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Hostess House Guests At Marine Barracks
L-TZ finally fnlls-thc first
. Lull. II" ll c"l'lor w"s
M "l&rmn llolfort to
ill, In Aisn.c-l.orrulne. lo.iK
fl of contention between
I French and OieUcriiiiuis.)
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um.-d "comparative ')
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Lhinr mav luive fooled the
Email again slrlkli.K ln
feFAT KOHCE at Ai.elien, scar-
jf the nozis i"10 "l'f!'" SK'.'i:
Eccmcnts UP FROM Tllfc
SuTH oi.l "ten hltllnK hard
ii fast where the enemy HAD
...
(Els not jump iik.ii
I row conclusions. Remember
(it the German Wcstwull (lo-
Sue arc nii.pen i.uu
ne. forking hi Iho Uoiicrnl
!shborhood of Arnliem, in
HUml, and runnlntt south from
i.re In TWO LINKS.
We've been batterliiK nt the
RST Hue. Tho second Hue
hich we have yet to tackle)
, EAST OF THE RHINE,
itiiCh Is Itself a formldnble bur-
phon we get ncross the
Rine, we'll be Justified in feel
( that we're on the homo
ilcn. until men, we u ui-ucr
cautious in our conclusion!;.
'HERE'S an Interesting rumor
out of Switzerland today.
U Raiol nou'lmmpr tins frnir.
Aat'lt calls an "extremely re
itble source" a report of n Ger-
in workers rebellion ... Lo
me In October. It developed
io a buttle between the work-
ami the eestano. Some 1!20
the workers were KILLED.
line rucKiis is said io nnve
Srtcd when the workers shout
4 "We've had enough of this
Ifc's life. Give us peace at
t(iY price."
jThey Rot personal pence.
(TERNAL peace. The peace of
Wi. They were shot down by
!ir own countrymen.
. . .
IE laic may be a pure fab
rication. Sllll. it tics In in
:stlngly with Elsenhower'
Jcrence yesterday to poorly
Jincd, over-line Gurmnn troops
town Into fortifications nnd
I to will be SHOT IN THE
CK if they i,y t0 rotrcut.
c can't escape tho feeling
ft If and when the Kcstiipo
Cl l llrln n.i II. -..-
f Pic (a grip based on the fear
irc ana sudden death lit the
oi trie Rcstopo) there will
sadden and tcrriblo crock
in Germany.
""imiors home-front butch
'c playing with dymimltc.
IERE Is
Rl:illn frnnl DM,. U..1
'or Budnpost is still on. There
wrman mutlcringn of other
Offi.nsl.in.. ....
fcck- i . . Iluln Jjaivia to
fchoslovakin.
1 the Pacific, the biilllo of
W grinds on. Tho Jnp de-
"diJ i ,? ,bvl0sly prepared
1 Io the Inst man.
fc.f," "rlm story from
,Mn this week.
in E, y'th D00 OGS have
k lhnr ""S. 0,1 '"'led-up
f 2n,.Thcy "nV0 K1LLE"
H ,?.,Rrim Indoelrlnatlon of
to Li',?0!'10?. wllh willing-
DrinAl. . 1110 lllSl man 8
Pflncipnl reason wlw ,
41 tv S?l..wllJ' "y tlopcnd-
wm-. , "c J."P r the Gor-
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lean.
'AND ri A o i 'ri . . u' s:
T been , B,ASKD bombers
, u-cn over Mnn i.
tei'i'V" '"or, nnd
P pAPEH THURSDAY
ii l. ,'"nld and News will
edition on
ordln,,' '",nnKSivIn Dny,
yos nLn hol'.v lo cm'
o ""opportunity to
n,on acutely short news-
"on Frldny afternoon.
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JAP UN
1
OVERKYUSHU
Jimmy and Marjori Dromon, married in their home town of Stuart, la., a little over four
week, ago, enjoy the biasing log iire at Hoitese Homo while Sgt. Draman is on duty at the
Marine BorracKi following service in the soum jacuic,
. ,
T,
. STRIKE 1DI SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Nov. 22 Wl Tho
city council served notice on
;50 striking tnxlcnb drivers to
day that unless the dispute, is
settled by tonight steps will be
taken tomorrow to revoke their
city-Issued licenses.
Councilman James Cavolto
announced approval of the li
cense revocation proposal after
nn hour-long hearing during
which John N. Downing, acting
director of licenses, was ordered
to compile a list of the men
out. Tho drivels walked out
suddenly last night in an un
authorized strike, discharging
passengers on street corners
throughout the city.
Policy Protest
Strikers' spokesmen said tho
step was in protest against poli
cies of officials of their union,
local 4(15 of tho Teamsters, AFL.
B. Irving Bowen, union secre
tary, reported to the council's
public safety committee yester
day some drivers were "paying
off" policemen for the right to
violate parking and traffic reg
ulations. Uowen said the strike
(Continued on Page Six)
Senate Shuffles
Committee Heads
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (VP)
A reshuffle of three senate com
mittees putting Senator Elmer
Thomas (D-Okla.) at the head of
the important agricultural group
was approved today by the senate-
Tlmmns succeeds the Into Sen
ator Ellison D. Smith (D-S.C.)
us agriculture committee chair
man. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.)
was in line for tho post but
chose instead to rclnln his chair,
manship of the interstate com
merce committee.
Senator Penncr (D-Fla.), sue.
ceeds to tho chairmunship of the
patents committee, In succession
to Senator Hone (D-Wnsh.) who
resigned lo become n lccicrai
plrf...it il.rlun.
Thomas stepped out of the
chairmanship of the Indian af
fuirs committee lo take the agri
culture post. The Indian group
will be headed by Senator O Ma.
honey (D-Wyo.).
Hostess I louse at Barracks
Popular With Leathernecks
By LOIS STEWART
Hostess House is fast becom
ing on institution all on its own
at the Marine Barracks.
For more than one honey
mooning couple It has been
home while they've struggled
with the housing problem in
Klamath Falls.
Hostess House Is that attract
Ive building with the huge stone
fireplace which catches your eye
as you enter tho post. Mrs.
Harry Juekman, "Mom" lo the
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Two Definitely Lost,
One Probable In
Bombing Raid
Members of the Klamath
county court went on record in
n regular session Wednesday
morning as favoring the com
ing of Bonneville power to
Klamath county. The opinion
was unanimous and signed by
County Judge U. E. Rceder, Conv
missioners John Rcber and Fred
L- Pope,
Following is a statement is
sued bv the court:
"We, the county court of
Klamath county, Oregon, go on
record as favoring the coming
nf Bonneville nower to Klam
ath county. This matter, of
course, will in duo order under
the law, be brought before the
(Continued' on I'agc &ixj
House Approves
Crop Insurance
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (IP)
Reversing a 1043 stand, the
house today passed a federal
insurance program to protect
tho nation's farmers from fu
ture crop losses.
By a roll call vole of 254 to
10 the house sent to the senate
a measure endorsed by botli ma
jor political parties providing
Immediate insurance for wheal,
cotton and flax crops. Eventual
ly its terms will bo extended to
protect practically, all grain,
fruit and vegetable growers.
Marines, is on 24-hour duty with
a iob that calls for everything
from sewing up football pants to
arranging weddings for.veterana
just back from, the South Pacific.
, Residents of Hostess House at
the moment Include Sgt. and
Mrs. James Draman who were
married in Stuart, Iowa, October
22, just one month after Sgt.
Draman returned from the Pa
cific where he saw action at
Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan
and Tinian. They think they're
darn lucky to have a place like
Hostess House to stay during
Weary house-hunting expedi
tions. Birthday
Mrs. Draman is the former
Marjoric Ellis of Stuart. She
was just 21 years old the day
Uncle Bulgy and I visited Hos
tess House. That was last
Thursday. Marjorie and Jimmy
Draman were sweethearts for
five and. one-half years before
they were married in the little
Congregational church at Stuart
last month. It's the same
church their parents attended
for years, and for her wedding
Marjorie chose a pale green
tailored suit which almost
matched the greens .of . Jimmy's
marine uniform.
Marjorie and Jimmy Draman
(Continued on Page Eight)
Former French
Premier Dies
Bv Tho Associated Press
Former Premier Joseph Cail-
laux of France, remembered in
the United Stales for his un
successful efforts to scale down
the French debts of the first
World War, died last night at
the age of til.
Announcement of his death
was made today in a French
press agency wireless dispatch
from Lc Mans, recorded by the
FCC.
. Cnlllaux' career included ar
rest in 1018 on charges of trea
son. After spending two years
in all lie was sentenced to tnree
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (P)
Superfortresses plunging into
probably their greatest air battle
over the Japanese homeland yes
terday lost two, and possmiy
three, of their number to enemy
fighter planes. .
A communique said today it
was the first time Japanese air
men had succeeded in bagging a
B-29 since inauguration of the
20th bomber command last June
15. ,
Twenty Japanese fighters were
shot down, 19 probably lost and
22 others damaged in the three
pronged strike by a large force
of B-29's from China aiming prin
cipally at the Omura aircraft
plant on Kyushu, the southern
most home island of the Japan-:
ese archipelago.
Multiply Damage
(Tokyo radio broadcasts claim
ed that 63 of the B-29's were
shot down or damaged over Ky
ushu and China, as a result of the
Superfortresses' Tuesday opera
tions. The broadcasts, as usual,
minimized damage and Japanese
losses.)
None of our planes was lost at
the two secondary targets, ports
of Nanking and Shanghai mili
tary facilities. The communi
ub exnl&ined weather . condi
tions forced partial diversion oi
itM-eBsauit-on umura.-
TWo Defitiltelt Lost
Two B-2's definitely were lost
to enemy iignters in tne mission
to Omura and one other "is un
reported under circumstances
which lead to the presumption
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T a co ma Declared
Plague Port
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (VP)
Declaration of Tacoma. Wash..
as a plague port by the U. S.-
puDllc neaiui service ana in
structions by Navy Secretary
Forrestal that all warships hav
ing contact with the port and of
a type liable to infection must
undergo quarantine examina
tions were disclosed last night.
The orders, which were effec
tive October zu,. resulted irom
discovery of bubonic plague in
fested rats on the city's water
front- ! '
. Forrestal also ordered naval
craft to try to keen rats from en
tering the ships while in the
port.
Naval ships leaving the city
after inspection were directed
to fly the "queen flag" as a sig
nal to other ships and other
ports that the ship has been in
communication with - a plague
port. . '
Yanks Fly Over
Manila, Bataan
AT A LEYTE AIRBASE, Phil
ippines, Nov. 17 (Delayed) P)
American land-based fighters
flew over Manila, Bataan and
Corregidor today for the first
time since eany in 1U4Z.
There were only two of them
stubbv Thunderbolts piloted
by Maj. Bill Dunham of Nez
Pi.l-i.fi Trln nnri 1 sf T.t Wnllnp'.
years imprisonment for dealing c. Harding of Salem, Ore., -but
with the enemy and was barred
from Paris for five years. In
1924 he won amnesty and re
entered politics. He was made
finance minister in 1925.
thev were a warning to the Jap.
ancse that the skies over Manila
will soon be filled with land'
based American fighters and
bombers.
Robot Bomb Developed for U. S. Air Force in Sixty Days
t.. rnuilH R r.nFFNWALD
WRIGHT FIELD, O., Nov. 22
(P) The army .air forces dis
closed today it had developed a
"good" robot bomb that could
bo used "It wo need It" and snid
tho weapon had been In test
flight since October 11.
it is n version of (he German
V-l which wns loosed on Eng
land last summer, the air tech
nical service command said in
relating how It raced lo repro
duce the nnzl terror weapon In
00 days and then sent It skim
ming jet-propelled through the
skies n month later.
Furthermore, Its launching
ramp Is better than the Ger
mans', the ATSC said. It can
bo built in four days where as
the nazls required two weeks.
Tho ATSC did not disclose the
location of its proving grounds.
Maj. Gen. Bcnnct E. Meyers,
deputy ATSC director, asserted
that reconstruction oljjhe bomb
was proof that engineers left
"no stone unturned.
"We may never need the robot
bomb," ho declared, "for the
army air forces do not go In for
Indiscriminate bombing attacks.
But if we do need it, wo'vo got
a good one."
A month ngo, Myers reported
that models of the "buzz" bombs
had been constructed but did
not disclose that they had been
test-flown. Today's ATSC's ac
count of the robots answered
many of the questions which
heretofore had been shrouded
In military secrecy.
Feverish Work
The ATSC's story of feverish
doys and nights In reconstruc
tion of the weapon was woven
through with tribute to men and
industrial firms which produced
the counterpart. Morton Alpcr
ln, Wichita, Kas., a civilian spe
cialist, worked 20 hours a day
running wind tunnel tests and
shrank from 140 to 120 pounds-
The morning of July 4, Myers
called in a group of aviation's
ablest experts and said the air
forces wanted-an exact copy of
the V-l, wanted a lot of them,
and fast. '
Task Divided
The men went to work and
divided up the task among va
rious war plants. On July 9,
Lt. Tom Wigglcsworth flew in
from England with sections of
unoxnludcd but badly-battered
bombs, The experts settled down
to their assignment, tho ATSC
said, despite tho fact the V-l
is a complicated weapon at best
and that with its jet engine,
air-driven gyros and control it
would have been a difficult job
to 'copy even in good condition,
The battered Dieccs were hid
den in a building here, and 15
drawing boards set up. Engi
neers ,and draftsmen from in
dustry arrived and went to work
on design and analysis.
Meanwhile, the recovered
lunk went through the labor
atory and technicians found lt
to be made of simplo, materials
low carbon steel, similar to
automobile fenders, and a small
amount of aluminum in the rad
iator. The welding was stand
ard, workmanship of tne nign
est quality, tho ATSC said.
It took just 10 days to put
the first model in the huge wind
tunnel, and a deadline of Oc
tober 1 was set for ' the first
flight. The wind tunnel ran 20
hours a day for nearly a week
so that aerodynamic experts
could have thenr answers.
Infantry Hacks Jap
Defenses of Limon:
Reinforcem ents A id
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines,
Nov. 22 OP) American infantrymen hacked away at Limon's de
fenses today in the face of an evident Japanese intention to hold
its positions at almost any cost.
Fre.h units of the 32nd division had relieved to some extent
the pressure oh the gaunt and battle-weary 24th infantry, which
has carried the weight of the entire Leyte battle, and which
yesterday smashed back another strong enemy attack on a road
block across the Ormoc highway.
The 32nd division was subjecting Limon, Japanese stronghold,
to steady pressure and Nipponese installations were being put out
of commission one by one.
It was the only help available as yet for, the 24th, holding
the storm-drenched slope positions to which it has clung for
10 days.
General MacArthur s commu-
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LONDON,' Nov. 22 (VP) The
red army drive for control of
northeastern Hungary's rail net
work has captured Verpelet,
eight miles southwest of Eger and
Is edging closer to the strategic
rail -junctions of Miskolc and
HatvanMoscow advices -said-today.
?
Still another threat to the Ger-
mans in that general sector was
seen in a Berlin announcement
that the Russians had uncorked
a fresh push in Czechoslovakia
southwest of Ungvar, 75 miles
nnrthpnst of Miskolc. The nazis
said seven to eight soviet divisions-had
ripped several holes in
Gerrnan ' qetenses oeiween roe
ung and .L.aiorica rivers. ;
A Moscow communique! said
German forces pocketed in sautn
west Latvia had made 40 vain
counterattacks in a single day be
low Jelgava, losing 13 tanKs, out
the announcement sun am noi
confirm Berlin assertions that
the Russians h d .begun a major
offensive Sunday.
The Russians, however, did ari-
nounce the virtual clearance of
the Baltic island of Saare (Osel)
guarding the entrance to the
gulf of r.iga.
' In addition to Vetpelet, the red
army seized four strongly defend
ed villages in Hungary. Kussian
troops have been reported in the
outskirts of- both Eger and Mis
kolc. Rains have hindered the
Russian advance, Moscow said.
Eschweiler Captured
By Troops In
: North
Bombs Plaster
Munich, Salzburg
' LONDON. Nov. 22 (VP) Fif
teenth air force heavy bombers
based in Italy struck today with
Lightning and Mustang escorts at
targets in. Munich and at rail-
yards in Salzburg, about 75 miles
to tne soutneast. - -
The raid followed a night aH
tack by upwards of louu ka'
bombers from Britain which
smashed at rail and oil targets
in the German Ruhr.
An estimated 7000 tons of ex
Dlosives were dropped in last
night's assault, the second large-
scale allied diow against uer
many's war vital oil reserves
within 12 hours. .
nique said "The enemy has com
mitted his ' first division in a
desperate effort" to hold its
bastion- at L,imon, and the be
lief was the Japs were prepared
to sacrifice the whole division
if need be. -
The Americans have occupied
all strategic . positions in the
north except Limon itself. What
appeared as an intended Japa
nese counterattack to retake po
sitions on .the north coast of
Leyte was frustrated by an
American movement south
along the highway to Limon.
There has been some infiltra
tion of the American lines, but
in most instances these small
enemy parties have been hunt
ed down and destroyed,
Gestapo Shoots
Into Worker Riot
i liERN.'. Nov. 22, (VP) r A dis
patch in the neWspaper-Basler
-Arbeiter attributed to an- "ex
tremely reliable source" said to
day that gestapo agents and SS
m e n machinegunned Cologne
workers during. October upris
ings and killed 220 of them.
Some SS men also were reported
killed.
The dispatch said the. disturb
ance started when the people
shouted: "We have had enough
of this dog s life, peace at any
price.
Businesses Close
For Thanksgiving
All county and city schools
will - be dismissed Wednesday
afternoon until next Monday
morning for a Thanksgiving vacation.
All stores, the county court
house, school and welfare of
fices, the postoffice, city and
county libraries, the liquor store
and tne cnamoer of commerce
will' close Thanksgiving Day
only.
No paper will be put, out by
The Herald and News on the
national holiday. .
The U. S. employment office
win remain open xnursday. .
By WILLIAM FRYE V
LONDON, Nov. 22 P) Mul
house and Metz fell today to al
lied armies driving swiftly upon
the Rhine through the shattered
German front in Alsace-Lorraine
and the Paris radio said , the
French were within 19 miles of
Strasbourg.
In operations less spectacular
but of major importance, allied
troops on the northern flank of
the front captured the smashed
German city of Eschweiler, 28
miles from the limits of battered
Cologne. The town of 36,000,
once a manufacturing center for
mines and airplane parts, was
one of the key defense points on
the Colonge plain. It is on
the wide Adolf Hitler highway
from Aachen to Berlin.
French-Take Savernee
The Paris report said French
troops had captured Saverne, in
the gap leading from fallen Sar-
rebourg to Strasbourg, capital of
Alsace-Lorraine and largest
irench city still in enemy hands.
Headquarters advices placed the
u. o. seventn army 23 miles
away. Gen. Eisenhower's com
munique said allied infantry and
armor were plunging east
against crumbling resistance. . .
on a wide front." v
The whole German 19th armv
of 70,000 or so survivors was in
imminent peril; part of its staff
was captured at Mulhouse by the
r rencn iirsi army.
near coimar
(French troops are at the eates
of Coimar after advancing 22
miles from Mulhouse, Gen.
Charles de Gaulle said in a
broadcast report recorded by the
federal communications commis
sion. Coimar, a city, of 46,000,
is capital of upper Alsace, the
center of six roads and . 40 miles
south of Strasbourg.)
. The U. S. ninth army hacked
out-gains within sight of the
Roer river on the Aachen front.
In bitter weather and against
savage resistance, Lt. Gen. Wil
(Continued on Page Six)
Permanent P AC
Eyed by CIO
CHICAGO, Nov. 22 iff) The
CIO, already appreciative of its
winning role in the recent po
litical election, looked for an
opportunity today to formally
vote permanence to its PAC and
stage at least a little back-slap
ping.
On the whole, the convention,
in its third day, has taken the
CIOs political successes witn
conservative enthusiasm, al
though Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
Vice President Wallace and oth
er sneakers have glowingly
praised labor's part in President
Hoosevelt s election to a lourtn
term.
Army Seizure of
Exchanges Looms
' WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (fl3)
The government stepped closer
to seizure of struck Ohio ex
changes today shortly after lead
ers of striking telephone work
ers announced they would invite
"any assistance" forthcoming
from national union affiliates.
Against steodfast refusal ' of
the strikers to return to work in
response to its direction, the war
labor board announced:
"The board uhanlfnously voted
to direct the preparation of the
necessary documents for referral
of the case to the economic sta
bilization director."
Nazis Think of
Absent Hitler
" By The Associated Press '
The' office of war information
distributed the following today:
- "A German press dispatch de
scribing a recent oath-taking
ceremony by 25,000 Volkssturm
draftees in the cathedral square
of Magdeburg included this state
ment: " 'Flags and standards were
hoisted; national anthems re
sounded and arms were present
ed for a'salute and with thoughts
of Adolf Hitler (Im Gedenken an
Adolf Hitler.)' Then it added:
: " This most important hour of
our town's history was over.' "
The Berlin radio issued yester
day a blanket denial of various
reports of the fate of Adolf Hit
ler, and attempted to explain
away the fuehrer's failure to
speak November 9 at the Munich
anniversary celebration of the
nazi party.
AMSTINDAMl
Allies Capture Nazi Positions
mfun.-n
SWITHRLANO
' Mulhouse and Meti were taken by allied forces today, ai
American units captured Eschweiler, 28 miles from bomb-battered
Cologne. British second army forces smashed nearer Venlo en
the Maas river. ' .
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