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MKS WT Ml IMS ilil . ... rnANK JENKINS Luebntlli! of llio western front KlEin.no mlHhl well to I .J2n (fur lliu present, lit leust) f o mi"'" uf tlio livers, m f.jl ,, northern end. tho. Gor- IT nro lioldlnB buhliRl the linn" ",." ,,,,,.. bnl.lntl (liii iT'iiil he Smir und In tho m " ,i ilw, Hhlno Itself. KlL rivers arc swollen "heavy niln. , it I,,,, 1 IllUUU IIUIMI Luiiuniuiis Ko by brc?klini1diww 10 "J rillllllUUU mm used t..vllv for triiiwpori. ou iil'itb " - . ... ids lire iumcreus-' , , ii. u 400-milo front, iTnlns me iiicomircd In yurds L fractions of miles. Oiiins lire i:,:oriniil only MS nicy ueiir i i Hh i rinuipiil objective of the K!lV,k-l.'l DESTRUCTION I.....' (. ,.,i nrin cs engaged. '.!" . ....iMii iniiiilncement. I Will ' . nci. Live. Li th"-1 i0- objective J; killing tirrimmo M who" we kill enough I " i .i.ut. j i mi ill It I .fir. Cormnii' 111111 '"""" """ . IrcBk-lhroiiKli MIGHT bring the JpHE Russian crossing of the il Danube smilli oi miunin.ni , ...... ...luim nroiiress. The K tafS cVSSSl "lh r range of f5 nl".:.. .... rM In lllll low inOlini"i ....... Llhwost from the surrounded fiy and lire heading down onto S,? plain thnt lends to Austria, r' vnn .i,L. ,, in thn north Iliy UU HHii-a M".j j Tlio Germans say today they 4 ..mplin MO 1'CM. Ull I1U I hnl hut arc so L lo defend Biuln. on the west The Russlnns arc swinging AROUND BOTH cities TrHERE are confused rumors of M lliihtlng between civilians f.j nlVmrVn nollcn in both Budu- ,u w.... .. . . , the nasi police hold the SUN nana. L,i.nr ttWnrnullnff lllllimi f Mom lroin Moscow today Lt the time Is nearlng for the JIG RUSSIAN PUSH, thnt will tuuch off the enslcrn front froin iiid lo end ns the western front B OirCOIiy uiucneuoi.. VvN the wcslorn front, watch J Mllmnitnn nnlipni 111 Hot iH Ti knnekout ounch In II. ..' i ..i nn.ilv tin Iminrhed Bit' wi 'nv vuiiiv, j pom mere, aiiiouk umu. .i,.-p..., I10NTGOMKRY Is wnlling there I. .t. r,trnn rlViT ITWH1 . . M the Philippines, the Japs f claim today they've lanoeci air Wno troops In tho vicinity of 1... .l.fiAl.l. n. iinulnvn T.fwtfV ccordinK to tho Jnp story, they imo from four transport planes, idlcatlng that their number is ot largo. They are apparently tilcldc stiunds, under orders lo o ail ine (inmngo incy can ue Inrn hnlnif l,lllnrl t Tltn flrmnd hnltln nntie nn In A topical downpour, with the ucginning io muKe siiii:iiiu jharccs often an admission fat the end is near. THE Chinese are evacuating f civilians from Kwclyang, on fie Burma road up toward Chunuklni!. At thn Burma end (I tho road, Chinese nnd Amcr ns hnvo the Japs driven out ii an out UN IS town. 1 The Jnps are apparently swap- tv-oniimica on tJnge inrcc; kn. J. C. Smith leplaces Fegan 3 WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 W ji poimmcnt of Mnj. ucn. ulion C. Smith n commnndins Stncrnl, department of tho Pact c, marine corps, with hendqunr in Snn Francisco was an- runcccl l''ridav. 1 Tho mnrino corps nnnouncc lc"t snld Smith will assume faimnnd nhoul December 5, re- r-vmg Mnj. Gen. J. C. Began, r'"in me Miiro isjnnd, (Jam, PVnl hosnltal. I Smith Wns In nnnimnnrl nf tht Fntl marine division when lt punched tho Centrul Pnciflo ot jns vo a year ngo with tho ns f t on Tarawa, In the Gilbert s?'!: "o won tho Dislhv m Service medal for his Vn )hllt Invnsion, 'recently l,0 Wns commanding nal of expeditionary forccsl LJ1"laii Lilands. SHOPPING- Ir.ti-:- . , 18 i 2feh i m UB aunaiv nnoouni tioiiri i ivi s a w , . . Ortfoni Open liUi Cloie ,,., Jf:IA f "j in The Shasta-CaHcade Wonderland ' HIT IM TIRIUk PRICE 5 CENIS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1944 - Number 10328 ; : III I . Ill UilllL, Beacons Shine '4 If tv To protect plants flying at night, beacons have been Installed on Stukel mountain and Miller hill In this area by tho navy in connection with the operation of Klamath naval air station. Thrnn llnhii now shine from the points of Stukol, and two on Miller hill. A similar beacon is air station. The lights use acetylene gas, witn seienom cciivcon trol which turns them on and off automatically. Tho upper picture shows the traetor device used by the workmen in carry, ing material to the sites of the beacons, and below is a view of one of the beacons on Stukel. Half-Way Mark in Drive Shows Nation. State Far Behind in War Bond Sales WASHINGTON, Dec.. 2 (P) With corporations Investing huge blocks of their Idle-cash In tho 6lh Wnr Loan, the spot light switched back to scries E bonds today. Scries E, die people's choice, designed for tho small investor, is the only bond behind sched ule. Tho latest grand total of all classes, Including sales to corporations, is $3,885,000,000, a comfortable $1,000,000,000 above advance estimates for this date. ., Treasury officials said the RoM, Col. Wy man Cleared of Blame WASHINGTON, Doc. 2 (A1) Secretnry of War Stlmsons Pearl Harbor review -disclosed nothing to show that Hans Wil hclm Rohl, Gorman-born con tractor, or Col. Theodore Wy man Jr., army engineer, In . any way" contributed to the Decem ber 7 disaster. An army board Inquiry, re porting to Stlmson, considered a house military committee report of last Juno in which the two men figured. The commltteo had slated that, on Wyman's recommenda tion, the wnr department con tracted with Rohl's firm the Hawaiian Contractors on De cember 20, 1940, to Instal de fense works on Hawaii. It do clnrcd they wore not completed In tlmo for use In the attack. The. committee complained that army officers responsible, In cluding Wyman, had failed to order tho .. work expedited. ' From Mountain Tops mounted on a wator tower at the following three regions are fur thest away from their E bond quotas; 1. Lagging worst of all, a segment of the farm belt In cluding Minnesota, South Da kota, Nebraska, Iowa and Mis souri. . . 2. Pacific coast states. 3. Atlantic coast states, . ex copt Georgia. Ahead of Schedule . On the other hand, eight stntos arc ahead of their scries E schedules: . Nevada, New Mexico, Wyo- mln, Montana, North Dakota, Indiana, Mississippi and Geor gia. . Tho national E bond quota Is only $2,500,000,000 of the grand quota of $14,000,000,000 (Continued on fago Tiireel Medford Man With Others By HENRY C. CASSIDY . ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (I') The latest of Lt. Gen. James Doolittlc's Tokyo raiders in Russia, "escaped" across one of the world's best-guarded bor ders, and have returned safely to the United States. The inside story of their ad venture was learned today from an authoritative source. Tho talo was one of pampered "cap tives," of prolonged boredom and finally of easy escape. The fliers were: Mnj. Edward J. York, Sah Antonio, Tex.; First Lt. Robert Gabel Emmins, Med ford, Ore.; Second Lt. Nolnn A. Hcrndon, Sulphur Springs, Tex.; Near Here OFFICES FORFAIT CENSUS SET UP Third Oregon district head quarters for the United States census of agriculture nave Been established at 606 Medical Dental building, it was an nounced today by R. L. Acker- man, Lakevtew, supervisor lor this district. The district com nrisos Hood River. Wasco. Sher man. Gilliam, Jefferson, Wheel er, Deschutes, Urook, liiamam and Lako counties. E. M. Iel. Klamath Falls, will be assistant supervisor, with his duties starting on-January i. , Aokerman said that the dis trict off Icq. will start immediate ly . on-the.-' 1045-eensus-t)f theH agriculture of tins area tor ine department of commerce, bureau of tho census. The agricultural census is made every five years and covers number of farms, value of crops, number of live stock, matchinerv on the farm, and many other details which go to make up the nation s agricul tural ctatiatli-c Ackerman said he Is looking for enumerators for work in all parts ot the district. He wants (ontinued on Page Three) New York Ready For V-3 Weapon NEW YORK. Dec. 2 (P) Commenting on the reported statement by Nazi Labor Chief Albert Speer that Germany's V-3 weapon would be ready soon to blast New York, Deputy Chief Police Inspector Arthur W. Wallander, chief of staff of the city protective forces, said wctay: "uur services are reaay. Mayor 1. n. Laiiuaraia warn ed last November 12 that "Al though there is no reason for alarm, we . must be ready. A Stockholm dispatch quoted Speer as saying V-3 would be ready by tho end of December for use-against- New York. Declaring that "It is not over yet, Lautiardia said in n broad cast to city residents. "It would be a pity - if, - after .the three years of hard work- that has been put In, something unto ward might happen and . wo were to be found, unprepared Great Army Eleven Blasts Navy 23-7 Before 70,000 , By WILLIAM O. VARN MUNICIPAL STADIUM, Balt imore, Dec. 2 (IP) Army's great eleven turned on speed and pow er today to defeat Navy's Mid shipmen, 23 to 7 and complete an undefeated season. Tho cadet victory ended the Middies' five-year domination of the service classic and gave the boys from West Point top foot Escapes From in Tokyo Raid Sgt, Theodore H. Laban, Keno sha, Wis.; Cpl. David W. Pohl, Wlllcsley, Mass. . The five formed the crew of one of the 18 B-25 bombers which hit Tokyo, April 18, 1042. This one made a forced landing on the Russian maritime prov ince while the others flew on to China. The crew was interned in the Soviet Union, and left a year later. By a bit of fast talking,-the fliers almost escaped Internment when they first came down with out gasoline at an airport near Vladivostok. They told the Russians their plane should be -accorded - tho Budapest Menaced 13 y Flanking Move; Or moc Fight Flares Soviet Drive Rips German Lines Apart By RICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON. Dec. 2 UP) Rip ping German defenses of south western Hungary wide open, a Russian avalanche tonight rolled north and west in a grand scale double drive to outflank Buda pest from the rear and push to ward tho Austrian border. A triumphant order of the day from Premier Stalin announced that in the last 24 hours Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin's. third Uk rainian army had -lunged ahead 22 miles north toward Budapest and 15 miles ' northwest toward strategic Lake Balaton and en gulfed more than 300 places in cluding the strong points of Kas povar, Dombovar, Paks and Szegszard. "The breach aDDears tragic," said a Berlin commentator. "The Russians are out to envelop all western Hungary and Budapest on a grand scale." ,- Military Dictatorship Simultaneously, the German radio announced tonight that Field Marshal Hindv had been anoolrited military dictator ' of -beleaguered -Budapest "to keep internal orderi ; -..-,. ...v The radio sa d Hlndy. whom it did not further identify, had been appointed "supreme- pleni potentiary" of' the Hungarian capital. Line Smashed - ' The capture of these multiple tiinotinns and bastions smashed what the Germans had called t h o i r Kapsovar- Paks line, stretching from the Danube 58 miles south of Budapest across Hungary toward strategic Lake Balaton. Kapsovar is 28 miles southeast of the lake's southern end and is on the Budapest-Zagreb railline, chief means of communication to Yugoslavia. Paks is 58 miles south of Budapest on ine .Dan ube. Lt. Com. Fleming Leaves Air Base i,t'. Comdr. Harvey C. Flem ing has been transferred to the staff of the west coast naval air training station at Oakland. Calif., from the Klamath naval air station, it was announced to day. Lt. Comdr. Fleming has been executive officer at the sta tinn here. Lt. Comdr. S. A. Congdon has been assigned duties as execu tive officer Here, penaing arriv al of a new man assigned to the duty. Fleming reported here August 26, after Lt. Comdr. B. M. Turner, former executive of ficer, was transferred to Pasco, wash. ball, rating of the year In na tional collegiate standings. . 70,000 Watch An estimated 70,000 . fans watched the Army leave the field with a 7-0 lead at the half and then come back to put the game safely beyond reach in the final minutes after the Middies had (Continued on Page Three) Soviet Union Bomber Crew privilege of belligerent ships in distress to put into a neutral port, refuel and proceed, The Russians seemed willing and put the Americans up for the night. The next morning, however, the fliers found they had been interned under- international law, and were not permitted to return to the plane. The United States embassy, then headed by Admiral William H. Stand ley, was notified through, a message from the soviet diplomatic agent in the Far East, and undertook , to make contact with the men-. They turned up 1n the central (Continued on. Page xnreej BOARDS GLEAR PE WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 VP) Any further punishment for the Pearl Harbor disaster probably will be visited upon the Japa nese, alone. . . The army and navy an no u n c e d last night that no grounds had been found for court martial proceedings against United States military personnel.-Boards of Inquiry re ported, however, that errors in judgment and lack of skill in both' Washington and Hawaii contributed to the tragedy. - While some demands imme diately arose in congress for a separate- investigation there, Continued on .fage .inree) Yank Bombers Smash Railyards LONDON; Dec. .2 VP) Three railroad yards in . the Coblenz area on' the Rhine about '50 miles behind the Western battle- front . were "smashed today by more than 250 Americantheavy bombers and 55d f ightersl ' - Air raid warnings broadcast by Berlin indicated that Ameri can heavy bombers from Italy struck simultaneously at targets in southern Germany: It was the first time in almost two weeks that weather has per mitted a synchronized, daylight operation; ' A O COMMANDERS Chnese Forces Capture Jap-Held Burma Road Town CHUNGKING, Dec. 2 P) Chefang, next to the last Japanese-held town bh the Burma road to China, has been captured by Chinese forces, the, Chinese high command announced today. American liaison units of the China training and combat com mand and U. S. warplanes of the 14th air force assisted Chinese detachments in the seizure of the town, which left only about 24 miles of the Burma road to be taken for assault upon the bor der city of Wanting. scant nesisiance Resistance' was scant. Most of the defenders had withdrawn be fore the increasing pressure, : As they retreated they set fire to nearby villages and bridges to delay pursuit. The occupation came at ' the end of a J2-day push after the capture of MangshiH, . November Meantime the high command admitted officially tonight that -the Japanese had penetrated Kweichow province. SKirmisn in rass ' The Chinese told of skirmishes in the Limingkwan (Dawn pass), through which runs the Kwang- si-Kweichow railroad. The pass begins just inside the Kweichow border north of Lluchai, on the railroad 110 miles southeast of Killed Sgt. Harold W. (Jen, grand ion of . Mrs. Ella R. Geis of Dairy, was killed in action-November 7, In Holland. VVi I- fir It-V 4 - VV Jap Suicide Charges on Ley te Beaten GENE RAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS! Philippines, Dec. 2 (JP) Fanatical . Japanese made repeated suicide charges south of Ormoc against the-U. S. 7th division, closest Ameri can unit to that vital, port, but were beaten back after suffer ing heavy losses, a headquarters communique-reported- today. - At the northern end of the Ormoc corridor, - rain-sodden, mud-caked troopers of the American 32nd division -inched forward for. a slight gain after three days of absolute stalemate under tropical deluges.. , Long Fight Looms ' As the battle for Leyte island entered its seventh week today, the torrential r a i n s, -coupled with stubborn Japanese - resist ance, put, an end to any Ameri can hopes- for an early conclu sion to the struggle, considered of crucial, importance in the campaign to liberate all the Philippines. , . , - '. (A- Japanese imperial commu nique claimed today that air borne. Japanese,, assault units were landed on . eastern, Leyte island" last - SUndayt near two American an- fields In the Phil iDDines and were believed to have caused considerable dam age: The' communique, broadcast and recorded by the federal com m u nications commission, was wholly;,unconf irmed). .-, .' The- Japanese launched .;aev eral desperate attacks against the American seventh, ;.wnicn had' been i advancing ' slowly northward on the coast below - (Continued on Page Three) the Kweichow Burma road capi tal ox xvweiyang.. The high command . said at tacking enemy units we r e thrown back at Limingkwan. and also claimed to have re- ulsed Japanese - thrusts, near iiuchai. (A commentator for Dome!. Japanese news aeencv. said to- day that Japanese forces advanc ing into Kweichow province in southern China had seized con trol of the province's main com munications arteries, threaten ing "its very existence.")- . . ... Sgt. Harold Gess Dies in Holland Sgt. Harold W. Gess, United States army, grandson- of Mrs. fcila K. uess of uairy, has been killed in action in Holland, ac cording to word received from the war department. His death occurred. November 7, the mes sage stated. Sgt. "Gess had a twin brother, Gerald, now stationed at Camp Roberts, and another' brother, Orville C. Gess Jr., now some where in the Pacific. Japanese-American Future i Battled by State Groups PORTLAND, Dec' 2 OT The battle over Japanese-Americans' future spread in Oregon today, with churchmen lined up on one side and American Legion representatives on another. Shortly after the Hood River Legion post scratched from its war memorial the names of 16 Japanese-American servicemen, "To let them knew we don't want them back here," the Portland Council of Churches called upon ministers to aid loy al Japanese-Americans in re turning to their former homes. Deny Principles Discrimination . against c i 1 1 zens of any race, said a formal council statement, "Would be to deny tha very principles of Americanism which our boys are fighting to preserve." Roger C. Baldwin, director of the American C i v 1 1 Liberties union how visiting ; here, . also, 1st, ?th Armies Wage Battle For linden, '". . Linich iT By JAMES M. LONG r PARIS, Dec. 2 (JP) American) third army infantrymen backed by tank destroyers fought today into and almost through burning Saarlautern (pop. 8200), a mailt prop of the reich's industrially" wealthy Saar. ;. Even as the doughboy punch ed several blocks deep into tha city 12 miles northwest of Saar. brucken, other Americans en tered the outskirts of Saar Un ion, 21 miles southeast of Saar brucken. : .- To the north, men of the first and ninth armies battled foB houses in the German rivers strongholds of Linich and Inden; and made slight gains southwest of Furen. . But generally there was no progress in this costly, ferocious battle on the Cologn plain. ' !,;. -y ,. - Wipe Out Pocket . - ." i In Strasbourg's outskirts seventh army men wiped out an. enemy pocket on the west side of the Rhine in a spectaculaf battle of apartment houses. Tha Germans blew all three bridges over the Rhine there,' leaving only- two damaged - railroad bridges as the sole permanent spans .over the river -farther south, a front dispatch said. . ; The first army was "fought to a standstill" by savage opposi tion, and made only insignificant advances, ' a front' dispatch de clared.' But in the holocaust Ger man might was being whittled down in a decisive test. -- - Divisions Destroyed -..The- first army has destroyed four German divisions and has forced two others to turn baclS for replacements; while the ,U S. armies in line against the Ger (Continued bh- Page'Three) Roads Hazardous ' Over Mountains i - Mountain roads were in -haz. ardous condition, according to an early Saturday morning r&i port, and ice covered Cbbth the Suri , mountain stretch of . The Dalles-California and the Willamette- pass. ; - Crews from' the state "highi way; department were ' gravel ing" curves throughout the arau Additional snow fell, late 'Friday-but-roads were cleared by plows. Roadbeds remained slick, however, and . motorists - were urged to" use caution : and-. to carry chains. - ; - .- 1 -- . : .- A number of .minor accidents were reported to city, police Saturday morning as early-ris-ers drove over' streets -covered with'. a, thin coat of ice- ancj snow...- - '.. 1 - '.f t Christmas Trees ) On Way South Truckloads of Christmas trees,' bound for the Southern market; have passed through Klamatii Falls the past week, some com ing from as far north as the Canadian border. : . .. - First cuttings . in this area were noticed in late October and. these trees probably. found sales- in the deep south'! ,i . . f Weyerhaeuser , Timber " com pany, which has sold ,to the southern market - these past years, did not follow, that policy this season in view of the tree farm program.- -Sales, to local operators only were; reported by Weyerhaeuser.' The average family tree was being" sold at 10 cents in the woods. Most trees were of the white fir var iety and were being cut west of Klamath Talis. The forest service has been doing some selling to buyers who ship theif greens into California. . . ,' lashed out at the Legion post's action, which came a few days after another group organized Oregon Anti-Japanese, Inc., to prevent Japanese Americans from returning to the west. "Matter of Regret" '. . "I should presume that the) American L e g I o n," Baldwia said, "ns a great patriotic or ganization, should be the first to accept all citizens regard less of race. It is a matter of profound regret when race prejudice of any sort takes precedence over patriotism," Tom Mahoney, judge-advocat of the state Legion, said all ac tion against Japanese-Americans was up to local posts, and pre dicted that other posts might follow Hood River's lead. Sev eral posts, he said, have in quired about possibilities of ex pelling all Japanese -American members. ; , ; i : ' ; :. f :