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ctmony " t 111 lick-
ii ""Lju l-or ono thing, the
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clc'"".o I H oin l,llUlu
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1st mid Olh armies,
l l"!,.iiL-klnil 111 waves
nlc"?L.r. 42 times l !nlc
m""'.,;. n.imrlfd to nave
within 28 nll- 'r
MlCtiru " . 11 r-.t.n
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iKcn to Cologne.)
wmtinif ovory ob-
Jf lli Ccnnoiw know How
ilSi.iirtliworks. trenches,
I" t inmsV VAST minefields,
una
tic.
lATTON l nmklin! progress ut
'!e!i'i.. ..romlnif the Moselle
br DOE t"ol yut (lirstroyod, you
B" lT,li l!hl. nro filtering into
cpo l ' 'ro", "."i
ire rtp"'. ...,.,, nru said
1 riim to defend tlio
Ttousu to bouse, as they
did rtocoi".
East of the cy V" " '
M IS-mllo ironl nd hi.
mvincc nu'cluuiueci u.iw ...v,
-"'-' . . I I'd, l I lift lllTl
rtportca io nuvu ....
man border. . , ;
.AR to the south, up imiilnsl
Iho Swiss mountain border,
the French lire uu.y
(rom 1110 Iru"a ..... -(
M.k n,.,,i-,u ihc Hclfort nun be
wcrn tlie Vosgcs mountnlns and
Ihc Jurn Alps.
EVERY GKHMAN GATE on
Ihc west IS uiKier iiuutn.
N front lino dispatches today,
wc get growlngly detailed re-
iiorU of Eisenhowers reuiiy
VAST Jlrcniilh.
n 'It riisclnsed that he has
FIGHTING force of a million
ih a nnnrler men. with an
equal number of reserve. The
Gcnrinn lines arc believed to be
hold bv ess than a hnir million.
Isprracl over a luu-mno ironi
TBoforo unmlnK to the coir
elusion that with such superior.
ity of numbers on our slue tt s
is good as in the bap,, remember
that It takes more men to uuuck
lhan to defend.)
TF you want to help, PRAY FOR
I r.nnn w v- a t h h r with
rcosonnbly tood weather, wo
MIGHT be able to smash the
Germans with this mighty blow
t
THERE Is still llttlo news from
Hlhrt i,ct hot I, tnnba llkn
Ihc Russians arc moving to out
Hank Budapest to the north. If
they succeed, Vienna will be
mcir next ob cc vo. THEN no
mo valley of the Danube into
Mrmany (if all goes well,)
I i .
iTHERE Is u possibly ' slgnif'
'."Ill IlllIU I1UIV 111 IHU IIUW
lodny.
Allied "informants'' suv the
wmnns are erecting "myster
ious structures" in the mountains
i cealrnl Norway, possibly as
."wj lor secret weapons.
iiiii recalls io us uic myster
ious nltltforniH nf wnw 1'nnrrftln
found by us when wo took Cher-
juurg. u.y wcrc rouKhly n
"lock square and 30 to 40 feet
depth. Thoy contained, peo
ole who looked them over sold,
much concrete a Bonneville
dim.
Whalnvifir ll,n Il..rln,l
Ihc nails must have set a
ot of slore by them to put that
"-uimmicu on l'oo Three)
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1944
Number 10317
Japs Throw Tanks
At U.S. Road Slock
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Aiiociatsd Proti War Editor
Jiinimesu' forces on Leyt Is
land, "shouldering tho destiny
of tho Japanese empire," arc
hui'llnit tanks und suicidal in
fantry assaults tit a strung
American road block to uld
thousands of comrades trapped
in northern Ormoc valley in the
Philippines.
The JUDiincsc-controlled Man
ila rudlo today exhorted the
Nipponese to "death-defying at
tacks" against reinforced U. S.
Infantrymen, saying tho fntc of
empire hangs on tho resull of
tho battle.
Tanks Break Through
Front line dispatches reported
four of seven light and large
Japanese tanks managed to
break through the road block
toward encircled Llmon, where
woll-cqulpped Nipponese fought
stubbornly to gain time lor
troons consolidating the main
defense line. Long motor con
voys sped north, defying the
incessant Yank urtillcry barrage
hammering tho narrow valley
road.
Imminent new American In
vasions of other Islands of the
Philippines or along insular
chains stretching northward to
ward Japan arc shaping up, dis
patches from Washington pre
dicted. Thu forecast of new amphib
ious assaults was predicted on
a nuvy department recapitula
tion saying the second sea bat
tle of the Philippines "may turn
out to be among the decisive
battles of modern times," Insur
ed continued reinforcements for
Gen. Douglas MacArlhur, but
did not sever the enemy's sup
ply line to Lcyto.
May Hit Luion
Washington predictions sug
gested American seaborne forces
might slriko next ut Luzon is
land, on which Manila is situ
ated, to isolate Japanese con
quests to tho south, or try to cut
Nippon's basic reinforcement
and supply line to the Philip
pines. The 32nd U. S. infantry the
first division to go Into action
on Lcytc came to the support
of the wary 24lh division which
trapped an augmented regiment
of Japanese around Llmon at
tho northern end of Ormoc val
ley. The 32nd drove a deep
wedge into the enemy's north
crif defenses.
Road Block
The 24th established a strong
rnnrl hlock south of Llmon, de
stroyed supply columns trying
to break through from Mrmoc
and beat off several small sui
cide charges.
In the south the 7th division
advanced another mile toward
Ormoc. It drove up the coast
road to Tabgas, 11 miles below
Ormoc, beating off a strong
counterattack. .
Fighter planes continued to
bomb and strafe small Nippon
ese reinforcement craft and in.
stallations around Ormoc. The
Japanese hurled 30 planes at
American bases on the- east
coast, and lost 18 aircraft In
the attempt. Altogether 27,' or
possibly 30, Japanese planes
were destroyed In the Philip
pines as U. S. bombers and
fighters ' ranged from Luzon
island in the north to Mia
danao.
Mac Arthur announced his
forces in tho Mapla Islands, 150
miles north of New Guinea, naci
moorjcd ud Japanese on south
crn Bras island and pocketed
remnants' on the northern tip.
A delayed dispatch from As
sociated Press War Correspond
ent Al Dopking reported resi
dents of Manila were starving.
He quoted an escaped student
as saying 85 per cent of the
population was subsisting on
sweet potato leaves. '
Plans for Pan-American
Confab on Argentine Fade
By FLORA LEWIS
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 IIP)
Prospects for a Pan-American
oonforence' this year to settle
the -oxploslvo Argentine issue
faded today with a disclosure
of the United States' position
against such a move.
Mexico already had Informed
the remainder of tho American
republics of Its view that the
Argentine request for a foreign
ministers meeting to air its role
In hemisphere affairs should not
bo accepted.
The United States followed
Special Election
On Annexation
To Be Discussed
. The possibility of a special
election for rcsiacnis ui m
,.. invnluivl In the south an
nexation measure on tho No
vember 7 ballot, will be dls-
rnssorl nt the regular -Monday
night meeting of the city coun
cil, Mayor jonn n. nuuaiun amu
QndilvlnV.
This action will follow the
protest filed by throe women
resltiems oi uic uil-m wuu u
vlscd the council Tuesday night
that they lost their chance to
volo on the measure when they
were unable to locale ballots in
tho precinct In which they wcrc
registered. They arc, however,
legal residents of the area im
mediately iiivolvcd. The meas
ure was lost by ono vote at the
general election.
with a document distributed to
the other governments showing
its agreement with the, Mexican
policy, ..'.. , ..r.:. -
' Both countries expressed their
favor for a hemisphere confer
ence on Dumbarton Oaks world
security plans, but without-Inviting
Argentina on an equal
status with the other republics.
Doubtless the question of Ar
gentina's role would arise at a
meeting of American foreign
ministers. The statements left
open tho possibility that Argen
tina could present Its cose sub
seauentlv to what they termed
the more Important question of
world peace.
. Others Silent
Most of the other countries
have remained officially silent
bn Argentina s request for a con.
forence. ,
Chile is understood to favor
the Argentine proposal but a
Chilean memorandum on the
subject slated that the Santiago
government would accede to the
other rcpuolics decision.
It is not yet clear how the
Argentine request to me fan
American union will be, answered,
Proclamation
Mayor John H. Houston in
a proclamation issued Satur
day, called upon all Klamath
county residents to take part
to tho best of their nhility in
the 0th War Loan whicli of
ficially opens November 20.
Arrested In Double Slaying At Los Angeles
9
I -.k ,l, 1
WLA,wiii
L hln In hand n a.. wn..n i tiarai Into ipaca after hii arrest in Los Angeles by po.
htaTblJr1". .i;.rTh..conrbodywa, found. (AP wir.photo),
OPERATORS' STRIKE
COLUMBUS; O.; Nov. 18 W
" fast-browlna strike of 'tele
phone oporators jn Ohio was re-
lerrea dbck io ino national war
labdr bbard'"for appropriate ac
tion" today as- the walkout
threatened to spread into Ohio s
populous northern Belt, -
Union operators' in 20 cities
already were out, IB of, them in
suDDort of a strike called by the
Ohio f ederation ot xeiepnone
Workers at Dayton early yes
terday in opposition to use of
out-of-town personnel there by
the Ohio Bell Telephone com
pany. !
- powerless rresiaeni :
R. G. Pollock, president of
the federation, told a regional
WLB board at Cleveland that
ho was powerless to order the
operators back to their boards
and added he believed the only
solution was for Ohio Bell to
remove its transferees out of
Dayton. Then, he said, the inde
pendent union wouia neguuaie.
Pollock was called before the
board to show why a back-to-
work' order Issued yesterday
was not complied with.
canities uispute
Later tho regional labor board
certified the dispute to the na
tional WLB "for appropriate ac-
Inn." ,
Demonstrating sympathy for
operators at Dayton who quit
work early yesterday, in protest
against employment . ot oui-oi-town
personnel by the Ohio Bell
Telephone company, operators
In. city after city voted to walk
(Continued on fage xnree;
Kick-Oft Meal
To Open Drive
A kick-off breakfast' at
o'clock Monday morning at the
Willard will open the 6th War
Loan in Klamath county. Every
worker is urged to attend and
take part In the program, 'mere
will be a broadcast over KFJI
from- 8 to 8:30 a. m.
Guests will Include committee
heads and Lt. Col. George O
Van Orden of the Marine Bar
racks and Cmdr. R. K. uarron
Klamath naval air station ana
their war bond officers. The
program will feature Sgt. John
Rothschild, holder of the Navy
Cross, and Lt. Mitchell Paige,
winner of the Congressional
Medal of Honor, TSgt. Jack
Zamzow and the marine or.
chestra will furnish music.
Stores will be closed Monday
until 10 a. m. to enable employes
to attend a special bond sales
meeting at 9 a. m. at the Pelican
theatre. . : . :
Ralph Gusiavson
Held by Noxs
SSgt. Ralph Gustavson. U. S
army air cores, reported missing
over Germany since September
11, 1944, is now officially listed
as a prisoner of war oi uer.
many, according, to word fe-
eclved by the airman's wife. Mrs,
Mayme , ,E, Gustavson. J 2043
White. :
Gustavson was serving as gun
licr at the time he was reported
missing.
DWERFUTUR
E
E
E SET FDR
DISCUSSIONS
Timber Problem Eyed
By Planning
Groups
Offensive East of Aachen
fl. aVSOl.
V i
Power and timber questions
o o m e d prominently in the
thinking of Klamath s civic
workers and planners this week
as they cast into the future for
Indications of local trends in
the post-war years.
Power will oe intensively dis
cussed in the coming week,
when three officials of the Bon
neville administration will come
here to talk about a proposed
transmission line from Bonne
ville into this area.. ...
The special power committee
of the chamber of commerce or
ganized this week, and will con
fer with the Bonneville officials
to obtain information to help
formulate the chamber's policies
on power questions. On Wednes
day, the Bonneville visitors will
meet with representatives of the
chamber, city and county,
grange, irrigation districts, labor
unions and other groups inter
ested. ,
- Information Sought
Chamber committeemen said
they hoped much- factual data
may be obtained from various
sources in the next few months
to help determine the best pos
sible power policy for the com
munity. Distribution - ot power.
If brought here from' : Bonne
ville; through- irtivate' or public
ly-owned systems,: and., effects
of public, "power programs uppn
industry, . laxationi agriculture,
etc.. will be matters on which
information will, be sought. J i
The community s timber- sup
(Contiriued on' Page Three) .-
E
By The Associated Press
German def enclers on the long
battleline northeast of besieged
Budapest were pressed deeper
back .into the Matra ana hukk
mountains of the Slovakian
frontier by a sustained red army
flanking maneuver which im
perilled the . important Hungar
Ian rail towns of Miskolc, Hat
van and Eser. " " '
Russians wno stormed tnrougn
Fuzesabonv on the Budapest-
Miskolac railway yesterday won
control of a 27-mlle section ot
that vital line, while a salient
menacing Miskolc was widened
by capture of Tisza Luc,, 12
miles southeast of the city A
fierce tank battle; was in pro
gress from Hatvan, 28 miles
. ,, i yi rouu..
(.uoniinuea on j-hke i.mcw
Football Scores
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 18 CP)
Army's unbeaten football :horde
romned for 28 points in the
thirri nprlnd todav, and crushed
Penn 62 to. 7.. Speed-Merchant
Glenn Davis scored tnree marin
ers during the day. ; ;
i . Final acoras
At Easton, Pa., Lehigh 0,
Lafayette-64. '
At State (JOiiege, ra.: iviaij.
land. 19, Penn State 34. : :
i Baltimore: Purdue 0. Navy 32
i Ann' Arbor, Mich.: Wisconsin
0. Michigan 14. f
Syracuse: Colgate 13, Syracuse
43.
New Haven: North Carolina 8,
VbIo 13.
Bloomington, Ind: . Pittsburgh
0, Indiana 47.
Columbia, S. C: Duke 34,
South Carolina 7.
Portsmouth, Va.: William and
Mary 26, VMI 0.
Lawrence, Kas.: Oklahoma 20,
Kansas 0.
South Bend, Ind.: Northwest
ern 0, Notre Dame Zl.
Iowa City: Minnesota 46, Iowa
0.. , ' ; ,
swmmAND
T.Vrni, nrrnv Indicate! area east 'of Aachen -where American
ml ninth armiea launchad a new offensive into the Rhine-
land. Other arrows indicate numerous additional areas of attack
along, the western front.- (AP wuephoto map). - ' -
Japs Cooperate in Defeat
Of Own F eel at buriqao
B CHARLES McMORTRY.' iifrom Mindanao and Dinagat Is-
Tt s PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor,: Nov;
18 (fl-A-skipper- of one of the
United States eioeriy Daiuesnips
blames the Japanese defeat in
Snripan straits when eight en
emy vessels came through and
eight were sunk- on the incred
ible cooperation of the Japanese
commander in bringing his ships
exactly where the . Americans
thought he would Dnng mem.
Thp American skipper. Capt.
John B. Heffernan, of Washing
ton, Ind., : was in command oi
the old battleship Tennessee, one
of the six which sank the enemy
fleet, with the aid of smaller
vessels, In just 15 minutes.
Japs Trap Halves -
The Japanese force In effect
trapped itself, he said yesterday
111 11 1IJIC. VIEW. l
them just what to do, we couldn't
have improved on their disposi
tion. It was as easy as playing
a game on a board."
For days, he said the American
fleet had been lying east of the
straits which separate. x,eyte
Freedom of News
Talks Slated
MORGANTOWN, W.Va.,Nov;
18 OP) The United States has
decided to open discussions with
other nations looking tow.ard
international agreements on
world freedom of hews. ex-,
change, It was disclosed today.
' Washington thus would make
the first move by any govern
ment In history toward, achiev
ing a working basis for guar
anteeing unhindered interchange
of independent news in order
to promote better understanding
among all nations.
lands. . The Japanese must have
known how big it was and where
it -was, because their observa
tion planes had been over it al
most constantly.
: , . Obliging Nips
Nevertheless, the -Japanese
commander obligingly brought
his. fleet in from the Sulu sea,
put his two battleships in front
as . they entered the narrow
waters of the strait.
'The' Americans were waiting,
P-T boats, lurking in the van of
the- American fleet, attacked
first, doing some damage In the
eerie pre-dawn. xney aiso sui
fered some.
The Japs still came on at lis
knots. American destroyers
were waiting.- When the enemy
fleet was aDout 11 miles soutn
of the American Daiuesnips.
American destroyers fired tor
pedoes.
Japs Reply
. The Japanese replied with star
shells, then opened up on the
destroyers when the star shells
revealed their whereabouts. One
destroyer the. only allied ships
damaged In the entire action
was hit. - It went dead in the
water and began drifting toward
the enemy ships. (it continued
so to drift during the-entire en-
gagement, but later made re
pairs and retired under its own
powerj ; ..
Rear Adm. Jesse B. Olden-
dorf's force of cruisers was not
far away off to the southwest,
At 3:55 a. m., less than four
minutes after the opening of
the destroyer torpedo auacK
the cruiser opened fire.
. ' Important Difference
' By then, the opposing battle
ships were 20,500 yards (rough
ly. 12 miles) apart. But there
(Continued on Page Three)
Hidden Nazis Spearhead
Resistance Inside France
' LbNDON, Nov. 18 (IP) ' A of the Interior, were declared
- ... ' i l 1.1-1 A- V. . .Mini, tha f.ll,.
noil resistance movement inside
Francespearheaded by 40,000
Germans hiding out in Paris,
was reported today by.a reliable
French source,
Thousands of French collab
orationists, still at large despite
roundups by the French Forces
Today On The Western Front i
By The Associated' Press
. " U. S. 3rd' Army Smashes toward Germany's northern
Saar on a 15-mile front', Invades rcich at Perl, five miles
northeast of Saar, and ; storms Into French .fortress of Mctz
from two sides. ' ... ' ' "
U. S. 1st and 9th ArmUi Deepen wedge east of Aachen
to within 25 miles of Rhine against bitter opposition. - -
British 2nd Army Battles closer to Roermond and threat
ens Vonlo in southeast Holland after capturing Beringen.
U. 3. 7th Army Surges ahead two to three miles In moun
tain area south of U. S.' 3rd army in France. '
, Frtnch 1st Army Thrusts within five miles of Belfort
gap, historic gateway to. Germany. . ' ' . ' . ' !
Canadian lit Army No dispatch from this army,. last re
ported In Antwerp area. .
THIRD ARMY
ENTERS METZ
ATTACKS!
,250,000 Allied Unit
Battle Nazi . -
. ....... k
Defenders -
to be actively aiding the Ger
mans In espionage and sabotage
. The French source, who can
not be identified by name, said
the Germans had parachuted
small arms and food in recent
days to bands of German sabo
teurs based in forests,
Although the sabotage In the
Paris area has been on a small
scale, tho thousands of Germans
who have, evaded capture and
discarded their uniforms for
civilian clothes offer a great
threat to the allies, he said.
"Most of the sabotage," he, re
lated, "has been confined to
electric cables and pipelines."
French . secret service agents
were reported to have discover
ed several German radio trans
mitters in France. ,
1 The German radio declared
today that the automobile acci
dent ' November- io m wnicn
French Finance Minister Alme
Leperco was fatally Injured was
due to sabotage
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON. Nov. 18 (Al Brit-
ish second army troops have
struck the enemy flank in Ger
many 13 miles above the Amer
ican sector at Aachen, a front
dispatch disclosed tonight, while .
to the south doughboys of the,
S. third army fought house-
to-house inside formidable fort
ress Metz. .1
The British second and thai
American ninth and first armies,
forming a solid assault arc, ham'-;
mered out slow gains today,'
against fanatical resistance on
the broadening and lengthening
Aachen sector. ,
Disclosure that troops under
the British commarld were fight
ing in Germany was only one
highlight in a series of sensai,
tional advances along a 400-mile
western front turned into flam
Ing battle by six allied armiesjl
oi i,2su,uuu men. , . .
Strike Into Saar : :
Besides battling into Metz- .
never taken by frontal assault
in modern history the third-
army invaded Germany at a new-
point near Luxembourg - and
opened a 15-mile broad attack
toward the Reich's northern
Saar. -
Then French at the lower end
of the front punched to within
sight of Belfort and the strategic
tap to southwestern Germany.
North' of the French sector, the-.
U. S. seventh army advanced".
from two to three miles toward-
Strasbourg along a 30-mile fronts
Score Crossings '
British second army troops irt'
southeastern Holland scored two
major. crossing of the Zig canal,,
last water barrier, before the:
Maas (Meuse) river bend and the,
Venlo gateway to Germany.".
The British attack in ; Gete ,
many,-, synchronized : with.' ther
American offensive, virtually
Isolated Geilenkircheni s13 miles
north, of Aachen," by advance
past the town on both the north,
and south. ' The British cut the
road from Geilenkichen to Hens
bere farther north.' They' also
smashed forward - nearly two
miles, in an advance - south of
the town toward Prummern, two
miles east of , Geflenkirchen.
Three hundred prisoners- wero
taken. . ;
The U. S. ninth army .mean
while reported "slow but steady
(Continued on Page Tnree; .
' L-t;" ' 0
Minister, Vienna j
Pounded byBombt
LONDON. Nov. 18 :(JP) -i
Heavy bombers and fighters, fly
ing from bases in both England '
and Italy, attacked enemy tap
gets at Munster and the Vienna
area today and destroyed . at
least 35 nazi planes.
Approximately 500 British,
heavy . bombers, escorted .by
more than zuu tignters, attacKea
railway yards at Munster whilo
500 Mustangs and Thunderbolts
of the U. a. eighth air iorco
on a long-range strafing mission
to Munich shot down at least
15 nazi planes and destroyed 20
on the ground.-
Argentina Sets
Defense Program
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 18 ()
Argentina is preparing to put in
to effect a new armed forces
statute requiring all citizens ot
both sexes to begin training for
national defense at the age of 12.
The program for girls of 12 to
20, presumably will take the
form of athletics and improve
ment of health standards, while
organization of an army auxili
ary service is contemplated to ab
sorb women. . :
Reviewing efforts being made
to modernize the Argentine army
on the basis of wartime experi
ence, Vice President Juan Peron
announced yesterday that the
new statute divides citizens' mil
itary service into pre-conscrlp-Hon,
beginning at 12; conscrip
Hon at 20 with service for two
years; and post - conscription
membership in tne organized re
serve. i
Score Injured
In Train Crash J ;,.
WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 18 (itj
A score of persons were injured,
none fatally, this morning when
15 cars of tho Atlantic coast line
passenger train No. 91 en route
from New York, to Tampa, Fla
were derailed near Hortense,
Ga. Fourteen of the cars overturned.-
...
The train, known as the West.
Coast Champion, was derailed
about 8:30 a. m. The Injured
were removed to hospitals at
Waycross. Uninjured passengers
continued their journey an hour
later on a southbound train, '