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Ltt YOUR Answer to Bombs be BONDS! Bu; Bonds ana tumps TOIUY Contribute to the m tlfort of Tour nation. Patriot lam. rour own self-protection, dtnianda that YOU do foot part NOW! Us The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results t Small Cost Medford Tribune Full Associated Press United Press Thirty -seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942. NO. 127. mm IWM UJy News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Aug. 17 Unani mously the house has repealed its restriction delaying payment of five months arrears allow ances to wives, p a r e n ts and children of fighting men until Novem ber 1, two days before the election. The repealer comes up in senate on Mon day, and it no Panl Malloo doubt will be adopted there, although the sen ate is less amendable to correct ing its mistakes, as only one third of its membership is up for reelection this year, whereas all the house is facing the vot ers Thus the injustice, brought to the attention of the public by -this column, as published in newspapers of July IS. July 27 and August 11, is likely to be fully rectified but not without rome interesting ramifications. For a time it appeared noth ing would be done. When Rep. John Rankin, democrat, of Miss issippi, officially proposed a cor rection in the house, he actually ran into opposition from the war department Policy there was being guided by Col. Thurs ton Hughes, administrative offi cer, handling the law. An official announcement of the department's position was made, in an obvious effort to stop the Rankin movement. It seemed likely to succeed, as con gress was practically in recess, and the department was openly willing to assume the responsi bility. . One of the democratic leaders tn charge, (not acting leader Jack Cochran, of St. Louis), was against doing anything and there were not many congressmen around, Rankin was blocked. But letters started coming in from those wives and parents in need, who did not know how ti.ey would buy food and pay the rent until two days before elec tion. e e e rOWN In Kentucky, Chairman Andrew May. of the house military aifairs committee, heard (Continued on Paso Pour) I FOR NATION SEEN Chicago, Aug. 17 UP) Amer ica may have to ration meat, Roy F. Hendrickson, administrator of the agricultural marketing ad ministration, told retail meat dealers today, "We need some system," Hen drickson said, "perhaps ration ing, meatless days, a combination of the two or something else to assure equitable distribution of what will be a short supply of meat." Estimating there would be a 1942-43 shortage of three billion pounds of meat in relation to the quantity of meat civilian con sumers would buy at ceiling prices, Hendrickson said that "the current shortage of meat is only a forerunner of things to come and the sooner that is realized the better." Banks of the Suez canal are chiefly sand and gravel, al though in places concrete has been laid to prevent erosion. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Eino Hemmila's gift of love ly little mouse in a popcorn bag being greeted with shrieks at the Mail Tribune. Maurice (Curlcy) Horton con ditioning himself for a physical examination that may place him tn the armed forces. Lootrnant J. Eric Tucker of the state police blossoming out with spectacles. W1 ALLIES CAUTIOUS IN REPORTS OF MARINE VICTORY "Security Reasons" Given Control Tulagi Harbor Vital Blast Jap Bases. Washngton, Aug. 17 JP) The navy announced today that shore positions taken by Ameri can marines in the Japanese held Solomon Islands "are now well established" following a n a v al engagement between American warships and a force of cruisers and destroyers in which the enemy was forced to retreat. London, Aug. 17 (IP) Sel wyn Speight, the London Star's correspondent in Sydney, Aus tralia, said today that despite the cautious tone of united na tions' communiques "it seems clear the allies have already won in land, sea and air opera tions in the Solomons the great est victory yet achieved against the Japanese." Attributing Washington reluct ance to give details on the Solo mons action to security reasons, Speight said it was "reasonable to assume" that the U. S. ma-1 rines have achieved their major initial objectives. 'This has apparently been done by seizing control of Tu lagi harbor and of the big air base on Guadal Canal island which was nearly ready for use by the Japanese when .it ,was. taken," he said.' When American and Austra lian fighting planes are able to operate from that field in sub stantial numbers the Japanese will have lost all chance of driv ing them from the island, he asserted. "That stage may be very near, he added. (By Associated Press) The battle of the Solomon islands, now 11 days old, was as obscured as ever today, but it appeared likely that United States marines were extending beachheads already officially announced captured. While this exclusively navy operation continued. General MacArthur sent his bombers in almost ceaseless harassment of Japanese bases and supply lines in the southwest Pacific. A town on the southeast coast of Timor, Dutch island in Jap anese occupation, was bombed, and the Melbourne Herald, say ing that allied troops were still operating in the interior there. speculated that the Timor at tacks were meant to assist the guerrilla forces. Besides the bombing of Ti mor, the MacArthur communi que also reported continued patrol skirmishing in New Gui nea between small enemy forces and allied outposts beyond the Owen Stanley range, a line of natural defense for the allied base at Port Moresby. TO 105 SATURDAY Saturday's gala celebration activation of Camp White and the Sheriff's Posse rodeo, was accorded a warm welcome by Old Man Weather as well as Jackson county residents. Wea ther bureau reports indicate that the temperature surged to 105 degrees with a minimum of 62 degrees. Weather during the past I week has seen the mercury 1 climbing steadily from 92 to 105 degrees. Friday was 104 degrees and Sunday the maxi mum (censored) degrees. TITUS NAMED MANAGER Portland, Aug. 17 IIP) Ben E. Titus, long-time Portland newspaperman and former as sistant publicity director for the state highway department, has been named manager for Ore gon of the office of war infor mation. The Utah state capltol, one of Ihe most ornate and elaborate In the country, cost only $2,750,000 to construct. It was finished in 1915. Commander Accepts Key To Colonel Owen R. Meredith (left) accepts from Major Theron W. Bean, area engineer, the key to vast Camp White, upon virtual completion of the project on the Agate desert. Colonel Meredith is commanding officer of the camp, whose construction was headed by Major Bean. Standing in the center is Lieutenant Colonel Frank R. Mallor j, camp executive officer, , The cerap.wUl be .form ally dedicated in coremonles Septambei 13. a ' . - t -i , , . - HITLER PLAN TO German People See Long War Need Food Turk ish Journalist Tours Front Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 16 (delayed) (P) Turkish Jour .ia lists who returned today from a conducted tour of parts of Ger many an the Russian front said today they gained the impression that German leaders pin their hope sof winning the war on de feating Russia this year or at least shattering organized Rus sian resistance. The Germans then hope to make a compromise with the United States and England, they said. Although nazi leaders still be lieve they can finish the war victoriously, the German people seem convinced that the war will drag on for a long time and are uncertain of the outcome, the journalists reported. The Ger man people seemed to be tired i,f the war and to be suffering badly from food shortage. Although the Journalists were told by Viennese of "ferocious" destruction in the Ruhr, they aid they saw no sign of bomb damage in the parts of the Ruhr that they visited. The Turks described "appal ling destruction" in the siege zone around Sevastopol in the Crimea where many towns and villages had not a building left standing. Most inhabitants of this part of the Crimea appar ently were dead. Survivors led An animal existence In the for ests, the journalists said. NO 'BLACKlRT' ON STEEL, CLAIM Washington. Aug. 17 AP) Investigation Into the charges of Higgins Industries, Inc., New Or le.i . shipouiicier. of a "black market" in steel has developed no evidence of black market op erations "as the term is com monly understood In this country and England," the compliance ' branch of the war production 1 board reported today. aHMMMNeWnMSSafjaaaaeaw . . ,w , . , t, " T. ' IS. KATE YOUNG RITES WEDNESDAY Mrs. Kate Young, one of this city's best known women, and long time resident passed away at her home on North Central avenue Sunday morning, from a heart attack. Word of her sud den passing came as a shock to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. Last rites will be held Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock at Conger's chapel. Interment will be in the Ashland Pioneer ceme tery beside husband and son. Mrs. Young was born at Yank ton, South Dakota, July 19, 1876 and the following year her par ents. Judge and Mrs. A. P. Ham mond moved to Ashland, where she spent her girlhood. She was married in Ashland July 9, 1894 to Charles F. Young. Mrs. Young resided in this city for more than 30 years. As a partner in the Young & Hall orchards, she was prominent in the orchard business and held other business Interests. She was a past president of the Order of Eastern Star. She was beloved for her friendly and sympathetic nature. She Is survived by two sisters. 1 Mrs. Grace Turner of Ashland and Mrs. Helen Minkler of Med ford; two brothers, Frank L. Hammond, Alameda, Calif., and Robert B. Hammond, Medford; two nephews, Bruce Hammond, in the marine corps, and Robert Hammond, Jr., Medford, and a niece. Miss Virginia Hammond of San Francisco. Another bro ther, Thomas W. Hammond pre ceded her In death. T RECRUIT PULLS SURPRISE Spokane, Au g 17 OP The sign over a door in the medical department of the Induction cen ter was highly efficient until a recruit, blind In one eye, ap proached it from his sightless side. Clad in his birthday suit he popped through the door Into a room full of stenographers, and hurried right out again. Then he discovered the sign. "Do not enter this door U undressed." Camp White I mi urn 1 1 in i,M 4 1 -.: n I f ; - rj ! r in i, WV f - ' M i RED ARMY FALLS BACK BEFORE NEW NAZI OFFENSIVE Maikop Oil Destroyed Ere Retreat High Toll Tak en At Stalingrad. Moscow, Aug. l-r4IP) The German offensive in the Don bend flared to full force today in a powerful new drive toward Stalingrad while in the Cauca sus the Russians fell back from the ruins of the Maikop oil fields toward their next petro leum producing area at Grozny. A Russian communique re ported terrific toll of new Nazi manpower and material thrown into the assault south east of Kletskaya and northeast of Kotclnikovskl against the flanks of the fortified line guarding Stalingrad. Battlefront dispatches said the Germans rolled forward at tre mendous cost in the Letskaya salient, 75 miles northwest of Stalingrad, but were held firm ly at the Kotelnikovskl flank, 95 miles southwest of Stalin grad. . In the Caucasus, extending axis lines appeared checked on the Krasnodar flank where the Germans are thrusting toward the port of Novorossisk, but they stretched ever farther to the southeast along the rail and oil pipe line toward Grozny and the Caspian. The Russians reported fight ing southeast of Mineralnye Vody, 140 miles from Grozny. In acknowledging the loss of Maikop, they said that the valu able oil installations of that area which produced seven percent of Russia's petroleum had been blasted to worthlessness. CROONER VALLEE IN NAVY Long Beach, Calif., Aug. 17 (IP Rudy Vallee, band leader and crooning radio star, today joined the coast juard as a band master with the rank of chief petty officer. BASEBALL National Score: R. H. Boston 2 8 0 New York 3 6 5 Tosto, Sain and Kluttz: Schu macher, Adams and Mancuso, Canning. CAMP CEREMONIAL SET FOR SEPT. 15TH Col. Meredith's Service Com mand To Conduct Rites Mrs. White To Be Guest Most of Camp White was released today by Major Ther on W. Bean, area engineer, to Colonel Owen R. Meredith, com manding officer, it was an nounced at the camp headquar ters. It was also announced that appropriate dedication cere monies for Camp White, named in memory of Major General George A. White, of. Oregon, will be conducted by the Serv ice Command Unit 1913, on September 15, with Mrs. White as guest of honor. As planned now, the Septem ber 15 ceremony will be simple but impressive, with Mrs. White unveiling a plaque and with remarks by Major General Ken yon A. Joyce, commanding gen eral of the 9th Service Com mand, whose headquarters are at Fort Douglas, Utah, and to whom the commanding officer of Camp White is directly re sponsible for operation of the camp. Appropriate Nam Announcement of the forth coming ceremonies declared the naming of the camp as particu larly appropriate, in memory of one of the state's most illus trious citizens soldier, journal ist," author, illustrator and or ganizer of many of the state's major public enterprises, for which he was twice cited by the legislature for conspicuous service to the state. Pointing out : that Major General - White epitomized the ideal citizen of a democracy, the statement con tinued: ! T "Artillery, cavalry. Infantry, and the adjutant general's de partmentall four of these branches of the service are writ ten into the military record of this recent commanding general of the 41st Division. General White's military career started Aug. 1, 1895, when he enlisted as a private In the Utah Infan- Contlnuad on Page Eight) SENATE APPROVES Washington, Aug. 17 (IP) The senate today approved on a voice vote a bill permitting liv ing allowances due to depend ents of service men to be paid as soon as the necessary book keeping can be completed. It wipes out a provision In the original allotment bill which barred any payments until after November 1. The measure now goes to the White House. Whether the bill actually will speed the payment of sums ac cumulated since the law went nto effect June 1 was a matter of con -ct lire War department officials told the senate military committee that It would be a physical Impossibility to make all the necessary computations and write the checks before No vember 1. Chairman Reynolds (D-NC) of the committee called attention to that statement and declared that he bill would only lead to "cenfusion. dissatisfaction and disappointment" among the redolent Numerous lawmakers have declared their mall Is heavy with requests for relief of hardship cases. Senator Clark (U Mo) said some service men's dependents were being forced to rely on charity for their living expenses. NO LABOR HOLIDAY Ran Francisco, Aug. 17 (IP) AFL and CIO spokesmen Joined todav In announcing union work ers In San Francisco would cel ebrate Labor Day by working They cancelled traditional Labor Day parade. Canada's exports to the Unit ed States In 1941 were valued at t600.000.000. War Bulletins .UNITED NATIONS London. Aug. 17 (IP) United States array airfare bombers were over German occupied France late this af ternoon. It was announced to night. United States, British and dominion fighter squadrons accompanied the American bombers to their target. All the bombers returned safely. NAZI SUB SINKS BRAZILTRANSPORT; WAR CRISIS NEAR Between 700 and 800 Troops Lost Near Rio Janeiro, Embassy Says. Montevideo, Uruguay.Aug. 17 OP) The Brazilian embassy here announced today that Brazilian transport had been sunk with loss of 700 or 800 troops. The embassy said the trans port Baependey, was sunk by a German submarine between San tos and Rio de Janeiro. The destination of the troops was not disclosed. As a consequence, an embassy source said, "grave events may take place within 24 hours. He did not explain the signi ficance of this statement but observers j speculated that it might mean a declaration ot war by Brazil against the Axis. . . Buenos Aires, Aug. 17 (P) The Brazilian ambassador to Argentina. Jose De Paula Rod riguez Alves, denied today that the Brazilian embassy In Monte video had announced the sink ing of a Brazilian transport. The envoy made the state ment after telephoning the Mon tevideo embassy. (It was not immediately clear whether the - ambassador was denying the sinking or the an nouncement.) FIRST LADY FOR New York, Aug. 17 (flV Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt said today In her syndicated column "my day" that she had received a "stern letter" from the censor ship board for commenting on the weather. 'The censor has written me a very stern letter about my re marks on the weather, and so from now on I shall not tell you whether It rains or whether the sun shines where I happen to be " She wrote "I imagine it is permissible to mention whether It Is hot cr cold, and I can tell you with joy that It was cold enough on Saturday to take a walk in Washington with pleas ure " George A. Carlln. general manager of United Features, which syndicates Mrs. Roose velt's column, said that he had received a communication last week specifically referring to Mrs Roosevelt's discussion of rain and showers" In one of her columns. Carlln said he forwarded the censor's letter to Mrs Roose velt as a matter of routine. The cersorshlp code of war time practices for the press pro vides that news stories atout weather occurrences must be re stricted to an area not to ex ceed 150 miles from the point jf publication. SITTING PRETTY Tulsa, Akla.. Aug. 17 AP Soldiers and sailors may sit at highway Intersections downtown thumbing rides from the shade of canopied benches. "Pick up soldiers and sailors here say neatly lettered signs on the white benches. The marinas must have that situation in hand or It was an oversight, for they arn't mentioned In the signs. REACH DECISION T Formula To Beat Axis Is Agreed Upon, At Churchill-Stalin Conference. London, Aug. 17 (AP) The announcement that "definite de cisions" had been reached at Prime Minister Churchill's con ference with Premier Stalin-in Moscow was regarded in London today as evidence that the Soviet Union, Britain and the United States had reached a definite formula on how to beat the axis and when to open a sec ond front. The announcement Issued thru the ministry of information said Churchill's visit Aug. 12 to 15 could not be disclosed earlier. The text of the announcement said: 'The prime minister had paid a visit to Moscow. "For reasons of safety no an nouncement of the visit could be announced until today. "Negotiations have taken place In Moscow between the presi dent of the council of people's commissars of - the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, J. V. Stalin, and the prime minister of the United Kingdom, Mr. Wins ton Churchill, in which Mr. H a r r I m an representing the president of the United States participated. "A number ot decisions were reached covering the field ot the war against Hitlerite Germany and her associates in Europe. This Just war of liberation both governments are determined to carry on with all their power and energy until complete de struction of Hitlerism and any similar tyranny has been achieved. "The discussions, which were carried on in atmosphere of cord iality and complete sincerity pro vlded an opportunity of reaf firming the existence of close friendship and Understanding between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States of America in entire ac cordance with the allied relation ship existing between them." HELD FOR 4 CAR Four automobiles were In. volved In a traffic collision near Lozler Lane Intersection of state highway 238 last evening about :i9 o clock according to state police reports. A charge of reck less driving has been filed against one of the drivers, Ra- leign Elden Hughes of Route 3, box 70, Medford, according to the district attorney's office. -ars in ;ne mix-up were driv en by Harvey Hulton Hines, Route 2, box 182, Medford; Ern est John Dukeshler, Route 2, box ZU3, Medford, Hughes and a parked truck of Lester Lee Spar- in, wuiiams, Oregon. The cars were following a team of horses on Lozler Lane headed toward Medford. Hughes' car first struck the Dukeshler car knocking it oft the road and then ran into the Hines' car pushing it off the road Into Sparlin a parked truck. All cars were damaged slightly. The Hlnes car had been following a team ot horses, which was be ing led on the right shoulder of the lane by a Mrs. Emmitt of Jacksonville, according to state police. All cars were headed towari Medford with the excep tion of the Sparlin truck which was parked near the road while) the owner purchased groceries, the police report stated. WAR WORKER. M Philadelphia, Aug. 17 George Metzger, who's been on the same) job 72 years, thinks he may be the oldest war worker In the nation. Metzger, blacksmith In a factory, helped make dies for the government during the Spanish-American war. He's doing it again now at 85.
