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JAPANESER E VEAL
Y Frank Disclosures Made as
Tokyo Papers Demand
More Adequate Defense.
Guam, Saturday. March 17
(U.R) The battle el Iwo
Jim ended Friday after 26
dayg of fighting which eoit
the United Statei Marinei 19.
938 caiualtiei highest toll
of the central Pacific cam-'
paign it wai announced to
day. Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nira
Iti announced that organised
Japanese resistance ended at
6 p.m. Friday.
More than 21,000 Japanese
were killed by March 14. In
contrast, the three marine di
Tislont los! 4.189 officer! and
men killed, according to re
ports available at S p. m. Fri
day. By United Press
American air and ground
forces continued to rock the
Japanese today and the repercus
sions rolled to the enemy capital
where it was revealed that
thousands of persons were burn
ed to death in the mass B-29
raids . on Tokyo, Nagoya and
Osaka.
The frank Japanese disclosures
of the extent of bomb damage
came as Tokyo newspapers
caustically attacked the. govern
ment and members of the Japa
nese diet demanded more ade
quate air relief measures.
GraTity Indicated
Enemy broadcasts indicated
the gravity of Japan's war sit
uation with disclosure that ex
traordinary arrangements were
made to enable Premier Kunia
kl Koiso to become a member of
the imperial headquarters to
help direct military operations.
The unprecedented action, ap
proved by Emperor Hirohito,
placed Koiso on a par with army
and navy chiefs of staff.
On the fighting fronts, Amer
ican troops firmly secured a 28
mile long beachhead around
Zamboanga on the southwestern
tip of Mindanao and were push
ing more than five miles inland,
while U. S. marines squeezed the
last enemy pocket on Iwo to less
than a quarter mile.
Landing Foiled
American troops in the Philip
pines also smashed a Japanese
attempt to land about 100 men
D.lanm, VtnV ITI SOUthem
Luzon, and hacked out hew
gains east of Manila.
Liberator bombers from the
Philippines again hammered
Formosa, nilling me isianas u.B
hydro-electric plant for the sec
ond straight day and swept over
the Ryukyus and the China sea
In attacks on enemy shipping.
Ten Japanese ships, including a
destroyer, were sunk or dam
aged. Other U. S. planes from the
central Pacific raided the Bonin
Islands, north of Iwo, and Wake
island.
Shne Production
To Be Below 1944
Washington, March 18. U.R)
Production of shoes for civil
ians during the first six months
of 1945 may be as much as 40
per cent below production dur
ing the last half of 1944, inform
ed officials said today.
The war production board's
shoe industry advisory commit
tee reported that about 50,000,
000 square feet of cattle hide
1 will be available for civilian
shoes during the first half of
this year. That compares with
about 90,000,000 square feet In
the last six months of 1944.
JETTY SHOT DOWN
Eighth Air Force Hqts, March
IS (U.R) Capt. Ray Wctmore
of Kerman, Cal the Eighth air
force's leading operational ace,
shot down his 22nd enemy
plane today. Latest victim of
Wetmore. who is attached to
the 359th Mustang group, was
an ME 183 jet plane shot down
over Germany.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ray Sloneker and Dick Baize
receiving birthday posies from
the girls In the draft board
office.
Fire Chief Roy Elliott thril
ling group of Girl Scouts by
letting them slide down the
brass pole at the fire hall while
on a, tour at city departoeats.
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D. S. troops have secured the southern approaches to the main shipping
channel through the Philippines with trie seizure of two more Islands
southeast of Luzon. Romblon and Slmara Islands In the Slbuyan Sea are
the 22nd and 23rd to be seized by General MacArthur's forces. New garni
were rolled up on Mindanao and Luzon Islands while U. 8. oomcert
pounded target in Sulu Archipelago, perhaps preparatory to Borneo Invasion.
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London, March 18 (U.R)
Nazi radios said today that Red
armies had opened violent new
offensives on both wings of the
Berlin front, in Silesia and be
fore Stettin, to set the stage for
the grand assault on the menaced
capital. . ,
Berlin broadcasts reported
that Marshal Ivan S. Konev's
First Ukrainian army attacked
on a broad arc south and south
west of Breslau and that Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov's First
White Russian army stormed the
Nazi bridgehead across the lower
Oder from Stettin.
Directly before Berlin, Soviet
forces were reported pouring
across the Oder into a growing
bridgehead some 30 miles east
of the capital for the final pusn
forecast for some days by both
Berlin and unofficial Moscow
dispatches.
1 LABOR LEADERS
SET NEW RECORD
New York, March 15 U.B
Joseph S. Fay and James Bove,
American Federation of Labor
leaders, were convicted of ex
tortion today by a supreme court
jury.
The jury found them guilty on
two counts of a seven-count in
dictment which charged they ex
torted more than $380,000 from
contractors on the $300,000,000
Delaware river water project.
State witnesses said the money
was paid after Fay, vice presi
dent of the International Union
of Operating Engineers, and
Bove, former vice president of
the International Hodcarrlers,
Building and Common Laborers
Union of America, threatened to
create labor disturbances.
BOY HELD IN JAIL FOR
WASHINGTON SHERIFF
State police reported, today
they have arrested a 16-year-old
boy from South Bend, Wash.,
who is being held in jail pend
ing arrival of the sheriff from
South Bend. He was arrested
March 13 at 11:50 p.- m., and
state police said he admitted
robberies in Raymond and
South Bend, Wash.
STASSEN SEES F. R.
Washington, March 16 (U.R)
Cmdr. Harold E, Stassen confer
red with President Roosevelt to
day on his personal plans as a
delegate to the United Nations
Conference in San Francisco.
SENTENCE TRAITOR
Paris, March 16 (U.R) Vice
Admiral Jean Pierre Esteva,
Vichy resident-general of Tuni
sia, began a term of life im
prisonment today as a traitor to
France. The sentence, passed
late yesterday after his convic
tion in 9 treason court, also
stripped him of his military rank
and. confiscated bis property.
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BULLETIN
- Eugene and Verndnia will
meet in the consolation finals of
the state basketball tournament
at Salem at 10 a. m. Saturday.
Eugene defeated Newberg 47
to 31 and Vernonia edged out
Hillsboro 39 to 35. Both games
were played this morning.
In tonight's championship
semi-finals Washington of Port
land meets Baker at 7:30 and
Medford plays Oregon City at
8:45. ...
(See page three for additional
basketball.)
BRITISH REVEAL7
BUZZ BOMB TOLL
London, March 16 (U.R)
Censorship permitted the first
disclosure today that hundreds
of Londoners have been killed
or wounded by German V-2
Stratosphere rockets. .
It had been permissible only
to say that V- bombs fell in
"southern England."
How many rockets have fal
len In the metropolitan area and
the specific places they have hit
remain a closely guarded secret
V-2 casualty figures here since
the first rockets crashed to earth
from heights up to 70 miles
were not revealed, but censor
ship permitted the use of the
word "hundreds" in describing
them.
POST FOR DUKE
London, March 16. (U.R)
King George VI was reported to
day to be pondering a new post
for his eldest brother and pre
decessor on the throne, the Duke
of Windsor.
Windsor's resignation as gov
ernor and commander in chief of
the Bahamas, effective April 30.
was announced by the colonial
office last night. William L. Mur
phy, colonial secretary at Ber
muda, was named to succeed
mm.
SOON HEADS CHINESE
Chungking, March 16 (U.R)
T. V. Soong, acting president of
the executive yuan and concur
rently foreign minister, will head
the Chinese delegation to the
San Francisco security confer
ence, it was learned authorita
tively today.
BIG RANCH SOLD
Oakdale, Calif., March 16
0J.R) Ed Noble, Red Bluff cat
tleman, and Moffatt & Co. have
purchased the historic Frank
heimer ranch comprising 7,700
acres ten miles northeast of here
for over $500,000, it was reveal
ed today. .
NAVY TO CHECK FITNESS
Washington. March 16 (U.R)
The navy has taken steps to pre
vent physically . unfit sailors
from being sent overseas. Two
navy bureaus said they had re
ceived numerous reports of men
sent overseas with ailments or
defects 1 that prevented them
Xroin performing, all their duties.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1945
FINAL DEBATE ON
"HOT" BILLS DUE
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House Coasts Waiting : For
Upper Chamber to Catch
Up; Hope Week-end Finish
Salem, Ore., March 16 (U.R)
A fistful of "hot" bills are due
fnr finnl Hphata In th Oreffon
senate today, while the house
coasts and waits for the upper
assembly to catch up on uncom
Dieted legislation and sent it
over for final action.
The senate has on its calendar
such major legislation as he
proposed county manager . bill
state employe pensions and
merit' system, veterans' loans,
fish conservation, rural school
riictrlntsanri school funds from
income tax surpluses. Only 22
bills are on the calendar, oui a
lone session, with full-fledged
debate, is in store.
Seek Wind-Up
The legislature, now In Its
ASH!, ror-nrri-hrpakinff dav. hones
for adjournment this week end.
and senate and house leaders are
pressing for the finish as soon as
possible.
Best forecasts put the sine die
adjournment Saturday, although
some of the optimistic members
hope it can be tonight. Others,
looking at the work still to be
done, predict "that the longest
session in history may drag over
into next week.
(Secretary of State Robert S.
Farrell, Jr., estimated that the
cost of the session, up to tonight,
would reach $225,000.)
The ' house completed Its cal
endar early yesterday and is
now virtually through work on
house bills. It coasted yesterday
afternoon, holding a brief meet
ing late in the lay to form its
calendar for today as the senate
completed action on, nearly 40
measures, ,t . ...,. , ,
Major action in the senate In
cluded final passage of a series
of appropriation bills totaling
nearly $20,000,000; the approval
of a simplified state income tax
form for taxpayers of less than
$5,000; the "milk bill," which
provides for the pasturlzatlon of
all milk except that from certi
fied disease-free herds, and the
bill calling for the revamping of
the public health department.
THIEF GIVES UP
Chicago, March 15 (U.R)
Jack Malinoff, 39, Los Angeles
jewelry salesman, surrendered
today to face charges of the
theft of several government
watches. Spencer Drayton, FBI
director, said the watches found
in Malinoff's possession were
part of 1,600 stolen in Los An
geles.
FLIERS MISSING
Luke Army Airfield, Ariz.,
March 16 (U.R) The army
disclosed here today that two
aviation cadets, Paul D. Sum
mers, 24, Butler, Pa., and Dal
ton B. Tarver. 19, Dallas, Texas,
have been missing more than 24
hours on a routine training mis
sion.
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A congressional Investigation wai
asked by Rep. Walker K. Orange!
ID., Utah) into what he termed "al
most criminal negligence" In loss at
sea nf 8'ibmarlne Crewman 8 l 'C
Joseph G. Snow (above;, 20. Delta.
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United Pn
Full
Porter Admits Own
Crucifixion to Be
Of Aid to Countrj
Chicago, March 16 (U.R)
Fred Walcher, the 44-year-o
tavern porter who police be
lieve planned his own cruci
fixion, admitted it today.
When Wallcher appeared in
municipal court, Judge Victor
Kula asked why he submitted
to the ordeal. -
"So many of the boys were
dying overseas that I thought I
would do something for my
country," the seedy-looking de
fendant replied. He gestured
with bandaged hands, now
healing from the holes made by
the nails witji which he was
hung to a cross Friday.
Judge Kola continued the dis
orderly conduct charge until
March 28 and placed Walcher in
the custody of David Rotman,
court psychiatrist.
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Washington, March 16. (U.R)
Soft coal mine operators today
formally rejected the 18 wage
contract demands of the United
Mine Workers. But they offered
counter-proposals on six of the
demands which they said would
add $1.69 a week to miners
basic earnings.
The operators presented their
answer to the union demands at
a morning session of the joint
wage conference which is seek
ing to draft a new contract to
replace the one which expires
March 31.
The operators flatly rejected
the union's demand for a 10-cent
a ton royalty which would be
used for an -insurance and hos
pitalization fund under the
union s jurisdiction.
The operators charged that
this proposal- presented - an en
tirely . new social theory and
philosophy"' which-would affect
every industry in America.
IS
Havana, March 16. (U.R) A
conspiracy against the Cuban
government has been put down
and 80 persons have been arrest
ed, the presidential palace an
nounced today.
Col. Jose Eleuterlo Pedraza,
who was chief of the national
police during President Fulgen
cio Batista's government, was
among those arrested, the palace
announcement said.
There were no immediate de
tails on the uprising, but a brief
statement from President Armon
Grau San Martin's office said
the revolt had been "broken."
(Batista, who was replaced by
Grau as president last December
was reported en route to San
Francisco today after completing
a tour of Latin-America.)
CHECK PASSER HELD
Chicago, March 16 (U.R)
FBI Officials said today Reno.
Nev., authorities were holding
Allen Dubchinsky, 32, accused
of passing worthless checks to
taling $3,500 in New York, Chi
cago, Cleveland, St. Louis, and
Detroit.
AIDE TO PRESIDENT
Washington, March 16 (U.R)
Col. Richard Park, Jr., 33-
ycar-old native Washingtonlan,
has been named to succeed the
late Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Wat
son as military aide to the presi
dent, the White House announced
today. Park has been assistant
aide for a year.
SUPPRESSED
'Going My Way', Crosby and
Ingrid Bergman Cop Oscars
Hollywood, March 16 (U)
Ingrid Bergman, all choked up,
Blng Crsoy, all grins, and "Go
ing My Way" all powerful, early
today walked off with almost
every major "Oscar" at the
movie makers' 17th annual
award presentation.
"Going My Way," Para
mount's picture about two Cath
olic priests, dragged down sev
en awards including four of
the six top honors. "Wilson,"
20th Century Fox studio's story
of the World War I president,
followed with six all techni
cal citations.
Miss Bergman took top hon
ors for her work in "Gaslight,"
opposite Charles Boyer, Cros
by's award was for his role in
"Going My Way."
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DEFENDED BY F.R.
President Outspoken in Be-
helf of Policy Attitude
of Critics Said Indecent.
. Washington, March 16. (U.R)
President Roosevelt today vig
orously defended the admlnistra
tion's policy of having this coun
try help feed other less fortunate
nations.
He told a news conference he
was aware of some opposition to
reducing American consumption
of certain items so that people
in other nations do not starve.
Matter of Decency
But it Is a matter of national
decency that this nation help
feed those who do not have
enough to eat, he said.
Mr. Roosevelt said he could
not bring himself to think that
this country had suffered greatly
or was going to when the Amerl
can standard of living is com
pared with that of other coun
tries. -
He added that he thought his
feeling reflected not only the
attitude of the administration
but that of a large majority of
the American population.
He belabored critics who op
pose reducing our consumption
even though some other people
might starve. Such an attitude,
he said. Is not decent and actu
ally the American people are a
decent people,
BOYSJpELD
FOR CAR THEFT
Two 16 -year -old Medford
youths are held in the county
jail pending court action Tues
day before Judge H. K. Hanna
who is handling juvenile' cases
in the absence of Judge J. B.
Coleman.
The boys are charged with
stealing an automobile belonging
to Mrs. Merl Mitchell, 21V So.
Orange street, about 9:30 p. m
Monday. According to the state
police, the youths drove the car
around town nights, later turn
ing it over three times four miles
east of Gold Hill on the Sams
Valley road. They also broke
into a cigarette salesman's truck
in Medford, where they stole
cigarettes and whiskey, state
police and juvenile officers said.
ELZIE LEMM0NS HOME
FROM PACIFIC SERVICE
Elzie Lemmons, former pri
vate with an Infantry unit, has
returned to Medford to live after
having been given an honorable
discharge from the army March
8. Lemmons served four years,
nine months of that time being
spent in the South Pacific. He
was formerly with both the 91st
and 70th Infantry Divisions.
Lemmons was hospitalized for
a time before his discharge. He
is at the family home, 1211 West
Main street, with his wife and
children.
CALIFORNIA STUDIES
MAXIMUM VET LOANS
Sacramento, March 16 (U.R)
The state senate today was
studying a bill recommended
by the Military Affairs com
mittee authorizing maximum
state loans of $12,500 to World
War II veterans for farm pur
chases. Leo McCarey, who produced,
directed, and wrote "Going My
Way," won Oscars for the best
direction and' another for the
best original story,
Barry Fitzgerald, be-specta-cled
priest of "Going My Way,"
picked up his "Oscar" for the
best supporting role. Ethel
Barrymore, First Lady of the
American stage, topped the list
at the best supporting actress.
Tiny Margaret O'Brien, 8-year-old
actress, won a minia
ture "Oscar" as the outstanding
child star.
Lamar TrottI took top hon
ors for the best original screen
play with "Wilson" and Frank
Butler and Frank Cavett for the
best written screen play with
'Qoing My Way."
Yankee Breakthrough
Splits Nazi Defenses
On Rhine East Bank
Paris, March 16. (U.PJAmerlcan troops split the German de
fenses on the east bank of the Rhine today with a breakthrough,
across the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin superhighway in two places seven
miles northeast of the Remagen bridgehead.
The breaks, opening the way for an American armored sweep
down the six-lane highway Into the exposed southern flank of th
Ruhr valley, came as the U. S. third and seventh armies to the)
south started a nut-cracker offensive against the industrial Saar
basin.
THIRD ARMY ACROSS MOSELLE
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's third army columns on the Saar
front were across the Moselle in force south of Coblenz and racing
ahead at a mile-an-hour clip in a bid to envelop and destroy Ger
many's last t-vo field armies west of the Rhine.
Doughboys of an unidentified American infantry division sev
ered the Rhine-Ruhr-Berlin speedway with a rapid-fire advance
into and through the village of Hovel, seven miles northeast of
Remagen.
The Yanks swept out of the woods north and south of Hovel
and across the roadway into the shelter of another wooded cluster
on the east side of the highway.
Nazi rear guards fell back before the American attack, and field
dispatches said German villages east of the Yank battle lines were
festooned with white flage.
VILLAGERS URGE WEHRMACHT TO FLEE
Rhineland villages everywhere In the battle area were said to
have appealed to the wehrmacht
homes from destruction.
American pressure all around the bridgehead perimeter was
beginning to tell on the German defenders after 10 days of close-in
fighting.
Hoenningen, southern anchor of the German defense line flva
miles southeast of Remagen, was captured and United Press War
Correspondent John McDermott reported that the Yank salient
now measured 13 miles in length and as much as seven miles deep
an area of 91 square miles,
That represented an advance of a mile lengthwise and a half-mile
inland in the last 24 hours.
TRIBUTIONS TO
POLITICAL CHESTS
SET NEW RECORD
Washington. March 18 0J.R)
The American people contrib
uted more money to political
war chests in the 1944 national
elections than in any other cam
paign in history.
The senate campaign expendi
tures committee reported today
that 1944 contributions to var
ious political organizations to
taled at least $25,298,384, of
which at least $23,021,878 was
actually spent. It emphasized
that additional millions were
sDent by county and local or
ganizations which did not file
reports.
The nrevious high in contri
butions was in 1940 when they
reached $24,174,224. The 1936
campaign, however, remains the
record year tor actual expenai-
tures with a total of $23,973,329.
The committee reported that
neither the Democratic nor ttie
Reoubllcan National Committees
exceeded the $3,000,000 limit
placed by the Hatch Act on ex
penditures. The Republicans reported re
ceipts of $2,999,999 and expenai-
tures of $2,828,651: the Demo
crats, receipts of $2,562,784, ex
penditures of $2,056,121. .
The report gave a comprehen
sive listing of contributions by
prominent families. Largest was
the $109,832 given by 3L mem
bers of the DuPont family to Re-
Dublican committees. Nine mem
bers of the family of Joseph
Pew. Pennsylvania oil magnate,
gave $96,995 to the Republican
cause. Other Republican donors
In the family group were the
Rockefellers, Mellons, Guggeu
heims. and Vanderbilts.
In the opposing camp, Mr. and
Mrs. Marshall Field of Chicago
contributed $22,000 to Demo
cratic and Independent Commit
tees. Five members of the fam
ily of Andrew J. Higgins, New
Orleans shlDbuilder, gave $20,
680 to the Democratic and Inde
pendent causes.
Seabees Planned
As Navy Fixtures
Washington, March 16. (U.R)
It looks as though the Seabees
are here to stay.
The navy created the con
struction . battalions official
name for" the Seabees a little
more than three years ago to
meet a war emergency.
But now, it was learned, the
navy plans to include the Sea
bees as a regular part of the
postwar naval service. High-
ranking naval officers also are
talking about retaining Waves In
the postwar navy but this would
require legislation.
NBC CUTS COMMERCIALS
FROM MIDDLE OF NEWS
New York, March 16. (U.R)
Commercial announcements In
the middle of news broadcasts
were ended today on all radio
stations owned and operated by
the National Broadcasting com
pany.
It was said the step was
taken because "news today Is
the number one public service
obligation.
GENERAL KILLED
Manila, March 16 (U.R)
Maj. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick, 80-
ycar-old commander of the U.S
Sixth Infantry Division, died
yesterday of wounds received
during an Inspection of the front
lines east of Manila, it was dis
closed today.
to retreat in order to save their
JAYCEES TO CONDUCT
DRIVE FOR CLOTHING
Medford's Junior Chamber of
Commerce has been designated,
by Mayor Clarence A. Meeker
to handle a clothing drive which
will be started in the near fu
ture to collect clothing for peo
ple of the allied nations it was
announced today. Victor Milnes
of the junior group will act ai
chairman, Meeker stated.
The drive will be on a nation
wide basis, with William Kaizer
of New York as national chair
man. Dates will be announced
soon. '
Washington, March 16 A
policy of strict nonpartisanship
will underline the Townsend or-,
ganlzatlon's drive for national
insurance in 1945, it was an
nounced this week by Dr. Fran
cis E. TnwtiRenH. 7a.vwr-nlri
founder and president of the or
ganization which bears his
name. .. . .
"We have adopted a brand
new method of approach this
year," Dr. Townsend said in an
interview, "We have Introduced
two Townsend bills in congress;
Instead of one. Rep. Pat Cannon
of Florida, a Democrat, has in
troduced one, and Rep. Homer
D. A, Angell, an Oregon Repub
lican, has introduced the other.''
"The bills, numbered HR 2229
and HR 2230, are identical in
every respect. They call for na
tional Insurance to all citizens)
60 years of age and older who
promise to retire from gainful
employment and to spend their
monthly annuities within 30
days of receipt. Similar Insur
ance Is provided for the blind,
for widows with dependent chil
dren and for the permanently
disabled, including disabled war
veterans. The bills call for a
3 per cent tax on all gross busi
ness and personal income In ex
cess of $1,200 a year to finance
the program."
leon Mckenzie wins
promotion on field
Leon McKenzie of Medford
has been given a field promotion
from first sergeant to second
lieutenant according to a cable
gram to his wife who resides at
305 South Riverside aver.ue. Lt.
McKenzie was formerly an in
structor In Medford Junior high
school and Is now serving In the
70th Infantry Division, known
as the Trallblazer Division, in
Germany.
Lt. McKenzie has been In serv
ice one and one-half years and In
Europe for the past three
months.
FAGS SELL HIGH
Los Angeles, March 18 (U.R)
Cigarettes sold at four dollars
a carton here yesterday and
the OPA didn't mind a bit be
cause Uncle Sam was peddling
them. The Federal Customs
Service auctioned off 343" car
tons of seized and unclaimed
smokes and tne auctioneer had
permission from Washington to
ignore ceiling prices.
Radio Highlights
Radio Station KMED will
broadcast the state champion
ship basketball game from Wil
lamette university gym Saturday
night it Medford wins tonight's
game with Oregon City. The
game will begin at 8:49 p.nr.
Score on tonight's game will
be given from the Mall Tribune
office between 9:45 and 10:43
p.m.
NEW APPROACH IN
TOWNSEND DRIVE