Pattonites Breach Outer Defenses o Bavarian Redoubt:
Stalin's Forces Knife Through Heart of Tottering Berlin
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Yankees Preparing for Key
Base on Captured Land
Bomb Tokyo Plane Plant
By United Press
American forces have con-
tillered three quarters of Oki
nawa island and are preparing it
as a key base for the next phase
oi the march toward Japan and
the China coast. Adm. Chester
W. Nimits said today.
A fleet of 150 Superfortresses,
meanwhile, smashed for the
first time at the huge Hitachi
aircraft Dlant in the Tokyo area
and ground forces in the Philip
pines cut Japanese lorces in iwu
on Mindanao and continued a
virtually unopposed drive to
ward the principal city oi uavao.
Bomb Plan Plant
tvik attack on the Hitachi plant
at Tachikawa, 14 miles west of
Tokyo, was made from medium
altitude and good results were
expected. Radio Tokyo, acknowl
edging the attacK, saia iu d-v
were in the raiding force and
claimed six were shot down and
20 damaged.
The broadcast said the bomb
ers also attacked air bases at
Tachikawa and "nearby Tokorc-
vnurfl
Nimitz' regular communique
said warships and carrier planes
continued to bombard Japanese
positions on southern Okinawa
but said there was no further
report of progress by ground
forces, temporarily stalled be
fore enemy defenses three ana a
half milp. north of Naha.
The communique said carrier
planes and fighters destroyed
r .. i i.t Dim.
enemy aircraii mrougu ui
and Monday.
A Tokyo broadcast said Jap
anese suicide planes had dam
aged two AUied ships northeast
of Okinawa ana sci lire iu
transport off the southwest
Tt Mid also that Japanese
artillery fired on ships enter
ing Nagasuku Bay yesieruay "
sank a destroyer.
10.896 Japs Killed
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, an-
nnunrins the sains on Mindanao,
disclosed that 10,896 Japanese
had been killed and 353 cap
tured throughout the Philippines
n (ho lust pieht days.
The figures boosted total Jap
anese casualties in the Philip
pines to 334.465, compared wun
u Kin for American forces. The
American casualties Included 7,-
491 killed, 26,606 w ounded ana
421 missing. The majority of
Japanese casualties represented
known dead.
American bombers attacked
Japanese positions throughout
Luzon where ground forces
pressed closer to Baguio in the
north and scored new gams in
the sector 21 milea northeast of
Manila.
Washington, April 24 (IJ.P1
President Truman, In his first
formal role as a member of the
Bis Three, sought today to pre
vent further execution, starva
: tion or torture of allied nation
als In the hands of the crumb
ling German army.
At the same time It appeared
that German forces no longer
have the transport facilities to
move prisoners out of the path
of advancing allied armies. This
accmed to be the reason behind
the German offer accepted by
this government to leave all
prisoners, of war in the camps
where they are now being held.
Thinking of the 60.000 to 65.
000 American troops still in
German hands as well as other
captives of the nazis, Mr. Tru
man Joined last night with Brit
ish Prime Minister Winston
Churchill and Russian Premier
Josef Stalin in a warning that
anyone party to the maltreat
ment of allied prisoners "will be
ruthlsIy pursued and brou&M
to Pi.nt-tinif.nU "
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Prantlcally waving a white flag of surrender, this German civilian Is passed by American armored unit speed
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F
Y
Two youths are In the Jack
son county jail and their girl
companions are confined to Ash
land Community hospital -as re
sult of an accident in a stolen
car on Siskiyou highway south
of Ashland last night.
According to city police, Jack
son W. Pemberton, who gave his
age as 17, Jack Sparks. 19; Lu
cille Sparks, 18, and Rosemary
Oleman, 17, hitch hiked to Med
ford from Toledo O., and took up
residence at Front and Second
streets, Medford. The youths are
said to have worked a few days
at Timber Products company
here.
The couples, who are said to
have used the names of Saunders
and Mason, were reported by
city police to have been drinking
in a local tavern Monday nignt.
While there the men requested
the girls to go home, saying they
would follow later. According to
city police the men arrived
shortly after driving a 1937 Nash
sedan. About 11:30 p. m. Mrs.
F. White. 26 South Orange
street, reported her Nash sedan
had been stolen from in front of
the L. C. Taylor garage, South
Riverside avenue.
Shortly before midnight last
nlirht state Dolice reported the
car had been found on the Siskl-you-highway.
badly wrecked.
Dr. RalDh E. Poston, Asniano,
who was called to attend me in
jured, said Lucille Sparks, who
said to be a sister-in-law oi
Sparks. Is suffering from acio
burns on the face and Rosemary
fllemnn has a cut foot and body
bruises. Sparks has a fractured
nose and head contusions while
Pemberton has several lacera-
ions of the head and contusions.
There was considerable evidence
nf Hrlnkine. Dr. Poston said.
According to state police, tne
drls also are under arrest and
will be held by authorities after
their release from the nospiuu.
Lady Jaycees Hear
Report On Cancer,
Clothing Campaign
The Lady Jaycees, at a busi
ness meeting held at Valentine-s
Cafe Monday night, heard a re
port on progress of covering the
business district, in connection
with the National Cancer drive.
The drive will be completed by
the end of the month, the report
said. A report on the club's part
n the recent clothing drive was
Iso heard.
Mrs. Blanche Frisbie, super-
ntendent of Jackson county
ealth nurses, was guest speak
er and gave som? interesting
facts about her work.
Other business saw Mrs. Ne
vada Danncn named secretary
of the organization and seven
new members taken in. Next
meeting will be a social gather
ing at Medford Hotel May 8,
Canada's only salt mine is lo
cator! in Nova Scotia at Mala-
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIT f J45
This German Civilian Hod Hnouqh W
Food Menus Of Nazi Captives
Revised Because Of Shortage
New York, April 24 U.R)
The 13,000 German prisoners of
war in the army's second service
command went without butter,
beef and jelly today under a new
plan to feed enemy captives nu
tritious but plain meals in ac
cordance with Geneva confer
ence rules.
Col.-Clinton J. Harrold pf Pit
man, N. J., director of supplies
for the second service command,
said in a press conference that
the menu change was not order
ed In retaliation for German
treatment of allied prisoners
but as a result of the nation's
food shortage.
PETAIN PREPARES
TO FACE TREASON
TRIAL IN FRANCE
Bern, April 24 U.R) Mar
shal Henri Philippe Petain came
from Germany into Switzerland
today and prepared to return to
France to face trial for treason
as the French chief-of-state un
der the nazi occupation.
The 89-year-old marshal ar
rived In one of a long line of
dark limousines. He professed
great pleasure at being in Swit
zerland. He appeared physical
ly and mentally spry, but brok
en In morale. His wife and a
retinue of followers accom
panied him as he rode across
the border In a car bearing the
French tricolor.
The Swiss announced that Pe
tain had been permitted to en
ter Switzerland when he asked
to return through this country
to France.
The border crossing Into Swit
zerland was made at St. Man
garethen this morning.
Petain said he was taken for
cibly to Germany by the SS
elite guard last fall when the
allies swept through France. He
said the Vichy crowd stopped
briefly at Belfort, where a fee
ble attempt was made to estab
lish a French collaborationist
government, and then he was
taken into interior Germany.
CHICKENP0X CASES
ON HEALTH REPORT
Twelve new cases of chicken
pox mi! seven of measles were
reported to the county health
officer. Dr. A. Erin Merkel for
the week ending April 20. The
chickenpox was reported from
Jacksonville, Shady Cove and
Medford and the measles from
the Applegate, Howard, Med
ford and Shady Cove districts.
Also listed were three cases
of whooping cough, two in Eagle
Point and one in Gold Hill.
BASEBALL'
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New York 5 7 1
Philadelphia 2 S 2
Hansen and Lnmbardi: Rai-
ieotbexfiOf (Ad peftcKj - i
I Han-old said he believed the
revised food menus now effect
only second service command
prisoners but that the war de
partment is considering adopt
ing them for all 302,000 German
prisoners In this country.
The prisoners' daily diet con
tains 3,560 calories and costs the
United States 41 cents.per man
per day. The GI gets 3,800 cal
ories costing 65 cents, Harrold
said. He outlined this typical
menu for German prisoners:
Breakfast Apples, oatmeal,
fresh milk, coffee cake, marga
rine and coffee.
Dinner Liver, boiled pota
toes, sauerkraut, lettuce salad
with dressing, bread,- oranges
and coffee.
Supper Baked beans with
fatback, boiled cabbage, fried
potatoes, string bean and onion
salad, dressing, bread, raisin
twists and coffee.
DISCHARGE FOR
IS
ARMY'S OFFER
Washington, April 24 AI.R)
The War Department announced
today that army enlisted men
42 or older may be discharged
from the service upon applica
tion. Applications for discharge by
such men will be rejected only
if they nre undergoing discip
linary action or require further
medical or surgical treatment,
the War Department said.
Eligible soldiers overseas who
apply will be returned to the
United States for discharge at
the earliest practicable date.
The War Department estimat
ed approximately 50,000 sol
diers are eligible to apply.
The new policy docs not ap
ply to officers, but there already
is provision for surplus officers
to be discharged.
6 Months Training
For 18-Year-Olda
Voted By Senate
Washington, April 24 U.W
The Senate today adopted an
amendment to the Selective
Service Extension Act requiring
six months pre-combat training
for 18-year-olds.
The amendment requires six
months pre-combat training for
all Inductees under 19, but pro
vides that the navy may assign
18-year-olds to vessels for com
pletion of training, even though
Ihe vessels may ultimalcly be
engaged in combat.
Meanwhile, Sen. Owen Brew
ster, R., Me., introduced another
amendment to prohibit drafting
of men over 31 after next May
31.
Brewster said this amendment
was In accord with the action of
the British government, which
recently announced that after
tliat dMe it would slop the draft
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ONE CONTROL FOR
U.S.F00D SUPPLY
Merging of 0PA, WFA Rec
ommended; Few Practical
Heads Also Held Needed.
Washington, April 24 (U.R)
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of
New York urged today that the
country's food program be put
under one administrator.
He recommended to the Sen
ate Food Investigating commit
tee that all food-control func
tions of the Office of Price Ad
ministration and War Food Ad
ministration be merged, with
"the control and the price fix
ing all under one head.
Butchers Needed
LaGuardia added that it
"wouldn't be a bad idea to get
a butcher or two who knows
something about it to write the
regulations," concerning meat.
"The main trouble is there
are Just too many bosses around
and too many theorists working
under these bosses,"" he said.
LaGuardia said creation of a
centralized food agency would
"end this overlapping and, what
is worst of all, the delay and in
action. LaGuardia also recommend
ed:
1, That meat purchased by
the armed forces be bought "at
the actual cost of the meat it
self. .. . - . ,
2. Payment of subsidies to
cattle feeders.
3. Placement of special com
missioners In federal courts to
hear violations of OPA reeula-
tions.
Only One Reason
LaGuardia said there was
only one reason for a black mar
ket in meat:
"When conditions are such
that the first processor, the
slaughterer, cannot sell at law-
iui ceiling prices without a loss.
he either goes out of business or
he starts to chisel. And once he
goes wrong, he goes wrong all
the way."
LaGuardia said nackers hnun
lost so much money on their
set-aside order for the armed
lorces 60 per cent nf thoir
sales that they have had to "re
coup their losses on the 40 per
cent" sold to civilian consum
ers. If the armed forces paid
wnat ine meat costs in the first
place, he said, it would be a ll
better.
Columnist Allen
Suffers Arm Loss
Washington. Aorll 24 (U.R)
Col. Robert S. Allen of the U. S.
Third army staff, former co
author of the "Washington
iwcrry-uo-Hound" column, lost
his lower right arm my amputa
tion after being wounded Anril
7 south of. Ohrdruf. Germany.
the war department announced
today.
He was ambushed, wounded
and captured by the enemy, but
was freed three days later when
the third army occupied Ehrfurt.
beriousncss of the gunshot
wound required amputation of
the lower part of the arm. He
was released from the hospital
April 20.
King Ibn's 5 Sons
Without Tents or
San Francisco, April 24 U.R)
The five sons of King Ibn Saud
of Saudi Arabia were on hand
today for the United Nations
conference but without the
sheep and tents that their fa
mous father takes along on trips
away from home.
Tired as tourists but Just as
enthusiastic, the five brothers
took life easy in the relatively
modest surroundings of a suite
In a swanky hilltop hotel here
after a sight-seeing air tour
across the country.
The brothers ranged In age
from 9 to 80. They let It be
known through an Interpreter
that they were happy to be here
and plca.'ed by the reception
given lhm at Ihe airport.
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Attlee Also Voices Hope Pol
ish Problem May Be Set
tled on Yalta Proposal.
San Francisco, April 24
(U.R) Secretary of State Edward
R. Stettinlus, Jr., expressed con
fidence today the World Secur
ity conference would succeed and
Britain re-pledged her support
to Russias demand for three
votes in the Security assembly.
Britain's pledge was placed
on record by Maj. Clement R.
Attlee, deputy prime minister,
who also expressed hope that the
knotty Polish controversy might
be settled along the lines of the
Yalta proposal for broadening
the base of the present Warsaw
government.
Red Proposal Sound
Attlee said that since the
Ukraine and White Russia both
have foreign ministers the Rus
sian proposal that these states be
represented in the Security as
sembly was sound.
Stettlnlus, first of the Big
Three to arrive by plane from
Washington, confined himself to
a general statement expressing
confidence in the success of the
conference. He declined to an
swer specific questions about the
Polish problem which was left
still unsettled when time ran
out on the foreign ministers and
they were forced to transfer their
deliberations to San Francisco.
Stcttlnius' colleagues In the
Polish discussions Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden ana
Fnreisn Commissar V. M. Molo-
tov are due here later by
nlnno from Washington.
Stcttlnius expressed "firm be
lief that the United Nations are
united In their determination to
succeed In establishing a World
Organization."
His sentiments were echoed
by the veteran statesman. Field
Marshal Jan Christian Smuts,
South African premier and the
only veteran of Versailles who Is
playing a major roie at oan nun
cisco. "South Africa." Smuta said
"has only one proposal to make
and that is for the success of the
conference. All the rest is de
tail "
Smuts strongly urged that the
nrenmble of the charter setting
up the peace organization de
clare "a statement oi our iaiwi,
nr nhwtivea. the things we
tnnri fnr "
Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk
nf Czechoslovakia, arriving in
San Francisco, said that "little
people should be seen and not
heard." He said that later on
"I may have something to howl
about.
Detroit Walkout '
Hits War Supply
Detroit, April 24 (U.R)
Production of vital war mater
ials again was halted at the main
plant of the Kelscy-Hayes Wheel
Co. today when more than 2,000
workers walked off their Jobs In
protest against the discharge of
13 employes.
Company officials refused to
comment on a report that nearly
1 800 workers at another unit
began a slowdown.
at Conference
Flock of Sheep
to report their arrival
there were when more
than
prom
lnent conference figures put In
their apperances. It was a color
ful reception, with a navy band
on hand to give the Arabian roy
ally the honor due their rank.
But newsmen were frankly
disappointed. They remembered
the flock of sheep and the tents
that Ibn Saud took along when
he made the destroyer trip to
F.gypt after the Big Three con
ference at the Crimea.
One of the reporters took a
look inside the plane before ac
cepting the fact that the five
brothers brought along nothing
morn spectacular than suitcases
and bodyguards. And so far as
anyone could see. Hie body-
tw&t weiui'l evco au&c&
Armored Spearhead
Enters Regensburg;
Berlin Ring Closed
LONDON, APRIL 24 (U.R)
TONIGHT THAT MORE THAN
SIAN HANDS.
LONDON. APRIL 24 (U.R) THE OFTEN INACCURATE
PARIS RADIO TONIGHT REPORTED A LINKUP BETWEEN
RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN SPEARHEADS.
WITH U. S. FIRST ARMY FORCES, GERMANY, APRIL 24
A LINKUP OF THE RED ARMY AND THE AMERICAN FORCES
CAN BE EXPECTED TOMORROW.
LONDON. APRIL 24 (U.R) PROPAGANDA MINISTER JO.
SEPH GOEBBELS TONIGHT ISSUED A PROCLAMATION AS
GAULEITER OF BERLIN EXHORTING THE GERMAN SOL
DIERS AND PEOPLE TO STAVE OFF THE RED ARMY UNTIL
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE.
Paris, April 24 (U.R) Ameri
can 3rd army troops broke open
the outer defenses of Hitler's
Bavarian redoubt on a broad
front today and rammed and ar
mored spearhead up to the Dan
ube river on the western out
skirts of Regensburg.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
3rd army tanks and armored
troop carriers reached the north
western bend of the Danube op
posite Regensburg the old Na
poleonic cit of Ratisbon this
afternoon after a 10-mi!e ad
vance through weak and disor
ganized enemy opposition.
Snipers Cut Down
A few nazi snipers battled the
speeding American armored col
umns along the west side of the
historic river, but were cut
down.
Field dispatches Indicated the
Germans were planning a delay
ing fight on the eastern bank
of the Danube and Inside Re
gensburg, where the enemy was
reported throwing up barricades
and moving hundreds of anti
aircraft guns into position for
the battle.
Strong Infantry forces wore
crowding up close behind ho
American tank spearheads,
reaching Deuerling, eight miles
west of Regensburg, this after
noon. At Regensburg, the Ameri
cans were only 61 miles north
of Munich, gateway to the Ba
varian redoubt.
There was no Immediate word
on the progress of other 3rd
army columns advancing south
ward along the Czechoslovak
border to the east within 103
miles of Berchtesgaden.
Vast Tank DrWe
More tjian 2,000 American
and French tanks were on the
move against the nazis' last re
treat In the Bavarian Alps along
a 200-mile front manned by Pat
ton's veterans and the power
ful American 7th and French
1st armies.
Headquarters revealed that
one of the greatest armored
striking forces In military his
tory had been thrown against
the Bavarian retreat where the
hunted nazi leaders were trying
to gather their remaining SS
divisions for the last battle of
Europe.
The American 3rd and 7th
and the French 1st armies were
advancing flank to flank
through the outer Bavarian de
fenses on a battle line extend
ing from the Swiss to the Czech
oslovak borders, using possibly
10 or more armored divisions to
spearhead the assault.
The 3rd army break-through
overshadowed big gains by the
American 7th and French 1st
armies farther to the southwest.
LA SPEZIA TAKEN
BY FIFTH ARMY
Rome. April 24 (U.R) U. S.
fifth army troops captured the
big Italian naval base of La
Spezla today and crossed the Po
river at several points north of
Botognn.
Modena, 23 miles northwest of
Bologna, also was taken.
British troops captured Fer
rara and Bondeno, southeast of
the Americans' positions on the
historic Po.
At least 40.000 prisoners were
captured by Gen. Mark Clark's
swift-moving 15th army group.
La Spezia, with a peace-time
population of 89.000, has a large
harbor and was the Italian
navy's chief base.
SNYDER APPROVED
Washington, Aprol 24 4U.R1
President Truman's nomination
of John W. Snyder of St. Louis
to be Federal Loan Administra
tor was approved today by the
Scoata Baukiug CwuuUlca
A MOSCOW BROADCAST SAID
HALF OF BERLIN WAS IN RUS.
London, April 24 U.R) .
Russian Siege Forces were re
ported late today to have driven
into the Charlottenburg area of
west-central Berlin, apparently
after knifing clear through the
heart of the devastated and tot
tering city.
"The imminent fall of Berlin,"
a Moscow radio commentator
said this evening, "will break
the last vestiges of resistance,
the last convulsive throes of tha
wounded monster."
Siege Ring Closed
Unofficial advices reported
that the seiege ring had been
closed around Berlin In a grand
scale encirclement maneuver by
two Red armies, trapping any
Nazi leaders who stayed to sea
the death of their capital.
In what Moscow called Ber
lin's last hours, a United Press
dispatch from the Soviet capital
reported that the Red army and
the U. S. First army had made)
the long-awaited Junction from
east to west some 60 miles south)
of the German capital. The re
port lacked official confirmation
by an expected Joint statement
in Moscow, London and Wash
lngton on the subject.
The BBC reported 'that Mar
shal Gregory K. Zhukov'a First
White Russian army had broken
into Charottenburg, the sprawl
ing area of Berlin lying directly
west of the business area. Zhu
kov'a forces had been beatlns
straight across the core of Ber
lin on a siege line between the
northwest and southeast parts of
the city.
In Last Stand
The report tallied with an earV
ler hint from Nazi sources that
the hard pressed defenders were
falling back into the northwest
ern quarter of Berlin for their
last stand.
One third to one half of Bc
lln already had been captured.
The usually reliable Luxem
bourg radio said Red banner
were flying over the ruins of the
Reichstag. Also In Soviet hands,
lt said, were Potsdamer Platz,
geographical center of the cap
ital, Anhalter station and tha
famed Tiergarten.
The United Press Bureau In
Moscow cabled flatly that Mar
shal Ivan C. Konev's First
Ukrainian army has linked up
with the American First army
some 80 miles south of Berlin.
The First White Russian army
northwest of Berlin was rolling
toward an Imminent Junction
with the American Ninth army
at Stendal, Moscow said.
A poll of high Soviet officer
In Moscow revealed that they be
lieved all German resistance
north of Berlin and south of
Dresden would be crushed in
the next fortnight, leaving only
the redoubt to be conquered.
End In Sight
Within the next few days, tw
more Russian army groups
the Second and Third White Rus
slan probably will smash acrosa
the Oder In the Stettin area and
clear western Pomeranla and
Mccklenberg for a Junction with
Mnr.hal Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's 21st army group, Mos
cow said.
With the completion of thesa
drives, the battle of Europe will
enter the mop-up stage.
SIDE GLANCES.
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TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bob McCarty, 12, excited by
the arrival of l,win calves for
the family bossy, Daisy May.
A Tribune reporter polling
fellow staff members, the Cham
ber of Commerce, library and
numerous friends for the In
dian name for cradle board
without results.
Miles Stuart In a quandaiy
because he knew two busincs
acquaintances by their first
names only.
The first bathtub in the V. &
JtM built oi wabogaay, .