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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.
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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
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CniUd Pt
Death From the Air
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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SLUG FORWARD ON
FOUR-MILE FRONT
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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 -
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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