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, Battle of Western Pacific Rages Into Seventh Day; Japs Say Their Fleet Slugging It Out With Halsey r HE American Third Fleet Believ- ed in Showdown Struggle With Japan's Air Forces By Frank Tremalne United Press War Correspondent Pearl Harbor, Oct. 16 (U.PJ The battle of the western Pacific raged on into its seventh day to day with American B-29 Super fortresses smashing again at For mosa while the American third fleet apparently was slugging it out with Japan's air forces and perhaps her elusive fleet In a showdown struggle. A war department commu nique said the Superfortresses carried out the second attack with 'very good bombing re sults" on the Okayama and Heito aircraft repair and supply bases. No B-29s were lost and air re connaisance showed that in the initial B 29 raid two-thirds of the Okayama base was destroyed, in cluding 37 buildings destroyed onrf 16 heavily damaged. Japt Claim Action Tokyo said the Japanese fleet "at last" had gone into action against Admiral William F. Hal sey's mammoth fleet off For mosa and, though this was not confirmed officially, there were some indications here that the report might be true. Powerful Japanese air forma tions already were know? have counter-attacked the third fleet, which had destroyed or damaged 227 ships and 621 planes in five straight days of destructive American raids to their home waters. A war department announce ment in Washington disclosed that the giant land based Super fortresses had carried the of fensive into its seventh day with their second raid in 48 hours on Japan's great island bastion of Formosa, previously - attacked three and perhaps four straight days by Halsey's carrier planes. Supeiforts Busy The Superfortresses hit mili tary targets" on Formosa today, Washington and Tokyo time (Sunday, Pearl Harbor time), and further details will be an nounced later, Washington said. More than 100 Superfortresses attacked the Formosan air base of Okayama Saturday (Friday, Pearl Harbor time). There was no Immediate word of whether Halsey's planes fol lowed up their last announced raid on Formosa Friday with an other Saturday, but it was quite possible. On the outcome of the air-sea battle off Formosa may hinge in part the length of the war In the Pscif ic Tokyo, claiming officially that 40 American warships already had been sunk or damaged In the air sea battle, said a "crippling blow had been dealt the Ameri can fleet assigned the task of landing invasion troops in the Philippines. Opportunity at Hand Premier Gen. Kunianl Kolso said that "the long-awaited op portunity for Japan's battle in the Pacific has Just come," ac cording to another Tokyo broad cast. Tokyo asserted that "large-scale naval battle" was developing. A series of Jittery and con tradictory reports poured out over the Japanese radio and In dispatches from Tokyo quoted by the Berlin radio. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura was quoted as calling the con tinuing engagement "the turn ing point for the offensive In the war In the Pacific" with the Americans seeking to Isolate the Philippines in order to clear the wav for an offensive. Nomura said that the "Japa nese victory" was not sufficient to throw American strategy out of gear. TO BERLIN By United Press The shortest distance to Berlin from advanced Allied dines today: Western front 296 miles (from point near Nijmegen. Unchanged In week.) SIDE GLANCES Bt TRIBUNE REPORTERS Today's glances sponsored by Bunny and Jerry's Happyland! Oscar (Andy) Anderson whip ping In and out of farm gate too fast to be hailed by friends. Eino Hcmmila feeling very bright and gay on Blue Monday morning. - Medford United Press Thirty-ninth Year Formosa Blasted (Acme Telephoto) Formosa, Luzon and Ryukyu Islands have all (elt crushing weight of U. S. carrier attacks. Blow to American advance In Pacific was Chinese an nouncement of loss of Foochow, China coast port, to Japanese armies NARCOTICS TRIAL STARTS TUESDAY T Scheduled to start in federal court here tomorrow morning will be the case of Dr. R. W. Clancy, Medford physician charged with violation of the federal narcotics' laws. The doc tor, who pleaded not guilty when arraigned Oct. 3 during the op ening day of court, was released on a recognizance bond of $2, 000. Trial of Dr. A. F. W. Kresse, facing a simila.- charge, has been set for Oct. 23. Court recessed at noon today after Oliver LeRoy Bailey, Lane county, had been found guilty of violation of the selective service act. Judge James Alger Fee ordered him Into the cus tody of the probation officer, John M. McFarland, for pre sentence investigation. He was represented In court by O. H. Bengtson, Medford at torney appointed by the court. Bailey Is a member of the re ligious order, Jehovah's Wit nesses. Jurors who served on the Bai ley case were Harold A, Frye, Medford: Douglas Talbot, Grants Pass; B. A. Clark, Eagle Point; George W. Godward, Jackson ville: Gus Ditsworth. Prospect; C. T. Hansen, Kalmath Falls; W. K. Charlesworth, Klamath Falls: Paul A. Goddard, Jacksonville; Donald C. Reams, Williams; Frank Klingle. Lake Creek; D. J. Clifford, Medford: and George McDonough. Sams Valley. Harold Raymond Nusbaum, who pleaded guilty when ar raigned several days ago on a charge of Jesertion from the ob jector's camp at Wallport, Ore., appeared before Judge Fee for sentencing this morning and was given another 24 hours time in which to decide whether to re turn to the camp or face a Jail sentence. Nusbaum's attorney, appoint ed bv the court, is George Cod ding. The young man was sent to the Oregon camp irom luisi- Former Caretakers At Apartment Are Quizzed in Murder Hollywood. Oct. 18 (U.R Two former caretakers at the fashionable apartment where. brunette Georgette Bauerdori. 20-year.old oil heiress, was found raped and strangled, were brought to the sheriff's office for questioning today. Deputy sheriffs, working on the theory that Miss Bauerdorf's assailant was a man acquainted with her habits, closely question ed the two men. one of them a former prize fighter. Both men had worked at the apartment house until mid September. Authorities learned the time of her slaying, approximately 2:30 a. m. Thursday, from a neighbor who heard her scream, and questioned other neighbors for other clues. Seattle, Oct. 18 (U.R) William Lewis Robb, about 50, of San Francisco, a one-armed man, ap parently took his own life early today, by slashing his throat from ear to ear with a razor blade, near the wall of down town lumber conpany, accord ing to coroner'i verdjet, HONSHU JAPAN H ltVSHg JT fJ'OUMXA rimskiM 'V' J 'urio ! j7 io- M 1 Full Leased Wire Germans Hold Control of Hungarian Capital; Reg ent's Whereabouts Veiled London, tct. 16 (U.PJ Nazi forces and their Hungarian sym pathizers today appeared to hold temporary control of Budapest but the Hungarian capital was believed on ti e verge of immin ent attack by red army forces and possibly Hungarian army elements loyal to Regent Ad miral Nicholas Horty, who sought an armistice with the al lies. Horty's whereabouts were un certain and there were reports he had been taken prisoner by the nazis and their Hungarian Arrow Cross sympathizers. Status Uncertain The status of the armistice which Horty was seeking with the allies was equally uncertain but usually reliable , quarters here said it actually had been agreed upon by Horty and the allies before the coup. d'etat in Budapest yesterday. The Budapest coup bore a close resemblance to the nazi coup In Austria at the time they seized the country and Imprison ed Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg. It was reported the Hungarian armistice terms carried a provis ion for Hungarian forces to Join with the red army- in attacking the Germans in a manner simi lar to that In the Rumanian armistice. Evacuation Underway Soviet reports said the evacua tion of Budapest by the nazis and their sympathizers was un derway and that vanguard ele ments of the red army were less than 50 miles from the capital. Fuller accounts of the radio speech of Horty yesterday be fore the coup revealed that he told the Hungarians that Ger many had betrayed the country and was engaged In looting it of Its resources. He also said he had reliable information a coup such as actually occurred was being planned. Horty said this Information led him to decide to take Hun gary out of the war. Immediate ly after Horty's broadcast the coup was staged. JAPS MAKE MODELS Washington. Oct. 18 (U.R) Woariv Ron scale models of Jap anese, German and American naval ships, valued at an es imntpd $25,000. were construct ed for the navy by Japanese- American craftsmen at tne una River Relocation Center Rivers, Ariz., the War Relocation Au thority said today. Truman Invites John Lewis To Foresake Dewey's Camp Los Angeles, Oct. 16. (U.R) Sen. Harry S. Truman, Democra tic vice presidential nominee, to day invited President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Work ers to reconsider his support of the Republican prcsiae mm Salt Lake City. Oct. 18 (U.R) An executive board rep resenting 25 locals of John L. Lewis' United Mlna Workers of America In Carbon county, Utah, hsi split with Lewis' political policy to endorse tha ntira Democratic slate, parly officials announced bare io lay ticket In tha November election and back President Roosevelt, "1 think the best Interests of Mr. Lewis' organization would be served by tha Democratic MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 194 YANKEES CAPTURE FIVE-DAYJBATTLE Victory Opens Way For Di rect Drive Against Bolog na, Key City To Po Valley Rome, Oct. 18 (U.R) Ameri can armored columns captured the German fortress of Liver- gnano after a bloody five-day battle and opened the way today for a direct assault on Bologna, kev citv to the Po vallev. less than 10 miles to the north. A communique also disclosed that 8th army troops, pushing Inlnnri frnm the Adriatic, sweot through the nazl stronghold of Gambettola, 12 miles northwest of Rimini and two miles above the highway from Rimini to Bologna, principal artery of the Po valley. Bloody Affair The final battle for Llver gnano,. straddling the Florence Bologna road, was one of the bloodiest of the north Italy cam paign. American infantry, tanks ana tank- destroyers ...rolled through tv, fiV,M ainneil streets vester- day to complete the conquest of the village, wnere tne uermans had converted each stone house Into a fortress. Llvergnano had guarded the vital entrance to a high escarp ment, which blocked the main thrust toward Bologna and which had to be taken by a di rect assault. Take Hill 369 Seven miles due east of Llv ergnano, another American force overcame strong German resist ance and occupied Hill 360, a commanding terrain feature two and a half miles northwest of Gesso. West of Llvergnano. south African and British 5th army forces captured the villages of Veggio Grizzano and Campiara, both within 15 miles southwest of Bologna. In the Adriatic sector, the 8th army rapidly was developing a three-pronged assault on Cessna, one of the main Junction points on Rimini-Bologna highway. 1 1 in Crash Of Army Bomber Alamogordo, N. M., Oct. 18 (U.R) Seven officers and four en listed men died in the crash of a four-engined bomber from the Alamogordo army air base, while three other crew members escaped uninjured, Col. R. C. Wriston, commanding officer of the base, announced today. The plane was on a combat tinind fifcfM snH the accident happened one mile south of the air field at 0 ociock last nigm. party," Truman said In reply to a press conference question ask ing him to amplify a remark he made yesterday that the ucmc crats would accept Lewis' sup port if Lewis would "come back and be a good boy." Truman said he had been told that Dewey had "read Lewis out of the Republican party" and added, "I didn't want him to have no place to go." In Los Angeles for the first major address of his campaign tour, Truman was asked to com ment on Dewey's reiteration yes terday of the Republican charge that the administration had failed to prepare the nation for war. "Mr. Dewey either Is not fa miliar with the facts or he's cov ering them up for political pur poses," Truman said. "The Re publicans fought tooth and nail against these preparations." Ml Yanks (Acm TeUphoto) These eight men and one officer represent one of the most unique Jnp-ftghtlng outfits In the Southwest Pacific Called the "Dime-a-Dozen Club" after their leader, Lt. Raymond Moss (center) of Medford, Ore., promised to hand out a dime for every dozen Nips killed, the group has racked up 41 kills, are pictured here receiving their dimes and membership certificates. Left to right: Pfo Manuel Alvlrcs, Los Angeles; Pfo Morris Manuel, Win chester, Ky.; Cpl. Karl Doll. North Hollywood, CaJ.; 8nU Richard Kowlts, St. Paul, Minn.; 8Sgt. Harry Schulte, Oary, 8. t).; SSgt. Ralph Brodln, Bpooner, Minn.: 8Sgt Alex McLean, Grafton, N. D and Pfo Raymond Cattrclli, Scbcka, Minn, Their division, the America!, fought at Guadalcanal and Bougainville. Army Press Relations photo. Dewey Promises Honesty in Government After Jan. 20th St. Louis, Oct. 18 (U.PJ Gov. I T-U .. - E- nn,ni, t.,ns rtlimn a ' tumultuous welcome today when he arrived in St. Louis to open hi- bid for the nation's farm vote. Thousands of cheering mid westerners lined down town streets as the Republican presi dential nominee rode in an open automobile to the Jefferson hotel. Dewey and Gov. Forrest C. Donnell of Missouri, who hod boarded the GOP special cam paign train earlier, appeared on the rear platform of the special at East St. Louis, 111. The New York governor said he would "bring honesty to the national government" after Jan. 20. "That Is the Issue of this cam paign',, he said. "Whether we want to continue down the New Deal road or whether wo want a new administration that will bring opportunity and Jobs for all." The Dewey party then drove across the Mississippi river. As the GOP candidato entered St. Louis he was saluted with loud explosions of "cannon crackers." Dewey made the trip from New York without a platform appearance. Last night, however, he issued a statement to accom panying newspaper men contend ing the White House reply to his campaign speeches confirmed his charge that the Roosevelt ad ministration failed to prepare the nation for war. Polish Problem Near Settlement Is Moscow Hint Moscow, Oct. 18 (U.R) Strong evidenco was seen In re sponsible quarters today that week-end conferences of Russian, British and Polish leaders had carried the discussion of the thorny Polish problem to Its con clusive stage. The Issues of proportional representation in a projected coalition government of the Lon don and Lublin groups of Poles, as well as the nature of the con stitutional regime, were under stood to be of relatively lesser importance than at the outset of the Moscow conference. Soviet and British leaders were believed determined to re solve the Polish problem at the earliest possible moment. rTRIBUNE United Press Full Kill Japs for Dime a HOLLYWOOD FOLK RANCH AT TRAIL "This has been a business trip," George Murphy, Holly wood actor said today when In terviewed at Hotel Medford, "al though we did take a little time off Sunday for pheasant hunt ing." Murphy was accompanied to the Rogue River valley by his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Montgomery, all of Holly wood. The party Is spending sev eral days In Medford and at the Murphy ranch near McLcod. Murphy said that most of their time here was being devoted to ranch Improvements and they worked yesterday building flumes. They plan to return south Tuesday as Murphy Is scheduled to assist on Bing Crosby's radio show. Murphy said he was consider Ing postwar activities on his 205 acre ranch, but would not di vulge plana at the present. Montgomery has Just returned from overseas duty with the U. S. navy. He has been stationed In England and France and held the rank of commander. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy pur chased their Rogue River prop erty, formerly owned by J. I. Mallette, above McLcod, In Sep tember, 1041, and have returned numerous times to inspect and vacation at their southern Ore gon home. LUTHERANS URGE BOARD TO OPPOSE CONSCRIPTION Minneapolis, Oct. 16 (U.R) ' The Rnnrri nt Social Missions urged the 14th biennial conven tion of the United Lutheran Church In America today to adopt a resolution opposing uni versal military conscription In peaca time. r V fPfiTl Leased Wire M n Dozen ISITAT OVER LAST YEAR In spite of travel restrictions due to the war, there was an In crease of visitors to Crater Lake national park last year of S7.S per cent over the previous year, according to the travel summary just released by E. P. Lcavitt, park superintendent. Many of tho travelers were men and women of the armed services, the report shows. Visitors during tha season, which ended September 30 numbered 43,560 and they ar rived In 9,306 motor vehicles, the report shows. Last year dur ing the travel season but 27,656 persons visited tho park, travel ing In 7,387 automobiles. Travel this year represents an Increase of 15,904 persons, or 57.5 per cent. The increase in automo biles was 2,096, or 28.3 per cent. Service people visiting the park during the season totaled 14,934, the report shows, while last season by 6,392 servicemen and women were among the total visitors. This is a gain at 8,542, or 133.6 per cent. Tho park has been operating under a restricted program since tho war, with a smaller staff and limited service during tho travel season. Efforts of the staff have been largely devoted to fire con trol, maintenance and upkeep details for the past two sum mcr seasons and the park has been closed during the winter. Formerly tho roads were main tained during the snow season In order that winter sports en thusiasts might take advantage of tho park facilities. MISS KELLEMS BLAMES NEW DEAL FOR TROUBLE Beverly Hills, Calif., Oct. 18 (U.R) Vivian Kcllems, Connecti cut manufacturer, told Rotary cl"b today she had been accused of treason because she "dared to st .nd up and expose the foul frauds and underhanded double crossing In which the New Leal , . . has been Indulging for the past 12 years." Weather Forecast: Clear tonight with In creasing cloudiness Tuesday. Llttl change in temperature. Temp. Highest yesterday 73 Lowest this morning; ,,,,,., 43 treclp. past 24 hours Q NO. 175 E Three Counter-Attacks By Massed German Armored Forces Fail To Lift Siege Supreme Headquarters. AEF. Paris, Oct 18 (U.PJ The United States 1st army completely Iso lated besieged Aachen today by closing the Nazi escape corridor to the northeast after beating off three counter-attacks by massed German armored forces. American doughboys captured Wurselen, three miles north of Aachen, and stormed forward to break the shell-swept corridor out of Aachen while a Nazi at tempt to break out of the city was thwarted. Near Schulcht Pass To the south Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd army forces with drew from their foothold in the key Metz outpost of Fort Driant and Franco-American troops of the 6th army group attacking on a 80-mile front drove within two miles of the Schulcht Pass lead ing to southwest Germany, Heavy fighting was reported In most parts of the western front between the Schelde estuary, where Canadian forces were cleaning out the approaches to Antwerp, and the Belfort Gap In eastern France, now threatened by a flanking drive above it. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' 1st army headquarters announc ed the closing of the Nazi escape corridor out of Aachen In violent fighting northeast of the city through which U. S. shock troops were chopping their way. Counters Repulsed German tanks and armor coun terattacked three times around Verlautcnhelde, three mi 1 e s northeast of Aachen, but were repulsed, and the two arms of the 1st army pincers now clamp ed securely on Aachen were Joined at 4 p. m. below Wurselen. Wurselen fell, to the Americana after heavy street fighting, enab ling the 1st to fuse the plncer arms and completely seal oft Aachen, the hord-pressed garri son of which now was being sup plied by parachute after its fail ure in the attempt to break out to the east. E rnnnllle Ore Oct. 18 U.R) Naval officers today were inves tigating cause of the crash of a naval plane that Sunday rock eted through a row or. buueungs here killing three naval filers and Injuring five townmen. Gliding in over the residential section of this southwestern Ore gon town a dozen miles from the coast the plane sheared off chimneys and tore through store before exploding and set ting fire to a residence. Clarence Osika. former high school principal, suffered a leg fracture when hit by fragments from the exploding plane, and Dan Rogers, civilian, was ser iously injured. A man and his wife and an infant also were In jured. The navy withheld names of the aviators pending notification of next of kin. Radio Highlights Today: Harold L. Ickes before a Roosevelt rally in Newark, N. J Blue network, 6-6:30 p.m. WPT;; Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, St. Louis, Blue and NBC net works, 7-7:30 p.m. PWT. Oct. 17 Gov. John W. Brick er from San Diego, Calif., BN, 8:00 to 8:30 p.m. PWT. Oct. 18 Rebroadcast of Dewey St. Louis speech, BN, 6:15 to 9:45 a.m. PWT. mm
