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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1944
NEWS STANDS 5c NO. 113
ans Storm
Mes Into
Prussia
I . , m II m rial.
fc 'reports indicated to
r,h. red army is caving
L East Prussian de-
sheer maw"
Lmor in a drive to flank
erurity line m
.,n lakes by slashing
the north of Rominten
pn neath lies Just be
Suwalki triangle which
,ler annexed in
commcniaiors u,u
v locate the most for
iet penetration, but it
.vol the red army was
B miles inside East Prus
front of 15 miles which
nning to mushroom.
M.cinns aDnarently hart
Bieir most powerful ar
Irces in operation. The
med they naa riiouhcu
Russian tanks in five
king, 109 of them yester-
falled to confirm a
by Paris radio that
leiiards had penetrated '
kirts of Budapest, the
le prime target oi nus-
in tne carnaiis.
rommuniaue disclosed
thai Rodion Y. Malinov
M tncrainian army had
kvithin 111 miles east of
in capturing Deorecen,
third largest city.
Ivky's other forces also
to be swinging a nue
movement in southern
in an attempt to push
he canital from the south.
tn reoort said that other
tops had reached the key
ion of SKoplje, in soutn-
Yugoslavia, 180 miles
Belgrade and 70 miles
Greek border.
Toll Of Cleveland
IFire May Hit 150
victims virtually cremated in the
most devastating fire in Cleve
land history.
Rescue workers said there are
jmi Hollinger, B46 F
Springfield, has received
ntal notification that her
. Pvt. John Hollinger, 26,
iy reported as missing in
was killed in action in
Sept. 17.
Hollineer Pntprorl h
fn February of this year,
t overseas in July.
'"Pie has an infant son.
John Hollinger
t In Germany
win', irr
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CLEVELAND, Oct. 21 (U.R)
The smouldering acres of charred
wood and twisted metal scene of
Cleveland's most devastating fire
in its 148-year old history be
came the death tomb of 66 known
dead today while police reported
that 69 other persons were "miss
ing" and indicated the toll would
exceed 150.
' Detective Lieutenant Martin
Cooney, head of the police depart
ment homicide squad said he be
lieved 100 persons, none of whose
bodies have yet been recovered,
were trapped in the 50-block east
side area which was burned out
by roaring flames.
Eighty volunteer workers, di
vided into ffroUDS of five under the
supervision of Coroner Samuel I other persons died of Injuries in
Gerber began a systematic search hospitals, and the bodies of an
of the smouldering, ashy ruins 1 additional 10 victims were re
shortly after dawn for bodies of Ported still at the scene.
Cooney sand he expected the
death toll to rise rapidly as soon
as firemen were able to probe
among the ruins of the gas East
Ohio company plant, where an
explosion of a storage tank yes
terday afternoon started the holo
caust. The initial blast was followed
by five other major explosions
which kept fire sweeping across
the area in all directions to near
by buildings and homes. Unoffic
ial estimates placed the damage
at nearly $10,000,000. '
At least 200 were injured and
100 New Houses
Are Only For
War Workers
Only essential war workers
and their families will be eligible
for occupancy of the 100 new
'plenty of bodies lying around" j housing units approved Thursday
'n the 50-block area laid waste by fnr rnnstriirtinn tn Fnffene .Tann
flf.T'.l holocf.U5' poinKte2 E. Maxwell, Portland representa
out that they couldn't be reached ., . '
while the fire continued to burn Uv of ll3e National Housing
with any intensity. ' agency, said today.
. Civil authorities broadcast a ' Priorities to build .the 30 houses
city-wide appeal asking relatives , set aside for owner-occuoancy
and friends to report missing per- construction w4U be granted only
sons immediately. to war workers who wish to build
Forty-seven bodies, .many of their own homes, and the other
them children, were at the county 70 units win be built by contract
morgue. Most of these victims, I ors wno mav sel1 or rent them to
police said, were recovered from war womers. it, at tne end of 60
the fringes of the fire area. Two davs- the first 30 nave not been
FDR May Reply
To Dewey In
Talk Tonight '
By United Press
President Roosevelt personally
took his fourth term campaign
into New York City today with a
schedule calling for a city-wide
tour, a brief talk at Ebbets field
and a major foreign policy ad
dress tonight.
Party leaders expected one of
the greatest demonstrations in
New York City's history as the
state's important bloc of 47 elec- ,2.aVL J' " t?J?ts2e
taken up by individuals, they, too,
may be taken over by contractors,
Maxwell explained.
The war worker classification
includes long-resident and newly
arrived citizens of the Eugene
area. Lumber and railroad work
ers the groups entering the most
complaints about local housing
shortages, will be eligible, pro
vided they qualify under regula
tion 60-1B, section 3, paragraph
2, which briefly is:
Priority Rule Given .
, "War workers are entitled to
housing priority if they have been
forced to give up their old homes,
either upon demand of owner,
or their homes have been torn
down for war plant purposes."
Priorities for a new home can
not be obtained if the worker
all hospitals in the city were jam
med. Coroner Samuel Gerber said
he expected additional deaths due j already has a home.
iu iiijuiieo, uuionues aiscussea
converting the central armory in
downtown Cleveland into an
emergency morgue.
An underground gas main on
burg Under
h 0PA Control
n Grimm, chairman
!'fene war price anrf rt.
fTd, has announced the
Harrisburg to the
Pn of the Eugene OPA
re transfer effective Sun-
Harrisburg is within the
fommtiniti. a;i:-
t-. .,: vviium price
r Olflcialc mn.U , IX
tra"tf" rationing ac-
H as the price pro
"arnsburc. ..u;-u
Pe unie.-cssary travel-
cierks, Gimm ex-
f Briqade Gere.
To Reedsport
V 'pec,e1 'o have water
' repairs progressed
ur"i mi
' shutd.
ai" Pipe line that
"n of two lum-
three
fyf "" business fi
r.ousehnld
torial votes.
Mr. Roosevelt's foreign policy
speech will 'begin at 6:30 p. m.,
PWT., and will be carried by the
NBC and Blue networks. It may
bring a repl to the attack on his
conduct of foreign policy made by
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
Denounces) Administration
The republican presidential
nominee denounced the adminis
tration's labor policies in an ad
dress last night in Pittsburgh, say
ing Mr. Roosevelt was "playing
with the rights of labor for po
litical power and political cash."
With election day 17 days off,
the campaign moved into a period
of intense speech making which
brought these developments: '
Gov. John W. Bricker carried
the republican campaign into Utah
vith addresses scheduled at Provo
and Salt Lake City. He told
Nevada audiences yesterday that
a republican victory would mean
repudiation of the "alien forces'
backing a fourth term.
Dewey Not Trusted
Sen. Harry S. Truman, demo
cratic vice presidential candidate,
starts toward Minnesota tonight
from Butte, Mont., where he
charged that Dewey had to be
"smoked out" out on foreign af
fairs and that "a man who has to
be smoked out isn't .one to be
trusftd.".
In Omaha, Neb., Vice President
Henry A. Wallace told an audience
of 2,000 that a republican victory
"would lead to the same crumbl
ing farm prices" that occurred
during the Hoover administration.
of the fire area, exploded at the
height of the blaze, sucking a fire
nnffina Intn a nnUn U.1a
Called Success
MOSCOW, Oct. 21 W Mos
cow's press gave the Churchill
Stalin negotiations profuse praise
today, vividly mirroring the good
iwhich official Russia believes re
sulted from the long, numerous
and friendly discussions of the two
leaders.
A Joint communique summing
Up the 10-day meeting was issued
this morning. It said the two lead
ers made "important progress"
toward settling the Polish dispute,
reached an agreement on remain
ing points in the Bulgarian armis
tice terms and that their govern
ments have decided' to pursue a
joint policy in Yugoslavia. Mili
tary plans for the war also were
reviewed.
: Agreements at the conference
were said to have the full ap
proval of the United States gov
ernment, represented by Ambas
sador W. Averell Harriman.
Moscow's morning press and
radio gave smash display to the
Prime Minister's departure and
Stalin seeing him off at the Mos
cow airport. The papers printed
an eight-column front page photo
graph. "The Moscow conferences show
that the USSR and Britain could
find a common language for the
difficult Polish question," declared
Izvestia.
The editorial said that a unan
imity of opinion was reached on
eastern fleet, Including battleship, , fa and Greece at the con
tll c"rlers'. ,odaJ com:! ferences, and declared these
hr! d,ay aTnd naval agreements did not bring any
?"m':' 4be JaPane!;e-i-nace to the small nations of
lands wtheiitern Europe.
ti.- ... , v.. .i. . I It . was learned that both
wJi, M? i, re' dT'go Churchill and Stalin expressed re
ni PSEIS J ? Pl8Mn,eStraf::g wt bat President Roosevelt was
t;lrhng ?r N.'bar' ,he tunable to attend. Before leaving
A iinw ' ?i0t lS gr.' ! Moscow Thursday the British
mLI aS1 " 'ollowed,,uP "V! prime minister said he thought It
wd'uPPi"f mre thn 300 would be an excellent Idea for
the three to get together again as
they did at Teheran. ,
.
Eastern Fleet Hits
Japs' Nicobar Isle
WITH THE EASTERN FLEET,
Oct. 19 (Delay ed) u.B The
tons of high explosives on the sev
en by eight-mile island in two and
one-half hours.
Priorities for the new construe
tion have not yet arrived In the
Portland Fr A office, Maxwell
said, but are expected by the
first of the week.
Announcement Friday
Announcement of the allocation
of the units to Eugene came
through Friday' 'and ' followed
considerable gfoundwork on the
part of Eugene authorities, Sen.
Guy ' Cordon and ' Re'p. Harris
Ellsworth in an effort to ease the
housing shortage for Eugene
workers.
Essential Industries here have
had difficulty getting workers,
who cannot find a place to live
after they arrive, city officials
have found. Although the new al
lotment will materially help the
situation, it is still felt that fur
ther aid will be needed.
INDUSTRIAL CITY BLASTED Planes from the Pacific have
struck devastating blows at cities in the Ryukyu chain south of
Japan. Burning warehouses show accuracy of U. S. bombers in the
V. S. navy photo of a raid on Haha city. (NEA Telephoto)
Oh, Hon. Jap Beer .
. ' Related To Bathtub
Gin? Maybe Could Be
By United Press
The Japan beer research in
stitute has succeeded in manufacturing-,,
a strong synthetic
beer, produced without any fer
mentation, nTokyo radio's latest
communique on the Nipponese
liquor situation disclosed today.
600 Germans
Surrender
AachenEorL
SUPREME
The method.. as. recorded., by i AEFt Paris,
united wess in san iraneisco,
is familiar to former makers of
bathtub gin: just add alcohol
into a barley and hops extract.
Pearl Harbor Inquiry
In 'Top Secret' Class
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (")
Announcement that a completed
"secret" report on the navy's in
vestigation of the Pearl Harbor
attack is being reviewed prior to
any publication today brought a
protest from Rear Admiral Hus
band E. Kimmel's lawyer that the
procedure is "a specious pretext"
to withhold the . findings until
after the presidential election.
Counsel for Kimmel, jivho com
manded navy, forces in Hawaii
when the Japanese struck there,
stated: "He (Kimmel) is entitled
to hear the verdict of the court
promptly."
Navy Secretary Forrestal yes
terday turned the report over to
"Admiral Ernest J. King, navy
commander In chief, for a deter
mination of Its effects on military
security.
"He Is entitled to hear the ver
dict ofthe court promptly."
Sublect of much political de
bate, Including assertions by Rep.
Mans (R-Minn) that it was being
withheld for political reasons, the
report was delivered to Forrest
yesterday, labeled In part as "top
secret" highest naval security
classification.
Forrestal Immediately notified
the court of inquiry which pre
pared the report that he would
ask Kincf to determine how much
of Its findings might endanger
national security if disclosed.
Pearl Harbor
Ships Hit Japs
By SPENCER DAVIS
ABOARD VICE ADMIRAL
KINKAID'S COMMAND SHIP
OFF LEYTE, Oct. 20 (Delayed)
M) Proud old battleships came
back from their Pearl Harbor
graves to lead the powerful units
of the United States navy In the.
blistering pre-landing bombard
ment of eastern Leyte island In
the central Philippines. . ,
For three days, big battlewag
ons which once were mistresses
of the sea showed they are still
dowager queens. Their 14 and 16
Inch rifles, supported by cruisers
and destroyers, poured 800 tons
of exploding steel upon enemy
positions from Taclqban to Abuy
og, some 34 'miles to the south.
Perhaps the proudest ship of
all was the West Virginia. Left
a burning, tangled wreck at Pearl
Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, she was re
floated and rebuilt Into a modern
fighting machine. She fired her
first great salvoes of the war In
the pre-bombardment off Leyte.
Her vengeance was magnificent
to behold.
Further to the south another
navy veteran, the California, once
flagship of the fleet, loosed her
big guns on Catmon hill, trouble
point for the southern attack
force. The California, too, was
gravely damaged at Pearl Har
bor. Other unidentified battle
ships which were severely dam
aged at Pearl Harbor also parti
cipated In the bombardment.
Betting Commissioners Still
Giving Odds On Roosevelt
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"ny fell Some tree.
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Smoke quickly rose over the
two airfields on the islands, the HASSELROOTH STILL ILL
most advanced Japanese airbases
in the Indian ocean. ' G. V. Hasselrooth continued In
Small harbor installations and critical condition Saturday at Eu-
barges were attacked bv destrov- gene hospital, following a serious
er shell fire while the battleships ' attack-of illness Friday morning. : $J fQ $, ,h(,- pres7dent
Bfimaiira anminisiraiion ouiiamgs
about two miles Inland. .
ST. LOUIS. Oct. 21. (U.R)
James J. ' Carroll, nationally
known betting commissioner, to
day reiterated that his odds fav
ored the reelection of President
Roosevelt on a 1 to 3 basis, mean-
person betting puts up
i He Wlak" Saturday mo"-i elected to a fourth term.
supply at Clear
WANTS PACIFIC FLEET
BROMLY, ENG., Oct. 21 0
Britain hopes "to place In the
Pacific a fleet capable in itself of
fighting a general action with the
Japanese navy,'' First Lord of the
Admiralty A. V. Alexander de
clared today.
Vnri. j ' Jir?er corners ay y a. M.;
. . v W,fW wih, M
ing. uirnn n. nawciiiwwi, ins own,
summonea irom jpw ioik uy,
Meantime, Maury Cooper, also
For the border state of Mis
souri, home of democratic Vice
Presidential Nominee Sen. Harry
S. Truman, Carroll posted a bet
ting commissioner's equivalent of
even money with both Roosevelt
and Dewey at 5 to 6. That means
the person betting puts up Slt.00
to win $5.00 on either randidate
with the odd dollar. In the case
into
HEADQUARTERS,
Oct. 21 (U.B The
German commander of the Aachen
garrison surrendered himself and
600 survivors today, running up
a white flag over a command post
in the western outskirts a day af
ter the American 1st army had
completed the city's conquest.
The commander, Colonel Wilck,
gave up 11 days after he had re
jected Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges' ultimatum and forced a
showdown battle through the
streets of the ruined city. The for
mal surrender came at 12:06 p. m.
It brought to 1,500 the number of
Germans captured in the Aachen
pocket.
American troops swinging Into
action north of Aachen advanced
two-thirds of a mile in the Wurse
len area, a front dispatch report
ing the nazi surrender said.
Planes Hit Dam
To the south, American Thund
erbolts blasted a 50-foot breaeh
In the Lake Etang de Lindre dam
two miles southeast of Dieuze and
loosed a torrent which swirled to
day through the streets of the
transport center 25 miles north
cast of Nancy.
Troops of the Canadian 1st army
drove to the area of Breskens and
appeared to be closing in on the
town on the south bank of the
Schelde estuary, one of the key
strongpoints denying the use of
Antwerp's port facilities to the al
lies. . .
Canadians Make Gain
Farther east other Canadian
forces driving northward beyond
Antwerp gained nearly three miles
to run their total advance since
the push began yesterday to near
ly six miles.
German forces moved swiftly on
the Aachen front in an effort to
prevent the American 1st army
irom exploiting the capture of the
city. They laid down an Intense
artillery bombardment northeast
of the city, where brisk move
ments behind their front indicated
they were deploying to counter
any resumption of Lt. Gen. Court
ney H. Hodges' drive Into the
Cologne plain.
250,000 Rght
On Leyte Island
By C. YATES McDANIEL
(Associated Press War Correspondent)
GENERAL MorARTllIlP'C UClnnillDTrDC nun
v. iiL.iia. l IjIO, I III
IPPINES, Oct. 21 The fall of two Japanese airfields ap-
Hrnrru inimineni lonay as well-supplied troops of Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, backed by overwhelming naval and air
drove inlan' on all sectors at Leyte in the central
Philippines on the second day of invasion.
The 6,000-foot bomber field at Tacloban on the north
east was approached by one force' To the south, another
force which advanced at such speed that Al Dopking, Asso
ciated Press war correspondent said it was difficult to keep
up with the men, was on the outskirts of an airfield near
Dulag.
16th divlsinromembered for its torture of the Americans
and Filipinos who surrendered at Bataan, had succeeded nowhere in
mustering a large scale counterattack. Pending the seizure and utili
zation of land air bases. American planes from escort carriers swooped
as flying artillery on the estimated 20,000 defenders of Levte, blow
ing up pill boxes and spewing death among motor convoy's.
Enemy Airforce Tries Two Night Raids
The enemy airforce, operating from the few fields In the Philip
pines which would be momentarily repaired between carrier plane
aA,,ack?' mBnaSed tw" scattered night raids against small units ofrfhe
800-ship convoy which carried the U. S. sixth army and central Pa
cific units to the invasion. A communique today acknowledged a
torpedo hit on one vessel of undesignated size.
The ground forces, under immediate command of Lt. Gen. Walter
Krueger, apparently encountered their most tenacious opposition just
below Cancabato bay at Palo. There Fred Hampson, Associated Press
war correspondent, saw four of the landing ships and several smaller
cratt blown up by Nipponese shore guns and mortars.
For several hours it was touch and go with the Yanks Jumping
hip-deep into the waters and sloshing ashore through a hall of mi
chincgun bullets while shells of the foe sent up gevsers of water.
"Our ground forces are consolidating their beachhead positions
and driving inland on all sectors," read todav's communique. "Food
and supplies have been landed on schedule against light opposition.
Our ground casualties in the preliminary operation have been ex
ceedingly light," the communique said.
MacArthur, whose losing fjglit in 1042 was waged with a coura
geous but inadequately supplied garrison, deprived in the end of all
Jir and naval cover, brought back to the Philippines the greatest mtw
of men. planes, warships and tanks ever assembled In the Pacific.
Murlm Spencer. Associated Press war correspondent, said the 6O0
ship convoy carried at least as many as, and perhaps more than, tha
number of men landed on D day in Normandy.
250,000 Men Estimated As U. S. Force
(Inasmuch as Prime Minister Winston Churchill has disclosed
that nearly 250,000 men landed In France the first day, such a siz
able force for the Philippines operation might well suggest that even
greater operations, with more landings on other Islands, are lnihe
offing against the estimated 225,000 Japanese defending the Philip
pines.) Tokyo radio, after considerable silence, came through with claims
that the Japanese on Leyte were "cutting deep into enemy landing
points" but In the same breath admitted the Yanks were "heading
toward Tacloban." The Japanese military waited until today before
acknowledging the Leyte landings in a communique. Presumably
referring to the vessel MacArthur said had been hit by aerial tor
pedo, Tokyo claimed the sinking of one transport. MacArthur's com
munique, said it ,was only damaged. . . ,
Both MacArthur and Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz reDof ted wldeanread
I destruction of enemy planes pushing beyond 1,400 the total wiped
' out since Oct. 9 In the air-offensive building up to the invasion and
more blows at Nipponese shipping.' In a communique last night at
Pearl Harbor, Nimitz said naval air strikes, coordinated with tha
landings, resulted in knocking out 87 more planes, sinking a large
cargo ship and five small craft and damaging 23 ships and 28 small
! craft. His communique covered actions by planes of .carrier task
I groups from the central Pacific against Leyte, Cebu and Negroi
I islands and the Manila area on Luzon. ;
' MacArthur Announces Ground Commanders ;
I MacArthur announced the ground commanders helping him ful
vf ill his vow of two years and seven months ago to return and lib
I erate the Philippines.
i Under General Krueger are: the 10th corps, headed by MaJ. Gen.
j Franklin C. Sebltz and the 24th corps commanded by Maj. Gen. John
' R. Hodge; the third engineers amphibious brigade, commanded by
Brig. Uen. William Seavy; the first battery division ot Ma. Gen.
Verne B. Hart; the seventh Infantry division of Maj. Gen. Archibald
V. Arnold; the 24th Infantry division of Maj. Gen. Frererlck A. Irving
and the 9th Infantry division of Ma.l. Gen. James L, Bradley.
The massed naval might, unchallenged by any elements of tha
Japanese fleet, brought together Vice Adm. Thomas C. KInkald, of
the seventh fleet, Adm. William F. Halsey, Jr., of the third fleet and
Commodore John A. Collins of the Australian squadron.
The constant air umbrella was supplied by the U. S. Far Eastern
tolrforce and royal Australian airforce, headed by Lt. Gen. George C.
! Kenny, and the third fleet carrier planes of Vice Adm. Marc A.-
Mltseher.
Rear Admiral Daniel C. Barbey and Rear Adm. Theodore S. Wil
kinson, commanded the amphibious operations. '
Yanks Rescue 81 Children
Under German Mortar Fire
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.1..,. .'Rht changes
BROADCAST 8ATIRDAY
On KGW radio station at 9 p.
m.. Saturday (tonight), Dean
Walker, Independence, and a
state senator in the legislature,
will give a talk in behalf of Wayne
L. Morse, republican nominee for
the six-year term in the United
StttM aenata.
in his odds. He
I had issued figures similar to Car
roll's 1 to 3 for Roosevelt and
24 to 1 for Dewey. His latest are
Roosevelt S to 18 and Dewey 14
to 8.
For the doubtful state of Illi
nois, at least in the betting com
missioners' book, the figure of
fered by Carroll were Roosevelt
5 to 6 and Dewey 5 to 6. Cooper's
flfures were Roosevelt 6 to 5 and
Dtwty 8 to t
Cooper posted new figures on
Pennsylvania and New York.
Snell Puts Mefschan
On Education Board
SALEM, ' Oct. 21 (UR) Ap
pointment of Phil Metsrhan of
Portland as a member of the state
board of higher education to suc
ceed E. C. Sammons of Portland,
resigned, was announced today by
Governor Earl Snell.
In submitting his resignation
Sammons said that pressure of
privai- ousines interests com
j board on which he has served
since Its creation In 1929.
-
They were for Pennsylvania ' 1Ie(i' his retirement ,rnm ih.
to J. In New York the odds were
Romevelt S to 11 lad Dewey 8
to 5. -I
In all cases, the last figure , LINE REPORT CORRECTION
quoted is the money the person Lane county electric coopers
betting must put up in order to tive is completing construction of
win the sum represented by the 125 mllea of new line, instead of
first figure, such as 5 to 8 means 12 as printed in yesterday's report
that f 8.00 Is waived to win $9.00. 1 of tha annual meaunf.
By WES GALLAGHER
Associated Press Correspondent
"WITH THE U. S. 35TH INFAN
TRY DIVISION, In France
"I'll go. I have three kids at
home myself," the sergeant said.
There was a murmcr among
the enlisted men and nine others
stepped forward as volunteers.
Theirs was as dangerous and
unusual a mission as most in this
war and beyond the regular call
of duty. They were going on a
"baby patrol" to rescue 81 French
children trapped In a chateau In
no-man's land.
A civil affairs officer, Capt.
George L. Schneider, former
Brooklyn lawyer, had received
word from the French that near
the town of Hans in a chateau
, there were 81 children, aged two
j to six, who had been sent by their
parents irom nancy to tne cna
teau as a place of safety. But the
path of war headed right for the
children.
To reach the chateau the group
had to travel over a thousand
yards of marshy ground under
German observation and fire. It
was a damp, cold night when the
"baby patrol" reached the battle
area about 9 p.m. Each man un-
derstood he would have to carry
I two babies and guide the others.
If attacked, he would be abso
lutely helpless.
Creeping silently forward the
patrol reached the chateau with
out being fired on.
They found that only two of
' IV. .I.IM..I. ....... .v..
of four, and that most of them
were without shoes, half clothed
and badly frightened, as were
the few nurses.
Each man placed a baby under
each arm and grouped several
others who could toddle around
him, and started back through the
night
The moved about 40 yards
apart and had to stop for rest
frequently so that the children
could keep up with them.
The .Germans spotted the party
and cut loose with artillery and
mortars.
Schneider and his strange pa
trol, each man with his arms full
of children, could do nothing but
squat down for a moment and
then move slowly on. .
It was a long thousand yards.
The men had to hand the children
over a small creek one by one
before, reaching the truck that
rushed them to Nancy.
Despite the wet, cold ground
and their lack of shoes, to say
nothing of their fright at being
with strange men and at the
bursting artillery shells, not one
of the children so much as cried.
By some miracle not one child
nor one volunteer was hurt.
Today the captain and ten en
listed men were awarded the '
bronze star but only five were
on hand to receive lt. (Twenty
words censored).
Weather
V. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast!
Oregon Partly cloudy with a few
scattered showers tonight and
Sunday. Slightly cooler Interior
today. '
Local Statistics: Minimum tem
perature, Saturday morning, 46
degrees; maximum temperature,
irYiriav 71 Hpffreet staff nf Wil
lamette river in Eugene at 7 i.
m. Saturday, -3,11 feet.
Sunrise and Sunset (PWT)t
Sunday, 7:36 a. m. and 6.18 p. m.;
. Mnnrlnv m and ft-16 D. m.!
Tuesday, 7:39 a. m. and 8:15 p. m.
HUh: . 4 SS m ,
ti" .., .. B.53 ft.m.,
Monday
Hich: , ( VI in,
bowl 0M am
4 ( p.m.
11 D p.m.
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