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Europe
y,tinuii . lnoro
com
there 'RrBbUH OF DECISION Is
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1 InrliiV tO
try to
along
dor In
fc?5 fnnnt-uvcr ..ml terrain,
.fc'n" .... ...iiv ru lit VC V Ullllll-
SfdH r' "lncd or
amounts merely to moves on
hi cherkiirbonrcl.
The fiKhH"K ll,,-,'n hn rellt'
J'irlm KNOCKOUT stage.
I .i... nl.l.w. Ihn iinvl
'ft toilny's clisptilclieji toll us. lire
ynifSUOUnn; n . u
(Sy' a'r'o wcrlllclnu more ll.a
foiir side's losses In tjila mlKlit
1 r" . . H...I u mnv In Its 24t
S, hove not been disclosed,
d won't bo for weeks to come,
Si the censors puss this somber
fffii nonerol rule of war
L assiu.lt osl moru In blood
ton defense;
It that rule holds Rood now
j ... j n.n.rt lu nn reimon to bo-
feve It doesn't) our losses urc
jinvlcr limn me ucumnio .
I THIS IS llt !'
I Wccsn Ar rUltD to lose more
kecauso we iiavc mu. ...
C,int, in Ids Xinnl bloody cam
(lord to lose more men tliun
IWe'ro trylnK to END THE
L',.u waii r.xnfKKn. he.
Iiuto In tlt wny more lives
lill Do suvca ui "
h)R 36 hours our planes nave
fbeen CONTINUUUSIji nam
trlnit Gorman oil and nil
...P... i.. n.nu rin hnnm
taciinic. in
1, imicm TiiniiKANn of them
live dropped 25,000 tons of
lombs on mo enemy. '
verogo bus been ubout 10 tons
'cr minute.
f This ulr attack, dwarfing any
In.... Klll.ny.n linniuil. hns.l I
trtn ensy or cheap. COMBINED
In.iiini. .wi Ami.i'lninl losses
live been 7(1 heavy bombers and
12 fliihlers. .nuy-six m
lombcrs und 30 of tho fighters
fcjt wcro American.
inch heavy bomber curries a
Jrew of about ten,
in this hour of supremo trial
im have this solemn sutlsfac
ton: EVERYWI1EHE our men
ire' tdvanclns. NOWHERE lire
Jity boinK driven back. Ihcy
lave what lt takes to meet the
Jour of decision
EVERYWHERE our men have
r whrit it taken
1 In the Pacific since Pearl
larbor, the war department in
jMhlnglon announces loony,
11.000 Americans have been
Iilled while WIPING OUT
17,000 Japs a ratio of about
i lo one.
The Jnp. the war department
Ids, l a "good f iRhtlng man"
men no one who lias gone
plnst hhn in action will deny.
40ur men are BETTER,
i
1GAIN the Jap tries to rein
v force Lcytc. ARuIn he Is,
Itt by our dive bombers who
jtslroy his latest convoy, slnk
fi four more transports and
fownlng 5000 moro men. Tho
("patches are bee nn na to de-
tribe the Philippines ns the
-9uuilllg K.lllL'i U. .IIU i nll.v.
ih" Hie other sldo of tho story
r 'he Jnps, driving deeper and
fw deeper into Cliina (reach
J! for our nir bases there) tnko
free towns, 121 tanks and
fmored veliiclcs arfd much rail
I (Continued on Page Four)
jVoshngton Eyed
U Confab Site
JWASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (V)
y1" n'Sniy placed concrcsslon.
1 SOlircf'S InHnu siuiirpslprl
"Wngton ns the site for the
'incoming United Nations'
Chairman mnn,v. tvm vi ni
f nouse affairs committee' said
"m Information that formal
"ounccment of plans for the
fnlcrem
'wencc probably would, be
pnesd". Wcck' Ppi on
I' J said he did not know
f. Phms -vero but added:
io city of Washington 's
int.. Httltu lo IIOIU llic
rV ?co fl,r security reasons
F. Any place else you stand
rjwot being bombed out."
bnOPPING-
r
1
:Fo.Jfvi
PRICE 5 CENTS
aps Lose
Receives
i h 1 Jt'
V 4
r 71,
Snt. Clifford Smith Is handing $1000 bond to 13-month-old
jamss Malntchl, ion of Mr, and Mrs. John Malatchl, 735 Mitchell.
Tn bond was purchaitd for th young coy by nis godfather,
James Lull, who was alio the first man In Klamath county to
buy a $5000 war bond In this drive.
Insubordination Charge
Against Littell Disputed
WASHINGTON, Dee. 1 (ff)
A member of trio senate war in
vcstlguting committee today dis
puled President Roosevelt's con.
tentlon that Norman Littell was
guilty of Inexcusable insubordi
nation to Attorney ucncrai nia
cin:.
Senator Ferguson (R-Mlch.).
said the committee Itself was re
sponsible for publication of a
memorandum which Mr. Roosc-
volt criticized in firing Littell
yesterday as assistant attorney
general.
f crcuson to d rcnortcrs no in.
tcrpreted tho president's dismis
sal letter as indicating Mr.
Roosevelt believed Littell cull
ty of Insubordination because
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (IF)
The state republican steering
committee ncrecd tentatively to
day to oppose confirmation of
two OI l-rusiuuill nuuavvuvB up-
poinlccs to the surplus war
property board,
Chairman Taft (R-Ohlo) said
It wns his judgment most of the
37 romiblican senators would
vole against confirming former
Gov. Robert A. Hurley of Con
necticut, slated as chairman of
tho board, mid Lieut. Col. Ed
umrrl Holler, a war department
finance representative at Bos
ton. Tills development came as the
senate military committee was
inmilrlns about the two nomi
nees, with particular reference
to a $2,UO0,UUO loan maoc 10
Ihn Nnrranaansett Machine
company. Hurley is a vice pres
ident and Heller handled some
of tho inquiries Into the loan,
which was guaranteed by tho
wnr department.
The department neienui-u us
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Crty Officials
To Offend Meet
nfflnfntq of nearby cltlos and
lnnrlrtra nf tlin Loautic of Oregon
Cities wcro expected In town
this afternoon lor tonight's post
war planning conferencu at the
Pelican cafe at 0:30. A busy
program Is ahead for the visi
tors, who will includo municipal
officers of Klamath Falls, Lake
view, Chllonuln, Bonanza, Mer
rill, Mnlln and Medford.
Fred u. IliKstcr, uswego
rrqlflcnt of UlO league, Will
lead the league delegation.
In The
Baby Bond
'2&f
the letter - critical of Biddle's
official acts became public.
"That letter was given to the
committee at its request and a
similar letter was obtained from
the attorney general," Ferguson
said. "The committee released
the letter voluntarily. Certainly
Littell violated no rule of. se
crecy." He added that Senator Kilgore
(D-W. Va.), also a committee
member, concurred In the opin
ion. A similar position was taken
yesterday by Rep, Voorhis (D
Callf.), who asked the house to
approve a resolution calling for
an Investigation of the entire
matter.
Incompatible
Littell has -contended a de
mand from Attorney General
Francis Biddle for his resigna
tion on grounds of incompat
abillty was based in part on his
refusal lo countenance what he
termed Biddle's intervention in
a condemnation suit on behalf of
"his friend, Tommy Corcoran."
Thomas G. Corcoran, former
new deal brain truster and presi
dential intimate, was an attor
ney In the suit, involving proper
ties of tho Savannah Shipyards
company.
Littell made known his views,
Including an accusation that
Biddle's conduct had been "con
trary to basic principles of good
government," In a 12,000-word
memorandum submitted to the
sennte wnr Investigating com
mittee at its request.
' i -fnY
Round-the-Clock Raids on Jap Capital
Loom as Result of Superfort Night Raid
By The Associated Press
The future possibility of
round-the-clock air assaults on
Tokyo was implied by pilots of
Superfortresses who reported on
their return to Salpan after the
first experimental night raid
that:
The big bombers ranged over
Japan's sprawling metropolis for
at least tltrce hours.
Precision instruments' enabled
the raiders to hit war industries
despite obscuring clouds.
Aiiti-alrcraft firo was light.
Equals Success
The raid Thursday night
(Tokyo time) was almost equnl
In success to either of the two
previous daylight assaults al-
tnougn t.ie raiding lorce was
much smaller,
Tokyo's radio, which has
blared heated threats at Yank
pilots, meanwhile kept the sub
ject of the raids uppermost In
Its broadcasts.
A speaker, Kichlzo Karashi
ma, last night broadcast to Nip
ponese soldiers at the fronts that
Shania-CaHcade Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1944
to
SEVEN KILLED
CRACK-UP
OF L
Smash Injures 15 As
Plane Crashes
i
Near Burbank
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 (P)
Seven were hil'ea, 15 were in
jured and one passenger was
uninjured when a Transcontin
ental and Western Airlines pass
enger plane crashed early today
in a dense fog.
The airliner was only a few
hundred feet above the ground
and six airline miles from Lock
heed air terminal in Burbank.
One of those killed was City
Manager Walter Cooper of San
Diego, Calif.
Injured -
Mayor Harlcy Knox of . the
same city was injured.
Ten of those aboard were mil
itary personnel.
The crash was so loud it
awakened many residents of tho
suburban neighborhood, 30
miles northwest of Los Angeles.
Because of tho fog. and dark
ness, none could see the plane.
A war dog, recently .discharg
ed from the service, found the
wreck, His owner released him
and when he found the plane
ho began barking.
The plane shattered to a stop
on the lawn of a cottage. The
right motor, torn loose, landed
almost at the front door.
One of the first to reach the
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T!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (fl5)
A billion dollar flood control
authorization bill passed the
senate today on a voice vote.
It goes now to a conference com
mittee for action on changes
made since the measure passed
the house.
One of the largest authoriza
lions of tho kind on record, the
bill calls for flood control, navi
gation, reclamation, hydroelec
tric and related developments.
Appropriations to carry out the
projects autnorizea in tne out
will be voted later.
The measure was projected as
part of a postwar program to
create jobs a policy approved
in principle by President Roose
velt. ,
Meanwhile tho nouse commit
tee on irrigation and reclama
tion approved a bill authorizing
the reclamation bureau to pro
ceed with a $200,000,000 initial
program for development of wa
ter resources of the Missouri
river basin.
William B. Warne, assistant
commissioner of reclamation,
told the committee that the
measure is similar to an amend
ment to the flood control bill
approved by the senate.
"We citizens of Tokyo firmly
pledge that we will hold out to
the end without letting you
down."
At Salpan, Vern Haugland,
Associated Press war correspon
dent, substantiated Japanese re
ports that the night raid was
lengthy. He quoted fliers as
saying they swung over Tokyo
cither singly or in groups for at
least three hours.
Daylight Return
Regarding the experimental
attack, Lt. Jack Scttcrich of
Chattahoochc, Fla., said it was
almost as successful as a day
light blow and had -in its favor
the return of the big bombers by
daylight to their Salpan bases
1500 miles from Tokyo.
Those bases, Adm. Chester W.
Nlmitz disclosed In a communi
que last night at Pearl Harbor,
were attacked before dawn Tues
day by Nipponese planes, and
a few bombs were dropped. Ninv
Itz said they caused no damage
and that one raider was downed.
A second possibly was bagged.
Yank Airmen
Sink Troop,
Supply Ships
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines.
Dec. 1 (Pi Japan's disastrous attempts to replenish her Leyte
garrisons have coit her 2B.O0O troops lost at sea in the destruc
tion of seven convoys, the latest one on Thursday with 5000 men
and uncounted supplies aboard. .
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today that low-flying
American pilots sank a 9000-ton transport and three small freight
ers headed toward the west coast port of Ormoc on Leyte. In
addition, a 5000-ton freighter and a destroyer were hit and left
ablaze. .
"The transports were heavily loaded with : men," General
MacArthur said in his communique, "and the enemy's loss of
REDS WIN 50
COMMUNITIES
IN NEW DRIVE
MOSCOW, Dec. 1 (P) Envel
oping 50 more communities in
their new drive west of the
Danube in southwestern Hun
gary, Russian troops today
moved north to within 76 miles
of outflanked' Budapest and less
than. 100. miles of the Austrian
border. . , . . .
Moscow announced a nine
mile advance north along the
west bank of the great river yes
terday. Northeast of the be
seiged Hungarian capital other
red army trbopd seized the axis
strongholds of Eger and Szikszo
which guard invasion routes in
to central- Slovakia. i
Cut Railway
. Russian troops also cut the
railway between MisKolc, Hun
gary's fifth city, and Kassa ((Ko-
sice), eastern blovakian commun
ication hub now. threatened by
Gen. Ivan Petrov's forces fan
ning out from captured l ungvar,
The line was severed at Arnot
less than three miles northeast
of Miskolc.
Petrov's troops, attacking on
a 30-muo iront, captured 30 vil
lages, including Domasa, 20
miles east of Presov: Moraviany,
23 miles, east of Kassa, .and
Zemplin, seven miles northeast
of the big north Hungarian rail
center of Satoraljauihely.
In addition to capturing Eger
and Szikszo, Marshal Rodion Y.
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War Activities
Filmed Here
Picture-taking was making
steady progress today in the
production of a local film show
ing Klamath Falls and Its war
time activity.
- Robert Allen' Productions of
Hollywood is making the" film,
which will have its world pre
miere at the Pelican theatre
on December 7. Informal shots
are being made in all parts of
town to illustrate activity in
this busy city, center for three
military installations.
The film will be a full-length
feature to be presented for three
days at the Pelican.
Pilots at Saipan told Haug
land that a brignt moon showed
tlie way to Tokyo but clouds
blotted out the capital.
."We couldn't see a thing,"
said St. Louis Dreher,. St. Louis,
Mo., a navigator on one B-29,
"but with our precision instru
ments we know our bombs hit
Tokyo's Industrial area."
Tokyo radio screamed Charges
that the raiders bombed "blind
ly" and threatened death for any
parachuting filers on such raids.
Raiding pilots, who brought
back all tho big bombers, one
with only half Its four engines
in full operation, said Tokyo's
anti-aircraft opposition at night
was moderate and the one en
emy fighter spotted kept its dis
tance. In an Italian language broad
cast, Intercepted by federal com
munications committee, Tokyo
said that personal losses to the
Japanese as a result of the
Thursday Superfortress raid
"consisted of no moro than two
dead and six wounded."
December 1. 1911
Mm, (Not. 30) 3a Mln.
PrcclpKsflon Utt 91 bouri . , .,
filre&ni year lo dale
Normal
rorecaii: Lieirtnr.
Oreront Oprn
Talelake: Open .
vine is estimated at 5000 men.
It was the second convoy de-
stroyed in two days. On Wed
nesday, 13 ships were wiped
out, two at the dock after un
loading but the rest sank at
sea with all hands aboard.
. MacArthur said 29 transports
totaling 103,750 tons and 18 es
cort ships have been sunk, in the
seven convoys knocked out. ;
Fighters, hitting at masthead
level, bagged the bulk of the
carefully dispersed convoy off
Masbate and Cebu but one small
freighter, falling prey to a.night
patrol plane, was sunk as far
west of Leyte as Mindoro is
land. '
Another freighter was- sunk
off Borneo during continued
widespread bomber raids on the
central. Philippines, and islands
to the south, and a- bomber
scored a hit on what was' de
scribed only as a "large enemy
vessel." - -. .
'A submarine was sunk off
western Leyte Monday by two
destroyers of a force sent into
those mined and dangerous wa
ters to bombard Japanese in
stallations. .,',','.,.
liSiraforcemeni
Canada Quiets Down After
Crisis Over Conscription
By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY
OTTAWA, Dec. . 1 (JP) Can
ada s conscription crisis cooiea
off today as discipline was ae
cinred restored among rebel
lious draftee troops on the west
coast and an appeal for calm
went out to the people ot yue-
Grey,.
wintrv weather usher
ed in. the month of December
and the U. S. weatherman prom
ised showers tonight, but clear
ing gradually on Saturday for
this area. Snow in the higher
elevations of Oregon came along
with this forecast as mountain
sections reported a heavy fall.
Highways were covered with
ice as the result of a thaw late
Thursday followed by an early
morning freeze. Chains were
advised for trucks traveling Sun
mountain and Willamette pass
and passenger cars were urged
to have chains available as they
traverse these stretches.
More than a foot and a half of
snow had been cleared from the
Willamette pass Friday morn
ing and the road bed was re
ported extremely icy. This
same condition existed on Sun
mountain- stretch of The Dalles
California highway. Snow was
falling Friday as these reports
came in.
State highway men said be
tween six and seven inches of
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Allies Sustain
Great Air Loss
LONDON, Dec. 1 (IP) Great
waves of RAF bombers raided
Germany during the night, sus
taining tho record breaking
allied November air offensive
that yesterday cost the U. S.
air force its worst loss in heavy
bombers since April 56 four-
engined craft downed by ack-
ack.
Thirty U. S. fighters also fail-
ed to return to their British
bases after all-day pulverizing
attacks by 3000 planes on syn
thetic oil plants In the Leipzig
area and railyards in the Saar
brucken sector. The tactical air
forces supporting ground .troops
lost three medium bombers and
one fighter, j
Weather News
t.9
Lil year ,
Kilurdiv Hhnntln
1:10 Cloie k-ii
-T.ti Close ,"8:3a
Number 10327
GERMANS BACK
Defenses In Eastern
France Broken
. By Armies
' By JAMES M. LONG
: i PARiS, Dec. 1 (IP) Four
American armies threw the Ger
mans back across the Roer and
Saar rivers, chief northern and
southern barriers to the Rhine,
and broke through German de
fenses in the easternmost tip of
France today.
U. S. first army troops; struck
for the chief remaining keys of
nazi strength along the Roer
southwest of Duren in the Col
ogne plain as Gen. Eisenhower
daily increased the pressure on
thinning enemy forces. Lt. Gen.
Courtney -H. Hodges' troops
gained up to 400 yards in as
saults directed at the, Hurtgen
forest hamlets of Gey and
Brandenberg.
Breaks Defenses
Battling in the easternmost
point of F ranee above Stras
bourg, the 15th corps of the
U. S. seventh army broke
through the Germans' main de
fenses" hvthe -woods Isouthwest
of Haguenau and surged into the
outsKirts oi mat Key communi
cations and supply center 28
miles southwest of Karlsruhe,
Baden. : : -
The U. S. ninth s.rmy'-of Lt.
Gen. William Simpson already
had drawn up m solid assault
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bee from one of their foremost
anti-conscription leaders.
In Quebec, however,: it was
announced last night that the
provincial- government h a a
adopted an order-in-control ask
ing the-.federal government "to
respect , and fulfill its solemn
engagements and sacred pledges
against conscription ' for . over
seas service."
The order, forwarded to Prime
Minister W. L. MacKenzie King,
declared the Quebec govern
ment action reflected "the opin
ion of the immense majority"
of the province's population. ...
Here in ' Ottawa - parliament
continued debate on King's mo
tion for confidence on his new
policy ' of partial conscription.
It now appeared a vote would
not be taken until early , next
week. ' ; '
Maj. Gen. G. R. Pearkes, chief
of the Pacific command, return
ed to Vancouver yesterday after
visits to draftee army camps at
Prince , George and - Terrace;
British Columbia, and reported
the situation quiet after nearly
a week of disorders.
Bulletin
WASHINGTON, Dec. I (IP)
Pearl Harbor evidence now
available "does not warrant any
general court martial proceed
ings against any person or per
sons in the naval service," the
navy announced today.
TANKS THROW
EO
Chiang Separation Rumors
Brought Into Open. Denied
By The Associated Press
A Chungking source close to
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
declared malicious and mendaci
ous today a Calcutta dispatch to
the London Daily Mail which
said that China's leader and his
wife had separated "after an
open disagreement at a Chung
king tea party."
Bringing into the open rumors
of a domestic crisis in the gener
alissimo's household, this source
said the report, published Wed
nesday, should be thoroughly
discredited. .
Mrs. Chiang is in the United
States convalescing from a long
illness, its nature unannounced.
She was removed October 8
from the Harkness pavilion of
the Columbia-Presbyterian med
ical center in New York to the
GERMANS EYE J
VIOLATIONS OP; :
GENEVA PACT
Counter - Reprisals
Against French,
Considered ;
LONDON, Dec. 1 (JftA Ger.
man high command statement
distributed by the official Gerv
man news agency said tonight
that Germany was considering
disassociating itself from tha
rules of international wurfin.
as contained in the Geneva and
Hague conventions.
The statement was made in
the course of a declaration
threatening reprisals on French,
prisoners of war in Germany
If Germans were fvf.r.ntri i-'
Alsace for Franc-tireur , (guer
rilla) acts.
; The high command statement.'
as quoted by DNB and tran
scribed by the Associated Press,
"'"s mai uermany s -enew
mies were "increasingly-violating
international law"
ed: . ...
Investigation . Progresses - '
"Under these Hrnmitan.'
Investigation is in progress as
to whether Germany .'should
still consider herself bound to
the Hague and Geneva and
other conventions, which have
been violated by our enemies."
The German statement- run.'
demned what it called the "re
prisal order" of French Maj.
Gen. Jacques LeClerc in Alsaca
and threatened that "strongest
ivonunuea on Jfage Three) ,
MERCHANTS EYE
Klamath merchants,': looking
over shelves and counters,-an
ticipated. holiday buying this
December tn eoual : or - Mrmtel
the 1943 all-time record as shop
pers filled stores in search ot
Christmas . gifts. Merchandise
was reported snapped Up as
quickly as it was placed on sale
and buyers were, getting used
to the idea - of searching ; the
town for what they wanted."
Buying started early this year
as local gift givers prepared for
the- fourth war-time Christmas.
This was attributed to the need
to mail thousands of -overseas
parcels by. October-15, the" re
quest of the government to mail
Christmas parcels within the
continental. United VStates, by
December 1, .and the demand
which almost seemed, to exceed
the supply. . I
, Daily Arrivals '
' Merchants pointed out that' in
pre-war. years-merchandise for
holiday . trade arrived in early
fall and was laid out at the : be
V . (Continued on Page Three) .j
Bond Safes Short
Of Expectations
' War bond sales in Klamati.
county were far below expecta
tions with less than $600,000 in
overall purchases reported for
the first 10 days of the campaign.
The county faces a ouota . of
$3,300,000.
Sales thus far compare un
favorably with the first 10 days
of the 5th War Loan, when more
than two million dollars had
been subscribed, committee mem-
Ders stated.
Workers in the 6th War Loan
were frank in their disappoint
ment of Klamath citizens to
respond to the pressing needs in
this campaign. At a meeting of .
the committee Wednesday, chair
men said tney were vlelng with
"Santa Claus and the complac
ency of the American public."
They urged Mr. and Mrs. Citizen
to read the war news carefully
and to "snap out of the attitude '
that the war was won.
Hard at work, however, were
the retail sales staffs and much
credit- for sales thus far have
gone to the 'Third Army." -
New York home of Dr. L. K.
Lung, a member of her official
party.
Not a Break-up
Actually the tea party to
which the Calcutta dispatch ap
parently referred was not a
breaking . up . party, but was a
meeting deliberately arranged
by the generalissimo and his
wife to stop gossip about them
which they feared endangered
both China and Chiang's politi
cal security,
This function was held July S
at the presidential summer resi
dence at Koloshan, in the hills
near Chungking, on the eve of
Mrs. Chiang's departure for Rid
de Janeiro and New York.
The New York Post told the
details in a "Washington Memo"
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