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Ltt YOUR Aunt T '" Bomb Be BONDSI Bey Wai Boodt an Btams TOUAV ocalrtbau huini "oft or four mi to. rxtnot tm. tout mwa rll-praurllu demand! tftjt tOD year put KOWI Dm Th MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Onlck Results At Small Cost Medford Tribttne United Pi Full Lund Wlr United Pi Full Win Thirty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1943 NO. 151 i i 1 -7- i " i News Behind The News by Paul Mailon Washington, Sept. 16 Most people in the hurry and troubles of their own busy war lives never stop to think about the oppor t u n i t y these treasury bond drives of fer to them. They do not have the time or opportunity to analyze ful ly what a bond means to them personally. The publicity - is real Jblmlloa generally d 1- rected toward inspiring their patriotic spirit for purchases, as it should be, but there is an other sice of it which should not be overlooked. ) QONDS are savings. They are real social security, real old-age insurance. They are the best investment for the average man, the safest place to put his money against a rainy day. If any wage-earner can start early in life to put a certain amount of money each year in small defense bonds, he can have these coming due annually 1 1 the end of a 10-year period not only the amount he -paid in, but a 25 per cent increase on his investment. ..Where else can you find an opportunity for small invest ment today that guarantees --25 pec cent increase in 10 years? Series E bonds are best for this purpose. I started in saving - that way seven years ago, long before the war, and I have beer. " fortunate enough to be able to buy the limit for myself and my family each year since then. , . I ET us be frank and look at " It fairly. Some people hold back in fear of the size of the war debt or inflation. Those objections are foolish. No matter how great the war debt, these savings bonds will be so widely distributed among (Continued on Pw Ten) Tear Gas Quell Prison Uprising Oregon City, Ore., Sept. 16 (U.R) Sheriff's deputies and firemen used tear gas to quell three prisoners who started a fire in a cell block in an ap I parent attempt to break out of the Clackamas county jail here last night. When Deputy Sheriff E. L. Bacon answered the cell block buzzer he was greeted by a barrage of bottles and while he was away to summon aid ,'rom the jail office the prisoners broke up and ignited furniture. Italian Sovereign Reported in Sicily Bern, Sept. 16 (U.FO The Nazi-controlled newspaper La Stampa of Turin has reported that King Victor Emmanuel and Crown Prince Umberto of Italy are at Palermo, Sicily, and Pre mier Marshal Pietro Badogllo is in Africa, it was learned . today. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTER Vivian Moral being a little re luctant to explain why she was wading in Bear Creek yesterday at 1:30 p. m. Peggy Falvey being surprised but not pleased at her unusual birthday present yesterday. Laura Porter thrilled over two joyful events happening the same day. Tom Young displaying post cards picturing "ML Shasta, Oregon." Chet Hale performing with notable culinary skill on some home-raised chickens. Johnny Homer, veteran of W W. No. 1. mourning with a fel low ditto over Uncle Sam's giv ing them the brush-off in W. W. Mo. 2.- - BLACK SEA BASE FIVE-DAY FIGHT Loss Dooms Nazi Bridgehead in Northwest Caucasus Crimea Attack Possible. London, Sept. 16 (U.R) The Red army recaptured the great Black Sea naval base of Novor- ossisk today, dooming the Ger man bridgehead in the north west Caucasus and laying open the Crimea to Soviet attack across the narrow Kerchenski Straits. Premier-Marshal Josef Stalin announced the capture of Nov orossisk, last base for German operations in the Kuban foot hold to which the battered Axis forces clung stubbornly after they were penned up by the Red army offensive last winter. Five-Day Fight Novorossisk - fell after five days of fierce fighting to the army of the north Caucasus which was supported by war ships of the Black Sea fleet tak ing part in amphibious assault. , Coincident with Moscow s report of the capture of Novor ossisk, the Berlin radio said that the Red army had launched a large scale offensive on the Len ingrad front 1,250 miles to the northwest The Russians were trying to smash the "northern bolt of the German encirclement front be fore Leningrad," the Nazis said, acknowledging a powerful on slaught preceded by an intense artillery bombardment. Between the two ends of the blazing front, the Germans were reported fleeing in disorder to ward the Dnieper river on. a broad front as the advancing Russians threatened the last ma jor bases east of the river. Moscow, Sept. 16. (U.R) The Red army began a race against autumn rains toward Kiev, Ger many's main base in Russia, to day after smashing the last for midable outpost to the north east, Nezhin, only 72 miles away. (Military observers in Lon don predicted that the Russians not only would throw the Ger mans back to Kiev and other points along the Dnieper river. but perhaps to the Polish border, 150 miles farther west.) Rains already have begun in the southern -Jkraine, but unin terrupted advances the length of the front indicated that the Red army has a fighting chance of reaching the Dnieper river on a broad front before the offen sive bogs down in mud, possibly at the end of this month. Y Seattle, Sept. 16. (U.R) Navy investigators combed payroll lists of Puget Sound shipyards today with the intention of re leasing thousands of workers to other essential war Industries. Already, reports indicated, shipyards have cut thousands of workers off payrolls by dismis sals and by not replacing men quitting shipyard jobs. Navy of ficers and the management of the Lake Washington shipyard have been in daily conference for a week over a proposal to release half of the 8,000 workers the yard employs. DRAFTINGSYSTE1VI New York, Sept 16. (U.R) Mayor F. H. Laguardia attacked the direction of the selective service system as "most unim aginative" today and said that unless a change was made "we will be headed for the hopeless situation of the OPA." "If the trend of taking fathers goes into effect 6,492 in our police department will be in volved," Laguardia said. "Seven hundred already are in the services." War Bulletins Bern, Sept. 16 (U.RV Th German-controlled Turin news paper Stampa estimated today that there are 300.00P German troops In northern Italy. - London, Sept. 16 (U.R) Rome radio said today that Marshal Ugo Cavallero. for mer commander of the Italian armed forces and chief of the Italian general staff under Benito Mussolini, had com mitted suicide. London, Sept, 18. (U.R) The German DNB News Agency's radio station at Ber lin went off the air tonight "for technical reasons," indi cating that Allied planes might be on the offensive. FIRES BULLET INTO OWN HEAD Martha Marie Bettner, about 24, of Route 2, box 316 Ashland, was near death in Ashland Com munity hospital today with a bullet wound at the base of her brain which state police said ap parently was self-inflicted. The woman, mother of- a month-old child, was given little chance to recover. State police quoted Mrs. Bett- ner's husband as saying he was in the barn when he heard the shot, and that when he investi gated he found her seated on a chair at a table. . Litwiller'i am bulance was called from Ash land. 1 Police, who are continuing the investigation, said the Bett- ner's had come here from the vicinity of Salinas, Calif., about six months ago and had a small farm near Talent. The bullet fired from a small four-barreled .22 pistol, entered Mrs. Bettner's head near the right temple ' and progressed diagonally across the base oi the brain, police said. Railroad Unions . Ask F.D.R.'s Aid Washington, Sept 16. (U.R) Leaders of 15 unions of non operating railroad employes at a White House conference today sought President Roosevelt's aid in hurrying federal approval of wage Increases for their more than 1,000,000 members. George M. Harrison, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and spokesman for the group said non-operating em ployes "out in the field are very much exercised over the delay in clearing up" their wage case which has been in the stage of negotiation for about a year. Northampton, Mass., Sept. f6 U.R) Maintenance employes at Smith college refused today to wash the clothing of Dr. Schuchl Kusaka, a Japanese alien, and threatened to stage a general strike in protest against his ap pointment to the physics depart ment. Hundreds o f townspeople. some of whom lost their sons at Guadalcanal, supported the 200 maintenance workers in contesting Kusaka's appointment. Halt Oregon Maneuvers to Regroup for Next Problem By Jerry Hannifin United Press Correspondent Fourth Corps Headquarters, Oregon Maneuver Area, Sept. 16 (U.R) Ma). Gen. Alexander M. Patch, directing the Oregon army maneuvers, today ordered a halt in operations in the first of a series of maneuver prob lems as the Red and Blues locked in violent battle astride the central Oregon highway In the area of Westhampton and East Brothers. Problem directors announced that the troops concerned had exhausted their minimum battle experience and ordered a stop, pending regrouping of forces and reassembling In another area for the next problem. The stop order came at the end of the third day on a prob lem Involving 70,000 men. air Allies Take Salerno Offensive Pursue Back-Pedaling Germans REP. CURLEY CITED Massachusetts Political Fig ure and Five Cohorts Charged After FBI Probe. Washington, Sept. 16. (U.R) Rep. James M. Curley, D., Mass., former governor of Massachu setts and three times mayor of Boston, was indicted here today by a federal grand jury on charges of mail fraud in connec tion with an alleged war con tracts brokerage racket, the jus tice department announced. Indicated with Curley were five other officers and directors of Engineers' Group, Inc., of which Curley was president and director from the time it was or ganized in June, 1941, until Dec. 29, 1941. Heavy Penalties Maximum penalties in event of conviction on all 21 counts con tained in the indictment would total 102 years in prison and ?30, 000 fines. ' . Others Indicted were: ' Donald Wakefield Smith, for mer memDer ox ine nauonai la bor relations board, who was as sistant secretary and treasurer oi the firm. Marshall J. Fitzgerald, secre tary and director. James G. Fuller, 43, executive vice-president and director, now serving five years in a federal penitentiary for sending fraudu lent securities through the mails. - James Barton Underwood, 45, now (roup captain in the Royal Hellenic (Greek) air force with headquarters In Cairo. He was president and director during January and February, 1942. Bertram Hall, Dallas, Tex., vice-president and director. The activities of Engineers' Group, Inc., have been the sub ject of a senate Truman commit tee investigation, and Curley per sonally has testified before that group: FBI Investigated The Indictment, containing 21 counts, followed a lengthy study by the federal bureau of investi gation. It charges that the de fendants orally and in brochures and correspondence mailed be tween June 20, 1941, and Feb. 20, 1942, falsely and fraudulent ly represented themselves as be ing an experienced and compe tent firm of consulting engineers with special facilities and quali fications for obtaining war con tracts from the government They are accused of accepting retainer fees as high as $9,000, and of entering into contracts which called for commissions up to 8 per cent on all war jobs ob tained. The game of ice hockey Is only about 50 years old. craft tanks, heavy artillery and other equipment in the foothills and desert country. Directors revealed the Red forces under Major General R. Cook had as their objective the taking of Horse ridge 17 miles east of Bend and Its defense against Blue troops who out numbered the Reds approxi mately two to one. Blue forces under Maj. Gen. James L. Brad ley had the objective to seize railway facilities at Burns, 131 miles east of Bend. Combat teams commanded by Col. Edwin T. May and Col. Cyrus Searcy slashed the Red left flank and were battling stubbornly when the halt was ordered. Official reaction and com ment was withheld pending the vmpires-dlrectori-observers critique. British Eighth Jsr s WIL5V Nolo 1 Is teBHsaMlt II .Cume IKMIA C3Ayugo. MlltS . -' (AcM9 'iSlWl4(IA While the Yanks of U. den. Mark Clark's Fifth Army battle fiercely to bold their Italian beactuwad at Sa lerno against continued Nazi counter-attacks, north-bound units of the British Eighth Army may take any one of the three routes, indicated by dotted lines, to Id their Aulas, inset shows the tm battled area a compared f to the whole of Italy. 17 YEARS OF AGE SEEN POSSIBILITY Washington,' Sept. 16 (U.R) The possibility of drafting 17 yearii'd youths was injected Into a senate military affairs committee hearing today when it was disclosed that to meet their goals the armed services must induct an average of 300, 000 men a month for the re mainder of this year. Committee Chairman Robert R. Reynolds, D., N. C, asked Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, chief of navy personnel and a witness before the committee, for his opinion on drafting 17-year-olds. High Officials Heard Reynolds apparently advanced the Idea of drafting 17-yenr-olds as one possible means of delay ing the draft of pre-Pearl Har bor fathers. The committee is hearing high army and navy officials on a bill sponsored by Senator Bur ton K. Wheler, D Mont, to delay the draft of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until Jan. 1, 1944. Jacobs said the navy must Induct approximately 533,000 men from Sept. 1 to Dec. 31 to meet its goal of 2,935,284 officers and men by Dec. 31 The army needs from 145,000 to 175,000 a month to bring It to its goal of 7,700,000 by Dee. 31, Ex-Air Wardens Confess Spying Ne wYork, Sept 16 (U.R) Two former air raid wardens on trial as spies for Germany, un expectedly pleaded guilty today despite a warning by Federal Judge Mortimer W. Byers that their cases involved a possible death penalty. . - Judge Byers' set Sept', 21 for Imposition of sentence on Er win H. De Spretter and Ernest H. Lehmitz. BASEBALL American Philadelphia 14 0 New York Bill Harris, Ciola and Wagner; Russo and Dickey. National Philadelphia 13 1 Boston i.. . 2 7 1 Rowe, Lee and Semlnlck; Tobln, Cardonl and Mast Army Driving to Aid ""TV,1! TA L m MfllM -.FiteiottoN Tyrrhenian $eo - : Jo U.S.Ni2l Vii UTTLtZONt Vatican Virtually Cut Off , From World by By Phil Ault . United Press Correspondent. London, Sept. 16 (U.R) German occupation forces virtu ally have cut off Vatican City from communication with the outside world, Catholic sources In anticipation of just such a move, a Madrid dispatch said, Pope Pius XII recently dis patched number of special envoys to foreign countries and forwarded detailed Instructions to the church hierarchy as to future steps. Radio Restricted Nazi restrictions on free use of the Vatican radio were said to have prevented neutral as well as belligerent diplomats at the Vatican from communi cating with their respective gov ernments for nearly three days. Marshal, Albert Kesselring, German military commander for southern and central Italy, reportedly sent a special emis sary to see the pope, but was refused an audience cn ground that the legal government of Italy headed by Premier Mar shal Pietro Badogllo had de clared Rome an open city, thus making the presence of German troops In the capital Illegal. Food Riots While Catholic concern over the welfare of the pope and the Vatican mounted, the Nazi-con trolled Scandinavian Telegraph bureau reported from Zurich that food riots had broken out in several large cities In north' em Italy, including Genoa, where 30 were said to have been killed. Radio Algiers broadcast that 8,000 Italian troops still were battling the Germans near Tren to in northern Italy, inflicting heavy casualties." Nearly all factories In north ern Italy have ceased produc tion because of strikes and com munications have een inter rupted throughout .e area, the Algiers broadcast, said. Railway strikes wer. reported at Milan, Turin, Genoa and Bologna. 18 Trapped When Blast Hits Mine Harlan, Ky., Sept. 16. U.R) Seventeen men were trapped In a mine explosion today at the Three Point Coal company, 15 miles southwest of Harlan. Res cue workers were unable to es tablish Immediate contact with the men and could not say whether they were alive or dead. Rescue squads from the Har lan county coal operators' as sociation and from the state de partment of mines were at the scene. Salerno Yanks Yf Mortroi iMigli ice j'X..-.-.-:--.:.-.v.-. v-..-;-.v..; fi Cuitof Toronto tj&i&riati:.' Nazi Forces in Madrid said today. AT NAZI CENTER London, Sept. 16 (U.R) Brit ish bombers raided Berlin last night and struck a heavy blow at the great rubber tire factory at Montlucon, France, a few hours after American Flying Fortresses had resumed the continual air offensive to smash Germany s war machine. The blow at Berlin appeared to have been a stinging attack by swift twin-engined Mosquito bombers on picked tarkets. Other planes made raids on north western Germany and northern France. Unloading possibly 1,000 tons of explosives, the giant four englned Royal air force planes blasted the Montlucon plant 40 miles northwest of Vichy soon after the Fortresses returned from their first dusk-hour as sults aimed at three major fac tories in the Paris area. The attacks broke a five-day lull in heavy blows on the con tinent. The assault on Berlin, seventy-ninth of the war, was the first since Sept, 3 when 1,000 ton of explosives were dropped in 20 minutes in the most concentrated attack ever made on Germany, Eight bombers were missing from the night s operations and two fighters were lost in rou tine attacks on Nazi-controlled French airfields. , The destruction at Montlucon cut into a weak link in Ger many's war structure since the plant was one of the largest in France making tires for the Nazi battle vehicles. The fac tory employed 3,500 workers before the war. San Francisco, Sept 16. (U.R) The (Jalllorn'a Railroad com mission today revealed a tele gram had been sent to the Chi cago meeting of the National Association of Utilities and Rail road Commissioners urging ex emption from military service of essential employes of California railroads. IT Allied Bridgehead Now Eight Miles Deep 8th Army Only 50 Miles Away. London, Bept IS (U.R) . The United Nations radio la North Africa reported today that the British Eighth army had reached Saprl, on the west coast of Italy 37 miles from Agropoll and a Junction, with the Fifth army. The Balerno Area. Bept 16 (U.R) The Fifth army lashed out from the Salerno bay, bridgehead early this morn ing and now Is doggedly pur-, suing the Germans as they withdraw. American and British troops early this morning resumed, the offensive from the Ba lerno bay bridgehead by a forward thrust that wiped eut the German salient between ' the Bale and Colore rivers. " Allied Headquarters, North Af ra, Sept 16 (U.R) The Amer ican 6th army,, reinforced by sea and - supported by naval guns and a powerful aerial fleet, seized the offensive on the Sa lerno front today and drove the Germans from their positions between the Sele and Color rivers, northwest of Altavllla. Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, commanding the Bth - army, praised the "splendid achieve ment of tha American and Brit ish forces, declared that "our beachhead is secure" and that "side by side with the British 8th army we will advance and occupy Rome, Naples and other cities to the north and free Italy from German domination," Eight Miles Deep The Allied bridgehead is now at least eight miles deep and the British 8th army, coming up from the south. Is around 50 miles from a juncture with the Bth army. The attack by American and British troops in the center of the Salerno-Airopoll blidgehead south of Naples was launched after a period of crisis In which elements of five crack German tank and motorized divisions threw i-verythlng they could muster into a vain attempt to destroy tha Allied Invasion spearhead. On Wednesday, the enemy counter-attack was stopped after the bloodiest fighting of tha Mediterranean war and today the Allies swung over to tha attack. The Germans, beaten back time after time by Allied counter-thrusts, aerial assaults at the rate of 2,000 sorties a day and salvos from warships off the coast, withdrew between the two rivers as the 5th army attacked with tanks, artillery and Infantry. By this morning, the landing of large reinforcements under tremendous difficulties and tha furious bombardments by the Allied warships and air fleets had dona their work, almost at th hour that Nazi propaganda broadcasts were claiming th Allied position was hopeless. B. r. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Sept 16 U.PJ Dairy market: Butter 93 score 43, 92 seor 4214, 90 score 42V4, 89 scor 41. Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf 27V. trivets 27. Eggs: Large grade A B4, me dium grade A 80, small grade A 46, large grade B 47. Sales In th Third Victory Lean drhr to data SG36,317.25
