RUSSIAN OFFENSE
Moscow. Eept. 5--flJ.R) Pow
erful Red army forces drove to
within 22 miles of East Prussia's
southern frontier today in a full
scale offensive that breached
the heavily-fortified Narew riv
er line and threatened to split
the entire Nazi front covering
both Warsaw and the eastern
most province of Germany.
At the southern end of the
long eastern front, Soviet troops
stormed and captured Brasov,
gateway to the Transylvanian
plains leading northward to Hun
gary, and struck west and south
west of Bucharest to within 124
miles of Yugoslavia.
Col. Gen. Georgi Zakharov's
2nd White Russian army opened
the new offensive against East
Prussia along a 35-mile front
southwest of Lomzha and drove
a deep wedge into the German
lines.
Attacking behind a thunder
ous artillery barrage, infantry
men fought through a maze of
minefields, barbed - wire and
trench barriers and forced a
crossing of the Narew in the Os
troleka area, 21 miles southwest
of Lomzha and 61 miles north
northeast of Warsaw.
More than 100 towns and vil
lages fell as the drive swept five
miles beyond the Narew into
Nowawies, 2 miles below the
East Prussian border.
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With the Eighth Army Before
San Marino, Sept. 5 (U.R) The
ancient Republic of San Marino
mobilized its entire army of 300
today to man its border defenses
as the Italian war came closer
to the boundaries of this little
known state.
San Marino, a 36 square-mile
neutral country is six miles in
land from Rimini on the Adria
tic coast. It is the oldest state in
Europe and with the Allies about
to chase the Germans around the
little country, its government Is
taking precautions.
In order to discourage the Ger
mans or the Allies from using
their country for the transport
of troops, the San Marinesl have
torn up the railroad running
through their country.
rjofl Mill Tribune Want Ada.
Wilfred E. Finney, long time
resident of Jackson county, pass
ed away Saturday, Sept. 2, at the
age of 89. He was born in Harri
son county, Ohio, April 3, 1855.
Coming west 70 years ago, he
! settled at Forest Grove, Oregon,
and six years later was married
there to Lottie Shearer, who sur
vives. From Forest Grove they
moved to Washington, and in
1900 came from Puyallup to
Jacksonville where they have
continued to reside.
I Mr. Finney by trade was a car
penter and millwright. He is the
last of a family of 12 children,
ten brothers and one sister.
Besides his wife, he leaves one
son, Robert N. Finney, both of
Jacksonville.
Funeral services were held In
the Conger-Morris chapel, 1 p. m.
Tuesday with Miss K. Hutchings
officiating and interment was in
the Jacksonville cemetery.
The Bank of Nova Scotia was
founded in 1832.
080 Mall Tribune Want Ada.
Famed Yesteryear Figures
Pushed Aside By War Events
By Dudley Ann Harmon
United Press Staff Correspondent
London (U.R) Where are the men and women cf yester
year? What's happened to these once-famous statesmen David
Lloyd George, Leon Blum, Juan Ncgrin, Alexander Kerensky?
Where is Genevieve Tabouis,
famous French journalist, who
Hitler said, knew more about
his plans then he knew himself?
Once these were headline
names in Paris, London, Wash
ington, Geneva and Buenos
Aires.
Then came war. Twilight fell
on Nazi-captured Europe. Some
of these men were imprisoned.
Others were exiled. All the
names disappeared from the
front pages.
Few were as fortunate as
Llcyd George, of whom Hitler
said, "He won the last war."
Of all the famous ex-statesmen,
Britain's prime minister
of the other war is almost alone
in enjoying a peaceful life.
Today he is 81 years old. He
is still a Member of Parliament,
though he rarely attends ses
sions.' Today he puts Into fruit
farming the same zeal with
Cherbourg , Guam , or
Main Street, U.S.A.
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lfi the Pacific Islands, on board ship, in
alticd-controtled Europe, and in the United Slates ...
wherever there are Army Post Exchanges,
Canteens, or Ships Stores . . . you'll find
American soldiers and sailors, American
commodities and National Cash Registers,
The officers in charge find it important to
protect the receipts in these stores, for the
profits are added to entertainment funds of
units in the various locations. So they use
National Cash Register Systems just as the
retail merchants in your own shopping area.
Each must give good service, protect their
money, and get controlling records . . . and
Nationals provide all these fundamental ele
ments of a good business system.
Serving ih Nation by Saving 71m. This is on of the many
mechinical systems built by National to speed record keep
ing, protect money, and save vital man-hours for bminew,
industry, government, and the public. Accounting-Book
keeping Machines are available through priorities.
epfitimal
Cmth Rfefrs . AccoMnMftf-BoofcJtaapJng MaeAffMt
which he served Britain. He
bought three derelict farms,
threw them together, and made
them pay.
He Is both a great grand
father and a bridegroom. Last
autumn he married Frances Ste
venson, the brilliant woman
who was his secretary for 30
years and who helped him com
pile his "War Memoirs."
They live in Surrey, and
Lloyd George preaches a doc
trine of happiness on the land.
Occosionnlly he comes to
London to lunch and argue with
his successor in this war, Win
ston Churchill. Once in a while
he writes a preface for a friend's
book. Occasionally he and his
wife put on a marionette show
for evacuated slum children
living in their neighborhood.
Lloyd George still enjoys tre
mendous prestige in Britain. On
his last birthday the flood of
letters and telegrams, headed
by one from the King and
Queen, was as heavy as ever.
Another ex -premier, Leon
Blum of France, is less fortu
nate. He is a prisoner of the
Germans but reports say a
well-treated one living in a
lodge in a forest deep in Ger
many. With him is George Man
del, minister of the interior
when France fell. As Jews, they
are segregated from the other
distinguished French prisoners
Reynaud, Daladicr and Gam
clin. Blum Is reported to be well
treated nnd to keep "the same
unflinching spirit as of old."
Several months ago his captors
permitted him to marry again.
His bride, the former Mme.
Jeanne Reichcnbach, widow of
a French lawyer, is allowed to
live with him.
Statesmen who have another
interest outside of politics are
to be envied in these precarious
days. Juan Negrin, one-time
Republican premier of Spain,
has reverted to his former call
ing, biology. He is working
with the distinguished English
scienti, Dr. J. B. S. Haldane,
and the two made Important
discoveries on air conditions in
submarines, for which Negrin
was congratulated by the Ad
miralty. He risked his life in
carrying out these experiments.
Ncgrin has nn understanding
with the Britith that he will not
engage In political activity
while here. He lives quietly in
the country but comes to town
several times a week for lunch
or dinner. Friends of his say
that he has announced that
should he be called back to
Spain he will make way almost
immediately for younger men.
Genevieve Tahouls, famous
political columnist for Paris
dallies, has transferred her prog
nostications to New York. There
she edils the French weekly
"Pour la Victoloe" in collabor
ation with Henri dc Kcrellis,
former reputy and famous anti
Munichitc. Mme. Tabouis has established
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Ovr hefory at Daylon, OMo, proudly tint th Army
Navy ''" with four tfart 'or "unnaiing
" in fha production of prttnion Inttrvmontt
and otr war mottritl.
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in Tnlted States the same con
tacts in high places which help
ed to make her well known in
Paris. She is a close friend of
Mrs. Roosevelt and a frequent
visitor at the White House. Her
paper was pro-dcGaulle until
shortly after the American land
ings in North Africa. Since
then it has attacked the general
as a dictator.
Another former celebrity,
whose exile promises to be per
manent, is Alexander Kerensky,'
head of the Russian Provisional
Government between the fall of
the Czar and the reign of the
Communists.
The years have led him from
that position of supreme au
thority to a simple farmhouse
in a small town in Connecticut.
With him is his wife, the daugh
ter of an Australian industrial
ist, whom he married several
years ago. He devotes most of
his time to writing and lectur
ing. Kerensky has consistently at
tacked Stalin. He has called the
Soviet a land "where any man
of 25 who thinks for himself
and gays what he thinks is sent
to a concentration camp."
He has made many wrong
guesses. When Russia invaded
Finland he prophesied that this
ment the beginning of the end
of the Stalin dictatorship.
Remember Maxim Litvinov,
the Soviet Foreign Minister who
held out for collective security
and collaboration with the West
until he was shelved a few
months before the 1939 Russo
German pact?
Except for a brief term as am
bassador In Washington after
America's entry into the war,
Litvinov has dwelt in semi
obscurity. Today he is Deputy
People's Commissar, and as as
sistant to Foreign Minister Mo
lotov, his position roughly cor
responds to that of the Ameri
can undersecretary of state.
Edward Stettlnlus.
Today few people could tell
you who the Grand Duke Cyril
was. Fewer who knew are
aware that he is dead. Yet at
one time this relative of the last
Czar proclaimed himself em
poror of all the Russias. Trail
ing his small court from Paris
to Deauville to Cannes, he was
confident that he would be re
called to Russia to rescue his
homeland from Bolshevism.
Grand Duke Cyril died In the
American Hospital In Paris In
1938. He left a son, Grand
Duke Vladimir, who carried on
his claims. The Grand Duke's
sister, Grand Duchess Kyra,
married Prince Louis Ferdi
nand, grandson of the Kaiser.
For a time there was talk that
the Nazis would make Vladimir
puppet Czar of a defeated Rus
sia. He was reported to have
refused to join in this plan,"
however, and now his where
abouts is obscure. It is believed
the pretender to the throne of
Russia Is under detention In
Germany.
JTuMdeT. 8pl. S, 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
of committees and obtaining of
solicitors to complete the dairy
cow survey started after the first
meeting. Reports of late develop
ments in Josephine county,
where a simiar movement Is un
derway, will also be given.
Mr. Howes states that this
meeting Is for all dairymen,
large or small, and regardless of
where or how they are now sell
ing milk or cream. "All dairy
men interested in better market
ing conditions are especially
urged to attend this meeting,"
Mr. Howes states.
BLAST CLAIMS BILL
Washington, Sept. 5 (U.R)
The senate today passed and
sent to the White House a bill
authorizing the secretary of na
vy to pay up to $3000 on indi
vidual claims for personal in
juries, loss of life or loss of per
sonal property which resulted
from the ammunition ship explo
sion at Port Chicago, Cal.
DAIRYMEN'S MEET
IS SET FOR FRIDAY
All dairymen of Jackson
county are invited to attend a
meeting Friday, Sept. 8, in the
courthouse auditorium at which .
time steps will be taken towards!
formation of a dairy cooperative j
association for the Rogue River i
valley. The meeting is called by
i imam u. jiuwca, acuug muir
man of a group which met a few
weeks ago to discuss the cooper
ative. It is stated that one of the
important items of business for
the meeting will be appointment
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