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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1944
Number 10290
New Health Center Occupied
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HUNGARY
STARTREVDLT
EANWIIILK M n c Artluir'a
land-bused bombers inuiicn
itr fmir.h niiiM nltiirk In two
irk on the J)' prlr.o oil sup
i at Biillkpiipnn In Borneo,
jry jhoot down omo 40 r 50
Wtcrccoiors ...Hi urup uu
is of bombs. -
tin a run-of-the-mill ulti.ek on
ofirie this inorn.nK 1-IUU 01
bombers (Iron -I00U tons.
Inpore this with MncArlliur'a
f tons droppcii on ii.i..Kpp.in-;
iVhen we isi't Hiller licked nnd
really it't nt the Jnp wun
)i hands, we'll show tho little
low man something.
Europe, the moving finger
Iocs on writing.
he Germans1 tell u today
the British 2nd army, bucked
81500 TANKS, Is stiinilliig "nt
ready' In the Ntlnifp.cn-
hcm salient, wulllng until it
be sure of a ximnlv nort.
Ic Canadians are steadily nry-
uic ucrmnn.i loose irom a.ii-
P, one of the world .1 best
!. located RIGHT BEHIND
lines.)
be nazls add th.it tho This-
lis have launched n powerful
T oiiens.vc ngnln.it, tho heart
(East Prussin. nluim Urn mil-
lo Inslerburg nnd Kocnlgs
JS. A thoi.snnd Hu.isln.i tnnka,
), arc mnssed lor tlm nil
assault on Wnrsnw.
he nussinns. fifli-r fltn.t Winn
fply-line and rcorcnnintlon
y, appear to be out for blood
l blood) ngnin.
is Useless even In m
f lails of what la hnpptmlng
lunnnry, but the Gerninna
obviously not hnppy nbout
w!ll get the story event-
E balllc of Ilelgrndo Is In
''"" Pon-WK. nnd tho rods
f'c clreleT Sv nreoZ S
Jom .Stockholm comes a rc-
nuea on lngo Three)
Governor Doesn't
Like It, Either
SALEM, Oct, 17 MM Gov.
Enrl Snell doesn't think much
of tho qunlity of some of the
liquor being told In Oregon
liquor stores.
Stnto Treasurer Leslie M.
Scott sold nt today's board of
control meeting Hint the stnto
liquor commission's main
warehouse in I'orllund Is a
lnd insiirnni-R risk because It
Is filled with liquor, which
Scott snld Is very Inflnmmnble.
The governor repHed Ihnt
ho doubted whether some! of
the liquor now on snj would
burn. , -
I
The case ngnlnst Orble Coplln,
chnrged with rnpc, wns dismissed
In circuit court Mondny nftcr
noon on motion of the district at
torney nfter the 10-yenr-old girl
prosecuting witness fnlled on the
witness stnnd to give Incrimi
nating evidence ngnlnst the de
fendant. On questioning by the stnlc,
the girl testified in effect Ihnt
Coplln did not commit the net of
which ho wns nccused.
Girl Hald
After dismissal, the district at
torney moved, nnd the court
granted, that the girl be held in
custody nnd thnt n delinquency
petition, chnrgliig perjury, be
filed ngnlnst her. The district nt
torney's offlco snld Inter the girl's
(Continued on Pngo Three)
Bomber Attacks
Force Moving
Toward Formosa
A U. S. 14TH AIR FORCE AD
VANCED BASE, China. Oct. 16
(Dolnycd) (!') A slnglo B-24
Llbcrntor blew up a Japanese
cruiser nnd snnk a destroyer in a
45-mlniitc, low-level attack today
on a six-ship force moving toward
Formosa.
Tho bomber probably put n
crimp in Jnpnnesc nuvnl rein
forcement on Hint Island strong
hold. Its font wns all tho more
nntnblc In thnt It cninc nt n time
when tho U. S. 14th nlr force Is
flglillne to retain n narrowed
foothold In southeast Chlnn.
. r
arry Truman to Appear
On Train Platform Here
Pic denAi ' . "u ,uinei-n
I .,"e'",.i Wednesday morn-
the M o eh- Olhcr
annnl'r? Po'lllcnl front
Ears I'W, with tho gon-
""".un only u'oo weeks
Psnid0iL?!i."!Lclcmof',n!r-
lnin, i. '"'nil Will DC
Zi w '! " Btrl"8 of ducks
!ilalfn. " makes a
I will h i "I'Ponrnncc. The
will be held some timo for
K nn,vvns, " enso with
hai?5 , Wey 8 "Poolnl. and
I!ary "ffir TOS. Z . oe
Lv 0n'y vi.it,"
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ma nP " 7- .V" u9. ."?
to ki eanciicintc
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republican vice
the
pnumied on Pago Three)
: Taking ovar the naw, larger quarters of (ha Klamath bounty
health cantar in tha building of tho former Soul hospital Is Dr.
Pater H. Rosendal, head county health officer. With him In the
small picture are Annii Struthen, public health nurse, left and
Phyllis Duffy, senior clerk. The present building, top, has been
completely remodeled, and a large annex is under construction
at the back of the building. In the completed hospital will be a
larae laboratory, an x-ray room, nurses' rooms, a dental office,
an operating room and two rooms for mental cases awaiting
commitment into the state hospital. A detention home for girls
will be provided on the upper floor of the building.
Red Offensive Smashes
Against Prussian Border
LONDON, Oct. 17 F) A
groat new Russian offensive hns
opened and has reached the East
Prussian border northenst of the
Lithunninn town of Vilknviskls,
the Germnn communique ac
knowledged today.
Tho drive Wns on a 25-milc
front on both sides of tho town
by masses of Russian infantry,
tnnks and fighter bombers
striking nftcr a drumfire bnr
rngc lasting several hours. The
Gcrmnns asserted 145 tnnks were
destroyed in opening phases of
the battle.
Start Storm
"Largccalc troop concentra
tions had been observed for days
pnst," the enemy brondenst snld.
"They now hnvo started their
storm ngnlnst the Germnn de
fense lines.
"Strong artillery fire and se
vere bombing preceded the attack
of tanks nnd Infantry."
Vllkavlskls lies 12 miles from
the central section of the East
Prussian border, along which
Russian troops have been de
ployed since August 17.
Menace Tilsit
Other Russian troops besieging
Mcmcl arc threatening tho mil
city of Tilsit In East Prussia nnd
already hnvo Invndcd tho 1000
.mm miles of Momcl territory
which Hitler annexed to East
Prussia six months before the
nuihi-enk of tho war.
Still others are menacing East
Prussia from tho soutn from two
Hurricane Alert
Given Caribbean
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 17 (VP) Tho
weather bureau put all tho north
western Cnrlbbean son orcn and
the southern Florida peninsula
on the nlcrt todny until a severe
troplcnl hurricane lurking near
the cayman isibhus moves oiu ui
Ihn section. . .
The future movement of tho
storm was so uncertain that me
teorologists deemed it wise to
sound a warning to all Interests
over a consldornblo-arca of land
and sea including tho Florida
Dcnlnsula, western Cuba, the
Yucatan peninsula of Mexico, tho
Florida straits and the Yucatan
channel, as well as the northwest
ern Caribbean sea.
bridgeheads which Berlin said
were established across . the
Narew river.
FInht In Streets
Far to the south, Russian and
Yugoslav partisans were fighting
the last phase of the battle of
Belgrade in the streets of that
2000-year-old capital. Tho whole
German- position in Yugoslavia
was placed In the greatest jeop
ardy By the capture of tne ran
center of Nis and 175 miles of
the trans-Balkan railway south
of the Yugoslav capital.
Berlin said, moreover, that
1000 Russian tariks had been
massed for on imminent assault
on the Polish capitnl of Warsaw,
in whose eastern industrinl sub
u rb of Pragn the Russian armies
are bivouacked.
Harvest Weather
Clear today and tonight. Partly
cloudy Wednesday. Showers later
in week. Lowest temperature to'
night about 30. No abnormally
low temperatures for . several
days. . .
Officials Transfer
To Soviet
Side
Passes
LONDON. Oct. 17 fP) Open
revolt In the Hungarian army
against German efforts to force
continuance ol tne war againsi
the allies was indicated today in
Berlin reports that high Hun
garian officers had "gone over to
the Soviets."
The official German news
agency DNB said the commander
of the second Hungarian army
had been dismissed and that Maj.
Gen. Bcla Niklos von Dalnok,
commander of the first army,
had descried to the red army
along with his chief of staff, Colo
nel Kcri.
Chaos Remains
Conditions remained chaotic
In Hunnary. where invading Rus
sian troops fought within 50 miles
of Budapest, ana .it was ques
tionable whether the Germans
could expect any further effective
military assistance from this last
remaining ally.
Previously, Dalnok was re
ported relieved of his post, as
was Maj. Gen. Ludwig Vercss,
commander of the second Hun
garian army.
Berlin asserted that Dalnok
"as well as several ladies belong-
(Continued on Page Three)
BBITOWSPATROL
ATHENS STREETS
r i t ' V
4 J I
ROME, Oct. 17 (P) British
troops, landed from more than
150 warshiDS. Datrolled the
streets- of Athens today after
breaking up clashes between
rival Greek factions.
The fleet of warships included
units of the royal navy, and Cana
dian, South African, Greek,
French and Polish naval craft.
The first units of British
troops disembarked at the port
of Piraeus yesterday and pa
raded through Athens between
lanes of cheering, palm-waving
Greeks.
The arrival of the British
broke ud armed clashes be
tween rival Greek factions in the
Civil Square. Order was restored
within a few hours.
The huee fleet was under the
command of Comdr. Geoffrey
Oliver and the landing forces
' (Continued on Page Three)
Japanese Lower
Age for Draft
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 17 (IF)
Japan today lowered the age for
army conscription from 19 to 17,
Domci News agency reported in
a broadcast Intercepted by the
federal communications commis
sion. The office of war information
pointed out that since, according
to Japanese reckoning, a child
is one year old at birth, this
means the Japanese have lower
ed the conscription age to 16.
The Japanese news agency
said boys under 17 would be
"eligible as volunteers" for the
army reserve.
Kennell-EUis
Death claimed J. I. Beard.
61. prominent Klamath resident,
at his home on Pacific Terrace
Monday afternoon. Story on
page 3.
FREEZE RELEASED
AACHEN 1
TIGHTENED Y
YANKTBQQPS
Cologne Given Heavy
Hammering by
Bombers .
Dewey Charges New Deal
With 'Deliberate Chaos1
By JACK BELL
EN ROUTE TO ALBANY
WITH DEWEY, Oct. 17 (IV)
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey changed
his campaign pace today in
preparation for a forthcoming
discussion of foreign policy is
sues after an applause-punctuated
declaration, in St. Louis Inst night
thnt the new deal offers only
"desperately planned, noisy
chaos and bungling in the days
ohead."
Aides said the New York gov
ernor plans a "dispassionate" dis
course of tho problems of main
taining future peace at tho New
York Herald-Tribune forum to
morrow night, - as a departure
from tho full stride attacks on
President Roosevelt and the new
deal which he renewed In St.
Louis.
Demands Answer '
Dewey told a cheering crowd
which overflowed -the 11,500
seat Kiel auditorlurh the new
deal has failed not only at home
but abroad and demanded to
know:
"Can an administration which
Is filled with quarreling and
backbiting where we can see it
be any better abroad where we
can not see it?" The crowd
roared "No."
Hundreds stood jammed In the
aisles of tho huge auditorium as
the GOP nominee spoke. A long
torchlight parade, which wound
through tho streets gave Dewey's
appearance in St. Louis the fla
vor of old-time political rallies.
It was by far his noisiest recep
tion and the audience responded
vigorously when he levelled at
tacks on the new deal.
Sneciacularlr Incompetent
Describing the democratic re
gime as "the most spectacular
collection of Incompetent peo
ple who ever held public office
at the same time," the republican
nominee said that the "contuct
within the new deal was lllu's
.(Continued on Page Three) -
Official notice Was received1 at
Klamath Falls and Tulelake to
day that the "freeze" on refrig
erator cars for tnis area nas ceen
terminated and that shipment of
potatoes and onions in available
reefers can start immediately,
C. W. Taylor, agent of the in
terstate commerce commission at
Chicago, who controls the reefer
situation, sent notification to the
Tulelake Growers, at Turelake,
which was confirmed by reports
here, to the effect that loading
in the refrigerator oars; Isuper.
mitted on the Southern Pacific
north of Black Butte and on Ihe
Great Northern north of Bieber,
Growers Welcome News
Tho news was warmly, wel
comed by growers and shippers,
who have vigorously protested
the ban on refrigerator use in
this area on the grounds that the
produce is endangered by both
low and high temperatures when
shipped in box cars. '
Senator -Guy Cordon of Ore
gon, and Representative Clair
Englo of California have assist
ed the Klamath county agent's
office, Tulelake Growers, Klam
ath county chamber of com
merce, and. others, in presenting
evidence to the ICC in protest
of the refrigerator ban.
Onions Ready
Chester Main, president of the
Tulelake Growers, informed The
Herald and News of the wire re
ceived by that group, which re
ceived similar information from
(Continued on Page Three) .
Tule Lake Land
Opened for Lease
The United States bureau of
reclamation has advertised 20,
000 acres of Tule lake land for
lease under sealed bids which
will be opened at the local office
of the reclamation bureau at 9
a. m.. October 31.
Successful bidders on lots 1-6
will be required to build dikes
on the property and no potatoes
shall be grown on any of these
lands unless the national emer
gency calls for maximum produc
tion, in which event, the United
States shall announce terms and
conditions for permitting the
production of potatoes on leased
Tule lake land.
The land to be leased is to be
used for grazing and agricultural
purposes only and will be limited
solely to that purpose.
ah payments must De Dy casn,
certified check, cashier's check,
bank draft or money order pay
able to the treasurer of the Unit
ed States. Uncertified personal
checks are not acceptable nnd
where credits available exceed
tho amount bid and such a bid is
accepted, the difference will be
subsequently refunded as provid
ed in the leases now in effect.
Rubin Demands
GOP Retractions
MILWAUKEE, Oct. 17 (fP) A
complaint demanding that Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, the republican
presidential candidate, his run
ning mate. Gov. John W. Brick
1 TD PUh. Dnhlki. T
retract alleged "defamatory and
untrue utterances" . against Presi
dent Roosevelt was filed with the
federal communications commis
sion today bv William B. Rubin,
Milwaukee attorney and former
democratic candidate for gover
nor of Wisconsin,
Named as defendants were the
National Broadcasting company,
the Columbia Broadcasting com
pany, the Mutual Broadcasting
company, and the Blue network.
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Oct. 17 U. S.
troops tightened their ring about
Aachen today after- smashing
nazi counterassaults, while 1300
heavy American bombers gave
Cologne, 40 miles to the east, its
worst hammering of the war. .
it was the sixth blow in as
many days on Cologne, knocking
it to ruin.
The Germans declared the al
lies were preparing for a great
new offensive on this northern
sector of the front.
Lose 25 Per Cent
A front disDatch declared the
Germans rested quietly before
Aacnen today, spent by counter-
assaults - which an - American
staff "officer estimated had cost
the nazls 25 per cent of their at
tacking troons. '
Supreme beadauarters said the
doughboys in a night-long fight
had thrown back the heaviest
nazi counterblow - yet mounted
east of Aachen, and at dawn held
firmly to their lines. The U. S.
line was swiftly being built up
in strengtn.
' Fall Imminent
Fifty miles to the north, Brit
ish troops broke into the streets
of Venray, Dutch road hub eight
miles from Germany on one
pathway to the Rhine-Ruhr re
gion. - Fall of the town anDeared
An AP correspondent at Aach
en said it-had become apparent
that "the state of German sup
ply is better than had earlier
Been supposed much better in
fact."- About 3500 civilians now
have been escorted from that dy
ing city, he added. - '
The'German attacks at Aachen
so far have cost them about 2500
. (Continued on Page Three)
SIGHTS MPS
DFFFORI
Imperial Ships Avoid
Battle With
Yanks
Klamath Slow to ".l
Mail Packages
The American public lived up
to its tradition of being slow on
the draw with the usual last min
ute rush to mail Christmas pack
ages overseas.
Friday, Saturday and Monday
were the heaviest days of the
mailing period, it was announced
by local postal authorities. There
were long lineups on all three
days extending through the
doors of the local postoffice with
approximately 40 people waiting
inline.
Virtually all the boxes used
were those donated by the Peli
can Bay Lumber company, and it
is estimated that 4000 boxes were
utilized during the official mail
ing period of September 15 to
October 15. The mail-period was
extended one day Because tne
15th. official closing day, fell on
Sunday. . .
Packages may still be mailed
to army personnel but must be
accompanied by a request from
the recipient of the parcel. This
does not apply to the navy, how
ever, as it is not bound by this
rule and naval personnel may re
ceive parcels at any time without
a request
By CHARLES H. McMURTRY
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HKAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct.
17 OP) Part of the Japanese
fleet came out to look at the
U. S. third fleet off Formosa
but turned and fled when it dis.
covered the American fighting
strength was unimpaired, Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz announced
today.
His terse communlaue. ffivlncp
the lie to Japanese boasts of a
great air-naval victory in tho
western Pacific, said of the
enemy sortie:
Avoid Action
'On discovering our fiehtinff
strength unimpaired, they avoid
ed action and have withdrawn
toward tneir bases.
"There has been no damatre
of consequence to our battle
ships or carriers" in the week
long strike along the inner is
land approaches to Japan, from
the Ryukyu islands to the Phil
ippines, Nimitz said. Two ships,
apparently destroyers or cruis
ers, in Adm. Ernest Halsey's
third fleet were damaeed bv
Japanese aerial torpedoes, but
they were able to retire under
their own power.
Formosa Hit
Nimitz' blunt denial of Japa
nese assertions was made al
most simultaneously with a war
department announcement that
China-based Superforts bombed
Formosa today in their third at'
tack within four, days on the
fortress island.
Previously Nimitz announced,
that seaborne fighters and.
bombers -were still attacking
the Philippines, opening the sec
ond week of raids on the Ry
ukyu islands, Formosa and the
Philippines.
. New -Japanese' ' aerial losses
announced today brought to.
more than 800 the number of
enemy aircraft knocked out in
the first week of these raids. --
The Reluctant Jap
' The - about-face of the Japa
nese fleet apparently ended an
other attempt to lure the re
luctant imperial navy into bat
tle. .
This flat refusal to engage
the mighty Halsey-Mitscher
force belies radio Tokyo's
broadcast boast that imperial
warships not only engaged the
American fleet but claimed
sinking up to 52 ships, includ
ing 11 carriers, a preposterous
figure.
; Nimitz also disclosed that Ad
miral Marc A. Mitscher's car
rier pilots destroyed 164 enemy
aircraft in the October 13-14-15
bombings of Formosa and In
defending the carrier force
against torpedo attacks.
McKeehan Dies
In South Pacific
James Orland McKeehan, 23,
boatswain's mate 2c, U. S. coast
guard reserve, reported missing
on October 5, has been declared
dead by the war department In a
message received by the youth's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mc
Keehan, Hilyard avenue. The
word reached them Monday.
The family was advised' that
McKeehan was repairing a cable
on a landing barge and that he
fell, slipping overboard. He
failed to come to the surface. No
other details were available. Mc
Keehan was serving in the South
Pacific at the time of his death..
He was graduated from Henley
high school, class of 1939, served
in the coast guard for 18 months
with 54 months of that , time
spent overseas.
Beverly Thomas Reported
Missing in French Fight
l V f i
Pvt. Beverly Thomas
Pvt. Beverly W. Thomas. 36.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W.
Thomas, 2105 Wantland, pioneer
residents ot luamatn f ans, is
reported missing in action in
France since September 25.
Pvt. Thomas was an infantry
man with Lt. Gen. George S.
Patton and had been overseas
since late spring of this year.
Pvt. Thomas' wife, the former
Starla Parvin of this city, is now
making her home in Spokane,
Wash., with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Parvin.
A short time ago, Thomas'
parents received word from Lt.
Ralph Taylor of Klamath Falls,
their son 8 commanding oiiicer,
advising them that in early Sep
tember, while in France, their
outfit encountered a German
tank column and that Thomas
was wounded about the face but
refused to be evacuated. He re
turned to the front almost imme
diately and a few days later was
reported missing.
Thomas was born In Klamath.
Falls on May 24, 1908, went
through the grades and attended
(Continued on Page Three)
Harry 8. Trumin
'tl