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0 7: 1 5 Parade Precedes Today's Let YOUR Aniwr To -! Bomb B BONDSI Buy Wd Bond ml stamp TODay Contribute to th war effort of jour nation. Patriot torn, your own seli-protectlon demand! that 100 do tout part NOW! Thirty-eighth Year News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Sept. 30 This is J he most unusual war of history is far as propaganda is con cerned. If you take the offi cial statements of our side for instance, you will believe Japan cannot b e conquered for six years. The admirals say so. The na vy secretary, Mr. Knox, holds press conferences at Paul Halloa which such views are advertised. l The army officials give out statements that the second front cannot be launched for a long time, and that it will be a long, hard war. This theme is pur sued by Elmer Davis' office of war information, which seems to be determined to kill any optimism. s In all previous wars that I ever heard of, the official prop aganda idea was to keep every one, optimistic. In the world war, the civil war and even back beyond, the official inspiration always was to encourage people to victory and urge them on to their labor.. Only in this one have the government philoso pher practiced discouragement as an Incentive. ' " "-. EY seem to think that such tact tactics will inspire greater energy among the people to do their war work, but I wonder if .these tactics are successful. It would seem to be that if the ad mirals think Japan cannot, be conquered for six years, in view of the superior position which we hold, we need some new ad mirals. ''I may be wrong, but It occurs to me Secretary Knox should bring into his office for press . conferences those naval author!-- (Continued on Pag Six) ' London, Sept. 30 41.19 Brit- , ish four-engined bombers, hun- dreds strong, made a heavy block Vinitrr assault on the ereat arms Mn nt Rnphum In RprmflnV'S ' bomb-devastated Ruhr valley last night . nnlv elffht hnmhers were lost In the raid and in subsidiary at tacks on other targets in me n,,hr anri In mlna-lavinff ODer- ations, the air ministry an nounced. The big night-raiding Lancas ters, Stirlings and Halifaxes pen .tt heart ftf the Ruhr. the most heavily-protected area javif Germany, to deliver their car Ifgoes of explosives, ranging from four-ton super-block-busters cap nhle of devastating a six-acre city block each to two-pound to twiriiaries. Huge fires sprang up in their wake among the Jam-packed factories. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTER -r.i.- r l.hlna that he was J umi -nj ...... two other fellows so one could finish haying, "other could round up cattle and he could go "hunting. . Mark ' Hamaker constructing a power plant to supply dectric lights in a hunting camp. Diamond Flynn plotting to en tice an office girl from a fellow employer Into his own concern. Medford United Proa Toll AIDS IN FORCING L Action Speeded by Closing in of Allies by Land and Sea May Quit South Italy. Allied Headquarters, North Africa. Sept. 30 U.PJ Some units of. the Italian army, navy and air force have gone Into action against their for mer allies, the Germans, it was revealed today coincident with the announcement of a meeting of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Marshal Pie tro Badoglio. London, Sept. 30. (U.F9 Ber lin reports relayed through Stockholm said today that Ger man troops had evacuated Naples to avoid imminent Allied threats by land and sea, after a rebellion against Nazi rule had broken out within the city. Stockholm dispatches, quoting military spokesmen in Berlin, said the Germans had pulled out of Naples as the Allies closed against it from the south and the rebellious "communist" elements were cooperating with them. Usual Alibi Earlier German broadcasts dwelt at length on the . "com-' munist" uprising in Naples. It long had been the custom of Nazi propagandists to tack the label "communist" on any ele ment antagonistic to their occu pation forces. - A Stockholm AiionDiaaei ais patch from Berlin said the evacuation oi Naples was ora ered by the Nazi military com mand when the immediate threat to the city by land was auomented by indications of Al lied preparations for a landing in the Names harbor. , The apparent Nazi intention to surrender south Italy also was reflected in a Rome radio report that German authorities were moving as many Italians as they could from the lower to central and nortnern areas, evi dently to salvage them . as workers. The new Fascist government headed nominally or actually by Benito Mussolini was reporcea to be supporting the transfer of Italians to the norm. TO ALL SB vin Mnsura regulations have been lifted for all sections of the Dn.ll. RlvHr National Forest, it was announced this morning tmryy forest headauarters here inH rsolstration will not be re quired of hunters. Hunters must secure campflre permits, now ... It imia stated. Closures are still In effect for state forest areas, but Bunting and fishing bans have been lift ed and permits may be secured for these activities witn tne ex Usntlnn of certain slash areas. A. D. Reynolds, district state firs warden, stated that in cer tain areas near Prospect, Butte trails and in the GreensDrinKS district, hunting would not be permitted since fire nazaras were till tnn ereat. In the Green- springs district the specific areas are the east side oi Jenny treex, tk. hoflrtnuartrfl of Jennv Creek and the southwest section nf Riff Chinnuanin mountain. At the forest service office it was stated that registration would be required for the Fre mont National Forest with head quarters at Lakeview. Both state and national lortst omciais urged hunters to be extremely careful and to report any fires promptly. The diameter of the moon is 2,160 miles. Und Win fo)Ain BASEBALL American R. H. E. Chicago 8 10 0 New York 3 8 1 Smith and Tresh; Chandler, Zuber, Turner and Hemsley. Detroit 6 8 0 Philadelphia 0 4 0 Overmire, White -and Unser; Harris and Parisse. . MANY ARTICLES IGHT As a final effort to boost the sale of war bonds in the Third Victory Loan, a mammoth auc tion will be held in the city park tonight at 8 o'clock by the publicity committee of the drive. The auction is to be preceded by a parade starting at Boy Scout headquarters at 7:15 p. m. Parading will be the Camp White SCU band, Med ford senior ' high school band Boy Scouts and the color guard will be formed of riders from the Sheriff's Posse. George Frey, drive chairman, made a strong appeal today for everyone to buy bonds during the closing days of the ' drive in order that the quota of $2,668,000' might tie reached and stated that Klamath county reached its quota this morning, He said that while today had been announced as the close of the drive, an- extension to Oct.-2 had been, allowed for final sales and check-ups. Mr. Frey stated that two addition al corporation purchases were made known today, The Kraft Cheese company having pur chased $12,500 in bonds for this county and the General Petro leum corporation 810,000. Many Donations While originally planned "farm produce auction," large quantity of other mer chandise has been offered the committee and will be put up for sale tonight. Heading the list is Cloverhill Major, six- months-old registered Guernsey bull donated by the Cloverhill Guernsey Farm, and other items are 6,000 feet of lumber, Includ ing shiplap and utility lumber, a $25 cleaning order and three $5 orders on local establish ments, a $12.50 army shirt, a $13.75 sleeping bag, a $15 cut glass bowl, and a decorated wooden tray valued at $8.50. Also on the list are rabbits, rabbit food, chickens, a weaner pig, linoleum, candy, an electric clock, a coffee maker, smoking stand, ottomans, an electric flour sifter, 100 safety pins case of wine, case of soap pow der, case of drink mixer, pyrex dishes, case of cola, wlnterproof Job for a car, end table, slack suit, 32-plece set of dishes. large basket of fruit, wire fenc ing, a violin and saxaphone and numerous other articles. Progressive Bid One of the major articles, not yet selected, vill be auc tioned progressively, with each purchaser after the original bid, agreeing to pay the amount of his raise in bonds even though he is over-bid. Col. A. H. Dud ley is acting as auctioneer and Floyd K. Dover as master of ceremonies. Committee members are ex tremely anxious to have a large turnout for the sale and espe cially urge country residents to attend. E FOR U. S. MARSHAL Washington, Sept 30. 41.10 President Roosevelt today sent to the senate for confirmation the appointment of Jack Cau- field as U. S. marshal for Ore gon, succeeding the late Steve Franklin Hamm. The moon always presents the same aid to th earth. MEDFORD, OREGON.'THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER U.S. E Stimson Hints Losses Less Than Feared Losses Expected to Mount Fast. Washington, Sept. 30 U.R Amerfcan casualties in the North African theater including Sici ly and Italy from the original landings on Sicily on July 10 to Sept. 15 have numbered slightly less than 12,000 killed, wounded and missing, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today. Navy, marine corps, and coast guard casualties to date total 30,- 162. v American casualties in the battle of Salerno have- been fewer than feared, the secretary said at his press conference, adding that up to Sept. 15 they amounted to about 3,500. War casualties will continue to mount, however, as Allied forces move forward, Stmison warned Sicily Cost High From the landing on Sicily to the beginning of the battle of Salerno, American casualties in the North African theater of operations, including Sicily, were 1,455 killed, 6,213 wound ed, and 1,736 missing. Most of these casualties oc curred in Sicily, although some were due to air operations else where in the Mediterranean plus tew previously unreported casualties trom earlier opera tions, Stimson reported. casualties Listed From Dec. 7, 1941 o Sent. 15 1943, army casualties in all the aters, excluding Salerno, were 10,882 killed. 26,666 wounded. 23,743 missing and 20,451 pris oners ot war. Of the wounded, iu,7a nave returned to duty or have been discharged from nospitais. Stimson said important alr- neias captured by the British Eighth army at Foggia, Italy, and in Corsica the conquest of wnicn nas nearly been com pleted will provide tha Allies with extremely valuable bases. There are at least 12 airfields a'. Foggia. i AUSSIES CLOSE IN Allied Headquarters. South west Pacific, Friday, Oct. 1. iu.cj The fall of Finschhafen was believed near today as Aus tralian troops, closing in from three directions, were reported battering against the inner de fenses of the beleaguered Japa nese New Guinea base. The Allied noose around the savagely-fighting Japanese gar rison was being drawn taut while attack and dive-bombers continued to pummel the enemy from above. Two Australian columns north and west of the strategic Huon peninsula an chorage already were within a third of a mile of the harbor, while latest reports told, of a southern force coming up from Lae at Mange Point, only 15 miles from Finschhafen. The latest Allied aerial as sault was a 145-ton attack on Wewak Tuesday, the third straight assault on that battered air base. One stick of bombs landed squarely on the enemy's principal ammunition depot, touching off a blast described by combat crews as "the biggest explosion ever seen by the air force In the southwest Pacific The raiders knocked down at least eight and probably 11 Japanese Interceptors, without loss to themselves, bringing to 525 the number of Jap planes destroyed aground and In the air of tha Wewak area since August 1$. Bond Auction; Drive Extended " ' United rrw-rull Uuid Wlr . i Ej ' Q z . DRAFT DELAY EOR AIR WAR SURVEY IS DOWNEY PLEA Californian Proposes New In vestigation by Joint Sen ate, House Committees. Washington, Sept. 30 (UP.) Sen. Robert A. Taft, R-, O., to day Introduced a bill which would hold the impending fa ther draft to men under 30. The measure was believed to have more support than the pending bill by Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D., Mont., to defer all pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until after Jan. 1. It was of fered soon after an -attempt to sidetrack the Wheeler bill failed. Washington, Sept. SO 4J.R) Sen. Sheridan Downey, D., Cal., proposed today that the senate lay aside the pending father deferment bill while the senate military . and naval committees survey the possible effects of all-out Allied air war against the Axis. Downey, who contended yes terday that Germany could be bombed out of the war in four months, made his new proposal in a resolution he - Introduced during .the third day of senate debate on the father draft Issue. Would Call Experts . He proposed that the new investigation be made by a joint meeting of the senate military and naval committees. He said they should call in Gen. H. H. Arnold and other "air war ex perts" instead of the army and navy high command heard by the senate military affairs com mittee last week, ' -' Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., 0., said he la contemplating adding a "physical standard review board" to his compromise pro posal for holding the father draft to men under 30. Medical Survey Aim Taft's change in his' substitute measure for the bill of Sen. Burton K. Wheeler, D Mont., to defer all fathers until Jan. 1, provided that congress should set up a five-member medical board to determine whether army and navy physical stand ards are too high. He said he hoped that such a board will bring about Induc tion of a large percentage of the 3,400,000 registrants now classified in 4-F. and thus elim inate the need for taking the 446,000 pre-war fathers now contemplated by selective serv ice by the end of this year. HIT BY STIMSON Washington, Sept. 30 OJ.B secretary of War Henry L. Stimson today described as "folly" reports that Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, might be transferred to another post for ai.y reasons other than the most efficient prosecution of the war. Stimson told his press con ference that current "gorsip" about Marshall was "aimed at discrediting the American con duct of the war during a most critical period of its course." "I am In a position to say with absolute confidence,", Stim son said, "that whatever duties Gen. Marshall may hereafter be called upon to perform will be decided upon by the president in a spirit of entire confidence in Gen. Marshall and with the sol purpose of placing this supremely able officer of the United States army In the posi tion where he can render the best service toward a successful conclusion of this war. Thai original purple heart award consisted of a badge of purpla sprigged silk edged with silver braid, and was sewn on jth left breast of tha uniform 30, 1943 Traffic Vd ' KMC ITtaUt. "- rm:y'frtfrT-"',-f ---Yfflirm AlvMafWiirn tAcmt TeltBhoto) Here's a picture symbolic of the constant coming and going of men and material on the Italian mainland. Newly arrived U. S. troops marching up to Join In the attack on the Germans on the Sa lerno shore recently pass a f ellowYank returning from the battlefield oa a stretcher. Official U. S. Coast Guard photo. LIVESTOCK SALE ENDS 4-H SHOW With the livestock sale as the final event this afternoon the 22nd Four-H Club fair and live stock show is closing today at the fairgrounds. Yesterday arid this morning saw the last of the live stock judging and also judging of the home economics entries. Jean Hamilton of Table Rock was awarded the championship for her Corriedale aged ewe In the sheep judging and Bernett Yorton of the Antelope was given the championship award for his yearling Corriedale ewe. Dorothy Stanley of Lake Creek was named grand cham pion ot the style revue and In the home economics Judging contest Clara Mae Blgham of Antelope was first, Wllma Rus sell, Antelope, second, Leila Da- mon, Lake Creek, third and Joan Damon, Lake Creek, fourth. The girls Judged bread, cake, dresses, slips, and canned fruit. - Other winners in the sheep entries were: Corriedale, Aged Ewe Blue ribbon division, Jean Hamilton, Table Rock; Bernett Yorton, Antelope. Corriedale, Yearling Ewe Blue ribbon division, Bernett Yorton, Antelope. Corriedale, Ewe Lamb Blue ribbon division, Bernett Yorton, Antelope; Jean Hamilton, Table Rock. Medium Wool Type, Aged Ewe Blue ribbon division, Carmen Chase, Roxy Ann. Red ribbon di vision, Robert Carr, Fern Valley; George Carr, Fern Valley. Medium Wool Type, Yearling Ewe Blue ribbon division, Car men Chase, Roxy Ann. Red rib bon division, George Carr, Fern Valley. Medium Wool Type. Ewe Lamb Blue ribbon division, Carmen Chase, Roxy Ann; Jerry Pitts, Bellvlew. Red ribbon di vision, Robert Ferns, Fern Val ley; Evelyn Ferns, Fern Valley Medium Wool Type. Light Fat Lamb Blue ribbon division Carmen Chase, Roxy Ann; Ver non Lehman, Roxy Ann; Ronald penman, itoxy Ann; Robert Carr, Fern Valley. Red ribbon division, Jerry Pitts, Bellvlew, Fat Lamb, Pen of 3 Red rib bon division, John Ryan, West- siae. Home Economies Plaelnm Cooking I Barbara McClure, &age "oint, piue. Cooking II Joyce Russell, Table Rock, blue; Marrietta Hanscom, Bellvlew, blue; Clar ice Brantley, Bellvlew, red George Carr, Fern Valley, red; Mary Howsley. Table Rock white; Jean Hamilton, , Table Rock, white. Cooking in Arlene Hay, Eagle Point, blue; Louisa Greb, Eagle Point, blue; Enid Gaynor, cagie r-oint, rea; Quelle Smith Table Rock, red: Joann Dnron Central Point, red; Betty Brenn- esnoiiz, Table Rock, wh te. Camp Cookery Ernest Hamll. ton, Table Rock, blue; Loree JCoattjiu4 on r Thr) ; 5 . In Italian Battle Zone Cox Quits Chairmanship of FCC Probe Under Hot Fire Washington. Sept. 30. (U.R) nounced on the floor of the house today that he had resigned as chairman of the special house committee investigating the Fed-' eral Communications commisssion. Cox said he could no longer, occupy the post "in the face of the slander - and Insults piled upon me day by day.". . , , . , Cox, a member of the house for 20 years, introduced the re solution under which the inves tigating committee was set up early last summer and, in ac cordance with precedent, was named as chairman of the group. FCC Chairman James L, Fly had accused Cox of conducting the investigation unfairly and of trying to "wreck" the commis sion. . .: Cox's personal Interest, his critics charged, stemmed from an accusation by Fly that he accepted $2,500 from station WALB of Albany, Ga., in whose interests he had appeared before the FCC in 1939. Cox. who has called the FCC organization the "nastiest set of rats to be found in this entire country," once gave his explana tion' of the radio station matter in a house speech. He said that "without any knowledge on my part," the company operating the station issued $2,500 worth of stock to him. The stock, he said, subsequently was "turned qver to a local charity." CARLO. BOWMAN DIES IN SOUTH Carl D. Bowman, owner of Bowman's beauty salon and bar ber shop, 227 South Central ave nue, died last night In San Fran cisco where he had gone Sept, 10 to receive medical treatment. He had been 111 for some time, Mrs. Bowman, who is in San Francisco, will return here with the body for funeral services, which are In charge of Perl s, A complete obituary will be pub lished later. The funeral has been set for Monday at 2 p, m., at tne Perl Parlor. E Evansvllle, Ind., Sept 30. ai.ro secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. an nounced today that the nation has oversubscribed its 115,000,- 000,000 (B) third war loan quota and appealed to the home front to purchase even more bonds during the next two days. The secretary said that th treasury department had In formed him the nation had ex ceeded its quota in the bond drive which ends Saturday. The Marine Corps is headed by a Major General Command ant who receives orders from th Secretary of th Navy. On Th MAIL TRIBUNI Want Ad Way , . Quick Rosulls At Small Coil NO. 163 Rep. E. E. Cox, D., Ga an SOZH WEST BANK - Stockholm, Sept. 30 (U.R) Adolf Hitler was reported by th Swedish - press today to hive mad a dramatic trip to th Russian front, where he summoned hi general and announced bluntly that th Dnieper itoe lin "must be held." ' "Her I am and her I shall remain," th newspaper NYA Dagllgt Allshanda quoted Hit ler as telling his command ers. "The Stalingrad psyche sis must be banished." London, Sept. 30. (U.R) Rus. slan troops have forced the Sozh river, 75 miles southwest ot Smolensk and captured th White Russian railroad junction of Krichev on its west bank, in a new threat to Mogilev, 60 miles to the west, a Moscow communi que announced today. Breaking through another German defense line on th broad arc west of Smolensk, th Red army spurted ahead 12 miles in tha Mogilev sector to seiza Krlvhev, a Soviet communique broadcast from Moscow said. The communique reported general Russian gains in the Mogilev, Vitebsk and Gomel areas, accentuating the threat to the three major defense bases beyond Smolensk. The communique was unusual ly short as compared with the unbroken series of Red army vic tory announcements as the offen sive swept the Germans back to the Dnieper line. There was no mention of any sector below Gomel, an implicit Indication that the Russians had closed against the Dnieper all along Its middle and lower stretches. Moscow dispatches had told of the reduction of the last German footholds on the east bank. The capture of nearly 200 towns and villages in the Mo gilev, Gomel and Vitebsk sector was reported, with advances ranging up to 12 miles. It requires about 250 hour In th air, during which 12,500 gallons of gasoline are con sumed, to train an average American pilot for th front lines. $474,161.50 Needed to meet Jackon county' quota of 12.668,000 In th third Victory Loan drive. i
