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JUVENILES HELD
ON VALLEY FUEL
ROBBERY CHARGE
Two Medford Juveniles f
held in county jail, having al
legedly admitted robbery of the
Valley Fuel company office the
night of Nov. 29, according to
city and state police who have
hMn working in conjunction on
the case. The boys are said to"
have entered through a window
In the back room and to have
stolen money, cigarets, two
cured hams and two dressed tur
keys. ' -' ..
Shortly after the robbery state
police came across the boys at
tempting to roast a ham in the
Little Switzerland district. The
youths gave the officer, who had
not heard of the robbery, a satis
factory alibi, according to city
police. They were later picked
up on a charge of stripping a
car In the same district, the re
port said.
They are also said to have ad
mitted stealing bottles from the
rear of Brown's club and at
tempting to sell them.
The youths will be held in Jail
pending further investigation
and disposition of' their cases,
state police said. -
20-ARRESTS RESULT OF
POLICE TRAFFIC CHECK
Twenty arrests resulted from
a state nolice traffic check at the
state weighing station at the
fairgrounds yesterday, according
to a police report.
Violations included no op
erator's license, truck overload,
no' PUC permit, no- warning de
vice, no muffler ana other minor
infractions of the law, the report
said.
SIDE GLANCES
By
" TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Dr. W. W, P. Holt receiving
congratulations on his birthday
.anniversary.
Jerry Latham beaming bright
ly and bearing cigars ana canay
to announce the arrival of an
eight-pound daughter, Julie Lee.
State Policeman Fred Cuth-
bertson unexpectedly finding an
old acquaintance while acting in
the line of duty.
Harry (Grandpaw) Morris feel
in auite ancient when son
Gene mistakenly added several
vears on his navy enlistment
papers.
County Treasurer Ralph
Sweeney expounding on the
merits of Mrs. Sweeney's cherry
pie.
'Note to R. T. Mollison, Jr.:
Postmaster Frank DeSouza wants
to sea you
Full Leased Wire1
Iqnores Aliened Daughter
Barry', cb&rgs that he is lather ol the
Superforts Dump Superloads
On Nagoya Aircraft Factories
Headauarters. i 21st Bomber
-Command, Saipan, Dec.' 22 aU.RM
(Via Navy Radio) Carrying In
dividual bomb loads hundreds of
pounds heavier than ever be-
force. Superfortresses from this
Marianas base today attacked
the aircraft center at Nagoya for
the third time In nine days in an
attempt to deal an 1 eventual
knockout punch to Japanese air
craft production.
The first sizeable wave of
B-29s flashed word from the tar
get that bombs were dropped
through the overcast just before
1 p. m. Nagoya time).
For nearly 2v4 hours the sil
very Superforts, veterans of
eight major raids in strength,
all but one of whlek were
against targets on Japan's main
Island of Honshu, kept the huge,
sprawling aviation manufactur
ing and assembly center under
attack in a carefully-planned as
sault. , Today's attack evidently was
intended to knock out perma
nently buildings and Installa
tions badly damaged In an at
tack Dec. 13 against the Hatsu
doki factory of the "Mitsubishi
works. In the latter raid 870,000
square feet of roofs were burned
with the lnsides of the buildings
gutted by fire. According to
photographs only concrete and
steel frameworks remained up-
rignt.
At least 22 buildings were de
molished or badly damaged be
sides damage to the main as-
COUNTY SCHOOLS
RECEIVE $38,863
Salem, Ore., Dec. 22 (U.B
The secretary of state's office
has announced the first distri
bution of $1,048,715.89 out of
the state elementary school
fund to the 1539 school districts
in Oregon.
The fund is apportioned on
the basis of the number of
teachers employed in the first
eight grades, under provisions
of the 1943 law.
Among the apportionments
for counties were: .
Jackson $38,863.38.
BAND LEADER MISSING
San Francisco, Dec. 22 U.R)
Neil Bondshu, 30-year-old band
leader whose orchestra has been
playing at the fashionable St.
Francis hotel, was reported
missing today.
NO PAPER MONDAY
Following long-established
custom the Mail Tribune will
not publish on Monday,
Christmas day. In order to
permit employes to enjoy the
holiday in their fromes.
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22,' 1944.
(Acme Telephoto)
child. ,
sembly buildings and machine
snopa-inthe first raid, which was
the- best pulled to date on Hon
shu targets,
BIOFFlRDTRED
FREED FROM PEN
New York, Dee. 22-U.B
William Bioff and George
Browne, theatrical union execu
tives convicted to Nov. 194fc of
extorting more than $1,000,000
from the movie industry, were
ordered released from federal
prison in Sand Stone, Minn., to
day.
The releases were ordered by
Federal Judge John C. Knox.
Bioff . was serving 10 years
and Browne, eight years.
Judge Knox ordered the re
leases because of the two con
victs good behavior and because
of testimony they gave at the
trial of Chicago gangsters.
ESCAPING JAIL INMATE
HAS YULETIME SPIRIT
Peoria, 111,, Dec. 22. (U.B
The yuletide spirit was with
Harry Fayne today as he happily
sawed his way through a quar
ter-inch steel wall to escape
from the county jail.
Before he left, Payne scrib
bled a note to federal bureau of
Investigation agent M. O, Eld,
washing him:
"A merry Christmas and-the
worst of luck in following me,"
Yankees In Service Abroad Remembered
By Home Folks and Quartermaster Corps
Washington, Dec. 22. (U.B
Though the rumble of guns may
again blot out the traditional
message of "peace on earth," the
nation will do its utmost on this,
its fourth consecutive wartime
Christmas, to -carry the customs
and spirit of the holiday to mil
lions of servicemen around the
world.
Thousands of tons of turkey
havebeen purchased for holiday
dinners. Unless actually pinned
down by gunfire, servicemen
everywhere are due for turkey
dinner with all the fixings. If
they spend Christmas in the
front lines they will probably
get their turkey as soon. as re
lieved.
Even American prisoners of
war, at least those In Germany,
will also have turkey canned
turkey. The quartermaster corps
started canning and shipping the
traditional Christmas bird via
international Red Cross tlx
i months ago.
GREEK CIVIL WAR
SPREADING NORTH
BRITISHARE TOLD
ELAS Forces Capture Eight
Villages; Buigars, Alban
ians Reported Moving In
Athens, Dee. 22 WJ9 Re
ports circulated today that the
civil war had spread to north
ern Greece and that left wing
Elas forces had captured eight
villages from the Rightiest Edes
followers of Gen. Napoleon
Zervas.
Northern Greece was report
ed seething with unrest, accen
tuated by an infiltration of hot
blooded elements from Bulgaria
and Albania.
Open warfare between the
Elas and Edes factions threat
ened or already had begun
The reports said that 300 Bul
garians who were supposed to
be deserters from the Bulgarian
army had been counted in the
area northeast of Salonika, big
port in northeastern Greece,
A number of Albanians were
reported moving through Elas
territory toward zones con
trolled by Zervas followers in
Epirus,
Germany Busy
Coincident with mounting un
rest, German broadcasts were
reported to have begun a propa
ganda campaign to "free Mace
donia."
The Greek government was
described as fearful--that" Bul
garians and Albanians were
planning some kind of coup to
split Macedonia from Greece. -
On the Athens "front," British
troops and tanks crossed Piraeus
harbor in assault craft, landed
on Hie northern rim, and drove
Inland, bringing the entire port
under British control, , ,
Chaplin Accuser
Collapses During '
Gruelling Grill
Hollywood, Dee, 22 OUD
The trial of Joan Barry's patern
ity suit against Charlie Chaplin
was recessed today until next
Tuesday when the comedian's
former drama protege will re
turn to the witness stand to re
late more of the intimate details
of their romance.
Court adjourned yesterday
Just in time to prevent Miss
Barry from collapsing in hys
terics on the stand, alter day
of gruelling cross-examination,
punctuated frequently by her
tears and hysterical wails that
she couldn t go en with this
thing any longer."
Twice during yesterday's
questioning by Attorney Charles
E, (Pat) Millikan, Miss Barry
collapsed and buried her head
in Scott's shoulder, crying
hysterically.
Rome, Dee. 22, U.F0 Cor
nelia Tanzi, former mistress of
Benito Mussolini, was sentenced
today to 40 years imprisonment
for collaborating with the en
emy. American home folks have
showered G. I. Joe with gifts.
At latest count some 50,000,000
holiday packages have been sent
to soldiers overseas the great
est mass movemnet of package
mail ever to leave the U, S.
In playing Santa Claus, the
army postal service is using
every conceivable type of trans
portation from arctic dog team,
desert camel, and parachute to
amphibious jeep, duck, and wea
sel. Reports from overseas indi
cate that the troops have been
buying large quantities of gifts
in foreign countries and ship
ping them home to their families
and friends.
Improvise Trees
No matter where he is the
U. S. soldier can be depended
upon to improvise Christmas
tree. It may have palm fronds
Instead of pine needles and be
decorated with shiny K-ration
cans and painted flashlight bulbs
EiBUNE
V .tod PrM Full
OWI t:md Backs Ud
Statement On War
Censorship Ruling
Washington, Dec 22 (UP)
Director Elmer Davis of the of
fice of war information 7ms
backed up George Lyon, his per
sonal representative, at allied
headquarters in Europe, who
publicly described as "stupid'
the news blackout originally Im
posed on the German offensive.
Davis saw Lyon a return to
the United States later this week
was in no way connected with
his remark. The OWI director
said he regretted that such
strong statement was made pub
licly, but that it seemed to him
that "Mr. Lyon was right."
"One Indication of that is that
the ruling was subsequently
modified," Davis said.
WESTERN SOW
DEMAND HEARING
ON MEAT PRICES
Washington, Dec 22 (UP)
Senators from ten western states
demanded today that livestock
producers and packers be per
mitted to present their side be
fore any "on the hoof price
ceilings are set on livestock:
Price Administrator Chester
Bowles disclosed yesterday that
regulation dealing with price
ceilings on live animals has been
sent to Economic Stabilization
Director Fred M, Vinson for ap
proval.
OmieM Changes '
"The' senators conferred with
War Food Administration and
OPA officials at a meeting called
by Sen, Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
D Wyo, OMahoney told report
ers that the senators "as unit
opposes any change of rules that
might and" probably would
suit on the sale of more animals
and leaner meat.
He said consumers- would get
less meat if 40,000,000 head of
cattle .weighing 500 to 800
pounds each were slaughtered as
a result of price regulations in
the coming year than from 35,-
000,000 weighing BOO to 1,100
pounds.
Uncertainty over prices, O'Ma
honey warned; may result in the
sale of many lean animals in an
effort by producers' to protect
investments in a falling market.
TIRE SUPPLY CUT
TO AID MILITARY
Washington, Dec. 22 (UP)
The war production board today
cut the scheduled output of pas
senger car tires in the next three
months by 3,000,000 to facilitate
increased production of military
tires,
James F, Clark, head oi
WPB'j rubber bureau, said the
action means that A card mo
torist must continue to ride on
their present tires for "a good
part" of 1845. Holders of B and
C cards, he said, will not receive
as many grade 1 tires next year
as had been planned.
instead of the regular Yule orna
ments, but the result can be de
pended upon to be Christmas
like.
Out in the fleet the extent of
Christmas observance will de
pend on the size and location of
the ships;
On the bigger war craft, pro
vided they are not in dangarou
combat . areas, the i crews will
cluster on the fantil Christmai
eve and hear carols sung by cho
ruses. Ships fortunate enough to
obtain them will set up Christ
mas trees in crew quarters and
the officer ward room.
On smaller ships, the only real
evidences of Christmas in these
days will be the turkfey dinner
served on all naval vessels
and holiday routine, which gives
the men as much leisure time as
possible,
At home It Is estimated thai
25 per cent of the troops wii
get Christmas furloughs to spen.
j th holiday with their iamJUej,
Laaaad Wir
NO. 232.
RED OFFENSIVE
MAKES HEADWAY
GERMANS ADMIT
Lines Broken at Several
Points on Northern End of
Eastern Front, Revealed
London, Dec 22 flH9 Ber
lin said today that the Red
army, launching a new offen
sive at the northern end of the
eastern front, hurled ST divis
ions possibly 400,000 men
against the southern rim of the
German pocket to northwest
Latvia and conceded that the
Soviets had broken Into the nazi
lines at several points.
The offensive, if confirmed.
would appear an ail-out attempt
to liquidate tens of thousands of
German troops trapped against
the Baltic and thus release ad
ditional Russian forces for the
soviet winter offensive to East
Prussia and Poland,
Reds Mailing
A United Press dispatch from
Moscow said the Russians were
believed massing the greatest
concentration of men, srtUlery,
tanks and aircraft yet seen on
the eastern front tor "cam
paign that is expected to eon
elude the war."
"Observers confidently expect
that when the Red army hits
the German fortified lines from
East Prussia to the Carpathians,
it will break through to Ger
many to successive, fast oper
ations," the dispatch, said- r
Vrnst von Hammer, German
military commentator, reported
the Latvian offensive In a Ber
lin broadcast. He said the Soviets
had attacked along a , 22-mile
front southwest and south of
Saldus, 55 miles east of the Bal
tic port of Liepaja (Libra), yes
terday with strong air, artillery
and tank support, . ;
MARIJUANA CARRIER
NABBED WITH CARQ0
San Francisco, Dec 22 (U.F0
The narcotics division of the
state department of justice to
day reported the arrest of Rob
ert Salazar, SI, and the coinci
dent seizure of $20,000 worth of
narcotics.
Arresting agents said Salazar
had in bis possession enough
marijuana to make 20,000 cigar-
cues retailing for one dollar
piece. The marijuana was con
tained In 59 cans, amounting to
bout 18,000 grains and five-
pound sack, amounting to about
33,000 grains.
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Security blackout ss vestem front was lifted to meal tour main Nazi
thrusts on First Army front, though procres stan Hsoday boob is rilii
secret. (1) From Ech terete h, on Luxembourg benter, rescued flm sriiet
southwest. Indications today wer that an southeast Luxembourg M
overrun. (3) Tiro-pronged drita trots 8t Vlth, reaching Uaapeit H
southwest and also pairing straight vest, Sam American troops wen
trapped In this area, (J) Thrust through Matantdy, which passed SMe
1st and braiimtd out to reach Butcenbaeh. This tteuit may be hlitlnf
toward Ll(ff tf) Dijve through Monachal! Fe-rgt to ffacjl MfiK&a
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First Encouraging Report
Says Enemy Stopped Cold;
Eisenhower Exhorts Forces
- Paris, Dee, 12 UJ5 Front reports today said Ameriiaa First
army troops In desperate fighting have stopped the German drive
across Belgium, but there was no Indication that the dangerous
Nazi thrust across Luxembourg had halted and Gen. Swight D, ,
Elsenhower called upon Ms men to rise to new heights and turn
Hitler's "great gamble into his wast defeat
Eisenhower, In an order of the day to all American troops, left
no doubt flat the great battle of (be west is the crista which wilt
determine whether Germany can be crushed quickly cr whether
the war mart be prolonged many months.
OH SIXTH DAY OP COUNTER OFFENSIVE ' ,
As his dramatic order was flashed to grim-faced American GTs,
the first encouraging report since th.e counter offensive was launch
ed six days ago was wirelessed by United Press War Correspondent
Jack Frankish from U. S. First army headquarters.
Frankish reported that the Germans had been stopped cold ja
their forward progress In Belgium
started.
Frankish reported at 1020 a.
German counter offensive failed to penetrate any deeper Into Bel
gium" than the spearhead which already had lunged 33 miles to
slash the vital Liege-Bastogne-Arton highway at a point W mllea
from Brussels and 14 miles west of Malmedy.
The Nads, Frankish reported, paused to consolidate snd
strengthen the positions they now
attacked with vigor the American
north shoulder of the salient.
MORE AMERICANS RUSH INTO FRAY
German DNB reports conceded that Eisenhower waj hurling
fresh divisions from neighboring
Marshal Karl von Rundstedt's forces.
The Nazis admitted that the
Malmedy forms the chief anchor points of the Ihw protecting
Liege, was particularly fierce.
It seemed possible that the Nazis had been forced to bait their
westward progress because of the
driving down from the north to
tenuous communications with their Jump-off positions in the Eifel
mountains.
EAST TO SHIVER
CHRISTMAS EVE
By UcUd Prta
The weatherman predicted to
day that the winter's worst cold
wave would extend through
Bitter cold gripped the es st
em two-thirds of the nation to
day, and Federal Forecaster E.
W. Hanlon at Chicago promised
at least two more days of near
and sub-zero temperatures in mm
midwest freezing and below In
the northeast, and freezing tem
peratures in the lower Mississip
pi valley,
The coldest spot in the ratten
today was to northwestern
Pennsylvania, where Morrison
Run, Pa., registered the coun
try's low of 84 degrees below
zero. It was 28 below at Kane,
Pa., and Black Moshannon, Pa.
registered 23 below. A seasoi
record of IS degrees below was
resorted at Cadillac, Mich,
Rockford, 111,, reported 13 be
low, Fort Wayne, Ind, six below
and Chicago, two below,
WORK AS USSAL
Madison, Wis,, Dec. 28, 0W
Walter S. Goodland, the oldest
governor to the United States,
celebrated his 82nd birthday to
day by working as usual.
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hold in the knife-like salient and
atrongpoints which protected the
sectors against the flanks of Field
fighting at EUvelot, which with
danger that Eisenhower forces
a flanking thrust would sever
But there was still no dear-
cut word en the situation to the
south where Nazi panzers rippe-d
a gaping SS to 35-mtle wide gap
frcm the vicinity si St Vita at
the soi'theast tip of Belgium to
the region of Eehtemaca at Ust
reports still in American hasd
on the central Gerrr.&ri-Luxera
bourg frontier,
Faasars Head tor Otp
'Sera the rampaging G-ermin
panzers were heading straight
for the famed Ardennes Gap
through which they taste 1st
1M0, and the fortress barriers
fc Franc around fiedaa, r-
London, Dc 3S COM
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agency said tonight that "at
toast scran Isrj Am-tieaa
divisions bar baas annihi
latad or dcimat-d bajsad
vataa" la tha Ba'.ytaj-1.
beurg fighting, , . . - .
How far their surging onrush
had carried them haj not baea
made clear, hut It la knows that
three days ago they were almost
all the way across Luxembourg,
about one-quarter cf the way to
Urn Ardennes Gap,
At the north end of the fluid'
area the German DNB agency re
ported that St, Vlth, which was
sUB held by American forces ac
cording to last word from su
preme alited headquarters, had
been captured and that tha
American forces there wera
taken prisoner. Front reports
had indicated that the Americans
at St Vith had been cut off
from the main First army groups
to the north, but Bad continued
to resist
A front report from tha First
army said that an unspecified
"American bastion" was holding
up the German advance south
west of St Vlth, hot gave no
clue to the fate of tha U. S.
forces in Use town itself, -Retreat
Is Malmfdy
First army headquarters said
the Germans hurled s smashing
attack against American armor
ed forces holding tha center of
the east-west shoulder of the sal.
lent, possibly the Malmedy area,
and drove our troops hack some
what, but that the battle was
still raging.
In the area southwest of St
Vith American tanks, tank de
stroyers and artillery, poured a
hellish rain of fire into Von
Rundstedt's armored spearhead
and reported they destroyed 55
German tanks, bringing tha
Nazis to a temporary halt.
German reports asserted that
the number of prisoners taken
had risen to 25.000 an increase
of 9,000 In a day and that "tha
number of killed and wounded
Is estimated many times higher
than this figure, Little credence
was given this report and any
how the number of prisoners la
a swirling action of this char
acter always far exceeds that of
killed and wounded,
First army headquarters re
ported the Germans have over
run most of northern Luxem
bourg and were maneuvering
and countermanettvering in aa
attempt to crack the Stavelot
Malmedy Una. The Americana
were also maneuvering to coma
to grips with the Nazi armor.
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