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Lisbeth Jana Kephart, daughter of Mrs. Kephart.
Doom Of Naziism and German Militarism
Decreed In Full Agreement By Big Three
Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R)
The doom of naziism and Ger
man militarism has been pro
claimed by the big three.
In a Joint communique, they
revealed yesterday : their full
agreement on plans to force
Germany to unconditional sur
render; to occupy and control
her after that time, and to main
tain a neaceful world.
In blunt language, the world's
three great leaders said grimly
that Germany will be purged of
it general staff, of all its armed
forces, of facilities for making
war equipment and of the last
Ism and naziism.
World Charter
But in an obvious bid to the
German people, they said that a
'CRIME OF AGES'
London, Feb. 13 U.R)
The German radio screamed to
the world today that the Big
Three had committed the "great
est political crime of all times,"
but made no broadcasts for
home consumption apparently
because Propaganda Minister
Paul Joseph Goebbels had been
caught off base again.
Ever since the Big Three con
ference had been rumored, Goeb
bels had turned loose the full
propaganda facilities inside Ger
many to warn the Reich against
a Big Three appeal to the Ger
man people. He assured them
that the Big Three would issue
a honeyed plea to Germany
which would make "uncondition
al surrender" sound appealing.
He warned the Nazis to beware
of any such new "Wilsonian"
tactics.
Silence at Home
But when the Big Three com
munique failed to bear out this
build-up, the Nazi propagandists
apparently did not know how to
break the grim news to the Nazi
public. For hours after the news
had been announced and Allied
radios were blaring It into Ger
many ' on all available wave
lengths the domestic Nazi radio
made no mention of the Crimea
conference.
For foreign consumption the
Nazi propaganda displayed
equal uncertainty. Initial broad
casts merely gave the gist of the
Crimea communique.
Later, Nazi commentators said
the Big Three had confirmed
their policy of "hate and de
struction" toward Germany
Broadcasts beamed to the Uni
ted States said that the Big Three
had adopted the "Morgenthau
plan for enslavement and de
struction" of the Reich, and had
committed "the greatest political
crime of aJJ Ufljs"
MEDFORD
United Press
place will be created In "the
comity of nations" for a Ger
many minus any vestige of these
objectionable features mihtar
is mand naziism.
Their communique looked like
a virtual world charter. It re
vealed that President Roosevelt,
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Soviet Premier
Josef Stalin met in the Russian
Crimea for eight days, apparent
ly breaking up yesterday.
It announced their full agree
ment on vexing problems the
Polish question and the world
organization matters which were
left undecided at Dumbarton
Oaks. And it invited France to
resume her prewar place among
world councils.
Map War Wlndun
The three leaders announced
that:
1. Together with their respec
tive chiefs of staff, they maDDtd
full plans for the last phase of
the European . war Including
"new and even more powerful
blows to be launched by our
armies and air forces into the
heart of Germany from the east,
west, north and south."
2. They agreed on terms for
occupation and control of Ger
many, including a central con-
trol commission, consisting of
ine supreme commanders of the
three powers, with headquarters
in Berlin. France will be Invited
"to take over a zone of occupa
tion and to participate as a
fourth member of the control
commission.
"It is our inflexible nuroose
to destroy German militarism
and naziism and to ensure that
Germany will never aeain be
able to disturb the peace of th'e
world." To that end, all militar
ism, military equipment, mili
tary production and nazl influ
ences will be wiped out.
4. Germany will be obliged to
compensate for damage caused
by Germany to the allied na
tions. A commission, to work In
Moscow, will be established to
consider damage claims and
methods of compensation.
Voting Settled
The major question left un
settled at Dumbarton Oaks
that of voting procedure in the
world security organization
nas been settled. Terms of the
settlement will be revealed
after they have been submitted
to China and France. To com
plete the work of drafting a se
curity organization, a full-dress
conference of all 45 United Na
tions will be held at San Fran
cisco starting April 25.
6. Britain, the United States
and Soviet Russia will Jointly
assist any liberated European
country or former axis satellite
to establish Internal peace, carry
out emergency relief measures,
form representative interim gov
ernments and facilitate the hold
ing of tree elections. The three
countries will consult imme
diately on such problems when
ever they may arise. France will
be invited to join these delibera
tions. The Big Three aid it wu
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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1945
their "Inflexible purpose" to de
stroy German militarism and
Naziism so that Germany will
never again disturb the peace. It
would do ltfcthis wayi.
To Break Up Military 7
"We are determined to disarm
and disband all German forces:
break up for all time the Ger
man general staff, that has re
peatedly tried the resurgence of
German militarism: remove or
destroy all German military
equipment; eliminate or control
all German industry that can be
used for military production:
Bring all war criminals to just
and swift punishment and exact
reparation in kind of the destruc
tion wrought by the Germans;
wipe out the Nazi party, Nazi
laws, organizations, and Institu
tions, remove all Nazi and mili
tarist Inferences from public of
fice and from the cultural and
economic life of the German
people; and take In harmony
with such other measures in
Germany as may be necessary to
the future peace and safety of
the world.
The Big Three said they do not
intend to destroy the future of
Germany. But they said that
only with the elimination of Na
ziism and militarism could there
be hope for a "decent life for
Germans, and a place for them
In the comity of nations.
!E SET
APRIL 25 IN S. F.
San Francisco, Feb. 13 U.R)
San Francisco, busy with war,
prepared for a world peace con
ference today.
The city's officialdom, react
ing quickly to yesterday's sur
prise announcement, set about
the task of receiving the first
full-dress United Nations secur
ity organization here April 25.
People In the street appeared
astonished by the news that San
Francisco had been selected as
the first world peace headquar
ters. They clustered about
newspaper stands and made it
the number one conversation
piece.
After the first Impact of pleas
ant shock wore off, the most
frequent reaction among housing-conscious
San Franciscans
was:
'Where 4re the delegates go
ing to sleep?"
State department officials
were expected to arrive here
shortly to answer that question.
It was presumed they will su
pervise arrangements for hous
ing representatives of the 45
United Nations in this city
where service men occasionally
sleep on park benches and ho
tels are booked sol'd weeks and
ia tome cue mouth ahead.
E
OF INCREASE IN
STAMARIES
Vote of 46 to 8 Passes
Measure to Boost Wages;
Bill Received by Senate.
Salem, Ore., Feb. 13 (U.R)
The senate today received the
house reorganization and ad
ministration committee's bills to
raise the salaries of state offic
ials, which passed the house in
short order yesterday.
The vote was 46 to 8 with six
not voting.
The companion bills (HBs 261
and 263) all for increased out
lay of approximately $18,000
biennially, according to Rep.
John Steelhammer, Salem, com
mittee chairman.
- The bills were attacked In the
house chiefly because they were
for those In the "higher brack
ets", while there was a "greater
need" for increases in the lower
pay-scale ranges.
Rep. Warren Erwln, Mult
nomah, said that "I shudder to
think what the voters' reaction
will be" to the raises, and re
marked he had already heard
considerable criticism.
Salaries Hiked
Passing the bill, which would
raise the governor from $7,500
to $9,000, the secretary of state
and treasurer from $5,400 to
$6,000, and the attorney general
from $5,000 to $5,750, would
put the house in a "ridiculous
light in view of the facts of theii
statements to the press," he said
(The three highest-elected of
ficials last month disclaimed, to
the press any desire or pressing
need for their own increases in
salary.)
Earlier the house passed the
companion bill which would
raise the supreme court Justices
salaries from $7,500 to $8,000
The vote was 41 to 14. ,
Rep. Joseph Harvey objected
to the measure, and called at
tention to the fact that the
amount was the same paid the
five-star generals and admu-als
of the United States.
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SOUTH OF PASIG
By United Press
Three American divisions,
joining forces in southern Ma
nila, herded the Japanese into a
narrowing pocket south of the
Pasig river today. U. S. bombers
carried out widespread sweeps
over the Pacific and ran the
aerial offensive against Iwo Jlma
into the 68th consecutive day.
The battle against the Japan
ese garrison, backed into the
burning waterfront at Manila,
was the deadliest, close-in fight
ing of the entire Pacific war
The enemy was fighting with re
newed ferocity and sowing vir
tually every street In the Philip
pines capital with mines and
booby traps.
The junction In southern Ma
nila was made by units of the
First Cavalry division, the 37l.h
Infantry division, and the 11th
Airborne division. Units of the
Sixth Armored division at the
same time raced to the Island's
east coast at Dingalen Bay, cut
ting Luzon in two.
VAN DYKE CONDOLENCE
VOTED BY LEGISLATURE
As a token of respect to Ben
jamin F. Van Dyke, .father of
Representative Frank Van Dyke
of Ashland who passed away
Saturday, a resolution of sym
pathy was passed In the Oregon
legislature this morning.
Funeral services for Mr. Van
Dyke, native son of the county,
were held this afternoon at the
Conger-MorrU chapel.
VETS, DISPLACED WAR
WORKERS TO GET GAS
Washington, Feb. 13 (U.R)
The office of price administra
tion announced today It would
grant extra gasoline rations to
veterans and displaced civilian
war workers who use autos to
travel to authorized interviews
lac oew job. I
Ml TAE3E
CAPTURED AFTER
SIX WEEKS' SIEGE
110,000 Prisoners Taken;
Russians Run Rough-shod
Through Silesia Defenses.
London, Feb. 13 (U.R) The
ruins of Budapest, capital of
Hungary and one-time city of
1,500,000, fell today to the Red
army after a siege of six weeks,
Marshal Stalin announced in a
special order of the day.
Last ditch resistance by the
doomed German and Hungarian
garrison of Budapest, encircled
since Dec. 26, flickered out In
the rubble of the ancient city
astride the Danube river, and
the total of prisoners captured
by the Russians in the siege
mounted to 110,000, ,', .
Combined Assault
Budapest fell under the com
bined assault of Marshal Rodion
Y. Malinovsky's Second Ukrain
ian army and Marshal Fedor I.
Tolbukhin'a Third Ukrainian
army, which had clamped a
noose of strangulation on the
gateway city to Austria and
southeastern Germany.
North of Budapest 300 miles,
other forces were reported by
the German High Command to
have fanned out through Sile
sia to the Quels river, seven to
10 miles beyond the broken
Bober line in Silesia.
Marshal Ivan S. Konev's First
Ukrainian army was running
roughshod over the cracking
defenses of Silesia in a two-way
drive within some 70 miles of
Dresden, capital of Saxony, and
toward the southeastern flank
of the Berlin fortifications.
Nab Nail Chief
Among the 110,000 prisoners
captured in the fighting in Bu
dapest, Stalin reported, were
the German commander of the
Garrison, Colonel General
Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, and his
staff.
Large quantities of arms and
various war materials were cap
tured, the order said. Stalin
ordered 24 Salvos of 324 guns
the usual number for the cap
ture of a capital in tribute to
the captors of Budapest.
V-Bombs Kill 585
Britains in Month
' London, Feb. 13 U.R)-i-Ger-
man V-bombs killed 585 persons
and injured 1,629 in Britain dur
ing January, the ministry of
home security announced today.
The totals were nearly double
those In December and were the
highest, with the exception of
November, since August.
Jackson County Leads State
In Waste Paper Collection
Portland, Feb. 12 (U.R) Vol
unteer collections of waste pa
per In Oregon during January
showed an increase of 469 tons
over the December total ac
cording to an announcement by
the Oregon State Salvage com
mittee today.
January collections totalled
1112 tons against a 643-ton col
lection In December. The Janu
ary total was still considerably
below tonnage reported In pre
ceding months however.
Collections last month were
highlighted by Jackson county's
all-out drive, the committee re
ported. This drive conducted
through schools aud lalvafo
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TO BERLIN
By United Press
The nearest distances to Ber
lin from advanced allied lines
today:
Eastern front 32 miles
(from Klenitz).
Western front 395 miles
(from Rhine north of Kleve).
Italy 530 miles (from point
north of Ravenna).
24 LOSE LIVES
AS NAVY PLANE
FALLS INTO BAY
Alameda, Cal., Feb. 13 U.R)
Twenty-four persons were kill
ed today when a New York
bound navy C-47 transport plane
crashed into San Francisco bay
a few minutes after taking off
from Oakland airport.
Only four bodies had been re
covered almost five hours after
the crash, which occurred at
7:10 a. m. '
The plane apparently develop
ed mechanical trouble alter leav
ing Oakland at 6:52 a. m. and
dived into the water about
three-quarters of a mile off
Chestnut street in Alameda. ,
Eyewitnesses said there was
no mld-alr explosion. The plane
broke up when It hit the water
and crash boats were able to
find only the tall and part of
one wing.
The first body found was that
of a sailor who had 40-day leave
papers in his pocket. The navy
said a list of the plane's passen
ger's and crew members had
been forwarded to Washington
and that the dead would not be
identified until next of kin are
notified.
El
BIG THREE PLAN
London, Feb. 13 (U.B Mili
tary observers said today the al
lied big three may have planned
invasions of southern Norway,
Denmark and even the German
Baltic coast to speed victory in
Europe.
Speculation was touched off
by the big three's promise In the
Crimean declaration that allied
armies and air forces would
strike "new and even more pow
erful blows. . . . Into the heart
of Germany" from the east, west.
north and south.
The timing and scope of opera
tions from all four directions
"have been fully agreed and
planned In detail," President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stalin
said in the declaration.
committees netted a total of 179
tons of paper for a per capita
increase for the county of 8.5
pounds.
Robert A. Duff, chairman of
the Jackson County Salvage
committee at Medford and G. M.
Green, Ashland salvage chair
man together with school super
intendents led the drive.
Benton county remained on
top of the state's list for cumula
tive per capita collection aver
ages with 65.7 pounds contrib
uted per person since the start
of the campaign in November,
1943. Wasco county held second
place with a S3.1 pound average
and Marion county was third
with 43.8 pound.
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NO. 275.
IE MOVE
WAR PLANTS TO
ESCAPEBOIING
Plane Factories and Other
Vital Industries 'Efficient
ly' Moving to Manchuria.
By United Press
Airplane factories and other
vital war plants will be moved
from the Japanese homeland to
Manchuria "to make up for a
decreased production,' Tokyo
radio said today In an announce
ment of a "readjustment nf Nln.
pons industrial structure.
Rokoza Takabe, director of the
general affairs bureau' of the
Manchurian puppet government,
submitted a plan for "construc
tion of new and additional fac
tories in Manchukuo and the
removal nf nlnnit from j.Tnnan
Tokyo reported in a broadcast
recoraea Dy united Press, San
Francisco.
Very Efficient
"Part of the plan that of re
moval of all vital industries
from Janan ! unriAr vnv with
remarkable efficiency," Tokyo
quoted Takabe.
Takabe said the "projected al
location of industries must be
undertaken from a broad com
nrehensive ntanrtnrtlnf fn in
joint prosecution of the war."
(In Washington, Brig. Gen.
Laurls Norstad. rhlef nf fnM nf
the 20th air force, said Japan
had started dismnntllntf anmA nf
her largest aircraft plants in an
eiiort to scatter production fa
cilities and thereby obtain great
er protection against Superfort
ress attacks.)
"The nlnn la en irrun
enable Manchukuo to undertake
directly the task nf nrnriuxti nn nf
aircraft to make up for the de
crease oi production In Japan, as
well as needed vital production
of other arms," Takabe said.
"Besides, Manchukuo must be
prepared to function in the addi
tional caoacitv
of war materials."
T
David B. Simpson arrived In
Medford this morning and will
deliver the main address at the
traditional annual banquet of
the Jackson County Lincoln
club this evening. The banquet
will be at the Holland Hotel at
8:30 p. m.
"Wanted: A 1945 Proclama
tion of Emancipation," Is the
subject of Mr. Simpson's ad
dress. The Lincoln banquet is al
ways one of the largest gather
Ings of the year for Republicans
of the county. In addition to
Mr. Simpson's address there
will be election of officers and
a program.
Anna Boettiger
FDR's Companion
Washington. Feb. 13 am
The presence of Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Boettiger at the Big
Three Crimean conference 'gave
emphasis today to her new role
as Confidante, boon enmnnninn
and adviser to her father.
The tall blonde only daugh
ter of President and Mrs. Rnnsn.
velt, returned to the executive
mansion to live more than a
year ago. Ever since, her stand
ing and prestige as a White
House figure has arown bv
leapt and bound
BANQUE
STOP
Nazis Throw In Reinforce
ments at Expense of Other
Portions of Western Front
Paris, Feb. 13 (U.B
The Canadian First ermy
completed the conquest of the
Relchswald or Reich's forest
at the north end of the Sieg
fried line today and pressed
on Into the Rhlneland through
heavy German artillery fire.
Paris, Feb. 13 (U.R) Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton's troops punch,
ed two new holes in th kw.
fried pillbox belt north of Ech-
ternach today, giving them three
possible gateways to the Rhine
land. Canadian 1st army units beat
down brisk German counterat
tacks and suddenly stiffened re
sistance to score new gains In
the offensive against the north
ern end of the Westwall.
Units of seven German divl
slons had been counted in the
forces bracing against Gen. H.
D. G. Crearar's push toward the
Ruhr and Rhlneland. The Ger
mans appeared to be throwing;
In reinforcements at the expense
of other cortions of the, timet m
front
Heavy Fighting
Heaw fiehtins
lng on along an arc of 12 to 19
miles southwestward from the
Rhine above the vllln
hausen, three miles northeast of
Kleve The village fell to Ca-
naaian troops who crossed the
ra 11 way northeastward from
Kleve.
The 80th and fith riluldrm.
Patton's U. S. 3rd army shoul
dered past the concrete forti of
the Siegfried belt at pomta
northwest of Echternach. Farth
er to the north Patton had
break through the Westwall in
the Pruem area.
Pruem Cleansed
The 4th division rooted out
the last sniper In Pruem and re
pulsed two severe counterattacks
across the Pruem river north
east of the town.
To the south other 3rd army
troops erased one of the last
fragments of the Ardennes bulge
when they captured Vianden,
lower anchor nf thm nM at vm.
Vianden line across the base of
the salient.
DRAFT TO CATCH
ALL OREGONIANS
NDER 30 YEARS
Portland, Ore., Feb. 13 (U.R)
The young men of Oregon to
day had a warning from Col.
Elmer V. Wooten, state Selec
tive Service Director, that with
in 90 days virtually every physi
cally fit man with the excep
tion of those In agriculture .
would be In uniform.
In meeting Oregon's draft
quota of 3000 to 3500 men,
Wooten said that the new pro
gram would exhaust the supply
of men under 30.
"With respect to men over 30,
I may say that some will be
taken," He added, "but lt of
course depends on what they
are doing. Men are now being
drafted to 38 years of age, but
more consideration is being
shown those older men engaged
In esesntlal activities."
Those under 30 in essential
Industry will not be spared, he
said.
"With respect to those engag
ed In agriculture, we are adher
ing to the Ty dings amendment,
which provides that workers In
an essential agricultural enter
prise shall not be inducted until
a replacement can be obtained."
He said men . are not being
taken for limited army service
and that rejection for physical
disabilities is not permanent In
that any man can be called back
for re-examination. March re
quirements in Oregon will be
about 1200 men and April re
quirements have not been de
termined. SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Claude Haggard describing
the high wind he encountered
on a trip east and declaring it
blew the buttons off his over
coat. Lt. Bob Stedman just plain
happy to be home again.
Fred Scheffel taking time
out to chuck bands with old
buddies.. -