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Weather Use The MAIL TRIBUNE Want Ad Way Quick Remits At Small Cost Medford Tribune Forecast! Partly a loud y and clearing Sunday, little changa Temp. Htiheit yetterday 48.S Lowest thii morning , 37.1 Precip. pait 24 hniirsj Trace United Press Full Leased Wir United Press Full Lmm4 Win Thirty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1944 NO. 215. fo)M A Nl mm WW nlfP Rum LrlLULra . (n)RP) Mo) M)m Ma . i - GEM J TO LAST WINTER iNSEVEffi TEST Ninth Army Storms Four towns in Critical Sector To Peril Nazis " Paris, Sunday. Dec. 3 (U.R) The U. S. Ninth army stormed into the German today Linnich, Leiffarth, Roerdorf .and Floss dorf crushing all but a handful 01 nazis resisting on me wesi bank of the Roer and creating such a peril that the nazi com mand was reported to have thrown one-third of its entire western iront strength Into that critical sector. Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's Ninth - army doughboys also drove into the Roer river bastion of Juich and there were indica tions that battle soon may be fought between the Roer and the Rhine which will determine whether the Germans can hold . out through the winter. Gains of a mile at most were registered on the 25-mile Rhine land front by the Ninth army and the U. S. First army on its right flank. The Germans were: fighting back with a fury unsur passed since Gen. Dwlght D.' Eisenhower's legions opened the battle for liberation of Europe last June 6. On the upper Rhine, the Ger mans blasted down the three bridges over the river east of Strasbourg and abandoned their Huningue bridgehead Just west of Swiss Basel, paving the way for the allied Sixth army group to form a 60-mile front against the stream. . , In the Saar basin, the U. S. Third army pounded into the communications centers of Saar lautern and Sarreunion, 28 miles northeast and 40 miles, east of Metz, and swept up to the Saar itself on an 11-mile front inside the Reich east of Luxembourg. In Hollant, the British Second army eliminated the last Ger man pockets west of the river Maas and flexed its power, for an attack through the formidable Siegfried line by the most direct route to the Ruhr valley, heart of the German war effort. All other action paled in con trast to the battle for the north ern Rhineland and Germany's great industrial cities where the First army alone had destroyed four German divisions, normally 60,000 men, and gravely im paired two others since opening its offensive November 16. ' Linnich, two miles southeast of Lindern, lies on the west brink of the Roer while Julich is as tride the stream. The Yanks had not crossed the river at any point, however, and the German defense was being conducted with great skill as well as cour age a circumstance w h i.c h prompted an American field of ficer to remark that Adolf Hit ler's "intuition" certainly was no longer guiding the' enemy ef fort. "Germany has shown a re markable resurgence of mililtary power in the last two months," the officer said, adding that Field Marshal Karl Gerd Von Runstedt and his staff of old-line German officers were defending the Rhine with "very profession al touches." ' . Counter-attacking nazis had dislodged the first army from the v. village of Merode, three and one half miles west of Duren, central bastion of the Roer line, and Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges, troops made little progress on other sec tors during the day. E BY WINTER CHILL Boston, Dee. 2 (U.R) New England will experience its cold' est weather of the season tonight and tomorrow with tempera tures dropping as low as ! 5 de grees below zero in northern sections, the weather bureau re ported today. London, Dec. 2 (U.P)--Pre-mier Gen. Constantin Sanates cus' Romanian cabinet resigned today, Romanian broadcasts said tonight. Plan Quick I ' ; ! 111 ( 0 TpTM Jj : 4 :i f Ay iAcme Telephoto) Col. Elliott Roosevelt and actress Faye Emerson pose Happily togetner in Hollywood alter revealing their plans for a quick wedding and noney moon before the President's second son leaves for another overseas as- ' ' siguuient. PRESIDENT'S SON WILL WED TODAY Hollywood, Dec. 2 U.PJ Col. Elliott Roosevelt and blonde act ress Faye Emerson left here late today by air for Williams, Ariz., from where they were to proceed to El-Tovar Lodge, Grand Can yon, to be married Sunday. The couple still was trying to keep secret the site of their mar riage, -but its location was learn ed from other sources. The president's second son put an engagement ring on Miss Emerson's finger Friday after trailing her around the Warner Bros, lot where sKe was working on set. It was a small platinum ring with three diamonds. Both the colonel and his bride- to-be declined comment, but it was reported they would spend part of their honeymoon in Beau mont, Tex., visiting Miss Emer son's mother, Mrs. Jean Young, and' part of it at the White House, where the young actress would meet the president and Mrs. Roosevelt for the first time. IN CAMP ESCAPES The state police, FBI agents and county officers were con ducting an extensive search for an escaped German prisoners of war, Karl Pfeifer. 19. who fled from Camp White late Friday. Pfeifer was wearing the reg ulation blue denim uniform with PW printed on the back when he fled from a work detail about 18 miles from the camp. Clinton W. Stein, special agent in charge of the FBI office in Portland said the prisoner may also be wearing a regulation U. S. army raincoat. Pfeifer is five feet, six inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, and has blue eyes, blonde hair and a fair complexion. ; . SENATOR WAYNE MORRIS TO SPEND MONDAY HERE Senator-elect Wayne Morse will arrive in Medford Monday morning to talk with groups and individuals on matters pertain ing to his coming term as United Mates senator. He will spend the day here and will confer with anyone in terested in the office of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce building. Portland, Ore., Dec. 2 U.R) U. S. Senator-elect Wayne Morse today urged co-operation in the rehabilitation of criminals at the closing session of the annual convention of the District Attor neys association of Oregon and the Oregon State Sheriffs asso ciation. Wedding TROPICAL RAINS HALT YANK PUSH IN NORTH LEYTE Allied Headquarters, Leyte, Philippines, Sunday, Dec. 3 U.R) Heavy tropical rains have forced another halt in the .American drive down" the Ormor corridor of northern Leyte, but U. S. war planes sank or damaged three enemy ships and destroyed at least five planes in widespread attacks over the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies, it was announced today.' Rains continue and only minor . ground action occurred throughout the area," said Gen, Douglas MacArthur's daily war bulletin which covered action through, Friday. Front dispatches said that U.S. 32nd division troops, fighting through knee-deep mud, had pressed to within one mile of a junction in a two-pronged drive down both sides of the upper Ormoc corridor road about 17V4 miles north of Ormoc before the rains halted the advance. The Americans were moving from the east and west to cut off a segment of the road about two miles below Limon. One force on the west side was con verging on Tolibaw while the other moving through the moun tains on the east, was driving for Bonbongon, a mile east of Toli baw. YULE SUPPLY OF LIQUOR LUTED Portland, Ore., Dec. 2-(U,R) Item: The Pacfiic coast confer ence on alcoholic studies, con ducted by. (tie Yale University of Applied Phychology for the past week in Portland, ended yester day. Item: Today the Oregon Liquor Control commission an nounced that liquor supplies in Oregon will be limited during the holiday season. Unlike Wash ington and Idaho, there will be no liquor available above the normal quota of one quart of whiskey, plus the usual "bonus fifth. WHERE IS ADOLF Stockholm, Dec. 2 (U.R) The m y s t e r ious disappearance of Adolf Hitler is Just as puzzling to the people of Berlin as it is to the man in the street in Lon don or New York, according to persons recently retumnig from Germany. AIR FRAYS OVER REICH RAIL CITY C0STSJ9PLANES Germany Girds for Firial Battle Koblenz Bombed In Mass Attack London, Sunday, Dec. 3 (U.R) Massive formations of R. A. F. heavy bombers, requiring three hours to pass overhead, stream ed out of Britain toward Ger many last night after Allied day light attacks on the Rhineland rail center of Koblenz and a benzol plant at Dortmund in the Ruhr. London, Dec. 2 (U.R) An 800 -plane force of American bombers and fighters, blasted the Rhineland . rail center of Koblenz today, shooting down at least 28 German fighters in fierce air battles which an of ficial prediction said would grow' more deadly in the future. U. S. strategic airforce head quarters said that the luftwaffe apparently is building up new strength for coming air battles and is increasing fighter pro duction in widely-dispersed un-' derground and "backyard" fac tories. . Nineteen U. S. planes 11 bombers and eight fighters are missing from today's raid, but a communique said that six 'of the fighters are believed safe in friendly territory j Koblenz, a main control point for. German rail traffic, opposite the U. S. 3d army front, was blasted by 250 heavy bombers through thick cloud cover which enabled German fighters to elude the powerful escort of 550 planes. Between 30 ' and 50 German pursuit ships pounced on one formation of Liberators, touch ing off a furious battle that ranged through and below the clouds. As many as 40 other enemy planes were encountered by one group of Thunderbolt escorts, which destroyed at least ten in the area of Marburg. .While the Americans bombed Koblenz another force of R. A. F. heavy bombers escorted by Spitfire and Mustangs smashed at the Fhansa benzol plant on the outskirts of Dortmund in the Ruhr in a continuation of the Allies' campaign of annihilation against Nazi fuel supplies. GERMAN V-3S TO ATTACK NEW YORK London, Dec. 2 (U.R) Stock holm dispatches reported today that nazi minister of munitions. Prof. Albert Speer, had announc ed that a "V-3" weapon would be launched against New York by the end of December. The Daily Express reported that Speer had told the German war production board that New York would be attacked and that the nazi high command also was pleased with V-2 bombs, which are being improved. The Stockholm newspaper Aftonbladet, in a Berlin dis patch, quoted Speer as saying V-3 was even more powerful than V-2 and that it was being produced on a large scale. SIXTHlARlOAN AHEAD SCHEDULE Washington, Dec. 2 (U.R) The $14,000,000,000 Sixth War Loan was slightly more than 38 per cent subscribed tonight as the drive closed its second week with purchased totaling $5,364,' 000,000. On an over-all basis, the drive was approximately $1,000,' 000,000 ahead of schedule, prl marily- because of heavy invest ments by corporations. The' sec ond day of corporation pur chases brought large investments to $3,673,000,000, approximate ly 40 per cent of the $9,000,000, 000 goal. Black T OR1' , 75i,f.i OF AUSTRIA LINE Stalin in Order of Day Tells Of Victories on Eastern Front Cross Danube London, Sunday, Dec. 3 U.R) Russian troops, in a spectacular breakthrough on the eastern front, yesterday drove to within 75 miles of Austria and, ' in a new crossing of the Danube river in northern Hungary, advanced along the west bank : to reach points only 48 miles south of Budapest. . 4 Ripping loose both ends of an enemy defense line before stra tegic Lake Balaton, great natural obstacle' on the southeastern ap proaches to Vienna,, Red army mechanized infantry and arm ored forces rolled through crumbling enemy defenses to ward the great barrier along a 66-mile front. Gaining up to 16 miles in 24 hours for two-day gains of 31 miles, Red army forces seized more than 300 towns and vil lages in two days of battles and won five major enemy strong holds in a race across the flaC, Trans-Damibian plains; . ' Marshal Josef Stalin, announc ing me victories in a iriumpnani order of the day, revealed that Marshal Foedor I. Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian army had seized the fortress towns of Kaposvar, Dombovar, Bonyhad, Szkeszard and Paks. Paks, on the west bank of the Danube and described by the Germans as the northern anchor of the enemy defense line before Lake Balaton, was captured in a new crossing of the River 55 miles south of Budapest with the aid of the. Red Banner Danube naval flotilla. STILL UNCERTAIN New York, Dec. 2 (U.R) Whether Jack Benny's Sunday night comedy broadcast will go on as promised by the National Broadcasting company, or will be taken off because of alleged use of non-union engineers as threatened by the American Fed eration of Musicians (AFL) was still unanswered tonight. While NBC officials declined to elaborate on what engineers and how many were involved and Jack Benny refused to dis cuss any aspect of the situation, both appeared confident that the show would go on tomorrow at its scheduled time. BUZZ BOMB NEAR Headquarters, 12th U. S. Army Group, Dec. 2 (U.R) A "buzz bomb" passed directly over a building Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower was visiting during a trip through the Belgian mountains on his current tour of allied army areas on the western front, it was disclosed today. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower Saturday called on foreign work ers in the areas of the Ruhr Rhenish Westphalia and the Rhineland to volunteer to work for the allied armies after the Germans have been driven be yond their towns and villages. SGT. MELTON D. PITTS WOUNDED IN ACTION Washington, Dec. 2 U.R)- war department t o d a y an nounced that Staff Sgt. Milton D. Pitts, Mrs. Jennie B. Pitts, mother, 915 Queen Ann street, Medford, Ore., has been wounded in action in the European area. nado Wins State Title iZVESTIA' FLAYS DEFEATISTS Reactionaries Blamed by Soviet Organ for Critical Situation Moscow, Dec. 2 (U.R) The Soviet newspaper Izvestia said today that recent Chungking cabinet changes gave no hope of improvement in the internal unity or war effort of China. and attacked what it called the disastrous undermining policy of reactionaries and capitula tionists" among the Chinese. Examining the causes for widespread Japanese military successes in China which, Izves tia said, occurred despite "one defeat after another" for t h e Japanese in other portions of the facific theater, the Soviet pub lication said that numerous for eign press organs blamed- "the considerable influence of reac tionary element sin China rul i . i , . , uib circles. Izvestia said that American and British victories in the Pa cific bad drained off large forces of Japanese from China and eased the position of the Chi nese army, yet the Japanese had scored .'"serious successes" - in their .summer campaign." . ' The victories of China's al lies elsewhere "did not result, as one could expect, in activa tion of the Chinese forces,'' said Izvestia. "The failures of Chi nese troops have caused anxiety among wide masses of the Chi nese people and in countries Hied to China which, together with China, are fighting Japan." Representatives of the . Chi nese high command and the Chungking government blame China's present predicament on insufficient help from her al lies and lack of technical equip ment. But the foreign press points out that the "reactionary elements" in ' Chln.-.'s ruling circles "Instead of strengthen ing national unity and democ racy, are carrying out a policy of splitting the national forces," Izvestia said. GREW TOPS LIST FOR STATE POST Washington, Dec. 2 (U.R) President Roosevelt and Secre tary of State Edward R. Stet tinius, Jr., have reached no de cision on a new undersecretary of state but are giving serious consideration, autho r i t a t i v e sources understood tonight, to 64-year-old Joseph C. Grew, last U. S. ambassador to Japan. Grew, a career diplomat of 40 years' seasoning, was American envoy to Japan from 1032 to December 7, 1041. He is-now chief of the state department's division of Far Eastern affairs. Stettinius was understood to be considering at least five men as possibilities for the job which he vacated this week to succeed Cordell Hull as secretary of state. Once he makes a decision, he must get the president's ap proval of his choice. - G.I.S IN BRITAIN GIVEN MORE FAGS London, Dec. 2 (U.R) Brit ish-based GIs cheered Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's order today which, beginning Mon day, lifts the ban on American cigarette purchases and permits them five packs weekly. Soldiers stationed In tho Unit ed Kingdom have been strug gling along with British sub stitutes since two weeks ago when all sales of U. S. cigarettes were prohibited except for com bat troops and hospital patients. War Bulletins Bombay, Dec. 2 (U.R) Mo handas K. Gandl announced today that he would undergo a ''work fast," suspending all activity bftwten Dec. 4 and D.c. 31.- Kandy. Celon, Dec. 2 (U.R) Troops of the British 36th di vision who captured Pinwa on the Myitkyina-Mandalay rail road without a struggle are pushing patrols southward to ward Naba Junction, leading to tha Jap stronghold of Kat ha, a southeast Asia command communique reported today. Athens, Dec. 2 (U.R) Tanks patrolled the streets of Athens today after the resig nation of six leftist ministers from the government, and Premier Geoge . Papandreou called a cabinet meeting to consider further steps in the crisis brought on by a dispute over his order that resistance organisations surrender their HOOD RIVER POST ANTHAP STAND . Portland, Ore., Dec, 2 (U,R) Removal of tha names of Ja panese-Amercian soldiers from the Hood River war memorial by the American Legion post in Hood River brought a rebuke today from the American Civil Liberties union and a condemna tion from the Portland council of .churches. Jess Edington, commander of ihe Hood River post, revealed that the 16 names had been re moved from the memorial. He added that the post would try to exclude- all persons of Ja panese ancestry from Hood Riv er valley. Roger Baldwin, director of the American Civil Liberties Un ion, here during a tour for the study of labor and racial ques tions, said, "I should presume that the American Legion, as a great patriotic organization, should be the first to accept all veteran regardless of race. It is a matter of profound regret when race prejudice of any sort takes precedence over patriot ism. . ." The policy committee of the council of churches issued a statement demanding that Ja panese-Americans, as citizens, "be guaranteed their constitu tional rights." NEED FOR MORTAR SHELLS CRITICAL Washington, Dec. 2 (U.R) Production Chief J. A. Krug an nounced tonight that $500,000. 000 worth of new facilities must be built immediately to expand the output 'of critically needed mortar shells and he Indicated there could not be much recon version until some time after Germany is defeated. ; At the same time, Krug dis closed that some of the lagging munitions, programs are begin ning to catch up and that work ers In key production centers are returning to war plants in .encouraging numbers. L FREEZE OPPOSED Washington, Dec. 2 (U.R) Seven members of the house ways ' and means committee charged tonight that the pro posal to freeze social security tax contributions at one per, cent is unwise and would "emasculate the proper financ ing of the true costs "of the bene fits now provided." MEDFORD DEFEATS LA GRANDE 1H IN HARDJBATTLE Bostwick Intercepts Pass For Score, Doty Tallies Second Touchdown Portland, Ore., Dec. 2 (U.R) Medford defeated LaGrande, 14 to 0, on the Multnomah Stadium gridiron here today to win tha Oregon otate high school football championship in a game hard fought on both sides. A crowd of some 10,000 fans turned out and were rewarded with a fast-moving contest in which only four penalties were called. Medford scored first in tha second period on an intercepted pass. Bob Carey, LaGrande quar terback, heaved a long one in tended for left halfback Jim Courtney. Glen Bostwick, Med ford left half, came out of no where, snagged the pass, and raced 55 yards down the side lines to score. Bob Watson's con version kick was good and Med- ford was out in front, 7 to 0. Medford scored again midway in tho third quarter on a double pass good for 22 yards and tha touchdown. With fourth down and three jto go bn'the LaGrandai 22, Watson, Medford quarter back, took the ball and passed to right half Jerry Clark. Just as Clark was being tackled, he flung a short pass to fullback Marvin Doty In the clear, and Doty raced the remaining IS yards to score. Watson's kicks was again good and the acora was Medford 14, LaGrande 0. LaGrande's aerial offensive which was instrumental In bring ing it through the regular season undefeated -and past Roosevelt High of Portland in the state semifinals, couldn't get going to day, largely because of the tight pass defense displayed by Med ford. Medford gained 132 yards from scrimmage to LaGrande's 38.5. LaGrande gained 52 yards from passes to Medford's 26. Medford made eight first downs, all from scrimmage, and La Grande made four, three of them from passes. Lineups: LaGrande P. Medford .. Plaskett Bessonetta Porter Cava Cahlll ... Sheldon Riggs Watson Bostwick Clark Doty Sherwood re Hyde rt Cantrcll .rg Marshall ..... .c Eldrtdgo lg Cyr .. lt Marrs 1 Carey . qb Courtney Kilgore ... Terry Jh... ...rh.. ..Jb.. Score by periods: Medford 0 7 7 014 LaGrande 0 0 0 0 0 Medford scoring touchdowns: Bostwick, Doty. Points after touchdown Watson (2). The team will return Monday morning. (Play by play on Page 6) ROOSEVELTVOTE EDGil3S3t260 New York Dec. 2 (U.R) With the official count completed by half of the 48 states and only 2,705 precincts missing in the other 24 states, the United Press tabulation of the presidential popular vote today showed Pres ident Roosevelt's plurality over Governor , Dewey had reached 3,363,260. Tho count: Roosevelt 24,907, 340; Dewey 21,544,089. Jackson County sales to date in tha Sixth War Loan are "E" Bonds $250,204 Total Sales S1,130,272
