The Daily News Leader from Staunton, Virginia • 1

V-rr Even TUX WEATHER The PUBLIC Interests FIRST EADER 1 Clear and a little cooler tonight; Son day, fair and cooL NO. 80. NO. 109. iMoouTm run STAUNTON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1944 or inn PRICE THREE CENTS nuni mnai mui or cxBcvuxxon ast 800 Defenders Of Wasted Aachen Surrender Osmena Challenges Filipinos To Turn On Japanese ing WHERE PHILIPPINE INVASION BEGAN (By WILLIAM FRYE) LONDON, Oct.

21 CSV- STAUNTON GENERAL M'ARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Oct. 21 UP) President Sergio Osmena, standing on the soil of his homeland, today issued a stirring call to all Filipinos to rise HURRICANE DID LITTLE DAMAGE PROBATIONERS, PAROLEES IN THIS DISTRICT EARNED $43324 DURING PAST YEAR SAMAR EMPEROR'S THANKS Instead of languishing in prisons where they were of no help to the manpower situation, probationers and parolees in this district earned $43,324.38 during the year ending Sept 30, according to E. P. Chew, probation and oarole officer. Last September was the most profitable month for those who toave been allowed their freedom ender restriction, when they reported earnings of $5,172.25.

Last December was their poorest month, when earnings were only $2,730.96. Mr. Chew said today that it is easier now than ever before to get work for these people. They are urged to work, partly in order that their families' may be taken care of, and are also encouraged to save, particularly during these days of easy money. Record Of Office The office here has been in operation since April 1, 1943.

During that period, 32 were paroled and 139 placed on probation up to last Oct 1. On the latter date, the office had 55 active probation cases and 23 active parole cases. The probation and parole system has been in operation in the state for about two years, during which time it has released on parole 1,040 persons and placed on probation 1,700 more, the vast majority of whom are reported to have "made good." The 2,740 persos who were given another opportunity in life earned Eight hundred German troops, the last defenders of wasted Aachen, surrendered unconditionally at noon today and all resistance ended inside and in the suburbs of the first big 'German city to fall to American arms. Two thousand prisoners already had been taken by First Army men who captur ed the medieval city 40 mile3 from Cologne. Despite Hitler orders to resist to death, the 800 enemy troops surrendered when Courtney Hodges' doughboys pressed them into hopeless traps at the fringe after taking the center of the city.

seventy miles to the northwest. the Canadian First Army pushed a three-pronged offensive four miles nearer the German strongholds of Roosendaal and Breda in battle carrying over rain-soaked fields above Antwerp. British Infantry and Canadian tanks entered the road-junction of Wuestwezel, 13 miles north of Antwerp on the Antwerp-Breda highway, and sent patrols probing out a mile or two northwest of the town. Two other columns, in twin-drives up the roads to Roosendaal, seized Calmpthout and neaped the Roos endaal Canal. Close In On Pocket This offensive was the sacond phase of the battle to win use of Antwerp port as a supply base.

The first phase was drawing to an end west of Antwerp, with Canadians steadily closing In on the German pocket around Breskens below the Schelde estuary In Eastern Holland, United States forces pushed within 4,000 yards of a German communications strong' point near the Mass River. British troops meanwhile consolidated po sltlons southeast of Venray on the Dutch battlefront, German communications farther south were crippled when Thunder bolts operating with the united States Third Army bombed and breached the Dleuze Dam 25 miles northeast of Nancy, flooding the town of Dieuze and the surround ing countryside with a spreading shallow lake which covered the rail road and highways with two feet of water, American and French troops pushing into the Vosges foothills protecting Southwestern Germany hammered out gains east and north WITH THE INVASION of the Philippines now well under way, Tacloban (1) the main city of the Island of Leyte appears to be in U. S. hands. It was near here that one of the first main pushes was made, following the landings on Suluan.

Another landing (2) was made near Cabalian near the southern tip of Leyte. It has been revealed that several days before even Tokyo flashed news of the landings, American forces had gone ashore (3) on the northern tip of Dinagat Island. (IniernatioU) up and fight the Japanese invaders whenever the tide of battle reached their town or barrio. It was the Philippine Com monwealth President's second proclamation since he came ashore on Leyte with General Douglas A. Mac- Arthur.

The proclamation wasn't interpreted as calling for a general uprising throughout the islands, but where Amer ican forces had advanced sufficiently to give immediate military help. President Osmena's message followed a statement by Brigadier General Carlos P. Romulo, resident commissioner to the United States and secretary of information, that he is convinced liberation troops will receive the complete cooperation of the Filipino people. One of the first tasks of the government will be to contact guerrilla leaders who have harried the Japanese and carried on the battle-unheralded and unknown since the fall of Corregldor on May 6, 1942, Romulo said. Filipinos, blacked out for two and a half years by severe Japanese censorship of news, will learn from the forces of reconquest that the united states Congress and President were prepared to give the Philippines its long sought independence even before the July 4, (Continued on Page 2, Col.

5) EIGHT INCHES OF WATER GOES OVER CITY DAM As a result of Friday's rain, Staunton now has a "superabun dance of soft water, City Manager W. L. Hall said today. water was overflowing North River dam this morning to a depth or eight inches. This Is the first time in some monuis there has been an overflowARalns of several weeks ago were heavy enough to allow thft r.itv tn dironnMnue njsln tr hard vater-rom-Gypsy-Hill-Park but insufficient to raise the water quite to the height of the spillway.

Precipitation in the watershed was about two and one-half inches, the City Manager said, approxi- mately the same as it was In Sbaun ton. 0 COMPROMISE SETTLEMENT IS REACHED For $300 a compromise settlement has been made to Mrs. Fannie B. Thompson, administratrix of Clarence Thompson, who died of injuries received in an automobile accident while riding in a car belonging to Mrs. Gladys C.

Wam-pler. The accident occurred on RouSe 12 about three and one-half miles southwest of Waynesboro last Aug. 2. The automobile, which was driven by Carl D. Thompson, left the road on a turn and hit a bank.

Belgrade MEDICAL, SURGICAL SERVICES TO BE GIVEN UNDER CONTRACT; STAUNTON DOCTOR, PRESIDENT a total of $1,642,986, according vo WJuliam Shands Meacham, chairman of the board; Two of his parolees have gone Into the armed services and three Virginia parolees have been returned to the penitentiary for technical violations, he said, explain ing that they have not committed other offenses, but that their con duct was of such a nature that It was. felt thev should be return' ed. Mr. Chew said he felt that it was better policy to be strict with the parolees rather than, wait until they committed some additional offense against society. Violated Parole In addition, one parolee was trarMerredtthls diBtrtctrlrom Pennsylvania and was returned lor olapturedy enemy counterattacks there and inT" JTJ menaced from side.

But said violation of parole. TRAVEL BAN IS LIFTED In removing restrictions to travel between Staunton and other sec tions of the state, enforced for several months by the Board of Health on account, of the incidence of a large number of cases of polio myelitis in the state and nearby cities, Dr. A. L. Tynes, city health officer, stated today that "conflicting opinions held by the medical profession in respect to the value of quarantine as a preventive meas ure were well known to the City Board of Health." The board admitted from the first that means of communicating the disease and its control were controversial questions; he said, adding: "'But the board was not impressed with statements on the part of some health officers that during the epidemic of 1935, th worst in the history of the city in question, the schools were not even closed.

Nor would this Board of Health assert that the failure to close the schools in the Instance referred to result in the development of even a single case of polio. The Staunton board for years has studied the epidemiology of the disease, observing the commun! cable character of polio, and, re gardless of the conflicting views the specialists in this field, prefer red not to abandon the field of observation for that of specula tion." Others' Uncertain The people, too, said Dr. Tynes, "were aware of the uncertain value of quarantine measures, but they did not permit their reliance upon the only preventive measure that offered to be undermined by doubt and a do-nothing policy. Human' ity needs practical men, but It also needs idealists for whom a concern for the common interests is so captivating they are willing to make any reasonable sacrifice lor the common good. This is one of the spiritual qualities which make a people great.

It Is only they who can find romance in sacrifices for the public good. "We do not claim that the ef forts of the Board of Health and the people of the city accounted for the fact that the city had but one case of polio during the quar every we do believe that in such sacrificial efforts shared by most of the people, their hearts were touched and humanity has grown bigger and better. Here in Staunton, a -city noted for its good will and philanthropies, it has helped to develope an even more notable compassion ate sympathy for suffering humanity and the less fortunate, and a notable respect for the processes of law in respect to public heatlh." After all, said the Health Officer, public health is but the socialized expression of those who do not want to contract disease or com municate it to others. Public Gracious Dr. Tynes said the "gracious manner in which the many hun dreds of people who called the health office and cooperated in respect to traveling or receiving guests was the most appealing experience in my entire professional life.

There were instances of sacrifice ing, yet so willingly and graciously endured, they would have brought tears to the eyes of those less emo tionally constituted than myself. In all of these cases In every in' stance the people generously made the decisions themselves after the situation was explained to them. There was only one Instance in which the promise was not observed." Dr. Tynes stated that regardless of what may or may not have been the effect of the quarantine upon the incidence of polio in Staunton, "it could not have been car ried out except for the assistance of others. Dr.

Kenneth Bradford and Dr. Glenn C. Campbell, mem bers of the board, rendered every possible support and encourage ment Other members of the office staff were untiring and loyal in their intelligent effort to meet the situation, no matter what the de mands upon time and strength. And the city police force rendered valuable assistance in response to requests to investigate cases reported after office hours and during the night. To all of these, and es peclally to the citizens of Staunton who so generously and so gracious ly cooperated in an attempt to do the impossible," the City Health Officer asked The Leader Papers to convey his most cordial and fer vent ROAD TO PEACE CLEAR? MOSCOW, Oct.

21 W) Mos. cows press gave tne cnurcmu' Stalin negotiations proruse praise today, vividly mirroring the good which official Russia believes re sulted- from the long, numerous, and friendly discussions of the two leaders. Editorials said differences still existed between Great Britain and the Soviet Union on certain Euro-Dean Questions, but asserted the road appeared clear towards franv ing a firm hard peace. IN THIS ST ATE (By The Associated Press) Virginia suffered a minimum of damage last night as the tropical storm which roared like a lion in- to Florida Thursday came like a lamb across the state and continued to spend itself out in a northeasterly direction. Weatherman Foy of the Richmond Weather Bureau said that little effects were noted about the state as the storm moved across, entering in the region of Emporia.

Excessive rainfall was fairly general, however. Clearing weather with diminishing winds was promised for today, with warmer weather in the state this afternoon, fair and cooler tonight Sunday's forecast was for fair and rather warm weather. No storm damage was reported from the Norfolk area, which bore the brunt of the recent tropical hurricane. It was cloudy In Norfolk today. The highest wind velocity yesterday was 35 miles, with two and a half Inches of rain, and tides two feet above normal.

The storm passed 40 miles east of Richmond last night about eight-thirty, leaving the city none the worse for the 1.43 inches of rain preceding it. Roanoke had 3 SI inches of rain yesterday; had no damage from the wind. Staunton's rainfall was 2.41 inches. Apples Damaged Apples apparently suffered the greatest damage from Friday's wind and rain, it being estimated that as high as 30 percent of the fruit remaining on the trees had been knocked to the ground. The rainfall, which amounted to 2.41 inches In the 24 hours before eight o'clock this morning, soaked the farmlands and caused some washing.

There was also some minor flood ing of secondary roads. Christians Creek near Brands threatened to overflow, highway engineers report ed, and one secondary road was blocked by water in that section late Friday. Throughout the state, heavy rainfall and high winds were reported. With occasional squalls, inter- mlttent heavydownpours and rain generally, the Staunton area Friday escaped serious back-lashes from the tropical hurricane which caused the loss of many lives and millions in property damage in Cuba, Florida and in some parts of the Carolines. ROOSEVELT VISITOR IN NEW YORK The President speaks tonight at nine-thirty over two networks on his foreign policy.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21 UPy-Pres ident Roosevelt traveling In the twin role of commander-in-chief and candidate for office brought the fourth term campaign into New York City today for. a round of military inspections and politi cal appearances. He visited the Brooklyn Navy Yard and other war installations. but he was dressed for campaigning, an old felt hat and his favorite navy cape, and the first public word he spoke was a politi cal endorsement for Senator Rob ert F.

Wagner (D-NY) in a rally at Ebbets Field. 0 TRUCKMAN KILLED WARRENTON, Oct. 21 -D One man was burned to death, another injured, and a third escaped injury when a transport truck loaded with 4,000 gallons of oil was struck by a Southern Railroad freight train here this morning and burst into flames. The name of the vic tim, the driver of the truck, was listed as Howard Burke, 32, of Rockvllle, Md. REVOLT IN SOUTH GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 21 (ff) A triumvirate composed of Capt.

Jacobo Arben, Maj. Arana, and Jorge Torlello, a civilian, was in control of the government of Gua temala today following a revolution of young army officers and university students. 43 KILLED IN CUBA HAVANA, Oct. 21 The known death toll In Cuba's hurricane reached 43 today, and officials said that more than 100 persons might have been killed by the winds of up to 160-mlles-per-hour force. Well over 1,000 persons were Injured.

(By the Associated Press) "The war situation Is daily becoming more pressing" Emperor Hlrohito told the Japanese today as he commended three top-ranking officers for their part in "defeating the enemy fleet off Formosa." Imperial Japanese headquarters broadcast the Emperor's words recorded by the Federal Communications Commission. The broadcast said the Emperor had granted "a gracious Imperial rescript of commendation" to the "supreme commander of the Japanese army in the southern regions, commander in chief of the combined fleet and commander in chief of the Taiwan (Formosa) army." CLEVELAND DEATH TOLL GOES TO 70 CLEVELAND, Oct 21. The death toll climbed hourly today in the worst conflagration In Cleveland's history, an explosion-punctuated blaze that completely devastated an east side area one-half mile square. list of known dead mounted to 70 as scores of emergency crews searched the gaunt remnants of hundreds of homes for victims trapped after a series of blasts destroyed the East Ohio Gas Company's $6,000,000 liquid gas storage plant at the foot of East 62nd Street. The latest official figure on missing persons was 168 Forty-seven bodies were received at the County Morgue and 23 oth ers, most of them charred beyond Jocated in smouldl ering wreckage of the burned-out area.

A survey showed at least 285 per sons hospitalized with fire injuries. Chairman Stanley Orr of the Cleveland Red Cross unit, in a message to Washington Red Cross headquarters, expressed the fear that fatalities might reach 200. Coroner S. R. Gerber said it was "virtually impossible" to estimate the number of persons not ac counted for.

Witnesses said the fire still flar ed in isolated spots over a 50-block district at eleven a. m. (Central War Time) but was under control. An estimated 3,600 persons were made homeless by flames cascading on the heels of blasts which sent tongues of fire towering to a height of 2,800 feet Possibly 10,000 others were evacuated from yet undam aged homes because of utilities dis ruption and the danger of further blasts. SHORT CIRCUIT FIRE No damage was caused by a short circuit that occurred in a switch box at the R.

B. Boyer home on Pleasant Street early this firemen reported. The firefighters were called at twelve-forty-eight from Box 45, Coalter and Grubert Streets. 0 ROAD TO BERLIN (By The Associated Press) 1 WESTERN FRONT: 320 miles (from west of Duren.) 2 RUSSIAN FRONT: 310 miles (from Warsaw.) 3 ITALIAN FRONT: 558 miles (from south of Bologna.) OTHERS MAKE DONATIONS FOR PHONE CALLS Since The Leader Papers started Vtt First Call Home Fund on Sept 29, a total of $842.75 has been con tributed to this worthy unaeruuung. More and more organizations are sending in money to help give the returning fighting men their first call to their homes at no cosx.

Latest contributors are: Woman's Society of Christian Service. Goshen Meth odist Church 5 00 Flshersville Home Demon stration Club 5.00 Mini Marc n.rit Hamilton. Ve suvius 1-00 Mrs. Raymond Cox 1-00 Mrs. James Haines 100 A Friend I-00 Mrs.

J. N. Brown -50 Miss Louise Sellers 1-50 16.00 Previously acknowledged Grand total 826.75 number of directors will be 35, two-thirds of whom will be doctors. However, there will be no limit as to the number of members except as determined by the directors. The medical group specified in Its petition ltw as'notror-ganized for profit and no dividends shall be declared." When the association was organized, Dr.

Morgan Raiford, of Franklin, secretary and treasurer of the group, said that the "association would be composed of doctors, its affairs would be controlled by doctors and its policy dictated by doctors, thus keeping the practice of medicine in the hands of practicing physicans." Dr. Alexander F. Robertson of Staunton, was named president; Dr. Ray Moore, of Farmville, vice-president and Dr. Raiford, secretary.

CLERK HARRY BURNETT POSTS NOTARY'S BOND Harry Burnett, clerk of Circuit Court, who was on Oct 19 appoint ed a notary public by Governor Colgate W. Darden, has taken the oath of office and entered into bond in the penalty of $500. His term of office is for four years from the date of appointment. Russians street fighting Belgrade finally was purged yesterday of the last nests of German resistance by the combined efforts of Yugoslav veterans and Soviet forces under General Feodor I. Tolbukhln.

Meanwhile, Marshal Stalin also has announced the capture of Hungary's third city Debrecen a conquest that broke the back of German resistance in Eastern Hungary after prolonged and furious armored battle estimated' to have cost the Germans and Russians a total of 1,000 tanks. Official Russian silence still enveloped the East Prussian front But this was not a source of surprise here, for when the news finally is released it is expected to be as sensational as the announcement of the Romanian drive in August (Berlin announced last night that Red Army troops had penetrated twelve miles inside East Prussia on an 80-mlle front The Germans also said the Russians in Hungary had rolled 30 miles oeyond Debrecen, reaching the rail town Tlszacsege on the Tlsza River some 85 miles east of the capital.) May Slice Line The Fourth Ukrainian Arm? group under Colonel General Ivan Petrov was pouring down the Ruthenlan highlands for a concea RICHMOND, Oct. 21 The Associated Doctors of Virginia filed an application of incorporation yesterday with the State Corporation Commission "to operate a plan furnishing medical and surgical services on the terms of a uniform contract." The organlzatroriwill be an association of doctors participating in a voluntary plan for the provision of medical services. The duties of the corporation as outlined in the petition "shall be to secure individual subscribers to. the plan for furnishing medical and surgical services operated by the participating doctors pursuant to authorization by the State Corporation Commission to collect payments by the subscribers, to make disbursements to the participating doctors on account of services rendered by them and also to act as their fiscal agent In connection with the operation of the plan pursuant to the terms of an agreement to be made with the participating doctors." The petition stated that "the purpose for which the corporation is formed is to act as agent on behalf of those licensed physicians and surgeons practicing their profession in the Commonwealth of Virginia." Richmond Headquarters The headquarters of the organization will be In Richmond.

The petition stated that the maximum Captured, were seized along the Danube and Sava, Where they had run in desperation before the wildly celebrating troops of A great amount of German equipment including tanks and self-propelled guns fell to the conquering Yugoslav-Russian armies after nearly a week of fiery street fighting In the city. Lieutenant Vellmlr Terzlch, head of Marshal Tito's military missija in the Soviet Union called the occupation of Belgrade "a very Important strategical Junction for carrying the offensive into Germany." Red Star said the city was taken with a four-column drive extendlnj from the southeast to the southwest with a Danube flotilla coming up under the cover of darkness and pouring salvos at the enemy from the rear. General Feodor I. Tolbuk-hin directed the Russian attack. Zagreb May Be Next MOSCOW, Oct.

21- The red-starred tricolor of Marshal Tito's Yugoslav National Liberation Army was raised" in victory today over the charred ruins of Belgrade. With the fallen Yugoslav capital as a base a powerful joint Yugo slav-Russlan drive appeared to be shaping up toward Croatia's prin cipal city of Zagreb. Seared by nearly a week of fiery Turn Attention To Zagreb and the Moselotte River bend area. Light Casualties United States casualties in the capture of Aachen were described officially at Supreme Headquarters as relatively light Unofficial es timates of the bag of Nazi prison' ers ranged up to 10,000. The Germans threw in two coun terattacks Friday against the Amer lean wall east of Aachen, and apparently were working desperately to tighten their defenses before Co logne.

A Berlin broadcast said Amer icans had been beaten back in an attempt to cross the Moselle River at Remich, twelve miles southeast of Luxembourg City. All the troops who crossed the river were killed or captured, said this unconfirmed account In the struggle to dislodge the German barrier around Antwerp, Allied troops advanced slowly against the Breskens pocket, merg ing the original bridgehead with the main westward drive. A front dispatch said the final phase of that operation was drawing near, and Slavs Budapest trated drive with the right wing of Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's Second Ukraine Army in an ar north of Budapest calculated to slice in half the German line be tween Central Hungary and Sduth ern Slovakia. Malinovsky's left wing was em broiled in a fierce struggle with German rearguards in the vicinity of Szolnok, less than 50 miles southeast of Budapest With report ed chaos within the city, Regent Nicholas Horthy's repudiation ol Hitler seemed more than ever mis timed and misplayed as the Ger mans managed to retain strategic control of the Magyar capital.

At Zagreb, which appeared to be the next big objective of the drive through Yugoslavia, the puppet premier of Croatia, Dr. Ante Pave lie, has been reported on the verge of flight for some time. Marshal Tito's partisans have been camping almost on the edge of the city. Good rail routes along the north bank of the Sava from Belgrade cou be exploited for a Russian advance northward to Join with these pa: Usan troops. Southeast of Belgrade, the Rus slan communique said a total of 17,147 trapped Germans were killed or captured in eliminating an ene my pocket Ten probationers have violated probation, Mr.

chew said, and have been sentenced by the courts or ordered to serve previous suspend' ed sentences. Mr. Chew said that Augusta County had only about seven per cent of probationers who had be sentenced, against a figure of 12.7 for the state. He termed this "remarkable" and said that he be lieved this good record was due primarily to- the selection of cases toy judges. Judges now consider probation a matter of treatment he said, rather than leniency.

The officer Investigates every per. son sent to one of the state's major penal Institutions prior to the time that they would have completed one-third of the original sentence imposed by the court -All Are Eligible Until Nov. 1, 1942, any one sen tenced for felony got one-half time off for good behavior. Prom that time until the meeting of the last General Assembly, there was no time off for good behavior by those In the penitentiary. Now the law has been changed so that is figured the same as Jail time, Mr.

Chew explained, so that anyone serving more than two years in a major penal Institution for felony is eligible after one-third of the term and gets one-third off for good behavior. "The probation and parole sys tem has allowed these people take their places in various com munities and make a new start in life." he -said. "Instead of being charsres on the community, as they would have been had they been incarcerated, they become useful citizens in the nation's time of stress. And instead of being thrown with hardened criminals, as they would have been had they not been iriven another chance, they were iwniired to adjust themselves to decent, clean, temperate lives. 0 REPRESENTATIVE BLAND SUPPORTING ROOSEVELT WASHINGTON, Oct.

Otis Bland, candidate for reelection in the First Congression al District, has declared himself for the reelection of President Roosevelt in a statement in which he said that he believes most isola tionists will be found with Oover nor Dewey, the Republican candl date. 1 have profound respect for Mr, Dewev. his honesty, integrity, in dustry, and sincerity, but I -we must take no chances and that 'there is greater chance for success under Mri Roosevelt than undir Mr. Dewey. I shall support Mr, Roosevelt" the Congressman stat ed.

Bland Is opposed for reelection bv Walter Johnson, of Heaths- rule, Republican candidate. (By DANIEL DE LUCE) MOSCOW, Oct. 21. Marshal Tito's Yugoslav partisans, freed for new actions by the caoture of their capital, Belgrade, Joined with the Red Army today In drives toward the Croatian puppet seat of Zagreb and Budapest the strife-torn Hungarian capital. Zagreb lies 225 miles northwest of Belgrade in the Sava River Valley.

Budapest is on the Danube 190 miles ncfrth of Belgrade. East and southeast of Budapest, other Russian forces supplemented by Romanian units rumbled up three main highways leading to the Hungarian capital, Dut they en- LONDON, Oct ZlVPh-Ad-. miral Nicholas Horthy, former Hungarian regent, is In Germany, Berlin's Transooean News Agency declared today. countered stiff resistance from large German tank and anti-tank force beyond the Tlsza River. The number of German captives seized in the liberation cf Belgrade swelled toward 10,000 as the Russians and Yugoslavs mopped up every corner of the broken city, digging storm troops from cellars and attics of blasted buildings.

Large numbers of enemy troops 4- 'isSfi' -KfrVi1.