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;4 ZLTQUVL Qo) AW Weather rarKub Clra tonight tni Friday; cool tooltht; llihtlr nnw Friday afternoon. HichMt Titm ymf Loweit this morning , , , 25 Thirty-ninth Year Yanks Invade Mapia Islands on Guinea Coast 3,000 Japanese Trapped on Northwest Leyt 1 E LATEST EXPANSION Occupation of Bases On Route to Philippines Aimed at Elimination of Warning By United Press American Invasion ' of the Hapia islands, above the north west coast of Mew Guinea, to eliminate Japanese warning stations on the bombing route to . the Philippines was an nounced today as other forces sprang a trap on 3000 enemy troops on northwest Leyte, 900 miles to the northwest. Gen. Douglas MacArthur. re vealed that a small force landed Wednesday in the Mapias, 145 miles northwest of American- held Biak and 135 miles north of Noemfoor In New Guinea's Geelvink bay. Only "slight re; sistance" was encountered. , To Blind Japanese The landing was designed to deprive the enemy of observa tion posts he could use in warn ing Japanese-occupied islands in the Philippines of the approach of American bombers and trans port planes from New Guinea. Front dispatches from Leyte said the U. S. 24th division had effected a Junction after sweep ing down either side of a rein forced enemy regiment on the Ormoc-Limon road. The road practically was severed south of Limon, cutting off the Japanese force from its .base at Ormoc, 20 miles to the south. ' American heavy bombers blasted two airfields on Negros island Saturday and Monday, cratering runways and destroy ing at least two planes on the ground. Gunboat Sunk Air patrols to the north and west sank a Japanese gunboat and two fuel barges. Fighter planes strafed Japa nese barges and short targets near Ormoc. Pilots said the barges were empty and it was indicated the Japanese tempor arily had abandoned attempts to reinforce the Leyte garrison, now estimated at five divisions. Japanese planes increased har assing attacks on .American ground Installation, but five of them were shot down. INCREAOUGHT LI Salem, Ore., Nov. 16 U.R) A two-year extension of the val idity of current drivers licenses will be requested of the state legislature in January, Secre tary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., had said today. The licenses, which now would expire in June, 1945, were originally slated to expire in 1943, but were extended by the '43 legislature. Farrell cited the lack of ex perienced examiners and no great need for reexamination of present drivers as reasons for the request SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Nell Davidson being "honor ed" with appointment as tem porary recording secretary of the False Friends club. A. G. Nelson of the Butte Falls highway, in to confess he didn't read the M-T as faithfully as he might have during the late cam paign. . . Claudia Lowd explaining how to get a house to liva in buy one. IS ENCOUNTERED IN Medford United PrattFull Lund Wire Sniper Victim ; . Wait? . ' (Acme ephoto) Prank Prist, Jr., NiiA-At... no tograpner for tne War Picture fool who was assigned to cover the re turn of Gen. MacArthur to the Phil ippines, is shown wearing parachuti and ready to board plane for jump Prist has just been reported killed lr action on Leyte Island, victim of I Jap sniper bullet. This recent pic ture was taken in the South Paclfl' Kbile Prist was completing tralnhv i as a paratro'-er. , OF Washington, Nov. 16 4U.R) Acting only, a half hour after receiving the nomination from President Roosevelt, the senate today confirmed his designation of former Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes to be director of the office of war mobilization and reconversion. Sen. Walter F. George, D.; Ga., sponsor of the legislation under which the office was set up, asked that the nomination be confirmed immediately with out the usual reference to com mittee. His motion was agreed to by unanimous consent. Mr. Roosevelt also nominated Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, now veterans administrator, to be re training and re-employment di rector under the same legislation a position he has been holding on an interim basis. Hines' nom ination was not acted upon, how ever. ' SEAT COMMITTEE Snlom Cr Nnv IB (UP) A house of representatives seat ln0 mmmittpp hns been annoint- ed for the next session of the legislature by William McAl lister of Medford. speaker of thp last house. Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, Jr., re ported today, after receiving a letter from McAllister, who is now serving with the army in France. The committee indues Harvey Wells, Portland; J. D. Perry, St. Helens, and Giles French, Moro. SEN.1 BONE RESIGNS Ran Francisco. Nov. 16 (U.R) Former U. S. Sen. Homer T Bone, D., Wash., disclosed today he resigned his senate seat last Monday preparatory to being sworn In later today as a mem ber of the U. S. circuit court of appeals. MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1944 - E Western Defense Command Says Restrictions Raised in Cases of Special Merit. San Francisco, Nov. 16 (U.R) The western defense command said today American citizens of Japanese ancestry are being per mitted to return to restricted areas of the Pacific coast "in cases of special merit where the records of the individuals are absolutely clear." The statement was Issued by the army in connection with the impending return of James K. Yamamoko and his family from Ogden, Utah; to his farm at Supertino, Cal. In addition It was revealed that the federal bureau of In vestigation has notified the Burl ingame, Cal., chief ' of police, John J. Harper, that Kukum- osuke (Frank) Fujiwara, Japa nese, has been exempted from army exclusion regulations and will arrive in Burllngame to re side. In Salt Lake City ; Walter Mewing, acting supervisor of the War Relocation Authority, today denied published reports that the WRA may give financial aid to Yamamoto or other Jap anese to return to California. Mewing said he was "un aware" of a plan, described in another published report from Washington, that the WRA as-! sertedly was setting in motion to speed the wholesale return of persons of Japanese ances try to the Pacific coast. Nelson Arrives At Chungking Airport Chungking, Nov. 16 (U.R) Donald M. Nelson, President Roosevelt's special emissary to China, arrived in Chungking to day with a delegation of 13 American industrial experts as signed to work with China's newly-created war production board and help revive the na tion's lagging war Industries. "This will be the best mission that ever came to China," Nelson told correspondents who greeted his party at the Chungking air port. FEHL TO CARRY SALARY DISPUTE TO HIGH COURT Earl H. Fehl, has served no tice of his intentions 'to file an appeal to the state supreme court in his suit against Jackson county for salary he claims is due him as county judge, while he was in the state prison for ballot theft, and the state hos pital, both at Salem. Fehl seeks approximately $11,000. The suit was ordered dismissed by Cir cuit Judge H. K. Hanna last September. Report on 9th Army Ends Guessing Game For Nazis Br Edward V. Rogerts United Press Correspondent U. S 9th Army Headquarters, Europe, Nov. 16 (U.R) Official disclosure today that the Ameri can 9th army is operating In the Germany-Holland-Belgium area ended a guessing game that must have given nazi intelligence one of its biggest headaches. The 9th became operational In this theater in September, but many possibly all units of the seasoned 9th never hitherto had been committed in a major drive. And the defenders of Ger many still have to determine the military power of the newest allied force hammering at the western gates of the reich. Soon after the fall of Brest, th German radio reported that Canadians Capture Hitman Torpedomen On Walcheren Isle With the Canadian Forces in Holland, Nov. 16 (U.R) The Al lied troops who captured Walch eren island early this month also bagged 200 expert Nazi swim mers, members of a "human tor pedo" battalion stationed on the island to blow up any Allied ships that might try to run through the channel to Antwerp, it was disclosed today. The Nazis, described by Allied officers as "all brawn and no brains," never had a chance to perform their specialty. They were captured almost at once when the Canadians broke into the German coastal fortifica tions along the west shore of the island a few miles from Flush ing. Quota for Jackson county for the Sixth War Loan drive, which, starts Monday, will be $2,309, 000 according to .Henry Zacharl sen. chairman of county bond sales. This is somewhat higher. than for the fifth loan. -Emphasis will be laid again on the sale of "E" bonds, the chairman states, and the quota for these is again $600,000. Ashland and the immediate area assumes a quarter of the total quota, $557,000, Mr. Zacha risen reports, as the amount to be sold in that district, while Medford and the remaining sec tions of the county are assigned the remaining three-quarters. The drive will be officially launched with special nation wide programs and announce ments Sunday. ARE ANNOUNCED Washington, Nov. 16 (U.R) The war department announced today that U. S. army casualties in France, the lowlands and the German border region from the time of the invasion to Novem ber 1 totalled 200,349. Of these, 35,884 are listed as killed, 145,788 wounded, and 18,677 missing. Casualties of the 7th army, which landed In southern France, as well as the armies whiah ramn thrAuch northern France are included in the total. U. S. airforces casualties are not in cluded. Total army casualties of World War II through October 28, were 437,356. the 9th was operating on the western front. It was wrong. The Germans later tried several fish ing expeditions, but as incredi ble as It may seem, the presence of the entire army on the front line apparently remained a sec ret. The commander is lanky, ca daverous looking Lt. Gen. Wil liam Hood . Simpson. The nazis know of him only through his reputation as a wizard at .mili tary organization and one-time trouble-shooter for the late Lt. Gen. Lesley McNalr. Some units of the 9th have been shifted to different armies four times since D-Day as Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhower shuffled his units to defeat the German intelligence efforts at pin-pointing the new army. QUOTA L TAX FREE MAY DELAY CONGRESS Efforts of Vandenberg Group to Bar Increase Threatens to Disrupt Program. Washington. Nov. 16 (U.R) The perennial efforts of a group led by Sen. Arthur H. Vanden berc. R.. Mich., to nrevent the one Der cent social aeciirltv tav from doubling, threatened today io snag plans oi congressional leaders for a short, non-enntro- versial wind-up session of the I am congress. The Vandenberg group for several years has succeeded In forcing enactment of legislation preventing the otherwise-automatic increase In the old age benefit payroll deductions on employes and employers. That rate will go to two per cent on Jan. 1 unless congress acts to the contrary, and republicans currently are seeking passage of Vandenberg'a bill to block the increase. Prospect Poor House Speaker Sam Rayburh told reporters today, however, that "I don't see any prospects now- for enactment of such legislation. Senate Democratic Leader Alben W. Berkley said earlier that efforts were 'being made to work out a compromise, and that the senate democratic steering committee had ' dis cussed efforts to teach such an agreement. -. Because the constitution re quires that all revenue legisla tion must originate in the house, the "freeze' either would have to be passed first by the house or adopted by the senate as an amendment to a house bill. De spite efforts of republicans, it appeared unlikely that the house would originate such a measure and the chances of its adoption by the senate as a "rider to a house bill seemed somewhat remote. The "freeze legislation was not on the legislative program mapped by democratic leaders, who hope to wind up the new session well before Christmas. FIRE DESTROYS E Gold Hill, Nov. 16 Fire ear ly this morning completely de stroyed the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Martin with almost all of the furnishings and other possessions of the family. The blaze was discovered about 1 a. m. and is thought to have started from tha kltr-hpn flue or electrical wiring. The seven-room nouse was one of the most modern and attractive In the town. Mr. Martin Is superintendent of the Pacific Portland Cement company here. DOOMED IS VIEW Washington, Nov. 16 (U.R) Democratic house leaders indi cated today that the Dies com mittee on un-American activi ties, the subject of violent con troversy during Its six years of ; existence, will die with the end of the present congress Janu ary 3. - The Democratic stand was sug gested after Rep. J. Parnell Thomas, R., N. J., ranking minor ity member of ths committee, said that any resolution offered to continue the group "mt'ft rest with the majority party In the house." Tribune United Press Full The End WMIM IMIII.ia.iM.w.sv,..T.1....,..-. j. -;-; III HI .. . U . I jjfl V This dramatlo series of pictures shows a four-motored "Emily," Jan patrol bomber, under attack by a U. a. Navy patrol bomber of Fleet Air wing One in the Western Paolflo. In picture No. 1 the "Emily" is shown under strafing attack with one engine aflame and hovering precarious ly close to water. Next photo (2 shows crash and explosion. In last photo (31 the Japanese bomber has disappeared leaving only flaming oil and column of black smoke. ; Wing Navy's PBav shows In left ceutei of last picture. U. 8. Navy photo. E TO SEEK ON STATE TOUR Hood River, Ore., Nov. 16 (U.R) Wayne Morse, U. S. scna-tor-clect, dropped Into Hood River today to open a series of Informal conferences through out the state by which he said he hoped to obtain a cross sec tion of Oregon's problems and desires before going to the na tional capital to assume his new duties. Morse said there would be no formal meetings, but that he would be available for discus sions of community problems at each place he visits. He planned to go to Portland tonight to attend a postwar committee meeting. He said his schedule called for him to go to Klamath Falls and Bend next week, Medford the week after that. HITLER RUMORED ON TOKYO TRIP London, Nov. 16 (U.R) Two Independent sources suggested today that Adolf Hitler, far from mad, 111 or dead, has left by submarine or plane for Japan for a spectacular east-west con ference with his last major ally. The theory was advanced si multaneously by non-Spanish diplomatic a circles in Madrid and by Willi Frischauer, Austri an author who has spent 20 years studying Hitler's life, in a letter to the editor of the Lon don Dally Herald. Diplomatic circles in Madrid also relayed a report that Hit ler fled Germany last week and had taken refuge in some neu tral country, "unconflrmedly Argentina." CUB PACK TO MEET Cub Pack No. 6 will hold its monthly Pack meeting in the Washington school gym at 7 p. m. tonight. All Cubs and their parents axe requested to attend. Leased Wire NO. 202. of 'Emily' iWFlWlt.l1im,,TSIWW4ai'R'vi-:.. Hew' War On Japan Has First British Call Asserts Churchill , London, Nov. 16 (U.R) Prime Minister Winston Church ill and Labor Minister Ernest Bevin declared today that the war against Japan will have first call on Britain's manpower and material resources after Germany's defeat, although a partial demobilization and ' In dustrial conversion will be ne cessary, particularly In the housing and export fields. Bevln told a press conference that everything needed to insure the swift downfall of Japan wifl have the highest priority, and that "conscription will go until the defeat of Japan." Because of the nature of the war against Japan, he added, there probably will be no dis charges from the navy or air force after Germany is beaten, although some men will be re leased from the army. TOWARD FAENZA Rome, Nov. 16 (U.R) Brit ish troops, pushing a three pronged drive along the' Bolog na highway west from Fori!, have advanced to within less than five miles of Faenza against stiff enemy resistance, it was announced today. The Germans were using tanks and self-propelled guns in support of their troops as the 8th army drive neared Faenza. a key communications point on the highway 30 miles east of Bologna. A communique said the Brit ish .moving northwest of Forll had reached the Montone river on a broad front, while the troops below the Bologna high way captured several features, including Pctrlgnone, a mile north of Mount Poggiolo. Polish troops also Improved their positions farther south and cleared the entire Florence Forll road. Sacramento, Calif., Nov. 16 (U.R) California g a s o 1 1 n e tax assessments In September show ed a $134,047 Increase over Sep tember, 1943, the state board of equalization announced today. ' . - . T. -VtiK'". j Of"".-" s 1ST AND 9TH GO INTO ACTION ON I Six Allied Armies Hammer ing Nazis; Aachen Front Plastered by Bombers. Paris, Nov. 16 U.R) Two more American armies the 1st in Germany and the long unre ported 9th in Holland swarmed into Gen. Dwlght D. Eisenhow er's winter campaign today, launching simultaneous drives supported by thousand of bomb' ers and field guns. f' Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' 1st army slashed out toward tha Rhine after more than 1200 heavy bombers had saturated ths German positions on the Aachen front with some 4800 tons of explosives. Lt. Gen. William H. Slmpson'a 9th army went Into action on the Dutch front in concert with the three-day old British 2nd army offensive and likewise was supported by a heavy aerial at tack on German positions In it path. With the new attacks, six Al lied armies now were hammering; the Germans along virtually tha entire western front. Lined up flank to flank from Holland to the Vosges, they were the Brit ish 2nd army, the American 9th, the American 1st, the American 3rd, the American 7th and the) French 1st. The United States attacks In Holland and Germany opened as Lieut Gen. George S. Patton'a 3rd army in northeastern France clamped Its siege are tighter on Metz in smashes to within ona mile and a half of the fortress city from the north. I Simpson Commands United Press war correspond ent Edward V. Roberts sent from he 8th army front the first an nouncement about lt since an early autumn statement that Simpson had taken over the com mand. It said: . ,.. "The 9th U. S. army, undeif command of Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson, attacked at 12:45 p. m. this date. The attack was preceded by an aerial bombard ment which continued" to sup port the operation." A like announcement sent from 1st army headquarters by United Press war correspondent Jack Franklsh disclosed that Hodges' troops were slugging the Germans on their home soil again. "An attack was launched by the first United States army at 11 a. m. this date, supported and preceded by heavy aerial bombardment." Simultaneously the 8th alp force announced that more than 1200 of its Flying Fortresses and Liberators, accompanied by mora than 450 fighters, crashed de structive loads of fragmentation bombs on the German front Una positions In the Duren-Eschwell-er area east of Aachen. Like St. Lo and Caen At supreme headquarters it was observed that the mighty aerial onslaught ahead of the at tacking troops was comparable to those preceding the break throughts at St. Lo and Caen In Normandy. "Before today's attack began, the deepest American penetra tion of Germany had been 11 miles." Franklsh reported, Im plying that the Americans now had exceeded that depth In the new drive aimed out across the . Cologne plain toward the Rhine. After almost two weeks of low ceilings, rain and snow, the weather lifted sufficiently today to permit . the aerial bombard ment preliminary to tlje 1st army attack. Hodges' doughboys had been poised for action for a week and went over the top as soon as the heavy bombers had got In their blows. Rain and snow on the front Inside Germany had turned most of the roads into quagmires ot mud and slush. . : ALL-OUT ATTACK London, Nov. 16 (U.R) Ber lin reported today that the Red army had launched an all-out attack east of Budapest and had ' captured the rail town of Jas zarokszallas, 38 miles from the capital, after a violent battle. "The object of the Russian as saults is to rush the German bolt position at Hatvln, key rail junction northwest of Jaszaroks- zallas, but all Soviet break through attempts were thwart ed," the Transocean News Agen cy reported.
