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Yank Spearheads Probe Paris Outer Defem Weather Forecast: Clear tonight and Saturday. Cooler Saturday, Temp. Highest yesterday 95 Lowest this morning 58 Precipitation past 24 lirs 0 Thirty-ninth Year Germans As Reds TEN DIVISIONS 12- E All Retreat From Riga Cut Off by Stalinites; Carpa thia Front Again Ablaze. London, Aug. 11 (U.PJ The Russians resumed their all-out offensive along the 500-mile eastern front today as Germans admitted a break-through on the southern end which put the Red army less than 17 miles from the Czechoslovakian border, and another breach on the northern flank where th Bal tic port of Riga apparently was being rapidly surrounded. Berlin broadcasts admitted that Soviet troops driving to ward Riga, previously cut off from German forces in lpwer Latvia, had attacked with 10 Infantry divisions and three tank corps on a 12-mile front south of Lake Sskov, and had succeeded in breaking through the main German defense lines. On Wide Front The admission, coupled with radio Moscow's announcement that Red army troops had reach ed the Latvian town of Madona, 75 miles due east of Riga, meant the break-through southwest of Pskov must have been achieved on a wide front or at least in several wedges dozens of miles apart. The large-scale Russian thrusts in the north indicated the three Red army units, one moving up the Dvina river, an other southwest of Pskov, and a third from the north, Intended to cut Col. Gen. Georg Llnde mann's Baltic army to ribbons before throwing the bulk of their forces into the battle for east Prussia. Bypass Kruitplls Radio Moscow also asserted that fighting flared up in the south-western part of the Luban marshes and added that the Germans were pressed back in to Krustpils. Bypassing this town from the north, the radio said, Soviet troops cut all the , ways of retreat to Riga for the hard-pressed Germans. Meanwhile, the German com mentator, Col. Eric Von Ham mer, also admitted strong Sovi et attacks east of Warsaw for the first time in several days and declared that the Carpathi an front guarding the entrance to Czechoslovakia and to Kra kow again was ablaze. SEVENAIRGROUPS SHELLACK NAZIS London, Aug. 1 1 .(U.R) Sev en task forces of American Fort resses and Liberators with es corting planes totaling 1.000 aircraft carried the air war against the Nazis' western Europe defenses into its 12th consecutive day today, hitting the enemy's crumbling trans portation lifelines and oil stocks. British Lancaster bombers made smashing attacks on Nazi U-boat shelters :it La Pallice, near La Rochclle, and at Bor deaux. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUTE REPORTERS Helen Hinck providing unex pected diversion at an outdoor supper party when a bug took refuge in one of her ears. Twins Sgt. Roy and Cpl. Ray Huron observing their birthday in different seasons, Roy in a United States summer and Ray in South Pacific winter. r.orMnn r.rren trvine to be In three different places at the same time in his haste to finish all preparations for the grand open ing of American's new packing plant. MEDFORDJllii United Preu Admit Lines Broken Twice Resume All-Out Offensive Average American Against Debasing of Currency Value San Francisco, Aug. 11 (U.R) A resolution declaring that the "average American does not want United States currency de based by any international group of exoerts" and advocating use of silver and gold in the world fund proposed at the Bretton Woods conference was drawn up today at the 11-state western mining meeting. The resolution condemned "printing press currency" and warned against "paper infla tion." It read: "We advocate the use of sil ver and gold in the international fund proposed at the Bretton Woods conference of 44 nations. "We believe the American people are in favor of a sound monetary system, safeguarding their interests against paper in flation." WORKERS GIVE UP WILDCAT STRIKES AT WRIGHT PLANTS Washington, Aug. 11 (U.R) The White House announced today that President Roose velt has ordered the Office of Defense Transportation to take possession of and operate the 103 trucking firms of the Mid west Operators' association. By United Press Settlement of a four-day wild cat strike at four of the five Wright Aeronautical Corpora tion plants at Paterson, N. J. highlighted the labor situation today, but elsewhere in the na tion approximately 65,000 work ers, including 50,000 truck driv ers and freight handlers in the 10-state midwest area, still re mained idle. Twenty thousand workers In four of the five Wright plants at Paterson voted last night to re turn to work, ending a walkout which began in protest against the rehiring at lower grade jobs of 74 workers who had been laid off. Production of engines for Super-Fortresses and other planes had been curtailed by the strike. Operators and drivers In the truck strike, which spread yes terday to Oklahoma and Colo rado, awaited federal interven tion which Robert May, counsel for the Operators association at Sioux Falls, S. D., predicted would come before nightfall. Churchill Visiting Italian Warfront Rome, Aug. 11 (U.R) Allied headquarters announced tonight that Winston Churchill, British premier, has arrived in Italy. FDR Confers . & :T?y-i,-?,r y, fv : -t ..- , . &A I N'.c--;-- . v 1!,; .riy ' ; ' ' A I 1 t fiiSfigajejii (i . ... m- M inHHWiirtrtM l'n .- . 1 r . .. ( Arm 1 tfcnhnlnt tn mrorlw visit to Pesrt Harbor, president Roosevelt (left) Inspects wr ecmmsnoers-Gen. DourIsj MacArthur (center), supreme enmmand-Mn President lor Uie Xiist Umt sir, war " Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST AERIAL ATTACKS JUSTREVEALED Airdromes Mindanao Island Bombed For First Time Since Capture by Japs. By United Press An American offensive to crush Japan appeared to be mov ing into high gear today as new raids bv B-29 Superfortresses on empire industrial targets were announced, U. S. airmen began bombarding the Philippines, and an amphihious base was estab lished at Saipan within 1,500 miles of Tokyo. The B-29's, in their fourth as sault in two months, hit targets 3.000 miles anart yesterday, set ting fire to Nagasaki, large in dustrial center, and smashing the enemy's major source of aviation fuel In a record 3,600 mile round trip strike into Sumatra. Phllioplnes Hit Gen. Douglas MacArthur re vealed that air patrols of the Far Eastern Air Force had begun a bombardment of the Philip pines, which President Roose velt promised would be invaded and liberated. The attacks made on air dromes at Davao on Mindanao inland Sunday were the first on the Philippines since they were captured by the Japanese In April, 1942. Since the capture, MacArthur has brought his forces "on the road back" from southeastern tip of New Guinea opnosite Aus tralia to Sansapor In Dutch New Guinea less than 600 miles from the Philippines. His communique also disclos ed that enemy resistance at Ai- tape on British New Guinea ceased Wednesday and that American jungle fighters had killed or wounded 18.000 of the 45.000 Japanese troops trapped on the island. Remnants of the force were fleeing toward We wak. NAVY TO SPEND MORE BEFORE JAPS DEFEATED New York, Aug. 11 (U.R) The navy's production program is "still increasing" and "after the war with Germany is over the navy will spend more money than it is now in order to defeat Japan," Rcar-Admiral Clark H. Woodward, chief of the navy's industrial incentive division, said today, BASEBALL National Boston 6 11 3 Cincinnati 12 17 2 Andrews, Hutchinson, Klutz; Heusscr, Delaney and Mueller. With MacArthur and Nimitz be.an. ind Admiral Cheer WJml, comiuauUer 61 Pacific Meet aad i r In r.n ir,l. - THREE EXECUTEDj, JAPS Red Cross Report Claims Men Attempted to Escape From Camp in Manchuria Washington, Aug. 11. U.R) Three American prisoners of war were executed by the Japanese on July 31, 1943, the navy an nounced today. The navy said it had been In formed by a report from the International Red Cross, sent to the state department by Switzer land, that Seaman 1c Frank Meringolo, Marine Sergeant Joe B. Chastain and Marin Corp. Victor Paliotto, were condemned to death and executed by the Japanese. The navy said the Japanese foreign office reported the inci dent as follows: The three Americans were be ing held in a prisoners of war camp in Manchuria. The night of June 21, 1943, they escaped camp, and fled in the direction of Russia. On July 2, they ac costed a police inspector and endeavored to obtain food, stat ing that they were starving. The inspector questioned them and they tried to pass as German aviators, explaining that their plane-tiad crashed. '. - "The inspector and two Mon gols went with the men to the scene of the supposed accident," according to the Japanese ver sion. "En route, one of the pris oners killed the inspector with a kitchen knife and another se riously wounded one of the Mon gols. The other Mongol fled and later succeeded in arresting the, prisoners with the aid of local inhabitants. The three prisoners were tried nciore a military court and were condemned to death." The Japanese previously had executed six or eight American flyers who were shot down in the first raid on Tokyo in April, 1942. Kilgore Reduces Jobless Benefit in Demobilization Washington, Aug. 11 U.R) Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va., today amended the pending Murray-Kilgore War Demobili zation bill to cut the maximum unemployment c o m p e nsntion benefits from $35 to $25 a week. Sen. James E. Murray, D., Mont., co-sponsor, was person ally opposed to any compromise with an apparently stronger states rights coalition of senate republicans and democrats, but reluctantly agreed to the down ward revision. Installatloni with his lop Pscllle Southwest P-iflc. who sew the 11, 1944. Cult of St Moo VXSSjj'a 5 yAJ t,0M (Acme Ttlrphoto) American troops In France have surrounded port ot N antes, big submarine base ot Lorlrnt and transport hub of Angers while advance spearheads drove closer to Hals beyond Le Mans. Canadians and British made new advalnces In Caen area. Germans again occupied Mortaln In counter-attack against Yanks fast ot Avrancbes. French patriot were reoortd to have seized Bordeaux. 170 miles south ot Nan tea. TO PRISONERS ESCAPE Denver, Colo., Aug. 11. (U.R) Three Japanese-American sis ters were convicted today of conspiracy to commit treason for helping two German soldiers to escape from a camp for war prisoners. The penalty, will be set by Federal Judge J. Foster Symcs. The maximum punishment pos sible is two years Imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. In dismissing the jury, Judge Symes said that he thought the verdict was "very fair." Then he added: "But in my mind the defend ants were not guilty of treason. I don't believe they ever had any Intent to aid the German reich." The three sisters, Mrs. Tsuru- ko "Toots" Wallace, Mrs. Flor- ence "Flo" Otani, and Mrs. Bil- lie Tamgoshl, met the two tier- man soldiers on an onion farm near Trinidad, Colo., where the Germans had been sent to work Sisters "Dead Pan" The sisters sat motionless as the verdict was read, an showed no emotion whatever. In being found guilty only on the charge of conspiracy, the three women escaped a possible death sentence which could have been given if they had been found guilty on the more serious charge of treason. They were acquitted on the treason accusation. The defense had not denied that the women, all of them In their early 30's, helped the two Germans Cpl. Heinrlch Haider and Cpl. Herman August Loescher to escape and enjoy two days of freedom, but It was "love and sympathy" not trea son which prompted their acts. The defendants, with several other members of their family, were brought to Colorado from their former home In Inglewood, Calif., when Japanese and Japanese-Americana were evacuat ed from the west coast. The first microscopic pipette for Isolating single bacteria was made in the Philippines In 1913. Jackson County Tax Millage 10.6; Medford City Levy Is 40.4 Mills Jackson county tax millage for the 1944-1945 tax year will be 10.6 mills, five-tenths of a mill less than last year when it was 11.1 mills. County Assessor C. A. Myers reports. In the city of Ashland, where library and road levy are made by the city, the county levy will be 7.5 mills. The city levy for Medford is 40 4 mills, the same as last year. It would have been less but for the voting of a municipal pool levy at a special election re cently. All other cltiea of the w School City County Millage Ashland 18.5 15 5 7.5 41.50 Butte Falls 17.2 20 2 10.6 48. Central Point 18.7 22 2 10.8 51.5 Eagle Point 24.9 12.1 10.8 47.8 Gold Hill 22.1 31.6 10.6 64.3 Jacksonville 20.1 28.3 10.8 B9.3 Medford 12.1 17.7 10.8 40.4 Phoenix 20 9 14.9 10.8 ' 48 4 Rogue River 29.3 17.7 10.6 57.6 Talent 1J.6 25.8 10.9 52. TP iBUNE UmnJ Press Full Yank Drive Surges on Road to .. - u"'u' - 60 Japanese Win New Positions in Rear San Francisco, Aug. 11 (U.R) Today's advance-to-the rear department from Tokyo radio, recorded by United Press: "Japanese forces, which had been putting up a gallant fight against the enemy In the My itkyina sector, successfully forced their way back to new positions according to schedule on the night of August 2-3." POLES, ITALIANS Rome, Aug. 11. U.R) Eighth army Polish and Italian troops lunged forward two miles on a six-mile front In the Adriatic sector today to capture hills dominating the Caesno valley and occupy Scapezzano, Monter- ado and Corlnaldo, key rail and highway towns. The balance of the Italian front was comparatively quiet, with the exception of ' bitter fighting In the enemy pocket south ol the Arno river ana east of Florence. But front dispatch es reported heavy explosions ac companied by great flashes In the German held northern sec tion of the ancient Rennaissance city last night. The explosions were followed by a heavy rumble as If from falling masonry, indicating the Germans were demolishing buildings In the hopo of block ing roads with debris against a British Eighth army drive across the Arno. CHINESE BRAVE STENCH TO ATTACK TENGCHUNG Headquarters, Chinese Expe ditionary Forces on Salween Front, Aug. 10 (U.R) Their nos trils smeared with sweet smel ling tiger balm to ward off the stench of death, Chinese assault forces battled today through breaches In the high stone wall surrounding the ancient ctly of Tengchung. More than 200 Japanese corpses Uttered the wall where the Chinese have obtained foothold and have repulsed nu merous counterattacks to dis lodge their machine gunners from trenches on the Inside slopes. county show an Increased levy over last year due to boosts in school district levies. Gold Hill has the high total levy of 64.3 mills. Jacksonville Is second with 59 3 mills, and Rogue Riv er third with 57.6 mills. The total Medford levy Is the lowest in the county. The state tax millage has not yet been prepnred, due to one county of the state not yet mak ing its report. Tax millage for cllios In the county follows: Total Leased Wire NO. 120. Paris Orleans s eaugtney hambord haumont MILES E FOR FRUIT WORK Approximately 800 Mexican national farm workers are to arrive in Medford next Tuesday to assist with the pear harvest, County Agent Robert G. Fowler reported today. This will bring to nearly 700 the number of Mexicans In the Medford dis trict. Part of tha men will be housed at Camp Prescott, al ready occupied by tha laborers who spent the entire year here, and the remainder will be housed In an emergency tent city erected on land back of the Bruce Bauer Lumber company on South Riverside avenue by the War Food administration. Considerably more of the Mexi can nationals are being brought in than last year due to the fact that fewer servicemen will be available. The men will be distributed among the orchards, packing plants and cold storage plants. Those arriving next week have been employed in the pea harv est in the Athena and other east ern Oregon districts for the past several weeks. WOULD GIVE GI'S Washington, Aug. 1 1 (U.R) A formal agreement for amend ing the soldier vote law to relax all censorship restrictions on reading matter for the armed forces was reached today at a conference between two senators and army and navy officials. Sens. Theodore Francis Green, D., R. I., and Robert A. Taft, R., O., announced after the meeting that Green would revise his amendment on the basis of the agreement reached today. Both senators agreed that the pro posed final form of the amend ment would Iron out "most of the difficulties" which have de veloped from a restrictive clause of the voting act." The corferces agreed that there should be no ban upon any books, magnzlhes, films or other printed matter for service per sonnel, except those brought on by transportation restrictions or space-limit difficulties. MANNERHEIM FOR PEACE WITH RUSSIANS, CLAIM By United Press The British Broadcasting com pany said today that it was re ported from a reliable source that Marshal Gustav Manner- helm, president of Finland, had advised the German chief of staff In Finland that the new Finnish government desires peace and that consequently it will try to obtain an armistice from the Russians. Ninth Air Force Headquarters, England, Aug. 11 (U.PJ Brtig. Gen. Ned Schramm, 48, of Largo, Fla., has been named head of the Ninth Air Defense Command E T, German Rear In Normandy Threatened; Enemy Re sistance Is Disorganized, Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Aug. 11 (U.R) The outer de fenses of Paris, barely 46 miles west of the capital, were report, ed under attack by American armored columns today as Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley's tanks and infantrymen fanned out along an 80-mile front in a mul-tl-pronged drive that also men aced Orleans and the entlra German rear In Normandy. Front reports said the fast- rolling Americans had driven 55 to almost 70 miles beyond the shattered Sarthe river line) last night and were still smash ing eastward today against dis organized German resistance. Chateaudun Stormed An Allied radio transmitter in France said forward ele ments were storming Chateau dun, 70 miles southwest of Paris, and the U. S. army news paper Stars and Stripes report ed that another Yankee column was nearing Chartres, 46 miles from the capital. The Americans at Chateau- dun were only 28 miles north west of Orleans, whose capture would virtually isolate Paris from all of southwestern France. There was every indication that Nazi communications wera falling to pieces under the light ning American thrust, and that the enemy commanders them selves were uncertain as to where the main attack was pointed. Allied headquarters spokes men, consequently, refused to reveal the exact location of tha American spearheads. Threaten Nail Rear They hinted broadly, how ever, that one wing of Bradley's striking force was wheeling northward across the lines o communication of the shattered enemy divisions holding out in the Mortain-Viro salient and on the British front below Caen. . American troops were dis closed to have swung east and northeast of Mayenne In an ap parent enveloping maneuver that brought them within 27 miles of Mortain, where tho Germans had committed four panzer divisions to a bloody and unsuccessful attempt to split the Allied forces in Nor mandy from the Americans in Brittany. The new spearhead also was only 45 miles southwest of Fa laise, one of the main anchors of the German right flank in Normandy. Mortaln Itself still was la German hands early today, but the enemy pocket was seriously mcnacedby the Mayenne drivo as well a's by another American force that struck southward from Vire Into the flank of tha counterattacking Germans and narrowed their escape corridor w icsh man iu miles. Add 4.322 Prisoners Far to the rear, other Ameri can forces pressed in for the knockout on isolated German troops defending the Breton ports of Brest and Lorlent, and captured the Loire valley indus trial centers of Angers and Nantes, establishing their south ern flank solidly on the Loira river line. Another 4,322 German pris oners were added to the Ameri can bag Wednesday, runnlna their total of enemy captives for tho campaign to about 00, 000. Most of the day's prisoners were taken in Brittany, whera the Americans now have killed or captured about 20,000 of tha 25,000 enemy troops originally defending the peninsula. On the Caen front, British, troops seized Vimont, seven miles down the main Cacn-Parls road, while other units deep ened their Orne river bridge head, capturing Thury-Harcourt and pushing on to the southeast toward Falni.se. The Germans threw at least 20 radio-controlled tanks, load ed with high explosives, against the attacking Allies in the sec tor, but front reports said they were blown up by British and Canadian gunners. Youths Hurl Acid For Excitement Santa Ana, Cal., Aug. 11. (U.R) Juvenile authorities hero today held two 17-year-old Cali fornia Institute of Technology students who allegedly threw hydrochloric acid at a woman in a Newport Beach cafe for "ex citement." They were Identified as Carl Arthur Price, Long Beach, and Philip F. Wax, Hawaii. Mrs. Maybclle Knourek, Pasa dena, was slightly injured, as was Bartender Hugo Codebo who assisted her
