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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
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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.
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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
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Cardinal Is High Stepper
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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
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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.
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MEDFORD, OREGON,
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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
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER
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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
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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
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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." .
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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
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