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Thirty-ninth Year
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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
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(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
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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!.
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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.)
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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