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Thirty ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEI BER 10, 1944.
No. 144.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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.