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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.