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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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,
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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.
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