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CHARGE HEAD-ON INTO YANK GUNS Street Littered With German Dead As Allies Make Vain Effort to Defend City By John McDermott United Press War Correspondent With American Frist Army, Eupen, Belgium, Dec. 20 (U.R) Screaming German Infantry men charged head-on Into the American machine guns and went down like ducks in a shoot ing gallery until the street was littered with squirming, bloody neaps 01 flesh. The Germans paid a terrible price but they took their losses and went on to overwhelm the American gunners defending a town near Monschau. Dead Fill Streets Sgt. Elmer Keener, 26, Sange, Calif., told the story of that fanatical nazi charge as we huddled In a corner room of a Belgian chateau today with Ger man shells whistling overhead. Before the Americans pulled out, he said, the streets of that town were piled with layer upon layed of German dead, old men, kids, trailed soldiers, . all part of Adolf Hitler's conscripted "Volksgrenadiers" the peo ple's army. "The jerries came up riding on tanks, yelling their heads off," Keener said. "When they were 70 yards from our ma chine gun, I saw them jumy off and start running around like wild Indians, yelling, blowing whistles and shooting guns into the air just like cowboys at a rodeo." Massacre Begins Then the . massacre began. Keener said the Germans ex- IDS IT ROGUE RIVER CHEVROLET CO. BE Y0U8 HEADQUARTERS FOR; Motor Tune-Up Lubrication Service - Brake Work Body & Fender Repair Painting Motor Rebuilding Front End and Steering Corrections Radio Repair Simoniiing . . 9th and BarlleH "THE HOUSE THAT SERVICE BUILT" hausted all their ammunition and then ran directly into the blazing American machine guns. Body fell upon body until they formed a great pile of twisted humans, with here and there a man twitching in his death agony. Maj. James A. Gonzalez, Ne.w York City, said the Volksgrena diers spearheading that part of the German offensive apparent ly had been instructed to shoot until they were out of ammuni tion and then surrender, Gonzalez said he believed the German high command plan ned to sacrifice these partially trained - troops on the theory that they were virtually use less for combat and would, as prisoners, hamper the American mobility .when the going was worst. PUBLIC INVITED TO CAMP WHITE PW'S Obsolete Shoes Partially Free Of Ration Rule Aid to shoe dealers in dis posing of out-of-date shoes is provided by an OPA announce ment today that, effective at once, dealers may sell a limited number of obsolete shoes ration free after getting approval from the Portland district OPA of fice, Glen Fox, shoe rationing representative announced. Shoes without mates (singles) also may be included in the ration free sales. A dealer may charge no more than .$1 a pair for the obsolete shoes, and 50c for single shoes sold non-rationed, Fox pointed out. Any. shoes approved for re lease but sold at higher prices must be' sold for ration cur rency which the dealer is to send to his OPA district office within five days. . WOOL PLAN FIXED Washington, Dec. 22. (U.R) The War Food Administration announced today that the 1945 wool purchase program essen tially a continuation of the mar keting plan in effect since 1943 will , become , effective on Jan. 1. RELIABLE GROCERY CHET LEONARD PHIL WHITLOCK Free Delivery Service DIAL 2126 For FREE DELIV ERY Conforming with new O. D . T. Regulations. Camp White A public ex hibit of works of art done by prisoners of war at Camp White will be held Saturday at the prisoner of war compound. The exhibit also will be open to the public Sunday. Approximately 100 oil paint ings and 300 water colors, char coal and pencil sketches, car toons and line drawings will be on display. The public. Including both military personnel and civil ians, will be admitted to the exhibit from 1 p. m. to 9 p. m. Saturday and from 1 p. m. to 6 p. m. Sunday. In announcing the exhibit, Lt. Col. Lou J. Farber, prisoner of war camp commander, said an MP will be stationed at Ave nue F and Pacific to direct visit ors to the exhibit. Professional Work The paintings and sketches, done by professional artists, among the prisoners, cover a wide range of subjects,, inciud- ing African . scenes, German castles and street scenes, por traits, still lifes, marines and landscapes. : Among the works are a nunv ber of paintings and sketches of Oregon scenes as well as sev eral pencil sketches of Medford street scenes. A catalogue of the exhibit has been prepared and will be given to visitors.- There will be no charge for admission to the ex hibit, Col. Faber said, but some of the paintings will be offered for sale to any parties Interest ed in their purchase.- - ' The oils are particularly out standing, and ' many ' of - them show excellent - craftsmanship and technique. Some of the Af rican scenes, in particular, are almost photographic' in their detail. Jacksonville Bible School To Present Program at Church Jacksonville, Dec. 22 Mem bers of the Bible school and the choir will present the annual Christmas program of the Pres byterian church Sunday In the service at 11:30 a.' m. Numbers of the various classes will Include songs, reci tations and instrumental music. The choir directed by Mrs. George Wendt will sing two anthems. Rev. L. H. Mitchel more will speak breifly on the mission work of the denom ination is being received. Mrs. Otto Nledermeyer has arranged the program. SWANS DOWN CAM ROUt CALUMET SAKINO POWDIK-I UL WZI 29c 19c We Have CLOVERHILL GOLDEN GUERNSEY CREAM THIS WEEK FOR THAT XMAS DINNER. Nuts of all kinds, Dates, and Candied Peels Tuna, White Star . ,;........ . .,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.... .37c Mushrooms, Pieces and Stems . 45c Plenty, of . Jello Just received a large shipment of. Glace Fruits. .. .Priced from 95c to $3.75 Raisins, Thompson Seedless .4 lbs. 57c Plenty of Stuff in' Bread and Fruit Cakes. Mayonnaise, Best Foods ; . pint 35c Cheez-its, Sunshine . . pkg. 12c THE BEST IN FINE PRODUCE Italian Broccoli Artichokes Zucchinni Squash Green Onions Parsley Radishes Endive Lettuce Green Peppers Cucumbers Cauliflower Egg Plant Rhubarb Red Cabbage Celery , Sweet Potatoes Yams Celery Root Parsnips. Turnips Carrots Cabbage Beets Tomatoes Banana and ' Hubbard Squash Fancy Apples Tangerines Oranges Pears Pink Grapefruit ' Arizona Grapefruit Avocados . EAGLE PI. rrlday. See. 11. 1144 Coleman, head of the state liquor tax division, announced today. BIRTHS GOODROAD To Mr. and Mrs. Ross, Rt, 2, Box 303, Dec. 21, 1944, boy, seven pounds, 10 ounces, at Osteopathic. Ex-Senator Moses Succumbs Aged 75 Concord, N. H., Dec. 22. (U.R) Former U. S. Senator George M. Moses, 75, old line republican who served 15 years in the senate until his retirement in 1933, died at his home last night of heart disease. Apparently recovered from an attack last April 21, Moses suffered a relapse about a month ago and had been confined to bed since. A member of the senate for eign relations committee that led the fight to keep the United States out of the League of Nations, Moses retired from public life when the new deal rose to power in 1933. ' Cloilng tima tor clawHlfd Ads S a. m. Too Lata to Claulfy 12:30 p. m. Somewhere In the Pacific (Delayed) Marine Corporal Irving R. Haight of Eagle Point was among those honored at this base at one of the greatest mass decorations ceremonies on record. He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds re ceived In action at Salpan and Tinian. Cpl. Haight Is a member of the fourth marine division, the erouD which overcame the fiercest enemy resistance and suffered the heaviest Josses of any participating in the Ameri can invasion of the Marshalls. It landed on Saipan last June in the face of a devastating Japanese artillery and mortar barrage. Two weeks after the hard-won victory on Saipan, it spearheaded the amphibious as sault on Tinian. A graduate of Eagle Point high school, Cpl. Haight enlist ed in May, 1943. MEVADANS DRINK MORE Carson City, Nev., Dec. 22. (U.R) More hard liquor, mostly whiskey, was sold in Nevada during November than during any month in history, Henry S MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUITsT THIIEI Cloalnf tima for Clasilflae Adl S a. m. Too Lata to Claialfr 12:30 p. m. Cia MaU Tribuna Want Ads. PARTS and SERVICE tot ell Makes ot WASHERS and REFRIGERATORS YOUNGER'S APPLIANCE SERVICB CO. 31 N. BartlaM Phone S41S HUBBARD BROS. WILL EE CLOSED THREE DAYS- DEC. 27-28-29 FOR INVENTORY For Emergency Calls Dial 2189 HUBBARD -WRAY CO. WILL REMAIN OPEN MEDFORD SEABEES Two local men, John C. Smith, chief carpenter's mate, and Ralph R. Swingle, machinist's mate third - class, now serving with a naval construction battal ion overseas, have written the Mall Tribune, submitting an ar ticle written-by a man in their unit and commemorating the birthday of the Seabees, Dec. 28. Records at the local draft boards show that Mrs. Smith is employed at the Copco office and makes ber home at 308 S Holly St., Smith having entered the service Nov. 6, 1942. Swin gle ' was - transferred from the Lakeview board to this county, and was inducted into the armed forces Sept. 15, 1943. His local address was route 4, box 233-A. . The article follows: ' "The third anniversary of the "workingest,- fightingest bunch of men' in the nation' armed forces, the Navy Seabees, will be observed- on December 28 by 240,000 officers and men of the United States Naval Construc tion Battalions. ' "Born Just three weeks after the Pearl Harbor disaster, with an authorized strength of 3000, the Seabees won their spurs at Guadalcanal and have - been with the assault troops in every major. American amphibious op eration. They can now boast that they built the network ot air and naval bases in the Pacific that pushed the Japs back 3000 miles; that ' they .developed 'am phibious equipment and tech niques that helped carry the day on the African, Sicilian, Italian and Normandy beachheads. "Every commissioned con struction battalion is either cur rently overseas or has completed a tour of duty; many, battalions are on their second tours. Seven ty-six. per . cent of the . Seabees are now outside the continental limits of the United States; only 9000 essential men have never seen foreign service. "As General Douglas Mac- Arthur wrote In a letter to Sea bees chief,- Vice-Admiral Ben Morrell, "The only trouble with your Seabees is. that you don't have enough of them I A nurseryman in Florida has obtained ' a plant patent on a new seedless navel, orange that is expected to mature from Oc tober to January. . MONEY TO LOAD! On JEWELRY. CAMERAS and MUSICAL INSTRU MENTS. Used and unre deemed - tewelrv at great sa-'nos PEOPLES LOAN CO. 229V. E. Main Street - State -License P 137 4 mm ma . i 4S For a Happy Holiday! S ft STYLED BY I "T0NI-TAIL0R" I So pretty, so young, so becoming . . . and ust . , . . . f the gift for the Junior girl in college or high 4 school. These Tonl-Tailored dresses coma in 4 one-pieee and two-pieca styles. In gabardine, . 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