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Weather forecast i Mowers tonight and Taursdar. Uttls chance la temperature. Temp. Highest reteroT u Lowest ttilt monilnf 41 Precipitation put U hit. . Jtl Um Tow Medford Tribune T1UBUHE Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Halted htu-TuU Limt Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1943 NO. 214 W BE I 7. I JAPS DRIVEN OUT ' J ' OF CHANGTEH CITY Tule Lake Probe Witness La ji. - '"k iOiMifM'a Dr. John T. Maun, above, former Mnier medical officer at the i Tula Laka, Calif., Japanese aegregation center, ii shown in Wash- Ington, D. C, as he testified at a Dies subcommittee hearing. Dr. Mason said that Japanese-American internees were threatened by their leaders with death unless they joined the Nor. 1 demonstra tion which subsequently led to a riot and later rule by the U. S. Army. Tule Center Disturbances Possibly Tokyo-Inspired Washington, Dec. 1 0J.PJ Rep. John M. Costello, D., Calif., said today there was evidence to suggest that recent disturb ances In the Tule Lake, Calif., Japanese relocation center were "inspired" by the Japanese government and touched off by short-wave radio messages from Tokyo- to pro-Japanese internees. News Behind The News ' By Paul Mallon . Washington, Dec. 1. Treasury Secretary Morgenthau got ex cited when a house subcommit tee gave out ln- ! formation that the army was turning back $13,000,000,000 to the treasury a few days be fore he was to appear before the senate fi nance commit tee and persist in his demand ram Mniinp lor a iu,uuu, 000,000 new tax bill. His experts In the treasury were set to work hurriedly to o-ive revised budget estimates to offset the argument the day be fore he went on the stand. Also publicity men had large port folios of mimeographed state ments ready to hand out in flow lne series to the press in the sen ate room as Mr. Morgenthau and others testified. OBVIOUSLY, the treasury al ready had lost its tax argu ment. In fact, senate committee men advised Mr. Morgenthau not n nnnear. savins it was useless. The case he presented was his same old shopworn theory with some alterations, running like this: " Taxes are needed for three rea sons war revenue, to stop in flation, and "the sobering effect it would have on the public un derstanding of the true cost of the war." -The revenue plea has been fair ly well destroyed by the fact that nearly half the revised war costs will be raised by tax, whatever figure you choose. FIE notion that you can stop inflation by taxation Is a theory of some financial econo mists, difficult to understand or accept For one thing, Mr. Mor- (Continued on Page Sisl SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Al Cummins and Karl Ja nnuch lending a helping hand at the League of Oregon Cities meeting. Beth Francis wishing she could take southern Oregon's weather along when she moves to Corvauis. Jane McCarty hurrying along Main street towards a dinner engagement carefully carrying her share of the menu. pmcusiHP Ml r - If4'?-.- 3- Costello, chairman of a Dies subcommittee investigating the disorders, said the inquiry had indicate the riots were Inspired In Tokyo "to make the Ameri can government look bad," and that the committee had received reports that leaders of the out breaks were in radio contact with Tokyo. He said residents in the cam area reported ' that . Japanese- language broadcasts had Inter- ferred with their reception nf long-wave radio programs dur ing the period immediately' pre ceding the disturbances. - After the army moved troops Into the camp to prevent further outbreaks, he said, the radio in terference was no longer heard. The FBI is investigating reports that at least two short-wave sending sets were located in the Tule Lake area, he declared. The chairman said it was bis opinion that Dillon Myer,. direc tor of the War Relocation Au thority, should be replaced by a "man better qualified to estah - lish and enforce discipline. Three congressmen clashed heatedly at the hearing on the issue of "constitutional rights of Japanese internees vs. "secur ity of the nation." In the midst of the argument, Rep. J. ParneU Thomas, R., N J., tossed in the assertion that the war relocation authority "Is .a joke and a racket" and that "the sooner we get rid of Director Dillon Myer the better." Japs Disliked . The flareup occured while Rep. Herman Eberharter, D., Pa., member of the subcommit tee, was cross-examining a wit ness, Rep. Clair Engle, D., Calif., in whose district are situated two WRA camps where riots have occurred Tule Lake and Manzanar. Isn't it true that the people of California dislike .the Japa nese, and that this dislike amounts to prejudice?" Eber harter asked. Before Engle could' reply, Eberharters committee col league. Thomas, cut In with: "Doesn't the gentleman feel the people of the entire nation dislike the Japanese? I trust the gentleman is not defending the Japanese. PETERSEN TO PRISON AFTER THEFT REPEAT Lee Petersen was sentenced Monday to an indeterminate term not to exceed 18 months in state prison by Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna. He was taken to Salem today by Sheriff Syd I. Brown; Petersen was charged with stealing an auto at Tule Lake, Cel., and abandoning It at Lakeview. He was arrested at Yreka, last week and returned here. Petersen was previously paroled to a minister in Jose phine county, and later in this county, for auto theft before the , prison sentence was imposed. ALLIES AGREE ON POST-WAR POLICY Unconditional Surrender, Stripping Of Vast Stolen 4 Holdings In Blueprint. Hmn T. Oaerell United Press Staff Correspondent Cairo. Thursday. Dec. 2 U.R) President Roosevelt, Prime Min ister Winston Churchill and Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek nave inrr inleted a momentous five-day conference at which they agreed on plans to force unconditional surrender upon Japan and strip her of the vast territorial empire acquired in the last three dec ades. The historic meeting was an nounced today after the big three of the United States, Great Britain and China had depart ed for undisclosed destinations. Allies Resolved "The three great allies ex pressed their resolve to bring unrelenting pressure against their brutal enemies by sea, land and air." said a communique heralding a future offensive to beat the Japanese to their knees. Observers believe the confer ence presaged imminent, close ly coordinated drives designed to divide the Japanese fleet and shatter the shaky supply lines which maintain the outposts of the enemy empire. The . president, the JBrltlsV prime minister and the general issimo opened their meeting the first Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill have held with Chiang on Nov. 22. They were -flanked by the top men of the American, British . and . Chinese armed forces. Five-Day Session For five days the galaxy of Allied chieftains lived and worked in a "military perim eter" ringed with barbed wire, complete with air raid shelters, slit trenches, anti-aircraft bat teries and fire watchers. When Mr. Roosevelt, Churchill and Chiang were safely on their way. the announcement of the historic war council set forth the objective of the Allies: . "It is their purpose that Japan shall be stripped of all the Isl ands in the Pacific which she has seized or occupied since the' beginning of the first World War in 1914, and that all the terri tories Japan has stolen from the Chinese, such as Manchuria, Formosa and the Pescadores, shall be restored to the Republic of China. To Free Korea "Japan will also be expelled from all other territories which she has taken by violence and greed. The aforesaid three great powers, mindful of the enslave ment of the people of Korea, are determined that In due course Korea shall become free and in dependent." To achieve those ends, the A-B-C combination mapped the ways and means of defeating japan. Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill promised Chiang to throw into the war against Japan all their resources consistent with their determination to defeat Ger many as soon as possible. 3.772 CASUALTIES Washington, Dec. 1 U.R Preliminary reports indicate that a total of 8.772 U. S. fight ing men were killed or wounded during the successful central Pa cific affensive against Tarawa Makln and Abemama, the navy announced today. At Tarawa, which was cap tured after 78 hours of the bloodiest fighting in marine corps history, 1,026 were killed and 2,557 wounded, a Pearl Har bor communique Issued here said. The capture of Makln cost 85 dead and 121 wounded, while Abemama was taken with only one killed and two wounded, Above is an artist's conception Reported Conference With Stalin Proves Bombshell For Axis Areas (By United Press) Dispatches received in Lisbon from the middle east today said President Roosevelt, Prime' Minister Churchill, and Premier Josef Stalin have opened a momentous conference in Teheran, Iran, and that Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kai-shek also were in the Iranian capital. E MEAT RATION POINTS STARTING DEC. 5 Washington, Dec. 1 (U.R) The Office of Price administra tion today announced reductions in meat point values to -give consumers approximately 30 per cent more in December than they had in November, but left the ration point value of but ter unchanged and Increased the value of cheese and most canned fish. ' OPA also announced that all citrus juices, canned sauerkraut and ready-to-serve soups will ce sold ration free In December. The new table of point values for processed foods effective Sunday, Dec. 5 showed only three items raised in point value, tomato soup and the two tomato sauces. Canned beans, pork and beans, carrots, spin ach, dry frozen beans, and cer tain other fruits and vegetables were cut from one to 10 points. Mutton Unchanged The value of the entire list of rationed beef items, ranging from porterhouse steak to ham burger, will be cut from two to three points. Point values of lamb and mutton and virtually all veal remain unchanged, how ever. Value of ham and most bacon cuts was increased by one point. AH rationed canned fish with exception of oysters, which dropped one point to four points a pound were raised four points to a total of 16 points per pound. Lard was cut one point to two points per pound, while shortening and salad and cook ing oils remain unchanged at five points per pound. Increases in cheese values were: American cheese, raised from eight to 10 points per pound; the cream cheese group, raised from five to eight points per pound, and the group In cluding Swiss, Munster, Brie, etc, raised from six to eight points. FAVORlOTTFOR . Washington, Dec. 1 (UJ5 The senate today voted to 'ex tend the right to vote under the soldier vote bill to citizens serv ing overseas with the American Red Cross, the Society of Friends, the Women's Auxiliary Ferry Service, the Women's Air Force Service Pilots and the United Service organizations. of the reported conference of the The Lisbon Daily Oseculo published a dispatch quoting the Inter-Information agency of Ankara that the "big three" leaders were meeting in Te heran where . they . had been joined, by Laurence Steinhardt, U. S. ambassador to Turkey, :. " Chiang! Role 1 Untold " It gave no Indication as to whether Chiang would participate.- American and other Al lied short-wave radio transmit ters in broadcasts to the world said the Chinese - leader had conferred 'with Roosevelt and Churchill in Cairo recently and suggested that he also would meet Stalin. Axis broadcasts and copies of German and neutral European newspapers reaching Lisbon in dicated that reports of the meet ing had created a sensation throughout the N,a .-occupied continent. Both Axis and neutral ac count agreed on the importance of the reported conference, par ticularly In that Stalin was said to be participating. Berlin Surprised They indicated that Berlin had been .taken ' by surprise. German propaganda for months has hammered at the idea that Stalin could not be brought into agreement with his allies. Radio Tokyo followed the line that Chiang had been in cluded to "appease" the Chinese for their non-participation in the recent Moscow conference of foreign ministers. FLIER MISSING Hamilton Field, Cel., Dec. 1 U.R)Lt. Lewis C. Johnson, Mt. Vernon, Wash., was reported missing today following the crash last night of his single seater fighter plane which went down in San Francisco bay. Repatriates On Gripsholm Sing "God Bless America" On Return By Robert Bellalre Former United Press Tokyo Bureau Manager Jersey City, N. J, Dec. 1 U.PJ American citizens who had spent two long years in Japa nese internment camps gathered on the aft promenade deck of the exchange liner Gripsholm as it sailed past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor to day and sang "God Bless Amer ica." Lieut. James Kahn, U. S. N., who boarded the ship at quaran tine last night and rode with it to its pier with 1500 cheering, weeping Americans and Cana dians, reported the spontaneous gathering as the statue loomed out of the murky, fog-bound harbor. Kahn said he found all of the passengers were "In fine shape" after having ben given vitamin tablets with their regular diet en route to the United States. Many of them had gained 8 to "Big Three" leaders, Churchill. TWO BIG BATTLES ." '. By United Press "" Two great land battles thun dered into their decisive stages in Italy and Russia, and Ameri can Flying Fortresses spread new devastation across the west ern flank of Hitler's European stronghold. In Italy, the British 8th army's Rome-bound offensive roared in to its fourth day as Gen. Sir Ber nard L. Montgomery's veteran Imperials cleared the Nazis from dominating hill positions beyond the Sangro river valley. The thrust threw the Germans back Into their last known prepared positions south of Pescara, Adri atic of the main lateral highway to Rome. Fifth Advances The Anglo-American 5th army advanced its line at a number of points on the west flank of the Italian battle front and the Cairo radio said there were indications that a general allied offensive was Imminent. Waves of allied bombers and fighters supported the 8th army attack, bombing and machine gunning Nazi gun positions, for tiflcations, troops and transport In the heaviest tactical airforce operation of the Mediterranean campaign. . Heaviest fighting on the long Russian front continued to cen ter around the Soviet-held sali ent west of Kiev, where Nazi Marshal Fritz Erich Von Mann- stein attacked with armor -and infantry In an atempt to rip open the salient and retake the Ukra lan capital. 25 pounds, he said. . ; . On Slim Diet The repatriates, who had been on variously limited diets dur ing their stay in Internment camps In Japan, China and Philippines, were under close supervision of the ship's phy sicians throughout the voyage. As the 18,353-ton Swedish ship, which reached quarantine last night, came into her berth, the passengers Impatient ly awaited clearance by govern ment officials. Not until then could they be clasped In the arms nf relatives and friends, or start on their way to destinations they had dreamed of for the last two years. Jersey City, N. J, Dec. 1-U. Th United States must main tain perpetually armed forces so strong that Japan never will be able to repeat Pearl Harbor, Claude A. Buss, 30, of Sunbury. Pa, executive assistant to the Roosevelt and Stalin. POST-WAR JOBS BEFORE CITIES . Solving the problem of unem ployment Is the greatest task facing individual communities In their post-war planning, ' it was declared last night by George A. Aiken, state budget director representing Governor Earl.SneU's committee on post war readjustment and develop ment, at- the regional dinner- meeting of the League of Ore gon Cities in the Jackson Coun tv fhlmhar t9 nnmiMML Aiken, speaking to some 75 city officials from southern Ore gon towns, said there would be approximately 116,000 persons in the state seeking jobs In the crucial 18-month transition pe riod between tha end of the war and the return of business to normal peacetime operation. ' .Avalanche Poised "We know there Is an s lanche of' unemployment ready to descend on us," he said, "and we don't.' want these people, many of whom will be returning soldiers, selling apples. It -la up to individual cities to provide useful jobs during this transi tion rjerlod. and for that reason every community must be ready to do its part. Aiken said that the soldiers now fighting for their country had the right to know "we are on the job and planning to pro vide for them upon their return. through the creation of Jobs for all." The budget director said that employment In Oregon had risen from 198.000 in 1940 and 303, 000 In 1042 to 330,000 at the present time, and that after peace comes there will be 214 000 employed. To take care of the 116,000 who will need jobs, he asked that cities provide the necessary work. (Continued on Page Three) U. S. high commissioner to the Philippines, who arrived today aboard the exchange liner Grip sholm, believes. "I don t believe we will ever have peace," Buss said In a ship board Interview with Bernard Covit, United Press staff cor respondent, who was among the repatriates. "I hate the Japanese and always will. Our armed forces must be always kept so strong that they will never be able to attack us again." Buss said, however, that "we will have to learn to get along with Japan and they with us. "We should not dominate them, because they will try to come forward again," he said. "Nobody Ukes to be suppressed. We must corns to some friendly basis with them and allow them to keep their emperor, who is the basis of their national life and religion. "No other form of government would be acceptable to them." INTO DEATH TRAP, nvaders Backed Through North Gate Of Walled Town; U. S. Planes Aid. Chungking, Dee. 1 (U.R) Chinese troops have driven the Japanese from Changteh after 40 hours of hand-to-hand street fighting and have caught the in vaders in a death trap outside I the gates of the walled city, P(Win4iinlnttt astlft tnitnw Two attacking Japanese cow urns which broke Into the north; and east gates of Changteh late Monday . were thrown back through the north gate this morning, the communique said: . Japs Finned Chinese troops swarmed out of the town in pursuit of tha enemy, while two other Chines columns moved In on Changteh from the north and east, pinning the Japanese Into a narow pocket. American and Chinese planea supported the Changteh garrison throughout the street battle and It was indicated they had Joined in the attack on the cornered Japanese forces. By United Press Allied land, sea, and air forcea have split the Japanese outposts, on New Guinea from their mala, new Britain bases, it was dis closed today s Tokyo seught te- the central and south west. Pacif ic with fantastic claims of new- American naval losses in tha. Gilbert Islands. . Radio Berlin broadcast a spe clal Japanese communlqua claiming that three U. S. aircraft carriers and an unidentified war ship were sunk oft the Gilberts) by Japanese planes Monday, and a large cruiser, was set afire. "Lessee" Listed ,,,, Those "losses." the communV qua said, raised American naval-. losses in the .invasion of th Oik berts to seven carriers, threa cruisers, a destroyer, two trans ports, and the unidentified vest sel, plus 125 planes at a cost of? nnlv 97 .Tnn.n... aircraft Tokyo acknowledged, how ever, that powerful American -reinforcements had landed on Bougainville Island and made no mention to the fast-rolling allied drive on New Guinea. . , PRISONER! JAPS Washington, Dec. 1 (U.FD The War department disclosed today the names of 244 U. S. soldiers held prisoners of war by Japan. . The list Included: Lorton, Cpl. Bill J.; Edward Lorton, father, Route 1, Box 183-M, Medford. Cpl. Lorton's father could not be Immediately contacted but records at the office of the Se lective Service board shows that the young man was already In the army when called to regis ter for the draft, being stationed at Ft. Douglas, Utah. He re enlisted in March of 1941 and was then trained In the photog raphy division of the army. He attended Jacksonville h' h school for a time and later una semester, in the fall of 1835, at Medford senior high' school. NOVEMBER MARRIAGES INCREASE IN COUNTY Marriage licenses Issued by the county clerk's office during November totalled 85, an in crease In romance in Jackson county over October, when 35 were granted. As usual, tha past year, a majority of tha licenses were for Camp White soldiers and their brides. Medford district Community Chest subscriptions up to last night warm 335,594.33 Quota is I41.T16.40. ' i
