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TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Wednesday, July 26, 1944
Questions on War's Length;
Why Allied Drives Bog Down,
Discussed by U. P's Beattie
(Edward W. Beattie, veteran United Press war 'correspon
dent, returning to his post In London after three weeks In the
United States, answers In the following dispatch the questions
that were asked him most frequently by the folks at hpme.)
Bv Edward W. Beattie
United Press Staff Correspondent
London, July 26 (U.B Ques
tion No. 1: How much longer
will the war In Europe last?
Until the true facts about the
revolt of the German generals
are known, that question can't
be answered directly witn any
confidence. But It can be said
that responsible quarters here
have been reckoning for many
weeks with the probability that
Germany can be smashed by
Christmas and they forsee a pos
sible combination of circum
stances which would produce the
collapse much sooner say Step
tember. Everything occurring during
the cast fortnight have pointed
up these possibilities The Rus-
lam have bat ered Hitler s east
front Into a pulp and are nearlng
the Wisla (Vistula) river to bring
the war to Germany's doorstep
Their momentum has become bo
great that bringing them even
temporarily to a halt would re
quire a super-human effort. The
Germans In this fifth year of
war are not super human.
Credit To Reds
' If Germany goes down to
quick! defeat this summer, there
will he no question as 10 wnom
the chief credit will go. It will
belons to the Red army,
Other factors are Important
too. British and American lana
rjower In Normandy has grown
to a point where If it could burst
decisively out of the narrow con
fines of the Norman peninsula
It would be extremely hard to
halt with lilio reserves Rommel
has available.
1 And there Is the obvious shift
ot Turkey toward belligerency.
. And there Is the sudden do
mestic crisis inside Germany,
which', whatever the true facts,
can do nothlrvj but weaken the
Reich and hasten collapse.
Even German morale which
will ono day class as the one
great phenomena of thts war,
cannot stand that sort of thing
very long.
That Is what makes It so unfor
tunate that the Allies are not
surging .forward from the west
as the Russians are from the
east.
Offensive Pussies
Question No. 2: Why don't the
United States and Great Britain
launch an offensive from the
Norman bridgehead comparable
In intensity to the Russian of
fensives? Only high military authority
could answer that question with
specification and it may be that
such an offensive Is Impending.
That one hasn't been launched
o far may result in failure to
exploit Germany's Internal crisis
and her defeats In the east.
Such an offensive, If It pro
duced a breakthrough toward
Paris and there Is every rea
son to believe that a major vic
tory In Normandy might make
capture of Paris camparatively
easy could well prove decisive
In bringing the rickety third
Reich of Adolf Hitler crashing
to the ground.
Except In the push up the
Cherbourg peninsula, however,
the Allies haven't developed the
crushing momentum necessary
to carry them through or over
Rommel's deeply staggered de
fenses. Their attacks have show
ed a tendency, for one reason or
another, to bog down after the
most methodical sort of prepara
tion and an extremely favorable
start.
May Los Opportunity
The opportunity for a quick,
hard blow will not last much
longer. Nazi morale, shaken as
It must have been during the
past week of defeats afield and
threatened chaos at home, will
grow constantly stronger under
Hlmmler's Iron rule of the do
mestic front unless it Is kept
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side.
Question No. 3: What are the
true facts of the revolt of the
generals against Adolf Hitler?
No one outside .Germany
knows the full story whether
it really represented a serious
attempt at revolution by gen
erals anxious to make peace
while they still might save
something or whether It was
rigged by Hitler and Hlmmler
to stave off a serious revolution
as Germany's military position
deteriorates.
The chief argument against
the "rigged theory Is that even
the need to establish the most
rigid sort of control at home
would not outweigh the dis-
possibilities of admitting
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Nasi Structure Shaky
In the opinion of the best In
formed London sources, the Ger
man crisis can only be regarded
as disastrous from tho German
point of view because It will
leave the whole Nazi structure
shaky end all the more vulner
able to shocks from tho outside.
Question No. 4: What is the
secret of the great Russian suc
cesses? The answer lies partly In the
superb coordination of the Rus
sian command, from Stalin down
through the exceptional officers
which three years of constant
campaigning have brought to
the fore.
It lies partly In Russia's great
resources, manpower and indus
try and In the flow of American
assault weapons and vital sup
plies. It lies In the great size of the
Russian front which makes it
Impossible for any army to hold
gains deeply and in great
strength as German command
ers can do In Italy or Normandy.
This puts big premiums on Ini
tiative which the Germans once
had and the Russians now have
held for over a year because the
attacker can mass assault troops
where he wants.
Reds Willing To Pay
And finally It lies In the Rus
sian readiness to go bald-headed
for any objective they consider
worth attacking flanking It,
thanks to great areas of maneu
vering, or storming It frontally
and accepting whatever losses
they must. Russia paid a very
heavy price for the victories of
the past 12 months.
Question No. 8: Why can't the
British and American armies In
Normandy move with the same
speed as the russlans, particular
ly as they seem to have a big
edge in offensive arms and com
plete air control?
Part of the slowness Is In
herent In any operation which
Involves seaborne supply routes
while tho enemy sends In food
and ammunitions and men by
land. The Normandy bridgehead
Is small and crowded which pre
vents full deployment of Allied
power. Weather has hamstrung
Allied airrjowcr for days at a
time.
But to a great extent It results
from the stubbornness of the
battle being waged by the 25
divisions at Rommel's disposal
17 of first class.
There are indications that
many high German officers fav
ored withdrawal far inside
France once the beachhead was
firmly establlshi.-! thus setting
the stage for the decisive battle
close to Germany Itself, rather
than at the end of long supply
lines which are extremely vul
nerable to air attack and the
French underground. Gen. Von
Rundstedt quite possibly was one
of the advocates of this policy.
It apDears now, however, that
Hitler, who bad never disgorged'
a single conquest without a fight, I
i Is determined to fight the de
cisive battle right now.
Montgomery Criticised
Finally, British and American
commanders arc not willing to
accept the casualties the Ger
mans, Japanese or Russians
would accept In vital battles.
Montgomery Is coming under
fire in Britain for his extreme
caution which results in fail
ures to turn break-Ins to break-
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coming to the Rialto Sunday, for
throughs. It Is argued that his
policy produces higher casualties
In the long run. His strategy
probably was discussed thor
oughly In frank terms during
Churchill's visit to the front last
week. But that policy paid divi
dends In the part and it Is too
early yet to say it won't again.
Question No. 6: Just how bad
is the robot bombing of London?
The best answer to that is
Churchill kept the attacks Just
about at their proper proportions
in his Commons speech. Since
then the Germans have been
straining every nerve to Increase
the tempo and the British have
tried to increase the effective
ness of a complicated defense
system.
Robots Irk London
I had two weeks of flying
bombs before leaving London.
Returning, there was no question
in my mind that London is tak
ing this attack less well than it
did the great blitz of 1940. Peo
ple are more nervous, definitely
more annqyed.
The city looks more down at
the heel than it did late in June.
But it is perfectly clear that no
flying bombs or "V-12's" or any
other weapons Hitler is likely
to produce will break London
down.
To an extent that it has forced
a diversion of Allied alrpower to
assaults on launching sites or
production centers, and to the
defense of southern England, the
flying bomb has'been a success.
But its total military effects still
are small, and If any tendency
existed in England to adopt
"soft" postwar attitude toward
Germany, flying bombs have
taken good care of it.
New York Attack
By Robot Bombs
Has Adolf's Okeh
London, July 26 (U.R) A
Madrid dispatch said today that
Adolf Hitler has approved a plan
for an imminent attack on New
York city with robot bombs
launched from submarines in the
Atlantic.
A non-Spanish diplomat In
Madrid told United Press Staff
Correspondent Ralph Forte that
the plan had been submitted to
Hitler by Grand Admiral Karl
Doenltz, commander In chief of
the German navy. The subma
rines would submerge after
launching the flying torpedoes
frcrn speclally-rlgged platforms
en their decks In the general di
rection of Manhattan skyscrap
ers. The robot bombs used against
London and southern England
have a range of approximately
100 miles but the Germans were
said to have otheis with longer
ranges and heavier cargoes of
explosives than the one ton car
ried by those launched from
France.
What the Girl Scouts
Are Doing
Just one more word to the
campers. All who do not yet
have their health certificates, if
you do not have your own fam
ily physician you mav go to Doe
tor Merkel's office Friday morn
ing, July 28. Also, the balance
of your ramp fee and your ration
itnmm r now due. Pleme call
nt the rfflre anv nmrnlns this
wcrK ,nd taka cnre of this, will
yon?
We want to remind the camp
ers, too. that If thev will set that
their baggage and bed rolls ar
rive at Scout House some time
on Monday, they will have a
much more comfortable Journey
to Lake o' Woods Tuesday morn
ing, FREIGHT DERAILED
Pan Francisco July 26 (L'R)
An east bound Western Pa
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two locomotives and 15 cars
was derailed last night In a
slide area 14ft miles east of
Orovllle, In the Feather river
canyon, company spokesmen
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SET. DENNIS JONES
KILLED IN ACTION
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jones of
701 N. Riverside Ave., have re
ceived word from the war de
partment that their son, Sgt.
Dennis D. Jones, was killed June
12 in action on Biak island,
Sgt. Jones was born Dec. 1,
1922, at Payette, Idaho, and re
sided in Dallas, Ore., for 17
years, attending school there. He
volunteered for service in the
national guard in September.
1939. Receiving his basic train
ing at Ft. Lewis, Wash., ha was
sent overseas n March, - 1942.
wth his local company, and par
ticipated in several major
battles.
In addition to several letters
received from the war depart
ment, Mr. and Mrs. Jones re
ceived a letter of sympathy from
General Douglas MacArthur,
stating that they "would miss
their comrade-in-arms."
Survivors Include his parents
and eleven brothers and sisters.
Oretha, Duane, Jewel, Maxlne
and Efton Jones of Medford,
SSgt Glen Jones of Ft. Warren,
Wyo.: Pvt. Ray Jones, In France:
Woodrow and Vincent Jones of
Dallas, Ore.: Mrs. Felix Remll
lard of Newberg, Ore., and Mrs.
Orrie Limbaugh of Emmett,
Idaho.
The W. H. Jones family has
been living in Medford for the
past two years, having made
their home at 324 S. Orange for
a time.
Driver Isolates
Dynamite Truck
Bakersflcld, Cal., July 26
(U.R) A flaming truck loaded
with 1,500 pounds of dynamite
exploded here yesterday after
Driver Lynn Steckler had driv
en it 100 yards into a potato
field and rushed back to the
highway to halt traffic.
Lindsay took to the field
when his motor caught fire.
The explosive let go with a
shock felt 15 miles away and
scattered pieces of truck and
potatoes a quarter of a mile.
News of 4-H
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Antelope 4-H Club
By Clara Mae Bighsm
Antelope 4-H club met at the
home of Leonard Freeman of
Central Point. Before the meet
ing, club members Judged two
classes ot purebred Guernseys.
Members talked about the An
telope local fair to be held Aug
ust 11 at the home of Elbert Big-
ham, with everybody Invited.
Next club meeting will be at
Antelope school house August 4,
and all members and parents are
asked to be there to complete
plans for the local fair.
Visitors at last meeting were
members of Table flock and
Roxy Ann clubs. Refreshments
were served.
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NOTES PROGRESS
IN PREXY CHOICE
Candidate Field Narrowed
All Board Officers Re
elected for Coming Year
Portland, July 26 Progress
toward selection of a new presi
dent for the University of Ore
gon to succeed the late Dr. Don
ald M. Erb Is being made by the
state board of higher education,
Willard L. Marks, president of
the board, said Tuesday follow
ing' a session at which he and
other board officers were re
elected for another year.
The field of candidates for the
position, Marks said, has been
narrowed to "several" men
whose names, he said, could not
be divulged for fear of em
barrassing them at Institutions
where they are now serving.
Dr. Orlando Hollls has been
serving as acting president of
the fcugene school since Dr. Erb s
death.
Mark's re-election was for his
12th successive term.
O. S. C. Dormitory Approved
Addition of plans for a $450,
000 men's dormitory for Oregon
State college to a recent build
lng program adopted by the
board as a postwar project was
approved on recommendation of
the building committee.
ine recommendation was
based on findings of a faculty
committee that there would be
urgent need "in a year or two'
for additional men's dormitory
space because of a changed sit
uation in private housing ih Cor
vallls since the college's pre
vious period of high registra
tions. The board authorized Presi
dent E. L. Strand to nominate
an architect for the unit, which
would be planned to house 300
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