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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)
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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-