Miami Daily News-Record (Newspaper) - January 5, 1945, Miami, Oklahoma f JANUARY 1945 PRICE FIVE CENT A Polish Setup n Lublin Is Reds Choice JACK BALtt After Both foi in v announced recognition of the Polish provisional of making a clean break With the Polish exile in still is rec by the United States and Bringing to a head one 6f the thorniest questions facing the im pending big three the broadcast announcement came four days of the joint an bythe United States and Britain that they stood by the London Polish Leaders of the Polish peasant party in London had sensed possibility that Moscow would recognition of the Lublin government before meet They charged that if Rus sia acted before that meeting it would be attempt to present other two powers with a fait Russia broke relations with the London Polish government April in a dispute over the re ported graves of thou sands of officers in Smolensk Russia accused Continued on Page Six LARGE BURMESE PORT CAPTURED City of Akyab Falls to British And Indian Seaborne Forces v 4 y SOUTHS ASTASIA COMMAND Cey of of Burma Japanese supply has fallen to British and Indian seaborne Allied A communique said the attack ers had swarmed ashore on Akyab which the city is situ ated early Wednesday morning without encountering any opposi The island is firmly in our the bulletin which has a normal pop of and is situ ated at the mouth of the on the Burmese has been a prime objective of the Allied drive in Southwest The Japanese were reported to 13 have had about troops on the island at one but they evacu ated the garrison and most of their Weapons the night before the Allied retreating Japanese left be many booby and In withdrawing they tried to some of the Coolie class of local but many of the educated middle class re and threatened to resist by the British they In The landing from three some land Ing on the northern fc naval some crossing a grille stretch of water from Foul on the mainland and others crossing in local boats from Ku island i to the Weather in Most of Oklahoma BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS highway to 4ay us highway qe from west was for driving jo use generally state the was said s Ardmore reported o precipitation 88 1IDGE TRYING TO GET OUT OF PRISON Man Aiki New Hearing in Connection With Double Slaying Jack ol serving two life terms in the state filed a motion in district court here for a new hear ng and trial on double murder Alter interviewing the prisoner at 69 yearold attorney of Pittsburg drew up and mailed the mo which was recorded in district Following up the counsel for the defendant visited Miami Thursday in an effort td earn more about the which resulted in Baldridges sen handed down by District Judge William Thomas on Baldridge now claims that when he pleaded guilty to mur dering his young wife and neigh on the night of that he did not know what he was admitting to the he contends the manner in which the slayings were accomplished did not constitute murder or any other Baldridges new version of the double homicide claims that on the night of 29 he entered a room occupied by his 14yearold daugh and heard a commotion n an adjoining His daugh the motion called his attention that there was some thing wrong in the other On entering the other section of Baldridge declares he was unarmed when he found Williams with a gun in his His the motion was scuffling with Williams for possession of the gun and after shot him through the he Baldridge shot and Wiled In killing the the defendant Continued on Page Six Japan Says Wing Way Over Tokyo BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Four American flew over Japan Thursday night and early today on harassing and reconnoitering Tokyo radio The unconfirmed domestic broad recorded by the Federal Com said two dropped bombs and two did All flights were made over South Central Honshu by Saipan based Tokyo reported the first dropped a few bombs over Ham about 7 Shortly before midnight another flew the Nara near but dropped no Bombs fell shortly before dawn on the Okazaki area midway tween the industrial cities of Nagoya and both of were scouted by the fourth Superfort around 10 in Ntw Landings Cook Put to Death For Slaying Woman ert Folkes died in the states lethal gas chamber at m today for the lower slaying of Virginia James still protesting his innocence ol the for which he was ex The dining car cook of most famous murder did that he crept into the berth qf ensigns bride and slashed her throat when she resisted girl was Wiled as she lay Jn lower 13 of Southern Pacific passenger train through a snow covered countryside 1943 Her Navy Richard killed in a crash last was travelling in the second Are Killed on Way Back to by servicemen ropst P them f f IS Yank attack on Pacific front results in two new landings on mih bombing of Formosa Okinawa in Ryukyu arid air attack on Jap air center at i NBA Telephoto CHAPLIN FACES ANOTHER TRIAL Film Comedian Has No Com ment After Jury Is Dis charged by Court LOS to file a for an early new trial of her contending that Chaplin jg of just her when a deadlocked jury was dis missed It 7 to 5 in favor of a verdict finding that the film funnyman did not beget Joans baby Carol associate of said they would argue for an early trial on grounds that the having once been left should have priority over other cases await ing Chaplin had no He was confined to his home by a bad cut on his incurred Satur day night when he forgot his keys and kicked in a glass door panel enter hia Miss said Oh Im Charles lawyer for the observed Continued on Page Six CARRIER PLANES MAY BE AIMING AT VITAL ISLES Formosa Believed Under At tack Again with Radio Black out By Fleet PACIFIC FLEET HEAD Pearl crushing might of Third fleet aircraft whose deep penetration of enemy waters has Japan warning of ma jor war may have fallen for the third straight day on Formosa and An ominous radio blackout to day by the fleet strongly gested that Hitting two strongholds at indicating greater striking power than that loosed on separate days against the same targets last the carrier planes struck Tuesday and Wednesday date for That much was confined yester day by Chester Nimitz in a communique which said the details are not yet That phraseology covers a continuing The circumstances surrounding the present attacks are such that the most concentrated aircraft car rier blows of the Pacific war may well be in Last whet the way was cleared for reinvasion of the the carriers had the added responsibility of knocking out the enemy airforce in the Philippines ahead of Doug las from ne land Continued o Hitler Picture in Captured Film and de and BIG THREE NOT TO MEET UNTIL i AFTER 20 President Roosevelt SaM today his next meeting with Phe Minister Paul Fields Missing in Action Missing in action in Germany since 15 is Infantryman Paul according to an official notice received recently by his Anna Fairland Route Fields had served the Belgian cam just five months after his enlistment and training at Camp REDS STRIKE IN POLAND B UP The Berlin radio reported today that the Red army was massing troops in the Vistula bridgehead area 120 miles south of Warsaw and was again probing Nazi lines along the Polish He made this statement smil ingly to a news conference and added in response to questions that the meeting will differ as to agenda and other plans from previous meetings at Quebec and Washing Every Roosevelt as differs in species but be long to the same Kidding about the time and he said that whether the meeting would be held at the North or South depends upon ice He said he did not know whether other Allied leaders than the big three will attend and that the public will not know whether Secretary of State Stet will attend until a week after the conference is Asked whether any significance was attached to the presentation to him yesterday by the Earl of British of a The English and re cent editorial criticism of Allied political Roosevell eyed the book on his smiled and said he was taking it with hin to the NEW OIL ACTIVITY oil operators hunt for new produc tion and high interest in wildcat operations were going right along without a hitch as the first week of the new year closed Gulf Oil corporation was to test its wildcat east of the Northeast Edmond the 1 Alice SW SW of 15 northcentral Oklahoma Tubing was being run after drilling out the Thousands of 4Fs Rushing Into War Industries UFs and tial spurred by talk of stringent new were reported today applying for by the Employment agencies clocked heaviest stream of jpb applicants in months as labor and farm spokesmen to blast War Mobilise James Byrnes latest manpower Serious and acute manpower less still were reported in to Byrnes war hii to wmn farm for military gery farms what he called wasting of Arnold sei offices aw rathey than look to representatives states said they did no many men can be obtained I pf some men essential en Page from NT Flf MT Montgomery Takes Over Command Of Troops on North Most of American First and Ninth Armies Under Britons Leads Southern Reported in Drive To Slash German Bulge in By WILLIAM RYAN Associated Press War Editor Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery has assumed command of American forces on the northern flank of the German salient in and British armor and infantry from the Second army have been thrown at the northwestern tip of the bulge in the mounting General realignment of the Western Front confirmed in Washington gave Mont commander of the 21st Army command of most of the First army and of the while Omar chief of the 12th army commanded forces on the southern flank of the Nazi Ardennes including the Third and ele A with hat in surveys ravages of war in an undesignated in this German captured by Signal corps on western The Fuehrer is surrounded by un identified Nazi Date of the photo is Signal Corps Photo From NBA Both Senate And House End First Week of Session By HOWARD BRISCO OKLAHOMA The short order today and joined the Senate in 36 minutes dull four bills on general referred Jo iy Speaker ana action on the delayed because the author was one of The House will convene Mon day at 1 and senators will assemble 30 minutes later to settle down to brass tacks in a session despite official avowals of intention to make it had the earmarks of a long Both Hill and Homer presi dent pro tern of the urged members to get the job done and go home within the 60 legislative days allowed at the regular per Many controversial measures were in the Meanwhile Robert conferred with school leaders on their suggested increases in edu and the Sen ate revenue and taxation com a tax closed meeting with a the Oklahoma Edu cation association covered proposed constitutional amendments would boost substantially money allocated for One of these increase by the amount now Continued on Page Six 250 SPORTSMEN AT DUCK FEED Big Turnout at Legion Hall For Izaak Walton League Program Approximately 250 sportsmen consumed i than 100 Congress To Push Draft Legislation The House military committee an today it will expedite con sideration of either national serv ice or some stricter manpower controls over announced by Chairman May was raade at an informal meeting at which a spokesman rec legislation fully to uti lize the services of between 000 and men now holding The measures to be con May will depend on the message to Con gress If President Roosevelt recom mends national service legisla tion we will consider it he told If he doesnt we will put In a fight of our 24 ESCAPE CAMP of the AXS pris of war who have escaped froni in this are siil at the War department Eighteen are Germans and six are of f ha been in the German high command announced today was pot on y Walton league at the American Legion hall Thursday At the conclusion of the the field and stream enthusiasts were advised by Dick president of the that questions concerning game prob lems would find an answer by mailing all queries to Bo 121 B street south who is secretary of the Grand Lake will relay questions to proper The following committees were officially announced by the chap ters president as follows Conservation Dick chair man Earl Mel vin Charles Haggard and Jim Entertainment chairman Hugh Jack Earl Continued on Page Six merits of the American Four Allied armies now were action in the rising battle which a field dispatch said might become the bloodiest of Western Supreme ing the shift in said Montgomery would command all on the nor Brad ley all those on the southern in the battle of the Ardennes More than Eighth airforce heavy bombers smashed at a score of vital targets be hind a 150mile stretch of the German lines between Cologne and striking through heavy Five hundred fighters escorted Even before these forces returned to their RAF heavies streak ed toward the battle Veteran British infantry and armor have gained up to yards all along their These forces went on offensive yes in the Marche area and also assaulted the Nazi line south of at the western end of the Belgium Meanwhile the German attack Eastern France appeared to be developing into a fullblown offen The Nazis drove another two miles southeast of Bitche and close to 15 miles inside They were within 12 miles of the Sa Continued on Page Six ELLIS SPARLIN FATALLY HURT Former Lakes Resort Manager Killed by Truck Driver Held Ellis former man ager of the Shawnee Lakes fish ing was fatally injured at Thursday when he waa struck by a truck near his home one mile north of He died about two hours later in the Mi ami Baptist officers was hit as he stood beside the road and near his mail box by a truck driven by Eugene Snyder of He said to have been struck Snyder swerved to the edge of the road in attempting to pass another The accident oc curred on highway 66 near tit School if At today Snyder was Draft Boards Will Send Farm Youths Up for Physicals OKLAHOMA 5UP draft boards were being instructed by State Selec tive Service headquarters to send young farm workers up for phy sical examinations even before de ferments are Headquarters also had started issuing instructions to local boards for review of the deferments of farm workers in the 18 to 26 age class who now are classi fied Physical qualification will be the first consideration in determining the status of farm workers and their potential value in agriculture compared with their value to the armed forces will be the second Even if young farmers swell the induction draft sources be lieve local boards may have to make demands soon on the 2629 age group and possibly even on registrants over 30 to meet ex large NIPPON CLAIMS 3 LARGE YANK VESSELS SUNK BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tokyo radio broadcast an Imperial communique today claiming that Nipponese planes sank one air craft carrier and two battleships or in the Western Philip pines sea Thursday The unconfirmed re corded by the Federal ions placed the ves sels west Panay island in the Sulu sea south of The communique said that at dawn Thursday American con voys reached San Jose bay off Mindoro and in the after noon a task force entered the waters west of The high command said a unit of the Japanese special attack corps carried out a smashing at tack against the enemy task force in the evening and instantaneous ly sank one aircraft carrier and two or Three Japanese planes failed to The communique added that the Japanese airforce is continuing to attack airfields at San Jose and on It claimed Japanese pilots set ablaze 17 planes and caused two large explosions at San Three Japanese planes failed to War Flashes Minister conferred to day with General Eisenhower and Field Marshal headquarters announced today that stories published in the United States by Jims maga zine and the United Press in ad vance of the announcement of the change in the Allied Western Front com mand had been taken under mediate New Service for Customers The Northeast Oklahoma Rail company is now offering bus service to Miami and college and to the Patterson companys 2 plant located the Busses will leave the 114 North Main street at and will run to Third then east to tne A bus will leave the school at traveling along Third avenue to Main and thence north to Workers from the main Patterson will be picked up on this Bus drivers will issue transfers on rides coming in from the min ing district and airport RENT CASES SETTLED OKLAHOMA in 20 more Norman rent cases were signed by Federal District Judge Stephen S Chandler AH but one of the judgments were signed on consent of the de fendants with the stipulation tha violations were not BULLETIN County Attorney Richard Smith filed a charge of reckless driving against Eugene Snyder in county court late this after The defendant was not ar i till in the county jail by County Attorney Richard who Sparlin moved to his home north if the city about a year He s survived by his klaude Sparlin two Harvey parlin of Wichita and James Sparlin of Miami five Lydia McCleary and cy Wiles of Edna Rose Stta and Opal Mills of San a Ernest Sparlin of De and 13 grand Funeral services will be an by the Cooper Funeral President Will Broadcast Talk Tomorrow Night President Roosevelt will take to he air tomorrow night to sum marize to the nation his state of he union message to be delivered o Congress earlier in the The chief telling his news conference today that the message will deal with foreign policy and among oth er said it will be about words His foreign policy he may touch on the subject of more materials for the In connection with his foreign policy discussions the Presi dent said in reply to questions that a new program for feeding Italy has been agreed upon and that more food is going in He could not estimate the in crease in pounds but said there were more calories in the new He said shipping still is very great problem in feeding the Told that some people believe the Italian armistice terms be made public on the ground military considerations are no longer a factor for continued set crecy the President said military people on the spot still consider this factor Some people in this seem to know more than they
