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Churchill Says Enormous U. S. Foy.es May Be Thrown in Unless German Resistance to Allied Arms Collapses Soon FOE MAY STAVE DEFEAT T0 1945 COMMONS TOLD Prime Minister Reviews Glo bal Military and Political Situation in Long Talk. London, Sept. 28 U.R) Prime Minister Winston Churchill implied today that Germany may stave off defeat until well into 194S and said "enormous additional" American forces will be thrown into the battle if nazi resistance does not collapse soon. Fresh from the Quebec con ference with President Roose velt, the prime minister review e. the global military and po litical situation in a 103-minute speech to the house of commons. Mutt Talk to Jos Churchill said it was essential that Premier Josef Stalin join in an Anglo-American-Russian conference as soon as the mili tary situation permits. He added a doubt that satisfactory agree ment on world peace organiza tion could be reached before the three heads of those govern ments had met again. Emphasizing that he would not guess and "it could be no more than a guess" as to when the European war will end, and deploring "people being carried away into premature expecta tions of immediate cessation of fighting," Churchill said: "Many persons of the highest technical attainment and know edge and responsibility have good hopes that it will all be over by the end of 1944. On the other hand, no one certainly not I can guarantee that sev eral months of 1943 may not be required." Casualties Listed Churchill made these addition al points in his speech, interrupt ed by a 57-minute recess of the house; 1. The United States lost more than 145,000 men in killed, wounded and missing in France; Britain upwards of 90,000; Ger many nearly 900,000 in killed, wounded, and captured. Another 200,000 or so Germans are cut off in the coastal areas, "and their destruction or capture is highly probable." 2. The allies now have be tween 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 men in France the designation apparently including the low countries and the strip of con quered Germany. 3. Nazi desperadoes may fight on fiercely in the forests and mountains of Germany after or ganized resistance ceases. 4, Britain, America, and Rus-j lia are . most anxious for the emergence in France of "an en-, tity which could truly be said to speak for the whole Frcncn people, and it seems possible to transform Gen. Charles De Gaulle's legislative assembly into an elected body a step which would make possible rec ognition of the French provis ional government. 5. The allies should not be hurried into momentous decis ions governing the future of the world, and such decisions can not be taken finally without closer and more searching dis cussions. Far East Discussed The prime minister, two days after his return from the Que bec conference, sketched the campaign in the west since he last addressed commons, then turned to the far east and de clared: I can assure the house that the war against the Japanese and other diseases of the Jungle will be pressed forward with the utmost energy." He said complete agreement was reached at Quebec, where it was decided to make no changes in the chiefs of staff; that the British fleet was offered for major operations against Ja pan and cordially accepted; that a large portion of the British fleet already is in the Indian ocean; and that the scale of the British effort against the Japa nese would be limited only by available shipping. 'There is a possibility that aft er the organized resistance of the German sttte and army is completely broken, fierce war fare may be maintained in the forests and mountains of Ger many by numbers of desperate men, conscious of their own guilt and impending doom," Churchill said. He added, however, that he did not consider the declared date of the end of the war must necessarily be postponed until the last desperado in Germany i tracked down. X M United Pint Thirty-ninth Year rCB 111 klS V- , t' I ? - ;S-LumeS. Ill I IFD FOURTH INVASION I -j .-... u r l ii i fl S IN EUROPE HITS ALBANIA. rf$o!fT JJUNPS YUG0SLAVIA ,TALY . .rove . ua?S .. C8'" "C frrfDTTof TIRANA '' Knocking another hole to the southern rlm of Hitler's cracking fortress, seaborne and airborne troops of the land forces of the Adriatic carried out an Allied Invasion of the Balkans, striking across the Adrlatlo Into Albania and the islands oft Yugoslavia and driving inland on a broad front. BUTTER TO COST 4 IRE Washington, Sept. 28 (U.R) Creamery butter will go up from 16 to 20 ration points a pound next Sunday, the Office of Price Administration announced to day. It indicated that the in crease of four points would hold at least 90 days.- Present point values on all other rationed foods including meats, cheeses and processed items will remain unchanged for the October ration period. Announcing the substantial in crease for creamery butter which put it at the highest value since rationing began, Price Adminis trator Chester Bowler said: "There are no two ways about it. We civilians are going to have to get along with less butter than formerly at least during the next 90 days or so. We simply don't have anywhere near the normal supply of butter to dis tribute." Only creamery butter is affect ed by the ration change. Farm and process butter continues at 12 points a pound. butter is the only ration ed commodity for which point rni,i will be changed next . ... . . , , , , month, OPA will not print new point value cnaris. uiuicn write in the new 20-pound butter value and keep the old cnaris, - .iv .itua-i The over-all meat supply situa . tlon, Bowies ,"l decrease in meat point values in October. F LIFTED T fMneiirM on forest lands of the Southwest Oregon unit of the state protected lands and on the forests of the Rogue River National sen-ice will be lifted at midnight tonight according to announcements from local head nnnriprs of both agencies today. I Camp fire permits will not be 1 required on national forest lands but will be on state proiecieu lands, it was announced. Both state and national forest officials pointed out that while the closures are being lifted at this time for the benefit of hunt ers, the fire hazards were still to be considered since this area has had no heavy fall rains. Hunters were asked to be cau tious with smoking and with campfires. October 1 Is the open Mnv nf th hunting season. The f(..ni fn inn rrpmi I I iidiiunai r.. ii u. a rnnnrted at the ivrfl.t rJfir here. Many local hunters make trips hi vuk unci I.uany i,,vi itui.... to the Fremont forest each. fear. EDFORD Full Leased Wire Allies Invade Balkans by Air i HUNGARY V YUGOSLAVIA Yank Planes From Peleliu Join Blows at Philippines By United Press American planes from bases on newly conquered Peleliu have Joined in the Allied aerial offensive in the Philippines theater, it was disclosed today as the British admiralty re vealed that its submarines have sunk 32 Japanese vessels in patrol ooerations in far eastern waters. Present enrollment figures from Junior and Senior high schools show a gain of 10.3 per cent for Junior nigh school with 632 students enrolled and for Senior high school a loss of 10.2 per cent with 519 students start ed In school, Miss Louise Bas ford, city school superintendent's office, stated today. Last year. Junior high school had a total enrollment of 573 and Senior high school 578. Stu dents employed in the fruit this year have been urged to remain until close of the harvest season and an Increase in enrollment will be noted in Senior high BII1UU1 OUtl lilt iiui, oiaauu en(Jj Elementary schools show a fairly permanent enrollment figure as the second week of I gure as me secona ween a ,1Ir!pnt, roned compared to 1165 stu- tJsame ,ime ,ast yeaf This is an increase of 16.6 per cent it was stated. Total enrollment for Junior and Senior high schools and the elementary schools was 2509 for 1944 or a total percentage in crease of 8 3 for the entire sys tem. Despite the fact that sev eral country school districts were Incorporated Into the elementary schools there was slight differ ence In the enrollment of Lin coln school, with 23.3 per cent Increase In students over last year and the other schools car rying a majority of city students. These other schools showed an average Increase of 20 per cent, Miss Basford pointed out. E Washington, Sept. 28 (U.R) A new shoe ration stamp will be come valid beginning November 1, the office of price administra tion announced today. The exact stamp to be used for una uu uwc nm later. Airplane stamps one and two xrom raiion poor mrt-e ic now valid for an indefinite per iod. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1944 and Sea MILES -W0 - RUMANIA tAcm Telephoto) corsair fighters wok on xrom Peleliu's big airdrome for the first time Tuesday and strafed the northwestern area of Babel- thuap Island In the northern Palaus. The Japanese Domel agency reported that 100 American planes raided the Palaus Tues day, concentrating on Koror island near Babelthuap. Peleliu In Control U. S. marines and army troops had gained complete con trol of Peleliu and were steadily attacking two small pockets of Japanese at the northwestern tip of the island. The Tokyo radio said American reinforce ments had been landed on the eastern beaches of Peleliu. Allied bombers intensified their campaign with new at tacks on the Philippines and protective bases as far south as Java. Australian based reconnais sance planes made a 3,000 mile ! round trip flight one of the longest on record in the Pacific to strafe Japanese buildings In the Batavia area for their first assault on the Japanese capital. Other bombers In week-end strikes hit Mindanao and Cele bres, sinking three Japanese freighters and destroying five planes. Bombers and fighters raided Kaoe Bay on Halmahera Island and P-T boats sank five barges near Miti. Bombers also con fined steady attacks on other bases In the central and north Pacific, including Wake Island, Paramushiro in the Kuriles and Iwo Jimi in the Volcanoes. L0CAT1VEILED Rome, Sept. 28 (U.R) Greek guerilla forces were placed un der orders of the allied supreme command today In anticipation of the liberation of their coun try, but military secrecy veiled the movements of allied troops invading neighboring Albania. Supreme headquarters of the allied Mediterranean command remained silent today on the amphlbious operation across the Adriatic, which was announced yesterday In a carefully-worded communique giving no Indica tion of where the landings oc curred. The communique of yesterday Indicated that the main blow was struck at an unspecified point on the Albanian coast, while other units landed on the Adriatic Island of Yugoslavia. 1I1TSS1 11 GdHW . . i FARM MACHINERY NEUTRAL NATIONS MEUSE REACHED RATION CONTROL ERASEDJY WFA Action Come as Surprise to County Agent; Supplies at Very Low Level, Word. Washington, Sept. 28 (U.R) War Food Administrator Marvin Jones today lifted all remaining ration and distribution controls on farm machinery and equip ment except corn pickers. Combines, corn binders, and tractors were on the list of 20 items from which Jones removed! wartime distribution control. At one time 90 items were so con trolled. "For most rationed Imple ments the 1944 production per iod and season of use have passed and the need for ration- r j.i 1nl, ing these items during the 1944 ' and 1945 crop year Is not Anti cipated, Jones said, R. G .Fowler, county agent, received news of the order in a wire from state headquarters and stated today that it was a great surprise since farm ma chinery supplies were still at a very low level. Fowler said he expected a letter which would amplify the new order. The news was even more surprising, Fow ler remarked, In view of the fact that a short time ago his of fice had received the 1945 quota and it was smaller than this year's figure. The rationing has been han dled by the county agent's of fice and a committee of county agriculturists who alloted the machinery where they believed it to be most needed. GUNNER ON B-17, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Albcrn of 406 King street have received word from the war department that their son, Sgt. Lloyd L. Al- bern, Is missing In action as of Sept. 12. The sergeant was a gun ner on a B-17 and was reported missing after a flight over Czech oslovakia, the message stated. Sgt. Albern arrived in Eng- dand shortly after the first of August and had been stationed at a bomber base of the Eighth Army Air force. The mission from which he failed to return was either his third or fourth, the parents be lieve, having had a letter written the day of his second mission. The sergeant was a Junior at Medford senior high school when he entered the air corns Nov. 4 in 1943. He was trained at Shep pard Field, Tex., at Kingmore, Ariz., and Alexandria, La. Dewey Returns From Long Tour Albany, N. Y Sept. 28 (U.R) Onv. Thomas E. Dewcv com- J pieted a 8,545-mile awing through politically-Important west and Pacific coast statrs to day, confident of victory in No vember. The GOP candidate arrived back In Albany thl- morning from three weeks of extensive campaigning In 22 states, the electorial votes of which will play a major role in the presi dential election m RIBUNE United Prut Full T AXIS FUGITIVES Hull Says Relations With U. S. Would Be Adversely Affected for Years Hence Washington, Sept. 28 (U.R) Secretary of State Cordell Hull today warned neutral govern ments that their relations with the United States would be "ad versely affected for years to come" if axis leaders arc granted asylum In their countries. Hull outlined United States policy concerning refugee axis criminals In a statement which reviewed the warnings given by this country to neutrals who ml"ht harbor Hitler or his aides. He alv revealed that replies from all the major neutrals ex- . ,, ' . . ,. cept Portugal and Argentina have been received In answer to tho state department's warning late in August, In a supplementary statement. Hull also noted that 'iconsidcr- able attention has been attracted by a statement that a list of war criminals complied by tho Wnr Crimes Commission In London does not include the names of Hitler and other top Nazi offi cials." "The answer to any sugges tion that they have been or are likely to be overlooked by the United Nations," Hull said, "is found In the Moscow declaration of 1943 on German atrocities which, after stnting that the per petrators of atrocities In oc cupied territories will be brought back to the scene of their crimes and Judged on the spot by the people whom they have outraged, specifically de clares that the 'major criminals whose offenses have no particu lar geographical localization , . will be punished by the Joint de cision of the governments of the allies.1 "The omission of the names of these people from any particular list compiled by the war crimes commission Is without any sig nificance whatsoever from the point of view of what the allied powers have In mind In regard to that.' BASEBALL American League All games postponed, rain and wet grounds. Happy Polygamous Home Life Described by Plural Wife Salt Lake City, Sept. 28 (U.R) , her husband: The happy and reprodutlve "Its time to get off the fence life of Dr. Kulon C. Allred and either' get out or come In and his six wives was described to- day before a Jammed court by pert, shapely Helen Smith, third state's witness to take the stand In the trial of 32 fundamentalists accused of conspiring to practice polygamy. Mrs: Smith, former wife of defendant Hcbcr C. Smith, Jr., calmly quoted Leona Jeffs All red as saying she loved her five sister wives and "we've all had babies at our home even the cow." The petite, chestnut-haired witness told the stole eight man Jury that the fundamentalists had tried to convert her Into polygamy along with her hus band. She said one defendant, James M. Hammond, bad tuldi Leased Wire TO BERLIN By United Press The shortest distances to Berlin from advanced allied lines today: Western front 297 miles (from point near Nijmcgen. Gain of three miles in week.) Italy 550 m 1 1 e i (from Bcllarla. Gain of three miles In week.) Russia 315 miles (from Warsaw. Gain of five miles In week.) AUTOPSY FAILS TO DETERMINE CAUSE W1THERS0N DEATH Oakland, Cal., Sept. 28 U.R) An autopsy today failed to de termine' the cause of death of "Sister" Almeo Scmple McPhcr son, famous Los Angeles evan gelist, md Coroner Mark L. Emerson ordered further labora tory examination of the stom ach and an inquest. Inspector Henry Palazy of State Board of Pharmacy said slfpninff tablets found In Mrs. ! MpDhnrvnn'i hntf In hr hnfnt room were a "hypnotic sedative or drug". Palazy and Jack Foley, secretary of the State Board, attended the autopsy which was called by Coroner Emerson after discovery of the sleeping tablets. Palazy said the sedative could be purchased in California only on a prescription issued by a physician or surgeon. FORDlLMRS in PROTEST STRIKE Detroit, Sept. 28 (U.R) Ap proximately 2,520 workers at tho Ford Motor Co.'a River Rouge plant went on strike to day, protesting a 30-day layoff given two union committeemen for using obscene language In the presence of women workers. Company spokesmen said the decision to lay off the com mitteemen was handed down at 10 a. m. today. By 2 p. m., the 2,520 members of local 600, United Automobile Workers, (CIO), had walked away from their jobs, they revealed. All the strikers are employed In tho new press steel building at the plant. get wet all over." Another witness, former plural wife Mrs. Mary Petty, wcepingly told the court that she had changed her mind ab ut polygamy "when they told ,ne that my first baby was to ue given to my husband's legal wife." Choking with emotion, she said almost Inaudlbly: "There Is no Justice In giving a mothcr'i baby to another wo man Just because she doesn't happen to have one." Yesterday it was revealed that the fundamentalists maintained a church organization almost Identical with that of the Mor mon church from which they were excommunicated. Weather Forecast) Variable cloudiness With little change In tempera ture tonight and Friday. Temp. llllheit yesterday 91 Lowest this morning 61 Precipitation past 24 hrs, . NO. 160. T IN DRIVE EAST Second Army's Move Pre liminary to New Effort to Blast bpen Gates to Reich Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Sept. 28 (U.PJ The British 2nd army lashed out northeastward from the Nijmegen area below Arnhem today in a new drive to clean out the triangle inside the forks of the Rhine preliminary to a new effort to blast open the gates to northwest Germany. Far behind the main battle front, assault forces of the Can adian 1st army captured the Calais citadel, big fort In the heart of the channel coast city, carrying a long siege near a successful conclusion. Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Demp scy's 2nd army reached tha Maas (Mouse) river on a 14-mile front in its eastward drive from the Nijmcgen salient In Hol land, now bulging out In both directions and threatening to spring the trap on 200,000 Nazis to the west. Supreme Headquarters an nounced that the 2nd army col umn striking northeast from Nijmcgen toward the Neder Rijn had advanced through Bcmmel, 3Vi miles above Nlg megen and seven miles below Arnhem, where the 1st airborne division fought its 10-day bat tle. The Germans were resisting bitterly, but slowly losing ground south of Arnhem. The dominating crossroad of Elst, where a Nazi roadblock delayed the flow of supplies destined for tho marooned paratroopers, was cleared, enabling the expansion of the British spearhead. Aim At LInge Canal The advance beyond Bemmel was aimed toward the LInge canal, which runs in an east west direction about half way between the Waal-Rhine and Neder Rhine. As the Tommies pushed for ward, Mitchells and Bostons Joined the battle of eastern Hol land. They smashed at Emmer ich, 12 miles southeast of Bem mel, where the Germans were moving supplies into the battle zone. Battles of varying size and Intensity flared all along Mar shal Sir Bernard L. Montgom ery's 21st army group front. Tho slap-dash advances follow ing the airborne landings were over, and It had become a slug ging match. On the left wing of the Dutch front, the line between Antwcry and Eindhoven was moving northward, and narrowing the gap through which the Germans to the west might escape. There were Indications of a fighting withdrawal by the Germans In the Rykerborsal area, where the British seized a bridgehead across the Antwerp -Turnhout canal. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Major Bill' Miller groaning with every step after spending nnr ft him Inaua olrllntf thik hfllllt front. Bill Chrysler turning down the offer of light afternoon re freshment In favor of some real nourishment In the form of pea nuts and Ice creain.
