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Weather Dm Tto MAIL TRIBUHX Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cort Tribune Fair ftAntvht and Tuesday. UtUt chan In tem pera tu re. temp, ' Highest yesterday . ., 61 Lowest this morning , . M1, SB . Precipitation past t4 hra. . United Ptmi Full United Pre Full Leased Win Thirty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1943. NO. 224. 1AM AT tS Leased Wire ' ' Aftermath FI2C After California's latest "big blow," in damage through coastal anas, tractors News Behind TheNews By Paul Mallon Washington, Dec. 13 Field Marshal Smuts, at Cairo, called the big four meetings "the most significant con- f e r e n c es ior a hundred years. ' He" said They had a c c o m pllshed unex pected unity among Kussia, Britain, the United States and China. He urged news men not to pry faal Halloa into the se crets of the meeting, saying: "You are on a knife' edge; word dropped on the wrong, aide might causa great harm. Smuts. South African premier and British cablneteer, hlmseu had dropped some frank words right on the blade of the knife bout two weeks earlier in Lon- Idon. They fell privaieiy w . Imemberg of parliament and f peers, but were later alowed to Fleak out. . tu. annrtoii as if here at I last was a man speaking frankly hl mind in a worm wnerc tone else, for one reason or an- ' other, aeems to want to. Official naturally these aaya -,! tho r nubllC Siaremeum only for propaganda or Ptr'?tic ,?wt That is their Job. They nnrflUnns. not necessar- t '-f ily as they are, but as they think 5 it is wise to nave omtn ; them to be. i J At London, however, Smuts r freely told what a large num. J Ko- o British believe privaieiy, that the comparative economic (decline of Britain, the chaotic ! condition of France, and the rise Df Russia make it aavlsaoie.ior fnrliain to consider more care fully her post-war position, HE SUGGESTED organizing a protective wall of small democratic nations around Brit ain, meaning Holland, Belgium. Denmark. Sweden. Norway, to maintain themselves against post-war Russia. These suggestions obviously disturbed British officialdom, not because they were untrue but because they were not good Continued on Ps Ftour) SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Maude Brault running frantl nilf back and forth through two rooms with a small glass, Mmlni wr.ter to extinguish i .t.rieH hv Guv Applewhite, while Diamond Flyra looked on and offered helpful suggestion. Weatherman Lonnle Ball de- darlna he didn't care u me weather In Los Angeles was .nd sunny because the of California's 'Big Breeze' which winds reaching 70 miles an were called to the rescue of small and dry on this Monterey beach. Allied "Nerves" Offensive Causes Mounting Tension In Axis Balkan Satellite Area London, Dec. 13. (U.PJ Tension mounted throughout the Balkans today amid reports of an army peace ultimatum in Bugaria, a purge anti-German elements In Rumania and the arrival of a Nazi "trouble-shooter" in Hungary. YANKEES REPULSE ON BOUGAINVILLE Allied Headquarters, South west Pacific, Dec 13 (U.F) American troops have repulsed a small but sharp Japanese coun ter-attack on Bougainville and Australian forcea have made new advances In New Guinea, killing 100 enemy soldlersi Gen, Dougias MacArthur'a commu nique said today. The fight at Bougainville oc curred last Thursday when 200 Japanese tried unsuccessfully to wedge into U. s. lines at me northeastern end of the Empress Augusta bay beachhead on the northern Solomons island. Jap Losses Heavy The futile attempt cost the en emy heavily, a aispatcn rrom Admiral William F. Halsey? headauarters said, while an American oatrol the same day killed 12 Japanese from a patrol of 25, losing only one man. Australian troops on New Guinea's Huon peninsula pushed enemy forces from positions at the mouth of the Tunom river. on the coast, and Kallgia, beyond captured Bonga, which la some 11 miles from Finschhafen. Battling in heavy rain and chasing the enemy from dugouts cut deep Into mountainous ter rain, the Aussles pushed a mile past the Tunom to the Sowi river moilth. A month's lull In fighting In the Ramu river valley 150 miles northwest and inland irom Finschafen was broken by bit ter patrol clashes, the commu nique revealed. Twenty Japa nese were killed near Kesawi, 25 miles south of the enemy coastal base at Bogadjtm. while Austra lian ravalrv and Japanese patrols skirmished near Obolu, 35 miles west of Bogadjlra. ROOSEVELT AND FRANCO REPORTED IN P0W-W0W Stockholm, Dec. 13 (U.B The Stockholm newspaper Tld nlngen printed a roundabut re port today that President Roose velt met Generalissimo Francis co of Spain and Premier Dr. An tonio De Ollvelra Salazar of Por tugal at Gibraltar yesterday. The dispatch, datellned Buda pest and quoting an Ankara re sort, said the three officials dis cussed Spain' and Portugal's sweat? hour caused millions or aouars ox ashing craft that were tossed high European dispatches Indicated the American air raid on Sofia Friday and U. S. Secretary of state cordell Hull's warning that Axis satellite nations must share the consequences of Ger many's defeat had spread un easiness through the three countries. ' - Like Itair The Allied "nerves" offensive appeared to be fast taking on the character of that which pre ceded the Invasion of Italy and that country's surrender. increased air raids on asuth. eastern Europe were anticipated ana British Foreian Secretarv Anthony Eden, fresh from the Tehran and Cairo conferences, was expected to elaborate on Hull's warning in a speech be fore commons in the near ruture.. . The London Dally Mall said reports had been received of an army ultimatum to the Bulgar ian government dentin ding peace and a Bulgarian colonel who arrived. In Turkey indicated the army would support, if not lead, any coup would take his country out of the war. Civil War Threat ir me government is over thrown, the Bugarlan colonel was quoted. Col. Damen Welto heff probably would 'take over leadership. He already was said to be under surveillance as suit of two abortive coup at tempts. The London Dally Tele graph said Bulgaria faced "definite threat of civil war if her leaders continue their pro- uerman policy. Bugarian partisans were re ported fiehting German troops in mountainous areas and acta of sabotage were increasing. Heoorts reaching Cairo said the Gestapo virtually had taken over Rumania and were arrest ing thousands dally on the mer est denunciations of Germans. The Rumanian army, navy and air force and even factories were said to have been purged of all persons -suspected of democratic leanings. DE GAULLE PROCLAIMS PROGRAM FOR MOSLEMS Algiers. Dee. 12 (U.B Gen Charles DeGauIle, president of the French Committee of Na tlonal Liberation, today pro claimed full French citizenship and a broad social program for "some tens of thousands of Al gerian Moslems" and a program of "renewal" for France after her liberation. French observers regarded the program as going beyond any thing offered by other nations and expected it to allay the 111 feelings among Moslems which followed the committee's recent restoration of a decree giving citizenship right to Algerian MASSED GERMANS FINALLY STOPPED LONG BATTLE Soviets Charge Out of Posi tions to Recapture Sev eral Villages Near Malin. Moscow, Dec. 13. (U.P9 The Red army has - regained the initiative in the Kiev salient, not only stopping massed Ger man forces but recovering some lost ground, after a crucial battle of nearly a month which cost the Nazis more than 1,000 tanks, Soviet front reports said today. Suddenly reversing the east ward trend of the fighting west of Kiev,- the Russians charged out of their defense positions and recaptured several villages southwest of Malin, 58 miles be yond the Ukrainian capital. Comeback Unlikely Though It would be prema ture to say that all danger to Kiev had been averted by the developments of the last two days, there waa every indication that the Germans would be un able to repeat their exploit Idfet spring when they countered a Russian offensive to reclaim Kharkov and much of the Donets basin. The reports of, limited Soviet successes on the rim of the Kiev bulee said the scale and inten sity of the German attacks had waned, doubtless because of their tremendous losses suf fered since Nov. 10 when the all out effort waa Ikunched' to throw the Russians back to the Dnieper and recapture Kiev. Along the middle reaches of the Dnieper, Gen. Ivan sm Konev drove into the outskirts of Kirovgrad, German-held in dustrial, military and rail center, while his right wing ad vanced beyond cmgirin, mid way between Kremenchug and Cherkasi. - London, Dee. 13 (U.B Amer ican heavy bombers raided northwest Germany for the aeo- ond time in three days today and Marauder mediums attacked the Schipol airdrome at Amster dam, putting the Eighth air force back on a full schedule after lengthy lull enforced by bad weather. k The daylight raids by Lt. Gen Ira C. Eaker's planes followed a nleht sortie over Germany by plywood Mosquito bombers of the Royal Atr Force, the third in three night. - Fighters Oo Along The four-motored bombers were accompanied by fighters again today, as was the fleet of Flying Fortresses and Liberators which carried out one of the heaviest daylight raids of the war Saturday on Emden, in which the Nazis lost 138 planes, RAF, Dominion and Allied Spitfire fighters escorted the Ma rauder medium bombers In the attack on the main Amsterdam airdrome. Observers on the southeast coast of England at mid-after noon saw a good sized force of Allied planes flying eastward their vapor trails in the haze marking a course toward Bou logne on the French shore. KILLED IN ACTION Staff Sgt Howard Coffin Shady Cove, is listed as one of three Oregon men killed in action in the Southwest Pacific yar theatre according a release of the war debarment last week Listed as next of kin was his father Virgil B. Coffin, Star Russia and Invite Poland to Join Cordon U. S. LONG TOMS I Enemy's Attempt to Mass For Counter -Attack at Mignano Gap Frustrated. Allied Headauarters. Algiers, Dec. 13 (U.R) -Heavy American field guns have blasted a Ger man attempt' to muster strength for a counterattack designed to drive the fifth army from mountains north of Mignano Gap and the main road to Rome, official reports disclosed today, Massed fire from 155-mllll- meter "Long Tom" rifles and Howitzers and 105-mllllmeter field pieces shattered the Ger man concentration and dispersed its reinforcements before the as sault could get underway south west of Fillgnano. ' Concern Shown Only 24 hours before, a Ger man attack was repulsed by a determined American stand In the Mount Sammucro heights Just north of Mignano. The latest effort betrayed German concern over a possible flanking .thrust by .American forcea from the 3,060-foot mountain toward Casslno. Northwest of Fillgnano, other American forces cut up a strong German patrol thrust apparently intended as a diversion. On the Adriatic end of the Italian front Canadian troops of the British eighth army captured helahts commanding the town of Ortona, threatening to col- apse German defenses on a 15- mile front running inland from the Adriatic to the ,000-Ioot Malella mountains. Weather Bad ' Soggy ' weather had closed down again on the entire Italian front, official reports showed, and, combined with stiff Ger man resistance, alowed the f lght- Ine. (The Moscow radio, heard in London, said Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery had launched general offensive toward Pee cara and Chletl, eight to 12 miles beyond his army's present front line in Italy.) Bad weather cut down aerial operations yesterday. T Monterey, Cal., Dec. 13 CU.R) The sex life of American wom en, and consequently the institu tion of marriage, has Heen en dangered by inexpert love-making on the part of American hus bands. Dr. Rudolph von urran, Monterey county psychologist, testified today at his trial on charge of practicing medicine without a license. "Many American husbands are not expert in love." Added to this, he said, are the -sexual taboos" against which he has crusaded in his capacity as sex ologist and former associate of the Vienna psychoanalyst, Big mund Freud. INTRUDER KILLS PHYSICIAN, SELF Los Angeles, Dee. 13 0J.B Dr. Verne C. Hunt, prominent physician, was killed today by a mysterious stranger who stalked into his office, demanded "Why didn t you operate on me?" ahot the doctor twice through the heart and then killed himself. A note carried In hi pocket Identified the gun wielder as JEpbren Mounejr 09. Czechoslovakia Sign POLICY ON JAPS LT. Oefense Commander Re veals Only 16 of Jap An cestry Allowed to Return. San. Francisco, Dec, 13. (U.R) Lt. 'Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commanding general of the western defense command, an nounced today that only 16 ad ditional persons of Japanese an cestry have been admitted to the Pacific coastal area during the past three months and "none of these threaten national se curity." Apparently replying to pub lished report that aome Japa nese evacuees have been per mitted to return to coastal areas, Gen. Emmons said "There has been no change in the policy which has been in effect for many months." Unquestioned Loyalty "During the past three months," he said, "only 18 additional-persons of Japanese an cestry have been admitted to the coastal area. "Afl of these wen blood or mixed marriage eases, and are the wive or children of persons of unquestioned loy alty; None threaten in any way national security." A California state senate com mittee, investigating the Tula Lake segregation center for dis loyal Japanese, appealed to President Roosevelt to prevent resettlement of any Japanese vacueeis en the Pacific during the war, warning such resettlement would lead to "vio lence and bloodshed." Washington, Dee. 13. (UP) Secretary of War Henry L. Stlm son reported to the senate today that the two slapping incident already reported in the press ap peared to be only instances in which Lieut. Gen. George S. Pat- ton, Jr., has physically mistreat ed soldiers under his command in the Mediterranean theater of war. Stlm son reported, however. that Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower had Informed him that Patton had reportedly "spoken threaten ingly and with undue harshness" to a soldier for falling to wear leggings. He said that Elsenhower had reiterated, however, that none of these incident has affected Pat ton's standing as a tactical leader whose men would follow biro into battle. Japs Halt Internee Trades Until Investigation Made Washington, Dec. 18 (U.B The Japanese government has refused to exchange any more Allied Internees held in the far east until Spanish diplomat In vestigate condition in ine in ternment and relocation camps for Japanese and Japanese- Americans In this country, it was learned today. The Spanish diplomat repre sent Japan here. The Japanese, it was said, are particularly anxious for a report on conditions at the Tula Lake, Cel., internment camps where alien Japanese and disloyal Japanese-Americans are held. There were several riot there last month. A Dies sub-committee has been Investigating the disturbance.. IPracticeQuestioned I jau nm -x ' - y Dr. Rudolph von Oman, above, Mon terey, Calif, peyoholeelit. Is shown during his trial on charges oi prac ticing medicine without a license. During early stages of the trial, two University of California neurolo gists came to nis aeiense in naming Dr. von Urban as "probably the best man on the Coast" to handle mental and sexual disturbances. SEIZED HERE BY Sydney Marvin Sill of San Francisco, charged with posses sion of alcohpllc liquor not pro cured by or through the 'Ore gon Liquor Control commission, la scheduled to appear in jus tice court today to enter a plea, He is held In the county Jail In lieu of $1,000 bonds. He was arrested late Saturday. Sill, according to the sheriffs office was shipping by truck 69 cases of whisky labeled "Cedar Brook," to Seattle. The liquor was held in a local warehouse awaiting re-shlpment to Seattle. The authorities allege Sill at tempted to change the stamps on the cases and hide the iden tity of the contents. A state liquor commission In spector contacted Sill at the warehouse. Sill, lt Is said, re fused to sell a case. Afterwards he was placed under arrest. He told the authorities he was tak- inn the whisky to his brother In-law in Seattle as a Christmas present It is held by the State Llouor commission as contra band, upon which no state liquor tax has been paid. QUIZ KIDS TRAVEL San Francisco, Dec. 13 U.R) Radio "Quiz Kids" were en route to Chicago today after con eluding a week of war bond sel ling activities here by launching the cargo ship S. S. Archer at the Moore shipyard. Any of the 110,000 internees can apply to return to Japan. It wa understood that about 7000 of those at Tula Lake have made such applications, or are mem bers of famllle for which appli cation has been made. About 40 per cent of those Interned at Tula Lake are aliens. The United States, it was learned, will place no impedi ment In the way of the Spanish Investliators. Under the Geneva convention for the treatment of war prisoners, to which this country Is a party, the authority to make such an Investigation is given automatically to the 'neu tral power which is looking after the interests of one belligerent in tba territory of another, , Pact; Sanitaire MILITARY AID IS PLEDGED IN CASE OF FUTURE NEED Signatory Nations Also Agree Not to Enter Any Alliance Directed at Other ' London, Dec. 13 (U.R) Rus sia and the Czechoslovak govern ment-ln-exlle were bound in 20-year defensive alliance today and Radio Moscow revealed that both states have extended a tacit Invitation to Poland to Join their cordon solitaire" against future) German aggression. The pact singled out Germany as a possible future aggressor. asserting that the two signatories would provide each other with Immediate military aid in th event the Reich or any state al lied with lt should attempt an other "drang nach osten" the drive to the east. Signed In Moscow It also pledged that neither Czechoslovakia nor Russia would enter into any alliance) or coalition directed against the other. The treaty waa signed In Moe- . cow by Czechoslovak Ambassa dor Zbenek Fierllnger and So. viet Foreign Commissar Vyachea- lav M. Molotov, to become effec tive immediately, subject to for. mal ratification by both states. Its duration wa fixed at 20 year, with the nrovlalon that it will be extended for another f ivo year if neither party announce); it intention of renouncing the) treaty IS month before the ofV Iglnal expiration data. Barring similar notice of renunciation at that time, it will be extended In definitely for five-year periods.' CONTINUED COLD PREDICTION FOR The thermometer fell to 21 de grees early this morning for the second time in a week, and the forecast wa for continued cold and clear tomorrow. The present period of cold, fair weather be gan Dec. 6 and has prevailed since, with the thermometer falling to 22 degrees the morn ing of Dec. 6 and again to that point this morning for the sea son's lows. Second coldest morn ing was that of Dec. 6, when the mercury fell to 24 degrees. A warm wind Dec. 10 brought the thermometer up to 60 de grees during the afternoon but as the wind declined during the night, the mercury fell with It and a low of 27 was registered during the night. By United Press Winter swept eastward Mon day from the Great Lake are to the seaboard states, where the weather bureau warned resident to brave themselves for zero and sub-zero temperatures tonight and tomorrow. ' A 63-mile-gale across the Great Lakes sunk one ship, grounded another, and Is believed to have caused the wreckage of third vessel. WEATHER San Francisco Bay Region, Northern California, fair today, tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature. . Medlord district Community Chest subscription up to last night srerei 537,945.12 Quota ts (43.71t.40. people hera aw nicer. positions in Uia war. Jews, Bout Bos 19. Shady Coy.
