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weO. Weather rarwoli fnrllr rliimt" with frw light lnmri lmlii(. llr.lll"'1" 'lr ,"' ,.Hi( lrnlrllll. tllll. HUlixl Mlwil 41 ! tills liwtllllli 10 r,r, tllutlill HUl 14 III". . Dm The MAO. TRIBUNI Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost Medford Tribune Unlud Prut full Lssssd Wit United Press full LMMd Wit Thirty-oiKhth Your MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1943. NO. 219. fo) vm 7 a r m News Behind The News By Paul Mallon Wailiinulon. ,rc- 'Mr. Hull rneotinlrrlng obstacles In his (ort to attain American unity kr permanent postwar foreign Lllcy and, strangely rnoimh not primarily from tho Ito puhlirnns. A lariia wit mrnt of new drnl politico! do nut 'want unity althoiiith naturally, they will not ay no. Ai they ro It, the postwar policies which will bo devel oped fnim the sal Uillo ncaw and Cairo arrangement ro likely to furnish the moil ppular front that tho admlnts mtlnn ran present to the puhtlc I the next election at least It lilt be belter titan allowing the rople to look too much at the Dme front. In short, they think their bent lance of election hi to let tho kpiilillrmn take partisan land against them. ?UT thcro 1 evidence that other International!! (roup tailcr i and writer are leaning; way from their old "one world" r Anslo-Husso-Amerlcan exclu vo alttanra theories ai cure-alls I themselves and working lo rard a centrist realistic peace ropotal bated on self-interest i whatever form. A straw In till wind U the femlng change In the leading' fcmincntolor' tone. One who fcok a strong alllanco position I now advocating what ho ro yally called a peace bated on hn enlightened conception of -.during national Interest." I lie (Walter Llppmann) agreed tut paper chartrra are valueless fetrrpt ai meaturcd against this todurlnf national sclf-lntcrc', of participant an acceptance tConunu'd oo ! (U) I OF INSULTS Wijihlneton. Dec. 7 (U.R) en. Josluh W. Bailey. D N. C. frrdlctcd today that the Demo- ratlc party mliiht never elect another president if aoutherneni re driven from tho party by num. Dnllcy mado the atotement pi the icnnte floor aa south frn Drmocrnta arose to protest JMin.it a weekend slntemcnt by en. Joipnh v. rnffnv iv. in . fit "nn unholy bIIIiiiicc" of cpubllcnn nnd southern Demo. frntt hnd rnmhlnnri tn nmaiictl' flo soldier vote legislation Inst Ratractlon Demanded Sen. Hnrry F. Dyrd. D., Va., Cmondoil flint nllntf -.Irnr-f p statement and resiiin from l' position as chairman of. the Pcmocrnllc senatorial campaign pnmllteo. Byrd snld thnt tin- f uuffcy rescinded tho "nlll f" charge, "I'll hnve a good t"l to sny nbout tho record ol ffio senntor from Ponnsvlvnnln." I tlolloy snld "thov enn drive us X" wi tho pnrty). If they do, ere niny never bo another man VMtcd to tho presidency on tho jPfmocrntle tlrUot 1 He snld southern Democrats puld launch a new party and "Id tho bnlnnen nf nnwnr In the "use of representatives nnd the i.-iorni coUcro. Tho south al rnily Is restless, ho added. uuffcy took Bvrd'a stntomont rj threat to rovlvo tho story lr l 1021 Indictment by n Now ur Krnnd Jury for alleged In- f mc tnx Irregularities. Guffey felled tho Incident for tho nnto. - -uiuiu aisiricT oramumiT n" ubscrlption up to last S36.290.83 Quota It S43.718.40. mi TURKISH THRACE IS CONFAB HINT Anrjlo U. S.-Turklsh Talk In Cairo Is Reported Nazis Rush Reinforcements. By United Preti American troops seized dom inant mountain positions over looking the main highway to Itoma and Itiiulun tank and In funtry rlped deeper Into the Nazis' Ukrainian defense toduy, umld persistent report of an Anglo-American-Turkish confer ence that might open a new lunJ front In southeastern Europe. Axis reports, partially con firmed by the British press, said President Itooscvcll and Prime Minister Churchill were confer ring In Cairo with Itmet Jnoim. president of Turkey, Tho re ports suggested the discussions centered around tho possible use of Turkish Thrace tho back door to tho Balkans s an Inva slon route for powerful Allied armies massed In tho middle cast. Nasis Reinforced There was no official confir mation of the reports, but Swed ish reports yesterday said the Nazis had rushed heavy rein forcement to the Bulgarian- Turkish frontier in anticipation of an Imminent Allied attack from that direction. Simultaneously, military- ob server In London predlctod Uiat 8,000.000 American, British and Russian troops would be hurled Into a climatic three-wuy attack on Europe before spring. These forecasts, obviously linked with the Allied war of nerves against Germany, Indicat ed that 900.000 to 1.030,000 American and British troops would be used In tho Invasion of western Europe alone. On the Italian battlcfront meanwhile, American units of Lt.-Gcn. Mark Clark's Fifth army battled through strong Nazi do femes In the Camino-Magglore mountain bnrrlcd on the road to Rome and swept on to the north ern rim of the mountain line above the Llrl river valley. Overlook Rom Road American forward observation posts overlooked the flat coun try stretching northward along the Via Caslllna, the historic Invasion highway to Rome, At the same time, Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery' Brit Ish Eighth army thrust an arm ored spearhead 'across the Mora river In eastern Italy ard smashed head-on Into the make shift German defense line 10 miles below the Pescara river running from Ortona on tho Adriatic coast to Gunrdlngrole, IS miles Inlnnd. Bad weather over the battle field grounded the Allied tac tical air force, but Amerloan heavy bombers swnrmed out over German-occupied Greece tn blast the Knlamnkl and Eleu sls airfields ntitsldo Athens. RAF Grounded The RAF's giant night bomb ers remained grounded for the second straight night, apparently because of storm and fog over western Europe In Russia, massive Soviet and German armies continued their see-saw bnttlo nil tho way from whlto Russia to the lower Dnie per bend, with the Red army holding the Initiative every where but on the great salient west of Kiev. Nnzl Field MnrshnI Fritz Erich von Mnnnstcln hurled waves of tanks nnd infnntry against the Russian-held snllcnt in nn offort to throw tho Sovlots back to the east bank of tho Dnieper beyond Kiev, but Moscow reported that all nttneks hnd been hnltcd. JOE E. BROWN HAS FANS IN FARAWAY CHUNGKING Chungking, Dec. 8. (U.R) Film Stnr Joo E. Brown walked through Chungking todny with oriental fnns nt his heols. They .hnd recognized tho "big mouth" of American movies when he pnuscd hero on his way to per form for U. S. soldiers nt Lt. Gen. Joseph W. StllweU' head Quarter. ,- "Big Three" At Historic Conference M Marshal Josef Stalin, Prttldont Roosevelt and Prime Minister tico ol Russian mbassf in Teheran. Stalin wears Ordsr of Red ui unuorm ol HAt air marshal, sj-fl(p,Brs- I Rnns tn reeastlon room of Russian embassy at Teheran durlnq grad as token of regard of British people for gallant defense of that city. Churchill salutes and Stalin raises hand in salute during playing of Russian national anthem. Anthony Eden stands behind Churchill and Stalin Is flanked by Gen. Voroshilov and Foreign Minister Molotov on his left. (12th Air Force photo from Acme Telephoto). Axis Sees Stalin Victory At Tehran; Second Front Mention Termed Vague TOT SLAIN WHILE Englcwood, Colo., Dec. 7 OJ.R) A 32-ycar-old soldier, whose name authorities refused to re veal, was bolifg held in the ArnVnhoe county Jail today for questioning in connection with the brutal slaying of a 4-year-old girl whoso identity also was kept secret. . , The girl's body was found about 11 p. m. Inst night under a kitchen sink In n smnll home hero. Deputy Coroner J. L. Kra enw snld the child had been benten nnd strnnglcd, nnd he termed it tho "most revolting murder of my 25 years' expe rience." According to unconfirmed re ports, the mother nnd several friends were In nn Englewood tavern Inst night, nccompnnicd h ihn olrl. The soldier bclnit held was said to hnve bought tho child sevcrnl soft drinks, then to have lured her from tho tnvern when the mother was not looking. Radio Highlights Washington, Dec. 7. (U.R) War Mobilization Director Jnmes F. Byrnes is expected to night nt 8 o'clock PWT, In a mnlor rndlo address to detonci tho administration's sublsldy program nnd to Issuo another wnrnlnit ngnlnst breaking tho "bold-tho-llna" prder. tsla- tsMtiaavHensV tizth Air Force photo irom Acme n By United Pre Axis propagnndlsts today described the Tehran conference as a sell-out by Great Britain and the United States and a "dip lomatic victory" for Stalin, said second-front mention was vague, and declared the Allies would have realized their in tentions against Germany long do so." The Nazi home radio, in a broadcast reported to the OWI, belittled the statement follow ing the conference as "even more meager and empty than the announcement issued in Mos cow," referred to the principals as "the American big capitalist. the English Tory and the Bol shevik dictator." Churchill In Rear Prime Minister Churchill, the radio said, was "bringing tip the roar in keeping with the satel lite role to which England has sunk." DNB, the German news ngen- cy. In n dispntch 'reported to the OWI, said the Tehran commu nique was a "farce" nnd that It Indicated thnt Churchill nnd President Roosevelt were "cnpit ulating all along the line to So viet demands." CBS recorded a broadcast In which the Berlin radio nsked why the conference wns held nnd snld Roosevelt and Churchill covered a dlstnnce of "10,000 kllometors just In order to pay their luimblo respects to Stalin." Germany Won't Quit Berlin broadcasts heard In London wondered why an ap pcnl was not made to the Ger man people nnd snld Germnny would not lay down her arms until victory wns won. In first Jnpanese reaction, the Domcl News Agency In a dis patch reported to the OWI, said nn attempt to "destroy German morale on tho basis of the suc cessful propngandn used against Italy will b futile," " 'a.Si Winston Churchill oote on por Star on tunic and Churchill is in Ttlepboto.) O presentation of Sword of Stalin ago u they had been able to Los Angeles, Dec. 7 (U.R) A slight earthquake was felt alons the Inglewood fault at 7:45 a. m today, which rattled dishes and stopped clocks in southwestern Los Angeles. Seismologists at Caltech said the qunke wns of "slight tntens ity" and could have caused no damage at its epicenter, 15 miles away. Housewives In the Inglewood area said the shock was accom panied by a "kind of rumble.' TRIAL OF AURAL Washington, Dec, 7. (U.R) The house today concurred In sennto changes and completed congrcsstonnl action on a re solution extending by six months the time period during which Major-Gen. Walter C. Short nnd Admiral Husband E, Klmmel may be formally ac cused of "dereliction of duty at pearl Harbor, - ..:a fci i I..- - ML 3SIDY BAN GIVEN COMMITTEE FAVOR IN SENATE Bill Also Requires Immedi ate Cent -Per -Quart In crease in Retail Price. Washington, Dec. 7. (UJ3 The senate agriculture commit tee today approved a bill ban ning the $300,000,000 a year milk subsidy, and requiring in stead an immediate one cent quart Increase in the retail price of fluid milk. The action came as the senate banking committee considered the house bill banning all con sumer subsidies after Dec 31. Can Force Issue Farm bloc leaders said the milk bill can be used to force the over-all subsidy issue to an early decision if a reported move develops to delay action on the house bill until after the Christmas holiday. Sen. George D. Aiken, R-, Vt., said he intended to offer the anti-subsidy provisions of the house legislation to the milk bill and force a full senate vote on subsidies if the banking com mittee is too tardy in bringing out its measure. The bill approved by the agri culture committee was spon sored by Sens. John McClellan, D., Ark., and James O. Eastland, D., Miss. It would abolish the one-half to - one-cent a nunrt subsidy paid to dairymen to help offset higher feed costs. In addition to the immediate one-cent increase in retail prices. the measure also requires an area-by-area survey of milk production and establishment of new and flexible ceilings which could be revised at six months intervals. Wag Subsidy Aim Meanwhile, before the bank ing committee, Ezra T. Benson, executive secretary of the Na tional Council of Farmer Co operatives, proposed an $824,. 000,000 industrial "wage sub sidy" in four strategic indus tries as a substitute for food subsidies. With a wage subsidy applied to the workers in the food pror cessing, clothing, petroleum products and machinery indus tries, Benson said, "a direct rollback of $4,750,000,000 could be made on government and civilian purchases." Pearl Harbor Anniversary Finds Good Progress Made Toward Opening Offensive By Louis F. ICeemle (United Press War Analyst) The second anniversary of Pearl Harbor finds the Amer ican strategic position in the Pacific good, with our armed forces in place and set on a wide outer arc for the advance to Tokyo - The results or two years of wnr are not to be gauged by the physical gains made so far. The Gilbert and Ellice islands, the Solomons, northeastern New Guinea end the outer Aleutians look small in comparison with the distance still to cover on the way to the main Japanese islands. Progress Measure Progress is to be measured by more important factors. In the first place, the Japanese march towards Australia, Ha waii and Alaska had to be halted. That was accomplished, tho tlda was reversed, and the Initiative passed Into our hands Thnt took more than a year of hard fighting. Then we had to jockey pain fully into position by the seizure of strong positions irom which a general offensive could be launched. These positions have been gained and the offen sive is in Its first stages. The first main objectives of the offensive in the southwest nnd central Pacific, tho Japa nese bases of Rabaul and Truk, are now within range. Their occupation should, mark the end BULLETINS Cairo, Dc 7 U.R FUld Marshal Jan C. Smuts, pre mier of the Union of South Africa, ha arrived in the middle out and conferred with Prima Miniiter Churc hill and President Roosevelt, lt was disclosed officially to day. San Francisco, Doc. 7. (U.R) Twonty-fiv American bombers and fighter plane raided the Changteh battle are in China' rice bowl twice on Monday. Tokyo radio reported today. Tokyo claimed Jipanose fighter shot down 10 P-40 fighter and damaged several B-2S bombers. The Japanese :J mltttd no losses. Brn Switzerland, Dec. 7 (U.R) The Gazette Do Laus anne quoted rlibl infor mation" from the Swiss-German frontier today that aa estimated 2 5 0.000 persons were killed in recent Allied air raid on Berlin. E London, Dec. 7 (U.R) Pros pects of an early Russo-Finnlsh separate peace faded today as the Soviets warned Finland she must assume "full responsibil ity" with Germany for the "crim inal" shelling of Leningrad and President Risto Rytl barred his country's unconditional surren der. . . The Russian warning; came, .n a Soviet information bureau statement which charged that the German and Finnish "in vaders" in the last two or three weeks had increased markedly their' artillery bombardment of Leningrad's residential districts. "It Is known that there pres ently are no military objectives In Leningrad and thus the ob viously systematic shelling has one aim the destruction of resi dential buildings and monuments of culture and the annihilation of a peaceful population," the bu reau said. Man Surrenders On Old Murder Red Bluff, Cal. Dec. 7. (U.R) Sheriff J. N. Froome said to day he Is holding a man who alighted from a bus, walked in to his office and said he was wanted in Manly, Iowa, for kill ing a man during holdup 11 years ago. of what up to now has been Island hopping, distasteful as the term is to our strategists. From there on the strides should be longer, with unimportant islands by-passed in favor of bases which are the real step ping stones to Tokyo. - Rabaul Fat Sealed The fate of Rabaul, flanked from Bougainville and north eastern New Guinea, may be re garded as having been sealed. JThe Marshall Islands, adjoining the Gilberts and flanking Truk from the east, are next on the list. Naval observers are leaning more strongly to the belief that the Japanese will not accept a decisive fleet engagement at this stage- of the war, almost certainly not for the Marshall and probably not even for Truk. The Japanese fleet is out numbered and outgunned. Ad miral Chester W. Nimitz, com mander in the central Pacific, has observed that he expects "at some point in our advance across the Pacific the Japanese may accept engagement." That is most likely to be much closer to Japan than Truk. Should the Japanese risk a Jutland, lt might be the begin ning of the end for them. Even If they came out of lt as well as the Germans did In the historic naval battle of the last war. they would have lost the whole Pacific If obliged to go Into aiding la aoma waters. E ATTULELAKE IS Relocation Director Says In vestigation Made In Riot ing But Nothing Done. WnMntrfnn n.. V flln - War Relocation Authority DU rector Dillon Mvr nM ni.. subcommittee today that thj WRA had "investigated" thor oughly the Jananeiut rlnllna - the TuleLake, Cal., camp during the three days that elapsed be fore the army moved in Nov. 4, oui aomiuea mat no arrests or punitive action occurred. ine army since has "taken proper action," Myer added. Thievery Charged The subcommittee ni.i the record an affidavit h .!. E. Peck, steward of the who charged that WRA "lacked DOlicV." that thinvorv n,. checked among the Internee. and that an internee who forced his way into whlto apartment was not punished. x-eca; aiso swore he had per sonal knowledge of one WRA white school teacher who told internees that the bombing of Pearl Harbor was Justified, and advocated "intermingling of the) races." Myer had told the nmrnmml- tee before the affidavit was read that Peck had been a satisfac tory employe. Afterward h sakl Peck's resignation had beer requested because he was alleg edly intoxicated. Peck's charges were "generalized" and typical of vague accusations against WRA, Myer said. Fired By Japs Mver was ukl if IW1'. ms. Ignation bad not been "demami. ed by the Japs!" "As a matter of fact it was," Myer replied, "but that cams) after we had already decided t ask him to resign." The affidavit said that at least two internees were caught steal ing seven to eight-nound beat roasts" at the camo. but that no action was taken against them even after written confessions were secured: that in a two- month period 950 pounds of sugar was stolen and secreted in various places; that Peck's superiors had advised him to "forget" about the stealing; and that some teachers on the WRA payroll were "Jap-lovers" and entertained internees in their homes nightly. Rep. Clair Engle, D., Cal. in whose district the camp is locat edsaid Peck had "an excellent record" prior to his resignation on Nov. 0. Chairman John M. Costello. D., Cal., revealed that a Cali fornia state senate investigating committee had made available) testimony that at least two WRA' employes at the camp were dis charged because they were not popular among the internees. ANOTHER QUAKE. HITS ANATOLIA i By United Press A Swiss dispatch from Aa kara said today that another earthquake In Turkey had killed at least 5S0 persons and razed 12 villages, according to the British radio. The broadcast, heard by tha ' United States in New York, said the earthquake occurred ia northeastern Anatolia. SIDE GLANCES bt tribune reporters Merton Lyster stealing tha plumber's tricks by showing up at an office to repair a t'etyp machine, only to find that tha tools necessary to ply his trade were at the central headquar. ters. Charlie Newland hoping that no reporter observed him sneak lng across the street against red tniiio light, '
