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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
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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.
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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
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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-'
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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.
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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.
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