Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 01, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1MB mm Weather roracutt Partly cloudy to cloudy, ihowert tonifht. Fair Friday. Continued cooL Temp. Hlfheit yoitcrday ,.. 57 Lowest this morning ... II Thirty ninth Year Thev-Paid Costlv Price ot Iwo Jima Invasion i ii j i l i t'mi rii, iii. i. ilrii'--'-i)-iiii,i-l l iinmln inlli T An American gunner, killed when enemy fire hit his LCI as It headed for beside his gun. Another of the gun crew lies dead in foreground while They paid toe heavy price of Invasion, 41ST DIVISION IN CASUALTIES LIGHT -' Washington, March 1-MU.R) A broadcast from Manila said today that troops of the Ameri can 41st division have landed on Palawan, the westernmost Island of the Philippines. The . Blue network's corre spondent, David Brent, reported from Manila that the invasion forces on the 275-mile long is land landed on a peninsula near the town of Puerto Princesa, midway on the east coast. American losses were report ed light. By United Press Tokyo broadcasts said a big force of American carrier planes raided the Ryukyu islands, stretching from' southern Japan , to Formosa, for at least six hours today. The targets were' not listed, but American carrier planes previously concentrated on the naval base island of Oki nawa. - On Iwo, marines of the 3rd division pushed the Japanese back into the rocky northern section in an advance to within a mile and a quarter of the north coast. .The marines encircled and perhaps captured Motoyama Iwo's administrative center, and were within a few yards of an uncompleted third airfield on the island. Southerns0regon Legislators Offer Bill To Revive Grape Growing Industry In Area Salem, Ore., March 1 (U.R) Companion bills to promote re search and development of do kmestlc wines in Oregon and to give preferential treatment to wines produced in the state were on file in the Oregon legislature today by Senators Earl Newbry and Dr. William Moser, and Rep resentatives W. W. Balderee, H R. Jones and Robert C. Gile, all of southern Oregon. The. bills (S. B. 280-281) came up for second reading today and were referred to the alcoholic traffic committee. Tax Proposed. One bill provides that five cent per gallon tax on wine man . ufactured for sale in Oregon shall be levied to support a pro motional and development pro gram. A five member board wouldhe appointed by the gov ernor, to serve without salary to further research Into horticul ture, agriculture and viticulture, in cooperation with the depart ment of agriculture. The other bill amends the wine law to require that all for tified wines be sold in state stores and that there be a pre ference for domestic wines. Sen. Newbry, chief sponsor of the Medford United Pr full PFC. LEE HUBLER IS WOUNDED IN BATTLE Word was received here Tues- 'day night by Mrs. Dorothy Hub- ler that her husband, ric. lee Hubler,. was wounded in action oh Luzon Januar) 31. Pfc. Hub ler was wounded in the right shoulder and is now at the 44th General Hospital in the Philip pines. He has been serving with the 37th Infantry Division over seas for the past two years. Before his ln4uctlon two and one-half years ago, Hubler work ed at the local post office. - 10 CENT ROYALTY . Washington, March 1 411.19 The United Mine Workers today demanded royalties of 10 cents a ton on all bituminous coal mined in the United States. The royalty sought by the un ion would amount to more than S60.000.000 a year at the pres ent rate of production. The funds would be use"d by the un ion "to provide for .its members modern medical and surgical service, hospitalization, insur ance, rehabilitation and econom 1c protection." The demand was presented by UMW President John L. Lewis in a speech opening formal ne gotiations with operators for a new contract. He asked the government to keep hands off the negotiations legislation, said he had been In formed that the bills avoided the criticism of previous and simi lar measures that they constitut ed trade barriers. "Post war reclamation pro jects are universally regarded as necessary for national recon struction after the war," Newbry said. "In the Rogue river valley surveys have been under way for over two years, which will involve, if. adopted, many mil lions of dollars of investment in reclamation dams, diversion works and canals. Would Make Jobs "But right there in the valley, surrounding the body of Irrigat ed and irrigable land, we have had all these years a perfect dry farming reclamation project which requires only the clearing and planting of the lands. If an assured market can be promised the grower, the once-proud grape industry of southern Oregon can flourish again and in a manner never before dreamed." Newbry said a growing Ore gon wine industry would help stabilize employment and agri culture in southern Oregon after the war. He said it was estimat ed that in Josephine county Leased Wit MEUFUKU, (Acme Telejihotol Iwo Jtma beach, slumps In death a third, injured, rests at right ALL ABOARD LOST WHEN JAPS SINK Washington, March 1 (U.R) The ammunition-laden naval cargo ship Serpens has been sunk by the Japanese in the south Pacific area with the loss of all 200 men aboard, the navy announced today. ' The navy also announced loss of two other vessels. One ol them, the small cargo ship Ex tractor, was mistakenly sunk by an American submarine. The other vessel was the large landing craft LCI 600, which went down after hitting a Jap anese mine in the harbor of a central Pacific base. The 14,250 ton Serpens was manned by a coast guard crew A few of the Serpen's crew hap pened to be left ashore when the ship sailed and thus escaped The nature of the enemy action was not disclosed. The sinking of the Extractor was the first reported instance in which any of our ships have been sunk by our own sub marines in this war. Six men of the Extractor's crew of about 60 are reported missing. . McCARRAN BALKS Washington, March 1 (U.FO Sen. Pat McCarran, D., Nev., said today he has turned down a suggestion that he accept a federal judgeship in Nevada. alone, not less than 5.000 acres would go back into grapes if a market were assured and that this would gross over a million dollars annually In new income from otherwise wastelands. Preferential Planned Dr. Moser said the legislation provides for preferential treat ment in the home market of home produced natural wines and juices made from home pro duced grapes and berries, with out barring out of state wines from the market. He cited the provision in the bill that avail ability of home products is made the basis of determining whether non-domestic products may be offered by the retail dealers in natural wines. Where the home product of same or similar kind is not available, the private re tailer may handle it Dr. Moser said the Josephine county grape industry flourished 30 years ago but hundreds of acres of vineyard have been per mltted to go back to manzanita and scrub pine, with other hun dreds of acres uncared for. He said approval of the legislation and development of the indus try would spread throughout southern Oregon. AMMUNITION SHIP mmme-a fftjAmK s -; - M UKUUUJN, TilUKiSUAl, WALLACE GIVEN SENATE NOD AS COMMERCE AIDE Action Comes After Enact ment of Bill Robbing Post of Federal Lending Power Washington, March 1 U.B The senate today confirmed President Roosevelt's controversy-provoking nomination of former Vice President Henry A. Wallace to be secretary of com merce. Today's action was anti-climactic, however. It had been foreshadowed by enactment of a bill robbing the commerce post of any control over the multi billion dollar government lend ing agencies. Wallace's predeces sor, Jesse H. Jones, held the dual role of commerce secretary and federal loan administrator. Wal lace will have no lending au thority. Wallace drew both praise and condemnation in the debate which preceded the vote. Demo cratic Whip Lister Hill of Ala bama and Sen. George D. Aiken (R., Vt.) favored confirmation. Sen. Alexander Wiley (R,, Wis.) opposed it. E London, March 1 (U.R) Nazi broadcasts reported today that the Red army has resumed its attack along the Oder river front 30-odd miles east of bomb-bat tered Berlin after a long lull A Soviet attempt to break through the German defenses north of Frankfurt-on-Oder, miles east of Berlin, failed and enemy reconnaissance northwest of Kuestrin, 38 miles east, was beaten back, Col. Ernst Von Hammer said In a German DNB commentary. Moscow dispatches reported that mechanized Soviet cavalry had driven through Pomerania to within sight of Koeslin. key junction astride the last escape railway out of Danzig and north east Germany for nearly zuu.uuu German troops. Chamber Directors . Will Meet Friday ' There will be a regular meet ing of the board of directors of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at noon Friday In the chamber building. Any member not a director desiring to attend is asked to please call 2294 before 11 a. m Friday so that luncheon reser vations can be handled. RUHL'S SUCCESSOR NAMED BY GOVERNOR Salem, Ore., March 1 (U.R) Aubrey R. Watzek, Portland, has been named to the state board Of higher education. Gov. Earl Snell announced today, to sue ceed Robert W. Ruhl, Medford for a nine-year term. Upon expiration of Ruhl1 term he had expressed a desire to leave the board. The governor said that he and the state ap preciated Ruhl's fine services. CITY BUILDING PERMITS TOTAL $20,471 IN FEB, Building permits issued at the office of the city superintendent during February totaled $Z0,47l the records show. Of this figure $13,776 was for repairs to resi dences and S3.299 was for re pairs to business houses. Other permits Issued during the month amounted to $530 for new garages and woodsheds, $2 6S0 for garage repairs and $200 for a new cottage. FIRST PW DIES Long Beach. Calif., March 1 (U.R) Funeral services were ar ranged today for Edgar M. Haly burton, SS, first American to be captured by the Germans In the first World War. Halyburton died Monday at Taft, Calif., while visiting friends his widow said. MAKn "yY Roosevelt Informs Congress Good Start On World Peace Achieved Washington. March 1 U.R) President Roosevelt reported to Congress today that the. Crimea conference, achieved "a good start on the road to a world of peace." The time has come, he empha sized, when the United States can no longer avoid responsibil ity for political conditions in other parts of the world. A little more than z nours after his return from the Big Three meeting at Yalta, the president went before a- joint session of the House and Senate and eave a lengthy explanation of the meeting. It was his first personal appearance before Con gress in more than two years. He stressed that Great Britain. Russia and this country , were agreed unanimously to press the war against Germany in full force "until unconditional sur render." . Advice to Germans He advised the German people and soldiers to realize that the sooner they surrender "the soon er their present agony will be over." Looking forward to the April 25 United Nations conference in San Francisco, he said - it will ha a "definite charger of or ganization under which the peace of the world will be preserved In this connection again, ne stressed .the Importance of this country concerning ..Jtself ,w,lth the political problems of - the rest of the world. We shall have to take the re sponsibility for world collabora tion, or we shall have to bear the responsibility for another world conflict," he said. He reported "unanimous agreement" on "every point" of military and "vital political' problems which were put before the Big Three at Yalta. He listed the four major politi cal problems In this manner: 1. The occupation and control of Germany after victory, the complete destruction of her mili tary power, and assurance that Nazism and Prussian militarism will be ended for all time. 2. The settlement of "the few differences which remained among us" regarding the Inter national Security Organization 3. General political and eco nomic problems common to all of the areas liberated from the Nazis. 4. Special problems created by Poland and Yugoslavia. Sown to Cases Speaking from the well of the House chamber, the president said that in previous conferences particularly the Tehran meet ing late in 1943 no political agreements were made. But at Yalta "the time had come for getting down to specific cases in the political field." He frankly described the Big Three decision on the boundar ies of Poland is "a compromise." But he -aid he was convinced that "under the circumstances' It was "the 'most hopeful agree ment possible for a free, inde pendent, and prosperous Polish state." The agreement would give Russia about one-third of pre war Polish territory. Poland would receive German territory in the west. In compensation. Mr. Roosevelt emphasized that "quite naturally" the Crimea conference did not deal with the Pacific war, but that the com bined British and American staffs at Malta "made their plans to increase the attack against Japan." In this connection, he said, the "unconditional surrender of Japan is as essential as the de feat of Germany if our plans for world peace are to succeed." Long Pacific War The defeat uf Germany will not mean the end of the war against Japan," he said. "On the contrary, America must be pre pared for a long end costly strug gle in the Pacific." He said it was not yet possi ble to announce the procedure of voting in the United Nations se curity Council, but that Great Britain and Russia had unanl mously adopted a proposal made at Yalta by the American dele gation. It will be possible to discloie Tribune United Pint Full Leased Wire At Crimea Parley RUIN IN CRIMEA FOUND APPALLING Washington, March I (U.R) It was a grim President Roose velt who told congress today what the nasis ' left behind them in the Crimea. "I had read about Warsaw and Lidice and Rotterdam and Coventry," he said, "but I saw Sevastopol and Yalta. "And I know there Is not enough room on earth for both German militarism and Chris tian decency." this nlan "in a very short time.' The nresident said he believed Conn-ess would find it a tair solution of this complicated and difficult problem." Looking to the San Francisco meeting as a keystone of future world peace, Mr. Roosevelt saia "this time we shall not make the mistake of waiting until the end of the war to set up the ma chinery of peace. Tills time, as we fight together to get the war over quickly, we must work to gether to keep it from happening again." He was "well aware of the constitutional fact" that the charter developed at San Fran cisco, as well as "some of the other arrangements maoe at Yalta." will require Senate rati fication He assured the House and Senate tha they would be kept -constantly tfnformedi of this government s program ana re minded them that the congres sional delegates to the San Fran cisco conference included equal Republican and Democratic rep resentation. Not Party Question "World neace Is not a party question any more than is mili tary victory," he said. "The structure of world peace cannot be the work of one man, or one party, or one nation. It cannot be a peace of large nations or of small nations. It must be a peace which rests on the cooperative effort of the whole world." The President repeateSly spotlighted the present unity between "the major allies," say ing they had never bjen more closely united, "not only In their war aims but In their peace aims." He said one of the accom plishments at Yalta was closer tactical liaison between Kus- sian, American, ' and British forces fighting in Europe. He gave the first details of this new close cooperation, say ing provision was made for daily exchange of information between the allied forces on the western front, the armies in Italy, and the Soviet armies on the eastern front "without the necessity of going through the chiefs of staffs in Washington and London as in the past. He said arrangements also had been made for most effec tive distribution of all available material and transportation to places "where they can best be used in the combined war ef fort American, British, and Russian." Control Planned He elaborated at length on the meaning of unconditional surrender of Germany. The German people must realize the necessity of accepting it as the primary requisite of their re establishment as a people "whom the world might accept as decent neighbors." He said this did not mean the destruction or enslavement of the German people, but It did mean "temporary control of Germany" by Great Britain, Russia, France, and the United States. It also means the ending of nazism, the nazl party, and all militaristic influence; it means punishment for war criminals, Germany's complete disarma ment 'and the permanent dis memberment of the German general staff "which has so often shattered the peace of the world." "By compelling reparations In kind In plants, In machinery, and rolling stock and raw ma terials we shall avoid tha mis take made after the last war of demanding reparations In the NO. 288. form of money which Germany could never pay." He said the objective in hand ling Germany is simple "to secure the peace of the future world but that experience had shown this would be an Im possible objective "If Germany Is allowed to retain any ability to wage aggressive war." In speaking of the political problems inherent in the libera tion of nations occupied by the nazis, the President said there had been Instances which were incompatible with the basic principles of International col laboration" and that it was "fruitless" to try to place the blame on one nation. i The Crimea meeting produced a unanimous settlement in which the three nations agreed "that the political and economic problems of any area liberated from the Nazi conquest, or of any former axis satellite, are a joint responsibility of all three governments." Great Britain, Russia, and the United States "will join together during the temporary period of Instability after hostilities, to help the people of any liberated area, or of any former stellite state, to solve their own prob lems through firmly established democratic processes," he said. Winding up his review of the conference, the President said he thought it spelled the end of the s y s t e m of unilateral action and exclusive alliances and spheres of Influence and balances of power and all the other expedients which have been tried for centuries and have failed." $3 WEEK HIKE IN JOBLESS BENEFIT L Salem, Ore., March 1 U.R) Jobless benefits raised $3 a week and for an additional four weeks over present standards were ap proved today by the Senate La bor and Industries committee as the last of a series of related bills headed for floor action. The committee majority chose the $18-20 week schedule but Chairman Lew Wallace' will pre sent a minority report favoring a $20-18 week scale. Both plans provide maximum benefits equal ing one fourth of the year's earnings, instead of one-sixth as at present. Scale Is Issue The Senate now faces the con troversial issue of which scale to adopt (SB-78) and a companion bill calling for bringing all em ployers under the act instead of those with four or more em ployes as at present (SB-82.) The Senate committee dlsap proved a barbers' price fixing bill with "do not pass" recom mendation. A stalemate on wine legisla tion brought .lew measures into the hopper. Two milk control bills were up for final passage today, with two others In a series due soon. Salem, Ore., March 1 0J.R) A forgotten clause In Oregon's original 1868 constitution, bar ring Chinese from owning la.id would be repealed in a Senate Joint resolution unanimously passed by the upper House today (SJR-14). NINE DIE IN SMASHUP OF B-24 AGAINST HILL March Field. Cal, March 1 (U.R) Army authorities today Identified nine crew members of a B-24 bomber killed when the plane's tall assembly drop ped off and the craft plunged Into a hillside near Thermal. Cal., yesterday. Sole survivor of the crash was Cpl. Paul J. McKeever, engineer, Bralntree, Mass., who succeeded in releasing his parachute after he had been Jammed against a bomb-bay door. He was not Injured. THREE DIVISIONS DRIVE MILE INTO E Vanguards Advance on Six Mile Front From Three Bridgeheads Across Erft Parts. March 1 (U.F9 The American 9th army today cap t u r d Muenchen Gladbach, most Important German city yet to fall to the allies on the western front. In tha great, ait victory oi a week-long of. fenslve now beating at the de fenses of Cologne and the Rhine. Lt. Gen. George S. Patton'a 3rd army cracked into Trier, ancient stronghold anchoring the defenses of the western, most German bulge against Luxembourg, in advances of more than three miles along 55-mlle front. Marching with the three American armies was the Ca nadian 1st army on the left' wing. It was shouldering dowa into the' Rhlneland toward a junction with the 9th army which might trap tens of thousands of Germans. German defenders of the. homeland la many sectors were reported reeling, groggy, almost panicky, from the shock of the allied offensive. Paris, March 1 (U.R) Three American 1st army divisions stormed the outer works of Cologne today and drove an armored wedge more than a mile into the Germans' last-ditch de fenses barely six miles from tha Rhine fortress. To the northwest, the Ameri can 9th army continued Its pow er drive on the road to Duessel dorf and the Ruhr basin in the face of stiffening but still fluid German resistance. Headquarters said tha 9th army hammered out a general advance all along its front la the past 24 hours but the exact location of the Yank spearheads which 60 hours ago had out flanked Muenchen-Gladbach and driven within 11 miles south west of Duesseldorf was hid den by a rigid security blackout All News Good Spokesmen at Gen. Dwisht D. Elsenhower's headquarters said the blackout was conceal, ing only "good news" and that the 9th army had not been halt ed anywhere, despite the arrival oi uerman armored reserves on the Imperiled front. Vanguards of the U. S. 1st army's 104th and 8th Infantry di visions, along with an unidenti fied armored force, were driv ing In on Cologne on a slx-mlla front after advancing as much as a mile from their three bridge heads across the Erft river. TICKETS ON SALE FOR BENEFIT PLAY Ticket sales for the amateur play, "Deadlier Than the Male," to be produced here March 9 by Medford's little theater group, will be carried on from Mann's department store each afternoon beginning tomorrow, it was an nounced today. Sales were start ed this week at both Mann's and the Chamber of Commerce but the latter booth is to be dis continued. Both reserved and general ad mission tickets are on sale, lt is stated, and all funds are to be donated to the Red Cross 1945 war fund drive now In pro gress. The play, a comedy-drama, has an all-woman cast and has been in rehearsal for the past few weeks. CHURCHILL GOVERNMENT RECEIVES 413-0 VOTE London, March 1 (U.R) Com mons gave Prime Minister Churchill's government a 413 to 0 vote ot confidence today. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frances Kemler In the dog house for misreading a date and trying to hurry husband Zana off to the army a whole month early. Bert Elliott following In Pres ident Roosevelt's footsteps In tha matter of a third term. Carlos Morris still blithe and happy In spite of receiving a cer tain little notice with "greetings."