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Fall of
NAZI FORCES TO
Retreating Hitlerites Now
Within 14 Miles of City;
Radio Bespeaks Courage.
London, Nov. 3 (U.R) Berlin
aid today that soviet-pursued
German forces had fallen back
to the area 14 miles south of
Budapest, and Radio Budapest
broke in on a program to warn
that "false rumors are spread
ing" and called on the people
for "confidence in providence."
Jittery axis broadcasts sup
ported Moscow reports that Rus
sian forces were closing the gap
between them and Budapest and
reflected a fear that the capital
itself might fall soon.
The nazl radio said the de
fenders of Budapest had with
drawn to the area south of Bugyi,
14 miles below the capital. Soon
thereafter a Budapest broadcast
of the second act of a play was
interrupted. A male announcer
took over and said:
."False rumors are spreading
All human beings are made of
flesh, blood and nerves. The war
will be won by-the people with
the best nerves. . .
POLLS DIFFER ON
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New -York, Nov. 8 W.B
Polls taken by two national
magazines differed today on the
outcome of the presidential cam
paign, one by Fortune magazine
predicting a democratic victory,
while that conducted by News-
reel magazine declared the elec-
tion a tossup, with the state of
Pennsylvania holding the key.
The Fortune poll gave Presi
dent Roosevelt 53.5 of the civil
ian vote as of Oct. 20. The poll
was not broken down into states
or electoral' votes but a 53.5
popular vote would assure an
electoral victory, regardless of
states. Fortune said.
Newsweek, breaking down a
calculated electoral vote of 249
for Mr. Roosevelt and ' 247 for
Dewey, declared that the 35
electoral votes of Pennsylvania
were completely in doubt and
would throw the victory to the
winner of that state.
RUSSIANS CHASE
F.D.R. Warns of Last Minute
'Trumped Up" Accusations
Washington, Nov. 3. U.R)
President Roosevelt moved down
the home stretch of his fourth
term campaign today after
charging that "trumped up" ac
cusations or purportedly "sen
sational developments" may
come in the next few days In an
attempt to "panic" voters into
the Republican camp.
Accusing the opposition and
Washington, Nov. 9 (U.R)
President Roosevelt requested
today that any employe who
is not allowed sufficient vot
ing time away from his Job
next Tuesday "Inform me of
the circumstances together
with the name of his com
pany and any pertinent facts."
some newspapers of campaign
ing with whisperings, rumorings
and "wicked charges," Mr.
Roosevelt said in a radio address
lest night that he did not pro
pose to "answer In kind," and
expressed confidence that the
ptople would pay them "little
attention" when they go to the
pells next Tuesday.
"This election will not be de
cided m a basis of malignant
murmurings or shouts," he
ma "tt will be settled ca the
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Budapest Seen Near
WILL GIVE
ETO
Conferences Decide to Offer
Russia Membership; Japs,
Germans Must Wait Awile
Chicago, Nov. S U.R) Rus
sia, which abruptly decided not
to participate in the internation
al civil aviation conference two
days before it opened, will be
invited to Join- any organization
of nations which results from
the conference, it was learned
today.
At . the same time reliable
sources said that after the war
neither Germany nor Japan will
be .considered for admittance for
some time to come.
The Russian status became
known -after the United States
delegation submitted a proposal
for establishment of an interna
tional aviation assembly and ex
ecutive council with representa
tion from the United States,
Great Britain, Russia,. Brazil,
China and France. ,
Reliable sources said the pro
posal was drafted beforeJtus-
sia decided not to participate in
the' conference. No effort has
been made to revise the draft,
despite the fact Russia Is not
narticinatine in the ' current
meeting, it was learned.
Argentina was not invited to
the conference, -but it was said
the absence of that nation from
a nostwar organization would
not endanger such a program be
cause Argentina s geograpmcai
position removes it from basic
world air routes.
AIR CHIEF KILLED
London, Nov. 3 U.R Air
Marshal Sir Francis John Llnnell
was killed today in a traffic ac
cident near Wheatley, Oxford.
SIDE GLANCES
By -TRIBUNE
REPORTERS
Election school speakers over
coming the competition of a
nearby piano duet and passing
freight trucks but taking second
place to the wails of the fire
siren.
Pat Graham doing his duty for
the Democratic cause.
Republican friends wishing
Dr. William Roney a happy
democratic birthday.
basis of the record."
But as election day nears, Mr.
Roosevelt said, "more wicked
charges may be made wit., the
hope that someone or somebody
will gain momentary advan
tage." These, he asserted, may
take the form of "hysterical,
last minute accusations or sen
sational revelations . . . trump
ed up in an attempt to panic
the people on election day.
"But the American people are
not panicked easily, he said.
Mr. Roosevelt's address came
on the eve of his departure for
New England, where he makes
stops tomorrow at Bridgeport
and Hartford, Conn., and Spring
field, Mass., before proceeding
to Boston for another major ad
dress. - Congress, Mr. Roosevelt said
last night, demonstrated that it
would work with the adminis
tration on foreign policy when
it passed last year the Connelly
and Fulbright resolutions "which
pledged this nation to cooperate
in a world organization for
peace."
The chief executive opened
his address by saying that the
exigencies of war had prevented
him from making a personal
swing to Cleveland, Detroit and
upstate New York as fie bad desired.
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Navy Ace
(Acme Tehohoto)
Commander David McCampbell of
Los Angeles, who shot down nine
Japs in 95 minutes of aerial combat
In second Battle of the Philippines
to put nimseir rar out in front as
top Navy ace.
INTEREST SHOWN
INCREASE
STATE
Salem, Ore., Nov. 3 U.R)
Considerably heightened interest
in the election is being shown
throughout the state this week,
with election day only four dnys
away and a campaign wh.ch
has been marked by what some
political observers call - dull
ness" has gone from second gear
into high.
However, Judging by the quiet
Interest manifested by voters,
the issues of the election are not
"dull" to the man who marks the
ballot.
Nearly every newspaper In
Oregon has received many let
ters, pro and con, on all the can
didates and measures, but many
of them-ask explanations and
clarification of issues, rather
than stating any predominant
viewpoint.
. .The big question, and that
which is drawing a registration
of nearly 100.000 larger than in
the primary, is that of the presi
dency. More bitterness has been
shown this year In this pre
dominantly, republican state
(which has voted for Roosevelt
three times) than in any recent
election
But in the local campaigns
too, the people are listening care
fully to the words of the candi
dates, looking at the records and
making up their minds, even
though many of them are saying
little.
For the first time two senators
will be sent to Washington.
situation created by the death of
Charles L. McNary, and the in.
terim appointment of Sen. Guy
Cordon, Roseburg, who is up for
election. He is opposing Demo
crat Willis Mahoney, a veteran
campaigner from Klamath Falls,
who has tried on different oc
casions for the governorship or a
senate seat from Oregon.
- Mahoney,-an attorney, Is cam
paigning on the democratic ad
ministration's record. He Is an
advocate of the Townsend Plan
the curbing of monopolies, larg
er benefits for veterans, higher
wages and cheap power.
Cordon, appointed to the sen-
ate by Gov. Earl Snell, advo
cates a continuing of the forestry
development program, and will
seek federal funds for irrigation
highways, rivers and harbors
flood control projects, he says.
wayne ju Morris, republican
and former dean of the law
school at the University of Ore
gon, is seekjng election to the
six-year senate term opened by
his defeat of Sen. Rufus Holman
in the May primary.
Horse gained the endorsement
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1944
JOIN TO LED OANS
IN MESASTRIKE
2,500 Mechanics at Nash-
Kelvinator Plant; Involve
Work for Naval Forces.
Washington, Nov. 3 (U.R)
Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson today telegraphed
Matthew Smith, secretary of
the Mechanics Educational
Society of America, Cleve
land, charging that strikes
sponsored by Smith's organise
lion were "equivalent of trea
son" because they were stop
ping the flow of vitally needed
munitions and supplies to the
fighting fronf.
Oakland, Calif., Nov. .3 JU,R)
The National War Labor Board
today ordered Machinists of
America Local 1304 (CIO) to
show cause at a public hearing
tomorrow why they have not
complied with NLWB orders to
resume work in Oakland and Al
ameda shipyards, where con
struction and outfitting of- 82
military and cargo vessels has
been halted by a Jurisdictional
dispute.
Detroit, Nov. 3. (UR) Ap
proximately 2,500 members of
the Mechanics Educational So
ciety of Aemrica employed at
the Nash - Kelvinator corpora
tion's plant here walked out at
10 a. m. today in sympathy with
the union's strike in Toledo.
The walkout was the first
scheduled for 20,000 MESA
members in 23 Detroit war
plants this morning and quickly
was followed by a strike of 700
workers at the Detroit Tap and
Tool Co. and 200 employes at
the Parker Wolverine Co.
Public relations officers for
the army, for which most of the
23 plants are making small
parts, said no further reports
had been given them as yet.
Naval public relations men said
two of the MESA plants in
volved manufactured parts for
the navy and one of these, Sie-
wek, Inc.. had been on strike
for three days over another
matter.
Production of oroDellor con
trol governors and rocket mo
tors was halted at Nash by the
waiKout.
Mishawaka. Ind.. Nov. 3
(U.R) An unauthorized strike at
the Ball Band company, involv
ing approximately 6,000 rubber
workers, ended today when most
of some 2,000 first shift em
ployes returned to their Jobs
alter hearing a back-to-work
plea by union officials.
GERMANYlEN
London, Nov. 3 (U.R)
American and British bombers
dropped more than 113,000 tons
of bombs 266,000,000 pounds
of steel and explosives on Ger
many last month, It was an
nounced today.
The record tonnage was dis
closed as more than 1,000 RAF
heavy bombers sent the Novem
ber phase of the aerial destruc
tion of Germany into its third
day with the heaviest raid yet
on Germany's inland port, rail
way hub and arms center of
Dusseldort last night.
More than 4,000 tons of ex
plosives were dropped on Dus
seldorf, Rhine river stronghold
40 miles northeast of American
he'd Aachen. RAF and Ameri
can bombers already had re
duced a major portion of
Cologne, the other major objec
tive ahend of the American 1st
army, to ruins.
of labor In the state.
His democratic opponent Is
rancher and businessman Edgar
W. Smith, Pendleton, a member
of the state board of higher edu
cation.
Ready to Clear Last N azi Antwerp
(Acm Telephoto)
British and Canadian troops, landing "Ducks" Hned up along south shore of Scheldt, prepare for Inva
sion of north bank to clear Germans from channel leading to Antwerp. Berlin radio reported Allied land
ing near Flushing against last big pocket of Nazis guarding the estuary,
Japan Whittled Down to Low
Rate Naval Power -- Mitscher
- San Diego, Nov. 3 U.R) American naval forces In the Pa
cific have knocked Japan down to a fifth rate naval power and
have virtually eliminated her naval air arm, Vice Adm. Marc A.
Mitscher, commander of the mighty task force 58, revealed here
today.
VITAL RANGOON
FREIGHT YARDS
By United Press
Giant Superfortresses of the
U. S. 20th Bomber Command
hammered the vital Rangoon
freight yards today In their first
blow of the war at Japanese-held
Burma, while Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur's troops closed a trap
around the enemy survivors on
Leyte island and brought the
first campaign of the Philippines
invasion Into the mopping-up
stage.
At the same time, China-based
fliers of the U. S. 14th Air Force
sank another Japanese destroyer
and damaged a transport In the
China sea in their continuing
hunt for the remnants of the
enemy fleet routed off the Philip
pines last week.
A Washington announcement
said the Superfortresses that
raided Rangoon carried the
greatest individual bombloads
ever taken Into action, Indicating
that each B-29 in the strong at
tack force dropped well over
eight tons of bombs. None of the
big bombers was lost through
enemy action, a communique
said.
Japs' In Pocket
Meanwhile, American troops
on Leyte herded the last rem
nants of the enemy garrison
the "Butchers of Bataan" Into
a small, confined sector of the
Island's west coast. Some of the
enemy -already -were reported
trying to flee by sea.
Invasion forces have cut the
Island In two and were closing
In from three land sides on a
pocket of the remaining forces
of the Japanese garrison on
northwest Leyte.
In announcing that end of the
campaign Is "in sight," Gen.
Douglas MacArthur reported
that 30,000 Japanese had been
.killed, wounded or captured in
id days of fighting.
Radio Highlights
Today: Leo T. Crowley, from
Washington, over MBS, 5:13 to
9:30 p. m. PWT; Gov. Saltonstall,
from Springfield, Mass., over
Blue, 8:30 to 9 p. m. PWT; Daniel
Tobin, over NBC, 6 to 6:30 p. m,
PWT; Gov. Brlcker,. from Phila
delphia, over 'Blue, 6:30 to 1
p. ra.. PWT; W. Averell Harrl
man, over NBC, 7:45 to t p, m.
PWT
Saturday: Gov. Brlcker, from
Philadelphia,, over. NBC. and
CBS 7:30 to 8 p. m. PWT; Frank
lin Roosevelt, from Boston, over
NBC, $ D. jn. PWT,
United Press Full
Arriving here with members
of his staff for 30 days leave in
the United States, Mitscher said
his carrier task force had sunk or
damaged 202 Japanese warships
and 593 enemy merchant ships
between its first battle last Janu
ary 29, and its last battle Octob
er 27, off the Philippines.
"Japan now may be consider
ed a fifth rate naval power,"
Mitscher said. "And we feel that
we have practically eliminated
her naval aviation.". ' 1
In addition, task force 88 de
stroyed 2,568 enemy planes in
the air and 1,857 on the ground.
Mitscher said. "These are con
servative figures," he added.
'We don't count those on the
ground unless they burn up."
Of the 202 warships destroyed.
Mitscher listed 88 as known
sunk, 25 as probably sunk, and
89 as damaged. Of the merchant
vessels, he recorded 282 as sunk,
is as probably sunk and 233 as
damaged. He said the merchant
tonnage was about 1,430,000 tons
destroyed.
"In the" battle of the Philip
pines, we got four Japanese car
riers for sure and probably two
others. We know we got the four
because we saw them sung,"
Mitscher said.
'As far as I know, they
(Japan) now have a few battle
ships and one or two first line
carders. Japan's homeland Is
pretty well open for our naval
power."
During the battles of Formosa
and the Philippines. Mitscher
said the ratio of Japanese to
American losses In combat was
8 to 1.
Dewey Pledged Pennsylvania;
Maps Strategy
Albany, Nov. 3 U.R) Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey returned to
the New York state capital to
day to map the strategy for the
last four days of his campaign
for the presidency after his third
swing Into Pennsylvania In quest
of that state s 35 electoral votes.
One of the first, things on
Dewey's schedule after his ar.
rival here was a conference with
Herbert Brownell, Jr., GOP na
tional chairman. The Republican
nominee is to speak over a na
tionwide radio hook-up from
Madison Square Garden, New
York, tomorrow night and again
frbm the executive mansion Mon
day night. .
Dewey came home with the,
pledge of Gov. Edward Martin
of Pennsylvania that Dewey
would carry that state.
"Pennsylvania will, be over
whelmingly Republican on No
vember 7, Martin promised.
It was with those words that
he introduced the Republican
presidential candidate last night
to GOP rallies at Wilkes Barre
and Scraalofl cjlmaxlng the
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NO. 191.
Resistance
CITY ELECTIONS
UP TO MEDFORD.
City elections will be held
along. .with general. .balloting in
Medford and Ashland next Tues
day. Voters will also be given a
non-partisan ballot for county
school superintendent. C. R.
Bowman, Incumbent, Is the only
candidate for the office.
There Is but one contest In
Medford city election, that being
between Elmer Childers and Don
Campbell for councilman from
the fourth ward. The remainder
of the ticket, all Incumbents, are
mayor, C. C. Meeker; city re
corder, J. R. Woodford, and city
treasurer, Oris Crawford.
In Ashland, Thornton S.
Wiley, Incumbent, Is unopposed
for mayor. There are six candi
dates for councilman: Ralph E.
Koozer, Harold A. Merrill, Wal
ter Redford, Jacob Weitzel,
George A. Andrews and Guy T.
Applewhite.
Gertrude Blede Esterllng, In
cumbent, is unopposed for city
treasurer. Kenneth M. Bremner,
Frank E. Thompson and James
Q. Adams, Incumbent, are seek
ing the city recorder Job. Noel
E. Heard and Dr. Ralph E. Pos
ton are the park commission can
didates. -
Scrubbing Brushes
Are Going To War
San Francisco, Nov. 3. (U.R)
Housewives will Just have to
get along with mops or last sea
son's scrub brushes because of
heavy army-navy spit and polish
demands, the regional office of
the War Production Board dis
closed today.
for Climax
most vigorous day of campaign.
Ing Dewey has engaged in since
he formally opened his bid for
the white house two months ago,
Martin predicted that the 107,-
000 votes by which President
Roosevelt carried Allegheny
county (Pittsburgh) in 1940
would be cut to "less than 30,
000." He said he expected to
be able to talk more Intelligent
ly about Philadelphia after he
visits there with Gov. John W.
Brlcker, the GOP vice presiden
tial candidate tonight but pre
dicted that "Philadelphia
couldn't possibly go bad enough
for Roosevelt to carry Pennsyl
vania." He said It was mathematically
possible for the soldier vote,
which he expects to reach. 300M
000, to swing the state but he
didn't think the. result would
hang in the air until the absentee
service ballots are counted No
vember 22.
"I think the soldier vote will
be about the same as the family
vote at home," said the one
time brigadier general.
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NEW SPEARHEAD
IN STEADY GAIN
i t
Doughboys Advance 2' Mi.
From. Vossenack, Cap
ture Town of Schmidt.
Paris,' Nov. 3 (U.R) Amer
can doughboys advanced two
and a half miles southeast from
Vossenack on the Aachen front
today and captured the high
way town of Schmidt, ten miles
inside the Siegfried defenses
and 27 miles from Cologne.
United States 1st .army head-
quarters dispatches revealed that
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
new offensive southeast of
Aachen was developing steadily
after 24 hours of fighting on the
rim of the Hurtgen forest.
German resistance was stif
fening amidst the westwall for
tifications guarding the Cologne
plain and approaches to the
Rhineland, but the 1st army
spearhead probing beyond Vos
senach was advancing steadily.
Flushing Falls
To the northwest the Dutch. .
city of Flushing fell to British,
commandos, and the command
er of the Nazi garrison, Lt Gen.
Relnhard, was captured along;
with many prisoners.
Other British forces captured
Domburg in the swift rush over
the island of Walcheren, last
barrier to the free Allied use of
the port of Antwerp after the .
last German resistance was
crushed In the pocket across the
Schelde estuary
British empire forces were)
swarming through Walcheren
from the east, south and west
and a Junction which will mean
the end of the last effective
German resistance on the island
appeared near.
United Press correspondent
Jack Franklsh, In a dispatch.
from 1st army headquarters, re
ported the capture of Schmidt,
strategic town on high ground
overlooking the headwaters of
the Roer river.
Ten Miles In Germany
The fall of the town 15V4
mfles southeast of Aachen on
the Monschau - Duren highway
represented the 1st army's deep
est penetration of Germany. The
town lies ten miles inside the
frontier in the Rotgen area.
The German DNB news
agency said the Americans and
British ' were concentrating
forces in Holland "for a new
assault on the German western
frontier," and "preparations
seem complete."
Already the campaign on Wal-
cheren Island was being referr
ed to at headquarters as a
"cleanup" which should- not
take long since most of the
heavy gun batteries on the is
land had been silenced.
TIE FOR PLEAS
Fred Marrett and Margaret
Maxine Marrett Indicted by the
last grand Jury for breaking and
entering for the purpose of steal
ing drugs, were arraigned in
Judge H. K. Hanna's court yes
terday, and were granted until
next Wednesday to enter pleas,
upon motion of their attorney,
George A. Codding.
The indictment charges the
Marretts with breaking into the
office of Dr. R. W. Clancy in
the Medford Center building last
August 27. They appeared in
federal court as witnesses
against Dr. Clancy, recently
found guilty by a federal Jury
of illegal disposal of drugs. Dr.
Clancy is scheduled to be a wit
ness against them, the district
attorney states.
Dr. Clancy is held In the
county Jail, pending a pre-sentence
Investigation, before trans
fer to Portland for sentence.
Escaped Convict
Nabbed At Bridge
San Francisco, Nov. 3 (U.R)
Leigh H. Fowler, 45, escaped
convict from the Washington
state prison at Walla Walla who
Is wanted here on robbery and
kidnapping charges, was captur
ed today at the center of the
San Francisco Oakland Bay
bridge by a squad of police and
FBI agents.
Acting on a tip, police trailed
a car containing Fowler and
Fred Richardson, San Francisco,
and forced it to the side of the
bridge where they disarmed and
subdued Fowler. He was carry
ing .48 pistol and extra ammu
nition, r-
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