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of
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fctolour nyiiiK hkihiiik
minus io hib "" "
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luldllcanai ana ioi
kij wrrounamg ismnua
'HE Philippines lire tho Sol
I. i.i...... .u , Wn'rii
iliore on Lt-yle niul wc ro Uo
L to STAY T11EIIE, ns we
Lyed on Oundulcsniil. Krom
liyle wc re k'oInK 10 inn oiu iu
Iher Islands, us we funned out
km r!il.lHtll,'II,ltll.
WnVn iinlnt, ti, np,ilrnllr.u
linllaas wc neutralized Hubnul.
le're golns to nciitriillito imu-
toreaiwc ncuirunzcu nui.
Th Ph nnnp, of COUrXC,
e a BIGGt.lt JOD llinn the
fclomons. Uut we hnvo BIG-
VB REsnilHf 'K.S until 1 1,11 n WC
fed then. ConaidcrlnR whtit wo
ve to work Willi, tno I'liiup
Inn will bo no Digger Job thui)
e aoiomons.
IS a people, wo Amerlcnns arc
i ntnnn t,.,.t 'IT,ri IT A R tn
nth TOO ROSY CONCLUS
IONS. When wo gol uslioro on
file and in the subsequent
vil battles smnshed Imlf the
piled, wc let ourselves think
ir a few duvs tluil the Jans
rre au Dul licked nnd the
lie war all hut nw.
In thn r.,n,.l ln rMn. tl.l. v x n
loo" ROSY conclusion, we're
I'nj to the pessimistic other
ifcmo and thlnkina of the Jnn
rf as somctlilnK Hint will Ko
nd on and un fur endless
gin,
1
WE'RE wrong BOTH TIMES
i.ii Jnn war sn"i won
I H la going very well. In tho
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f day and down in tho
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British Drive Gains
n Push Toward
Border
By WILLIAM FHYE
LONDON, Nov. 15 (IP)
Amerleun Third iirmv dunlin-
boys biittllim through snow and
sleet, cuptured threu more forts
uunrci nu Mciz loauy. uypassuu
lwo others und reached points
loss than two . miles from the
eltnde nn both south aim west
To the north the Brlllsn 01-
fenslvo launched last nlghl from
11 lumn nu off do nit at the lunc-
tion of the Noord and Wcsscm
rnnuln dfnve forward nearly
three miles. Ll. Uen. sir Miles
Dcmpscy's Iroops were 37 miles
from the Ruhr cuy oi uuisourg,
and a spokesman said:
"wo nro mismnu on iasi anil,
for tho present at least, there Is
nothing much in signi io stop
us.
Push Forward
South of Mctz American
Seventh nrmv troons mished dOK
gedly IhrouKh the deepening
snowflelds of tho northern Vos
ges foothills.
(Jiicrai ons aione uie enure
front ' were hampered by the
weather ana there were no re.
ports of air support In any sec.
lor.
Forts Hubert and Jussy. west
of Metz, fell to the 95th Infantry
division which reached a point
two miles from the clly alter a
iiain of a mile nnd a half. Fort
lllango, just south of Thionvlllc
fell to Amerlcnns who stormed
tho bastion after tho German
commander had refused to sur
render. Previously Fort Thion-
v e. lust north of the city, ana
Fort Kocnlgsmachcr, ncross the
Mosul lo to the northeast naa
been captured.
Bvpaaa Drlant
In sweeping up Forts Hubert
and Jussy the 95lh Infantry di
vision bypassed Fort Drlant and
its twin Fort Jeanne D'Arc in
(Continued on Pago Two)
Si eel Companies
ChargedWHh
Fixing Prices
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (P)
Attorney Cieneral Uldclle im
nounccd that IB steel corpora
lions and six of their officers
were Indicted In Trenton, N. J.,
today on charges of conspiring
lo (IX prices on stainless steel.
Conviction would Involve
maximum penalty of $5000 fine
and one year imprisonment in
each of two anti-trust charges,
UKIdlc said.
Eighth Forces
Cross Montone
HOME. Nov. 15 (VP) Eighth
army forces have crossed the
Montone river more than two
miles northwest of Forli on the
highway to Bologna, allied head'
minrtprs niinnuiiced todnv.
In the Apennlne foothills to
the south, tho Germans made a
sunlit withdrawal. It was be
1 loved they would attempt to
hold positions along the canal
ized river Coslnn, which the
highway crosses just west of the
Montone.
Decision on Pearl Harbor
Report Expected Shortly
By WILLIAM F. ARBOQAST
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (!')
P)
Highly-placed c o n g r e s slonal
sources expect a decision with
in three weeks on whether
courts martial or exoneration
will result from nn army-navy
board Investigation of the Pearl
Hnrbor attack.
On December 7 tho statute of
limitations governing prosecu
tions resulting from negligence
in the historic case will expire,
unless congress extends it as It
has done twice before.
Awaits Action
Legislation extending the sta
tutory period is awaiting, con
gressional action, but it may not
be called up.
"There will be no need for a
further extension," said a usual
ly well-informed sourco who
withheld use of his name. "The
report of tho army-navy board
that made an investigation of
circumstances surrounding tho
I Jap attack has been completed,
' , m PLANE LANDING
fl H I MIP PLANNED
"Heads" it was for Annus Newton in the toas of a coin for the post of councilman from. ward
I. Police Judge Harold Franoy, center, flipped the silver dollar as Newton,-left, chose "heads"
and Matt Finnigon. right, named "tails" to settle the tie-Tote cast in last Tuesday's election.' The
point was settled in Franey's office Tuesday afternoon. Newton took office at Tuesday night's
council meeting. t
NAVY SURVEYS NEW
The United Stales navy Wed
nesday had started survey of an
80-unit housing project site on
property which Tuesday night
had been purchased from School
District No. 1.
The land, including 12 acres
In tho EhterprisD tract and di
rectly across the street from the
Shasta View housing project on
Wnshburn way, was purchased
several years ago by the board
from Alfred D. Collier and had
been held in reserve for a school
site.
Price $8250
Purchase price wus given as
$B250, value set by four ap
praisers, two from the federal
government, two named locally.
Amount paid was the average
given by tho four appraisers,
the school board said.
Howard Perrin, architect, said
Wednesday that the project
would embrace 80 housing units,
four apartments to a building.
Bids arc called in Seattle for
November 20, and construction
will be under way immediately
after lhat date. Building time
is set at 120 days. The units will
be available to navy personnel.
Each apartment will Include
an electric range, electric water
(Continued on Pago Five)
Brooklyn Mad
At Noel Coward
NEW YORK, Nov. 15' It
Brooklyn has Its way, New York
City will see no more plays or
books by Noel Coward.
The borough's five council
men, with community . pride
seething at the British play
wright's comments on bravery of
Brooklyn's service men, yester
day introduced a resolution in
the city council that Coward's
books and plays be banned from
theatres and stores here. :
Cnwnrd. in his Now York.
"Middle East Diary," had writ
ten:
"... I was less impressed by
some of the mournful Utile
Brooklyn boys lying there in
tenrs amidst the alien corn with
nothing worse than a bullet
wound in tho leg or a fractured
arm."
and action bnsed on ils .rcconv
mendations will bo taken before
December 7.
Whnt tho board findings are,
he did not profess to know
Thev were labeled secret nend
lna further study when filed
last month with the secretaries
of war and navy.
Alternatives
"However," tho Informant
added, "it is safe to say that the
report recommends that Roar
Admiral Husband E. Kimmel or
Maj. General Walter C. Short
or both of them, either bo held
for court-martial trial or bo ex
onerated." If exoneration Is recommend
ed, he said, there would be no
need for further secrecy "And
in Justice to tho two men who
were in command at tho time
of the Japan attack and who
now are in retirement iincier a
cloud of suspicion, the reebnv
mcndntlon should bo mado pub
lic." y.
Women Claim
Oh Annexation BUI Lost
Thren residents of the South
Sixth street area, who claimed
they were not permitted to cast
their vote on the south annex
ation measure at the November
7 election, protested before the
council Tuesday night that they
had lost their right to vote pn
the measure. . v ;.
Headed by Mrs: Martin scotti
thn women said-that-they-weM
Wnl residents of the area and
had signed the original petitions
which placed the measure on ine
ballot. The measure failed to
carry by one vote. They report
ed the only precinct in which
ballots on the annexation meas
ure were available were in the
North Enterprise precinct and
that Ihev voted in South Shasta.
There were no ballots available
at the South Shasta , polling
point, and inquiries sent out
election day failed to bring any
ballots to light.
J. H. Carnahan, city attorney,
said that in city annexation
measures, the state law commits
to the county clerk the naming
of judges and clerks of election
FRENCH POLICE
PARIS, Nov. 15 (P) French
gendarmes have . occupied -the
autonomous state of Andorra in
the Pyrenees, the foreign office
announced today. A spokesman
said the action had no connec
tion with orders for the arrest
of the Count of Paris, -pretender
to the French throne, reported
on French soil in nearby Fer
pignan. However, the count may have
entered France from Spain by
way of Andorra and a hunt for
him and his associates logically
might extend to the tiny state,
No Explanation
Tho foreign office gave no
nreclse explanation of the occu
pation, which took place yester
day. Rgcont border clashes be
tween French troops and Span
ish republican guerrillas have
raised tno possiuiiuy oi liuurc
trouble ln the area.
A snokosman said Gen. Char
les do Gnullo made the decision
as cx-officio co-prince of An
dorra and that the action was
"a preventive measure to in
sure security and maintain or
der throughout the winter
months ,
18 By 17
Andorra embraces 191 square
miles at the French-Spanish
frontier on tho south sloncs of
the mountains. Rich iron mines
and valuable forests lie ln its
cold limits. Most of tho few
thousand inhabitants are sheu-
herds. Maximum length of the
country is 17 miles and its maxi
mum width is 18.
The spokesman said "about
100" gendarmes, carrying only
normal police equipment, enter
ed Andorra under orders of the
nrefect of Pcrnlgnan.
He said there was no menace
to security from Andorra at
present, but he added that roads
into the valley from the French
side always are blocked by snow
from the end of November
throflgh the winter, and thus H
was considered advisable to
have the gendarmes in the val
ley now as a protection against
any future possibilities.
Right io Vote
and fixing places where the vote
shall be cast in each precinct
even on city measures where
the city does not hold its own
election.
"We- people of South Sixth
street have been deprived of
our vote," Mrs, Scotti stated and
tuitber adyjjcd the council that
flblfwacrhusband were
interested in bringing that sec
tion into the city boundary; She
observed that "we people who
have Tental property out there
are surrounded by city . pro
jects." . .
Tl
LONDON, Nov. 15 (IP) The
Russians announced tonight the
capture or Jaszbereny, import
ant communications center 35
miles east of Bucharest.
More than 50 other populated
nlaees. including eight railway
stations, were taken as the red
armv continued its nortnwara
sweep in a drive to outflank.the
Hungarian capital..
Capture Towns ' "
Marshal Rodlon Y. Malinov-
sky's troops, holding fast to their
positions within . easy . medium
artillery range of Budapest, on
the south, speared north and
northwest from Monor, and cap
tured Uri and Peteri In gains
of three to five miles.
Seizure of Solt and " Duha
Egyhaza, 45 to 42 miles south
of Budapest, erased the enemy
bridgehead on the east bank of
the Danube. The Berlin radio
said the Russians hurled three
infantry divisions against the
nazis, who withdrew to newly
prepared positions on the west
bank.
1200 Prisoner!
A Moscow dispatch said 1200
prisoners were taken in the
bridgehead battle, and hundreds
more of the enemy drowned in
an attempt to flee across the
river. Approximately 50,000
Germans and Hungarians have
been captured since Malinov
sky began his drive on Budapest
from southern Hungary last
month, it was estimated.
Hungary seemed likely to re
main the main theater of action
on tho eastern front, the Moscow
dispatch added, for there was
little hint of any attempt in the
near future to break the stale
mate in Poland or East Prussia.
Wright Workers
Call Off Strike
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15 Oft
Prodded by the wnr labor board,
officers of the Wright Aircraft
Supervision association agreed
today to call off a strike at five
New Jersey ' plants producing
B-29 "Superfortress engines.
WLB Chairman William H
Davis said work "must bo re
. sumed tomorrow morning" and,
after a brief huddle, Attorney
John F. Butler and the officers
and plant representatives of the
Independent union said they
would direct the workers at a
meeting tonight to return . to
wont.
Yank Fighters Hem
in Jap Spearhead;
Menace Limon Line
' " ' !t C. YATES McDANIEL
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines,
Not. 15 (IP) American fighting men today were on-three tides
of the Japanese Leyte island spearhead thrust north from the
port of Ormoc, and threatened to cut the spear from the shaft.
In a strategic maneuver, infantrymen of the 24th division
swung wide to the weat of the Japanese front line regiment near
Limon, while other units of the 24th maintained preature along
the line from the north. First cavalry (dismounted) units closed
in from' captured hill 1525 and Mt. Catabaran to the eaat in a
nutcracker-like move.
In hit communique today Gen. Douglas MacArthur spoke of
the movement at a "wide envelopment" and declared it it "threat
ening the Yamathita line below Limon." He said American ar
tillery wat giving the infantrymen highly effective close tup-
City-owned .property in ' art'
area which may see the estab
lishment of a landing strip for
planes operating in non-scheduled
private flying, will be
withheld from sale for a period
of 90 days, by decision of the
city 'council Tuesday night.
Plans for a landing, strip were
presented to the council' follow
ing an afternoon session of the
planning commission. -' '
The strip is on the site of the
Hot Springs highway park, par
allel to the highway extending
northerly from about . Portland
street towards the .ci.ty ' limits.";
Froien Property ,
On motion of , Councilman
Rollin Cantrall,' seconded. 'by
Walter Wiesendanger, the"pror
erty will be frozen for 90-days;
By that time definite plans
Should be available, tne council
observed,:"' r- - y .
In,' a., communication " to the
council, the ' planning commis
sion pointed' out .that the matter
of establishing a landing ' strip
should be- given careful study
and that if the proposed strip
can be worked in with the high
way park as proposed without
destroying the purposes of the
park which' the commission was
responsible for securing for the
city of Klamath Falls, it should
be located there. i 1
Want Time ,
Commission members said
they wanted more time, to study
the matter. . but there ' had al
ready appeared an additional
problem. Should the flying strip
be located parallel to the high
way a part pf the reason for
locating the park as a buffer
between residential property
and the highway would be lost,
and additional .right of way
would have to be provided.-
For this reason, the commission-
made known, a request was
made to the council to withdraw
from sale additional property
now owned iby tne city lying
(Continued on r age rwoj
Kick-Off Set ;
For 6th Loan T
. The 6th-War Loan drive in
Klamath county will open Mon
day. November '20, with a big
kick-off breakfast set for 7 a. m.,
at the Willard hotel; All bond
workers in the county are invit
ed. A special half-hour broad
cast has been arranged for Mon
day morning when the marine
orchestra and other entertain
ment will be heard over KFJI
from 8 to 8:30.
Ooenine the nation-wide cam
paign, a program will be broad
cast over the four major nation
al networks on Sunday night be
fore the opening day, from s un
til 7:15 p. m. .
Charles Waldrip
Crushed to Death
Charles Sherman Waldrip.
chief dragline operator for-the
U. S. reclamation service, was
killed instantly near Tulelake
yesterday when a tractor turned
over and crushed him.
The accident occurred on
canal I nk two and one-half
miles southeast of Tulelake. Wal
drip was operating the tractor in
soft earth, and it suddenly turned
up on end and fell backwards on
him.
Waldrip had been with the rec
lamation se-vlce 25 years. He
was 51 years of age. Survivors
include his wife. Minola J. Wal
drip, and four sons, two of whom
are in the armed services. He
lived on a Tulelake homestead.
The remains are. at whitlock s.
Waldrin's brother. James A,
Waldrip, also an employe of the
reclamation service, was killed
in 1B31 when his head was
crushed while working on
dragline. .'-.
port and destroying numerous
Japanese gun positions.
At the same time American
long -range guns were raking
the Japanese supply line twist
ing up through the mountains
from Ormoc, making reinforce
ment of - Nipponese troops at
Limon - costly and uncertain.
Gain Crest
Elements' of the 96th Ameri
can infantry division gained a
mountain crest looking down
toward Ormoc, 14 miles to the
west; in the. vicinity . of Alto
peaK.
' The American seventh . divi
sion at Damulaan on the west
Leyte coast,, near the mouth of
Urmoc bay, repulsed a small
enemy, force attempting to land
from . .barges,- - General Mac-
Arthur .reported. ,.
'. First Newt . '
" .This .was -.the-, first news of
tne seventh in more .tn.an
week.: - - - --. " "' -:"
:He declared : that along the
Ormoc" corridor American
troops, slashing out with con
stant, offensive punches, have
Kept, ..me Japanese .oil oaiance,
and nrevented . Gen. Tokoyukl
from gathering enough force in
his forward, areas for a strong
counterattack. . -
Elements. of five Japanese di
visions- are1 hemmed in -by- the
Americans, -who hold high
ground on three-sides of Limon
and along the east side of a nar
row valley leading south to Or
moc. On the west side oi tne
valley are more high mountains
and an abrupt slope to the sea.
Search Mode for
Military Planes
By The Associated Prett
Two military" planes, "one an
RCAF Catalina flying boat and
the other a Grumman Hellcat
fighter, were the object of wide
spread search today..
The western air command in
Vancouver B. C, announced the
flying boat, carrying a normal
crew of seven or eight, was miss
ing on a routine patrol flight
from a west coast operational
air base. - ' . ' '
The U. S. Diane lias been miss
ing from the naval air station at
Pasco since Monday afternoon.
the 13th naval district reported
in issuing an appeal for help in
the search.
Pilots Test Stratocriiiser,
Report No 'Bugs1 in Plane
SEATTLE. Nov. 15 (iP) Test
flights of the new. Boeing mili
tary transport, the Stratocruiser,
announced last night by the
Boeing company as the first of
the- new post-war planes, were
highly successful, test pilots re
ported here today.-.
"It has better flying charact
eristics than any other airplane
we have ever built, even better
than the B-29 Superfortress,"
W. E. Beal, vice president in
charge of engineering asserted,
adding "The B-29 is noted for
its superior flying qualities." '
No "Bugt"
Members of the. flight crew
which -took the 100-passenger
giant from the ground for the
first time, reported they had
found no "bugs" in the plane.
' "Control characteristics are
excellent," Elliot A. Merrill,
the test pilot, said. "The cock
pit arrangement and vision are
fine. These are factors of which
you can't be certain until you
have the plane in the air and
subject it to various flying con
ditions." . .
3500: Hortepower
Each of the four engines will
generate 3500 horsepower at the
takeoff as compared with the
2200 rated horsepower at take
off listed in the original war
department statement of B-29
specifications.
; Direct operating cost of the
plane will be only one cent per
passenger mile, the company re
lease; said.
The Stratocruiser Is 12 feet
longer than the Superfortress
Float ' Dock Downed.
' 28 Jap Planes'
Wiped Out
By CHARLES H. McMURTRY
U. S. FACir tU FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
15 (JP) Another American car
rier plane raid on Japanese shlp
ing and facilities in Manila bay
left 14 ships including three
warships sunk or damaged, a
floating dock destroyed and at
least 28 Imperial planes wiped
out. - ' ..:.'.. . , '.
The Sunday assault was an
nounced last night by Adm-
Chester W. Nlmitz. One ship of '
the American carrier task force
was damaged during a Japanese
aerial attack.
Early Claims
(Japanese broadcasters said
earlier that 800 attacking planes
hit. the Manila, area, and claim-,
ed'one American battleship was
sunk by suicide pilots east of
Luzon island.)
Admiral Nimitz said two de
stroyers in Manila bay explod
ed under the vicious American
attack. While these . were , not
listed as sunk in the commune
ique, they could be termed prob-.
ables. A- third warsriip, a light
cruiser, was left ba.dly- dam
aged. . ':' ' ' -.
Dock Torpedoed ..-.
An estimated-11 cargo ships
and oilers were either sunk or
left aflame, and a floating dock .
was torpedoed.-
The attacking lorce -or Hell
cats, Avengers and Helldivers
tore up numerous docks in Man
ila bay and in the Cavite navy
yard, and strafed Legaspi, Man
ila and Clark airfields, damag
ing at 'least temporarily 130
to 140 single and . twin engined .
Japanese planes caught on the
ground. ' " . -. - ' '
. Eighteen or 20 Interceptors
were shot down over .Luzon,
and 10 others were destroyed
as they, attacked- the- carrier -force
commanded by Rear Adm.3
Frederick C. Sherman. .-'-. .
In fresh assaults Saturday on
the Palau islands, . marine Cor-.
sairs sank a small enemy vessel
offshore. Hellcats, and. Liberat
ors bombed Koror. Malakal and
Arakabesan islets. . t'vs ; :?-,!.-
Bridge-Resigns
School Position
Dave Bridge, for a number of
years connected With the city
schools and city recreation office,,
has resigned ms position as vice
principal and dean of boys at the
junior high school, effective De
cember 15. ' His resignation was
accepted by the school board
Monday night. ..'
Bridge has accepted a position '
as manager of the Tulelake Cold
Storage company which has ;st
large plant under construction at
Tulelake. The partnership in
cludes Andrew M. Collier, Percy
Murray. George A. Myers,- Rich
ard M. Smith and Karl Gentry.
The plant should be in operation
by the first of the year, one of
the owners stated Wednesday, i
The city council was advised '
by Bridge that he would no long
er be able to serve as recreation
al officer. He has been employed
on a part-time basis. .
and is of low wing fccsign rather ,
than midwing type. .
C. L. Egtvedt, company chair
man, said three, models of the
plane are planned.
One would be equipped simi
lar to streamlined railway day
coaches, and accommodations
for 100 passengers.-
Sleeper Planes -One
would be a luxury sleep
er plane, with 72 day seats or
36 berths in the main . cabin, '
with an observation, dining and.
cocktail lounge in the rear low
er cabin, and cargo space, galley
and crew's quarters in the for
ward cabin. - ,
A third type all-cargo
would have a drive-up ramp in
the rear and internal cargo
handling equipment, with 3000
cubic feet of cargo space. Direct
operation ' costs of this model
are estimated at five cents per
ton mile,. . . ...
Cp. Bennett
Killed in Crash
Cpl.' Herman E. Bennett, sta
tioned at the Marine Barracks
here, was one of 11 killed Mon
day night ln the crash of a plane
near the', army, air field at Cas
per; "Wyo., Col. E, A. Hampton,
base commander, announced to
day. ;' ' ' '' , "' ' V ' '
Cpl. Bennett, 23, was return
ing to the barracks from his
home , in Memphis, Tcnn-. He wan
on an' emergency furlough, and
had visited his son, who was ill.
He was assigned to the post here
ln October, 1944.