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. A OBBB Let YOUR Answer to Bomb be BONPSI Bat war Bond ml lump TODAY contribute la th war aftoit ol roar union. Patriot torn, rour own orlf-protoctlon mand that 00 do 7001 port NOWI Um The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results t Small Cool Medford Tribune United Preta Full Leased Wire United Prou full Leased Wiio Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1942 NO. 166 . . I1 1 1 Kelly's Comment From Washington. D. C Supply Service Lacks Efficiency Canners Facing Lack of Cant Frozen Food On Increase bb Br John W. lolly vvasmngion, u. s., uci. This war has created a mammoth new civilian organization, said to be tha largest In the nation, nd It Is what a businessman would call non-producing. It Is the army's services of supply, nd it is not producing in the sense that its effort is largely directed toward distribution of what someone else has produced, rather than in converting raw ' materials Into a usable product. According to estimates, the services of supply now has ap proximately 750,000 employes. So large has it grown that it is running into trouble over lack of . qualified supervisors and James P. Mitchell, personnel director, has recently announced that "it is Imperative that the efficiency of present employes be Increased and that future hir ing be reduced to a minimum." So large has been the turnover In employes in recent months in this agency (as in many govern ment agencies) that a new serv ice has been launched within this organization It is known as "exit-interviews" and, as the name implies, functions when an official leaves the organiza tion. The departing employe was interviewed by a personnel man or woman and the reasons for his leaving were learned, if possible. In a number of cases the inter viewer, by learning where the trouble originated, was able to smooth out the source of irrita tion and keep the employe on the job. When this was not possible, usually information was gained to head off trouble with other employes. To further improve employe relationships, each of the thou sands of supervisors in -the or ganization have beep, instructed on a six-point program designed to improve efficiency; They are to report back on the success of their attempts early in Novem ber. Not the least source of fric tion is said to be resentment on the part of many civilian em ployes, of the attitude toward civilians of newly commissioned officers, and some not so newly commissioned. Some of the civi lian . employes have been with the war department for years, while officers, have come and (one. Naturally, many of these clerks and secretaries feel they (ConUnued on at Two) Looting by Nazis Aimed at Blockade London, Oct. 2 (U.R) Nazi food looting in occupied coun tries, which already has caused widespread hunger and threat ens actual starvation this winter, is being carried out in the hope of forcing the allies to abandon their blockade, a Norweigan government spokesman said to day. Confidential Nazi reports were said to have revealed that the Germans hope the position of Norway and other occupied countries will become so desper ate the allies will end their blockade to save millions from starvation. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTER Eino Hemmila threatening to retaliate in no minor fashion if his name appeared in this space. .Dave Roberts thinking it would be a good Idea to have Jimmy Ringrose's name in Side Glances. Bill Chrysler being a little embarrased when he approached stranger he thought he recog nized and asked him if he hadn't worked with him, finding out that the stranger was Leo Car rilllo, noted movie star. 12 MORE VESSELS ON PACIFICJRONT Navy Communique Discloses 4-Motored Bombers Now Operating in Aleutian Area Washington. Oct. 2 (U.R) Heavy army bombers and U. S. submarines have sunk or dam aged 12 more Japanese ships in the far-ranging battle of the Pa cific, navy communiques dis closed today. Army bombers hit two trans ports near Kiska, Japanese base in the Aleutians, damaged and probably sank a submarine, and bombed and strafed a cargo ship. In Far Eastern waters, sub marines sent to the bottom a large seaplane tender, a large cargo-passenger ship, a large freigll ;r and two medium-sized cargo ships. They also damaged and probably sunk two medium sized cargo ships and a large tanker. Bombers In AUrts Disclosing that army liberator bombers huge four-motored B 24's are now operating in the Aleutian area, the navy said the army craft carried out four raids on September 27 and 28 on the Kiska area and a fifth attack on Attu, another of the Western Aleutian Islands. The enemy now has suffered these total shipping losses in the Aleutians alone: 13 sunk, 3 probably sunk and 21 damaged for a total of 37 ships. At least six Jap Zero planes were shot down in the Aleutian raids, against only one U. S. pursuit ship lost. The newest submarine toll brought to 11S the total num ber of Japanese vessels sunk, probably sunk or damaged by U. S. submarines. Of these, 74 were listed as sunk, 19 probably sunk and 22 damaged. TO STOP OCT. 8 Washington, Oct. 2. (U.R) The War Production board to day ordered all production of whiskey stopped effective Octo ber 8. The industry has been ord ered to shift its entire produc tion of "high wines" the trade name for 120 to 140 proof alco hol to redistilling plants for conversion into 190 proof indus trial alcohol. Today's order will affect a re latively small portion of the in dustry which has been in the process of conversion since early this year. Officials estimated that there is a 3V4 year supply of whiskey now on hand. HOG PRICES HIT 22-YEAR PEAK Chicago, Oct 2. (U.R) The price of hogs reached a new 22 year high on the livestock mar ket today. Butcher hogs weigh ing 220-280 pounds brought $15.50 a hundredweight, the highest price since October 18, 1920, when pork-on-the-hoof sold at $15.75. ' Pork chops are currently re tailing from 39 to 45 cents a pound, and the popular demand, coupled with government and lend-lease requirements has pro duced the shortage responsible for the high price, J. S. Camp bell, U. S. department of agri culture, said. Highway Signs to Point Speed Limit Portland, Ore., Oct 2. (U.R) The State Highway commission announced today it would post signs along Oregon highways shortly reading: "Wartime speed 33 miles an hour." The signs will be erected as soon as possible, the commission indicated. ! As Cards Evened Series J- : i (Aemt TeUphMol This was the type of play which gave the Cards a 4-3 victory over the Now York Yankees and an even break in the series as the second game of the baseball classie was played in St. Louis. Terry Moore is crossing the plate with the second Cardinal run in the first inning. Dickey. Now York catcher, is No. ti Hopp, Cardinal first baseman. Mo. 12. The umpire Is Bill Summers. 10,000 Pounds of Scrap Gathered in Four Days in Jackson County Drive ' Headquarters, Camp White, Oct. 2. (Spl. The first four days of the. Jackson county scrap drive, under supervision of army officials here, has brought precious metal. It was revealed today by Major Lyman V. Wil liamson, camp salvage officer, who Is in charge of the scrap campaign. Close to 4,000 pounds of the i total has been collected In the Camp White area by the enlisted personnel "scrapper squad," It was also announced. Major Williamson lauded Jackson county residents for their splendid cooperation in the opening phases of the scrap drive and urged a continuance of their splendid efforts to lead the state in the amount of scrap collected. "Calls for collection have been flooding my office since the start of the campaign," said Major Williamson, "and we have not yet completely col lected all the scrap which has been offered. We are sending our army trucks out as fast as possible, however, and hope. to. eaten up on the phone calls within a day or two. It is such a fine spirit as this which will keep America the free natron it has always been," he said. Also reporting a deluge of phone requests for the army to come and collect scrap, is R. G. Fowler, county agricultural agent whose scrap collection committees are also cooperating in the drive. Mr. Fowler reports calls for collection of scrap to be more than 400 per cent since the army took over the drive less than a week ago. "The volume of calls to this office as well as to Major Wil liamson have been so great and so unexpected that the army collection trucks have fallen slightly behind in picking up the scrap," he said. "Be patient, however, the trucks will arrive and soon." Mr. Fowler also emphasized the fact that the drive was for all of Jackson county and asked that all residents please collect their scrap in locations where it can easily be picked up. 14,000 Slaughtered . By Nazis, Is Claim New York, Oct. 2. (U.R) The Belgian Information center said today that it had received ad vices indicating 14.000 Estonian Jews were stripped and machine-gunned to death In a nazi prison in Riga, Latvia, In 14 days of steady executions. in over 10,000 pounds of the BRITISH IMPROVE Cairo, Oct. 2. (U.R) British imperial troops in their first big action on the Alamein front since they smashed the German drive for Suez a month ago, won aiid consolidated new positions and have repulsed an axis coun terattack, a middle eastern com mand communique said today. . Imperial infantry, strongly supported by artillery and air planes,' had moved out shortly after dawn Wednesday against the wedging enemy positions in the Manassib sector at the center of the battle line, about midway between the Himeimat peak, an chor of the southern end of the front, and the Ruweisat ridge in the north center. It was an advance of limited scale only, it was emphasized, but it was one which the imper ial forces took to improve their positions in preparation for a future general offensive. 8 P.M. SATURDAY The deadline for registering for the November 3 general elec tion is 8 p. m. Saturday, the county clerk's office in the courthouse remaining open until that time to accommodate the last-minute rush of voters who must register before casting ballots. In order to vote In the general election the citizen must have re sided in Oregon for at least six months. Registered persons, who have moved from one precinct to another or who have changed their address in the same pre cinct, should re-register in order to receive the regular voter's pamphlet Anti-Inflation Passage Seen Near As Conference Committee Agrees LELA ROGERS IS FOR WARSAVINGS State Administrator Conway Also Announces Appoint ment of Co-Chairmen. Announcement was made Thursday by State Administra tor Ray Conway of tha Oregon War Savings staff of the ap pointment of Mrs. Lela Rogers as chairman of the war financ ing efforts in Jackson county. The appointment was made upon recommendation of Ben E. Har der, recently appointed deputy state administrator of the Ore gon War Savings staff succeed ing Glenn Jackson. Mrs. Rogers' appointment is effective im mediately, Conway said before leaving on the night plane for Portland. Acting as co-chairman on the Jackson county war savings staff will be Mrs. Ted Hornecker and Henry Zacharisen, both promin ent in recent promotion of war bonds and stamps in this area. Mrs. Hornecker will direct the bank authorization and women's activities phase of the county program, and Zacharisen will supervise payroll deduction work of the county staff. A. S. Rosen baum, who has devoted much time to the work of tapping fi nancial reserves for war bond purchases, will continue to handle this important phase of the local program. Conway, arrived in Medford late Wednesday night to confer with county staff officials and approve the appointment of the new county war savings person nel. Gates Praised Mrs. Rogers succeeds William A Gates, whose resignation was recently submitted due to the press of businesss. A high tri bute was paid Gates by Admini strator Conway for his outstand ing work in recent months. Jackson county bond and stamp quotas have been consistently over-subscribed In recent months and, under Gates' leadership, this area has stepped into top ranks of counties of the nation. Mrs. Rogers, mother of movie star Ginger Rogers, operates a 1000-acre dairy farm north of Medford In the Trail area. Her new job on the Jackson county war savings staff will not be a new one for her as during the last World War, she won recogni tion for outstanding efforts in the Liberty Loan drives. With a journalistic background gained on the staff of the Kansas City Star, Mrs. Rogers entered war work soon after the entry of this country in the war with Ger many. She became a first ser geant in the United States Mar ine Corps with an honorary membership In the "Flying Mar ines" during a widespread bond wiling campaign by plane. The Marine Corps had but two planes In those days. Mrs. Rogers was also editor of the official Marine organ, "The Leatherneck," published at Quantlco, Va. Conway expressed the satisfac tion of the state staff In the ac ceptance of the county chairman ship by Mrs. Rogers and of the previous work of the new co chairmen, Mrs. Hornecker and Mr. Zacharisen. Huge Tuna Catch Brings in Riches Astoria, Ore., Oct. 2 (U.R) Deliveries of Albacore tuna to Astoria canneries continued their record-breaking pace to day with the announcement that three boats had brought in a total of 67.000 pounds of fish the last several days. The catches, to sell at the ceiling price of $398 a ton, prob ably will exceed the 1941 catches, it was predicted. WILLI DELAYED ON CHINA FLIGHT BY JAPAIRCRAFT Four Days Required For Hop to Chungking Because of Lurking Nippon Planes. Chungklang. Oct. 2. (U.R) Wendell L. Willkie, President Roosevelt's personal envoy, arrived today by plane from Kuibyshev and said he would make no more statements re garding the opening of a sec ond front by the United Na tions. By George Wang United Press Correspondent Chungking, China, Oct. 2 (U.PJ Wendell L. Willkie, Presi dent Roosevelt's long awaited personal envoy, arrived today at the Chungking airport after a flight from Kuibyshev, Russia, which was delayed by Japanese fighter planes lurking along his course. Shortly after his arrival in an American air force plane, Will kie revealed the reason why it had taken him four days to make the 3,200 mile flight. Though he said the delay was due to Japanese pursuit planes, he commented that the enemy craft, based on airdromes peril ously close to his course, did not attack his plane. "I was in more danger of be ing killed by the overwhelming kindness of the Chinese people than by Japanese bullets," he added. "I am proud to be here to meet Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, who is truly a great man of our age. "I am on a fact finding mis sion here. . "My judgment of the Chinese people undoubtedly will be im paired because I am already in love with them." From the airport Willkie drove through the gaily decorat ed streets of war torn Chung king, victim of innumerable Jap anese bombing raids, in a half hour triumphal procession to the salute of millions of exploding firecrackers. Fighter planes of the Chinese and United States army air forces patroled a wide area of the surrounding country on the watch for Japanese bombing planes as he arrived and mo tored to the residence made ready for him by the Chinese government. F.D.R. Home From Inspection Tour Declares Capital Lags in War Spirit Washington, Oct 2. (Un inspired by two-weeks of direct contact with the American peo ple, President Roosevelt today set himself the Job of jacking up the war spirit of Washington to the tempo of the nation. A series bf Important presi dential conferences were in prospect as Mr. Roosevelt, deep ly impressed by his 8,734-mile coast-to-coast tour of the nation, tackled an accumulation of problems. Within a few hours of his return to the White House, the president Let congress know through the newspapers that he did not like the delay in passing the anti-Inflation legislation he had requested, and that he thought congress meddles in war matters which laymen cannot under stand. Sees Harmful Elements Criticized some elements of press and radio for wilfully harming the war effort. Warned minor administration officialdom to button Its mouth and stop passing out information that often is inaccurate. War Bulletins I SENATE VERS? Q H Vichy. Oct 1 U.R (De layed) The American em bassy (censored). London, Oct 2. (U.R) American bomber formations escorted by fighters carried out attacks over northern France this afternoon. It was learned tonight A British South Coast Port Oct 2. (U.R) A flight of bombers possibly numbering 12. was seen crossing the southaast coast and heading toward France this afternoon. Accompanying the bombers was a strong force of RAF tighter planes. The pilots apparently were taking ad vantage of the first really good weather in days for at tacking German targets. OF STALINGRAD - Moscow; Oct, 3. (U.R) Great forces of. German infantry, and tanks made a new gain in north western Stalingrad today and the Russians redoubled their ef forts to stop them, lest they drive to the heart of the city, Front-line ' dispatches to the army organ Red Star, reporting the new "slight" German ad vance, said nazi reinforcements were being rushed up from all directions and thrown into the all-out drive, apparently the climatic effort to take Stalin grad. . - . . , It was the third day of the new German drive, the 39th day of the bloody battle of Stalin grad. The deepest enemy penetra tion in northwest Stalingrad was into a workers' settlement but Red Star said pressure was al ready tremendous and increas ing against not:r "inhabited point." The Russians resisted desper ately, using bottles of benzine. machine guns, anti-tank guns and rifles and heavy artillery to stop the nazi tanks, but at one point they were pushed back. Berlin. Oct 2. (U.R) (Ger man Broadcast Recorded by UP at New York) The French News agency reported from Vichy today that fighting con tinued on Madagascar and was developing mainly in the moun tainous regions of the island. The president evidenced full confidence that the people of the country are behind him and not in sympathy with his critics. The president came back with the conviction that the war pro duction program Is going, on the whole, extremely well, al lowing for what he described as a normal small percentage of lag in a program made a bit higher than -human Ingenuity could carry out He said tha rate of produc tion he requested in January was being achieved within 94 or 93 per cent, and he hoped for complete achievement by the end of the year and possibly better in some classifications. Morale Good But the big news that he brought back to the capital was his belief that war spirit and morale were good everywhere except In Washington, D. C. He attributed Washington's poor showing to three principal rea sons: 1. Congress, In an histori cally natural effort to share In the war effort, delve Into tub- FOLLOWED CLOSE Lowering of Floor For Agri cultural Prices In Feeds For Stock is Permitted. Washington, Oct. 2 (U.R) Conferees on the anti-Inflation bill agreed today on a measure closely following the senate ver sion but permitting a lowering of the "floor" for agricultural prices in the case of feeds for livestock and poultry. This change was made in an effort to avert a $830,000,000 increase In the cost of living. A compromise provision also' was adopted In place of a senate amendment prohibiting increases in common carrier or public util ity rates without presidential consent It provides that any ap plication for a general increase) in rates must be preceded by a 30-day notice to the President apd also provides that tha price administration be represented at the hearing on the Increase, as representative of the public . New Delhi, Oct 401.10 Mo handas K. Gandhi spent his 73rd birthday in Internment . today, and throughout India his fol lowers paraded and demonstrat ed at the start of "Gandhi Week." ' Girl students sold congress flags and distributed leaflets on the streets of old Delhi, while in Bombay shops, offices, and markets were closed to celebrate the Maha Una's birthday. London, Oct 2. (U.R) Twenty-five persons were killed when police fired in a mob which at tacked a police station at Irum, in Orissa province, the official all-India radio reported today. RETIRED OFFICER DIEI Los Angeles, Oct 2-(U.R Brig -Gen. James J. Hornbrook, 74, retired cavalry officer, died at his home here yesterday after long illness. led, particularly through the medium of Investigating com mittees, beyond its full under standing because of lacking in formation and technicalities not understood by laymen. 2. Certain elements of tha press and radio, with emphasis on certain columnists and com mentators, play up minor diffi culties In the war program, a the rule rather than the excep tion, thus doing great harm to the war effort 3. Subordinate, down-the-llne) administration officials talk out of turn, Jumping Into print sometimes In speeches seeking to be picturesque or in an ef fort to get personal publicity. These men, he said, often, do not have rounded views of the whole picture. He gave no Indication what he would do as a result of con gressional failure to complete action on the anti-inflation dead line of October 1 set by the pre sident in a Labor day message, but he conferred last night with undisclosed officials and prob ably will continue similar con ference today.
