MEDFORD " MAffi TRIBUNE; MEDFORD,' OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1943.
AXIS PRISONERS
NATKTRAINS
Italians More Appreciative
: of Treatment Than Ger
: mans All Well Fed.
PAGE THREE
Mrs. Roosevelt Sees Guadalcanal
.'Baltimore, Md. (U.R) A-soldier
guarding Italian prisoners
of war in a railway coach was
hurled' out the open door when
the train jerked to a stop.
. Three Italian soldiers Jumped
from their seats, leaped out of
the train and ran to the uncon
scious . soldier's side. . They
lifted his head and, unscrewing
his - canteen, gave him water.
One picked up his rifle and held
!t.' When the soldier regained
consciousness the three assisted
him back aboard the coach,
handed- him his gun and re
turned to their seats;
While this incident, described
by Margaret Talbott Stevens in
the - Baltimore and Ohio Bail-
road's magazine, isn't repeated
often, it does typify, she said,
the attitude of Italian prisoners
toward their captors. - . '
,',Miss Stevens, whose story
was approved by the War de
partment,' visited a prison' train
as it- prepared to leave for. an
un41selosed camp. . tl
- Italians Appreciative .1
' She wrote that ; the Italian,
more docile' than : the , German
prisoner, shows more clearly,
too, his appreciation of the stern
but just manner in .which he is
treated while en route by train
to 'his . prison camp from the
ship .ithat . brought him from
Sicily or North Africa. ' ' ;
. tie. beams at the occasional
sight of butter with his meal,
frequently spreading it as thinly
as possible on his bread. . Or he
may spear his pad of butter with
a -toothpick and lay it aside for
dessert.
: -The-0erman prisoner;, on the
average, is young, many ' appear
ing to be only 14 or 16. Not so
gentle in manner as the Italians,
the Germans, nevertheless,
grinned so beguillngiy :, at on
lookers as the train ..slowly
chugged out of a station .that,
acording to Miss Stevens, it was
difficult for her to hold back an
answering -smile. But an Ameri
can: army officer said-curtly: ,
. "Remember, these are prison
ers of war, your -enemy and
mine. ' Regardless of the- appar
ently - friendly smile, - they are
still billigerents."
Ride SO In Coach
This attitude of sternness un
derneath civil treatment . per
vades the guarding of the-train
on' which the captives travel,
809 at: a time.
It takes a 16-car train to
carry 10 carloads of prisoners
riding SO to a coach.' Immedt
hufclnd the locomotive is
the. tourist car, affording practi
cally the same accommodations
as a standard open section pull
man sleeping car, which Is used
by some of the military police
as barracks ana (on-aw .
trim, nrUnners' coaches are next,
then another tourist car for the
MPs, two baggage cars Used for
kitchens and, in order, five more
nrlannara' coaches and head'
quarters car' for the-command
ing officer or me tram mm "
railroad' representative.
. Each, prisoner is assigned a
tingle seat and may not leave it
without-, permission . from a
guard. : Not more than a single
prisoner in-a coach is up at one
time. . Windows can't be raised
mx-thim three Inches. Guards
it at both ends of the car,
' Thi. nrisoners eat the same
fare supplied to American en
n.to men. Efficient refrigera
tors in the baggage-car kitchens
keep . meats . .fresh . and modern
equipment enables the speedy
preparing of solid meals for the
trains enure compauj,
;wr---v tl (Wrm
Mrs. Eleanor Rooaevelt Inspects a bit of evidence of prowess of American airmen in the South
Pacific as she looks over wreckage of a Japanese Zero fighter plane shot down over Guadalcanal.
Pvt. Clarence D. Robertson, of Tulsa. Okla.. a sentry, is shown with the First Lady. Official U. S.
Army Signal Corps photo.
EIGHTH AIR FORGE
STILL FAR F
E
U. S. Organization - Gains
450 Per Cent Since May
1 Little Change In Types
Hetaholt To Work
. . .. for Native Land
.HolJywood, Calif.; Oct. 8.
U.R) Danish-born Movie Actor
Jean Hersholt today was through
with commercial motion picture
acting for the duration of the
avntn himself to ad
vancing -the welfare of his
native land, even though his
miMx i. nn in- Denmark and
ff.r from Nazi' reprisals.
' ' uiknYt ' ' ennhiincihif His teW
roHroment. described
activities' of the National "Deft
..v.&mArtpn ... association, ..ox
llinm -
which he is president.
....... n&iRY PRICES
' Sen Francisco, Oct. B. 0M9
T1rv market:
-Butter: 93 score 43, 98 score
aha an xwira 42V4. 89 score
A1 Tl.'-
Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf
VlVt, triplets 27.
vmm T.orifa sradfi A ot
medium grade A 53, small grade
A 49, large-grade a a.
' CloUng time for Clsine4 f J
InT- Too ut to ciMfy w
p.' m. ' ' '
Holly Headliner
Cary Grant as a happy go
lucky- gambler comes to .the
Holly tonight in "Mr. Lucky,''
with Laraine Day. Partner fea
ture on the same bill is the Ritz
Brothers latest comedy, "Hi'Ya
Chum."
Rialto Badman
v.
Leo Carillo stars in tomor
row's Rialto film. "Frontier Bad-
man" paired with "Mexican
SDltf Ire's Blessed Event" on a
two-feature program. .
BUCHANAN HEADS
MASTERS
George Buchanan will serve as
president of .'the Medf ord . Toast:.
masters for the ensuing term, to
be assisted by Eldon Drysdale,
vice president: secretary-treas-
urer, Ray- Pence; .and deputy
district eovernor, uarios morris,
who is also the retiring presi
dent. The officers were elected
yesterday at the regular-weekly
dinner-meeting at jinrneart s.
Accented for membership In
the organization were Milo Ross
and Harold Newhouse, and for
reinstatement, Dr.. W.. J.. Moffatt
and D. D. Davis. Ray Harrison
discussed the use o fnew concen
trated foods, the possible produc
tion of synthetic foods and the
importance vitamins in his
talk on "What Shall We Eat?"
Other speakers were Orville
Kingman, who spoke on "Toast-
masters,".; and ..Carlos ; Morris,
whose subject was What Price
Education?:!..
ELAINE MUST RETURN
BARRYMORE PANELS
Hollywood, Oct. 8. U.PJ
Elaine Barrymore must return
to r.the . .late. . John . . Barrymbre's
Bel-Air home two panels con
taining., the., carved , figures - of
clothed church dignitaries even
though Mrs. Samuel O. -Sprager
testified those in the house when
she bought it last October 16
contained nudes, Judge Stanley
Mosk-ruled today.
If she doesn't return, the
panels, she must pay $1,800, re
puted . value of . the carvings,
which belonged to a cardinal be
fore Barrymore-bought -them-in
Italy.
Um Mall Tribune Want Ada.
Here Wednesday
lJllllHM " ""'
Bob Hope and Dorothy La-
mour are co-starred in the hi
larious "They Got Me Covered,"
opening tomorrow at the Cra-
terian.
gulation was made by virtue of
an. authority expressly granted
by the act itself, and an author
ity which, It has been deter
mined, was bestowed by con
gress without conflict with con
stitutional restriction."
Dm Mall Tribune Want Ada.
By Walter Cronklte
' (United Press Correspondent)
London, Oct. 8. U.R) The
American Eighth Air force has
grown by 450 per cent since
May 1, but still is less than two
thirds of the way toward the
ultimate goal set for it, it can
be revealed today.
Going into its second winter
of air war against Germany
this time as a full partner of the
Royal Air force instead of as a
weak sister the Eighth has four
times as many heavy bombers
as it had last spring, six times
the number of fighters, and four
times the number of medium
bombers.
Plan Big Expansion
Present plans are believed to
call for further expansion of the
heavy bomber force by at least
30 per cent and the medium,
fighter and reconnaissance forces
by more than 100 per cent in
each division.
How soon that "table of or
ganization" will change from
paper files to combat aircraft
on British airdromes is uncer
tain. It depends on many fact
ors maintenance of production
rates at home, completion of
new fields on which to base the
planes and men, continuance of
the European theatre as the No.
1 priority zone for deliveries of
new aircraft.
The expansion, which has
been meteoric this summer was
expected to level off, and ar
rivals of new ships and cress
will slow to a trickle, compared
to the flood of recent months.
Few Changes :
One reason is the weather.
which during winter will force
diversion of ferried planes from
the northern to the longer
southern route.
It is unlikely that there is to
be any change in the next sev
eral months in the types of air
craft employed against Hitler
from the west. Liberators and
Fortresses will continue to carry
the heavy bombing task.. Mar
auders will do the medium
bombing. Thunderbolts will
furnish the fighter escort.
Commanders of the Eighth
have used the summer months
to experiment, modify and re
group. They have added even
more guns to the Liberators and
Fortresses,' already the most
heavily armed bombers in the
world.
They have increased the range
of both fighters and bombers.
They have experimented in low-
level Marauder bombing and
virtually abandoned it for medi
um-level operations, where the
ship is at its peak of effective
ness. They have sent the Fort
resses out at dusk and brought
them home long after dark.
These are the things which
can be discussed. . There are
other tricks in the hat of Major-
Gen. Ira C. Eaker that can t be
talked of now. They will sur
prise the folks back home and
they will shock Hitler.
Coast Guard Uses
Girl Office Help
Washington, Oct. 8. U.R)
The Coast Guard is training
SPARS (women reservists) to re
place most of the male pay and
supply officers at shore stations.
Rear Admiral F. J. Gorman,
chief finance and supply officer,
said today that the Coast Guard
already has closed its pay and
supply school for male person
nel at Curtis Bay, Md., and
opened one for women in Palm
Beach, Fla.
Da Mall Tribune Want Ada.
UAL Head Offers
' Traffic Division
San Francisco, Oct. 8. (U.R)
W. A. Patterson, president of
United Air Lines, has recom
mended to the Civil Aeronautic!
board division among world
powers of post war global air
traffic rather than adoption of
a free trade policy, it was
learned today.
He said under a free trad
policy his company would ap
ply for both Pacific and Atlantis:
franchises, but he urged amal
gamatlon of American air travel
resources for attainment ot
American preeminence in trans
ocean air travel. . , . ,
Geologists claim that ' th
rocks which make up mountain,
masses are lighter than those
which underlie plains.
irj
Smooth is the
word for it
Clicquot Cui Gmaa Aut Is favor
agtd. The finest flaror ingiediants
aim allowed to mallow and bland at
Uast six month. It takes tint to
make a smooth drink. ,
Cffcqef niatt la toll 12-ai. quarts.
A-ONE BEVERAGE
COMPANY
301 N. Fir Phone 3873
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Los-'Angeles.- Oct. 8. (U.R)
"Headache" pills are making
100-octane gasoline and syn
thetic' rubber, the process' dis
coverers disclosed here today.;
In a Beaumont, Tex., refinery,
tiny clay pellets looking like
those in your medicine cabinet
are being used to crack gasoline
"well over" 100 octane to power
new super-engines coming off
production lines.
The Beaumont plant Is the
first of 28 units to get into pro
duction . within the next few
months using the "pills," made
of a mineral found in volcanic
ash after another clay deposit
petered out.
The pellets break down petro
leum molecules and carbon. .
Newark. N. J., Oct. 8.' (U.R)
The federal price control act,
attacked as unconstitutional by
40 wholesale meat dealers in
dicted on charges of conspiracy
to violate OPA regulations, was
upheld yesterday in a ruling by
Federal Judge, Thomas F.
Meaney. 1
Declaring that price regula
tions do not' abrogate provisions
of the fifth and sixth amend
ments, Meaney said that the "re-
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