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fFiiPPlT fill o Weather f Forecast: Fair with little change In temperature tonight and Wedenstlay. Temp. Highest yesterday 96 Lowest this morning 54 Precipitation past 21 hri. 0 Thirty-ninth Year Roosevelt, .j vs- 4 1' v ir?W!w ilsl?': 11 - - - 1 .shc fxs."?. rfes;'' J Mcme lelephoto) fimlling broadly, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet again in Quebec, both pleased over progress of the war and ready to start ai af ting new plans lor final and complete victory ovei Germany and Japan. "Victory Is everywhere," Churchill said to the President as thr. met for their 10 Li wartime conference. GOP MOilIER' FAIR Ai WO Hi READING Portland, Me., Sept. 12. (U.R) , A Republican landslide in the I Maine "barometer" elections re- turned three GOP congressmen to office and clested state sen ate president Horace A. Hildreth governor, virtually complete re turns showed today. It was the largest margin of victory ever scored by the GOP in the traditionally Republican state. Marion Martin, of Bangor, assistant national , Republican chairman, said. The Republican gubernatorial candidate received approximately 75 per cent of the votes cast. The voting proved a blow to the CIO political action commit tee which had camnaigncd act ively for the election of two Democratic candidates for con gress. . Returned to office were Reps. Robert Hale of Portland, in the first district; Margaret C. Smith V of Skowhegan, in the second dis trict, and Frank Fellows of Ban gor, in the third district. Their margins were approxi mately three to one. The Maine election has been called a national barometer for the November presidential elec tions "as Maine goes, so goes the nation" has been the saying despite the 1940 balloting which saw the Republicans win overwhelmingly in Maine in Sep tember, only to lose the presi dential race in November. REDS AIM DRiVE AT EAST PRUSSIA Moscow, Sept. 12 (U.R) Waves of Soviet tanks and in fantrymen attacked the fortress town of Lomzha today in a drive threatening to roll into East Prussia, which already had been invaded by vanguards of power ful Russian forces massed along the Lithuanian-Prussian frontier to the northeast. Coincident with the disclosure of the American invasion of Ger many from the west Moscow's early morning communique re vealed that patrols of the .Ird White Russian army in Lithua nia entered East Prussia before dawn Monday on a reconnais sance raid. They crossed the Szeszupe rivnr nhnut 40 miles southwest of Kaunas after nightfall and - shot up a detachment of German border guards, kiiling 16. London-ScptTl 2-JU.R) The air ministry announced today that Beauf'ightcr.i intercepted I four large German minesweep ers moving up the Norwegian coast off ChriMiansand yesterday afternoon and set them all afire wilii rockets and torpedoes. United Press Churchill Meet in I Mail Tribunes Bargain Offer Well Received Subscriptions entered dur ing the Mail Tribune's an nual bargain days which ended Monday night, ex ceeded the best previous record by 17 per cent, Gerald T. Latham, circula tion manager, stated today. A feature of the event this year was the large number of new subscribers, Latham said, adding that apparent ly many new families have recently taken up residence in the Medford area. "The Mail Tribune wishes to express its appreciation for the fine cooperation of subscribers with the circula tion department and car riers. "The Mail Tribune en deavors at all times to fur nish readers the latest and most complete coverage of local, state and world news, and although due to war conditions we are still re stricted in many ways, we hope to improve certain services as limitations are relaxed," Latham added. GREET DEWEY ON Valentine, Neb., Sept. 12 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey was greeted by a long line of Indi ans in feathered headdress and cowboys on horseback when he arrived today for conferences with Nebraska and South Da kota Republicans at the ranch of former Nebraska Governor Sam uel R. McKelvie. A crowd of about 2000 per sons, equal to the population of this northwestern Nebraska town, greeted the Dewey special train when It rolled into the sta tion. Parade Formed The GOP presidential nom inee and Mrs. Dewey stepped from the train Into an open touring car for a parade down the short main street. There will be no formal speech during the entire Nebraska visit. Meanwhile in the long hops between official stops, Dewey Is spending most of his time working over the maior speeches he has scheduled for Seattle, Portland. San Francisco and Los Angeles next week and making a maximum of rear platform ap pearances so common for a transcontinental tour of this type in former years. STRIKE SHORTLIVED Houston, Tex., Sept. 12. (UP) A work stoppage at the Todd Houston Shipbuilding corpora tion. Involvins 16 000 workers and caralvzine the snrawling shipyards, came to an abrupt end! Kenneth Hamncr and Tolly Tol lato'tnrtav when union officials! lrf;cm refusing to cat one of issued a bacls-to-wofk order, 1 FORD Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1944 Canada FOREST FIRES IN ALL CONTROLLED Eugene, Ore., Sept. 12 U.R) Three- southern Oregon forest fires were well under control to day, forestry officials reported. At Roseburg, a blaze which covered 100 acres has been com pletely trailed and is past the danger point. A 200-acre fire near Canyon ville, which Douglas County Fire Protective association officials said was deliberately set, also has been controlled. The Veneta fire In Lane coun ty, 20 miles west of Eugene, has been in the mop-up stage for sev eral days. By United Press The weatherman came to the rescue of tinder-dry northwest forests today, with cooler tem peratures in most areas and sprinkles predicted for tomor row. There will be a constant threat of fire until rain actually comes, because the moisture con tent of the forests Is far below normal. Cessation of the soaring temperatures, however, lessened the danger and most fires were under control. State Forester Nelson Rogers of Oregon said the only fire ap parently out of control was burn ing in Wheeler county north of Mitchell, with 1000 to 1200 acres burned over. A large fire in the Malheur National forest was brought un der control by 350 men working with tractors. A pumper is being used today on a small forest fire reported yesterday in the Blue Canyon district, near Horseshoe lake. It is expected the fire will be com pletely extinguished by tonight, the Medford office of the Rogue River National forest service re ported today. The pumper was taken to the fire by Ranger Otis Foiles of the Butte Falls district. A. D. McReynolds of the state fire patrol stated this afternoon that lower temperatures and higher humidity resulted In a less dangerous potential fire situation today but that extreme caution was still necessary, SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frank Hull's friends' suggest ing that he call the paper salvage committee to take care of the overcrowded condition of his desk. Louis Older bringing forth some fancy ideas on the subject of the good old-fashioned box social. Bob Banning, Ralph Green Alice Crov, culinary creations. I 9 L E NSTRUCTIONS ARE POSTEDFOR CITY Registration Slated Sept. 18 Teaching Staffs An- nounced by Superintedent Instructions to parents with students entering the element ary public schools were released today by E. H. Hcdrick, city school superintendent. The teach ing staffs have also been com pleted and are announced. Pu pils for grades one to six will report for registration at 8:50 a. m. Monday, September 18, at their respective schools. Junior high school and Senior high school have been postponed un til September 25 due to the la bor situation. It was explained that all 'pu pils are eligible to enter school who are six years of age on or before Oct. 29, 1944. Those younger, but who will be six on or before January 26, 1945, may enter if they pass a test showing them to have a mental age of six and a half years. These ex aminations for young pupils are being given on appointment this week until September 15 at Jun ior high school by Mrs. Blanche Canode, telephone 4616. The en tering of under-age pupils is generally discouraged. Mr. Hcd rick stated, as it seldom proves the wise thing to do. Special Education Medford city schools provide several forms of special educa tion to serve needs of handi capped pupils in the district. Parents having children who are physically handicapped, or who need any form of special educa tion should contact the city school office, telephone 2157 so that provision may be made for them before the opening school date, Sept. 18. Division lines for the schools follow: Roosevelt school serves all territory east of the center line of the Pacific highway. Lin coln school serves that portion of the city west of the Pacific highway and east of the South ern Pacific railroad tracks Jack son school serves the northwest part of the city, being that por tion which lies west of the rail road tracks and north of the cen ter line of West Main street and Jacksonville highway Washing ton school serves the southwest part of the city, or that territory lying west of the railroad tracks and south of the center line of West Main street and Jackson ville highway. Junior high school serves the entire city for grades seven, eight and nine. From Rural Area Five elementary school dis tricts plan to transport their stu dents to Medford: Districts 29, Dewey and 24. North Phoenix will deliver' elementary students to Roosevelt school. Districts 15, 16 and 17 will deliver to Lincoln school. All elementary textbooks are furnished according to law, it was stated, to pupils of the first eight grades. These will be dis tributed at the time of registra tion. Superintendent Hedrlck urged all students from Junior and Senior high schools who are em ployed in the fruit harvest or other work to stay on their Jobs until Sept. 25. Students who desire to remain on their Jobs a week or so after school opens will be encouraged to do so and may enter late without serious injury to theii work. Teachers to Meet A general teachers' meeting for elementary teachers, prin ciples and supervisors will be held in Junior high school, Sept. 16 at 9 a. m at which time gen eral plans for the year will be discussed This meeting will be followed by principals meeting in the several buildings. Following is a list of element ary teachers and principles by schools: Jackson, H. W. Gustin, principal; Katherine Lcavitt, Ruth Bolton, Nina Carlon, Eu nice Gray, Prccia Medley, Ivah D. Murray, Ruth Stewart and Delia Wrber. Lincoln school: Ora Cox, prin cipal; Margaret Ruth Bolton, Ru by Clark Ethel Chastain Norma Ebnother, Thelma Haivcrson, Bertha Haskins and Mary Nor veil. Roosevelt tcbool: Sara Van U. S. Planes Destroy 91 Ships, 68 Planes in Philippines Raid By Unitad Press The combined striking power of the U. S. 3rd Pacific fleet and the far eastern air force was aimed today at the Philip pines where warships, carrier planes, and land based bomb ers smashed 91 Japanese vessels and 61 aircraft in a Joint at tack which the Japanese radio said continued into a third consecutive day Sunday. The warship and carrier plane attack was the first of the war against the Philippines and brought the, first disclosure that Adm. William F. Halsey had returned to action as com mander of the 3rd fleet. Greatest Single Blow Halsey sent the fleet steam ing close to Mindanao, southern most of the Philippine islands, Friday to strike the greatest sin gle blow of the war against the Japanese mcrchane fleet. At least 89 cargo ships were sunk or probably destroyed. No Japanese ships challenged the attack and only eight Japa nese planes appeared. All were shot down. Sixty other enemy planes were destroyed on the ground. Allied bombers followed up the attack Saturday night with a raid on Zamboanga harbor at the southern end of Mindanao, scoring direct hits on two 7,000 ton cargo ships. The Tokyo radio reported 400 planes attacked Davao and Cay andagan on Mindanao Saturday and 180 planes hit both points again Sunday. Losses Very Light Adm. Chester W. Nimltz In announcing the fleet raid, which destroyed an entire convoy, said that American aerial losses were "very light" and no surface ves sels were damaged. Liberator bombers of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's far east ern air force attacked Celebes island, 200 miles south of the Philippine Islands, again Satur day and other bombers con tinued steady attacks on Hal mahera east of Celebes. Fighters hit airdromes at Coram and Boeroe islands to the south. Army and navy Liberators bomber Paramushiro In the Kuirle Islands in the far north Saturday and Sunday. Two more attacks were made on Iwo Jima in the volcanos. Take Burma Crest Troops of the 14th army cap tured an important crest in the Mayu range, southwest of Buth idaung in southern Burma, a communique said. American Liberators bombed the May.yp railway station, marshaling point on the Manda-lay-Lashio railway for Japanese men and supplies for the Sal ween front in China's Yunnan province. Elks Lodge Offers Boxes For Mailing Servicemen Gifts The Medford lodge of Elks, through a committee headed by Dr. August Glutsch is now mak ing containers for Christmas packages for servicemen. The boxes comply in heighth, width and weight with postal require ments and will be distributed free upon request to persons de siring them who call at the Elks Temple. Material for the boxes is prepared by the com mittee and will be nailed to gether by members of the lodge. Some of the boxes arc now ready for distribution. AI! the lodge asks Is that the name of the applicant and to whom the box Is sent, be listed. The committee of which Dr. Glutsch is chairman, Includes Diamond Flynn, Richard Phair and Ernest Scott. Meter, principal; Anna B. Car ter, Mary Coffin, Kathleen Sil ver, Esther ' Flicgrl, Eleahor Hamilton, Alllcan Maxwell, Re becca Jean Long, Mae Menn, Elizabeth Rice and Rosabclle Rkeen. Washington school: Frank II. Hants, principal; Marian IJee.wn, Blanche Canode, Alice Lynch, Leona Crane, Betty Vinson, Eliz abeth Sager, Lillian King, Mar Jorie Mock, Lyslo Gregory, Eu nice Smith. Kathryn Larlnn, Gertrude Watzling, Laura N. York. 5 1 5TH ARMY ONLY 35 MILES FROM PO VALLEY GATE Rome, Sept. 12 U.R) Amer ican and French troops of the Allied 7th army fanned out rap Idly as much as 22 miles be yond Dijon on a broad are in the region where a junction had been made with the right wing of the United States 3rd army to the north, headquarters re ported tonight. The towns of Orvlllo and Champlitte, 16 and 22 miles re spectively northeast of Dijon, fell to the advancing Allies. The Germans put up little resistance, devoting their main effort to the withdrawal back Into the Belfort gap. Rome, Sept. 12 (U.R) U. S. 5th army troops drove through the outer positions of the Ger mans" Gothic line today and en tered the town of Barbcrino, northernmost point reached by the Allies In Italy and only 34 airline miles from Bologna, key city to the great Po valley. In addition to reaching Bar berino, 15 miles north of Flor ence, a number of 5th army units pushed well beyond the upper Sieve river, reaching the vicin ity of Scarperla, five and one half miles southeast of Bar bcrino. Along the Gemmano and Adri atic front the British troops have taken 3500 prisoners of war since the battle for the breached Gothic line started on Aug. 26, it was announced today. Medfordites Meet On Ship En Route To Duty in France Anarmy doctor and an army nurse both from Medford met by chance on a ship crossing the English channel to France about the middle of August. In letters to relatives, both Lt. Ber nlce Gill, A.N.C., and Major Edwin R. Durno of the medical corps described the meeting and wrote of how they enjoyed ex changing news of Medford. Both the major and the nurse are still in France. Major Durno has been overseas about a year, having been assigned to an Eng lish hospital for a considerable time before going to France. Lt. Gill has been overseas since last spring. Lt. Gill is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Gill, 122 Cottage street, and the Durno family resides at 1913 Hilicrest Road. 1 RIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire Vast Food Surpluses Loom With End of European War Washington, Sept. 1 2 (U.R) Prospects of vast food surpluses after the fall of Germany were increased today by an agricul ture depnrtment report that fav orable weather In the next few weeks could bring "the largest aggregate volume of crops tills country has ever produced." War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes In his report on demobilization, estimated that about 8,000,000 tons of food could be released from wartime reserves at the end of the Euro pean war. Combined food re quirements for U. S. occupation forces and icllcl feeding were NO. 146. LEWIS SAYS F. R. PUBLICLY KICKED MINERSJ FACE UMW Leader Calls for Pres ident's Defeat in Nov. Insurgent Group Roasted. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 12 (U.R) United Mine Worker President John L. Lewis, charging that President Roosevelt once had "publicly kicked every miner in the face," today called for the president's defeat in the Novem ber elections. Speaking before delegates at the opening of the UMW's 10-day biennial convention, Lewis said that If the miners vote for Presi dent Roosevelt in November they will receive "the same kind of treatment" in their contract negotiations as they received In 1943 and 1944. Lewis traced last year's con tract negotiations with mine operators and the work stoppage throughout the nation's coal fields. He said that President Roosevelt "publicly had kicked every miner In the face by ask ing us to call off the strike over the radio after that afternoon the policy committee had called off the stoppage." "How did you like that? he shouted to the 2,700 delegates. "Well, vote him Into office next November and I think that you will have some more of lt in April," Lewis added. The present contract between the miners and operators expires April i, 1945. In an attack upon an Insurgent group of delegates seeking au tonomy for 21 of the 31 UMW districts, Lewis charged that "Roosevelt, Browder and Hill man had hired themselves a man to dethrone the 'old man.' " "Yes," said Lewis, "they fur nished him with some money to publish some smear literature and get some Interviews in the press. Well, while all that's going on, Just what in the hell am I supposed to be doing?" F.R, L WILL EYE PLANS . FOR JAPJEFEAT Quebec, Sept. 12 (U.R) Presi dent Roosevelt and Prime Minis ter Winston Churchill held their first formal business session to day on new plans for the final destruction of the Axis. The president and the prim minister met In their quarters In the old citadel overlooking the St. Lawrence river this morning, and prepared for a larger conference with the Anglo-American combined chiefs of staffs this afternoon. White Houso Secretary Ste phen T. Early, under question ing, said that although the con ferences were pointed primarily at the Pacific, he did not know whether Chinese representation here had been sought. He added, however that the Chinese gov rnment would be kept Informed up to the minute on the proceed ings here. placed at only 3,000,000 tons dur ing the first six months of 1945. A new agriculture department crop report said that production this year may be four per cent higher than last year while over all food output may rise nearly 40 per cent above pcace-timo levels. Tills tremendous production and the reserves that will be re leasable when Germany falls, are posing a threat to the future stability of farm prices. Byrnes estimated that as much as $2, 000,000,000 may bo required In 1945 to support prices at levels specified by law. (Mora about crops en pg 8) NOW SIX MIES Mystery Fort Eben Emael Captured; 1st Army Guns Pump Shells Into Reich, Supreme Headquarters, AER, Sept. 12 (U.R) The first phase of the battle of the Siegfried line opened today when Ameri can troops outflanked its out post of Trier In a drive mora than six miles into Germany and captured the "mystery fort" Eben Emael on its northern ap proaches. United States Marauder and Havoc bombers heavily plas tered a long stretch of the Sieg fried line between Aachen and Saarbrucken while American 1st army guns pumped sheila into Germany from newly won positions just west of the Iron tier. Le Havre Surrenderi Far to the west, the great French port of Le Havre wai reported to have surrendered about noon to British troops of the Canadian .1st army, giving the Allies control of one of the most valuable gateways to France, United Press Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reported in a dispatch from Germany that an American armored division was stabbing ever deeper Into the Reich after establishing Itself on German soil in force. Supreme headquarters lack ed further information on the penetration of Germany, which was reported to have flanked the ancient city of Trier and won a springboard for a full scale push toward the Rhine land. Fan Out From Liege While the advanced 1st army spearhead was probing the for tifications before the Siegfried line, other elements of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' army to the north were fanning out from Liege. They seized a num ber of points almost on the Ger man frontier, and smashed to within one mile of the Dutch border near the great fortress city of Maastricht. It was In the extreme east tip of Belgium below Maastricht that the Americans seized Fort Eben Emael. There the Nazis unveiled their "blitzkrieg in the west" in 1940 and swamped the fort In a mysterious man ner never fully explained. With Eben Emael and its ad jacent fortifications overrun, and with Maastricht set up for frontal assault, the barriers be fore the German frontier in the Aachen area were crumbling. The Nazis offered compara tively light resistance at Eben Emael, which was held strongly by the Belgians In the first phase of the war but neverthe less toppled Immediately under the German onslaught, touching off rumors of "secret weapons" of dread potency. Eupen Captured 1st army troops striking In the direction of Cologne and Coblenz captured Eupen, In the Liege area six miles short of the German frontier and Mal mcdy, nine west of the frontier. Its advances brought the van guard almost to the border along a 20-milo front in that area. The Americans almost com pleted the occupation of the grand Duchy of Luxembourg, from which the first penetra tion of Germany was made. On the Siegfried Line, Sept. 12, 6:30 p. ni. (U.R) A group of American soldiers stood with in 2,000 yards of the concrete pillboxes of the Siegfried line today, but the Germans did not fire a single shot at them. The officers of the group slow ly and carefully studied the woods and terrain around the Nazi defenses and offered ample targets for an Itchy-fingered Ger man. But not once was the ob servation Interrupted, TO BERLIN By United Press The nearest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Western front 320 miles (from point near Trier, Gain of 28 miles In week). Southern France 425 miles (from point southeast of Belfnrt. Gain of 115 miles In week). Italy 555 miles (from point near Rimini. Unchanged in week). Russia 328 miles (from point cast of Warsaw, Un changed In week).
