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Public Invited to Lit YOUR Antwtr To Bomb Be BONDSI Buy War Bond! ana Stamp TODAY fontrlbot. to the war effort of yoor nation. Patriot Urn, roar own wit-protection demands that SOD do jour part NOW! ' Thirty-eiphth Year News Behind The News by Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 6 (Spl The Nazis have placed enough troops south of Rome to make us Hgnt lor ev ery inch of our northward ad' vance. They havt hid about eight di visions around and south of the city. The bulk of this force has been digging in just north of Naples rani Malloa around Gaeta to the Medi terranean coast and selecting defensive positions across the peninsula to the Adriatic in sucn a way as to offer determined re sistance along that line in a final fight for the Italian capital. The main German army in It aly, however, has been . kept north of the Appennine line in the region of the Po, suggesting tnat there Hitler Intends to- put up his best stand on Italian soil. . These placements betray the nazis- plans. They are not try ing to face us with a superior force, but have schemed what the military , men call "strong delaying actions," to impede us and keep us down to a ploddlnf They could make a better fight of it by withdrawing planes and troops from northern - France and the lowlands, but, obviously, : they are afraid .of momentary invasion and intend primarily to protect homeland. , ; ; . .' THE next ten 'days should tell whether the Russians. - can break through the Dnieper line. Present condition of the. battle suggests- three widely separate points at which the Russians well might strike. : If they could cut across the Dnieper at the big bend (Dne propetrovsk), they could threat en the whole southern German (ConUnurd on Pat. But) WILL BE SEEN IN 11 PARADE 7 Camp White, Oct. 6. Spl.) Gen. Amos Thomas, command ing general, Camp White, has - extended an invitation to the people of Medford and vicinity to . witness the colorful retreat ceremony and formal review at 5 o'clock Friday evening on the SCU parade grounds located . 4 west of Post Headquarters. This ceremony involves the lowering of the flag and the firing of the ca.inon, and will bo an unusual opportunity for those who have , never observed such an . occa sion. Thirteen units will participate in the largest formal review ever to be held by the service command unit and attached .troops. Gen. Thomas will be the reviewing officer. In addition there will be a formal presenta tion to Gen. Thomas of the new elephant train, recently con structed by the post engineers, which will be used as a shuttle bus for the military personnel of Camp White. . - No Pastes Needed - No passes will be necessary lw for civilians to get onto the post for the ceremony, but visitors are asked to enter the gate at Avenue "G" and Crater Lake Highway the entrance near Post Headquarters where' M. P.'s will be present to admit them to the parade grounds. Units participating in the for mal review are judged and rated first and second according to the military bearing, execution of movements and marching. Re sults of last Friday's retreat were First, WAC section, SCU 1913, and second. MP section, SCU 1913. l. W rWrkr ddrW " " 1 OU'X rF 1f V V 11 & I I . Unifd Prw Mil Lwd WIm . : ' ' ' 1 - i 1 . . t WEDGE IS DRIVEN IN GERMAN LINE Capture of Two Vital Towns Enables Yanks to Plunge Over Volturno River. Br United Preu Anglo-American troops of the fifth army stabbed northward today on the road to Rome through .a gap slashed in the first German defense line above Naples. . Winning two vital towns on the rail lines and highways pointed toward the Italian capi tal, fifth army, shock troops plunged on to cross the strategic Volturno river and wedge into the first, line the Nazis might have tried to hold. Greatest Succett ' The success was the greatest scored, since Naples fell and came while ' the Italian front showed clear signs of developing into an increasingly bitter bat tleground. As yet there were no indica tions where the Germans plan ned a major attempt to stop the growing' allied push toward Rome. : The lunge put the fifth army forces no more than AS,', miles from "Rom while afrieo. planes ranged along their lines And far ahead to keep, the enemy's de fenses off balance. Aversa, eight miles north, of Naples, and- Mad daloni, 14 miles northeast, fell to Gen. Mark W. Clark's -American and British forces. . Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont- gomerys' British eighth, army veterans hammered at qukkly forraed German lines along the Biferno' river near Termoll in their-first major fighting since they began their fast march up the eastern side of .the peninsula. Bologna Bombed Flying fortresses carried the aerial offensive northward to Bologna in a heavy raid on rail centers and Wellingtons on a night raid hit the Groseto air field, . 80 miles ' northwest of Rome. For the first time in days, considerable enemy opposition was mounted against the allied air force. But fifteen German planes were shot down for a loss of six allied craft. . In the Mediterranean, -contra dictory reports obscured the situation in the Islands off Tur key where British and German forces are battling for control Of the Aegean. . The Germans said they, had retaken newly-conquered Cos, while Turkish reports went fur ther .to ray they also had re captured Leros Island and land ed on Samos. All three were taken by British air forces two weeks ago. - . FEOERALWORKER DEFERMENT RULE HAS SENATE O.K. Washington, Oct. 6. (U.R) The senate today agreed to sub stitute the Bailey-Clark bill to restrict deferments for govern ment employes for the pending Wheeler bill which would have deferred all Pre-Pearl Harbor fathers until Jan. - The senate also added to the administration-supported substi tute an amendment by Sen. Ben nett C. Clark, D., Mo., for crea tion of a medical commission to re-examine the standards of phy sical witness for service in the armed forces. Some- administration officials were saying privately today that farms have become a haven for draft dodgers. They declined to be quoted for the record, explaining that they feared the congressional farm bloc which forced through the Tydlngs amendment giving vir tual draft exemption to lann workers Witness IMHMrlrtHHraHMHMMMrraalHrr Cardinal Is High Stepper H - &-s. r - (Acm TeUphotoJi Lou Klein, Cardinal second baseman, goes high into the air to -avoid the spikes -oi New York Yank. Shortstop Frank Cro atia at he stole second in the opener of the 1943 world series. Catcher Cooper's throw was wild but Walker came in fait to hold Crotettl to .the bag. Rue it the umpire. The Yankee won 4 to -. ? ' '- . v (-;..,:.-',...,.., ,,t I , OIL BARGE BLAST INJURES SEVERAL Jacksonville, . Fla., Oct. 6 (U.PJ An' i(ploslon on. an oil barge t the St. Johns Engine company, shipyards' it 1 p. m today injured at least 2S persons and may have caused the deaths of several others, -early reports indicated. . . Police said that "14 or 15 per sons were killed," but a check of hospitals and mortuaries failed to produce any known dead. During the 12 months of 19-12 the army air forces within the continental United States flew a distance-equal to 81,170 'trips around the tarth. . . Details of German Reign of Terror Told In Battel Hungry Naples ' By Reynolds Packard ' ' and Henry T. Gorr.ll ' Naples, . Italy,' Oct. 3 . (U.R) Battered, hungry Naples buried its hundreds of dead in a drench ing ' rain today and survivors told for the first time in all its brutal detail the full story of the German reign of terror over Italy's third largest city. They related, how the Ger mans: , . Laid siege to a hospital be cause they knew it had, medical and food supplies, r Killed 100 Italian hostages for every German soldier slain. Forced condemned patriots to dig their own graves. - Human Armor Tied the hands of Italians and forced them to form a cordon around retreating armored cars. Kidnaped at gunpoint 70,000 Neapolitan - men from 18 to 34 for slave labor. Blew up reservoirs and hook ed the water system onto the sewage system to - make water unusable. We saw the corpses of more than 100 men,-women and chil dren heaped In one huge room at the hospital for incureables overlooking the Stada Dl Clno. Most of them had been killed while the hospital was holding out for five days against -Nazi artillery. and mortar fire. The hospital staff fought off the Ger mans with machine suns and rifles between operations. .w passed through wtrds con Colorful Camp WHite Review FrHay 5 p.m. r A TP n I ' ' MEDFORD, OREGON, 1 .' ! APPLE CEILINGS LISTED BY OPA -':' Washington, Oct.'. 6 U.B Th office of price administra tion ' today established maximum prices for apples for home con sumption which it said will rest in average national retail prices oi Between 10 and 11 cents a pound for the season. The retail maximum for Oc tober, the low point in the sea son, will average about 9V4 cents a pound, approximately one cent under the present national aver age; OPA said. - Regional and district OPA of fices soon will announce cents-per-pound retail prices for their areas, it was said. taining 600 wounded, most of whom were civilians who helped pursue the Germans from the city. ' Most Gruesome Sight Col. Tom' Campbell of Hardin, Mont., who said he was making a report direct to Gen. George C. Marshall, U. S. army chief of staff, told us that he had seen "some gruesome sights in Russia and Sicily, but never anything like this." Dr. Antonio De Cesare, for many years. a prominent mem ber of the staff of Naples' largest newspaper, the Corriere Di Napoli, told us that the Ger mans seized the first 100 men to walk along a street in Capua, north of Naples, lined them up against a wall and machine gunned. them In retaliation for the shooting of a German soldier. In nearby Aversa, a cara blnieri (police) colonel said, the Germans executed 80 carabin ieri and 20 civilians for the death of another German soldier. . Dig Own Graves - - Many Italians were forced by the Germans to dig their own graves- near the Campo Reale. We heard rumors that some were buried alive, but were unable to confirm them. . . . Dr. De Cesare said the Ger mans hastily pulled out of Naples on-the night of Sept. 8, when Italy's surrender was an nounced, but returned en masse two days later when the allies landed on the Salerno gulf rather than attempt to . force "If r L WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER Cards Even Series L Administration's $10, 500,- 000,000 Plan Far Beyond Ability to- Pay, Claim. Washington, Oct. 6. (U.R) Republican members- of the house ways and means commit tee, in a joint statement, today denounced the administration's new $10,500,000,000 tax pro gram' as going "far beyond what the average person is able to pay." The tenor of the statement was similar to the criticism of the program voiced by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Robert L. Doughton, D., N.C.; on Monday, a few hours after the program was presented to the committee. Doughton' said : it was more than average taxpay ers "can reasonably bear." Doughton's statement already had doomed the treasury, pro-, V-Lt'"-i-''iV-'' "iW Republican statement was issued by Rep. Harold KnUtson, of Minnesota, GOP spokesman on the committee. It also called for all possible economies in the government s budget before ask ing the American people to bear an additional tax burden. "Prior to hearing all the evi dence, we feel it would be Im proper for us to take a definite position on specific items," it said. ' - '. - '. - The statement drew attention to the assertion of Rep. John Taber of New York, ranking Republican on the house appro priations .committee, that 40 per cent of the treasury's recom mendation could be discounted through economies which would not impair the war effort. . If 3 per cent more homes that are heated with oil or gas are completely weatherproofed this year, more than 44,250,000 gal lons of fuel oil and more than a million tons of coal can be saved. Naples harbor. "Then they got really tough with us," the journalist said. "They told us they were at war with the Italians henceforth and that we had better be careful or else. "We got tough, too. Bands of Franc T 1 r e u r s Immediately sprang up and virtual warfare existed between the Italians and the Germans. Only a few hun dred Italians, If that many, would have anything to do with the Germans. Systematic Looting , "The Germans began system atic looting of the shops. When they had taken enough, they set fire to what was left behind. Several shops were opened to Italian passersby whom they told to take what they wanted. A number of those who re sponded then were shot by the Uermans as looters. The Germans embarked on their final rampage of terrorism Sept. 26, the Sunday before the allies entered Naples, Dr. De Cesare said. "They blew up and set fire to tourist hoisls, part of Naples university, the Bourse, beer works anything that happened to strike their fancy," he said "It was wanton destruction." During that final week, he said, the Germans completed the seizure or destruction of all food and other essential supplies un til literally nothing was left by the time the .allies entered the city Friday. United Praet full 6, 1943 WOMEN CALLED FOR FIRST TIME ASU.S. Medford Women Drawn as War Depletes Available Men; Camp Land Eyed. With women serving on the jury for the first time in this federal court district as the war time manpower shortage made it impossible to obtain enough men for duty, the land con demnation case of the govern ment versus M. L. Carmean was to be tried in U. S. district court at 1:30 this afternoon. Carmean, represented by At torney George M. Roberts, is seeking $17,170 for 21.7 acres in the Camp White area, for which the government has deposited $1,200 as a "fair and just" price. . Promisee Viewed The Jury of six men and six women viewed the premises this morning. In drawing the jury, the name of Mrs. Hattle House -otMford was llrtt out of the box thus she became the first woman federal juror ever desig nated to serve In this district. Other women on the jury are Mrs. Hattie Fish, Mrs. Nellie Schultz, Mrs. Ella Rogers, Mrs. Doris Baize, all of Medford, and Mr. Myrtle Miller of Ashland. Male members are Seth M Bullls, Michael Schwartz, Ray mond A. Mlksche, Fred Spitz- miller and Justin B. Smith, all of Medford, and Charles Click of Grants Pass. , - A total of 16 women were drawn - on the special venire Tuesday afternoon when it be came obvious' there were not enough men available. Others drawn, excused this morning to report at 9 a. m. Thursday along with male Jurors, were Mrs. Blanche Boyd, Mrs. Alice Downs, Mrs. Laura Erlckson, Mrs. Anges Evanson, Mrs. Alice Helman, Mrs. Katherine McAllister, Mrs. Grace Pellet, Mrs. Josephine Sleight, Mrs. Phoebe Tengwald and Mrs. Julia Spatz. To Call More Judge Claude McCulloch said from the bench that the women Jurors would be drawn for duty the same as the men in the re maining cases. The condemnation case of the government versus Brig. Gen. Ralph P. Cowgill, head of the Oregon State Guard, was heard this morning and was expected to be in the hands of the jury early this afternoon. The gov ernment has offered $1,267 for 173 acres, while the defendant is asking $3,500. - The court has taken under ad visement the $18,000 personal injury suit of Baxter Edmenson of Klamath Falls against the Crater Lake Box and Lumber company of the same city. Judge McCulloch heard testi mony in the case Tuesday after noon. Doctor Testifies Dr. James C. Hayes of Med ford, who made a physical ex amination of Edmenson, testified he could find no evidence of serious head, back, jaw or shoul der injury. The plaintiff com plained of pains In those places since being injured in a logging operation last May. Pre-trial was also held yester day afternoon In the personal Injury suit of William R. Ham mond,. Oakland, Calif., against the Lamm Lumber company of Klamath county. Hammon, who claims to have been injured in a logging operation last March, seeKS 2u,uuu damaged. HOTEL MEN ELECT Pittsburgh, Oct. 6 (U.R) The American Hotel association yes terday elected Glen wood J. Sherrard of Boston president cf the .association at the closing session. P, Trf.-maltie Loud, San Francisco, was' elected second vice-president. - but. Wlro With 4 Naples, Oct. 6 (U.R) Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, comman der of the Anglo-American fifth army, made a formal entry Into Naples this after noon. Canberra, Australia, Oct. 6. (U.R) Deputy Prime Minis, ter F. M. Forde announced to day that an official Investiga tion was being conducted into reports of Japanese atrocities in Mew Guinea, Including the recently dltcloted beheading 1 of a captured allied airman. PLACE CAUSE OF The city will proceed to en force the zoning ordinance which will prevent Mrs. Lillian Ehrheart from operating . her chicken dinner . place at 408 South Oakdale avenue, , Mayor Clarence A. Meeker said . fol lowing rather stormy council meeting last night, at i which three private citizens and Attor ney Rawies Moore, representing Mrs. Ehrheart, voiced - their sentiments in the controversy at considerable length. Mayor Meeker said that, while it was the general view of the council and city authorities that Mrs; Ehrheart should be allowed to operate until she had time to either succeed or fall in getting the zone changed, the cits waa left with no other alternative but to take steps to enforce the orainance. ' Advice Blamed : , Rawies Moore, as Mrs. Ehr- heart's attorney, asked the council to be a little tolerant for awhile until she had time to circulate the petitions for re- zoning, probably about Nov, 1, He said that before - she purchased the late Judge H. D. Norton's spacious residence she had been improperly advised that she would be allowed to operate. He said she proposed to run a high-class tea room and chicken dinner club and that fears it would become an all- day and all-night restaurant, or "road house," were utterly groundless. - Also speaking In favor of Mrs. Ehrheart was George Buchanan, representing the Lions club and the Toastmasters' club, both of which organizations hold their dinner meetings there. He said there la a sore need in the city for such service as that rendered by Mrs. Ehrheart and that she Is doing a real civic service In providing accommoda tions for clubs and individual citizens. He praised highly the conduct of her establishment. Change Plea Filed ' According to Ralph Wood ford, secretary of the Medford Planning Commission, Mrs. Ehr heart has filed an application to have the area changed from 1-A, or family residence, zone, to 3, or conditional business zone. Before the re-zonlng can be accomplished, she must obtain on a petition the signatures of persons owning 51 per cent of the total area of the land within 300 feet of the outside bound ary of her property and the sig natures of persons owning 75 per cent of the lineal frontage of the abutting property. When this is done, the peti tion is presented to the plan ning commission which, in turn, refers it to the city council for final action. W. J. Warner, who resides near Mrs. Ehrheart, asked the council why the zoning ordinance was allowed to be violated. De claring there should be no neces sity for property owners to ap pear before or petition the coun cil to see that the law was en forced, he stated "there Is some thing wrong when you have to pit neighbor against neighbor" in any case involving an or dinance and law. War Bulletins COOPER BROTHERS Uh Tho MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way " Quick Results At Small Coot NO. 168 to 3 Win FOR DEADFATHER Battery Brothers Hear of Dads Death Few Hours Before 2nd Game Starts. Yankee Stadium. Nnw Vn-lr Oct. 6 (U.R) A few sad hours after their father's death th. Cooper boys paid tribute to his memory xooay By leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4 to 3 Victorv OVr tha Vn, Va,V Yankees and squaring the 1943 worm series at one game each. witn a heavy heart, big Mort Cooner beat th fnvnnuti Van. kees with sharp shooting pitch- nu griei-siriCKen Dattery mate and brother, Walker, as they kept their pre-game vow to "win this one for pop." . L Given Bad News ' They received the news of their father's death just before . leaving their hotel for Yankee Stadium, where the New York ers had beatenHha Card 4 tb Z i in the ojarfcig-.contest. Manager ' Billy Southworth had not yet decided whether to pitch. Big Mort, for the ace of the Red Bird hurling corps had been suffer- ' ing from shoulder cold. The trio-Southworth and the . two saddened brothers met in the dressine ranm anil th clslon was made to send Mort to tne nui. "We"ll play and well win," Mort said. "Baoanaa that'a h.t he would want us to do. We'll win this one for pop." The boxscore: Cardinals AB R H P A E 0 1 4 4 0 0 18 0 1 112 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 110 10 118 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 110 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 27 8 2 RH P A E 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 0 10 113 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 6 27 6 0 Klein, 2b 4 Walker, cf 8 W. Cooper, e 3 tCnrnwalrl 9.K 4- Sanders, lb .. 3 Litwhiler, If 3 Marlon, ss .. 3 M. Cooper, p 3 , Totals ......32 Yankees - AB Keller, If Dickey, e Etten, lb Totals . i j went in mat uast7 in the sixth When W. (Vmner tipped his bat. A Batter for Bonham In 8th. Cardinals -....001 300 0004 Yankees 000 100 0023 Runs batted In Marlon, Kur owskl, Sanders 2, Keller 2, Et ten. Two-base hit Johnson. Three-base hit Keller. Home runs Marlon, Canders. Stolen base Marlon. Sacrifices W. Cooper, M. Cooper. Left on bases Cardinals 7, Yankees 4. Bases on balls, off Bonham 3, M. Cooper 1, Murphy 1, Struck out, by Bonham 9, M. Cooper 4, Hits off Bonham 6 In 8 in nings; Murphy 1ml. Double play Marion to Klein to Sanders. Winning pitcher M. Cooper. Losing pitcher Bonham. Umpires Reardon (N) plate. Rue (A) first base, Stewart (N) second base, Rommell (A) third base. Time 2:08. Attendance 68,578. - Play By Play Cardinals, Flrsti Klein filed out to Metheny in short right field. Walker fanned. Mutlal (Continued on Page Fin) .11
