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Blowly advancing through swamps and tangled underbrush, American Infantrymen seek out remaining Jap
resistance on Leyte Island In the Philippines. Note soldier, bogged down walst-deep. being aided by his bud
. . dies. Photo by Stanley Troutman. NEA-Ajme photographer lor War Picture Pool.
White House Demand Led to
Stilwell Recall Says Solon
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 2
U.R) Rep. Walter H. Judd, R
Minn., who recently returned
from Chungking, charged today
that a demand from the white
house that Gen. Joseph W. Stil
. well be made the overall com
mander in China, with military
. authority even over Generalissi
mo Chiang Kai-Shek, precipitat.
ed the crisis that led to Stilwell's
recall.' ' " ' . '
Judd claimed that Stilwell
was made "the goat of personal
government in Washington." The
congressman, a former . medical
missionary to China, said Stil
well, . himself , carried ' the ulti
matum to Chiang and that the
Chinese leader "blew up."
' "No head , of any self-respect-.
lng government .- could accept
such an ultimatum," Judd said.
Ha claimed that the ultimatum
I
BOY DIES WHEN
STRUCK BY CAR
' Jimmie LeRoy Ross, 7, Cen
tral Point, died in Community
hospital last night from a
crushed skull sustained when he
was struck by a car driven by
Leslie Leon Croucher, route 2,
box 66A, Medford, on the main
street of Central Point. The boy
did not regain consciousness, ac
cording to the attending phy
sician. A report on file at state police
headquarters, asserts young
Ross darted across the street in
front of the car and was not
seen until too late to avoid the
accident.
' He was born August 29, 1937,
at Central Point and i. survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Ross, his grandmother,
Mrs. K. D. Ross, Central Point,
and several nieces, nephews,
aunts and uncles. Further serv
ices, in charge of Perl funeral
' home, will be announced later.
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Weatherman George Rudolph
having difficulty in explaining
the exact technical difference
between "warmer" and "not so
cool."
City hall' employes attempt
ing to solve the mystery of who
left an eight-pound roast in the
second floor hall.
Susan and Emil Schmidt de-
liehted when their Hallowe en
costumes completely deceived
daughter Jane Fitzgerald and
husband Jack on a' "trick or
treat" call at the latter'! home.
Almost half the nation's .vege
tables in 1943 came from vic
tory gardens.
MEDFORD
United Pxi
Yank Advance in Philippines
threatened that unless Stilwell
received command of all forc.es
in China the United States would
be unable to give military sup
port to the, Chinese.
In a formal statement on the
recall action, Judd asserted that
Chiang replied in substance:
"Then the United States will
have to withdraw its support."
The congressman, who was in
Chungking late in September
when the situation surrounding
Stilwell was coming to a head,
said that Chiang's reply put Pres
ident Roosevelt in a position of
having either to withdraw the
United States from the war
against Japan on Chinese soil,
to order American troops to in.
vade China, or to withdraw Stil
well. "Naturally, he did the only
thing he could do he withdrew
Stilwell," Judd said. . -
AIR HIS SEEK
NEW ROUTES IN
PACIFIC STATES
San Francisco, Nov. 2 (U.R)
Coast Aviation corporation to
day asked the civil aeronautics
board for permission to estab
lish a 27-city feeder ll..e serv
ice in California and Nevada.
The C. A. B. opened the
second day of hearings on the
applicants of 15 airlines seeking
to inaugurate and expand scores
of air routes in California, Ore
gon, Washington, Nevada, Utah,
Arizona, Wyoming and Mon
tana. Applicants and proposed new
routes and stops included:
United Airlines: San Francis
co to Portland via Chico, Cal.,
Klamath Falls and Bend, Ore.
Western Air Lines, Inc., Los
Angeles, Cal.: San Francisco to
Portland via Oakland, Sacra
mento and Chico, Cal., and
Klamath Falls, Bend, and The
Dalles, Ore.; Portland to Seat
tle via Astoria, Ore.
Southwest Airways Co., Bev
erly Hills, Cal.: San Francisco
to Medford, Ore., with 14 pas
senger landing stations, three
mail-express pickups; San, Fran
cisco to Eureka, five passenger
landing stations, four mail-ex
press pickups; Portland to
Klamath Falls, Ore., eight pas
senger landing stations and two
mail express pickups (connect
ing with San Francisco to Med
ford route).
Nevada-Pacific Airlines, Inc.,
Reno, Ncv.: Reno to Medford,
Ore., three passenger landing
stations; Medford to Boise, five
passenger landing stations (con
necting with Reno to Medford
at Klamath Falls); Boise, Idaho,
to Boulder City, Nev., five, pas
senger landing stations (con
necting with ail above routes
except Reno to Los Angeles and
Reno to Medford).
FuU Leased Wira
(Acme Tehvhoto)
MACHINSTS HALT
IRK ON VESSELS
Oakland, Calif., Nov. 2 U.P.)
Machinists of local 1304 (CIO)
stopped . work on ships in all
San Francisco east bay shipyards
today to. attend . a meeting In
connection with a jurisdictional
dispute with Steamfitters local
590 (AFL).i
With the exception of men
assigned to tool rooms, the ma
chinists remained off the job to
attend a second general meeting,
which will consider further a
national war labor board order
directing them to resume-work
pending settlement of the con
troversy. James Smith, business agent,
termed the WLB order "ambigu
ous." The union requested clar
ification and scheduled another
meeting.
Employers said withdrawal of
the machinists from their jobs
craftsmen and possibly a general
work stoppage if it continued.
The latest count indicted ma
chine work has been halted on
27 military and cargo vessels in
bay area yards. The dispute
arose over conflicting claims of
jurisdiction in the installation
of copper piping, flange valves
and pipe hangers. The steamfit.
ters have remained on the job.
Washington, Nov: 2 (U.R)
Loadings of revenue freight In
the week ended October 28 rose
10,505 cars to 916,446, the most
since October 2, 1941, the As
sociation of American Railroads
disclosed today..
New Deal In Alliance With Communists
Dewey Tells Huge Audience In Boston
Aboard Dewey Campaign
Train, Nov. 2 (U.R) Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey bid for Mary
land's eight electoral votes to
day after accusing President
Roosevelt in Boston last night
of selling out his party to com
munists determined to seize
control of the government.
The rcpubican presidential
candidate carried his campaign
into Baltimore in an attempt to
take Maryland which has been
on the winning side in every
presidential contest for. half a
century out of the "doubtful"
category and into the Dewey
column.
Alliance Charged
Under his belt was the strong
est denunciation he has made
thus faf of the "cynical alliance"
which he told 25,000 persons
in strongly Catholic Boston that
the New Deal has entered into
"with Earl Browder's commun
its." He charged thit the alli
ance was effected through Sid
ney Hlllman and his political
action committee.
Lashing out with the bitterest
personal denunciation of Presi
dent Roosevelt since the cam
paign began, Dewey charged
thai "Mr. Roosevelt, in bis over
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,
Yanks Down 131 Nazi 1 'ighter Planes
In One Of Biggest
E
FOR ONE MISSION
SETBYjSCORTS
Nazis Send Strong Forma
tions of Jet Planes Into
Fight; Rise Straight Up.
London, Nov. 2 U.R) Amer
ican planes fought one of the
biggest air battles of the war
over Germany today, and a pre
liminary check at 8th air force
headqquarters showed that its
fighters shot down 131 Nazi
fighters, an all-time record for
a single escort mission.
German planes rose in strength
to challenge s fleet of more
than 2,000 United States heavy!
bombers and fighters attacking
synthetic oil plants and rail
targets in the Ruhr and Rhine
land. British Join Bombing
British' heavy bombers joined
in the daylight attack on Ger
many, also hitting targets in the
Ruhr and farther north.
The Americans fought their
heaviest combat in the area of
Merseburg, where strong for
mations of Flying Fortresses
bombed the Leuna synthetic oil
plant. German jet - propelled
planes attacked the bombers
and crewmen said they shot up
from the ground almost ver
tically, like rockets.
It was the first time the Ger
mans had used their jet-propelled
fighters in force, al
though they had beent in action
on an experimental basis sev
eral Ames. The Nazis also sent
in as many as 75 Focke-Wulf
190s and Messerschmitts at a
time..
Hannegan Renews
F.D.R. Prediction
New York, Nov. 2 (U.R)
Robert E. Hannegan, chairman
of the 'Democratic national com
mittee, renewed his prediction
today of a Roosevelt victory
next Tuesday and backed it up
with predictions of (1) a smaller
popular and electoral vote for
Thomas E. Dewey than the late
Wendell L. Willkie received in
1940. (2) fewer states in the
G. O. P. column than in 1940,
and (3) a total vote of more than
47,000,000.
To urge a flat metal curtain
rod into the heading of a cur
tain, first fit a smooth button in
the end of the rod and you'll
have smooth gliding.
whelming desire to perpetuate
himself in office for 16 years,
has put his party on the auction
block for sale to the highest
bidder."
He said the highest bidders
were "the political action com
mittee of Sidney Hillman and
the communists of Earl Brow
der." Party Weakened
Dewey charged that President
Roosevelt has "so weakened and
corrupted the democratic party
that it is readily subject to cap
ture" and " the forces of com
munism are, In fact, now cap
turing it."
"The communists are seizing
control of the New Deal,
through which they aim to con
trol the government of the
United States," Dewey shouted.
"If they should succeed, the fun
damental freedoms of every
American would stand in grav
est jeopardy."
As an example of what he
meant, Dewey painted the com
munist system as one under
which "the Individual cannot
worship, vote or think as he
would, or conduct his life as his
own." The price for disobedi
ence, he declared "is liquid -
California Demos
Turning To Dewey
Says GOP Booster
San Francisco, Nov. 2 (U.R)
William Reichal, northern aCli
fornia Dewey-Bricker campaign
chairman, predicted today that
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Repub
lican presidential nominee, will
carry California, a predominant
ly Democratic-registered state.
"The growing support of reg
istered Democrats," said Reichel,
"will give Gov. Dewey a safe
margin in aClifornia.
Corbett's, Inc., betting estab
lishment in San Francisco,
quoted even money that Presi
dent Roosevelt does not carry
California by 300,000 votes. No
odds wpre nosted on the propo
sition that the president would
earrv California.
Odds of 3 to 1 still were be-.
lng offered that Roosevelt is re
elected. JAMES FLY QUITS
Washington. Nov. 2 U.R)
Chairman James Lawrence Fly
of the federal communications
commission ,long a target of bit-4oi-
rVipreps bv Renublican con
gressmen and some segments ot
the radio industry, announced
today that he has resigned, ef
fective November 15, to .return
to a private law practice in New
York.
A special house committee has
spent more than a year Investi
gating the FCC and Fly's stew
ardship of it. The group first was
headed by Rep. E. E. Cox, D.,
Ga., who joined some Republi
cans in charging that Fly sought
to pave the way for complete
domination of the broadcasting
industry by the federal govern,
ment.
Quads Given Good
Chance To Survive
Philadelphia, Nov. 2--U.R)
The Cirminello quadruplets
started their second day of life
in "good condition and with no
physical defects" today, and were
placed on two-hour tube feed
ings of milk at the Philadelphia
Lying-In-Hospital.
Dr. Ralph M. Tyson, pediatric
ian in charge of the babies, said
that they have
"good 65 per
cent chance of survival" and
that the first 48 hours of thrir
lives will be the most cruel"-;.
Sixty-two thousands ot the
192,000 men inducted into the
armed forces in January, 1944,
were fathers.
tion, either through violence or
slow economic strangulation."
"Everyone knows," he con
tinued, "that communism is for
state ownership of all property,
including your house, your farm
and the factory, the shop, the
office in which you work. It
stands for absolute dictatorship,
the abolition of civil rights and
total political and economic big
otry." The G.O.P. candidate leveled
a similar personal attack against
Brower and Hillman.
Of Browder he said:
"He is the man who was con
victed of draft dodging in the
last war. He was again convict
ed this time for perjury and
pardoned by Franklin Roosevelt
in time to organize the fourth
term campaign. Browder stands
for everything that would de
stroy Ainerica."
He described Hillman as a
labor leader who had held "one
official post after another in
the New Deal" and "a front for
the communists" in the fourth
term campaign.
Dewey warned against any
ignoring of "the communist
threat because of their small
numbers."
Tribune
' O ,d Pr.it Full
1944
5-'
Air battles Of War
GREATEST OVATION
Democratic Vice Presiden
tial Nominee Speaks from
Back of Fire Truck.
Pittsburgh, Nov. 2 (U.R) The
Pittsburgh industrial area gave
Sen. Harry S. Truman the big
gest reception of his 8,000-mile
camDaien tour today when thou
sands lined the streets of subur
ban factory districts to greet his
motor caravan.
In a bid for the labor vote in
critival Pennsylvania, the Demo
cratic vice.presidential nominee
spoke from the back of a fire
truck in Braddock, at the gate
of the WestinghOuse Electric and
Manufacturing Co. plant at East
Pittsburgh, and alongside a rail
road track at the Westinghouse
airbrake plant in Wilmerdlng,
Campaign Important
Truman told his listeners that
there never had been a political
campaign as important to the na
tion as this one and said that the
campaign had been "dragged
into the gutter by the opposition
because they have' no issues on
which to base a request to turn
out the leader."
Police Inspector Albert Florlg
of Pittsburgh estimated the East
Pittsburgh audience at 5,000 and
that at Wilmerding at 2,000. .
Truman accused Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey of "trying to cut the
commander-in-chief down to
prosecutor's size," and added
that "he can't do it."
He also accused the Republi
cans of trying to "drive a wedge
between labor and farmer" and
said: "It must not be done; their
interests are identical."
F.D.R. Capable
Truman said President Roose
velt was "capable of facing the
emergency we're going to face
when this war ends" and said he
could not see how "anyone who
laborj in farm, factory, or office
would think of putting an un
tried man In the white house In
this time of crisis."
Before beginning his tour, the
senator told a press conference
that the task of reconverting to
peacetime production will be a
"mansized job and require a
man with vision and courage to
solve it."
"It will be a much harder Job
than conversion to war produc
tion," he said.
Truman said he felt that Penn
sylvania was "safely In the
Democratic column and I was re
assured on that this morning."
BLAZE DESTROYS
IDENCE
Fire completely destroyed the
residence of Mr, and Mrs. Bern
ard Andren on Maple Park Drive
last evening about seven o'clock.
The Andrens had left the house
after dinner and when neigh
bors discovered the blaze it had
gained such headway that noth
ing was saved with the excep.
tlon of a small quantity of bed
ding. rne inree-room house was
owned by Mrs. Allie E. Troutier
of 518 East Main street and the
loss is partially covered by In
surance. Neighbors who entered
the house when the fire was dis
covered were of the opinion that
the blaze started from wiring
near the radio.
Andren Is employed by the
Medford corporation. The couple
nas one small child.
Radio Highlights
Today: Roosevelt, from Wash
ington, over NBC, 8 to 6:30 p. m,
PWT; Bricker from Patterson
N. J., over CBS, 6:30 to 7 p. m.
PWT; Philip Murray, over NBC,
7.30 p. m. PWT.
Leased Wire
NO. 190.
U. S. FIRST ARMY
E
Hodges' Troops Smash For
ward Nearly Two Wiles
Onto Cologne Plain.
Paris, Nov. 2 (U.R) The
United States 1st army opened
a new offensive today in the
sector of its deepest penetration
of Germany southeast of Aachen
and smashed forward nearly
two miles to Vosenack, 28 miles
southwest of Cologne.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
troops broke out of the Hurtgen
forest onto the Cologne plain
under cover of a thunderous ar
tillery bombardment in the first
major action on the 1st army
front since the fall of Aachen,
British Clean Up
The new American offensive
opened coincident with the last
phase of the battle of southwest
Holland as British forces storm
ing through Walcheren island
almost completed the conquest
of flushing and expanded a four-
mile neachhead on the west
coast..- .t. . - .. ..... ..
Hodges' attack In the sector
12V4 miles southeast of Aachen
nit one of the most vulnerable
points in the German defenses
of the Rhineland. At Vosenack
the advanced elements were 9V4
miles east-northeast of the fron
tier at Rotgen.
Once out of the Hurtugen
forest, where the doughboys
and Nazis have skirmished spor
adically since the initial inva
sion of Germany, the First army
was in the clear 8V4 miles south
west of Duren for a drive
tnrough the secondary fortlfi.
cations of the Siegfried line.
Weather Bad
Hodges sent his men over the
top despite unfavorable weather
which prevented the close sup
port of dive bombers, but
massed artillery had prepared
we way for the first major ac
tion on that front In two weeks.
To the south. Lt. Gen. Genroe
S. Patton's 3rd army drove the
uermans from the Seille river
bend 12 miles northeast of Nan
cy. The 80th division, striking
out against moderate resistance,
seizea control of the west end
of a number of crossings of the
river.
The U. S. 7th army farther
south mounted attacks east and
southeast of Luneville this
morning. Advancing between
the Meurthe and Vezouse riv
ers, the Yanks overran the
towns of Fremenll and Ogeville
on the railroad seven miles
north of Baccarat, as well as
Pettonville, five miles north of
Baccarat.
REDS 25 MILES
London, Nov. 2 (U.R) Rus
sian forces driving on Budapest
toaay captured Tartarsoentsv-
orgy, 25 miles southeast of the
Hungarian capital, the soviet
high command reported tonight
Nagykoros, big rail town 40
miles southeast of Budapest, was
among the more than 60 locali
ties which fell to the soviet
troops closing an assault I
against the capital.
To the northeast the Russians
cleared the eastern bank of the
i isza river, a Moscow communi
que reported.
BOB HOPE BALKS
Hollywood, Nov. 2 (U.R)
Bob Hope today faced suspen
sion by Paramount studio for
his continued refusal to star
with Paulette Goddard In "My
Favorite Brunette." The actor
has indicated he would prefer
to go on an army camp tour
rather than star In the film.
"SUICIDE UNITS" I
CLAIMED ACTIVE
NEAR LEYTE GULF
Imperial Communiqque Says
One Battleship, 3 Cruis
ers Sunk, 3 Damaged.
By United Press
Japan claimed today, In a
series of announcements unsup
ported by any allied source, that
its army air force and special
suicide attack units sank or
damaged 14 American warships,
including battleships and cruis--
ers, in heavy raids on the United
States invasion fleet In and near
Leyte Gulf yesterday.
The first claims were contain
ed in a Japanese imperial head
quarters communique, broadcast
by Tokyo radio and recorded by
united Mess, San Francisco.
The communique asserted that
Japanese planes sank "one en
emy battleship or cruiser and
three cruisers and damaged three
enemy battleships" In Leyta
Gulf yesterday.
A later unofficial announce.
ment by Tokyo reported that the
Japanese "special attack corps,"
supposedly consisting of explos-
lve-iiiied planes manned by sui
cide pilots, had sank or damaged
seven additional American war
ships approaching Leyte Gulf.
AIR FORCES TO
LUZON DEFENSE
By United Press ; . :
With her navy cripplecfas a
result , of the abortive attempt
ti smash the American Invasion
of the Philippines, Japan air
reinforcements to Luzon today
In an obvious effort to support
a desperate delaying action
against liberation of that step
ping stone to her homeland.
Enemey aircraft from that
dwindling reserves in Japan
were known to be shuttlina into
Luzon by way of Formosa and.
other intermediate bases. On a
Japanese pilot, caotured after
parachuting into the Leyta
area, said he had left Japan only
six days ago.
Americans Slowed
Terrain difficulties" were re
ported slowing construction nf
American airfields on liberated
portions of Leyte but Is was
expected strong forces of land
based planes soon would bs In
operation.
Fighter planes from the land
bases already have joined car
rier planes in maintaining a
blockade along the west coast
of Leyte. The planes sank a
small freighter and lugger at
tempting to bring reinforce
ments from Ebu and torpedo
boats boosted the toll by sinking
a troop-laden barge.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur re
ported that the Japanese con
tinued "light and ineffectual"
attacks on American shipping
and troops at Leyte.
. Tokyo Jittery
Jittery Tokyo finally decided
today that American planes
identified in some of the con
fused broadcasts as B-29 Super
fortresswhich reportedly flew
over Tokyo yesterday were re
connaissance missions and
dropped no bombs.
The official version, given by
Vice Chief Kenichi Kumagi of
Japan's air defense headquar
ters, left vague the number and
type of planes involved.
Admiral Chester W. NImitz
announced tht "several ships"
of the U. S. 3rd and 7th fleets
had been damaged in the Philip,
pines engagement last week but
said that neither the names of
the ships nor the extent of the
damage coujd be disclosed at
present.
Dewey Aided Lynch
Law, Claims I ekes
New York, Nov. 2 (U.PJ Sec
retary of the Interior Harold L.
Ickes told a Harlem audlcnca
Jast night that Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey had walked "hand in
hand with the most vindictive
enemies of the negroes" and
demonstrated "great zeal to as
sist in the administration of the
Lynch law."
Appearing at the Golden Gate
ballroom in New York'i Negro
residential district, Ickes shared
the speakers' platform with Vice
President Henry A. Wallace and
Sen. Robert W. Wagner, D, N. Y.