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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 194 o
NO. 249.
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OPERATIONS OFF
COASJTOF ASIA
Carrier Planes Destroy ;0r
. Damage 286 Jap Ships,
; 703 Planes.
By United Press
i ' Official secrecy shrouded
further operations of Adm. Wil
" Ham F. Halsey's third fleet off
Asia Saturday but' it was dis
closed that 286 Japanese ships
and 703 warplanes have been de
stroyed or damaged by the naval
force's carrier planes in sweeps
through the western Pacific and
the China sea. '
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
gave no hint of where the next
American blow might fall. His
latest communique merely re
ported new raids against the
Kuriles in the Pacific Wednes
day and Thursday while Halsey's
airmen were blasting four enemy
convoys off the Indo-China coast,
some 3000 miles to the south.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
Philippines forces meanwhile
pushed their Luzon lines 20
miles south of Lingayen gulf.
Forces reached the Agno river
line near the town of Bayam
M bang, 87 miles northwest of
Manila, while Japanese broad
- casts said preparations to defend
the capital had been completed.
At Bayambang the Americans
were only 43 miles from Clark.
airfield.
Tokyo predicted a major battle
soon on the central Luzon plain
against the U.'S. forces, whose
patrols have already crossed the
river defense line at some undis
closed points. MacArthur an
nounced that gains of four to
eight miles were hammered out
along both banks of the Agno on
the northwestern flank.
Enemy broadcasts intimated
that U. S. bombers and fighters
were now using the Lingayen
airfield and asserted that British
fleet units were aiding the
Philippines operations.
Other broadcasts had indicated
that the Japanese fleet might
steam out to challenge the Amer
ican Marauders in the South
China sea, who have virtually
L. blocked sea-lanes from Japan to
- southeast Asia and the Philip
pines. Tokyo also said that B-29
Superforts had joined the as
sault on Indo-China, bombing
Saigon Friday night a few hours
after Halsey's carrier planes at
tacked.
Tokyo radio further claimed
that three B-29s had flown over
central Japan Saturday after
noon without dropping bombs
The bin bombers aDoeared over
I the Tokyo- Kokohama area,
Japan said. There was no con
firmation of the enemy reports.
Japanese air units, in a heavy
raid on U. S. shipping, lost 20
planes in a night assault which
caused minor damage to the ves
sels.
Nimitz' brief communique on
the Kuriles raid said that Torish
ima Retto, southeast of Para'
mushiru, as well as Siribachi and
Kurabu Sakl on Paramushiru
were hit in th latest air strikes
Tl
With U. S. Forces in Germany,
Jan. 11 (Delayed) (U.PJ Some
Americans were killed and oth
ers wounded on Wednesday
when a formation of 12 B-17
Flying Fortresses dropped S00
bombs from 15,000 feet on tne
American occupied German
town of Weiseiler, eight miles
west of Duren.
It was the second time within
a month that American troops
on the western front were bomb
ed accidentally by their own
planes. U. S. 30th division troops
at Malmedy suffered the same
experience around Christmas
time.
The area of Weiseiler was
pockmarked with 83 craters
when the bombing was finished.
The possibility was suggested
that the pilots mistook the Inde
river, which flows through wet
seiler, for the Roer river, which
marks the U. S. 9th front in
the Duren sector.
Manila Harbor Graveyard for Jap
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Dramatic proof of effectiveness of Navy carrier raids on Manila Bay Is provided In this recent photo of th
great anchorage with more than 50 ships sunk or Immobilized as result of our air raids. Waterfront instal
lations and shore line fuel and ammunition dumps have a'o felt weight of Navy's blows as Tokyo broadcast
reported a second American task force has arrived In "the Lingayen Quit combat zone." U. S. Navy photo.
Y
POLISH; AND EAST
PRUSSIA DRIVES
Third Offensive in Slovakia
Underway Report4-Ber'
lin Seen As Goal
London, Sunday, Jan. 14 U.K
The red army has. opened Jts
winter offensive in south-central
Poland, - crashing 25. m i I e s
through nazi lines to within 70
miles of industrial southeastern
Germany, Marshal Josef Stalin
announced last night, and uer-
line said that virtually the entire
eastern front was blazing into
action. '
Major, bitter fighting, the en
emy said, was developing along
the 600-mile front from the Bal
tic sea to the Balkans. The red
army also has opened a full-
scale offensive in East Prussia,
Berlin said, and a Romanian
communique confirmed enemy
reports that a third big drive
was underway in Czechoslova
kia. At the same time, other ac
tions were ' reported on four
widely-spaced fronts three' in
Poland along , the Vistula river
from 30 miles south of Aarsaw
to the Carpathians, and the
fourth around the Baltic port of
Memel.
London observers saw these
actions as presaging the .greatest
red army offensive of the east
ern war an offensive which
Moscow dispatches have termed
'possibly the last winter often'
sive and one wnicn tne Moscow
press has said may wind up in
Berlin..
Little more than 24 hours aft
er Berlin first announced that
the red army's winter offensive
was underway, Marshal Stalin
confirmed the report in an order
of the day. .
BY LIQUOR QUIZ
Salem, Ore., Jan. 13. U.R)
Democratic State Senator Thom
as R. Mahoney of Portland today
accused Gov. Earl Snell of ask
ing for a probe of the state's
Waterfill and Frazier liquor pur
chase because he "had a bad
case of jitters."
Both Mahoney and Democratic
Senator Lew Wallace, also of
Portland, opposed the Investiga
tion of the state liquor commis
sion on grounds that It was "not
necessary," and that provisions
were not made for Democratic
representation on the investigat-
ini committee.
The legislature was In week
end recess until Monday when
heavier work calendar if ex
pected. The governor's message
and tne liquor controversy nign
lighted last week's sessions.
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WAR BULLETINS
- Washington, Jan. 13 (UP.) .
Tokyo radio reported today
that three B-29 Superfortress
bombers, had flown over cen
tral Japan this afternoon with
out dropping any bombs.
Th broadcast, heard by th
FCC, said th first plane flew
over th Nagoya area and that
the other two appeared over
th Tokyo-Yokohama nil
about three hours later. It was
possible the plana ' were , on
:rconnaiiane. ; .
London, Sunday, Jan 14
UI.R) Th Exchange Telegraph
agency reported in a Bengal
dispatch today that both Brit
ish and American planes join,
d Saturday in a 10-minut
blasting of Maadalay that was
described as probably th big
gest assault by th eastern air
command of any objective in
Burma. ; . -. . .
Rom, Jaw 13. (U.R) Ca
nadian troops of . th British
Eighth army angaged a "sis
able German force" at the
base of the spit separating the
Commacchio lagoon from th
Adriatic sea, and captured 40
prisoners and left 20 enemy
dead on th field, allied head
quarters announced today.
(A BBC broadcast heard in
London said the Canadians
had wiped out a whole com
pany of Germans in the fight
ing)., . .
PORTLAND G. I. IS
GIVEN 25 YEARS
Y THEFTS
Paris, Jan. 13 U.R) An
American soldier, on trial at the
army's mass court martial of
GI's charged with stealing cig-
arets and selling them to the
blackmarket, testified today that
he was threatened with a rubber
hose unless he signed a confes
sion.
Sgt. Walter G. Thorsell, Port
land, Ore., charged with Sgt.
Frank C. Pozzi, Chicago, with
stealing 375 packages of cigarets
from post exchange rations, said
"Undercover Agent Bruno. Gaz-
zati" threatened to beat him
"with a rubber hose" if he didn't
admit stealing cigarets and other
articles and selling them at a
Paris cafe known as "the bucket
of blood."
Gazzatl, following Thorsell on
the stand, denied Thorsell's state
ment.
Both Pozzi and Thorsell were
sentenced to 25 years of hard
labor, the lightest given since
the trials Involving 182 men
and two officers- began last
Tuesday. Pozzi also Insisted that
his confession was obtained un
der duress.
- SURPLUS TOOLS SOLD
Haynes, Cal., Jan. 13 (U.R)
Thousands of dollars of picks,
shovels, wheel barrows, screen
and chicken wire and other
farming equipment declared sur
plus by defense plant corpora
tion today went over the govern
ment auction block to hundreds
of farmers in this community,
Shipping
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PROWL ATLANTIC
BRITISH REPORT
London Doubts Adm. Ingram
Claim : Bombs ' Launched
From':' Submarines
London,, Jan. 13 (U.R) De
spite punishing allied blows,, the
nazis still ' are able to operate
as many as 100 U-boats in the
Atlantic, constituting a contin
ued serious menace to allied sea
supply lines, British naval cir
cles said tonight. ,
However, insofar as is gener
ally known here, there Is no evi
dence that the Germans ever
have attempted to launch flying
bombs from submarines, despite
Vice Adm. Jonas H. Ingram s
warning that it was "possible
and probable" the U. S. Atlantic
coast would be hit by V-bombs
launched from U-boats.
At the same time, naval ob
servers . pointed out, such a
bombing . remains within the
easy range of possibility Inas
much as there are no serious
technical barriers. The same
might hold true for long range
rockets which require even less
equipment for launching.
There is also a general ten
dency here to doubt the state
ment attributed to Ingram that
the nazis have 300 submarines
in the Atlantic. British naval
spokesmen and commentators
are more inclined to believe
that Germany's overall subma
rine strength is 300 force that
probably would permit from 00
to 100 underseas craft to be ac
tually operative at one time.
To keep a force of 300 U-boats
within the Atlantic operating
zone, a total force of annroxi
mately 1,000 submarines would
be necessary, one spokesman
said, and added that Germany's
submarine strength at its peak
was 1,500.
E
Washington. Jan. 13. U.R)-
The War Labor Board ruled to
day that beer Is essential.
It told the Teamsters' Union
(AFL) that If it did not end
strike at three St. Paul brew
eries, the board would refer the
matter at once "to the president
for appropriate action.
The union, engaged In a juris
dictional strike at the Yoerg,
Schmidt and Hamm breweries,
had told th WLB earlier that
it would not end the stoppage
because, it asserted, beer making
Is not an essential Industry.
The closing of ' the St Paul
breweries, the board neia
"threatens substantia! interfer
ence with th war effort."
YANK MOTORIZED
PATROLS WITHIN
87
Jap Front and Flank in
Luzon Penetrated by Gen.
Krueger,s 6th Army.
Gen. MacArthur's . Headquar
ters, Philippines, Sunday, Jan.
14. (U-PJ United States 6th
army forces, in an eight-mile
advance, have swept 20 miles
into northwestern Luzon at the
middle of the American invasion
front, it was announced today
as front dispatches also report
ed a six-mile penetration of the
Japanese eastern flank.
The advance was made by
motorized patrols and carried
the Americans to within approxi
mately 87 miles of Manila.
The patrols reached the north
bank of the Agno river, first
main barrier on the road to the
road to the Philippines capital,
Gen. Dougras MacArthur's dally
war bulletin announced.
(Tokyo indicated the river
line already had been crossed,
saying that Japanese forces
were "Intercepting" American
troops "trying hard to drive
to the south bank of the Agno.")
The American east flank,
striking southward from the in
vasion beach head now broad
ened to 26 miles, overran the
towns of Santa Barbara and
Mapandan, both highway Junc
tions. Mapandan Is 7 Vis miles
inland"' from Sari Fabian,' and
Santa Barbara is four miles
,
The drive was cutting iiil
roads leading down to the ii
vasion front from northern Lu
zon through the Caraballo moun
tains. -
MacArthur announced - that
warplanes had destroyed 50 Jap
anese coastal vessels Wednesday
near the port of Vigan, on the
northwest coast of Luzon, 98
miles north of the American
lines. Yesterday's bulletin had
reported that 46 Japanese ves
sels were sunk or damaged
Thursday by naval units attack
ing the San Fernando area, 64
miles south of San Fernando.
Front dispatches meanwhile
reported that the extreme left
flank of Lt. Gen. Walter Krue
ger's armies, who now hold
some 200 square miles in north
western Luzon, was extended
along the gulf coast to Rabon,
six miles north of San Fabian.
Rabon is 26 miles around the
gulf from the westernmost
American positions at Labrador.
CONNALLY DENIES
ANY. INTENTION
TO 'GAG' SENATE
Washington, Jan. 13 (U.R)
Chairman Tom Connally, D.,
Texas, of the senate foreign re
lations committee, said tonight
that he had no intention of "gag
ging" the senate when he ex
pressed hope that members
would refrain from offering
resolutions and from discussions
"which would disturb the deli
cate international situation."
Connally explained that in his
Thursday statement he sought
only to discourage "caustic criti
cism" of America's allies pend
ing the expected Roosevelt-
Churchill-Stalin conference.
His explanation came as re
sentment mounted In the senate
against what had been interpret
ed as his attempt - to shut off
debate on foreign policy. Many
senators have expressed surprise
and chagrin over Connally's no
discussion, no resolution request
and had made it plain that they
did not Intend to abide by lt.
WAR EFFORT PROGRAM
Los Angeles, Jan. 13 (U.R)
Radio station KFWB announced
tonight Its entire 19-hour pro
gram time next Wednesday will
be devoted to war effort pro
gram that will stress the need to
work or fight for this war "is
not j-et won. '
CLEVELAND POWER
PLANT PUT UNDER
.R.
Swift Action Ends "Wildcat"
Strike "Work Or Be
Fired" Ultimatum.
Cleveland, Jan. 13. U.R)
The army on orders of Presi
dent Roosevelt, seized control
of the Cleveland Electric Il
luminating Company today and
restored full power service to
this vital war ' manufacturing
center with a "work or be fired"
ultimatum to 400 striking CEI
employees.
The strike, a "wildcat" afair
precipitated by a union shop
steward who refused to accept a
change in his work schedule,
was slowly paralyzing war pro
duction and was threatening to
black out virtually an entire
five-county area around Cleve
land with a population of 2,000,
000 persons including 300,000
war workers when Mr. Roose
velt Interceded.
Col. E. A. Lynn, chief of the
Cleveland District Army Ord
nance Department, marched In
to the CEIs main office In the
downtown section here, accom
panied by a staff of eight offi
cers and carrying a U. S. flag,
and posted the president's seiz
ure notice on the premises.
. It was the fastest White House
action in a seizure case and re
flected Mr. 'Roosevelt's grim' de
termination to let nothing inter
fere with the war timetable,
Acting Secretary of War John J.
McCloy. in announcing the presi
dential order, condemned the
strike as "a direct violation of
law and labor's no-strik pledge"
and said it showed "a callous dis
regard of their (the strikers)
obligations to their country . .
Col. Lynn immediately called
upon all strikers to return to
work on tho next regular shift
and warned that those who did
not do so would be "Immediate
ly referred to the state director
of selective service for reclassi
fication in event he holds an oc
cupational deferment." -
FARM MACHINERY
SHORTAGE TO CUT
1945 FOOD CROP
Washington. Jan. 13. U.R)
Government officials predicted
tonight that only a miracle can
enable farmers to maintain In
1945. the high wartime level of
crop production, with a lag in
farm machinery output disclosed
as the latest threat to the food
program.
. Frederick B. Northrup, chief
of the materials and facilities
branch of the War Food Admin
istration, reported ' tonight that
production of farm machinery in
November dropped 20 to 25 per
cent behind schedule. The War
Production Board is expected to
forward within a few days esti
mates of December output show
ing an even more serious lag.
If this year's farm machinery
program is met, farmers would
get about the same supply avail
able during the last crop year.
However, Northrup said it now
appears that many items will
reach farms too late for seasonal
use.
Important spring planting and
tillage equipment Is among the
lagging items,
0011 SAYS WEAK
E
By United Press
.The Japanese Dome! Agency
announced that a "slight eartn-
quake" struck the central area
of Honshu, main horn island, at
3:35 a. m. Saturday, causing a
"little damage to small number
of houses," it was reported by
OWL
QUAK
BULLETINS
- Corvallis, Ore., Jan. 13. (U.R)
The University of Oregon
trimmed the Oregon State Bea
vers, 51 to 44, in a renewal of
the annual "civil war" series
between the two teams, with
the Webfeet leading by a wide
margin throughout the second
half.
The contest started fairly
even, with the score tied three
times in the first half, but with
three minutes to go, Hayes and
Hamilton of Oregon made' two
baskets to put the Ducks ahead,
23 to 21, at the half time mark.
Bemie McGrath, star Oregon
State guard, was high point man
for the game with 18, while Del
mer Smith of Oregon was the
best scorer for his team with 11
points.
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 13. (U.R)
Washington University's pow
erful Huskies, only unbeaten
team on the northern division
of the Pacific coast basketball
conference, maintained their
winning pace tonight defeating
Idaho Vandals, 60 to 41.
Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 13 -(U.R)
-The University of California's
hopes of defending the' Pacific
Coast. Southern Division basket
ball championship were shat
tered tonight by a resurgent
UCLA varsity which led
throughout a rough and ragged
game to win 37-26.
46-21;
Southern Oregon Conference:
W. L. Pet.
Medford ....... 3 0 1.000
Klamath Falls 1 1 .500
Ashland .. 1 1 .333
Grants Pass 0 3 .000
Saturday games:
Medford 46, Grants Pass 21.
Klamath Falls 39, Ashland 28.
Medford High's basketball
team ran their winning streak
to 10 straight games by chalking
up a 46 to 21 victory over Grants
Pass in a Southern Oregon con
ference game here last night.
It was a rough contest despite
only 13 fouls called on Medford
and eight on Grants Pass. Neith
er team lost a player via the
foul route although Riebel, Cave
man center and captain, had four
called on him in the first half.
Jerry Ross was the big gun
for Medford, punishing the hoop
for 15 points, followed closely
by Dick Fawcett with 13. Jack
Lutz paced Grants Pass with
nine,
Lutz scored the first point of
the game when he tipped In a
free throw and Fawcett slipped
In under the basket for a shot
and Grants Pass wasn't ahead
from there on out. Fawcett, Wat
son, Ross, Larry Hayes and Darr
rell Riggs all hit the hemp to
build up a 13 to 5 Medford lead
at the end of the first quarter.
In the second stanza Medford
ran lt up to 24 to 8 with Ross
collecting seven counters during
the period. Best Grants Pass
could do was three gift tosses.
With two minutes of the
third period left and the Tor
nado ahead 37 to 11, coach ai
Simpson sent in an entire new
team but gradually he replaced
them with regulars In order to
further development of his start
ing five. Third period ended 39
to 11, Medford.
The game got rough in the
final period as Grants Pass tried
vainly to close the gap although
referees F. L. Flink and Norman
Sting were liberal on foul-calling
in that quarter. Medford collect
ed only seven points during the
period while the Cavemen rang
up 10.
Klamath Falls evened their
scries with Ashland when they
beat the Grizzlies 39 to 28 in
Ashland last night.
ARMY GETS MACKEREL
San Francisco, Jan. 13 (U.R)
Packers of California sardine,
mackerel and horse mackerel to
day were ordered by the war
food administration to increase
their "set-aside" orders for the
government to full 100 percent
of each canner's pack, effective
at midnight tonight.
THIRD ARMY CUTS
ENEMY'S LIFELINE
ARDENNES FRONT
Panzer Forces Rocked , As
Bulge Narrowed By New
Offensive.
Paris, Sunday, Jan. 14 (U.R)
Allied armies opened a su
preme offensive Saturday to
wipe out the Ardennes salient
and gained up to three miles in
a two-way drive seeking to cut
of Field Marshal Von Rund
stedt's panzers at the base of
the bulge while U. S. 3rd army
tanks crashed across the enemy's
lifeline at two points southwest
of Houffallze.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
forces at the same time drove
within 5Vi miles of a junction
with the 1st army in the waist
of the wedge and the converging
lartlllery blasts of the two armies
also blocked off a stretch of the
German's - escape road east ot
Houffallze.
Thousands of Germans of -the
5th and 6th panzer armies, rock
ed by shells and with their col
umns torn for the first time by
strong forces of allied planes,
reversed their field in a disor
ganized scramble to get out of
the pocket by secondary roads.
At least 100 tanks and other
vehicles in the milling mass were
destroyed by planes alone.
Other and -oma)ler pocket
were forming farther west as the
new allied attacks spread around
80 miles ot the bulge perimeter.
One waa in the Champion sea,
12 miles southwest of Houfaliie,
where the 3rd army, gaining up
to three miles on an eight-mile
front, moved within two 'miles
of British forces striking south
after mopping up the toe of the
salient.
Fighter-bombers ranged east
and northeast against huge Ger
man columns which had run the
Houffallze gauntlet .and carried
out attacks on "something like
the Normandy scale," pilots re
ported In reference to the piling
up of the German 7th army in
its retreat across France.
Von Rundstedt now was try
ing to run his armor through St.
Vlth, keystone of the entire
bulge front and objective of the
new allied drive across the base
of the salient
HOOD RIVER CALM
AS NISEI RETURN
DESPITE 'LEGION
Hood River, Ore., Jan. 13.
(U.R) Little notice was apparent
today in Hood River valley at
the return of three Japanese
Americans to 1 h a i r former
homes, irwKpf American Le
gionafrbrts ii organize a "citi
zens committee" to oppose their
return, .
Ray Sato, Sat Nojl and Mln
Asai arrived by train from un
designated sections of the coun
try, except Sato, who had been
working in a war plant in Cleve
land, Ohio. The three were the
first to return here under the
recent order by the western de
fense command permitting such
rehabilitation.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 13 (U,R
Ted Hachlya, 25-year-old
Portland hotel owner, was back
in his hotel office today con
vinced that people of the north
west bear no ill will toward Jap
anese Americans evacuated from
this region after Pearl Harbor.
San Francisco, Jan. 13 (U.R)
Four wounded Japanese-American
veterans of the famous
44ilnd combat team now under
treatment at Fitzslmona General
hospital near Denver, Colo.,
want to go home after their dis
charge "and work in peace like
any other American" without
being molested.
The war relocation authority
in San Francisco released the
story of these veterans of the
Italian campaign today.