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Let YOUR Answer To Bembi Be BOMDSI Buy War Bono iri (lamp TODAY C'ugirttiute to Iht ni effort of your nation Patrtot Um, fout own rir-protartlon, raunda that YOV a foiu art KOWI Dm The MAIL TRIBUMI Want Ad Way Quick Results At BmmU Coat Medford BUNE United Pii ull Wire full Laesad Wlra Thirty -seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943. NO. 254. Lra HI T i . i.i i ma i Kelly's Comment From Washington. V, Cm Western Solons Expect Jap Raid Suicide Force Is VUioned In Try Alertness Urged On Coast Watchers II fU By Joha W. Kelly. " Washington, D. C, Jan. 13. There Is an expressed opinion 1 among westerners in the new congress (at least a majority of them) that this year will find the Japanese making efforts to raid the Pacific coast by using planes based either on carriers , or on submarines. In the past slx months the Japanese have made a gesture by having one or more submarines appear off the northwest coast and sink or damage a few merchant vessels, and they had a hydroplane cata pulted from the deck -of a sub marine and drop Incendiary bombs In the national forest on the Oregon coast. Whether these enemy craft rwere sunk or escaped, or the earlier submarines which ap peared off the northwest coast, there Is no means of knowing, ' for despite rumors the navy has never issued a communique on the subject; nor has the army. With the war in the Pacific becoming even more desperate In 1943 than In 1942, it is as sumed by various members of congress from that region that the Nips will make a deter- 5 mined try to Inflict damage and to 1 throw fear into the hearts of the J civilian population. The entire . Pacific coast from Belllngham ': to San Diego Is one gigantic . munitions plant, containing ship yards, aircraft factories, govern ' ment power plants, innumerable smaller industries which contri- bute parts for ships, aircraft and armored tanks. The lion's share of aircraft expenditures, for ex- , ample, has been in California , and Washington with subcon tractors in Oregon.- The three - states are cluttered with ship yards wherever there is suitable space available. Every type ol snip ana Darge is unaer con- ' luuLuun. : Japan is aware of the Indus trial war activity on the west coast; it is familiar with the lay of the land, the depth of the water, climatic conditions. In modern warfare it is more Im portant to destroy at the source than to sink a merchant ship or warship at sea; more important 'to wipe out an aircraft factory than to shoot a plane out of the sky. As America assumes its stride in production it becomes a more serious menace to the Japanese and will incite the enemy to extraordinary efforts (Continued on Pago Pour) Helen Jacobs Going To WAVES Training Richmond, Jan. 13 (U.R) Helen Jacobs, tennis star, has Joined the Waves and will report to the oficers candidate training school at Smith college on Jan. 18, It was disclosed today by the naval officers procurement cen ter. Officials said Miss Jacobs was 'sworn in here and approved as officer candidate material ten i days ago. Fighting Continues At Timor, Says Japs San Francisco, Jan. 13 (U.R) Tokyo radio reported today that "fighting is still going on" at Timor, with Dutch and Austra lian soldiers holding out In the mountainous area of the Island Australian reports told how a well-organized band of Allied guerillas, supplied from the air, were harassing Japanese occu pation forces. SIDE GLANCES By TBIBUNE REPORTER Alice Crowe on a Good Sa maritan Journey and being given a ticket by the law minions for parking in the middle of the road while removing ice from the windshield DEADLOCK BROKEN r-, IT 45th Ballot Elects East Ore gonian When Mrs. Lee Asks Supporters to Switch By Arthur Bremer - United Press Correspondent. Salem, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) Sen. W. H. Steiwer of Fossil was elected president of the senate last night on the 45th ballot when Sen. Dorothy McCullough Lee, Portland, the lone woman among 30 state senators, direct ed her supporters to break the deadlock that had delayed the beginning of a new state admin istration by two full days. The final vote, with Sen. Stei wer himself casting the only vote for his feminine opponent, came at 9:27 p. m., four hours after the harassed senators bad accepted an unprecedented in vitation from the house of rep resentatives to attend the Inau guration of Earl Snell as gover nor today at 2 p. m., whether organized or not. Both Sides Firm To the last, through 44 Iden tical roll calls, the 15-15 tie for the senate presidency seemed unbreakable. While the Lee forces stoutly refused sugges tions that the two sides settle the problem in a caucus, their counter-proposal that the candi dates draw lots met the same fate at the hands of the Steiwer cohorts. Neither side would ac cept a compromise candidate from the ranks of the other. Finally, when it became ob vious early in the evening ses sion that the chasm could not be bridged, Sen. Lee took the floor after an hour-long recess and gave her support to Steiwer. Sen. Steiwer, who represents Gilliam,, Sherman and Wheeler counties In north central Ore gon, was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Hall S. Lusk and the senate adjourned until 10 a. m. to complete its organiza tion before the Inaugural cere monies. Inaugural Fixed The time for the inauguration had been fixed in a resolution passed by an Impatient house of representatives late yesterday afternoon. The resolution point ed out that the speaker of the house is the officer named by law to canvass the vote and proclaim the election of a new governor, and invited the sena tors to be present for the inau guration. The resolution also declared that election of a senate presi dent, which had delayed the ceremony since 2 p. m. Monday was not required . before the ceremony, but the original dead line of 5 p. m. was extended till 2 p. m. today after a con ference between Speaker Wil liam E. McAllister of the house and Sen. W. A. Strayer, tempo rary chairman. (Snell Story oa Page 3) Federal Auto Use To Be Scrutinized Washington, Jan. 13. (U.R) ThA 1nlnt con ffressional economy committee will begin an inves tigation next week, oi alleged use of government automobiles for wining, dining and shopping expeditions, it was learned to day. The committee, headed by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D.," Va., will call officials of the Office of Price administration, Officj nf IVfpnae Transoortation. the Budget bureau and General Ac counting office to testily. Eldest Roosevelt Son Is Decorated Wnchlnetnn. Jan. 13 (U.R) Limit. Col. James Roosevelt, eld est son of the president, and 14 other memDers lo me marine battalion which raided .Toruinixe-held Makin island last August, have been awarded the navy cross for heroism, the navy announced today. Roosevelt, second in command of the raiding forces, was cited for extraordinary heroism and rittinffuihed service "over and beyond the ordinary call of auty- . .,. "sssBM ' VVV . . tV.l Main I IS :f V .n T 5 1 TlTr 'A 1 5 VJ ti These are American and British prisoners, captured by Germans during action In Tunisia and waiting under tuard to be taken to rear position that's what the caption stated on this Axis photo which arrived in New York from neutral Portugal. Russians Nazi Line Anchor Point IE OF IS There Is but one civilian case of spinal meningitis in Jackson county at this time and the dis ease is not of epidemic propor tions either at Camp White or among the civilian population, according to a statement made today by Dr. A. E. Merkel, coun ty health officer. Dr. Merkel is sued the statement to put an end to rumors which have been current among both civilians and military people the last several days. Cases of the disease can be ex pected any time under condi tions similar to those existing now In the county. Dr. Merkel said. "Even in normal times, whenever there Is an influx of people into one center, and es- pecially during cold and rainy periods with people congregating in poorly ventilated rooms, men Ingitls can be expected," the health officer said. Dr. Merel did not divulge the number of cases at the camp, but stated that the disease positively was not epidemic and that every precau tion was being taken by army officials in handling the situa tion. Civilians need not fear the cases at camp, according to the doctor. t Dr. Merkel advised that if civilians wished to be cautious they should avoid public gath erings where large numbers of people are congregated. He also stated that with the new treat ment of sulfadiazine used for spinal meningitis the death rate from the disease has dropped to a very low figure and that after-effects are not nearly so severe as formerly. DERAIL FREIGHT Oregon City, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R) Southern Pacific officials began an investigation today into the circumstances surrounding the derailment of the locomotive and two cars of a northbound freight train here late yesterday. The train was derailed two miles north of here by a row of railroad spikes placed at short intervals across the rails. Crew members were shaken but were not seriously Injured. Southbound evening trains were halted at Portland and northbound trains at Oregon City for several hours while the line was cleared. A passenger train normally passes over the spot at the hour the accident occurred, but be cause It was running behind i schedule, the freight train was aispatched ahead ol a Allied Prisoners in Tunisia, Say Nazis Near Smolensk, Moscow, Jan. 13 U.R) Russian forces. In a powerful thrust southward from Velikie Luki, have advanced to within 25 miles of Smolensk, anchor point of the central front, dispatches report CorresDondents of the official T- M A 4 4. 1 boda, 25 miles lensk. Sloboda miles southeast major town near border, which thm two weeks ago. -" f The Red army now was In po sition to oner serious threat to Smolensk, ancient fortified town, 230 miles west of Moscow. Close In on Salsk While Red army forces ad vanced on the central front, oth er Soviet columns closed in on Salsk, key point in the Caucasus, 100 miles southeast of Rostov. Driving down the North Cau casus railroad from Kotelnlkov ski, Soviet troops were In con tact with the Germans "at the last natural defense position!' protecting the northeast ap proaches to Salsk, front reports said. (Stockholm observers believed the Russians had reached high ground on the north bank of the Manych river, about 15 miles north of Salsk.) The Soviet noon communique reported that Russian forces swept through more villages and towns on the Caucasus and Don fronts during the night and bat tered back the Germans within stanngraa. The Red army ap peared gathering momentum to drive the enemy out of Stalin grad. The Stalingrad fighting grew fiercer as the short-rationed Ger man troops sought desperately to cling to their positions. Upward of a battalion (1,000 men) of enemy troops were de stroyed during the night in the Industrial district. OUTPUT OF ARMS London, Jan. 13 (U.R) Ger man armament production has been maintained "on an exceed ingly formidable scale" and ad vances have been made in the quality and design of Nazi weap ons, a spokesman for the minis try of economic warfare said to day. He said production of aircraft apparently was not meeting Ger man military demands but "new types of weapons have been manufactured and the enemy's military strength is very great." The spokesman said Adolf Hitler was willing to wreck European economy to maintain the German military machine. ANN SHERIDAN DIVORCED STARTS HOME BY PLANE Mexico City, Jan. 13 (U.R) Movie actress Ann Sheridan, who announced that she had obtained a Mexican divorce from George Brent of the films, left for Los Angeles today aboard an American Airlines plana. W4 ' i J "f Basil Isf W of velik, , II '-rrrvrmii Meat Radio-Telephoto) German defense system on the 2d tod T , I H - ' TELLS HIS PLANS Hollywood, Jan. 13 U.R A Jury of nine women and three men was sworn In today to try handsome film star Errol Flynn on three counts of statutory rape Involving two school-age girls Hollywood, Jan. 13 (U.R) Handsome Errol Flynn, some what -bored as his trial on charges of attacking two teen age girls went into the third day of routine questioning of prospective Jurors, today dis closed plans to go overseas when the case ends. "I want to help out overseas, the debonaire motion picture star revealed. "I can't tell you what I have In mind yet. I am confident my name will be cleared in this trial and when it is over I will leave for overseas." Flynn would not say whether he planned to abandon his film career that has made him one of the highest paid actors in Hollywood and Warner Broth ers' leading male revenue pro ducer. Box office returns from Flynn's pictures have skyrock eted since the star was accused of statutory rape upon Betty Hansen, 17, movie-struck Nebras ka school girl, and Peggy Larue Satterlee, 16, night club chorus girl. If he is vindicated at his trial Flynn is expected to be more popular than ever in his films. If found guilty, he faces ruin of his career and as much as 50 years in prison. Attendance at Flynn's trial de clined sharply today after spec tators learned the entire day was to be taken up with exam- Linatlon of possible Jurymen. The Courtroom was less than half filled as the day's session opened, Kaiser Probe May Go On For Weeks Portland, Ore" Jan. 13 (U.R) A national labor relations board investigation of an AFL contract covering 70,000 workers at three Kaiser Co. shipyards here today appeared likely to continue for several weeks after Kaiser at torneys withdrew earlier stipu lations which provided auto matic identification of the firm's records. Los Angeles, Jan. 13 (U.R) Mexican government officials renewed demands today for re turn of the Mexican freighter Baja California, seized yester day by federal officers on orders from Washington. i JSIS (Or r N1 I' I VbhbW I I VI II Yanks Down 19 Axis Planes In Raid ; : WITH HIGH HOPE Contracts For $400,000 Federal Project to Be Let Within Two Weeks, Word Contracts for the $400,000 fed eral housing project to be con structed in Medford will prob ably be let within the next two weeks, according to C. A. Meek er, Medford mayor, who returned this week from a consultation with federal housing authorities at Seattle. Mr, Meeker states that the trip to Seattle ironed out a number of minor details and probably advanced the date of starting the project by a month. First step preliminary to con struction is setting up a local office for the Jackson County Housing Authority and appoint ment of an executive secretary, Mr. Meeker stated. Mark A, Goldy has been named to the secretaryship and location of the office will be announced later, the mayor said. Operation of this office is required by -the federal housing authorities, ha stated Several to Bid Several local concerns are planning to bid on the contract, the mayor said, and it is expect ed that there will be bids from outside contractors. The project will be 125 units, with a com munity house and supervisor's office and is to be built in the vicinity of the Jackson school in the northwest section of town, There will be 51 one-bedroom units, 50 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom units and the construction will be in four-unit groups. En route south to Medford Mr. Meeker stopped In Salem, where he conferred with mem bers of the board of directors of the League of Oregon cities. An effort will be made by the league to promote the tax interests of Oregon cities, Mr. Meeker re ported. Adjustment Needed He pointed out that city of ficials feel that there should oe an adjustment of the gasoline tax in favor of cities and that the percentage of liquor tax col lections due cities under the Knox law should not be voted away again during this session of the legislature. In the past this money has always been vot ed to the public welfare depart ment under emergency meas ures, he said. . Mr. Meeker is establishing mayor's office in the city hall in the near future. SIKORSKI RETURNS London, Jan. 13 (U.R) Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorskt, prime min ister of the Polish government In exile, has returned from his visit to the United States, it was revealed today. Crater Park Budget Slashed To $66,000 For Next Season The 1944 budget of the Crater Lake National Park Service will be greatly reduced from previ ous years according to figures released today by E. P. Leavitt, superintendent of the park. Bud get figures prepared in Wash ington show $66,000 allocated to the Crater Lake park, a reduc tion of 122,870 under the pre vious year, according to Mr. Leavitt. The budget now be ing prepared Is for the year end ing June 30, 1944. Figures for the Lava Beds and the Oregon Caves National Monuments were also released by Mr. Leavitt, the Lava Beds being budgeted for $7,993 and the Oregon Caves for $1,830. These two monuments are ad ministered by Mr. Leavitt but on Rommel's Korps ; , 3 Sworn In r . . Earl SneU Salem, Ore., Jan. 13 (U.R! Earl Snell, his inauguration de layed two days by the deadlock that broke with the election of Sen. W. H. Steiwer as president of the senate, was sworn In as governor of Oregon today be fore a joint session of the 42nd legislature. ' (Story oa Page 3) U. S. FORGES OPEN E L Washington, Jan. 13 (U.R) American land forces have launched a minor offensive against Japanese outposts on Guadalcanal and already have succeeded in isolating several small enemy positions, the navy reported today. - Operations are "progressing satisfactorily," it said in a com munique suggesting the attack may be a prelude to a big-scale drive against the hungry and disease-ridden enemy forces. Perhaps significantly, this was the first time in two months that the navy has used the term "offensive" to describe Guadal canal land operations. Hitherto it has referred only to "patrol skirmishes." The navy did not state specifi cally when or where the new attack was undertaken but noted that as of Jan. 13 (Solomons time Tuesday Washington time) the offensive was proceeding satisfactorily. This would mean the blow was struck scarcely a week after American reinforcements reached the island and after troops already there had seized strategic heights about five miles southwest of Henderson field. The new attack may be in that direction. S. r. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Jan. 13 (U.R) There were no changes In butter, cheese and egg prices on the dairy market today. maintained separate from the park service. Mr. Leivitt pointed out that these figures are only an esti mate and because of Increasing taxes due to the war, and the move to cut out all unessential expenditure, the park budget might be reduced even more, Because of the lack of travel, the park has been closed this winter and half of the perman ent staff and all of the seasonal personnel transferred to other agencies more closely identified with the war effort. Plans are underway for open ing the park next summer, how ever, for the use of what few tourists the summer may bring and for fire and saboteur pro tection. V V ALL RETURN SAFE TRIPOLI SECTION Flying Fortresses and P-38's Victorious in Running Bat tle With Messerschmitts. By Donald Co (United Press Correspondent) Allied Headquarters. North Africa, Jan. 13. (U.R) Ameri can war planes, dogging the desert trails of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps, destroyed 19 Axis aircraft in a lightning attack on Castel Bent to, 10 miles south of Tripoli, today. The Allies had caught Rom mel's forces In a vast aerial nut cracker. From the west, big flying fortresses based in west ern Tunisia and Algeria flew to Tripolitania to blast the Axis trops, supply lines and com munications. From the east, planes attached to Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery's British Eighth army attacked repeatedly. Duel With Manias In the second day of heavy raids, the Allies bombed an im portant airdrome at Castel Beni to. Flying fortresses destroyed an entire row of buildings and; at least five aircraft on tba ground. Roaring away from this raid, the powerful bombers proved their toughness in a 75-mile run ning battle with German Mes serschmltt fighting planes. Four teen Messerschmitts plunged to earth. Not a single American plana was lost. Long after his comrades had landed at their base, the pilot of one fortress brought his limp ing shiphome on two of its four motors. Its armor had been pierced in several places. American pilots estimated that between 20 and 30 Messer schmitts attacked them. Soma of the German planes got through the escort of P-38 fight ers to shoot at the bombers. RENT OFFICE OPEN 9 UNTIL 5 DAILY W. J. Looker, rent director at torney stated today that the rental office In the Medford Center building is open from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. daily. Pur suant to Instructions from the regional headquarters all em ployes of the Medford defense rental area office are working 48 hours a week since January 1, 1943. Petrillo Promises Efforts For Peace Washington, Jan. 13. (U.RV James C. Petrillo, American Federation of Musicians presi dent, today promised a congres sional committee that he would take steps to formulate a peace plan with the radio and record industry under which he could lift his ban on the manufacture of new records and transcrip tions. War Bulletins London. Jan. 13. (U.RV American Flying Fortresses bombed industrial plants at Lille in a daylight raid en northern Franca today. American Ventura bombers blasted aa Axis air field at Abbeville and Bostons of the Royal air force, escorted by Spitfire fighters, bombed aa air field at St. Omar, a Joint communique , of the America and British commands an nounced. Three flying fortresses ware reported missing sites the at-
