Germans in Aachen Given Surrender or Die Ultimatum
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Thirty-ninth Year
ORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1944
NO. 170.
1,500 Men Cut Off From All
Hope; Patton's Men Ad
vance on Nancy Front.
U. S. Scouts Probe German Defenses
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WiJh U. S. Infantry Near
Aachen, Oct. 10 (U.R The
commander of a German com
pany which had been holding
an isolated sector in the north
western suburbs of Aachen
asked for safe conduct passage
Into the American lines for
himself and all his men late to
day. Supreme Headquarters AEF,
Oct. 10 (U.R) Lieut. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges' 1st army
sealed a steel barrier today
around Aachen and called upon
the Nazi garrison to surrender
or die.
The ultimatum was delivered
to the doomed Germans by the
American infantry commander
of the Aachen sector.
It declared that the Nazi gar
rison, believed to number about
1,500 men, was cut off from all
hope of aid by other Nazi forces.
Annihilation Threat
Unless the garrison surren
ders, the Germans were inform
ed, the Americans will loose a
merciless hail of artillery and
air bombardment which will an
nihilate them.
Elsewhere on the general
Aachen front, American troops
stormed into Haaren and were
mopping up German resistance
at that strongpoint a mile north
of Aachen. They already had
captured commanding heights a
mile north of Haaren.
On the 3rd army front in
France, Lt. Gen. George S. Pat
ton'j forces were advancing
along a 16-mile front north of
Nancy on which the Germans
were falling back to prepared
positions. Street fighting con
tinued in Letricourt, 15 miles
northeast of Nancy.
Take Vosges Villages
Farther south, American and
French troops captured several
villages in the Vosges foothills
north of the Belfort gap. On
the opposite wing of the battle
front, Canadian troops drove
inland up to two miles from
beachheads on the south side of
the Schelde estuary.
Front dispatches from United
Press War Correspondent Henry
T. Gorrell and Jack Frankish
made plain that American
doughboys now hold Aachen in
a vise-like group. They swarm
ed into the eastern suburbs of
Aachen, a state forest called
Forst-Aachen.
Aachen was the first big Ger
man city to pass within the grip
of American forces.
Railroad Is Front
The railroad track dividing
the main part of Aachen from
the suburb of Forst, within the
city limits and now completely
in American hands, formed the
front line today.
Willkie Admirers
Fill Church For
' Funeral Tribute
New York, Oct. 10 (U.R)
Representatives from all walks
of life in the "one world" he en
visaged filled the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church late today
to pay their last tribute to Wen
dell L. Willkie.
The great and small occupied
every pew in the big church,
stood in the aisles and crowded
the street outside as funeral
services were held for the Indi
ana attorney who had become
the republican candidate for the
Presidency and who died early
Sunday in his 53rd year.
Near the front of the church
sat Mrs. Willkie with her brother-in-law,
Edward Dewey, the
only other member of the fam
ily who could attend. Her son
Philip, an ensign in the navy,
is on sea duty and burial of
Willkie in his Indiana home will
await the young officer's return.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, for
mer president Herbert Hoover,
and Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt
occupied seats near the front
also.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Clerk Emma Brant fearful of
Including a finger in a cash cup
destined for a ride to the cash
ier's dc?k.
Fred Stcnnett helping a little
boy get his ycung brother situ
ated in his baby carriage.
False Friends hoping Gene
Thorndike will add spice to their
next meeting by unsuspectingly
gulping a gob of mayonnaise.
Q. M. Herd, surprising friends
by shaving.
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This three-man Yank combat patrol cautiously scouts out Belgian town of Thlmlster in advance ol main
American forces mat later swept through city to cross German border. Sign on bullet-scarred building in
dicates direction of Aachen, Urst German city to tall In our hands. Signal Corps radlo-tclepboto.
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PHILIPPINE PATH
By United Press
American ground forces ex
tended their grip on eastern ap
proaches to the Philippines by
invasion of a ninth enemy base
In the southern Palaus, the tiny
island of Garakayo, it was re
vealed today, as allied bombers
continued their steady assault on
the southern Philippines and
nearby island bastions.
Garakayo was invaded Sun
day by the 81st army division
which previously had conquered
Aneaur island. Troops quickly
secured a beachhead and moved
inland against little opposition.
No further word was received
of the 3rd fleet which bombarded
Marcus island 1,135 miles south
east of Tokyo. Sunday but a Jap
anese communique acknowl
edged the raid and claimed Jap
anese forces sank one American
destroyer and damaged another.
The communique also claimed
a Japanese submarine "sank" an
American aircraft carrier and
"destroyed" another cast of Hal
mahera in the Dutch East Indies
Oct. 3.
Bombers and fighters wreck
ed six enemy vessels and six air
planes in raids on Mindanao in
the southern Philippines Satur
day. LONGllS HIT
Rome, Oct. 10 flJ.R) Ameri
can "long toms," 155-mm rifles
perched high in the Apennines
mountains, hammered the main
Bologna-Rimini highway in
northern Italy today as 5th army
troops inched forward through
mud-filled fields to within less
than 10 miles of the Po valley.
The systematic artillery fire
was concentrated on the 20-mile
section of the highway between
Bologna and Imola In an attempt
to cut off German transport
movement from north central
Italy to Rimini on the Adriatic
coast.
CHAMPLIN RELEASED
TO AWAIT HEARING
Leon Edward Champlin, 62,
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon, was arraigned
in Justice court this morning
and released on his own recog
nizance, pending a hearing. The
complaint signed by Sheriff Syd
I. Brown alleges Champlin
stabbed Pvt. Stanley H. San
chez. Camp White soldier, dur
ing an altercation on Ross Lane
last Friday night. Sanchez, who
sustained a stomach wound, Is
improving, the district attor
ney's office reports. Both state
and military authorities are in
vestigating. Statements have
been taken from Champlin, Pvt.
Sanchez, and two women com
panions. Champlin, a fireman
at the air base, was released
upon recommendation of the
district attorney's office.
The Crossley Poll
Analysis Of Trend Since 1940
By Archibald M. Crossley
Eighty-nine per cent of the
civilians interviewed in pivotal
states who voted for Willkie in
1940 intend to vote for Dewey,
while 707o of the Roosevelt 1940
voters intend to vote for him
for a fourth term. On the other
hand, 30 of those who did not
vote in 1940 intend to vote for
Roosevelt, compared with 21
who expect to vote for Dewey,
the others being undecided or
not intending to vote.
While reasonably close esti
mates of the armed services vote
can be made for 1944 totals, it
is not feasible to break that
group down into fine divisions
such as shifts from one election
to another. The very great ma
jority, of course, are under 30
years of age, and a considerable
proportion did not vote in 1940.
of the civilians in that age group
who did not vote in 1940, 41
expect to vote for Roosevelt and
26 for Dewey. Men and
women over 30 who did not vote
in 1940 also show a preference
for Roosevelt, but by a lesser
margin.
Comparison Significant
The net significance of these
figures is to be found in a com
parison with other years. At
this time in 1940 a poll In sim
ilar states showed Roosevelt also
holding seven out of ten of
those who voted for him in 1938,
but Willkie holding about 95
of the Landnn voters. Thus.
Dewey would seem to have
somewhat more Republican de
fection than his predecessor had.
But Dewey can afford this bet
ter than Willkie, because in
1936 the Republicans polled only
38 of the major party vote.
Willkie succcdcd In advancing
that ratio seven points to 45
in 1940. Dewey could win with
only 49 four more points
because of the electoral vote sys
tem. The consistency of the Dewey
hold on Willkie voters in com
parison with the Roosevelt hold
on previous Roosevelt voters is
shown in the following analysis
by types of voters:
Roosevelt Willkie
1940 1940
For For
Roosevelt Dewey
Today Today
Total 70 89 7c
By Sex
Men 71 89
Women 69 88
By Age
21-29 72 86
30 and ovcr....707i 89
By Living Standard Levels
Upper 73 94
Middle 71 90
Lower 697. 85
There are some counter
trends. For example, 81 7o of
the CI O. members interviewed
who voted for Roosevelt in 1940
intend to vote for him today,
compared with 78 7o now for
Dewey of the comparatively
small .T.mber of C.I.O. Willkie
voters.
The above figures show trends,
and may not be used by them
selves for computing final stand
ing, as they exclude the fixed
s'tates and t ,e armed forces, and
more particularly, those who
will make their decisions later.
Among those who are not now
for one of the candidates, some
will keep party loyally on No
vember 7th, some may shift In
the last few wcks, some may
not vote at all.
The trend shown In these fig
ures would indicate that if
Roosevelt wins, he is unlikely
to have much popular vote to
spare. He still could have plenty
of electoral votes by carrying a
number of states by a narrow,
margin. On the other nand, witn
the non-voters of 1940 coming
in on the Roosevelt side, Dewey
also is unlikely to have much
popular vote to spare If he wins.
The answer to the question as to
who will win depends largely on
whether the trend continues or
is halted in a few states among
comparatively few voters in a
few weeks' time.
F
TO
Washington, Oct. 10 (U.R)
Robert E. Lee Foulkcs, Negro
train employe, today appealed to
the supreme court for a review
of his conviction for the murder
in January, 1943. of Mrs. Martha
Virginia James, wife of a navy
ensign, aboard a train traveling
through Linn county, Oregon.
Under a death sentence affirm
ed by the Oregon supreme court,
Foulkcs has a stay of execution
which expires next Sunday.
Mrs. James died after she was
found staggering through the
train aisle with her throat slash
ed. She was traveling to meet
her husband, Ensign Richard F.
James, who had been ordered
from Seattle to Los Angeles.
In his appeal to the high court,
Foulkes said he was convicted
on oral admissions made to Los
Angeles and Albany, Ore., police
which he claimed were extracted
through "promises, beatings, il
legal inducements, and the use
of whiskey."
IWillkie Not for
Says 1940 Campaign Manager
Portland, Ore., Oct. 10 (U.R)
Republican Wendell Willkie did
not intend to support the Demo
cratic ticket this year, despite
claims to that effect after his
death, Ralph Cake, Willkic's
1940 campaign manager, declar
ed before leaving Portland by
plane to attend Willkic's funeral
in New York.
Cake, national Republican
committeeman from Oregon,
said:
"1 am sorry that so soon after
his death, an attempt has been
made by certain parties to make
political use of purported con
versations with Mr. Willkie. I
read those statements.
'Those that are quoted as
coming from private conversa
tions cannot be disputed by him
whose voice is now silent, and I
shall continue to hold as confi
dential any of the statements he
has made to me in such conversations.
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Candidate Brands Magnuson
Statement 'Cheapest Kind
New Deal Demagoguery'
Spokane, Wash., Oct. 10 U.R)
The claim of Rep. Warren G.
Magnuson, democratic candidate
in Washington for the U S. sen
ate, that the Nazis would regard
a republican victory next month
as an easy peace for Germany
was branded today by Gov. John
W. Bricker as "the cheapest
kind of New Deal demagog
uery" The republican vice presiden
tial candidate was told of Mag
nusort's claim at a news confer
ence on his arrivel here.
Not Patriotic
"Any man who would say an
easy peace would be given Ger
many or Japan by the republi
cans," Bricker retorted, "is not
patriotic. Th:.t's the cheap-
kind of demagoguery In the New
Deal campaign."
In a speech prepared for de
livery here, Bricker. who last
nifiht
at Great Falls, Mont.,
called President Roosevelt "the
most prolific spender In world
history," continued to criticize
the New Deal fiscal policies.
The republicans, their vice
prdsittenthil candidate said, had
established a record In congress
which is "convincing evidence"
that the party's pledge to reduce
government costs and eliminate
waste will be kept.
Instead of reducing govern
ment costs, as he promised.
Bricker charged. President
Roosevelt's administration "sky
rocketed" them.
"Worse than this," he said,
"the New Deal launched unon a
program of unlimited deficit
spending and financing, and as a
result we had been plunged into
the red even before the war."
Some of the national debt In
crease, he continued, was neces
sary for relief. ,
"But the depression does not
exnlaln and should not justify
the souandering of billions of
dollars for unwise, wasteful and
sometimes unconscionable pur
poses. Never In the history of
this country has there been such
a snendthrlft administration."
Even in war, the Ohloan said,
the New Deal "has not been mo
tivated by the desire to avoid
wasteful expenditures."
BACkItO JAIL
San Francisco, Oct. 10 OI.R)
Twelve years ago Alfred Engel
broke Jail at Port Townscnd,
Wash., where ho was serving a
one-year sentence on an immi
gration charge, but today the fed
eral bureau of Investigation took
him Into custody again, despite
the fact he had camouflaged his
identity under the assumed name
of Alfred J. Beckman.
Democrats
"It Is my opinion, however,
gained from continuous talks
with Mr. Willkie, that the state
ment attributed to Mr. Willkie
by Mr. Pearson (Drew Pearson,
radio commentator) does not ac
curately reflect the attitude held
by Mr. Willkie. I am confident
he did not intend to support
the Democratic party in this cam
paign." .
Eulogizing Willkie, Cake ad
ded: "He was one of the great
men of the world. He sacrificed
himself for the cause of the
minorities, and for the cause of
the liberals of this nation so that
the two party system might con
tinue as a strong force in our
government. His belief In and
fight for minority groups came
from his heart. His death to
many must seem untimely. His
belief and courageous fight and
his noble character will carry his
words and his deeds on into the
future."
Brrcker Talks
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JOHN W.
John W. Bricker, Republican'
vice-presidential candidate, will
deliver an informal platform
speech from his special train at
the Medford depot late Friday
afternoon Ralph Koozer, Ash
land, county Republican chair
man announced today. The can
didate's train will arrive at 5:45
and will be here tintil 6:15 and
during that time Bricker will
speak briefly, Koozer stated.
Local voters are enthusiastic
about the opportunity of meet
ing tho candidate first-hand,
Koozer stated. A large delegation
of party leaders and city and
county officials will be on hand
to meet Bricker. Included will be
Nicl Allen, Grants Pass, chair
man of the state Republican com
mittee, who plans to board the.
REFUSES TO HEED
ROOSEVELT PLEA
r-Mnnnn (1H 10 (U.R) The
American Federation of Music
ians refused today to comply
with President Roosevelt's re
quest that the federation lift its
baft on the making of recordings
fnr urimn commercial uses as or
dered by the war labor board.
President .Tames C. Petrlllo,
nf ihn APT. mnslrinns union, said
the AFM International executive
board had voted against ending
the recording strike against me
three companies still under the
K-. r'.lnmhln nnrt tho
National Broadcasting company's
transcription division, tigiuy re
cording companies previously
had reached agreements with tho
union under which they make
navments to the union's unem
ployment fund.
President Roosevelt had asked
Poirilln in lift Ihn tan "in the
Interest of orderly government."
I'eirmo, in a iciegram 10 mc
nrnclrlnnt nift the union's execu
tive board had voted unanimous
ly to refuse to accept the WLll
order. Ho told the president that
the only solution to the dispute
would be lor tne anecicn com
nanlM in mnk nffreements with
the union similar to those made
by the companies that now are
turning out musical records.
KMED Ashs Permit
For 'FM' Station
Washington, Oct 10 (U.R)
Mrs. W J. Virgin operator of
station KMED, Medford, Ore.,
today asked the Federal Com
munications Commission for
authority to construct a new FM
radio station.
Here Friday
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BRICKER
train at Grants Pass and con
tinue to Medford with tho cand
didate and his party. Others ex
pected are Earl T. Newbry, state
senator from Jackson county;
Frank Van Dyke, member of the
house of representatives from the
county; County Judge J. B. Cole
man and Clarence Al Meeker,
mayor of Medford. Carl Tcng
wald is making arrangements for
a delegation of veterans to meet
Bricker.
i Koozer stated that definite
plans had not been completed
for Brickcr's train stop in Ash
land, but since the train must be
serviced there before starting on
the trip over the Siskiyou moun
tains, in all likelihood the can
didate would meet people In that
district and speak there also.
TIBER BUYER IN
APPLEGATE TRIP
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A searching party this morn
ing reported about 10 o'clock
that William Olson, 72, lumber
man residing at 614 South Cen
tral avenue, had been found
safe after spending he night in
the open In the Applegate dis
trict. In the searching party
were Sheriff Syd I. Brown,
Ranger Lee Port of the Star
station, Applegate, and other
forest employees.
Olson had accompanied Wil
liam L. Jones, 343 Apple street,
a timber cruiser, on a trip into
the district between McDonald
Creek and Siskiyou Gap. Jones
reported that Olson, becoming
tired, decided to return to their
car but when Jones arrivcr at
the car, there was no sign of his
companion, After searching un
til ncnrly 11 p. m., Jones called
Hanger Port and the sheriff's
office and an organized hunt
was made for the missing man,
Tho sheriff reported to the
Slar station this morning that
Olson had been found but clue
to a poor connection on the field
phone, exact details were lack
ing. The elderly man Is an em
ployee of E. F. Peer, Los An
geles resident and owner of con
siderable timber land in the
Applegate district.
PAPERS RESUME
Rochester, N. Y Oct. 10 (U.R)
- Publication of the Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle and the
Times Union was resumed today
when a labor dispute which had
left the city without daily news
pnpers for five days was sub
mitted to a four-man Joint stand
ing committee.
adults! askai
CAPTURE FREES
One-Fourth Greek Territory
Liberated; Springboard Is
Gained for Athens Drive.
Rome, Oct. 10 (U.R) British
forces and Greek patriots hava
captured Corinth, freeing tha
entire Peloponnesus from tha
Nazi grip, and other British
forces are storming Porto Edda,
key to south Albania and north
ern Greece and chief supply
port for the strategic island of
Corfu, it was announced today.
Capture of Corinth liberated
about one-fourth of Greek terri
tory and gave the British a '
springboard for an advance on
Athens only 48 miles to the east.
First Indication
News of the attack on Porto
Edda, scene of heavy fighting
in the Greek-Italian campaign
of British paratroopers to clear
Albania from the Germans Is
proceeding.
It was not revealed whether
fresh forces were landed for tho
Porto Edda operation or wheth
er the original troops had
pushed south there In a fort
night s operations.
The attack on Porto Edda was
launched at 4 a. m. Monday.
Soma troops penetrated to ther
western outskirts of the town.
Others reached an unspecified
central locality after silencing a
battery. A paratroop company
captured another battery. Mora
than 100 prisoners were taken.
The Porto Edda attack threat
ened to unhinge the whole al
ready precarious German posi
tion In North Greece and Al
bania. The British and Greek forces
pounded into Corinth, key cita
del commanding the Isthmus
linking the Peloponnesus with
the mainland, Sunday, morning
behind the last Germans to flee
the Southern peninsula compris
ing a quarter of Greece.
Coincident with the official
announcement, United Press
Correspondent Robert Vermil
lion In a dispatch from Corinth
said the British and Greek
forces moved In on the heels
of "the last Germans to flee the
Peloponnesus."
"Yesterday and today the city
rang with victory shouts," Ver
million said, "and for the first
time In three years the Greeks
wore singing and church bells
were ringing."
REDSlTlA
RETREAT ROUTE
London, Oct. 10 ttl.R) A Mos
cow communique said tonight
that the Red army had reached
the Raltlc sea south of Libau,
cutting off the retreat of Ger
man forces In the area of Riga
and northwestern Latvia.
Soviet forces closing in on tha
big port of Memel captured more
than 300 towns and villages, tho
Soviet high command reported.
Among them was Kretinga, 11
miles northeast of Memel and six
miles from the Baltic.
Palnnga. 14 miles north of
Memel on the Baltic, fell to the
Russians springing the trap on
the Nazis in the Baltics. West of
Kaunas the Soviets captured
Shaklal. 55 miles east of Tilsit
and eight miles from the border
of East Prussia.
Radio Highlights
Oct. 11 Gov. Bricker speak
ing from Taeoma, Wash., 7:30 to
8 p. m., PWT over MBS.
Oct. 12 Warren Athcrton,
past commander American Le
gion, from New York, In behalf
of Dewey, 7 to 7:15 p.m., PWT
over 160 MBS stations.
Oct. 12 Gov. Bricker, speak
ing from Eugene, over all Ore
gon stations, 8:30 to 8 p. m. FWT,
over MBS.