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Newspaper Page TextWeather Forecast! tonday, partly etovdy, Willi occulotui rain. Temp. Highest yesterday . Lowest thU morning 41 Precip. past 24 hours trace Thirty-ninth Year NEXT 3 WEEKS TO DECIDE TIME OF GERMANCOLUPSE Four Factors Enter Final Phases of War Says Pinkley In Review Br Virgil Plnkley United Press War Correspondent London, March 10 (U.R) The next three weeks probably will .tell whether Germany will col lapse this spring or hold out un til early summer, military au thorities have informed the Unit ed Press. These forecasts are based on the following factors: First, the ability of the Rus sians, despite long lines of com munications and Polish mud, to , mount and keep rolling the all 4 out offensives. Second, whether the allies can extend the bridgehead or bridge heads on the eastern banks of the Rhine into large areas en abling them to keep a free flow of men and material, especially ammunition, tanks, self - pro pelled guns and gasoline, moving toward Berlin. Third, the weather and wheth er it is the kind which permits the full use of the greatly su perior Anglo- American air forces. Fourth, the ability of the Ger mans to rally for a last stand on tight interior "defensive lines, making the allied and Russian advances either slow or over costly in casualties. Two weeks ago the general opinion was that the most likely date for the end of the war in Europe was sometime between . July 15 and Aug. 15. A Now, following the sensation al advances by the American 1st and 3d armies and valuable gains by the Canadian 1st army in the face of heavy fighting, coupled with the amazing Rus sian victories, some military au: thorlties believe the present sit uation may enable the final blow to be struck before the month ends. If this fails to materialize, then it will require late spring or early summer offensives to fin ish Germany, except perhaps for isolated guerrilla warfare. ' Allied officials know that gome of Germany's crack troops, which were not encountered in the past fortnight, 8re east of the Rhine. , ' Likewise, the Russians realize that the ace 6th panzer army and part of the 11th panzer army are somewhere eas-t or north and south of Berlin and must be met and crushed before a junction Y of the United Nations armies can f occur somewhere in Germany. The most likely place for such a union appears to be northwest ern Germany. If the Germans . can inflict heavy casualties, the Anglo American command will likely recast plans which may result m the final defeat of Germany, even if that defeat is delayed a . few weeks. , During this period allied troops can be rested and re equipped and new units can be moved into position for the last all-out drive. Simultaneously, American and British air forces can systematically destroy the remaining German Industry, communications and transport the cornerstones for any future WSome allied military experts believe the Germans may at tempt a concentrated attack against the flanks of the Russian Oder bridgehead be tween Kuestrin and V?! Just as they did against the first bridgehead the Soviets f o r g e a ' over the Vistula at Warsaw. ROGUES LOSE TO ARLINGTON FIVE Rogue River's basketball team, district BB champions, lost a bid for the state "B" tournament at Salem next week-end when they were defeated 28 to 22 by Ar lington, district 6B champs, at Arlington last night. Arlington won the first game of the two-out-of-three series, played in Medford, 30 to 28 with the Rogues winning the second by a score of 37 to 22. NIMITZ AT LAUNCHING San Francisco, March 10 U.R) Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz. commander in chief of the Pa clfic fleet and Pacific ocean area, will attend the launching of the destroyer USS Buck here tomor row, the -navy announced today. Unittd Pi Youngest Evacuee (Acme Tele photo) nnv. 4-vear-old Olivia Jan Atnmnri- Fardew and her mother, Army nurse uu mm ijuuise uonaer-t araew, Portland. Ore., hM nrtgnnnra Japanese since war's outbreak, arrive at Hamilton Field, Calif., on one of ATC's giant air transports. Air Aituupurt, uummana pnota WO JIMA GUT TO 3 SMALL POCKETS Guam, Sunday, March 11 (U.R) U. S. marines on Iwo is land drove forward Saturday against decreasing Japanese re sistance and the victorious end of the bloody campaign seemed near as the 3rd and 4th divisions smashed to the eastern breaches at several points. The Japanese holdings were reduced to three small pockets, the largest of which is about a half square mile in area. The 4th division, whose pro gress had been limited to gains of only a few yards for days, suddenly swept forward for gains up to 500 yards on the east coast. One patrol reached the water's edge at Tachiiwa Point, easternmost tip of the is land, and American lines in this area are now past the town of Higashi. Enemy resistance was decreas ing at numerous points along the line as three marine divisions closed in qn the trapped enemy troops. The desperate Japanese still were holding tenaciously to pill boxes and . their snipers fired from hidden strongpoints among the rocks but an official com munique disclosed that their ter rific artillery fire and counter attacks which cost the lives of well over 2,000 Americans were slackening. One last frantic counter-attack was staged Thursday night and Friday morning when the Jap anese forces attempted to infil trate the marine lines "on a large scale." The Americans hurled them back. SECY.ICKES'SON LISTED WOUNDED Washington, March 10 (U.R) Marine 2nd Lt. Raymond Wik marth Ickes, 32, son of the sec retary of Interior, suffered a chest lhjury on Iwo Jima last Wednesday, the navy revealed today. He was In command of a com pany of the 9th regiment of the 3rd marine regiment, the navy said. Secretary Ickes' office said lt understood young Ickes was ser iously wounded by shrapnel fragments and still is receiving emergency treatment on Iwo Jima. NO MORE DIMOUTS Salem, Ore., March 10 U.B Gov. Earl Snell today announced the western defense command had ordered removal of all dim out devices and installations in Oregon because "the possibility of hostile enemy action which would require the renewal of dimout restrictions Is now con sidered by the military authori ties to be remote." Ik tu Full Uwd Wira vey..y "r .""- B-29 RAID UPON TOKYO LEFT 3500 Photos Plainly Show Dam age In IndustrlaTand Urban Sections Guam, Sunday, March 11 (U.R (Via Navy Radio) Fif teen square miles in the center of Tokyo's industrial area has been reduced to a "twisted, tumble - down, rubble strewn" shambles by yesteiday's great B-29 incendiary raid, Ma. Gen. Curtis Lemay announced today after viewing reconnaissance photographs of the fire-wrecked metropolis. Seven large fires still burned in the devastated area at 1 p. m. Saturday 11 hours after the raid. Thirty-five hundred city blocks were laid waste. Pictures taken 10 to 12 hours after the strike indicated that Tokyo reeled under what some airmen unofficially predicted may well be the most destructive blow ever inflicted on any city In the history of mankind by human means. While Tokyo smouldered, a fleet of India-based B-29's bat tered the Malayan, railway cen ter of Kuala Lumpur, 200 miles northeast of Singapore, today. It was the second raid on that rail center and a bulletin said its railroad yards were the princi pal target. Gen, Lemay, commanding general of the 21st bomber com mand which sent more than 300 Superfortresses from three Marl anas islands on yesterday's rec ord strike, said today: "The target attacked Is now entirely burned. This fire left nothing but twisted, tumble down rubble In its path. These fact are incontrovertibly estab lished by reconnaissance photo graphs taken on the afternoon of the strike.", . Lemay said the area was to tally destroyed and clearly Iden tifiable. "It covers a total of 422,500, 000 square feet, which is approx imately 9,700 acres or 15 square miles." He said 18 Identifiable Indus trial and urban targets lie in ruins within the destroyed area, including the previously dam aged Ueno railroad station, the Rising Sun Petroleum terminal, and the Marunouchi Telephone. Exchange which before the war had 9,000 automatic lines and 150 long distance lines. The target area additionally includes the Kanda Market Hat tori Co., and hundreds of small business establishments "direct ly concerned with war industry," and many administrative build ings and thousands of "home in dustries." All apparently were wiped out. ' RESENTS CHARGE Portland, ,Ore., March lOflJ.R) Mayor Earl Riley, back from a speaking engagement in Klam ath Falls, has demanded that John W. Sears, federal security agency official, produce proof that prostitution is rampant in Portland. Riley also demanded similar proof of Ed F. Averill, chairman of a citizens' committee. He added that if Averill can't prove facts alleged at the citizens' com mittee meeting that "there can be but one conclusion and that is that there is some motive in your - attacks other than an honest endeavor to improve ve nereal disease conditions." Sears is the first federal se curity representative to appear in Portland on the venereal dis ease question and Riley says in Sears' case, unless facts are pre sented, "the matter will be taken up clear through Washington until Sears Is forced to present facts." - Upper Ohio Flood Conditions Better Cincinnati, March 10 U.B Authorities began the task of clearing the debris left by flood conditions In the upper Ohio river valley as the danger of fur ther damage ended with the re cession of the falling waters. Farther down the Ohio river, where it forms the northern bor der of Kentucky, preparations continue to handle expected crests. Evansville, in southern Indiana, was declared in a "state of disaster" today by the war production board. MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAP o 1945 New Invasion? FY COTASATO ZAMIOANCA., Cf- MINDANAO (Acmm TtUphoto) Tokyo reports a huge American In vasion armada off Zamboanga, on the southwest Up of Mindanao, sec ond largest ot the Philippine Islands, after a 24-hour naval hnmitarrimm, One broadcast admitted D. s. lorcca naa -aenatted" then. YANKEES INVADE MINDANOA ENEMY BROADCAST SAYS Manila, March 10 (U.R) Enemy broadcasts reported fierce fighting between American in vasion forces and the Japanese garrison on the southwestern tip of Mindanao tonight after a land ing Friday by tank-led American troops. There was no confirmation from Gen. Douglas MacArthur that his forces were invading the second largest of the Philippine Islands. Tokyo broadcasts said the Americans drove ashore near the city of Z a m b o a n g a, on the southwestern tip of Mindanao, after a furious two-day bombard ment by a fleet comprised of two battleships, three cruisers and 20 destroyers protected by 140 warplanes. The enemy said tanks accom panied infantrymen up the .beaches and fierce, fighting was raging near amboanga. The enemy report, if confirm ed, would make Mindanao the 21st island in the 7,000-island Archipelago to be invaded. Zam boanga, toward which the Amer icans appeared to be driving, Is one of the largest of Philippine cities with a pre-war population of 137,000. VAN DYKE LEADS PUD BILL FIGHT Salem, Ore., March 10 (U.R) Oregon legislators took a final week-end rest tonight before the closing hectic days before sine die adjournment expected late next week. Much remained to be done but both houses were working at top speed to clear the logjam of budget bills, taxation, education, milk pasturization, jobless bene fits, senate enlargement, liquor and related measures. Rep. Frank J. Van yke, Jack son county, led a successful fight for house passage of the "PUD bill" today, requirnig only sen ate concurrence in amendment. The measure prevents people's utility districts from acquiring facilities outside their districts except by vote of the people in the areas involved and carries an emergency clause. JAP DiETlETS TO By United Prats The 88th session of the Jap anese imperial diet was reopen ed Sunday morning (Tokyo time) with Prime Minister Gen. Kunl- aki Kolso reporting that "every necessary measure" will be plac- ed In effect Immediately to "cope with the current situation" Tokyo radio reported. The broadcast, heard by Unit ed Press in San Francisco, said both War Minister Field Mar shal Gen. Suglyama and Navy Minister Adm. Mitsumasa Yonai reported on the war situation be fore the plenary session ot the house of peers. The plenary session of the house of representatives was to meet Sunday afternoon. Hollywood, March 10 (U.R) A threatened strike on Mon day that would paralyze almost 11 motion picture production was to be discussed tomorrow night at a union ma.es meeting in Hollywood Legion Stadium. NEGROSij fOHoVjLj CA0AYA fjl . -WircoTASATor! in mm N FALL0F,IG NEAL.0OVIET TAKEJNCTIONS Fierce Battle On Oder Men aces Berlin Lauenberg, Kartuzy Fall O- London, March 10 (U.R) Soviet troops, smashing as much as 12 miles through broken Ger man Baltic defenses, captured the big junctions of Lauenburg and Kartuzy on the road to Dan zig today and split the enemy lines on the outskirts of the for mer free port. Danzig's fall was believed near. The fight raged in a blizzard. A titanic battle for bridge heads raged meanwhile along the Oder river immediately east of Berlin and threatened to burst soon Into an overpowering soviet drive on the relch capital only 30-odd miles away. Powerful soviet forces, attack ing relentlessly, were reported by Berlin to have fought through the northern and larger part of Kuestrin on the right bank of the Oder and were driving into the southern part on the left bank. Kuestrin lies 38 mil es from Berlin. The Germans also admitted the Russian tide had swept to the gates of Danzig and Stettin, but claimed the two Baltic ports still were strongly held. Marshal Josef Stalin an nounced the fall of Lauenburg and Kartuzy, respectively 35 and 18imiles west of Danzig, In an order of the day addressed to Marshal Konstantln K. Rokos sovsky of the 1st White Russian army. Rokossovsky's mobile units swept 12 miles up the superhigh way toward Danzig to capture Lauenburg, a lZ-way tratnc nuD including five rail radiations. Smaller Kartuzy, lies 23 miles to the southeast over the Oder in former Polish corridor territory. It was taken in a three-mile push from Kolopln to the south. : FALLS ON TOKYO San Francisco, March 10 (U.R) Col. J. W. Lyon, command Ina officer for the chemical war fare procurement district, said today tnat me incenaiary doiuds unloaded on Tokyo were a new tvno "tailed easoline" exnloslve being manufactured by some 20 California companies. 11 was me first use of the new incendiaries. Thev are known as M-89 bombs, weighing six pounds. They are dropped in "aimable clusters of 500 pounds. The cluster holds together for 5,000 feet of the drop, then opens up Into a series of smaller patterns, rin AvnlnHintf. Lvon said, the bomb throws flaming gasoline for a radius of all yards arouna the bomb. F ALLOTMENTS CUT Washington, March 10 U.R) The office of price administra tion tonight reduced sharply al lntmpnfa nf rationed foods to all Industrial users, effective April 1. It also ordered cancellation for three months, of excess In dustrial ration currency. This action paralleled for this class OI users me cancellation last December of accumulated .nn.nm.r ration atAn-ins and the restoration of point values to some foods and the increase 01 values for others. Newbry Scrip Bill On Liquor In Tie Salem, Ore., March 10 U.R) A 15 to 15 tie vote today kill ed the Newbry scrip liquor bill In the Oregon senate. Passage required a constitu tional majority of 16. The bill would permit licensed clubs to pool their liquor purchases and serve drinks to members for script. An amendment inserted In the bill provided members would get only the liquor to which they were entitled on a ration card. Opponents contended It was discriminatory and made the clubs "saloons " while advocates, headed by Sen. Earl Newbry of Ashland, said It would aid llq uor law enforcement. JFIJF!) dOLl' nn-ir TT-ma Unlttd Pt OREGON DEFEATS E Hamilton High With 20 Points Early Lead Is Overcome Pullman, Wash.i March 10 (U.R) The Oregon Webfoots beat Washington State College to night, 51-41, to take the first playoff game for the northern division college basketball srown. Score at halftlme was tied at 19-all. Washington State took an early lead of 7-1 with five min utes gone in the game, holding the advantage until late In the first half. But Oregon, led by Bob Ham ilton, who scored seven points in two minutes, brought the count to 19-17 in favor of the Cougars. Reedy Berg's two free throws with 30 seconds remaining tied the Score at 19-all. The lead changed hands three times in the first four minutes of play in the second half, but Oregon pulled ahead, 26-25, at that point and was never headed. High man for the Webfoots was Hamilton with 20 points, followed by Jim Bartelt and Berg with 11 each. High man for WSC was Vlnce Hanson with 15 points. The two teams meet this Fri day at Eugene, Ore., and should the Webfoots take the second en counter the series will be over. If WSC ties lt up by winning, the second game will be played the following night. TRI BY GREW TO NAZI RELATIONS Washington, March 10 U.R) Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew gave Austria thinly- disguised ultimatum tonight to rise up against her nazl domlna- tors or suffer the consequences. Austria can achieve post-war Independence "only if the Aus trian people themselves are Im bued with that Ideal, and them selves strive for its realization," Grew said. In a statement marking the seventh anniversary of Ger many's annexation of Austria, Grew recalled the Big Three's promise to help that country achieve independence. He referred to the Moscow declaration of November 1. 1943, when Britain, Russia and the United States reminded Aus tria that she had "a responsibil ity, which she cannot evade, for participation in the war at the side of Hitlerite Germany." Grew's statement, coming as Russian and allied forces closed in on the German military ma chine, was plainly a bid for con certed action on the part oi whatever antt-nazi underground exists in Austria. NAZI EFFORTS TO BOMB SPAN FAIL London, March 10 U.R) A special squadron of 11 German fighter planes made a desperate attempt late today to bomb the Remagen bridge leading to American positions across the Rhine but a U. S. Thunderbolt squadron stopped them before they could reach their objective. Six Messerschmitt 109's, car rying "heavy bombs," escorted By five Focke Wulf 190's, made the attempt. The Thunderbolts Intercepted them above the town of Linz and a spectacular dog fight developed In which two of the German planes were shot down and the others were forced to jettison their bombs and scur ry for inner Germany. ATTORNEY CLEARED Seattle, March 10 (U.R) United States attorney from Ju neau, Alaska, Lynn James Gem mill, was acquitted ot charges ot bribery today. Portland, Ore., March 10 U.R) The future of agriculture In the United States rests in world co operation, Paul H. Appleby, for mer undersecretary of agrlcul- ture declared here today. -r-r-rv-r-t-i FuU Leased Win , WAR BULLETINS Helsinki March 10 (U.R) Field Marshal Baron Carl Gus tar Mannerhelm has resumed his functions as president of Finland following a prolonged illness. It was announced, of ficially today. London, March 10 (U.R) Carman Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbals has visited tha Eastarn front In an effort to rally tha battarad Carman forces, it was ravaalad today as Stockholm dispatches re ported tha Nazis building bar ricades in Berlin's streets in preparation for a long siege. Washington. March 10 (U.R) Vice Admiral Jean Decoux, governor-general of French Indo-Chlna, and tha command ers of iha army, navy and air forces of tha colony ware placed under "protective cus tody" today by tha Japanese army which saliad complete control of Indo-Chlna in appar ent fear of an American land ing on tha Asiatic coast. London. March 10 (U.R) Mora than 1.850 U. S. heavy bombers and fighters, trying to isolate tha Ruhr from tha rast of Germany, struck at seven railroad targets today while hundreds of tactical planes iwiimtd over tha Rhine bridgehead area and thwarted a desperate German atrial attempt io bomb tha key bridge at Remagen. WEST MAIN SITE FOR FORD HOME A modernistic building to house Crater Luke Motors' Ford, Mercury and Lincoln sales and "Art" Winetrout service will rise at the corner of Main and Fir streets In this city just as soon as priorities per mit, according to an announce ment Saturday by Clarence A. Winetrout. Mr. Winetrout acted In behalf of his son, C. A. "Art" Winetrout, now on active duty with the Navy In the western Pacific, in consumating the tmr- chase of the property from the Southern Pacific, Company. The property transaction and building cost will approximate sidu.uuu, it was stated. Final transfer of deeds was made here Friday. The new home of Crater Lake Motors will be one of ultra-mod ern design and concrete construc tion, with generous use of elass. The Main street frontage will be 170 feet with a denth of 150 feet on Fir street, with a portion of tne front Indented for latest style island gasoline Dumps. The north portion of thp handsome structure will house sales and parts rooms, used car displays ana on ices, facilities in the spa cious well equipped shop will include complete body and paint snops. Planned by Ford When completed the Crater Lake Motors building will be outstanding on the entire Pacific Coast for modernistic beauty and completeness of facilities Ford Company architects and designers are assisting in plan nlng the structure. C; A. "Art" Winetrout, head of Crater Lake Motors, Is well known In this city having man aged the company prior to enlist ment in the Navy. He has seen action in the Philippines area in recent weeks, according to word received here. In hi absence his father Is directing the manage ment of Crater Lake Motors and will supervise the planning and building of the new Main street home of the company. I' ... f? Dm Tha Mall Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Remits At Small Cost NO. 296. NAZIS OFFENSIVE ON RHIFRONT 1st Army Wins'Vital Heights Hot Fight Rages Near Bridgehead Areas (United Press) In a broadcast heard In Lea don Sunday, Radio Paris report ed that American troops war fighting in tha suburbs of Co. blans. - . Paris, Sunday, March 11 U.R) The Germans opened a tremend ous artillery attack on tha American bridgehead on the east bank of the Rhine yester day, but 1st army troops gained almost a mile in advances that won vital heights. overlooking the "hottest area In Europe." Berlin admitted even more ex tensive American gains, acknow ledging that assault troops made a second crossing of the Rhine four miles north pf Remagen and captured Honnet in , furious house-to-house fighting. A security blackout still masked operations In the bridge head area, but allied supreme Headquarters announced that tha th Infantry division of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges 1st army blasted out 500 to 1,500-yard . gains In the bridgehead area Saturday almost a mire. The Germans, now fighting with furious desperation to seal off the breach into their inner fortress, rained shells from ona of the largest artillery concen trations they have yet assembled ' on the western front. Front dispatches described tha Ludendorf bridge area as a rag ing inferno of German shell splinters and spent American shrapnel from scores of anti-aircraft batteries firing at German planes making . suicidal but tu tile attempts to blast the bridge. But Ametucan strength in tha bridgehead was growing hourly, United Press Correspondent Ann Stringer reported. Unbellevabla quantities of material were-pil" lng up east of the Rhine and great lines of trucks stretching for miles were pouring mora hottest area in Europe," she said. commenting on German reac tion. To the north the Canadian 1st army collapsed a pocket ot German resistance on the west bank around Wescl with a swift two-mile thrust through its cen ter and the U. S. 3d army reach ed to. within two miles of Cob lenz In a swift tank attack on that Important Rhlneland town. JAPS WERE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME Washington, March 10 U.RJ Japanese leaders 15 years ago said they thought that war with the United States would be "tha worst possible disaster" fo Japan, the State Department re vealed tonight. One Japanese official whs held this eminently-correct view also said Japan "could never think" of fighting the United States "even from a selfish point of view." The Nipponese opinions wera revealed with publication by the department of the first ot three volumes covering U. S. foreign relations In 1930. Tha opinions were relayed In reports to the department from William R. Castle, Jr., then American ambassador to Japan. meatIppTy of land lowest yet Chicago, March 10 (U.R) Spokesmen for the meat Indus try said today the nation is ex periencing the worst meat short age of the war. Members of the American Meat Institute said Sunday din ner tables this week-end would hold many meat substitutes and that the week's supplies would be 40 per cent less than those ot 1944. John J. Tunzer. secretary of, the joint council of retail meal dealers, said In Chicago that tha majority of the city's 5.500 meal markets had no meat stocks for sale. He predicted that many would close over the week-end and others go on three or tout day schedules this week. .