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1 Lei YOUR Answer Te Bomb Be bONDII But War Bjonda an 4 Stamps TOUaV Contribute la the ar afrort at foar lloo rilrloe tsm. yaar m arlf-protacttoa. emandt that (00 a fvur part KOni Cm Th MAO. TBIBDRB Want Ad Way Quick Katulia At Small Cart Mebfokd RIBUNE c Ud1U4 Press Full Leased Wlra Unltad Pra ruU Leased Win Thirty -seventh Year. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1943 NO. 247 V JVL iguuu UUJ Ml SGARE 1 (r(r ?0 i News Behind The News by Paul Mallon . Washington, Jan. 5 A highly placed British authority expects the German war front to collapse ind bring oeace to Eu rope by April. Another Brit ish official, whose opinion Is less to be re spected than the first au thority, has more definite ly marked Eas ter, April 25. on his calendar as the ultimate rani Malloa day to which Hitler can hold out. Both of these opinions are only personal guesses but well-made guesses. - They are not necessarily based on any specific knowledge of events to come, but rather rep resent superior judgment on the prospects which all can see namely, the pressure of the Rus sian winter campaign, plus the closing Anglo-American strangle hold on Italy, and intensified bombing of the continent (if not a new front in northern Europe) should break the war-will of the German army. Japan is another matter, matter of at least a year or more, CONGRESSMEN who have been trotting In and out of the White House lately have talked vaguely of postwar plan ning, and there is a report among the topmost politicians that Mr. Roosevelt has a definite formula prepared 'ahaready.' Indeed, this report Is what caused Mr. Hoover to speak out, a few days back, in favor of a long armistice to allow war wrath to cool before any definite peace move Is attempted. Mr. Hoover did not say so, but what he means by "a long ccoling-off period" Is a term of many years. at least ten. In some public statements since the war started, Mr. Roose velt it supposed to haver Intimat ed, or directly said, he would fa vor a long armistice period ' of perhaps a year. But no one around the White House can recollect the exact oc casion, and possibly it was an off-the-record observation drop ped at a press conference. At (Continued on Page Pour) Chicago, Jan. S (U.RX Major league baseball clubs today agreed to hold their spring training close to home and adopted a 154-game schedule for the 1943 season. The majors have played a 154-game schedule annually since 1920. The season will open Wednes day, April 21, and close Sunday, October 3. Under the original schedule drafted at the Decem ber meetings of the major leagues, the season was to have opened April 13 and closed Sep tember 20. COUNTY ENJOYS RECORD CASH ON HAND BALANCE Jackson county closed 1942 with the largest cash balance on hand in Its history, $1,114, 483.26, according to the report of County Treasurer Ralph E. Sweeney. This was due to more than 80 per cent of the current taxes being paid. Taxes are de ductible from 1942 income taxes if paid before January 1. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTER Doris Murdock, Grace Madi gan and Eve Prentice displaying their ability at baking ginger bread. Police Chief Clatus McCredit and Traffic Officer Walt Rein king hard at work placing 1943 license sticker on the 'police ear),. ALLIES FEEL OUT E March to Sea Between Tunis and Bizerte Believed . Planned Nazis Retreat. London, Jan. 5 (U.R) Signs of Impending big-scale fighting in Tuniria increased today. Allied North African head quarters announced that ar mored forces had reconnoitered in force around Medjez-El-Bab, 27 miles southwest of Tunis, without meeting effective enemy opposition. This might indicate that the Allies were feeling out enemy positions before making a quick stab to the sea between Tunis and Bizerte. Nails Retreat The Germans attacked around Fondouk-El-Aouared, 59 miles southwest of the port of Housse, met a stinging defeat and were retreating. Gen. Henri Honore Giraud's headquarters announced that the Germans attacked Sunday with 20 to 30 tanks. For a time the sit uation was precarious, the enemy having surrounded Allied de fenses. Then French forces, American fighter planes and bombers and tank destroyer forces presum ably the heavy guns mounted on tractor treads that had spread havoc among the Afrika Korps armored forces in Egypt and Lib yasmashed into the Axis tanks. -- Bnamy Losses Heavy. The ' enemy's losses were heavy. Gen. Glraud reported. They were retreating and the Al- lied situation was considered safe. "The enemy left 10 large tanks destroyed by our air force and anti-tank guns on the battle field," Radio Algiers said today, quoting French headquarters.. A dispatch from a United Press staff correspondent with the Al lied armies in Tunisia said that a few days of blazing sun had baked a thin crust on the thick mud, but It was not yet strong enough to stand the maneuver ing of 30-ton tanks in a full fledged battle. SPRAGUE CLEANS SLATE FOR 8NELL Salem, Ore., Jan. 5 (U.R) Gov. Charles A. Sprague, who will be succeeded at the head of the state government next Monday by Earl Snell, today an nounced that he had dissolved the state defense advisory coun cil and other similar organiza tions to give the new governor a clean slate to start on. Governor Sprague also dis solved the state advisory coun cil of the employment service, the agriculture committee of the employment service and the Ore gon economic council, which has funtioned in place of a state planning board in carrying on industrial and economic research in behalf of the goveror. Carole Landis and Air Fighter Marry London, Jan. 5 (U.R) Carole Landis, film actress, was married at the Church of Assumption to day to Capt. Thomas C. Wallace, a United States fighter command pilot from Pasadena, Cal. Mitzl Mayfair, American danc er, who, with Miss Landis, has been entertaining American sol diers in England, was brides maid. The guests included Act resses Kay Francis, Bebe Daniels and Martha Raye. Beefsteak Rare In S. F. Butcher Shops San Francisco, Jan. 5. (U.R) There was scarcely a retail beef steak for sal" today on the main street of San Francisco, the west coast's second largest city. There were' filets of steelhead trout, pompano, fresh crab, prawns, a few chickens and tur keys, an occasional gob of ham burger and sausage but practi cally co pork chops or veal cutlet. i . lauiim m i,,.u ... ligBW'f etM...Mj- nU':-'----T Jl i um,m1i t, .I, tTrirrtrart i ifrff " T ii&'aiiifflirii'y:ff .fliia 4cm 7pAw Rood waten from the rarlzif WUlametta River swirl around the Hawle Pulp A Paper Oo Oregon City, dur Inf the height ot the recent western Oregon floods. Coast Guardsmen and soldiers aided other agencies in evacuation and care of lainiliea. E Gen. MacArthur's Headquar ters, Australia, Jan. 6 (U.R) United States and Australian troops have wiped out the last Japanese resistance in the Buna area of Northern New Guinea by smashing a small enemy poc ket inland from the captured area, reports from the front said today. About 50 Japanese bodies rere found in the pocket area. Mopping up parties combed the cocoanut groves for possible stragglers isolated from the force which defended the pocket to the death. Washington, Jan. 5 (U.R) The navy announced today that U. S. forces on Guadalcanal have gained new ground positions and killed 170 more Japanese. American air forces operating from Henderson Field also have executed another series of air attacks on the Munda area, in the New Georgia group ot the Solomons. Near Munda the enemy has established a new air base. Double Bad Luck For Bingo Player Pntprnnn. N. J.. Jan. 5 (U.R) Mrs. Veronica Dersch, 39, had not fared well at a bingo game and was gloomily walking nome. A little man, holding one hand in his overcoat pocket as if he had a gun, tried to rob her. She hit him one terrific blow in the face, he sailed backard, picked himself up and fled. But he did not fare worse than Mrs. Dersch. She broke her wrist Qualified Salesmen Promised Gasoline Washington, Jan. S (UJ!) The Office of Price administra tion announced today that quali fied salesmen-except in the" In state eastern shortage area will be supplied with gasoline rations sufficient to enable them to drive up to 65 per cent of their last year's mileage or 8,600 miles a year, whichever is less. ELLSWORTH ANNOUNCES EXAMS FOR ACADEMIES Washington, Jan. 5 (U.R) Rep. Harris Ellsworth. R-, Ore., announced today that prelim inary qualifying examinations for the U. S. military and naval academies will be held January 23 at the post office building in Eugene, Medford, Marshfield, and Roseburg, towns in the fourth congressional district of Oregon. Ellsworth said candi dates must notify him at his offices here In the house office building by January 12, giving date of their birth. BLOCKADE RUNNER SUNK London, Jan. 8 (U.R) A large German vessel attempting to run the blockade with a heavy cargo of war materials for Germany has been intercepted and sunk by British patrols In the Atlantic, the admiralty and air ministry announced today. Floods Sweep Through Western Willamette Revealing Portland, Ore., Jan. 8 (U.R) a sleeping giant that a week ago western Oregon in a torrent of day, signalling the' end of the region s worst flood in half a century. In the wake of the roaring flood were the reminders of the raging heights it reached a toll of ten persons dead or missing and untqld millions in property damage. --' Weather -observers predicted the river would continue to re cede to normal' with no further damage. . Although 'the stream still flowed above flood stage at many points through the fertile Wil lamette valley, ' transportation services were operating general ly 'on' schedule over regular routes. The river first burst from Its banks a week ago near Eugene, not far from where the McKen zle and other upper valley tribu taries converge. Thousands of panic-stricken persons were hur riedly evacuated by boat as the waters swirled past their homes. With a toll of ten victims, it appeared unlikely there would be additional casualties directly attributable to the flood. Health authorities, however, .moved swiftly to take precautionary measures against - possible epi demics stemming from contam inated water in the upriver areas Germany Has Less Food Now Than at Start Of Fourth Winter of Previous World War On the German Frontier, Jan. 5 (U.R) If the Germans could buy the things that are displayed in shop windows, they would be well fed and warmly clothed. But in too many cases there is nothing on the shelves to cor respond with the window dress ing. Persons who have been in side Germany report that there is less food to be purchased in the Reich .now than there was at the beginning ot the fourth winter of World War I. "The windows of the big shops are stocked with an as sortment of good things," said a Belgian who had escaped after traveling across Germany, "but they cannot be purchased with out a permit. Inside the same shops there is practically noth ing for sale except plaited straw articles and small glass trink ets." VITAMINS B AND UT There is a Joke in Berlin to the effect that in addition to ration cards two things are need ed to buy food Vitamins B and UT. Vitamin B stands for "bezlehunger" to have a drag or influence. Vitamin UT means "unter demtlsch" trading un der the counter. There is still a black market In Germany where delicacies caa be purchased If one has the Oregon .. L 1 - - : sew. , ; Flood Ebbs Heavy Loss The turbulent Willamette river. rose to sweep wildly through destruction, slowly subsided to TRAINS DELAYED - BY FLOOD WATER With the ebb of flood water between Oregon City and Park Place Portland-Medford South ern Pacific trains service show ed signs of improving today, officials of the line said. Mon day's train due to arrive at 8 a. m. did not arrive until after 9 o'clock in the evening. To day's train was due to arrive shortly after noon. Greyhound busses, unable to get through at all the middle of last week, have been running on schedule so far this week, the dispatcher's office reported. BIG BILL EDWARDS New York, Jan. 5 (U.R) Wil liam H. (Big Bill) Edwards, 66, former Princeton football star, died today in Post Graduate hos pital, where he underwent an op eration last night. Edwards, who had conducted an insurance business for many years, was prominent in New York city po litical life and sports circles. money, but the supplies have dwindled and prices are fan tastic. Coffee costs $35 a pound; butter, 18 a pound; a bottle of cognac, $20. Only high party officials, diplomats and a few foreigners are able to meet such high prices. German rations were cut heavily in April, 1942, but the amount of food called for by a ration card has almost lost its meaning. There isn't enough food to fill the ration require ments. The Nazis are having difficul ty meeting demands even for potatoes and vegetables. Per sons recently in Germany re ported it was not enough to present your potato and vege table card, which entitles you to as much as "available," but that it was much more import ant to make friends with the shop keeper. Otherwise he prob ably would tell you: "Sorry, I'm all sold out." RICH EAT OUT A Swedish woman who re cently came from Germany told the United Press it was weeks before she had become suffi ciently friendly with a shop keeper to get vegetables. If you are rich enough, you do not bother the grocer and butcher, but eat In a restaurant where Ford Strikers Ordered to Work REDS THREATEN TO SPLIT ENEMY Determined Axis Counter attacks Beaten Back Nazis Face Annihilation. Moscow, Jan. 5 (U.R) Rus sian forces driving through the Caucasus have captured Nalchik and Prokhladnanskl. important German defense points west of Mosdok, a spe cial Soviet communique an nounced tonight. By United Press Russian forces battered the Germans in the Caucasus today, beat back determined Axis counterattacks and threatened to split the enemy forces guarding the road to Rostov. There were indications that two powerful Russian armies soon might converge for a can- Stockholm, Jan. 4 (Da layed) (U.R Neutrol observ ers in close contact with Ber lin expressed belief today that the Germans were beginning a gigantic withdrawal . which would take them entirely out of the north Caucasus in Rus sia. They said a considerable proportion of the German Caucasus army already had retired behind the lower Don. certed drive on Rostov, the gate way to the Caucasus. The army driving through the Kalmyk public was reported less than 150 miles from another Soviet force moving up from Mozdok, which the Russians captured last Sun day. German forces in the snowy mountains near Nalchik faced annihilation as the two strong Soviet forces moved closer to gether. In London, Labor Minister Er nest Bevin predicted that Adolf Hitler soon would be faced with the greatest disaster of the war as a result of the smashing Rus sian offensives on four fronts. Chicago. Jan. 5 (U.R) At tendance at the winter national furniture and home furnishings market broke all records on the opening day despite a boycott by Defense Transportation Di rector Joseph Eastman, the Mar ket Daily reported today. you can get at least the amount of meat about three-quarters of a pound per week to which you are entitled. But. the woman added, you must arrive early or you will not find a place all restau rants are overcrowded or the meat dishes will have been ex hausted. The Nazis, under Reichsmar- shal Herman Goering's cynical slogan that "whatever happens elsewhere (In occupied Europe) Germans will not starve," have exerted themselves to maintain the food front at a subsistence level. For morale, at Christmas they announced a few extra ra tions, including seven ounces of meat, small additional allotments ot vegetables, bread, flour and margarine and two ounces of ersatz coffee made from grain or tea made from dried apple leaves. The big treat was an allot ment of a half-bottle of German brandy for each adult to go with reduced quantities of watery, weak beer. War workers were granted an extra ration of cheap wine. FEED MANY ALIENS The Reich Is trying to feed be tween 7,000,000 and 8,000.000 foreign workers and war prison ers working en farms. It also U War Bulletins London. Jan. 25 (U.R) Brit. Ish bombers attacked Ger many's industrial Ruhr valley last night for the second suc cessive night and despite in tense anti-aircraft fire only two planes were lost. Returning pilots said they saw the glow of fires through thick clouds hanging low ever the targets after the bombs had been dropped, Washington. Jan. 8 (U.R) The Japanese are using two new fighters over China thai are superior to the Zero type. Mai. David L. "Tax" Hill re vealed at a press conference today. He formerly was a mem ber of the American volunteer group and later was with the U. S. army air forces in China. Washington, Jan. 6 (U.R) Admiral Emory S. Land, chair man of the maritime commis sion, predicted today that the original merchant ship-building goal of 16,000,000 tons set for 1943 will be surpassed if steel and other required materials are made available. 1 I-Land made this forecast at press conference in which Ad miral Howard L. Vickery, com mission vice chairman, partici pated. Vickery said the War Produc tion board's new controlled ma terials plan has been the best thing thus far done in an ef fort to relieve the steel shortage Land said 746 victory fleet vessels were delivered Into serv ice in 1942 of which 542 were liberty ships, 62 tankers, 62 long-range standard C types, 65 cargo ships for the British, five oastal freighters, five ore car riers and 15 special types. These deliveries, he said, broke every world record for merchant ship construction. Land said that Oregon Ship building corporation at Portland led the nation in ship produc tion with a total of 113 vessels In 1942. MILK PRICES RISE Reno Nev., Jan. 5 (U.PJ In creased milk prices, both whole sale and retail, were authorized for 19 Nevada cities and towns acting as a clearing house for food supplies for almost all Eu rope, prompting claims that Ger many actually is feeding the equivalent of 17,000,000 to 18, 000,000 more persons than be fore the war. Germany must be extremely frugal with virtually every item of food, except salt, but the greatest and most persistent shortages Include milk, fish and fresh vegetables. Consequently newspapers frequently praise small children who scour fields and woods in organized parties tor weeds which can be used as wartime vegetables. Nazi propaganda makes much of the food producing potentiali ties of conquered areas, particu larly the Ukraine, and Ger many's future success in main taining current rations will de pend on how well she can ex ploit these territories. 'The fuehrer is relieving us from the . choking , dearth of space," Herbert Backe, minister for food and agriculture, said in a speech at Poznan (Posei1, Po land, in November, "but it will be a permanent blessing only If It Is tilled with Germans." The accuracy of this statement was indicated by a traveller's report that up to December only a single tralnload of wheat had arrived in Berlin from the prom ised land. Tha train was covered T Estimated 15,000 Workers Idle by Action of River Rouge Plant Employes, Detroit. Jan. 5 (U.R) Strik ing employes at the River Rough plant of the Ford Mo tor Co. began returning to work late today in response to orders from Local 600 of the United Automobile Workers (CIO). Detroit, Jan. 5. U.R) Strlk. ing employes at the vast River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. were ordered to return to work immediately today by local 600 of the United Automo bile Workers (CIO). A statement issued by local President Paul Ste. Marie, ap proved unanimously by tha union's executive board, de scribed as unauthorized th strike which left idle an esti mated 15,000 workers on three) shifts. "No grievances will be eon sldered or negotiated by local union representative until all men are back at work," Ste. Marie said. "In view of tha war situation and the urgent necessity of maintaining con tinuous war production it la Im perative that the ROugiie plant resume operations without fur ther delay." - The strike, which threatened to shut down the entire plant, started lata yesterday when maintenance employes In sev eral units walked out to protest company action in reorganizing; maintenance crews. Alameda, Cal., Jan. 8 (U.R) Thirty-four CIO machinists, who said they had not worked since last Wednesday, failed to report to their jobs at the General En gineering 4c Dry dock company today in what was described aa a dispute over union fines and suspension of four leader-men. The work stoppage followed by 24 hours President Roosevelt's order to San Francisco bay area shipyard union leaders demand, ing that they maintain uninter rupted production here. San Diego, Cal., Jan. 8 (U.PJ John Alexander McPhee, Cin clnnatl Reds' second baseman in the first world series in 1882, died here yesterday. He was 83. with posters proclaiming that "your soldiers send you this food," but comparatively few Germans could buy any of tbia "soldiers' gift." Most of it went to Nazi officials, military leader and diplomats. HEALTH SUFFERING Nevertheless the Germans are) not starving, although they are far worse off than the British, An ordinary meal at a better class restaurant in Berlin or Mu nich, costing about six marks) ($2.20 at the official rate ot ex change), consists of thin soup and the choice of two standard dishes, a potato and cabbage stew, or a small hamburger ot less than two ounces of steak. There Is no reliable compr. henslve information available here on what has happened to the health of the German people under their reduced diet, but th welfare of babies and mothers is known to be inferior to the pic ture painted in official reports. "Cases of scrofula and other signs of undernourishment and unsuitable feeding are becoming Increasingly frequent," a med ical visitor to Germany reported after arriving In a neutral coun try. It also is known that the de crease in diet has reduced tha people's energy, lowered their resistance and made them U creasing ly Irritable.
