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Lt YOUR Answer to Bombs b BONP31 Buy War Bond- and Itanpi TODAY i'ontnbuu to th war tffort of four nation. Patriot Urn. four own telNprotertloa. tStirumd that VOO do foot part NO Wl Dm The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick RmuIU t Small Cost Medford Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire United Pri Full Leased Wire Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1942 NO. 163 UUM mi mm at FLAMS! o 5 Words Made Price Control Burning Issue - By Robert Humphreys Distributed by Xing Futures Syndicate, Inc. Washington, Sept. 29 Five words laid end to end don't reach very far, but if President Roosevelt had omitted that many words from his Labor Day mes sage to congress, the price con trol problem probably never would have become a burning Issue. Yet oddly enough, those five words described exactly what is Q really behind the farm bloc fight In congress. In his message, Mr. Roosevelt had a sentence which seemed to say that in computing farm prices, such calculations should include all costs of production "including the cost of labor." Why did congress seize on those five words? You have to go clear back to the farm to get the answer, and you may be sur prised to find out that higher prices for the food on your table was not what the farmer was really after. The truth of the matter Is that there is not a farmer in this country who is not experiencing aome difficulty in finding enough farm hands to harvest his crops, and thousands upon thousands of them are actually face to face with critical labor shortages. They see their sons being drafted into the armed services or leaving for the big pay of f ered by defense industries; they A try to find replacements and w they discover there aren't any, Everybody is either in the ar my or headed for the boom cities that's the picture. , What are the results? A farm er can see that next year is go ing to be even worse. More guns needed, more men required both to make those guns and to shoulder them. Supposing farm prices are up? What good are higher prices if farmer can't harvest his crop? T TOW was this reflected in Congress? About six weeks n as the harvest season in- rmtiied the cinch, congressional mail began to bulge with pleas from farmers: "My son has been drafted and I will be forced to sell my farm." (Continued on P 8uo E Mrs. Ida Grassley, 78, resi lient of the Prospect district, drowned late yesterday in the . California-Oregon Power com pany canal. The body was re covered this morning In the pond, or "bay" a few miles be low, by a party led by Deputy Sheriff William Grenbemer and Deputy Coroner Carlos Morris-Mrs- Grassley had been liv ing with her son, A. C. Gottig, Prosnect. Yesterday after noon she wandered into the woods from her home. It is be lieved that in some way she be came entangled in the fence guarding the canal and fell into the swift moving waters ana was Q carried to her death. There were no eye witnesses. Members of the party recover ing the body, besides the two deputies were Dewey Hill, Ludo Grieve, Tracey Bootny, ana ci mer Dawson. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTER Thelma Jones of Bremerton. Wash, answering the S OS. of her sister. Mrs. Lois McKee. and hurrying back to her old home to help pack pears at the Wing orchard. Dok Elbert Barnum whipping out a friend's fountain pen ana scribbling his not to 70 docu ments in 70 seconds flat. Del Clifford admitting that he enjoyed a book so much that he's reading it second time. T FIFTY MILES LONG First Light Frost Reported at Stalingrad Heavy Nazi Losses "Are Claimed. By Henry Shapiro United Press Correspondent Moscow, Sept. 29 (U.R) Mar shal Semyon Timoshenko's coun ter offensive, backed by swarms of planes and tanks, was blasting the Germans along a 50-mil front between the Don and Vol ga rivers above Stalingrad today steadily driving them back. Front-line dispatches said the Russians also-were on the west bank of the Don, trying to drive a wedge into German positiom there and disrupt reinforcements and supply lines for the Nazis in side Stalingrad. Boats Smashed The government organ Izves tia said Soviet batteries had de stroyed pontoon and sunk nu merous troop-laden boats trying to cross a river. (This probably was the Don river, which German reinforce ments for Stalingrad must cross.) Red Star, the Soviet army newspaper, reported that it had not rained in three months, but Stalingrad had its first light frost yesterday. The ground was baked as hard as stone, and a thick white film of dust covered the earth. Soviet progress above Stalin grad, while steady.- was neces sarily slow. The enemy held nu merous, strongly-fortified posi tions, and it took devastating ar tillery fire to soften them up so enemy depth defense could be penetrated. In a two-day battle, the Rus sians destroyed 42 bunkers and 2,200 Germans on one sector The Germans fiercely counter attacked, but could not dislodge the Russians from their new po sition. Soldier Relief Law Enlarged To Extend Debts Moratoriaa Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R) The house today completed con gressional action on a compro mise version of a bill to extend the soldiers and sailors relief law to provide relief from obli gations incurred at any time prior to induction of the person involved into the armed services. The original law, passed be fore Pearl Harbor, gave service men a moratorium only on obli gations made before October 17, 1940, Other changes in the existing law Drovided in the bill include an increase in the amount of nrivate insurance the govern ment will protect. Under this section, the government agrees to cuarantee premiums on pol icies up to $10,000, double the present figure. Servicemen whose premiums are paid by the government must pay the amounts to the government with in two years after the war enos. Chinese Guerrilas Claim Heavy Toll Chungking. Sept. 29 U.FD Chinese Guerrillas killed or wounded 70,000 Japanese and 100,000 Puppet soldiers during the oast year. Guerrilla head quarters announced officially to day. Military circles said Japanese losses in North China usually are at the ratio of two soldiers for each Chinese Guerrilla. GODDESS TO SCRAP Hartford. Conn.. Sept. 29 OJ.Ri A five-ton statue of the Goddess of "Genius," which adorned the dome of the state capitol for many years, was rel egated to the scrap pue reoi; uj Gov. Robert Hurley. MORE COAL NEEDED Washington, Sept. 29. (U.R) Solid Fuels Coordinator Harold L. Ickes, declaring, "we shall lose this war if we don't pro duce enough coal," today eked representatives of the United Mine Workers union and coal worxers unun u . . i ,k- mine operators io ., . i . o kn wnrv wk in butum inouj mines. E to Rule Rent, r"1A7 1 nu 1 J33L,M 'XT'" "" ; rd .Walter J. Looker (top), newly appointed director-et-torney for rent control in the Jackson county area, has an nounced the selection oi Fred E. Wahl (below), as rent examiner-inspector on the local staff. RENTAL REGISTRY DIRECTOR'S STAFF Registration of all owners of rented residence property In Jackson county will start imme diately upon organization of the staff and facilities of the area office of the OPA, rent division, which will be located in room 403 of the Medford Center build Ing, It was explained today by Waiver J. Looker, newly-appoint ed director-attorney for the Jackson county area. The director-attorney also an nounced that Fred E. Wahl had been appointed area rent ex aminer-inspector, and that about eight persons would be employ ed In the local office. Rent con trol will be invoked effective October 1, and all rerts in this area will be frozen at the March 1 rental levels. Looker, who returned this morning from Portland where i.e attended a three-day prelim inary school, explained that under the OPA rent control or der evictions will be restricted and rentals of new residences or residences which were not rent ed in March will be set by the local area office. The director -attorney has practiced law in Medford since 1928, and prior to coming here had long experience In banking and other business and was con nected for eight years with the Interstate Commerce Commis sion with headquarters in Wash ington, D. C, and Chicago, 111. Wahl engaged in banking for 25 vears. 21 of them In Medford and for the past two and a half years has been engagea in ine real estate business here. LA GRANDE NORMAL GIVES UP FOOTBALL La Grande. Ore., Sept. 29 (U.R) Because of an inadequate squad and an Incomplete ached i. Fatrn Oreion College of - - - - . - PHimtmi ha decided to a nan- ----" f.th.ii uon iniiwii. . 1 Coach Bob Qulnn said today. Senate in Noi-Stop Session Until Anti-Inflation Action NO SPECULATION IT Prime Minister Says Discus sion Undesirable Last Madagascar Port Taken. London. Sept. 29 (U.B Prime Minister Winston Church ill, answering a barrage of ques tions in the House of Commons today, urged against speculation on the time or place of an allied second front offensive, an nounced the capture of Tulear, last remaining port in southern Madagascar, and parried de mands for a statement on why Britain had not bombed Rome. - On the second front he em phasized "the undesirability of public statements or speculation on the time or place of future al lied offensive operations- Such speculation, he said, was undesirable even if it was based on inference and not on inside Information. How About Winkle? "Will that be conveyed to Mr. Willkle? shouted someone from the floor,. On Maaenw.. Wendell I. Will- kle said he favored a second: front if military leaders thought one practicable.) Peter MacDonald, conserva tive, had asked Churchill wheth er "in view of the fact that the period of offensive operations by the United Nations is now ap proaching and secrecy was im portant, he would imprest the need for secrecy on all person. Churchill said that he wel corned the opportunity to warn of the undesirability of public statements or speculation on such operations. Women's Home Army To Be Mobilized For Help In Scrap Drive Wavhlngton, Sept. 29 (U.R) The war production board today named nine business women to direct a two-month mobilization of a "Women's Home Army" to reinforce the national scrap sal vage campaign. WPB officials expressed the hope that this program would increase the number of local sal vage committees from the 14,000 which now exist to 29,000 by Christmas. "We do not desire to establish a new organization, but to utilize the woman power of the country In the existing one. Leasing J. Rosenwald, director of WPB's conservation division, said to the women as they left Washington after a brief period of training. "Your job will be to make sug gestions to the chairman of the appropriate salvage committee as to action he might take." Locksmith Gives Over Ton of Keys New York, Sept. 29 (U.R The salvage drive to collect 100, 000.000 keys for the nickle sil ver they contain received its biggest boost to date today when Charles Courtney contributed a collection of 23,000 keys. He is a locksmith and for years his hobby has been the collection of keys. The salvaged metal will go to the navy. Courtney's collection weighed more than a ton. BILLIONS MORE ASKED FOR NAVAL AIR POWER Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R) Congress today received a presi dential request for a supplement al navy appropriation of $2,862. 000,000 for the construction of airplanes. The budget bureau. In a letter accompanying request, said Mr. Roosevelt's the additional nlatiM were necessary "for the prosecution of the wax." LABOR DRAFT IS Tennessee Democrat Offers Bill Giving F. D. R. Power to Mobilize Workers. Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R) Rep. J. Percy Priest, D., Tenn., today introduced legislation which would authorize the Pres ident to order men and women to serve in Jobs where they would be most useful in prose cution of the war. Priest's bill was similar to one Introduced in the senate by Sen. Lister Hill. D.. Ala. It would authorize President Roos evelt "to provide for total mo bilization of all the material resources, industrial and other productive organizations, and services of its (the nation's) citizens." Time To Act Chairman Paul V. McNutt of the war manpower commission told the house agriculture com mittee yesterday that the admin istration would make certain recommendations to congress in the near future on a universal service act. Priest's bill was not sponsored by the administration. "I just felt that it was time something was done," Priest st-ld. 'There's been too much talk and not enough action." Meantime Chairman Hampton P. Fulmer, D., S. C, announced that the house agriculture com mittee would not wait for administration recommendations but would proceed at once to write a bill dealing with the farm labor shortage. He made the announcement after McNutt had testified. Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R) The office of price administra tion today froze all stocks of alx types' of men's rubber boots and rubber work shoes, effective at midnight tonight and announced that certificate rationing of these products will begin next Mon day. CAGNEY NEW PRESIDENT SCREEN ACTORS' GUILD Hollywood, Sept. 29. U.R) James Cagney was elected pre sident of the Screen Actors' Guild today, succeeding Edward Arnold. Other officers installed in the yearly election of the actors' or ganization included George Murphy, Paul Harvey and Wal ter Abel, vice presidents; Mrs. Lucille Gleason, recording sec retary, and Porter Hall, trea surer. ASKS FEEDING CENTERS Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R) Mary Anderson, chief of the wo men's bureau of the labor de partment, today called for estab lishment of community feeding centers in defense areas where women with children are work ing in war plants. Mrs. Hoey, P. Sees Need of Mrs. James K. Hoey, . vice president of the Oregon Con gress of Parents and Teachers and a resident of this city, said today regarding the proposed curfew ordinance that "if iup ported wholeheartedly by both parents and officers, the curfew i would be bound to prevent many unfortunate results of this war situation.' 1 Active in eounty and city DEATH TO ZEROS This crew, manning U. S. B-26 medium bomber, wai in the thick of recent air battle with Japt over Buna, New Guinea. During the raid 24 Zero fighters were shot down or destroyed. When bomb release jammed, "eggs" were dropped bv hand. Metal Scrap Needed to Meet Production For War, Says Major Headquarters, Camp White (Spl.) "We are facing a crisis In our war production program. Unless we salvage enough metal scrap scrap iron and steel we are not going to meet our pro duction quotas, and our men and our allies are not going to get the materials they need in time. The situation la serious. Let us not once again be too little too late." This is the ABC of the metal scrap drive now being conducted I in Jackson county by the Army officials of Camp White, Major Lyman V. Williamson, Camp White salvage officer in charge of the scrap drive, revealed to day in an interview. "We must have the scrap," he said, "and we must have it now. That is the reason the Army has stepped in to cooperate with other governmental agencies in the scrap collection drive. Major Williamson also told of the type of scrap which Is most urgently needed at the present time and what war materials such scrap would produce for our fighting men. - "We need old stoves, radiators, plumbing, tools, iron beds, bed ends, cooking utensils, rods, batteries, tires chains, furnace grates, pipes of all kinds, light ing fixtures, all types of unused farm machinery," he said. "In fact, we need anything metal with the exception of galvanized products. "AH these things," he went on, "will help make shells, guns, ships, tanks, armored cars, sub marines and all machines and arms of war. Give your scrap now and give it quickly. Just get to your telephone and call the Camp White salvage officer. pnone dzzi, extension 10. or G. Fowler, county agricul tural agent In the courthouse, 3453," Major Williamson con cluded. POPE PRAYS FOR PEACE Madrid, Sept 29 (U.R) Myron C. Taylor, President Roosevelt's emissary to the Vatican, said today that Pope Pius is dedicat ing dally prayers for the return of peace. Taylor arrived here yesterday by plane from Rome, - T. A. Leader Curfew Law P.-T. A. activities as well as the state congress of P.-T. A., Mrs. Hoey continued "speaking as representative of the 500 mem bers of the Medford Parent- Teacher association, I may state that the correction of Juvenile delinquency has been one of our major projects- With the sudden Increased population our youth is facing a new social environ ment which they ax not pre pared to meet." War Bulletins Vichy. Sept. 29 U.R The United States embassy today protested to the foreign of fice ... (200 words censored). Vichy, Sept. 21 (U.R) The United States embassy learned through official channels to day that 1,400 additional Americans 1,000 men and 400 women have been In terned by German authori ties In occupied France. The new arrests brought to 1.710 the total of Americana aow In German hands FEDERAL SERVICE The United States Civil Serv ice Commission has announced amendments liberalizing original requirements for the Jobs of de partmental guards, $1,500 a year and staff dietitians, $1,800 a year. Application forms and full information may- be obtained from Roland G. Beach, secretary of the board of U. S. civil serv ice examiners, Medford poitof- flee. The commission, it was an nounced, has eliminated experi ence requirements and simpli fied physical standards for posi tions as departmental guards, and has cut down the experience requirements for staff dietitian. FIRST LADY ARRIVES AT LONG BEACH, CAL Long Beach, Cal., Sept 29 (U.R) Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the president, arrived from Phoenix, Ariz., by plane today and departed immediately for San Diego, Cal., to see "my sick son," but did not say which son. Mrs. Roosevelt said she would stay a few days in San Dego and then go to Seattle, Wash, BLACKOUT Victoria, B. C, Sept. 29 (U.R) Presence of unidentified air craft which later proved friend ly last night resulted In a three hour blackout on the low.-r Brit ish Columbia mainland, includ ing Vancouver. NATION IMPATIENT BARKLEY INFORMS ROWING MEMBERS "Pistol-at-Head" Charge Is Answered by Democratio Leader Test is Seen. Washington. Sept. 2901.19 The senate today tentatively adopted 41 to 43. a farm bloa amendment to the anti-Inflation bill directing President Roosevelt to include all farm labor costs in computing par. lty before fixing price ceiling on agricultural commodities. Washington, Sept. 29. (U.R) Senate Democratic Leader Al ben W. Barkley of Kentucky told the senate today the coun try la "impatient for action" on the farm price controversy and served notice that there would be no adjournment tonight un til the anti-inflation bill la passed. Referring to complaints that President Roosevelt had "held pistol at the head of congress" by demanding action by October 1 under threat of curbing prlcea by presidential order. Barkley told the senate, that the ahiaf executive called attention to the need for legislation action on April 27, long before his Labor day message. In Seventh Day Opening the seventh day of senate debate on the bill, Bark ley said he wanted action not only on the farm bloc amend ment sponsored by Sen. Elmer Thomas, D., Okla., but on the btll as well. The Thomas amendment - would require all farm labor costs to be included in the computation of parity prices on farm products. Barkley said he wanted hi colleagues to know that it was his intention that the senate "re main in session today until we have concluded ' not only the amendment, but the bill." I feel that the country la not only impatient for action on this controversy," he said, "but feel that the senate and the whole legislative process are undergoing a test which I hop will vindicate the legislative pro cess. As Barkley spoke, word re portedly was passed out among farm bloc members to limit or avoid speeches so that an early vote might be taken on the pending Thomas amendment. 1,118 REGISTERED Second day registration at senior and Junior high schools waa SS9 each, according to the city school superintendent's of. fic. today. Last year senior high school had a second day enroll ment of 828 and junior high school of 800. Indications were today that many student are working in the fruit and that en rollment In several weeks will possibly be more than last year. The elementary enrollment af ter two weeks of school was 1204 students a compared to 1128 students last year or an Increase of about seven per cent Total enrollment for the Med ford public schools to date la 23S4 as compared to 2332 last year, the city school superinten dent's office stated. Nazis Keep Check On Paver Hanging London, Sept. 28 (U.R Tho Netherlands press has reported that no Dutchman may start new paper-hanging business Fuehrer Adolf Hitler'i one-tlm profession without first ob taining a permit from German occupation authorities, the Neth erlanda new agency Anata aaid today. .
