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Newspaper Page TextM Mil Ml STKH : .; i L FRANK JENKINS n iinllim fighting tll dom LiM llio war In Europe. ?c German .till Hold Vyl Sonc, t llio Homo end of the 2 CMlHnn retreat route, C counter-attacking WITH IRYTIUNO THEY HAVE, 111 K tlmnc-llirowori. t.r Fifth army t"0,r f cto"e K oulsklrl of Um town. P . . . . Sit artillery ha practically iloncd tli Vln Cuitlllnn (oftun JJcd to I" tho dispatches in K W but thero In ANOTHER Fund railroad norno 7 or 8 L north of Valmontono by Jh the German can net back JcJ'ro fighting frantically to SSELRINQ l doing a skilful . - ....tlltit, mil nf th trim c Jaws "re closing behind but no mutter how hard hi Jdc forces light nl Valinou- he cnn'l lop our swarming its from pounding hi ro tint column from tho air le seems to bo fatally hort k luppori. ilrty mile to tho southeast, RHtlih Dili army I hummer- rear iiuurd. It ccm L .!... II... rif.rmnntt hnvn Inst battle and aro now trying lo wive a mucn u puiuiuiu lof their iirmlcs south of iivrui-n Herman division I Mld to huvo been cnt In t, ol Koine, muKiuii 10 in an Irwhcro in oxce of 200,000 k) Of these 18 divlalon, l arc said to hnvo been pally destroyed. , , , . i prisoner total Is up to CO, the equivalent of one full itiix division. 6 I Sunday ome 6000 plane cw against Gormany from nd and soino iuoo moro Italv. Apparently about aro lying again toaay. to vlsunllze 8000 plane tak nu orr. noi 10 ion tho damago they do on missions. It win give you Idea of tho massive site of r war.) BAY'S report tell of imooth feai and hot summer weather frcn Emiland and the contln' iAII Is still cm lei on tho Ru front. The German point lomcwhat shakily that we'vo idy passed ono Invasion date the tides would bo most pole for us. e DATE will probably come ever all, condition are favorable for us to hit any hardest and most of ely, . - RE Is still no now of ANY oak In tho pro-German line. mo neutral ana tno satci' although wo mav be nulto the diplomats are working ishly. icncvcr tho neutrals and tho ites start Jumping off tho an Danci-wagon ana man- rush for ours you may bo certain tho end Is near he Pacific, wo landed on urday on Blnk Island, lam me benoutens which we ve bombing for weeks. Biak ree airfields and thero aro a dozen on tho Schoutcns ther. Blnk 200 m lie. ON Wndkc. I 880 miles from nlllhnrn 41 nt DMIIn. and 600 from Palau, now rs most Important base In Kcncriu area, , . IcArtinir snva nlnlr ulrfiinllv i-ijuucs our campaign for uumea, ail of tlint Dig ! ocing now within easy oi our oombers. f Myltkylna fighting (whose flectivo Is the clearing of a ruuio into china) goes on y and bloodily against Jap 10 squads In dugouts. We're within a half mllo of the railroad station, ; ' IANWHILE tho China di. batches Rnv in4nv . " armies are fighting ratoly on four fronts to t mo MOST AMBITIOUS oso offensives In seven . Chungking authorities H China, besot In the north 10 east, mnv Vtn oninrlntf post critical period of her f",uu wun tno japs.". Japs aro reported today to PUShinff rfnum tha Unnlrmu N toward Changsha.. A iiiii yr map will -... uuuu. ill VUUI II11I1U jneir nurnnsn l in oil no nff PHOLE PACIFIC COAST f to head us off from f uilna as a base for at- E , JRP home Islands, i 1 Tokyo radio crows that in SIR Loyang the Japanese .h , alll!d plans lor a !blowalr "enslve ! ' ' 'ERAL C H V. M V A TI T. 1 Ndlne our Chlna-hnscH bIi Ii lon8 boen pleading K tu00,plane5 with which f". the Jans nut nt Chins ' got them., - l I .happens whenlwa ,.ir i Jwo WBrs 8t onco - oiues oi tne gious ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAYMAY 29,. 1944 Number 10119 May 29, 1944 Max. (Mar 28) 78. Min 43 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream ytar to date 7.70 Normal .....10.99. Last year 18.25 Foracasti Scattered thunderstorm. Local Millmen Vote to Work; Longview Hit Local 012 of the CIO Inter national Woodworker of Amer ica voted ycHturday to continue work under urcsunt conditions, The bul lot wa unanimous at a mcolliig called in connection with tho recent WLB decision rejecting a wane IncrciiKo pro posal fur lumber workers, which ha caused considerable work stoppage elsewhere, A largo crovd of workers at tended tho meeting, held in the old Hex theatre building. There wa a long discussion of tho Issue, with sentiment swinging to a fi nal unanimous vote against a strike, 3000 Men Tho office of the IWA estimat ed that the operations Involved employ about 3000 men, In WASHINGTON, May 29 0P) Accompanied by a demand from Rear Admiral Husband E.-Klm-mel for an "open" trial oon, legislation allowing more time for court martial action against the men In command at Pearl Harbor when tho Japanese struck moved swiftly forward in both houses today. , Tho house rules committee ap proved a mcasuro extending for one year from June 7 tho time In wnlch tho proceedings might start and "directing" that Uic trials be held, rather than merely permitting them. . ., To Act Monday " . ' The senate Judiciary commit tee voted to act Monday on o resolution fixing September 8 as tho deadline for action against Klmmol and MaJ. Gen. Waller C. Short. . The senate group also named a subcommittee, headed by Sen ator Hatch (D-N.M.) to meet In closed session Wednesday . with high military, naval and Justice department officials and discuss tho resolution. Senator Fergu son (R-Mlch.), author of tho measure, was named on the sub committee along with Senators O'Mohoncy (D-Wyo.), Chandler (D-Ky.) and Wiley (R-Wash.). . Free Open Trial Ferguson disclosed receipt of a letter from Klmmel In which ho said ho wanted a "free, open (Continued on Pago Two) Warning Corps Now "Inactive1' PORTLAND, May 2B (P) Plnclno the army's aircraft warn ing corps and ground observers on on Inactive status Wednesday will bring an end to the work of .some 4000 men and women In- the Portland air region. Letters from Secretary of War Henry L. Stlmson and MaJ. Gen. William E. Lynd, commanding general of the fourth air force aro in tho mall today to all mem bers of both civilian corps, no tlfvlnc them their services will no longer be required except in caso of an unexpected omcr tfennv. Secretary Stlmson said the svstem was beliiK changed to make more men and equipment available for combat duty. tho imnicdlato Klamath Falls' area. So far, there have been no re port of "vacations" or walk outs in the Klamath area by members of either the CIO or AFL unions in connection with tho WLB order. LONGVIEW, Wash., May 29 W) Tho world's largest saw mills, tho Long Bell and Weyer haeuser plnnts here, operated today with what managements estimated at 80 to 00 per cent of their crews, despite a decision of a mans meeting of Congress of In dustrial Organization employes last night to "go fishing." There were no immediate statement from union represen tatives. Closure Seen ' G. S. Howell, president of the International Woodworkers of America local 8-38 which rep resents a large majority of the workers, had said last night It was probable the mills would close. ... An affiliated union, local 107. Boommen and Rafters, also; voted "to-go fishing for a few.das, ' Approximately 80 men j. are -Involved. . .' ... ' 2500 Mn - - , Approximately 2S00 men are employed by tho two mills, which would make It the largest individual closures In the series of walkouts which have spread throughout Oregon and Wash ington in protest against the war labor boards refusal to grant wage Increases asked by the IWA and the AFL Lumber and Saw mill Workers union. ' Another 1400 loeaers. employ ed in tho district in the woods, will meet today. Flay WLB . In Portland, Ore., the. Colum bia river district council of. the IWA charged that the war labor board "has abrogated us ngnr to Jurisdiction" and said it could not "conscientiously" ' recom mend that its members return' to work as requested by the WLB. The council also announced it has voted to petition President Roosevelt to appoint an aamin istrator for the industry. All local unions were request ed to meet by tonight to con. lrinr the council's action. The Northwestern council, Lumber and Sawmill Workers (Continued on Page Two) Woman Held in Liquor Deaths NEW YORK, .May 29 (VP) Mrs. Sophie Krlsuinas, 31, was held without ball today on a charge of homicide following tho death of six men in Brook lyn who drank what police be lieve was Doison liquor. The wife of a candy store pro prietor and mother of a five-year-old boy was arraigned be fore Magistrate unaries aoiomon in Brooklyn felony court yesterday. Victor FlllpkowskI, 88, was found dead yesterday as ' the latest victim after five men died Saturday. A bottle of liquor found near his body was sent to city toxicologlsts for analysis. Pol Icq said Mrs. Krisulnas ad. mitted selling IS bottles of an alcoholic drinK since last Tues day and reDorted they had found a 15-gallon . tank of denatured alcohol as well as 30 gallons in bottles at the Krisulnas home, Moore Park "Comporee' Sunday Attracts 200 Boy Scouts APRILIA FALLS; ; BOMBERS SEAR: $IV7 Ai ' (ft risfi 'Bltiliv 111'' ei 200 SCOUTS AT fii More than 200 Scouts in ad dition to their scoutmasters and district - officers participated . in Klamath district Boy Scout Camporee over the past week end. Jliking from the Riverside school, the Scouts set up thirty six patrol, campi In Moore park. Under their own boy lead ership, each patrol carried on for '24 hours as a camping unit. At the conclusion of the event on Sunday afternoon, each pa trol was rated according to its camping proficiency. -.t) , : . Seventeen p a t r o i s were judged "proficient".' and eighteen were awarded a' t'par ttolpatlpnV plqu,. Th mUtq,! rated proficient w e r e ', Flying Eagle and Modoc -of - troop - 33( Malln;' - Moose, ftawk, Dan Beard, Lion and Panther of troop 1, Klamath Falls; Wolf and Cobra, : troop' 8,- Klamath Falls; Wolf of troop 7, Merrill; Flying Eagle and Pelican, troop 4,- Klamath Falls; Beaver and Wolf, troop 18,- Weyerhaeuser; Tiger and Eagle, troop 2, Klam ath Falls. - '. ' Patrols that participated were Flying Eagle, Cuckoo and Peli can of troop 90, Klamath Falls; Cobra, troop 44, T u 1 e 1 a k e; Eagle, troop 17, Dorrls; Indian and Wolf, t ro o p 1, Klamath Falls; Owl, troop. 19, Modoc Point; Panther, troop 9, Pelican Bay; Eagle and Fox, troop 18, Weyerhaeuser; Covered Wagon, troop 1 8, Klamath Falls; Bat, Wolf,- Eagle and Stag, troop 3, Klamath Falls; Indian Head (Continued on Page Two) Army to Guard Tule Italians ' Italian prisoners of war who will be employed on farms of this area will be fed, housed, transported and guarded by the army, Tulelake Growers associ ation reports. , ' The association, which urged the use of prisoner labor after it was learned Mexican nation als would not be available to help with spring work, will han dle the payroll for the workers. ; Farmers will pay the govern ment 70 cents an hour for each Italian worker and one cent per mils Der man for transportation to the -fields. The government will allow each Italian 80 cents a day. - Plans for use of German pris oners have been abandoned tem porarily, the association said. Dewey "Doing Nothing to Discourage Talk" Of Candidacy; Governors Hear Nominees ' By The Associated Press To the long-standing fact that Governor Thomas E. Dewey has not come out for the repub 1 1 o a n presidential nomination was added today the news that ho Is willing to "express my views" on platform matters and Is doing exactly "nothing" to discourage talk of his long pre conventlon lead. The new developments came In a press conference on the eve o' the national conference of governors at Hershoy, Pa where the New Yorker told questioners that whether he would accept the nomination, if tendered, is "a hypothetical .question." - Deway Delegate The- pre-convention delegate listings show that Dewey to date has at least 388 pledged and claimed delegate votes to 64 for Governor John W. Brlcker of Ohio,, his nearest rival. ' . , ; The New Yorker also was asked by a soldier at Indian town Gap,, Pa., w h e t h e r he would vnn for president in 1844 or 1948. His reply was, "I guess I don't have any control over that." ' ' Special political 'significance was given the governors' meet ing by the speech-making ap pearances of potential nomi nees. "-, Discuss Issue Governor Brlcker, an avowed candidate, told a press confer ence1', yesterday that in times like these he t h(q u g h t candi dates "should discuss all the is sues vital to his country and pertaining to the office he seeks." ., V Brlcker did not reply direct ly to a question as to whether he was talking about Dewey. But if Dewey wants to take up the matter, ho has another opportunity tonight when he Is on the program at Hershey for a speech broadly entitled "Or ganizing the State-for the Fu ture." Speech Scheduled ' Other schoduled speeches in cludo one today by Gov. Earl Warren of California, who has released his state's 80 delegates from their pledge to vote for him for the GOP presidential nomination, and one. by- Brlck er tomorrow night on "Tax and Fiscal Policy."' ; Indiana 'republicans.' head the week's state activity, meeting In convention Friday to select 29 delegates expected to be tin- instructed,' and also selecting nominees for a senator and gov ernor.' t . Including Candidate . Candidates for the senatorial nomination are Homer E. Cape- hart, Indianapolis manufactur er,, and James M.'. Tucker, for mer secretary of state who re cently received a medical dis charge from the navy. The sen ate seat to be filled is .that of the late Frederick - Van Nuys, democrat. "Ralph Gates, lawyer and former republican state Chairman,; is unopposed lor .tne subernatorial nomination. - . Alabama has two democratic runoff races tomorrow,' one be tween Rep. Carter Manasco and J. T. Deason. both of Jasper, in the ' seventh district, and the ' (Continued on Fage two """ i. "1 : . .-.-t ; ? w f if'F5r "ifw vT 4 $ s gf t- - i J li . I. jnfcIiKn The wbod were full of Boy Scouts Saturday night nd Sun day, when 200 Klamath- basin, youth Joined in the orernight "camporee." Upper picture show the boy gathered at aiiembly. Lower, William Hermsnt, nior . patrol leader', of troop 18. and Wallace Horber, assistant patrol ' leader - of the BBTr. patrol, troop 18, are shown before their tent-in the' park. - . Desperate Chinese Battle To Thwart Japs Crashing Down Rails at Changsha . By J. B. KRUEGER Associated Pre War Editor China's armies fought desper ately on four points today to thwart-the most ambitious Jap anese offensives in seven years of warring against the Chinese. The Asiatic fighting overshad owed all other Pacific war fronts, including the progressing American invasion of the Schou tens, because it was the most Police Pick Up 75 Juveniles . Fifteen more Juvenile violators of the curfew law were picked up on Klamath streets Saturday night by county juvenile officials and city police who are contin uing their night raids in an ef fort to enforce the curfew ordin ance. - '; The youngsters, who were picked up between" 11:18 p. m. and 1:40 a. m.,, were taken to the circuit courtroom, ques tioned, warned against staying out late at . night and then re leased. Warning letters are also being sent to the parents of; the young curfew violators. ' County Juvenile Officer Har old Hendrickson said Monday that the youngsters; since the first raid are much better about staying home at night. - Only 18 Juveniles were found out on the streets this Saturday as com pared with 78 on the Saturday before. i He said that this was . an en tirely different grouo of young sters and that those who had been warned last Saturday were not found on the streets this time. Most youngsters who were out late this Saturday were accom panied by their parents in ao cordance with the curfew law. Souths Join Fire-Fighters Two dozen red-hatted; enthus iastic high school youths rolled in trucks to summer fire stations from the Klamath Forest Protec tive association headquarters this morning: ' , . The- fire-fighters were divided almost equally between Penny springs camp, on tho Green- springs highway, and King's cabin, north of Bly. They win do road., trail end telephone maintenance work, as well as iire-ugnung. ' ominous. Chungking authori ties felt, that China, beset in the north and east, may be entering its most critical period of the conflict.. : .. .. ' Piuh Down Rails . Japanese troops pushed down the Hankow-Canton railroad to within 80 miles of Changsha, a city the Chinese have seen fit to defend with great effort on three previous occasions, all . success fully. , Four . enemy columns pushed southward toward Changsha, apparently, to -gain full control of the rail line, which would help sew up a great segment of China fronting on the racmc., . . : ; . ; , Coupled with Japanese drives to win control of the Hankow- Peiping or northern section of the railway, the enemy objective could be to seal off all of eastern Chinas-richest cart of the coun try against future. allied use as a Base to bomb Japan. - Airmen Aid Fight ' Ma j .-Gert. Claire Chennaulfs 14th U. S. airforce rushed into Changsha fighting, strafing the road from Yoyang to Puchi, de stroying trucks, troops, ware houses and- barracks. Farther north his . airmen attacked bar- (Contmued on Page Two) f ' Marines Arrive At Barracks Here Fresh from .the South Pacific combat areas, three contingents Of United States marines arrived at the Marine Barracks over the weekend. ; . Home was the chief thought in the minds of the 3u0 marines in the three parties, and a majority of them will be given immediate furloughs. After .a brief period with their families, they will re turn to the barracks here. . The. marines who came -over the weekend were just off ships wnicn -landed them at coast ports. Klamath Commandos gave the marines a welcome at the station, and they were trans. ported almost immediately to the barracks, where they were processed by the, staff. i": PAPER TUESDAY , ' The Herald and News will pub lish at - about noon on Tuesday, Memorial Day, and the classified advertising deadline has been set up 10 10 a. m. Business oftta of the new paper - will . Be closed in the afternoon. . ECUADOR REVOLT FLARES; 40 DEE GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, May 28 (fP) At least 40 persons were reported killed today as revolt ing Ecuadorian troops- seized control of Guayaquil, Ecuador's leading commercial city, in a move designed to forestall elec tions scheduled for this week end. . , Troops supported by tanks seized the barracks of the Cara bineros (military police), - Quiet was restored later. - - Farce Charged The revolutionists, who charged the elections would be a farce because . former President Velasco Ibarra had been forbid den to return from exile .to par ticipate, proclaimed that they would. call new elections.. -There -have been no, reports here ' from Quito, the ' capital, since midnight, when that city was reported quiet. Telegraphic communications with the capital have been cut since last night and - radio- stations have been silent. First Report . . (Previously, a disoatch from Quito said tersely that "a revolu tion broke out today among mil itary forces and civilians.") .The Rebel troops apparently, were led by supporters of Vel asco Ibarra, exiled former pres ident ,who had been living in Colombia, near the Ecuadorean border. - Firing Heard Firing was heard in Guaya quil, which is about ISO miles from the capital, all last night (Continued on jpage two; Yank Tanks Hit Hills 16 Miles From Eternal City By RICHARD McMURRAY Associated Press .War Editor., Rome reverberated to battle thunder 16 to 17 miles awav to day as the advancing allies cap tureu tne dead factories ( ot April ia, drove through flame seared poppy fields within at mile of Valmontone and Campo- ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. NAPLES. May 29 (Ameri can tanks have struck to the slopes of the Alban hills In than lb mile from Home s outskirts, and are attacking German mo bile strongpoinis of armor, ar tillery and infantry, a front dls- paten said today. Bly Airman Killed in Crash John T. Watts, 27, aviation radioman 1c, of Bly,-was one of seven . airmen killed in the flaming crash of a Liberator bomber in a landing Saturday night at the Camp Kearney Mesa, auxiliary air station, - ac cording to an Associated Press release Monday. The : seven crew members, John ' Watts among them, were identified to day by the district naval neau-Quarters. . Young . Watts, before, his en listment in tne U.S. navy on May 24, 1941, had lived in Bly with relatives, Mr. and Mrs. James O. Watts. For a time, be fore entering the service, - he worked in- Alaska. John was born November 8, 1916. Chinese Steamer Torpedoed, Sunk WASHINGTON," May 29 (JP) The Chinese steamer cnung Cheng. American-built Liberty ship, was torpedoed and sunk by an enemy submarine in the Arabian sea early last February, the navy announced today. Survivors have been . landed at United States east coast ports, leone, and virtually destroyed uiree more oerman aivisions of up to 24,000 men. - A thousand heaw' Amprlpan bombers : and 1200 fighters! foueht acrnsa the tantrth nf nr- many. and bombed two aircraft, lactones au mues inside Poland and four others in central Ger many at Leipzig, Tutow, Coti bus and Sarau, 100 to 130 miles- ' south of Berlin. Other fleets struck up from the south oi the Vienna and Wiener Neustadt areas. - - . Record Fleet Seen It annpnrpri hf nltff mtahfc. have sent out another fleet as large as the record number ot. 8000 warplanes which flew Suni aay irom uricisn ana Italian? bases. Polish targets were. Poz nan and nearby Kreising. Sim llltntlMlticlw hlinnul. . r9 1 " planes struck repeatedly at tap? '" ucai targets on tne - invasion coasts of France and Belgium!' Smooth -seas and hot summer, weather .invited. Gen, Eisen hower's massed invasion armies!: The restive Russian,iront, atill jihe- great area of decision, re- mainea caim save for repulsed. German attacks on the lower' Dnestr-and in White Russia.) ' Flame Defense ' . . - 'All alnnff the Italian frnn an.' proaching Rome, the allies of a dozen nations pressed forwards sometimes through desperata flame-thrower defense. Prison-. prs tntfllpH mnr . fhan 1Knnn and headquarters said the Ger man 1151, fui ana iiDin divi sions had been backed into bloodv insiffnifiranpc. Pniinlfwf with the winning of enormous stores of war gear, the picture was one ot steady destruction of the 18 German divisions orig inally comprising the German. 10th and 14th armies below Rome. Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver Leese's 8th armv mnvpri si'y mt1p w-d from the main front through the Liri and Sacco valley, bridging both rivers. Arce was invested (Vonunued on fage Two) W. D. Miller Buys Garage Building ; A deal was closed Saturday afternoon on the sale , of the Wakefield garage at Second and Main to W. D. Miller of the Wil lard hotel. Revenue stamps on the deed indicate that the sale was approximately $32,000. : rne Duuaing, containing about 20,000 square feet of floor space, was built by H. S. Wakefield lrj 1925 at a cost of $42,000, on the site of the old Houston opera house, which burned in the biff fire of 1918. ' - The building at present Is o cupied by the Klamath Bus com pany. - Negotiations relating to the transfer was handled through . the office of John McFee, realtor.- f Memorial Day Program Tuesday, May 30 7 A." M. Decoration of Veterans' graves, Linkville cemetery. 9:30 A. M. Parade- par ticipants gather at Link river bridge. 10 A. M. Parade from bridge to courthouse memor ial shaft. . 1 '.' : 10:15 A. M. Memorial service at shaft. 10:45 A. M. Parade to cemetery for services. Business : houses, ' banks, etc. will generally be closed.. Flag displays requested! Posthumous DSC Awarded Dunham The Distinguished Servica Cross was awarded posthumous ly to Major Don B. Dunham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dunham of Oak street, Klamath Falls, in a ceremony held May 19 at Camp Roberts, Calif. The pre sentation was made to Mrs. Dor is P. Dunham, the major's young widow and. their - son, Don E. Dunham, by General Laurence and the citation was read by Ma jor Brennen, who was one of Ma jor Dunham's junior officers when he was in charge of plans and training at Camp Roberts. The - ceremony was preceded by a parade of one regiment with the regimental band before the reviewing stand and conclud ed with the sounding of taps for the young officer.-;The citation reads as follows:, i : f -"Don B. Dunh8mj"major, para chute .infantry.,-For ' extraordi nary heroism in action. On Sep tember 17, 1943, abot! One-half . mile northeast of AltaviUa, Italy, when the headquarters of his regiment had been surrounded by enemy forces, Major Dunham volunteered to go opt in the face ' (Continued 'on Page Two)