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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
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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
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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
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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. .... , !
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