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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1942.
NO. 126.
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News Behind
The News
by Paul Mallon
Washington, Aug. 15 The
primaries Tuesday, and develop
ments since, show how gome
few folks In
the magazines,
the govern
ment and
n e w s p a pers
are still trying
noisily to make
this war an
exclusive soc
ial affair for
their political
friends only.
They don't
want anyone
Paul Mallon
in it, fighting
or working for our side, except
those whose political views they
approve. They don't want Lind
bergh. They would bar certain
congressmen who did not vote
before the war for their social
views.
They constantly rail and agi
tate against congressmen, public
figures, and against a few
newspapers which held similar
non-interventionist or isolation
ist (whichever you will) views
before the conflict.
All this and more of the same
they have continued twenty-four
hours a day for some months
now in the name of unity
- This agitation is preventing
unity. It is further preventing
the generation of a fighting
spirit In the people which is
necessary to win the war.
War is a fight to the death.
Individually and nationally. The
first instinct for conflict requires
that you " use every .weapon
every energy and every person
at your command, or anyone
you can get on your side, to help
you win.
N a fight against odds, you do
not turn around to see if
everyone fighting with you is
socially or politically desirable
to you not if you want to win.
On that rommnnrense DrinciDle.
we swallowed the communists
o!1lp withntit ffiilninff.
Why should some of us be
straining so hard at a few of
our own isolationists? The facts
i!cr0At thi Wt wintf political
groups of the United States
want to win the war, but tney
lu want tn eliminate the richt
wing and all opposi-Mt in the
process. s '
Anyone who wants to fight or
work or rail on our side snouia
he nllnueH tn do so if he satisfies
the only important requirement
loyalty. 1 ao nor, raise any
question regarding the loyalty
(Contlnuad on Past Si(
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(Br th Associated Prats)
The United States army's
growing might went on display
today (Sat.) with the activation
of two new World War II divis
ions at Oregon camps, near Med
ford and Corvallis.
A division was activated at
Camp Adair near Corvallis and
MaJ. Gen. James L. Bradley, the
commanding officer, declared:
"We will stress attack, for only
an offense will win the war."
He urged the need of thorough
military training for combating
a well-trained, well-equipped
enemy who is a veteran of many
campaigns.
"Total war requires total ef
fort," Gen. Bradley warned. "We
must be willing to undergo any
hardship for victory."
At Camp Adair, men of the
new army heard the heroic story
of Lieut. Henry Rodney Adair,
an Oregon man killed on the
Mexican border before World
War I, in whose honor the camp
was named.
Camp Adair officials made no
alance announcement of to
day's activation ceremonies be
cause of the possibility of high
way congestion. The public was
not invited.
Salem, Aug. 15. AP The
state highway commission
awarded a contract today for oil
ing 1.14 miles of the Sherman
highway In Shaniko. Wasco
county, to Babbler Brothers,
Portland.
FAMED WILD WEST
Gen. Gerhardt Accepts Col
ors of Old 91st; Tells Grim
Purpose Impressive
Rites Enacted.
With the battle-cry "Powder
River Let 'Er Buck" sounding
Americas military defiance to'
Hitler and Hirohito, the 91st
Infantry Division was officially
activated at Camp White Sat
urday morning in impressive
ceremonies and demonstrations
witnessed by an estimated 10.000
civilians packing the temporary
bleachers in front of 91st div
ision headquarters.
The famous wild west division
of World War I, which made a
glorious record on the fields of
France and Belgium was ' re
born under the hot sun of the
Agate desert, as tanned healthy
fighting men of this new Unit
ed States army displayed the
methods by which they plan to
shatter the enemy, and as the
colors of the old 91st were pre
sented to units of the new.
Gen. Gaarhardt Speaks
Mdjor General Charles H.
Gerhardt, commander of the new
91st Infantry Division accented
the colors of the old 91st from
A. B. Richardson of Portland.
representing the 91st division
association. Richardson was
major in 1918.
"I accept th responsibilities
for the achievements of our
predecessors1." Major Gtnaral
Gerhardt said In hit speech of
acceptance.
'These toldlert are training
In the qtim fact of becoming
efficient and savage killers on
the field of battle. In leal than
a year many of ut participat
ing today may become battle
casualties.
"W are now facing eur
darkest davt tine Valley
Forge and Gettyiburg. If we
lose wo lot all. But. with
God't help, we thall not fall."
Prior to Richardson's speech
of presentation, veterans of the
old 91st division presented col
ors and standards of their units
to units of the new division.
Immediately following General
Gerhardt's speech. Colonel F. S.
Jacobs, chief of staff, read the
official orders of activation for
the 91st. Thus, a powerful new
American fighting force came
into being
Floyd K. Dover of Grants
Passg first sergeant of I Com'
nany. 362 infantry battalion
original 91st infantry division.
oresented to General Gerhardt
the rifle of the first soldier of
Company I killed in World War
I.
The soldier was Pvt. Lee
Gautshe. shot by a German
sniper while enroute to the rear
to summon help for his unit,
which had found itself in an un
enviable position. Dover charged
the sniper's position and killed
him, although wounded himself.
Solemn Rellcall
A solemn part of the ceremony
was the rollcall of the 91st div
ision's honored dead, given by
Don Newbury of Medford. As
he slowly read the names of 88
officers and men who died while
'ighting in Europe, young mem
bers of the new division raisea
id unfurled guidons of the
units with which the dead ser
ved, and answered "here."
Aggressively and belligerent
ly, these new 91st division sol
diers gave the impression they
were taking over with a ven
geance the task of those who
fell In battle. General Gerhardt
and Brigadier General E. S. Ott,
field artillery commander of the
91st. said "here" to the names
of two ranking officers who died
along with their men.
Honored by General Ott were
136 officers and men of the old
9 1st., who received the Distin
guished Service Cross, and four
members who were awarded the
Congressional Medal of Honor
Major Oscar F. Miller, Los An
geles, killed in the Argonne;
Philip C. Katz, San Francisco:
Lloyd M. Seibert, Salinas, Calif.,
and Chester W. West, Idaho
Falls. Idaho. None were present
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th Solomons could provid a toringboard for attacks (arrows)
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NAVY RAINS 3,000 il war Bulletins GERMANS LAUNCH
JAP CAMPABLAZE
Huge Fires Burn After At
tack of Week Ago Weak
Resistance.
Washington. Aug. 15 Of)
Flaming guns of the U. S. war
ships and bombs of naval planes
severly damaged a destroyer
and two cargo vessels and sent
a third cargo ship to the bottom
in Kiska Harbor in raids August
3 and 9 the navy disclosed to
day. More than 3.000 shells were
hurled from the big guns of war
ships of a task force of the Pa
cific fleet which hit hard at the
enemy occupied island off Alas
ka. Shells striking the enemy's
main camp set huge fires which
still were burning when recon
naissance planes flew over the
harbor a day later.
A short distance to the south
a secondary camp also was hit
hard by the heaw bombardment,
and anti-aircraft and shore bat
teries throughout the island
were silenced.
Only resistance offered by the
enemy was a weak seaplane at
tack and desultory firing by
shore batteries before they were
put out of action by American
big guns.
By The' Associated Press
While Allied heavy bombers
and U S. navy planes and war
ships blasted enemy shipping
aimed at reinforcing Japanese
in the Aleutian and Solomon Is
lands, an Associated Press com
pilation of official reports yes
terday (Sat) disclosed that Allied
forces have destroyed 324 Jap
anese ships In all categories
since Dec. 7.
Sacramento, Aug. 14. (APV
Butter fat, first grade, 48'4; sec
ond grade 44 Vi.
BULLETIN
Lot Angeles.
Seattle 3
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Da-
Prim, Mallory, Dobemic,
vis and Campbell Barnett, Bud
nick and Kearse.
There wat no report of the
Medford Klamath fame at press
tim last night.
Hold Vital Coastal Bases in Solomons
Moscow, Aug. IS W)
Two Russian submarines hare
returned to port after sinking
seven German transports
en of them a 16.000-ton ship
.loaded with men and muni
tions In th Baltic, th news
paper Pravada reported today.
London. Aug IS (IP) K
British naval squadron bom
barded th Italian Island of
Rhodet in the eastern Medi
terranean for 12 minutes
Thursday morning. Reuters
newt agency reported today.
Berlin (from German broad
casts) Aug. 15 JP) The Ger
man high command corrected
Its report of Aug. 13 that th
14.700-ton United State Air
craft carrier Wasp had bn
hit by tlx bombi and it
afir in th Mediterranean
and laid the damaged warship
Inttead wat a British aircraft
carrier of th Uluitrlout type.
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Seattle. Aug. 15 (IP) The
fuel shortage impending In
Washington and Oregon can,
and will, be averted. Brig. Gen,
Price P. Disquc, assistant to
Secretary Ickes, said at a press
conference here today.
But he added, it will require
Industrial and transportation
adjustments, and, probably,
jdded expense to householders.
He said the states could expect
to federal subsidies, and that
fuel supply should be considered,
primarily, as k local problem.
He said tremendous amounts
of coal must be brought from
the Rocky Mountain states, con
tinued production of Washing
ton mines must be assured, and
there must be a plan for getting
plenty of firewood cut and into
the home. He termed the fuel
oil supply as unpredictable.
FIRE MENACE WORST
Portland. Aug. 15 AP The
danger of sabotage In the forests
far outweighs any threat of
enemy Incendiary air attacks.
George C. Griffith of the U. S.
forest service warned today.
Boston, Aug. IS. (AP (U.S.
Dept. Agr.) Th Boston vsool
market was quiet during th past
week.
Fighting For
a bat for defendlna Industrially
Unltad States (arct). Offensively,
on the myriad Jap-held Pacific
atrcratt carriers."
FIERCE ATTACKS
FOR STALINGRAD
No Regard For Life in New
Drive Astrakan and Vol
ga Menaced.
Moscow, Sunday, Aug. 15.
Apparently launching a full of
fensive against Stalingrad after
securing strongholds in the
north Caucasus, the Germans
hurled masses of infantrymen,
tanks and planes today against
Russian positions on the Klet
skaya and Kotelnikovskl fronts
before the important Volga city.
Russian reports early today
said the Germans had opened up
a series of attacks with no re
gard for losses, with German
bodies littering the ground along
a railroad east of Kotelnikovskl,
where the Germans struck after
regrouping their forces.
The Germans have been
stalled on the Kletskaya and
Kotelnikovskl fronts for weeks
while they won positions In the
Don bend and beat their way
deep Into the Caucasus. Now
they appear to be putting on
the pressure again, with most of
the north Caucasus In their
hands.
Coincident with the threat to
Stalingrad was a drive aimed at
Astrakhan from the Kotelnikov
skl area.
The Russian midnight com
munique said that the Germans
lost heavily in attempts to re
capture lost positions northeast
of Kotelnikovskl, while the Mos
cow radio broadcast that the re
grouped nazls fighting east of
the city were trying to drive to
the northeast toward Stalingrad
Kotelnikovskl La 95 miles
southwest of Stalingrad.
On the northern arm of this
huge pincer movement against
the city named for Joseph
Stalin, the Germans apparently
were trying to develop and en
large their break through to the
Don .river southeast of Klet
skaya. which It 75 miles north
west of Stalingrad.
FORMER SENATOR HONORED
Portland. Aug. 15 (AP) The
Liberty ship George Chamber
lain was launched her ,-esterday
by th Oregon ship-building cor
poration. It was named after an
Oregon senator and congressman
who was a leader in the move
nt -nt for popular election of sen
ator
BRITAIN'S FLEET
Fires and Wrecked Bases
Left by Surprise Attack
on Italian Base.
(By Larry Allen)
Aboard a Cruiser with the
Mediterranean Fleet, Bombard
ing Rhodes, Aug. 13. (Delayed)
(AP) The long, sleek guns of
Britain s Mediterranean war
sh'ps, spouting sheets of white
flame, poured ton after ton of
high explosive shells into Musso
lini's Dodecanesan stronghold of
Rhodes today.
They left behind on this east
err. Mediterranean island huge
fires, battered seaplane bases
and broken barracks and harbor
Installations.
The squadron of warships,
commanded by Rear Admiral
Philip L. Vian, swept into the
mine-laden waters off Rhodes
just before 1 a. m. Thursday and
plastered the harbor for 12 min
utes in one of the most thrilling
surprise bombardments I have
ever witnessed.
The Rhodes heavy shore bat
teries and anti-aircraft guns and
Italian torpedo boats flung every
thing at the fleet they could
muster. My heart crashed against
my . ribs as big enemy . shells
sprayed over this cruiser and
near misses made huge geysers
while fire gushed from the
mouths at the ship gunt and
projectiles scorched through the
air under the starlit skies and
exploded with scattering force
ashore.
In this most spectacular bom
bardment of the war since the
fleet pumped thousands of armor-piercing
shells Into Tripoli on
April 24, 1941, the Nazis and
Fascists in Rhodes sent up thou
sands of multi-colored "flaming
onions" in an effort to trace the
attacking force while British and
American bombers pounded the
airdromes and other targets
ashore both before and after the
sea shelling.
Rhodes looked like a maze of
Christmas tree lights when the
fleet sailed up to a Broadside po
sition. It looked like a flash from
hell when the ships moved safely
away.
SHOT BY FIANCEE
Douglas, Ariz, Aiii. 15
A charge of assault with a
deadly weapon was filed today
against Miss Margaret Herlihy.
daughter of Lt Col. E. G. Her
lihy, in connection with the
shooting of her fiance, Capt.
D. D. Carr, 35, attached to a
tank division at Fort Huachuca
The shooting. Police Chief
Percy Bowden said, occurred
about 1 a. m. at the Herlihy
home here in the presence of
Mrs. Herlihy. Three bullets
were fired, one striking Carr
in the neck, another in the
chest and the third going wild,
he added.
Carr is In a critical condition
at the Douglas hospital, where
physicians are attempting to ex
tricate a bullet from his spin.
Mist Herlihy it in th Cochise
county hospital, under police
guard, suffering from shock and
hysteria, Bowden said.
HEADS EAGLES
Chicago, Aug. 15 HP) Les
ter H. Loble, Helena, Mont.,
attorney, wat nominated today
at grand worthy president of
the Fraternal Order of Eagles,
to succeed George C. Tank of
Davenport, Iowa.
PACXINO SCHOOL CLOSES
The annual pear-packing school
closed here Friday evening after
a two-week's session, with 160
Having unii vmviivu bihi v. v. i
100 completing th course, ac -
cordl.ig to Leonard B. Mayfield.
ARMY CAPTAIN IS
Interpreting
Th
' By
The War News
Kirk Lm Simpson -
(Wide World War Analyst)
The Second World war, more
terrible and far-spreading than
its 1914-18 prototype, will be
three years old in another two
weeks. Vet there is good war
rant for the assertion of high
placed British spokesmen that
it is only now verging toward
its crisis.
From two British sources a
prediction has come within the
week that by November 1 of
this year the flood crest of axis
attacking power will have been
reached. Speaking in London,
Oliver Lyttleton, British mini
ster of production, admitted a
somber" outlook, and said Eng
land would face the gravest
hours of her history within the
next 80 days.
Captain Bernard Newman of
the British ministry of informa
tion was even more specific.
Speaking in Canada he said:
If by November 1 we are
still fighting hard, if by Novem
ber 1 we still hold Egypt, I
think we will have won the
war."
Here Is the same thought, the
same critical date setting, but
differently expressed. What
can be traced in both statements
is the belief that Hitler and his
axis accomplices must reach a
decisive victory before winter
sets in again In Russia, or not
at all. - And grave as are the
war renorta from tha Caucasus,
there seems yet no possibility
that Russia can be crushed or
forced to her knees In that time.
With less than 90 days Inter
vening before Russia's ancient
ally, winter, again comes to her
aid, Hitler's armies are still far
from having set up a short
winter line across Russia from
the Baltic Ao the Caspian.
Tremendous new German ad
vances to take Leningrad, Mos
cow and the Volga front below
Stalingrad must be made before
November if Hitler is to stand
on a shortened winter line In
Russia and be prepared to face
westward against Anglo-American
power gathering across the
English channel Failing that or
a Russian collapse of which
there is no faint suggestion even
in German propaganda he will
be more greatly extended in
Russia next winter than he was
last, when he fell back.
There hat been continuous
expectation ' in London and
China that Japan would step In
to the European war theater by
attacking Russia from the rear
at an opportune moment.
With American sea and air
forces at last on the offensive
In the southwest Pacific, how
ever, a revision of the Japanese
plan for axis cooperation well
may be In the making. That
the stroke In the Solomons was
in part timed by Washington to
that end it virtually certain.
Nor can it be doubted that
Japan, if the it to move at all
against Russia this year, must
move well before November 1
The Siberian theater offers very
limited time for major action
before winter takes over.
On all counts, therefore, the
British view that the three-year
old war will reach its crisis be
fore November seems well
founded. It probably affords a
key to the timing of possible al
lied moves in Egypt or In the
west.
Tl
Medford "turned on the heat"
as far as weather was concerned
in celebration of activation day
Weather bureau reports indicate
that temperature Friday was 104
degrees with minimum of 59
degrees Maximum for yester
day It still a military secret.
Thursday's maximum overstep
ped the 100 degree mark when
it reached 101 with 51 for
minimum. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday reports show 02 de
grees maximum. Highest tem
perature registered during Aug
ust was 108 degrees in 1933
lth weather
' show. .
bureau reports
E
TULAGISECTION
Tokyo Radio Evasive Mao-
Arthur Reports Gains
Aussie Minister Glum. .
(By Associated Prut)
An allied spokesman at Gen
eral MacArthur's headquarter
In.. Australia., disclosed., today
(Sunday) that th Japan havo
recently reinforced thalr post
lions "somewhat" la th Interior
of Nw Guinea and wr still
exerting pressure in thalr ef
forts to get through th Jungle
for an attack on Port Moresby,
th allied base.
Th snarhad of th Jap.
anas overland driv toward
Port Moraiby was at Kokoda.
and it was hare th enemy bad
managed to increase hit force.
Th spokesman gave no Idea
of th nw strength, saying sim
ply that th Japan force
there, admittedly continuing to
hammer at allied positions, bad
bn Increased "somewhat."
General MacArthur's Head
quarters, Australia, Aug. 15 OP)
Fighting leathernecks of the
United States marines were be
lieved tonight to have captured
Important coastal bases in th '
Solomon island! in triumphant
conclusion of th first phase of
that great battle still raging In
the southwest Pacific ,
The failure of Japanese quart
ters to make any but a negative
reference to their land forces.
coupled with a Washington an
nouncement that the - marine
are consolidating shore position
in the Tulagi area, led qualified
observers here to the belief that
the Nipponese had been dis
lodged from the bases.
The Japanese controlled radio
station failed to refer to ground
forces on the southeastern Solo
mon Islands yesterday but an
Intercepted Domel report from
Batavia, occupied Java, admitted
today that a "small enemy fore
was left on one Solomon island."
Fierce fighting is reported
to be taking place between Jap.
anese forces and United State
marines who have landed on
one of the Solomon island,"
the Tokyo dispatch to DNB,
German newo agency, said.
(This was the first acknowl
edgement from the axis aid
that battle had taken an advert
trend and It did not attempt to
exolain how the marines had
established beach heads in tha.
face of the Japanese claim en
tirely unconfirmed that th
U. S. naval force were routed.!
While Australian Army satn-
l.ter Francis M. Forde warned
his countrymen again that Aus
tralia still is in danger of inva
sion, quarters familiar with th
topography of the Solomon aV
tached optimistic significant to
the U. S. navy department'
assertion that the marines werj
consolidating snore
These quarters said this indi
cated progress had been mad
sine Wednesday, when a com
munique claimed only mas
American force were fighting
to establish, "beach heads.
Many K sports
(The London naval correa
nonri.nt of the Yorkshire) Pot
expressed belief that the marines
had overrun xne main
on Guadalcanal Island, in th
Solomons group. He said tn
main air field had been put out
of action but no details yet wertj
available. .
Without giving th tourc f
his information, Walter Farr, tn
London Dally Mall' Washing
ton correspondent, said in
dispatch to his paper that tn
marine were believed to hay
seized "the two small islands of
Makanbo and Gavutu neat Tu
lagi" in th Solomons.
(Reuters, British newt agency,
picked up Vichy radio report
that U. S. force had captured
Japanese airdrome on on) of
th Solomon Islands.)
Portland, Ore., Aug. 15.
(AP) Produce prices steady, unchanged.