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I Let YOUR Answer To Bembi B BONOSI Buy n Bond! and tlimpt TOVV Contribute to the war effort of jour nation. Patriot lint, your own wlf-protectlon demand that YOU do jour pari NOWI VwTht MAIL TRIBUNE DFORD RIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Result At Small Coat Untied Pi Full Ltattd WU United Pr -Full Loasod Win Tbtrty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1943 NO. 165 ME mm w - . . i ; EMI KHARI IF I AYTdN Ul ll ia.il- bin ivii I SHOT BY FRIEND Mistook Companion For , Deer, Orris Johnson Tells Sheriff ' After Tragedy. : Jackson county's first hunting fatality, of 1943 occurred at 10:30 a. m. Saturday when Charlie Andrew Lay ton, 37, of Shady Cove, a choker-setter employed by Charles Skeeters at Prospect was shot above the heart and killed , on the Umpqua .11. .14.1 . .Ua Ta.tllax Tl.lt.A lookout station some 45 miles from Medford. The victim, father of five young children, all boys, was shot by one of his best friends, Orris Johnson, 22, who resides on the Crater Lake highway near Eagle Point and is also employed by Skeeters as a choker-setter. State police, who with Sher iff Syd I. Brown and Carlos W. Morris, deputy coroner, inves tigated the tragedy, quoted Johnson as saying that he mis took Layton for a deer and shot through some brush. Layton, between 75 and 100 yards from Johnson, was struck by the slug from a .25 calibre Remington automatic rifle. Johnson told authorities he didn't know any body was within a mile of the place. He was overcome with grief." After being i(truck, Layton managed to crawl "about 3U yards on his hands and knees, crossing one log, but he was dead, before Johnson could get to him, police said. Police said that the hunting party consisted of Layton, John son, Johnson's father, James F. Johnson, B5; John Zimmerlee, 22, of Butte Falls; Gene C. Wil liams, 15, of Eagle Point, and the victim's brother, Joe E. Lay ton, 33, of Eagle Point. The mem bers had spread out and were widely separated. The hunting party had gone into the hills Thursday to pitch camp and had started hunting Friday. Strangely, police were told. Layton had killed a four- point buck Friday not far from where he, himself, was shot. Although Johnson was not held, he was requested to appear at the district attorney's office at 10 a. m. Monday for further questioning. Layton is survived by his wife, Ruby, and five sons, Charles, 14; William, 13; Joseph, 10; Gordon, 9, and James, 7. GOES OVER GOAL Washington, Oct. 2 U.R) Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., said tonight that the Third War Loan drive, wmcn closes at midnight, has shown "remarkable results" and that the S15.000.000.000 goal already has been exceeded by $1,887,- 000,000. Because of a last-minute sales rush, Morgenthau said, this mar gin may be even larger when the final results of the drive are re Dorted by Oct. 18. The closing sales flurry has been increasing in intensity dur ing the past few days, Morgen thau said. "Federal reserve banks over the county are literally swamped with bonds yet to be reported to the treasury, and for this reason we will not know for 10 days or two weeks just how many bonds were sold." he declared. Praising the American people for their response on top of making income tax payments of nearly five billion dollars Mor- eenthau said: "In my estimation, it proves beyond a doubt that the American people know what the war is about." The nation's total sales at. 8 p. m. had reached $16,877,000,-000. The Price t ,- f Acme lelephalo) While supplies stream ashore to push the Invasion at Salemo, an American casualty one of nearly 13.000 In Glclly and Italy is brought back to the beach for transfer from European soil. Official U. S. Coast Guard Dhoto. E NIPPS' AIR BASE AT Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, -Sunday, Oct. 3. (U.R) Finschhafen, ' Japanese base on tlie northeastern New Guinea coast, has been cap tured, a communique announced today. 'All organized enemy resist ance has been overcome and the entire area is in our hands," the communique said. .... The communique reported that Finschhafen itself fell Sat urday morning to troops of the Ninth Australian division. They captured the Jap base at 11 a. m. The Aussies laid back during yesterday morning while dive- bombers tore up tne enemy s last bitterly defended pillboxes and fortifications around Kaka kog, just ' outside the base proper. Then they came out in rusn to overwneim me re maining forces. While air action in other sect ors of the New Guinea fighting area was comparatively quiet, reconnaissance units foreshad owed possible plans for a New Britain landing . with . flights over enemy installations at Cape Gloucester, lust across AJampier strait from New Guinea. Accompanied, by long-range fiehters. the olanes attacked the Japanese positions in the Vitu island erouo and around the Itne river, the communique said. F PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR LAUNCHED WnshinBton. Oct. 2 U.R) War Food Administrator Marvin Jones tonight sent special crews of food production officials on their way to 48 state farm meet ings with a tentative 1944 pro duction program calling for a record-breaking 380,000 acres In croDS and high production lev els for meat, dairy products and eces. The goals. If approved at the state meetings, probably would fflve the nation a slightly larger total food supply than this year. providing weather conditions are equally favorable. The larg est decline would be in meat sumriies. Because of insufficient teca supplies, the program calls for 105,000,000 hogs weighing an average of 230 pounds, com pared with 126,000,000 averag ing 245 pounds this year, a re duction of about 22 per cent-in pork supplies. The number of cattle and calves requested for slaughter in 1944 was increased from an estimated 28,300,000 this year to 23,700,000. of Invasion: 12,000 Casualties COUNTY EXCEEDS ITS BOND QUOTA 1 Portland,.. Ore., Oct. 2 U.R) Oregon citizens continued to push the state's Third -War Loan quota of $104,000,000 over the fop by purchasing $110,867,985 in bonds by noon today. When sales In the Third Vic tory Loan drive were totalled Friday night, Jackson county had exceeded its quota by about $10,000, the sales having come to $2,678,369.25. However, sales were continuing all over the county until tonight and George Frey, chairman of the drive, was hopeful that the quota would be exceeded by about $100,000. Mr. Frey and Henry Zachari- sen, county bond sales chairman, were high in their praise of the many people who aided in the drive. Mr. Frey stated that with out the help of corporations, fra ternal organizations, farm groups and scores of willing volunteers, the drive would never have 'gone over the top." . The chairman also commented on the large amounts of sales to farmers and said that contrary to statements made after the last drive that farmers had failed to buy their share, the farmers had not only purchased .willingly but had supported the drive in every ' possible fashion. Mr. Zacharisen also stated that in his opinion the small buyers had been greatly responsible for the success of the drive in this coun ty, a special effort having been made both locally and national ly to speed up sales of the small value bonds. The two men pointed out also that the efforts of servicemen had contributed greatly to the success of the bond campaign and said that all committeemen were most grateful for the co operation of the Camp White bandsmen who played for five auction sales In various parts of the county. Mr. Frey and Mr. Zacharisen both commented on the excep tional efforts made' by Ashland residents, who voluntarily as sumed a fourth of the more than two-million-dollar quota of the county and worked valiantly to meet the high figure. Final figures are to be an nounced early in the week. - STATEPOLiGYON Salem, Ore., Oct. 2. OI.ro Only pre-Pearl Harbor fathers reclassified from 3-A to 1-A were likely to be called in Oregon's October draft. State Selective Service officials revealed today. According to the state policy, all fathers reclassified to 1-A will not necessarily be drafted. E OF T ; Washington, Oct, 2-h(U.PJ Re- demptions of war savings bonds during September climbed to $155,278,000, the highest for any month on record. Treasury of ficials were not - alarmed, how ever, inasmuch as the total was only about $3,000,000 above the previous high of $152,044,000 in August. In view of heavy payments required of some 14,000,000 tax payers when they filed their dec laration of estimated 1943 In come and Victory tax Sept. 15.- the increase In bond redemptions was not regarded as surprising. During the first quarter of the 1944 fiscal year, for which the treasury, closed its books today, bond redemptions totaled $445, 565,000 as compared with $91, 925,000 in the corresponding months of last year. Government spending reached the total of $22,264,000,000 for the quarter, well over one-third more than In the same month of 1942. War spending account ed for $20,616,000,000 of the total. War spending In September amounted to $6,952,000,000, less tnan August's $7,232,000,000 but more than July's $6,431,000,000. $162,320,000,000 on the last day of September', compared with $91,057,000,000 on the corre sponding date a year ago. The increase during the first Quar ter of the fiscal year was $21, 524,000,000. TORPEDO DEADLY HITS PROPELLERS St. John's, Nfd., Oct. 2 (U.R) Naval authorities today de scribed Germany's new-type tor pedo as combining magnetic guidance with acoustic detona tion. Fired at a shin from astern. they said, the torpedo overtakes tne vessel and explodes within the radius of the ship's propel lor vibration. The ship, totally disabled with her propellor gone, Is then an easy mark for a point-blank torpedo. Survivors estimated that five merchant ships and three war ships were sunk In the recent 10-day running battle between two Canada-bound convoys and packs of German U-boats in the North Atlantic. A rough check Indicated that 200 sailors, both merchant ma. rine and navy men aboard the eight ships, lost their lives. There were about 300 survivors. IN AIRATTACKS German U-Boat Base Hit Second Time in Week Defense Slight.- London, Oct. 2. (U.R) Amer ican 8th air force Flying Fort resses blasted the big German navy and U-boat base of Emden today with approximately 1,000 tons of bombs, the fourth heavy raid in 24 hours by Allied planes applying an aerial pincers on the reich from Britain and North Africa. Supported by American Thun derbolt fighter; planes equipped with belly-tanks to give them extra range, the . Fortresses struck Emden in the wake of an other shattering Royal air force night assault on the bomb-bat tered industrial Ruhr valley where the iron and steel center of Hagen was blasted by ap proximately 1,000 tons of bombs. Indicating weaKening defenses of the Ruhr valley, once pro claimed by the Germans as among ' the strongest in the world, only two RAF planes were lost. In a Wednesday night attack on Bochum, also In the Ruhr, eight failed to return. The American raid on Emden was the second this week and the fifth of the war. Climaxing their September raids during which they dropped 5,400 tons of bombs on the enemy, the Fort resses ElTUCK fjmaen on . man- day. dropping .about-1,000 tons in their heaviest raid of the war on a single target. ' Indicating that the Royal air force might be out on another night foray over the continent, the Berlin DNB News Agency radio station went off the air at 9 p. m. Coastal observers reported considerable air activity for 20 minutes this . evening over 1 the northwest coast of France, par ticularly in the Boulogne area. Continuous firing of German guns was heard while there were Indications that the RAF might be out on other forays when German radio stations at Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Prague went off the air. AIR PlERHELD HOPE FOR EARLY ALLIEDJCTORY Oklahoma City. Oct. 2 (U.R) The only hope for an early Allied victory In this war Is through airpower, Donald W. Douglas, president of the Douglas Aircraft Corp., said tonight. For that reason, said Douglas, It Is imperative that the man power supply of the aircraft In dustry be kept at a peak and that absenteeism be cut to the bone. Only manpower shortages and absenteeism, he declared, are re sponsible for any slumps In pro duction of the airplanes which will give this country lis ear liest peace. Douglas stopped off here en route to the west coast. During the day, he said, he gave 500 su pervisors of his company's plant here "a true picture of the war." VIGILANCE HELD Washington, Oct. 2 (U.R) Disastrous war-time Inflation has been prevented thus far, but "tne battle has not been won, directors of three economic stab! llzation agencies reported to night. . Observing the first annlver sary of the passage of the ttabl lizatlon act of October 2, 1942, Director of Economic Stabiliza. tlon Fred M. Vinson, Chairman William H. Davis of the War Labor board, and Price Admin istrator Prentiss M. Brown is sued statements praising the public for cooperating with gov. ernment control measures. NAZI FORT B Popov Tank Forces Gain in Rain Nazis Beat Back in Caucasus. London, Oct. 2 U.R) Soviet forces smashed the remnants of Germany's Caucasus army back toward the tip of the narrow Taman peninsula today while Gen. Markian M. Popov's tanks and infantry drove westward through autumnal rains an ad ditional six to nine miles in White Russia, menacing the Nazi fortresses guarding the ap proaches to Poland. Slicing 10 miles southeastward from the Azov sea port of Tern ryyuk, Red army troops cap tured three heavily fortified German strongpolnts in the rap idly vanishing Kuban bridge head. Chief of these was Starot- itarovskaya, on the south shore of Lake Akhtanizovsku, and on ly 20 miles from the tip of the peninsula from which German and Rumanian remnants eventu ally must evacuate to the Cri mea. The Soviet communique broad cast by Radio Moscow indicated that the Red army gradually was squeezing the last Nazi forces out of their bridgehead, where Germany had reported sporadic Soviet attacks during the last week. - Germany reported that the So viets, wert attempting to cut off an estimated 100,000 Nazi troops in the Crimea by resuming their offensive in force in the vicinity of Zaporozhe and Melitopol, north of the Crimea, bringing up fresh forces in the fifth day of a gigantic battle raging there. In White Russia, where fight ing has been raging for more than a week, the Soviets ap peared to have smashed virtu ally the whole German defense belt protecting the approaches to Gomel, Mogilev, Orsha and Vitebsk, the four bases protect ing the capital city of Minsk from the east, and the decisive battles to reduce those fortresses apparently were under way, Mos cow dispatches said. BROADCAST SAYS By United Press More than 500 people lost their lives . and some families were completely wiped out In the torpedo sinking of the 18,-713-ton British liner Ceramic, South African naval authorities at Capetown revealed, according to a London radio broadcast re corded Saturday by CBS. Releasing the "official news" of the disaster, the naval author ities bhiu me vessel, one ot tne Shaw-Savlll lines, had carried hundreds of passengers and was bound for Capetown from Brit ain. "No official announcement was made until now' owing to uncertainty about the fate of the passengers and crew," London radio said. "The authorities still are without official news of any survivors, although the Ger mans say they have one survivor in their hands." The broadcast said the Ger. mans claimed last December that they had sunk the Ceramic In heavy seas In the north Atlantic, alleging that she was carrying troops to North. Africa. DELINQUENCY SCORED Salt Lake City, Oct. 2 U.R) Leaders of the Latter-Day Saints (Mormon) church, gathered In the famed Salt Lake tabernacle for their 114th semiannual church conference, were told to day that the American home front is "cracking" because of juvenile delinquency, birth con trol and divorce. Training planes use 80 gal Ions of 100-octne gasoline in an hour. a - g iSES I War Bulletins I FIFTH ARMY AND Headquarters, South Pacific Forces, Sunday, Oct. 3 (U.R) More than 100 Japan barges war sunk or damagad by United Stat fore dur ing th month of Sptmbr In th campaign to prevent ih supplying or vacuation of nm; fore on Kolom bangara liland in th Solo mons, a hadquart spokes man rvald today. ....London, Sunday, Oct. 3 (U.R) Th London area had an air raid alert tailing approxi mately 30 minutes early today whan nmy plan cauiad anti-aircraft battrs to go Into action. Bombs war dropped In a rural area near an East Anglian town. BRITISH AUTHOR TAKES DIM VIEW T-l Shaw Sees America Trying to Collect War Debts But No Luck. -: London, Oct. 2 UJS George Bernard Shaw said today that the role of the United States af ter the war will be that of a na tion trying to collect Its debts "without much success. . The. 87-year-old playwright, answering in long-hand a list of questions-Submitted to him, pre dicted that Germany's fate after the war will be less harsh than after the last because Britain and the United States must deal with Premier Marshal Josef Stalin of Russia, and he said that the pro posed meeting among President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Stalin, if it Is held, should be "very amus ing." . - In his list of answers, Shaw generally took a dim view of the world situation. Speaking first of the proposed meeting of the three Allied leaders, he said: It will be very amusing. It will be great fun but whether it will be anything more is an other matter. Churchill and Roosevelt, he said, both are ' "advocates of state-aided capitalism; that is, of Fascism, and it will be expected they will enfold and embrace Stalin, the arch Communist, on the strength of their common determination to down Hitler." BABE IS BORN TO Hollywood, Oct. 2. (U.R) Red-haired Joan Barry gave birth late tonight to a baby girl she claimed was Charlie Chap lin's. The child was born In a small private hospital with physicians for both Miss Barry and Chap lin standing by and a private de tective, name of Joseph E. Dunn pacing the corridor outside the delivery room. Mrs. Cora Sherman, proprie tress of the South Van Ness hos pital, a 13-bed institution speci alizing In maternity cases, rush. ed the baby to a private nursery, with a padlock on the door. Mrs. Sherman, who said she wasn't taking chances on any posible hocus-pocus, kept the only key in her pocket. E Norman. Northwest Territo ries, Oct. 2 U.R) Military need for the paraffin-base oil under the externally frozen tundra of this wilderness valley has brought about what has been referred to as a half century of development here during the pert 18 months. The Rock of Gibraltar Is 2Va of a mile wide, and 1,396 feet In height. HEELSOF NAZIS Germans Plan Defense on Volturno British Ad vanoe, Capture 2 Towns. (By United Praia) Th Germans ar blivd io b planning to defend Roma and daitroy th city to ravango ihmslvs on th Italians for their armlstic with th Alii, th Turkish radio said Saturday night In a broadcast recorded by th federal communications commission. Recalling Hitler's statement after th fall of Italy that thai nation's surrender would not sav it from being a battlefield, th broadcast said th Germans ar burning all th places from which they ar retreating befor th Allies. . "It is blivd that Rom will hav th sam fat," th broad cast said. Allied Headquarters, Algiers. Oct. 2 (U.PJ An all-out drive to rescue Rome from Nazi dutches was officially declared under way tonight as Fifth army fly ing columns, aided by clouds of planes, chased the retreating Germans 20 miles ,up the road to the holy city from freed Naples. "If there Is any halt now. It will- be because of the en emy," a military spokesman said.' '"There- is ;no other rea- ; son. xne oermans were n ear ing their next possible defense line along the Volturno river under fierce pressure from Al lied forces who were determined to give them no rest. Across the Italian peninsula. the British Eighth army resumed its advance with 30-mile jump resulting In the capture of San Severo and Lucero, giving the) Allies control of the Gargano promontory, the spur of the Italian boot. The Germans were reported ' fleeing up the coastal plain and it was believed here their best chance for a renewed defense lay along the Volturno, a little more than 20 miles above Naples. And on the Island of Corsica, c lentil uuupo wiuiiicu uuwu the Nazi bridgehead around Bas- tia to less than 20 square miles. The orderly occupation ot Naples now was completed and the deliriously happy citizens. who had endured months first , of Allied bombing and then Nazi terrorism, spent their first peaceful night as American military police patrolled the streets. From behind still rig idly blacked out windows came the strains of Neapolitan love songs for the first time in months. The Americans ferreted out a few Fascist Italian snipers, and 20 Germans who had hid den when their countrymen evacuated the city came forward to surrender. The first patrols of the Fifth army were disclosed to have entered Naples at 9:35 a. m. yesterday and Lt. Gen. Mark Wayne Clark himself arrived at noon. WAR PRISONERS AIDED Naples, Oct. 2 (U.R) Italians released thousands of British and American prisoners of war when their country surrendered to the Allies, but the prisoners had to scuttle for cover when German troops began concen trating in Naples and Rome when the Allied invasion forces landed. v Marfa, Tex., Oct. 2. (U.R) In a surprise wedding Friday night, Elaine Shepard, RKO screen player who recently completed a war bond tour in Texas, be came the bride of Col. George F. Hartman, commanding offi cer of the advanced two-engine pilot school at Marfa army air field. $2,678,369 Sales to th end of busi ness Friday night in th Third Victory Loan drlv in Jackson county. A-
