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
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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
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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
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month, OPA will not print new
point value cnaris. uiuicn
write in the new 20-pound butter
value and keep the old cnaris,
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The over-all meat supply situa .
tlon, Bowies ,"l
decrease in meat point values in
October.
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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.
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Allies Invade Balkans by Air
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HUNGARY
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.