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Thirty -seventh Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1942.
NO. 127.
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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mously the house has repealed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."
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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.