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felctc.
Minimum, 27
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mum of 27 Japanese wnr-
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carriers and two battleships
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pledged Jnpnncsc losses of
arcrnll sunk n currier, a
whip, two cruisers mid two
overs and n currier nnrl
batllcshln dnmuucri.i
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 .