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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1944
Number 10309
Wins tee for
TrRANK JENKINS
!nENT ROOSEVELT'S
P'Sc hold on the, Bf
fyll'a, I l confidence ol
W,lq.nnrro. rii i of American
ffSdcSonrtrlcd again In
.Viking ww- , ,. ...
L. elected by .bout his
bl.??ii,inl,iit hH uppurciit-
S "",1 "0SlUo"
would bo cosy to pretend
?SZ IntclllKcnco and any
Wh. Dfooli: weru fooled
i'ThafwoULDNTbctruo.
Th mass INSTINCT oi me
J5te S Uils country l pretty
ffiorth y-und in this !
In every election since
ft '(.."vollnwm. guided by
, L nocuous rather than
Oj rearancu """
(.oiloin. .it
Hie instinct of the people of
'J . ,.nirv lit still to distrust
tfC&W. which held
t mSch power too lonll and
itoiedlt.
Luv iim Dcnl tins ninny foults
lind weaknesses some ol
,hem. B''r:....'
kcow tea incso iuuiip ..
" V i mn,U an nhln IN-
how "u t"""- -, , ,
TEIiECTUAL campaign nnsl
Uail, BUI no wua ircim .v
ItrimlhceampolBii down to date.
I oii iiiri-wd onooalllon never
UiiiauamstpEWEV.
imciropann w.i uum...
vtrand Hardin., against Mc
Kink and Toll cleverly cap-
milting' the still-existing In-
iiSnttlve -popular ujuu.1
ilnlibllcan purty, based upon Its
iany years ol too-great
jcitr. i.,
ll was aided by tho (net
lijlhcr generally conceded), that
((publican leadcrahlu in con
itm bai been mediocre a,t beat
ind ollcn uciow even uic h
tl mediocrity.
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iLTHOUGH It hn taken an-
olhar outstanding beating,
:i Republican party ISN'T
dtld. It la probably MORE
VITALLY ALIVE than at any
tit In the post 20 years,
(ill now In tho slow and pain
til process ol rebirth, ot re-
fjflftriHnn nt pprnnviTninn to
Eidli that arc closer to tho do
TO ol ALL tho people. It is
(.wining on us oia skui. inure
I, pAiln itn ..,m,i It n li-nlv
liberal clement thnt will make
lull (tit increasingly as tho
I tin pan.
IAi It gains MORE leaders of
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I ""'ll iyi uivii'iy tl V lilu luij
n uu UUIU IU SIIIIKO UIL IIIQ
ffia nana oi its pnsi ana again
tommand the confidence of the
rntral run of tho American
twplt.
.
TpTC way to this return of tho
- ...,.m.,v.ii, nil i U lU Wll-
I uinub of the neoplo as a
r"vm u poiinca uy tiia slate oi
V '(ion w h I c h for so many
Klc politically
Mrb 01 nntlnnnl lnarlnrut-tln
lir? COmm int0 1110 Republican
w ..""y,,c worse, uuy
kVit-x V . iiiuu uiu iiui.
KZ u '""iui oi ineir own.
Kii0 0,1 ,hplr own fect.
p have cut loose from the ties
r Ine nai in.... .
F tilling hopeful and forward-
With IU ... '
ti Sriiin mon models of
HER Republicanism, the
fctarii. Icgon vo,ctl 1,1 hcHV
Increased numbers thl vonr
rr.iij"?11?."" caiulldalo for
i'",n" Washington on
Mia ii - '-a'irornin on the
I (Contlm.H0rwll?lm,,,Kly New
tnunucd on Paun Vnr
LEAD
FOR on
rs
SIMS
GOP Victory In Rpst
Of Election
Seen
Victor In Battle For Fourth Term
PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 8 P)
President Roosevelt went Into
tho laud today for the first time
In the race for Orcuon'a six elec
toral votes, with null of 1820
precincts ' giving him 172,601
votos to 164,337 . for Governor
Dewey.
Laic returns from Portland s
industrial area boosted the prcai
dent into the lead of 3060 votes.
The president's margin In Port
land was more thnn 0000, while
upslnlt republican counties, gave
uowey only a small eflgc,
In contests for other offices,
republicans ucornd n complete
victory, even-extending to the
legislature.
The voters also served notice
they don t want any new taxes.
They defeated tho 3 per cent
sales tax lor mc lourtn time oy
more thnn 2 to 1, and bent tho
"Little Townscnd" bill, which
would hfivc nrovided 'S60 old
ago pensions lo he financed by
gross income tax oi a to o per
cent, . ' ; , ' i
OOP Wins VoUl1 ' r '
Oregon's solid republican dele
gurhm to congress was continued
with roelcctlon of Sen Guy Cor
don, Roscburg, and the four U.
S. representatives: and the elec
tion of Wayne L. Morse, Eugene,
former OrcRon law school dean
and ex-member of the war labor
board.
Slate Treasurer Leslie M. Scott
won reelection to a second term,
and Attorney General George
Neuner, appointed a year ago to
succeed tho late I. H. Van win
kle, also won reelection.
- Only three times since Oregon
won statehood in 1839 had the
state failed to cast its electoral
vote for the winner.
Election Conceded
Cordon, running for reelection
to the four-year unexpired term
of the late Son. Charles L. Mc
Narv, had no trouble disposing
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Voters Approve
Park, Jail Bills
Klamath Falls voters placed
llio ntnmii of annroval on the
Memorial Park measure which
squeezed through by a narrow
"ve" vote of 112. aonrovcd tho
jail fund measure and went
thrcc-to-ono on north and south
annexations as final figures
were tubulated Wednesday
afternoon.
Despite fnvornblo reaction lo
tho two annexation measures in
town, residents of the North &n
terprlsc precinct went against
the Idea, and tho vote of "yes,"
30; to "no," 32, will keep the
southern suburban area out of
the city llmita. In the Pollcan
Bay precinct, tlm voters sold
"yes" 44, for north annexation
as against "no" 31. Under the
ruling, unless residents of the
annexation area approve the
measure, that measure is lost.
Tho iail fund measure was
carried 3244 to 1540; tho Mom
orlnl Park mcasuro 2527 to
2415.
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DELAP VICTOR
IN RACE FOR
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COUNTY G
ERK
Reeder Victor Over
West In County
Judge Race
Klamath Falls voters chose Ed
flstendorf mavor in a hotly-con
tested race in yesterday's gen
eral election, while ballots in
the county as a wnoie returned
republican incumbents to the
county court Dut ousiea mae n..
Short, veteran democratic coun
tv clprk.
Ostendorf, who will succeed
Mayor John Houston in January,
is a retired auto dealer. He held
a narrow but consistent lead
throughout the vote tabulation
in the four-way mayor contest,
with Councilman Walter Wiesen-
danger .trailing his heels. M. L.
Shepherd ran third and Kenneth
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Nov. 8
(P) One of the bitterest battles
of the Lcyte campaign rocked
the mart to Orhioo todny as the
U. S. 24th division and units of
four Japanese divisions nattica
in ridncs below Pinamopoan.
Savagely fighting Japanese
slowed down the American ad
vance and, for tho first time,
shelled Yank positions along
Carlgara bay with heavy artil
lery. Take Ridge
One American battalion took
an lmuortant ridue summit yes
terday, hi tho slow, dangerous
campaign to drive the Japanese
from favorable defensive terrain
flanking- the road. Associated
Press War Correspondent Fred
Hnmtunn roDortcd orouress in
eliminating Nipponese hillside
positions, which would clear sev
eral miles of tho highway lead
ing to Ormoc.
On Hlnhwav
Another American battalion
punched along the highway. The
Japanese, fighting with more
skill than the original Loyto do
fenders, cut behind the -0011111111
and straddled 11a communica
Hons.
Klamath
Returns
Her la th Klamath county
vote on all office and measures,
70 precincts out of 76 in all
cases but coroner, which is
about SO precincist -
President Dew ay 5942,
Roosevelt 6218. v . . .. .
. Senator short term Cordon
6020, Mahoney 5511.
Senator long ' term ' Morse
6732, Smith 4214.
Congrasa Shorb 3363. Stock
man 7549. .
Stat treaaurar Lambert
4684, Scott 5521.
Attorney general Neuner
5303, Spaulding 4770.
Stat senator Cornett 6467.
Petersen 4690.
Stat reoreaentatlva Buitln
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Enge Re-Elected
In California
Congressman C I a 1 r Engic,
popular second district Call for
nla congressman and a democrat
wos re-elected in yesterday's
election.
On the basis of 447 out of 651
precincts, he polled 28,400 votes
to 17,007, his republican oppon-
eni. t
TIE FOR COUNCIL
A toss of a coin or other
lot-drawing device may de
termine whether Matt Finni
gan or Angus Newton will'
xepreaent ward 1 in th city
council. For th. unofficial
count of their content today
disclosed a tie vote 548 . to
.548l ;i .1B--.S :
Legal method of determin
ing a tl Is to .diaw . lots'. A
careful re-checic wiir b mad
of th precincts to niaik sure
the two are even. ; . .
In ward'2, only other-ward
to nam ' a councilman.- -Paul
Landry, beat Lynn . Roycroft.
.609 to 507.
413 Electoral
Votes Slafed
For Roosevelt
- President Roosevelt's indicated electoral vote total mounted
to 413 today when late raturns gave him the lead in Oregon.
New Jeney bounced back into the democratic column this
afternoon after briefly yielding Governor Thomas E. Dewey a
narrow lead. Further substantial boosts in President Rooaavelt's)
heavy electoral majority appeared possible.
Th outcome In Ohio and Michigan was most uncertain.
Dewey was leading in each state by several thousand tallies but
thousands mor were uncounted and the Dewey leads wer
shrinking.
With New Jersey's 16 votes, Mr. Roosevelt had a total Indicat
ed electoral count of 413 and Dewey sank back to 118 after hav
ing held 140.
FDR LEAD EXPANDED
Other late returns expanded th Roosevelt lead and generally
strengthened the democratic party's position in congress. Ampl
working majorities in both houaes appeared assured. At Fargo,
N. D., Senator Gerald P. Nye, bitter republican foe of th presi
dent's foreign policy, conceded defeat in his reelection rac
against Governor John Moses.
A mixup at' Detroit, blamed by officials on inexperienced
election workers, resulted in "losing" 50,000 votes in about 100
precincts. A special canvass will have to be made and th state's
electoral votes appeared certain to remain in doubt until that is
don tomorrow.
Th total popular vote in 106,755 precincts out of 130,810
stood at 21,724.603 for Roosevelt to 19,155,488 for Dewey. . .
The president was gaining in both Ohio and Michigan and
there was a possibility that if he won a lead in those two states
h would run his electoral vote up to 451 against 80 for Dewey.
His third, term electoral count was 449 to 82 for Wendell L.
Willkie - ' '
DEWEY HELD LEAD
At one stage Dewey had a lead of over 133,000 in th contast
for Michigan's 19 Ictoral votes. But Wayne county (Detroit),
cut into this steadily and by mid-morning it had dropped to about
50,000. Th republican candidate's Ohio lead was less than 25,000.
To the millions who voted
with him in the republicans'
IKS LOSE GROUND
IN AAGHFN SECTOR
LONDON, Nov.- 8 () The
strong American attack launch
ed last Thursday in forest land
southeast of Aachen had run
down tonight with loss of most
of the ground gained in its
opening phases, a front. dis
patch said. ;
Tho latest U. S. reverse was
loss of the village of Kommer
scheidt to a violent German
counterattack. Doughboys were
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Jews Confess
Assassination
CAIRO, Nov. 8 (m British
officials announced today that
two Jews from Palestine, claim
ing membership in the Stcrnist
organization, had confessed the
assassination of Lord Moyne,
British resident minister in the
Middle East.
Tho confession was given to
two members of the Palestine po
lice who arrived hero yesterday,
a day after the diplomat member
of the Guiness brewing family
had been shot down at his resi
dence, the British said.
McLeod was fourth. - The com
plete unofficial count vote: Os
tendorf 1870. Wlesendanger 1700,
McLeod 901, Shepherd 1487.
Charles DeLap, member of a
pioneer family and the son of
the county clerk whom Mrs.
Short ousted 12 years ago, was
leading Mrs. Short by a safe
margin. DeLap Served as a
ripnn lv. eountv clerk under his
father. C. R. DeLap. The latest
count: DeL,ai bubb, anon oiu.
County Judge U. E. Reeder
won handily over Walter West,
democratic challenger, the most
recent count giving: Reeder
7098. West 3988. County Com
missioner John Reber easily
turned back the threat of Doro
thea " Buck, . hard-campaigning
democratic nominee, by this
latest vote: Reber 6646, Buck
4179.
Dr. George H. Adler, demo
cratic incumbent, easily defeat
ed Dr. Samuel Earhart, repub
lican, for coroner. A late count:
AriW 4102. Earhart 2900.
Clarence Humble, republican
for district attorney, and Sher
iff Lloyd Low, republican in
cumbent, as well as Chet Langs
let, democratic incumbent for
treasurer, all went back into of
fice without contests.
In the city election, Mrs. Ruth
Berry won by approximately 2
to 1 over Anne Mason for city
treasurer. -
Bulletin
WITH THE U. S. THIRD
ARMY, Nov. 8 (TP) American
Infantrymen gained up to three
miles between Nancy and Mats
today as the third army straight
nd its lines. .
POOLE ELECTED
-Marshall Cornett, as state
senator, and Henry Semon and
Rose Poole as state representa
tives, will comprise Klamath's
delegation to the state legisla
ture in the next session.
They were elected in yester
day's general balloting in warm
contests. - ' -
. Defeats Petersen
ReDublican Senator Cornett
defeated Marius Petersen, demo
crat, his opponent of lour years
ago, in the five-county 17th sena
torial district. , in a , late count.
he held a substantial lead in
Klamath, led also in Lake. -Crook
rand Jefferson, out Petersen had
a narrow edge in uescnutes. rne
total. Vote, - latest count. In the
district . was: cornett iu,3ij.
Petersen 9075.
Here is the' latest county re
port on senate:
. . : . i Cornett Petersen
Lake 841 814
Deschutes 2,612 2,742
Crook - 746 . .684
Jefferson-:..:.......;. 257 - 145
Klamath' 6,467 4,690
9,075
, 10,923
Complete. - -
70 Precincts out of 76. '
.' Semon Returned
Henry Semon, veteran demo
crat, will go back to the legisla
ture as one of its oldest mem
bers in point of service. He led
the field of four for the two leg
islative posts filled by, Klamath
voters. . Mrs. Poole, Klamath
business woman, came in second
to win the other post The leg
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losing fight under the .battle
cry of "It's time for a change,"
went Dewey's thanks and his
expressed confidence that -all
will joirr in the hope that prov
idence win guide Mr. Kooseveu
and the nation to peace. -
The victory vote with which
the democracy's majority stamp
ed approval on Mr. Roosevelt's
conduct of the war thus far,
sweeping as it was, still was
less- man tne one gained in nis
third term bid four years ago.
Willkie Had 10 ,
' Then .Wendell L. Willkie car
ried 10 states with 82 electoral
votes. Dewey led in these, plus
Ohio, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
It was a late switchover . by
New Jersey which, sent. Mr.
Roosevelt's electoral figure to
407. ; - .
r'Alohg "wltK " the' : presidential
victory, democrats made snarp
inroads in the republican house
membership which has . been so
close to a majority lately that
the administration ran into'
trouble on bill after bill. Fur--ther,
as most had expected, the
democrats clinched their major
ity in the. senate,, which must
pass on peace and other treaties.
. Foreign Interest :
Never before have foreign
nations displayed so much Inter-'
est in an American election and
indications at Washington were
that a Roosevelt-Stalin-Churchill
meeting will come at an
early date.
London newspapers bannered
the election result, editorials
hailed it. The Berlin radio
commented sourly that the
Dewey vote indicated : Roose
velt's foreign policy "is worry
ing wide circles of the Ameri
can people." '
Carrier Planes Knock Out
Enemy Aircraft, Warships
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-1
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
Nov. 8 OP) Hundreds of carrier
planes from the third fleet, in
two knockout blows at Manila,
increased to 1000 the total Jap
anese aircraft they have destroy
ed and to 71 the warships they
have helped sink or damage
since Gen. Douglas MacArthur
invaded the Philippines.
In his latest communique,
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz said
Saturday-Sunday blows by Hell
cats, Helldivers and Avengers:
Destroyed 440 Nipponese
planes.
Sank two worships (a sub
chaser, a destroyer.)
Cruiser
Probably sank a heavy cruiser.
Damaged eight other warships
(a light cruiser, two destroyer es
corts, live destroyers.;
Sank three cargo ships and an
oil tanker. Damaged 14 cargo
ships and a trawler.
Blast Airneias
Blasted Nichols. Clark. Niel-
son, Lipa, Tarlac, Bamban and
Mabalacat airfields, bases which
must be Kept neutralized to pro
tect Yank invaders of Leyte.
Wiped out three oil storage
areas, destroyed a railway en
gine and five tank cars and in
flicted heavy damage on ground
installations,
Nimitz' Tuesday communique
added 249 planes to the 191 he
reported destroyed Saturday. It
added the destroyer to the war
ships sunk; two destroyers and
two destroyer-escorts to the war
ships damaged.
"Figures on our own losses are
not yet available," the communi
que said. '
C and Old Faces Remain in Political Picture as Ballots Totaled in State-County-City Election Held on Tuesday
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