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IE Tin Lll 'to ? Weather roraeisti Partly cloudy to cloudy with occasional rain tonight and Thuriday. little change in temperature. - Temp. - Highest yesterday ,. , 36 Lowest this morning AO Preclp. past 24 hours --.Tracc Thirty-ninth Year B-29s Hit Tokyo Third I F JAPAfTSCAPITAL Tok'yo Radio Reports Latest Assault Carried Out by "Minor Formation." San Francisco, Nov. 29 (U.R) American B-29 Superfortresses, attacking Tokyo for the third time within a week, and for the first time at night, started fires in at least two places in the city during a raid that started short ly before midnight Wednesday, Japan time, Tokyo radio re ported today. ( In broadcasts recorded by the United Press and FCC, Tokyo tald the new assault was car ried out by a "minor formation nf the bie Marianas-based bomb ers. The enemv said the fires were "immediately placed un der control," and that "practical ly no damage had been sus tained." . Intareantlon Claimed Tokyo said the B-29s- dropped both - incendiaries and flare hnmhx. but -were "Immediately repulsed by our effective inter ception." The Japanese saiu u fires were put out by "the time ly action of our iire-fighting units.'":""."" ' Th.ro m no immediate con firmation of enemy reports of the raid from any American source. Gen. H. H. Arnold, in his capacity as' commander of the 20th air force, normally makes a- brief and prompt announce ment of B-29 attacks. The Japanese reported the at tack while the planes were overhead. The United Press re corded the first announcement at approximately 8:12 a. m., PWT, or shortly after midnight Japan time. CITY OFFICERS T City police today called atten tion of truck drivers to the trucking ordinance, as, it was said, there have been some re cent misunderstandings regaru ins the law. - The ordinance, enacted No vember 18, reads as follows: It shall be unlawful for the op erator of any motor vehicle hav ing a factory rating of i tons nr more to.oDerate the same on Central avenue between Fourth street and Eleventh street ex cept for the purpose of actual loading or unloading oi m chandise of goods thereon." Death For Downed Bombers Frenzied Threat By Tokyo Chungking, Nov. 29 (U.R) I American flyers who parachute from B-29 Superfortresses onto Japanese soil after bombing Tokyo will be "killed on the spot by angry Japanese people," Dome! News Agency dispatch said today. Threatening a renewal of atrocity slayings of United States pilots, a Domei political commentator called B-29 crew men "savages" and "Albino apes" and warned that death awaits them if they bail out. The frenzied outburst, broad cast by Tokyo radio and heard In China, was one of the most violent Japanese reactions to the Superfortress raids originating from the Marianas bases. The Dome! commentator re ferred to the "cowardly Yan kees." and "savage American airmen" and said: "Woe be the fate of the Amer ican savage who after blindly bombing Tokyo attempts to par achute to safety because he will be killed on the spot by the Medford United Prut Reach Roer (Acme Telephoto) The American Ninth and First Annie hammered their way to Roei River, last water barrier before- the Rhine, in fighting advances that car ried Ninth Army to the river at two points only 21 miles west of Cologne. Other Allied Armies advance on western front as huge RAF bomber fleet smashed Freiburg and other points, STETTINIUS HITS Washington, Nov. 29 U.R) The senate foreign relations com mittee today unanimously en dorsed the nomination of Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., 44-year-old "freshman" in international poli tics, to be secretary of state. However, when Committee Chairman ' Tom Connally, D. Tex., later asked unanimous con sent to waive senate rules and confirm the appointment today along with that of Mai. Gen Patrick J. Hurley to be ambas sador to China Sen. William Laneer. R:. N. D.. objected. Langer said he "may" wish to oppose the Stettinius appoint ment. ANTWERP OPEN London, Nov. 29 (U.R) Prime Minister Churchill told the house of commons today that the Port of Antwerp is open, after being captured intact, "and is now re ceiving large convoys of ocean going ships." anarv Japanese people." An unknown number of the pioneer Tokyo raiders, who dropped the first allied bombs on the enemy capital in April 1942, were executed by the Ja panese. The executions were first announced by President Roosevelt on the second anni versary of the Doolittle mission and were later confirmed by Tokyo radio. The enemy broadcast ack nowledged that "capital punish ment was meted out" to --some of the flyers captured. The war department listed 10 men as prisoners, presumed to be pris oners or missing. Revelation of the executions by the Japanese created a wave of Indignation and horror in the United States reflected in the American government's message to Japan that it 'will ''hold -per sonally and officially responsible for these diabolical crimes all of those officers of the Japanese government who have partici pated . . and will in due course bring those officer! to Justice." NFTH ? 50 - " ' MILK :. r IWCUI Um.1. 1 - OSAHMUCIC , AUNHIM ' Stf- :' 'MUNSTtR sjjjj BSIN SmrI.D1SEL."HW '.iU GERMANY t. ' S"""S MAINZ MANNHMM M!7ZV. lUltlSllUHl nancy Jffmmrr FRANCE IsiF' SfLFORT COMMITTEE SNAG Full Ltaud Wire DOCTORS METED PEN TERMS AND SIZABLE FINES Clancy, Kresse Get 4 Years, 9 Months; Clancy Fined $8000, Kresse $1000. Portland, Ore., Nov. 29 (U.R) Two physicians were sentenc ed to prison today for creating a narcotics center in the south ern Oregon town of Medfqrd which prosecuting attorneys said constituted the worst nar cotics situation in the United States Federal Judge James Alger Fee sentenced Dr. A. F. Walter Kresse and Dr. R. W. Clancy both of Medford, to four years and nine months in prison, as well as heavy fines. Judge Fee charged the phy sicians with responsibility for creation of a Medford narcotics center which drew approximate ly 12 known addicts in a period of 2V4 years. Fines Also Levied They were convicted by a Jury on four counts of violation of the Harrison narcotics act during the Medford court term in October. The fines levied were $1,000 on one count for-Kresse and $2,000 each on four counts for Clancy. Judge. Fee remarked while sentencing the physicians that while the attitude of the 'Med ford community was toward leniency in the case, considering the two had long-standing practices,- he felt that they had vio lated basic medical ethics . as well as federal statutes in issu ing narcotics prescriptions not in the course of professional prac tice. They were indicted by. the federal grand Jury in Septem ber, Kresse on 13 counts, and Clancy on 11. Kresse was charg ed with writing 940 prescrip tions for a total of 34,578 one half grain morphine sulphate tablets for various persons he knew to be drug addicts. Clancy was charged with purchasing 300 half grain morphine sul phate tablets from wholesale drug companies and writing pre scriptions filled by pharmacies in southern Oregon towns for additional tablets. $4 Per Shot Trial evidence showed that Clancy in a six-day period dis pensed 200 half grain tablets at a charge of $4 per prescription ana $4 per "shot." Assistant U. S. Attorney Wll liam Langley, prosecutor, said Medford came to attention when it was discovered that a greater quantity of half-grain morphine sulphate tablets was being dis pensed, more than a city the size of Portland would use in the same period. He said the situation was considered to be the worst in .the United States. Dr. Clancy, 68, has practiced in Medford 35 years while Dr. Kresse has been there for 20 years. After the sentencing, they were remanded to the custody oi ine marshal to await assign ment to an institution to be des ignated by the attorney general, Ottawa, Nov. 29-3U.R) Belief that Prime Minister W. L. Mac kenzie King would carry the ex pected confidence vote of the house of commons despite na tionwide protests against his new military conscription policy Degan to rise today as com promise moves were effected in army and government quarters. All French-Canadian troops in Canada were ordered to re turn to Quebec province Imme diately In what appeared to be a recruiting drive for volunteers to serve overseas. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Time in Week BOND DRIVE PLANES TO ARRIVE THURSDAY Plans are being made today by Sixth War Loan Drive commit tees for the arrival here tomor row of a squad of army planes to promote sales in the Sixth War Loan Drive. The planes are to come to Medford from Marsh- field and other coast towns. Two fighters, two bombers and transport are scheduled to be at the Medford air base for in spection and will make flights over the valley. T E DANUBE. STALIN CLAIMS London, Nov. 29 (U.R) Pre-' mier Josef Stalin announced to night that the red army forced the Danube river north of the Drava, which flows into it 130 miles south of Budapest, and broke through the defenses on the west bank. ' Marshal Fedor I. Tolbukhin's 3d Ukrainian army smashed across the Danube, advanced 25 miles on a 93-mile front, and captured more than 330 Hun garian towns, Stalin reported in an order of the day broadcast from Moscow. ... ; Among the towns overrun In the westward sweep in southern Hungary as Pecs, 108 miles southwest of the capital and 25 miles west of the Danube. Also captured were Mohacs, on the Danube near the fron tier; Bataszek, 14 miles north of Mohacs and 10 miles west of the river, and scores of other Hungarian towns and villages. Stalin ordered a salute of 20 salvos by 224 guns for Tol bukin's feat in forcing the river and toppling the major strong holds of southwestern Hungary. London, Nov. 29 (U.R) More than 1,000 Flying Fortresses and Liberators, escorted by an equal number of fighters, attacked the big oil refinery at Misburg, freight yards at Hamm, and oth er targets in northwestern Ger many today following a heavy British bombardment of Nurn berg, Ansen and. Neuss. The attack on Misburg was the tenth and possibly the final shattering blow to the vital, oil works, one of the largest in Ger many. The swarms of Mustangs. Thunderbolts, and Lightnings were sent along in the expecta tion the nazi luftwaffe would offer another desperate defense against increasing assaults at the heart of the German war ma chine. , KING GEORGE PLEDGES ' MORE BLOWS FOR JAPS London, Nov. 29 U.R) King George VI declared in a speech at the opening of the new ses sion of parliament today that the British Empire forces now ar rayed against Japan will be re inforced as rapidly and power fully as possible." v The United Nations, he added, are looking forward with greater confidence than ever before to the final victories "which will give to the peoples of the world the Just peace which is our chief desire. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bill Isaacs distributing green corn-on-the-cob to friends in Medford, fresh and sweet from his river ranch. This is one for Ripley, but Bill says he always gets green'corn along Rogue riv er months after it has dlrap peared In all other parts of the country. STATE NEAR END DIRECT EVIDENCE IN BAILED TRIAL Dr. A. Erin Merkel, County Physician, Testifies to Fa tal Head Injuries of Victim The state was scheduled to close its direct case, and the de fense to open today in the circuit court trial of Fred A. Bailey, 27, San Quentin prison camp fugi tive, charged with the first de gree slaying of Ira Clyde Car man, 45, local millworker, last September 3. The extreme pen alty under Oregon law is death in the gas chamber. Dr. A. Erin Merkel, county physician, was the first witness called this morning. He testified to the results of an autopsy con ducted by himself and Dr. W. W. P. Holt, after Carman's death from head .injuries two days af ter the assault and robbery. Dr. Holt testified yesterday. Spectator Warned ; At yesterday's session, word was received by the district at torney's office that a woman spectator at the trial had at tempted to Btart a conversation with a Juror. She was warned by Bailiff Fred. Kelly. She has, at tended all the trial sessions. ..' - Sheriff Ben J. Richardson and Deputy Sheriff Frank Robblns, of Siskiyou county, Capt. L. H. Fletcher, in charge of the prison camp from which Bailey escaped in a station car,-and Sheriff syd I. Brown of. Jackson county, at yesterday's afternoon proceed ings, testified chiefly to state ments made. by Bailey, following his arrest near Yreka. Cross-examination brought out that Bail ey admitted the assault and rob bery willingly, and told the same detailed story to each. Sergeant Willard Ruch of the state police and Deputy Sheriff Vern Smith, the latter having made a thorough investigation, were scheduled to be the final witnesses for the state. Most of the morning session was devoted to the entrance as exhibits Of approximately 50 articles, including the death weapon an auto Jack handle clothing worn by Carman and found in Bailey s possession, and items owned by Carman. Defense Umpecified Defense attorneys questioned today declined to state what line of defense they would follow, or whether or not the defendant would be called to the stand in his own behalf. The case is expected to be in the hands of the Jury by to morrow mid-afternoon. It is com posed of ten men and two wom en. Two alternates a man and a woman are also hearing the rasp Bailiff Fred Kelly said the trial was the quietest murder trial in his long experience as a court official. Few spectators have attended the proceedings, BLACOOfADO FAVORED TO Twenty seven members of Medford h)gh school's football team, with Coaches A) Simpson and Ed Klrtley, will leave by train tonight for Portland where they will meet La Grande Tigers at Multnomah stadium at , 2 o'clock Saturday for the state championship. Simpson said today he has put tne squad tnrougn tough work outs the past two nights and they are in excellent mental and physical condition for the game. Portland papers stated ioday the Black Tornado has been In stalled a slight favorite to win Broadcast of the game will be carried over radio station KMED, beginning at 2 o'clock California's trawl fishing carried on In three-ouarters of the coastal waters of the state TRIBF IE United Press Full Leased .''Ire 29, 1944 Dorseys Relax in Court mw$$ v. WW - " ffi t ""Svl (Acmt Telephoto) As their trial and that of friend Allen Smiley on assault charges opened In Los Angeles court, bandsman Tommy Dorsey and his actress wife, Pat Dane, enjoy each other's company while waiting for attorneys to pick Jury to hear details of the Hollywood party that ended with near wnputatlon of actor Jon Hall's olasslo nose. TRAPPED JAPS IN LEYTE ., - By United Praia - American warships have Join ed in the battle to wipe out the trapped' Japanese garrison on Leyte island, it was disclosed to day, as enemy warplanes struck back savagely at Gen. Douglas MacArthur s i n v as 1 o n beach heads on the Island's east coast and at the new B-29 Superfort ress base on Saipan, in the Marianas. A Tokyo communique also re ported without confirmation that strong Japanese forces landed on Morotat island, 300 miles south of the Philippines, in an attempt to reconquer that American-held air base. Tokyo said heavy fight ing was in progress on the island. A force of U. S. destroyers and smaller naval units steamed into the Camotes sea off the north western coast of Leyte Monday night and shelled the Japanese sea and air base at Ormoc for 90 minutes, without drawing a shot in reply. The barrage kindled big fires throughout shore installations around Ormoc, the last impor tant base held by the Japanese on Leyte. On Leyte, torrential rams con tinued to stalemate the ground fighting, and only small-scale patrol clashes were reported. In 1901 California produced 9800 tons of English walnuts, and in 1943 58,300 tons were produced. Lawyer Threatens to Call Film Stars in Dorsey Trial By Virginia MacPherson United Press Hollywood Correspondent Hollywood, Nov. 29 (U.R) Unless ActOr Jon Hall's mem ory returns soon Tonmy Dor sey's attorney threatened today, he will spring a pair of movie stars who can describe in detail the course of the caress that sent the bandleader leaping to the defense of the sancity of his home. Attorney Isaac Pacht said the two stars were present In the bandleader's apartment when the husky screen hero patted Mrs. Dorsey's curves. They had arrived late and so their mem ories are better, he said. Hall said the pat was on the shoulder, Dorsey said if Hall was aiming for the shoulder he missed. "I won't call them unless lt becomes absolutely necessary," said Pacht, lawyer for the trom bonist and his beautiful wife, who wlthiGambler Allen Smiley are on trial for assaulting Hall. Pacht said his 'two witnesses, out of Hollywood's top drawer, might be able to refresh Hall's memory on where he patted Mrs. Dorsey and how be got the NO. 212. TAKES OWN LIFE Ray L. Jain was found dead this morning in his garage at 816 South Central with a 20 gauge shotgun by his side, ac cording to city police. Jain, who had been in ill health for ten years, leaves his wife, Nellie E. Jain, employed at the Amer ican Laundry; a sister, Mrs. Florence Cunningham, San Diego, and a brother, E. E. Jain, Dallas, Ore. , City police were called to Jain's residence around noon to day after Stanley Hake, 840 South Fir street, driver, for the Valley Fuel company, found Jain dead in the garage where he went to deliver ice. There was a bullet wound Just under Jain's heart, .' Jam left a note for his wife, which said In part: "Nellie, I believe this Is the right thing to do, as I don't want to be a bur den any longer." Deputy County Coroner Car los Morris believed that Jain was near 65 years of age. Jain had resided in Medford for a number of years, but had not been employed because of his ill health. POLISH GOVERNMENT FORMATION DELAYED London, Nov. 29 U.R) Jan Kwaplnskl abandoned his ef forts to form a Polish govern ment today and President-designate Tomasz Arclczewski, chair man of the exectuive committee of the Polish socialist party, was asked to undertake the task. end of his nose lopped off. The bandleader's wife, who is the beautious Pat Dane of the movies, flicked not an eyelash as Pacht made his announce ment. Business, of selecting a Jury droned on. Pacht and Jerry Giesler, Smlley's attorney, questioned Mrs. Isabella Von Wald, pro spective Juror No. 29, about her feelings on self defense, sanct ity of the home, and drinking. Spell-binder Giesler shot ques tions at her for almost half an hour, waving his spectacles and gesturing in the eloquent style that make him one of the coun try's top defenders of wealthy people in trouble with the law. Giesler finished, mopped his perspiring brow, and sat down. Deputy District Atorney Edwin L. Myers said he didn't want to question Mrs. Von Wald. In stead, he dismissed her as a Juror. The attorneys had a whole new batch of 20 prospective jurors to work on today, having gone through most of the first panel yesterday without decid ing much except maybe that all the witnesses were handsome. STEADY ADVANCE REPORTED ALONG MM FRONT Hodges' Doughboys Rout Last Germans in Langer wehe, 5 Miles from Duren Paris, Nov. 29 (U.R)Amer. lean forces captured Langer wehe, biggest German-held town west of Duren, and five other anchor towns of the yielding Nazi defenses before the Roer river line today in slow, but steady gains along a 16 -mils front aimed at Cologne. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges 1st army tanks, tank destroy, ers and bazooka-armed dough boys routed the last German troops from the fortress-like cel. lars of Langerwehe, five miles west of Duren. On either side of already by. passed Langerwehe, the Amer icans seized Koslar, Frenz, Jun gersdorf, Kleinhau -jnd Hurtgen in violent fighting that now posed direct threats to Duren and Julicfi, main strongholds of the Roer river line. - Lamersdorf Resists First army troops also drove) into Lamersdorf, six miles north- west of Duren, but a violent counter-attack shoved them back to its southern outskirts. The Yanks reformed and at tacked again, re-entering Lam ersdorf and engaging the Nazis . In hand-to-hand struggles through its streets. Two miles southeast of Lan gerwehe, the doughboys battled into the streets of Merode, and entered the road Junction of Hardt after an advance of more than a mile. , Troops commanded by Lt. Col. Elisha O. Peckham of Nar- ragansett, R. I., entered Langer wehe Monday afternoon and by Tuesday night had cleaned out all but isolated pockets of re sistance. The mop-up was com pleted today. ;-- ' The weather cleared around noon, permitting fighter bomb ers to swarm in to the close sup port of the 1st and 9th armies. Medium bombers attacked Pier, 3Vi miles northeast of Langer wehe, and nearby Mariaweiler with results described officially as "good." Hodges was revealed to hav expanded his offensive with new attacks in the -area of Vossen ask, two miles below Hurtgen. Field dispatches reported gains north and northeast of Vos senack. , - Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's 9th army reached the Roer along a 5V&-mile front and the Nazis said it was at the river on either side of Julich. E IS HELD NOT LIKELY Chungking, Nov. 29 U.R) . The government, in an attempt to allay the fears of business men and other uneasy elements here, today issued a statement minimizing the threat of a Japa nese attack on Chungking. "T h e government believes there is no reason to become panicky," said P. H. Chang, of ficial spokesman. "Japanese col umns striking toward Kweiyang do not present a direct threat to Chungking." Throughout the week there have been signs of grave appre hension among businessmen and certain other elements in tho capital of free China. Tokyo has claimed that Japanese columns crossed the border of Kweichow province. If this is true, tho enemy now is nearer Chung king than at any time since last year's advance to Santouping, 275 airline miles from the cap ital. Kweiyang, which appears to be the objective of the enemy drive beyond Lluchow, Kwangsl province, is 209 airline miles from Chungking. Minister of Information Liang Han-Chao said tho government recognizes that the situation is grave, but is not discouraged and still is confident of the ulti mate outcome. Jackson County sales to data in the Sixth War Loan are "I" Bonds $170,292 . Total Sales $557,067
