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SUPI1KME IMPORTANCE
Jnm nliice upon our liindlnu
.1,. iihiihinlnca. In mi effort
ELm in mil. they nro willing
tftitk considerable mills of their
kSliiv-lreimured fleet.
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pSllpplnes. The little yellow
o$i know what will hitppcn to
tttro If they lose incsc jiruicgic
T3
WE'LL have to WAIT for tho
rest of the story. It mny be
ills one. Kvery time the Jap
St, or Important units oi .
ured out of hiding, the air
my crucklei with possibilities
If Hollond, the British tnko
lkrlnsensbosehr'UTTiNG
German escape routo to tho
'tit over flic Hinno cnonnois.
y used flnmi'lhruwcru ngulnal
man bazooka nests.
otc that the Gcrmuiiii were
'lick to adopt the bazooka,
cn ws developed, we mm
ory tho other day tnot the
t Ford factories nro now
Jdlng Jot-propulsion engines,
orncci atier (.icrman until
oed from England, for use
Ineituuur bombs. New weop
remain the exclusive nos-
ion of one side only until tho
r sicio is nbie to copy them.)
ukacmiMtt, on tnc western
.Jfront, there Is nothing par
tlflarly new. We and the Urlt-
are Dtiiidlng up strength for
oiirnsive that will be
Chcd WhennuiT lull urn fiillt,
M' Tl'e imminence of winter
'frcj hnt It won't be long do-
the eastern front ll,n hnlilr,
for 'East Prussia Is rnglng nn
font of llio miles, from tho
Jf'n of the N lemon to tho
JJiw where East Prussia, Llth-
and Poland come together,
vlf ?'r ver Instorburg Is
ISl lh,smoko aet hy rnltllng
nsian planes. The Russians
nl,? .9crm' Imvo been
L,Tln Principal city, for
IB Cerman hiK, command
n ounces officially todny
; ie Russians have sprung
SUJ hKW """"o itom
arcw river, north of War-
I'limVL'Sh.'1!0 Germnns
Blerv ,",""" " ncavy
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' nrln i . '"li,"""ion lor mi
, rli new drive.
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II ll off frnnf n 1 n,sain nnd
i 1Vi " lroni Iho rest of Gor-
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1944
Number 10297
Pursuit of 25,000
Nazi Troops
Indicated
LONDON, Oct. 23 (!) The
rtusslnn urmy has crowed tlie
frontier Into Norway, Marshal
Stnlln announced tonight,
Tho order of tho day broad
cast by Moscow said Gen. K. I.
Mcpetikov's nrctlc army which
crossed the frontier had already
captured tho Norwegian seaport
of Kirkonci.
Nails Evacuate
Berlin thrco hours earlier had
broadcast on announcement of
tho evacuation of this impor
tant iron ore shipping point.
The cupturo Indicated the red
army's Intention of marching
through Norway in pursuit of
perhaps 25,000 German troops
driven out of what was former
ly northern Finland, in the bat
tle for Pctsamo', 30. miles from
Klrkencs. - .' . ...
Mcpctskov's operation was
aided by units of the Hussion
navy, the order disclosed, Mos
cow saluted the victory with io
sulvos from 224 guns,
Narew Drive) Opens
Berlin also announced a now
Russian offensive along tho Na
rew river In Poland between
Warsaw and tho southern boun
dary of East Prussia.
Invasion .of Norway leaves
Denmark i tho only country
swallowed up by Hitler in five
years,. q( war which has .not
been wrested buck or lnva'dad
by allied armies, ' r-
Persistent but unconfirmed
rumors in London recently have
hkitcd at an Anglo-Amorican
strike into Norway, nd RAF
bombers have been hitting at
German airfields and strong
points in the country attacked
(Continued on Pago Two)
Extra Day Added
To Sky Exhibit
A chango In schedule ot the
army air force's "Shot From the
Sky exhibit will glvo residents
of Klamath county Iwo days .
October 31 and November 1 in
which to view tills largo collec
tion of German and Japanese
aerial equipment at Iho carnival
grounds on South 6th, Lt, Ed
ward M. Cogswell, officer In
chargo of arrangements, an
nounced last night.
The extra day was added In
Klamath Falls, Lt. Cogswell said,
to glvo people In outlying areas
a double opportunity to examine
axis war production efforts and
compnre the enemy planes and
equipment with our own. The
exhibit is free and will be open
in the afternoon and evening.
Red Press Blasts
Iran Government
MOSCOW, Oct. 25 (P) For
tho fourth consecutive day the
Russian press todny attacked the
government of Iran for opposi
tion to a Russian offer to devel
op oil fields in the northern part
of that country.
Extenslvo quotations from
Iranian newspapers criticizing
tho government's policy and de
manding Its resignation were
carried In a Tass dispatch from
Tehran.
Klamath Naval Air Station An Important Cog in the Navy's Pacific Fighting Machine
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GEN. MucARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Oct.
25 UP) Pushing all opposition
aside and crushing feeble Japa
nese counter attacks, American
forces liberated 14 more towns
and barrios and advanced to the
outskirts of Tabonlnbon, eight
miles northwest of Dulag, Gen.
MncArthur's headquarters an
nounced today. . , .
The odvanco on Tabontabon
is probably the longest made
by MacArthur's men since the
invasion started. Advances were
general along the entire line.
. Airdrome Won
Capture of San Pablo air
drome seven miles west of Du
lag was also announced, but a
field dispatch from Al Dopking,
Associated Press war corre
spondent, ycslcrday reported its
sclturo.
Dopking disclosed that the
Ynnktr went through" densa. un
dergrowth and mud and muck
sometimes nearly up to their
necks in making n circuitous
march of 12 miles to capture
the San Pablo field. It was the
third airfield taken on Lcylo.
The others arc ot Taclobnn and
Dulag.
7th Fans Out
After securing the San Pablo
field armored units of tho 7th
division f o n n c d out to the
northward toward Dagaml, Im
portant road Junction at the
western edge of Leyto valley.
Flr.mr.nU nf . the fifltll division
advanced to a point nine miles
north of Catnmon, enveloped
Catanion hill and pushed on to
the approaches of Tabontaoon.
Substantial gnlns west of
Palo and Tacloban were mnde
by units ot tho 10th corns now
pushing ahead from a line of
hills seized from the Jnpnnese
(Continued on Pago Two)
De Gaulle Asks
Increased Aid
PATHS Oct. 25 P Gen.
Charles do Gaullo.complnincd to
dny that the French were not re
ceiving enough arms lor n large
war effort.
In his first press conference
since ho met reporters in Wash
ington In July, me rrencn runner
commented that the "govern
ment" like everyone else, is sat
isfied Hint it now Is cnllod by
Ho vlulil nnmo." This was his
only reference to allied recogni
tion.
"Franco not only Is ready but
r.nurr tn inke n lnrirer mrt in Hie
wnr agnlnst' Germany," Do
Gaulle snld. "Until llio time
when French factories nro nblc
tn snimlv our armies, we hope to
obtain equipment from our al
lies. Witliln a tew wccks, we
would increase Franco's contri
butions on the front."'
War Labor Board Delays
Report on Wage Formula
WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (P)
Tho possibility of tho wnr labor
board's Uttlo steel wage report
reaching President Roosevelt
beforo tho election virtually
vanished todny when tho board,
after consideration of pro-
minnrv draft, deferred further
discussion until next Tuesday,
October 31.
In the samo meeting, ' a split
In tho labor voto developed
When AFL members Voted
against a CIO motion to begin
discussion of tho current steel
wngo dispute and other CIO
coses tomorrow. Tho motion
failed for want of a majority,
with tho AFL members voting
with n,o fmir Industry mem
bers, nnd tho CIO voting with
the four public members.
Tho board then voted eight
to four to take up speeifie cases
next Tuesday, the ' same day
that discussion of the report to
tho president will be resumed.
Tho labor members, both AFL
and CIO, wore in the minority
on the second voto.
The proposed report to the
president, on ,lho possible im
pact on the national wngo poli
cy ot a pay increase dcmnmlcd
by b o t h AFL and CIO for
1,000,000 workers in steel and
a dozen other Industries, was
offered by WLB's public repre
sentatives, In rough 'draft. It
hod been prcpnred after the
board's lengthy hearings on la
bor's demands that tho admin
istration scrap tho little steel
formula limiting general pay
increases to 15 per cent over
January, 1041, levels.'
WLB hns already voted 8 to
4 to pass the Uttlo steel dispute
to tho White House as n factual
presentation, without specific
advice, in view of price-structure
consldcrrilions outside tho
board's Jurlsdttlon.
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With Navy Day coming on Friday, Klamath is paying special attention- this, week to- the
Klamath naval air station, which performs a vital service in navy aviation training for the
crucial Pacific war. Hero men are trained in flying, gunnery and bombing for service with the
fleet. The facilities include the big station here, an auxiliary facility at Lakeview, and two huge
gunnery areas in Klamath and Lake counties. The, above pictures show.-, (upper- left) mechanics
rofualing a navy transport on the local field; (right) aircraft on the operating line, on the huge
concrete apron and (below) aircrewmen working on a four-engined patrol bomber. Klamath
people will visit the air station at "open house" Friday afternoon. U. S. navy photos.
Guerrilla Clashes Spread
Deep Inio Southern Spain
LONDON, Oct. 25 ()
Clashes between Spanish repub
lican guerrillas and forces of
General Franco have spread
even into southern Spain, be
sides tho guerrilla raids into
northern Spain from France,
an pfficcr of tho Anti-Frnnco
National Spanish union in Paris
declared todny,
Mndrid meanwhile said nil
but a handful of the republicans
striking into Spain's Navarra
section from Franco had been
wiped out.
Clashes Reported
Tho National Spanish union
wns formed to unite all anti
Franco Spaniards in France,
and claims affillntion with an
underground Junta of Madrid.
In Paris, a union official, Col
onel Pnz, dcclnred clashes were
occurring in Andalusia in south
ern Spain, as well as In Catn
lonln and Asturins in northern
Spain, and other parts of the
country. Forays from the
French border continue, he
snld, but there is little Informa
tion on these struggles duo to
scant communications.
Colonel Pnz charged 40,000
Germnns - from France had
taken refuge in Spnin, some aid
ing Franco's forces . nnd others
being helped by the Franco
government to go to Soul h
America.. He also asserted Cath
olics in Spain now wore large
ly opposed to Franco because
of "his dictnlorinl actions."
Denies Uprising
Lt. Gen. Yuan Yngue, com
mander of the Navarrn corps
nrea, in n Madrid dispatch, said
thnt a handful of the gucrrlllns
Beretta Recalled
By Argentina
LONDON, Oct. 25 (P) Argen
tlnn hns recnllcd Col. Pnblo Ber
ctln, its military nttaclie in Lon
don, nfter nn Invitation to visit
the allies' western front was sud
denly withdrawn.
While the Argentine embassy
wns officlnlly silent, it was re
ported authentically here that
tho action occurred several days
ngo nnd presumably resulted
from lack ot cooperation in his
country's foreign policy in the
wnr ngninst tho axis.
Similar Invitations extended
to the militnry attaches of other
South American embassies have
not been withdrawn, so for ns
could .be learned todny.
remained in hiding in the moun
tains, but denied any general
uprising in tlie area.
An open call for a new civil
war camo from -the underground
newspaper, Conquest of Spain,
organ of tlie republican junta
with secret headquarters in
Madrid. It urged Spanish army
officers to take up arms against
General Franco.
Super-Forts Raid
Kyushu Island
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (P)
Superfortresses of tho 20th air
force staged a daylight assault
on strategic targets on Kyushu,
southernmost of the main Japan
ese home islunds today, and the
Tokyo radio said nbout 100 of
the big B-29s participated.
The Japanese broadcast said
the island of Saishu, situated be
tween Kyushu and the China
const, also was raided but the
wnr department's first communi
que made no mention of this. '
Yanks Put Heat
On Hamburg
LONDON, Oct. 25 (P) Up
wards ot 1700- American planes,
1200 of them heavy bombers, at
tacked objectives in the Ham
burg nnd Hnmm sectors of Ger
mnny todny,
Germany's largest freight
yords. were attacked at Hnmm,
in the Ruhr and Rhinclnnd area
90 miles northeast of Anchen.
Much of Germnny's wnr materinl
nnd reinforcements for tho west
ern front must traverse its rail
spidcrweb.
HATCHERY
PLANED IN CITY
Announcement of the. estab
lishment here of a 100,000-egg
capacity chick hatchery was
made today at the meeting of
the directors of the Klamath
county chamber of commerce.
Fred Hubler, head of the new
enterprise, will be associated
with E. G. Geinger and John
Quigley, local men, and told of
the plans at the chamber meet
ing. Hubler said operations will
start in ieoruary.
The plant will be located on
South Sixth street adjoining
(Continued on Page Two)
Navy Seizes War
Company Plant
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 W')
In the first action of its kind
President Roosevelt today direct
ed the navy to take over the
Lord Manufacturing company's
Erie, Pa., plant because of its al
leged refusal to abide by a gov
ernment order fixing prices for
the aircratt parts and otner un
specified war materials it turns
out.
The executive order, issued
from the White House, said the
conduct of tho company has in
terfered with the "production
and supply of aircraft parts and
other esscntinj wnr materials."
It directed Navy Secretary For-
restnl to tnke over and operate
the plants to the extent deemed-
necessary to continue war pro
duction.
Tho order snid tho secretaries
of war and navy issued an order
fixing fair and reasonable prices
for products of the Lord Manu
facturing company last September.
Today On The Western Front
By The Associated Press
British 2nd Army After n night of bitter street-fighting,
flnmc-throvving Tommio infantrymen collapsed all organized
resistance in 's Hertogcnbosch, Dutch center guarding the
nazis' western Holland escape route. Other units cut supply
lines into the city from the north and south.
U. S. 1st Army No important changes were reported in
the Aachen area.
Canadian 1st Army Hammered closer to Bergen Op Zoom
nnd Rooscndaal nnd registered gains south of captured Bres
kens, where a tightening pocket of Germans is being cleared
up.
U. S. 3rd Army Only patrol activity was reported In the
Moselle valley sector.
U. S. 7th Army Made steady, though slight, progress in
tho Vosges mountains and captured Montagne and Bifontaine.
PHILIPPINE
AREA
P ROUT
U.S.S. Princeton Sunk
In Great Naval ' '
Battle
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!S HERTQ8EKB0SCH
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Oct. 25 (Brit
ish troops, turning flamethrow
ers against German bazooka
nests, struck through the big
Dutch road junction of 'S Herto
genbosch in mop-up operations
today, and tne (jermans feu
back in retreat on a 15-mile
front above and below that key
city.
S Hertogenbosch was cap
tured except for isolated enemy
pockets, a front dispatch said,
and supply roads leading north
and south were sniped.
Canucks Advance
Even as the British pressed
in the eastern end of the Ger
man box salient in southwest
ern Holland, , Canadians - bit
deeper into" the western edge,
and made progress in two drives
to clear the water approaches to
Antwerp. . .. -
- One Canadian prong - hit on
toward Rooscndaal and Bergen
Op Zoom. 22 and 20 miles north
of - Antwerp, - against strong re
sistance. The enemy was re
ported making local withdraw
als below Breda and Tilburg
middle strongholds of their line
across , southwestern Holland
from the coast to S' Hertogen
bosch. , - . .
. : Strike Into Tip
Another ; Canadian column,
striking westward, advanced
slightly farther into the tip of
south Beveland island. German
guns there and on adjacent Wal-
chcren island command the
Schelde estuary lane to Ant
werp. .
Other Canadians advanced in
the diminishing Breskens pock
et on the south shore of the es
tuary opposite Walcheren island.
Fall of Fort Frederik-Hendrik
north of captured Breskens port
tl-onunued on Page Two)
PFC Ku'iawski
Reported Missing ,
Mrs. Patricia Kujawski, 924
Martin, received word Tuesday
that her husband. PFC Charles
S. Kujawski Sr., 22, has been re
ported missing in action since
uctooer 4, in Germany.
The war deDartment teleeram
stated that Mrs. Kujawski would
be notified promptly of any fur
ther information received in this
country.
PFC Kujawski entered the
service. November 14. 1943. and
has been overseas since July of
this year. He is in the army in-
ianiry. a resident ol luamath
Falls for the past six years,
Charles was emDlovcd bv Kal-
pine Lumber company and was a
member of the loci fire deport
ment beforo entering tlie service.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Golski of Ohio.
Besides his wife. Patricia, who
is employed by the Pacific Tele-
pnone and telegraph company
here, PFC Kujawski has a small
son, Charles Jr., of Klamath
raus. - -
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (IP)
President Roosevelt announced'
today that the Japanese navy
has been "defeated, seriously'
damaged, and routed" in the
Philippine area.
Mr. Roosevelt called reporters
to his office at 5:18 p. m. and
read this:
"The president received today
a report from Admiral Halsey
that the Japanese navy in the
Philippine area has been defeat
ed, seriously damaged and rout
ed by the United States navy in
that .area." .
The president released the,
news in a rarely-used manner'
calling reporters to his office at,
an unscheduled news conference-
because, he said, the news of .
the Japanese defeat . had Just
reached him through the navy
department and his military
chief of staff. Admiral William
D. Leahy.
Earlier reports from the U. S.
Pacific fleet : headquarters at
Pearl Harbor said that carrier.
planes of the U. S. third fleet
have sunk a large Japanese car
rier, damaged two other large
carriers, live or six Battleships,
one cruiser and several - other
unidentified warships in a great
three-pronged naval battle. '
Princeton Sunk -The
U. S. S. Princeton, a light
carrier in Admiral William F. '
Halsey's force, ; was lost whena"
already badly crippled, her mag'
azines exploded and she had to!'
De sunk by . American ships.
ine fnncetons captain and
(Continued on Page Two) '
Forrestal Okay -
Needed on Pearl :
Harbor Report rr
BOSTON. Oct, 25 (PI A de.
mand. by counsel for Rear Ad
miral Husband E. Kimmel for
immediate publication of find
ings of a navy court of inquiry
into the Pearl Harbor disaster
brought from the navy today a
reply that the report is not final
until approved by Secretary For-
restnl.
Kimmel was naval commander
at Pearl Harbor, December 7,
1941. He was relieved of his
command on charges of derelic
tion oi duty.:.: unarles B. Kugg,
the retired ' admiral's counsel.
telegraphed Forrestal yesterday
that "simple justice and common
decency require immediate pub-
lie announcement of the court's
findings as to Kimmel's , inno
cence or guilt."
Missing
fx
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1
5.
Si
PFC Charles Kujawski
Monte Belmonte
Cleared of Nazis
, ROME, Oct. 25 (IP). Fifth
army troops ground but impor
tant gains today in the moun
tainous southern approaches to
the Italian communications hub
of Bologna while the eighth
army rolled through receding
German resistance in the Adri
atic end of the Po valley.
After a week of bloody fight
ing in the mist-shrouded Appen
nines, American doughboys
drove the Germans from Montfe
Belmonte, a mountain key to
the enemy's defense of Bologna.
The Americans held it against
several counterattacks.
Hodges Awarded
Bronze Star
U. S. FIRST ARMY HEAD
QUARTERS, Oct. 25 (IP) Lt
Gen. Omar N. Bradley, com
mander of the U. S. 12th army
group, pinned the Bronze Star
today on Lt.-Gen. Courtney H.
Hodges, first army commander,
for capturing Aachen, the first
large. German city to fall into
allied hands. .
The general's "brilliant Vic
tory has upheld the highest tra
dition of military service of thn
United States," Bradley said.
The presentation was made at
Hodges' headquarters with Lt.
Gen. William H. Simpson, 9th
army commander, looking on
British Patrols
Enter Dhomokos
ROME, Oct. 25 (P) British
patrols following tho German
withdrawal out ot Greece have
entered Dhomokos, 30 miles,
north of Lamia, allied headquar,
ters announced today.
The occupation of Lamia, 93
miles northwest of Athens, was
announced yesterday,- i
Headquarters also disclosed
today that the Germans have
evacuated the port of Volos,
about 45 miles northeast of La
mia and 37 miles from Dhom
okos, after suffering severe cat
ueltlcs at the hands of Greek
guerrillas. . .