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PLAY DIRGE FOR STUBBORN NAZI Commander Of St. Malo Pre fers Death Underground To Surrender By William R. Higginbotham united Press War Correspondent St. Servan, France, Aug. 13 U.PJ American guns were playing a dirge today for stub born Col. Adrian Von Aulock who prefers to die in his under ground citadel than surrender. The German garrison com mander, who has whipped some 300 rag-tag remmnts including cooks and dishwashers into a lo or die stand within the "cap tured town of St. Malo," showed no signs of weakening. (Today's communique from Al lied supreme headquarters said: "Remnants of the German gassi son of St. Malo still hold out in the citadel.") I stood in the siege line arou.id his fort the first major siege line in the battle of France and watched American troops working in the face of 88's and bigger enemy guns trying to blast him out. Can't Stay Forever "He can't stay down there for ever and he can't keep us out forever," said 2nd Lt. Robert S. Long of Chattanooga, Tenn. "We can pound him longer than he can take it. " From 15 miles Inland square ly up to point blank range of 600 yards, American guns were blast ing the fort apart but the colonel did not budge. Less than 24 hours ago he sent out this message: "Thank you for fighting fair ly. Even if the American army was fighting on the Rhine, we Germans should continue fight ing because capitulation, accord ing to my conception, is not compatible with the honor of a German soldier." I toured the siege lines all the way from our big guns far in land to the street immediately back of the colonel's fort where the Germans had laid 30 feet of Craterian Stars r Now showing at the Craterian is "Gaslight," with Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten. concrete over old fortifications which dated from Roman days. On Top Of Fort First Lt. Carl Gamble of Rudolph, Ohio, told me of the difficulties of assaulting the citadel, "We attacked direct with In fantry and the boys beat their way squarely atop the fort," he said. "They dropped hand gre nades down on the Germans. Then those German guns, which had been worrying us opened up on the fort itself. They knew they wouldn't hurt the Germans down below and they blew us right off of the top." A short truce was observed to day while German and Ameri can ' wounded were removed from around the fort and then fighting resumed with American dive-bombers going after the German emplacements on the is lands. "It ain't half so hot here now," said Pvt. John Kuznich of Nor wich, Conn., who was holding down a siege spot between two buildings. "But look a. that." The doughboys had Just rolled up a tank destroyer gun which started banging away at the fort, knocking off chunks of concrete. AIR FORCE TO KEEP PEACE IS PROPOSAL Washington, Aug. 14. U.R An international air force to put down aggression anywhere on the globe is one of the proposals to be discussed at the interna tional security conference, ac cording to Sir Alexander Cado gan, head of the British delega tion. The conference opens here a week from today. SECRET WEAPON DECLARED READY London, Aug. 14. U.R A German spokesman told neutral correspondents today that Ger many's new secret weapon, "V-2, had been completed and would be used by the German army, navy and air forces at "the supreme tactical moment." The spokesman's remarks were reported in dispatches from neutral capitals as the Ger man bombardment of London with "V-l" robot bombs" near ed the end of the second month without sign of slackening. The spokesman said the new weapon was not a variation of the robot bomb, but rather was "a completely new and absolute ly secret weapon" which can be fired even by ships at sea and over long distances. Another dispatch reaching London said the Germans were planning to use robot incendiary bombs' against England. British sources attributed the increasing number of reports of German secret weapons to a Nazi desire to spread alarm among the allies and to lessen dissatisfaction on the home front with the setbacks on the eastern and western battlefronts. Prospect Prospect, Aug. 14 Wayne Bradley was injured August 10 while unloading a truck, near Prospect, and was taken to the Community hospital at Madford. One arm is broken and he also sustained a back injury, and deep lacerations about the head. Mrs. Bradley is staying in Mcd ford this week, and her chil dren, Lois and Glenn, are being cared for by Mrs. Bradley's niece, Mrs. Dorothy Sisk. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Bcrtley of Roseburg stopped at Pros pect August 10 on their return from a trip to Crater Lake, to visit a few hours with Douglas and William Smith, the new own ers of the Fol(z sawmill. Mr. and Mrs. James Heston Grieve and two older children, Janet and Billy, and Mrs. Grieve's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cauller of Southgate, Calif., left August 10, for The Dalles, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Farrell Fish and other relatives for five days. Grieve's two little sons. Kern and Scott, are stay ing with Mrs. Florence Austen, in the Laurelhurst district, dur ing their parents' absence. Mrs. Rose J. Kelley Is taking Mrs. Grieve's place at the Prospect postoffice. Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Klien hammer of Ashland spent August 8 visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. C. McGrew. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stearns and daughter, Deana, moved to Eagle Point August 9. Mrs. R. E. Breeding of Red Blanket district is fully recover ed after a couple of days in a Medford hospital following a tonsillectomy recently. Mr. and Mrs. Car! Kludt and children, Donna Jean,-. Deanna and Carl, Jr., of Portland, are greeting old friends and visiting relatives here. They are former Prospect residents, moving to Portland about two years ago Other members of the Kludt family here last week included Lt. Willis Kludt, who, after his leave is up next week, will go to Baton Rouge, La., and be as signed to the second air corps: also Sgt. Harold Kludt, on his first furlough since he has been in the army air corps over two years, most of this time in the Panama Canal zone. Sgt. Kludt has a 21-day furlough, after which he will go to Monterey, Calif., for reassignment. The The Kludt boys' parents live in Medford. Mrs. John Cancellor of Cen tral Point visited Mrs. Raymond Artmire, August 11, and took her son, John, home with her. The latter was a guest of Frankie Artmire all of last week. Mrs. Guy Tex of Central Point and little granddaughter, Linda Kay Asquith of Medford, spent last week visiting Mrs. Tcx's sister, Mrs. Mary E. Grieve, at the Prospect hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Henry T. Slagle left August 10 for two days' visit with their son, Pfc. Robert Slagle, of the U. S. M. C. R., at San Diego. Mrs. Howard Waggoner had a telephone call August 11 from her son; Donald, of the navy, an nouncing that he had just ar rived in San Francisco from the Hawaiian Islands, Clo&lng time for Classified ads 9 i. m. Too LaU to Classify. 11-30 Z SAYS JAPS MAY CAPITULATE BEFORE INVASION Pearl Harbor, Aug. 14. U.R) Admiral Chester W. Nimttz believes Japan may capitulate before American forces invade her home island but he wants the islands occupied to guaran tee that America wins the peace. Nimitz' report was given at a press conference at his Pacific fleet headquarters yesterday after his return from an inspec tion tour of the recently cap tured bases in the Marshalls and Marianas Islands, where the Americans were poised less than 1500 miles from Tokyo. "I am not sure nor am I con vinced that invasion by assault will be necessary," he said, "but I do believe that occupation of Japan will be necessary to vin sure that we win the peace. Unused To Losing 'This was is a new experience for Japan. In recent times they have been on the winning side. We don't know how much they can take before they will throw in the sponge." He promised that the full power of the allied forces would be brought against Japan until victory was achieved. "I can only hope thnt our operations develop at such a tempo that we never give them time to prepare a defense," he said. Pointing out that it was hard ly possible to bomb Japan on the same scale as the RAF and the USAAF mighty campaign against Germany, Nimitz said the defeat of Japan would result from a combination of the entire military power "blockade, air bombardment, possibly surface bombardment and possibly inva sion. HOSPITAL ASSN. Grants Pass, Aug. 14. Arti cles of incorporation and a con stitution were drawn up and accepted Friday at the Jose phine county Rural Health Pro tective association, the county court, and the Josephine Gen eral hospital board met jointly, bara Wertz of the Farm Secur ity association said today. The newly-formed association is offering pre-paid hospital care to rural families of Josephine county and to other groups that express a desire for affiliation, who upon petition are accepted by the association. The association Is an out growth of a year's experience with prepaid hospital care in cooperation with the Blue Cross hospital service plan of Port land, with which this association is no longer affiliated. Members of last year's group, Monday, August 14. 1944 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE THREB however, are considered renew als. The organization is now opening for new members and hopes to enroll at least 300 fam ilies in the association. The group is co-operative, is non profit in plan, and will operate on co-operative principles, Mrs. Wertz said. Last year 104 families and 15 individuals enrolled in the plan on August 1. A full year of ex perience with those families re veals that of the 343 people thus protected, 35 entered the hospi tal. Although five members stay ed the full 21 days, the average for the group was eight and a third days, and the average cost to tho organization was $7.20 a day. KLAMATH LEASES PORT TO NAVY DEPARTMENT Klamath Falls, Aug. 14. City officials last week signed a lease to the United States navy on the Klamath municipal airport, home of the Klamath naval air station. The action was taken after considerable discussion of pro visions which city officials feared might make It difficult to get the airport back after the war. Navy officials gave assur ances the navy would turn the station back six months after the war, and would hot Impose un due restrictions on commercial aviation. 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