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'Thirty-eighth Year , , , MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 19ft , NO. 184
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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. . -.