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Newspaper Page Text( Medford Uilted Prw Full Luud Wire Fortieth Year Dr. DeLong To Lead Union Pre-Easter Program Here Or. Russell V. DeLong, guest spokesman for the Union Pre Easter Passion Week series is scheduled to arrive Saturday to direct the community-wide 8 day program. The aeries is un der auspices of the Medford Ministerial association. According to the Rev. Fred M. Weatherford, president of the association. Dr. DeLong's first appearance will be in the First Presbyterian church at 11 a. m. Sunday, March 25. The first union service of Ine city will be held in the First Methodist church at 4 p. m. Sunday. From this point on union services will be held as follows: Sunday and Monday nights, First Christian Church at 7:30; Zion Luthern, Tuesday night; First Presbyterian, Wed nesday night; First Methodist, Thursday and Friday nights; Church of Xhe Nazarene, Sun day, April 1, 11 a. m.., 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. The annua Good-Friday pro gram, in the regular rotation order will be held F iday in the Church of the Nazaren-, from 12 noon to 3 p. m. During the program ministers of the asso ciation and Dr. DeLong will be heard. Noon-day sessions will be con ducted daily by Dr. DeLong in the USO, 12:05 to 12:35 p. m., Monday through Thursday. These services have been ar ranged for the convenience of business and professional men and women, citizens and church people in general. Dr. DeLong comes to Medford ED E 21St Army Group Hqts., Bel gium, March 23 (U.R) A wounded soldier's chances of survival on the western front are now nine to one in his favor and his chances of recovery from dis ease are even better. : Doctors and surgeons have won such a victory against the injuries and diseases that took a huge toll in world war I. In the last war a soldier suf fering a stomach wound had a three-to-one chance -of recover ing. Today's battlefield surgeons save 70 per cent of such cases. At least one-fourth are able to return to active duty. By improved techniques al lied army doctors are able to . save SO per cent of the lung, head and brain wound cases and 95 per cent of cases where am putation is necessary. The great majority of soldiers suffering flesh wounds now are returned to their units within a month ready for service. A consulting surgeon at this headquarters disclosed that of the first 50,000 wounded men evacuated from the continent after D-day only 200 had died. ARDOTfOCKS HIT ' IN HAND AND EYE Ardo Stocks, technician fifth grade, with the 1st army ih Eu rope, was recently wounded in the right eye. arm and hand, ac cording to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Stocks, route 2. box . 112. Stocks was serving with the A medical corps near Colonge at T the time of being wounded. The young man, who has been overseas for the past six months was resident of the Medford high school student body In his senior year. 1937, and later at tended William university and the University of Oregon. In a letter to his parents, Cpl. Stocks stated that he probably would be unable to use his right hand for a considerable period. Death Takes Wife Of Radio Figure Hollywood. March 23 (U.R) Mrs. Rupert Hughes, wjfe of the author and radio commen tator, died today in Hollywood P.eceivlng Hospital, apparently of an overdose of sleeping tab lets. Officers who answered a call ( to the Hughes' home in the T Hollywood Hills found her a'lve and rushed her to the hospital. where she died almost imme diately. Police laid iht bad been in ill health. Dr. DeLong highly commended for this united program. He has gained distinction as an author, edu cator, and pulpiteer. His name appears in the volume known as Religious Leaders of Ameri ca. He has successfully estab lished himself in the field of re ligious education. Recently in Olivet College there were 400 professions of faith during one week's series under his leader ship.. John Eby, of Medford, well known for his ability to get peo ple to sing, will direct the united musical talent during the pro gram. Presbyterians of . Phoenix to Hold - Sunrise Services Easter sunrise services under auspices of Phoenix Presbyter ian church will be held April 1 at Gemers Hill, just south of Phoenix. Services will start promptly at 6:45 a. m. with Rev, L.. H. Mitchelmore officiating Music by an accordion duo com posed of - Marion Bell and Jer- aldlne Compher will accomtianv singing. At 7:30 o'clock an Easter breakfast will be served in the parlors of the church for the young people of Phoenix area and any others who desire to at tend. Those desiring reserva tions for the breakfast are asked to call Mrs. Caldwell, 6227. . MOVIELAND STARS TO PASS PICKETS Hollywood, March 23 (U.R)- Movieland's glamorous stars to day voted overwhelmingly to disregard picket lines set up around Hollywood in an 11-dav- old walkout of studio craftsmen. The Screen Actors guild said a preliminary count of the 6.500 ballots sent to its members showed 491 stars voting to keep on the Job and only eight voting to strike. Featured players voted 1,884 to 65 not to strike. Movie producers, cheered by the ballot, reported film produc tion virtually back to normal, while strike headquarters called more workers than ever to the picket lines. FATHER SUICIDES IN EFFORT HALT WEDDING Rock Island, 111., March 23 (U.R) A father took his life in vain today in an attempt to pre vent his son s marriage. The son, a discharged service man, said he was determined to marry his 18-year-old sweet heart on schedule only eight hours after his father's death. Before taking his own life, the father had knifed the youth in his sleep, injuring him slight ly. CHURCH OF GOD MEETS LINCOLN SCHOOL GYM Due to the recent fire In the Church of God, corner Haven and Holly streets, the congrega tion will hold services Sunday in the gymnasium of the Lin coin school, near the armory Children desiring transporta tion to the school may gather at the regular church building or call 4224. RAPIST EXECUTED Lincoln, Neb., March 23 U.R) Set. Joseph T. MacAvoy, Brook lyn, N. Y., was executed in the electric chair at the Nebraska penitentiary today for the rape murder of Anna Milroy, 16-year-old Sutton. Neb. high school girl. MEDFORD, OREGON, WILLIAMS CHOICE AS HEAD OF REA RECe 52-36 Senate Holds F. D. R. Nom inee Unqualified to Ad minister Electrification. Washington, March 23 (U.R) The Senate today rejected the nomination of Aubrey Williams. left-of-center New Dealer, to be Rural Electrification Admin istrator. The vote against Williams was 52 to 36. Williams is the first major Roosevelt nominee tc be rejected by the Senate since June, 1939. when it turned down the nomin ation of William S. Boyle to be U. S. attorney for Nevada. A coalition of 33 Republicans and 19 Conservative Democrats defeated Williams. Oregon sen ators split. Sen. Morse voting for, and Sen. Condon against. The rejection was no surprise. It had been foreshadowed two weeks ago when the Senate Agri culture Committee voted 12 to 8 against the nomination. Charges Denounced Williams' supporters in the Senate futilely devoted mast of the week to speeches urging his confirmation. They denounced charges that Williams leans to ward a Communist philosophy They cited his record as deputy director of the Works Projects Administrator and Director of the National Youth Administra tion as evidence of his ability. Opponents of Williams, confi dent of their strength, talked but little. In the closing hours of debate Sen. Olin D. Johnston, D S. C. made support of Williams the subject of his maiden speech. "Williams is being tried in the Senate on Communistic and re ligious charges, but his oppon ents do not have the evidence to prove their case,"- Johnston pro tested. Lean Citad The religious question had been injected by Sen. Theodore G. Bilbo, D., Miss., who told the Senate that Williams obtained a loan from the Presbyterian church to study for the ministry Williams did not becomes preacher, however, and Bilbo called it taking money under false pretenses. Other last-minute speakers for Williams included Sen. George D. Aiken, R., Vt., Chair man Elmer Thomas, D., Okla of the Agriculture Committee and Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. CANADA ENJOYS LIFE OF PLENTY Ottawa, March 23 (U.R) War-time . Canada is enjoying a life of comparative plenty, Cana dian officials said today, and they congratulated themselves on their management. They said there were enough steaks and cigarettes to go around, and whenever there was a run on supplies, extra amounts were released "to restore public confidence. Only butter and gasoline still are under rationing control, and only a few articles of clothing one of which is women's stockings are in the shortage group. Officials said it should always be remembered that at no time has Canada accepted lend-lease either directly or indirectly from the United States. TAC0MA MAN HELD FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUOR George Alavekiv, 29, of Ta coma was arrested by state po lice near Roseburg this morning for transporting 28 cases . of liquor in his coupe without permit, according to Medford state police headquarters. Alavekiv, who was accompa nied by his wife, was said to be transporting the liquor from California to Washington. WCTU WILL ENLIST HELP OF MASCULINE WORKERS Evanston, III., March 23 (U.R) The Women's Christian Temperance Union u going mas culine. In a new program an nounced today. Miss Lily Grace Matheson, secretary, said the union plans to enroll 400,000 men as members in the next five years. Prior to this, men have been admitted only as honorary or uiocute members. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945 An Important Messag to Mail Tribune ReacT? and Advertisers Due te the fact that The Mail Tribune's first-quarter quota of newsprint has been almost exhausted, the size of this newspaper must be restricted to four pages each day, beginning Sunday. March 29. and continuing throughout the week. As the primary mission of every newspaper is te print the news, the major portion of the four pages daily will be devoted to local, state, national and world news, together with favorite Tribune features. Every effort will be made to serve classified advertisers to a limited degree, as interruption in this service at this time would prove a hardship on many citiiem of this community. It will be necessary, of course, to withhold all dis play advertising until Sunday, April 1st, when a new , quarterly quota becomes effective. Advertisers here at home and manufacturers and distributors throughout the country, who use the columns of this newsoaper to stimulate sales, will then be served "as usual." Advertisers of this community and elsewhere have accepted this necessary "advertising holiday" with understanding and a fine spirit of cooperation. For this we are most cirateful. We hope that they will not be thus inconvenienced again. . We hope that the critical ahortaoe of newsorint will be relieved soon end that the "freese" on Moll Tribune subscriptions csn be lifted. We hope, too. that early victory will put an and to shortages of newsprint and other commodities. The peoole of this community will then have a larger and better Mall Tribune than ever beferel 3 JAP DIVISIONS OFFENSIVE Chungking, March 23. (U.R) Three Japanese divisions have opened a new offensive from bases on the Pelplng-Hankow railroad against the air base town of Lohokow, 230 miles northwest of Hankow, a Chinese army spokesman said today. The attack was reported to have originated Wednesday from a series of Jap-held -cities in southern Honan province and northern Hupel province. Military observers here be lieved the new offensive was an attempt to consolidate Japanese hold on the Asiatic continent in view of the precarious position of the homeland. A Chinese army spokesman said the new offensive, follow ing closely the break-through to the Canton-Hankow railway and occupation of air bases in Kiang- si province in southern China by the Japs in January, was launch ed with three motives. First, to reduce the air base there fighters and bombers from Lohokow have been har rassing Jap railroad communica tions in north China and, sec ondly, to remove Chinese armies there which constitute a threat to the Peiping-Hankow railway Third motive foreseen was to re duce Lohokow as a traffic cen ter through which materials from occupied China flow to free China. CHECK FORGER HELD UNDER BAIL OF $1000 James Alton Weathers, Rt. 4, Medford, was arrested by city police yesterday charged with forgery of two $15 checks on Fred Powers, Rt. 4. Weathers is being held under $1000 bail after a preliminary hearing in jus tice court yesterday. SeMILLE TO APPEAL Hollywood, March 23 (U,R) Cecil B. DeMille today prepared an appeal to a superior court ruling which permitted the American Federation of Radio Artists to suspend him for re fusing to pay a $1 fee. He filed a notice yesterday that he will ask the supreme state court to make AFRA reinstate him. 20 Per Cent Of Tokyo's Industry Knocked Out By Superfort Raids Washington, March 23 (U.R) The Superfortress fire raid on Tokyo March 9 knocked 'out 20 per cent of the enemy capital's industry for three months, an air force officer said today. Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad, chief of staff of the 20th Air Force, added that more than five per cent of Tokyo's Industrial capacity was knocked out for a year in the same raid. Norstad said estimates based on photographs showed 1,200. 000 Tokyo factory workers were rendered homeless and between 200,000 and 250,000 home and Industrial buildings were de stroyed. Tokyo industry represent about 20 per cent of Japan's to- JU1, ' Tribune United 'a fuUUwd Win O Mail Tribune . 40 Years Old Today the Medford Mall Tribune starts its 40th year of publication. A combination of earlier publications, date of the first issue goes back to the Med ford Mail, first published March 23, 1906, by A. S. Blit on.. The Medford Daily Trib une was started somewhat later and in November of 1909 the Medford Printing company, incorporated with J. F. Reddy as president and George Putnam as publisher, purchased the Medford Mail from Bliton and began publi cation of the Medford Mail Tribune. The present editor, R, W. 'Ruhl,' first came to Medford In 1910 as part owner of the Medford Sun and later the Mail-Tribune and Sun were consolidated with Ruhl, Put nam and S. S. Smith the main stockholders. Putnam sold his interest in the printing company in 1919 to enter the publishing field In Salem and Smith sold his interest to the Southern Ore gon Publishing company in 1931. SURPLUS SALES Washington, March 23 (U.R) The senate war investigating committee today sharply criti cized the Defense Plant Corp, and certain unnamed "persons in government office" in connec tion with surplus property sales by two New York concerns. But it had only praise for New York's Mayor F. H. La Guardla for his "invaluable aid" in its inquiry into Jacob Gold berg's Surplus Liquidators, Inc., and into the Worldwide Mercan tile Corp., with which the "no torious racketeer Irving (Waxey Gordon) Wexler was connected The committee held exturded hearings earlier this year on the auction sales of surplus proper ty by Goldberg's concern. Dun ing the hearings the white haired auctioneer admitted pen mlttlng the use of secret signals at auction sales to help certain customers. He could not ex plain a $5,000 discrepancy in his accounts. Norstad has just returned from headquarters of the 21st Bomber Command in Guam where Superfortress raids on Japan are planned. He said an alysis of the two recent incen diary raids on Nagoya and simi lar attacks on Osaka and Kobe is not available in the same de tail as - Tokyo. Norstad said that while the volume of B-29 operations is steadily mruntlng, the rate of losses is steadily decreasing. Total losses of B-29's in all 20th Air Force operations, in cluding those based In the Ma rianas. China, and India num bcr 170 planes. Erien; action ac counted for 84 and operational losses tor bo. NO. 1. NEW INLAND SEA T BY B-29'S Japs Report Five Fortresses 'in Recon Visit; Nips Suf fer More Pacific Setbacks ' By United Press Five American Superfortress es ranged over Japan's inland sea today apparently photograph ing the destruction inflicted by carrier planes of the Fifth fleet last week and mapping new tar gets, Tokyo reported. The report, which said that no bombs were dropped, came as Japanese imperial headquarters admitted the loss of 150 planes in attacics on the (inn fleet. New Setbacks - Meanwhile, enemy forces suf fered new setbacks throughout the Pacific. A survey showed that in the first 22 days of this month planes and warships of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and Gen Douglas MacArthur destroyed oi damaged at least 789 Japanese planes, 264 merchant vessels and 47 warships. In admitting their plane losses to the fifth fleet, the Japanese said they broke off attacks with the American naval force Wed nesday night. An earlier Tokyo report had placed the fleet off the Okinawa islands. 300 miles southwest of Japan, Wednesday night. Close In On Bagulo In the Philippines, American troops and Filipino guerillas closed In from two sides on the northern Luzon city of Bagulo, Japanese headquarters for the islands. One force reached with in' 10 miles north of the city, while another moved to less than six miles from the south. Other American troops seized control of Gulmaras island, off soutnern ranay, to secure the southern approaches to the im portant Iloilo anchorage. It was tne Z7th island in the Philip pines invaded by American forces. . . SURVEY OF MEAT SHORTAGE SLATED Washington, March 23 (U.R) -The newly created Senate Food Investigating Committee made plans today for an imme diate survey of the meat short age. Chairman Elmer Thomas. D.. Okla., announced that his five man committee will begin pub- lie hearings Monday. First wit nesses will be representatives of small meat . packers and slaughterers who only yesterday told the Senate Banking Com mittee that OPA price policies confront them with one choice "go broke or go black." Thomas said the committee is beginning with the meat short age "because the meat men are here." But another member. Sen. Harlan J. Bushfield, R S. D., told reporters it was "because the heat is on." Sen. Robert A. Taft, R., O., meanwhile, proposed that meat sold to the government be freed from regular ceiling prices to encourage , production by hard pressed packers. ROLLER COASTER EAN IS PUNISHED Compton, Calif., March 23 (U.R) Mrs. Ruby Bishop, who can't stay away from the roller coasters, today was on 180 days probatljn on conviction of child neglect. Judge H. Leonard Kaufman ordered Mrs. Bishop to return to her former farm home near Al buquerque, N. M., and stay away from roller coasters. "I'm just a farm girl at heart. but I couldn't stay away from the roller-coasters," Mrs. Bishop explained when confronted with a probation report that her house had no hot water since Christ mas, that it had not been cleaned In several months, and , there was no food for her four chil dren, Lucille, 10, Ruby, 11, Ken neth, 4 and Betty, 2. Ashland, March 23 Pau Finnell, manager of the local J C. Penney company store, wa elected member of the local school board Thursday night to replace R. I. Flaherty, who re cently resigned. Allies Line Up For Last Heave Together To End Europe War By United Press British skirmishers crossed the Rhine in the Arnhem area today amid signs that allied armies lined up on its western bank were) on the verge of starting their all-out offensive to end the war. The German high command said American troops in the Lud wigshafen area in the south had attempted a crossing there, but -had been repulsed. Thousands of allied war planes shuttled across the river throughout the day, smashing railway and other targets In the path of the invaders. The strategic and tactical air forces struck blows not even exceeded in D-day in Normandy. ' GERMANS CLAIM CROSSINGS MADE The Paris radio reported hearing a German broadcast to the effect that the British 2nd, Canadian 1st, and American 9th armies under Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery had made the first crossings on a 65-mile front between Arnhem and Duesseldorf. The report was not confirmed by any other source. On the eastern front, three 'Russian armies were reported on the move toward Austria in Silesia, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary. The soviet newspaper Izvestia said the 1st Ukranian army had gained control of the Sudeten roads leading to Moravska-Ostrava, controlling point of German communications In Bohemia. The 2nd White Russian army in the north tightened its 25-mlle siege aro around the Baltic ports of Gdynia and Danzig. The German radio reported that the Russians had driven six miles westward from the Oder river fortress of Kuestrin to the village of Golzow, 32 miles east of Berlin. MASSIVE AIR ASSAULT PAVES WAY The massive air assault on Germany in preparation for the big Rhine offensive was carried on today by swarms of American and British planes. RAF Lancasters dropped 11-ton Volcano bombs on a railway bridge at Bremen, mam communications nnK Detween northwestern Germany and the front. Hundreds of square miles of the Ruhr and northwestern Germany were in smoking ruins after the obliteration attacks of Wednesday and Thursday. The only official announcement overnight of land activities at the northern end of the front said large-scale skirmishing began yesterday in the Nijmegen area of Holland. Now the Ruhr THI SAAt w ITksir.lUfnJi"'W,','ll .... t J'"" .. - m.. SUNCS wi :a fAcmt Telepholo) V. S. First Army troops open battle for Ruhr on broad front east ol Rhine as the American Third and Seventh Annies to the south closed with a rush against last 30-odd mllei of Rhine's west Bank held by NaU between Ludwlgshafen and tbi , Karlsruhe corner. P The public Is Invited to the opening Saturday of the new Purucker Piano House located at 111 North Central avenue. After a two-year vacation Mr and Mrs. H. O. Purucker are back in the music business with a fine new shop built to con form to the modern plan of marchandlzlng and with a win dow style which allows almost the complete store to be seen from the outside. The Interior, decorated in cream and aqua, is divided into two distinct sections, one tea turing pianos, organs, solovoxes. radios, and radio combinations The other, named "Melody Lane' has been prepared for a sell service for records, sheet music and band Instruments and is equipped with two sound proof listening booths. The counters are covered with carpet to aid in handling merchandise. Saturday at 7 p. m., a pro gram featuring local artists will be presented from the stage In the piano department. MORE L. A. HOUSING Washington, March 23 (U.R) Rep. Gordon L. McDonough, R., Calif., said today the Nation al Housing Agency has .uthor ized private construction of 2, 000 family units in the Los An geles harbor area. Priorities will be made available to pri vate builders under the new program. BUS DROPS 100 FEET Richmond, Calif., March 23 (U.R) Twelve persons were un der treatment at Richmond and Mare Island navy yard hospi tals today for injuries received when a Greyhound left the road and plunged over a 100-foot em bankment last night. JCwilWiS Ontmtituf - , P&t '. ,.4U4iudilt C0L0GNI V . " "Hr - : i ' v Tii . v.z'Sko vi I 1HtMt w.m.f m Yanks On Move The American 1st army al ready across the Rhine struck: out from the northern and south ern ends of its Remagen bridge head. The Americans crossed the Wied river on the south and captured Neuwied and 20 other towns. The American broad casting station in Europe said the northern wing broke across the Sleg river and captured Sle burg, at the southern edge of the Ruhr. The American 3rd and 7th armies in- the Saar-Palatlnat proceeded with the extermina tion of the German survivors pressed into a pocket of 80 square miles along the Rhine. Barely 4,000 Germans were re ported still fighting the Ameri cans, and total enemy casualties were well over the 100,000 mark.. . -. . - .- - The big Rhine city of Main! was captured after more than 48 hours of savage resistance by Nazi SS troopers and city police and firemen. Ludwlgshafen was being cleared rapidly of a few hundred die-hard troops. Nasls Change Chiefs As the world waited expect antly for news of the big offen sive in the north, it as dis closed that Field , irshal Karl voq Rundstedt had been re placed as German commander-in-chief on the western front by Field Marshal Albert Kessel ring, who had been in command In Italy. There was speculation that Von Rundstedt might have been killed or wounded in a re cent allied air raid on the sup posed German headquarters for the western front. The quality of the resistance) which the Germans put uj east of the Rhine will largely deter mine how long it will take Gen. D w i g h t D. Eisenhower to achieve final victory ov-r the wehrmacht. Another factor Is likely to be the number of Rhine crossings the allies make. The nine armies at his disposal, Eisenhower has a wide range of chrtce along the entire length of the river' from its estuary in Holland to the Swiss border.. Many Doors Open Elsenhower is in position to strike in the Arnhem-Wesel area to flank the Ruhr from the north and reach the open West phalian plain. A frontal assault on the battered Industrial dis trict also Is possible somewhere between Wesel and Duesseldorf. Far to the south, it is reason able to suppose that the Ameri can 3rd and 7th armies and the French 1st are capable of smash ing through the weakened east bank defenses at selected points anywhere to above Strasbourg. The Germans do not have the manpower to cope with sep arate major attacks on such a long front. They have no re serves to rush to danger points, even if the aerial disruption of their transportation system made such movements possible. PRODUCERS SAY FILM WORK NEARLY NORMAL! Hollywood, March 23 (U.P) Major movie producers said film production was virtually back to normal today despite an 11-day walkout of studio crafts men, while strike headquarters reported more workers than ever participating. Eight thousand screen actors Guild members last night com pleted voting on whether to join the walkout, with results to be announced next week Ten plas terers quit work at Columbia studio in sympathy with the striken.