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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-