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I '-..ili 'ifl nrmv (lllcim thn
Irlntllulit attain today, expend
1 ffs " ' river bridgehead ttiul
i""1"'... I, Hi.. Inum nf
Tut." " BKKP INTO
K"slECiKlllCU LINE DE-
INSKSj
ff.n. Kvo"rv foot of
InnS tho OurnmiiB yield there
Kiwi UP because they CAN'T
.... .Ai...liin-Coloitno men.
Jim war 01 minium mim: uu,
w....... .,. l.nnririuurlcrs n
fri, "ys tociuy thnt our big
S'KH orfonslve .UHed or on
2VGcrnii' -l0110 mon tlnll5f '!!
i.::lo?:.,.?.;r,Lcn,!!i;"1?1.
jjU'now to bo runnliiK mucli
ttt's m-rlotis drain on re
ilniiut Cii'rniaii manpower
?, , INTENDED lo bo.
tlon
? I.. Inllmi.H
I that OUR losses nro heavy.
jlvDO lli'iv"-' " ,
iiu' Tno mininiy punn i
St we can nfford honvlor louse
.... r!..r,utinn Gi'nnt hd.
Hlclimoiul could nfford
vlcr lostc.i thnn Lee.
I
InnTir nf Anelimi. tho British
I hove cleared ALL' tho Gcr-
jn from the west unnK oi me
E.l ctltl further north, tho
itrmans brctik the Rhine dikes
glilh of Arnhem, flooding the
j flat country ami nuwinu
tthc Canadians.
l. rn.'mi.u ail I II pviwi't nnr
'Jill' UV.. ......
JC PUSH In the north, and ore
(ported to hnvo massca tne
ttalcr part of their tanks nnd
TIMID of their Infnntry thero
jSinfct It (north, meiinlnil sonic-
icrc north of Aiiclivn.)
' ' ' '
IsENIIOWER today bluntly
hvann the German PEOPLE
i radio) of tho consequences to
im of tho nu.l bUUHUHt-u
illTII policy. He snys, In ef
eet, that they're BURNING UP
f resources they'll need budly
ti on.
r . , .
'HE rtussiims urc still advnnc-
Sins southwest of Budapest,
line west ship oi uio uunuuc,
W gnlnccl 17 miles there in
! day. There nro reports inut
i Germans In this men nro re
ifetinn In confusion, ngnln sug
qW that the reds hnvc found
weak 5iot.
1
I tho Philippines, our wor
Ihlps penctrnto Jnp minefields
ito Ormoc bay and there Is a
Hal bottle thnt scorns to hnvc
icd in n nenr draw, ns we nnd
Japs each lost n destroyer.
Cur purpose, of course, wns
Atop Jap reinforcements Irom
ching Ley to, - -
i '
JON'T let yourself be fooled
about this Lcyto fighting,
t lotiRh and bitter nnd bloody,
ifd Hampson, AP writer on the
rtt, says the Jnps arc 'learning
lEcxpcricnco nnd nro mokliig
ftr futile suicide chnrges nnd
Jerally arc hnndllns their men
h creator care. (Mnybo reul
Ig there AREN'T plenty more
fere theso enmo Trom.)
I .
IALISTIC Gencrnl Hnnscll, on
Salpan, snys today: "Sub
tilinl damage has been Inflict
ifby our B-2l)s on the Musa
fna oircrnfl factory in Tokyo,
4 It hasn't been destroyed by
jamncd sight."
food for Iliinsell! One has
J feeling thnt he's telling us
J straight, uncolored truth
tjleh Is what wo need.
P set today from Clilna what
MAY be Important news.
CRACK" Chinese Iroops
Ml out of the NORTHWEST
'tnect the Jnps driving toward
Jtiynng nnd tho Burma road,
g dispatch ndds: "These rein
Jomcnts may bo from the
ylmmobllizcd forces thnt
It ' been BLOCKADING tho
jMMUNlST - CONTROLLED
Won of China."
Jtnernl Chou En-Lnl, the
jmtmlst lender, hns been , In
fiBklng recently.
P point Is thnt under the
pra threat of the Jnp nd
J townrd the Burma rond
! Chungking, Chiang nnd the
Pnimlsls mny bo GETTING
fMHER. Through nil the
years of the Jnp war,
JTCH1NG EACH OTHER In-
r iigmmg u,c jnps,
ft" this Is coming lo us ns n
hock NOW. It WOULDN'T
F'tn a shock If crnsorshlo
If,' prevented us from the
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35TH STBIK
PKICE 5 CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1944
Number 10330
RESIGNATION
OFFERED flf'
GREEKLEADER
Papendreaou Suggests
Coalition Cabinet .
"ormation
SHOPPING-
C-tlMPUl UNO
If
ATHENS, Dec. 5 fP) Pre
mier George Papnndrcou. said
today ho liad offered his resig
nation ls head of the crisis-torn
Greek government nnd hnd
suggested formation of a coali
tion cabinet Including center
and right wing groups.
Such a cabinet might be led
by Thcmistoklcs Sophoulls, 82-year-old
liberal leader, he said,
Strlk Pirsists
A general strike persisted in
Athens, but disorders were re
ported diminishing.
Elas troops tho militia of the
leftist EAM (national liberation
front) surrendered a number
of police headquarters they had
seized.
Mutiny Chargtd
Since tho Elas technically are
under command Ittf British MnJ.
Gen. R, M. Scobio as part of the
armed forces of Greece; they
now arc charged with direct mu
tiny. In the- British view, seiz
ing of police precinct headquar
ters comprised a direct assault
against the legal government.
British troops will use force,
If necessary, to mnlntnln the le
gal government, It was declared,
the strikes have hindered se
riously the Inflow of relief sup
plies.
British officials said Investloa
lions thus far' failed to support
charges of right-wing Greeks
Hint tho current dlsorders;.were
engineered by axis agents in
EAM ranks.
Tak Control "
Elasroops were reported last
night to have taken control of
20 to 25 police precincts In the
Athens area. Papandreou s gov
ernment demanded that Elas
members leave the Athens' area
by midnight Wednesday.
One more person was killed
and three Injured last evening
(Continued on Page seven)
Committee OkeHs
State Department
Nominations
WASHINGTON. Dec. S P)
The senate foreign relations
committee today approved, four
slnlc depnrtment nominations,
includlnn that of Joseph C.
Grow to bo undersecretary of
stnte.
Senator Clark (D-Mo.) said
that while Grcw's appointment
was approved unanimously,
some members reserved, the
right to oppose other nomina
tions on tho senate floor. .
Clark roDortcd that four mem.
hers voted against the nomina
tion of ' Archibald MacLisn,
head of the library of congress,
who was named ns an assistant
secrctnrv. Clark snid he would
oppose confirmntion of Mac-
Loish on the noor.
House Voice on
Treaties Okehed
WACUTMfiTOTJ. T)pp.' ft' MP)
Tho house judiciary committee
today approved a proposed con
stitutional amendment to give
the house or representatives
voice In future treaty ratifica
tions, j
Tho committee voted it 10
send to the floor a resolution
r Its chairman, Rep. Summers
lTnv Mfhirh wmllH Abolish
mu ni-iKiiv a vr -.... -r- .
trol over treaties and make fu
ture International pacts subject
to ratification by a majority vote
of both houses.
Tho resolution must pass the
house nnd tho sennte and be rat
ified by throe-fourths of tho state
legislatures to become effective.
Austria-Bound Reds Advance;
Ma vies BaWle Dn Ormoc Bay
SOVIE
I
SIS
TROOPS ALONG
Post of Receipts
Show Mail Boost
of this year totaled $19,507.77,
an Increase of $6,275.59 or
47.420 nor cent over November
of 1043. . . . .
Total figures for octoDcr ana
ht ii.n lict tun mnnthfl
nf tho nunrtor. for 1944 add to
$40,817.11 compared to $27,;
307.42 for the same periods last
year. This shows an increase xor
this year of $13,449.69.
Receipts for October of 1944
were $21,309.34, due . to me
heavy mailing Involved with
sending Christmas gifts to serv
LAKE-BALATON
LONDON, Dec. 5 (P) Red
army forces surging through
western Hungary in a drive out
flanking besieged Budapest
wore massed today along the
soutn shores of Lake Balaton,
only 60 miles from the Austrian
irontlcr.
' Led by Marshal F o o d o r I.
Tolbukhin, the Austria - bound
Hussions piled up one gain yes
tcrday of 17 miles. Tho overall
advances carried them 12 miles
closer to the border than previ
ously -reported au miles irom
Nagybajom, at tho southwestern
end oi the 4Z-milu lake front
Mtnsct Budaoest
A Moscow bulletin Issued at
midnight said a column driv
ing north along the west bank
of the Danube was 37 miles
south of Budapest and still ad
vancing toward the capital's
oacK aoor. tast or. me river,
which divides the city, . other
Russian- troops have been ham
mering the southeastern and
eastern suburbs for days and
on the northeast enemy com
munications have been cut.
. Tolbukhln's forces wore rap
idly taking positions to swing
around both ends of Lake Bala
ton toward Austria. Nagybajom
was' the springboard for the
southwestern army. - '
:The Russians swept through
mors than 100. towns and,, vil
lages northeast, west and south
of . the communications hub of
Kaposvar, captured Saturday.
- Abandon Technique
"The Germans arc abandon
ing their military technique,
their arms and military equip
ment," the Moscow communi
que said of the fighting in this
sector.
Reports still incomplete de
clared the Russians killed 2000
enemy soldiers in yesterday's
fighting. The communique said
3000 prisoners were taken in
three days of fighting ending
Sunday. .
West of Pecs in tho area of
the Drava river border of Hun
gary and Yugoslavia the Rus
sians were hurling back tho
enemy on the approaches to the
rail junction town of Szigctvar,
80 miles northeast of Zagreb.
- Red army troops operating in
northern Yugoslavia with Yugo
slav forces captured Mitrovica,
on the Sva river 41 miles north
east of Belgrade.
X
Nazi Hospital
Ship Sunk
ROME, Dec. 5 ( Aircraft
of the Mediterranean coastal air
force accidentally sank tho unil
luminatcd Gorman hospital ship
Tucblngen during a period of
poor light on November 18 while
she was en route to Trieste, al
lied headquarters announced
today. Regrets were conveyed
to German authorities.
The headquarters statement
said, "a full Inquiry into this un
fortunate incident is proceed
ing." Headquarters said it un
derstood that casualties among
the crew were very light. The
ship was carrying no wounded
at the time.
(In a broadcast dispatch on
November 18 the German news
agency DNB said tho Tuebinaen
was sunk by four British flghter-
pomocrs in me Adriatic sea.)
Christmas Nightmare
It may be a photographic trick, but here is how the stack of Christmas parcels must look-to
local postoffice . omploy copfrontad by a shortage of' help and a record amount of mall. Here
Thomas D. Hinchman, clorlt, is working undaunted on a doubly-exposed pile of Christmas pack-
ages.
Tho Christmas mailing pro
gram is progressing steadily,
according to Burt E. Hawkins,
local postmaster. ' No rush has
been experienced as yet but it
is expected that this will come
between the middle ot uecem
ber and the first of January.
Local postoffice authorities
report that tho public is cooper
ating well and adhering to the
suggestions made - recently by
Hawkins, such as addressing
packages legibly, wrapping par
cels securely and mailing pro
gressively instead of all at once.
Situation In Hand
The labor situation at the lo
cal postoffice is coming along
well, everything considered,
and no trouble has been experi
enced as yet.
Some people are going to be
disappointed on Christmas, how
ever, unless there is a heavy in
crease in mailings of gifts im-
(Continucd on Page beven)
Navy Booms Use
Of Rockets
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5 VP)
The nnvy shortly will be spend
ing $iuu,uuu,uuu mommy on
rocket ammunition alono.
Rockets have been found In
creasingly useful, among other
things, for spraying death upon
Jnpnnesc machine gunners as
cover lor landing operations.
Tho $100,000,000 outlHy. to
bo attained .within four months,
is "ns much as s now being
spent per month for all types
of naval ammunition," said tho
office of war information in a
cautiously-worded report today
on tho U. S. use and develop
ment of rockets.
Soldiers Pay With Lives
For Lack of Ammunition
! LONDON, Doc. 5 (F) Amer
ican soldiers arc paying with
their lives for a western front
shell shortage, a Daily Mail dis
patch declared today.
Noel Monks, Daily Mail cor
respondent with the U. S. ninth
army, wrote:
'The final assault on a town
had begun and American in
fantry on the outskirts were
counterattacked by the last Ger
man tanks in this sector.
"Heavv flro from the tanks
caught the Americans as they
came up an Incline leading into
the town. They had no tank
support owing to mines.
A can was mane immediate
ly for artillery support while
the Americans dug themselves
in. I was in the command post
when tho colonel' passed on the
call for artillery support. I
could hear the reply coming
through the phone:
" 'Too bad, but we firod our
quota in the opening stages of
the attack.' Without saying a
word, the young colonel slump
ed into a chair.
" 'Fired their quota,' he snid.
'No use tolling them that the
German tanks haven't fired
their quota and my men are be
ing cut up for want of a few
more American shells'.".-
British Capture German
Stronghold of Ravenna
ROME, Dec. 5 () British
eighth army troops have cap
tured Ravenna, German strong
hold on the. Adriatic, the allied
high command announced today.
Ravenna (pop. 81,000),, is 16
miles northeast of Forli.
The announcement , said the
city fell as the result of "a bril
liant encircling movement by
the (Canadian) Princess Louise's
!KE SAYS ALLIES
NDT TO FEED NAZIS
By The Associated Press
General Eisenhower bluntly
informed the German people to
day that they "cannot count
upon food, fuel or clothing from
tho military government," and
must rely upon their own re
sources. The "scorched earth policy"
of the retreating nazi army will
serve only to multiply the suf
fering and hardships of the Ger
man people, he said in a procla
mation rend over allied trans
mitters in Europe and reported
by the office of war informa
tion. "The allied armed forces will
import the bulk of . their re
quirements," the proclamation
said. "If they should be in a
position to give help to the
population of Europe, this help
will primarily go to the popu
lation of the countries which
have been ravaged and plun
dered' by the German armies.
Tho Gorman people will have to
(Continued on Page Seven)
Fighting Yanks
Face Tire Lack
PARIS, Dec. 5 (P) American
armies fighting along the Ger
man border face a tire shortage
so serious it threatens to tie up
10 per cent of alt army vehicles
by early February, Gen Eisen
hower declared today.
"1 am not exaggerating when
I say that tho war will be need
lessly extended unless we can
extract every possible mile from
our tires and use them only as
wo find it necessary to do so,"
Eisenhower advised his officers
and men in a letter.
The reason for the impending
shortage, Eisenhower said, was
that tire wear in the theater has
exceeded all pre-combat esti
mates. Tho rout of the Germans
in France and the lowlands, plus
their long stand at the entrances
to Antwerp, combined to place a
tremendous burden on army sup
ply forces.
dragoon guards which outflank
ed the city and forced the enemy,
to withdraw - to avoid being
trapped."
. Route Cut
The Canadian unit cut route
16 and entered Ravenna from
the northwest as the 28th lan
cers plunged into the city from
the south, it said. .
Previously allied headquar
ters had announced the capture
of Russi and Godo,. towns on
the Ravenna-Bologna- railway,
and midway between Ravenna
and Faenza, besieged nazi strong
hold on the Bologna-Rimini lat
eral highway.-
Near Faenza eighth army
troops have occupied command
ing positions east of the high
way for some days.
Forces Bridgehead . -
Rolling forward after several
days of hard fighting between
the Montone and Lanione rivers,
the eighth army forced a bridge
head over a canal south of Russi
against heavy opposition.
Farther cast other units cross
ed the Montone and joined the
(Continued on Page Seven).
Group to Reopen
Nominee Hearing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 . (JP)
The senate military committee
decided today to reopen its in
investigation of two of President
Roosevelt's nominees for the sur
plus war property disposal
board.
Senator Chandler (D-Ky.) sold
the group voted nt a closed ses
sion to "throw wide open" a
hearing next Monday on the
nominations of former Gov.
Robert A. Hurley of Connecti
cut and Lieut. Col. Edward ,H.
Heller.
FIGHT COSTS
JAS
YANKS
DESTROYER
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Dec. 5
(IP) Sharp naval blows were
traded by Americans and Jap
anese in Ormoc gulf off Leyte
island Saturday, a headquarters
communique reported today,
and each side lost a destroyer.
The American vessel was rip
ped completely in two, presum
ably by an aerial torpedo, and
went down in 55 seconds, a 20
mm. gun still firing until choked
off by the sea. The majority of
the crew was saved, the com
munique said, adding that a sec
ond Japanese destroyer was be
lieved damaged in the engage
ment. - -Rescue Drama
The sinking of the American
vessel furnished the -backdrop
for a thrilling rescue drama, in
which the leading roles were
played by those workhorses of
the U. S. navy, the Catalina fly
ing boats. ' One of the "Black
Cats," as they are known in the
navy, picked 56 men. out of tho
oil-blackened waters, and lum-:
bered .into. the air with- them
after :a- three-mile run down the.
bay,- in full ; sight, of thousands
oi Japanese troops, ..... -v.- .-
The plane, piloted kyv'Xft' (jg)
Joe F. , Ball,- Fullerton,.- Calif.,
had the near record total - of -63
men- aboard.; including its crew
of seven. The destroyer's 'sm;
vivors nad Been in me water iz
hours, cling to debris, logs,-canisters
or anything handy, when
the first flying boat reached
them. ....
Penetrate Bay
The U. S. vessels entered me
gulf in the '. face of air . attacks
and shore fire. American de
stroyers . penetrated Ormoc bay
for the - first time last week,
shelling the Japanese supply and
reinforcement port and escaping
unharmed. :-'
Ground activity was limited
to minor clashes as rain poured
down monotonously, but allied
planes ranged widely in deliver
ing a series of stabs at enemy
installations.
Repeated attacks were made
by fighter planes on Japanese
positions and on targets in Or
moc bay and Palompbn: The
communique reported destruc
tion of the Ormoc jetty, and
stores and warehouses were set
ablaze. North of Palompon a
1000-ton enemy transport was
sunk. -; ......
Small Vessels
Lost in Pacific
: WASHINGTON Dec. 5 (P)
The loss of three small naval
vessels of the central Pacific
fprce and a motor torpedo boat,
as - a result of enemy action,
was reported by the navy, to
day .- .'.. .. . .. -
In addition, the navy said,
the ammunition- ship Mount
Hood was lost at an advanced
base in the central Pacific when
it accidentally blew up. ;
' ' The motor torpedo boat, the
PT-363, was lost in the Philip
pine area.
The other, three vessels lost
were two motor mine sweepers,
YMS 19 and YMS 385, and the
landing- craft, infantry (gun
boat), LCT (G) 459
Shoppers Put Christmas
First; Bond Quotas Lag
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (P)
Christmas shoppers crowded to
the center of the stage today in
the 0th War. Loan drive.
The treasury issued an appeal
to the fighting throngs in the
nation's stores to remember the
fighting men shooting it out
with the nation's enemies.
Treasury officials said it was
well realized when the Novem
ber 20-December 18 dates of
tho drive were chosen that it
would coincide with heavy gift
buying, but
"War expenditures don't ac
commodate themselves to our
traditional Christmas season."
Ted R. Gamble, national di
rector of war finance, said:
"Santa can serve the boys
overseas very well, by including
a lot of war .bonds In his bag
of gifts.
"It's necessary ' this year to
give the 6th War Loan priority
over Christmas shopping. Wo
can't afford to do otherwise." .
Yesterday he announced these
sales figures;
. Series E bonds, $871,000,000
behind schedule.
Total individual sales, Includ
ing E bonds, $2,021,000,000
ahead of schedule and 40 per
cent of the individual's quota of
$5,000,000,000.
Total 'sales including individ
uals and corporations, $8,941,
000,000 far ahead of schedule
and -more than half the total
quota of $14,000,000,000. , . . ..
GERMAN WES
Ti
WALL DEFENSE
378th Regiment Gains
New Crossing V
Of Soar : t
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Dec. 5 (P) Third
army troops battled wellinto
Siegfried line positions beyond
Saarlautern today, and other
units fought within sight ot
Saarbrucken, capital of the in
dustrial Saar, burning from a
thunderous artillery and aerial
bombardment.
Tanks of the sixth armored
division thrust within six miles
of Saarbrucken on trie, south,
and motorized cavalry of tha
85th division on the southwest
struck over the German border
against stiff opposition, advanc
ing until they could see smoke
columns rising from the city.
Through Town i
Troops of the 95th division
have driven clear through Saar
lautern and are fighting into the
west wall, supreme headquar-.
ters announced. " ...
Front dispatches declared ele
ments of the 378th regiment- of
the 95th had made a new cross
ing of the Saar, and pushed into
outer defenses of the Siegfried
zone below Saarlautern. - - '
The new crossing built up the
wedge thrust into the SaarlandJ
Bypassed .
' The satellite towns of Roden
and Fraulatern, each a mile and
a half beyond the captured Saari
river bridge, were passed by tha
Americans advancing through;
shellf ire from German artillery!
emplacements. - - -.
-Other troops of Lt. Gen
George S. Patton's third army!
threatened Saarbrucken. capital
of the arsenal region of steel
(Continued on Page Seven)
1 - : : i
Two men from the Klamath
naval air station were killed
Monday afternoon when a light
bomber in which they were fly
ing on a training mission crash
ed at Clear lake, California.
According to Cmdr. R. R. Dar-
roh, the accident occurred at
about 3:30 p. m. when the plane
dived into 30 feet of water, and
was completely demolished. t
A rescue party left the sta
tion at 5:30 and arrived" at the1
scene about five hours later.'
The plane was completely sub
merged, and the bodies of the
two men have not yet been re
covered, although steps are be
ing taken to carry out further
rescue operations when prac
ticable. . The casualties were the pilot,.
Lt. Robert J. Pinz, who is sur
vived by his father Julius Pinz
of Los Angeles, Calif., and a
passenger, AR 2c David Otto
Herget, who .is survived by
Adam Herget of Talisheek, . La.
Italians to Form
Own Government,
Discloses U. S. .
WASHINGTON. Dec. 5 CP)
The United States has informed
both Britain and Italy that it ex--pects
the Italian people to. devel
op their government "without
influence from outside." . :
The state department's unus
ual disclosure of policy in such
a case today apparently placed
the United States in an opposite,
position from that taken by
Great Britain which has official
ly opposed the inclusion . of
Count Sforza in an Italian ad
ministration. '
"This government has not ;in,
any way intimated to the Ital
ian government that there would
be any opposition on its part to
Count Sforza," the state depart-"
ment reported.
One purpose of the assertion'
evidently is to reassure the peoJ
pie of liberated allied countries
who may, have read into recent
developments in Italy an Indica
tion that the great powers intend
to meddle in their internal af
fairs. ;
Rather Drastic,
Isn't It?
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (IP)
An unidentified man whipped
out a gun on the lower Bow
ery today and fatally shot an
other man who had asked
him for a cigarette, police re
ported. -
Police Lieutenant James
Sloane said Michael Condon,
52, identified through a so
cial security : card, had be
rated tho man who fled after
firing three . shots, one of
which pierced Condon's
heart. .
ice men ann women overaena.