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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1944
NO. 136.
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WON, REIMS FALL
IN SWIFT DRIVE,
UP
Belgium" and Reich Borders
Near Allies Link Seine
Bridgeheads.
Supreme Headquarters, AEF,
Aug. 30 (U.R) Two American
tank armies, racing unchallenged
over the last miles of the inva
sion roads to Germany and Bel
gium, stormed into Laon and the
cathedral city of Reims today,
while Berlin admitted that its
troops had abandoned the medi
eval town of Rouen guarding the
robot bomb coast of northern
France.
Powerful armored spearheads
of the American 1st and 3rd ar
mies punctured the Aisne river
line at least two points and
were reported fanning out over
the rolling farmlands beyond
Reims, Laon and Chalons-Sur-Marne.
Only scattered and disorgan
ized Nazi real guards barred the
path of, the American armor in I
their sweep for the Rhineland,
and official reports indicated
the Yanks were moving at a
speed that could carry them to
the Belgian border within a day
or two.
"We are now witnessing the
preliminary phase of the Allied
advance on Germany in which
the enemy forces are being me
thodically dissected and forced
into isolated corridors, even as
we press onward," United Press
War Correspondent Henry T.
Gorrell said in reporting the
sensational sweep of the armies
through the Aisne and Marne
valleys.
American riflemen poured
swiftly through the breaches cre
ated by their plunging tank
spearheads, while swarms of Al
lied warplanes ranged before
them to bomb and strafe the re
treating enemy.
Simultaneously, British, Amer-
lean and Canadian forces linked
their bridgeheads across the
Seine above Paris into a solid
50-mile front and swung forward
25 miles beyond the Seine to
drive an armored wedge be
tween Rouen and Beauvais.
The Allies, smashing directly
at Amiens and the heart cf the
bases from which German robot
bombs have been showering
down on London, captured Neuf
marche, 25 miles east of Rouen
and 15 miles west of Beauvais.
On the American 1st and 3rd
army fronts east of Paris, how
ever, official and enemy reports
agreed that the twin American
offensive was making spectacu-
IUKIHK sucuiatu-
lar strides over battle grounds
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and take and hold a few yards '
along the Marne and Aisne riv
ers.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
3rd army tanks and riflemen
drove across the Marne at Ep-
ernay, pushed 13 miles north
ward to Reims and then swept
.
on more than 10 miles bevond
that historic town to cr0S3 the
Aisne at Neufchatcl.
S 1 m u 1 1 a neously, Lt. Gen.
Courtney Hodges' 1st army vet
erans stormed up from captured
Soissons. across the Chemin Dcs
Dames, one of the bloodiest bat
tlefields of World War I, and on
into Laon, 12 miles above the
Aisne. Unofficial but apparently
iArpurl rpnnrl. T..mn wa
capturcd and that the Yanks had j
driven on beyond the city.
New York. Aug. 30 AJ.R)
Cotton futures opened 2 to 7
points lower today.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ernest Litstcr renewing ac
quaintances and his Mail Trib
une subscription.
Charlie Clay, Sr., parading
Grandson Charles up and down
the street well-fortified with ice
cream cones.
Robert Church conscientiously
performing the duties of Klwanis
club reporter.
Anna jilbert offering to swap
Information with reporter.
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American armored forces. surge across Marne and Aisne tuvers ui swift
advance towards Belgian ana German frontiers, capiurug Solssons, -64
miles trom the Belgian bolder and nlstonc Uhateau-Tmerry. OUiez
forces press agauist ruuol coast aeienses, wnlie in suuui Freucu mase two
mure crossings ot uie Kiver itfluue aua neaa tor bpauisn border.
19Tfl NAZI ARMY
Foe Caught In Heavy Fire
At River Junction; Con
voy Ripped.
Rome, Aug. 30 U.R) Amer
ican troops, driving the rem
rents of the German 19th army
up the Rhone valley, crossed
the Drome river today and
slashed their way 10 miles
northward to Chabcuil, six
miles due east of the Rhone
river town of Valence and 59
miles south of Lyon.
The Americans continued to
inflict "further severe casual
ties," a late communique an-
nn..nMil am Cprman forces
pinched into a triangle formed I
by the two converging rivers
and other American troops driv
ing northward from newly-captured
Montelimar.
The spearhead thrown across
the Drome encountered stiffen
ing German resistance and
fierce fighting was in progress
. .. - ill w
n lne vicimiy oi ,
fnmnranmue announced. Mo-
bile guns accompanying the
spearhead were able, however
to maneuver westward ana
snipe at a three-mile long en
emy convoy along highway
seven In that sector.
The highway was strewn with
wreckage of the convoy, csti-
mated to have contained
' 1.-1 kH,nJ
motor vehicles, 78 horcarawn
rarta and a laree number of
horsedrawn artillery. The Ger
mans had fled across the Drome
river on pontoon bridges in the I
race northward to the road
junction of Valence.
Resistance was being over
come, meanwhile, at Sauzet and
Lorlol, both within the triangle
into which the Germans were
hplnff romnrpssed. HeadQUar-
ters described the fighting at
Loriol as "particularly severe."
G.I. Vote Too Small
To Swing Election
Washington, Aug. 30. (U.R)
President R. J. Thomas of the
United Automobile Workers
(CIO), said today that he be
lieved "the soldier vote would
not be sizable enough to swing
the November election either
way."
He made the statement to a
press conference 24 hours after
returning to the capital from a
tour of French battlefields to
gether with other labor leaders.
Thomas said the army has pla
cords prominently posted thru
out the battle area advising sol
diers of their voting privileges
and that many of the men dem
onstrated Interest in the election.
UP RHONE VALLEY
Breakthrough!
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17 JAP VESSELS,
GANG TOTAL 723
Washington, Aug. 30. (U.R)
U. S. submarines have sunk 17
more Japanese ships, including
two destroyers, in Pacific and
far eastern waters, the navy
announced today.
Maintaining their stepped up
war of attrition against the Jap
anese supply fleet, the American
undersea craft have accounted
for 52 enemy vessels announced
as sunk this month.
In addition to the destroyers,
the newest bag included six
cargo transports, two tankers
and seven cargo vessels, the
navy said. This brought to 723
the number of Japanese ships
sunk by American submersiblcs.
Of the vessels sunk, 58 have
been warships.
T EXPLOSI
E
Folkestone, England, Aug. 30
(U.R) The greatest explosion
of the war was set off on. the
French rocket coast last night
and the British wondered today
if the Nazis had made an abortive-
attempt to launch their new
V-2 rocket bomb.
The detonation was accom
panied by a tremendous rushing
noise. Houses on the English
co.Tt wore shaken, crockery was
sent skidding across floors and
few windows were broken.
There never had been anything
comparable heard in this area.
The explosion seemed like an
earthquake.
E
OF
IS
Long Beach, Cal., Aug. 30
(U.R) Lone Ranger of the mov
ies, Sgt. Lee Powell, 35, was
killed In action in the south
Pacific while fighting with the
marines, the navy announced to
day. Powell, a veteran of Tarawa
and Salpan, was a former track
and football star at Long Beach
Junior college and the Univers
ity of Montana.
Wearing a red silk mask and
riding the famed "Silver," Pow
ell appeared in 13-cplsoda sear
ials during 1938 and 1939.
New York, Aug 30 AJ.R) 1
The listed bond market d-.
vanced today under lead of se
lected foreign dollar, luuea.
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GOV. DEWEY WILL HUNS PREPARE TO
START NATIONAL USE POISON GAS
T0UR0NSEPT. 7 AND NtMEAPON
Seven Major Addresses Are Sweden Reports Germany
Scheduled; Will Speak in Cheered By Propaganda
Coast Cities.
Chicago, Aug. 30. (U.R) Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
p r e s 1 dential candidate," will
make make his first campaign
swing around the country next
month with a 6,700-mile coast-to-coast
tour during which he
will make seven major ad
dresses and confer with party
leaders, Chairman Herbert
Brownell, Jr., of the GOP na
tional committee announced to
day.
Dewey's tour, which includes
a visit with his mother at his
home town of Owofso, Mich.,
will begin at Philadelphia Sept.
7 where he will make a nation
wide radio address, his first
since he accepted the nomina
tion at Chicago two months ago,
and will end with his return to
Albany Sept. 28.
During his tour, which will
cover 21 states, the GOP nomi
nee will deliver major campaign
speeches at Louisville, Seattle,
Portland, Ore.; San Francisco.
Los Angeles and Oklahoma City
in addition to the one at Phil
delphia. All will be carried na
tionally by radio networks.
In addition to his addresses,
Brownell said Dewey will con
fer with Republican oveonors
as well as industrial, agricultur
al and other groups during stops
in ten states. The entire trip
will be made by train.
The party will arrive at Seat
tle Monday, Sept. 18, where
Dewey will make his first ad
dress from the Pacific coast that
night.
Dewey will speak from Port
land the following night and
then will go to San Francisco
for another address Sept. 21.
The following 'night he will
speak from Los Angeles and
then will go directly to Okla
homa City for an address there
Monday, Sept. 25.
From Oklahoma City, Dewey
will return directly to Albany,
N. J., ending his tour there Sept.
28.
LOGGING HALTED
ETI
Logging operations on nation
al forest timber in the Union
Creek district are temporarily
suspended due to bad fire condi
tions according to Karl Januoch,
superintendent of the. Rogue
River National Forest service.
High temperatures, accompan
ied by low humidity conditions,
has resulted in a dangerous situ
ation as far as the forest is con
cerned, Janouch stated. At the
office of the state fire patrol it
was stated that logging on state
protected land would continue
as usual.
The fire burning on Elk creek
since Monday afternoon spread
about a quarter-mile yesterday
afternoon but Is again under
control, lt was reported this
noon. Some 125 acres have now
been burned over by the blaze.
REPORT GESTAPO
Stockholm, Aug. 30. (U.R)
A usually reliable Informant to
day confirmed recent reports
that Reichsmarshal Hermann
Goerlng Is under surveillance by
the Gestapo and his freedom of
movement has been restricted as
an aftermoth of the unsuccessful
army plot against Adolf Hitler.
(A Blue network broadcast
from Stockholm said Gocring
fell out of favor with Hitler be
cause of his attempt to "hush up"
the anti-Nazi plot and the
fuehrer himself ordered his arrest
Promises.
London, Aug. 30 U.R) Ger
many is believed preparing to
use poison gas on a mass scale,
the London Daily Mail said to
! day, and Swedish press dispatch
es reported that the Nazis are
boasting of a new mystery weap
on which they assert will win
the war for Hitler within the
next six months.
The Daily Mail reported that
the Germans plan to use poison
gas In the hope of winning a ne
gotiated peace, but the Swedish
accounts indicated that Berlin
propagandists now are assuring
their people that complete and
early victory is certain.
The Stockholm Dagcns Nyhe
ter and the Scandinavian Tele
graph Bureau reported that word
of the German mystery weapon
was splashed across the front
pages of Berlin's newspapers
this morning.
"German victory is not only
certain but near," one Nazi head
line proclaimed, adding that the
Gorman people and their armies
must only hold out until autumn,
when the new weapon will be
unveiled.
The unexpected burst of Nazi
optimism, which Swedish and
other observers regardcd-meroly
as strong propaganda, was in
spired by an article written by
Joachim Fernau, a front corre
spondent of the Waffen Elite
Guards.
Fernau gave no details of the
alleged secret weapon, but he
intimated that it would be a re
finement of the robot bombs
presumably the long-heralded
"V-2" reprisal weapon.
NAZI RlfAREA,
BERLIN, 2 BALTIC
London, Aug. 30 (U.R) Hun
dreds of escorted American Fly
ing Fortresses and Liberators
hammered the Nazi robot bomb
launching sites in the Pas De Ca
lais today, soon after an estimat
ed 1000 British night bombers
returned from a heavy attack on
Germany ranging from Berlin to
the big Baltic ports of Stettin
and Koenlgyberg.
Low-hanging clouds partially
obscured the flying bomb bases
In northern France, but the
American bombers hit the tar
gets by Instrument.
The attacks at the Pas De Ca
lais were the opening phase of
today's continuation of the In
tense Allied aerial offensive,
which the RAF's bomber com
mand carried through the night
in the attacks on Germany.
Four-engined Lancaster bomb
ers, striking In direct support of
Russian troops on the eastern
front, unloaded more than 1300
tons of high explosives and "in
cendiaries on Stettin, stoking
vast fires that sent smoke soar
ing 26.000 feet into the air.
While the heavy bombers
were concentrated on the two
ports. Mosquitoes dumped two
ton blockbusters on Berlin and
high explosives and Incendiaries
on the wreckage of Hamburg.
BASEBALL
Neilonal
New York 2 9 1
Boston 4 7 0
Pyle, Adams and Lombard!;
Tobin and Masl.
Pittsburgh 8 12 6
Chicago 12 13 0
Scwoll, Cucurullo and Lopez,
Camelli, Davis; Wyse, Lynn and
Williams.
American
Boston 7 12 0
New York 9 16 0
O'Neill, Hausmann, Ryba,
Woods and Partce; Borowy, Tur
ner and Garbark,
Sans
Acmm Kutiio-lalepnoto)
This French collaborationist, who lost hts punu iu an uutry feiuup ol
Parisians, is rescued uy members oi Uie Vrencn Forces ol uie iu tenor,
tvno wo& hnn inu yruu.'cuve cubiouy to uwtui UiuU bxgual Corps radio
tcieunoio.
SECT HULL SAYS
POSSIBLE FLIGHT
HIGH NAZIS EYED
Neutrals Asked Attitude On
Hideaways Negotiated
Peace Feelers.
Washington, Aug. 30 (U.R)
Secretary of State Cordcll Hull
today expressed belief that the
German High Command has In
dicated a desire to put out
"feelers for a negotiated peace,"
but emphasized that uncondi
tional surrender will remain the
Allies' only terms.
Hull told a news conference
that the radio' speech of Lt. Gen.
Kurt Ditlmar last night indi
cated that the Germans "are
desirous of putting out peace
feelers.
He also revealed that the
Slate Department Is giving con
stant "consideration" to the pos
sibility that Adolf Hitler and
his underlings might attempt to
flee Germany and seek refuge
in a neutral country.
Hull recalled the request of
President Roosevelt and British
Prime Minister Winston Chur
chill to neutral countries to do
fine their attitude on providing
hideaways for the German lead
ers. "We are not unmindful of
the possibility that the Nuzi dic
tator and his assistants might
flee Germany," Hull said.
if OF PEARL
HARBOR OU F.D.R.
Montpelicr, Vt., Aug. 30 (U.R)
Clarence Budington Kelland, Re
publican national committeeman
for Arizona, tmd the Vermont
State Republican convention to
day that the "odium" of the
Japanese attack on Pearl Har
bor must attach Itself to Presi
dent Roosevelt as "the highest
authority which permitted the
condition to exist."
Kedond charged the president
with allowing Pearl Harbor to
"drowse and dance Instead of
being on the alert to repel at
tack," with the neglect of ele
mentary precautions and the con
gregation of United States naval
vessels "in a single spot . . . like
sitting ducks."
"Why darn they not bring to
trial the army and navy officers
charged with the guilty respons
ibility for thut disaster;" he
asked
Culotte
HEAT, WIND
FOREST
By United Press
Danger of forest fires In the
Pacific northwest reached a
high point today with strong
east winds, low relative humid
ity and high temperature cre
ating one oi the worst fire haz
ard periods In years.
Logging and other woods op
erations were closing down un
til the danger period passes
while Clare Hendec, supervisor
of the Mount Hood National
Forest, advised that people
within the closed areas may be
required to move out until
weather conditions Improve.
Noar Wcnatchee, Wash., one
fire has already blackened 600
acres of grass and timber and
farther up the Cascades in the
same area, another blaze was
under control of a 15-man crew
after burning 200 acres of scrub
pine, hemlock and fir for a
week.
At the same time Coos Bay
fire patrols today were check
ing for forest fires which may
be causing a heavy cloud of
smoke which hangs over the
Coos Bay area. Some observers
believed, however, that a shift
of wind brought the smoke
from a 400-acrc brush and grass
fire burning stubbornly south
of Charleston. Firo patrolmen
reported that the fire has been
kept from standing timber so
far, although it has been creep
ing through logs and under
brush for more than a week.
At Silverton, a barn full of
hoy was destroyed on the A- E.
Heed farm in the Evans Valley
district.
In and around Portland, sev
en grass and brush fires were
reported but they have all been
brought under control.
War Bulletins
London, Aug. 30. (U.R)
A Bulgarian peace mission ar
rived openly in Cairo tonight
and allied sources said an
armistice agroement between
Bulgaria and the United Na
tions was expected to be
signed tomorrow.
Br United Press
Tokyo radio said today the
Japanese air force had started
widespread night raids against
Chinese bases ol the American
14th air force. Including Kwei
lin, whore ciliiens were re
portedly preparing io defend
the city against a possible en
emy land drive south from
captured Hengyand,
Chicago, Aug, 30 (U.R) Grain
futures broke sharply on the
Board of Trade today.
FALLSMVIET
War Machine Weakened
Russians Open New War
saw Offensive.
London, Aug. SO (U.R) Tha
German Transocean News agen
cy reported today that four
Soviet divisions had launched a
"major" breakthrough offensive
near Radzymin, northeast of
Warsaw.
London, Aug. 30 (U.R) Red
army troops plunged through,
disorganized German resistance
in Romania today to capture
Ploesti and deprive Germany of
at least one-third of her vital oil
supplies, a blow expected to be
felt throughout the enemy war
machine within a matter of
weeks.
The new Russian offensive,
which began Just 10 days ago
and carried the Russians for
ward in a series of sensational
advances' ranging up to 70 miles
in 24 hours, achieved its great
est victory with the capture of
Ploesti.
It not only slammed shut the
door on the major source of oil
for the German Wchrmacht,
but lt put the Russians within
easy striking distance of Bu
charest, capital of Romania,
only 32 miles to the south and
second major objective of the
offensive.
The fall of Ploesti, coming1
exactly 13 months after the first
historic air raid on the oil cen
ter by Americans, constituted
an Ignominnus defeat for tha
Germans. They put up only
feeble resistance to save one of
the world's great oil pools
without which experts estlmata
the Reich will be unable to con
tinue mechanized warfare for
any extended period.
Using only a small part of hi
huge forces, Marshal Rdoion' Y.
Malinovsky sent a column con
sisting principally of tanks and
self-propelled guns 40 miles
southward In a single day to
capture Ploesti.
At least some of the oil In
stallations in the great center
were reported demolished by
the fleeing Nazis.
OPA MOVE LIFTS
LAI SALE GLUT
IN THREE STATES
Seattle, Aug. 30 U.R) To
permit immediate marketing of
surplus northwest spring lambs,
three regional directors of thit
OPA for Portland, Spokane and
Seattle areas, tod.iy announced
validation of spare samp 25 In
war ration book four. The OPA
announcement said the stamp
would be good for 49 days start
ing Sunday, Sept. 3. to Oct. 21.
Today's action, OPA said per
mitted extra lamb purchases of
apuproxlmatcly two pounds, by
Pacific northwest residents, and
applied only to the state of Wash
ington, ten northern counties of
Idaho and all of Oregon except
Malheur county.
The lamb dividend, OPA said,
provided livestock men with im
mediate markets for their sur
plus lambs over the entire nor
mal shipping range for north
west soft-fed lambs which would
not keep for shipping, as freez
ing was impossible.
The action to clear up current
glut of lamb on markets in the
three states was announced on
eve of departure for Denver of
Chester Bowles, national direct
or of the OPA.
BILL CURBS UNIONS
Washington. Aug. 30 (U.R)-.
Sen. Dennis Chavez, D., N. M.,
author of a bill to establish a
permanent fair employment frac
ticca commission, told a sen
ate education and labor sub
committee today that it would
"prohibit labor unions from dis
criminating against tholr fellow
workers on the grounds of race,
creed or color."