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MEDFORDiJjra Weather Use The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Results ,T At Small Cost Tribune Foreeait: Filr and continued hot Sunday and Monday. Temp. Highest Yesterday 103 Lowest this morning ,..,..,. 58 I'recip. past 24 hours 0 United Press Full Leased Wire United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEI BER 10, 1944. No. 144. TO IfllfrPffm LINE UP OF Soften Up Siegfried Line Ardennes Forest Gained; Many Prisoners. Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, Sunday, Sept. 10 (U.R) The American 1st army swept to within 14 miles of the Ger man frontier west of Aachen Saturday and advanced 20 miles through the Ardennes forest to south as Allied armies virtually completed their deployment for the storming of Germany's last western ramparts in quest of victory this year. Driving eight miles north of Liege, the 1st army's tanks reached the vicinity of Vise on the Meuse 14 miles from the German border, 16 miles from Aachen and seven miles south of the big Dutch fortress of Maas stricht, a front dispatch dis closed. (A CBS front correspondent reported that American patrols were near Verviers 10 miles east of Liege and about 13VS miles from the German fron tier.) Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' troops drove completely through the Ardennes forest and reached the area of St. Hubert, 18 miles from the Luxembourg frontier and 32 airline miles from Ger many. Aerial bombs already were crashing down on the Siegfried forts and enemy troops disposi tions in a furious 24-hour soften-ing-up attack on Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's troops, more than 1,000.000 strong, prepared for the attack as the first cold winds of autumn swept the European battlefield. A front dispatch said that American troops in Belgium were digging out their mufflers and wool-lined combat trousers for. protection against the cold niglits. Another American column, ironing out a salient between the 1st and 3rd army spearheads, captured the town of Ecouviez. just below the Belgian frontier and only 17 miles from the Duchy of Luxembourg. The 3rd army battled into the town of Pompcy, four miles northwest of Nancy and began mopping up the Dense Haye for est lying between them and the city while other units were re ported in the "immediate vicin ity" of the big fortress of Metz, 2i miles from Germany's bor ders. East of Liege the Yanks were less than 18 miles from the Ger man frontier and their armored spearheads were reported early today driving the Germans in confusion before them. St. Hubert, reached by the 1st army, is 32 miles airline from the German border. Mopping up western Belgium. British troops threw three bridgeheads across the Gent canal, broadening Lt. Gen. Dempsey's front moving on Hol land and easing Allied communi cation problems. While enemy resistance stif fened and heavy fighting devel oped on both allied flanks, the Germans' retreat through east ern Bergium in the center of the line grew more disorganized and confused by the hour, front reports said. Allied artillery had moved within range of the Siegfried line's outer works and Berlin broadcast said that American troops were drawing up to the frontiers of the Reich equipped with new heavy weapons of an unstated typ- I As the hour for the "big push" approached the exact, hour and the direction of the' main attack were among the best kept secrets of the war j the Germans were struggling' desperately against the Allied, avalanche that had cut their western armies to pieces and crowded the remnants back bc- hind their own frontiers. Tens of thousands of enemy I troops who had been trapped nor the channel coast by the r"rivo through Belgium attempt-! ed a break-out attack Friday, but were sent rolling back to! their besieged coastal forts with; appalling losses. Youngster, i u h r5 mm fcrv-x m?T;n$ sx-vs. 1 Among thousands of prisoners taken at Antwerp was this 10-ycar-old boy pictured hero with his mrjor wnlle line of cnt'Toi r-rm-ns mnrch pa ct. Bifnnl Corps radlo-telephoio. ALLIED VICTORY IN EWE NIGH, JAPS' TURN NEXT Kenilworth, Eng., Sept. 9 (U.R) Foreign Secretary Anth ony Eden asserted tonight that the da3 of an allied victory in Europe is not far away and pledged the might of the British empire in the fight against Ja pan until an "utterly complete" triumph. Tackling the problem of main taining the British war effort against Japan and the knotty peace questions to be settled in Europe, Eden said in a speech to his constitutents: "What of the future? None can tell. 3ut this is certain: we must maintain our unity and the vigor of our blows upon the enemy until he is utterly and absolutely defeated. "When the German armies have been broken please do not let us flunk that all is over, and feel that allied unity and strength can be dissioate'd." Eden warned that the Nazi system had been so developed "that it permeates all sections of German life and when this busi ness is over, we with our friends and allies will have to remain united and strong to see that it does not start all over again." "That," he added, "will not be an easy task." Eden promised that Britain would play Its full part against Japan because "we have scores of our own to settle with the Japanese." "The Japanese have overrun vast territories which formed part of the British common wealth and empire, and we are determined, as with Germany, to see that our victory is utterly complete," he declared. OF ITALY WRECKED Rome, Sept. 9 UP.) Riddled by 125 rocket-projectile hits, the former luxury liner Rex lay on her side in Trieste har bor tonight, burning fiercely and apparently abandoned by German engineers who paused to sink the vessel to block the mouth of the harbor. Beaufighters of the coastal and Balkan air forces, in two attacks yesterday, toppled the 51, 000-ton liner on its side and sent a column of smoke more than SOO feet in the air. The Rex. 879 feet long and with a 97-foot beam, was spotted Thursday by a bomber crew and and yesterday morning rocket-carrying fighter planes made 59 direct hits on the ship. In the afternoon other planes scored 64 more hits. 10, Found With German Prisoners BULLETIN NIGHT GAMES Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 9 (U.R) The Portland Beaver bat ting attack came to life tonight to pound out 15 hits off young Bud Beasley and win the first game a double-header, 6-2. Clarence Fedemeyer, on the mound for the winners after ar riving from Portland just a few minutes before game time, kept six Sacramento hits well-scattered.- . The victory evened the series at two games each. Night Game Portland 6 15 1 Sacramento 2 6 2 Federmeyer and Adams; Beas ley and Stciner. The Beavers clinched the tilt with a four-run outburst in the 1 eighth stanza when Larry Bar ton led off with a double; man ager Marv Owen, Eddie Adams. Federmeyer and Frank Shone singled and Johnny O'Neill came through with a two-ply swat. American R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 9 0 Washington 1 7 3 Ncwsom & Hayes; Wolff, The senso (9) & Guerra. (14 innings) R. H. E. St. Louis 17 0 Chicago 2 9 0 Kramer and Hayworth; Lopat and Tresh. National R. H. E. Chicago 6 9 1 St. Louis 14 2 Passeau, Vanderberg and Wil liams; Wilks, Jurisich, Donnelly and W. Cooper. T Portland, Ore., Sept. 9 (U.R) There are 150 children around Portland tonight who may have poison in little orange envelopes. Two children already have be come violently ill from eating a substance in the envelope labeled poison. The envelopes of novelties were sold to about 150 children at various points. The packets contained candy and novelties but most of the children were too small to read or know the difference. One Item, named Pharaoh's Serpents, coitaincd a deadly poison and was supposed to be lighted with a match. The Portland health officer. Dr. Thomas I Mcador, stopped the sales and asked all parents to avoid letting children have the packets. LONG SHOT WINS New York, Sept. 9 'U.R) Strategic, almost 24-1 In the bet ting, with Frank Thacher aboard, pulled ahead of the odds-on fav orite. First Kiddle. 100 yards from the tape to lead by a length and a half in the 32nd running of the S15 000 added Edgemerc handicap at Aqueduct today. J7 - i a. v t Acmn Itmlitt't plennoto) 1,000 NAZIS OIE Allied Supreme Headquarters, London, Sept. 9 (U.R) The Ger man army has lost more than 2,000.000 men killed, wounded and prisoners since D-day an average casualty rate of 1,000 troops every hour since June 6lh according to official sources here in Moscow, and at Mediterranean headquarters pol led by the United Press. Germany's greatest losses have been in Russia where a total of 1,250,000 casualties are reported to have been inflicted since D day. Of this number, 826.000 troops were killed and 427,000 captured by the Red army. In France, the Americans and British have killed 100,000, wounded 200 000 and captured 312,000 Germans on the north ern front, and have killed or wounded 10 000 and captured 72.000 in southern France. In Italy, the German toll has been 12,000 killed, 40.000 captured, and another 40,000 wounded. By United Press Prime Minister Gen. Kuniaki Koiso of Japan claimed at Sat urday's session of the diet that Japan was driven Into war when the United States' "Pacific pol icy of aggression" began to tight en the "so-called A-B-C-D line in order to suffocate Japan," Radio Tokyo announced in a broadcast recorded by United Press, San Francisco. Koiso, answering an interpel lation in the house declared that Japan's war aims can be sum marized as: (I), fighting for de fense; (2), fighting for emancipa tion; (3), fighting for establish ing peace and (4), fighting for eliminating monopoly. "Japan's fundamental policy," he said, "is to give proper place to every nation under the sun. Contrary to this, the American's Pacific policy has been based on aggression." TITLE FELT San Francisco, Sept. 9 'U.R) Stockton air base and Pres idio All-Stars will tangle for the baseball championship of the Central Security district of the army service forces tomor row as the result of victories scored in the first round of the tournament held at the Presidio today. OREGON WEATHER Clear Sunday and Monday; lit tle temperature change. Clear Sunday and Monday; little tem perature change, except cooler east of Cascades Monday. RUSSIA ENOS WAR PLAN ARMISTICE Puppet State Break With Nazis Cause of Military Cessation. London, Sunday, Sept. 10 (U.R) The four-day war between Bulgaria and Russia ended last night when Premier Joseph Stalin announced that the swift red armyadvance into the for mer axis satellite state had achieved its objective a decla ration of war on Germany. The Soviet foreign office an nounced that Russia, together with the United States and Brit ain, "at present are working out conditions of an armistice with Bulgaria." There was no indi cation what the terms would be. A few hours before Premier Stalin announced that military operations against Bulgaria had ceased at 10 p. m. Moscow time (3 p. m. EWT), Bulgaria switch ed governments for the second time In nine days. The veteran political leader, Kimon Georgicv, was named premier of a new anti-German government pledged to lead Bulgaria against the crumbling reich on the side of the allies. Bulgaria has been at war with the United States and Britain since Dec. 13, 1941. Russia de clared war last Tuesday because Bulgaria was unwilling to break relations with Germany and had gfantcd refuge to Nazi forces fleeing Romania. Bulgaria, satisfying the Rus sian demand, declared war on Germany Friday night nine hours after troops of Gen. Feo dar I. Tolbukhan's Soviet third Ukranian army began pouring over the frontier. "By this, Bulgaria has ceased to be the base of German Im perialism in the Balkans as it had been in the past 30 years," Stalin said in an order of the day to Tolbukhin announcing the end of hostilities. Thus within the space of 18 days Russian arms and allied diplomacy had torn three satel lites from the side of Germany Romania, Finland and Bul garia and put both Bulgarian and Romanian troops into the field against Germany. Representatives of Romania, which quit the war on Aug. 23, are in Moscow discussing armis tice terms and the Turkish over seas radio said that Juliu Maniu, Romanian minister without port folio, had announced in Moscow the acceptance of armistice terms. 19, s Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. fl (U.R) Nineteen-year-old Ve nus Ramey, competing as Miss Washington, D. C, tonight was crowned Miss America of 1944 from among 33 of the nation's most beautiful girls in the an nual Atlantic City beauty pa geant. Miss Borto, 19 -year -old blonde Pauline McKcvItt, was runner-up, with Miss Florida, Virginia Warlen, ID, of Miami, third. Elaine Steinbach, 19-year-old brunette from Forest Park, 111., entered as Miss Chi cago, was fourth, the first auburn-haired girl to win the Miss American honors, is five feet, seven Inches tall and weighs 125 pounds. She has blue eyes, and a fair com plexion. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Hirbor, Sept. 9 'U.R) United States cruisers and de stroyers pounded the Palau Is lands In the Western Carolines with a heavy bombardment Wednesday. GOLDEN WEDDING Stockton, Cat , Sept. 9 AJR) Tomorrow will be the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Amos Alonzo and Stella Stagg, but there will be no public golden wedding celebration. GEN. CLARK SAYS BLOW DUE ENEMY FORCUN ITALY Torrents and Storm Delay Adriatic Advance Fifth Gains. Rome, Sept. 9. (U.R) Tor rential rain and fierce thunder storms reduced fighting on the Eighth army Adriatic front to active patrolling today, while American troops of the Fifth army, pushing the enemy stead ily back on the Gothic line of the western coast of Italy, moved to within less than two miles of Pistoia. Gen. Marlt Clark, allied com mander, in a message to the Fifth army in observance of the first anniversary of the Ameri can landings at Salerno, said that the American force "will soon deliver a blow from which the enemy will not recover." British, Canadians and Poles made some small gains at the western base of the Conca river bridgehead and German forces on the Coriano-San Savlno ridge continued heavy artillery and mortar barrages. It was reveal ed that British troops captured the village of Palazo, a mile and a half south of San Savino and the town of Croce, one of the more bitterly fought for points in the Coriano area. The village of Menghio, less than a mile west of Croce, also fell in fighting Thursday, it was announced. Lateral gains of from one quarter to three-quarters of a mile were made by the British against stiff opposition, with the Germans throwing fresh in fantry, tanks and artillery against the advance. GAR. ONLY 30 Dcs Moines, la., Sept. 9. (U.R) Fewer than 30 Civil War vet erans are xpected to attend the 78th annual national encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Republic which opened here to day, but more than 4,000 per sons will be on hand to listen to their reminiscences, convention officials said today. Only 200 of the 1,000,000 men who shouldered arms In 1861 to fight with the union army now hold membership in the GAR, its ranks having been thinned by the death of 150 veterans since last year's encampment. The remainder of the conven tioneers attending the five-day meeting will Include members of affiliated organizations, prin cipally the Women's Relief Corps, Sons of Union Veterans, Daughters of Union Veterans and Sons of Union Veterans aux iliary. 29 SUPER-FORTS LOST By United Press Tokyo radio claimed Saturday night that 16 B-29 Superfort resses were set aflame or dam aged at airfields in the Chengtu are, in Szcchwan province. "At Hslnsin and Paoshan air fields, the Japanese units dam aged 11 B-29's and set ablaze five others," Tokyo said, in a broadcast recorded by United Press, San Francisco. (Location of American B-29 bases has never been officially announced, but has been de scribed as "secret bnscs in west China." Chengtu, 180 air miles northwest of Chungking, has not been previously identified by the Japanese as the Superfortress operating center.) The enemy broadcast claimed that three other airfields around Chengtu were raided but "results are yet to be confirmed." Rumor Hitler Dead Liege, Belgium, Sept. 8. (U.R) Rumors are widespread In Gormany that Adolf Hitler is dead, according to Bolgians who have escaped from con centration camps in the reich. EM CANDIDATE DEWEY ROYAL RECEPTION Owosso Welcomes Favorite Son With Parade and Big Crowd. Owosso, Mich., Sept. 9 (U.R) Thomas Edmund Dewey, the son of a weekly newspaper publisher who left Owosso 20 years ago to study law In the east, came back to his birthplace tonight as the republican candidate for presi dent of the United States. Dewey was given a tremen dous ovation as he stepped from his special campaign train by a crowd which almost doubled the city's normal population of 16.000. Sheriff Rov Gellately estimated the crowd at 30.000. The New York governor rode up West Main street, lined by cheering old friends, to City Hall where - he was introduced by Mavor J. Edwin Ellis. Proudest of the crowd was Mrs. George Martin Dewey, the governor's 64-ycar-old mother. The City Hall ceremonies were hold on a temporary platform elected on the front steps. The hall itself was decorated with bunting, a huge picture of Dewey and sign across which was em blazoned In letters two feet high: "Welcome home Tom." Mayor Ellis Introduced Dewey with the remark that he hoped the next time this illustrious son returned home he could be wel comed as "President Dewey." He introduced Dewey as "Owos so's favorite son." Dewey said he was "thrilled at coming home" but said he be lieved the real purpose of the turnout was to pay tribute to the son of "the grandest mother in the world." Dewey told his audience he believed they also were there to give their endorsement to a now administration which would "once agdin release the moln springs of Main Streets of the country." SHIFTS TO BASE Honolulu T. H., Sept. 9 (U.R) Pacific fleet headquarters an nounced today that the naval court of Inquiry convened by the secretary of navy to Inquire Into the circumstances of the Japan ese attack on Pearl Harbor, has moved to the Pearl Harbor base to continue Its sessions. The court is composed of Adm. O. G. Murfin, USN (ret.) presi dent; Adm. E. C. Kalbftis, USN, (ret.) Vice Adm. Adolph An drews USN (ret.); and Capt. Har old Biesmeicr, USN, Judge ad vocate. War Bulletins (United Press) London newspapers today reported allied spearheads only 12 miles from Germany, and the one weekly quoted "Swiss radio" reports that par achutists had descended on the Siegfried line and thai the al lies had launched a great at tack on the defense system from Belgium to the Swiss frontier. The wording of the parachutist report wes simi lar to that broadcast by the mysterious Radio Atlantic two days ago. By United Press Tokyo radio tonight quatod a Domel News Agency dis patch from Swltserland saying that Marshal Henri Philippe Petain was on Menor island in Lake Constance, The broad cast was heard by United Press at San Francisco. BRICKER CLAIMS NEW DEAL CURBS BUSINESSJOURl Hillman and City Boss Con trol Assailed In Accept ance Talk. French Lick, Ind., Sept. 9 (U.R) John W. Brlcker charged tonight that the democratic ad ministration has shackled busi ness, relagated courts to a min or role and that "Sidney Hill man and his political action committee are now in completa control of the New Deal party." Officially accepting the re publican vice-presidential nom ination, Bricker, In a broadcast address before the Indiana re publican editorial association, pledged his party to "re-establish liberty at home; to clean "our governmental house" by eliminating needless bureau cracy, restoring a responsible) cabinet government, end the) reckless trend toward central!., zation of all power In the fed., oral government," and create ar atmosphere of opportunity for the dndividual. The Ohio governor's appear ance before Hoosicr editors was) part of the campaign strategy of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, hisi presidential-nominee run n 1 n gj mate, to win Indiana's U. S. senatorial scat and to further? the gop effort to gain two mora of the state's 11 congressional positions, nine now being held by republicans. Bricker said that "business must be freed from tis shackles and government must be taken out of competition with privata Industry. Attacking the admin istration assault on the supreme) court, Bricker added that "a substantial majority of all thai federal Judges now have been appointed by the New Deal President." Reviewing the'll years of tha New Deal, Bricker branded tha present administration as a cradle-to-gravo manager of tha personal lives of Americans. "The New Deal candidate re cently made his only recorded admission of fault when he said 'wo have made mistakes,' " Bricker asserted. "I say to you that these were not mistakes. They were tha cold, calculated and deliberata acts of an administration that sought, as its prophets predicted 'to undo a cintury of develop ment to change statutes, con stitutions and government and to lay rough, unholy hands on many a sacred precedent.' "In spite of this record, tha New Deal now asks for a fourth term. Again it has the sinister support of notoriously corrupt political machines such as those of Hague of New Jersey, Kelly of Chicago, and Pcndcrgast of! Missouri. In addition, it has the) fervent support of Sidney Hill man and his political action committee. "It is no secret that this com mittee, including Its Communis tic adherents, proposes to buy this election with money ex tracted from the honest and pa triotic workers of this country," he said. "It likewise is no se cret that Sidney HiUman and his committee are now in com plete control of the New Deal party." Bricker pledged that the re publican administration under Dewey would return govern ment to the "hands of the duly elected representatives of tho people," and make cabinet mem bers, chosen on tho basis of their qualifications, personally responsible for their offices. PEPPER IN PORTLAND 'Portland, Ore., Sept. 9 flJ.R) Sen. Claude Pepper of Flor ida, barnstorming the west on behalf of President Roosevelt, will speak In Portland Sunday afternoon. Pepper will speak: on "peace and prosperity." For mer Governor Oswald West will introduce him. EXTENDS COUPONS Washington Sept. 9 (U.R) The Office of Price Administra tion tonight removed expiration dates on period four and five fuel oil coupons as well as all "change-making" coupons. These were originally scheduled to ex pire Sept. 30.
