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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1943
NO. 233
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( 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
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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,
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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
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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,