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1 f 1 JAPANESE SEEK STRONGHOLD ON ASIA MAUD Enemy Concentrates on Per fection of Home Defenses as Empire Dwindles. By DarreH Berrlgaa United Press Correspondent The Japanese offensive In China U designed to consolidate n Asiatic stronghold in which Japanese resistance can continue In the face of the irresistible American offensive in the Pacific which is driving the Japanese from the Philippines, threaten ing their life-lines to Malaya and the East Indies and bringing Ja pan itself under threat of direct assault. The Japanese, faced with In evitable loss of their gains in the southwest Pacific, are ap parently concentrating on the perfection of their home de fenses. The sudden appearance of Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines and Admiral Chester W. Nlmltz in the Marl nas has brought the war to Ja pan's doorstep. Need Home Defense Japan's efforts henceforth al most certainly will be based on the need for home defense. The Japanese offensive in Kwangsi and Kwangtung has a triple purpose. Firstly, it de prives the Americans and Chin se of air bases from which her continental communications and torehouses, as well as the Ja panese islands themselves could be attacked. Secondly, if success ful the current drive will open a land route from Indo-China to occupied China; an important gain in view of the destructive effort of American air and sub marine attacks on Japanese coastal shipping. Thirdly, (and probably most important) it will permit Japan to consolidate her coastal defenses by taking from WANTED . 50 USED CARS Medford's Largert Buyer Pays Highest Cash Prices No Delays. "Ask the man who sold one" HUMPHREY MOTORS USED CAR EXCHANGE 33 S. Riverside Dial 4980 b DAIRY J MONARCH SEED & FEED CO. Sixth and Bartlett Phone 3460 Said Leopold F. Schmidt, Producers of "Brut,"t sup riot Brewer, Yeast of high natural B .Complex Vitamin content. A natural Conditioner and Tonic Food. Popular Vote New York, Nov. 8 (U.PJ Popular vote for president at 1:30 m. EWT: Total Precincts 2,307 439 2,067 14,841 1,663 169 250 " 1,496 1,735 845 8,748 4,016 2,466 2,742 4,291 1,871 627 1,325 1,852 3,841 3,703 1,683 4,543 1,175 2,026 283 Precincts State Reporting 741 Alabama -Arizona Arkansas -California Colorado 140 586 10,036 869 169 192 761 575 581 7,702 3,131 2,120 1,697 2,765 735 615 1,273 1,552 , 3,145 1,408 724 4,207 499 1,602 215 296 3,505 446 6,941 1,540 595 8,703 3,272 1,198 8,156 260 644 1,213 2,007 230 ' 665 231 1,359 1,617 . 1,571 2,758 583 98,784 Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio , Oklahoma 296 3,647 900 9,124 1,922 2,254 9,306 3,672 1,829 8,208 261 1,282 1,948 Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas 2,300 X-254 870 246 1,703 3,163 2,793 3,098 673 130,753 Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Totals X Counties, the enemy bases which undoubt edly would have been used for offensive operations supporting American landings on the coast. Success Costly It is almost certain that the Japanese will succeed in eastern China. But the Chinese armies defending Kweilin, Lluchow and Namning are giving every indi cation that they will make the success a costly one. China's ill armed, ill-fed, and ill-tfained troops, seasoned in defeat, are putting up desperate resistance to the Japanese effort to take the last key points in the east ern offensive. Despite the trickle of American supplies reaching them over a tortuous supply line the Chinese are almost certain to lose. They have only one hope; that the Japanese supply line falter under guerrilla and 14th for President Electoral Roosevelt 117,981 12,149 37,500 1,144,468 123,335 436,967 45,791 224.734 173,650 69,652 1,849,546 637,761 422,157 153,791 312,202 152,943 139,989 283,234 823,608 837,215 384,626 84,061 708,559 67,677 178,696 11,346 120,549 892,296 45,662 3,283,600 416,771 35,907 1,444,833 373,487 106,003 1,776,637 158,847 73,733 62,527 260,377 511,895 112,599 44,433 198,376 210,700 243,150 553,303 45,264 20,404,469 Dewey 23,517 7.947 13,000 839,845 142,615 892,824 34,382 94,735 24,807 63,841 1,655,298 714,748 458,692 227,353 263,956 36,865 154,976 264,249 737,059 854,178 246,600 6,426 668,804 54,959 245,375 11,313 110,592 878,627 87,408 2,939,329 192,042 36,310 1,465,056 279,694 107,871 1,717,979 114,100 3,811 87,413 166,454 109,560 74,325 61,783 116,412 154,017 190,136 584,109 46,600 17,731,992 Vote 11 4 9 25 6 8 3 8 12 4 28 ' 13 10 8 11 10 5 8 16 19 11 9 13 4 6 3 4 16 4 47 14 4 25 10 6 35 4 8 4 12 23 4 3 11 8 8 12 3 531 air force attacks' The true importance of the loss of Kweilin and other key cities and air bases in eastern China can ba known only by those sitting in on highly mil'-' tary strategy in Washington and Chungking. If it is true that Nimitz intends landing his troops directly on the Japanese islands and by-passing China and the strong Japanese armies garrison ed there, then it ia possible that the current defeats will not pro long the war unduly. Military and political opinion is divided on the question of whether the continental armies of Japan will tola if Japan itself is occupied, Manchuria Slrongpolnt Some informed political and military observers in China be lieve1 that Japan's armies m China would continue the war even if the Japanese Islands were occupied. Japan has, In Manchuria, some of its largest war factories, producing every thing the Japanese army uses. In Manchuria it has the steel, coal and' other raw materials neces sary to carry on its war indus try and those raw materials not theer have undoubtedly been piled up from the plentltude in Malaysia and the East Indies. China herself can and does pro duce the food necessary to keep the Japanese army fighting long time on the continent. --y-aiil; Kmm,w America's Original Light Table Beer Since 1931, when the Japanese occupied Manchuria, the Kwan tung and Wwangtung armies have been an almost independ ent of the government in Tokyo. The Manchurian campaign was started against the opposition of the then-government in Tokyo. The north China campaign sim ilarly. There is no reason why these armies, after so many years of operating as an almost independent entity, could not continue fighting the allies- if the Tokyo government surren ders. If this viewpoint proves true, then the loss of Kweilin, Liu chow and Nanning will mean in the last stages of the war, a considerable cost in Chinese and American lives. OPEN HOUSE AT rMCA WILL BE HELD THURSDAY Open house for the Y. M. C. A. recreation center for young people in the' Masonic building will be held tomorrow afternoon and evening. 'Teen agers and their parents are invited be tween the hours of 4 and 6 p. m. and all parents, interested adults and representatives from civic organizations of the city -are asked to call between the hours of 8 and 10 p. m. Members of the Medford Council of Church Women will serve refreshments during both the afternoon and evening hours and members of the City Coun cil of Parent - Teacher associa tions are in charge of decora tions and the program. It is stated that choruses from both senior and junior high schools will sing and Mrs. Eve Prentice's Accordion band will play from time to time during the open house. Acting as hostesses will be members of the Y. M. C. A. board, women of the City Par ent-Teacher association council and from the Council of Church Women. There will be a guest book for signatures of those at tending and "Y" board members will be prepared to take mem berships from young people in terested in joining the club. The center is located on the second floor of the Masonic building in the quarters former ly occupied by the West Main .Street USO. Livestock Portland, Ore., Nov. fl (UP) Live stock: Cottle 300, calvea AO, oponlng rather alow. Early salos cutter-common grade3 about steady, better grade scarce. Conner cows not mov ing. Cutter cows $5.35 6.23, canners quotable down to $4 and below. Fat dairy -type cows to $7.90. Few common steers S10OU. Good beef bulls $9.25 fI0. Good vealers $13(313.50. Grass calves slow. Hogs. 330. Strong to 25c higher. Good-choice 180-240 lbs. $15.23 13.30. Good sows $12.50 13. Feeder pigs salable $13,23114. Sheep, 300. Steady, quality consid ered. Good-choice wooled lambs quot able to $12.60. Good feeder lambs $10. Large lot medium-good shorn lambs $11 straight Good ewes $3.50. Com mon to medium grades $2(32.50, Chicago, Nov. 8 (UP) (WFA) Livestock : Hogs, 10,000. Slow. 5 to 10 cents lower than Tuesday's average on weights 270 lbs. down; heavier weights and sows steadv nt $14; bulk good and choice 180-270 lbs. $14.40'$ 14 30. top $14.50: few 150-160 $13.75 14.35; good clearance. Cattle, 9,000. Calves, 1,000. Good that will give America a superior light table beer! And ever since that year In' 1895, when Leopold F. Schmidt discovered the subter ranean wells of Tumwater, the Schmidt family of master brewers have carried on the tradition of their founder in producing z light table beer or unexcelled quality. We regret that un usual demand for Olympia prevents us meeting, at times, your full require ments. BEER "Its the Water" and choir rteen and yearlings ae Uve; top S18-S0 paid for ywnvllngt. beat weighty steers S1833: heifers $17.00: bulk fad steers and yearlings 114918; bulk hellers S130i17; weighty cutter eowa to 17; most can cers (3.25 (3 6 Sheen. 3.00O. Few early aalea fully steady; scattered lots good and choice naUva slaughter lambs sutU-SS. Portland Produce Portland. Nov. 8 (UP Wholesale product market: Cauliflower No. local $1.70 1.89 crate. Onlom Grn 606090 doaan bunches. Melon DIUard caaabae 111ft par crate. Chicago Wheat Chicago. Nov. 8 (UP) Wheat: Open High Low Close Dee. i.6 1.64H 1H3 l 4i. May 1 33't 1.80 1.59KI 1.59, July 1.48'; 1.49 1.48 J 1.48', Sept 1.46J 1.474, 1.481, 1.4!s 8. F. DAIRY PRICES San Francisco, Nov. 8 (U.R) Dairy market: Butter: 93 score 43, 82 score 42Vi, 90 score 42V4, 89 score 414. Cheese: Wholesale prices: Loaf 27.9; triplets 2.2. 7 Eggs: Large, grade A B6V4 S7V4; large grade B 43Vi-44Va, medium grade A 51V4-52W, small grade A 37H-38V4. Wall Street New York, Nov. 8 (U.R) The stock market took the Roosevelt re-election with scarcely a qualm today and traders re sumed their purchases of spe cial stocks which registered gains ranging to 4 points. First reaction to the election returns was in exact line with Wall Street expectations. The market sagged with heavy deal ing in the low-priced utilities. Net losses seldom ranged be yond a point and these were re duced or eliminated before clos ing time, notably in the Ralls where the average registered a small advance. Commonwealth & Southern and United Corporation had a heavy turnover. They suffored moderate losses on selling which was characterized as settling wagers on Dewey's defeat. Today's closing prices on se lected stocks: American Tel. & Teleg 16354 Anaconda ... . 27 Chrysler 91 Curtiss Wright 84 General Electric 39?s General Motors 63 Va Montgomery Ward . 63 Penn. R. R 81 Phillips Petroleum 43 Radio . low Southern Pacific 26 Standard Oil of California 36 Texas Gulf Sulphur 3S Transamerica . 9 United Aircrafts 31 U. S. Rubber....... 49 U. S, Steel 88 BIRTHS LITTLE To Mr. and Mrs. Donald, Rt. 1, Central Point, Nov. 7, 1944, a boy, 7 lbs., at community Hospital. LEASHES CHECK BITES Los Angeles (U.R) A city or dinance reqquiring all dogs to be kept on leash has reduced the number of persons bitten by one-third and the number of dogs infected with rabies by one-half. City Health Officer George M. Uhl reports. The thermal belt of Polk coun ty, N. C, is said to have the greatest variety of plant life of any section In the United States. mm 1 CARRIER PLANES ttASE TOLL OF ENEMY SHIPS ap General Who Captured Corregidor Is Returned to Command of Forces. By Frank Tremalne United Press Staff Correspendent Pearl Harbor, Nov. 8 U.R American carrier planes strik ing anew at the Manila area in preparation for the next phase of the liberation of the Philip pines had raised their toll to 30 Japanese ships and 440 planes destroyed or damaged today. At least five vessels were sunk, a heavy cruiser and a de stroyer probably sunk, and a other vessels damaged In attacks Saturday and Sunday on the enemy's waning sea and air nower by planes from Adm. William F. Halsey's 3d fleet. The battle of the Philippines already was shaping up as the most decisive campaign fought in the Pacific since the United States regained the initiative. Jap Leader Back Tokyo, recognzlng that her enUre southern empire was threatened, announced that Gen. Tomoyukl Yamashlta. who cap tured Bataan, Corregidor and Singapore, had returned to the command of Japanese forces in the Philippines area. On Leyte, some 350 miles south of Manila, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's American Invasion forces finally Joined battle with elements of four Japanese divi sions In what probably will prove the final and decisive struggle for the central Philip pines island. 1 Units of the American 2n division ran head-on into ele ments of the 1st, 30th and 102d Japanese divisions and rem nants of the notorious 18th divi sion some 15 miles north of Or moc, west coast sea and air base and last enemy stronghold on Leyte. Sharp Fighting Reported "Sharp fighting" was under way, MacArthur reported in nis daily communique. The Japa nese launched three strong coun ter attacks, but all were thrown back with heavy enemy losses. American long-range artillery firing Into the heart of the enemy pocket around Ormac heavily damaged warehouses and supply dumps and started large fires. Dive bombers added to the destruction and damaged numerous barges and small craft In Ormao bay. There were no fresh reports on the progress of American units pushing up the west coast south of Ormac, but 96th divi sion troops liquidated several Isolated enemy parties In the hills near Patok, four miles northwest of American-held Da- garni and some 20 miles east of Ormoc. Extension of the 3d fleet's car rier assault on the Manila bay area of Luzon into Its second day was d'sciosed In a communique from Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz's Pacific fleet headquarters. The communique reported that Hellcat fighters, Avenger torpe do planes and Helldiver dive bombers on the second day, Sun day, had sunk three cargo ships and an oil tanker, probably sunk a destroyer and damaged two destroyers, two destroyer es corts, a trawler and several oar go ships, Sunday s bag raised the toll of ships for the two days to 30, divided as follows: Five sunk A submarine chaser, three cargo ships and an oil tanker. Two probably sunk A heavy cruiser and a destroyer. Twenty-three damage d A light cruiser, five destroyers, two destroyer escorts, 14 cargo ships and a trawler. In addition, Nimitz said, the carrier-based planes shot down or destroyed 249 more planes on PROMPT SERVICE REASONABLE RATES ON MOVING VAN SERVICE PACKING, CRATING 1 STORAGE DISTRIBUTION LOCAL CARTAGE CALLUS WHEN YOU NEED ANY OF THESE SERVICES 703 North Central PHONE 7104 Wednesday. Rot. t. 1944 MEDFORD MAIL TRiBUKE ITVB the ground Sunday to boost the two -day toll to 440 planes smashed. "Many others" were damaged In strafing attacks on airdromes. American losses were not available, Nimitz said. Fields Hit Heavy damage also was said to have been Inflicted on ground Installations at Nichols, Clark and Nielson fields, all near Ma nila, and Llpa, Tarlac, Bamban and Mablacat fields, In southern Luzon. Tokyo's announcement that Yamashlta had been returned to the Philippines meant that one of Japan's most successful generals was about to fight a re turn engagement with MacAr thur, who commanded American troops on Bataan and Corregidor until his departure to Australia to organize the "march back." The 59-year-old Yamashlta has been serving as commander of Japanese forces In Malaya and apparently took over the post of Lit. Gen, Shigenori Kuroda in HANDSOME NEW k NOT RATIONED BTvll GUARANTEE D IMSl to pop,?- -frVfrS WASHING MACHINES REPAIRED Parts & Service on All Makes B & B Washer Shop 40B E. 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