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Thirty ninth Year
Thev-Paid Costlv Price ot Iwo Jima Invasion
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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
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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
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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."