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Forecast: Fair tonight and to
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Highest yesterday 99
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Thirty ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1944
NO. 140.
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FIGHI
ON REICH SOIL
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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
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, " 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.