HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Mnrch 24, 1048
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ALLIES BATTER
GROWING JAP
STRENGTH
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ese plane pack was destroyed or
damaged, as "congested aircraft
on the ground were repeatedly
hit.
Gasmata airdrome on the
southern shore ol Now Britain,
also was the target for two at
tacks the same night.
Rabaul was given its heaviest
previous pasting on February 14,
when mora than 30 bombers
dropped 50 tons of explosives
and followed up the next night
with 38 tons. Rabaul also was
bombed. March 12 and Marcn 16.
Large Base
.The base, Japan's largest naval
and air: center . south of the
Mandated islands, is about S00
miles northeast of the allied air
base at Port Moresby, New Guin
ea. li. the Mubo area of New
Guinea, attack planes and long
range fighters made 27 strafing
runs and bombed Japanese posi
tions six times yesterday morn
ing, while dawn and daylight
bombing and machine-gunning
attacks were made on areas
about Salamaua, the Japanese
base to the nu- th.
An enemy schooner was bomb
ed in Lorengau harbor, in the
Admiralty islands, north of New
Guinea, and shipping and towns
were bombed in the Babar and
Tanimbar Island sectors north
west of Australia. '
Return Homo Mrs. Victor E.
Newman and three children re
turned Monday from Salem and
Corvallis, where they spent the
week with Chaplain Newman
who is now stationed at Camp
Adair. -
Always read the classified ads.
Gem Seed
Potatoes
On year from certification
J. MICKA, Jr.
Phone 131, Malta
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 24
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: 4 Cali
fornia, 6 Idaho, 8 Oregon arriv
ed, 8 unbroken,' 8 broken cars
on track; by truck 1 arrived;
market firm; Klamath Russet
combination grade $2.90; Idaho
Russet No. 1, $3.22.
LOS ANGELES, March 24
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: 1 Cali
fornia, 11. Idaho, 2 Oregon, 2
Utah arrived, 22 unbroken, 8
broken cars on track; by truck
3 arrived; no sales reported.
CHICAGO, March 24 (AP
USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 41;
on track 92; total US shipments
917; old stock; supplies very
light; track trading very light
account of lack of offerings of
table stock; market unsettled;
new stock; supplies very light;
demand moderate, market firm;
North Dakota Bliss Triumphs
seed stock $3.55; Wisconsin
Rurals seed stock $3.30; Min
nesota Cobblers US No. 2, seed
stock $3.05; Florida Bliss Tri
umphs US No. 1, $2.85 per 60
lb. sack.
AXIS OQUNTEItSMASH
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In the hills on either side of a
narrow pass had poured artillery
fire into a force of some 100
German tanks, destroying from
10 to 30 of them.-
(A French communique to
night, broadcast by the Algiers
radio and heard in London by
The Associated Press, reported
that the French trying to drive
north of Chott Djerid, the salt
marsh at the southern end of
the western Tunisian front, were
meeting opposition. :
(It said "our units have de
veloped maneuvers" against en
emy groups there. In Central
Tunisia, it said, there was intense
patrol activity.
(German military spokesmen
were quoted in Berlin broadcasts
as admitting that Montgomery's
army had temporarily penetrat
ed into the Mareth line at one
place, but said the break had
been "ironed out."
Prisoners Captured
(The spokesman said, however,
that only the "overture" of the
"great British offensive is be
hind us." It was claimed that
44 British tanks had been de
stroyed and prisoners captured.)
While the frontal assault of
Gen. Montgomery had run into
a terrific struggle which was not
minimized by headquarters
spokesmen, the looping drive of
his detachments which circled
Rommel's inland flank gained
about two miles in the smash
toward El Hamma, axis air base
and oasis crossroads 20 miles
west of Gabes and at the western
end of the bottleneck between
the Chott Djerid salt lake and
the sea..
These forces drove the Ger
mans off the high ground of
Djebel Tebara despite strong
armored opposition and reached,
a point only eight miles from
El Hamma.
(This fighting was taking place
about 30 miles north of the main
battle at Mareth, well to the rear
of the axis positions.)
American infantry and tank
men by holding Guettaria pass
east of El Guetar on the souther
ly road from Gaisa toward the
sea, saved Gen. Patton's armored
forces beyond Maknassy on the
northerly road from Gaisa from
a threat to their rearward com
munications. This enabled the northerly
column to win Bon Douaou, a
point six miles beyond Maknassy
and only 28 miles from the en
emy's coastal road.
-This column took a number of
Italian prisoners.
The Patton force defending
Guettaria pass 10 miles south
east of El Guetar was officially
reported to have destroyed 10
enemy tanks, but front reports
said 20 more were knocked out.
Right
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REDS RANG ON
TO NORTHERN
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by numerous battle planes and
strong artillery fire was repulsed
in embittered fighting at close
quarters with high casualties to'
flicted on the enemy."
Eastern Activity
(The nazl war bulletin added
that there was "fighting activ
ity of local importance only In
other sectors of the eastern
front.)"
The soviet noon communique
said that the red army on the
western front which had been
described as the central front
before the concerted drive for
Smolensk developed continued
its offensive, capturing several
villages and wiping out a force
of German rapid-fire riflemen
surrounded in a forest north of
Dukhovschino.
Towns Captured
The Russians also were re
ported to have taken several
other settlements in other sec
tors of -their push toward Smo
lensk and to have seized a tac
tically important line.
Heavy losses were inflicted
again upon the Germans in the
Belgorod area when the soviet
troops smashed a German truck
column and destroyed trucks,
tanks and fuel wagons.
The 50 mile stretch of the
twisting, turning Donets river
between Chuguev and Belgorod
is seeing some of the most bitterly-fought,
coordinated infan
try and tank attacks of the Russian-German
war.
The German air force contin
ued its activity over this front,
repeatedly raiding the Russian
positions but getting a taste of
fire, too.
There have been several cross
ings of the northern Donets by
the Germans and always they
have been in force but never
have the Russians permitted
them to remain on the eastern
bank for more than a few hours.
The invaders were throwing
25 to 50 tanks against narrow
sectors, a dispatch to Red Star
said, hoping to crack the line
and pour through a small breach,
then endanger the entire section
from the flanks.
But all efforts so far have
failed and major scale tank bat
tles continued, it was said.
Dan Ehrheart Gets
Oak Leaf Cluster
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Silver Star, as well as the DFC.
He is the son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Hannon of the
Lakeview highway. His wife,
the former Constance, Hannon,
is now with her husband at Ala
mogorda field, New Mexico,
where the flyer has been ground
ed due to his heavy combat par
ticipation, in the past year.
Ehrheart is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Ehrheart of Med
ford. ..
Man Killed by Train
Monday at Crescent
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foot, was noticed from a north
bound passenger train as it lay
on an opposite track. Remains
were brought to Ward's Funeral
home here and were to be re-'
turned to Bend Wednesday.'
Mr. Delbruegge is thought to
have lived in the Bend, section
for a good many years. He has
no immediate relatives in this
area. Deschutes county state po
lice are investigating.
McNary Introduces
Bill to Open Land
WASHINGTON, March 24 (P)
Sen. McNary (R-Ore.) yesterday
introduced a bill (S904) which
would permit certain lands in
Oregon to be used for mining if
not necessary to the nation as
agricultural or timber lands.
now;
DONETS BASES
Record Acreage in Spuds
Forecast by Developments
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ed out that 1960 tons of am
monium phosphate was shipped
into the Klamath basin in 1942,
and to date only 1132 tons
had been made available, with
planting time rapidly approach
ing. County Agent C. A. Hender
son told Noble that in Klamath
county In 1942, some . 10.358
acres Of potatoes were grown
on farms signed up in the
triple A, and that this year's
sign-up on the same farms
showed 13,470 acres.
Chester Main, president of
the Tulelake Growers, stated
that their sign-up Indicated
about 8000 acres in that dis
trict, or a total of approximate
ly 21,500 acres for the Klamath
basin. In addition, Henderson
pointed out that information
just received by the bureau of
reclamation Indicated that leas
ed lands In the Tula lake area
would be available to potato
growers, under certain terms
and conditions.
Notices have been forwarded
to all lessees requesting that they
inform the bureau of reclama
tion by March 29, 1943 the areas
which they wish to crop to pota
toes. Upon receipt of this infor
mation, the 'bureau of reclama
tion, county conservation com
mittee and war board will deter
mine the area each lessee can
plant and will notify the lessee in
writing of his alloted area.
Restrictions in leases have pro
hibited the growing of potatoes
by lessees of this land primarily
to insure maintenance of local
economic conditions on a stable
basis; however, Information from
the secretary of agriculture on
the need for increasing the pro
duction of potatoes prompted the
secretary to remove the prohibi
tion for the duration of the war.
Big Acreage
All of this Indicated, Hender
son said, that the total acreage
of the basin might be consid
erably in excess of any acreage
ever grown heretofore.
In 1937, Klamath basin acre
age reached an all-time high of
Zl.400 acres.
In order properly to allocate
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CLASSIFY
OIL TO BURN For Union
heating oils phone 8404, Klam
ath Oil Co., 615 Klamath Ave.
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CHIMNEY SWEEP. Phone 7149.
3-29
FOR THE BETTER grades of
fuel oils, accurate, metered de
liveries, try Fred H.. Heilbron
ner, 821 Spring street, tele
phone 4153. Distributor Shell
Heating Oil. 4-30
ACREAGE
Five room home, full plumbing,
septic tank, double garage,
lawn, gravelled drive and very
fine garden soil. Near bus line
and Shasta Way. Price $2650.
Terms $750 cash, balance like
rent.
Bogue Dale
120 S. 9th St. Dial 6972
3-26
HELP WANTED Office nurse,
X-ray and laboratory, or typ
ing and bookkeeping. Apply
by day's work on pay, phone
7323. 3-24
ONE-ROOM furnished cabins.
114 Martin. 3-30
VACANCY 900 Owen. 3-30
FOR SALE 3 milk cows. Phone
8743. 3-25
LAWNMOWERS Sharpened
Bodenhamer Repair Shop, 351
E. Main. 4-23
LOST "A" gasoline ration
book. Melvln Gordon, 231 No.
6th. 3-26
USED CARS NEEDED
For Portland Defense Area
Top Dollar No Delay
CASH AT ONCE
1940'8-41's-42's Needed
See Mr. Duffy
of lii Y. Billingsley Motor Co.
at the' ELK HOTEL
All Day Thursday and Friday
, 3-24
the additional fertlllter a gen
era! committee was appointed
consisting of O. A. Schultz,
Louie Lyons, Dan Crawford and
Harry Jackman to moot with
representatives of the fertiltzor
companies to plan an equitable
distribution.
Actual distribution Is to be
left In the hands of the county
farm machinery rationing com
mittees of Tula lake and Klam
ath county. Representatives of
all local fertilizer companies
were requested Immediately to
prepare a list of all growers and
the amount of fertilizer obtained
from them for the 1043 crop.
Requests Invited
This was to be prcporcd Im
mediately, all company repre
sentatives agreeing. This infor
mation was to be provided the
committee and left at the coun
ty agent's office, Klamath Falls.
All growers whose fertilizer re
quirement have not yet been
filled were asked by the com
mittee Immediately to make
their requests for the amount of
fertilizer needed, acreage of po
tatoes to be planted, kind and
amount of fertilizer now on
hand.
Tulelake growers wore to
make this request at the office
of the state department of ag
riculture, Tulelake, through W.
H. Anderson. Klamath county
growers . will make their re
quests in writing to the county
agent's office. Special forms for
this purpose are now being pre
pared by the committee.
Inasmuch as some of this
fertilizer will start coming Into
the county before the end of
March all requests must be
made immediately.
FBI Looks Into
Steel Plate Charge
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for "fake tests." as a result of
which he said approximately
five per cent of last year's steel
plate shipments were below
navy, lend-lease and maritime
specifications, "must be found
and this mess cleaned up.""
At the same time, Herman L.
Cogan of Chicago filed In feder
al court at Pittsburgh an in
former's damage suit to recover
losses he said the government
suffered in buying more than $1,
000,000 worth of steel.
We must try to forgive those
who injured us. Madame Chi
ang Kai-shek.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST PREMIERE
STARTS TOMORROW at 1:30 P. M.
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FRICK and FRACK Irene DARE Danny SHAW
OUR GANG
"Ben Franklin, Jr."
RAF TRADES
PUNCHES WITH
NAZIPLANES
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coast to bomb a locality In the
southeast.
More formations of allied
planes headed for Northern
France later In the morning, but
all were flying too h I g h for
watchers on the coast to deter
mine whether they wero British
or American.
Station (Suits
Danish radio stations went off
the air shortly after 7:30 a. m.
(EWT) today. Indicating that the
planes might be heading for
Kiel or Hamburg as the targets
for today.
One RAF plane was reported
lost in the night raids, during
which minos were laid in enemy
waters in addition to the attacks
on German communications.
The German day raidors hit a
school In a southeast Inland
town. Three hundred Children
In the school wont to a sholter
a few mlnutos before the bomb
attack.
POST-WAR PLANS
Post-war plans for the bcautl
fleatlon of Klamath Falls Includ
ing the laying out of a complete
park system, were discussed by
members of the city planning
commission at its first mooting
of the year In the city council
chambers last night. This is the
commission's No. 1 project for
that period of "after the war."
. It is hoped, members of the
commission said, to present plans
to the council, that body to
adopt such plans in the form of
an ordinance which will Increase
tho park levy to the point where
the park project could be car
ried out.
Representatives of the Lions
club, Including Myrle C. Adams
and Clarence Humble, appeared
before the commission and out
lined their spring clean-up cam
paign soon to be under way in
Klamath Falls.
E. M. Igl, member, was namod
chairman of the planning com
mission.
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Courthouse Records
Divorce Bulls Filed
Lydlu Ann Jnnios vorsus Hen
ry H, Joints. Couple married at
Mobrldgo, S. D., October 23,
1913. J. C. O'Neill, attorney for
plaintiff.
Marriage Licenses
GUBSKRSPARKS. Krwln R.
Otibsor, 22, U. S. navy, native
of Deschutes county, resident of
Bonanza; Betty Ann Sparks, 20,
stenographer, native of Klamath
Falls, rtsldci.t of Bonanza.
BRAYRIECK. James C. Bray,
41, lumbor worker, native of
Tennessee, resident of Chiloquln;
Mildred Rlcek, 36, factory work
er, native of Nebraska, resident
of Chiloquln.
GOL. FRANK LIGHT
Frank Light, old-time Lake
view resident, passod ay n
few days ago In that town, It wus
learned here Wednesday.
Colonel Light for many years
was registrar of the fodernl land
office at Lakeview. Ho hold'
many civic and public offices,
and was first exalted ruler of
the Lakeview Elks lodge.
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Establishment of a tin salvaga
depot In a building hack of the
Frelghtways terminal at Broad
and Elm streets was announced
today by Robert McCambrldge,
county salvage chairman. The
building was donated by C. C.
Kolley, now of Mt. Shasta, Calif,
McCambrldge said ' tin can
salvago hare had been hamper
ed by lack of a depot, but now
the program will proceed stead
lly. Ho urged people to con.
timie to save cans, stating
collection pi " n will bo an
nounced soon.
A con to be saved should he
cleaned, labols removed, the
ends cut off, the can crushed
by stepping on It, and the ends
folded Inside.
O. L. Tucker Is chairman of
the program here and will make
a further announcement after
a meeting next Wednesday,
The vast American education,
al system has set men free free
not alone to serve, but free also
to lead. Education Is the mother
of leadership. We must establish
beyond any doubt the equality
of men. Wendell Wlllkle.
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