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BROADWAY, OKLAHOMA CITY, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1944. Seven U. S. Divisions Pound Nazi Line on 55-Mile Front Unbridled Flow Of News Vital," Mm. B.

E. Incenoll Vlc Adm. Joo Inrri AP Head Says Kent Cooper Calls For More Freedom, As a Peace Measure NEW YORK, Nov. 9.ffl A positive program with adequate enforcement machinery to assure unfettered flow of news and information around the world is urged by Kent Cooper, executive director of The Associated Pass the Rose-Colored Glasses, Pink Tea Cold in the Foxholes Br SCT. DO.V KOUIKSO.V (OkUhiMMifTimei Stilt Member on Military Leare, Now Editor of the 4h DlTltion Newt) 11TITH THE 45TH DIVISION IN FRANCE The Stars and Stripes carried the story.

It said that a big department store had issued instructions to its staff for V-Day. Wait on your customer, then get out and celebrate, were the instructions. Another story, brought by newspapers and radio, said New Yorlc merchants were boarding up the plate glass fronts in anticipation of the jubilant crowds that shortly would be celebrating the end of the war. Letters from home to men in the Thunderbird division are full of cheerful predictions that the boys will be home soon. And often the men hear that the war industry workers are leaving their jobs making tanks and planes and guns to take jobs with a peacetime future.

"Whatever gave them the idea the war is over?" a dogface asked me. "What ara the correspondents writing home?" Up ahead the Germans had held our advance to a few yards a day, and every once in a while a determined German counter-attack wiped out several days' gains. The artillery barrages were the fiercest since The 45th was fighting in dense woods so dense and foggy and dark that one GI watched a man 40 yards away dig a foxhole and complete it over a period of half an hour before he could decide definitely the digger was a German. Then he shot him. THE Joe who wanted to know why civilians thought the war about over turned up his collar and rubbed his hands together.

Then he told about two men hi the company who were killed last night. They had landed with the 45th in Sicily. They had been with us through Salerno, through the awful winter at Venafro probably as bad a winter campaign as an American has experienced since the days of Valley Forge. They'd been decorated at Anzio, and raced with the unit through France. Now.

with the war "almost over" they had died last night. A few days before the company commander, a well-loved young lieutenant, had been taken away, his leg shattered. He'd never be back. Knowing only that they face a stubborn, determined and still well-equipped and well-fed foe. most of the men of the 45th feel that they will light a winter campaign, that victory probably will come in the spring.

They dread this campaign, naturally, as they have dreaded every campaign in 16 months of fighting That doesn't affect their fighting ability. They're staying in there pitching and taking their chances. They feel it will be worse than the Vennfro winter of 1943-44. We're farther north, and stiU there are mountains. There will Oe snow.

Advances will be through woods, where tanks cannot help, where booby traps are easily placed in the brush, and snipers can find perfect concealment. Men of the 45th look forward to Victory yes. But first they expect a winter campaign. And they wonder sometimes why American towns celebrate Victory each time a locomotive whistle sticks. Michigan Joins Electoral Rush For Roosevelt Detroit Straightens Out Ballot Errors, Swings to Democrats DETROIT, Nov.

9. (JP) Michigan's 19 electoral college votes for president slipped precariously into the Democratic column Thursday night on the basis of unofficial returns from all but 16 of Michigan's 3,841 precincts. The correction of a nightmare of errors by inexperienced Wayne county (Detroit) election workers wiped out the slender lead previously held by Republican Thomas E. Dewey, a native of Michigan, and sent President Roosevelt into the lead by a margin of slightly more than 17,000 votes. The Wayne county board of canvassers, with a' staff of 80.

conducted the recheck under watchful eyes of both Republican and Democratic observers and of John C. Lehr. United States district attorney, as it unraveled slowly the mistakes which workers at the polls had made. More to Be Rechecked Still to be conducted is a recheck of 13 Wayne county precincts, from which the official tally books are missing, while efforts were being made to locate the ballot boxes and tally books of three other precincts which simply had disappeared. Mrs.

Marguerite Montgomery, chairman of the board of canvassers, said it might be necessary to count the votes in the 13 precincts if the tally books are not found in the ballot boxes which will be opened by the board Friday. Every outstate precinct for president had been tabulated unofficially. The 3.825 precincts counted of the state's total of 39.841. gave Roosevelt 1.097.581 votes, and Dewey 1,080,503. More Errors Possible In 1.367 of 1.383 precincts in Wayne county, Roosevelt amassed a vote of 543.962 to Dewey's 313,246.

Mrs. Montgomery cautioned that "there still may be other major errors" in precincts not yet challenged and which may bob up as the Official canvass of the votes progresses in the next two or three weeks. President Roosevelt's comeback, after having trailed through the early tabulations, was amazing. Dewey had piled up outstate a lead of 213.638 votes, which in anv normal year would have been sufficient to win. Wayne county, casting a record of nearly 860.000 votes however, gave the president a majority of nearly 231,000 in the returns as they now stand on the election workers' semi-official records.

Wayne is a traditionally powerful stronghold of the Democratic party. Yet the Republican state ticket had swept the state by landslide margins, from top to bottom. Press, in an article in the cur Television Caravan Ready Sixth War Bond drive Television tour of 19 C3r.r.i.. impressed Sydney R. Montague, former Mountir.

the tours other star, very much, indeed, arrived here Thursday. The two are shown in front caravan's huge show truck. Montague, Miss Hollywood, 0t trlevision's outstanding personalities, and the other tour snncinals will go to Ponca City Friday for final rehearsals before the tour's first performance there Saturday night. Second performance will be in Enid, Monday night. (Miss Hol-Ivwood soon shed her fur coat Thursday.

(Story on Page 18.) rent issue of Life magazine. Paffons Army Is New Menace On MetzFlank Crack Armored Force Thrown Into Battle For Goal in Saar LONDON, Nov. 9. (IP) The U. S.

Third army hurled a crack armored division and three more infantry divisions Thursday into an offensive along a 55-mile front, breaking: across the Moselle river at two points north of Met2 and threatening to outflank this mightiest fortress left tc the Germans short of the Rhine. For the first time the Fourtr armored division veteran of th St.Lo breakthrough that won th battle of France stormed intx the fighting, driving north mon than four miles to near Delnu and Viviers, 18 miles southeasi of Metz. A front-line dispatch said nine mor towns fell as the drive on Viviers cu across the main highway from Met to Chateau SaUns, 25 mUes to th southeast. LL Gen. George S.

Patton thus hai committed seven divisions, at the mos 105,000 men, to the attacks which ar shaping up an assault arc some 3 miles from Saarbrucken heart of th Saar basin with its coal fields, iro: works and war plants. Winter Drive Ahead Berlin propagandists called the at tacks the opening phase of an allie winter offensive, and said it was signed to outflank Metz and to cms the big Saar industrial basin who; borders lie but nine miles east advanced American positions at Beri One of the divisions, the 90th in fan try under Brig. Gen. James A. Va.

Fleet, planted two bridgeheads on th east bank of the Moselle against ai astonishing lack of resistance. Pacific Supply Chief Is Named Admiral Ingersoll Given Assignment WASHINGTON. Nov. 9. (UP) The article describes the former world news monopoly of the European news agencies, and the controlled press of the totalitarian countries, and asserts the aggressor countries could not have driven their people to war without systematic perversion of the news.

"A heavy duty rests upon the allied The navy Thursday announced peoples." Cooper concludes. "If they are not convinced that the adoption Drivers' Santa Claus Fades As Durant's Police Stop Sale THE only thing wrong with this Santa Claus story is that it has a very sad ending. The folks down to Durant have got to those new tires back. Pnr a fimp thnliffh. it was the appointment of Adm.

Royal of free-news principles is their sponslbility. then once again, the next E. Ingersoll as commander of the western sea frontier in a move designed to speed up the flow of supplies to the far east for war is their war." British Action Soujhl Cooper cites the recent action of congress in unanimously indorsing the the war against Japan. Ingersoll. who has' been command idea of worldwide freedom of news and suggests that if the British parlia er-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet.

selected for the new post because of ment followed the example of congress Four Awarded Nobel Prizes It would "help enormously nis experience accompiisning in ar outstanding manner the logistic sup port of all naval forces In the Mediter mote the unhampered flow of free just like Christmas eve, with little presents for everybody, and the town just about closed up shop to celebrate what appeared to be a Democratic version of a chicken in every pot. A large truck, plainly marked U. S-government, drove up to the market square in the main downtown business district, and two men announced ranean and European areas." Secre news. He writes that the peace negotia Reds Open New tary of Navy James rorrestal said. tions, "on the positive side," should The fact that Ingersoll will have the status of a deputy commander-in- guarantee "equal access to herever it occurs or wherever it is chief of the U.

S. fleet and deputy disclosed. there On the negative side there should the appointment of a full admiral to the sea frontier command, reflect be two provisions: one that forbids international transmission oi ed the importance placed by the navy on what Forrestal termed a "supply problem of great magnitude" in the Uruguay Calls For a League WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.

The first official criticism of the Dumbarton Oaks world security plan by a small nation came Thursday from Uruguay, which proposed instead that the league of nations be revitalized. Uruguayan Ambassador Juan Carlos Blanco presented the proposal to the other American republic's at a meeting propaganda from one country to another; and a second that forbids peacetime censorship in any form. Pacillc. whic STOCKHOLM. Nov.

9. four Nobel prizes each worth proximately S29.000 were warded Thursday, two of them in ohvsics going to scientists aw in" the United States, one in chemistry to a Hungarian now in Stockholm and one in literature to a 71-year-old Danish covelist and poet. The prizes and winners were: literature Johannes V. Jen-ta of Copenhagen. Budapest Push LONDON, Nov.

9. (VP) Russian troops, in a new threat to besieged Budapest from the northeast, broke the German's middle Tlsza river line on a 40-mile front Thursday and advanced 17 miles beyond to within a mile of the vital Budapest-east Slovakian railway, Moscow announced Thursday nieht. Ingersoll will hax'e his headquarters inaugural day Wednesday "And in no country should there be preferential transmission rates, whether by radio or telegraph or telephone: for lt is as easy to stop news The move emphasises the shift in naval operations from the A to the Pacific. Ingersoll. 61.

who has been at its sources by putting prohibitive on wordage as by outright cen sorship. It is obvious that radio news mander of the Atlantic fleet since January 1. 1942. when he relieved In the truck were 178 brand new beautiful truck and auto tires, untouched by dirt, pavement, recappers or the OPA. "Well, in just no time they were getting a wonderful crowd." Police Chief Jack Herman said, in describing the event Thursday night.

"It beat everything the way the word got up and down the street. Those tires were just going like hotcakes when I got there." THE men were auctioning off the tires at S4 and $6 for automobiles and S8 and $12 for trucks. But when xhey saw Chief Herman come running up the street, they figured he was not a very promising customer. 'The sale is over for awhile," the chief auctioneer announced. "I'm going to breakfast." Then both of the salesmen tore out after breakfast, as if they were starving to death, with Chief Herman puffing right behind them, curious involves similar problems mat wiu re ran 16 towns and villages and cap tured 1.000 prisoners, pushed acros a tributary at another unidentifie point north of Metz.

Another division, the Fifth infan try under Maj. Gen. Leroy Irvin plunged across the Seille river and oc cupied the town of Sheminost, li miles south of Metz. Farther south, the three infantri divisions which ground out gains three miles in opening the assault: Wednesday the 26th. 35th and 80tl were slogging ahead over a sleet-cov 1344 physics Isidor Isaac Rabi of quire similar answers." Adm.

Ernest J. King of that con mand. Is a native of Washingtoi The Soviet bulletin also said that of Latin diplomats with Acting Secretary of State Stettinius. The session was the third to be held on the general subject of Dumbarton Oaks accom D. where he is now living.

Pre viously ne lived at La Porte. Ind. Vice Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander of the Fourth fleet, will Immunities Urged To enforce the plan. Cooper writes "one important step would be to give diplomatic immunities to news correspondents working abroad independently, however, of any diplomatic the second Ukraine army had killed more than 100,000 Germans and Hungarians and had captured 42.160 for a total of 142,160 since October 6 when the invasion of Hungary began.

Berlin implied that the Russians already had cut the Budapest-east replace Ingersoll as commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet with the plishments. The first small nation to make an official answer to American-British-Russian-Chinese proposal for a peacetime united nations, Uruguay asserted it would be advantageous to conserve the old leaeue with reforms to cred battlefield without encounterins missions. Slovakian railway, a development These Immunities would mean. In tne violent counwr-Diows with whicr the Germans normally react to suet attacks. Gains Are Small A front dispatch said small gairus were registered on this sector, whose strengthen its military, political and judicial power.

If that Is impossible. effect, the right to report news without hindrance and protection against being expelled should a correspondent become persona non grata except by the officials of his own country. the what i Uruguay saia. men guarantees ior small nations should be incorporated in any new council to preserve world Urucuav. it was stated, "would con Besides this, each correspondent southern end is at Moncourt, 33 miles southeast of Metz.

Advances also were scored on the southern end of the front at Berg, 22 miles northeast of Metz. should be guaranteed access to all the governmental news that the foreign sider with the keenest sympathy," the Berg, on the west bank of the Mo spTpermen: and 'Each correspon inclusion of France on tne council. The last full session of the league WASHINGTON. Nov. 9.P) Late nationwide returns Thursday night gave the Democrats a strong working majority in the house and uninterrupted control of the senate.

The role that the new congress win play In fashioning America's post-war programs for peace and war became the subject of major speculation. The returns assured the Democrats: A house membership of 241 and a margin of at least 49. with four races in Missouri and one each in New Jersey and Washington in doubt. A senate membership of at least 56 and a plurality over the Republicans of 16. with races in Nevada and Pennsylvania in doubt.

Tuesday's ballot flood, which inundated such Roosevelt foreign policy foes at Senator Nye N. Dan-aher and Representatives Fish (R. N. and Day apparently had neared its crest. Senator McCarran.

Democrat, was ahead in his race for re-election in Nevada and Democrat Representative Francis J. Myer lead Senator Davis. Republican for a senatorial seat from (Continued on Colomn 4 First State Frost Forecast Today If the early morning weather lives dent should have equal chance to transmit his copy." selle, is three miles southwest of a juncture of the French, Luxembourg and German frontiers. ended inconclusively Dec. 14.

1939, but small committees kept going for 1343 phvsics Otto Stern of Carne-p Institute of Technology. Pitts- tejh. IHZ chemistry George Hevesy of Sadtholm. Tiw committee reserved the 1944 jae in chemistry for possible award ant year. The peace prize, which has been awarded since 1933.

pre-nasly had been abandoned for this J. Four awards in medicine, the 1944 cd 1943 prizes each being shared ft to persons, were announced two 566 Corporal To Swap Stripes For Job CAMP LEE. Nov. 9. UP) A S-JW-oUi inventory clerk in the Ta-nermaster's office here is plan-3? to trade his month-old corporal jSpw and a S66 a month salary 520.000 a year as representative the 22nd congressional district Cojporal Congressman Elect C.

"'D Price of East St. Louis. 111., word that he was elected tee house on the Democratic ticket, rKSn? Rep. Calvin D. Johnson, Re- short and balding Price un-soent election night on c-anup detail unloading 390 To the north inside Germany, the some time after that.

Russia. Germany, Japan and Italy had all with wnicn mignt forge the Germans to begin a slow withdrawal into central Czechoslovakia. In a wide encircling move on Budapest other Soviet troops were reported by Berlin to have crossed the Danube river at Dunafoldvar. 43 miles south of the city whose reinforced defenders still are holding the Russians on the southern rim of the city. French radio reports said Russian units attacking in Budapest's outskirts had crossed the Danube and penetrated into the Buda district.

U-Boat Toll Drops To Low for War WASHINGTON. Nov. 9. German submarine activity in October was materially lower than any other month of the war. an Anglo-American government statement said Thursday night.

The following statement was issued: "The number of United Nations' merchant vessels sunk by German submarines during the month was also the lowest of any month of the entire U. S. First army lashed out in limited attacks southeast of Aachen. drawn long before the war, however, The communique reported small In cases of violations of the inter- (OnUnued on rw I. Colomn J) 24 Diamond Rings Reported Missing Employes of the Hartwell Jewelry 130 main, were mystified gains in the face of heavy enemy juth of Vossenack, 13 miles and the united states never jomea.

Two Student Aviators Killed in State Crash PAMPA. Texas. Nov. 9. 1 Avia- southeast of Aachen, and said Ger- being cleared from Hurtgen forest west of Schmidt, two miles farther south.

Thursday at the disappearance of a complete tray of 24 diamond rings, removed from the show case between The Berlin radio declared an all- of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Allen 'of One of the men who said he was a truck driver for the Tulsa street department was caught about a mile north of town by the chief and highway patrolman, Buck Cook. HE said that he and his partner saw the truck parked on the streets of Tulsa with the keys in it Wednesday night and just drove it off and opened up business.

Chief Herman said he imagined about 50 citizens had gone galloping home with the new bargains before he chopped down the Christmas tree. A bit sheepish, the citizens were trundling the tires back to the police station Thursday afternoon. The chief was sending out notices that they had better bring them back as he had already turned the case over to the FBI and he would sure hate for any of his constituents to get tossed into the federal hoosegow because of a mistaken impression that Roosevelt was just saying thanks to Oklahoma's Little Dixie. "Anyway, everybody sure was happy for awhile." the chief added. "We haven't had so much excitement in some time.

It was quite a disappointment, the way it all ended." RAY PARR. Iranian Premier Forced to Resign this front. 1 and 2:45 p. m. V.

P. Hildreth. 1615 Land, manager, told police that the tray was missed following an afternoon rush. Another front line dispatch said Lonb Beach. and Aviation caaet Grover B.

Bjarnason. 23. son of Mr. and Mrs. Tryggvi Byjarnason of Mountain.

N. were killed in the crash of their training plane 11 miles north- Thursday that the battle for southwest Holland ended at dawn in the winter first snowfall as allied troops wiped It contained rings valued variously at ii Ci-frfaw mnrninnr smiles worn by out the last German rearguards south of the Maas (Meuse) river at Moerdijk. hay fever sufferers. rank: of Admiral. Ingram will be replaced by Rear Adm.

William R. Mun-roe, commandant of the Third naval district, as commander of the Fourth fleet. Vice Adm. David W. Bagley, commander of the western sea frontier, wiU replace Vice Adm.

Robert L. Ghormley as commander of the Hawaiian sea frontier. Ghormley's new assignment will be announced later. U. 5.

Fliers Drop Gas On Foe, Set It Afire LONDON. Nov. 9. (UP) A formation of American Mustang fighters blew up a German railroad station near Saarbrucken Thursday by dropping their spare gasoline tanks on the station roof and then setting it ablaze with incendiary bullets. "It made a beautiful fire." reported Captain Oerald Montgomery.

Little-field. Tex. "The building burned to the ground before we left." The War in Brief The loar at a glande as tdld in Thursday night's dis- patches: WESTERN FRONT Seven American divisions thrown into drive along Third army front around Metz in effort to reach Saar border. Nine more towns captured in 55-mile-wlde push. First army scores small gains near Hurtgen, southeast of Aachen.

Battle of southwest Holland ends with area cleared of organized resistance. (This page.) EASTERN FRONT Russians span Tisza river northeast of be-seiged Budapest in new breakthrough. (This page.) PACIFIC FRONT Japanese throw 35.000 more troops into Leyte campaign in effort to hold positions in Philippines. Americans forge ahead despite miserable weather and stiff resistance. (Page 4.) ITALIAN FRONT Allies press drive to capture Forli, road junction 38 miles southeast of Bologna.

(Page 4.) CHINESE FRONT New Japanese offensive launched against vital objectives, particularly Liuchow. (Page 4.) The weatnerman. lnuisuay Two Pockets Remain On the flooded Walcheren island, ily two pockets of from 100 to 150 Two Gangs of Allied Deserters Are Arrested by Army in Italy I OKianoma, ana men r'z" rest of the citizenry by saying it should Germans remained north of Middle- tire loss would total approximately $1,800, The manager said the tray was too large to be carried cut conveniently without detection. Vichy Editor Executed By French Firing Squad (Copyright, br The Chlcw Tribune PARIS, Nov. 9.

Georges Suarcz. editor of the occupation newspaper ivarm up latex fO-dcgree maximum. burg, and these were marooned and signalled they wanted to surrender. Another force on the north shore gave up without even asking for terms. On the southern end of the western front, the U.

S. Seventh army, driving deeper into the Vosges mountains cap light to heavy frost followed by warm and clear weather throughout the StThursday's highest temperature in Oklahoma City was 68 degrees hollow- American and Canadian armies and violence, but the theft of the automobile of Lt. Gen. Wiadyslaw Anders, commander of the Polish army corps. The break-up of this gang came after a jeep was wrecked in Rome and one of the Canadian members was hijured.

A euard was placed on the jeep and Aujourd'hui, was executed Thursday tne Frencn xorcign icgiou, imvu uvcu rounded up by military police after lorrnriinir Rntnp and Nanles for sev tured Lcs Baraques ana lougnt to the fort of Montrouge on tne southern outskirts of Paris by a firing temperatures ranged from 71 at Ard- eral weeks, it was announced Thurs Die, guarding one of the main passes through the mountains to the Rhine. day. A chilly wind was blowing under al Allied headquarters said the gangs City. Others were Altus and Gage 70, McAlester 69. Clinton 66, Enid 66 and that night another Canadian, dressed T3mi.r xnnmmprl Saed.

whose Tulsa 67. were cnargea wiwi n. policemen, stealing their motorcycles as a United States officer, and an American dressed as a staff sergeant came to get it. Arrested, they tried to shoot their way out, but were Roosevelt Election Causes Jap Warning SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 9 (jP) Iranian government has been under ottirv- fmm Russia for refusing to S.

Casualties Oimb to 509,795 u- S. uar casualties rented to next of kin up to "lursday, as reported by je Associated Press: ftfled 113,410. 64,322 58,967 WTUndd 272,496 rotal 509,195 jWoioma's casualties in ne xar to dat 2rs ''Ill wyed 3 lam--u-u 7.605 (Stories on Page IT' ups and robberies." grant oil concessions to the Soviet Radio Tokyo told the Japanese people Thursday that re-election of President Union, rcsignea inuiiuaj, ish home radio reported. The radio. Quoting a broadcast from old American soldier from Pennsylvania, was made up entirely of soldierssix Americans and two Cana Then fellow gangsters appeared at the hospital attired as military policemen in an effort to "spring" the cloudless sky wnen tne nrst collaborator" to be executed in Paris was driven into the fort in a windowless police car.

Getting out with a firm step, he spoke few words to the chaplain of Ftesnes prison, then crossed to the execution post where he stood at attention while a firing squad shot him. General's Father Dies SEATTLE. Nov. 9. UP) Charles Padan Fegan, 90, father of Maj.

Gen. Joseph C. Fegan. United States marine corps, commanding general, department of the Pacific, died Roosevelt means "tnere can oe nc compromise peace negotiation in the greater east Asia war." Teheran, said the resignation was ac nrlsoners. but police scarea tnem on.

Plane Lost 19 Months Is Found in Montana GREAT FALLS. Nov. 9. (JP) Wreckage of ft twin-engined army bomber, which left Great Falls air base 19 months ago on a routine flight, has been found- In a rugged, heavily wooded sector of northern Montana's Little Belt mountains. The body of the pilot, Lieut- Winston S.

Lindsey Royce, was in the plane. Four other members of the crew had parachuted to safety. dians, ail Avyua ine ogiajuu, iw a Yugoslav and a Corsican, both deserters from the French Foreign Legion, included five other deserters cepted bv Mohammea rteza r-amcvi. 25-yecr-old ruler of Iran. This report came after a dispatch from Moscow said a new strain had From the three men in custody the police learned about the haunts of the gang and captured four more of the deserters at a Rome cafe.

The larger "our only patn is to cieariy recognize the beastly character of the American people and to renew our de series: and five Italian and Spanish gang, which used U. S. army weapons termination to crush America." Tokyo said. The broadcast expressed amaze ment at gains of the Democrats in congress. been placed on Soviet-Iranian relations because police at Teheran broke up a planned celebration of the anniversary, of the as part of its equipment, was seizea on Information from, a Spanish The all-soldier gang Is accused not ionly of hold-ups and other acts of I Russian revolution..