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mm i 3 Weather Forecast: Pirtly cloudy tonight and Thursday; little changa In temperature. Temp. HI Chest yesterday , 78 Lowest this morning 39 Thirty-ninth Year E NORWAY ON HEELS OF FLEEING NAZIS Arctic Foroes Capture Ger man Air and 'Sub Base at Kirkenes; Push Eastward London. Oct. 25 (U.R) Rus sian Arctic troops broke across the Finnish-Norwegian border In force today, captured the nasi air and U-boat raiding base of Kirkenes. and drove eastward across the northern tip of Norway in close pursuit of the retreating Germans. Moscow. Oct. 25. (U.R) Front reports today said red army for mations beat off "extremely powerful" counterattacks by four crack Nazi panzer divisions to deepen their 25-mile spear head into East Prussia, forcing the Germans back to the outer hedgehogs defending the key traffic Junction of Insterburg. The Russians drove forward on both sides of the Kaunas Koenigsberg railroad with forces described as numerically super ior to those of the defending Germans. The Gumbinnen sector, about 10 miles east of Interburg, was the scene of the bitterest tank and artillery battles. (The German DNB news agen 1 - cy reported the Russians had i launched what may be a final t attack to capture Memel and also have gone over to the offen sive north of Warsaw. A BBC report credited to Nazi sources said the red army had penetrat ed Norwegian territory in an ad vance on KirTsones.) Gen. Ivan D. Cherniakhovs ky's 3rd white Russian army was reported to be destroying more than 100 German tanks per day in battling reminiscent of the allied break-out combat at Caen. MIASM KYUSHU TARGETS Washington, Oct. 25 U.R) Big American B-29 Superfort resses roared out over the Japa nese homeland again today and blasted strategic military targets on Kyushu, southernmost of Japan's island chain and site of important naval bases, ship yards and steel factories. (The Toyko radjo, in a broad ;ast recorded by the United Press in San Francisco, reported that approximately 100 planes v'f ;d both Kyushu and Saishu F. D. R. Optimistic on Eve of Leaving on Campaign Swing Washington, Oct. 25 (U.R) President Roosevelt, preparing to make at least three campaign speeches, was represented today as being "optimistic not only about carrying New York state but most of the other states In the union." The statement as to the presl 4. dent's feeling was made to re- porters by Alex Rose, leader of I a New York state liberal party) delegation which conferred with him. Mr. Roosevelt, maintaining that he will not be campaigning "in the usual sense," was ex pected to leave here tomorrow night or Friday morning for Philadelphia, where he will speak Friday night. He will speak in Chicago Saturday night and in Boston Nov. 4. Speeches next week in Cleveland and pos sibly Detroit were reported un der discussion. Rose is administrative chair man of the Liberal party. He and a group of party leaders talked over the political situa tion In New York with the chief t executive. They said they as sured him that he would carTy tlic slate. The Liberal party was formed out of part of the Amer ican Labor party in New York, the Liberals contending that MEDFORD Onit.d Ptei BATTLE BOX SCORE Pearl Harbor. Oct. 25 U.R) The box score In the two-day battle of the Philippines: Japanese warships sunk: One large aircraft carrier. Two cruisers (acknowledged by the Japanese.) One destroyer (acknowl edged by the Japanese.) Japanese warships damaged: Five or six battleships. Two large aircraft carriers. Two cruisers. Four destroyers. Japanese planes destroyed: At least 150. American losses: 10,000-ton aircraft carrier Princeton and at least part of her complement of planes, possibly 60 to 75. (The two criisers and a de stroyer which the Japanese conceded had been lost pre sumably were among the war ships listed by Pacific fleet headquarters as damaged.) TO GAMP BEALE Ft. Douglas, Utah, Oct. 25 (U.R) The personnel center that has been established at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif., is being moved to Camp Beale near Marysville, Calif., the ninth service command announced to day. The transfer Involves person nel and equipment of the sep aration center, reception station and reception center at Monte rey, but does not affect other units at the Monterey Presidio, the command emphasized. The separation center will be functioning at Camp Beale on Nov. 6, the Ft. Douglas public relations officer said, and the other two units the reception station and reception center will be moved later in the month. No reason was given for the shift. The personnel center is one of three in the ninth service command. The other two are at Ft. Lewis. Wash., and Ft. Doug las. Island off the southern tip of Korea and admitted "some dam age on our side." The broadcast said the raids took place Just before noon, Tokyo time.) The Httack, the 13th mission for the B-29s and their fifth raid on Kyushu itself, was announced in Washngton by Gen. H. H. Arnold, chef of the army air Arnold, chief of the army air 20th air force. Arnold did not Identify the exact targets, saying only that the big four-engined bombers had struck at "strategic" parts of Japan's war-making potential. communists had taken control of the labor party. Both the lib eral and labor parties are sup porting Mr. Roosevelt. Rose told reporters his dele gation expected the liberal par ty would '"attract more than enough independent and Wlllkie voters to guarantee the 47 elec toral votes In New York state to the Roosevelt-Truman ticket." j Chairman Robert E. Hanne-'. gan of the Democratic national committee announced In New York that the president would stop at Wilmington, Del., Friday en route to Philadelphia and would find time during that day to visit Camden, N. J. With most of that in mind. Correspondent M e r w I n H. Brown, of the Buffalo (N. Y.) Evening News, inquired at yes terday's white house news con ference whether the nresldent U'fli nnw f-atrmaiffninff "in the! usual partisan sense." Mr. Roosevelt accepted the In quiry In the test of good humor and instantly rejected the Idea that he was doing as Brown sug gested. He also rejected the idea that Brown had properly stated the proposition. On the contrary, the president said he had caught "all'1 the newspapers, even the reputable ones, at fault on the subject. Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNbJ AY, OCT.OBER 25, 1944 TRIALOFKRESSE Fred and Luey Shattuck And Margaret Marrett On Stand Drug's Hold Told Fred and Luey Shattuck and Margaret Maxine Marrett were on the stand in federal court this morning for the prosecution in the trial of Dr. A F. Walter Kresse, and each identified scores of prescriptions for mor phine sulphate which they said were written by the doctor who is charged with violation of the federal narcotics act. The two Shattueks, both of whom said they now resided in Klamath Falls, completed their testimony, but Mrs. Marrett was to be re called this afternoon. Fred Shattuck, 24, testified that he was already an addict when he first started his visits to Dr. Kresse's office in March of 1943 and that after having ceased taking the drug for a time he "went back on because; I wanted to." The witness testi fied that he told Dr. Kresse he had asthma and that the doctor examined him five or six times during the period of his visits. Denies Cure Urged The younger Shattuck denied that the doctor had ever urged him to take a cure for addiction, but said Kresse had told him the drug was "bad for him." He identified about 100 prescrip tions. His brother, Luey, 34, identi fied a large number of prescrip tions for morphine sulphate and one for granulated opium which he testified Dr. Kresse wrote for him. The elder Shattuck said he was subject to epileptic fits and that "kidney colic" was put on the prescriptions Shattuck also testified that he first visited the doctor under the name of R. Moore, since he wished to con ceal certain information from his family, and that Dr. Kresse continued to write the prescrip tions under the name of Moore after he revealed his true iden tity. "Once you use It you want to go back unless you have a lot of will power," the elder Shat tuck remarked during his ques tioning. Not Always Cash Questioning as to the fees he paid the doctor, the witness said he wasn't always able to pay cash and that he sometimes took the defendant "gifts" of whis key. Both brothers testified as to their arrest this fall, stating that Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county doc tor, had treated them In the county jail and both said they were not now getting any drugs. Both testified that they had been able in the past to b u y drugs on the black market. Mrs. Marrett,. 34 years old, had been on the stand for some time when court recessed for noon, but did nothing more than examine a large bundle of prescriptions which she said Dr. Kresse wrote for her. She stated that for the most part they were for 40 half-grain tablets of mor phine sulphate, that she had had them filled at drug stores in Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass and that she had used the drug herself. Yesterday afternoon several druggists were called to iden tify prescriptions. On the stand were Virgil Strang, Ewin P. Stone, Central Point; Lee Hen dricks, W. Charles Whisenant, Leland R. Rohner, Ernest E. Vehro, Grants Pass; Stewart Short, Ashland; Marc Jarmin, Jaines W. Mack, Harold Wains cott, John W. Taylor and Jonas Wold. This morning John C. Broady, Ashland druggist, testi fied briefly. Governor Warren Now Feeling Fine Sacramento, Oct. 25. 'U.R) Gov. Earl Warren is "feeling fine" today, his physician, Dr. J. B. Harris, reported. Dr. Harris said the governor was able to sit up in a chair for 30 minutes and apparently has no complaint except that his appetite is bieg'r than the "selective diet" ordered by the I doctor, i t . 'V f ;;TwiaL wv. . " J. G t ft . flfniiim mi .twtt r ., iissvi . . , rrzr. .. (Aetna Ratlio-TeUphoto) Slashing forward across beach, American troops race ammunition up to front lines on Leyte Island In Philippines as smoke rises Inland from preimasion bombardment. Trees in background show devastating effect of repeated shelllngs. This is first photo of ground action In the Philip pine invasion by Gen. MacArthur. 61gnal Corps radlo-telcphoto. Yankees F London, Oct. 25. (U.R) Span ish Republican sources broad cast reports today that an armed uprising against the falangist re gime of Gen. Francisco Franco was "spreading throughout Spain" and fighting had broken out in the areas of Asturias, An dalucia, Toledo and Leon, where "some inhabited localities have been liberated." At the same 'ime Franco's Radio Nacional said outbursts in the Franco-Spanish border area had been put down and "frontier towns can feel safe and secure because the remainder of the men have thrown away their arms, are hiding In the moun tains, and eventually will sur render." Conflicting accounts of the unrest in Spain left the situation obscure. Radio Toulouse In France said "we have received very reliable news from Spain," and followed with the report of figjiting In Lerida province of Catalonia and Navarra province in the Basque area. LEGIONNAIRES TO SEE WAC MEDICAL PICTURE Lt. Alda Ingraham, Wae re cruiter for Medford, will attend the meeting of the American Legion tonight and show moving picture films of the Wacs in the medical corps. Members of veteran organirations or service clubs Interested In seeing these pictures or hearing the Legion state commander speak, are In vited to attend. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Dick Alley being acclaimed Second Vice President of the Junior Chamber of Commerce last night after making an im pressive speech to the effect that the Junior Chamber had no use for a Second Vice Presi dent. "Zcek" Eden calling attention to the "grand-slam" given the S. P. train service through Ihis section of Oregon by Time maga zine In describing the recent visit of Governor Brlckcr as fol lows: "In Oregon he (Brlckcr) had his special train pulled over the backwoods Siskiyou line on which no national candidate had travelled for 20 years. This en abled him to pan for votes In untouched gravel t,t Grants Pass, Medford and Rotcburg." Attacking Yanks Drive - - JUMI I W f' Beat Off Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Paris, Oct. 25 (U.R) British troops on the Dutch front vir tually completed the conquer of S Hcrtogcnbosch today and. 12 miles to the southwest, struck up from the Gorile area to the southern outskirts of Tilburg. Between 'S Herlogenbosch and Tilburg the British raced eight miles up the road from Eindhoven to the latter town in two hours, as the Germans fell hack Into the pocket where some 30,000 troops were pinned against the Maas and the North Sea. Reports reached headquarters that S' Hertogenbosch had been captured, but later dispatches from United Press correspond ents at the front said the Ger man garrison was clinging to a shaky toehold In the southwest corner of the big transport cen ter. Pert East Wing The multiple thrusts of the British 2nd army were being fused Into a solid front directly threatening Tilburg and the en tire eastern wing of the German pocket In southwest Holland, the stubborn defense of which was denying the allies the use of Antwerp's great port. Troops who had held positions some three miles south of Til burg for three weeks Joined In the 2nd army advance, moved through the Gorile area, and reached Grocnwoed at the out skirts of the town. Other forces were speeding toward Tilburg along the road from Eindhoven. They reached the Lorgen bridge across a canal a few miles southeast of Tilburg. At the same time a thrust west ward from the Bortel area reached Moergcstcl, and patrols pushing on ahead were near the outskirts of Tilburg. Modest Ernie Pyle To Be Honored For Yarns About G.l.'s Albuquerque. N. M., Ort. 25 (U.R' Ernie Pyle has written hu man Interest stories direct from the European batllefronts slories about our American sol diersand yet today he doesn't think he deserves to be award ed an honorary doctor of letters degree. Modest Pyle will be given the degree today by the University of New Mexico. U. S. Appelate Judge Sam G. Bratton, president of the board of regents, will pre-! sent degrees to 108 graduates and Pyle as part of the univer sity i fall graduation exercise!. 4 J x Tribune United Piete Full Into Leyte Island Jungle I '- First Nip New Landing CENTRAL PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (Acm Telepholo) British radio reports that American tanks have landed on Samar Island, Important Philippines Isle north of Leyte. On Leyte, the beachhead was widened and deepened and Gen. MacArthur announced seizure of three smaller Island 2,200 BOMBERS HIT VITALS OF London, Oct. 25 U.P.) More than 2,200 American and Brit ish heavy bombers attacked Hamm, Hamburg, Essen and Hombcrg In Germany today. . Upward of 1 200 Flying Fort resses and Liberators hit rail yards at Hamm and oil refin eries In the Hamburg harbor. They were escorted by about 500 Thunderbolt and Mustang fighters. Later In the day more than 1.000 royal air force bombers hit Essen and Hombcrg. An air ministry communique said four bombers were missing. The American targets were blanketed by clouds and bomb ing was done by Instruments. Harburg, across the Elmbe from Hamburg, also was at tacked. Hannover, a transport and In dustrial center of northwest Germany, and other targets In the western relch had been at tacked by British bombers dur ing the night. The British suf fered no losses. TO BERLIN) By United Prtu The shortest distances to Ber lin from advanced allied lines today: Western front 208 miles (from point near Nijmegcn. Un changed In week.) Russia 315 miles (from War saw. Unchanged in week.) Italy 333 miles (from point south of Ravenna. Gain of four milci in week.) til h mWm Santa 'l4.2''tNAA 5.. p.m. V a"'""5eueo Ur..M jj MAMICAX19 urri n '0 V, MINOAHAO Leaied Wlie NO. 183. Counters JAP RESISTANCE ILIPPINE FRONT Gen. MacArthur's Headquar ters, Leyte, Oct. 25 4U.R) American forces beat off the first organized Japanese counter attacks today and extended their foothold on Leyte island to the extreme tip of San Juanico straits, giving them a 30 -mile coastal zone to a depth of 10 miles and including three air dromes and at least 28 towns and villages. Japanese resistance was stiff ening as American doughboys slogged through rice paddies and fields deep with mud to shove the defenders back to the foot hills of the central Leyte moun tain range. Encounter Pillboxes The Americans encountered a Japanese system of pillboxes, field bankers and trenches, de fending the Burl airdrome and a stiff battle developed. The Americans already hold Taclo- gan, Dulag and San Pablo air dromes. The latter's capture was announced today. Pressing westward from San Pablo the Americans met a fierce Japanese bayonet counter attack, but knocked the Japa nese back, near Buraucn, 10 miles west of Dulag. The fighting was the severest yet encountered In the Philip pines Invasion. Japs Use Planes The Japanese were also hurl Ing more alrpowcr into the bat tle, carrying out five attacks on Leyte harbor with a total of about 40 Japanese planes in ac tion. Only seven of the Jap planes were able to penetrate the American defenses and five of these were brought down, Amrlcan defenses employed smokescreens to protect the har bor and obscure the Japanese bombers' view of the masses of shipping concentrated there. LIQUOR AT 4 P. M. Sacramento, Oct. 2. (U.R) George M. Stout, alcoholic bev erage division administrator, to day announced that command ing officers of both the 11th and 12th naval districts have agreed to permitting purchase of beverages by enlisted men start ing at 4 p. m. dally instead of at 5 p. m. as at present. t j Radio Highlights Today: Fulton Ourslcr New York (Mutual) 5:15-5:30 p.m. (PWT). Quentln Reynolds New York (Bine) 8:30-7:00 cm. (PWT. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Chica go (CBS) 7:00-7:30 p.m. (PWT) 5 WARSHIPS HIT U. S. Carrier Princeton Lost In Action Is Admission" Casualties Said Light Washington. Oct. 25. U.R) President Roosevelt today announced receipt of a dis patch from Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., saying "the Japanese navy in the Philip pine area has been defeated, seriously damaged and routed by the United States navy in that area." Summoning a handful of White House reporters from the press room about 5:20 p.m. EWT, Mr. Roosevelt in obvi ous elation over Amirlcan suc cess in the great Phillippine engagement read a brief state ment saying that he had re ceived today a report from Halsey telling of the defeat, serious damage and rout of the Japanese navy in the Phil lipine area. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 25. (U.R) American naval forces engaged three Japanese forces in tha Philippines area, sinking at least one large carried and severely damaging two others in addition to five or six battleships and other lighter units, Adm. Ches ter W. Nimitz announced today. Nimltz in his announcement of another great U. S. naval vic tory however, admitted the loss of the 10,000-ton U. S. carrier Princeton. Casualtlea Light Casualties in the sinking wer light, Nimitz said. Her captain. 133 officers and 1227 enlisted men were saved. Both Japanese striking forces earlier reported to have been moving eastward through tha Sibuyan and Sulu seas were brought under the attack of U. S. aircraft Monday. Meanwhile, a third Japanese force, including carriers was lo cated southeast of Formosa, ap proaching from the Japanese home waters, Nimitz said, indU eating that the main body of tha enemy fleet had been contacted. , The latter force was brought to action Tuesday. The commu nique quoted reports' from tha battle-scene as yet Incomplete, which indicated severe damaga had been inflicted on the enemy, that at least one of his large car riers had been sunk; and that two others had been severely damaged. Planes Open Action Two of the enemy naval force were sighted yesterday Philip pines times (Monday, Pearl Har bor time) sailing through tha central Philippines, one proceed ing through the Sibuyan sea about 100 miles northwest ot Leyte and the other in the Sulu sea about 100 miles southwest of Leyte at the nearest points. Roaring out to the attack, Hal sey's carrier-borne planes dam aged three or four battleships In the Sibuyan sea with bombs and torpedoed at least one of them. One of the 10 cruisers in tha force alsj was torpedoed, but there were no reports of damaga to 13 accompanying destroyers. The entire enemy force sight ed In the Sulu sea northwest ot Negros Island was damaged In varying degree by Holsey's planes. Two battleships were hit with bombs, and a cruiser and four destroyers were strafed, severely, Nimitz said. Late, yesterday afternoon search planes sighted the third enemy force between the Philip pines and Formosa moving south, from Japanese home waters. It was brought to action today, Philippines time. Princeton Blows Up It reported that Japanese shore-based aircraft attacked one of the American task groups In the 3rd fleet while it was moving against the northern en emy force yesterday, seriously damaging the light carrier Princeton. "Subsequently, the Prince ton's magazine exploded nnd tha ship badly crippled, was sunk," the communique said. a Approximately 150 cncTny air craft were shot down during tha attack." The Japanese naval forces, ac cepting battle in strength for tha first timo since the forays of Guadalcanal two years ago, ap parently were attempting ta drive off tho American 3rd and 7th fleets supporting tha inva sion of Leyte, isolnto and bom bard MacArthur's troops on tha Island and land reinforcements for the hard-pressed enemy gar
