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. Let YOUR Answer T '. Bomb Be BOND8I . Buy War Bona mi Stamp TODAT Contribute to tha wmr iflort of your nation, ratrlot - Um. your own aelf-protectloa demand! that KOU. do . jom part NOWI ' Um The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cott Tribune United Praaa Full Leased Win MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1943. NO. 167. " - Ptulad Preas FuU leal Wire ' ' " -. " - ' " ' : inirty-eiehth Year , ; . - , ; Ml i 1 1 - News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 5 The sen ators returning from their world wide and south Pacific tours are saying more in private than in public to em phasize their demand for de termined self Interested American war and post-war policies. On the bat tle lines they rubbed elbows with the men raol Ualloa who fight, and they1 saw war for the first time 'from a 'realistic standpoint not possible from their pontifical seats in the senate. Some of their critics have tried to say that they are anti-British. They are not, in any non-propa-gandistic sense of that word. They merely saw with a sol dier's eyes that the British had excellent diplomatic, commercial and propaganda systems work ing throughout the world, not promoting any other interest than those of the British empire in consonance, of course, with the Allied war purposes. T They noted, for instance, that the British Eighth army has re ceived much more publicity than the American Fifth army. They saw a British oil refinery in Asia Minor running at only 40 per cent capacity while the Americans were reduired to build a new refinery. They saw the British have control of cables and most other facilities around the world, ' while we- have few or none. They saw many other things like these which cannot be related. ' . I'HE precise distinction, which they made in their minds is the same being made by our ar my and navy officials generally in their relations with the Brit ish, ' Russians, Chinese, Austra- , (Conuourd on Pat fill) - RED OFFENSIVE ' Moscow, Oct. 8 (U.R) Sovjet mechanized forces broke -stubborn enemy counter-attacks and expanded their bridgeheads on the Pronya river's west bank 25 miles east of the key white Rus sian stronghold of Mogilev to day,- but the three-month Rus sian summer offensive appeared to be rearing an end. Only limited gains had been reported from the white Russian front during the past 24 hours, and farther south the Soviets ap parently had halted temporarily at the Nazi Dnieper defense line to mass strength for a new pusn. Mooud Completed (The Moscow radio said the mopup of the east bank ol the Dnieper from Dnepropetrovsk to the river's confluence with the Sozh SB miles north of Cher- rilsnv had been completed, and no Germans remained in that area.) ' Autumn rains stiffened enemy resistance and difficult terrain nmhincH in slow the Red army's advance toward Mogilev and the rnmnanion strongholds of Gomel, to the south, and Vitebsk, to the north. Ahead lay swamps, hills and courses. numerous water SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTER Mrv Kuehlthau struggling down the street with a large box of old silk hose collected for the salvage drive. - Tod Porter and Charlie Clay deserting their places of business to listen to the woria sere. Deputy U. S. Marshal Paul Hanlin running Into many dif ficulties trying to locate federal GOTHAMITES PlAY HEADS UP BALL TO CARDS Spud Chandler Gains Hurl ing Honors With 7 Hits Mas Lanier Yields 8. Yankee Stadium, New York. Oct. 5 (U.R) The New York Yankees gave the . St. Louis Cardinals a taste of their own medicine flashy base running and heads-up baseball to defeat the speed boys from the west, 4 to 2, in the opening gave of the World Series today. Frankle Crosetti, veteran of the slugging days of the Yankees, scored all the way from second on a wild pitch in the sixth in ning to give the Bronx Bombers their third and winning run. Chandler Winner Credit for the victory his first in three starts in this base ball classic went . to . Spud Chandler, husky southerner with bulldog jaw who set the Cardinals down with seven hits before a crowd of 68,678 who paid $263,980 to see the second wartime series get under way. Max Lanier, southpaw ace of thhe Red Bird pitching corps, was the victim as the Yankees rapped him for eight hits. But the real reason for the Yankee triumph was that heads-up play in the sixth inning when they went ahead for keeps, The Cards took an early lead .by pushing over brie run In the second inning but the Yankees stepped in. front in the fourth with two Tuns, one on a homer by Joe Gordon, goat of this 1942 secies. The Cards fought back to get one' in the fifth and tie the score, v : Then came that sixth Inning, with the -Yankee veterans,, ex pected , to' rely on : pitching against ' . Cardinal speed ;' and power; turning the tables on the cocky kids from St. Louis, The box score:- ; .. Cardinals , AB R Klein, 2b 4 0 Walker,-cf ..- 4 ' 0 Musial, rf .. 4 W." Cooper, c 4 Kurowski, 3b 3 Sanders, lb .. 4 Litwhiler, If 3 Marion, ss -3 Lanier, p 2 A Garms l Brecheen, p 0 Totals .......-3Z A Batted for Lanier in 8th Yankees AB R H O A E Stainback, rf 4 0 Crosetti, ss - 4 2 Johnson. 3b 4 , 1 Keller, If 4 0 Gordon, 2b - 3 4 Dickey, c-. 4 0 Etten, lb 4 0 Lindell, cf 3 0 Chandler, p 3 0 Totals 33 4 .8 27 17 Score by innings: Cardinals 010 . 010 0002 Yankees 000 202 00X 4 Runs batted in Marlon, Lan ier,. Gordon, Dickey (Crosetti scored in 3rd on double play and in sixth on wild pitch). Two-base hits Marion. Home run Gordon.- ' Stolen bases Crosetti. Sacrifices Kurowski. Left on bases Cardinals - 5, Yankees 8 Bases on balls off Chandler 1 (Litwhiler); . off Brecheen . 1 (Gordon). 1 Struck out by Lanier 7 (Kel ler. Lindell 2. Johnson, Stain- back, Chandler, Gordon), Chand ler 3 (Sanders, Walker, Grams), bv Brecheen 1 (Dickey), Hits off Lanier 7 7 Innings, Brecheen 1 2. Wild pitch Lanier. Double plays Klein to Mar lon to Sanders, Gordon to .Cros etti to Etten. Losing pitcher Lanier. Umpires Romell (A) plate. Reardon (N) first base. Rue (A) second, Stewart (N) third. Time 2:07. Attendance 88,876. Washington, Oct 8. (U.R) Sen Tom Connally, D., Tex, said yesterday the iron and steel section of the War Production board is "owned and controlled by big industry" and has repeat edly blocked efforts to expand production to areas outside pre sent manufacturing -centers. - - Look, To jo, This Is "Battleship X" - -"sew- ' - "V , " Hlrohito, Tolo It Co. undoubtedly wish this vemlwere at the bottom of the ocean. This is a hith erto unxeUand photo of the U. B. S. South Dakota, which the naxy revealed was the famous battle ship X" which sent three Jap cruisers to the bottom during the battle of Guadalcanal last Novem- Der.. onictai u. a. navy pnoto. Allied Drive In Italy Stiffer German IV l"""".V Tl .. I i fiav Kv finv i The play-by-play account fol lows: ' - ; Cardinals First! Klein lllea out' to-Lindell. Walker filed to stnlnhnck Musial filed to' Liri- dellNo runs, iho hits; no 8rrors none left. ; Yankees First: Stainback lined to Kurowski. Crossetti grounded OUt; 'Marlon to Sanders. Johnson was called out on striKes. no runs,' no hits, no errors, none left. Cardinals Seeondt Walker Cooper ; singled off Johnson s glove for the first hit of the se ries. Kurowski sacrificed Cooper to second, Chandler to Gordon, who - covered . first. Sanders fanned. Litwhiler walked. Mari on doubled, scoring W. Cooper, but when Litwhiler tried to score all the way from first he was out, Stainback to Dickey. One run, two hits, no errors, one left. Yankees Second: Keller fanned. Gordon grounded out, Lanier to ; Sanders. Dickey grounded out, Kurowski to San ders. No runs, no hits,-no errors none left.. Cardinals Third: Lanier grounded to Gordon. Klein also grounded out, Gordon to Etten. Walker lifted a high fly to Stain back. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. . . Yankees, Third: Etten ground ed out; Marion to Sanders. Lin dell struck out. Chandler singled smartly to left field for the first Yankee' hit. Stainback fanned. No runs, one hit, no errors, one left. , Cardinals, Fourth: Grounded out,- 1 Gordon1 to Etten. . . W. Cooper was an easy out, Crosetti to Etten. ; Kurowski belted a hard one through the box but Gordon came up with it and threw him out at first. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. Yankees Fourth: Crosetti grounded to Klein and was safe when .he bowled over Lanier, who was covering the bag, and the pitcher dropped the ball for an error. ' Crosetti stole second on-the first pitch. , Johnson beat out a bunt, sending Crosetti to third. Keller grounded into-a double play, Klein to Marion to Sanders, Crosetti scoring. Gor don hit a homer into the lower left field grandstand, 402 feet away to put the Yanks in front, Dickey popped to Marion. , Two runs, two hits, one error, none left. Cardinals Fifth: Sanders beat out a' grounder. Etten dropped the - ball in colliding with Saiv ders and the Card first baseman advanced to second. (A hit for Sanders and an error for Etten.) Litwhiler flied to Lindell in deep center, Sanders advancing to third after the catch. Marlon grounded out, Gordon to Etten Sanders held third. Lanier sin gled ' to short center, Sanders scoring.' Klein forced Lanier, Johnson to Gordon. One run, two hits, one error, one left. Yankees Fifth: Etten was safe at first as Klein fumbled an easy catch for an error. Lindell and - (Oonttautd oa Page amn) - i Allied 'Headquarters, Algiers, man divisions (perhaps- 60,000 to sistance on the Italian front today, after new American gains of six to eight miles and the first Greece from newly won bases In An official announcement of I the mounting German opposi tion followed the disclosure that United States troops, slicing into the Nazi flank above N-anles. had captured the Montesarchio road junction, and that Northwest Af rican air forces had intensified their, part in the. expanded Med iterranean campaign. - Coast Resistance The ' strengthened Nazi resist ance was noted particularly in the-coastal sectors where the Germans . struggled desperately to anchor their wavering line across the peninsula.. : , , .. : On the west coast the Fifth army - was hammering at the German barriers above Naples, while along the Adriatic the British . Eighth army . beat off counterattacks at Termoli and moved' in' reinforcements. ' The estimate of four to five German divisions in action was the first indication of the num ber of men the Nazis - have massed against "the Allied march on Rome. Air Campaign Grows An intensified bombing cam paign paced by Flying Fort resses, Liberators and Mitchells wrecked a key bridge at Bolzano, below the Brenner Pass bottle neck between Germany and It aly, and devastated German air dromes near Athens and in south ern Greece. Other air' fleets hammered at battered Nazi transport lines converging on Rome as it be came evident that Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower's tactics of squeez ing the enemy, from south and east was giving the Nazis plenty of trouble. It was evident that wherever the Allies choose to thrust, they can roll back the German legions toward Rome. KLAMATH HUNTER KILLED BY PAL Klamath Falls. Oct. t. (SdI.) Aaaea to tne list of deaths by minting accidents in the state is that of Amos Leroy Book, 36, who was instantly killed Sunday by his hunting com panion,' Glenn Bowen, accord' Ing to Dr. George H. Adler, ruamatn county coroner. Book Bowen and J. V, Owens of Klamath Falls were hunting three miles south of Robinson Springs, near Bly in eastern Klamath county, when the acci dent occurred. Pete Sather, 88, was wounded in the knee when hunting north of Bly. He and some compani ons were carrying a deer carcass when Sather was shot Dr. Ad ler stated that the woods were full of hunters and that extreme hazards exist. More than 9,000 hunters are said to be out In the Fremont protective area. Meets Resistance Oct. B U,R) Pour to five Ger 70,000 men) stiffened their re Allied air attack on occupied Italy, ROLL OF HONOR ' As the second step of compil ing Jackson county's roll . of honor of men and women in the armed services, the Mail Tribune today carries on page 4 the questionnaires to be filled out by relatives of men and women in the armed services. First plans were made a few weeks ago at a meeting of representa tives of the Chamber of Com merce, American Legion, Dis abled American Veterans, Vet erans of Foreign Wars and the Mail Tribune and all these or ganizations are cooperating in the plan. The questionnaire is to be filled out by some member of the serviceman or servicewo- man's family and mailed or de livered to the Chamber of Com merce in Medford or Ashland, or to any member of the Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars or Disabled Veterans. Duplication should be avoided. Copies of the Questionnaire may be obtained from these same sources. Clerical work in connection with the roll of honor is to be done at the Chamber of Corn- A total of 300,000 wage earn ers was employed in manufac turing industries in the San Francisco bay area in August, 1943. QUESTIONNAIRES U. S. Fliers Keep 4-1 Lead In Combat With Japanese Guadalcanal, S. I., Oct. 1 U.R) A United Press compilation of war plane combat losses in the south Pacific area during Sep tember today showed that 189 Japanese planes had been de stroyed during the month, bring ing the thirteen months' Solo mons total to 178S. It is noteworthy that Septem ber's 4-1 ratio of superiority in favor of American fliers is iden tloal with the ratio for the en tire campaign since the Invasion of Guadalcanal. United States aircraft under the overall command of Ma). Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Char lotte, N. C, have been the chief enemy of Japanese barge traf fic in the Solomons. The fliers have destroyed 77 of 119 barges sunk during recent Ten Per Cent Sales Urged CUT LIVING COST F.D.RJELLSAFL Letter From President is Read at Annual Conven tion of Labor Federation. Boston, Oct. 9. (U.R) Presi dent Roosevelt informed ' the 63rd annual convention of the American Federation of Labor today that he expected the roll back of prices will reduce the essential cost of living. In a letter addressed to Presi dent William Green and read to the more than 600 delegates by George Meany of New York, AFL secretary-treasurer, Mr. Roosevelt said: Help Is Asked "I ask your continued help in all aspects of the war effort and in the efforts to stabilize the do mestic economy. We anticipate a good deal of success in the roll back of prices which win stabi lize and reduce the cost of liv ing in essentials." ' President Roosevelt said that the battle of production "is be ing won in every shipyard, ma- chine shop,' factory and construc tion outfit" in the nation. The skill, speed and adaptability of American working . men and women, he said, "have made posible the outfitting and equip ment of our military forces in record time." Proud Record "The participation of the wage earners of this country, not only in the production drive, but in the support of the war effort by the purchase of war bonds, both out of union treasuries and out of personal subscription, is one of the items of American might of which we are very proud," the president wrote. To ' the enthusiastically ap plauding delegates following the president's message, Green pledged labor's support in the drive for price rollbacks. SERVICE REDUCED Washington, Oct. 9 (U.R) Reduced danger of effective en emy air attack on the United States was reflected today in a war department order drastical ly curtailing the activities of the civilian aircraft warning service and the duties of some 600,000 of Its volunteers. General H. H. Arnold, com mander of the army air forces, announced last night that here after observation posts and fil ter stations would be manned for periods of a few hours week ly rather than on a 24-hour basis. weeks, and damaged 94 of 90 others attacked and damaged. (Gen. Douglas MacArthurs communique today announced the sinking or damaging of 40 more Japanese barges by Amer ican destroyers.) Here Is a brief "thumbnail" weekly summary of what United States air forces have been do ing In the south Pacific theater during the four-week -period end ing Sept. 25: During week ending Sept. 3 72 Nips shot down. During week ending Sept. 10 8 Nips shot down. During week ending Sept. 17 76 Nips shot down; 241 tons of bombs dropped on the en emy's airfields at Kahili, Ballale, Buka and Kara. During week ending Sept. 24 33 Nips shot down. , As Revenue Source War Bulletins Allied Headquarters, Al giers, Oct. 6 (U.R) A French communique said today that the liberation of Corsica had been completed. London, Oct. 5. (U.R) The admiralty announced tonight that the British home fleet had carried out operations against German shipping off Norway, with United States ships participating. A United States aircraft carrier was among the Amer lean ships taking part la the action, an admiralty communi que revealed. Stockholm, Oct. 5. (U.R) Danish patriots have blown up two of the ships on which: German occupation authori ties were planning to deport thousands of Danish Jews to Poland, the Refugee Danish Press Service said today. U. S. COURT HEARS LOGGERS CLAIM BASED ON INJURY The personal Injury suit of Baxter Edmenson versus the Crater Lake Box and Lumber company, Klamath Falls, was be ing tried before Judge Claude McCulloch in circuit court this afternoon while a Jury, empan eled this morning, was viewing the premises in the Camp White land condemnation case of the government versus Brig. Gen, Ralph P. Cowglll, head of the Oregon State Guard. . - The plaintiff In the civil ac tion,' represented by Attorney William P. Lord and Ben Ander son, both of Portland, seeks 818,000 personal damages, claim. ing he was injured in a logging accident last May 7 while work Ing for the company. Defendant Is represented by Attorneys Earl S. Nelson and Richard B. Max well. Pre-trial was held this morning. Cowglll Case Next At 9 a. m. Wednesday the Cowglll case will be tried. The government has offered $1207 for 173 acres in the Camp White area, while Gen Cowglll is ask' ing $3500. Attorney George A, Codding is representing Gen Cowglll, Harry Boivin and Wil liam L. Dickson the government. The jury for the case Is as follows: C. B. Collins, Wilbur L. Gardner, Victor C. Sether, Dee F. Newton and Lloyd E Ferg, Medford; William Piatt Ray A. Minkler and Ted L. Pear son, Ashland; William Ausland and Charles Cook, Grants Pass: Andrew Hearn, Phoenix, and Thomas J. Bell, Talent. With wartime conditions mak ing it difficult to obtain jurors, 35 new names were drawn this morning and those available were to report at 1:30 this aft ernoon. They were: , William Brown, Eagle Point Louie O. Colver, Phoenix; Clar ence M. Smith. Medford; W. J, Claybaugh, Grants Pass; Herman L. Ekerson, Medford; Charles Click, Grants Pass; R. R. Every, Grants Pass; W. L. Lawson Eagle Point; C. H. Jerome, Grants Pass; H. B. Kellom, Med ford; B. J. Carter, Jacksonville; Thomas D. Riley, Eagle Point; Leonard N. Hall, Ashland; John Matson, Grants Pass; Carl W Massie, Medford; C. J. Cord, Medford. Henry H. Voss, Ashland; Le Roy F. Lundqulst, Medford; Roy Ashpole, Eagle Point; H. N. But ler, Medford; Harry N. Gleim Talent; Ray O. Johnson, Grants Pass; Henry B. Carter, Ashland; Merritt S. Cobb, Medford; Jus tin B. Smith, Medford; Sydney A. Brown, Medford; Frank Jor dan, Ashland; T. H. Simpson, Ashland; Thomas Semple, Med ford; I. T. Galllger, Grants Pass; Charlie Boussum, Medford, J. M. Isham, Grants Pass, and Ray mond L. Santee, Grants Pass. Australia is the greatest wool producing country in the world. Tax E $6,000000,000 N. Y. Board of Trade Taxa tion Head Gives Congress Program For Revenue. Washington. Oct. 6. (U.R) M. L. Seidmau, chairman of the taxation committee of the New York Board of Trade, today urged congress to enact a $6, 000,000,000 10 per cent victory sales tax with no exemptions, as a substitute for the treasury's tax program. He appeared before the house ways and means committee in its second day of hearings on the new general revenue bill. ' ' First Plan Doomed An " administration tax pro gram, calling for $10,560,000, 000 additional Internal revenue . next year through increased in dividual and corporation income Ms, gift and estate taxes and exVse levies, appeared to be doomed. The program,, along with recommendations for $5,- 300,000,000 additional Social Security taxes, was . presented to -the committee by Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., yesterday. . It was given a cold reception.. ' Economic Stabilization Direc tor Fred M. Vinson, originally scheduled to testify today in support of the administration's program, will not be heard un til tomorrow. - ,-. , ' Would Get Everybody Seidman told the committee his proposal would apply to everybody.. The- treasury - did not recommend a general sales tax. Strong opposition to a federal sales tax was voiced before the committee by Morley Wolfe, a spokesman ' for the National Lawyers Guild. The Guild, Wolfe said, favors Increased rates dn individual in comes above $2,500, a $25,000 ceiling on net incomes after taxes, repeal of the victory tax. mandatory Joint returns, ana heavy excise taxes on luxuries and non-essentials. P.C. P. C. Bigham, 67, of 503 North Grape street, one of southern Oregon's greatest hunting and fishing enthusiasts and a resi dent of Medford for many years, died suddenly of a heart attack early this morning while start ing out from Lakeview in search of a buck. Ernest Scott, secretary of the Medford Elks lodge, to which Bigham had belonged since April, 1910, said he received a telephone call about 7 a. m. to day from C. L. Rose of Spring street, Blgham's companion on the hunting trip. Rose told Scott that they had Just left Lakeview and had driven no more than 10 minutes when Bigham passed away in the car. For many years Bigham oper ated a soda water bottling works here, and Just prior to his death was employed at the A-One Brewery. He was born in Ventura, Cal., on July 26, 1876, and is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida M. Bigham. Time of the funeral and a com plete obituary will be published later. In charge of arrangements is the Perl Funeral Parlor, which is returning the body to Medford today. Cotton in such natural colors as black, red and green has been raised on Russian experimental farms. jurors.
