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mYM fo) lit u Lzi a atom 1 ; CI S HOED 16 mm j. I .1.- ffnnl SHE wur on low" I kllllnu Our. 1 sinii.-liinK German equip f'( "specially transport), , i.iu fouulit 111 weulhor U' " M . ii... .Il.,......lw. nu scribed W , "-: JL, It couldn't K't worse, JaTTON'S 3rd u r m y gels Bacross "10 Sn.ttt rlver u" " ' 1 1 ...Ho,. ,,t this point Is i h like mi unclont fortified Tri. The Smir m ill" mom. 2ur i tn fortified cuslla that X'U to be "lormcd. . Trim Snur wun i io of flinig luu "ul" Skirled nuns. in (ho north, tho British got I ii. Mima Into tho out- ir of Vunlo, on the eastern S r obstacle behind them. They Si! hove to HOLD what they've . . . &! Hungary, t' Russians ore liNCHING forward, much as . .. it.n urnatitrn front. ftflr urmy which recently Budapest Is iniiklna the bos jflOltreSS. SCcIlls iu nuvu iuuiiu ajofl POt. , . , A the Pacific our Solpan-bnscd h-m ml'' Tokyo for tho fourth the hi If" "y9' .... ' 'n oniii,,., - - -r. torn Sulpnn and Chlnn nre hit As thr J"l home Islands with StEATER FREQUENCY than ithc opening of our air cam aiizn against Germany. SThl fourth raid was the TOUGHEST yet, with heavier ftp anil-aircraft and fighter op inion, but Its results arc do Sribed as the best yet. (We're learning by experience.) i ... SHE prime turget of this raid, s of the other, is n bin Jap craft plant. We're beginning earnest to SMASH THE STS In which Jup planes arc Itched, . . . 'HERE is a worried nolo today (mm Knlso (as heard on tho r,,rll 1 Mnrn MUNI- invs nilTPIIT. Iin suvs. Is Iran's most urgent need. He ab'i the Philippines nro VITAL ad the enemy there (meaning ia) MUST be CRUSHED. 1 ... ADDING to Koiso's worries, Y our submarines sink 20 afore Jap ships, briuKinx their total ban since Pearl Harbor to !Jt. In the- Pacific war, noth III can be more Important right !' than sinking Jap ships. ' ' NY time these days wo ro In 1 (lunger of becoming com iccnl about tho Pacific, wo icd only to turn to China, Merc the news is uniformly oW. JTho Japs today aro less than I! miles from Kwclyang, on the upper Burma road (we have an ijporlimt alrbnso at KwelyanR.) (liinskini! is roughly 200 miles nrth of Kwelynng. Our China M9 base Is approximately 150 allies northwest of Chungking. Jin an effort to better our China position, we've QUADRUPLED tonnage of our transport Ancs carrying supplies over hump from India. THERE is another political ishnkourj In China. IT. V, Soong, succeeding his "(otlicr-ln-lnw, H. II. Kung, bo ies proinicr of tho Chung s government, permitting 3 censored dispatches say) JianR to CONCENTRATE on iTk- c i. . " II. s'liu aunug, mo rviing nno inc ""in inmiiics arc all mixca (Continued on Pago Five) In Thn Shattta-Cancade Wonderland Decttnber t. 101 M. rneo. ) 33 Mln. At Mix. (Uec. 31 43 Mln 3)1 Htreftm ytr to dte S.nn ....3.04 Lftit year Forccilti Clou dr. Tueidajr Sboollng Iloun Oreront Open . ?; Clone TuIeUke: Open .,.... 7:18 Cloie PRICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1944 Number 10329 Greeks Clash; EAM Ordered From Athens JAP CAPITAL LEFT FLAMING SUPEHFORTS Engine Factory Prime Objective In Fourth Raid On Tokyo wbor Turnover vestigaton Set WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 OT '"vusugimon into tho cause 0 "nom! l-i i ,1 I.. .if " e-':t,i iuuui- vurnuvoi in Pugot Sound nnvy yard at winorlon, Wash,, will bo tin S Hn by tho senate war in fftiUQtlng committee, Senntor flrwson (R-Mlch.) said today. l),He situation at Bremer 3' Ferguson told a reporter, wnw to bo n part of a gen Picture of mnnpower slilfts war Industry to private JWoymcnt nnd some times T "Rnln. We wnnt to find out !Liif""lng these changes." 17 SHOPPING- S T THAT By Th Attociated PrM SA1PAN, MARIANAS IS LANDS, Dec. 4 Industrial Tokyo lay in fresh ruins and flame today in the wake of the fourth thunderous bombing raid and the most successful by American Superfortresses based on Saipan, A sizable force of B-29s. striking in mldoftcmoon yester day, louncl the Tokyo area clearly outlined in sunlight and for an hour and a half unloaded their bombs with pin) t accu racy, despite Intense ocknek and swarms of interceptors. Results were good, said" the 20th nlr force communique. One squadron reported 73 per cent of its bombs (ell; within the tar get area. ,..v ', Main Target , Tho prima objective was the Musnshimu engine factory of the extensive Nakajima aircraft plant, one of tho empire's top producers of military planes. The plant, built compactly' of one-story concrete structures, was the target of the Initial B-29 raid thorc November 24 when considerable damage was inflicted. Returning pilots from this fourth raid on Tokyo in 10 days described it as the toughest but tho. most successful. Anti-air craft fire was more severe and fighter Interception stronger and more persistent than previ ously. Fins Rag The last squadrons to reach tho target found large fires lioniinucn on rage r ivu EDS IS NEAR OF AUSTRIA By STEPHEN BARBER ATHENS. Dec. 4 ()) Gtn. Cataotai, acting military governor of Athens, gave armed formations of the leftist EAM 72 hours notice today to quit the area as a consequence of Sunday's vio lent clashes. Twenty-one persons were killed and 140 injured In the claihes with police yesterday. A general strike ordered by the EAM had the Greek capital in a tense grip today. Numorous Incidents developed into night-long shooting last night. The Elas, the armed formations of the EAM, seized two government police barracks at Piraeus, the port of Athens. The streets of Piraeus were filled with striking dock workers armed with staves, knives, sticks and a few firearms. They were parading and shouting slogans. Apparently unorganized for- Imations-had taken up positions in air raiUy trencnes with ma- chineguns and had posted them selves in other points of vantage. A semi-nrlvate war between the Elas and royalist bands raged in the Thesseum district of tho capital. Fire Into Thesseum Elas besiegers worked their way over the top of Philoppos hill back of the .Thesseum; which is near the Acropolis, this morning. From this posi tion they were firing down into the . Thesseum quarter, wnicn faced attack from thrco sides Tho sound of rifle and machine gun fire could be heard almost continuously. British troops surrounded ana disarmed a column of 800 Elas marching on Athens from the Thebes district last night with out a shot being fired, ' Head quarters of Maj. Gen. R. M. Scobie, British commander in Greece, announced.- - - . Disarm Band Another band of 1200 was disarmed by a ' British patrol north of Athens and the oi oers and' men put in confine ment," the official Greek, news service reported. . : ' The first courtsmartlaX were put into operation today under newly- proclaimed martial law. Catsotas ordered the Elas who seized the Piraeus barracks to withdraw from the buildings, or take the consequences. ' British troops in trucks were stationed at several strategic Doints in Piraeus. : ; , The first British casualty was a royal navy enlisted, man who was shot in the nip wnue na (Continued on Page Five) - LONDON, Dec. 4 (P) Rus sian troops smashed ahead in southwestern Hungary today within 72 miles of the Austrian frontier end cracked strong nozi defenses along the Slovakian border with the capture of Mis kolc and Satoraljaujhely. (A German broadcast early to- day said a major Russian force had reached the area of Lake Balaton, which is 00 miles south west of Budapest and at some points on the far shore only 45 miles from the Austrian border.) , FH to Mnlinovtky , .. . " Mlskolo, a vital military sup ply center for German and Hun garian armies, fell yesterday to Marshal Rodion Y. Malinovsky's second Ukrainian army, ele ments of which Joined with Geh. Ivan Potrov's fourth Ukrainian army in taking by storm the communications junction of Sat oraljaujhely, 45 miles ' to the northeast. Miskolc is 85 miles from Budapest and was bitterly defended by the Germans for several weeks. In the drive west of the Dan ube toward the Austrian fron tier, Marshal Fcodor I. Tolbuk hin's third Ukrainian army, cap tured Tamasl, only 21 miles be low Lake Balaton, in an 11-mile advance and seized Kaposmero, in the closest approach to Aus tria. Drive Northward These forces also drove norlh (Continued on Page Five) Western Front Battle Lines ortmund J?'. L"ayf",.r?!XlV5"r.9Utmi!;i KARtSRUHC K ivI r 1 I " ' -- 1TATUTI MHI1 SWITZERLAND Yankee-"" the thUd mV have pJn.txat.d S.arl.utern. while second army forces advanced nearly a mile into Venlo. British Press Raps American Air Attitude LP ON, Dec. 4 (ff) The British press today sharply criti cized the American attitude at the international air conference in Chicago. The general view was that ro far the conference has been a failure. Some papers saw the race for air supremacy after the war as already underway following the announcement of the United States air agreement with bpaln. '. Com. D. Payne Heads Medico Commander D. Payne, U. S, naval reserve, has arrived to as sume duties as senior medical officer at the Klamath naval air station. He replaces Com mander B. G. Bailey, who was detached for overseas service. Commander Payne is a native Orcgonian. From 1B25 to 19S3 he was resident physician in charge of the tuberculosis hos pital at The Dalles. In 1933, he went to Vienna for special study in eye, ear, nose and throat work. From 1933 to 1940 ho was in private practice at The Daucs. lie also is a tormcr Douglas county public health officer. In 1940, Dr. Payne went Into the service and was assigned to the combat carrier,- uss cor- rcgldor. , Postwar Bonuses Urged for Labor WASHINGTON. Dec. 4 (fl5)- Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell to day recommended payment of postwar Bonuses to warwornors to Keep vital production going. The chief of the army's ser vice forces, asserting that bon uses would be preferable to wage Increases, cited a shortage of 10,187 workers as the most critical immediate need. Testifying before the senate war Investigating committee, Somerville said, these 10.167 men must be obtained this month with the aid of AFL and CIO recruiting. VFW Women Present Flog Urn, -Xs ? 7; ' A large American flag was presented the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks by members of Peli can post 1383, Voterans of Foreign Wars, women's auxiliary,. Sunday morning in a ceremony at tne Barracks. ine nag was presented oy Mrs. A. A. Myers, banner-bearer to the department ot Oregon auxiliary, following church services at tne post theatre. The services were attended by VFW and auxiliary members, and approximately 200 marines. Left to right, Mrs. Myers, Maj wiyae Hooerts end L.t. uoi. ceorge van oraen, noiaing tne nag. Mrs. maruia Barron. is standing behind the group. (Official Marine Corps Photo).. Grew Nominated as Under Secretary of State by FDR WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (JP) Joseph C, Grew, for 40 years a career diplomat, was nominat ed by President Roosevelt today to be under secretary of state. In a general reorganization of the state department top strata, following appointment of Edward R. Stettinius Jr., as secretary, the chief executive announced the resignations of three assistant secretaries and c CHUNGKING, Dec. 4 ,() Foreign Minister T. V. Soong assumed the premiership of China today ih a move which , will enable President Chiang Kai-Shek, as commander-in-chief of China's armies, to con centrate fully on military tasks. Soong stepped into his new post with his appointment as acting vice president of the executive yuan, succeeding his brother-in-law, H. H. Kung.. He then was designated acting pres ident of the yuan. Agreement Rumored There" were unconfirmed and possibly inspired reports of an agreement in principle between (Continued on Page Five) 5th Smashes New Counterblow's ROME, Dec. 4 (P) American fifth army troops smashed new enemy counterattacks south of Bologna today while the eighth army remained locked in heavy fighting between the Montone and Lamone rivers northeast of the Bologna -Rimini- highway town of Faenza. Simultaneously, allied head quarters announced that Italian fascas troops which the Germans began putting into the line a month ago have been deserting to allied lines at a rate of 30 to more than 100 dally. ' Commission To Eye Shortage WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (fl5) The federal trade commission advised Senator Wheeler (D Mont.) todnv that it would inves tigate the cigarette shortage. In a letter to Wheeler, chair man of the senate interstate com merce committee, the commis sion said it would seek to learn if there was any law violation involved in tne current, iock oi smokes. Wheeler told a reporter that a bread inquiry could be under taken by the commission under terms of the Sherrnan and Clay ton anti-trust acts. Ho said it was his understanding that this inquiry would Involve both the manufacture and distribution of cigarettes. the appointments of three-suw cessors. '"' 'T '. . j -. .. , ;The new men . are Will'.' i,. Clayton, Texas cotton .factor, who has been an. assistant- sec retary of commerce and surplus property administrator; Archi bald MacLeish, librarian of congress, and Nelson A. Rocke feller, coordinator of ' inter American affairs..--' Accepts Resignations ' . -With "great- regret," .Presi dent Roosevelt, said in. a. state ment he had accepted the res ignations of Assistant Secretar ies Adolf A. Berle Jr., Breckin ridge Long . and G. Howland Shaw. . - Berle is to remain head of the. American delegation to the current civil aviation - confer ence, but Clayton is to- report to the president on civil avia tion oh completion of the con ference in Chicago. .. . To Direct Office . ' Rockefeller, while resigning as inter-American coordinator, will direct policies of the office (Continued on Page .rive) Red Column Hit By Yank Pilots ROME. Dec. 4 (Pi Fiehter planes of the U. S. 15th air- force attacked a . Russian column in Yugoslavia .early last month through an error In target -iden tification, the Mediterranean al lied air force disclosed yester day. . An official statement said apologies had been sent to Mos cow and to the commander of the Russian troops involved, but it did not reveal the results -of the attack. ' ' (A dispatch from Moscow said nothing was published or broad cast hi Russia about the attack by the U. S. planes on the Rus sian column.)- ftHiS BANK OF i T Ell German Scare At Saar.; Attack Sparks New . Counterblows . The exhibit building at the county' fairgrounds has been rented to Brennan and Cahoon, contractors, for housing- em-, ployes -working on the -big Ma rine Barracks' extension project. it was disclosed today by Ed Crawford, fair board chairman. The barracks Job is now in pre liminary stages, and actual con struction of buildings get under-' way Monday morning.. v Brennan and Cahoon are In stalling partitions and making other temporary changes at tne exhibit , building, which is ex pected to house at least 100 men. The ' company will trans port the men from the fair grounds to the Marine Barracks site daily. Crawford disclosed that the (Continued on . Page, Five) . Todd Workers Vote to Strike SEATTLE, Dec. 4 (JF) Picket lines will be ignored by "other members of the Seattle .metal trades council" if independent welders of the Todd Pacific ship yards carry out their announced intention to strike Saturday, A. F. O'Neill, business agent of the Boilermakers' . local 104, AFL said today. , .- . Henry A. Doty, national rep resentative of the United Broth erhood of Welders, -Cutters, and Helpers, (Ind.) said 600. burners and welders of local a voted Sat urday to strike, seeking certifi cation as bargaining agent for Todd welders in place ot tne Boi lermakers, i O'Neill said a strike . "will slow production, but ' I don't think it will shut down the yard. If they're bound to strike they might as well strike and get it out of their systems. We can get along without ' this radical group." By JAMES M. LONG ' PARIS, Dec. 4 (AP) Third army troops and tanks cleared all of Saarlautern west of the Saar river today and poured; across the captured bridge un-; aer screaming sneliiire from Siegfried line guns to deepen' their wedge into the section of ' the city east of the stream. '. f For 16 unbroken miles north-" west to Merzig, the Americans' stood on the west bank of the Barrier river. Progress, contin-. ued, u was said officially, but. details were withheld. . Counter Attack - The Germans reflected their rising alarm at the menace to -the rich Saar arsenal with a succession of counterattacks..-. None was in great force -and; none won back an inch of the: cratered battlefield. The reac-' tion, however, underlined the I likelihood that the Germans o would lash out from their Sieg-. fried line defenses with-' the' fullest force possible in an at- 1 tempt to plug the Saarlautern -gap. Siegfried line . artillery . concentrated on the captured and intact bridge inside Saar-. lautern, second city of the Saar land. - , ., The U. S. ninth army . stilU battled for the sportground on the western outskirts of Julich, . Roer river bastion guarding Co- logne and cities of the Ruhr.'" No crossing of the river into tho ) main part of the town has been reported officially. - - ,. Push Into Mountains . " The first army pushed Into, the northern spurs of the Eifel mountains, southeast of cap-;' tured Brandenberg toward Berg-, sterin. Anti-aircraft gunners of the-first were credited with de-.. stroyihg 38, and probably' shoot-J lng down, in- more- pr tne- izu;- (Uontinued on- .rags rivey . , Postwar Road, Flood B i Is Head For White House Okeh Bv FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (IP) Two big bills authorizing- the spending of more than $2,500, 000,000 in postwar road and river projects are headed toward the White House this week. One sets up approximately a billion dollars for flood-control, Irrigation, power and navigation works on the nation's rivers. The other calls for spending $1,673, 000,000 over a throe-year period to improve the highways in an ticipation of a postwar motoring boom. Noting that tho bills pall for. expenditure of millions ot dol lars in i very state, a senate lead er prophesied they will not be held up long In the conference commltt-.a where .they Were sent for adjustment of differ ences between the two houses. "Too Much Plunder" "Too much plunder," he . ex plained prlvaUIy, with a world ly smite. With and houso hopeful of completing the session's work in the next couple of weeks, the senate resumed consideration of a $500,000,000 rivers and harbors authorization bill, companion to the billion dollar flood control measure. Ridicules Amendment ' Quickly after the harbors leg islation was called up Friday afternoon, it struck a formidable snag. Senator Vandenberg (R Micn.), ridiculed (,n amendment, adopted In the commerce com mittee bv a nah w margin, to construct a canal linking the Tennessee and Tombigbee riv ers to give the western . Ap palachian region a new outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. Senator Bilbo (D-Miss.), un dertaking to answer Vanden berg's arguments, spoke briefly Friday, arranged to retain the floor today, carried home an armful of books and made ready for a four-hour address. The houso is set to open de: (Continued on Page Five) wAswwfvroNUnec, 4 ()-, Americanrwbmarines Have bag ged 20 more-Japanese ships, in-., eluding a light cruiser and a. de stroyer. ; - - . .Today s announcement by tne navy brought the overall ; total of Japanese .ships -sunk, by United States- undersea hunters to 874. . Of that number 82 aret warships. In addition-37,.includ- ing .il combatant snps, are list-, ed as probably sunk. - The last previous report of submarine action was on No-' vember 25 when 27 enemy -Vessels were listed as destroyed, including two combatant ships. A ' light cruiser usually is classified as one on which thai main battery is of less than 8 inch caliber. Most Japanese, light cruisers mount 5.5 or 6,1 inch guns. : : Calls Threaten ; Church Leader , I PORTLAND, Dec. -4 (ffO- Dr. H. J. Maultbetsch, head off , the Portland council of churches, was threatened with bodily harm Saturday in several of the 20 anonymous telephone; calls he received after signing a council resolution calling for tho constitutional treatment of Japanese-Americans, he told police. The resolution asked 1 that rights guaranteed in the consti tution be given Japanese-Americans returning from inland relo cation centers. Dr. Maultbetsch declared: "The council of churches is not bringing the Japanese back. But they are coming bacK unoec plans of the army and the su preme court. If they aro coming back, then let us not try to work! against them by methods outsida. the constitution." Col, Rooseveft Weds at Canyon GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Dec 4 (Pi Col. Elliott Roosevelt, the president's second son, and Ac tress aye tmerson were noncy mooning in the Grand Canyon region today after their man riage yesterday on a snow-swepl height overlooking tha famed chasm. ( The couplo was married In an observation station on Yavapai point by the Rev. Roger Saw. yer, pastor of a Williams, Ariz. Methodist church. Only a hand ful of friends watched the eight minute. double-ring ceremony. Several others were prevented ' from attending by a premdturt winter blizzard that hit the re sort area. '