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little chance In temperature.
Temp.
Highest yesterday . 53
Lowest this morning 40
Thirty-ninth Year
Violent Fighting Rages
Nazis Seek to Cut Off
IE OF BATTLE
SWAYS ALL DAY
T(
German Losses in South
west Holland Placed Near
45,000; Prisoners Taken.
New York, Nov. 7 U.R)
Incomplete returns from 86
of the country'i more than
140,000 precincts, tabulated at
4:15 p. m.. EWT, gave Piesi
dent Roosevelt 3.349 votes and
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey 2-819.
The scattered returns were
from seven states Kansas,
Alabama, Maine, Massachu
setts, New Hampshire, Okla
homa and North Carolina.
Paris, Nov. 7 (U.R) Violent
and indecisive fighting raged all
day today in the streets of Vos
senack where strong German
forces battled in vain to cut off
the deepest American spearhead
in Germany and isolate the First
Army troops at its tip to the
southeast.
As Allied armies virtually
completed their triumph in
southwest Holland, supreme
headquarters reported that the
German 15th army lost 43,000
to 46,000 men on that front in
the last month.
On Schouwen
Berlin reported that the Al
lies had crossed to Schouwen
island, the central of the four
large Dutch islands off the
southwest coast The reported
crossing apparently was made
from the adjacent St. Filipsland
peninsula, which Canadian
i . Vib1 nrciinied.
United Press Correspondent
Jack Krankish, with U. S. 1st
army forces in tne nurvscu -est
southeast of Aachen, report
th.t the tide of battle swayed
n rinv through rubble-strewn
Vossenack. ,
t . rir, rnnrtnev H. Hodges
troops, 'defending Vossenack
and the base of the salient loop
ing southeastward to jvonuuci
.hwt wpre forced by power
ful Nazi' pressure to yield a few
yards of bloody ground inside
the town.
Battle Inconclusive
But late in the day the Ger
mans and Americans each held
a section of Vossenack and the
struggle went on with no con
clusive trend defined.
Frankish said the Nazi Com
mand had thrown strong ar
mored and infantry forces Into
the attempt to cut through the
U. S. salient at Vossenack and
isolate the doughboys clinging
firmly to Kommerschmidt, a
mile and a half to the southeast.
On the Dutch front, allied
forces captured the Walcheren
provincial capital of Middelburg
and veered to the northeast, al
most completing the conquest of
the island athwart the sea lanes
to Antwerp.
They also seized Willemstadt,
on the south bank of the Hol
land Deep 18 miles south of Rot
terdam, the core of one of the
last two German pockets below
the Maas. American units
stormed into MoerdtJJjk, center
of the last pocket and half a
mile from the approaches to the
Nazi-blasted 14-span bridge
across the Maas.
Many Captured
An official compilation of en
emy casualties in the battle of
southwest Holland showed 13.
000 prisoners taken in the
Schelde pocket, 7,000 prisoners
on Beveland and Walcheron,
end 6.000 on the mainland south
of the Maas. German killed and
wounded were estimated at 17,
000 to 20.000.
Czechoslovak forces contain
ing the German garrison of
Dunkerque, last enemy held
channel port, made a raid that
yielded 200 prisoners yesterday.
Subsequently they granted the
Nazis a two-hour truce to bury
their dead and retrieve their
wounded left in No Man's. Lund.
Medford
United Pre
Singapore Raid
DISTANCES IN STATUTE Ml LIS
From Calcutta! " From Caylon:
Akyab, 300 Andaman, 800
Andamant, 700 Singapore, 1700
lolombo, izuu from toconoda
Singaport, 1800 Andamons, 800
V NEW v J 0
JMMMr THAILAND
(Acme Telephoto)
The great strike by B-29 Super-Fortresses at Singapore Is regarded ai
prelude to full-scale amphibious landing somewhere In Southeast Asia,
perhaps at Rangoon, which the Super-Forts hit last week. Sumatra tar
gets also were smashed by the giant planes. Kandy, Ceylon, Is Lord
Mountbatten's headauarters and Ceylon Is possible source of amphlblou
forcM.
BODY FOUND IN
ROGUE RIVER BY
The body of an unidentified
man was found wedged in the
mud beneath a log drift in Rogue
river Sunday afternoon, accord
ing to the county coroner's of
fice. The body was found by J.
L. Jenkins, 228 Haven street,
Medford, who was crossing the
log drift while on a duck hunt
ing trip.
Jenkins notified state police
who went to the scene, accom
panied by Deputy Coroner Car
los Morris, Deputy Sheriff Bill
Grenbemer and an officer from
the Provost Marshal's office at
Camp White. Arnold A. Gosnell,
Sams Valley, furnished a boat
and took the party to the scene,
about five miles below Bybee
Bridge and about two miles
above Gold Ray dam.
Morris used a shovel to re
move silt, sand and mud which
covered all but the head and
top of the shoulders of the body.
The body was dressed in a kahki
colored shirt and wore a plastic
dog tag" chain but had no iden
tification tags.
Morris stated that facial fea
tures were so badly decomposed
there was no way of determin
ing age but said he was between
S feet, 10 Inches and six feet
tall and probably weighed about
185 pounds. It was estimated he
had been dead about one or two
years.
On December 2, 1942, two
soldiers from Camp White were
reported drowned In the river
with only one body being re
covered. Officials from the army
camp today stated no identifica
tion had been established and
could give out no information
until such was completed.
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Mark Goldy, Porter J. Neff
and Bill von der Hellcn poring
over first election returns.
Jack Burres noting that Old
Glory wasn't waving over all
the voting places as provided by
law.
Sharkey Reinking calling on
friends and incidentally selling
tickets to the Legion's Armis
tice Day dance. -
-Full LtBMd Wire
Invasion Prelude?
LOCAL VOTERS IN
EARLY POLL TREK
Heavy voting prevailed In lo
cal precincts this morning, start
ing with the opening of the polls
at 8 o'clock. Brisk voting was
also reported from other valley
towns, and the rural districts.
In the first hour of voting in
the North Main precinct, ballots
were cast at the rate of 70 votes
per hour, and in the Queen Anne
precinct 32 votes were cast the
first half hour. Another east
side precinct reported 62 votes
cast the first hour.
The poll ; close at 8 o'clock this
evening. Sunshine with inter
mittent cloudiness prevailed, in
dicating a 75 per cent or higher
vote.
HITLER TO MAKE
IMPORTANT TALK
By United Press ,
A Berlin dispatch to the Stock
holm newspaper Tidningen said
today that Adolf Hitler will
make an "important" speech to
morrow, the anniversary of the
ivn beer hall putsch.
The dispatch reported hv the
FCC, said it had not- been de
cided whether the speech would
be made before a large audience
or to a limited circle of nazi par
ty leaders.
"The general opinion within
party circles is that a public
speecn woum demand too com
prehensive precautions," the
newspaper said.
Polls Open
For the benefit of those who were unable to vote this morning
or in the early afternoon, It is pointed out that polling places re
main open until 8 p. m. Information on precinct polling sites may
be obtained from the Mail Tribune or a map in the window of the
Medford Military Tailor ship, corner of Main and Bartlctt streets.
If you voted in either the primary or general election of 1942,
or If you are a new voter and registered 30 days or more ago, you
are eligible to vote. . '
You must place an "X" between the ballot number and name
of each candidate for whom you wish to vote. You cannot, vote a
straight ticket by marking a single "X."
You are not required to vote only for candidates of the party
In which you are registered, but may do so if you wish. You may,
if you desire, split your vote among Republican, Democratic and
independent candidates.
The ballot is secret. There is no way in which anyone may find
out how you voted, unless you reveal it.
You can omit voting for any candidate or measure and your
vote will be counted for thcie you do vote for.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7,
in Vossenack;
U. S. Spearhead
8,590,000 NAZIS
Reds Engaging Enemy in
Great Tank Battle Outside
Budapest, Last Capital.
Moscow, Nov. 7 U.R Vic
torious Soviet armies have killed
or captured 8,590,000 German
troops on the eastern' front,
Marshal Josef Stalin disclosed to
day as his forces engaged the
enemy in a great tank battle out
side Budapest, last Nazi satellite
capital in Europe.
(Berlin reported that the Rus
sians were bring up strong
motorized formations for a final
assault on Budapest, and claimed
that other Soviet forces had
made two attempts to cross the
Danube in an effort to swing
around the rear of the capital.)
Frontier Restored
Stalin, in an order of the day
observing the 27th anniversary
of the Red Revolution, said the
German violated frontier had
been restored for its entire
length from the Black sea to the
Barents sea,, and . triumphantly
declared:
"Our aim now is to smash
Hitlerite Germany by the crush
ing pressure of the allied na
tions."
Stalin disclosed that the two
summer offensives which carried
Soviet troops Into East Prussia.
pushed the Germans back to
Warsaw and liberated Romania
and Bulgaria, cost the Germans
790.000 killed or captured.
On June 22. German casualties
for the first three years of the
eastern campaign were set at
7,800 000, thus bringing the total
to 8,590,000 for less than three
arid a half years of warfare.
Soviet forces liberated tens of
millions' of persons from the
yoke of Nazism, Stalin said, and
together with allied armies have
taken up positions "for a decisive
offensive on the life center oi
Germany."
Although the regular com
munique for the first time since
Oct. 2 reported "no essential
changes on the fronts." military
dispatches said the battle before
Budapest had reached "fierce
proportions" as the Germans
made an 11th hour attempt to
halt Marshal Rodion Y. Malin
ovsky's 2nd Ukrainian army.
First Town Gives
Dewev 14. F.D.R. 5
Osborn, Me., Nov. 7 U.R)
The first 19 ballots cast in Os
born today gave: Roosevelt 5,
Dewey 14.
In 1940 the complete vote for
this town was Roosevelt 6,
Willkie 21.
JAP SUBS REPORTED
SINKING U. S. SHIPS
London. Nov. 7 (U.R) Berlin
qupted a Tokyo communique
today as reporting that Japanese
submarines operating off the
west coast of the United States
sank nine American transports.
Until 8 P. M.
FOR NEAR-RECORD
TO POLLS
Bitterly Contested Races
Draw Voters; Presidential
Fight Holds Main Interest
Salem, Ore., Nov. 7 (U.R)
A near record-breaking vote of
more than 480,000 was expected
in one of Oregon's most bitterly
contested elections today, as per
haps 80 or more per cent of
the 602,013 registered voters
planned to visit their precinct
polling places.
Occasional light showers early
in the day, increasing tonight,
seemed to have little bearing on
the prospective size of the vote,
as tremendous interest in the
contest was made evident dur
ing the last week of the cam
paigns. Oregon s six electoral votes
may possibly be a deciding fac
tor in the national election, par
ticularly if the vote 'is as close
as it has been indicated. Oregon
has voted for the winner in pres
idential races at all elections ex
cept four since ih gained state
hood. The last time it missed was
in isie.
Candidates for state, local and
national offices wound up their
campaigns last night and turned
this wartime election over to the
voters of the state.
While principal interest todnv
is centered in the presidential
race, Oregon's voters also have
shown that there is tremendous
interest in the state races, par
ticularly xne senatorial contest.
in these, Wayne L. Morse. Eu-
gene Republican, -opposes Demo
crat tdgar smith, Pendleton, for
me run term, and Sen. Guy Cor-
aon, ttepuDllcan. Roseburff. Is
against Willis E. Mahonev. Dem.
ocrat of Klamath Falls, for the
unexpired term of the late Sen
Charles L. McNary.
remaps the most enntrnvpr.
siai issue on the ballot is the so-
canea "Little Townsend plan,"
or the $60 at 60 measure, which
wouia levy a gross Income tax
upon all citizens of the statu tn
provide annuities for people over
ou years oi age or who are
physically disabled. It would also
prohibit the levying of a sales
lax.
Another tax measure whlnh
has vied for attention during the
campaign is the proposed retail
sales tax, a three per cent trans
action tax, the proceeds of which
would go for old age assistance,
to the schools and to lower prop
erly taxes.
Other of the ballot proposals
which have been strongly de
bated are the school fund bill
and the Burke wine bill. Less
controversial measures include
the bank depositors security
measure, the bill to authorize
a change to county managerial
government and the measure
permitting legislative regulation
of the voting privilege. Also two
veterans measures, .educational
aid and loan provisions, appear
on the ballot.
.11
Practically all places of busi
ness in Medford plan to close on
Armistice day according to In
formation given the Chamber of
Commerce during a poll Just
conducted. Exceptions were a
small number of grocery stores
and a few drug stores, the lat
ter to be open for part of the
day. The courthouse and city
hall will also be closed that day
The traditional Armistice day
parade is scheduled for 11 a. m.
as usual and various patriotic
organizations have planned an
nual meetings for the day.
JMlBUNE
Unlttd Press FuU
FDR Home
W "'N
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jWLnatws Ij't .- j
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Accompanied by Secretary of the Treasury Henry J. Morgenthau, Presl
dent Roosevelt (left) starts on tour of his home country in the Hudson
River Valley after his return to Hyde Park to cast his election vote. Th
President urged a record-breaking vote as evidence of . continuing demo
cratic processes in this country.
"Tree Grower"
Hyde Park. N. Y., Nov. 7
(U.R) "Tree Grower" Franklin
D.' Roosevelt voted for Franklin
D. Roosevelt for president today
for Jhe fourth time... ,
The President cast his vote in
the old Hyde Park town hall
where he made his first political
speech in 1910 when he was a
young lawyer running for the
New York state legislature.
Mr. Roosevelt drove from his
home with his family in an open
touring car, reached the hall at
12:20 p. m., visiting en route
with the children of Hyde Park
Elementary school.
With the President were his
wife, his daughter, Mrs. John
Boettiger, and five - year - old
Johnny Boettiger.
The President was Voter No.
251 at the Hyde Park polls. He
was greeted by Election Inspec
tor Mildred M. Todd as he pre
sented himself for identifica
tion.
Deweys Cheered At Polls
New York, Nov. 7 (U.R)
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey voted
today as "Thomas Edmund
Dewey, New York, lawyer,"
supporting his candidacy for
President of the United States.
He voted at the poll place at
108 E. 48th street, Just three
blocks from his legal residence
in the Roosevelt Hotel.
Arriving from Albany at
12:30 p. m., the GOP candidate
went at once by automobile to
the polling place.
Approximately 100 persons
waiting inline to vote, gave him
a round of applause and urged
him and Mrs. Dewey to go to
the head of the line.
To shouts of "Good Luck,
Dewey" and "We Want Dewey"
the candidate and his wife
stepped up to the desk of Elec
tion Clerk Mrs. Mary E. Dunn.
In response to her questions, he
10 KILLED IN
CRASH OF BLIP
Boston, Nov. 7 (U.R) Two
men were lost and eight rescued
after a navy blimp on an oper
ational flight from the South
Weymouth air base crashed Into
the Atlantic ocean 12 miles east
of Cape Cod In foul weather
yesterday, the navy announced
today.
The body of one victim was
picked up along with eight sur
vivors by a navy rescue vessel.
The 10th men still is missing
and presumed dead.
Names of those involved were
withheld.
Leased Wire
NO. 194.
to Vote
lAcmt Teleoholo)
F.D.R. Votes
"Name please?" Mildred ask
ed. "Franklin D. Roosevelt," the
President replied. .
..'Occupation?'; . - W
"Tree grower," he answered,
and then mused for a moment
to recall how he had identified
himself four years ago.
"What did I say then tree
grower or treefarmer?"
He was assured by the ladles
of the polls that he was being
consistent with "tree grower."
"Have some candy?" one of
the ladies said. '
"Why, thank you, yes I wlU,"
he said, selecting a fat piece of
chocolate and chewing on it as
he went into the voting booth.
After voting the President
got In his car to wait while Mrs.
Roosevelt and her secretary,
Miss Malvlna Thompson, cast
their ballots. Mr. Roosevelt ex
plained the voting process . to
little Johnny who seemed to
take it as a pretty dull affair.
Identified himself as Thomas
Edmund Dewey, a resident of
the Roosevelt Hotel, and gave
nis occupation as lawyer."
While flash bulbs exploded
ana movie cameras ground. Mrs.
Dunn told him to use booth No.
2. His wife was the 256th ballot
cast in the polling place.
Dewey and Mrs. Dewey were
in the polling place from 12:40
to 12:55 p. m. They were cheer
ed by about 200 persons as thev
left by automobile for their ho
tel suite where the candidate
will receive election returns to
night.
trom the executive mansion
In Albany, Dewey submitted
his candidacy to the voters last
night with an appeal for a re
publican victory "to shorten the
wcr" and lay the groundwork
for postwar peace and prosper
ity.
Last Minute Coin
Runs Betting Odds
To 1 to 4 On F.R.
St. Louis, Nov. 7 (U.R) A
last minute deluge of betting
money on President Roosevelt
bet shops closed at noon to
day gave the President a new
edge of 1 to 4 odds to win
the election over Gov. Thom
as E. Dewey. The GOP nom
inee's adds went down to 3' 4
to one.
Betting Commission er
James Carroll said odds list
ed at the close of business yes
terday were one to three on
Roosevelt to win and 2V& to
1 on Dewey. This meant the
customers had to place three
dollars on Roosevelt to win
one dollar if he wins and $1
on Dewey to win $2.50 if he
wins.
KEEN INTEREST
CROTO POLLS
War Workers on Hand Early
' In Industrial Areas; Cities
Report Heavy Turnout.
New York, Nov. 7 (U.R
Some of the heaviest voting in
history, despite the absence of
men in the armed forces, was re
ported today from industrial cen
ters of this nation which is choos
ing between Franklin D. Roose
velt and. Thomas E. Dewey in the
first wartime presidential elec
tion since 1864.
War workers crowded the
polls in New York, Chicago, De
troit, Philadelphia, Nashville,
Houston, Dallas and other cities
as soon ns the voting places open
ed. Fair weather over most of the
country also was expected to
bring out a strong rural vote.
Nutbush First
First returns came from the
rural Nutbush precinct of Vance
county, N. C, where the 21 reg
istered voters cast their ballots
unanimously for President
Roosevelt, and from Mashpee,
Mass., where the first block of
voters counted gave Dewey 81
and Roosevelt 44.
Boston reported the total vote
running ahead of 1940 through
out New England, particularly in
the industrial areas,
Detroit officials estimated that
city would poll 700,000 votes
compared to 684,000 four yean
ago.
Watchers In Philadelphia re
ported "very heavy" voting in
both the industrial and residen
tial sections. Industrialized Ches
ter, Pa., was piling up its heav
iest vote in history, and Pitts
burgh totals were running ahead
of 1940.
In New York City's Brooklyn
Borough, 100,000 of the 1,121,-
053 registered voters had cast
their ballots by 8 a. m., two
hours after the polls opened.. ,
...' Kansans for Dewey
The first 50 votes counted in
Pratt. City, Kan., traditionally a
republican ' stronghold, save
Dewey 27, Roosevelt 23.
uesplte scattered rains in the
west, early voting was excentlnn.
ally heavy in ColoradoUnd Utah.
Kansas Citv was ha vino It
biggest rush to the polls in many
years ana some precincts were)
half voted by 9 a. m. (CWT). The
total was expected to be far
ahead of 1940.
Several Texas cities, including
Fort Worth, San ntonio, Dallas,
Houston, Longvlew and Wichita
Falls, were expected to set new
voting records.
Oklahoma war workers rushed
to the polls early and in mid-
morning the vote was running?
ahead of 1940.
CARRIER PLANES
BLAST JAP SHIPS
IN MANILA AREA
Pearl Harbor. Nov. 7. (U.R) .
The liberation of Leyte neared
lis iinai phase today while Amer
ican carrier planes, striking at
the ultimate American objective
in the Philippines, reported the
destruction of 191 Japanese
planes and blasting of eight or
more ships in raids on the Ma
nila area.
A submarine chaser was sunk,
a heavy cruiser probably sunk
and a light cruiser, three de
stroyers and "several" two or
more cargo ships damaged by
aircraft of the 3rd fleet in or
near Manila bay Saturday, Pa
cific fleet headquarters an
nounced in a communique.
Near Ormoc
Tank-paced American invasion
forces on Leyte, 350 miles south
of Manila, were converging ad
vances within 16 miles north
and 11 miles south of OTnoc,
last Japanese stronghold on the
island.
"Our advance toward Ormoc
continues unchecked," Gen.
Douglas MacArthur reported in
his daily communique from his
headquarters on Leyte.
The anticipated clash with the
main Japanese force north of
Ormoo failed to develop. The
Japanese were counter-attacking
only feebly before resuming
their retreat, but it was possible
they have prepared fr-r a standi
nearer Ormoc to cover an evac
uation attempt.
Admiral Chester W. Nlmltx, in
announcing the carrier - based
raid on tie Manila area, said
preliminary reports showed that
"much damage", was done in
Manila harbor and at live air-
i fields in the vicinity. . . '