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Fortieth Year
Red Drive Nears Vienna Outskirts
I
HEAVY FIGHTING
Stalin's Forces Capture In
dustrial Centers in March
Toward the Capital City.
London, April 3. (U.PJ Red
army troops tonight drove to
ward the outskirts of Vienna
after capturing the chief Aus
trian industrial centers of Wei-ner-Neustadt,
Neunkirchen and
Gloggnitz. ,
At last reports red army ad
vance columns were only 11
miles south of Vienna.
Wiener-Neustadt is 23 miles
south of Vienna. Neunkirchen
lies 13 miles to the south and
Gloggnitz is eight miles south
west of Neunkirchen.
Rail Lines Cut.
The advance cut all of Vienna's
direct southward rail connec
tions, forcing the Germans to use
a roundabout route through
LInz.
The red army successes were
announced by Marshal Stalin in
an order of the day addressed to
Marshal Feodor I. Tolbukhin.
Eisenstadt, 13 miles east of
Wiener-Neustadt also was taken.
The Germans reported heavy
fighting in Baden, only 11 miles
from Vienna and in Bratislava,
capital of the puppet Slovaklan
state.
TAX COMMISSION
Salem, Ore., April 8 U.R)
The Oregon State Board of Con
trol was tentatively considering
possible replacements., to., the
State Tax Commission today,
following a motion by Secre
tary of State Robert S. Farrell,
Jr., that the two members whose
terms expire on June 4 not be
reappointed.
No action was taken on the
motion, and the board decided
to consider further whether the
two men, Charles Galloway and
Earl Fisher, be reappointed or
whether two new men be named
to take their places.
Farrell explained that there
was "nothing personal" in this
motion, but that he felt that
two new men could better serve
the state on the tax commission.
He said that if they were not' to
be reappointed that he felt it
only fair to give them notice of
the fact.
Gov. Earl Snell said he felt
that the two men had done
"an outstanding Job," and would
be sorry to lose them.
London, April 3 (U.R)
Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts,
prime minister of South Africa,
arrived today to take part in
commonwealth talks pr-"min-ary
to the San Francisco confer
ence. Captured Nazi
Hitler Plans to
By W. R. Higginbotham i
UP Staff Correspondent.
London, April 3. (U.PJ A cap
tured German general told front
correspondents today that Adolf
Hitler plans to die In battle at
the head of S3 elite guard troops
especially picked for the honor
of dying with the fuehrer.
SS units already were being
designated for the sacrifice, Ger
man MaJ. Gen. Hans Boehlsen
said In an interview with a Lon
don News-Chronicle correspond
ent on the 3rd amy front.
Another captured German,
Prince Engolbert Charles Arcn
berg, first German prince to fall
into allied hands, said he had
received private word that
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering
was dead.
M
United Presi
U.S. Not To Ask For Added
Votes In World Assembly
Is Decision Of Roosevelt
Washington, April 3 U.R)
President Roosevelt has decided
that the United States will not
ask for additional votes for this
country in the proposed world
assembly, it was announced to
day. It was disclosed last week that
during the Crimea Conference,
Russia asked for three votes in
the assembly. The White House
said then that Britain and the
U. S. agreed to support this re
quest in the San Francisco con
ference. Would Follow Russia
The White House added in last
week's announcement: "But the
American representatives stated
that, if the United Nations Or
ganization agreed to let the So
viet Republics have three votes,
the United States woud ask for
three votes also."
Today's announcement meant
that the U. S. apparently will
continue to support the Russian
request for three votes, fulfill
ing the promise made at Yalta,
but will not follow this up by
asking the three votes for this
country.
The announcement was made
by Secretary of State Edward R.
SENATE REJECTS
MANPOWER BILL
Washington, April 3 (U.R)
The senate today rejected the
compromise manpower bill.
The vote was 48 to 29. i
The decision had been expect
ed ever since the bill came to
the floor last Wednesday.
Washington, April 3 (U.R)
Oregon's senators Guy Cor
don and Wayne Mori voted
against the compromiie man
power bill.
The house - previpusly had
adopted the bill by a small mar
gin. Sen. Carl A. Hatch, D., N. M.,
made the concluding argument
for it. He said it was needed
for increased war production
and as. a boost for the morale
of the men at the front.
Sen. Forrest C. Donnell, R.,
Mo., made the concluding argu
ment against the measure. He
said the morale argument was
not valid, and that the bill
would do more harm than good
to war production.
After rejecting the measure,
the Senate voted unanimously to
send it back to conference with
the House, with the same Senate
conferees as before.
Rome Area Allied Command
in the Mediterranean Theater
plans to open high school and
university classes for officers
and enlisted men in that city.
General Says
Die Fighting
Other high nazl chiefs still
were alive and making their es
cape to some hideout, presum
ably in the Bavarian Alpos, he
told London Daily Telegraph
correspondent on the American
9th army front.
The prince, along with his
princess, Valerie Marie, who
claimed to be great grand
daughter of Queen Victoria and
a distant cousin of King George
VI, were found in their 300-room
palace at Norkirchen near Lud
inhauscn in Westphalia.
A dispatch from the Swiss bor
tler said Gestapo Chief Heinrich
Himmler spent Easter at the Ba
varian town of Bregcnz with
other members of the nazi Inner
gang planning a last stand in the
Bavarian mountains.
EDFORD
Full Laued Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 3,
Stettinlus, Jr., at a record-breaking
press conference attended
by nearly 100 correspondents.
No Postponement
' Stettinlus also announced that
plans for the April 25 San Fran
cisco conference are proceeding
with no thought of postpone
ment. On the contrary, because
of the rapid tempo of military
and political events, it is in
creasingly necessary that the
plans for creating a world or
ganization be carried on prompt-
Stettinlus declined to reveal
when President Roosevelt de
cided to drop the plans for this
country to request additional
votes. His formal statement
merely said:
"The president has decided
that at the San Francisco con
ference the United States will
not request additional votes for
the government of the United
States in the general assembly."
Questions Answered
Stettinius opened the confer
ence by reading a long state
ment which he said was the de
partment's attempt to answer
the 33 questions on the secret
Yalta voting agreement submit
ted by correspondents last week.
On the question of why the
Yalta agreement on the proposed
Russian votes was kept secret
for 47 days, Stettinius statement
said that the president had want
ed to discuss it with the U. S.
delegation and make a final de
termination of the course to be
followed before announcement.
Stettinlus' statement was
made prior to an unusual con
ference with the British, Russian
and Chinese ambassadors this
afternoon. He insisted that the
meeting concerned routine mat
ters and preparations for San
Francisco.
E
PROGRAM TO BE
HELD IN STATE
Police officers of southern
Oregon will meet tomorrow
morning in the auditorium of the
county court house for final In
structions on the nation-wide
brake testing program to be con
ducted from April 15 to June 1.
The program Is sponsored an
nually by the International As
sociation of Chiefs of Police for
the purpose of emphasizing the
importance of checking auto
mobile brakes periodically to
assure highest possible efficiency
in their operation.
Local police said that traffic
enforcement officers will make
a simple brake check on vehicles
stopped during routine traffic
enforcement procedure during
the period. The check consists of
a small slotted block of wood,
one inch thick, on the floor
board under the brake pedal, po
lice said. If the pedal strikes the
block before it starts taking hold,
It is evidence the brakes need
attention, according to police.
In Oregon, city police depart
ments, county sheriffs, state po
lice and other law enforcement
officers are cooperating in the
program.
TEST FOR PERSONNEL
DIRECTOR IS PLANNED
An examination for director
of personnel and placement for
the state unemployment compen-
sation commission, state public
welfare commission, state board
of health and the crippled chil
dren's division of the University
f Oregon medical school as of
ten as enough applications are
received to mako the procedure
practicable.
Any person wishing further
Information mav contact Profes
sor William Griffith, Merit Sys
tem Supervisor. 818 Mead Build
ing, Portland, 4, Oregon.
RETURNED VETS
TO BE HONORED
E
Parade, Program Will High
light Celebration Honor
ing War Vets of County.
To honor returned veterans
in the county at this time, and
particularly those men who
were released recently from Jap
anese prison camps in the Philip
pine islands, Thursday of this
week has been set as "heroes'
homecoming day." A citizen's
committee has made arrange
ments for s parade at 2 p. m., to
be followed by a program at
the city park.
Relatives and friends of serv
icemen who are in the county
now on leave or furlough, who
have returned after discharge or
who are visiting in the county
are asked to register these men
at once at the Riverside USO
with Miss Berniece O'Denny or
Miss Nancy Lee Hough, giving
their name, address and the
theater of war where they serv
ed. This is to be the start of a
permanent registration of return
ing servicemen.
Extended special Invitations
will be Cpl. William E. Davis,
Sgt. Lome B. Cox, Sgt. William
Dispell, John F. Eatchclcr and
Sgt. BUI J. Lorton, all veterans
of Pataan and Corregldor and all
former prisoners of the Japanese
in the Philippine Islands, now in
the county.
Plans call for the forming of
the parade at Ninth street and
Riverside avenue from where it
will proceed on Riverside to
Main street and up Main to the
city park. There will be speak
ers and veterans will be intro
duced and interviewed. Schools,
service clubs, veterans' organi
zations and lodges will partici
pate In the parade and celebra
tion. Downtown business places
are asked to display the colors.
Proclamation Issued
Mayor Clarence A. Meeker to
day issued a proclamation set
ting aside Thursday as heroes'
day. It reads:
"Whereas Thursday. April
S. 1945. has been declared the
day of observance in honor of
heroes of the present war now
returned to their homes In the
city of Medford. now, there
fore, as mayor of the city of
Medford and with the consent
of the council hereof, I do
hereby proclaim that said day
from and after the hour of
1:30 p. m. be set aside for the
purpose of Joining with the
citisens of Medford In giving
due honor to our returned
heroes and request that In so
far as may be practical, that
the citisens of Medford Join In
such observance."
Larry Neeley is serving as
chairman of the committee on
general arrangements and mem
bers of the parade committee are
Frank Cullen, C. Lyall Fidlcr,
Eugene Thomas and George
Goodman. Tony Manno is pub
licity chairman and Bill Law
rence, Victor Milnes and Roy
Elliott are the program commit
tee. FLIERS DESTROY
92 JAPPLANES
Chungking, April 3 (U.R) U.
S. 14th air force pianos, striking
at the Shanghai airdrome 500
miles from Okinawa, destroyed
92 Jap planes and damaged 16
in surprise raids Sunday and
Monday, it was announced to
day. Other P-51s, swooping down
on Japanese troops at Sinsiang
nnrih nf the Yellow river, killed
1,200 of the enemy, a commu
nique said.
Fighter planes of the U. S.
rhln. air force, attacking the
Shanghai airdrome in blows co
ordinated with the Okinawa in
vasion, shot down six enemy
planes and blasted the rcmaind
v on tbi ground.
1945.
EARL IOLDRIDGE
DIES IN SMASHUP
Medford Man In Smashup
En Route to Nebraska
Ashland Man Is Injured.
Earl Wooldridge, 38, well
known Medford chef and res
taurant owner, . was killed and
Charles Walters, part-owner of
the Plaza cafe in Ashland, was
seriously injured about 3 a. m.
today when the car Wooldridge
was driving struck the end of a
loaded freight truck a short dis
tance north of Redding, Calif.,
and rolled over several times
along the highway. Walters was
taken to a Redding hospital.
By a strange coincidence, Vin
cent Swinney, route 4, Medford,
driver for the Pierce Auto
Freight, went to the scene of the
accident shortly after it oc
curred, aided in loading the two
men into the ambulance and dis
covered upon searching the
wrecked car for identification
papers that the victim was his
uncle. Swinney was at the
freight station In Redding when
a driver brought in word of the
accident.
Car Demolished
Swlnnoy stated this noon that
Wooldridge had apparently mis
calculated distances and struck
the corner of the truck, a Mitch
ell Freight company truck from
Seattle loaded with a flat-rack of
airplane motors, as he attempted
to pass. He said the car, a 1939
Buick master sedan, was com
pletely demolished.
Wooldridge was said to be en
route to Sidney, Neb., where
Mrs. Wooldridge and their three
children had been visiting rela
tives. Native of County
Wooldridge was a native of
the county, having been born in
the Missouri Flat district, and
had resided here his entire life.
He was chef at the Holland and
Medford hotels for a number of
years and recently purchased
and operated the Dixie cafe. The
family home was at 1405 West
Eighth street.
Survivors Include his wife, a
son 3i years old and twin sons
2 years old: his mother, Mrs.
Rhoda Wooldridge, Medford; two
brothers, Walter Wooldridge.
route 4, and Frank, who lives
near Central Point, and three
sisters, Mrs. George Swinney,
Medford, Mrs. Alflcda Sharp,
Charleston, Ore., and Mrs. Ray
mond Lalhrop, Grants Pass.
Relatives stated that the body
would be brought to Medford
soon an funeral arrangements
announced.
KIEL ATTACKED
BYUSJPBERS
London, April 3 (U.R) Amer
ican 8th air force bombers at
tacked the big German base and
Baltic port of Kiel today in a
renewal of the campaign against
the shipping facilities behind
the threatened defenders of
northwest Germany.
About 750 Flying Fortresses
and Liberators bombed Kir'..
one of the main harbors of
S c h 1 e s w I g-Ho'.steln, toward
which the allied 21st army
group was pressing.
Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle
sent some 850 Mustang fighters
to escort the heavy bombers on
the Kiel mission. Allied bomb
ers last Saturday struck the
heaviest blow of the war at
ports and shipping centers In
northwest Germany.
British Mosquito bombers
last night attacked Berlin and
the synthetic oil center of Mag
deburg. INDIANS PROTEST
Bombay, April 3 (U.R) Busi
ness houses were closed in vari
ous parts of India today In pro
test against the scheduled hang
ing later this week of seven men
Brirsled after the widespread
rioting In 1812.
Tribune
United Press
On Jap
Kol.no fK
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American Invasion forces sweep deeper Inland on Okinawa Island against
light resistance, although Japan proper Is only 362 miles away. Airfields
at Yontan and Katena were captured, and troops were pressed on Naha,
the capital. .The Kerama Islands were seized preparatory to the Okinawa
sweep.
Japs On Okinawa Gird
For First Major Stand
Guam, April 3 (U.R) Front dispatches said today that the
Japanese defenders of Okinawa appeared to be making prep
arations for their first major defensive' effort against Ameri
can soldiers and marines who thus far have been virtually
unopposed.
The enemy stand, it was be
lieved, will be made across the
narrow, bottleneck isthmus
guarding the approaches to 'the
capital city of Naha and its
huge, nearby airfields. - At last
report, units of MaJ. Gen. John
R. Hodges' 24th army corps
were a little more than six miles
from the city.
The doughboys who severed
Japanese defenses on Okinawa
by dashing six miles to the east
coast in less' than 30 houts
widened their hold on the vital
Nakagusuku Bay naval anchor
age to at least three miles and
still were pushing forward be
hind tank companies.
United Press Correspondent
Edward Thomas reported that if
the Japanese attempt to mass
troops along this' front they will
be exposed to American battle
ship and cruiser 'fire, plus straf
ing and bombing attacks by car
rier planes.
Marines at the northern end
of the 10th army's front broad
ened the west coast beachhead
to at least 10 miles with an ad
vance of more than a mile.
Thomas said the troops sliced
through meager Japanese resist
ance "like a hot knife through
butter" in their dash to the east
coast. Ever-increasing numbers
were pouring out of the lime
stone hills onto the eastern
beaches, he said.
Japanese planes made a fee
ble attack on the Invasion ar
mada Sunday night, and five
were shot down. A Japanese
communique, however, claimed
that 13 more American war
ships had been sunk and 17
damaged.
(A CBS correspondent broad
casting from the fleet said Tok
yo claims that 150 ships had
been sunk since the start of the
invasion operations were "Just
about 99-44100 per cent
wrong.")
RETAILERS TO ELECT
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Election of officers and other
Important business Is slated for
the meeting of the recently
formed retailers group of Med
ford io be held Wednesday at
8 p. m. at the Chamber of Com
mcrce building. H. L. Brown Is
chairman of the nominating
committee.
First meeting of the gr.jtip
was attended by about 20 retail
ers. SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Little Dickie Phalr raising his
voice to inquire why he hadn't
received a certain Sunday school
award.
Hcmmcrlcy Conger receiving
overparklng tickets with remark
ab'.e regularity.
Jack Bicrma, fire warden,
deeply chagrined to find that he
slept lliruugli a neighborhood
Xu a.
Full Leased Wire
NO. 10.
Doorstep
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STAGE TO HEAD
CLOTHING DRIVE
Reginald A. Stagg, civic di
rector of the Medford Junior
chamber of commerce, was ap
pointed general chairman of the
United National clothing collec
tion drive at a meeting held In
the Jackson county chamber of
commerce building last night.
Because of the urgent need for
serviceable clothing, Junior
chamber officials have called for
assistance from other service and
civic organizations. Plans were
outlined before representatives
of the Lions, Rotary, Kiwanls
and school officials.
Other Clubs Aid
The Lions club will be in
charge of budget and collections,
Rotary club will conduct special
events, the Kiwanians will be in
charge of collections from rural
schools and granges and E. H.
Hcdrick will be in charge of
collections by the city schools.
Any clothing which is now
ready may be left at Humphrey
Motors, 33 South Riverside ave
nue. Other depots will be estab
lished soon.
What Is Needed
Most urgent needs are for the
following: Infants' garments
all types, particularly knit goods;
mens' and boys' garments over
coats, topcoats, suits, coats, Jack
ets, shirts, all types of work
clothes, including overalls, cov
eralls, etc., sweaters, underwear,
robes, pajamas, and knitted
gloves; women's and girls' gar
ments overcoats, Jackets, skirts,
sweaters, shawls, dresses, under
wear, aprons, Jumpers, smocks,
robes, nightwear, knitted head
wear (such as stocking caps),
women's hats, dress hats, and
derbies cannot be used.
Bedding blankets, afghans,
sheets, pillow cases, quilts.
(These are needed If In service
able condition); shoes either ox
fords or high shoes of durable
type with low or medium heels.
(Shoes with high heels, open toes
or open backs, evening slippers,
and novelty type cannot be
used. All shoes contributed
should be mated and tied se
curely Into pairs.) Usable rem
nants and piece goods in cut or
uncut materials of one yard or
more in length are wanted but
not rags or badly damaged, dirty,
or worn-out fabrics.
Petty Officer Here Chief
Petty Officer and Mrs. Robert
L. McLean, former residents of
Medford, are visiting his par-
ems, nir. and Mrs. Roy McLean.
227 South Oakdalc avenue. They
came to Medford from Kctchi-
CITY REDUCED TO
RUBBLE HEAP IN
THREE-DAY FIGHT,
i
Tank Columns Race Far Be
yond to Envelop Holland;
Mop-Up Starts in Hamm.
Paris, April 3. (U.R) Lt.
Gea. George S. Paiton's tanks
today roared Into Gotha, only
150 miles from Berlin and a
scant 185 miles from Junction
with the red army.
Kassel, Germany, April 3.
(U.R) The 80th division cap
tured historic Kassel today
after three days of the blood
iest fighting by 3rd army
forces since the crossing of the
Rhine.
Paris, April 3 (U.R) Amer
ican and British troops captured
tne westphalian capital of
Muenstcr today while tank col
umns raced 50 miles and more
beyond the city in twin drives
to envelop Holland and force '
the Weser river line on the main
superhighway to Berlin.
Muenster, 227 miles due west
of Berlin, fell to the Allies after
more than three days of savaga
street fighting and a raking ar
tillery bombardment that re
duced the city to a blackened
rubble.
Mop Up Hamm 1
Twenty miles to the south
west, soldiers of the American
9th Army fought their way into
Hamm, the biggest railway cen
ter in western Germany, and be
gan a house-to-house mop-up of
its by-passed Nazi garrison.
Armored spearheads of tha
9th Army already were mora
than 50 miles east of the Muens-ter-Hamm
line, splitting through
the hinge of the German de
fenses to the Weser river on tha
Ruhr-Berlin superhighway 178
miles from Berlin and only 37
miles east of Hannover.
. Another 9th Army column was)
reported racing for the Pied
Piper town of Hameln, on tha
Weser 158 miles due west of tha
German capital.
Far to the south, Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton's American
3rd Army appeared to have
broken loose on another armored
run - through central Germany.
Official spokesmen said Patton'a
men were only 160 miles from a
Juncture with the west-bound
Red Army at an undisclosed
point.
Kassel Captured
Berlin ald Patton's men had
captured Kassel, pivot of tha
German defenses on the Fulda
river line 165 miles southwest ot
Berlin, and another 3rd army
force was only 152 miles from
the enemy capital at Eisenach,
Southeast of Eisenach, 3rd
Army forces were almost three
quarters of the way across cen
tral Germany in the Mciningen
area 77 miles from the old bor
der of Czechoslovakia and 180
miles inside the Reich.
Between the Berlin-bound 3rd
and 9th Armies, the American
1st Army began chopping
through the eastern wall of tha
great Ruhr pocket to finish off a
trapped force of perhaps 150,
000 Germans.
Victory Helled
Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower
hailed the Ruhr trap as one of
the biggest Allied victories of
the war and predicted that the
certain destruction of the pocket
ed Germans would speed the
enemy's final collapse.
Censored field dispatches
from the blackcd-out 9th Army
front said American tank col
umns enveloped the German
stronghold of Bielefeld, 189
miles west of Berlin, and were
closing fast on the Pied Piper
town of Hameln on the Weser.
The American thrust split
through the hinge of the Ger
man defenses which were wheel
ing north In a desperate effort
to check the British and Cana
dian drive.
Near Hannover
At Hameln the Americans
would be only 24 miles southeast
of Hannover and fewer than 95
miles due west of the Elbe river
line at Migdchurg, the last big
water barrier before Berlin,
MORE DIVORCES THAN
WEDDINGS IN COUNTY
During the first quarter end
ing March 31, thero were even
mora divorces filed than mar
riage licenses Issued In Jackson
county, according to the records
of the county clerk's office. Tho
number of divorce suits was 77,
and the number of marriage li
censes 64 for the three month
period.
April started off yesterday
with three marriage licenses
two civilian and oat soldier, ...