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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1944
Number 10315
LerE to D'O shooting new.
1 WW'. . i., il.-uriiietlll
t.) L iwnrd from Auction
l,M . ;m llio German border
liml ??',.. , i An hour and
(ut 01 .firl..r Inter Iho Amor
"SvOTBRV lh nrmy. which
""y?i.r ,:rd from (or two
Ph.:n.v;, cnKtwnrd out of
K Z SAME time the British
ILimv goes nlo ,,CUI"! "
,n??.i V (nut of Holland
L Germany.)
. .. nil, nrn
preceded by n huge fleet f
I F" . .i i.iiii-rn nrs. with
IZ nhter protection, doing
Kct" ombliiK lmllr "'
l?,T-.,i..d .be St. Lo break-
Kh when button got uwi.y
9 w w
M r. In the smith, almost lit
KSwln border, the Frcnc i ist
...h nrlli of tllO VoSgCS
Munltlm, Iho American 7th
my (which came up from Mar-
,!ii nn 10 MCHiicrruiiomu
Z .v,.. n.iivnrd lowurd Strns-
CUJIIIO -- i
ours, on the termini emu m
f Klune. ,
inn mllcii northwest of
i. 7ih Patton's 3rd nrmy ham-
Em with new vigor ut Hie grout
men cny m
LTOGETHEH. S I X ALLIED
' AltMlES four American,
i nrltlsh nnil one French
Bit pOUIldlllt! lUlllUt AL.L, 01
EumiDyi wcaicrn giiico.
A WOnu of elementary ex
nlnnollon mlllht bo useful
in. aii arniv. comma oca oy
i lieutenant ticucrnl, consists
icmallv of two or moro army
Sorpi. An nrmy corps consists
oraially of two or more cu
iiions. Anicricnn and British
irdntry divisions, nl full
BircnKth, arc approxlmatoly
35.000 men.
A ioi 01 r uiil.Ii is siuriTiuiH
the German gntcs.
IT looks like the bin push from
tnc west that tho (jcrmnns
lave been miitterlnu about
&frvnlMlv fnl- wnoltt nnrt H'nt
i(iii been suitBestcd by Hie rc-
yni utAiuii (H snooting news
fiy have started.
There is ANOTHER Indlcn-
ton that Impresses us newspaper
'Otllf! Tim hii nWH fnflnv
iOMiS PROMPTLY, with B
ilin mnm Init in ,...Dl l,t
jhe attack was all set, with the
iv'ivspumicnis nl meir posis aim
fie eensors primed to clear the
vm with ns little dclny as pos
5 We rend also today that the
ok has been WAITING FOR
. HERK (r u.,un. -..
N we can use our nlr power
""seousiy. r n o aesircci
jwincr finally enmo
A
tIGNIFICANTI.V
IT,he Hussinns, coming WAVE
WAVE, breach the German
J icnjo line cast of Budapest,
i " imuuifn uie nolo thus lorn
J,. j, " armored units. To
&D!Palchcs s"y tlint a Dli
IIVE battle seems imminent
& me Danube valley route to
Hh ' f.rtrcss burring the way
fine historic Danube route in.
"U'hcnstern Germany.
MAYbe the great push from
ltd i . omiin prom
r,A "y lew days ago li
getting under way.
Iresfii,"".1 tcw d"y will bo In.
It ' rSalTL110 FATEFUi, days
i -,'utiiiy
KikPI,l"""lnes' we'ro sfI"ccz-
i .;. . ?lcnily nl Ormoc,
J.. ' 11 IS Ihn nlH r.n M
t"y Of war nui,l,..i i. ...ii.i
at ,VZ ?. llsl"lchos rclnto
MdL" thc smi,llesl Ameri
wl,y.nne ro being made
ui enemy dend
1Ifffl.nn Inlcresllng little
:a!l,!'.n" "d TAKE the
the cm, I .; 1U "
Tom M,i Ui " ul our bombers
!;,"f.Tn tfo lTn Bink
"CWI In sn ll,. "L j nm,
i ,H,fc HIIU UlUl
iiY rnlo soys todnv tho
are movlno WEST.
taking
!.JP!
Ann . - uiuvi in
t.''" 'rom t.h,ni,r..
r"aeont inZ . ""V s
!"linCng " l lOllllll HIIU
PNMllJn gc,lcrnl rllrecllon of
lr.'NC. and ll,n TTPPEU
I ln? We've been fight-
"ma i ,,.!l!?ody months in
(Conlln.". ' LUQ this com
-"ueo. on Pago Two)
Yanks Land on Mapia
Group to Knock Out
Jap Coast Watchers
By MURLIN SPENCER
LEYTE, Philippines. Nov. 16 (I') A small fore of American
troops Invaded the Mapia Islands, lest than ISO miles north of
wostern New Guinea, yesterday in a ourelv orotectivo move to
knock out Japanese coast watchers and warning stations.
The Yanks went ashore In the face of light resistance and
under cover of naval bombardment after two days of heavy pre
liminary oomoingi leu enemy installations In names.
A headquarters spokesman said the Drimarv reason for the
offensive far behind Gen, Douglas MacArthur's line in the Philip
pines was to protect the important U. S. air base on Bio It island
In the Schouten group.
Japanese watchers on Mapia, 145 miles northwest of Biak,
were able to warn other Nipponese islands when the American
bombers were going out on strikes.
Fragmentary Information on the Mapia Invasion did not dis
close the site of the landing force nor of the supporting naval
units, '
The Maplas, also known at the Bt. David islands, are a cluster
of small Islands that have seldom figured in the Southwest Pa
cific war newt except for periodic bombardments.
They are 400 milet touth of American air and tea batet In
southern Palau, 400 milet eatt of U. S. air bases at Morotai, and
900 milet southeast of Leyte.
Russians Storm Northward
In Move to Flank Budapest
LONDON. Nov. 10 UP)
Soviet troops, storming north-
word through Hungary in a
flanking movement ngainsl Bud
apest, captured the town and
railway station of Jaszarokszal
Ins. :i0 miles cast of the capital,
and seized another long stretch
of thc Budapest-Miskolc rail
way, Moscow announced to
night. Mtirshul Rodlon Malinovsky's
second Ukrainian army, which
several days ago broke across
tho important railway west of
Miskolc,. today occupied the sUi
Hon of Vamosgyork. 37 grilles
northeast ot Budapest.
Tills move, announced In the
broadcast Russian communique,
clamped n vise around German
and Hungarian troops between
United Airlines officials, urg
ing In San Froncisco this week
Hint' United be permitted to
servo Klamath Falls, assorted
that service could be extended
to this city with less oddillonnl
mileage and less expenso to the
government than Hint involved
in nny other application.
Civil neronnutlcs bonrd is con
ducting hearings In San Fran
cisco on airline applications to
extend service to many western
cities. Several applications in
volving Klamath Fulls arc be
fore tho hearing, including that
ot United, which wants to in
augurate mainline servico here.
Harold Crary, vice president
in charge of traffic for United,
testified in behalf of the United
Kliimatli application. He said
United proposes to place Klam
ath Falls on a route Including
Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Snernmento, Chlco, Klnmn I;
Falls, Bend and Joining the old
United route nt Salem.
Full mnlnllncr e q u 1 p m cnt
with stewardess service is pro
posed for Klamath, he said. No
government subsidies would be
necessary to extend tho service
here, he added.
Tho recent development of
airway aids on the rou to
through Klamath Falls wns
pointed out in connection with
tho application. The hearing is
covering several days and it
will be some tlmo beforo the
CAB acts, it Is expected.
Stores Urged to
Close for Hour
All retailers of the city were
tj tnrinv hv mayoralty
proclamation to close their busi
nesses ociwecu ii win x
Monday, November 20, to enable
their sales people to attend a war
bond mass meeting nt the Pelican
theatre. Tho meeting will start
nt 0:10 a. m. and close before
10 n, m. , ,
Thi. uilll bp nart of retailers
cooperation with thc Sixth War
Loan drive, ine i
.i,., nr litis nhn.m of thc bond
program Includes J. A. Souther,
chairman; Ted Reeves, Fred
Everly, Sid Elliot, Marvin K.
Lucas, Larry Whytal, Don An
derson, I. J. Olson and W. L.
Brnco.
Three war bonds will be given
as clty-wldo prizes to cierits
...Minif tinn nr more in bonds.
Ench total of $300 In bond sales
entitles a clerk to participate in
tho bond prize competition.
Vnmosgyork and Fuzesnbony, 22
miles farther northeast.
Towns Taken
More than 30 populated-places
woro taken during the day.
Jaszaorkszallas. which the Ger
mans said earlier they had evac
uated, is Hiree miles south of
Vamosgyork.
The German withdrawal ex
tended along a 100-mile front
from Mcnde, 12 miles southeast
of - Budapest, t o Korom and
other towns 10 miles below the
north Hungarian rail junction
of Miskolc, - T" ""
Tho tired and mauled Ger
man panzer units fell back to-
ward thc southern base of the
Matrn mountains and westward
to thc perimeter defenses of
Budapest.
Ono soviet column, following
the Joszbcrcny - Budapest rati
way, passed well beyond Mendo,
12 miles from the capital, and
drew thc siege line tighter
against thc virtually doomed
city. .
utner Russian formations of
tanks, cavalry and infantry, sup
ported by . swarms ot attack
planes, drove straight north 'in
a continuation of the challenge
for mastery of the highway and
railway communications leading
to Vienna.
Jett Appointed
Acting FCC Head
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 OP)
President Roosevelt today dcs.
Ignatcd Ewcll K. Jett to be act
ing chairman of the federal com-
mun cations commission.
Jett, a native ot Baltimore
and long-time member of FCC,
will fill in for James Lawrence
Fly pending selection of a regu
lar chairman in succession to
Fly.
U. S. Casualties
Reach 200,000
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (P)
American ground force casual
tics in western Europe now ex
ceed 200.000.
The war department said to
day thc 200,049 total includes
35,884 killed, 145,788 wounded
and 18,677 missing to November
1. It docs not cover the air-
force but embraces the seventh
army which landed, in southern
France as well as the armies In
the north.
GI'S SQUEEZE
JAPS IN VISE
11,1
ROAD
American Divisions
Rack Up Small
Advances
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENE RAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Philippines,
Nov, 16 IP) An American vise
closed tighter on General Yam
oshita's encircled Japanese on
Leyte today, pressing to within
10 miles of Ormoc on the soutn,
14 on thc east and about thc
same distance on the north.
Advances by four American
divisions were small, but they
came all around thc Japanese
perimeter defending Ormoc,
their last base on the island.
In thc north, tho American
24th division applied double
pressure. On the road from
Pinamapoan, the main body of
the division lunged against ene
my positions near Limon, gate
way to the Ormoc corridor.
West ot the road, another unit
nr the division swung around
through tho hills, virtually cut
the road behind an estimated
2000 Japanese front line troops.
Cavalry Advances
To the cast and north, pres
sure was applied by the first
cavalry division, whlcn overran
several enemy strong points and
seized hilltops as it moved west
ward throueh the tangled peaks,
Nn rnnrl srrvfid this division!
and Us forward elements proueu
tho .roughest terrain-.to-f Ind- the
stubborn Japanese defense po
sitions. Mt. Mamban, a 3830.
foot peak,' and hills 4047 -and
4018 fell to the cavalry.
Far to the south, the veteran
seventh division, seldom men
ilnnrvf in recent communiques,
wns disclosed to have advanced
four miles to the west coast
town of Balogo, only 10 miles
from Ormoc. Less than 30 miles
now separates the 24th on the
north and the seventh on the
south.
Repel Counterblow
The daily headquarters com
miininno announced the divi
sion had repelled a Japanese
counterattack at Balogo, kill
ing or wounding approximately
half thc attackers.
Th seventh army today
stands closer to Ormoc itself
than cither of the other advanc
ing American units. It was last
previously reported at Damu-
laan, 14 miles souin ui uunw,
whnn It broke ud a small Japa
nese landing attempt, there
Tuesday night,
Indians to Name
Tribal Delegates
With nine candidates out lor
iho twn positions. Klamath In
dians will name delegates to
Washington in an election to
take place on Saturday.
The candidates are Selden
Kirk, Boyd J. Jackson, Hiram
Robbins, Wade Crawford, Mrs.
rinrnthv Hamilton McNulty,
Clayton Kirk, Delford Lang, Ida
Crawford and lidoy toosman.
Polls will be open from 8 a
m. until 8 p. m. at Beany, spra
duo River and Chiloauin.
Tribal delegates will spend
about three montns in wasn
inglon appearing before con
gressional committees and other
wise reurcsentlng the Klamath
Modoc and Yoohoskin band of
Snake Indians.
Senators Suffer Shortage
Of Fags, May Investigate
By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (A)
Tho United States senate is get
ting disturbed about this cigar
ette shortage there may be an
Inquiry if it grows more acute.
Chairman Overton (D-La.) of
the manufactures committee said
today he "had it in mind to in
vestigate" If tho retail supply
situation worsens. Overton is a
steady smoker himself, but he
said one of his principal aims
is to see that American fighting
men overseas aren't pestered by
a lack of fags.
(Members of thc United States
armed forces abroad now are
smoking moro than 25 per cent
of tho country's cigarette out
put, the office of war informa
tion reports).
Senators drifting back after
the election say the supply of
smokes is spdbty over tho coun
try. Senator Maybank, South
Carolina democrat, was reduced
to rolling his own wnile down
home.
When another southern sen
ator asked a Chicago taxi driver
Inst week whore ho could buy
cigarettes, the driver pulled
pack out of the glove compart
ment and offered to sell it for
50 cents. Thc senator rejected
the black market deal, he said
Senator Green (D-R.I.) is one
lawmaker who isn t bothered by
the shortage he doesn t smoke
"And I'm not altruistic enough
to worry about my friends not
smoking." he said.
If worst comes to worst, the
senators have a sure way of sat
isfying that craving for tobacco.
By a custom dating back to the
days of Webster and Clay, an
ornate snuff box is kept filled
to capacity in a niche beside
the senate rostrum.
Wounded Yank Treated
fV y pu
V r '
Massive Blow
Strikes Into
Fatherland
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 16 UP) The American first and ninth armlet.
paced by a 1700-plane bombardment of German defentet north
east of Aachen, launched a massive offensive into the Rhineland
today.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' first army veterans sprang for.
ward at 11 o'clock at 1200 heavv bombert crashed their bombi
on the Duren-Etchweiler arc from four to tix milet ahead of
tne aougnooy lines east and southeast of Aachen.
An hour and 45 minutet later the U. S. ninth army, whose
whereabouti had been a tecret two months, olunaed into nw
assault on the German homeland defentet near the Dutch fron
tier, and the entire 400-mile allied front from the marshy low
lands of Holland to the Alps of Switterland was in motion.
This may be Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's all-out winter offensive.
At leatt tix great allied armies were on the march.
Lt. Gen. William (Texas Bill) Simpson's ninth armv Donned
up at the German front door after being transferred 800 milet.
across France, Belgium and Holland into Germany and moved '
acrott the linet of communication of several other aimiet.
r " Apparently it was attacking
north of the -U.S. first army's
SSat. Arthur Dohertv of Boston, Mass., wounded by a Jap
sniper't bullet while advancing in the jungle of Leyte island of
the Philippines, is given first aid by a buddy, PFC William Mc
Donough of Pittsburgh, Pa. (AP wirephoto from coast guard).
Wright Workers Stream
Back to B-29 Engine Work
PATERSON. N. J., Nov. 16
UP) Wright Aeronautical cor
pora, tj,orj employes s t reamed
pack to worn today to mase
B-29Stroerfortress engines as
a union of 1900 ' supervisors,
bowing to a war labor board
order, ended a strike which had
made 32,000 idle and stopped
production at ine cuuipttny s
five plants in this area for three
days.
A sDokesman for the com
pany said a "normal" number
of employes reported tor work
shifts and production was re
sumed in an oeparuueiuo.
' Hnrmal n,,tr.tf WDft PVnPCtcd
to be reached some time today.
The spokesman said he believed
all the striking supervisors out
to rcbort litis morning were
back. .
The strike ended after the
WLB promised the Wright Air
craft Supervision association
Senate Confirms
Nomination
Of Byrnes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (P)
The nomination of James F.
Byrnes for an additional two
year term as director of war
mobilization and reconversion
was confirmed by the senate to
day. Senator George (D-Ga.) asked
IKn ..nnt. in wnlv'n ihn Custom
ary committee consideration and
act at once. His stand naa uie
full support of Acting Minority
T nnAr. Wllltn m.Mp 1.
The Byrnes nomination was
sent to the senate Dy tne presi
dent at noon.
i
Anniversary
Hailed by Reds
. Mncnnw Nnv Ifl IIP) The
soviet press hailed today's 11th
anniversary or inc esuiuusu
ment of diplomatic relations be
tween the Union ot Soviet So
ninllct Poniihllrs nnri the Unit
ed States of America as the
most important date "in tne his
tory of relations between tho
two greatest democratic coun
tries in the world."
Izvestia declared the effec
tiveness of tho cooperation be
tween the two nations is
"brightly expressed" in thc
struggle of their freedom-loving
peoples with the enemy.
GOP Head Urged
To Keep Post
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 VP)
Herbert Brownell Jr., has been
asked by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey,
to remain as chairman of tho re
publican national committee, it
was learned here today.
Brownell, Now York lawyer, is
now vacationing in Tucson,
Ariz., and will return east, De
cember 15, when he will decide
whether to stay on as GOP chair
man. ... -
speedy consideration of the
members'' claimed grievances
on condition they call off the
walkout-.. ':v. -'..i' : '.V.-.,.-
; More than 1500 'members of
the unaffiliated'union voted al
most unanimously last night to
return to work starting with
the 7;15 a.- m;- (EWT) snut to
day: - - : .
Chief cause of the strike was
the union complaint, denied by
tho comDany. that Wright's
down-graded and cut the pay
of numerous supervisors an air
leged violation of a WLB direc
tive- that tne status quo do main
tained pending final WLB de
cision on previous claimed
grievances.
Quake Recorded
Near Philippines
NEW YORK. Nov. 16 (P) An
earthquake, described as very
severe, was recorded on me seis
mograph at Fordham university
tonav.
The Rev. Joseph J. Lynch,
siesmologist, estimated the dis
tance as about 8600 miles and
said the tremors were in "the
direction of the Philippines." The
first shock was recorded today
at 8:29:38 a. m., and the second
at :st:4.-. .
Father Lynch said the earth
quake today was not connected
with two fairly severe shocks
9000 miles away, recorded yes
terday. They were- at o:oo:U8
p. m., and 5:08:27 p. m., yester
day and he said they probably
were in JMew uuinea. .
Bombers Spark
Winter Offense
LONDON, Nov, 16 (P) More
than 3000 heavy bombers spark
ed a great new allied aerial of
fensive that, opened today with
thousands of American and RAF
planes hitting . Germany's west
wall in close support of ground
troops rolling into a big winter
campaign.
British Lancasters. 1150
strong, attacked the heavily for
tified towns of Duren, Julich and
Hcinsberg, flying in tight forma
tions and concentrating their
mighty bomb loads. About 250
Mustangs and Spitfires escorted
me KAi bombers.
FDR Naughty,
Say Ministers
GLENDALE. Calif.. Nov,
16 iP) The Glondale Minis
terial association said today
it had sent a letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt asking him to
apologize for what it termed
his "shocking profanity" in
the voting booth on election
day as reported by a news
magazine (Time).
The magazine said that
after the president entered
the voting booth there came
a clank of gears, and "then
a voice . familiar to all the
U. S. and to most of the
world spoke distinctly from
behind the curtain: 'The god
dammcd thUtg won't work'."
LOS ANGELES. Nov 16 M5)
Otto Steve Wilson was ques
tioned today by police concern-:
ing four other mutilation slay
ings of women after confessing,
detectives said, that he hacked
and gashed two nude women to
death in . separate downtown
hotels.
Officers disclosed that at the
request of Tulsa, Okla., authori
ties they were seeking to estab
lish Wilson's whereabouts on
January 14, 1943, when Mrs. Lu
zila Stewart and her daughter,
Mrs. Georgia Green, were killed.
The husk v. 31-year-old waiter
was grilled also concerning two
unsolved Los Angeles' slayings.
They were those of Mrs. Loretta
Robinson,. 23, found nude and
strangled a year ago in her room
ing house, and Mrs. Katie Brady,
75, beaten in an alley last year.
Jury to near Evidence
The county grand jury will
hear evidence in yesterday's
slayings next Tuesday, District
Attorney Fred N. Howser an
nounced. Meanwhile the suspect
was examined by Dr. Paul de
Kiver. Donee rjsychiatrist. u .- -
Wilson, medically discharged
from the -navy, was - drinking
wine at a bar last nieht when an
alert patrolman handcuffed him
shortly after-the suspect's de
scription had been broadcast.
Found by Maid .
The first victim was Vireie
Lee Griffin, 25, wife of a truck
driver. A hotel maid on routine
cleaning rounds found her lying
disemboweled in the closet of
one room. The torso had been
slit from neck to abdomen, the
right leg severed at the hip and
knee, and the right shoulder
hacked through. Bits of flesh,
cut from other parts of the body,
littered the blood-soaked carpet.
A butcher knife with a 9-inch
blade -'lay nearby. Razor blades
were scattered on the floor.
Police Detective Lt. R. F. Mc-
Garry quoted Wilson as saying
he killed her "because she want
ed more money."
Detective Lt. Harry Hansen
called it "the most fiendish
crime in my 19 years of experi
ence here. It is worse than the
Winnie Ruth Judd case."
Mrs. Judd is serving a life sen
tence for slaying Mrs.-Agnes
(continued on rage two;
Three Bullets
Fail to Kill
Huge Cougar
BOISE. Nov. 16 P) Sheep-
herder Harvey Arbuckle put
three bullets into a huge cougar,
one through the heart, then was
jumped by tne animal wnen ne
approached it and finally had to
disoatch it with a hand axe.
Arbuckle's only injury was a
sprained thumb, H. M. West of
Boise told tne state nsn ana
game department in applying for
a $15 bounty for Arbuckle.
West said Arbuckle came up-
dYi the cougar along the Salmon
river east ot Higgins.
Aachen sector, where it would
be in position to implement the'
long-standing threat to sweep
away the German north flank.
Bomb Germans
After a week of waiting for
cle'ar weather, the Flying Fort
resses and Liberators, with near
ly 500 fighters, bumped the Ger
mans with 4800 tons of bombs
ahead of the first army in a tac
tical assault similar to ' that
which preceded the St. Lo break
through in Normandy last July:
25 and the offensive by Lt, Gen.
George S. Patton's third army,
in the Metz sector eight days:
ago. ' '-'
Fragmentation bombs fell on
a 15-mile stretch of the Cologne
highway between Eschweiler'
and Duren ahead of the -first.'
army veterans of the St. Lo;
breakthrough. Anti-aircraft po-7
sitions, gun batteries and other
German defenses were show-'
ered. . - ..;:v ;
Potltiont Held
The Americans have beta
holding positions in Stolberg'
about four miles southwest of
Eschweiler and in Hurtgen for-
est about six miles southwest'
of Duren. ?
Front ' line dispatches said
Hodges had - been withholding :
his attack for a week in order,
to have good bombing weather.
td' accdmpany his artillery bar-
rage and infantry assault. Rain,
sleet and snow made the ground
mushy. ', ..
Gen. Eisenhower's other arm
ies which had joined the assault
one by one, .forged ahead on
the flaming front. . , -. .-.
Plunge Near Maas
The British second - army
plunged to within a mile of the
Maas in Holland and captured
Horn, only two miles from the
German bastion of Roermond,;
34 miles west, of Dusseldorf on
the Rhine. -; :
The First French army, which
joined the array of offensives
only yesterday, pushed forward
on a 29-mue front on oom sides
of the Doubs river to a point
11 miles southwest of Belfort in
the gap just north of Switzer
land. Gen. Patton's third army tight
ened its grip on Metz from the
north and also captured Mor
hange. .'..,-.. , , ;
Germans Charged
With Blasting
Women, Children
HEUSDEN, The Netherlands,
Nov. 16 W The Burgomaster of
this medieval town charged to
day that the Germans had delib
erately blasted to death ' 135
women and children in the Beus
den town hall. He called it the
most fiendish atrocity committed
in Holland. (A preliminary re
port of the deaths was issued last
week by.the official Netherlands
news agency.)
"It was terrible, terrible," he
said.' "The Germans pretended
to be helping our people find
shelter from British artillery
shells and then they themselves
set off dynamite which killed
135 of the 200 people in the base
ment of the town hall."
Congress to Consider Five
Star Generals. Admirals
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 (A)
Legislation to add a fifth star to
the shoulder clusters of a group
of four-star generals and admir
als marched toward the top of
congress' list today.
It was shoved ahead after
Speaker Raybum and Chairman
Mav (D-Kv.l. of thc house mili
tary committee disclosed that
President Roosevelt would like
to sec it enacted.
The legislation Is In a position
to be called up in the house at
any time. Differences of opin
ion over how many generals and
admirals should be given the
"super" ranking could delay con
sideration. Two of Each
Current plans provide for thc
designation of two generals and
two admirals as "general of the
army" and "admiral of the fleet,"
respectively.
These designations presumably
would be bestowed on General
George C. Marshall, army chief
of staff, and General Dwight Ei
senhower, commanding allied
action in Europe, and on Admir
al Ernest J. King, chief of naval
operations, and Admiral William
u. L,cany, tne president s cniei oi
staff.
Add Two
A move now afoot would per
mit the designation of four gen
erals and four admirals for tho
high honor, adding Generam
Douglas MacArthur and H. H.
Arnold and Admirals Chester W.
Nimitz and William F. Halsey.
Currently a four-star admiral
is as high as naval rankings go,
while only one general, John' J.
Pershing, holds the coveted rank
of "the general of the armies of
the United States" bestowed up-,
on him by special act of couA
grcss after the last war. ;
The legislation's position ranks
with measures extending the sec
ond war powers act, reviving tha
crop insurance program and
blueprinting a postwar road con
struction and river and harbot
Improvement program.