in
j
in
MM
iWiiV hm Am
JTa FBANK JENKINS
,rsnDAV wo learned first
Yr0S Z 1IHII..K raid by our
':feYo Tokyo. Toduy were
Hin.k of iiccurulo upprnlsnl,
K ' uliloil Immensely by nil
Jl'cle IhlnklnK. REALISTIC
?! KUninii'liT of the now 11-20
fteonSulpon., ,
.1 r:nnoial Hansell says,
"r.r'jv hurt
I .l.mun. but
r .0 It DIDN'T coino lip to
Nation i becnuso whllu tho
PSL".J.Ii..i had clour wcuth-
'"" j l n iiooil Job tho Inter
,r ind "'. ..""" ' ,,,1.1. ..iiiufi
Li.M run -
f BUT, he "'Ids,
Vindlcuii pn y
jvn.
...
ill iiplto of Hint
KOUH of tho
nlunri over Tok-
KIW . ; . ,l,ll lr.
VoWl ,0 11,1 w' "-"""
l ...
fANEEIX gives us DETAILED
"i report" of tho losses bus-
; 'two of tho big planes wcro
' J One went down In enemy
t '0!lis lull bit by n Ji.p
?.Mr (either out of control or
iCrato 'iileldo nltnck.) It
ffc I In Ihe sen cut o Jnpan
Itin.u . .. crw
mo Pi"""'
lot out. ,, -
The oilier iiini i .""' ,',..
-,,10111 UIIKnown. i.vw in"
liltl, posslblv bearing survivors
1 lis crew, ihivu uii
J . rfmirnver is InvcstlKutiiiK.
n.. runic dawn at Sulpun
iUi only two of its four engines
otklnK. Several lunded with
I..-. .,..!,. nilw.r.
n south. . . .
br THINK, "C ny'
wo caught
HI
ih. .ion fint-footcd. but for
ifuons beyond my understand-
nl I Imagine mere win u
llVht Shi" In Iho fighter com-
iiina si luRj u imiiij.
He concludes: '
By and Inrijc, wo can only bo
leucd with tho mission as a
hole. It wasn't perfect, not as
ood as we expected. It Is a
iiiitako to asmimo an altitude
ovor-confldencc. Nevorthc
'jut, I nm sure wo enn take
iire of ourselves and do a good
W- .
ilrins Is the point to. kcop In
mind:
f This rnld on Tokyo - Is only
lit BEGINNING. Tho bombing
il Japan's industrial henrt will
Soon and on mid on Ilka tho
tombing of Germany, which be
tin so Ions aao and luis been
:ohllmicd so relentlessly. It
Ml become INCREASINGLY
Kiel ve. ns wo LEARN NEW
IESSONS from cncli rnld,
Tho weight of this attuck was
irected at a big Jnp pinna lac-
lory, Hitherto we'vo been dc-
llroylng Jnp planes In action,
fcow we're beginning to destroy
tho noils in which they ore
filched.
MOST of the Jnp radio talk is
1 1 tho usual Dronncanda bunk.
Jills sentenco from a Tokyo
roadcast. however, is slmilf-
jcjnl:
SAFETY DEVICES found on
29! that have been shot down
y us Illustrate tho COWARDICE
! 'American aviators.
mcy ALSO Illustrate the
undsmcntnl differences In the
No mind and tho Amerlcnn
Plnd. The Jnp Idea Is to DIE
SEIESSLY if von can't die
:!Cfu)lv In niF in B,iv Airf.nl
f Idea is to WASTE NO
jives to mnko the Jnp do tho
plus dyhiR.
1 Aj a result of these dlffcr-
nea, Jnp casualties In tho
Philippines, at the latest report,
I". EIGHT TIMES ours.
a nnpn tim i. t unniMn
f'l weird, subhumiin mind will
f urgcly responsible.
...
fHERE is little change In the
-".vin.mi 1IKIUII1K U9 III1S 19
iiuen.
The hlrr l.nlll. in .till 1.. iu.
A , "..inu in sun in uii:
rlCnCn-Cnlntmn ni-nn Thn flnl.l.
ft there Is unbelievably bitter,
pera are reports todny of Gcr-
r n is fiMhtlns to the lost
Pin Whn Inll. AA
Anjli. io ucnu ninuiiK iiiu
IJIof his comrades."
r"P m mind that the Gcr
l?nvT1 "Shtlng with their
JAOKS TO A RIVER, whose
f ie will probably bo do-
"""uca on i'ogo inrcc)
tanadian Soldiers Demonstrate Against
New Conscription for Overseas Service
IPITAWA, NOV. 25 P Pan.
i led In mn 'ofclc soldiers bll
fisdli jB.rlll"h Columbia par
itler nC0"1 Pest last night
Krtc.-rlmo Minister W. L.
1'Wenzie King slaked the life
E..' PRrl1?1 conscription for
KJ i s?rvlco' 'I'110 P"cy
Non 17 l'Pllnted violent
f Quebec. -
KllL 101)0 soldlcra from
Mute y cnml' "onr Vernon,
h Souo' "ulln.K "Down wllh
Sported J ' 1ml 8 cnPtnln was
m ?s t?c down by the
it then, Hiiempiea to
ld ,.flIl.cr brondcasts which
I1 a S0illM sixth dlvls
fnontt tho c,f .thero would be
fas, th. ' Mi t0 b0 sellt ovcr-
I 1 u,e PRrnrin o...ll-.i
" "Wiil-'U HQ IIIU
PRICE 5 CENTS
U VESSELS
Destroyer, Converted
Gunboat Included
In Bag
WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (P)
Submarines operating In Pacific
und far cust waters have sunk
27 additional enemy vessels In
cluding a destroyer and a con
verted Kunbout.
Tho navy reported this today
In a communique. The addition
al sinkings brought total Jap
ancso losses Inflicted by sub
marines to 854 sunk, 37- prob
ably sunk and 110 damaged.
Tho other 25 reported today,
all merchant craft, included a
large transport, a large tanker,
a Inrgo cargo tronsport, two
medium tankers, two medium
cargo transports, 11 medium
cargo vessels, a small tanker
and six small cargo vessels.
A navy communlquo also dis
closed that a Netherlands sub
marine, bulft In England, operv
ating under United States con
trol In Netherlands East Indian
waters, has sunk 4500 tons of
enemy shipping. ,
Tho 854 enemy vessels sunk
by submarines to date included
80 combat ships and 774 non
combatant vessels. The combat
vessel total Included 03 de
stroyers, 1 1 cruisers, three tend
ers ana 27 others. - ;
Michael Ruock, 80,'. for .56
years a resident ofthe Bonanza
area and one of Its most beloved
pioneers, d led at 1 1 :45 o'clock
Friday night at his home. .
Mr. Ruock was born ImStein
bach, Germany, "November . 3,
1863. At the age of 16, he came
to . the . United States ; with his
parents, Adam- and Morgaret
Rucck, and ono brother and two
sisters. Following the death of
his father in Indiana, Michael
Rucck and his mother moved to
Bonanza, arriving here In 1888.
Jacob Rucck, a brother of Mich
ael, settled here In 1884 on a
homestead In Yonna valley. He
now resides In Aumsville. Ore.
With his mother, Mr. Rucck
(Continued on Pago Three)
Japs Claim Raid
Sinks Transports
By The Asiociatad Prn
' A Japanese Imperial commun
ique claimed today that raiding
Jnpancso planes sank two U. S.
transports and damaged another
transport and a ' destroyer In
Lcyto gulf of the Philippines,
(The report Is wholly uncon
firmed by allied sources.) .
Tho communique, broadcast
by Tokyo radio and recorded by
the federal communications
commission, said 17 aircraft
failed to return from this and
other raids on Lcyte and Moro
tat Island Wednesday and Thurs
day. . -
An English language i broad
cast claimed that In the two
day strike at Morotol' 74-planes
wore set afire and seven dam
aged. marchers streamed four abreast
past tho administration build
ings and toward tho town,
Tho marchers also reportedly
brushed aside a lieutenant with
tho cnptnln, shouting "Con
script wealth and Industry as
well ns manpower." Tho streets
wero lined with silent civilians
nnd a scattering of soldiers who
took no part In the demonstra
tion, i . .
. Quabee Qulat
Quebec was relatively quiet
yesterday as Provincial Premier
Maurice Duplcssis In tho face
of earlier disturbances by draft
ago youths called for "respect
for tho laws of the country" and
appealed to the people of the
province to work "for national
unity in considering the point
of view of the other side."
Prime Minister King announc
ed ho would open a debate in
parliament Monday on a vote
of confidence motion, and he
In U B S
scon
PC
IK RICK
in The &hataacade Wonderland
Cutting
Copt. rftevM Fernandas, only known Filipino famale guerrilla
laadcr and formerly a school teacher, was only kidding when
this picture was made, but she really used the above method to
silently kill Jap soldiers during the Nips' long domination of
Leyte island. Getting first-hand information on the woman's
knifing tactics is Pvt. Andrew Lupiba, former Los Angeles bell
hop. (Phote by Stanley Troutman. NEA-Acme Picturepool photog
Premier1 Resignation May
Delay Settling of Dispute
By JAMES F. KING
; LONDON, Nov. 25 (P) The
sudden resignation of peasant
born Stanlslaw Mikolajczyk as
premier. of the Polish govorn-menHn-exllc
dealt a severe blow
lody t British, and (American
efforts to settle the Russian-Polish
dispute.
V Mikolajczyk was one man In
tho, Polish government in Lon
don' acceptable to Moscow . and
lh6 sovlet-recoanlzed Polish com
mittee of. national liberation at
Lublin. Both Prlmo Minister
Churchill and President Roose
velt 'openly had placed their en
tire hopes on him in settling the
dispute threatening allied unity.
Socialist Named
Jan' Wyapinskl, a socialist and
deputy premier in Mikolajczyk's
cabinet, has been asked by Pros-
Hansa Believed
Torpedoed
STOCKHOLM, Nov. 25 '(VP)
The newspaper Expressmen said
today opinion was developing
that the Swedish steamer Hon
sa, which sunk off Gotland yes
terday with a loss of almost 100
lives, had been torpedoed.
However, it emphasized that
the cause, of the-disaster was
not officially announced and the
Swedish press in general took
the view that the Hansa struck
a drifting mine in the early
morning darkness. ,
Chief Softens
Blow for Japs
. . By.The Associated Press
Kcnicki Kumac.nl, Japan's as
sistant air raid defense chief,
the Tokyo radio said todoy, as
sured the Japanese people they
have nothing to be afraid of in
air raids yet to come.
"If we continue to act at this
tempo," tho radio, heard by the
federal communications com
mission, quoted him as saying,
"there is not the least need, for
fear in future raids."
appeared to have won control
of the cabinet and of the crisis
at least for the weekend.
Power Rosigna
He told the house of commons
he had received tho resignation
of Air Minister C. G. Power in
protest agninst tho conscription
policy, but ho said ho did not
wish to' recommend Its accept
ance to tho governor-general
until ho had considered the mat
ter further. '
Defense Minister Gen. A. G.
L. McNaughton told commons
that tho first 10,000 troops to
be sent overseas in December
and January under the new gov
ernment ruling would be made
up of 7500 fully-trained infan
trymen and 2500 well advanced
in -training.. This group was to
come from the drafted home
army which heretofore could
not be used outside the western
hemisphere except on a volun
tary basis.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAYaNOVEMBER 25, 1944
Remarks
Ident Wladyslaw Razciewlcz,. to
form a new government. Kwa
ninski is a member of a orouD
that has been denounced by Mos
cow. Tho Polish president asked
MlkolajczyKand members of his
cabinet to remain at' then? iposts
until the,appolntment.of a new
cabinet. ."
.While British circlet awaited
Kwapinskl's first move, theie
was a leeung nere as express
ed by the laborlte London Daily
Herald that "presumably he
will refuse to carry on the ne
gotiations with Russia started by
Mikolajczyk.
Moscow radio made no imme
diate comment on the Polish de
velopments. Power Doubted
Meantime grave doubt devel
oped today that Kwapinski
would be able to form a regime
strong enough to overcome the
challcngo to its authority by the
soviet-sponsored national liber
ation committee.
Leaders of Poland's peasant
party, . headed by Mikolajczyk,
were authoritatively reported to
have decided against joining in
any coalition cabinet and their
decision was expected to be a
scvero Blow to Kwapinski.
Yugoslav-Bulgar
Alliance Eyed
MOSCOW, Nov.: 25 (fl5) The
Bulgarian newspaper "Workers'
Cause" -quoted Marshal Tito to
day as saying the new federated
Yugoslavia would 1 establish a
close working alliance 'with
"fraternal Bulgaria" In seeking
to prevent Balkan conflicts.
The statement, given to the
newspaper's Belgrade corre
spondent, was quoted at length
in the soviet press,
Tito was quoted as saying
the new Yugoslavia would con
sist of tho following federated
units:
Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia,
Macedonia, Bosnia, Montenegro
and Hcrcegovlna, with some
provinces probably ; receiving
autonomy within a federal unit.
He said the federation would
be headed by a united govern
ment, with each unit having its
own national government. .
Operators Vote
To Begin Strike
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25 (P)
More than 600 long distance
telephone operators voted 10 to
1 Inst night to go on strike
ngninst the American Telephone
and Telegraph company here if
upward wage adjustments-are
not made within 30 days.
Vera G. Butler, president of
Local 302, Federation of Long
Lines Telephone Operators, said
tho voters represented approxi
mately 80 per cent of the mem
bership of the union, which is
unaffiliated.
Beginning In January, Miss
Butler said, operators from
other cities were brought here
"temporarily." because of an as
sorted shortage in Philadelphia,
and have been paid $27 weekly
for exnensea since most of them
come from New York. They do
the same work as the local girls
who do not receive ? expense
money, she said.
8TH MENACES
JULECH; ADDS
TO TANK TOLL
First Army Men Shove
Near Edge of
Hurtgen
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 25 Of) U. S.
ninth army troops squeezed in
tighter today on Julich the
Roer river bastion 25 miles from
Cologne and boosted their
eight-day toll of German tanks
to 125.
Farther south, first army men
pushed ahead 1000 yards almost
to the edge of gloomy Hurtgen
forest, which has been one of
the bloodiest battlegrounds of
the war. Other first army units
cleaned out the town of Putz
lohn, north of Eschweiler, and
fought house to house for Weis
weilcr. Fighter bombers ham
mered at enemy troops and sup
ply lines.
' Warplanes Aid
Warplanes helped in the ninth
army push upon Julish. :
The German high command
declared the German defensive
battle in this area east of Aachen
was "nearing a climax." One
Berlin broadcast termed the ac
tion "the greatest battle of the
present war."
To the south, remaining Ger
mans in Strasbourg had been
backed into the' dock area', and
at last advices were clinging to
. (Continued oh Page Three)"
By The Associated Press
American carrier-borne planes,
returned to . the attack on Man
ila today, the Japanese-controlled
Manila radio reported.
. About 60 planes raided Manila
and nearby Clark field, the ra
dio said in a broadcast recorded
by the federal communications
commission. The report was
without American confirmation,
but Manila or Tokyo radios have
always been first to report new
air strikes at the heart of the
Philippines.
Raiders also swept over the
Lipa and Batangas air fields on
southern Luzon island, the
broadcast said.
The radio asserted Japanese
Interceptors met the carrier
planes and eye witnesses in
Manila "saw two enemy bomb
ers spectacularly shot down by
accurate Nippon anti-aircraft
fires."
Carrier planes first struck at
shipping in Manila Bay, which
American pilots have previous
ly reported has been turned in
to a shipping graveyard.
A Domei dispatch broadcast
from Tokyo said Hankow, China;
was attacked by American B-24s
and B-25s last night and that
"some military installations were
slightly damaged."
Italian Pilot Describes
Riot to Court Martial
SEATTLE, Nov. 25 0P) A
vivid description of the trouble
at Fort Lawton which led to the
storming of Italian service troop
barracks by negro soldiers and
eventually to this nation's larg
est court martial of the war
was picturesquely given the
court by a former pilot of the
Italian air force.
' The pilot, clad in an Ameri
can army blouse and a pair of
British trousers, was in a group
of Italians when the initial
trouble started. He tried vainly
to halt the attack, and during
his testimony late yesterday
picked as a leader of the ne
groes one of three men on trial
for murder.
Riot Chargoa
A total of 42 negro service
command soldiers are charged
with rioting. Three of the num
ber are charged with the mur
der of Pvt. Gugliolmo Ollvotto,
who was found hanged over a
nearby creek after the riot had
been quelled by military police.
The prisoner Identified was
Pvt. William Jones.
In reply to questions of the
court, the former pilot, whose
name is withheld, testified he
and two companions were going
to their quarters when they
passed a group of negroes "And
one of them expressed vulgar
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Raid Results
Disappointing;
Says General
By VERH HAUGLAND
TWENTY-FIRST U. S. BOMBER COMMAND, SAIPAN, Nov.
25 (Via Navy Radio) W) The first Superfortresses' raid on Tokyo
Thursday (U. S. time) obviously hurt Japan, but even so it didn't
come up to expectations, Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell Jr., base
commander, said today. .
r The first formations over the enemy capital had clear weather
and did a good job, Hansell told a press conference, but later
planes ran into a thick cloud cover.
Despite that handicap, Hansell added, only four of the
"dozens" of B-29's which participated (Tokyo said there were 70)
failed to hit worthwhile targets.
Reconnaissance photographs taken several hours after the raid
showed fires still burning in the enemy capital and smoke was
rising to great heights. .
Two Forts Lost
Hansell disclosed that .of the two Superforts lost on the raid
only one went down'in enemy action. The other failed to return
and was presumed lost, for reasons unknown.
The plane lost over Tokyo was attacked by a Japanese Tony
(fighter). Either the Tony, was out of control or the Japanese
pilot knew he was doomed, because the plane slammed into the
tail of the unlucky B-29 and it crashed into the water east of
Japan. Apparently none of the crew got out, Hansell said..
' ' Reports today said a couple of life rafts, possibly bearing
survivors of the missing B-29, had been sighted and a destroyer
was investigating.., . ... .
Reports Confused ' ' " " "
Hansell declined ' to ' estimate the number-of enemy planes
brought down because crew reports were necessarily, confused
and jjarcVto assess, but at-least four Japanese aircraft were known
to have, been bagged nd-JO or ' more others might have been
shot down or damaged. . .
"I think we caught the Jap flat-footed," Hansell said, "but
for reasons' beyond my understanding. I imagine there will be a
slight shift in the fighter command at Tokyo today."
One of the B-29's came back to Saipan on only two. of its
four engines and several landed with only three, working. Others
came dqwn at Guam, 150 miles south of here. The Guam-landings
were not explained. Guam is even' farther from' Tokyo than
Saipan. The round trip from here to, Tokyo is about 3000 miles.
"By "and large," Hansell said, "'we-can only be pleased with
the mission as a Whole: It wasn't nprfepf nnr' nil' a'nnii -n -uro 4V.'
pecte'd. It' is" a. mistake -to assume-an attitude of overconfidence'.'
iievermeiess i am comment we can' take care of ourselves 'arid
do a good job.", ;''.-.. . ' ; ';'..,,' r- - -. ; ;. . ;; ' .-;
The Superfort raid, widely hailed'asl the beginning of a . cam
paign, to knock - out Japan's i war .plants, ' was 'the first on Tokyo
since April .18, 1942,. when carrier-based" B-25's under command
of. Lt. Gen. James Doolittle raked the enemy capital. . ;
Soviets Drive Into Rail
Center; Penetrate Haivan
LONDON, Novv 25 OP) The
Russians have entered Miskolc,
strategic rail hub and strong
point in northeastern Hungary,
the German Transocean news
agency said today.'
: The Germans said . the Rus
sians also had driven into ' Hat
van, another important - trans
port center 28 miles northeast
Chinese Hail U.S.
attack on Tokyo
CHUNGKING, Nov. 25 ()
The Saipan-based American Sup
erfortress raid on Tokyo yester
day was hailed by the Chinese
press today as "The beginning
of the battle for Tokyo."
The newspaper Ta Kung Pao
said the blow might make the
Japanese high command divert
more military weight to home
defense and relieve pressure
against the Chinese mainland.
words which I understood. One
of my fellows asked me what
was said." ,
. Saw Blow .
"I took several steps," he
added, "and turned around . . .
saw one of the negroes strike
a blow at (a comrade)."
"Did he have anything in his
fist?" the court asked.
"I saw something shiny. Then
struck the negro and he
fell down. I called and . said
we'd better go before there was
trouble."
Latin "And How"
The court asked if the trouble
developed . and if there was
much noise, to which the wit
ness replied with emphasis in
the Latin version of "And howl"
As the negroes stormed their
barracks with stones, clubs and
axes, the former filer said a
comrade was hurt and as he
picked him up the negroes burst
In the door. He tried to call
them to halt In both Italian and
English, he said, repeating for
the court, the English words he
used:
"We ire .Italian soldiers.
Please make ston." ' ;
But the attackers did not
stop and when the riot -was
ended, , Olivotto . was found
hanged by a tent ; rope at a
nearby creek.
g ... .
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of Budapest, but were thrown
out. . .... ...
The nazl" broadcast said the
Soviets -penetrated Miskolc," 85
miles northeast .of Budapest and
25 miles south of the Czecho
slovakia frontier, .after an attack-
by - three divisions, and
that the Germans and Hungari
ans "almost completely evacu
ated' the town" in the face of
the onslaught.
.. Counterattacks
"The defenders of Hatvan an
swered every attack with a
counterattack" In the bitter bat
tle in Hungary, the broadcast
said. . . . .
Berlin also declared that eight
Russian divisions had made pen
etrations in a wave of assaults
in the Courland region of Lat
via. . - - Block Sea Route
Soviet amphibious forces vir
tually had blocked any. sea es
cape for 30 German divisions
being squeezed against the Bal
tic by capture of the fortified
Estonian, island of Saare (Osel).
. Saare, only 17 miles across
the mouth of the gulf from Lat
via, fell yesterday after a two
month struggle, and red, airmen
sank four - nazi - warships off
shore and damaged four others,
including a heavy cruiser, Mos
cow announced..
Henley Schools
Top Bond Quotas
This week Henley elementary
and high schools exceeded their
6th War Loan quota of $3000
by 12 per cent, Chairman Myrle
C. Adams reported Saturday. ,
; O t h e r organizations which
have exceeded their quotas so
far are the Ivory Pine company,
which topped its payroll sav
ings program by 2 per cent, and
the Coca-Cola Bottling com
pany, 41 per cent.
Adams expressed some con
cern, however, ovcr the fact
that bond sales are not pro
gressing as anticipated, and
urged Klamath county residents
to do their Bth War Loan bond
shopping early.
Football Scores
COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 25 VP)
Ohio state university today com
Dieted an undefeated and untied
football season and won the Big
Ten championship by coming
from behind in the last quartet.
to whip Michigan ih to 14. f
Penn State 0, Pitt 14.,
Cornell 0, Penn 20. ,
Swarthmore 13, Ursinus 0.
FIGHTERS HIT
CONVOY NEAR
LEYTE ISLAND
Three Transports One
Destroyer Escort
Downed '
GENERAL Mae ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Philippines,
Nov. 25 (P) A four-ship con-'
voy carrying reinforcements for
ine embattled Japanese on Leyte
island has been destroyed bv
American fighter planes and an
estimated jouu Nipponese were
killed or drowned, a communi
que announced today.
The Leyte-based planes,, strafr
ing at mast height and acting
as dive-bombers, sank three,
transports and a destroyer es
cort, bringing to about 15,000.
the number of Nipponese per
ishing in attempts to reach the
island fight, scene. ... -.. ?
. Ships Downed . .
In a bombing attack on : the;
Celebes and Borneo an enemy
destroyer and a -transport were
sunk, and a gunboat and 11
freighters damaged. Gen.-Doug-,
las MacArthur reported. Twenty
six Japanese-fighters -and bombr
ers w e re destroyed ; on the
ground. . : - - :
Improved weather : conditions'
quickened-the battle tempo, and,
encouraged the Japanese to increased-
air -activity, -with the"
result that 42 : enemy - planes!
were shot down, 33 . by Ameri
can planes and seven by anti-'
aircraft batteries; ' . .
Japs Bomb Posts'
Dogfights ' ranged from east
ern Leyte to the nearby- Visayart
islands to the west- as the . Jap
anese pressed heavy and sus
tained attacks against American
positions and installations, A.
few American planes -were de
stroyed on. their own air fields"
and others were damaged, rrf,-:
."Our -own losses were venri.
light," Gen. MacArthur said, v :
. On the ground the. Americans:
were doing equally welL-A1
headquarters communique, said'
that the -32nd-. infantry- division
had crossed the Leyte i river
below Limon, which fell1 to the
Yanks Wednesday,, .and: was
shoving 1 southward, A counter
attack by the Japanese 26th - di
vision "which has now . been
fully - committed -southwest . of
Limon" was, repulsed.. the' com
munique; reported.- -. ,?.
Transports Downed
The blow at the' Japanese re-'
lief convoy was;, s t r u c k by
Thunderbolt- a n d "'- Warhawk'
fighter -planes . off "Masbate
island, about 20 miles'-north of
Leyte. "Two transports; of ; 11,
000 -and 2000- tons were sunk,
- .(Continued on Page Three) :;,
Crash Victims
NamesWithheld
No further information was
available concerning .the, fate, of
crewmen of two single motored
bombers which crashed in mid
air early . Friday morning in tho
Steele Swamp area of northern
tamoraia. . -.-
Names of two survivors, seen
to have parachuted to safety,
were not given out by the 13th
naval district, Seattle, and names
of others in the Dlanes were
withheld pending notification of
next of Kin
Both Dlanes were on 'routine
training missions out - of, the
Klamath naval air station. - - --
Senators Look V
Into Fag Lack . '
' WASHINGTON." Nov. 25(Pt
A couple of non-smoking sen
ators started the senate war in
vestieatine committee off today
on a preliminary, investigation
into tne -cigaret snortage.--.
. The probe was suggested by
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) and
approved by Chairman Mead (D
N.Y.), whose concern is imper
sonal inasmuch as neither
smokes cigarettes. -
Ferguson said ,ne wanted to
make sure the fighting men
overseas have .all the smokes
they need,' and added he didn't
think that block-Ions: aueues in
front of tobacconists were help-.
Ing the war effort on tho home
front. ''.'' ;
Committee investigators will
look into the situation immed
iately and will have initial find
ings ready to spread before the
committee Tuesday when Mead
returns from an inspection trip
of army depots which will take
him to Little Rock and Atlanta.
War Bulletin
' U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
Nov.' 25 lF) Japanese bases In
the Bonin Islands along th
B-29 route from Saipan to Tokyo
ware heavily hit by 7th U. S,
alrforc bombers . both bofora
and after the Supsrfortressei
made their firat strike against
the Nippon capital. This wat
disclosed today by Adm. Chaatu
W. Nimitl. :;' .