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HI ryes of the world ret to
on Anthem, In Holland
tigtt, n may be, the (me of
tt Germany It beinu dc-
SiTlSH airborne troops (how
".mhv not known) still hold
m t!ie iiorih bank of the
t knch ! tililne. Al
nud troop have reached
L .uin biuk. and are thrllmg
f Gein.u' ho apparently
4 ,ar an trooper no the
jr s-urrounded.
1st iw'i the bridge U In
u th: i written, but Uie
3S
4?
. Kni i".aiil rroMM
. iiie.'U Ilia' ! Crmiii
tt (.J iiona;jr or uaie
o-ord H.
'
tjifT ham'l detro)ed it et.
preunioiy a
4 u it ' too " 'ur them
f..4- I'i'ir only rraton lor
1 llltarl Mould b tu UK
tit li-e rvr tlutt they
a,4 in MOITING our ad
it at I!.i fwint.
tiam u Hmiw,
,'rrr, i the SAHROtH
. tui .1 am ie battle
I'rwN oar nuiiwu ran
, aii-
sr t learn, Nijmeten
A'"' e i ad)oimtt(
j. i r li tt h tx4 arm)
j( a lung, IIUH
r l-tY-.ic.inl by airborne
V" I i f'l li eiill m
i ti ;! i;e u-rd
I'lilAklMj H
, H.W, t-Jl IM Haiti light.
, J' 'ii" rM.fcl lit bit,
t ! t('l H"'"1i ell.i,
ijew.mm! f irl tt An-
are f itir lierd twtaj
rtiiow r-dce
ij r. !- aiir to be
f'MI rtrt thing lw
)riti '.- jir u at Amhem
ft 'i te uil a Kl
v i'l-iMil ! e(lu
,t'lZfJ??Jl!ZZt?Z''m,U " ' to,,' ,h'" '
ta t-t.t r.ihertlewt. ol ,w . NKIUn .h
.....
CIAN( : at tse map m .11
r it 'ee hy the battle
, J l'et eian it iqih i
it ft tf i roticic.
T remnl uiunfj atety do
r -e1 tr tM Kr4
Mae.fKMrf plain
ii e Jog milri
nt i ior ro-itj,
lit, ,,i nnnvD is st
p V We il turn nnrthr!
r j!T h great luteh tntli
Vr.rrtm inl Wnttentam,
m tv ee1. ere 1 1 te
p-rr m ittiy Ibe fer
HI fr l"-, dfi into tier
'7. a a
frT ! hr the Gern-jrt i
rt te mitenme o the
" r Hiiafvl will "tetf.
- fate r.f hc WHOLt
ftwrl."
. a
rEHRAt. EI5EMIOr.B e-
frtvm wrenehed ;
i iv a confident ftate- i
"!Wir. He ts the Ceerean ,
-r rti-alxm i IIOPR
M. t-1 mis that th length
e er m Enrore will o-
i fi fw lwi the German
the rwindinc they're
P4 fKVTw rn H wte and how
ter,rsTAPO CAN HOLD
jTitQU in rmanr.
m
FTTSTWHP.RE nt of the
Fre the German are
-. We Gallasher of
AP p-J!' it today, "with the
i trprl liter, but there
pT!1n1 report that they
WttTiT.l lo w Ihrlraw lo
R:ir's eatem bank Pat-
r-1 armored battle in
"-Lorrain is now in it
- My.
p Itolr. the rtaci. Gothic line
w-n oiiTtianKea at n
:atK end, and the British
rnrir ic nwinffinff In behind
,' tw-rd Boloina, back in the
TiiT. it looks a if the Gcr-
'wntimird on Page Three)
" SHuation
Ned Hopeless
GEN Fisrviinurm-ci An.
;MiCED COMMAND POST,
;Ke, Senl. 23 !') ExudinR
' " 'l-. VJUII. jliwihiii.
i Ewnhowor declared today
Germanv' mililnrv aitil-
"5' was hopeless.
Hi length 0f the European
" depends, he continued, on
?main factors: First how long
Germans can stand the tflr-
Pounding that Ihcy arc tak-
-iinin me west, south ana
J nd, secondly, how long the
"apo remains in control of
icicn.
Germany Gets
5as Alarm
STOCKHOLM, Sept. 23 IP)
jnys first gas alarm was
natd during an allied air raid
boiiu J. on Darmstadt when a
W hit a chemical nlnnt. re-
tft I?. D0s"n gas, tho newspa-
S'nc deaths were caused, the
MiJl! luoting private sources
irll.i
Housing Ease
Bottle Still Rages At Arnh
n
tuiun uin " I ' , . f
. . n- m. l,.IBUSSIlS-feaje 1 ColoBn.VTS,
Clad lariaa al Ik fltiiwh
iwvih m m IM Bl bank
be4d ike k'ttfee er keee dettreyed II. An allied crottlng here
eld alllai.li Ike Cetmaa Bleglrted line, permitting our armlet
ft ta bekiM tdeiied errewk farther touih. strong prenure
aam IM Oerman llaee la being maintained by the American
lire! army. Olker element el the BritUh second army are puih.
l tilkar up ibe Helglen coatt.
U. S. BY JAP PUPPET
Br LEONARD MILLIMAN
AMetiated Press War Editor
The Jepane" controlletl Phil
Ippines rrtmhllc ha drelarrfl
tar on the United Male. Tokvo
radHi repotel today, a the
aftermath of prtvlnvaiMon raid
that knocked out mom than
740 defending planes and 262
urfar craft in two weeks.
Puonet President Jme P.
Laurel, who has been err.pow
ererl to mneriDt Filipino to
fight for Japan, named Interior
TANKS CAIN
V. 8. PACiriC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. PEARL HARBOR.
Sept. 21 (Ti A the tempo of
American conirue! of Peleliu
island ouickened Friday a Yank
marines advanced northward a
thou nd yard or mere and cap
tured the Tillage ot bareaoru on
the we! coast, tha nary an.
nounced today. The marine now
hold three-fourths ot tne isiana,
MinUler Teofilo Sison as "commander-in-chief
of the forces"
and Nippon-approved provision
(Continued on Page Three)
Portland Firm
Low on Hangar
SEATTLE, Sept. 23 M") The
Waale-Camplain company of
Portland, Ore., was apparent low
!iriHee at S2S3.808 on a naval air
station hangar project at Klam
ath Falls, Ore.. 13th naval dis
trict headquarters announced to-
"Zt ... , .a
The DlaS will nc lorwaiuuu iu
Washington, where a contract
will be awarded.
Texas Roosevelt Faction
Triumphs in
By DAVE CHEAVENS
ATi&TIN Tex.. Sent. 23 UP!
The supremo court of Texas to
day unanimously tnui""
"the clear right" of tho state s
democratic party to go to the
November with a slato
of democratic presidential elect
ors pledged to support Roose
velt and Truman.
It Issued a writ of mandamus,
compelling Secretary of Stale
Sidney Latham to certify them,
and no others, lo eicci on o -ficlals
for prlntins on Iho bal-
l0lThe nine-page wrilton opinion
hy Chief Justice James P. Alcx
ooe Hnnlcd the contention of
the antl-Koosovelt electors nam
ed at tho May 23 regular stale
nnmfAnf Inn that tho May con
vention was tho only party ses
sion at which such nominations
in The ShaHla-CaHeadtt Wonderland
em
xaiJ k... ...t I k.
''hem. but h.e. not yet been
,ht ,,! ,borne troopi still
ladlcallna that the O.rrn.n.
Which will be the first bull
net or induitrial lirm to re
port 100 per cent day' pay
contribution to the Klamath
County Community Fund?
That was the question today
as Ihe driee went orer the
half-way mark and October
10 was designated as final day
of the drive. A number of
firms are reported near th
100 per cent mark.
People not contacted by
solicitors were asked to take
or mail their contributions to
the drive headquarters, 323
Main street.
The drive total today stood
at S33.713.92. Tha quota is
1SS.200.
Roosevelt Ready
For Talk Tonight
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 ff)
President Roosevelt had his final
workout at the White House to
day before his verbal bout to
night with the opposition in his
historic hid for a fourth term.
Four of his speech consultants
were on hand late last night and
early today giving a wealth of
material a going-over oeiorc uiu
president himself compressed it
to Ihe 3000 words he allows
himself for a half hour"s radio
lalk-
He speaks at a dinner of the
International Teamsters union
(AFI.I in the Staller hotel from
B-nn to 7 n. m.. PWT. (NBC and
CBS), tlio same labor unit that
heard nls nrsi camping" hijl-uuii
in the third term drive. The top
ic has not been announced, but
I wfla fairlv obvious the speech
would include a fresh appeal to
the labor vote and perhaps a few
shots at charges made by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey against his ad
ministration.
Court Ruling
eonlrt he made, and that the
September convention could not
withdraw such nominations,
Convention Rulos
It entirely disregarded oral
arguments on the question of
application of the soldier's bal
lot law to the question, and held
that the power to determine
party policies, including selec
tion of alcctor nominees, resides
In tho stato convention "when
not otherwise provided by sta
tute or by rule of the associa
tion." "A presidential elector Is se
lected by the party as Its nom
inee primarily lo ct'fectualo its
policies and register Its will in
respect to a particular candi
date," tho opinion declared.
"In the case at bar the same
authority which made tho nom-
(Uonlimtcci on rage inrccj i
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 23 1944
Looms
E
Quonset Hufs For Both
Station, Barracks
Proposed
One hundred and ninety-four
mure nubile housing units were
virtually promised for the re
lief of Klamath's critical hous
it shortage at a conference
held at tne chamber of com
morce yesterday.
Authorization of 32 quonset
huts for occupancy by families
ol men stationed at the navy
base had mine throuuh. and an-
plication has been made for 40
mure to provide housing for
marine fumllics, it was nn
iimiiircd at the meeting by Lt,
U. L. Hutlcr, nnvy housing ren
rcsiMitalivc. The quonsej huts
arc prclaiirlcated housing units,
20 by 40 ft. in size, and will
houso two families each.
A (10-day occupancy limit will
or placed on the huts, which
will be completely furnished
SO Mora Huts
Fifty more housing units for
occupancy by civilians em
ployed in essential Industry
will bo erected by the FPHA
in tne near future, James a.
Maxwell, NHA representative,
told the' Chamber" members" The
units will be similar to tha 40
Shasta View row-houses which
arc now under construction by
the t-I'll A and will be complet
ed in the near future. .,
Families will be moved Into
a few of the Shasta View row
houses Monday from the PFHA
trailer units, it was announced
houses Monday from the FPHA
housing management advisor.
All of the apartments should be
ready for occupancy some time
next week.
Pvt. Ned Moss
Dies in Action
Pvt. Ned Moss, 28, for many
vcars a res dent of Klamath
county, was killed in action in
trance, according to worn re
ceived bv his parents. Mr. and
ceived bv his father. Steve Moss
of Ashland, former resident of
Modoc Point and tills cltv.
Moss woiked for several years
for Lamm Lumber company at
Modoc Point In the box factory,
and prior to entering tho armed
forces was employed on various
government projects In this area.
Ho was sunt overseas in mid-July
with a U. S. army infantry unit
and entered trance a short lime
after D-IJay.
Information from tho war dc
partmcnl advised Moss' father
that a letter would follow. Mr.
and Mrs. Steve Moss were ad
vised of their son's death Thurs.
day, and Friday passed through
Klamath Falls to Lakcvlcw,
Ned's wife is the former Juanita
Rhoads, and before moving t'J
Mcciforci, sue mane ncr norne
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. F: Hhoads, 1030 Kane. An
eight-year-old daughter, Ann,
also survives.
Strict Rule
Due for Nazis
LONDON. Sent. 23 (!) A
strict policy in dealing with oc
cupied Germany, including the
death penally for any German
aiding the nazls or deliberately
misleading allied troops, was de
creed today by General Dwight
D. Eisenhower.
As a first step, a ban was
nlaccd on tho nazl political and
military organizations. All were
ordered dissolved while "Ger
man laws involving discrimina
tion on grounds of race, religion
or political opinion aro abrogat
ed, said the edict, issued by su
premo headquarters.
Americans See
Po Valley
WITH AMERICAN FORCES
IN . NORTHERN ITALY, Sept.
23 IIP) Americans driving
through tho Apponnincs were
able to soe the Po valley from
advance hillsido positions late
today, and a major commanding
ono outfit declared "the Gothic
lino has been smashed down
the middle."
i
(II
AND WIILITARY
UNITS CERTAIN
Art Walter, Grant loft half, is shown scoring tho second touchdown of the game last night
between the Pelicans and tho Gtonorals. Waltors wont over on a reverse from the 12-yard stripe
and the Portland school wont on to win tho ball game 33 to 0. porry ii No. 2 and Hunt. Clark
Is the referee. For complete story see sport page. (Arrow shows ball).
wens
1IEF0I1M
TULELAKE Four hundre'd
German prisoners arrived here
early Friday morning to aid in
the potato harvest, swelling the
number to approximately 1000
now worKlng In tne iicicts.
The prisoners, thought to
have been moved here from
Camp White, arc housed In
tents on property adjacent lo
Ihe Tulclakc elementary school.
Tho area is not fenced but it is
under guard. Commanding offi
cers arc Major Shcllcroft, Capt
Albrccht and Lt. Boomer.
This particular group of Ger
man prisoners Is working in
the Tulclakc section, most 'of
them as truckers and swampers
in the potato harvest. They arc
not picking, borne nave ucen
detailed to aid in the haying
Rumor has it that thev will be
returned to the valley immedi
ately after the harvest is over
Other German war prisoners
arc housed at the west side Tulc
lakc CCC cami). Farmers re
portedly icunrd the work of the
German prisoners as satisiactory.
Socio Security
Dewey's Pledge
LOS ANGELES. Soul. 23 (P)
Pledged to a social security pro
gram that would encompass the
20,000,000 persons he said were
not now protected, Gov. Thomas
E. Dewey hurried through a
round of conferences hero to
day before boarding his special
train for Oklahoma City and
the last major speech of this
campaign swing.
In Los Angeles' huge concrete
open-air stadium last r.ight, the
republican presidential nominee
told a cheering throng ol U0,UUU
ficrsons that Americans had
earned to work together so
well lii war that they are de
termined to cooperate to see
that the aged, the ill and the
unemployed have security In
the future."
The crowd was by far the
largest to hear any of his
speeches. Dewey started oft by
saying that the turnout demon
strated that "California is de
termined to win free govern
ment here at homo."
Angry Cabby
Runs Down Four
NEW YORK. Sent. 23 (IP) An
enraged taxlcab driver, seeking
revenge utter a bar-room argu
men', deliberately ran down four
men wly today. Injuring one
critically, police said.
Police said the driver wailed
In his cab and trailed the men
until they crossed a street. Then,
traveling at great speed, lie
struck tho quartet squarely and
raced on, leaving his victims un
conscious, An alarm was fsr.ucrl for lie
driver.
September 23,. 1944
Max. (Sopt. 22) 72 Mln 48
Precipitation laat 24 houri .00
Stroam yoar to data 10.66
Normal 12.82 Lait year 18.27
forocaat! Warm and clear.
Walters Strikes Paydirt For Grant
Split Develops
til To. Des troy
iMrV'llaUU T UlrUTMHPIl
J WASHINGtIDN. Sept. 23 (IP)
President Rovicvelt's cabinet
committee on German race pol
icy has split wide open, it was
Football
Scores of today's grid games:
Pittsburg 20, West Virginia 13.
Worcester Tech 12, Rensselaer
0.
Denison 40, Ohio Wesleyan 6.
Great Lakes 27, Purdue 18.
Huckncll 14, Muhlenberg 0.
Washington 32, Willamette 0,
(hair)
Illinois 26, Indiana 18.
Arkansas 7, Missouri 6.
Rochester 27, Union 7.
Atlantic City NAR 3, Swarth
morc 0.
Second Air Force 78, Whitman
0.
Villanova 13. Scranton 7. !
' Iowa Navy 10, Minnesota 13.
Oklahoma A&M 41, West Tex
as 6. ,
FRThns Aid to
Ex-Gf Farmers , .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 (IP)
President Eoqsc Alt, estimating a
million .servicemen will want to
go to farming after the war, or
dered government studies today
of ways lo assure tlipt service
men get productive laild and any
needed credili and triv,ining.
Mr. Rooscvclliscnt A letter lo
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard and to Brig. Gen.
FniTik T, llincs, veterans admin
istrator, saying the sacrifice and
courage of men in the armed
forces, "entitle them to expect
this nation to be prepared, with
in the limits of its capacities, to
offer them reasonable opportun
ities to get started in agricul
ture." Ho told the two administrators
lo take full advantage of the
G. I. bill of rights in rchabill
tuting farm-minded servicemen. I
Airman Plummets 3000 Feet
Fails tefc Open Escapes
WITH AMERICAN TROOPS
ON MOROTA1 ISLAND, Moluc
cas, Sept. 11) (Delayed) (IP)
Pvt. Joe Aicllo plummeted 3000
feet when his parachute failed
to open, and yet escaped with
out a single broken bone.
His first words when he re
gained consciousness were:
"The goddam air corns! I
should have stuyod In tho med
ics." Tree lops broke tho fall ot
the youth from the Bronx, N.
Y. Medics theorized that the
fact he was unconscious when
he hit the trees and relaxed
when he landed probably saved
his life.
Ho was ordered to ball out
from a Liberator that developed
engine trouble while on a mis
Number 10270
Generals
Over Plan
Nazi Industry
learned today, over a plan soon
sored by Treasury Secretary
Morgcnthau for completely - ae
stroying Germany as a. modern
Industrial state and converting
it into an agricultural "country
of small farms. -
Morgenthau's plan, drawn up
alter ins recent return lrom Eu
ropean battlcfronts and England,
is reported to have had the gen
eral approval of the president
since before his Quebec confer
ence with Prime Minister
Churchill. It has failed to win
support, however, from Secre
tary, ot State Hull and is vio
lently opposed by war becre
lary Stimson.
Hull, Stimson .and Morgcnthau
form the cabinet committee.
For the- time being the dis
pute over tho Morgcnthau plan
has so snarled up treasury, war
and. state department work on
detailed arrangements for post
war control of Germany tnat
throe-power , planning by this
country, Britain and .Russia on
long-range Gorman - policy also
has -virtually stalled. This plan
ning, carried-on through the Eu
ropean advisory commission, has
been proceeding along lines oth
er thaii those advocated by Mor
gcnthau, . so. far as. American
leaders'- wore concerned.. v
Mr. Roosevelt presented the
Morgcnthau plan to Prime Min
ister Churchill at Quebec. Mor
gcnthau and British Foi'cign Sec
retary Anthony Eden were pres
ent. Stimson and Hull were not.
The Road to
Berlin I
By The Associated Press '
1 Western front: : 305 miles
(from Amhem).:
2 Russian front; 310 miles
(from Warsaw).
3 Italian front: 580 miles
(from south of Bologna).'
sion lo the Philippines, Aicllo
said he lost consciousness Just
before he hit the trees.
When ho came to, Alello said,
"I was scared to open my eyes
for fcar T might -see angels."
Guide Chute Opont
Second , Lt. P, K. K c 1 1 c r,
Stevenson, Wash., was bombar
dier on the plane.
When 1st Lt. M. E, Petty of
Odessa, Tex., ordered the crew
to ball out over Morotai, Aicllo
asked Staff Sgt.. Judd . Worn
mack of Tcxarkana, Tex., to
push him out. .. , .
"My guide chute opened okay
but the main shrouds fouled on
my Mae West," the tall gunner
sold..' "I struggled frantically to
straighten out the shrouds but
they had been whipped into a
ON BANKS OR
NEDER RHINE
: - ij
Bitter Counter - Blows'
Aimed At Allies by
Desperate Nazis
By J. H. TRIPLET
Associated Press War Editor
Only the width of tho NeHoe
Rhine separated tho . encircled
British airborne division from a
relieving tank column today in
the battle of Holland, which the
Germans said "will determine
the fate Of the Whole wpcinrn
front."
Bitter cnemv cniinfernllnrW
however, were poured against
the allied lines from Amhem lo
the Nancy-Strasbourg sector. AP
War Correspondent Wes Gal
lagher, with the U. S. third
army, said the enemy was fight
ing with the fury of a trapped
tiger and "it. is becoming clear
that the allies have n gigantic
task ahead of them if they are
to finish the war this year."
. Nails Shollod
Mobile guns of a British ar
mored (. lumn hurled shells
across the Ncder Rhine today at
German troops ringing the isolat
ed division of Lt. Gen. Lewis H.
Brereton's airborne army on tho
north bank at Amhem, swelling
hope for an allied junction.
The relief column from the
British second army, other units
of which wore fighting north
ward through Ncjmegcn, linked
up on the south bank with a
force of parachute troopers drop
ped Thursday.
The main force of the British
skytroops on the north bank
dropped last Sunday in a move
to outflank the Siegfried line
fought in despite German radio
announcements that it had been
wiped out. The lack of an im
mediate union of the armored
unit with the' airborne division
suggested that the enemy had re
captured or effectively damaged
the Amhem bridge across the
Rhine.
., See-Saw Fight
German counterattacks to -the
south -i,h HoJaild broke through
the' British wedge to the Eind-hoven-Nijmcgcn
road between
the villages of Udcn and Veghel
and see-3aw fighting. followed.
Troops of tho U. S. first army
captured Stolberg, six miles east
of the l-esieged German frontier
stronghold of Aachen, after a
house-to-house battle and began
mopping up the Germans in
nearby villages, supreme head
quarters announced.
American parachute troops
.. (Continued on Page Three)
Pari-Mutuel Tax
Eyed by Treasury
BOSTON, Sept. 23 (IP) Secre
tary of the Treasury Morgcnthau
is eyeing the pari-inutucl handle
as a possible source of further
federal revenue, he said today.'
Some observers have declarer!
total pari-mutuel wagering may
top a billion dollars before the
season ends.
"That's the kind of money that
we ought to tax," he commented
at a press interview in the Bos
ton federal reserve bank.
He said that a 5 per cent levy
hd been suggested.
Baseball Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
. ... it. H. E.
New York 7 12 0
Cleveland 2 5 0
Bcvens and Garbark; Gromek,
Calvert (7) Poat (9) and Rosar,
Susce (3).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 0 6 3
Boston 4 10 3
Shoun, Malloy (8) and Muel
ler;;. Javery and Hoffcrth.
R. H. , E.
St. Louis 6 12 0
Philadelphia 2 6 1
Byerly and W. Cooper; Lee.
Covington (8) and Peacock,
AD AMER
- - R. H. E.
Boston 2.6 0
Detroit " 8 7 0
Cecil, Hausmonn (3) Woods
(8) and Partce; Trout and Swift.
When Chute
Without Hurts
tight twist. I tried to' get out
my knife to cut the shrouds
but I was falling too fast and
never made it.
often wondered what a
man thinks about when falling
through space without an open
chute. Now I know. ,
"All I had time to think
about was how In hell I could
get, those s,hrouds untangled."
Medics said Aicllo suffered
minor bruises, sprains and con
tusion. . . Pilot Petty crash-landed safe
ly in tho sea. Ho, Wommack
and co-Pilot 2nd Lt. H. V. Petty
of Oklahoma City (no relation
to tho pilot) were picked up by
a PT boat. Other members of
the crew parachuted safely.