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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1943.
NO. 167.
" - Ptulad Preas FuU leal Wire ' ' " -. " - ' " '
: inirty-eiehth Year , ; . - , ;
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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
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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.