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Ml Ul AMERICAN DRIVE Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tfi night, thunder storm In moun tains. Fair Wednesday. Little chnnge tn temperature. Temp. Highest yesterday .., 91 Lowest this morning ..... 65 Precipitation past Zi hrs. 0 Tribune EDFORD IS- SUPPORTED BY! 3, United Press Full Leased Wit United Press Full Leased Wire "3 r Ill M Thirty-ninth Year Hitler Names Goering Sub-Dictator To Wring All Aid From Conquered DECREE IS ISSUED. OF NAZNIEIIE Goebbels to Help Carry Out Mandate; All Constituted Authority Superseded. London, July 25 (U.PJ Adolf Hitler ordered the full resources of occupied Europe harnessed to the German war effort today .adapting "in ev ery respect the entire public life to the necessities of total warfare," and commissioned Reichsmarshal Hermann Goer ing to execute the unlimited de cree. Struggling in the Nazis' grav est hour to avert threatened dis aster. Hitler appointed Goering the sub-dictator of Germany and the overrun countries, with full power to wring from them the last ounce of strength to defend the Reich, and he named Propa ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels his right hand man to help carry out the mandate. Use All Forces "The present war situation makes the full employment of i all available forces lor the " armed forces and armaments," Hitler said in a decree promul gated through the official DNB news agency. The decree superseded all constituted authority in the Reich and all personal rights from the highest Nazi digni taries to the lowest peasant un der the Hitlerian jackboot. It came as the Nazis strug gled with an internal crisis in which Hitler narrowly escaped assassination qnd countless sus pects had paid with their lives in a great blood purge, and as the Russian army raced across the Polish plains toward Ger many and proclaimed the vir tual destruction of the German army on the central front. EOENSEESHOPE FOR ALLIES IN London, July 25 (U.PJ For eign Secretary Anthony Eden revealed in a carefully-worded statement to Commons today that the British cabinet met last night to consider the sudden crisis in side revolt-shaken Germany, and declared that Allied powers 'might Justly draw encourage ment" from the split between the Nazi regime and elements of the German high command. Eden rcused to elaborate on the scope of the cabinet discus tions or on steps which he said have been taken for an exchange of information with Rjssia on the situation in Germany. His statement Came as German broadcasts said the Nazi regime would introduce within the next few days ''very decisive" meas ures to tighten its control over the nation. Swiss reports said one of these measures would be the mobiliza tion of all able-bodied -eterans of the last war for service in a new Nazi home guard. SIDE GLANCES Br TRIBUNE REPORTERS Scth Bullis offering to pay for a betwccn-moals snack for a friend and then adding the sum to J. D. (Mac) McPherson's bill. H.irry Morris proudly emerg ing the victor fri-m an encoun ter with a 12-raUle rattlesnake. Francis Walker admitting an other birthday, but declining to give it a number. German Leaflets - Urge Britons To Quit Aiding Joe British Second Army Near Caen, July 25 U.R The Ger mans tried desperately to check the British offensive today by plastering the countryside be hind the lines with propaganda pamphlets urging the Britons to stop "fighting for Stalin." "Stalin," this pamphlet said, "will take all the profits. The traditional War between Ger many and Great Britain has al ways been conducted in a gen tlemanly fashion until Stalin crept in uninvited." Another leaflet shows the picture of a girl answering the telephone , with a caption de signed to say "You will never hear her sweet voice again." This handed out a general laugh. The German army's Eng lish expert had misspelled sweet. He wrote it "sweat." JAP RESISTANCE By United Press American Invasion forces were revealed today to be meeting bit ter Japanese opposition after scoring initial gains on Guam and Tinian islands in the south ern Marianas. On Tinian, U. S. marines plunged a mile inland and en gaged the defenders In fierce fighting for Ushl point airstrip. Army troops on Guam, after cut ting off Orote peninsula and its large airstrip within bomber range of Tokyo, encountered stiffer fighting as they sought to isolate the Apra harbor naval an chorage. Beachhead Enlarged Marine forces which had con quered Saipan extended their beachhead two and a half miles along the northwest Tinian coast line in the first day's fighting, and drove a third of the way across Ushl point. " Radio Tokyo In a broadcast recorded by the United Press in San Francisco, claimed 1200 Americans were killed in the Tinian invasion. The broadcast repeated early Tokyo claims that one U. S. battleship and two de stroyers had been set afire dur ing the Invasion. Rota Island, midway between Tinian and Guam, was attacked by carrier-based planes Sunday, the communique said. Two other air raids were re ported In the central Pacific one on gun positions and harbor Installations at Ponape and the other by navy Ventura search planes on .the Shumushu island airfield in the Kurilcs. SLAIN BY FATHER Sherwood, Ore., July 25 (U.R) A father who said he thought his 17-year-old daughter was going "to shoot it out" with him was held In the Clackamas county jail today after the slaying of the girl. The father, Winfield L. Hen derson, 48, told state police that when his daughter. Donna Lee, fled out the back door during a quarrel he thought she would barricade herself behind heavy posts at the end of the driveway and engage him In a gun duel. He described her as a "crack shot." The girl was felled by a shot in the back of the head. Police said a .22 caliber target pistol was used. According to the state police report, the shooting Monday climaxed a quarrel that began Sunday. The daughter had ob tained a warrant for the arrest of her father, charging that he bad beaten her and her mother. INDEPENDENCE OF IS Reds Disclaim Intention to Communize Liberated Country; Over Polish Line London, , July 25 (U.R) The Russian "government, defining its new frontier with Poland as west of the Bug river, today disclaimed all intention of com munizinj post-war Poland and declared that the Red armies will liberate the remaining German-occupied Polish areas to permit the resurrection of an independent, Democratic Po land. Radio Moscow announced that the Soviet foreign office had issued a formal statement declaring that Russian troops finally had penetrated what it considered Polish territory and that the battle for the liberation of the "friendly Polish people" had begun. Ignore Exiles The foreign office statement Ignored the authority claimed by the Polish government-ln-exile in London and asserted that administration of all liber ated territories in Poland would be turned over to the Polish National Committee of Libera tion a Russian-sponsored or ganization. The Russian statement was the first definite pronounce ment from the Kremlin of its territorial claims on Poland. It made clear that, Moscow does not recognize the Polish gov ernment in London, with which it broke relations last year. GERMANS TOTTER Moscow, July 25 OJR) Rus sian armor raced westward less than 50 miles from Warsaw and to the south struck within sight of the Wisla (Vistula) river as military sources proclaimed ju bilantly that the entire group of German armies on the central front had been virtually de stroyed. German military power In the Kast appeared to be tottering in he balance under Red army blows opening the way for a whirlwind advance which prom ised to bring Warsaw under siege by the week end. Siedlce, 50 miles due east from Warsaw was being stormed and had been by-passed. The great fortress cities of Lwow and Brest Litovsk were under siege far be hind the Soviet vanguard. Rus sian troops were pouring across the San river 60 miles west of Lwow. The ancient citadels of Jaroslaw and Przemysl were threatened. Captured German Generals Urge Break With Dictator Moscow, July 25 (U.R) Six teen captured German generals issued a joint appeal today to German officers still In action against the Allies to break at once with Adolf Hitler and re fuse to carry out Nazi orders and thus bring the war to its end. All veterans of both the pres ent and last World Wars, the officers expressed their convic tion that further struggle by Germany was hopeless. All the generals and officers who realize their responsibili ties face the alternative either to wait until Hitler leads the German at my to catastrophe and drags the whole German people down to the grave, or to answer with force resist Hit MEDFORD, OREGON, UNITED STATES Ambassador to Washington Recalled of Hull's Mem orandum on Policy. Buenos Aires, July 25 (U.R) The Argentine government re called Dr. Adrian Escobar, its ambassador to Washington, be cause Secretary of State Cordell Hull announced that he had sent a memorandum to other Amer ican republics redefining United States policy towards Argentina, it was revealed today. Escobar was Instructed to re turn to Buenos Aires to report on Hull's statement, the official announcement said, adding that if It were confirmed, the dignity of the Argentine people and gov ernment would have been in jured. The announcement was made shortly after midnight last night, but was withheld from foreign countries until dawn today to HiveEscobar time to receive the ouiciui instructions uuiuru uic-y were published. The newspaper La Nacion commented that "the declara tions to which the communique refers are that the Argentine government has remained aloof from inter-American system of cooperation and that the deliv ery of raw materials and food stuffs to Allied nations was noth ing but a series of commercial transactions." TULE LAKE JAPS Newell, Calif.. July 25MU.P.) Fourteen Japanese -Americans, isolated for several months in the stockade area at the Tule Lake segregation center and termed trouble-makers by the War Re location Authority, today began the sixth day of a hunger strike calculated to obtain release from the isolated area. R. R. Best, project director, said food is being delivered reg ularly to the 14 men, 13 of whom have been in the stockade since December and one since Janu ary. All are citizens. A maximum of 350 men were placed in the spccla; area after the army took control of the center last November follow ing disturbances among the Jap anese residents. WRA hearings subsequently returned many of the men to the regular residence area on good behavior, while others were transferred to alien internment camps. Early In January the men staged a similar hunger strike. ler, refuse to carry out orders, break with the Hitler regime, thus finishing off the war," the appeal said. "Don't wait until Hitler brings you to disaster. To fight Hitler is to fight for Germany." The appeal was signed by Generals Voclckers, Gollwitzcr, Mueller, Baron Von Luolzow, Traut, Amler, Klammt, Stcin kelier, Conrady, Trowitz, Enbel, M I c h a e I i s, Mueller-Iluclow, Gehr, Gottfried Von Ermans droff, and Schmidt. Each was identified with his command, which included that of army corps, divisions, and fortified regions. They repre sented the command of the for mer central group of the Ger man army on the eastern front. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1944 V (Acmt Telephoto Town of Anuria on northwestern coast of Ounm Island, one objective of new Invasion by combined American forces. Architecture bears greater resemblance to that of American towns than any other In Central Pacific Damaged buildings in foreground prove accuracy ot carrier strikers on June 15. when tills photo was taken Hish oa bill u right background la Jan Olflccn' dub. Admiral King In Composition of Japanese Cabinet Washington, July 25. (U.R) Admiral Ernest J. King, com mander in chief of the U. S. fleet and chief of naval oper ations, SjJid today that "no aid or comfort", could be gained from the composition of the new Japanese cabinet. King said the fall of the Tojo cabinet portended a change in Japan's method of waging war. Their future operations will be either more offensive in char acter or more defensive, he said. "The Japs will continue to wage war with all the power they possess," King said. "We can expect some change in their method of waging war, but whether they will go more near ly on the defensive or become more aggressive remains to be seen." Dissatisfaction Shown Asked at Secretary of Navy James Forrestal's press confer ence how he interpreted the change in cabinet, King replied: "Obviously the cabinet would not have fallen unless there was dissatisfaction on the part of the military forces with the conduct of the war. However, there is no aid or comfort to be gained from the composition of the new cabinet." Asked what he meant by a KILLED IN FALL A motorcycle accident on the Klamath Falls-Lakcvicw high way about 30 miles east of Klamath Falls Monday aflernoon took the life of Lloyd Gale Bal derston, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde V. Baklerston of Route 1. box 117. The mishap occurred about 5 p. m. and the youth taken in an ambulance to a Klamath Falls hospital, died there at 0 p. m. of a fractured skull. State police here said their Klamath Falls office explained that young Bnlderston, riding his motorcycle toward Klamath Falls, apparently struck some loose gravel on a curve on BIy mountain, causing the machine to plunge over a bank onto Jag ged rocks. It was not known who discovered the accident and called the ambulance. The youth, who had recently enlisted in the army air corps and was awaiting his call, was returning to Mcdford . from a visit with his sweetheart In Lakcview. He was a 1944 grad uate of Mcdford high school. Perl's funeral home, which was to return the body to Mcd ford today, is in charge of fu neral arrangements. A complete obituary will be published later. Yank Objective on Guam Suspicious of more defensive warfare on the part of the Japanese, King said he thought they might pull into their inner citadel, but added that Manchuria and Korea arc definitely part of that inner citadel. Admiral William F. Halsey, who now commands the third fleet In the Pacific, also was present at the conference, and was nsked for a prediction on the end of the war. Halsey replied that he had stopped "gazing into the crystal ball" on Jan. 1, 1943, a refere ence to a previous victory pre diction he had made. He added, however, that if they "keep the stuff coming to us and we can shove it in," It will shorten the war. Haftcy said the third fleet was "nothing new" and that he had commanded It for more than two years. He explained that this was just one of his titles, the others being commander, South Pacific force and South Pacific area, and that he had fought himself out of the other titles. Plenty of Action He added that the third fleet had seen plenty of action. Halsey said that the Japan ese were still like rats they Will fight until they are extermi nated. Although more Japanese are being captured now than In the beginning of the war, he said, they still seem to want to die for the emperor. Asked if the occupation of FRESH PEAR ROOF Washington, July 25 (U.R) Fresh pears soon will be placed under ceiling prices for the first time and. as a result, they will soil for about 20 per cent less than last year's retail prices, the Office of Price Administration announced today. Under the new order, which will become effective "shortly." the highest retail price for pears from the beginning of the sea son up to Sept. 10 will be about 15 rents per pound. The figure will probably be Increased to a high of about 17 cents per pound by next April, OPA said. Army Bomber Falls Into San. Fran Bay Hamilton Field, Cal., July 25 U.R) A four-motored army bomber crashed Into Snn Fran cisco bav today shortly after It took off from Hamilton field on a combat training flight. Nine crewmen were missing and be lieved dead. The body of the tenth was recovered. Witnesses on the Rlchmond San Rafael ferry said the plane appeared to explode as it struck the water, , NO. 105. i A. 1 Changes Saipan and our present position in the Marianas will enable us to close off sea supply lanes be tween Japan and the East In dies. King replied that the Jap anese can still go down between Formosa and the mainland and added that although American submarines have provided and nre providing interference of "considerable magnitude, those supply lanes are not entirely closed off. LIEUT. BOSHEARS LIBERATOR PILOT, First Lt. Jerome T. Boshears of Mcdford has been reported missing in action In the Euro pean war theater as of July 9 according to a wire from the ad jutant general received yes terday by relatives. The lieuten ant is first pilot of o H-24 Liber ator bomber and had but recent ly been advanced In rank. The wire, sent to his mother, Mrs. Charity E. Boshears of 404 South Grape street, stated that no further details were available at this time. The message arrived but one hour after the return to Mcdford of the aviator's wife and small daughter from Calls- toga, Calif., where they had been temporarily residing. Mrs. Boshears, the former Alice Wall, will remain In Mcdford with her husband's mother. Lt. Boshears has been station ed in England since April and had been on many missions. He Is a graduate of Mcdford senior high school and is well known in this district. VALUES HIGHER Total assessed value of Jack son county public utilities, as as sessed by the state tnx commis sion for the 1944-1943 tax year, is $8,813,127. According to As sessor C. A. Myers, this Is an Increase of $72,439 47 over 1943, when it was $8,745,087.37. The assessor has not yet segre gated the assessed valuation of individual corporations. The total assessed value of property as assessed by the as sessor for 1944 is $27,747,670, an increase of $035,950 over Inst year, when It was $27,111,720. Tho total assessed valuation of Jackson county, both corporation and private, in $3fl. 505, 797.37. This Is an increase of $708,389.47 over 1943, when lt was $35,857,-407.50. Armies Buck Fierce Nazi Re sistance in Moves Toward Heart of Normandy. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, July 25 (U.R) The British sec ond army drove forward mora than a mile through two towna in a new offensive below Caen today, and to the west the Amer ican First army launched an at tack supported by 3,000 planes, including more than 1,500 U. S. heavy bombers the biggest force ever dispatched on a single mission. Both Allied armies bucked fierce German opposition in tho synchronized assault toward tho heart of Normandy, and the Nazi air force swarmed out In the greatest strength since D day to Join the defense of the ring around the Normandy beachhead. Desperate Opposition Neither supreme headquar ters nor limited" field dispatches revealed where Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's troops mounted the new offensive, as on the British sector, they ran Into desperate opposition, and early reports did not specify their gains. The German DNB News Agency said the Americans were attacking below Carentan and were trying to drive across the St. Lo-Le Mesnil-Vigot highway. Le Mcsnll-Vigot is 10 miles northwest of St. Lo. Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gamery sent his Infantry and tanks charging down southeast of Caen on a three-mile front astride the Falalse highway. In the first few hours they overran St. Martin-de-Wontena and Ver rlcrs, four to five miles below Caen, and last were reported fighting In nearby Tliyy-la Cam pagne, Mont gomcry's headquarters said the second army attack had limited objectives, and was not designed to smash entirely through the enemy fortifications blocking the way to the Interior. Street fighting in Tilly-la Cam pagnc and May-Sud-Ornc was go ing on when the last reports from the Normandy front reach ed headquarters late In the day. Tho British and Canadian as sault forces were driving the Germans out house by house in bloody struggles at close quar ters. Nails Use Tanks Tilly Is about a mile south of Bourguebus and three miles east of May-Sur-Orne. The Germans had thrown some tanks Into the fighting, and may have a con siderable number ready for a counterattack. They were known to have at least two crack SS Panzer divisions in that area. The British were supported heavily by the home-based Royal Air Force as well as medium bombers and Normandy - based fighters and fighter-bombers. But that air effort paled In comparison with the all-Amerl-can air assault on Bradley's front. Spearheaded by more than 1,500 Flying Fortresses and Lib erators, the U. S. armada includ ed at a rough estimate 500 med ium and light bombers and as many more fighter-bombers. Five hundred fighters escorted the heavies, powcr-dlving to trectop level to rake the Nazi positions. Casiino Faded The American planes laid an estimated 5,500 tons of explo sives on the Germans Immediate ly ahead of the U. S. troops In a close support assault outweigh ing the bombardment of the Cas sino fortifications In Italy. The U. S. Eighth and Ninth Air Forces set out to "anaesthe tize'' the ground defenses at 10 a. m. with a torrent of fragmen tation and lightweight explo sives,, used Instead of heavier bombs In order to avoid plow ing up the battlefield and making the Infantry advance difficult. The all-Amerlcan air assault continued until 12:30 p. m. By then the assault troops were battling forward. With the weather good, des pite a slightly lower celling this afternoon, it seemed certain that the overall operations by the combined Allied air fleet would make this one of the biggest days aloft since the Invasion of Nor mandy. Radio Highlights Washington, July 25 (U.PJ Secretary of War Henry L. Stim- son will speak over the Blue and Mutual radio networks at 7:19 p. m., PWT, today, about his re cent trip to Italy, Normandy and Great Britain.
