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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."
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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.