Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 19, 1945, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextD -mam r Weather sfartcatt: Partly etoa? wttfc ceuloul thowert toaif M n4 Siurdy. UtU cbuif ,1a Temp. Bithnt yetteriJay 43 Lowest tats morning ,,, ., Thirty ninth Year n ALLIED AMES HAMMERGERMANS ALONG 100-MILES Nazis Open Corridor North "of Strasbourg Third : Army in New Offensive. Pari, Jan. 19. (U.R5 Three allied armies were driving the 1 Germans back into the Siegfried line along a 100-mile stretch of the northwestern front today, but in Alsace a German attack opened a corridor from the bridgehead north of Strasbourg to the nazis' main front. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges First army made a general ad vance ranging up to nearly two miles, forcing the Germans in the north side of the flattened Ardennes salient to backtrack, with Indications they were aban doning the St. Vith-Houffalize ridge defenses for the safety of the Siegfried fortifications. Hew Drive , Lt. Gen. George S. Fatton's Third army battered the Sure river hinge of the German lines in Luxembourg in a new drive J on either side of Diekirch, the right wing of which already was jabbing at the forefield of the nazi westwall, Lt. Gen. Sir Miles C. Demp sey's British Second army, sup ported by . white camouflaged tanks, swept northwestward from Hongen to capture the four German villages of Stein, Una, Havert, and Schalbruch in 24 hour advances averaging two " miles on the Dutch appendix front. At the other end of the west era front, however, the sudden German threat to Strasbourg and Unking of the bridgehead north of the Alsatian capital with their frontline positions to the north counterbalanced the allied gains in Luxembourg, Bel gium and Holland. HaiU Take Towns Slicing into the flank of Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's Seventh army, the Germans overran the upper Rhine villages T of Dalunden, Stattmatten and Denglosheim. A front dispatch said the at tacks so far had been contained generally along the line of the Zorn river, but the Germans were building up the pressure steadily. METEERTDQN SERViCE CLOTHES Washington, Jan. 19 fli.B Washington, Jan. 19 U.R)-r-Illegal wearing of service uni forms by racketeers taking ad vantage of the public's desire to be helpful to service men is de veloping into "one of America's most serious homefront prob lems," Director J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Inves tigation said today. "Some of the frauds perpe trated by these individuals are almost unbelievable, for they are completely lacking in patri otism and respect for decent law-abiding society," Hoover said. 38-PLANE ACE DOWNED . BY JAPANESE FOEMAN San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 19. 0,R) MaJ. Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., second - ranking American fighter ace with 38 planes to his credit, was shot down over the Philippines Jan. 7, according to a letter from Lt. Gen. George C. Kinney, commanding allied air forces in the Pacific. The letter, written to the air hero's widow, was the first noti fication of her husband's death, Mrs. McGuire said. "The accident which left him vulnerable and in which he met bis death was sheer chance, as he was one of the most capable fighter pilots I have ever known," Kenney wrote, indicat ing that McGuire's plane was dis abled, making turn an easyirey the enemy. Medford Halted Prats Roosevelt Dog n I It I l 'P'tfP M' t..-v rM-mi I 'Woof,'' is the only quote reporter Hurray Moier gets (torn "Blaze," tht bail mas tilt who "bumped" Leon LeRoy, Anttocb, Caiil seaman, sod two other servicemen from as Ann; transport plane at Memphis, Tenn, The dog was being shipped to actress Faye Emerson to Hollywood from her husband. Cot Elliott Roosevelt. Dog Smiliar To Col. Roosevelt's Denied Entry Says Detroit, Jan. 19.-4U.I9 Her bert Denis, Detroit attorney, said today that ha had purchased in England three years ago a bull mastiff of the same breed ' as Blaze, the dog shipped from Col. Elliott Roosevelt to bis wife, but that the animal had been de nied entry into the United States because of wartime restrictions. 'These dogs are the best guard dogs in the world," Denis said. WOMAN NURSES BROTHER'S BODY DEAD 3 MONTHS Chicago, an. 19 U,R Rose Krenek, 34, told police today how she kept the body of her brother, Frank, 55, in a bed at her home for three months and tried to feed him in an attempt to "nurse him back to health." Miss Krenek, who was held for mental examination, was taken into custody after police had received an anonymous tip. Clad in burlap bags, she greeted the police with the explanation that she thought her brdther was ill. Police found the body in bed covered with burlap bags. They said Miss Krenek was in the process of feeding him cof fee. "1 feed him every day," said Miss Krenek, who was her brother's constant companion. Police said Krenek had been dead for three months. SMALLER WAR PLANT, MEETING SLATED HERE Representatives of the Smaller War Plants corporation will be in Medford next Tuesday night for a meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at 8 oclock, it was announced today. Loggers, lum bermen, service organizations and small manufacturers are cordially invited to attend. Here for the meeting will be George R. Moscrip, district man ager of the corporation: Ted Cramer district loan agent; W. C. Brown, technical advisor, and Roy Shawcross, property custod ian of alien patents. Questions will be answered and advice given as to procedure, it is stated. i STETTINfUS INVITED TO BI8 3 POW-WOW Washington, Jan. 1901.15 Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., announced today that he will accompany Presi dent Roosevelt to the forthcom ing meeting of the big three. ma Uuxl Wire MEDFORD, Won't Talk t Acm TeUoh&to Citizen Owner "I had the only male of the breed its the United States and wanted to bring the female here to breed them. I offered to give all the pups , to the K-9 corps, but the bureau of animal husbandry of the department of agriculture wouldn't relax the restrictions. . ' "Now Elliott Roosevelt brings one in easily.' It's case of one law for citizens and another for the president's son." Denis added that he had ap pealed to Sen. Homer Ferguson, R., Mich., at the time, but that Ferguson replied that the ruling was inviolable. He said the dog was purchased from the Maberly Kennels at Hecklngton, Lincolnshire, Eng. NEGROES PETITION NEW TRIAL FOR 50 Cleveland, Jan. 18 fliJS Twenty negro churchmen rep resenting 8,000,000 negro protes tants today petitioned President Roosevelt to order a new trial for 50 negro sailors sentenced to prison at San Francisco for mutiny. The churchmen, attending the federal council of churches peace conference In Cleveland, signed petition to Mr. Roosevelt on which they seek to add a million signatures. OREGON LEGISLATOR WOULD TRAIN YOUTHS Salem, Ore., Jan. 19 U,Rf Compulsory universal military service for persons over 13 years of age was asked in a memorial to congress submitted to the senate by Sen. Thomas Mahoney, Portland, today. Allied Loss h Ardennes 55.421: Nazi Loss 120,000, Paris, Jan. 19. U.R) Supreme (Prime Minister Churchill told allied headquarters today placed the house of commons American the cost of the German Ardennes losses were 80 to 80 times Brit offensive at 55,421 allied casual-ish losses. This would mean that ties but said 17 German divis-American losses in the opera ions had been smashed or badlytion were approximately 54,000 battered and that the nazis hadmen or more.) failed "seriously" to affect al- Von Rundstedt's losses were lied plans and preparations forpiaced at four panzer divisions future operations, smashed, four panzer and pan- The official allied report onzer grenadier divisions badly bat the German counteroffensivetered, one paratroops division said that the operation was con-destroyed, and eight volksgrena ceived by, Adolf Hitler and Fielddier divisions reduced in ln Marshal Karl von Rundstedt.fantry strength by 50 per cent, "both of whom are equally re- In comparison, allied losses sponsible for its failure." were in the strength of about The attack, said Shaef, cost thefive divisions, Germans 120,000 men, of whom Allied headquarters said that 80,000 were killed or wounded the German operation "has not and 40,000 taken prisoner. seriously affected allied plans or Allied losses wert 55,421, ofprepa rations for future opera i whom 18,418 were prisoners, tioM," 1VLAXT ' s OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 19 LACK OF NURSES EMPHASIZED BY SURGE0NJ5ENERAL 27,000 Graduated From Civilian Schools But Only 2,000 Enter Army Service Washington, Jan. 19 U.S The house military affairs com mittee today eliminated from proposed work-or-be-drafted leg islation a provision under whieh deferred men who refused to take or keep essential war jobs would be inducted into army work battalions. Washington, Jan. 19 01.19 In a period when 27,000 nurses were being graduated from civil ian schools the army, despite its desperate need, was able to in crease its nursing personnel by "only slightly more than 2,000, Msj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk said today. Kirk, surgeon-general of the army, testified before the house military affairs committee in support of President Roosevelt's request for selective service leg islation to draft 20,000 nurses urgently needed by the army and navy.Jhe bill would affect registered nurses between 18 and 45. Sidetrack Mala Draft The committee sidetracked consideration of work-or-be-drafted legislation for male draft registrants 18 to 45 in order to hear Kirk, . . - ... ... j. . Although army nursing per sonnel has Increased by only 2,000 since May, patients requir ing nurse service to army hos pitals jumped from 260,000 to 450,000 in the same .period, Kirk said. .- Kirk said army hospitals in this country are now receiving from 30,000 to 32,000 patients monthly from foreign theaters, "compared to 8,500 a month to the first half of 1944 an in crease of 370 per cent." liETUiL STARTS MONDAY Trial of Fred Marrett and wife, indicted for breaking and entering with intent to steal drugs is scheduled to ones next Monday in circuit court before James w. Crawford of Portland. The petit jury, as follows, has been directed to report for duty Monday: Ernest S. Madden. Rt. 4; Ray Zulauf, Phoenix; Robert M, Miksche, Medford; Mary Igo, Rt, 1: Stanley VauBhan. Rt. 2. Central Point; Stella Hughes, Medford; Nels Jacobsen, Rt. 1, Central Point; Frank W. Hous ton, Talent: Bertha Inman. Rt. 1; Karl h, Janouch. Medford: Ward B. Spate, Medford; Doro thy Hardy, Ashland; Charles Dooms, Medford: Frank Sauer. Rt, 1; Gladys Lawrence. Rt. 2: William Hunter, Medford; Fran ces Dudley, Medford; Bruce Fleming, Jacksonville; Everett Flnley, Rt. 2: C, A. Marshall, Medford; C. J. Stehl, Rogue Riv er; P, D. Coy, Medford; F. E. Stevens, Medford, and Lela Shores, Rt, 1, Sheaf Reports m 'taw ON JAP HOME ISLE BOMBEDTOS Osaka, Kobe, Other Cities Hit Marianas Yanks Mass For Luzon March, By CeIUS Tlett Japan's greatest manufactur ing center, Osaka, iter largest port, Kobe, and other prime tar gets on the main enemy home is land of Honshu, felt the Impact of American aerial might again today as a strong fleet of B-28 Superfortresses struck at the core of Japanese war industry. A brief war department an nouncement disclosed only that Superforts of the 2ist bomber command had hit Honshu from eases m the Marianas, but a Japanese communique acknowl edged that the raiders caused "some damage." Rosario Seised On Luzon, meanwhile, Ameri cas invasion troops seized almost complete control of Rosario In the northwest corner of the Lin gayen beachhead, sealing off strong Japanese forces entrench ed In the mountains around the Philippines summer capital of eaguio, 14 miles away. Radio silence still cloaked the whereabouts of Adm. William F, Halsey's 3d fleet as an estimated 100 or more B-2Bs attacked Hon shu for the fourth time this month. ' , j 1 Japs, gee Crisis -' ' Warning that the Japanese empire is "really facing a crisis," an official Japanese statement told the residents of Formosa to expect intensified large-scale air raids ui the future. Bombers from the Philippines 'have been hitting Formosa almost nightly. Gen, Douglas MaeArthur has been massing stronz force on the central Luzon plains, pre sumably awaiting the fall of Ro sario, five miles inland from the eastern rim of Lingayen gulf, be- lore resuming trie frontal smash toward Manila. CITY PIA11 BODY EXPLAINS CHURCH RULING A spokesman for the Medford city planning commission today explained the body's decision re garding a zone change plea en tered by the Friends church. The church secured signatures representing 54.6 per cent of the property within required 300- loot radius of lot 5, block 2, Sis kiyou Heights, to submit a zone change petition to the planning commission for a hearing. Under the law such a petition is voted upon by the planning commis sion which must pass it by a ma jority vote. The commission fail ed to vote favorably on the hear ing petition In a meeting Wed nesday night at the city hall. The story on the commission action erroneously reported that tot 5, block 2, Siskiyou Heights, was purchased several years ago with the thought of building a Friends church. The lot in ques tion is reported as having only recently been under considera tion for purchase by the church. depending upon action taken by the commission at its meeting Wednesday, JUDGE MANNA RETURNS TO JACKSONVILLE HOME Both Circuit Judge Herbert K, Hanna and County Judge J. B. BlinS Coleman, kept away from their duties for three weeks by illness, are improving. Judge Henna returned yesterday by train from Portland where he has been in hospital, and is now at his home in Jacksonville, It will be several weeks before he will return to the local bench. County Judge Coleman was reported as gaining strength daily, and definitely on the mend at his home. His physician has prescribed a long period of com plete rest. 1RIBUNE CniUd Pit FuU 'On to SIUSIA f '"S i i 1 ' tm Moscow reports indicate Red Army units bust knifed toto Qersaa Si lesia after capturing Csestocntnsa, ii miles tram border. West of War saw, fall st Loda was believed near. Otter powerful Rsssian drt?e isa scrllad the Oenrma position m East PtssssS and tise approaches PLANS COMPLETE FOR JC BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT Flnsl elans for Medford Jun ior- . PhmH1- . Cnmmrrrf Founder's Oay banquet were tag to get under way tomorrow nlht at 7:30. It will ha an in. formal dress affair, according to omcials, . Medford outstanding tarslar citizen will be nme am (( Distinguished Service key award- so to cere urey, president of the Jack3il mmtv f!hsih of Commerce. Presentation oi a Charter to the Medford Jaycee WW be made by Trey Cook, dis trict representative from Klann- math Fall Vic Milnes. seneral ehijiss will emu the erezram with greetings and will be followed oy an invocation Jsy Rev, Harry Hansen of the Presbyterian church. Honored guests will then be introduced. Paul Selbv win hit iirsiMtni With Cresident's Bin hv Warnm WhiUock of Klamath Falls, state expansion director. Presentation of the junior citizen award and charter will follow. Lofton Tatum. state bmmMms wsii give the mate address, and u. i,yau i idler will act as mas ter of ceremonies. Junior Chamber members In charge of various parts of the meeting are Don Foefa. Clarence Schmidt, banquet; B1U t-nrysier ana Lyie Kinney, ticket sales; Ken Grant, welcome com mittee: Norman Hons; Royal Clare, reception for vuiiurs; nay isn, u, iyall Fidler and Kea Grant nrfiV iTsm, Watson, dance, and 'jerry iainam, newspaper. STEEL CONCERNS CITED A! Washington. Jan. IS (MS Attorney General Francis Bid die today announced the filing of a civil complaint In Trenton, N. J federal district court against Carnegie-Illinois, Repub lic, and, Bethlehem Steel Com panies and IS other steel manu facturers charging conspiracy to restrain trade and lis prices in the stainless steel Industry, A federal grand jury at Tren ton already has returned a crim inal indictment against the same manufacturers, together with six of their officers. SAVED BY DUMBO San Francisco. Jan. 18 SU5 A marine dispatch from the western Pacific today credited a navy "Dumbo" seaplane with saving the life of 1st 14. Robert W. Diei, leatherneck pilot from San Francisco, by towing Mm away from a Japanese-held island amid rain of enemy mortar shell Ltd Wis NO. 254. Berlin idem Tefonh&i&t Legion Commander Asks Hood Riser To Restore Names Hood River, Ore, Jan. 19 UJ5 The Hood River Americas Leg ion post today was urged by Ed ward N, Scheiberlsng, national commander of the American Leg Ian, to put beck oa its honor roll names of Japanese-Arseri- csns which were erased irors the roil last November 2Sr'-. The national commander an nounced is Chicago that he was recommending restoration of ail of the IS names erased except one, thai of a soldier whs re ceived a dishonorable discharge from the army. Scheiberltog also urged toe addition of the names of other Hood River Japaness- Amerieans now at ths armed forces, and declared: "There Is no room in the American Legion for racial hatreds or animosities. POINT IN FIGHT TO STAY IM U. S. Washington, Jan. 18 3if ! The Justice department said in a brief filed with the supreme court today that it would sot op pose granting of a writ of cer tiorari to enable the court to re view the constitutional issues of the deportation case of Harry Bridges, west coast labor leader. Bridges asked the court Is petition filed December 2? to grant the writ on ground that his rights of free speech and as sembly under the first and fifth amendments to the Constitution had been" violated in the deporta tion proceedings. He also asked for review of the adequacy of evidence to support the deportation order and of the procedural due process exercised The justice department said in it brief that It felt no evidence existed sa the latter two points which would warrant granting of the writ. Bridges Is a citizen of Aus tralia, but he has lived In this country since Aeril. 1920. warrant for his deportation was Issued by Attorney General Franeto Biddie on May 29, 1842, on grounds that Bridges was member of the communist party and engaged to the subversive activities of the party. - ' MILEAGE FIGURE NEEDED ON FURLOUGH GAS PLEA Merchant marine seamen and all servicemen who apply for gasoline for use during fur loughs must present the mileage record of the vehicls to be used before gasoline ears be issued, it was stated at the local war price and ration board today. Furlough gasoline is issued only to the form of purchase permits and never in the form of coupons, it ww funaer nates. POLAND DEFENSE FOLDS UP UNDER ATTACK Nails Forced Back 50 Mifes In Carpathians; East Prussian Towns Captured1 T r rfrm 111 1 Ci f shai Stalin announced today that eld Polish capital of Krakow and h ww new cKensi?es Baa over run 600 East Prussian towns and! rocked the Germans back 50 miles thmi'h th fa'hian fostbllls of Poland. A series of sseelal arrfon f the day by Stalin reported a landslide ttt B&ssiim umniw bearing out a Moscow csserUcs that the entfce Hsxl fmi Poland had collapsed. Wld Ertak-Throuji Gen. Ivan n nnhHii. sky Third White Russiaa army was reveaiea to nara stormed the defenses of East Prussia five days ago. He broke through oa a 37-miie front, slugged west. wars up to fi miles, end drove a foremost spearhead 38 miles inside the German province. Stalls order to ChrRMiHA- sky said hit army had captured the fortress city of Schlessberg, raaa serusesst of Use vital Instsrburg transport center and a oi otaer stzaoie towns as dees to East Frenris K-4. and i? northeast of festerburg. Alts captured were Schfl letsea, 29 miles northeast of ManKKSHun; liltattttB, 35 , northeast Ir si rh'. -s v sis west ef Schtossberg and If Mssa ma Berssr; nasijeitasgisejj, jujriii or iiumoinnea ana 25 Inside the province, and Leng. wettea, 13 southeast ef Tilsit, Panic la !nitt Announcement of Chsmlak hovsky's offensive completed th lisseap ef five powerfsi Bassiaa amies la actios on a winding front of between 400 and 500 miies, most of it in Poland. From ner& to sotsih they were th 3Jrc1 White Russian army, th Second White Russian arsayths First White Russian army, ttoe Fir.t Ukrainian u . . . . Witt Fourth Ukrainian arm?. Both Moscow and Berlin hisi a that the hattJe of Poland was toZBtos into Us ht a c.. many with as Invasion of Silesia, aa -icecns nana reports uia panic had broken out la th SUesian capital of Breslau and ether cities la Use border regtea fronting Poland. wiiiALL GALLS OUT Hi Snow felt all day Thursday and most ef the night sver tea mountains of this section with snow slows operating oa tha Klamath Tails-Ashland asd Pa eifle highways. Forest service of. fWals reported three and one half inches of new snow fell at Union Creek. There were ne fall at both Prospect and Satto Falls, other reports said. Returning travelers from Klamath Falls said a howling blizzard raged last sight near Ptaehurst with six or seven inches of snow oa the ground. A namber of ears skidded off the slick pavement. The California Oregon Power company reported it was cloudy ncl threatening at Prospect to day, and 20 above zero this morning in Klamath county. GRAPEFRUIT AND ORANGE JUICES RATIONED AGAIN Washington Jan. 19. fdfD tws types of canned fnrfi juice grapefruit and orange-grape fruit biends were baci; oa th ratios list tods? and nt bJgis point values. The Office of Price Admini tratloa ordered the changes ef fective last midnight. Sation values for the tw types of Juices will fee 10 blue points oa the Ho. 2 can, SO points on the 48-ounce can, and 40 points on the No. 16 can. Orange Juice remains point free, MORE LAWLESSNESS Waihinfften. Jan. I a RiPi Director J. Edgar Hoover, re porting a 88 per cent increase Is bask robberies during 194, warned todav ihsi H "trend of lawlessness" threat ened "difficult years ahead" for the public and law enforcement off tors unless every effort were mails to emb ii-