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Thirty ninth Year
Americans Rescued From ' Cabanatuan
Given Big Welcome in San Francisco
CHEERING, CRYING
MEN CROWD RAILS
AS SHIP ARRIVES
Flag-Bedecked Harbor Craft
Escort Transport to Dock;
All Eager to "Go Home."
Ban Francisco, March 8 U.R)
Two hundred and seventy-two
army officers and enlisted men
who somehow lived through al
most three years of cruel treat
ment by their Japanese captors
arrived today from the Philip
pines aboard a transport.
Laughing, cheering and cry
ing, the men, all of whom were
liberated from the prison camp
at Cabanatuan, T,uzon, January
30, by American Rangers, pack
ed the rails of the ship as it
steamed through -the Golden
Gate to receive the greatest har-
. I bor welcome in the city's his-
Eager For Home
The thoughts of every man
can be expressed in Just five
words: '
"I want to go home." . .
The men, including survivors
of the losing Bataan and Cor
regidor campaigns and the in
famous "march of death," gen
erally looked surprisingly well.
,They said they have devoured
huge quantities of steak, pota
toes and beer since their libera
tion. The transport was escorted to
n army pier by a great fleet of
flag bedecked harbor boats. The
ship had been met outside the
Golden Gate by a harbor craft
bearing a 75-foot sign declaring
in five-foot letters: "Welcome
Home." .
Furloughed Also Cam
Hundreds of soldiers coming
home from the southwest Pa
cific under the army's rotation
plan also were on the transport
and rushed to the rails with the
Cabanatuan men for their first
view of the San Francisco sky
line. Blimps and planes soared
overhead and the sun came out
just as the transport passed
through the bay's submarine net
When the ship arrived oppo
site the Ferry building, whose
huge siren had signalled their
arrival in the city, the freed men
and the other soldiers set up a
strange chant of "where's Elea
nor?" When a tug carrying 20 Wacs
came alongside, a great whist
ling started,' The men cheered
as the Wacs came aboard and dis
tributed messages and telegrams,
Including a personal letter to
each man from President Roose
velt.
A crowd estimated at about
8,000 swarmed around the Em
barcadero. Only relatives were
permitted out on the pier. Re
V unions were tearful and heart-
- rendering as the men of Cabana
tuan came down the gangway
Into the arms of their loved ones
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Betty Latham amazed to find
that Jean and Irene Hayes, two
new cadet nurses in her class at
Providence hospital in Portland,
came from Medford and more
amazed to further find out that
they resided next door to the
Latham family home.
Victor Sether chasing a thiet
through downtown alleys, and
finding out the old underpinning
wasn t what it used to be.
His Honor, Mayor Clarence
uitrcAei, visiuimig mnuuiu
25,000 population in the not-too-
1 a.lalnHlHM MBMfn.ll IT 1 T n
distant tuiure.
Besides the main public li
brary in San Francisco, there
re 21 branches and six deposit
stations.
Churchill Among
3F Stll-.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill (foreground) walks among tne dragon's teeth Germany sowed amg her
Siegfried line near Aachsn. At left is Field Marshal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, second to General Sit Alan
Brooke! and at right is Lieut. Gen. William Simpson. USA. British OHKU Photo via sUmal Cora, radio.
, telephoto. s
YARDS OF IWO'S
NORTHERN SHORE
By United Press
U. S. Marines fought to with
in a few hundred yards of Iwo's
north shore today, while Amer
ican troops neared the south
western tip of Luzon and Indian
tank patrols advanced to the
northern outskirts ot Mandalay.
A break-through to Iwo s
north coast would split the last
few thousand Japanese holding
out in the heavily-defended
north.
The battle for Iwo continued
fiercely with the marine gains
measured in feet and yards. The
Japanese claimed the marines
suffered 580 casualties Monday.
American troops virtually
cleared Batangas Peninsula in
southwestern Luzon and reached
within four miles of the south
ern tip, directly across verae
Passage from Mindoro.
In Burma. Indian tank patrols
reached the northern outskirts
of Mandalay after a 40-mile
march down the Irrawaddy from
the first bridgehead over the
river at Singu. Chinese troops
also cleared the new town of
Lashio, two miles south of the
old town which was captured
yesterday.
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VOTED BY HOUSE
Washington, March 0 (U.R)-
The House today passed and sent
to the Senate legislation to boost
the federal debt limit to $300
000.000,000.
The vote came after the House
had rejected, 71 to 26, an amend
ment to set the new ceiling at
$280,000,000,000. The present
debt limit is $260,000,000,000.
During debate. Chairman
Robert L. Doughton, D., N. C, of
the House Ways and Means Com
mittee, laid on Republicans re
sponsibility for any waste in war
spending.
DEMON MOVIE-GOER
SEES 705 IN YEAR
New York. March 8 U.R
William Ontville, 16, saw 705
movies from March 4, 1944, to
March 4, 1943 340 more than
there were days in that year.
He spent $121.35 for admis
sions, $14.45 for carfare and
$43.96 for candy to munch. He
attended 274 different perform
ances and saw some pitcures
thrie and four times.
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1945
Dragon's Teeth of Siegfried Line
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Old "Blood and Guts'! Swims Cold
River Twice to Inspire Soldiers
Baltimore, March 8 (U.R)
knottier daring exploit was re
ported today In the colorful ca
reer of Lt. Gen. George s.
(Blood and Guts) Patton, Jr.
that of twice swimming the icy,
150-foot Sure river In Germany,
despite heavy enemy, fire, to
show his men it could be done.
One of the men who followed
him across, S'Sgt. Thomas J.
Defibaugh of Cumberland, Md.,
reported the story while on a
tour of war plants here.
Defibaugh, member of the
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Rome, March 8 (U.R) A mob
stormed a military clinic last
night in an attempt to reach Gen.
Francesco Jacoraini, fascist war
criminal, but was dispersed after
a gun battle.
Police were Investigating to
day to determine whether the
crowd was trying to lynch Ja
comini or help him to escape
It was from the same clinic thai
Gen. Mario Roatta, another ma
jor Italian war criminal, escaped
Sunday night.
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By United Press
Rain-swollen tributaries pour
ed into the twisting Ohio river
today, treatenin to engulf down
river communities and forcing
an ever-increasing torrent of
refugees to flee their homes.
The swirling, debris-laden wa
ters rose rapidly below Cincin
nati and as far west as Cairo,
111., with the crest expected in
southern Indiana end Kentucky
during the week-end. A 47-foot
level 18 feet above flood stage
already was registered at
Louisville.
Farther up the river level ap
peared to have reached its peak.
The rain had ceased, and thoje
was no appreciable rise after
midnight.
In all, rriore than 30,000 fam
ilies were at the mercy of the
sullen Ohio river, on its worst
rampage in eight years.
(Arm RtidtihTeUnhoto)
Fourth Infantry Division, said
the incident took place in Jan
uary when elements of Patton's
Third army reached the banks
of the Sure opposite Bettendorf.
They were told to lose no time
in taking the town. But the Ger
mans opened up with murderous
artillery and machinegun lire.
Just before dawn we started
going across In three-man boats,
the sergeant said. "Aftel a while,
though. General Patton decided
the men were 'sitting pigeons'
for the Germans. He called the
boats back and ordered the men
to swim across with rifles, ba
zookas, and everything they
could carry.
"To show us it could be done
and to inspire the troops. Gen
eral Patton jumped into the
river and swam to the opposite
bank. Then he swam back.
"Thousands of troops followed
him and fought like madmen
for Bettendorf."
FOR TAXI MURDER
Pentonville Prison, London,
March 8 (U.R) Pvt. Karl
Gustav Hulten, 23, a Boston
Mass., paratrooper, was hanged
today for the $30 murder of a
taxicab driver.
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, the 18-year-old
strip tease dancer who
was condemned to death with
Hulten for the murder of George
Heath, "the man with the cleft
chin," was beginning a life sen
tence at Aylesbury prison.
She was reprieved by Home
Sacretary Herbert Morrison less
than 48 hours before she, too,
was scheduled to hang. Morrison
refused clemency for Hulten.
London newspapers reported
they received numerous tele
phone Inquiries as to why Morri
son had reprieved only Mrs.
Jones when both had been found
equally guilty.
Stassen Outlines
Seven Points For
Permanent Peace
Minneapolis, Minn., March 8
(U.R) Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen
a delegate to the United Nations
conference at San Francisco
April 25, declared last night that
America should "use Its enor
mous productive capacity, capi
tal and credit to contribute to
higher world living standards."
It was one of the seven card!
nal points for an enduring peace
which Stassen outlined in an ad
dress before the Minnesota Unit
ed Nations committee.
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E
TO END LABOR BY
Turn On Pressure As Ses
sion Threatens to Become
One of Longest on Record
Salem, Ore., March 8 (U.R)
-The Oregon Legislature today
faced its heaviest calendar of the
1945 session.
Nearly 40 measures were due
for passage in both houses today,
while members turned on the
pressure to adjourn about the
middle of next week.
Today is the 60th of the ses
sion, 10 . over the statutory
limit, which may easily be the
longest on record. If the law
makers adjourned next Wednes
day the session would have been
66 days in length, tying the rec
ord of the 1939 session.
The Oregon Liquor Control
Commission was under attack in
the House, after a tempestuous
session yesterday which carried
over into today a calendar. Rep
Jack Bain,' Portland nightclub
operator, rear1 into the record a
direct charge that an employe
of the commission had attempt
ed 10 influence his vote on a
measure by a threat.
The charges were made during
debate over Senate Bill 117.
which extends the power of the
commission in the enforcement
of the liquor laws.
' The majority report on the
bill was finally accepted after
two hours of debate and the
nouse turned down, 4Z to 16, a
motion to substitute a minority
report. The minority made
distinction between licenses and
unlicensed clubs.
Opponents of the measure
charged that the distinction was
unconstitutional.
The majority report changed
very little the provisions of the
present law, as minority report
adherents said that the commis
sion already had sufficient law
enforcement powers If they
cared to use them.
Two allied bills, also request
ed by the commission, were
placed on the calendar late to
day as special orders. The bills
(SB's 144 and 145) also broaden
the commission's powers.
Another special order due for
today was the consideration of
committee majority and minor
ity reports for House Bill 272
which changes the limitations
now placed on the practice of op
tometry.
A new measure, House Joint
Resolution 14, calling for the
appointment of an Interim com
mittee to study further the
taxes and fees for carriers on
public highways was introduced
yesterday.
- Action by the Senate on
House-approved measure pro
viding civil service for most
state employes started today
with a hearing before the judi
ciary committee. Fish and game
measures were set for major
hearings of the Senate game
committee late this afternoon
and the joint fish and game com
mittees tonight.
Errol Flynn To Be
Sued For Divorce
Hollywood, March 8 (U.R)
Errol Flynn, romantic film actor
who has been in court almost
as much as he's been before the
cameras In recent years, soon
will be sued for divorce by his
latest wife, Nora Eddington, It
was renorted today.
Neither Flynn nor Miss Ed
dington was here to confirm or
deny the report. Flynn was be-
llved to be In New York City
his young wife In Mexico City
Mrs. Jack Eddington, Nora
mother, said that her daughter
planned to fly from Mexico City
to Hollywood "sometime this
month," but she knew nothing
of tin divorca plans.
UNE
NO. 224.
N BERLIN DRIVE
Now Within 27 Miles of Ger
man Capital Nazis Ad
mit Defense Breached
London, March 8 (U.R) The
Germans said today that the
Red army broke across the Oder
river south of Kuestrln, carved
out a bridehead 10 miles deep,
and stormed westward within
27 miles of Berlin.
Nazi broadcasts said Marshal
Gregory K. Zhukov's 1st White
Russian army massed along the
Oder smashed westward from
the area of Goeritz. six miles
south of Kuestin, and plunged
aue west toward Berlin.
27 Miles Away
The vanguard of the bulslne
Soviet bridgehead edged against
Seelow, 12 miles southwest of
Kuestrln, 10 west of the last
natural barrier before Berlin,
and 27 miles from the capital
itself, enemy radio dispatches
reported.
The nazl acknowledgment of
a yawning breach in the Oder
river line was broadcast a day
after the Germans reported that
Zhukov's mighty armv wan
opening the battle for Berlin.
The whole Berlin front in the
Oder valley was reported ablaze
irom me Oder elbow 29 miles
northeast of Berlin to the sec
tor around Frankfurt, a dis
tance of some 40 miles.
inner Russian tnmem
storming the rear defenses of
Stettin and hurrying the battle
ui eastern Fomerania to a vic
torious conclusion. Th A Oaf.
mans said Marshal Ivan S.
Konev was massing for. in
Silesia in apparent prenaratlon
iur renewal ol his drive into
the south flank of the Berlin
uexenses.
Daring Daylight
Kobbers Hold Ud
Air Lines Office
San Francisco. Mnrh n mm
Two robbers, working In full
view of scores of passersby, to
day held up the Western Air
ies iicKet office in downtown
San Francisco and walked out
with an estimated $2,000.
One of the men, apparently
holding a sawed off shotgun over
his coat, kept a clerk anrf fan
customers at bay while his com
panion took tne money from a
rear wall safe.
The robbers walked Intn Ihs
omce across from the St. Fran
cis Hotel shortly after lt opened
hi i m. m. xney pushed a cus
tomer, D. Alexander of Sau-
salito, to one side.
There are 9,333,0C0 horses
and 3,500,000 mules on the
farms of the nation.
Hitler Says "Treacherous Allies"
Including Japan. Caused War Loss
- Stockholm, March 8 (U.R)
Unconfirmed German under
ground reports claimed today
that Adolf Hitler confessed to
high nazl officials that Ger
many had lost the war.
The admission was said to
have been made February 24
at a meeting of 30 responsible
nazl leaders, mostly Gauleiters
and Rclchleitcrs.
Hitler told them, the reports
said, that he lost the war be
cause he "fell victim to the big
gest treason In history" and as
a result proclaimed a wanton
destruction of Germany.
The fuehrer's statement to
the group, it was added, put all
the blame for losing the war on
"reactionaries" and treacherous
allies, including Japan which
Resistance Light
As Yankees Drive
Into Reich Heart
Paris, March 8 (U.R) Units of United States 1st army hava
stormed across the Rhine and are advancing Into the heart of
Germany against light resistance.
Vanguards ot Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges' 1st army made th
historic crossing at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon south ot
Cologne, a front dispatch revealed.
A partial security blackout cloaked the progress of the first
American columns east of the Rhine, but the announcement from
Hodges' headquarters that only "light" resistance had been en
countered in the early stages made it clear the advance was going
well.
COLOGNE TAKEN WITHOUT STRUGGLE
First army troops who broke the back of the German Rhine
land army on the plains before Cologne itself almost without
a struggle won the first Rhine bridgehead.
Strong supporting infantry units were rushed Into the bridge
head after the first shock troops had broken across and it was
indicated that Hodges was pouring a steady tide of men and armor
into the attack. -
It was the first time an Invading army had crossed Germany's
historic western rampart since Napoleon's grand army pushed
across the Rhine more than 100 years ago.
NOW 290 MILES FROM BERLIN
' The assault put Hodges' fast-rolling Infantry columns into the
southern flank of the teeming Ruhr basin less than 290 miles
southwest of Berlin.
The blow fell squarely upon
armies struggling to pull back behind the Rhine under a terrible
storm of fire from American, British, and Canadian divisions
massed along a 110-mile stretch of the Rhine from Coblenz north
ward to the Dutch border.
Rhine Mopup
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American troops clear German real
guards out of Cologne and hem In
last Nazis on west bank of Rhine.
One First Army unit closed on Bonn.
U. S. Ninth Army cleaned out Hom
berg. The Canadian First Army took
Bonsbeck, 10 miles west ot WeseL
The U. 8. Third crossed Kyi! River
in Moselle River Valley drive.
SENATE IN FAVOR
Washington, March 8 U.R)
The senate today wrote Into its
pending manpower bill fine arid
jail penalties for employers who
violate employment ceilings.
The amendment provides a
maximum penalty of $10,000
fine and one year in jail for
any employers who wilfully re
tains more employes than au
thorized by the war manpower
commission.
Earlier today President Roose
velt had urged that the senate
hurry up and make up its mind
about the legislation.
he said had pledged to attack
Russia simultaneously with Ger
many. According to the reports, Hit
ler disclosed that German war
casualties amounted to 12,500,
000 dead, wounded, and missing.
Because of the hopeless situa
tion, the underground sources
said Hitler appointed Gestapo
Chief Helm-ich Hlmmler "spe
cial commissioner ot destruc
tion" with orders to devastate
all German cities and Industries
even with the aid of the Luft
waffe if necessary.
The plans were reported to
Include the killing of all politi
cal prisoners and hostages, al
though lt was said Hitler was
"still deliberating" ways and
means ot dealing with war pris
oners.
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Fear General Assault
Frantic German broadcasts
hinted that a general assault on
the Rhine was under way or
about to begin at several points
north and south of the 1st army
bridgehead.
Berlin spokesmen said the
Canadian 1st army was massing
powerful tank and infantry for
mations along the lower Rhine
near the Dutch border tor a
strike Into the rolling plains of
northwestern Germany. They
warned their people, too, that
the U. S. 9th and 3rd armies
flanking Hodges' men were de
ploying on the west bank of the
river for a similar crossing.
Toward Reich Heart
Hodges' swift drive across thai
Rhine, coming barely 48 hours
after the fall ot Cologne, made
it clear that th allied armies
of the west were ready to carry
the war into the heart of Hitler's
reich without the 'expected
pause for consolidation on the
west side of the river.
, Another potential crossing was
in the making a dozen miles
south a of Cologne, where other
1st army troops captured half
the university city of Bonn.
The Yanks also were ramming
southward along the Rhine from
Bonn toward a junction with
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
rampaging 3rd army tanks In the
Coblenz sector.
AMONG LIBERATED
Mrs. Cora L. Glaze. 494 Fair
view St., and Mr. and Mrs. Theo
dore Ryall, Route 2, Ashland,
were Informed today that Mrs.
Glaze's daughter and son-in-law
and the Ryall's son are among
those liberated from Japanese
prison camps In the Philippine
Islands recently.
Mrs. Glaze had had but one
communication from her daugh
ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Sidney S. Bartlett, since the fall
of the Islands. Mr. Bartlett was
a mining engineer working near
Manila before the war and in
the letter Mrs. Bartlett wrote
that he had been put to work
building roods for the Japanese.
Mrs. Bartlett visited Ashland
shortly before the attack on
Pearl Harbor and then returned
to the Philippines.
The Ryalls could not be con
tacted today for Information con
cerning their son, Theodore Ry
all, Jr., but it was reported that
they had received almost no In
formation from him during the
time since the capture of the is
lands. Other Oregonlans listed as
liberated were Rodney A. Depue,
Portland: Beverly E. Hardy, Sa
lem: Richard. Hammill, Stan
field; Montague Lord, Salem;
Carlln H. McClure, Mount An
gel; John R. Nichols, Portland;
Johnson W. Wareham, Portland.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES
UP 10,000 DURING WEEK
Washington, March 8 (U.R
U. S. combat casualties announc
ed here reached 823.632 today,
an Increase of 10,600 over a
week ago.
The total Included 732,923
army casualties through Febru
ary 28, as announced by Secre
tary of War Henry L. Stlmson,
and 90,710 navy, marine corps,
and coast guard casualties, as
I announced by the navy.
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