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'HBRK will bo criticism
nlcnlv of It.
But NONE from this Inslgul'-
innt writer. Heroic men men
'"Thalr'tlint. Micro Is NO finer
tKord of iichlevcnienl.
HUMAN iniliirp belni! wluit It
I, the criticism will come
timely from thoso who h little
Llii. imi-k were cr.ilclslnii our
illury lenders for being loo
Th?"ntliiiptccl run iiround the
Mrllicrn end of the Germnn dc
.. linn was n bold stroke.
Caution was thrown ,hc
winds. Mneli wan slaked upon a
'"li'lt li'ul"s'ticcecdecl, the world
MUld bo ringing today with
pralac , , .
WELL, there l a time for cau
tion and n lime for boldness.
BOTH have, to be used In war.
Ih,re will be other limes in
Ihc future when we will be
cautious and oilier tlmca when
will be bold.
Out of tho combination of the
wo will come final victory.
Such la war.
MKANWHILE lei us be real
istic. Few football names nro won
thoul a single losing play. At
Arnhem. darluK end run was
attempted. H ran imo too mucn
Interference.
The quarterback Is already
cilllng other plays.
Again uch l war.
THERE Is ii minor NEW dc-
velopmenl In the Dalknns.
Allied forces (of whin types
and in what numbers wo do not
jet know) land In Yugoslavia.
Their obvious purpose is to cut
oil the Germans who are attempt
ing to withdraw from Greece.
(Already the Germans were
evacuating KEY personnel by
air. and a number of their trans
ports have been shot down by
our airmen.)
Today's brief dispatches relate
only that some of our InvndlnK
lorccs came Into YuKoslavia by
lir and some by sen. They arc
Mid lo be operating on n "wide"
(rout in Albania (directly across
the Adriatic from the heel of the
Italian boot.)
RUSSIAN effort Is still -con-ft
fined to mopplnii up the Hal
He states. The Germans arc ap
parently driven out of Estonia,
but still hold open n narrow cor
ridor alone the Hnllic sea at
Rfftn. Through this corridor
they are escuplng Into East
Prussia.
QUFl disunity list finally comes
from tho Palaus fighting, It
la much smaller than wc had
expected (180 killed, 44UB
wounded and 400 missing.
It is grimly added that wc
have killed ten Japs for each
American llfo lost.
f)wI (Office of Wur Informa
' linn) tells us today that the
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Arnhem Survivors Withdraw
JMm I t5 poainlj W rXfJ
V?55StSXZTrft iMKHSWAUtl MUNSTERT.:
hSt. Leonard II Vri Luii
, Th. battle of Arnhem was ended witn in. w
"""Ivor, of th. elrborn. division which fought there i
?' Allied troops advanced to th. I guarding Mats.
""'Is captured a bridge to one of the fortresses guarding
Allies Land On Adriatic
To Block Fleeing Nazis
By Tho Associated Press
ROME, Sept. 27 Allied sea and airborne troops have landed in Albania and on islands off Yugoslavia, the allied
command announced todoy, in operations to block German detachments fleeing from the Balkans toward the reich.
Land forces of tho Adriatic" already wero operating on a wide front in the Adriatic area of Albania, a Balkan air
torco communique said.
No indication was given of the size of tho units involve d. Evidently the purpose was to provide still another facet to
the many-iidcd iqucczo of the nazis in southeastern Europe.
The allied naval command said that royal navy landin g craft, supported by destroyers and light coastal vessels, had
beon oporating sinco Soptombor 15 among tho southern Dalmatian islands off Yugoslavia, carrying allied troops and
partisans who woro striking at German withdrawal routes.
(An Istanbul dispatch said that Greek patriots took ove r the island of Samothrake, 55 miles west of Gallipoli, yester
day after Bulgarian occupying troops loft, and that the Germans had evacuated the islands of Paros and Naxos in the
Cyclados group. The nazis also
Lapture Ur Heleliu
Looms For Marines
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor,
Sept. 27 (I'l The biggest victory of the Palau invasion appeared
In tight today lor ridge tcaling marines and soldiors who have
killed more than 7000 Japanese while suffering S500 casualties
636 killed. 406 missing. 4408 wounded in the first 10 days.
The leathernecks and doughboys, compressing the enemy on
Pelellu's tortuous terrain into two pockets, bid for an early end
to organised enemy resistance on that bitterly-defended air base
SIS miles east of the Philippines.
The casualty figures giving the He to Japanese broadcasts
that American losies up to September 23 amounted to 12,400
were announced last night in a communique which hinted some
W. H. MIERRER
William ' K. McPhcrren, 70,
operator of the Sixth Street Ex
change, died al 3:17 p. m. Wed
nesday of Injuries received when
ho was crushed between two
ears as he stood In front of his
store earlier In the day.
Seriously Injured was George
Hlxon, 42, 5512 S. 6th.
Tho two men were stnndlng at
the rear of Ilixon'r enr when a
machine operated by Manson
James Young, 58, 205 Lewis,
crashed Into Ihc rear of the
Illxon automobile.
Young Arrested
Young was arrested by city
police, charged with reckless
driving and scheduled to appear
at 10 a. m. Thursday. He was
released on his own rccognl-
City policy were called lo the
Sixth Street exchange where
they found McPhcrren Biid Hix
on on the pavement. McPhcrren
was moved bv Ward's ambulance
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Ramsay Resumes
Seat in Commons
LONDON. Sept. 27 (I') Capt.
Archibald Rnmsay took his seat
In commons today following his
release from Brixton prison,
where he was held for the last
four years under defense regula
tions. 7T
.. 111. Jo ftf
In Tfiff Shasta
m m. m m
of the wounded already are
back in the tight.
Heavy Losses
The heaviest casualties were
experienced by the first marine
division which invaded Pclellu
September IS, quickly captured
its air field, then came against
the biggest network of natural
defenses encountered on any Is
land in the Pacific. Through
September 25, the leathernecks
lost 880 ln'Hcad' and 401 miss
ing. Their wounded totaled
36.10.
The 81st division, which
quickly overran lightly, defend
ed Anguar, southernmost of the
Palaus, then moved north to
fight with the marines on Pcle
liu, lost. 106 in dead and five In
missing. Their wounded totaled
769.
No Figures
"No figures arc now available
as to the number of wounded
who have returned to duty,"
the communique said.
Battling at the north end of
Pclellu, the invaders have cut
communications between the
two pockets of Nipponese,
Von Ribbentrop
Optimistic
LONDON, Sept. 27 (ZD
Joachim von Ribbentrop de
clared i i a tri-partlte pact anni
vcrs. -y speech today that the
war had become a llfc-or-death
fil t which must continue "un
til our enemies realize that they
could never win."
The n:.zi f ?ign minister said
the allies would suffer enormous
losses in coming b ttles and ig
noring ' c fact American troops
already have crossed the reich's
western frontier added that
"should the enemy succeed in
tcmponHly re'ting foot on Ger
man soil he may be assured that
absolute hc'l will spring up
about him."
Actor Tortured
By Gestapo
PARIS, Sept. 27 (ff) Harry
Bauer, the Frrnch film actor,
died in 1942 from the effects of
torture after telling tho gestapo
"I would rather die standing up
than live on my knees," tho news
paper Resistance said today.
Bauer, leader of a resistance
group, was arrested as a Jew
and his wife was kept for 115
days with her hands tied behind
her back, tho article said.
Three other film figures have
rxnnnnnrcd In Paris after hid
ing from Germans Producer
Rnymont Bernard, his brother
Etlenno ana nenry uiuuimin,
executive secretary for Paris
Paramount.
Berlin Reports
New 5-29 Raids
By The Associated Press
The Berlin radio said today
that Superfortresses had been
launched against the Bonin is
land of Iwo Jima Monday. A
Trnnmwan nconcv disontch,
datellned Tokyo, asserted eight
of 30 Superfortresses which at
tacked two jima nnn ocen nuir
noH hv Janancso defenses.
There was no American an
nouncement that B-aas nact rjeen
used in such an operation.
- CaHeadc Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27 1944
are abandoning the Aegean is-
land of Lemnos, an important
submarine and air base, it add
ed. (Cairo announced four huge
German troop-carrying aircraft
had been shot down by Beau
fighters over the Aegean, indi
cating the enemy was trying to
evacuate key personnel from
Greece by air. Four other big
German planes were sent down
by Middle East pilots, and al
lied fighters shot up German
transport on Greece).
Garrison Destroyed
The allied command's an
nouncement said land opera
tions thus far included destruc
tion of the German garrison at
Himara, in Albania. The oper
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EVANGELIST'S LIFE
- -i r..-!irf.l-.
OAKLAND, GaHfiy-Seffc7
(I?) Aimec Semple McPherson,
founder of the Angelus temple
In Los Angeles and widely
known evangelist, died here sud
denly today. r
The Oakland police depart
ment reported that the evange
list was found unconscious in her
suite at the Leamington hotel.
Angela Sidn, a- maid, made the
discovery.
Opened Revival Series
Mrs. McPherson opened a se
ries of revival meetings here last
night.
Two doctors were called and
her death was attributed to a
heart attack.
After making a futile effort to
revive the evangelist the doctors
called for a police inhalator. Of
ficers worked over her for some
time before the doctors declared
her dead.
53 Years Old i
Mrs. McPherson, who would
have been 54 years old next
month, said she had preached to
more millions than any other
evangelist of her time.
Founder of the "International
Chutch of the Foursauare Gos
pel," subject of many headlines
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Jap Bombers Hit
Superfort Base
A U. S. SUPERFORTRESS
BASE. WEST CHINA, Sept. 27
(VP) A dozen Japanese medium
bombers raided tills Superfort
ress base last night in a "peanut
sized" retaliation for the attack
on enemy industry yesterday at
Ansnan in mancnuria.
The raid was virtually harm
less although the alert lasted two
hours and a half and drove the
exuberant American pilots into
muddy foxholes.
Rent Control
Answered
Editor's Note: This is the first
in B scries of articles explaining
the operation of the rent con
trol program recently establish
ed hero under the direction of
the office of price administra
tion. '
By MILO RYAN'
Rent information Specialist for
Portland, Seattle and Spokane
OPA Disirlcis
Registration of all tenant
dwellings Is the backbone of
the office of price administra
tion's rent control program.
Why?
Because:
1. It provides a basis for re
establishing rents at their pre
inflation level October 1, 1943
in Klamath county.
2. It gives rent control .of
ficials an immediate picture of
what rent levels were in the
area on that date and thereby
describes tho line where rents
must be held In the community.
3. It helps establish a basis of
"comparability" In anticipation
I
FORGES
YANKRETREAT
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, Sept. 27 (P) A
strong German counterattack in
which, an official report, do.
clared, the nazl command ex
pended liberally his personnel,
has driven Americans of the
fifth army from a portion of
the Monte la tine hill mass.
20 miles south of Bologna, the
allied command announced to
day. Meanwhile, the eighth army
extended its bridgeheads across
the Rubicon, one-time boundary
of republican Rome in the
Lsouthuetenirflehro of the-Po val.
ley, and fought its way Into the
outskirts of Bellaria, nearly
eight miles northwest of Rimini
on the Ravenna road. .
Three Divisions
The fifth army command said
Nazi Field Marshal Albert tt.es-
selring had moved elements of
three more infantry divisions
into riosltion against American
spearheads, now, aimed, down
the northern slopes of the Apen
nines after cracking tne miaaie
of the Gothic line.
The Germans also were said
to have stepped up use of ar
tillery considerably . in an at
tempt to break the weight of
the allied attack. Many huge
170 and 280 .millimeter guns
are firing on the Americans,
front renorts said.
The German counterattack
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Woman Pleads
Guilty to Charge
Of Polygamy
VMdn Harrison Smith. 23,
pleaded guilty to a charge, of
polygamy weanesoay moruius
at her arraignment in circuit
court before Circuit Judge David
R. Vandenberg.
Mrs Smith, a nrettv brunette.
admitted in court that she had
married a service man in Reno
last month without benefit of a
divorce from her first husband.
The defendant has signed a
waiver of indictment and Wed
nesday also waived statutory
time saying "I want to get it
over with as aulck as I can.
Circuit Judge Vandenberg set
Thursday. September 28, at 2
p. m. as time for sentencing.
Questions
by Specialist
of such adjustments in rates as
may . be necessary later in the
program.
Maximum Benefits
Tho registration program
works to the maximum possible
benefits of both landlord and
tenant.
For the landlord it is a pro
tection against future unjusti
fied comDlaints of overcharging.
by declaring at the outset what
his rent on tne "lreeze oaie
actually w.1.
For the tenant it is a guar
antee against future unjustified
boosts in the 20 per cent of his
budget that usually goes for
rent. .
Two Types
There are two types of regis
tration, one tor housing, the
other for hotels and rooming
houses.
In renlsterlns a housing ac
commodation, the landlord
states first of all what rent he
was actually receiving on Oc
tober 1, 1943, the "freeze dale,"
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Weather Ne,
September 27, 1944
Max. (Sept. 26) 88 Min S3
' Precipitation last 24 hour 00
I Stream year to date 10.66
Normal 12.90 Last year 18.27
Forecait: Fair and warmer.
Hoyden Hands Over Keys
i ' I ..J
'
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Brenemao
Lee. receive the kevs to their
project manager of the FPHA Shasta View row-houses.' Brene
man is an employe of the Southern Pacific company. Twenty of
the apartments are now ready for occupancy, and families of
men employed in essential industries are moving into tnem.
Pocfc War Liable to :
Lasi Two Years After
Nazi Defeat. Says OWI
WASHINGTON. SeDf." 27 (P)
The job of crushing Japan is
expected to require an aoso
lute minimum" of one and a
half to two years after defeat
of Gerfnany, the office of war
information said today in a
summary of war agencies' data.
Indeed, the psychological ef
fect of an end to the European
war is apt to favor the Japanese
Bonneville power administra
tion has put an item in its pro
posed budget for construction of
a transmission line to Klamath
Falls from Goldendale, Wash.,
in the Columbia river country,
according to Dr, Carl Thomp
son, Bonneville representative,
who appeared before a group of
chamber of commerce, munici
pal, irrigation district and labor
officials yesterday.
Thompson was accompanied
by A. M. Thomas, chairman of
the county grange power com
mittee, who said that he feels
the time has come for the busi
ness and civic leadership of the
community to shape local public
policy on the power question.
Thomas and Thompson suggest
ed consideration of a public
utility district in Klamath coun
ty in connection with the pro
posed construction of the trans
mission line, which ultimately
would join the big Columbia
river power plants with Shasta
dam.
The budget containing the
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470 Mexicans
Arrive Here
Mexican nationals numbering
410 arrived in Klamath Falls
Tuesday for the purpose of aid
ing in tile spud harvest in Klam
ath county. They will be quar
tered at Malin. Merrill, and Bo
nanza, which brings the total of
Mexican laborers in Klnmalh
county to approximately 750 to
date.
The final shipment is expected
to arrive October 5, but the
number will not be sufficient to
tnkp enrn nf crnwers orders, as
It will be limited due to a short-'
age of hi ..sing facilities.
I
Number 10273
and their' 3-year-old son, Gary
new home Horn C. A. Hajtoen.
rather than the allies, OWI said,
tiguring it tins way:
Halfway Point
"For the United States, de-
teat ot Germany will mean that
a halfway point has been reach
ed in the global war, and will
bring extensive changes in the.
war economy which might in
duce a let-down In effort and
morale.
"To the Japanese, the" end of
the war with Germany will
mean that Japan's war with the
United Nations is lust begin
ning. It might well heighten
Japan s determination and light
ing spirit."
OWI said its findings were
based on information from the
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'1
Ideal Harvest
Weather Prevails
Ideal harvest weather existed
throughout the Klamath basin as
a warm Indian summer sun
flooded this area with its rays,
r The U. S. weatherman report
ed the thermometer at 80 at 3 p
m.. and "still climbing." Maxi
mum temperatures registered
Monday and Tuesday were both
88 degrees. Minimum Wednesday
morning was SJ. .
Glorious, Tragic Battle
Of Arnhem Ends Quietly
By ALAN WOOD
WITH THE ARNHEM AIR
BORNE FORCE, Sept. 26 (De
layed) lP) This is the end.
The most tragic and glorious
battle of the war is over and the
survivors of this British airborne
force can sleep soundly for the
first time in eight days and
nights.
Orders came to us yesterday
lo break out from the forest cita
del west of Arnhem, cross the
Rhine and join up with the sec
ond army on the south bank.
No Assault
Our commander decided
against a concerted assault on
the Germans around as. Instead
the plan was to split up into lit
tle groups 10 to 20 strong, setting
out along different routes at two
minute intervals, which would
simply walk through the Ger
man lines in the dark. Cheeky
patrols went out 'earlier, tying
bits of white parachute tape to
trees to mark the way.
To hinder the Germans wak
ing up to what was happening,
ALLIES PUSH
TO M A A S ON
Third Army Units Wiri
Bridgehead Near
Metz Bastion
By JAMES M. LONG v
LONDON. Sept. 27 (P) Al
lied troops advanced to the
Maas river before Germany oh
a 40-mile front in the swelling
invasion ot Holland today, but
tne epic battle lor Arnhem was.
over with the withdrawal o
survivors of the British : air.
borne division after a bloody.
nine-day battle.
The front to the south exnlod-
ed anew, with U. S. third army
troops capturing a moat bridge,
to one of the kev fortresses:
guarding the formidable bastion'
o Metz.
. Unsuccessful
The remnants of the British
"Red Devil" skytroop division
retreated across the Neder
Rhine , near Arnhem Monday
nigni, it was disclosed. The dir
vision was unsuccessful in the
mission of holding the bridge on
this last great water barrier to"
the German Ruhr, but its gal
lant stand against crushing nazi
power had sped the deep and,
broadening invasion of tha
Netherlands.
A radio disrjatch said at Ipast
2000 of the 7000 to 8000 men
had escaped the pocket. A cor
respondent with the division said'
the Britons infiltrated in smalt
groups through German lines to
the shore of the river, theri
crossed to the south bank in as.,
sault boats. t-2
Left Wounded . '
Supreme headauarters save'
no information on how many
men of the division normally
9000 strong were saved, bui
said the wounded were left be--
nuia. (.German broadcasts de-r
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. .. to
Marine Barracks
Opening Slated f
for, Saturday
There: was a misunderstandlntf
over the date cn which the' open
house will be held at the Marine
Barracks. The ceremony will be
conducted n- Saturday, Septem
ber 30, instead of Wednesday as
was stated. in Tuesday's Herald
and News. ' - . ;
The barracks is the only mili
tary installation of its kind in
the United States and the dedi
cation will be an . ' imrjressivn
affair. . There will be a review
at 10 a. m. at the conclusion of
which the barracks will be for
mally turned over to Colonel B.
Dubel, commanding officer, by
the officer in charge of construc
tion. Parts of the dispensary, bar
racks, No. 6, mess hall, gym
nasium, hostess house, post ex
change, and administration
building will be open to public
inspection until 11:30 a. m. , .
London Menaced
By Epidemic
LONDON, Sept. 27 (fl5) Un
less living accommodations can
be provided for thousands of
bombed out Londoners, the city
will be threatened with an in
fluenza epidemic this winter
which may work "even greater
devastati-.. than the war," La
bor Minister Ernest Bevin de
clared today.
He told builders and repair
men "the health of London is in
your hands" and said rebuilding
of the metropolis ranked as a
military operation.
More than 900,000 London
houses have been damaged, cre
ating a problem to find living
quarters even for the army of
repair workers needed to rebuild
them. '
second army guns laid down a
battering box barrage all after
noon. '
Medical Supply v
The first party was to set off
at 10 p. m. Our group was to
leave at 10:04 p. m. They went
around distributing little packets
of sulfanilamide and morphia.
- We tore . up blankets . and .
wrapped them around our boots
to muffle the sound of our feet
in the trees. We were told tho
password "John Bull." If we
became separated, each man was
to make his way by compass duo
south until he reached the river.
Resembles Gam
Our major is an old hand. He
led the way and linked our party
together by getting everyone to
hold the tail of the parachutist's
smock cf the man in front of
him, so our infiltrating column
had an absurd resemblance to
some children's game. '
It was half-light, with, the
glow rf fires from burning
houses around, when we set out.
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