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By Arthur Parry
March went out like a
(7 red point per pound).
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Juveniles were awarded two
day holidays from last week,
for good work In the paper and
tin drives. Many took advantage
of the well earned rest, to get a
haircut.
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Harry Nealon, the S-VaTJey
tiller towned In mid-week and
enjoyed a spell In a dentist's
chair. He also enjoyed getting
out of it.
The Krauts are surrendering
at the rate of 2,000 per hour.
This proves two things: (a) the
yellow streak is showing in the
"red badge of pure Nordic eour
age", Herr Hitler used to brag
about; (b) experts say "the end
of the war Is distant", but not
too far.
This is All Fooled Day. Ore-
gonlans have started cussing the
Joke they played on themselves
at the polls last November,
a a a
The special election next June
will cost the state $79,000. One
of the issues will be the cigarette
tax. As the outcome if already
cinch, this is a lot of cash, to
find out what everybody already
knows.
Royal Brown of the E.Pt
Browns towned Thurs., all by
himself.
Leon Offenbacher of the Ap
plegate Joined the Elks Thurs
His uncle Herman and Ed Kubli
came in to see him ride the goat
a a a
Quite a number of townsmen
last week observed anniversar
ies of their being hatched, and
bitched.
The song of the tractor Is
heard In the rural areas, from
dawn to dusk, as the farmers
Jump sideways to catch up with
spring tarks.
a a a
Preliminary peace maneuvers
indicate the politicians are get
ting In their fine work. The peo
ple are begnnlng to figure it
would be best to leave H. Hop
kins, the deputy president at
home, and let somebody like
Gen. Patton represent America
at the Great Showdown.
HITLER Willi
ID QUJT BERLIN
SEES END 3 WEEK
London, March 31 (U.F9
Stockholm reports said today
that Adolf Hitler, admitting tor
the first time the war Is lost, has
offered to give up his dictator
ship and permit the German
high command to attempt peace
negotiations.
Dispatches from Switzerland
said general opinion in Berlin
was that the war would end
within three weeks.
Any true estimate of what was
going on inside Germany was
made difficult by propaganda
and sensational rumors. But it
appeared Hitler and his nazi
henchmen still were in control,
although both military and civil
Ian morale had been severely
shaken.
Exchange Telegraph reports
from Zurich, referring to the
same meeting, said Hitler had
faced the fact that the German
army could no longer resist.
These reports said there were
rumors that Goering had com
mitted suicide, that Kesselring
had been deprived of his rank
and hlzh nazis were fleeing with
their families to fortresses be
ing prepared in the Bavaria
Alps.
Swedish reports said the high
command told Hitler German
troops In the west no longer
obeyed their officers; that voiles
strum units were capitulating
without a fight: that gasoline
stocks were exhausted and there
was not enough food for troops.
Reports direct from enemy
sources gave a different picture.
nUFUSTSlE OF
RHINE SPAN TESI
LEE R: RODGERS
Funeral services for Lee Roy
Rodgers, rout 2, box 89, Berry-
dale avenue, Medford, who was
killed Wednesday night in a
truck accident on the Green
springs highway, will be held
Monday at 1:30 p. m. at Conger
Morris Funeral Home with in
terment m Oddfellows cemetery.
Kodgers was born in Peoria.
111., August 18, 1898, and had
lived in Medford about 18 years.
He is survived by his wife, Ger
trude, daughters Cora Mae and
Marcia Lee, all of Medford. and
his mother, Mrs. Cora Rodgers,
Eusene.
Also surviving are brothers
and sisters, John, Ray, Mrs. Nell
ie Cruzon and Mrs. "lildred
Ecklin all of Eugene; Ben, Sa
lem; Mrs. Ethel Marcum Spring
t'rld and Mrs. Bessie Sweek,
Grants Pass.
LAST OIL PLANT
OF HUN BLASTED
N HUGE ATTACK
SAFETY CONTEST
Salem, Ore., March 31 U.
The 1944 Oregon counties' traf
fic safety contest was won by
Clackamas, Umatilla, Tillamook
and Curry counties, Secretary of
State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., an
nounced today.
Jackson county was second
place winner in the population
division of counties having be
tween 23 000 and 40.000 inhabit
ants. Counties were Judged ac
cording to the percentage of im
provement in their accident in
cidence during the contest year,
over the preceding year.
COOS BAY FIRE
London, March 31 flJ.B
American and British warplanes.
more than 3,500 strong, blasted
the last big synthetic oil plant
still active in Germany today
and tattered Industrial and rail
targets between Berlin and the
rolling allied forces in the reich.
Another large fleet of Fort
resses and Liberators from Ital
ian bases hit targets in Austria
and northern Italy.
TodaVs operations set new
records for the weight of explo
sives dropped in a single month
for both the U. S. 8th airforce
and the ISth airforce in Italy.
Explosions and fires were
caused at the synthetic plant at
Zeitz, southwest of Leipzig, and
hits were scored on railyards at
Halle and rail and industrial
targets at Brunswick and Bran
denburg, west of Berlin. Those
objectives were hit by more
than 2,130 heavy bombers and
fighters of the 8th airforce,
carrying some 3,000 tons of
bombs.
The R. A. F. heavies struck at
the Blohm and Voss submarine
building yards at Hamburg, one
of the targets in yesterday's at
tack by more than 2,300 Ameri
can planes.
Today's bomb load raised the
total weight of explosives
dropped on the reich during
March by the 8th airforce alone
to 73,000 tons.
iTALIANlPPLY
ESCAPE LINE CUT
MINE YAGE PLEA
Washington, March 31 (U.B
The conference of soft coal mice
operators and united mine
workers spokesmen recessed at
approximately 9:30 p. m. tonight,
at the request of UMW Presi
dent John L. Lewis who said be
desired to caucus the miners'
negotiating committee.
Shortly before the recess Ed
ward R. Burke, president of the
southern coal operators usocia
tion, predicted that the opera
tors would reject the UMW's de
mand for a written guarantee of
retroactive payment, to April 1,
of any wage benefits which may
eventually be agreed upon or
ordered by the war labor board.
FOR BABY THEFT
Great Falls, Mont., March 31
(U.B The Dayton, Ohio chief of
police has notified all Montana
authorities to be on the look-out
for two year old Ronald Thomp
son, missing from his Dayton
home since October 7, 1944. and
a middle-aged woman who was
th child's nursemaid and is be
lieved by authorities to have
kidnapped the infant.
An $8,000 reward is being
held by the Dayton police for
the return of the youngster who
was 20 months old when he dis
appeared from his home, the
same day that his nursemaid
Miss Mary Wilkie was missed,
the chief said.
Flight o Time
Medford and Jackson Co. His
tory from the files of the Mail
Tribune 10. 20 and 34 years
ago.
TEH TEARS AGO TODAY
April I. I93S
Gi was Monday)
NBA suit in lumber test case
is dropped by government
Pope warns war in Europe
"would be enormous crime", and
favors destroying "those responsible."
Fair, with frost predicted.
High 84, low 31 degrees.
March goes out like a lamb
here, but with series of torna
does in middle west.
Many autoists fined for alley
parking.
New mystery gun being bur
ried for use by navy.
Gasoline price cut on Pacific
coast.
Cascade-Shasta club to meet
soon and discuss tourist travel
prospects.
TWEHTT TEARS AGO TODAT
April 1. 1923
(It was Wednesday)
Ten redskins land in Klamath
county Jail, after spending their
federal allotment for moonshine
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Rufus, Ore., March 31 (U.B
The speedily-erected heavy
duty pontoon bridges which the
American Engineer Troops threw
across the Rhine river to hasten
the breakthrough toward Berlin
were the result of experiments
conducted by the army and civil
Ian engineers at this little ham
let, about 36 miles above The
Dalles, Ore., on the Columbia
river.
Even Henry J. Kaiser, builder
of ships, helped in the secret en
terprise. His yards built 4,000
pontoons to support the test
bridges.
Not until after Germany was
successfully Invaded did censors
permit the release of the story.
The area around Rufus was a
"Guinea Pig" for operations in
testing the huge bridges.
E
R01S UNIONISTS
A fine stand of yellow mus
tard Is showing up In fertile
fields of the county. The weeds
are again growing better than
the wheat and oats.
a a a
The creak of the old time ball
players returning to the diamond
U again planned, and they will
ros bats with sisters cities in
due season.
Burbank, Calif, March 31
!UB Indignant members of the
International Association of Ma
chinista (A. F. L.) tonight prom
ised to return to the Lockheed
administration building Monday
to resume a demonstration
against the war labor board.
The union emphasized that Its
demonstrations would not Inter
fere with Lockheed production
Only machinists not on shift
were in the line that marched
before the building late yester
day and who will return Mon
day. The machinists are protesting
last week's WLB ruling that
wiped out 10 to 13 cents an hour
specialist wage classifications.
REJECT WELDER STRIKE
Tacnma. Wash., March 31
(U.B Employes of the Todd
Pacific Shipbuilding Corp. plant
at Tacoma have rejected a strike
ballot called by Independent
welders by a more than two-to-one
vote, it was announced to
night.
Coos Bay, Ore.. March 31
(UB An early morning fire of
undetermined origin caused ex
tensive loss to four business
firms, overcome two firemen and
for awhile threatened the Coos
Bay central business district to
day. Twelve hours earlier, fire
fighters battled a blaze In Port
Orford Cedar company kilns,
which resulted In a loss esti
mated at SI. 000.
Richfield Sales Up,
But Income Lower
Los An?e1es, March 31 (UB
Richfield Oil Corp had 87.300.
000 more sales In- 1944 than
1943 but net income dropped
$20 000. report to stockhold
er showid tonight.
Sales last year totaled
S78.35S.619 net income after
charges, taxes and reserve pro
visions, was S3 935.396 The in
come is equal to abou 98 cents
share on 4 010 000 shares of
common stock outstanding
Rome. March 31 (U.B Al
lied planes have severed every
enemy rail line facing tha Brit
ish Eighth Army in central and
northeastern Italy, it was an
nounced today, as Allied ground
armies maintained their toe-told
on the southern rim of the Po
valley.
The vital Nazi supply roads
and escape routes were cut by
large forces of fighters and fight
er-bombers of the Mediterranean
Allied Tactical Air Force which
roared in for the attack despite
light rains and low-hanging
mists. Today's Allied Headquar
ters communique reported only
that ground units engaged in
scattered patrol actions.
CHESSMAN REAPPOINTED
Salem. Ore, March 31 (U.B
Merle R. Chessman. Astoria pub
lisher, today was reappointed to
another three-year term as a
member of the Oregon state
highway commission. Gov. Earl
Snell announced today. Chess
man's new term begins tomor-
SUNRISE SERVICES
San Francisco. March SI
(U.B Thousands of San Francis
cans, Joined by soldiers, sailors
and marines, will observe
solemn Easter sunrise services
atop ML Davidson in the 23rd
annual observances.
1KB
Portland, Ore, March 31
(U.B New restrictions have
been placed on the u.ie of tin by
the government because of the
"dangerously low level" of the
stockpile the Oregon ?ate sal
vage committee anr.oun-ed to
day.
Th. if non for the order is
that the Imports from South
America have fallen 23 weem
shot' of requirements, n.d the
rematurtii must come frcm a
fast-inrr king supply on hand,
ar.a It may be some time tetore
we reconquer the far-eastern
course of the valuable ore.
This new order also prevents
the us of tin in automotive sol
dering and In re-tinning utensils.
pans. ar other Items used in
preparint food
i
to Claailf S 30 Saturday artarnooo
riaaaa ramemner
Murderer Is Held
For Return East
Portland, Ore, March Sl
um Randel O. Throneberry
arrested in Eugene for a 1943
murder of a Colorado sheep-
herder, today waived extradi
tion proceedings and ft? i ted in
Jail here pending arrival of
authorities to return him to
Colorado.
Arrested on a farm tear Eu
gene, where he has ben living
under an assumed name
Throneberry at a hearing was
ordered held in lieu of $25,000
bond He was sought for robbery
and slaying of a sheeohearder
at Steamboat Sprines. Colo, on
August 8. 1943. His brother
O. B. Throneberry, has been
sentenced from 35 years to lite
in that case.
Crown Zellerbach
Buys Timber Land
Portland. Ore, March 31
(U.PJ T h e Crown Zellerbach
Corporator today announced
the purchase of the 47.000 acre
Clark & Wilson Lumber Com
pany timbered and cu lover
lands In Columbia county and
plans to convert the entire tract
on a permanent production
basis as a tree farm. The area
con'ains 90.000.000 board feet
of merchantable timber. The
tract is bounded by Vernonia,
Scappoose and St. He 'ens
Drink, Family Woe
Blamed for Threat
Los Angeles, March 31 (IIP)
Marital troubles were blamed
tonight by Arthur M Peterson
42-year-olo electrician, for
barroom episode in which he
assertedly threatened to "blow
up the White House with nitro
glycerin
Peterson told reporters he
was dumbfounded at his ar
rest by the secret service. Offic
ers said he admitted drinking
heavily for several days since
his v.-tfe 'eft him.
Salem high school quint
beaten 27 to 23, by Torringtoa
In first game of national meet at
Chicago.
Probable rain. High 47, low 29
degrees. Precipitation .07 of an
inch.
Womenfolk complain clothes
left on wash line are ruined by
smudging.
Young element busy with fool
ishness on All Fool's Day.
Craters club holds a parade.
with many stray dogs in line of
march.
Unexpected heavy fog settles
over valley this morning, ac
companied by a light frost.
THIRTY-FOUR-YEARS AGO
TODAY
April 1. 1911
(It was Thursday)
New Carnegie library will
face Main street.
Germany blocks plan to estab
lish peace by arbitration in Eur
ope.
Wdrk on Jackson and Roose
velt schools progresses.
Saturday to see opening of
regular P. & E. service to Butte
Falls.
Government Planes Nov For Sale
Surplus Property Available April 6, 1945
$875to $2,400
depending on
condition
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MODEL BAKERY
Average cost new to Government approximately 9,000
Approximately 3,000 Primary Trainers Meeting Rigid Army and Navy Specifications
To Be Offered For Sale on a Price-Tag Basis by Reconstruction Finance Corporation
You can now own your own plane.
These Primary Trainers have been de
clared surplus property by the Army
and Navy.
Every plane win bear price-tag,
giving essential information such as make,
model, price, and condition of sale.
What you buy is listed in black and white.
Made for the Government by nationally-known
manufacturers, all the plane
are single-engine, two-place models. Per
formance records have indicated cruising
speeds In excess of 90 miles-per-hour. If
two or more people should want the same
plane at the same time the purchaser
will be decided by drawing lot.
For Information on where these Pri
mary Trainer may be teen, get In touch
with your nearest Sale Center listed
immediately below, or consult your near
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'Husband's Target
San Francisco Uirrk
U-fi) A navy chief who return-
ed home unexpectedly today
shot and killed a sailor hv found
tr bed witn his wife, then put
a fatal bullet through hla own
head after seriously woundine
the woman
The slayer, police reported.
was Herler Dahl, 31. a chief
machinist's mate stationed at
Miami. Fla. The victims were
George Patula. 28. seaman 2c
stationed at Treasure Island
here, and Mrs. Dahl. who was
rep-rwed in a serious condition
from three bullet wounds,
although doctors said she would
recover.
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JANET SMITH, 'U'
SECRETARY DEAD
Eugene, Ore., March 31 (UB
Miss Janet Smith, emp oirment
secretary of the University of
Oregon, died today after a
lengthy Illness. She had held
her Universtiy post since 1933.
For seven years travel secre
tary for the National Board of
the VMCA, Miss Smith had tour
ed the world extensively, includ
ing 20 crossings of the Pacific.
London, March 31 (U-B
Several "midget aircraft car
riers" British merchant vessels
equipped with flight decks
have been operating in the At
lantic since 1943, the admiralty
disclosed last night. The merch
ant aircraft carriers, unique h
naval history, combine the func
tions of merchantmen and escort
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sortment of New Jewelry:
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ring sets. Birthstone rings
for men and women. Lapel
pins, earrings and other
costume jewelry.
MONEY TO LOAN
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Musical Instruments.
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FRANK HORRINGTON
Drummer
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