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N TOW VUk M n s mm Weather FORECAST: Fair with little change In temperature tonight and TuMday. Hlgheit Teterday ... Lowest thl Morning . Fortieth Year Yanks and Reds in New Hook-Ups Bulk of Survivors South of Wedge Primed for Kill by Allied Victory in Italy. Peril. April 30 (U.R) American Seventh army forcee today captured Munich, birth place of Nazism Germany'! third city, and the most for midable outpoit of the Naxii "national redoubt" in the Alpi. London, April 30 Russian tanks were reported pouring Into the Tiergarten at the cen ter of an eight-square-mile pocket of resistance in Berlin today and to the north other Soviet forces drove within 51 miles of Rostock. German and Russian sources both agreed that the climax in the battle of Berlin was at hand. Moscow dispatches said one more concerted lunge by the Russian siege forces would (tamp out the last Nasi resist ance In the dying cepilal. Paria, AprU 30 (U.R) Ameri can first and ninth army troops linked up with the red army at two new points on the Elbe rivar below Berlin today, widening to 50 miles the allied corridor sep arating Germany's northern ana southern fronts. Another and more important fusion of the allied western and astern battle lines appeared Imminent in the south, where the Nazis boasted Bavarian re doubt was breaking up under converging blows from five and possibly six allied armies. Close Wide Gap There the American third and Russian third Ukrainian armies were closing up a gap of perhaps SO miles or less between their vanguards in the Danube valley northeast of Berchtesgaaen. Doughboys of the American ninth army drove 22 miles east ward along the northeastern bank of the Elbe to join up with the Russians for the first time in the' Wittenberg area, 40 miles southwest of the enemy capital. At the same time, U. S. first army patrols stabbed up from the southwest to meet the Sovi ets in the same general area. The first army already was linked up with the Soviets farther south of Torgau ana neisa. The Junctures gaves the Amer icans and Russians a solid corri dor through the heart of the reich along a 50-mile stretch of the Elbe between Wittenberg in the north and Riesa in the soutn Primed For Kill South of that wedge, the bulk of Germany's -surviving armies were primed for the kill after a tremendous allied victory n northern Italv that Gen. Mark r-Urlr nnnnnnred had "torn to nieces" 2S Nazi divisions and ended all effective German re- aistnnce there. The victory laid the southern flank of the Bavarian redoubt ooen to Invasion by the Ameri can fifth and British eighth arm ies, both of which were drivltiR up within 80-odd miles of the Brenner Pass. Simultaneously, the American seventh army drove through the Alpine passes from the north to take the Olympic resort town of Patenkirchen, only 20 miles northwest of Innsbruck, north ern exit of the Brenner Pass. Other seventh army troops battled savage resistance from a small but fanatical German rear gusrd in the streets of Munich, birthplace of the Nazi prty, and the fall of that city appeared imminent. 4 Nazi Generals Taken By Yankees Rome, April 30 (U.R) The American first armored division has captured four more German generals In northern Italy, in cluding Major-Gen. Von Behr. commander of the 90th panzer srenadicr division, and his en tire staff, it was announced to day. Medford United Pint full Executive Committee Favors Inviting Argentina, Ukraine, White Russia to Conference San Franciico, April 30 (U.R) The steering committee of the United Nations confer ence today rejected bitter Rus sian objections and voted, 29 to 5. to invite Argentina to sit s a member of the confer ence. The group also voted to In vite the Ukraine and White Russian Soviet Republics to at tend the United Nations con ference. San Francisco, April 30 U.R) Bids to Argentina, White Rus sia and the Ukraine to attend the United Nations Sesurity Confer ence were approved today by the Eexecutive Committee, it was understood, but dispute over the matter was so bitter that the en tire question was referred back to the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee was expected to take final action on the matter at a meeting wnicn still was under way at noon PWT. However, the Steering Com mittee immediately was con fronted by another dispute. brought on by a Russian proposal that the World Labor congress now in session at Oakland be ac credited as the official labor af filiate of the new Security ur- mnization and sbe-invited to send advisory delegates to the meet- Tha lahnr nronosal was viewea elni'prlv bv the American, dele gates since the American Fed eration Of L.aOOr IS poycumus the meeting due to participation nf Soviet trade unionists. Action of the Executive um- mltt. nn Argentina, wnue itus- and the Ukraine was not unanimous, it was unaersiouu. However", issuance of invitations to each of the countries was ap proved by a two-thirds vote Some of the delegates restrained from voting. The Russians, it was sam, con tinue- to oppose bringing rr- VISITSMATH A large group of Jackson County Chamber of Commerce members are in Klamath Falls today to attend the annual meet ing of the Klamath county cham ber. Included in the delegation ire Herb Grey, president, and Fronir Hull, manager of the .Tarkcnn ccuntv chamber. Governor Earl Snell is to be principal speaker at a banquet tonight. L. Orth Sisemore is the newly elected president of the hoard of directors, succeeding Malcom Epley. John Houston is the new vice-president and Roy Rakestraw was elected secre taire Charles R. Stark has been rptalnpd as manager of the Klamath chamber. SOME RURAL SCHOOLS TO CLOSE ON MAY 25 The Shadv Cove. Butte Falls Phoenix, Griffin Creek, Lone Pine, Applegate and Gold Hill school districts have reporiea their school years will end Fri day, May 25. The eighth grade of the Central Point school will !. Mav 28 and the hi ah school Thursday, May 31. Derby and Thompson Creek have set May 18, as their final day. The Forest Creek school reports it will close Friday, June 8. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Clarice Scott reporting only t sunburn after returning from a fishing trip, and declaring the catfish she caught didn't really count. Policeman Dick Baize taking time out to perform a kindly deed. Ernest Scott anxious that all F.lks get in on the free crab feed Tuesday night. Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 30, gentlna in again raising the Pol ish question. Molotov Argues Foreign Commissar V. M. Mol otov was said to have advanced the argument that if Poland was being kept out because her gov ernment was not representative why should Argentina be invited with a government which he re garded as equally unrepresenta tive. The conference was working under pressure in an effort to speed up its work in fear that the military collapse of Germany will .cause delegates to start rush back to their home coun tries in Europe. It was reported that the 14 nation Executive Committee vote on the Argentine question was nine to three. China ab stained from voting. There was said to be one absentee. The vote needed on committee recommendations to override a veto of a major power in the Executive Committee was said to be two-thirds vote of the full committee which would be 10, but with an absentee a two- thirds tote would be nine. STATE POLICEMAN KILLED IN BATTLE 2 Welser, Ida., April 30 (U.R Two men were killed and three wounded in a gun battle Sunday in a Welser school basement as tempted to capture two Portland men allegedly caught stealing gasoline Saturday in Nampa, Idaho. Dead were Sgt. Ted Chambers, Oregon state policeman of On tti'io, Ore., formerly of Prairie City in Grant county, and Wil liam Ronald Duffey, 22, one of the fugitives. The wounded were Richard O'Brien, Ontario state police of ficer, formerly of Bend, Ore., Chief of Police Clarence Saun ders of Weiser and the second fugitive, Kenneth Baiby, 28. Traced to School Deputy Sheriff Al Wanter of Washington county said he, O'Brien, Saunders and Cham bers traced the men to the school and were fired upon as they en tered the basement, where the two hid. Sergeant Chambers was kill ed instantly, Officer O'Brien was shot in the shoulder, and Chief Saunders in the arm. Saunders was then captured by the bandits and used as protec tion when the fugitives broke from the cellar. Fierce gunplay continued as the two ran through a nearby field, using Saunders as guard. Rifle fire from officers finally dropped Duffy, later pronounced dead, and wounded Bailey, who was taken to a hospital. German Doctor Admits Murdering 21,000 In Annihilation Institute By Jack Fleischer United Press Correspondent U. S. 12th Army Group Head quarters, April 24 (Delayed) (U.R) Dr. Gustav Wilhelm Schueb be said today the Nazi annihlla tion Institute at Kiev killed from 110.000 to 140.000 persons "un worthy to live" during the nine months he worked here. Schuebbe, a crippled drug ad diet captured by first army troops recently, sdmitted he had murdered about 21,000 persons He told his story voluntarily and showed no feeling of guilt but occasionally became evasive when he appeared to sense that his actions might be viewed as crimes. The annihilation Institute was established after the Germans caoturcd Kiev in 1841. Schurb- be wis there about live month PEACE SITUATION RE-EXAMINED BY BRITISMABINET Envoy Bringing Himmler's Reaction to Allied Uncon ditional Policy, Is Word London. April 30 (U.R) The British cabinet late today reex amined the "peace" situation amid reports that an envoy was on the way to Stockholm wun Heinrich Himmler's reaction to an allied reiteration of the un conditional surrender policy. Prime Minister Churchill and his colleagues were closeted in a regular meeting of the cabinet, and the authoritative British Press Association said the "peace position was fully discussed Military leaders attended the meeting as usual. No Compromise Many responsible sources be lieved that if a new Nazi capi tulation offer were being for warded, it would be Himmler's agreement to unconditional sur render since week-end develop ments evidently made it mani fest that the allies were inter ested in nothing less. A Paris dispatch said that with the "capitulation of Ger many apparently imminent, the French government was taking steps to establish a claim that France be one of a "Big Four" to which the nazis must give up. French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault was understood to have been instructed to take up the matter at San Francisco with Edward R. Stettinius, An thony Eden and V. M. Molotov the Big Three foreign ministers, Information reached French government sources that Adolf Hitler recently asked the Japa nese government for permission to fly to Japan, there to continue the war against the allies. Japan was said to have refused on grounds that such action would embroil Tokyo with Russia an eventuality the Japanese wanted to avoid as long as possible. U. S. AND BRITAIN E Washington, April 30. (U.R) The United States today refused to recognize the so-called new Austrian provisional govern ment set up in Soviet-occupied Vienna. London, April 30. (U.R) A foreign office commentator said today that Great Britain does not recognize the new Soviet- announced Austrian government as a "provisional government or as anything else. The British statement came at a time when the allies already are at odds over the question of the Moscow-sponsored Lublin Polish government. before he became head of It He remained at the institute until March, 1942. The persons "unworthy to live" included epileptics, schizo phrenics, Jews, members of for eign races and gypsies ne said Victims were killed by Injec tions of EMM preparations, Schuebbe said. "EMM stands for morphium tartrate. He said the victim showed "breathing difficulties, a shrink ing of the dudHs of the eye: the face rapidly assumes a blue col or. there is sporadic breathing then a breathing stoppage and heart stoppage. Exitus lethalis, The doctors were aided by Nazi secret service men who were dressed In the u ilform of medical aidmcn and whoso Job it was to hold the patient. 1945. Italians VeiwVrath On , . : tsw ii i i imnmmtmimtmmtm: sssaiaaai asT mi let foWr.l 1 1 i Mussolini's Body Kicked, Spat Upon In Milan Square Milan, April 30. U.PJ The broken bodv of Benito-Mussolini lay unclaimed beside his slain mistress in the Milan mnrzue today, dishonored in death by the people he led to empire and ruin. The fallen Duce died oaaiy in the sight of the partisan execu tioners who killed him and his paramour, Clara Petacci, in their hideout on Lake Como last Saturday. And the neople he ruiea ror two decades paid him their last tribute by hanging his remains head down from the rafters of a gasoline station in Milan's Lo reto square. Teeth Kicked In There, for a night and day they spat upon their fallen lead er, shot his body In the back and kicked his face into a toothless nnlnv mass. -r ... . For hours alter ine Doay ui the executed dictator was hrnnoht to Milan with that of his mistress and 16 other slain Fascist leaders, Mussolini lay In fllthv nile of dirt in the center of the sauare. Then the mob tied wire about the ankles or 11 uuce and Clara Petacci and suspenaea them upside down from the roof of the gasoline station. Hvster cal men ana women closed In screaming about me dangling corpses and beat and kicked the dictator's face into an unrecognizable pulp, nn em were knocked out and the famed Jutting Jaw fell over his upper lip. His mistress skirt was torn off and people spat upon both When the mob tired or us oViaatlv anort the bodies were taken down and pumped into an open truck. They were carted to the city morgue and the pair were placed on a metal slab in the morgue courtyard. 18 Henchmen Shot Sharine the morgue with II Dure and Clara were the bodies of 16 of his henchmen, executea like them by Italian patriots after a "people's trial." They shared his final disgrace as they had tho Infnmv of his life. The execution took place at 4 20 nm. Saturday near the Inirni nf Don an on Lake Como Mussolini was killed at the villa where he had been living since their arrest last Friday night with Clara Petacci. the Rome doctor's daughter who wanted to he a movie star. Mussolini, the "jackal" to the last, was caught as he attempted tn fie to Switzerland In a .m car convoy, his bulky frame cloaked in a German military overcoat to escape detection. Bodies Illed Together The others, whose bodies were plied here with Mussolini s, in eluded: Alcssandro Pavollnl, former nronaaanda minister and secre tary of slate In Mussiini's fascist TIIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire puppet government. Francesco Maria Barracu, I dcrsecretary to the premier; Dr. Paolo Zerbino, minister of the interior. Fernando Messazoma, minis ter of popular culture. Ruggero Romano, minister or public Works. Augusto LiveranI, undersecre tary of state for communica tions. Goffredo Coppola, rector of the University of Bologna. Paolo Porta, a fascist party in spector. Luigl Gattl. a prefect. Ernesto Daquanno, editor of Stefani News Agency. Mario Nudl, president of the fascist agricultural association. Nicola Bombacci, former com munist. (Rome dispatches said the fol lowing also were killed: Roberto Farlnaccl, former fascist party secretary. Achlle Starace, anoth er former party secretary. Os- valdo Valenti and Louisa Ferlza movie stars. Guldo Bufarini Guldi, former minister of inter ior. (Vito Casalnuova, a colonel In the national republican guard and Pietro Salustri, Mussolini's personal pilot.) 110,000 FREED BY With U. S. Third Army In Ger- many, April 30 (U.P) The American Third army today lib. erated 110,000 Allied prisoners from a German prison camp north of Munich. In the greatest single mass lib eration of the war, Gen. George Patton's troops overran the Moosberg prisoner-of-war camp and freed the cheering Allied captives. Among them were at least II 000 American prisoners. Moosberg was taken by th 47th tank battalion of Patton' 14th Armored Division. Liberated Herriot Arrives in Moscow Moscow. April 30 (U.R) Ednuard Herriot, thrice premier of France and former president of the French Chamber of Dcpu ties, arrived In Moscow with hi: wife today after being liberated hy the Red army from the Ger mans near Berlin. The 73-year-old French states man was freed April 22 and was brought here on a special plane placed at his disposal by Soviet military authorises at Benin Outside the City Hall in San Francisco Is a statue of Lincoln bv llaig Patigian, noted Call forma sculptor. No. 33. Dead Duce Benito Mussolini Is shown abova in a characteristic pose, as he oava one of his balcony pap talks to the citisens of Genoa in 1938. E PLANE ' BASES RAZED BY By United Press More than 200 American superfortresses attacked the Jap anese homeland again today, concentrating on Kyushu's bases for suicide planes, one of which crashed onto the U. S. navy Hos pital ship Comfort Saturday night. The attack on the Comfort killed 29 persons, seriously in jured 33 and badly damaged the brightly-lighted ship as it steam ed unescorted 60 miles south of Okinawa, a communique said. One other person was missing. Arsenal Blasted While most of the B-29's In to day's fleet blasted at the Kyushu airfields for the fifth straight day. others bombed the Tachi- kawa army arsenal, z mnes west of Tokyo. Radio Tokyo said 100 Mus tang fighters accompanied 100 B-29 s In the Tachikawa raid. DesDite recent crushing air blows against Kyushu, the Jap anese sent 200 planes against U. S. forces around Okinawa Satur day night and Sunday causing some damage to light fleet units. The American defenses snot down 104 of the planes. A Tokyo broadcast claimed the Japanese suicide planes sank or damased four alrcraii car riers and four other ships off Okinawa last night. Another enemy broadcast said 13 Ameri can transports and warsnips were sunk off Okinawa Satur day. Move On Nana American troops on southern Okinawa were reported moving steadily toward Naha, the capi tal, with support of heavy land air and naval bombardment. Units of the 27th division had captured half the Machlnato air field, two miles north of Naha. and to the east seventh division troons captured new high around near Kochl village. On Mindanao in the southern Philippines. American troops anlit the island in two and push- ed south along Davao Gulf after ronturinir Padada airfield, di miles from Davao. YOUTHS ARE HELD FOR KEEPING LATE HOURS Two 13-ycar-old youths were picked up by Ashland city police last night for keeping late hours and are lodged In the Jackson county Jail. One Is from Eugene and the other from san rran Cisco. Their parents have been notified and are coming lor them. 25 NAZI DIVISIONS German Military Power Prac tically Ceased; Allied Ar mies Race Through North. Rome, April 30 (U.R) Allied victory in Italy was announced today by Gen. W. Clark in a tri umphant proclamation that 25 German divisions had been "torn to pieces" and no longer could resist effectively the U. S. 5th and British 8th armies. "The military power of Ger many in Italy has practically ceased," . Clark said. His state ment put the official seal on clearcut evidence that nazi re sistance in north Italy was col lapsing. Venice Captured The allied commander In Italy Issued his victory announcement as his 5th and 8th armies were stampeding through north Italy. The British captured Venice. Jugoslavian forces were report ed fighting in the streets of Trieste toward which the British 8th army was driving only 58 miles away. The Americans took Alessandria in northwest Italy and the British took Chiaggia in the northeast on the Adriatic sea. As New Zealanders of tha Polyglot 8th reached the Piave river, 17 miles northeast of Ven ice, radio Belgrade reported Marshal Tito's forces had enter ed Trieste. In northern Italy, American 5th army forces raced northward 40 miles from Genoa to capture Alessandria, halfway along tha highway from Genoa to Turin. That put them within 78 miles of the French frontier, where) French forces toad crossed into Italy. - Battle For Pass - The ony sign of German re sistance was at the northern end of Lake Garda, where the nazis were battling to keep open the Brenner Pass, 80 miles to the north. A communique described the resistance as "fairly heavy." But elsewhere the rout of tha beaten nazi armies In north Italy continued. One entire Ger man division the 148th infan try division surrendered to the Brazilian troops fighting with the 3th army. Negotiations continued for the surrender of the Italian Llgurlan army of captured Marshal Ro dolfo Grazianl, an estimated five divisions numbering perhaps 50, 000 troops. The allied bag of prisoner! had soared to the 100,000 mark and more were pouring Into tha cages. Dispatches from the front said It was obvious the Germans no longer were putting up an organized fight. BUSINESS FIRMS, CHURCHES SLATE VE DAY SERVICES Churches of Medford havi planned a union victory servica of "thanksgiving and praise" for VE" Day, according to the Rev. Fred M. Wcatherford, president of the Medford Ministerial asso ciation. The announcement states that if VE-Day occurs on a Sunday morning, the union services will be beld in the Church of tha Nazarene, Holly at First street, at 3 p. m.. and if on a week day. services will be held at the same place at 7:30 p. m. Special music for the event Is being arranged and the minis ters have selected Milo Ross and (he Rev. Lewis Kirby to conduct the service. The Merchants' Association of Medford today repeated Instruc tions for closing for the Informa tion of Medford's residents. If the VE-Day announcement Is re ceived after 12 noon, stores will be closed immediately and will remain closed the following day. If received before noon, when stores are open, they shall be closed Immediately for that day only, and will be open the next business day. If announcement is received at night, the stores will remain closed the next busi ness day. If the announcement is re ceived on Sunday, the stores will remain closed the next busi ness day. END OF BLACKOUT Moscow, April 30 U.R) Moscow's four-year blackout will be lifted tonight. -
