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Fortieth Year
Churchill Believes Nazi Gc
Authority On Eve Oi
WINNIE DECRIES
SPECULATION ON
DATE OF. V-DAY
Warning on Atrocities to Be
Given Whatever Govern
ment Functioning.
London, April 19 (U.R)
Prime Minister Churchill Indi
cated belief today that the au
thority of the German govern
ment may disintegrate within
a few days.
Churchill told the House of
Commons that a three-power
warning to Germany on war
atrocities, signed by himself,
Marshal Stalin and President
Truman will be issued within
a few days.
Decries Speculation
The warning will be ad
dressed, he said, to the "Ger
man government or whatever
authority exists" at that time
Indicating belief that the crumb
ling nazi regime may not be
functioning as an entity by the
time the joint statement Is dis
patched. ...j
At the same time Churchill
decried speculation on the date
of V-Day which he said would
be fixed in consultation with
the "three or four" principal
powers, having a mind to both
military and political consider
ations. He implied that no
agreement on a date has yet
been reached.
He revealed that a special
parliamentary delegation is
leaving Britain tomorrow to ob
tain eyewitnesses evidence of
nazi atrocities.
Atrocities Grow
Churchill revealed that the
parliamentary body is being
sent at the direct request of Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower who mes
saged Churchill today that new
discoveries of atrocities, partic
ularly those in the Weimar area,
far surpass anything previously
found.
The prime minister's an
nruncement came after he had
replied tartly to a member's
question as to when V-Day
might come.
"I have no announcement to
make about V-Day at the pres
ent time," Churchill said, "ex
cept that I deprecate premature
speculations on this subject."
RED ClSSTOOD .
TO P. ws
Washington, April 19 U.(9
lien. Dwight D. Eisenhowers
headquarters has reported that
large quantities of Red Cross
supplies are teing delivered to
American and Allied prisoners
of war in German prison camps.
Secretary of W-.r Henry L. Stim
son said today.
Stimson said the largest con
centration of American prisoners
Is now at Stalag 7-A at Moos
burg, 25 miles northeast of Mu
nich. At last reports there were
9.812 U. S. prisoners, including
bout 4,000 officers and some
enlisted men who had been trans
ferred from Stalagluft 3 at Nurn
berg, there.
SIDE GLANCES
By
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ray Miksche undergoing the
humiliating experience of being
almost knocked out In an en
counter with bird cage.
George Davis recounting, with
gestures, his initial experiences
with army routine.
Ralph Koozer too busy plant
ing tomatoes to answer the
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The late Ernie Pyle. famous Scrlpps-Howard war correspondent killed in action on Island of Ie, near Okinawa,
Is pictured here with "That Girl" his seldom photographed wife, Mrs. Gcraldine Pyle, In library ol their Albu
querque, N. M, home Just Before he left for the Pacific With the couple Is their pet Shetland sheeo doe.
Cheetah. Life photo by Bob Landry.
FOR THIRD TIME
By United Press
Superfortresses raided Kyu
shu for the third straight day
today, Tokyo said, and American
ground forces scored new gains
in Okinawa and Ie in the Ryu-
kyus and on newly-invaded Min
danao in the Philippines.
Enemy broadcasts said more
than 100 B-29's bombed Kyushu,
southernmost of Japan's home
islands, while three other B-29's
and 60 escorting Mustang fight
ers attacked airfields in the
Tokyo area.
with Tokyo one-tenth destroy
ed, foreign diplomats have evac
uated the capital, the broadcasts
admtited.
Aim At Airfields
The Kvushu raids presumably
were aimed at the six airfields
frnm which Jananese suicide
pilots have been taking off to
attack . the American fleet oh
Okinawa. 330 miles south.
Tokyo said the raid lasted two
hours.
Another broadcast said the
Amarfran raiders hnmbed and
strafed Tokyo airfields for half
an hour.
Marinpt cleared three-fourths
nf Okinawa with a drive to the
northern tip of the islsnd. Other
marines still were embattled on
Motobu peninsula jutting from
the northwest coast and army
troops at the south end were
stalled by stubborn defense lines
before Naha, the capital.
A' Pacific fleet communique
id that the first 18 davs of the
Okinawa campaign, with associ
ated nneratinns in the Rvukvu
chain and air raids on Japan,
had cost the Americans 7, BUD
killed, wounded or captured.
Hard Fight On la
American assault forces on
tiny Ie, three miles west of
Motobu, continued gains, but
were' meeting with stiff resist
ance from dug-in Japanese posi
tions. American ' Invasion troops
drove inland today from a 35-
mile beachhead on Mindanao,
southernmost of the Philippines.
Th Undine- was effected ' on
Moro gulf Tuesday with virtual
ly no opposition.
The main Japanese forces,
estimated at 50,000, were be
llrved to have withdrawn to
Davao, 95 miles east.
On Luzon, American forces
tightened the siege arc on
Bagulo, former Japanese head
quarters In the Philippines.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1945
This Was Last Trip Home for
Pyle Will Be Buried Among
Soldiers He Immortalized
By Mac R. Johnson
United Press War
Correspondent
Okinawa, April 19 (U.R)
Ernie Pyle will be buried among
the soldiers he Immortalized.
The beloved little war corre
spondent killed by a Japanese
machine-gunner yesterday prob
ably will be laid to rest in an
Army cemetery here In the
Ryukyus where he covered his
last campaign.
The soldiers he loved brought
him back from the battlefield.
Bock to where the noise of the
guns is distant and dull. They
lifted his pint-sized frame from
the ditch where he fell, victim
of a sneak Japanese machine-gun
ambush.
One of his hands still clutched
his green fatigue cap. They put
him on a litter, and crossed his
arms, and then parried him back
to the rear.
It wasn't easy. That Japanese
machine-gunner seemed Jealous
of his prized victim. It was five
hours after Ernie was killed be
fore anybody could get to his
body. .
Albuquerque, N. M.,' April 18
(U.R) Messages of condolence
poured Into the - Albuquerque
home of Ernie Pyle, the war cor-
ALLIES SCORE ON
ITALIAN FRONT
Rome, April 19 (U.R) British
eighth army forces have driven
the Germans from the Argenta
Gap northeast of Bologna and
advanced six miles from their
last reported positions to within
15 miles of the Po river, allied
headquarters announced tonight.
The eighth army's fifth corps
poured out onto the Po plain on
a four to six-mile front. It cap
tured Benlvignante, 11 miles
southeast of Ferrara.
U. S. fifth army troops pushed
to the outskirts of Planoro, seven
miles south of Bologna.
NOTRE DAME COACH
Notre Dame, Ind., April 19.
(U.R) Elmer Ripley, former bas
ketball coach at Georgetown,
Yale and Columbia universities,
was appointed head basketball
coach at Notre Dame university
today.
YREKA POSTMASTER
Washington, April 19. U.fi)
President Truman today nomin
ated Maxwell F. Buffum to be
postmaster at Yreka, CaU
Ernie
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respondent who wrote the hu
man side of the war and was
killed by a Jap machine-gunner
on the Pacific island of Ie Jima
The messages were from peo
ple of all walks of life.
Secretary of the Navy James
Forrestal wired Mrs. Gcraldine
Pyle, Ernie's wife who was
known as "that girl" In his col
umns: "On behalf of the entire
Naval Service I extend to you
our sincerest sympathy in your
great loss which is also a loss
to the nation."
Another wire from General
Joseph Stilwell said, "I have
Just learned of the death of your
husband on an American battle
field. All American soldiers will
keenly feel the loss of a man
who has done so much to tell
their story.
HOLLfOfPOST
Hollywood, April 19. (U.R)
The commander of the Holly
wood world war II post of the
American Legion resigned today
in a dispute over admission to
legion membership of Japanese
American war veterans.
Post Commander William P.
Schneider quit only a few hours
after Harley Oka, world war II
veteran of Japanese ancestry
and central figure in the dispute,
had also resigned. Oka was the
first Japanese-ancestry veteran
ever to become a legionnaire.
Both Schneider and Oka
blamed "Intolerance" by World
War I Legionnaires for their decisions.
U.S. Casualties Near Million
Washington, April 19. (U.R) Officially announced U. S. combat
casualties, approaching 1,000.000, reached an overall total of
912,200 today. This was an Increase of 12,810 In a week.
Meanwhile, German casualties on the western front are mount
ing by the hundreds of thousands.
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson disclosed at his press con
ference today that British and U. S. armies have captured 2.100.000
Germans since Normandy D-Day last June 6. Of this total, 900,000
were captured In April alone.
The U. S. combat casualty total Included 813,870 army and
98.330 navy, marine corps, and coast guard losses since Dec. 7, 1941
The all-service figures for total U. S. casualties:
Killed
Wounded
Missing
Prisoners
Totals .'.
Of the army wounded, 261,596
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Disintegration
FOR POLAND IS
REJECTER Blf U.S.
State Department Reiterates
Firm Stand on Agreement
Reached at Yalta Parley.
Washingtdfi, April 19 (U.R)
The United States today turned
down Russia's second request
that the provisional Polish gov
ernment of Warsaw be invited
to the San Francisco Security
conference.
The State Department reiter
ated its firm stand that Poland
will not be represented at the
United Nations parley unless a
new "government of national
unity" is formed before the con
ference begins next Wednesday.
Agreed at Yalta
Russia, Britain, and the Uni
ted States agreed at Yalta to
foster such a new Polish regime.
But it has not been set up. Ap
parently there have been differ
ences of opinion as to Interpre
tations fit the Yalta agreement.
The ' State " Department cony
firmed that the Soviet govern
ment, In a note received here
yesterday, had reiterated "the
Soviet request that the present
provisional government now
functioning In Warsaw be Invited
to send representatives of the
conference at San Francisco."
This is the government that first
was set up at Lublin.
Receipt of the note had been
announced but Its contents had
not been officially disclosed.
Request Rejected
Russia's first request that the
Warsaw government be Invited
to San Francisco was rejected by
the United States and Britain on
March 31.
A beHef Is current here that
Big Three Representatives likely
will be unable to agree on a
new, broadened Polish govern
ment In time for the conference.
The whole difficult problem
will be thra:htd over this week
end by the British, American and
Russian foreign ministers and the
other Big Three diplomats who
have been trying unsuccessfully
at Moscow to agree on a new Po
lish regime.
The situation now rests with
President Truman, Secretary of
State Edward .. Stettinlus, Jr.,
British Foreign Mlnlstei An
thony Eden, who Is already here,
and Russian Foreign Commissar
V. M. Molotov, who Is en route
from Moscow.
The British and American dip
lomats who have been working
on the problem with Molotov at
Moscow also are here.
LIGHTS TO SHINE IN
BRITAIN NEXT WEEK
London, April 19. (U.R) The
British blackout will be lifted
Monday except for a five-mile
coastal belt, Home Secretary
Herbert Morrison announced to
day. It has been five years and
eight months since the tights
have burned at night in Britain.
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OLD HOUSES TO
be remove
NEWCITY PARK
Council to Call for Bids For
Removal to Make Way
For City Improvement.
Four old dwellings on East
Main street on the site of the
proposed new ci'y park will be
removed In the near future, city
councilmen at the last meeting
having authorized the city attor
ney to issue a call for bids for
their removal. The dwellings,
including the Mansion cafe, are
at 501, 511, 517 and 523 East
Main street.
City Superintendent Frank
Rogers stated today that the call
for bids would bs Issued soon and
that the contractor could either
demolish the buildings or re
move them In their entirety. The
site for the park does not In
clude the service station at the
comer of Main street and Haw
thorne or the buildings on the
west side of Hawthorne.
Members of the city planning
commission last night approved
the council l post-war program,
jon to be anonunced in a com
plete form, Mayor Clarence A.
Meeker stated this morning.
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BY $75 VERDICT
Hollywood, April 19 (U.R)
Joan Barry today tried to fig
ure how to raise her 18-month-old
daughter as a multi-millionaire's
child on the $75 weekly
check she'll be getting from
Charlie Chaplin, the baby's legally-adjudged
father.
She said she didn't think It
could be done
The red-haired Miss Barry,
one-time drama protege of the
56-year-old comedian, said she
was bewildered and 'shocked
beyond words" at the news Su
pcrior Judge Clarence Kincaid
had ignored her plea for SI 500
monthly support for the baby
and $50,000 attorney's fees.
Kincaid yesterday ordered
Chaplin to pay Miss Barry $75
a week for Carol Ann's support,
$5000 for attorney's fees and
court costs.
Hypnotism Used To
Combat Mental Ills
Contracted In War
New York, April 19. (U.R)
Doctors In uniform have turned
the "magic" of hypnosis on bat
tle casualties whose wounds
don't show.
seeking quick cur. for "com
bat fatigue" and neuroses, psy
chiatrists in U. S. army, navy,
merchant marine hospitals and
field stations are hypnotizing
mental victims of the war and
obtaining results one. consid
ered impossible.
Their progress was reported
by R. A. Motherlant in the May
Issue of Mechanix Illustrated
magazine. He said hypnotism in
mental treatment was proved
safe, efficient and lasting.
WHITE HOUSE LUNCH
Washington, April 19 U.R)
President and Mrs. Truman
lunched today In th. White
House with Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs.
Truman was driven over from
the Blair house across the
street. Th. President walked
over from th. executive wing
of th. White House.
HOOVER URGED
Washington, April 19 (U.R)
Appointment of former Presi
dent Herbert Hoover as a dele
gate to the San Francisco secur
ity conference was urged In t.
senate today by Sen, Homer E.
Capehart, R, Ind.
Twin Stronghold Fall
Threatens Collapse Of
Nazis' Central Front
Paris, April 19. (U.R) The twin German strongholds of Leipzig
and Halle fell to the American first army today in a crushing:
double victory which threatened the complete collapse ot tha
Nazis' central front.
The two cities, keystones of the enemy's entire defensiv. system
in central Germany, were taken by first army doughboys only a
few hours apart today in the bloodiest street fighting sine. th.
Rhine crossing.
FEW SCATTERED SNIPERS LEFT
A few scattered snipers were reported still holding out In tha
ruins of Leipzig tonight, but all resistance was stamped out In
Halle, 15 miles to the northwest.
Far to the northwest, U. S. ninth army forces battled to stem
fierce German counter-attack against their northern flank between
Magdeburg and Brunswick.
A strong German task force of perhaps 1,000 men and 70 tanks
and armored units struck suddenly into the ninth army flank some
45 miles west of the Elbe early today and made considerable
progress before the Americans could rally to meet the blow.
PART OF NAZI FORCE SLIPS THROUGH
Attacking southeastward from the Wittingen area, the Nazis
slipped part of their force 15 miles through the American lines
into the Kloetz forest, but their main body was checked with
heavy losses after a three-mile advance.
The thrust apparently was aimed at cutting clear across th.
ninth army front into the Harz mountains, soma 60 miles south
of the Kloetz forest.
Leipzig, the fifth city of Hitler's reich and the pivot on which
his entire western battle line depended, was conquered by two
first army divisions early today in one ot the bloodiest, close-in
fights of the war.
ARTILLERY RANGE
OF BERLIN. REPORT
London, April 19 (U.R)
Russian Armored Forces war.
reported battling within artil
lery range of battered Berlin
at th. center of a biasing 60
mile sieg. arc today.
London, April 19 (U.R)
Nazi broadcasts said today that
Russian Forces ..ad scored a deep
advance east ot Berlin and thrust
an armored spearhead across a
road at an unspecified point
northeast of Strausberg, a town
nine miles from the capital's city
limits.
A German military spokes
man said Marshal Ivan S. K)
nev's First Ukrainian army had
pushed westward up to 25 miles
beyond the Nelsso river and had
reached the Spree river on a 42
mile front between Cottbus and
Bautzen, 68 miles from the
American Third Army at Chem
nitz. Moscow Vague
Moscow continued to give only
vague hints of th. great Soviet
offensive on the broad front be
fore Berlin drives In which
gloomy Nazi commentators
acknowledged steady Russian
gains into th. shrinking waist
line of the unoccupied Reich.
By German account the blood
iest fighting raged In the maze
of defenses strung over the near
approaches to Berlin. There,
Transocean's Walter Plato said,
the "hard struggle is becoming
more acute" and the "scene of
grim fighting shifted nearer to
Berlin."
Outposts Topple
Red Army Assault Forces top
pled the Berlin outposts of See
low and Wrlezen, 26 miles east
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Aimnecn troope Slashed tn Cwcno-SiorsXta, cutting pre-war Germany
In two, though Nails till hold a corridor from North Br to their
BaverUn redoubt. On eastern front, Russians were reported in sight oi
the burning Reich capital. Par to north, the British were within M mllce
of Hamburg, had cut the Hamburg-Berlin railway line and Perm an plant
for lUAd JLXiaiUi&Ca. Sfiltl t&ccu (toirtwU--
Americans Hailed
With stray shots still flying In
a half-dozen sections of the city,
thousands of liberated allied
prisoners and soma civilian
lined the streets to hail tha
Americans. On the part of tha
civilians it was an open accept
ance of Germany's defeat.
German hopes for a prolonged
stand in the west wer. fading
fast and the fall of Leipzig was
expected to speed the final dis
integration of the wehrmacht.
The Nazi collapse in that great
central stronghold came as Gen.
Omar N. Bradley announced
that the three pace-making arm
ies of his American 12th army
group had reached their estab
lished objectives and wer. paus
ing before tha next phase ot
their assault on tha dying retch.
Two Million Captured
More than 2,000,000 German
were revealed to have been cap
tured by the western allies since
their landing In Normandy last
June, almost half of them taken
sine, the - Rhln. crossing six
weeks ago.
"Virtually every German sol
dier who faced us back on tha
Siegfried line on Feb. 23 Is now
either killed, wounded or a pris
oner," Bradley said.
TO BERLIN
By United Press
The nearest distances to Ber
lin from advanced allied line,
today:
Eastern front 14 miles (front
east of Oder river, by German
report).
Western front 45 miles (from
Elba river).
Italian front 516 mllea (from
near Comacchlo).
and 23 northeast of th. capital,
the Germans admitted.
After th. fall of Wriezen, ona
broadcast said, the Russians
Moved "several kilometers"
down the road to Strausberg. A
Inter alarmed radio report said
that after achieving a deep
brcakin, a spearhead "thrust a
few kilometers" beyond tha road
Into Strausberg.
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