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Let TOUR Answer To Bomb Be BOMDSI Bo Ww Band! ul tamps TODAY (ontrlbut la the ma itfort of your nation. Patriot Urn. your own Mlf-protectlon demands that O0 do low part NOWl Um The MAIL TRIBUNE ' FORD Want Ad Way Quick Results . At Small Cost United Press Toll Umd Win y,f Thirty-eiphth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943 Med SBWLOJL J-tJL JJ U 1 JC ' Unitod Pnu Full Laaiad Wire ... 1 "." o - : NO. 175 i i m vm Z I 1 '' ' 1 ' 1-7- . News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 14 The loss of B9 Flying Fortresses in the raids on Gydnia and Muenater 4 cameatop i.mmwj strong rumors I that the blltz ing of the - II Nazis at home would have to t.t S i I be restricted. ' J I I Hitler prom- J I 4sed his people V J his new weap- I V on would break I V I up the system- tf-l" I a tic devasta- Paul Mailaa tation of his ', country. O n p legislator) here aired personal opinions that our raiding pro gram could not be considered wholly successful. THE facts do not justify such suspicions. The Nazis are not the only ones putting new weap ons into action. Their own com muniques (which can be trusted to this extent) have reported the appearance a few days back of our new B-17, a super-duper Fly ing Fortress carrying no bombs but loaded with armament. These are actually massive fighter planes, not as maneuver ' able as the one-man Spitfires, but heavily armored, and rough ly gunned to accompany and protect their sister ships with the bombing loads. Now . in action, they should .cut our losses and materially " I Increase the unprecedented eaj j rualties of the Nazi air fighters, already' mounting to 318 planes in the two . above mentioned raids. (Our one-man , fighters have accompanied the Fortresses . as far as Emden in the northern Ruhr.) . DUT our losses are really not " as severe as indicated. ' Air General Baker, in an unpubll cized broadcast from London, said 4000-went out on the first (Continued on Past 811) The jury list for October term of the circuit court, starting Mon day, October 25, has been drawn ' and consists of 31 names, 15 from Medford, 13 from Ashland, two from Talent and one from Jack sonville. There is ore fanrer on the list and eight housewives. ' The prospective jurors are: Medford Agnes E. Evanson, W. E. McCraken, John H. Trusty, Jr., Rt 1: J. W. Grantham, Michael M. Herman, Earl C. Gad dis, Frances Cochran, Maxine Hayes, Louella Neff, Star Route; ueorge H. Hues, Leila Morrow, J. R. Maynard. E. W. Gebhard, P. M. Aldredge and- Robert C. Wright. . ... Ashland Fred A. Tayler, J. rtv. Mills, Harry C. Emer, R. C. ' ' Stringer, Vernon C. Klrkpatrick, Henry F. Tolle, Edgar N. Terrill, Chasus E. Johnson. Philip Wendt, Mary E. Orr, William B. Norris, J-i. a. Harrison and Blanche L, Taylor. Talent Clifford Garvin and Jean Simmons. Jacksonville Gertrude E. Lewin. On opening day of the new term, as specified by law, the court will convene at 10 o'clock, on other days at 9:30 a. m. The urst seven names drawn from the Jury box will constitute a new grand Jury. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Prnf I- V Chilli, tonnllns ior a stop and waving at a friend wiin one twist oi me wrisi. City Traffic Officer Dick Baize buying candles for a arnnn rt m-i small VlOVf wVl fl had the pumpkins but not the means lor making mem inw jack-'o-lan terns. C. W. Litwiller returning to the Lithla city after a hunting trin with what lit reoorted to be the largest bear killed la this area for several years past. IITIllln nmm urn ihito, hUH5, ffltNL Strong Bridgeheads Estab lished Above Naples 8th Army Makes Progress. Allied Headauartem. Aleier. Oct. 14. U.R) The Fifth army, launching its full dress push to ward Rome, has' smashed across the Volturno river above Naples una esramisned strong bridge heads into which tanks and big guns are pouring to support the battles against fierce German resistance. A co-ordinated attack bv Al lied shock forces, assault boats, swimming troops and guns massed along the south bank of the Volturno broke the German defense line and won spring boards for liquidation of the river fortifications and the long awaited drive on Rome. Under Heavy Fixe . The footholds on the north bank of the Volturno, on either side of the Capua strong point 17 miles from the mouth of the river, were secured under heavy German mortar, machine gun, and rifle fire, and now are be ing strengthened swiftly with heavy armor; To the northeast the American and British forces gained new ground all along the line. The right flank of the Fifth army swept beyond the Calore river, a tributary of the Volturno, to capture' the town of Guardia an advance of almost six miles in the central sector. The British Eighth- army re ported good progress generally, along with the capture of Gil- done, nine miles northwest oi Gambalesa, which brought the line within eight miles of -Vin-chiaturo, key junction on the Temoll-Naples highway. ' . Comb Tiiaaa rieia Meanwhile Allied air forces struck out from, newly consoli dated Italian bases at Albania for "the first time. American Mitchell planes parked on an air field near Tirana, the Albanian capital, and left hangars, work shops, barracks and other build ings aflame, iney were escort ed by Lightning fighters. British heavy bombers took over the campaign against Ger man positions in the Aegean, scoring hits on Maritza air field on the island of Rhodes and bombing barracks at Ambelo on Gavdos island. tt.j rn net 14 (U.R) 1UIUUCH, ww...... Carl Gustave Swebilius, 63, who three years ago was maKing an n..anA Incnmn from his gun and tool-making business, was listed today as me numper iwo ..n ornnno the nation's highest salaried officials because he took a war contract mat nener known manufacturers didn't want. .... The treasury department lists 1.1. ian.49. rnmhined salaries at $1,130,957, and runner-up to Louis B. Mayer, me movie pru ducer. '. GUN WIZARD ONE OF HIGHEST PAID Britain Get New Bases "TJV CANADA Honiic Ocean m i... ..u n lda of Portugal has turned over to the War Bulletins London. Oct. 14. (U.R) Four-motored bombers of the Eighth United Statea air force resumed the offensive today after a three-day layoff, pene trating deep into central Germany to attack targeta not identified immediately. American Thunderbolt fight ers supported the heavy bomb ers in the first major opera tion of the Eighth Air force since the bombardment of Mueniter and Coesfeld by Flying Fortresses Sunday. London. Oct. 14 (U.R) Zaporoshe, industrial city of 300.000 and last big base re maining to the Germans on the east bank of the Dnieper xiver. fell today to the Red army of Gen. Rodion Y. Mai inovsky, a special order of the day by Premier Josef Stalin announced. ' L TRI E AT ALLIES MERCY - By United Press A major allied air triumph at Rabaul, New Britain, put the Japanese in the southwest Pa cific today at the mercy of Gen. Douglas MacArthur'a American and Australian forces. r Rabaul; greatest base between Australia and Truk, was a sham bles, with 177 of its "planes smashed and 123 of its ships, in cluding three destroyers' and a submarine, sunk or damaged. . All-Out Smash . The blow that did the work greatest of the southwest Pacific war was delivered Tuesday by nearly 1,000 airmen manning practically every plans available to the allies. A total of 350 tons of bombs spread ruin at the base, toward New Guinea and the Solomons since June 30. "The enemy's whole perimeter of defense" is now laid open to attack, a communique trium phantly announced. MacAtfhur said he believed the attack had "broken the back" of the enemy in the area. Five Planes Lost The attack was made at a cost of five planes while the allied fliers -destroyed or damaged 151 enemy aircraft on the ground and 26 more in sky battles. Fight ers escorted the bombing fleet. Tokyo radio betrayed continu ous nervousness over the blows striking at their island outposts and predicted a new American naval attack on the Gilberts would result In a major naval struggle that would decide the course of the war. ' NEW MM By United Press A Berlin radio propaganda broadcast to the westerm hemi sphere, reported by U. S. moni tors, said today that a new type of plane had been placed In ac tion "at the front". Type "Cargo-glider D0242." Performance "Outstanding." Capacity "Unimaginable." NEWFOUNDLAND AZORES the strategic Importance of the use oi Great Britain for the duration. Jap Attack on Attu; Loss of Two Destroyers In Mediterranean Told in Navy Communique T SANTI THICK OF BATTLE Star Tackle Of Medford High In Dual Role Of Ammuni tion Carrier And Leader. In a 12-day, gruelling jungle campaign for control of the Munday airfield in New Georgia, a Medford boy, S-Sgt. Hubert Santo, defied Jap bullets to carry ammunition between numbers of his infantry unit. In this week's issue of Yank, official servicemen's weekly, part of the terrific action was described as follows: "Because there were no men to be spared for ammo carriers, noncoms divided their time be tween controlling their men and supplying them, which in either case means exposure to murder ous fire. A corporal was killed as he crept forward with am munition for his men. ' Platoon Leader 'S-Sgt. Hubert Santo of Med ford, Ore., held his part 6f the line together by galloping over the. hillside in the dual role, of ammo carrier and platoon lead er. His outfit had no lieutenant." '- After 12 days, of bitterest Jungle warfare, the article went on to say, S-Sgt. Santo's battal ion drove the Japs into the sea and occupied the prized Munda airfield. S-Sgt. Santo is, the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Santo of 620 South Ivy street and is a 1939 graduate of Medford high school, where he was a star tackle on the football team for two years. He attended Llnfleld college for a year before entering the army in April of 1941. He arrived in Hawaii with a contingent of American troops on Dec. 20, 1941, two weeks after Pearl Harbor. With his present outfit he was transferred to New Georgia from Guadal canal. Mr. Santo, who operates the Southern Oregon Mineral Ex change, 425 East Main street, said three letters were received from him last week. S-Sgt. Santo has a brother in the service, Albert Santo, chief storekeeper in the U. S. navy, now stationed in' Hawaii. His sister, Mrs. Marjorie Cowan, makes her home with her par ents. Her husband is Sgt. Arils L. Cowan, a radio technician stationed at Waco, Tex. The largest cork oak grove in the United States Is at Chico, California. Radio Highlights A play-by-play description of the Medford-Klamath Falls foot ball game In Klamath Falls Fri day night will be broadcast by KMED direct from the field. E. C. Jerome will do the announc ing, starting at 8:15. In Azores GREAT BRITAIN Casablanca ALGERIA new Asoim Island baiei which I s Nazis in Desperate Battle To Save Vital Kiev Bastion Moscow, Oct. 14. (U.R) The fate of Kiev was being decided today in titanic battles beyond the city's northern and southern outskirts, where reinforced German armies counter attacked desperately in a last ditch effort to save the most vital base of the Dnieper line. Front dispatches said a crucial struggle raged near the con fluence of the Dnieper and Des na rivers directly above Kiev, and the Germans had thrown in two fresh Panzer and two in fantry divisions. The Red army was pouring men, guns, tanks and big cav alry units across the Dnieper to strengthen the right arm of the Soviet pincers against the Ukrainian capital. Equally bitter fighting was re ported immediately south of Kiev. Soviet assault forces were re ported already inside Gomel, the white Russian stronghold which German demolition squads had been wrecking for several days. BETS HE CAN LURE RATS LIKE PIPER Albany, Cal., Oct. 14 U. Red Nichols, the modern fled Piper, was on the short end of 3 to 1 betting odds today as he prepared to prove he can "jive" the rats from this water front town.. - Unshaken by what he termed "unreasonable skepticism, ' Ni chols puffed his cheeks round as an apple, blew an ear-split ting high note on his gold cornet and assured his supporters that he could match the feat of the piper . of Hamelin at sunset today. "Three shrills notes did it in those days. I'm prepared to ful fill my compact with Mayor W. R. McGeorge and dance the rats into San Francisco bay." Nichols mapped his line of march and said he planned to follow Robert Browning s early- day blueprint of the original Hamelin rat roundup: "From street to street he piped advancing And step for step they fol ' lowed dancing Until they came to the river Weser Wherein all plunged and per ished!" LEMON E Home on "survivor's leave," Lt. H. D. Bylngton of the U. S navy is in Medford to visit his wife, and son at the Bylngton home, 129 Willamette Ave. Lt. Bylngton arrived in San Fran Cisco several days ago and was met by his family. Lt. Bylngton s ship, a navy supply boat, was bombed in the South Pacific last summer and is undergoing extensive repairs. During various engagements the ship's crew members have shot down six Japanese bombers, the lieutenant said. Lt. Bylngton's leave terminates nine months duty in the South Pacific re gion. Walkout Cripples Output of Copper Magna, Utah, Oct. 14 (U.R) A labor dispute today crippled operations in the Magna and Arthur mills of the Utah Coppet company, one of the nation's leading producers of war-vital copper. Seattle, Oct. 14. (U.R) Pre liminary, reports indicated a broken rail was responsible for the derailment of the eastbound Olympian passenger train near Miles City, Mont., a spokesman for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul & Pacific railroad cald to day. - GREEN RE-ELECTED TO 20TH TERM IN A.F.L. PRESIDENCY Boston, Oct. 14. (U.R) Pres ident William Green of the American Federation of Labor was re-elected unanimously for his 20th term as leader of the nation's largest labor organiza tion today as the 63rd annual convention drew toward a close. Applause and cheers from the more than 600 delegates greeted the announcement that the 70-year-old Green again had been chosen to lead the organization representing some ' 6,500,000 of the nation's wage earners. War Effort Pledged Nomination - of Green was made by AFL Secretary Frank Duffy of the Brotherhood -of Carpenters.- The session was presided over by Joseph V. Moreschi of the Hod Carriers union. ' , - In his acceptance speech, Green- pledged the support of labor to the, war effort "until oUr troops march into Berlin and Tokyo.' . He said the afl will con tinue to "urge wayward unions to come back into the fold" and added that their "rooms in the house of labor are waiting for them." , Green emphasized that the right of unions within the fed eration would be protected when the "outsiders " returned, The convention adopted a sug gestion by the resolutions com mittee that the nation's man power problems be solved by voluntary cooperation rather than by compulsory methods or a national service act. Also re-elected were Secretary-Treasurer George Meany and 13 vice presidents. SOCIAL SECURITY TAX INCREASE ADVOCATED Washington, Oct. 14 U.R) Chairman Arthur J, Altmeyer of the Social Security board told the Senate Finance committee today that If congress continues to postpone increases in the so cial security ta rate during the high-wage war years, there may be an "eventual deficit" in the old age and survivors insurance fund. Altmeyer urged that an in crease in the rate from one to two per cent be permitted to go into effect as scheduled on Jan uary 1. Akron, Oct. 14. (U.R) The Goodyear Tire and Rubber com pany's synthetic rubber con struction program is about 85 per cent completed. Willkie's St. Louis Speech Expected To Be Direct Bid St. Louis, Oct 14 (U.R) WendeU L. Willkie is expected to make his first forthright bid for the 1944 republican presi dential nomination here Friday night against a background of hostility on the part of Missouri G.O.P. leaders. Although Willkie,, 1940 re publican standard bearer, prob ably will not formally announce his candidacy before the first of next year for "personal rea sons," His speech here is viewed as a move to force the Missouri State committee to accept him through pressure of rank and file party members. The Missouri delegation to the TTO Aerial Foral Against Aleutian . Base Ineffectual; Believed From Kurile Isles." Washington, Oct. 14. (U.R) An Ineffectual Japanese air raid on American-held Attu island in the Aleutians and loss of the U. S. destroyers Bristol and Buck in the Mediterranean were re ported today by the navy. This was the first air attack on Attu since American troops wrested the - island from the Japanese early in June. No damage was caused. . The destroyers, comparatively modern craft, were sunk as the result of underwater explosions. No casualty details were re ceived. The ahlps normally carry about 250 men each. . Bristol Yesterday The Buck, a 1,570-ton craft, was sunk off Salerno on October 9. The Bristol, a 1,700-tonner, was sunk in the Mediterranean yesterday. . . The Attu raid was carried out at high altitude by a formation of 10 bombers presumably oper ating from Japanese bases in the northern Kurile islands. The attack' was directed against the Massacre bay area of i Attu. American planes sought to intercept the attackers, but apparently were unsuccess ful in dropping any of the bombs. The navy reported "no damage to the U. 8. intercepting fighters or to enemy planes.'' ' Attu, westernmost of the Aleutians, is the site - of an American airfield and is. 725 miles from the Japanese naval base at Paramushlru in the Kur iles. American planes from the Aleutians have raided the Kur Ues occasionally. 5 Washington, Oct. 14. (U.R The office of price administra tion announced today that stamp 29 in war ration book four, to be distributed later this month, will be valid for the purchase of five pounds of sugar from Nov.' 1 to Jan. 15, 1944. This continues the present con sumer ration of Vi pound per person a week. ' CRUELTY Los Angeles, Oct. 14. (U.R) Mrs. Isabel Cromwell Salzgeber, member of a prominent St Louis, Mo., family, today won a divorce from Herbert George Salzeber. She charged cruelty. He told her that he didn't love her any more, Mrs. Salzeber testified, and once yelled "shut up" when she spilled a pot of hot coffee on her legs and screamed. G.O.P. convention is not large but lt is fairly representative of the sentiment of other midwest, ern republicans. It was the first midwest state to back Willkie in his 1940 campaign for the nom ination. Willkie's address tomorow will outline his views on post war international affairs and is also expected to take sharp issue with President's Roosevelt's do mestlo policies. . The speech Is a direct result of the current feud between Willkie and the state party lead ers, led by Edgar M. Queeny, wealthy manufacturer and heavy contributor to republican funds. Make Headlines I aN (Acnu TtUphou) Shirley Evans Hassau. above. 21-year-old blonde, has filed aa 118,750 paternity suit in Lee Angeles naming Actor Errol Flynn as father of her S-rear-old daughter, Mirrlyn Evans Flynn. A copy of the complalat is in her hands. Ww 'V, -lit Aanm Telephato) Facing either exile or a pris on term. Stanley Moearsky, 24, is pictured with his 5-month-old son, Carl Stanley, at his home in Hartford, Conn. Moearsky. native-born American, is charged with, draft evasion and Federal Judge C. C. Hincks has given him 30 days in which to leave the V. S. or go to prison. , Mcmi TtUpholo), - Lieut. (JG) J. W. Pedlow. USNR, above, will merry Mrs. Colin Kelly,- Jr., widow oi the nation's first World War II hero. The announcement was made by her brother. TAKEN BY DEATH Pearl McCredle, wife of City Police Chief Chief Clatous Mc Credle, passed away in a local hospital at 8:30 p. m. yesterday,' after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p. m. at the Perl, Funeral home. A complete obit uary will be published tomor row. .... , ! 3 " - rr- j.-.T
