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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1944
NO. 228.
Nagoya and Hankow Plastered
By Huge Fleets of Superforts
MAJOR JAPANESE
PLANE FACTORY
BADLYDAMAGED
Mitsubishi Works Visited
. Second Time in Week
Tokyo Disclaims Losses
- Washington, Dec. 18. (U.R)
Big fleets of B-29 Superfort
resses hit two more punishing
blows at Japan's war-making
capacity, it was announced to
day, returning to the big air
production center of Nagoya in
100-plane strength, ana striKing
hard at Hankow, major Japa
nese supply base in China.
The Superfortress attack on
Nagoya, site Of the big Mitsu
bishi aircraft industry was the
second within a week on Japan's
third industrial city to be car
ried out by Saipan-based Super
forts. 100 Planes la Raid
The attack was begun at 12:30
p. m. Dec. 18 (Tokyo time) or
11:30 p.m. Dec. 17 EWT. It con
tinued for two hours. '
About 100 Superforts were
believed to have carried out the
assault, which Saipan said was
carried out in numerical
strength equal to that of last
Wednesday's initial operation
against Nagoya. " The ' Hankow
attack was in approximately
equal strength.
An imDerial Japanese commu
nique estimated the strength of
the Naeova raiders at "some iu
and said they caused "slight
damase". '
- The B-29's took off from Sal-
pan with a forecast of good
weather over their target.
Photographic reconnaissance
reDorts on the initial Nagoya at
tack revealed that the Hatsu
doki factory of the Mitsubishi
works Was . heavily damaged.
Two big aircraft assembly build
ings were shown to be largely
destroyed while two main as
sembly buildings received slight
ly less damage. Three oi tne
four assembly buildings were
believed knocked out and 22
smaller buildings were dam
aged. A Tokyo broadcast recorded
by United Press in San Francis
co failed to claim any Super
forts were shot down, merely
saying defense units "scored con
siderable war results."
Wallaca McCamant
U. S. AGREEABLE
10 SETTLEMENT
POLISHISPUTE
Postwar Agreement Between
Russia and Poland Okeh
If Mutuality Is Obtained
20 E
NEEDED IN
Paul N. Plank, well known
dairy farmer in the Willamette
valley is in Medford arranging
fnr the taking of the regular
1945 farm census here, he being
supervisor of the 4th congres
sional district.
Mr. Plank wants about 20
local residents to act as enumer
ators in this area, and anyone
interested is reauested to com
municate with his office at 121
East Broadway, Eugene.
it l estimated enumerators
may be able to earn from t8 to
$12 per day depending upon
their ability and the nature of
their assignment, the pay being
on a piece basis, so mucn pei
farm-acerage.
The enumeration will start
about January 15, following a
3-day school of instruction con
ducted in this city. Applicants
will be paid $3 per day while
attending this school.
This federal farm census is
taken by the government every
five years and is conducted by
the U. S. Department of Com
merce. ,
All information given by the
farmer is held in confidence by
this government department,
the purpose being solely to
secure accurate farm informa
tion chiefly for the benefit of the
farmers themselves.
NOTED POLITICIAN
OF COOLIDGE ERA
TAKENJY DEATH
Portland, Ore., Dec. 18 U.R)
Wallace McCamant, 77, who
in 1920 was largely responsible
for the nomination of Calvin
Coolidge for the vice presidency,
died yesterday in a Portland hos
pital after several weeks' illness.
As a jurist, attorney, histor
ian and a political figure, he
was prominent in the news for
over a half-century. ...
McCamant was ' involved in
stormy politics as' an aftermath
of the 1920 Republican national
convention, during which ' Mc
Camant and the Oregon delega
tion started Coolidge on his way
to the white house by nominat
ing him for the vice presidency.
McCamant was master in
chancery of the U. S. district
court here from 1894 to 1917
and associate justice of the Ore
gon state supreme court in 1917
18. Survivors include his widow
and a son, the Rev. Thomas Mc
Camant of Lewiston, Ida. ,
FARM CENSUS TO
START IN JANUARY
Preliminary plans for the tak
ing of the federal farm census
in this county are now being
drawn and the count will be
underway by mid-January, ac
cording to County Agent Robert
G. Fowler. District Manager
George F. Plant of Eugene was
here today conferring on details,
The 1940 federal census snow
ed annroximately 3,700 larms
in the county. Since then many
new DeoDle have settled here,
The new census will show how
mnnv have started new farms,
and how many nave purcnaseu
established nlaces.
The census blanks . Include
two full pages of data, running
from the time the farm was first
nlowed. number of owners, kind
of crops, people residing on the
farm, amount of stock and equip
ment and other details.
Washington, Dec. 18. U.R)
The United States in a statement
of policy on Poland today said
it would have no objective to
settlement of the Polish-Russian
.boundary dispute before the end
of the war "if a mutual agree
ment is reached by the United
Nations directly concerned.
The statement was released by
Secretary of State Edward R.
Stettinius, Jr., at his regular
press conference. It reiterated
BRITISH CAPTURE
STRONGHOLDS OF
GREEKJESISTERS
Road Cleared to Piraeus
ELAS in Northeast Athens
Storm RAF Hearquarters
London. Dae 18. (U.R)
British official quarters today
hailed the Washington state
ment on Poland by Secretary
of Stat Edward Stettinius as
showing "a substantial meas
ure of agreement between
Britain and the United
States."
the United States' previous stand
for "a strong, free and independ
ent Polish state with the untram
meled right of the Polish people
to order their Internal existence
as they see fit. ... r .
, Answer to Churchill
Referring to the United States'
general policy that settlement of
boundary questions should await
the end of the war, the state
ment said this did not mean that
certain questions could not be
settled by friendly conference
and agreement.
"In the case of the future
frontiers of Poland, If mutual
agreement is reached by the
United Nations directly con
cerned," the statement said.
"this government would have no
objective to such an agreement
which could make an essential
contribution to the prosecution
of the war against the common
enemy."
The statement was the United
States' answer to Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's challenge
that it state "with precision" its
policy toward the Soviet-Polish
dispute.
Churchill revealed last ween
that Great Britain believed that
the Polish government in exile
should reach agreement with the
Soviet Union on a boundary
which would transfer most of
eastern Poland to the Soviet
Union.
Athens, Dec. 18 U.R) British
troops captured four rebel strong
points in central and southern
Athens and cleared the road to
Piraeus against slight resistance
today, but ELAS forces in north
east Athens stormed RAF head
quarters and a political prison
Some 600 ELAS fighters, sup
ported by 75-millimeter guns
and mortars, attacked buildings
in the RAF. compound, but an
RAF regiment and British troops
at last reports still were In con
trol.
Prison Attacked
' Other strong ELAS forces at
3 a. m. attacked Averow prison,
in which John Ralls, one of the
prime ministers during the Ger
man occupation, and some oi nis
cabinet members were held In
protective custody.
The prison was defended by
British troops and Greek soldiers
and police, and the battle appar
ently still was going on at mm-
mominff..
Moderate optimism peisisua
that peace can be arranged soon
In the civil war. which already
has caused thousands of casual
ties in the past two weeks,
A new complication arose,
however, with British artd Greek
envernment charges tnat nun-
dreds of Bulgarians had crossed
the Bulgarian frontier Into
Greek Macedonia at the invita
tion of ELAS to "free" Mace
donia. They apparently
Bulgarian army deserters.
DEATH NOTE LEFT
Huge Jewelry Loot
Taken By Burglars
Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 18 (U.R)
Chief of Police Howard Zink
reported today approximately
$20,000 in jewelry, including a
$3,000 diamond bracelet owned
by Mrs. Bernard Rand, Cleve
land, O., was stolen last night
from the home of Prof. Merrill
Snaulding.
Burglars entered the house
from the roof, and ransacked the
bedrooms.
Inside Story Of Hitler Shelving
Revealed By Tipsy SA Chieftain
By Hubert Uxkull
United Press Staff Correspondent
Stockholm, Dec. 18 (U.R)
The free German press bureau
claimed today that the first au
thentic report of tne timer
crisis" which forced the fuehrer
from military leadership had
been obtained through the in
riicrrppt talk of his former ad
jutant, SA Chief Group Leader
Fritz Brueckner, wno aran uw
much at a Berlin dinner party
The report said Heinrich Him
mi.r minister of interior and
rhipf; Pronaeanda Min
ister Dr. Josef Goebbels and
Field Marshal Gen. Karl von
Rundstedt had forced Hitler to
hriipate as suDi-eme war lord
nnrl "leave the war to generals.
It claimed the abdication
dated back to the end of August
or the beginning of September
when the battle of France ob
viously was lost and Allied
armies were threatening Ger
many.
Brueckner s account OI wnat
haooened, according to free Ger
man press, follows:
H mmler. Goebbeis ana von
Rundstedt drove to Hitler i
Obersalzberg villa with a strong
armed escort while an entire SS
division surrounded the estate
and h'.ocked all approaches,
For an hour Hitler retusea to
see his "visitors," but finally
gave in and the conference was
held in a large reception hall.
The conference lasted six
hours, Interrupted frequently by
Hitler's angry shrieks and crying
and hysterical fits accompanied
by carpet chewing which was re
ported to have prompted von
Rundstedt later to remark:
"Rather ten carpets than one
more defeat."
Hitler's physician was called
twice to give him canning in
jection.
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NAZI SPEARHEADS
PIERCE U.S. -LINES
IN THREE PLACES
Doughboys In Effort to Seal
Off Penetrations Air
Battles Swirl Over Scene
(Aemt Telephoto)
.h. rfk nf rM p.rri.r nf tha a. S. Pacific Fleet, members of Congress visiting the Paclllo area
nbserva the accuracy oi Nav? gunners tiring at a towed sleeve target. In the center of the photo, loo Icing
.,..h hwiit.n i Arimirai c. w. Nlmltz. USN. commander of the Pacific Fleet: at bis right Is Congress'
man J J Hefferman of New York, chairman of the Congressional Subcommittee: at Admiral Nlmltr left is
Cnnzreaswoman Margaret C. Smith of Maine, first woman representative to visit the Central Paclfls wax
D. S. Naw obnt
Loyal Japs Free To
SLOW,
Return
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Ann Wood, about 38, was
found dead In the Rogue river,
behind the Lakevlew Auto court
near Rogue River at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon. Death ap
peared to be suicide, accoruins
n f!nrln Morris, deputy coro-
. . . . M 1 tM
n.r a ainciae noie was wuiw
tVi hnuse. located across tne
highway Jrom the auto court,
Mnrri sa d. WOOd. an BUCllon-
-----
eers. and nis wue, mauc iu
hnmA ot thP auto COUIT.
Tha bodv was found in bdouv
two feet of watenr lying face
down and dressed in a night-
imom and hathrobe. Morris said,
According to tacts garnered uy
Mnrri. her husband. Harvey
Wood, left for urants rass aooui
9 o'clock Saturday night. Time
of the woman's death was piacea
at hptween 9 and 11 D. m. Wood,
Morris said, returned to his
hnm ahnut 1 oclock bunoay
mnmlni? and noticed nis wue
not at home. While Wood
wan worklne with a shotgun dur
ing that time it accidentiy ais-
charged ana urea into me
ing, Morris said he was told.
No Violence Maries
Wood renorted his wife
missing to state police at 2 a. m
Sundav. Outgoing busses were
checked. Morris said, and the
body was found by state police
and the deputy coroner curing
rout ne check of the river
Thpre were no marks of violence
on the bodv. according to tne
deputy coroner.
Wood is Being nein in in
rmintv tail on a drunk charge,
and both state police and the
sheriff's office are investigating
the circumstances surrounding
the case, it was revealed.
Nevada" over top
Reno,Nev., Dec. 18. (U.R)
Nevada is over the top in Its
s,ixth war loan drive, but the
campaign to meet the E bond
quota still continues, it was an
nounced at state headquarters
today.
Washington, Dec. 18 flJ.B
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes promised today that there
will be no "hasty mass move
ment" of loyal Japanese-Amer
icans back to their former homes
on the west coast.
He said, however, that the
western defense command's rev
ocation of blanket exclusion or
ders affecting Pacific coast
evacuees who are loyal and law-
abiding Americans means that
such evacuees have a right to go
back to their homes if they wish
to do so.
The war relocation authority,
Ickes said, will "intensify its ef
forts" to relocate loyal Japa
nese-Americans in other parts of
the United States, but, he added,
"it will also aid those who pre
fer to exercise their legal and
moral right to return to the west
coast.
Encourage Dispersal
Ickes said it was war's aim "to
encourage the widest possible
dispersal of evacuees throughout
the nation.
"Since the mass exclusion or
ders have been revoked and the
great majority of evacuees are
free to establish residence any
where in the United States," he
continued, "the war . relocation
authority will now work toward
an early liquidation of the relo
cation centers.
No center will be closed in
less than six months, but "It is
anticipated that all will be
closed within a year," he said.
San Francisco, Dec. 18--U.R)
West coast residents today pre
pared for the return of Japanese
aliens and citizens of Japanese
descent after 2VS years of en
forced absence, as some Califor
nia legislators predicted violence
from lifting of mass exclusion
orders against the Japanese.
Incidents Expected .
However, MaJ. Gen. Henry C,
Pratt, acting commanding gen
eral of the western defense com
mand, in announcing -lifting of
the 2V4-year-old mass exclusion
orders late yesterday, said:
"I expect some minor Inci
dents but nothing that will re
quire military intervention."
Mayor Fletcher Bowron
Los Angeles warned of the pos
sibility of "race riots"' If return
ing Japanese attempted to evict
tenants.
Japanese Rights
Upheld in Ruling
By Highest Court
. J Washington,. Dec.. 8.t4M9t-
The supreme court ruled today
that the army's removal of Japanese-Americans
from the west
coast early In 1942 was constitu
tional at the time it was carried
out, but that citizens must be
permitted to return to tneir
homes when their loyalty to this
country Is established
The court thus in effect ord
ered what the war department
announced yesterday - would be
done that loyal citizens of Jap
anese ancestry would be permit
ted to return to their former
homes after 33 months of en
forced absence in relocation cen
ters.
Two Caiei Judged
The tribunal acted in two
cases. It upheld constitutionality
of the removal program by a 6
to 3 decision, and was unanim
ous in holding that loyal citizens
should be released.
Both cases were brought by
U. S. citizens of Japanese ances
try. 1
DEUELlESlENCE
FEAR VIOLENCE ON
JAPANESE RET
BY BLAZE, SMOKE
of
TO INDUCT MORE
Sacramento, Dec. 18. (U.R)
Col. K..H. Leitch, state director
of selective service, today an
nounced that the quota of Cali
fornia men to be inducted into
the armed services in January
had been increased by 20 per
cent.
Fire and smoke caused an un-
estimated amount of damage at
the H. S. Deuel residence, 1100
S. Oakdale Ave., yesterday eve
ning, and last night a garage
fire at the home of H. R. Bos-
worth. 23 N. Orange St., de
stroyed a 1930 model A Ford
and two bicycles, it was report
ed today by city firemen who
were called to extinguish the
blazes.
Apparently caused by a short
in the radio connection, the fire
at the Deuel home occurred
when the family was out of town
and a neighbor, Tom Bradley,
first discovered the blaze at 6:25
p.m. The living room radio and
an arm chair were burned and
the floor Joist underneath was
considerably damaged by flames
while additional damage to fur
niture and personal articles
throughout the houso was
caused by smoke. Mrs. Deuel
stated today that no estimate
had been made on damage en-
curred.
The Boswotrh garage fire at
11:05 started in a pile of hot
ashes deposited against the back
of the garage, and the rear wall
of the building was completely
consumed, firemen said.
No damage was caused by a
third fire yesterday, a flue fire
at the Karmcl Korn shop, 121
East Main St., at 11:43 am.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 18 U.R)
A wave of reaction, In which
fear of violence alternated with
hope of an orderly readjustment
was evident in Oregon civic,
church and American Legion
circles today as the result of
western defense command edict
that loyal Japanese could return
to their west coast homes1 after
midnight, January 2.
Some civil officials were
frankly aprehensive. .
Mayor Earl Riley of Portland
observed:. "It Is unfortunate that
the army is' taking such early
action. I don't think that the
people are generally prepw-'ed
to accept the Japanese. I think
they should take more time to
prepare for their return."
Sheriff Worried
Martin Pratt, sheriff of Mul
tnomah county, declared: "I'm
not so hot about the whole
thing, but I'll do my duty to
fulfill my oath of office. I'm
afraid there will be violence
when Japanese return to com
munities where relatives of citi
zens have died in Paciflo fight
ing." Pcnn C. Crum of Hood River,
Oregon department commander
of the American Legion, said:
"There is a great deal of danger
that violence will follow return
of the'Jaoanese to coastal areas.
There Is high feeling against
them. I am afraid it is a bad
Idea to force them back on the
Pacific coast at this time. The
stand of the Oregon department
of the legion was made clear
when the state executive com
mittee affirmed a national le-
iilnn executive committee reso
lution protesting return of the
Japanese to coastal areas."
Oregon's Governor Earl Snell
was noncommittal for the time
being. He said: "I want to study
the official notification further
before I make any comment on
the return of the Japanese.
Paris, Dec. 18 (U.R) Lt. Gen.
Courtney H. Hodges unleashed
his American 1st army counter
measures today against the bie
gest German offensive of Gen. '
Dwlght D. Eisenhower's western
campaign, the first Impact of
which carried the Germans sev.
eral miles across the Belgian and
Luxembourg frontiers.
Dispatches from the fluid, 70
mile battlefront said Hodges' '
doughboys had sprung to the) v
task of sealing off the penetra
tions of the American positions
by Marshal Karl Gerd Von
Rundstedt's co u n t e r-offenstve
which plunged at least three)
spearheads Into Belgium and
Luxembourg.
Air Battles Swirl .
For the second straight day
great air battles swirled over
the 1st army front. British Spit
fires and Tempests streaked
down from the 21st army group
region to Join In the fight against
the long-hoarded Nazi fighter
and bombers showing up by the
hundreds in support of the of
fensive. Field reports up to early aft.
ernoon said that the American
and British airmen had destroy
ed 20 German planes, probably
downed three more, and dam- .
aged 13. Three U. S. Thunder,
bolts were lost. The Nazis lost
103 planes yesterday against the)
Americans' 33,
Along with his planes, Rund
stedt threw Into his mad bull
charge, regarded as an all-or-nothing
bid to turn the 1st
army's Una and upset Elsenhow
er s winter offensive, vicious!
array of V-bombs and paratroopers,
Supreme headquarters report
ed that about 10 more parachute)
troops were dropped on the 9th
army front, flanking the 1st
army -to the left,-last night. Six
of them were captured.
A complete security blackout
blanketed the 1st army front
after the day's early reports)
were In. The move, a customary
one In the first phase of new
operations Involving any appre
ciable change of positions, waa
taken to keep the Nazis from .
knowing the whereabouts . of '
their forward elements whose)
communications might be cut
off, and to obscure from tha
enemy standpoint the American
countermeasures.
Quick to take advantage of
the news blackout, Nazi propa
gandists sprang the word that
the German command "expected
that at least in the first phase
of the attack the resistance
would be greater." To that state
ment by the DNB news agency
was appended the assertion that
"the speedy collapse of organiz
ed defense considerably simpli
fied the task of the German
command, and lt Is not unlikely
that the next few days will
bring further surprises."
DNB said the "northern part
of Luxembourg already has been
crossed on a wide front."
. A United Press dispatch from
the front before the blackout
was Imposed said German pres
sure was strong along most of a
HO-mile front, but the Americans
were resisting fiercely and had
succeeded in keeping a hold on
German territory around Mon
schau, where the heaviest weight
of the Nazi offensive appeared
to have been concentratd.
Congress Pension
Urged By Woman
Washihgton, Dec. 18. U.R)
Rep. Mary T. Norton, D., . J.,
dean of congresswomen, recom
mended today that house and
senate members Who have
erved at least 13 years and
have reached 65 years of age be
retired at half their 110.000 a
year salary.
Mrs. Norton, veteran of 20
years in the house, said In an
interview that she believed a
voluntary pension plan should
be Included in any congressional
i reorganization.
SUBMARINES GET
33MSHIPS
Washington, Dee. 18. (U.R)
American submarines have sunk
3& more Japanese vessels, In
cluding 12 warships, in devastat
ing further, sweeps against the
enemy's supply lines, the navy
announced today.
The combatant ships sunk
were one light cruiser, three de
stroyers, six escort vessels, one
mine sweeper, and one mine
layer.
Enemy non-combatant losses
in the latest submarine attacks
were two tankers, 17 cargo ves
sels, artd two cargo transports.
With one exception, this was
the largest total of American
submarine victories ever an
nounced in one communique.
Jackson County sales to date
in the Sixth Wat Loan are
"E" Bonds $520,387
"E" Quota $600,000
Total Sales
82,913,031