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Newspaper Page Textt A n fl IR TATCIS POT flfiilfPR THRUST FOILS Tl fw.i rnn " - . : .. e tub - FHANK JENKINS kr northern Rhine iillll holds Pwar now Potllht. The i'n't yet decided, but Bocm.-i going llivuruuiy nil uiii LITTLE study or geography I, needed I" undowtund the l"0".' .... ll. ..n .V.oi-o ii, it auovf niu .. Is holiest todliy, the . FiiviDCS. Its muln than- ...,. through Nljmogon, trait l crowed by n ureal f '.i.n.hiiir-loiiu r I (I u c, Eri our side has CAI'TUHED Fact the Germans having in driven out so quickly they , t have llmo to destroy It. Liiw.r mul smaller chnnnel PIIUM'V. , .,,.. 6CS tlirOUKM iihuiii, u Hiiit-a '111 01 IVIJinCKl-'"- 1,,u viun.-v .1 Arnhein WliS seized Blld Ling he''' by 0''r ' 'borne Lpi who nre being fiercely teked by the Germunn who I trylllK 1 piuYiu u.n Hum Ling thin l8t river barrier 0fC "I" puiiiis ul iiwi uiu. ii . , Ever Hie 1U1 luniiitiy nnviu nrnn bricliio our ground tcs nre pouring forward to Etio nd link up with our nlr fie troops who nre holding crossing "I Arnnuin. B1AT Is the story today. Much will depend on who gets in llicicnt reinforcements Ilrst. lit a literal demonstration of iornl Forrosts mucn-t uotou ixlm that victory goes to the Imt nets lucre "win mo lot men fuslest." slop the Germans from sending reinforcements In unto numbers to ino critical imeRcn-Arnhem battle, our orcans are pushing inem d farther south, whoro Pal- i famous Third army Is ro- Icd this morning to be fight ills toughest tank bntllo since I Normandy break-through. Hill farther south, Patch's cnlh army, which came up m the Mediterranean, is eatcning the Belfort gap on- Inco into southwestern Gcr- Iny, If the nazls weaken imselvcs fatally at ANY point, ro in a position to striko ana jk through. . . . That is tho tough situation t Hitler (who Is beliovcd to o taken command again) faces his western front. N tho eastern front, the, ftus-' slain arc still concentrating tho Bultlc stales. They seem be held un nl Warsaw. There arc reports of early fall 1ID In Poland. - There aro fcvy rains In Italy. There has ten much rain and bad weather long Ihc western front. i Those early signs of fall stress t necessity to nush hard and lenllessly before winter comes jong to give tho nazls a breath spell. HE situation In the Pnciflc rcmnlllR unchnnL'nH. ' We're ll cleaning up In the Palaus. mc Jan tola! nf kil nrt on plcliu is un toward 7000 be . . . 7-" . . vea to bo at least two-thirds the one nnl .Tun Garrison if losses have not yet been vuuuncca, HE Chinese say toddy the Jan: ore fnrtlfvlnff n 12(1(1- ilo Stretfh nf tho rhlnn nnnst N are sending in roinforce- to meet on oxnoctea r"-iiin innaing there. THE China picture grows dark Cr and rtjirknr no Ihp hilhnrto irliRllt censnrshln hncinq to Sack a littlo The MYTH that China is one c no Big Four of tho United lations is becoming more and Jorp evident to tho naked eye P me ordinary citizen. It has fen apparent for some time to frcwd guessers who have seen f Chinese pushed Into the F'-isnJiinci ni nil the Dig comer, cos of the top men on our side, I'no Chinese were "among pose present" at Quebec, but l' seems to have been about c-extent of tliplr nnrt cina. ion, iLL th Is. of course, rincsn't de- trnnl r,nn. n ii.ii,i.i.nn. Mcrod maBniflcent . struggle nat has been mnrin hv (lin Chi- lftn T7 y .. . , r- rcufijis. They have been war for SEVEN vnnra. Thev VC been linM n IcDmnnrlnliq JMIcap from tho start, lacking Wet cnllw IUI l tl-. P of material resources that Cso necessary In modern war. The Um. I I.1J nr. Inj "ii:j imvu iivm Pi STOOD UP has been littlo f rt of marvelous. . JVErtY normal civilian out sider has the feeling that Iffi-i . uen lar too inuuu Im , 1 hush-hush about China I"a India. The veil of secrecy IlinKi con practically impen- l.'flPlO. Evpn tTtinacurnrk- Hnpsll't PM " - PRICE 5 CENTS in The Shuata-CaHeada Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, 'OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1944' Number- 10268 RUSSIANS RACE OVER ESTONIA f J EAR very satisfactory results. ihe home front today, f rn,arman Sabnth (Democrat) 1 ln0 llOIICn MiIob nnmmlllna Intq L typical political blast to 'Ah iiiat bills uuiliuuu lyi i "Slonal investigation of i,ki! narnor Is all wicked ite jf'n politics "pure polit- '(rt-?. slPerflcIal sort of way, iontiiuied on Pago Twelve) Pacific Yanks Hold Three of Palau Islands By LEONARD MILLIMAN ... Awociated Press War Editor i i .j"!" ' the Joponoso-mandated Palau islands are socuroly hold by American invasion forcoi today. tlPhUrf .' ? ,0U,rth' PoIoliu' 7" m"nent. Soldiers and ma rlnoi have takon Angaur, southernmost of the Palau group) Ngarmokod. south of Pelollu, and an unnamed island off PeielhVs northern coast. "Tho enemy resistance Is bitter, but slow progress is beino mado In the sixth day of fighting on Peleliu, Adm. Chester W. wtmtts announced yestorday. Marines had killed 7645 Jananeso. Tor inrce-iourins oi tne defend ing garrison. (Reporting action on the sev enth day, Webley Edwards said In a Blue network broadcast that all but a small strip on the norincasi coast nad been taken). Six hundred miles east of Palau, 50 Liberators made the second successive heavy land based strike at Davao, principal city of Mindanao, southernmost of the Philippines. Fires were icit blazing .t the airdrome, barracks and supply depot. Bad weather was about the only ob stacle the Liberators encoun tered. Little Opposition . Nor did the Japanese throw up any noteworthy opposition to a recent British carrier raid on Sigli, railway maintenance point on northwestern Sumatra, Associated Press War Corre spondent Charles Grumich re ported in a delayed dispatch, He said lack of Japanese oppo sition might result in the Brit ish fleet storming down Malac ca strait and neutralizing or seizing two Nipponese naval bases on the way to Singapore. Significant of allied power was a navy announcement that strafing Hellcat fighters naa re cently sunk three Japanese de stroyers in the western PacUif wan maenme gun nre. Cold Winter - -j, Tokyo broadcast. sSW' Japan faces, a cold winter with production or iirewooa uu nhnrenal for industrial and do' mcstic purposes falling off be cause of labor ana transport shortages. Tokyo radio claimed rein forced Japanese-, recaptured (Continued on Page Twelve) Robombs Again Smack London LONDON, Sept. 21 (P) Fly ing bombs zoomed over London and the southern counties last night for the fourth successive night as the Germans continued sporadic attacks apparently aim ed at keeping Britain's lights from coming on again, Casualties included several children recently returned from the safety of country districts. "This is a grim and unhappy lesson." said one man whose house was badly damaged. "My house was empty except for my self, but several of my neigh bors were at home when a bomb fell." ' In one section at least two people were killed and four others were seriously injured when a row, of homes was des troyed. ': LONDON, Sept. 21 (VP) Rus sian troops have completely cleared the 30-mllc wide isthmus between Lake Pclpus and the Gulf of Finland and now are within 55 miles of the Estonian capital of Tallinn, Moscow an nounced tonight. The broadcast Russian com municate said soviet forces ad vanced 20 miles in 24 hours and captured tho key railway Junc tion of KaKvcrc, cast ot inuinn. Two columns of Marshal Leonid A. Govorov's Leningrad army have Joined north of Lake Pcipus for a combined assault on the Estonian capital, it was disclosed. Rahlkn Takon One wlhK of Govorov's forces thrustlnl! west from Narva has captured Rahlka, less than 65 miles cast of Tallinn, a Russian war bulletin discloSCffltlSt tttBht; and presumably was oven closer today, uovorovs second wing was spearing north from Tartu. (London estimated this force was less than 50 miles from Tallinn on the southeast.) . Red Salute Moscow's cuns thundered a salute to Govorov for his four doys' gains ranging from 37 to 44 miles, winine out formidable German, defenses between Lake Pelpus and the Finnish gulf. Govorov's -. northern troops, following the Narvu-Talllnn rail way, were within artillery range (Continued on Page Twelve) Cardinals Clinch National Pennant BOSTON, Sept. 21 (fl5) The St. Louis Cardinals clinched the National league pennant today by defeating the Boston Braves, 5 to 4, in tho first game of a doublehendcr. The Braves drove Morton Cooper from the mound in four in..inRs, but Harry Brech een held them to three hits in the remaining frames. Frankic Drews, Braves second baseman, suffered a slight con cussion when hit by one of Coo per's pitches in the fourth inning and was obliged to retire from the game. Pearl Harbor Issue Brings Sharp Political Discussion n K. S. EASTERLY DAI 'I'lMflNE. Scot. 21 UP) Governor John w. oriunui uu clnred today Hint he would ex pose the facts oi me i-c-an um bor tragedy as quickly as pos sible "if ever it is in my power. Thn nhin envernor. who has accused the national administra tion of withholding details of events preceding the attack, de clared there was nothing in them now which wouia injuic mo "withholding the facts," he remarked, "is injuring the war 0t Ar'court martial of Rear Ad miral Husband E. Kimmel. and V.'i r Wniim. C. Short, who figured in tho Pearl Harbor dis aster, has been postponed on the ground of "military necessity. The Iload to Berlin By The Associated Press Western front: 305 miles (from neai Arnhem.) 2. Russian front: 312 miles (from outsldo Pulutsk.V o noil frnnt.: B80 miles (from 25 miles below Bologna.) congressional investigation of the Pearl Harbor disaster were called "pure political bunk." Chairman Sabath (D-Iil.) said to day he has no Intention of call ing the rules committee together to consider resolutions demand ing an inquiry. Sabath disclosed his stand as Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the house i.. Hilary committee turned a deaf i.ar to a request for a joint military-naval committee investi gation and as verbal repercus sions from the Jap sneak attack continued to echo through the halls of congress. "It's politics, pure political bunk," Sabath said In an inter view concerning a resolution in troduced earlier this week by Rep. Harness (R-Ind.), proposing creation of a special committee to determine who, if anyone, was negligent at Pearl Harbor. Har ness says he wants it shown whe ther persons "in high places" were negligent. , The resolution was referred to the nil 3 committee, and unless Sabath is overruled by his group, it will gather dust there until forgotten. - ' . : ".They knew thew wasn't time to consider it before tne -recess we expect to start this week."' Sabath declared. - xney ro usi making a ' gesture for political reasons." Klamath Girl Meets the Dewey Family It - 1 ; iv &s r f.L-ll ii ' j , 1. ,,. $.. ImkmO. .Governor and Mrs.-, Thomas E.-Dewey ...were .presented, with; e., sample cJfKlamath' puloriritudeielongtwithoriucU wild, plums- gladioli and peaches as Jheir special stopped ierelast ntghtl- Sally Muellers center,: dughtai of Mrs.' Helen Mueller, extended areetlnas .to the Dewevs and ' the 'cameraman catches an aoDreciative gleam in the y-of. the -republican candidate fot. the presidency. Said Sallys "Mrs. Dewey OEM-iff t- nd. he . looks like- -aie -actorl" Sally represented the Klamathi Kratet and - was given -the moWOTicIJlng asiignment. ot th year, i? . , '-! ? i: .. r .' - : ,;; --. nnrnnm n inn 1 nrrp f n J rii- lAJ'ii'iLii".!-: Appearance HeFelCpm Valleys ProiectGeis W at S.F ES PENDLETON, Sept. 21 (!') State, police and Grant county officers were searching the tim bered country 15 miles' east of Seneca today for the bandit who stole S1000 from the Prai rie City bank early yesterday afternoon,' Sgt. w. . . itpacn, Pendleton state patrolman, re ported this morning. . . -Discovery of the robber's car in that-vicinity about 7 o'clock last night indicates that he may have taken to the hills, hoping to hide out ftntil the hunt dies down, Roacrf said. The;, car, stolen in Vancouver, Wash.; was found abandoned in , sparsely settled mountain - country to ward which the bandit was re ported heading after the noioup. Rnneea is on the main high way almost mid-way between' canyon ;iiy ana curns- in me middle of eastern Oregon. ' E. -P. Truesdell, , Pendleton East Oregonian correspondent at Canyon City, said late yes terday that the thief and an other man were seen by a forest ranger- in the heavily timbered Logan valley south of Prairie City a few hours after the crime. Greeks imperil Adriatic City ROME. Sent. 21 (fl5) Greek troops of the eighth army fought to within 2000 yards of Rimini on the Italian Adriatic - coast yesterday but rain slowed down the fifth army's offensive after American forces had captured heights dominating Firenzuola, aft important junction on the road; to -Bologna. ; , , Headauarters described fight ing, on both ends of the front as intense and declared the Ger mans were "clinging desperate ly" to their defensive positions. The enemy s noio on nimini and the catewav to the Po val ley was jeopardized by the Can adians, who broke through Ger man defenses southwest of the port and advanced to San Lor enzo, less than two, miles south west of Rimini. ... Chiloquin Man Wounded, Report Pvt.' Truman P. Hall, son of Mrs. ;Marie E. Hall of Box 225, Chiloquin, was listed .as wound ed, in action in the European theater; , . ' ' Details of the action were not given by the war department which made - the .official an nouncement, Thursday, - Radiantly smiling. Thomas E. i Dewey made a lU-minute ap pearance on the rear, platform of his -special train . here last night, telling a cheering crowd that all the- west needs is a "national government that says go to it and .there will be jobs and opportunity for all." . .. With Mrs. .Dewey beside-'him, the republican presidential .can-! didate received a shouting ova-i tion from- the crowd' of -about 2000 persons which braved a light rain' to greet - the- special train on an "unscheduled stop" .here. '-. , - , -.-, - ; The crowd waited patiently while the train was ' held for about 20. minutes, on, a iservice stopi It then moved Tip to a point where Dewey's car ' was in the center of the station area, and the candidate came out of the rear door, smiling and waving, with . Mrs.;, Dewey preceding him. . . " . No Trace of Strain Frank Z. Howard; chairman of the republican central com mittee, stepped on the platform as Governor, Dewey's secretary stepped off. -He introduced the republican candidate amid cheers and turned the micro-: phone over to Dewey who -appeared dapper, at ease and with out trace, of, the strain , of a speaking campaign.'. There was no' evidence" in ' the appearance of either Governor or Mrs. Dewey that they had survived what newsmen called "a severe, Death Decreed to Roman Chief ROME, Sept. 21; (JP) Pietro Caruso, i.ome's police-chief dur ing four months of German oc cupation, was sentenced to death tonight.- -...-v.'- He will be shot in the back. Roberto Oc.chietto, Caruso's co-defendant and secretary, was condemned to 30 years impris onment f.r collaboration- with the Germans. . , Caruso was accused of turning over to the Germans 50 hostages; for execution,! seizing Italian citizens for labor, battalions, vio lating the Vatican's extra terri toriality at St. Paul's church and authorizing his secretary t and others to attend, a. German school- for sabo'tage..' . At the beginning o ,the; trial, one of the key witnesses, -Jailer Donata Carretta,' was seized by a Rome mob 'and - beaten, to deaths shakeup" 'in the southern Wash ington, train wreck. , Dewey called for I a "cabinet that "wholly -represents the peo; pie ' of' the : 'Uhited "State's arid does, riot forget "large rsectipns of the. country." ' : .. ". "There is no ' heed," Dewey continued;-" Vfor ?a ' government that tells every-'citizen iwhat ,to do from, the- time -he 'drinks his ," (Cohtihued oh Page-Twelve) i 16-Year-OldSaTly ; Of Klamath Wishes She Could Vote . Editor'! Note:- Sally Mueller, - lS-year-old Klamath high school girl, appeared momentarUy- oh the -rear platform, of Rnmrnnr JJewey's - ipeclal ' train last night.- , A reporter on the Krater,.:hlglv school paper, v ane -arew . -me exciting assignment ' of trying to Interview Dewey. ..She, didn't get a chance to' ash him any .questions, but she got to -shake his hand .. on ' the platform. ' Here - she tells' her -impressions. .. .; .- -...-' , By SALLY MUELLER ? ; I can't vote. - Gee, I'm only 16. But if I could vote next No vember, I'd vote for, Thomas E. Dewey. :,. '; He looked just like a president should look to me.. This is. the first presidential candidate I've ever seen.' I've seen lots of 'pic tures of Governor Dewey but I think he's- lots better looking than his pictures. , To me he looked tall but he really wasn't when I stepped- up on' the' rear' of his special car. '-.. '' Was I thrilled!' ' Never - so ; thrilled in my life. - It . seemed ime ne a never come ioui oi nis car. ' But finally-he did. ., And I got : the biggest-.thrllljof Thy .life.; Seeing the 1 governor ' of ' New York and the future president of the United States. You see,' I'm a republican. And I can tell my' grandchildren that I hiet - the president! , i. .. .'.",,'. v:' : - ' : ' , It seemed to me he looked like a movie actor. Sort of. ' From pictures I'd seen', he didn't seem to have smiled much. But 'last night he smiled all the time .and he seemed to have u good sense of humor. ' ' -. .- )"' : ' He -jUst sdid H,hello" !to nie, I think.'. ; His wife said "How are you?"' I was so excited I can't: remember exactly what they; did' say. Mrs. ..Dewey.' was ) awfully' pretty, and looked'; to me just what a "first lady',' should; look like, All-in-all-I Certainly wa'sn't disappointed with- the Deweys. - When- Mr.' Dewey gets in 'the; best - looking president , we've ever had.,. ' Gee,.I. wishI. could vole!- ' ; - By JACK BELL -SAN FRANCISCO. -Sept.. 21 (JP) Gov. Thomas . E.r Dewey called at . a. news -conference to day for completion of the Central Valley California .-. reclamation and power project by either the state or federal, governments, or both..' - , v ' ' ; ' .Greeted ''here by a ' cheering crowd of thousands ' who lined downtown San Francisco streets, :the republican presidential nomi nee held a. series, of conferences preceding. - a, major -campaign speech here tonight in which he said, he would discuss tne iunoa mental approach . of a new rela tionship , between tne govern ment and -the-neoDle." '.: ',; A At a hews-conf erehce attended by about aoo. reporters, tne gov ernor was asked for his views on the'Central Valley project.; ;' "y Cites Warren View:-. :!"lt is a' very . necessary nroi- eet."'he said, "and it ought. to be completed' by . one authority " or the otfter or Dy ootn. - The New York governor said it was his ' understanding that Gov. Earl Warren of California favors federal completion of the nroioet. ;-.'" ' - ' ' i A reporter asked Dewey if the republican nominee nao any -in-(Continued on Page Twelve) OFBIuSPIHi Troops Move . To End : Pressu re On Sky. , ; Men At Arnhem ' By JAMES M. LONO LONDON, Sept. 21 (IP) Brlfi ish armor and American para chute troops have captured th Nijmegen bridge across the mair) branch of the Rhine in Holland,, saving the important span from German destruction and paving the way into Germany. , i Today the allied forces swung across the bridge- toward Arn hem. where . surrounded sky troops had beeft battling grimly for- 'control of- the last river crossings before. Germany. Ger man broadcasts, tonight said the ( cutoff- airborne' forces had been' . relieved by -troops of the British: second - army. . The Germans claimed with no allied : con firmation that 2800 of ; the British first airborne: division, had-been captured. : . o Tank Struggle Rages :y? With the northern end of their historic Rhine . river dec fense. line punctured except for; its: last watercourse by. the sweeping' threat, the Germans scraped up a large part of their remaining armor and: hurled it Intn hbHIa alrniri tha Mnoallo. iw. ua.ui., aiuiifi .biic 200 . miles to the south. There the U.-S.i third -army -was eni gaged in its greatest series of tank battles since the invasion of France. - f Fightingr.through rugged .hills, and' forests northeast of Naftcyy veteran-American tankmen . de stroyed 105 nazi tanks, field dls patches stated, as the German struggled desperately to save at least thrir yryrr Rhine line.: V : Despite'; the 'ferociousness of the -German- effort, however French -troops of the ihirdr army drove: close- to; Flin, five'rhiles north of . Bacarrat and 20 miles southeast Of .Nancy. ,' . -; : ". Taken Intact . ..; ". , The. Nijmegeh. bridge, a mile? and half long concrete structure, was seized intact by British" ' armor striking swiftly from the south; and 'American elements of- the' first allied air-borne army which, hit from the north.. .- ;The.'British tanks then cross? fdvjthe Waali the- Rhine's largest arm,- ;anr ':: ..streamed " .northward to'ff he relief of the beleaguered, air-borne pocket at Arnhem, kejr , to the Emmerich--gateway to the Ruhr "arid northern V Germany; Arnhem. on the Nedger Ryn, Is eight miles north of Nijmegen; ' Some i: Germans.! were : reported still- holding out in .. Nijiheger itself, -however. '"-". ' ; American. Flying. Fortresses and -Liberators flew .to bomb (JODienz and mainz, ceniriu Rhine distribution points be-, ViinrT the -front as the fiehtins -s flhrpH -to '.a decisive stage with , the allied armies a month ahead of their timetable. ' i ' The Germans counter attacke by land and bombing from the air In- a- desperate attempt to . (Continued onPage' Twelve) t Axis Claims Vargas Captive ; BUENOS AIRES, Sept. 21 (JP) The' pro - axis newspaper Me mento Argentino .today- quoted the Berlin radio as announcing that President Getulio Vargas o( Brazil had been overthrown bji ; Braziliaft fascists and imprisorg; ed; (There was no confirmation of .this report from Brazil.) . The Associated Press bureau, in Rio de Janeiro, apprised of the Buenos Aires dispatch, said police -and foreign office activ; ities in the Brazilian capital were normal this afternoon. Of ficial comment on the Buenos Aires report was being soughtt Klamath Hospitality H it j ; B High Rentis. Says G '' Daniel Gage, district OPA rent control- chief , said at a Kiwanis club luncheon today that heis sure1 "Klamath Falls will not want to-see; its. fine record of hospitality jeopardized by sky rocketing rents." .-.: Gage -is here to . handle the preliminaries to OPA rent i con trol which starts October 1, and will roll back rentals to October 1,1943. , ' '- ','' f In order to protect both ' the laftdlord and the tenant, the rent regulations provide generally that all rented premises must be registered,-, Gage stated. Two ; Bulletin ! ' WASHINGTON,; Sept. ; 21 - (JP) Congress1-adjourned late today for an electioneering holiday, after an -eight- weeks session in which .it' passed program; de signed to cushion the impact of the' war's' end on tho nation's economy. The lawmakers will meet again November 14. types cf regulations have beeo Issued by the OPA. The housing regulation applies to houses, apartments, flats, and tenement The hotel and- rooming house regulation applies to all rooms in hotels, boarding and . rooming houses, and to auto and trailer camps. ". .,;."'..) ; .''..-. '--'i ;.';' ' Gage went on to say that u landlord could raise his rents by petition on various grounds. Sub stantial alterations to the pren ises is one and substantial In- : crease in services or furnishings is another. Also rents based ort personal 7'obligations f between landlord and tenant -and In a ; case where there has been an In.- , crease in "the : number of occu pants of the property. These are a few of the grounds upon which a landlord may' petition. ;' i : ''We find .our share Of two-bit chiselers," he said. People who throw in 'a' used davenport or chair and- then attempt to raise rents on improvement grounds. , (Continued, on Pae Twelve)