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TfrnnnM KXPKCT TO LOSK
Vinnr lino nre i)ifiiuiiig
an ick l. . .
ItTON is steadily whiuiihik
P. . .... iw.nls iwer the Snnr
llso". hi. LwhliiK his wuy
.r aim . . , r
I Into Hie Slcci-anucuui
! Snnr busily ,
lie nusslims creep nearer to
Tb " . ,. ...n ii llin.nl
w "" "... ; tin II,
V .. ..II. .'a til IS.
I the southwest, iiround Luke
blon, Europe's largest ires i-
' in Austrian border,
fighting mere train
vy.
FEW of our aupcrforts tiomb
nUn II I'll 1 II. t IIIIKi'l
I, nt ilu'iii bombs Jnp in
., ... ,...,
b. ill iYlilllllllll "
he fighting on Leyte goes on
hoilt niuieriiii ciiuhhk
tE clouds gather more dnrkly
vcr Chlnn.
i.. .Tnns reach and uikc
uiiv IT L'C umillt.
I N LT 11.1 IIUi3 nw,,...
of Kweiynni!, on the Burma
h. Wc lenrn loony uiui im-v
Bllllllll' I1U rt 1W
mini!, Iieiiddiiiulers of our
h alrforcc, They rc moving
hhcnslwnrrt from Nnnnlng,
lowini! up a nun vi
valley. . , , .
1ils Kunming drive has not
been mentioned ny uie -."
, 1 Is UAKbLl mK.il
INED toclny by our side.)
k Chinese cnniniunlsl gen
Lrnl Ipaves Chungking. A
latch today says lie didn't act
6t he wanted, but carries
T . i - fl.lnnt,
iiuer.pr(ininiji num v..
other worus, nicy i mi
erlnii.
1AT about covers tho shoot
ing war news for the day. .
In the statistical side. Under
fretary of War Patterson nn-
inces thai on mis unru mi
fcrsnry of Pearl Harbor U. fa.
lie casualties (killed, wound-
mlssliiK and eapiurceu are
018. This war Is the real
faltcrson adds: "fn the fiRhl-
on the western front we arc
Icrlns severe casualties and
fnclni! the urini prospect oi
o to come."
,
HE war in Europe Is In the
krlm. bloody KNOCKOUT
GE. lis durnlion depends
how lone the Germans can
he Pacific war Is at the Hires-
of that stage.
Greece, where n fair-sized
vll war Is belni! fouuht. the
lain Is rising on the first not
Die AFTKH THE WAR drama.
POWIilt POLITICS drama.
rilnlii is fielitiiiL' for the
tntennnce of her tradilloniil
fcrcoMnflucnco system. The
f iierrancnn Is her uiu spnerc
pmiuencc. Greece Is sira
hlly located In tho Mcditcr-
fan. With its Islands, Greece
UOMMA.ND the Aegean
nnco to tho Dardanelles.
our map will tijll you rather
ny wny uriinin warns n
cr In the Greek government.
ETT1NIUS, our new secretary
pfslule, In a statement given
me press tdday, puts tnc
ion hintes on record lis lnvor-
COMPLETE FREEDOM OF
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1944
Number 10332
move
mioses
Japs
British Blast
Elas Centers
Inside Athens
By STEPHEN BARBER
' ATHENS, Grc, Dtc. 7 (!') British porochuto troops and
infantry, with Iho support of planes, tanks and armorod cars
and artlllory, blasted their way at tommy-gun point from house
to house today against the principal centers ot Elas resistance
around the Acropolis.
Although Mo); Gen. R. M. Scobie announced that progress
waf being made in clearing the Elas, the armed auxiliary of the
leftist EAM political organisation, from the Athens area, the
fighting spread to Thrace, where Elas and Greek nationalists
clashed.
British Beaufighters crushed the Elas' mortar positions in a
public park east of the Acropolis and across the main Athens
Piraeus road where it enters the capital, and field artillery was
used to blast out other positions. But snipers' bullets still sipped
bnck and forth down the side-
streets of the capital in the sec-
Looking Back At the Pearl Harbor Extra
FORTS SMASH JAP
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (P)
A Inrge force of Superfortresses
smashed today at Japanose-domU
nnlcd Manchuria, destroyed 26
enemy fighters, probably
brought down 13 and damaged
24.
A 20lh airforce communique
announcing this today, said one
B-20 was lost to enemy action in
the ollacK on an aircraii Plant
at Mukden and other strategic
military objectives.
The attack, made in daylight.
rosultcd in "unobserved to ex
cellent bombing results," " the
communique said.
Visual Bombings
Visual bombing was carried out
at most of tho targets.-
The raid, carried on by the
20th bomber command based on
the Asiatic mainland, encounter
ed "from wenk to strong air
opposition, while anti-aircraft
djoiuinuca on rago iwu;
tadline Set
r C Bonds
Jcccmlier 10 Is the dcndline
J purchase of tnx bonds (be
JC) In the Olh Wnr Loan
7ci It was emiilinllcnllv uoint-
I'll today by Vern Moore, In
W of Iho sales to corpora
1 mid largo buyers In tho
wiRn.
"ore said thai pledges and
nitmcnts had been obtained
I V rtlinllv nil llm nntnnlllll
F Iwyci's, but that nbout hnlf
Ijcni have piu'chascd their C
p. lie urged Immediate pur-
r hi order to liulld tip tnc
fjign total and to mnko sure
I, 'ie job Is done before the
fine.
SHOPPING
DAYSt
ond day of pitched battle.
Premier George Papandreou,
whose government is supported
by the British, told correspond
ents that the EAM was "plung
ing Greece into civil war.
. Delays Elections
(In London a Greek govern
ment spokesman said the out
breaks had delayed elections by
several . months. He predicted
that unless this painful situa
tlon is solved immediately
Greece will be years in rising
out of the chaos created by Ger
man occupation"), .
Gen. Scobie s communique
said:
"The process of clearing the
Athens-Piraeus area of hostile
Elas forces is progressing
steadily.. By nightfall (yester
day) largo areas had been treed
and were being picketed by
Greek and British regular
troops.
Clears Strongpoints
"In some cases field artillery
had been used to clear Elas
strongpoints interfering with
movements of our troops. Ma-
(Continued on Pago Two)
Reds Sweep Around Lake
To Push Nearer Border
LONDON, Dec. 7 (IP) Red
army vanguards sweeping
around lower Lake ' Balaton
were within 35 miles of the Aus
trian frontier today as Berlin
reported a powerful Russian of
fensive closing in on Budapest
from three sides.
The grnvest threat to the be
leaguered Hungarian capital
came from spearheads of Mar
shal Fcodor I. Tolbukhln's third
Ukraine army units driving up
the west bank of the Danube.
Abandon Ercsl
The Germans said they had
abandoned Ercsl, only 13 miles
south of Budapest, in the face of
the tide of Russian armor which
tho soviet war bulletin said yes
terday In gains up to 16 miles
overran 50 places, Including Rnc
almas, 28 miles south of the Hun
garian capital.
Other units of Marshal Rodlon
Y. Mallnovsky's second Ukraine
armv arc entrenched on Csepel,
the Island that spills the Danube
for 30 miles south of Budapest,
with advance positions only six
miles from tho city's outskirts.
Rncalmas Is only four miles from
thrt anil iimrn IId of the island
and n junction of tho two Rus
sian armies appear iiiuimi.-u.
TKnrn wiiq iin com irmallon,
however, of German reports that
soviet troops from Csepel had
established a bridgehead on the
west bank of tho Danube just
below Budapest.
Not Confirmed
Tho Russian communique
made no mention of tho German
Marine Held in
Beating of Bold
A marine is being held In the
barracks' brig pending further
lnvetlgntlon and tieierminauuii
of Injuries received by Carl
niri iinninv fnrmpr. found un
conscious early Monday In front
of Kerns' on a, om.
Officers were ot tho opinion
u,ni nM nrfrred a severe beat
ing. His condition was said to
be unchanged at K-iamaui vai.
l.nnllnl
Cly police, cooperating with
shore patrol, worked on the case
and announcement of the arrest
of a marine at the barracks was
mado lato Monday night. Bold s
car had been located earlier in
claims of a renewed offensive
from north of Budapest, where
red troops were reported plung
Inc down from caDtured Hatvan,
or from the eastern Budapest
suburbs where the soviet army
has been checked for some time.
Front dispatches to Moscow
reported the lurtncrmost aa
vancc toward the Austrian fron
tier. The communique reported
the capture of Baloton-Bcreny,
42 miles from the Austrian fron-
tier and a supplement asserted
that the entire 50-mlle southern
shore of the lake was in Rus
sian hands.
,i AT
CAVALRYMEN
ROUND SOUTH
LEYTE HORN
Three-Day Trip Takes
Japs Unaware
" Below Orrhoc
SEVERE SHOCK
RECORDED
SEI10GAP
Englishman Says Earth!
Shaken For Six
Hours
Here is Marjorie Nason, The Herald and News editor, looking in the files at The Klamath
News "Pearl Harbor extra" which came out exactly three years ago this afternoon. Then a stu
dent at the University of Oregon, she now looks forward eagerly to writing the headline that will
give the final answer to that top banner line on the extra of December 7, 1941.
Allied Tanks Rumble Near Bombarded
Saarbrucken; Gl's Clear Sarreguemines
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, Dec, 7 (IP) A
communique from American
headquarters disclosed today
that the Japanese had occu
pied Tuyun, terminus of the
Kwangsi-Kweichow railroad 53
miles east-southeast of Kwci
yang. P-ols of the U. S. 14th air
force struck at Japanese col
umns invading Kwcichow prov
ince in a growing threat to the
Burma road and Kweiyang. The
fliers left Tuyun burning.
Tushan Lost
The Chinese high command
admitted the loss of Tushan, a
railroad town 75 miles south
east of Kweiyang, but made no
reference to the deeper pene
tration. Tho village of Sanho,
northeast of Tushan, was de
clared in a field dispatch to
have been recaptured by the
Chinese.
The Chinese1 press reported
fairly well equipped troops
were flowing continually to the
(Continued on Page Two)
Battle On the Saar
1
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KlAKirV
Arrows Indicate U. S. third army drives into tho Saar valley,
where action centered at Saarlautern. Americans fought to com
plete capture of tho city and pushed through Roden, just to the
north. German opposition was strong. To tho south tho American
front (heavy llre) swung closer to the Soar. (AP wlrephoto map).
. .;:ByeJAMES. M.-.LONG
PARIS, Dec. 1 SIP) Ameri
caffTanks drove within three
and a half miles of seared. Saar
brucken today in. a plunge to
the outskirts of Forbach, French
rail town and outpost of the
Siegfried line.
Artillery ' of the same third
army bombarded the little
Pittsburgh of the coal and iron
region for the eighth consecu
tive day, while infantry was
cleaning the Germans from the
last streets of Sarreguemines,
French border town southeast
of the Saar capital. Street fight
ing continued in Saarlautern,
second city of the Saar.
Extend Grip
Tho Americans extended
heir grip on the west bank of
the multiple-crossed Saar river
to 22 miles. ,
rin the static Roer river
front, the Cologne plain for the
second successive nigni was
bright with strings of uerman
groundlights, suggesting that
tho enemv was working inten
sively to prepare defenses on
the Ertt river in anucipauuu
of a forced withdrawal from
the swift and swollen oer.
No Trace Found
Of Sunken Plane
the medium bomb
er or the two men who plunged
to their death Monday in Clear
lake, northern California, had
been found at a late hour
Thursday, according to tne
Klamath naval air siaiion.
Rescue work was continuing,
however, and the crew which
had gone to the scene Monday
returned here last night for a
rest and left again Thursday
morning lor the scene. Divers
and equipment from Seattle are
working to locate the wreckage
and victims, inougni 10 ub m
nbout 30 feet of water in the
lake. Dragging was underway,
it was reported. (
Stolen Auto
Crashes Into Car
A slnlen automobile, abandon
ed by its driver at the climax
of a police chase, crashed into
a parked car at Spring and Main
drools enrlv Thursday morning.
'Police said the car had been
reported stolen by Keiiey L,az
nrns. rnnte'l. box 1118. Klam-
oth Falls. They sighted it in the
nrmnrv btnek and eave chase.
The fugitive driver sped north
on Spring street, and jumped
from the moving car. Police pur
sued the man, and shortly there
after arrested a marine from
the Marino Barracks at Broad
and Main streets.
Tho marine was turned over
to Barracks authorities for fur
ther, investigation. No civil
charge had been filed late Thurs
day. Police said they were unin
formed as to the owner of tho
parked car which was damaged.
The owner had made no report
today.
U.S.
F
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.(ff)
Secretary of State Stettinius to
day put the United States as
favoring complete . freedom of
political action for the . people
of Greece. . - . .
He formally endorsed a dec
laration by Prime Minister
Churchill Tuesday that the peo
ple of Greece should have com
plete freedom to form a gov
ernment either of the right or
of the left.
But Stettinius deliberately re
frained from endorsing another
statement by the. British prime
(Continued on f age xwoj
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 7 (IP)
A heavy earthquake, localized in
the neighborhood of southern
Japan and of an intensity "about
equal to the San Francisco earth
quake of 1906," was recorded by
the California Institute of Tech
nology last night.
The shocks, beginning at
9:48:05 p. m.. Pacific war time,
continued for hours, the waves
pirolinu tho. anfira aarlh lha
I scientists said.
The distance was estimated at
about 5700. miles, in a northwes
terly direction.
Six-Hour Quake
A leading British seismologist
reported tnat tne quaKe snooK
the whole earth for six nours.
J.. J. Shaw, veteran West
Bromwich, England, - seismolo
gist, said tnat wind tremors
made it difficult to trace the di
rection but he expressed a be
lief that it was possibly in Ja
pan,-the Aleutians or tne JS-ur-ilcs.
' ' '
A short time later, Swiss radio
said that both Zurich and Nurn
burg observatories had recorded
an extremely violent earm-
quake in the direction of Ja
pan."::,. . , -; - -
- . . -catastroonic
" "In case' the auake took place
in' DODulated regions the conse
quences are bound to be catas
trophic," the Swiss announce
ment heard by The Associated
Press reported.
Seismographs in an parts oi
the nation recorded the quake.
AH did not agree on the specific
location, but most reports con
firmed the general Japanese-
area as the center.
GEN. MAC ARTHUR'S HEAD.
QUARTERS, Philippines, Dee. 7.
(P) American cavalrymen, in
a daring amphibious flanking
maneuver, surprised Japanese,
forces 10 miles below the vital,
enemy-held port of Ormoc on,
Leyte's west coast as other Amer-; ,
lean forces were breaching the.
Nipponese' . Palanas line, two
miles further south, it was dis
closed today. . ,
Al Dopking, Associated Press,
war correspondent, in a delayed,
dispatch written December 5"
(Manila time), said the cavalry-,,
men, riding heavily armed am-,
nhibious tractors, came around
the southern horn of Leyte on.
a 'more than 125-mile three-day.
trip, the longest evtr made by
amtracs under their own power.
They knifed into Japanese posi
tions at Tabgas; and adjoining.
Balogo village: - .
uaugnt ott uuara
Lieut. Col. O'Neill K. Kane
commander of the force, said the'.
Japanese were caught off guard
and his men drew only meager,'.
mortar and machine-gun lire.'
(Uontmued on Fage Two)
iMIIllS SENT
PASADENA. Calif.. Dec. 7 (P)
A heavy- earthquake, "one of the
lareest in 40 years, was record
ed on the California Institute of
Technology seismograph begin-
(Continued on Fage 'rwoj
Barracks Rifle Range Now
Complete; Other Navy Work
Progresses Steadily Here
By FRANCIS J. KELLY X
WASHINGTON. Dec. 7 JF
President Roosevelt's personal
selections to help run the state),
department bounced back to the
foreign relations committee to-.
day from an unsatisfied majority;,
of the senate. , k
Chairman Connally . (D-Tex.)
called up the nominations, forj
an undersecretary and three asv
sistant secretaries, late yester
day and the senate by a roll call
vote of 37 to 27 promptly sent
them back the same way.
Committee Favored
The nominations had. been ap
proved in committee "Tuesday'
without hearings and a vocifer
ous group of lawmakers soma
of therp new dealers demanded,
opportunity to learn more about
(Continued on Fage rwo
Ostendorf to
Name New Chief'
Klamath Falls' new -chief of
police had not been named at a
late hour Thursday although Ed
Ostendorf, mayor-elect, said that
nis choice would roe made Known
"within the next few days."
; Ostendorf said that several ap
plications were being considered
and that an appointment to be
presented to the city council for
approval would probably be.
made this week.
"I made a statement during
my campaign that the city of
Klamath Falls would have a new
chief of police, and I intend to
live up to that promise," Osten
dorf said Thursday. ;
1 The $90,000 rifle range at the
Marine Barracks was completed
today and substantial progress
was reported on the other navy
construction jobs at; the Bar
racks and the naval air station
by Lt. J. M. Babcock, naval of
ficer in charge of construction.
Labor shortage rather than
weather is the major problem
for the navy's contractors, Bab
cock said. Nevertheless, work
is going ahead steadily.
Concrete Pits
The rifle range is a Brennan
and Cahoon contract, and lies on
the hill above the barracks. In
cluded in the job was consider
able concrete construction on
the firing aprons and target pits.
The senior BOQ and officers'
club at the naval air station will
be finished this week. This
building includes a galley and
nffirers' riinine room, as well as
club and sleeping quarters. It
has been built by Morrison-
Knudscn-Twait, contractors,
Gets Contract
Waale-Camplan company of
Portland has received the second
contract on the new hangar at
the air station, at approximate-
Lt. Benny Angus
Hurt in Action
Second Lt. Lloyd B. "Benny"
Angus, U. S. army infantry, was
slightly wounded in action at an
undisclosed location in France
on November 22, according to
Word received from the war de
partment on Wednesday by his
wile, juorotnea Augus oi ouoo
Rnnrdman. . ' - -
Lt. Annus is well-known here
where he attended school and is
the son of Lila F. Angus of this
city and of Bon Angus of Bly.
The telegram stated that Mrs.
Angus will be further informed
as to nis concuon.
ly $286,000. The first contract,
on which tne firm is sun -wont
Inf. was at about $254,000.
This hangar, the second to be
built by the navy at tne air sta
tion, is of wood construction, on
a huge concrete slab. It is
340x200 feet in dimensions,
somewhat larger than the steel
hangar at the station. It stands
aaiacem o me uis witim-uij
aDron. to the south of the steel
hangar, and doors open on the
north and south ends of the new
building. - - .
Double Hangar
The hangar will have two
arched roofs, and is in reality
(Continued on Fage two)
War Bulletins
U: S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor. Dec.:
7 (IP) One Superfortress was de
stroyed and two others damaged
the morning of December 6 in
the strongest counter-raid the
Japanese have made on the B-29
base on Saipan, the navy an
nounced .today.. , ,
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 7 (IP)
Sensational but unsuccessful
Japanese paratroop landings on,
Leyte island were reported to
day by Mutual broadcasting
system's Philippine correspond
ent. Royal Arch Gunnison, j
Navy Cross, Purple Heart :
Awards Slated at Barracks
fine Now Cross, the nation's I
second highest combat award,
and numerous Purple Hearts will
be awarded marine veterans
during a parade and decoration
ceremony at the Marine Bar
racks Saturday morning.
The ceremony is scheduled to
start at 10 o'clock, on the parade
ground just north or tne post
gymnasium. Tho public is invit
ed to witness the decorations.
Cnl. Clifford R. Gilbert wilt
receive the Navy Cross for his
exploits on niwetok island last
February. . A field1 telephone
operator, the 21-year-old Texas
Leatherneck assumed control of
an infantry-outfit and directed
their fire against some 300 Japs
for three hours, watching the
enemv's movements and relay
ing the information and orders
over his telephone.
- Close to Jaoi
Gllhert. at the time, was con
cealed only 50 yards from the
.Tnn nnsitlnns. nnd his work re
sulted in the destruction of the
enemy forces, according to hii
citation, signed by Admiral Nim
itz. '
Purple Heart awards are to be
presented to several wounded
veterans ot tne recent nmms
on Saipan and Guam, who are
now stationed here.
Sgt. Harry G. Ahlstrom was
cut up and burned when the
ammunition-laden amtrac he was
in received two direct shell hits) ,
before getting onto the beach at
Saipan, When the ammunition
began exploding, Ahlstrom
dived overboard; then the gas
from the tractor caught fire on
the water, and he was burned
getting out.
. . , -. Carried From Lines
An Alabama marine, Sgt. Hill
man A. O'Quinn 'was wounded
repeatedly by shell fragments on
Guam, on the face, hands and
legs, and had to be carried from
the fighting lines. :. 1 ,
. O'QuInn was an unwitting
participant in one of the Strang-
(continued on Fage iwoj
the day.