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Weather forecait: Occasional Dwm tatty ana tonlcat. Little ehanfe l temperature. . Temp. Highest TMterdiy S3 Lowest yerterdsjr 41 precipitation put M hri. . .11 United Prees TnU Leased Wire J . -Unlled Prwi Fulj Leaiad Wire ' 1 TmZm 'Thirty-eighth Year , , , MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 19ft , NO. 184 Lust ..ftCifl . tHt ., v -- : : l tt TA NA2I RESISTANCE I ter&xiWm MINERS I - ,aw mi jbnumpwn vuuuci i, OALT ' B'Ick Sea VI Despite stlffer German resistance, especially around Melitopol, where tht Nazis are rushing troops to protect their evacuation of the Crimea, Soviet troops continue their stubborn drive -to push the enemy from Russia. Current Russian offensives are aimed at points Indicated on Ur the map. News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 25 Mr. Willkie is turning republican. In enerjgetic front page action of late, he has sought to cor rect the me c h a n i cal de fects of his earlier cam paign for 1044. For instances he ha .endors ed candidates, Edge of New Jerseyi Han Ley of N e w York, and Fanl MaUoa spoke kindly of prominent Governor Warren of California. (Although they have not said what they think of him, publicly at any rate.) . His carefullly arranged Wash ington visit was an effort to par-' ade hi bandwagon before the eyes of reluctant or antagonistic republican congressmen. His story, mostly told off the rec ord here, runs something like this. - Dewey cannot run In view of his promises, and,' if he does Villkie will get 25 per cent of Elhe New York delegation. Mac- .Arthnr iannnt rnmnaim. and the people will not accept a man whose views are not known. Bricker can be smothered easily. Nearly all New England gover nors, and all except two commit teemen are ready to plump lor Willkie. The south has been lined up and so on. Boiled down, the Wilkie attitude is in effect: "I can get the nomination on the first ballot if I want it." The story did not-have the de sired effect. ' The reaction it left here was that Willkie is a very smart operator, is developing in to Just as clever a politician as Mr. Roosevelt, and along the same lines. His bandwagon seemed to be a self-made mirage. No one could hear the toot of any horns from it. , rVNLY one southern political leader, a Georgia national committeeman, is for Willkie. (Contluu.a on Fag Pour) OREGON WEATHER Scattered showers today and tonight. Northern California Rain point arena Susanville' line northward today and tonight, little change in temperature. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS 1 Ruth Davis packing the car to drive to the new family home in Lebanon and finding room lor everything but HubbT George. A letter from Major Bill Clark son telling what happened to the malaria germs which bit him in jungle climes. Walter Redford displaying his domestic accomplishments by presiding at the waffle iron for an Ashland Job's Daughters gathering. M - - . V I Vf"3Tx J aHf?" ' - MAIL TRIBUNE THURSDAY, FRIDAY AT CITY SCHOOLS Issuance of ration book 4 to the Medford public will open at all elementary school buildings Thursday, October 28, at-12:30 p. m. The elementary buildings are open to the public in accord ance with the following schedule: Thursday:' 12:30-8:30 p. m- Fersons whosenames begin with letters' A to H inclusive i Friday. 6:00 .' m.-12 noon- Persons whose names begin win letters I to M inclusive. Friday, noon to 8:30 p. m. Persons whose names begin with letters N to Z Inclusive. Persons who are not able to conform to this schedule may come at any time, although it will .help greatly to.:prevent rushes on the force and .delays to patrons if people for the most part will conform to the sched ule.. ' . . ( . , . ; : ' iV 8,rTt Districts ' ; ' . Each elementary school serves the same part of the city for re tioning purposes that it serves for . school purposes. No one. however, will be refused who aooears at any one of the four scnools, phnn1 TTia Rnnsevelt school also ierves Lone Pme and newey districts. Washington school, Griffin Creek and Independence districts; Lincoln, North Phoe nix and Kenwood; Jackson, West Side. x Patrons are '. reminded . that they must bring book 3 with them for . under no conditions can Book 4 bo Issued to a per son unless that person s book 3 is presented to the registrar. One responsible member of a family may bring all book 3 for that family and register for all mem bers of the family. A book 4 will be issued for each book 3 brought in. Book 3 is not sur rendered by the applicant, but it must be exhibited to the reg istrar as" evidence that the hold, er of it is entitled to a book 4, When the registrar Issues a book 4 he writes "Book 4" in th lower right hand corner of bonk 3 and hands both books to the applicant. No Tailoring There will be no declaration of food stuffs on hand, and no tailoring of books. Application forms may be so- cured from the registrar at tne building at the time of regis tration Superintendent Hedrick has Issued a special call ror voiun teers to assist with the ration ing Persons who are interested in helping are asked to call the city school superintendent s of fice, phone 2157, today or Tues day of this week. BACKES FUNERAL AT PERL HOME TUESDAY Funeral services for Nicholas Jackson Backes, who passed away Friday at the home of hu Hmiehter. Mrs. jsotui. i-augn Orchard Home Drive, will be hM at the Perl mineral nome tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. The Rev. D. E. Millard will be in charge of the service. Interment will be in tea i.u.u.r. cwncraj, Dnepropetrovsk and Dnep .'. rodzherzhlnsk Fall Before Fast-Moving Red Forces, London, Oct. 25 U.B The Red army captured the great industrial cities of Dneprope- trvsk and Dneprodzherzhinsk to day, crushing German resist ance In the nose of the Dnieper river bulge and decisively crum bling the entire lower end of the Nazi defense line. Premier-Marshal Josef Stalin announced the double victory in an order of the day following Moscow dispatches revealing that Soviet mobile forces had raced half way down the 100- mile route from Melitopol to the Perekop neck of the Crimea, and that Cossack outriders already were ranging the approaches to the Black sea peninsula. Storm Across Dnieper Russian assault forces drove across the Dniener to storm and capture Dnepropetrovsk, second; mal population of 800,000 and Dneprodzherzhinsk, 18 miles o the west on the trunk railway. In announcing ' the victory, Moscow bracketed with Dneprod- herzhinsk, a steel city of 150,000. its old name of Kamenskayn. which was abandoned in the course of the. quadrupling of its population in recent years. ' - "These are the most important Industrial centers of the south ern districts of our country and Important centers of German re sistance on the Dnieper bend," Stalin said in hailing the cap ture of the twin strongholds. Tank Battles Rage Pravda said unprecedented tank battles were raging all along the west bank of the Dnie per between Gomel and Kremen chug, with the Russians crush ing the German defenses and thrusting far to the west. Kiev was reported invested from north and south but still bitterly defended by 14 Ger man divisions. Soviet river craft already are plying long stretches of the Dnieper, the Russians said, safe beyond the range of German artillery. A Pravda dispatch said that at an unspecified point the Red army encircled and wiped out the entire 23rd German division, killing its commander. NEED SOLICITORS E Due to lack of volunteer workers for solicitations, the progress of the annual com munity Chest drive has been considerably slowed. A. S. Cummins, chairman of the drive, pointed out today that in many instances the men and women who in previous years' aided with the drive were not avail' able and he urged citizens not to wait for a personal solicits tion. "Contributions may be made at either of the two Medford banks, at the Chamber of Com merce or at the California-Ore gon Power company office, he said. "And I strongly urge citi zens to voluntarily make theii' contributions, without waiting for someone to call upon them, and to do so at once. The quota for the Medford district is nearly $44,000 and so far the response has been slow." 'It was pointed out that the funds raised will not only sup ply the budgets of six local or ganizations and committees, but that 17 agencies of the National War fund, such as the USO, will receive funds from tht local campaign Portland, Ore., Oct. 25 R) Henry Kaiser has done again, this time for the tinker building championship of the nation. ; Kaiser's Swan Island tank er shipyards in Portland re ceived notice today from Rear Admiral H. L. Vickerv, chairman of the U. S. Mari time commission, that the first monthly award of the championship tanker flag had been won here, to be flown for the next month or until some other yardexceeds the production record TJf Swell Island. The award was based on the productivity per way, since yards have varying size and working conditions. , The yard launched its first ship on October 24, 1942, and just a year later, Its 35th ship E WITHIN AUSTRIA 5 Allied Headquarters. Algiers Oct. 25 (U.R) Mediterranean based American heavy bombers attacked axis targets in Austria for the third time yesterday and enemy broadcasts admitted that major objective south of Vienna had been badly dam Bed. . T , (British plywood Mosquito bombers carried the air war in to Germany from bases in Brit ain, pounding industrial targets in the battered Ruhr and Rhine land without loss. Other bomb ers laid mines in enemy waters.) A communique from allied headquarters said the bombers were escorted by long-range fighters, suggesting that the a tack may have been launched from newly-won airbases around Foggia, in Southern Italy. Roundabout German reports heard in London said a force of 300 bombers with an escort of 200 fighter planes carried out the attack,' causing air raid alarms in Zagreb and Budapest Some bombs were dropped in western and southwestern Hun gary, these broadcasts said. BOWLES NOMINATED FOR 0PA ADMINISTRATOR Washington, Oct. 25 U.R) President Roosevelt today sent to the senate the nomination m Chester Bowles, general manager of the Office of Price Adminis tration, to succeed Prentiss Al Brown as OPA administrator. Brown's resignation as admin istrator was announced last Thursday. Morgenthau Would Puncture Americans' Over-Optimism Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Oct. 25. (U.R) Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., is going home after a week long tour of the Mediterranean front to puncture the American people's "over-optimism" and to arrange for a top-flight salesman to supervise the selling of war bonds to American soldiers In North Africa. "We have got a damn tough Job ahead of us and the sooner we realize It the better," will be the gist of the secretary's message to the United States on his return, he told correspond' ents at a press conference yes terday. "There is no question that the people at home are far too optimistic When I was at the Volturno I could see that the hills are getting higher all the time as we advance, that we are going to be fighting uphill all HY LITTLE HEED m ni n unnMiiin Only f Mine in Normal Op eration Aftetmatum ' Trainmen Debate Change. (By United Press) ' Only one of Alabama's strike closed coal mines returned to normal operation Monday ' in answer to a War Labor board ultimatum while at Chicago four- major railroad operating unions debated on whether to make a radical change in work ing conditions a stake in the membership's strike vote next month. The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the largest of the unions, decided Sunday to sub mit a proposal for drastic re vision in working rules to its members as an additional issue when they vote whether to strike to enforce wage demands. Officials of four other railroad unions may decide today to join the BRT in its new demands, . 1.000 at Work ' . -,In.-Afcbanwwonly..-1.000 of, the state's estimated - zu.uuu strikina miners returned to work in response to wnat wlb members said was a final nacK-to-the-mines appeal before send ing the dispute to wesiaeni Roosevelt. The single mine in operation was one of the two Woodward Iron company snaits. Meanwhile. Acting Chairman Charles F. Wilson of the War Production board said the strikes had cut 300,000 tons from the normal coal output, endangering war production acutely in view of the shortage of reserves ana tne approacn oi winter. In Kentucky the situation eased early Monday with the re turn of more than 4,000 striking miners at six major shafts, About 2,880 remained on strike, however, in Harlan county, pro testing government delay in settling the national wage dis pute. STORM WARNINGS FOR . LONG COAST SECTION San Francisco, Oct. 25 U.R) The weather bureau yesterday issued storm warnings for tho coastline from Cape Mendocino, Cal.. to Tatoosh Island, Wash, and for the Straits of Juan De Fuca and inland waters of Wash ington. ' 618 POLIO CASES Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 25. (UP) The state public health department today reported 618 cases of infantile paralysis occur red in September, the largest number during any single month of the year. the time, and that it's going to be a tough fight all the way to Kome." Morgenthau said that at the suggestion of Everett S. Hughes. Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower's deputy, he planned to send back a "top-flight man," probably a civilian, who would take charge of war bond sales in North Africa and put war stamps on sale at all army post exchanges. "One of the purposes of my trip," he added, "was to gather material for the fourth war loan drive in the States, which starts in January. My impression here is that the amount of money left in the hands of the average soldier Is surprisingly little, but it should be as easy as possible for him to buy bonds if he can." He estimated that the aver age Doughboy spends 86 per cent of his pay at the post ex changes or sends it home, sav, ing about $10 month. 23 More JaD Planes Added to By United Press Twenty-three more Japanese planes were added today to the enormous toll taken by allied fliers in attacks on Wewak, New Guinea, while a single allied bomber was believed to have scored hits on an enemy aircraft carrier. E THREE MILES UP Allied Headquarters, Algiers, Oct. 25 (U.R) American troops, driving three miles up the main road to Rome, captured the key transport town of Sparanise yes terday after a stiff fight, and held it against four counter-at tacks by a German force which suffered what was described of ficially as a "bloody nose." The capture of Sparanise, nine miles north of Capua on the volturno and 13 miles in land, gave the United States units of.Lt, Gen, Mark W. Clark's Fifth ' army command of the junction where the Rome high way forks. One branch swlncs along the coastal plain and the otner cuts through the Liri and Sacco valleys some 30 to 40 miles inland. Clark's Victor's at Sparanise now were poised for a plunse against the new German defense line blocking the Allied march on the Italian capital. On their left, British troops along the coast already were pressing up against tne Masslco line. Farther inland the American flank of the Fifth army contln- ued slow but steady progress in the face of stiff German resist ance in the hills along the upper course of the Volturno. NASSAU KILLER TRIED TO BURN E Nassau, Bahamas, Oct. 25 (U.R) After testifying that the assassin who clubbed to death Sir Harry Oakes apparently tried to burn the house down to destroy evidence, a Miami police captain swore in supreme court today that he found burns on the hand and forearm of Alfred E. Marigny a few hours after his father-in-law s body i found. De Marigny is on trial for the murder of the wealthy Ameri can-born baronet. Capt. Edward Melchen, chief of the Miami homicide squad, who was called to Nassau to as sist in the investigation of Oakes' murder, said he exam ined De Marigny with a micro scope. "What did you examine?" Crovn Prosecutor A. F. Adder ley asked. "I examined his arm, his Van Dyke beard (since shaven off), his eyelashes and his hair." "What did you find?" "I found one burn on the back of the right hand and forearm and a number of burned hairs. Some of the hairs had been curled by heat from a fire and others were stubby where they had been burned off." Britain Announces ".' Loss of Two Ships London, ct. 25 (U.R) The ad mlralty today announced the loss of the cruiser Charybdls and the destroyer Limbourne in a battle with tight enemy naval forces In tho channel early last Saturday. Allied Toll v .. The latest raid on Wewak came Friday when three waves of Mitchells battered the air dromes where almost 500 enemy planes have been wrecked since mid-August. Jap Ships Hit In the Solomons, a single Lib erator attacked a large enemy vessel by dark and scored hits. causing a fire, but the exact type of ship could not be ascer tained. Dispatches indicated it may have been a carrier heading for Rabaul, big Japanese New Britain base. Allied information showed en emy attacks on the ground at Finschhafen had been smashed. The Japanese were trying to ex- j tricate themselves from a trap near the captured base, Berlin radio broadcast a Tok yo dispatch claiming the attacks represented a counteroffensive. Tokyo Version Tokyo's version was that 2,000 Australians had been killed- in the fighting, but it acknowl edged loss of 350' Japanese1 sol diers. The enemy resistance at Finschhafen finally was smashed by steady aerial attacks while veteran Australians refused to yield their ground positions. L FOR EARLY START Washington, Oct. 25. (U.R) Sen. Rufus C. Holman, R., Ore., today expressed hope that con struction will start soon on a new alumina plant authorized for the northwest by the War Production board. . The plant, designed to extract alumina from clay, is expected to cost about $8,000,000, he said, and an allocation already has been made through the De fense Plants Corp. to the Col umbia Metals Co., Seattle, Wash. Holman pointed out that the plant, designed to produce 50 tons of alumina a day from Oregon aluminum-bearing clay, would augment the nation's alumina resources for the war effort. He said it should he economical to operate because it is to be located near the huge Bonneville dam. Exact location will depend upon several factors, he said, including proximity to ore and coal supplies, transportation fa cilities for ore and the finish product and available labor sup, ply. Salt Lake City, Oct. 25 (U.R) Twenty Baptist church lead ers from 10 western states end ed a two-day conference on war time problems here today with election of Worth D. Wright, Idaho Falls, Ida., as conference secretary. The churchmen from Califor nia, Colorado, Washington, Utah, Arizona, Oregon, Montana, Wy oming and Idaho agreed that church responsibility has in. creased many-fold as the war progresses. Chairman Romaln C. Hassrlck of the National Council of Bap, tist men said that "soldiers need the spiritual comfort of churches, the contact of their congregations, at all times." Danaher Proposes Coopera tion Predicated on Fore gojng of Territorial Gains. Washington, Oct. 25 U.R) Sen. John A. Danaher, R., Conn., proposed today that the United States predicate its cooperation in post-war peace machinery on a condition that participating na tions forego territorial gains as a result of the present war. t: Danaher made the proposal at the senate began the most sig nificant foreign policy debate since it rejected adherence to ' the League of Nations. Framework Given Chairman Tom Connelly, D- Tex., of the senate foreign rela tions committee, opened the de bate by telling his colleagues his resolution for post-war col laboration to maintain peace provides the "framework within which the makers of the treaty may provide the detailed struc ture." J . . ; ;., But Sen. "Claude Pepper, 'D.; Fla., demanded immediate full dress debate of the limits to which a peace treaty could go in the matter of international co operation. Pepper introduced a substitute -on behalf of a group -of senators wishing to revise the resolution's language to "clarify and strengthen" its meaning., Danaher offered - two-pan amendment - containing defini tions -for virtually every word in Connally's brief resolution which would put the senate on record as favoring prosecution of the war to "complete victory," cooperation with the Allies in securing "just and honorable peace," and post-war collabora tion with other nations in "in ternatiorjal authority with power to prevent aggression and pre serve the peace of the world." Earl C. Gaddis, Medford. was named foreman of the new grand jury drawn today at the opening of the October term of the circuit court. Other mem bers elected are: Agnes E. Evenson, Medford: Fred A. Tayler, Ashland; W. E. McCracken, Medford; Frances Carkin, Medford; William B. Norris, Ashland, and T. M. Aldredge, Medford. District Attorney George w. Nellson said five fatal accidents In this county the past three months and two or three crim inal matters would be presented to the grand jury. Captain Gable At New York Field New York, Oct. 25 U.R Capt. Clark Gable arrived at La Guardia field today after a trans- Atlantic flight, unofficial surces reported. Gable, who has been stationed with the U. S. Eighth Air Force in Great Britain, is expected to report to Washing ton, but his immediate destina tion on leaving the field was not disclosed. LUMBER WORKERS IN . ANNUAL CONVENTION Eugene, Ore., Oct. 25 (U,R) The seventh annual convention of the Northwest Council, Lum ber and Sawmill Workers, opened today with 300 delegates from Oregon, Washington, Cali fornia, Idaho and Montana. President John Chrlstenson of Seattle and W. O. Kelsay, presi dent of the Willamette Valley Council, headed officials in charge. . -.
