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Newspaper Page TextIMS Eli rr n n l JVL l In's tavs irHKINB I'JlAONITUDK of our VIC f, "o modern '"'"V" "El' .j in fleet so nearly du- y".Llcd undo" mid i.rc.t Ji'M oT hrd fll.U. llo w . A, ImnriwrlllnK Is on th 2 Tho 'Icto" of J"l" J 3, question o( tlmo. Wo '2 wc will WIN. All wo don t J loss of life can bo 1 lose who suffer II light to lul in . , i...i.Miittir nur Silroaa piciuru, U walim Hi" J"!" J were amazingly smull 8 u 10 K ",,,!r ,hC ,pJur the kill. lfc Jap navy wns nt least "ill 3,yS In tho Philippines rjliind ours wos larger to Ijiilh. In addition, tho Sli announced sumo tlmo ago itJthcy wcro sending to tho iic fleet cupnble In Itself Mfting on tho WHOLE JAP flit will mean Inevitably Hint not too distant futtiro tho Tare jolng to lo.e their 4U ISLAND EMPIRE, with k Bicelcss (to them) stores of rti!ilal mnterlnls, nnd bo drlv abirk to the Asintlc mnlnliind -In-time to their own poverty riicn malnlnnd, Yir map, if you will study t, rill tell jout thy story. "TOT everybody wnnts to ' 4now, of course, Is WHEN till win. Tho renson Hint dion can't bo answered lies ly In tho JAP MIND A Is peculiar and uceordlng lidcni standards not cnllro- fa part of tho Nnvy Dny Ranees, ono of our top of- in our supply service in ictfic told of his personal atlonj In tho course of a tnnr nl thn .Inn uinr nrrtnti r -."i' "... .......... ld that ninny, possibly even it, oi ino capuirca jap Hie soldiers believed nt the Jof their capture (somo of 4 can't be convinced to the Ary, he ndded) Hint they vjlightlng on UNITED XJES SOIL. t of these deluded little men, he sold, thought rjwerc fighting in TEXAS. l( wcro cerlnln they woro in ftrnia! njjrn wo remember thnt we dialing with minds cnpnblc Sli complete indoctrlnntion I, It becomes evident Hint gut answer definitely the f; as io when tno Pacific in end. UJomo extent tun fnnn ll,t An problem of indoctrinn Jn Europe. Most reports that the OLDER German Wvlnccd thnt they hnvo lost , r?$ W0lll(l llK 'o not ' jOMEWAY. But the fa- Hitler youth seems still to tight to the dentil, joctrlnntlon Is n dmiKorous fi n tho linmls of men ."J! 1111 cr nnd tho mllltar ' I'lo rule Jnpnn. -A ' 3Ll ', of Gencrnl Stllwcll tm tho U, S. commnnd In , i", Plln. Wo outsld J1"1 "ow enouKh nboul I WloK'UlKcnt con Well Just hnvo to wnit rtifi ?,UJ! cvl,lc". hownver, ijl lsnt sweetness nnd llRht Lif!? nrc troubles , j And FACTIONS, There 0 communists of northern m , mm,,im wr lord ! China ISN'T n dun 'of? understiind the , ; ,snc my bo soincdny, but " ciMly clnnr thnl Sttl- klSlMm- Wcl Prob I ' him nnolhcr nnd BIG. , VAl'nreiilly, ,0 jU8t ( 1 c end of his ropo in fca'll'"'"a,cn'. we're 8 Thl. . dy or son'othliiK Ss in" ?. Mt! nnd for tho ino enst, 'l"?!.1311'1 arc clonn i Holla, ,i 1 i !u of "outli ! ISnn'S1' "! 11,0 wny snulw V. " 11,0 wny IP P.'lon nnd use ''ml oh" 'Vnl P0" of Ant PcrKrJ,mp,,rtn"t Dutch , 0Cng steadily whittled 5n?t'r"M S,mllnrly in The SlutHla-Caitcade Wonderland Oclobtr 10, 194 M. 0d. ) 6t MlB. Prcrfpiutlon Utl it hoars flirt am year to dlt , Normal S3 tit J ear . forecaat; Cooler and ihowin. Taeadar Hboollntr llonra Talalake: Open 7:08 CIom . uref on: open m.h.... Cloio . ...Trace tt PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1944 Number 10301 RECALL SENDS E S INTO DOUBLE CRISIS Fate of Chinese War Effort Hangs in Balance Br JOHN M. HIQHTOWEH WASHINGTON. Oct. an (!; China lias been ultniKed licnd lona into n now military nnd political crisis by the recall of Gemini! Joseph W, Stllwcll to Wnshlnitton. Information rcnchliiK hero In dicates that decisions which must be mndo in CluuiffkliiK in tho next tlireo to four weeks mny well dotermlno the futo of tho Cliincso war effort from now on. Among American officials there la hope, but little renl confidence, that Generalissimo Chimin Knl Slick will bo able to put his military nnd political nffnln in order without further delay. Btritoay Hinges llllfh slrntctty . of the . war iiKniiwt Japan liangs on the out come. Out this crisis has been months In the making, with virtual breakdown in China al ways possible. Tho campaigns nliend closer now becnuso of tho victories In tho Philippines have hnd to be Planned on an "if" basis if rco China remains an effective forco nitninst Japan, or If she doesn't. Counting always the possibility of a Russian move In Eust Asia and also of a direct attack on the Japanese home (Continued on Pngo Two) Dairy Youths Hurt in Crash Two tccn-nge Dnlry residents suffered injuries when their car overturned one mile cast of Dairy on the Donnnza road, at 1:23 a. m. Sunday. Jnck Vernon Clnrk, 17, suffer ed a possible skull fracture and cuts nnd bruise. His passenger, Llndy Vcrlon Robinson, 15, son of S. B. Robinson, hnd head and shoulder injuries. Clnrk is a pa tient nt Klamath Valley liospltnl. Robinson wns dismissed Monday afternoon. Stato police, called to investi gate, said tho car ran off Hie road on an ensy curve, hit tho bnrrow pit nnd tipsct. The boys were moved to the liospltnl by Ward's ambulance. Clnrk wns uncon scious at the time, but his condi tion is reported improved. Allies Score New Gains in Itaiy ROME, Oct. 30 (P) American nnd British troops of the fifth nrmy have made new gains in tho mountains southeast of Bo logon, nlliod headquarters an nounced today. Tho allied communique noted an Improvement In wenther con ditions which have impeded pro gress of tho British eighth nrmy nnd the Americans In northern Itnly, but swift running streams and wldo flooded areas due to recent rains kept the opposing nniiles stilt bogged down In the mud. Grand Champ of Show Ill .1 1 n IT Vn :'--Hf & jljX Grand champion femelo at the Caloregon Hereford show and sale held here Sunday and Monday vas Wooka Royal, who was consigned by L. J. Horton of Klamath Falls. She was sold at auction for $2000 to Nion R. Tucker, of Flounce Rock ranch. Prospect, Ore., ownor of the San Francisco Chronicle. Weoka Royal Judged Grand Champ of Hereford Show The $2000 snlo of Weoka barn nt the Klamath county fair- Royal, Judged the grand cham plon female nt the Culorcgon Hereford cnttlo show Sunday, opened the Cnloregon auction snlc this morning in tho salo ALLIES OPEN PUSH CHUNGKING, Oct. 30 W) A new allied offensive hns opened in northern Burma with Chinese troops striking toward Bhamo and the British toward Monda loy, 170 miles to the southwest, tho Chinese high command an nounced today. The Chinese occupied Myolhit, 24 miles north of Bhnmo, virtual ly without n fight. The British striking from Hopin wcro said to have advanced 30 miles. Tile Chinese starled probing southward from the Myitkylnn area on October 15, with the Jap anese falling back shortly before they reached each spot. The Chinese commnnd said (Continued on Pago Two) Wafer in Lake Reaches New Low Water In the south end of Upper Klnmnth lnke readied n 13-yenr low as a 48-hour south wind continued to blow tho lnke dry in the area adjacent to Klam ath Fulls. Two plants of the California Oregon Power company located on Link river were shut down Mnndny, nnd bonis dockod on the upper lnke were exposed on the mud flats. California Oregon Power of ficlnls snid only 400 second feel of water was going through tho dam as compnrcd to a normal flow of 13 to 1400 second feet. A combination of heavy summer demand, little moisture, nnd the strong wind, combined to "blow tho lnke" to the other end. Entertainment Included In 'Shot From Sky' Show Three colorful cntertnlnmcnt programs will be presented In connection with nrmy nlr forces "Shot from the Sky" exhibit of captured enemy aircraft at tho Klamath Falls carnival grounds, S. 6th and Shasta way, tomorrow and Wednesday, it was announced todny by John W. Gordon, war depnrtmcnt di rector of tho exhibit. Fonturlng special combat guest speakers, the Klamath Union high school band and cliolr, tho Mnrlna corps bnnd. tho Pluto Indlnn dancers and tho oltl-fnshloned squnro dnnc crs, tho three progrning offer varied entortnlnment spectacles. 7i30 Opening Stngo porformnncoa begin nightly nt 7:30 o'clock, with a matinee Wednesday nt 3:30 o'clock. No admission Is charged for tho stage performances or for tho exhibit Itself, which will bo open from 2 until 10 p. m. Tuesday and Wednesday. Opening night performance features the Klamath Falls marine corps band conducted by TSgt. Jock Znmzow, with songs by Jenn Bolin, tho "Miss Klnmnth" of tho Fifth Wnr Loan contest; TSgt. Webb Til ton, former soloist with Fred Wnring's Pcnnsylvaninns and now master of ceremonies for "Shot from the Sky" stngo per fdimnnces; nnd Marino PFC Carl Hngcl. Dancers Included Tho Pluto Indian dnncers from tho Klamath Indian Agency at Bcnlly nnd tho old fashioned square dancers with Leon Crnpo ns caller aro nlso included on the opening night program, which feuturcs SSgt. Franklyn R. Colcmnit of Carson City, Nov., ns guest spenker. Veteran of 35 Flying Fortress missions over Germany nnd the continent, Colemnn lias been awarded the Distinguished Fly ing Cross, tho Air Mcdnl with four onk lenf clusters, nnd the Prcsldcntlnl Unit citntlon with one onk leaf cluster. Sluittle bomblng raids carried him once (Continued n Pago Two) grounds. The blue ribbon female was bred by L. J. Horton of Poo valley. Her purchaser was Nlon n. Tucker, flounce Rock raneli of Prospect, Ore., owner of the San Francisco Chronicle, Tucker's Hereford female, Biancne, was reserve cnampion and sold for S1500. ';! u- All of the 150 bulls and 50 fe males consigned to the show will' be sold at auction today by Fred dy Chandler, auctioneer from Chariton, la. Among them are me louowing winners: Grand champion bull, No. 23, Herbert Chandler. Baker Ore. Reserve champion bull, No. 73, j Bar j werelord rancn, Medina, Wash. Aged bulls: 1st No. 34, Flounce Rock ranch, Prospect, Ore.; 2nd No. 189, W. A. Ser ruys; 3rd No. 178, Wixson and Crowe, Millvillc. Senior yearling bulls; 1st No. 23, Herbert Chandler, Baker, Ore.; 2nd, No. 52, L. J. Horton, Poe valley; 3rd, No. 150, Frank Riches, Buena, Wash.; 4th, No. 46, Hnnnns Brothers, Almotn, Wash., 5th, No. 148, Frank Riches, Buena, Wash.; 6th, No. 11, C. C. Chamberlain, Gazelle, Calif. Junior yearling bulls: 1st No. 73, J Bar J Hereford ranch, Me- aina, inin.; 2nd no. VH, Jacob and Sons, Malin; 3rd No. 84, Hen ry ond Walter Jaeger, Condon, (Continued on Pago Two) Elmer Estes Killed in Action Pvt. Elmer M. Estes, 37, was Kiiiect in action in ironce on Oc tober 7, according to official word received last week from the war department. He was the son of Mrs. Anna Estes of loir McKinlcy unit i i i , Ann Estes ol ' 7?' Klamath F a 1 1 s f mm iiuciy Ol 1 ' Brookings, Ore. ' tic is also sur vived by one brother, Ken neth Estes of ninmHin rails. .vs Elmer entered tho service In January of thisjj year and hadfe. i been overs ens J" , f part of the sum-Vg mer. being sent r-:w first to Itnly. Be- J- fore entering Hie service lie wns employed by tho Lamm Lumber company. PFC Fostick Dies on Saipan PFC Gone I. Fostick. 18, of the U. S. marines was killed in net on on Saiuan July 17, it was learned by his fnlhor, Joseph Fostick of Bly, nnd his mother, Mrs. Zelln Fostick of Emmett, Ida. Young Fostick wns awarded the Purple Heart posthumously and his mother will also bo sent the Asiatic-Pacific award. Gene entered the service a year ago. He received his basic training In California and had seen action In Hie Marshall be fore being sent to the Marianas. Before enlisting in tho marines, Gene was employed at Crane mills at Bly. mm &'.siiiiinW"iflr . LEYTE DOOMED S FLEEING JAPS Filipino Liberation Nears Completion By Troops By C. YATES McDANIEL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUAR TERS, PHILIPPINES, Oct. 30 (P) Ten days after ne waded ashore. Gen. Douglas MacAr thur today controlled two-thirds of strategic Leyte island and had a strangle hold on adjacent Samar as the retreating Japan ese took to the hills or sought to escape by barge through wa ters patrolled by deadly Amer ican P-T boats. MacArthur said the liber ation of !:500,000 Filipinos on the two central Philippine is lands was virtually completed. The natives attended Sunday church services and the chil dren were back at school. Their lives rapidly took on a degree of normalcy. , '- .... .. Isolate Japs As late reports on the defeat of the Japanese fleet placed it as one of the greatest naval whippings of all time, MacAr thur announced in his Monday communique that his men -con trolled 1800 square miles on Leyte alone and that the re maining enemy garrisons on Leyte ana samar were isolated and helpless. .. They can' be "destroyed lat will, ho said. . . : ., , " (Ani uneahTrfffieTTTokyci broad cast heard in Melbourne said vj American transports convoyed by cruisers and destroyers were sighted yesterday heading for Leyte, and added: "The battle (Continued on rage two; Army Man's Son Calm in Danger CHICAGO, Oct. 30 UP) Eight year old Vance Norum s lamer is in the army but he proved a worthy "man of the house" yes terday when a fire started spon taneously in his home. His quick thinking was credited with saving the lives ot six per sons. When smoke curling from un der a closet door awakened Vance he acted quickly. He car ried his two younger brothers, 5 and 2, downstairs; called Hie fire department; awakened his motner ana tnrce women room ers. Firemen who quickly exUn- guished the blaze, were profuse In their congratulations to the youngster. Marines to Hear Movie Singers Dick Haymcs, who starred In the musical "When Irish Eyes are Smiling," which appeared here recently, and Helen Forrest, Hollywood singer, will entertain for men at the Marine Barracks, November 5, according to a Hol lywood report carried by The As sociated Press. The two will begin a USO camp show tour for service men in the northwest. Their itinerary also includes Fort Lewis General hospital. - U. S. Naval hospital Spokane, and Baxter General Hospital, Spokane. Uncle Bulgy's Recipe Corner Uncle Bulgy, Herald and News staff photographer and always willing to please, had a request for the recipe of doughnuts consumed by one enthusiastic civilian, at Navy Day observances Friday at the naval air station. Here it is: 94 pounds 6 ounces flour. 4 pounds 6 ounces baking powder. 71 ounces salt. 5 ounces nutmeg, 5 ounces mace. 5 ounces lemon extract. 7 pounds 8 ounces shorten ing. 27 pounds 8 ounces sugar. 47 pounds 8 ounces milk. 22 pounds 8 ounces eggs. 15 ounces vanilla; Blend dry ingredients, add milk, eggs and vanilla, whip to smooth dough in about two minutes, call in the navy, be cause this makes 100 dozen slnkersl You're welcome, , ' Allies Race To Clip Nazi Escape Route By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON, Oct. 30 tP) Allied columns paced by tanks and planes raced for the German escape bridges and ierriei across the broad Maai and Hollandsch Diep in Holland only five to 12 miles away today, and Berlin radio asserted that a major withdrawal across that barrier to Rotterdam was in full swing. Allied troops, breaking into the last of the chain of strong points before the Mans, entered Roosendaal, a city of 25,000, 12 miles south of the Willemstad ferry across the Diep, the ea arm of the river. American armor plunged to within six miles of the Moerdijk bridge, one of the longest spans in Europe, and other forces fought to within three miles of the Miss and five miles from the Geertruidenberg crossing by capturing Oosterhout north- east of fallen Breda.. The German stand in all s By JOSEPH DYNAN PARIS, Oct. 30 (P) Predic tions of nationwide demonstra tions accented today an incip ient crisis precipitated by the De Gaulle government's action in forbidding everyone except the regular army and police to bear arms. - ;.: - "- The order, apparently, direct ed -at -Communist partisan' ele ments who have defied the gov ernment's authority, particular ly in southern France, met in stant opposition from the influ ential national resistance coun cil, brains of the French under ground during the German oc cupation. The council declared that the patriotia milice (militia) -an an-ll-Vichy guerrilla organization largely communistic should be ' (Continued Sn Page Two) Review, Parade Honor Van Orden A parade and review Were held this morning at the Marine Barracks, honoring the new com mandant, Lt. Col. George Van Orden. He was accompanied by Col. B. Dubel, former command ing officer, who is leaving for overseas duty; Cmdr. Lowell T. Coggeshall, senior medical offi cer; Maj. H. R. Thorpe, training officer, and Capt. F. G. Lewis, post quartermaster. The ceremony included the presentation by Col. Dubel of the Purple Heart medal to PFC Rinke C. Patrick, for wounds re ceived on Saipan. southwestern Holland and northern Belgium had been cut into four pockets, and military E spokesmen said the German force was disintegrating under the concerted pounding. me lour pockets were below the Maas where the chief re sistance - center of Breda had been taken; on Beveland island; on flooded Walcheren island, virtually cut off by a Canadian drive to- within 3000 yards of the causeway connecting with Beveland;- and a tiny corner of Belgium south of the Schelde. Serve Village -North . of ' Tilburg a British column - lashed out from Loon op Zand, seized the village of Kaatsheuvel, only three miles south of the Maas, and drove to within two miles of Waspik to the northwest only three miles from the Geertruidenberg span across the Maas. . The drive across flooded low lands. - -laced . by canals . and dikes, in the campaign to clear the Schelde' approaches to the allied harbor of Antwerp,. 'was gaining " momentumvs-and H ap proaching a conclusion after some of the most difficult fieht- mg of tne war. On Walcheren - the remnants of German forces were fighting from - islands within the . island bits i of . land raised dikes around the ' principal cities of Vlissingen (Flushing) and . Mid delburg which stood above the flood waters, loosed by allied bombings of the seawalls. The Germans - admitted many of their guns were under eight feet of water. ' -The German high command said other Canadians, after a violent artillery bombardment, had launched a major attack on Dunkerque, - remaining coastal pocket in France, . and had achieved a "temporary" pene tration. " OOUIS s 01 I DAMAGED NEW BLAST Ships Believed Part Of Refugee Nip Navy PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor. Oct. 30 (IP) Third fleet carrier planes prooamy same one neavy cruis er, damaged two others and aii oil tanker and destroyed at least 80 Japanese aircraft in renewed raids over Luzon island in the Philippines Saturday and Sunday. They . also ' destroyed three coastal cargo vessels near Cebue. Adm. Chester W. Nimitz report ed in a communique today. Although Nimitz did not say, it was considered probable that the tnree cruisers mignt nave been refugees from last week's naval battle in the Sibuyan sea, San Bernardino strait. One of the heavy cruisers pre-, viously damaged probably was sunk and a second damaged in Manila bay. The third cruiser was caught off Cavite and se verely damaged by two 1000 pound bombs. J. ne tanker was damaged by a 1000 pound bomb. Airfields in the Manila area, probably Clark and Nichols, which have been hit several times in recent weeks, again were attacked by carrier planes.' The Japanese made futile at tempts to prevent the attacks and to hit one of Adm. William F. Halsey's carrier groups. Twelve enemy fighters and dive bombers were shot down nea the carriers Saturday and two more on Sunday. 45 Shot Down Forty-five Japanese fighter planes were shot down trying tp intercept Vice Adm. Marc AZ Mitscher's carrier pilots as they raided Luzon and the Manila area Saturday. Another 12 were destroyed on the ground on Manila airfields, where large fires were. started. Search and patrol flights from,., the carriers destroyed the three coastal vessels near Cebu and shot down 12 fighters .which tried to intercept them. Britons Capture Grecian Town ROME, Oct, 30 W) British troops have captured Kozane, 58 miles southwest of Salonika, after the first sharp battle with retreating Germans in northern Greece, allied headquarters an nounced today. - The allied communique said casualties were inflicted on the nazis in a spirited fight west of the town, which is 40 miles from the Yugoslav border and is on one of the main escape routes for the Germans. Marine Mike Morra Fences It Out With Jap Sword Swinger on Eniwetok Atoll Lessons in Fencing? 1 XTls i j PFC Mike Morra of the Marine Barracks tells The Herald and News reporter a story of action in the South Pacific. Mike was in tick bay when this picture was taken, but is fine and dandy now. He's just a nice kid. The kind that looks for "Alfred" in Col liers, reads Perry Mason myster ies, looks for letters from home and likes swing bands. His name is Mike and he hails from the Bronx. This isn t unusual.- The thing that sets PFC Michael Morra apart from three thousand other marines at- the barracks is his one-man fencing act with a jammed carbine and a short shirted Jap sword swinger. .; Record Assault Mike was a part of the 3rd battalion of the 22nd marines, the boys that took 6 hours and 25 minutes to wreck 1100 Japs on Eniwetok atoll. They set a rec ord for assault and mopping up. Ahd they took not over 20 pris oners. The marines hit Eniwetok on February 19, securing it the next morning. About 10 o'clock, morning of the 20th, the boys were mopping up on the beach, throwing grenades in all the holes they came across. Said Mike: "Go Get Him" "Our sergeant got too close to a covered foxhole, spread over with a little planking, sand, and coconut leaves. A Jap shot him through the throat. We didn't know where the firing was com ing from. The gunnery platoon sergeant pointed out the hole and gave me a grenade. He told me to go get him. "They covered me. That Jap was just as surprised to see me as X was to see him. I yelled, 'He's In there' and threw a gren ade. Then I got to cover. That Jap saw the grenade coming it was a three-second, kills by con cussion and it helped him out of the hole. His helmet Was split. "I saw the Jap coming. Ha had a s.vord. I was kneeling be hind a cocoanut tree and he charged. I held my carbine up and squeezed one off. He kept coming, swinging his sabre. I can still see him. He wore a skivvie shirt and shorts. "He hit once on the operating (Continued on lBge Two)