part in the Lombok strait battle. Upon Admiral Hart, a former commander in chief of the united nations fleet in the west ern Pacific, the queen conferred the Grand Cross o( the Order of Orange-Nassau with Swords. In making the award, tha queen said: "You, Admiral Hart, as com mander In chief of the combined fleets, have shown great leader ship and you have contributed largely to their collaboration. "You have rendered great services In planning Joint opera tions against the enemy, especi ally during the first part of the war In tha southwestern paci fic." 1 -w-s-.,,. . A' 4 ' II 4 . A I i .J - j Dr. August L. Strand FEDERAL CONTROL PLANNED UNLESS PRACTICE HALTED County Coordinator Board Says Military Cooperating But Landlords Are Not. Despite wholehearted cooper ation by the military in all ef forts to cope with various phases of the local housing situation, rentals in many cases have been increased far beyond reason and unless the practice Is halted im mediately the Jackson County Coordinating Board will have no alternative but to request gov ernment aid in eliminating tha condition, a board spokesman de clared today. "The law of supply and de mand has forced families of Camp White military personnel to bid among themselves for housing accommodations, and many of our landlords are tak ing advantage of this fact to boost rentals sky-high," tha spokesman charged. "Unless we civilians decide to cooperate more fully in fighting tough housing situation there will be nothing else to do but call in a government rental administrator to clamp down on the recalci trants." - ' i Find Rent Boosted The spokesman pointed out that families of military person nel, obtaining houses and apart ments upon their being vacated by cantonment contractors and workmen, often find the rents have been raised far above the previous level. "The army has cooperated 100 par cent," he stated, "and now the burden rests entirely upon lis. We must see to it that such conditions are overcome at once." A rumor that the military has asked landlords to eject civilians in order to provide housing units for army families was blasted by tha spokesman. "This Is entirely untrue," he said. "The military does not expect, and does not want, civilians to give up their homes to families of army per sonnel. All it wants is a square deal from the landlords In tha ' matter of rentals." General Writes Major General Charles H. Gerhardt, commander of the 91st Infantry Division, commenting on the situation, wrote the fol lowing letter to toe coordinat ing board: 'I feel that tha housing situa tion in Jackson county as to fam ilies of military personnel of the 91 st Infantry Division and at tached troops has been ex tremely satisfactory tip to tha present time. Your committee and tha majority of residents of the county has been most fair in this matter. However, conditions now indicate that some people are raising prices due to the ap proaching scarcity of houses for our increased demand. I trust this situation may be handled by the local committee without fur ther action by other government agencies." Portland, Ore.. Aug. 7 Un charging that "well nigh every operation under the executive) branch of the federal govern- government can be character ized by the word 'confusion,4" Sen. Rufus C. Holman of Ore gon, returned last night from tour of west coast defenses. The senator, who previously on his tour charged that then was a lack of coordination among military services and that coastal defenses were) In adequate, will go to Alaska next week with senate military af fairs subcommittee of which ha Is a member. The Cltffside field near Amar llto Tex.. Is estimated to con tain mora than two billion cubic feet of recoverable helium.
