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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944
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GERMAN$RETREAT
Yanks Hack Way Out of
Huertgen Forest Third
City of Reich Menaced.
Paris, Sunday, Nov. 26-U.R)
Bayonet - wielding doughboys
hacked their way out of the
death-ridden Huertgen forest to
the Cologne plain Saturday,
breaking the enemy's fanatic
grip on the approaches of the
third city of the Reich while
other Yanks streamed 11 miles
through dismembered German
defenses north of Strasbourg. -The
Swiss radio reported that
allied forces had crossed the
Rhine river over undamaged
bridges at Kehl, just east of
Strasbourg on the right bank of
the ariver.
The Germans were reported in
general retreat into the Sieg
fried line from the mid-section
of the front, faced with double
envelopment by U. S. 7th army
troops swinging down the Rhine
from Strasbourg and the U. S.
3rd army's expanding front in
the western Saar.
After 10 days of fighting
through the gloomy Huertgen
woods, often from tree to tree,
the Yanks have "got the ball
rolling now," reported Henry T.
Gorrell of the United Press in a
front dispatch. "The Germans
are yielding ground and we aim
to keep them on their heels," he
added.
The U. S. 1st army also won
half of Weisweiler, industrial
center nine miles east of Aachen,
and virtually surrounded its re
maining garrison to take over
the spotlight for the first time
since the opening of the allied
grand offensive on November 8.
Five other armies were still
attacking relentlessly along the
400-mile front. About 40 towns
were captured during the day,
most of them by the U. S. 1st
and 7th armies in the Strasbourg
break-through area, which reg
istered advances up to seven
miles.
Mopping up inside Strasbourg
was completed except for a few
snipers, and 5,000 prisoners had
been taken. Thousands of others
were streaming into allied cages
from the Vosges pocket to the
south, where the French 1st
army was working with the
American 7th in cleaning up the
75-mlle long mountain ranee.
In the most spectacular ad
vance of the day, infantrymen
of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's
7th army drove 11 miles north
of Strasbourg to capture Weyer
sheim, following the left bank
of the Rhine.
Patton's troops broadened
their front in the Saar to 20
miles, capturing three more
relch towns, and to the south
east pounded to within five
miles of Sarreguimines, central
communications funnel for the
German retreat, which now pre
sumably was under our guns.
It appeared the immediate
goal of the U. S. Command was
development of both Juelich
and Dueren and to prevent it
the German Seventh army of
uen. Erie Brandenbereer. resur
rected from its virtual destruc
tion in Normandy, was throw
ing In almost incessant counter
attacks, none of them achieving
iore man temporary success.
(The London Times corre
spondent at supreme headquar
ters said that "the most decisive
batle in history is being fought
in the Aachen gap, along the di
rest approaches of Cologne.")
liitleWfor
pole-russ peace
I London, Nov. 25 (U.R) Ef
forts to settle the Russian
Polish dispute through a new
coalition cabinet of Poles in
i London was believed unlikely of
SUCCPRS trmltfht mnA a Mnu-nw
dispatch indicated the Lublin
national committee may name
"self the provisional govern
ment upon the liberation of
Wiraw.
They Lead
?r :
Studying maps and charting new strategies at the new Super-Fortress base on Salpan, from which the B-29s
raided Tokyo, are (left to right): Brig. Gen. Emmett (Rosey) ODonnell Jr., who was on leading B-29 In
charge ot actual flight operation In Tokyo smash: Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, commanding general ot the
army Air Forces In the Pacific and Geir Arnold's deputy commander of the 20th Air Force; and Brig. Gen.
Haywood 8. HanseU, commander of the newly formed 21st Bomber Command. Air Force photo.
SOCIAL SECURITY
TAX FREEZE SEEN,
WITH FDR'S VETO
Washington, Nov. 25 (U.R)
Sen. Walter F. George, D-, Ga.,
predicted tonight that congress
will freeze the social security
tax at one per cent for another
year but said he doubted, that
proponents of the freeze could
override a presidential veto.
The tax, assessed against both
employers and employes and de
ducted from payrolls, will
double automatically on Janu
ary 1 under the social security
law unless congress as it has
three times in the past adopts
legislation postponing the In
crease.
George, chairman of the sen
ate finance committee, predict
ed that both houses would pass
legislation to maintain the tax
at one per cent for a fourth
year as the house ways and
means c o m m 1 1 te e scheduled
hearings on a freeze measure
for Monday. There has been
speculation, however, that Pres
ident Roosevelt would veto such
a measure, and George said he
thought the president would be
upheld.
E
CHASE FOE FROM
Chungking, Nov. 25 U.R)
Chinese troops have cleared the
mountain passes leading to the
Chefang valley . In western
China, which is transversed by
the Burma-Ledo road, and have
taken four more strongpoints in
Bhamo, north Burma, with the
aid of American dive bombers
which blasted Jap positions only
100 yards ahead of the advanc
ing Chinese.
Communiques a n n o u n clng
gains on the Burma-Ledo road
mentioned only patrol activity
In the Ishan area of Kwangsi
province and said an enemy at
tack on Lungsheng, 50 miles
north of Kweilin, was repulsed,
(Tokyo broadcasts claimed ad
vances over 50 miles west of
Ishan and said Japanese troops
were at Nantan, only 12 miles
from Kweichow province.)
A Chinese military spokes
man said the Japanese drive
would head towards Nanning to
link up with forces in French
Indo-China. He said the Japa
nese were showing no signs of
further Invasion of western
China. (Tokyo broadcasts heard
by United Press claimed the
capture of Nanning.)
U. S. Aerial Blows at
JUST WHAT DOES
E
IT
New York, Nov. 25r-(U.R) So
you're worried about the cigar
ette shortage.
So you can't buy your favor
ite brand.
So you can relax. The chances
are only one in 25 that you can
tell your favorite brand from
any other.
Five average cigarette smok
ers tried to pick out their favor
ites from among the five best
selling - brands in a blindfold
test.
Each thought his or her brand
had a distinctive bouquet and
taste. Each thought he or she
could recognize the taste and
bouquet at midnight in the bot-
to mof a mine shaft.
But blindfolded, only one did.
And he was uncertain enough
to acknowledge his success may
have had more luck in it than
discrimination.
TOKYO TELLS OF
AIR, SEA VICTORY
By United Press
Tokyo radio claimed today
that the Japanese air attacks on
Morotai island November 22
and 23 destroyed 89 United
States planes and said that a
special "suicide" squadron of
Japanese planes attacked a Unit
ed States task force east of Lu
zon in the Philippines, sinking
a large aircraft carrier, a med
ium carrier and a heavy cruiser.
In a broadcast recorded in San
Francisco by . United Press,
Tokyo said than another "enemy
carrier and destroyer were sunk
by Japanese submarines" in the
same waters, while a Japanese
air assault on Friday in Leyte
gulf set afire five United States
transports and damaged a large
transport.
In a night attack off Leyte
Tokyo said, three transports
were set afire, and one "enemy
transport was destroyed off
Dulag."
YOUNG COMMANDER
Bandon, Ore., Nov. 25 ttl.R)
At 20, Chief Boatswain Mate
Arthur Dobney, new commander
of the Coquille river lifeboat
station of the U. S. coast guard,
is the youngest station com
mander on the Pacific coast.
DR. CLARK RE-ELECTED
Portland, Ore., Nov, 25 U.R)
Dr. Edward L. Clark, presi
dent of Multnomah college of
Portland, has been re-elected
chairman of the Northwest In
stitute of International Relations.
Japan
(Acme Telcnholo)
DOUBLED OUP
OF GUNS, BULLETS
.Washington, Nov. 25-ttJ.R)-
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
unexpected call- for twice the
current production of machine
gun and rifle, bullets will force
the war production board to
reconsider Immediately all au
thorizations for resumption of
any kind of civilian production,
it was understood tonight.
The WPB, it appears, will
have to cancel civilian work
permits whenever by so doing
it can release employes to cart
ridge plants. WPB Chairman J.
A. Krug said upwards of 77,000
additional workers must be
found.
Heretofore, government pro
duction officials have felt that
civilian wtjrk must be increased
as war output tapers off to keep
the national economy intact and
cushion the shock of reconver
sion. Eisenhower's calf, however,
has upset all reconversion plan
ning. The way the war in Eu
rope is going, vastly greater
supplies of all kinds apparently
will be required than original
estimates called for.
In small arms categories alone,
Eisenhower found that his
1.000,000 men .hammering at
Germany on the western (f ront
need four times as many bullets
as it had been calculated they
would require.
FIRE TRAPSTIVE
New Orleans, Nov. 25 (U.R)
Five persons were trapped and
burned to death early today In
a fire which, aided by winds,
swept through a three-story
rooming house in New Orleans'
French quarter.
Four of the victims were be
lieved to have been trapped in
third floor rooms with barred
windows, and the fifth, uniden
tified, was killed in a dash down
a flaming stairway.
TENNESSEE WINS
Lexington, Ky., Nov. 25 (U.R)
Tennessee's Volunteers d I s
playing more all around class
than at any time this season,
had little difficulty today in
maintaining its unbeaten record
and hope for a Bowl bid by rol
ling over Kentucky 21-7.
NICE JUNKET
Paris, Nov. 25 (U.R) Seven
American businessmen arrived
here today on an inspection tour
of army facilities and Installs
tions in the European theater
nd In England,
2,000 U. S. PLANES
NAZI OIL PLANT
a 1
Attack Upon Merseburg at
Noon Finds Light Oppo
sition. -
London, Nov. 25 (U.R) Two
thousand U. S. bombers and
fighters streaked across Europe
on a 100-mile procession today
and blasted for an hour at the
great Luena snythetlc oil plant
at Merseburg, virtually unop
posed by Nazi fighters over a
ta'ipt that had been the scene
of the greatest air battle, of the
war on November 2.
Approximately 1000 big bomb
ers and 1000 8th and Oth air
force fighters were in the ar
mada which heaved the first
bombs into the oil plant through
an overcast at one minute before
noon. Salvoes from Flying Fort
resses rained down thereafter
every three minutes with clock
like regularity throughout the
workers regular lunch hour,
creating chaos at one of the
Reich's top priority oil targets.
The Merseburg assault climax
ed a 24-hour period that saw al
most 4000 allied aircraft on the
attack over Europe.
Nazi fighter interception over
Merseburg was so slight that the
accompanying U.. S. fighters
swept down to expend their am
munition on' transportation tar
gets and airdromes on their way
' A smaller group of Liberators
struck railway yards and oil
storage and synthetic oil plants
at Lutzendorf; RAF Mosquitoes
hit Berlin last night and RAF
heavies from Italy struck
Munich, Innsbruck and Llnz,
Austria.
HILLMAN IS SET TO
CLEAR EVERYTHING
WITH THE PEOPLE
Chicago, Nov. 25 (U.R) Sid
ney Hlllman, chairman of the
national citizens' political action
committee, said today his organ
ization would "clear everything
with the people" in the develop
ment of a permanent NCPAC.
Hlllman told a press confer
ence after a meeting of the
NCPAC that it would expand its
operations and, would be con
tinued on a permanent basis.
"We reject a third party as
a divisive force and we' need
unity now," he said. "This or
ganization is going to expand
to serve the mutual interests
of the farmers and industrial
workers, together with small
business groups, the church and
representatives of the arts and
sciences.
" TTillman aaA ihora WAlllH he
a meeting of the executive com
mittee of NCPAC within 60
days in either Washington, New
York or Chicago to decide on
the specific role of the organi
zation. "We are in agreement on the
broad objectives which will be
followed and will meet to out
line the forthcoming work of
NCPAC in detail."
He said the question of fi
nances and organization, includ
ing the work to be done by re
gional or state ' committees,
would be decided by the execu
tive committee conference.
STILL DETAINED
Paris, Nov.. 25 (U.R) P. G.
Wodehousc, British novelist, has
been moved to a house In the
city where he remains under
surveillance by police investl
German occupation, it was dis-
gating his activities during the
closed today.
The British embassy said the
novelist is still separated from
his wife. Mrs. Wodehouse last
night disclaimed any knowledge
of her husband i location.-
BULLETIN
Chicago, Nov. 25 U.R) Willie
Hoppes took both blocks from
Challenger Welker Cochran to
day to retain his championship
as the two wound up their
world's three-cushion billiards
championship match.
FLUHRER, DEUEL.
BUYS. P. LAND IN
MIDDLE OF CITY
Announcement was made Sat
urday by the Southern Pacific
Company of the sale of the full
block on downtown Medford
bounded by West Main, Fir and
West Sixth streets and the rail
road right of way, measuring
300 by 170 feet. Purchasers of
the 150 by 170 foot half-block
north of Main street are Major
and Mrs. William H. Fluhrer
and Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Deuel;
Major and Mrs. Fluhrer are also
listed as purchasers of the other
half-block, lying south of Sixth
street. Present tenants are the
Standard Oil Co., Signal Oil Co.,
Valley Fuel Co., with which Mr.
Deuel is associated, as well as
a parking lot and restrooms
leased by. the Jackson County
Chamber of Commerce. The
transaction was handled by the
Mark A. Goldy Agency of Med
ford. Consideration was not an
nounced. Plans for the development ot
the property are as yet tentative
although- a post-war building
program' Is intended, lt was
stated by local representatives
of Major Fluhrer, now on active
duty with the U. S. Army Air
Transport Command, in India
Mr. Deuel was out of the city
Saturday and could not be
reached for comment.
Examination of the deed to
the property revealed an inter
esting historical quirk in that
the southern Half of West Sixth,
bordering the block - in ques
tion, is also deeded to the new
owners, never having been fully
released to the city by the rail
road company. However, there
appears little likelihood of the
streets being vacated, it was
saio Dy a spokesman for Maj,
Fluhrer,
AVIATION PARLEY
'CABOTAGE'
IT
Chicago, Nov. 25 (U.R) The
Civil Aviation conference, act
ing inrough a 54-natlon com
mittee, tonight announced it had
cleared the desks for debate
Monday on the controversial
issued which Have separated
America and Britain and on
which the two countries have
submitted individual solutions,
The committee completed ac
tion on the non-controversial
portions of the Anglo-American
Canadian draft proposals for
regulating postwar air com
merce.
Also to be considered Monday
are the three-country proposals
tor rate-iixing Dy Internationa
air carriers' conferences and
the definition of cabotage (In
ternal iraizic;.
American and Britain had
agreed that cabotage should ap-
piy to tratzic Between a country
and its colonies, but lt wa
learned, some Latin American
countries protested this definl-
lion, holding that they would
be deprived of a "fair share" of
Caribbean traffic If not allowed
to operate among British col
onies.
BAY AREA STORE
EXECUTIVE, DEAD
New York, .Nov. 25 (U.R) E
J. Magnin, San Francisco de
partment store executive, died
unexpectedly at a hotel here ta-
night. He had returned from
show when he dropped dead in
BERLIN REPORTS
E
IN FINAL STAGE
Hatvan, Key Defense and
Rail- City, Taken by Red
Forces. '
London, Nov. 25 (U.R) Ber
lin admitted tonight that red
army troops had captured the
great communications center of
Hatvan, key to enemy defenses
northeast of Budapest, and said
that up to 30,000 Russian troops
had landed on Cespel island in
mid-Danube immediately south
of the Hungarian capital.
The enemy reports Indicated
that the long, bitter red army
battle for Budapest had entered
its final stage.
They were not confirmed by
the soviet enlghtly communique,
however, which reported the
capture of a number of towns
and villages elsewhere in Hun
gary and in Czechoslovakia.
Hatvan, a big eight-way rail
and road junction 22 miles
northeast of the capital, was
evacuated to red army tanks
and infantry this morning, the
UN a agency said. The great
junction is the keynote of Nazi-
Hungarian defenses between
Budapest and Czechoslovakia;
Hatvan was the southern an
chor of an 80-mile long enemy
defense line northeast of Buda
pest, holding up a soviet advance
toward Austria and Czechoslo
vakia.
At the northern end of the
line, Berlin admitted other red
army successes. The DNB
agency said that German posi
tions had been taken back to the
southwestern fringes of Miskolc,
Hungary's, fifth city, and Ger
man reports strongly hinted that
the Germans expect to lose the
city very soon.
Budapest's elaborate defenses
also were Imperiled from the
south as Berlin admitted that
soviet shock troops had landed
on 30-mile-long Cespel island
and captured the industrial cen
ter of Szigetszentmiklos.
Meanwhile, German renorts
Indicated that a battle of gigan
tic proportions was In progress
in Lativa.
FRACTI
IN COAST CITIES
San Francisco, Nov. 25 (U.R)
Fractional Increases in the
cost of living were erglstered in
three major Pacific coast cities
for the month ending October
15, it was announced today by
William A. Bledsoe, regional
director of the bureau of labor
statistics of the U. S. Depart
ment of Labor.
Increases of one-half of one
per cent In Seattle and eight
tenths of one per cent In San
Francisco sent living costs to
new wartime peaks for the sec
ond month In a row, after they
registered highs In both the July
and August periods.
In Los Angeles, an overall In
crease of one-half of one per
cent Drougnt a new high there
lor the third straight month.
Major factor in the rise was
food prices led by the egg price
upswing Bledsoe said. Clothing
costs were tno highest In years.
MEXICAN AIRFbRCE
Mexico City, Nov. 25 (U.R)
ine Mexican War Ministry an
nounced today that squadron
201 of the Mexican Air
which has been in training at
Pocatello, Ida., would arrive at
ureenvine, Ind., next week
where it will await orders.
GRANT CONCESSION
Mexico City, Nov. 25 (U.R)
The Mexican government today
authorized a concession to
Ismael C. Falcon of Mexico for
the development of 500,000
pesos ($100,000) horse race
track at Juarei.
LEYTE JBTROYED
Tokyo Reports Manila Har
bor and Air Bases Under
Attack.
Allied Headquarters, Leyta
Philippines, Sunday, Nov. 26.
U.R) U. S. fighter planes de
stroyed another four-ship Jap
anese troop and supply convoy
bound for Leyte yesterday, rais
ing to approximately 17,000 the
number of enemy troops killed
or drowned in attempts to rein
force the embattled island dur
ing the past two weeks, it was!
announced today.
Warhawk and Thunderbolt
fighters of Lt. Gen. George C.
Kenney's 5th air force pounded
on the convoy in the Vlsayan
sea northwest of Leyte at dusk,
sinking three transports and set
ting a fourth afire from stem to
stern' In a series of mast-height
strafing and bombing attacks. -
Washington. Nov. 25 U.R)
American carrier - based planes)
d lasted Manila harbor and its
surrounding network of bomb
cratered airfields today in the)
fifth assault on the Philippines
capital this month, Tokyo report
ed, and the U. S. navy depart
ment announced that American
submarines prowling Japanese,
waters had sunk 27 more enemy
Ships. ' , ,. -'r
'' Tokyo meanwhile claimed thai
five B-29 Superfortresses were
shot down and nine were dam
aged in Friday's raid on the Jap
anese capital. The enemy claim-'
ed to have salvaged a B-29 al
most Intact from waters off the
bomb-battered industrial island)
of Kyushu and was now ex
amining it for "flaws and disad
vantages." An American announcement
said only two B-29's were mis
sing and a dispatch from their
base on Saipan reported that one
plunged into the sea when a
doomed Japanese fighter crashed
into its tail. Brig. Gen. Haywood
S. Hansell, Jr., commander of
the 21st bomber command, said
rafts had been sighted possibly
carrying men of the missing
craft.
Mansell said he was pleased
with the success of the initial at
tack on Tokyo's strategic Indus
trial targets although "it was not
perfect and not as good as we
hope to run in the future." He.
revealed that only a few planes
were unable to bomb the Naka
jima airplane factory and other
targets.
He said he thought "we caught
the Japs flat-footed, but I don't
know why ... we expect trouble
in the future, but we are confi
dent we can take care of our
selves." The report of a new U. S. raid
on Manila, not confirmed by
American sources, was broadcast
by the Japanese-controlled Ma
nila radio and heard by the
FCC. The enemy said about 60
currier planes struck from high
levels at shipping in Manila bay.
already cluttered with scores ot
enemy ships sunk or damaged in
previous raids.
The last announced American
raid on Manila was last Sunday
(Philippines time) in which 18
ships were destroyed or set afire
and 126 planes destroyed.
A late navy bulletin an
nounced their Bonln islands had
been raided and a series of other
strikes by American land-based
planes against by-passed Japan
ese bases in the Pacific from
Tuesday through Friday.
FRENCH ON FENCE
Ottawa, Nov. 25 (U.R)
French-speaking members of the
liberal party indicated tonight
that they would await Prime
Minister Mackenzie King's ad
dress to the house on Monday
before taking any stand on the
conscription issue which has al
ready cost King three support
ers in parliament.
Jackson County salts to date
In the Sixth War Loan art
"E" Bonds $122,877
Total Salts
S471.G34
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