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Weather Dm The . , MAIL TRIBUHI Want Ad Way . Quick Results At Small Cost Porecut: Fair tonight anl Sat urday with Uul chuct la tempermtur. Tamp. Blfheit yeitcrday SS Uut UU morning 22 United pim-hU Leased Wire United Ptan Tail Leaied Wire Thirty ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1944 NO. 226. ! V JV 0 nS M nS 0 mm JUU U U UUlt' U A 1M) foK U W urn i I : t .... 1 if " PATCH VETERANS NVA W TH Rll .... - 111 I MUIUI1 IIIII1U If UPON 'HOLY SOIV Gives Allies 3 Spring Boards in Germany; Threaten to Turn Seig'fried Line. With U.. S. Seventh Army. France, Dec. IS (U.R) Three cUvisions ol the Tenth army were lighting on German soil tonight two west of Wissem bourg and one near the Rhine above Lauterbourg. Paris, Dec. 15 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's seventh army slashed across the German border from Alsace Into the Rhenish Palatinate west of Karlsruhe today in the war's third invasion of the Reich by United States forces. Patch's veterans of the drive cross France from the Medi terranean plunged their first spearhead into Germany and drew up in the border region on a 19-mile front In a push that threatened to turn the Sieg fried line at its Karlsruhe el bow. The first frontier crossing was made In the area of Wissem bourg, 19 miles west of Karls ruhe and some 10 miles west of the extreme northeastern tip of France. - The new invasion of Germany gave Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhow er's American armies three springboards on the Nazi-styled "holy soil" of the reich the great bridgehead carved out west of Cologne by the first and ninth armies, the foothold in the Saarland won by the third army, and now the seventh's seizure of- the Palatinate territory.' Only on , the seventh, army front were tha Americans en gaged In a war .of movement against the Nazis. The first army was massing on the west bank of the Roer and hammering down Nazi resistance in the out skirts of Cologne, while stiff German resistance had virtual ly stalled the third army push Into the Saar basin. Four months to the day after splashing ashore ' in southern France, the seventh army units smashed through the dumpy Vosges foothills into Germany. A German frontier sign mark ed the border where the, first troops of the seventh stepped onto German soil at 1:30 p7 m. The Siegfried itself lies about a mile from the border in that section. , Front dispatches said that an other crossing Into Germany by the seventh appeared Imminent or perhaps already had been achieved. The 77th division was camp ed last night at the border town of Scheibenhard, two miles from the Rhine in the corner of France. Twin columns spearing up the Rhine valley north of Seltz reached Scheibenhard during the night and were attacking near Lauterbourg at daybreak. Strung out to the west were various seventh army spearheads or bulges comprising a virtually solid front near the border, their forward elements ready to dash north and exploit any weakness in the Siegfried de fenses which the exploratory move-up might reveal. Wooster, C, Dec. 15 U.R) Mrs. Otelia Compton, 85, th.e American mother of 1939, was found dead in bed at her home here today. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Diamond Flynn backing Into a bunch of lighted candles while poised atop of an Outpost count er to carry on emergency re pairs. Amelia Hiles finding herself a trifle confused. Enid Ranken Joyful at meet ing someone from her old home town. Dick Baize admiring the bright new license plates re ceived for his traffic cop motorcycle. Navy ; ... - Burning, bomb-blasted Hangars on In their raid on the Jap-held field. tton to this damage, HOOD RIVER POST OF ANTI-JAP ACT . Hood River, Ore.,- Dec. 15 (U.R) Officials of the Hood River American Legion post were silent today on protests made against post removal of 18 'Japanese-American names from the post honor roll but , the contro versy will enliven the next meet ing Monday night. K - , ' Commander Jess Edlngton had no comment as Secretary of War Henry Stimson, Robert D. Coz zens, assistant director of the War Relocation Authority, and church, labor and other Legion groups voiced protest at the anti Japanese action. Cozzens, a San Francisco Legionnaire, demand ed the names be returned to the honor roll.. ' , The post removed the names with the stated purpose "to snow them they are not wanted back here." It was understood that the post also was backing a plan to prevent return of the Japanese Americans who formerly farmed lr. this fertile valley by refusing to sell or lease property to them. The Japanese formerly, owned many farms here. Latest group to protest any ac tion "proposing to cancel or to deny to loyal citizens of Japan ese ancestry the rights and duties of their citizenship" was the San Francisco Council of Churches. Other protests were made by the Portland Church Council, Ore gon Labor Press, Capt. Belvidere Brooks Legion post of New York City and the Cheney, Wash,, post. E GETS BILL Washington, Dec. 15 flJ.B' The senate has passed and sent to the house a bill by Sen. Ar thur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich., which would prevent interfer ence with broadcasts of pro grams by educational lnstini' Hons. The bill, directed at Presi dent James C. Petrillo of the American Federation of Music ians, was an outgrowth of an incident several years ago when Petrillo's union stopped a broad cast by the children' orchestra at Interlochen. Mich. The bill makes it unlawful to "conspire" to stop such a broad cast or to interfere with prepara tions for It. providing the broad cast is carried free of charge as as educational service. Sacramento, Dec. 15 (UJ5 The state highway commission today allocated $30,000 for grad ing and surfacing between Hap py Camp and Thompson Creek in Siskiyou county. Airmen B last Clark . 'w! T&ifr (Acme Telephoto) Clark Field, former U. 8. Fnlllpplno base, prove success of Navy airmen The raid was maie by carrier-based planes of the Third Fleet. In add! mora than 400 Jao planes were destroyed. U. 8. Navy photo. ' War Bulletins London, Dec. 15 (U.R) More than 650 American Fly ing Fortresses attacked indus trial and rail targets in the Hannover and Kassel areas of weitern Germany today in a resumption of the aerial of fensive against the nail com munication and supply lines to the western front. By United Press i--. - The allied military govern ment in Germany will dissolve the nail-controlled labor .front but German workers will fee permitted to form democratic trade unions, a proclamation issued in the name of Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower told the German people today. The proclamation, 12th in a series explaining AMG plans la Germany, was broadcast to Germany and reported by the . FCC. . ' Rome, Dec. 15 (U.R) Ca nadian troops of the 8th army expanded - their bridgehead over the Lamone river to 10 miles in width aud two and a half miles in depth today after beating off repeated tank-supported German counter-attacks. Southeast Asia Headquar ters, Sandy, Ceylon, Dec. 15 (U.R) Allied troops have re captured the former base of Buthidaung, 45 miles north west of the Burmese port of Akyab, and cleared a village two miles to the south. , Chungking, Dec. 15 (U.R) . Chinese troops continued their, advance sot.t heastward through Kkangii province to day, driving, a strong Japa nese raiding party back with in 100 miles or less of the cap tured American air base at Liuchow. ex-naziWefs held in russia beg for revolt Moscow, Dec. 15 (U.RV-Mar- shal Friedrich von Faulus, for mer German commander at Stal ingrad, and 49 other captured German generals addressed an Impassioned appeal to the Ger man army today to overthrow Adolf Hitler and Helnrich Himm ler and make peace before the army Is entirely destroyed. The appeal, published In the soviet press and broadcast over the Moscow radio by von Paulus, was relayed over loud-speakers in the Russian front lines. Mil lions of copies also were dropped over the German lines by soviet planes. - .... Von Paulus said Germany al ready has lost the war and called on the German people and army "to rise for the act of salvation against Hitler, Himmler, and the baleful system." Field - m TS : TO OBEY DIRECTIVES BY NEXT MONDAY Washington, Deo. 15 (U.R) The War Labor Board today or dered Montgomery Ward & Co. to comply with WCB directives on wages, union security and other issues in six cities by Monday.- Otherwise, the noncom pliance case will be referred to the Office of Economic Stabiliza tion for sanctions or seizure, the board said. The WLB action was Identical with that taken yesterday in re gard to four company stores in Detroit, where a strike has been in progress. WLB public member Frank P. Graham, who presided at the hearings today for the six other disputes, said that the board had offered the coniDany the ODDor- tunity of an adjourned hearing on the question of its compliance on or before Monday but that in any event there would be "no further delay" in enforcing the WLB directives. The units affected by today's action are located in San Fafael, Calif., St. Paul, Minn., Chicago. uenver, Colo., Portland, Ore., and Jamaica, N. Y. OPPOSESStLE OVERSEAS ROUTE San Francisco, Dec. 15 (U.R) Alexander B. Royce, chairman of the airline committee nn U. a. air policy representing 17 major American air carriers, today de clared Dostwar onerntlnn of single overseas U. S. airline would "inevitably mean crea tlon of an international cartel." Royce, opposing the "chosen instrument" policy advocated by Pan-American Airways and United Airlines, said at a press conference that ther wer "un limited, possibilities for both do mestic and over-ocean air traf fic if regulated competition were permitted in both spheres oi business. San Francisco, Dec. 15 U.R) Production of critical war materials for both the European and Pacific fronts, lagging dur ing the fall, has taken an up ward turn this month coincident with new work-or-fight orders and a share decrease of civilian complacency, War Production Board Chairman Julius Krug aid today. . Pre-InvasionA E OF LUPFS DEATH; Fatal Potion May Have Been Smuggled Into Land; Eye Status of Actor Lover. Hollywood, Dec. 15-(U.R) The lovelorn death Lupe Velez chose . rather than shame her unborn baby, today precipitated a flurry of investigations as such as would have delighted the puckish nature of the Mex ican spitfire. : Chief C. H. Anderson of the Beverly Hills police said he would see if the Seconal sleep ing pills ' she took yesterday were smuggled into this coun try. Coroner ' Frank W. ' Nance called for a full Investigation of the circumstances of Miss Velez' death, and was particu larly Incensed at Chief Ander son for "obstructing" the coron er. .... . . . - Tha Bureau of Immigration began an investigation into the citizenship status of French Ac tor Harold Ramond. a French citizen bom In Austria of French add Jugoslav parents and the man Lupe said had left her to bear her child alone.. He said he had at plied for U. S. citizenship, but Immigration Bu reau Chief Albert Del Guerclo said he had no record of it, nor any of Ramond's being an. en emy alien. ' Nance complained to tha dis trict attorney that Anderson had withheld the suicide notes from the coroner's office for several hours. . .... "According to tha law," Nance said, "all information should be turned over to the coroner's office immediately." Meanwhile, the body of Lupe lay in solitude at Forest Lawn Memorial park, where it was taken within a few hours after she chose death rather than be come an unwed mother or "mur der" the infant. SENATE QUARTET OPPOSED TO ALL SIX NOMINATIONS Washington, Dec. 15 (U,R Four senators who feel that the six pending state department nominations- "considered togeth er" fail to reflect the senate's attitude on foreign policy, de cided today to carry to the sen ate floor their- tight to force withdrawal of the entire list. ' The-four Sens. Joseph F. Guffey, D., Fla., Claude Pepper, D., Fla., James E. Murray, D Mont., and Robert M. LaFollette, Prog., Wis. -said they would of fer a resolution requesting that President Roosevelt withdraw the six nominations whenever they are called ' Up ' f or ' senate consideration. - They made a' similar motion yesterday in the senate foreign relations committee but it was defeated on a vote of 12 to 4 The six nominations were on the senate's calendar-today, but their conrMcration was delayed by other legislative matters. The senate acted on a conference re port on the $500,000,000 post war rivers and harbors Improve ment program and a $564,794, 3B5 deficiency appropriation measure. In addition. Sen. Albert B. Chandler, D Ky., said he was determined that the senate should consider the nominations of Lt. Col. Edward H. Heller and former Gov. Robert Hurley of Connecticut as members of the surplus war property disposal board ahead of the state depart ment nominations. Actress Suicide . ' (Acm Telwhoto) Lupe Veles, fiery Mexican actress found dead In her Hollywood apart ment or an overdose ol sleeping pow der. She left a note saying that she was taking nor lire ratner than ne - coma an unwed mother. FANATICAL NAZIS STALL RED ARMY Moscow Silent, Berlin- Frets Over Battle to Austrian Invasion Road. . London, Dee. 15 (U.R) Soviet troops, swinging far to the north of embattared Buda pest in a direct thrust toward Vienna, captured the Csecho slovakian river town of Ipoly sag (Sahy), 116 miles east of the Austrian capital, a Mos cow communique . said to night. ' London, Dec. 15-(U.P.) Fana tical German resistance appear ed to have stalled the Red army momentarily at the gates of Budapest today but jittery axis spokesmen admitted that soviet pressure was increasing hourly and called on the 'Hungarian people to make their capital "an other Stalingrad." Moscow, as usual in the cli mactic stages of a great offen sive, remained silent on the pro gress of the assault on Budapest. The early morning communique centered on the fighting to the north and northeast where con verging soviet columns struck in force along the Slovak-Hungarian border in a bid to trap thou sands of Germans in, the moun tains of eastern Slovakia. . Berlin commentators, how ever, reported ferocious tank and Infantry battles all along the 60- mlle siege arc extending two- thirds of the way. around Buda pest from the northeast to the southwest. The Germans said upwards of 1,500,000 Russian and Romanian troops had been hurled into the spreading battle for Hungary in a gigantic effort to engulf Buda pest, roll up the nazi flanks above and below the capital, and lay open the Invasion road to Austria. Both sides were reported suf fering heavy casualties along the east, bank of the Danube where German counter-attacks and a formidable screen of fortifica tions temporarily blocked Mar shal Rodion Y. Mallnovskys Second Ukrainian army drive through the outskirts of Pest. riVE DIE IN CRASH Greenville, S. C, Dec. 150J.R) The army announced today that five men were killed in the crash - of medium bomber Wednesday night. Two others wsre injured in tha accident. ir Blows Fall REDS' CLAIM IN IMPUTE Cede East Prussia to Poland In Exchange for Buffer State, Is Plan. Prime Minister Winston Church ill today endorsed tha Soviet Union's claim to a post-war "buf fer state" served out of eastern Poland and tacitly invited the United States to make public its stand on the explosive Russo-Pol- ish .dispute. In a far-reaching definition of the British policy on post-war European settlements, Churchill told the house of commons that Great Britain will support Rus sia at the peace conference in de manding territorial concessions from Poland in the east. In return, tha greater part of East Prussia would be ceded to Poland, ha said, suggesting also that there would be no objection from, Britain or Russia if the Poles also pushed out their west ern bordara into Germany proper. - " The ' British-backed Russian plan, ' Churchill said, envisages .the . virtual extrlpation ot the Prussian-state, with the forced removal from their homeland of most of the Prussian junkers who traditionally have been the heart and soul of the German military machine. The. prime minister revealed that the United States Is fully aware of the 'agreement reached between Russia and Britain on the Polish question and that to date it has not voiced any objec tion..;;. - He implied, however, that the tuna has come for a definite American statement on the prob lem, and announced that he would "welcome" a conference with - President Roosevelt and Soviet Premier Josef Stalin at the earliest possible date, and preferably in Britain. It had been hoped that the leaders of the three major al lied powers would meet before Christmas, he said, but this proved Impossible. As a result, urgent decisions "on a host of vital matters . . stand at the bar and wait." BLOOD TEST KEY IN CHAPLIN SUIT Hollywood, Dec. 14 (U.R) Four women jurors tentatively named to decide whether Joan Barry's baby girl is also Charlie Chaplin's agreed today that their decision would take Into account results of a paternity Diood test. Attorney Pat Mllllkan,. de fending the sliver-topped corned' Ian against charges that he is the father of chubby, curley-haired Carol Ann, questioned prospec tive talesmen as it appeared the trial might' end its third day without a jury. He asked their opinions about mother love, the Importance of blood tests and whether they thought the fact a man had rela tions with a woman in Novem be meant he alio would have had them in December. SUPERFORTGREW SAVED FROM SEA Saipan, Dec. 15 U.R) V I a Navy Radio) Eleven crewmen of a Superfortress forced down between Japan and Saipan on the return trip from the Nagoya bombing Dec. 13 were rescued by an American destroyer after spending 17 hours on bobbing life rafts attached to their par tially submerged B-29. On Luzon 2 ARSENAL CITIES OF JAPAN RATED Leyte Campaign Near End, Costs Foe 82,000 Casual ties; Nimitz to Guam. By United Press A devastating nre-!nvn.ln strike on Luzon that may point the way to the next nhnw n tha battle of the Philippines was an nounced today as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces on Leyte rushed into its final stage a cam paign that in 55 days has cost the Japanese more than 82,000 casualties. American Suterfnrtr. frnm Saipan continued their almost- aauy forays against central Japan this morning. The enemy radio described the attacks aa "nuisance" fire raids on Tokyo and reconnaissance flights over the arsenal cities of Kobe end Osaka. The Kobe-Osaka district la nrobablv the mult Imnnrtnnt In. dustrial target in Japan, and tha observation flights suggested wai Dotn. cities are likely soon to ba visited in force by tha B-29s. , .... Carrier plane of the Pacific- fleet spearheaded the new strike on Luzon yesterday, pounding Japanese-held harbor and air field Installations on, the north ern Island and destravlns at least 91 enemy planes. Philippine-based bombers Join ed in the assault, hammering the Legaspl airdrome, sinking three 1,000-ton Japanese freight ers off the island's southwest coast and harassing shipping In Manila bay. with unannounced results. The "double blow was regard ed as-another major step In the softening-up of Luzon for in vasion as soon as MacArthur's toops have wound up the battle of Leyte If not sooner. MacArthur's headquarters an nounced that In the first 55 daya of the Leyte invasion 33,801 Japanese bodies have been counted, 18,500 others remained unburied In the jungles or were collected by the enemy, 30,000 were believed to have been drowned in convoy sinkings and 253 have, been captured. Those losses were more than eight times the total American casualties on Leyte, 10,400 in cluding 2,176 killed, 7,867 wounded and 257 missing. . Yesterday the American 77th division pushed a mile north of Ormoc, within 12 to 14 miles of a junction with the 3 2d division moving down toward Ormoc. Between the two forces an esti mated 20,000 to 25,000 Japa nese were pocketed, and the juncture of the two American forces would virtually end the Leyte campaign. That other bad news was brewing for the Japanese was indicated strongly in the an nouncement that Adm. Chester W. Nlmltz Is moving his ad vanced Pacific headquarters "far west" of Pearl Harbor to direct the campaign against Japan at close range. Australian sources said Nimitz' new stand would be on the American naval station at Guam, 1600 miles south of Tokyo. DENIES CORCORAN TALK Washington, Dec. 15 4U.R) Former Undersecretary of Com merce Edward J. Noble denied today that he had called on Thomas G. Corcoran, former presidential adviser, to use his Influence to sidetrack a congres sional investigation of Noble's purchase of New York radio sta tion WMCA. Jackson County sales to date In the Sixth War Loan are "t" Bonds : $472,227 "I" Quota .. $600,003 Total Sales 82,167,131
