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Five American Armies Storm Rhine and Saar Defenses Weather Forecast: Mostly cloudy with occasional light rains tonlfht And Friday. LlttU change la temperature. Temp. Highest yesterday 64 Lowest this morning 34 Precipitation past 24 art .02 Thirty ninth Year GREYHOUND SAYS F Bus Concern Says Splitting of Patronage With Local Concern Is Not Feasible. Trip figures taken from the Medford-Ashland local run of the Greyhound Bus company tend to show that neither the Greyhound company nor the Rogue Valley Transit company can survive on a purely local load service according to M. C Frailey, San Francisco, general traffic manager for Greyhound who testified this morning in the hearing by the state Public Utili ties commission on the transit company's application for a per mit to offer Intermediate service on a route from Medford to Ash land by way of Talent. Both the transit company and the protesting firm completed testimony this morning, no clos ing arguments were offered and simultaneous briefs are to be of 'fered by each side April 10 for the commission's consideration. Terminal Planned Frailey outlined Greyhound development plans and said that a new terminal is to be con structed in Medford and would be in use in the late summer Frailey said his firm would take care of Camp White at any time the camp was left without public bus service. W. S. Egger, Portland, super intendent for. Greyhound, also testified for the firm this morn ing. The protesting firm called a number of public witnesses who said they patronized Grey hound between here and Ash land and Intermediate points and thought the present service ade quate. Among these were Mrs. Julia Messman, Red Arrow Auto court; Mrs. Juanita Tomerlin, Ashland and Medford; Joseph A. Harrison, Mrs. Belle Skeeters, Mrs. Marcia Turpln, Mrs. Wil liam Fox. Mrs. May Newlien Mrs. Mildred Parr, all of Tal ent; -and Dwight C. Horton, H. C. Burnett and Mrs. Maxlne Riley, all of Medford. . ' Trips Listed Testimony was introduced at various times to show that the Greyhound line now has 14 northbound trips and 15 south bound trips daily between Med ford and Ashland, of which six l are local Medford-Ashland runs added to the schedules since the middle of last November. Testimony yesterday after noon was to the effect that serv ice on the Ashland-Medford line migni oe discontinued under an ODT ruling unless travel could be Increased by re-routing bus es through Talent and that the transit company was now losing money on the Ashland-Medford run.- Schneider said that it was his understanding that the Camp White hospital was to be put to increased use in the near fu ture and that the firm would be willing to take losses for a time with the expectation that travel would increase but that they were threatened with the ODT ruling in the meantime. Following Schneider many witnesses, representing civic and business groups and the valley's various Industries testified to the good service offered by the tran sit company, generally declared that the service offered by Grey 1 hound prior to establishment of the competitive service was in adequate and painted a picture of the value of the proposed route which it was declared would serve some 1800 residents residing neai the old highway and in the area surrounding Phoenix and Talent not now served by any public. transporta tion. Appearing yesterday -afternoon were Raymond Reter for the Rogue Valley Traffic asso ciation; Robert Norris, vice chairman of the Fruitgrowers League; Anton A. Leusmann, representing all the major lum bering and lumber manufactur ing firms of the county; Lt. John Nice, Camp White traffic offi cer: A. W. Llngpss, representing the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce; Lloyd Selby. Ashland Chamber of Commerce; Ralph Koozer, Ashland; Clarence A Meeker. Medford mayor. Others who testified in favor of granting the application were Lloyd Lacey, Talent, for the Ta lent Grange; Ralph Billings for the Bellview Grange; Lyda Med United Pre Nine Times Wed (Acme Telephoto) Mrs. Virginia Jorensen Nelson, blue eyed blonde who the FBI said was nine times a bride and rarely a di vorcee, held In San Francisco on charges of fraudulently obtaining service allotment checks from sailor husbands Nos. 6. 7 and 9. E ISLES TAKEN IN PACIFIC By United Press Continued allied successes in the Pacific, including -therneiz-ure of two more islands in the Philippines and the practical conquest of Iwo, evoked an or der from invasion jittery Japan for evacuation of all unneces sary civilians from Its largest cities. A Nazi broadcast said the Japanese evacuation order ap plied to all persons not Import ant to war work in Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka. Iwo, stepping-stone island at Japan's front 'door, was official ly declared captured, although marines still were hacking at two shrinking enemy pockets. Official reports estimated 20, 000 Japanese dead on Iwo. The Stars and Stripes were raised over the tiny island at a formal ceremony yesterday morning. American troops meantime secured the southern approaches to the main shipping channel through the Philippines with the seizure of Romblon and Simara Islands in the Sibuyan Sea, southwest of Luzen. More Liberees Due Soon At San Fran San Francisco, March 15 (U.R) Maj. Gen. C. H. Kells. com manding general of the San Francisco port of embarkation, announced today a second large group of liberated prisoners of war will arrive here soon from the Philippines. Although there was no official Information on the subject, it was believed the next group may include former Bilibid prison in ternees. SEVEN DIE IN CRASH OF NAVY TRANSPORT PLANE San Francisco, March 15 (U.R) Seven persons were killed and 16 were injured when a twin-engined naval transport crashed on a ridge near San Car los, Cal., last night, 28 minutes after circling the Oakland air port, the 12th naval district an nounced today. The plane, a Douglas trans port bound from San Pedro, Cal., to Oakland crashed on a spur of the coast range three miles west of San Carlos at 8:12 p. m. Cause of the crash was not immediately determined. EUGENE MEDIC DIES Eugene, March 15 Dr. Wil liam H. Dale, who practiced medicine in Oregon for 40 years, died Wednesday at his home here following a lingering illness. He was 66 years of age. He came to Oregon in 1904. Davis, Ashland; Loyal Bates, for the Talent city council; Mrs. B. R. Talbot and Mrs. A. T. New man, Talent R h . t III FORD -Full Leased Wirt MEDFORD, SATURDAY IS AIM OF LEGISLATORS House and Senate Grind Through Stack of Legis tion; Pass Appropriations. Salem, Ore., March 15 (U.R) The heat is on in the Oregon legislature today. Both houses had well-filled calendars on the 67th day of the longest legislative session in Oregon's history. Every trick in the book was being put into use to finish and adjourn by Satur day at the latest. The house and senate both ploughed through' a stack of legislation, both important and trivial, yesterday. The house completed action on 35 meas ures, the senate on 25. School Funds Voted The four measures designed to grant an additional $17,000, 000 to the schools and colleges of the state during the next two years were in the governor's of fice for signature today, after rapid passage by the senate, and equally rapid concurrence' in amendments by the house. The governor received also two measures to create a 31st senator and a 25th senatorial dis trict, the house having concurred In senate amendments. The ono creating the new seat will go before the people for a vote a year from November. The senate passed a bill call ing for. the periodic Inspection of cattle for Bangs disease and tuberculosis, but the house re fused to concur In amendments which changed the indemnities paid to owners of condemned cattle, and a conference commit tee was appointed. Kill Responsibility Bill A bill which would require evidence of financial responsibil ty before a person could get a motor vehicle operator's license was defeated and Indefinitely postponed in the house. The house killed a bill to con struct a psychiatric hospital in Multnomah county, when It adopted a majority committee "do not pass" report; and re fused to take an anti-Japanese memorial out of committee where it had been lying, with no intention on the part of the com mittee to bring it out. More than 87,269,461 track ties stabilise the 30.551 mllp nf rail line, siding and yard trp-'-s maintained uy uie Canadian ra tional Railways in Canada and the United States. " Strike Paralyzes ADJOURNMENT BY mm- r fi5rV . (MA I I' -? " V 1 lAcmm TtUphota) Acton Arturo De Cordova (left) and Charles Legnler talk to picket Mel Melvyn at Hollywood's Paramount studios as picket lines were estab lished at all motion picture studios by striking AFL craftsmen to force reconnltlon of the Painters International Union over the AFL Interna tional Alliance of Tbeaterical S'xee Employes as bargaining agent for " designers. " " OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945 Armed Services Have Fleet of 36 Hosptial Vessels London, March 15 (U.R) The Stockholm newspaper Svenska Dag-Bladet published a wholly unconfirmed report today that Adolf Hitler made a peace offer to America and Britain early this month and it was rejected. A British foreign office com mentator said be had no Infor mation regarding the Stockholm reports of a nazi peace gesture. The Dagbladet dispatch was written by Arvid Fredborg, the newspaper's former correspond ent in Berlin. He said a nazi emissary made contact with "English and American circles" in Stockholm to advance Hitler's peace proposal. WAR CASUALTIES SOT DECREASE FOR PAST MONTH Washington, March 15 U.R) Army combat losses fell of sharp ly on the western front during February's intensive prepara tions for the climactic battles now going on. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson revealed today that the ground force casualties on the western front during February were 34,468, less than half those of December and 27,494 fewer than January's. The secretary disclosed also that the enemy In the Philip pines is suffering losses about five times greater than the Americans. U. S. army losses on Leyte and Luzon now total 31, 221, including 6,889 killed, 354 missing and 23,978 wounded, he said. Japanese losses, however, In clude 150.278 counted dead. Total U. S. ground force cas ualties on the western front since D-day on June 6, Stimson said, are 425.007, including 70, 414 killed, 297,547 wounded and 57.046 missing. . Total army combat casualties In all theaters since Pearl Har bor, as compiled through March 7, are 748,457. Added to 91,132 navy, marine corps and coastguard casualties announced by the navy, this brings total U. S. combat cas ualties since the war's start to 839,589. The overall total rep resents an increase of 15,957 over a week ago. Hollywood, March 15 (U.R) Her attorneys said today tnai Mayo Methot will leave for Ne vada "within a few days" to divorce Screen Star Humphrey Bogart. It was understood that a property settlement has been reached although terms were undisclosed. Moyie Studios to V-OCii. ' 4 .W , , : SEF ALLIED VICTL.', Germany Faces Uncondition al Surrender or t?eing Beaten Into Ground, Word London, March 15 (U.R) Prime Minister Churchill said today that victory in Europe may come before the end of summer "or even sooner." The quickening progress of the war means Germany will be forced into unconditional sur render or "beaten to the ground in chaos and ruin," he told the annual conference of the Con servative Party. Optimism Reigns Churchill's prediction that the war in Europe may end within! six monins coinciaea wiin a wave of optimism throughout Britain and on the Western Front. One front dispatch said reli able non-military sources believ ed peace possible within six weeks. A former Berlin corre spondent now in Stockholm wrote that Adolf Hitler early this month had made a peace feeler through Sweden to the United States and Britain, but had been rejected, . Churchill promised an In tense British war effort against Japan. "No mood of war weariness must prevent us from doing our duty to the last inch and to the last minute," he said. Japs Face Reckoning "The scale of the war against Japan is not limited by man power. That will be readily forthcoming. It is limited by shipping and other means of transport over vast ocean spaces and through steaming jungles. He said Britain must repay "infernal cruelties perpertrated against British subjects" by the Japanese, There may be less blood and fewer tears in the months to come, he said, but physical sweat and the united resolve of every man and every woman to give all that is in him will be required "long after the last bomb or cannon has ceased to thunder." "We have to finish the war against Japan and play our part not only as loyal allies of the Itiited States and other nations in that conflict, but also to re gain, as we are regaining, the territories which the Japanese wrested from us," he said. It will be Britain's ceaseless endeavor to "hurl our utmost strength into Japan's way," he said. No Advice Needed Churchill inferentially told the United States and Russia that Britain has no need of ad vice on how to run the British Empire .and commonwealth of nations. Recalling that the entire em pire with the exception of south ern Ireland rallied behind the mother country "to die or con quer with us in righteous cause," he said: "Certainly, with this unparal leled record, we have no need to seek advice even of our most honored allies as to how we should conduct ourselves with regard to our own affairs. " 'Imperium et Llbertas' Empire and Liberty is still our guide. Without freedom, there is no foundation for our empire. Without the empire, there is no safeguard for our freedom. "We mean freedom for all states and nations within the cir cle of the Crown. . . . We have no ruse here for totalitarian economies and governments In their various forms." WOMAN BUYS CIGARETS FOR EIGHTH GRADE SON Newburyport, Mass., March 15 (U.R) A woman in a cigaret line last night told the woman In front of her, "I don't want them for myself. I've given up smoking so my son in the eighth grade can get enough cigareta. ' NANDIE BELLS CAFE Grants Pass, March 15 F. E Nandle today announced sale of the Terminal cafe, 622 East 1 street, to Hugo Johnson and Law rence Warwick, who came here about a week ago from San Fran cisco. Nandie formerly operated a cafe in Medford. (Tribune United Priu jVER ODER BRIDGE IN GREAT WAVES Zhukov Forces Fused West of River for Push on Ber lin Is Report by Germans. London, March 13 (U.R) The German radio indicated to day that the Red army had a bridge across the Oder 33 miles due east of Berlin, and men and arms were pouring over lt in "massive Soviet attack waves." London March IS (U.R) More than 2,000 American warplanes attacked military targets In the Berlin area to day in direct support of the Red army and a force of RAF Heavies unloaded the new 11 ton super-bombs on a key German railway viaduct at the eastern end of the Ruhr. Between Frankfurt and Kues trln, the Nazis said, the Rus sians were attacking repeatedly In assault waves Thus Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov appeared to have fused his bridgeheads west of the Oder for the big push against Berlin. Deep Penetrations Other German broadcasts ad mitted that the Russians scored deep penetrations in the de fenses of Danzig, Gdynia and Koenlgsberg. Moscow said Marshal Kon stantin K. Rokossovsky's second White Russian army was storm ing the suburbs of Danzig and Gdynia. A Nazi military spokes man conceded that the Russians had plunged wedges deep Into the German defense arc before the two cities, but claimed that they had not yet reached Gdynia proper. A mass onslaught by seven So viet armies broke into the Ger man defense front near Koenlgs berg, capital of East Prussia, a Berlin broadcast said. MEXICAN LABOR SOUGHT. BY LOCAL 0RCHARDISTS Application for 1000 Mexican Nationals to help harvest the pear and other crops has been made, County Agent Robert G. Fowler reports. Labor recruit ing is now underway in Mexico, and until this campaign Is com pleted it will not be definitely known how many will be sent here. Last year, approximately 750 Mexican Nationals were em ployed In harvest work here During the winter more than, a hundred have been working in orchards, pruning and at other tasks. Destruction, Slaughter in Manila On Direct Orders From Tokyo. Is Word of Philippines Commissioner San Francisco, March 15 U.R) The city of Manila was destroy irf nnri her neonln ulauffhtered on direct orders from Tokyo, it was revealed here today by Brig. Gen. Carlos Romulo, Phil ippines resident commissioner, wkn mM h nmiilri InHipt the Japanese on the floor of con-. gress. Describing the rape of Nan- Manila," Romulo said he would present congress with captured IfutumAnti nunrn nfflrlnvifa Bnd documentary films to substan tiate his story of the "systemaiic, deliberate, wanton destruction" wrought by Japanese imperial marines "on direct orders from Tokyo." Romulo was re-united March 2 in the Philippines with his wife and four young sons who had been with guerrillas since their separation three years and three months ago. He said he was leaving for Washington to day and would present his evi dence to congress as soon as pos sible. Thousands Massacred "Manila is gone," he said. "It Is only a shell. Thousands of her people were deliberately mas sacred by the Japanese. "Nanking was the primeval In stinct of the Japanese asserting itself Manila was studied: syste matic!" "In the walled city of Intra muros (In Manila) they herded 1,700 male civilians Into Fort Santiagoi. Then they doused the Full Leased Wit NO. 300. Steady Advance (Aetna Telephoio) U. B. First Army forces pound to within mile of Ruhr-Berlin super highway and capture Honncf on north flank. There was no con firmation of German report that we had crossed Rhine at Konlgswlnter. TO VOTE ON STRIKE Hollywood, March 15 (U.R) Eight thousand stars and bit players will vote tomorrow on whether to stay out of the movie studios for the duration of a crippling technicians' strike, the Screen Actors' Guild announced today. The vote will be on respect ing picket lines. John Dales, Jr., Guild secre tary, said ballots -were being mailed to all members. "Ballots may be cast in spe cial boxes at a meeting tomor row night, or may be returned by mail not later than Tuesday midnight." Results will not be announced until late next week. Despite the otrike, the annual Motion Picture Academy awards presentation was still on tap for tonight. . ' Strike Paralyzes Vital Production St. Louis, March 15 (U.R) Vital war production remained paralyzed in eight St. Louis plants today as a strike of 1,100 foundry workers went into the fourth day. The critical situation prompt ed one draft board to announce it was reclassifying men who left their jobs into 1-A, eligible for immediate army physical examinations. fort with kerosene and burned it. Only three of 1,700 escaped. They were shot at. ."A Spaniard who broke his back getting away, but swam the Paslg river, gave us the story. "As women and children streamed through a breach made in the wall of Intramuros by U. S. artillery the Japanese mowed them down with machine guns. "This was all on direct orders from Tokyo. We have captured documents to prove it. I am go ing to read them on the floor of congress. "These documents said to kill as many Filipinos as possiblel" Japanese Irate "The Japanese were irate be cause they didn't get the sup port of the Filipino people end they wanted to make an example of them for the rest of east Asia." Romulo gave two examples of atrocities against individuals 'The daughter of a banker was raped She was split down the middle with a sword. Her breasts were cut off. "A Filipino senator's wife and three children were machine- sunned in his presence. Romulo said he weuld make his rcDort to congress so that Americans would know the na ture of their enemy in the Pa cific. 'It hnrt for tha American people to understand the kind of enemy wenave. trie American always wants to fight with gloves on." coiow ' , jT 'vYt. - - I Udi.r.ik, 0 10 tniltii REMAGEN SECTOR CUT, NAZISREPORT Newly-Formed U. S. 15th Army Thrown Into Bridge head Battle, Berlin Claim. Paris, March 15 (U.R) Five) American armies were reported storming the Rhine and Saar basin defenses of Germany to day in a coordinated nffnlva along a 200-mile front from Duisburg to the Karlsruhe cor ner or Alsace. 'A flood Of Rfmnn and allied front dispatches indl- caiea mat a general offensive to crush the nazi armies in the West Was in full swlnff nlnno iha entire southern half of the west. ern front. Officially it was disclosed that the U. S. 3rd and 7th armies were driving with armored and infantry divisions into the north ern and southern corners of the) Saar basin. 1st Strikes East To the north, the United States 1st army struck eastward from its Rhine bridgehead in a power drive that may already have cut the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin super highway and split the German front east of the Rhine. Unconfirmed nazi reports said the Americans were astride the highway which parallels the Rhine five to eight miles east of the river in the Rcmagen sec tor. Late front dispatches, how ever, said they were fighting; from street to street througn Agidienberg, less than a half, mile from the road and 6V4 mllea northeast of Remagen. Rhon dorf, on the river bank 6V4 miles north of Remagen, was captured after a fierce battle. 15th Joint Battle Berlin said the newly-formed U. S. 15th army had joined in the battle In the bridgehead east of the Rhine and that perhaps 180,000 American trnnna urera moving eastward In an all-out "y ior a Dreatc-inrougn into the Ruhr Industrial section. - The nazls also reported that the American 9th army had gona over to the offensive from Its sprineboards on th'n n.t hmt of the Rhine opposite the Ruhr. The German Transocean news agency said shock troops of tha 9th army attempted to force crossing on the Rhine opposite Duisburg but wer "smashed" on tha river bank. HARRY BEASLEY Mrs. Jnrlc FltziMrnM 9tx North Ivv street. rfrclvfri today from her sister, Mrs. Bar- oara sa. oeasiey ol Glendale, Calif., that 2nd Lt- Hum M Beasley was killed in action in England July 21, 1944. Lt. Beas ley previously naa Deen report ed missing. , Lt. and Mrs. Beasley resided in Medford until about three years ago when he went into service. He was emnlnvml ho Fluhrer's Bakery while here. CONSTITUTION CITED IN BRIDGES'. DEPORTATION Washington, March 15 (U.R) Harry Bridges, west coast C. I. O. labor leader, told the supreme court today he cannot be deport ed for "thought, speech or con duct" because their freedom is protected by the constitution's bill of rights. He made the assertion in a brief filed In support of his ap peal to escape deportation to his native Australia. Bridges, head of the Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union, has ap pealed from California federal court rulings denying his bid for freedom on writ of habeas corpus. MERCHANT SHIP QUOTA IS NEARLY COMPLETED Washington. March 15 (U.R) The merchant ship building pro gram will be just about com pleted by the end of the year. Vice Admiral Howard L. Vick ery, of the maritime commission, disclosed today. He added, however, that there will be jobs in equally-vital war work for 521,000 persons now employed In commission yards. "We now have 170,000 fewer persons in the yards than we had a year ago," he said. "These have all found places in essential In dustry." . MOLLY McGEE WINS Hollywood, Cal., March 15 (U.R) Molly McGee, of the radio comedian team Fibber McGee and Molly, was sporting a blue ribbon today after taking first prize honors In the southern California spring flower show.
