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,in KM Mm mS mm 0) o) -7 y BIG SCALE MOVE NEAR, NAZIS SAY; I First Army Takes Schmidt; X Berlin on Edge as New I Offensive Seen. Paris, Feb. 8 (U.B More than 1,000 allied medium and fighter bombers struck through murky weather today at Ger man positions directly in front of Marshal Sir Bernard L, Mont gomery's Dutch salient aimed around the Siegfried line to ward the open plain of north west Germany. Supreme headquarters sources nd front dispatches revealed many signs that the northern wing of the western front was boiling up. Nazi' broadcasts dwelt on allied plans for an im minent offensive and one fore cast an air-borne operation on the scale of that against Holland last faU. Amid Indications of imminent big scale action, Lt. Gen. Court ney H. Hodges' 1st army captur ed the Siegfried stronghold of Schmidt and pushed on nearly a mile through easing resistance to the area of the key dam in the Boer river's flood control system. ' : From Montgomery's 21st army erouD area a front dispatch said American and British bombers flew through clouds and occa sional drizzles all day to ham mer German communications and troop concentrations in the area east of Nijmegen, anchor base of the east wall of the sal ient in Holland. At supreme headquarters cor respondents were able to report that the bombing the scope and weight of which was revealed only by the front dispatch was dangerously close to the allied lines a tactical operation carried out despite unfavorable weather. .-...-'-w SHAEF sources also revealed that the Germans, apparently on edge, kept the Nijmegen salient glow last night with flares in large numbers, presumably to reveal any allied activity.-. Hodges' h e a d q u a r t ers an nounced that units of the 78th division slugged to the edge of the state forest a mile and a half' north of the Schwammen- auel dam, one oa series along the upper Roer. that may hold the key to the start of a general allied offensive forecast by the Germans. A handful of fanatical Ger mans held out in the cellars of Schmidt, key to the dam system and two and a half miles north west of ' Schwammenauel. But the doughboys had overrun the town itself for the second time in three months. The 1st army vanquard mov ing eastward from Schmidt saw six German tanks racing back deeper into Germany, and three of them were knocked out by artillery fire. German artillery fire. bursting around Schmidt appeared to be coming from batteries east of the Roer, and this fact combined with a reference in a front dis patch to "crumbling" resistance indicated the enemy was giving up the vital dams and his posi tions this side of the river. The mounting clamor of Ger man forecasts that allied armies were ready to strike for the Rhineland and the Ruhr from the broad area around Aachen was accompanied by reminders that control of the Ruhr dams was essential to any drive across the river. Dutiful Hubby Dedham, Mass., Feb. 8 (U.PJ Mrs. Laura J. Crimm of Brook line won a divorce after testifv ing in probate court that she sent ner unemployed husband, Frank, out to find a job but he returned with one for her in stead. , Coast Sergeant Honored Washineton. Feh. a niPi The War Department today an nounced award of the Distin guished Flying Cross to Wil liam J. Newman. Jr., SSgt. of crescent City, Calif. SIDE GLANCES By . TRIBUNE REPORTERS Weatherman Saul Naimark cheerily stating "he's out" when - a Mad Trib scribe called and asked for "the dope." Claude Hoover In the eitv to drum up business for a Central Point Grange danct Saturday eve. United Press Full Leased Wire Thirty-ninth Year New-Surge" i. Aadiea f rfBUiUV (Aetna Telephoto) The American Third Army explodes a new offensive across the Luxem bourg border Into Germany and bat tles into the Siegfried Line along a 22-mile front north of Echternach. Cains were scored in Prum and Schleiden areas as other forces con tinued to push Nazis to Rhine in Colmar sector. DRAW JURY LIST FOR COURT TERM STARTING FEB. 26 A list of 31 Jurors was drawn this morning in the county clerk's office to serve for the February term of circuit court which opens Monday, Feb. 26, at 10 a. m. On the list are 14 persons residing in Medford or on Medford rural routes, seven are listed from Ashland and the remainder from other -sections of the county. - - . , Listed are: Carl E. Froman, Ashland; R, E. Koozer, Ashland; Jessie Jones, Medford; M. J. Kaiser, Eagle Point; Helen Ensminger, Eagle Point; Herman Offenbacher, Ap- plegate; C. R. Perrine, Ashland; Maynard A. Putney, Medford: Orin A. Schenck, Medford; Glenn A. Howard, Eagle Point, Rt. 3. J. C. Edwin Shipley, Gold Hill; Elmo Throckmorton, Ap- plegate; Herman O. Purucker, Medford; Harold H. Vessey, Med ford; Violet Whittle, Ashland: Gertrude Wilmeth, Ashland; Chester Wendt, Medford, Rt. 2; Emilia G. Tuttle, Medford; Verna R. Matthews, Eagle Point. Thos. Vestal, Eagle Point; Gordon Kershaw, Medford, Rt. 3; Thos. Stanley, Brownsboro: Ruby Nelson, Brownsboro;Leta Kyle, Medford; Paul Martin, Medford, Rt. 3; Otto Niedermey- er, Medford, R.F.D. 2; Freda Kingsley, Medford, Rt. 3; Sam B. McNair, Ashland; Mary T Hendricks, Medford, Rt. 3; Mae C. Henselman, Medford; Walter B. Hamby, Ashland, Rt 2. GERMllOAT E London, Feb. 8 (U.R) Lan caster heavy bombers dropped 3ix-ton earthquake bombs .on German motor torpedo boat shelters at Ijmuiden in west central Holland today.. An air ministry announce ment said the bombers were es corted by Spitfires, and all re turned safely to base. The Ijmuiden U-boat base is 1pm than inn mllea north of the Schelds estuary entrance to the port of Antwerp, the most vital gateway to western Europe for Allied military supplies, 01 NETH. J l-Jj5 rwoui 5-- MUNSTi flV"T atom TP -J: MANMHItM "? , SAjUtBSUCKM 7 x Vvw yssa) , """V fsTKASBOUIIG Celmer e jy MUIH0USI, Ml ttlk ON ODER WIDEN FOR BERLIN PUSH Flanking Drive To Isolate Frankfort Opens, Mos cow Reports. London, Feb. 8 U.R) Moscow dispatches said today that Russian forces . waging a violent battle of the bridgeheads across the Oder before Berlin were developing a flanking drive to cut the Frankfurt-Ber lin road and Isolate the key bas tion on the west bank of the river. The German high command said Marshal Gregor K. Zhu kov's assault troops had estab lished an unspecified number of footholds on the west bank of the Oder along a 35-mile arc facing Berlin, and supplemen tary Nazi broadcasts reported that the Soviet bridgeheads had been widened. Zhukov's armored vanguards were reported by Moscow to have ripped Into the northern and suburbs of Kuestrln and in to the eastern fringe of Frank furt, while massive infantry for mations surged up to the Oder and stamped out virtually all. of the German toeholds on the east bank.' - . . "The battle for the Soviet bridgeheads on the west bank of the Oder raged unabtedly, with the Russians developing a drive to cut the Frankfurt-Berlin road" and Isolate the bastion city," United Press Correspond ent Henry Shapiro reported from Moscow. Although the Red army command- was not yet confirmed the reported crossing of the Oder little more than 30 miles east of Berlin, the Moscow dispatch reporting the flanking drive, to gether with the JNazl acxnowi edement of new Soviet gains beyond the river, indicated that Zhukov had solidified his crossing sufficiently to renew his oush toward Berlin. Frankfurt lies on the west bank of the Oder 33 miles from the city limits of Berlin. Suffi cient Russian progress for a swing in behind this key city would raise the possibility of an approach within 30 miles or less of the bomb-scarred and refugee- clogged capital. francemTdby big three plans Part, Foh. A (U.R) Gov ernment circles said today that France would not consider her self bound by any decisions reached by the Allied Big Three oritVirtiit rrtnailltinff her. Confirmation that the Roose velt Churchill Stalin meeting was under way without French participation fanned the bitter nea with which the French Press has been discussing the conference since Gen. Charles Tin nnnlle'a jmeech Mondav. The French attitude was that lt was unfair to leave France nut nf nnv diacuBslon of the fu tiff- nf fiermnnv since she is the reich's closest neighbor and has suffered more than any oiner country from German invasions in the past 150 years. Tule Lake Area To Grow Food For War Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Reclamation Commissioner Har ry W. Bashore said today that 12,500, acres of fertile land in the Modoc unit of the Tule Lake division, Klamath reclamation project, is being prepared to serve war food needs. George H. Stacey, Parker, Ariz., has been awarded a $68,- 163 contract to build the earth work and structures and Klam ath straits drain outlet on the project, Bashore said. SCULPTOR PASSES Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Feb. 8 (U P) Francis ' P. Hedlund aculptor, who worked on the Tone mountain and Rushmorc memorials died at his home here last night. aa JIWHIl'riUBjjfr sjwatiMps sbsT g MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, ,T Corregidor, the toy island that commands entrance to Manila's harbor and on which the last bloody chap ter of American defeat was written in 1942, is undergoing a terrific hammering from bombs of American planes and, according to Tokyo radio, has been under bombardment from U. S. warships. .This map graphi cally Illustrates the strategic location of the "Rock," the recapture of which la necessary to bring ships and supplies into the vital harbor. TOKYO THREATENS USE OF FLEET IN BATTLE OF LUZON By United Press , Radio Tokyo said today that the Japanese will open a coun ter-offensive soon in the Philip pines with the support of their fleet. The counteroffensive will touch off "some of the greatest battles the world has ever known," Tokyo said, quoting the official Domel agency. ' Though the United States can afford to lose the battle of Lu zon, Dome! saldKVit Is not so with Japan," Japan must win If she is to survive, the agency explained. If Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita plans to retire to southern Lu zon, Domel said, "the imperial Japanese navy will not only pro tect his flanks but also keep him in operational contact with Japanese garrisons entrenched In numerous Japanese-held Is lands to the south." The broadcast was recorded by the FCC. . By United Press Japan has informed Germany she "confidently expects"' a German victory in Europe, the Domel agency said today in a broadcast recorded by the FCC, Chungking, Feb. 8 (U.R) Major Gen. Albert C. Wedemey- er, commander, of U. S. army forces in China, said today Al lied successes in the Philippines and Burma have forced the Jap anese to shift from offensive to defensive, strategy throughout China. BY B-29'S JAPS STAT! Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Lone B-29 Superfortresses made two more bombing attacks on the big Japanese seaport of Kobe early today, Radio Tokyo, re ported. "Extremely slight" damage was caused in the second raid. Tokyo said, but none in the first. The broadcast was recorded by the FCC. A strong force of B-29s from India hit the Rama VI bridge on the Bangkok-Moulmeln rail way in Thailand yesterday, a dispatch from 20th bomber com mand headquarters' said. PURGE CAUSE OF HOLLAND CRISIS London, Feb. 8 (U.R) The Dutch cabinet of Premier Pieter Gerbrandy resigned today in a crisis precipitated by the dis missal of Home Minister, J. A. W. Burger who had protested mass purging of Dutch collabora tionists. Queen Wllhelmlna, after re ceiving the resignation, asked Gerbrandy to form a new gov ernment in which the liberated area of Holland will be repre sented. An official statement said the vctcra.i premier was consider ing whether to accept the man I data. Corregidor Key toManil sn.Biih CORREGIDOR rIPl CAPTURED ALLIED INV A S I ON Total U. S. Casualties Since Pearl Harbor 764,832, Stimson Reports. Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son announced today that 865, 000 Germans have been captur ed in the European theater since the allied invasion of France on June ,6t.,.-r,.- Meanwhile, a compilation of U. S. combat casualties officially announced here showed that the total since Pearl Harbor has reached 764,832. This was 27,400 more than the total in the last overall compilation made Febru ary 2. The new total-included 678, 796 army casualties, an increase of 26,376 since last Friday, and 88,036 navy casualties, an in creaseif 1,114 in the same per iods The army figure included 130,266 killed, 396,176 wounded. 58.878 prisoners of war, and 91,476 missing. The navy total included 33, 228 dead. 40.356 wounded, 9,977 missing, arid 4475 prisoners of war. , Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson explained that the army total Included all theater cas ualties compiled here through January 28. He added however, that they reflect battle losses only through December. The total of army killed, Stim son said, included 4,522 prevt ously listed as missing but now declared dead. Of the army wounded, 191,439 have returned to duty, he said. Greenleaf Angered At Missing Set-Up Shot, Shatters Cue Chicago, Feb. 8 (U.R) Ralph Greenleaf, Detroit, be came so exasperated when he missed an easy shot in his cross country world's championship pocket blllard match with Title- holder Willie Mosconi, Toledo, last night that he rapped his cue on the edge of the table and shattered it. The contenders split two blocks yesterday, Greenleaf win- nina the first 125 to 73 and drooping the second 123 to 82, Greenleaf scored a high run of 32 in 15 Innings in the first block. Mosconl's high run was 37. In the second block Mos conl's high run was 29 and Greenleaf's was 28. In the overall scoring Mos coni now leads 1,898 points to 1,551. ' Engine Breakdown Delays S. P. Train Southern Pacific's south- bound passenger train number 329 was several hours late In arriving in Medford yesterday and today because of engine trouble, according to the train master here. Mechanical trou ble with the engine occurred today between Grants Pass and Roieburg and ye;tcrt!ay be tween Rnseburg and Eugene, lt was stated. RIBUNE United Press Full Leased Wire ? ,UARY 8, 1945 irbor Acmm TeUnhoto) BILL TO REVAMP STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ARGUED Salem, Ore., Feb. 8 (U,R) A proposed revamping of the State Department of Public Health, affecting virtually every Oregon, citizen, was "before Ore gon legislators toaay n cwi troversy that may prove to be a highlight of the 1945 session. An interim committee report Incorporated into an omnibus bill (SB89) was under advise ment of the senate committee on medicine, pharmacy and dentis try after a score of witnesses last night spent three hours' in sham conflict. There was agreement that haphazord 1 e g i s 1 a tlon had brought complex administration over related public health ac tivities. Beyond that, there was dispute over: 1. The Interim committee's program of a seven-member Public Health' Board, composed of- four physicians and three laymen; tighter quarantine laws; close alliance between public health and Department of Agri culture pooling of funds. 2. Two other bills (SB128 and one yet unnumbered) to draw definite demarcation between Agriculture and Public Health (sponsored by Sen. W. E. Burke, Yamhill County.) 3. Allied groups demanding board members representing dentists, pharmacists, veterinar ians, nurses, industrial hygien ists, perhaps attorneys, as at present. 4. Insistence of labor and others that transfer of industrial hygiene from public health to industrial relations would be efficient, economical and intelli gent, r 8. -Present Oregon health con ditions are good, any change should be cautious. VETS APPLY FOR E ' Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, ad-mlnlstrjtor-of Veterans' affairs, said today that many World War II veterans applying for aid have postponed returning to school to earn "big pay" in war plants. He said that 36,778 veterans have requested education under the "G. I. Bill of Rights" and that 33.256 of these requests were approved. But by Dec. 31, only 12,864 veterans t actually were enrolled In schools, and 279 of these were receiving on-the-job training. MILL CREEK BILL Salem, Feb. 8 (U.R) Sen ate Bill 30, withdrawing waters of Mill creek from appropria tion or condemnation, was pass ed by ltoupe and sent to the governor Wednendav. Ren. Bengtson spoke for the Bill which originated In the Roads and Highways committee. YANK OFFENSIVE TO REGAIN LOST Manila Harbor Soon Open For Shipping Tanks In vade Jap Held Area. Washington, Feb. 8 U,R Secretary of War Henry L. Stim son told a press conference to day that Manila harbor soon will be reopened to American ship ping. This was regarded as a clear Indication that American for ces soon will undertake the re conquest of Corregidor, island fortress m the harbor where American and Filipino forces made their last valiant stand in the early days of the war. "With the freeing of Manila. the government of the Philip pine people will be re-established in its capital," Stimson said. "The harbor of Manila will be reopened and from bases In the Philippines American planes and ships will cut Japanese sea routes to the East Indies and sep arate Japan from the, oil, rub ber and other resources of the Indies and Mayalay," ha said. Manila, Feb. 8 (U.R) American troops, - employing amphibious tanks, have started crossing the bridgeless Pasig river into the burning, Japanese held southern halt of Manila, enemy broadcasts reported to day; while Japanese resistance Was 'eliminated in the northern half of the city. Halted temporarily when Jap anese sappers blew up the last of the four bridges across the Pasig, which bisects Manila from east to west, U. S. forces have effected crossing west of Malacanan Palace, the Japanese reported. Tokyo radio, quoting a Dome! (Japanese) news agency dispatch, said Japanese garrison units were "fiercely attacking" the river bridgehead. While a heavy artillery bar rage poured down on the sur viving Japanese forces van guards of the U. S. 11th Air borne division were cutting their way into the enemy rear from the south. T TO HEAR SUIT OF LADY IN SLACKS San Francisco, Feb. 8 (U.R) Superior Judge Elmer Robinson refused today to hear Mrs. Eliza beth Strauch's petition for an annulment of her marriage be cause she was wearing slacks. When her case was called, 18-year-old Mrs. Strauch, a pretty and shapely brunette, appeared wearing neatly pressed brown slacks, a loose blue sports coat and open-toed sandals. After one look, Judge Robin son roared: 'That's no way to appear In court! You are not showing pro per respect for the law or fot this court, young woman." - He asked here if she owned other clothes and receiving an affirmative answer said: "Well, go home and slip some of them on and come back here again a month from now." Year's Extension Of Lend'Lease Sought Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Assistant Secretary of State Dean Acheson today urged con gress to extend the lend-lease program for at least another year after June 30 because its termi nation now would be "a tragic blow to our own war effort." He told the house foreign af fairs committee it would be dis astrous if congress should dis play "any but the most unified determination" to continue lend- lease aid to the allies until both Germany and Japan have been knocked out. New York, Feb. 8 (IIP) Cot ton futures opened 1 to 2 points lower. Weather Forfait Clondr with showers tonliht and during Friday. Cooler Friday. Tamp. Hlfhett yastarday ' i Lowest this mornlns 4t PreclpltaUoa past 21 his., M NO. 271. Big Three Maps Plan for Final Phase Military Board Planned. Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) . Announcement that the big three allied powers were jointly making detailed plans for the "final phase" of the European war seemed today to mark Ger many for the knockout blow be fore next summer's end. Observers felt that military leaders would .not be formulat ing "detailed plans" for th "final phase", until they felt con fident that this phase would be completed within a relatively short time. Much significance was seen In the statement that the plans ara being formulated "Jointly" by the military staffs of the three governments. They believed that such joint planning meant there would be much closer collabora tion henceforth between thai eastern and western European fronts. London, Feb. 8 (U.R) Diplo matic quarters believed today that one of the momentous de cisions to be ahnounced at the end of the big three conference may be the formation of a mili tary board by the United States, Britain ana xtussla to deal the araw wow - to- the ."German army... ' .. Observers ' here believe thai Russians now are ready for the nrst time to join the Ameri cans and British in the forma tion of a military committee that will execute the strategy plan. ned by President Roosevelt- Premier Stalin, and Prime Min ister Churchill. Military experts already are working on the de cisions made by the big three. There is great satisfaction in British official quarters over the fact that the big three came to an agreement so quickly on plans for the final defeat of Germany. There has been some feeling that in tne past, operations of the eastern and western fronts have Deen carried out on too inde pendent a basis. Now the r- slans on one side and the British ana Americans on the other are exchanging full military infor mation as the vise closes on Germany. London diplomats also believe that the military board will func tion only until the defeat of Ger many. After that a Joint admin istrative commission would be formed, lt was reported, to rule the relch. GOV. DEWEY TALKS , 7 TONIGHT Washington, Feb. 8 (U.R) Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York returns to the national spotlight tonight for the first time since his election defeat when he delivers "Lincoln Day" address at a Republican dinner and rally here. Dewey's speech is scheduled to be broadcast over a nation wide (NBC) network from 10 to 10:30 p. m. EWT. (7 to 7:30 local time). Mercy Flight For Soldier's Baby Ends Boston, Feb. 8 (U.R) Flying the last 800 miles blind, an army transport plane arrived in a snowstorm today with a soldier's four-day-old daughter who was rushed to Boston from Utah Tor an emergency operation, . The plane was met at Logan International airport by a heat ed ambulance which transferred the infant to the Children's hos pital, where an -immediate ex. amlnation was begun. The baby is suffering from a throat obstruction which pre vents pasange of food to her stomach. She Is the daughter of Lt. and Mrs. Hyman Weisberg of Brooklyn, N. Y now station ed at Kearns, Utah. WASHINGTON SEES NAZIS KNOCKOUT ERESUMMER'SEND
