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Newspaper Page Text.;..... ,, , . , , j v . ifc :-. :.;'- ;. - , .... . .. ,-. :.- .: ' ' , .'V . ' . ' . ' ' - ''''! . . ' '.. i in nniag MfnOT n Mfin re Rfo)fniM loffiFire alLlLIE) NiyJw In NUiLu owil MHij - .n K HU JENKINS I,, very much toduy an If V Clrl will bo ..bin to hold K inlaws of Iho trni) wo'vo t vZ 'o "'"i" ,J(1,,',ul hl,n fiirihu bulk of hl urmles !ek to "ul".e' . . ,iiE Gunnuns lira throwing ull Llr nvullnblo troops. Into an ,,(f,,rt to hold Vulmonto f c ll" ' ou!" 'l , Is reported to bo EX E eLy strong-steel unci lit -oniy """" Th d walcliM odd that no ,', group f German forces .? vet been trapped a fact been Indicated all along J the relatively .mull number B prisoners hONT, however, Jump to the V who IV unwurrwiMiu tun Lion that tbo fighting south I Rome In In any cno a Gor- 'Wiring wim bciilon ut tho ,Juv hue " l Ucr line. The armies ho will , back to tho lino of Rome II be beaten and battered i.. ...Ml .1111 hnvn tn ICM his way northward up ...1,1. unv westward for l'.Ar,,i. i.f miles after his fcochal bentlnil at El Alameln Ccl wan finally and UTTER y beaten In Tunisia. I The real point In thai tho Gor ...t.n rn lltfllllllv flblO to kb defeat from turning Into lOUT. War Is llieir ncrcuiuiry tide, and over tho centuries icy have learned u wcu. I llEANWWLE, tho newii today P reflectn a siuwiriUAn r lllANGK in Iho Pacific war, in ft. J!..- ruin After dlaplaylnu puzxllng iknomi for monthi, tho Jap (case In Now Guinea linn AHDKNKD. Wo got ashoro blhcr easily on Blak, out Mac Irlhur'j men thero ore now .mUmh .Inn . Irnnm. CouKhl In from China. These fiKrnn lroop aro baimiu pi p TANKS. Quito a Unk baU f 19 UKVl-lMJil!K. , I To not at tho airfields ' ihnt Ire our objective on liiaK, we re living to follow a coastal road rut It uumiwvifcu oy o atfltiii IHa tinr Innt mllllnrv nd. mUBo of SHOOTING DOWN) shore the Japs hnvo long "talillslu'd nun positions and nfj of fox holes. Our destroyers are shelling nd our planes aro bombing those osltlons, but tho Jap flro from rem tun i inur.o, . . . IN Chungking, a high Chinese official (corresponding roughly i Importance to a member of ir cabinet) says: 'The Jnn offensives In Honnn pd Hunan provinces, and OTH- tiia which muy develop soon scwhere, hovo as tholr aim dt idlng China Into eastern and eslern halves. The situation Is ideed grave. These Jap of iralvcs seek to control complete i tho trunk roil lino from Han ow to Canton, to occupy or de fray NEWLY BUILT AIR iASES and to forestall any future American Incursion along snino s southern coast. I ... i FHE Japs are now only 40 miles from Changsha (which ou can probably find on your P). They woro 80 miles y at tho last report a fow 'SW ago, showing Iho- speed of lt advnnco. ' Changsha Is wghly 300 alrlino miles from Jnlon. . r. Thp Japs aro reported unof y to have massed 12 dl- faionj for tho Hankow-Canton Ijssh nine o( thorn above IHngsha and tho remaining at Cnnton. Apparently ! Intend to drive UP from rion to moot tholr drive com rnuuww from Changsha. JfHERE'S an interesting minor i mm irom mo Kusslan front, ro the Germans aro reported P DO llltneklno milk "Im-or. tomanfa' tlUlks Bnd infantry" c!'lt. The Germans might ' HITTING FIRST. y tho homo, political front dm! , 0 Hl Pfroly political do- l,0ne .0f" Ithcm.' Is tho Short- r""mei court martial which f5 Ropubllcans .want to hold 1 wtinucd on Pago Two) hatha Gas Uncovered : wi.,r"'u". "lay 31 M) POS- C ."V that a ring sneclallzina 3o"eg salo of spurious- lamtn Tu w gasoline ration Wv Jf.,SE?BU" 1?ero. and ewn -i saios m aown- i, . stores and taverns, fsman h" ".l'i,.B.. a"eBeu arr. wiiuam a. ,1. l Was A Tncflmo man ilt' said, made the mls- tig ouy afternoon of mak- Ktor, SOnt he fm & ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS Mortally Beaten .".'ufi.,! Clad only In a man's shirt. Mrs. Ruth Evans (above) 31-year-old film studio- employe, was found beaten on a residence porch in Hollywood. Police 3uoted her as saying before she led that she had been to a party in a nearby house where Investigating officers said they found the door open, a radio blaring and Carl Bedford, bar tender, asleep. FIGHT BIGS SI5 FINE Robert Russell ' McCllntock, 1124 Owons, paid a $15 fino in nolice court Wednesday mom Ins when he entered' a plea of guilty to a disorderly conduct charge. The action resuuen irom an argument Dciween racuia lock and Amos Fields, city po- llco officer and .pound master, when Fields attempted to pick tin a stray dog at about 9:30 a. m. Tuesday. ' Fields said that he was mak Ing tho rounds at that time when ho saw a don of tho shepherd typo running at largo on Owens street. In picking up the dog, McCllntock ran from his house declaring that Fields had been . (Continued on Pago xwoi Extension Voted Kimmel Trial WASHINGTON, May 31 lP) A senate judiciary subcommittee Voted today to extend the time for court martial proceedings against Rear Admiral Husband E. Klmmcl and Maj. Gen. Walter C. Short to December 7, 1944 exactly three years after the Pearl Harbor harbor catastrophe for which they were criticized Next Wednesday is the present deadline for filing charges against the two officers. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) introduced a resolution extending tho time three months, but a majority of tho five-member subcommittee voted tho six months' extension Japs Stiff eon iia 1 7 Probe of CfO Poliiical Aciion Committee Demanded by Butler, Sparked by Spongier , V By Tho Associated Press A senatorial investigation of tho CIO political action com mittoc was demanded today by Senator Butler (R-Ncb.) as a re sult of charges by Harrison E. Spanglcr, republican national chairman, that the union or ganization Is guilty of "flagrant and bold violation" of the cor rupt practices and Hatch acts. Butler told , a reporter ho would lay beforo thoi senate elections committee Spanglcr's charges that the CIO group has breached a corrupt .practices provision outlawing contribu tions by labor organizations to ward election of federal officers and' a Hatch act ban against contribution In excess of $5000 by any committee, association, corporation or other agency. CIO Factor Tho CIO was a factor in two democratic primary elections in Alabama yesterday. 1 OHo of its reported targets, Rep. 'John Nows'oms of the ninth district, lost his race for renomlnation; another,.' Rep. Carter Manasco of the seventh district, stayed In the lead through slowly ac cumulating returns. V .. : With . only seven small-boxes IN THE KLAMATH FALLS, ORECON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1944 S ITCHED FOR 2 ESCAPEDJJAZIS War Prisoners Flee From Camp White Tuesday Mountain roads in the Klam ath area were being watched Wednesday as law enforcement officers sought two German prisoners of war who escaped from a Camp White detail late Tuesday afternoon. Reports reaching hero early today told police that the pair wcro last seen on the Dead In dian road. As a result the Lake1 o the Woods area and tho old Weyerhaeuser Camp 2 road were cncckca tnrougnoui tno day. FBI Advised FBI agents In Portland were advised by army authorities the escapees, Joser f ahrnbergcr, and Heinz Klchlc, 24, were woarlng blue denim uniforms marked PW. Both speak brok en angusu. : .- Early today officers -had blocked tho Buck lake : road which: enters the main highway at Kcno. -'. . ,,v"?i"v v ; Sheriff at Like -Sheriff Lloyd L. Low, accom panied by state police, officers, drove to tho Lako o' the Woods area shortly after noon today. . Fahrnbergcr is blond, .blue- eyed, five feet, lour inches tali and woighs 135 pounds. There is a scar below his left eye. Kichle Is five feet, 10 Inches, woighs 155, and has brown hair and blue eyes. Klamath Navy Money Okayed WASHINGTON. May 31 MP)- The navy has approved $70,500 for a synthetic gunnery training building at the Klamath Falls naval air station, Rep. Lowell Stockman said he was informed today. tno building will accommo date 100 students. The navy also approved $28,500 to construct four small arms magazines, one pyrotechnics magazine and one inert storehouse at the naval air station. Navy officials here explained today that "synthetic gunnery" refers to an establishment wherein conditions of actual gunnery are simulated for prac tico purposes. This will make possible intensive gunnery practice In addition to that pro vided hero in actual flying over gunnery ranges, The plant will also provide facilities for train ing in quick repair of jammed guns. unreported . out of 256, former Rep. Luther Patrick, Who had CIO and other labor support, led .Ncwsomo 12,753 to 1,2,101. ' Manasco had 1,0,871 votes to 10,298 for J. H. Deason when 250 out of. 296 boxes had been reported. ' ' , CIO Credited Some congress members have credited the CIO committee with playing a part in the de More OPA Money Asked by FDR WASHINGTON, May 31 ffl President Roosevelt asked con gress today to Increase the office of . price administration's funds by $12,000,000 in the next fiscal year, chiefly for additional, en forcement staffs In district and regional .offices. . . . -i Tire president recommended a total of $182,252,000 for the OPA for the fiscal year starting in July. The current year's ar proprlation. was $169,500,000.. A bill to extend the OPA's life for another fiscal year is pend ing in 'congress. -' LIT ROAD SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND Husband brings Harold' X'. Qiilney In Kansas rear-old daugl laughter Lorene,1 the she brought home a .husband. Th "(lfl), li shown with Lorene as & ill , JCj Refugees Spend Nine Hours OnRaf U-Boat Chiefs Discuss Torpedoing PHILADELPHIA,. May 31 (P) A German submarine stopped the Portuguese passenger, liner Serpa Pinto carrying refugees in mid-ocean last Friday, took two American citizens, prisoners and threatened to torpedo the vessel, the. fourth naval district announced today. ... The submarine crew took all 385 passengers and crewmen off the vessel and then, after they had spent seven to nine hours in lifeboats, decided against tor pedoing and permitted the ves sel to continue to Philadelphia. The refugees .Europeans bound for Canada were trav eling under the sponsorship of the - American joint distribution committee. . , Three Die v Three persons lost their lives in the 1 transfer between the Serpa Pinto and lifeboats. A 16-months-old baby, Bea trice Trapunski, daughter of two refugees from Poland, was one who died. - '.- ' - The others whose names were1 not Immediately an nounced . were, the, ship's doctor, and a cook. - : . The American citizens taken prisoner were ' Virgilio Magina, (Continued on Page Two) - feats of Reps. Starnes ' (D-Ala.) and Costello (D-Calif.), members of the' house committee on un Amcrlcan activities, and in the decision ; ' of Chairman Dies (D-Tex.) not to run for renom lnation. Its work was likewise seen in . helping Wayne L. Morse, former member of the war labor board, defeat Senator Holman (R-Ore.) for the repub lican senatorial nomination. Spangler wrote A t t o r n e y General: Biddle asking whether anti-Roosevelt groups legally could follow the course of the CIO committee, ' asserting that Biddle'S' "reasons for permitting such a clear violation of the law which you are under .oath to enforce have not been made plain." Biddle ruled recently that the . CIO - political action committee's activities were le gal;; ... .'"'.'" ' ' . " .; . ":''Get Airing " ''Declaring that It seemed un likely the republicans would obtain . any satisfaction :. from Biddle, Butler said he tho"iht Spangler's complaints shou be given a complete airing by the senate committee. "Persdhally, I think the atto)r- (Continued on Page Three) NEA FEATURES Number DsDe i First Spanking City told police he give 1 his 14. first spanking of her life when husbancUJMerUO. Carlson, 19, they left the Quincy home, TULELAKE JAPS ATTEND FUNERAL TULELAKE, . Calif., May -31 (fP) Thousands of Japanese and Japanese-Americans, by i per- mission, halted non-essential work at the nearby relocation center today for the funeral of Shiochl James Okomoto, 30 of Garden Grove, Calif., who died May 25 of wounds incurred during an altercation with, a military guard. The funeral, set for 1:30 p. m. (PWT), followed a Japanese wake held last night, at which Buddhist priests chanted a ritu al before 1200 internees who sang two songs in Japanese. Prayers were offered before the open, flower-banked casket. Best Speaks A brief funeral address was prepared for today's ceremon ies by Ray Best, project direc tor. . .i A coroner's jury in effect ab solved . of blame the military guard involved, holding that the man, a U. S. citizen, was killed "by a U. S. . soldier in the performance of his duty." District Attorney Charles Led erer said testimony indicated Okomoto had declined to show proper passes and apparently had "suddenly made a . move as if to grab the soldier's rifle." Army Mum '. The army has not announced (Continued on Page Two) , Prisoners Hurt In Truck Crash FORT LEWIS, May 31 (P) Ten German prisoners of war were injured, four of them seri ously, when a truck in a convoy of 15 vehicles overturned on highway 410 about 20 miles east of Enumclaw this morning. IN one of their American guards was badly hurt. The convoy was on route from the Fort Lewis prisoner of war camp to Dayton, Wash., where they are to work under military guard in several canneries. Pris oner of war camp authorities said the Germans will work only in the crating and boxing sec tions of the canneries, and will have nothing to do with the pre paration of food or sealing of cans. After the accident the rest of the convoy proceeded to Day- ion, - :.: ' Max. (May . Precipitation Strm year Normal 10121 MacArthur Men Meet ' ' Fiercest Fight . j ; In Months . By J. B. KRUEGER .: Associated Press War Editor In new bursts of power the Japanese are strongly . resisting Americans invadine Biak island off New Guinea and are develop ing, swiiuy . tneir , offensive to seize .China's Hankow -Canton railway,, allied announcements revealed today. r-, r, The .two enemy forces on these fronts 2500 miles, apart had the same objective to Drevent al lied exploitation, of new bases nearer Japan. ...... j Fierce Resistance ' Offering the fiercest resistance Gen.' Douglas MacArthur -has met - in months, ,. the - Japanese threw tanks, planes , and first class troops Into - the -battle for Mjkmer airdrome on Biak, which is onJy.880 miles from the Philip pines, They crouched, in cayfs knd behind tree-Drotected ridees. Heavy rifle: rhachinemin. mortar and artillery: fire1.pinnew down oiacArtnur s sixtn army troops two miles from the field. .. ! The Americans countered with destroyer bombardment, -planes, tanks and infantry. Associated Press War Correspondent Soen. cer Davis, in an exclusive story from Biak. dated. Monday., told how the enemy virtually r am bushed two' American battalions which suffered severe Casual. ties. In the general fighting the Japanese suffered neavuy, too. Enemv Tanks ' In the Southwest Pacific's first tank battle, Davis reported, the enemy attacked with 30 tanks. American Shermans engaged and defeated them, the- Japanese los ing 11 machines. Of nine Nip ponese planes sent into the fight, six were shot down. ... .; The Americans evidently were holding back . their full . power until the Bosnek village beach head was thoroughly mopped up. Tokyo radio claimed its airforce at Biak sank a cruiser , or air craft - carrier, transport, six or seven amphibian trucks and damaged three warships. -Japs Breach Lin The Chinese high . command said a Japanese force breached a defense line 40 miles from Changsha on the Hankow-Canton (Continued on Page Two) Senate Okays Debt Limit Hike WASHINGTON. May 31 (P) The-senate passed a bill raising the national debt limit from $210,000,000,000 to. $260,000 000,000 today after adopting an amendment reducing the cab aret tax from 30 to 20 per cent and exempting uniformed serv ice people from payment of - the levy. : The measure now goes, back to tne house. .. wnich previously had voted to raise the ' debt limit to $240,000,000,000 and which has yet to act on . the revised' cabaret tax. ' Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.) aban. doned an attempt to reduce the tax on theater admissions from 20 to 10 per cent. . Bilbo withdrew his amend' ment after Senator Downey (D- Calif.), advocate of the -reduced cabaret tax, revised it to fix the new levy at 20 instead of 10 per cent. Radio Hearings Cancelled WASHINGTON, May 31 (P) Chairman Wheeler (D-Mont.) announced today that he had cancelled hearings by tne sen ate interstate commerce com- mittee on proposals to redraft the federal communications act, including a suggestion of his own for banning ' commercial sponsoring of news broadcasts, He told a reporter ' that, so far as he is concerned, the whole issue is dead. The com mittee was to have met tomor row to consider, among other thlhis, the proposed elimination of-sponsored newa pre-frami,-- ENEMY PUSHES i CHINESE RAIL f S LINE CAMPAIGN P-rv t i May 31. 1944 30) 67 Mln. last. 24 hours to data 11.05 Last year Forecasti Rain. .....7 17- ...7.88; .16.38 Pretty Jackie Ward proved to have just the right sued head for a queen. The . crown -for "Watermelon Queen"-in a mel on a a t i ng contest at Miami Beach, Fla., was. her lis.-. So she was awarded' crown - and titlewithout haTiag to eat th most melons. . - LUMBERMEN BEGIN PORTLAND, Ore.; May-31 m Luipber. began rpllmg out - of stalled': northwest 'mills- again today,' as members, of "the, AFTy Lumber and Sawmill Workers union, heeded the call.: of , their. northwestern council to return to the job.? . i f ii The lumber IndustTV - was still - not - back - to normal,- but Kenneth Davis,' executive secre tary of -the -council,- estimated WASHINGTON May -3V-m The war , labor board appealed today to CIO President-Phillip Murray for assistance in r ter minating a lumber strike In the Pacific northwest. r-...- 'This strike is endangering th supply of lumber necessary for the- war effort,"-.Acting Chairman George W. Taylor said in telegram to' Murray. that half the AFL's 26,000 Idle workers were at work today, and that - the- rest many of whom were attending 'meetings would return by tomorrow morning.' - - -. tchoes in uio .- - . The - back-to-work -movement- echoed in the ranks of -the CIO International Woodworkers o f America, which refused .Sunday to condemn the walkouts tnat started 12 days ago: ' While CIO leaders met here to determine - .(Continued on Page Two). - Germans Capture Correspondents ; LONDON, May 31 (P). Th,e. Germans have captured two news correspondents and two photographers who recently reached the headquarters of Mar shal Tito to cover news of the Yugoslav -army of liberation, it was announced tonight. One of the correspondents Stoyan Pribichevich of Time and Life magazines subsequently er caped. John ualbot M. neuters, British news agency, still is be lieved held along with two pho tographers whose names . were not announced pending notifica tion of their next of kin.-. 1 'Melon Queen '-' ml 2 FBI Rounds Up 100 Welders : For Pay Fraud Conspiracy BOSTON, May 31 (IP) FBI agents and-deputy U.'.S. mar shals today took 100 Bethlehem, Hingham shipyard piece work welders and, counters into cus tody -on charges .of conspiring to defraud the government, E. A. Soucy,- Boston- FBI chief said. : " i Following an 'extensive FBI Investigation1 at the ; shipyard with the full cooperation of ot ficials, the arrests were author ized by U. S. Attorney Edmund J. Brandon.' Authorities in Washington said more than 100 would finally be charged. , j Big' Racket ' j The , probe at the yard dlsl closed, Soucy declared, the most extensive war fraud racket of its type uncovered by the FBI during ,' the .' current national emergency. ' The government alleged ,that th -sounters agreed-, with r tlte AMBERS BASH i RAIL CENTERS: FIRE OILFIELDS B ri t o n s ; Grow! '. Past Mines; Fifth ? : ',,'. Rams Line T. By RICHARD McMURRAY ' Associated Press War Editor-. Britons crawled throuah dens) minefields to a point just south of Fescarella Muova 14 mile from Rome today as the fifth army . rammed repeatedly at ''strong enemy-resistance" in-th 25-mile last ditch defense of th Italian capital from Valmontone) to the sea. .' :.- "it is now clear that the -en. my's intent is to hold this line) at all costs," the Naples - com munique said. "Troops of th eighth . army are movlne steadK lly forward beyond the Llri river; Kanisi strong enemy rear jjuaraa wno are making tne utmost usa of demolitions to delay our. ad vance. The towns of ' Alfedena, Fontanat -Strangola Alli,.,Poflj Ceccano, and Arpmo have beet occupied..: v.: .'- ..'.'::... - . Hear Castel Candolio ; ; - .West .of . Velletri,;. where. th Germans said "dramatic: street fighting" .was in -progress, 'the allies inched within six miles cat Castei Uandolfo, summer' horn of the Pope.-, -The. loss, of ' Vel letn, .18 miles. southeast, of-th capital, -would -cripple seriously the .-German effort to fight fot Rome on the present front,' d spite the enemy's willingness ta gamble .all. available . reserve, and war gear. - ' - .As the.din of. approaching bafc. tie grew louder in Rome, U. Si heavy, bombers convoyed .by 1200, lighters attacked German, railyards at Hamm, Osnabruck, Schwerte southeast of Dortraun and 'Soest, southeast' of .Hamnv. An air-base:. was bombed near Mulhouaa, southern anchor. o the former. French Maginot iin. OIL Plant Fired , c ' Another fore.-, of -900-780 es corted ,U..S,- heavy..bombnr set iire major Romanian oil: re finery at Ploesti within 180 mllea of the newly activated Russia battle front. .Waves-of medium bombers continued 'their endlesi job" of .reducing ; German'- west wall fortifications on the French; coast. - i - The? Home line- was : a -power, ful shield of 'Steel, and stone and dispatches - from headquarter said-only a mighty drive -would! split- it.. Every available- enemy soldier-was . reported committed to-the defenses on. either side of the- Alban hills:'. The' saVag -.-; (Continued on. Page Two) Flood Damage y ? Board Ends Job i The. board named to survey damage. created by the break ia the main government canal nea the. Shasta way bridge on Mors day, May 15, completed its findings- late Wednesday and pr&t pared . to leave for -home.". . - , .Members of the. board hav been- in session here since ' Frl. day,. May 19. They will -stop in Portland for .a . brief, .talk with, the district counsel and. then the report .will be. sent directly to the commissioner in Washing-ton-D., C;-, , .' , - 4 Airmen Batter l Shimushiri - - WASHINGTON May 31 American airmen, reaching ever closer to Japan, battered Shimu shiri island less than 1000 mile from Tokyo in one of a series of four attacks- on, Japanese - bases in the . North Pacific Kurile is land chain Monday. . One Liberator bomber of tha 11th army, air force, the navy said today, carried out the attack on Shimushiri- in : pre-d a w n hours.. ;. No report was given ort the extent of damage . inflicted on the: enemy base there.' . w welders to record false credltj for extra production. : Kick Back ' .:".' - The FBI said that the wel65 ers, in. return for the dishonest services of the counters,: agreed . to -kick back a share of. their weekly salary checks- which would include the amount fraudulently, obtained for work; not done. .) In some cases, according to) Soucy, -individual counters rej ceived as high as $75 a weesj extra for their manipulation. - i "Clubs" Formed " '.' The probe, which consumed several months, revealed, Soucy said, that the accused -worker had formed about 30 "clubs," each one comprising one or tw counters and a (roun of weldV era varying: in nun,uer from three to 30. . , '. , ,: : The counters. It wk explain XContinued on Pi,Tbret)