Gen. M'Arthur Leads 250,000 Men Back to Philippines
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PACIFIUSSAULT
Troops Swarm Ashore Under
Vast Naval Bombardment
Resistance Light.
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Thirty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY .OBER 20, 1944
NO. 179
Formosa Hard Hit By U. S. Fleet
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quarters, Leyte, Philippines. Oct.
20 (U.P.) Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur today led an army of pos
sibly 250,000 men back to the
Philippines in a 600-ship armada,
the greatest of the Pacific war,
and drove inland on Leyte is
land to within gunshot of the ex
cellent Tacloban airfield against
light Japanese resistance.
MacArthur himself stepped on
to Philippine soil in the bright
sunlight only a few hours after
thousands of American assault
troops swarmed ashore under
cover of the greatest naval bom
bardment yet to blast the Japan
ese. Two Landing
Veteran jungle troops, includ
ing every living survivor of
MacArthur's epic journey from
Bataan and Corregidor, landed
on the 75-mile east coast of Leyte
island, in the central Philippines.
They made two principal land
ings, one about a mile and a half
south of Sacloban, capital of the
Island, and a second at Dulab, 12
miles farther south.
In tanks, bulldozers, and light
armored cars 'the American as
sault waves smashed through the
feeble Japanese resistance to
ward the Tacloban airfield and
the capital city itself, a metro
polis of 30,000 persons.
The invasion went well from
the start, catching the Japs off
guard and reeling under the 10
day air and naval attack of the
naval forces of Admiral William
F. Halsey which razed their de
fenses from Ryukyu islands just
below the Japanese Archipelago
through Formosa to the Philip
pines themselves.
Splendid Progress
( I n Washington President
Roosevelt released a message
from MacArthur which said the
invasion was making splendid
progress, had been accomplished
nn schedule and with extremely
li?,ht losses.) (
The attack on Leyte was pre
ceded by a three-day naval bom
bardment which was followed up
by the landing of assault troops,
heavy artillery, tanks, flame
(hrowers, and amphibious trucks.
Within an hour after the first
Americans touched shore and
while the thunder of 14, 15 and
16-inch shells still was crashing
down on Japanese positions, the
assault spearheads were racing
for the Tacloban airdrome, a
field which will give the Ameri
can air forces fighter and bomb
er strips 6000 feet long.
Jap Vets Fie
Shells from the battleships
California and Pennsylvania
rained down on the Japanese.
Some of the Japs were veterans
of Bataan and Corregidor but
they turned and fled under the
American attack.
American casualties were ex
tremely light, although Japanese
mortar fire scored four hits on
landing ships as they were
edging into the shore.
Americans wiped out with a
bayonet charge the few Japanese
who survived the shore bombard
ment. Then destroyers and light
er naval vessels moved in closer
to work over the region just be
yond the beaches before our
jungle fighters drive forward.
Naval planes provided air
rover for the operation, dive
bombing Japanese positions and
ground-strafing areas of possible
Japanese concentration.
Boats Fill Waters
Under this cover the waters
off the island quickly filled with
churning small personnel boats,
tank carriers, and amphibious
machines which rumbled up on
to the shore, their 75 mm. guns
blazing.
In the first assault .wave of
MacArthur's campaign for re
conqticst of the Philippines were
about 100.000 men, backed by
possibly another 150.000 for the
weeonn ana succceoing waves nu
as many more men behind them
as will be needed to finish the
job.
MacArthur set foot on Philip
pine soil for the first time since
he left Corregidor accompanied
by his chief of staff, Lt. Gen.
Richard Sutherland, who like
MacArthur had gone through the
biack days of Corregidor. He
was also accompanied by Lt.
Gen. George Kenney, command
er of the Far Eastern Air Force,
Sergio Osmcna. president of the
Philippines, and ,rig. Gen. Car
lo Rnmulos. resident commis
sioner nf the Philippines.
Sacramento., Oct. 20 jU.P)
The California State GranRe to
day reaffirmed a resolution
adopted at its 1943 convention
demanding "the return of all
Japanese aliens and persons of
.TRpan"lo ancestry to Japan at
the rl"e of the war."
Japnneae planes with the Rising Sun on their wings were caught on the ground at Kagi,
Formosa, October II, 1944, by warplanes of the U. S. Pacific fleet's fast carrier task force.
Large hanger shows effects of attacks. Industrial sheds in the upper left corner billow clouds of
smoke at bombs explode from a warcraft just pulling out of its dive. Ninety-seven Japanese
aircraft were destroyed on the ground during this day of raids on Formosa. Official U. S.
Navy photo. '
Attack on Philippines Most Incredible
Of War; Japs Fail to Resist Landings
R Gordon Walker
(Representing Combined Ameri
can Radio Networks.)
Distributed by the United Press
With Gen. MacArthur's Troops
In the Philippines, Oct. 20 OI.R)
(By Radio) This long-awaneo.
attack on the Philippines is
without doubt the most incredi
ble invasion of this war.
I have just come down from
a trip, with one of the invasion
ships here in the central Philip
pines. Through glasses I watched
tens of thousands of American
doughboys plunge into the
black smoke which still crowds
the two full landing beaches
on Leyte island. Right now out
there in front of us they are
pushing swiftly into the interior
of the enemy's defenses.
No Resistance
' tv,. mni amaiiiic nart of this
'invasion is the fact that up to
this time, when the troops
waded ashore, the enemy had
made no attempt to interfere
with this gravest threat to their
conquered empire. For days
huge convoys of ships converged
from dozens of American for
ward bases scattered over the
central and southwest Pacific.
Last night they rendezvoused
off the central Philippines and
with the first crack of dawn,
hundreds of ships of every type
began filing slowly through the
entrance of Leyte gulf.
On the upper deck, steel hcl
i. onri nfp nreservers were
ready for the expected enemy ;
attack.
One Jap Plane Seen
Shortly after dawn, a single
twin-engined enemy bomber
winged down through a terrific
antiaircraft barrage and drop
ped a single bomb comically into
the water. Then the enemy
Size of Invasion
Surprises World
London, Oct. 20 (U.P.) The
Evening Star said editorially to
day that the world was sur
prised by the size of the Ameri
can Philippines invasion force
and by "the weight of this blow
6,000 miles from America."
"Japan tried to win the game
with loaded dice at Pearl Har
bor." the Star said. "She will
have to pay the price of treach
ery that failed."
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
County Clerk George Carter
strutting a bit under the stimu-j
lus of word of arrival in Boston,
of a new granddaughter.
Fourteen Democrats unable to
give the first name of one of
their prominent county hench
men. Betty Allen sprawling over
the floor at the wrestling
matches last nicht when some-!
body removed her chair during
the excitement.
"I HAVE RETURNED"
By United Press
"I have returned. By the
grace of almighty God, our
force stands again on Philip
pine soil, soil consecrated
in the blood of our two
peoples."
With those words, Gen.
. Douglas. MacArthur pro
claimed to the people of the
Philippines by radio today
that his armies had returned
to liberate them and avenge
Bataan and Corregidor.
bomber, itself, plunged into a
watery grave.
But this really couldn't be
called an attack. It was hardly
aggressive. Of course, enemy air
craft may sweep over the moun
tains here at any minute. To
night after dark they are almost
sure to make some sort of an
attack on the hundreds of ships
milling around us in the gulf.
But the fact remains that up to
now the enemy has not made a
single concerted effort either
with submarines, planes or mo
tor torpedo -boats, to interfere
with this history-making invas
ion. As far as Is known now not
a single American ship has been
lost. It is as though a protective
shield were held over our in
vasion convoy.
Men Pushed Inland
Right at this minute in front
of me, Invasion craft continue
to disgorge "the men and mecha
nized equipment. They are big i
craft with rolling bulldozers,
jeeps, tanks, and Bll the imple
ments of American (mcchanized
warfare.
Already the spearheads of our
BY TWO SOLDIERS
Floyd E. Porter, driver for
Yellow Cab company, was held
up and robbed of approximately
S60 by two soldiers who had
hired him to drive them to
Camp White last night. Accord
ing to state police report one
man held a knife against Por
ter's back while the other, with
a handkerchief over his face,
used a nickleplated revolver.
Investigation is being made by
the Provost Marshal's. office at
Camp White.
According to another report
on file at state police headquar
ters Fred J. Batty, whose true
name is said to be Harry Park
hill, is held in Seattle for Jack
son county sheriff's officers. He
is wanted here on a forgery
charge.
Two sailors, AWOL from
Camp Shoemaker, Calif., since
Aug. 18, were found hiding In
the brush at Ruch by state offi
cers last night. They are being
held in county jail awaiting nav
al authorities.
attack columns are pushing in'
land toward the city of Taclob-
an in the north and toward the
cluster of enemy airfields at the
lower end of Leyte island.
Preliminary reports state that
our casualties have been un
believably low. There may be
tough days ahead before Gen.
MacArthur leads his troops down
the streets of Manila. But up to
now the combined skill of the
American army and navy in the
Pacific has caught the enemy
completely off balance. The
American flag flies once again
on her Filipino soil.
CITRUS CROP LOSS
FIFTY
Orlando. Fla., Oct. 20 U.P.)
Central Florida, its rich citrus
groves a scene of twisted desola
tion which may take years to re
pair and Its anticipated 1944
profits cut an estimated $50,000,
000, today began to clear away
hurricane debris strewn across
thousands of square miles.
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 20-4U.R)
With the waterfront area partly
flooded and after a night with
out electric power or lights,
Charleston early today still was
buffeted by dangerous gales on
the fringe of the tropical hurri
cane which left death and de
struction In its sweep across
Cuba and Florida.
Police reported widespread
damage to windows, "drowncd
out" automobiles and high water
seepage into waterfront business
houses. No deaths or injuries,
however, had been reported
since the storm first whipped
across the vicinity of Charleston.
Washington, Oct. 20 U.R
The weather bureau reported to
day that the Atlantic hurricane
is diminishing as it moves north
ward from its center 40 miles
southeast of Columbia, S. C, but
wacned that It Is still a "severe"
storm and will move Into the
Raleigh, N. C, area by mid-afternoon.
Hull to Undergo
Physical Survey
Washington. Oct. 20 UR)
Secretary of State Corclell Hull,
who has been absent from his
office for more than three
weeks, will enter Die naval hos
pital soon for a physical check
up before returning to work, it
was announced today.
Undersecretary Edward R.
Stettinlus, Jr made the an
nouncement at a press confer
ence and added that Hull's phy
sicians did not consider his con
dition serious but thought It
wise to make a complete checkup.
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Mam m w
NARCOTICS TRIAL
IH JURY'S HANDS
THIS AFTERNOON
Judge Orders Acquittal on
One Count of Eleven in
Physician's Indictment.
Attorneys for the defense In
the trial of Dr. R. W. Clancy
rested their case in federal court
this morning, arguments were to
be presented immediately after
the noon recess and the case was
expected to be in the hands of
the jury by the middle of the
afternoon. The Medford phy
sician Is on trial for alleged vio
lation of the Harrison narcotics'
act.
Shortly before noon Judge
James Alger Fee ordered thatinowhad V?, djv's'on" ingu ,hc
a verdict of acquittal be return
ed for one count of the 11 nam
ed in the doctor's indictment
when council for defense enter
ed a motion to that effect on the
ground that testimony has shown
the one count to be untrue. He
denied council's motion for
acquittal on all 11 counts on the
ground that the prosecution had
failed to show substantial evi
dence In proof of the allegations
In the various accounts.
Doctors On Stand
Yesterday afternoon Dr. Clan-
cy underwent cross-examination j
t the hands of William Lang-
ley, government attorney trying
the case and stated that he treat
ed the prosecution's witness.
Fred S. Marrett, known as Fred
Martin, for a kidney ailment
and not for addiction to the
drug habit and answered ques
tions as to the accepted dosage
for morphine sulphate.
Other witnesses for the de
fense were medical men of Ash
land and Medford and Medford
citizens and police officers. Dr.
Charles A. Haynes, Ashland, Dr.
Ernest A. Woods, Ashland, Dr.
W. W. Howard, Medford. ind
Dr. W. W. P. Holt, Medford.
were called as defense witnesses.
Each offered testimony concern
ing use of morphine and Haynes
and Woods testified that Dr.
Clancy's reputation was "good".
Respected Citiien
Larry Schade, Medford, testi
fied this morning that Dr. Clan
cy was known as a "respected
citizen" after Judge Fee had
ruled that lay witnesses could
not properly testify as to a doc
tor's ethical practices. Allison
Moulton, Medford attorney, was
brought to the stand and asked
a question regarding Clancy's
consultation with him concern
ing a matter Involving drugs but
was not allowed to answer.
Chief of Police Clatous Mc
Credic and Sheriff Syd I. Brown
said that the defendant was
known as a "law-abiding citizen
in the community." Walter J.
Rcinking, city police officer,
was put on the stand to testify
concerning the alleged robbery
of Dr. Clancy's office of a quan
tity of drugs and stated that
Maxine Marrett had told him
she robhed the doctor's office of,1" 2,4 . " compared with 212
a quantitv of drugs.
Dr. A. F. W. Kresse. Medford
physician, also under Indictment
on a similar narcotics' charge,
was on the stand briefly and told
! of examining the prosecution's;
witness, Joseph E. Goode, nar-
cotics agent and of finding
symptoms of bronchial asthma. :
Robbery Described
The defendant was then re-
CBlled to the stand to answer'
questions concerning the rob-1
bcry, stating that his office had
been robbed during the night of I
August 27-28, that he reported
the matter promptly and police
Investigated. Under cross exami
nation he identified drug order
forms and copies of his office
drug Inventory which showed
T
B OLOGHABATTLE
Six Divisions Bolster Defense
of Vital Point; Allies With
in Nine Miles of City.
Rome, Oct. 20 41.R) The
Germans threw from six to seven
new divisions into the battle for
Bologna today as British and In
dian units of the 8 army entered
Cesena, industrial and communi
cations center of the Rimini
Bologna highway.
Both the 5th and 8th armies
were advancing on Bologna with
their forward units less than nine
miles from the city, and front
reports said that the Germans
Salient which the allies have
driven north of Poggioll on route
65, At the beginning of the drive
the German strength there was
estimated at from three jo Jqut
divisions.
Canadian and New Zealand
troops, advancing from the east
established, and later' joined
bridgeheads across the. Plscla
tello river. The bridgehead ex
tended for four miles from rdute
nine northeastward to Maccrone
with a depth of a mile and a half.
Americans of the 5th army
took the village of Poggloi on
rmite 65j tluls crvlng out an-
other quarter of a mile from the
distance separating them from
Bologna.
Other American units drew
abreast of Pogglolo nn the right
flank by capturing Monte Vigna
and the village of Lorenzone,
two and four miles respectively
to the east.
Heavy fighting was reported
In the vicinity of Monte Bel
monte. Rights and Lefts
Battle in Athens
Athens, Oct. 17 U.R) More
than 600 members of the Right
ist Edes party were barricaded
in five downtown hotels today to
stand off an attack by Leftist
Earn members after a street clash
Sunday, which resulted In 30
deaths and the wounding of
many more.
The clash started with flying
hand grenades and rifles and pis
tols fired during an Edes parade.
The Edes members withdrew to
the hotels after the skirmish and
turned them Into political arse
nals where they have remained
three days without food and
water.
REP. FULMER DIES OF
SUDDEN HEART ATTACK
Washington, Oct. 20-r(U.R)
Funeral arrangements were be
ing completed today for Rep.
Hampton Filts Fulmcr, D., S. C,
69-year-old chairman of the
house agriculture committee
who died laic yesterday of a
heart attack.
Fulmer's death lowered the
Democratic stiength in the house
Republicans.
: the quantities of drugs which he
had used over certain periods,
On the stand for the prosecu-
tion's rebuttal this morning were
Dr. Norman A. David, professor
of pharmacology, University of
Oregon medical school, and Dr.
Harold Lyman of the United
States public health serviee. both
of whom said they examined the
prosecution's witness, Goode.
last night and this morning for
bronchial asthma. Dr. David also
answered a number of technical
questions about morphine and its
uses, standard dosage, etc.
Goode was riefly recalled to
the Und by Langicv as a
buttal witnen.
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TO BERLIN
By United Press
The shortest distances to
Berlin from advanced allied
lines today:
Western front 298 miles
from point near Nijmcgcn. Un
changed in week.)
Russia 315 miles (from
Warsaw. Unchanged in week.)
Italy 539 miles (from point
south of Bologna. Gain of mile
in week.)
BELGRADE TAKEN
Y
REDS AND SLAVS
London, Oct. 20 U.R) Rus
sian and Yugoslav partisan
troops captured Belgrade today
In a final rush which stamped
out the last German resistance
In the streets of the capital of
Yugosalvia.
Premier Josef Stalin an
nounced the capture of Belgrade
in a special order of the, day
broadcast from Moscow tonight
soon after he had reported the
fall to the red army of Debre
cen, Hungary's third city.
"Troops of the 3d Ukrainian
army, together with troops of the
Yugoslav people's army of lib
eration, as a result of stubborn
battles, completed the annihila
tion of the German garrison of
Belgrade and today liberated the
capital of our ally, Yugoslavia,
from the German invaders,"
Stalin reported.
Stalin ordered a salute of 24
salvos by 324 of Moscow's vic
tory guns for the 3rd Ukrainian
army under Gen. Fedor Tolbu
khin and the Yugoslav forces
which cooperated in the capture
of Belgrade.
The twin loss of Belgrade and
Debrecen was regarded In mili
tary quarters as a terrific blow
to the Nazi clinnccs of stabiliz
ing the Balkan front, now sway
ing perilously northwestward
toward the approaches of Aus
tria. Radio Highlights
Today: Vice President Henry
A. Wallace, Omaha, Neb., Blue
network, 5:55-6:00 p. m., PWT;
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Pitts
burgh, NBC, 6 0:30 p. m. PWT.
Saturday: President Roosevelt,
from New York, 6:30 to 7:15 p.
m. PWT (chain ungiven).
Japanese Jittery As Yanks
Start Philippine Campaign
Washington, Oct. 20 (U.R)
The "co-prosperity" which Ja
pan Imported to the Philippines
boiled down to Inflation, profi
teering, hoarding and graft, and
the "independence" conferred
upon the conquered Islanders
was regimentation In disguise,
the offire of war information
said today In a report issued I
soon after lien. Douglas Mac
Arthur announced that the lib
eration of the Islands had begun.
Japanese occupation policy In
the Philippines, OWI said, was
a combination of shadow and
substance, based on looting and
subjection camouflaged by the
forms of se.f g o v c r n m e n t
through b puppet regime.
Given "Independence"
Shno Murata. appointed Jn
pmiese "ambassador" to Manila
aMer the Japanese accorded the
islands their "independence"
Oct. 14, 1943, was quoted by
the Japanese news agency,
Domcl, last Thursday as saying
that "considerable apprehen
sion" existed In the "linds of
the people."
Filipinos are suffering short
OF RUBBLE
ALL THAT'S LEFT
OF MAJOR CITY
Gen. Hodges' Forces Pound
'Last Nest of Nazi Die
hards; Bruyers Stormed.
Supreme Headquarters, AEF,
Paris, Oct. 20 (U.R) The AmerU
can 1st army completed the mop
up of Aachen today, crushing
the last nazl resistance in th
western outskirts of the first
great German city to fall to the
allies.
"The great pile of rubble that
once was Charlemagne's capital
now Is entirely in American
hands." United Press Corre
spondent Jack Frankish reported
from Aachen.
Ten-Day Stand
Only a small pocket of resist
ance outside the city remained
to mark the hopeless stand of
tho German garrison that 10
days ago rejected a surrenderor-die
ultimatum.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
assault forces were pounding1
that last nest as he announced
that the cleanup of Aachen it
self was finished.
At the opposite end of the
western front, American and
French troops smashed forward
and laid open three passes lead
ing through the Vosgcs to th
Upper Rhine valley.
Troops of the American 7th
army stormed through the key
transport center of Bruyeres,
dominating one of the Vosgcs
passes, and neared the entrance
to another while French forces
on their right plunged into a
third.
Canadians Go Well
Early reports on the new
Canadian attack northeast of
Antwerp said It was "going
well." It was described at su
preme hcadquartcn as designed
to case the pressure on the
fiercely contested B e v e 1 a n d
causeway to the Islands north of
the Schclde estuary, as well as
drain off German resistance from
the Tilburg front.
In connection with the Cana
dian attack, 40 Marauders of the
lh air force attacked the 14
span rail bridge over the estuary
where the Waal flows into tho
sea at Moerdijk, as well as an
important bridge at Gccrtruld
enberg. ages of rice, principal Item of
diet for 75 per cent of the peo
ple, fish, soya beans, quinine,
charcoal, gas, kerosene and
clothing.
Further results of Japan's loot
ing of the Islands under the
label of "economic adjustment"
are a flood of virtually worth
less currency and unemploy
ment, the OWI reported. The Ja
panese reduced wages of day la
borers from the equivalent of 50
cents a day to 20 cents a day.
Forced To Labor
The Japanese Issued and cir
culated at par with the regular
peso an estimated 60.00,000 mili
tary pesos (equivalent to $30,
000,000) which Immediately be
came known to Filipinos as
"apa" after a small rice cake
worth virtually nothing.
Since last March, compulsory
labor of all able-bodied has been
the rule in the Islands. Men and
women from ? 6 to 60 have been
conscripted for work in dis
charging Philippine "obliga
tions" as a -Member of "Greater
East Asia" and attain economic
self-sufficiency for the island.