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Thirty-ninth Year
B-29s Hit Tokyo Third
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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
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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."
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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
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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
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(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