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g the polturn that bus been
OPEAN dlspaU-hci relate
H,y thnt In Hie Pt 'r
0 000 tons of bombs have
dropped on the German
,t carries no assiirnuco for
, (or Ihcm wlmt wo can do
, 'ir cities when wo not good
tady. , , .
iUEF dispatch tells us that
jnorlcnn bombers, coming
iIKlla. hnvo attacked Hanoi,
nch Indo-Chlna (Jap-con-tl"
Thai MIGHT bo slg-
! "oi Is on Hie lone line of
ad thai reaches clear
id to Slnnapore, and Is now
'UEVAULY Important to
aps since they no longer
I navy enough to hold the
1 Chlnn tea route to the
Jailrood Incrcoslngly from
on.
n.nal r.t ll IfWIUth. II lHllR
to the seashore and will bo
lo conslnnl nttack by our
k is soon as our carriers can
I opera lo in tho South
its.
lILBOAD also runs from
.i In Viinmlm. ufhlrtl
01 our nrilli.iJui mi uiifti-o
ng something in that dl-
brief glimpse wo sained
conditions In China when
lil of censorship was pulled
for moment yesterday
lot comforting, but neither
; surprising. Wo nod ncen
sure lor somo time tnui
iw Is loose there.
grealistic American thinker
Itcn expecting any lielp of
quence tram Uhlim, wnicn
piously weak to the point
pencil impotence.
omcial prclcnso thnt
! is one of the BIG FOUR
United Nations has been
(bare for quite a while
so since the Chinese
pushed out of tho lost Quo-
inference.
nub of the Chinese sltua-
sccms to be Chiang Kal
faiiurn (Dcrhnns rpfiisnl
be n more occurato word)
together w 1 1 tho north-
mnuinl.its. who constitute
wful faction with armies
ir own.
o Is nlcnlv nf nvlrimpn
LISSia is svmnnlhf.llrnllv In.
Kl in the Chlncso commun-
HID. It U lllvl linrnlw
jjliot the Chungking gov
's smiuoing or the com-
may be ono of Russia's
fOI ..tnvilin mn nnmLillu
f the war with Japan.
9"jy be attempting to bring
IN by putting pressure
js to tnkc in tho com
! (and he mny bc resisting
f ?' 'ear that the Chinese
'"5is will TAKE HIM IN
7
tlliS is IVim'ft Dilncoii.nt.lr
tlfied nulv l,,. i. ri
'hen our government will
inning wo HAVE to
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tmbor thnt wo linvo been
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LEYTE ACTION
SLOWED BY NIP
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1944
Number 10303
COUNTERBLOWS
24th Division Gains
Five Miles On
Island
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENERAL MaeARTHUR'S
IIEADCjUARTERS, Philippines,
Nov, 1 (!') Uoughboyi of the
24th division smashed another
Japanese reur guard concentra
tion and advanced to within
five miles of the strategic coast
al village of Cnrigara today, as
another American column on
thu const braced itself for a pos
sible climactic battle or Nip
ponese counterattack.
(Later Australian dispatches
reported the 24th division had
driven within two miles of
Cnrigara, and the division col
umns in tho south had pushed
halfway across Leytc island).
Captur Tung
The Infantrymen captured (lie
town of Tunga, on the Jarocarl
gara highway which, runs
through northwestern. . Ley to
valley. Retiring enemy forces
blew up a bridge at the end of
tho town, however, and further
(Continued on Pago Two)
Thorpe, Badney
Leave Barracks
MnJ. H, R. Thorp and Lt.
Com. Claudo H. Badney, both
stationed at tho Marino Rorracks
here,; lfl Wednesday " for Snn
Frnnclsco, whore, they will re
ceive further assignment.
MaJ. Thorpe, training officer
during his three montha at the
Barracks, will bc relieved by
MaJ. G. R. Luck of St. Paul,
Minn. While stationed at this
post. MaJ. Thorpe and his wife
lived at 710 Main.
Lt. Com. Badney, member of
the medical corps treating ma
rinog returned from the Poclfic
with tropical aliments, will bc
assigned to overseas duty from
San FrBnclsco, He recently
graduated from the tropical med
ical school at Bcthcsda.
Air Workers
Protest Lay Off
LONDON, Nov. 1 W About
1000 London aircraft workers
demonstrated outside parliament
today agnlnst being laid off at
aircraft plants after certain quo
tas wero completed.
"We want Jobs," they chanted,
and waved banners reading
"Jobs, Not Doles," and "8000
Sacked." Police escorted a dele
gation Into the central lobby,
where a protest was delivered to
members of tho house of commons.
Honorable Discharge
orJv$K c '
v., j j - 'TW
Twonty-on months In the South Pacific, and now home with
his mistress, Mrs. Audrla G. Brown, "Duke" carriai an honorable
dlscharg from tha U. S. marine corps. Tha Doberman can growl
out a few tales with tha rest of th vaterans after almost two
ytsrs ovarstas. ; ..;
Wounded Canine Veieran
Back From Pacific Duty
. . By PHYLLIS COLLIER
Back from the South Pacific,
where he served two years as a
sentry In the marine corps, is
"Duke," Doberman dog belong
ing to Mrs. Audrio G. Brown of
2020 Dorrow. Duke orrived by
train recently, nfter his owner
had received the Doborman's of
flclnl medlcnl discharge and a
telegram announcing his safe ar-.
rival In the states.
Although he has a - shrapnel
wound on his back and part of
one of his toes has been shot off,
"Duko" is recovering and gradu
ally getting over his-, extreme
United Nations, Neutrals
Plan World Air Transport
By JAMES J. STREBIG
Associated Press Aviation Editor
CHICAGO, Nov. I (A7) The
United Nations and neutral coun
tries wero called together In tho
international civil aviation con
ference today to work on a plan
for world air transport, with the
hope that commercial flying can
bo put to work Immodiotcly to
ward reconstruction of tho
world,
Tho meeting has no close
counterpart In air history, and
only one which resembles It In
tho matter of participants. That
was the Paris convention of 1910
which relntcd solely to the tech
nical aspects of aviation and
which was not ratified by the
United States.
Today's meeting, expected to
occupy representatives of more
than 80 countries for at least
three weeks, Involves tho issue
of economic control of a vast and
growing Industry. . . ,
. , That issue to what "extent
should A proposed International
air authority govern R nation's
right to commercial flying out
side Its borders? is tho biggest
ono on an agenda which has
throe other major topics:
Immediate operation of sir
routes on a provisional basis.
Technical standards and pro
cedures. . An Interim council to servo
until a permanent body had
been established,
Points it Issue
Several points are at Issue, but
one which Is likely to got the
most attention is the matter of
economic control. The United
States wants only enough of such
control to assure freedom from
cut-thront competition and uneco
nomic practices. The . British
Empire wants a world version
of tho United. States civil aoro-.
nautics bonrd, and has used that
comparison to illustrate,
This division was widened, lt
appears, by the' pre-conforence
meeting of the British com
monwealth of nations at Mon
treal last week. Canada,' the
United Kingdom, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, India,
Newfoundland and southern Rho
desia made a final canvass of
their views and found themselves
In rather close agreement on
their plan for an international
"CAB." ' ' :
Quads Born in
Two Minutes ...
PHILADELPHIA! Nov. l (VP)
Quadruplets throe girls and a
boy were born today to the
wife of a securities and ex
change commission ' financial
analyst,
Mrs. Joseph Clrmlnollo gave
birth to tho children In two
minutes from 11:12 to 11:15
a. m. (EWT) by cacsarinn oper
ation, tho first over performed
for a quadruplet birth.
X-ray examinations had
shown that quadruplets were ex
pected, but the news had been
kept from the mother.
, An hour after tho births, Dr.
Ullcry said all the babies wore
healthy and all were expected
to survive.' Each weighed be
tween three and throe and one
quarter pound
nervousness.- He still remembers
his old tricks and promptly
found Mrs. Brown's slippers for
hor on tho first night he was
home,
Expertly trained as a sentry,
"Duko" remains constantly alert,
staying closely at the left of his
owner at all times, and insisting
upon sleeping at the head of her
bed at night. Ho instantly obeys
such, commands as "march,"
"sit," and "quiet." However, six
words of command arp llsteri nn
"Duke's" discharge slip which
are never to be said in his pres
ence "except in cases of dire
emergency." H I s owner ex
plained that every war dog is
trained to respond to a different
list of words, so that in the
event of their capture, the enemy
could not mako them obey.
' Doberman dogs' are Valuable
in the service because of their
Intelligence, ability to move
sounmessiy, to scent out fox
(Continued on Poge Two) i
, . i
Lt. James Nendel
Dies of Wounds
Word was received from tho
war department Monday of the
death of Lt. James D. Nendol
on October 9 in Helmsfirth,
fjllKlHUU, bs a
result of injur
ies received in
a piano crash.
James went
overseas , in
June, 1944, aft-
e r completing kY 4
hls final com-r. ) v
hnt trnininn at ill
El- Paso." Texas. bk
r, ..-j 1.1. I
n; rcuuivuu in;,
pilot's wings on
Jnnuory 7, and
the Air Medal
recently In Eng;
land.
A 1940 grad
uate of KUHS. James was
member of tho First Christian
church and was employed by
Ewauna Box company - at the
time ot ins enlistment. '
Ho Is survived by his wife
Irene, 1846 Johnson, and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Nen
del, 216 East Main. His brother,
Robert, is stationed at a bomb
er bnsc in England, and another
brother, Billy, is home. Two
sisters, Mrs. Paul Eden and Mrs.
Francis Schmcck, are residents
cf this city.
BRITDNS
LAND
ON WALCHEREN
TO CLEAfl POUT
Commandos Advance
Across Flooded
Island ,
LONDON. Nov. 1 (P) Brit
ish commandos stormed ashore
todav on the southern and west
ern coast of Walcheren island,
and were making good progress
tonight in a pincers drive to
smash the last Germans barring
the sea lane to Antwerp.
The seaborne forces landed as
Canadians burst across the steel
torn causeway onto the eastern
edge of tho island, establishing
a small beachhead there despite
heavy nazi resistance.
A dispatch from Field Mar
shal Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery's headquarters declared the
commandos were biting inland
across the flooded island.- ...
' Amphibians Xand ;
Berlin earlier said allied am.
phibious forces had, landed near
viissmgen (iiusmng)t..waicner
en's biggest ,- ctyH' with strong,
aerial and naval orotectlonr--.
The Berlin radio 'said tonight
"German reconnaissance planes
have observed a battleship of
the King George class, four
cruisers and numerous landing
vessels, which indicates that
other attempts on Walcheren
are to follow." .
The. official German ' news
agency said . the first wave of
forces .landing in Flushing hatv
Dor were wipea out, Dut rein-
TTCBimrrruTTbTrgfit '"t6"tH5'oul-
skirts of the town.
"The enemy used about 50 to
60 landing boats," the announce
ment said. - - ' .- . : .
Morning Landing s -'.
The Germans said the sea
borne units landed this morning
at Vlissingen (Flushing, biggest
city, (population 23,000) on Wal
cheren. The Canadians cut out a foot
hold several hundred yards deep
on the eastern edge of the island,
eight miles northeast- of Vlissin
gen, after crossing the long, nar
row causeway from conquered
Beveland island under a hail, of
bullets and shells.' : ;
Resistance on the south shore
of the Schelde estuary weaken
ed perceptibly, supreme head
quarters said, and Canadians in
a three-mile advance fought in
to the coastal village of Knocke.
Perhaps loss than 2000 Germans
remained in this pocket, south
west of Vlissingen; 7900' had al
ready been captured.
B-29 Raids
Panic Tokyo,
Report Japs
By Th Associated Press
Th Japanes radio said Superfortress raided Tokyo today
and vidntly startd panics in soma parts of th nmy capital.
Thr was no allied confirmation of th reporti. Th U. S. war
department said it had no confirmation of any such operations.
Some factories in th raided area "lost their calmness," th
nmy broadcasts said.
A Tokyo domestic broadcast, on of several picked up by th
fdl communications commission; said artlassly that "no air
raid warning was issued at th time oi this sudden raid."
That particular announcer told the Japanes people that "no
matter what happens in the future, th determination to render
your service and defend the imperial land with th air defense
; ; fighting spirit must be further
strengthened.
HiGlMH
LONDON, Nov. 1 (P) Berlin
radio said tonight .that German
and Hungarian troops had aban
doned Kecskemet, fourth largest
Hungarian city, 44 miles' from
Budapest, and a Moscow dispatch
said Russian tanks were clank
ing over the flat Hungarian plain
WKhirjO, miles of the capital.
"The ' battle for Budapest is
"reaching its climax,','. Berlin
said. ' Cannon fire already has
been reported audible in the twin
cities of Buda and Pest, which
lie on opposite banks of the Dan
ube. Earlier,-Berlin acknowledged
Russian breakthrougns on both
sides of Kecskemet, an agricul
tural center of 83,000 which lies
some 20 miles beyond the Tisza
river.rslast water line before
lJgtldacesi , .
Marshal Stalin issued an order
of the day tonight announcing
tne complete liberation of the en
tire Efsamo. region, which Fin
land- ceded to Russia under
armistice terms. The region is
one of the world's richest nickel
regions and contains the port of
Petsamo, taken last month.
Yank Bombers
Blast Germany
LONDON, Nov. 1 (Amer
ican heavy bombers from the
west and south bombed Vienna,
Gelscnkirchen, Coblenz and
Hamm today after 500 of the
bieeest British aircraft . rekin
dled fires among the ruins of
the Rhineland city of Cologne
before dawn.
About 300 Liberators and
Fortresses, with 250 escorting
fighters, attacked a syntnetic
oil olant at Gelsenkirchen, 100
miles north of Cologne, and
railyards feeding the western
front at Hamm and Coblenz.
Blast Follows
De Gaulle Talk
PARIS, Nov. 1 (Pi Part of
a tralnload of explosives parked
on a suburban siding exploded
today, a few minutes after Gen.
Charles dc Gaulle had made an
All Saints' Day speech- at a
nenrbv cemetery.
The blast caused considerable
damage and some casualties.
While it might have been an
attempt against De Gaulle's
life. French officials expressed
the view it was sabotage, and
was only coincidental with the
speech.
Japs Battle
Into Kweilin
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (fP) A
Japanese broadcast beamed to
Ch inn last nieht ursed Gener
nlrssimo Chiang Kai-Shek to join
his "kith and kin, the one bil
lion peoples of Asia," in Japan's
war against the United States
and Britain.
The broadcast, - recorded by
CBS, followed announcement of
Gen. Joseph' W.. Stilwell's recall
from China, and declared "it
might bo easy, to deal with com
munists with Japanese aid."
Three Oregon
Men Wounded
PFC Gerald Russell, son of
Rev. and Mrs. H. L. Russell who
served the First Nazarene church
here for several years, has been
wounded in action in Italy. Word
reached his wife in Snoqualmie,
Wash., where she resides with
Russell's parents.
Russell has been with the
fifth army under Lt. Gen. Mark
Clark. It was this group that
broke the Gothic line. For his
wounds, Russell was awarded
the Purple Heart. The infantry
man's wife is employed as time
keeper at Boeing Aircraft. ;
The war department also an
nounced that two other southern
Oregon men had been wounded
in action, both In the Asiatic
area. One was Pvt. Gravel W.
Prince, whose wife. Betty Mae.
lives at 3713 Altamont drive,
and the other was Tech. Set.
Bentort B. White, son of Mrs.
Gladys Garland, Paisley, Lake
county. '-. .
MOCCASINS FREED
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (IP)
Leather-soled moccasins of house-
slipper type construction may be
sold ration-free through De
cember 31, the office of price ad
ministration announced today.
He lectured his Dublici about
taking fire precautions in fu
ture raids "because Japanese
homes burn - easily."
Over Metropolis
The reports agreed that the
planes passed over the Tokyo
metropolitan area. One version
said they also appeared over
Yokohama. - Another reported
that "several tens of large-type
planes twice raided ' Truk is
land." At least two broadcasts
reported the planes came from
the Marianas, where the U. S.
has air bases on Saipan, Tinian
and Guam.
Assuming ; the ' reports were
substantially correct, it was the
first time American planes had
raided the Japanese capital in
more than two years. The other
occasion was the epic bombing
of Tokyo by Lt. Gen.- James H.
Doolittle April 18, 1942.
All- the reports neglected to
say whether the raiders dropped
bombs.
They said variously that two
of the big U.'S.-planes ap
peared; that there was only one:
that there : were several; that
-an -air raid alarm was -sounded
and that air defense headquar
ters issued instructions;; that no
alarm was sounded and some
factories "lost their calmness'
that they fled before a Japanese
counter attack; that they did
not attempt to attack, and that
they were driven off by fighter
planes before they could do
any miscniet.;'
Lt.Zane Hoffman
Sent to Georgia
Lt. Zane Hoffman Jr.; second
officer to report to the Klamath
naval air station, left Tuesday
night for a new assignment
which will take him to St.
Simons Island, Ga., fighter di
rector training point.
Hoffman reported to Klamath
Falls December 17, 1943. At
that time the' station consisted
principally of the- city-owned
hangar. Hoffman's original as
signment was as operations off i
cer and in May he was shifted
over as public relations .officer
for the base; His home "town
is Philadelphia, Pa. .
Britons Advance
Near Mawlu A
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kan.
dy, Ceylon, Nov. 1 (P) British
troops in a two-mile gain aown
the Myitkyina-Mandalay railway
corridor have advanced to with
in a mile of the North Burma
town of Mawlu, 95 airline miles
southwest of Myltkyina, Admiral
Lord Louis Mountbatten's head
quarters announced today.
AMBASSADOR
INCLUDED IN !
U.S. CLEANUP,
Gauss Resianatiori
Accepted by
FDR
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWXR I
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 (JPi-i
President Roosevelt is making
a clean sweep of top American!
personnel in unina, including
Ambassador Clarence E. Gauss
in a supreme attempt to reim
vigorate the Chinese war effort
under leadershiD of Generalis
simo Chiang Kai Shek.
Doubt that the move will sue
ceed is already apparent in mil
itary quarters here where stra
tegists speak with less and less
confidence about China's future.
war role.
Still Hopeful
Diplomatists are still hopeful
that Chiang may be induced to
shake up his government and
army command and reconcile
himself to the ' communists in
North China in order to strength
en his government. The whoio
issue within unina should coma
to a head in the Kuomintang
party's central--executive com
mittee the middle of this month.
Apparently to save what he
can in line with American policy
of building up China as a power
slow and great postwar nation,
President Roosevelt has mads
these moves thus far:
Wedemeyer Replaces ' '
1. Recalled General . Joseph
W. StilweU from his triple
China-Burma-Indian command at
the request of Chiang and re
placed him with Maj. Gen. A. C4
Wedemeyer.- ,
2. Announced at a news con
ference the resignation of Am
bassador Gauss. Close official
associates of Gauss had said
virtually up to the time of tha
announcement that they knew
of no plans for him to coma
home.
Hurley in China -
3- Stated that Maj. Gen.'PaU
rick- J. Hurley, his snecial rovin
1 ; (Continued jon. . Page -Two) ):-,
Paige to Speak
At 'Sky' Show
1st Lt. Mitchell Paige, one ot
the few living marines to hold
the Congressional . Medal ot
Honor, will speak at the "Shot
From the Sky",program at 7:30
tonight, Wednesday. - The ex
hibit is located at S.. 6th and
Shasta. . -
More. than . 3 200 Klamathitea
visited the show Tuesday and a
total of $34,000 in war bonds
had been sold at the close ot
the opening day. There is no
charge and the display of 10,001)
pieces of captured axis equip
ment is open to the public
Features of the program will in
clude music by the marine .bandi
KUHS a cappella. choir, - and
soloists. : The display closes at
10 p. m. . '
Griffin Killed
In French Battle
Official word from the war de
partment this week notified L. L,
Griffin of Bly that his son, SSgt.
Lawrence O. Griffin, was killed
in action in France on October 8.
Sgt. Griffin was with General
Patton's third army.
Lawrence entered the servlcft
a little over two years ago and
had been overseas since June of
this year. He was a resident ot
Bly. before entering the servicf
and was the only son of L. L.
Griffin.
Besides his father, Sgt. Griffin,
is survived by his wife, Sue, and
four children. : .
Allies Strike to Clear Port
UetUt S
: Arrow A Indicates Whr allied troops landed on Walcheren Island in an effort to clear Ant
werp. Arrow 5 shows previous Canadian landings on the shores of South BTland, island. -