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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1943.
NO. 219.
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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f uuffcy rescinded tho "nlll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.
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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-
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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, -
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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, '