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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1943
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News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Oct. 11 Demand
for economy in lieu of increased
taxes furnishes an excellent talk
ing point, but
has underlying
defects.
The need for
economy Is
real, not even
a minor por
tion of the
waste in war
expenditures i
probably yet
popularly sus
pected. Necea
raal Malloa
sities of mili
tary censorship
and a general disinclination to
expose any fact which would
injure the war effort have re
stricted free discussion of the
topic.
: All that the congressmen have
been able to do so far is to peck
away at special examples to
which their attention is drawn,
and try to force corrections.
Outstanding economy leader
has been Senator Byrd, of Vir
ginia, who has done much good
in this way. He is now trying
to cut the federal employe ros
ter, but, in the face of the great
resistance of bueaucracy, success
even to the modest extent of
300,000 persons is unlikely.
The appropriations bills will
not come up until January. Then
every bureaucrat will swear to
the best possible political or mil
itary reasons for increasing his
own particular bureau, congres
sional economizers then will be
accused of interfering with the
military effort, or democrats
will be oharaed with hindering
their own reelections on the po
litical side.
Congress can cut some, no
doubt, but a wholesale slashing
program on a basis commensur
ate with the proposed tax in
creases is hardly possible.
The government simply does
not want to economize. Unless
an overwhelming popular de
mand for economy is organized
to spur all the congressional
leaders, or by the administration
(Continued on Pag Pour)
IN BUS STRIKE
"Los Angeles, Oct. 11 U.PJ
Santa Fe trauways officials ana
Brotherhood of Railway train
men conferred again today in a
determined effort to reopen bus
service in five states, halted for
five days by a dispute over dis
missal of a union official.
A meeting between the two
factions deadlocked yesterday
when neither party could agree
a on a solution to the walkout
which began when 225 drivers
failed to report for work.
Meanwhile, bus travel In Cal-
ifornla. Arizona, New Mexico
and parts of Colorado and Texas
was at a standstill, leaving thou
V sands of servicemen and civili
ans stranded.
The drivers took what, they
called "sick leave" last Thurs
day following discharge of L. J
Pierce, driver and union chair-
. man. The company called it an
unauthorized strike.
Grievance Committee Chair
man L. G. Charles denied the
men were on strike. He said they
felt the insubordination charges
on which Pierce was dismissed
were "trumped up.
"They felt so bad they were
not in proper condition to go to
work, he added.
In seven southeastern states
approximately 270,000 women
are now engaged in war-work
or are working in critical indus-
i tries, excluding agriculture.
SIDE GLANCES
. Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Claire Spomey and Moretha
Benton using the ration board
office stapling machine to ad-
minister first aid to a piece of
feminine wearing apparel.
, Tod Porter gloating over win
ning a wager he was talked In
to making.
E
INTO NAZI BASE
AFTER WARSHIP
Huge German Craft Left
, Walloping in Thick Oil
Three Subs Lost in Attack
London, . Oct. 11 (U.PJ Brit
ish midget submarines In their
first announced action of the war
sailed boldly into a great naval
base in north Norway and tor
pedoed the German battleship
Tirpitz, leaving her wallowing
in thick oil which spread two
miles. ,
An admiralty communique to
day announced the attack oc
curred on Sept. 22. The Tirpitz,
whose tonnage has been esti
mated as high as 50,000, was the
pride of the German navy.
i Tribute to Men
The bold venture Involved
"hazards of the first order," the
admiralty said In paying an un
usual tribute to the men who
hammered, it home "with suc
cess." Although the communique
said the sortie through the in
tricate defenses of the German
naval base in Altenfjord, north
ern. Norway, was aimed at
'main units of the German bat
tle fleet," it mentioned no dam
age inflicted except on the Tir
pitz. .
Three of the midget subma
rines Britain's new weapon
which had been a well-kept se
cret .were lost in the attack.
Btft- a reference in the commu
nique to questioning the crews
of other submarines which took
part, made it clear that some
came back.
Suceess Seen
Reports of the crewmen to
gether with later aerial scouting
"now -leave noodoubt, despite
enemy claims to the contrary
that the attack met with suc
cess," the admiralty said. .-
Air pictures taken after the
attack showed that the Tirpitz
sister ship of the Bismarck, had
not moved from her anchorage
ana was surrounded by thick oil
wnicn spread more than two
miles from the shin's berth.
several s m a 1 1 unidentified
vessels were seen alongside the
Tirpitz. They were believed to
be repair ships or craft for pro
viding power and light to the bat
tleship, presumably incapacitat
ed in that respect by the British
attack.
SGT. BORCHERT IN
LIST OF MISSING
Washington. Opt. 1 lTTTPV
ine war department today made
public the names of 574 United
states soldiers missing in action,
i no list included:
Asiatic area:
Oregon:
2nd Lt. Roger K. Putnam Mr.
Eleanor M. Putnam, wife, 270 N
4isi at., aaiem.
European area:
Oregon!
Set. William A. Bnrphsrf font
A n . . ... '
Orange St., Medford.
ogi. uorchert'i parents re
ceived a wire from the war de
partment Sept. 20 stating that
the young man has been miss
ing since Sept. 6. He was an
aerial gunner and had been sta
tioned in England for some time
with the eighth army air force.
The young , man is 20 years of
age and was born In Washington,
u. u.
Sgt. Borchert spent the sum
mer of 1942 In Medford, the
Borcherts coming here from
California In June, and enlisted
In the army. In October. His fath
er, Capt. Borchert, is chief of the
medical supply, branch at Camp
nnite.
NAZI ACE KILLED
(By United Press)
The Germans have announced
that Commander Wilhelm Gal
lant, German ace with a score
of 63 air-victories, "has been
killed in an operation against
Great Britain," the British radio
reported today in broadcast
recorded by CBS.
Fifth Drives Big Wedge In Nazi Line
'Nazi Chasers'
These streamlined rocket ibella
used in baiooka sons are called
"Nail Chasers.' This Yank aol
dier hai strapped a supply ot them
on his back.
LEFT IN NAPLES
KILLS 50 MORE
Naples, Italy, Oct. 10. (U.R)
A two-ton German time bomb
blew up another Naples build
ing today, killing an estimated
50 persons and injuring 50
more.
- The explosives had been left
in an underground passage un
der the building that in ancient
times was a sewer and escaped
detection when the building was
Inspected by the Allies.
.. The initial explosion touched
off American explosives which
had been stored in the building.
The - building disintegrated
and concrete fragments rained
on the neighborhood.
Only last week, several hun
dred persons were killed when
a Nazi time bomb exploded- in
the Naples post office shortly
after it had been re-opened to
the public. Several other build
ings have been wrecked by time
bombs.
Salem Will Have
Huge Can Plant
Salem. Ore.. Oct. 11 XU.B
The American Can company, fol
lowing the purchase of a 28-acrc
tract, today was working on
plans to establish a Pacific coast
plant here which will supply
cans to northern California and
nearly all of Oregon.
. It . was understood that the
company would invest at least
$1,000,000 In the plant, which
would employ regularly from
200 to 300 workers.
mi
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Chinese Exclusion Appeal
Has Support of Roosevelt
Washington, Oct. 11. (U.R)
President Roosevelt today asked
congress to repeal the Chinese
exclusion laws, In order to
"correct a historic mistake" of
the United States and "silence
the - distorted Japanese propa
ganda." ' Mr. Roosevelt endorsed a
pending bill that would permit
the immigration of Chinese into
this country and allow Chinese
residents here to become Ameri
can citizens. The bill, approved
by the house foreign affairs
committee, would provide an
annual quota of 105 for the
Chinese.
"I regard this legislation," he
said, "as important in the cause
of winning the war and of estab
lishing a secure peace."
- "Nations, like individuals,
make mistakes," the president
LI
Navy Heads Say Task Force
Foray Probably Heaviest
of Pacific War Theater.
Pearl Harbor, T. H., Oct. 11
(U.PJ The American task force
that bombed and shelled Wake
Island Oct. 5 and 6, supported
by land-based navy Liberators,
destroyed at least 61 enemy
planes and reduced the Japanese
outpost in the central Pacific to
flaming ruins, it was disclosed
today.
Describing the raid as probab
ly the heaviest of the Pacific
war, naval spokesmen revealed
that the Liberators and carrier-
based bombers hurled 320 tons
of bombs on the island in three
separate attacks beginning at
dawn Tuesday. The big guns
of the task force added to the de
struction. When the assault end
ed Wednesday morning, it was
believed Wake's defenses had
been knocked out for some time.
Offensive Hinted
Observers believed the two-day
attack prepared for a powerful
American offensive aimed at
driving the Japanese from their
network of island: tases-in the
Central Pocif ic. '
The destruction cleared the
north central Pacific, at least
temporarily, and eliminated the
possibility of a flanking threat
to American operations against
the big Japanese strongholds in
the Marshal and Gilbert islands.
. Two Ships Sunk
The raiders sank two small
vessels offshore, smashed 81 en
emy aircraft on the ground, and
shot down 30 or more planes in
a series of furious dogfights over
the island. Indicating the fer
ocity of the enemy's fighter de
fense, 13 American planes were
shot down in aerial combat.
While the Japanese anti-air
craft defenses were smothered
almost from the beginning, the
fury of their fighter opposition
was interpreted as evidence that
they have strengthened their
mid-Pacific strongholds against
whatever Is In store in the fast-
developing battle of the islands
Tl
In observance of Columbus
day tomorrow, anniversary of
the discovery of America, offices
in the county courthouse, the
city hall and banks will be
closed.
The post office will be open
and conduct business and serv
ice as usual, as will private
business establishments. Colum
bus day is a legal holiday in
Oregon.
said, referring to the exclusion
laws dating back to 1882. "We
must be big enough to acknowl
edge our mistakes of the past
and to correct them.
He - said the small quota
would not cause unemployment
or provide competition in the
search for jobs.
Extension of the privileges of
citizenship to Chinese residents
In our country would, the presi
dent said, constitute "additional
proof that we regard China not
only as a partner In waging war
But that we shall regard her as
a partner In days of peace."
"While it would give the
Chinese a preferred status over
certain other Oriental people,
their great contribution to the
cause of decency and freedom
I entitles them to such prefer
ence," he continued.
2-
Dickey's Homer in Sixth
Scores Keller Ahead For
Only Two Runs of Game,
Sportsman's Park, St. Louis,
Oct. 11 (U.PJ The New York
Yankees won the 1943 world
series today when Catcher Bill
Dickey hit a home run with one
man on base to defeat the St.
Louis Cardinals, 2 to 0, and take
wartime's second October clas
sic, four games to one.
Dickey's blast off big Mort
Cooper and Spurgeon Chandler's
clutch pitching enabled the
Bronx Bombers to reverse last
year's result when the Cardinals
won four out of five games to
take the title.
Tenth Crown
It was the tenth world's cham
pionship for the Yankees in the
last 20 years and the seventh
title won under Manager Joe
McCarthy. ,
The Yankees used a one-two
punch in the sixth inning to send
Cooper down to defeat. Charlie
Keller the Yankee left fielder,
singled off Cooper with two men
out after the Cardinal fireball
ace had turned back the Bronx
Bombers- wth"only three-, hits
and some of the best strikeout
pitching seen in a world series.
With Keller prancing off first,
Dickey, who has been in more
world series games than any
other Yankee player, struck out
at Coopers's first pitch and lined
the ball over the right field
stands. It was his fifth home
run in 38 world series games,
Box score:
Yankees AB
Crosettl ss 4
Metheny rf 5
Lindell rf. 0
Johnson 3b 4
Keller If 3
Dickey c... ....4
Etten lb 3
Gordon 2b 2
Stainback cf 3
Chandler p. 3
Totals 31
7 27 17
H O A
Cardinals AB
Klein 2b 5
Garms If. .4
3,
1
1
6
2
3
7
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
Musial rf. .3
W. Cooper c..2
O'Dea c. 2
Kurowski 3b..4
Sanders lb 3
Hopp cf..........4
Marion ss 3
M. Cooper p....2
A-Walker 1
Lanier p ......0
Dickson p 0
B-Litwhiler ..l
Totals 34 0 10 27 11 1
A-Batted for M. Cooper in 7th
B-Batted for Dickson in 0th
Yankees 000 002 000 2
Cardinals . ....000 000 000 0
Runs batted in Dickey 2.
Home run Dickey.
Sacrifices Garms, Marion,
Chandler, Stainback.
Left on bases Yankees 9, Car
dinals 11.
Bases on balls Off Chandler
2, M. Cooper 2, Lanier 2, Dick
son 1.
Struck out by Chandler 7, M.
Cooper 6, Lanier 1.
Hits off M. Cooper 5 In 7,
Lanier 2 in 1 1-3, Dickson none
in 2-3.
Wild pitch M. Cooper.
Double plays Crosetti-Gordon-Etten,
Klein-Marion-Sanders.
Winning pitcher Chandler.
Losing pitcher M. Cooper.
Umpires Rommel (A) elate.
Reardon (N) 1st base, Rue (A)
zna, Stewart CN) 3rd.
Time 2:24.
0?lay by Play Report on P. 5)
CHIEF JUSTICE STONE
AT 71ST MILESTONE
Washington, Oct. 11 (UP)
Chief Justice Harlan Flske Stone
celebrated his 71st birthday to
day by leading the supreme court
in its first real business session
of the new term.
k,MJUC ( OMlAblllK ilia MII1U bCIlll I
as chief Justice and his 18th as a
ruember of the tribunal.
CLARK'S FORCES
CROSS CALORE IN
BITTER FIGHTING
50 'Square -Mile Area Cap
turedReds Pierce Outer
Defenses of Kiev, Report.
- By United Press
The German river line across
Italy, knifed open by British
and American troops, crumbled
with increasfng speed today as
the Russian land and Allied air
offensives put a back-breaking
load on Nazi war strength.
Amid signs that the final
stages - of pre-invasion prepara
tions In western Europe have
been reached, these develop
ments occurred:
Take Pontelandolfo
1. Troops on " the American
end of the Fifth army line
crushed across the Calore river
in strength in central Italy, cap
tured a 50-square-mile area from
the Germans in bitter fighting
to straighten out their line, and
captured the town of Pontelan
dolfo along with a dozen vil
lages. 2. Russian troops were report
ed to have pierced the outer de
fenses of Kiev, ancient capital
of the Ukraine, and to be ap
proaching the city's ( -gates, "as
battles on the long Soviet front
raged with mounting ferocity.
3. A dozen German cities lay
torn and burning from American
and British assaults through a
72-hour period in which it be
came obvious that the attacks
to blast the luftwaffe from the
sky before Invading armies
strike, finally had begun.
Mast Lin Crumbles
The Volturno-Calore-Biferno
river line which the Germans
hoped to hold In the first strug
gle to keep the Allies away from
Rome appeared to be disinte
grating.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's forces were fanning
out past the Biferno on the east
ern side of the peninsula and
Fifth army patrols were crossing
the Volturno above Naples. Be
hind them, the bulk of Lt. Gen
Mark W. Clark's forces massed
for a crushing assault and the
enemy's Benevento salient in the
Calore sector of the center had
been eliminated.
Athens Fields Hit
Allied planes concentrated nn
bombing raids to the east for the
second straight dav vesterdnv
hitting the air fields around Ath-
ens and at Araxos in Greece. On
Saturday they had attacked
Crete and Rhodes. The opera
tions were in aid of the British
forces seeking to retain island
footholds in the Aegean.
Both sides hurled fresh masses
of men continually into the bat-
tie for Kiev, which was flanked
by Red army crossings of the
Dnieper to the north and south
rtussian assault forces, mov
ing i n greater and greater
strengtn across the Dnlener.
were racing to cut off German
forces In the Crimea and in the
Dig Dend of the river from Dnep-
ropetrovsK to zaporozhe.
SGT. HEADS'
Sgt. John Eads, life-long resi
dent of Medford who has at
tained note as a magician, was
wounded in action in the south
west Pacific area on September
25, according to a telegram re
ceived from the War department
last week by his wife, who
making her home with his
mother, Mrs. Susan K. Eads, 29
rvenwooa avenue.
Sgt. Eads, who Is serving In
the army medical corps, entered
the army a year ago last July
and left the United States for
the southwest Pacific last Janu
ary 24. Extent of his injuries
was not disclosed In the tele-
i gram.
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Despite rain, mud and desperate German resistance, the U. S.
Filth Army and British Eighth
northward. The Yanks, Having
the Volturno river, drove on to
ether villages. The Tommies on
Nasi counter attacks and made progress above Tarmou.
New Type American Guns Rushed
To Salerno For Coming Offensive
By Henry T. Gorrell
United Press Staff Correspondent
Salerno, Italy, Oct. 8 (U.R) Allied invasion transports pour
ed tremendous quantities of the newest type American guns and
munitions onto the Salerno docks today in evident preparation
for the new offensive beyond the Volturno river to Rome.
PROSPECT POSSES
SEEK 2 HUNTERS
El
' Two "searching parties, num
bering nearly 75 men, are comb
ing the Herschberger Mountain
area near Prospect for two deer
hunters, missing since yesterday
afternoon. The missing men are
Leo Kelly, 18, and Chester Wil
cox, about 30, both employees of
the Svinth mill at Prospect.
Young Kelly, last seen about
2 p. m. yesterday, is thought to
be on the northeast slopes of
Herschberger, and Wilcox, last
seen by his companions about 4
p. m., was in the section between
Anderson Mountain and Hersch
berger. The country is heavily
wooded and rough.
Concern is especially felt for
Wilcox, who had been working
at the mill but three weeks and
is not familiar with the district.
Young Kelly, who has resided at
Prospect for some time, was to
have reported to the army ex
amining doctors in Portland to
morrow. The searching parties were or
ganized last night by Richard
Tubman, ' ranger stationed at
Union Creek with the Rogue
River National Forest service,
and Dewey Hill, Prospect mar
shal. E
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 11.
(U.R) Police said today that 17-
year-old William Browning had
admitted killing his mother with
an ash try because she broke a
model airplane he had built.
Officers said that Browning,
a high school senior, had told
them he beat to death his
wealthy, widowed mother, Mrs.
Julia Koers Browning, in their
exclusive Crestwood home on
September 30. -
The boy has been charged
with first degree murder.
When police received a call
to go to the exclusive home to
investigate the killing, they
found Mrs. Browning lying dead
in a pool of blood. In the kit
chen was the body of the family
spaniel, also beaten to death.
Portland Girl To
. " Sing In Picture
Hollywood, Oct. 11 (U.R)
Pretty Suzanne Burce, 14-year-old
soprano from Portland, Ore..
today received court approval
of a seven-year contract with
MGM studios at a salary gradu
ating from 1225 to 11250 a week
The youthful singing star came
to Hollywood after being cho
sen the "Victory Girl" of Port
land. She appeared here on a
radio program and attracted the
attention of talent scouts,
Ii ' U M S&IT. VESUVIUS
Army in Italy continue to drive
captured tno town ot Capua, on
take Pontelandolfo and a dozen
the Adriatic coast have smashed
I have never seen such a col
ossal concentration of mobile 1
strength on one highway, even
during Montgomery s drive
across North Africa, as that
which is streaming from Salerno
to Naples.
The amount of allied shipping,
dwarfing the early days of the
invasion, which Is coming and
going freely from this port em
phasizes the allied' superiority
on both the sea and air.
' It took hours to-travel the 30 "
miles from Naples to Salerno
because of the heavy north
bound ' traffic, ranging from
jeeps to multi-wheeled trucks
towing huge field guns, and en
tire mobile hospitals with Amer
ican Red Cross nurses perched
precariously atop their kits.
American MP's and British'
Redcaps were keeping this
equipment on the move in the
soaking, marrow-chilling rain
which has prevailed for the past
48 hours. -
TO KLAMATH FOR
One hundred and fifty Mex
ican Nationals, who have been
helping In the pear harvest here,
left for Klamath county this
morning to pick potatoes, leav
ing some 80 still remaining.
These will leave later in tlw
week, probably for Redmond,
according to Glen Thomas, man
ager of the farm labor supply
center at Camp Prescott.
Of the 14 Mexicans who were
injured in the truck accident
last week which cost the life of
one of their friends, all but
three have been released from
Sacrd Heart hospital, Thom.'is
said, and will leave this week.
The three will be able to leave
the hospital at a later date.
The body of Rosendo Garcia
Arrlola, 49, who was killed in
the mishap on East Main street.
was to be shipped to Mexico
City, his home, today.
Although an agreement be
tween the Mexican and United
States governments provided
that any Mexicans dying in the
United States be buried here,
permission was obtained to ship
Arriola's body to Mexico when
his friends at the farm labor sup
ply center expressed this desire.
A Mr. Garcia, representative
of the Mexican government,
came here yesterday from Port
land anf arrangements were
made through the Mexican coun
sel to transfer the body to Mex
ico City, Thomas explained.
FIRST WHITE BREAD
Naples, Oct. 10. (U.R) The
first white bread sold in Naples
since 1940 went on sale in
bakeries today, and Italian
housewives showed their ap
preciation by kissing Doughboys
and Tommies who happened by.
The bread, baked with Ameri
can flour provided by AMO, sold
t two cents for small loaf.