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Newspaper Page TextrAuc rWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON APRILIA FALLS; IBS SEAR r. PLANE PLANTS (Continued from Page One) when ' the . allies surrounded dominating Monte Oreo. Ce p'rano was left six miles within allied lines. Move Up The beachhead troops, paced by naval lire from a French cruiser, moved steadily across the creased gullies of the west coast below Rome toward the mouth of the Tiber. They cut the Anzio-Albano road, pressed upon the stronghold of Velletri and seemed to be outflanking the Alban hills, last natural ob stacle before the eternal city. The Germans announced abandonment of Aprilia, which Jias changed hands five times since the beachhead was estab lished. Daniel De Luce of the AP said the roofless, shell-punc tured town fell without a hand' to-hand struggle as the allies lunged through fields of crosses Dcaring American, British and German names. The stench of cordite and the dust of battle hung heavily on the approaches to Rome. Kesselring was trying desperately to scrape up some reserves in North Italy to patch up nis shattered nazi lines. Ra dio Algiers said the marshal's men were "groggy and reeling" and 'disengaging along the whole front." Rail Center Hit British night bombers struck heavily at the northwest French rau center of Aneers. at the German poison gas center of Ludwigshafen and military tar gets on me invasion coast. One , plane was lost. The greatest fleet of U. S. daylight raiders ever dispatched destroyed 93 German fighters but lost 34 heavy bombers and 13 fighters yesterday in bomb ing synthetic oil plants in cen tral Germany near Lepzig, a tank ordnance depot at Conigs born, and targets at Cologne. In the 36 hours from dawn Saturday until the British night armadas took off Sunday night, some 12,000 allied planes dump ed 14,500 tons of bombs on the. foe. That was the fireworks set-, tirig for the meeting of Hitler, -fjjd the Japanese ambassador on "acute problems of collaboration.'1 Ready To Go Homo 1 ts JtJwl M . iter h 1 Bay Scouti of troop 44. Tulelalce. pack their gear for the trip home after the overnight 'campo'ree" in Moore park Saturday and Sunday. Dewey 'Doing Nothing lo Discourage Talk Of Candidacy (Continued from Page One) other between Rep. John New- some ana lormer Kep. Luther x-BincK, ootn or Birmingham. " Maryland Demos Maryland democrats in con' vention Friday will select 18 national convention delegates who, state leaders say, will be instructed to vote for the fourth term if there is evidence Presi dent Roosevelt will accept the nomination. Kansas democrats are due to add their 16 votes to the fourth term column Saturday. It ldng arm ruqntiiwl 4 l 1 : i. : iirsi oauot nomination if Mr. Roosevelt runs. . Weekend Developments '. weeKena developments in cluded: North Carolina dem o c r a t s nominated former Governor Clyde R. Hoey for the senate seat held" by Robert R. Rey- iiuius, retiring, and cnose R. Gregg Cherry, Gastonia lawyer, as their candidate for governor. The state usually is overwhelm ingly democratic. Connecticut democrats, ' with loud acclaim for President nooseveit, added their 18 con vention votes to the fourth term cause. Utah's 10 democratic dele- gales likewise were instructed to vote for the president and to support Senator Elbert Tho mas as a favorite son candidate for vice president. Plate glass made in the Unit ed States annually would glass pave a road 18 feet wide from Boston to New Orleans. AT (Continued from Page One) and Panther, troop 6, Klamath Falls. At the big campfire program on Saturday night. Scouts were invited by Vern Owens to take a larger part in the Fifth War Loan drive beginning in June. Colonel Bernard Dubel, com mandant of the Marine Bar racks, spoke to the Scouts about the importance of bonds to the actual successes on the fighting field. A court of honor was conducted at -the campfire by faui Skeen, chairman of ad vancement for the district. Songs were led by Don D. Dod, scoutmaster of troop 33, and Robert H. Lamott. Scout ex ecutive. Lloyd C. Prock. dis trict commander, was in charge of the campfire program One of the special features of tne camporee was an archery demonstration by C. E. Peter son, scoutmaster of troop SO, Klamath . Falls. Peterson dem onstrated archery technique and snot several rounds of arrows, following which several Scouts attempted to d u p l i c a t e his score. Vern Owens, district chair man, -announced the ratings Here's One Man Not Overpaid It just doesn't pay to work anymore. That's what A. L, B. Wade found out the other day. One day last week Wade went to work for Kesterson's mill. He worked five hours at 901 cents an hour. A short time later he got his check. The amount was for exact!;' S cents. A brief glance at the check stub showed that Wade had $4.53 coming. Out of that, 5 cents went for social secur ity, 10 cents for hospital in surance, 10 cents income tax and $4.23 for group insur ance, totaling $4.48, and leav ing a balance of just one nickel. . The check was cashed by Andy Moore of the Baldwin hotel. Wade pocketed his earnings, determined not to spend it all in one place. LI Operation of the Klamath Dehydration comrjanv was. con- maul, aiiituui n.cu ine lutiiiicai. ... - . awards at the closing of the "u,ae; lor tne summer months camporce. Serving with their Saturday morning. Except for troops or in- the administration -"w-Bt .-: m a re- t . uu d-j pair worn ine Diani win be cliff e, scoutmaster, troop' 1; Don hh.ut .own until sometime this . F I fall it urn c annnnnnat UaimIru Aimerson, scoutmaster ot troop : " .u v v " 3; Rev. -Eugene Haynes, scout- y 1he Plant manager, R. D. 4- a i t-v I .Darling. Rice, chairman of trooo 4'sJ H was necessary for the com- commftteef Fred ;Schreiter- of P?n,t0 d,own at tm tlmc; troop B;-M. A. Bowman, scout- r i . in um master of troop 7; Harold Ash- v U,B proauci i .. i. o. nr:i which had been nut fhrnueh ,i j, aLuuunoaici ui iiwn u. 11 1 . , , - . . v Ham Lyon, chairman of troop aenyorauon process thli o'. . .!.. v I year. Soon after this fall's no. a a luminance, . ii . itiulswcii- i . lt , , - bacher, committeeman of troop Ist0 harvest - the dehydration 17; Wesley Cross, scoutmaster,: comHywUI-eoieJ,-.u , and George Dow, assistant WJ? arlmS 5a'd tnat he plant scoutmaster of trooo 18: Rev. "1P1yed..?n average, of Donald D. Dod, scoutmaster of ?"L"U w JUU Pewons. 75 trooo 33: Rev. Hueh Bronson. of which were women, since its scoutmaster, and Vern- Hem- street, assistant scoutmaster of troop 44; C. E. Peterson, scout master of -troop 50, and Merlin Bleak, -' chairman of troop 50's committee. -- Frank Hammond, neiehbor- hood commissioner, assisted WASRrwfiTnw h,t-, oo im with the general -administration Complaining of "shameful disre- ui ine tamp. Mccuuve ooara garo for human safety at sea, members wnovisirea-tne camp Kepresentative Harness (R-Ind.) included K. G. Klahn. presi- called tnrinv for a ''h,i, in dent, Arnold Gralapp and A. B. vestigation" of what he said ap. 4,. i wAci jiiduuicfi, tia- pearea to De serious irregulari stuui cAcuuuve, was in ues in the program for procure- "sc . mspeciions ana gen- ment of life rafts for the navy oi tne ana the merchant marine. IJespite the accumulation of what he called a laree stocknile ui sieei raits testea ana approved oy ine coasi guard and hailed by shipbuilders and seamen as "far superior to anv other lifn ran m. existence," Harness de clared in a statement prepared opening here last year. Harness Asks Life Raft Probe e r a 1 administration camporee, .- B-2, C-2 Gasoline Coupons Expire; Others Available Mrs.' Fern Shooo. chief clerk fnr ihn,iinn tu. ki.... wi ic nitc auu xidituiiiiiu nunnrAiio nf mAkan 1 J j r . , ; I .. . " vcotcio 0'Sd""?uJ4 Q inonaayxnai still are equipped with wooden the B-2 and C-2 ration coupons rafts "commonly referred to by expire June 1 and will be in- seamen as chicken crates and valid after that date Persons having B-2 and C-2 coupons can, however, exchange mem at ine rationing board for a- ana u-4 tickets which will be valid after June 1. The-ex- cnange rcan -be made without navmg to make another 8ddH. cauon. death traps." aaracragpiBCEEBBBCBtna Protect your cattfe from HEIVIORRHAGIC SEPTlCEilA Your country is counting on you to maintain the health of your livestock To give you practical help in this im portant duty, we have installed a complete department ofLederle Veterinary Products. We can now supply you withHemorrhagicSeplicemiaBacterinandotherLederle vaccines and drugs lo guard the health of your animals. ls Cow bud jl joWtTMMjr. tb "UJtrU ANIMAL HEALTH GUIDE" CURRIN'S 840 Main SI. FOR DRUGS Phone 4514 Two Eggs Thrown At Archbishop NEW YORK, May . 29 (IP) A man. identified by police as Frank Hahnl, 52, interrupted a solemn Pentecostal mass nt St. .Patrick s cathedral yesterday by hurling two eggs at Archbishop Francis J. Speljman. The arch- uisnop was not struck. . Seized by an usher, the man was booked on a disorderly con- uuci cnarge and was sent to Denuvue nospitai lor observa tion by Maiflstrate Raohael P. Kocnig.. pending a hearing .Tun a 7 in Yorkville court. Hahril, a tailor, told Koenig he had been in Pllerim tt hospital, an institution for men-' iai cases, tor three vears. He explained his act by say ing, "I just felt that way," add ing he "didn't like something the archbishop said." Archduke Otto of Austria and ; his brother, Felix, were In th , congregation, seated , several rows back of Hahnl. Man Gets 60 Days Probation, Fine On Assault Charge Eugene McFarland. . 114 Martin, pleaded guilty In lustice court aaturoay 10 an assault and . battery charge and was fined $10 and given 80 days' probation' by Justice nf th Peace J. A. Mahoney. McFarland was accused of as saulting his 18-year-old wife, ECUADOR REVOLT FLARES; 40 DIE (Continued From Pago One) and military ambulances were called out to bring in the casual ties. A number of residences near the Carabinero headquart ers were damaged by fire from the tank forces. First reports said that a group of conscripts, an infantry bat talion and a cavalry unit were among the revolting forces who occupied the telegraph offices at midnight, detailed the personnel and blocked communication with the rest of' the republic. Postmaster Pay Increase Okayed WASHINGTON. May 29 (P)- Overriding protests of Senator Reed (R-Kan.), the senate today approved salary increases of five to 20 per cent for postmasters now receiving up to $8000 year. By a roll call vote of 44 to 1Z, the chamber adODtcd a con. ference committee report sub stituting the pay boosts for an earlier proposal to make post masters eligible for overtime compensation. The conference report now goes to the house. In arguing against the pay boost. Reed said he was opposed to "rewarding negligent public officials for rendering wasteful service. Desperate Chinese Battle to Thwart . "' Jap Changsha Drive (Continued From Page One) racks at Sinyang on the Hankow' Peipine section. Fighting in Honan to the north raged on, at last report, but Chungking reports gave no new word on the Chinese counter-offensive. The Japanese crowed mat in capturing Loyang, key rail city, they had dealt allied plans tor a China-based air offen sive a mortal blow. Push Nips to Burma On a third front Chinese troops slogged through rain, fog, mud and sleet in Yunnan prov ince, pursuing Japanese retreat ing toward tne iiurma frontier. The Chinese, aimine at a tunc. tion with allied forces in Bur mese Myitkyina, assaulted pre pared mountain positions eight miles west of captured Tatang- uu village. Stilwell's Chinese and Ameri cans stormed into Myitkyina to within half a mile of the rail way station. This was the first notable advance in days. Myitkyina Battle The Myitkvina battle wax a vi. tal part of the China battle, for Stilwell needs it to link the Ledo and Burma roads for a supply line into. China. On Biak island in the Srhnn. tens, American trooDs moved from captured Bosnek, principal port, to within two and a half miles of Makmer airfield against increasing enemy lire. MM SOU If EL Box Office Opens 6:45 ENDS -TODAY niHi'i'iini.'ji-UMnzEacnma iliMWAtiMfmilf R0SSELM06ti THIS THING CALLED LOVf wHk MNNK BARNES Cm Bio Hit MH'W BARRY (Continued From Page One) and public trial" at the "carlic practicable date." Ferguson said ho also hud communication from Short which he did not feel at liberty to dls close. The Kimmcl letter, written at Bronxville, N, Y assertod the report of tho notions niveau gating commission "docs not tell the whole story of Pearl Har- oor. Waiver Unsigned After an introductory nnra graph acknowledging receipt of a request from tho senator for Information about tho stalute of limitations wulver which ho signed, the admiral wroto that he did not sign the waiver In the form submitted to him by the secretary of the navy Au gust 27, 1843, but changed it to "assure that my hearing would oo m open court. ' Tho lottor continued: "I signed the waiver to make suro my court martial should be held. I did not want anv action or failure to act on my part an excuse for not having the court martiBi. Court Marital Wanted "I want a trial by court mar tial at the earliest practicable date. I have wanted It since Pearl Harbor and I have said so in letters to ,thc aocrotary. I want a free, open and public trial, "At the hearing before the itooeru commission I was told 1 was not on trial. The commls sion did not permit me to be present at the examination of witnesses. It denied my request tor counsel, f or moro tlian tvvo years I was kopt In the dark as to wnai went on at those hear tngs. Retirement UnvinUil "Immediately after the nuhll. cation of tho Roberts' report tho navy department intimated in no uncertain wav that mv rptlro. ment from tho service was want ed. Accordingly I requested it. I did not wish to retire. "For two and a half years I nave waitea ior tne navy dc partment to bring mo to trial, The report of thn Rnhorfi mm. mission does not tell the whole story of Pearl Harbor." The present June 7 rt.nHHn. for court martial action was set in an earner six-month exten sion. i Electric Storm Brings Shower A short-llveri iwlrll .inrn. Drought a shower-and a hHf power interruption in Klamath rails at noon today. Copco's lino 4. between and Copco on Klamath river, V(.-Jlb UUL A3 H rCSLUl fll 110 n I 111 III, Several individual transformers were affected. Power service in Klamath Falls went out for a few seconds not long enough to do anything more than lnn a few clocks. . Thunder showers occurred in the mountains Sunday and Mon day. . . Local Fighting On Red Front LONDON. Mav 21) UP) Burnt. of fighting on the Lower Dncstr and the White Russian fronts, where localized German attacks were reported repulsed, were announced by Moscow today, but ine general situation on tne long dormant eastern front remained unchanged over the weekend, a soviet communique said. Northwest of Tirasrml Lower Dnestr, the bulletin de clared, the. Germans attemDtcd reconnaissance in force but were thrown back with heavv losses py withering Russian fire, Michigan Labor Crisis Eases DETROIT. May 3D (!') Mich lean's labor crisis eased today with an end to thn Chrysler "rebel" strike In Detroit uiul restoration of oneratlons nt Saginaw pluiits of General Mo tors winch had Doen- cripmun by a fight over a no-amoklng rule. Some 7300 workers had been utfected. As peuco was established In two Instuncos, howovor, a new war plant strike took place In Detroit while bakery truck drivers in Dotrolt and drug workora at Parke, Davit It Co. hero continued their walkouts Altogether 4400 men and worn' en were Involved. Tho new strike closed the main plant of tho Federal Mo gul company, halting produc tion of engine bearings. Rente scntatlvos of Local 202, United Automubilo Workers (CIO), said 1500 men quit in protest of the firing of two union stewards. Reasons (or thn discharges were not disclosed. The com pany made no Immediate state ment. Week-End Death Toll Hits 118 By The Associated Preis A weekend death toll from truffle accidents, drownings and other mishaps stood at 118 to day as tho nation began tho third day of a four-day memor ial holiduy, Only 31 of the deaths report ed today In tin Associated Press survey resulted from automo bile accidents while 45 were from miscellaneous causes and 33 from drowning. National safely council statis tics show normal fatalities ovor any Saturday, Sunday, Monday ano iiicsclay period in May were 230 from motor vehicle accidents alono. By tho third day of a four-day weekend tho truttic toll normally was 100 deaths. Massachusetts, with 13 dentin. led in tho number record. Cali fornia had 11 dead and Illinois and new York 10 dead each. Supreme Court To Adjourn Monday WASHINGTON. May 29 The supremo court decided seven out of 14 pond nil cases todav and then announced It would meet again next Monday before adjourning for the summer. lhe tribunal earlier had made known it hoped to adjourn to day, to end on eight-month term which produced decisions up holding wartime powers of the federal government and revealed increasing discord anions the Justices. Todoy s announcement said Iho court would adiourn next Monday until the new term In October, unless othcrwiso ordered. Yugo Pre rnitr King Pater II of Yugoslavia Is reported to have nuked Dr. Ivan . . . ..i .... . . . lOuuaiie, nuuvvi ivnuvi uwy. , r- . , .. . - , - rnur oi t,uaiiw, iu luiin nuw. cabinet In which Oen. Drajs, Mlkhnllovltch would be ellml-' natcd n minister ot wnr. The movo It coniltlered a step to ward a working agreement be- tween the Yugoltav govern-mcnl-ln-txllc and Mnnh.nl Jntlp (Tl(o) Broi, blttor ptrliian op ponent of Mlkhnllovltch. UNLOAD CARS SILVERTON. May 29 m At u employes of the Silver Falls Timber company, who walked out last Thursday, have voted to unload eight carloads of logs and furnish hog fuel to tho state tubercular hospital and Cal Pack cannery at Salem to save perishables from spoiling. Classified Ads Bring Results. Bombing Kills Hotel Patrons LONDON, May 20 (ZD Twolva out of 20 palront of a south coast hotel were killed by a direct hit in a German raid Sunday night. beveral south coast communi ties, their names not officially announced, were attacked. The German radio said tho main tar gets were Torquay and Brighton, resort cities. Oregon Professor Recuperating EUGENE. May 20 P) Charles M. Ilultcn, University of uregon professor on leave as an offtco of war Information of ficial, Is recuperating from an Illness In New York. Hulten, associate professor of journalism at the university, Is awlstant director for manage ment of the OWI. He will rest for several months, he said In a letter to university officials. Auto Use Stamps On Sale June 10 WASHINGTON, May 20 OP) ine ss automobiio use tax stamps for the coming yoir will go on sala June 10 In postofflcos anu internal rcvenuo collectors offices. Thcso will cover the tax for the fiscal year beginning July t, and must be displayed on wind shields after thai dato. Phone 4567 Box Office Opens 1:30-6:43 -ENDS-WEDNESDAY V fXiW I ia,i2l JEAN SUIUVAN IUCI16 WATSON Sr ftey by Utile ntmwf mm mm PHONI U71 Box Office Opens Ii30-6i4l JUST MORE DAYS JAPS BOMBED, STRAFED WASHINGTON. Muv 20 111, Japanese positions In the Caro line and Marshall islands were bombed and strafed by Amerl con planes on Friday, the navy reported tonay, NOMINATED WASHINGTON, May 39 (Pi rrcsiaant riooscvelt sent to the senate today the nomination of Navy Captain Charles P. Cecil to be advanced to the rank of rear admiral. LffiiiT VOTE TO W mm. , ' (Com,m"'romp,e(, " t taking action . Hi wouio not bo coniM' m , none bright in,,l i. picture wnere J, h "?S?a nroduJ ill .uiiiiion uoxe, ,nJ -," w i rials, employ. Bnn itlh,'3 rnlll Worker..fS.fl noy nnd ,,,." gs wurners would h ,u VII II. u .... . grcalet nrZ ' Ot v-oni liny I,umi,,H . h the larger rte'rf bio to open wlltn i onty to cU In b ?fl .,JJ!'0J..l!V"' brn,,,.J occupation hi. bcM or the bonk, nolon,,,, tund for tho piirno!. tliey were ImucM,'4", gasoline cnUpnr.r3BBlf ld he wonlH "nnt i"!Jf autricl likijJ If board In this iim netion, mmum Continuous Shows Dally Box Office Opens ISiSO ENDS TODAY Robert Taylor Susan Peters In "Song of Russia". Second Hit "Wyoming , Hurricane" STARTS TUESDAY nvr i (so SECOND BIG HIT "FIGHTING SEA MONSTERS" Posthumous DSC Awarded D. OuhImi (Continued from Pm cm of enemv arilllru nd rifle (Ire to obuiTreBoK sengrrs hud ben fiUlly . in ino count o( pgrgu killed. That Minn,.LZri unleered to seek rcln(wm3 for his headquarters In Ihta of almoit certain deitbtas1 Inspiration to the mm iti , cers of his rcclmtnt. TtKae) ual courage, itlf-Mcrtttt M Hevntinti In nlv Aitn ui Major Dunhim reflect the frail tradition oi tne irmy of ft UnltrH Slihi n4 of the hlghett prilie. Bj m Clark." VITAL STATISTIC! TACY Bora tt Wtll Kiimiin rui. or., tut . Mr. And Mr. Howard Trorv. I UOI. Ilrl. WfllMl t MO "I OUIM9. . Mi ', istaH Box Office Oetu liU UllUlaWM msPSMWIelMMWIeMP Ends Today "HI DIDDLf DIDDLE", Adolphe Mtajoif Msitsi Mi . SICOND HIT ' "Arlion WWrlwief Hoot OIbim Ken Msrii"4 STARK TUESDA1 u mil Second nB, GLAMOROUS i re Edna.; A, .' - ' .i i Hans Norland Auto Insurant.