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Newspaper Page Texti imm mm imm : , ; . 7 A NW EE1NG JAPS UNTED DOWN By YANK NAVY Lgnet Spreads Over Pacific In bearcn Of Nipponese ! A morlc.iii plane" ''"' .MMufi t.iiniy I"'1",''11 "w" " MJ warship li'llim '"" '"cc ' tile .n.iiiijpira fc.?rcKU. cut t lectin t' l... mulnliiliKHl nn iicrlnl Secrecy khniluwi-U the lit- Bi' .... ... mi In liM ol inn." ....- feInK I w ob in Je decisive "hill. Losses niion". loss ol six American war- , In I 10 I IrCO vuni a m V ,,w.t VI'll. ET The" Vdiulcd tlw Hhl Iff Princeton, most ' who8? fcunnci wi:rt n, Eta smlden.'l, but did not I . L . .,,.mnrnl cm of Idea's most li lumphunt Novy f durlns which top-ranking litis reported tho climliiu- 01 Jlipil'l s II" ' 1 " ling (orce, ot leiial tumporur- Later Reports imniiniiMiuslv. reports from battle scene emphasized this I and during til inueci cum Idcrs nod men who fought oft nor forces io secure uic ippines Invasion mid po r to shorten the Pacific con- tar Adm. Forrest P. Sher- , chief ot stni r ui tnc I'uciiic , reported "It appear 40 ncse shins were mink or fcled," allhnugh tho boxscore he naval engagements m no. felctc. Minimum, 27 Metal (Inures, biwed on cr Incomplete reports, list n mum of 27 Japanese wnr- junk or clamniicrt, Including carriers and two battleships I.- I'kyo's latest claims of pican losses were 108 war- and Irnnsnorts sunk or Eged, lnclmhnij eight cur sunk and seven curriers baltleshln rlnmnurrl. It ne. pledged Jnpnncsc losses of arcrnll sunk n currier, a whip, two cruisers mid two overs and n currier nnrl batllcshln dnmuucri.i Bmlral Sherman's estimate Included In i Nnvy Dny ileast from ilonnlulu. He 1 thai "It will be ii long before the Jnpnncsc fleet i fit for sen." pop Island Ion by Britons ME, Oct. 2(1 P) Allied fs landed from tho British rr olrlus unci occupied the f'' ''"'Pi. 25 miles north I ,.Rh101'lM. fie night of Oc pd'todiiy' '"''"Iqunrtera m- li ill . V" " smn" moun ts . nd, ot thc Dodecnncsc le rnmm,...i . .. . klnnj 7 . sm" nlso "'lit frlrfj' m" (K""- "- Of M k, ""P. wns bom dnyy Ur B,'llls" wnrshlps, British force coopornllnK ii, V wlln louring tier- lid 4a -,m " r mvMl ' Lnr trwu S 101 bl0W 11,0 Yll8 c Greek thonler since thc "'wni ncKnn, i In The ShaHia-CaHcaile Wonderland wetJtner October tn. 1011 Mr. (Orl. 7) 75 Mill ST Precipitation Uit 31 faoun Trr Hlrim tr t dsli H Normal .. M year 1.03 Bundy Bhooting Jlonra Forermal: Mild. ...... Tuleiake; Open 1:M Dote fl:tM Ore(on; Open ,fl:.W Cloit 5:li PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1944 Number 10300 Nip Plane Shot From Sky v ' . v , ... j - . . ti 1 - . ir 9 'vy ' Nazi Break-Up Looms In Low Country Stand By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON. Oct. 28 IIP) Th whol German stand in south weitorn Holland is collapsing, Iront dispatches declared today, as Britlsh-Canadian columns raced toward the enemy's last two escape bridqes In an effort to cut off perhaps 40,000 nasi troops below the Mass fMeuse) river). Canadians seised the Germans' western anchor of Bergen Op Zoom without a fight, and bit within a mile of the stronghold of Roosendaal. British army troops closed within five milos of the central bastion of Breda, after winning Tilburg as woll as 's Hertogenbosch. The German defense line below the Maas "has fallen to pieces," one front dispatch declared. Another said allied armor and infantry 'were moving so rapidly that Field Marshal Gen. Walther von Model either had to pull back across the bridges at Mocrdijk and Geertruiden- Dcra, 10 miles northwest and Three WACs with the AAF "Shot From the Sky" exhibit coming to Klamath Falls next Tuesday for two days, are shown here posing in the gunner's window of a Jap Mitsubishi bomber. This Nip plane, shot down by Major Joe Foss, USMC. is one ol nearly 10,000 pieces of axis aerial equipment that will be on display, and the WACs, Privates Rodrigues, Sawob and Putholf, are a fair sample ol the WAC group that mans tho exhibit. 'Shot From Sky' Convoy Arrives in Klamath Falls Carrying nearly 10,000 axis aircraft purls mid a staff of over 100 combnt veterans and members of thc Women's Army Corps, thc army air force's "Shot From the Sky" motor convoy arrived in Klamath Falls this afternoon for tho free exhibit's two-day npponrnnce at thc enrnlvnl grounds Tuesday rrnrl' 'Wcaiicsdiiy; ' A detachment oft) 34 air WACn, commanded by C a p t. JAPS OPEN DRIVE ON KWANGSI POSTS CHUNGKING, Oct. 28 (P) Thc Jnpnncsc opened an all-out offensive annlnst thc northern Kwungsi defense center of Kwcllin yesterday and nrc now attacking Chinese positions at tho outskirts of the city, a Chi nese communique announced to day. Thc Jnpancso also advanced six miles in a renewed thrust westward from Plngniim, 115 miles south of Kweilln. and at the sumo time struck wcstwnrd from tho recently-occupied enst China seaport or Koochow. Lull Ends The new Japanese push be gan after a long lull during which the enemy regrouped forces, built roads to bring up supplies and completed other (Continued on PKe Two) Weather Halts Italian Action TiriME net. 2B (l Gales and . floods brought operations on the niitlro llnliiin front to a virtual standstill today and tho Ger mans were cnptltnll7.ing on me wenther-lmnnscd letup in fight ing to reinforce their defenses south and southenst of Bologna. Allied hcnclciuartors said ad verse weather also restricted thc Mediterranean allied air force operations. Caroline Essex of Richmond, Vu., travels with "Shot From thc Sky." WACs help set thc displays and act as lecturers, guides and ushers when thc ex hibit Is In progress. Sponsored in Klamath Falls by the Klamath county cham ber of commerce, "Shot From the Sky" Is. designed .lot xocruit workers fo the lumber Industry ana other war industries in this area and to stimulate thc in creased sale of war bonds as a preliminary feature of tho 6th War Loan drive beginning No vember 11. Local' war industries will rjre- sent exhibits in connection with the captured equipment, and potential war workers will be able to sign up for war work at recruiting booths staffed by wnr manpower commission and u. t. employment service rep resentatives on the exhibit grounds. Recently-added feature of "Shot. From, thc Sky" is a perfectly-scaled mock-up model of thc nnzi robot bomb, now being exhibited for thc first time in thc United States. A complete nazl Mcsscrschmitt 100 F-4 cap tured intact at an African air field nnd still in flying condi tion, will nlso be on displny at thc exhibit. Axis wnrpluncs which hove been literally shot from the sky nrc n Jnp "Oscar" pursuit ship, a German Junkers 88 medium bomber, a Jap' Mitsubishi "Bet ty" bomber and a German Mcs scrschmitt 110 fighter-bomber. These exhibits are attended by nlr .WACs who explain their operation. Rnngc of "Shot From thc Sky" extends from these huge wnrpluncs down to tiny cap tured axis aircraft ports alti meters, Junction boxes, bomb sights, inclinometers, starter switches and hundred's of other component pnrts of fighters and bombers. Exhibit hours are from 2 un til 10 p. m. Tucsdny and Wed nesday, with stage perform nnccs nightly at 7:30 o'clock and at 3:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. No admission is charged for thc exhibit or thc stage cntcrtnlnmcnt. LONDON, Oct. 28 W Col. Ernst von Hummer, German military commentator, said today that thc Russians had opened a new and carefully pre pared offensive southeast of Lie paja (Llbau) and east of Auce in southern Latvia, The Russian forces opened several breaches, some of which were beaten back by strong German tank counterattacks, thc commentator said in a broad cast dispatch. MOSCOW. Oct. 28 (P) Rus sian mountain troops were driv ing across the threshhold of Slo vakia today after virtually com pleting the conquest, of Hungarian-annexed ltuthenia with tho capture of Umgvar, its chief city and former capital , ' Seizure of Umgvar gave Gen. Ivan Pctrov'a fourth Ukrainian army a' southern' terminus for a supply route through the Car (Contlnucd on Page. Two) . Jap Bombers Hit At fi-29 Base A SUPERFORTRESS BASE IN WEST CHINA, Oct. 27 (De layed) (!') A considerable force of Japanese medium bombers mode an ineffective raid on a B 20 Superfortress base in West China lost night. Less than a dozen of thc planes Cicrccd the defenses and dropped ombs on three fields. The rest were driven off by allied Inter ceptors. Four cargo aircraft and two light tactical planes were dam aged on one field, while the oth er two reported moderate, re pairable dnmagc to three Super fortresses and seven light planes. (Japanese imperinl headquar ters declared yesterday that 42 Superfortresses were dcslroved and 15 others were set afire in a. raid Thursday night on a U. S. air base at Chengtu, northwest of Chungking.) Green Wounded In Action Flight Officer Earl W. dreeh, son of Marion M. Green, 137 Mill, California Oregon Power company employe, is reported as wounded in action in thc Eu ropean theater. Young- Green, pilot of a Thunderbolt, was first reported missing in action on D-Day, June 6. He was seen to para chute to thc earth and later re turned to his base although he was unable to provide his father with details of his experience. northeast cf Breda, "or have his reeling forces cut to bits." As success followed success, allied headquarters announced that thc free use of the great port of Antwerp, the prize of this campaign, now is blocked only by thc isolated and doomed enemy coastal guns of one bat tery at Vlissingen (Flushing) on Walchcren island. The Germans arc, abandoning their positions from the Schelde to Tilburg, Associated Press War Correspondent William F. Bonl reported from the field, and the campaign has become a race to reach thc Maas bridges. Major Developments The swift-moving allied drive brought these major develop ments along a 40-mile front: I. Bergen Op Zoom, stoutly defended western anchor of the enemy line, was abandoned sud denly by its garrison, and en tered without opposition last night by Canadian armor and infantry, .1 , . , , ' ' Cross Canal -k2r Canadian1 Infantry on sdtith Beveland island crossed the north-south canal to -the main part of . tho island,, and fought their way toward reinforced British units which crossed the Schelde and ' expanded their bridgehead on the southeast coast of Beveland. 3. .Allied troops were within 2000 yards of thc Roosendaal, and the German radio admitted they had penetrated thc nazi defenses south of the city. " To (Continued on Page Two) Klamath Girl Named Miss Lane A Klamath basin girl. Bar bara Bcntlcy, was chosen "Miss Lane County" in Eugene Friday niEht. She is the daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Bentlcy, who op erate a potato ranch in the basin area. Barbara is officially a resident of Lane county while attending the University of ore eon. The blonde, blue-eyed mezzo soprano is a member of Alpha Delta Pi on thc campus, and is president of Phi Beta, national music honorary chapter in Eu gene. Barbara immediately placed a call to her parents ad vising them that she had won in the competition for the cov eted title which leads to a try fn. Iha i.rnum tf "Mice Draonn " Barbara studied voice with Mrs. George, Mclntyre of this city, and is now a student of Sigurd Nilssen at the univer sity. She is a major in voice and was one of two university students to be presented before the Klamath Falls Woman's Li brary club in concert last April. To Command Marine Barracks ' f ; H 4t GI'S ADVANCE I LEYTE; 1 NEW SECTORS Lt. Col. George Van Orden arrived in Klamath Falls Friday to assume his new job of commander of the Marine Barracks. The overseas veteran will replace Col. B. Dubel, who was re cently assigned to overseas duty. Lt. Col. Van Orden Arrives To Command Barracks Here Lt. Col. George Van Orden, USMC. new commanding officer of the Klamath Falls Marine Bar racks, arrived here Friday to re place Col. B. Dubel, recently as signed to overseas duty. . He and his wife and two chil dren, Florette, 6, and George M., 4, arrived here Fridajr and will make their home in the . com manding officer's quarters on the post. His family has been resid ing in Fredericksburg, Va.. while the colonel was overseas. Colonel Van Orden recently returned to 'the United States from the South Pacific, where he was. executive officer of the Third Marine regiment. He was decorated" for bravery after the Bougainville .campaign, and was also , distinguished in the recent uuuon pn uuam. t auier a Marine Twelve more towns and vil. "'Trie' hew commanding ofiiceftlages were liberated oh. Leyte pUTICIANS CONCENTRATE O N B U S I NESS, FARM luios E. Dewey I flu Tkif ItAr'ito!) LL Kin? n,PW (lcnl wi-l ' Iminii ,ur "incrensed rfhlntlon" upon, the fnrm. M,,' 'homus E. Dewey i slmii ! ki iciuiurni ilrm whidl would pro "'n siip1)01.t for farm olvn i - "" .'moricans mh, " ""r .Postwar farm K riS ' now, Bu d ii,", '.'"""-'luini nom C n Ln contll,l, " rd hr 10 "n "I""- still V , our formers K wh " "? : lthii.'0,r ? "ior farm polls . Postponed in 1 ' WaS lllnlnJ.J loudly by a crowd of 3100 per sons who Jnmmcd themselves Into n combined auditorium and gymnasium. - Several hundred failed to gain admission. Gov. Bourko B. Hlckenlooper of Iowa, Introducing Dewey from Burlington, Iowa, by radio, said ho was satisfied that if ho were elected the New York governor would coopcroto with congress to "establish a form 'program free from political control, prac tical in its operation and with long range prosperity as Its ob jective," ;. The nominee said Hint the no tion must not "return to the substandard prices our fanners wore still receiving after eight peacetime years ot tho new deal In 1040." Shrinking Economy "Despite our war prosperity," tho governor said, ''millions of families In America do not got enough ,of tho right things to cat. Wo still have further to go. We must never go back to the (Continued on Pago Two) F. D. Roosevelt By HOWARD FLIEGER EN ROUTE TO CHICAGO WITH PRESIDENT ROOSE VELT, Oct. 28 (P) President Roosevelt turned his attention to post war business today with indications he will outline nn "inducement lax" policy in Chi cago tonight intended to help private Industry maiatoln full employment into tho post-war era. The chief executive, stalking 41 electoral votes in Indiana nnd Illinois, moved to tho west after Jin administration war policy 'speech In Philadelphia lost night in which he accused some republican politicians of putting "political advantage" above effort to guarantee fu ture peace. Works on Sequel While ho tolled on tonight's sequel to bo delivered in Chi cago's Soldier field -White House officials said it would be devoted largely to post-war co operation between government and private industry. One of the things he expects to advance is an administration policy for helping private enterprise through adjusted taxation, to maintain full payrolls after the boom of war industries employ ment ends. The chief executive wrote his Chicago speech as ho rode to day, probably still recalling the noisy reception In Philadelphia's jam-packed Shibc park last night as he recounted, his ad ministration's preparedness and war record. 27 D-Dayt , Mr. Roosevelt spoke portly as commandcr-ln-chicf, In that capneity, he emphasized, he chose the nation's present top commanders men responsible for what ho called 27 success ful D-doys within tho past year. After checking over his ad ministration's war record he de clared to- shouting Phlladelph ions that "some republican pdl (Continued on Pago Two) 'Miss Lane" e3W S . BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 28 (P) The Argentine government an nounced last nignt it had asked the Pan-American union in Washington to call a conference of foreign ministers of all Ameri can nations to consider Argen tina's international status and seek an "adequate solution." "It has been alleged," said a memorandum forwarded to all foreign ministers, "that Argen tina has not fulfilled its inter national obligations, which fact . . . involves a problem which in terests not one country, nor a group of countries, but the en tire continent." Set Limits While declaring that Argen tina would "receive in a cordial spirit any initiative tending to accentuate the collaboration among the nations," the state ment made clear that "in no case can the adoption of measures of internal order, related to the ju dicial and institutional regime of this country, be matters of inter national negotiation." The foreign ministry -said the request for the convocation was (Uontmued on f age two) Basin Promised Fair Weather Clear skies and warm tem peratures were promised the Klamath basin oy tne u. s. weatherman, although fog and rain was forecast for west of the Cascades this weekend. A trace of rain sprinkled the Klamath naval air station area at 8:10 Saturday morning but none fell within the city. Hunt ers hoped for a change in tern nerature this weekend, especi ally those in the woods with an eye for venison. There was lit tle chance for this, according to the Saturday-Sunday prognostication, Barbara Bsntley. daughter of Mr. and Mra. E. L. Bentloy of Tulelake, " student at the Uni versity of Oregon, was chosen "Mist Lane , County" Friday night. She now enters the finals for a try at the title' of "Miss Oregon." Football Scores NEW HAVEN, Conn., Oct. 28 (TP) Yale, paced by Subs Howie Carroll and Bill Penn, walloped Rochester, 32-0, today in the Yale Bowl. The Blue, seldom threat ened, scored ot leost once in every period, Carroll and Penn cacn tallied twice. FINAL SCORES Kansas State 0, Iowa State 14 Iowa 0, Indiana 32. Maine 6, Norwich 13. Dartmouth 14, Brown 13. Now 26. Penn 0. West Virginia 28, Penn State Z7. Duke 7, Army 27. . Michigan 40. Purdue 14. - Mulkenbcrg 18, Franklin and Marshall 6. Chatham Field 0. Pitt 26. ' Iowa State 14. Kansas State 0 'Syracuse 12, Boston college 19, Kingers H. Lotayette l. Indiana 321 Iowa 0. Filipino Guerrillas Aid Americans In Battle By C. YATES McDANIEL GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines; Oct. 28 (P) The crushing power or ucn. uougias MacArtnurs invasion armies, released as Japan's shattered fleet fled the Philippines, rapidly engulfed. Samar island today, within 275 BULLETIN NEW YORK, Oct. 28 John ; B. Hughes, broadcasting for ' CBS from Gen. MacArthur's -headquarters in the Philip- . pines, reported today that the island of Samar was now com pletely in American hands. miles of Manila, aided brilliantly" Dy i iiipino guerrillas. On Leyte. where land-based fighter planes drew cheers from elated soldiers as they began operating from captured air fields, great segments of the island fell to the onrushing Yanks. ' By the hour, Japanese dead and wounded were added to the more than 14,000 casualties al-' ready inflicted. Most of the dead were- men of Nippon's defeated' and demoralized 16th division," wnicn perpetrated tne tortures on Bataan. - .. - Virtually all. Samar's more than 1200 square miles, which' extend to within 15 miles of prized Luzon, were under AmerJ' ican and Filipino domination.. The capital city, Catbalpgan,' was captured by men of Maj. Gen. Franklin C. Sibert's 10th,; corps. . Second Capital It was the second island' capU" tal invested in- the Philippines; the other being Leyte's Taclo ban, now provisional capital for' Sergio Usmena's Philippines government. was born into the marine corps at fensacola, Ha., September a iautJ. ills father, a marine offi cer, was stationed at Pensacola at the time, living in the post onicer s quarters. Col. Van Orden graduated from Manlius school, Manlius, N.-Y., and attended the United States Naval academy for two years before dropping out to en list in tne corps as a private in inns., . . After three years he was a ser geant, and was selected to attend officer candidate s c h o o 1 in (Continued on Page Two) .': Hoerth Drowns In Pacific Pvt. Leonard J. Hoerth. 20. was drowned September 26, off an island in the Central Pacific, it was learned this week.- The news was received by the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hoerth, 1767 Ivory, several days ago from the war department.' Circumstances of the drowning were not given. Pvt. Hoerth. .who was born March a, iaH4, in South Dakota had been in the service since July 21, 1943, and had been overseas three months. Before entering the service, he was em ployed at Big Lakes Box com pany here. He received his basic training at Camp Adair, and was later transferred to San Luis Obispo and Camp Bcale before being sent overseas, where he served with an anti-tank division, . Besides his parents. Leonard is survived by four sisters and five brothers, They are Mrs. Orpha Kcffer, Mrs. Vclma Wil lord, Lulu Mae Jackson, Adina Jackson and Glen Jackson, all of Klamath Falls; Orville Reese, Elmer Reese and Charles Reese, all of Eugene, and Sgt. Ervin Reese, now. stationed in New Guinea. At least 55 now are freed. Disaster from many directions confronted ; the selfsame - Jap anese who " brutally compelled the' haggard: Filipino-American, garrison which surrendered on Bataan. to march for days, kill ing the men who faltered. . . Some Nipponese are. bottled up in Leyte valley with Yanks moving on them from north and south. They had - two choices: Flee into. i the . hills or stand and die. : . . . Spearheads of Mai. Gen. Fred erick A. Irving's 24th division. crashing . through the 16th s backbone of resistance west of Palo, pushed spearheads . six miles southward into the valley. They drove through Santa Fe and Pastrana. Elements of Maj. Gen. Archi bald V. Arnold's seventh and Maj. Gen. James L. Bradley's 96th divisions struck north above captured Burauen to within two miles of Dagami, main supply and troop concentration center for the Nipponese 16th. : . Redkey Suffers Brain Concussion Bob Redkey, right half on the Pelican football team, sustained a slight brain concussion in the Klamath-Eureka ball game last night. Redkey was injured on the kickoff, opening the second half. He was in Klamath Valley hospital all night but was re moved to his home today. His condition, is not reported to be serious but he was advised by his physician to remain in. bed for a few days. Bill Wilson, right guard, was another casualty but seemed to have nothing more serious than an extremely stiff neck today. Bob Perkins, whose right leg was already bruised from the Medford game, received a hard jolt on the other leg and was un able to continue play. He should be all right after a few day's rest, it was learned. War Not Yet Near End, Warn Military Leaders By HAMILTON W. FAHON WASHINGTON. Oct. 28 (P) Warnings against any belief that tne war is ncanng on end tem pered today elation of military leaders at thc defeat administer ed the Japanese navy in the bat tle of the Philippines. All agreed that the defeat, ex tent of which still remains to be shown in final reports, reduces to a minimum the threat of the Japanese navy to American progress In the Pacific, But all also agreed in Navy Day speeches that the enemy navy still remains a powerful force that can be of major im portance as American lines draw closer to Japan; shortening the lines over which the Japanese fleet must operate.-- : - - Navy Seerclary Forrestal sum med up, the situation with a state ment that the enemy military strength now is "cracked and weakened." He added that II still is held together by "barbar ic and fanatic determination and much fighting remains ahead. Undersecretary of War Fatter son cautioned against falling "in. to the error of thinking that tha end of the war is just around tha corner." He added that "a great deal of hard fighting land, sea, and oir lies ahead, In Europe and the Far East." Admiral Ernest J. King, flecj commander-in-chief, described the Philippines battle as a vic tory reducing the Japanest fleet's potential . force by one half.- Ho gave no explanation, but presumably based his state ment on destruction or damagina of many of the larger ships oi the enemy fleet, reducing it! fighting power and efficiency, rather than upon numbers' de . stroyed or damaged .