EIGHT -MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Tuesday. Pc-
LEYTE FINISHED,
FOR MORE ISLES
Japanese Loss of 113,221
Termed Their Worst Mili
tary Defeat In History
Allied Headquarten, Philip
pines, Dec. 28 (U.PJ American
forces set their sights for other
Philippines Islands today after
completing the capture of Leyte,
where Gen. Douglas MacArthur
said the Japanese lost 113,221
men In their worst military de
feat in history.
Two Christmas day amphibi
ous landings in the enemy rear,
one of them resulting in the cap
ture of the port of Palompon,
and a thrust across the north
west tip to the west coast ended
the Leyte campaign except for
minor mopping up.
Complete Defeat
MacArthur said the complete
ness of the destruction of Lt.
Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashlta's
forces on Leyte "has seldom
been paralleled In the history of
warfare."
"General Yamashlta has sus
tained perhaps the greatest de
feat in the military annals of the
Japanese army," MacArthur as
serted. Where MacArthur will strike
next In the Philippines natural
ly remained a closely-guarded
military secret. However, the Ja
panese have been predicting that
he will send invasion forces
ashore on Luzon, site of the capi
tal city of Manila.
Escorted American Liberators
continued their almost daily
raids on the network of air
fields around Manila with two
attacks Saturday and Sunday on
Clark Field. Forty tons of bombs
were dropped Sunday, when
escorting fighters shot down 18
to 20 of BO to 60 intercepting
Japanese planes. One American
plane was lost.
Land On Mlndoro
American troops landed on
Mlndoro, only eight and a half
miles across a narrow channel
from Leyte, December IS and
already planes were operating
from newly-built airfields only
149 miles south of Manila,
MacArthur'! troops brought
the Leyte campaign to a blazing
close Christmas day with am
phibious landings at Palompon,
19 miles northwest of Ormoc
and the last port on the Island
still in Japanese hands, and at
Puerto Belol, due west across
Ormoc bay from Ormoc.
The 77th division, liberators
of Ormoc, caught the Japanese
completely unaware! with Its
landing at Palompon and forged
Inland to within 10 miles or less
of another column striking along
n east-west road from the Or
moc corridor. Little resistance
was being encountered.
The seventh division landed
at Puerto Bello, five and a half
miles west of Ormoc, also against
little resistance, while the 32nd
and 1st cavalry divisions, smash
ing the last enemy resistance in
the Ormoc corridor, drove rap
Idly toward the west.
Farther north, the 24th di
vision marched clear across the
northwest tip of the island and
cleaned up the west coast in the
San Isidor area, 24 miles north
of Palompon.
MacArthur placed Japanese
lossei in the Leyte-Samar cam
paign since the American land
ing October 20, at 84,338 Japa
' nese dead already recovered, an
estimated 18,300 dead elth
Dunea Dy the enemy or still to
be recovered, 493 prisoners. 30,
000 troops sunk at sea In 10
convoys attemDtins tn rctnfnrr
the garrison, and 9.890 naval
ratings In the crews of 41 trans
ports of 184,250 tons and 27 war-
,( snips sunk.
, U, S. Losses 11.217
y American losses in the cam
paign, he said, totalled 11,217
2,623 dead, 8,422 wounded and
172 missing.
Virtually all the casualties oc
curred on Leyte, since only
small-scale actions were fought
on Samar, Just northwest of
Leyte.
In addition to hitting Clark
Field, and Manila, American
planes during the week-end also
dropped 132 tons cf explosives
on six Negros airdromes and
straffed them from low level,
destroying or damaging 16 park
ed planes and severely craterlng
runways. .
Other planes sank three small
freighters at Davao, on the south
coast of Mindanao in the Philip
pines, while naval units at night
sank an enemy motor torpedo
boat off the north coast of the
same island.
KEEP COPS BUSY
City police were busy over
the holiday week-end with six
cases of traffic violations and
six arrests for drunkenness and
disorderly conduct.
Lawrence Jaggcr was fined
$2.90 in city court this morning
for violating his learner's per
mit. Everett H. Michall and
Thomas Jefferson were both
fined $30 for reckless driving
and Charles Henry Cook for
feited $30 bail on the same
charge. William James Jones
forfeited $10 ball on a charge of
violation of the basic speed rule
and Charles Franklin Johnson
was fined $3 for failure to stop
his vehicle at a stop street.
William C. Carmlckle was
fined $10 December 24 on a
chnrge of being drunk and dis
orderly. Curtis H. Higgins and
Jack Curtis Abbott were both
fined $10 today for being
drunk in a public place. O. Ring
forfeited $10 ball on the same
charge. Ray Christensen and
William Reegan were both fined
$10 today on charges of dis
orderly conduct.
OBITUARY
MATHEW WOLFF
Mathew Wolff passed away at
his home in Ashland late Sun
day. Mr. Wolff was born in Igerna,
Calif., November 25, 1902. On
September 1, 1927 he was mar
ried to Miss Hilda Wagner at
Oakland, Calif.
Left to mourn his passing are
his wife, Mrs. Hilda Wolff; one
daughter, Maryn Bertha; three
brothers, George Wolff, Port
land, Ore., John Wolff, San Jose,
Calif., and Edward Wolff, Med
ford; five sisters, Mrs. R. J.
Renoud, Dunsmuir, Calif.; Mrs.
F. A. Mason, Yakima, Wash.;
Mrs. C. E. Arnold, Biggs, Ore.;
Mrs. Clinton Bryars, Merced,
Calif, and Mrs. Robert Snyder,
Sacramento, Calif. He is also
survived by hW mother; Mrs.
Freda Wolff, Yakima.
Funeral services will be held
at Perl Funeral Home Wednes
day at 11 a. m. The Rev. Louis
Kirby of the Methodist church
will officiate and following serv
ices here the remains will be
sent to Turlock, Calif., for interment.
WAC LIEUT. VILM
JO ANNA LONG
Mrs. Jo Anna Long, 83, passed
away Monday afternoon follow
ing a short illness at the home
of her son, Charles C. Long,
Gold Hill, where she had been
making her home for the past
eight months.
Three other sons also survive:
George, Oakland, Calif.; Arthur,
Santa Monica, an Cloyce J.
Long, Monterey.
The remains, accompanied by
Mr. and Mrs. Charfes Long, were
to be forwarded Tuesday eve
ning by the Conger -Morris
chapel to Fresno, Calif., for
services and interment Friday.
WORTH McVEY
The remains of Worth McVey,
76, who passed' away suddenly
In Medford Saturday evening,
were forwarded to Clovls, Calif.,
by the Conger-Morris chapel
Tuesday evening for services
and Interment.
FROM OL' LONDON
Elizabeth E. Vilm. WAC 2nd
lieutenant of Medford now serv
ing in the office of the Military
Air Adviser at the American Em
bassy in London, writes interest
ingly of her experiences in the
"heart of London." Her letter,
sent to the Mail Tribune and ad
dressed to "Dear Medford
Friends," follows: ,
"Christmas greetings from
"Merrle Old England this year.
Have been here almost six
months, all the time here in the
heart of London. No accent as
yet, unless it has crept In with
out my knowing it. Very pos
sible! Am liking it very much
and getting a bang out of living
in such a large city. There are
many things to become accus
tomed to; including the lack of
central heating, the perpetually
open window, England's English
which is so softly and rapidly
spoken, and warm beer, the
Scotch and Irish whiskey (for a
Burbon devotee), the cabs tnat
can turn around on a dime with
almost no lights, the pound ster
ling instead of a dollar bill (they
so as fast as the latter and don't
buy much more), the calm, quiet
way the people here accompusn
their tasks in spite of all odds,
and, of course, the ever-present
cup of tea.
"We have a good officers' mess
which keeps us well-fed and eon-
tented. Afraid my ideas of good
food are quite different from
those of the English, but for a
sweet (dessert) their trifles (ice
box cake, almost) are superb.
Gardening is most certainly an
art here and their flowers are
the most vivid I have ever seen,
even in Crescent City. Tradition
is ever present and conformity
In all things is expected and ob
tained. Afraid us Yanks have
shocked them dreadfully with
our lack of formality at times
An officer I chanced to meet this
noon was, when he found out
where 1 hailed from, wishing he
could order pears from Medford
to be sent over here. We both
decided to try lt and show off a
real delicacy. (Can I have a post
war Job, Chamber of Com
merce?)
'Anyway, from all of this, you
should get the idea that I am
finding it a most interesting' ex
perience to have temporary resi
dence in London, England.
Best wishes to you all for a
very Happy Christmas and let's
hope that 1945 finds us all home
again with the war over."
HAROLD GORSKI HELD
ON BAD CHECK CHARGE
Harold Gorskl, wanted here,
charged with passing a number
of worthless checks, is held in
Portland and will be returned
here at an early date, the
sheriff's office reports.
Charles R. Holmes, 33, charg
ed with grand larceny, is held
in the Josephine county Jail at
Grants Pass for local authori
ties. Holmes is alleged to have
taken money belonging to his
employer, an Ashland business
man.
Cloilns time tor Sunday Too Late
10 uiauuy o-au Saturday afternoon
Please remember.
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WEATHER
Northern California Clear to
day except morning low cloud
iness and fog in valleys, increas
ing cloudiness tonight and Wed
nesday, rain north portions Wed
nesday, warmer north portions
tonight.
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