Bombing Of Manchuria Marks Pearl Harbor Anniversary
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Thirty-ninth Year
WES PIERCE
SIEGFRIED LINE
FOR MILE GAIN
Advanced Units Now Eight
Miles Inside Germany
Close In on Saarbrucken.
Paris, Dec. 7 (U.R) American
troops penetrated the Siegfried
line .from a Saar river bridge
head above Saarlautern today in
a forward plunge of a mile
which carried "advanced units
eight miles inside Germany, the
deepest invasion so far by the
3rd army.
Brig. Gen. James A. Van
Fleet'-s 90th infantry division
drove the 3rd army's first wedge
Into the 'vaunted nazi Westwall
in an expansion of its bridge
head across the Saar two and a
half miles from Saarlautern.
Clot On Saarbrucken -
Other units of Lt. Gen. George
S. Patton's army were closing on
Saarbrucken, industrial capital
of the Saar basin. Ma, Gen.
Stafford L. Irwin's Sth "Red
Diamond" division, facing the
converging move against Saar
brucken, drove into Fursten
hausen, three and a half miles
to the west, after an advance of
two miles.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'
U. S. 1st army seized its first
toehold on the Roer river, along
which the German. defense line
blocked the way to Cologne. The
doughboys pushed eastward sev
eral hundred yards from Berg
stein,' below Duren, to the west
bank of the Roer.
The Bth army to the north was
massed on the Roer along a
broad front,, and 1st army units
were near it along the entire
stretch between Bergstein and
the 9th army sector.
United Press Correspondent
Collie Small, in a dispatch from
the: 3rd army front, said the
' first penetration of thi Siegfried
fortifications was made by the
90th division elements after .a
push into the Fachtener Buch
wald forest northwest of Saar
.lautern. Break Acknowledged
The German radio acknowl
edged earlier that 3rd army
forces had broken into the West
wall, Troops who had establish
ed their bridgehead across the
Saar in the Saarlautern area all
were in contact with the outer
defense works of the fortified
belt, but today's dispatch des
cribed the 90th's push as making
"the first direct contact with
the Siegfried line." '
Elsewhere In the 3rd army
area, Fort Plappeville, two miles
northwest of Metz, was captured
along with 14 German officers
and more than 200 men. Forts
Driant and Jean D'Arc were the
only two in the Metz fortress
system still in German hands.
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TRIAL OF DORSEY
Hollywood, Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Superior Judge Arthur Crum to
day ordered dismissal of assault
charges against Tommy Dorsey,
the bandleader whose birthday
party started it all. his glamor
ous wife, Pat Dane, and Gambler
Allen Smiley.
Actor Jon Hall, the alleged as
saulted, was not in court when
Judge Crum announced his de
cision.
The judge's action ended nine
days of one of the most weira
trials in Hollywood history, with
witnesses who could not remem
ber, with the central figure. Hall,
not anxious for the prosecution
to proceed, and the district at
torney unwilling to continue the
prosecution.
SIDE GLANCES
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
inff la a ha4 hahtt since it not
only takes up much time but" is
expensive as well.
Joe Earlev admitting there Is
something rotten not as far dis
tant as Denmark.
New California plantings for
iruits and nuts were sdoui o,ou
crei less in 1943 than in mm.
Medford
United Press
Refuge in
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This refugee French mother end child, who fled from village ol Corcieux
with other families 'when Nazis razed town during retreat, find refuge in
this barn somewhere in Prance The sow seems to be taxing a curious
look at the child. Signal Corps ohota.
LITTLE "NUBBINS"
DOING FINE AFTER
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Denver, Colo., Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Forrest "Nubbins" Hoffman to
day apparently had won his
hard-fought battle for life.
The tousle-haired 3-year-old
Cheyenne, Wyo., boy for whom
a special Christmas was held
19 days" ago after" death had
been termed only a matter of
time, underwent an operation
at Mercy hospital here early
thts morning, and his physician
reported that the child was "get
ting along fine."
"The only thing he Is com
plaining about is that he didn't
get any breakfast," the special
ist said, as he reported that
Nubbins was back in his bed
within 15 minutes after sur
gery. The doctor said that the diag
nosis of, an obstruction at the
neck of the bladder had proved
correct, and that the operation
of removing the growth was a
simple one.
At nuDDins Deasiae was nis
mother, Mrs. Marshall H. Hoff
man, who had nervously paced
the corridor outside the oper
ating room.
"This is the happiest day of
my life," said Mrs. Hoffman
after she was informed of her
son's condition.
LOAD MORE FREIGHT
Washington, Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Loadings of revenue freight for
the week ended December 2 to
taled 808,260 cars, a gain of 3,
530 cars over the previous week
when they reached a new low
since July 8, the Association of
American Railroads disclosed
today.
U. S. Starts Fourth Year of
By Joseph L. Myler
United Press Correspondent -Wahlnirtnn.
Dee. 7 (U.PJ
The - United States began its
fourth year of war toaay.
It was confident inai giganuc
nffonoivpt nnw in rjroeress or
preparation will produce vic
tory but still did not know
that victory will come in
either major theater or how
much more if will cost in Diooa
and treasure.
125.000 Killed
Th hinnri fnit thus far has
been nearly 125,000 Americans
killed and a total of approximate
ly 550,000 U. S. combat casual
ties. The cost 01 Treasure nas
- ooo 3rr nno.OOO. the sum
ucci, ' '
of defense and war spending
from July 1, mw, inrougii nuv.
30, 1944.
U. S. war leaders are agreed
that 1945 should see Germany
crushed. But they do not know
n,h.n in 1045 the trlumDh will
come; all they are certain of is
that the United Nations lace a
still deadly and fanatically de
termined foe in Europe.
Across the Pacific, -on battle
lines 13.000 miles from the
western front. Is an even more
fanatical enemy. The consen
sus among military men Is that
Japan cannot be conquered
Full Leased Wir.
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BRITISH BOMBERS
PLASTER BERLIN
London, Dec. 7 (U.PJ The
Royal Air Force hurled 1,350
heavy bombers into its greatest
strike of the - war last night,
spreading fire and destruction
through Berlin, two western
railway centers and the giant
Leuna oil works where Ameri
can raiders only a few hours
earlier had dropped their block
busters by daylight. "
" Swarms" of British intruders
and night fighters ranged out
over the -Reich on the flanks of
the massive bombing fleet.
bombing and strafing the Luft
waffe's fighter fields in an at
tempt to soften up the opposi
tion, . v
Nevertheless, the rfazls man
aged to throw powerful fighter
screens into the air and the air
ministry reported that all four
targets were ' strongly defended
by aircraft and flak.
London, Dec. 7 (U.R) Nine
American fighter planes, in
stead of the 22 previously an
nounced, are missing as a result
of the Tuesday attack on Berlin
and Munster, a communique
said today.
VERONICA'S DIVORCE
CLEARS WEDDING PATH
Hollywood, Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Veronica Lake today received
her final decree of divorce from
Ma. John Detlie, expected to
clear the way for a marriage
soon to Andre De Toth, writer
and director.
Her attorney, Morton Garbus,
said she was anxious to get the
final papers as soon as possible
She previously had announced
the date of her marriage as De
cember 31.
sooner than one and a half to
two years after defeat of Ger
many and it may be longer
than that.
Vast Outlay Remains
However long It takes to
beat Japan after Germany falls,
it will cost this country alone
$71,000,000,000 a year - to do
the job, according to an esti
mate by Lt. Gen. Brehon B.
Somervell, chief of the army
supply services.
"Ultimate victory Is Inevita
ble," President Roosevelt said
in marking this day, "but In the
meantime the American people
must not relax for a moment
their inflexible determination
. , . everybody on a war job
must stick to that Job."
Three years after the Japa
nese knocked out the backbone
of the U. S. Pacific fleet at
Pearl Harbor, the strategic out
look for the United Nations is
generally good. In the west,
more than 1,000,000 Allied
combat troops are pressing
slowly Into Germany in one of
the great offensives of all time
while Red army hordes are driv
ing upon the Reich from the
east.
Japanese Learning
In the Pacific, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur is back in the Phil
MEDFORD, OREGON, THUP v DECEMBER 7,
British War
'Hands Off Declaration by Stettinius Rankles
REBELS STRAFED
IN ARDITOS AREA
Athens, Dec. 7 (U.PJ British
artillery, tanks, planes, and
troops smashed anew today at
an estimated 10,000 ELAS left
ists as the battle of Athens rag
ed with mounting intensity.
British Beaufightera swooped
low over the ELAS forces hold
ing out on Arditos hill, raking
them with cannon and machine
gun fire in the second aerial
strafing of the anti-government
rebels today.
A pitched battle was raging
at dusk in the stadium area ad
jacent to the Arditos hill.
Other British forces pushing
800 yards southwest of the
Parthenon were trying at night
fall to clear the 450-foot Lofoee
Filopappou hill, where ,dug-in
forces were firing mortars at the
advancing British units.
British paratroopers fighting
as infantrymen were assaulting
the hill position.
British headquarters reported
that Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie's
forces and the Greeks support
ing Premier George Papandreou
had cleaned up two more square
miles of Athens.
The Greek navy went into ac
tion for the first time during
the crisis. A destroyer in the
harbor" at nearby Piraeus fired
on a nnlice station cantured hv
the ELAS forces," kilting 25 ill
the leftists In the station."
Athens, Dec. 7 (U.R) Pre
mier George Papandreou said to
day that as soon as the current
disorders are ended, Greece will
have a plebiscite on the type of
government the people want.
"Roosevelt has -promised the
four freedoms to all the world,
and that includes our people,"
Papandreou said at a press con
ference. Youth Confesses
Killing Child By
Walking On Body
Davenport, la., Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Police Chief Reed Phillips said
today that Robert Schlimmer, 20,
had confessed killing two-year-
old Jean Joyce Lastrieter by put
ting her on the floor and walk
ing on her "because she wouldn't
stop crying."
The bruised and broken body
of the child was found yester
day afternoon at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. Henry Schlim
mer, sister-in-law of the con
fessed killer. ,
Jean's mother died when she
was born and Mrs. Schlimmer
has cared for her since that time.
Yesterday afternoon she left the
child in Schllmmer's care while
she went down town.
War Today Confident But
ippines, the U. S. navy has
avenged Pearl Harbor by crip
pling the Japanese fleet, and
Tokyo is learning from B-29
crews that war can be a flam
ing hell.
But there are dark spots In
the picture, and a host of im
ponderables making' uncertain
the immediate future course of
the war and clouding the face
of the peace to come. They in
clude: 1. A Japanese breakthrough
in southeastern China which
threatens both Chungking, the
capital, and Kumning, the U. S.
14th air force's great base on
the Chinese side of the Hima
layan hump.
2. Allied supply problems, es
pecially in the vast Pacific;
manpower shortages and pro
duction lags at home; and diffi
culties inherent In trying to pre
pare economically for peace
while still fighting the war.
3. Internal discord in China
and the liberated countries of
Europe, taking in many In
stances the form of an ideologi
cal tug of war which conceiv
ably could breed difficulties
among the major Allies. .
27 D Days This Year
But these difficulties could
not obscure the brilliant Allied
C& Greek Leftists Flares
Official Count Completed
On State Ballot Measures
i Salem, Ore., Dec. 7 (U.R) The official canvass of votes for
and against measures on the November 7 ballot was completed
by the secretary of state today.
The four constitutional amendments and two bills which were
passed by the voters, including
bill which limits the sale of wine
liquor stores, will become effective probably late this afternoon,
following the signing of proclamations to that effect by Gov. Snell
and Secretary of State Robert S.
The official vote follows:
Measures passed Yes - No
Bank Stockholders Liability 228,744 "'" 115,504
County Manager Amendment .. . . . 175,718 154,504
Veterans' Loan Fund . 190,520 178,581
Voting Privilege Restoration 183,855 158,219
Veterans' Educational Aid 238,350 135,317
Burke Wine Bill 228,953 180,158
Measures defeated: '
Sales Tax 96,697 . 269,276
School Support .. ,. . 177,153 186,976
Townsend Bill 180,691 219,981
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GIVE UP AFTER.
Atlanta, Ga Dec. 7 (U.PJ
Twenty-five desperate felons,
who barricaded themselves in a
prison building at Atlanta fed
eral penitentiary Monday night,
surrendered today, thus keeping
faith with a newspaper column
ist wha acted as a go-between.
The teohvic'ts threw down tlielr
straight-edged razors, knives and
clubs, with which they had
threatened four prison guards
held as hostages, and filed quiet
ly out three hours after Morgan
Blake, of the Atlanta Journal,
entered the prison with copies
of today's paper In which be had
recited complaints of the felons,
told to him yesterday. .
Prison authorities said the
group's ring leaders gave up
first and were followed out oi
the barricaded building by the
others and by the four guards,
who were weary but apparently
unharmed.
Special prison cars, with po
lice escort, took the guards
home to their anxious families.
Soldier Killed In
Portland Street
Portland, Ore., Dec. 7 U.R)
Pvt. Wayne K. Jones. 30, of the
29th engineers, an army unit
stationed in Portland, was killed
when struck yesterday by an au
tomobile driven by John J. Fre-
born, 23, of McMinnville, ore.,
on a Portland street.
Freeborn told officers he had
been momentarily blinded by
liKhts of oncoming traffic and
was unable to see Jones, who
was standing by the highway.
Jones lived in Salt Lake City,
Utah.
successes of the recent past.
In all, this year, there were
"27 different D-Days each
one," in the words of President
Roosevelt, "a triumphant suc
cess." Since Pearl Harbor the Unit
ed States has built its army
from 1,600,000 men to 8,000,000.
of whom nearly 5,000,000 are
overseas. Its navy has grown in
personnel from 430,0000 to 3,
800,000, and in ships from 1,076
of all kinds displacing 1,875,000
tons to 56,270 aggregating 10,
486,184 tons.
The United States has built
240,000 planes, 70,000 tanks,
2,800,000 big and medium guns,
1,800,000 trucks, 15,000,000
machine guns and rifles, '43,
000,000,000 rounds of ammuni
tion, 43,400,000 bombs, and 4,
308 merchant ships totaling 44,
082,000 tons. Its 1944 food pro
duction is expected to be 33 per
cent above 1940'a.
Despite the loss of nearly 230
ships since the war's start, the
navy now has 23 battleships, at
least 17 In the Pacific; about
100 aircraft carriers, making
2,000-plane assaults tactically
feasible; and thousands of lesser
craft.
Japs Suffer In Year
In three years, the navy, by
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the controversial Burke wine
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BRITISH PURSUE
NAZIS IN ITALY
Rome, Dec 7 (U.R) British
Eighth Army forces, pursuing
German troops withdrawing
from the Adriatic coastal sec
tor, advanced seven miles north
west of Ravenna to occupy the
town of Mezzano on the Rimini-
Ferrara railway, headquarters
announced today.
.The Germans blew up the
main bridge over the Lamone
diver at Mezzano but the British
units continued in contact wth
the enemy holding the far bank,
Headquarters said capture of
Mezzano virtually ended all en
emy resistance east of the
Lamone.
American troops of the Fifth
army on the eastern sector of
their front below Bologna ham
mered out small gains north of
Casola-V a 1 s e n 1 o, nine miles
southeast-of Imola while patrols
made 'contact with enemy for
ward positions in the central
and west sectors.
Commons Slates
Debate On Poles
London, Dec. 7 (U.PJ The en
tire Polish question, presumably
including the Russo-P o 1 1 s h
boundary dispute, will be de
bated in the house of commons
on Friday, Dec. 15, Foreign Sec
retary Anthony Eden announc
ed today.
Jackson County sales to date
In the Sixth War Loan are
"E" Bonds $337,406
Total Salei
81,584,714
With Victory
Its own accounting, has "cleared
the Japs from 'a Pacific area of
8,170,000 square miles," de
convoyed an aggregate of 61,
stroyed 10,000 enemy planes,
000 shifts, and landed on enemy
beaches assault waves of 1,200,
000 troops. The navy and army
together have sunk some 2,300
Japanese ships including nearly
400 warships.
The army's growth Into one
of history's greatest fighting
machines was paced by expan
sion of its air forces to an over
seas strength of 1,000,000 men
and 1,000 squadrons. Since
Pearl Harbor, AAF planes have
made 1,500,251 combat flights,
1,127,723 of them against the
Germans, and 372,528 against
the Japanese. They have shot
down 27,000 enemy aircraft.
Enemy casualties have been
consistently higher than Allied.
In western Europe alone, fqom
D-Day through Nov. 30, the
Allies captured 750,000 Ger
mans, figure indicating total
German casualties in that time
and theater of 1,250,000.
According to OWI, U. S.
fighting men In the east have
killed 27,000 Japanese at a cost
of 21,000 American dead. And
250,000 Japanese have been ma
rooned In isolated island, pock
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FOREIGN OFFICE
TELLS HALIFAX TO
CONVEY PROTEST
London, . Dec. 7 (U.R) T h e
British government, it was re
ported today, has instructed
Lord Halifax, British ambassador
to Washington, to report to Sec
retary of State Edward Stettin
ius the "unfavorable British re
action" to Stettinius' "hands off
declaration on Italy and liber
ated Allied countries.
The foreign office would
neither confirm nor deny that
such instructions had been given
Halifax, but the Yorkshire Post,
published by Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden's family, said the
directive had already gone for
ward.
Churchill Criticised
The barrage of criticism
against Prime Minister Winston
Churchill's - policy in Italy.
Greece and Belgium was joined
by Influential elements of the
British press.
The Yorkshire Post, however,
came to the defense of the gov
ernment with a stinging attack
on the Stettinius" statement, par
ticularly the manner in which
it was made public instead of be
ing conveyed to Britain through
normal diplomatic channels.
Washington, Dee. 7 (U.R)
Secretary of State. Edward R.
Stettinius, stressing this . coun
try's hands off policy in the
Greek political crisis, said today
the situation In liberated Greece
is one the British and Greeks
should solve by , working to
gether.
Stettinius statement following
the state department's reaffirma
tion on Tuesday of Its belief that
the Internal political affairs of
liberated terrltoreff should be al
lowed to run ther course with
out foreign interference, was
taken as notice that this coun
try will adhere emphatically to
this policy In the growing Greek
crisis.
It oame as signs indicated that
the widely-divergent views of
the United States, .Britain and
Russia on political intervention
in the liberated countries would
be a top subject at the next
Roosevelt-Stalin Churchill con
ference. 359,247 Prisoners
Of War In States
Washington,' Dec. 7 U.PJ A
total of 359,247 prisoners of war
were held within the United
States as of December 1, accord
ing to the war department.
The prisoners include 305,648
Germans, 51,156 Italians, and
2,443 Japanese. They are held
at 130 base camps and 295
branch camps in all sections of
the country.
Date Obscure
ets cut off by Allied offensives.
Still Many Japs
But the Japanese still have
4,-000,000 men in the field, the
OWI said, and can comfortably
equip and train another 2,000,
000. The United States has paid a
a high price for its gains. For
its victories, the navy gave up
two battleships, nine carriers, 10
cruisers, 51 destroyers, five de
stroyer escorts, 33 submarines,
four fleet tankers, and 115
other craft
The army, as of Oct. 2, had
lost 42,000 planes, including
14,600 In combat, 17,500 In this
country, and 9,900 overseas
from other than combat causes.
From September, 1939, to the
end of 1943, Allied merchant
aggregating 22,161,000 tons,
ship losses totaled 5,758 vessels
These losses Included 753 U. S.
ships of 3,311,000 tons.
U. S. war expenditures are
continuing at $250,000,000 a day
President Roosevelt's figure.
And Somervell recently said
that American soldiers current
ly are shooting ammunition at
the Germans faster than home
industries are producing it and
that war production "Is lagging
on 40 per cent of the program."1
MUKDEN, DARIEN
WAR PLANTS HIT
BY B-29 FORCE
!
Tokyo Also Reports "Few"
Super-Forts Over Capital?
Quake Reported in Pacifio
Washington, Dec. 7 (U.R)
Superfortresses smashed at an
aircraft plant and other itra
tegle targets at Mukden.
Manchuria, today and return
ing crews reported 26 Japa
nes. fighters destroyed, 13
probably destroyed and 24 '
damaged In air battles, th. ;
War Department announced..
One B-29 out of the large .
attacking force was lost ta I
enemy action, the War D ,
partment disclosed.
By United Press
The third anniversary nf
Pearl Harbor was marked today
for the Japanese by the crash ot
American bombs falling on oo
cupied Manchuria.
At the same time. U. S. troooa
on Leyte island crowded In
trapped enemy garrison that
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said
has been cut off from all sea
borne reinforcement or supply.'
Quake Reported
In New York and London.
seismologists reported that one)
of the most violent earthquakes '
of the century rocked the far
Pacific early today centering
possmiy in the Japanese homa
Islands, the Kurlles, or in th.
Aleutians. Tokyo broadcasts
made no mention of the shock.
-Washington announced that a
big task foree of China-based
Superfortresses pounded enemy
war factories in Manchuria in
daylight today. Enemy broad
casts identified the objectives as)
Mukden and Darien, and vol
unteered the further informal '
Hon that a "few" B-29s front
Salpan also were over Tokyo,
setting a number of fires. Tha
Japanese intimated the latter
foray might be a reconnaissance
mission to pave the way tor a
full-strength anniversary raid
later In the day.
. Washington did not imme
diately confirm the Tokyo re
port, and gave no details of tha
Manchurian attacks, which tha
enemy said were carried out by
about 70 planes. The Japaneaa
claimed that 11 B-29s were shot ,
down over Manchuria and four
more "probably" were destroyed.
Crack Jap Line
Tn r) PMIfrmlnM A map
Mi,n4 InHiu nMV IkMnri.
. uu.iu u. k ..a,wwu B 1 .
a strong Japanese defensive Una1
along the Palanaa river about 10 .
miles south of Ormoc, on tha
west coast of Leyte. Aided by a
favorable break In the weather,
the Americans were reported
using . their preponderant artil
lery and air strength on tha
pocketed enemy with increasing
ly good effect.
MacArthur's communique said
U. S. naval and air forces now
have established an air-tight
blockade over the waters west of!
Ormoc, center of the remaining
Japanese resistance on Leyte.
Tokyo reported without con
firmation, however, that Japa
nese paratroopers dropped on
four of MacArthur's main air
strips on Leyte last night In a
full-scale attempt to destroy tha
American air power on the is
land. Fighting still was In prog
ress on the field, the enemy ver
sion said.
Air Attacks Continue
There was no let-up in tha
tempo of American air attack
throughout the Philippines and
southern waters. MacArthur's
fliers pounded enemy airdromea
and shipping on a broad front,
sinking five Japanese ships and
destroying 20 planes eight of
them coming from a force of ten
bombers that attacked American
shipping in Leyte gulf Tuesday.
T
IDL
'Washington, Dec. 7 U.B
The war production board today "
announced that newsprint In--ventory
ceilings will be retained
and "rigidly enforced" because
of the tight newsprint supply
and increasing military demands
for paper.
"Present newsprint Inventory
ceilings fixed by newspaper
limitation order 0-240 will not
be removed at this time and
newspaper publishers in tha
United States must immediately
reduce their December orders on
Canadian and domestic mills to
bring their inventories below
these ceilings,' before Dec. 31.
1944, Col. J. Hale Stelnman, di
rector of the war production
board printing and publishing
division, announced today," tha
WPB announcement said In part.