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fpP A fpW ME i Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Occoslonal showers in mountains. Little change In temperature. Temp. Highest yesterday 81 Lowest this morning . 45 Preclp. past 24 hours Thirty-ninth Year NOT GUILTY PLEA IS ENTERED BY LOCAJJOCTORS Trial Dates to Be Set Wed nesday U.S: Court Sets Dates on Draft Violations Both Dr. R. W. Clancy and Dr. A. F. Walter Kresse, Med ford physicians, pleaded "not guilty" when arraigned before Federal Judge James Alger Fee this morning in the opening ses sion of federal court here on charges of violating the Harri son narcotics statutes, and later each was relcaled on a $2,000 recognizance bond'. Their ar raignment followed appearance of six men charged with viola tion of the United States selec tive service act. Judge Fee designated 10 a. m. tomorrow as time when trial dates for the two physicians will be set. Informed by William M. Langley, assistant United States attorney, that although a bench warrant had been issued for the two physicians on the narcotics charge neither had been formal ly apprehended, but merely In formed of the charge, and that both were in court voluntarily, the judge suggested that they be sent before a United States com missioner to arrange recogniz ance borfds. Hears Bond Pleas Further informed that no United States commissioner was available in Medford, the judge arranged to hear the recogniz ance bond matter as a magistrate and did so after a 30-minute re cess. The defendants were then released after signing $2,000 bond forms. Appearing In court for Dr. Clancy was Attorney Porter J. Neff of the Neff and Frohnmayer law firm while Attorney George M. Roberts appeared for Dr. Kresse. It is stated that George A. Codding will assist Roberts, with the case. Clifford Frank Wooster, Doug las county, and Marvin Ray Guis inger, Klamath Falls, will ap pear October 4 and 5 respective ly to be tried on charges of vio lating the selective service act. Both had previously pleaded not guilty. Ray Wilbur Zemke, Jack son county, pleaded not guilty to the charge of failing to report at a public service camp and was released to appear in court tomorrow. Wayne Clyde Hogrcfe of Klamath county pleaded not guilty to a charge of violating the selective service act but Judge Fee granted a request of his attorney that he be granted time to report to his board and a conscience objector's camp. Oliver LeRoy Bailey, Lane coun ty, and Harold Raymond Nus- Daum Doin appeaiuu in unswci to charges of selective service violations but since neither naa attorneys, their cases were con tinued until these could be ap pointed by the court. Nusbaum is charged with desertion from the objector's camp at Wallport, Ore. Ask Case Reopening A motion by R. H. Lafky, Sa lem, attorney for the Oregon In dustrial Accident commission, that the bankruptcy case of C. H. Davis, doing business as the Rogue River Lumber company, be reopened, was argued before the Judge by Lafky and George M. Roberts, trustee in the orig inal suit. After hearing argu ment Judge Fee asked both men to "make further investigation and submit authority. The com mission is endeavoring to re open the case due to the fact that a $1300 claim failed to be included. Here for the court session In addition to Judge Fee are Al. Price, deputy United States mar shal; Lowell Mundorf, federal court clerk; Ross DeMott, deputy clerk; John M. McFarland, Unit ed States probation officer; Miss Esther Davis, Judge Fees sec retary, and William M. Langley, I ftccist.int Ijniled Stalp Bttnmpv. Expected tomorrow are Dorothy Adler, deputy marshal and Wal ter Hadlock, chief deputy mar- holt All am f-nm Mrs. Fee also accompanied the j Judge to Medford, I MEDFORD Unlttd Press Reds 36 Miles From Belgrade London, Oct. 3 (U.R) A Mos cow communique reported to night that the Red army had crossed the Romanian-Yugoslav border on a broad front north east of Belgrade and driven with in 36 miles of the capital, cap turing a number of large towns. The Russians pushed across the frontier south and southwest of Timisoara in the western tip of Romania and captured Petrov grad, rail junction 40 miles northwest of Belgrade; Bela Crkva, 45 miles east of the capi tal, and more than 50 other towns. E DUTY IN FEDERAL COURT HEARINGS A venire of 45 citizens was drawn by the United States dis trict court, which opened this morning In the Federal building here, from which trial Jurors will be selected for cases on the docket. Judge James Alger Fee will reconvene court at 10 a. m. tomorrow. v Drawn were Valmlre A. Al bert, John J. Boland, George W. Bish, D. J. Clifford, E. R. Cobb, William H. Fluhrer, Elmer Her ried, Lester F. Nielsen W. L. Tucker, John J. Walters, Rich ard H. Wilson, Harold Woods, Emil J. Zwan, all of Medford; Harrold S. Aikens, Dean Booth, N. N. Davis, Dean Allen Duf field, Kenneth Haw, George E. Mann, William R. Shaw, all of Ashland. ' Also drawn were Charles Ben nett, Emil Carlson, John Favera, Ralph L. Foster, Henry E. Haas, Elwyn D. Hamacher, John F. Hansen, James R. Walcott, all of Klamath Falls; Barry Bayne, R. 1, Klamath Falls; Joe Bella vance, Chemult; Lattimore W. Freeman, Gilchrist; W. S. Hoi brook, Fred L. Miller, Stanton Rowell, Grants Pass; A. L. Bail ey, Takilma; H. W. Baker, Wild erville; B. A. Clark, Eagle Point; Gus Ditsworth, Prospect; George Eads, Talent; Paul A. Goddard and Chester Wendt, Jacksonville; George McDonough, Sams Val ley; Roy Jain, Beagle; Frank Klingle, Lake Creek; Raphael Leonard, Kerby. OF TO South Bend, Ind Oct. 3 (U.R) Jackie Cooper, former film star now In the navy, was cleared today of charges that he contri buted to the delinquency of two minor girls by buying them liquor and providing the hotel rooms where one of the girls said she was seduced. Referee Albert L. Doyle found Cooper Innocent In juve nile court. Conviction would have made Cooper liable to a possible six mjnths Imprison ment, a fine of $500, or both. The referee also found three other defendants Innocent. They were George Bender, 24, Shef field, III., who was accused of seducing one of the 'teen age girls; Pauline Frederick, 19, South Bend, and )lie Lowery, 49, negro hotel bar waiter. Cooper and the others were named In the charges as a re sult of a party at a South Bend hotel last July 22. Commenting on Juvenile de linquency In general, referee Doyle added: "There are two types of girls In this world those who can not be picked up by strangers and those who can. If all girls were of the former variety, cases such as this would never occur. But, unfortunately, either some parents fail or refuse to teach their daughters the sanc tity of minds and persons or those daughters fail or refuse to heed the teachings." crcaa mrown inio some m f the lakes In San Francisco's; Golden Gate Park will be seiz-i ed by large gold fish up to two, feet In length. 1 Full Leased Wire F T IN F00CH0W DRIVE Attempt to Thwart American Plans for Invasion of China's Eastern Shoreline By United Press Japanese amphibious forces have landed on the coast of Fukien province and are driv ing toward Chinese-held port city of Foochow in what was described as an attempt to thwart American plans for an invasion of China's eastern shoreline, enemy broadcasts an nounced today. An imperial headquarters com munique, broadcast by Tokyo radio and recorded by United Press, San Francisco, announced Japanese army troops, protected by a bombardment by naval sur face vessels, went ashore north east of Foochow at dawn Friday, Sept. 27, "and now are rapidly advancing toward the city." Foochow, a treaty port and capital of Fugien province, is the last major seaport on China's east coast remaining in Chinese hands. By United Press American bombers added 10 more Japanese vessels to the toll of their campaign against enemy shipping in the Philippines area and land forces continued to "mop-up" the southern Pelaus as the Tokyo radio announced today that 10 "large American planes" had struck in the Vol - j cano islands, 750 micls south of Tokyo. A communique disclosed that a military government had been established on Angaur where 1,075 Japanese had been killed through Saturday. The number of enemy dead on Peleliu had reached 9,076 for the same per iod. Marine Corsair fighter planes, apparently operating from the ' newiy acquired airfield on Peleliu, again raided Babelthaup principal island of the Palaus against heavy anti-aircraft fire. NAZISGEfOUT OF j mick, Chicago IMlrat pilot, said. When the second wave of at London, Oct. 3 (U.R) Relia- tackcrs came in tHe Japanese ble sources in Cairo reported to- had some of their planes scatter day that the Germans had evac- ed among trees. Lt. Martin D. uatcd all of the Peloponnesus, the big southern peninsula com prising a quarter of Greece, leaving only a rear guard as tride the narrow neck linking it with the mainland. A United Press dispatch from Cairo reported the Nazi with drawal from the Peloponnesus as other sources said Greek patriots had seized control of most of southern Greece and at l?ast five of the main Aegean Islands. The northeastward passage to Athens, 40 miles distant, was the only area of the lower Greek province still garrisoned by the Germans, the dispatch said. 1 Poles End Fight For Warsaw When Ammunition Exhausted London, Oct. 3 (U.R) Lt., Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski, commander in chief of the Po-j lish home army, announced to-l day that his forces ceased re-l sistance in Warsaw last night after exhausting all their sup plies and ammunition. The Polish command gave the order to cease fire at 8 p. m., ending the German-Polish battle of Warsaw which began early in August when the under ground army came out of hiding and challenged the occupation i forces in the streets of the cap ital. Komorowskl's commun Ique cleared up the contradictions in' reports of the situation In War-i MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, U44 Two Navy Avenger torpedo bombers of AdmtrU Halsey's Third Fleet background, huge curtains of smoke billow from U. S. Fliers Turn Table on Japanese at Manila Drome By George Jones United Press War Correspondent Aboard a Carrier Off Luzon, Sept. 21 (Delayed) (U.R) War's jagged lightning struck for the second time today on Clark field, 40 miles north of Manila, where three years ago American Flying Fortresses were caught on the ground and de stroyed before they could take to the air against the rising tide of Japanese invasion. Today American planes re-1 turned to Clark field and visited identical destruction to Japanese aircraft based there. Carrier based fighters and bombers caught the enemy entirely by surprise, not only at Clark, but at its satellite fields and air scrips in northern Luzon. Resistance Slight These were contributing fac tors to the overwhelming success - 0, our bomblnf! and torpedo at tacks against shipping in Manila harbor. Enemy fighters were able to offer only sporadic re sistance in the air. Returning pilots said Japanese at Clark were "completely de moralized." Lt. Cmdr. Ronald W. Hoel, Duluth, Minn., supporting a statement by veteran Lt. Cmdr. Scott McCuskey, Stuttgart, ArR J were , "dum- take off in such a hurry he left without helmet or1 earphones. At one point in the attack smoke over the target was so thick the American pilots be lieved the Japanese were laying a smoke screen. Lt. Edward Feightnei, Elida, O., said. Area Smoke-Covered "By afternoon the entire sup- ply area was covered with i smoke," Ens. William McCor- Carmody, San Jose. Cnlif , drop ped a thousand-pounder In one clump of trees with spectacular success. TO BERLIN By United Press The shortest distances to Berlin from advanced allied lines today: Western front 298 miles (from point southeast of Nljmcgen. Gain of mile In week.) Russia 315 miles (from Warsaw. Unchanged in week.) Italy 546 miles (from Casonl Dl Romagna. Gain of four miles in week.) saw as broadcast by the German radio, Moscow advices, and earlier communiques from the headquarters of Komorowski, who had been known as Gener al Bor. "Warsaw has fallen after ex hausting all supplies and am munition on the 63rd day of'the struggle In the face of over whelming enemy superiority." Komorowfki's communique said. In the faco of other reports that the polish forces in Warsaw, had surrendered to the Gcr-j mans, Komorowski said earlicri that a "temporary truce" had been arranged to permit cvacu-l ation of civilians from the heart j of the capital. Navy Bombers Over Manila Bay r-ir is i "iri jiftMimiiinM?TMi ir - vXL. - CRATER HOTEL-IS SUIT FALLS Chester Bowles, administrator of office of price administration, has dismissed the suit commenc ed in federal court last Novem ber against M. N. Hogan and others, owners of the Crater ho tel on South Central avenue. The case was one of the first Instituted by the OPA in Ore gon concerning alleged violations of rent ceilings. During August and Septem ber of 1943 a representative of the OPA visited Jackson county and after being here several days reported he had collected over $11,000 from hotel and apart ment house owners for alleged violations of the rent ceiling law. Demand was at that time made upon the owners of the Crater hotel for payment of a substantial sum for such alleged violations. The payments de manded were said to be "volun tary" payments and were in fav or of and deposited with the treasurer of the United States. The Crater hotel owners denied they were charging prices in ex cess of the rent ceilings, chal lenged the right of the OPA to collect overcharges if there were any, and refused to make pay ment. Suit was commenced to en join the Crater hotel owners from continuing to charge the rentals they were then collect ing and which were alleged to be in violation of the law and to require them to refund to all persons whom they had or charged any sums in excess of the maximum legal rent. Through Attorney Eton R. Newbury the Crater hotel own ers defended the case and filed an nniwor rlimvlntf nnv over- ! charges whatever and objecting that the federal court, under the law, had no authority to order the hotel owners to refund any overcharges. Dismissal of the case at the instance of the OPA with prejudice against their: commencing a new suit is cited1 by the defense attorney as a complete vindication of the Cra ter hotel owners, and meaning that tho OPA is prevented from starting a new suit against the Crater hotel owners. BACK PAY DUE DICKS San Francisco, Oct. 3 (U.R) The William J. Burns Interna tional Detective Agency will pay $12,380 in overtime wages due 612 Pacific coast employees under tho fair labor standards act, the regional office of the U. S. Department of Labor an nounced today. O RIBUNE Unittd Press Full .v IT v. ' pun from attacks on large Japanese merchant fleet In Manila Bay. If. wrecked snore installaUo ns. U. S. Navy photo. Over Half of Electoral Votes in Close States By Archibald M. Crossley States in which the race is 54 to 46 or closer in this sample total 295 electoral votes, well over the 266 necessary for a majority. Those running be tween 52 on one side and 52 on the other alone account for 211 electoral votes. This pivotal group comprises nearly all of the great Industrial states of the east and middle west, plus a scattering of others East of the Mississippi River and north of the Ohio River, the only states which appear at this time to be certain are Ver MID-SEPTEMBER ROSTER OF PIVOTAL STATES Dewey by Narrow Margin Electoral Votes Dewey Roosevelt 19 Michigan 54 46 4 Idaho 54 48 5 Maine 53 47 25 Ohio 52 48 6 Colorado 52 48 3 Wyoming 52 48 6 Oregon 51 49 8 West Virginia 51 49 76 Roosevelt by Narrow Margin Electoral Votes Roosevelt Dewey 3 Nevada 54 46 11 Kentucky 53 47 3 Delaware 53 47 8 Maryland 53 47 16 Massachusetts 53 47 15 .Missouri 53 47 4 Rhode Island 52 48 8 Connecticut 52 48 4 New Hampshlrt 51 49 35 Pennsylvania 51 49 10 Oklahoma 51 49 117 Tie Electoral Votes Roosevelt Dewey 47 New York 50 50 16 New Jersey 50 50 28 Illinois 50 50 11 Minnesota 50 50 102 These figures Include esti-l mates for the armed services vuirs, itilijuiuil'u Hum livlllMiin of similar ages. Excluding the armed forces, the figures run slightly more on the Dewey side usually from a few tenths of a point to one point. The above figures added to the established states already reported provide the following electoral totals for the poll cample: Roosevelt 293. Dewey 136. Tic 102. By capturing all of the pivotal states Roosevelt's to-' E Rome, Oct. 3 (U.R) Amcrl-j can troops driving northward through the Apennines today captured Monghldoro and reach ed Casonl Dl Romagna, towns six miles apart on an east-west line and 18 and 16 miles, re spectively, south of Bologna, key city of the Po valley. While U. S. 5th army troops captured Monghldoro, import ant road junction on the main Florence-Bologna highway, oth er units to the east pushed two miles beyond Guignola, hither to the northernmost point of the allied advance, and engaged the Germans for Casonl Dl Dvmag-na. Leased Wire NO. 164. (Aetna Tele Photo) mont, Indiana and Wisconsin The recent election In Maine would seem to make that state safe for Dewey, but the Maine figure in this poll Is only 53, and In 1940 Wlllkie carried lt by only 51. On the border lines of the northeastern area, Delaware. Maryland, West Vir ginia, Minnesota and Missouri are all close. Pivotal states in the south are Oklahoma and Kentucky, and In the west are Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Ne vada and Oregon. In any of these states the shift of a small number of votes could reverse the relative standing. al could be boosted as high as 471. If Dewey carried them all, his total could be 355. While betting odds would thus favor Roosevelt, the actual fact Is that Dewey would have the lead merely by holding his marginal states, taking the tie states, and shifting a few votes In Pennsylvania. Interviews for this report were distributed In accordance with accepted sampling proce dures, and the results are pre sented only as an Interpretation of the sample, subject to varia tion of three percentage points. Gatehouse Choice In Series Opener St. Louis, Oct. 3 (U.R) Man ager Luke Sewcll of the Ameri can league champion St. Louis Browns named Denny Gatehouse to pitch the opening game of the World Series tomorrow against the St. Louis Cardinals. Manager Billy Southworth of the National league champions sold he would not announce his starter until tonight, but Cooper seemed a certain starter. (More about scries on page 2) OLD TIMERS NIGHT FOR ELKS THURSDAY Annual Old Timers night of the Medford Elks lodge will be held next Thursdny and the largest attendance of the year Is expected. Special pins will be distributed to Elks who have been members 25 and 30 years. It will also be the first lodge meeting since the summer re cess. AFTERKICKOFF Flame Throwers and Bay onet-Wielding Doughboys Drive Thru Above Aachen Supreme Headquarters, AEF. Oct. 3 (U.R) The American 1st army broke through the Sieg fried line north of Aachen and 30-odd miles west of Cologne today some 24 hours after the start of a smashing offensive which had rolled up a total gain of four miles. "The Siegfried line Is definite- ' ly breached north of Aachen in the Ubach area," United Press War Correspondent Henry T. Gorrcll reported from 1st army headquarters in a dispatch filed at 5:30 p. m. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' flying wedge, tipped with flame throwers and bayonet-wielding doughboys, knocked the gap in the Siegfied line some 10 miles above Aachen, where he concen trated the main weight of the heaviest allied attack east of Normandy. Smash Eastward Doubling its Initial advance of two miles, the 1st army smashed eastward from Ubach to carry through the Siegfried belt and open, a gap for a push eastward to the Rhine. It was a lightning blow reminiscent of the St, Lo break-through which opened up all of France to the allies. Front line Infantry pounding eastward under dark and occas ionally dripping skies against fierce German resistance breach ed the Siegfried belt about 1 p. m. The break-through after a to tal advance of four miles bore out earlier reports that the first day's gain of half that distance had carried half-way through the Siegfried line. As in the break-through east of Aachen In the first phase of the 1st' army Invasion of Ger many, the Yanks still faced sec ondary Siegfried fw-tificationi lacing the countryside before the Rhine. Third Breach First army headquarters, an nouncing the new break-through revealed that lt was the third in the Siegfried line. In addition to the new one and that east of Aachen, the Americans were dis closed to have crashed through it in the schnee Eifel area above Prum, some 35 miles below Aachen. "We have now definitely brok en through the Siegfried line in the Ubach area," a military spokesman at 1st army head quarters said. "We are confident. and feel that the progress so far nas been satisfactory." The village of Ubach was oc cupied, and more than a mils to the east-southeast the Ameri cans knocked out the ancient Rimberg castle, which the Ger mans had fortified heavily and defended vigorously. HUNTING DEATH Funeral arrangements were not completed yet today for James E. Warde, Medford killed Monday morning in the Bly dis trict In Lake county, while hunt ing In a party with his brother, David Wnrdo of Portland. Ac cording to Information from Klamath Falls an inquest was being held In Lakevicw today. According to the Sheriff of Klamath county, who was called to the scene of the accident Mon day, Wardo evidently ran in tha line of fire as the party fired at a deer. Warde, who was radio tech nician for Verl G. Walker com pany, had resided here for the past six years. He Is survived by his wife and two children, Janet and Maralce. The body was taken to Lakevicw, it was re ported today, as the accident oc curred Just inside the Lake coun ty line. Relatives, who have been called to Medford by the death of the Medford man, are: Mrs. F. L. Kidd of Portland grand, mother; Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Warde, the former his father; Mrs. David Warde, sister-in-law, all of Portland: and a brother, Pfc. Frederick Warde of Camp Stoneman, Calif. Mrs. .Warde's brother, Sgt. Vernon Chcerhart of Lowry Field, Denver, Colo, Is expected to arrive today also. His mo'her, Mrs. Otis DePugh, of Fairchild, Calif., was already visiting at the Warde home.
