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.Vast Allied Air Fleet Soften Path for Russian Advance Weather Foreeui: Partly cloudy tonlfht and ThuraUy. Colder tonight. Temp. nishert Yoitorday , , .32 Lowest thli morning H-...JJ Thirty-ninth Year SIMPSON URGES A: FREE LEADERSHIP II 4 BANQUET TALK Lincoln Club Told Hope of !. Civilization Lies In U. S.; '.Carter New President. ' "If there Is any hope for civil ization in the world today, it lies in the leadership of American, and we must keep that leader ship free" declared David B. Simpson, Portland, who spoke at the 31st annual banquet and meeting of the Jackson County Lincoln club held last night in f' the Holland Hotel. Simpson gpoke to about 110 Republicans and friends in. the blue room of the hotel following the banquet and was introduced by the re tiring president, Mrs. G. Q. D'Albini. George R. Carter, Sounty clerk, succeeded to the residency and Mrs. D'Albini was named to the newly created office of historian during the annual elections. ' Abraham Lincoln not only be lieved in principles of freedom and the, rights of individuals, Simpson declared, but he prac ticed these principles hlmsell and worked and fought to see that , they were not denied to others. ' . Wains of Fallacies "The four men throughout . . , i t.ai.h4niM have nisiory . . i )i attracted the largest number 01 ' W j.m mem Mohammed, Buddha, Confucius ana Christ," Simpson remmaea audience. "These four men all .....L inninla which guided uiu&uv ' 11 t i i nfo'treat vour fellow roan as you would yourself1e- treated.' If me greai pica.v... could speak to us today, I be- lieve that is wnai no wumu ... An . Simpson urged his listeners not to be misled by the fallacies of class hatreds, wnicn ne -i i ront administra- C1UUSCU MM 1 " ' tion with fostering, and stated that such class hatreds led to totalitarian governments. Reviewing Lincoln's life, the speaker said, that he was a hum ble man, that he thought of him self as unequal to the great tasks . us. nminUtrntlnn and often JL ma nuuHHW" prayed for wisdom in moments of stress. Rights Upheld l -. "Lincoln believed in a govern ' ment of laws, and not a govern ment of people," Simpson said. "He upheld state's rights and in ji..ij,,oV. i-iohtn." Declaring that . up to 1932 both the Republican and Democratic parties nou been pledged to certain funda mntii nninto such as a balanc ed budget, Simpson said this inneer true and that we now have a third party, the "new deal" party, which foster ed many alarming practices lead ing to an increasing centraliza tion of government. "Communities should stop asking Washington for federal funds" the speaker declared, "since the federal government insists on controlling these funds thereby increasing the central governmental power." He cited the proposed federal education bill and said it should Be de feated. "We should never' for get that federal funds still come from our pockets," he said. No Compromise 4-.i In closing Simpson said the real principles of Lincoln and Republicanism should be carried to every person in the country that people should live what they believe and that there should be "no compromise be tween principle and personal gain." Preceding the speaker the Rev. L. C. Kirby delivered the invocation, the assemblage gave the flag salute and Henry En ders of Ashland led group sing ing. ' Mrs. D'Albini introduced var ious county officials and guests and stated that Judge J. B. Cole man had sent his regrets that illness prevented his attendance. The judge has missed but two of the banquets. Don Newbury read telegrams and messages from Senators Wnvnn Morse and Guy Cordon JT and from Congressmen Harris Ellsworth, James w. mou ana Lowell Stockman. Other mes sages read were from Joseph W. Martin, Jr., chairman of the na tional Rrnnhlirnn committee: Governor Sari Sncll. Kiel B- Unittd Press Aged Oregonian Given Clemency On Old Murder Fairmont, W. Va., Feb. 14 (U.R) Judge Charles E. Miller of the Marion county circuit court, at noon today suspended the one to five-year prison sentence Im posed upon Benjamin Franklin Male, 74, on his conviction for a 40-year-old murder charge. Defense attorneys told of Male's struggle with his con science over the 40-year period since the crime was committed, and submitted a petition and more than 100 letters from citi zens in the Ranier section in Oregon, where Male spent the last 38 years, testifying to the man's upright character, and asked mercy for him. FRIENDS TO BUILD Construction of a church" edi fice for the Medford Friends con gregation began yesterday, the pastor, Milo C. Ross, stated to day. The building is being erect ed on the Old Pacific highway at the junction of DeBarr ave nue and the Midway road. First unit will be a - chapel, constructed entirely of brick which will cost about $6,000, Ross stated. Priorities have been secured from the War Production board for this first unit and later additions will be made when con ditions permit, the pastor said. The pastor pointed out that this area Is not now served by any church, and this fact was taken into consideration when the location was selected for, the church. Beginning next: Sunday, the church will hold services in the Howard school, he said. The Friends church is more common ly known as the Quaker church. WAR BULLETINS Paris! Feb. 14 (U.R) Troops of the Canadian 1st army beat oft four German counterat tacks today and In advances of mora than a mile lightened an assault arc on the ap proaches of the Rhineland rail and highway hub of Goch. Washington, Feb. 14 (U.R) American submarines have sunk 31 more Japanese ships to? push their loll of enemy vessels destroyed well above the thousand mark. - Three combat ships were in the lat est haul a converted light cruiser, a converted gunboat and an escort vessel. The rest of the bag included 21 cargo vessels, four transports and J inree tensers. Allen, state committee chair man; Palmer Hoyt and Quincy Scott, former speakers; Claude IngalJs, publisher of the Cor vallis' Gazette Times; State Sen ator Earl Newbry, Representa tive O. H. Bengtson and Ralph Cake, prominent Oregon Repub lican. Memorials Read Report of the resolutions and memorials committee was giv en by George W. Neilson, in cluding a memorial for the late W. R. Coleman and B. F. Van Dyke and extending sympathy in the illnesses of Judge Cole man and Judge Herbert K. Han na. A resolution pledged -the club to give all possible aid to returning veterans, Mr. Neilson read a "Mother's Prayer" and at the suggestion of the com' mittee the assemblage stood in silent prayer to honor those who have died in the war cause. Accepting the report of the nominating committee, given by Kenneth Denman, all officers were advanced. Henry G. Enders of Ashland succeeded Carter as first vice-president; Robert F, Kyle, Medford, advanced to sec ond vice-president, and Robert Dodge, Ashland, secretary-treasurer, to third vicepresident. Wil liam Perry was named secretary treasurer for the coming year. Harold Colvig of Ashland de livered Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress, a traditional feature of the banquet, and Harry A. Young sang three solos, accompanied by Mrs. H. E. Marsh. Decorations were in red, white and blue and large portrait of Lincoln hung in the banquet room. Full Lwni Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY i 1945 MORGENTHAU FOR POSTWAR TAX CUT TO Sec. of Treaury Tells Con , gress Public Debt Must Be Paid as Soon as Possible. . Washington, Feb. 14 U.R) Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., today told con gress that a strong postwar tax system must be ' maintained "for postwar expenditures will be far higher than prewar ex penditures." The public debt, he added, must be reduced as rapidly as possible. Morgenthau proposed these policies in his report to con gress on the fiscal year 1944, which ended last June 30. And for the first time, he went on record as favoring postwar tax reductions to encourage expan sion of private enterprise. "Such measures are essential to the realization of full em ployment in a peacetime econ omy of free enterprise and com petition," he said. : Must Wait Peace He added that "little if any" tax reduction could be expected until major hostilities cease. Premature tax relaxation, he said, might tend to defeat the aims of the stabilization pro gram. . He assured congress that there was no question of the ability of the country to pay off its huge public debt. Morgenthau poured cold wa ter on reports in financial cen ters that the. government .was about to- offer? higher , interest rates on Its securities offerings. poLiraRE PRISON ESCAPEE Salem, Ore., Feb. 14. (U.R) Byron Neil Dyson, 19, who made a spectacular escape from soli tary confinement in the . state penitentiary late last night, was back in the "bullpen" at the prison today after only a few hours of freedom. ' Dyson, classed by prison of ficials as a "bad" prisoner, and by state police as "extremely dangerous," escaped from the solitary confinement cells while other prisoners were at a moving picture show, climbed the wall with the aid of a rope and over powered and bound Tower Guard T. G. Donnal, taking his rifle and pistol. He then stole a state police car, which was nearby having its radio repaired. within 20 minutes all roads were blocked - by state police, and a few hours later they appre hended Dyson walking along the state highway between Wood- burn and Hubbard. He did not put up a fight when captured. SPEAKS THURSDAY Jackson county home econ omics extension committee will sponsor Mrs. Helen Carlton Smith, ' world traveler and speaker on international affairs at a public meeting in the court house auditorium Thursday at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. Smith will dis cuss the timely problem, "When the Guns Cease Firing." For the past eight years Hel en Carlton Smith has been on the continent and in England, traveling and lecturing. According to Miss Marian Farrell, Jackson county home demonstration agent, the public is invited to hear the discussion. Mrs. Smith promises that she will allow time for questions from the audience. Nazi Spies Guilty, Sentenced to Hang New York. Feb. 14 (U.R) William C. Colepaugh and Eric Gimpel were found guilty todav on three counts of espionage and sabotage and were sentenced to be hanged. A seven man military commis sion at Governor's island handed down the verdict. VETERANS BILLS HAVE COMMITTEE 'DO PASS1IARK Education Aid, Employment, Loan Preference Among Proposed Laws Favored. Salem, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) Six veterans and postwar bills were before the House with "do pass" recommendations from the military affairs and postwar planning committee today Among them was the measure which arose from the Novem ber election, providing for aid to veterans in obtaining an edu cation in the colleges of the state. : The bill differs from the one which was approved by the peo ple chiefly in the amount of money payable monthly to vet erans who take advantage of the act a straight $35 month ly instead of a sliding scale starting at 75. Favor Armories ' Also the Armory bill, which levies a tax for the construction of buildings and is a referendum measure, was approved by the committee. Other bills would provide for permission for savings and loan associations to make loans to veterans; grant preference for veterans in public employment; provide for meeting places for veterans organizations, and pro vide for the orderly disposition of surplus war materials in the state. Salem, Ore., Feb. 14 (U.R) Legislation setting up a forest products laboratory at Oregon State College under the - State Board of Forestry was passed by the Senate today and sent to the House. The Senate also passed a bill (WB63) to remove employes of real estate brokers and subur ban newspaper carriers, both groups working on commissions, from the unemployment compen satlon law. Salem, Ore.. Feb. 14 (U.R) The Oregon House Committee on taxation and revenue today held under advisement related bills designed to alleviate acute financial problems of Oregon school districts, headed by HB- 123 to appropriate an additional $5,000,000 from surplus tax funds: Witnesses last night told com mitteemen that hundreds of teaohers are leaving Oregon for higher salaries elsewhere, in creased school population has threatened an exorbitant in crease in property taxes, and the swollen income tax is the best source for emergency funds, al though a long-term program is essential if the schools are to be financed on a sound plan. ENVOY RESIGNS Canberra. Feb. 14. (U.R) Nel son T. Johnson, American minis ter to Australia and dean of the diplomatic corps at Canberra, confirmed today that he has re signed and said he hoped to re turn to the United States in April. Japanese Inaugurate Orgy of Torture; Victims Pointed . Out by Veiled Betrayer By Ralph Teatsorth United Press War Correspondent Manila, Feb. 14 (U.R) A veiled betrayer, working for the enemy, put the finger on scores of purported Filipino guerillas who forthwith were bayoneted, burned alive or machine-gunned, it was disclosed today. This was only one In a series of senseless Japanese atrocities confirmed during the 11-day bat tle of Manila. The story was told by Alejandro Dagaml, a Filipino, who has lived hero 14 years. On Feb. 5 the leader of the neighborhood association called at his home In the Intermuros district. He said the Japanese military authorities had ordered Filipinos to report either to San Augustine church or the Cathe dral. Dagaml, his wife, and three small children reported to San Auaustin. There they found 3.- 000 others. Two nights later. they were segregated by sexes. The men were marched to Fort Saaitaso. There about SfiO were The Big Three and Their Chiefs (Acmt Radio-Ttlephoto) The Big Three Prime Minister Churchill, President Roosevelt, and Premier Stalin (left to right, seated) pose with their chiefs of staff outside palace at Yalta in Soviet Crimea after conclusion of momentous eight-day conference at Yalta in Soviet Crimea. Standing (left to right) are Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Field Marshal Sir Henry Maltland Wilson, Field Marshal Sir Alan Brooke, Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, General Sir Hastings Ismay, Admiral Ernest King, Air Marshal Sir Charles Portal, Admiral William vLeahy. General George C. Marshall and Russian delegates. British official radlophoto. JAP SUBVERSIVE OS SEIZED Newell, Calif., Feb. 14 (U.R) Security officers of the War Relocation Authority have raid ed headquarters of two illegally operated Japanese political clubs at the Tule Lake seggregation center and have seized "subver sive" records, .Project Director Ray Best announced today, . A hand-made Japanese flag also was seized in the raid yes terday on the Sojukl Dan and the Hoshl Dan offices in. two csmp buildings, Best declared. The raids were made under search and seizure orders of the U. S. Department of Ji'rtlce, They followed by two days re moval of 650 Japanese aliens and Japanese-Americans who had re nounced their U. S. citizenship to an unnamed camp operated by the Department of Justice. Most of the internees trans ferred were members of one of the political organizations which reportedly had been urging in mates to renounce their citizen ship, the WRA said in announc ing the transfer. TO BERLIN By United Press The nearest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Eastern front 31 miles (from Zaeckerick). Western front 295 miles (from north of Kleve). Italy 530 miles (from north of Ravenna). 1000TH SUPERFORT . Wichita, Kan.. Feb. 14. (U.R) The Boeing-Wichita plant sent its 1,000th B-29 . Superfortress bomber out to fight the Japanese today, the company announced with war department approval. crowded Into three rooms, 30 meters square. The Japanese guards brought small amounts of rice, insuffi cient for the crowd of prisoners. Dagaml escaped Feb. 10 by climbing through a hole in the celling. He hid in tall grass along the Pasig river, where he met several men who had reported to the cathedral. The cathedral crowd had marched to Santiago. There the men had been scrutinized by a Mestizo, whose face was veiled to prevent Identification. The Mestizo pointed out alleged guerillas in the crowd. 100 Bayoneted About 100 designated as guer illas were lea into a room and bayoneted by the Japanese. The remainder were locked In a building, and the building set afire. Men who tried to es cape the flames were shot down, but nevertheless approximately 20 got away alive although ser iously burned. Other confirmed Japanese atrocities in Manila: . Oa Feb. 13 luac Vaw and REOOR IN Nl Tribune United Press Full Leased Wire Twenty Registered Nurses of County v Join Army' Corps Twenty registered nurses who formerly resided in Jackson county are now in the army nurse corps according to a sur vey and list made by the Grad uate Nurses association. District Four. Due to the fact that much publicity is currently being given to the drive to enlist nurses In the services, it was thought the complete list would be of special interest at this time. On the list are First Lt. Ber niece Gill, First Lt.. Margaret Wells, -First Lt.-Jean Graden, First Lt. Corlnne D'Albini, Sec ond Lt. Owetics Neal, Second Lt. Alee Rossteder, Second Lt. Mary Hensler, Second Lt. Pearl Howard, Second Lt. Martha Lc can, Second Lt. Velma Argot singer, Second Lt. Mary Roach, Second Lt. Charlotte Walker, Second Lt. Florence Weiser, Second Lt. Sibyl Walker, Sec ond Lt. Patricia Clendenning, Second Lt. Mae Rawlings, Sec ond Lt. Josephine Beers, Sec ond Lt. Bertha Morgan, Second Lt. Mildred Ann Willetts and Second Lt. Florence Pye. Washington, Feb. 14 (U.R) The USS Ommaney Bay, a 10. 000-ton aircraft carrier of the world's fightinest navy, has gone to a watery grave on the bottom of the Pacific after a short but violent career. She was the 10th U. S. carrier sunk in World War II. The navy told her story last night in announcing the loss of both the Ommaney Bay and the fast mine sweeper Long. It did not say exactly how they mot their end, only that It was through "enemy action". Mark Decumlllas, Investigators, found photographs of a group of bodies. They Included 11 Chin ese males, four Chinese women, five boys, and a girl baby The adults had their hands tied be hind their backs. All apparently had been bayoneted, On Feb. 7 mutilated bodies were found on Luna and Marl ones streets. Residents there said they had already burled 31 bodies. Nearby 48 other bodies were found. One third were women and one third were chil dren. In most cases the hands were tied behind the back and the victims clubbed, bayoneted or shot without trial on suspic ion of participating In guerilla warfare. Some Filipinos said the Jap anese had made the threat that "none of them would be alive" when the Americans arrived in Manila. One explanation for the outburst of mass bestiality was that the Japanese were mad dened by the speed at which the U. S. forces drove on Manila, and slaughtered helpless civil iau lot pitQ. NO. 276. of Staff MANILA BATTLE NEARS WINDUP; F By United Press . The end of the battle for Ma nila appeared in sight today, with vbe U. S. navy's former base at Cavite and Nichols field again tn American hands. . - The Japanese r-sported. mean while, tltot.nenrly 100 American planes raided southern Formosa ugaln Mr). day and Tuesday, Units . of the 11th Airb .rne division captured Nichols air field yesterday and then pushed olong 'he shores of Manila bay to take the Cavite Naval Base, where they seized 10 enemy seaplanes and a battery of three- Inch guns intact. , Close In on Japs At the same time the First Cavalry division and tho 37th Infantry division continued to close In uii the Japanese. While the troops were clean ing up Manila, American bomb ers and F.ghters struck to the north of the Philippines and raided the Takao and Tainan sectors of Formosa for two days, according to the Japanese Do nel agency. BULLDOG KILLS CHILD PLAYMATE Los Angeles, Feb. 14. (U.R) Jealous of his mistress affection for her 21-month-old daughter, a pet bulldog last night turned on the child that had been his play mate and killed her. The dog, Woof, grabbed little Marguerite Theresa Dcrdenger by the neck and crushed her spine before the mother, Mrs. Drusllia Derdenger, could loosen the grip of his teeth. The child was rushed across the street to a physician, but was dead when he examined her. Mrs. Derdenger said she had had the dog for five years and that he had been a playmate and guardian to the child since its birth. WEBER SENTENCE CUT TO 5 YEARS Washington, Feb. 14 (U.R) The sentence of Pvt. Henry Weber, Camp Roberts, Calif., has been reduced from death to five years' imprisonment for disobeying orders of an officer. Maj. Gen. Myron C. Cramer, judge advocate general, reveal ed this today In a letter to Chair man Elbert D. Thomas, D., Utah, of the Senate Military Affairs committee. Cramer said he personally had recommended to the re view authority at Camp Roberts a reduction of the sentence to five years' confinement "to equalize the sentence In accord ance with war department policy." BRUNT OF HEAVY Saxony Capital Becomes Torch for Advancing Rus sians; Chemnitz Blasted. London, Feb. 14. (U.R) Tha red army hammered to within 70 miles of Dresden today as tha Saxony capital and other nolnta in the path of the soviet advance rocked under air bombardment by nearly 4,000 American and British war planes. For the first time In the war the powerful land offensive of the Russian armies was directly supported by coordinated air blows from both the American and British strategic bombard ment fleets. RAF Lands First The attack was opened by night when some 1,400 RAF planes blasted Germany, nearly 800 of them concentrating on Dresden where they lighted vast fires visible to the advancing red, army less than 70 miles distant at the Quels river. American Flying Fortresses and Liberators took up the as sault by day, sending some 2,250 planes over Germany, including 1,350 heavy bombers. One large U. S. formation dropped a new bomb load on Dresden, while others hit Chemnitz, 38 miles to the southwest and Magdeburg, 70 miles southwest of Berlin. Dresden Flames It was the first time In the war that the elements of all three of the major allies had been coordinated in a blow at Germany. Whether the Angle American air support for the red army was a fruit of the Yalta conferences was not known. Returning RAF crews said they set fires In Dresden, easily visible 200 miles away. The big comiagrations set a beacon for the red army forces slashing at the Queis river line, less than 70 miles to the east. Today allied air forces were over Germany in great strength. The Nazi radio echoed with warnings of raiders over Dres den -and Zwickau;- 60 miles to the southwest, while German radio transmissions In the north were suspended, a usual indlca tion of allied air activity. Arteries Hit ' The Dresden assault struck the network of rail and highway arteries and depots upon which the wehrmacht is dependent to supply Its front line force now rapidly falling back upon the Saxony capital. , , The RAF sent out a record breaking total of 1,400 heavy bombers over Germany with tha bulk of them concentrated in support of the red army. KILLED IN WRECK August Bebemlss, 238 South Holly street, was killed early this afternoon when a logging truck he was driving left the highway at Cascade Gorge and rolled over a cliff, according to George Davis who brought the body to Medford In the Perl ambulance. Cascade Gorge is about 42 miles from Medford on the Crater Lake highway. Beberniss was said to be head ing toward Medford with an empty truck when the accident occurred. He was employed by O. W. Panter. Mrs. Mary Beberniss, wife of the dead man, is 111 In Sacred Heart hospital. Further details of the acci dent were unavailable at press time. Vandenberg Denies Bid to Conference Washington, Feb. 14 (U.R) Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, (R., Mich.), said today he had re ceived no Invitation to be a member of the American dele gation to the United Nations con ference at San Francisco. He re fused to say whether he would accept If Invited. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bob Kyle referring to the Lin coln club banquet program to find out what kind of a vice president he was. Democrat Ralph Sweeney hav ing a fine time at a RepubUcan meeting. Vern and Marguerite Brophy joyful over the news of the ar rival of their first grandchild and Grandpa Vern already mak ing plans to buy his granddaugh ter a pony. A
