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1 1 TlT? TTM7 AID Ttv Jiilidi? L Lai YOUR Answer T Bomb -bOHOSI But War Buna aa aumos I TOIUV t'oetrlkele to llw war effort- at roar aatloa. rstrlot- am. roar eata eHf-protertlea, . amana I bat VOU eo roar . Bert KOWI Om Th MAIL TKIBVKX Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Coat TRIBUNE United Prow full Leased Wlr . Thirty -seventh Year. Mi ORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1943 NO. 248 in Ul LTD . ' United Prose full Loosed Wire Hi A M News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Jan. 8 The new deal is over, but no one seems , to know it yet Circum stances sur rounding the assembling o f this new con gress ( formed by the critical results of the last election) show that the political pro gram of the past ten years has come to the end of full 'rr i Ml Paul Malloa popular approval. It may take a long time for those election - results to work out in govern f knental action, but It Is not too .much to expect that the end of an era is nigh. i. The removal of Leon Hender- son and the unsuccessful ef forts which Mr. Roosevelt made ' a few weeks ago to revise his ' cabinet, were but the first steps toward a political reorganiza ' tion and readjustment of the ; government to popular elector ' al opinion. The situation calls i lor stronger and further steps ; along the same line, and Mr. Roosevelt will no doubt take 7 them, for that has been his way. Meanwhile, this critical con- i eress will Institute numerous i committee Investigations of var- . ' lous chases of the war effort " and its local political side-shows. t Waste of money is likely to be f exposed in certain quarters as well as - incompetency. - What- ,4 ever part of the administration 1 1 house that Mr. Roosevelt does 7 not . clean, congress certainly -f will. i "TPHB various economic-war i " bureaus, however, have been I so thoroughly Infiltrated by the bright young men of new deal I mien that a change at the top (Brown and Henderson, for in- f stance) will make no difference. I Even ex-Justice Jimmie Byrnes, f In his new economic control or- 5 ganization, is virtually surround I ed by men of this type. i Three of his top four advisers 1 are Ben Cohen, of the old Cohen-Corcoran team of hottest new dealers: Justice Felix Frankfurter's secretary, Ed ward F. Prlchard, and Sam Lubell. These are the men who make the decisions that are (Continued on Pago Pour) BIG FORD PLANT Detroit, Jan. (U.B Full production was resumed today at the giant River Rouge plant of the Ford Motor company after striking maintenance men heeded their union officials' plea to "remember our pledge to the boys on Guat lcanar and end' ed their 23-hour walkout. The strike, described as un authorized by the executive board of Local 600, United Au tomobile Workers of America (CIO), was called off late yes- . terday when a back-to-work ( order was issued by Paul Ste. Marie, president of the local. MAIDEN SPEECH Washington, Jan. . (U.B Rep. Will Rogers, D., Calif., son of the famous humorist, made his maiden speech before the house today. At 3:05 p. m., Rog ers rose and said: "Mr. Speaker, I move the house do now ad journ." SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTER Hob Deuel, retiring city may or, enjoying a back seat at city council session after a strenuous two years as head of city gov ernment for busy Medford. Tom Bra !ey and Harvey Field hard at work at city coun cil business and smoking good smelling seegars. COSSACKS LEAD EFTORT to cut Germans Blow Up Bridges, Mine Roads in Desperate Attempt to Escape. By United Prats Routed axis forces fled In dis orderly retreat before the ad vancing Russians in the Cauca sus today. Hard-riding Cossacks slashed at their flanks as the Germans and their allies attempted to escape from the resurgent Rus sian forces west of Mozdok. The Germans were blowing up bridges and mining roads in a desperate attempt to escape an nihilation. London reports said at least 900,000 axis troops were in full retreat In Russia. The Soviets fanned out from Prokhladnenski in an attempt to annihilate the enemy. The Cossacks led the red army charge, followed closely by tank units and infantry ready for mopping up duty. Africa Picture Bright The war picture was brighter for the United Nations In North Africa as well as en the snow- swept Russian front. British troops held hill posi tion approximately 30 miles southwest of Bizerte. They won their new position after a dawn attack yesterday on a strong German entrenchment. They now were In position to move up reinforcements across Tunisia's northeastern tip. for further as saults against the axis perimeter defenses of Bizerte and Tunis. On the other end of the Afri can battlefront, the British eighth army imperials stabbed at axis defenses around Misura ta, 125 miles east of Tripoli, where Field Marshal . Erwin Rommel was expected to make a stand. Italian rear guards had evacuated Buerat El Hsun, ,75 miles east of Misurata, Radio Morocco reported, and had en trenched behind the Wadl Zem Zem on a 28-mile front. FLEES TO AFRICA New York. Jan. ft (U.R The fighting French Brazzaville radio, heard by the FCC, report ed today in a broadcast to France and the French empire that Albert Lebrun, president of France, had arrived in North Africa. Lebrun ' escaped to Africa from the occupied zona of France, the broadcast said. "It will be remembered that a short time ago it had been an nounced that President Lebrun had escaped from his property in Lorraine, Brazzaville said, Lebrun, 71, was elected presi dent of France In 1932 and re elected for a second seven-year term April 5, 1939, five months before the war broke out. His term had nearly six years more to run when France collapsed In 1940 and the Vichyltes deposed him and other republican lead ers. SIX LIVES LOST IN BLAZE, PANIC Chicago, Jan. 6 (U.B Fire enveloped a crowded recreation parlor today, bringing quick death to six men, seriously burning 35 others and driving, the remaining 300 patrons in panic through doors and shatter ed windows. Hospitals said five of the In jured were In critical condition. More than 100 were treated for shock and minor, burns. Fire burst like an explosion across varnished and highly-inflammable bowling alleys with only a moment's notice. Five attempted to find refuge In a washroom and their crumpled bodies were found there three hours later. A sixth body, that of Janitor- Joseph Bingham, 41, was found In the center of the building. ' War Bulletins London. Jan. (U.B British anils, driving the Ger mans from bill positions dom inating the Allied Unas in northeastern Tunisia, have captured Djebel Assag and other points about 15 miles avast of Mataur. aa Allied communique disclosed today. London, Jan. (U.B Th Gorman-controlled Radio Par Is, quoting reports from Aus tralia, said today that tho larg est Japanese float yet seen la the southwest Pacific had been sighted north of New Guinea. Japanese submarines have been sighted off the Austra lian coast, the report added. RAYBURN ELECTED TO SPEAKERSHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN The Lineup Washington, Jan. 0 (U.B Here's the lineup of the 78th congress: House Democrats, 222; Re publicans, 208: American La bor party, 1; Progressives, 3; acancy, 1. Senate Democrats, 57; Re publicans, 38; Progressive, t. Two years ago, when the 77th congress convened, the house classification was: Dem ocrats, 267; Republicans, 182; other . parties, 6. In the sen ate, there were 66 Democrats, 28 Republicans, one Progres ivanmndpendent Washington, Jan. 6 (U.B The 78th congress convened at noon today and the house promptly re-elected Democrat Sam Rayburn of Texas as its speaker but by the closest speakership vote since Demo crats took control of the cham ber In 1931., , Rayburn received 217 votes against 206 votes for Rep. Jo seph W. Martin, Jr., of Massa chusetts, the Republican noml ness for speaker. Martin auto matically became Republican leader again. Bureaucracy Foe The 78th congress already was winning a different character than did Its recent predecess ors. Elected by a nation at war the new congress already was pledged by Its leader Demo cratic as well as Republican to fight "arrogant bureaucracy." The margin of -Rayburn's vic tory 11 votes was exactly the :ame as that by which Demo crats took the house organiza tion fror the Republicans in 1931. -At that tune Democrats elected John Nance Garner as speaker by a vote of 218 to 207. MUNDlSHELLED BY TASK FORCE Washington, Jan. 6 U.B The navy announced today that a U. S. task force of surface units has successfully bombard ed the Jananese airfield at Mun- da on New Georgia Island. In the Solomons. American air forces also have knocked down seven more en emy Planes. On Jan. 5, which rounded out a busy day for American forces in. the Solomons, air forces also scored a bomb hit on a Japanese transport . in the Shortland Island area. . During the same day, the com munique said, 84 Japanese were killed in mopping up operations on land In the Mount Austin sector on Guadacanal Island. Radio Highlights Washington, Jan. 6. (U.B President Roosevelt will make a radio address over all major networks on Jan. 12, farm mob ilization day, the agriculture de partment announced today. Mr. Roosevelt 'will speak be tween 1 and 1:31 p. m. (PWT), I launching nationwide drive to j enlist every farmer In the 1943 food production program. MEEKER PRESIDES AT FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF YEAR . . aBeaaBBBBaaaaaaBBBB) New Mayor Praises Admin istration of Predecessor; Deuel Thanks Council. . C. A. Meeker took over the gavel as mayor of Medford last night at city council meeting in the city hall and pledged him self to the responsibility of his office In meeting and solving the problems coming before the council during the year. He said that "retiring Mayor H. S. Deuel has given something to the city during his term in public office that will live through the years to come. Mayor Meeker stated that the city truly appreciates what Mr. Deuel had done as mayor and speaking of the council for 1943 he expressed hope that "we can carry on equally as well. Many people do not realize the amount of sacrifice and work done by the mayor and council arid the time devoted, and on the part of the council and the residents of Medford we want you to feel that your work and time from private business have been ap preciated. Deusl Lauds Aides In retiring from the office of mayor, 'Mr. Deuel said that he left the chair with a feeling of regret and relief and a feeling of confidence that it will be well occupied.' He said that the in coming mayor had splendid body of men to work with and will find the same cooperation aa he had experienced during his term of office. "I want you to know that the eight years I have been in pub lic office have been pleasant and Interesting and the last two years have been the most occu pied with interest and had it not been for the able and ready efforts of members of the coun cil all the problems could not have been handled so well. He referred to the many problems which had come to the attention of the council in connection with construction of Camp White and the population influx. He stated that the city was in a good financial position and he looked forward to the time in the not too distant future when the city water department would be self-sustaining. Reports Heard Routine reports from various city departments were heard. The council recommended the sale of a lot, 100x50 feet, locat- (Continued on Page Plre) Germans Now Get What Luftwaffe Attempted to Give Great Britain (Editor's notet In recent weeks the United Press staff in Europe has culled every available source of Information on what Is happening inside Germany with a view to making a report on the outside world. The fol lowing dispatch, third of a series, deals with the effect the RAF bombings have had oa the Reich.) By Joe Alsx Morris United Press Foreign Editor London, Jan. 6 (U.B Ger many Is getting what Marshal Hermann Goering's air force tried to give Britain. The blitz is- working in reverse, battering the German war machine, dis rupting production and hasten ing the disintegration of civilian morale in the Reich. But nobody, least of all the Royal Air Force, believes that Germany has been smashed by the bombing she has received. That is the program for the future. A half dozen main tar gets In Germany have been at tacked more than 400 times and such places as Rostock have been heavily damaged by con centrated raids. Photographs Tall The most reliable guide to damage done to German cities ill th RAT aerial photographic Takes Gavel C. A. Meeker (above) who assumed office last night as mayor of Medford at the city council's first meeting of the new year. Ha succeeds H. S. Deuel who had served as mayor for two years and six years as a councilman. C OF C MEMBERS TO HEAR LAWSHE Ben B. Lawshe, Washington, D. C, manager of the commer cial organizations division of the National Chamber of Com merce, will speak here Friday evening of this week at a Joint meeting of the Ashland and Medford Chambers of Com merce. The meeting Is to be at 7:30 o'clock In the basement of the Medford Hotel. "Business and War" will be the theme of Mr. Lawshe's talk. According to Frank Hull, secre tary of the local chamber, Mr. Lawsche Is considered one 01 the best Informed men In the National Chamber of Commerce and is an excellent speaker. All business men and others are in vited to attend. E MOTORING OUT Washington, Jan. 6 (U.B Price and Ration Administrator Leon Henderson today banned all pleasure and non-essential motoring in 17 eastern states and the District of Columbia, ef fective at noon tomorrow. The office of price administra tion at the same time revealed substantial cuts will be made in 24 hours in fuel oil heating ra tions of all buildings In the east except those used for residential purposes. service. Pictures show that be tween 200 and 600 acres in such cities as Cologne, Dussel dorf, Mainz and Rostock have been devastated. When the RAF uses the word ."devastated," it means that more than 65 per cent of the buildings In the area have been destroyed. Photographs show that block after block of buildings in Cologne, Luebeck, Osnabrueck and Essen are nothing but shells. There are many burned factories which the RAF is careful to bomb again as soon as repairs have been almost completed. Frontier reports show that the Germans make a determin ed attempt to keep the news of this destruction from the peo ple. Germans must obtain spec ial permission before they are allowed to visit such bomb stricken cities as Cologne and Duesseldorf. The German propaganda line now is to attempt to foster hatred against the British for the bombing destruction. The propagandists emphasize that the people are now fighting for their existence and In line with that policy the name of the anti- air defense organization has been changed. It used to be "LuftschuU" air defense. Now GRANTED $12,163 FOR MAINTENANCE Medford Institutions Assured Continuance by Receipt Of Government Finance. A grant of $12,163 for opera tion and maintenance of three nursery schools In Medford was made yesterday by the Federal Words Administration accord ing to a wire received by the Mall-Tribune from Rufus C. Hoi man. United States senator for this district. Two schools are already being operated in the basement of the First Christian church on South Oakdale street and the grant will make a third possible if the need is found. The 'schools are for the children of working mothers. Administration of the nursery schools will shift to the public school system under provisions of the grant and will come un der the supervision of E. H. Hed rick, superintendent of Medford city schools. Presently the school is administered by a coun cil of representative men and women of the city and headed by the Rev. R. W. Coleman. Available Now Money from the grant is avail able from January 1 and will cover the period until June 30, according to Senator Holman The schools have been operat ing under WPA funds and the change was made necessary by dissolving of WPA by President Roosevelt Funds for nursery schools of this type are granted under the provisions of the Lan- ham act which set aside money for projects of various types In defense areas. The Rev. Coleman stated today that the Medford schools were the first In Oregon to be granted money under the Lanham act. Improved service In the schools will be made possible by the grant, the minister said. He pointed out that In anticipation of the grant the council had some time ago worked out sliding scale of fees based on Income of the parents and that many children were cared for for a very small sum. May Cars for Mora Additional pupils may now be cared for also, Rev. Coleman said, and stated that applications could be made at once. Another feature made possible by the funds will be extension of health suDervision of the children, he said. The two schools now have an enrollment of 35 children, (Continued on Page Fire) it Is "Selbstschutz self defense. Effects Are Listed In broad terms, here are some of the effects of the RAF raids: 1. Swedish reports say coal production in the Ruhr has fall en off which in turn reduces steel production and that repair work has consumed a tremen dous part of German's war energy. 2. German moral in uie bombed areas Is wobbly. A Swiss correspondent wrote that inhabitants of the Rhlneland seemed "obsessed by the horrors of bombardment Even the German radio after the Septem ber raid on Duisburg described the situation this way: "Last night the men and women of Duisburg trembled, their faces were lined and haggard and their words bore witness to their terror. 3. Between 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 persons many of them eligible for front line duty are tied down as members of the "self defense organization, Lately, however, the demand for additional troops has in creased so much that workers have, been taken out of factories to man the anti-aircraft units and the men released hava gone to war. 4. Actual physical damage can Rose Bowl Fans With B, C Cards Anger Rationer Los Angeles, Jan. 6 (U.B Because "thousands" of B and C gas ration stlckered cars flocked to the Rose Bowl gatne New Year's day, state rationing officer Paul Barks dale D'Orr announced today he has asked a federal ban on major sports in California for the djration. D'Orr's action followed re ceipt of increasingly numer ous N complaints about the number of B and C coupon holders who attended the grid classic, and official disclosure that despite gas rationing. Rose Bowl traffic New Year's day was the heaviest in its history. NINE JAP SHIPS SUNK BY ALLIES IN RABAUL RAID Gen. MacArthur's Headquar ters, Australia, Jan. 6 (U.R) Al lied planes, In a shattering blow at a new Japanese Invasion fleet, have sunk nine and probably 10 ships, totaling more than 50,000 tons, at Rabaul, in New Britain Island, It was announced today. Striking at a moment when Australia was fearful of a ma jor Japanese offensive, possibly even against this continent. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's giant con solidated Liberator and Boeing Flying Fortress bombers attacked the Japanese fleet concentration in two waves. They planted 1,000-pound bombs on eight supply ships and transports, a destroyer tender and a destroyer tied alongside it, The bombers, raiding without tighter escort, shot down six Japanese fighter planes which tried to intercept them. Only one bomber was missing when the communique announc ing the raid, possibly the most successful In the southwest Pa cific campaign, was issued. For two days, Australian gov ernment and other sources had been expressing fears of new Japanese aggression, asserting that a powerful Japanese fleet was assembling at Rabaul, Japan's biggest base In the southwest Pacific, lying 900 miles south of its own Truk islands base. GALLAGHER HEADS 8. O. New York, Jan. 6 (U.B R. W. Gallagher was elected presi dent and chief executive officer of the Standard OH company (N. J.) today succeeding the late W. S. Parish. be summarized as follows: Duis burg One of the largest steel works In Germany has been out of operation since July; Cologne bombed 110 times and about one-third of the city is In ruins including an area one mile by a mile and a half which included the industrial section; Mainz the Germans hava acknowledg ed that the older part of the city has been ruined with seven of 10 houses wrecked; Ham burg raided 93 times with sub marine construction plants ana port facilities heavily damaged; Bremen raided 101 times, in cluding one 1,000-plane raid, factory area so devastated that the Focke-Wulf four-engine air craft works has been moved farther east; Karlsruhe 270 acres of the factory are dev astated; Rostock Helnkel air plane factory knocked out; Lue beck Germans acknowledge 40 per cent of the town has been devastated; Aachen railroad marshaling yards and one-third of the town ruined. The indirect effect of the bombings shows on the nation's transportation system, particu larly railroads. The railroads In Germany still run, an authori tative source said, but they are able now to take car of only 40 per cent of th normal civilian needs. . - M'ALLISTER SEES POSSIBILITY OF E TAX CUT Medford Man Slated for Speakership, Gives Views On Departure for Session. There Is a distinct possibility that the state legislature may b able to reduce the rat of tha state income tax at the session which opens Monday according; to William M. McAllister. Med ford attorney, member of tha house of representatives, slated to be the next speaker. McAllis ter, who left this morning for Salem to attend the 1943 session of the state's governing body, yesterday discussed important measures which will probably com before tha legislature and stated that the state's coming; financial program would prob ably constitute the biggest prob lem to be handled. "War has Increased the lneoma of the state, mainly through In creased collections on the stata income tax," McAllister said, and added that the cost of governing the state had risen also. In this respect ha said that many em ployees of the state bad gone in to higher paid employment. There is little possibility of any new tax .being introduced, ha said, unless the issue of the sales tax is revived. School Tax Faulty An amendment to the recently passed school tax bill is sure to be introduced according to Mr. McAllister. This bill, providing; that any money in excess of sev en and three-quarter million dol lars collected from state lneoma taxes should be distributed to school districts, was passed on, the premise that It would reduce) real property taxes, McAllister said, but it is now thought this would not be accomplished. "The bill was poorly drawn and the people who sponsored it are now working to have it amend ed," Mr. McAllister stated. . A fight is likely to develop over the state's unemployment compensation set-up, the legis lator said. He pointed out that a merit rating system had been worked out under which tha amount paid into the fund by employers was lowered under certain conditions and that em ployers of the state, noting that more than $26,000,000 has ac cumulated in the fund, will probably want the rata mad still lower. Labor factors will probably work to have the merit rating system discarded entirely and thereby build up a large fund to draw unemployment compensation against in futura years. Early End Possible "Everything possible will doubtless be done to alleviate conditions at the state hospitals for the insane," Mr. McAllister commented. He pointed out that the last legislature appropriated in excess of 1300,000 for a new building for these Institutions but that due to conditions mate rial for Its construction was un obtainable. Mr. McAllister Is of the opinion that a more adequate staff with higher salaries will probably be provided for tha in stitutions. Possibility of tha session ending on the allotted SO-day period was discussed by Mr. Mc Allister, who said that If elect ed speaker he would make an ef fort to wind up the session on time. The last three sessions have averaged more than 60 days each in length. Beginning with this session, members will be paid at the rate of $8 a day for 50 days instead of the former $3 for 40 days paid for many years. Others Going Other Jackson county legisla tors are Earl T. Newbry and Fred Homes, Ashland, the latter hav ing recently been named by the county court to serve In plac of Frank Vanbyke, who entered the army after his election last falL The 1943 session opens Mon day, with a Joint meeting of rep resentatives and senators in the afternoon, at which time Earl Snell will be inaugurated as the state's governor. Wan' cton and Oregon pro I due about 25 per cent of th national timber supply. 7
