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-'"'r n on P IBP m fill l"! JENKINS JENKINS !Ll Jurnlflw. today about' r-Klnil new. of im- nf I lllliu-""" M i"'"?. , broke tho CJcr rmy. ,w V,1. " mmly, mo -''r- , Met ir" ..." . nnothor fcifwfi bout II miles H ' rrowest place. . I" " ',. riMlOliS i"''y 111111 rnlrpnr.ni, ... 1,1 i,,rlen tIR u . i,.. ilii. timo. im.w n"'i i . L with viirylim fortunes, K2t SSpe -went K who c. hey iwvo been L'he,t Vo don't win Iw ' i, .,..11 nu en. r. wrlor foe "...HI El Slur way out of "ret- "' ...III. lu.iit'W IMHKI'S. ,t Germans : ...rn M1IM1 HIUl ,(-!" . "" ,- ., ,., jlpmrnt an i" . ?!?'!. inlnllir Nlll'XnCCt "(v'fl probably do it again MeU. . . . lETZ l one of Europe's great li lurrouiKlco uy rum i ...n.hnrinff namcwhcrc nine 10 22. (They lire so ttt and so wen camuummeu i the exnet number Isn't even l cnmn mm. nr Ion OI h are on tno orticr oi run lull, whoac mazes ot lunucis, L. ,- nroved too L. . ... 'aAunriil urilks nUO. living failed to take them Bi(ni.ir wn rn nnw u L- ...i.. lulmt nrnunrl the unn- r- hi iJp. oi incm. , ivu n o be making progress. HAT wo HOPE to do, of Is to catch tho Gor- tj off balance somewhere I the western front and lih our way tnrougn wiin n Ihty blow. It is iiKOiy tnnt In aiip Mitl, nnminimH ftnpxn't v where this blow will come. hill como wherever tno op- Hinuy unum hiumi, ITH ihoolliiR news of excit ing Importance senrec, we over tlio weekend to tho lllar rumors thnt Hitler' is Mi particular blooming of Hitler rumor plant arises ol a nroclnniatlon said to ; been WRITTKN by Hitler READ BY HIMMLEIt. In It, per (allegedly) explains that it loo ousy cuKllng the ucs- of nazl Germany to np before the micronlionc, broadcast appeals to Gcr i to fight on to tho death rc fta of cost, mid threatens icmiinalion to any who IL lllicial British "sources," ira in tnc past have been ex My cagey about these imilti nimnra nt lllllnr'a nnllt w. unit., a i,i:t,,i,, ractodnv thnt Ihls nnrtienlnr fumi nos o pnony ring. ITER all, what difference oms it make If Hitler Is dead inmcrcw thnt made im his ii enn ivcti' tno lier buffalnml? flit fact thni n wnrii.ir i. N can be SO dnrnlv fnHnrtrl min a mmc ideology that WlllinP If) fll'hl In lh ,lnil. pint man (as tho Jnps hnvo w wucn on oneiric isinnds tno nazl CiirmnitQ wnmn. Ncem to us to bo willintc fo) U the phenomenon tlmt Kelts us. IJJl Hck them in time, of We hriUO lr V TT T 1 , i, VJJ lllEilll A I'? business of Indoclrlnntion L.. ,J. lmcrest cducntors S 10 'jooclrinntc our pco lh Knillun mniTn' hit, . UEdiuO us k!! ll.10 J"l,s n"d Gcr- Ilmii , . hiuuiii, mure in m tc , whero wo cmM nt we could accomplish. E news from the Philippines bloody fighting, our Yanks In The Shanta-Cnncade Wonderland lull - ' November IS, 19(4 Hit. (Nov. 13) 41 Min. , 3t Precipitation lut XI honr Trace Hlrem yer to date Wi Normal 1.15 Lait ear 1.41 rTecait: Clcarlnr. Tueiday Rboollnf Houri Ortfonr Open t:in Clou . 5:11 Tulelakt: Opan ,7:24 Cloia . ,...S:47 PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1944 Number 10312 Patton Hits Into Fortress Ring of Metz By WILLIAM FRYE LONDON. Nov. 13 Th. U. S. third army brokt Into the fortron ring of Mots today on th sixth day of its offensive toward th Baar and th Gormani said th doughboys had pan- tratad th cast-bank part of TmonvllU, a second stronghold on th Monllo lint of defames In northastrn Franc, Th Americana capturtd thir firat port In th ring guarding Mts, drov forward on to two milat In th battl to ncircl th city from th southeast, and crotsad th Moadl at a nw point south of Thlonvlll in a montuvor to out off that stronghold also. Thlonvlll Is 16 mllos north of Moti. Fort Vrny, 5 la miles south of Mats, and four villages, In cluding th towns of Varny. Pommriux, Lithon and Corno ftll to th fifth Infantry division with th Germans falling to mak a srlous tight. Th towns ar six to soven mtl south ol Mots, IKS POUND LONDON, Nov. 13 (IP) Tho rod army, already In tho south ern ouLklrts of Budapest, In creased Ha pressure on the be sieged Danube river capital to day with tho capture 'of Monofy 14 miles to the . southeast, .and the seizure of enemy positions within 30 miles to the cast. A broadcast Moscow communi que announced the full of Monor, which meant tho Russians had swopt tho Germans from nearly nil or the su-muc uuunpcsi Sznolnok trunk railway. Farmos Takan In the mish from the cast, the soviet troops fanned out from captured UJszusz, a Junction on the secondary Dudanest-Szolnok rnllwnv. iliove 1 1 miles through Tnplogyorgyo and Tnpioszolc and captured r armos. au mucs irom IJUrtapcsl, tno communique uis closed. Dispatches from Moscow said today that furious counterattacks by German and Hungnrlnn troops fulled to dislodge soviet s,icnrhcads from their positions in the southern suburbs of Budapest- . ., i storm BKopii Meanwhile n communique frnm Mondial Tito's hcndounrtcrs said his troops were storming Skoplje, a city of 1)5,000 in south ern Yugoslavia on the Bclgradc Alhpiu railway, and an Import ant German position protecting the southern corridor through which some of the 100,000 enemy troops threatened with entrap (Continued on Page Three) Canvass Shows Tie for Council The official canvass of Klam- nlli1. vnlo in the SCnCml ClCC Hnn hnH anno far enough today to confirm the previously re ported tic between Angus rcw inn and Matt Fimiigan for first ward councilman. Each has 546 votes, it was reported by County riorlc Mnn K. Short, who is ex pected to turn the cnnvnss of municipal election voles over to Police Judge Harold Franey late todny or tomorrow. Judgo Frnncy said thnt as soon no iir. ! nfflrinllv informed, he will make arrangements for a lot- drawing to determine wnicn mmi will nrvo ns first ward council man. This mny take place Tues- "fee council. In meeting Tucs rfnv nloht. will receive the can vass of votes Into the city rec ords. Mrs. Short said she expects tho canvass of all voles to do iin ished and ready for announce ment by Tuesday morning. tin i. uv". "i on some CV JPS at Ormnr. In 1. f. .5 ,ccm 10 llBVo stop- 'Of Ihft nM.nl I f. Mlcmpi, t0 rcin,orco thclr ;tnCdCrnminfd cfforla ovr tho ffi victmo'' ""on ashore, I yellow men lost 13 te fcven transports. 21) Tha " esllmntc lo.uOO t'aiiiv i K,! WHS miiictcct ,r, y Dla"es from our naval h to hl!)Snnd ns 11,111,1 L . 0 "ivo nf Hon h,,i, fhat a M n'n .E.y 0 w 1 tcscs re ifi 'l 'east two of our ships P.y' dlsnalchn. i-Ai.i. ii.i , .sn Levi-.im hAw '" anH " 01 number. u "rcPllaor- iiiown0i1!;luchow' Inst In southeast 4k. V 'UOKS na n. t I " On Pncn I' ikb now nclrcld xcpt . for an 11-mil gap to th aat. Fighting through snow, mud- fields nnd fog without air sup port, the fifth division broaden ed its frontal attack on Metz to five miles, although its capture did not advance the Americans any closer to the fortress city, Ringed by Forts (From nine to 22 major oris, with many smaller forts, ring Metz. in the surrounding .hills with mutually supporting ilrei Vornv aDbarcntlv la not one of these major forts, although. It is near Fort L'Aisnc. one. of the nine biggest In the chain, tort Vcrny and the four captured towns are almost directly east of Fort Drlant, one of the nine main fortifications on the west bank of the Moselle which the Americans failed to take month ago.) Tho Americana farther south nunehed through the forest of Bride and Koecklng,. north of Dleuze, but the Germans, throw ing in their strongest attack-in tills area since the start of- the offensive, sent Lt. Gen, George S. Patton s men dbck a mue. Hern an American wedK by passed Dieuze and ' threatened tnc- encirclement oi munwus The new bridgehead across the Moselle below Thlonville, where the Germans said fierce flohtlne. was raiting for the Thlonville citadel inside the town, threatened the Germans' last useful railway out of Metz, Wright Plants Out on Strike PATTERSON. N. J.. Nov. 13 (!) production was crippled to day at the W.right Aeronautical corporation's five North Jersey plants, a spokesman said, an nouncing that army officials have been notified of the "grav ity of the situation" resulting irom a striKe oi superviaury em ployes, David Newcomb, president of ih Wrteht Aircraft Supervision association, nn Independent union, cstimatorf earlier today that 600 supervisors had gone on strike but that "about- 2700 supervisors all told may be af fected" as "more are- coming out." The company made no estimate on the number out.i but .iiiH "snmn" worn out at the plants in Wood-Rldgc, Fair Lawn, and Fattrson. Big Lakes Worker Fractures Hip Everett Esgate, an employe of Big Lakes Box, suffered a frac tured left hip Friday morning when ho was struck by a board while working at the plant. Esgate is reported recovering at his home, ioio uerny Break Into Ring i'Yi.. fT53) TK-'-YrHki6-' rJili lH.id.lbur ;.. Thnylll.yKo,nijlm.ch.A.- "JT f-fiill (I ihrVm'"' I'rM " BB ....i4lnn iUm tvnnnhnlrl dro" forward In th. battl to .ncircl. th. el from th. south- OUT ADVANCE T QWARD QRMOG Lions Greet International Chief 2300-Foot Peak Taken As Gl's Tighten Hold on Japs : By C. YATES McDANIEL r.F.N. MaeARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, Philippines, Nov. 13 A 2300-foot peak overlook ing the bloody Ormoc corridor u,ti-n..n,,nrl wn. In American hands today as the determined Yanks tightened their squeeze n..h.hiii ak nnn hittcrlv-re- sistlng Japanese in the climactic lignt lor L,oyie isiana. url.il rtrmfu. It.plf wn. Healt n nfrAr-Hu A9..inn. bnmbinc. infantry units of the 24th di vision driving soum towaru last enemy reinforcement port gained three miles at one point to capture strategic Mt. - Cata baran yesterday. Good Progress Ainntf lh main Carieara Bav- Ormoc roadj the main column of tho 24th,. aided by strong tann and air support, made "good progress against heavy opposi tion," Gen. Douglas MacArthur reported today. Gen. Tomoyukl Yamashita's Minfnval Ipnnm rnnttntted their attempts to break the American pressure, Dut a neaaquariers spokesman said the Yanks still (uoniinuea on rago inmy Young Driver " Held in Hit-Run Accident Here Kollv Farris. 16. 336 Martin, is in the county Jail booked on a charge of failure to leave name and address at the scene of an accident in connection with the iniurv of Jose Barron. Weyer haeuser employe, on S. 6th street Thursday night. d Farris was picked up by city police at Ms home Friday at 10 d. m. He is said to be the driver of the car which struck Barron in front of Chick's cafe. Owner of the car, Norman Eldon Baugh, 20. 2346 Radcl ffe. paid a fine ol $10 Monday morning in answer to a charge of allowing an un licensed minor to operate a motor vehicle. In addition to the fine; Justice of the Peace J. A. Mahoncy delivered a stiff lecture to the young man. According to the story told police by the two, they were driving on S. 6th when Barron stepped from the curb and start ed to laywaiK across me sireei, After the man was hit, they stopped the car about a block from the scene, returned and helned Barron into Chick s cafe, With arrival of investigating city police, they left and returned to their machine, a girt compan ion was not held. . Farris has been turned over to iuvenllc authorities and will appear before Circuit Judge David R. Vandenbcrg. Barron's attending physician at Klamath Valley hospital said that it may bo necessary to amputate the right leg below the knee as both bones were badly shattered. He also has severe scalp lacerations. Barron is employed at Camp 6, Bcatty. Obstructed View Causes Accident Cllv nolice Issued a stern warning to motorists to operate their cars with clear windshields as the result-of an accident which occurred at 12th and Main shortly after 9 o'clock .Monday morning. Mrs. Margaret E. Dukek of Fossil, Orc.j said by officers to have been driving a car with an obstructed windshield, attempt ed to make a left hand turn from 12th Into Main when she struck a car driven by W, C, Gibson, 610 Mitchell. Police said the Dukek windshield and windows were covered by frost, Th w.iman suffered a three- Inch cut on the forehead .and was treated at the Klamath Med ical clinic. She was en route to California at the time of the crash. . Each year at this time, in tho Interest of traffic safety, police warn motorists against driving with obstructed vision in direct violation of the state law. Mon day found a number of minor crashes chalked up on the po lice blotter. LANCASTERS BUST SUP NEAR NDRWA Last Big Dreadnought; Of German Navy ; Downed ; International President D, A. Sksen of th. Lions, center nboro, was a Klamath Falls Tlaitor today. He is shown with Paul Skeen, left, prasident of th local Lions club, and Robert M. Fischer, right, Eugene, district governor of -Lions International. Thay war. having lunch whan th. pictur. was made. President Slceen will b. honor guest at a dinner at th. Willard tonight. Adolf Reported Under Care Of Doctors', Mystery Grows CHUNGKING, Nov. 13 (P) The United States air base at Liuchow has been destroyed and evacuated, MaJ. Gen. Albert C Wedemcyer's headquarters an nounced late today. The U. S. 14th air force struck oa all fronts over the weekend destroying a Japanese navy ten der, id river steamers, l loco motives and three rail bridges In trench lndo China, an Amer ican communique said. Three radar stations were disabled at Yochow. Junction Looms The Japanese in Kwangsi pro vince, however, appeared on a verge oi meeting from nortn and cast to provide a continu ous land route from Canton to Manchuria. The Japanese already were in Liuchow, last known American air base in southeast China, be cause Wedemeycr's communique said "P-14s drew fire from Liu chow when they attacked Jap anese positions in support of Chinese around forces." The communique added: Air Evacuation "The air base at Liuchow was destroyed and evacuated Novem ber 7. . Most of the evacuation was done by air. The air trans port command made a total of 44 trips to the field, operating in extremely poor flying weath er, to bring out personnel and essential equipment. Ben (Claire L.) Chennault personally com mended tho air transport com- (Continued on Page Three) France Gets Role In Postwar World PARIS. Nov. 13 (P) Sweep ing agreements giving France a key role in postwar Europe and looking toward her future secur ity were quickly reached in talks between Prime Minister Chur chill and Gen. Charles de Gaulle during the British prime minis ter's visit to fans, li was report ed reliably today. Concurrent With r ranee s ad mission to a scat on the Euro- gean advisory commission the rltish and French statesmen agreed that French forces should participate in the military occu pation ot a cictcaicci uermany alongside British, American and Russian contingents. Tho exact area of occupation to be assigned France was left to the commission to decide. Disc-Makers Give IntoPetrillo NEW YORK, Nov. 13 (IP) Music record making was swing ing back to normal today after three of the major disc-manu facturers had acceded to union contract demands which lifted a 27-month ban against the firms. James C. Pctrlllo, president of the AFL American Federa tion of Musicians, announced Saturday the capitulation of RCA-Vlctor, Columbia Record" ing corporation and the National Broadcasting company's trans cription division, to three-year agreements providing the com panies would pay the union a royalty on cacn disc sold. By JOHN F. CHESTER i LONDON, Nov. 13 (P) A re port was received in London to day from a person whose infor mation usually is reliable that Hitler was under the care of four doctors last week and that his strange proclamation of yes t e r d a y commemorating the Munich beer cellar putsch may have been-written-by somebody else. - The doctors were named as Professor Morrel, Hitler's per manent medical adviser. Doctor Zabel, the attending physician regularly attached to his staff, Professor Horster, an outstand ing brain specialist who treated Field Marshal Erwin Rommel before he died, and Professor Sauerbruch, one of Germany's most prominent surgeons. Anti-Nazi Surgeon Sauerbruch operated on Hit ler about eight years ago for what he called a non-malignant growth in the fuehrer's throat. A person close to German af fairs said Sauerbruch at one time, and possibly even today, was known among his intimates as strongly anti-nazi. He ex pressed surprise that the sur geon had been called in. The same source said he had spotted six passages in Hitler's "fight to the death proclama tion yesterday that had been taken from the fuehrer's book, Mein Kampf, and others that clearly came from some of his old speeches. He expressed be lief that the proclamation had been written by someone other than the man who gave-the ex cuse that he was "too busy" to come to the microphone. Read bv Himmler The proclamation . yesterday was read by Hemricn Himmier, Gestapo chief. Official British sources, how ever, which have always been cautious about commenting on Hitler rumors in the past. serted flatly that the proclama tion had a "phoney ring. The most widely accepted be lief here was that the proclama tion, which carried the solemn (Continued on Page Three) Death took one of Klamath Falls' best known residents Sat urday with the passing or xurs. John S. (Margaret) Peck, 65. Mrs. Peck suffered a fractured hip in a fall at her home, 741 Walnut, last Thursday. She failed to recover from the shocK oi an operation. Marearet Agnes Wilson w born in Lexington, Ky., January 1. 1B79. She attended scnoois in that citv and received a bachelor of science degree irom ine uni versity of Kentucky at Lexing ton. She taugnt in mat city ior two years and later with her mother, operated hotels in Chi cago and Hot Springs, Ark. Arrived in iau . Miss Wilson and John S. Peck were married in Hot Springs on November 24. 1905. They moved to Klamath Falls in 1907, where Peck operated the Klamath Iron and steel wonts ana ivirs. i-ecK served as the bookkeeper. In 1911, Peck sold the firm to Beardslev and PiDer.' The busi ness is now owned by.Gerlinger brothers of Portland. During their early residence here. Mr. and Mrs. Peck quired considerable business and residential property, in izu, thev nurchased. the Colonial hotel on N. 11th, remodeling the structure and operating it until 1935 when they leased the build ine. The Colonial hotel was sold this year to Mrs. Pauline Zubert ot xreKa, taut. Retired Mr. and Mrs. Peck retired from active business several years ago but retained their Dronertv . holdings here. Mrs. Peck attended the First Metho dist church, and was a member of the WCTU. Final rites will be held from Ward's chapel, Tuesday at (Continued on Page Three) LONDON, Nov. 13 ffi It' was officially announced tonight -that the 41,000-ton German bat tleship Tirpitz had been sunk. ' A British air ministry com-' munique said the Tirpitz was ', sunk yesterday morning by RAF Lancasters that attacked her in Tromso fjord along the north coast of Norway. Eighth Attack It was the eighth time RAF bombers had attacked the - last large battleship of the German navy. The bombers scored direct hits with 12,000 pound bombs. . : Text of the air ministry com-1 munique: i "The Tirpitz has been sunk. Yesterday morning 29 Lancast--, ers of RAF bomber command, led by wme commander J. s., Tait, DSO, DFC, and Squadrons Leader A. G. Williams, attacked the German battleship Tirpitz; with 12,000 pound bombs. There were several direct' hits and within a few minutes the ship capsized and sunk. One of our aircraft is miss- ing." - Under Repair The Tirpitz had been laid up. for - repairs from numerous allied attacks much of her. career. - ...... Her sister battleship, the Bis-.; marck, was sunk in May, 194L battle with the British - navy and planes in a chase in,", the Worth Atlantic. ;. -.. 1 Different Estimates - The vessel's tonnage had been variously estimated . at more than 35,000 tons, but tne latest edition of Jane's gives the fig-v ure as 41,000. -: r Hounded oersistenUy. the Tir-: nitz had been bombed and itor-. pedoed in at least eight, separ-r ate actions since her launching on AnrfL-l.-1939 when Adolf Hitler declared she was unsiak able. ' -,.-- ! - - - Bristling with eight 5-incn guns in two turrets 12 six-Inch and 16 four-Inch guns, the Tir- (Continued on Page Three) r Two Injured in ; Cab-Train Crash Two men were injured, one seriously, when a Victory cab en route to tne luamain navai air station at 4:30 a. m. Monday sideswiped a Great Northern freight train at the Altamont crossing three miles from Klamath- Falls. Taken to the naval air station dispensary were Cecil M. "Mas" McCarty, 30, 123 Pershing way, cab operator, and his passenger, AMM 2c Robert McMurry, 26, resident of Wilmette 111. McCartv suffered concussion. laceration of the scalp and right forearm. Attending physicians said his condition was fair and that he would probably ba moved from the dispensary to a local hospital sometime Monday afternoon. ... McMurry, who has been at the- station since March, 1944, has multiple contusions and abrasions. Both are expected to recover. . " It is understood that Mccarty saw the freight and applied his brakes, sliding some distance to sideswipe the cars. The cab was badly damaged. - Fight Shapes on "Freezing Of Social Security Taxes WASHINGTON. Nov. 13 (IP) The eve of the convening of the final session of the 78th congress found a - sharp fight shaping up today over "freez ing" of Social security taxes. Unless congress Intervenes, the payroll tax on both em-ploycs'-aud .employers- automati cally Increases 'from -one per cent to two per cent on Janu ary 1. Legislation to retain the tax at its present level, as was done Inst year, Is pending before the house ways and means com mittee, and is being pushed also in-the senate by Senator Van denberg (R-Mlch). 8mall Chanc. Because of administration op position, the legislation, as such, has little chance of becoming law unless tacked onto some other bill in the form of a "rider." A presidential veto would be less probable If the "freeze" were effected in legis lation otherwise desired by the administration. It might bi added to a pend ing appropriation bill, or to leg islation extending miscellaneous war powers of the president which expire on December 31. Standout Item The social security tax pro posal is the standout item on the docket facing the legislators when they convene at noon to morrow for a session expected to last until mid-December. Other matters awaiting con gressional action include: A postwar highway construc tion program Involving the ex penditure of $1,475,250,000 of federal funds. Renewal of the federal crop insurance program, t o which both major political parties committed themselves in their platforms. A flood control and rivers and harbors Improvement bill, which may bo sidetracked because of disagreements in tne senate. Extension of the state of lim itations applicable to prosecut ions or courts-martial resulting from the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor; the current ex tension expires on December 7 Mercury Slides To New Low The mercury slid to a season. al low Monday morning with a recorded temperature of 24 de grees. - It was exactly that cold . April 25, 1944. An unofficial reading at the) Marine. Barracks, 800 feet high, er than Klamath Falls, gave the early morning low at 10 degrees above zero, Windshields were frosted and earlv drivine was hazardous. Maximum temperature Sunday was chalked up at 44. Chile 'invaded ; From Mars' SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 11 (P) Chile had its radio "lnva. slon from Mars" last night and in- some quarters, Chileans ran in panic into the streets whilt others at home ; were . reported to have suffered many cases oj nervous upsets and heart tela urcs. ; Tho broadcast was based of "War of the World" by H. Ck Wells and adapted from a radla play by Orson Welles, whosi fantasy on an Invasion front Mars caused some consternatlos in the United States in Octobers 1938. i ' - - '