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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1943.
NO. 178.
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Approximately tlx persons vera killed and 40 Injured In this Greyhound bus, which was hit by a Western Pa
cific train near Tracy, Calif, The bus driver told authorities that, as he approached the train crosslns. the
. . bus brakes failed to hold and the Vehicle stalled on the track.
News Behind
TheN
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Oct. 18 The sat
isfactory senate subcommittee
compromise on a post-war reso
lution evolved
from an entire
ly different one
which was car
ried around by
Foreign Rela
tions Chairman
Connally in his
inside pocket
forthe past
two weeks.
The text of
that' original
Paul MalloD
resolution was
not made pub
He, but it was supposed to rep-
resent what Secretary of State
Hull has in mind.
Basically, it proposed an In
ternational organization along
the lines of the League of Na
tions, empowered to Impose
what diplomatic phraseologists
call "economic and military
sanctions" on non-conformist np
tions or aggressors.
"Sanctions" is a word A rip
ping with honey, but it means
the use of force. Economic sanc
tions would be embargo", against
arms, food, or other products to
offenders. Military sanctions
means armed invasion. This
would be a Ler.ue of Nations
with teeth in it, using bayonets
for teeth.
There are men Inside the sen
ate who suspect Connally of
craftily sounding out each indi
vidual senator for the adminis-
tration on this proposition which
has been seldom mentioned in
public discussion. Mr. Hull, for
instance, has only gone in his
speeches as far as saying some
sort of power must be used to
keep the peace.
'THE satisfactory compromise
resolution does not follow
those lines' but neither does It
conflict with them. Its careful
words say only that the United
States should act "through con
stitutional processes" to Join
"free and sovereign nations" in
an international authority "with
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SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Chief Petty Officer Gil Stuart
showing by his looks that the
Seabees really whip a man into
shape.
Bed Cullen and C. LyaJ Fid
ler entertaining the horse show
audience with quips broadcast
over the loudspeaker in the best
aaaaajMauawiwuaji
VBUMiaawauua
Benny-Allen style.
40 Injured in Bus-Train Crash
1,200 Thin. Quiet Americans
Await Sailing of Gripsholm
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' f By John R. Morris
United Press Staff Correspondent
Mormugao, Portuguese India, Oct. 18 (U.R) More than 1200
American repatriates, thinned and subdued by. long months in
Japanese prison camps, today awaited transfer to an exchange
steamer that will return them to the United States before
Christmas.
The Americans, -along with
about 300 Canadians and Latin
Americans, enjoyed, the limited
freedom of the ' dockside area,
passing within arm's length of
crowds of Japanese nationals
with whom they are to be ex
changed. Day's Delay -
The physical transfer of the
Allied citizens from the Teia Ma
ru to the Swedish exchange ship
Gripsholm w,is postponed from
today until tomorrow, and in
the interim the repatriates from
both sid's ware permitted the
liberty of the dock area.
It tvas understood that the
Gripsholm would sail for the
Un'ted States on-or about Oct
21. arriving home In about 45
days.
Arrangements for the trans
fer of the Allied group to the
Gripsholm were progressing rap
idly, but it was learned that de
tails of the exchange for the
Japanese scarcely have begun.
This correspondent met and
talked to friends from almost
every country In the far east
who were being exchanged. Most
of them appeared to be In good
health but many of them were
thinner.
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Portland, Oct. 18 U.R) Pre
siding Circuit Judge Alfred P.
Dobson today ordered Tom Ray,
secretary-treasurer and business
agent of the Portland local of
the International Boilermakers
union, to appear in court tomor
row to show cause why he
should not relinquish control of
the local group.
Ray was ordered ousted by
International President J. A,
Franklin but refused to leave
his office. O. W. Mursener. Pa
cific coast vice president of the
international, rep resenting
Franklin, took the fight into
court when he filed an injunc
tion suit today before Judge
Dobson. Stephen F. Chadwick of
Seattle and Wilbur Henderson
of Portland, attorneys of the
international, made the applica
tion.
The show cause order directs
Ray to appear and explain why
he should not turn adminlstra
tion of the affairs of the local
over to Mursener.
BIOFF'S DEFENSE
"A PACK OF LIES"
HE TELLS
New York; Oct. 18. (U.R)
William Bioff, convicted labor
racketeer, said in federal court
today that his testimony in his
own defense two years ago was
a pack of lies" so many he
couldn't remember a single one
Cross-examined by James D.
C. Murray, chief counsel for
eight of Bioff's alleged associ
ates now on trial for extorting
$1,000,000 from the motion pic
ture industry, Bioff defended his
appearance as a government
witness by saying "a perjurer
sometimes tells the truth."
Asked by Murray if he had "got
religion, Bioff replied, "very
much, since I found out what
prison life was."
Given Orders
Bioff claimed that the men
now on trial had given him his
orders for testifying in his own
trial and that his conscience had
not bothered him then for carry-
ing them out. These orders were
were to try to pin the blame for
the gang s extortion onto Joseph
Schenck, who later was con
victed of income tax evasion.
Bioff said he had written Fed
eral Judge John Knox, who had
presided over his trial, the day
after Pearl Harbor offering his
services to his country. He said
he offered to post $50,000 bond
and the assurance that his fam
ily would serve the remainder
of his term if he didn't come
back. Asked by Murray if he
thought a convicted felon and
panderer would be accepted for
service in the armed forces, Bioii
said he "thought so."
REIGN OF TERROR IS
CHARGED TO GERMANS
London, Oct. 18 (U.R) A se
cret Polish radio reported today
that the Germans staged a three-
day reign of terror in Poland
ending Saturday, during which
3000 persons were arrested In the
Warsaw area. Men and women
were seized indiscriminately and
at least 60 are being held hos
tages to be shot immediately, at
a ratio of 10 to 1, for every Ger
man killed
BERLIN IN NIGHT;
FORTSFLYBY DAY
Reds Cut Main Nazi Escape
Route From Dnepropet
rovsk Rome Push On.
By United Press
American nlanes Dounded Hit
ler's Europe today in a renewed
aerial offensive as Allied armies
made new gains In Italy and the
Russians cut the main Nazi es
cape route from their stronghold
at DnierjroDetrovsk.
Flying Fortresses led raiders
across the channel a lew nours
after swift British Mosquito
bombers bombed Berlin. Tar
gets of the day raiders were not
disclosed, but coastal watcners
reported a new high in east
bound cross-channel traffic. ,
Shell Rail Line
Red army guns were shelling
the trunk rail line to Bessaramn
and Soviet troops were moving
to invest Dniepropetrovsk after
a break-through on the Dnieper
southeast of Kremenchug in
creased their chances of Isolating
the Germans in the southern
Ukraine and Crimea.
Fresh forces were pouring
across the Volturno river to pre
pare for heavier assaults in Italy
as the Allies slowly pushed
toward Rome.
The Germans punched back
with continual counterattacks to
stall for time while the bulk of
telr. troops moved into neflf de
fense lines.
Three more towns were cap
tured by American and British
forces of Lt. Gen. Mark w
Clark's Fifth army, which faced
increasingly heavy enemy artil
lery fire from higher ground
past the Volturno valley.
Each of the three was a ma-
jor German - strongpoint and
their capture facilitated the seiz
ure of seven villages in the vol
turno area.
Matron Falls
Merrone, three miles north
of the Volturno and 20 miles in
land, fell after three Nazi coun
ter-thrusts were beaten off, and
Cancello and Ruviano also were
seized.
On the British Eighth army
front in eastern Italy, Allied pa
trols moved forward five miles
to run into a battle at the town
of Montecilfone, which they had
to abandon.
Clark's forces were moving
to close a pincers in the Volturno
area, squeezing ' the Germans
back along the main road
Rome, running northward from
Capua.
The next Nazi line was expect
ed to be on the Garigliano river,
18 miles above the Volturno and
the best defensive positions on
the route northward.
Cairo radio said that addition
al British troops had been land.
ed at the mouth of the Volturno.
where a bitter struggle with the
Germans has been in progress
for several days. .
ALLOWANCE BOOST
HAS HOUSE FAVOR
Washington. Oct 18 (U.R)
The house today vottd 389 to 0
to increase to 880 per month
the dependency allowance for
the wife and child of a service
man and provide $20 for each
additional child.
Washington, Oct. 18 U.R)
The house tentatively voted to
day to increase allowances for
servicemen's children to $30
month for the first child and $20
a month for each additional
child.
The vote was 183 to 48. The
allowance allotment scale Is the
same as was passed by the sen
ate. Allotments for wives would
remain at $50 a month.
Earlier the house defeated an
amendment by Rep. George G
Sadowski, D.. Mich., for a sea
of: Wives, $55: first child, $33
and each additional child, $25,
All official rifle tournaments
in the U.S.A. are conducted
under the auspices of the Na
tional Rifle Association.
British Launch First 3urma Thrust
ACKSON COUNTY
POPULATION GAIN
SHOWN BY RATION
0PA Says October 1 Figure
Is 49,022 Neighbor
Counties Show Small Drop
Jackson county's population
has increased 12,809 persons
over the 1940 census figures ac
cording to figures based on issu
ance of Ration Book No. 2 and
released by the OPA at Port
land. Up to Oct. 1 of this year,
49,022 copies of Book Two had
been Issued to Jackson county
residents, while the census of
1940 showed but 36,213 resi
dents.
The October figures show an
Increase since April of this year,
when 47,832 books were issued.
Ration book figures for Med-
ford only are not available. The
Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce estimates the present
population of the city at approxi
mately 17,000.
Other nearby counties show-
decreases compared with the
1940 census figures, according to
the OPA chart. Josephine county
shows 14,749 books, while the
1940 census gave that county
16,301 residents. Klamath coun
ty also shows a declining popula
tion, since but 36,370 copies of
Book Two were issued up to Oct,
1, while the 1940 census showed
Klamath county to have 40,497
residents. Douglas county popu-
lation has declined from 25,728
to 24,020, the OPA chart shows.
Big Stats Gain
The state as a whole has
gained over 100,000 in popula
tion, according to OPA. It was
pointed out by Richard G. Mont
gomery, OPA district director.
that the figures could not be
used as an actual population
count since some persons com
ing to reside here had brought
ration books issued in other
districts and that others, who
ate their meals out, never ap
plied for books. The director
stated that registration for Book
Four, to take place Oct. 26-28
would give a more accurate pic
ture.
THRESHING OF CLOVER
DELAYED BY WEATHER
Weather over the week end
delayed the threshing of clover
seed. County Agent Robert G.
Fowler reports. This is a hlgmv
valuable crop and there Is much
more to thresh, the county agent
said.
An Englishman originated the
game of water polo In 1870.
Spendthrift Army Methods
Revealed by Comptroller
Washington, Oct. 18 0J.R) i
Comptroller-General L 1 n d s a v
Warren told a house committee
today he had been advised of
ficially that war department
contracting officers "are wining
and dining with contractors and
fraternizing socially with them
to an extent that they are be
coming over-liberal with con
tracts."
Testifying before the house
military affairs committee. War
ren declared the government
might lose "untold billions of
dollars" if the war department,
as it desires, is given full charge
of terminating and settling war
contracts. .
Some existing contracts, he
said, have been made "far be
yond their original need and the
equipment later sold for scrap."
He cited random Items which
he said had been approved by
army contracting officers but
questioned by his office. They
included transportation for an
employe's dog, $225 for an em
ploye's false teeth, expenses for
a plant employe's barbecue, vita
min pills, Christmas greeting
telegram and cable items, cost of
a Juke box, and liquor.
Warren cited ipecllic Hems
ALL NEW TAXES
ARE OPPOSED BY
Administration's Ten Billion
Revenue Plan Termed
Bordering on Fantastic.
Washington, Oct. 18.U.R)
The National Association of
Manufacturers today opposed all
tax increases and all proposed
new taxes in a statement that
denounced the administration's
$10,500,000,000 tax plan as
bordering on the fantastic" and
argued that the present law
would produce enough revenue.
J. Cheever Cowdin, chairman
of NAM'S committee on govern
ment finance and chairman of
the board of Universal Pictures
corporation, Los Angeles, pre
sented the NAM'S "no tax in
crease" recommendation to the
house ways and means commit
tee.
Sales Tax Only Way
"But if your committee and
the congress should conclude,
he said, "that it is essential to
raise even more money from the
taxpayers ... it is apparent that
the least damaging and only ef
fective place to secure additional
sums would be through a fed
eral sales tax to be. levied at
the final point of sale without
exemption. -
' Cowdin claimed that the pre
sent tax laws would bring in to
the federal treasury in the next
calendar year $44,500,000,000,
which he said was $3,000,000,
000 more than estimated by the
treasury.
Cowdin said that the NAM
admitted that there was some in
flation and a possibility of more,
but added that he- thought the
economic stabilization program
would take care of it,
Whit Collar Pinch
Cowdin told the ' committee
members that they should weigh
carefully the possible results of
placing more taxes on the white
collar workers because "the first
step of the dictator is to under
mine and gradually eradicate
the middle class." jf-
He also said that there was a
"white collar" class of business
that likewise has been caught
"In the same net of rising taxes,
rising costs and dwindling earn
ings." "Too little consideration is
given to the fact that more than
half of our corporate units lose
money every year," he said.
Pistol and rifle shooting In the
U. S. .was not organized until
1900, when the U. S. Revolver
Assn. was formed.
which he said had been approved
by the war department but dis
approved by his office, includ
ing:
$65,244 credit claimed by a
contractor for payment of pre
miums on cancelled Insurance
Dollcles.
$211,244 claimed for rental oi
trucks, although vouchers show
ed that the truck rentals had pre
viously been accounted for.
$263,000 credit claimed by
contractor for Christmas bonuses
which the general accounting
office found were not part of
any regular incentive plan.
$10,000 for liquor to be sold
at an officers' club in north Ire
land without any accounting for
resale proceeds.
A case in which grade A
prices were paid by the war de
partment for grade C beef,
wherein both the contractor and
packer "tried to prove that grade
C was as good as grade A."
Warren recommended that
congress "forthwith pass legis
lation" restricting authority of
war department contracting of
ficers in terminating war con
tracts and providing for a meth
od of auditing such contracts
through the general accounting
office.
Butcher's Window
Fatal Attraction
For Passing Cars
Toledo, Ore., Oct. 18 (U.R)
Life is a miserable thing for
a Toledo butcher.
A few days ago a car
crashed through his shop's
plate glass window, and two
days later a second car
ploughed into the new win
dow. Feeling a little desperate,
the butcher boarded up the
front of his market.
' Today a third car had
plunged through the boards.
MINERS STAY OUT
DESPITE APPEALS
(By United Press)
Despite appeals from the War
Labor board and their own union
leaders, thousands of Alabama
miners remained on strike Mon
day while the steel industry's
furnaces at Birmingham were
kept idle for lack of coal.
John J. Hanratty, interna
tional representative of the
United Mine Workers at Birm
ingham, said he was "led to be
lieve" that half the 22,000 min-
ers who struck last Wednesday
had returned to the pits. '
Only 2.500 Back
On the basis of a field survey,
however, the Alabama Mining
Institute ' estimated that only
2,500 men at the most had re
turned to work.
Thousands of miners stayed
home despite the appeal of John
L. Lewis, UMW president, who
urged them to resume produc
tion ' and - assured them of a
speedy decision on the wage dis
pute that led to a nationwide
mine walkout seven months ago.
Off iciali of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron Co. reported that all
four company mines remained
closed Monday. The company,
a subsidiary of U. S. Steel, is
the south s largest steel prod
ucer. Republic Steel 'Corp. said
its mines, too, had been unable
to reopen.
At Washington, lt appeared
the WLB would delay a decision
on the wage dispute until all
the striking miners in Alabama
and Indiana had resumed prod
uction. FLOOD CONTROL
W. M. MacGlbbon, . engineer
from the office of the district,
engineer, war department, will
be In Medford tomorrow to con
fer with local residents regard
ing flood control measures in
Medford and Jackson county. A
letter from the executive officer
of the engineer's corps stated
that Mr. MacGlbbon would in
form local representatives of the
tentative plans for flood control
in Bear Creek valley and of
other relative matters.
Representatives from Jackson
county, the city and from the
Chamber of Commerce will at
tend the meeting.
DIES IN OREGON
Eugene, Ore., Oct. 18 (U.R)
Funeral services were arranged
today for Leslie Nickel, 25, of
Springfield, eighth Oregon deer
hunting victim this season.
Nickel was wounded fatally
yesterday while hunting 10 miles
east of Cottage Grove, about 20
miles south of Eugeno. Fred C.
Choate, also of Springfield and
a member of Nickel's hunting
party, fired the shot that acci
dentally hit Nickel.
Nickel was Springfield ply
wood worker and Is survived by
bit widow, Mrs, Laverne Nickel,
RAF Helps Ground Forces
With Attacks in Akyab
Area Americans Busy.
By Unite Press
British troops were disclosed
today to have launched the first
thrust of the Allied offensive
against Burma with an attack on
Japanese forces at Maungdaw.
a iv ew Delhi communiaue
said the attack started Saturday
night under cover of aerial pa
trols, and that Maungdaw, 60
miles above Akyab, was blasted
with mortar fire in a "success
ful" foray.
Sis Not Disclosed
Size of the attack was not
disclosed but lt was the first
which amounted .to more than
patrol caliber since Admiral
Lord Louis Montbatten, new
southeast area commander, ar
rived in the far east to prepare
for an offensive to drive the
Japanese from Burma.
Royal Air Force nlanes helnod
the ground forces in attacks ex
panding through Sunday. Bomb
ers raided Akyab and enemy
operated rail and water supply
routes.
In the southwest Pacific, Qen
Douglas MacArthur's fliers se
cured their control of the New
Guinea coastal area In operations
Friday and Saturday which cost
tne Japanese from 104 to 147
aircraft destroyed in combat or
on the ground.
83 Fall Fighting
Of the total. 92 fell In ffhr.
ihg,-including the bulk of an
enemy fleet of 04 that tried to
raid Oro Bay. The Allied cost
was two 'planet. Soma of the
victimi fell to American bomb-
era attacking the northern Solo
mons. .........
The Japanese claimed to have
sunk four Allied transports and
set fire to a fifth while shooting
down 14 Allied planes In at
tacks on New Guinea. '
NATIONAL RACE
Portland, Ore., Oct. 18. (U.R)
Oregon finished in fifth place
In the nation in the recent third
war loan drive, state headquart
ers announced today, with a
total of $155,200,000 worth of
bonds and a quota of $104,000,
000. .
The standings were based on
performance above the quota.
The total for Oregon represented
149.23 per cent of the quota.
Only states to surpass Oregon
were West Virginia, 174 per
cent; Maryland, 169; Ohio, 155,
and Georgia, 150.
Curry county topped the state
with 215.9 per cent of its quota,
with Columbia county next with
169 and Sherman third with
168.8.
A total of $36,000,000 In E
bonds was purchased, below the
$38,000,000 quota for the state.
UGHTTROSTIS
T
While restrictions on weather
forecasting have not been com
pletely lifted, partial lifting per
mit the prediction of light
frosts in this area tonight ac
cording to W. J. Hutchinson,
federal meteorologist for Med
ford. Mr. Hutchinson said that
the prediction was for killing
frosts from the Cascade! east
ward. The meteorologist said it wai
anticipated that dally weather
forecasts would be resumed in
the near future. . v - ,