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P1? r,..T,,..iit.r relating tu
Kf DOMESTIC policies.
fSJSicnl Roosevelt's dec s ye
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Pi have much less opposition
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rllAT Is Just us well-pcrhnpii
' MUCH dcuci. "
....... whi.ii ll.u war ends
. .hill ' face Immediate and
rasing problems of recoil
inion and reconstruction.
ii will hi. better for us If wo
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rre will be less pusslng of Ihu
Jk. The arimlilisJriillon's re-
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nxuiuiiuy win v '
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imeiit to ncl with much less
irtlon and delay.
In nrinrinlo. in least, that Is
Kundior in.s is wur muv. uuu
krntcd all the efficiency in kov.
tacnt wo can possioiy gui,
0 mueh for llic KEV results
of the cloelto) Mil- .UU.1K5
tNiinfRlGilT WW.
In ELECTOHAI. votes mid In
wort in conurcsx. President
loosovell's fourth term victory
U Impressive as ANY liu mis
i. it is impressive ci.ouk
live him i CLEAR MAN-
BATE lo do whntevcr ho
booses.
The populnr vole is somcwhcit
a morossivc.
I II appears as this is written
rit he will win by somewhat
tore man three million, lie
on from Hoover by more than
ven million. He defeated Ltin
i by more than TEN million
bested Wlllkie by n littlo less
m live million.
Hoover won from Al Smith
llllUcmorc than six million,
olldso from Davis bv more
m seven million and llardinu
tox Dy n lilllo belter thnn
ven million
We have to go clear back lo
urns victory over HuKhes
1916 (onlv 5ii I lllisi i, fl.,,1 ii
PPULAH VOTE majority as
fi as i uk-5 on Tuesday,
HIS detracts In NO WAY
iron, tl.0 matHlillirln nf Mr.
rweyem nersonnl achieve
"l in this elect ion. Hut II
los mean ii,:,i (,, n. iiapi
SOUND there Is n HUGE body
I y sllsMly under a majorltv)
I Ii DETEHMINEDLY Ol'
JUD to the holdiim of power
.. nil iu0 10I1(J.
TlUt C Piir n.l .i"rl..n-
v -. ..v, iii:iiiiitu mei.
r" in connectiim mini .hi.
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tlloil oiu ii,., r,,..n. r.....
bilk . imtnui itvut
P lie vote uiii ,,,.,,, i..
"t historic danger seems to
-.-vvii uvcrieti
won as Tuesday's results
re known. ri...i.i,ni
Bft it Is high time for
S'riP1e ennference (Chur-
V'TOiOVCl -S 11 In 1
1haS;.,"The Prospects of
iiW.n .'vo boon vastly
Nenltar !e .r,csl"ls. ot 11,0
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ittd .. fen lor winch wo
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sue, n ono ",n" Bfi'O
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lr.v .". !c war.
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Michigan Swings . to-FDR
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Electoral Tally Top
Heavy With 413 to
. 99 Ballots
By Tho Aocltd Prm
Michigan swuiir tentatively
Into the democratic column late
today on a revised voto cpunt,
rnisinl! tho nrosDoct Hint Presi
dent Hooscvelt's olebtoral, Vot
total might rise to 432.
Michigan was the only slate
where the presidential contest
was undecided and, leaving out
of account Its 10 votes, tho elec
toral tally stood: Roosevelt, 413;
Governor Thomus E. Dewey, 00.
Despite Oils lop-henvy fourth
term victory in clcctorlal votes,
ll.n ..nnr.l I.MI -,t,....H fftlirn!l ill
uiu iivmi "j v"."i'.---"
diciitcd l hot the presidents pop
ular VOIC margin wwii 1111; oiimn
cst any winning candidate has
had since 1010.
Two Million Lead
Willi 44,757,530 votes report
ed, tho president's edgo over
Dewey stood ot 2,005,381; Roose
velt 23.831,480 and Dewey 20,
020.070. . '
Four years ago the president
k 4.WR711 over Wendell
L. Willklo In a total popular
vote of 40,815,312. In 1036, he
defeated Alt London by ovcr
lO.uou.uuu ana in ii..4 no won
(Continued on Pago Two)
Business Houses
To Close Doors
For Armistice
Business houses In Klamath
Falls will bo closed all day Sat
urday In observance of Armis
tice Day. Doors of banks, city
hall, courthouse and tho cham
ber of commerce will also be
closed.
The liquor store will suspend
business from Friday at 8 p. m.,
until 12 noon on Monday.
No paper will be published
Saturday by The Herald and
News.
Various churches will hold
. l..fl.,rr Ihn mnmint?
hours. The Ministerial Alliance
announced a genera, service av
10 a. m., at St. Paul's Episcopal
church,
Entertainment wjll bo provid
ed by the Klamath Pelicans who
will play the Bend Lava Bears
at 2 p. m. on Modoc field. .
Use of Force
Foretold by 'Ike'
BRUSSELS, Nov. 0 (!') Gen.
Dwlght D. Elsenhower told the
Belgian parliament today that
ii -in T .......a rlttlilliirt "an pn.
lliu miiun ivviu j. r. B
cmy who understands only one
thing lorce ana we iiiiunu m
apply force lo mo minus..
The allied supremo comman
j i..n,i n intviiillniia nvn
tlon as he entered the packed
chimibcr of deputies lo address
bolh houses.
Dewey Studies Election Returns
Mmk LLL J
H.rh.rt Brown.ll Jr.. fatandlnaL chairman of th rtpuhllcan
national commltttr, checks early election returns with Got. and
Mrs.- Thomas 'H' Dewey r the ;GOP. nominee 'dqurlri in
New York. Dewey later, at 3:15 a. m. wtanetaay. conceaea mi
election to President . Roosevelt. , t ' , .
Yank Planes Sweep Jap
Bases in Pacific;! Hit
Posts 3000 Miles Apart
TT S PACIFin FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
0 (iT) The biggest aerial "police
beat" in the world is being main
tained over Japanese bases In
tho Pacific while ground forces
concentrate on retaking the
Philippines.
A Wednesday communique of
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and one
issued today by Gen, Douglas
MacArthur reported activity by
a wide category of navy and
army planes directed at 15 Island
groups this week. Tho targets
were spread over as much ns
3000 miles from north to south
and an equal distancq from east
to west. . '
Raiders ranged as far south
arid west as Socmba island In
the Lesser Sundos; as far north
as Iwo Jlma In Volcano Islands
Snow Blankets
Hills Near City
Snow fell during early morn
ing hours Thursday, blanketing
the hills surrounding the city.
Some eight inches covered tho
Marine Barracks plant and It
did not molt as rapidly as tho
snow which feli in town which
had virtually disappeared by
noon. Between five and six
Inches remained at tho barracks
at 2 p. in.
Tho white flakes foil In the
wake of a strong southeast wind
which whipped through the
Klamath basin Wednesday and
brought a strong feel of ap
proaching winter. The mercury
fell to 30 degrees Wednesday
and 32 on Thursday. Forecast
for the weekend was for snow
and lower tcmpcYaturcs.
Democratic Candidates
Win House, Senate Lead
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9
Democrats held tenaciously to a
40 vole plurality In the house
and a snfo senate lead today as
returns from all but three sen
ate and house election contests
wcro reported.
Senate contests wcro undecid
ed In Pennsylvania, Nevada and
Missouri, l.oiiso races were nip-nnd-tuck
In four Missouri dis
tricts and one each In New Jer
sey and Washington; the line-up
for the new congress was;
Senate: 55 democrats, 37 re
publicans, 1 progressive, 3 in
doubt, with democrats leading in
Pennsylvania and Nevada and
trailing in Missouri. (Necessary
tor a niajoniy, -to.;
ttn. .an- 941 rloiYinero ts ! Rfi rp.
M. m . ....... -
publicans, 1 progressive, 1 Amer
ican-labor, 0 in c.ouoi. iiieees
sary for a majority, 218.)
tr iUn rlnmnnrfttq Innt the
remaining six house races their
plurality would uc in voies. r.vo
of the six scats now are held by
republicans.: .
In boosting their, present slim
house lead, democrats unseated
30 republicans while losing eight
of their own sAjjIs to tho GOP. ;
750 miles frbm Tokyo; as far
east as tne Marsnaus. -Nimits
Strikes' '.
Planes of Nimitz' command
area hit tho Volcanoes, the Man-
anas, North Palau, Marcus, Wake
and the Marshalls.
Planes of the MacArthur sec
tor raided western and southern
Philippines, Dutch Celebes, Hal.
mahera. Boeroc, the Lesser Sun
das, New Guinea, New England,
New amain ana Bougainville.
Hits Scored
Several damaging hits were
scored on a Japanese destroyer in
the' southern Philippines. A
freighter was sunk In. the west
ern Philippines. A freighter-
transport was damaged in the
Lesser Sundas. A coastal vessel
was lilt off Boeroc.
Thirty-five to 30 enemy planes
were shot down in the western
Philippines. A . parked plane
was wrecked in I Ii e southern
Philippines. Two grounded
bomuers were erasea in me. vol
canoes.
Shiny aids Hit
Shipbuilding yards were dam
aged severely at mbuii, uuicn
Celebes. Airncias were craierca
in the Philippines, Halmahera,
the Volcanoes and Wake. Anti
aircraft batteries and a radio sta
tion were attacked on Marcus
The raids reported extended
ovcr a period ot days aating
back to Sunday..
On the enemy's side. 11 Nip
ponese nlancs raided American-
ncia saipan ana inuan in me
Marianas, November 8, of which
three, possibly : four; were shot
down. And a slnelo. JaDanese
plane raided Morotal, ' south of
tho Philippines,
The announced American raid
ing losses Included a bomber and
three flgntcrs. . - - '. ,; ,
Jap Commander
Wants Surrender
Bv The Associated Press
Gen. Tomoyukl . Yamashita
new Japanese army commander
in tho Philippines, is going 40
demand "unconditional surrend
er" from Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, the Tokyo radio an
nounced today. ; .-
Yamashita, who conquered
the Malay peninsula and cap
tured Singapore' early in the
war, told Jose F. Laurel, pup
net Philippine president, accord
ing to the broadcast, that .the
"only words" he spoke to the
British commander during the
negotiations for the surrender
of Singapore were "All I want
to hear from you is 'yes Or no.
- "I - expect to put . the . same
question to MacArmur,:: :
59.8 PER CENT
CAST BALLOTS
IN MATH
12,737 Votes Counted
For Presidential
Candidates
Yanks Battle
Typhoon, Japs
For Ormoc Road
Annrnximatelv 59.8 per cent
of Klamath couniy s voier regis
tration anDcared at the polls in
Tuesday's general- election, ac
cording to a check of unofficial
rnnnt which today showed re
sults unchanged irom previous
announcements.
A total of 12,737 votes were
cast for all candidates for presi
dent, out of county registration
toUl Ot 21,288.
Late Returns
Returns from late precincts
were -received at . the . county
clerk's : of fice late Wednesday;
and were incorporated In the un
official tabulations. No changes
in : tlic outcome of various con
tests were found when the final
figures were added In.- . ,. J
(See tame on faga two.)-"-.
The county maintained its rec.
ord of voting for winning presi
dential candidates, staying in the
Roosevelt column. by a few hun
dred votes. It voted heavily for
Lowell stockman, republican tor
congress, and also gave its vote
to uuy. uoraon ana wayne
Morse, republicans for the U
S. senate.
moderate Margin '
Cordon, defeated Willis Ma-
honey by a moderate margin. It
was the first time the former
Klamath mayor has failed to
carry this county in three tries
at the U.-.ited States senate seat.
He returned here this year to
run from Klamath county, after
running in 1938 from Multnomah
county.
Late reports showed State
Senator Marshall Cornett still
safely ahead of his opponent,
Marlus Petersen, democrat, for
the senator from the five-county
17th district.
Cornett Carries
Cornett carried Klamath by
a substantial majority and won
definitely in Crook and Jeffer
son counties. At last reports,
he held a narrow lead in Lake
county, but telephone lines were
down to Lakeview today and a
final check could not bo made,
Petersen won In Deschutes coun
ty by 860 votes, not enough to
offset Cornett's lead in the other
counties.
The of flcial canvass will be
awaited with special interest in
connection with the situation in
the first Klamath Falls ward,
where an unofficial count shows
Matt Finnigan and Angus New
(Continued on Page Two)
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Nov.
9 (VP) (Via Army R a d i o)
Weather beaten Yanks, their
lines spread thin and their sup
plies bogged down,, are fighting
extremely tough Japanese oppo
sition and a 100-mile-an-hour
typhoon In the battle for the
road to Ormoc today.
Elements of four Japanese di
visions, including" the. crack
first, are making the Americans
pay dearly for every ridge in
the Pinamopoan area.
Supplies Delayed
Only a- trickle of supplies is
reaching the Yankg because of
roads made impassable by the
storm, while many advance
units are conserving their am
munition and in some cases go
ing without food.
Maj. Gen. Irving, 24th division
commander, told Fred Hampson,
Associated Press war correspon
dent with the 24th, he was con
vinced a heavy Japanese concentration-
is across his front
and that it will take a powerful
assault to clear it out.
Road Bad
He added that the Carlgara
coast road is In such bad con
dition because of mud and wash
outs it cannot supply such . an
attack until a stock pile of sup
plies is built up at Pinampoan.
The general said Japanese
failure to attack the American
coastal holdings may mean that
he has been caught off balance
or his . supplies, too, are bogged,
down. .
Spread Thin ;.. J, .
' The- Americans are fighting
"lri the toughest terrain I ever
saw, and this storm hasn't help
ed," said Irving. "Because- of
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MARINES SE
ANNIVERSARY
EVENTS HERE
Appearance of seven hunters
late Thursday morning brought
mllAfl rt.-'-tHM..--. familloo' nnrl
friends after- the party-had been
marooned throughout the .night
in marsh land on Agency lake;
Fred Hoagland, , manager - of
Fluhrer's bakery - here, - John
Acomb, owner of the Chiloquiri
bakery at Chiloquin,-'and' two
Portland businessmen, Cecil Dil
ling and Robert Nicholson, were
in one party. In another were
George Pohl, Chiloquin mill em
ploye and two marines, WO Emil
Andreas, mess officer, and TSgt.
Henry Buck. ....... i
The Klamath men left here at
2 p. m. Wednesday and joined
the . Chiloquin group at Neptune
beach. Hoagland, Acomb,: Dil
ling and Nicholson set out across
the lake in Acomb's boat. After
Acomb had left the three near
the mouth of Seven Mile creek
he returned to get Pohl and the
two marines but the steering ap
paratus on the boat broke and
Acomb drifted to shore about
one mile below Seven Mile.
More Trouble
Pohl saw Acomb in trouble
and started out in a second pow
er driven boat. They also had
trouble and drifted to a point 24
miles east of Acomb's party. By
that time a storm arose and both
(Continued on Page Two)
Copt. Lynn Moore
Held Prisoner
Capt Lynn L.- Moore, former
Klamath Falls attorney report
ed missing in action with the
United States' army somewhere
in France in late September,
was listed as a prisoner of war
of Germany by the war depart
ment Thursday. '
Cart. Moore's wife, Dorothy,
is making' her home with his
father, C. P. Moore, Toledo, ure,
Chance of Triple Confab
,vo Improved, Says Churchill
Ry THOBURN WIANT
' LONDON, Nov. 9 (P) Prime
Minister Churchill said today
the outcome of the U. S. presi
dential election had "vastly im
proved" the prospects of an
other triple conference, and
that no one could be blamed for
hoping victory would come in
1945. .
He spoke at the Inaugural ot
London's new lord mayor, Sir
Frank Alexander, and paid
tribute to Gov. Dewey for
sportsmanship in defeat.
"Now; we stand on the thresh
hold of Germany;" the prime
minister said, "and It will take
the full exertions of the three
great powers, . every scrap of
strength they can give to crush
down the desperate resistance
which we' must -expect - from
this military antagonist at last
beaten back to his own lair."
: Move Into Reich
The victory in The Nether
lands, Churchill said, "will very
shortly place the great port of
Antwerp at the disposal of the
northern flank of the allied
armies , which . will presently
move into Germany for the
final struggle." ,
A new meeting of President
Roosevelt, Marshal Stalin and
himself, Churchill declared,
"might easily bridge the suffer
ings of mankind and stop the
fearful process of destruction
which is- now . ravaging the
earth.
"The prospects of such a
meeting," Churchill said, "have
been vastly improved by the re
sults of the presidential - elec
tions in the United states.
Pausing while the audience
applauded. Churchill added
: "And for which we waited so
breathlessly on Tuesday last.
His auditors also applauded
when he declared that Marshal
Montgomery had opened the
Schelde estuary to the great
Be a an nort of Antwerp. This,
he . said, put Antwerp "at the
disposal of the northern flank
ot the allied armies which will
presently move into Germany
for the final struggle." The op
eration cost heavy British and
Canadian casualties, however,
he added.
Klamath -Falls - citizens will
Join - with men. at the Marine
Barracks in the first observance
here of the birthday of the ma
rine, coros. The 169th anniver
sary of the corps is to be cele
brated universally - maay, No
vember 10.
. Virtually all buildings on the
post will be thrown open to the
Dublic. and the time has been
advanced to immediately after
the noon' hour, continuing until
S p. m. At 4:1B p. m. mere wiu
be' a .parade on - property be-
tweferi -the-. gymnasium and- the
guard. .House with C andi Lt
companies: taking part.:
- The ..parade' is in the nature
of a memorial for members of
the.", corps who,, in the. past as
well as- the . present, nave taxen
pan: m me nisiory or, tne ma
rine corps. '.. '
Tonight.', Thursday, is tne en-
listed-.men's.: ball in the . gym
nasium and a 110-pound birth
day cake .was. given the- finish
ing touches in the barracks bak
ery this morning. -..'.
Startine -Friday at 12 0 ciock,
immediate .families of enlisted
men will be entertained at lunch
in the messhall. Guides will be
available to .visitors during the
day and the public is assured a
welcome 'to this unique military
installation.
A tea dance for parade guests
will be held in the commission
ed officers' quarters late in the
afternoon, followed bv the of
ficers', ball in the evening.
Casualties Toll
Half-Million
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9 (Pi-
American tmttle casualties have
Passed the. half-million mark,
- Secretary of War Stimson
said today that army casualties
reDorted through October 28 to
tal 437,356. The latest navy list
accounts -. for 71.830. giving
grand total for both services of
509,195, based on notices wnicn
have gone to next , of kin.
CpL Rhinevault
Reported Missing
Cnl. 'Georee B. (John) Rhine-
vault, son of Mrs. Maude Con
quergood of Bonanza, has been
reported missing since October
1U, over worm Ainca. loung
Rhinevault served as a gunner
on a B-24 Liberator bomber. He
entered the service. November 4,
and had been overseas since Sep
tember of this year. -,.
Cpl. Rhinevault made his
home in Klamath Falls for 18
years and attended local schools.
He would have beenr a member
of the 1944 graduating class of
Klamath Union high school had
he not gone Into the armed
forces, Mrs. Conquergood said,
Lt. Muczynski
To Leave Klamath
Lt. (J.g.) Matt Muczynski, since
the first of tne year weitare ana
recreation officer and later of
ficer of the day at the Klamath
naval air station, will leave
within a few days for new duty
which will take him to Buiora
Tcnn., it was announced by Com'
mander R. R. Darron.
Lt. . Muczynski, whose home
is in Seattle, Is one of the oldest
officers at the station in point
of duty. Lt. A. E. Humphreys
in th nresent welfare, recrea
tion and athletic officer at the
station. :":'.. . ' .,
ay WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 9 (IP) Lt,
George S. Patton's attack to
ward the Rhine blossomed into
roaring offensive with heavy
bomber support today as armor
and infantry rolled forward on
both sides of Metz, and counted .
the capture of 25 towns and a
gain of six miles for the two
day drive.
The attack was going forward
at at least four places along a
fiO-mile "front, ..while gains of
the- seventh: army stretched, the
activity an .additional 30 miles
to tne soutn..
Patton threw the veteran
fourth armored division into
the drive, alongside six infantry
divisions. ..- ,
- Cuts Road Network .
The' fourth, attacking north
easterly from captured Mala
court, slashed toward the rear
communications of Metz, cut
the main Metz-Chateau Salins
road, shot through Lemoncourt,
Oriocourt and Delme and reach
ed the vicinity of Viviers, 16
miles northeast of Nancy and
about 18 miles southeast - of
Metz. . .
Nine towns were captured in
the drive today as 1300 heavy
bombers laid a carpet of explo
sives on front line enemy posi
tions in direct tactical support
similar to that given when the
U. S. first army made its his
toric break-through at St. Lo
in July a break-through which
sent the uermans in peii-meu
retreat out of nearly all France.
The third army chieftain
threw in three more American
divisions in the move toward
the Rhine, doubling the. force
employed in the umpou attacK
yesterday, and extended- his op-
erations to- "the norttii. ,P 'the?
fortress city as well as to the
south;. "-" ' ":;tr-i-- -
Signals Offensive
':. Berlin's radio commentators.
declared Patton, striking from.
Just below the Luxembourg
border to the Rhine-Marne can
al east of Nancy, was signalling
the prelude: to "the: big ouen-
sive" aimed- at oursung open
"the historic gate to, the faia
tinate . which was ' chosen by
Napoleon as. the marching route
(Continued on rase iw?) : .
E
T.nwrjow. Nov. 9 " (iF) The
German high command said to--day
the Russians had crossed'
the Danube at Apatin, in north
ern Yugoslavia 15 miles south
of : the Hungarian border and
125 miles south of Budapest,
and a "battle is still raging
there." - , ;
The- broadcast communique
said the Russians had penetrat
ed that part of Apatin which
Is; on the west bank. ;
- Mass Troops
The Russians, were reported
massing men and materials
along -the eastern front -today
for the "decisive action against
the vital centers of Germany'! -promised
by Premier Stalin.
A brief soviet communique
dismissed developments by not
ing "no essential changes at the
front," but thefGerman radio, in
a portentous tone, described tne
comparative quiet as "the calm
before the storm."
- Target tor Assault -
Resieeed and strife-torn Buda
pest was considered the most
likely target for a fresh and
heavier assault. The Berlin
radio . reported new concentra
tions of soviet tanks In the out
skirts of the Hungarian capital.
The Russian drive on the city '
over the plains from the Tisza
river slowed perceptioiy two
days ago in the face of desper
ate German and Hungarian re
sistance and heavy rains which
interfered with operations south
east of the capital.
Train Crews.
Cfear Wreckage
COLFAX, Calif., Nov. 9 (IP)
Twisted and torn cars of the
Southern Pacific's westbound
Challenger which was derailed
on a mountain curve three miles
west of here, killing at least
nine and injuring 79, are being
cleared away by wrecking crews
today as Investigators sought
the cause of the accident.
The train, heavily laden with
passengers, was en route from
Chicago to San Francisco.
Among those killed when the
train, bearing nearly,. 800 per
sons, piled Into a ditch at dawn
yesterday, were a WAVE, two
sailors and a soldier. The army
and. navy withheld leir names.