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TODAY'S FEATURES THE WEATHER TODAY ST. PETERSBURG AND THE TAMPA BAY AREA Moderate winds and partly cloudy today. Weather normal by Saturday. Details on page 2. Page Page Pa ire 10 Finanr-inl 21 Rmlio 17 16 FJulii'C Opiiiinn Sih-icHt 9 l.i wul NVwsV 10-13 Spurts H-l." 1S-20 Mt-ftniKS 36 State 12 12 1..

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S. Forces Is Confirmed! GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS IN THE PHILIPPINES (Friday) (Via army radio) (INS) General Douglas MacArthur has returned to the Philippines with an American invasion army. A dramatic broadcast from his new headquarters at an unannounced base in the Philippines brought word of the American invasion to the world. A spokesman at the general's headquarters declared that American landings were made on Leyte island, 600 miles north of Morotai, and approximately 300 miles south of Manila. "Positions are being expanded," it was officially announced.

Supplies and reinforcements are being landed steadily. Australian units participated in the invasion which was made against enemy positions held by 225,000 Japanese troops under command of Field Marshal Juichi Terauchi. VR F. D. R.

Says It's Stop On Road to Tokio Xk y' hJ VV? '-v 'C, -VVV 'y 4iu if 41' y.i ly. 7 o. A typical scene in the Seminole citrus section as the carpeted with fallen grapefruit and in some cases roads big storm hlew itself out. The ground under the trees was bordering the thrifty groves were thickly strewn. Sform Nevs Inside Senator Pepper, other legislators ask OPA, WPB aid to prevent greater citrus loss.

Page 8. City's storm damage estimated between $25,000 and $50,000. "We were lucky," city manager says. Page 13. Evacuated beaches suffer comparatively little damage from 90-mile wind and rough gulf waters.

Page 13. Tons of bread dough spoiled when power failure cools ovens at Bell Bakery. Page 13. Thousands of telephones shut off as linemen work throughout day and night to repair damaged poles, lines. Page 13.

0 LOSS IN STATE MAY HIT TOP By AL BARKER The edge of the big tropical hurricane, sweeping northward through central and tipper Pinellas county, while the heart of the storm went on to tear a belt of havoc through almost the entire citrus area of the state was estimated last night to have caused a loss to local citrus growers, packers, pick ers and others dependent on the grove of more than $1,000,000. The up-county devastation in grapefruit and orange groves, which rendered insignificant the losses and inconveniences suffered by home owners and business people of the affected area, is told at a glance by a golden carpet of ripe and near-ripe fruit lying under the trees and spilling over in places onto the roadways. There it lies, suddenly useless under the lashing of 12-hour gales which at times and in some places reached the super-hurricane strength of 90 miles an hour. CANNING MAY HELP Whether much of it, or any of it, can be salvaged depends first on continuance of cool and 'preferably overcast weather for the next week or 10 days, and C. V.

KILGORE "Citrus crop damaged in the county eventually will run to 75 per cent." upon whether the processing and canning plants of Pinellas, Hillsborough and Polk counties can be induced to, or will be able to, open up on an emergency basis at once. None of them was in operation when the storm broke. But, even if they do open, the price paid for juicing, concentrating and canning fruit will return to grove owners for their fallen fruit less than 20 per cent of what it would have brought in boxes under ceiling "tree ripened'' prices. vV JOHN S. TAYLOR JR.

"In the area our plant serves up 40 per rent of the grapefruit is on the ground." This feeble glimmer of hope that some salvage might be ob tained was all but extinguished by W. A. McMullen Jr. of Clear water, state authority on citms culture, who ponited out that little if any labor is available to pick the fallen crops or to operate the juicing plants on a peak ba.cis. ITS LOSS ESTIMATE McMullen.

touring the stricken west coast counties of Pinellas. Hillsborough. Manatee, Sarasota. Charlotte, ('oilier and Lee, raised previous S20.H0O.OOO loss predictions of state citrus damage to approximately $50,000,000. The scene of devastation in the rich citrus groves of these coun-itcs just as in a part of Pinellas he described as "pitiful." He estimated on the over-all sur- See CTTRfsrpage 2, Col.

2 (LQ OF 5010,000 ON WRT FRONT LONDON (VP) Canadian troops accelerated their drive against Germans pocketed in the Sclielde estuary of Holland yesterday, one column bursting forward three miles, and last night the Berlin radio blurted out fresh speculation on the imminence of an all-out Allied assault across the Dutch-Ger man frontier. Late reports said the Canadians were lighting inside tsreskens, just across the estuary from flooded Walchcren island, while another Canadian column splashed through the marshes three miles to within one mile of Costburg, squarely in the cen ter of the pocket. This action was part of the de termined effort to clear away German forces blocking the Schelde river leading to Antwerp and German military spokesmen have repeatedly maintained that British American knockout blow" would be attempted some where between Aachen and Arn-hem as soon as the Antwerp supply channel was opened to General Eisenhower. But German broadcasts last night said Eisenhower might not even wait for the Belgian Port to become available before launching a new assault. One propagandist even predicted a new seaborne invasion in the vicinity of Rotterdam.

The Canadians were making steady progress, but in some cases meeting desperate opposition. German troops counter-attacked fiercely against Lt. Gen, H. U. dear's units on the three-mile wide spit of land stretching out to Walchcren and front dispatcnes said some of the enemy had won a foothold in the north edge of Woensdrecht.

British troops advancing southward from captured Venray ploughed 3'i. miles deeper into the German Maas river bridgehead in Holland yesterday and with a strong American force converged upon the key town of Amcrika, astride one of the main railroads leading eastward into Germany's industrial northern Rhineland. The Germans, given no respite after their costly defeat at Venray and faced with possible entrapment on the IMaas west bank, began hastily retreating from strong positions northeast of Venray, and to the south and southwest fell back before powerful American and British drives. It was the eighth day of an Allied offensive to eliminate the German Maas salient and prepare the ground for a big smash into the northern Siegfried line. The British drove to points approximately three miles north of Amerika.

American forces pushing steadily eastward from the Ueurne area continued to roll across the Deurne canal and stood about the same distance west of the town. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' American First Army in hand-to-hand and house-to-house fighting through Aachen won control of more than half of the city.

The Yanks found German re sistance as stubborn and strong as it was on the first day of the See GERMANY, Page 2, Col. 4 Dewey's Speech In New York Line trouble during the storm Wednesday made it impossible to print the text of this speech in Thursday's Times. You will find it today on Page 4. to secure the entranrc to Leyte gulf. Two days before the landing mine sweepers started sweeping the area.

The actual landings were pre ceded by a preliminary bombard merit Thursday night by war- shins. Battlcshtns worked along the shore firina 15-inch salvos. Then troops from the Sixth U. S. Army sweot ashore and encoumerco onlv light resistance as they pushed inland.

Thousands of American troop; were ashore in a few hours and casualties were exceedingly light Among forces landed was an ndvisorv stalf for civil affair to initiate the first free govern rnent the islands have enjoyed for over two years. The acKance inland was de scribed as proceeding smoothly Losses were unbelievably low oaitlv because the enemy was caught completely off balance Headquarters announced thatl Taeloban, in the northeastern part of Leyte island, already has been secured with small casualties. The stunning invasion blow came as a surprise to the Japs who had expected that Gen. Mac-Arthur's long promised invasion thrust would come somewhere on the coast of Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippines. The special communique text: "In a major amphibious operation we have seized the eastern coast of Leyte island in the Philippines, 600 miles north of Morotai and 2,500 miles from Milne bay from whence our defensive started nearly 16 months "In the Visayas midway between Luzon and Mindanao at one stroke splits into two Japa- t-i.

i 1 nese lorces in ine I'liinii pines. The enemy expected the attack nn Mindanao. "Taeloban was secured with small casualties. The landing was bombardment which was devas tating in effect. Our crounrt troops are already extending their hold." The American ana Australian forces stormed ashore at three points on Leyte under cover of a terrific naval bombardment laid down by Vice Adm.

Thomas C. Kinkaid Seventh leet ana units of Adm. William F. Halsey Third Fleet. The biir battlewagons of both fleets minimeled the shore with thunderous salvoes from their 16- inch guns while swarms of car rier Domners ana iiguier pianes roared overhead.

The Jap navy, contrary to the lying bombastic claims of the Tokio radio that it had routed the Third Fleet off Formosa, did not even contest the landings, which were made three days ago Tues day, Oct. 17two years and six months to the day since MacArthur vowed: "1 shall return." Hoadquarters announced that General MacArthur and Presi dent Osmena of the Philippines, who is with him. will later broad cast to the people the Philip- I'l'ifs- Hundreds ot invasion nan were marshaled into a vast neei for the invasion. Thousands" of American and Australian troops already have been landed. Onlv one enemy plane was sighted as the invasion lorces landed on the beaches.

A commentator speaking from MacArthur's new Philippine headquarters said the lack of Japanese opposition to the invasion was "fantastic." Another commentator declared that it was "the most incredible invnsinn of the war" and that tens of thousands of American doiiphliovs" alreadv were push ino into the interior'' trom meir invitcinn heneties. The invasion forces anticipated an came. Onlv twi-engincd Jap bomn and it dropped only one bomb and mat leu nauiucssiy, 1 1 no carnage Up to Friday noon (Philippines time) the Japs have macie no ci- fort to interfere with submarines nbmes or warships. The invasion caugnt me japs See PillLlPPINEST Page 21, C. II WINS CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL WASHINGTON (Friday) (P) President Roosevelt tonight messaged Gen.

Douglas MacArthur that "the whole American nation today exalts at the news that the gallant men under your command have landed on Philippine soil." In a separate statement, Mr. Roosevelt said of the landings in "We promised to return, we have returned." "We have landed in the Phil ippines to redeem the pledge we made over two years ago when the last American troops surrendered on Corregidor after five months and 28 days of bit ter resistance against overwhelm ing enemy strength, Mr. Roose velt said, adding: "Nowhere has the desire to avenge their comrades been stronger than among: the forces of the southwest Pacific. Leyte Is another rung: in the long: ladder General MacArthur's men have been climbing' for two years." Mr. Roosevelt said "Leyte is only a way station on the road to Japan.

"From our new base we shall quicken the assault," the president said. "Our attacks in the last week have been destructive and decisive, but now we shall strike even more devastating blows at Japan. "Now we are going to teach, Japan her lesson." Mr. Roosevelt also sent a message to Adm. Chester W.

Nimitz and Adm. William L. Halsey saying, "Your fine co-operation with Gen. MacArthur furnishes another example of teamwork and the effective and intelligent use of all weapons." In a third message, Mr. Roosevelt asked President Osmena to tell the Philippine people that "when the Japanese Invaders have been driven out, the Philippines will take their "sTelSltTl'age 21, Col.

3 Political Broadcasts Senator Claude A. Pepper of Florida, Democratic senatorial candidate, speaks tonight at 11 o'clock over WTSP. Senator Pepper is preceded by Vice President Henry Wallace, scheduled to speak over WSUN at 8:45 p.m.. and Gov. Thomas E.

Dewey, Republican candidate for the presidency, at 9 p.m. over WFLA. Hurricane Lashes South Carolina Coast, Moves On JACKSONVILLE (VP) A Caribbean-born hurricane moving up the Atlantic seaboard lashed the South Carolina coast last night after cutting a path of destruction across Florida. Whole gale winds of 65 miles an hour disrupted power service in Charleston, S. plunging the city into darkness, but no casualties or serious property damage was reported.

Water a foot deep flooded lower sections of the city, particu larly along the Battery, as the tide reached nine feet. The Washington weather bu reau, in a p. m. (hWI) ad visory, said the hurricane was centered a short distance off the coast of Savannah. moving north northeastward or north ward about 25 miles an hour.

"Abnormally high" winds will accompany the hurricane winds ahead of the storm center along the coast south of Cape Hatteras. N. the advisory said, but probably will subside with pass age of the core of the disturbance. The hurricane moved into the Gulf of Mexico from Cuba and then crossed the state. Relatively little damage was done at Jacksonville, which had its hardest blow since 1028, but at Fernandina Beach, 25 miles northeast of here, nearly 50 beach houses were destroyed by wind and mountainous tides.

But here, as in the populous Sarasota Tampa St. Petersburg See HURRICANE, Page 2, Col. I No School Today; Electric Power Returns Soon In the wake of Wednesday night's hurricane, these questions were foremost in the minds of St. Petersburg residents last night: Q. Will there be any school today? A.

No. All schools in the county will remain closed until Monday. Q. When will our electric power be restored? A. Except in extreme cases all power will be restored by tne end of today, Florida Power of ficials said.

They added that 7o per cent of St. Petersburg and 50 per cent of Clearwater service had been restored last night. Station WSUN, with transmitter at Bayview, went back on the air at 7 p.m. Station WTSP resumed service at 10:52 p.m. Service to the Gulf Beaches south of the Treasure Island causeway was resumed last night.

All plant trouble has been repaired and the local plant has been tied in again with other plants in the system. The only thing remain ing is to repair local lines. I eerier lines are repaired first and then primary lines, along through streets, come next. Secondary lines to homes arc then repaired. This accounts for one house having power while another may still be in darkness.

All residents who have not previously reported lights out are requested to report it. Residents should report all fallen wires. As to street cars and street lights, serviced by the city, service should resume today. When will mv telephone be fixed'1 A. Several thousand phones went out during the storm.

Some of them were repaired yesterday. Others will be in working order today, still others tomorrow. Telephone men are working full speed to restore full service. Q. When will water service be restored to the A.

The Pinellas county waUr system, which services thf gulf beaches, hopes to have service restored today. Officials said as soon as electric power is lestored they can start pumping water to the beaches. What was the highest wind velocity reported and at what time? A. The coast guard air station reported that a a.m. yesterday its wiad indicator showed miles an hour.

This, however, is the maximum speed which the indicator is capable of showing. It va said that the velocity probably reached at least 95 miles an hour- in gusts near 5 a m. Decorated yards and machine-gun bullets cut the ground around him. Schauer killed the four men in the German machine-gun crew with one burst, bringing his total to 17 Germans in 17 hours. During the same service.

Company of the 15th infantry regiment received a Presdien-tial I ii it Citation for taking and holding Mount Delia Costa for eihl days against a German superiority of five to one. The company held the mountain, which is near Staligliano, Italy, from "Oct. 19 to 27, last year. Lt. Col.

Michael Paulick. Cov-erdale, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism Jan. 30 near Cisterna on the Anzio beachhead when he ran a 1.000-yard gantlet of artillery and mortar fire on two occasions to reorgan ize and re-supplv an assault com pany of his battalion fighting in no-man's-land. Silver Stars were awarded Capt Merlin Stoker, Deej) River, Iowa, Sgt. Jessie O.

Hickerson. Brad ford, and Pvt. Howard Currence, Lima, Ohio. GRACE ALLEN HOLLYWOOD Now I read they've invented a big mechanical brain at Harvard university. It's several times smarter than a human brain, and, if you ask me, I'm scared.

Goodness. I didn't say anything when the Harvard boys went around swallowing goldfish, but this time they've gone too far. Ladies, imagine how our husbands will take advantage. They'll get a mechanical brain to do their oil ice work. This will give them the entire day to entertain their pretty secretaries.

If Harvard wanted to invent something why couldn't it have been a mechanical lap1 Personally, I hope the mechanical brain pets a big headache. achine-Guns WITH THE U. S. SEVENTH ARMY, FRANCE (U.R) Henry Schauer, a 26-year-old Montana farm hand who dueled two Ger man machine-guns with a Browning automatic rifle at 60 yards and won, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor yesterday by Lt. Gen.

Alexander M. Patch. Before he entered the army four years ago Schauer worked on his father's farm near Scoby, and filled in as a mechanic at a Scoby garage between seasons. The exploit of calm nerves and crack shooting for which he was cited began last May 23 at Anzio in Italy when Schauer, then a private, was part of a battle patrol of the 15th infantry that went on the offensive to break the German rins around the beachhead. Later he was promoted to corporal and now is a tech sergeant.

At noon Schauer's patrol, entrenched in a ditch, was being fired upon from the rear by four German snipers. Schauer rose and walked 30 yards toward the snipers. Standing erect against the fire of four enemy rifles, he killed each sniper with one burst from his rifle at various ranges. Sighting a fifth sniper, Schauer went on another hunt and was fired on by a machine-gun and artillery. Kneeling while shells showered him with dirt and tracers whipped past, Schauer killed the two machine-gunners at 60-yard range with one burst.

An other burst crumpled two other enemv soldiers who ran to man th gun. Reloading his gun. Schauer turned on another machine-gun 500 yards away and killed the four men of its crew with a sustained burst that emptied his weapon. The next morning Schauer engaged another enemy machine-gun supported by trk VI tanks, lie crawli'd yards toward the gun and stood upright when within 60 vards. Four tank shells fired at him hurst within 10 U.

S. Didn't Lose a Ship In Invasion of Leyte P.v RE I EL S. MOORE WASHINGTON (U.Ri In an amazing series of broadcasts direct from the scene of the American landings on Leyts, radio broadcasters representing American networks reported not a single American ship had been lost in the landings so far as was known at 1 a.m. (EWT) today. Invasion forces pushed over three beachheads, one concentrating on Taeloban, capital and principal city of Leyte, the others leading towards level coastal lands.

During the approach and landings not a single submarine, motor torpedo boat or airplane successfully attacked the hundreds of vessels engaged in the operations. One lone plane appeared to oppose the landings, dropped one bomb and was shot down. Three clays before the landings American forces crashed ashore on Homonhon and Dinagat islands HURRICANE PICTURES Pages 8 and 10.