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British Forces Join In Effort to Crush Greek Leftists Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Tnuriday; sUihtly colder. Temp. Highest yesterday , 41 Lowest this morning 38 Prec. Past t hours M Thirty-ninth Year Pattern's Men Advance on 50 Mile Front; Germans Back-Pedal for Siegfried Shelter Four More Crossings of Saar Northwest of Saarlautern Bloody Fighting Seen. Paris, Dec. 8 flJ.R) Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's Third, army stormed through two-thirds of the French-German border bas tion of Sarreguemines and forced four more crossings of the Saar northwest of Saarlau tern today in advances of four ; to. seven miles on a 50-mile front. Doughboy shocktroops stamp ed out all organized resistance in the section of Sarreguemines west of the Saar river despite heavy shelling from German artillery in the heights east of the river. Seven-Mile Dash Maj. Gen. Paul W. Baade's 35th infantry division stormed Sarreguemines after a seven mile dash over the last lap of the drive to the city. The speed of the advance indicated that the NazU were back-pedaling for the cover of the Siegfried line along a broad Third army tZ Berlin acknowledged "bloody hand-to-hand fighting" amidst the outposts of the west wall across the Saar river on either side of Saarlautern, where front dispatches revealed the Yanks had established bridgeheads in the Saar basin proper. Counters Repulsed To the north, the American First army threw back three strong German counter attacks in the area of Bergsteln,- less than a mile from the Roer on the southern wing of the Col ogne plain battlefront. The Germans scored initial gains of 1.000 yards, but were pushed back to their starting line by U. S. countermeasures. Thunderbolts, dropped 11,000 pounds of bombs on the Sports palantat Julich, the last Nazi toehold west of the Roer river in that area. A Ninth army front dispatch said observers saw "bodies, arms, and legs blown high into the air." The only other activity on the Ninth army front was at its north flank, where United States artillery broke up Ger man infantry and armor con centrations near Randerath, four miles northwest of Lln nich. Flying bomb activity on the Ninth, Army front slackened Jack Lowe Twins Second Pair To Be Born Here In Week The second set of twins born in Medford in the last two days were born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lowe at the commun ity hnsnltal. The twins are a boy and a girl, the boy weighing five pounds, six ounces and the girl weighing five pounds, seven ounces. The boy has been named - Gerry Allen and the girl Carol Ann. Lowe, who Is employed at United Airlines In Medfora, saia that there Is a record of twin births in his family. Mr. and Mrs. Furman Evern ham, 519 Mayette street, are the parents of the twins born Mon- day at the Sacred Heart hospital. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Employes presenting Glenn Utz with a beautiful tin star as a reward for his successful ci forts in v apprehending a bad cnecK artist. Ken Hamner carefully cach ing his precious supply oi cig arettes in the office safe. George Davis cheerfully help ing his competitor. Bob Rucker, band out company calendars. Medford United Pn Speaks Tonight - 4..V Geraldina Townsend Fitch will appear at the senior high school auditorium tonight 'at 8 p. m. in the fourth and last of a series of lectures sponsored by the Medford Rotary club. Mrs. Fitch, who lived in China for 20 years, speaks on "The New China in the New Pacific." The lecture is open to the public without charge. INSANE VICTIMS Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 8 (U.R) Twenty-five desperate felons, armed with razors, knives, and clubs and barricaded with four Atlanta federal penitentiary guards held as hostages, were revealed today to be prison men tal patients.. Prison officials revealed that the men, who revolted yester day against confinement with saboteurs and spies, sent out a penciled note threatening bodily harm to the guards if an attempt were made to storm the build ing. One of the fugitives was Iden tified by Prison Director J. V. Bennett as Jack Winn, who made headlines four years ago in a two-day vigil atop the pris on water tower. He is serving a five-year term for attempting to escape federal custody. AGAINST S F 0 RZA London, Dec. 6 -(U.R) Brit- tin refused to withdraw its veto of Count Carlo Sforza as a mem ber of the Italian government today despite the United States' call for Allied non-intervention in the Italian and, by inference, the Greek political crises. The House of Commons will hold a full-dress debate Friday on the situation In riot-torn Greece where British troops were under orders to help the Papandreou government put down a leftist insurrection. Children Witness Triple Tragedy Contrail. 111.. Dee. 8 (U.fi) Two of the four Creps children witnessed a double slaying ana a suicide last night when their father, Cecil, 35, a defense work er from Long Beach, Calif., shot his wife. Lula. 34. and her broth er William S. Marshall. 53. of Centralla. and killed himself. Chief of Police Orville T. Bounds said Billy Creps, 10, told him the shooting occurred De- fara him anri hi sister. Lucille IS. during a auarrel between his parents over a letter Mrs. Creps had received from a somier. .tunkinff Grieves Oregon's Buglar Portland. Ore.. Dec. 6 U.R) The busier who sounded the last colors on the battleship Ore gon A. L. Chltwood oi ceaar town, Ga. arrived in Portland today and is grieved to find that hi nld nhin has been iunked. Chit wood served six months on the Oregon during the last war, when the old battlewagon was on recruiting duty la 1918. Full Leased Wire FOR COOPERATION Agreement May Be Within Sight Is Chungking Report Atmosphere Is Calm. Chungking, Dec. 6 (U.fi) Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's central government and the communist Chinese party centered at Yenan have exchang ed proposals for settlement of their long-standing differences, Minister of Information Dr. Wang Shih Chieh disclosed to day. Dr. Wang said details of the new negotiations could not be revealed while discussions were under way. But the tone of his statement implied the situation was approaching a stage where an agreement may be within sight. Chow En Lai, communist rep- recentatlve in the negotiations, presently, is awaiting favorable lying weather to return to Yenan with a report to commun ist headquarters. . Optimism Reigns It was one of the most opti mistic statements on the com munist situation here in months. "One of the most encouraging signs," said Dr. Wang, "is that the atmosphere now Is more calm, and. that there has been a marked dimunition of recrim inations on either side." The communist newspaper New China Dally reported yes terday that guerillas in centAl China has extended their sphere of operations to the Tunkting lake regions of northern Hunan province, starting point of the big Japanese drive that now has engulfed large and important areas of south central China. Isvesiia Skeptical (Last Saturday the official soviet government newspaper Izvestla denounced . "reaction aries and capitulatlonists" in the Chinese government and , high command, and charged that Chungking s refusal to cooper ate with the Chinese communists was directly responsible for the recent Japanese successes in China.) (Izvestla termed Generalissimo Chiang's recent cabinet "shake- up" a "meaningless gesture.") CITY LOT SALES GIVEN APPROVAL OF COUNCIL The following city lot sales were approved last night at the regular meeting of the City Council. Lot 4, Sutherland Ter race, was sold to H. M. North; lots 1, 2, 11, 12 in block 36, Original Town, were sold to M. H. Shook, and lots 7 and 8, block 9 and vacated East 2nd street between block 8 and 9 were sold to Deaver and Mc- Curley. Mistletoe. Trees Plentiful But Girls Face Kissless Yule By Mick Bourne United Press Correspondent Portland, Ore., Dec. 6 U.R) Millions of young American girls face a kissless Christmas, a Jingle bell, Christmas tree, and mistletoe market survey showed today. There will be plenty of Christmas trees despite wood men's sparing those trees 'after last year's market glut. Salva tion Army lasses were ap proaching a seasonal peak of 18,000 jingles an hour from each set of street corner bells, but the mistletoe market was sluggish with most girls unin terested simply because there wasn't anybody left worth kiss ing. J. Hofert, Seattle, Wash., "Christmas tree king" who wholesaled a third of U. S. Christmas trees last year, re MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, REQUEST BY COMMITTEE Administration's Estimates Reduced 24 Per Cent by Appropriation Group. Washington, Dec. 8 (U.R) The house appropriations com mittee, trimming administration estimates by 24 per cent, today recommended supplemental ap propriations totaling $415,324,- 712 for government expendi tures during the current fiscal year. A major proportion of the to tal was earmarked for the navy, which would receive new ap propriations of $339,126,583 in addition to contract authoriza tions of $10,000,000 for its rock et production program and a re appropriation of $52,500,000 from surplus funds previously appropriated. $576,349,607 Sought Budget bureau estimates had called for $576,349,607 in new appropriations. The committee said approximately one-third of its proposed reduction resulted from diversions : from expected surpluses in previous appropria tions and the balance from re ductions and elimination of pro posed items. Cutting a budget bureau esti mate by 15 per cent, the com mittee recommended an appro priation of $19,918,495 for gov ernment agencies to pay the cost of their own mail under a law passed last June 28. Vet Aid Approved It approved in full a request to spend $17,559,000 -in collect ing statistics needed in connec tion with reconversion problems. It also recommended the appro priation of $10,571,000 sought by the veterans administration for the establishment of region al offices and other facilities. The committee recommended refusal of a request for $75,000, 000 to be used by the federal security agency for loans to states and municipalities plan ning postwar public works pro jects. Soldiers' Payroll Stolen In England London, Dec. 8 (U.R) A $250,000 cash payroll for Amer ican troops on the western front was stolen while in transit ( in England, the Daily Herald said today. The newspaper said a U. S. military police "high-up" was asked about the reported rob bery yesterday and received the reply: "Yeah, you're right but we can t tell you anything about it." Military police headquarters for. the European theater said they had no comment. ported the crop normal, retail sales ready to start, and fancy prices generally ruled out after last year's debacle in which speculators, anticipating high prices, were caught with thou sands of surplus trees and had to burn them. Mistletoe, first stewed as a love potion by the Druids, was ready lor the harvesting be cause the birds hadn't heard about the war. The birds mis tletoe all year by planting seed on trees, scratching their beaks on bark, and starting the par asitical growth. On most cities' street corners. bonneted Salvation Army las sies quickened the tempo of their "keep the pot boiling" bells, five bells to a fistful, one jingle a second, and said busi ness was "a little better than last year." - United Press 7 Killed, tmmmmmmm i n 1 l liraMA (Acm9 Tehphoto) Seven persons were killed, 18 Injured in this crash of a giant TWA airliner near Burbank, Calif, airport The great silver ship crashed into a residential area as lt approached the airport only momenta after the pilot, who was killed, reported everything in order. The crash sheared off the wings and nose, grlr ling the wreckage under the tall. Note the two rear seats still In place after cabin was broken oft at door. SQUEEZE ON JAPS IN LEYTE POCKET By United Press American troops soogged for ward over muddy, flooded trails to tighten their squeeze on the strong Japanese garrison pocket ed on .western . Leyte island to day as unconfirmed Tokyo re ports said a big Allied convoy had been sighted off Mindanao, in the southern Philippines. At the same time, the Japa nese, apparently stung by the in creasingly - heavy Superfortress raids on their capital, voiced an other threat of death for cap tured American airmen. , Old Pretext A Tokyo broadcast said Japan had notified the United States through Switzerland that she in tended to punish, under interna tional law, all enemy fliers guilty of "breaches of the estab lished practices of warfare the same pretext on which a number of Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle's original Tokyo raid ers were executed. There was no confirmation of the enemy report on the new Allied convoy, which Tokyo said comprised 60 to 70 transports and supply ships and 20 escort ing warships. Tokyo said the fleet was sight ed east of Mindanao yesterday and that Japanese planes still were attacking today. American and Allied planes, meanwhile, sank a Japanese de stroyer and five merchant ships In Philippines and southern wa ters, and an American destroyer iiottiia added two more enemy freighters to the toll during a night bombardment of Ormoc. SENATE TO PROBE Washington, Dec. 6 (U.fi) The senate today sent President Roosevelt's latest state depart ment nominations back to the foreign relations committee for an exploration into the world economic views of four major appointees. The action was taken by a vote of 37 to 27 over objections of Committee Chairman Tom Connally, D., Tex., who pro tested that the views of the men as individuals were unimportant because the foreign policy of the United States will be dom inated, anyhow, by President Roosevelt. Prisoner At Bar In Long Undies Seattle. Dec. 6 (U.R) Gen erally It's a situation that oc curs only In dreams but Jere miah Sullivan, 63, yesterday found himiiplf (tannin? hfw m crowded court clad only In his lonff Wintar tinrii.riiri.Br ' Charged with drunkeness, Sul livan loia ine court tne cierK at his hotel "for nm nnn waked me up and threw me out on u mm u u. Full 1944 16 Injured in Airliner Crazed Pilot Buzzes Town For Hours. Dives To Death Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 6 (U,R) An airforce pilot crashed and killed himself today after run ning amok in a Mitchell bomber and spreading a terror through the skies and on the ground for four and a half hours. -The western air command said the airman, whose name was not disclosed, evaded, through "seemingly Impossible maneu vers," the attempts of other planes to force him down, but finally crashed on Tilbury is land. ' - The command said that the pilot, under training at 'Bound ary Bay, ran amok at 5 a. m., while the city was still shroud ed, in darkness. For 4V4 . hours he "beat up" aerodromes and cl vllian areas in the vicinity of Vancouver, seriously Jeapordiz- lng the lives of persons on the ground, both civilian and serv ice. Time after time, he put the aircraft into what appeared to be impossible maneuvers, below hangar height, missing people, Duuoungs ana parked aircraft by incnes. Finally, at a height of about 1,000 feet, he appeared to half roll and dove straight into the ground on Tilbury island. He was instantly killed and the air craft was completely wrecked. A. P. Appeal Mulled By Supreme Court Washington, Dec. 6 (U.R)- The supreme court today took under advisement appeals of the Associated Press and the Justice Department from a New York federal district court de cision which held that AP's ex clusive membership by-laws are illegal. ' i Many of the famous PT boats are plywood. Those initials could stand for "plywood terror." Critical Need of Munitions Told Manufacturer Meeting New York, Dec. 6 U.R) The nation's top leaders in the war effort, spearheaded by Lt. Gen. Brehon B. Somervell, threw the urgent challenge to American Industry today that lt must mo bilize more manpower immedi ately to provide more and more weapons for quicner victory. Somervell, commanding gen eral of the army service forces. In what he termed "the most important speech I have ever made," told 4,000 manufactur ers attending the war and re conversion congress of Ameri can industry that 300,000 more workers are needed now to bring the lagging munitions and weapons program up to sched ule. Victory against Germany and Japan, he said is In the bal ance. The urgency of his words was echoed in an address by J. A. Krug, chairman of the War Pro duction Board who pointed to a 40 per cent lag in war produc tion, and Joint statement by LMMd Wire , ,218. Crash London, Dee. -6 (U.R) Rus sian armored columns rolled un checked through the crumpled German defenses at Lake Bala ton less than 50 miles from Aus trian soil today and Moscow dis patches said Nazi reinforcements were streaming up from Italy: and the Balkans to join in last ditch fight for the southern ram parts of the relch. In a great surge of power that drove tens of thousands of Ger man and Hungarian troops reel ing back in panicky retreat, Soviet tanks and mechanized in fantry fanned out along the east er shores of the lake on a front of more than 20 miles and hook ed around, the opposite corners of the 4B-mlle water barrier. - The German Transocean News agency said -a massive Russian enveloping attack on Budapest from the west, south and east was In progress and asserted that "German counter-measures are In progress." D0RSEY TRIAL FARCE AWAITS FORMAL END Hollywood, Dec. 6 (U.R) Dis trict Attorney Fred N. Howser today instructed his trial deputy not to oppose a defense motion for a directed verdict of not guilty or dismissal of assault charges against Tommy Dorsey the slip-horn man, his wife, Pat Dane, and Gambler Allen Smiley, washing up the trial ex cept for the formality of Super ior Judge Arthur Crum's grant ing the motion. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal. "We need more gvns, more planes, more tanks and more of many types of ammunition," the secretaries' statement said. In his address laying it on the line for the men who con verted their peace time factories to forge the weapons of war, Somervell said that munitions are being used up faster in Eur ope and in the Pacific theater than they are being made, that 27 per cent of the war produc tion program is today In the critical category, and that the war against Japan after vic tory in Europe will be the biggest and most expensive war ever waged. It will cost $71, 000,000,000 a year, he added. "If I fail today to get this situation across to you and to these workers," the general said, "I will have 'ailed all America the 12,000,000 in the armed forces and the 10 times that cumber, on the. horn front' COMMUNISTS LOSE CENTRAL OFFICES IN VIOLENT FIGHT Battle Rages In Many Sec tions of Athens; General Strike Holds Up Food. , Athens, Dec. 6 (U.R) British and Greek forces supporting the government of Premier George Papandreou opened a general assault today on rebellious EAM and leftists, and in the first on rush captured EAM headquar ters and the central offices of the communist party. I he government forces seized the Yannaro building in Consti tution Square, the last center of resistance by the ELAS, the mil itary arm of the EAM, in this part of the city. The buildings fell after a violent struggle, it which an ELAS lieutenant col onel and a major were arrested. An official announcement said the general assault aimed at sup pressing the ELAS forces open en at 10:30 a. m., and by 11 a. m., the communist central of fices had been occupied. Four hundred ELAS members, includ ing some Bulgars, hoisted the white flag. Intense Fighting Intense fighting raged in half a dozen sectors of Athens, with . British and Greek government forces struggling to put down an uprising by the ELAS, mlli tary section of the EAM or na tional liberation front. .EAM headquarters surrender ed after putting up only nominal resistance when the British tanks and supporting forces moved in. The offices of the) EAM's youth org a n 1 z a 1 1 o n, EPON, also were' occupied, as were communist party head quarters.. Few arms weretfound In the buildings. Greek troops were deployed) across Amelia avenue, apparent ly to meet any ELAS troops try. ing to move in from that direc tion. Hurrying pedestrians were ac customing themselves to .duck-, ing around street' corners as the)' adversaries exchanged shots. The general strike continued. Most families lacked meat, or bread. A black market was flourishing. . . Admiral KInkald's Headquar ters, Philippines, Dec. 5 (U.R) Medical officers of the 7th fleet disclosed today that the use of large quantities of whole , blood, prompted by wartime emerg encies, In the treatment of severe shock cases had produced highly successful results among men wounded or injured in combat. Peacetime methods for treat ing shock called for injection of a pint or quart of blood and the use of larger quantities was rare. But wounded men in the south west Pacific are being given from two to six quarts in tha Initial treatment and sometimes an additional two to four quarts of plasma. BRITISllPOLES ON FAENZA EDGE Rome, Dee. 6 (U.R) British and Polish troops of the 8th army crossed the Lamone river on a wide front south of Faenza and established a firm bridge head which extends almost to the outskirts of the town, head quarters announced today. North of Faenza other British units drove west from recently captured Godo and were report ed engaged in heavy fighting on a line with the Lamone. Indian troops on the right flank of the 5th army made small gains In their drive toward the main highway between Fa enza and Bologna. HONOR OLDEST FIREMAN Woodland, Calif., Dec. 6 (UJ9 Herman Kuhn, 93, described as "the oldest fireman in the world" today was honored by the Woodland fire department at the conclusion of 70 years of service as an active member. Jackson County sales to date In the Sixth War Lean are "I" lends $317425 Total Sal SU&TO WHOLE BLOOD IS USED FOR SHOCK v
