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Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulation. Mmcnitt chest historic. VOLUME 44. NO. 213 WINONA.

MINNESOTA. THURSDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 26. 1944- ONE DAY NEARER VICTORY RnClHMTEEN PAGE3 iii or 1-1 ap ama i sJJ Enemy Fleet Got Within 70 Miles of Leyte Victory Opens Sea Route to China Coast pletely routed." Early In the action a 39,000 Yamaslro class bat Klnkald's courageous orders were executed decisively off By C. Yates Japs Admit Loss of Battleship Report Others Damaged in Leyte Gulf Area tleship was blasted and the Japanese abandoned her as she sank.

Klnkald's bold move on this end was carried out with "extremely light losses," several P. T. boats sunk or damaged, one destroyer damaged. The other battle broke out a little later off Samar newly-Invaded Island Just north of Leyte. A Japanese naval force which Included four battleships, several cruisers and destroyers, after crossing the Sibuyan sea, slipped between Lunon and Samar, then moved down toward the Leyte aoene and started shelling one of the escort carrier groups of Klnkald.

The admiral's carrier planes combined with carrier planes of another group In such fierce attacks that the enemy armada had to turn back north. Several cruisers and destroyers were sunk, three battleships, three cruisers and some destroyers were "badly damaged." Rut Klnkald's cost was heavier this time. One escort carrier went down, other carriers as well as destroyers were damaged. Leyte gulf and off the east coast of Samar. (Gordon Walker, in a Mutual network broadcast, said Japanese warships got within 70 miles of the Leyte benches "and can tell you there were Home very worried men here In the Central Philippines at that time." tWalker pointed out "it the enemy fleet had been able to hreak through our naval blockade and enter Leyte gulf they could have wiped out every ship la San Pedro bay," One Japanese force of at least two battleships, a heavy cruiser, a light cruiser and four destroyers, after moving across the Sulu sea, passed through Surlgao straits to move against Klnkald from the southwest.

One half of Klnkald's Seventh took on this group first Wednesday. For 25 minutes, the opposing warships exchanged broadsides and American destroyers darted In for close strikes. MacArthur Jubilantly announced the enemy force was "com Associated Press War Correspondent General MacArthurs Headquarters, Philippines Saving America's Leyte Invasion In Its hour of direct peril, the outnumbered but never outgamed Seventh fleet sent carrier planes today in pursuit of two defeated Japanese naval armadas while U. 8. Third fleet planes bombed and torpedoed a third enemy warship force south of Formosa.

It Is an historic victory. But'there was one hour Wednesday morning as two Nipponese battleship-led groups emerged on the east side of the Philippines and approached Leyte gulf when the fate of General Douglas MacArthur and his men hung In the balance. Then it was that Vlce-Admlral Thomas C. Klnkald made a daring decision. Despite numerical Inferiority as a group, he boldly divided his Seventh fleet and an Australian squadron, sent them In different directions and won both battles.

Dewey Asks Honesty CmbAims RivReds Drive McDanlel, 0 '0 Government, Charges Sold Democrats for $1,000 Each Into Norway Past Captured Kirkenes Moscow (P) Russian troops drove deeper Into Norway today beyond captured Kirkenes In Arctic storms which tumbled the temperature several degrees below aero, In a supreme effort Isle Blocking Antwerp Lane Germans Reported Pulling Out of Western Holland ny William fry Indnn H4V- Canadian troops closed in on the lust big Oerman guru forbidding the use of Antwerp ana i.cnw de wt(1 iwt VUUll(l announced that Allied forces had, Hvrr WnAH WMt begun landing operations on Wa.norUlWMt JUH rtv Deep et Archbishop of Canterbury Dead at 63 rv Moat Her, llllam Temple London UP) The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Moat Rev. William Temple, died today after a heart attack. Tht primate of all England 14 6 Hi. Tlie landing ieraUtm on the Island Jutting into the North sea was being made on the south coast, Iter- llH ...1,1 .4 I.l carried out under the protection ot fog, by forces which had the Oermans from most of the pocket smith l-if th. SVhelrtii oilimrv mm M.r.n.i hi- nr.

i the wsteMesW deltas and Islands of southwest Holland, with ti.jHulaos Vlrtua ly tlve big to annihilate up te lio.ooo Hermans being herded before Red and Fin nlh forces. In local engagements lust north of ravaged Warsaw, the Kremlin at midnight announced the capture of a ton satellite towns on the east il'lJ Romania Cleared The pace of the Ited army offensive In East Prussia slackened be tore ferocious German resistance, ex- Jr ViuJI LM'" fgl lMt PrlUliln lainis. Al1 nortliern Transylvania was M1 Romania was cleared of hostile highway town of Mukaveco. pushing within nine nillel of the city. Clearing of the towns on the nortliern flank of Warsaw Increased th threat of capture of the relish capital.

Nasi C'ennteraltacb Wlille the capture of Warsaw It- nul 'v onV Pychologlcal nw' orraa-inrougn 1 -Jap Battleship enemy giving ground all the way from Bergen op Zoom to Hnr- togenbosch. CS Mertogenboach means. duke's woods.) Driving in from the east on 11,000 Oermans trapped on Walchern, Uie Canadian fought through thick frig and (rnvfrikivl hmt tha lnirth nt tha two-miie wide, ten-mlle long neck to the connecting island of Enemy Threat to MacArthur Supply Lines Removed By Charles II. McMurlry 17. 8.

raclflo Fleet Headquar ters, Pearl Harbor Mora than 20 Japanese warships were sunk or heavily damaged In tha three-pronged battle of the Phil ippines, Incomplete reports on the most crushing defeat ever administered the modern Nipponese nsvy disclosed today. wreckage strewn waters marked the possible end of the imperial fleet Await Word of Son Awaiting word efUhelr ann, erew member of the VMM. Princeton, light aircraft earrWr sunk In the Philippine, are Mr, and Mrs. Julius U. Schneider, til Cirand street Their son.

Alot W. ftrhnelder, served as a aesmsn first class aboard the ehlp, to which he was assigned in December, 1913. Navy announcement have been to the effect that UN member of the erew were rescued, hip of the type normally carrying complement of about 1,500. Keaman Hchneldar enUred service In May, 1843 1 took bot-tralnlng al rarrsgut, Idaho, and went to meUUmltb. arhool In Han Diego, calif, for four months.

as a major obetaels In the path to uie coasu oi japan and China, and probably shortened the Pacific war by months. Combined reports of Admiral Chester W. Nlnilts and Oeneral Douglas MacArthur on the three major engagements Involving; the bulk of the Japanese fleet listed these known results: tight Japanese ihlpe sunk Two carrier, one batUe.l.lp, Bv cruiser. Three proba.bty suek -baltleahip. ee cawleV, Mere than IS dsaia! Seven Katllechlps, four eiokera.

four destroyer, and "semal tnore Srvtroyer. Doth commanders made it clear that their final reports will show heavier Japanese losses, particularly in sunk. Todays com blned total compsred with Nimlus first retr of the three-way action listing one carrier sunk, two dam-aged, and five or alx battleships and a cruiser torpedoed. All of these, with the possible exception of two are Indued In the com. Throefuld Defeat The crushing threefold defeat stripped Emperor Jiirnhito'a navy of rlrr' nd cnilaer power, nav ua rw SIk IT a e.

fZZ check IU further Incursions Into the western Paclfle, During the three-dsy battle, the tn -1lU Ntmttt Ifatli Vtclort It. f4. Paclfle Headquarter, Pearl llsrbor IV- Admiral Cheater W. Nlrolts eipreaaett tho nation' pride and gratitude for the eourageon and aggreaalve fleet victory aver th Japan ewe In Philippine water In a me. ag lody te the fighting force.

Ho soldi "The rommander In ehlef of the Paclfle fleet desire to rs-preaa to all officer and men of the fleet Ms pride and gratitude for the eourageon and ggre lv manner In which they have dune their ntmoal to destroy the enemr In recent fighting In the I'sclfic. "To thoM who fsughl In the air, on Iba surface, and In ear submarine, 'well "To those brave men who have gallantly given their Uvea 4 achieve victory for ear country, our reverent and lasting respect. Their high sample will Inspire ua all In the completion of our task of destroying tho enemies of the rilled IStste." By The Associated Press The Japanese In a broadcast today admitted one battleship was sunk and another damaged in fighting with American warships In the Leyte gulf area. The broadcast was recorded by the Federal Communications commission. An imperial Japanese headquar ter communique said "one bsttle- ship wits gunk and another substan-1 tially damaged" In the Leyte gulf area.

The communique referred to the fighting on Leyte itself and declared Japane.se forces had Intercepted approximately three American divisions landed south of Tacloban and in the vicinity of Dulag since October 20 and that fierce fighting is continuing. The imperial headquarters text continued: "Our fleet during the early dawn of October 25, dashed into Leyte gulf and carried out strong attacks against the enemy forces. Total war results as ascertained up to the present time attained within Leyte gulf area follows: Jsps list Claims "Five transports sunk, 11 set blaze, tour grounded, and two heavily damaged. Two cruisers sunk, three heavily damaged, One destroyer sunk, three heavily damaged. Seventeen large type landing craft sunk and two other heavily damaged or set ablaze.

"Our losses: Besides one battlt-shlp sunk and one substantially damaged, some of our planes are either self blasted or have not yet returned." Yesterday the Japanese admitted the loss of three warships, two cruisers and a destroyer. Some Japanese propagandists made extravagant claims that contradicted others and kept the Federal Communication commission monJ- tors busv recording them. Expect Yanks to tie While one broadcast claimed "at this very moment our violent attacks are being concentrated upon the enemy." another aids, "It has been confirmed that our forces have defeated the enemy Another propagandist said: "We can anticipate the day when the arrogant enemy American fleet will quit and flee as a defeated fleet Tokyo radio Insisted Its navy "was second to none- and went on to explain: "The Imperial fleet, which patiently held its desire to engage In battle In order to pile training upon training, has finally been given the chsnce to manifest Ha power. The imperial fleet saw an opportune moment to deal a death blow upon the enemy fleet and boldly and fearlessly sailed out to challenge a battle with' the main strength of the enemy fleet." Czech Town of Mukacevo Taken London '4 The Cnecho-Slovak communications center of Mukacevo was captured today In a nine-mile Ruvlan advance through the Car-patho-Ukralne. Marshal Btalln announced tnnlght In an order of the day.

Top Grade Beefs to Be Larger in November toi) srdp of rtiMiU the klndi that rrrnri rl DolnU will Umrr In K.tt 11 1len au'su vie atv.te 'J I'ed in proportion to the demsnd." the Offlc of Price AdmlnlsUaUon predictea toaay. Wealher EFDERAL FORECASTS Winona and vicinity: Pair tonight: and Friday; continued cool tonight l'h lowest sbout JJ warmer Prl and cold again dsv. highest aociut Minnesota Clear tonight. Friday fair and warmer. I Republican Prealdcntlat Candidate Thomas I.

Dewey (standing lO.OOt that met him on hU arrival at a Chlrage railway station. in National Privileges A In ear) wave te part of the crowd Yanks Tighten Net on Japs In Letye Valley By Murlln Spencer General MaeArlhar's Headquarters, Leyte, Philippine -cfV Mud- icakea Yanks today slammed hul ithe southern door of atrBtenlc Ivyle valley, a potential Jeiwniw death trap, and tightened their s'rong-hold on Nipponese communication with adjacent Islands. As naval and air uniu brat off whr JiMnn di frnrirrs rr tln! t. 7 '1 'Iulag. Armw-led Inlsntnmrri of the 2lh corps broke Info trie 'w'rI uing ne.rby a Pablo and i'u 'f On the extreme northern the Tenth ort( ronilil'Vd Shore- to-shore movements huh set.

Uie southern cot of riesrtiy Knir. (Continued on Page 14, Column ti I'liiiirriMH uitui cirivinsT lnio irvwt a.iFY. 1 I En Route With Dewey to Albany OV- Oovernor Thomas E. Dewey, voicing a charge that President Roosevelt had sponsored an idea to "sell special privilege" to tl.000 contributors to the Democratic fourth term fund, called today for a new national ad south JJeveland. ney represent ine R411and on the way double threat of an advance straight l-rotTM hlow lerlln as well a northward to The progress was along single.

CMt IruMl' mads raised over waste, of walert Meanwhile, tlie Invasion of list trft bv flooding of the Islands. I Prussia ran Into a storm of fanatical South of IImj estuary Canadians' counterattacks around Gum-were flKhtlng In the streets of blnnen and CMdap, and while the 0(iburg, four miles aotilheast of advance ormtlnued, It brought gains Csdrsnd where the enemy lstof less than two miles on a sepwrat-guns block the estuary from thed front. smith. They ao rrcapiurrd rt The (lerman radio said the Naata rrerierlck Mcndrik and reached the had recaptured Ooldap and regained ounklrt of rironle. four and one- InltlaUve In the province of the half mile northeast of Cadxand.

Junkers. was 91 and had been enthroned U1. bomb-pocked old Canterbury cath edral eince April 3.1, IIMJ. Japs May Have Sealed Fate in Great Sea Battle fir ttrWItt MArkrnzf. AfiflarlftiMl PrtM H'ar Anafval It looks a.

though the Jarmnese had Just about succeeded In com mlttmg hara-kiri In the great sea battle off the Philippines. They have suffered a major dls- aster. Indeed, it may prove to he a deeblve defeat whlrb has smashed! the main-spring of Nippon 'a sra poaer and so will Ills death and that of Prlmesajihe greater prt of Its known car Beatrice, which occurred a few hour, earlier, plunged England mounilng. Prince Iletrlce, last surviving child of yueen Victoria, ws 87 years old Ir. Temple was the son of I in Night Arrl.bUliop of Canterbury and thryium that brought the Japanese were th only father and everjheet out of hiding and precipitated to lM.ld the highest office In of r'tet engagemenU la Naval Battle Dr John IeonarS, titrnttimrm Vitil 'aereaDatidenti The War Today hasten Jiie end of the lor political contributions to the Pacific war.

jNew Deal," Dewey asaerted amid While details are cries of "you tell 'em Tom" that lacking It's clear that Mr. Roosevelt himself had coun-the Allied force an tenanred a plan by which he said Australian squadron those who wished to help finance lale Pr. rtederlck Tejnple, who Aboard Admiral D.nlel paruciniiiffli a me rounn-wrm rainpaian wuuiu I II' 'dealt a devastating blow to Japan's Invited to participate "In the v. icwcy win in TlTsvedi-. IV- Two ninr.line ihim Ttii.

h.v. ft itmifiiiiniinn nii(i Amerlrsn land frmit moved i Dululh. Minn. isi Prediction' I KSlh ArrhhUlinB To the east Montgomery lirillsh 8vwid army was breaking the bai of Oerman resistance In the Ilred box south of the Maa 'Meiisef with attack toward the went the NlJiiiegni salient. Tlie British captured Furl Ortcn mile rioith of 'H Itrrtogenbov and ((onllnned en l'e It, Column 7) Wl HIIKS I I((T Shipstead Predicts finUir WJinVad l.k to- ttit ttxrr st list far hnnk.

here T. Z. ISrOWnell LlSims State for Dewey and Brickrr New Tor. llertiert llro. Ipled the Mikado navy-a calamity tl.000 on the barrelhead." forward through mud and rain.

le- tliat Oovernor Thorn Iecy Th Will archbishop of Canler- jfor him. The responded with O.e Cover of sui.rtu.g the presidency In the H- alrcr.ftl""r tmAM um.rted the lirltiah Catherine for Kin and erowina- artillery fire lion Novemler 7 was tnsde here lat' effurt, declaring soon after hi column yesterday railed the Toe- wuthernml of three rol-l hlght by U. 8. rVnalor Hentlk Bhlp-i" the south through it Bnlu sea and Murlgso Only a cruiser and a destroyer ru and both wer damaged Irf-avlly 'Hie battle was Joined In irrvall, the Ails must be st 4 a m. end thl morning defeated" ministration rounded on rudl- mentary honesty." Turning sharply back to the domestic front after a broadcast re ply to President Roosevelt a exposl tlon of foreign policies, the Repub ilicsn presidential nominee told "irJr.

Whistling throng In the Chi dlum laM night that It was Ume Americans to "resolve here and now to put an end to govern- mrnl DJ we cynical ineory 01 wno wnr" "a harge "Hhak Down" Declaring that men and women on ftps had been "shaken down I who wedged themselves Into aVnil "7 1... every corner of Uie oval audi- iT. tJ, 7.Z, June Andy Ptaln. chief miner, nrtl mated that 3(1 XK) persona er pack ed into ti.e hall and ther were lnfXX) outside who failed to gain admltuoce. hu w.j "ld hd U'n I)ery for the tent of hi dated ((ntinued on Page Column ll DfWIV tlrlrir Chnrol Clast Hatreds and 0.

f- I DtriKcs 10 iiew iveai t)kla. Oovernor John jjrUker declared today that Um tsral had "atourged the emjiiover i.d preclpiU4 "(lasat hatred, rlo-j and atra.ned.; feutiorie betseen csital and la- Thu weT'ed the Republican for v-re-presldetit. "put t'a b'e on our Indiistrtal pro- (- Xi Ohio f-iwrTior, ll a prepared re-i br hs ramia'n j-rf he er.vrer) flef ore-day tnuf Teias. jiWu-e ha aorker and empiover whe; same aile "'t i i.e te added, "tla d'wn r.f trie j' "I -e of g. 'r- rr.er.', Ji to nd Oe.en the to and to en-'virge mverr.er.l of In st ci -rl rd be sept '-'at tTJUJIiOO er." 11111 1 lllMfc 1.

Ii'l in nir nifiii a ifin. niirn iir; doubtful" arid that "from all destrcner went In to iey and Iirl'k'r will rrry the. sf'e' U. 5. Carrier Lost in Philippines Wisconsin Oer and cold wtth! it making blr prepara f-erring temperature tonight.

Prl- tion to ccommndat Brltuh forces (lay fair and warmer 'vt Indian hj is seething hurrh of England. Tlie father Was twn. Wf bun irii A flerman vlitor would mean abaridonnient tit Inli rnstl'iiisl fellowship under the allcgUm to our Inrd. If the Christian rnwernent and all our )irie (ormetcd with Wr tlfri Itlg ll ir 'I I II. FlOW tile jIMke of Vlnilwir.

hi. love for Mr Wallla Wartlelrf stlmiswm in Amerlran cllironeii tor aliiait he rennunred tils throne, if- lemple cauw.l a aensatlon hy cri'l'liclng the tti'inarcli. fr Temple ouUpokrn Vlrws ri-ansetl wide dlM-ilnslon. or a liuin- i-r years, in. ni a suiiM riblng iiif ir.hcr of the lUir nrly, lie vlg-orovly oppiAed citl piuiielmient I lerniile toured tlie United Hiatr in i i In tin at Hsrvard, Colurnllii, the of (Chicago, Proviilinie and liidliiailla.

He displayed iiwri interest in AmerUan a lal problems. lie married riance flertrude Ac-land Ariin of iaondon in loifl. Superforts Hit Jap Plane Plant A t'. n-n Baa In West China, Oi Idier li ieltei1 14- Htrlk-log again the Jaipur main-land, a strorg force of U. H.

fluper at'aikeil the Omura air-has on tUtid Vxlay, and reriirriliig Said tonight the target area was (-i(e. puMerned by hoiorai Major (Wtieral ('iir'ls I-Mib de- 41, il Tl.e are embrace, one of the m-ot elrrralt awem try plants in tin. Jaiamet home jl' lari'l- I'tllart of SJnose and flame I were observed. the rrum of the mur In th Ortrnt Clrnrlv th matfi.ittnV nf Jnrw a I Iir-Jtj llgltBI Tilll 43 Jft JRI1 1 1 HIT) mis. But the Jan sren the onlv ones to see the emergency There' sr signs on every hand that Uils thought of rrhls is in the minds of jthe Allied high command.

There's a gathering of the United Nation clan In Uie Orient for the kill. lsnt by coincidence that thi come a the great MacArthur strike, to redeem pledge to free the Phi.ipjiines Trie method and concerti action are recognition thl 1 th cnjciai moment. with activity. Tlie IVrsal Air Force in Enlanrt to asrpiar.e, rrent HlMcr are a England Into redy complex a eaar stream or Par Eat U.e mo. Ttie British fi al ft frcn i.e Orm 1 Steel Rinr Tlfhtens fmr own tiencra; in China rushing ipertlons for re- opening ef irrr.a r'-1 to eg- pertlte the mwn.rf!' e.f to the hard-(ire vd Chinese shd to the Amervn air lorce Ti are as.

in in fco the s'eel ril aVeit the M.ksdo ttn es B'it Uare sTiu'her eien-en, p-evetit 'rie Al- lued which I 'That the sal cperl iMf Arthur Is at.d wi.l -ifr. i rk-i i' e.f 17 i 1 -be uT.t't riot i vi s.l vs sr.d i It er. a r. ff ii e-n t.f us s.l sr 1 Ms i retw.fted to ttr u.era I I i 1 llr.nr,i i finish off the crippled enemy wr- whl'h wr altjt afloat. 6 i i naval history involving almost every type of warship from battleship to Pr boat and aubmarlhe tid seaborn and Isndhased plane.

My comparison. In the greatest previous Nipponese defet sine Pearl Harbor, 11 Japanese ship were aunk and nine unk or damaged in the battle of Midway in June, I94J. Five of the, were transports. Known American loose In the running battle around the Philip-pine were two small carriers and a number of P.T. boat mnk.

plus an unannounced number damaged. Nlinlts reixii t. today wa limited to two engagemenuan overwhelm ingiy orm-aifled victory over the larnest Japaneae task force, trapped south of For-moa by U. B. carrier planes, warship and submarines, and a crucial alr-sra engagement tOCAL I ITHI OflVial ooservstlons for the 24 hour at 12 m.

today; Maxlm im, 19, minimum. Vi. noon, ft. rreclpl'a'lon, none; sun sets to- r.gM at IM, sun rie tomorrow 7 R1VIR P.1 I.ITI Stage J4-Hr fitage Today Change Ped W.r.i Iskr ccy Im 4. TV turn T'-V I.T.

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iwtutij iiiivtu (Ha (Continued on Pag Column 2) SEA BATILK Admiral heater Mmit ha annatinreal tho toss af the T. lis; Ht cacrter rnneeton lahote) as reanllt of eontinolng air nf ArmeoU ollh Jpoee nl unit In Philioolno silll wa Slailoaed. itf, wUephetel.