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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1943
NO. 181
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RUSSIANS KHOCK
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120,000 Reds Charge Nazi
Positions Northwest of
" Chernigov to Break Stand
London, Oct. 21 IM9 Berlin
indicated today that the Ger
mans were evacuating Dnepro
petrovsk, industrial and mili
tary stronghold on the Dnieper
bend, and acknowledged that a
"grand scale" Russian assault
some 100 miles north of Kiev
had knocked a two and a half
mile wide gap in the Nazi line.
t Eight divisions an estimated
220,000 men and hundreds of
tanks charged the German posi
tions northwest of Chernigov
along the upper Dnieper, and
broke through in "extraordinar
ily violent hand-to-hand fight
ing," the Berlin radio reported.
Still Fighting
Violent fighting still is going
on, though after several hours
the Germans, bolstered by re
serves rushed into the struggle,
were able to "intercept the
Soviet attack," the broadcast
said.
The Nazi account of the new
Soviet offensive followed a Ber
lin dispatch relayed through
Stockholm hinting that the Gerj
mans were pulling out of the
whole vast pocket formed by
the big bend of the lower Dni
- wr, to avoid encirclement.
'The dispatch quoted German
authorities that the situation
northwest of Dnepropetrovsk
"may without exaggeration be
described as particularly grave
and is likely soon to force the
Germans to withdraw still far
ther to the west to, avoid en
circlement." Too Hot To Hold
' Military quarters regarded
the Nazi concession of the So
viet pinch near Dnepropetrovsk
aa a tacit admission that the
city was getting too hot to hold
and the retreat may have begun
already.
For the second straight day
the Germans poured out a spate
of gloom-laden reports on the
situation in Russia, where the
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ROADS TO CRATER
CLOSED BY SNOW
All of the roads in Crater
Lake National park, except the
west and south entrances, a part
of through highway No. 62, have
been closed by snow and bar
riers have, been put up for the
winter season according to
P. Leavitt, park superintendent,
The road from pane neaa
quarters to the rim of the lake
is also blocked by snow, Mr.
Leavitt states, and the park
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, Ior through traffic on highway
62. Traffic over this road may
continue as long as it is open,
but it is expected that this road
also will be closed by snow
within a few days.
Wallace Praises
California C..O.
Fresno, Cal., Oct. 21OJ.R)
Labor today was congratulated
on its wartime record in a mes
sage from Vice President Henry
A. Wallace, read at the opening
session of the California CIO
council's four-day convention.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
P-Hv MrTw4 InvfullV anticl-
pating tomorrow when she will
be out of measles quarantine
Frank . Perl putting together
a broken chair with speed and
dispatch.
Iarrell Huson stunned at the
rp.Did and subtle manner in
which eountv courthouse em
ployes passed around the word
when he received a long-await
ed shipment of rare, and coveted
Australian Newsmen ' Disregard Jap Raids
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they an reporting Uu Allied eatnure of Lac New Gaines.
Moscow Conferees Making
Rapid Progress Is Belief
Moscow, Oct. 21 (U.R) American, Russian and British for
eign ministers were understood to be making rapid progress
today in their discussions, under the chairmanship of Soviet
Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov.
WAR FRONT SEES
TRAIL OF TERROR
With Fifth Army, Italy, Oct.
21. (U.R) Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today
completed a visit to the Italian
fighting front, where he . ex
posed himself to enemy fire and
saw first hand the trail of ter
ror and destruction of the re
treating Germans.
Morgenthau said his two-day
tour made him believe the "peo
ple back in America should get
down on their knees and thank
God such things weren't happen
ing there."
He revealed that a fourth war
loan drive in the United States
is being planned, saying his tour
had given him new enthusiasm
to put it over "in the aggressive
spirit of Clark's Fifth army."
"All day I was impressed with
evidences of the ruthlessness of
the German enemy their murd
er of innocent civilians, the
peaceful farm buildings and
crops they have destroyed, and
the homes they have rulnl," he
said. "People at home should
see these things."
Morgenthau visited the Vol-
turno front and the Naples area,
conferring with Lieut. Gen.
Mark W. Clark and Allied mili
tary government officials.
CHINESE ENTRY
VOTED BY HOUSE
Washington, Oct. 21 U.B
The house today passed an ad
ministration bill to repeal
America's 60-year-old Chinese
exclusion acts.
The bill was sent to the senate
after a voice vote. If it receives
expected senate and presidential
approval, it will permit the
annual immigration of 10S peo
ple of Chinese descent into the
U. S. under the same quota
restrictions which apply to other
nations.
' TWO DIE IN FIRE
BiUlnes. Mont.. Oct. 21. U.B
Discovery today of the body
of John D. Schmolke, 03, in tne
ruins of the Stockman bar and
cafe here brought the death toll
tn two in a fire which destroyed
the Stockman and Elks club
rooms on the second floor of the
Midland National Bank building
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The three-power conference
of , Molotov, Secretary of State
Cordell. Hull and Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden was be
lieved to be moving so swiftly
that the first topic under con
sideration might be disposed of
today . and the second intro
duced.
(The dispatch contained no
hint of the nature of the topics
referred to. Pre-conference spec
ulation had dwelt on the likeli
hood of the second front being
the- primary subject of the
meeting.)
FILES
Hollywood, Oct. 21 (U.R)
Film Actress Veronica Lake,-of
the sweeping peek-a-boo hair
do, today filed suit for divorce
from Maj. John Steward Detlie.
The tiny star charged her hus
band of three years with cruel
and Inhuman conduct and said
his treatment of her had "pro
cured a condition detrimental to
her health and welfare."
She filed her complaint under
the name of Constance Keane
Detalie.
Miss Lake announced earlier
this month, after a visit with her
husband at his post with the
army engineers in Seattle, that
they had failed to find a solution
to their problems. '
"We agreed that a divorce is
the only solution," she said at
that time. . .
They were married at Santa
Ana September 26, 1940, and
separated last August 23. They
have a two-year-old daughter,
Elaine Keane. A son was born
prematurely last summer after
Miss Lake suffered a fall at het
studio. He lived only a few
days.
T
S DENIED
San, Francisco, Oct 21. (U.R)
The regional Office of Price
administration today denied
rumors that gas ration coupons
for motorists in the 10 western
states would be cut in value
from three to two gallons this
week-end. :
"We have not even had a hint
from our Washington office that
another ration cut was immin
ent," Regional OPA Adminis
trator Leo F. Centner declared
as he termed the rumors ground'
SEEKS NEW FIELDS,
WALLACE ASSERTS
Dallas. Tex.. Oct: 21 (U.R)
Vice-President Henry A. Wallace
last night accused Wall street
inspired "plunderers," whom he
said already have a stranglehold
on the nation's railroad empire.
of planning an attempt to seize
control of new forms of trans
portation. .. :
Urging that they be stripped
of their- power - by congress,
Wallace said the "financial ma
nipulators" have adopted a pol
icy of "the public be damned"
and now are strengthening mo
nopolistic controls of the rail
roads through illegal private
rate-making practices which
they seek to extend to other
transportation fields. -
Wallace addressed civic and
labor, groups.
The vice-president described
the early financial dealings in
volving railroads as one of the
blackest pages of American
history and charged that the
consequences from the manipu
lations linger on.
How these plunderers could
have escaped the consequences
of their evil acts is incompre
hensible," Wallace said. "They
or their successors rule the rail
road empire today as they did
in the heyday of their financial
manipulations. They are even
strengthening their grip."
Mormugao, Portuguese India.
Oct. 21. (U.R) Portuguese port
officials indicated today that the
Swedish exchange liner Grips-
nolm will leave Friday with 1,-
203 Americans and 300 Cana
dians and Latin-Americans re
leased from Japanese Internment
camps in the Far East.
The Japanese steamer Tela
Mam, which brought the Allied
prisoners to this port, is sched
uled to leave for Japan late to
day with an equal number of
Japanese who had been interned
in the United States since Pearl
Harbor.
Every effort was being made
to load 2,400 tons of Red Cross
supplies aboard the Tela Maru
In time for the scheduled sail
ing, to provide some relief for
the thousands of Allied prison
ers of war and civilian internees
still held by the Japanese.
NEGRO APPOINTED.
Sacramento, Oct. 21. (U.R)
Gov. Earl Warren today ap
pointed Walter Gordon, negro
attorney of Berkeley and assist
ant football coach at the Uni
versity of California, as a mem
ber of the state board of prison
Nazis Lynch Downed U. S.
U. S. COOPERATION
FAV0REM0T02
Johnson and LaFollette Only
Opponents in Senate For
eign Relations Group.
Washington, Oct. 21 (U.R)
The Senate Foreign Relations
committee, by a thumping 20 to
2 majority, today approved a
resolution which would put the
senate on record as favoring
United States participation in
postwar international machinery
to maintain peace.
Only committeemen to vote
against the resolution were Sens.
Hiram Johnson, R., Cal., veteran
isolationist who was a leader in
the fight against the League of
Nations after the last war, and
Robert M. LaFollette, Prog..
Wis. Neither Johnson nor La
Follette was present, but both
voted by proxy.
Sen. Robert R. Reynolds, D.,
N. C, was the only one of the
23 members of the committee
who did not vote. w ' .
Plan Early Action
- Committee Chairman Tom
Connally, D., Tex., said the
group proposed, that the senate
take up the resolution next Mon
day.
"The practical unanimity of
the committee is prophetic that
the senate will act with similar
unity," he predicted.
The resolution approved by
the committee follows:
"Resolved, that the war
against all our enemies be
waged until complete victory la
achieved.
That the United States co
operate with Its comrades in
arms in securing a just and hon
orable peace.
"That the United States, act
ing through its constitutional
processes, join with free and
sovereign nations in the estab
lishment and maintenance of in
ternational authority with pow
er to prevent aggression and to
preserve - the peace of the
world."
Klamath Falls, Ore., Oct. 21
(U.R) One thousand soldiers are
to help farmers in the Klamath
basin save their potato and
onion crops, G. A. Henderson,
county agent, said today.
A cold, damp spell enveloped
the basin in northern California
and southern Oregon causing
the emergency harvest which
with the aid of the army is
expected to be completed in
about two weeks.
Farmers will pay the govern
ment prevailing wages for the
army labor.
Rickenbacker Views of Russia .
Undergo Change in Recent Visit
Chicago, Oct. 21 U.R) Capt.
Eddie Rickenbacker asserted in
a prepared speech last night
that Communism in Russia "is
not what I was led to believe
it was from Communistic en
thusiasts in America and Eng
land." He said he returned from
recent trip to Russia "with a
great admiration for - both the
people and the armies of Rus
sia.
"Since coming back," he said,
"I have made every effort to
emphasize the necessity of a
better understanding with our
ally Russia." .
To establish that understand
ing the United States should
"go to the Russians voluntarily
Instead of asking them to come
to us," he said.
Mrs. Rickenbacker read her
PRICE CONTROL
ADMINISTRATION
President Announces Accept
ance; Chester Bowles Ex
pected to Be Successor.
Washington, Oct. 21. U.R)
Prentice M. Brown resigned to
day as administrator of the Of
fice of Price administration.
Brown submitted his resigna
tion to President Roosevelt in a
letter dated Tuesday, and the
president accepted it today.
Within the next lew days Mr.
Roosevelt is expected to nomin
ate Chester Bowles, general
manager iof OPA, as Brown's
successor.
- In his six-page letter of re
signation. Brown said he
thought that price control was
now well defined ana tnat me
main task from now on was
largely "administrative."
Two Mai or Problems
However, he informed the
nresident that the OPA still
faced two maior problems:
1. The hotly-contested ques
tion of continuing food suDsiaies.
2. Renewal of price control
when the present law expires
next year.
AGAIN ATTACKED
BY U. S. BOMBERS
By United Press '
A new American bombing at
tack on the Gilbert islands was
reported today by Tokyo radio,
which has predicted an aii-ow
United States attempt to clean
up the Japanese Pacific outpost
system.
Tokyo's version said that six
bombers made the assault and
were driven off before they
could inflict damage. No details
of the attack were given and
there was no official American
announcement.
In new Guinea, several thou
sand Australian and Japanese
troops were locked in a struggle
near Finschhafen with the Aus
sies throwing back continued
enemy attacks aimed at recaptur
ing the Huon peninsula coastal
base.
More than 200 enemy dead al
ready had fallen before the vet
eran Australians on battlefields
around Finschhafen, while to the
north clashes were reported on
the approaches to the Japanese
base at Madang.
Fourteen Japanese planes
were shot down by American
bombers and fighters in a raid
on Ballale airdrome in the north
ern Solomons.
The sport of skate sailing is
almost as ancient in the Scandi
navian countries as skiing.
husband's address to the Finan
cial Advertisers association aft
er he sent word that a mission
for the War department his
fourth would prevent his at
tendance.
He asserted that on returning
from trips to the war fronts he
was "always shocked by the
home front optimism, compla
cency and indifference toward
our war effort and the men
overseas, to say nothing of the
utter contempt on the part of
many who fail to realize that
we are in a life and death
struggle."
"In my opinion Germany will
not collapse or be beaten short
of the fall of 1944 though I
pray to God I am wrong," he
said. "Defeating Japan should
take a minimum of another
War Bulletins
- London, Oct. 21 (U.R) A
big fleet of British four
engined bombers rocked Leip
slg, aircraft cantor and one of
tho most important railway
junctions In Germany, with
more than 1000 tons of explo
sive last night while a smal
ler force of Mosquitoes raided
Botlin for tho fifth time this
month. Seventeen bombers
wore lost.
London, Oct. 21 (U.R)
Berlin dispatches published In
neutral countries today re
ported anxiety and pessimism
spreading through Germany
as a result of the Soviet break
through on the Dnieper front,
and rumors increased that
Adolf Hitler has relinquished
military control to his gen
erals. TO
Allied Headquarters, Algiers,
Oct. 21. (U.R) The British
Eighth army, thrusting forward
two miles in the rugged moun
tains of central Italy, has cap
tured -two - hamlets dominating
the road to Isernla in a drive to
outflank the new German de
fense line south of Rome, it was
announced today.
The Fifth army pushed for
ward across the Volturno plain
preparatory to n frontal assault
on the new German line, which
runs form Mondragone, on the
west coast 90 miles below Rome,
to Venafro, 27 miles northeast
of Mondragone and 12 miles
southwest of Isernla.
(The official German Newt
Agency DNB reported signs of
Allied preparations for an im
minent alr-and-sea assault on
Rome. Considerable air-borne
troops concentrated behind the
front "ready for the take-off"
and increased shipping activity
off the southwestern coast of
Italy were cited by DNB.)
L
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Washington, Oct. 21 U.R)
Appalachian coal operators to
day proposed to the War Labor
board an alternative nation-wide
coal wage agreement, calling for
a 7VS-hour basic work-day. The
proposal, their spokesman said.
would meet increased produc
tion demands and boost miners'
wages an average of 88 cents
a day.
The plan was offered at
WLB hearing on the United
Mine Workers-Illinois operators
proposed agreement, which
would raise basic wages $1.75
a day. .
ALUMINA PLANT
Washington, Oct. 21 (U.R)
Rep. Homer D. Angell, R., Ore.,
said today he had been advised
by the WPB that a plant to
extract alumina from clay had
been approved for' the Pacific
northwest area.
He said construction of the
plant would depend on the usual
manpower priorities, but under
normal conditions it Is believed
it can be completed within
year after start of construction
Angell said he did not know
where the proposed plant would
be located.
DROUGHT PREDICTED
Sacramento, Oct. 21 (U.R)
California drinkers are just be
ginning to feel the pinch of a
liquor shortage in the opinion
of A. A. Whitaker, associate
state liquor control administra
tor.
Airmen
EXCHANGED MEN
REVEAL ATTACKS
BY
Prisoners Returning From
Nazi Camps Say Hamburg
Civilians in Ugly Temper.
Goteborg, Sweden, Oct. 21.
(U.R) A United States flier re
ported today that he and his com
panions barely escaped angry
German mobs near Hamburg
after an air rrid on the city and
said he had heard "reliably" that
two Americans had been lynched
there. : -
Staff Sgt. Benny Springer, 22,
of Denver, Colo., who is safely
aboard a British liner en route
home from a prison camp, said
he probably would have been
killed had a civilian mob been
able to catch him after his bomb
er crashed near Hamburg three
months ago. He was included in
allied troops who . were ex
changed here for German pris
oners. No Details
He offered no details of the re
ports on the lynching, but some
others, among the group of 17
Americans and 4,322 other allied
prisoners echanged ..here said
they had similar second-hand in
formation on the incident. - ,
(The cabled information from
Goteborg did not Identify the
Americans who were supposed to
have been lynched by the Ger
mans, but they presumably were
members of the armed forces,
possibly air corpsmen like
Springer.) ,
Springer described how Ger
man soldiers who had seized him
had to sneak him and other cap
tured flier through the streets
of Luenenburg, near Hamburg.
to escape crowds that called
them "every kind of name."
threw rocks at them and drench
ed them with scalding coffee. -
He, like his fellows In the ex
change, was wounded. But his re
port indicated that fact did not
cool the rage of German civilians
suffering under aerial bombing.
onions corroborated Springer a
report of the mob scenes.
The allied soldiers left for the
United Kingdom this morning
aboard the British steamers At
lantis and Empress of Russia and
the Swedish liner Drottingholm,
completing the first German-allied
exchange of the war.
JAP SLAYER ESCAPES
Carson City, Nev., Oct. 21
(U.R) A Japanese serving a life
term in the Nevada state prison
for the murder of a fellow coun
tryman in 1936 escaped from a
farm labor gang late yesterday,
Warden Richard Sheehy an
nounced today.
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