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mm mm Weather Fomutt Cloudy with rain to . nliht and Friday. Slightly warmer tonight. Temp. ' Hlfheet yeitertUy . , , ,,. 35 Lowest toll morning ,,n. 30 Thirty ninth Year ' Pacific War Blazes With New Fury; Yanks Surg FOMOSA, RYUKYA r BLASTED BY 500 ; CARRIER PLANES Mindoro Expected Under ' American Control Soon ;- as Result of Invasions. - Pacific Fleet Headquarter!, Pearl Harbor, Jan. 4 (U.PJ Fleet Admiral Chutii W. Nimiii announced today carrier-bated aircraft from power lul .marauding talk forces in the Philippine! tea attacked Formosa and Okinawa Jlma. thwart the China aea en trance, for ihe lecond straight ' day yesterday. Allied Headquarters, Philip pines, Jan. 4 (U.PJ The Pacific war plazed with new fury along an 1,100-mile front southwest of Japan today as American forces surged inland from two new beachheads on Mindoro, counted 25 ships wrecked around Luzon and pressed a carrier-based as sault against Formosa and the Ryukyu islands. . (A Japanese communique heard by the United Press in San Francisco said BOO carrier planes participated in attacks on For mosa and Okinawa" in the Ryuk yus yesterday The Japanese also reported that 60 American planes attacked Clark ' field, Manila, yesterday.) Bay Transports Sunk -(Another Japanese communi que said Japanese planes sank two large transports and damag ed' a destroyer yesterday in at tacks on a group of American ships in the Mindanao area, be tween Leyte and Mindanao in the southern Philippines.) On Japan itself, the big air craft center on Nagoya still was smouldering from a large-scale Superfortress raid yesterday. Large fires were started, a Wash ington communique said, and bombing results were described as "good." One B-29 was lost over the target area and perhaps 10 enemy planes shot down. All Mindoro, strategic Philip pine island )ust southwest of invasion-marked Luzon, was ex pected to be under American control within a matter of days as result of new landings on the east coast Monday and the west coast Tuesday. There was no in - dicatlon that any formidable re sistance had developed, and the Americans were expected to seize the remaining airstrips and other installations on the island in quick order. . . Luaon Softened rne amphibious thrusts on Mindoro coincided with a mark ed intensification of the air of fensive softening ud the caDltal island of Luzon for eventual in vasion. Sweeping the island from north to south, heavy and attack bombers sank or set fire a 7000- ton transport, a 6000-ton freight er, 21 smaller freighters and two large trawlers Monday and Tues day. Liberators and escorting fight ers again struck at Manila's Clark field, shooting down 11 to id 01 20 interceotinE enemv planes for a loss of one of their own, while Mitchells and marine Corsairs hit railway installations, reservoirs, barracks and barges from Legaspi to Batangas in southern Luzon. (A Manila broadcast said 60 American bombers and battle planes raided the Clark field area again yesterday. COLD WAVE RETURNS By United Press A cold wave returned to the middle west today, while tern peratures In the New England and eastern states rose to give temporary relief in those sec tions. The U. S weather bureau at Chicago predicted continued com in the middle west for sev eral days. Temperatures are ex pected to drop again in the northeast and east tonight and tomorrow . Med United Ft ;e In From New Good Hunting (Acme Tehpholo) Marine Major Joe Foss, ace pilot now bagging duck and geese neat the Marine Barracks, Klamath Falls, Ore, while recuperating from a tropical ailment, says the hunting will sharpen his eye for future "hunting" in the Pacific Marine Corns nhoto. PAPER AND TIN SALVAGE DRIVES SET FOR COUNTY Dates of two county-wide salvage drives were announced today by Robert A. Duff, chair man In charge of the two drives. A paper drive will be carried on between Jan. 10 and 16, Duff states, and a tin salvage drive March 5 to 10. Householders are asked to save paper and tin in anticipation of the collection periods. The collections will be made by school children of the county, with E. H. Hedrick, Medford su perintendent of schools, and C R. Bowman, county school su perintendent, in charge. George Green will supervise, the collec tions for Ashland. Others who will assist with the drives will be Herb Grey, D. O. Fredericks, Mrs. O. M. Floyd and Ray T. Harrison. Folkes Loses Plea For Federal Stay Portland, Ore., Jan. 4 (U.R) Robert E. Lee Folkes, convicted in the lower 13 pullman car murder, today lost another at tempt to escape execution to morrow in Oregon's lethal chamber when Federal Judge Alger Fee denied a petition for a write of habeas corpus. Apparently the last recourse left to the 23-year-old Los An geles Negro was an appeal to Gov. Earl Snell of Oregon, who has made no comment on the case despite visits from various delegations seeking to hold up the death sentence. SURVIVOR OF SINKING VISITS PARENTS HERE A survivor of the US.S. War rington, destroyer- which sank off the coast last fall during a hurricane, Walter C. Teague chief petty officer In the navy has been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Teague of Route 2. near Talent. Teague will report back to a naval hospital in Norfolk. Va., upon expiration of his leave here. Teague has been In the navy five and one-half years and has seen action in both the Atlantic and Pacific. He was last borne in January, 1840. , FORD -Full Lmm4 Wire MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945 CHAPLIN JURORS UNABLE TO AGREE; MISTRIAlCALLED Seven - Five Deadlock Holds Through Five Hours De liberation in Baby Case. Hollywood, Jan. 4 (U.PJ A jury which had deliberated pa ternity charges against Charlie Chaplin for a day and a half without changing the opinion of a single member was dismissed today and Superior Judge Henry M. Willis declared a mistrial. The jury took six ballots, and the vote on every one was seven to five, for ' Chaplin Foreman Ferdinand J. Gay reported. Ponder Five Hours They deliberated five hours and 15 minutes, starting at 10:20 a. m. and breaking for - lunch and to spend the night at home. Assembling again at 0:55 this morning -they pondered only briefly before ringing for the bailiff to end the trial on the second day of its fourth week. Judge Willis said he thought the jury knew its own mind. I can't at this moment see any reason to deliberate fur ther," he said. "I feel inclined to accept the opinion of jurors who .have calmly deliberated for several hours that they can not reach a verdict. The jury was above average in intelligence, the judge said. . "The division is fairly close to what we commonly call 50-50. To keep the jurors in cus tody longer would be just a lit tle smacking of judicial pres sure and not proper judicially." The British, comedian's for mer protege , said she didn't know what she would do. Joan Undecided Reached at her home, she said: "I really don't know. I have nothing to say at this time. You'll have to talk to my attor ney, Joseph Scott." She appeared distraught and quits upset. Chaplin was at home and was not talking to reporters. The jury poll revealed that they had been only two away from a decision from the start. In such civil question, a vote of nine to three is sufficient. - Six of the seven women were for Chapljn, and so was one of tne live. ASSAILANT KILLS San Francisco, Jan. 4 (U.R) Brown-haired Wlnnefred Cecil, 25-year-old navy bus driver, was shot to death in her bus today py a lurking assailant who rob bed and apparently raped his victim alter the slaying. Miss Cecil's body was found in a pool of blood in the aisle of the coach, a few feet behind the operator's seat, after Pacific Greyhound lines officials had reported her overdue at the Seventh and Mission streets terminal. Homicide Inspector Frank Ahem and the coroner's office said Miss Cecil had been shot in the right shoulder with a re volver. The killer, they believed, probably had been hiding or sleeping In the bus when she entered it early this morning to make a passenger run to Mare Island navy yard, Vallejo. ACTRESS DIVORCED Hollywood, Jan. 4 (U.B Screen Actress Ann Savage won a divorce today from Cleland Huntington, motion picture stu dio film editor, claiming that during the 60 days of married life, he was indifferent, moody ana cold. Landings BANK HEADS EYE L 1S45 To Be Governed by War's Course, Is Word; Hang On to War Bonds. Business generally was good in Jackson county during the past year, in spite of wartime troubles such as labor shortages and scarcity of merchandise, but prospects for 1945 indicate Increasing uncertainty, accord ing to the managers of Med- ford's two banks. Both George Frey, manager of the Medford branch of the Unit ed States National bank and Eu gene Thorndike, manager of the local branch of the First Na tional bank, stated this morning that deposits and savings ac counts have increased during the past year and stated that money to loan would be plenti ful this coming year, with easy interest. Both warned, however, that the increasing tempo of the war would probably exert a more unsettled influence during the coming year than the past Shortages Loom Increasing shortages of labor and of materials and merchan dise was predicted by Thorn- dike, who said he believed the new plans of the army and the war labor board would result in t h draining of additional men from this county either into the armed forces or into indus tries in critical need of labor. He forecast increasing employment of women, "The coming year might be pretty 'tough' for Jackson eounty," the bank manager said, . Hang On to Bonds Both Frey and Thorndike stated that they continually urged Jackson county residents to put their money into war bonds and Thorndike deplored the Increasing tendency of peo ple to eash In their "E" -bonds. "This bank alone is cashing more than $1,000 a month of the 'E bonds," Thorndike declared and added that this is more than the bank sells, exclusive of the drives. He strongly urged every one to keep the "E" bonds and stated that they were the best investment available. The First National branch manager said that not only were too many bonds being cashed in, but that too few people "are war bond conscious." He expressed amazement at the number of people contacted during drives who admit that they do not pur chase bonds of any type, Manpower Lack Partly Due To Armed Services WashingtoJan7 4 (U.B Sen. Harley M. Kilgore, D., W. Va., charged today that the army and navy were partially respon sible for the present manpower crisis through "flagrant misuse" of men already in uniform. Kilgore, who has specialized in manpower studies by the senate war investigation com mittee and has long advocated total war mobilization legisla tion, said the armed forces could greatly alleviate the present shortage by careful reassignment of men now in other than com bat duty. . They ought to take the phy sically fit men now in uniform and nut them in combat serv ice," he said. "They could use those not fit for combat in the supply lines to the front and at bases here and abroad. They could also put military person nel into service warehouses which now employ approximate ly 500,000 civilians. Those civil ians then could' be channeled either into the combat forces or other essential work." I i M i q in i ii ii 1 1 ii i i j n i . . ' V r l'l ' I n : VV,-c fx it . - MESS ON A WOODPILE Catching their food on the run, two Chicago Grs squat atop pile of logs, on Third Army Front at Moustwiller. Sgt A. C. Schliecker and Pfc. R. A. Clark gobble their chow as their mascot waits impatiently for them to flnuH Bastogne May Prove "Getty sbiirg" For Nazis Unless Reserve Strength Great , By Roberl Muiel and Walter Cronklie . United Press Correspondents Advanced 9th Air Force Head quarters, Jan. 4 (U.R) Bastogne may well prove to be Germany's "Gettysburg" representing the high tide of the enemy's ability to wage offensive war in the period between D-day and the end of hostilities. But whatever fate awaits the nazl war machine, it is now ob vious that Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt's brilliantly conceiv ed breakthrough' into Belgium gained time and time was one objective at least. . ' More Tries Seen . Most observers were convinc ed that there will be similar German offensives in the future before final defeat. But every German attack henceforth POLYGAMY TRIAL VERDICT UPHELD BY UPPER COURT Denver, Colo., Jart, 4 (U.R) The tenth U. S. circuit court of appeals today affirmed the con viction of eight men and a wom an who had been found guilty of violating the Mann act in the practice of polygamy. In upholding a decision of the federal district court in Utah, the circuit court said that con gress had the right to forbid the Interstate transportation of wom en and girls for immoral pur poses, even though the persons committing such acts committed them in furtherance of religious beliefs. All of those convicted were members of the co-called funda mentalist sect, which teaches that polygamy Is a divinely-ordained institution. "The first amendment to the constitution provides in effect that congress shall not enact any law which interferes with the free exercise of religion," the circuit court said in an opinion written by Judge Sam. Bratton "But the interdiction relates to legislation in respect of re- 1 lelous belief. It does not wltn- hold power to enact legislation forbidding practices arising out of religious opinion." NEW GUINEA SELLS JAP . INVASION MONEY TO GI'S New York. Jan. 4 (U.R) "The Foreign Commerce Weekly" tells the simple story of how New Guinea is shedding the downpour of worthless Japanese Invasion money and emerging well-heeled in American dollars. The Netherlands Indies govern ment sells the Jap currency to American soldiers at the rate of four phoney bills for $1.60, Souvenir-minded GIs are taking the natives out of the red. 1RIBUNE United Press Full should be weaker unless the I Germans have undisclosed re serves and that seemed improb able. The present , situation offers bright spots on both sides, but more, particularly for the allies. It is significant that- today---nearly three weeks since : thW start of the German counter- thrust a nazl withdrawal from parts of the salient already is underway. Given good weather, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd army could ' wreck ' the entire' German plan by crashing through from the south with the help of fighter-bombers.. May Trap Some The chances of trapping some perman men and material are favorable, but should not. be over-estimated. Von Rundstedt is recognized as a master of de fense, and it would be unrea sonable to assume that he had no plan for a withdrawal. The first violence of the Ger man surge into the Ardennes bulge deceived some observers into believing that Von Rund stedt was gambling his all in one do-or-die gasp. In the light of the present situation, however, it is more reasonable to assume that the main German objective was to scramble the allied plan for a decisive onslaught toward and perhaps across the Rhine what might have been the final push of the war. Otherwise the entire luftwaf- fe probably would have been thrown into the battle. As it was, Von Rundstedt committed Otto J. Frohnmayer. local at torney, was appointed to the Medford school board Wednes day, at a special meeting called by E. H. Hedrick, supemitendent of schools, it was announced to day. A vacancy was created during tne Christmas holiday when Mare Jarmin resigned from the board and moved to The Dalles, Ore., where he will represent a a rug iirm. Frohnmayer's annolntment for the remainder of the school year. He is well known locally in the legal profession and is active in University of Oregon Alumni in southern Oregon. MORGAN CO. PROSPERS New York, Jan. 4 (U.PJ J. P. Morgan & Co , Inc., had total re sources of 81 6,596,609 on Dec, 31, compared with $758,056,415 at the end ot 1843, the state ment of condition disclosed to day. One San Francisco bank Is open 12 houri a day for six days week. Lnm4 Wire NO. 241. only part of the known frontline strength of the German air force, and virtually none of his jet- propelled planes. Hit Thin Lin From our observations and In formation obtained from mili tary sources) it appears now that von Rundstedt struck into the thinnest-held portion of the allied line because he was des perate for time and prestige, This tactic, developed by the Germans on the eastern front, is known to the Russians as 'spoiling attack." Von Rundstedt annarantlv hoped he could seize American supplies and he may never know how close he came to one great dump. In event of a big unexpected success, ty obviously intended to aim for Liege, the most im portant communications center in Belgium. The prestige angle was Im portant to the German high command to restore the tarn ished reputation of the wehr macht. RUSSIANS REPEL London, Jan. 4 (U.R) Soviet troops repelled new German at tacks northwest of Budapest wnue other Red army forces cap tured 277 additional city blocks inside the Hungarian capital, a Moscow communique announced tonight. The communique said 78 Ger man tanks and 58 planes were knocked out of action northwest of Budapest and 1000 enemy troops were taken prisoner. London, Jan. 4 (U.R) A pow erful German bid to raise the siege of Budapest was reported checKen by Red army guns with in 29 miles of the capital today as soviet forces inside the city compressed the bulk of the enemy garrison into two shell swept pockets on both banks of the Danube. Moscow said the Germans were being beaten to a standstill in a great armored battle north west of the capital, where the enemy had thrown at least two tank divisions and strong infan try formations against a narrow sector south of the Danube, Son Disinherited, Dog Gets Estate Detroit, Jan. 4 (U.R) A pe tition for probate of the late Mrs. Margaret Myers' will re vealed today that she left her $20,000 estate to her fox terrier Jack end disinherited her son. Joseph R. White, Abilene, Tex Jack was named heir to home at Sebrlng, Fla., an auto mobile, and proceeds from the insurance of Mrs. Myers, who died last October at the age of 72. E ARDENNES HILLS Three and Half Mile Advance Registered In Bad Weath er Patton Drive Ebba. Paris, Jan. 4 -(U.R) The American 1st army smashed Into the north rim of the Ardennes salient yesterday In the bitterest weather of the winter, took the Germans by surprise, and gain ed three and a half miles on a six-mile front, it was announced today. Today's delayed disclosure of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' new offensive covered only its initial phase, In which massed armor and Infantry surged acrosa the snow-blanketed Ardennes hill. A front dispatch said tha , push might trap thousands of Germans in the nose ot the Bel. gian bulge. In Blinding Storm Striking down from the Grandmenil-Marche segment ot the north side of the German salient, the doughboys advanced three and halt miles through a blinding snowstorm to Bois ' De Tave, five miles north ot La Roche, on the right wing of the drive. On the left, they wheeled southward almost three miles to an east-west line through Odel gne, two and a half miles south of Graridmenll. The nazis also claimed that Marshal Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery had thrown elements of his British 2nd army into the concentric offensive against tha salient, and that units ot the U. S. 0th army had wheeled down from the Roer front to Join in the attack, but there was no confirmation of these reports from allied sources. . Nazis Hit Bastogna The American gains against Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt's right wing were offset partially . by ' vicious German attacks in the Bastogne area on the south side of the salient. Supreme headquarters said Lt Gen. George S. Patton had lost the initiative in the Bastogne region after concentrated Ger man armor and troops had at tacked six times. - A first army front dispatch said the Germans had "hurled strong forces, Including many tanks, upon Bastogne." They "made some penetration of the Bastogne perimeter" before the 101st airborne division lashed back in sufficient strength to contain the threat, the dispatch said. . Patch Checks Drive Far to the southeast, Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's U. S. 7th army had checked at most points the German drive which pushed his forces out of Germany and back across the Lauter river. In some sectors the troops of the 7th bounced back to seize the Initiative, and some lost ground was regained. The vil lage of Wildenguth, northwest of Reipertswlller, was recaptur ed, and to the north a brisk bat tle for Phillppsbourg was in progress. The main German pressure In the Hardt mountains was being exerted in the southeastern and southwestern corners of the pen etratlon, where the nazis were) seeking to break out onto flat land suitable for tank warfare. Few Japanese Seek West Coast Return Washington, Jan. 4 (U.R) The War Relocation Authority said today that only 12 loyal Japanese-Americans have left reloca tion centers for West Coast des tinations since the army order permuting tnem to return to that area became effective at. midnight Tuesday. wka Director Dillon S. Myer estimated that aDDroximatelv 60 per cent of the 110,000 original Internees eventuallv will return to the West Coast, but said there will not be much of a moss movement back to the coast until spring. SIDE GLANCES By TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ned Llebman, catching up on his rest while home on furlough, with 12-hour nightly shuteya and little nap In the afternoon. Russ Acheson home briefly from air transport duties and looking as fit as when he coach ed the youngsters at old Med ford high. Col. Pain in to peruse th M-T tiles, f '
