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Thirty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 24, 1944
NO. 104.
Hitlerites Press Merciless Purg
German Defenses Fall Apart
as Reds Score Most Sen
sational Advance of War,
Flame Throwing nk Brinqs Death to Japs
Med
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TWO HIGHER-UPS
OIE OF WOUNDS
iEI
Nazi Leaders Regain Un
easy Control of Situation;
Hitler Salute Required.
London, July 24 (U.R)
The Paris radio reported to
day that Gen. Ernst Von
Stuelpnagel, Nazi occupation
commander in the Paris area,
had been wounded seriously
by "terrorists."
"General Von Stuelpnagel,
commander-in-chief of Ger
man occupation forces in
France, was wounded serious
ly on July 21 by armed ter
rorists while on an inspection
tour of eastern France," the
Paris broadcast said.
London, July 24. (U.R) Two
high-ranking members of the
German general staff died of
wounds suffered In the attempt
ed bomb slaying of Adolf Hitler
last week, the DNB news agency
revealed today, as the Nazi party
seized virtual control of the
wehrmacht and pressed a merci
less purge of rebellious junkers
generals and landowners.
DNB announced that Col. Gen.
Guenther Korten, chief of the
luftwaffe general staff, and Major-Gen.
Heinz Brandt, oper
ational officer of the army gen
eral staff, died of injuries re
ceived when a bomb exploded
in Hitler's headquarters last
Thursday.
Hcinrich Berger, described as
Hitler's "collaborator" and re
ported to have served as the
fuehrer's "double," was killed by
the explosion.
Regain Control
News of the two additional
deaths came as German reports
indicated the Nazi leaders, mov
ing boldly and ruthlessly for a
showdown with army high com
mand, had regained an uneasy
control of the situation.
Bern, Switzerland, July 24.
U.R) Press dispatches from
Berlin said today that Adolf
Hitler was wounded in the
right hand and suffered burns
ranging up to his neck as a
result of the bomb explosion
in his headquarters last week.
A decree issued by Hitler, "at
the request of the armed forces,"
according to DNB, ordered that
the traditional army salute must
be replaced immediately by the
upraised right arm and "heil Hit
ler" salute of the Nazi party.
Symbolically at least, the de
cree transformed me irussian
Ized German army into Hitler's
own private army and relegated
the centuries-old junkers mili
tary traditions into the back
ground. London observers believed the
move was almost certain to
widen the existing cleavage be
tween the old conservative Ger
man officer class and the Nazis,
but it was regarded as signifi
cant that Hitler was sufficiently
confident of his strength to order
it at this moment.
Warn of Optimism
Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden saw the Nazi crisis as evi
dence that high German army
i leaders had seen 'the writing on
the wall," but warned against
over-optimism and any letdown
in the allied war effort. The
spirit which created the German
xi Egression must be crushed com
pletely, he said in a luncheon ad
dress. "No punishment, however
hard, no retribution, however
thorough, no surrender, even un
conditional, will completely
eliminate the dangers of future
aggression by those two hawks
of death. Germany and Japan,"
Eden said.
ROBBERY CHARGED
Seattle, July 24 (U.R) Thom
as McDonald, arrested by Fcd
rral Bureau of Investigation
nsents, was awaiting hearing to
riav on charges of having robbed
a Reno. Nev., night club of $20,
COO last April 22.
Sales to date In the Fifth
War Loan Drive
"E" Sates $572,818.75
County Quota $600,000
Stassen Returns
, (Acme Telepholoi
Comdr. Harold Stassen, former gov
ernor of Minnesota, who Is flag sec
retary to Admiral Halsey, tells San
Francisco newsmen, on his return
from Saipan, that he will take nc
part "whatsoever" In 1944 politic!
other than to cast an absentee ballm
. in November.
I FRANCE FROM
London, July 24 (U.R) Five
hundred American heavy bomb
ers based in the Mediterranean
area attacked targets in south
ern France, Yugoslavia and
northern Italy today, while oth
er formations crossed the Chan
nel to follow up the 1000-plane
assault by the RAF last night
against the great Kiel naval base,
Berlin, Bucharest and military
installations in France.
Liberator bombers in the 500
plane fleet from the south
bombed airfields at Valence, La
Tresorerie, and Les Chanoines
in southern France, troop con
centrations in southern Yugosla
via and harbor installations at
Genoa. Fortresses In the fleet
struck at a tank repair shop at
Turin and a ball bearing factory
10 miles to the south.
The two-way attack came only
a few hours after the RAF's
heaviest night assaults against
the continent In recent months,
when the 1000 or more planes
plastered military targets with
some 4500 tons of bombs.
Mustang fighter bombers of
the U. S. 8th air force slashed
at German transport, communi
cations lines and an airfield in
northern France, shooting down
at least 16 enemy planes and
destroying three other aground.
The Mustangs blew up 28 loco
motives and more than,200 rail
way cars in one low-level bomb
ing and strafing run and shot up
oil storage tanks, power stations,
aircraft hangars, flak towers
and lake shipping.
IN BLOOD PLEA
Washington, July 24 (U.R)
Basil O'Connor, new chairman
of the American Red Cross, who
credits 13 blood transfusions
with saving his life two years
ago, today officially assumed his
new duties with a plea for sup
port of the Red Cross blood
bank.
"Until you need It as I did
you don't realize how important
it Is." he told a press conference.
'Two years ugo, I wouldn't have
had a chance without It."
His first act in taking over
the job vacated by the death of
Norman H. Davis was to sign
three overseas certificates for
Red Cross workers.
"I approach the new responsl
I billties with a humble heart but
with a determination to give my
best to the organisation that
represents the whole .American
t people," he said.
E
T J N I A N ISLE IN
E
Assault Forces Stage Sec
ond Amphibious Landing
in 3 Days; Defense Light.
By United Press
U. S. Marine forces stormed
Inland from newly won beach
heads on Ainian island in the
Marianas today while other in
vaders on' nearby Guam island
were closing the pincers on
Crete peninsula and its large
airfield within B-29 range of
Tokyo.
The invasion of Tinian yes
terday, second amphibious land
ing in the Marianas in three
days, advanced the American
campaign for a stranglehold
within Japan's inner defenses
preparatory to thrusts toward
the Japanese mainland and the
Philippines.
A communique from Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz said the land
ings were carried out "against
sni. vpijusiuun. j more se
vere challenge was
pvnpr.trl
when the Americans reach the
inland defenses where the Jap-
anese
garrison aug . in after
abandoning the beaches during
on intensive U. S. "softening
up" campaign.
Southern forces on Guam
captured the town of Agat and
at last reports were threatening
Japanese installations to the
east.
American casualties in the
first three days of the fighting
on Guam were announced as
348 killed, 1,500 wounded, and
au missing.
communlaue fmm r..
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
cm in me souinwest Pacific dis
closed that Allied fighters sank
aJaP?nese freighter 70 miles
imnaanao island, southern.
most of the Philippines.
in British New Guinea, Al-
"ua xorces continued tnH
small scale ground and air aU
tacks against 45.000 ninmin.
uoHoimt: tuiempung to break
out of a trap west of Aitape.
oumoers and fighters of the
14th U. S. air force in China
sanit ou Japanese supply boats
destroyed 40 junks and left 12
large junks sinking in sweeping
attacks in Hunan province and
aiong ine Jndo-China coast.
oriusn forces, supported by
RAF planes, advanced south
along the Tiddim road from the
Imphal plains in India and
reached the first slopes of the
nuitio nuis,
F
ED BABY
Portland, Ore., July 24 (U.R)
Police todav conti
for the mother of a three-weeks-old
black-haired girl abandoned
Sunday in a theater restroom.
A moviegoer discovered the
Infant on a davenport, wrapped
in a blanket to which a note was
pinned. The printed note read,
nease una ner a good home."
A shipping bag containing a
bottle of formula milk, safety
pins and diapers had been left
near the child. A nursery home
is caring for the baby, pending
further investigation.
The women's protective divi
sion at police, headquarters re
ported that more than 100 per-
aunii ieiepnonea, seeking adopt
ing the infant.
Night Spot Patrons
Cheated Is Charge
New York, July 24 U.R) Pa
trons of New York night spots
are "cheated systematically,"
Commissioner of Investigations
Edgar Brombcrger charged to
day. Bromberger, In a report to
Mayor Fiorcllo H. La Guardia,
charged that the night clubs
were "guilty of vicious viola
tions of law" and "gross tax
frauds."
The Stork club, the Copaca
bana and the Vie Parisicnne
were served with warrants over
the week end charging them
with tax delinquencies and pen
alties totaling $231,081.
ALLIED LANDING
"Calm Before Storm" Seen
by Germans as Trans
ports Disgorge Invaders.
London, July 24. (U.R) The
Berlin radio said tonight that
the allies had landed strong
forces from 12 large transports
on the beaches north of Caen
and "the calm before the storm
reigns."
Supreme Headquarters, AEF,
July 24. (U.R) General Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery was
massing and shifting his allied
armies today for a new at
tack on the Normandy front,
which was in a state of almost
dead calm as activity fell off
to its lowest point since D-day.
How soon Montgomery's new
offensive will come and what
part of the battle line will erupt
cannot even be hinted at. Ger
man broadcasts, agreeing with
I supreme headauarters rennrts nf
1 preparations for another allied
blow, said the attack might be
, launcnea at any time.
Weather Aids
The navy reported that good
weather in recent days had
made it possible to increase the
pace at which manpower and
supplies are being built up in
Normandy. The weather turned
bad again today, however, after
a favorable start, cutting air
activity to scattered sorties.
Earlier headquarters reports
revealed that a German counter
attack wiped out an American
bridgehead across the Scves
river before Pcriers, and that
Gen. Sepp Dietrich, old line
Nazi who took part in the Mun
ich Beer hall putsch, had taken
over command of the SS panzer
corps in normondy.
TAKEN BY POLICE
Wesley W. Cox, 25 of Lincoln
a member of the Jehdvah's Wit
ness religious sect, was arrested
oy state police at his home Sun
day evening on a federal war
rant charging desertion from a
tuiiBtieuiious oDjectors camp
ana was turned over to the
deputy U. S. marshal.
Cox was charged with desert
ing the conscientious objector's
camp at Downey, Idaho, where
he was sent following his refusal
to report for induction into the
armed forces.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The shortest distances to
Berlin from the advanced al
lied battle lines today:
Russia 370 miles (by Ger
man account).
Italy 610 miles.
France 623 miles.
Pope Sees Chance for Peace
In Germany's Internal Crisis
Vatican City, July 24 (U.R)
Pope Plus discussed with Arch-
j bishop Francis J. Spellman of
New York yesterday a program
which the pontiff hopes might
bring the war In Europe to an
end soon, it was learned today.
Authoritative sources also re
vealed that two assistant Vati
can secretaries of state held a
long conference Saturday with
Baron Ernst Von Wcizsacker,
German ambassador to the Holy
Sec. Their talk was understood
to have revolved around what
kind of government likely
would be established in Ger
many if Adolf Hitler should be
overthrown, and what its atti
tude toward peace might be.
Reports circulated today In
responsible quarters that the
Pope sent out peace feelers dur
ing the week-end.
Plus was represented ai feel-
fw"MK in
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Spouting a stream of flame, this Marine Corps tank wipes out a Japanese pillbox on Saipan
neck watches for snipers from foxhole in foreground. This Is first photo of the new fla
IN PUSH ON PISA
Rome, July 24 U.R) Amer
ican troops reached the south
bank of- the Arno river on a 30
mile front before Pisa today
while British 8th army forces
knifed forward against stubborn
German rear guard resistance to
within 12 miles of Florence.
mans were blowing up bridges
across the Arno on both sides of
Pisa, leaving only a few troops
to fight a delaying action east of
the city
Fast-rolling Yankee columns
smashed Into Pisa early Sunday
morning, cleared out isolated en
emy pockets In the southern
third of the city and drove the
Nazis back across the Arno Into
the city proper.
Simultaneously, American
units moved up alon? the coastal
strip southwest of Pisa and oc
cupied the entire wooded area
of Tenuta Del Tombolo. Forward
elements penetrated Marina Dl
Pisa, at the mou'.h of the Arno,
found the town deserted, and
withdrew.
Fierce fighting was reported
continuing In the Son Miniato
sector 22 miles east of Pisa,
where the Germans mounted a
determined counter-attack In an
effort to prevent a crossing of
the Arno that would outflank
their defenses in Pisa Itself.
ASK RADIO PERMIT
Washington, July 24 (U.R)
Lincoln Dollar today asked the
federal communications com
mission for authority to con
struct a new 250-watt radio sta
tion in Sacramento, Cal to be
operated on 1340 cilocyclcs.
Rigor mortis which normally
sets in four or five hours after
death, starts in the heart muscle.
ing that the crisis Inside Ger
many was such as to present an
opportunity opening up the pos
sibility of peace which must not
be overlooked.
The pontiff yesterday granted
Spellman his second private au
dience since his arrival from
New York last week, one of the
longest private audiences ever
granted by the Pope.
Chief subject of their conver
sation was said to have been an
exposition of a program formu
lated by the Pope looking to
the possibility of an early peace
In Europe. It was pointed out
that the Holy Father, through
the German Catholic clergy,
probably was better Informed
on the situation In the Reich
than any other neutral, and
therefore perhaps was in a bet
ter position to weigh the
chances of antiwur elements in
Germany.
i
Marine Corps photo.
Dime Store Heiress
Claim Ex-Husband
Exerted Hypnotism
Hollywood, July 24. (U.R)
Dime Store Heiress Barbara
Hutton, accusing her ex-husband
Count Kurt Haugwitz-Revcnt-low,
of having exerted a hyp
notic influence over her in order
to gain a portion of her $40,
000,000 fortune, today asked for
full custody of their eight year
old son, Lance.
Miss Hutton, now the wife of
Film Star Cary Grant, asked in
a suit filed in superior court that
a divided custody agreement
reached in 1938 be set aside on
grounds the former Danish
nobleman i Is not "a proper or fit
person to have charge of the
boy s education and custody.
"The defendant Is a man of
ungovernable temper and easily
and often and without the slight
est provocation flics into great
rages," Miss Hullon's complaint
alleges.
"The desire for money and
the accumulation of wealth
without work or effort upon his
part is paramount with him to
the exclusion of other Ideas or
sentiments."
s
DODECANESE ISLE
East Mediterranean Naval
Headquarters, July 24 (U.R)
Greek and British shock troops
knocked out the German garri
son of Siml Islnnd In the Dode
canese, killing 15. capturing 150
and destroying all military In
stallations and equipment In a
daring raldvJuly 14, It was re
vealed today.
The raiders approached the
Island In dnrkness, crept over
boulder-strewn slopes and bv
dawn had established positions
around a monastery and cnstlc
where German and Italian
troops were billeted.
Aided by fire from light Brit
ish naval units In the harbor, the
attackers overcame fierce re
sistance and forred the garrison
to surrender by afternoon.
FOUR OF ITALY
Rome, July 24. (U.R) King
George of Britain arrived In
Naples by plane yesterday to
begin a tour of Italy, It was an
nounced tonight.
He was greeted by British
dignitaries and then motored to
an historic villa where he spent
Sunday night with Admiral Sir
John Cunningham, British naval
commander In chief In the Medi
terranean. The king left England Satur
day night.
Snn Francisco's Leldesdorff
street Is named for a Dane who
planted the first garden in the
city.
I
(Acme Telophoto)
as a Yank leather-
flame-throwing tank,
LOCAL CANNERY
TAKEN OVER BY
Two California men are tak
ing over the complete, facilities
of the Rogue River Valley Can
ning Co. located on 13th and S.
Front streets, and will begin
operations Immediately under
thd name of the Rogue River
Packing Corporation, It was an
nounced today. James Gary of
San Francisco and A. L. James
of Stockton, Calif., have been In
Mcdford the past few days com
pleting arrangements with Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph U. Boutcllc, who
have operated the plant for sev
eral years.
Previously operated by Mr.
and Mrs. Boutclle as a plant
canning fruits, vegetables and
specialty packs, the pack was
limited to pears only during the
1942 season, and operations
were completely curtailed last
year. James stated today that
mo corporation plans to can
only Bnrtlctt pears this year,
but will extend operations to
other fruits and vegetables next
season. Now preparing the plant
for this season's pear pack, ex
pected to begin between August
15 and 20, James says an estim
ated 40,000 cases of pears will
be canned, with 78 percent al
ready contracted by the govern
ment for the armed forces.
. To Employ 90
All pears will be purchased
locally, he said, with several
major shippers of the valley al
ready having expressed interest
In the enterprise, and promised
to assist the partners in securing
tonnage. James adds that about
60 women and 30 men will be
needed to operato the cannery
this season, workers being regls-
lerea now.
Gary, who will serve as sales
manager for the corporation,
has had a great deal of experi
ence In the sale of canned foods.
He operates a brokerage office
In San Francisco under the
name of J. H. Gary and Co.,
and will remain In the bay city.
Production manager James,
who has had several years ex
perience in food, production
work near Stockton, will locate
In Medford to supervise opera
tion of the plant. Ills wife and
two children have nrrlvoH l
Medford, and the family is Hy
ing at present at 107 Elm street.
Girl's Body Found
In Umpqua River
Roseburg, Ore., July 24 The
body of Vera May Hall, 10, of
nearby Riverside, was found In
the South Umpqua river a half
mile from her home Saturday.
The child had been missing
since Thursday afternoon. Dis
trict Attorney J V. Long ordered
an autopsy to determine whether
bruises on the body were from
an accidental fall on rocks at a
swimming pool.
London, July 24 (U.R)
Premier Josef Stalin an
nounced tonight that the Red
army had captured Lublin. -
London, July 24 (U.R) Ber
lin reported today that the Ger
man army had lost Siedlce, big
rail Junction 50 miles due east
of Warsaw, to Russian mobile
forces racing toward the mar
tyred Polish capital at an unpre
cendented pace.
Nazi broadcasts Indicating
that the German defenses across
Poland had fallen completely
apart also said the Nazis had
evacuated Jarowslaw, rail hub
170 miles southeast of Warsaw
and 60 miles northwest of
Lwow.
Sensational Advance.'
The Nazi admission that Sie
dlce had fallen, laying open the.
way for a Soviet spurt across
the Polish plains to Warsaw,
represented one of the most sen
sational advances scored by the)
Red army In its summer offen
sive. Seidlce Is 60 miles west of
Brest Litovsk and about 35
miles beyond the last Russian
position in that sector as re
ported by Moscow yesterday,
indicating an advance of ap
proximately that distance In a
single day.
A Berlin military commen
tator reported that the German
garrison of Lwow, greatest base
in lower Poland, was "com
pressed in the center of tha
city" an apparent acknowledg
ment that the Red army had en
circled the big fortress and
trapped the the Nazis who tried
to hold out too long.
Advance Stepped Up
A Moscow dispatch of the
United Press said that from all
fronts Soviet correspondents re
ported that the Red army was
stepping up its advance, with
out the slightest sign that the
ever more desperate Germans
were even able to Impede Its
momentum. . ,
"In vain the Germans wait
for the Russian offensive to
slow down," the newspaper
Pravda said. "Our hlnw fni.
low one on another with stead
ily Increasing strength.
"ine rout of the German
army continues, and desperate
resistance does not save it. One
after another the strong points
protecting the road to Germany
are fulling.
"The Germans In east Prus
sia hear the Soviet guns. Re
venge Is moving on Hitlerite
Germany. The iron step of the
Soviet battalions shakes all
Germany.
The Berlin acknowledgment
that Siedlce was lost came with
out warning, since the latest
Moscow advices placed the van
guard of the Red army well
eastward of that rail and high
way hub, the junction of the
Hrest Litovsk-Warsaw, Polotsk
Warsaw, and Lublin Warsaw
railroads as well as a fourth
line running northwest to east
Prussia.
Eight highways radiate from
Siedlce, Including express roads
to Brest Litovsk, Warsaw, Lub
lin and Bialystok.
Monetary Meeting
Complete Success
New York, July 24. (U.R)
Delegates to the united nations'
monetary conference at Bretton
Woods, N. H., described the meet
ing as a complete success today
after approving an $8,800,000,
000 International monetary fund
calculated to stabilize postwar
currencies and a $9,100,000,000
bank for international develop
ment and reconstruction.
The United States would be
come the center of world trade
operations and the bank dire or
foi post war rehabilitation, if the
plans are ratified by congress
and enough of the other 43
united nations to make up 65
per cent of the quota total set
for each of the new Institutions.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Lloyd Rupp Joyful over tha
fact that he has reduced hi
weight to a mere 206 pounds.
"Bathing Beauty" Roy Etlio
ott racing madly around a soft
ball diamond in extremely small
swimming trunks.
Alvln (Tollie) Tollefson dis
covering Police Chief Clatout
McCrcdle's baby skunk In his
lubrication pit and planning to
have it dehydrated for pet pur
poses. Ralph Green bringing home
the bacon, literally, after a suc
cessful morning at the Gun club.
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