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-
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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posing of out-of-date shoes is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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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