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Newspaper Page TextWeather Pone! Oeoiaumal Hi at rtlni today and tonliht. UUU chanje temperature. Temp lllghtrt ywterday 60 Ixmeat jeiterd 47 prcclplUtloo.lart M hi. - .U Um The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Medford Tribune United Press Full Luud Wire United Prnt Full Luiid Wire 4 Thirty-eisrhth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1943 NO. 185 oM IU1 1 i so .' H t ; News Behind The News W By Paul Mallon Washington, Oct. 26 No shin ing light ever went out here faster or with less attention than that of Leon Hend rson's price fixing s uccessor Prentiss Brown. Few papers thought it worth page one notice. Mr. Brown just an nounced his job was done, refused to con aider Mr. rani tulloa Roosevelt's request that he stay, and dropped through a trapdoor, i The inner story, most often Wild, is that Brown, two or three months ago, had enough of Washington and the obstacles of conflicting government policies, personalities like Mr. Ickes, and Mr. Henderson's radical hold overs in OPA.His friends thought he might not come back from his summer vacation at that time. Good Roosevelt supporter that he is, he did, and finally offered no word of complaint as he insistently said goodbye. Surface developments attach a greater significance to his withdrawal. These suggest he quit while quitting was good. . Last week, Mr. Roosevelt first had the farm leaders into the White House. A few days later, labor came in. The labor de mand for more wage increases ' could be pushed aside for only 'the next 60 days or so by presi- - dential appointment of a com mission to restudy his own gov ernment statistics. That day Brown quit. - P LECTION time Is coming along. The farmers and la bor are needed for the fourth term. Congress is reluctant to buy them off with food subsi dies out of the treasury. The present price ceiling! therefore, is likely to crack un der the pressure of demand for higher wages. Mr. Roosevelt (Continued oa Pm 81x) LLA,0GW,0FRR Washington, Oct. 28 (U.B Foreign Economic Administrator Leo T. Crowley today consoli dated the lend-lease administra tion, the Office of Economic Warfare, and the Office of For eign Relief and Rehabilitation in a move designed to eliminate overlapping and duplication of operations. The sweenine reorganization was intended to prevent dupli cating and conflicting actions by agents working abroad for the various units. There had been charges that they often worked at cross-purposes and refused to cooperate with . each other. m The shakeup also brings under llrowley s direction parts of tne Vate department's Office of For eign Economic Cooperation ana of the Commodity Credit Cor poration which have economic dealings with foreign countries, It was believed likely that the move would have early reper cussions in the form of some state department resignations. STORM WARNING San Francisco, Oct. 26 (U.R) The weather bureau announced today the small craft storm warnings had been raised from Point Arena. Cal.. to Tatoosn Wash., starting at 8 a. m., for 24 nours. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Major Morris enacting touching balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet," complete to the portrayal of both char acters. Gertrude Stanley flustered at having reduced a colonel to the rank of corporal by a slip of the tongue. Postmaster Frank DeSouza doing his worrying early ovtr uie Christmas mail coott. ncp o i q h i in ULU. U, .101.1 IU or i apt nni rrrn Deferment to' Hold Until All . Eligible Non-Fathers Have - Been Called to Service. Washington, Oct. 26 (U.R) The House today passed by voice vote a bill to defer fathers until all eligible non-fathers have been inducted, and to give Ma. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, national director of selective service, full authority over the service's op erations. . Passage came shortly after President Roosevelt had de nounced as "groundless" and 'ir responsible" charges that the federal government is a haven for draft dodgers. Give Hershey Powtr The House approved by voice vote an amendment sponsored by the Military Affairs commit tee which provided that the President is "directed" to dele gate "all," instead of 'any," au thority vested in him over selec tive service to the system's di rector, Hershey. -. ; The amendment was designed to give Hershey that draft au thority now exercised by War Manpower Commission Chair man Paul V. McNutt. , : -' Originally a senate measure, the bill was re-written in- the House Military Affairs commits tee fend now must go to the sen' ate for concurrence. - Dafaat Amendments ; The House also defeated: ' By voice vote an amendment that would have eliminated a section giving appellate jurisdic tion in deferment cases to ap peals boards at the place of em ployment if a man has moved since he registered. Such appeais now are carried to boards In registration avea. By a vote of 80 to 88, an amendment by Rep. Everett M. Dlrksen, R., 111., which would have deferred all fathers instead of only those married prior to December 8, 1841. . Bv ' a vote of 70 to 24, an amendment by Rep. Hamilton Fish, R., N. Y., providing that induction of fathers over 32 be delayed until all fathers below that aae are drattea. Bv voice vote, an amendment to require that all men 30 or under be called before older pre war fathers. It was offered by Rep. Joseph P. O'Hara, R., Minn. SIGNED BY F. D. R. Washineton. Oct. 28 (U.B President Roosevelt today signed leelslafion increasing the allow ance for children of servicemen from $12 a month for the first child and $ 10 for each addition al child to $30 for the first child and $20 for each additional one. The new law. which also in creases allowances for various classes of so-called secondary de pendents parents, brothers, sis ters, etc. was approved by con- cress last week. It does not phanee the oresent $50 a month fo: wives $22 from the soldier and $28 from the government. IN EARLY EVENING San Francisco, Oct. 26. (U.R) An earthquake of moaerate Intensity shook the San Fran cisco bay area for three minutes hpcinnina- at B:4B p. m. lasi night, but it did little damage. Dr. Perry Byerly, University of California seismologist, plac ed the epicenter of the quake at San Jose, 40 miles south, where police reported downtown store windows were broken. A near-panic was reported at a Palo Alto theater, but service men aided tho theater manager In calming nervous patrons. Sunday Games Arranged By Army Is Answer - , , . i o lueorora r asiors rroiesi Eugene, Ore., Oct. 26 (U.R) day football on Oregon University's Hayward field quieted down today, following a protest association. The University of Oregon said army authorities arranged on the Oregon campus and the Oregon cavalry unit from Marsh-field. AS BRITISH COME "' By Reynolds Packard United Press Correspondent Sparanise, Italy, Oct. 25 (U.R) The Germans slaughtered 17 civilians in a last burst of venge ful anger against this town where escaping American war prisoners were hidden, an Italo- American resident told me to day. Mrs. Nlcolina Frisi, who has an American passport listing hj home address , as Millsbury, Mass., said the killings occurred when British patrols entered tho town. British Kissed "The populace went crazy, rushing to meet the British sol diers whom they' hugged and kissed," shesald. .v 'During this excitement a German patrol which was still in Sparanise let loose with ma chine gun fire that kiUed 17 Italian people." She said that on another occa sion seven were killed by the Germans who ordered a group of 20 out of an air raid sheltei. They were shot down as they came out. The town, an important rail way center and once a prison camp for Americans, has fallen to the British after changing three times in a battle that last ed several days. Americans Freed I was told that hundreds of Americans interned behind barbed wire fences In Sparanise were freed by the Italians and scattered last September 9. The Germans then re-established the camp and prisoners taken dur ing the landings at Salerno were sent here by truck to await transportation to Rome. Enrico Russo, station master here, estimaild that thousands of prisoners passed through the town. . "Many Italians," he said, helped Americans escape by hiding them in attics, cellars and even their own bedrooms. . The Germans became so infuriated they Issued a proclamation stat ing they would kill those found succoring American and British soldiers, while a prize of 1,800 lire was offered to Italians who turned over escaped prisoners.'' Cairo, Oct. 26. (U.R) Allied middle eastern headquarters an nounced today that British forces have evacuated Cos Island in the Dodecanese, which was seized from its Italian garrison a month ago. War Situation Truly Grave Says Hirohito; To jo Places Trust In New German Efforts v . - By United Press Emperor Hirohito told a spec ial session of the Japanese diet todav that the empire's war sit uation is "truly grave," but Premier Hideki Tojo assured the members that Germany is planning new blows in Europe to help "bring the United States and Britain to their Knees." Tojo's address and Hirohlto's sober appraisal of the situation, one of his rare statements on tne course of the war, were broad cast by the Radio Tokyo and recorded by the Office of War Information. Germany Plans Blows Toio exnressed confidence In the outcome of the war and told the diet that Germany is plan nine new military operations "in all directions." "Japan expects and believes At University The hubbub over playing Sun from the Medford Ministerial absolved Itself from the game and the contest between army trainees - Speaking for President Don ald M. Erb, who is in the east, Executive Secretary Earl M. Pallett Issued the following statement: University Not Playing " 'The University of Oregon never has played a football ame on its campus on Sunday. Furthermore, there is no inten tion ever to do so. The Uni versity of Oregon has on its campus 1,000 army students un der contract. Under this contract it Is necessary to provide in struction, housing and messing, medical service, physical educa tion and facilities for all three. 'This game was arranged and conducted by the army and was played by army men. It was not a game between the University of Oregon and anybody else." It was pointed out the univer sity is not using Hayward field and signs at all entrances read: "military area, unauthorized persons keep out." Busy on Week Days Army officials added that the trainees have mornings, after noons and evenings completely allotted for work, leaving Sun day the only practical time for such games. Emnlasis also was placed on the role of religion and church" activities in the pro grams ol tne trainees. (Also see story on page 6.) ALLIED AIRMEN SOUTH PACIFIC - By United Press Allied fliers wreaked great new destruction on Japanese air fleets in the southern Pacific in a series of weekend raids. From 131 to 203 Japanese air craft were smashed in the north ern Solomons and at Rabaul, New Britain, in bombing raids by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's airmen. . The three days of attacks ap peared to have wrecked Kahili, on Bougainville Island in the Solomons, temporarily, while Rabaul,- the major enemy base north of New Guinea, rapidly was becoming untenable. Besides the plane losses which represented additions to enormous losses suffered by the Japanese the last few months the enemy also lost a destroyer and five coastal vessels. Total allied cost was five planes. New York, Oct. 26 (U.R) A surprise practice air raid test was held today for all of New York state, including New York city where traffic was stopped and defense volunteers went Into ac tion in wind and rain-swept streets. firmly that her ally, Germany, will in due course attain the de sired . results in the coming new operations, and that the day will soon arrive when she will, in full collaboration with Japan, bring the United States and Great Brit ain to their knees," he said. Tojo warned that the United States and Britain have recover ed from their early setbacks in the Pacific and that the war is growing in intensity. Navy Minister Shlegetaro Shimada told the diet that Jap anese armed forces sank 17 Al lied cruisers. 18 destroyers, 22 submarines, and 70 transports between June 15 and Oct. 20, along with 70 other war vessels, He also claimed that American plane losses totaled 1,613 during that period. TAX INCREASE ON CUP THAT CHEERS L House Committee For $10 Gal. on Liquor Tobacco, Gas Tax Turned Down. Washington, Oct. 26 (U.R) The house ways and means com mittee today approved excise tax increases totaling more than $1,000,000,000, including an in crease in local postage rates from two to three cents. It voted to double the rates on second class mail and to increase the charges on third class mail, money orders, registered and in sured mail and collect-on-aeuv- ery mail. The three-cent rate on outof-town letter mail would not be changed, however. Washington. Oct. 26 (U.R) The house ways and means com mittee, todav aDDrovea- an .in crease from $6 to $10 a gallon 1n the federal excise tax on liquor. It reiected all proposals for In creased levies on iodbcco ana ffnsnllne. The liquor tax Increase, which had been proposed by the treas ury, wnuld increase the federal levy from $1.50 to sz.au per quart of ' 100 proof spirits: Ben and Wine Also The committee also approved Increases in beer and wine taxes. It estimated that these and the hleher liquor taxes would bring In $557,000,000- additional reve nue a year. These were the first major tax increases the committee has ap proved for 1944. The adminis tration has asKeo siu.ouu.uuu,- 000. , The schedule approved by the committee today included: 1. Distilled spirits. $10 a gal- Inn instead of the oresent $6 2. Beer. $8 a barrel instead of $7. 8. Still wine, under 14 per cent. 15 cents a gallon Instead of 10 cents: 14 to 21 per cent, BO cents instead of 40; over Zl per cent. $2 instead of $1. 4. Sparkling wine, 15 cents a half pint instead of 10 cents. 5. All other wines, 10 cents a half pint instead of five cents. Until War End The, committee specified that the increases shall be terminat ed six months after the war. It reserved decision on other excise increases, such as on toilet articles, candy soft drinks and chewing gum, until later todav. On the controversial sales tax issue, a compromise has been put forward. It embodied a cou pon sales tax plan designed to distribute more equitably a levy on consumer goods. Researchers for the joint congressional com mittee on internal revenue are understood to have drafted it. PIT PRECEDENT New York, Oct. 26. (U.R) The New York Stock Exchange established a precedent today by designating a 20-minuto trad ing period, from 3:20 p. m. to 3:40 p. m. EWT to make up a loss before the 3 p. m. official closing time resulting from a practice air alert. He placed Japanese losses at six destroyers, 1Z other warships and 415 planes. Hirohlto's statement empha sized the need for a greater ef fort by the Japanese people to "destroy the evil ambition of the enemy nations. In a second speech, this one in his hole of war minister, Tojo said that "Japanese military operations in all theaters of war are going on smoothly according to plan. He stressed the "brilliant achievements" of the Japanese garrison on the Aleutian island of Klskal for making a "success ful strategical withdrawal" on July 29. He said the Japanese adversaries were "completely unawnre of our movements and kept on attacking Kiska for ' about two weeKs." MAN RETREAT INE IT Russian Columns Plunge Through Nazi Defenses Allies Advance in Italy. London, Oct. 28 (U.R) Russian forces swept four to 1214 miles closer to the gates of the Crimea today and cap tured 20 towns and villages in their drive across the No gaisk steppes from Melitopol, a communique broadcast from Moscow reported. By United Press Russian ecolumns plunged al most at will through tumbling German defenses In the southern Ukraine today in a great offen sive to clear the Nazis from Soviet soil in a matter of weeks. Panicky German efforts to prevent disaster appeared fall ing everywhere along the lower Dnieper bulge, and tne ap proaches to the Crimea and the enemy retreat verged on a roui. Advance In Italy While Allied armies in Italy made a general but slow ad vance toward Rome, seizing six more towns and edging toward the outer fringes of a new enemy defense line, the Russians were bidding to reach the Polish and Balkan borders by the first ot the year. ; ... ' -London sources said the Ger mans mi-ht be able to save half their 600.000 men in the east ward bend of the Dnieper if they could muster enough strength for a counterattack. Capture of Dnepropetrovsk and Dneprodzerbhinsk, on the eastern end of the bulge, gave the Soviets complete control of a 600-mile stretch of the Dnieper except for Kiev. Beyond the river, three columns were speed ing ahead. They were heading down the Crimean railroad from Melitopol to cut off the the Crimea, southwestward past Krl- vol Rog toward the lower Dnie per, and southwest along the Kremenchug-Odessa rail line, Rog By-Passed ' Germans still held out in the mining center of Krivol Rog, about halfway across the bulge, but the town was by-passed and of little importance. Kiev ap peared doomed to fall soon. London sources reported that Nazi Marshal Albert Kesselring, commander of the German army in Italy, had been replaced by Field Marshal Erwln Rommel, who had been In command in the northern part of the country and in Jugoslavia. Allied planes, raiding alone the Italian battlellnes and north of Rome in aid of the ground troops, attacked southern Jugo slavia again to support the fight ing Partisand and Guerillas in that occupied land. Their object ive was the Podgorica airfield. Britain's big bombers remain ed on the ground last night, pre sumable because of weather. La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 26 (U.R) Mrs. Dean Ladd Kidder. 60, so- clallv-nrominent widow of wealthy oil refiner, said today she paid an itinerant tree trim mer $3000 for working on her estate, and then she married him. "I'll give the devil his due, she said; "he did a fine job on my lawns. The tree tlmmer, Ross Hast ings. 30. of Peoria. 111., was ar rested yesterday on a charge of kidnaping Mrs. Kidder. The mar riage was disclosed when Hast lngs showed police a marriage certificate. At Peoria, police revealed that Hastings has a long police rec ord. He was arrested 10 times in 1940 and 1941 at Peoria on charges ranging from petty lar ceny to attempted rape. He also has been arrested at Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio, and St Louis, Mo., Peoria police said. Allies Use Power Tactics Chita Coll. Lido dl D 3e5lF0,-I"0' I , S Film Ciicto Goii?3Ji -''j?' 5 ; AvKlJA't"j. Wli i CumrfyJ5jCAM(. Vixm'us f 0,,, Tyrrhenian Sea OClOAJySSAA!!2!Pi ""i! ikhuC' ,Solemo American Fifth army and British Eighth army forces are resorting to "power tactics" to gain a few miles each day In Italy. Progress has been slowed by autumn rains and stiffer Nasi resist ance. Map gives closeup view of the battle drives. NAVY COMMANDER TELLS HOW JAPS EVACUATED KISKA Washington, Oct. 26. (U.R) Vice Admiral Thomas C: Kin- kaid has been transferred from command of joint military opera tions in the North Pacific to command of the U. S. naval forces in the Southwest Pacific, Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced today. r - Kinkaid replaces Vice Ad miral Arthur S. Carpender who becomes commander of the Ninth Naval district, headquart ers at Great Lakes, III. Knox made the announcement at a news conference at which Kinkaid told how the Japanese on Kiska "fooled him" by con tinuing to build a roadway and by maintaining heavy anti-aircraft fire as a cover to their evacuation from the bland by submarine. ' Kinkaid said that American forces in the Aleutians got "some of the Japanese subs" which were evacuating the Kiska gar rison. ! I hope they were full of evacuees, but l don't Know, ne added. Asked the number of enemy submarines destroyed, Kinkaid only said: "We got quite a lew enougn to make it hurt." He said that the Japanese used big submarines for the evacuation, each probably able to carry 100 men. A reporter said that on a re cent visit to the west coast he fnund manv Deoole there still worried over the possibility of a- Jananese attack and Inquired whethev the reconquesi oi me Aleut' ans didn't alleviate such a thre'. don't see how anybody can nt erav hairs over an attack on the west coast," Kinkaid replied. Sdv Ring Leader Admits Her UuiK Detroit, Oct. 26. (U.R) Grace Buchanan-Dlneen. comeiy a vear-old alleged head of the American branch of an interna tional spy ring, pleaded guilty to charses of esnionage when arraigned before Judge Edward Moinet In Jedeiai court xoaay. Miss Buchanan-Dlneen, who previously had pleaded Inno cent to the charges, was brought into court by John S. Bugas, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Michigan, and Harold Hove, special agent as signed to the case, and reversed her plea from innocent to guilty. Thanksgiving Day Menu For Army Washlnelon. Oct. 26 (U.R) Civilians in the United Statea may or may not have turkey on be thankful that army men ana The War' Department has announced the Thanksgiving day dinner menu for army camp, posts and stations and will endeavor to see that army personnel overseas are served the same menu even where iron rations are the general fare. The menu: Fruit cup, roast turkey with dressing and gravy, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, buttered peas, corn, tomato? and lettuce salad, celery, assorted pickles, pumpkin pie, apples, vMnA- MnHtf n,if and coffee. P. S. Sales of turkeys to civilians were resumed, yesterday after being banned nearly two months while the army accumu lated mora than 10,000,000 pounds to satisfy soldiers' appetites. T: SAY REPATRIATES Leith, Scotland, Oct. 26. (U.R) German morale is crumbling and the people of Germany would end the war "tomorrow if not deterred by the Gestapo, some 4,300 repatriated prisoners ot war reported today upon their arrival aboard three exchange) snips. Many of the repatriates, vet erans of the battle of France and Belgium, had been in German prison camps for four years. They observed the deterioration in the Nazi's war soirit. and ex pressed a belief that the aver age German now knows the waf is lost. -. Three Bhips Full the three vessels carrying the) prisoners of war exchanged for an equivalent number of .Ger mans at Goteborg, Sweden, com pleted their mission successfully. Tears came from the eye ot the repatriates as they sailed past flag-decked wharves lined with cheering people. There were 17 Americana among the exchange group. The people of Germany are. terrorized by the thought that the Russian armies will occupy their cities, a chaplain In the ex change group said. He said Russian prisoners had first been treated brutally, at title being flogged unmercifully, but that now they were being given, improved care as the tide of war changed. i E CATTLE . t i Washington, Oct. 28 (U.RJ Economic Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson today ordered prices for choice live cattle pegged at a minimum of $15 and a maximum of $16 per hundredweight on the Chicago market. ROOSEVELT'S FEVER VANISHES IN NIGHT. Washington, Oct. 26. (U.R) The White House today reported further improvement in Presi dent Roosevelt's head cold. A11 traces of fever had disappeared this morning, but to be on the safe side Mr. Roosevelt sched uled no appointments. He can celled his regular Tuesday after noon press conference. Thanksgiving day, but they can women win.