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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
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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
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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.
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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