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Newspaper Page TextLet YOUR Aaswat T Bombs B BOMDSI Bly nil Bond. SB ItilD TOItal CcDtrtbut to tb m ' tfroft m Tout nation ntnot- lara. your own at If -protection Camunla that IO0 fr put MOWI Tbirty-eifthth Year News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Sept. 12 As . Americans first surged ashore at Naples, a better-than-usual mili tary count showed 13 Ger man divisions then entrench ed in northern Italy, and four or five in the south . (around 250,000 men in all). This force was greater than anything the United Na tions had pub- licly shown in action in Sicily or southern Italy. ANNOUNCEMENTS have men- tioned only five American divisions in action In Sicily, and have suggested the presence of about an equal number of Brit ish and Canadians, in action .it any rate (reserves not disclosed) Moreover, an excellent de fensive position was' available . to the Nazis in the Apennine line running from Pisa on the Mediterranean through Florence to Ancona on the Adriatic. The few mam-, highways approach this line through mountain passes and the railroads run through tunnels. ' 1 ' . The Germans could constantly ' augment and supply a force there from rear lines running back into three directions to southern France, Austria . and Trieste (the Balkans). Furthermore, it would be Just like the Germans to plan their last big fight on Italian soil, and thus cause destruction ' of Ital Ian- cities and civilians rather than their own. Indeed, If they ; live up to their historic customs they will surrender before we or the Russians can get to their borders. Consequently, every detailed development in Italy has been read with eagerness born of un certainty here. - It was clear to all that even after our successful landings on Italian shores, everything would have to be organized all over again for a campaign against ' strong Nazi defense on the Ap ennine line, or even the weaker Po and final Alpine lines behind (Continued on Pago Pour) T - Chungking, Sept. 13. (U.R) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was named president of China's national government today, suc ceeding the late President Lin Sen who died August 1. Dur ing the war Chiang Kai-Shek will remain grand marshal of the nation's armed forces. Chiang, who was serving as acting president, was chosen un- , animously by the central execu tive committee of the Kuomin- tang, dominant government party, which under Chiana s provisional cqnstitution Is en trusted with all high appoint ments. Winnipeg Sept 13. (U.R) Grain futures closed steady to strong today. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTER Rawles Moore giving an ex citing description of the trip he hopes to take to the world series tome day. Lloyd Rupp cheerful over the results of the bond sale at the Victory Center Saturday night and wondering what Jens Jen sen was going to do with the race horse and goat which he ML rani Malloa Medfor Ualtad PllM mil TWO SHIPS, PLANE LOST, FOE ADMITS Axis Radio Also Full oi Raid on Third American North Japan. By United Press Tokyo radio said today that 18 American bombers attacked installations in the Kurile isV ands on the northern approaches to Japan yesterday. - The broadcast, recordea by ine federal communications com mission, said two Japanese trans ports were set afire and land la stallatlons damaged slightly. Ground fire and intercepting planes were reported to have shot down several, of the bomb ers while loss of one Japanese Diane was admitted. The Kurlles were suc-ieciea to American bombing attacks on July 19 and Aug. 12. Objective of the July raid was the Para mushiru naval base in the north ernmost of the Kurile chain which stretches for 700 miles northward from the main isl ands of Japan. The FCC said the broadcast was in Japanese and beamed to occupied east-Asia.,- ,;- The Japanese plane' lost, Japanese Dome! Agency dispatch broadcast by Tokyo said, "boldly crash-dived Into one enemy plane." . By United Press Axis radios reported today that American bombers had hit at the Kurile islands on the northern approaches to Japan itself for the third time. The report coincided with new gains in the southwest Pacific where Allied forces routed the Japanese and captured Salamaua airdrome and edged into posi tion to assault Lae, strong en emy base on the New Guinea coast. ' Washington did not confirm the Axis reports immediately. A Tokyo dispatch broadcast by Berlin said nine of 18 attacking planes were shot down but ad mitted loss of a Japanese plane and damaging of two transports and land installations. The Kuriles, which stretch in 700-mlle-long chain north of the Japanese mainland islands toward Russia's Kamchatka pen insula, have been attacked twice in the last two and one-half months. The objective of one raid was the naval base at Para mushiru. The planes presumab ly came from the Aleutians. Name Administratrix Ceo. A. Hunt Estate The estate of George A. Hunt, who died intestate in an auto mobile accident August 31, has been filed for probate. A peti tion for administrating the estate was filed by Attorney Frank P. Farrell and Mr. Hunt's widow, Mrs. George. A. Hunt, was appointed admlnlstratix. Mr. Hunt's business holdings included southern Oregon theatres and other enterprises. PEACE PROGRAM URGED New York, Sept. 13. (U.R Sen. Elbert D. . Thomas, CD.). Utah, key-noting a "win the peace" rally, reiterated his plea last night for leaders of the Unit ed Nations to formulate a peace time program before the war ends, rather than attempt to ar range a "cooling-off period" after Germany surrenders un conditionally. BASEBALL NATIONAL (10 innings) Brooklyn R. H. . 8 13 .7-9 Boston , Melton, . Webber, Head and Braean; Barrett, Javery and Kluttz,' Masi. (Suspended game of. July 18 resumed with Boston : II iiiiuiiimu iuii iiiuiiiii -- t bat last of 6th inning.) Lad Wit Berlin Feels iJ'Vw mid A This la one kind ol a plcnlo Berllnwi don't njy. Thay at m the streets attar a Urge JLA.F. 'attack demalkbad- theat;. noma. Net the Urg apartment fcauM la backgrtmad which 1 completely demolished after 1.000 tons of high explosive and incendiary bombs war dropped is a concerted attack which lasted 20 minute. ' KIDNAPED; ALLIES Scent Hitler Plot to Revive Facist Plot Fear. Mus solini Will Talk. London, Sept. 13. U.R) Ger many boasted today that former Premier Benito Mussolini had been snatched from the new Ital ian government and allied quar ters speculated that, if true, this might mean the beginning of an attempt by Adolf Hitler to pump life into the discredited fascist party and revive the axis part nershlD. Nazi report of Mussolini's re lease coincided with word from various sources that Italians still under German domination were striking and resisting Hitlerlan aggression to the best of their ability. It was believed wax nitier wu .Hl.d?LnZ.S the administration may be tip the fiction of fascism and nazism ,. . .rimtn. as a fighting team, with Musso lini still the leader oi Italians op posed to the allies. -- One view was that Hitler had gone to great lengths to retrieve Mussolini in the fear that II Duce's depressed and falling con dition would prompt him to re veal many embarrassing political and military facts should he fail into allied hands. A Swiss report that Mussolini had been "rescued" by German paratroopers from Palermo, Sic ily, was discounted here. It was said authoritatively that he never had been in allied hand. (The nazi-controlled Hilver- sum radio in Holland reported that Mussolini's son, Vittorlo, had arrived in Germany also, U. S. government monitors said.) Th French newspaper De pech Algerienne at Algiers said that King Victor Emmanuel and Premier Marshal Pietro Badogllo were believed to be in Sicily, but this was not confirmed by .any other source. They also had been reported in southern Italy. Survivor are hi wife, living In Spokane, Wash., wher they hav lived sine that urn. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, Air Fury iAcm Radio-TtUphta) F. R. 'GESTAPO' TAP HIS PHONE WIRE Columnist Denounced as "Chronic Liar" Expects "Chronic Denial." " Washington, Sept. 13 (U,R) Drew Pearson, the columnist de nounced by President Roosevelt recently, as a chronic liar, has accused the president's "Gestapo agents' of tapping hi telephone wires, shadowing and otherwise spying up on him. In a statement to the press, Pearson, author of the syndicat ed column, "Washington Merry-Go-Round," charged that Presi dent Roosevelt, unable . keeP peace in his official famly and to prevent word of differences from reaching the public, has directed his "Gestapo agents" to listen In on newspaper telephone wires to see "what members of istrative mess which he has tried to clean up but cannot do without the help of public opin ion. 'It is about time the Roose velt administration remembers that we are fighting to rid the world of Gestapo methods and quits tapping the wires of news paper men, Pearson saia. He predicted tnat nis cnarge would bring a "chronic denial, but added: "Not every administration blunder is a military secret And if the president retains cabinet members who go in for blun ders, then their Gestapo should not resort to wire tapping to find out who is trying to focus the -clean light of publicity on their mistakes." He . charged specifically that th morning after he talked to a certain government official a transcript of th conversation was laid on the. deak of the cab inet officer i who was the offi cial's superior; that six men from the naval intelligence office had shadowed him and hung around his house apparently to check hi movement and visitors. ;IT. I, Accident Occurs Sunday on Pacific Highway Near Phoenix Sailor Escapes Injury. Mrs. Adelia I. Wood, 36, of 363 Byxbee street, San Francis co, died in a Camp Whit hospi tal about 10 a. m. Sunday of injuries she received when her car smashed into a concrete gate post at the private driveway leading to the E. H. Lamport home on the Pacific highway a half mile north of Phoenix. The accident occurred at 4:18 a. m Sunday. Seriously Injured in the mis hap - was the driver of Mrs. Wood's car, 2nd Lt Wilbur P. Stender, 28, of Hackettstown, N. J., who is stationed at Camp White. He is confined in camp hospital. Also in the machine, a 1939 Buick coupe, was Robert C Barker, 18, of ' Camas, Wash Investigating state policemen said he had received a medical discharge from the U, S, navy at Santa Crus, Calif., on Sept. 11 -and - was 'picked . up by Mrs Wood and Lt. Stender near Red ding, Calif., while he was hitch hiking horn. He was not badly hurt. - The machine, state police said, was traveling north and hit the gatepost apparently at a high rate of speed. They quoted Barker as . saying the . car had been driven very fast ever since he had been picked up. Barker told police that Mrs. Wood was asleep In the front seat when the accident happened, and that he was sitting directly behind the driver in th small back eat. ..; . Mrs. Wood, according to state police, was a registered nurse in California. Letters on her indi cated her husband, 2nd Lt. Pruet A. Wood, was on overseas duty, as his address wus listed as Army Postoffice, New York City. Her destination was not immediately known. Camp White authorities said a board of officers would make a thorough Investigation of the crash. FIRST TEST DUE DAD DRAFT BILL Washington, Sept. 13. (U.fO Congress returns from summer vacation tomorrow to face press ing problems of war and pos sibly peace. ' The war-time questions of manpower, foreign policy, taxes and inflation are first on the Agenda. Congress will be asked to de cide whether to ban the drafting of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers and place a statutory limit on the six of the armed forces now scheduled to reach 11,724,066 by the end of this year. The first test of strength Is scheduled Wednesday in the senate. Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., Intends to call then for a vote on his bill to prevent the drafting of fathers. The ad ministration is expected to block it, at least temporarily, by send ing it back to committee for i survey of manpower problems. Washington, Sept. IS, (U.R) Chairman Walter F. George, D. Ga of the senate finance com mittee said today that new taxes enacted thl year would not raise mora than $3,000,000,000 to $5,000,000,000 in addition) tevenue, notwithstanding the administration's desir to raise $12,000,000,000. XBSSJi NE United Pntt-PuU I 1943. 75,000 MEN USED Mock War, With Tanks and Planes Will Last Nine Weeks. IV Corps Headquarters, Ore gon Maneuver Area, Sept. 13, (U.R) Two powerful forces of American soldier moved against each other from opposite sides of a central Oregon battle field in simulated bloody war fare as the IV army corps ma neuvers got under way today. Utilizing tactics learned from the world's battlefronts, the red forces under command of Major General Gilbert R. Cook moved westward, while the blues, un der Major General James L. Bradley, slashed in from their side of a 10,000-square-mllp area. - Aloft, a force of warplanes thundered in support of the might of armor and artillery and infantry. Heavy bombers soared as mere specks in the sky, while attack bombers and ground stra- fers shot over the heads of some 73,000 troops headed for a clash, a v some unaeterminea point. -It was up to the reconnalsance units of each force to locate the "ene.ay", discover his strategy and thwart his plans. . For nine weeks these western arm divisions will attack and counterattack, while a corps of 1S00 umpires will gage the turn of the battle. When the artillery is deemed to have scored hits they will indicate it by means of colored signals. When men fall in battle, they wiU declare them casualties. Observing the whole array of battle is the commanding gen eral, Alexander M. Patch, who was in charge of the early ground forces at Guadalcanal, As the simulated bombing, strafing and gunfire fell their victims, the men will be gath ered at collecting stations before being taken to field hospitals. while first-aid will be adminis tered under fire. The side that musters the greatest firepower will be de clared the winner by the umpire section, under Command of Lt, Col. Charles S. Pettee. WEDGE ON NAZIS London, Sept 1 3. (U.R) Th Rd army dror into th suburbs of Bryansk today, capturing two railroad junc tions on th fringes of th big Garman bas anchoring th lower and of tha central front, Moscow reported in communique. , Moscow, Sept. 13. (U.R) Red armies widened a wedge in the main Axis defenses only 12 miles east of Bryansk today, drove to within 90 miles of the bastion of Kiev and overran nearly 250 more towns and vill ages along a 600-mlle offensive front. Bryansk, at the hinge of the southern and central fronts, ready has been outflanked from both the north and south and the sudden Soviet penetration of its main frontal defenses with th capture of Bely Berega yes terday posed the most serious threat yet to that base. The Soviet high command, In confirming that Bryansk was being by-passed to the north, said 60 localities had been liber ated in a five-mils advance ward Roalavl, 78 miles north west of Bryansk and only 20 miles from th boundary of Whit Russia. In MM War Bulletins Chlasso. Italo-Swlii Border. Sept. 13 (U.R) Italian infan trymen at Trento in the Ital ian Dolomites exhausted all thtir ammunition against the, Germans, then went to their deaths charging tanks with nothing more than their baye-net-tlpped rlilaa. APAIR BASE IN GUINEA. TOPPLES en Weeks campaign or Allies Traps 20,000 Ene my Troops. Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, Sept. 13. (U.R) Salamaua airdrome was in allied hands today after a rout of its Japanese defenders and Ameri can and Australia troops moved into position for a swift drive to seize a 50-mlle stretch of the New Guinea coastline. The airfield, first major Japa nese aerial base in the southwest Pacific to be qaptured, tell after 10-week campaign that turned into tha most gruelling of the war in New Guinea. Australian and American sol diers swam across the Francisco river south of the unused Sala maua field Saturday and over ran the outer defenses of the main enemy base, sending Jap anese troops fleeing for safety toward the town itself. Earlier the Japanese had raced across th flooded river in full retreat, leaving hundred of dead behind, after an artillery barrage forced them out of deep entrenchments. Allied aerial attacks had ren dered Salamaua airfield useless months ago but it selzur drove the Japanese from a strategic standpoint in the area. The remnant of the enemy garrison could retreat only into the town itself, at the base of a small peninsula about a mile from the field, or up the coast toward besieged Lae, which is 25 miles by air and probably twice that by land, to the north west. But there they would be caught by allied forces moving in from east and west. At least 20,000 enemy troops were be lieved trapped in the closing allied lines. Allied forces surrounding Lae skirmished with the Japanese at the Busu river, four miles east of the base, where a weak coun terattack was repulsed. No hard fighting had developed. The al lied troops were seeking a posi tion from which the Lae garri son can be stormed. Forces In the Markham valley eight miles west of Lae met some Japanese outpost at Heath a plantation. OF NAZI TROOPS London, Sept. 13 (U.R) Swiss mountain troops manned th Al pin passes from southern Frence to the Austrian Tyrol today as report from the continent lndl cated a vast shlfe of Ctarman reserves from the Russian front to Italy, France and tha Balkans. The Swiss radio announced be latedly that frontier troops ware sped to key fortresses at th St. Maurice, St. Gotthard and Bar gain passes as an emergency measure, immediately after the Italian armistice declaration last Thursday. Printed books have existed tor less than 600 year in th Occi dental world. Mall TribuM BARGAIN DAYS NOW! Potrtivahr CIom Sept. 19th NO. 148. 15) NAZI TANK DRIVE IN NAPLES AREA Enemy Battles Fiercely to Hold Escape Corridor Open Crotone Falls. Allied Headquarters, North Africa, Sept. 13. (U.R) The American 6th army beat off re peated heavy counterattacks on the Salerno front south of Naples today, as the Nari 16th panzer division battled desper-, ately to hold open an escape cor rldor tor their troops falling back from southern Italy. . . While the British 8th army seized Crotone and struck to ward the Barl sector 100 miles' to the south, crack Nazi tank forces were hurled against the American and British bridge head at Salerno in the bitterest fighting of the campaign. The enemy has selected excel lent defensive points on high ground from which to make their counterthrusts and their artillery was Installed on hills that commanded beaches and road junctions. The Nazis were showing the greatest determina tion of the Mediterranean con flict but as iaiUng in their coun- ' mrai. taclt-a A (nr. - Th Germans were resisting desperately the fifth army' at tempt to break through their lines above Salerno, 30 mile south of Naples. Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower's communique re ported, and front dispatches told of positions changing hands sev eral times within a matter of hours. "Very heavy fighting con tinue in the area of the fifth army at Salerno," th communi que ald. - Th eighth army' captur of Crotone, a thriving little seaport in peace-time with a population of 9,700, brought the British and Canadian troops almost to th southern rim of the Gulf of Ta ranto after an advance from Catanzaro, which feU only 24 , hours earlier. ' The port was found in good condition, the communique said, and the eighth army was ad vancing further north along tha whole front. Little or no enemy resistance Is being encountered, but exten sive demolitions are causing some delay," lt added. Allied Headquarters, North Africa, Sept. 13. (U.R) The British eighth army has cap tured the Italian south coast port of Crotone in a rapid-fir 30-mlle advance almost without opposition while Anglo-American Invaders to the north locked forces with the Germans in a bitter, swaying battle on the southern approaches to Naples, it was announced today. L SAYS MIND BLANK Selfrldge Field, Mich., Sept. 13. (U.R) Col. William T. Col man, deposed commander of Sel frldge field, denied vigorously before a court-martial today that ne had arranged transfer or Pvt (now lieutenant) Benson Ford to the army air base here as a "convenience" to Ford or his family. Colman, on trial for 29 speci fic violations of five articles of war, took the witness stand again today after testifying yes terday his mind was "a blank" when he wounded Pvt. William McRae. a negro soldier at the post, last May 5. Sale In th Third Victory Loin drift to dat S391.198.50 a purchased. .