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(T.,r lutL-iest rests squarely
ttomlcd lf.c.r river, at the
1 "pi edge o ,I1U """"K
J n" phim-wlim-, the Ger
t. Ifll us t '. one of Ills-
RllON In jJL-lnB fought.
Jit hrlcfly. Llllllu of titlrltlon
ft,.noll-uiit of1"1 10 WEAlt
I WKAKKH SIDK OUT-to
J'ct losses gicuter tliun can be
n- - i.iih r:,n.,i:
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Sited
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he flslilli'K w ,h"vo d",,u
I)C DUl UMO WKiu
rislVELY gieutor than lie
lid uncl. . ,
tha bloody campaign uciorc
fhmonii ENDED the war be
i(ii the state. Elsenhower
e-imniiHK i"" H,i-"k
i western runt, which Is ut
Sstnt centered between
ihennnd Cologne. In tho hopu
Sndlnll tlie war In Europe be-
winler closes In to bring
Gcnnuiis ii i wiiiuni 0111.-M.
RANT wiiMi'l much concerned
with I'Liitta. iieiincr is
-nhowrr. The objective Is to
STIIOY THE ENEMY'S
jiVEIl TO RESIST.
GKHMAN military spokes
man assorts today that Klsen
er Ims thrown SEVENTY
1SI0NS (n minimum of 850,
men) into tho battle rough-
Wieo as many as the mum
luvposcd to have on uie
fclera front.
this means oso.tmo KKiiiT
t men In the BATTLE LINE.
mu.it have at least us muny
ire In reserve, ready to be
own in at critical moments.
litre on the safe home front,
arc watching from a distance
of the lircatcst and bloodiest
LhIcs since the world began
luiT OUR MEN (In point of
libers) arc bearing the brunt
l,
WERE Is a hint today of some-
Ihlnif new and MIGHTIER
the Russian 'front. The reds
I0SS THE DANUBE on a
Bo front BELOW Budapest
sro swinging northward In
at mny be the flnul iiinccr
vemcnt that will bite off the
snrlun caiiltal, wlilch is al-
dr menaced to tho north.
the crossbill of the Danube Is
tiounccd by STALIN In nil
IDER OF THE DAY. Thut
ally menus something big.
Anyway, waleli It.
the Pacific, we lilt Tokyo
gain with B-20.S. In splto of
Jap official pooh-puohing of
e raids, MacArlhur tells
ptral Arnold (chief of our air
res) that they have til ready
pERTED JAP ATTENTION
In the Philippines campaign.
an nddress In Kansas City
Pt night, General Arnold
s:
First with our D-2Ds, then, as
get bases CLOSER. In Jnuiin.
Ill our Fortresses and Liber-
I", we're going to destroy the
J't and nerve centers of
fan war machine."
Mc adds:
Japan will have Utile In-
Jlry left when our nrmy and
Jy air forces complete their
fs of destruction. They've
led for It, and they're going
iwt.1 ii.-
. .
f'ERE Is mile news from
China Imlnv. Wl.nl lliilo
!fe Is, ns usual. Is bad. The
arc rpnniinri STAn'pr.iNn.
(Continued oil Pimo Two)
in Tha Shanta-Cancade Wonderland
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DIDDLE AID
DECLARES HIS'
PRICE 5 CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1944
Number 10326
mmh
Mraiy Mis Up to Hooded
Medium Force
Of B-29s Hits
Jap Capital
Br VEHM HAUGLAND
B-20 BASE, SAIPAN, Marlanns Islands, Nov. 30 (IF) A medi
um task forco of B-Z9 Supcrforts bombed Tokyo's Industrial and
fhlpplnu area by the light of tho full moon early today in the
first nlulit bombing raid on Japan's capital and the third strike
against the city within a week.
All Superfortresses which participated In the raid returned
to their base, a 20th air force communique' said today.
In tho three raids on Japan's capital, two Supcrforts have
been lost. The crew of one of these was rescued by a destroyer.
Returning airmen reported that anti-aircraft fire was meager
and Inaccurate. Results were not observed because of a cloud
cover.
Superfortresses rained bombs principally upon the light in
dustrial center of Tokyo. Here, in small plants, are fashioned
muny of Japan's implements of war.
The Supcrforts took off in time to return by daylight. Some
of them havo returned after dark from previous strikes. Pre
cision bombing in the moonlight raid, similar to the type ac
complished in Monday's raid through thick cloud cover, is in
contrast to the visual bombing of the initial strike.
Medium Fores
As the medium force, less than half that of the sizeable
forces of the two previous attacks, thundered toward Tokyo,
Urig. Gen. Haywood Hanscll Jr., commanding the 21st bomber
command, issued a prepared statement saying:
"Tonight there Is a full moon; shipping targets In Tokyo bay
should stand out sharply against tho outline of water. Bombs
will drop on industrial targets which constitute the backbone of
Japanese war-making capacity."
The senior officer of today's mission was Col. Samuel R.
Harris of Winston Salem, N. C.
Crippled Bomb.r
Ho was commander of tlije B-29 which returned on two of its
four engines most of tho way from Tokyo after the initial raid.
rllO first DlanA. tn tflkn nit frnm Knlnnrt An H.I. tUl-A .nll
however, was that commanded by Lt, Donald B. Thorburn. Bur.
liiigame, Calif . . J ,,,;.,.,.. -,
Senate Oketis SteUinms
Appointment as Secretary
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (VP)
Tho senate today confirmed
President Roosevelt's nomina
tion of Edward R. Stottinius Jr.,
to bo secretary of state, suc
ceeding Cordcll Hull, who re
signed because of ill health.
The vote was 07 to 1.
Slcttinius, 44, thus becomes
Lowe Masters
Dies in Pacific
Lt. 0-R-) Lowell Vance Mast
ers, 20, United States naval re
serve, air corps, was killed In
an aircraft accident in the South
Pacific area, according to word
received Wednesday by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mast
ers, 337 Hasklns.
The accident occurred some
where at sea on November 10,
according to information sent
tho Masters by the war depart
ment, Parents of the youth,
former residents of Corvallls,
have gone to tho valley city to
be with their two dnughters.
Young Masters, who attended
school In Corvallls, had visited
hero with his parents.
)eath of Eicher Ends 7
Months1 Sedition Trial
PASHINr. TOM TJn, 'in im
JJth during the' night of Pro
"i Justice Edwnrd C. Eicher
apparently brought to an
f "ie sevcn-month-old mass sc-
trial In federal district
P'uier, O5.year-old former
congressman, died al his
"t in nearby Alexandria, Va.
justice department official,
j'Hjg to be quoted by name,
'ho Jurist's death would
,f. that tho current trial
! have to bo terminated
"c hcnrlng started all over
0 27 defendants are accused
iSJ'na to dlsnffcct the
io
SHOPPING-DAYS
1...TUP
loyalty of American armed
forces and to set up a nazl form
of government In this country,
Opened In April
The trial opened last April 17
with 30 defendants. One later
died and two won severances.
After a summer recess, the
hearings have recently been con
fined to afternoon sessions to
permit defense attorneys to car
ry on their own law' practices.
Most of the attorneys have been
serving without compensation.
Jury Trouble
From its outset, the mass
hearing was marked by uproar
and confusion. Selection of a
jury proceeded at a snail's pace
throughout tho first two weeks.
Then with the box still not
filled, the task had to be started
from scratch again with tho ex
piration at month's end of the
district court Jury panels.
The courtroom clamor grew
to such a pitch that Eicher was
forced to resort to numerous
contempt fines to keep defense
counsel in line. All told, six at
torneys and a defendant were
lined an aggregate of $1220. All
appealed their fines to the court
of nppcals, whero tha cases still
appending.
Prosecutor Criticised
Government counsel, t o o,
came in for criticism from the
bench, Eicher late In Scptcm-
(Continued on Pago Two)',
tho youngest secretary of state
since George Washington ap
pointed 41-ycar-old Edmund
Randolph to the post in 1794.
The former chairman of
United States Steel corporation
won approval of the senate de
spite a one-man fight against
him by Senator Langcr (R-N.D.)
Langer charged in the senate
that Stcttinius had delayed the
nation's war preparations by
failing to sponsor an increase
in steel production in 1040.
Stcttinius then was a member
of the raw materials division
of the national defense council.
Senators McKellar (D-Tcnn.),
White (R-Mc.), Vandenbcrg
(R-Mich.), Clark (D-Mo.), Con
nolly (D-Tcx.) and Davis (R-Pa.)
defended Stcttinius' record and
his qualifications.
7000 Attend War
Bond Jamboree
More than 1000 Klamathites,
who paid $100 or $000 in war
bonds to witness the 6th War
Loan show Wednesday night,
had their money's worth and
more.
The show, featuring Major Joe
Foss, marine ace now on duty
at tho barracks, was played to
an appreciative audience from
tho Pelican stage. In addition
to the bonds sold before tho
show, nine purchasers paid out
$10,500 for the privilege of hav
ing their picture taken with Ma
jor Foss.
Lt. Col, George O. Van Ordon
paid high tribute to' young Foss,
wearer of the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross and the Congressional
Medal of Honor, before the
Sioux Falls, S. D., airman took
the mike. In an unassuming
manner, which went over big
with his audience, Foss told of
early days of aerial combat
when his outfit was stationed at
Henderson field, Guadalcanal.
Talent was drawn from the
Marine Barracks, Klamath naval
air station, Klamath Union high
school, and among the home
folks, a combination which re
sulted In a well-rounded show,
capably cmcecd by PFC Dick
Nason of the barracks.
Taxcob Baby
Safe in Hospital
PORTLAND, Nov. 30 ()
A taxlcab baby wns safely In
the Vanport City hospital to
day and crowing healthily be
side his mother.
The baby boy was born to
Mr, and Mrs. Cecil Hayes yes
terday in the back seat of a
cab as Taxi Driver Myrtle
Chaso shattered -speed records
in a race to the hospital.
YANK PILOTS
S1VESS S
JAP SOLDIERS
Ten Transports, Three
Destroyers, 4000
Men Downed
GENERAL Mae ARTHUR'S
HEA1JQUARTKHS, Philippines,
Nov. 30 (IV) Slashing Ameri
can fighter planes sank 10 Jap
anese transports and three de
stroyers, with at least 4000 re
inforcements abroad, in a blist
ering Tuesday-Wednesday battle
which crippled an apparent
Nipponese effort to land a full
new division on Lcyte island.
The latest strike, pushed to
21,000 the Japanese death toll
for reinforcements who failed
to reach port, but some fresh
troops evidently slipped ashore
to join the rain-swept battle of
Ormoc corridor.
Two transports in this sixth
major reinforcement convoy
were destroyed in Ormoc port,
after they partially had unload
ed men and supplies. One vessel
blew into pieces when hit.
The other eight transports
were destroyed "well, out at
sea," today's communique said,
and' an estimated - 4000 troops
were lost. .
The destroyers were sunk
while escorting tho convoy.
The Japanese have lost 26
transports and 17 escort ves
sels, mostly destroyers, in their
desperate efforts to pour men
onto Leyte. In addition three
cargo vessels, , "apparently head
ed" for Ormoc, wcro sunk last
week off Cebu.
It was probable, said the
communique, that this latest
convoy was bringing in another
division, "as prisoners of war
captured on the front stated
they had been told tho second
Japanese infantry division was
expected."
There was no estimate of the
number of men who might
have landed at Ormoc. Despite
heavy sea losses, the Japanese
have put ashore more than 35,
000 reinforcements since Oct.
25.
. Steaming rains limited ground
activity for the third straight
day. The communique reported
that 23 and one-half inches of
rain have fallen on Lcyte since
November 1 "an unprecedent
ed record for November."
Mother Receives Star
Mrs. Zena Brughman. nurses' aide at Klamath Valley hospi
tal, receives the Bronze Star medal awarded posthumously to
her son. Tech. 4th Grade Beverly A. Gilmore, killed in the New
Georgia group by a-Jap sniper. Making the presentation is Capt.
John L. Melton, post adjutant. Camp ' White, (left),, .as Mrs.
Brughman's second son, 1st. Sgt. James C, Gilmore of the Marine
Barracks witnesses the award made Tuesday at the hospital.
Committee Passes 'Freeze'
On Tax; House Okehs BUI
To Extend War Powers Act
By FRANCIS M. LE MAY
. -WASH-HV-cWeNr-Nov. 30 (TP)
The house ways and means com
mittee today voted 17 to 7 to
"freeze" the social security tax,
which otherwise would double
automatically January 1.
Nine committee republicans
voted solidly, and were joined
by eight democrats in delivering
this rebuff to an administration
plea that the tax be allowed to
HID IN ITALY
ROME, Nov. 30 (Uncork
ing their strongest counterat
tacks in recent weeks German
troops have recaptured three
fifth army strong points in the
sector southeast and southwest
of Bologna, allied headquarters
announced today.
Fifth army troops were forced
to relinquish their hold on
Monte Castellaro, just north of
(Continued on Page Two)
Attack On Western Front
T
d y-1-"' C'0,'fi-ff SlUlTGART?i
m!: J' -err l
Ninth army men, pulling up on the flooded Roer river, cap
tured Lindern, and fought into Roerdorf and Flossdorf. This of
fensive is gradually opening the way to Cologne. First army
troops gradually emerged from the Hurtgen forest, while third
army troops were under counterattack in the Saar area.
rise,' as-provided' in;ttie Tasu5 se
curity !law.-":-; .
Long Fight Looms ' . --y
The committee action sent the
issue to the full house,, and
raised the possibility of a .session-end
veto fight with the
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 OP)
The house today passed a one
year extension of the war
powers act and sent it to the sen
ate with, an amendment giving
federal courts jurisdiction over
some war agency rulings. . " 1 .
The bill was'passed by a voice
vote. If there was a vote against
it it wasn't audible in the press
gallery.
The war powers act is the leg
islative basis for rationing, pri
orities, and many of- the other
emergency - functions set up to
channel the nation's economy 'to
the war effort. .'
White House should house and
senate agree with the ways and
means majority.
Some democrats favoring the
"freeze" predicted privately Mr.
Roosevelt will win, seeing little
prospect of the necessary two
thirds, vote in both houses to
override a veto.
. This . would mean . that a
month hence the security, tax
will be boosted. from, one to two
per cent the, wage, and salary
man paying to the security fund
$2 for each $100 he. earns, as
against the present rate of $1 for
each $100,' and the employer
boosting from $1 to " $2 the
amount he contributes on the ba
sis of. eachlOO.of his payroll.
Approves Study Bill
In voting . approval of a
"freeze," the committee also ap
proved a resolution calling for
a comprehensive study of the
overall social- security rate and
trust fund problem in the new
congress convening January '3.
The study would determine
whether an entirely, new tax
rate structure is needed.
Meanwhile, congress grappled
with other major legislation, in
cluding: 1. Increase in the capitaliza
tion of the smaller war plants
corporation.
2. Legislation providing fed
eral participation with states in
financing postwar road construc
tion. House and senate now are
trying to thrash out differences
in separately approved road
bills.
3. Repeal of the Johnson act,
forbidding the use of private
American capital in transactions
with foreign governments that
owe the United States money.
4. An effort to give the house
an equal voice with the senate in
treaty ratification, with pacts to
bo approved by a simple major
ity of ccngrcss instead of two
thirds of .the senate. .
George Price
Wounded in ETO
PFC George F. Price, son of
Mrs. Nell F. Price of box 156,
Shevlin, northern Klamath
county, was listed as wounded
in action in the European thea
ter. '
Price's name -was included
with 10 other Oregon men.
GI'S PREPARE
PUSH QfJ RUHR.
RHINE BARRIER
Offense Crdcks. Open
Roads to Cologne,
Dusseldorf
3y WILLIAM FRYE
LONDON, Nov. 30 VP) Virtu
ally the entire ninth army
pulled up to the flooded Roer
river today on a front of 15 to
25 miles, ready to assault that
major barrier in the push to
ward the Rhine and industrial
Ruhr.
Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's
ninth army men fought into'
Roerdorf . and Flossdorf, one and
two-miles southeast of Linnich,
and captured Lindern just north
west of Linnich in the offensive
that: was slowly cracking open
the roads to Muncheh Gladbach,
Cologne ndr Dusseldorf.
Linnich was placed in a pin
cers and Beeck to the southwest
was -found full of German dead
as the result of a terrific bar
rage, a hail of phosphorus shells
and , a flerce; divebpmbing. . .
: i Survivors Captured
Survivors of the elite SS gar
rison of strategic' Lindern were
captured with the town -141
miles-'from the Prussian arsenal
and rail city of Munchen Glad
bach. Most o( the Beeck garrison
were, killed; the stragglers fled
toward nearby Wurm. ;
' The first army at the southern
end of the critical 25-mile front
on the Cologne plain captured
Lamersdorf and Grosshau and
emerged, from the Hurtgen for
est pinelands. Lt. Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges' troops fought a see
saw battle, for an Inde fiver
bridge at Inden, winning it,, los-
. (Continued on Page Two) ;
END OF IN, STEEL;
E
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (P)
The United States plans to halt
lend-lease shipments of iron and
steel to Britain January 1. . ,
This means a ' drastic down
ward revision of the war aid
program for 1945.
It was announced officially
today in a statement summing
up lengthy British-American
lend-lease conferences just con
cluded here. They resulted in a
$5,600,000,000 program for ship
ments to Britain during 1945
a cut of almost 50 per cent un
der comparable figures for this
year.
; Elimination of cost-free ship
ments of steel and some other
"raw and semi-fabricated mate
rials" to Britain is made pos
sible by decreasing war demands
on Britain's own steel industry,
(Continued on Page Two)
Winter Weather
Looms in Basin
The Klamath basin was in for
a touch of winter weather, ac
cording to the forecast of - the
U. S. weatherman, with both rain
and snow promised for the next
24 hours in this section.
-Along the Oregon coasc, small
craft warnings were ordered
hoisted - as 'strong winds were
anticipated.
AIM ACHIEVED
'Insubordination' Held.
Basis of Dismissal; v
Probe Proposed
WASHINGTON, Nov;' 30 '('
President Roosevelt fired Assis
tant Attorney General Norman
Littell today and Llttell prompt?
ly asserted the situation had pre
vented appointment. of "a Tom
my Corcoran henchman" as, his '
successor. . ;
Littell received reporters at
the department of justice short
ly after the department released
a letter from the president dis
missing Littell for : "lnsubor-.
dination."
The assistant attorney general'
has had a wide-open split ,with
cmei, Attorney uenerai
his
Francis Biddle, accusing Biddle-'
of having interfered in one Jus
tice department case in favor of-Thomas-C.
(Tommy the Cork)
Corcoran, former presidential
intimate now in private law prac
tice. . ..
"Wholly Satisfied" :
In a prepared statement dls-'
tributed at his news conference,.!
the 45-year-old -former head of
the justice department's land di-"
vision said: ' ;
"In regard to the statement
which the attorney general has
just issued, it is unnecessary-for1,
.me to say that his use of adjec
tives -regarding : my statements,
to the Mead (war investigating);
committee, such as 'reckless and'
unfounded' do not answer facts.
I have stated the facts. I anv
wholly satisfied with the Dublin:
service which I : have rendered'
in-this matter . and a complete'
-:Cntinued on; Page Two)
THREE FOLD DRIVE -:
LEAPS 25 MILES.
LONDON; 'Nov. 30 (P) RUs;
sian" and Y u g o s l a v partisan '
forces, thrust forward '25 . miles
west of the Danube 'In south
western Hungary today' in a
huge offensive that' has the
three-fold possibility of ench
cling Budapest, driving straight
into. Russia and sealing off all
nazi troops in the Balkans.
Premier Stalin in an order,
of the day yesterday announced'
the capture of 350 communities
in southern" Hungary and north
ern Yugoslavia, confirming - the
drive about which the German
radio has; spoken for the last
week.- . .'.
' Pecs, coal mining and rail
way center 98 miles southwest
of Budapest was seized, as was
Mohacs, a like distance directly
south of the Hungarian capital
and Bataszek, 85 miles south- of
Budapest, Moscow said. . '
' The broadcast Russian com
munique said the drive across
the Danube by Marshal Feodor
X. Tolbukhin's third Ukraine
army, and Yugoslav, nationals
was north of the big river's con
fluence with the Drava, a point
130 miles due south of Buda
pest.. The. breakthrough was oh.
a 93-mile-wide front that ex
tended on its northern flank to
within 37 miles of the Hungar
ian, capital. " - ... ,
$$7,000 in Bonds -Pledged
at Meet
Bond sales and pledges total
ing more than $51,000 were recorded-
at Thursday's meeting
of. the Klamath ' Kiwanis club.
With Charles Mack as chair
man, the event was, given over
to the Sixth War Loan . drive.
Several unusual items, includ
ing hams and cigarettes, were
auctioned off, and competition
between tables helped boost the
total.. - . -. , . i
Myrle C. Adams, drive chair
man, told the Kiwanians he was
encouraged by receipt . of sev
eral large allocations for bond
purchases here and said E bond
sales are pickine ur. About
$250,000 in E bonds have been
sold. A war bond movio was a
feature of the program. -
Conference Abandons Hope
For Complete Agreement
CHICAGO, Nov. 30 () The
world air conference abandoned
hope of complete agreement on
sky freedoms today and settled
to the job of making available to
those who want it the United
States proposal for open air.
.The prospect for the result of
the conference now appears to
be:
1.' A convention or agreement
In three parts which gives the
world a standard set of rules for
air navigation: an international
organization with advisory and
ministerial functions, and a pro
tocol under which nations who
want may participate In the
mutual exchange of five air free
doms outlined in the last Amer
ican proposal.
. 2. An interim agreement co
ering very much the same
ground. .' " '
3. A provision protocol relat
ed to the convention.
4. A standard form for negoti
ations between countries outside
of the "five freedoms" group
and between countries insldo and
outside of the group.