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Yanks Invade Mapia Islands on Guinea Coast
3,000 Japanese Trapped on Northwest Leyt 1
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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
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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
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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. ,
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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 -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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1ST AND 9TH GO
INTO ACTION ON
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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.