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IP AND CHU18ER POW
Tht "P,:n add"
kcltine '"wn . w j I
,,SbilMl In Hit Ph , to
',.iti el China and JA.
' '""'l .h.talv SHORT-
fcllirii Khii!. In Wnnhlnglon.
H Ml" OK THE. JAP
1TWM cnBiiReU in llio inrcc-
lalllc , , ,
Ltually looks thin morning
il the mil'' yenmv "", '
live any CHEAT naval force
jaflont.
that U true, inc w
...j i, i,n nttnek un 11)0 JAI'
I, L i AMiiwhlili will have
L h.,(..hi1.mI with liiml-bimctl
L alone. Tlie Jims bnven't
1 i ucll with Uiclr land-
li planes (witness our shoot
Sowii of 150 of thrni in tills
f.) Our corner lorcos seem
. able to Uenl Willi mem w
thi lub-human JP mina
cipibli ol dealing with
nnhi. kird fact, Ihore mutt
ktitk liar In Tokyo today.
ES treat victory wa
ichlcved on otir pnri wun
kZINGLY light loss. So
the reports meniion oniy
lljht curriers and n number
T bonis juiik unci nn mi
luncctl number damaged,
'hn muni that while tht
iintit nay hai beeB per-
s many cujjp.wi
njth hain't bean even
hid. THe Jap power o
dilime hai beon largely
itoved while oura remalna
jttitillally unimpaired.
U llio moment wncn tills Is
cnlng, the uillisli uro sena-
?wse new naval lorccs into
.Pacific war and In India
have a emit land force
l and rcudv to slriko the
ent the monsoon rains end.
don't have to bu told what
is means.
IRE Is reason today for rc-
iclnc on a scale unpra-
Sited since the war began
jlel us remember Hint tills
and significant victory was
brought about by liny
wig of a wand or other hocus-
i. It Is the result of sound
rsliln and nlnnulnu bv our
pais and cold, raw courage
e pan ol our fighting men.
KIRS Is the credit for this
"S thing that lias happened.
EurotW. Mm Urinal, nnrl
Indiana uro "striking to
western Holland." il'lint
js llioy ore fighting to gain
Miua oi me great ports that
Nablc us tu bring supplies
'"" aimnsi in our iront
when tlm iii.iu ,,rf,.
fildlng up is ready to Jump
iuXm 10 be ml,kln8 8ocl
Rtissinim urn iu,i. nnRnn.
Jfinern Narwny, far nbove
relic circle, In below-zero
me uispnicnes
i';e as a "supreme effort to
ill&tC In I'll! A, lit
OP no tnr.ln.l i...r rt..
JnoHimlsli forces."
""in uiis inornlng Hint llio
ilri Af'Ilfll'II iiii- a n
lllttl i.,..ii. ... i. .
'. "'"hi in Warsaw.
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1944
Number 10298
Allies Strike to Und
blockade of Port
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Oct. 26 (l'l The Gorman high command announced today that allied forces, link
ing to clear the lait nail gum blocking allied convoya from Antwerp, had landed on tha south
ahore of Boveland lilond.
"Countermoaiuroi are In progron," the communique said, Indicating tha amphibious forces
already had made good a bridgehead on the north aldo of the Schelde eituary.
Earlier Berlin broadcasts that Walchoron, another island north of the estuary, had been In
vaded by allied land and aea forces were not borne out by the communique.
The landing apparently was made undor the protection of a dense morning fog which swept
In from the North sea and came as allied forces, fighting through hip-deep water, forged slowly
ahead to clear Ilia sea approaches to Antwerp.
Russians Drive
Deep Into Norway
By The Associated Press
MOSCOW, Oct. 21) Illusion
troops drove deeper Into Norway
loduy beyond captured Klrkenes
In' arctic storms which tumbled
Ilia temperature several degrees
below zero, In a supreme effort
to annihilate up to 1:10.000 Ger
mans being herded before red
and Klnnisli forces.
In local engagements Just
north of ravaged Wnrsiiw. the
Kremlin at midnight announced
s
the
l"us oiitntinUng Koat
Gpnn. i.. 1.. .
tenor . ,V V " W '"ifin
Ini lv i i "Silling
fori n , ,ullls "HI DC-
me ,UUl'?.n ,.n,.,(1 its Iom
ri.. .. i.' oenud ucrmnn
slZ. V ,11 11,0 i-csources
fo being cut off,
rV8'!.",1 ""I" ws from
Jthe n , "hoslovnkin,
nUnun "'"''A "striking
ar"" i iiKo two)
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f cket Sale
met f . .
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'!? . "eld between
Pa Ln,,L llcnns nntl tho
ft. oi commerce
forfa;h' K"I5 Rood
clitcn , : " R"old got
. " UIIUC,
ROME, Oct. 28 W) Greek
guerrilla forces have occupied
the Important communications
center of Larlssa on the main
railway running to the port of
Salonika, 75 miles to the north,
allied headquarters announced
today.
(Istanbul dispatches reported
that tho Germans already have
boguiv evacuating Salonika). "
At the same time, the an
nouncement snld, troops landed
from tho British destroyer
Tcazor and tho Greek destroyer
Navarlno have occupied the
Island of Skopelos in the north
ern Sporadies group east of the
(Continued on Pago Two)
Allies Near
Highway Town
ROME, Oct. 20 Ml Eighth
army troops have cleared the
Germans from the Savio river
lino In tho eastern Po valley
and, thrusting from bridgeheads
west and north of Ccscna, hove
advanced northwestward lo
within five miles of Forlt along
tho highway to Bologna, allied
headquarters announced today.
The eighth army advanced nt
least 11 miles In a thrust that
placed It only 37 miles from
Bologna.
the capture of u dozen satellite
towns on the cost side of the
wide and swift Vistula river
which bends sharply west north
west Just above the ravaged
city.
l lio pace ol me reel army oi
fenslvo in Etist Prussia slacken
ed before ferocious German re
sistance, explained in part by the
dependency of Berlin and other
nnzi cities on foods produced on
En.it Prussian Linns.
All northern Transylvania wns
behind Russian lines in the Bal
kans ond Rumania was cleared
of hostile Germans. In Czecho
slovakia, the Russians virtually
Isolated (he big highway town of
Mukacevo, pushing within nine
miles of the city.
Clearing of the towns on the
northern flank of Warsaw in
creased the threat of capture of
the Polish capital.
The soviet communique do
scribed the Warsaw successes as
"battles of local importance,"
but Ihey seemed the first real
sien of Gorman weakness in
central Poland since tho slimmer
red army offensive faded out at
the end t l oversircicnca supply
lines. (The Germans yesterday
reported tho Russians had
launched a powerful offensive
north of Warsaw.) . ' .
Archbishop of
Canterbury Dies
LONDON, Oct. 26 W) The
A .h.i.eIiii. nt r-nttlnrhiirv. the
Msl. Rev. William Temple, died
today after a heart attack. The
primnlo of nil t-niann wns m
and had been enthroned in bomb
pocked old Canterbury cathedral
tlnm Anril 2M. 104.1.
His death ond that of Princess
Beatrice, which occurred a few
hours curlier, plunged JMigiana
intn mnnmintt.
Dr. Temple wns the son of an
Archbishop of Canterbury and
they were the only father and
son ever 10 noici 1110 nigncsi oi
rinA l.t lltn rMturMt nt Rrtalnnrl
Tho father was the late Dr. Fred
erick Temple, who was nrcn
bishop during the reign of Ed
ward VII.
Seaman Refuels On Crane Truck
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rcS". Tex., ha, 18
months' service with ih. navy and la one of the many seamen
who will , o hand to an.Wir question, at Navy Day', "open
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery's pincers tightened
relentlessly on Germans cling
ing to the water-logged deltas
and Islands of soutnwest Hoi.
land, with ' the enemy giving
ground all the way from Ber
gen Op Zoom to 'S Hcrtogen-
uosch.
Fight in Fog
Driving in from the cost on
11,000 Germans trapped on
Walchercn. the Canadians
fought through thick fog and
traversed half the length of the
two-mile wide 10-mtlc long neck
to tho connecting Island of
South Bcvcland. They captured
Kllland on the way. -
The progress was along single
roads raised over wastes of wo-
tcr left by the flooding oi the
Islands.
South of the estuary the Can
adians were fighting in the
streets of Oostburg, our miles
southeast of Cadzond where the
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TDM DEWEY ASKS
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Asahel Bush, former Klamath newspaperman attached to
General MacArthur's staff as correspondent, who was killed, by
a Japanese bomb on Leyte in. tha Philippines yesterday.
- By JACK BELC' I -
EN ROUTE WITH DEWEY TO
ALBANY, -Oct 2fT fflGov:
ernor Thomas E. Dewey, voicing
a charge that President Roose
velt had sponsored an Idea to
"sell soecial privilege" to tlOOO
contributors to the democratic
fourth term fund, called today
for a new national administra
tion founded on "rudimentary
honesty.
Turning sharply' back to the
domestic front after, a broadcast
reply to President Roosevelt's
exposition of foreign policies,
the republican presidential nomi
nee told a yelling, whistling
throng in the Chicago stadium
lost night that it was time for
Americans to "resolve here and
now to put an end to govern
ment by the cynical theory of
'who gels what, when and
why.' "
ShaKen Down
Declaring that men and wom
en on WPA had been "shoken
down for political contributions
to the new deal," Dewey assert
ed amid cries of "You tell 'em
Tom" that Mr. Roosevelt himself
had countenanced a plan by
which he said those who wished
lo help finance the fourth term
compaign would be invited to
portlclptc 'in the formulation of
administration policies' for one
thousand dollars on the barrel
head." The audience responded with
a loud groan.
"Time for Chang"
"That's why it's time for a
change," the New York gover
nor cried as he surveyed a sea
of norsons who wedged them
selves into every corner of the
vast oval auditorium in wnicn
(Continued on Page Two)
Asahel Bush Ki fhd by Jpp .,
Bomb in Philippine Islands
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 26
(P) Asahel (Ace) Bush's luck
ran out yesterday. The 31-year-old
Associated press war cor
respondent, a native of Salem,
Ore., was killed by a Japanese
bomb at Tacloban, liberated
capital of Leyte island in the
Philippines. ' '
His death was reported by C.
Yates McDaniel, chief of the AP
staff covering the Philippine in
vasion. McDaniel said Bush had
just covered a phase of tho
epochal naval hattlo off Leyte
when Japanese planes raided Ta
cloban. Bush was killed out
right. Tribute by MacArthur
Gen. Douglas MacArthur sent
the following message to Kent
Guderian Named
Eastern C. in C.
LONDON, Oct. 26 (P) Col.
Gen. Heinz Guderian, tank ex
pert and chief of the' German
army general stuff, has taken
charge of the Russian front as
commander in chief of nazi
armies in the east, the German
foreign office said today in a
broadcast.
The foreign office also con
firmed that Field Marshal Gen.
Gcrd von Rundstcdt is command
er in chief in the west. He held
that position at tho time of in
vasion, but was deposed by Hit
ler, presumably because of fail
ure to throw Gen. Eisenhower's
armies back into the sea.
Eating. Working Main Jobs
At Naval Air Station Here
By LOIS STEWART.
Tho American boy, in or out
of uniform, is practically bottom
less as far as his stomach is con
cerned. If he isn't munching on a candy
bar, he's wolfing down a sand
wich. Anything to tide him
over until the next regular meal,
Firat Impreaaion
This was the first Impression
we caught at a visit to the Klam
ath naval air station . Tuesday ,
that and the constant whir of
planes as they tuned up on the
llight line.
To augment, aid and abet this
constant gnawing of hunger
pangs, there's a little "milk
wagon" which tours the base
loaded with cokes,, milk, candy
bnrs, sandwiches, a five-gallon
can of hot coffee, Ice cream and
cookies. Operator of this inter
esting bit of motorized equip
ment Is S 2c Robert Martlnosky
of Lorain, Ohio. He's been at the
wheel of the'nillk wagon for four
months now, and not only fills
the crews between chow lines,
but meets all transports as they
drop down from the sky, ,
They Work, Too v
Now. don't gbt the Idea that all
the kids do Is eat. Tho service
comes around during working
hours. They drop over, buy
what tlioy want, ond are back at
work.
The milk truck is a converted
dairy wagon. It lias an Interna
tional motor under the hood, has
shelves bulll on either side to
hold the wares, there's a door at
the buck which opens up and
facilitates service by Mr. Sea
man Mortinosky. The reconver
sion of the milk wagon was han
dled by tho carpenter's shop.
Drive-In Service
At ono side of tho wagon, cof
fee is dispensed and when trans
port nassengers are served, trays
can be hitched to a slot much
like the tvoo of service at a drive-
in. This coffee business for those
on tho transports is good stuff.
The bin shins- land at least twice
daily, and a good hot cup of
joe ' is roundly welcomed.
You may see this little "milk
wagon" making its welcome, ap
pearance nt various parts of the
field on Navy Day, Fridny, when
the Klamath naval air station is
thrown open to the public ' for
tho first time.
Fags, Cameras Out i
Hours-are from '1 p. m. to 4
p. m. Park your cars on the Con
crete apron and proceed from
(Continued on Page Two)
Cooper, executive director of
The Associated Press:-
"I have learned with deep
regret of the death by enemy
action of Asahel Bush. Bush
was a credit to the profession
he- so ably represented. He -was
admired by all.. Please- convey
my- sincere- sympatny - to His
loved ones."
Asahel Bush, whose tragic
death was reported today
from the Philippines,, where
he was an AP war corre
spondent, was a member of
. the staff, of The Herald and
. News from March, 1934, until
June, 1939. From outstanding
work here as news and sports
editor, he went to The Asso
ciated Press, i -
Affectionately known to
hundreds of. friends here as
Ace, the former Salem boy
married Faye - Cornish De-
Spain, . Klamath Falls girl,
who now livos at Salem. Their
daughter, Margaret Anne, also
survives.- They live - at -605
North Liberty, Salem. News
of his death - was received
with shock and sorrow here,
and brought many words of
warm tribute to his memory.
Bush was , the 10th civilian
newsman killed in the Pacific
theaters but the first Associated
Press man to die in the line of
duty in that area.
One Year in' Pacific
His widow, the former Fay
Cornish DeSpain, and a daughter
Margaret Ann, 8, survive.
Bush was killed exactly one
year after he left San Francisco
for. Australia.
He Joined the AP at Salt Lake
City July 2, 1930, and was trans
ferred to the San Francisco
bureau in April, 1941.
r His tour of duty In Australia
Included covering headquarters
of Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
When MacArthur mbved to New
Guinea, Ace went along.
During the Hollandla invasion
In New Guinea Ace sat down to
write his story in an abandoned
Japanese ammunition dump.
Minutes after he finished his
story he left. A Jap plane came
over and dropped one bomb.' It
hit the dump.
Pioneer Family
He was a descendant of one
of Oregon's best known pioneer
families. The first Oregon news
paper, the Oregon City States
continued on Page Two)
GIS TIGHTEN
NOOSE AROUND
1PSJPE
Communications With
Other Islands
'Throttled
INCOMPLETE
RETURNS SHQVJ
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0
Fight Removes Threat
Of Interference '
With Landings
' Bv MURLIN SPENCER
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Leyte, Phil
ippines, Oct. 26 (P) Mud-caked
Yanks today slammed shut the
southern door of strategic Leyte
valley, a 'potential Japanese
death trap, and tightened their
stranglehold on Nipponese com
munications with adjacent is.
lands.
The entire American land
front moved forward through
mud and ram, beneath the cov
er of supporting aircraft and
growing artillery fire. . .
Take Burauen
The southernmost of three
columns driving into Leyte val-
.ley, where Japanese defenders
are- being crowded, capiurea
Burauen, a key road juncture
nine miles inland from Dulag.
Armor-ied infantrymen of the
24th corps broke into the town,
after ' taking nearby San Pablo
and its cluster of airfields.
Qn the extreme northern
front,, the 10th corps completed
shore-to-shore movements which
seized the southern . coast ot
nearby Samar island and shot
American units to the northern
tip of Leyte.-
- i;enirai aixaii
. The maneuver gave the
Americans eontrol of San Juan
ico strait,' the narrow, crooked
waterway dividing Leyte ana
Samar. The main Japanese sup
ply line for supplies ana. reiu-
Western Reich
Pounded by Yanks
...toNDON.' Oct. 26 (JP)' An
American air fleet of more than
1200 heavy , bombers and oau
fighters attacked industrial and
rail-objectives today at Han
nover, Bielfefield, Munster and
in other parts of western Ger
many. ....
- Heavy clouds were encount
ered and bombing was by instru
ment. No interceptors were
mentioned In first reports. A
similar U. S. bomber force at
tacked western Germany yes
terday. Sgt. Don Zumwalt
Held by Germans
Good news reached Mr. and
Mrs. John- B. Zumwalt of this
city - Thursday when the war
department advised them that
their son, SSgt. Don D. Zum
walt,' was a prisoner of war in
Germany. The airman had pre
viously been reported missing
in action - since August 29.
. Young Zumwalt took part in
a'- raid over Italy and word
that he was missing came after
the Liberator bomber on which
he was rear Eunner'. was dis-
a b 1 e d by enemy anti-aircraft
and was forced down in enemy
territory.
Mr. and Mrs. Zumwalt have
lust returned here from Port
land and are living in a Klam
ath Falls auto court.
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
United States naval surface
and air forces sank or damaged
28 Japanese warships, includ
ing big battleships and carriers.
In crushing blows dealt tha
enemy in perhaps the world's
greatest naval engagement.
The fight, in three sea sec
tors ranging from the Sulu sea
of the southwest Philippines to
the waters of Leyte and south
east of Formosa, not only dealt
the Japanese a staggering de
feat but also took the immedi
ate danger of sea interference
from Gen. Douglas MacArthur'
landing operations on Leyte.
Eyewitness Account
To American communiques
telling of the Japanese losses
was added an . eyewitness ac
count by John Leonard, Reu
ters naval correspondent, wno
was with the United States
force which stopped the Japan
nese in the Sulu sea.
Leonard said that only ono
enemy cruiser and one destroy
er escaped fron. a fleet of two
battleships, two cruisers ana
four destroyers. All the other
ships were destroyed in the ac
tion which began in darkness
the morning of October 25'
(Philippine time), and tne rwo
vessels which escaped were
damaged. "
Three-way Drive ,.
Communiques of Adm. Chcs.
ter W. Nimitz and Gen. Douglas
MacArthur said that a three
pronged fight for control of the.
Philippines waters cost tho
Japanese at least eight first line,
warships sunk, three probably;
sunk and 15 others plus, "sever
al destroyers" damaged.
-It was possibly-a mortal blow;
to the Japanese navy. It robbed
the Nipponese fleet of its main
power to defend the Japanese,
coast, cut off U. S. task forces
when they head for the China
coast, and the necessary might
to .again challenge the victori
ous American naval forces.
Yank Losses
Reported American losses
were a light carrier, an escort
rarrior and a number of PT
boats sunk, plus damage ;to a
number of otner warcraii.
TnWn admitted the loss of ono
battleship, two cruisers and a de-
(Uontmuea on .rage iwi
NAVAL AIR STATION
OPEN HOUSE FRIDAY
Time: 1 to 4 p. m.
Route: Go out Altamont
drive to station, where you
will be directed to parking
place. Follow directions while
visiting station. -.
The station will be open
to all Interested citizens, but
,no children-under 16 will be
permitted to enter unless ac
companied by an adult.
Killed
Lim. ,,.. Il,,1,.-,r-1-
Pvt. F. T. "Tom" Baldwin
Box Score
By The Associated Press
naval losses in the
three sea-air . actions in Philip
pine waters, as compiled from
Ampriran rommuniaues and sl
first-hand account of one of the
fights, are as follows: 1
Sunk Sunk aged Tola
Carriers 2
Battleships .. 2
Cruisers o
Destroyers .. 3
0
6
4
lx
Total "... 12 3 11 28
n Several destroyers dam
aged in one of the actions can
not be included in the total
since the exact number was not
specified in the comimunique. )
AFL Causes New -
Crisis in W LB
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 (IP)
The American Federation or.
Labor precipitated a new cnaia
in the war labor board today
with a refusal to participate in
certain wage cases until a de
cision is made on aemanas ior a
change in the little steel formula.
George Meany, AFL secretary
treasurer, disclosing AFL's de
cision, said Chairman William
H. Davis of the WLB had "in
vited" the Federation to chango
its mind or witlidraw irom mo
board. Meany said the AFU
at the moment did not plan to do
cither one. ,'
The AFL, Meany stated, would
not participate in WLB wagd
cases involving demands in ex
cess of the little steel formula un
til an over-all policy decision had
been made on the formula itself.
Pvt. Tom Baldwin
Killed in Action ;
Pvt. Floyd T. "Tom" Bald
win, 23, U. S. marine corps, son
of Mrs. Laura L. Baldwin and
the late Charles R. Baldwin, was
killed in action, October 19,
somewhere in tho South Pacific,
Word of her son's death,
reached Mrs. Baldwin at her
home, 1321 Worden, Wednesday
morning. Young Baldwin was
born in Klamath Falls, went
through the grades here and was
graduated from Klamath Union
high schoel with the class of
1940. He enlisted in the marines.
June 30, 1942. -
In addition to his mother,
"Tom" is survived by two si,
torj, Mrs. Arliene Coftolt of Wol
sonville, Calif., and Mrs. Nellie
Williams of thlsclj. .
)
house" Friday. J -