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Valcov and Ismail Fall
New Drive For Warsaw
Shapes.
London, Sunday, Aug. 27
U.R) Swift-conquering Russian
troops, pursuing routed German
forces in Romania, yesterday
captured the big Danube river
port of Valcov (Vilkov), cleared
a twisting 92-mile stretch of Eu
rope's mightiest river and drove
to within eight miles of Galati
and Foscani eastern and west
ern bastion of the Galati Gap
gateway to Bucharest.
With the Soviet marine land
ing parties and boats of the
Danube river flotilla, Soviet
troops also seized the great Dan
ube river fortress city of Ismail.
While Adolf Hitler's Roma
nian debacle plunged to new
dtpths of catastrophe beneath
the might of the 2nd and 3rd
Ukrainian armies and by Ro
mania's swing against her for
mer ally, Berlin reported that
Soviet troops had launched a
powerful new offensive to seize
embattled Warsaw.
Moscow's war bulletins in
part confirmed the enemy re
port. Marsha! Konstantin K.
Rokossovskys 1st White Rus
sian army extended its control
of the soutnern bank of the Bug
river to 80 miles and began to
outflank Praga, the Polish cap
ital's eastern suburb, by cap
turing Zalubice, 15 miles almost
due north.
Detroit, Aug. 28 (U.R)
Frankie Sinkwich, former Uni
versity of Georgia halfback,
signed with the Detroit Lions
Professional Football club at a
figure considerably less than
S12.000, Owner Fred Mandel an
nounced tonight.
STAGGMEN DRILL
Stockton, Calif., Aug. 26 (U.R)
With the opening date of the
1944 gridiron campaign only
two weeks away, Amos Alonzo
Stagg, 82 years young and do
ing business "as usual," pushed
the seasoning of his current crop
of grid hopefuls at the College
of Pacific.
TEEN-AGER WINS
Philadelphia, Aug. 26 UR)
Shirley Fry, 17-year-old Akron
tennis star, scored an easy vic
tory over blonde Louise Snow,
of Blakcrsfield, Calif., today to
win the national girls tennis
championship at the Philadel
phia Cricket club.
STAR BOAT CHAMP
Chicago, Aug. 26 (U.R) Nineteen-year-old
Gerald Discoli, Na
val Academy appointee from
San Diego, Cal., will head for
Annapolis next week wearing
the crown renoting the world's
champion star boat skipper.
The Fortuna Mine near Co
logne, Germany, has the thickest
coal seam in the world, 330 feet
deep.
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Lisbon, Aug 26 (U.R) An of
ficial spokesman of the Roma
nian legation said tonight that
his government on Aug. 23
granted the German command
in Bucharest facilities for the
withdrawal of its troops from
the country.
The Germans, however, after
accepting the agreement, assem
bled their troops for an attempt
ed coup to organize a govern
ment of pro-Nazi Iron Guardists.
Facing resistance from forces
under King Michael, the Ger
mans carried out three heavy
air attacks on Bucharest, the
spokesman said, but up to the
moment their troops have been
held back from some places in
the capital by the Royal Guard.
Heavy fighling has broken out
between German and Rumanian
! troops in the Ploesti oil dis
trict, the Galati area, and at
the port of Constanta, he said.
Anticipating further attacks
on Bucharest. Royal Turhoties
have requested the assistance of
Allied airborne troops..
San Francisco, Aug. 26 (U.R)
Government relinquishment
of control of 104 San Francisco
machine shops loomed today as
Rear Adm. H. G. Bowen an
nounced he would recommend
such action to Secretary of
Navy James Forrestal.
The shops were seized at the
height of an over-time work dis
pute involving AFL machinists
of Loge 68, International Asso
ciation of Machinists.
Bowen said that virtually all
machinists now were obeying
over-time work orders at the
plants and that the latest "trou
ble center" at price pump divi
sion of Fairbanks Morse, had
voted 24 to 5 to comply with
the over-time schedules as de
manded by the government.
London, Aug. 26 (U.R) Bing
Crosby arrived in London today
wearing in his buttonhole a
sprig of heather given him by a
Scottish lassie who taught him
to sing, "On Saturday Night
Glasgow Belongs to Me" at the
Glasgow station last ngiht.
Crosby, who flew to Scotland
Thursday to open an entertain
ment tour of troop centers in
the European theater, respond
ed by teaching the girl his
theme song "When the Blue of
the Night Meets the Gold of
the Dawn."
UTAH TO SEE PROS
Ogden, Utah, Aug. 26 (U.R)
Utah's first all-pro football game
will be played here Tuesday
night when the Washington Red
skins, led by Slammin' Sammy
Baugh, tangle with the Brooklyn
Eagles.
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"TWO IN A BED" IS
Detroit, Aug. 26 (U.R) "Two
In a Bed" went under the covers
tonight.
The play, the managers of
which claimed a year's run at
Los Angeles without murmur.
I opened here last night and
brought howls of horror from
the pure-minded and howls of
disgust from the critics, who
uaanimously panned it.
Police censors heeded the pro
tests of the former, cancelled this
afternoon's public performance
and viewed it with detach
ment, they said at a private
showing. Lt. Charles Snyder,
chief censor, announced that
"Two In a Bed" was detrimental
to the morals of Detroit and or
dered the show closed.
STATE HIGHWAYS
ALL GOOD SHAPE
Salem, Ore., Aug. 26 (U.R)
In spite of the heavy traffic of
war transportation, Oregon's
highways are in excellent condi
tion, E. H. Baldock, state high
way engineer, said today.
He returned Friday from a
tour of inspection that took him
through central and southern
Oregon.
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Keep Your Eye On the Infantry The Doughboy Does It!
This advertisement wis prepared it the urgent request of the United States War Depart
ment end its publication per.onelly requested by the late Lieut. Generil L. J. McNnir.
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LOCAL and
Writes Article Alan G. Camp
bell of Route 1 is the author of
an anecdote published in the
September of Reader's Digest
under the series. "Wild Wisdom."
Taking Training Pvt. Walter
McEwen, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. B. McEwen of 603 West Sec
ond street, is now taking his
basic training at Fort Knox, Ky.
He was recently awarded a
medal for marksmanship with
the rifle and carbine.
Completes Course Cherokee
Seller, recruiting specialist in
the SPARS, has completed a
special course in chaplain work
at William and Mary college,
Virginia, and is now stationed at
Atlantic City, N. J. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Sciler, 1115 West Second street.
Receives Sentence Harry R.
Black, 37, was sentenced to two
and a half years in the state
penitentiary in circuit court Fri
day afternoon on a charge of ob
taining money by false pretenses
in connection with, the passing
of three surious checks. Black,
who has been working for a
local laundry, has a previous
record, the district attorney's of
fice said.
Sergeant Here Sgt. Russell
W. Roseborough of Mountain
Home air base, Mountain Home,
Ida., is visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. G. Roseborough, 713
West Main street, and his sister,
Mrs. J. M. Sanderson, 16 Ross
Court. Sgt. Roseborough spent
the first week of his furlough at
the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Har
old E. Roseborough and Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Rogers in Vancouver,
Wash.
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O.K., you guys who write those history books.
Here are some notes for that volume titled World War II.
Look up the papers and see who hacked their way through
those "impassable" jungles on Buna and wiped the smiles
off those "invincible" Japs who planned to dictate peace in
the White House. That's right, brother. The Infantry, U.S.
Ask yourself who crawled through those modern conven
iences on Attu including cold running water and hot flying
lead to fight men they couldn't see and ratted them out
when every other effort failed. Right again, brother.
Infantry.
Who faced German 88's at 200 yards at Salerno and
held under conditions that would make hell look like
Sunday at the shore? You hit it. Infantry.
Who shot it out with crack Nazi troops so close they could
spit in their eye and did at the skirmish of the stone
walls on Hill 609 and cracked open the road to Bizcrte?
PERSONAL
Seiler Here Harlin Seller, a
government employe who has
been in Hawaii for two and a
half years on construction pro
jects, arrived here Friday to
spend 10 days visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Seiler
of 1115 West Second street. He
will return to Hawaii upon com
pletion of his leave.
Fines Levied Carl F. Bills,
24, of Coquille was fined $1 and
$4.50 costs in Justice of the peace
court here Friday on a state
police charge of driving a car
without an operator's license.
Roy M. Touvcll, 23, of Ashland
was fined $2.50 and $4.50 costs
in Ashland justice of the peace
court on a similar charge.
Fichtners Here Mr. and Mrs.
Carl FIchtner of Portland ar
rived in Medford Friday to spend
a few days visiting Mr. Ficht
ncr's father, Carl Fichtner, be
fore continuing on to San Fran
cisco. Earl's brother, Clyde
Fichtner, is also in Medford, on
leave from his navy station at
Treasure Island.
Is Commander C. Aubrey
Sander of the enlisted reserves,
army air corps, has been pro
moted to squadron commander
at Dorr Field, Arcadia, Fla., ac
cording to information received
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred C. Sander, Rt. 2, Oakgrovc
district. Sander will have charge
of eight instructors, two assist
ant instructors and 50 cadets.
He has been stationed at the
field for the past three years.
His brother, Capt. Harold San
der of the Ferrying command,
was recently home. He is station
ed at Long Beach, Calif. The
youngest brother, Fred Cyril
Sander, also In the air corps, ts
stationed at Drew Field, Tampa,
Fla.
Lieutenant Leaves Lt. R. D.
Fifer of the 483rd bomber squad
ron has left Medford after visit
ing here with his grandmother.
Mrs. F. E. Fifer, 10 Almond
street. Lt. Fifer is stationed at
the army air field at Harvard,
Neb.
In California Bill Van Dyke,
a recent graduate of the naval
aviation ordnance school at Nor
man, Okla., is now stationed at
the Los Alamitos air base near
Long Beach, Calif., according to
word received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. P. R. Van Dyke of
Cargill Court. A graduate of
Medford high school in 1943,
Van Dyke entered the navy last
November,
At Miami Tom Gerety, sea
man first class. AOM. is now
stationed at Miami, Fla., for
naval gunnery school training,
according to word received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. M.
Gerety of 120 Newtown St. A
graduate of Medford high school
with the class of 1943, Gerety en
tered the navy July 1 of last
year, attending the University
of Colorado until the first of this
year and going then to Great
Lakes Naval Training Station
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Infantry. Doughboys. The guys who spell it with rifles.
Sure. Give the Marines their due. Don't sell the Air Forces
short. Don't sink the Navy. All the arms and services count
plenty.
Wo just ask you to write a few of these things between
the lines and in the footnotes becauso we of tho Infantry
wrote them out in blood.
And, brother, there's plenty more where that came from.
We've got other chapters to add and we write a bold hand.
You'll see our footnotes on tho beaches of France. You'll
find us crossing our t's in th: Hills of B.itaan. You'll recog
nize our style in Flanders' fields. We'll make our X with
crossed rifles all the way across tho world.
And when that last word is written, take a good look at
the period after "peace." It was put there by a bayonet in
the hands of a guy named Joe.
Sunday, August 27, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
for boot camp training. He re
cently completed the course In
aviation ordnance at Memphis.
Tenn., and will bo with the navy
air corps at Miami for a course
lasting from 14 to 16 weeks.
In London Estill Phipps, for
mer Medford resident, has ar
rived safely in London, accord
ing to a cablegram received by
his father, W. E. Phipps, Med
ford attorney. Phipps, who was
sent to England as a correspon
dent for the Associated Press,
'"a
made the trip across the Atlantic
by air.
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