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$rIE news today continues to
Si Indicate that our ureal of
fltiulve to end the German war
ffii little delay M possible
C Z far going a? wcl as could
ale expected and maybe a little
Mter.
T this point, lei s turn mc
i wMiprn front microphone
lover to General Elsenhower.
S c.nkimi tnrlnv at his head
Vrtcri In Paris, ho says: Our
will) tor future operations Is to
Umie prcssuro steadily all
fllong the western front until the
Uiermans ore crujneu.
a Ha ihprt ndda: '
"I wont moro supplies than
V ire setting, and 1 think the
inlHl.r wonts moro than HL
ItllinB. To get peace, we've got
lofisht like hell lor it.
"Now lefDO Itr
UE Is pleading with us on the
f1 home front to forget, for the
trcscnt. such thlnns as ka-u-
,1RT1NG TO PEACE and Join
finds with the men fighting nt
iht fronts to WIN nir.
IIRST,
He jayj the enemy must be
ilvcn no time to rest that he
Wbc HIT AND HAMMERED
Jmlll he collapses.
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hENERAL IKE comes clean
1 with us.
He says wo havo every reason
to bo ontlmlstic. as ho himself Is;
M Germany's lenders arc faced
N a critical shortage of mail'
bower and supplies and nrc strip
ping their country BAKE to con
Pnuc the war; Hint the new Gel--
tlin Icvirs nrr nnnrlv Irnhien
fill, he adds, "even such soldiers
tul In I xcri nnsitlnns nnd know
jng they will bo shot In the back
they leave nrc form dnblc on-
mncnis.
The burden of his appeal Is:
mis uu 1 1 rjuw,
!PHE Russians still appenr to be
going nronnd Budnpest to the
"th, Tlic Germiins tlioro are
ihllng fniinticully, nnd progress
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1944
Number 10319
B-29's Hit
Air Factory
On Kyushu
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 (?) Th. hug Omura aircraft fac
tory on the southernmost Japanese home Island of Kyushu was
blasted for the third time today by B-29 Superfortresses.
Adverse weather diverted part of th mission, operating In
large force, resulting In two other strikes one at the docks of
Nanking and the other at Shanghai against military storage and
transhipment facilities,
A 20th alrforce communique said 20 attacking Japanese planes
were destroyed, together with 16 probably destroyed and 19
damaged In the course of the operation. It' was the first time
that a B-29 mission had encountered fighter plane opposition in
strength. There wes little anti-aircraft opposition, however,
it is loo cany 10 determine
whether our task force suffered
Bond Sellers Receive Insignia
LEYTE BATTLE
BOGS DOWN IN
TROPIC STORM
By MURMN SPENCER '
GENERAL MAC-ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. Phillonlncs.
Nov. 21 (T) Tho battle of Leyte
ground nearly to a typhoon
soaked slop today while Manila
recovered from its fourth major
American air raid of the month.
On Leyte, the typnoon iook
nritrprinnro over efforts of both
sides, on the swaying Llmon bat
tle lino. General, MacArinur s
communique noted that tho 32nd
division .was making, some pro-
f ress near Llmon, reported that
ho enemy was continuing des
pernio efforts to break a road
block south of tho town and
added, significantly, "all traffic,
air, ground nnd sea. Is fraught
will) great difficulties and haz
ards: and battlo conditions are
becoming static." ' . . '
Air Aellvltv
Onlv In the air was their
cnffinmlnr activity. There 35
enemy fighters and dive bombers
raided American pusiuuiw, rul
ing seven aircraft to air patrols
nnd ground fire. American air
craft countered with attacks on
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Rogers Looks
For VargaOirl
Who Doesn't?
TIDl.t.VWOOD. Nov. 2f (P)
Producer Charles R. Rogers is
looking for a bnbe to star in
"The Vnrga Girl," who will be
"the first and foremost and mini
l,r,r nnp nlii-iiii uirl of the world,"
Rogers says the gal for his two
million dollar epic must be the
epitome of the Varga girl fea
inrnri In n nntionnl magazine and
whistled at on a dozen fighting
fronts.
ThU should Interest nlivslolo
gists. They claim tho air brush
pin-up cutlcs have legs one and
n halt times the normnl length,
the calves of a professional foot
ball guard and should be blue In
tho face from holding their little
tummies in. There are other dif
ferences, too. ' ,
If Rogers can find such a girl,
nnd If she can walk, it should be
a good picture.
any losses, the communique
said.
(The Tokyo radio said today
that 70 or more Superfortresses
struck In two waves at the Na
gasaki and Omura areas of
Kyushu and that "fierce air
duels" . resulted. An Imperial
communique issued later
claimed 14 B-20's were "defi
nitely" shot down and 11 others
"probably").
. Instrument Bombing
The smash at Omura was ac
complished through a heavy
ciouq undercasi ny . means oi
precision Instruments. The re
sults were no observed.
At Shanghai the observed re
sults were termed fair to good.
Tho Nanking attack resulted in
two direct hits on warehouses
and near misses off a cargo ves
sel. '.'The daylight mission con
tlnued the strategic reduction
of the large Omura works which
was begun on October 25 and
resumed on November 11," the
communlquo sold. - - .
Eight Raids '
The drone of the sky dread-
naughts is a sound which has
now been heard eight times
since last June 15 by workers
on Kyushu island
Other strikes have been made
on Industrial targets of Yawata
and Nagasaki on the island.
The Omura plant Is a modern
installation including about 75
buildings adjacent to the Omura
naval station .and constructed
during the present war. It has
assembly, repair and training
facilities and Is on the cast
coast of Omura bay, 12 miles
northeast of Nagasaki.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, command'
Ing the 20th air force, earlier
today made a brief announce
ment here of the new Super
fortress strike,
The first report said merely
that "A large task force of B-29
aircraft" attacked Industrial tar
nets on Kyushu, the mission be
ing carried out from China by
General Curtis E. Lamay's 20th
bomber command.
& 1
Jim Souther, chairman of the retail merchants committee, is bestowing insignia of rank on
Col. Mary Wilsdh, of Moe's Department store, Lt. Col. Bilyeu of Your Store, Inc., Capt. Olive
Nichols of Woolworth's, and Lt. Phoebe Siroky, also of Moe's Department store. Insignia are
given according to the amount of bonds sold by members of the "third army," ranging from the
rank of a private, with the sale of a $25 bond, to the status of a four star general upon the sale
of bonds amounting to $5000,
Reds Close In Qn Northern
Escape Route of Germans
K. T. Henderson, building con
tractor, who submitted the low
bid of $244,577 on the navy's
proposed 80-unit housing project
here when bids were . opened in
Seattle Monday afternoon,, was
awarded the contract ana win
start construction, JEr.iday. .... ...
The project will go up on 12
acres in the Enterprise tract and
directly across the street from
the Shasta View housing project
on Washburn way. Henderson
also held the contract on the lo
cal trailer camp and 40-unlt proj
ect. .-.'.
Other bids submitted; Dan J.
Malarkey, $245,000; W. C. Smith,
$264,000; Waale-Camplan, $267,
000; Northwest - Fabricators,
$277,000; Howard Halvorson,
$279,652.
Howard Perrin, architect, in a
telephone conversation with' The
Herald and News late Monday,
said that Henderson's bid , was
within the allocated amount and
the contract was awarded imme
diately witl) the understanding
that Henderson would have men
on the job Friday morning. -He
hiis 120 days to complete the job.
The contract was awarded by the
federal public-housing authority.
The unit will be constructed for
both navv and marine personnel.
Property for the 80-unit hous
ing was purchased a week ago
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Record Escort Fleet Downs
52 Planes in Bombing Raid
LONDON, Nov. 21 (IP) A rec
ord fleet of moro than 1100 fight
er craft destroyed at least 52 Ger
man planes today while the 1250
heavy bombers they ' were es
corting plunged 4000 tons of ex
plosives . onto three zealously
guarded synthetic oil plants.
An eighth air force spokesman
said the score of the swirling bat
tles over Hamburg, Harburg and
Morsoburg might approach the
B-29s Strike At Industrial Japan
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&rmt titiun 1 '
i?!""n ,.. Omur. aircraft factory on Kyushu Island for ,. th Ird time, B-29 Sup.rforH.....
I."" over tha J.r. i, tj. ni.r.lnnr v attacks were also made on Nanking ana snang
,n Chine, 'jT'hMi raid on Nagasaki, also on th. Jap Jsland oi Kyu.nu.
208 destroyed on November - 2.
Then, as todny, the Germans
came up to defend the huge
Leuna synthetic refinery at
Mcrseburg, 100 miles southwest
of Berlin.
The mighty fleet was well
eunrded today and It struck In
fine weather even as Gen. Eisen-'
howcr promised Germany a win
ter of remorseless bombardment
from the air.
Record. Escort
The 1100 fighter craft made up
the most powerful escort ever
dispatched with the bombers and
most flow from Britisli bases, the
eighth air force announcement
said.
Heavy Lancaster bombers of
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No Election Set
On Annexation
There will be no special elec
tion held for tho south suburban
area included in the annexation
measure which lost by one vote
at the November 7 election, it
was decided by the city council
In session Monday night.
The question arose last Mon
day, following a protest by resi
dents of that section who said
they were not permitted to vote
on the measure in the precinct In
which they were registered, de
spite the fact their residence is
In the area Involved.
If there is a special election In
tho soring, this masure will un
doubtedly go on the ballot but
tho matter was officially dropped
last night. Cost of a special elec
tion, which would necessarily be
held in both the city, as well as
suburban area, was the deciding
factor. It was also brought out
that due to weather conditions.
no work could be done In the
south section nnd that the matter
could wait until spring.
LONDON, Nov. 20 W) Redi
army troops closed in today on
northern escape routes for en
emy troops rolled back to the
outskirts of Miskolc, Hungary's
fifth city, as the Germans de
clared the Russians had opened
their winter offensive tar to tne
north against 300,000 nazis pock
eted -in.C5lfiiuj. Latvia. .. ...
Late rfront reports said a Ger
man withdrawal from Miskolc
WALLACE CALLS QN
CIO TO BACK. GOAL
By HAROLD WARD
Associated Press Labor Writer
CHICAGO, Nov. 21 Vice
President Wallace, amid shouts
of "forty-eight and wild cheers
from 600 CIO convention dele
gales, today called upon the
"common man to get benma
the president's goal for 60 mil
lion peacetime jobs.
The vice - president, , vainly
championed for renomination
by CIO forces at the democratic
national convention four months
previously, touched off the, big
gest demonstration of the
union's conclave when he ap
peared, . -
Presidential Possibility
Tho shouts of "forty-eight"
were obviously meant to refer
to Wallace as a presidential pos
sibility four years hence.
i see you are m a ceieoraiin
mood," he laughed when the
delegates finally would permit
him to begin speaking about the
Dart nlaved bv tho CIO and its
political action committee in
the recent election. Wallace
made the comment that "You
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Plans for Big
3 Meet Delayed
WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 UP-
Plans for an early meeting of
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin
armour to havo hit a snag. De-
snito hones freely expressed here
and in London, me dcsi prosper
now is for a parley early in ia.
The whole schedule of post
war conferences and world peace
organization evidently is having
to be revised in consequence.
Exactly what has happened to
tho Droiected big-three meeting
before the end of this year is not
certain. But presumably the
woy In which the European war
is having to be fought full-scale
into the winter nnd the proba
bility now that it will last Into
next spring has had a lot to do
with it.
Nelson Named
Representative
i. WASHINGTON, Nov, 21
ftc
CITY FAVORS
BONNEVILLE
PUBLICPOWER
Council Approves BPA
In Unanimous
Vote .
appeared imminent.' Nazi escape
routes to the east and west of
Miskolc, 85 miles northeast of
besieged Budapest, already were
cut.
One red army column had bat
tled to the outskirts of Eger, 22
miles southwest of Miskolc, Rus
sian front dispatches said. " r '
Another - soviet armored unit
which had rolled .through Di-
osgyor, three milts west of Mis
kolc and within 20 miles of the
o 1 d Czechoslovakian frontier,
veered north to grapple for a
hold on road, and rail communi
cations between Miskolc and the
rail hub of Losonc (Lucenec) on
tne Slovak border. . . :
Towns Won
Units of Marshal Rodion Y.
Malinovsky's second Ukraine
army plunged into the southern
outskirts of Miskolc with the
capture of Csaba anrl Szirma.
less than one and two miles south
and southeast of the city.
Berlin reports on the Latvian
offensive said the Russians had
thrown huge - infantry, tank,
plane and artillery forces against
the Germans on a 30-mile front
near Liepaja, one-of the two Bal
tic escape ports left to the nazis,
Outlook Good on
Topping Quota'. :
Retail clerks are putting their
wholehearted enthusiasm 'into
the bond drive which was inaug
urated yesterday, as is evidenced
by the progress which has been
reported to date by Chairman
Myrle C. Adams.
J. A. Souther, chairman of trie
retail merchants committee, is of
the opinion that the "third army"
will be of material benefit in
helping Klamath county to ex
ceed its quota of war bonds."
Firm heads arc urged to check
the rank of their employes every
day, and are reminded that prop
er insignia moy be obtained by
calling for them at the chamber
of commerce.
According to Souther, present
indications are that three and
four star generals will be in evi
dence within the next few days.
FRENCH S
Till
1LIUSE
;U.S.
SEIZESJ01
Advances to Eastward
Meet Weakening
. Resistance
The Klamath Falls city coun
cil Monday night went on record
favoring Bonneville public pow
er. A motion made by Council
man Walter Wiesendanger, sec
onded by J. J. Keller, was pass
ed unanimously.' This action
will be reported to Dr. Paul J.
Raver, Bonneville power admin
istration administrator, now en
route to Washington to appear
before the budeet committee.
"Yes" votes were cast by Wies
endanger, Cantrall and Keller.
Councilmen Harvey Martin and
Angus Newton were-aosent.
Follows Plan
The action followed proposed
plans of BPA as outlined by C
Brazil, district manager of BPA,
and Dr. Carl Thompson, BPA
consultant.
A. M. Thomas of the Enter
prise Irrigation district, intro
duced Dr. Thompson and Brazil
to the council..
A map, . showing post-war
plans of Bonneville to Include
the . distripution oi power iu
various Oregon areas, was
shown by Dr.- Thompson. -
Hear fleas
: "Your citizens,, members of
organizations, granges and labor
organizations, have been plead
ing with us to bring ;Bonheville
power into the Klamath 'area, '
Dr. Thompson said. "We have
listened to' pleas and arguments
on behalf-of that kind of a line
which will bring Bonneville
power, to Klamath county but
It will be' necessary to put this
proposed line in the budget for
application of funds."
"By putting it In the budget,"
Dr. - Thompson continued, "it
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Turkey Supply
Not Short Here
-. Thanksgiving Day. will see no
dearth of turkeys on Klamath
tables but " unless housewives
have been a bit cautious, you 11
go easy on-the butter! .
Karl v warnings issued by the
government on turkey shortage
failed to materialize here and a
check with local meat markets
Tuesday produced evidence of a
good supply of the holiday birds.
The average call ' was for 15
pound turkeys-and hens seemed
tn ho in hlrh favor.
The armed ofrces have been
amply supplied witn turxey
meat, both here and abroad, and
not until Uncle Sam's soldiers,
sailors and marines were assured
nt nipntv of the festive food
come next Thursday, was the
public given a chance to dig into
the turkey market. . The freeze
was off last November 5, how
ever, much to the relief of the
American household. .
Fresh veeetables and hun
dreds of pounds of cranberries
were selling like hotcakes Tues
day, and the bakeries were turn
ing out pumpkin and mince pies
by the ovenful. ,
All In all, the Thanksgiving
picture even to tho weather, was
clear.
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 21 (IP)
French armor thrusting north.
ward down the Rhine stormed
Mulhouse today, and U. S.
troops captured Sarrebourg, 32
miles from the Rhine, in an!
eastward drive collaoslne tha
whole German stand In tha
Vosges mountains.
The swift-paced French per.
haps had already entered Mul.
house, an industrial city of 97,.
000. in exploitation of their
Belfort breakthrough. This push
was undermining German posi.
iions ior iuu mues to tne north,.
Beat Eastward
Both the American seventh!
and third armies were beating
eastward toward Strasbourg and
Saarbrucken, meeting weaken!
ing rearguard resistance from,
Germans apparently retreating
to the Rhine.
. The 44th division of ,the sev-i
enth army captured Sarrebourg
(pop. 6500) 70 miles northwest,
of Mulhouse and mechanized
patrols were stabbing onward
toward Strasbourg 30 miles be
yond.. Third army forces fought
within 18 miles of Saarbrucken
in the industrially-rich Saar
basin. Still farther north, tanks
of the third, army had driven
three miles into Germany, 1
Charge Belfort '
French troops charged into-'
the fortress city of Belfort'
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PLAN OF GEN, IKE
By EDWARD KENNEDY
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, Paris, Nov. 21 (JP) Gen.
Eisenhower declared today his
plan for future operations is to
increase pressure steadily all
along the western front until the
Germans are crushed.
To do this, - greater suppae
are necessary, the supreme com
mander of the western front said.
"I want more supplies than wa
are getting and I think the sol.
dier wants more- than he is get
ting, both now and In the fu
ture," he said.
"To net peace, we have aot to
fight like hell for it," the com.
mander said. "Now let's do it."
Eisenhower appeared fit as
ever after a tour of all parts of
the' fighting zone, and said he
was especially happy over the
French breakthrough to tha
Rhine. '
No single instance has pleased
me so much in a long while as
the capture of Belfort by the gal
lant French army and its reach,
ing the Rhine," Eisenhower said.
me general tola corresoon.
dents that his plans-were to hit
and hammer the Germans with
increasing pressure, reaching ltd
peaR on tne day tne nazis finally
surrender.
Pentaqonians Say Smoke
Ban Overseas Temporary
(VP)
onald M. Nelson has been des
ignated "personal representa
tive" of President Roosevelt,
with rank at tho cabinet level,
and will occupy offices in the
White House.
The appointment was con
firmed by letter shortly before
Nelson, former WPB chairman,
left this country on his second
mission to Chungking to create
a Chinese war production board,
it was ascertained today.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (P)
From the pentagon went this
word of cheer today to GI's in
London where cigarette sales
have been halted at all but air
force combat stations;
It's only temporary.
Army officials here did not
know how long the ban would
be on "but obviously they won't
be denied cigarettes Indefinitely."
The London Post Exchange
sales were halted by authorities
to enable a sufficient supply to
be sent to the men at the front
who were getting than those
at the rear, it was stated.
For Exchange Officer
As for an editorial question
"Where Are the Cigarettes?"
raised by the army newspaper,
Stars and Stripes, In England,
nentnenn officials said It was one
for the army exchange officer of
the theater, wno is in cnarge oi
nost exchanses.
"There are sufficient cigarettes
going over," authorities here as
serted. "There is no question
about that. What happens after
they get there is another mat
ter." - n
Thev added that shipments are
allocated "in such a way there is
supposed to be enough tor every-
hnriv."
Army authorities In London
said a critical shortage and pri
orities for combat forces on the
continent caused the ban on
sales. Hospital patients and com
bat personnel will still be able
to smoKe their tavoriie rjranas
from the states.
British cigarettes cost about 50
cents for a package of 20. British
Tommies are rationed 45 English
cigarettes a week.
Promise Report
In Paris supreme headquarters
promised a report on the cigar
ette situation in the French capi
tal and many other rear areas.
wher,i U. S. soldiers were also
told they could get no cigarettes.
American cigarettes were sell
ing on the Paris black market at
4 per pacKage.
(The Tokvo radio, in a broad
cast recorded by CBS. said it
was virtually impossible to find
a package of popular-brand cig
arettes anywhere in me uniiea
States, and cited this as an tnai
cation that collapse on the U. S
home front was near.) -
Gary Steel Works
Output Halted
GARY, Ind., Nov. 21 VP)
All steel production at the Gary
works of the Carnegie-Illinois
Steel corporation, the world's
largest steel plant, was stopped
today, a company spokesman
said, by a walkout of 39 crane,
men, An estimated 5500 em.
ployes were kept idle by tha
walkout and, the spokesman
said, this number would in.
crease if the men did not re
turn to their jobs.
Joseph Goln, subdlstrlct di
rector of the CIO United Steel
Workers of which the crane,
men are members, said tha
walkout was not authorized.
Company officials said the strlk.
ers had asked the company to
supply them with relief men
when temperatures In the crane
cabs got too hot. Tne striKers
operate cranes which transfer
hot steel Ingots to furnaces
where the ingots are reheated
for transfer to rolling mills.
Hurley, Heller
Named to Board
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (P)
President Roosevelt today nom
inated former Governor Robert
A. Hurlev of Connecticut and
Lt. Col. Edward Heller of Cali
fornia as members of the sur
plus property disposal board. '
The nominations did not in.
elude the name of Senator Guy
Gillette (D-Iowa). Gillette is ex.
pectcd to be named the third
member of the board, but It was
explained that legal restrictions
prevent his nomination to an
office created by congress while
he remains member of tha
senate. , . , ,
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