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Newspaper Page Textv f Weather Force Mti Snndty, noitly clear with spotty local fog! In ihm morning' Temp. Highest yesterday ...... 51 Lowest this morning 22 PredptaiUon , Thirty ninth Year m aiiiw m hm . ; - I : : : ' . k FR LACKS POWER L DECIS! Chicago Hands Federal Judge Down Ruling- Government To Appeal Chicago, Jan. 27 U.F9 Fed eral District Judge Philip L. Sullivan, in a decision vitally af fecting the handling of wartime labor controversies, ruled today that President Roosevelt was without authority to seize pos session of Montgomery Ward and company properties. The decision was so far-reaching that at Washington chairman William H. Davis of 'the War Labor Board said that unless it is reversed by a higher court or unless congress takes action to make WLB orders enforceable the ruling will collapse the whole plan of peaceful settle ment of wartime labor disputes. Judge Sullivan, who was ap pointed to the federal bench by President Roosevelt 11 years ago, said in his decision: "I am of the opinion that the president was without authority, either under Section 3 of the War Labor Disputes Act, or un der the war powers conferred upon him by the constitution as commander in chief of the army and navy to take possession of the plants and facilities of Mont- eomery Ward ana company." The judge gave his opinion in denying the government's peti tion for an injunction to prevent Ward officials from interfering with the army's operation of 16 Ward plants seized in seven cit ies. The DroDerties. were tanen over Dec. 28 under the order of the president for failure to com ply with a War Labor Board or der. Judge Sullivan also denied the government's request for a judgment declaring ,the seizure was legal. The government moved imme diately for an appeal, u. s. uis trict Attorney J. Albert Woll said the appeal would be taken before the U S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago Monday or ' Tuesday and would be presented in the U. S. Supreme Court within a month. Meanwhile, the army will con- Jlnue to operate the seized prop- ' erties until the Mgn courts gives a final decision. Judge Sullivan entered an order maintaining the rieht to " continue in charge until the case finally is settled. "The War Labor Disputes' Act authorizes tne president to seize a plant or facility only when it is equipped to produce articles nppessarv or useful in the war effort," Judge Sullivan said, re ferring to company claims that Wards is engaged in nwuiuuuuu nnlv. The jurist ruled that he was unable to find that "distribu tion" and "production" were the aina thinir savins that the gov- mmi'i contention did not instifv "aDDlication of the term to facilities whose sole business is that of retail sale ano aistri- "Those plants and facilities may not be seized by the presi dent simply because ai same iu fiir. time, on account of the ex- istence of a labor dispute be- , rn it and Its employes, Mont- snmerv Ward may not be able to deliver supplies deemed neces sary or useful to the war effort, Qnllivnn said. Turning to the constitutional Issues raised by the company, the lnriffe said: rho .nntltutional euaran tees that protect the sacred i.hte lihprties and property of citizens, from the hmhiot to the most exalted. .ni remain inviolate. These rights may not be transgressed with impunity nor do uisi:is "I believe It is not too much 4 o-rnort that for the ouraiioii employers, employes and unions should make a determined effort tn adiust their labor disagree ments without resorting to strikes and lockouts." Gold Hill. Jan. 28 Gold HIU I branch of the Jackson County " Health association will meet at the home of Mrs. Norman Gall, Riverside Colony. Feb. 8. The meeting Is scheduled for 1 p. m. and a large attendance is de-sireM. Medfokd United Press Full Breakthrough on Berlin Road COIIUG iJ Cjp&Jlki"V if- g , V Prussia V El yi El X JTKSd: If Poland) Soviet spearheads knifed to within 84 miles of Berlin In oreatttnrough beyond besieged Poznan and almost reached Germany's Brandenburg province. The second breakthrough came near Polish border town ot Zbaszyn, south of Poznan and only 97 miles from Berlin. The Nazi high command was reported throwing Its last reserves into the battle in an all-or-nothing gamble to turn back the Red Army invaders. HALSEYS ATTACKS NETS 100 SHIPS 479 PLANES Japs Suffer Most Destruc tive Loss of War Adm. Nimitz Reveals ; U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquar ters, Pearl Harbor, Jan. 27 U.R) Carrier Aircraft of Adm. Wil liam F. Halsey's hard-hitting third fleet destroyed or damaged 100 Japanese ships and small craft and 479 planes at Formosa and Okinawa Jlma last Satur day and Sunday in one of the F--t's most destructive assaults In the Pacific war, it was nounced tonight. More than 128,000 tons of Japanese shipping, Including 30 enemy vessels, was sunk or dam aged at Formosa in Saturday s strike and 311 Japanese planes were destroyed or damaged, a second communique by fleet Adirt. Chester W. Nlmltz re vealed. Reporting for the first time on results of last Sunday's car rier nlane assault on Okinawa, northeast of Formosa, Nimitz xe- Dorted that 29 ships were sunk and 41 vessels damaged. In that attack, 68 enemy planes 28 de stroyed and 40 damaged were added to the mounting toll of Jaoanese air and sea losses. The supplementary report on the Formosa attack Jan. 20 said that the 60.000 tons of shipping sunk included: Six oilers, two medium cargo vessels previously damaged, one medium cargo ship, two small coastal cargo ships, four luggers nnii one medium vessel. Damaged ships, totalling 65, 000 tons: one large transport, two large oilers, one large cargo ship, three luggers, one destroy er. two medium cargo ships four small coastal cargo ships, BOSS PENDERGAST RITES T Kansas CltV. Mo.. Jan. 27 (D.R) The body of Thomas J Ponriersast. son of Irish lmml- grant parents who rose to rule a now-broken political hynasty, lav in state tonight in a funeral home here and high and low alike called to pay final re- mccts. Services for Pendergast will be held at 9:30 o'clock Monday morning at the funeral chapel and at 10 o'clock at the Visita tion Catholic churcr with Msgr. Thomas McDonald preaching the sermon. Pendergast died last night In Menorah hospital, where he was taken Tuesday, suffering from an old heart ailment and a lack of appetite which had reduced his once stout 250 pounds to about 150. Umd Wlra El (Acme Telenhoto) L AREA FOE AIR LOSS 75 Washington, Jan. 27 (U.R) A mighty sky-fleet of American Supe rfortresses, breaking through perhaps the heaviest fighter opposition so far encoun tered destroyed or. damaged record number of 75 Jap planes today, then successfully blasted the Industrial area of Tokyo. Gen. H. H. Arnold, command ing tne global zutn autorce, said crews of the returning B-20s claimed 31 enemy aircraft were definitely destroyed, 10 probab ly destroyed and 34 others dam aged In what was described of' ficially as the biggest catch by the giant bombers on a single mission. Five of our Superfortresses were reported missing on the raid, the 24th. major attack on the Jap' homeland in seven months. - Once the Marianas-based Sup erfortresses broke through the formidable fighter defenses they achieved "generally good" re sults In their bombing 6f the Tokyo industrial area, Arnold's announcement said. The raid's details were made public by Arnold in a supple ment to an earlier communique which told of fires being started in Tokyo by explosive and fire bombs dropped by the B-29 fleet. At the time the raid was car ried out, other B-29s were strik ing a coordinated blow at Indo Chlna, 2,700 miles southwest of the Japanese homeland. These Superfortresses flew from bases in India. BULLETINS Eugene, Ore., Jan. 27 U.R) The University of Oregon wept to its second and final victory of the current two-game series here tonight by defeating the University of Washington, 84 to 51. The victory boosted the Web fot's margin in the northern divi sion race to two and one-half games, with seven wins and two losses. A record turnout of 5.500 fans jammed into MacArthur Court to see the hotly contested game. Bob Hamilton was the big gun In the Oregon attack with 15 points, while Jorgensen and King, with 17 and 19 points re spectively were high for the Huskies. i Pullman, Wash., Jan. 27 (U.R) The University of Idaho Van dals tacked their sixth straight defeat on their northern division hoop record tonight as a fast- breaking Washington State col fege five game from behind for the second successive time in the current series to win, 43 to 37. Berkeley, Calif., Jan. 27 U.R) The University of California varsity basketball team tonight trimmed College of Pacific 54 33 on the Berkeley court, hold ing the Tigers in check all the way. , MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 1945 Yank Tanks Within 43 MOSELLE VALLEY E TO E Third and Seventh Attack- British Gain Bring War Plants In Range Paris, Sunday. Jan. 28 U.ffl Berlin broadcasts reported to day that American forces ha'd opened an offensive in the Mo selle valley east of the Luxem bourg border, striking for the Rhine in the vicinity of the manufacturing city of Koblenz, 70 miles away. Berlin identified the attack ing units as part of the U. S. 7th army, but placed the scene of operations as "southeast of Remich," a sector held by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's famous 3d army, according to allied dis patches as late as Saturday. The Yanks were attacking with battalions of infantry each supported by some 20 tanks, the enemy broadcast said, and had achieved some penetrations in the area' of Butzdorf. Butzdorf lies in the Saar basin 13 miles southeast of Luxembourg city and was reported captured by 3d army troops Friday in allied reports. : The enemy report of the Mo selle valley drive came as British troops plunged "fo-'a? point 13 miles Inside Germany and brought the Rhineland factory centers of Rheydt and Munchen Gladbach within artillery range. Trops on the western flank, of the 3d army at the same time drove to the Reich border at the northern tip of Luxembourg after knifing through the last three miles of the Ardennes bulge. - The 7th army, which Berlin said was attacking along the Mo selle, had eased for the moment the German attacks on Its east ern flank near Haguenau and Strasbourg as the bitterest bliz zard of the winter whipped that area. The 7th army was known to have taken over the third army's front as far west as the Saarbruckcn area, but Patton still was in command on the Moselle front, according to latest allied reports. . The bulge became "little more than a memory" in the, words of a supreme headquarters spokes man, as the 3d army slashed through the last few pockets west of the Germans' Dec. 16 starting line and brought up Its own iront to within one to two miles of the relch border at all points. FOR POLIO FUND CALLED 'ILLEGAL' Portland, Ore., Jan. 27 U.R David Wainer, cigar store pro prietor, was advised by the OPA to ask customers to leave their change from cigarette purchases is "illegal." Weiner had collected $800. more than $700 above his near est competitor, by asking cig arette buyers to drop the change from a quarter into the March of Dimes milk bottle In his store. after buying a package of cig arettes lor 14 cents. Likewise. he aske dfor and got the change from a $5 bill by selling cig arettes by tne carton. Spencer Yates, district OPA retail violations head, announced mat the investigation of Wein- er's tie-in sales would continue. on the possibility that other vio lations may be discovered. He did not make the customary of- ier to accept a voluntary con tribution to the U. S. treasury NEW PRODUCTS HEAD Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 U.R) Herbert J. Cox of Eugene has been elected president of the new Fjrojtry Prodifts founda tion, it was announced today, FAG SALE CHANGE ONRUSHING SLAVS ENCIRCLE POZNAN; T Silesian Mining Towns Fall Nazi Trap Tightened Counter Attacks Fail London, Sunday, Jan. 28 (U.R) Onrushing soviet armies yester day encircled the great Polish fortress city of Poznan on the direct road to Berlin, drove to within four miles of the east Prussian capital of Konigsberg and smashed within eight miles of the border of west Prussia. Moscow announced that Rus sian spearheads were within 100 miles of the great German Baltic port of Stettin and that the Vis tula river fortress of Torun, 88 miles south of Danzig, have been encircled and its trapped nazl garrison was being wiped out. Piling victory on victory, red army forces also captured five major Silesian mining cities vital to Adolf Hitler's tottering war machine and squeezed 200,- ooo trapped nazi soldiers in east Prussia into a pocket that was reduced to 3,300 square miles. Bitter enemy counted-attacks launched in an attempt to break out of encircled east Prussia were. smashed with heavy losses, Moscow said. Far to the south, southwest of Budapest, Marshal ueodore M. TolbUkhin's 35th Ukrainian army shattered - all nozi efforts' to break through to Budapest, reganied several lost towns and "considerably im proved its positions." Moscow said. . '. Poznan,' 136 miles east of Ber lin and 97 miles from Frankfort-on-the-Oder, the next big city on tne direct route to the refugee- packed German capital, was en circled after a four-day battle by troops of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st White Russian army. They captured the town of Buk, 17 miles to the west and only 122 miles east of Berlin. This was the closest approach to me uerman canital announced by the soviet high command. But Berlin broadcasts said tank van guards already had reached the Obra river border of Germany and Poland and a Wllhelmstrasse spokesman, quoted by the DNB agency, said they had .been checked at the river at Bent- schen, 93 miles east of Berlin. REGIMENTAL FLAG TO Headquarters. 41st Dlvltnn Southwest Pacific. Jan. 27 (U.R) For the first time in the Pa cific war, the colors of a Japan ese infantry regiment, which Japanese troops traditionally must defend to the last, have been surrendered voluntarily to an American unit. A starved Japanese sergeant recently walked Into the mess- hall of the 102nd (Oregon) Infan try o fthe 41st division on Biak Island and handed over the remnants of the chrysanthemum- crested battle flag of the enemy's zzznd regiment, 36th division. This regiment, veteran of three years conquest In north China landed at Biak on Christmas day, 1943, and its Commander, Col. Naoyuki Kuzume, boasted that his 200 fighters and 3,800 men some day would parade the streets of Australian cities. But at last count, the 222nd Japanese regiment had eight Of ficers and less than 90 men alive, and these were beaten, furtive stragglers m Bisk's jungles. Kuzume committed Hara Kir! but only after an elaborate cere mony In which the center was burned from the sacred regimen tal colors. Remnants of the battle flag were entrusted to a sergeant. He thought that If the colors were surrendered to the Americans, they might get back to Japan af ter the war. NIPS SURRENDER Tribune Unit. '-f Full Ding Dong Daddy Behind Bars P,"f9f ttS9R9 m n h n (Acme TeUphato) He "Just always wanted a home" and so, Francis Van Wle, the 68-year-old Ding Dong Daddy of San Francisco's D car line, finds a temporary home in a Los Angeles Jail cell while awaiting for police to bring him back to San Francisco to explain the estimated total of at least 10 wives ... v be accumulated.wlthout benefit ot divorce. ; , ... . ...'. Los Angeles, Jan. 27 iU.fi) i Matronly, black-haired Miss Cal- liedonna Pearl Pullen today told of meeting Francis Van Wie, the; bald and street-car-driving Casanova, and in five days reach ing point that might - have made her Mrs. Van Wie the ninth except for his apprehen sion last Thursday. ' ' Miss Pullen told of meeting SILVER STAR TO LI-MUM Washington, Jan. 27 U.R) The silver star today was award ed to 1st Lt. Robert R. Ham mond, of Medford, killed in ac tion. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Maxine R. Hammond, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hammond, a sister, Virginia, a brother. Major Bruce Hammond In the marines, and an aunt, Mrs. Minkler, all of Medford. The citation read: "In Italy, on May 28, 1944 preceding a coordinated attack, he moved Into enemy territory and reconnoltercd approach routes and German positions. Shortly thereafter, he led his machinegun platoon in the at tack. When his company was subjected to severe artillery and machinegun fire he maneuvered his platoon to a supporting posi tion on the exposed flank. The enemy subsequently launched a counterattack supported by armor. He directed accurate fire which neutralized several hostile machineguns, depriving the at tacking enemy of much of its fire support. He was killed while working his way through his platoon under Intense fire, dl rectlgn and encouraging his men. His gallantry and leadership re flect highest credit on the arm ed forces." Doctors Named To Board Of Health Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 (U.R) Dr. C. E, Hardwlch, of Hood River, Dr. Thomas E. Robertson, Portland, and Dr. Charles E. Hunt, of Eugene, have been named to the state board of health, it was announced today. Dr. Hardwlch will succeed Dr. Thompson Coberth, of The Dalles, whose term expired Jan uary 15. The two others were reappointments. Uwd Wlf Miles of Van Wie last .Saturday In Fersh- ing Square, center of Los An geles' . downtown section and focal point for pigeons, soap-box orators on religion and politics and resting place for tired peo ple. "He was a very nice, sociable sort of gentleman," she said. "He took me out to dinner and to a show that evening." TAKE FIRM STAND TO Plain Talk By United States Aide Who Threatens To Resign Washington, Jan. 27 (U.R) Herbert C. Pell, former U. S representative on the United Na tions war crimes commission, fears that the United States and Great Britain will lose their leadership among European na tions unless they adopt a strong policy toward nazi criminals. 'This hypothetical case Il lustrates my point," he told the United Press several weeks ago. "Assume that a Czehoslovak had two daughters who were raped and murdered by two different Germans. One of the Germans is caught by the Russians, tried and summarily hung. The other is caught by the British or Amer icans, given a light punishment and then freed. To which of the allies do you think the Czech father will look for help, guid ance and sympathy In the fu ture?" In an hour's discussion of the war crimes problem and his work on the commission. Pell made it plain that unless a more vigorous attitude was taken by this government he would talk frankly for ' publication and probably resign. He had no Intimation then that the state department plan ned to "fire him, even though a month had passed since congress turned down the appropriation for the commission, His remarks were released for publication to day. GLARING LIOHTS BLAMED Salem, Ore., Jan. 27 (U.R) Faulty and glaring headlights caused many of the 19 traffic fatajlties In Oregon during the first 19 days of the month, Sec retary of State Robert S. Far- rell, Jr., reported today. II . If I s 9 Use The Mail Tribune Want Ad Way . Quick Results At Small Coit NO. 26L Manila FEEBLY OPPOSED NEAR TOCAPITAL Main Force Takes Culayo Fall of Manila Seen As Advance Speeds .' Allied Headquarters, Luzon, Sunday, Jan. 28 (U.R) Armor ed spearheads of Maj. Gen. Rob ert S. Beightler's 37th division outran the main body of U. S. troops in a race for Manila to day and drove on past Angeles, 43 airline miles northwest of the Philippines capital, whose fall has not yet been reported officially. It appeared that the armored patrols were meeting little if any resistance in their drive down highway No. 3, a situation that was supported by the views of many officers who expressed doubt that the Japanese would be able to make another serious stand this side of the capital city. The dally allied war bulletin announced that the main body of the 37th, marching down the road to Manila, overran Culayo and poured on south behind the searching armored patrols. Cul ayo is 3Va miles northwest of Angeles and just southwest of Clark -Field.- ' - : - Reports from the front said the armored spearheads had reached a point only 43 road miles from Manila, v Meanwhile, , troops of Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th division poured Into the hills southwest of Clark Field and Fort Stotsen- ' burg to take on the difficult task of cleaning out Japanese) positions - there, while other . forces drove against the Japa nese In the Clark Field area it self. One regiment of the 40th was sweeping westward, threatening an estimated 5,000 Japanese m the hills with envelopment. Japanese artillery and mortar fire, which fell heavily in the area southwest of Bamban Fri day, was slackening fast yester day as American guns and planes sought' out one position after another and blasted them into oblivion. Grants Pass Cavemen took command of third place In Southern Oregon conference play Saturday night when they walloped Klamath Falls 28 to 18 In a rough basketball game played at Grants Pass. Klamath Falls moved Into cellar position as a result of their two losses to the Cavemen. Many fouls were called on both teams, according to a tele phone message from Grants Pass, with each team losing a player on five personal fouls and Grants Pass losing one for unnecessary roughness. ' Klamath Falls plays Ashland at Klamath Falls next Friday and Saturday nights while Grants Pass comes to Medford for an Infantile paralysis bene fit game Tuesday night. Increase Favored Old Age Pensions Portland, Ore., Jan. 27 (U.R) An increase In the old aga pension ceiling above the pres ent $40 limit today was endors ed by the Oregon state public welfare commission. G r a n t a would be made on the basis of physical needs under the pro posal. There are no limits on aid to blind and needy children. Court Meet Bat . Chicago, Jan. 27 U.R) Tha seventh annual professional world's championship basketball tournament will be held here, March 19-21 and 23 and 24.