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Newspaper Page TextIMl M rui M AN1 and DREW -' iii!iMlil!mffll!'fcl'Bllllll - aw w FRANK. JENKINS ma writer mm "K" "'"'"" M. hi. nvertme 'i ' ,, Tnrliniiry election. tc ll.X" Uio whistle o 2TSTu.k WIDE OPBN. A lot uilt t iny tnouum ii EyM ttto Invosion L jBM interest l definitely PJ. "c0 . .. r,,ih.,r than tho .n nrlmury, If l' "iko a look rSwi wt. (There much tlintj. startling.) ,ir Tokyo raillo, from which Mlu.V..-wi ciime. aroutly fisted our raid on Socru- rJi. .nrrled out by a com- id I Brltlsh-Amerlcsr naval Ei force Tho ships stoo.ncd I.1.: ...- i.nrt of tho Jun- Hm -Dutch Bust !lo .nni1 ear m.vil bo. doing RS! irrlcr plonei were, fol- 12 by our henvy bombers, pith hid flown -lcor rom Au" p!i . .It lxtnt -nf. jtaJip navy 8m -" - hiaacn. , , , -TlLWELL himself landii on nyi at no " lin. (Ho oxpecicu iiuuiin, ft there was none.) 1 . ...i.i mi.. Inn. hnlHIntf ir lurrounacu uu miw B;r . fnrrn with the IWOllOU fciwddy river at their backi. ATTLEFRONT reports from mithrim Italy- today toy: fcllu'i 10th army faces a mil try debacle below Rome tho Emint flee northward, in IrhA nizi rather slanlflcantly Lnu the name of the Hitler C t the "Dora" line. It ijuldn'l do to have dor fuehrer's Lm linked with a flop.) The prisoner toioi in iwiy ia to 350U not enougn yov iu Aldte i Gorman rout,. 1SENHOWER gives - hit fir it direct orders to Europo'l vast -.dmiround army to be ready to rike on "ir aay. k irwknman at London hood briers advises the underground tr radio) to "GET TO miuw HIS VOICE tho voice of a aibcr of tho tuprcme allied nminder'f staff." (The Germans are expected to ytq give phony orders to tho Jtrground, causing Its mem n'lo expose themselves to hrmin butchery.) Knowing the voice win help ma that off. , hREGON'S primary, in which - probably moro than zu.uuu plo .voluntarily wroto In Uio me, of Dewey, gives a big etiological boost to tho Now "k governor. Tho political ex Mi will interpret it as "grass U" demand. It looks like Dewey is a ccr fty lot the Republican noml lUon. This writer, speaking lely as. an Indlvlduof voter, wla like to see him break his mully-nurturcd silence and y, us a picture of .what he Inks, what ho believes WHAT 1 18.. It probably wouldn't be good "Wei. But this writer finds less and less Interested 1 1 ond MORE Intorostcd t!ki'cUon ond courageous load- T tikes S8g votes to nominate the first ballot at the Dcmc 'c convention. Already 697 Kptes arc pledged to" FDR the fourth term. , jORSE defeats Holman for tho ...'""term Hcpubllcan noml vi. ,or. "tor from Oregon. J; smoth county, whero some On ihn iillHM I- 1 I Su'..w.on some 1?br 2,mTe Pfedcmlnantly busl wnian precincts Indicating MJ," Pp?nl wns GENERAL. SJ1 tho NEWER typo of XX i'ft '"'nker.- Holman bo T;?.,"10 older school. Thnt "uica on Pago Ton) ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1944 Number 10112 May 20 1944 " Max. (May 19) 64 Min. ......34 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to date .......7.70 Normal 10.72 Last year.. 16.25 Forecasti Fair and warmer. Nomination Winners in Friday's Primary Election Voting Contests s als J - LmhhhoiiJ WAYNE MORSE Republican for U. S. Senate THOMAS E. DEWEY Republican for President GUY CORDON Republican for U. S. Senate EDGAR SMITH Democrat for U. S. Senate U. E. REEDER Republican tor County Judge CLARENCE HUMBLE Republican for District Attorney Hitler Faces Italy Debacle By DWIGHT PITKIN Associated Press War Editor ' ! - Battlnfront rennrts today indicated that Hitler's tenth army faced a major military debacle below Rome as the Germans fldd northwnrd in Ituly beforo power drives of the allied fifth and eighth armies, " - . ..- ' -.'i Swept from mountain strongpnlnts of the Hitler line, the Ger mans fell back on a "switch lino" anchored at Tcrraclna on the Tyrrhcnlnn sea, at the approach of the last leg of the Appiari way to Rome, allied headquarters announced. Change Name In a face-saving move, the Germans changed the name of the 1 Hitler line to "Dora." aDnarent- ly reserving tho fuehrer s name OF SALT LAKE CITY, May 20 (yp)Fiflccn Salt Lnko City men were convicted today of unlaw ful cohabitation, concluding a "paper trial" conducted without witnesses. District Judge Ray Van Cott Jr., who presided without a Jury, announced tho verdict. This Is the first timo any defendants In the compllcotcd polygamous mar riage case hove been cither con victed or acquitted. Not Legal Wives The 15 men among 46 per sons arrested March 7 In four western states in a feclcral-stato investigation of plural marriage practices were accused of liv ing with 55 women not their lcgnl wives. John Yates Bnrlow, 70-year-old president of the "Fundamen talist" cult to which all the de fendants belong, was the first called beforo the court. No Emotion Nono displayed unusual emo tion as they strolled before the bench to hear Von Cott's decis ion. . 1 Tho court sot Thursday, May 25, for sentencing. Tho maximum penalty is five years In prison. Defense counsel announced (Continuod on Page Ten) Pofice Probe "Witchcraft" - AP1ZACO, Mexico, May 20 (JP) Police investigating tho activi ties of a couple under arrest In connection with a so-called ",n,.h,.i-iirf" pnsn searched to day for 16 children reported missing and feared slain. Gov, Manuel Santillon of the state of Tlaxcala assigned ine state attorney general and in spector of police to investigate. Precautions also wero taken to prevent enraged villagers from lynching tho couple. Police said bodies of two children and the skolcton of a dog had been found on their premises. ommujiists Vote to Quit As U. S. Political Party NPtir i. 'Mi? YiiDir . nuinlst party of tho llnited Hed tnl x stcnco for 28 years, "ilatinn ... nlw "on-party or M nlwi11 b0 formod- nTffiJh0 motion 'to '"'I convpn,,10 delivering a na 1 hlch h nn kcynOte speech n o te'ed for the reelec- mou ont RoeveIt. y ' afte? k"- Carriotl unanl- Wlalifornla7 ' LthapDoTn.I motion Cttlled I? to lKnAmeP.t t commit- rnd dwB "I0, Party's af- that may remain to any organi zation or organizations as, m their opinion, are devoted to our country's winning of tho war In which it Is presently engaged and In tho achievement of a aur- Keynoting tho convention, Brnwdor. who sought the presl' ririncv himself in 1936 and 1040, said In his prepared address that the president's retirement now !'would be a disaster for- otfr ennntrv." "Our enemies In the war Would be encouraged to new efforts, our allies In the war would -nave deep misgivings, and our own country would be launched upon an uncharted sea of uncontrolled '"ul"" 11 vggmmmin 1 MAE K. SHORT -'Democrat for County Clark MARIUS PETERSEN Democrat for State Senate for another scries of fortifica tions farther, back. The switch line runs southwestward from Pico to the sea. Well towards their Koal of destroying German forces in Italy, the allies on the ninth day of thoir offensive had taken more then 5500 prisoners, vast booty and moro than 150 towns and villages. - - ' I Airmen Active As allied ground forces drove through central Italy's moun-taln-glrdcd, poppy-clad valleys, littered with German dead and broken equipment, the Mediter ranean air force pounded the enemy's supply lines in north ern Italy. ; From Britain, waves of bomb ers in a strong renewal of the aerial offcnslvo from the west streaked towards the continent (Continued on Page Ten) Petersen Meets Cornett in Fail Marlus Petersen, Klamath Falls, won the democratic nomi nation for the state senate from a Deschutes man in Friday's pri mary, and he and State Senator Marshall Cornett, republican who was re-nominated, will meet again in the fall. They con tested for the office four years ago, when Cornett was elected. The vote on state senator for tho district was: Petersen 2109; Melvln Dlx, Deschutes county, 1203. Four nominees were chosen, two each from tho two parties, for state representatives from Klamath county, and two will be chosen in the fall. There were no contests this time. On the democratic side, Henry Semon, veteran legislator, polled 1726 votes, and Thomas Bustin, newcomer to politics, received 1346. Republicans gave Dale West, farmer, 1929 votes, and Rose M. Poole, theatre operator, 1830. Sheriff Low Polls Big Vote Sheriff Lloyd L. Low, veteran law enforcement officer and un opposed on tho republican ticket, polled tho largest num ber of votes of any candidate late Saturday tabulations reveal ed. A total of 2670 votes were cost for Low, Congressman' Lowell ' Stock man ran Low a close second when he polled 2508 votes. Double Salary Gets WCLC Nod PORTLAND, May 20 Double Balory Instead of vaca lnn for lumber workers who request It was approved today by the west coast lumber commis sion just as the war production board (WPB) urged war In dustries not to substitute pay for vAnntlon time. A commission spokesman said the decision was made before the WPB took Its stand, and predicted that lumber workers- because of trfb manpower short 0a mtcrhf. he nvemntpd from 1 the WPB recommendation. Allies Confirm Soerabaa ; Raid; Boldness Pays Off By J. B. KRUEGER ' Associated Press War Editor. Three bold blows against the Japanese paid off for the allies today. . ; i . 1. A N i rri 1 1 z - Mountbatten MacArthur force, teaming up for the first time In the Pacific war, daringly steamed into the heart of Japan's Dutch East Indies holdings: and heavily bombed Soerabaja Wednesday, topping it off with a land-based bombin3 raid the same day. . Myitkyiha War 2. Americans 'and Chinese, following up their surprising descent of Myitkyina airfield in Burma, were reported driving the enemy out i of their Myit kyina garrison. . - 3. The overwhelming land ings on Wakde island 110 miles west of newly-captured Hollan dia on Dutch New Guinea pro- aresscd so ; fast that the vital airstrip there was nearly ready for allied use. : Carrier Planes The Snerabala stroke, first water-borne assault against this Coaf Case Row -Revived Again War labor board (WLB) approval of the bituminous wage agree ment today revived instead of ended the year-old coal case. Tho decision maKes no cnange in the daily wase rates and working conditions which have prevailed since last wovemDer under ' government - administra tion of the mines; but uniformity ceases there because about three- fourths of the miners will start collecting $40 back pay in four monthly installments on June 1, and apparently the others will not. This distinction, which was not a choice of the wlb, is not ex pected to pass quietly. Bulgaria Cabinet Crisis Reported NEW YORK,. May 20 (P) A new . Bulgarian cabinet crisis in which Premier Dobrl Bolllov has offered his resignation was re ported today in a German news agency broadcast to the Balkan press. ' The broadcast,' recorded by the federal communications commis sion, said a cabinet reshuffle "is taking place," but hastened to add the crisis had nothing to do with German-Bulgarian rela tions. Bulletin LONDON, May 20 (P) King Peter of Yugoslavia has ousted Gen. Draia. Mihallovlc as war minister in attempt to appease Marshal Tito and it was consid ered possible the cabinet post might be offered to the Partis ans' leader, - , ... Reeder, Humble, Short Win Vote . Two incumbentsr County Judge U. E. Reeder and "County Clerk Mae K.-Short turned . back opposition in their own parties to win their primary contests in Friday's voting. Both face fur ther competition in the fall. . - .The third, major, county, contest saw Clarence Humble, present deputy-district attorney, win the republican nomination for dis trict -attorney. There .being' no democratic- primary candidate, Humble was virtually assured of election without further .oppo sition. ".'. . . '." .'-' '; V .Three Contests . Those were the only three county office, contests of impor tance in ine iTioay primary, which attracted one . of : the DrlnclDal enemy base in the In dies, was forced out of a car rier force drawn from the com mands of Adm. Chester- W. Nimitz, Central Pacific com mander; Adm. Lord Louis Mountbatten, ' Southeast Asia chief, and Gen. Douslas Mac- Arthur, commander in the Southwest P acme. One hundred planes ripped (Continued on Page Ten) Holland Denies Ozqrks Killings JEFFERSON CITY.- Mo., May 20 W) Edgar W. Holland -was arrested today and Col: M. Stan lev Ginn. highway patrol super- charged with the murder of liis wife and mother-in-law whose headless bodies were found in the Lake of the Ozarks last month. Holland, a 43-year-old ex-convict, was arrested by patrolmen here where he had been held for questioning since the head less bodies were identified last Tuesday ' as Mrs. Molly ". Mattie Holland,- 36, his wife, and Mrs. Pearl Fairfax, 59, his mother-in-law. Ginn said "We have found hu man blood inside the Holland home." . Holland,, he said, denied the killings. Underground' Gets Advice LONDON, May 20 (VP) Al lied .invasion headquarters, broadcasting its first direct-orders . to Europe's vast under ground ' army on ; preparations for D-day, told the underground forces, today to take , minute and detailed note of the enemy's every move. Indicating that regular broad cast instructions might be ex pected as D-day approaches, a spokesman for Invasion Chief Gen, Dwight D. Eisenhower said the next broadcast to the "V" army would be on Monday. Reds Capture German Height LONDON May 20 W5) The soviet high command announced today the capture of a German fortified height southeast of Vi tebsk on the lone quiet north- central front where Berlin broad' casts have suggested an impend' ine red armv offensive. Women snipers aided Russian Infantrymen who took the for ward German position yesterday after a two-hour battle, Moscow said, without indicating whether the action was urelimlnary to imminent large-scale action: Ger man broadcasts also told of Rus sian attacks west of JNevel, ou miles to the north. ..... lightest votes in local political history. - , Tightest race was that between County .Clerk Short and Chris Huck, railroad anij real estate man,' who 'held a lead;' early Jn the tabulation and kept close on the heels of the clerk," who' Is seeking her fourth term in the office. The final unofficial vote was: Short 1306, Huck 1039. Mrs. Short's opponent in the fall will be Charles DeLap, who polled 2338 votes without opposi tion on the republican side of the primary. - 1 1 ( j ! . - Howard Downed County Judge- Ui E.' Reeder won handily from Frank Z. How- DEMO VOTERS' LAX 1 Of the 7686! registered re publicans, only 34.7 per cent went to the polls, and out of 10,747 democrats, ,21.8 per cent cast ballots in Friday's election. Republican! figures are based on ' the vote cast; for sheriff, and the i demo cratic figure on the vote cast for: candidates in the ;county clerk's race. . ) j ' ; ard, county surveyor,' for the re publican judge nomination.-The vote was lom to U3B, or approxi mately two to one. Judge Reeder will meet Walter West,; lone dem- ' (Continued on Page Ten). Convoy Escorts . Sink Nazi Subs LONDON. May 20 VP) A British naval force escorting a convoy on its outward and home ward journey irom oriiain . to Russia sank two German sub marines, probably sank one or two more and damaged others, the admiralty announced last night. One . British : destroyer; the Mahratta. was . torijedoed and sunk during the actions with only a few members of her crew .being rescued.-- Tornado Kills ) Five; Hurts 20: DES MOINES, la;; May 20 (IP) At least five tiersons were killed, more than 20 others were injur ed and property damage was estimated at $1,000,000 as a re sult of tornadoes, floods and torrential rains in Iowa in the last two days. Thousands of acres of farm lands were inundated as the heaviest rains of the spring, ac companied by strong winds, struck in the northwest and cen tral sections of the state. Portland Assured Of Improvements PORTLAND, Ore., May 20 (IP) Portland . appeared assured to day of nearly $25,000,000 in postwar improvements as vot ers approved four of the pro jects recommended' by Robert Moses,. New,..York planning ex pert. ' ' : , , ! ' With a majority of returns In, the $12,000,000 bond issue for cleaning up the Willamette river through a sewage disposal plant had a two-to-ohe. lead, , WLB PAY DENIAL BACKS DEWEY j GORDON LEADS SEATTLE. May 20 UP! Minor list tights developed at trie stan dard Lumber ' . Manufacturing company, today and it became the1 - tenth - Seattle- mill , to be closed . by a walkout of AFL Lumber and Sawmill Worker un ionists protesting the war labor board's rejection of 10 cents-an-hour wage increase demands. An estimated 5500 men were , idle here and at Tacoma. Closure of mills in Oregon .was threatened. Six Close ,, Six plants were closed yester day in Seattle and virtually every lumber . mill and wood working plant , in Tacoma em ploying AFL Lumber and Saw mill Union Workers likewise was forced to shut down when work ers m-gradually lncreasine- vol ume walked off the job. . ai naxer, ore., tne. union con demned the WLB decision - but agreed to leave action to mem bers of the various AFL locals. Vote Return . At Portland 100 men were idle yesterday, but the uninn voted to return to work today after requesting that the mach inery to secure a, legal strike vote be started. " At Tacoma,-Kenneth Gordon, district agent of the AFL union, (Continued on Page Ten) , ... 1 t " Government Sues SP for Service PORTLAND, May :,20 . (IP) The federal government today brought suit against the South ern Pacific company to force restoration of passenger service between Dunsmuir, Calif., and Ashland, Ore. ' Basing its claim on an almost forgotten provision in -the land grant act of 1866, the govern ment charged that southern Oregon valleys had lost trade since the passenger line was dropped in 1938. Under the land grant, the railroad promised service from Roseville, Calif., to Portland, Ore., through the Willamette. Umpqua and Rogue River val leys, the government said. Smith Takes Democrat Long-Term Senate. Nomination ' PORTLAND. May 20 (IP) Winning strong support In his opponent's home city of Port, land, Wayne L. Morse, former public member of the war labor board, appeared assured today of victory over U. S. Sen. Rufusj C. Holman for republican nom. ination for Oregon's six-year senatorial term. Late returna from yesterday's primary gave Morse an ever-increasing lead. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York captured Oregon's 15 delegates to the rennhliran ndtional convention with an 8 to l victory over Lieut. Cmdm ' Harold E. Stassen, ex-governor of ' Minnesota. Gov. John W, Bricker of Ohio ran third. - Cordon Ahead Sen. Guy Cordon, appointed only two months ago to succeed the late Sen. Charles L. Mc Nary, appeared to have won republican renomination over ex-Gov. Charles A. Sprague, for the four-year term. Returns from 1006 precincts gave Morse 47,152 to Holman's 39,891 votes. In 804 precincts, Dewey naa 16,235 to 2035 for Stassen, and 1027 for Bricker. Carries Multnomah - Cordon,' carrying Multnomah county (Portland) by a slight margin and winning in his home . district of southern .Oregon overwhelmingly, had 46,788 votes in 1164 precincts, . to Sprague's 42,056. ' The Morse-Holman contest, to which Holman termed Morse a, "new deal carpet bagger" and Morse' called Holman a "dan gerous isolationist," .was the hard-fought race of the primary, Morse said: ' v ' -' ' "If ' the present . trend con tinues, it .means as I see it that the - voters want a senate that will, write a lasting peace;' one)" that will1 not repeat the mis takes we made after the last war." ' ' '; ' - , . Ups Delegates ' ' The Dewey victory raises to 352 his - pledged and - claimed delegate total. Major Luther Felker, who. conducted Dewey's Oregon campaign, said "Dewey is beyond stopping how. It's part of a nationwide trend." - .cagar - w. onuui,- nicmuer u - ' (Continued on Page Ten) e Mother Drops Baby Off Bridge I EL CENTRO, Calif., May 20 (IP) A woman giving her name as Mildred Mell, 18, was booked in the county jail for investiga; tlon of murder early today alter being brought from Yuma, Ariz., , wnere sne torn county Attorney Peter C. Byrne that she dropped her - 10-month-old daughter into the Colorado river and watched It struggle before drowning. The baby's body ha not yet been recovered. . i California authorities went to Yuma and brought her here as she said the baby was dropped into the water on the California side of the river. , Byrne said the young woman told him she had been living; as the common-law wife of Cpl, Robert Mell of the Yuma air base in a Yuma auto court, i Expect Draft. Wooton Warns ' SALEM, May 20 ' (JP) Col. Elmer V. Wooten warned today that all of Oregon's . 18-to-26; year-old men "with very few exceptions" must plan to bej in uniform within the next few months. The state selective service di rector, back from the Washing ton conference where new draft regulations were formulated said he would begin calling in young men immediately to meet the state's draft quotas. . 1 Three City Measures Get Okay by Generous Voters Klamath voters went to the polls in a generous mood yes terday and gave overwhelming approval to three city measures calling for added, outlays of pub lic funds. . " .f , ' By a vote of 16f)0 to 590, the voters authorized an .eight-year levy to raise $100,000 for devel opment of the Klamath Memor ial . park on " the hills west of the city. The levy will total 1.5 mills each year. - . ' Pay Boosted "" . ' Pay of the city police judge was boosted from $2100 to $3300 by the voters who approved.,the measure, 1410 to 898. : ' The city's contribution to the city-county physician's salary was ' Increased . from $600 to $1200 In another ballot measure. This makes the total salary from . $4800 to $5400 a year from all sources. The vote was yes 1591, no 752. ,, Vote of Confidence . The memorial park plan was prepared by a special committee of citizens and the vote was In terpreted as an expression of con fidence in its work. The money will provide for eventual con struction of a mausoleum and crematorium on the new park site, as well as upkeep of Link vjlle cemetery. ' . . " any surplus factonalism, ' he said.