Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1943)
Weather IMMl! Bala er am ta- , eight u4 rrutajr. Warmer m uj. Temp. HKbast yesterday , 4 LawMt toll morning 26 rraclplUUoa past Z4 bra. . Dm Th MAIL TRJBUrTX Want Ad Way Medford Quick Results At BmaU Coat United Press Full Leased Win Tbirty-eightb Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1943 NO. 233 AN1 rui ji -. VggM ---- - - - Qnilad Praaa--U Laaiad Wire ' i mm Eisenhower: 'Victory in '44' -aaBaBBama--aSBsaaaaarvaaJ . JaBaaaaamta-asmBaaaKaKaaaaf (Acme Radio-Telephoto) ( American Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower, recently named to command the stain Allied invasion ot Europe, Is shown In this photo radioed to New M'ortc u he spoke before members of the Allied press at Allied Forces Headquarters, Algiers. Be flatly predicted that "we will win the Euro pean war in 1944." ' 1944 Victory Over Germany Also Seen by Admiral King: No Forecast on Jap Defeat . ' By Sandor S. Klein ... . . United Press Staff Correspondent . Washington, Dec. 30 (U.R) Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the U. S. Fleet, predicting that Germany will be defeated in 1944, revealed today that plans already have been made to shift allied might ' whenever victory over the Nazis "seems near at hand.'.' SGT.E.T. OF MEDFORD IS NAZI PRISONER - Washington, Dec.' SO. (U..B The war department today an nounced the names of 118 U. S. soldiers held as prisoners of war by Germany. Included were: Sgt. Earnest T. Archer; moth er, Mrs. Bonnie Archer, Route 1, .cox o-i, juecuora. ' Sgt.' Archer, whose parents are Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Archer, Minear Lane, were notified the : middle of October that the ser geant was missing in action as of Oct. 4. The sergeant, who was a radio operator on a bomber plane, had been In the- army more than three years at the time he was reported missing and had been stationed in- England for several weeks. Shortly after receiving the no tice that Sgt Archer was miss ing, the wife of an officer of the bomber wrote the Archers stat ing that other men in the squad ron had written her to the effect that most of the crew had para chuted from the plane and were in all probability alive. '. The sergeant attended Rogue J River academy, Adventlst school. Portland, Ore., Dec. 30 (U.R) Jefferson, Myers, 80, who served two terms as a member of the V. S. shipping board, died at his home here late Wednesday night. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS In . --i- - - - Winifred Carpenter busily sorting magazines for the Camp White hospital and wishing the contributors would remember that the magazines are not to 1 be more than two issues old. t Dorothy Bender forgetting the ; 'L-iumt of the organization for 1 f which she wished to run a . I notice. Roy Finch modestly likening his ability on the drums to that of Gene Krupa. HO PAPER JAN. I In order to conserve paper under the government's ra tlonlng program, the Mall Tribune will not publish on Sunday. Jan, 2. from Europe to tho Pacific King ventured no forecast about when Japan will be de feated. But he said the U. S. Pacific fleet will continue to try to lure the main Japanese fleet Into battle. . .'.' Doubts Major Offensive Such efforts so far have been in vain. The Japanese. have. re mained In hiding and King doubted that they could under take any major offensive in the Pacific In predicting Germany's de feat next year, King agreed witb Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of "second front" Invasion forces, and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, both of whom have made similar fore casts. The admiral revealed studies have been In progress for sev eral months looking to the shift ing of allied power from the European to the Pacific theater when Germany's defeat appears close at hand. . "I am hopeful and expectant that Germany will be defeated during 1044," he told press as sociation naval correspondents in one ot his rare Interviews. "1 am expecting that unremitting pressure on Japan will be con tinued and increased. "The Japs' shipping losses. which are going on constantly, are putting them in position where the only offensive that would get them anywhere in the Pacific is amphibious. But they are getting shorter and shorter of ships, and a large number is necessary to do that. They might dredge up enough for one such operation, but I don't think they are very happy about their shipping situation. - Will it be necessary, he was asked, for the U. S. to continue the current island hopping cam paign throughout the Pacific Islands "Of course, I'm afraid that question is like the famous one: 'Do you still beat your wife? We never have had the inten tion of Island hopping. The so called island hopping Is due in large measure to the limitation of ways and means available to do anything. That is a big fac tor in the Pacific If we had more out there we could strike at more points with more force. We don t do it (island hopping) in tentionally." On Any Terms When one of the newsmen re called recent attempts by an American carrier task force to .bring the Japanese fleet out of Its big base at Truk, King said: "We've done several things and are going to do several mote in an endeavor to get them out' uan we meet them on any terms they may care to choose? was the next question. "Yes, we can meet them on any terms they are likely to put out" RAGING IN CITY Premier Stalin Announces Great Break-Through on Northwest Ukraine Front. London. Dec 30. (UJ9 The German DNB news agency said today that Russian troops have broken into the White Russian stronghold of Vitebsk and that street fighting was under way in side the city. - . DNB said Units of the Soviet First Baltic army crashed through Nazi defenses on the northwest and southeast sides of Vitebsk, an important Junction point on the Odessa-Leningrad and Moscow-Riga railroad lines. London, Dec. 30. (U.R) The red army has scored a great break-through in the northwest Ukraine, sweeping forward 31 to 6S. miles on a 188-mile front and routing 22 German divisions in six days of violent fighting, Pre mier Josef Stalin announced to day in a special order of the day. Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutln's army of the Ukraine captured more than 1,000. towns and villages in one of Russia's most sensational triumphs of the entire war. which rolled : the demoralized Nazis back toward old Poland and the Balkans. ... . , 14 Divisions Flee , . The Soviet onrush put to flight 14 German Infantry divisions and eight tank divisions, includ ing the once vaunted armored unit bearing the name of Adolf Hitler, Stalin's order reported. Among the scores ot maior German strongholds toppled by the . Russian, .was Kazatin, key rail Junction- midway between Kiev and the prewar border of Rumania, the order of the day said. - : ; , ..... Kazatin Is 38 miles south of Zhitomir, rail hub vital , to the transport and defenses of all the northwest Ukraine, the fortifica tions df which were reported under direct assault " ': '' Great Disaster .' The Moscow proclamation In dicated that the entire German army massed on the rim of the Kiev salient for a supreme effort to stem the Soviet offensive had been put to flight In what may prove to be one of Adolf Hitler's greatest disasters of the war. The reported routine of 22 German divisions indicated that more than 300,000 Germans were being swept back across the Ukranlan flatlands with slim prospects for establishing a line on which to make a stand.- Soldiers in South Of Speeches And That Goes For Mrs. Roosevelt Asserts Sergeant New Bedford, Mass., Dec 80 0JJ9 The New Bedford Standard-Times quoted an in valided U. S. army sergeant to day that his buddies in the South Pacific were "tired of pretty speeches and that goes for Mrs. Roosevelt" Sgt William Baron, Jr of New Bedford, In an interview cleared through censorship at Washington, said soldiers were particularly bitter over labor controversies and strikes at home. Sgt Baron, home with a tropi cal skin ailment said he was in a New Caledonia hospital when Mrs. Roosevelt visited there last September. Later, he said, she visited a beer garden in Noumea, New Caledonia where numerous soldiers were present "There was a lot of talk and resentment among the soldiers regarding a statement which they said she made there," Baron said. He said the state ment was We all know that you would like to be walking the streets of the United States but the president has decided to give you the privilege of walk ing the .itreets of Tokyo.' "The men resented this very nucji m4 Mid, booing loUowfjil R. A.iF. Resumes Bashing of ZOOT SUIT RIOTS BLAME IS PLACED BY Lack of Recreational Facili ties, Poor Housing of Ne groes Claimed Main Cause ' Washington, Dee. 3f U.B A house naval affairs subcommit tee' today placed blame for southern - California's ' bloody "zoot suit" race riots last spring on lack of recreational facilities and poor housing tor negro workers and warned that new outbreaks may occur If reme dial action is not taken. - It reported, after investiga tion, that "southern' negro in migrants are coming Into the area so raoldly they cannot be assimilated." "The lack of recreational fa cilities for negroes has been largely responsible for race riots such as the zoot suit iff air and may result in further riots," it saldT . : . Poor Coordination Poor coordination of Los An geles local area groups toward providing recreation and wel fare facilities, it was asserted, also has resulted in "an alarm ing increase' in Juvenile delin quency and sex of tenses.-' ;, The subcommittee, who 'has been investigating conditions In various naval centers, recom mended appointment of a rep resentative of the president's executive committee for congest ed production areas to coordi nate local group, municipal and federal efforts to Improve hous ing, recreation, health and other faculties. "..,'" Redondo Hammered By Huge Breakers Los Angeles Dec 30 (U.fS Heavy seas hammering the south ern' California coastline subsided today, leaving heavy, damage at Redondo Beach, where au-iooi breakers smashed windows and sections of the concrete prom enade. The . breakers accompanied a two-day wind and rainstorm which soaked the lowlands and left a heavy snow mantle in the mountains. , Naples, Dec 30. (U.R) Nea politans crowded public markets today to buy the finest spaghetti they have seen in the last three years. It ceme straight from the United State.v Pacific Tired Mrs. Roosevelt's remark," Baron said. "Because of the feeling the MP's , were keot around there a few days, quieting them down. It was another case of telling the boys they didn't want to go home when they did." Baron, son of a recently re signed official of an AFL tex tile union here, said soldiers overseas are titter over the strife between labor and gov ernment V'.. "';'" ' "War Is hell anywhere." Baron said, "and for the home front I have no use for the unions and the leaders who are making all of this trouble while soldiers are fighting and dying across. "Over there you can't buck a second-lieutenant but - over here a civilian John L. Lewis can buck the commander-in-chief President Roosevelt and get away with it Why Is this?" "The folks at home ought to know Just how the men out there feel about things back here. Everytime man dives for a foxhole his most likely remark is that he wishes he had John It. Lewis in front of him. I have met many a soldier who said he was Just dying to meat Chungking Hears Japan': War Lords Taking In ' creaslngly Grave View By Walter L. Brian " '.-. United Press Staff Correspondent Chungking, Dec 30 (U.R) Reports of a widening breach be tween Japanese Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hiro- hito reached Chungking today amid indications that Japan's war lords are taking an Increaa- lngly grave view of the war out look for 1944. Information received here In the past few weeks Indicated that fantastic claims of victories in China and the Pacific have en tangled Tojo In a web of con tradictions and caused him to lose "face" with the emperor. Hlrohlto Deceived . The advices : suggested that Hlrohlto . finally discovered he had been deceived about the ex tent of the Japanese "victory" at Changteh, where repeatedly "annihilated" Chinese forces fi nally .defeated an invading col umn. . .. ;v ' .'. ',; I. ... I .'' Tojo and his cabinet members, It was reported,! were pointedly excluded from an Imperial din ner party tendered last week for 38 Important officials all mod erates with the exception .of for mer war Minister Sadao Areakl. Snub by Emperor It was poltned out that cabinet members customarily are invited to imperial functions and their exclusion could be regarded as sign of the emperor's dis pleasure. Meanwhile, Axis broadcasts re vealed that Japanese authorities, despite their optimistic state ments about Janan's strength. have ordered the Immediate evac uation of al unessential civilians from Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe and other principal cities in antici pation of heavy air raids. PUSH UP COAST Allied Headquarters. Algiers. Dec. 30 (U.PJ Canadian troops pusnea up the Adriatic coast a mile beyond the ruins of Ortona while strong fleets of American Flying Fortresses bombed the Italian transport centers of Rim ini and Ferrara, it was an nounced today. An unusually brief communi que Indicating a slowdown in the violent fighting which had flared all across Italy said: "The Eighth army advanced "' MU" ot !."d.tne '1" advance by the In the Adriatic coastal sector Fifth army in the mountains continued. Elsewhere on both fronts patrols were active." Bitter cold, which followed a snowstorm, and a maze of Ger man mine fields delayed the British Eighth army drive along the Adriatic toward Pescaru. terminus of the trans-peninsula roaa to Home. Calrr, Dec 30 (U.PJ Ger many has sent 600,000 troops into southern Bulgaria and Is massing In great strength along the Turkish frontier, only 80 miles from the strategic Darda nelles, reports reaching Cairo said tonight These advices said the Nazis moved 40 division, all equipped with the most modern weapons. Into the frontier area lacing Turkish Thrace, earlier this Russ Drives Threaten to Trap Nazis rV$SljOV' ' ; AT,, -v.! TwmdrmteeemtViiekti i, iunr Jf l " " I wirailli.Zhilsiiiiimioiilli ! ' jC . I 'ilta la Ires Nam in ,i jfT 0 liiMiifoeeiaana'Diwpet - j 'orw 1 : 1 ed.olMtoc.l.l..i V ,NsL ' '"ML,. Jl.Ss ' ,U 173 na7i mid Ann ftfr.T;TS:'ft''' 'I jtV-TS. Two new Russian offensives shape op into. something resembling dis aster for the Germans. If successful as Indicated by the map, great Nasi . roop concentrations may be trapped at the northern and southern ends ' . of the lone front, . - , . , Marines in Showdown Battle For Cape Gloucester Drome . - - (jay United Press) . . ': ''; " - U. S. marines, outnumbered in at least on sector, hurled tanks, artillery and flame-throwers into a showdown battle for the Cape Gloucester airdrome today while, swarms of Allied planes battered the Japanese defenders and their supporting bases throughout me umraiM CAPT. COHEN OF CAMP WHITE IS HELD IN HOLDUP San Francisco, Dec 30 (U.B Capt. Hyman Cohen, 40, army medical corps, charged with rob bing a downtown drugstore pleaded Innocent In municipal court today and was released to Col. Edward Pennatt, provost marshal at Fort Mason, who said Cohen will be held for observa tion at Letterman General hos pital. A drugstore owner told police Cohen demanded money, then took two bottles of morphine sul phate tablets. Continuance Asked Cohen appeared before Judge George B. Harris. He was repre sented by Fred Butz, assistant public defender. Butz asked that the case be continued 10 days "at the request of the army." The captain told police his wife lived in New York and that he came to San Francisco from Camp White, Ore. Cohen denied that he had sought money, and said he took the drug supplies because he had been suffering Intensely from toothaches and was temporarily without funds to purchase mor phine. Believed Armed Alfred J. Lewek, the propri etor, said Cohen held his right hand in his pocket as if It were a pistol, and demanded money before taking the drug. Frank Whiting, an army war rant officer, observed the Inci dent and called police on the telephone. A nearby radio car re sponded and picked up Cohen near the store. At Camp White It was said Capt Cohen nad been on leave for several days and was sup posed to bt in San fraocUco, arcnipeiago. 1 Front reports from the north- west New Britain battle zone indicated that the western wing of the marine invasion force had reached the main enemy defenses around Cape Glouces ter's airfields and were closing in on several thousand well entrenched enemy troops. Jap Quns Silenced , Preparatory bumblngs ap peared to have knocked out all the enemy's heavy artillery, but the Japanese troops fought barK savagely with machine gun and mortar fire from camouflaged pillboxes. The marines, less than a mile from the air strips and well within machine gun range of the enemy's defenses, brought up flame-throwers, tanks, and heavy gum to reduce the maze of pillboxes flanking the fields. A second marine force that came ashore near the southeast coast of Cape Gloucester was reported holding fast under re peated counter-attacks by supe rior enemy forces. Meanwhile, Allied fighters raided the main enemy strong hold at Rabaul, 275 Miles north east of Cape Gloucester, and shot down 17 of 60 Intercepting enemy fighters at a loss of one of their own formation. LT. JOHN PRUITT Lt. John R. (Jack) Pruitt of Medford has been reported "missing In action" after bombing mission over Germany on Dec 22, according to word re ceived by local relatives. Lt. Pruitt was a member of a fighter squadron based in England, and piloted a P-38. He attended school In Medford, graduating from Medford high school In 1938. He left this city with the National Guard unit in Septem ber, 1940, and later transferred to the air corps. The lieutenant visited friends and relatives In Medford last summer. Lt Pruitt is the son ot Ray rrum, inq aim rruiu vi marsii- field. He is a nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Pruitt of. Medford, n i.. ai. n I.. .J . Berlin 2.240-TON RAID" LEAVES CAPITAL U. S. Heavy Bombers Stage Daylight Raid on Uniden tified Southwest Targets. London, Dee. 30 (U.R) Amer ican heavy bombers attacked southwest Germany today a few hours after the Royal Air Force dropped 2240 tons of explosive on Berlin In raid believed to -have completed the destruction of almost half the Nazi capital. - While the smoke and flam from hundreds of fires set by mighty British fleet still towered over Berlin, the United State Eighth Air Force swung the Al lied offensive to new quarter with a daylight bombardment of unidentified targets In south west Germany. Fighter Escort Fighter nlanea of ha 1 Joined those of Lt. Gen. Ira C Eaker In escorting the four-motored bombers to the region ot Germany hit with relative Infra. quency by the Americans. The two-way blast at Germany put the aerial campaign back on full scale basis. It was sup. piememea oy. intense traffl across the Channel durlna th day with medium bombers Join ing In sorties apparently directed at the French Invasion coast. The London Evening New said flatly that it was estimated nair or Berlin hat been dealt with." The raid was rtmhahl the second heaviest of the was on Berlin. THERN PACIFIC TRAFFICRECORD San Francisco. Dee. 30 (UA Southern Pacific rail traffic climbed to a new all-time high In 1043 for the fourth year In succession, President A. T. Mercler said today, predicting a further increase in 1944. Net ton miles of freight ta 1043 were 2V4 times greater than in 1039, last pre-defense year, and passenger miles were 3Vs times greater than in 1941. Men. cier said. The company will need mora manpower and equipment ta handle the expected 1944 in crease, he declared, pointing out that 14,000 employes have en tered the armed forces, leaving a manpower shortage of 10,000 among 100,000 employes. Chicago, Dec. 30. (U.R) The nation's railroads hauled mora freight and passengers in 1943 than ever before in history, and their gross earnings soared to a new high of more than $9,000, 000,000, the magazine, Railway Age reported today. FOURlEWHEN E Vlncennes, tnd., Dec 30 (U.B Four persons, Including a farm er and his wife, were killed to day when two-motored army training plane .trashed into a farmhouse near here and burst Into flames. ' All four were burned to death. They were Mr. and Mrs Ben lamln Joseph Gowen, owners of the farm, who were In the house, and Cant Hurry C. Arp, Van Nuya, Cal., and AC Hurry C. Frlrke, Philadelphia. The five-year-old daughter of the Gowens suffered painful burns but physicians said her condition was not serious. Both the plane and the farm house were destroyed by the fire. i ijoujiv inn ucairu.vcu uj ina iir. I The plane was on a training 'flight from George field,
