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WA 0 i i uxiuu WeotherNe IT U M v bERNUNSTRY mm ill p.FBANK JENKINS HIKICANT news co ,iMIK iu' ... ii,. f e. 1 ,rCTf '-l wl.li'li NlmlU rill l "ro,,, 1' from Japan. ",Kg ,or '' 8 .t.m.iL'u to Is surface , flirt mil hv bewi l J, landing n Hi" ;o"t of I'1"' .. ,.i.i fnw days iTi-S '- ' China., Germany we give " liour ultimatum 1 surrounded Ichen to surrender. Tho ultima I,, explrw without un iinswrr. ,'ro proceeding uuay wun itructlon of Hi" cl'y- ., . 'IdvanM wo will destroy one Si ni (hi German cities In r plli If tl-y refuse lurron r r: nii. trmumally, r: '. V ...V..,i , mzi. intend U,c Germnn people will stand it) to sacrifice Germany lei one uy one in m."-. i" id tneir uwii i,v i(V o slve them time to set l with their lout sonic (lurk ;hU ... HE Ruislnns rencn mc ra nt ncir wemoi, iim " .it ih fl,.nnim loft In tlio Itlc , tale.. They are ominous in ( ho borders of cost null on both oust and south. k V.igmlnvin lllCV Cllt 1110 Et mlnllno railroad by which Ocrmnns In Grceco una ithern Yugoslavia can hope ckwpc. iney uru ., lidily across Hungary. nrhe time ) Sli'mmy iica Y,n the nazis will bo pushed jck behind their own fortress till III the wy around. unr led to live on their own fat, IK no satellites or cn 10 w on. Keep on walchlnu Nljmenen. Brmsn navo nnn iiimw le tlmo now lo supply nnd Inforco their second army re, now saiclv pint Aacncn. ir American first army can n north to bark up the British Iheir Nljmrucn salient, where y aro nlrcncly across me pdeat part of tho Rhine, Also which mc nunims 10 ireo Iwerp, which Is the key to the thcrn supply problem. IEH1ND a screen of complete jeerecy, Churchill and Slolln conferrlni! In Moscow. All t Is permitted to leak out to Is that Ihc conference la rmonlous." !ut we can guess what tholr k li nbout. hey aro scttllnK between m, or trvlin to. tho ticklish Jrjtlon of what will bo Brit- s and what will bo Russ n's Ihcrcs of Influence" In the t Europe of after tho war. ici us nope they como to a lament that will be mutually factory and workable. Ill n seltlement between Brit- nn missin cs our best hono peace In tlic years lo como. FE have permitted ourselves io lump thoughtlessly to vuuuiis on in it i nftf,r thin r the ltrllUI, .ni i, i while nnd lotterlnR on Its "uun5. mm writer has a Ion that till. I. a ,i..,. .year no Prime Minister ms of the union of South 'ea ricclnrpil ilmi i,rir i.i. r three of tho five great ers of Kurnpo (Franco, I'nly, m'iy will hnvo disao. rca. lie ,Poko In n gloomy p. As r i.i i. . fmlty Britain might not bo r niuviVO, omidcr this fact: n tho ll 0 tho niml llimn il,r. Jew wero Urltnlii's most fCrrul COmilotltnr. ThnuVn Konc. ' Phat does tlinl rin Ir, nrHi.,7 I SnO ran . , H,l .uiiiu io a gooa I" "K "Rfeement with Russia, v... . UQ 1lmo well off in ig come.' tomath Citizens to Vote icond Arlicl. ni . s..i.. !C5P"(' niensuro to appear on embcr 7C; c,cc" ballot, arter n ,l-r " .. the voin;; . ,K ' sumiucn iicll" "lu common LA Klamath Falls be .r..'d. "ddlna thereto -"r in, l ..,!, ,u. "councl of said eity t0 1. 'x of 2 mill. US. m iBBid ,ci,y' Mch r ..., IO acQUlra rnmk ItMns Mb" known h r"ni Mem.. ui n-i. i PRICE 5 CENTS Third Fleet Defies Jap Ships, Airforce In Raids on Ryukyu Br The Assocleted Press ' U. 8. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 11 (II In the boldest naral stroke of the Pacific war, truck 200 miles south of Japan, the iree-rorlng American third fleet defied both Nippon's home fleet and airforce by pouring carrier planes In overpowering strength against the Ryukyu Islands. As the climax of powerful blows delivered since August 30 In the Philippines, Palaus and Bonins, Adm, William F. Halsey's task force wiped out (t planes and sank or damaged 58 surface craft every vessel sighted In the Ryukyus, 600 miles from the China coast, on Monday. Peacetime universal military training was favored by the di rectors of the Klamath county chamber of commerce on a split vnto today that followed a live ly discussion, the action being taken in connection with a refer endum sent out by the United States chamber of commerce. The chnmbe.r's legislative com' mlltce rocoinmrndcd - a "No" vote on universal military (rain: Ing for the United States, ; sug gesting tho enlargement of such institutions as West. Point and. Annapolis, establishment of a large non-commissioned officers' training program, and mainte nance of an adequate standing army through voluntary enlist ments. Rejects The board rejected this recom mendation, following arguments to the effect that universal train ing la essential to thft country's Jioslwar strength and would liorcfofe be a factoHn thn main tenance of world peace, and that military training Is menially , . (Continued on Psg Two) Cp. AmbrogeW Dies in Europe Cpl, Walter Joseph Ambroget tl was killed In action In the European theater on September 17, according io ouiciai wora re-t cetven nerc Tuesday by his mother, Mrs. Os car Pcdcrscn. Cpl. Ambro gettt was born In Klamath Falls on March S. 11123, and at tended city schools. When ho entered the service on September 24, 1943, ho was a lumber handler at Spraguc Hlver. He was serving as a tail-gunner on a B-17. Fly ing Fortress at the time of his death. : Surviving are his wife, Flor eno Ambrogettl, formerly of Klamath Falls, now of Bend, his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Pcdcrscn, and .. a brother, Frank Pcdcrscn. Navy Identifies '. Sailor's Body The navy Wednesday Identi fied tho young sailor found dead Saturday night near the South ern Pacific tracks at Mt. Hebron, Cnllf., as S 2c Eurastui H. Lacy. Nearest of kin has been notified and tho body will be shipped to Lamed, Kns. An Inquest will be held, navy officials stated, nnd until that lime no stntcmcnt is forthcom ing from tho naval air station where Lacy was stationed for the past five months. Ho was en route to a new assignment at the tlmo of his death. On Vet's Memorial Park This mcasuro would give the city tho right to trade real prop, crty owned by tho city outside snld park arco, In exchange for real property privately owned nnd situated in sold area. Also, tho right to develop, operate and maintain tho park through the park board. , . , It also gives the city the right to borrow money from 'time to time prior to tho expiration of tho fivc-ycar-pcriod to purchase renl property In the park area, tho amount In no event to ex ceed $70,000. ... This measure Is traced back to the city planning commission's plan to eliminate unsightly and obsolelo buildings,, to beautify tho west entrance of the town, and In the hope that this devel opment will reflect to the bene fit of the entire, city. Mm Thm Shanla Not one American warship was hit by the enemy In an oper ation which. In ways, was more daring than the 11)42 carrier- based strlko at Tokyo inasmuch as the carrier in that caso retired while the planes flow on to China. In Monday's strike, Vice Adm. Marc A. Mllscher'a car riers stayed around for tho raid ers return. Great Force Adm. Chester W. Nimltz, an pouncing tho Ryukyu raid in a communique yesterday, said the planes swept over the S70-mllc-long chain "In great force." They shot down 14 planes, wiped out 73 on the ground and could una no warship bigger . than a do strover. 11- was among 12 defi nitely sunk. Japan's home fleet kent ouf of sight and the homo- baaed alrfdrco did not wing to Ryukyu's aid. .. , ' ' Miucner a iasn rorce raion, Which have overwhelmed such strategic areas as Manila, have resulted since August in knock ing out more than 1100 enemy planes and S00 surface craft ranging from destroyer and big cargo vessels down to luggers, . Pamage-d, . In these raids not a war ship has been damaged, Yesterday s communique on tho Ryilliyu raid said, ''There was1 no damage to our surface ships and our piano losses were light." - . ; Significantly In demonstrating how the, American fleet can dis perse IU units In strength, this blow fell one day after battle ships spent all doy Sunday blow ing to bits the Japanese defenses on Marcus. Island, moro than 1500 miles cast of the Ryukyus. .. In another communique lost night, Nlmltz announced that 81st division troops which in vaded a tenth island in the Palaus Sunday completely se cured It within 24 hours. It is the tiny island of Garakayo, to the north of the larger Amer ican holding of Pelcllu. The 10 Islands and Islets provide the Yanks witn an expanding uase within 513 miles of the Philip pines. Wage Demands to Be Sent to FDR WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (TP) The war labor board voted eight to four today to turn over to President Roosevelt without rec ommendation the question of changing the government's wage ceilings centered in, .the Little Steel formula. With the four labor members dissenting, the board decided to send tq tho White House a fac tual report on wnges In relation to living costs, leaving to the president to decide whether a change in wage policy would contributo to inflation. Rejection Wire Given to Vinson WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 1 (P) James C. Petrlllo's tcregram re jecting President Roosevelt's plea that ho lift his musicians union ban on making recordings was referred to Stabilization Di rector Fred M. Vinson by the White House today without com ment. Pctrlllo telegraphed Mr. Roose velt that he could not permit members of tho AFL American Federation of Musicians to make records or transcriptions for tho two companies to whom tho ban applied unless they sign con tracts similar to those entered in to with other recording firms. The wire was In reply to a re quest from Mr. Roosevelt that the ban be lifted. Air Raid Scare Caused By Wheel DOUGLAS, Isle of Man, Oct. 11 (p) This island town In the Irish sea had a brief air raid scare tonight when a 20-ton flywheel In a powerhouse sud d c n 1 y disintegrated, hurling chunks of steel over the land scape within a radius of a half mile. ' , No . casualty were , reported. - Caneade Wonderland KLAMAIH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1944 Plane Flies Through Smoke ' n : An A-20 Havoc of the Fifth army air force flies away from the dense, billowing smoke It created by blowing up an oil storage tank at Boela, on the island of Ceranv Netherlands East Indies. These tanks supplied a heavy percentage of' fuel oil and gasoline requirements for the Nipponese. (AP 'wlrephoto from army air forces). Labor Controversies Keep 5000 Workers Idle in U. S. Bv The Associated Prats' More than.fl000.wotkcfsjwex idle In the nation today as tnc result of labor controversies, and a union leader in Cleveland, O., threatened to call sympathy strikes in 64 midwest war plants unless a dispute at the Cleve land Graphite Bronze company Is placed before an arbitration panel. Matthew L. Smith, national secretary of tho Mechanics Edu cational Society of America, de clared 68,000 MESA members would walk out at 10 a. m. to morrow (Thursday) if the Cleve land dispute involving the dis charge of one employe is not pre sented for arbitration. At Qulncy. Mass., a two-day strike of 4000 workers at the T E Bv NOLAND NORGAARD ROME, Oct. 11 (P) British troops in Albania have captured the port of Sarande (Porto Edda), isolating tho German garrison on the Island of Corfu, it was an nounced today. An official announcement from allied headquarters sold al so that "patrolling is active" in Greece, but there was no indica tion whether the land forces of tho Adriatic have moved beyond captured Corinth toward Athens. Hard Fight Sarande, supply port for the Germans on Corfu, was captured nftcr a hard battle. It was said. About 500 prisoners were taken. With the port in British hands there appeared little possibility that the Germans on Corfu, last reported to total a regiment, would bo able to escape to tho mainland. Mopping up operations con tinued around tho town of GJnshrile. Both air and naval operations (Continued on Pago Two) Berliners Vote 'No' to New Name BERLIN, Ore., Oct. 11 (A') This tiny town, which was to have been rechrlstcned Dlstomo in elaborate ceremonies, is go ing to go right on being Berlin. Residents at a mass meeting last night voted unanimously against their community's being renamed for "an unpronounce able Greek village"; and spon sors of tho namo change dropped the plan. Representatives of the Albany chamber of commerce, who called the meeting in order to plead for tho namo change, said the Berliners' decision was final. Berlin residents earlier filed a petition against tho change, charging that they had never been consulted. The plan was sponsored by Carl Curlee, Al bany chamber secretary, and, an eastern committee to commemor ate the razed Greek village of Distomo, Bethlehem Steel company's Fore Piir-!-- phfpyarrf continued -amid conferences called in an effort to settle the dispute. A ' statement issued by union representatives said the strike was called because "We, the workers, recognize there is in efficiency, delay and mismanage ment. Production is not at its peak. Full cooperation with the navy department is impossible. Company representatives dis puted the charge and said "The record of the Fore River plant speaks lor Itself. In the south some 5S0 mem bers of the International Associ ation of Machinists (AFL) quit work at the Combustion Engi neering campany, Chattanooga, Tenn. Union leaders blamed the stoppage on the company's inter pretation of a recent war labor wage ruling, t . t. bneely, union business agent, termed the strike unauthorized. Approximately 400 workers were idle at two Kentucky coal mines including 300 at the High Splint Coal company mine near Harlan. Yank Attacks Near Livergnano ROME. Oct. 11 W) American troops, -still slowed by rain and deep mud, have reached the southern outskirts of Liverg nano, 11 miles due south of Bologna on highway 65, and ad vance elements there are meet ing fierce" German counterat tacks, it was announced today. The pace of the fighting along the entire Italian battlefront gen erally was reported retarded by adverse weather. Stalin Emphasizes Allied. Russian Ties at Banquet By DANIEL DE LUCE MOSCOW, Oct. 11 (P) Talks between Prin.e Minister Chur chill, Premier Stalin and their aides moved forward today on a new note of harmony sound ed at a stoto banquet yesterday at which the soviet leader warm ly praised British and American contributions to victory and toasted postwar allied collabora tion. Twice during the elaborate three and one-half hour lunch con In Spirodonovka palace, Sta lin rose to emphasize the ties binding Russia and her western allies. The first time, he solemnly emphasized the need for postwar cooperation in the interests of in ternational security, declaring that "peace loving nations arc never prepared but aggressor na tions always seem ready." This, he said, must in the future be avoided. Aided by Allies . Later, after other speakers had acclaimed the red army's tri umphs, Stalin asserted that Rus sia could not have done what she has done without the aid of the allies. He praised the military might gathered by the United States Oct, 11, 1942 Max. (Oct, 10) 89 Min. . Precipitation last 24 hours Straam year to data Normal 32 Last year Forecast: Showers, Soviets Take Cluj, Szeged; Circle Me me I LONDON, Oct. 11 (PI Soviet troops have captured Clu), capital of - Transylvania, and Sieged, second city of Hungary, Premier-Marshal Stalin announced tonight. Sieged is 95 miles southeast of Budapest, and Cluj lies 220 miles southeast of the Hungarian capital. Both prises fell to Russian-Romanian forces, Stalin said In a broadcast order of the day. Twenty salvos from 224 Moscow guns were ordered to salute the double triumph. The Berlin radio said soviet armies had surrounded the East Prussian port of Memel, reaching the Baltic sea north and south of the city, Earlier, the enemy said that the Russians had launched two heavy attacks north of Warsaw and that the German army had abandoned its frontier bastion of Taurage, just across the bor der in Lithuania from East Prussia. . Northern Town Memel is the northernmost town of Germany. It was taken from Prussia by the allies after the last war. Hitler seized it from Lithuania in a bloodless coup on March. 21, 1939. It lies at the north end of Kurisches Haff, a Baltic lagoon, arid 72 miles northeast of the East Prussian capital of Konigsberg. Its spacious harbor is protected by fortifications. One of the new Russian drives north of Warsaw gained six miles toward the southern boundary of East Prussia, the Germans said. This was in the area-of Rozan along the Narew river. Rozan is 33 miles from the wild, Masurian lake coun try of East Prussia and 43 miles northeast of Warsaw. Spearhead Advances In the south, a Hungarian news agency broadcast corv firmed German reports that the Russians were' -fighting' -within 50 miles of Budapest. -The Hun garian command said a soviet spearhead had reached the fourth largest Hungarian . city of Keoskemet (population 84, 000), a straggling agricultural center 50 miles southwest of the capital on the trunk line to Szeged. Anderson Freed Of Rape Charge William Anderson, 40, was ac quitted by a circuit court jury of four women and eight men yesterday after his trial on charges of the statutory rape of his 15-year-old niece by mar riage. The verdict was returned after about 20 minutes of delib eration and two ballots, it was reported. Anderson was arrested late lost year when the girl accused him of performing the illegal act on November 4. After his release from he county jail on payment of $1000 bail, he failed to appear in court and the bail was forfeited. Judge D. R. Van denberg issued a bench warrant for his arrest, and he was brought back here to await trial Testimony of Anderson and his wife, Mae. was in conflict throughout the trial with that of the girl. The girl had been living with tne Andersons, and it was claim ed by the defense that she had accused Anderson of having re lations with her because he had frequently punished her. Her mother testified on the stand that the girl had made similar claims involving other men. and Britain, singling out for par ticular comment the high qual ity of British-American planning and the work of the merchant marine of both countries. Turning toward U. S. Ambas sador W. Avernll Harrhnnn. spnl. ed onhis left, the premier em phasized Russia's gratitude for the great material aid given by the United States. Previously, in referring to the achievements of allied statesmen in drafting the Dumbarton Oaks security plan, Stalin also had turned to Hnrriman and paid a special compliment to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. Churchill was visibly moved by Stalin's acknowledgment of the British-American war effort. Maonammous "It is a sign of a great nation and a great man to be magnani mous and generous." the British prime minister said. "I have al ways thought, and I think now. that It was the red army which clawed the guts out of the filthy nazis." Harrlnmn, who spoke twice In response to Stalin's - remarks, said the United States was not prepared for war but that Japan had rendered a service by "throwing us ipto it. ' 42 20 20 02 Number 10285 ITALY TO RECEIVE U.S.MGNETARYAID WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Fh Italy is being permitted to ac cumulate dollar balances with which to buy essential civilian goods in this nation through pur chases by U. S. army troops in Italy, exports to the United States and gifts from Americans. - President Roosevelt announced yesterday that the dollar equiva lent of the American-printed lire issued to U. S. troops fighting in Italy will be turned over to the Italian government. In addition, the dollar pro ceeds of gifts made by Americana-to persons in Italy and of any products exported by Italy to this country will be made available to Italy, he said. Saying "It is to our interests that Italy be able to contribute as fully as possible to the win ning of final victory," Mr. Roose velt said in a statement that "the dollars . . . will be used by the Italian government to pay for essential civilian .supplies pur chased in tms country lor use in liberated Italy." inese supplies win supplement (uominuea on Page Two) First Lady Has 60th Birthday WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 m Anna Eleanor Roosevelt marked her 60th birthday today, but made no special plans to cele brate the occasion, save for "probably a birthday cake" on the White House dinner table tonight. The first lady noted that she had not heard recently from her four sons in service, three of whom are in combat zones. Kidnapped Child Returned; Police Hold DETROIT, Oct. 11 (JP) Rob ert James King, four-months-old white child abducted 10 days ago by his newly employed negro nursemaid, has been returned safely to his parents, Paul H. Wencel, chief of detectives, an nounced today. A woman, identified as the nursemaid, in whose home the child was found is being held. Wencel said she gave her name as Mrs. Eleanor Smith, 33, and that she had sought to delude her husband into believing the child was theirs by altering its complexion with sun tan make up. Positive identification of the child has been made, Wen cel said, through footprints. Identifies Child "It's my baby," cried Mrs. Clarence King when she and her husband arrived at police head quarters and saw the child. Mrs. Smith's husband, Eugene, also taken to police headquar ters, was released after making a statement. Detectives said they were convinced he had no knowl edge of the abduction. Holding Mrs. Smith on an open charge pending further investi gation, police said the identifi cation bureau had reported the print of one finger found in the King home corresponded with one of Mrs. Smith's prints. Child Reoorted 111 Detectives went to the Smith home Tuesday accompanied by Cpl. Ackerman Injured on Guam Cpl. Richard W. Ackerman, 21, U. S. marine corps, was wounded in action on Guam, ac cording to word received here by the youth's father, Samuel H. Ackerman, 110 N. 8th. Ackerman Is a graduate of Klamath Union high school and entered the service shortly after graduation. He has been in the South Pacific for some time. The Injury occurred In July during the attack on Guam, Ackerman said. T on E D00IDI0I Major Battle East and North of Town Develops By The Associated Press LONDON-, Oct. 11 U. S. ar. tillery opened an all-out assault late today to crush defiant Aach en, and the German command rushed up thousands of troops? under a storm of shells and bombs, in an effort to reinforce the virtually-surrounded garri son. A major battle was develop ing cast and north of the frontier stronghold. American batteries massed around the ancient city bellowed out in shattering concert at 3:50 p. m., after almost four hours o preliminary bombardment and dive-bombing attacks. . Ultimatum Rejected The blows to reduce Aachen began after the nazl commander rejected a surrender-or-die ulti matum. ' Enemy reserves nearly a divi-i sion strong began moving up to ward Aachen from roads east; Artillery and planes tore at these columns. . Heavy fighting ' developed: -north of the city against the upJ per arm of the first army vise.; Another battle . raged to the) southeast in the Hurgen forest. Escape Lane . 1 The reinforcing c o 1 u m n si moved toward the mile-wide, bullet-swept escape lane north east of industrial Aachen.. . In southwest Holland, mean while, Germans pocketed on -the lower bank of the Schelde began' to pull back to flushing on Wal cheren island before a Canadian, pincers. Other Canadian unit already had cut the road to the; (Continued on Page Two) - J Supply Points Hit By Bombers j '-''. LONDON, Oct. 11 (Ph-Mil!-' tary targets in the areas of Col ogne and Coblenz, key supply points close behind the western front, -were attacked today by American Flying Fortresses, es corted by long range Thunder bolts and Mustangs. - The attack was carried out by a smaller force than usual, indi cating hundreds of heavy bomb ers possibly were being held in reserve for the assault of Aachen. The German radio reported formations of allied bombers also swinging up across Austria, from the south. A communique tonight said five bombers and one fighter! were missing from the Cologne Coblenz operation. ! Negro Nurse King and his 17-year-old son, Emory, Wencel said, but they were told by Mrs. Smith that the child was ill and his eyes should not be exposed to bright lights. The child then was examined in a dark room and footprints were taken, but King said that although the baby looked like his son he could not make posi. tive identification. The footprints were brought to police headquarters and com (Continued on Page Two) Today On The Western Front By The Associated Press U. S. 1st Army As prom ised, began destruction of an cient Aachen by artillery and aerial bombardment at dead line of demand for uncondi tional surrender of this en circled, German - held city, while other units continued advancing north of there. U. S. 3rd Army Units were battling nazis in underground Fort Driant, near Metz, rico cheting bullets off concrete walls, while the fierce strug gle for surface positions con tinued (inchanged. U. S. 7th Army Still at tempting to move into Belfort gap, gateway to the southern Rhine valley. French 1st Army A new fighting clement under Gen. Jean dc Lattrc ric Tasslgny, was operating on tho southern sector of the western front. , Canadian 1st Army Infan try widened the Schelde river beachhead to four miles In backdoor attack on 20,000 Germans blocking the ap proach to Antwerp, while on the channel, allies heavily bombarded the holdout port of Dunkerque. - British 2nd Army Held to Its positions In the Arnhem area of Holland.