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liiii
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4 i. nit In I'hniiuo In
the
thu
fB''" i. .l.llni lodnv
llurop "V" ,
SMIUicr (burring tlio wny tu
Ti a"nl Uio Rhine.) n ha
ivur
Xnlnii resistance Unit Is
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chur-
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iiny bo (wo hnvo to guess nl
Hlor ...uMi till 11 IH11A
tr' B,i... iini.r tho Gurniuns
on i" .- i.. .....
W men 11110 """ ",u
S Tho distance is relutlveiy
Si nnd tiermiin comniunlcu
V " Hniiu unnd.
hlltlnu hard at
-G o r in a " communications
tho air. , ... .
,'fboac'd In Britain) auya to
in ihu oast wct'K our
' . i.nun mined uonri
5rY main rail lino leading
i Industrial ccnlcra in central
I" hivunkKS In 1 ho went,
i German buhi'"" ""
X Idea as to tho size of tho
'three Wo ve ueun ua,,,
. . . tli.. uli.l rtdw.llt
'Ki"MC
fi.TiL. honibardiers and
oahcra have been over Oe
Jy during thin ncrlod.
te Rus.Hlnns are converging
i'jbn Budapest from three dl-
(tUons, anu are nui.iiv.".'j
Tlhc clly's outskirts. Moscow
Iris say Hint Pul,l! 18 sw!-'0-ithc
Germans nnd Hungarians
Sin the city. The Hungarian
jppcl government fled three
JM . . .
iSGERMAN broadcast says I
KimriiDMnnna RiiKnInn n(
nnr-iunv ... ----lvc
Is In the making In Po-
.a Tim limn inr hulii u iiuvu
.idling about right, with the
JS,nA imrdonlni! under tlio iron
it of the Polish winici-
fLeyto (Philippines) Ormoc
lis to our bcaclvlnndcd 77th
jl.inn Ormoc is a PORT
deli tho Japs needed (they
II i n Biiinll nort at Pal-
4on, J8 miles to tho north
BocArthur says lodny the
..a. a ni-nmii inui, been
IB IIIU1IIIU v.
nnped and compressed into a
-oSmns, and are being destroyed
with Mile opportunity im .-
l.-n rnlnl nl nil.
I, iH.ni,ti.hna nrlrl. hnWCVCr
the buttle oi L.eyic
a,, ii,rn U nvnrv Indica-
'ii.ni ii... .Tni-iM win f lclit for
y nch ot grouna icn.
mi iiifilr mnn siinnlv nort
sonc and their men trnppqd
ho hills, all tho rules in me
) book or war soy
m ....nrlnr Tlin ftinntienl-
irJndoctrlmited Japs and nnzls
ac inrown away me uui
ir. Tncir new ruies tun
ig in ineir irncKS
IM the standpoint ot the
v.. ...nn m nw np.iNf;
AIlM 11 ....... Kn Unllf. in A
lb llltljf Ul. UUI'V, f.
'jmany and a Japan whipped
tojhc POINT OF EXTINCTION
m stnv whipped, uarinage,
IQTALLY by Rome, STAYED
iroycd.
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THERE'S n nw unto In the
-liriiinncn r,n,tro Plilindlt llll!
lift lhA lmc ha,n l,M,n clfinnnd.
iuX.j i i i munnurM AlIT
tuniru uiiuK iiuu innunn
oIKwclchow (nronounccd Guay
lr.U..KA..i ml.. 1 ltnntln.. Is
v'lMUVIIILU. 1 llllJlllllllUI! i
i in I no nnvv rnin nrrnmo lis inui
nufilst border hnvo turned tho
irllk.
Keeping fingers crossed Is
. We've had good news fol
lowed by BAD news from China
, luonunued on Pago mvcj
Ice Breaker to
id Salvage Crew
bv llin Klnmnth nnvnl
'Iq station to use In salvage
'f k at Clear Lake In northern
H'ornla where a medium
nber crashed Just a week
lO nrnitlnea 1,nrl linnt, mtirln
J'yjfthe diving crow, brought
!S from Seattle In an effort
tft!lnni n. , , ii
twit Domucr iiuu
the
....,, UUUUIUi 1UI
f nch of Ico covers tho
Klnls rnnnrlnrl niirf Mil
ihnn
lnlte
has
ln;-J 5 V...1 """I""
(ip.i-ii ii i v 1 II K upumi
ICC hrpnkni will lin mil.
ittnns.
into
yo Tuesday.
IS
SHOPPING-
DAYS
,rS KEEP AHEAD
nwrcMnntu
Herald atilUr
PRICE 5 CENTS
Woman died. Two
STATUTE MlltS
PHlLIPPlNEShs
Yanks of the 77th division captured Ormoc. vital Japanese stronghold on Leyte Island Sunday
afternoon. The town was seised after surprise landings to the south four days previously.
RrstArmyDriYesU im
Into Reich, Menaces Duren
MOSCOW. Dec. It (IF)
France's relations with soviet
Russia were cemented today
with a now treaty of alliance
and mutual assistance negotiat
ed oy uon. uo uuiiuc us me
crowning achievement of his
16-day visit to Moscow.
The pact, paralleling' a 20
year alliance between Britain
nnrl nimnln. was announced last
night several hours after the
French leader naa ooarnca a
special train en route to Baku,
ulinrp n nlane was waiting to
carry him back to Paris.
WllilO tllC ICXl OI llic ileal?
(Continued on Page Three)
VVoet Returned
To Mrs. Duell
A billfold, sold Saturday at
a rummage sale for 25 cents
w h e n tlio owner accidentally
left It on a counter, was re
turned to Mrs. Ralph Duell,
3052 Ariderson, Sunday nfter-
Th'o wallet contained $40 in
currency, gas ration coupons
and other papers and was re
,..nri iinni hv n Denver ave
nue resident. Her name Was not
learned. According lo mo wom
an who bought the wallet, she
,ii,i imi nnnn hni nnfkntfcs un
ion inw vfi r- "
til Sunday. Looking through the
billfold she nouceti papcia,
then the gas coupons. She said
-i.. crnrlcnH nnd then as-
tounded when she reached the
compartment which ncia me
$40. A reward of $5 was given
II. ..tMnn hv Mrs. Duell.
The family had had a streak
of bad luck, t irsi ineir cur wua
wrecked when someone ran
1...- u ,.a HiU mat $200. Then
Mr. Duell lost more than $80
soon alter casning ins piiytuutiv.
Mrs. Duell decided to replenish
,1.-1.. r,.ui,iiua fund hv taklno
in laundry and she thought it
was ino last simw nni
wallet was 'sold.
Air Station
Doubles Quota
The Klamath naval air sta
u nM nun Hnuhled Its auota
of $17,240, set by the 6th War
Loan committee, and cash pur
chases totaled $38,468.75, it was
announced this weekend. ,
Appreciation was expressed
to civilian employes at the sta
tion as well as townspeople
who credited tne nation mm
bonds purchased since the cam
paign got under way.
fit The &hantaCaeade Wonderland
Reinforcement Port Taken
YIQUIJOR . vM1
' . f?jMjNDANAO
By EDWARD KENNEDY
OAPTG rw 11 (IP Tlrst
army veterans drove within two
and a half miles of the Roer
river citadel of Duren today and
1 1 nllfle olnntf thf
Aachen-Cologne superhighway to
Mernen, if mnes insiae uer
many and the deepest point of
conquest.
Even as Lt. Gen. Courtney H.
HndL'os' shock trooDS In fresh
snowfall fought toward the
flooded Roer on a ten-mile
front, the skies were filled with
lllnn IT C hnsHV hnmhwE nnrl
800 escorting fighters striking
vuai points on uernran rail
roads leading to tho front. .
Dhorn TaDnlel
Dhorn, three miles west, and
Echtz, 2i miles northwest of
(Continued on Page Three)
Walton Insurance
Sold to La r kin
prises in Klamath Falls, has
been purchased by Charles Lar-
Kin, iormeriy in me naraware
business In McMinnville, Ore.
Tiii- nMiiiifxr mod -t mmrlarl Ku
George Walton in 1925 and upon
Ills ncuill in mil ii wtta cui neu
on by his wife and daughter,
VnllinfluA Ttnth mnthni onrt
daughter are retiring from the
insurance Business lor ncaun
reasons, but will maintain their
home here. Miss Walton Is plan
ning on leaving for San Fran
cisco soon wncre sne win remain
lor a lime.
nM,n i hooliinee will tin fnntln
ucd under the same name, ac
cording to Larkin, whose wife
and daughter have already
joined him here. -
Midwest Blanketed by Snow;
Traffic Accidents Kill 18
By The Associated' Press
A blanket of snow, ranging
in depth from three to 12
inches, covered the midwest
Monday in the lower Lakes re
gion and the upper Mississippi
valley whore the heavy fall so
hampered driving that 18, per
sons lost their lives in traffic
accidents, ... , ,
Although in Lower Michigan
It was still snowing, the storm
had abated In most of the area
and only scattered flurries con
tinued. Weather bureau predic
tions for today anticipated only
light snow in some sections and
temperatures from freezing to
about 20 degrees.
With slush and snow freez
ing and ice covering city streets
and highways traffic conditions
grew more hazardous. Automo
bile clubs warned motorists to
,ui... .ln..l.. irl In nvnirl pnun-
try driving. Meanwhile, airline ;
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1944'
GREEKS ORDER UP
A TUPMC Tirt 1 1 tm With
in nnn ic nnn trine nnni Vto.
Athens, the Greek government
luaay oraerea an reacivc uiii-
nnrn nnrl man rf mi olnCCAC in
tli a A tnnno r41etTirt A ' fortnrf fnl
military auiy noi later man ia
ha. n .r.1 91 finn man fn.
eluding reserves hv the Athens
area - jtteiniorcemenis ,ior ine
Corinth and Thebes areas west
nnd north of the caoital. it was
reported. V .
British troops, wno nave
(Continued on Page Three)
Worth Lowery
Dies in Seattle
' TjnPTT.AMTi ilrn Tnr 11 (HA
Worth Lowery, president of the
rir Tn.eHiiinnnl Urnn1iaplrat-e
Xlllt-i liakiviiui. I w Ul o
of America, died suddenly in
Seattle yesteraay aiier a neari
attack.
T lO (line nttnnrtlnfr- a
uvwci j , uu, wno nvti-iiuuiB
district CIO meeting when he
was lilKen ill, relatives nere saia.
His wife, Lucille, was called to
The young labor leader, who
came up irom tugging caiuii
ranks to become business agent
of the Jewell, Ore. local union,
urn, AlnMcyJ In tho unlnn nrpfit
dency in 1941. He was a member
of the national executive Doara
of the CIO. .
schedules' were cancelled in
most parts of the affected area.
The first heavy snow storm
of tne season movea irom v;oio
mrin. Kansas . ana meDrasKa
states which averaged three
inches, into Missouri, Iowa and
Illinois where the fall was
kfln.ilni. en1 rmirierl ,,n In 19
inches. Reaching Missouri Sat
urday nigmy tne snow movea
Into Wisconsin, Indiana, lower
Mlchlcrnn and northern Ohio by
Sunday aitcrnoon.
RlrlHrtlnn TIUM TOM v
Tlt ti.al annw nnrl Inn mnHd
I.IfiI......m BvlMmali, flnntfarnus
lii(iivvaj'a enHwni.1, " n " "
for motorists. Skidding account
ed for tne majority oi accidents
that took a high toll of lives.
Colorado led the states with
five traffic deaths over the
weekend. Indiana was second
with four, Missouri had three.
Illinois. Michigan, and Kansas
reported two. aeatns cacn, ,
wmm
Red Vanguards
Hit Budapest;
City Is Flanked
LONDON, Dec. 11 IIP) Paris and Algiers broadcasts said to
night rad army ranguards had entered the flaming Hungarian
capital of Budapest.
Earlier reports said that Russian troops drore on Budapest
from positions seven miles north and fire miles south of the
city today as Moscow advices said great panic swept the nasis
inside the beleaguered capital.
Strong formations of Marshal
Ukraine army also were poised
E:
Karl Bold, 41, Henley farmer.
died at Klamath Valley hospital
yesterday, never having regain
ed consciousness after he was
found on the morning of De
cember 6 lying behind the
Kerns implement building on,
soutn sixth street.
Held at the Marine Barracks
brig in connection with - the
death-of Bold is .PFG -Herbert
Daniel Stevens. 21. of Cleve
land; ; Ohio, who allegedly has
admitted he was with Bold at
the time the latter was -injured
in an altercation of some Kind
at the rear of the Kerns build
ing. Head injuries
Bold was discovered there In
the early morning of December
6, by w. Loomis, a Kerns em
ploye, whose car nearly ran
over the unconscious man. Bold
was suffering from head and
other injuries, . as wen as ex
posure.
rtu Stevens was connected
with the case when he was ar
rested at the Marine Barracks,
the evening of December 6, al
legedly in possession of Bold's
car,, according to District Attor
ney L. Orth Sisemore. Officials
at the barracks, assisting city
(Continued on Page Three) .
Kirk Hanlan : :.
Dies in Crash
'The body of Seaman Kirk A.
Hanlan, U. S. navy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Pete A. Hanlan of Chil
oquin, victim of an air , crash,
was recovered from the ocean
near Fort Lauderdale - air base
Monday,- according to inform
tion received from. Miami, Fla.
The plane on which Kirk was
serving as a radioman, crashed
Saturday., it is understood an
members of the crew perished.
Kirk was a graduate of Chilo
auin hieh school, class of 1044
He -enlisted in the na vy in
March. Kirk's family has lived
in Chiloquln for many years. In
addition to his parents, Kirk is
survived uy two sisters, t-atricia
and Gaynel, both students at
Chiloquln high.
Spuds
s Available
To Army First
"The recent freeze order on
Klamath potatoes is expected to
have little effect on' the normal
course-' of spud shipments here.
The main purpose of the freeze
order Is to see that more of the
Klamath supply of potatoes is
made available to the armed
forces, according to J. F. Lacey,
Klamath representative of the
war food administration.
Every spud shipment that
moves either by truck or railway
must be covered Dy a permit,
Lacey stated. Shippers will also
be required to contact an army
representative in ineir respec
tive area. '
Small packages of 25 or 60
nnunds will be unavailable, con
tinued Lacev. and potatoes will
be packed in standard sacks
only and will be straight grade
in carlots U. S. number one or
U. S. No. two. No mixed cars
will be Dermitted.
All of the Klamath potatoes
packed for shipment must be of
fered to the armed forces before
release through civilian cnan
no1 mnpluHpH Lncev.
Lacey and L. F. Droge will
ranresent the WFA here and
headquarters will be located at
the state office of the- Depart
ment of Agriculture. i
HDSPITALHER
IlEllD
December 11, 100
Mx. (Deo. 10) 40 Mlo. ... , SI )
PreclpiUUoD Ust 24 boar. ...,...00 '
Stream yer lo data ..-........3.fl '
Normal 3.4ft La it year . .....8.0
Forecaati Overcast. i
Tuesdar Sbootlnf Hoore '
, Oregon: Open ... 750 Close --..-......U:l0
Tnlelafcc: Open .. r 7:55 - - Close ... .0:31 ,
Rodion Y. Malinovsky s second
three miles east of the Danube-
straddling city with an all-out
I frontal assault from that direc-
tion expected at any hour.
As yet there were no official
Russian reports of heavy shell
ing ot fesx, tne section of the
city on the east side of the Dan
ube, and it appeared the Rus
sian high command felt the Ger
mans might consider, their situa
tion hopeless and not make a
battleground Of the city itself.
. Other Russian columns far to
the- north of Budapest reached
the- central Slovakian frontier
on a -front of at least -11 miles.
The soviet communique said
more than 40 places fell yester
day to' the second Ukraine army
drive north and northeast of
the capital.
Red army forces immediately
north of Budapest had smashed
sije. m;l.l.e s . down the Danube
lr o m" captured i vVacs, bri the
street-. bend where the ! river
turns-' west toward 'ehna.'. aDd'
naa iaKen.,itspgoay
PACIFIC COMMAND
LONDON, Dec: 1 1 W) A
great new British Pacific naval
command in addition to - the
present Far Eastern fleet has
been created - to join United
States sea power in the all-out
offensive to bring Japan to its
knees, the admiralty disclosed
last night.
An official announcement, re
flecting Prime Minister Church
ill s promise that Britain would
send the greatest possible forces
to the Orient, to help defeat
Japan, said the fleet will be
commanded By Admiral air
Bruce A. Fraser, who since Au
gust has been commander-in-chief
of the Far Eastern- fleet.
Simultaneously it was dis
closed that the Far Eastern fleet
will be centered in the Indian
ocean as the East Indies station,
command which lapsed when
the Japanese overran the Ma
layan peninsula and captured
smeaDore. inis iieet win oe
commanded by Vice Admiral
(Continued on Page Three)
Draft Boards
In New Manpower Directive
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 W)
Selective service today notified
state draft directors that it will
take "immediate action" to put
into effect the Byrnes man
power directive.
in telegrams to state omcers.
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
said that draft regulations are
being amended to provide that
when occupationally deferred
registrants leave essential jobs
they will be "reciassmea mio a
Little Effect Seen
SALEM, Dec. 11 OP) Col. El
mer Wooten, state selective
service director, predicted today
that Oregon will not be much
affected by- resumption of draft
ing men over 26 not engaged in
essential work.
"Oregon boards have been
rather strict in a policy of in
ducting men not making- their
contribution to the war effort,"
Wooten said. "For that reason,
there are not many such cases
in Oregon. .
class immediately available for
service. ..."
The only exception, he said,
will be In cases where local
hnards rule that a change of
iobs bv men 26 through 37 "is
in the best interest of the war
efforts."
"To accomplish the purpose
that - registrants 28 'through 37
carry their full share of the na
tion's war effort in order to re
main occiiDationally deferred,
local boards will apply present
occupational lelermcnt instruc
Number 10335
HOUSE RAZED
EARLY SUM
CHILD SAVED
Burns Prove Fatal
to
Dorothy Anders,
. SP Worker
Dorothv Anders. 22-year-old
Southern Pacific call girl, died
at Klamath Valley hospital at
k-:.1U:U8 a. m. Sun-
i day from burns
,V'-,.nnl.,.,1 uplicr
in the morning
when flames
consumed her
home at 1749
Summers lane.
Mike Anders,
56, Dorothy's
father. Weyer-
hapiiRr- , wnndft
""""i "" employe, was
badly burned and cut about the
arms and face as he broke his
bedroom window, to carry a 16-months-old
boy to safety. He is
in Klamath Valley hospital
where his condition: is said to
be satisfactory. -
The child Edward Richard
Emmelius, son of . Mrs. Norma
Emrnelius whoj-also lived at the
Ahders"-horhe,-! suffered a; slight
cut oh his back, minor bums on
the hand and his hair, lashes
and- brows -were singed: from
the flames which swept through
the five-room structure Mrs,
Emmelius' is also employed at'
the Southern Pacific as call girl
and was on duty at the time 'of
the fire. .
Anders told relatives that he
was awakened by his daughter
at about 4 o ciock. in the morn
ing, when she -screamed, "Pop,
Pop, get up quick; the house -is
. (Continued on, rage Three)
Churchill Backs
Italian King
For Government
ROME, Dec, 11 (5V-Count
Carlo Sforza declared today that
Prime Minister Churchill of Bri
tain had brought "strong pres
sure" on him to accept King Vit
torio Emanuele as the reigning
sovereign of Italy.
The former Italian minister
without portfolio left out of
the newly reorganized cabinet
of Premier Ivanoe Bonomi after
Britain voiced objections to him
said Churchill's influence on
behalf of the king was brought
to bear during a two-nour con
ference in London October 11
1943.
to Put Teeth
tion'.! in the light of the immedi
ate urgencies for men in the
armed forces and the civilian
war effort." Hershey said.
The new regulations outlining
detailed procedure to be fol
lowed will be sent to local
boards later this week, selective
service said. .
I
Leader of Pearl Harboi
Attack Dies, Japs Report
By The Associated Press
The Japanese agency Domel
belatedly confirmed today Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz'- announce
ment of five months ago that a
Nippon admiral killed on Saipan
Island was the officer who led
the sneak attack on Pearl Har
bor. Dorriei said the officer, Vice
Adm. Chulcht Nagumo, had
been "commander-in-chief of the
task force that led the attack on
Pearl Harbor."
The Domel story, broadcast
by Tokyo, was recorded by the
federal communications commis
sion. The . agency announced Na
gumo's death last July in a final
suicide attack at Saipan, but did
not identify him at that time as
the Pearl Harbor attack leader.
Last July 13 Admiral Nimitz
said Nagumo and a rear admiral
named Yano were killed on Sal-
pan July. 7. He identified Na-
DRMOG SEIZES
SQUEEZE-PUT.-.
PUT Oh JAPS
Thousands of Enemy
Troops Trapped
By Action
By The Associated Press
GENERAL MAC ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. PhiliDDines.
Dec. 11 Leyte island's strategic
seaport of Ormoc was in Amer
ican hands today captured just
four days after surprise land
ings to the south and . three.
columns of veteran Yanks Dut a
nutcracker squeeze on thousands I
of Japanese trapped in a narrow
pocKet oy tne action. . . .
Ormoc was seized in mldafter-
noon Sunday - by the American.
inn division, which launched :
the knockout attack in early -morning
from the town's out-'
skirts after a quick drive from ;.
beachheads established Thurs- ,
day under naval and air cover.. -,'
Face Squeese Play .
The American seventh division
was less than a mile from Ormoc '
after making contact at Albuera ,
on the west coast with a column ,
which came west over the hills ;
from Burauen in Leyte valley. '
In. the ever-harrowing corridor
peiween inese iorces were tnous-
(Continued on Page Three), .. ..
OF
CHUNGKING. Dec. 11 (Pi .
Japanese forces have been ex-'
pelled completely from Kwei-'
chow province, and driven back'
over the Kwangsi border, the
Chinese" high command, an-,
nounced tonight.
Earlier, the Chinese said one '
of two Japanese forces invading;
Kwelchow had been swept back,
across the border by' Chieng '
Kai-Shek's forces which recap-
tiired Liuchai, just over the bor
der in Kwangsi.
This action had lelt only the
enemy column along the Yuyun
Ishan. trail to be dealt with. :
The high command gave no '
details.- of the withdrawal of
this column along the trail east
of the Kweichow-Kwangsi rail
road which at one time reached
a point less than 70 miles from .
Kyeiyang, Burma -road' capital
of the province. The communi
que only 'announced that enemy
remnants around Lipo, 90 miles
southwest of - iiweiyang, nao
been mopped up and Kwelchow
was now freed.
Western Nights
Show Accounts
For $410,000
Bond sales of all series hit th
amazing total of $410,000 at th
big "western nights" bond jam
boree held at Merrill Saturday
night under sponsorship of the
Merrill and Malin communities.
The Merrill community hall
was jammed throughout the
evening as the bond committee
staged a snappy entertainment
program and customers used
stage money at the gamtng
tables set up around the hall in
old-time western style. -
John Sandemeyer was master
of ceremonies for the evening,'
and the entertainment featured
marine heroes, the marine band,
and southend talent. Many big
bond sales were rung up as Cir
cuit Judge David Vandenberg,
presiding over a kangaroo
court, passed sentence on poten
tial purchasers..
Sixth War loan officials here
were warm in their praise of
the -Merrill and Malin men and
women who planned and staged
the successful show, which gave
the war loan campaign a major
boost.
eumo a s commander o I tne .
Pearl Harbor assault.
Posthumous Decorations
Dome! said Nagumo and six
other Nippon admirals and a
general were given posthumous
decorations. This boosted to 73
the number of Japanese ad
mirals, and to 18 the total of
generals reported dead since last
May. "
The death of Nagumo was
given out in a Domel broadcast
recorded ' by The Associated
Press which said:
"The navy ministry today of
ficially announced that Vice
Admiral Chiuchi Nagumo, su
preme commander of the Jap
anese naval forces who was
killed In action on Saipan island
in July of this year, has been
posthumously raised in rank to
full admiral."
A previous broadcast had list
ed six more Japanese admiral
and a general.
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