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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