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Hodges Troops Strike South of Aachen, Capture Beggendorf By HOWARD COWAN SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Oct. 6 (AP)' The U. S. First army; iealt a great surprise blow at the Siegfried line south of "he German fortress of Aachen today, driving through the jvergreen forest of Hurtgen to within 26 miles of Cologne and the Rhine behind the drumfire of massed artillery and swarms of warplanes. This new assault was uncorked as the Germans, struck 16 miles north to defend a breach torn in th line by a First army drive now five days old, hurled in all available reserves and 30 tanks and drove the Americans temporarily from Beggendorf, at the tip of a salient menacing the Ruhr LT.

CHARLES FISHER Russians Invading Hungary By W. W. HERCHER i LONDON, Oct. 6 (IP) Russian troops Invading tottering Hungary on a broad froiit today captured the big rail junction town of Bekescsaba, 100 miles from Budapest, and also toppled Mako, only 15 miles from Szeged, Hungary's second city, a Moscow communique announced tonight. The Russians were 11 miles inside Hungary at Bekescsaba, Rolling across rich farmlands which offer the Germans and Hungarians little natural defense lines, the Red army seized more than 100 towns and hamlets on a 75-mile front in a determined effort to, knock out the last big Axis satellite nation.

In addition to the key towns of Mako and Bekescsaba, the Russians seized Gyula and Battonya, also road and rail towns of importance, the bulletin disclosed. This invasion of southeastern Hungary, which the Germans said has been under -way since Sept. 24 but just now has been announced by Moscow, was coupled with steady Russian outflanking movements in Vugos I a i a south of the pre-war Hungarian frontier. In the Yugoslav theater the units under Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky were deployed along the north bank of the Danube river opposite Belgrade, Yugoslav capital, and during the day also reached the Tisza river at a point 33 miles south of the Hungarian frontier with the capture of Novi Becej.

The seizure of the latter village put the Russians only three miles east of the west bank Tisza river stronghold of Stari Becej on the Budapest-Novi sad-Belegrade trunk railway. Nationals 4-Run Flurry Regains Lead Wilks Blasted for 4 Successive Singles Yielding 3 Runs By ORLO ROBERTSON7 SPORTSMAN'S PARK, St. Louis, Oct. 6 (P) Baseball's hit-less wonders of 1944 turned sluggers for two innings today as the surprising Browns whipped the Cardinals, 6 to 2, in the third game of the World Series and took a commanding lead of two games to one over their St. Louis rivals.

Held to two hits in winning the series opener and to seven while dropping the second, the American League Champions pounded out five of their eight hits in a four-run third inning and ripped through the highly regarded Cardinal fighting staff for a pair of doubles in the seventh to score two more needless tallies. CAUSE FOR WORRV The Browns' porous infield and pitcher Jack Kramer gave their supporters among the crowd of 34,737 some cause for worry in the first inning when the Cards scored an unearned run but from there on the 26-year old former Seabee from New Orleans was hi perfect control of the situation. The Brownies' defense opened up to let another unearned run through in the seventh. Kramer was master of the day otherwise, striking out ten and walking only two as he gave up seven scat-tered hits. The underdogs' victory put the Cardinals on the spot but Manager Billy Southworth said he would send Southpaw Harry Brechecn out tomorrow in an attempt to square accounts.

Sig Jakucki was Luke Sewell's choice for the fourth game. Brecheen won 16 and lost 5 while Jakucki had a 13-9 record during the regular season. SHAKY SECOND After a shaky second inning, in which he walked three men, Ted Wilks. 29-year-old rookie who compiled a 17-4 record during the regular season, pulled himself together and retired the first twj men in the third before the roof fell in. Gene Moore lined a single to right and then in rapid succession, Vern Stephens, George McQuinn, Al Zurilla and Mark Christman lashed singles to either center or right, accounting for three runs.

(Continued on Page 6) Family Loses Second Son In Action A telegram received by Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Iaia, 723 Cleveland avenue Pleasant Valley, Thursday afternoon, announced that their second son. Pfc. Joseph P.

Tain, 29, had been killed in action in France Septembei 20 A letter received from him early Thursday morning stated that he was not seeing much action. Pfc. Albert Carl 23, brother of Pvt. Joseph Iaia was killed in action. February 18, while serving with the marines in the Marshall islands.

Pvt. Iaia wag a member of the having entered the service on March 10, 1941. He trained at Camp Meade, Md Fort Myer, on guard duty in Washington, D. and at Fort Benning, Ga going overseas in June from Camp Meade and into France from England in July. He was born in Altoona on April 5 1915, a son of Antonio and An-netta (Palazza) Iaia, and graduated from Altoona High school in the class of'1935.

Prior to entering the service he, was employed in the car shop pipe shop by the Pennsylvania Railroad company, He was a member of Mount Carmel Catholic church. Pvt. Iaia Is survived by bin parents, two sisters and four broth-era James E. Iaia, who has been serving in the South Pacific for more than a year, Bernard of Juniata, John and Leo, Mis; Annie and Mrs. Michael Steinbugl all at the home.

WEAB SIMMS DIAMONDS Wolf berg and Wayne Give 20,000 Bail Former Major's Trial Continued Till January As Judge Reveals Attempt to Buy Off Jury Harry Wolfberg and Bernard "Buck" Wayne waived hearings before Alderman I. Brubaker last evening and were released on $15,000 ind $5,000 bail respectively for appearance in court to answer charges of bribery and embracery in connection with the trial of former Mayor Charles Rhodes which was continued until the next term of court yesterday morning following the disclosure of Judge George G. Patterson that a juror had been approached and was offered $100. As court convened yesterday morning, Judge Patterson ascended to the bench and revealed the case of jury bribery, whic.i he said "is the first such attempt in the history of Blair county" itnd District Attorney J. Calvin Lang, acting on the orders of lhe judge, issued warrants for the arrest of Wolfberg and Wayne, the former said to have approached Ifidgar Geesey, 1718 Thirteenth street, giving him $100, and Wolfberg and Wayne having then gone, it is charged, to the home of William Lantz, 2T08 Beale avenue, where a gift was 'iromiaed.

TELL DIFFERENT STORIES James E. Kane of the state police, said last night that Wolf- denied that he had been off Eleventh avenue Thursday night except to go from and to his home, but Wayne told the that Wolfberg met him in the Venetian Gardens on Eleventh i avenue and presenting a list of names, asked if he recognized any of them, Wayne said he was able to identify Lantz, Walter Begalke, Mae T. McNelis but had told Wolfberg that he was not certain if William Lantz was the ma'n he knew for there were several brothers, all of whom he had played baseball with at one time. Wayne then stated that Wolfberg asked him to accompany him to the Larvtz home and introduce him Wayne, who further stated that he did not know Charles Rhodes or had ever had any conversation with him, added that he had no idea that the names on the list were of jurors impaneled for the Rhodes' case. He then continued that he accompanied Wolfberg to the home sometime after 11 o'clock and entered the home.

When Lantz, who had been in bed, came down stairs, ha introduced Wolfberg. "Then," he told Pvt. Kane, "Wolfberg said, 'Buckey, I want to talk to this man. Go out and wait for Wayne declares that he had no conversation with Wolfberg going to the homo or coming from the home of Lantz and that hts companion returned to the Venetian Gardens where he left him off. Wayne, who has been associated with his brother in the insurance business for the past 10 years, went to the mayor's office In city hall after consulting with Attorney Kenneth Vaughn and explained that the first intimation ne naa or tne marges against him was when he read the sfory In the paper.

"Mayor Brumbaugh believed my story," he told Officer Knne Wayne was arretted bv Lit, Lmiis W. F. Htfberstroh and when taken before Alderman Brubaker by Pvt. Kane, he waived a hearing on the charge of aiding and abetting the charge of embracery and was held for court under $5,000 bail. Wolfberg was taken before Alderman Brubaker, prior to the arrest, of Wayne, and was harmed with bribery and embracery in the case at E.

Geesey and embracery In the case of Lantz, each count, catling tor S5.000 ball. He waived hparlng and i. held for court on $15,000 bull (Continued on Pr 11. Col. 8) 10,000 Tons of Bombs Rained on Nazi War Plants By ROBERT EUNSON LONDON, Saturday, Oct.

7 (P) American and British heavy bombers blasted Germany yesterday and last night In a series of mighty attacks on Berlin and other targets, probably pouring more than 10,000 tons of explosives on war plants of the reich in their devastating cumulative assault-Approximately 1,300 U. S. Fortresses und Liberators hit Berlin and Hamburg in one of the greatest ay light mass raids of the war and another fleet of 500 British Lancasters and Halifaxes struck synthetic oil plants in the Ruhr. These daytime blows were followed up during the night by another tremendous RAF operation by an estimated 1,000 heavy bombers which hit Berlin for the third time in 24 hours, as well as Dortmund, Bremen and Saar-brucken, reports said the night raiders had caused great destruction, adding to the wreckage left by the previous attacks in daylight and on Thursday BREMEN ABLAZE Pilots said the greater part of the port city of Bremen appeared to be ablaze, Dortmund was hard hit, and fires started in Saar-brucken Thursday night had been raised anew by. the latest blasting.

The Fortresses and Liberators, under escort of 800 fighters, rained explosives on oil refineries, tank factories, aircraft engine plants and ordnance dumps. The British planes, also well protected by fighters, made a heavy attack on synthetic oil plants at Scholden-Buer and Sterkrade in the Ruhr valley in good flying weather. 29 PLANES LOST The day's operations cost 19 American bombers and 10 fighters. Our four-engined warplanea knocked down three German planes while fighter escort bagged 17 more. Fighters also destroyed 36 enemy seaplanes and wrecked three other enemy planes on the ground.

An army air force spokesman described the attack on the nS 1 io.lJii.iii as t.iie must uevu.si.aung since July 21," when 1,000 American heavyweights rocked the German citadel. TheGerman air force again was absent over Hamburg, but some Nazi fighters accepted the challenge at Berlin. The big daylight blows followed a heavy night strike by 400 RAF Lancasters and Halifaxes which dumped 350,000 incendiaries and many Tons of high explosives, including two-ton bombs, on the important German industrial city and railway hub of Saarbrucken, (Continued on Page 11, Col, 7) Juniata Gap Man Found Dead At Home Charles W. Moore, 57, of 2615 Juniata Gap road, was found dead In the room he occupied in his blacksmith shop at 7:30 p. m.

yesterday and Deputy Coroner Edgar Walls announced that death which had occurred five or lx hours prior toMhe finding of the body had been due to a heart attack. James Roland, gas station operator, who lived near Williams and who had been looking out for him because of his state of -health, noted that there was no smoke coining from the chimney of hi shop and went to Investigate. Coroner Daniel M. Replogle and the deputy coroner were immediately notified and Investigation showed that he had suffered a heart attack as he sat In a chair in his room in the shop. Mr.

Moore was born September (Continued on Pae II, Col. AMD Thuuderhold Pilot Awarded DFC Lt. Charles W. Fisher, 23, husband of Mrs. Betty (Blyler; Fisher, 2210 Union avenue, was recently awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, according to an announcement by the wai department.

He is a pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt, flying with the Nmth Air force In France. He christened his plane, 'The Bonnie Lee' in honor of his 16-month-old-baby girl whom he has seen only once. Ho enlisted in the service in 1942 and after training at Victory field, Texas, and Fort Meyer, went overseas in March, 1944, where he has been in active- service since the invasion. In addition to the Distinguished Flying Cross, Lt. Fisher was awarded the Air Medal with four bronze oak leaf clusters and one silver cluster.

He is a graduate of the 'Altoona High school in the class of 1932 and was employed by the P. R. R. prior to entering the service. His parents, Mr.

and Mrs. J. Fisher, live at 606 Eleventh street. John C. Craine Killed In Holland Sgt, John C.

Craine, 25, serving in the paratroopers branch of the infantry in Hollands, was reported killed in action, September 23. according to a telegram from the war department received by his 'wife. Mrs. Betty Jane Craine. 907 Twenty-second avenue, 5'esterday morning.

In the message making the announcement, Adjutant General J. A. Ulio expressed the sympathy Of the secretary of war and stated that a letter would fol- low. Based in England, he took part In the Normandy campaign and saw action continuously for 30 days. He spent some time in England after the invasion but returned1 to the continent early in September where he was sent to the front In Holland.

Sgt. Craine was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Terrance A. Craine of Juniata.

He was born May 13. 1919, and entered the service February 2. 1942. He underwent training at Camp Wheeler and Fort Benning. Ga and at Fort Bragg, N.

and went overseas last September. Sgt. Craine was graduated at the Altoona High school in 1939. (Continued on Page 11, Col. 7) Lad, 3, Hit Bv Two Autos A 3-year-old tot was hurled in- to the path of an oncoming par as another car struck him at Union avenue and Twenty-fourth street shortly before 7 o'clock lajst night, and although he suffered brush burns of practically his entire body, no injury was indicated and after treatment at Mercy hospital dispensary he was discharged in the care of his mother, Robert Schmittle, 3 of 2423 Union avenue, was taken to Mercy hospital by Earl C.

Bowser of New Enterprise, who was operating the car that first struck the little boy. The operator of the second car to strike the child wai H. R. Flgart, 2425 Seventh avenue. He suffered brush burns of the left side of the forehead, beneath the left eye the upper lip, hie (Continued oa Fate 11.

Col. 1) SHE KNOWS Miss Lorna L. Slocombe, 28, (above) pleaded innocent in district court in Cambridge, to a charge of breaking dishes in a restaurant. The affair allegedly took place after a waitress; asked by Miss Slocombe to substitute squash for potatoes tn an order, replied "Don't you know there's a war on?" Miss Slocombe, whose case was continued, said she had three brothers in the service, a cousin killed at Guadalcanal, her Pacific and had given seven fiance on active duty in the pints pf blood to theJRed Cross. MJP) Wirephoto).

ncan Bombers Hit Kuriles The Associated Press American bombers punched at Kita island in the Kuriles, Tokyo radio said yesterday (Fri.) in the closest approach to the Japanese homeland yet made by Aleutian-based planes. "A fierce air battle," in whicn two of 12 attacking Liberators were shot down in the thrust Thursday to within 310 miles of Hokkaido, northernmost of Japan's main islands, was reported in the broadcast, heard by the federal communications commission. was1 no American confirmation of this raid report, nor of another one in which Tokyo said 50 United States medium bombers probably operating from an airfield on captured Peleliu, bombed Babelthuap, largest of the Palau islands. Nine of islands of the Palau group, including Peleliu, are under American control. The closest American bombers have come to northern Japan In previous Kurile attacks announc ed by official sources has bean in blows at Shimushlri, 400 miles northeast of Hokkaido.

In China, a high command communique giving a gloomy picture of the fighting, said that reinforced Japanese troops had reached the northwestern suburbs of Foochow, last Chinese-held major port on the east coast. A Berlin broadcast, heard by CBS, said the Nipponese had captured Foochow and were pushing construction of a defense system." In their drive on Kzellin, Kwangso province defense center, the Japanese have occu pled Changning, 37 miles south of the enemy-held railroad city of Heng-yang. An army spokesman said the Japanese were only about 25 miles from Kweiiin at the nearest point in. their, thrusts toward the city, font ict with the Chinese de fenders of Paoching, key Hunan province city 135 miles north of Kweliln, was severed Tuesday, but t.h communique said a lone de- fense unit there which started a counter-attack Tuesday had contacted reinforcoments entering the northeastern part of the city that evening. The communique reported Chinese recapture of the important town -of Szewul, 47 miles northeast of Canton, by troops operating; liehind Japanese lines.

The newspaper Tti Kwng Pao appealed to the United States and Great BTitaln to open a front In China now, saying that an Asiatic mainland victory over Nippon (Continued on Page II, Cnl, 1) valley. Then the doughboys, reinforced by tanks, swept back into Beggendorf and the German town was reported firmly in their grasp. Supreme headquarters said a force which by-passed Beggendorf was locked in a battle that was growing more bitter by the hour, Fifty German fighter bombers strafed American troops, but alert ground gunners knocked down or probably destroyed 25 of them, It was too early to tell whether the savage new onslaught, 10 miles southeast of Aachen, caught the enemy off balance, but a front dispatch said Lt. Gen. Courtney H.

Hodges' assault units advanced nearly a mile in an hour and a half and were within six miles of Duren, 20 miles from Cologne. AIR SUPPORT Hundreds of fighter-bombers, loosed by the first clear weather since the big push opened, blasted at camouflaged bunkers and pillboxes hidden along the needle-carpeted floor' of Hurtgen forest. But still advance units were met by a storm of mortar and small arms fire. It was the first break in weather in weeks, and word from supreme headquarters that clear skies over the battle area could be expected for another 48 hours brought immediate speculation that the hour for knockout blows might be at hand STALLED TO NORTH Stalled north of Aachen by the fury of German attacks rolling up from the east, Hodges sent his tanks lancing three miles northward. to the southern outskirts of Geilenkirchen, key fortified German town 12 miles north of Aachen.

The doughboys at Beggendorf-little more than a mile from a main road stretching 30 miles nortneast to Dusseldorf and the Ruhr valley withdrew before a terrific attack by tanks, infantry and artillery. Then as the mists lifted, "Allied fighter bombers came snarling over, attacking the exposed enemy tank and Infantry positions and one of the heaviest engagements ever fought bn German soil broke out. A mile and a half to the south the doughboys also were driven from the crest of pillbox hill overlooking Herbach, but dug in on Its slopes, held on, then charged back and regained half the soil they had lost. 7-MILE BREACH The Siegfried breach here now is seven miles wide at the base, is three miles deep and little more than two miles wide at the eastern apex. (The German news agency DNB reported heavy fighting In this area north of "Aachen and declared that the British and Americans were believed massing for a great autumn offensive.) On the louth the U.

S. Third army, pounded by an all-night barrage, clung to Its foothold in the northwest corner of Fort Drlant, one of a belt of fortresses guarding Metz, and beat off tanka and infantry charging out of the fog from the north, The British Second army, squelching five counter blow aimed at its Dutch corridor, poured more and more troops, (Coatlaned oa Puge it, Cel. it) British Advance On Corinth By WILLIAM B. KTXQ ROME, Oct. 6 P) British Invasion forces in Greece advanced today toward the isth- inus of Corinth, and It appeared that the Germans already had abandoned most of the Peloponnesus getting out of all of Greece as rapidly a they could.

Seizure of the fortified town of Rion, seven miles east of the captured port of Patral, sealed off the Gulf of Corinth at its narrow mouth. Up the Adriatic coast, British guns on the Dalmatian islands shelled enemy traffic along the coastal road British planes on a laid near Salonika destroyed three enemy transport planes and up a- dozen retreating Nazi motor vehicles. (The Ankara radio reported to night that Allied troops were fighting on Corfu and that troops cross ing from Albania had linked up with others already engaging the enemy on the island. The Paris radio reported another landing in Albania about five miles from the besieged en'emy supply port of Sarande). Deserted ty their German masters, "security battalions" of collaborating Greeks were reported surrendering without a fight at many points in the Pelo-(Contlnued on I'm 11, Col.

S) Government Girl Slam In Washington WASHINGTON, Oct. A man's belt furnished a possible clue tonight in the slaying of Dorothy Berrum, 17-year-old war department clerk from, Chippewa Falls, who was found strangled with her own snood early today on Potomac park golf course. Police said the belt was lying; about 50 feet from the girl's body, wag new, and had been exposed to the elements only a few hours. It had no identification marks but detectives counted it as an important find. Two park employes came across Miss Berrum's body while cleaning: up park debris.

She wus lying near the sixth green, face up In the wet grass, some 40 feet from a roadway which circles the park. Nearby were bloodstains and signs of a terrific struggle. Her face was bruised and scratched. Coroner A. Magruder McDonald said she had been raped.

Her slight stature and dress led police to presume she was even younger than her 17 yearn until Identification was established. Shsj wa four feet, five inches, weighed ft2 pounds, and was wearing "'hobby sox" and juvenile type shoe, brown dress and a red coat with big white button. Identification was estahliflhei through Chippewa Falls High (Continued Page Col. I) Brakeman Injured In -w-u t-i gy f1 TOUl Vai An Altoona PRR brakeman admitted to Altoona hospital yesterday having suffered a' back in-Jury in a fall from a box car. Howard A.

Hainley, 38, of 210 East Fifth avenue, a freight brakeman, fell off a box car and after landing on his feet, rolled on his back. He was admitted to the men's surgical ward. Donald W. Mosey, 35, of 100 Fourth street, a Pittsburg division brakeman, said he was thrown across a car and fell down between two cars, when a train collided with another train last evening. He was treated at the dispensary at 7 p.

m. Mrs, Katherine Carton, 33, of Gallltzin, lost her balance while piling up wood, and Injured her right ankle. Ralph De Stefano, 33, of 1218 (Continued on Pijae 11, Col t) Dewey To Answer Roosevelt Tonight ALBANY. N. Oct.

8. P) A few hours after President Roosevelt's disavowal of com munist support, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey asserted today the president "would like softly to deny the means by which he seeks election" and that "I shall be compelled to discuss it quite openly tomorrow night" at Charleston. W.

Va. Although the Republican presidential candidate did not say specifically that he referred to the president's statement last night: that he doe "not welcome the support of any person or group committed to communism oi- fascism," Paul Lockwood, Dewey's secretary, said such was the governor's Intent. A FINEST .1126 AVE..