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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1944
Number 10292
DEEPER INTO
EAST PRUSSIA
Penetrations Extend
To Eydtkuhnen
Area
LONDON, Oct. 10 (!) niiH
mIiiii forces bucked by 500 tanks
hnvo penetrated well Into East
Pruiwln where the German bor
der town of Eydtkuhnen has
been evacuated, tho Berlin radio
nit lit loduy.
"Tho deepest Ruxslnn penetra
tion" was In the Eydtkuhnen
urea, 37 miles east of InsterburR
and the red army has passed this
town, Berlin Mild. "The Kun
sliins have advanced further on
Cierinnii toll."
The German communique c
knowledKcd lost of the town but
Insisted that u breakthrough
had been adverted.
Hugo Forcu
Tremendous infantry and tank
forces were bcliiK hurled nKalnsl
the homeland of the Junker Kcn
erals to "achlevo grund scale
hi'ciikthroutth at all costs," tho
enemy said. v
Tho front wn widened from
30 to 45 miles overnluht with
tho Hussions extending their at
tacks lo the area of Suwnlkl,
center of n Irlnnnle which Hitler
annexed from .l'olnnd lo East
Prussia in 1030.
Tho enemy admission came
within hours after the Russians
announced an Invasion of
Czechoslovakia in the south on a
171-milo front, plunging through
the main Carpathian mountain
passes to'a junction .with other
Hussion army uroups drivinii
through Transylvania and Hun
gary. Rod Tanks Disabled
The German communique tnld
2.10 Russlnn tanks had boon dis
abled in the three-day battle at
tho edgo of East Prussia, a cam
paign not yet announcea by tho
Kremlin. Strong Russian at
tacks were reported west of Riga
and southeast of the Lntvlnn es
cape port of Llepnja, through
which remnants of perhaps 10
trapped German divisions in the
Baltics must attempt an escape.
Beyond Pctsamo, tho German
command reported heavy fight
ing on tho Arctic rood lending
into tho frozen lundrns of north
ern Norwny.
Tho Germans early tonight re
ported another Russian offen
sive along a 60-mllc stretch of
Iho Narew river above Warsaw
which they declared was aimed
lit tho Baltic port of Dniulg,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Sgf. Leidholdt
Hurt in Europe
Official word that Tech. Sgt.
Philip P. Leidholdt, Mnlln, had
been wounded in action In the
Huropenn theater, was made
Thursday by the war depart
ment, Young Leldholdt's wife, Inez,
imilies her homo In Mnlln but
ton Id not be reached today for
details. It Is thought tho action
in which Leidholdt was wound
ed look place approximately two
weeks ngo.
Cooperation At the Marine Barracks PX!
.'-M!-!'W !'V
Thc Horald and Nowi roporter found little difficulty in getting material for a sxory on the
Marine Barracks post exchange but the staff photographer sneaked up on this one. clicking it
right In the middlo of an Interview. All in fun, even to PFC Jimmy Meadows of Watertown, S.
D., (far right), whose ear is taking a beating. Left to right, Meadows. Corp. Scotty Turner, Mil
burn, Neb.i. Lois Stewart, PFC Bully Bledsoe, San Antonio, tex., and behind the milk bottle,
PFC AI'Mlnolll, of Newton, N. J. Two of the boys In the background are PFC Frank Lojier of
Newark. N. J., you can Just tee his hat, and Corp. Gene A. Copeland. Mt. Summit, Ind.
Reporter Invades Barracks PX, Finds
Big Business in Milk, Beer, Jewelry
By LOIS STEWART
The second largest commu
nity In Klamath county oper
ates a general store just forilUe
fun o III '" i
It's the PX, or the postf ex
change, at the Marine Barracks,
where (lie population Is second
only to that of Klamath Falls.
All the proflls go Into tho rec
reation fund. V
Armed with Undo Bulgy and
his flashlight bulbs, we drew
detail at tho PX for a story on
this unusual installation, where
tho "clarks" nnd coffee coolers
are all veterans of Guadalcanal,
tho Mnrshalls, the Gilberts and
a dozen other places in tho
South Pacific. .... '
Housed under one roof at the
PX.. Is.'a 34-stool.fnnntiiin, ha
garden, merchandise counter,
mngazlne stand, PX offices,
tailor shop, barber shop, tele
phone room; laundry and dry
cleaning room and supply quar
ters. The PX, opened in June, start
ed out In cash register swaddling
clothes. Last reports show an
average monthly business which
has grown to some $45,000 per
monthl This covers all depart
ments under the PX roof.
Tho English knock off for
tea at 4 o'clock but the marine
goes out for his milk and coffee
nt ID Wn hit tho PV i-irht a.
that kmir t ttit 'Wgestion of
Nazis Shoved
To Vert lo;-. New -Offense
Looms
By ALEX H. SINGLETON
LONDON, Oct. 19 lT'j British Tommies and American armor
rocked the Germans back toward Venlo on the Maas (Meuse)
from the Holland salient today in what appeared to be the pre
liminaries to an offensive aimed at breaking organized German
resistance beforo Christmat.
West of Antwerp in Holland Canadian forces were lest than
two miles from the German guns at Breskens commanding the
tea entrance to the port from the pocket south of the Schelde.
In Aachen U. S. first army troops, again smashing German
lank and infantry counterthrusts northeast of the Siegfried line
city, held about half the wrecked city and smashed on into the
northwestern quarter where fighters and fighter bombers, pin-
fu...v.j , on ui.fjuiiiia dliedU OlT
mo bazooka and erenade
Tech. Sgt. Dick Morrison, Po
mona, uani., post exchange
steward and NCO in charge,
i Slew of Questions
Only difference between us
and the rest of the women is
that we get paid for being
curious so we asked the Sgt.
a slew of questions. Here's
what he told us: . ' . ,
The marine is a great milk
drinker. He likes his coffee, too.
Between 500 and fiOO half-pints
(Continued on Page Six)
ALLIES PUSH ON
ROME,: Oct. 10 (P) Fifth
army troops havo captured sev
eral more peaks and villages on
the southern approaches to Bol
ogna and the eighth army has
forced a bridgehead across the
Plsciatcllo river north of the
Bologna-Rlmlnl highway in the
Adriatic sector, allied headquar
ters announced today.
Tho brldgehcnd, enst of the
important rond Junction town of
Ccsenn, was gained . against
strong German opposition, while
In the foothills south of the
town Indian troops of the eighth
nrmy captured Acquaroln and
Rovcrsano, the war bulletin
said.
Fighting bitterly against re
inforced Gcrmnn troops Amcrl
(Continued on Page Seven)
Dewey Assails Foreign
Policy of Administration
v JAC
ALBANY, N. Y Oct. 10 (P
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey stood
today on the side of those who
oppose American reservations
Unit might "nullify" an Interna
tional pence organization his
position made clear in his be
laboring attack last night on
what ho termed the ''personal,
secret diplomacy" of President
Roosevelt.
Indicting vigorously tho ad
ministration's bundling of for-,
elgn affairs, tho republican
? residential nominee told the
lernld Tribune forum In an ad
dress brondenst nntlonnlly from
New York City that It would
bo n "great disaster" if "a few
individual rulers should In se
cret conferences try to shape
the future of tho world."
"Wo must make certain that
our participation in (this) world
organization Is not subjected to
reservations that would nullify
tho power of that organization
to maintain pcaco and to halt
fuluro aggression, Tho surest
way to invito disaster Is to in
sist that everything must be
perfect from the start," he said.
. No Simple Solution
Tho republican nominee
churged first that President
Roosevelt had Wderlakcn "per
sonally and secretly with Mr.
Stalin" to settle questions In
volving the restorntion of Po
land as a free slate, declaring
that there was no "simple solu
tion" to the differences. between
Russia and Poland "which go
deep into history,"
"At their only meeting," he
declared, "neither our secretary
of slate nor tho unricr-secretary
was present. Instead Mr. Roose
velt took along Mr. Harry Hop
kins, who acquired his training
In foreign affairs in running
tho WPA, But because of the
secret nnluro of the meeting,
American public opinion has
been silenced, by the fear that
some delicate negotiation might
bo nmbnrrnsscd,"
Dewey asserted that the allied
agreement under which Roman
la quit the war as an axis
country last September 12 was
signed for tho United States by
a Russian representative ho
Identified only as "Mellnosky."
Fixed Frontieri
"This was no military armis
tice," the candidate declared.
"That agreement fixed tho fu
ture frontiers of Romania. It
disposed of Bessarabia nnd
" (Continued ii Page Seven)
Today, On The
Western Front
By The Attociated Press
British 2nd Army Aided
by U., S, troops, rocked tho
Germans back toward Venlo
on the Mouse river In Hol
land in an apparent prelim
inary, to an all-out allied of
fensive. U. S. 1st . Army Met in
creasingly., stubborn,, resist
ance in house-to-house fight
ing in Aachen, but had oc
cupied about half tho town;
smashed German tank and
Infantry counter thrusts
north of Aachen.
Canadian 1st Army
Fought to less than two miles
from German guns at Bres
kens, commanding the sea
entrance to the port of Ant
werp. U. S. 7th Army Improved
and consolidated its positions
in the Vosges foothills, de
spite stubborn nazt resist
ance. '
U. S.: 3rd Army In the
Metz-Nnncy area, north of
tho 7th army, but was not
mentioned in today's commu-nlquo.
War Ouiput Lags
10 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (P)
Tho top WPB officials reported
today that shortages in military
trucks, tires, bombs, big shells,
batteries, and one typo of tank
are jeopardizing a war produc
tion program which otherwise
is in good shape,
"This lagging segment is only
about 10 per cent of the whole
program, but it is a vital 10
per cent," Chairman J, A. Krug
said at a joint press conference
with WPB's chief of operations,
H. G. Bntchellor. "We must
keep the heat on for three or
four months more."
Harvest Weather
Clear today and tonight.
Partly cloudy Friday. Lowest
tonight 30 to 35. No abnor
mally low temperatures for
several dnys,. Slight possibili
ty of rain over weekend,
b
GIVES UP TO AM
ROME, Oct. 19 (fl5) The nazi
garrison on Santorin island, 70
miles north of Crete in the Sea
of Candia, surrendered yester
day to the British cruiser Ajax,
allied headquarters announced
today.
The naval command said that
carrier planes sweeping in from
the Aegean heavily attacked ene
my transport in the vicinity of
Volos, 35 miles southeast of Lar
isa on the Greek mainland. The
same planes also took a heavy
toll of enemy shipping in the
Sporades islands in the Aegean
northeast of Athens.
A German armored vessel con
taining 200 German infantrymen
was sunk in the same area Oc
tober 10 by H.M.S. Argonaut
wnue tne destroyer Termagant
accounted, for a Siebel ferry load
ed with enemy equipment. Some
survivors were picked up. ,
In the Volos area the naval
planes were credited with de
struction of three locomotives
and 36 trucks. An additional
locomotive, four armored cars
and three barges were damaged.
Six enemy vessels were de
stroyed and another merchant
ship, set afire October 17 off
Lcmnos, southeast of Salonika,
the naval command announced.
Twenty smaller enemy 'craft
were disposed ol in the same re
gion. ......
Marrett Admits
Buying Drugs
MEDFORD, Oct. 19 OP) The
first major prosecution witness
in the trial of Dr. R. W. Clancy,
charged with violating tho Har
rison narcotics act, declared on
the witness stand yesterday that
ho had bought narcotics many
times from the defendant.
The witness, testifying in fed
eral court here, was Fred Sum
ner Marrett, 39, . who said he
had been an addict for 15 years.
Marrett admitted, under cross
examination, that he was "mad
at Dr. Clancy" for refusing to
give him drugs at a later time.
Marrett and his wife have been
held on burglary charges in con
nection with the entering of Dr,
Clancy's office i n search o f
drugs.
squads.
Coincident with Berlin's re
port of a savage Russian on
slaught against East Prussia's
defenses, the German radio de
clared that the British offen
sive in cast Holland, "in sup
port of the American attack on
Aachen, has increased in vio
lence." Possible Strategy
The timing raised the possi
bility of a grand strategy plan
to beat the nazis by smashing
simultaneously at East Prussia,
heart of German , militarism,
while wrecking the Rhine-Ruhr
valley, the center of German in
dustry. ,
An Associated Press war cor
respondent with the British sec
ond army said Lt. Gen. Sir
Miles C. Dempsey's , troops,
striking swiftly after taking
Venray, had advanced about
three and a half miles south to
ward the railroad town of
Amerika. An American armored
column was converging at a
distance of five miles upon the
same objective from the east.
Hold 7 Miles- '
The Germans had been elim
inated from all but-about seven
square miles of territory . wst
of the Maas. and the aiueswere
within 33 miles of Duisburg in
the Ruhr.
. Berlin said Dempsey had con
centrated strong forces in the
area to annihilate the Germans'
Maas bridgehead an objective
which would straighten the line
along the Dutch border in prep
aration for an allied cross-river
assault.
In a desperate effort to avoid
being trapped on the west bank,
the Germans apparently were
falling back to the south toward
Venlo as their comrades in tne
Venray-Amerika area were
pushed back.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
communique, officially report
ing tho seizure of the rail and
road town of Venray, seven
miles from the German border,
said that allied forces had ad
vanced two miles south of the
Venray-Deurne road and gains
had been made from the west
liCffllPS ;
ATLfllUTIC COAST
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 19 (IF)
The Atlantic coastline from
Daytona Beach to Cape Hatter
as, N. C, was threatened today
by a severe tropical hurricane
that struck the Florida west
coast before dawn and headed
rapidly across the state toward
Jacksonville.
The weather bureau reported
at 10 a. m. that hurricane warn
ings had been hoisted from Day
tona to Cape.Hatteras in antici
pation of winds of 60 to 80 miles
an hour velocity.
The blow was moving across
state at a rate of 18 to 20 miles
an hour and will pass into the
Atlantic near Jacksonville.'
No loss of life or casualties
were reported from . the hurri
cane which earlier caused . per
haps a dozen deaths, injured be
tween 300 and 400 persons and
sank at least three small vessels
in Cuba -:' .' . .
teTKgTstorm swung arouncTfcey
. r iwiituiueu uii lgu oeveuj
Make Up Your
Mind, Hirohito
By The Associated Press
" Japanese radio commentators
faced a task today of reconcil
ing today's reported invasion of
the Philippines by General Mac
Arthur's forces and a series of
claims concerning a "great naval
victory" near Formosa which
they were preparing to '" cele
brate October 20. .
Radio Tokyo asserted Monday
that scores of American ships
had been knocked out by Jap
anese naval and air forces
which had delayed the "impend
ing invasion of the Philippines
by at least two months."
The invasion, the high com
mand said today, started just
one day later.
Japs Report Invasion of Islands
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kussnsaisa.
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t izssj
Japanese source! today disclosed American landings on Suluan
Island, at the mouth of Levte pull, and south of Samar island,
Adm. Nlmltc reportt continuing raids on Luion Island, centering
on a nam y
JAP REPORTS J
UNCONFIRMED?
BY IITIUR
Domei ' Says . Yankees
Land At Suluan, '"
Near Leyte
By The Associated Press
American expeditionary forces
are invading the Philippines,
Tokyo radio reported today,
striking at the very center of
the vulnerable eastern flank of
the archipelago.
Domei news agency said flatly
that United States forces have
begun their "reinvasion of the
Philippines," supported by pow
erful units of tne pacific fleet
and China-based aircraft.
Sea forces, Domei said, in
cluded "the naval fleet under the
command of Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur."
Leyte Gulf T
An official Japanese commun.
ique said "the enemy fleet" ac
companied transports into spa
cious Leyte Gulf Tuesday (Ma
nila time) and for the past two
days naval guns and carrier air
craft have been bombarding
shore defenses.
"Part of the enemy forces
seem to have landed on Suluan.
island" at the entrance of the
gulf, Domei said. :
Domei asserted Vice . Adm."
Marc A. Mitscher's powerful
task force 58 the carrier- arm
of the Pacific fleet was not
participating in the invasion be
cause of asserted losses suffered
off Formosa. These have, been
denied by Adm. Chester W. Nim
itz. Organize New Force
Since the Formosa battle, Do
mei broadcast; "the enemy has
organized a new large task force,
grouping together the fifth fleet
under Vic Adm. Raymond Spru- "
ance, which did not participate).,
in the air battle off Taiwan (For'
mosa), and the naval fleet under
the- command of Gen. Douglas
MacArthur, as well- as other"
naval forces in. the Pacific, exi---
eluding the 58th task f orcefj' ,"-
"Our army and navy fordes in ... .
this "sector,"' Dome! aaded,'"are
confronting - the enemy forces
with undaunted, resolution." "-.
These broadcasts, recorded by
the federal communications com
mission, were the only-, reports
that Gen. MacArthur had taken
the most crucial step to fulfill
his pledge, made two and a half
years ago,- to. return- to the Phil
ippines, While there was no confirma
tion that the Philippines inva
sion was at last underway, the
combined Pacific sea forces o
Adm. Nimitz and land-based air
strength of General MacArthur
have been paving the way for
reconquest of the territory in "
ten days of unprecedented raids
on western Pacific islands' for a -thousand
miles either side of the
Philippines.
These thunderous attacks
which have cost the Japanese
close to 1000 planes and hun
dreds of ships are still continu
ing, Manila radio reported. It
told of 270' carrier planes strik
ing in four waves this morning
at Manila and strategic Clark
field. The Japanese-controlled
radio claimed 19 were shot down.
Oregon's Quota
Set for War Loan
PORTLAND, Oct. 19 (P)
Oregon residents will be expect
ed to purchase $107,000,000 in.
war bonds during the Sixth War
Loan drive opening November
20, E. C. Sammons, state war fi
nance chairman, announced to
day. ,
The quota is $18,000,000 less
than . in . the Fifth War Loan
drive. Fourteen billions is the
national quota.
Ot the Oregon quota, $34,
000,000 is earmarked for E bond
purchases, $28,000,000 for indiv
idual purchases of other series,
and $45,000,000 for corporation
purchases. , i
Reds Capture
5900 Germans
LONDON, Oct. 19 () Rus.
sian troops which encircled Ger
man units southeast of Belgrade
took 5900 prisoners and cap
tured "a considerable amount of
equipment in yesterday's fight
ing, Moscow announced tonight.
The broadcast Russian com
munique said the drive to clear
the Germans from the Yugoslav
capital was continuing with the
help of Marshal Tito's partisans
Army Casuatties '
Reach 174,780
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 fP)
United States army casualties oh
the Western land front, from the
Invasion on June 8 through Oc
tober 3, numbered 174,780. !'
Air force casualties are not
Included in this figure announc
ed today by the War department.
Of the total, 20,842 were kill
ed, 130,227 wounded and 14,711
missing. ,