o)o)
JU
Iff
lews
Bv FRANK JENKINS
fJOEllUKLS says ldny (vlu
MGermim riidlu) Unit tho nllles
Kavo opened un ALL-OUT of
fensive iigiilnsl Germany unci tho
finill liro prepiircd tn wiige uner
rilln wurfiirc TO THE DEATH,
i
THAT Is pot-hupa the mot II
A lumlnullng cuinincnt yet on
(ha fcurupciui war.
h Qerniiiny hns lo.it (ho wur.
Its pooplo, who AUK rciutuniibly
Intelligent. nuiNl KNOW IT. Hul
ilioy uru held In u Unlit mitl
rvmonvU-M writ by cohnekeo
RATS who knuw Unit iiolhliiK
but doulU nwulls llii'iii II tlify
lurrondur,
ft ...
DON'T lio fooled, liuwuvcr, by
Goehbuls' breiwl-bciitlng I" lk
ihaut uuerrlllii lighting to Hi"
South. Tliu cornered mizi rut
III got out K Ihuy cull cspce
llvlf tlu-y cmt inliu with Ihem
le p.'iioiiiil wonlth they hnvu
UQvXvU I1UIII iiiu vivi.i..... (.w-
e.
We nuiy bo (nil to suro Unit on
ihsiiv (iiM'inuii airfields mynlcr-
nious pliinrs uro wnltlnK for their
rKOIltU-t.
Our high eonimnnd knows It.
; !.. British Mid US govern
orient todny send notes to nil
neutrals EXCEPT ARGENTINA
king them to prevent iixli
leaders from "retaining their
loot" or "flndinit sufo hnven for
their wealth" In iieuirui coun
tries, ,
, ! ...
nrne slims of the all-out often-
lvo referred lo by Gocbbcls
ire appurent In tho news.
North of Aachen, our Ameri
can First army bus cracked the
Iirst hard crust of the wcxtwall.
and if still, In Its third dny of
U.o offensive, gnlnlng ground
against tho sccondiiry positions.
it un I yei a cuinpiuic un-i,-throuuli
which menus smash
ing past ALL. prepared ob
stacles, widening out mo wcunc
thus created and limning out in
tho rear 01 tnc vhul,& ui
TENSIVE SYSTEM.
? But Unit might hiippen any
lime. s it did in Normtuuiy.
N order to keen tho situation
clear In vour mind, remem
ber thill thu Slogrricci line is
shaped much like tho "pully
bone" of n chicken. Duck of
the fortifications we nro attack
InH now Is uuother lino of forts
ON THE Illliwr.. won nave
lo crack tho second lino when
Wo set through tho Iirst.
I UNLESS
I Tho British should crush
through nl Nijmi'Rcn and Am
hum and CIRCLE THE END
above ; where tho pully-bones
come totcctner.
j They still hold their threat
ening: position there.
i .....
'AT Molz. further south. Amer-
f lean TANKDOZEItS (tnnks
with a bulldozer bludo ahead)
ir. roll nu forward. crushl.-g
Germans in tho ruins of their
filllboxcs. Our boys arc squirt
112 the undcriirouiid fortifica
tions full of cruclo oil, setting
(Ire to It and HOASTING tho
traoned nnzls.
' That elves nil Idea of the
kind of fighting tho Germans
.ire up iiKnmsi.
fc ...
nT looks nils' morning us If tho
f- Russians aro opening up on
Hungary in earnest, driving in
from three directions. (Hungary
Is rluo and ready to bo plucked
but il still frightened by gory
German threats.)
) Taking Huugury will close off
RL.L, tho unikiins.
I Most of Poland Is gono nl-
rcadv. Finland Is through as a
German satellite. Sweden Is
getting cnuler by tho day us the
threat of German reprisal grows
losi. -Tno loss ol Norway nnn
panmark Is only a question of
time, Jtnly s mil is Hearing.
I
rTHE time is drastically close
rV when tho ihizIs, will bo
nrlven- clear buck to tnoir own
borders and compelled, to live
pu inoir own 1111. i
If They KNOW IT.
I Hence tho talk of Inking to
Ihe brush ond fighting to the
loath 'as guerrillas which is
goublless only a blind lor mcir
real : last-ditch purpose to flee
ay piano soma dark nigiii ana
ravo tno mess ucniiid.
...
LIERE on the Pacific Coast
' where our chief interest In
he European wur Is to get It
mt Of the way so wo can get
head, with our REAL war, wo
Ire interested today In Wash
hgton dispatches indicating that
Admiral King nimseit is appar
ently getting ready to devote a
jot of , his time to tho Pacific
t ar. I,
King Is tho BIO BOSS of tho
avy. ,
The wnr In tho Pacific, In tho
bmparntlvcly minor way In
yhlchi it lias had lo bo waged
Phllo we nro licking Miller, Is
ping Well EXCEPT IN CHINA
kaj to which n dispntch toclny
By! 'A m c r 1 c n n wnrpinncs.
Irowdecl Into tholr ONLY RE-
sflAININO AIRBASE dn south-
ast China, nro mnlntnlnlng a
onstant attack on thhuaten-
NU Jap columns.
. 1. i ... . .
Sri tho homo uolltlcal front
K nwev farccnsls n 300 BIL-
HON dollar debt nt tho end of
ha war nnd hiivs that to sup-
' brt such a debt wo must keep
- uslness moro nctlvo Ihnn ever
(Continued on Pago Two)
PRICE 5 CENTS
liberators Strike
Borneo Oil Supply
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Now Guinea, Oct. 4 (fl'j Big,
fnur-cnglncd Liberators, In the
longest muss raid ever mnda In
Ihe southwest Pacific, have op
ened a drlvo to wipe out Japan's
big source of aviation gnsolino
and lubricating oils at Huliknn
nun, on Borneo, Gen. Douglas
MacArthur disclosed today,
Moro than 00 bombers dean
a crippling blow Saturday, bat
tled 30 Zeros for more than un
hour, wcaved through skies
filled with bursting ack ack and
all but three got buck, some
badly shot up, some with gas
tanks almost empty.
Lucrative Target
But their 74 tons of bombs,
carried from advance bases
which make possible repeated
raids, caused heavy destruction
at what MacArthur described as
"tho most lucrative, strategic
target in the Pacific."
"The Jnos won't be turning
out much avintion gasoline at
Yank Jeeps Carry Soviet
Gunners Toward Belgrade
By DANIEL Da LUCE
MOSCOW. Oct. 4 (P) Rus
sian machinegunners In Amer
ican jeeps, with Yugoslav par
tisans acting as guides, speared
westward along the Danube less
than 20 miles from Belgrade to
day, i
Nearly all Yugoslav territory
cast of the big elbow formed by
the confluence of the Danube
and Tisr.a rivers was reportod
swept clean of German resis
tance by .red army forces ad
vancing -like -a flood from the
rootniiis of tnc 'iransyivaninn
Al more than- SO miles beyond
the Danubian Iron gate. .
Scouts of Marshal Tito's par-
U. S. ACCUSED OF
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 4
(Canadian Press) Warning
Canadians against what It snid
was United States prcpnrcdness
"to launch the most Imposing
and most significant trade coup
In tho world's history," the Van
couver, B. C, Sun said lust night
that "important (U. S.) commer
cial Interests are nil set to occupy
all the nvnllnble International air
routes of tho world, outside Rus
sia." "Only the strongest kind of
protest by other governments. . .
will servo to dclny this occupa
tion of the premier trading posi
tion In tho after-war commcrclnl
world' tho story, written by
Roy Brown, editorial director,
continued.
"... This will brenk Into the
open In Woshlnglon, November
1. A conferonco hns been called
for thnt date bv the American
stnte department, which shows
what Important bncklng tnc com
mcrclnl Interests of tho United
Stntcs have already obtained. . .
Canada nnd Britain realize thnt
onco the U. S. traders get into
Eosscsslon of tho air-routes it will
c next to Impossible to get thorn
out by competitive means.
"... On November 1 Canada
will send a delegation to Wash
(Continued on Page Two)
Louie Polin Ends Klamath
Career by Selling Store
By MALCOLM EPLEY
Louie Polln, who has been sell
ing "a lltllo bit of everything"
In Kloinuth county for 19 ycora,
announced today he had disposed
of his store nt Seventh and Main
to Otto F. Konschot, well-known
Klamath Falls business mnn.
Konschot will bo assoclntcd in
tho operation of the business
with his son-ln-lnw, Irving C.
Burke. The new owner Is the
proprietor of tho Central Moat
market, and hns been In business
hero many years. The Louie
Polin store will continue to oper
ate under that name and will
continue tho same general lines
of merchandising,
Colorful Career
Tho business deal announced
today Is of special Interest bo
cbuso lt mnrks the end of Loulo
Palln's colorful career In Klam
ath county business, Ho snld to
dny ho Is leaving here because
of Mrs. Polln's henlth, and may
locnte Inter In Nevada. It was
from Goldflold.1 Nevnda, pioneer
mining town, thnt Polln camo to
Klamath county on October 13,
1925.
Ills first business venture here
In Th ShaMlit'CaHeadi Wonderland
Ballkpnnan for Jup Zeros for
awhile.'' enthusiastically report
ed two squadron leaders, Lt,
Mollis Clinsc, of Lorchmont,
N. Y and LI. Donald E. Bone,
of Gurlund, Utah.
40 Hits
Forty bomb hits were counted
on the power plant ond ref ruction
towers of the 3,000,000-borrel
capacity Pundansarl refinery by
airmen of tho "bomber barons. '
MucArthur's c o m m u n I iuc
pointed out that tho destruction
of Ballkpupan would curtail
"drastically and immediately
the enemy s capacity to wagu air
and naval war and to move es
sential cargo."
Airmen Strafed
During the bitter sky fighting,
parachuting American airmen of
one mortally wounded Liberator
were strafed by Zero machine
guns as they drifted down, a
spokesman said.
Seven Zeros were shot down;
others were damaged.
tlsan army ferried ncross the
Danube to meet the Russians on
the northern bank and help lead
them westward toward the Yugo
slav capital, field dispatches said.
On the map the Russian drive
looked like an arc, one flank of
which wan hinged on the Danube
several miles west of Bcla Crvku.
The other reached nearly to the
Tiara east of Pctrovgrad. The
enemy garrison In Belgrade seem
ed snort ly due to bo gripped in
a pincers
' Na'sls 'Flee :""
Front line reports told of the
Germans fleeing after the Rus
sians broke up mcir counterat
tacks In the vicinity of Pctrov
grad, important rail Junction of
33,000 population 37 miles irom
the Yugoslav capital.
East of ' Belgrade Yugoslav
help speeded another Russian
spearhend thrusting for the
Trnnsbalkan railway over which
some 30,000 Germans In the low
er Balkans still may try to es
cape. ,
An Uvcstla correspondent
said he was told by nn officer
of the German first Alpine di-
vls on that he was captured 13
miles behind the lines by red
army scouts.
Marshal Rodion Y. Mnllnov
sky shifted powerful armored
forces into the Yugoslav cam
paign while still hammering at
the frontiers of Hungary.
Rumely Posts
Bond in Case
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (VP)
Dr. Edward A. Rumely, execu
tive secretary of tho committee
for constitutional government,
surrendered voluntarily to fed
eral district, court today nnd
posted $500 bond for nrrnlgn
ment October 13 on n charge of
"willful default" of subpoena Is
sued by tho house campaign ex
penses Investigating committee.
His Indictment by a federal
grond Jury followed his rcfusnl
to furnish the committee with a
list of contributors to the organ
ization founded In 1937 by Pub
lisher Frank Gannett of Roch
ester, N. Y.
was undertaken immediately,
when he set up a news-stand nnd
clgnr counter in a frame build
ing then located where the First
National' bank now stands. He
stnyed there Just three weeks,
nnd then moved to Chlloquin, nt
thnt tlmo enjoying ono of those
booms thnt have always nttrnctcd
Louie Polln. He established a
sporting goods and general stare
in Chlloquin, but In 1933 came
buck to Klamath Falls to open a
business in the quarters between
the old Tnhmolk cafe nnd Klam
ath Billiards, near Seventh and
Main,
S190 Caoital
Thnt was in the middle of the
depression, and Louio takes great
pride in his financial success
since that dny, when ho opened
a business with n total enpitnl of
S100 nnd a lot of debts. After n
few years, he expanded Into the
corner location formerly OCCU-
Elcd by tho cafe, nnd since hns
een selling a terrific vnrlety of
items ranging from nsnworms to
orchids, with emphasis on sport
Ino Bonds and newsnnDcrs and
magazines. Mrs, Polin, whose
(Continued ojn Pago Two)
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1944
Hugo fires swept tho refinery
area, sending up smoke for 6000
fect. Bomb hits were scored on
a 2000-ton ship in the harbor.
"The advance of our bomber
line now has made possible
neavy bomber attacks on Bank
papun," the communique stated.
Take-off Unspecified
(The tukcoff point was not
specified but MacArthur is
known to have bomber bases in
the Schoutcn islands off Dutch
New Guinea within 1300 miles
of Ballknapan. - From his most
advanced base at Morotai in the
Halmahcras, his planes are less
than 100 miles away.)
The Jananc.se sent un medium
bombers to fly on the flanks of
the unescorted Liberators to pro
vide onii-uircraii oaiiencs with
the range. Returning fliers lolH
Fred Mampson, Associated Press
war correspondent, "it was the
heaviest ack ack we ever flew
inrougn.
NEW vnnif rw a m n
frori E. Smith 7n rnli.. - TJ....
York City's east side, four times
governor of New York state and
1028 democratic presidential
candidate, died today.
made the brown derby famous at
0:20 a. m. (EWT), in Rockefeller
amine, or, 'nnymonOEi'.SU
llvan, his - physician, snld Jun
congestion -nnd acuta hcarl' Tlu
JJro were lhou.causesw Jjto.'-liad
been tfnr,ar,V4.AJ (Ua liUii..,.
September 23 from St. Vincent's
iMinini wncrc ne had, been
treated for an intestinal and liver
disturbance since August 10.
Only last night, a dozen red
roses arrived at the hospital for
"in irom rresiacnt and Mrs
RoOSeVPlt Tf waD Mt. 11
who nicknamed Smith tho "Hap-
w "urr,,or wncn ne nominated
ioniinuca on page Two)
Payment of $200
Set for Indians
A $200 per capita timber and
grazing payment will be made
iu rviumum maians about Octo-
Pr IK nprnrn no Tl
Courtright, Klamath reserva
tion s nrr nlnnrinnl
niRfrihulinn itmU 1
grazing collections is made semi
annuallv. with thn it c
treasury regional office at Port
land determining the exact
UHIU.
Shares of minors, aged and
indigent arc deposited at the
agency. ( '
Courtright said the members
fit iht fl-lhn tulm hatra nkllnn.
lions with the tribal loan office
win not do taken care of until
October 19 or 20, due to ac
counting procedure.
Jury Indicts
30 Strikers
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4 (P)
A special federal grand lurv
which investigated the August
i-1 fniioacipnia transit strike
today indicted 30 employes of
the Philadelphia transportation
company on chnrges of violat
ing the war labor disputes act
Tlic government immediately
asked U. S. District Judge Guy
K. Bard to hold each of the
indicted in $500 bail for trial
The unauthorized strike tied
up nil bus, trolley and subway
traffic in Philadelphia, causing
war production losses and giv
ing rise to race violence.
Fght to Death
Decreed fay Nazi
LONDON, Oct. 4 OF) German
Propngnnd,a Minister Paul Jos
eph Gocbbcls declared today that
tho allies have opened an all-out
offensive agnlnst Gcrmnny nnd
thnt tho nnzls are prepared to
wngo guerrlllt. warfare to the
death.
In a speech reported by the
official news agency DNB and
broadcast by Berlin, Gocbbcls
snid: ' .
"Our enemies havo unleashed
nn nll-out offensive on our fron
tiers of gigantic Impact in order
to win t specay ana, iirst oi an
not tnn nnstlv victory."
The propaganda minister snld
tho nllles wanted to end the war
In Europe before winter ana do
fore the November elections in
tho United Stntcs. ,
BROWNS SCORE
VICTORY
IN FIRST TILT
Galehouse Blanks Red
Birds for Eight
Innings
By JACK HAND
cpnn'isM AN'S PARK. St.
Louis, Oct. 4 W1) George Mc
Qulnn's fourth-inning home run
uflllv rinnn Mnnrp nn base IZaVe
the Browns a 2 to 1 victory over
the cardinal in me opening
game of the world series before
33,242 fans today.
Denny Galehouse, a veteran
curve ball artist who did not
Inln thn Plenums OR a full time
basis until July 20 blanked the
Red Birds for cigni irames um
lost his shutout in the ninth
...un Martin Marlon doubled.
wiivii" .' - - ; -
moved to- third place on an m-
lield out ana scorea uu puim
batter Ken O'Dca's long fly to
center. .- .
..' ' Allows 2 Hits
Tltll., 'Cii.thunrth'n BCC. Mori
r-nnKAr- al1nU,rH nnlv tWO hitS.
the - Brownies grand total for
the alternoon, in kvc
nlngs he worked before he was
uttA fnr a ntnrh batter.1 but
the-blows were the two that did
the trick. . ... .
Although Luke Seweu s nmt-r-
Gene Moore's single and George
Mcwulnn swai aiup me
field pavilion, tney pmyeu
liantly ;in the field behind Gale
un.. ...v.n uih nevpr more ef-
liuuais . . , , .
fectiye . with nis tow sinnuig
twister.' - ' ; - ' '
t ri.ni nn in plnutlne the
round tripper that sent the "Cin
derella Kids" away to a running
start In the opener of the first
all-St. Louis classic, the lean
Virginian who used to be a Yan
kee farm nana, coninouiea
(Continued on Fage seven;
, - 1
Nazis Capitalize
On Warsaw's Fall
t HMnnu (V & IJP ftorman
propagandists, capitalizing on
me collapse oi resisianuu wuinu
Wnt-cnr in hplr rnmnaicn to
drive a wedge between inc aiues
t.r,iA nAnr that MncrfiU hnH Wpl
corned the Polish disaster be
cause it regarded the patriot up
rising as tho responsibility of the
Polish exile government in
UU.I.
"The British government, for
IIS pat v, 0a. v. a J -. . . .
cast recorded by The Associated
Drnco "hac nnu, rnmnlptclv aban
doned Its Polish guests and re
gards tneir liquidation as com
plete."
Wins Opener
Dannv Oalthoust, Brown
hurUr, who carvad his niche
In th hall of lama by beating
tha Cardinals, 2-1, in tn open
Ing gam oi tha world series
at at, boms toaay.
CV;.v.J
Octobr A. 1944
Msx. (Oct. 3 74 Min 38 ;
Precipitation last 24 hours 00 ;
Stream year to data 00 -
Normal .10 Last yer ....00 !
Forecast: Cool and cloudy.
Duce on Adriatic Front
Vrapuon ivf wi .tiviv, wf.'u - i
picture agency, describes it as showing Mussolini chatting with
a member of his Bersaglieri regiment during an inspection on
front-line trooos in the Adriatic area. (AP wirephoto). -
Klamath Investors
Bonds; No
While banks up and down -the'
Pacific coast were being - be
sieged by war bond holders who
sought to cash bonds "on sight,"
Klamath Falls' investors appar.
ently failed to follow the crowd
and were holding on to tneir
bonds, according to a check with
local banks. ' -
When Secretary of the Trea
sury Morgenthau issued author
ity for the cashing oi war Donas
NEWPACIF1C BLOWS
Bv MAILTON W. FARON
WASHINGTON. Oct. 4 .UP)
Signs multiplied today that the
navy is getting set for new blows
against Japan, possiDiy witn na
miral Ernest J. King stepping
nprsnnallv into the campaign. . .
The navy, following disclo
sure of a west coast meeting by
its top ranking chiefs, announced
a shift of Washington command
that will give King a chance to
spend more time in war zones.
Friends sav the fleet commander
in chief will welcome this oppor
tunity. new rosi ireaiea
It came in creation of the new
office of deputy commander in
rhief. a nosition which the navy
said was made necessary by the
size of the fleet now the largest
in world history.
With Vice Admiral B. S. Ed
wards servine as his second in
command. King will be able to
shed many of the duties which
(Continued on Page too)
RAF Scores Hit
OnTirpitz
LONDON. Oct. 4 (JP) BAF
Lancasters based in Russia scored
a direct hit recently witn a six
ton "earthquake" bomb on the
r?rrmnn battleshiD Tiroitz. In an
attack involving a 5000-mile
round trip to nnd from soviet
fields, it was disclosed tonight.
This was the first announce
ment that RAF planes had oper
ated from Russian bases in re
cent months.
The nlanes took off from Brit
ish bases with heavy bomb loads
for tho 2000-mile flight to Rus
sia, which was made in 11 hours.
They refueled there and flew to
Altenfjord, Norway, for Ihe
landward attack. Then the planes
returned to the Russian bases
and from there flew back to
Britain.
To Railroaders
Railroad men and women
have been among the most
consistent war bond buyers in
Klamath Falls. It is believed
they would give generously to
the national war chest and lo
cal community fund, if con
tacted personally with a re
quest for contributions.
But due to the nature of
their work, it is difficult for
solicitors to reach our railroad
people. - As a result, only a
meager sum has come in from
this source for the worthy war
chest and community fund
cause. -
The fund badly1 needs tha
help of our railroad people,
and they are asked to mail
their contributions to cam
paign headouariers, 323 Main
street. Lumber workers, shop
Workers, clerks, and most oth
er types of wage earners are
giving to this program, many
of them on the basis of one
day's oav. Railroaders are
asked to join these given.
Number 10279
Keep
Run-Reported
by commercial banks on sight,
alter eu flays irom issue, rorv
land, San Francisco and Seattle
reDorted a ."-run that left - the
tellers with- their tongues hang
ing out' Most -of the bond hold
ers who' cashed in were in the
Type E or small group.
But' in Klamath Falls, both
banks, U. S. and First National,
reDorted little more man a nor
mal run.. One bank said , that
only $6500 was handed over in
redemDtion: and anotner report
ed under $8000.. with $3000 of
this sought by a man wno was
buying property. Many of those
wno appeared to asn in were
holdovers from the previous five
days when bankers advised tnem-
to wait until Monday or i uesaay
when they could be paid immedi
ate! v and . without - waiting to
send -itr -their bonds to a federal
reserve bank. :'--
Local banks looked -upon tne
action ; of - Klamath war bond
holders as pretty sensible, and
that the fever to cash in would
not hit. here, as the average bond
owner is hangmg on to his in
vestment with uncle bam. . .
Neutrals Asked
To Prevent Axis
Leaders Safety
'- WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 fP) r
The United States and British
governments have sent notes to
neutral nations requesting that
they prevent axis leaders from
"retaining their loot" or "find
ing safe haven" for their wealth
in neutral territories.
Reviewing methods by which
enemy officials and particularly
nazi leaders have sought to
plant wealth for their future use
in neutral safety, a state depart
ment statement issued today de
clared: "In anticipation of impending
defeat, the enemy is increasing
these activities in order to sal
vage his assets and to perpetuate
his economic influence abroad
and his power - and ability . to
plan future aggrandizement and
world domination.
Detroit War Production
Halted by Work Stoppage
DETROIT, Oct. 4 yp) The
huge war production program in
the Detroit area was impaired to
day as maintenance workers in
more than a score of factories be
gan a strike which their union
officers said earlier would-be
deferred pending a meeting With
the war labor board.
Before noon 3000 maintenance
employes had left their Jobs, 11
plants had been closed down,
and more than 50,000 workers
had been sent home. Mainte
nance workers in 10 other factor
ies had left their jobs and addi
tional closings affecting another
50,000 or more workers were
said by company spokesmen as
Drobablc.
. WLB Dispute
The strike grew out of a dis
pute between the maintenance,
construction and powerhouse
workers council of the United
Automobile Workers '(CIO) and
the war labor board over pro
cedure for , handling ; wage de
mands. -
The council represents 38,000
maintenance men in more than
300 plants in the Detroit area, In
cluding . virtually every large
and small automotive plant. Un
ion officials have said that a
strike by all the maintenance
workers would directly and In
directly affect Several hundred
thousand workers in the Detroit
area and paralyze the war pro
duction effort. ; "
PUSH STRIKES
TOGERMAN'S
ESUPE ROUTE
Third Army Troops
Battle for Fort
Driant
By JAMES M. LON3
LONDON, Oct. 4 OP) Amer
ican tanks rumbled today into
2V4-mile breach torn in Ger
many s Siegfried line above
Aachen and fanned out, bring
ing their guns and armor into
support of a doughboy drive '
against backstop defenses guard
ing Cologne.
The first army smash had
carried two miles into Germany
itself. AP Correspondent Don
Whitehead reported. Supreme
headquarters earlier declared '
the drive had carried three
miles beyond Ubach, a mile in-'
side the frontier, to one of tne
enemy's main , escape roads
above Aachen. .
- Three Counterblows . . j
Infantrymen' had" torn the
broadening hole in the westwall .
defenses, beating off three Ger
man counterblows. - -
The Germans were bringing
up tanks and guns to meet the'
growing threat.
Some 125 miles to the south.
U. S. third army troops battled
at Fort Driant, most formidable -
of the fortresses guarding Metz.
Supreme headquarters said the.
doughboys had won full control
of the fort, but a front dispatch
told of bitter fighting continu-
mg late in the afternoon against -
iconunuea on rage xwoj .-
Hunting Accident
"Unavoidable," ,
Rules Inquiry
' Inquiry into the fatal accident!
which claimed the life of James ;
E.-Warde, Medford deer hunter.'
on Monday,- was conducted in
Lakeview Tuesday by District"
Attorney ' Tom ' Farrell." Follow
ing interrogation oi memDers or
the War.de party, Farrell stated
that the shooting was an -"un
avoidable accident." Lake Coun
ty Coroner J. H. Ousley assisted
at the inquiry. -
Questioned were. David Hj
Warde, brother of the slain
man, who told how James had
stepped into the line of fire as
he shot at a deer in the clear
ing. His testimony, was upheld
by three other members of the
party, M. A. Waldrum, F. G.
Burbach, and . R. F. Jurczew
sky, all of Portland.
The body was shipped by
Ousley Funeral Home to Med
ford Wednesday morning. Mem
bers of Warde's party returned
to the valley Tuesday after
noon. Infantry Makes ,
Gains in Italy
' ROME, Oct. 4 (A3) Fifth army
infantry made slight gains yes
terday on a 20 -mile front
through the stiffest kind of Ger
man resistance, the allied com
mand announced .today. .
Deep mud and determined op
position slowed -the Americans
lighting along valley roads, on
the north side of the Apennines
toward the Po valley. ;
. Clearing skies help fifth army,
artillery observation, however,
and the guns held German road
movements to a minimum.
- Closed this forenoon wera
seven plants of the Briggs Mnnn
facturing company, where 1100
were on strike and 30,000 work
ers had been sent home; tho Wyo
ming plant of the DeSoto divi
sion of Chrysler corporation; tho
Chrysler East Jefferson avenue
plant and two factories of tha
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel company.
Others affected but maintain
ing curtailed operations Included
the Packard Motor Car com
pany plant; American Metal
Products; three Hudson Motor
Car company factories; L. A.
Young Spring and Wire com
pany; Timkcn-Detrolt company;
Continental Motors corporation;
rhrvcW tnnk arsenal and Ze
nith carburetor division of Ben
dix Aviation corporation.
Mainly Aircraft
- Most of the factories are en
gaged in various types of air
craft manufacture. A Briggs
spokesman said the strike had
halted work on the B-29 Super
fortress bombers, medium bomb
ers, fighters, tanks and army and
navy anti-aircraft guns.
Approximately 6500 worker
were idle for a time today at two
Nash- Kelvinator corporation
plants In Lansing In a dlsputa
over layoff procedure but they
resumed work after a vote to
await the outcome of concilhv
tlon. Production of the plana
propellers for the army air forces
had been halted.