IjPffi) n n fl n October II, 1014 Ma. fOrl. M S3 Mia. 44 I'retipltatlon last 21 bonra .V. .......... .18 Htream year lo dale ..........14 Normal . ...... .04 Last year ...-..l.U forecast; Showfri, Wednesday flhootlnr Hours v Tulelake: Open 7:00 Close :0ft Oregoni Open ,, . ,.7iftn Close ... 9:10 S RIVER. rnANK JENKINS . .1. ...uf new in The ShaHla-Catteade Wonderland ''"LI' 1 11 nil, do- rW',l i Itrri.iillK""1 1,10,0 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1944 Number 10302 MEAT A 1 f - ..ir.- y I mm''' - BRITONS 1 PRICE 5 CENTS i f r:iioVKti, Al inniiicnt "I ."V. ,i.iiuli :i' andulvcs 51." it "''' ll""t"" China. . , , .. ,iru in. I You 11 ".' .IW U-ell llllVlllU IVE cviu. " - .. , W, V lo W'lher w"" n,,.Uws, wh" (own. .. .tiiiuin. f ,,,,, u( months ago, we fen u,d Ofiiftnl ll'!'":?' r1"; . . .kiw own. uiv n.,or ". VAST now- hey cun'v" ..( nc l uu'h . , -i Jicorilii lly maile two REDS LAUNCH ALL-OUT D I E BUDAPEST Troops Enter Fourth Largest City In Hungary Ziillim of Chimin's . (iininaliiiB "r.'iiainm r cilot lists" and "anil-foreign crs. . llclnS Anient"" I M,,,,n.ll.(l Ul Chlm'SC OP- U against II'" L .nil elsewhere, r ' ' JllE was quite n ruckus. onc point ununiK t fclircwl loglvchii weii tu.u- X" ... alkku. ,, that Stilwell MUST GO litme charges ' " chariics arc withheld by ship.) fthc Inst minute, Nelson nncl fl'IlDllAW STILWELL Hiving gesture uemniiu- Chiang, tanning wm Ucally iniormcu mni " iocs nol accept mi ciiuntn Stilwell.) cr concludes: "In China, evidently gained great bv the maneuver, which lied upon In many Chinese AMKItl'JAN (luariem us lulalion" ton our part). IRE the matter rests. ' It mid be stretching tho badly to say that it is Iclory solution. Hut lit She American iieonlo now that nil isn t sweetness tinu China. to now. Chlani! has Bern frd as one of the world's democrats mid the Chinese? looplc unnnlmouslv aflninc uicvouon to tne icicnis oi racy and ready to die un- Binlngly to the last, mini in y cause. now sec them (through of- eyes) lis laetlon-riddeii, reactionary" elements in Central (ChuniiklnR) rov nl. Our natural con- Is that somebody has ceding us propiiKiiudn. ure the results of uolitlcnl ship. 3CII1LL steps today out of normal role of real stlc f' and tells the British oi commons Hint "the wnr t Germany may last Into Iminiernnd hu war iiKnlust unui tne end of 11140." fve ore to appraise his I correctly, wo must UN PAND HIS IIKASONS fni- Ft them, pin has adopted "don't-F-norscs-i n-t h e-mlddle-of- vm ns nn OFFiriAl. and there has been no election since the wnr 5NUEDWanl8 lhlt P"Cy ce his pessimistic forecast 1 the imssihl,. :,.noii. ..r f. which contrasts rather f I" " Previous much fPHmlstlc foreenslH. Pnll. hfii , t'liureh i 1 1, hnvo to r;K ecordlng to Iho r' ow' polltlcnl homo Fi the Now Denlers - new version of their thai Ke linrin. t ii L.H. ' iii i t; mill- El!21!2loii png0 Two) LONDON, Oct. 31 (A') Tins slun troops have broken Into Kecskemet, fourth largest Hun garian city SO miles southeast of llmlnpi'Kt, In their offensive aimed at Iho eapltnl, the Uerlin radio said todny. However, ttic troops were de clared driven- oil. 'The battle between the Dan ube niul lower Tlszu rivers is hearing n climax," the official German news ngeney DNU said. "Although superior enemy forces have succeeded in squeezing back Hungarian lines, lliey were nowhere able to tear up the front." In Attack Tho Germans asserted that nine Russian and three Roman ian infantry divisions, a motor ized corps and several tank bri gades were attacking perhaps upwards uf 225,000 men, Tho enemy said Russians who broke into Kecskemet were ex pelled in n counterattack in which 25 tanks were disabled and that NG German tank forces struck the Russian right flank. Keeskcmcl is a strag gling city of 83,000 In the cen ter of a great agricultural re gion. It lies virtually In tho cen ter of Hungary, and 20-orid miles west of the T 1 1 z a river, last wnter barrier, before Budapest. Berlin also said that the Rus sians between Warsaw and East Prussia resumed their attacks along tho entire Nnrcw river front, with the heaviest fighting imrili imd smith of the Polish river town of Piiltusk. 40 miles south of the East Prussian fron tier. This Indicated anoinor wiac breach of German cicicnses along tho river, already crossed lit Scnock and Kor.au. tnixiian Diissum nttncks in the Lntvlan pocket southeast of the Baltic port of L,lcpajn were re nHf.H lw Berlin. The Russians were said to have thrown fresh infantry and air formations inn tho fray and "two major enemy penetrations" were acknowl edged. Liberators Bash Hanoi Area SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, RAN DY, Ceylon, Oct. 31 tP) Libcr ntor bombers of the southeast Asia command strategic air force made a 2000-ir.llc round trip to the Ilanio area In French Indo Chlnn Sunday night and at tacked Jnpancso military In stallations. , , : Thn rnlH WIS C tod BS CVl- flnnpn nf the closo cooperation between tho southeast Asia com mniid nnd tho U. S. 14th air force In liaison with Admiral Nimilz and Gen, MacArtnur. . Wedemeyer Gets Stilweil's Post 1 rwiiNriKlNC!. Oct. 21 UP) MnJ. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer arrived In ChungKinn mis niiei- nnnr In tlQQIIIT1f tllfl UOSt Of COm' mandor of American forces in rhinn. reeentlv rcllnaulshed by Gen. Joseph W. Stllwcll on his recall to Washington. US Bows to Demand Of Chiang for Recall Of Gen. Joe Stilwell By PRESTON CROVER NEW DELHI, Oct, 31 (!') Tho romovol of G.noral Joioph T. Stilwell m commondor in tho China-India-Burma th.otor. It can bo reportod today roiultod from a combination of strategy and diplomacy such as could ariss only In the Orient. It is poiiible only today to get further details passed through contorihlp. The abrupt new shaping of the whole American position in this part oi the world war front began with the arrival in Chung king two months ago of MaJ.-Gen. Patrick Hurley and Donald M. Nelson, both carrying vast powers designed to got from China some solid commitments for increased cooporation with America in the war against Japan. The Associated Press is informed that the commitments were givon virtually undor throat of Amorican withdrawal of her sup port of Chiang s government. In turn, tho Associated Press was inlormed under circum stances leaving no doubt as to its accuracy, a last minute soften ing in the Amorican attitude resulted in an agreement for the withdrawal of Stilwell as supreme commander in the CBI theater as a face-saving and pacifying gosture demanded by the general issimo. So large are official "loaks" In Chungking and other Chinese political and military circles that major portions of the story of this strange shakaup in the war against Japan were known within hours after the events occurred. As related to the Associated By SPENCER M0OSA CHUNGKING, Oct. 31 t1') Japanese troops advancing on a wide arc agaireit Kweilin, de fense pivot of southeast China, have hnmmcred to within six miles east, six miles northenst and nine and one-half miles southeast of the Kwangsl prov ince capital, the Chinese ac knowledged tonight. The Chinese continued at tempts to disrupt enemy supply nnd communications, lines, the high' command said, with colih terattacks toward the important town of Tungnn on the Hunnn Kwangsl railway, 00 miles north west of Kweilin. The defenders claimed capture of one strong point about four miles northwest (Continued on Pago Two) Hotel Destroyed By, Flying Bomb i riNnnN. Oel. 31 M'l A fly ing bomb destroyed a small hotel in southern England early Intnv Itillpri nt leBSt fiVC RCr- sons and Injured many more of tho 35 guests, including several children. Houses nearby were blasted nnri u.liirimvst were blown out of an orphanage from which all children had been removed Antiaircraft Buns threw up a terrific barrage. Thousands of families In East Anglia took chnltnr ns the CroUIld sllOOk from Iho guns. Several bombs wero blown up In flight. Arms Argument Compromise Eyed PARIS, Oct. 31 (P) A com promise appenrcd likely today In the dispute, between the na tional council of resistance and the Do Gaulle government over tho future of the "Milicc Patri otlque," a largely communistic militia organization. The council, a coalition of ele ments which opposed the Ger mans during tho occupation ano liberation of Franco, is expected tn recommend nn auxiliary po lice force similar to Britain's home guard to absorb the mil- A government decree forbid rfino henrind nf arms by any one except the police or regular armed forces caused tho dispute. Press Hurley and Nelson ex plained to Chiang that there was much disappointment over the failure of the central gov ernment to come to an agree ment with the communists in the north so that both they and the central government troops now blockading them could be brought against the Japanese in (jnlna. Amonff the reauests were: "First, that Chiang should reorganize his cabinet and cum- inte reactionary obstructionists and anti-foreign members. Yank General to Head Second, that an American general be placed in command o( Chinese operations not, only In Burma but elsewhere in ma jor operations' against the Japa nese. - ' ' ' - During early conversations, it evidently wos assumed on both sides that Gen. Stilwell was to bo American commander. Stilwell was no party to the negotiations although he evi dently was Kept lniormco on the major steps. Chiana Refuses The terms were put to Chiang very -forcefully, in some in stances backed by specific mes snges from President Roosevelt, Some stormy scenes followed Chiang, as was expected, re fused to dissolve or reorganize his cabinet, although he accept ed other conditions with the tacit admission that some of his commanders on the major light ing fronts In central China were not so hot. Then came nn odd change in the proceedings. Becomes Stubborn Chiang himself became stub born and it was discovered that H. H. Kung, his finance minis-, tor, visiting in" the United Stales, was telegraphing him ihnl the orcsldcnt was not sup porting the stem position taken by his two representatives in Chungking. - Usually well informed sources, whose reports the As sociated Press believes reliable. stated that Kung tciegrapneo (Continued. on page i wo; STURM SIHS YANK ADVANCE Happy Halloween! ON LEYLE ISLE Showdown With Japs Cornered On Island Looms By C. YATES McDANIEL r. P. N E H A L MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP- PINES, Oct. 31 W) American infantrymen, battling a typhoon and desperate Japanese delay ing tactics, drove ahead through Lcyte valley today toward the island's northwest coast and a possible showdown with corner ed out sizable Nipponese forces. The 24th division was 10 miles from a iuncture with the first cavalry on Carigara bay, after capturing Jaro, last important iniana roaa juikwc, in fierce battling Sunday. 24.000 Jao Casualties Gen. Douglas MacArthur an nounced casualties on Leyte and Samar total 24,000 against a total of 3221 for the Americans 706 killed, 270 missing" and 2245 wounded. Japanese reinforcements from Ccbu were landed in darkness at Ormoc, on Leytes west-cenirai coast. It was possible thoy were intended to bulwark Nipponese forces who have succeeded in escaping to Carigara bay, which is united to urmoc Dy a vwisi ing mountain highway. Observe Column Cavalry patrols yesterday ob served a column of Japanese soldiers 20 miles long marching toward- Carigara ..sonic . .seven fmiles west of American-held Burof, on the bay. American patrols entered Carigara several days ago. then withdrew. Frontline dispatches also re4 ported that between uuu ana 6000 Japanese were retiring to ward the bay from the central Lcyte valley,- where, organized resistance has been smashed. Small. Nipponese units - were straggling through the hills to ward Ormoc. The Americans held a tight grip on escape routes, by con trolling the main hghways and maintaining a P-T blockade of Carigara bay. The evidence was the Japanese would be brought to a. last stand on the coast. Greetings from the staff of The Herald and News, too busy getting out a paper for you to pull any "trick-or-treat." Left to right, around the pumpkin, Marjorie Nason. Phyllis Collier, Iris Nelson, l.ois Stewart, and leering in tne oacicgrouna. raui Haines, and giving the old scare-'em-dead sign, Frank Jenkins. Mac Epley, managing editor, is out scaring the deer. 'Naval Riwf dopaiiJLpses 60 Ships in Philippines Tommies Near Main Bridge On Escape Route Fatal Accident On Highway 97 r. Ililed P.i. ... - ... t.iii.j In.tuntlv at about 7 o'clock rSL h. soft-.hoUld. FTohman at t.mPt.d to pull th. ear back on he . hi. 7"?? 0 ditch whoro it overturned, rronm.n -''" :-,'- Beach. -n. me body it at Ward's. Frohmans aaoress w - ,".- Hereford Sales Total $64,365 r-nnir. sales at the Calorcgon Hereford show and auction hold here Sunday and Monday total ed $64,365, an average ui $323.44 per animal. Highest bid was made by Har ley Hotchkiss of Burns, Calif., who bought a bull, Good Don ald 12th, from Herbert Chand ler of Baker for $2525, Grand champion bull, Arthur Domino 17th, owned by Her bcrt Chandler, sold for $1000 to Mabel Liskey, Klamath Falls. Reserve champion, consigned by tho J Bar J Hereford ranch, Me dina, Wash., went to Rex Mc Brlrio of Ferndale, Calif., for $825. , Grand champion cow, owned by L. J. Horton, went to Nlon R. Tucker for $2000, and re serve champion cow, from Flounce Rock ranch, sold for $1500 to Ed Asher of. WiUits, Calif. ' ,' ' Cologne Pounded Again by Bombs LONDON, Oct. 31 (VP) More than 1000 British and Canadian nlanes dropped 4000 tons of bombs last night on Cologne, "tho most heavily, bombed ol German cities," and Mosqutos made two raids on Berlin. ! . A Canadian. communique said a sizable force of RCAF Halt faxes and Lancastcrs participat ed in the sixth blasting of Col. ognc since Saturday. Two planes were lost, 78 Jap Vessels Sunk by Subs WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (VP) Destruction of 18 additional Japanese vessels, including one destroyer, by American sub marines, was announced by the navy todny. This blow by suumarsimes battling along tho enemy's sup ply lines, raises, to 974 the num ber of enemy ships sunk, prob ably sunk or damaged by sub marines alone since the war started. Death Sentence Given Writer PARIS, Oct. 31 (VP) The fourth death sentence in the Paris collaboration trials was im posed today on the writer Chastcnet de Puyscgur, who was convicted of collusion with the Germans In circulating letters favoring cooperation with the enemy and denouncing tne al Bidders Buy Tue Lake Land Sealed bids on 20.000 acres of leased Tule lake siimp lands were opened Tuesday morning in the offices of the local bu reau of reclamation with 103 bidders making 461 bids. The leased lands arc located west of tho Great Northern rail road and south of the main dike in the Tule lake nreai All of the leased lands with tho excep tion of one lot have been farm ed heforc. Approximately one million dollars were involved in tho bidding with the highest bid being $31.65 per acre made by James Horn of Tulelake. Tulana Farms received lot six, which Involves the building of 61 miles of dikes. YWCA PLANS DRAFTED EUGENE, Oct. 31 (P) Plans to establish' a YWCA here to provide recreation for'. 1000 young women are being drafted under direction of tho Univer sity of Oregon YWCA. U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR, Oct. 31 OP) Japan's catastro phic defeat. in the second battle of the Philippines reduced Nip pon to a "naval runt".- incap able of seriously opposing Amer ica's China-bound offensive for months to come, high naval au thorities said today. ' ' " :; Still mounting Japanese losses rose to 60 warships sunK or crippled, and an estimated 35.000 men. killed. Three naval battles off Leyte, Samar and Luzon imposed a POTATO CELLARS ' FULED IfJ AREA SDud cellars in the Klamath basin were brimming over as the 1944 harvest ended and growers anticipated heavier shipments with the advance of the ceiling Dries November 1. Only a few scattered fields were left untouched as the week end storm ended rierfect harvest weather and only a small trac tion of one per cent of tne total croti remained imdutt. Size of the crop has been esti mated at from 11,000 to 13,000 cars with this year's shipments probably the highest on record. Acreage set a new high of ap- (Continued on rage iwoj Indians Menace Nazi Stronghold ROME. Oct. 31 P) Indian troops of the eighth army in creased the threat to the Ger man stronghold of Forli astride the Rimint-Bologna highway to day by throwing a bridgehead across the Konco river near iviei dola, seven miles to the south. Allied headquarters announc ed the foothold was quicKiy con solidated and extended to. depth of half a mile. Less than five miles to the southwest Polish troops, who captured the mountain town of Prcdappio two days ago, ran in to strong- Gorman positions at Caminato in the hills to the north in the direction of forli. crushing . defeat on all Japan's navy "except two or three more units we can take in our stride," Adm.- William F. (Bull) Halsey Jr., told Rembert James, Asso ciated Press war correspondent, aboard the third fleet -flagship. . The' doaeed search of Hal- rpv'i carrier olanes uncovered a- previously "damaged Tieavy cruiser and two other cruisers in the Manila area Saturday and hits were scored on all three, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz dis closed in a communique. The damaged warship probably sank and 1000-pound bombs damaged the other- two, adding, .them to the previously announced, total of 58 sunk or crippled. Halsey, pointing up Japan's grave situation, said what ene my cripples manage to ciuae his planes and reach repair yards must wait their turn inas much as the enemy's repair fa cilities were "taxed to the ut most before this catastrophic beating they took." The three cruisers were at (Continued on Page Two) . Anti-Nazi Mayor Named in Aachen AACHEN. Germany. Oct. 31 (VP) A slight, bald lawyer, of about. 40 years nervously wok the oath of office as. mayor of devastated Aachen yesterday the first anti-nazi in 11 years to be chief administrative officer of any major German city. He was selected by military government officers from 12 can didates known not to have been nazis.' Censorship withheld his name. -. . . - Greek Guerrillas Capture Arnissa ROME, Oct. 31 (VP) Greek guerrillas operating with British troops have captured Arnissa, about 40 miles north of Kozane and only seven miles from the southern border of Yugoslavia, allied headquarters announced today. The German garrison was willed out at Arnissa, on one of the main escape routes for the nazis fleeing from the allies in northern Greece. By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON. Oct. 31 (P) British troops chasing the Germans from soutn western Holland reached- the Maas river today, and spear ed within half a mile of the Geer truidenberg bridge, one of the main spans of the enemy's fog- shrouded escape over the river. i tie tJniisn wing struclc to the Maas due north of Tilburg, while Canadian forces westward near er the, coast lost contact with the Germans fleeing to the river and the Hollandsch Diep. Antwerp Won - : "The battle for' the port of Antwerrj is. over, in our iavnt 'i. declared a spokesman for Lt.. . Gen. Miles C. Dempsey, British, second army commander. "It is a question how fast and how far1 back the Germans will go now." Highways below the rivers were black' with German trans-' ports, and motor columns six to 12 miles long had formed up at' the Moerdijk and WillemstadV bridge and ferry crossings 10 to: 18 miles west of Geertruiden-" berg. Fog saved them from a. lashing by allied planes. : Battles Seesaw :. - Heavy, seesaw fighting raged on the eastern flank in Holland, . where strong German armored blows had been halted. Allied troops had regained part of Lies seel, one of two towns lost to the German drive. ... .... Canadians fought on the causes way to Walcheren island, ' last barrier to ODenine Antwern har. bor, after taking 2500 prisoners in seizing the adjoining Scheldt?' estuary island of south Beveland. narry Hetreat . Two victorious allied armii- harried the retreat as the battle" of the Dutch coastal, corner and" tuonunued on Page Two) : Second Suit Filed Against M. J: Young A second damage suit in a little more than a -week - has been filed in circuit court against M.- J. Young, alleged driver of the car which acciden tally struck and fatally injured W. H. McPherren and also hurt George Hixson. The accident oc curred on September 27 at S. 6th and Plum. Plaintiff in the $15,000 suit filed this week against Young is George Hixson, who in his complaint states that in the ac cident he received multiple fractures of both bones in his lower right leg between the ankle and knee. The complaint charges Young among other tilings with failure to- maintain; a proper - lookout as he was driving, failure to have proper control of his auto mobile and not giving any. sig nal or sounding his horn. A $10,000 suit was filed sev eral days ago. against Young by Clara A. McPherren, wife of William McPherren and admin istratrix of his 'estate.- Attorney for Mrs. McPherren is A. W. Schaupp. U. S. Balentine is at torney for George Hixson. - A charge of negligent homi cide, has been filed against Young by the district attorney's office. - - - . v ', $1 5,000 in Bonds Bought At 'Shot From Sky' Show The army air forces' "Shot From the Sky" exhibit of cap tured enemy aircraft opened a two-day appearance at the carni val grounds, S. 6th and Shasta way, Tuesday afternoon, with the sale of $15,000 worth of war bonds to two Kiamntn n ans citizens. Lester Thompson bought two $5000 bonds and received two captured axis rifles. Joe Hicks received a rule witn nis purcnase of a $5000. bond.. Other captured weapons are being given purchasers of $5000 war bonds'at the exhibit, it was announced' by Myrle C. -Adams, 6th War Loan chairman, and Richard Morris of the exhibit's executive staff. ' . Purchasers of $50 war bonds aro entitled to rides in the 'link trainer, minla-lure radio-control led airplane used to teach pilots blind flying. Twenty-five dollar bond purcnascs entitle Duyers to suiiouetics cut by sgi. Aaoipn Budd-Jack, or to rides in an am Dhlbious ieeu. rne cxniDit win oe open unui 10 o'clock tonight, Tuesday, and from 2 until 10 p. m. Wednesday. Stage- performances begin to night- and tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock and tomorrow after noon at 3:30 o'clock. No admission-is charged, and the public is not obligated to buy bonds. Tonight's entertainment fea tures the marine1 corps band, Jean Bolin. "Miss Klamath;" and TSgt. Webb Tilton, MC of "Shot From tho Sky" programs, who will-sing; Guest speaker will be Flying Fortress Gunner SSgt. Franklin R. Coleman of Carson City, Nev.. War Wnter Dies Of Wounds FORT WORTH, Tex., Oct. 31 (P) Stanley Gunn, 30, ,war correspondent tor me ort Worth Star-Telegram and the Houston Chronicle, died Mon day of wounds suffered in a Japanese bombing attack on Tacloban in the Philippines on October 25, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's headquarters notified his wife today. - Last Friday a message was received from Gunn himself in forming Mrs. Gunn that he had suffered a broKon leg in ine bombing attack which took the life of Asahel Bush, Associated Press war correspondent. - His message said he expected to be home in a few weeks. .. Churchill Sees Longer War LONDON, Oct. 31 (VP) Prime) Minister Churchill cautioned commons today that the war; against Germany might last into next summer and that against JaDan until the end of 1946. He made these predictions, emphasizing they- were subject to changing conditions, In call ing for the retention of Britain's nine-year parliament and war born coalition of government, without an election. ' ' "The - coalition of parties ought not to-be broken before) nazism is brokenVhe said, .