Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 27, 1944, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textv ui UW. Tim o)A . Weather fortcut; Partly cloudy tonlcht ana ravM? uinuj tonlihL Lowtft tblf morning Thirty nintft Year 1 I JLYJLU ISA. VJtUWM: m Pnltad Prw-Full Leased Wir ; i . -lyjJJJ- U.S. First Army Crowds in On Duren; Paratroops Land Behind Siegfried CLEARING SKIES ENABLE AIRMEN TO AID ARMIES Soviet Forces Advance Rap idly on 60-Mile Front in Slovakia - By United Pre ji United States first army troops fought to within 3V4 miles west . of Duren , today, tightening a nine-mile assault arc on that German city, 20 miles from Cologne, while the third army to the south made advances of up to a mile and a . half Into the fortifications of the Saar basin. ; ; Clear skies enabled the tacti cal air forces to send out swarms of dive bombers over the enemy lines in support of the allied armies In the battle of the Co logne plain. -. Pressure In Vosges The American seventh and French first armies continued their pressure on the Germans in the Vosges mountain area. .. A Zurich report said . small groups of allied paratroopers had landed behind the Siegfried line on the east bank' of the Rhine just north of the Swiss border. , On the Russian front, Soviet forces advanced rapidly on a 60-mile front in Slovakia, send ing spearheads to within about 25 miles of the twin strongholds of Presov and Kassa (Kosice) and threatening one of the main railways leading to the weaken ing . German positions in Hun gary. ' On the Italian front, eighth army troops made limited gains northeast and south of Faenza and cleared the Germans from east of 'the river Lamone. Ad vances also were made north of Modigliana, where Mts. Blcocca and Pruneto were captured. Munich Bombed In air operations, British heavy "bombers made a concen trated attack on Munich, supply center for the German armies in the upper Rhineland, and hit other objectives in western Ger many. British night bombers struck German air fields well behind the enemy lines, follow ing up a daylight attack yester day by more than 1,100 Ameri can heavy bombers on an oil re finery near Hanover, a railway viadutc near Bielefeld, railway yards at Hamm, and other tar gets. . More than 500 American heavy bombers and- 250 fighters attacked railway yards at Often- burg and Bingen today, while some 500 Thunderbolts and Mus tangs made offensive sweeps over northwestern Germany. The six allied armies attack ing Germany on the 400-mile active western front were get ting strong tactical air support, made possible by better weather and allied planes made 2,400 sorties over the battle lines yes terday. The situation of the armies from north to south was: The British second army reached the Maas (Meuse) river two miles north of the. Dutch border fortress of Venlo, and made other gains west and north ' of there. I Towns Retaken The American ninth army 'ought house by bouse into Koslar, west of Julich on the Roer river, and beat off Ger man counterattacks at Bour heim. The Germans claimed to have recaptured Bourheim and Koslar, saying both towns had changed hands three times. The American first army ad vanced a mile east of captured W'eisweiler along the superhigh way leading to Duren, seven miles east. The American third army thrust into the Saar in three col umns, one of which was four miles inside Germany near Orscholz, Tha Americas seventh rmy I Vf II IH II IH B 1 Is- I 11 JEmOS3 5-t!v Stalemate Ends (Acma TeUphotts) The steel of American bayonets broke the 10-day stalemate southeast of Aachen and the First Army broke out of the Hurtgen Forest onto the plains before Cologne. EX-U. S. AIR BASES IN CHINA BOMBED Chungking, Nov.' 27 (U.R) The 14th air force bombed the enemy-held airfields of Heng yang, Lingling, Kweilinand and Liuchow, all former American bases, Friday and Saturday, a communique from Maj. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announc ed today. The weiling airfield was tombed twice, the communique said, and bridges, sampans, and tunnels along the railway from Changsha to Kweilin via Heng yang were attacked. - - P-51S attacked Japanese spearheads in western Kwangsi province at HKchin, a hundred miles west of Liuchow on the Kwangsi Kweichow railway. Huaiyuanchen, and Ishan. The bombing of Hochin con firmed enemy claims that the town had been occupied. N arming Capture - Claimed by Japs London, Nov. 27. (U.R) A Japanese communique broadcast by the Tokyo radio today claim ed the capture of Nanning, 70 miles north of the Gulf of Tong klng, and described it as "the last stronghold of the United States air force in Kwangsi pro vince.". . - . The communique also claimed that Japanese forces in China since the first of September had "killed 39,000 of the enemy, captured 18,200 prisoners and had shot down 77 planes." It admitted Japanese losses of 4,500 killed. drove down the eastern slopes of the Vosges along its entire front. The French first captured the last of the German forts in the Belfort area and was reported making further progress along the west bank of the Rhine. tf t I nut TJ3Y. .-.'."'". n. t6r - J 0 jotic ' t V.ljTK X , ,, WWWBL f ttcwwmit I ' ' ' . I ""at" w X -I- i U.I lT 1 "ft tt BELGIUM y Sc-g-l Man's Home Is His Castle, Maintains Dorsey's Lawyer Hollywood, Nov. 27 U.E A man's home is his castle, even if it's an apartment, .Tommy Dor sey's attorney maintained today in questioning jurors who will decide whether the trombone tooting bandleader, his beautiful wife, Pat Dane, andor Gamb ler Allen Smiley assaulted Actor Jon Hall. By lunchtime, Isaac Pacht had questioned six and a half pros pective jurors, halting work on the seventh to heed the lunch call. Wnrkinir his way slowly through a tentative panel of sev en women and five men the youngest 35 and the oldest msnonvcred into the box with the aid of a cane Lawyer pacht kept plugging away at me sanc tity of the home. Did thev believe, he asked one after the other, that a man had a right to protect his home? To a man, they agreed he did. Even if maybe everybody ha HULL RESIGNATION AlICEPTED BYF.R.; STEHINIUSNAMED Tennessean Will Remain in Capital As Adviser On Foreign Affairs Washington, Nov, 27. (U.R) President Hootevelt today nominated Edward R. SUttin ius, Jr., to succeed, Cordell Hull as secretary of stite. Stettinius has been serving 'as acting secretary sine Oct. 2 in the absence of Hull. -- (The 44-rer-old Stettinius was appointed undersecretary Sept. 25, 1S43, to succeed Sumner Welles. Washington, Nov. . 27 flJ.R President Roosevelt announced today that with very deep and very great regret e has ac cented the resignation of Cordell Hull as secretary of state, but that the 73-year-old Tennessean will remain in Washington as an administration adviser on for eign policy. resignation at a specially caHedf;0 Bariey family; and news conference, turned aside all inquiries as to a successor. Byrnes May Succeed j There were reports, however,! that War Mobilization Director! James " F. Byrnes, the South ; Carolinian whom Mr. Roosevelt brushed aside for the vice presi dential nomination last summer, might be the choice. Like Hull, Byrnes gets, along well with senators and that is bound to be an important consideration since the senate will have to pass on treaties. Byrnes and Hull both are former senators. Hull's resignation will be ef fective with appointment of a successor. Pending that, Under secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., wh has been ad ministering the department dur ing Hull's illness, will continue as acting secretary. Stettinius also has been mentioned as a possibility as. a permanent choice for the post. Cannot Work Hard The president explained that Hull's physicians felt his recov ery from the illness whlchK has kept him away from the state department since Oct. 2 part of the tune at his apartment, for five weeks at the naval hospital woaid be retarded by continu ance of any heavy responsi bility. Inquiries at the state depart ment about Hull's condition brought the usual answer "the secretary is doing very well." had a little too much to drink? he pursued. Even if he had, they said. Miss Dane hurried out of the courtroom at lunchtime declar ing she was going to change her shoes. "These are killing me," she complained. ' Pacht opened his challenges with Mrs. Mary Murphy, grey haired housewife from May wood, Calif., who already has served on, 17 juries during the court term. Do you think a man has a right to protect his home against misbehavior of any guest in the establishment?" Pacht asked her. Mrs. Murphy nodded her head violently, her gray curls bob bing up and down. - During the questioning Miss Dane sat with her hands folded nervously on her lap, staring at the mountain-sized diamond ring on her left hand and picking V her blood-red fingernail poiiih. MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1944 JURY SELECTION UNDER WAY FOR BAILEVJEARING Trial of Accused Auto-Jack ; Kilier Starts in Circuit ' Court Here Today : At the reconvening of court this . afternoon, 10 jurors had been examined, with two more to be questioned before both prosecution and defense started challenging In the trial of Fred A. Bailey, charged with first de gree -murder. It was anticipated the jury would be selected early tomorrow. . . . Selection of a jury in the trial of Fred A. Bailey. 27. San Ouen- tln prison camp escapee, charg ed with the auto-jack handle murder of Ira Clyde Carman, 45, last September, started in circuit - court before Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna, this morning. The defendant, black-haired and -averaged sized, was dressed in a "grey, pin-striped suit. He is represented by Attorney Roy uempsey of Marion, Ind., vnorrtey Kawlet Moore, ap pointed oy the courtt Attorney Dempsey said the defendant was one of a large family and that both parents, aged 79 years. were unable to attend, due to poor health. District Attorney George W, Neilson represents me state. Ssata First Called Ward Spatz, fruit grower and packer, was the first juror call ed to the box as the court open ed. Four women and eight men constituted the first 12 called. Attorney Moore in his question ing asked each if they had any prejudices, against infliction of the death penalty. Defense counsel stated the de fense would be not guilty, and did not amplify this statement Testimony of the state Is ex pected to be confined chiefly to state police officers, deputy sheriffs and other officials who took part in the arrest and in vestigation of the case. Consid erable documentary evidence will also be introduced. Bailey, throughout the Ques tioning of jurors, manifested a reserved interest, and appeared calm. He shook hands with At torney Dempsey, when he came into court, and was later intro duced to the judge. Fled From Camp Bailey, according to the au thorities escaped September 3 from , a prison work camp near Yreka, Calif., came to this city in a California state-owned sta tion wagon, and picked up an acquaintance with Carman that night The following day, Car man was -found in a Centra! Point district roadside ditch with severe head injuries. He died in a local hospital two days later. Bailey, following the discov ery of Carman, was arrested late that afternoon near Yreka, on a tip furnished by the Grants Pass city police. He was in pos session of Carman's suit and; money. He was returned here; by Sheriff Syd I. Brown and: District Attorney Neilson, waiv ing extradition. Outside of jurors and attor-: neys there were no spectators in the courtroom. It is the first murder trial here with death as the possible extreme penalty in more than 15 years. SIMMONS TOTALS 316 IN GOLF TOURNAMENT Eddie Simmons of Medford, five-time winner of the south ern Oregon golf tournament, shot a total of 31 in the recent ly completed Portland open tourney. Simmons scores were l-7fr81-78. . The American Hospital Assn. says that one baby wis born every 165 second, or about 5.600 a day. in U. S. hosDttsU in' 1943, J Bombs for Super-Fortresses Tokyo yw- far MM bUsssssss.v.V: :v.v.-. - V wtoj.;Afcvv35v.Jii(x Ground crew members ready tons of bombs for the B-28 "Dauntless Dotty" at the Central Pacific base in Balpan from which Super-Fortresses of the newly created 31st Somber Command took off to give Tokyo it first taste of American bombs since the historic April IS. 1942, raid by Dooiittte's flyers, Tokyo said the Bomb ers, attacking in 19 or mora groups, was em the city for two hoars. AFL MOVES TO UP CONSTRUCTOR PAY New Orleans, La., Nov. 27 8J.B A resolution paving the way for higher wages to con struction workers and removing non-union laborers from con struction jobs was passed today at the 84th annual convention of the - American- Federation - - of Labor. The committee on legislation drew up and presented the reso lution to the convention. The resolution urged passage by congress of an amendment to the housing act that prevail ing wage rates be specified where the government insures money for the repairing or con struction by . individuals, real estate firms, and contractors. EXTEND Til FOR QUIZ ON HIEL Washington. Nov. 21 mm The senate today approved by unanimous voice vote and sent to the house a joint resolution extending the statute of limita tions for the Pearl Harbor court- martials to June 7, 1845. The present extension expires De cember 1. The measure was ap proved without debate. The measure would permit in stitution up to June of trial pro ceedings against Rear Adm. Hus band E. Kimmeli and Ma). Gen. Walter C Short, who were in command in Hawaii at the time of the Japanese attack, It was sponsored by Sen. Homer Fer guson, Republican, Michigan. TELEVISION STATION SOUGHT FOR COAST Washington, Nov. 27. flifS Metro - Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc., today asked the Federal Communication Commission for permission to build a television station in Los Angeles, and the Marcus Loew booking agency asked for permission to con struct one in Washington and one in New York. Applications for permission to build a new 250-watt standard station was filed by the Taylor fladio and Television Corp., San Diego, Calif. FARM INCOME UP . San Francisco, Nov, 27 fliJS Substantial increases in tne gross cash incomes of California farmers over the record-break ing 1943 total, increases in the average hourly earnings in manufacturing industries and gains in retail trade were report ed today by the California state chamber of commerce. Jackson County tales to data in the Sixth War Loan a "f" Bonds 132,263 Total Sate S494J20 1RIBUNE Unltad Pru Full Eleanor Packard Ordered Out By Yugoslav Censor Some, Nov. 27. SUS Elea nor Packard, United Press war; correspondent, arrived at an; Italian airport aboard a Russian transport plane yesterday, after having been expelled from Bel grade on the complaint that she had violated Yugoslav censor ship in sending dispatches. Mrs. Packard reported making a protest against the expulsion order, saying that she had sent out of the country only dis patches which had. been passed by allied censors, who reviewed them from the military security aspect. 'So far as I could iearn, she said, "the Yugoslav press au thorities didn't like one of my dispatches wherein I reported how many picture of Marshals Stalin and Tito were in shop windows in Belgrade in contrast with the absence of pictures of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, DRAFTEES REVOLT N CANADA CAMP " Vancouver, B. C, Nov. 27.- (U,!3 French-Canadian home defense troops at Terrace in northern British Columbia were reported to be staging a type of "sit down strike" in camp today and 500 other draftees staged another noisy anti-conscription demonstration at Prince George The French-Canadian unit at Terrace was said to be refusing to perform any but essential ser vices in the camp while awaiting a reply from dominion authori ties to their demand that they be sent back to Quebec. Meanwhile, military authori ties said no general disciplinary measures had been taken as a result of the widespread anti conscription disturbances in the province, but it was understood that full inquiries bad been ord ered into all of them. Sister of Actress Strangely Missing Hollywood, Nov. 27. U.B Highway officers In five western states today were searching for Mrs. Cleo Manning Morgan, adopted sister of screen star Lu cille Ball, who disappeared en route to Hollywood for Thanks giving dinner at Miss Ball's home. Miss Ball said her sister last telephoned from La Junta, Colo., when she said she would arrive in time for dinner last Thurs day, Police in Colorado; Utah, Ne vada, Arizona, and California have been notified. TORNADO-LA GRANDE GAME TO BE'BROAOCAST The Medford-LsGrande foot- ball game, to be played in Mult- i nomah Stadium, Portland, Dee, ! 2 for the state high school charn- ! pionjnip. will be broadcast over radio station KMED, it was sn- j nounced today. Leased Wira NO, 210, Special Run NIP CRAFT SUNK - BY LIBERATORS ' Pearl Harbor, Nor. 27 (UB China-based Liberators, re-joining the battle of attrition against Japanese shipping, sank a sub-; marine chaser and damaged two light cruisers in the South China sea Saturday night, a Chungking communiqu -announced today. The attacks followed by only a few hours the sinking of IB more Japanese ships, including heavy cruiser of the 8,500-tcm Kumano class and destroyer, in a carrier-based assault on Lu zon in daylight Saturday (Fri day, Pearl Harbor time). ' Gen, Douglas MacArthur"s southwest Pacific fliers account ed for another 12 ship sunk or damaged in a round of attacks in Philippines and East Indies waters. V-2 Looks Like Goldberg Device, Pictures Show London, Nov. 27. U,R) Pic tures of the V-2 stratosphere rocket were released by censors today showing a complicated mass of parts rivaling a Rube Goldberg contraption. The pictures were taken in Belgium and published by Lon don evening newspapers. They showed soldiers examin ing the wreckage of a V-2. The parts included an engine, be lieved to be fed by liquid air mixed with oxygen or alcohol; jets and fuel pumps; a distrib utor, and induction jets. An official announcement said "enemy air activity" caused damage and casualties in south ern England in the past 24 hours. REDDING AND YREKA MEN IN CASUALTIES Washington, Nov. 27 mm The war department today an nounced names of 2,089 U, soldiers wounded and 1,388 killed in action in the European and Mediterranean theaters of war. The list included; Dead; Sgt. George A. McDan iel, mother, Mrs. Viola S. La den, Redding, Calif. Wounded; Pvt. Uhs L. Mundell, Mrs, Artie L, Mundell, mother. Red ding. Pvt. Cecil F. Rader, Mrs. Kat tie A. Rader, mother, Yreka, Calif, T4G Myles K, Tuggie, Mrs, Wands G, Belcher, mother, Red ding. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jimmy Dunlevy visiting hf old haunts in Medford after long siege of camp duty and slightly annoyed at the numer ous polite Inquiries as to the date of his return to this local ity. Aa M-T staffer wondering who left the dead coos at bis domicile. FORTS CRACKflUTi FIRST 'DOUBLE' IN EAST, WBT RAIDS Salpan Bombers Land Sec- end Blow On Jap Capital Bangkok Raided Washinston. Nov. S7 fli America's B-29 Superfortresses today cracked out their first Tsoubie" simultaneous attacks upon Tokyo and Baneknfc tal of Japan's puppet, Thailand m an fcast and west assault which sent hundreds of tons of bombs raining down en Jst' shaken Asiatic sphere. onyo was struck for the sec ond time by upwards of 100 Superforts based a Sainan, Coming within 72 hours of the first B-29 attack. It was he!!-,. ed tactical surprise had been ef fected in an attack on "strategic targets." Raid Frant India The Bangkok from India based bombers, hit- irog a i&rget a.uuu miles to the osrtfl. A "considerable" number of Superforts made the Bangkok attack and reported excellent result in smashing the big Eansue freight yards, a major clearing point for Jap supplies. Crew members called It a "milk run." They met little flak or fighters. A United Press dispatch from U. S. army headquarters la the Pacific ocean areas revealed that, the Saipan based B-2&S bit Tokyo about noon II p. m. Sun day EWT) and said the objec tives again were believed th Musashina airplane plant in the northwest suburbs and Tokyo' teeming waterfront. ' ' Six Fires Sees Six huge fires thai sent smoke mushrooming over Tokyo were kindled in the Musashina works, one of the largest aircraft plants in Japan, during the first Super fortress attack on the capiUl .Jast JTridsyTae JSusasniost fa& tory lies 11 miies from the cen ter of Tokyo. - ; Lt, Gen. Miliard T. Harmon, deputy commander of the 20th air force, only a few hours be fore today's attack disclosed to the United Press la aa exclusive Interview that the waterfront area also bad been attacked in Friday's inaugural assault. "There's an awful let of stuff In that waterfront area wharf age, warehouses and aircraft factories and It would be dif ficult to bomb there without causing damage, he said. An announcement from Har mon's headquarters on today's attack said it was carried out by a "sizeable task force" normal ly 100 or more B-29's. Tokyo Confirms Tokyo confirmed the raid 35 ' minutes after it had been an nounced by the war department in Washington, a marked con trast to the three hours It took the Japanese to admit the first B-28 raid Friday, A Japanese communique claimed that long-range Japa nese planes 'set fire to several B-29s in an attack on the Super fortress base at Saipan last night Tokyo made no Immediate claim that any of the Super fortresses had been shot down in the second Tokyo raid. Two were lost in Friday's attack, bat the 12-man crew of one was rescued by a destroyer 140 miies north of Saipan alter spending 19V4 hours on two life raits. Pc. S. J. Fagone Is Awarded Heart Pfc. S. J. Fagone, who was stationed at' Medford Armory with the army about two and one-half years ago, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received somewhere la France on Nov. 3, according to word received here today, His wife, the former Helen Smediey and infant son reside with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Earl Smediey, 650 Pine treei. BOND BUYING VOLUME SATISFIES OFFICIALS Washington, Nov. 27. Oj.FD The treasury's war finance divis ion toHay expressed satisfaction with progress f the sixth war loan drive and reported that Americans bought more than $100,000,000 worth of bonds ddliy during the first five days of the campaign to boost total purchases above 1680,000,000. A the H,QOQ.OQO,000 drive entered its second week, Divis ion Director Ted R. Gamble said thai every state in the nation was setting favorable public re sponse in a campaign regarded as the "greatest challenge to the American people" thus far ia the war.