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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
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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.
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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. -