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Thirty-ninth Year
Huge Fires
Dense imok blllowi up from
photograph was made from roof of
as they drove into city.
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Corregidor Fort Rocks Under Heaviest
Bombing Attack So Far in Pacific War
By United Press
The Japanese reeled today
from a week end of American
aerial assaults on their home
land through Asia to the Philip-
Dines.
The heaviest saturation bomb
ing attack yet launched in the
Pacific was made against the
fortress of Corregidor in Manila
harbor.
Facing the growing aerial of
fensive with B-29 Superfort
resses, the American airmen in
48 hours hammered an import-
TORTURED, SLAIN
BY JAP INVADERS
Manila, Feb. 12. U.F The
Chinese community in Manila
never had even the proverbial
Chinaman's chance during the
three years of Japanese occupa
tion. The period of tortures and
murders ended with a huge fire
that wiped out the once prosper
ous Chinese wholesale and re
tail center.
Until the Chinese consulate,
the community association, and
official registrations are restored
it will be impossible to estimate
the number of Chinese civilians
killed by the Japanese or to fix
the financial loss.
Counsul Killed
Reliable sources declared Jap
anese military police tortured
and killed Consul General Kau-
angson xoung ana six incuiucia
of his staff.
Kauangson Young was last
seen alive late in January when
he and other Chinese community
leaders were detained. Chinese
community leaders were "invit
ed" to a meeting on the Philip
pine university campus.
They were told that they were
prisoners. A few were freed but
the others were put in jail for
more than a year. All their pro
perties were confiscated.
Japanese soldiers ransacked
Chinese stores, paying one or
two pesos for goods worth a
thousand pesos.
During the occupation Japa
nese military police arrested
thousands without charges, often
swooping down fr midnight
searches of every house and ar
resting residents at random.
Released prisoners reported
they were beaten daily, many
fatally.
Radio Highlights
New York Lincoln day ban
quet address by Gov. Bricker,
7:30 p. m. over Blut network.
Medford
United Pitu
Burn in Heart of Manila
large iirei itarted b? Jap demolitions in heart of Manila. Thit
Santo Tomas concentration camp, liberated by American troops
ant aircraft factory near Tokyo;
ammunition dumps near Ran
goon in-Burma; ground installa
tions on Iwo Jima in the Vol
canos; the Tsingtao air base in
China's Shuntung peninsula, and
Corregidor.
500 Sorties Made
The air attack, in which 500
bombing sorties were made
against Corregidor and southern
Bataan to soften up the island
for an American landing, came
as U. S. tank and infantry col
umns splintered the Japanese
forces In southern Manila.
In one attack, the bombers de
stroyed 35 barges carrying an
estimated 2,500 Japanese who
possibly were fleeing Corregidor
for the Bataan coast. American
PT boats sank another 2.0 coastal
craft north of Lingayen gulf.
The B-29 raid today on Iwo
Jima, 750 miles south of Tokyo
followed a week end of other
Superfortress attacks on Japan
and Burma. The Japanese also
reported that a lone B-29 flew
over the Tokyo area on recon
naissance today, but was shot
down.
Tokyo Hit Hard
The 21st bomber command dis
closed that the largest force of
Superfortresses ever to hit Japan
raided the Nikajima aircraft
plant, 40 'miles northwest of
Tokyo Saturday. Yesterday an-
LEE M. REYNOLDS
Pfc. Lee M. Reynolds is in an
army hospital in the Philippine
islands as the result of shrannel
wounds in the arms and face, a
letter to his parents states. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R.
Reynolds, 36 North Peach street.
The young man wrote that his
wounds were not too serious and
that he was allowed to be up part
of the time.
He is with General MacAr
thur's army and has been serv
ing overseas since December of
1943.
Pfc. Reynolds' brother, Bob,
storekeeper third class, is a mem
ber of the crew of an LVS serv
ing in the Pacific.
Germans Call Up
Women and Girls
London, Feb. 12 (U.R)
The DNB News Agency said to
day that the government had or
dered the first call-up of Ger
man women and girls for war
service.
The country's first draft order
for women service had been
on a volunteer basis said they
were being called up for Voiks
strum or home guard auxiliary
services-such as needlework fn
the production of army eqiup-menu
Full Leased Wire
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 .945
other large force of B-29s from
India blew up the biggest Japa
nese ammunition- dumps in -Burma
with a raid on Mingaladon,
12 miles northwest of Rangoon.
At the same time, allied bomb
ers from Burma raided enemy
fuel and ammunition depots near
Rangoon.
The attack on Tsingtao air
base in China was made by fight
ers of the Chinese American
composite wing who destroyed
46 Japanese planes and dam
aged 57. others. The raid was
the closest approach yet to Japan
for the Sino-American fighters
and carried within 550 miles
from the enemy's homeland.
There will be a meeting at
the Chamber of Commerce at 8
p. m., Thursday conducted by
priorities analyst W. H. Marsh,
to clear up the situation regard
ing requests for materials. The
meeting will be attended by rep
resentatives of the farm war
labor board, the city, the county,
building contractors and appli
ance merchants.
There has been an accumula
tion of priorities and misunder
standings for some time past, it
is said, and the meeting will
clear up many of these prob
lems. INDIAN OFFICE
Washington, Feb. 12. U.R)
The White House today an
nounced the resignation of John
Collier as commissioner of the
interior department's office of
Indian affairs.
Collier has held the post since
soon after President Roosevelt's
inauguration in 1933. He has
effected many reforms In the
federal handling of Indian prob
lems. Some of his" program
aroused bitter opposition among
certain tribes and groups.
26 HURT WHEN S. P.
TRAINS HIT HEAD-ON
Redlands, Cal., Feb. 12 (U.R)
Twenty-six persons were hos
pitalized today after the packed
Chicago-to-Los Angeles Southern
Pacific Californian and a 97-car
eastbound Southern Pacific
freight train rammed head-on
yesterday on a single-track curve
one mile west of here.
The injured, except for mem
bers of the freight train's crew,
were aboard the all-coach train,
carrying a capacity load of D16
passengers.
IVA KONEV'S FORCES
P8f fiAgJji FLANKING DRIVE
Major Siegfried Key Bases
E OF KLEVE
Yankees Storm Through
Over Half of Pruem
Nazi Resistance Tottering
Paris, Feb. 12 (U.R) Allied
armies crushed the last or
ganised German resistance in
Kleve and Pruem today, virtu
ally completing the conquest
of the keystone bases of the
Siegfried line.
Paris, Feb. 12. (U.R) Su
preme headquarters reported to
day that the capture of Kleve
and Preum, keystone bases of
the yielding Siegfried line, ap
peared imminent.
Canadian first army troops
broke the German grip on
Kleve, northern anchor of the
Siegfried belt, except for a. toe
hold on the edge of the strong
hold. American third army forces
stormed through more than half
of Pruem, 110 miles south of
Kleve, and front reports said
the main garrison had with
drawn, leaving a thinly scat
tered rear guard.
Resistance Totters '
SHEAF sources said the
mounting allied pressure on the
fortified communications cen
ters threatened to collapse the
remaining German resistance at
any time.
Between the besieged bases,
patrols of the American first
army probed the German de
fenses on the east bank of the
Roer river south of Dueren.
They found the east bank heav
ily defended.
As the battle of Kleve moved
toward its climax, the Cana
dians captured the neighboring
town of Gennep in the offensive
aimed at the industrial Ruhr.
F
San Francisco, Feb. 12. (U.R)
The burned wreckage of a
navy Catalina PBY, missing
since Jan. 31 when it took off
from San Francisco for Seattle
on a routine ferrying flight, and
the bodies of six crew members
and two passengers were found
by search parties in the moun
tainous wilderness near Brook
ings, Ore., the navy announced
today.
The navy said there could be
no identification of the eight
persons aboard nor a full report
of the reasons for the crash
until pack trains retuned from
the area.
The wreckage first was sighted
on Feb. 6, the navy said, and
search parties were organized
at the naval auxiliary air sta
tion, Areata, Cal.,' with the as
sistance of forest rangers. At
many points the groups had to
cut their way through the wil
dernecs with axes. They were
guided by smoke indicators
dropped from 'planes.
Blue-Eyed Redhead
Favorite Valentine
Of Yankee Seamen
London, Feb. 12. (U.R) A
blue-eyed red-head is the favor
ite valentine of American sea
men in Great Britain.
But she's ust a dream girl for
most of them. On the practical
side, according to a United
States seamen's service poll, 61
per cent prefer blondes.
They tlso prefer British girls
to Americans or any others.
They're "cuter and more polite".
"easier to get along with ,
"friendlier than American girls"
questionnaire replies said.
And, the seamen insist, the
English lassies aren't as spoiled
as their American sisters.
Canadians Smash
(Acme Telephoto)
Canadian First Army, troops broke through to the Rhine In an encircling
movement around Kleve, anchor of the Siegfried Line. The drive was a
direct threat to the Industrial section of the Ruhr. Other Allied col
umns drive at Kleve and Qoch.
BERLIN CONVERTED
FOR FINAL STAND
London, Feb. 12. (U.R) Ber
lin was reported under a state
of siege today and swarming
with hand-picked Nazi elite
guards ordered by Adolf Hit
ler to defend the capital block
by block against the red army.
A Moscow broadcast, partial
ly borne out by Swiss press dis
patches and German propa
ganda statements, said Berlin
had been converted into an
armed camp, jammed with
troops and refugees from the
east and ruled by what amount
ed to martial law.
Quoting advices from Stock
holm, Moscow said Hitler had
convoked a council of war at
his headquarters and ordered
Berlin defended to the death,
even if it meant the complete
destruction of the city.
Fifteen SS elite guards di
visions were reported massed in
the city, and Moscow said the
Nazis were evacuating civilians
from the eastern suburbs by
force, mining the roads and
transforming hundreds of homes
into pillboxes.
Berlin propagandists frankly
admitted the gravity of the sit
uation and the gloom spreading
through the reich In the face of
the allied advances from . the
east and west.
BIRD LAND AIM
Sacramento. Feb. 12. (U.R)
A proposal by agencies of the
federal and state governments
to buy 40,000 acres of California
lands for migratory bird refuges
and public shooting grounds was
revealed at Sacramento today, s
Roosevelt Asks
Cooperation in International Financing
Washington, Feb. 12 (U.R)
President Roosevelt today asked
Congress to launch this country
on a new era of International
financial cooperation. He said
it would spell the difference be
tween a peaceable world and
economic warfare leading to an
other World war.
He sent a special message ask
ing Congress to enact legisla
tion. Necessary for the United
States to participate in the pro
posed $8,000,000,000 Interna
tional Stabilization Fund and the
$9,100,000,000 Reconstruction
Bank. - Estaabllshment of these
huge international financial or
ganizations was recommended by
last summer's international mon
etary conference at Brctton
Woods, N. H.
"Choice Is Ours"
"In a nutshell," the president
said, "the Fund Agreement spells
the difference between a world
caught again in the rr.r.rlstrom
of panic and economic warfare
Ahead Near Kleve
Serviceman's Duds
Left In Auto After
Ride From Merced
What Jackson county service
man is home on furlough minus
his extra clothing? Some service
man has lost his clothes and the
man who has them doesn't know
the owner's name.
This story began February 6
when Elmer S. Clark of Merced,
Calif., gave a soldier a ride
while driving from Merced to
Sacramento. When the soldier
got out of the car, he forgot his
bag of clothing.
Mr. Clark had not inquired
tho soldier's name and the only
information he has is that the
soldier was on his way home
from a camp in Texas, was on a
15-day furlough and said he
lived 30 miles from Medford in
the mountains. Only Identifica
tion on the clothes is a laundry
mark.
This information Clark put In
a letter to the Tribune and he
hopes the soldier, his family or
a friend will read this and com
municate with him at R. R. 1,
Box 553, Merced, Calif.
Virginia Co-Ed For
Rights For Negroes
Williamsburg, Va Feb. 12
(U.R) Faculty members of Wil
liam and Mary college considered
disciplinary action today against
the co-ed editor of the school
newspaper which was suspended
for carrying an editorial calling
for equal educational and social
right for Negroes.
Editor Marilyn Kaemmerle, 22,
of Jackson, Mich., author of the
"equal rights" editorial, wrote
that the time should come when
Negroes could attend the col
lege, "join the same clubs, be
our roommates, pin the same
classmates, and marry among
us."
Congress to Empower
culminating in war as In the
1930's or a world in which
the members strive for a better
life through mutual trust, co
operation, and assistance.
"The choice Is ours."
The monetary fund and bank
together, he said, comprise a
"cornerstone for International
Economic Relations." He con
ceded that they were not per
fect, however, and said "It may
well be that the experience of
future years will show us how
they can be Improved."
"The United States should act
promptly upon the plan for the
International Bank, which will
make or guarantee sound loans
for the foreign currency require
ments of important reconstruc
tion and development projects
In member countries," he said.
The International Stabilization
Fund Plan contemplates an $88,
000.000.000 fund $2,000,000,
000 of it would be put up by the
NO. 274.
Near Fall
COMPROMISE PACT
Agreement Grants EAM-
ELAS Demands for Early
Ballot On King's Return
Athens, Feb. 12 (U.R) A
compromise peace treaty ended
the bloody Greek civil war to
day. , Representatives of the Greek
government and the rebellious
left-wing Eam-Elas signed the
preliminary protocols to the
treaty at 4:30 a. m after an all-
night 10-hour meeting. The final
treaty will be signed at 2:30
p. m.
The treaty grants Eam-Elas
demands that general elections
and a Plebiscite on the question
of King George's return to
Greece be held" this year, but
excludes the Eam-Elas from the
government at least until after
the elections.
Elas To Disarm
Before the outbreak of the
Civil war Dec. 3, Earn (National
Liberation Front) held seven
cabinet posts.
The treaty also provides for
the. disarmament of the Elas,
military arm of the Earn, by
March 15 and distinguishes be
tween common crimes and politi
cal offenses in any trials of Eam
Elas followers.
Government employees who
nartlclnated in the recent Hgni
ing or collaborated with the
Germans during tne years or na
si occuDation will be discharged
under another provision of the
treaty. .
Lady Puts Rings
In Wrong Pocket
St. Paul. Minn.. Feb. 12 U.R)
Police sent three diamond
rings, valued at $300, to Mrs
H. M. Slessman, Billings, Mont.,
today with a note that she must
have put them in the wrong
pocket.
Mrs. Slessman reported her
rings missing after she left the
St. Paul union depot Saturday
night. She removed the rings in
the ladies room and put them in
a coat pocket which she thought
was hers.
The coat belonged to Audrey
Scott, St. Paul, who found the
rings and turned them over to
police.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The nearest distance to Ber
lin from advanced allied lines
. today:
Eastern front 32 miles
(from Klenitz).
Western front 285 miles
(from Rhine north of Kleve).
' Italy 530 miles (from point
north of Ravenna).
United States. No new money
would need to be appropriated,
however, since the Treasury has
that much in oils present stabll
ization fund and could simply
transfer it to the International
Fund.
The bank would be set up with
$9,100,000,000,000 capital.
Prosperity Aid
Mr. Rsosevelt said in his mes
sage to Congress that the plane
would offer an opportunity for
building toward a condition of
world prosperity.
"Victory does not insure the
achievement of these larger
goals It merely offers us the
opportunity the chance to
seek their attainment," he said.
"Whether we have the courage
and vision to avail ourselves of
this tremendous ODDortunltv .
Is yet to be determined. I have
said before, and I repeat again:
This generation has a rendezvous
with destiny."
Germans Report Foe Now
Storming 20-Mile Section
of Second Line of Defense
London. Vfh 19 flim
Moscow reported unofficially
muay inai iviarsnai Ivan S. Ko
nev had enHrrtlpri thfc ciiui..
" uiicgjMi
capital of Breslau, and Berlin
said his troops had broken across
me coDer river in a sweep 35
miles beyond the Oder.
A German military spokesman
said Konev's forces were storm
ing a 20-mile KPfttnn nf h Sn.
ber, Germany's second line of
ueiense in Silesia, and "now
have only two hrlHuphcoM.
the Bober sector, all the remain-
uer naving been smashed."
Beach Bunslau
The Bober river battle, by
Nazi account, was raging be
tween Bunzlau and Sprottau,
and the Soviet vanguard had
smashed into Bunzlau, 74 miles
from the German city of Dres
den. The German high command
reported violent fighting on the
Bober north nf Runrlan nnA ao.
of Sagan, 25 miles to the north
west, it claimed, however, that
counterblows had prevented . a
junction of Russian forces west
of Breslau in the encirclement
maneuver reported by Moscow. .
A Berlin Cnmmimtmm elrlrf.
ing over the Oder battle before
Benin, said only that in this sec
tor "fiehtlne of Inrnl Imnnrtnnra
only took place, and the situa
tion unaerwent no changes."
Flank Push Set
The spectacular break-through
by the First Ukrainian army
carried within 74 miles of Dres
den by Nazi account, and set the
stage for a flanking push against
Berlin from the south if the cap
ital's defenses hold against Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov's fron
tal onslaught.
' Zhukov's right flank was moV"
ing up toward the Baltic and the
Oder terminal port of Stettin on
a broad front. With his flanks
secured by the Baltio push and
Konev's break-through In Sile
sia, Zhukov was believed ready
to throw everything he nad Into
a plunge against Berlin
DISLOYALlAPS
TO ALIEN CAMP
Newell, Cal., Feb. 18 U.fD
Six hundred and fifty disloyal
Japanese internees from the
Tuie lake relocation center were
en route today to an undisclosed
alien enemy camp operated by
the department of justice, war
relocation authorities announced.
Made up mainly of members
of a young men's pro-Japanese
society known as "hokuku seln
en dan" the group traveled in a
heavily guarded 21-car train.
Only 18 of the internees were
Identified by the WRA as native
born Japanese. The other 632
men and women renounced their
United States citizenship vol
untarily, they said.
Today's transfer of the dis
loyal camp members was the
third from Tule lake. The other
two groups, however, were much
smaller in number.
COAST JAP LOSES
IN COURT BATTLE
Washington, Feb. 12 (U.R)
The supreme court today refused
to reconsider its decision that
the army's evacuation of Japa
nese from the west coast in 1942
was a legal wartime action.
The court denied a petition of
Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu,
Japanese-American from San Le
andro, Cal., who asked the court
to reconsider a Dec. 18 decision
upholding his conviction for fail
ure to report for evacuation.
Korematsu, given a five-year
probationary sentence, contend
ed the decision overlooked the
fact that native-born Japanese
had been shorn of citizenship
rights.
CHURCHMEN KILLED
London, Feb. 12. (U.R) A
number of leaders of the Pres
byterian church of England, In
cluding its general secretary,
the Rev. W. T. Elmslle, were
killed recently by a V-bomb in
southern England, it was reveal
ed today. The bomb landed in
front of a hall where a church
conference was being held.