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Number 10323
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3ndwH1 us by sen.
UIMITZ announces today that
.1 in last Friday's carrier-plane
m on Mniilln bay wc sank n
S heavy cruiser, two luggers,
,rovcr and 14 other ships,
g knocked out 72 Jap planes.
nur pilots invt .i"v i
lilMnnlla hay, tho Philippines
J:inj o graveyard of Jap ship
(Remember what happened to
jtbiul.)
tin r.tUinnro on Lcyto Is re-
ported today to be stcndlly
:fjur planes there go on sinking
in K.nriiiL Jan reinforcements.
ui,.ii,o liilln vellow men have
irrlliccd five convoys of 33
M and mi estimated 17,000
Alien In their efforts to rc-
larcc Lcyle
MER-ALL news from the
f Pacific Is so good thut wc
19 constantly luinmuu m ...
tfxi.rmv conclusions. The
3m (mm China, uniformly bnd
sxvidcj an offset thnt may be
echoloiiically useful.
AV Irarn lodnv that'Nonnlng
r last far-forward nirbuso In
ditheastcrn China, has fallen to
Ijt Japs. Tho Jups take Hochih,
Sy 120 miles southeast of the
flier reaches of tho Burma
JTic bad news from China Is
at out to us In little scraps.
today's dispatches say It "seems
!iblc the Chinese nro hiintlhiK
flho bnd news in smnll bits
order to AVERT A PANIC"
China.)
HE reason the B-ZO news is
Important is thnt It indi
tes the beginning of a sus-
tfotd nltnck nn jnnan's nro-
Active nowcr similar to that
itich wc launched against Ger-
any a year and a half ago,
THE fighting between Aachc
land CoIobiio continues on
ale that Is hnrd for us home.
renters to Imagine. The Roer
ft", last natural obstacle before
Sogno ond the Rhine, is the
iscnt center of It. Beyond the
tor the country opens up into
rouy roiling plain. .
jThc fighting is in rain, snow,
d and hail about as miser-
e aa It could (bc,
tETIE Ulcrnlly INCHING for
s ward. More than n week
f wc were renorted 20 miles
n Cologne. We'ro 244 miles
y today,
E brutal fact Is that from
Anrhnn ln rnln,,n uin'rn
&UNG GERMANS. When
t gel ENOUGH Germans
fco, the war In Europo win
Sovcr. It Is bccomlnu reason-
Jy apparent that the amount
ermory Rnincd Isn't ns lm.
'ant ns the number of Gcr
silled,
I
JERMANY and Jnnnn aro tor
Imylng examples of whnt
INDOCTRINATION
do.
fl Hungary, red tanks are strlk
westward from captured
van lownrd tho Dnnubo
J'TH of Budapest. Tho Rus
jw.hsvo Enined a footlna on
jniic-long, narrow Cscpel
r"V in me Danube. Tho
7? northern end is a nnrt
udapest. Tho Russians are
X "uvancmg in eastern Slo'
i. z
wwicre there Isn't much
Y' lmm iho eastern front,
L "
f," news comes today from
3"nsmngtnn. Secretary of
ion?"" "ESIGNS.
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jS" aS the rensnn fnr hlo rnolff.
31n1rw,h,ch mt,y or mBy nl
t?.6'- ln these largo national
Wh . America but
h of . fci'tnln of tho literal
f ? What umv iu f..v.
I0p, "J win
lachlnt.lil .
tCimiu. m his textbook
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STETTINIUS
TO SUCCEED
Secretary of State
Resigns Because
Of Health
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (VP)
President Roosevelt nominated
Undcr-Sccrelnry Edward R.
Stcttinlus Jr., to be secretary
of state.
Two and a half hours after
ucccptinK tho rcslKnulion of Sec
retary or bliilc Hull, because 01
111 health, the president sent the
nupio of Stettlnlus to the senate
as Hull's successor.
The president earlier lunched
with Stettlnlus and also confer
red with Chairman Connolly
(D-Tex.) of the senate forcljn
relations committee and Sena
tor GeorRo (D-Ga.), ranking
committee member.
Now Effective
Mr. Roosevelt had disclosed
that Hull's resignation would
become effective upon tho op
polntmcnt of a successor.
The information that Hull had
handed in his resignation was
given to the Associated Press
Inst night by a high government
official who asked that his
name not bo used.
Talked With Hull
The nrcsident saw Hull yes
terday at the naval hospital at
Rethcsda, Md., where he has
been a patient for five weeks,
and told him then that he felt.
under the circumstances, ho
should accent tho resignation
The chief executive declared
Ihnt, Hull's doctors told the sco-
retnry. and Hull felt, that his
completo recovery from a long
(Uonnnuea on rage iwoi
Senate Rejects
Flood Amendment
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27 (fF)
The senate rejected today a pro
posed Missouri river oavisory
commission ns part of the $1,'
000, 000. COO postwar flood con
trol hill.
Dnfent nf the amendment was
a triumph for advocates of
Missouri valley auinorny on
which Senator Murray (D-Mont.)
and Langcr (R-N.D.) demanded
a vote.
Senator Clark (D-Mo.) appeal
cd vainly for npproval of the
amendment on tho ground that
a Missouri river commission,
nnlterned nfler the Mississippi
river commission, would speed
relief from periodic floods.
senator Murray suggested
that Clark's amendment was a
move to "offset" the authority
proposal,
Hurley Named
Ambassador to
China by FDR
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (IV)
Mai. Gen. Patrick H. Hurley
was nominated by President
Roosevelt today to be American
ambassador to China.
HiiHpv. soeretnrv of war un
dcr President Hoover, has served
thn nrescnt administration in
diplomatic capacities during the
war. At one time ne was mut
ktnr in New Zealand.
Hurley Is In China now with
Donald M. Nelson, mo prese
ripnt's nersonal representative,
who Is attempting to build up
Chinese war production.
WELL HULL
Japs Take Liuchow; Yanks
Abandon Last
CHUNGKING, Nov. 27 (VP)
The Chinese high command to
night announced the fall of Ho
chili, 05 miles west Liuchow In
Kwangsl province, southern
China, In the Japanese sweep
toward Kwclchow province.
Hochih Is but 20 miles from
thn Kwclchow border and 120
miles southeast of KwciyBng,
Burma rond town in Kwelchow
whence tho Invaders would be
in position to strike at Chung
kind 1
Loss of Hochih was announc
ed shortly after lt wos disclosed
that the last forward American
air base In south China, a fighter
field at Nnnning, had been aban
doned and destroyed by the 14th
U. S. air force. . ' .
There was general acceptance
of the Japanese claim to the
capture of Nanning, although
Hp o
W Mil I IIMIIIMI tm MMMMMMMMWMWM
A hnmltnhU wolpomn was nxtondod Saturday to a arouD of Californians, chiefly from Modoc
rnniv wtin mm hmm Inr mAittlna of tha M odoc defensa council at the invitation of the
Klamath chamDer 01 commerce, nere raiicneii i itioiion. local cnairman, is muwn ytoc.iuii
visitors. In the picture, left to right: Harry Edgerton. Adin lumberman and chairman of the
Modoc natural resources committee; Tillotion; Howard Dayton, Tulelake member of the defense
council; Charlos Stark, secretary of Klamath chamber; Russ Bacon, Alturas, secretary of the
Modoc council.
By DANIEL de LUCE
MOSCOW. Nov. 27 (!') Rus
sian armored units lashed out
from enntured Hatvan toward
the Danube north of Budapest
tndav while d rcctly 1 down'
stream from the Hungarion cap
ital another red formation was
reported to have seized a loov
hold on narrow Cscpel- island.
Hatvan, 25 miles northeast of
Budapest, fell yesterday after a
10-day struggle. With its cop-
liiro Mm-slinl Rodion Y. Malm
ovsky was able to maneuver his
second Ukranian army for dou
blcsidcd attacks to outflank
Budapest.
Fiaht Into Cseoel
(Berlin said red army units
fought their way into the north
ern tip of Cscpel island in the
Danube river five miles south of
the capitals municipal boun
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Canadians Try to
Break Deadlock
CHICAGO. Nov. 27 (P) The
Canadian delegation attempted
today to break the Anglo-American
deadlock on a '"fifth free
dom" of the air with a compro
mise proposal which retains
much of the detail outlined in
the United States plan.
The Canadian draft was sub
mittcd at n Joint subcommittee
meeting culled to work on tho
stalemate In free debate, by the
54 countries represented at the
international civil aviation con
ference.
Medford Doctors
To Be Sentenced
MEDFORD, Nov. 27 OP)
Two Medford doctors found
guilty in federal court here Inst
month oi violation ot tno Har
rison narcotics net will bo sent
enced by Federal Judge James
Alger Fee In Portland at an un
announced date.
Doctors A. F. Krosso and R,
W. Clanev were taken to Port
land Saturdny by U. S. Marshal
Jack Caufield and Deputy
George Vranlzan.
Forward Base
the high command still made no
mention of the enemy drive
southward toward Indo-Chlno,
Uneasiness Heightened
It seemed possible that the
Thlnese were handing out bad
news in small bits in order to
avert panic. General uneasiness
heightened despite this, how
ever.
Tho communique said the
.Tnnancsc by-nassod Hawalyuan
chen, railroad town 43 miles
west of Liuchow, to reach Ho
chih, and attacked Chinese po
sitions five miles west of Ho
chih. Nanning was tho seventh
American air base lost in the
twin Japanese northward and
southward thrusts which for all
practical purposes had split
China in two.
Californians Have Pleasant Visit
.
Klamath C of C
Entertains Group
Hands were figuratively
clasped across tho Oregon-Cali
fornia Doraer oaiuraay nigiu
when the Klamath county
chamber of commerce played
host to 35 Californians, chiefly
from Modoe county, at an in
terstate dinner. .
Thi nffair was held at the
Willard hotel following after
noon' trips to the Marine Bar
racks awl-, the. ruamauv-rmxai
ir station,
Mitchell TiUotson,' Klamath
(Continued on Page Two)
Britons Outflank
Po Valley Town
prwE Nnv. 27 (IP) British
troops, outflanking the Po vat
W town of Facnza. have reacti
on thn Lnmone river at a point
three miles soutliwest oi mat
Bologna-Rimini highway strong
hold and are pressing against a
new main German aeiaying pos
ition, allied headquarters an
nounced today.
The village of Belvedere was
taken.
The Germans appeared to be
preparing to fight another house-
UMIa '
U. S. Troops Drive Against
Decreasing Jap Resistance
GEN ERAL MAC ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, PHILIP
PINES, Nov. 27(P) Infantry
men of the U. S. 32nd division
continued their southward push
on Leyte island today, as a com
munique noted that Japanese re
sistance is "steadily, decreasing
in vilol Ormoc corridor.-
Though incessant rains, quag
mire roads and stubborn Japan
ese resistance prevented any
considerable American advance
in the Limon sector, an clement
of the 32nd division was at
tempting lo cross hills to the left
of the Ormoc rond, Associated
Press Correspondent Fred Hamp
son reported.
To Close Area
Their purpose was to close an
area through which Japanese
have been infiltrating across the
mountains to harass the coastal
rond.
Around Llmon the American
troops continued to dig in and
Wounded
PFC Dale Moor
-.we in - v
1
J
Here
;
ivlamath's community fund
drive, benefiting five local pro
jects and the state and national
war chests, is over the top.
J. V. Owens, chairman of the
community fund advisory: com
mittee, said the drive had passed
the revised - quota- of- $61i200,
but that additional contribu
tions .will be welcome. The quota
was scaled down from $65,200
to $61,200, when subsequent de
velopments made possible a re
duction in the allotment for the
Klamath military service com
mittee. Breakdown of Quota
The quota is being divided as
follows:
Boy Scouts $10,000.
Salvation Army $7500.
Girl Scouts $3000.
Camp Fire Girls $3000.
Military service committee
$2000.
War chest $35,200.
The sum of $500 was set aside
for fund expenses. All bene
ficiaries will receive their full
allotments, Owens stated, and
added that he believes the com
munity fund idea is a demon-
(Continued on Page Two)
maki preparations to resume
their drive south ogainst the
enemy forces in the Ormoc corri
dor. Forward elements of con
testing forces were on either
side of the Leyte river, a thousand-yards
south of the village.
tioia run
One clement of the 24th divi
sion held a hill near the road two
miles farther south in the face
of heavy opposition. Artillery
men of the 32nd division knock
ed out a Japanese 75 mm. gun
the eighth enemy artillery piece
put out of action in that region.
Japanese artillery continued to
harass the constat roaci ana com
mnnri nnsts. but air observers re
ported .lessening in attempts to
reinforce the Japanese force
Irnnneri hnlow Limon.
Alert American pilots sank
three small troon-laden freight-
nr-transnnrts off Ccbu Saturday
night in smashing another Jap
anese attempt to reinforce their
hammered Leyte lorces.
PFC Dale Moore
Hurt in Action
PFC Dale "Scoot" Moore,
Merrill resident, has been ser
iously wounded and is now hos
nltalized somewhere in France,
according to word received by
the infantryman's wife, Vir
clnln. Moore's Injuries occurred
November 8. Mrs. Moore has
been advised that she will be
notified of her husband s condi
tion as soon as possible.
Moore was with the 26th di
vision, formerly known as the
old "Yankee" division, now
part of Patton's 3rd army. He
took his training at Camp
Shelby, Miss., and Fort Jack
son, S. C, after entering the
service December 1, 1943, He
has been overseas since late
August. Moore's address may be
obtained from his wife at Mer
rill. '
Yanks Storm
Into Center
Of Langerwehe
By WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 27 (IP) In hard and bloody fighting, first
army. Americans stormed today into the center of Langerwehe,
24 H miles from Cologne and last major German road center
west of the flooded Roer river. At dusk, the Infantry was slug
ging it out with the nazis there, house to house.
To the south, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's third army infantry
drove through the French Lorraine road center of St. Avoid.
Their advance two miles east of St. Avoid placed them within
17 miles of sprawling Saarbrucken, one of Germany's great coal,
steel and. rail centers. The Germans had fought stubbornly for
the important communications town IS miles west of Sarregue
mines, but withdrew Sunday night allowing the foot sloggers to
enter unopposed. ' '
The third army widened its front inside the German Saar
f-
JAP CRUISER
" U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Nov.
27 (P)' A Japanese?, heavy
cruiser! a destroyer, 14 other
ships and 72 planes were' wiped
out as American carrier aircraft
hit the Manila area and. its vi
cinity Friday.
Adirj. .Chester W. Nimitz -yesterday
announced the results of
this f tfth' raid of the' month oh
Luzon islapd as ' reports from.
Rainah,- told-' of the rescue at
sea -of the enUre-orew-of-oner of-
the two- superfortresses lost in
the first B-29 raid on Tokyo,
. Luggers Sunk '
Nimitz said: that, in addition
in thn shins and rjlanes de
stroyed around Manila, two lug
gers were sunk and four cargo
ships ana one oner were uhiu
aged. .
The attack increased to more
than 250 the number of enemy
ships immobilized around Luzon
island alone in ,the 11 raids
since September 20, carried out
by carrier planes or un. "
Hum F. Halsev's. third fleet,
This does not include the 59
warships sunk or damaged m
the recent f nuippmes seu uni
ties. '
Planes Downed
Twmtv.nine NiDDonese air
craft were shot down by the
attacking force, eight were
knocked out' of the sky by' anti
aircraft guns of the surface
ships and 35 were destroyed on
the grouna.
The raid extended from San
to rniT nhnut 75 miles north
west of Manila, to Tayabas bay
at the southern end of Luzon
IqIohH. In the Manna Day area
the navy planes strafed seven
tank cars near Nicholas field
and left them ablaze. They
broke up a convoy of 150
trucks south of Manna.
Shi: sunk included a heavy
cruiser of the' Kumano class
which previously had , been re
norted damagea, one oauujo.
n np rarso . siitus, - wu ----
ports and a small ouer.
Cfark Elevated
In New Shift
-r nwnriw Nnv. 27 (IP) Eleva
tion of Lt. Gen. Mark V Clark
nnmrnnnri nf the U. S. fifth
army, to commander-in-chief of
the allied 15th army group in
Italy ' was announced here last
night as part of a general shift
of the allied leadership in the
Mediterranean. '
In other changes, Gen. Sir Har
niri Ainvsnder. who has been al
lied commander in Italy, be
comes supreme commander in
the Mediterranean, succeeding
Sir Honrv Maltland Wilson,
who in turn takes the place of
the late Field Marshol Sir John
Dill as chief of the British joint
staff mission in Washington.
Mabfe Meeker
Held on Charge
M a b 1 e Huntley Meeker,
charged with larceny from the
norsnn nf 1. Ci "Hod" Davis,
Bonanza, is in the county jail in
lieu of $1500 bail.
The woman is said to have
removed Davis' wallet, contain
ing $940, while Davis was in a
Bonanza restaurant the night of
November 17. She was arrested
by city police Sunday night. Jos
eph C. O'Neill is Mrs. Meeker's
attorney,'
YANKS POUND
MANILA
01
Basin to is miles.
The first army burst finally
intn the forest battlefield town
of Hurtgen also and captured
Frenz. 25 miles from Cologne.
Langerwehe is 15 miles east of
the German frontier.
Hold Hurtgen
The bigger part of Hurtgen
was in American nanus.
Patrols also entered Klein-
hau, a Hurtgen forest town two
miles to the nortneast. .
Frenz is 14 miles inside Ger
many and north of the highway
leading through. tnreatenea uur
en -to the great Rnineland city
Troops stood within four miles
of JJuren..
Boa Limits Tanks
Ninth army infantry battling
in the outer defenses of the rav
aged Roer river fortress of Jul-
ich fought toward tne cnurn
ing stream, sometimes wading
in water above their knees. The
boggy ground limited the use of
tanks. .
Heavy infantry battles flamed
around Barmen, 4000 - yards
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s
B HARRY T. MONTGOMERY
OTTAWA, Nov. 27 (IP) Spe
iai riispinlinarv measures tc
maintain order were taken in
draftee camps throughout Can
ada today as prime minister vv,
terlv-torn rjarliament to ask for
a vnte nf confidence in his new
policy of partial conscription for
overseas service.
The life of King s nine-year-old
regime hung in the balance as
the house of commons assemDiea
tn debate the conscriDtion issue.
the most explosive political ques
tion in Canada s modern nisiory.
Take Precautions
In some areas of the French-
speaking province of Quebec, tra
ditionally opposed to conscrip
tion for service abroad, troops
of all categories were told 10
keep off the streets in certain
(Uonunued on rage iwo)
Bonomi Cabinet
Offers to Resign
ROME. Nov. 27 (IP) Premier
Ivanoe Bonomi's government has
offered its resignation as a result
of two weeks ot crisis over a
iroeram for war-torn and hungry
tnlv. hut his cabinet was re
ported still conducting normal
business last nient.
A bfief communique yesterday
said Bonomi had decided to re
sign when representatives of the
SIX DHriieS lUllllllIK luouwu,,
government failed to agree on a
program for governing the
country, but it was said later
that crown rrince umnera),
lieutenant general of the realm,
had reserved decision on the
resignation,
Yank Fighter
94 German
By HOWARD COWAN
LONDON, Nov. 27 (P) At
least 94 German fighters were
shot down today, the second con
secutive day of big air battles
over the Reich, as American war
nlnnes sweDt almo.U to Berlin
and heavy bombers got in licks
in the frontline Dame.
Five hundred American fight
ers, part of: a 1300-plane force
which bombed and strafed nazi
rail, road and air, targets, met
an almost equal number of uer
man Focke-Wulfs and Messer-
schmitts on a sweep within 70
miles of Berlin.
Furious Battles '
: Furious air battles developed
In the Magdeburg, Munster and
Brunswick areas as the low-fly
ing raiders swooped on targets
all over northwestern Germany.
The 94 enemy planes brought
In Each Attacking . :
Fleet .
By VERN HAUGLAND
SUPER FORTRESS BASE.
Saipan, Marianas Islands, Nov.
27 (IP) A sizeable force of
B-29s bombed the Tokyo in
dustrial area for the second
time in four days today while
India-based Superforta hammer
ed at strategic targets in Bang
kok, capital of Thailand..
(Tokyo radio reported 40 Sup
erforta participated in each raid.
the first coordinated action oi
the 20th and 21st bomber com
mands - and their mighty : air
fleets.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 27. VP)
Not one Superfortress was lost
to the enemy as the twin com
mands of the newly extended
B-29 armada smashed today at
the Tokyo industrial waterfront
and vital railroad yards in
Bangkok in Japanese occupied
Thailand.
(Japanese broadcasts ' said
clouds forced bombardiers to
release their explosive cargoes
blindly, and insisted little dam
age was done. - Propagandists,
claimed one B-29 was shot;
down over Bangkok, but made,
no such claim aDout the Tokyo;
raiders. " "
(An imperial communique
broadcast by Tokyo radio and
recorded by the federal com
munications commission said
the big . bombers ranged over:
Tokyo and other industrial sec-s
tions ot central rionsnu island,
for more than an hour and- at
half. The B-29s, flying at an,
extremely high altitude, burst'
out of a drizzly overcast at; 1
p. m. Tokyo time, broadcasters
said, "but there was no damage,
inflicted on our important facil
ities." Bomb Hanoi :" ' -' '
- (A Domei-'',nroadca'st '. "from
Tokyo, recorded by the FCC,
said 16 China-based U. S. Lib
erators escorted by several
fighters bombed Hanoi, capital
of Japanese-occupied Indo-China
late today.' The broadcast" said
the attack was aimed at the
suburbs and "none of the -"im-:
portant industrial or military
targets were hit.") .
In an amazing display of sus
tained power, the great silvered,
planes stood in line along taxi-:
ways and roared down the mile
and a half long paved runways
at one minute intervals wim
even greater clockwork precis
Ion than on last Friday's initial
raid.
Unused Resources
Two Tokyo raids within four
days by Brig. Gen. Haywood
Hansen's 21st bomber command
was a striking demonstration of
the slight amount of damage
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Names of Crash
Victims Released
Names of four navy men who
lost their lives in the collision
of two light bombers near Clear
lake last week were disclosed
today by the navy. The victims
were all passengers, two in each
plane. The pilots parachuted to
safety. ,-
The dead:" "
Ralph Walter Skldmore Jr.,
AR3C, Northrop, N.- Y. '
Richard Lee Hartwick,: AOM
3c, Beloit, Wis. .
Edward Joseph Grohs,. AMM
3c, Lynbrook, N. Y.
Benjamin L. Kauffman, !AR
3c, Indianapolis, Ind.
The nilots who survived wera
Ensign B. L. Weaver, SapUlpa,
Okla., and Ensign H. C. McGee,
Piedmont, Calif.
The accident happened in . a
remote area between Clear lake
and Steele Swamp ranch, last
Friday. '- '
Planes Down ,;i
Craft in Battle
down raised the total . In two
days to 226.
An eighth air force spokes
man said it was the first time
the German air force had been
ordered into the air to do battla
In such strength against a pure
ly fighter force. ,
"They must have mistaken the
fighters for a bomber escort,'
he .said. . .
Bombers Elsewhere
Five hundred Fortresses and
Liberators meanwhile wera
smashing at rail targets at Of
fenburg, 10 miles soutneast or
Strasbourg, and Bingen, 15 miles
west of Mainz, without meeting
opposition. ... ;
They followed an, RAF pre
dawn attack by 270 Lancaster
on Munich in which' six-ton
blockbusters were scattered on
a German Industrial city ior
the first time... .
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