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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1944)
Foiecast: Increasing cloudi ness tonight and Wednesday. Continued mild. Temp. Highest yesterday 75 Lowest this morning . 40 Precipitation past 24 hra. m Thirty-ninth Year Y Taking of Bloody Nose Climaxes Battle for JAPS SHACKLED TO OUTPOSTS TO PREMFLOT Seabees Already At Work Preparing For Arrival of Combat Aircraft on Island By Richard W. Johnston United Press War Correspondent Aboard Expeditionary Flag ship, Palau, Sept. 19 (Via navy radio) (U.R) The first marine regiment today captured Bloody Nose ridge after a vicious fight and tonight the battle for Peleliu appeared to have passed the crisis point. The leathernecks now have leized their primary objectives on this strategic Island barrier to the Philippines. Coincldentally, It was disclos ed that the Japanese, in despera tion, have shackled their forward observers to posts to pervent them from retreating. Seabees Busy After the stiffest fight In Its Illustrious history a history that includes Guadalcanal the first marine regiment completed ihe conquest of the bare, coral edged cliffs of Bloody Nose. The fall of Bloody Nose silenc ed most of the enemy fire di rected against the Peleliu air drome, now in our hands. Sea bees already are at work pre paring for the arrival of combat aircraft which will permanently nullify uninvaded islands of the Palau group, such as Koror and Babethuap, where an estimated 30,000 Japanese are Immobiliz ed. The 5th marine regiment swept up the inside of the Pele liu "fishhook" to capture vir tually all the east end of the Island flanking the ridge area. 117 Jap Planes Lost Men cleaning off the two-way Jananese air field found thei k wreckage of 117 Japanese air- craft, of which 77 were fighters. The field is the finest in the man dated islands. On nearby Angaur the 81st army division, after a slow start, suddenly expanded their bridge head attack into a sweeping of fensive which crashed across four-fifths of the island. The Japs on Angaur now are crammea into ine nonnwesi mm southeast tips of the island, and j Prospect Watchman Falls in Fierf Pit Prospect. Sept. 19 (UP.) Richard Wayman was unable to work at his job as night watchman for the George L. Jantzer Lumber Co., most of last week because of burned feet. Wayman was putting out a fire in a stump a short dis tance from the mill when the ground broke through where he was standing, letting him fall into a pit of live coals. The pit had been caused by the burning away of a large root. The watchman was wearing low shoes and these permitted severe burns on the tops and sides of his feet. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ike Stcncrson sharing the Sun day comic sections with daugh ter Dolores. Set. Vic Califf of the state'. police meeting for the first time a person with whom he had con versed daily by telephone for three years. Brcn Starcher turning author with gratifying results. Alex 'Two-Gun" Hamilton In vading the Mail Tribune to de liver a note for his Ma. MEDFORDMl RIBUNE United Press Keeps Tab on Holland Invasion Ik1 ir V- (Acme Rartio-Telephotv Lieut Gen. Lewis H. Brereton. commander of Ftrsi Allied Airborne Army, follows the progress ot nis paratroop Army invading Holland on a map at his headquarters In Britain. He declared flatly that on the success of the landing "rests the difference Between a quick decision In the west and a long, drawn-out battle. Seized German Documents Reveal Cologne-Aachen Evacuation Order With U. S. First Army Near Stolberg, Germany. Sept. 19 (U.R) Seized German documents revealed today that the Nazi party on Sept. 12 ordered the evacuation of Hie entire Cologne-Aachen area with an estimated population of at least 2,000,000 Ger- ODT WILL CLOSE MEDFORD OFFICE Portland, Sept. 19 (U.R) Marshal Nauman, Portland dis trict manager of the Office of Defense Transportation, has been transferred to Los Angeles as manager, the ODT announced today in connection with a scries of personnel changes. Nauman formerly was in the Medford office and will be suc ceeded in Portland by Donald Call, who has been district man ager at Medfcrd. The Medford office will be closed about Oct. ., . j ,.,, ,ced by the Portland dislrict of. serv- fice. The Office of Defense Trans portation is completing arrange ments to transfer a part of its commercial motor vehicle gas aline rationing functions to the Office of Price Administration I effective October 15, R. O. Crowe, Pacific Coast regional ODT highway transport director said today. Detailed plans con cerning the processing of appli cation forms, the issuance of Certificates of War Necessity, action on appeals and requests for gasoline from commercial users and procedure are now being studied by OPA and ODT officials in Washington accord' ing to a statement received here ( , Tu. n J:. from J. M. Johnson, ODT d.rec- tor. The contemplated far-reaching changes in the procedure for allocating gasoline to com mercial operators throughout the nation is dictated by "pres ent conditions which require that the ODT Regional Highway Organization direct a greater amount of attention and effort to the transnnrtation nhnepi nf - . ODT nrocram rather than to tne dotaicd W0Tk 0f gasoilne rationing." Mr. Crowe pointed out that while full details of the new commercial gasoline allocation procedures had not been cleared in detail by the ODT, he was convinced that the change over will "be to the convenience of commercial vehicle operators. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1914 V. AT 3$ Vial- .: :'. .,:. ' i Actual marching orders were Issued to numerous villages, which United States troops over ran later. Among them was Kor nelymunster, southeast of Aachen. It was noteworthy that the ucrmans remuining in among the many federal agen were estimated at fewer than' , ,.,, ho u . 20,000. The city was encircled by United States troops. A significant test of the Nazi party strength has been the re- j added that "great and unjusti fusal of many German civilians fiable damage was done to rail to leave their homes despite the ! road labor because of the lack threats of storm troopers. The evacuation order may have been a preliminary to the use of flying bombs. Two of them have landed in the U. S. lines in recent nights. It also may have been a forerunner of the application of the scorched earth policy. SHELL REOPENS Salem. Ore., Sept. 19 (U.R) Gov. Earl Sncll has opened all the forests west of the Cascades, except the Ropuc River and Sis kiyou National forests. The move, recommended by State Forester Ncls Rogers, was made possible by the rains which have drenched most of western Oregon during the pastlbanlt wnere they wcre rePorlcd wcck. rcw cosily nres Durnea in the state forests this year, de spite extremely hazardous condi tions, Rogers said. A 4V. r t I 1 r , i.. ; . rorcst service office here it was Jald thot aftr conferring wlln local officials. It was decided that the closure orders should not be changed jntil this sec tion also had rain, only a trace having fallen In this area. Cer ium nauonai ioresi oisinris nave been closed to everyone but log-! gers. miners and persons residing in ine oisirici, A. D. McReynoIds of the state forest service reported that the ! opening order did not apply to forest lands of Jackson, Jose phine and Klamath counties. Pointing out that the fire situa tion has abated but little, Mc ReynoIds said that a fire on the BenJ. T. Fredenberg place In the Butte Falls district yesterday spread rapidly and that help had to be summoned National and state crews. Ridge Peleliu WITH DEWEY ON LABORAND WLB Former Board Member Says Charge That Political In fluence Entered Is Right. Portland, Ore., Sept. 19 (U.R) The Wai Laoor Board ought to die with the last bullet fired in the war, Wayne L. Morse, a for mer board member, told mem bers of the Oregon Republican club In keynoting the conven tion called to honor the visit of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Morse said he whole-heartedly approved Dewey's views on labor, particularly that labor problems should be handled In a "judicial" rather than a "po litical" manner. He advocated putting such problems back for settlement across the council board of collective bargaining untouched by political control. Charga Backed Morse, after Joining with the delegates in listening to Gov ernor Dewey's radio talk from Seattle last night, said the Re publican presidential nomiriee "was right when he said that po litical Influence entered Into War Labor Board decisions." He contrasted his own dissenting onlnlons, as a public member of WLB for two years. Morse Is a Republican nom inee for the U. & senate from Oregon and said he would be elected "without a single string around h single finger." Disputes Confirmed Morse confirmed Dewey's charge of jurisdictional .llspulcs cies wnich have been given "some kind of Jurisdiction over war-time labor disputes." Referring to railroads, Morse of a judirial approach to its war time problem. Morse said four officials were Involved in political maneuver ing on the West Coast Aircraft case and that when he returned to Washington, D C, he found I that "the opinion had been writ- ten before the board had even considered the case." (Deway's speech on page 3) REDS IN EFFORT London. Sept. 19 (U.R) The German DNB News Agency to day reported a major Russian at tempt to storm across the Vis tula river north of Warsaw, and acknowledged that some Soviet elements had reached the west annihilated Official reports In Moscow re mained silent on the battle of Warsaw, where fighting of "tre mendous proportions" had been raging for several days, a dis natch from the Soviet capital I said. "The Russians are pumping a hell of fire into the enemy po sitions from a wide front on the east bank of the Vistula," dispatch reported. the T nMV i Tf MWV ol A IU AKMT, l IU NAVT pRQM MEDFORD'S BOARD Selective service board 1 to day released the names of six local men who were Inducted Into the army at Portland Sep tember 12. They were: Virgil Oscar Anderson, John Edwin Roberts, Jack Elwin White, Ray mond Scott Darby, Royce Mark Pruitt and Robert Lewis Krug gcl. Inducted Into the navy on the 1 same date I Williams. was Martin Jonas Dewey Seeks Labor Vote in Seattle Visit Br . '.v i Vlyv IpHn tVSw VN v V1- (Arm Tvlephntu) Oovcrnor and Mrs. Tliomas E. Dewey receive enthusiastic ovation as they leave Seattle, Wasn railroad sta tion with Gov. Arthur B. Langlle i front scat) of Washington, who welcomed the Repuoilcan nominee. Mr. Dewcs made bid for labor support In November election in Seattle speech with program designed to "rcsiora free collective bargaining." ewey's ir t Stockholm, Sept. 19 U.R) The Finnish parliament was re ported to have approved Rus sia's armistice terms at a secret meeting In Helsinki this morn ing, and press dispatches said all German troops finally have been cleared from southern Fin land after a sercis of bloody clashes ith their former allies. The Riksdag was said to have been called hurriedly Into ses sion at 6: IS a m. to review the armistice agreement, which Is expected to be signed In Mos cow today. T.nnrlnn Knnt 10 (UP) The Moscow radio said today that Russia and Finland had Just signed an armistice and terms would be rcperted later. 0VERPARKERS DUE FOR WARNINGS AND FINES City police have started a drive against over-time parkers and yesterday placed more than 50 warning tags on automobiles found to have been left In the same place over the one-hour time limit. Police explained that violators of the one-hour parking law would get off with a warning the first time, but that a second ticket would mean a fine. F. D. R. Orders Plan Drawing for Demobilization Of War Emergency Bureaus, Federal Payroll Cut Washington, Sept. 19 (U.R) I ministration and War Produc ProiHnnt Roosevelt today or-i linn Board, arc expected to con- ; tjerpd the budget bureau to be-1 gin planning demobilization of the government's vast war-time. the government's vast war-timcj 2 "Reduction of government machinery through liquidation personnel to a peace footing." of emergency bureaus and agen-' The federal payroll last July cies and reduction of the federal listed 2,938,602 civil service payroll to a "peace fooling." employes In this country, as com "Thl. Is the time to do the : nnred to about 1 000,000 in May planning although the war even In Europe Is not over,"lgan under Impetus of the de- Mr Roosevelt said In a letter to Budget Director Harold D. Smith, Most of the planning will probably have to wait for execution until the japs nave surrendered and there Is no way of telling when that will happen But the plans should be ready " ProbUmt Cited In planning adjustment of the government's executive branch from "the needs of war to the needs of peace," Mr. Roosevelt said, three principal problems must be considered: 1 "Liquidation of war agen cies and the reassignment of such permanent or continuing function as they possess ' There are now 23 emergency war agen cies. Some of the mnlor ones, such as the Office of Price Ad- United Presi Full Leased Wire Train in Aboard Dewey Campaign Train, Sept. 19 (U.R) Tha spe cial train of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey crashed into tha rear of another Great Northern passen ger train shortly befora noon to day near Castla Rock, Wah., about one-half mil north of tha scena of a freight train Col lision last night. The Dewey special, which had been held up In the Seattle station until 8:30 a. m. today because of the train collision last night, struck the second passenger train, which had been halted, and telescoped the rear of the regular train and the baggage car of the Dewey train. Dewey and his wife, both of whom were In their bedroom in the rear car of the sptflnl train, reported they were shak en but apparently not hurt seri- 'ously. Dewey said a piece of lug gage fejl from the overhead rack and struck his head. Mrs. Dewey said her head struck the wall and she suffered a headache. Several reporters and em ployees on the train were In jured, none of them believed seriously. Radio Highlights Gov. Dewey's speech at Port land tonight will be on the air nt 7:30 frum stations KGW and KOIN and most other Oregon stations outside of Portland. tinue opration for some time af- ter hostilities cease. ;f)f 1040 when the expansion be- i fone program 3 "Tne simplification and ad aptation of the administrative j strurture to peace-time requlre- monit " Th nresumab v will Include realignment of the du-. ties of regular agencies which were assigned special var-tlme duties by congressional or ex-, ccutive order. I Some steps along these lines 1 mav he taken when the fighting! ends In Europe," Mr. Roosevelt said. and urged that "immediate attention" be focused on this phase of the government demob ilization program. Big Payroll Admitted In apparent reference to crltl- clrm of the administration based on the gveat increase in the fed - eral payroll, Mr. Roosevelt ac - knowledged that "total war has TTnltttrl Prsii Full T.tH Wlra I I IbklllU J II I 1111 152. Collision BEATTIE OF U.P.IS With U. S. 3rd Army In Eu- rone. Sent. 19 (U.R) Edward W. Bcattie, famous United Press war correspondent, was cap tured by the Germans on Sept. 12 near Chaumont and is be lieved to have been taken Into Germany. Two other correspondents, one of whom was freed later, and an army jeep driver were taken with Bcattie One of the correspondents and the Jecj driver were liberated by their Nazi guard and re turned to the press camp today. They said B.-attle and the third correspondent probably were In Germany now. Bcattie was separated from the others near Chaumont. He volunteered to go with another convoy when the Germans told their prisoners that one must leave the group. BASEBALL American New York 18 1 Detroit 4 8 0 Borowy, Donald and Gar bark; Newhouscr and Richards. Lord Baltimore settled Mary land as a refuge for Catholics In 1C34. requlred a great expansion of government activities, agencies and personnel." But, he added, "our success on the battle fronts all over the world bears witness to the ef fectiveness of our efforts." "Upon termination of hostil ities, we must proceed with equal vigor to liquidate war agencies and reconvert the gov ernment to peace," Mr Roose velt said. "The transition . . . should he carried forward rap idly, but with a minimum of disorder and disruption Only careiiu planning can acnu-vc this goal." One of the latest blasts at the Increased federal payroll came last week from Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican preslden- tial nominee, who assailed what he termed "overpopulation" of government bureaus and agen- j cies. Many war agencies already are beginning to release work ers under their own demobiliza tion plans. The WPB has abol ished several smaller units and the Office of Defense Transport- 1 ation last week announced that U000 of Its 5000 positions wcre , being eliminated. IF? Air Troopers and British 2nd Army Merged; Wheeling Over Country at Fast Clip. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 19 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Lewia H. Brereton's airborne army turned the northern end of tha Siegfried line today In the Am heim area of eastern Holland beyond the Rhine, while other allied forces captured the Dutch transport hub of Eindhoven. Elated spokesmen said tha aerial invasion of Holland was going exactly as planned on Its third day and the commanders were highly pleased with its pro gress. Defensa Crumbles Front dispatches said the sky troops and the British 2nd army were wheeling through Holland at a lively clip, and the entire nazl defense system for the coun try appeared to be falling apart. Again today an armada of al lied planes flew a supply mission to Holland, reinforcing the army which landed in the areas of Arnheim, Nijmegen, and Eind hoven as well as other unspeci fied localities. The concerted onrush of the British 2nd army and the air borne forces which brought them together in the Eindhoven area toppled the defenses of that big industrial city, and Lt. Gen. Miles C. Dcmpsey's armor raced on through a number of towns to the north and east. Besides Eindhoven the allies seized Wchgel, 15 miles to the north; Esp, four miles to the north; Geldrop, four miles to the east, Wilreit and Luyksgestch, four miles north of Lommcl, and Brock, one mile north of the Escaut canal, where the British forced a new crossing In the Lillo St. Hubert area. Brest Garrison Flees Far to the west the battered German garrison of Brest, big French port famous for its role in. the first World war, had with drawn to the Le Crozon penin sula, Berlin said. The nazi com mand said the city had been re duced to smoking ruins before lt fell to the Americans who raced across Brittany early In August. United States tanks and armor of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' 1st army resumed their advance east of Aachen, breaking a stale mato brought about by brisk German counterattacks, and reached the outskirts of Stol berg, Industrial city which had been by-passed in the drive which breached the Siegfried line. No Counters United Press Correspondent Henry T. Gorrell reported from tho region of Stolberg that the Germans had not counterattack ed for 24 hours. Allied bombers were plastering the nazi posi tions along a wide arc curving deep into Germany east of Aach en. With the Siegfried line turned, If the airborne forces dropped In the Arnheim and Nijmegen areas can link up with the arm ored spearheads advancing north from Eindhoven, they will open a path for a fast dash Into north west Germany. The northern end of the Sieg fried line Is at Klcve, 18 miles southeast of Arnheim. Arnheim is on the north bank of the Rhine branch which flows to the North sea through Rotterdam. The landing forces wcre operating north of Arnheim and thus estab lished north of almost all the main water barriers standing be tween the British 2nd army and northwest Germany. 70.000 Nails Periled The force In the Nijmegen area 12 miles south of Arnheim com prised an intermediate link be tween the Eindhoven and Arn heim forces. A quick Junction will erect a great barrier be hind an unofficially estimated 70,000 Germans In western Hol land. All available reports Indicat ed that tho allied forces were making excellent headway and firmly holding the key positions they had seized. "It appears that tho German hope of fightli.g successfully for Holland or evacuating all troops from the Rotterdam and Amster dam coastal areas Is fading fast," United Press Correspondent Ron ald Clark reported from the 2nd army front. "Already the possi bility appears of another gigan tic bag closing around a big sec tion of the WehrmachC
