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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.
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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.
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OREGON DEFEATS
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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.
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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.
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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. .