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After the sudden death of Aimee Semple McPherson In an Oakland. Calif, hotel, her followers prayed tor
her In the McPherson Church ot the Four Square Gospel In Los Angeles. The famed evangelist died alter
collaosine in her room from heart disease. Her son. Rolf, will Inherit the Angelus Temple which Aimee
founded, and will De nominal head of the cnurch.
US
COAST
CAR. PLANE PLANT
New York, Sept. 29 (U.R)
The four Fisher brothers ' who
early last month retired from
the General Motors corporation,
have organized a new company
to engage in the manufacture'and
sale of automobiles, airplanes,
and their parts, the United Press
learned today
Articles of incorporation have
been filed at Dover, .Del., for
identical comorations to be
known as the Fisher Motor Car
Company and Fisher Brothers,
Inc.
The papers state that the com
panies seek authorization "to de
sign, manufacture, assemble dis
tribute, sell, repair, export and
import, and deal in airplanes
automobiles motor-coaches, mo
tor trucks, engines and bodies
and any and all other motor
products." '.
The firms have a capitalization
of 1,000 shares of no-par value
common stock.
According to word received
here today from Portland, Ore.,
the brothers plan to operate on
the West coast. A declaration has
been filed at Salem, Ore., with
the commissioner of corporations
seeking permission for the Fish
er Motor Car company to en
gage in business in the state.
According to the declaration
filed at Salem, the officers of
the motor company are Frank C.
Taylor, president, Walter Hoff
man, vice-president, W, A. Ham
lin, treasurer.
thirteencited"on
auto law violation
Thirteen citations for auto
law violations were filed in Jus
tice of the Peace W. P. Tucker's
court yesterday. Theodore B.
Medley, of Roseburg, operator
of a lowing truck, was cited for '
a IS.HUO-pound overload. Au
thorities said it was an excep
tionally large overload.
Six or seven of the citations
were for no registration card,
no driver's license, no tail light,
improper brakes, and speeding.
The offenders are scheduled to
appear in court today.
SIDE GLANCES
Br
. TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Joe Crawford almost deciding
to enforce a decision at the grunt
and groan matches with a hon-est-to-goodness
hammer.
Edith Bralry being presented
with a beautiful curry comb as j
reward for tolling a very "tall" j
ttory about a horse.
i
Helen Gritsch doing a good .
Job of wall-papering althouphj
stepping smack-d;b into a buck-
t of paste while descending from I
le liJdcr,
Medford
United Press
Followers Pray for 'Sister
Crossley Poll Shows
25 States Established
And 23 States Pivotal
By Archibald M. Crossley
In the few weeks remaining
before November 7th, it is
h'ighty unlikely that any of 17
Roosevelt states will shift to
Dewey, or that any of eight
Dewey states will shift to
Roosevelt. The certain Roose
velt states ' total 176 electoral
votes, and the certain Dewey
states total 60. The number ne
cessary to win Is 266, which is
one more than half, of the 531
electors.
In the Roosevelt column are
found all of the southern states
except
Kentucky, Oklahoma
and West Virginia. While inter-
vicwmg lur mis pou was com
I pleted Just prior to Dewey's
I California speeches, his oppon
ent's lead in that state seems
unlikely to be overcome. Ore
gon is a pivotal state, at pres
ent leaning toward Dewey, but
Washington is considered safe
Mid-September Roster
East and Central
Elrrtorlal
Votei
Definitely for Dewey bj
Last
Vermont
. Central
Indiana
Farm
Kansas
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wireonsin
56
13
8
6
4
4
10
12
60
557.
66
61
60
59
56
56
The above percentages in
clude estimates for voters from
!erv'cea: cf Icu,a,ed
una wiiiiiiiiij j a aiiiuiai otjta.
They exclude those who express
a preference to the polltakers
but believe they may not vote
on election day. Interviews
were distributed in accordance
with accepted sampling proce
dure, and the results are pre
sented only as an interpretation
of the sample, and are subject
to variation of three percentage
Staggering Losses
Suffered By Allied
Navies Claim Japs
By United Press
The Japanese came up today
with new claims of staggering
allied naval losses in the Pacific
since Pearl Harbor, but tacitly
admitted that Japanese aerial
losses far exceeded those of the
unjtPr Nations.
A Japanese naval spokesman,
Keizo Matsushima. said in a
Tokyo broadcast recorded by the
Voited Press ia ftey? York ttat
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1944
Aimee'
for Roosevelt, as are also Utah,
Arizona, Montana and new
Mexico.
Farmers For Dewey
Definitely in the Dewey col
umn are the farming areas
the states of North and South
Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
and Wisconsin, and in addition
the states of Indiana and Ver
mont. All other states are consider
ed subject to possible shift. At
the time this poll was taken the
situation in Texas as to who
the electors would be was not
clear, but the ratio of Roosevelt
to Dewey was so considerable
that the state is placed in the
certain list. Oklahoma is on
the Roosevelt side, but close
enough so that it might change
over. Kentucky is believed for
Roosevelt, but not yet certain.
The tradition of the solid south
seems likely to be upheld, with
very little if any break.
of
Fixed" States
South and West
Eleetorlal
Vote. ' Definitely for Rooievelt by
South
8
South Carolina 89
9 Mississippi 87
12 Georgia 84
11 Alabama 82
9 Arkansas 77
10 Louisiana 77
23 Texas 75
8 Florida 73
14 North Carolina 72
11 Virginia 63
12 Tennessee 61 7o
Mountain-
4 Utah 60
4 Arizona 57
4 Montana 55
4 New Mexico 55
Pacific
25 California 57
8 Washington 56
176
points.
Unless something very un
usual occurs, the outcome in
the states listed above is not be
lieved to be in doubt. The re
maining article in this series,
therefore, will be devoted to
the "Pivotal" or shiftable states.
These are primarily the great
industrial regions of the east
and middle west, where the race
is close throughout, and where
the result of the election will
be determined.
Imperial forces sank 1 9B5 al
lied ships, damaged 350 and
sank or damaged six others.
Among them were 19 battle
ships sunk, 18 damaged, and one
sunk or damaged.
The Japanese losses, he claim-1
ed, were 87 vessels sunk and 40
damaged, includ'ng two battle
ships, one of which was sunk
and the other damaged.
Matsushima acknowledged,
however, that 2.421 Japanese
planes were destroyed In the Pa
cific fighting, while he claimed
only 1.378 allied planet wero
destroyed or damaged.
HEAVY FIGHTING
T
82 Mazi Tanks Knocked Out
in Moselle; Germans Hold
ing Calais Granted Truce.
Supreme Headquarters, AEF,
Sept. 29 (U.R) American 1st
army troops smashed forward
through the Echterbosch forest
in a new attack above Aachen
today as battles of increasing in
tensity flared all along the 300
mile front between Holland and
France.
Other allied forces stormed
into the Belfort gap leading to
southwest Germany, knocked
out 82 German tanks in a Mo
selle valley armored battle, and
silenced the nazi trans-channel
guns on the Cap Gris Nez coast
of France.
Calais Truce
The German garrison of Calais
sought and was granted a 24
hour truce in the siege of the
channel port by the Canadian
1st army in order to evacuate
some 15,000 to 20,000 civilians
from the battle-torn city.
A front dispatch said Cana
dian and German generals met
at 10 a. m. and agreed on the 24
hour truce beginning at 2 p. m.
Supreme headquarters reported
that a 10-hour armistice appar
ently earlier than that reported
from the front had expired and
the Canadians resumed the as
sault on tho die-hard German
garrison.
United Press War Correspond
ent Jack Frankish in a dispatch
from Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges'
1st army headquarters reported
the new attack in the Echter
bosch forest, the westermost
bulge of Germany across the
border from the Dutch appendix.
In the first phase of the at
tack aimed eastward toward
Lovenlch, the Americans scored
gains, Frankish reported. He said
Aachen still was defended by SS
elite guardsmen vowing to fight
to the death.
U. S. artillery pinned down 42
vehicles carrying about 1,000
Germans near the village of Lin
den, six miles northeast of
Aachen.
Dutch Front Hot
On the Dutch front, the Ger
mans were fighting briskly
against an expanding 2nd army
spearhead beyond Nijmegen into
the Rhine triangle, throwing In
counterattacks westward toward
Nijmegen from the Reichsvald
forest.
The counter-thrusts by bands
of 200 men and a few tanks were
too light to present a major
threat to Nijmegen, but they in
creased Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C.
Dempsey' difficulty in building
up his spearhead driven Into a
corner of the Reichswald forest.
A limited force of Germans
crossed the Neder Rhine near
Arnhem. The bulk of the force
was wiped out quickly, and the
mop-up continued.
Roosevelt Denies His Cabinet Split On
Plans For German Postwar Treatment
Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R)
President Roosevelt today de
scribed as essentially untrue re
ports that there had been a
split within his cabinet on plans
for postwar treatment of Ger
many. He also released during his
news conference a summary of
a policy to be followed by the
foreign economic administra
tion "when the military resist
ance of Nazi Germany is over
come." It specified that econ
omic studies should be acceler
ated under the guidance of the
state department so that this
government can participate
with the United Nations "in
seeing to It that Germany does
not become a menace again to
succeeding generations."
Control Is Aim
These studies, he said In a
letter to FEA Administrator Leo
T, Crowley, should be directed
Unconditional Surrender Demand
Held Stiffening Nazi Resistance
London, Sept. 29. (U.R) Aneurln Bevan, laborlte, told commons
today that the allies should refrain from the "silly" insistence upon
unconditional surrender for Germany, which he said was one of
the main reasons for stiffening German resistance.
Commenting on Prime Minister Winston Churchill's speech of
yesterday, Bevan said it was "mostly unnecessary," Inasmuch as
the prime minister had cited no new "words of wisdom and leader
ship." Bevan said ho believed the
ernment nan noi applied useii lineuigeiuiy 10 waging psycnoiogi
cal warfare."
"I believe it is extremely silly for our government to continue
to talk about unconditional surrender," Bevan said. "It is not a
policy, it's a slogan, and it's a slogan which gives rise to increased
military resistance on the part of the German nation."
London, Sept. 29. (U.R) Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told
commons today that the allies have information that the German
general staff, "recognizing the inevitability of defeat, already is
thinking in terms of the next war."
Eden warned, however, that it would be an error if "we read
into the marked improvement of our fortunes a signal that the main
battle is won."
Eden said reports had been received that Nazi Gestapo Chief
Heinrich Himmler already is making preparations for continued
resistance during the occupation of Germany by "fanatical young
Nazis who are now being trained."
OF
IN FRONTAL DRIVE
Moscow, Sept. 29 (U.R) Red
army troops stormed into the
northeastern suburbs of Riga to
day and launched a frontal as
sault on a cqrnercd and desperately-resisting
German garrison
dug in behind the ruined build
ings and harbor works of the
Latvian capital. .
More than 500 miles to the
southwest, other Russian forces
broke across the Polish border
into Slovakia and battled down
the snowswept Carpathian passes
in a drive to break tho German
hold on that puppet state and
open a seconl invasion road into
Hungary.
Axis broadcasts said Russian
and Romanian soldiers already
had invaded Hungary from the
south, but there still was no
confirmation of the enemy re
ports, although radio Moscow
warned the Hungarian people to
overthrow their pro-nazl lead
ers and quit the war.
Neither was there any confir
mation of enemy statements that
red army units crossed the Dan
ube iron gate into Yugoslavia,
apart from an official Russian
announcement that Marshal
Josip Tito had granted permis
sion for soviet troops to enter
Yugoslavia to facilitate the cam
paign against Hungary.
Field dispatches reaching Mos
cow this morning said cossack
cavalrymen and motorized in
fantry detachments broke into
the forest Massif fringing the
northeastern section of Riga.
Marysville Motel
Destroyed By Fire
Marysville, Calif., Sept. 29
(U.R) Fire late last night leveled
the "Traveltell" motel lust out
side Marysville. causing damage
estimated at $75,000.
Flames spread so quickly,
fanned by a south wind, that
none of the residents of the 22
cabins, mostly wives of soldiers
stationed at Camp Bcale, were
able to save personal belongings,
Clarence E. Wlcken, owner, said.
toward control of the German
"power and capacity to make
war In the future."
Mr. Roosevelt told Crowley
it was "in the national interest
of the United States, as well as
the joint interest of the United
States and other peace-loving
nations, that the destruction and
devastation of war be repaired
and that the foundation for a
secure peace be laid.
His policy directive to Crow
Icy covered eight points ex
port control, strategic and crit
ical raw materials, preclusive
buying, economic warfare, lend
lease, surplus property, control
of the war-making power of
Germany, and reconstruction
and future foreign trade,
Mr. Roosevelt was asked
whether his policy directive set
tled a reported split among his
three-member cabinet commit
tee on postwar peace policy. He
RIBUNE
United Press Full Leased Wire
war continued because the gov-
Russian Phase Of
Dumbarton Talk
Lacks Agreement
Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R)
The Russian phBse of the Dum
barton Oaks world security con
ference has ended without com
plete agreement on plans for a
new League ot Nations, a joint
communique revealed today.
The communique was released
at the state department by
Miehacl J. McDermott, the
American spokesman for the
conference. It consisted only of
three sentences and failed to re
veal even general areas of agree
ment reached during the six
weeks of talks with the Russians.
It has been known, however, for
several days that less than com
plete agreement had been at
tained. BLUES AND REDS
Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R)
Five new blue ration stamps and
three additional red ones will
become good Sunday, the same
day that the use of blue ration
tokens is to be discontinued.
The Office of Price Adminis
tration said the new blue stamps
to be validated for purchasing
processed foods are: M-5, N-5,
P-5 Q-5 and R-5. The red stamps
arc: H 5, J-5 and K-5.
All stamps are worth 10 points
each, giving the housewife a
total of 50 points a month per
ration book for processed foods
and 30 points for meats and
fats All will be good indefinite
ly No more red stamps will be
validated until Oct. 29. The next
blue stamps will be validated
Nov. 1.
TO BERLIN
By Unli.d Press
The shortest distances to
Berlin from advanced allied
lines today:
Western front 297 miles
from point near Nijmegen.
(Gain of three miles In week.)
Russian 315 miles (from
Warsaw. (Gain of five miles
In week.)
Italy 550 miles (from Bel
larla. Gain of three miles in
week.)
answered by saying this was In
the category of newspaper
stories.
Asked whether this meant
there was no dispute, he said
yes. He added that every story
that had come out about this
situation had been essentially
untrue In the basic facts.
Asked whether the policy was
evolved at Quebec, he said no.
Asked if tho policy had been
determined by the special cab
inet committee, he said it had
been approved all down the line
by the state, war and treasury
departments.
On the question of postwar
Germany, the President said
thcro was a good deal of natural
confusion about this because
this could be approached from
two points: Will this postwar
period begin the day Germany
folds up, or shall It be consid
ered as a long range thing?
NO. 161.
YANKS RUB OUT
67
Devastating Blows Delivered
by Carrier Ships in Sweeps
Over Vast Territory.
Washington, Sept. 29 (U.R)
(Marines landed on Ngese
bus and 'Kongauru islands,
north of Peleliu In the Palau
group, on Wednesday under
lhe cover of naval gunfire and
carrier plane bombing, lhe
navy announced today.
Opposition was light and
was speedily overcome, a com
munique issued by Pacific
fleet headquarters said.
By United Press
Renewed American attacks on
Japanese shipping resources in
the Philippines area were dis
closed today to have eliminated
at least 67 more enemy vessels
as air forces continued their
steady blows on surrounding
bases.
The heaviest blow was de
livered last Saturday by carrier
planes of the U. S. Third Pacific
fleet in sweeps over 37,000
square miles ot the central
Philippine Islands of Cebu, Ley
te. Negros, Luzon and Mactan.
The carrier force, striking one
day after the devastating smash
at the Manila area, sank or dam
aged five vessels, Including one
destroyer and troop transport,
and destroyed 38 enemy planes.
Ten planes, five pilots and three
crewmen wero lost.
Southwest Pacific bombers
followed up the attack by hitting
the southern Philippines Tues
day night, sinking a 10. 000-ton
transport and damaging a " 000
ton freighter.
Other bombers dumped 74
tons of explosives Wednesday on
Ccram Island, south of Celebes
in the East Indies.
Liberators hit again at Ce
lebes, 200 miles south of the
Philippines, for the 24th time
In 25 days, and pounded a dump
area and airdrome with 46 tons
of bombs.
Japanese were reported with
out confirmation to have poured
20.000 reinforcing troops into
Canton for a drive to close a 60
mlle gap between forces con
verging from the north and south
of Kwcilln in an attempt to cut
China in two.
Husband of Girl
In 'Lower 13' Is
Killed In Crash
Seattle, Sept. 29 (U.R) Lieut.
Richard F. James, whose pretty
wife was the victim In tho "low
er 13" murder caso on a passen
ger' train near Albany, re., last
year, was killed In an airplane
crash near Pasco, Wash., tho 13th
naval district announced today.
The navy said James' plane
crashed 20 miles northwest of
Pasco at 11:08 a. m. yesterday
after the engine caught fire at
15,000 feet.
Robert Lee Foulkes, Negro
train employe, was convicted of
the murder of Mrs. Martha Vir
ginia James, while she was
asleep In a pullman berth. An
appeal is being perfected to take
the case to the United States su
preme court.
9 Dead, 83 Hurt
In Rail Smashup
Missouri Valley, la., Sept. 29
(U.R) Casualties reached totals
of nine dead and 83 Injured to
day when the army released lists
of soldiers Injuied when two
Chicago and North Western rail
road trains collided last night on
the outskirts of this western
Iowa town.
A freight train, highballing
to Chlrago with a load of perish
able foods, smashed Into an
Omaha-bound passenger train
whlf'h was pulling off into a sid
ing to allow the freight to pass.
Radio Highlights
The Army North Carolina
football game Saturday will be
broadcast by KMED beginning
at 1 p. m. Grants Pass Station
KUIN (1340 key.) will broad
cast the University of Califor-nit-U.C.L.A.
contest beginning
at 2:15 p. m.
5TH
ARMY WINS
PEAKS AT
Enti'e Gothis Line Penetrat
ed With Exception Small
Area on West Peninsula.
Rome, Sept. 29 (U.R) Ameri
can 5th army troops captured
Radicosa Pass, gateway through
the Apennines, today and smash
ed to within 11 miles ot the Ger
mans' Adriatic escape route up
to the main Rimini-Bologna
highway.
The Americans seized control
of the Radicosa Pass, 21 miles
south of Bologna, with the cap
ture of the twin peaks, Mount
Ogglloll and Mount Canda, ona
mile east and west respectively
from the pass.
Major Threat
On their eastern flank tho
Americans appeared to have de
veloped a major threat to Field
Marshal Albert Kesselring's
forces by hammering to within
11 miles ot Imola behind the
Germans being pressed back up
the Po valley by British 8tl
army troops on the Adriatia
coast.
The 5th army, it was announc
ed officially, now has penetrated
the entire Gothic line with tho
exception of a small area on tho
west coast ot the peninsula.
Battling for peaks three-quarters
of a mile high, the Ameri
cans in one of the most success
ful days Of .Week, nf mnunlDln
fighting, made a general advance)
on a lb-mile front all the way
from Mount Bastlone to Mount
Battaglio.
JAPANESE TAKE
U.S. AIR FIELDS
By United Press
Japan today announced the)
capture of two American air
fields at Tanchuk and Pingnan
in Kwangsi province and claim
ed occupation of Panklns ri.
cribed as the last allied strong.
num in conquered Hunan pro
vlnce. Tokyo radio. In brnndrn.t. r-
corded by United Press, San
rrancisco, said Tanchuk and its
14th air force fields were occu
pied at dawn Friday (Japan
nme; aiicr Nipponese expedi
tionary forces overenma "ihih.
born resistance."
"The American air forces in
SOUthwCSt China nro n,i.u
fronted with the inevitability of
beating a general retreat further
Into the interior," said Tokyo.
The enemv claim, were nn
confirmed by any allied source.
DRIVER IN SMASHUP
ASSESSED $50 FINE
Charged with reckless driving
as result of an accident at Main
and Front streets early last night
James Dean, 39, of 113 East
11th street, was fined $50 by
City Police Judge Ralph Wood
ford, this morning.
City police said that Dean's
car, traveling south on Front
street, failed to stop at Main
and struck car being driven
west on Main street by Wanda
Johnson of 811 South Central
avenue.
Nobody was Injured In tin
crash.
RETURN TO WORK
Los Angeles, Sept. 29 (U.R)
Two hundred striking members
of the Glass Bottle Blowers as
sociation, AFL, returned to work
today at four glass works after
a conference yesterday of union
leaders with U. S. Conciliation
Service Commissioner L. L
Livingstone.
BASEBALL
Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Sept.
29 (U.R) The Detroit Tigers in
creased their American league
lead to a game and a half, tem
porarily at least, when they de
feated the Washington Senators,
5 to 2, in the first game of
doublcheadcr today. Score:
Washington 2 10 4
Detroit 8 7 0
Niggellng, Curtis and Ferrellj
Gentry, Gorsica and Richards.
Sportsman's Park, St. Louis,
Sept. 29 (U.R) The St. Louis
Browns kept their American
league pennant hopes alive and
eliminated the New York Yan
kees from the race today by
winning the first game of a
doublehcader, 4 to 1. Score:
New York 18 1
St. Louis .. 4 8 0
Bonham and Garbark; Kra
mer and Haywortb.
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