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LONG-HELD ANGER
ON IRISH LEADER
Score DeValera for 'Shame'
Brought by Frolic With
Germans and Japanese.
London, May 14. (U.R) Tired
but defiant, Prime Minister
Churchill indicated in his vic
tory speech last night that he
intends to lead Britain "till the
whole task is done and the
whole world is safe and clean.1
Churchill warned the people
of Britain that they still face a
fight to beat Japan and preserve
democracy in Europe.
In what observers interpreted
as a warning that Britain would
not tolerate strong.ami politics,
Churchill said "there would be
little use in punishing Hitlerites
if totalitarian or police
governments were to take the
place of German invaders.
DeValera Scored
Churchill also took the oppor
tunity to let loose five years'
pent-up anger on Eire's prime
Minister Damon De Valera, scor
ing him for the "shame" he had
brought Ireland by his neutral'
ity policy. Churchill described
De Valera's policy as "so much
at variance with the temper and
instinct of thousands of southern
Irishmen who hastened to the
battlefront to prove their ancient
valor.
Indicating his desire to stick
to his post, Churchill said:
"I wish I could tell you to
night that all our toils and trou-
bles were over. Then Indeed I
could end my five years' service
happily, and, if you thought you
had had enough of me and that
I ought to be put out to grass,
' I assure you I would take it with
the best of grace.
Still Much To, Do
"But, on the contrary, I must
warn you that there is still
lot to do."
"We must make sure that
those causes which we fought
for find recognition at the peace
table in facts as well as words,"
the prime minister said.
Churchill revealed that one
third of the troops and one-half
of the losses in the western front
campaign were British.
He again pledged Britain to a
final fight against Japan.
He paid this tribute to the
United States:
"Never since the United States
entered the war have I had the
(lightest doubt but that we
should be saved and that we
only had to do our duty in order
to win."
Reds Alio Lauded
Churchill, in reviewing the
course of the war, also praised
the Soviet nation and army,
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the
British joint chiefs of staff, and
Field Marshals Sir Harold Alex
ander and Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery. In the vindictive mood he
once reserved for Mussolini he
fixed an eye on Eire and said:
"With a restraint and poise to
which, I say, history will find
few parallels, his majesty's gov
ernment never laid a violent
hand, although at times it would
have been quite easy and quite
natural, and we left the De
Valera government to frolic with
the Germans and later with the
Japanese representatives to their
hearts' content."
SIDE GLANCES
Br
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Supt. E. H. Hedrick trying to
edge in a little advertising with
a news story.
Fire Chief Elliott having a
perfectly good explanation to of
fer for the loss of his Shriner's
fczz at the dance Friday.
Ralph Sweeney making up his
mind to build a fox hole as a re
fuse from rummage sale prob
lems. Mabel Bechtcl, mighty lucky
when Chief of police McCredie
found the purse she left on her
car fender and which had Jiggled
off on West Main street.
BASEBALL
National
Pittsburgh 1 ' 1
Brooklyn 4 6 0
Roe. Vandenberg and Salkeld;
Flund and Owen.
Medford
United Pre
First U
Crew of the U-boat 249, first German submarine to surrender since end of
Weymouth. England, under escort of two British ships. Sub was sighted by
until escort vessels arrived a nd formal surrender
"IKE" PUTS STOP
Paris, May 14. U.R) Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower announc
ed today that "drastic measures
had been set in motion to end
any treatment of high Nazi and
German officials as "friendly
enemies."
Eisenhower's statement fol
lowed criticism by French and
other commentators of what
they called the preferential atti
tude adopted by. American army
officers toward Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering.
The generous Americans .in
vited him to lunch," one Paris
radio commentator said. "One
would think we are-back in the
old ages when opposing leaders
were bowing to each other."
Eisenhower said his attention
had been called to press reports
of instances of senior American
officers treating Nazi and Ger
man officials as "friendly en
emies."
"Any such Instance has been
In direct violation of my express
and long-standing orders," he
said.
Pvt. Cecil B. Coffin, Eagle
Point, son of Virgil B. Coffin.
Box 1108, is reported as having
died in the European war the
atre according to the Office of
War Information casualty list
for today. No details were given.
Pfc. Daniel O. Welch, hus
band of Mrs. Lillian Welch. 704
Beatty street, and S. Sgt. Lee O.
Graham, son of Mrs. Clyde A.
Graham, Route 2, Box 201, Ross
Lane, are listed as having been
wounded while serving in the
Pacific theater.
Two Aces Liberated
From Prison Camp
London, May 14. (U.R) Lt.
ICol. Francis S. Gabreskl of Oil
City, Pa., and Col. Hubert Zem
ke of Missoula, Mont., two of
America's most famous air aces
of the European war, have been
liberated from a German prison
camp, it was announced today.
BIDS ADVERTISED FOR
CRATER LAKE PROJECT
The state highway commission
has advertised for bids on a road-
building project in the Crater
Lake area, a press release from
Salem states. The project in
cludes forest service and county
roads, termed timber access
roads and involves five miles
grading. 4.4 miles surfacing and
45 miles oiling, the release
states.
A quantity of bids were ad
vertised by the commission, the
coM to total approximately $1,
750.000 for highway projects in
the Willamette valley, Deschutes
and Lincoln counties in addition
to the Crater Lake project.
SEES DeCAULLE
Paris, May 14 U.R) Under
secretary of War Robert Patter
win called on Gen. Charles De
Gaulle today. -
TO KOWTOWING TO
CAPTURED NAZIS
full Leased Wirt
MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 14,
- Boat Surrenders to
German Sub U-858 Is First
To Surrender Since V-E Day
Aboard A Coast Guard Cutter,
Off Cape May, N. J., May 14
(U.R) The German submarine
U-858, first enemy warship to
surrender to U. S. naval forces
since, V-E day, was brought to
anchorage in Atlantic coastline
waters today with the American
flag flying over its conning
tower.
The stars and stripes, which
replaced the red, white and
black insignia of Nazism, was
raised five days ago by triumpn-
ant American bluejackets 300
miles south of Cape Race, New
foundland, some 720 miles off
the eastern seaboard.
Stripped of its destructive
power under the terms ol uncon-
1000 POUNDS
PAPER GATHERED
Nearly 70,000 pounds of waste
paper was collected by the Boy
Scouts in their drive here last
week, according to an announce
ment from Scout headquarters
today. Gordon Gilmore, scout
executive, and Harold Ylvisak
er, assistant, said much praise is
due the troops for their work In
the drive. The executives also
said they wished to express their
thanks to the Pinnacle Packing
company for offering use of a
warehouse for storage, to Camp
White for donation of trucks and
to all others who assisted to
make the drive success.
Scout officials said all calls
which were received by Satur
day will be answered as soon as
possible. Those who did not call
by Saturday are asked to save
their waste paper for the next
drive.
Med ford Student
Winner In State
Poster Contest
A poster drawn by Devona
Latter, Medford senior high
school student, has won first
place in the annual state contest
of the American Legion auxili
ary for "poppy" posters accord
ing to Portland news sources.
Miss Larter's poster, depicting a
serviceman patient In a veteran's
hospital, was Judged first in it's
division here and was then sent
to the state contest. It will now
be entered in the national con
test. Miss Larter, a senior, is en
rolled in art, sociology, English
and civics classes this semester.
She Is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Larter, Cargill court
The poster contests are held
each year in advance of the
annual sale of paper poppies
made by hospitalized veterans
ROOSEVELT MOURNING
WILL END AT SUNDOWN
Washington, May 14 (UP)
When flags flying at half-staff
throughout the nation go down
at sundown today they will
mark the end of the nation's 30
day mourning period proclaimed
for the late President Roosevelt.
President Truman ordered the
national mourning period begin
ning April 14, the day of Mr.
Roosevelt's funeral.
British'
(Acmm Radio-TeUphoto)
war in Europe, puts Into port at
U. S. bomber which flew over 11
was made.
ditional surrender, her torpedoes
disarmed, and her deck guns
dismantled, the U-boat' was
turned over by Atlantic fleet
units to the jurisdiction of the
fourth naval district.
A journey's end for what
navy officials said was the first
German underseas boat taken
intact by the United States since
the start of the war, was at ex
amination anchorage in lower
Delaware bay, close to Fort
Miles, near Lewes, Del. The
crew's next stop was a prisoner-
of-war camp in Delaware..
- Red with the rust of. the sea.
the sub lay on a glassy ocean
under a dull haze when . the
transfer was made. Forlornly she
rested while waves lapped about
her waterline. She was guarded,
and friendless.
An American submarine crew
trained especially in the opera
tion of German U-boats, took
over the ship to man it for the
final stage of its Journey to the
refuge haven.
The prisoners of war said the
sub sank 16 allied ships during
the 30 months it was in opera
tion.
The surrendered sub was a
740-tonner, 240 feet long.
OFEIClSlTTEND
A group of county officials
and others interested in the pro
posed change in the designation
of highway 99 as the main inter
regional highway for Oregon
left for Portland Sunday and to
day to attend a meeting of the
state highway commission Tues
day. The delegation will present
a brief setting forth reasons and
facts why the change from high
way 99 to 97 should not be made.
Attending from Jackson coun
ty will be State Senator Earl T.
Newbry and Representative
Frank Van Dyke, Ashland:
Ralph Koozer, Ashland, presi
dent of the PacifioHighway as
sociation: A. E. Powell, county
commissioner; Paul Rynnlng.
county engineer: Herb Gray,
president of tne Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce and Clar
ence A. Meeker, mayor of Med
ford. DEVELOPMENT GROUP
FORMED FOR REGION
Portland. Ore'.. May 14. (U.R)
Th Pacific Northwest Devel
opment Association was formed
today to develop a program ui
Integrated projects for irrigation,
flood rnntrol. navigation, power
development and resources ex
ploitation as pposea to ne
"authoritytype" programs with
federal control.
Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
western Montana and Wyoming
are represented in the group,
which includes men interested in
agriculture, business and other
major fields.
BUDGET UPPED
Sacramento, May 14 (U.R)
The state assembly added more
than a half million dollars to
Gov. Earl Warren's $683,000,000
state budget in early voting to
day nn amendments to the budg
et bill. "- .
1945
LATIN AMERir
PERIL SECURITY,
Dispute Over Regional De
fense Systems Blown
Open by Aussie Delegate.
3an Francisco, May 14 (U.R)
The dispute over regional de
fense systems blew wide open
today with charges that Latin
American countries, deliberately
or not, were threatening to "de
stroy the world organization at
its birth."
The blast came from Australi
an Foreign Minister Herbert V.
Evatt in a statement denouncing
the Latin American campaign to
give the Pan-American security
system autonomy from the world
organization being set up by the
United Nations conference.
"Deals Suspected
He also voiced openly his sus
picion that trades and deals were
being made backstage and warn
ed that such devices could only
"subvert" the proposed peace
league.
Evatt said that Australia was
in favor of regional defense sys
tems, but believed firmly that
they should operate directly un
der the security council of the
world organization not inde
pendently as the Latin Ameri
cans demand. '
'Pan Americanism is valu
able," he declared, "but unless
the authority of the central se
curity council is maintained, it
may develop into a form of isola
tionism which is calculated to
destroy the world organization
at-its birth." .
Unless the supremacy of the
security council is clearly estab
lished, he warned, "regional
war may be vreupualed with
out the world organization being
given the right to suppress the
aggressor."
Change Noted
', The Australian official said it
was surprising to note how
many Latin American countries
countries which originally
wanted a security council of 13
or 15 seats switched In commit
tee last Saturday to keep the
council at 11 seats as favored by
the big powers.
"The press," he said, "has sug
gested that this was preliminary
to an understanding by which
American regionalism will be
given a special immunity. If this
kind of thing goes on in San
Francisco, the world organiza
tion will inevitably be subvert
ed." Another big question before
the conference is over trustee
ships of dependent areas and
former enemy territory. Offi
cials predict it will be several
days at least before the big pow
ers can agree on a plan.
'Hie smaller powers have
abandoned efforts to enlarge
the security council but now are
trying to Increase importance of
the assembly, where each nation
will have an equal vote.
T
London, May 14. (U.R) The
United Nations war crimes com
mission has indicted Gestapo
Chief Heinrlch Himmler on
charges of mass murder in the
notorious massacre of Lidice
and the Jewish extermination
program, it was learned today
At least five allied govern
ments have lodged charges uf
war criminality against Himm
ler, the bespectacled former
school teacher who became Nazi
dom's chief hangman.
The disclosure of the indict
ments against Himmler came as
he apparently played an elusive
game of hide and seek with
allied authorities in northwest
ern Europe. Reports that he had
fallen into allied hands were
denied.
BOMB DEMONSTRATION
AT ARMORY TUESDAY
Sgt. Fernandez of the Chemi
cal Warfare department of Camp
White, will give a demonstration
in the control of fire bombs at
the Medford armory lot a H p.m.
tomorrow. The demonstration
is in co-operation with the Med
ford unit of the Oregon state
Guard and will be open to the
public, according to local guard
officers who announced the demonstration.
Tribune
United Prasa
AUSTRIA HURLS
EUROPEANMESS
Soviet - Supported Govern
ment Proclaims Its Inde
pendence of All Nazi Laws
London, May 14 (U.R) The
Soviet-supported government of
Austria today proclaimed the
country's independence and re
stored republican laws In an ap
parent bid for Anglo-American
recognition.
The- proclamation, broadcast
by Radio Sender Austria, in ef
fect dissolved the Anschluss with
Germany and presumably rein
stated Austria's constitution of
1920. .
"All Nazi laws are abolished
and republican laws restored,"
the broadcast said.
Not Recognised
The move further snarled Eu
ropean affairs for the western
Allies. Both the United States
and Britain have yet to recog
nize the Austrian government
set up by Premier Dr. Karl Ren
ner with Soviet support.
. The United States and Britain
also were tangling with Marshal
Tito's Yugoslav government over
control of the Italian port of
Trieste and with Russia over the
arrest of 16 Polish underground
leaders.
The Austrian broadcast an
nouncing the country's "inde
pendence" recalled that the Uni
ted States and Britain, along
with Russia, had made Austrian
Independence one of their war
aims.
KEN MAYNARD DELAYED
: ON GRANTS PASS TRIP
Grants Pass, Ore., May 14
(U.R) Ken Maynard, cowboy
Movie star billed with the Ar
thur Bros, circus, was forced to
miss the matinee performance
scheduled Sunday afternoon at
Grants Pass after having-a tire
blowout on his truck carrying
"Tarzan" his trick horse. The
truck rolled Into the ditch along
the highway about seven miles
north of Medford, Maynard re
ported. There are eight major re
ligions In India, with Christi
anity coming fourth.
Bond Drive Opens With Reminder
Men on Okinawa Still Embattled
Washington. May 14. (U.R)
The government today" officially
opened its seventh war loan
drive, aimed to help finance the
war with Japan and combat con-
Jackson county's quota for
the drive has been set at
$1,067,000 for "E" bonds and
$2,087,000 for all bonds ac
cording to George Frey, coun
ty chairman, who points out
that this is the largest quota,
especially in "E" bonds, ever
set for the county. "I hope
that cltiieni of the county
will continue to give the same
splendid support that they
have for the past war loan
drives," Frey said. On "E"
bonds purchases between
April 1 and July 7 will count,
Frey said. Sales up to Satur
day evening were $126,858.
tinucd Inflationary dangers,
with a reminder that "there is
no truce for the men on Oki
nawa." The seventh war loan, with a
total goal of $14,000,000,000,
will seek to collect 25 per cent
more from sales of $25-1,000 E
bonds to the man In the street
than any previous drive.
The E-bond quota Is $4,000,
000,000 $1,000,000,000 more
than the E-bond goal In the sixth
war loan which had the same
overall quota as the seventh,
$14,000,000,000. Sales goals of
bonds to all individual investors
In the current drive Is $7,000.
000.000 $2,000,000,000 more
than In the sixth war loan.
Pushing the sales of E-bonds.
Intended chiefly for smaller in
come Investors, will be the b g
job of 6.000,000 volunteer work
ers enlisted by the treasury for
the campaign.
To meet the $4,000,000,000
quota, these volunteers will
have to sell a bond to virtually
every one of the 85,000,000 peo
ple who have bought bonds at
some liuie during Uit war. Sora.
Full Leased Wire
NO. 45.
Many County Women
Serve In WAC's As
Birthday Observed
Since today is the third annl-
verscry of the organization of the
Women s Army corps, it was
pointed out this morning by in
terested citizens that Jackson
county has a long list of women
serving in the corps. Since the
day when enlistment was first
made possible, women from all
parts of the county have been
added to the growing roll and to
day these women arc serving at
many of the bases and posts in
this country and in both the
European and Pacific theaters.
No formal celebration was
planned for this county since the
recruiting office was recently
closed here and only a small
number of corps members are
stationed at Camp White.
T
SET FOR JUNE 8
The public-' hearing on the
Jackson county budget for the
1945-1948 tax year, starting
July 1, will be held Friday, June
8. starting at 10 a. m. in the
courthouse auditorium. This
date was fixed following the
formal certification and signing
of the budget at a budget com
mittee meeting last Friday.
The budget provides for the
raising of $366,841.05 by tax
levy. This Is $16,718.77 less than
for the current tax year, totaling
$383,560.28.
Due 'to war conditions road
building is limited in the 1945
46 budget. County officer salar
ies are increased, where ordered
by legislative action at the last
session. Pay In the county health
department Is increased modest
ly, also in the district attorney's
office and Juvenilo department,
County offices and departments
are given operating funds the
same as this tax year.
The budget was completed in
a week, something of a record
for this county. The budget com
mittee was composed of the
county court members and Ben
Harder, Medford, W. W. Robi
son, Ashland, and Arnold Bonn
ert, Central Point.
The word Yugoslavia means
"South Slavs."
$30,500,000,000 worth of E
bonds have been sold since May,
1940. There have been, of course
a good many redemptions.
Assurance of officials that this
drive would succeed as have all
others so far was voiced by Sec
retary of the Treasury Henry
Morgcnthau, Jr., who said in a
broadcast opening the campaign
"we cannot fail, we cannot
falter."
Morgenthau urged the nation
to accept "triumph without re
laxation." He said it should
"demonstrate to the world again
that free men, of their own voli
tion, possess tne self-discipline
to shoulder their responsibil
ities."
The seventh war loan is sched
uled to end July 9.
To the People
of this Community
You have a D-Day today. -You
won't die, lnae limbs, sight or
mental faculties In bailie. Your
assignment is to buy extra War
Bonds.
nave been
many D
Days in this
war. D-Day
on the Nor
man d jr
beaches, D
Day on Tar
awa. D-Day
on Io
J I m a, D
Oay on Okl-
What Is It like for your sons,
brolheri. huibands, frlendi far
in a D-Day in the battle ion?
It's prayer and nervouBnesi,
nightmarish tenaion and thoughts
of home.
What's It like for you facing
another home front D-Day? You
are the only peraon who can an
swer this question. No matter
iwi, in in una
community, you will not have
. yir responiiDiimra unless
you have bought more extra
bonds than ever before in a war
loan.
Opening day of the mlnhtv 7th
War Loan ii an opportunity to
of nailing down the victory.
THE EDITOR
Jllk
NAGOYA TARGET
FOR 3,500 TONS
FLAMING JELLY
Raid Is Record for Type;
Japanese Put Up Savage'
Resistance on Okinawa.
By United Press
More than 500 American
superfortresses led the Intensi
fied air war against Japan today,
showering 3,500 tons of fire
bombs on Nagoya in the heart of
the island empire.
Radio Tokyo said 900 Ameri
can carrier planes and small for
mations of superfortresses were
attacking Kyushu island in
southern Japan for the second
straight day.
Okinawa Bloody
The bloody land fighting on
Okinawa continued, with the
Americans battling savage Jap
anese resistance in the outskirts
of Naha, the capital, and making
painful yard-by-yard gains along
the front across the southern
part of the island.
The superfortress attack on
Nagoya, japan's third largest
industrial city, was the heaviest
blow yet struck by the B-29's. It
exceeded in weight most attacks
by the allied air forces agninst
Germany, and was described as
the most concentrated fire raid
ever made.
500,000 Fire Bomb
More than 500,000 fire bombs,
which spray flaming gasoline
jelly over a radius of 30 yards,
were dropped at the rate of 40
tons a minute for nearly an hour
and a half. .
Nine square miles of Nagoya,
Japan's main aircraft manufac
turing center, were blasted. Re
turning crewmen reported a
17,000-foot smoke column over
the bombed area, with fires vis
ible 40 miles at sea. Targets in
cluded the Mitsubishi electria
works and Chigusa plant of the
Nagoya arsenal, as well as many
"shadow" factories scattered
through the city.
- Hold Iwo Ridge
In the fighting on Okinawa,
the marines held Iwo ridge so
called because of the lives it
cost overlooking Naha, but still
had to cross the Asato river out
side the city, which was exposed
to terrific fire. The 77th army
Infantry division to the east
seized high ground outside of
Shuri, second largest town on
Okinawa, and the first marines
were advancing on lt from the
northwest. The 96th army Infan
try division on the east coast
neared the summit of Conical
Hill, commanding the key Jap.
anese positions there.
American forces in Mindanao
in the Philippines were making
swifter progress. Two army col
umns drove to within 40 milei
of a Junction which would split
the island lengthwise after the
capture of Delmonte airdrome,
the largest on Mindanao.
Bombers from the Philippines
dropped 280 tons of explosives
on the Toshien military factories
in Formosa, and sank 11 freight
ers, five coastal vessels and
smaller craft in a sweep along
the China coast.
E REVERSE
DEAL WITH JAPS
Chinese Field Headquarters,
South China Front, May 14 (U.R)
ThL Chinese army, after eight
years of military reverses, "is
kicking the Japanese back for
the first time," Major Gen. Rob
ert McClure, commanding gen
eral of the Chinese combat com
mand, said today.
Gen. McClure arrived here on
an Inspection tour of the Hunan
province battle front where Chi
nese troops routed Japanese col
umns converging on the import
ant American air base at Chjh
kiang. LABOR DEPARTMENT
APPROPRIATION CUT
Washington, May 14 ttl.R)
The House Appropriations Com
mittee today recommended an
appropriation of $1,086,000,000
to run the Labor Department
and related agencies during fis
cal 1946 after lopping off $77,
000,000 for certain war activi
ties. The cuts were in line with
recommendations sent to con
gress May 2 by President Tru
man but were much deeper than
he suggested when it came to the
War Manpower Commission,
DRINK KILLS THREE
New York, May 14 (U.R)
Three Brooklyn laborers who
drank ceremonial wine mixed
with turpentine in the basement
of the Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Ber
lin Rabbinical Academy, Brook
lyn, died from Its effects, police
reported today. . -