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JmTMBUNE Weather Use The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Cost MEDFORD Forecast: Fair tonight and to morrow. Little change In tem perature. Temp. Highest yesterday 99 Lowest this morninc 51 Precipitation past 24 tart. - United Presi Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944 NO. 140. KB r FIGHI ON REICH SOIL AT British In Netherlands After Taking Antwerp Third Army On Moselle. London, Sept. S U.R The Brussels radio reported today that the Allies were only a little more than three miles from Dun kerque. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 5 IU.R) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd army has reached the Moselle in force between Metz and Nancy, a front dispatch revealed today, and an uncon firmed report was published here that U. S. tanks had reached Strasbourg on the German bor der and fighting was in progress on German soil around Saar brucken. British armored forces plung ed deeper into the Netherlands more than 30 miles beyond Ant werp, strengthening a trap closed on some 100,000 Germans pinned against the channel coast. The lower side of the channel pocket was collapsing. Canadian troops speared within three miles of Boulogne on the Straits of Dover. The Evening News said the German garrisons of Bou logne, Calais, Gravelines and Dunkerque were trying to es cape by sea in a reversal of the Allied Dunkerque evacuation In 1940. Robert C. Richards, United Press correspondent with Pat ton's army, said the American vanguard came to grips with the Germans in the village of Pont-A-Mousson, astride the Moselle roughly midway between Metz and Nancy. Secrecy Ends In the first word from the 3rd army front in several days Rich ards said the Yanks held the part of Pont-A-Mousson on the west bank of the river, beyond which the Germans has retreat ed after a brisk skirmish and the demolition of the bridges across the 80-foot stream. "Although patrols previously had stabbed across the vital waterway guarding the last Nazi defenses in northeastern France, this was the only point at which American troops were standing on the Moselle in substantial strength," Richards said. The London Evening News, however, published a dispatch credited to French frontier sources which said American armor had plunged to the Rhine and the German border at the outskirts of Strasbourg, 75 miles east of Nancy. To the northwest, the dispatch, which lacked confirmation in any other quarter, said, Ameri can and German troops were locked in battle on Nazi home land soil around the border city of Saarbrucken. A big force of U. S. Flying Fortresses and Liberators with a Mustang escort struck on ahead of the land armies at the Rhine land cities of Karlsruhe, Stutt gart, and Ludwigshafcn, key stones of the first defenses of Germany proper. American advances on the cen ter of the front were indicated by the announcement of Premier Pierre Dupong of Luxembourg that Allied forces had marched into the Grand Duchy and its hour of liberation was at hand. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower made a like statement yesterday in a message broadcast to the Luxembourgers. Skimpy information at Su preme Headquarters late today suggested the possibility of a slowdown to some extent from the sensational pace maintained by the Allied armies in carrying the war to Germany's doorstep. The only specific word at Headquarters was that Canadian troops had pushed near Bou logne, indicating that the south side of the pocket enclosing tens of thousands of Germans was caving in. The barrier penning the Nazis to the coast was about 140 miles long, lying between the Boulogne area through Aire and Lille to Antwerp. The Nazis, apparently doomed to death or capture, were report ed surrendering by the thousands to the Canadians. Allied Armies Sweep Thro tmh Belgium, Enter Holland paris FRANCE .JSI , , British armored forces, in six-hour, 70 eastward toward Nettierlnnds frontier, on Dutch soil. Half of Belgium Is tn TO OPEN WEEK LATE DISAPPEARS, MATE TO AID HARVESTERS FOUL PLAY Opening of Medford Junior and Senior high schools has been postponed until bept. 11 was HiinounutTU mis mumm by E. H. Hedrick, superintend ent of schools. Hedrick stated that the decision had been made by board members in response to numerous requests from fruit men who declared that the pu pils were needed to relieve a critical labor shortage. The schools had previously been scheduled to open Monday, Sep tember 18. Mr. Hedrick urged students now working to continue until the opening day of school. He said some employers reported a number of students had quit in order to take vacation before school began. "Students should take advantage of the opportu nity to earn the extra money," he said, "and should not further aggravate the labor shortage by quitting several days before scnooi opens. ine superimcnac.u .a u" grade schools would open Sep- tembcr 18. FALSE REPORT OF l London, Sept. 15. U.P.) The , Brussels radio broadcast a whol- lv unsupported rumor today that Germany had capitulated to the j allies and retracted it less than two hours later, adding that "the fight goes on." The capitulation report, heav ily qualified even at the outset, apparently originated from the garbling of a description of the 10.000 Germans near Mons. The second broadcast on the subject said: "Dear listeners: We are obliged to tell you to our deep regret that a rumor, according to which Germany was alleged to have capitulated and which was this morning broadcast by a foreign station, has not been con firmed. The fight goes on." GOP CWSlALK ON RADIO AT 6:15 New York. Sept. 5. (UP) Governors of New Jersey, Michi- ' Ran and Washington broadcast I tonight over a coast to coast net I work in support of Thomas E. ' Dewey, Republican nominee for president. Gov. Walter E. Edge will speak from Atlantic City, N. J.; Gov. Harry F. Kelly, from Lari- I sing. Mich., and Gov. Arthur B. Langlic. from Olympia. Wash. The 15-minute broadcast will be carried over the mutual net work at 9:15 p. m., tEWT.) Local i time, 6.13. (Acme TeUlihiital - mlle sweep across Flanders, liberate Belgian capital ol Brussels, drive where an American First Army column already was reported hiutllnj Allied bauds and llberaiJon of country Is only matter ot hours awav ASHLAND MOT Kathryln Fay Miller, 22, Ash land, mother of two small chil- drelli is being sought today by Ashland city police and mem bers of the state police after her husband, Frank Killer, report ed that she failed to return ' home following a dance at the Silver Moon hall in Ashland last Saturday night. Miller stated that he believed his wife i might have been kidnaped or be j the victim of an assault since she was devoted to the children and would .not have left them. Miller reported to police that his wife, described as an attrac tive golden blonde girl, had at tended the dance with a group of friends and that they had all gone to the Dandy Lunch for a midnight meal. During the meal there was a slight argument, Miller said, over what the party should do next and the friends reported that Mrs. Miller left iunchroom and started down the street alone. The husband's story of the evenings events was gained from the friends, he said, since i. U..J lAn 41... .......... tn , " lsul nnhnrf the evening to go home and had ! not attended the dance. Miller said he understood that the group had been drinking, but insisted that his wife, was of a temperate nature and drank lightly. t "ln8 T,' r m,B " "avl gone i, .2 nume "l irienus, i.nur sa.u he spent part of Sunday there aim vueLM'u wiui uie menus, with hotels and with the police. Failing to find any trace of his wife he became alarmed and early Monday morning reported the matter to the Ashland po lice. State police were then no tified and are now checking wt'.h relatives of the girl in California. Mrs. Miller was described as five feet seven inches in height and at the time of her disap pearance was wearing a navy blue dress, with white trim on the front In the shape of birds, and black shoes. The Millers reside at 130 Pioneer street in Ashland and Miller Is employed at the Jen sen sawmill. He returned home four months ago after having been discharged from the mer chant marine service because of illness. The children are a girl, four years, and a year-old boy. RESUME LONG TRIAL Washington, Sept. 5 U.R) Four of the 26 defendants In the mass sedition case elected to continue their vacation today as the 4'-month-old trial resumed in district court after a two week summer recess. CRASH FATAL Orwood, Cal., Sept. 5 TJ.P3 I One man was killed and two ' were injured, one seriously, late 1 yesterday, when a car In which they were riding crashed into a i switch engine on siding, i ! FIGHTING CEASES London, Sept. 5. (U.R) Soviet troops on the Finnish front ceased firing today, ending four years of war. The Russian supreme com mand ordered the halt of mili tary operations against Finland effective at 8 a. m. today, in view of the Finns' acceptance of preliminary conditions to an armistice offered by the Soviet government. The Finns ceased firin8 yesterday, The Soviet terms were be lieved similar to previous pro posals, based on the restoration of frontiers and reparations. Rus sia did not demand uncondi tional surrender of the Finns. A Moscow dispatch said there was no grounds for belief that the Russians would be excossivo ly harsh and foreign observers believed Finland would retain its independence. A Helsinki dispatch said the Finnish pariamcnt held two se cret sessions last night, believed preparatory to the sending of a peace delegation to Moscow. The Stockholm Morgon Tid ningen reported from Helsinki that German civilians and sol- diers having southern Fin . . , .. " . .,. land in compliance with the gov ernment's order that they must be out of the country by Sept. 15. TREMORS FELT IN By United Press Two earthquakes reverberated through eastern, midwestrrn and "outhern states and southern Canada early today, the first rattling windows, breaking wa ter mains and doing some scat tered property damage. The second passed virtually unnoticed except for scientific recordings. Hundreds of sleepers in the New England states. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela ware, West Virginia and as far south as Georgia and west to Chicago were routed from their beds by the initial shock. Father Lynch said the quake was cen tered 270 miles northwest of New York city in central New York state. ASK FEDERAL BUILDING Washington. Sept. 5 'UP) Rep. Albert E. Carter, R., Cal., introduced a bill today to au thorize a post-war construction of a federal building at Oakland, Cal., at a cost not to exceed $0,500,000. EX SEN. NORRIS RITES McCook, Neb., Sept. 5 'U P) Funeral services for former Sen. George W. Norris. 83, were held at the First Methodist church here yesterday. Approximately 1000 persons Jammed the oiurch i in final tribute to the statesman I who died Saturday. Escape k Convict Faces IRA C. CAteii 45, MIL OF Fred Bailey, 27, San Quen tin Camp Fugitive Held In County Jail. Savagely assaulted with an automobile Jack early Sunday morning by a man with whom he became acquainted at a local night spot, Ira Clyde Carman, 45-year-old Medford millworker died in a local hospital at 9:08 a. m. today and District Attor ney George W. Neilson said that a first degree murder charge would be filed against Fred Bailey, 27, an escaped convict from California. Carman, unmarried, a car loader at Timber Products com pany for many years, died with out regaining consciousness. He lay in a ditch about four miles north of Central Point on the I Pacific highway from approxi mately d.ou u. in. ouuuuy, wui-ii the attack occurred, to 12:30 Sunday afternoon, when he was discovered by Mrs. Hazel Rob bins when she left her home to pick berries along the road. The district attorney said that Bailey, who was arrested in Yreka, California, at 9 a, Sunday, had made a full confes- sion of the attack. He was taken off a southbound stage, waived extradition and was re turned to Medford by Neilson and Syd I. Brown and lodged in the county jail. Bailey, who told police he was serving a San Quentin term for forgery in Los Angeles, es caped from the Beaver Creek work camp about 15 miles west of Hilt at 1:30 a. m. Sunday, authorities said he told them. He made his escape in a 1930 Plymouth station wagon, owned by the State of California, which was used by officials at the camp, his alleged confession ated. Driving it to the Zero club he went in, met Carman and the two then went outside for a drink, he was quoted as con fessing. He then struck Carman on the head with a bottle, after which he attacked him with the jack, stripped him of his cloth ing and, driving the station wagon north on the highway, finally threw him from the ma chine in a ditch on the left side of the road, authorities quoted him as saying. Bailey's arrest was the result of keen-eyed city policemen In Grants Pass, who noticed a man park a station wagon on the j street, then go to the bus ter minal. They checked the station wagon and when they discover ed its interior to be splattered with blood they went to the ter minal and learned that a man answering their description had purchased a ticket for Los An geles and left on a stage. Arrested at Yreka They notified stale police In Grants Pass, who called the state police office here, and lo cal officers got In touch with the i California quarantine station and Yreka authorities. The sheriff's office and city police took Bailey off the bus at Yreka. He was wearing Car man's clothes, which were bloody, and had S64 of Car man's money, authorities said. Bailey, authorities said, con fessed to Yreka officers that he had beaten and robbed a man and thrown him in a ditch "some where between Medford and Grants Pass," and this Informa tion was telephoned to local au thorities. As yet Carman hadn't been dis covered, and state police and the sheriff's office here were search ing for him when Mrs. Robbins called up with her Information. Found in Ditch Carman was found lying In a ditch about four feet deep, hor ribly battered about the head and with bad bruises on hi legs. He had on only a pair of shorts. Deputy Coroner Carlos W. Mor ris, who took the victim to the hospital In the Conger-Morris ' ambulance, said Carman had suf- LAST ESCAPE GAP IN SOUTH FRANCE French Army Reach Saone River Nazis Panicky on Swiss Border. Rome, Sept. 5 (U.R) French forces of the Allied 7th army drove up the west bank of the Saone river today to reach Le Villars, IB miles north of Lyon and 55 miles south of Dijon.n ar rowing the last escape gap for Germans remaining in southern France west of the Saone. A curtain of military secrecy again dropped over the progress of American troops east of the Saone, although as long ago as Sunday they already had passed through Montrcvel and reached points less than 120 miles from the invasion armies of the 'north. Geneva dispatches reported the Americans had occupied Morez, 51 miles north of Lo Vil lars, and four miles from the Swiss frontier, and that the Ger man garrison at that point had fled across the border to be in terncd. The same sources also report ed that the Swiss federal council had ordered partial mobilization of border troops, and that vlr- tuaI Panic had broken out among German civilians along the Swiss-German frontier. Thou sands were Jamming roads lead ing to the interior of the Reich, dispatches said. Since Sunday there has been no official Allied mention of any noteworthy German resistance to the Allied advance, which al ready has extended more than 80 miles north of Lyon. L London, Sept. 8 (U.R) Allied warplnnes soared across the Channel In clearing weather to day In a resumption of the aerial offensive against Europe. Ger man radios reported fighter and bomber formations over north and southwestern Germany. RAF Mosquitoes lnid a sharp contentrated assault on Karls ruhe, big road and communica tions center 100 miles east of Metz, last night. They dropped two-ton blockbusters from clear skies and started large fires In the city the Nazis probably will use, if possible, to assemble sup plies and reinforcements for the first phases of the battle of Ger many. AGEDMANTLAIN AS 'LOVE PIRATE' Spokane, Wash., Sept. 5 (U.R) John Coffccn, between 70 and 80, was bound beaten to death last night amid signs of a terrific struggle, a note pinned to his chest: "Let this be a lesson to you not to fool with married women or sell bum whiskey." New York, Sept. 5 01 R) Cotton futures opened 4 to 6 points lower today. fered the loss of much blood while he lay ln the ditch for ap proximately nine hours. Bailey, who told the district attorney he threw his own clothes in a ditch after stripping Carman, is originally from In diana and Is believed to have a record prior to the forgery charge that sent him to San Quentin. Carman lived with his mother, Mrs. S. J. Carman and his sis ter, Mrs. Jean Shelby on Ross Lane. A brother, Everett Car man, also resides in Medford. Conger Morris chapel Is In charge of funeral arrangements. First Degree Charge War Bulletins London, Sept. 5 (U.P.) Carrier-borne aircraft attack ed the 35,000-ton German battloship Tirpitx at its moor ing in Altenfjord, Norway, several times recently, the British Admiralty announced today. Hits were claimed on the ship, but results could not be obsorved. SOVIET DECLARES RON BUL ! Balkan Nation Ignored Al lied Warnings, Helped For Three Years. London, Sept. 8. (U.R) Rus sia declared war on Bulgaria to night, accusing the Balkan coun try of continuing to provide bases for the German army de spite repeated allied warnings. Radio Moscow announced the Soviet declaration ot war as a climax to a scries of bitter Rus sian denunciations of the Bul gars. It came a few hours after Bulgaria, struggling to avert dis aster, had declared her last ties with the axis broken. The new Bulgarian govern ment formed last Saturday was reported to have ordered peace emissaries to conclude an armis tice with the United States and Britain as soon as possible. Soviet Foreign Commissar V. M. Molotov nt 7 p. m. handed the Bulgarian minister a note break ing relations with Sofia and charging the Bulgars with a stub born maintenance of favors to Germany, specifically the provis ion of bases in Bulgarian terri tory. The Moscow radio said the note accused the Bulgars of help- position heretofore countenanced by the Russians since the Bulgars were In no position to resist the Nazis. Although the allies now have sealed the fate of Germany, Mos- nn.t aril. I n nldnfl 4 V. n Mnvi rln cow said, making the Nazi de feat inevitable, the Bulgars have refused to follow Finland and Romania and Join the anti-German coalition. The Soviets charged that the so-called neutrality of the Bul garians included giving help to the Germans, which the Russian government regards as participa tion in the war against Russia Molotov's note to the Bulgar- Ian minister, Ivan Stamenov, de livered as the red army massed on Bulgaria's border, said: "For more than three years, Bulgaria, in reality aided Ger many In the war against the U. S. S. R. The Soviet govern ment took Into consideration that the small country was not in posi tion to resist the powerful armed forces of Germany at a time I when Germany held almost the whole of Europe. The Soviet gov ernment put up with this situa tion. "The Soviet government even tolerated the fact that Bulgarian governing circles helped the Ger mans evacuate the Crimea and save remnants of the defeated German forces in South Russia." SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS We are Indebted to the Elks Magazine for the following diag nosis of Smudge Pot Perry's re cent ailment: "Arthur said 'twas neuritis That made him feel so bad. 'Arthuritls Perrytonitis' Was really what he had." Otto Frohnmaycr describing the bad effects he suffered from an attempt to grind up a little horseradish. Lll Wlckmnn startled to find that her private Instructions to the office telephone operator ended up in the ear of a reporter. Frank VanDyke and Frank Thompson working industriously to uphold the best interests of their home city. JZATI PLANS RELEASED IM Military Leaders Confer and Agree Public Education Campaign Due. Washington, Sept. 3. (U.R) The war department will an nounce at noon tomorrow its plans for demobilizing fighting men, it was disclosed today after a conference of military leaders and members of the house mili tary affairs committee. MaJ. Gen, William F. Tomp kins, chief of the army planning branch; MaJ. Gen. Lewis B. Her shey and Col. Francis J. Kees ling, Jr., of selective service; Capt. William R. Terrell of the bureau of naval personnel, and other army and navy officers re vealed their plans to the commit tee ot a closed session, but de clined to make them public to day. Committee Chairman Andrew J. May, D., Ky., told newsmen after the meeting that the plans would be released by the war de partment tomorrow, but said ho was not at liberty to make any statement about their nature. Other committee members said that part of the army's program is to educate the public about its system of discharging troops so there will be general acceptance of the plan to be followed. According to one committee member, part of this educational process will be to mak-? fathers and mothers understand why "Johnny Jones cannot be re leased from service when Jim Smith, who lives across the street and entered the service about the same time was discharged." Committee members said i Tompkins was not asked how "y "P' coud be discharged when Germany is defeated. Ho Indicated, however, they said, that many troops now in Europe will be transferred by units to other war theaters and others wi rcmain ln E as I - of occupation. They also said selective service spokesmen have Indicated a de sire to continue inductions indefi nitely to keep a fresh supply of men going into the service with the hope that troops who have long fighting records or have spent long periods ln disease-infested Jungles could be released. Some - congressional quarters have heard reports that the army will be able to discharge as many as 2)00,000 men after Germany collapses. The question of con tinued drafting of men was in the forefront of their discussions. SECRET BELGIAN Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 5 (U.R) To a secret Bel gian army which has been oper ating as a unit throughout four years of German occupation, is duo much of the credit for the l ease with which the Allies swept Into Belgium, supreme headquar ters revealed today. When the secret army led by 55-year-old MaJ. Gen. Ivan Ger ard was ordered on June 6 to intensify its action against the enemy, its efforts were so suc cessful the Germans found Bel gian communications almost use less. One German division order ed from Antwerp to the Nor mandy battlefront was forced to make a great detour through Germany to reach the fighting front. HONOR RICK'S RESCUER Norfolk, Va Sept. 3 (U.R) Cmdr. William F. Eadie, USN, of Evanston, III., the pilot who rescued Capt. Eddie RlcUonback cr In the south Pacific In 1942, today was awarded a letter of commendation of "meritorious and efficient" service In the south Pacific from Dcccmbei', 1941, to April, 1943.
