PACE TWO
NAZIS POUNDED
FROM 2 SIDES
IN NEWJRIVE
(Continued from Page One)
main front hod been evacuat
ed). ' .
Between 500 and 700 heavy
bombers and many other planes
hammered at . German . troops
nnd tanks and targets within a
. SO mile radius of Borne in a
thunderous spearhead for the
beachhead offensive.
Valley Erupts . .
A battlefront dispatch de
clared "the whole Liri valley
seemed to erupt today" as the
eighth army crunched against
Hitler line bastions some ,40
miles east of the beachhead.
"The battle in Italy has start
ed upon a new phase," allied
headquarters declared.
"An attack by the fifth army
beachhead force started early
in the morning May 23 in con
junction with an attack by the
eighth army against the Hitler
line and continued action by
the fifth army on the coastal
sector.
No Details
No details of today's fighting
are available yet, headquarters
added.
(A Berlin broadcast declared
"It appears that the ' Anglo
United States command in south
Italy intends to force success at
all costs in the course of today."
The German high command
said the beachhead offensive
opened after intensive artillery
arumtire, . witn troops, - tames
and planes thrown intotthe a
saults hitting southwest and
west of Aprilia, and in the Cis-
terna-Littona sector).
Headcruazters Moved
General Clark moved his
"headquarters to the beachhead
to direct this new phase of the
Italian ' campaign. His beach
head force is composed of both
GEES?
Vi Fridays, In Oroville, in
the Sate of Washington, the)'
get ouf the Gazette. They arc
the Orbville home folks.
larljf in the war, Editor I. J.
Doerr' decided every Oroville
lad in (uniform should receive
the. Gazette free. Soon mis
meant 300 copies a week . . .
roughly one-third the circula
tion. : . . .
Orovlllo folks said it was
too' much. They offered to chip
in ton the cost. Editor Doerr
said "No" that was his contri
bution: He could use some help,
though. So, one night a week,,
members of the Lions Club help
fold, wrap and mail papers.
Thoir reward is hundreds
of letters from Oroville boys
thewoildover.letters like this!
"Before we moved up we had
to burn all papers; I never hated
to destroy anything so much in
my life as the last issue of the
Oroville Gazette!"
This It a grand thing, all
around. Furthermore, it snows
how much their home town pa-.
. pers mean to Americans , . . '
whether at home or away. And
no wonder! Every item they
print is about those intimate,
personal things where freedom
counts the most. ' -
John Brown is serving on
the jury . . . Miss Smith has
signed up to teach at the Cor
ners again next year . . . Henry
Farmer is ploughing his South
Forty . , . Molly Jones, whose
twin brother Jim is in Italy, has
returned to State University
Pastor Good announces a cake
sale to help pay for the church
furnace.
It's to prosorvo these things,
reflected by items in the home
town paper, that we're fighting
today. Our fathers fought for
them, too. Only, they called
"them trial-by-jury, free-education,
freedom-of-worship. And
what could be more worth fight
ing for than a country where,
taken together, these things
maati home.
aioiJ to of Kmni IMWf
American and British divisions,
part of the fifth army. ,
The beachhead's military
strength had been built almost
to . the bursting point for the
attacks, with the aid .of the
British and u. s. navies wnose
warships also have supported
land operations with heavy
shelllngs.
(The Swiss radio said the two
fifth army forces now were
only 20 miles apart).. . .
, Bombers Active
Pacing the beachhead, allied
light bombers - and ' fighters
bombed nazi concentrations on
an eight-mile stretch of dry
river bed near the .- rail line
north of Clsterna, German fort
ress city in the center astride
the Appian way, and swooped
low to strafe the Germans.
(The Swiss radio said the al
lies, hitting on the eastern edge
of the beachhead, had reached
Lake Fogliano, and that an at
tack was "developing success
fully in the direction of Lit
toria" due north of the lake).
E
SIMPLE TAX BILL
(Continued from Page One)
means committee, accepted tech
nical senate amendments.
The measure rearranges the
whole individual income tax
structure, discarding the two-year-old
wartime "victory" tax
and setting new normal and sur
tax rates and exemptions while
keeping actual tax burdens at
substantially present levels .for
most persons.
Withholding System
Effective next January 1, the
withholding system would be ad
Justed to take the fuU tax liabil
ity for wage and salary persons
earning up to $5000. Thus the
withholding levy would become
fee actual tax, beginning next
year, for 30,000,000 taxpayers.
They would owe no more at the
end of the tax year.
No change would be made in
amounts withheld from pay en
velopes tms year, cut the govern
ment itself would compute, the
taxes on 1944 income for those
with wages and salaries of $5000
ana less. . -.
. Adds Taxpayers
The measure would add some
150,000 new taxpayers earning
between $535 and $624, while re
shifting to the status of income
taxpayers approximately 9.000,
000 persons now subject to the
victory tax but with incomes not
large enough to come under pre-
Taxpayers who wish may file
regular-returns both for this
year ana in future years.
Generally, in the reshufflin
to Attain a two-tax system to sup
plant he present three-way
victory, normal and surtax-
taken from the taxpayers pock
ets,- tne legislation eases ine Bur
den for persons with large fami
lies,' while increasing- somewhat
the load lor cnudiess married
couples. This results from a flat
S5CW personal exemption for each
taxpayer and dependent to re
place the present scale of $1200
for a. married couple plus $350
tor each dependent.
, Military Exemption
It does not disturb the Dresent
$1500- exemption allowed men
and iwomen in the armed serv
ices above their regular family
status .credits.
To,- provide:.. 'ifreedgm. irom
computation!' rellef-'at UWclote-
MF-'f W?1
ol this year,,pencung. .January, ef
fective date of the new-Withhold
ing system, all those with' wages
and salaries up to $5000 and re
ceiving no more than $100 from,
sources not subject to withhold-,
ing will be permitted simply to
xue a withholding receipt in
place of a regular return.
These taxpayers will -list their
dependents on the reverse side
of this receipt, to be furnished
by their employers, and enter
tne amounts ol other income,
if any. They then will mail the
receipt to their local tax col
lector, who in turn will compute
tne tax ana sena a Dill. .
Probe of Naval
Transfer Asked
WASHINGTON. Mav 23 IPi.
Senator Bridges fR-N. H.) told
the senate today he was inform
ed that an American cruiser had
been transferred to Russia, and
demanded to know the truth of
such, reports.
Asserting that some actions of
the government have been "dis
turbing the minds of the rjeonle."
Bridges said he thought the peo
ple were entitled to Know it na
val transfers had been made as
"a part of our patchwork policy
oi appeasing nussia.
Leonard Kidwell,
SP Employs, Dis
In Portland
Leonard Kidwell, 59, long time
employe of the Southern Pacific
company, died In a Portland hos
pital Saturday, May 20, accord
ing to word received-here. At
tne time of his passing, Mr. Kid
well was employed as brakeman
on the passenger run between
Portland and Eugene. He had
lived in Klamath Falls for many
years.
Mr. Kidwell Is survived by his
wife, the former Emma Cole of
mis city, and nine children. A
step-daughter, Mrs. Lloyd Derby,
la in Portland to attend final
rites.
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PLANTS D01
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AFL-af filiate, will meet Saturday
in Portland in an attempt to end
the walkout. The Seattle local
meets Friday night.
Thousands were idle: estimates
of the number off duty ranged
from 13.000 to 15,000; the walk
outs in protest against a wage
increase denial were spreading
rapidly and more mills may close
tomorrow in eastern Washington
around Spokane where a mass
meeting was scheduled tonight.
Tacoma Mills Down
All mills in Tacoma, where
around 4500 are employed, were
closed, including tne St. Paul-la-
coma Lumber company, one of
the worlds largest Douglas fir
operators. About 800 workers
suddenly picked up and left
their work to close that mill.
In Seattle and Portland the sit
uation was almost the same. Only
the U. S. Plywood corporation
was running in Seattle; 1000
AFL , members and 1300 CIO
workers emit in Portland, closing
all but one plant and leaving an
other running part time.
Reports from Everett, Roy. Ea-
tonville, Hoquiam and Aberdeen,
Wash., told the same story.
"Unrest is rife among lumber
workers in Oregon and other
mills are likely to follow, de
clared John Christenson. presi
dent of the Northwest AFL-
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
union.
Portland Man Quit
In Portland a union spokes
man said "men are walking out
faster than we can keep up with
them."
The CIO rank and file In Port
land voted to "go fishing."
union officials termed the
walkouts "wildcat" and spokes
man issued public statements in
an attempt to keep the men on
the job. ."
The walkouts began after the
war labor board denied last
week requested wage Increases.
The AFL union asked a 15-cent
hourly wage increase to $1.05;
the CIO Lumber union also asked
an increase.
Thus far the walkout has af
fected only mills; loggers are still
on the job.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 23 (JP)
John D. Galey, vice president of
the west coast lumber commis
sion, said today he expected the
war labor board to take a stand
on the northwest's lumber walk
outs within a few hours.
Galey telegraphed a complete
report on the spreading work
stoppage to tne wijB last night.
A proposed Jl daily bonus, one
of several issues not decided by
tne wlb at tne time the wage in
creases w.ere rejected, is still be-
zore tne rtuu.
Bodies Recovered
From Laird Plane
COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo..
May 23 VP) The bodies of 2nd
L.I. jack T. Laird. Klamath Falls.
Ore., and his nine fellow crew-
aeaKShertf ten miles west , of
jjarKSpuf last night, v
1 HP man. nminanti nr. m Witt.
irisf Fof tress, had been missins
from the Clovis, N. Mex., air
base since February 28. The
search and rescue section of the
second air force located the
-crashed, plane yesterday after
nearly three months' search.
- Laird, bombardier on the
Plane, was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Laird, 530 Main
street, Klamath Falls.
Word's Labor
Record Exposed
WASHINGTON. Mav S3 IIP
Gerald Reilly,- member of the
national labor relations board,
asserted today that ths Mnnt.
gomery Ward company had a
long record of violating labor
laws.
Appearing before a special
house committee investigating
government seizure of the mm.
pany's plant at Chicago, Reilly
said the asserted violations were
in the Kansas City, Portland,
Ore., and St. Paul plants, and
"undoubtedly this background
of unfair practice slaved a larsa
part" as a precipitant to the cele
brated Chicago strike which led
to seizure.
Fisherman Lands
Trout of Dreams
LACONIA. N. H.. Mav 93 WPI
Fisherman Archie White re
ports success he's landed the
trout he's been trvine to t
zor inree years.
It weighed JO pounds 8
ounces. The "monster" square
tail, described by witnesses as
"the grand-daddy of them all,"
wag taken in Hubbard bronk.
West Thornton.
How does White know it'
the same trout? Well: this la a
fish story.
The late Lieut.-Gen. John I.
jeune was the only U. S. marine
corps officer to command an
army division.
PILES
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
NO rAIN . NO HOSPITALIZATION
. No Lom ef Tim
Permanent Btnllal .
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HERALD AND NEWS,
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
the Japs' 833. Our boys down
there are selling thoir lives at
a high price.
.
""THIS is a good time to re-
V " member that our boys on
all the fighting fronts are
GIVING THEIR LIVES. What
we of the easy, in many ways
softer and pleasanter than ever
before home front are giving to
match their sacrifices is some
times hard to figure out.)
(Continued, from Page One)
along the Assam-Bengal railway,
southeast Asia headquarters said.
British Mop Up
Around Kohima In eastern In
dia the British were mopping up,
and the tone of a headquarters
announcement was confident:
"Progress has been made in all
sectors of the Assam front . . ."
Another southeast Asia report
said 213 Japanese planes were
destroyed against a loss of three
allied fighters in the dost 10
weeks of the Burma campaign.
In the southwest Pacific
Wakde'a airstrip seized only a
few days ago started receiving
planes bearing troops called to
reinforce Americans on the
flanking New Guinea mainland.
The Japanese were bitterly re
sisting this latest allied leap up
the island's northwest coast.
Ponap Hit Again
For the 15th time this month
allied planes . Friday bombed
Ponape in the Carolines, Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz' headquarters
said.
Chungking acknowledged the
fall of Lushih in the north Honan
battle and said the Japanese
were driving toward Tungkwan.
WASHINGTON, May 23 VP)
Army, navy and marine fliers
joined in one of the heaviest bat
terings ever given Wotje atoll
in the eastern Marshalls Sunday
night, hitting that enemy base
with 230 tons of bombs, the navy
announced tooay.
Hard pounding almost equaled
the attack delivered Mav 14 ud-
on damn, anotner ot tne enemy
held atolls in the eastern Mar
shalls, where 240 tons of bombs
were used to blast enemy in
sanations ot all types.
Eleven Killed
In Iowa Storms
DES MOINES, May 23 )
A Red Cross representative esti
mated today that storms -.of the
past five davs. whlK-i claimed at
least eleven livesj reused dam
age amounting to $2,345,000 to
Duuaings in is lowff counties.
Still to be surveyed went 1!
other counties hit' by floods or
tornadoes.
M. A. L. Gardner of Washlns.
ton, Red Cross national, hulldlns
advisor, pointed out, .that the
estimate, made after a survey of
part of the stricken , area, did
not include livestock losses or
damage to property other than
Kimball Funeral"
Sot For Wednesday
At Whitlock's
Final rites for Jackson F. Kim
hall, pioneer tlmberman who
died Sunday at his home, will
be held from the chapel of the
Earl Whitlock Funeral home
Wednesday at 11 a. m. with Rev.
victor f nuiips or the First Meth
odist church officiating
Commitment services and In
terment win taxe place in the
family plot in Ashland ceme
tery at Ashland at 2:30 p. m.
Wednesday.
Honorary pallbearers will be
. a. nan, w. o. Smith, C. H
Underwood, T. B. Watters, M. S,
West and Marshall E. Cornett.
Commercial News
Broadcast Ban
Eyed by Committee
WASHINGTON. Mav S3 IBA
a oan against tne commercial
sponsorship of news broadcasts
was included in a series of
sweeping amendment, tn the fed.
eral communications act present
ed ror consideration today to the
senaie interstate commerce mm.
mittee. .
Chairman Wheeler fD.MnntV
who said the proposal evoked
"plenty of controversy" in a
closed committee session, de
clared the tentative bllldraft as
tne nanaiwork of himself and
Senator White (R-Me.) who have
held conferences looking toward
a compromise of their views on
an overall domestic radio policy.
Knowing you have the pro
tection is worth the premium,
even if you may never have a
fire. ' Hans Norland Insurance,
11 Worth 7th St.
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in the Berlin Bursen Zottung
conceding the allies would excol
In power and weight of equip
ment in the opening phases of
the assault but said "fast armor
ed forces are standing by (or
counterattacks against any
threatened points and to Isolate
penetrations. The alllos hardly
will be able to out-tank us Im
mediately after the landing."
News RoDorti
- U. S. army field commanders
were in possession of a 24-pHgo
booklet from headquarters uiK"
ins their full cooperation with
war correspondents in sending
an accurate report of the fight
ing speedily back home to coun
teract nazi propaganda.
The booklet stressed that war
correspondents were sharing the
dangers ol tne war along wnn
the troops to get news of their
activities .to the folks at home,
Code Road Signs
In the wake of a broadcast
appeal yesterday by Gen. Dwlght
u. fiisennower s invasion neact
quarters for European patriots
to be ready to act as guides for
allied troops, the German radio
today said that the only road
signs left In France are in code.
"France is like a steel hedge
hog now, with fortified villages,
barricaded roads and soldiers
everywhere, the radio asserted
In the past few days British
papers have printed pictures
from Stockholm showing nar
row streets In French coastal
villages blocked by barbed wire
Stops Bridge Traffic
The Danish radio said the Ger
man military commander in Den
mark had barred all traffic
across main bridges during the
blackout period even to mili
tary traffic except in extraor
dinary cases.
On the heels of yesterday's
assertion by President Roosevelt
that the allies would strike blows
at Europe from the east, south
and west, the German-controlled
Vichy radio said: "German re-
connalssance has revealed large
concentrations of trooos on Cor
sica. It is possible these portend
an attack on the Italian coast
opposite the Island. '
3500 PLIES BASH
(Continued from Page One)
the American davllsht raid, one
bomber and three fighters failed
to return. The British night at
tacks cost 35 RAF planes.
Targets of the American, at
tacks included rail yards at Epl
nal and Chaumont and airdromes
at Avord, Orlcans-Brlcy, Bour
ges, &iampes-Monaesire, "Uten
and Chateaudun. all in France.
Targets within Germany were
not loeniuied immediately.
- Opposition Down
The great force of American
fighters more than 1000 escort.
ed the big bombers on the morn
ing mission kept German op
position at a respectable dis
tance and the headquarters an
nouncement said that only one
bomber formation encountered
German fighter opposition and
this was scattered by the P-38
Lightnings, P-47 Thunderbolts
and f-si Mustangs.
In all the night and daylight
attacks, some 1700 heavy bomb
ers, 1300 fighters and 500. mis
cellaneous types were estimated
to nave Dome the equivalent of
an American division of 15,000
men deep inside Hitler's inva
sion fortress.
Radio Off Again '
The Vichy radio network left
the air again early tonight, sig
nalling DerhaDS a last-minute
pick-up of the day's assaults
which may make them among
the war's heaviest.
Late this evenlne the German
radio also was still broadcasting
warnings of allied Dlanes .over
western Germany.
RED FRONT QUIET
LONDON. May 23 (At Small.
scale German reconnaissance at-
tacKs in tne area of Tiraspol in
the lower Dnestr river vallev
were reported today by Moscow
a- luii continued along the
rest of the lone eastern frnnt
a lull which military commenta
tors on both sides again predict
ed would end soon.
If It's a "frozen" artlnle
need, advertise for a used one
in the classified.
ftIT WILLi AND
KEEP
WILL!
Yes, that's a slogan
tuned to our times. It's
more than a catch-,
phrase, too It's a
mighty good rule to live
by, especially now when
the nation needs svary
ounce of our energy. If
yeu'ie 111, see a good
Doctor.
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LONDON, May 23 W) Mrs.
Daisy Moxhnm of Southond, wlfo
of an RAF flying officer, hns
glvon bh'lh to quiidruplols
throe boys untl a girl It whs iui
uouueed todiiy. Mother nnd
children were reported well.
The babies, born lust night,
and thoir welghtc arc:
Brlnn, 3 pounds, 101 ounces;
George, 1 pound. I'M ounces;
Dnlsy, 2 pounds, 14 ounces, nml
Willliim, 3 puundu, 0 ounces.
Quadruplets were born ln.it
February 28 to Norah Roue Car-
fSS' '
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pouter of Hoanor, Derbyshire,
and Stuff Sat. William Thomp
son Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa. Onu
of the children died three days
Infer.
This nfternoon the condition
of lh 38-year-old Mrs. Mux hum
wii.i described as "not so satis.
factory." Sho Is tlio muthur of
(Ivo other children, ranging In
nges from five to 10 yours, Her
htmbuud Is 30,
Ellmliuillon of steel springs In
furniture snvos 30,000 tons of
Ntuel nnnuully.
Tho Russo Japanese war ot
ino-i-1005 was the first wur In
which buttlo wounds killed mora
men than did disease.
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