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LrtON "round Moll,
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are advancing slowly,
J2ttt FANATICAL German
four sir reconnaissance today
SJrii signs of the beginning
'W"rV' ., WITHDRAWAL
L,rd mo Hlilnc, which is
Kcd at Column.' und again at
Hdorf, omo 23 miles lo the
S Our pilots y there Is
;fiecldcd movement of motor
ISn eastward, with many
it ' ...nim, iirliiu abandoned,
ir.,.'Z nm 10UU Amerlean
Inks (not counting Iho British)
:Je pounding the German lines
k ims area.
f)rHE point Is that the Germans
ire being auncura i r; v -li.
rlnro not shift rcm-
fcrctmcnts from one point to an
Shcr. They have lo stand and
Irhi wlicro they are.
I All reports agree they aro
Jihllng with grim determina
tion. There arc no reports yet
panic or rmtt.
DON'T get impatient. .Rcmcm,
ivr the fliihtlng In Nor.
tindy, where day after day we
jnished at a seemingly mioreiiK,
H. Oorman line. Then. Slid'
jcnly, the line BROKE and wc
Jirgnt across rruncc
ITS Httlo different In the
present fighting. Only a few
W hihlnd the lines where
it battle Is raging now lies the
Mne, which Is Germany's tra
tional defense wall.
But the last-ditch nature of
iwman resistance west of the
Ihlnc suggests at least thai
lAYBE the Rhine Isn't ns strong
I m Hit be and that no sncri-
c Is loo great if It gains lime
strengthen the Rhino tic,
iucj. A nazl broadcast today
yi that "lime is working for
Germans, and every week
n new lines urowlns Into the
'u-in oi uic reicn
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f HIS baltle won't be over in a
T oay or a week. It s iliu,
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event us from using It,
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what disturbing nolo In the
kwi innnv i:tmnrni M tentv
ftworealls fnr MnrtE AMMItNII
SON and adds that shortages
jctnam types oi shells have do,
f ed us.
jiHIs appeal is carefully worded,
Prtajei Is literally packed with
j. aynamnc bearing on
f relationship of the home
fro 10 me lighting front.
Jinero is no mention of Gcr-
r manages of material,
f
JHE Russians are apparently
1 swcenlng around Budapest to
S.ni'th. Their tanks there aro
flowing a modern hnrd-sur-f
a highway whicli is lm
jnaijt at this season ot deep
Jhe Germans "say the reds
Ive thrown ai nn... ji..ii.,
hling. '
i, iJ J . !ruc' reassures us that
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1944
Number 10318
Jap Counterblows
wown lm in Leyte
First $5000 Bond Buyer
GEG1L MARTIN
FATALLY SHOT
IN ACCIDENT
Bird Hunter Killed
Instantly Near
Liskey Siding
n,.i i km. . snnn hnnrf In thm filh War Loan drive here was Joe Luis, shown her with
marines who are lending a helping hand at bond headquarters in the old Vox theatre. The bond
drive opened In Klamath county today with a kick-off breakfast and a meeting of retail store
employes. '
Soviets Advance Toward Key
Hub on Slovak-Hungary Border
L
CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (IP)
President Philip Murray told
600 cheering CIO delegates to
day "We're not here beating
our chests" for election . suc
cesses of PAC, but he suggested
they were opening a "victory
convention."
Kcynoting the start of a
week's conclave, the CIO chief
referred to "that greal any
November 7" as a "people's
day" and "another kind of la
bor day."
"Wc sent me sorccs oi rat
tlon in the USA bnck upon their
heels if heels is the word that
ought to be used," Murray said
with a grin., '
Becoming serious, Murray
asserted: '
"Our commitments wo will
live up to" referring to the
no-strlkc pledge which he asked
to be carried through for the
duration of the war.
Nirw nni.EANS. Nov. 20 (IP)
American Federation of Labor
delegates, claiming represent
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26 Yank Soldiers
Killed in Crash
LONDON, Nov. 20 (IP)
Twenty six American soldiers
were killed and four injured in
the crash last night of a C-47
skytraln troop carrier en route
from England to France, air
force headquarters announced
today.
ti. .trvtrnltv n transrjort type
Mini hna parried thousands of
men to battle, crashed near an
600-foot penk north of Brighton,
In enuthnrn Knillnilcl. SiX VlC-
tlms were taken to a nearby
hospital, where two died and
Iho others remained in serious
condition,
LONDON, Nov. 2b (IF) Russian and American-mad tanks.
deepening the soviet sweep around besieged Budapest along in
vasion routes into Austria ana biecnosiovaKia, npgiuo
advancing today toward Lueenec, key naxi communications hub
on the Slovak-Hungarian frontior. .
The tanks sprang forward along a modern, hard-surfaced
highway from captured Gyongyos, a seven-way road junction 23
miles from the border and 40 miles northeast of Budapest.
Gyongyos was soiled by Russian shock troops yesterday in a
thrust across the vital Budapest-Miskolc railway......
Simultaneously, other soviet tank and artillery lorces brougnt
the 25-mile sector of the trunk line between Budapest and Hat
van, under heavy fire after capturing the village of Galgahevis,
19 miles northeast oi Budapest, a midnight Moscow bulletin
announced.
Hatvan, also a terminal or a
main line running north to cen,
tral Slovakia, was outflanked by
tanks fanning out from Gyangyos
following the hard-won soviet
advance, uyongyos fen alter a
violent street fight in which the
Russians wiped out two enemy
battalions of 1600 men,- Moscow
said. ........
On tho upper end of the 85
mile front moving on southern
Slovakia, Marshal Malinovsky s
second Ukraine army drove to
within two miles of " Miskolc,
Huneary's fifth city. , Seizure of
Hcmadkak, six miles east of
Miskolc, put another Russian
group into the broad Hernad
River valley leading into Slo
vakia.
In . the Baltic, the - Russians
were reported by Berlin toUiave
thrown three divisions of 30.000
men . and strong tank forces
against the Sworbe peninsula
southwestern tip of Saare island,
dominating the entrance to the
QUI! of Riga. ....
The battle for Budapest, ac-
cording to Berlin, entered a new
phase with the Russians brine.
ing up 35 infantry divisions,
possibly 400,000 men on a siege
arc east ot me capital, uernn
reported heavy fighting at
Gyorme, 10 miles southeast of
the city.
S. Supreme Court Refuses
o Review 'Lower 13' Case
SoET c?;.,rt refused today
J -".it L u UiWnti I'l" tvtiin.
IvSii'1 whlc" Ihc wife of n"
fr cr gTiWn" klllcn 1,1 8 P""-
nnV Y ,ruvlcw wns asked
"Wo train cook, Robert E.
fcprt . :.? nP l,ns been sen-
&hWi. "ln").m Oregon's lctlv
jf -iuit in t in kllllnn l ,tn,v
i J.-' .f.M. Martha Vlr-
in
YTS' Ilpr husband, Rich-
, 'James, was klllori rnrnnl.
Crw5.h0.t'nBr5rptano
LK,.Ny, 20 (P)The re
In. X. . "nilcd States su.
N 01 ' Bl?t"ly J revlcW the
hi lilmR?.b,?,rt E' Leo Folkes
rwin.-"n only one slim
b?ySnM!',0ha'ldS0
'ymg in her berth
on the Southern Pacific's south
bound West Coast Limited bound
from Portland to i-.os auhcicb,
,.,o i.ni,.ri nnrlv in the morning
of January 23, 1043. Her throat
was slit. ....
Arraftted in L. A,
Folkes was arrested after the
train arrived In Los Angeles, and
tho, negro was brought to Linn
county, where he was convicted
and sentenced 10 uic.
TM.A .tnfn Riinreme court UP'
held the conviction 8 to 2. The
entire court agreed that D strict
Attorney Harlow L. Welnrlck
had made an error in tho circuit
court trial by Introducing stcnog;
rapher's memoranda of Folkes
confession, and then advising the
Jury that they were signed con
fessions. Tho court's minority
held thai this error warranted a
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By The Associated Press
Three hundred American
planes bombed the Japanese-held
island of Luzon in the Philippines
Sunday, a Tokyo broadcast re
corded by the federal communi
cations commission declared.
"Approximately 300 carrier
based planes" raided various sec
tors of the Philippines, including
Manila, Clark field, Lipa, Ba
tangns, and Aparri" the broad
cast said.
A Tokyo broadcast reported
fi-nm London said "several doz
en" bombers including B-24
Liberatqrs took part in the
rain, mat was uic mav juuiiliuu
nf land-based planes over Manila.
The Japanese claimed their
(Continued on Pago Two)
Excluded Japs
Arrive Here
Sixty-seven Japaneso men, ex
cluded from Hawaii by order of
the commanding general of the
Hawaiian department, arrived
in 'Klamath Falls Monday morn
ing en route to the Tulelake
sogrcgeo center.
Tho group was met by army
personnel, escorted to tho cen
ter and there turned over lo the
WRA.
Transfer of tho 67 Japaneso,
American citizens by virtue of
birth In Hawaii and ordered out
of Hawaii under individual ex
clusion orders, was announced
this week by tho commanding
general of tho western defense
command.
The Japanese wcro received
in Seattle Sunday and moved
soutli immediately, it was
learned.
Two Firms Top
War Loan Quotas
Two local firms have been
the first to report 100 per cent
on their quota on payroll sav
ings. They are the Di Giorgio
Fruit corporation, with H. E.
Goctz as payroll manager, and
the Northwestern Theatres
company, with Lloyd Lamb in
charge.
Both firms have oversub
scribed their quota by B per
cent.
Klamath basin's first fatality
si..ce opening of the bird season,
was reported Sunday at 2 p. m.,
when Cecil Martin, 38, 1519 Ore
gon, was killed instantly from
the blast of a 12-gauge shotgun
as he stepped in front of Thom
as J. Edwards Jr., 14, 1345 Wor
den, his hunting companion.
The accident occurred close to
the Liskey siding, two miles west
of the iulelake center between
Castle Rock and the Great North
ern railroad in northern California.
Hunting Party
Martin, voune Edwards, and
Ed H. Miller. 1000 Worden. were
in a group wnicn nad separated
from PFC Douglas Manners,
U. S. army, Theodore Lund, Wo
cus. and Edwards. Sr. One party
was hunting over decoys in the
grainzieids and the other three.
including Martin, were ' advanc
ing across the field to change
placerwltirthem. A flight of
geese came over Martin, young
Edwards and Miller, and . the
three .dropped .to their knees.
Martin was. slightly, ahead and to
the right of Tommy, who had
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Mother Receives
Star for Son
The Bronze Star, for heroic,
meritorious . achievement per
formed in the line of duty during
tne Italian campaign, was pre
sented Sunday afternoon to Mrs.
John A. Raffetto, 1948 Portland,
in the name of her son, 1st Lt.
John A- Raffetto Jr., now
prisoner of war in Germany. .
The nrcsentatibn' was made
by Capt. O. M. Smith, Medford
army air base, accompanied here
by Sgt. Joe H. Smith. The
award was based on Lt. Raf-
fetto's action under fire last
February 16. He was reported
missine February 17. and m May
1944, the Rattettos learned tneir
son was a prisoner at Of lag 64,
Germany. ' More than 20 friends
of the family Witnessed the pre
sentation. The Kanettos were
assisted by Mr. and Mrs. Victor
O Ncill in entertaining tne
group, ,
Naiis Recapture
Monte Fortino
ROME, Nov. 20 (IP) German
troops recaptured Monte Fortino
five miles southeast of the Bol,
ogna-Rimini highway town of
Faenzn, after bitter fighting with
Polish units of tho eighth army,
allied headquarters announced
today.
Smodlaka Takes
Delegation Post
ROME, Nov. 20 UP) Yugo
slav troops of Marshal Tito's
wearing red stars nnd toting
tommyeuns. took possession of
the Yugoslav legation today for
Tito's commissioner of foreign
affairs, Josip - Smodlaka, who
assumed a new role as Yugo,
Slav delegate on the allied conn
cil for Italy.
The former delegate, Miloje
Smlljanlc, said he had no
knowledge of reports current
In Rome that some of his staff
had been forcibly thrown out
of the legation premises. Smll.
jantc wore a tiny courtplastcr
bandage under one eye. He de
nied there had been any vio.
lence but conceded that Smod.
laka's methods were "quite un.
usual for a diplomat.
Troops Invade
Asia Islands;
Occupy Mapias
By The Associated Press
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines.
Nov. 20 (IP) Storm-drenched American troops threw back
vicious Japanese counterattacks in the slow and bitter Leyte
campaign of the central Philippines as these rapid-fire develop
ments were announced on Pacific fronts today:
1. More than 45.000 Japanese have been killed or wounded
on Leyte since the October 20 invasion a ratio of nearly eight
to one against American casualties of 5691.
2. American troops invaded another small island group, the
Asia islands off New Guinea, and completed the occupation of
the three Mapia islands 180 miles to the east.
3. Heavy American bombers scored direct hits on a battle
ship and a heavy cruiser at Borneo, leaving both exploding and
atlame.
4. American warships, striking within ' 750 miles of Tokyo,
have again bombarded Iwo island.
i. A concerted three-day cleanup of Saipan netted 248 Japa
nese killed and 47 captured. .
r Gen. Douglas MacArtnur gave
a breakdown of American casual-
FRENCH
BR ID G
RH N
YANKS
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HIT INTO IR
Resistance In
Collapses
Rapidly
Metz
GHINES
E
ENTERS
ill
BATTLE RAGES
--CHUNGKING, Nov; 20
Chinese troops are fighting in
side the North Burma strong
hold of Bhamo, the Chinese
high command announced to
day. It was surrounded several
days ago.
'The town was penetrated Sat
urday after an American dive
bombing -attack, the Chinese
command said.'
In bitter fighting the Chinese
hnvi" wrested one city block
.from the Japanese defender's of
the town wnicn tne anies seen,
as a station on the projected
Ledro-Burma . road route to
China.
Repel Counterblows
Troops of the Chinese 38th
division repelled two heavy
Japanese counterattacks yester
day in an effort to break the
Chinese encirclement of the
city. "
Bhamo is the strongest re
maining Japanese base in North
Burma. It lies 60 miles from
the Burma- road and 175 north
east of Mandalay.
A central news dispatch said
Chinese troops yesterday recap
tured the Burma road town of
Mangshih, ' 62 miles from the
Burma border and third impor
tant objective of the Salween
offensive.
The other two main objec
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Eight Chinese Cabinet
Posts Exchange Hands
CHUNGKING. Nov. 20 (IP) i
Gen. Ho Yung-Chin, minister of
war in the Chinese government
since 1930, was replaced today
by Gen. Chen Cheng in a shake
up involving eight cabinet posts.
O. K. Yui was elevated from
vice minister to minister of fin
ance in succession to Dr. H. H.
Kung, now in the United States.
Gen. Chen formerly was com
mander of Chinese expeditionary
forces on tho Salween front. He
is regarded as one of China's
ablest field commanders.
New Appointees
The other new appointees
were:
Chow Chung Yao, minister of
the interior to vice president of
the examination yuan, one
branch of the government;
Chang Li-Sheng, from secrctary-
Heavies Blast
At Upper Silesia
LONDON. Nov. 20 (IP) Heavy
bombers of the U. S. 15th air
force flying from bases in Italy
bombed oil refineries at Blech
hammer in upper Silesia and
eight other large synthetic fuel
plants In Germany today, and
unwards of 850 British-based
American planes bombed and
strafed the Ruhr valley.
It was the third successive
day that Italian-based American
bombers and fighters have hit the
reich.
general of the executive yuan
tr minister of the interior; Chu
Chia-Hua, from vice president
of the examination yuan to min
ister of education; Chin Li-Fu,
from minister of education to
minister. of the Kuamingtang or
ganization; Wang smn-umen
from the presidium of the peo
ples political council to minis
ter of information, and Liang
Han-Chao. from minister of in
formation to minister of over
seas affairs.
Reshuffle Welcome
All circles In Chuncking wel
comed the aovernment reshuffle
althoueh to many it did not
annear far-reaching enough
Some observers pointed out that
while Kung was removed from
ministry of finance he still re
tained the highly important post
of vice president of tne executive
vunn (vice m-emier) and still was
the head of four government
banks.
Gen. Ho Ylng-Chin apparently
still retained his post as chief of
the general staff. '',',,
-Some quarters noted that both
Kung and Ho Ying-Chin were
subiectcd to criticism at a re
cent session of the peoples po
litical council where tneir resig
nation was advocated oDonlv.
The important question to
manv In the foreicn Quarter was
whether the changes are fore
runners of new ones and wnemer
the changes would exert any in
flnpnro (nwiirds a compromise
between the government and the
Chinese copynunists,
ties in the first month of the
central Philippines campaign
showing 1133 killed, 126 miss
ing and 4432 wounded,
His figure of more than 45,
000 Japanese killed or wounded
did not include 8000 believed
abroad four transports and six
destroyers sunk off Ormoc bay
on November. 10 as American car-
rier planes broke up a large scale
enemy reinforcement try,
Added Casualties,'
- Nor did they include Japanese
.naval personhel-;losturihg -the
crushing defeat of the Imperial
fleet in Philippine waters Octob
er 25. V
MacArthtir credited the de
struction wrought by . his long
range artillery and the strategic
enveloping moves by his infantry
men with knocking . out the
enemy in such an overwhelming
ratio.
Gen. Tokoyuki Yamashita
threw tanks and artillery into
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Lives Endangered
By Carelessness
Irate residents of the Conger
avenue district advised city po
lice that hunters were shooting
along Link river both Saturday
and Sunday, endangering lives
with their carelessness.
Police have repeatedly warned
hunters against operating in
areas within the city limits and
especially where shot would
carry over into residential areas.
Officers will check the river dis
trict from now on, it was stated
Monday. - -
Mercury Slides
To New Low Here
Another seasonal low was
chalked up Monday morning as
winter advanced on the Klam
ath basin promising colder
weather yet to come. The U. S,
weatherman reported a mini
mum of 17, coldest since last
March 14, when the mercury
slid to 14 degrees above zero.
At Camp Tulelake, an unoi-
ficial reading put the minimum
at zero and residents said ther
mometers had hit that figure
several mornines in a row. It
was eight or nine degrees cold
er at the Marine Barracks than
in Klamath Falls
Forecast for Tuesday and
Wednesday promised continued
clear and colder.
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 20 (JP)
French troops were reported
throwing bridges across tba
Rhine near the Swiss border and
American armor struck into the
rich industrial Saar-for the first
time today in two new invasions
of Germany.
Resistance in the nlrl Rnmnn
fortress city of Metz collapsed
rapidly as Lt. Uen. George S.
Patton's third army infantry
overran three-fourths of the)
town and captured the SS
mander.
While the 10th armnreit rilvl.
sion of Patton's armor rumblecl
iwu nines over me oaar border
toward Merzig, other troops
threatened new thrusts into HiU
ler land.
Battles Rage
Fighting continued onlv in thai
northern and southern tips o
Metz after eight doughboys kick
ed in the door of Gen. Dunck
ern's headquarters and collared
him without firing a shot, a front,
line Associated Press dispatch re
ported. , - t
The entire southern anchor of
the German line in France waa
swept away as the French an
nounced that armor and infantry
had broken through the historic
war path of the Burgundy gap,
entered the guardian fortress oi
Belfort, and stabbed to the
Rhine. ' -j
The Paris radio declared th,
French armor and infantry
sweeping on in the greatest
breakthrough since Normandy,
had battered its way as far as
Mulhouse, a city of 96,000, 22
miies nortneast ot tseliort ana
eight miles from the Rhine.
Strongly Guarded ' 1
The attempted Rhine crossing
was southeast of Mulhouse, tha,
Swiss announcer said, where tha ,
river is comparatively narrow
but guarded by steep hills stud
ded with formidable forts and
some of the strongest works of
tne Siegfried line.
The Rhine was reached by the
first French armored division '
and FFI infantry.
' All along the ,400-miIe western
front, from Switzerland to Hoi
land, the Germans were trying
desperately to plug the holes be-.
(uontmued on fage two)
Kirk, Jackson - i
Elected Delegates
Seldon E. Kirk and Boyd Jj
Jackson were chosen as Indiait
representatives to, Washington,
D. C. at an election held at
Beatty, Sprague River and Chile
quin on Saturday, November 18;
Three nunored and tnree o
the 515 eligible voters turned
out for the polls, a larger per
centage voting than ever before,
it was reported by B. G. Court
right. Kirk received 147 votes,
Jackson 143.
The two new delegates will
leave sometime in January for
Washington, D. C, where thei
will appear before congressional
committees and otherwise repre
sent the Klamath, Modoc and
Yoohoskin band of Snake In
dians. - -i
Kelly F arris .. i
Case Dismissed '
The case of Kelly Farris, 16,
who was booked on a charge o
failure to leave his name and ad
dress at the scene of an accident:
was dismissed at a hearing held
on Thursday, November 16.
According to Harold Hendrlck
son, head juvenile officer, tha
evidence submitted at the hear
ing did not substantiate a hit and
run charge. The two boys in
volved were felt to have exeri
cised enough care by stopping to
assist the victim, Jose Barron;
Weyerhaeuser employe, Hen
drickson said. -
6th War Loan Drive Opens
With Breakfast. Meeting
With Monday, November 20,
marking the first day of the
drive, workers for the 6th War
Loan turned out for the "klckoff
breakfast" at the Willard, and a
special bond sales meeting at the
Pelican theatre.
At the guest table for the
breakfast were Lt. Col. G. O. Van
Orden, Cmdr. R. R. Darron, Ma
jor G, R. Luck. Captain Freder
ick G. Lewis, Lt. W. K. Smith,
Lt. Mitchell Paige, Myrle C.
Adams, drive chairman; Paul E.
Skeen, Lion's president; Mayor
John H. Houston, John Sandmey
er, and CWO Chester Davis.
A half-hour program was
broadcast over KFJI immediate
ly following the breakfast, with
the marine orchestra, under the
leadership of TSgt. Jack Zam
zow, furnishing music. Short
talks were given by a few-mem
bers of the 6th War Loan
committee, and also included on
the program were Lt. Mitchell
Paige, winner of the Congres
sional Medal of Honor, and Sgtr.
John Rothschild, holder of tha
Navy Cross.
.The broadcast concluded with
the orchestra playing the Marine
Hymn, and an earnest plea by
John Sandmoyer to keep Klam
ath county out on top in this im
portant drive. - ';'
Retail stores were closed be
tween the hours of 9 and 10 a. mr,
to enable employes to attend th
bond sales meeting at the Pell
can theater. Between 500 and
600 people gathered to receive
instructions for their part in thf
bond selling drive.
Rank insignia are to be issued
to the members of the "third.
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