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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER. 27, 1943
NO. 235
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amphibious landing on Mono Island,
the beach In foreground lies
News Behind
The News
By Paul Mallon
Washington, Dec. 27 Mr.
Roosevelt is getting ready to
veto the tax bill. Inner signs are
V" -r---., fairly , conclurj
give.
Secretary
Mors enthau
held back his
e x traordinarj
censure of the
senate bill un
til Mr. Roose
velt returned
from abroad,
and he had a
chance to run
over to the
White House
raal Halloa
to see thM the President wanted
to go that far with him. Furth
ermore, what has been pub
lished of his remarks was only
hall as caustic as his off-the-record
assault.
considers it safe and good poli
tics to take a big stand against
anything like the senate or the
house bills for several reasons.
Frankly, the revenue is not es
sential as expenses are diminish
ing and revenue increasing, so
that only half the war cost will
be deficit. Then, only about
a billion of net additional rev
enue is now promised in the bill
if you deduct the billion lost by
discarding the automatic in
crease in social security taxes
(all taxmakers now speak of a
billion dollars as mere chicken
feed.) "
But best political point for a
campaign year revolves around
congressional efforts to restrict
the administration's policy on
renegotiation (cutting down
r- costs) of war contracts. It should
a be popular to howl Interminably
against "war profiteers getting
away with millions in war prof
its" (as Mr. Morgenthau has).
PACTS of this situation are
these:
War Under-secretary Patter
son has testified that while rene
gotiation has recovered $5,300,
000,000 for the government, all
(Continued on Ps Four)
Washington, Dec. 27 (U.R) A
ninHmn nf thn naw's newest
bombers the Curtiss Helldiver
went into combat action for
the first time In the Nov. 11 raid
on Rabaul and was responsible
for the bulk of the extensive
dinun toll taken on enemy
shipping," the navy revealed to
day.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Maurice KpaU leaving for the
Bay City U spend a tew aays
at a hotel nanvd the Maurice
Susie Bagley whlllng away
the time waiting for Santa
Claus by touring several "open
bouse.?
Took Over Mono Island in Solomons
fiicme leiepnoro
S. naval forces last Octooer, Allied forces are shown as they made an
in the Treasury group, and began their search for enemy pillboxes. Os
an Allied fighter killed by the Japs. Official U. & Navy photo.
Victory in Europe in 1944
Is Eisenhower's Assurance
Allied Headquarters, Algiers,
D. Elsenhower, 'newly appointed
massing for invasion of western Europe, declared confidently to
day that "we will win the European war in 1944." , .
APENNME SLOPES
AT NAZIS' HEELS
Allied Headquaters, Algiers,
Dec. 27 (U.R) American troops
have captured two more stra
tegic Italian heights and today
were reported pouring down the
Apennlne slopes toward the
Cassino Plain in pursuit of Ger
man forces falling back along
the road to Rome.
The tide of a bitter battle In
the Mount Sammuoro region of
the Fifth Army had turned in
favor of the hard fighting Amer
icans, and ther now were press
ing down the mountainside over
looking San Vittore, six miles
southeast of Cassino. .
.Canadians Gain
Across the Apennlne spine in
the Adriatic sector, Canadian
assult forces wrested two more
city blocks from the Germans
nutting up a "Little Stallnerad"
fight in the outskirts of Ortoia,
while Indian troops captured the
village of Villa Grande, two
miles to the southwest.-, .
The Imperials smashed two
tank-supporting German col
uirm preparing to counter
attack In the Adriatic area.
where the fighting blazed up
along a 12-mile front inland to
Orsogna.
Tallo Fired
The Canadians move In tanks
to batter down German strong
points in the northwest edge of
Ortorfa and beat off a Nazi at
tempt to filter into the south
west section of the city.
Columns, of smoke rising
from Tallo, southwest of Ortona,
indicating that the Germans
were razing the vilage prepara
tory to evacuating it in what
may amount to a general fall
back along the Adriatic
Dog Tax $3 After
Penalty Is Added,
County Clerk George Carter
today clarified an announce
ment made last week concern
ing dog licenses for the year
1944.
Licenses for both male and
female dogs are the same price,
$1, if purchased between Jan.
1 and March 1. After March 1
a penalty of $2 will be added,
making the total price S3.
San Francisco's post-war "work
pile" has reached a total of
$34,428,079 worth of jobs to be
dona M fooa a UM WW if over,
Dec. 27. (U.R) Gen. Dwight
commander of the allied armies
It was in effect a pledge to do
his job within a year that Eisen
hower gave the American and
British correspondents at a fare
well press conference prepara
tory to his departure for Britain
to take over his new post. .
Writers Startled '
Eisenhower's soberly assured
words startled the- correspond
ents after one of them asked the
. Washington. Dae. 2V-ru.R)
Secretary of Stata Cordall
Hull assarted today that the
war In Europe can b ended la
1944 provided all peoples of
iha United Nations redouble
iheir efforts and work in
greater unity.
Hull's statement came as a
surprise to correspondents, in
asmuch as it was the first lima
ha had discussed future mili
tary operations.
Hull's comment was virtu
ally a reiteration of a state
ment made a law hours earlier
by Gen. Eisenhower.
departing commander-in-chief of
the Mediterranean theater for a
New Year's prediction.
"We will win the European
war in 1944," he answered ab
ruptly.
After the conference, he au
thorized the additional quotation:
"The only thing needed for us
to win the European war is for
every man and woman all the
way from the front linea to tne
remotest hamlet of our two coun
tries to do his or her full duty."
Troops Amasa
He expressed amazement over
the ability of American and
British front line troops to ac
commodate themselves to the
conditions on the Italian front,
where they fight in knee-deep
mud.
Eisenhower said that if the sur
rendering Italian armies had
done their utmost the allies
could have had all of Italy.. He
conceded that the surrender did
not net all that had been hoped
for, but what the allies got made
it well worth while.
SPANIARD HERE TO SPY
GIVEN YEAR IN PRISON
Mew York, Dec 27 U.B
Carlos De Vejarano Y Casslna,
a Spanish nobleman, who plead
ed guilty last week to acting as
-a foreign agent with registering
with the state department, was
sentenced to a year and a day in
federal prison by Federal Judge
John W. Clancy today.
De Vejarano, who claims re
lationship to the Duke of Alba
and was lieutenant in Francis-
eo's "army during the Spanish
civil war, admitted ha had con
tacted German Intelligence offi
cers in St Jean De Luz, occu
pied Franc!, before coming to
toe umtea biases u ivto.
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VICINITY! BASE
Seizure of Beachheads Ac
complished With Almost
No Loss of Men, Planes.
Advanced Allied Headquar
ters, New Guinea, Dec 27. (U.PJ
Strona forces .of U. S. marines
tightening: the allied blockade of
Rabaul, swept ashore unopposed
at the northwestern up oi new
Britain at 7:45 a. m. Sunday and
seized beachheads on both sides
of Cape Gloucester, a special
communique announced today,
Other marines, like the main
forces veterans of Guadalcanal,
simultaneously occupied Long
Island, 80 miles west of Cape
Gloucester and 80 miles east of
the big Japanese base of Ma-
dang on the northern shore of
New Guinea. ,
Complete Control .
The twin invasions, coming
only 11 days after elements of
the Sixth U. S. army landed on
the southwest coast of New Brit
ain, completed the allied control
of the southwestern approaches
to Rabaul, 273 miles northeast of
Cape Gloucester. -
Swarms of Japanese planes
roared in to attack soon after
the marines had established
beachheads on both aides of a net
work of airfields on Cape Glou
cester, but protecting allied fight
ers shot down 01 of them 36
bombers and 25 fighters for a
loss of. only . seven of thair. ow)tv
a smau escort vessel sunx py
direct bomb hit and the dam
aging of other craft were the only
allied shipping losses for the
raids, and Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur s special communique Jubi
lantly proclaimed:
Practically No Loss
' "Thai landing was made with
practically- no. losa ' of shins.
planet or men."
(The Japanese radio indirectly
acknowledged that the Ameri
cans had established beachheads
on Cape Gloucester in broad
cast Sunday, when it said Jap
anese planes had raided "enemy
positions on the cane.)
American and Australian cruis
ers joined Liberator and Mitchell
bombers in the final phase of a
terrific air and sea bombardment
that completely pulverized Jap
anese ground defenses on Can
Gloucester, paving the way for
uie unopposed landing.
The air phase actually covered
11 days, during which allied
bombers dropped 2,500 tons of
explosives and tired thousands
of rounds of ammunition into the
area in the heaviest and most sus
tained air offensive ever mount
ed against a single target in the
souinwest Pacific.
TELLS OF
Br United Press
Premier General Hldeki Tojo,
speaxing as war minister, ad
mitted to the 84th session of the
Japanese diet today that "there
nave Deen minor chances in cer
tain sectors," but declared that
tne Japanese army and navy
were maintaining and consolidat
ing their strategic offensive posi
tions. '
Japanese troons. Tola ealitam
dealing "crushing" blows 'to al
lied force in every encounter
aj-d are "fighting toward the suc
cessful consummation of the
war.-
The Tokyo radio. In a broarf.
cast recorded by the OWL said
that Tojo subsequently addressed
the house of retiresertatlvae and
mai ine met went into recess un
til Jan. 20, thus completing the
CUPID TAKES SPURT
DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS
The business of Dan Cupid,
Which has been slack durlnu
most of December, took a spurt
last Friday and nine licenses
were. Issued by th county
clerk's office. It wat th biggest
day of th month so far. Most
of the licenses Issued last week
war to toldien and their brides.
Growing SteL!
Gravest Labor Crisis
SNELL WONT CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
FORVEITBENTFIT
Governor Not Satisfied
Emergency Exists High
Cost Cited, Uncertainties.
Salem, Ore., Dec. 27. (U.R)
Gov. Earl Snell indicated in a
radio broadcast last night that
he would not accede to a re
quest by Multnomah county leg
islators and call a special ses
sion of the legislature to set up
a (10,000,000 veterans' fund.
The Multnomah contingent,
prompted by the Portland chapt
er of American War Dads,
sought a special session to re
voke a 1943 measure allowing
75 per cent reduction in the
state income tax to finance the
fund. It also asks that the ses
sion consider moving forward
irom novemner to May tne
date on which the people will
vote on the sales tax.
Doubts Listed
In his answer to the special
session proposal Gov; Snell said
flatly he was not satisfied that
an emergency exists, thatj the
people of tne" state want the
session. That the legislature
would reverse its March deci
sion to reduce the tax, or that
the session would accomplish
what its proponents want it to
do.
Ha cited the high cost of such
a session and pointed out that
the lawmakers. If called, would
not be restricted to pasting any
given number of measures.
"The state post-war readjust
ment and development commit
tee hat now listed tentative,
final and prospective projects
totaling some 8300,000,000," the
governor said. "In some in-.
stances appropriations have al
ready been made. Others have
been authorized, while still
others are in the formative
stage."
Plans Submitted
Gov. Snell said he had sub
mitted several plans for veter
ans' benefits after the war, but
that, despite its excellent record
in approving such aids, the leg
islature had not passed all of
them. '
"Is there any evidence that a
majority of the 90 members of
both bouses - will change its
mind, or that it will take from
the people the Income tax re
ductions voted some nine
months ago?" he asked.
U. S. WILL POSTPONE
v BOLIVIA ACCEPTANCE
.Washington, Dec. 27. (U.R)
The United States announced
today that it will not recognize
new governments in this hemis
phere that are "instituted by
force" such as the new Boli
vian regime without prior con
sultation with the other Ameri
can republics.
Military Leaders Give Nazis
To Still Be Fighting When
Br Harrison Salisbury
United Press Staff Correspondent
Tehran, Dec. 24. (U.P3 Ger
many has a 50-50 chance to sur
vive the winter and still be fight
ing In the spring In the opinion
of United Nations military lead
ers, who are convinced that the
European war it entering Its last
phase.
Japan, they believe, It a dif
ferent story. Their opinion is
about evenly divided with some
of them believing a long, arduous
Pacific war lies ahead and others
holding the theory that Japan
will crumple once Germany Is
defeated.
War Theaters Toured
This summation It based not
only upon a personal Inspection
which baa taken this mnetpond-
SCHARNHORST IS
Destruction of Big Battleship
Robs Germany's Force
of Last Capital Ship.
London, Dec 27. (U.R) A
naval spokesman revealed today
that the destruction of the 26,-000-ton
Nazi battleship Scharn
horst In a running battle with
British warships on the Mur
mansk convoy route, cut the
striking power of Germany's
once-formidable surface fleet to
two pocket battleships , and
some small cruisers.
Confirming unofficial reports
that both the 41,000-ton Tirpitz
and the 28,000-ton Gneisenau
had been knocked out by previ
ous British attacks, Adr. Sir
William James, chief of British
naval Information, said the 'loss
of the Schamhorst left the Ger
mans without a single capital
ship in fighting trim.
Only the thlnly-armbred and
relatively slow 10,000-ton pocket
battleships Lutzow and Admiral
Scheer are now left to oppose
me Allien naviesV Jismes said.
The elusive Graf Zeppelin It
the only known aircraft carrier
from which the Nazis can pro
vide 'air cover for their puny
surface fleet.
James said the sinking of the
Scharnhorst would ease - the
task of the British home fleet
to contain the German fleet and
prevent it from raiding Allied
convoy routes and it Wat ex
pected that the victory would
tip the scales even mora strong
ly toward the United States and
Britain in the coming naval
showdown with Japan In the
Pacific.
"Through all these long years
our main fleet has had to be
ready at a moment's notice
when in harbor and has been
at sea whenever convoys have
been within striking distance of
German ships in northern Nor
way," he said.
3
Three Mcdford restaurants
have had their ration accounts
temporarily closed by the dis
trict OPA headquarters for over
drawing of their ration accounts
according tc a notice sent to the
local war price and rationing
board. It was pointed out that
the restaurants need not close
their doors but that they would
be able to serve only unratloned
foods until their ration accounts
were balanced one more.
Other restaurants owners
were warned that ration ac
counts must be kept balanced.
ent In the last 80 days through all
the major European war theaters
except Russia, but also upon the
conclusions reached by United
Nations leaders after the Cairo
and Tehran conferences.
Here Is theWst accurate sum
mation of the situation which
may be presented from that back
ground:
Some top war experts believe
the crackup of Germany may
come anytime after New Year's
day, but this belief is not shared
generally by the United Nations
commanders.
If the Germans don't toss In the
sponge before winter's end they
will suffer the greatest allied of
fensive blow of the war the
long-promised second front In
western Europe.
It if no secret to Um Oermani
Strike Brings
Two Christmas
Babes Born Here
Two Christmas babies were
reported this morning, both
born Christmas day at Com
munity Hospital. Parents of
the infants are Mr. and Mrs.
M. C. Stonehocker of Rt. -2,
box 408, who have an eight
pound girl, and Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Hyde of 730 W. 14th
street v ho are the parents of
an 8-pound bqy,
DRIVES TO WEST
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Moscow, Dec 27 (U.R) Gen.
Nikolai F. Vatutln's army of the
Ukraine swept westward on a
00 -mile front against the
Zhitomlr-Koroesten railroad to
day, pressing a new offensive In
the Kiev salient which in three
days had rega'ned almost two-
thirds of the territory lost In
five weeks.
Vatutln's drive had ended a
German threat at Klov, and hhd
sat the Russian y forces of - the
northwest Ukraine again strik
ing out toward the prewar
Polish border some 75 miles be
yond their battle line.
Nasi Losses Heavy
The 'R'isslans reported that
the abortive German counter
oifenslve had cost the Nazi more
than 10 Penier divisions or in
excess of 1,000 tanks, along with
at least -tlx Infantry divisions
which at full strength would ap
proach 100,00c men. .
A Pravda doroatch said the
path of the advancing Russians
wat littered with heaps of
bodies, knocked-out tpnks and
vehicles, and abandoned German
weapons.
FLEEINGCl'ICTS
BY
San Quenttn, Cal., Dec. 27.
(U.R) Police and deputies follow
ed two trails of automobile and
clothing thefts today In a wide
spread search for four young Los
Angeles robbers who escaped
from San Quenttn prison by
breaking away from a church
servlco waiting line and scaling
the wall with a hand-woven
rope.
The fugitives are Austin D.'
Redford, 20, and Roy Drake, 19,
members of a four-man gang,
which robbed the Beverly Hills
hotel of 8100,000 In cash and
Jewelry last February; and Ralph
Ward, 22, robber, and Lawrence
Montarl, 21, burglar. Redford
and Drake have a bad prison rec
ord. 50-50 Chance
Spring Arrives
now that the allies are straining
every nerve and muscle to open
up a massive continental iront,
possibly even before the snows
melt
At far at the allied high com
mand opinion goet, the fate of
Germany hat now been sealed.
If the Germans want to go on
fighting, that It their own choice,
but their defeat is as certain as
tomorrow i sunrise.
If the war ends before the
opening of the second front, al
lied strategists believe that It will
be because of an internal Ger
man collapse.
Some observers believe there
It an even chance that the Ger
man general staff will seize con
trol by an Internal coup and
tlirow themselves upon the mar- book entitled "On Mart Wan
ey'oftbtaliles. dU WlUkla."
of War
W.L.B. AGREES TO
TO EYEDEMANDS
Meeting Tonight Will Act on
ClO's Request For Retro
active Wage Increases.
Washington. See. 27 (U.R)
The IS non-operating rail
way unions today called off the
nationwide strike they had
scheduled to begin Thursday.
The unions made public a lat
ter to President Roosevelt re
porting that they had reached
substantial agreement with
management representatives em
their wage dispute and were
leaving to the president this
decision en how overtime par ,
should b distributed.
The non-operating unions
embrace about 1,100,000 em
ployes. . (By United Press)
A steel strike, spreading
through seven states where 135,
000 workers remained . away
from their Jobs, today precipi
tated one of the gravest; labor
crises since Pearl HarborY' i
President Roosevelt returned?
to Washington from a holiday
vacation at Hyde Park to take)
personal charge of the situation
which developed while member
of three operating and 15 non
operating railroad unions threat
ened to tie up war production
by walking off their Job Dee,
SU, i ..... . . .. - . ,
' Pledged ly T. D. R.
: The War Labor board called
a special session for 7 p. m.
EWT at Washington to act on
the ClO't United Steel Worker
union't demands that any wag
Increase be made retroactive.
The president already had
pledged retroactive wages In an
appeal from Hyde Park for the
striking workers to return to)
their Jobs.
The steel workers claimed
that they were not on strike,
but were protesting the WLB's
action in denying them a 17
cents an hour wage hike a de
mand far in excess of the presi
dent's anti-Inflation formula.
- Meanwhile, the ttrike spread
to Buffalo, N. Y., where 500
employes of the Republle Steel
corporation refused to work
after reporting for the morning,
shUt.
' Selsure Imminent
Government seizure of th
railroads appeared Imminent,
and the president wat expected
to taxe drastic, action If th
steel strike is not settled soon.
The steel workers, with no
back-to-work order from union
officials, ignored the president'
appeal for "uninterrupted pro
duction" made before he left hit
Hyde Park home last night. He
promised the workers that any
wage adjustment reached in
new contracts would be retro
active to midnight Dec 24 when
the contracts governing 890,000
members of the ClO'a United
Steel Workers union expired.
WILLKIE LETTER
Washington, Dec. 27 U.R
Harry Hopkins, presidential ad
viser, today described as "for
geries" a letter allegedly signed
by him and addressed to Dr.
Umphrey Lee, president of
Southern Methodist university,
predicting that Wendell L. Will
kle would be the 1944 republi
can presidential nominee.
Hopkins said the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at hi
request wat Investigating th
letter. It wat made public by
C. Nelson Sparks, former mayor
I of Akron. 6.. and author of