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ran IRI 11 lyir) Weather Forteait: Fair and mild tonlfht snd Saturday. Temp. Hlrhrst yesterday 7T Lowest this mornlnj 38 Treclp. past 21 hours 0 Thirty-ninth Year Victory Over THREE CARRIERS, . S. LOST Ships Not Identified and Details Not Given; Fleet i Increases Bag of Nips. Supreme Headquarters, AEF. Paris. Oct. 27 (U.F3 The British 2nd army captured the twin Dutch transport cen ters of Tilburg and 'S Herto genbosch today, collapsing the eastern wing of the German defenses in southwest Holland. Ther 2nd army onrush over whelmed Ihe last pocket of resistance in the southwest corner of 'S Hertogenbosch. 13 miles northeast of Tilburg. To gether the two towns com manded most of the communi cations in southwest Holland, and their loss left the Nasis stranded below the Moos. Pearl Harbor, Oct. 27 (U.P.) The naval battle of the Phil ippines cost the United States six warships, including one light and two escort carriers, the navy announced today as the known toll of Japanese ships mounted to at least 37, with American planes still pounding the fleeing enemy remnants. A Washington communique said that in the four-day air-sea battle two escort carriers were sunk, in addition to the light carrier Princeton, whose - loss was reported earlier, together with two destroyers and one de stroyer escort. The ships, were not identified, and the com munique said details had not been received. Add To Bag - A communique from Gen. Joseph W. Stillwell's headquar ters in Chungking disclosed that 14th air force bombers had caught part of a task force flee ing from the Philippines in the South China Sea east of the Liuchow peflinsula and had hit a transport, a freighter, and a tanker, totalling 10,000 tons. Two direct bomb hits prob ably sank the transport, while the freighter, left listing and burning, also was believed to have sunk. The tanker was left smoking. The communique, increasing the American bag in the battle of the Philippines to between 10 and 16 ships sunk and 21 ndmaged, marked the first of ficial mention of Japanese trans port or cargo ships in a par ticipating task force. It was possible that the task force blasted by the 14th air force was Intending to land re inforcements in the Philippines, while the main Japanese naval battle forces engaged the Amer ican 3rd and 7th fleets, but had turned and fled when the other armadas met disaster. Planes Still Busy Swarms of carrier planes from the two American fleets still were blasting away at the battered remnants of the en emy's three main naval forces, which were known to have lost at least 34 combat ships, includ ing 10 battleships and three air craft carriers, sunk or dam aged in' the first three days of ti e battle. Ten definitely had been sunk, four probably sunk, and at least 20 damaged two thirds to three quarters of the three en emy naval forces which futilely challenged the American fleets. There was every indication that the final toll tvould exceed 40 warships alone. TO BERLIN By United Press The shortest distances to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Western front 296 miles (from point near Nijmcgen. Unchanged in week.) Russia 31S miles (from Warsaw. Unchanged in week.) Italy 535 miles (from point south of Ravenna. Gain of four miles in week.) MEDFORD.Jife, United Pint (Acme Telephoto) Ernie Pyle, famous Scripps-Howard columnist and Pulitzer prize winner doffs his war uniform for a cap and gown to receive honorary Doctor of Letters degree from University ol New Mexico for his outstanding articles as a war reoarter. HHW WEEK-END CAMPAIGN SWEEP Philadelphia, Oct. 27 flJ.PJ A damp, chill wind greeted President Roosevelt as he ar rived in Philadelphia today for a motorcade sweep of the his toric city and adjacent Camden, N. J., across the Delaware river. Mr. Roosevelt's train pulled into the B. & O. railroad station from Washington shortly before noon and he quickly entered his open car for the start of a 30 mile parade under heavily over cast skies, in a bid for Pennsyl vania's: 35 electoral votes. Speech Tonight The parade will be climaxed by a major political speech to the nation's businessmen tonight at Shibe Park the start of a five or six-state political swing. His arrival in Philadelphia fol lowed a brief stop at Wilming ton, Del., where Mr. Roosevelt told the station crowd that the republicans were trying to prove that a horse chestnut is a chest nut horse." A crowd of 1800 persons jammed the station as the cam paign special pulled in. They were all bundled in warm cloth ing as the weatherman clocked the Philadelphia temperature at 40 degrees. Mr. Roosevelt, smiling broad ly, appeared fit. His car passed the lower end of Broad street at a lively clip as several thousand persons, including many school children, waved and applauded. Doctor Pyle I f H . J -! s - x c 96th Division Food Supply Problem in Swampy Area By Lisle Shoemaker United Press War Correspondent With the 98th Division, Leyte, Oct. 26 'U.R) Supplying for ward troops of the 96th division with food, clothing, salt tablets, foot powder and medicine has be come a severe problem to the tactician's in this swampy fight ing area. Today I Joined a fighting quar termaster unit of three trucks and five "ducks" In an attempt to get supplies to a regiment which had fought itself beyond its supply route. The hungry soldiers were only five miles from the beech area as the crow flies but were isolated by swamps through which no vehicles could pass. Our turnboy rocked and rolled three miles south, six miles cast and six miles north before reaching the peak. The last stage was accomplith- Full Leased Wire MEDFORD, Japs Cost Six S ips FOR EARLY TALK WITH STALIN, F. R. Allies Believed on Last Lap Of European War Is Dec laration of Prime Minister London, Oct. 27 (U.R) Prime Minister Churchill said today that he "earnestly trusts" that he. Premier Stalin and the "head" of the United States gov ernment may meet within the next two months. "Highly satisfactory results" were achieved at his meeting with Stalin in Moscow earlier this month, Churchill told com mons, but he added: "I am sure that no final re sults can be achieved until the heads of the three governments have met again together, as I earnestly trust they may do be fore this year is at its end." On Last Lap Churchill said the allies be lieved they were on the "last lap" of the European war, but warned that "this is a race in which failure to exert the full est effort to the end may pro tract that end." "The present stage of the war is dour and hard," he said, "and fighting must be expected on all fronts to increase in scale and intensity." The Germans were trying des perately to prolong the war in the hope that allied resolution would weaken or that a division might arise between the three great powers, he said. British-Russian relations never were more "close, intimate and cordial than at present," Churchill said. Where they could not agree, he explained, they un derstood each other's point of view. Though he was unable to an nounce a solution of the Polish problem, he said "it certainly is not for want of trying." Big Three Agreed "I am quite sure, however, that we have got a great deal nearer to it,", he said. Churchill asserted Britain. Russia and the United States were "firmly agreed on the re creation of a strong, independent Poland." SPANIARDS GATHER TO FORM GUERRILLA BAND Franco-Spanish Frontier, Oct. 25. (U.R) Some thousands of Spanish Republicans who fought alongside the French maquis in southern France are gathering near the frontier to organize a guerilla force which they assert will aid in the ultimate over throw of the Franco regime in Spain. So far two clashes have been reported between the Guerril leros, as they call themselves, and the forces of Gen. Francisco Franco, ed only after building two bridges over impassable gullies and pulling one of the trucks from a pool of mud. The supply train was greeted with cheers from regimental Quartermaster Maj. Oscar J. B. Nowlin, Moroa, III., who point ed to a small stack of food and 15 cans of water which was the' end of their stock. I "I was with Stilwell at How loon, China, but I've never seen: terrain like this." he said. The troops had killed 50 Japs the night before in sporadic fight ing and seven dead Japs were sprawled around the supply dump. There was no actual de fining of a front line here. The assault troops dug Into the nowly arrived food and prepared to push on In further now (hat their supply line had been estab lished. - OREGON, FKIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1 E Jap Navy Aircraft Practically Done Asserts Mitscher Aboard Carrier Flagship Off Philippines, Oct. 18 U.PJ Jap anese carrier-based aviation is "finished" as a result of the Third fleet's carrier-borne as sault on Formosa, Nanseishoto and Luzon between Oct. 10 and Oct. 16, Vice Admiral Mare A. Mitscher, commander of the task force, said today. Most of the 932 enemy planes destroyed in the air and on the ground during that period were naval aircraft, Mitscher pointed out, forecasting the complete breakdown of Japanese naval aviation. Mitscher said the Jap naval fliers and aircraft have been our number one airborne opposition since the start of the Pacific war. Before the war Japan was regarded as well-developed in naval aviation, both from the standpoint of pilots and planes. CAVALRY CLOSES LEYTE PINCERS ON TOF Gen MacArthur's GQO, Leyte, Oct. 27 U.P.) Front reports to day revealed that a pincers op eration by the dismounted 1st U. S. cavalry and units of the 24th corps has trapped rem nants of still resisting Japanese on northern Leyte and the Americans have won a 10-mile or more strip of Leyte's north ern coastline on Carigara bay. The American gains gave them control of virtually all of northern Leyte from Leyte Gulf, north along San Juanico Straits as well as the advanced north shore positions on Cari gara Bay. (A broadcast by Correspond ent Gordon Walker from the Leyte beachhead, heard in Lon don, quoted him as saying "it can't be long .now until all or ganized enemy resistance in Leyte Is crushed.") Gain Coastal Strip Francis McCarthy, United Press war correspondent with the 1st cavalry, said cavalry pa trols had driven along both shores of San Juanico Straits, giving the Americans a coastal strip on Samar island as well as the northern Leyte coast. A short distance to the south the 24th corps had driven straight across the rsland in a northwesterly direction along the high ground from San Mig uel, 10 miles west of Taclaban, up the San Tantan river to the Carigara Bay village of Santa Cruz. By United Press The Japanese board of Infor mation reported today that "the war situation has become more pressing than ever" and, as a result, the government is re organizing its advisory machin ery by appointing a number of men with ministerial rank to aid the cabinet and Premier Gen. Kunaiki Koiso. The report was broadcast by the Domei news agency and re corded by the FCC. It said the present emergency setup of the cabinet advisory system had been abolished, and Emperor Hirohito had approved the re orgnization effective tomorrow. The office of wartime eco nomic advisor to Kioso Is being abolished along with the emerg ency cabinet advisory system, Dome! said. GOV. WARREN HOME Sacramento, Oct. 27 (U.R) Gov. Earl Warren returned to the executive mansion last night to continue convalescence from influenza and a kidney infec tion which riid kept him in a hospital for 10 dan. E IS PONDERED BY L Deliberations Started Soon After Noon; Counsel Ends With Impassioned Plea. Closing arguments of attorneys and instructions by Judge James Alger Fee were concluded in the trial of Dr. A. F. Walter Kresse in federal court this morning and the case went to the jury at 12:30 p. m. Deliberations were to be gin after the jurors completed lunch. Dr. Kresse was tried on 13 counts of an indictment charg ing him with violation of the federal narcotics' act. Attorney George Roberts' clos ing statement was a dramatic plea to the Jurors "not to brand a reputable doctor a criminal" and bring disgrace on his two sons serving in the armed forces. The attorney told the Jurors that while Dr. Kresse might have done things "in the bigness of his heart" which he should not have, that he was in no sense a criminal. Roberts stated that the doctor had at one time writ ten the narcotics' bureau con cerning the case of an addict, that tlu bureau's reply put him virtually on his own judgment and that the bureau had never given any warning to indicate his use of drug prescriptions were excessive. Addicts Burden The attorney said the addicts "were a burden on society" that there was no relief for them and termed the methods of the federal agents in securing their evidence "reprehensible." Rob erts asked the Jurors to consider the plight of the defendant, say ing that the ordeal of the trial had practically made a nervous wreck of him. Defense evidence yesterday afternoon was brief, being c6n cluded about 2:30 p. m. Under questioning by Roberts, Dr. Kresse told of his medical edu cation, his residence in Medford and of his two sons, both in the service. He declared the con tinued use of morphine affected the user's mental capacities, im pairing their veracity and caus ing them to commit acts which they otherwise would not. Woman Disputed Reviewing the testimony on the Shattuck brothers and Mrs. Maxlne Marrett, he stated that Mrs. Marrett was already an ad dict when she first visited him, that he had never advised her to use drugs hypodcrmically and that he doubted If she had ever owned hypodermic equipment. The doctor further denied that Mrs. Marrett ever had spent the night at his home. Under cross examination Wil liam Langley, prosecution at torney, asked Dr. Kresse if he had ever read the narcotics' laws and he replied "no one asked me to read them." Asked if he con sidered it good medical practice to give addicts morphine when ever they asked for it, the de fendant replied "only up to their accustomed use." When the pros ecutor ask d the doctor why he didn't stop giving it to them, since he had testified that the drug made "liars and criminals" out of the addicts, the doctor made no reply. Sweeney Testifies Following three charter wit nesses yesterday, Dr. Charles T. Sweeney, Medford physician, was called as a defense witness. He answered questions about the use of morphine to relieve Dain and the methods of Cures for addiction. Walter Reinking, Med ford policeman, and Wiilard M. Iluch, sergeant in the state police, were on . the stand1 briefly and were questioned about a piece of paper taken from Mrs. Marrett by police and said to have had the doctor's name on it. Neither attorney offered re buttal testimony and when the ca.-.es were closed, Judge Fee de nied a motion for a directed ver dict fur Hr(uiMl uffuied by At torney Roberts. . Tribune United Pieu Full Jap 'Squeeze CENTRAL s? PHILIPPINE s9 VA . ISLANDS "SlVs, tiaji1 r d ,,LmC afTatsy V.r.B S... . A.rfNOo A."" iVH.co a s. ..TjMf h SANTA YAM V- llej?"' cL P TACLOBAN(lY 0C""' KSON (Gall e leyte jSUIUAN .o . J ( Knao" I NAG AT FANGLAO fe. iAP mrr SSOM 'rMlndonoe See V ' 9 SY u. s. and r CAMIGUIN ( I - AUSTRALIAN NAVY V I UNITS C k (Acme Tiltphoto) Japanese naval forces essayed a daring maneuver in attempt to beat American power off Leyte, sending fleets through stralta above and be low the Invaded Philippine Island. The result was the most decisive defeat yet dealt the Nipponese with at least 30 Jap warships sunk or damaged. T Japanese Admirals Lose in Matching Wits With Yanks By Ralph Teatsorth United Press War Correspondent Aboard Admiral Kinkald'a flagship, off Leyte, Oct. 26 U.R) Our fast carrier planes are of two crippled enemy naval forces the shattered remains of a fleet with which the Japanese forces In the Philippines. The Japanese admirals at tempted to match wits with the American admirals; they had hoped to throw our fleet off bal ance with a feint and land a quick one-two punch at our na val forces and our foothold in the Philippines. But they lost. Plan Backfires They failed to account for American strategy and their plan backfired. Vice Admiral Thomas C. Klnkaid saw the trap and stayed out of It. Then, with his carrier commander. Rear Ad miral Thomas L. Sprague, he put his own countcrstrategy into play. It was like a trap within a trap. The Japanese southern fleet, after being sighted by P-T boats, was allowed to enter the Surigao Straits for 22 miles to a point where the waterway was not more than 12 miles wide. There Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf was WBltlng with his battleships, cruisers and destroy ers. Yanks Close In When the Japanese came In range, Oldendorf's destroyers closed In swiftly with a torpedo attack. Then the 16, eight, and six inch guns of the battleships opened up, belching steel and fire that turned the skies from night to day. Forty minutes later the Japa nese started to run, with our fleet in hot pursuit. After day light our torpedo planes Joined in the attack. Meantime off Samar island In the north, the second force with which the Japanese had hoped to hit the Americans while the first group was striking from the south, was being smashed. Japs Make Mistake There the Japanese made the I mistake of opening the action Our light flattops were no match for the enemy fleet in a surface engagement, so they eluded the enemy. Then when in position. Sprague sent hundreds of Wild cats and Avengers into a concen trated attack on the Japanese force. For five hours they hammered incessantly and then the Japa nese broke, fleeing back through San Bernardino strait. I Apparently me iwo Dauerea forces are attempting desperate Leaied Wire NO. 185. Play' Nipped out in relentless pursuit today had hoped to annihilate American ly to Join west of the Philippines, but our carrier planes are still pounding the crippled stragglers, 3 TRUE BILLS The Jackson county grand Jury, E. C. Faber, Central Point foreman, returned three true bills and one secret Indictment late yesterday. The grand Jury was recessed for two weeks when it will resume work. Fred Summer Marralt and Maxine Jessie Marratt were In dieted Jointly for breaking and entering, on August 27, the of fice of Dr. R. W. Clancy In the Medford Center building, and stealing drugs. Dr. Clancy, held In the county Jail awaiting sen tence In federal court on a nar cotic count, was a witness against the Marrats. Fred Alva Bailey was indicted for murder in the first degree for the death of Ira Clyde Car man, 45, millworker. bailey, a San Quentln prison camp es capee, allegedly Inflicted fatal head wounds upon Carman, on the night of September 3. with an auto jack, during an alleged assault to commit robbery. Sailor Cited Kenneth C. Julian, a former merchant marine sailor, was in dicted for pointing a pistol at another, not In self defense. The affray occurred at Gold Hill ten days ago and John Smith was the complaining witness. District Attorney George Nell son said a dozen or so other cases were Investigated by the grand Jury, and are still pending for further testimony and investiga tinn. The grand Jury will con sider them when they meet again. The three Indicted defendants will probably appear In circuit court next week for arraignment and setting of trial dates by Cir cuit Judge II. K. Hanna. LAST DEFENSES ARE OVERUN AT Few Remaining Snipers Arai Cleaned Up by Army 50000 Nazis in Pocket. Supreme Headquarters, AEF, Paris, Oct. 27 U.R The big Dutch transport center of 'S Her. togenbosch fell today to British troops who crumpled the east ern anchor of a wilting pocket in which more than 50,000 Ger mans were pinned against the) Mnas river. Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Demp. sey's 2nd army assault forces stormed through the last de. fenSCS Of 'S Hertnivenhnanh anrl overwhelmed the foothold which tne uermans had held In the. southwest corner of the tnum fo two days. Snipers Mopped Up Only a few snipers remained tO be cleaned nut nf Vtnrinaan- bosch, one of Europe's oldest .viia niu ine capnai or INortrt Brabant nrnvinee ITni Ufa Correspondent Waller Cronkita sain in a dispatch reporting its liberation. A citv nf jitmnct n nnn i. 1940, 'S Hertogenbosch lies three) mues dciow the Lower Maas. From it railroad and V,!oV,,a radiate to all parts of Holland, ' ana ine uermans once used It as the transport control center for a broad reach nf th in rnnn. tries. To the west, British forces broke through the southern Ger man flank on Bcvelnnd Island, guarding the approaches to Ant werp, after an amphibious land ing and drove inland to within two miles or less of a junction with Canadian units pushing in from the causeway to the main, land. Counter Repulsed Cronklte said a counterattack against the Beveland bridgehead was rapulscd, and the allied posl. Hon had been reinforced. The) Canadians thrusting west on Beveland crossed the Zuid Beve. land canal and pushed on more) than a mile beyond. E Farragut, Ida., Oct. 27 (U.PJ. A navy Wave was burned to death and several other navy service women were injured in a fire which swept barracks at the naval hospital here last night, navy officials at the navy training center here reported to day. Ensign Emil G. Giordano, USNR, fire marshal of the naval training center said the fire was confined to one wing in the ci. vilian barracks at the hospital area occupied by more than 103 Waves assigned to the hospital as well as civilian women em ployed in offices, the laundry, the Red Cross and hospital lab oratories. Giordano said girls were Jump ing from the second story win dows as firemen arrived and oth ers were reported to have fash ioned makeshift lifelines of bed. sheets to drop to the ground. Members of the Farragut fire de partment hastily erected ladders and succeeded in carrying many of the trapped to safety. Flames swept up a stairway and com pletely filled the upper hallway. Radio Highlights Today: President Roosevelt from Philadelphia, over CBS and MBS, 6 to 6:45 p. m., PWT. Sen. Truman from Peoria, over NBC Bl ic, 7:30 to 8 p. m. PWT. Sen. Ball from New York, ovec NBC Blue, 7 to 7:15 p. m., PWT. Gov. Urickcr from Kansas City, over NBC, 7:30 to 7:45 p. m., PWT. Saturday: President Roose velt, over NBC and NBC Blue, 0 p. m PWT. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS mil Isaacs In from his coun try manor with good news for friends. Tribune office girls stagger ing home after answering soma 500 telephone calls because the) paper was late. Walter Hadlock and other federal court officials sighing over their impending departure from the Roguo River valley because of the beautiful autumn weather and the pheasant bunt ing. ' MM-.'" ', ? Xt.t'
