War Will Go Into 1945 Is
Belief Along Western Front
Say U.P. Heads After Survey
By Hugh Balllie
President of the United Press,
nd Virgil Pinkley, United Press
Vice-President for Europe
Copyright 1944, by United Press
London, Oct. 27 (U.PJ A
weep of come 400 miles Just
completed along the western
front from Holland to the Ar
dennes shows the Germans
fighting everywhere with grim
determination. The general be
lief Is that the war will con
tinue Into next year.
Our survey of the fronts by
plane, jeep and afoot showed
us that one or more great Allied
offensives undoubtedly are be
ing prepared in case the weath
er slows the war to the difficult,
arduous progress of a winter
campaign. Everywhere there is
a constant, unrelenting build-up
We have seen the fighting in
Germany, France, Holland and
Belgium.
Know They're Licked
The Germans, once they be-l
come prisoners, usually have
low morale and their statements
indicate a general belief that
they're licked. But the overall
resolve of the German military
effort obviously is to continue
the war in Europe as long as
possible.
While the quality of their
troops has greatly deteriorated
and their ammunition and sup
plies are steadily decreasing,
the Germans everywhere along
the lengthy western battle line
appear still to be plenty tough.
Barring some major internal
development in Germany, the
outlook is for the war to con
tinue through the winter. It is
hard to find any high military
official who will now predict a
speedier ending. Among the low
er ranks, there is a general ex
pectation that the Germans, tak
ing full advantage of bad weath
er and the lengthened Allied
supply lines, will be able to
maintain thsir armies along the
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This is a Japanese battleship of the Yamashlro class, ones of which was sunk by Amerlrun surface ships and
aircraft during decisive battle In the Philippines. The American Third and Seventh Fleets sank or dam
aeed at least 30 Jap warships, including 10 battleships and three aircraft carriers to win one of the greatest
naval battles of the war.
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western front well into next
year. Of course, nobody pre
tends to have the prophetic an
swer. Usually the first question
asked of the stranger arriving
n a front-line outpost or a rear
area base, especially If that
stranger is a newspaperman, is:
"Say! How long do you think
they can hold out?"
Aachen Example
Aachen illustrated the man
ner in which the Germans, in
most cases, are ready for a stub
born, house-tQ-house, yard-to-yard
defense. The Dunkerque
battle which has been almost
forgotten, though it still is con
tinuing, affords another illustra
tion. Yet another example is the
situation around Metz where a
month ago the Americans were
bombarding the forts and pre
paring to storm the city.
The progress around Metz
still is of the first world war
trench warfare proportions. An
other example is the battle of
Arnhem which has still to be
won.
But coming Allied offensives
are looming menacingly over
the Germans. They don't know
when or where they'll be hit
next.
When we witnessed the clos
ing hours of the Aachen defense,
the Germans still were fighting
obstinately at one end of the
town.- ' -
Arriving at the front lines of
this war is a variable experi
ence. At some points, such as
before Metz, you must crawl
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to avoid casting a silhouette on
the skyline and peer out with
the utmost caution at the Ger
man works which seem remark
ably close. At other points, such
as Aachen, you see just a sign
in English saying: "Entering
Germany;" then another sign:
"Shortest route" to New York
and San Francisco straight
ahead via Berlin." You pass de
serted homes with smashed
windows and furniture scattered
around. Nobody is visible, not
even a lonely rooster or cat.
This is Front
You ask a smiling boy with
a carbine and a German luger
in his belt, also a wad of tobac
co in his cheek: "Where's the
front?" He replies with a jerk
of his thumb- "This is it." As
we stood on a wooded hillside,
at the head of trolley tracks
down which trolley cars cram
med with explosives had been
coasted into German strong
holds, we could hear the voices
of American kids in the slit
trenches just ahead chattering
back and forth. "Hey, Jack! Are
you all right?" And the answer:
"Sure, Bill. Doing fine.
The city itself looked intact
although many buildings have
been bombed, artillery-blasted
and burned. Their windows
stare vacantly. However, some
buildings still stood up boldly,
especially one with a huge Red
Cross painted on the roof. Grace
f u l church spires still stood.
Two-thirds of the city was quiet.
That portion was already oc
cupied occupied in scientific
advance, house by house, bor
ing through walls carefully,
cautiously mopping up, without
any life-wasting Hollywood epi
sodes.
A short time before, an Amer
can patrol had brought in a
group of prisoners all of whom
said they were over 35 years
of age.
The gpound was littered with
German propaganda leaflets
dropped from planes the night
before. These ridiculed the
American war loan drives, ad
vised Americans that women
loved 'usty men, not cripples,
carried the old wheeze that
Americans were fighting Brit
ain's war, and threatened that
"now that j'ou have come to our
frontiers, we shall show you
how we fight."
GIs Amused
These pamphlets were neatly
done. Some looked exactly like
letters scribbled by soldiers to
their wives. However, the only
effect they had on the GIs was
amusement. Those who had the
time to spare, were busily en
gaged in collecting them as
souvenirs. Americans' morale,
like their fighting, is at a peak.
It is not dampened by chilling
rains and the soggy soil from
which water seeps into newly
dug slit trenches and by occa
sional short rations. The GIs'
sense' of humor was shown by
one sign, erected over a new
trench: "Private. Keep out."
' At some points along the line,
the Germans are sending back
"return mall" which makes you
look around carefully for shel
ter, Just In case. This is partic
ularly true kround Metz, also
In the woods south of Aachen.
Farther north, especially in Hol
land, they are fighting harder
and tt:rowlng in occasional counter-attacks,
evidently anticipat
ing a further effort to turn their
line from the north and break
into the Ruhr.
Livestock
Portland, Ore., Oct. 27 (UP)Llve
Block: Cattle. 23: eslvfs, 10, few sales
steady. Full cloarBni-e of wet'k's su
ply. best hay fed steers S14; few e-n-ner
and entter cows today, $46.25:
fat dairy l pi; i-mi tl: 7iir:ili::i! !o
good beef cows SIOv'l 10.50; good to
choice vealcrs salable $13$ 14; grass
calyes $12 down.
Hogs, 50. market active, steady:
good to choice 1R5-233 lb. S1S.7.V few
light lights down to $14:, good sows
$13 3313.75; good to choice above
70 lbs. feeder pigs quotable $13.50 &
14 23.
Sheep, 200. market active, sirenble
lot good to choice short lambs No. 1
fielts $12.23: good to choice wooled
unihs salable $12.5012.73; weak ex
treme top $13 on choice range lambs;
good ewes salable $3.25 13 3.75.
Souih San Francisco, Oct. 27 (UPl
i USDAl Cattle, 75. Nominal, for
week: receipts 2300. Active, fully
steady: dozen loads medium to good
steers S13 M3S0. feeder steers most
ly $11 30"T 12 25: medium to good heif
ers $11 12: good range cows $11 j
1333. medium $1011. common $i $
10, bulk cutters $"' 8. canners down
to S3, dull and weak. Medium bulls
$9 50 J 10 25.
Calves for week, 375. Fully stesdy;
choice vealprs quoted $14, severai
loads medium to good 365-428-lb.
slaughter calves $12C'' 13.50.
Hogs. 250. Steady: few packages
good to choice 200-240-Ib. barrows and
gilts $15.73; few good sows $14. For
week: 2400. Good clearance.
Sheep. 300. Nominal. For week: re
ceipts BSOO. Generally strong to 30c
higher. Quality vastly impruved. Dozen
loads good to choice y0-98-lb. lambs
$14 30 14 83, extreme top Week's
bulk medium to good lambs $12 4
13 50. common S3 50& 10.50; ewes 50c
higher $5.50 down.
ther news from the Philippines
oattie ironi.
Corporation news was hlgh-
!itfhtH riv notinn fl HirMnr
of Texas company in declaring
an extra dividend on capitol
stock of 80 cents a share, the
first extra since the final quar
ter of 1 94 1 . And hv annniinpf-
ment of a dividend of 100 per
cent in common stock on out
standing common of Southeast
ern Greyhound lines.
The main list of stocks regis
tered only small gains and
losses but a number of issues
had substantial changes in re
sponse tO SOACial ripVPlninnnnte
The extra dividend by Texas Co!
sent tne stock up more than a
point at the day's highest but
the gain was pared by profit
taking. Today's closing prices on se
lected stocks:
American Tel. & Tel. 163' i
Anaconda ogT,
CnTsler !.'" mB
Curtiss Wright a
General Electric 38"
General Motors 61 U
Montgomery Ward . ... 50's
Penn. R. R. .;; 30
Phillips Petroleum 44
J. C. Pennev 1A7
Radio 10a8
Southern .'aciflc 30'a
Standard of Cal 38
Texas Gulf Sulphur 34:14
Transamerica 9 1 j
United Aircrafts 30
U. S. Rubber 48
U. S. Steel 5734
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practice and nabbed an ex-con-vice
for theft. Hill, who drives
a local bus when off duty at the
police station, caught the man
after he snatched a woman's
purse and jumped from the bus.
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Open High Low Close
Dee. .$1 84's $IM, $l.f3'i $1.84
May .... I .Via, 1.3!)', l.SB'j 1.5HH
July .... 1.47 1.47', 1 411 ' 1.471,
Sept. .. 1.45', 1 48 1.44 V, 1.43?4
S. F. DAIRY PRICES
San Francisco, Oct. 27 (U.R)
Dairy market:
Butter: 3 score 43, B2 score
42i, 90 score 42',2, 89 score
41? 4.
Cheese: Wholesale prices, loaf
27.!); triplets 27.2.
Eggs: Large grade A 5514
58V4; medium grade A 50'a
51 V4: small grade A 27j-28'3
large grade B 38!i-40',i.
Wall Street
' New York, Oct. 27J (U.R)
Stocks held today around the
lowest level in almost a month
as Wall Street studied the elec
tion trends and waited for fur-
Friday, Oct. 27, 1944 MEDS'ORD MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
WORKER CRUSHED AS
TRUCK SUPS BRAKES
Oregon City, Ore., Oct. 27
(U.R) One man was crushed to
death and another narrowly es
caped a similar fate when a
loaded sawdust truck slipped
its brakes and pinned the two
against a barn on a farm near
here late yesterday, Coroner
Ray RiWuiee reported.
Irving Chalmers, 89, of Oswe
go was crushed to death. Milo
Mitchell of Portland, driving
past the farm In his car, saw
the rolling truck. He halted it.
then freed Walter Wyss, owner
of the farm. Wyss and Chalmers
were working behind the truck,
clearing a place for the sawdust,
when the machine started moving.
more scope, announced Mrs.
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Livestock. I
Hoff. 5000. Steady to weak; good i
and choire 160-240 lbs. S14.(i,V-t U.73; 1
henvlcr hot's and most ovi $14. i
Cattle, 2000; calves. 300. Receipts I
mnlnly cows; few loads 1100-lb. steers i
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Portland Produce
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Beans Oregon green, ll 12c lb.;
California, 13c lb.; yellow, 12c; shell.
$125 Iur.
I,etturn Locnl 3s No. 1, $2.83;
Wnlla Walla $2 23 crate.
Prnchcs Nominal; Ashland Krutn
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entire period from Pearl Harbor
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