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Thirty-ninth Year
' Nazis Give Up Aachen Relief Hope;
Defense of Cologne Plain New Plan
FORM NEW WALL
AS SUBSUME
FOR SIEGFRIED
Yank Planes Defy Weather
to Support Ground Forces
Wind Chills Troops.
Supreme Headquarters, AEF
Paris, Oct. 17 U.R Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges' headquar
ters reported signs today that the
Nazi command had written off
Aachen and abandoned attempts
to relieve the city as American
doughboys blasted out nests of
dwindling resistance with 155s.
Supreme headquarters an
nounced that British 2d army
forces struck southward nearly
three miles in the Maas (Mouse)
valley of eastern Holland, cut
ting the main highway south
west of Venrai where a violent
street battle was in progress.
Planes Defy Clouds
American planes, defying
clouds over the western front,
gave strong support to the land
armies. Heavy bombers dealt one
of the heaviest blows of the war
at Cologne, Rhineland strong
hold east of Aachen, while Ma
rauders and Havocs hit Eukir
chen, 30 miles southeast ' of
Aachen.
A dispatch from 1st army
headquarters said present indi
cations were that the German
armor and Infantry massed east
of Aachen would content Itself
with trying to defend the Co
logne plain instead of under
taking an all-out attempt to
break through the American
siege lines around the city.
The dispatch said the Nazis
appeared to have planted their
armor along a north-south line
cast of Aachen as a sort of wall
of steel substituted for the brok
en Siegfried line.
Naxis Desperate
"The tipoff is seen in the fact
that the Nazis threw everything
but the kitchen sink at us in
cluding 240-millimeter shells
when we uncorked an attack in
the vicinity of Geilenkirchen
yesterday," the headquarters re
port said.
It has been raining off and
on since yesterday, and the battle-churned
fields around Aachen
were veritable swamplands. A
chilling autumn wind added to
the discomfort of the troops.
Supreme headquarters reveal
ed that American armor at
tached to the British 2d army
was fighting on the right flank
of the Dutch salient in the area
of Overloon, 54 miles above
Aachen.
United States 4st army front
dispatches estimated that the
doomed Aachen garrison had
been reduced to perhaps 600
men, and the battle for the com
pletely isolated German bastion
of the Siegfried line appeared
to be drawing toward a close.
Artillery Busy
Several hundred American
cannon hurled 8.700 rounds Into
the massed German armored
and infantry forces east of Aach
en, apparently squelching at
least temporarily a threatened
full-scale counter-attack.
On the Dutch front north of
Aachen, the British 2d army out-,
flanked the stubborn anchor'
post of Venrai in a drive through
Vicrlingsbeck, three miles to the
northeast, almost to the Maas
(Mcusc) river, and a front dis
patch said violent fighting raged
throughout the night in the out
skirts of Venrai.
At the northeast comer of Lt.
Gen. S i r Miles S. Dempsey's
salient near Nijmcgcn, the Ger
mans laid down the heaviest
artillery barrage In nearly 10
days, which was believed de
signed to cover a limited with
drawal behind the front.
British patrol units which
ferried across the Ncdcr Rhine
west of Arnhcm were, reported '
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The Battle of the Western Pacific rages fiercely between Formosa and
Luzon, with American B-29 Super-Portresses smashing again at Formosa
while the American Third Fl-et apparently was slugging It out wita
Japan's Air Force anc perhaps her elusive fleet in a snowdown struggle,
BRICKER CLAIMS
TRUTH OF PEARL
Santa Ana, Calif., Oct. 17
(U.R) Gov. John W. Bricker to
day accused the administration
of concealing the full "black
story" of the Pearl Harbor dis
aster until after the November
election.
"I expect there will be a new
Pearl Harbor story and that it
will be black " the Republican
nominee for vice president told
a press conference.
"But 1 doubt that we'll hear
anything more before election
day."
When President Roosevelt
took office in 1933. Bricker
asserted, no peril faced the na
tion from outside. The candidate
blamed lack of Information on
German and Japanese military
preparations for American fail
ure to act sooner.
"We had diplomatic service
around the world." he said, "but
we were not advised of the ris
ing threat. If the government
knew about it, it didn't tell con
gress or the American people,
and so nothing was done to halt
the rising military power.
"And all the time we were
furnishing Japan with the in
struments of war."
UNRRA DIRECTOR
Washington, Oct. 17 (U.R)
Director General Herbert H
Lehman of the United Nations
relief and rehabilitation admin
istration today announced ap
pointment of Frank S. Gaines,
former mayor of Berkeley, Cal..
as a deputy director of UNRRA's
China area office in Chungking
ranging the north bank of the
river in the Wageningcn area
against little opposition.
. A supreme headquarters com
munique reported "steady prog
ress" by the Canadian 1st army
north of the Leopold canal, with
gRins of more than half a mile
against dwindling resistance. A
counterthrust dented the Cana
dian lines at one point near
Woensdrecht, but Lt. Gen. H. D.
G. Crerar's forces improved
their Schelde bridgehead position.
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London, Oct. 17 (U.R) Buda
pest was reported under martial
law today as the new Nazi gov
ernment of Hungary tightened
its grip on the uneasy capital
and strove desperately to rally
the army . nd people behind it
for a stand against the advancing
Russians.
The Nazi-controlled Budapest
radio said last night Admiral
Nicholas Horthy had announced
his resignation as regent and had
repudiated his proclamation of
only 24 hours earlier accepting
allied armistice terms. Horthy
did not broadcast personally,
however, and some doubt re
mained that he actually had
authorized the statement, unless
under duress.
The whereabouts of Horthy
were a mystery. Swiss sources
said he was believed to have
been taken to Germany by plane
yesterday, but Swedish dispatch
es asserted he was under siege
with loyal troops in the Royal
palace.
Moscow, Oct, 17 (U.R) Red
Army troops, rapidly expand
ing their sweep In the Balkan
states, drove through the south
eastern section of Yugoslavia
today and cut the main highway
leading northward from occu
pied Greece to place another
block In the German escape
route from southern Europe.
The Soviet drive was spear
headed by Marshal Tito's parti
son forces which in a combined
thrust captured the tow.i of
Vranjen and plunged 20 miles
ahead to bring the Allied frooos
to within 23 miles of the rail
and road Junction of Skoplje.
The advance placed the Rus
sian and partisan troops astride
the main highway bisecting the
B3mile wide corridor between
Greece and Albania and fanning
out to the cities of Sarajevo and
Zagreb in northwestern Yugo
slavia.
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JURY SELECTED
FOR HEARING OF
NARCOTIC CASE
Both Sides Exhaust Peremp
tory Challenges Before
Final Selection Is Made.
Two hours were consumed In
federal court this morning in
selection of a Jury to try the
case of Dr. R. W. Clancy. Mcd
ford physician charged with vio
lation of the Harrison narcotics'
act, with both the government
and the defense exhausting their
full allowance of peremptory
challenges. Opening statements
by William M. Langley, assistant
United States attorney trying
the case for the government, and
Otto Frohnmayer, defense attor
ney, were scheduled for the op
ening of court this afternoon.
Jurors finally selected were
Paul A. Godward, Jacksonville
printer; Dom Provost, Ashland
merchant; Paul Frohrclch, Tal
ent millworker; Edward H. Judd,
manager of the Medford irriga
tion district; Joe Bellavance,
Chemult; Donald A. Ambers,
Lakeview lumber hand'or; Leon
Boomer, Medford, credit man;
Lawrence Austin, Medford me
chanic; John F. Hansen, Klamath
Falls; Gus Ditsworth Prospect
farmer; Harold A. Frye, Med
ford merchant, and B. A. Clark,
farmer from Eagle Point.
Many Challenged
Defense attorneys challenged
Douglas A. Talbot, rancher from
Grants Pass; Dean Allen Duf
field, school clerk, Ashland:
George Midward retired, Jack
sonville; D J. Clifford, Medford
logger; Emil Carlson. Klamath
Falls, upholsterer; W. K. Charles
worth, credit manager from
Klamath Falls; Charles Bennett,
contractor and farmer from
Klamath Falls; Lowell E. Alger,
Ashland engineer; Rufus E. Dot
rick, Masonic lodge secretary,
Ashland, and Charles A. Van De
walker, sheet metal worker,
Ashland.
Langley challenged Curt N.
French. Medford trucker; John
Anderson, Central Point; Val
mlre Albert. Medford; Donald
C Reams, Williams farmer; John
J. Walter, gardener Medford;
Roy Jain, Medford farmer.
Chester Wendt. Medford dairy
man: Elmer Herried. realty brok
er from Medford: George Eads,
Medford, and C T. Hansen,
Grants Pass farmer, were all ex
cused when they declared they
had already formed opinions In
the case or believed themselves
Incanable of Impartiality; and H
W. Baker, postmaster from Wil
dcrvllle, was excused since he is
a government employee.
Jurors Questioned
Judge Fee carefully question
ed each Juror, inquiring among
things If they were acquainted
with the defendant or had em
ployed him professionally. Sev
eral, including a number who
were excused, said that the doc
tor had served them.
After the Jury had been form
ally sworn, Judge Fee stated
that it would be unnecessary to
segregate the Jury for the dura
tion of the trial but instructed
the Jurors not to discuss the case
among thomsilves or with any
one else until all ev'dence had
been presented. He previously
had explained the 11 counts of
the federal indictment returned
against the physician.
Jurors not being used for Dr.
Clancy's trial were excused un
til Oct. 23 when they were or
dered to report again. At that
time the trial of Dr A F. Walter
Kresse, Medford physician fac
ing a similar charge, is scheduled
to open.
Harold Raymond Nusbaum,
who pleaded guilty several days
ago to a charge of desertion from
the camp for conscientious ob
jectors at Walport, Ore., agreed
in court this morning to return
to the camp, Nusbaum had ap
peared yesterday for sentence
and had been given an additional
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Carrier Plane Attacks on Formosa
Awake Japanese Forces With Bang
(George Jones of Eugene, Ore.,
United Press war correspondent
who described tho Japanese air
attack upon the American task
force off Formosa, in the follow
ing eye-witness dispatch tells
the story of the three-day assault
upon that vital enemy base.) y
By George Jonot
United Press War Correspondent
Aboard U. S. Carrier off For
mosa, Oct. 14 (via Navy Ra
dio) A lot of people in this
great task force have been wish
ing vocally for some opposition.
For once they got it hero.
Our carrier planes assaulted
the Japanese island base of For
mosa for three days, touching a
most tender spot in the imperial
empire. Our reception definitely
was on the warmish side al
though we d'd very well indeed.
Japs Uninterested
For more than a month Ad-
NAZIS ALL-OUT
IN EFFORTS TO
KEEP BOLOGNA
Rome, Oct. 1 7 (U.R) Ameri
can troops of the 5th army met
an all-out German defense of
the approaches to Bologna to
day as they edged to within nine .
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to the Po valley. .
The Germans apparently were
concentrating a good portion of
their northern Italy forces along
the 5th army-front for a desper
ate bid to hold Bologna, whose
capture would open the Po val
ley to American armored forces.
There was much less opposi
tion to the Adriatic sector,
where three Allied columns
were converging on Ccsena,
with Canadian forces only a
mile and a half from the town,
one of the main Junction points
of tho important Bologna-Rimini
highway.
In the campaign which was
slowly nearlng Bologna, the
Germans brought up consider
able artillery and unloosed a
fierce barrage against the Amer
ican positions on the rim of a
three-mile escapement north of
conquered Livergnano.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The shortest distances to
Berlin from advanced Allied
lines today:
Western front 298 miles
(from point near Nijmcgcn.
Unchanged in week.)
Russia 315 miles (from
Warsaw, unchanged In week.)
Italy 539 miles (from
point south of Bologna. Gain
of mile In week.)
24 hours In which to decide
whether to return to the camp
or be sentenced.
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swirl around tnem, these American tank destroyers fire at Germans In
dispatches reported that "a good proportion of the German armor In the
maior attack to smash through First Army cordon around citv.
mlral William F. Halsey's third
fleet had been slicing through
Japanese defenses in the western
Pacific like a knifo through but
ter. The Japs didn't seem Inter
ested. I
On Formosa they woke up
with a bang. During the past
three nights this carrier force
has battled its way through
coveys of low-flying torpedo
planes. The darkened skies have
been filled with a lethal dis
play of fireworks flares pierc
ing through tho blackness, anti
aircraft ascending from the ships
like red ink from giant firehoses,
burning Jap planes glowing on
the sullen seas.
Tho enemy planes achieved
small results, but none of bur
ships were sunk.
On the other hand, our gun
ners shot down at least 15 planes
while night fluhtcrs accounted
for four others.
Tho Japs chose the nighttime
for their counter - offensives.
Each night more than a dozen
"bogeys" trailed this formation
and their torpedo run attempts
brought a hail of ack-ack trac
ers. Burning Planes Seen
Standing on the bridge of this
flagship I could count as many
as three planes burning in the
water while others were de
stroyed beyond my vision. That's
how big this task force is.
Reconnaissance bombers, pos
sibly from the Philippines
spotted us several hundred miles
away and stayed with us. And
when tho Hellcats hit the west
coast of Formosa at dawn Octo
ber 12, hordes of Zeros popped
out of lhe clouds, their guns
blazing.
It was a fortunate American
pilot who didn't have from two
to six Zeros on his tail.
The battlo against sometimes
superior numerically enemy
planes with first-string pilots
soon became one in which
White House Answers Dewey
On Demoblization Program
Washington, Oct. 17-U.R
The white house today replied
to Gov Thomas E. Dewey's lat
est charges against the admini
stration by Issuing another
"analysis" of his statements to
gether with "the facts."
The new white house docu
ment, similar In design to one
issued Saturday, dealt with
charges voiced by the Republi
can presidential candidate at St
Louis last night.
The white house compilation
of Dewey's remarks took up the
New York governor's use of a
national resources planning
board reported which Dewey
quoted as saying that "delayed
military demobilization has been
strongly advocated" after the
war.
"The facts," as released by
the white house, showed that the
same passage from which Dewey
took his statement last night also
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every American pilot was on his
own,
Lt. Bernard L. Garbow, How
ard City, Mich., had a typical
experience. He had shot down
one Zero in flames when three
others Jumped him and set his
plane afire with 20 mm. shells.
Garbow disintegrated a sec
ond Zero as ho plunged down
ward, nearly blinded by smoke,
He Joined Cmdr. Hugh Winters,
Annapolis, Md., and Ens. Paul
O'Maro, Roswell, N. M., each of
whom had downed two planes.
Both Winters and Garbow put
out fires on their planes and the
three returned to their carriers
safely. Later Garbow returned
to action and shot down a third
Zero.
STRIKE THREATENS
Seattle, Ot. 17 0J.R) Tie-up
of warship construction at the
Todd -Pacific shipyards was
threatened today when 400 day
shift union welders left their
lobs In protest over a supervisory
change in a walkout pronounced
"unauthorized" by union of
ficials and Shipyard President
R. J. Lamont.
Ben Woobank, secretary of
welders' local 541 (A. F. L.), an
nounced that every effort was
being made by Ray Ferch and
himself to persuade the work
ers to return to their Jobs.
Day shift welders were re
ported to have checked in this
morning and then walked off
the Job. The trouble was said to
have developed when a union
welder was brought from Ta
coma and elevated to "lead
man" in plant "A" of the local
yard. .
contained as a "definite recom
mendation" tho following:
"A general policy of speedy,
but orderly and controlled, mili
tary demobilization should be
adopted, coupled with the use of
all reasonable plans and meas
ures to increase tho employment
available to those being demobi
lized "
The while house also took up
this Dewey statement:
"Here Is a report from the
July 30. 1943, Issue of 'United
States News.. It says: 'In North
Africa . , . field agents of half
a dozen agencies the treasury.
BEW, lend lease, state depart
ment and others are reported
to have brought confusion to the
brink of chaos' "
"The United States News Is
not an official publication," the
white house document said. "It
is a private publishing venture,
edited by Mr. David Lawrence."
ELUSIVE FORCE
Halsey's Squadron Retires
From Seven-Day Fowy;
885 Jap Ships Destroyed.
By United Press
The Japanese fleet, which
popped briefly in and out of
range of the U. S. third fleet
off Formosa over the week
end, was congratulated by the
German navy today for that
"magnificent victory."
Radio Berlin announced
that Grand Admiral Karl
Doenits, commander - in-chief
of the German navy, sent a
message of congratulations to
the Japanese sea lords,
"The German navy rejoices
wlih me in the great victory of
their Japanese comrades,"
Doenitz said.
By United Press
Units of the Japanese fleet,
coming out to challenge Adm.
William F. Halsey's 3rd fleet,
fled without firing a shot, while
China-based American planes in
tercepted an enemy convoy and
sank a destroyer and probably
a cruiser, and B-29 Superfort
resses smashed again at battered
Formosa.
A communique disclosed today
that the elusive Japanese had
emerged for the first time in
four months as Halsey's fleet re
tired after seven days of foraya
that destroyed from 870 to 885
enemy planes.
Cruiser Sunk
At the same time it was an
nounced that China-based planes,
cooperating with naval forces
off Formosa sank a 5,170-ton
cruiser and destroyed or dam
aged 40,000 tons of enemy ship
ping Monday.
Another communique an
nounced that B-29's had struck
again today at Formosa for tho
third time in 72 hours. A spokes
man at the bombers' secret base
in China said the island fortress
had been "knocked out as a
major repair and staging center
for Japanese air forces."
Radio Tokyo announced that
150 American carrier planes had
roldcd Manila, capital of the
Philippines for the second time
In two days.
Admiral Chester W. Nimltz,
revealing that the Japanese war
ships had declined to fight, said
Holsey's fleet had shot down 160
more planes In repulsing strong;
enemy air attacks.
Japs Withdraw
Nlmltz reported that the Jap
anese units were seen approach
ing the fleet "but on discover
ing our fighting strength unim
paired, have avoided action and
withdrawn toward their bases."
He said there was "no dam
age of consequence to our battle
ships or carrier." He added that
two medium warships were hit
by aircraft torpedoes and re
tired from the battle area. Cas
ualties on the two ships were
small, he said.
Nimltz reported the 3rd fleet
was continuing to attack targets
on Luzon in the central Philip
pines after a series of raids Sat
urday and Sunday.
In Burma, Japanese forces at
Tiddim were reported putting up
their bitterest resistance since
the allies opened their attack
Oct. 7 on the base from which
the enemy launched Its north
ward advance last March.
Reinforced Japanese forcea
launched two attacks 15 milea
north of Pingnam on the west
river bend In Kwangsl province.
Stubborn fighting continued
along the railway 20 miles north
east of Kwcilin.
Roosevelt Slates
Talk October 27,
Washington, Oct. 17 (U.R)
President Roosevelt will make
a campaign speech on the night
of Friday, Oct. 27 at Shibe Park
in Philadelphia. David Law
rence, chairman of the Pennsyl
vania stato Democratic commit
tee, annrunced today after a con
ference with the president.
Lawrence vUlted the white
house as a member of a delega
tion representing "businessmen
for Roosevelt, Inc."
He said Mr. Roosevelt would
speak at 6 p. m. PWT.
Radio Highlights
Today Gov. John W. Brick
er from San Dlcgo, Calif., BN,
8:00 to 8:30 p. m.
Senator Harry Truman, 8:30
p. m., MBS.
President Roosevelt, for War
Chest, 7:30 p. m., CBS.
Oct. 18 Gov. Thomas K.
Dewey, from New York City,
BN, 8:30 to 7:00 p. m., BN.