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MB raws b tvT A TT mm mot E Weather Medford United Press Full Lhm4 Wire l TlJBUNE ForecAit: Partly cloudy tonight Thanday cloudy with occa ' slonftl tain. SllfhUy warmer tonight. Tmp. Rlgtaeit yesterday 52 Lowest thii morning 21.3 Preclp. pait 24 houriMHHHjioM THREE United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 24, 1945. NO. 258. AYanks Plunge Toward Siegfried Positions As Germans Shift Strength To East Front TO MEET CRISIS Extent of Movement From West Not Yet Certain Airmen Blast at Convoys. Paris, Jan. 24 U.R) Ameri can forces plunged forward to ' ward the German Siegfried posi tions east of the almost vanished Ardennes bulge today amid gath ering signs that the Germans were hastily drawing strength from the western front to meet the crisis in the east. The .American advance was rolling steadily, and ahead of the ground forces U. S. tactical air forces struck at fresh targets nazi convoys moving east. " Reports came from several sec tors of the front indicating that the fighting in the west was be- j lng affected by the German ef ' forts to bolster the lines shatter ed by the red army in the east. Two Divisions Leave ' Along the British-held Dutch front, correspondents reported two German divisions definitely had been pulled out of the line and sent east. British and Ameri can tactical air forces reported .heavy movement of German -military traffic on the lines lead ing away from the Ruhr. The American tactical air force reported it had destroyed 70 more German vehicles In strikes against the nazi rear line thus far today. The British re ported they had hit more than 160 German trains In 48 hours, many of them loaded with troops and war materials. However there was little change in the grim character of ground fighting. The American 7th armored di vision, with the assistance of the 908th infantry of the 82nd air V"borne division, shoved east of recaptured St. Vith in a push to drive the nazis back into their Siegfried positions from which they launched the Ardennes drive December 16. Third army forces moved up In gains of one and two miles and along about half the Ar dennes sector the lines were vir tually where they had been be fore Field Marshal Karl Von Rundstedt attacked. Massed American artillery and swarms of fighter-bombers continued to pour explosives on enemy columns streaming east i ward from the bulge toward rail way embarkation points behind the Siegfried line for possible transfer to Silesia and Poland. Six thousand vehicles, tanks, horse-drawn transport, railway cars, and locomotives were de stroyed or damaged Monday and Tuesday in the first two days alone of the bombardment. Film Comedian Is k Sued For Divorce Hollywood, Jan. 24 U.R) Jack Oakie, rotund film comed ian, was sued for divorce today by Actress Venita Varden, who charged him with "grevious mental cruelty." . Miss Varden, who attributed their third parting to "Holly wood gossip," demanded no ali mony or division of property. The couple got as far as an Interlocutory divorce decree in 1039, but reconciled by long-distance telephone and took a sec ond honeymoon to Europe, NEGRO FOR WALLACE Washington, Jan. 24. U.R) Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.. D., new negro congressman from New York, today termed confir mation of Henry A. Wallace as secretary of commerce "a must". BERLE IN RIO "A. Rio De Janeiro, Jan. 24 (U.R) Adolf A. Berle, Jr., new U. S. ambassador to Brazil, arrived to day and was received at the air port by Foreign Minister Leao Velloso and other Brazilian of ficial Symbol of Short f " - - .'tV I ' r - ..-...! jgj - f- 'rfc? " " " - . cj. 1 Ill- JL mi in itn ma nil fff n-t"-"" m mhjM.naj j - - - lAcmm Ttkphoto) CDs face reflecting grim satisfaction, General Douglas Mac Arthur walks way from Japanese memorial monument In Damortls, Luzon, dedicated to -valor and courage" of Jap forces tnat captured the town in Decem ber, 1841. Japanese Fall Back Before Luzon and Burma Offensives By United The Japanese fell back before slves on Luzon and in Burma today as American B-29 Super fortresses continued their relentless campaign with another heavy assault on Iwo, stepping-stone island midway between American-held Salnan and Tokyo. OF WCTU LEADER New York, Jan. 24 (U.R) Dr. 511a Alexander Boole, world president of the Women's Chris tian Temperance Union, has op ened a nationwide campaign for a dry V-Day so that the country will "be in condition to build the glorious postwar world." She warned 150 New York members of the union that "there are persons who intend to celebrate the advent of peace by drinking." This, she said, meant Increas ed intoxication, which in turn meant the inability to hold "Jobs provided by the government." BAN ON CONVENTIONS WILL REDUCE TRAVEL Chicago, Jan. 24. U.R) War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes' convention ban will cut travel by about 4,500,000 miles next month through cancellation of Chicago meetings alone. Wil liam J. Hennessey, head of the Chicago convention bureau, esti mated today. It also will cost Chicago, con vention center of the nation, about $3,000,000, Hennessey said. He said 57 February conven tions which were to be held here with a total attendance of some 25,000 delegates will be cancel led under the order, effective Feb. 1. BOMBER FALLS New York, Jan. 24. (U.R) A twin-engined navy patrol bomb er on an operational flight from Floyd Bennett field with nine men aboard, crashed Into Jamal ca Bay today. One crew member was killed, another seriously in Jured, and three were reported missing. - Lived Victory Press rapidly mounting allied offen Turning momentarily irom the Japanese homeland, the huge bombers made their third strike at Iwo, In the Volcano islands 750 miles south of Tokyo, today less than 24 hours after they battered the main Japanese aircraft center of Nagoya. Latest reports showed that 62 enemy planes were shot down or dam aged by the B-29's over Nogoya One Superfortress was lost. Close In On Clark The ground campaigns In the Pacific brought American forces paced by the 40th (California) division, closing in on the Clark airfields on Luzon, and allied troops thrusting at Mandalay in Burma from three sides. In the Philippines, the Japa nese abandoned new, well-prepared defenses in the hills north west of Bamban, 53 miles from Manila, and the fall of that last shield to Clark field appeared imminent. Northeast of Bamban, another American column over ran Concepcion, continued on and may be within SO air miles of Manila. Strike On Flanka On the flanks, the American troops thrust into Zarazoga, 19 miles northwest of Bamban, and neutralized enemy defenses in the Rosario and Pozorrublo areas at the northeast comer of the invasion front. In Burma, the American Mars task force cut the old Burma road near Hosi, 35 miles south west of Wanting, after a 300- mile march through Burma's jungles and mountains. The U. S. thrust along the Burma-China border brought the first allied spearhead aimed at Mandalay from the northeast. TO BERLIN By United Press The distance to Berlin from advanced Allied lines today: Eastern front 136 miles (from Poznan). Western front 296 miles (from point southeast of NiJ megen). Italy 530 miles (from point north of Ravenna). MILITARY HEADS EMPHASIZE NEED E Report on War's Progress Raises Prospect for Law to Force Men Into Plants. Washington, Jan. 24 (U.R) The house military affairs committee lata today approv ed the May work-or-fight bill by a vote of 20 to 5 after knocking out the so-called anti-closed shop amendment. Washington, Jan. 23 (U.R) -The nation's war leaders today gave its lawmakers a progress report on the war which admini stration spokesmen said greatly enhanced the prospects for pass ing legislation to force deferred draft registrants to take or keep war 1obs. The report was given at a closed meeting, to which all members of congress were invit ed, by Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of Navy James Forrestal. Gen. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff. andAdm. '.Ernest J...King;comlf uiuuer-in-cniei or tne u. a. zieei. Rayburn Impressed Speaker Sam Rayburn told re porters afterward that if he had not already been in favor of pending "work-or-else" legisla tion, the military leaders' report "would have impressed me very much" with the need for it. He said the conference was "important from every point of view." Rayburn added that the disclosures made to the congress men were "tremendously help ful" and that "the psychological effect was very good. Some congressmen thought the conference had helped the chances of the May bill to force deferred men 18 to 45 into essen tial industry. They said the speakers pointed out that the manpower situation is still very serious. Sen. Tom Connally (D.. Tex.) said the meeting convinced him that we haven t won the war bv a long sight." MARREII TRIAL IN FINAL STAGE Closing arguments wen un derway this morning in the cir cuit court trial of Fred Marrett and wife, charged with breaking and entering the office of Dr. R. W. Clancy in this city last August, for the purpose of steal ing drugs. The state and defense closed their direct cases late yesterday. The state, during the course of the trial, introduced the confes sions Of the rinfonrinnta whn were witnesses for the govern ment in the trial of Dr. Clancy in federal court. The case is ex pected to be in the hands of the Jury by mid-afternoon. CLEAN LIVING BROUGHT 104 YEARS OF LIFE Long Beach, Cal., Jan. 24 (U.R) Charles Clark Spencer, native of Plpainnt Mnnnl p. died here today a month before nis limn Dinnciay. Spencer who came to Cali fornia in 1906 from a teaching position in Lancaster, Pa., had been a gardener until he retired at the age of 102. Friends said he attributed his longevity to the fact he had never tasted liq uor or tobacco. FREIGHT RECORD Washington, Jan. 24. (U.R) The nation's railroads handled a record 737,000,000,000 revenue ton-miles of freight last year, an Increase of one and four-tenths per cent over the previous high set In 1943, the isroclntlon of American Railroads reported today. WALLACE ABILITY Ousted Commerce Secretary Says Office Needs Man of . Sound, Proven Experience Wachlnfrtnn. Jan. 24. (U.R) Retiring Secretary of Commerce Jesse H. Jones, lesiuying m vor of legislation to curb the ,,.. nt his rieslenated succes sor, Henry A. Wallace, said to day that the government w administrator 'should be a man of proven and sound business experience." nubile appear ance in a jammed senate caucus room before tne senate -... onmmlttea to state bis reason for" believing the former vice president is not quaimeu to succeed him as head of the gov ernment's multl billion - dollar lending agencies. . . Wallace Tomorrow Wallace will be given a rebut tal opportunity tomorrow. Jones pave his views on a bill BJ. - Sens' -'Walter F,V, George, D Ga., which would remove from the commerce department all control over the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and Its af filiated agencies. Reminding the committee that the RFC conducts "the most gigantic business enterprise, or series of Business enwrpriw, that the world has ever known," Jones said it affects the entire economy of the nation. Without mentioning Wallace In the 340-word prepared state ment with which he opened his testimony, Jones asserted: "Certainly the RFC should not be placed under the supervision of any man willing to Jeopardize the country's future wi,'fh untried ideas and idealistic schemes." There was no question, how- that no urnillH Annlv RUCh 8 description to Wallace, the idol of the new deal uemocratic icu wing. liinu nrtpri that It II well .HKin 4v, mithnrltv and re sponsibility of congress to deter mine whether the RFC and its affiliated agencies are to De sep arated from the department of commerce. "It seems tp me that the para mmint Uciia hpfnre this com mMaa in fnnIHrAtlnn of the raenltittnn nffprpd hv Senator George," he said, ' is not tne tlrtn r,t ihm nnwers Which the congress has, from time to time, delegated to tne hdv, dui In the nrnner character of their administration." Bogey Romancing With A Starlet Cleveland, Jan. 24 (U.R) Humphrey Bogart, bad man of the movies whose wife is suing him for divorce, today con firmed reports of a romance with Lauren Bacall, budding screen actress. Bogart, resting at the Mans field, O., farm of Author Louis Bromfield. told Columnist Nor man Slegel of the Cleveland Press that the romance was "very definite." SCHOOL LAW VIOLATION CASE SLATED BY COURT Trial of H. Choluer, bus driv er, charged with violation of the compulsory school law, was post poned this morning by Justice of the Peace W. P. Tucker until late this afternoon to permit the appearance of several witnesses. The defendant is accused of fail ure to send his -14-year-old daughter to school regularly. and defying school authorities. The record shows the girl has been attending only about one- third of the time. The case has been under Investigation by school and Juvenile authorities for several months. Russians Roll GERMANY V lFli Poland) A -mi... MORAVIA ejs''V"''"Ns Soviet forces storm Into the Posnan area, only 138 miles from Berlin, and thrust forward almost unchecked across all western Poland, In Poland, they are closing on Breslau and In East Prussia were slicing swiftly toward the Baltic to cut off an estimated 200,000 German troops. Oregon Labor Oppose Work - Salem, Ore., Jan. 24. (U.R) Organized labor struck out hard at a proposed national service act as three Oregon labor lead ers hotly opposed an Oregon legislative memorial to congress in favor of such a law. It would be tantamount to "slave labor" and unconstitu tional, they said. The three labor leaders were J. T. Marr, secre tary of the Oregon State Federa tion of Labor. Stanley Earle, Oregon CIO secretary, and John Brost, national CIO represents- BIG TRUCK BILLS T OF LEGISLATURE Salem, Ore., Jan.' 24 (U.R) Interest In the 1945 Oregon legislative session centered to day on three hearings to be held today and tomorrow on three of the more controversial meas ures so far Introduced. The so-called "big-truck" bills, which would extend the life of the weight regulations govern ing the operation of trucks on Oregon highways, will be gone over in detail late today. The present weight limits are ex panded wartime measures per mitting heavier loads than pre viously and are favored by trucking interests and the state Graige. Both bills, oae of which would extend the present rules indefinitely, the other only un til six months after the war, are opposed by railroad groups. The "freeway" or limited ac cess bill will be conned at hearing on Thursday afternoon. The bill, opposed last session by farmers groups, proposes to give the State Highway department authority to limit sideroads and other means of access to certain specified places on state high ways. As explained by highway department officials, the bill is in conformity with those being passed by other states, and would help form the Oregon links of a nationwide system of through highways. YUGOSLAV SHIPS TOLD TO FLY FLAG OF TITO New York, Jan. 24 U.R A spokesman at the Yugoslavian consulate said today that in structions had been received from the Yugoslavian govern-ment-ln-exlle In London that all Yugoslavian ships were to take down the national emblem Im mediately and substitute the red starred partisan flag of Marshal JotlofP-' " on Berlin! (Acmt Tnhphoto) Leaders Hotly or - Fight Plans tlve. In a public hearing on the memorial, whtch has been sub mitted to the Oregon house of representatives by Rep. Warren Irwin; Portland Democrat, the labor representatives said that the American military record itself was proof of the efficiency of labor in war production. Charging that it would threat en the very foundations of de mocracy, the labor leaders said that they had no apology to make for the labor record, In production or In employer- employe relationships. Earle said that there are 4,000,000 union men in service, and that labor Is "keenly aware of Its responsibility to the fight ers." Rep. Krwln,. speaking vigor ously in favor of the memorial, declared that President Roose velt, Gen. George C. Marshall, U.S. chief of staff, and other war leaders had repeatedly asked for such legislation and that the need today Is greater than ever. He said that neither labor nor any other organization should stand In the way of a measure which would hasten the end of. the war and save the lives of thousands of American boys, and that the Oregon legislature should "be proud to go on record In favor of this act. Respite . Ji t l ; A it vW i. '' 1 .... A- l ft e T 1 j 9 v .! '. i " -, - - ' . kA - ' t sS , Menu TiUphelo) This probably isn't the way to win a war, but this Amcrcian doughboy couldn't resist the temptation to stop and teeter-totter with these three delighted Filipino youngsters In Luion town of Dsgupan. Photo by Stan ley Trouuoan. MfiA-Acma nbotograoher for War Picture Pool. Rawlcz, Oppeln, Trachen berg Latest Additions to List of Captured Bases. London, Jan. 24 (U.R) The Berlin irdlo said tonight that the Russians had broken through the German front In East Prussia and reached the Vistula estuary area southeast of Eibing In an effort to cut the last rail Una out of the province. London, Jan. 24 (U.R) . Marshal Stalin announced to day that he had hurled Sixth Russian army Into his unpre cedented offensive faced by assault forces now storming Posnan, Konlgsberg, and Gar miny's Odei zlver detent lint. London, Jan. 24 (U.R) Red , army forces ripping through the, defenses of Silesia today cap tured Rawlcz, big border trans port hub 149 miles southeast of Berlin, the stronghold of Op peln on the east bank of the Oder, and a Fortress town due north of Breslau. Marshal Ivan S. Koneva first Ukrainian army scored the triple victory at Oppeln, big transport and industrial center on the Oder 48 miles southeast of Breslau, at Rawlcz, on the lower rim of the westernmost Polish bulge, and at Trachen- berg, 24 miles north of Breslau across the Bartsch tributary of the Uder. , Ready To Cross Oder Marshal Stalin. In the third of a series of running announce ments on the progress of the great Russian offensive, report ed the new 'conquests flanking Breslau, clearing the left bank of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov'a army pushing due west toward Berlin, and setting the stage for a crossing of the upper Oder. Troops at the center of Chub ov's line already were storming Poznan, and his south wlnl swept westward through Kalisx, vital communications hub a lit tle over 60 miles to the south west and about the aame diet tance northeast of Breslau. In the first of his official or ders of the day the second an nounced the capture of KaUsx Stalin revealed that he had thrown a Sixth army Into the big winter offensive. It broke through the German defenses In the Hungarian Slovak border area, bringing positions there abreast of the Soviet forces to the north. Marshal Rodlon Mallnov sky's Second Ukrainian army extended the offensive front an other 100 miles southward Into Hungary with an attack along the Hungarian-Slovak frontier which broke through on a 29 mile front and carried westward 12 miles. For victory at home fight In fantile paralysis. Join the March of Dimes Jan. 14-31. 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