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IJ e is u suspicious Infunlry
l"::.i ).. bin guns uro rourln
li :" ..!.. uiiuucat nil t int our
.. . ri?.. m ho build.
. 'fn'; .,tl,L.r ureal
UDlru"H '
nlinnrl In
i ,o "'II- "'' '"
111 .... . uiwiii uiiinit drumii.
? n the bitterness ol the
ItlnK.) . . .
kUrnm tho western front today
UP m S inivn..ii.n
fg from oi
)ufr)il" commnnd estimates
LnNovBinbt-rB) tho miin lost
000 mcn-84,000 captured
UV i.lll.rl . nnrmltlrIU.
,ut out ol uctlon.
'f i nrescnt Germon strength,
1 ' i.' H ,llulliins.
IS uuuu.
mi.v tills week, "nulhorlta-
U. -ii i-........!, "timirrns" ostl-
iwestcrn front ut 72 division,,
lole nrltlimellc tells us that
.llhCKO inr n"- ""v,T.
UlWIi v. --V", " ... ...
1 strength oppue
west.
,".u- . lmnln mnthemn
IV U1C oiw I ......
! deduction thut In 12 weeks
T. wn imiii lirnvc III
Willi UK on the sumo lurrine
l"1' J!.. .1,1 rl..ul.fW thn whole
HO WU twuiv --
ldlVUions.( , ,
Jr.ll . xnnmillnlloil. Of COUTSC
Amounts to nothing more
iars to be rellublo us a fore
5. But It DOES dramatize for
me fact that this war In the
fl Is puro war oi uuriuuu.
hen we've killed or put
8 commission ENOUGH C
Bis tho war will be won.
T
I dramatizes for us also the
ct that W A R H A S
IANGED. Something NEW
i been added. .....
When Napoleon 'was -fighting
i Austrian a century and a
irtcr u(!0. ho communion cym
fly that when they wcro out
....unrnH ihnv QUIT (that is,
Zn tho BOOK SAID they
ire licked they figured they
IRE licked, so incy surrcn-
nA 1
-The Germans In 1018 followed
io or less the samo rule as
4 Austrian! of Napoleons
. Their armies WEREN'T
roycd. But the book of rules
them they wcro iickcq, so
ou .
I'l DIFFERENT now.
9E new element thnt has
been added to war is fnnatl-
Indoctrinalion of nazis ana
k Bccnuso of this new clc
ht, we can no longer predict
h inv degree of accuracy
EN wars will end.
iccnusc we failed to lake this
f clement Into consideration:
Flumped to TOO ROSY con
ttions when the Germans wcro
fins back across Poland and
nania nnd Buluarln and
oslavia and France to their
fioianci.
he old book of rules snld then
W were licked, and we
(light they were licked.
1
11E German Trnnsoccan news
agency says today tho Hun
Ian government has fled from
fiapest to Sopron, on llio aus
n border. Tho Russians say
(Hungarians flKhtinK In the
man ranks at Budapest arc
inning to "give up In large
poors in the raco ol a suua
(Continued on Pnuo Four)
Witness Denies
m in Riot
lEATTLE, Dec. 0 (P) The
It defendant to undergo full
f examination nt the Fort
rion court martial denied to
ne was in the Italian area
t"B n riot Inst August 14,
no witness, Pvt. Jefferson D,
en oil ..t a A..,n..tn fn,...
& i ' "11 iiiuihu, xva.,
I'led ho was In bed In his
Packs when ho learned of the
Dplc, thnt he dressed and
f' outside but did not leave
i unrraeKS.
yroon is one of 38 negro sol
J accused of rioting. Three
yr arc charged with rioting
1 murder In connection with
jfaitack on Italian prisoners at
jiLxwlon.
SHOPPING-
PRICE 5 CENTS
RIFT DEVELOPS
AMONG LEADERS
OF EA!FWI
Armed Bands Cleared
From Fifth of
Athens
Bv STEPHEN BARBER
ATHENS, Dec. 9 (Pi A rift
developed today among leaders
of the seven-party EAM coali
tion ns the British announced
tliut one-fifth of Athens had been
cleared of armed bands.
General Stephanos Sornflc,
commnndcr-ln-chicf of the ELAS,
was reported to have assured
Mn). Gen. R. Scoblc, head of
British nnd allied troops in
Greece, that ho was remaining
under tho latter's command,
Not EAM Mombsri
Former Transport Minister
Askoutsls, one of six leftists who
resigned In the dispute over dis
armament of tho EAM's military
formations, from the cabinet to
Premier Gcorgo Papandreou,
said at an interview that he,
former Finance Minister Svolos
and Finance Undersecretary An
ghclpopoulos "never belonged to
tho EAM." They previously had
been Identified with tho right
wing of tho EAM."
The liberal section of the EAM
headed by former National Econ
omy Minister Ellas Tsirimokos
also was reported to be break
ing away,
Role of Reconciliation
"Our role," said Askoutsls,
"has been one of reconciliation
and compromise, However, since
(Continued on -Pone. Two) .
SLATED BY C OF C
Timber and forestry matters
related to tho federal forests in
this area will be intensively dis
cussed at meetings to be held
under sponsorship of the Klam
nth countv chamber of com
merce on Wednesday, December
13, it was announced looay Dy
Charles Stark, chamber secre
tary, Sunervisors of the national
forests in this area and repre
sentatives of the regional forcs-
irv office will be here, and local
lumbermen have been especially
invited to the meetings. The visi
tors will be guests at the chanv
her directors' luncheon Wednes.
day noon. That evening, at the
Pelican caie pariy room, mo m
Hncirlnl rlnvnlnnment and Dost
war planning committees will
hold a Joint dinner meeting to
continue the discussion, and lo
nnl timber nnd lumber operators
huve especially been Invited to
this meeting.
Men coming to the meeting In
clude Larry May, Lakcview,
supervisor of the Fremont na
tinnnl forest: Karl Janouch,
Mndford. supervisor of the
Pnoni nlver forest: Ralph Crav
ford, Bend, supervisor of the
Deschutes national forest; M. E.
Barron, Alturas, supervisor of
tho Modoc national forest. Char
les Tcbbc, assistant regional
forester, is expected from rori-
InnH
Floyd Scott, acting district
rnrnctnr for the O and C admin
istrntlon, Is also expected from
Mcdford.
Russian Units Seize Vac
After Savage Fighting
LONDON, Dec. 9 (P) The
Berlin radio said today the Ger
mans havo lost the town of Vac,
15 miles northeast of Budapest
on tho Danube, after hard fight
ing. Assorting that the Russians
had thrown In fresh reinforce
ments In the battle for Buda
pest, Transocean said German
lines "had to be taken back
several miles cast of tho capi
tal." Increase Pressure
"From their penetration north
of Budapest," the news agency
said, "the Soviets Increased
their pressure southwards on
Budapest, at the same time at
tacking townrd the north,
Tho broadcast said tho Rus
sians were not attempting to
cross the Danube at Vae, but
had turned south.
Previously Berlin had an
nounced that tho Russians slash
ing westward from captured
Hatvan had captured the rail,
road town of Asiod, 15 miles
In The Shanta-CaHeade Wonderland
n-il BOND JAMBOREE
Leyfe7 nmEmm m i mi,. .'-' iiir n w
Mrs. Oscar Lovenborg looks on as her husband ii handed a
S1000 bond by Dick Winter, who also sold The bond to him as
hl nnrt in the Bov Scout drive. Lovenbora it an employe of the
Big Lakes Box company, and has already purchased two othor
$1000 bonds. In addition to hit regular payroll deductions this
vear. In the lower picture, Mrs. Justin McDonald and C. S. Rob
ertson are tabulating the results
First Federal Savings and Loan
drives. The total sales amount to S6U7,aU5, ana tne total pur
chasos reach $1,140,000, giving a grand total of $1,500,000.'
Chinese Regain
In Attempt to
From Kweichow Province
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, Dee. 9 (P)
Tho railroad town of Shangssu,
18 miles south of newly recap
tured Tuhshnn, was regained
last night in the Chinese cam
paign to clear Kweichow prov
ince of the Japanese, the Chinese
high command announced today.
"The Tuhshnn sector now has
been cleared of enemy rem
nnnts nnd pursuing operations lo
tho south are continuing," tho
high command communique
said.
Shangssu lies 82 miles south
cast of Kwciyang, tho provincial
capital, nnd loss than live miles
from the border of Kwangsi
province, from which the enemy
spearheads thrust Into Kwei
chow toward Kweiyang and the
Burma road center of Kunming.
Most of the Invaders already
have been ousted by the rein-
northeast of Budapest, and were
threatening Vac. -
Soal City Off
Capture of Vnc would seal
off Budapest from the north.
The town stands on the big
bend of the Danube whore the
river turns west toward Vienna.
The hard-driving Russian
armies wcro closing in on Buda
pest like a vise amid Moscow
reports of wholesale defections
by Hungarians from the de
fending lorccs.
Tho city already was under
heavy pressure from Russian
forces on tho west bank of tho
Danube less than 13 miles south
of tho city.
Berlin also said units of tho
second and third Ukialne arm
ies had linked up on the west
bank of the Danube at Ercsl,
13 miles south of Budapest fol
lowing a crossing by Mallnov
sky's troops from Cscpel, the
narrow island that splits the
Danube for 30 miles south of
the capital, ,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1944
Helping in Bond Drive'
I if
of purchases and sales of the
association during the six bond
Shangssu
Clear Japs
forced divisions ' of Generalissi
mo Chiang Kai-Shek.
Chungking newspapers issued
extras telling of the victorious
Chinese counterattacks and pre
dicting the Japanese would be
driven from Kweichow. ,
A Chinese military spokes
man cautioned that "the situa
tion still is serious and we should
not be too optimistic."
General Court
Martial Slated
PFC Herman DeHass will be
recommended for trial by gen
eral court martial, Marine Bar
racks officials announced late
Saturday. ,
DeHass was arrested early
Thursday morning by city po
lice after they had pursued the
marine for several blocks when
he jumped from a car at Spring
and Main which officers had
sirened to stop. The car was
said to ' havo been stolen late
Wednesday night,' according to
Information filed by Kelley Laz
arus, route 1, box 1118, city.
Officers turned DeHass over
to marine authorities and he
was lodged In the brig.
Surprise Package
Sold in Rummage
Surprise! 1
That's what the purchaser of
a billfold at a church rummage
sale Saturday will find when
she opens the wallet, for which
she paid 25 cents, and finds it
stuffed with $40 in currency
and valuable papers. . .
Mrs. Ralph Duell, 3052 An
derson, told Tho Herald and
News that she was shopping at
the sale when she took her bill
fold from her pockctbook and
laid it. on a counter. When she
went to pick it up she found
one of the saleswomen had sold
It for two bits. Mrs. Duell
hopes the purchaser will return
the wallet intact.
SET FOR MERRILL
All was set today for a rous
ing war bond jamboree to be
held tonight (Saturday) at the
Merrill community . hall, spon
sored bv the Merrill and maun
communities. A big crowd from
all parts of the. county is ex
pected to participate in the af
fair.
The southend committee in
charge. has announced the pro
gram as follows:
Master ot ceremonies, jonn
Houston, with a group of old
time entertainers from Klamath
Falls...
i- -Reception, A. Kallna, and his
block' of bond buyers frorn
Malln,' assisted by- Dr.f, F, E,'
Trntmnn-' i -,':. I"" ' V-W.
Advertising committee, ''One
Shot Curley - R. van Meter ana
"Cactus Pete" Ed Crawford.;
Bond . bank, "Doe Holliday'
(Continued on Page Two)
DEMURRER FILED
Counsel for Manson James
Young, charged with negligent
homicide in connection with the
death of William H. McPherren
on September 27. filed a demur
rer on December 7 and Saturday
morning Circuit Judge David R.
Vandenberg granted time tor ar
gument. Time was set for bat
urdav. December 16. at 10 a. m
Joseph C. O'Neill represents
Young. Assistant District Attor
ney Clarence Humble petitioned
the court for time as did
O'Neill.
Pleads Innocent
' Otto Ferroni, charged with as
sault while armed with a dan
gerous weapon, entered a plea
nf innocence through his inter
preter. Charles Bennett, and
time for trial was set for Mon
day, January 22, at 10 a. m, Fer
roni is out on bond. He was in
dicted bv -the Klamath county
grand jury following investiga
tion of the stabbing 'of Bruce
Steppe at Big Lakes Box com
pany on November 7. A. C. Ya
den represents Ferroni.
. The court granted James C,
(Continued on fage twoj
73 Jap Admirals
Killed in Battle
Bv The Associated Press
The Jananese announced to-
rtav the deaths of 13 admirals-
many of them probably In the
nr nnri sen battles- related to
American rcinvasion of . the
PhilloDines.
Vice Adm. tiiaeo xano, iop
mer-chlef of tho navy press sec
tion who last October 4 himself
announced the deaths of seven
other . admirals, was in the list.
Headquarters at the Yokosuka
nnval station made the an
nnuncement in a Tokyo broad
cast recorded by the federal
communications commission.
Menace of Iwo Jima Diminished by Raid
By LEIF ERICKSON
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
Dec. 0 (P) Iwo Jima's threat to
the American Superfortress base
at Saipnn was considerably dim
ished today after a thorough co
ordinated pounding by warships
and perhaps the biggest land
based air fleet ever used against
an island target in the Pacific
war.
Scores of Superfortresses and
108 four-engined Liberators, fly
Ina under a shiold of 30 Light
ning fighters, poured a fearsome
Dteirabtr t. 1914
Hit. (Die. S 40 Mia. .
rrtclplUllon Uit t boun ..
Stream ytr to 4te ...
Normkl 3.84 Last year
Fsrccaatf Clear and cold.
Bunday Shoaling Hours
Oregon: Open .....,....--.K:49 Close
TDlelakt: Open ....-1:33 Cloae
Yanks Storm
Ormoc's Edge;
Japanese Flee
By MURLIN SPENCER
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines.
Dee. 9 (P) Storming the outskirts of .the port city of Ormoc.
the recently . landed U. S. 77th division broadened the coastal
center of two mantraps on west Ley to today and a frontline dis
patch told of bewildered Japanese fleeing in disregard of orders
to stand or die.
In the main, however, there was bitter Nipponese resistance.
Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger's sixth armv. aoina all-out to wind
up the central Philippines campaign, was on the move in all
sectors, converging from three directions on Ormoc.
Vigilant naval patrols were maintained in the Camotes sea
in an effort to choke off the last trickle of enemy shipments to
that gravely menaced reinforcement base. Today's communique
disclosed the patrols sank six :
fully loaded small vessels and
set a seventh ablaze.
Far out over-the Philippines
from .Luzon to. Mindanao, army,
marine and navy planes hunted
down other enemy ships, sink
ing a 9000-ton transport and de
stroying or damaging 14 small
freighters in operations just re
ported. Take Camp Downs
The 77th, veterans of Guam,
powered their way north for
two miles from the point of
Thursday's amphibious landing
to seize the former u. s. army
base of Camp Downs on the
edge of Ormoc:
Five miles south of the 77th s
beachhead, the northbound seventh.-
division swept beyond
Palanas to seize Balogo and in
land high ground north of the
Tabgas river. ''.;. ;'
scurry to . mus -
Atop a hill in the seventh's
sector, Al Dopkin, Associated
Press war correspondent, saw
trapped Japanese run iirst to
ward the 77th's beachhead, re
coil under fire back toward
the' seventh which -also blasted
them and sent many, scurry in&.
uito wild mountain country.
But not far- a w a y to! the'
northeast, other Yanks scaling
those hoebacks from conquered
east Leyte were disclosed to be
within six miles oi me west
coast after capturing the moun
tain pass at Mahonag.
In addition to the tight
squeeze being clamped on the
south end ot jut. uen. iomo-
yukl Yamashitas severed de
fense line, a larger trap north
of Ormoc was narrowed.
The 32nd division, moving
south from Carigara bay, wiped
out bypassed enemy pockets,
then inched forward down the
rugged corridor beyond the
Leyte river which forks below
Llmon. .
The Jananese air force, wnose
nine-hour attack on the Ameri
can convoy after the 77th's
landing was a terrific demon
stration of tne enemy s sun
potent striking power, kept
pounding away at shipping in
Leyte gulf.
Johnson Given
Sentences on
Forgery Charges
. Donald Lerori Johnson enter
ed n nlea of euilty to the charge
of forgery early Saturday morn
ing in circuit Court and received
a sentence not to exceed three
years by Judge David K. van
denbere. Clarence Norman Johnson,
also charged with forgery, en
tered a plea of guilty and was
given a sentence not to exceeo.
four years, uoin were commu
ted to the county jail. The John
sons are not related.
War Bond Goaf
Beaten by Nation
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (ff)
with more tnan a week remain
ing in the Sixth War Loan drive,
the treasury now has $14,052,
000,000 in the vault, $52,000,000
more than the goal.
Huge investments by corpora
tions carried the total figures
over the top earlier than trea
sury officials would have liked
The campaign to sell bonds to
individuals is still in full swing,
and is far from its goal.
load of bombs yesterday on the
Japanese base in the Bonin
islands while warships sent de
structive salvos ashore in the
f jrst combined action of its kind.
Six Japanese planes took the
air In a feeble attempt to inter
cept. Five were shot down and
the sixth was damaged. '
Rear Adm. Allen E. Smith's
task force almost certainly in
cluded cruisers and possibly
even heavily-gunned battleships
with escorting destroyers.
. The crushing blow on the
island -only eight . square miles
Number 10334
CENTERS HIT
. By The Associated Press
Japan's populous war indus
try centers ol Osaka and Nago-
ya suffered tactory damage and
casualties in Thursday's earth
quake which jolted seismograph
needles all over the world, the
Japanese -admitted today (Sat
urday). ,
The 'quake;- dismissed - by
Tokvo first as minor, damaged
homes and factories in the pop
ulous southern- Honshu island
war centers of Osaka and Nago
va , ''A .- tidal . wave! t inundated
home?, .ana; caused 'landslides in
tne timzuona area, --some ou
miles southwest of Tokyo.
Damage Light -.
Oomel, Japanese news-agen
cy, said in a broadcast picked
up by the federal . communica
tions commission that on tne
whole,", however, ' damage was
light: '.;-..'. -. .
iThe quake was severe.
Domei said, "but losses were
limited to buildings damaged
in one area, and on the whola
not much damage was done.
That area was the Tokal dis
trict, which includes: Nagoya,
with a population of l,328,uoo,
center of Japan's aviation in
dustry before the war at least
, (Continued on jage lwoj ..:
Army Gets First
Claim on Spuds
The army got first claim to
day on Klamath basin potatoes-
Shippers in this as well as
other designated areas, were
ordered to offer potatoes to
government procurement
agencies before making deliv
eries elsewhere. The war food
administration said armed serv
ices had encountered difficulties
in obtaining supplies to meet
expanding needs in the. Pacific.
Potatoes not required for the
military services will be releas
ed into commercial channels by
WFA shipping permits, Wash
ington stated.
The affected areas include
Malheur, Crook, Deschutes and
Klamath counties in Oregon,
Modoc and Siskiyou counties in
California, - and the state of
Idaho, except Idaho county, and
all counties north thereof in
Idaho. Other areas may be add
ed from time to time, the WFA
said, .
BYEARTHQUAKE
Blonde Robin Hood Unfolds
Story of Robbery in Court
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (ff) A
Robin Hood story, with a Fifth
Avenue luggage shop the Sher
wood forest locale and a blonde
bookkeeper in the role of the
beneficient outlaw, unfolded to
day in felony court.
There, a pretty accountant,
in size. 750 miles south of Tokyo,
served to clear the B29 bombing
route between Salnan and the
Nippon capital, and to knock out
for the time being the enemy's
take-off point for raids on Sal
pan. In announcing the mighty as
sault yesterday Adm. Chester
W. Nimltz disclosed also that Lt,
Gen. Millard F. Harmon was the
new commander of strategic air
forces, Pacific ocean areas. Har
mon also is deputy commander
of the twentieth air force which
has charge of all B29 operations.
s
ACRDSSJIVER
Units Hit Neinkirsch
Just Short of
Saar Lines
By E. D. BALL
WITH THE U. S. THIRD
ARMY, Dec. 9 (P) The 35th in
fantry division which drove a
bridgehead across the Saar river
just below the German border,
joined up rooay wnn tne Zdm
division four and a half miles
southeast of Sarreguemines in
gains ranging up to two miles.
rne zotn had broken through
the Maginot line fortifications
in the area of Achen. seven miles
southwest of Sarreguemines, to
effect the junction.
Other elements of the 35th divi
sion driving north from the Sar
reguemines bridgehead reached
Neinkirsch, just short of the
Saar border.
Heavy fiehtine : continued
along the third army front.
Bombers Attack
Medium bombers attacker! -s
German tank concentration in
the Dilli ie area in support of "
the 90th's push. .
The sixth armored division
wiped out an enemy salient three '
miles deep and two miles .wide
located five miles southeast of
blackened Saarbrucken. '
PARIS, Dec. 9 (P) At su
preme allied headquarters it '
was estimated the Germans lost
ioz.uuu men in the first three
weeks of the winter offensive.
At Dresent strength. thn tnli
is equal to 17 enemy divisions.
bbuu per uay
The attrition rate of 6600 Ger- '
mans a day from November 8 to
November 30, represents de
struction of almost one-fourth of
(Continued on Page Two) --.
TO RECRUIT LABOR ;
WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 (ff)
The full force of propaganda
was set in motion today to com
bat manpower shortages as new
calls came from the army fpr
vitally r' needed winter equip,
ment .'.
Chairman Mead (D-N.. Y.) of
the senate . war - investigating
committee told . reporters that
voluntary-; methods, - including
appeals to public . patriotism,
will meet current needs for war
workers. . .. . .'. , .
List Increased
' Clothing ' and blankets were
added, meanwhile, to a list of
war materials needed as quickly
as possible. War production
board sources revealed that a
big Increase in heavy overcoats,
battle jackets, uniforms, heavy
trousers and blankets is sought
promptly by the army.
Saying he based his belief on
testimony of army service force,
WPB and manpower officials,
Mead declared:
"A closer co-ordination of
army and navy procurement, a
more efficient utilization of
workers already in plants and
nation-wide recruiting by organ
ized labor will produce the men
and women needed."
To Issue Report
M,:ad said his committee will
issue a report soon on army and
navy surplus property accumu
lations . which will "point out
some of the answers to the wast
age of manpower and mater-,
ials."
Charles M.' Hay, deputy man-
Eower chairman, said that while
e would welcome early legisla
tion penalizing civilian plants
which hire workers in excess of
manpower commission quotas,
he thinks the problem can be
solved without it.
Mrs. Madeline Dunnlgan, 22,
was arraigned on a grand lar
ceny charge a prosaic phrase
to describe the story Assistant
District Attorney Frances X.
Clark said Mrs. Dunnlgan told
him. She waived examination
and was released on $2000 bail
pending grand jury oction.
In the past year, Mrs. Dun
nlgan told Clark she had stolen
approximately $40,000 from her
employer, Oscar H. Gropper,
distributing the money in in
creased salaries to fellow em
ployes, cash gifts to friends, in
cluding servicemen, and her
parents.
One fellow employe's salary
was increased from $30 to $55
a week. Another employe was
raised from $3 to $15 a day.
Mrs. Dunnignn, who earned $40
a week, used some of the money
to purchase clothes for herself.
Clark said Gropper learned
his money bags were empty
when creditors asked for checka
and Mrs. Dunnlgan told him
funds were not available.-
U.S.
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FORM JUNCTION