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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1944
Number 10288
Yanks Forge Deeper v
Into Aachen; Nazis
Increase Resistance
By Tho Aitociated Pron
LONQON, Oct. 14 (AP) American! forged doepcr Into Aachen today In flow, hard
houio-to-houio battle, and took tuch hoavy toll of Germans, with a curtain of ihelli and
bombi that all enemy reinforcomont attacks from tho east were balked.
For 24 houri the Germans have been unablo to make any counterattack to relieve the
neorly lurroundod garrison In the medioval city, a first army itaff officer laid, and all their
efforts to bring up tanks have boon itoppod.
In Aachon itsalf doughboys were digging the enomy from pillboxes and cellars, but
woro mooting Increasing resistance.
rnc Aacnon escape gap now
CORFU TAKEN
NAZI ESCAPE
By DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW, Oct. 14 (!') Fall
of Rluii, Lnlvlun cnpltul and last
Hiillle city thnl remained to the
Ciorinnua, rclenaed two powerful
lttiKslnii armies todnv (or a thrust
southward townrd Knat Prussia.
(The German radio denied
Ulna's capture.
(The Trnimoccan propaganda
agoney's version wns thot Ger
man troops evacuated the eastern
part ot the Latvian capital, but
still held the western part.
Nails Evacuate
(Reportlnit a new red army
landing on Sonre. off the Eston
ian coast, the Gorman radio said
14,000 troops, .1000 refugees and
1S.0OO war prisoners had 1een
evacuated ill the nulla' retreat
from the Baltic Islands.)
On the red army's southern
flnnk. silence cloaked decisive
operation in Hungary.
Comonr.bl. Drive
Tho soviet drive in Hungary
now nuiv bo compared to opera
tions last year In Italy during
which Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont
gomery's British eighth army
marched up llic Italian peninsula
for six days after crossing the
Messina strnlt.
It Is recalled Hint the British
landed on the mainland at dawn
Sopti'nibcr 3, 1043 the same
dny that Mnrshal Pletro Badog-
Ill, J! ui!ii!.iiii ivn niffiivu mi u,,,,,0-
tlce. Until evening 'of Septem
ber 8, British troops officially
regarded the Italians as enemy
belligerents, but day after day
wcro amazed by large-scale de
sertions and even active help.
Trap possible
Bndogllo's staff officers claim
ed Inter that If tho allies had
luken them nto their confidence
nnd had disclosed the time of the
nrmlstlco announced well In ad
vuncc Instead of the night of
(Continued on Pago Four)
Demos Lead in
Registration
Filial figures on Klamath
countv voter registration showed
tho democrats lending In number
by 3778. Democrat registrants
were 12.021. and those of the
ronubllcnn Dnrtv numbered 8346
according to tho county clerk's
cifflpp.
Seven hundred sixty-eight per
sons, mostly service men, regis
tered non-party, making an all
Dnrtv total of 21.133.
County Clerk Mno K. Short
reported that those figures wore
approximately tho same ns four
yours ago, wun soma sngni in
crease, probably due to tho pres
ence of military bases now es
tablished here.
The number of registrants now
Is considerable larger than that
for tho spring primary, Mrs.
Short said.
Formosa Blasted
.V Vjicrwmi
''i.f.v iwrt, 'v4mml'
N-'-'.inieu.
Luior
tmm
Formosa. Luion and Ryukyu
Islands have all felt the crush
ing weight of U. S. carrier at
tacks. Blow to American aa
vance In Pacific was Chinese
announcement of loss of Foo-
chow, China coast port, to Japa
nese armies.
, By LYNN HEINZERLINO
ROME, Oct. 14 A') British
and American troops supported
hv low flvinc fighters and
fiiihtcr-bombers hammered out
innil onim in furious fighting
yesterday against a fanatical
German defense of the Po val
ley. ...
Allied headauartors an
nounced that fifth army troops
seized some new hills in the
central sector south of Bologna,
while eighth army forces to tho
east pushed the Germans , back
along tne enure oauie une, ex
cept in the Adriatic coast sec
tor. nmilllani Arrive
At tho same time it was dis
closed that another ' contingent
of Brazilian troops had arrived
in the battle zone. The original
Brazilian expeditionary force,
which has been operating in
difficult country on the west
flank of the U. S. fifth army
(Continued on Pago Four)
Harvest Weather
Clear today, tonight and
Sunday, probably clear Mon
day. Lowest temperature to
night, 28 to 32, No abnormally
low temperatures expected for
several days.
Football
Michigan 27, Northwestern 0
Navy 7, Duke 0.
Penn 46, William Mary 0.
Senator Promises Release
Of Refrigerator Cars Soon
Refrigerator cars will bo made
avnllnblo for tho Klamath basin
potato growers "as soon as pos
sible," and this may bo within a
dny or a week, according to
United States Senator Guy Cor
don, who visited Klamath Falls
Saturday " ',
Refrigerator cars have been re
leased for Deschutes nnd Crook
county potato growers, it is re
ported from Portland, and Sena
tor Cordon said that he hoped
that through his efforts a sim
ilar rclcnso would be signed with
Klamath. ,
Temperature Varied
Cordon said Saturday that he
hnd been advised by tho agent
of tho Intorstato commerce com
mission In Chicago, that a spec
ial, concession was made In favor
of Deschutes nnd Crook counties
bocauso of tho extreme tempera
ture range which theso two areas
say they must traverse In ship
ping potatoes from that section.
Klamath nroa growers protest
ed tho recent regulation which
prohibited the use of refrigera
tor enra for polnto shipments at
mlrinlnht Mondav. October i. and
Immediately contact was made
with Senator cordon in poruana
Temporary Order
"I Immediately protested the
order to ICC and tho office of
dofenso transportation and 1 was
advised that tho order was to bo
temporary only and was made
because of tho severo shortage
of refriecrator cars for handling
perishablo foods which need re
frigeration," Cordon stated.
Cordon continued to sny that
he had been advised that the ad
ministration of tho order was In
tho hands of C. W. Taylor, who
I. a renrcscntotlvo of tho Amer
ican Rnllrond association with
offices in Chicago. Cordon said
thai he called Taylor's attention
to the freeze Immediately upon
receipt of the protest from Klam
ath countv. and was assured by
Taylor that the refrigerator cars
would be made available as soon
as possible, and In any event as
soon as temperature changes
either in the Klamath bnsin sec
tor or the Sacramento valley ab
solutely required it.- , ...
was "as good as closed," an of
fleer at the front said.
But some German relnforce
mcnti: possibly had slipped into
the burning city, and a front
dispatch estimated 2000 Ger
mans were left there, fighting
back more desperately now. In
five days an American division
has taken 1000 prisoners. ,
Canucks Defend
Germans fought ai bitterly
In Holland. Canadians blockad
ing the escape route for the
enemy on Zuld Beveland and
Walcheren islands in the north
ern Schclde estuary were forced
on the defensive.
To the east In Holland. Brit
ish forces hacked out a gain of
more than mile southeast of
Ovcrloon In the sector above
Aachen, but progress was slow.
blow, steady Advance
Doughboys using flame
throwers, grenades and mi
chineguns . advanced slowly but
steadily In Aachen. An attack
on the northeast had narrowed
the lane from the city. Field ar
tillery and planes hit repeated
ly at German reinforcements
irvlni? tn mflva in from i the
east, and prevented any major
counterattack to relievo Aachen.
Eichty-four German tanKi nad
been knocked out, in-Afl-hours
throush" Friday. .
Germans in Aachen had to bo
saueezed from pillboxes and
dug from wells and cellars of
ruined houses.--
Counterattacks Dispersed
Four miles north of Aachen;
tank-reinforced Germans threw
in stronger pressure, but sev
eral counterattacks 1 were dis
persed by allied .planes and ar
tillery. Doughboys . in this sec
tor between Aachen, and Bar
denberg moved forward slowly
aca nst stubborn deienses in.
eluding mobile guns and tanks.
Southeast of Aachen, tne al
lied communique reported prog-
(Continued on Page four) ,
Truman Plans
Talk in Klamath
Senator Harry S. Truman.
Missouri, democratic candidate
for the office of vice president
of the United states, win do in
Klamath Falls i Wednesday en
routo to Portland. It was an
nounced Saturday by E. P.
Ivorv. chairman of the Klanv
nth county democratic central
committee.
Truman will be on the north
bound Orcgonian, due in here
at 7:30 a. m and will speak
briefly from the rear platform
of his car. All democratics and
others Interested in hearing
Senator Truman are invited to
be at the'. Southern Pacific de-
not.
Arrangements have been
made by the state committee to
have a welcoming party here
and board the senator's train to
Portland. This will include Lew
Wallace, state committeeman,
Nancv Honcyman Robinson
state commltteewoman, and
Honrv Aiken, state central com
mittee chairman. Ivory will also
continue on to Portland witn
the Truman party..'
Tho committee named to arr
range for Senator Truman's
greeting here1 includes Frank
Sexton, A. A. Montgomery, R.
C. Woodruff, Joseph A. Ma
honey, Thomas Bustln, Dora
Goddard and Dorothea Buck. ;
UTESUCEO
Enemy Garrison of 60
Surrenders Without
. Battle
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PLAlSBl :
REPAIR BASE
AT1AYAI
Christmas Boxes To Be Sent Overseas
ROME. Oct. 14 (P) Allied
troops have captured the fertile
Greek island of Corfu in the
Ionian sea after the German gar
rison of only 60 men surrender
ed without firing a shot, it was
announced today. . .
At the same time Aioanian
partisans on the mainland occu
Died Delvino. an inland road cen
ter above the port of Sarande
(Porto Edda) which previously
was captured.
Eliminate Escape nouies
The fall of Corfu. Sarande and
Delvino eliminated both the Al
banian coastal road and coastal
waters ss avenues of nazi escape
northward from Greece. The
comDarativelv light opposition
encountered in the area indicated
that ,the nazis no longer attached;
high value to these routes.
Earlier It had been reported
that the Germans had garrison
ed Corfu with a regiment ot
troops. The island is approxi
mately 38 miles long with a
width varying from three to 20
miles. It has an area of 275
square miles and population of
lUd.QOU,
Center Blown Up
Allied- hcadauarters announc
ed, that at Sarande delayed ac-
t on. exniosives leu dv tne uer-
mans- blew up the center of
town but mere were no casualties.-
-
. The area-affected had been
roped off because- many booby
traps-had been discovered. The
explosion was SO hours after the
German surrender, and the 60
who surrendered were in the
northeast corner of the island
Numbers of deserters were be
lieved scattered elsewhere.
Prior to the allied, .landing,
RAF planes dropped leaflets
urging surrender,, and shortly
afterward white ' crosses and
flags began to blossom from the
island.
Low-flying pilots saw .crowds
waving when the tokens of sur
render appeared.
The capture of Sarande, which
the nazis had 'been using as .a i
supply base, cut off the German
gftrrison on Corfu.
Allied headquarters once again
was silent on the continuing op
erations of British land forces
and partisans on the Greek main
land. The light column which
marched across the Peloponnesus
from Patrai last was reported -at
Corinth.
Allies Neglect
France, Charge
LONDON, Oct. 14 (iP) Gen.
Charles de Gaulle charged in a
broadcast to the French nation
tonight that "the other great
powers are treating France with
neglect" in planning the peace.
"Many Frenchmen," he said,
"may well be surprised at the
kind of neglect with which the
other great powers are treating
France in such matters as peace
preparations. Only the future
will show if such an attitude has
been helpful to the side of free
dom." De Gaulle also declared that
"those who thought allied help
would be rapid for the restora
tion of our industrial nroduction
have deluded themselves.
sgs-PiTr ri n
f L-
Record Bomber- Forcei
Intact After
Raid '
Shown at the local postoffice are a few of the boxes donated
by the Pelican Bay Lumber company ready to be shipped out
to men and women in service overseas. Postal authorities esti
mated that approximately 3500 of these boxes have been utilized
by the public to date, and said that long lines were formed by
last-minute mailers. Monday, October 16. is the . last day for
mailing Christmas gifts abroad to servicemen.
H unganan Moves for Peace
Reported, f B ul gars to Talk
Armistice Terms in Moscow
' LONDON, Oct. 14 -(VP) The!
Ankara radio, without confirma
tion from other sources, said to
day that a Hungarian delegation
had left for Moscow to ask
Jor peace, and said a Bulgarian
armistice delegation also was on
its way to the Russian 'capital.
The Moscow radio said the
01 Refinery '
Blasted by Bombs
ROME, Oct. 14 (VP) U. S.
Flying Fortresses and Libera
tors returned to German Silesia
today blasting a synthetic oil re
finery at Blccbahamcr, 75 miles
southeast of Breslau, and a
plant at nearby Ordetal while
other heavy bomber formations
hit communications in Czecho
slovakia, Hungary and Yugo
slavia. As on yesterday's raids on
Blcchhamer and targets in the
Vienna area during which 36
heavy bombers and 12 fighters
of the U. S. 15th air force were
lost, today's bomber formations
were escorted by Mustangs and
Lightnings. '" ' ) j
. Heavy cloud formations oU
scurcd the targets.' . ;
No Spud Loss
Caused by Rains
. The spud harvest was well
underway Saturday after a driz
zle which caused a hnlf-dny loss
In the fields. C. A. Henderson,
Klamath . county agricultural
agent, reported Saturday that
growers nad not suffered any
loss -in the interruption of near
perfect harvest weather.
. An urgent need was expressed
for harvest helD and any persons
able to give any time in the fields
Is asked to do so Immediately..
Two Ships Sunk,
Says Tokyo
SAN FRANCISCO, " Calif.,
Oct. 14 (VP) Monitors of the
Blue Network here reported to
day they had picked up a Tokyo
Japanese broadcast saying the
Nipponese "have sunk an addi
tional aircraft carrier, an extremely-largo
craft, believed to
be the flagship ot the Unitc'd
States task force."
' By The Associated Press
MOSCOW, Oct. 14 Leaders
of the rival Polish regimes of
London and Lublin, were, re
ported to be reopening negotia
tions for a combined govern
ment today.
They have heard from Prime
Minister Churchill and Premier
Marshal Stalin of the import
ance attached by the allies to a
united Poland: -
Premier . Stanislaw Mikolalc-
zyk of the London government
in exile conferred today for two
and a half hours with Churchill,
British Foreign Secretary 'An
thony 'Eden and British Ambas
sador Sir Archibald Clark Kerr.
Ho had met last night, with
Stalin and Churchill.' -
-There was no announcoment-
(Continued on Page Four)
Reds Advance
To Belgrade
LONDON. Oct. 14 W) A Ber
lin broadcast said today that
stronc motorized Russian col
umns "reached Belgrade this
morning," and Marshal Tito's
headquarters said soviet troops
and Yugoslav partisans were
"fighting the enemy in the
streets" of the Yugoslav capital.
An earlier communique said
soviet troops had advanced west
of Subotica and were clamping
an iron ring around Belgrade.
Tito's patriots reported that
the German commander and his
staff had fled to the north.
Marshal Tito's partisans are
advancing on Skoplje, a ran cen
tcr in the south.
Kweiping Falls
To Jap Forces
CHUNGKING, Oct. 14 (VP)
Kweiping, important . town in
southern Wkangsl province, has
fallen to swift driving Japanese
forces who killed its defenders
to the last man. the Chinese
high command announced to
night.
Bitter street fighting prcccd
cd lis fall. The Japanese pour
cd reinforcements into the posi
tion until they outnumbered the
defenders approximately four to
one.
Kweiping, 25 miles northwest
of Tangchuk, lies at the junc
ture of the Liu and West rivers,
70 miles south southeast of Liu
chow, Important rail city below
Kweiltn, The Japanese are driv
ing against Lluchow in an at
tempt to outflank Kweilin, key
southeast China defense center.
on tho south, J
German legation staff already
had fled Budapest. Hungarian
capital which appeared open to
invasion by the red army, and
.that disorders - -were- . becoming
widespread.
?'7T' Nears Showdown
. . Moscow dispatches hinted that
the political situation in Hun
gary was approaching a snow-
down and compared the situation
to that in Italy in September,
1943, when the allies concealed
an armistice with the Italian gov
ernment nearly a week in the
hope of springing a trap on the
Germans, i
Moscow announced Wednes
day niaht that Bulgaria had ac
cepted preliminary armistice
conditions, including the evacua:
tion of seized Greek and Yugo
slav territories.
Invited -
The Ankara radio said the Bul
garian delegation was going to
Moscow at the Invitation of the
Russian, British and American
governments. v
The radio said its information
came from an official Bulgarian
announcement.
Bulgaria ended, a .short-lived
technical. state of war with Rus
sia -on September 9 after the
soviet declared war on the Bal
kan kingdom to force her with
drawal from, partnership with
Germany. The kingdom had de
clared war on the United States
and Britain, but not on Russia.
The Bulgars have been, man
euvering to win concessions in
volving Grecian Thrace and
Macedonia, however. The Greeks
have served notice that the Bul
gars must withdraw from Greek
territory, and the British and
American governments are re
ported to have backed them up.
Shaw Wants to
Be Left Alone
DUBLIN. Oct. 14 (VP) George
Bernard Shaw, who doesn't like
Shaw societies, begged Dublin's
newly-formed Shaw group last
night to "leave me alone.'
In a message published today.
he said, "May heaven defend me
from Shaw societies. I have to
be civil to them. I have more
present and future work on hand
than I have time for and the so
cieties are concerned only with
my old work that is, for me, past
and done with.
"My one prr.yer to them is do
what you like among yourselves,
hold your meetings, read your
papers, discuss my views or what
you imagine to be my views, ac
cept my blessings but for God's
Sake, leave me alone.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (VP)-.
The greatest number of B-29 Su
perfortresses that ever has at
tacked Japan's war machine to
day plastered Okayama, import
ant Japanese repair base on For.
mosa.
A communique of the 20th
bomber command, announcing
the raid, said none of the big air
craft was reported lost.
Reports of crews returning to
their bases in China indicated
that the attack, launched in clear
weather over the target, was sue;
cessful. The communique called
Okayama the "most important
air-target south of Japan prop,
er." ..-.., ;
Repair Depot
Okayama itself is a small com
munity,-10 miles north of the
city of Takao, inland in tha
southern half of Formosa, but It
is the location of a huge aircraft
repair and supply depot.
tne location ot tne depot;
coupled with the communique's
description of its importance;
suggests mat tne depot probably
has been used for repairing and
supplying a majority of the
planes operating in a large area;
including the Philippines and
China. .
This largest attack yet by the
Superfortresses followed on the
neels of the carrier-borne aircraft
attack on Formosa. - i
Because Formosa - Is much!
closer than the target of some of;
the earlier Superfortress attacks
on iiyushu. it was presumed tha
giant bombers each carried a
much heavier load of explosive;
man on me longer missions.- . ,
The communique's rreference
to- the mission being launched
from bases in. China seemed taj
indicate mat tne rouna trip xiignn
might have covered about 2000) '
miles. -.;- '
The longest known flight ot
the B-29's-was last August when
the Superfortresses attacked JapJ.
anese oil production centers at "
Palcmoang in Sumatra. . That
flight was launched from a base
outside of China, near the equa
tor, indicating that the round
trip covered about 3600 miles.
Italian Banker,
Sent to Prison j
' ROME, Oct. 14 (Pi Vincenzo ,
Azzolini, former governor of the
Bank of Italy, accused of turning
over 120 tons of gold in Italy t,o
the Germans, was sentenced to
30 years' imprisonment by the
Italian high court of justice today.
The white-haired 62-year-old
former official might have been
condemned to be shot, but the
nine-man tribunal found extenu
ating circumstances. -
In his appeal, Azzolini de
clared the nazis would have
seized the gold by force if he had
not consigned it to mem.
City Undismayed :
By Unlucky Day
Friday the .13th held no ter
ror for most. Klamath folk. It
was business as usual in mar
riages, births and other every,
day occurrences. :
One dauntless - young lady
who had planned a trip south')
lett f riaay me istn.in a lower,
13 birth, for southern Calif on
nla. " -
Five couples, over the usual
number of applicants, yesterday
applied for a marriage license
at tho courthouse.
Three boys and one little girl
decided Friday the 13th was as
good a day as any, and were
born at Klamath Valley hospi
tal yesterday. A boy was born
to Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Seeley,
2539 Kane; Mr. and Mrs. F. Mi
Kolkow, Malin, and Mr. and
Mrs. L. F. Ray of Merrill. Mr.
and Mrs. M. W. Mack of Tule
lake were the parents of a girli
The Klamath Pelicans, though
playing on a wet field and on
the 13th took their game with
the Grants Pass Cavemen, 12-01
Black Friday, however, did
jinx the community- war fund
chest drive somewhat.- Cham,
ber of commerce officials an
nounced that Friday was the
poorest day, as far as getting
contributions, in the entire
drive. Of course, " that ' might
have been Just the weather.
Today On The Western Front
By The Associated Press
U. S. 1st Army Infantry rooting out reinforced Germans
In Aachen's cellars, while artillery and planes prevent Im
portant strengthening of garrison in that city.,
Canadian 1st Army Germans apparently making all-out
effort with assault guns and tanks to break Canadians' en
trapment of nazis on Schelde river estuary. . '
U. S. 7th Army Hems in Le Thlllot from three sides. The
town is 15 miles north of Belfort. .
British 2nd Army Makes small progress against fanatical
Germans defending, the. Holland doorstep to the relch, south
east of the town of Overloon. i
U.- S. 3rd Army- Held to positions in the Metz area, gate
way to the Saar. . J '