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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 194?
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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were withdrawn every few days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
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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.
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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
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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. -