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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1943
NO. 187
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News Behind
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By Paul Mallon
Washington, Oct. 28 Senate
and public discussions on bow
to preserve the peace ot the
world have tended to devolve
, into political abstractions, for
f getful of one
basic, concrete
tact, more im
portant than
all the accu
mulation of
words and of
ideas, namely:
The United
States will
have a navy
at the end of
this war which
will outclass
Britain's his-
jfurlc sea power by a ratio of
1UUL.U.J - I
able though that guess may now
seem to the public. The most
conservative estimate places our
' contemplated superiority at three
to one.
Indeed, no less secretive a
source than the World Almanac
was able to show, as of Novem
ber, two years ago, that we then
contemplated approximately a
two-to-one advantage.
WHILE few appreciate the
growing extent of our sea
power, or its prospective peace
time usage, a magazine of the
Navy League of . the United
States currently reports (Octo
ber issue) that our growing fleet
. acquired In the first six months
of this year six new aircraft
farriers, five cruisers, 89 de-
-..wroyers -ana la suDmarines. -Apparently,
the British have
not been able to build replace
ments for their losses (much
heavier so far than ours) and.
- while the building plans of
Tokyo are hardly, guessable. it
is plain from known and pub
lished facts that the united
States soon will have a five-
ocean navy double or triple the
size ' of any fleet heretofore
known to the world. .
Therefore, the American navy
will be a dominant controlling
factor in the future peace of
the world and its economic and
(Continued on Page Three)
Hungate Funeral
f 3 P. M. Saturday
V Funeral services for William
Don Hungate, killed in a log
ging camp accident near Pros
pect Tuesday, will be held Sat
urday at 3 p. m. at the Litwiller
funeral, home in Ashland. Dr.
Georee Bruce of the Ashland
- Methodist church will conduct
the service.
Hungate Is survived by his
wife and dauehter and his moth
er, Mrs. Blanche Hungate of
Talent. He had lived in the
county many years.
.
Classic Music At
Bernie's Funeral
, New York, Oct. 28 flJ.fi)
Bandleader Ben Bernie was
buried today after a service fea
Muring classical -music which the
TOld Maestro" of ragtime had
selected himself for the occasion.
An estimated 1500 persons, in
cluding many radio, stage and
screen greats, crowded Temple
Rodeph Sholom to witness the
rites conducted by Rabbi Louis
I. Newman before the rose
banked coffin.
WEATHER
Northern California Warmer
Interior today; scattered show
ers over mountains of north por
tion; little change in tempera
ture.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bob Bryant declaring that he
and the other 59 Oregon V-12
students at the University of
California at Los Angeles had
it an over the natives in more
ways than one.
City Supe Frank Rogers re
fusing a cup of coffee Because
he Just had a couple, and was
loo busy, anyway.
Al Leighton paying his first
visit to a local weekly gather
ing and meeting a lot of "False
WIlllMMIIIIII
i A f
friends."
Sixty-Mile Russian Sweep to
Perekop Isthmus Would
Cut Off Crimean Escape.
Moscow, Oct. 28. (U.B Bat
tered German forces broke and
fled in wild disorder along a
90-mile front today as powerful
Cossack armored units stormed
across the Nogaisk steppes in a
two-pronged drive to seal off
the Crimea and complete the en
circlement of the Dnieper bulge.
The decisive Russian break
through along the whole front
from the southeast corner of the
Dnieper river bend to the Sea
of Azov heightened the threat
of annihilation hanging over up
wards of 1,000,000 Axis troops
in the southern Ukraine and the
Crimea.
May Cut Escape
A 80-mile Russian sweep to
the Perekop isthmus would cut
off all land escape from the Ger
man Crimean garrison, and a
thrust across the lower reaches
of the Dnieper for a junction
with the Soviet column now
battling in the streets of Krivoi
Rob would trap the remnants of
perhaps 500,000 Germans in the
Dnieper bulge.
Red air force bombers, fight
ers and assault planes roared out
ahead -of the Soviet vanguard
and ripped the fleeing enemy
columns, on the Nogaisk steppes
with bombs and bullets, killing
hundreds of troops and wreck
ing transports. Twenty-eight
German planes which sought to
interfere were shot down.
In their haste to escape, the
Germans abandoned artillery,
trench mortars, ammunition and
other war material along the
highways. Twenty tanks, -137
funs and 12 six-barrelled trench
mortars were captured In. one
sector. . ...
REPATRIATES TELL
OF CRUELTIES AT
HANDS OF NAZIS
London, Oct. 28 U.R) The
lifting of censorship restrictions
by Washington authorities per
mitted disclosure today that
American fliers repatriated from
German prison camps brought
hack stories of being spat upon,
stoned and otherwise maltreat
ed by German civilians angered
by the fury of Allied air raids.
Tech. Set. Norman C. Goodwin
of Bradford, Mass., who was shot
down in the raid on Bremen
June 22. said he heard of civil
ians shooting at airmen as iney
parachuted from wrecked planes.
pray tor war -.n-
The Americans also said that
all Germans with whom they
talked, including members oi
the army, were praying lor tne
end of the war and predicting
that it would come during the
first or second months of 1944,
The Americans first told their
ntnries unon their arrival at
Liveroool Tuesday from Ger-
manv bv wav of Sweden, but
American censorship prevemea
their publication until today.
Staff Sgt. Milton wuiiams oi
Omaha, who bailed out near
Rremen. said he was surrounded
by a dozen angry Germans when
he landed.
"Several of them naa guns
and threatened to shoot me," he
said. "I was saved by a member
nf the Luftwaffe around lorces.
Williams said the German doc
tors at the military hospital to
which he was removed handled
him so roughly that he oecame
unrnnitrinus from pain.
Goodwin, who told or reports
that civilians had shot at para
rhutins airmen, said he rode
thrnneh Hamburg en route to
Gorman rtort to be exchanged.
"The city was flat for miles
everywhere I looked," he said.
Tech. Sgt. Frank J. Bart
nickl of Moosic, Pa., raid he was
not given any medical aia ior
-,.v after lahdlng in Germany
though bis injuries were critic!.
Lewis Terms WLB Formula a
War Bulletins
London. Oct 28 (U.R)
Mitchell medium tombers to
gether with Whirlwind and
Typhoon fighter bombers at
tacked the docks at Cher
bourg today. The raiding
force. Including fighters, lost
one bomber.
London. Oct.. 28 (U.R)
Jogoilav Partisans wiped out
strong German fore that
attempted to capture the. Is
land of Brae, in the Adriatic,
and repulsed an enemy tank
attack in the Goryantsi moun
tains watt of Zagreb, a Parti
san communique said today.
London, Oct. 28 (U.R) Tha
Berlin radio acknowledged to
day that German grenaders
had fallen back to new Unas
after fierce fighting west of
Melitopol, where tha Nail
high command had reported
a Russian penetration.
E
8 MORE
IN ITALY DRIVE
Allied Headquarters, Algiers,
Oct. 28 (U.R) Capturing eight
more Italian towns, Allied troops
have stabbed through' German
rearguard lines in two key sec
tors, in the first stages of tha
battle of the "little Rommel
line," strongest Nazi position be
low Rome, Allied dispatches
said tonight. : '
Hauling artillery laboriously
by hand up the steep Appenlne
slopes and facing the fire of Nasi
batteries on higher ground be
fore them, the Fifth and Eighth
armies hacked out fresh gains
of from one to three miles all
across the front.
On the Fifth ' army sector,
American troops drove a mile
north of Raviscanina and cap
tured Rlardo, pointing a salient
within ' 10 miles of Venafro,
hinge" of the new German line
In the center,' Eighth army
troops in a fierce battle captured
strategic Torella, eight miles
northwest of Campobasso, as
well as the nearby villages of
Custropignano, Pignatello, Cas
alciprano and Roccaspromonte,
pushing another wedge within
mile of vital Isnernla.
BRITISH TOO SENSITIVE
DECLARES SEN. RUSSELL
Washington, Oct. 28 U.R)
Sen. Richard B. Russell, D., Ga.,
told the senate today that "our
British allies have become un
duly sensitive" In taking offense
over his report on a tour of the
world this cummer.
Russell was chairman of a
committee of five senators who
visited war fronts and reported
their findings to a closed session
of the senate three weeks ago.
Besides defending their right to
discuss war matters, Russell re
peated his report in open session
today, "to clear the atmosphere
and make plain my own views."
ALIECAPTUR
German Morale Slipping Fast As
Air Raids Pile Up Death and Ruin
. By J- Edward Murray
United Press Correspondent
London, ct. 28 (U.R) A'Zur
lch dispatch said today that
1,200,088 civilians were killed
cr reported missing In allied air
raids on Germany up to October
1 and other continental advices
told of widespread defeatism
and despondency in the Reich.
An exchange telegraph dis
patch from Zurich cited a mem
ber of the German government
statistics office as au'horlty for
the air raid casualties. He said
6,9b3.000 Germans had .been
bombed out of their homes or
evaucated.
Confidence Goes
The Gazette De Lausanne was
quoted by the London DalW
Telegraph as saying that pessi
mism and mistrust have re-
RETAIL SALES TAX
BY HOUSE GROUP
Ways, Means Committee Ac
tion Eliminates Possibility
of Any Kind of Sales Tax.
Washington, Oct. 28 -(U.R)
The House Ways and Means
committee today rejected pro
posals for a national retail sales
tax.
It was learned that the vote
against the sales tax was 16 to 8.
Ren. Harold Knutson, R., Minn.,
said that before the committee
voted, it was "given assurance"
that President Roosevelt would
veto a sales tax bill.
According to Chairman Rob
ert L. Doughton, the committer.
settled the long-fought issue by
voting down a motion by Rep.
A. Willis Robertson, D., Vs., to
impose a 10 per cent modified
sales levy for the duration of the
war.
"This eliminates the possibil
ity of a sales tax of any kind in
the revenue bill which we will
report to the House," Doughton
said.
. ( 'r Excite and Profit . .
v The action practically, assured
that the committee will send to
the House a $2,000,000,000 pro
gram of excise and excess prof
its taxes in lieu of the adminis
tration's request for a $10,500,
000.000 program of income, ex
cise and estate levies.
. Despite vigorous protests of
reporters, Pov.hton refused to
state what the committee vote
was on Robertson's motion.. .
'" Robertson's plan provided for
Issuance by local ration boards
of. books containing $10 wortn
of stamp coupons, which would
cover $100 worth of purchases
In effect, an exemption for tha
first $100 worth of goods pur
chased during the year. Pur
chases, in excess of this amount,
would be subject to the iu per
cent tax.
Washington, Oct. 28 (U.R)
Sen. Kenneth D. McKellar, D.
Tenn., warned the senate today
against writing into Its postwai
resolution any language which
"might conceivably" rekindle
disoute over voting power of na
tions joining any world organi
zation to prevent future war.
McKellar, member of the sen
ate during the fight over ratifl
cation of the League of Nations
following World War I, said
"lust such an argument" was the
principal reason for defeat of
the league.
olaced confidence In victory In
Germany, ' due less to the un
favorable military developments
on the eastern and southern
fronts as to the Increasing allied
air offensive."
"It is impossible to exaggerate
the disastrous effects of the
Anglo-American raids on Ger
man morale," the Lausannt
newspaper said. "Few Germans
are able to sleep without fear
and all keep emergency cases
filled with their belongings at
their bedside."
British prisoners repatriated
from Germany told the Tele
graph that the Reich Is shabby
and dispirited, knows the war ts
lost and anxious only for it to
end. '
Don't Care Who Wins
"The Germans don't mind
who wins the war as long as lt
finishes," CpL John Smlthsob
PERILS LAST JAP
SOLOMONS BASE
Allied Thrust May Mean
Outflanking, of Buin-Faisi
and Open Rabaul Flank.
(By United Press)
Allied amphibious forces have
landed on Mono island, only 30
miles southwest of the Buin
Faisi sea and air base, last
major Japanese stronghold in
the Solomon islands, ttacno
Tokyo said today.
The thrust into the northern
Solomons, if confirmed, would
all but outflank Buin-Faisi
which lies at the southern tip
of Bougainville island, and con
stitute the opening wedge in a
drive to open the eastern flank
of Rabaul Japan's Pearl Har
bor of the South Pacific.
There was no immediate con
firmation from Allied sources
but today's communique from
Gen. Douglas MacArthur s head
quarters revealed that Allied
airmen dropped 50 tons of ex
plosives on Bougainville and tne
Treasury islands in a four-day
attack that may have been in
tended to soften the enemy's
defenses- for- an - amphibious
assault. '.
DIM-OUT RULES
E
San Francisco. Oct. 28 U.R)
The Pacific coast- today joined
the rest ot the nation In cele
brating the end ot all dim-out
restrictions Nov. 1, as the west
ern defense command announced
susDenslon of army dim-out
regulations.
Lt. Gen. Delos C. Emmons,!
commander of the western de
fense command said his an
nouncement was in line with
a nationwide policy formulated
by the War and Navy depart
ments, the Office of Civilian
Defense and the War Produc
tion board.
Beginning Monday, Pacific
coast cities which were once
considered likely targets for
enemy air raids, will glow with
peacetime brilliance, and mo
torists and nousenoiaers win
have no further dim-out obliga
tions.
Talent Burglary
Eyed by Officers
State police and the sheriff's
office were investigating today
the burglary last night of Long's
restaurant in Talent. Details
were not Immediately available
as to the loot obtained and
whether any clues were discov
ered. -
was quoted as saying. "I passed
through Berlin and saw great
bomb-devastaled areas. The sul
len aopearance of the popula
tion was a great contrast to the
cheery faces of the Russian.
French and Polish prisoners
The guards' jlothlng was getting
very thin and shabby.
"From conversations with the
guards, I think few German sol
diers have any use for Hitler.
The old idolatry definitely is dy
ing." '
Frederick Buxton, who was
imprisoned In Berlin, told the
Daily Herald that the German
capital was a shambles.
"I was taken through Berlin
every morning," he said. "After
every raid, I saw great areai
laid flat and buildings still burn
ing. It was as though a great
scythe had swept through the
city during the night."
Wage Jut
ANOTHER GENERAL
WALKOUT LOOMS
IN COMPUTE
Continued Lack of Wage
Agreement Brings Spread
ing Walkouts; 40,000 Idle
Washington, Oct. 28 U.R)
President John L. Lewis today
termed the War Labor Board
formula for settling the long
coal wage dispute. "a wage re
duction." indicating the union
will not accent the proposal.
Lewis' statement was- made in
a telegram to L oited Mine Work
ers district presidents "to al
lay confusion indicated by many
inquiries.
40,000 Idle
Lewis' message was revealed
as the War Labor Board was go
ing over reports from the coal
Birmingham, Ala.. Oct. 28
(U.R) Tennessee Coal and Iron
Co. the south'! largest man
ufacturer of war-vital steel
announced today that tha
company'a massive Ensley
Works will cease all manufac
ture of Iron and steel tha first
of next weak "unless tha sit
uation brought about by tha
, coal strike gats much, batter.''.
fields, where 40,000 miners are
out despite WLB order to re
turn to work this morning or
have the wildcat strike situa
tion referred to the president
for action.
.The miners are supposed to
work until Sunday under the
last directive from the UMW
policy committee. Indications
seemed to be growing that the
unofficial strikes would Increase
as that deadline approached.
Figures Quoted
"The. existing basic hourly
rate is $1 per hour for seven
hours' work, or $7 per day,"
Lewis said in his message. "The
WLB proposes a rate of $8,123
for a work day of 8V4 hours, or
an hourly rate of 95V4 cents per
hour. Acceptance of this plan
would Improse a wage reduction
on the mine workers of the na
tion amounting to 4V4 cents per
hour."
Lewis obviously figured the
full 8V4 hours as working time.
The War Labor Board based Its
formula on an estimate that actu
ally 45 minutes of the 8'4 hours
would be underground travel
time, for which the miners at
present are not paid anything.
TULE LAKE JAPS
San Francisco, Oct. 28 U.R)
A strike of 15,000 Japanese at
the war relocation authority
Tule lake segregation center
in northern California was re
vealed today by R. S. Cozzens
field assistant director of WRA
In charge of west coast opera
tions.
Officials at the camp termed
the strike the work of "experts
and said disloyal Japanese tak
en there recently with their
families were "passively" refus
ing to harvest crops Intended
for consumption by "loyal" Jap
anese.
- They admitted there was evi
dence that "intimidation and
display of force" was being
made to prevent Japanese from
working but emphasized there
had been no signs of violence
and none was expected.
Idaho Spud Crop
Periled by Storm
Boise, Ida., Oct. 28 (U.R) A
general storm over all of Idaho
today Imperiled remainder of
potatoes and sugar beets, valued
at nearly $15,000,000, yet to be
harvested. '
Digging of both crops was
stopped completely from Twin
Falls through tha upper Snake
River valley.
New York Socialite Found Slain
The nude, battered body ot .--year-old Patriots Burton Lonergan, above,
was found locked In the bedroom of her luxurious East Bide New York
apartment. Rer nusband, Wayne Lonergan, RCAP cadJt, In Toronto,
Canada, and Mario GambelUne, In New York, a recent dinner companion
of Mrs. Lonerean. were taken into custody shortly after discovery of the '
slaying.
Confession From Husband Claimed
In Murder of Patricia Lonergan ;
' Nw York;- Oct." 2B-4U.R) A high police officlar saia late
today that Wayne Lonergan had confessed to the slaying of his
beautiful, socialite wife, Patricia Burton Donergan.
OPA SPECIALIST
SAYS CEILINGS
Complla'nce of retailers In
this district with price ceiling
regulations Is not very good
according to C. F. Jackson,
OPA price specialist for this
district, who visited the local
war price and rationing board
yesterday. Mr. Jackson stated
that a recent check-up by price
workers sent In for that pur
pose showed that but two gro
cery stores had a high-rating
of compliance.
Most of the non-compliance
Is the result of a lack of knowl
edge, rather than a deliberate
attempt to overcharge, the spe
cialist said, and it was suggested
that the cooperation of the pub
lic would aid in this respect,
and would be appreciated by
the merchants and their clerks,
Using fresh eggs as an Indi
cator, it was reported today to
OPA officials that grade A large
eggs have been selling generally
at from 60 to 65 cents a dozen
In Medford stores whereas the
current celling price Is but 57
cents. The most recent schedule
of ceiling prices for eggs Issued
to the local office shows grade
A large, 57 cents; grade A me
dium, 53 cents; grade A small,
49 cents; grade B large, 47 Vic;
grade B medium, 43Vs cents;
grade B small, 39 V4 cents; grade
C large, 42V4c; grade C medium,
38V&C cents grade C small, 34V4
cents. It was stated that these
prices are to prevail up to
Nov. 1 and after that date grade
A would remain the same but
an advance of one cent a dozen
is scheduled for the remaining
two grades. .
Mr. Jackson stated yesterday
that lt a buyer believes he is
being charged more than the
celling price for some article,
he may ask for a receipt or
sales slip which may be taken
to the price panel of the local
board as a basis for investiga
tion. The burden of maintain
ing celling prices Is put on the
seller, but It was stressed that
if the buying public Informs
itself on the matter, a mora
uniform observance will result.
Washington, Oct. 28 (U.R)
Tha senate today unanimously
confirmed the nomination of
Jack R. Caufield for marshnl of
the district of Oregon,
) .
1 T-I--L-.-1
rne ponce nnmeaiaieiy sent
marine launches to 78th street
and the East river to grapple
for the pale blue RCAF uniform '
which Lonergan was reported
to have thrown Into the river
at that point.
He was reported to have said
he weighted the uniform down
with stones before tossing it Into
the river and fleeing to Toronto,
Canada. .
The point where he disposed
ot the uniform Is approximately
32 blocks from the apartment.
occupied by the brewery heiress
wife who was strangled and -beaten
to death last Sunday
morning
SUSPECT JAILED
IN SLAYING OF;
EUGENE RESIDENT
Eugene, Ore., Oct.- 28. (U.R)
State police today announced
that Ben Rogers, husband of the
victim's housekeeper, had been
Jailed on an open charge today
in connection with the mysteri
ous death of Warren Allison
Warfield, 38, feed store em
ploye. -
Authorities were trying to
clear up various angles of the
case. Including the fact that
Mrs. Rogers, who kept house for
Warfield since his divorce sev
eral years ago, apparently
feared for his life prior to his
death. She was estranged from
her former husband. .
No weapon has been found,
Coroner Charles Poole said, and
he would not say for sure that
the bloody wound near War
field's heart was caused by a
bullet, although he felt it a
likely cause of death. He sum
moned Dr. Joe Beeman, state
police laboratory expert, from
Portland to conduct an autopsy.
Mrs. Rogers and her brother
found the body last night when
she became alarmed at his fail
ure to answer his telephone. He
was sprawled near a chicken
house in front of his brilliantly
lighted home atop a hill over
looking Eugene. It appeared he
had staggered a few steps before
collapsing.
Medford district Community
Chest subscriptions up to last
night werai
S16.934.65
Quota Is $43,711.40.