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Let YOUR Answer to Bombs tx BONPSI Buy Mar Honda an Stamp TOH4V ontnbata Is In oaf rrart or roar nation Fairtat lam. four ow telf-prnf arthia demand that VOU do font part NOWI Dw The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Roiulti at Small Coat Medford Tribune UniUd Plata FuU Leased Wire United Press full Loasod Wiio Thirty seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 194? NO. 156 o in a T7n ffa n inin7fiin mnnn Mieranw? a n n - : ; . ' .' . -t 1 t- c News Behind The News ' by Paul Mallon Washington, Sept. 21 Hitler skimmed the last of the cream of hi military strength for the conquest of Stalingrad What he pro duced there, therefore, of fers a worth while estimate of what power he has left. He u s e d about 500,000 men In the drive. The Rus- raui Maiioo sian - press sometimes though the Reds were facing million, but their latest count would be around half that sum. These were not used all at the same time. Flying wedges of about 75,000 troops manned the front attacking lines. They were withdrawn every few days for a rest and another 75,000 replaced them. Not more than a million nazi troops are strung along the vast expanses of the rest of the front line,, from the Arctic to the Caucasus. The best troops were, of course, called into the Stalin grad front and the million hold ing the other sections of the line represent what was left, some being newly trained, some Ital ians, Rumanians, and Finns, who have been practicing for months under German . super vision. About 400,000 Italian troops have been re-trained " By the Germans. Vet these are still about the worst of the lot. The Flhns and Rumanians are much more highly regarded. BEHIND this front line are about a million men In what might be called the third class troops, the reserves to relieve the front lines. ..On the only other nazl fight ing line, in Libya, Rommel has never had more than 100,000, (Continued on Pago Two) IS- Klamath Falls, Ore., Sept. 21 (U.R) Dudley H. Spencer, a Klamath Falls apparel shop owner, was Held in Klamath county Jail today for San Fran cisco authorities following his arrest here Friday. San Francisco, Sept. 21 flJ.F) San Francisco police said to day Dudley H. Spencer, whose arrest was announced in Klam ath Falls, Ore., would be return ed here for arraignment on a grand jury indictment charging contributing to the delinquency of a minor. CHARGE REDUCED IN CASE OF LEO WAGNER A charge of driving an auto while under the influence of liquor against Leo M. Wagner, was reduced to reckless driving last week by Justice of the peace William R. Coleman. . Wagner entered a plea of not guilty. There was doubt he was intoxi cated, the court held. Under the reckless driving charge, he was fined $35 and costs, and his driv er's permit suspended for 30 days. Joseph H. Yarbo rough was fined S10 and costs for having no PUC permit. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTER Lela Rogers attending the Medford-Yreka football game and enjoying it thoroughly. Bill and Norma Robinson, Walt Allen and Lou Sauer tak ing time out while picking pears yesterday. Ray Lenox watering his lawn, pulling weeds and getting it all in trim. m CITY BEING RAZED BLOCK BY BLOCK Germans Inch Forward With Support of War's Great est Bombardment. By Harrison Salisbury United Press Staff Correspondent Isma ranee German cannon and fleets of bombers today were reported to be levelling against Stalingrad the heaviest bombard ment of the war. Soviet reports said that Nazi forces were inching forward un der cover of the attack which was pulverizing the Volga river industrial center, block by block. Cost Is High DocnltA the aid of a rain of hloh Avnlnsivp sheila and bombs. the Germans were said to be making progress only at a cost of thousands of casualties. As the Stalingrad battle raged, reports Indicated that another allied convoy had fought its way through to the Soviet arctic ports. The Nazi radio claimed that heavy losses had been in flicted on the ships but Brmsn sources scoffed at the enemy propaganda claims. KJa,nl .minv. in T.nnrtnn aald that the big German battleship Tirpitz, sister ship of the sunken Bismarck, had attempted a loray from her Trondheim base but had been driven back, possibly suffering torpedo hits. . Arttlch nlanM were said to be. carrying out constant reconnais sance of the Norwegian waters to observe all movements of Nazi surface craft. The Tirpitz, it was said, is now back at Trondheim. Close In On Tananarive nrituh forces in Madagascar were closing in rapidly on Tana narive, the capital, alter occupy ing the railroad junction of Brackaville. The British report said that the Tirpitz attempted to break nut nf its base at Trondheim with an escort but ran into Brit ish forces and was chased back to port. In the course of the re-tni-twi Bi-tinn it was said, the Tirpitz may have suffered a tor pedo hit or hits. The German version of the convoy battle was that 38 allied ships were sunk or damaged in addition to six warships. The Nazis claimed that . 51 allied ships had been sunk in 24 hours over the week-end. AIDFOMlLER S RUSHED BY OPA at Wtthlnffton. Sent. 21 (U.R) The office of price administra tion trwiftv nmtiea nrenarauon ui a now nrice regulation expected to relieve growing shortages among retail and wholesale out lets of many important food The -regulation, which . OPA hopes to issue "early in Octo ber," will allow increased retail and wholesale nrices to elimin ate "saueezes" between these prices and the prices distribut ors must Day to producers. OPA officials admitted that the effect would be "slightly" inflationary. SEEKMEROF ELDERLY WOMAN ! Los Angeles, Sept. 21 (U.R) ' Police searched today for the slayer of a 73-year-old woman who was dragged into a park and beaten to death while re turning from church. The victim was Mrs. Lillian Stratton. Police said she had been beaten and apparently criminally attacked and robbed within sight of her home. She was returning from church at about 9:30 last night, police said, while her husband, Samuel M. Stratton, 80, waited on the front porch of their horn. Deserter-Killer An Army deserter, Robert T. Bailey, above, ponders his killing of two Kenosha, Wis., social workers, after he was arrested in Santa Maria, Calif., and confessed to stripping and slaying the women. Bailey's confession is c the table before ' " ' . him. Sparta, Wis., Sept. 21 (U.R) Robert Taylor Bailey, 20-year-old army deserter, pleaded guilty before Justice of the Peace Har ry L. Beckman today to two warrants charging him with first degree murder in the rapist shooting Sept. 7 of two Kenosha social workers. His plea made him subject to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary, the supreme pen alty required by Wisconsin law for.- murderrr Justice Beckmart bound him over to circuit court for sentencing. Under Wiscon sin law he may be sentenced on his plea without trial. E OF 6 PER CENT It was "back to school" for 1,120 boys and girls in Medford today when the four elementary schools began the school year with readin', writln and nth metic. The city school superintend ent's office stated that enroll ment showed a six per cent increase over the first day of school last year when enroll ment totaled 1,060. Lincoln school showed a 30 per cent increase over opening day en rollment for 1941 and Washing ton, nine per cent, Jackson re mained about the same and Roosevelt had a decrease of 7.4 per cent. By schools the enrollment was: Jackson, 222; Lincoln, 232 Roosevelt, 275 and Washington, 391 students. . . Junior and Senior high schools will open next Monday, LI RED SPIRIT HIGH Moscow, Sept. 20 (U.R) (De layed) Wendell L. Willkie, here to deliver a personal letter from President Roosevelt to Premier Josef Stalin, said today that he personally favored a second front in aid of Russia "if mili tary people consider it feasible." On the basis of an intensive 2V4-day visit to Kuibyshev, which since the opening of the German offensive on Moscow a year ago has been the head quarters of the diplomatic corps and some government agencies. Willkie said at a press confer ence: "I could not find any sign or any indication that the spirit of resistance is weakening in Russia." ARMY TEAM BEATEN Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 20 (U.R) The New York Professional Giants tonight outrushed and outrassed tha Wes.ern Army All Stars to register a 10-7 arclight triumph before 30,000 spectators tonicbU Forest Closure is FORESTALL JAPS Highways Leveled In Re gion of "Bomb Japan" Airfields. Chungking, Sept. 21 (U.R) Chinese have destroyed virtually all main roads in Fukien prov ince to help forestall any enemy attempt to recapture the "bomb Japan" air fields in East China, it was reported today. Highways have been leveled and converted to farm lands and 15-foot earthworks have been constructed to block Japanese use of motorized equipment and mobile field guns in any cam paign against the Chinese-held airdromes. Airfields which the Chinese are protecting in Fukien arc within bomber range of Japan and Formosa. Gen. MaeArthur's ' headquar ters, Australia, Sept. 21 0J.R) Australian troops under Maj. Cyril Clowes have cleaned out the entire Milne Bay area at the southeastern tip of New Guinea and thus have consolidated the biggest Japanese defeat of the war In tha -Australian . zone, a sodkeaman -for" Qenr -Douglas MacArthur announced today. News of final, complete vic tory at Milne bay roused hope that MacArthur would outsmart the Japanese advancing on Port Moresby ,from the soumern ridges of ; the Owen Stanley mountains 3Z air line mues away. - - London, Sept. 21 OJ.R) Un rest was spreading In occupied France today in answer to new Germn repressive measures and preparations by the Vichy gov ernment to impose a forced labor decree by which French men could be compelled to slave for Germany. Advices reached London that patriots in occupied France had killed two Gestapo policemen in an attack on -a German punitive detachment in the Paris area, that two armored cars and a truck had been set afire in an attack on a German military garage and that a German mili tary train had been blown up, with unknown casualties, at a station in the Seine department near Paris. FAVOR DRAFTING MEN FOR FARMS San Francisco, Sept. 21 (U.R) A conference of agricultural representatives today approved a resolution urging congress to amend the selective service law to provide for drafting of man power for agriculture and indus try. The resolution declared Cali fornia's farm labor shortage to be "acute", and said the short sge "threatens the future pro duction of such crops and live stock as are declared necessary to the war effort" Delegates to the conference will submit the resolution to their respective organizations for approval before submitting the proposal to congress. FOUND SHOT Tunbridge Wells, England Sept. 21 (U.R) Mrs. Juanita Pa g.lla, pretty 20-year-old ambu lance corps driver from Califor nia, and wife of British army officer, was found critically wounded In her bedroom today and friend quoted her as saying that aba had shot herself. End of "Dual Citizenship" Proposed by Sen. Holman Washington, Sept. 21 flj.R) Sen. Rufus C. Holinan, R., Ore., today proposed a constitutional amendment which would per mit congress to deprive American-born individuals of Japanese, German, or Italian ancestry of their citizenship rights. The amendment, proposed in the form of a joint congressional resolution, would end dual citi zenship" by providing that "per sons who under the laws of any foreign nations are deemed to be citizens or subjects of such for eign nation shall not become citizens of the United States, whether born in the United States or not, except to the ex tent and subject to such terms and conditions as the congress may prescribe." Holman said the suggested amendment would deprive American citizens of Japanese descent of citizenship because they are claimed by Japan as Japanese citizens. It might also apply to Americans of German and Italian descent, he said. Congress, however, could and probably would permit American-born citizens of friend ly foreign nations to retain their full rights as American citizens, Holman said. Holman also Introduced a bill to halt all further immigration and permit the entry of aliens only if their departure were guaranteed after not more than a six-month visit. E Tl Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 (U.R) The 24th national conven tion of the American Legion to day chose as Its wartime com mander Roane Waring of Mem phis, Term., to lead the organi zation through possibly the most critical period in its history. He was elected by acclamation to succeed Lynn U. Stambaugh of Fargo, N. D. Donald Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, told the convention that America feces a long and horrible war. and that "two things are chiefly demanded of us unity and en durance." Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 21 (U.R) The American Legion Auxiliary completing its national conven tion here today, elected Mrs. Alfred J. Mathebat of Alameda, Cal., as its new president. Stockton, Calif., Sept. 21 (U.R) Fifty-two British sailors, who resumed work today after a weekend stoppage in protest against working conditions as volunteer farmhands, were call ed off the job today by the com manding officer of their war ship. Upon receipt of orders from his superior officer, Lt. J. A. Dougall, in charge of the group, ordered the men to leave the Weyl-Zuckerman beet r-nch. "We want to do our part In helping solve the harvest prob lem," Dougall said, "but our boys cannot be expected to work in squalid quarters such as they have been assigned to. All we ask are reasonable accommoda tions and a more suitable type of labor." Boise, Ida., Sept. 21 (U.R) Five men were killed and five injured when a heavy bomber crashed in flames while return ing to the Gowen field air base at midnight, army officers an nounced today. Two of those killed were Negro ground crew members and one of the injured was also a Negro, public rela tions officers announced. Ordered OF JEHO VAHITES KLAMATH FALLS Klamath Falls, Ore., Sept. 21 (U.R) Police today blamed an attempt to cut a telephone wire carrying an address tp a conven tion of the Jehovah's witnesses religious sect for outbreak uf violence at the convention hall. Nearly 400 townspeople at tempted yesterday to break up the convention, which had be gun three days earlier, police said. , The disorders began after a group of about 20 Klamath Falls residents reportedly attempted to cut the telephone wire carry- Ing an address from N. J. Knorr, witness leader at Cleveland, O., to tha convention hall. .'Tha witnesses protested and the crowd grew. Windows were broken, an ammonia bomb was f thrown into the hall, and severaK autdfhobiles were overturned. Tracts distributed by tha sect were burned in tha street. Sgt. Carl Cook of the marina recruiting service helped police in restoring order by urging the crowd to return home to avoid injuring women and children among the 1,200 convention del egates. ...Tr"!?: Most of the delegates were from California and Oregon. Po lice said the townspeople had charged that the sect was "un patriotic." WOMEN NEEDED IN DAIRY INDUSTRY San Francisco, Sept. 21 U.R) Milk industry spokesmen today asked the war manpower com mission to train women to be come milkers to alleviate crisis they attributed to price ceilings and rising feed and labor costs. Declaring "there are now ac tual shortages of fluid milk in several cities in this state," the spokesmen announced appoint ment of a committee to act as liaison between the Industry and government agencies. The committee will be headed by Fred H. Abbott, University of California agricultural college professor. STORAGE BHOF.TAGE DUB Washington, Sept. 20 (U.R) The office of defense transpor tation, warning that a "plnch impends in refrigerated storage spce required to preserve storks of perishable foods, ap pealed tonight '.i operators and users of refrigerated warehouses to utilize cold storage facilities as efficiently as possible. Medford Chief of Police Gives Views on Curfew (Editor's notei In an effort to learn the sentiment concern ing the proposed Medford curfew ordinance, tha Mall Tribune will Interview law enforcement officiate and prominent resi dents. First of such Interviews "A curfew in Medford would be a good thing," Chief of Po lice Clatous McCredie stated today'. "But," ha continued, "we will expect the cooperation of parents end the public as a whole in enforcing the regula tion." The chief of police suggested 10 years of age as a maximum age limit for children to be included la tha curfew. Ha Throughout State War Bulletins liBAN ON HUNTING Ottawa. Sept. 21 (U.R) Navy Minister Angus L. Mac Donald announced today that tha Canadian destroys! Otta wa haa baon sunk. Tha commander of tho Ot tawa. Lieut. Comdr. Clarke Anderson Rutherford, was killed and four other officers and 107 ratings ware missing and believed lost. Mae Donald said. On tha French Frontier, Sept. 21 (U.R) Reports from Franca tonight said that 5.000 French citiaans were arrested by the Nails In Paris over tha weekend. - The arrests ware made eith er on suspicion of participa tion In the attack on a movie theater In which one Nasi soldier was killed and 30 wounded or for violation of tha strict weekend curfew Im posed by tha Nails. ADDED INCREASE SEEN NECESSARY Washington, Sept. 21. (U.R) Sen. Prentiss Brown, D., Mich., an administration spokesman, predicted In the senate today that en nnder the - pending a tl-tnflatloh bill it may become necessary to permit farm prices to rise three to five per cent In the next year. . Brown spoke during tha open ing of debate on the measure, of which he is co-author, to give President Roosevelt broa. pow er to stabilize all wages, salaries and prices. He asked that Mr. Roosevelt bd given discretionary authority to prescribe the size of the farm price increases. In a report filed on Saturday, the senate - banking committee said that Sirica tha general price ceiling order in May the prices o' "uncontrolled" foods have been advancing at a rate of 40 per cent a year. r The report said that tha foods In question represented 40 per cent of all foodstuffs purchased by the average American family. Sentry Shocti Vfcsa Chsllsitgi Ushss... Salt Lake'city, Sept. 21 (U.R) Failing to answer three cus tomary challenges by a sentry. Private Michael Caruso, 28, San Francisco, was shot to death at the Salt Lake army air base here early today. A native of Madison, Wis., Caruson was recently inducted Into the army at San Francisco. Air base public relations of ficers declined to release the name, of the sentry. California to List , VeneraU in State San Francisco, Sept. 21 (U.R) Attorney General Earl Warren today authorized the state board of health to establish a statewide file of venereal-diseases cases. . State Health Director Ber tram P. Brown said the file will be established in the San Fran cisco office of the bureau of venereal disease, with a supple mentary file In Los Angeles. Is given below.) stated frankly that the regula tion would be too large an un dertaking for the police alone, requiring the cooperation and help of the parents, children and public. "A curfew to be successful, must be enforced," the chief said, pointing out that tha first responsibility in this effort would require parents to KNOW where their children are at night REMAINS UNTIL ADVENT OF RAIN National and State Forests Join in Closure Fisher men Also Hit by Decree, All National Forest lands in Oregon have been closed by tha regional forester, effective Tues day, according to Karl L. Jan ouch, forest supervisor of tha Rogue River National Forest in a notice issued today which fol lowed by only a few hours tha closure notice issued by A. D, McReynolds, district warden here for the State Forest de partment. Although the deer hunting' season will open on schedule, closing of tha forests practically rules out all hunting and other forest activities in Oregon, be cause of "unfavorable condi tions." It was indicated, how ever, that If existing conditions changed, forests would be re opened and hunting permitted. Fishing Out Also Mr. Janouch pointed out that the federal order closes to hunt ing all of the Rogue River Na tional Forest except a small poo .UotLjxlpx.in .Cajifornia, and will also prevent fishing except at Lake O' Woods where there Is an improved forest camp. Tha order supercedes the clos ures previously In effect and contrary to former ruling, fish ermen will not be permitted to reach streams which parallel nearby roads. Warden McReynolds pointed out that all areas will be patroV led and violators dealt with ill accordance with the law. He emphasized that Individual working in tha closed areas un der a permit are not allowed to hunt under such work per mit, any mora than the Indi vidual who does not have a permit . . In the national forest, high ways and county roads, im proved forest camps and sum mer home areas will be open but no other areas may be entered except by those employed or having urgent business therein. and then only after securing written permit from a forest of ficer. Permits are not required of any actual settler -going to or from his home. BILL WOULD GIVE Washington, Sept. 21,UJ9 Sen. Lister Hill, D-, Ala., today Introduced a bill to give Presi dent Roosevelt greater authority for wartime mobilization of tha nation's manpower and Industry. Introduction followed a week of statements by top manpower and selective service official citing seriousness of tha mars power situation and urging tha Mr. Roosevelt be granted power to "draft" labor. . Hill said his bill would not provide for drafting labor be cause such procedure would amount to "involuntary servi tude." He also opposed full gov ernment control of Industry which he said would be a step towards totalitarianism. NEGRO FOLLOWERS OF JAP PLOTTER NABBED Chicago. Sept 21 (U.R Tha Federal Bureau of Investigation announcing the arrest of M negroes for alleged sedition and selective service violation, today disclosed a widespread plot lnstt '.uted several yean ago by Jap anese fifth columnists to win tha allegiance of American negroes. Tha negroes arrested here were members of three religious cults which allegedly teach thit negroes owa allegiance to tha Japanese because of radii ties, and that they should evata aslU tary service. -
