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There nro iiitrlKUIHK li that ono ot Uluirclim jobs be to gel Iriim hlnlln some of commltmenl to enter the If Ic war us soon lis Germnny ilefentcd. bvestia, Itiinslnn xovernment kipnper. nrlnts tothiv nn In- lillnu article becnusc when rrtla speaks It Is realty the re of Slnlln Hint wc hear, itllnif iKit for the iirlnciiilo of nlmlty of notion iiinonu tho tour in nil decisions uenr on the Drevenlloii of (uliiro Is. That Is to sny. In nil de- mj callhiK for tho use of e to nuiilllllill nr-ncn thorn i oc no di.sxvmliiK voto. - , o Amcr cans win iio murii C Inclined In nurpn tultli tlii rnnc it tnc Htisslnns turn In n nuier Is 1 eked nml ninko war aKnlnst the Jnp unmil- Jfces i?equests view of Trial IASIIINGTON, Oct. 10 (I'l earn Imin ...... .i i... I ....... m.gin.ji. L-UIIVlL'l-i'I'lcr In the Pullmnn enr '"B of nn ensiun's wife us the passed throtiKh Linn conn 're, asked the supremo court y In tviiiU... i.t . .... . , vn;Hr lll irilll. io iieuro, Hubert E. I KeS. 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Jjjth, JbMpA UfHfS fm tr "lollktah ' Allied forces today occupied Corinth, on the south and of tht Isthmus Unking Peloponnesus with the Greek mainland. Adriatic units were reported attacking Sarande. supply base for the nasi aarrlson on Corfu. Dispatches indicate that British and Greek troops are continuing their drive from Corinth, and It is believed the drive may lead to Athens. ROME. Oct. 10 (P) British nnd Greek forces hnvo occupied Corinth, It wns minounccd to day.-''"-!- -' , llrltlsh forward units entered Corinth without opposition. Two hundred nnd fifty members of tho collnborntinit Greek "secur ity bntlnlinns'' surrendered there yesterday mornliiR. No Ciermnns were met In the city, which is nt the south end of the Isthmus linking t h c Pelopon nesus and the Greek mainland.. Attack Sarande Meiinwhilc, the nlllcd land forces of the Adrlntic beRnn at tacking Snrnnde, the little south ern Albunlan port which is a supply bnsn for the nnzi garrison on the island of Corfu. . The nttnek started nt 4 a. m, yesterday nnd allied troops quickly penetrated to the west ern outskirts of the town ' after overcoming opposition, Another unit silenced an en emy battery and took the ccn (Continucd on Page Nine) Harvest Worker Demand Grows The demand by growers for help In the spud harvest Is great ami there Is an urgent need for people who enn give their time over weekends or through tho week. There Is an opportunity for pickers, especially In tho Bo nanza area, ns ninny growers arc without help. Anyone who can give a dny or more should regis ter with the form labor office immediately. The turnout of townspeople for the harvest Is about half what It has been In previous years and, as the hnrvest Is greater, tho labor shortage Is acute. Holder of Congressional Medal on Duty at Barracks Ono of this war's first and greatest heroes, holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor, LI. Mitchell Pnigc, 28, of Drn vosburg, Pa., is now stationed at the Klamath Fnlls Marino Bar racks. Lt. Paige, then a plntoon scr Remit, was In command of a ma chine gun section on Gunrinl cnnnl, October 2(1, 1042, when ho sliiRlc-hnndedly broke up a Jap anese attack on tho marines' position. Fought Alone ' Then, his citation stntcs, "Alono, ho. moved from gun to gun under continuous henvy en emy fire." Mniinlng a gun by himself until it wns destroyed, ho moved to another and main tained a withering flro ngalnst tho advancing Japs until , rein forcements arrived, ..." "Then, forming a ncy lino, ho dnuntlcssly and aggressively led a bayonet charge, driving the en emy back and preventing a broak-throtigh In our linos," Twice Cited Tho lieutenant has two cita tions, ono signed by President Roosevelt, and the other by Ad miral Nlmllz. Bound In a leath (Continued on Page Nine) In The Shanta Britons, Greeks Occupy Corinth Plan for American Entry Into World Union Heads Toward Stormy Debates By JOHN M. HIGHTOWEH WASHlNGTONi-Oet. 10 (A") Government pinna to put the United States into n world or ionization backed by force headed for a storm of national debate today, with President Roosevelt and Secretary Hull apparently seeking to prevent possible disagreement on any ON POLICE Fill (Ed. Note: This Is the first of a series of articles discussing' the four measures to appear on the city ballot at the special election held in conjunction with the general election No vember 7). First of the four measures to appear on the bnllot, Nos. 100 and 101, (yes nnd no), is com monly known ns the police emergency fund measure. On tho bnllot the voter will find tho following: "Tho repenl of chapter 16 of the charter of Klnmnth Fnlls, save nnd except levies heretofore made there under." This Is the title ol the Issue. Involves Tax This measure Involves the .4 mill tax originally levied for band purposes. Some years ago on disbanding of the city band, this was voted to be continued for the purpose of the emer gency, police fund to be used for police manpower, police re (Continucd on Pago Two) Marine Hero Here First Lt. Mitchell Paige, ma rlne winner of the Congression 1 Medal of Honor on Guadal canal, has reported for duty at the Klamath Falls Marine Bar racks. Lt. Paige returnod home recently after 27 months In the South Pacific, - Cum - ade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1944 single Issuo from wrecking the whole enterprise; This strategy is considered re sponsible for the determination of officials to refrain now from bringing into the debate the question of whether congress should have to givo its approval each time the world organiza tion calls lor American men, guns, ships and planes to sup press a threatening aggressor. In Accord With Laws An authoritative analysis at the state department of the Dumbarton Oaks security plan, revealed yesterday, shows that it mils to call for any such strong commitment on the port of the United States. It pro vides instend only for the prom ise to undertake to supply forces in accord with constitu tional processes. Since responsible diplomatic officials are known to tavor a (Continued on Pago Two) Churchill, Stalin Confer On Postwar European Plans .. By DANIEL Do LUCE 1 MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (!') Prime Minister Churchill talked with Marshal Stalin for three hours in the Kremlin last night and conferred todny with the Brit ish diplomatic and military stuff before starting a second meeting with the Russian premier, W. Averill Harriman, United States ambassador, was kept fully Informed by the British delegation, although he was not present at the Kremlin last night. Endorsed. Viewi Churchill was understood to be presenting his views on ques tions in Europe and elsewhere views which were said to have been fully endorsed before he left the Quebec conference with President Roosevelt. The Intost indications were that his visit would last through out this week. Tho Briton's presence in Mos cow coincided with two impor- Berlin Divided On Name Change NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (P) M. Allen Blinks, press representa tive of the committee for the re birth of Dlstomo, said todny he had received a letter saying that practicnlly nil of the pi oneers of Berlin, Ore., fnvored crumping tho namo of the town to Dlstomo, His comment resulted from tho filing of a petition in tho Al bany. Ore., county court protest ing the proposal to change the town's name to that of Distomo, a Greek city razed by nazis. This petition, signed by 82 property owners, described the move ns "high-handed and f "publicity scheme" by the Al bany chamber of commcrco and said that it ' doesn t seem ap propriate to hold a ceremony that would attract a great number- ot people." DIT UNITS POUND GERMAN MLTJCPOSTS Big Guns Hammer At . Beseiged Port of Memel Bv DANIEL DELUCE MOSCOW, Oct. 10 (P) A storm of Russian artillery fire broke today on besieged Memel, German-held port on the Baltic, while to the southward two so viet armies wheeled and hurled their full weight into a drive on the East Prussian fortress city of Tilsit. Other soviet forces reached the Baltic sea today south of the Lat vian port of Licpaja, Moscow an nounced tonight. Licpaja 'Is 55 miles north of Memel and. with the latter, is one of the two major objectives of the Russian offensive in Lith uania. Cut. Escape Route By reaching the sea between the two cities, soviet forces have cut across the land escape route of an estimated 150,000 German troops in the Baltics. The great Baltic offensive of Generals Ivan C. Bagramaln and Ivan Cherniakhovsky, ripping apart the German coastal flank protecting the heart of East Prus sia, matched In spectacular suc cess the sweep of General Rodion Malinovsky's forces into north ern Hungary. SO Miles From Budaoest There, after cutting the railway-retreat routes behind the German and Hungarian forces in - . (Continued -on Page Two) Three Klamath Men Wounded The names of three Klamath Falls men, wounded in action, were announced Tuesday by the war department. They are: Pvt. James A. Hale, U. S. ma rine corps reserve, husband of Mrs. James A. Hale, 725 St. Francis, Tech. 4th Gr. Bill Sykcs, U. S. army, husband of Mrs. Vcra lee Sykes, care of Dr. E. M. Marsha, 220 N. 7th, Pvt. John H. Kellum, U. S. army, husband of Mrs. Dclpha R. Kellum, route 3, box 1140-B, city. Details of their wounds were not given in the Tuesday com munication. tant statements In the Russian press. One expressed flnt oppo sition to altering the principal of a unanimous vote by the four major allied powers on the in ternational security council, In case of aggression. The other statement disclosed a Russian plan for developing oil resources in the northern part of Iran. Some fields of Iran (Persia) have been controlled by Britain for more than a century. The country now is occupied jointly by British troops in the south and Russians in the north. Poatwar Outline One obvious topic of the Churchill Stalin conversation, was the details of final defeat and occupation of Germany. An other was the general outline of postwar Europe. Tho possibility was not excluded that the ex change of opinions would in clude other areas ot tne worm. Izvestln. oraisins tile Dumbar ton Oaks plan for international security, stoutly supported the principle of a unanimous fou-r power agreement on cases 01 ag crcssion. declaring: "Tho experience of the league of nations proved useless its talk about high purposes without the (Continued on Page mnej Nazis Belittle Security Plan Bv The Associated Press Berlin radio paid its respects today to the Dumbarton Oaks deliberations: "The proposal made at the Dumbarton Oaks conference for the establishment ot a new league of nations is regarded lit the Wllhelmstrasse as a complete failure. "Indeed one Is convinced that this plan has not the slightest chance of becoming reality both for political and - military reasons," Oct. 10. 1S44 Max. (Oct. B) 74 Mln 49 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream yar to data Trac Normal 28 Lait yaar 02 Forecast: Fair and warmer. Planes Attack Jap Ships Near Ryukyu; Garakayo Invaded V. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 10 WP) Sweepinq the Ryukyu islands some 200 miles south of Japan and only 500 miles from the China coast, carrier planes of the third fleet sank or damaged 58 ships and small craft and dostroyed 89 planes yesterday. Admiral Chester W. Nimits an nounced today. The planes attacked In great force and achieved complete surprise. Admiral Nimiti said. In the first American strike into the islands, commanding the sea approaches between Foochow and Shanghai, Admiral Wil they could find and bombed and strafed island installations, liam F. Halsey's planes attacked every naval and merchant ship Preliminary reports indicated tncy sank 12 snips, including a destroyer, probably sank 14 and damaged 12. They also sank or damaged 20 luggers and other small craft. They destroyed more than 75 Japanese airplanes on the ground and shot 14 down in combat. American plane losses were light, and none of the surface ships was damaged. Garakayo Invaded Invasion of Garakayo, tenth of the Palau group of island stepping stones to the Philip pines brought under fire of American guns, was announced last night by Pacific command ers who also reported the first uig neutralizing raid on Zam boanga, important southern Phil ippines coast city. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said yesterday units of the 81st in fantry division landed Sunday on Garakayo and quickly-secured a beachhead. 'They drove forward against light opposition North of Peleliu Garakayo is 21 miles north of Peleliu, where American forces have been fighting since Sep tember 14 and ore wiping out the last resistance.1 The import ance of the Garakayo invasion apparently was to eliminate shore batteries that may have snclled Americans on Peleliu. Babelthaup, largest of the Palaus, was attacked anew by marine planes- which bombed fuel dumps and warehouses. Rain Bogs Down Battle of Italy ROME. Oct. 10 (P) Rain, mud and stiff German resistance have virtually halted the allied ad vance toward the Po river in Italy, but the fifth army's heavy artillery now is keeping the Bolgna-Rimini highway under systematic fire, headquarters disclosed today. British eighth army troops al ready are astride this highway at the Adriatic end of the allied line, but it still is of vital im portance to Field Marshal Gen. Albert Kesselring m maneuver ing his strong forces laterally between tne eigni and filth arm ies. Typhoons Slow Landing on China U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR Oct. 10 W) American forces are moving as fast as they can toward a landing on the China coast but tremendous typhoons are a handicap to both land and sea operations, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said in a press conference yesterday. Wpstnrn Pnclfic winrl di-roe among the worst in the world at mis season, are delaying tne ct f icicnt replenishment of ships at sea. Testimony Ends In Anderson Case Testimony In circuit "court" on the statutory rape case of State versus William Anderson was completed Tuesday afternoon. u. a. uaionttnc, attorney for the defense, reminded the jury in his final statement that both William Anderson and his wife. Mac, had . testified under oath that Anderson had at no time had relations with tho 15-year-old girl involved. Both testified that Anderson was impotent and Incapable of performing the act with which he was charged, because of a spi nal ailment. Bnlcntine pointed out that Dr. Samuel D. Earhart had stated In the courtroom that Anderson was impotent. -. -No proof of Anderson's guilt, Bnlentine stated, has been pre sented in court other than the testimony .of the girl, and her own: mother, had testified that she had on previous occasions falsely claimed that other men had had relatioai with her. Assistant District - Attorney Clarence Humble emnhasized the fact that the girl had told the same story during the pre sent trial that she had told auth orities six months ago. Number 10284 Killed Lt. Robert T. Leslie, above, was killed in action in the Med iterranean theater, it was re ported, here.. ' . . i'.- ROBERT T. LESLIE !TI 2nd Lt. Robert Taber Leslie, 27, U. S. army air corps pilot and former KUHS track star, was killed in action over Italy on October 1, according to word re ceived by the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice G. Leslie, 811 Rose, Monday night. . , . - Lt. Leslie's wife, the former Virginia Hall, and their 25-year-old son, Robert Timothy, were given the tragic news from the war department at their home in Arcadia, Calif., late yesterday. Lived Here Born in Klamath Falls on Ap ril 5, 1917, Leslie spent virtually all of his life here. He went through the grades at Fairview, and was graduated from KUHS where his record in the 100 yard dash held jointly with Bob by Gray, still stands in track his tory.. Leslie had one year -at UCLA and then transferred to Oregon State college where he was a member of Phi Delta The ta. He was graduated in 1940. He starred in athletics at OSC (Continued 'on Page Two) W's tM""Vr TIN. "1 HP " t if I I 1 I iViiMi iiTn iir'nrTffVti 1 in mmn Dispatch Reveals Sinking Of Jap Navy Of Korea-352 U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har bor, Oct. 10 JP) Startled war correspondents learned a his tory iesson the emotional way yesterday. Serious - faced Adm.. Chester W. Nimitz kept them tensed on their chairs at Hie end of a press conference by reading a "com munique which described sen sational "n a V a 1 victories over Japanese fleet units off Korea. Heavy Losses -He told how "powerful allied naval forces" had attacked part of the Japanese fleet at Fusan, Korea, inflicting neavy losses, and later destroyed another sizeable Nipponese force. At the end. he smiled and added: "This communique, inci dentally, is dated late June, 1592." The correspondents relaxed with a -sigh and laugned. Nimitz was laying the foun dation for a statement in which he pointed out that the ' Japa nese navy had been defeated at Saipan in past wars, fits presen tation was so solemn and the text so convincing that most of the correspondents thought lie was referring to a current ac tion. ine joke was careiuuy hidden until he announced the date. (A story written In the same chronological order was con vincing, too.' when-lt was re ceived by the . San Francisco GERMANS DAY TO SURRENDER Troops Mass Along 25 Mile Front For Breakthrough Bv The Associated Preii LONDON, Oct. 10 P Thu U. S. first army completely sur rounded Aachen today and de livered to the German garrison there an ultimatum to surrender within 24 hours or be conquer ed by ruthless attack. Dough boys had sealed off the Sieg fried line city with a wall of troops, tanks and guns, and al ready were building up a 25 mile front-six to 10 miles inside the reich for a breakthrough punch toward the Rhine. . The U. S. commander told de fenders holed up in Aachen that unless the city was "promptly and completely surrendered un conditionally, American army ground and air forces will pro ceed ruthlessly with air and ar tillery bombardment to reduce it to submission." Aachen is "now completely surrounded" by first army men, his ultimatum said. Chop Escape Lane Earlier today the two Jaws oi a doughboy vise had chopped the German escape lane northeast of the city to only a mile in width, and choked it off with curtains of machinegun fire. Canadian troops to the north west meanwhile shoved forward in drives intended to clear per haps 15,000 Germans from the Schelde estuary a prime ne cessity to open the big port of Antwerp .to allied supplies for the battle of Germany. . Lending Force Advances Amphibious forces which land ed yesterday on the south shore of the Schelde advanced 2 miles and the Berlin radio said new forces had landed today,. The Canadians in the bridgehead over the Leopold canal struck ' for' ward after throwing back 30 nazi counterattacks in four days. The bottling of Aachen's "fight to the death" defenders came as Lt Gen. George S. Patton's U. S. third army snapped a German bulge in the Nancy-Metz sector back in a straight line. Pocket Eliminated Elimination of this nazl pock et was reported by Associated Press Correspondent Edward D. Ball, who said Patton's Yanks had moved up into new posi tions extending from Fresnes-en-Saulnois, 15 miles 'north and east of Nancy, to Cheminot, 18 miles due north of Nancy. German-born Man Commits Suicide JUNEAU, Alaska, Oct. 10 (JP) Taunted by his associates regard ing his German nationality, Fred Gesto, 70, leaped from the third floor bathroom window of a Ju neau hospital yesterday. He died from a compound head fracture an hour later. A native of Germany, Gesto had resided in Wasilla for the past 25 years until coming here about 10 days ago. He was taken to the hospital for observation three days ago when he pleaded with a patrolman to be permit ted to commit suicide. Near Coast Years office of the Associated Press. The first lines of the "commu nique" were bulletined, then tne story was killed when the end of the dispatch revealed its oeiayed-actton origin. Prompt-: ness halted publication, but sumo radio stations used the original story). Korean-Chinese Action The admiral was referring to an attack by Korean-Chinese naval units against Japanese forces invading the Korean pen insula. The incident came at the end of an hour-long press conference when the admiral said: "You might be interested in this communique: "'Powerful allied naval forces have attacked a portion of the Japanese fleet lying at anchor near the entrance to Fusan har bor on the southwest coast of Korea. Twenty-six of approxi mately 80 ships In the harbor were set afire and the remain' der dispersed. , Army Isolated '"In a later engagement, more than 70 Japanese vessels, Including warships and trans ports, were encountered by the allied fleet and sunk,. The de vastating blow has isolated enemy armies in Korea and cut them off from . their home bases'." - - Then he announced the date, which he had omitted previous-