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rmle in southern Italy are In grave danger
of wholesale disaster.
Kesselring's position was (rim yesterday, but
fast moving events are crowding him into a
comer. One of the. most significant over-night
development is the Berlin announcement that
the Germans have evacuated the coast between
the erupting allied Anilo beachhead and the
main battle-line to the southeast.
This withdrawal waa made in an effort to
escape being caught in the vise which has been
created by the two allied offensives. It's a
further demonstration not only of the terrlflo
striking power which Is being brought to bear
on the Hitlerites, but of superb allied general
ship. It speaks well for allied prospects in the
great invasions which are to -come....
Today's Roundup Thr- Allied Gains
By MALCOLM EPLEY
ONE by one, Klamath public bodies are
lining up their reserve fund programs to
provide for post-war construction on a pay-as-
we-go basis. y "... .
Local school districts are the
latest to take action. The ten
tative plan for the high school
district is to raise $60,000 a
year for five years, and that
for the elementary school dis
trict is for $20,000 a year for
the same period.
Voters will act on these
projects at the June school
elections. In view of the gen
eral public support Indicated
for this type of sound financial EPLEY
planning, approval will probably be given.
There Is a movement throughout the state
to make preparations in similar manner for the
post-war period, building the funds while money
is easy.
a
Some Amount
THE high school program Is unique In that re
marks the exact spot, in the district's fin
ancial history, between debt and reserves.
; For a number of years, the district has levied
$40,000 a year to build up its sinking fund for
debt service. That fund has now reached the
place where it nearly equals the debts, and it
is no longer necessary to levy for debt service..
So, what is now planned is to continue the'
$80,000 a year but this time putting it Into
reserves for future construction, rather than for
handing over to the district's creditors.
, The $300,000 to be raised in the 5-year period'
will unquestionably be needed eventually. Were
it not raised in advance, it would, mean another
debt Inter on.
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Dark Corner
GOING to and from commencement exercises
last night, we were again Impressed with
the ' dead, darkness that prevails around the
steps at the front of the high school grounds
while overhead are half a dozen expensive, but
non-operative, electric light standards.
.Many of the people who attended the pro
gram were elderly, and worked their way up
and down the steps with' great difficulty. It is
surprising that no accidents occurred.
This corner Is one of the darkest in Klamath
Tails. One would suppose that at least on
night when there are programs at the high
School the lights would be turned on.
THREE notable allied gams were responsible
either by their actual achievement or by
their imminence for forcing Kesselring to pull
his troops back from the coast Into what the
Germans describe as "new lines skirting the
mountains northeast of the Applan way." These
are:
l. Our fifth army forces poured out of the
Anzlo beachhead and, getting astride the fam
ous Appian way, battled up to the outskirts
of Cisterna which is one of the naii strong
holds on this vital highway communication.
Thus the Anzlo arm of the vise which is reach
ing for Kesselring was extended menacingly,
and created a special threat against his coastal
forces.
3. American troops attacking the German
right wing in the main line stormed and cap
tured Terraclna which was the coastal anchor
of the powerful Adolf Hitler line. And they
kept storming along the coast towards their
brothers of the Anzio beachhead. The vise was
beginning to work, along the sea so well that
by this morning a communique was able to an
nounce that the two forces were actually in
contact.
. 3. But this was far from the whole story of
magnificent allied tactics. Half way up the
Hitler line the Canadians had torn through the
German Llri valley defenses, which have been
the most strongly held on the entire enemy
front. This morning it was announced that the
allies had taken Pontecorvo, a key stronghold
which., had been Imperiled by the Canadian
thrust and by the French capture of Pico to
the west.
SIDE GLANCES
Liri Valley Work
the War Today :
By DeWTTT MacKENZIE
Associated Press War Analyst :
ITS mighty risky to assume that your enemy
Is beaten while he still has the will and the
strength to offer resistance, and this is particu
larly true of the German soldier, but with this
caution in mind we are justified in weighting
the fact that Nazi Field Marshal Kesselring's
THE' brilliant work of the Canadians in the
Liri valley and their American comrades at
Terraclna represented grand coordination. The
American feat of. capturing Terraclna was of
vast assistance in relieving pressure on the
Canadians -as they drove straight into nazl
. strength.
The Germans are defending the. Liri valley
fiercely because here , is level ground among
the mountains, and they aVe terrified of allied
tanks getting into action, against them there.
That's, a contingency for which we should
watch.
Kesselring urgently requires reinforcements,
but . there's no indication that there are any
upon which he can call in this hour of deepest
need. The German strength is stretched to its
limit -throughout Italy.
There . are in Italy 25 German . divisions.
Twelve of these are said to be holding the line
between the Adriatic and the west coast, and
five are at the Anzlo beachhead a total- of 17.
' Six other divisions are reported to be in the
far- north, tied down by Italian partisans. The
other two probably are guarding the Istrian
border opposite Trieste.
The 17 divisions upon which Kesselring's fate
hangs normally might total some- 250,000 men.
However, at least seven of these divisions have
had heavy losses, so that the armies probably
are far below quota.
rUTRTON STS
CANNING
SCHOOL HERE
Members of the Klamath
County Nutrition council met
Thursday morning at the chanv
ber of commerce to complete
Slans for the Canning school to
presented in Klamath Falls
the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th of
June and also to discuss plans
for a proposed community can
nery in itus city.
- The- canning school will be
held in the Pelican theatre and
Is to be conducted by Mrs.
Vivian Freeman.
The proposed community
cannery drew much Interest at
Thursday morning's meeting.
Jt was learned by members of
the nutrition council that should
there be sufficient interest in a
community cannery here, it
will be possible to have one es
tablished.
Funds for equipment, it-was
learned, has been assured from
Urivate source. A building
could be used for the proj
ect is available and steam will
be donated by the city heating
plant. The state vocational agricultural-office
has agreed to
r' the salary of a supervisor,
that person is a vocational
agricultural instructor, and it
would be possible to have equip
ment installed by July 15.
: It was announced that a sur
vey would be made in the next
couple of weeks to determine
the number of persons interest
ed in such a project in Klamath
Falls. The chamber of com
merce agricultural committee
and the industrial committee is
to meet with the nutrition coun
cil tomorrow, when it is hoped
that a representative of the
war food administration will be
present to give advice concern
ing the cannery, ..
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to penetrate allied positions
around Myitkyina airdrome,
captured last week.
In New Guinea men of the
sixth U. S. army crossed the
Tor river and advanced against
artillery and machinegun fire
toward two airfields on Maffin
bay. These, with the field on
eaptured Wakde island nearby,
would strengthen Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's .position for fur
ther advances toward the Phil
ippines. Elsewhere over the immense
stretches of the Pacific the war
was all in the air. The current
scope of air operations was out
lined by Navy Secretary For
restal, who said- that 2005
sorties were flown by navy
commanded planes last week
alone.
Truk Battered
Gen. MacArthur's filers hit
Truk with 84 tons of bombs
despite Interception by 40 fight
ers, two of which were shot
down in 'a" half -hour fight:-Also
hit were target near Wewak,
Kavieng, Talill bay and on Biak
island in the Schouten west of
Wakde. Central Pacific airmen
bombed positions in the Kurile
islands to the north of Japan.
The bodies of 570 more Jap
anese, testimony to the Ameri
can hv.nnR.fntf taVint.fti wbmm
found on Bougainville In the
Solomons. Near Hollandla ' On
New Guinea were found other I
aeaa Japanese, victims of step
vation and disease. .
Worker Pleads
Innocent to Drunk
Guilty to Drunk
Carl Sammls, 51-year-old con
struction worker, entered a plea
of guilty to the charge of drunk
driving following his arrest at
11:30 p. nr. Wednesday on Alta
mont drive by city merchant pa
trol. . .
Officers said Sammls was first
noticed driving in the city limits
and was pursued to the Altamont
section before he was apprehend
ed? He was given a $100 fine
and 30 days in the city jail.
.BOYS MORE LAND
MARSHFIELD, May 25 (P)
The Weyerhaeuser Timber com
pany has bought an additional
47,000 acres of tlmberland In
the Upper Coos river area, Rob
ert Conklln, company representa
tive, said today.
The enmmnv uv.r1 uimI
ago bought properties of the Coos
oay gguig company ana plans
an expanded program in the
Coo Bay area, Conklln added.
WEATHER
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Market
Quotations
NEW YORK. Mar 23 6PV Tha Hock
markst ran Into mora profit takln
wrnr jiu . wmi. acaucrvQ ram ana in
dustrial favorites out uo a successful
defense, many leaders cdsed-lnto lower
Closing quotaUons:
American Can 88
Am Car Si Fdy ,
Am Tela ai Tel 130
Anaconda 2
Cat Tractor ;
Commonwealth St Sou
CurUi-Wrlfht
General Kiectrto .
General Motors
Gt Nor Ry Dfd ,
Illinois Central
Int Harvester
Kennecott
Lockheed
Lona-Bell "A" .
Montgomery Ward
Nash-Kelv .-.
N V Central
Northern Paclflo
Pae Gas St El
Packard Motor
Penna ft R
Republic Steel -
Richfield OU
Safeway Stores
Sears Roebuck
Southern Pacific
Standard Brands
Sunshine Mining .
Trans-America
Union Oil Calif
Union Pacific
U a Steel
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Potatoes
CHICAGO, May 23 (AP-WTA) Pota
toes, arrivals M: on track 168: total
U. 8. ihlpmenta 764; supplies ltnt de
mand vary good axpecjally for Cali
fornia stock: marks t firm and slightly
stronger; California Long Whites U, S.
No. 1, M. 40-60; Louisiana Bltss Triumphs
U. S. No. 1, $4.13-30; Alabama Bliss
Triumphs V. S. No. 1, 4.i9.
LIVESTOCK
PORTLAND, Ore., May 25 fAP-WrA,
Salable cattle 100, total 123; salable
calves 00, total 75. market fairly active
fully steady on kinds available; few common-medium
grass steers f 13.00; light
cutter dairy type steer down to 98.90;
common-medium belfers 0. 00-12. 50; good
light heifers up to $14.00; car.ner-cutter
cows 95.S0-7.23; shelly cows 93.00 down;
fat dairy type cows 98.00-30; medium
beef cows upward to $11.00; few common-medium
bulls $8.00-0.75; good bulls
Juotable to $11.00; good-choice vealen
13.00-18.00; odd head 916-50
Salable hogs 550, total 830; market
active, steady to strong; extreme top
10 cents higher; bulk good-choice 180
270 lbs. 913.7.V, several choice lots 180
220 lbs. $13.90-14.00; 270-340 lbs. $11.00
12.00; light lights 910.00-11.00: good sows
S. 00-30; light weights to 99.00; few cull
good 57-09 lb. feeder pigs $0.00-8.00;
choice above 100 lbs. quotable to 99.00.
Salable sheep 200, total 300: few good
choice spring lambs unsold held steady
or around 915.00-00: large lot common
medium 78 lb. shorn old crop lambs
910.00 to feeder buyer; good ewes In
narrow demand salable around 93.50-4.00.
The North Portland livestock market
will be closed Memorial Day, Tuesday,
May 30.
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CHICAGO, May 23 fAP-WTA) Salable
hogs 13.000; total 20,000; generally steady
and very slow, good and choice 180-270
lbs. 913.75, the top; 280-300 lbs. 911.73
12.25, few big weights down to 911-25
and below; few good and choice 100-170
lbs. 912.00-13.00 and medium grade ISO
220 lbs. 9U.50-12.7S; good and choice
330-030 lb. Sows 910.60-83, choice light
weights salable slightly above; approxi
mately 20,000 hogs unsold, comprising
mostly support cl-tsf.
Salable cattle 5000; salable calves 600;
general market leas active than Wednes
day; good and choice fed steers and
yearlings Including yearling heifers,
slow, steady; common to medium grades
23 cents under early Wednesday; top
steers 917.10; long yearlings 916.83; but
994 lb. choice to prime heifer yearlings
brought 917.00; bulk fed steers $14.00
16.75; bulk heifers $13.00-15.30; most
cows and lower grade heifers now show
ing considerable grass; cows market
weak. Instances 23 cents lower: bulls
and veals ri steady; weighty sausage
bulls to $13.23; heavy fat offerings to
913.30 and better; vealrra 91000 -town;
stock rattle fullv 25 cents higher for
week at 9U.70-U.3O.
Salable cheep 3000; total tooo, no
lambs sold early, generally asking
stronger: load gctod and choice fed
wooled Colorado lambs held above 91S.7ft
these mates to 913.73 lbs. yesterday:
five other lords Colorado lambs hold
above 813.39; shorn ewes steady, three
loads mixed medium choice 1 IP lbs,
shorn California ewes No. 1 pelta 96-30,
sorted 132 head cull and common aver
age 94 lb. at 94.00.
WHEAT
CHICAGO. May 23 Wheat and oats
futures were firm, rre wat strong and
barley was weak In trading on the
board of trade today. All grains eased
following early gains resulting from
short covering and commission house
buying. Trading was active and market
sentiment appeared mixed In view of
recent sharp declines attributed to good
crap proepects.
Evident In the wheat pit was an In
clination to see whether crop condi
tions would continue good and whether
the current caih demand will be sus
tained in large volume. Shorts took
offerings in rye and the market was
responsive to buying orders.
Wheat closed H to ie higher than
yesterday's finish, July 91.61H. Oats
were up to Ho, July. T6Ho. Rye was
k to 1 cent higher, July 91-00-i,
Barley was down t to I Vic, July $1.20.
Courthouse Records
Marrlagss
DOWNS -ECHERD, James Newton
Downs, 36, longer. Native of Oregon,
resident of Molalla. Ore. Bessie Sara
hana Echerd, 43, nurse. Native of Ore
gon, resident of Molalla,
Complaints nitd
Bertha Snnsom versus James L. San
son,. Suit for divorce, charge cruel and
inhuman treatment. Couple married In
Eugene, August 14, 1941. W. Lamar
Townsend, attorney for plaintiff.
Lottie Bedwell versus Edgar Bruce
BedwelL Suit for divorce, charge de
sertion. Couple married In Ershln, Can
ada, October 16, 1020. Plaintiff asks
custody of one minor child. U. 8.
Balentlne, attorney for plaintiff.
J tut Ire Conrl
Leon Thomas Christy, No operator's
licensee Fined 97.
FUNERAL
GLADTft M. B. I.OFOAHL
Gladys M. E. Lofdahl. a resident of
Klamath Palls for the last 13 years,
passed away in this eity on Wednesday
afternoon. May 24, 1044. The deceased
was a native of Denver. Colo., and was
aged 42 years. 8 months and 4 days.
She Is survived by her husband. Herman
L., Klamath Palls; three sons, Pvt.
Herman N., !J. S. army, Camp Maxey,
'"Mi rvi. vYi.uam u. a, army, uam
Crowder. Mo. : Leftov J. of kla ma t
vans; one nrotner, rrentis, Worrls,
Wash.: one sister, Violet Forbes, Jules
burg. Colo.; one grandchild. She was a
member of the Lutheran church, presi
dent of the Ladles Auxiliary Vrw,
Pelican No. 1383, past president Di
abled Veterans, chapter No. 12, Klamath
Palls, sergeant Oregon Woman's Am
bulance Corps. The remelns rest at
Ward's Klamath Funeral Home, 923
High, where friends may call. The
funeral service will take place at Ward's
chapel on Friday evening, May 26 at
8 o'clock. The Rev. J, M. Langslet of
the Klamath Lutheran church will of
ficiate, assisted by Ladles Auxiliary
VrW of Pelican Post 1383. The remains
will be forwarded via S. P. comoany
on Saturday morning to Denver, Colo.,
where services will be held at the
Howard Mortuary. Friends are Invited.
OBITUARY
KOREET B. SPENCER
w.r. a. opener, rcai.ni ox Klam
ath county (or the last 11 years, passed
away at his reildenc n Pelican city
on Monday. May 22. 1944. The deceased
was a native of Bridgeport, Conn., and
wb. -ea a years, 11 months 'and 24
days when called. The remains rest at
Words Klamath Funeral Hnm. o.a
Hlfh. Funeral arranfementa will be an-
iMjuiicca laier.
Ask Lynn Roycroft
Bow ts Cst On Most taurine.
Protection it Lust Cost
rA Gem of Thought From .delta's i
. Thir wbi a young husband namtd Jack
Who wok his wife, and said ha fait Ilka a snaek.
Vary wall Bill,
Try Vitamin Pill ' '
But cork tha bottla, bafo.a you coma back.
f ; Lowest Vitamin Price
AT IDELLA'S
Ml tth'
Lethlmgl-eyoo
the full duJI
on: tha -a1-Way
complete pro.
taction of the
Homtketptr
' Plan.
OREGON MUTUAL LIFE
INSURANCB COMPANY
LYNN ROYCROFT
" 118 North Seventh Street
Tfltfrinaf rata nf nnh I-
---o w wwa uVB lO
suffered by tall, thin boys and
girn Deiween we ages or 12
and 18, according to a study.
Rom where I sit ... ly Joe Marsh
Light Words are
'Grave' Words'
There's a poster on the wall
of Sam Abernathy's store that
doesn't say much. It Just shows
a cross, with a Yankee helmet
on lt-and the caption: "Light
iwords are 'grave words."
It isn't hard to figure ont what
that sign means. Ixose talk haa
Aug a lot of grave... and dona
lot of harm here at home too.
And still you hear It.
: You hear, for Instance, talk
about our soldiers drinking and
carousing around Army Camps.
Of course, when you get the
jacts there's not an atom of
truth in It A U. S, Government
survey found our soldiers were
the soberest, the best behaved
In hlstory-wlth most of them
drinking nothing stronger than
a moderate glass of beer.
From where I sit, that kind of
"loose tnlk" can do Jnst as mnch
to undermine morale as any
tumor that the Axis could in
rant. And it's up to every one of
ns to spike that kind of sabotage
before it spreads.
HOME FRONT
AGENCY FUNDS
GET APPROVAL
By WILLIAM F. ARBOQAST
WASHINGTON, Mny 25 (!)
Strewing tho necessity of knop
log tho nomo front Hues Intaut,
the house appropriations com
mittee today recommunded $1,
033,358,387 to flniinco 18 mis
cellniiooiui wor ugtmctni for tho
fiscal yoar Btrlim next July 1.
Tho total was $1,788,909,17.
below current y-nr funds for
tlie major home-front aaonclcs
and $.17,95,0flfl under budget
estimates for next year. More
than half of it, $930,380,000, was
allotted to the war shipping ad
ministration In tha bill sent to
the house floor.
The outstanding Increase over
current yrnr appropriations was
for the offlco of war informa
tion, which, In.taad of Its cus
tomary rebuko from the com
mittee, won a pat on the back
und a $20,402,803 boost In funds.
The appropriations committee
commended OWI for "making a
vnluablo contribution to the war
effort .... and In direct ulol
to military operations." Kvon the
domestic branch, which hut year
was assailed sharply by tho com
mittee and threatened with abol
ition, won praise for "fulfilling
an Important function as now
organhted and conducted."
Its action during the last ses
sion, the commltteo commented,
"has had a beneficial effect" that
has resulted in "an Improved
service from the offlco of war In
formation on the homo front,"
Tho total In tha bill was $1,
785,909,178 below funds appro
priated for the samo agencies for
tho current year and $37,933,038
below budget estimates.
The war shipping administra
tion (WSA) was given the larg
est allotment. $330,330,000, to
recruit seamen, train them and
to operate a merchant fleet ex
pected to total 4209 vcols with
an overall tonnage of 43,000.000
during the next your, an Increaso
of 1070 ships over tho current
active Inventory of ships and a
tonnage boost of 12,089,000.
Pointing with "patriotic pride"
to the achievement record of the
merchant marine, which In 1943
carried more than 38,000,000
tons of shipping from United
States ports, the committee
praised Admiral Emory S. Lund,
maritime boss, and the merchant
mariners and shore aides who
have transported our armies and
their supplies all over tho world.
The war shipping administra
tions 1044-45 allotment was $20,
000,000 below budget estimates.
To help the office of war In
formation carry on its far-flung
propaganda program ranging
from tho firing of safe-conduct
passes to prospective German
prisoners by long-range gun to
the dropping of seeds by alrplano
to Burmcso hcadhunters, the
commltteo rocommended $38,
625,387, an Increase of $20,402.
863 over current year funds and
a reduction of $3,704,633 from
budget estimates.
This amount, the committee
said, compares with an estimated
nasi propaganda expenditure of
$340,000,000 annually.
"Tha enemies wo are fighting
In this war are past mastiirs In
the employment of propaganda,"
tha commltteo commented, "They
are still at it on u hroiiil scale,
seeking to poison the minds of
peoples In occupied and neutral
countries as to the wur alms of
the United Nations, tha alleged
weaknesses and Impotence of tho
democracies, and the might and
ultimate success of tha so-called
mastor races."
Students to Bm
Honored At Elk
Dancing Party
High school students of the
Klamath basin, including Dorrls
mid Tulaluke, ara to bo honored
at tha annual Elks dunefng party
to bo given Friday evening,
May 26, In the F.Iks temple,
Programs will be available
for out of town students at tha
Klks club the evening of ilia
dance.
MAW PROPOSED
PORTLAND, May 28 (ZD
Oregon democrats have proposod
Gov. Horbert Muw of Utah as
koynoter for tho democratic mi
tlonal convention, i
National committeemen and i
Uio state central commltteo I
lumm .t ton W
deniocriitlo niiiJ", "'"mid
Oft.
"" lllllll, llw I
'K convontio- D,:nhn3
Tanc?
Sat. Nite
':00 lo 1:00
Armory
Baldy's Band
and j
Paul Swigorf:
7Ae June Bride
Glides Gracefully
Down the Aisle
She looks lovely a
symphony In whlto
every detail Is
perfection.
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