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( American First Army Bends Back German South Wing Weather Forecast: Clondy with thowtrt and lightly eoolr tonlf ht; - Saturday, partly cloudy with llttl chine In temperature. Temp. HI chert yesterday 48 Lowest toll morning 35 Prec. as Put 14 boors . Thirty-ninth Year AMERICAN FLIERS Effect of Aerial Assaults Be ginning to Tell Heavily on , Enemy Air Power. By United Press American airmen, rapidly winning aerial dominance over the central Philippines, were credited today with, destroying their seventh Japanese convoy west of Leyte and killing an other 8,000 enemy troops en route to the island. Communiques issued by Gen. Douglas' MacArthur and Adm. unester w. Nimitz indicated that the cumulative effect of American carrier and land based strikes was beginning to tell heavily on Japanese air power throughout the western Pacific. Attack Beaten Off A weak enemy attack on the Superfortress base at Saipan was beaten off Tuesday, the Japanese losing one and probab ly two bombers without causing any damage. At the same time, Tokyo scaled down sharply its recent fantastic claims of nu merous ship sinkings off the Philippines. A dispatch from MacArthur's headquarters said U. S. fliers shot down at least six enemy planes over the islands and that Japanese alrpower appeared to have been crippled. The latest convoy battle was fought out over a wide area off the west coast of Leyte between American Fighters and patrol planes and a widely-dispersed enemy fleet of five transports and a destroyer. All , six were wrecked before they could put their troops cargoes ashore at Ormoc. The sinkings swelled the en emy's losses in seven attempts to reinforce Leyte to 26,000 men, 29 transports, and 18 es cort vessels. Only a small per centage of the reinforcements actually reached Leyte, where some 45,000 to 50,000 Japanese were being squeezed into a nar rowing pocket around Ormoc, despite heavy rains that all but stopped the American ground offensive. U. S. heavy bombers also con tinued their neutralization raids on enemy airfields on Mindanao, destroying four parked planes on two airdromes at Davao. The Japanese also lost a submarine off Ormoc harbor Monday, when the raider was caught on the surface and sunk by an American destroyer. Nimitz' communique con tinued mopping-up on Peleliu island in the Palau group, where another 1,300 enemy holdouts were killed and 142 captured between Oct. 20 and Nov. 26 at a cost of 92 Americans killed, 622 wounded, and five missing. Tokyo, still Jittery over the three -29 raids in the past week, cracked down on all "loose talk" by the public that might reveal to the United States the extent of the damage caused by the Superfortress strikes. Local Fans Attend Medford Grid Game A large number of local foot ball fans left today by automo bile and bus for Portland to at tend the state football title game tomorrow afternoon be tween Medford and La Grande high. A large delegation were planning to leave tonight by train. With many former resi dents, now living in Portland and working In war plants, the Black Tornado will not lack vocal support. . Wagering on the result has been light, save for $750 of La Grande coin covered at even money, no bets in case of a tie, reports said. SIDE GLANCES BT TRIBUNE REPORTERS Chief of Police McCredie as serting that he was working for the ration board as a conscript ed volunteer. Frank Rogers making fun of a woman friend who remarked that she was ready to talk. Charlotte Brenneman survey ing the Tribune news columns with a critical eye. Medford I CniUd Pt Death From the Air r - Skimming through the Philippine air at mast-head level this B-25 Mitchell bomber comes in (or a bomb run on this Japanese destroyer es cort in Ormoc Bay. Leyte. Seconds later two oombs scored direct hits on the vessel, literally blew the ship apart, 0. S. Navy photo. 7-PASSENGERS DIE ON BURBAI'EDGE Los Angeles, Dee. 1 (U.R) A New YorK bound transcontinen tal and- Western Airways airlin er plunged suddenly to earth to day as it glided toward -Bur-bank airport, killing . seven of the 23 passengers and crew. Hartley Knox of San Diego. least seriously hurt of the pas sengers, said the ship appeared to be coming in for a normal landing from San Francisco at about 3 a. m. . - : ' Then I felt It start to go down too steeply," he said. ,"I grabbed my- pillow and put it in front of my face. Then we hit." The ship was due to stop here before turning eastward, and had reported by radio a few minutes earlier that everything was in order. Airline officials said they would not be able to surmise the case of the crash pending an investigation. Pierce Bros, mortuary, Van Nuys, identified the dead as: John V. Frankenthal, address unknown. I Billie Jack Powers, U. S. navy, on leave and reportedly en route to Joplin, Mo. Conrad Lee Brinkman, Wel lington, Mo. - Walter W. Cooper, city mana ger, San Diego, Calif. Howard Midler, American Pa per Stock Co., Indianapolis, Ind. Capt. John Pollard Snowden, North Hollywood, Calif., pilot.. First Officer Thomas Bam berger, Jackson Heights, N. Y., co-pilot. The . crash sheared off the wings and nose, grinding the wreckage into a heap under the tail. It lay on its side, with pieces strewn for hundreds of feet. AUSTRALIA CITES JAP CRUELTIES Canberra, Australia, Dec. 1 (U.R) The Australian govern ment today formally accused the Japanese military of' torturing and murdering Australian serv ice men and civilians on New Guinea and declared that every possible step will be taken to track down and punish the re sponsible parties. Evidence of Japanese atroc ities, compiled after an investi gation lasting nearly two years, will be forwarded to London for action by the United Nations war crimes commissions, Attor ney General Herbert Evatt told the house of representatives. , Evatt said the investigation had uncovered proof that the Japanese massacred, tortured and maltreated New Guinea na tives as well as Australian na tionals during their occupation of the island. -Full Lund Wire 3 I Acme Telenhoto) Air Meet Agreed On U. S. Proposal For Full Freedom Chicago, Dec. 1 (U.R) With the American proposal for vir tually unlimited freedom of the air for all nations that want it tentatively approved, only the selection of the members of the interim council and its site re mained today for the civic avia tion conference to settle before adjournment. However, since the interim council will be composed of only 21 -members,- theroremained- a possibility of a squabble over which of the 54 nations repre sented here would be on it. Ap parently each of the countries would like a seat on the council. ABANDONED WELL NOW FLOWS OIL Billings, Mont., Dec. 1 0J.R) A formerly abandoned oil well brought in fresh yesterday and flowing at the rate of 1,000 barrels a day, marked the dis covery of another major oil field in Montana, Julius C. Peters, president of the Resolute Oil Corporation, reported today. Peters, a veteran Western Oil man, said the oil has high grav ity, suitable for the manufac ture of high octane gas. Originally, 1 the well was jointly operated by the North ern Ordnance and Resolute com panies, but was abandoned in 1043 after it was drilled to a depth of 4,212 feet. General Petroleum and Res olute Oil companies deepened the hole to 6,530 feet where it was brought in fresh. 12G0 SURVIVORS FROM PACIFIC FLEET RETURN - San Francisco, Dec. 1 (U.PJ Twelve hundred survivors Vessels lost in the Parlfln Ciudine crewmen nf thn hornlr. baby flattop Gambler Bay sunk in combat with a squadron of Japanese battleships and cruis ers, arrived today aboard a big navy transport carrying a total oi J.ouu passengers. Among the survivors were naval nersnnnpl frnm fh Ha. stroyer-escort Abner Read, lost as me result of undefined "peril of the sea." HEAVY FIGHTING RAGES SOUTH OF CASTELLAR0 Rome, Dec. 1 (U.P.) A Ger man attack launched against tne rum Army front south of Bologna moved Into its second day today with "extremely heavy" fighting reported south of Mount Castellaro, which the Nazis captured yesterday, 10 miles southeast of the city. ALL SEATS SOLD All seats for the Craterian Theater war - bond premier, featuring Bing Crosby in "Going My Way" and an auc tion of hard-to-get articles, have been sold out for to night. There are no reserved seats and first ones there will get their choice of seats. Poors will open at 7:30. i i. -. -' H ,,. . -,, MEDFORD, OREGON, BAILEY SENTENCED TO LIFE TERM FOR Jury's Recommendation Fol lowed by Judge; Brief tie liberation Before Verdict. Fred Alva Bailey. 27. fugitive from a San Quentin prison camp, was sentenced to life im prisonment in the state prison at Salem this morning, by Circuit Judge Herbert K. Hanna. Bailey will be taken to prison early next, ween by the sheriff's of fice. A circuit court, jury, C. A. Marshall, Medford, foreman, and composed of ten men and two women, returned a verdict of guilty of first degree murder, with a recommendation bf life Imprisonment, following delib erations from 4:55 p. m. to 6:37 p. m. yesterday. Trial of the case, in which Bailey was charged with the auto-jack slay ing of Ira Clyde Carman, 45, millworker, here last Septem ber 3, started last Monday. - "No Parole" Asked The jury at one stage of its deliberation asked permission to include a "no parole" clause in their verdict. They were advised by the court, that this was not permissible under Oregon law and were required to stay with in the instructions of the court. Text of the verdict was: . "We, the jury duly em- panneled and sworn . . . find the defendant, Fred Alva Bailey, guilty of murder in the lirst de gree, as charged In the indict ment, and recommend 'life Im prisonment, all of our number concurring." v j Courthouse officials reported the jury at one time stood nine to three for murder in the sec ond degree. The court instruc tions permitted the returning of a first degree verdict, with or without recommendations, sec ond degree or acquittal. Following the verdict the dapper defendant shook hands with and thanked the jury. He seemed cheered by the verdict. The extreme penalty 'under Ore gon law is death in the gas chamber.' Parole, rests with the state parole board. The sheriff's office reported Bailey today wrote a letter to his aged mother, telling her the good news with the assurance "everything is all right and . I will be home one of these days." She lives in Marion, Ind., the birthplace of the defendant. He was represented by Attorney Roy C. Dempsey of Marlon, Ind., a long-time friend of the family, and Attorney Rawles Moore of this city, named by the court to defend him. Bailey was the only witness called by t h e defense. Under cross-examination yesterday by District Attorney George W. Neilson, Bailey admitted strik ing Carman on the head with an auto-jack' for the- purposes of robbery, but claimed he had no intent to kill. At one time, Bai ley broke down and wept. He admitted a long prison record including terms in the Indiana boys school, Indiana reforma tory and San Quentin, for arson, larceny, auto theft and forgery. He staged two escapes. Bailey's crime career started, he said, when he was 14 years old. Bailey was extradited from Hammond, Ind,, . in February, 1943, and sentenced to seven years, at Beverly Hills, Cel., on a forgery charge. Last May, with 50 other San. Quentin inmates he was taken to a forest camp on Beaver creek, near Yreka Bailey acted as a trusty and would have been eligible for parole next February. Win Caused Flight Bailey testified that while at the prison on last September 2, he became intoxicated on wild blackberry wine, made by him self, an while in this state, planned to take the prison camp station wagon and escape. After procuring his grip- and bundle of possessions, he drove to the Pacific- highway and north to this city. BETTER COWS ' Chicago, Dec. 1 (U.R) Arti ficial breeding of cattle can pro duce cows which will give more milk and butterfat than natur ally bred ones, Dr. J. W, Bart- lett, head of the department of animal husbandry, New Jersey State college of agriculture, told the American Society of Animal Production today. FRIDAY, iBER 1, Llf, jT plan IS DISCUSSED BY LEAGUED CITIES Regional Meeting Here Cen ters Talk on Proposal for Statewide System. ' Discussion of proposed legisla tion featured the regional meet ing of the League of Oregon Cities held yesterday evening at the Chamber of Commerce of fices here and attended by about 50 officrs of the league and city officials from Medford and near by cities. Bulk of the discussion centered, around the proposal to create a statewide retirement system for city, county and state employes, since they are not eligible for federal security, and proposed legislation to increase the allocation of state liquor revenue to cities of Oregon. Here for the meeting were Fred L. Inkster, Oswego, presi dent of the league; Herman K e h r 1 1, executive secretary; Jack Barrett, member of the governor's postwar "planning commission, and George P. Stadelman, mayor of The Dalles. Meeting opened with a buffet dinner at 6:30 p. m. and con tinued for four hours. Arrange ments were in charge of Mayor Clarence A. Meeker and City Recorder Ralph Woodford. .Today Mayor Meeker accom panied President Inkster and other members of the group to Klamath Falls to attend a sim ilar regional meeting there. Meeker is a . member of the board of directors of the league Cold Vaccines Arm-'-- Said Of No Value Chicago, Dec. 1 U,R) None of the so-called vaccines for the prevention of the common cold that are now available have been proved to.be of any value and their uncontrolled use should De discouraged, the Journal of the American- Medical association said today. "In spite of the overwhelming evidence on this subject," the Journal declared in an article authorized by the AMA's coun cils on pharmacy and chemistry and industrial health, "some pharmaceutic firms continue to engage actively in the promotion and sale of various 'vaccines' for the prevention of colds. STETTINIUS SWORN Washington, Dec. 1. U.R) Edward R. Stettinlus, Jr., was sworn into office today as secre tary of state to succeed Cordell Hull, resigned. The oath was administered to the 44-year-old former under secretary by Supreme Court Jus tice Robert ti. Jackson in the secretary of state's office. LIBERATOR FALLS Mountain Home, Ida., Dec. 1 (U.R) A Liberator bomber from the Mountain Home air field crashed last night 10 miles northwest of the base, killing four crewmen and injuring four others, Col. Curtis D. Sluman, station commandant, said today, The ninth crew member was not injured. Details of the crash were not released. - Japan's Vast Manpower Revealed By 0WI; Can Put Four Million Men Under Arms Washington, Dec. 1 (U.R) The tremendous task awaiting American forces in the Far East was outlined by the office of war information today in a re port estimating that Japan al ready has 4,000,000 men in the field and can easily muster an other 2,000,000. Japanese strength In China alone was placed at 2,000,000 troops, indicating the minimum number of allied soldiers that may be needed in that theater alone after tiermany is defeated. 277,000 Killed ' Since Pearl Harbor, OWI said, U. S. troops have killed at least 277,0000 Japanese at a cost of 21,000 American dead a ratio of better than 13 to 1. But with at least four millions still under arms, Japan is far from any des perate manpower problem, OWI said In a report based on war department information. "Even today," OWI reported. "the war department Myi the Tribune UnlUd Pr Full 1944 Elliot Roosevelt to Wed Colonel Elliot Roosevelt (right), a Actress Faye Emerson (lelt) will be married "sometime this week, they disclosed. It will be the second marriage for Miss Emerson, 37, and the third for Colonel Roosevelt, 34. Be was divorced In April from Ruth Qoogins Roosevelt of Ft. Worth, Tex. and she was given custody of their three children. ' GREEN REELECTED PLEDGES EFFORT New Orleans, La., Dec. 1 (U.R) William Green began his 21st year as president of the American Federation of Labor today, pledging himself to meet the problems of labor, including modification of the Little Steel formula. - The convention, which' ended yesterday following unanimous reelection of Green and all oth er officers, named Green to a committee to take the war labor board's decision to .uphold the Little Steel formula directly to President Roosevelt. Before disbanding, the mem bership .voted to call a world trade union conference of the tree trade unions at the earliest possible time. This followed a flat refusal of the AFL to at tend the forthcoming British Trade Union congress in London to which both the Congress of Industrial Organizations and the Soviet Trade Unions have ac cepted invitations. The committee adopted a reso lution requesting President Roosevelt to appoint a national committee representing the arm ed forces, labor, management, and farm and educatlonagroups to study the problem of conscrip tion of youth. The membership set Chicago as site for the 1945 convention, AIRPORT SITES EYED IN GRANTS PASS AREA 'Grants Pass, Dec. 1 J. H. Reavey, district airport engineer with the Civil Aeronautics ad ministration, is here conducting an investigation of possible air port sites in this area, at the re quest of W. Stewart Orr, chair man of the aviation committee of the Grants Pass and Jose phine County Chamber of Com merce. Japanese can equip and train 2,000,000 more soldiers without seriously affecting war-production - manpower reserves. This figure does not include the ad ded millions who might be 're cruited' from subject nations." Blasting the notion that the Japanese soldier is a "stupid, in sensate peasant," OWI said lt was the opinion of army officials that the average enemy trooper Is a "good fighting man," al though many are likely to "go to pieces" when the going is rough. 250.000 Isolated Besides the 277,000 Japanese soldiers killed by American troops, the OWI report said, an other 250,000 are in isolated is land pockets, cut oft from res cue. Overall Japanese dead since the outbreak of the Sino-Japa-nese war was estimated at 850, 000. The report gave this picture of the typical Japanese soldier: lie is five feet three inches LMHd Wire NO. 21'4. (Acme Teleohoto) second son of the President, and Elliott Roosevelt And Blond Actress Ready For Wedding ' Hollywood, Dec. 1 (U.R) Col. Elliott Roosevelt tucked two wedding rings In his pocket and his bride-to-be, honey haired actress Faye Emerson hurriedly collected a trousseau today as they wound up plans for their marriage and a honeymoon that might Include a visit to the white house. The president's second son and Miss Emerson continued to keep the final details of when and where the ceremony would be performed a secret. Miss Emerson got a two-weeks' vacation -from her BWidio, War ner Bros., and said she was "looking forward to meeting the President and Mrs, Roosevelt during the honeymoon." Cigarets Rationed March Field Fliers March Field. Cal Dec. 1 (U.R) -March Field soldiers are going to have to cut down on their smoking because cigarets are going to be rationed. - Col.-John V. Hart, command ing officer, today announced the rationing would go into effect Monday. The limit: One carton a week to soldiers, their adult depend ents and wives of servicemen overseas who present certifi cates authorized by the com missary department. WILL MOVE HIR0HIT0 FROM BOMB DANGER Chungking, D,ec. 1 (U,R) Sources familiar with Japanese affairs predicted today that Em peror Hirohito will be removed soon to the Asiatic mainland by the Imperial Japanese head quarters to avoid the dangers of B-20 bombings and the threat of American Invasion of the homeland. The "holy persons" of the Emperor and Empress would be protected somewhere in China or Manchuria, where the Jap anese are planning to hold out if and when the main Japanese islands are invaded, the sources said. ' ' tall and weighs 117V4 pounds, (The average American GI is about five feet eight inches tall and weighs 145 pounds.) Japs Emotional He is emotional and In a tight spot Is likely to blow up. Under the unwritten law of the Japanese army he must atone for the disgrace of capture by the enemy by -committing suicide. He cannot retreat or call for help. He never says "so solly" contrary to the belief of most Americans since he cannot pro nounce "L a." He can say "R as well and as easily as an Amer ican and tries to lure GI's Into language "bobby-traps" by call ing out In English. He has had some form of mili tary training since the age of eight. If he Is a second class private the lowest rank he is paid $1.38 to $2.07 a month. Top Japanese generals are paid 1 120.50 a month. i V ' J 4 it if . . J SLUG FORWARD ON FOUR-MILE FRONT . Yankees Meeting Stiffest Resistance; Mines, Road blocks Being Encountered Paris, Dec. 1 U.R) American First army troops slugged east ward 400-yards on a four-mila front southwest of Duren today, bending back the entire south wing of th German forces de fending the Rhineland in per haps the most violent battle of the war. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' doughboys set the slow pace for three allied armies locked in two of the toughest struggles of Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower's grand offensive! The armies ex panded their toeholds on tha shell-plowed banks of the rivers Roer and Saar in preparation for a knockout blow at Germany's war-making might. Break Stalemate Veteran First army assault forces broke the stalemate on the rim of the Hurtgen forest and battered forward to within 1000 yards of Gey, four miles southwest of Duren, and less than a mile from Brandenberg, four miles below Gey, United Press War Correspon dent Jank Frankish reported from the First army front that the Yanks were fighting against the stiffest resistance, including mines and roadblocks formed by felled pine trees. Fighter - bombers flew about 250 sorties against the Germans facing the First army. They smashed at German tank and troop positions directly behind the battle line, and shot up strong points farther to the rear, Lame-rsdorf Retaken Hodges' troops again captured Lamersdorf, west of Duren, for the second time In 24 hours in the battle to clear out the Inda river defenses west of the Roer. Front dispatches said tha Ninth army on the First's left had won nearly a 10-mile hold, on the west bank of the Roer. whil -the- Third Urmy - to the south held an eight-mile stretch of the west bank of the Saar. i - 4 -' NEW LEND LEASE PLANNED WITH U.S. London, Dee. 1 (U.R) Prima Minister Winston Churchill tnlrf the house of commons todav that a new lend-lease arrange. ment has been planned with tha united States which will enable Great Britain to assume a full share In the war against Japan after Germany has been defeat ed. The new reciprocal aid pro gram, he said, will enable Brit ain to maintain in the Far East the same relative fighting power, in proportion to the United States, as she has in the Euro pean theater. (In Washington, lt was dis. closed that the new plan en visages the transfer of about $2,500,000,000 in lend -leas a goods and services to Britain an nually for the war against Ja pan.) Churchill said British and American representatives in Washington had examined in de tail.all the military and econom. ic questions involved in tha lend-lease program and that ha expected Britain's requirements under that plan would be halv ed when the European war ends. CONSCHIE SENTENCED Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 1. (U.PJ Donald Charles Dovault, 28, former associated chemistry professor at the University of California and Stanford Univer. sity, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison today fop his refusal to do assigned worls at a conscientious objector camp. MONTANA LEADS ' Helena, Mont., Dec. 1 U.PJ . Montana was leading the na tion's E bond sales today wittx purchases going over the half way mark of the state's $10,. 000,000 quota, A. T. Hlbbard, state war finance chairman, said. Radio Highlights The Medford-La Grande state championship football game in Portland Saturday will be broad cast by KM ED starting at 2 p. m. Jackson County sales to date In the Sixth War Loan are "E" Bonds $231,754 Total Sales $1,003,322
