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the r Wcstwiill from the
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PERMANENT dcfriwc. with
only the NEW, recently liijpro-
vueo, nu'u
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rtmaini 10 on
l WORD of explanation Ii In
V I - L.M
m.. uu.trUl IIiia consists of
jtwo "wall mo wciiiwiiii
the German uoroi-r twin .
I: . i 1 1 unit i in S eafr nd
,,-.; h..k nf Hie lllilno.
iBoth were built with all the In-
9- n.. i n. i.,ininnrl nf Gcr-
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mtlhnm ItifWril.
misil in,,,....,, .
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130 miles apnrt.
iinme than 1DD miles to the
M imiih. we iiro providing
i ow y ana dioooiiy, oui iwi
L..llu ,iTnR' nnillhor dDMlOIV
Klrallon of our ability to crack
Oerman prepnroa auiumci.
Th. Inmi imiImI nf ilio demon
tpaitrm lb Fort nrliini. uuiirdl lllf
ihe city of Mot. We liavo taken
the ABOVS-UHUUNU pnri oi
itrto ion, mil ino ram iihvo iu-
tlrA Inln lltn Inlrlnnln aVKlpnl of
dinniiU nVI.nW ll, i ormind nnd
we are DuniiiiK uii'iii oui win,
phosphorus nnd flamliiK petrol
leum and uluillcrlni! Ilio tunnola
rwith explosive.
tracKina tneso permnneiu
lines Is a bloody and awful job,
but we aro nrovlim lliat It can
lue aone.
JTHE;
1 vill
InK I. Unl.. Inpnnlu
It (which we linvn luid to con'
lnri ...III. .1..... I-l.flfit.l
pumpers (he work of our planes.
nV'M ...1.... M A CCL'C
ri taiinun, iiicilHllliK lu-llicuuin
JCLSEW1IERE In Europe, the
r1 lob of drivlnR Ilio nozla back
fiu meir own uorucn ii uoing on
fipacc,
British troops, both aea and
ilr borne, land on tho wcat const
itrppr-n nnnnMn ii nmi. i
ii. ".Y.. .:rv."..
'"'ili hi; iii,iiiiii.i: mvj
rncounicrcd doesn't ttccm lo be
Bin ift tho It ciin I r!.,rmn ulf.iii-lurd
The nnzis in Greece nnd southern
fuwtiHYii. npponr enieny imeni
In ii. UKiiainviiK
rMuniii mnm lino ruuroRa
rvii.iar merman esenpe, the Rus
IP Ink urn tt M. n..ii.t.i. nl
pflc, whose full, the dlapntchcs
P'y. Ii hourly expected.
I Berl n n. ii. i i
1 V illlfRllllin lllivv
finieashcd a new nll-ont offensive
r' wmuiamn (next-door to Gcr
vnan End rir,....in . i -i -
g1" time are moving toward
1 ft I ne "O""'.
IH " "inner news trom
rnsoiy as mis is written,
fce.,,,lncc El Alaineln and
. ln.ra"' 1,10 Germans hnve
fiVniuW,1,1:1 bnck TOWARD
Swiv . i slowy. 'iKlilh'R nt
Fry i nn U..I f A T I IMjl
JALK. All nl.inn 411nlM
IvSm'01'. ',rpM. NOBODY could
1.1.7:. lsiKo them. They'd
shi.V. wo" uc compelled by
h klhHW wcnrl to Rlvo them
n ii ot co "'"y''1 ou will-
l. 7"i lliev !'n hnnlr 11,1.. II.
fMireai on ti :..T.i" " 1 "'. .'
it Aa(.h : ., " ".'1 " y.
rccrumhi ' nllvlcl!:. walls
linn 0a,..curtiTY . Is.
imic, J no ni'i nf nf.
i'Bs r"1, 'i?" "lovl fwwnrd
urltv Z V,iS , onys when so
or lrlc !?, be obtained within
- nuiin,
'N 'thn Di'i. .. "
Llrlii . "c.'..le wnr of at-
ihBlr. - ",n;1 JnP ISLAND
Ira i""I? nnead. Our bomb-
f't Ind 2. i ? ;? "lry tll(1
Wch th. ? Ins ""ntlon" upon
Irwirti .uJnp... '.opencl 'or OIL.
lre haulnn a ymiow men
(Con m '3 ""PPloment their
continued on puuo Tuni
Britons Strike From
Sea, Air on Otggc
By NOLAND NORGAARD "
ROME, Oct. 5 (AP) Striking from Iho toa and air, British troops have landed In west
ern Grcoco, entored tho port of
aro oporating in support of tho effort to drive out or dostroy German garrisons.
Tho allied command, announcing tho invasion today, said landing forces had made
contact with tho enemy both in Grooca and neighboring southern Albanio, whero other
units wont ashoro ten days ago.
Thore appeared a strong possibility tho operations might swiftly end German rule
throughout the Balkans.
(Roliablo reports reaching Cairo said tho Germans had carried out demolitions In tho
Corinth canal to block movemonts through the Golf of Corinth and to form a large obstacle
for forcos proceeding over land from tho Paloponnosus.)
Speaker
VA.r W. Smith, democratic
candidate for the United BttiUs
senate, apoke before Ktwants
club at Ihe Thursday noon
luncheon. He will fill speaking
ongegamsnts - in takeview 'Fri
day and -la Bend on Saturday. .
6EI
LOADED WITH LOOT
By MAX HALL
WASHINGTON, Oct. S OP)
German embassies In neutral
countries were reported today
to be "loaded down" with sold,
securities and currency with
larco staffs working full time
lo put the stuff Including loot
from occupied countries' under
cover.
Somo of the tricks being
used bv German leaders to con
ceal their financial resources
were disclosed after tho sUilc
department announced that the
United Stntes and Brltnln have
asked neutrals lo deny the ene
my protection for his loot.
Other Pressure
niimr nnvpriiiiicnts which
look part In the United Natlops
monetary coniercnco hi oivi
i i'n,i N. H . Inst July arc
eynpeteri soon to put similar
pressure on the neutral group,
,..i,i,.i, Inrludes Switzerland,
Argentina, Sweden, Spain and
rorluKiil. ,.
. Wotihlnotim snurees said:
That Ihc German ruling
clique is uniting away assets not
only for Its personal smvimuu
Imi, m n wnr chest to keep un
derground organizations going
after the war.
Rvtamd Power
Tlmt In concealing funds, the
Gcrmiins are extending their
power In foreign Industry. They
arc cleverly cloaking this con
imi nnrl it will be hard to
trace,
German Targets
Razed by Bombs
LONDON, Oct. 5 (iT) More
than 1000 U. S. Flying Fortresses
and Liberators hit German tar
i ,,i r,iinunn. niiclnc. Hnn-
rlnr'f. Llimstiidt. Pndcrborn and
Minister in clearing wenther tO'
rlnu
Two main forces, with strong
fighter escort, attacked the
choked rnll terminals nl Cologne
nnd Uliclne, whim smnuer loniw
lions rnldcd airfields at tho otlv
er places.
Body of Smith
To Lie in State
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (ID The
body nf Alfred E. Smith will lie
n inln nl Kl. Pntr ck's Catlicd'
rnl fpnm 9. n. m. tomorrow until
funeral services nt 11 a. m. Sat
urday.
Tim "7n.vnnr.nld "hnnDV war
rior" four times governor of
Now York slnto nnd democratic
presidential nominco In 1828
who died yesterony oi iuhk
unslinn nnrl nrntn lienrt disease,
will be burled In tho family plot
at Queen s Cnlvary cemetery.
Patrai and soixod airfields from
DETROIT, Oct. 9 (A") Ap
proximately 8000 maintenance
workers whose strike action yes
terday tied up or impaired war
production in 33 Detroit area
plants voted today to return to
work on afternoon shifts. United
Automobile Workers (CIO)
spokesmen said.
The action was announced af
ter a meeting of officials of the
executive board of the UAW
CIO end representatives of local
unions making up the mainten
ance, construction and power
house council, (UAW-CIO).
50.000 Idle
The strike, which had begun
to spread again this morning,
had made more than 80,000
workers Idle through plant clos
ings and assembly line interrup
tions. Most seriously Impaired ; by
tho strlko was, the production of
aircraft sub-asscmbllcs, aviation
engines, anti-aircraft guns, tank
and truck parts and other war
material.
Vote Not Given
The vote favoring or opposing
a return to work was not an
nounced. Principal speaker at
this morning's brief meeting was
Walter P. Rcuthcr, international
Vice president of the union, who
with a council committee and
UAW-CIO Regional Directors
Richard T. Leonard and Melvin
Bishop flew back to Detroit from
Atlantic City and Washington to
urge that the strike be called off.
They told the strikers' repre
sentatives that demands for a
war labor board panel Investi
gation of wage issues would not
bo considered as long as the
strike was in progress.
Demobilization
Delay Denied
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (IP)
Secretary of War Stlmson todoy
termed "absoluujly untrue re
ports that the war department
would delay partial acmooiu
zatlon In order to ease the Job
situation.
The statement to a news con
ference was In reply to a re
porter's question that "there has
been somo comment to the effect
that Uio war department will
delay its partial demobilization
in order to case the job situation.
Is that correct?"
Stlmson replied with an em
phatic "no."
Mile Gained in
Italian Battle
'ROME, Oct. 5 (P)V. S. fifth
army troops drove a milo for
ward against violent fire from
reinforced and hastily entrench
ed Germans yesterday on tho
bitterly contested road lo Bolog
na to within 14 miles of that
grcnt communications center.
Tho doughboys seized a ridge
just north of La Selva, five miles
oust of highway 65 at Loinno.
Tho Americans gained new po
sitions Just short of Monte Mora
slno on the Imoln road, three
miles north of Castel Del Rio. On
their left flank, where tho Ger
mans poured In nil types of artil
lery fire, they took tho town of
Cuvlola and Qulnr.ano, cast of
Loinno, after forcing their way
against stiff resistance several
hundred yards north of Lagunc,
which overlooks a secondary
road to Bologna,
fi anni'ii.-.-.-!" --------"-- -
The lload to
Berlin
(JUVUVUVVViraVir"" ai.4aM.
By The Associated Press
1. western front: 305 miles
(from west of Kleve.)
2. Russian front: 310 miles
(from Wnrsaw.)
3. Italian front:. r 670 miles
(from south of Bologna.)
which RAF Spitfires already
i nero was no immeaiaie re-
port on tho extent of German
resistance at Patrai, Greece's
third largest port, or elsewhere,
bul the Germans recently were
said lo have three divisions on
the Greek mainland as well as
other elements evacuated from
Crete and the Aegean Islands.
All these have been reported
ready to flee northward on a
moment's notice to escape the
Jaws of a great trap closing in
on the whole Balkans with Rus-
BULLETIN '
LONDON. Oct. 5 (IP) The An
kara radio aaid tonight that the
Germans were evacuating the
Greek capital of Athens and the
Peloponnesus peninsula and
were moving northward aa ra
pidly as blown up bridges and
road blocka would permit
sians advancing from ' the east
and allied forces with patriot
support striking from the west.
The landing forces were be
lieved to be of small size com
pared with the major invasions
of Africa, Sicily, Italy and
France.'
In Albania the allied forces
were attempting to cut" enemy
-commuiUcationii-around-theportfi
of Sarande. supply Base lor me
German garrison of the strongly
defended island ot Uoriu Uier-
kyra).
LONDON, Oct. 5 (IP) Pan
ccvo, big rail center lass than
nine miles from the Yugoslav
capital of Belgrade, was cap
tured bv Russian trooss today.
Moscow announced tonight, and
the. Rome radio reported mat
Russian troops were fighting in
the suburbs of Belgrade, capital
nf Yugoslavia.
Russian troops in Lithuania
have mounted an all-out offen
sive west of Slauliai, Col. Ernst
von Hammer, the German news
agency's military commentator,
said today in a broadcast.
" The German report said 12 to
14 Russian divisions attacked In
the Siauliai area. 60 miles north
enst of the East Prussian city of
Tils t. with the help of four tanK
corps. A drumfire artillery bar
rage of guns "of the heaviest
caliber" urcccdcd the drive.
The enemy said the offensive
was on n broad front. One of its
purposes might be to cut off the
Riga garrison to the north. Suc
cessful Russian operations also
would prepare a northern de
scent into East Prussia, along
whoso eastern frontier other Rus-
sians have been drawn up for
many weeks.
Klamath $20,000
Short in Drive
During the last days of the
community fund drive, Klamath
Is still $20,000 short of its quota,
reports John B. Ebingcr, , drive
cnairmnn.
Several hundred follow-up let
tors wero sent out this week by
tho drive committee to potential
donors who have not yet sent In
their contributions, To these
S arsons, many of whom have not
eon contnclcd before, a plea has
been made for their help in put
tine the fund over .the ton.
All who have not sent In their
donations arc urged to do so lm
mediately nt flic drive headquar
ters in mo cnamucr oi com.
mcrcc. '
Subs Sink Jap
Supply Ships
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. (IP)
American , submarines, ripping
Japanese supply lines, have de
stroyed nnother 11 enemy ves
sels, Including three war craft,
tho navy announced today.
The flshting craft Included a
destroyer, an escort vessel and a
seaplane tender, an ot wnicn
may havo been trying to protect
Japanese convoys from Ameri
can underwater attacks. , , .
'1 rjS&r
James McKeehan, boatswain's
mate, 2c, U. S. coast guard, is
reported missing in the South
Pacific alnce September 19. He
la the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James O. McKeehan, Hilyard
avenue. Kcnnell-Ellis
Klamath's Casualty List
increased; One Wounded,
Three Missing in 4cffoit
Names of four well-known
Klamath men appeared in the
war casualty column Thursday,
three of them missing in .action
and one reported wounded.
1st. Lt. Harry Johnson Jr., 24,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Johnson of 352 N. 10th, and hus
band of the former Rosemary
Sloan of this city, is missing in
action over Holland, since Sep
tember 17. He was pilot of. a
Mustanfc'.iB'Hter; V-tU .is wife
niin-.iHt fa ivl, .."
Wr. ua -Y--
."V.".,??"' j" " a .
' wepnesoHy hikiiui.
Johnson has been overseas
since about April 1, 1944, and
was flying a P-38 In early sum
mer. He has twice Deen aecorai
ed, once with the Air Medal,
second with an Oak Leaf cluster.
Second on.the missing nsi was
James. Orland McKeehan,. 23,
boatswain s mate 2c, u. a.
coast guard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James O. McKeehan, Hilyard
avenue. He has been missing
since September 19 in the South
Pacific and oiuciai word came
from the war department Thurs
day. James was a graduate of
Henley nign scnooi, ciuss ui
1939. and has Deen in service mr
18 months in this country and
Si months overseas.
Crabb Missing
Friends here were advised
that Pvt. J. C. Crabb, 20. U. S.
army air corps, has been missing
since August 16 over Germany.
Young Crabb is the son of Mr.
Inquiry Slated
In Hotel Battle
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5 (IP)
Chairman Green (R-R. I.) said to
day his senate campaign expen-
a.it,ii-r.c r.nmmittee has begun an
investigation into tne so-caiira
"Battle of the Statlcr" which
followed- President Roosevelt s
opening campaign address.
Two naval officers were in
tmiurui in the September 23 diS'
turbance when tncy ascrioea iu
political questions trom menv
k.r. r.f Iho AFL Teamsters un
ion who had heard Mr. Roose
velt's speech at the hotel. -
Cards Tie Series With 3-2
Win in Extra-Inning Tilt
By JACK HAND
. SPORTSMAN'S PARK, St.
Louis, Oct. 5 (P) Ken Odea s
pinch hit single in the eleventh
Inning scoring Ray Sanders gave
the St. Louis Cardinals a 3 to
2 decision in the second game of
the world series today squaring
the baseball classic at ono game
each. , ,
It was the first extra Inning
game since 1930 and the longest
since 1935 nnd wns made pos
sible when the Brownies rallied
to score twice in the seventh on
Gene Moore's single, Red liny
worth's double and Frank Man
cuso's pinch single. 1
Four Errors
The Cardinals took advantage
of defensive lapses by the Amer
ican leaguers, . who committed
four errors, by tallying once M
the third on Verban's single, two
errors by Nelson Potter and an
Infield out. They added another
in the fourth on Verban's fly to
left after a walk to Ray Sanders,
Whitey Kurowski's single and
Mark ; Christman's , error on
Marty " Marion's bouncer had
loaded the bases. Sanders scored
the run, ,
Klamath Men Missing in
First Lt. Harry Johnson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson
of this city and husband of the
former Rosemary Sloan, is re
ported missing in action over
Holland, "
and Mrs. Elbert Crabb of Hot
Springs, Ark., and Is a former
Weyerhaeuser employe.. He en
tered the army . 18. months, ago.
Word came from- his -brother,
Sgt. Jake Crabb, weather recon
naissance squad, U. S. army, now
serving in France.
While here. Crabb made nis
home with Mr. and Mrs. G. D.
Swafford,1316 Shelley, and also
with his sister, Mrs, Nina Bean
of Lancaster, now living, in Calf,
Slightly wounoeo ,
Mrs. Don West, (Dorothy Teed),
was advised by the war depart
ment on October 2, that her hus
hnnd, 1st. Lt. Don West.:26..was
slightly wounded on September
11.. wnne in action in Belgium.
West was with the first army,
armored division, and took his
innlr training in southern Cali
fornia. His parents are rar. ana
Mrs. L. A. West. Eberlcin, street,
well-known Klamath residents..
In a letter which Mrs. west
rooeiveri Wednesday. Don wrote
ihat he was in a hospital but did
not give the location. .. ,.
riazis Capture
General Bor
LONDON, Oct. 5 (IP) Lt. Geri.
Tadeusz Komorowskl (Bor), new
ly appointed commander-in-chief
of Polish military forces, was
captured in the battle of War
saw, the Polish government in
exile announced tonight.
A Polish government spokes
man declared that the capture of
Gen. Komorowskl gave the "lie"
to the rival, soviet-sponsored Po
lish national committee of liber
ation, which asserted that the
general stayed away from the
ravaged capital after ordering
the futile uprising. , . '. .
Berlin announced earlier that
Komorowski and his entire staff
had been taken prisoner. ; .
PLEAD INNOCENT
ALBANY, Oct. 5 (IP) William
Lightle and Charles H. Brown,
held responsible by a grand jury
for the deaths of four passengers
in a bus hit by a falling tree,
have pleaded innocent. Their
trials have been set for the No
vember term of court.
nilv T-innnellv. a 29-year-old
rnnkie from Olivia, Minn., who
had won only two games all
vear, set the Browns oacK on
their hee s after relieving staner
Max Lanier in the cigntn, stjik-
ino- nut seven men In tour in
nings and yielding only two hits.
It was Donnelly's victory and a
loss for Bob Muncrief who came
in after Potter was lifted for a
pinch batter In the seventh.
Drowns i nreaien
A crowd of 35,076 paid $152,
553 to watch the Red Birds tie
tin the series In a dramatic 11th
inning. The Browns threatend
In the top half when George Mc-
Quinn opened wltn a dounie ou
tho screen in right field. Chrisl
mnn tried to bunt him to third
bul Donnellv threw to Kurowskl
who made a one-handed stao ana
nut tho ball on the sliding Mc
Qulnn for-a vital out. The next
twn men were easv outs. -V
In the National leaguers' half,
Sanders led off with' a single to
right, was sacrificed to second
by Kurowski's bunt and romped
home when O'Dea lined a single
to right after Marion had been
given an intentional pass.
Action
Pvt. J. C. Crabb, 20, former
Weyerhaeuser employe, is re
ported missing over . Germany
since August 18. He made his
home" here with Mr. and Mrs.
G. D. Swafford, 1318 Shelley. -
I
E
- Two Klamath deer hunters
today reported ' finding the
wreckage of a single-motored
plane, in - the remote Buck, lake
area; 28 miles west of Klamath
Falls;
The hunters; Al Rider and Bob
Boldischar, said the wreckage
was strewn over a wide area and
that they discovered bones which
may be those of victims of the
crash.- - - -
v '.. Silver, Yellow- v
sheriff -Lloyd Low headed a
party which left, just.; before
'noon- tbilay''-t6"" 'examine " the
wreckage. ' The hunters! said
paint on tn6 plane appears to be
guver ana yellow.
PORTLAND, Oct. 5 (IP) At
least two private planes have
been, reported missing, with no
record that they have ever been
found. ......
- Medford Plane
On November 29, 1940, Mr.
and Mrs. C.' E. (Dick) Walbert
took off from Medford in a pri
vate plane, and never were seen
again; Searchers had been led
to believe, however, that the
plane - veered westward, and
search was directed toward the
Rogue River valley.
On October 25. 1941. a private
plane carrying Elmer Jeffries
and Frank McKenna. Glendale,
Calif., fliers, took off from Eu
gene, ' bound lor California.
Their plane never was seen
again, although numerous search
ing parties have gone out. A
$1000 reward has been offered
for discovery of the plane.
Printers Fail
To Report
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Oct. 5 (IP)
The Rochester Times-Union, a
Gannett newspaper, suspended
publication today when 85 print
ers failed to report for work in a
dispute which the management
termed a diuerence in contract
interpretation and the union
said was a. "lockout.
The employes, members of Un
ion 15, Rochester Typographical
union (AFL), joined 92 Demo
crat and Chronicle printers,
members of the same union, who
left that paper's composing room
last night- after discharge of -a
union member.--The Democrat
and Chronicle was not publish
ed this morning.
Conquering Duck
Now in States .
SAN DIEGO. Calif.. Oct; 5 (IP)
Siwash the duck, fighting mas
cot of the second marine divi
sion, is home..
The conquering duck, after
breezing through all opposition
it met on Tarawa, Saipan and
Tinian. arrived here with Corp.
trancis J. lagan, unicago, ana
800 leatherneck veterans of Pa
cific campaigns.
The duck is admired bv ma
rines as the bird which acquired
prominence by routing a Japan
ese rooster on Tarawa a day
after the invasion.
Fan Makers Turn
To Airplanes
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 5 (IP)
A business of "300 years stand
ing" has been abandoned on Shi
koku island in Japan.
The Tokyo radio announced to
day fan makers have "plunged"
Into aircraft production because
"their delicate technique in tan
makinfl will henceforth do much
toward Increased production of
airplane wings. '
Huge Artillery Mai)
Drawn Up By
Germans
By JAMES M. LONG
LONDON, Oct. 5 (Pi-
American tanks and infantry
advanced more than a -mile
through the shattered fixed de
tenses of the west wall af
Ubach today and captured the;
town of Beggendorf, which the
Germans had attempted to turn
into an anchor oi a bacKstop
line.
Widening their wedge, 'tho
yanks also captured Kerkrader
on . the Dutch-German border.
Kerkrade, on the south side ot
tne wedge Is two miles - soutn
west of Merkstein and five,
miles north of Aachen.
Gains Scored
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges'-
first army scored the gains in)
a --fiercely rising ' battle . in'
which the Germans massed theiu
biggest artillery concentrations
of the western front. Three
heavy armored counter-thrusts
were turned back and front line
dispatches said a major tank
battle was developing. - '
Boggendorf is more than a
mile beyond Ubach and its cap
ture - placed - the Americans
astride .the . Aachen-Geilen-'
kirche road and within a mile
and a half of the main north
road out of Aachen, the high
way to Gladbach. The town is
three - miles from the nearest
point of the Dutch border and
about four miles from the gen-1
eral line of the frontier. ''.
Tank Support '"-'"'
An Associated Press dispatch'
from the sector said - allied
tanks in numbers were now
back of the original Siegfried.
line and were churning out
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AIMED HEADQUARTERS.
NEW GUINEA: Oct. 5 (IP) Ship-
hunting allied planes, which sank
more than zou ocean-going ves
sels in September, began Oc
tober impressively by hitting 11
more as Tokyo radio spoke
frankly of a shipping shortage.
A communique today by Gen.
Douglas MacArthur and one last
night at Pearl Harbor by Adnu
Chester W. Nimitz reported the
sinking or severe damaging of
11 supply vessels in raids reach
ing to within 615 miles of Tokyo.
The raids occurred ' during the
first three days of this month. ;
- Cargo Ship Mil
A careo ship was bomb-blast
ed Sunday near Chichi Jima in
the Bonin islands, the closest ap
proach to Tokyo. .
A 2000-ton freighter-transport
and three small freighters were
sunk or severely damaged Mon
day night and early Tuesday off
Dutch Celebes. " ! '.
Freighters Destroyed
Four small freighters were de
stroyed near Amboina. A 1000-
ton vessel wassunK ott tne aoeia
islands, between Celebes and
Amboina. -
A medium tanker was heavily
hit off the southern Philippines.
MacArthur s planes, w h t c n
also have been concentrating on
Japanese oil sources in the East
Indies, struck Monday night at
Makassar, Dutch Celebes, spreads
ing fires in an area ot ou tames.
Second Raid
' Nimitz said Liberators made
it two raids in a row on Chichi
Jima by going back -after more
shipping Monday, but he did not
report the results. His commun
ique last night also reported air
strikes in the Kuriles, Mariana
and Marshalls and against Mar
cus island. ' '
Mopping up operations by ma
rines and soldiers on Peleliu and
Angaur in the Palaus continued
with tho total counted Japanese
dead through Tuesday amount
ing to 10,987. . ' - L.
Revolts Break
Out In Austria j
LONDON, Oct. 5 (fl3) Th
London radio, quoting advices
from Bern, said last night that
revolts are reported to have
broken out In Vienna and other
parts of Austria. There was ho
immediate confirmation from
other sources.
BBC declared that casualties
and arrests had occurred In dis
turbances only two days after
Gen. Dwight D. Elsenhower and
the Moscow radio told the Aus
trians that "the time has come"
for them to give active proof of
their willingness to break with
their German masters.
The broadcast said unrest was
reported in the industrial dis
trict of Steyr, where "worker
are in some cases coming out
on strike and carrying out, con
siderable sabotage.''