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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1944)
E Craterian Shows Dramatic 1 . Expose ".Youth Runs Wild" Heads Rialto Show The dramatic 'inside" story of Germany's secret bid for domi nance in a third World War is engrosslngly told in "The Mas ter Race," opening today at the Craterian. Woven around the theme that the nazis have merely been' fig ureheads for the real leaders of Geimany the fanatics who evolved the "master race" theory which has notlvated both world wars and that these same lead ers are even now preparing to try af ain In another 20 years to conquer the world, the picture presents a vivid glimpse of their operations. The central character is a Col. Von Beck, one of the Junker old guard who firmly believes in Germany's destiny, even as the German armies are collaps ing. On the eve of surrender he disguises himself as a Bel gian patriot and goes to the lit tle village of Kolar in Belgium where, as the allied forces march in, he pretends to be anx ious to help in the task of reconstruction. Instead, he stirs up unrest among the villagers and sets them against the American and British troops. With many of his fellow-fanatics doing the same thing in other occupied areas, Von Beck hopes the ultimate re sult will be to arouse such dis sension between the allies and the peoples of these areas asto make it easy for Germany to launch another war at some op portune time in the future. How the ambitious scheme works out in Von Beck's case provides the thrills in this drama. "Youth Runs Wild" and "Leave It to the Irish" nro tho I twin-bill attractions at the Rial to starting today. JAP FLliWE .HEADS, SAYS ACE . New York, D-c. 9 U.B Cmdr. David McCampbell, 34. ranking naval acc of the south Pacific with 34 JaDanese planes, said today he hal great respect for the Japanese flier, but "he is taught to play follow the leader and when he loses his leader, he loses his. head." . McCampbell, who has had three planes shot up, but has never been wounded described one Instance in the battle of the Philippins on Oct. 24 when he and his wingman, Lt. Roy Rush ing .of McGehee, Ark., took on 40 Japanese fighters, who, when they lost the bomber group they were escorting, went into a Luf- berry circle, each guarding the other one s M, because they didn't know what else to do." When they pulled out of the cir cle MacCampbell and Rushing picked off a total of 15. Closing time for Sunday Too Late to Classify 5:30 Saturday afternoon Please remember. Wallace Beery Back on Screen 1 TV n - J Opening Wednesday for a four-day performance at the Craterian, starring W a 1 la c e Beery who is rough and tough, in "Barbary Coast Gent," with Binnie Barnes. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL FOR MAJ. DICK BONG Washington; Dec. 9 (U.R) Ma. Richard I. Bong of Pop lar, Wis., No. 1 U. S. air ace in this war with a total bag of 36 enemy planes, has been award ed the congressional medal of honor, the War Department an nounced today. The award was made after Bong, although serving as a gun nery instructor, engaged volun tarily in a series of combat mis sions in -the Pacific and shot down eight Japanese planes. HEADS LILY GROWERS Cottage Grove. Ore., Dec. 9 (U.R) Clifford W. Walker of Al bany today retained the presi dency of the Pacific Easter Lily Growers organization at the close of the annual meeting in Cottage Grove. ' :. . Use Mall Tribune Want Ads. IT'S A'MTEklllH ' BUY WAR BONDS CONTINUOUS TODAY DOORS OPEN 1:45 P. M. TODAY! - A stary of ptoplt yowl) SEE with yow swl owl fE w'rrk yr ItcrM 1 1 i GINGERf K7R0GERS DYNAMITE!! A Story that Fairly EXPLODES in Your Face! .. . . .it rips the lid off convention -tears the law. to shreds! - ft ' Kill " Ginger Back ninffer Roffera- comes- to the Roxy today for three days in her most impressive role to date in "Tender Comrade," a loucn ing and timely picture with Robert Ryan and Ruth Husscy. DEATH COMES TO E The display of infantry wea pons, Including the flame throw er, bazooka, carbine, BAR, light and heavy machine guns, will e seen at the USO auditorium on North Riverside avenue, from 1 o'clock next Saturday after noon until S In the evening. At the same location and during the same period, the residents of Medford will have the opportun ity of seeing the preparation of an Infantry squad In Its famous battle formations. Highlight of "Infantry day" in Medford will come Saturday evening at the senior high school stadium when the men from the famous 4th infantry regiment stage a spectacular as sault on a Japanese pillbox. The simulated attack is to be an act ual reproduction of a battle that took place on Leyte in the Phil ippines. In this thundering drama the war's deadliest wea pon, the flamethrower, will be seen. The night show begins at 7:45 and win last about an hour. Sunday. See. 10, 144 MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE ELEVEH Peoria, 111. (U.R) Because she objected to having a mon key and a trained dog sit at the dinner table and dine with them, Mrs. Florence C, Meyers is seek, ins a divorce from her husband. Coal chutes of carrara glass have been tested and found to! outwear steel five to one. Hollywood, Dee. 9 (U.R) Laird Cregar, 300-pound, . 28-year-old character actor,, died late this-afternoon after: two heart attacks, which followed an abdominal operation performed yesterday. New York, Dec. 9 (U.R) Sid ney Powell, 48, of BronxVille, N. Y., vice-president and treas urer of 20th Century Fox Film corporation, died today from in juries suffered in' an automobile accident last night. 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