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Thirty-ninth Year
Bold Bid to Clear Seaway to Antwerp
Seen in British Landing on Walcheren
AMPHIBIOUS UNITS
STORM ASHORE IN
TWO-WAYATTACK
Good Progress By Com
- mandos in Initial Phase;
Allies Close on Maas.
Paris, Nor. 1 (U.R) Com
mando.led British amphibious
forces stormed Walcheren is
land athwart the seaway to
Antwerp today and carved out
two bridgeheads embracing
Westkapello at the western tip
of the island and most of the
city of Flushing on the south
coast.
"This -is the final drive 10
open the Antwerp gateway to
western Europe," a front dis
patch said in reporting major
successes within the first few
hours of the seaborne attack
on Walcheren above the
Schelde Estuary, the last for
midable German foothold bar-.
ring the approaches to the
great Belgian port.
Parin! Novi . 1 (U.R) British
amphibious forces stormed
ashore on r the south and west
coast of Walcheren island above
the Schelde Estuary today in a
bold bid to crush the last Ger
man strong points blockading
the sea accroaches to Antwerp.
Dispatches from Marshal Sir
Bernard L. Montgomery's isi
army group front reported the
sea-borne attack on Walcheren
and said the landing forces, in
cluding commandos, made "good
progress' in its initial phase.
Shock troops of the Canadian
1st army completed a hard.won
crossing of the Estuary linking
the island with Beveland to the
east, and slugged their way a
few hundred yards onto wai
cheren. Violent Fighting
The German high command
reDorted earlier that allied am
phibious forces had landed on
the south coast of waicneren.
and said violent fighting for the
city and port of Flushing the is
land's main stronghold, was go
ing on. The attack was support
ed by naval forces, a Berlin
communique reported. i
The two-way landing by Brit,
ish units fighting under the Ca
nadian 1st army command and
the Canadian drive onto the is
land from the east appeared to
be- breaking the last nazi
shackles on the seaway to Ant
werp, vital port through which
the allies are waiting to pour
supplies for the western front.
Across the Schelde Estuary
other Canadian units drove into
the streets of Knocke, the last
formidable strongpoint in the al
most broken German foothold
west of Antwerp.
Resistance Crumbles
The Canadian assault forces
were fighting their way through
Knocke house by house, and
front reports said German re
sistance was crumbling.
To the northeast, British forces
entered Geertruidenberg, Dutch
road junction controlling the ap.
proach to two big bridges across
the Maas
The allies were closing against
,the lower Maas everywhere, rid
ing down the ineffective German
rear guard left to hold open the
way across the 14-span Moerdijk
bridge.
Persistent German counterat
tacks in tho Venlo area on the
east side of the allied salient In
Holland let up after five days.
Allied forces both American
and British units were in action
here drove forward a few hun
dred yards from recaptured Lei-
sel, 12 miles west of Venlo, with.
out encountering effective op
position.
- The allied forces had not yet
regained all the ground they had
lost west of the Deurne canal
from which they were pushed.
but a front report said there was
"more to come."
United PrM $
War End Foreseen
'Ere Many Months
By Mr. Roosevelt
Chicago, Nov. 1 U.P) Fresi-
dent Roosevelt, in a message to
the International Air conference,
today foresaw the end of the
war in Europe 'before many
months have passed," and cited
air transport as the "first avail
able means by which we can
start to heal the wounds of war
and put the world once more on
a peaceful basis."
Mr. Roosevelt urged the dele
gates of 51 countries not to
"dally with the thought of creat
ing great blocks of closed air,
thereby tracing in the sky the
conditions of possible future
wars." Rather, he said, the air
should be "used by humanity to
serve humanity." -
JAPS AT LEYTE
.Leyte, Oct. 29 U.R) One
week ago, the 96th division, the
Seventh division and .the 24th
corps troops stormed beaches of
Leyte meeting light initial re
sistance and sporadic opposition
from then on in swamps and
marshes.. ... -
These three groups have
killed a surprising number of
Japs, considering the fact that
the largest counter-attack in
the area held up the Seventh on
the night of Oct. 25 and 26 was
composed only of 59 Japs, 39
of whom were killed, v .
A total . of 2155 dead : Japs
have been counted, a number
considered relatively large since
there have been no .actual bat
tles 'all. along this beachhead
front. ; .'" ;
BEANS SNAP UP
Washington, Nov. 1-4U.R)
Housewives will feel the effects
of the recent east coast hurri
cane in form of a six cents a
pound increase in the price of
snap beans, the office of price
administration announced today
Cigaret Supply Hits Bottom;
No Black Market Sales Here
A check of tobacco retailers
in Medford today revealed a
fast-growing shortage of cigar
ets in this area with most of the
stores limiting purchases to one
package to a customer. One
store was found to be selling a
carton at a time if for overseas
destination.
Majority of retailers stated
that they are receivinf about
10 to 15 per cent of their nor
mal needs. One merchant said
he was practically out of the"
cigaret business.
The OPA office here said it
had received no rumors of any
existing black market and
knew of no such operations In
this area.
The check showed there was
practically no difference in the
supply of popular and lesser
known brands.
By United Press
The cigaret shortage hit rock
bottom across the country to
day and United Press reporters
in major cities found it virtually
impossible to buy popular
brands or, in some cities, any
cigarets at all.
A United Press reporter in
Atlanta asked for cigarets in 19
store's in the business district
and found none.
Of 14 stores along Manhat
tan's 42nd street, the heart of
New York, two had a few packs
of Camels and Chesterfields,
eight had no cigarets of any
kind, and the rest had tiny
stocks of less well known
brands.
Saa FrancUco Out
In San Francisco, "No Cigar
ets Today" sign, were being dis
uU Laid Wlr
Twilight Tear Is
Pimlico Winner
Pimllco, Md., Nov. 1 (U.R)
Twilight Tear, taking advan
tage of her weight advantage,
led from start to finish to head
the veteran Devil Diver by five
lengths in the eighth running
of the $25,000 winnter-take-all
Pimlico Special today.
E
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London, Nov. 1 (U.R) More
than 500 British heavy bombers
blasted another huge section of
Cologne into blazing rubble last
night, boosting the tonnage of
explosives dumped on that bat
tered city in the last four days
alone to 10,800.
Thus Cologne In the last 84
hours has been bombarded with
1,500 more tons of bombs than
the Germans dropped on London
during the entire lljnonth blitz
of 1940-41.
. Twin-engined Mosquito light
bombers opened last night's as
sault on burning Cologne with
a light stab at 7:15 p. m,, then
the four-engined Lancaster's and
Halifaxes followed through at 9
p'.m., with a 2,500-ton attack that
left spreading conflagrations be
low. ..
The raids were the seventh
and eighth since Saturday on
Cologne. ..'.'.
lAPAlSETEACH
. By United Press
Japanese forces have reached
the outskirts of the beleaguered
Kwangsi province city of Kweil
In, China, and have cut off the
last line of retreat for Chinese
defenders, Radio Tokyo asserted
today.
A Japanese unit driving from
the north has reached the city's
northern gate
played by cigar stores through
all of the bay area.
A high executive of one of
"The Big Five" of cigaret man
ufacturers told the United Press
that a flourishing and growing
black market was at least part
ly responsible. It starts with
the jobbers who used to sell to
sub-jobbers in a competitive
field that kept prices low, he
said. Now, knowing they can
get almost any price they ask,
some jobbers are selling to
nightclubs and to saloons and
direct to retailers, this execu
tive continued.
Case 'Price Up
"Their price per case used to
be $72," he said. "Now it runs
from $75 to $80 to retailers and
salons and up to $90 to night
clubs."
Eric Calamea, president of
the Retail Tobacco Dealers of
America, confirmed the exist
ence of the black market, but
said it merely was causing an
uneven distribution rather than
contributing to the shortage.
All manufacturers, wholesal
ers, and retailers agreed that
the basic causes of the shortage
were, in order of importance;
30 to 50 per cent of popular
brand output going to the armed
forces; large but unknown quan
tities going to occupied and lib
erated countries; greatly in
creased civilian demand; a
slight reduction in manufactur
ing output due to the manpow
er shortage; uneven distribution.
The cigaret shortage was
causing some women in Cleve
land to buy pipes. Co-eds on
the campus of the University of
Tennessee in Knowville were
smoking pipes, "dogpatch style."
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1,
DEWEY CHARGES
F. D. H PLEDGES
60P Candidate Says Admin
istration's Record Long
String of Broken Promises
Aboard Dewey Campaign
Train, Nov. 1. (U.R) Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey 'swung his
presidential campaign into New
England today after charging
that President Roosevelt's cam
paign promises are "bogus," "no
good" and "worthless."
The Republican presidential
candidate scheduled a major
radio address tonight from Bos
ton at 8:30 p. m., (PWT) over
NBC. '
Paul E. LockwooS, secretary
to the New, York governor, said
he will discuss in tonight's
speech "the subversive elements
who now seek to take over the
country," and would outline "the
principles by which we must live
if we are to be free."
To Hit Browder
'There was no doubt that his
targets wouM be communist
leadev Earl Browder and chair
man Sidney Hillman of the Po
litical Action Committee, both
supporting President Roosevelt
for re-election, and the Demo
crats' defense against Dewey's
recent charge that the Roosevelt
administration offers for sale a
voice in administration policies
to those who contribute $1000
to ; the fourth term campaign
fund. "."
The charge ' of "bogus" and
"worthless" campaign promises
was hurled by the 'Republican
candidate last night before an
enthusiastic throng estimated at
20,000 in the vast Buffalo,- N, Yv
memorial auditorium.
Insisting that the record of
the Roosevelt administration
since its inception 12 years ago
has been one of "broken prom
ises," Dewey said:
"We cannot live on promises.
We must have performance this
time before it s too late."
RooseveH Answered
Dewey devoted a large part of
his speech last night to answer
ing the campaign address of
President Roosevelt last week;
at Philadelphia and Chicago.
He said the president's prom
ise of postwar jobs wa3 "worth
less" on the ground that there
still were 10,000,000 unemployed
in March, 1940, after the Roose
velt administration had been in
office for eight years.
The president's promise of
good farm prices after the war
he dismissed as "bogus," with
the assertion that "it took a war
to get prices, Just as it took a
war to get jobs."
Dewey discounted as "no
good" the promise of an ex
panded home-building program
after the war. He accused the
president of borrowing the idea
from his own Philadelphia
speech Sept. 7 and charged:
"The fact is that for years we
should have been building a mil
lion homes a year just to get
back up to the standards of
1940. But, under Mr. Roosevelt,
we got an average of only 380,
000 homes a year."
As for Mr. Roosevelt's pro
gram for expanded small busi
ness in the postwar era to cre
ate mors job opportunities,
Dewey commented:
Busirte't Hindered
'American businessmen know
that the new deal way of being
mindful of their problems has
been slowly to drown them with
a rising flood of rules and regu
lations, questionnaires, reports,
and directives."
Five times the GOP candidate
said the president's promises
couldn't be trusted, "even
though it is repeated again and
again and again."
Although Dewey never Identi
fied the expression, it was an
unmistakable take-off from Mr.
Roosevelt's Boston, Mass., speech
of Oct. 30, 1940, in which Re
Hallowe'en Pranks
Of Minor Caliber
In Medford Sector
Hallowe'en pranksters last
night confined themselves most
ly to ringing doorbells and con
fronting householders with the
familiar demand of "trick or
treat," according to city police,
who reported a normal Hallow-
een holiday this morning. Out
side of a few odd signs carried
hither and yon, and a few win
dows soaped, there was little to
report, the police said.
A few citizens called in to the
office to report "boy trouble" in
their, neighborhoods, but noth
ing serious developed, it was
said.
18,031 WARPLANES
Washington, Nov. 1 CU.R
The war production board an
nounced today that 18,031 mili
tary planes have been declared
surplus to date, with 5,183 al
ready sold and 12,848 "on hand."
Seventy-one per cent of those
on hand are trainer planes, 17
per cent are listed as "communi
cations," 7.7 per cen as bomb
ers, z.v per cent lighters, ana
1.6 per cent transports.
The WPB noted in a footnote
that "one army bomber has been
sold.
'Frisco Visioned
As Aerial Center
' San Francisco, Nov. 1 (U.R)
A. N. Kemp, president of Amer
ican Airlines, told the civil aero,
nautics board at a hearing on
post-war commercial aviation
operations today that San Fran
cisco is destined to be the major
international sir center for com
merce with the orient.
The CAB opened a hearing at
the civic auditorium on applica
tions of 15 air lines to expand
ana inaugurate scores of air
routes In California. Oresnn.
Washington, Nevada, Utah, Ari
zona, Wyoming and Montana,
publicans claim he promised that
American boys being taken un
der the selective service would
not be sent to fight in foreign
wars.
The first time Dewey said it,
the audience responded with
laughter. The tecond and third
times it applauded. The last two
time it chimed in on "again
and again and again."
It joined him with a thunder-
ouy chant when he repeated his
now familiar argument that "it's
time for a change."
All in all, Dewey contended
that President Roosevelt to date
"has offered no program for the
peacetime years ahead except.
the same one which failed for
eight straight years of peace
from 1933 to 1940."
Caesarian Operation Used
For Birth of Quadruplets
Philadelphia, Nov. 1-4V.B
Quadruplets, three girls and a
boy, were born today to Mrs.
Joseph Cirminelto, 30, Upper
Darby, Pa., at the Lyin-in hos
pital. The babies were delivered by
a Caesarian operation, probably
the first in the history of quad
ruplet births, performed by Dr.
John C. Ullery of the hospital
staff.
The hospital reported the con
dition of Mrs. Cirminello and
the babies as good.
The babies were not weighed
but physicians estimated that
each weighed between three
and 33A pounds. Their birth
was six weeks premature.
Dr. Ullery, her personal phy
sician, said that Ihe delivery
was by a continual spinal anes
thesia, and that Mrs. Cirminello
nn
RIBUNE
UntUd Press Full
1944
3
BUDAPEST DRIVE
Fail of Hungarian Capital
, Only Matter of Days; Vio
lent Fighting On Plains.
London, Nov. 1 (U.R) Pre
mier Josef Stalin said today In
an order of she day that the
entire Petsoma area of north
ern Finland had been lib
erated. Moscow. Nov. 14U.R) Three
Russian mobile columns raced
toward Budapest today in a con
verging drive from the south,
east and northeast, and front dis
patches said the fall of the Hun
garian, capital was a matter of
days.
Nothing but hastily erected
field fortifications and partly de
moralized German and Hungar
ian unit stood between Marshal
Rodion Y. Mallnovsky's mech
anized' army and Cossack divi
sions and the . approaches . oi
Budapest.
Violent Fighting
- Violent fighting swirled over
the Hungarian plain between the
Danube and Tisza rivers. The
Russian vanguard smashed Into
Kecskemet, rail junction 43
milra southeast of the capital
while other units swept beyond
ths embattled stronghold to
within 40 miles or less of Buda
pest.
" Close hehlnd their advancing
forces, the Russians were moving
up great quantities of supplies
and equipment for the final as
sault on Budapest, and field dis
patches referred confidently to
a quick decision.
Copco Bonds Sold
To Halsey Stuart
Chicago, Nov. 1 (U.R) Halsey
Stuart and Company, Inc., and
associated dealers were high bid
ders at today's sale of $13,SQQ,
000 the California Oregon Power
company 1st mortgage bonds,
series due Nov. 1, 1974, with a
bid of 101.70 for 3Vi per cent
bonds.
Public offerings of the bonds
at 102.86 is expected later this
week after the registration state
ment filed with the securities
and exchange commission has
become effective.
Radio Highlights
Today: Gov. Dewey, from
Boston, over NBC and MBS,
8:30 to 7 p. m. PWT. Sen. Tru
man, from Parkerburg, W. Va.,
over Blue, 7 to 7:30 p. m. PWT.
Thursday: President Roose
velt, over NBC, 6 to 6:30 p. m.
PWT.
was conscious hut had no pain
during the birth.
Her eyes were bandaged, and
she did not know that she was
giving birth to four children.
The delivery took approximate
ly 10 minutes.
The operation was witnessed
by a dozen leading obstetricians,
two of . whom assisted Dr, Ul
lery. During the delivery, her hus
band, sn analyst for tha Secur
ities and Exchange commission,
paced the floor In a corridor be
low tho delivery room.
X-ray examinations prepared
the physicians last August for
the multiple birth. When the
plates revealed two or more ba
bies woud be born and the Cces
Brian operation would be neces
sary, leading obstetricians were
called into consultation.
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Leased Wire
NO. 189.
Explorer Arrested
(Acma Telephoto)
Dr. Arthur P. Torrance (above). 67.
explorer and expert on tropical dis
eases, whose wealthy bride died
mysteriously on their honeymoon at
Monterrey, Mexico, three years aao.
arrested in Los Angeles on a Federal
soall Sraua indictment.
BAILEY PLEADS
NOT GUILTY IN
CARMEN SLAYING
Fred Alva Bailey, 27, San
Quentin prison camp escapee,
indicted by the grand jury on
a charge of first degree murder.
entered a plea of not guilty be
fore Circuit Judge Herhert K.
Hanna yesterday. Bailey's trial
was tentatively set for Monday,
Nov. 27, with a possibility it
may be held week earlier,
Bailey was represented by At
torney Rawies Moore, appointed
by the court to defend him.
. A demurrer to the indictment
was filed Monday, and later-
overruled by the court.
The Indictment charges
Bailey with . inflicting fatal
wounds upon Ira Clyde Car
man, 45, mlllworker. on the
night of September 3 last.
Bailey is alleged to have hit
Carman with an auto Jack and
robbed him of money and his
clothes. Bailey who departed
the prison camp, in a stolen
station wagon had met Carman
a few hours before. Ha was ar
rested near Yreka, Cal on a
tip . furnished by the Grants
fass city police.
Bailey was returned to ths
city and lodged in the county
jail. According to the authori
ties he admitted the crime in a
statement..
Bodies Of Babies
Found In Garage
Lockport, N. Y.( Nov. 1 SUB
Chemists examined samples of
hair today to determine the race
of six babies whose partially de
composed bodies were found in
a large deserted garage.
The hair vas sent to the state
police laboratory at Utica as po
lice continued a search through
tiust-sovered boxes and trunks
m the unllghted building, which
has been deserted since the
death October 17 of Louis Bat
tiese, 58-year-old Negro operator
of the garage who lived on the
upper floor.
36 MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED DURING OCTOBER
marriage license - n,A
October by the county clerk
totaled 36, and included civil
ians and marines and sailors
principally from the Klamath
Falls bases. The total was one
ess man trie number issued dur
ing aepierober, during the oc
cupancy 01 camp White by
-luuv, sns marriage, license is
suance averaged S3 .per month
jr nearly a year..
WHY THEYBTRIKE
Provo, Utah, Nov. 1 U.FS
sixsy employes of the Geneva
steet mm coke plant here con
tinued their completely unau.
inonzea strike today because
they were forced to use the main
gate at the plant Instead of a
separate entrance.
TlsWW'iffryrYrTjiM """''nr i o
YOKQH
1A VISIT
BYSUPESF1TS
ALSOJEVEALED
irst Strike Since DooHttla
Attack Told in Confused
Jap Radio Broadcasts, .
WajhlngSoa, Noy. 1Q.5.3. :
The war department said W .v
day !t had no informal
about any raid on Tokyo.
By United Press
A force of American B-29 Su
perfortresses raided Tokyo and
the- adjoining seaport city of
Yokohama today, radio Tokyo
announced, in the first strike at
tne Japanese capital since tho
carrier-based Doolittle attack
more than 2V4 years ago.
mere was no immediate, allied.
confirmation of the enemy an.
uouncement, ana confused as-,
counts broadcast by Tokyo , did
not make clear the scale of tha
raid.
Reports Conflict
Tho first enemv vmim ..m
"several" of the' stent s,
fortresses flew over Tokyo short
ly after 1 p. m. (midnight, EWT)
today, touching off air raid
alarms throughout tha sprawl- '
Ing city. Later Tokyo said only
one B-29 appeared over th si
and that it was driven off be-
lore it could cause any damage.
A Tokyo- broadcast recorded
by United Press, San Francisco,
said:
"Eastern defense
have Just announced a flight of
unidentified four-motored planes
over metropolitan Tokyo short,
ly after noon Wednesday; It was
disclosed that a few B-29 bomb
ers soared over tha city.
"The planes wera risW J
barrage from tho capital's ground
lusumBisons. Japanese fighter
units pursued them and they fled
to tha southeast without inflict
ing arty damage."
Several Seen ,
-Sttir Jater, a third broadcast
to southeast Asia reverted to tha .
original story that "several"
bombers took part la the raid,
flying at a great altitude over
Yokohama and ths Kant dis
trict til the southeastern section
of Tokyo,
The lata enemy versions of tho
raid did not repeat thetr earlier
claim that a number of the Su
perfortresses were shot down,
but asserted that all were driven,
off "without having achieved
their objective.
BARS HOTEL STAIR
Grants Pass, Ore., Nov. 1
Ufi) Several occupants in tha
tipper floors of the Grants Pasa
hotel were trapped early yes
terday when the hostelry in tha
heart of the business district
caught fire.
The flames broke out on the
main floor and many of tha
upper-story residents were un
able to descend the stairs be
cause of the heat and the thick
smoke. Some came down the
fire escape and the others wera
helped down by city firemen, us
ing ladders.
No esilmate of the damase ha
been, reported,
HOLLYWOOD HAZARD
Hollywood, Nov. 1 (UJi)
Mrs William. Famum, wife of
the actor, was in St. Vincent's
hospital today with a vertebra
dislocation suffered last night
when a boxer was knocked
from the Olympic auditorium
ring Into her lap.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The' nearest points to Ber
lin from advanced allied lines
today: .
Western front 296 miles
(Worn point near Nljmegen.
Unchanged in week.) .
Russia 3 IS miles (from
Warsaw, Unchanged i week,)
Italy 535 miles (from point
south of Ravenna. Unchanged
in week.)
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Seamaa Jim EUloU sending
mysterious messages to friend
Hallowe'en night.
A neighbor warning Harold
Tolle not to play any Hal
lowe'en pranks on his way
home from the store.
Research proving "Johnny"
Johnson's long-forgotten (Lett
same to be Marion,
1