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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.
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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."
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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
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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
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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:
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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. '