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LEYTEHQRN
(Continued frpm rsc One)
Some Vanks reported seeing Jap
anese in full flighl.
Dopking's dispatch did iot
' make it clear whether the am
phibious operation was still go
ing on or if it were only a raid
to throw the Japanese off bal
ance. Claim Landings
Meanwhile Tokyo ; radio
claimed Japanese paratroopers
had landed at four points behind
the American lines on Lcyte to
destroy airfields. -
The broadcast, unconfirmed
by allied sources, said a "grand
scale offensive" was launched
Wednesday, asalnst "the many
enemy airfields'' on eastern
Leyte. It is from these airfields
that Yankee planes have been
wiping out enemy reinforcement
convoys and cratering Japanese
airfields throughout the Philip
pines. ;
The Tokyo broadcast. record
ed by the federal communica
tions commission, said the Amer
icans were found "in a confused
state." -
Gen. Douglas MaoArthur's
communique today noted . suc
cesses on land, sea and in the
air. In ground ' fighting dough
boys of tha 24th army corps pene
trated the enemy's Palanas river
line at a point about 12 miles
southeast of Ormoe, Japanese
supply port,
(Continued from Fage One)
the men's political philosophies
and plans for the years ahead.
The action affected tnesa newly-appointed
aides to Secretary
of State Stcttlnlus:
Joseph C. Grew,' former am
bassador to Japan, designated
undersecretary.
Will L. Clayton, former cotton
dealer, erstwhile assistant secre
tary of commerce and surplus
war property . administrator,
named an assistant secretary of
state.
, Nelson A. Rockefeller, coordi
nator of inter-American affairs,
assistant secretary,
.Archibald MacLeish, poet and
librarian of congress, . assistant
secretary.
Connally made no effort to
hide his feeling that the senate's
i action was a slap at the foreign
relations committee if not a di
rect blow at the president. Act
ing Republican Leader White of
Maine, who voted for all the
nominations in the committee,
backed up Connally in denounc-
ling this very unusual proce
dure, out to no avail.
SEVER
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SHOCK
RECORDED
SEISMOGRAPHS
(Continued from Page One)
ning at 9.-4B.04 p. m., Pacific
war time, yesterday, scientists
reported today,
Further details of the records
were not immediately available.
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he described ns "a major earth
quake, between 5000 and S200
miles from Seattle" was record
ed on the University of Wash
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Prof. Howard A. Coombs, seis
mologist, reported today. He
said the disturbances started at
9:46 p. m. (Pacific war time) and
continued for at least-three and
a half hours. Coombs said the
center was uncertain, b u t
"might well have been Japan,"
NEW YORK, Dec. 7 (T) Two
"extremely violent" earth
quakes possibly in the southern
part of Japan were recorded on
the Fordham university seismo
graph early today, the Rev. Jos
eph J. Lynch reported,
Father Lynch said tha shocks,
which he described as "very se
vere and extremely violent,'
were felt at 12:40 a. m. (EWT)
and at 12:53 a. m.
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Of Burke Bill
Klamath business houses which
have stocks of fortified wine on
hand were awaiting word today
of the signing of the llurke bill
proclamation, which will restrict
sales of such wines to statu li
quor stores. What dealers will
do with stocks on hand was not
decided by all, but some have
attempted to dispose of them by
drastic price reductions, and oth
ers believe they can return them
to Jobbers.
Signature of the proclamation
by Governor Snoll and Secre
tary of State Robert Knrroll will
make the Burke bill a law. It
was passed at the last session
of the legislature, referendi'd,
and then upheld by the people.
U. S. FAVORS GREEK
FORTS SMASH JAP JAI
INCHUI BASES
(Continued from Page One)
minister dealing with the use
of British troops to prevent for
mation of what Churchill called
a "communist dictatorship in
Greece."
This was the second time
this week that the stato depart
ment has spoken out In favor of
political freedom for the people
of Europe.
Earlier it protested Britain's
intervention in the formation of
new Italian government. The
British action had vetoed Count
Carlo Sforia as a candidate for
cither premier or foreign min
ister of a new regime at Rome.
Navy Cross, Purple
Heart Awards Set
(Continued, from Page One)
est events of the Pacific war. On
tngebi, last February, he was
knocked out by a shell blast, and
loft for dead by his infantry pla
toon. A short timo later, a Jap
soldier came up, believed him
dead, and rifled the sergeant's
pockets.
Alive and unharmed, O'QuInn
strolled Into his platoon area the
next day, much to the astonish
ment of his buddies, and was pre
sented his dog-tags by the pla
toon leader. The Jap had taken
them for a souvenir, and later
had been killed by the platoon
leader, who retrieved the tags.
Squad Wlo.d Out
Cpl. Bcnonie Harris, an In
dian boy from California, was a
squad leader on Guam. He was
wounded in 'he arm, and his en
tire squad was wiped out trying
to take a Jap-held hill.
A rifle slug pierced the helmet
of PFC Alfred Tankcrsloy on
Saipan. He was knocked flat by
the blow, but not seriously hurl.
Cpl. James West received mul
tiple shrapnel wounds in his
right shoulder and side. While
he was lying in a too-narrow fox
hole, scooped out of tha hard
coral on Guam, a Jap mortar
shell exploded only a foot away,
showering him with fragments.
Other Decorations
Others who are scheduled to
be decorated for wounds re
ceived in action arc Ski. I. H.
Douglas, PFC Julian C. What
ley, Cpl. Victor Jerome Just,
PFC C, W. Moss, PFC E. W.
Beckman, PFC Homer P. An
drews, Cpl. G. E. Cushing, who
recently underwent an operation
at the dispensary here to have an
Inch-long shell fragment re
moved from his neck, and Cpl.
Edward L. Burgcnts.
Capt. N. C. Baylcy will act as
commander of troops for the par
ade and ceremony.
JAPIISUC1M II TTTTTrrfF
RAILROAD CENTER; IkyiyyiDi
(Continued from Page One)
fire was uuMiger to moderate
and inadequate. ,
Itudio Tokvo, acknowledging
damage in Mukden and tha port
of Uiiirvn. claimed 15 H-an
were downed, (ivo by collision
with Nipponese craft.)
Meanwhile, 21sl bomber com
mand hciulinuirters on Siiipnn
I, ,1,1 r utiitilit nlfllin Wi'lllllt't' ITC'
onunissnnco fllgllls over Tokyo
tortay, seven nours npnii. nonius
were dropped on both visits to
the I'apancso capital.
BfillilJSTELAS
(Continued from Page One)
terlal damage to civilian prop
erty was slight.
"Armed rightists who at
tempted to Join forces with
British troops arc being ells
nrnicd, as they were acting con-'
trary to orders of the govern-:
menl and Gen. Scoble regard-.
ing the carrying of arms by lr-'
regulars. This is being done
without incident. '
"Elsewhere in Greece the sit-
nation Is quieter, although In
the Drama area (Thrace) fight
ing has broken out between the
Elas and nationalist forces.
"It has been confirmed that
a German officer has been cap
tured while commanding a de
tachment of Elas troops."
Barracks Rifle
Range Completed
(Continued from Page One)
a double building, with two
huge rooms separated by offices
and shops.
Trusses from a dismantled
llghtcr-than-alr hangar were
brought from the midwest to
Klamath Falls and re-designed
to fit into the new hangar here.
Bronnan and Cahoon aro pre
paring to pour concreto footings
for new barracks buildings at
the Marino Barracks on their
big contract for the extension of
that installation.
(Continued fro-1 Page One)
front to bolster defenses before
Kwciyitng mid the llurmii Itoad
center of Kunming.'
Crippling Blow
Full of Kunming would virtu
ally hamstring the prospective
new Indin-Chlua supply route
and deal the U. b. 14th ulr (orco
a crippling blow.
In n special t'Oinmiinliiun the
('liliirso said 'I'ushiui d'H the
morning of December I): The
Japanese had claimed the town
was raptured December 2.
Drive Mad. Poulble
Its rupture set up the possl,
blllty of a two fold enemy drive
northward on Kwelyuug unci
westward to Kunming, 300
miles distant,
Mcanwhllo It appeared an
other Japanese column was
moving toward Kunming up the
Yu river from ruptured Nunlng.
former udvttueu buso for Ameri
can fighter planes, which (ell
10 wit onrmv lust went.
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To Newsman
ATLANTA, Dec. 7 W) A re
volt by 25 convicts at the At
lanta federal prison ended this
afternoon when five rine lead
ers handed keys to their barri
caded stronghold to Newspaper
Columnist Morgan Blako and a
prison executive.
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