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PAGE EIGHT .S. LOSSES Half Million Casualties With , in Next 90 Days Belief , of Government Officials. Washington, Dee. 23. (UR) Top government officials, alarm ed by public complacency and wishful thinking about the war, today predicted 800,000 new American casualties In the next VO -days. If borne out by future events, this estimate presumably based on plans for a major invasion of Europe would mean almost the quadrupling of casualties to date. Thus far the army, navy and marine corps have suffered 131, SS5 casualties and the full scale assault upon Hitler's European fortress Is yet to come. Dark Days Ahead The prophesy of heavy losses In the next three months was made while government officials from President itoosevelt down were attempting to get across to the public the idea that dark and costly days lie ahead. To wishful thinkers who may be banking on an early German collapse, the nation's war lead ers have this message: Victory is still far away, and in the next three months American fighting men will die, suffer wounds or THE BEST HARD SAUCI Mi EVIR TASTED I c4 r .'ii I. I ... mmm I IIVItT OUN CONTAINS PASTEURIZED CUITUS SKIM MltH r. 1 Daughter Aged 3 Heaves Savings In Family Stove Minneapolis, Dee. 23. (UR) Primo Fernandez sent the remains of his family's $110 Christmas savings e box of powder-fine ashes to the treasury department today and hoped the government would recognize them. Fernandez' three year - old daughter, Virginia, who "likes bright things and didn't know any better," took the money from purse and threw it into the family's stove. be captured in unprecedented numbers. The thing that looms large in the minds of many of the high est officials. It was said, is the fear that only a military disas ter at least a severe military setback will shock the nation Into acceptance of the hard fact that victory is not in sight for the near future. Nasi Collapse Doubted The men burdened with direc tion of the American war effort warned that there is no reason to expect repetition of the 1918 pattern of German collapse. Nazi party discipline is behind the Germany of today, and Uer man morale generally is much stronger than it was in 1918, they said. In this connection they pointed to official belief that bombing alone will not knock Germany out of the war, and that only a full-fledged mill' tary defeat in Europe can accom plish that objective. The big problem worrying President Roosevelt and his top most officials, it was said, is how to convince , the public that, though victory Is predictably sure, it la a long way off and this country's greatest sacrifices are yet to be made. To Shock Public In the next few weeks, it was understood, the public will be given unpleasant but factual evidence of what war means and will continue to mean evi dence including pictures of shell- torn Americans on the field of combat. These photographs will not be like those the public has been permitted to see of the fight for the Gilberts, where casualties In cluded 4,000 men killed, wound ed or missing. Pictures released so far have been a glossed-over version of what really happened. BROKE BUT HONEST Los Angeles, Dec. 23. (U.R) George Kirk, 70-year-old penni less laborer who found a wallet containing $948, gave it to pol ice to return to the owner. Of ficers said the loss had not been reported. The water-soaked wal let was believed to belong to Raymond Scott of Roanoke, Va. Tiny fish, scarcely an inch long, live in salt pools In Death Valley, survivors of the days when the valley was a huge lake. Das Mali Tribune Want Me. The HOLIDAY fr, ,5H HEALTH DRINK Rich Grade "A" Milk Milk Is a vitally Important part of our diet ... containina man of the nutritious, anar. ?T-flling vitamins we need. See that your amlly enjoys lt dally. Strve milk as a delicious, refreshing drlnki or use it to sup plement the food value of other dishes. UN RATION ED Foods for the Holiday Table! O COTTAGE CHEESE ORICH BUTTERMILK O CHOCOLATE MILK MEDFORD MAIL LIFE OF ANOTHER Burbank, Cal., Dee. 23. (U.R) Lt. Col. William E. Dyess, a gallant air fighter on Bataan and one of the first air heroes of the war, died last night in the tradition which won him a half-dozen decorations. Dyess, 27, of Albany, Tex.', who survived the savage strug gle in the Philippines and escaped from a Japanese prison camp, was killed in a country back yard when he crashed his plane to save the life of an ap proaching motorist. With both motors falling, Dyess was setting the speedy craft down on a paved street. He saw a car coming toward him, pulled the nose of the ship up, fell off on one wing, clipped the top off a church and plunged to the ground in a roaring mass of flame. He wore the Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Legion of Merit, Silver Star and two cluster group citations. I SHOW FOR KIDS - Again this year, the George A. Hunt Theaters, Inc., and Med ford Mail Tribune are sponsor ing a free Christmas matinee at the Craterian theater for local children, it was announced to day. The Christmas show has been traditional for several years.. Scheduled to begin at 10 a. m. Friday, Dec. 24, the show will feature Gene Autry In "Sierra Sue" and two Walt Disney car toons in technicolor. An added comedy with the "Three Stooges will also be shown. AH children of southern Ore gon are Invited. Paralysis Patient From Camp White Succumbs in Lung Eugene, Dec. 23. Robert Struck, 24, suffering with paraly sis of the breathing muscles, was rushed to an Iron lung In a local hospital Monday night from Camp White, but he died Tues day, three hours after his ar rival. The soldier was accom panied by his wife on the trip from Medford. Military authorities arrived Tuesday to take charge of the body. The attending physician said the paralysis was "a rapid ly progressing thing, sometimes amenable to treatment, some times not." The iron lung used was that belonging to the Lane Foundation for Infantile Paraly sis and located at the Sacred Heart general hospital here. Sunday School to Give Yule Program Tomorrow Evening The Sunday school and teach ers of St. Peter's Lutheran church will give a Christmas program Friday at 8 p. m. in the auditorium of Lincoln school on North Bartlett and Maple streets. The program will be a presentation of the Savior's birth, In recitation and song. The audience will also be asked to Join In singing many old familiar Christmas carols. The public is cordially Invited. Festival services will be con ducted Christmas morning at 1 1 o clock In the chapel on Portland avenue with special Christmas music. Chaplain Van Husen of Camp White will occu py the pulpit. WEATHER Northern California Partly cloudy southern, cloudy north ern part today, tonight and Fri day; occasional light rains be ginning late tonight extreme north part; little temperature change. MEDFORD. ORE- WILL BE CLOSED MONDAY DECEMBER 27 TODAY JANUARY 3, 1944 TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, WHO'S WHO LISTS F( Earl Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Uther Rogers, formerly residents of Medford, who will receive his A. B. degree from Northwest Nazarene college in June, will be listed in the 1043 44 issue of Who's Who Among Students in American Univer sities and Colleges, according to an announcement from the pub lishers. The book twill be re leased In April. Several students from ac1 credited colleges are selected each year by a committee, and their biographies published in the book, placed in the hands of companies which annually re cruit outstanding students for employment. Rogers graduated from Med ford high school in 1940. The family made their home in Med ford for several years before moving to Klamath Falls a year ago. Their last Medford address was 304 Boardman avenue, ac cording to' high school records. The Rev. Fred M. Weatherford, pastor of the local Nazarene church where Mr. Rogers was a member, reports that the young man visited here during his vaca tion from college in the summer of 1942, and was employed at that time by Myron-Root Pack ing Co. Rogers Is a member of Alpha Delta Phi athletic literary society, and has served as presi dent of the Christian Worker's Band, vice-president of the Mis sionary Society, chaplain of the Men's Club and the Alpha Delta Phi, president of the Oregon State Band and assistant dean in the men's dormitory. Giant New Bomber , Being Readied to War On Japanese Washington, Dec. 23 (U.R) Rep. John J. Sparkman D.. Ala., declared today that the aviation industry was turning out a giant new bomber something better even than the heralded B-28 su per-bomber that would "sur prise and hurt" the enemy. Sparkman, chairman of a house military affairs sub-com mittee that recently toured air craft factories, said in an inter-1 view that combat crews were Now it's a pleasure fottfanect" :j Shower floors, faucet han dles and basins are favorite breeding places for germs. n.ilvrll-.nma -,',h ... dvt disinfectant helps guard against spread ot inrecuoo and contagious diseases. Hexol is used and recom mended by nurses and hospitals. Get an economically sized bottle today at any drug counter. .. and take these 3sfeps to bafhroom freshness ? Put m UtlU Htxet im tenth WAttr tttmtt wmttst ytor, ttiing. 2. Pear M Unit im lit Itiltl hurl mmm" mlltw M rtmmmftrm ftv m mutts htftrt ftmlhimg. 3. Plmct m Hull Hrxtl im lit wtuh tlttk utm irifimt hmtrlimmd tmhu A bathroom tf.it It clean and smells ctean because Hexol leaves a delightful odor. tftttht tiitinftMmmt. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1943 now being trained for the new aerial weapon, and indicated that it was designed for operation pecially against the Japanese. He said most of the informa tion gathered by his six-man com mittee must remain secret, but added. "I wish everybody in the country could have seen what we did." BAY AREA FACES MEATLESS YULE San Francisco, Dec. 23 (U.B A meatless holiday season save for turkeys and chickens was the prospect for San Francisco bay area residents today, as skilled packing house workers left their Jobs for what one union leader described aa a "prayer meeting." The work stoppage In San Francisco and Oakland slaughter houses, called to protest the War Labor Board's denial of an 8V4-cent-per-hour wage .increase, prompted instructions to grow ers and feeders to hold their livestock because processors would be unable to handle them. YOUR CHRISTMAS STORE OPEN TONIGHT UNTIL 8.30 Close FRIDAY NIGHT At 6 P. M. GENE AUTRY in "SIERRA SUE" A GRAND FEATURE! Donald Duck in "CHEF DONALD" PLUTO in "THE ARMY MASCOT" Plus 20 Minutes of Fun THREE STOOGES in "EVEN AS 1 0,1) " . ... , Every Kiddie In Southern Oregon Is Invited! Malta Pommanderr No. 4. Knights Templar,' will hold the annual Christmas ODservance Saturday, Dec. 25, at 9 a. m., at the Masonic Temple in Ashland n-finrHina to an announcement today by H. H. May berry, emi- anrfor. This service is held by Knights Templar all over the world at exactly me same hour. a nmmm nt Phrlstmas car ols and toasts will be followed by breakfast served in the din- (n winm. 'nf tfiA tpmtlle. All Sir Knights and their ladies are in vited to attend. It is stated that the program will begin promptly at 9 o'clock. SULLIVAN RESIGNS Washington, Dec. 22 U.B Matthew G. Sullivan, Rochester, N. Y., has resigned as assistant director of the war production boards printing and publishing division, chief of the division's newspaper section, and adminis trator of the newsprint limita- CRATERIAN THEATRE tlon order, it wai announced to day. EDITOR HARP DIES Richmond, Cal., Dec. 23. (U.R) Charles Ellington Harp, 65, veteran newspaperman and tele HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN ANYONE? Mom Your Best Girl - Grandma Or Good Friends?. FLOWERS O CUT, POTTED OR CORSAGES : . . . : Speak your Christmas Message to women of all ages. And ... if it I a ported plant, it will remind them all through the year, that you are thinking of them.. MEDFORD GREENHOUSE 1005 E. Main Phone 4840 Just Off Crater Lake Highway OPEN CHRISTMAS EYE AND CHRISTMAS DAY- For the Convenience of Lata Gift Buyer CUDDIES! GET SET FOR THE GEORGE A. IIUIIT THEATRES, Inc. MEDFORD HAIL TRIBUNE BIO ANNUAL EE mm ES CHRISTMAS MATINEE FRIDAY MORNING DEC. 24 - WALT DISNEY CARTOONS IN TECHNICOLOR graph editor of the Richmond Independent, died of pneumonia last night Harp waa employed by the Medford News, Medford Ore., during the early days of L. A. Banks' ownership of that paper. Say MERRY CHRISTMAS With IOA.r.l.
