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Newspaper Page TextAll fa imu ycfj & are generally conceded W " V 11,1. Knurl 1 lllilll " Bio lire El .olid. ,.olltlcllyrro.cn i,i vcilo (fedorul . ' null I (.now I""1"-' i . h,l..r..l (It's 111 i'ln'MV i-yckci) vole. ' ?Zc 'he strength " ',? !C m , term, a sixth I""!1"" m KxccdI per. tih i " "i!',,L''0 sK Issues (solid South, In Imbcncv. personiil Interest) f .Vi-CTI issues. It l C who are In 'luriim I by KTrhnniied. 'I l n.u J to 1. thai Hie Million "' MS who will le Influenced V1' ...t. urn o fully r""1., mi i, urn,. HO HWI IHITC "... ... - ,.. (mm here on out. ihi-re remains in nint"." 5: rf.rnhii. ho v of lime- nUIU.u. . - - . nt voters who rim need one way or the olhur. (air conclusion mm iu,,.-kii u- be me iiiiiwcmiuii Sill Tuesday "'Rill speech, iwey mime " la regard io iiiih jident Roosevelt, powerful l enn not send American to fight on foreign noil to Irvo me pence ui wc wu L will Imvc to be done by DRESS. Emnicloua. unfriendly con will be hlsliiy uniiKciy io up I'EkSUNAL, commit n:l hv President Koosc- Un lui honied congress no ttenlly ns to -havo urousca ftp resentment ana auspi- re Is nencriil expectation Iven If President Roosevelt fclcd for a fourlli term the fconsress will bo unfricnuiy I don't linvo to guess nt what ill happen In tluil avcnl tiavo & HISTORICAL, ex President Wilson mtido itlonnl eoinmltnients with' io sdvicc or consent of it fess that he hud treated isress fill led to buck lilm result Is history. FEY on Monday night mudc ii olediie: 1 am elected, I will WORK CONGRESS." He read kdtoj of men who are ccr Io be lenders in the next fn lhal they will WORK nisi n lie Is elected. CH Is better 0 hang our hopes of world 1 on ONE MAN who hits strated Hint he can not fill not work undcrstand- ana effectively with con- Which MUST lincliT lhi Mlon rntlfy whatever l in no way of Aiuerlcnn Ipatlon in International P"iU to prevent war, or to '" ui aw who enn unci 'ork with eoiii;ri,K In aim,. Ntrlcan foreie.ii policy in '"cai anys Hint lie nliend dear vision r i,i,,rii,.i,i lei the answer. fnircss and the President "urn together In mulun! Indconf i r.n ..... P8ing nbotii some effective lot world organization to - .- pence will bo slim t'ii and tones u,i cnrricd P" "'"corlty to - -., iii-iiro nun nn 1 i lhnt Pii-tlsnnship l"M In American forcixn !!!,, : nuiiscir in fiwucd on Pnno Four) In The Shasia-fMHcaile Wonderland OeUbcr ST. 1944 M. (Orl. J ,; Mln. I'reclpiutlon lit 24 boiri ftlrcam ytr t dait ... Nml S3 Lait year , TnltUhc: Open flalMrdar Shoftllng Haari -S:4S PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1944 eleven firms PAY U. S. FDR OVERCHARGES Dealers Pay $7537.25 For Violations Of Ceilings Eleven Kliimnth firms, doling In beer, fond and cluiircttcs, have paid buck a total of $7S37.2S, to Uio fcdcrul government at the re result of celling price vio lations, It was anifounccd today by OI'A officials. The amount puynblo consisted of sales in cx ccim of (itabllshcd celling prices. This Is the first time a local check hin been made by the Port lnnd district office and an amount requested in payment. Warnings have been Issued fre quently In the past to numerous concerns, however in the case of several of those Involved in the recent violation, Immediate fil ings wcro made. Haar Cain Hoko Smith, James A. How ard ami Mrs. vlda Burton, com pliance officers, Portland dis trict board, heard the cases. Violations havo covered vari ous periods of tlmo slnca Individ ual firms posted their celling prices, InvcsllKBtlons wcro made this week, and further investiga tions will be continued. Flv Ctnti Ovtr Largest check payable was mado by the Klamath Vending Machine company which compli ance officers said had charged 20 cents for packaged cigarettes. Collinu is 10 cents.- In the case of buur violations, charges wore 20 cent Instead of the celling 01 15 Cents. - Restaurant violations are on muhimiII mnnn rhnrflS. COllOW' inn la the list of firms, nature of business, unci amount pain in ex cess of established celling prices: Max's Coffee shoo, restaurant, $770.20; Lucca's cafe, restaurant, $1112: Depot cafe, . restaurant, $88.80; Klamath Vending Mach ine company, cigareiies vcnaing, Klninnth Billiard parlor, beer $144; Dick Woltcr'a Place, beer, $108; Lost River dairy, beer, $188.25; The Eagle, beer, $408; The Pines, beer, $240; El Padre, beer and mixed drinks, $030; Mecca Tavern, beer, $304. Three Yanks Win Nobel Prizes STOCKHOLM. Oct. 27 m Nobel prizes In medicine nave been awarded four scientists now In the United States, three of Ihnm Amnrlrnns. Joseph Erlanger, prorcssor oi nhvslnfoiv at Washington uni versity, St. Louis, and McrDcri Spencer Gasscr of New York, director of the Rockefeller In stitute, wore Uio recipients of 1044 awards for tncir siuains ui i,n Inritvlriiini nerve threads, tho Nobel Foundation announced last night. ' , Edward Adclbcrt Dolsy, pro fessor of biochemistry at the St. Louis (Mo.) unlvessity school oi mndlclne, and Hcnrlk Dam of Copenhagen, now at Strong hos- ltal, Kocnosicr, . i., nm he 1943 award, which was made after a year's delay. It was olvcn for the discovery of the chemical nature of the "K" vitamin. Number 10299 OPA Chief Hero 'if K: -Uf McDannell Brown, director of tht Portland district of OPA. was honor guest at a lunchoon meatinn today at tho Polican atUndtd by 24 local business men and local OPA officials. Brown Is here for a discussion of OPA problems with ration board members and others. Klamath vs. Eureka Loggers !carts MarW r;M a p xx . w - riomci Kimscy Mason Wirlh ' Vandorhoff Wilson Long Thurman Berry Perkins or Hcnthorne "odkey or Abbey Biohn '"Hull rOSOrvna ...III. u. I in W-..I.I. ini.llA.lnv '.ssnimii.. .... wlm iiiuiiuers: ia nnimiiin, iu viiiiiw."! , "Ctle, 7 " lirlnll Oi, 1.1 a U .L. 1I n.lmn, V). "nlyrymnlo. 2:1 mill, a Nn,..nv 1A ir.ilwarrls. 19 Poi. Name Not. LER Boss 35 LTR Albee 59 LCR Hunt 37 C Alkire 54 RCL Chase 29 RTL Llcorl 69 REL Slmonl 51 Q Knudsen 32 LHR Cell) . 28 RHL Warren 24 F Barnum ' ' 34 , Zl 11. ""'"I " " rnk. o I'nnc. 13 DeVnrn. resnrvno ...UK , . rt ir-1l. OI iiuinnors; ii unoeig, i tyhmhuw, na. 25 Johnson. 2S Flnl. 28 Williams, 30 Lima, 38 Volluntinl. 39 Hork, 46 P2 MiiXii J..wlth nnmbors: brkn Ji .' "HI"! . i i uenn na til "n"f Ichrun n7'n55 J'""i Bn Wnlsh. 80 Peterson, 81 Jennings, Irlso,"' SS 5.en,lecnl, 87 Bortiett, 70 Cuftlss, 72 Mendcs, Pin. Bfl i o " woods, 7 uaiton, bo tariey, ji N Whi' Cnrlsoni "I Hickard, 91 Smith, 98 Contl, 97 P'Hols Sm1,,h Fnll" Marblo Cook, Eureka J. Wlllard, I Clyde ff11, Shldlor, rcferco; Goorno Peters, umpire; leper Roberts licntl linosman; Dr. George I.. Wright, RESUME OFFENSE LONDON, Oct. 27 W) The red army and Marshal Tito's nnrtlsans have resumed their drive northwest of the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade and cap tured the important railway Junction of Nov! ,Sad, Moscow announced tonight in a broad cast communique. Flooding throuifh mis wnoic sector north of the Danube, tho two forces also captured the river. port of f'alnnkii, 22 miles west of Novi Snd and the rail way junction of Kula, 45 miles northwest. Novl Sad is 45 miles from (Continued on Page Two) Planes Pound Fleeing Nazis HOME, Oct. 27 (VP) Allied warplancs havo maintained a steady day and night pounding of German forces retreating northward through Greece, while ground troops and Greek Kuer rlllas yesterday harrnssed enemy rearguards in the Larisa area, headquarters announced. Three enemy rond convoys in Albania were also attacked and several vehicles were destroyed. One allied plane was missing. A communique said medium and fighter-bombers lilt the columns by dnylight and night fighters maintained the attack along the road leading from Larisa to Kozaril, thence to the Yugoslav frontier. Yanks Carve 'Solid -Front ML FLEET; LOSE 27 WARSHIPS Nips Successful Penetrating Leyte Gulf By The Associated Press U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Oct. 27 (IP) A Japanese naval dis aster, threatening momentarily to surpass Nippon's 35-warship tragedy of 1042 off Guadalcanal, stemmed today from an amazing gamble which actually succeeded in getting enemy warships peril ously close to America's in vasion beaches on Leyte. The confirmed sinking or damaging of 27 warships, includ ing three carriers and 10 battle ships in a trio of naval-air en counters off the Philippines, tells a far from completed story, Penetrate Gulf Remnants of the once proud imperial fleet which, it now can be disclosed, actually penetrated Leyte gulf and attacked trans ports engaged in Gen Douglas MacArthur's landings, Still were under relentless air pursuit. MacArthur announced today his Navy Celebrates Birthday; Visitors at Local Air Station View Planes and Buildings The United States navy proudly cclcbrntcd i ts lflOth annlversnry today, Friday, and as part of the nationwide Navy Day program, hundreds of Klamath lolks trekked to the naval air station as guests of Cmdr. R. R. Dnrron, officers, and the station personnel. Flying In V-formntion over the city at 12:30 o'clock were 10 sleek, silver navy fighters. During open house hours, from 1 to 4 p. m., flying from the base was curtailed as a safely measure. Celebrations Held Through America today, cele brations of all types wcro held to commemorate the dnto- In 1778 when the Continental Con gress first received legislation creating an independent fleet. Tho annual celebration of Navy Day also is n tribute to Theodore Roosevelt, whoso birthday was October 27. He is credited widely with being the father of the modern navy; in 1907 ho s,ent the fleet on a world tour to display American naval might. Interest Shown Not all points In the country could include a naval air sta tion In their Navy Day plans. In this Klamath Falls was for tunate and evidence of interest was shown in tho long lino of can which proceeded out South 8th and along Allamont to tho new air station. Duo to current war time restrictions and se curity and safety measure, Com mander Darron pointed out Hint it was impossible to permit vis itors to view the entire station. Available, however, were va rious types of aircraft lined up for inspection. This included the famous Douglas "Dauntless" dive bomber. North American Scout trainer, Bcechcraft twin engine and single engine person nel transports, Howard instru mcnt trainer, Grumman "Avenger" torpedo bomber, Gnimman "Hellcat" fighter. Piper reconnaissance plane, and the Piper ambulance plane. The first deck of the hangar was open for inspection as were the mess hall and galley, combat conditioning building, barracks and dispensary, Doughboys Hit Deeper Inland; Win 15 Towns By MURLIN SPENCER GENERAL MocARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Leyte, Phil ippines, Oct. 27 If') Fast-moving American doughboys hare carved out a solid 40-mile-long invasion front on Leyte island and have surged deeper inland to free an additional 15 commu nities, a communique reported today. The general advance continued, despite increased Japanese resistance wcit of Palo, in the north-central sector, and a counter attack which was repulsed on Samar island. American guns and planes bagged 76 Japanese aircraft during "intermittent harassing raids" on the invasion armada. The Americans secured control of Leyie's eastern coast, from the northern tip to Dulag, when the 10th and 24th army corps joined forces. The juncture was made south of American-held Tanauan, some 10 miles below Tacloban. Simultaneously, the southern By ALEX H. SINGLETON LONDON, Oct. 27 OP) Prime Minister Churchill told commons today "a very good working agreement" had been reached with Russia on the problems of southeastern Eurone. but ac knowledged his efforts to end the Russian-Polish dispute, prime objective of his mission to Mos cow, hart not proved successiui Likeninii himself to a wander land-bused Llbcratora have dam4?,,5dom)acyf'i:hur (Continued nn Pnan Twnl I chill said he and President Roosc- Strike Closes Steel Company, GADSDEN. Ala.. Oct. 27 tfP Some 2000 employes were ex pected by Republic Steel corpor ation to be affected today by a work stoppage which yesterday closed the company's open hearths, blooming mill, rod mill and sheet mill, leaving 1500 workers idle. The company said in a state ment that the plate mill and wire mill also would be closed today clue to lacK ot materials." The stoppage, the" company an nounced, "came about when the company installed an automatic pump in its by-products plant which displaced one man on each shift." R. M. Loarch, field representa tive of the ClO-United Stcel workcrs of America, said the tic un resulted from a disoute in volving a reduction in personnel.. vclt should confer with Marshal Stalin before the year ends. But ho declared that "all is solid, sure and sound" among the three allies. ' ' Satisfactory Result The prime minister summed up the results of his conferences with Stalin as "highly satisfact ory" and underscored the neces sity for dispersing misunder standings and forestalling them before they occur. "I am quite sure," he added, (Continued on Page Two) Japs Claim Raid On Yank Airbase SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 (IP) Destruction of 42 Super fortresses, three smaller planes and damaging of 15 Superfort resses in a Japanese raid on an American air base at Chcngtu, northwest of Chungking, was claimed in a Japanese imperial headquarters broadcast tonight. The broadcast, recorded by the federal communications commission, said: "Our' air units in the China theater surprise-attacked enemy American air units stationed at Chcngtu airfield on the night of October 26 and having at tained the following results re turned safely: "Fifteen B-29's . set on fire, 42 B-29's destroyed, three small type planes destroyed, a total of 60." . British Naval Force Sets Visit MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27 OT A powerful British naval force is expected to visit the Port of Acapulco in tho near future, of ficials of the navy department disclosed. They said that in preparation for this visit, the Bay of Icacos (Acapulco) has been dredged to accommodate, vessels of great, draft. ; Interest Rises in Race For State Legislature Rising Interest is In evidence in tho two contests at the Novem ber 7 election nt which the Klam ath county delegation to the state leglslntlo.. will be chosen. Two slate representatives, and the 17th district stnte senator, will bo named in tho November vot ing. State Senator Marshall Cor nell, answering by actions re ports that he might not bo inter ested in re-election, is campaign ing in the 17th district, which embraces Crook, Deschutes, Jef fcrson, Klamath and Lake coun ties. Cornett, since the primary campaign, has been secretary of tho Cordon senatorial campaign committee, but now Is devoting himself to his 17th district race. Ho stated that ho planned only a moderately active campaign be cause of the automobile travel problem In covering the big dis trict. Petersen Opposes ' Cornctt's opponent is Marlus Petersen, former mill operator in Lake county and now living here, who is also campaigning in various parts of the district. Petersen was Cornett's opponent four years ago. He won the democratic and Cornett tho re publican, nominations without opposition in the spring primary. Republicans foresee the possi bility of placing at least one re publican in the lower house of the legislature from this county - (Continued on Page Two) end of the Leyte . valley . trap was being closed tighter by tank led doughboys who captured two key towns in a double-pronged drive that overran several com munities off the main highways. Bliri. previously by-passed be cause of its strong defenses, was captured after severe fighting by 7th division forces punching up the valley's north-south high way. They previously took the Buri airfield and advanced sev eral miles alonn the highway from the captured road junction of Burauen. Their main Im mediate, goal evidently is Dae- ami, a communications town near the center of the roadway, - V ' The 96th division, pushing in land from the coast toward Dagami, captured Tabontabon, a river town eastward. The' town is 3 J miles west of Catmon Hill, where strong Japanese entrench ments have been encircled. ' The 24hY division, attempting to close the northern' end of the Leyte trap, encountered increas ing Japanese opposition in -the advance westward from Palo.- Navy Air Base ; Head . Promoted ' SEATTLE, Oct. 27 ( Pro motion of Capt. C. T. Simard, commander of 13th naval dis trict air bases, to the rank of commodore, was announced at headquarters here today. He be comes the first naval officer of that rank on duty here since the rank of commodore was restored in April, 1943. He commanded the naval air station at Midway when the Jap anese struck there and won the Distinguished Service Cross and a commendation from Admiral Nimitz for his defense of the' is land. . . Buildings Mined At The Hague NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (P) The British radio said today the Ger man commander at The Hague had informed the Burgomeister there that all public buildings were mined and would be blown ; up by the. retreating Germans. All civilians have been evacuat ed from the city, it added. NBC recorded the broadcast. SIX WARSHIPS LOST BY U. S. F T Escort Carriers, Two j':.-". Destroyers. ' '. Sunk WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 (IP) American losses in defeating the Japanese navy in the battle of the Philippines totaled six war ships the aircraft carrier Princeton, two escort carriers, two destroyers and a destroyer escort. - Names of the vessels, except the Princeton, which were lost in sinking or damaging at least 27 Japanese' warships, were not disclosed in the navy's brief communique today, pending no- iincation ot next of kin of cas ualties aboard the ships. Detail. Unavailable No details, the navy said, are yet available on circumstances of the loss of the ships, which probably carried a total of about 3uo men. . A large portion of this total personnel was aboard, the light carrier. Princeton, from, which Admiral Chester W.. Nimitz. Pa- eiflb fleet commander, has said more than 1300 officers and men were rescued. ; i Escort Complement ' - The. lost, carrier escorts each tarried a complement of prob ably 1000 men, and each had a squadron of 21 planes. ... . . Destroyers carry a normal complement of about 200 men, and destroyer escorts about 160. . The six losses. raise to 170 the number of warships definitely listed -as sunk since the war started. - - - In addition 36 American ves sels including 27 subs, are over due and presumed lost, and nine ships were destroyed to prevent capture. The total of ships over due or destroyed consequently comes to 217. Japanese losses in the battle which cost the six ships, with of ficial reports - still incomplete are: Two carriers, five cruisers and one battleship definitely (Continued on Page Two) Greek Youth Shot in Parade ATHENS. Oct. 27 UP) A 20- year-old Greek demonstrator was shot to death in a partisan par ade today within a stone's throw of a building which British For eign Secretary Anthony Eden was visiting and opposite the temporary headquarters of the Greek ministry of war. The youth, one of a formation of national liberation front sup porters allegedly shouted an ac cusation against a regular army major standing upon the side walk. "He was reported shot by the major, who fled into the min istry of war building. GERMANS KIT BRITISH LINE AROUND VENLQ Wall of Fire, Steel Meets Desperate Relief Blow By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON, Oct. 27 (P) Field Marshal Gen. von Model's Ger mans leaped into a counterat tack along a 10-mile front against the eastern side of the British salient in Holland today after a heavy artillery barrage. The attack, which was spread from the Dutch town of Venlo on the German border south to Roermond, in a sector last re ported held by American armor, ran into a wall of fire and steel, front line dispatches said. Von Model was striking des perately to relieve his forces caught in a series of tightening pincers in west Holland. Reinforced Canadian forces fighting ' on both sides of the Schelde in westward advances to open Ant werp, were reinforced by Brit ish troops who landed on South Beveland island north of the es tuary and established a seven-square-mile beachhead. Berlin accounts said -this bridgehead was "several kilo meters deep" and was in the neighborhood of Hoedeken skerke, 5i miles ahead of Can adian spearheads driving into the island from the east. - Attempt Fails A second attempt to land sev eral thousand troops in Amer can amphibian tanks and land ing craft at Hansweert, to the east of this bridgehead and across the South Beveland canal just ahead of the Canadian spearhead was broken up this morning, the Germans declared. Field dispatches said several towns were captured ' in the beachhead by the British who crossed the three to five-mile wide Schelde at 4 a. m., yester day, swarmed up the 20-foot ..(Continued on Page Two) . War Loan Drive Meeting Slated The first, and a very important meeting, of treasurer reoresenta- tives of the 6th War Loan drive, will be held next Monday night at the chamber of commerce at 7:30. . All treasurer representatives in the county, as well as the own ers and managers of their respec tive companies are urged to attend. Allies Hit Heavy Nazi Defenses ROME, Oct. 27 (JP) Eiehth army forces advancing up the t-o vaney along nignway 8 to ward Bologna have come up. against heavy German defenses two miles east of Forli, allied headquarters announced today. British and Canadian troops reached the Ronco river on a broad- front and at several points patrols crossed the swol len stream b -t were withdrawn following sharp German coun terattacks with tanks. Finns Cut Major Nazi Escape Gap' STOCKHOLM. Oct. 27 (P)i Finnish troops have speared be hind the Germans and captured Kittila, 80 miles north of Rovaniemi on the Arctic circle, and cut one of the major nazi escape routes, the Finnish com munique announced today. Von Model Counterattacks Dan Heldti North . Sea Haarlej - - BELGIUM TffvMFtt Zetbruage The (astern llda oi the British "salient In Holland was hammered, furiously by units 1 undor Field Marshal Gen, Walter von Model. Spear point of .the -attack was Venlo. Reinforcements reached Canadians fighting to - open Antwerp, and American troops made small advances In the Aacnen lector. -t -V: