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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
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F
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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
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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.
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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-'
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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.