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Newspaper Page Textt L , : : j"-- ' siv's Jens CONVQYSUNK OFF WESTERN ecr Dlrtmhir 13. Iflll Mix. Dff. 1) 40 Mitt. PreelpUkilon Uit XI noun Htream year to dale ., Normal 3.M Lait year t'orecait; Clear and lightly warmer. Thursday Khootfnf Iloara Orefont Open ....7:.W Close Tulelakci Open ...MM.H..7S Close . rnANK JENKINS Lt; Wi,r situation In Europu 1b LEYTE SHORES In The Shasta-Cascade Wonderland PRICE 5 CENTS i- 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1944 Number 10337 li, smash another Leyto-bouud jp rCW"rKKl'. IaOOYA, roughly mltjwny bo $ "ween Osaku ond 'lokyp n V. ' iiw hi nrl of Jiinnn !"'. ,..V. UlhoLAHGES ujirim I"-"' - - ,.. jlrcraii " "" i"1" liter. ...,. I nvnllilDlL'J II " """- h " .-in, l .AUTIt'll til M. . and only 002 vt concrolu or tn- ll'a n 1II11IY nun: HVi-no .." used INCENDIARY bombs niilllnnliiL'S. our nlunc wplng.un the attack for 36 itt, sink ,YU ""! ,,. HeKtrOyLTH UUl, ui Mil "mil i ....H fnr Luvto w t hlorccmcnls. Our PT bonis iE of tbo U n destroyer rho dispatches say tlint Jap ,n IN SWARMS tried to pro- the convoy, dui uihuv iUVllLLY. We downed. 50 Thcni .sure, with flvo miiyuei, " . ...i.. ..u.l.i nf our nlunes no win., ... 7wn. l,-tWMlirll won' uivj iilthe largest, 10,000 tons HIS Is the ""-' Lcylc-bouwl .convoy v - ties to "' """ , 5d Loyte are 30 transports and and upwards to 30,000 .I.Ai.mnH W1HM1 mc Jnsports carrying them we .-fts" on Guadalcanal, they're INDING THEM TO US and f. . 1.1.., tltmi rtnum. 'fHERE is n curious nnd to us i .. Mpr lmcrcKiuiK I"i-' (it.. in t n Pnntnc ncw.i mntiy 9ru. Inn rn Hln In n home ksumption broadcast, ciun m It our B-20s have bombed the liu'Dui palace urounds In li"1"".. jkyo. (The flispim.iii.-s r sine aim inni ""L'h; ..... ti K XH . L1L 1 il - (RUCTIONS NOT to bomb the presumably wc arc KoInK on nssumptlon that bombing E i ..........n ni itm omneror irf Infuriate the fnnutleu If ond make them light still fder (if possimc.) K fllERE is another conceivable tangle to mis niroiuiu-um"" n.0??"'?:- ...mi irir.UT.TO HE DEATH nt the emperors r si . t. ..ELitinri It Uley woum viJ '. nt ii.a nmnnrnr' rnnimana frhnl mkihl PROVIDE AN Kn. 1 II... Illlln .nlllllU mPIl El IU1 IIIU iiiiii; u. nnnKRED them quit ligming, no loss m nild be involved in aiuiii, itoybo we're snvlng him lor m a contingency. mm DIE emperor (according to what we vo Been loiaj is w u.. nllnnn nf hllf In i,.ini:..i. nrl t.lif mlllturlstS iiiitiinin uuu 'P. lo RUN Janan. us nu nis sacrcu , ri-r.nl An-nrdinE to theory, tney loin nun icr ihe nnuon to go w II,..., ' rlnnMnrl thnt their A i- i.n,i nnA ir ihn war IVI'U IS LUUIVUll Ml,,.. . ". Illnues they'll bo DONE FOR, ly migni ion nun 10 uium ion lo surrender. IND you, this Is tho purest (and probably ranKcsw kiuu Dl,l.Ce,r.rlr T h I I Writer. icr having lived there doesn't pw japan, mil me jnp nuuu Kunmnuca on 1'ago uro mber Access pad Bids Opened lie nubile rnnrls ndmlnlstra i opened bids on surfacing of Imber access rond from Ivory e company mill at Bly into i ooiim K.nnolt unit on vno jmnllt Indian reservation 11 nf Ttrrittv. nl O S. m, Innosilav In Portland. iow bidder was R. E. Hclntz fl'ony, with nn offer of $44 Hu. a recommendation wns fg forward to Washington. It ipeciort Hint If Hclntz is rdoH lltn nh wnrlr will slnrt Nn n week. lie rnnH la n lurn.mlln nlrolrh fi the mill Into tho timbered and at the nrosent time Is tfrnrlnrl ln.tnlr.rt .- l,t lin. piblo to use duo to existing mor conditions. SHOPP1NG- Timber and forestry matters county chamber of commerce board of directors when supervisors ol national lorests met WHO the arouo. Preliminary rooorti were aiven bv Lorry Mars, supervisor of Fremont national forest. Lakevlow, and Charles Tibbe, cent survoy made ot stands in niaht in the Pelican cnlo at a moetino oi forest orliclals. nostwar mittees of the chamber of commerce, and lumbermen of the basin. Stork, secretary of the chamsor of commerce, and standing, left to right, Karl Janouch, super visor Rogue River national forest, Medfordt Ralph W. Crawford, supervisor of Deschutes na. tlonal forest. Bond! Mays. John C. Kuhns, assistant regional forester, Portland) Mel Barron, su pervisor of Modoc national forest, Alturas, and Charles Tibbe, ' -v' By The Associated Press A new coating of snow on Ice-covered highways brought increased travel hazards in a broad expanse of the- nation to day while the weather bureau forecast a measure of relief from frigid temperatures. Sixty-three deaths were attributed to the storm. The cold wave, which followed a weekend snowstorm extending from Colorado to the eastern seaboard, will begin to subside in midwest states tonight and the change will be felt gradually eastward thereafter, the weather reports Indicated. Pacific Coast Cloudy Although the Poelfic coast still had cloudy weather, skies gen erally were clear In Rocky mountain and west-central states. (Continued on Page Two) , Chaplin Fails to Get Continuance LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (IP) Charlie Chaplin's lawyers failed today to get a two months .con- llnnminn In .Innil Berry's SUit to establish him as the father of her 14 months-oia anugiucr, Piii-nl Aim. after submitting an affidavit contending Miss Berry had been intimate with another man. Charles E. Milllkan, one of the screen comic's attorneys, told Judge Ruben Schmidt he had subpoenaed Hans Reusch, a writer, whom he termed "a vital and Important witness." He asked for the continuance on the ground Reusch, in Now York, had refused to come here for testimony. Congress Sends Postwar Flood Bill to President By EARL BERKLEY WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 HI Congress sent a $1,000,000,000 postwar flood control program to President Roosevelt today. A conference report adjusting differences between the senate and the house was approved yes terday. A companion bill authorizing rivers and harbors works to cost half a million awaits final ac tion. The senate apuroved it after rejecting an amendment to authorize the St. Lawrence sea way but it goes to n conference committee for action on charges made since house passage. . The seaway project, discussed for several days by Senator Aiken (R-Vt.) and other support ers, was turned down by a vote of 66 to 25, despite last-minute advocacy by President Roose velt. , t Major Changes As the bill passed the senate, there were two major project changes. Tho senate refused to approve the $00,000,000 Tenncs-seo-Tomblgbco waterway and Foresf Supervisors Gather In Klamath were discussed at the'' Wednesday luncheon of the Klamath assistant regional forester, Portland. Complete reports on a re the northwest as it involves saw AM Rejects British Terms; Fight . By STEPHEN BARBER ATHENS. Dec. 13 (rPfS-EAM. Elas rejection of British terms for settlement of the Greek cris is was announced today by EAM town criors. Thev traversed the streets shouting: "Wc shall fight on, it it means smashing down all Athens." The heart of the capital was shaken by heavy explosions as RED FORCES LI By DANIEL DE LUCE MOSCOW, Dec. 13 UPi Rus sian assault forces pointed to ward Budapest today from newly-captured Godollo, 101 miles to the northeast, while artillery drew up in close formation at the northern and southern outskirts of the Hungarian capital. Dcsnito the close annroach of tho red army siege somi-clrcle no front dlspotchcs mentioned any thing about the fall of tho Hun garian capital being "imminent." The city's inhabitants have fled westward by the thousands and tho German garrison was said to have dug in apparently determined to hold out until full destruction of the metropolis. . From the Russinn positions, many fires could be observed im side the city. I The fall of Godollo ripped a wide gap In the enemy's defense lines northeast of Budapest. An important rail junction, it wns the last major enemy bastion controlling the approaches from that direction. A soviet com munique said the Germans lost 400 killed in its fall yesterday. the $38,500,000 Beaver-Mahoning waterway, Ohio and Penn sylvania. , The rivers and harbors bill, like tho flood control measure, embraces provisions authoriz ing the secretary of the interior to sell surplus power at hydro electric dams, forbidding en croachment on irrigation by navigation works In the west, and giving states the right to re view federal projects. Postwar Construction Tho bills call for postwar con struction of flood control, navl eallon. reclamation, irrigation, hydro-electric power and other works throughout tno country. They are among the largest au thorizations of their kind on record. . Tho flood control bill author izes a $400,000,000 Integrated program for development of the Missouri "river valley. It was prepared by the army engineers and the reclamation bureau. A nrnnnsal to set ud a regional au thorlly to administer it was laid aside lor tno new congress. timeer, will Be presented to Plannina ana industrial com Seated at the table. Charles to Finish Declared ii a'inA n-ililT,. 4 iri iic'aiM. mc . minim ui .lie m,- Wirie EAM national liberation front, sent dynamite-laden street cars careening against - untisn tanks in (Jmonia square. Attack Center - Elas troops attacked the. cen ter of Athens during -the -night even: while their leaders were debating British orders to cease tiring. , i , The strongest assault was aimed at a British barracks northeast of the heart of the cap. ital on the Kutssia road. (A British communique broad. cast from Athens said further British reinforcements had gone into action, that some progress had been made against the Elas in Piraeus, port of Athens, and that RAF planes silenced one Elas 75-mlllimeter gun firing on central Atnens.) Scale Walls Strong, infiltrating Elas forces scaled walls in darkness and penetrated the British barracks compound containing gasoline, ammunition, Held artillery, and armor. By sunrise they had been driven into a corner after suffering heavy ' loss of life, but this battle continued. . . The highest point within Ath' ens monastery-topped Mt. Li- Kavettos was reinforced in ex. pectancy of an Elas attack. Greek Rimini mountain brigade barracks at Goudi, three miles northeast of the city s cen ter, were attacked again yester day by reinforced Elas troops. MacLeish Clashes With Senator By JACK BELL WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 (IP) Tho senate foreign relations com mittee wound up public hearings on six diplomatic nominations today after a sharp verbal clash between Archibald MacLeish, one of the nominees, and Senator Clark (D-Mo.) After questioning MacLeish about his writings before he en tered government service, Sena tor Clark declared: It has been more or less vour view that democracy has failed, nasn t it "That is, I think, an unfair statement," MacLeish replied. Just before tho hearing ended. Secretary of State Stottinius was recalled briefly to the stand. Un der questioning by Senator Chandler (D-Ky.), Stettlnius tes tified that previous conflicts be tween American diplomatic and economic agencies in foreign countries had been eliminated. jftcademy Tops Quota for Bonds Students of tho Sacred Heart academy have, oversubscribed their war bond quota to the ex tent of four times the quota, it was disclosed today. The quota was $1000, ' and sales to date total $4091.45, with 320 .students Darticirmtlng. Lynn Roycroft opened the sales with a talk to tho student body December li raw NIP TARGET Heavy Explosions Seen By Fliers In Raid By VERN HAUGLAND 21ST BOMBER COMMAND, SAIPAN, Dec. 13 (IP) Nagoya, one of Japan's most inflamma ble targets, was bombed at mid- afternoon today .by a force of B-29s equalling or exceeding the largest group yet to hit Japan. Heavy explosions and large fires were reported by B-29 fliers who made the' ram. Gen. H. H; Arnold; command ing general of the 20th air force, said preliminary reports from the strike on the industrial Japanese home island of Hon shu revealed the bombing 'was accomplished visually. More i n an luu Air force officials declined to say how many Superfort resses tooK part in tne rata, dui it was Indicated, on the basis of authorized , statements, '.that upwards" of 100 B-29s participat- Crews reoortea fiaK was-modi erate arid fighter : opposition slight. Gen. Arnold 'said. He added, that losses of the '21st (Continued on Page Two) SENATORS ATTACK WASHINGTON. Dec. 13 (IP) Senator Brooks (R-Ill.) protest ed today that while American soldiers are fighting desperately "both Russia and England are engaging in a race for future balance of power" in Europe. . "Already," he told his col leagues, "it is clear that Russia intends to expand her empire and plot her . philosophy throughout the Baltic and Bal kan states while Britain moves daily . to expand her influence and establish puppet govern ments in Italy, Greece, Belgium and France." Debate In House The house, meanwhile, heard a brief but spirited debate on allied unity, touched off by a sharnlv-worded attack by Rep resentative uavin uw-h. uii British conscription policy. Gavin suggested tnat tne state department . "tell the British empire that we are not satisfied with their policy on the con scription of men In the British colonies." "Why Not Colonies?" ' "If we can draft our boys by the thousands for overseas scrv in vuhv pnn't the British col onies do likewise?" Gavin ask ed. He added that Prime Min ister Churchill "seems content to let us throw thousands of our boys into action to carry on the fight, hundreds of whom are being liquidated every day." Representative Luther A. Johnson (D-Tex.), member of (Continued on rage two) Navy Abandons Salvage Work Onerations were abandoned at Clear lake early Tuesday after divers had worked for days without success as they sought to locate a medium bomber which crashed December 4 while on a training flight from the Klamath naval air station. The bodies of the pilot'and a pas senger are thought to be In the wreckage. An ice breaker was used Tues day in an effort to clear a suf ficiently large space to operate, but as fast as the breaker open ed a section another coat of lee formed. There is approximately three inches of ice now cover ing the lake. Divers and equipment were flown back to Seattle from the naval air station and officials said Wednesday that a second nttemnt tn find the plane and its crew would be mado In the spring. TB1IS Cmdr. D. Payne a O U. S. navy photo. The senior medical officer at the Klamath naval air station is Cmdr, D. Payne, USNR, who has arrived, to replace Cmdr. B. G. Bailey, recently detached for overseas service. Cmdr. Payne is a former Oregon resi dent and from 1925 to 1933 was resident physician in charge of the state tuberculosis hospital at The Dalles. In 1933, he went to Vienna for special study in eye, ear, nose and throat work. From 1934 to 1940,- he was in private practice at The Dalles. He is . also a farmer Douglas county public health officer. In 1940, Dr. Payne went into service- and was assigned : to the combat carrier, USS Corregidor. - TULE LAKE, Dec. 13-tA" criti cal situation in spud shipments developed Wednesday '.over ';the entire Klamath basin with the OPA demand "that potato grad ers charge their 1942 rates of 10 or 12 cents per 100-pound sack, Instead of the current rate of 18 cents per sack. A few scattered crews were working at Merrill, Malin and Tulelake,- but for the most part, work was at a stand still. - One shipper stated that out of 15 grading crews, only three were working. Graders stated the 18 cent rate was charged in order to meet the wage increase of $1.25 per hour for crews which was sent in by growers at a meeting early in the fall for all spud graders in the basin and was approved by the war labor board. At (Continued on Fage two) Britain, Russia, Set Up Spheres of Influence in Europe, WithFDRs Okay LONDON, Dec. 13 (IP) Ernest Bevin, minister of labor, indi cated today that Britain' and Russia wtih President Roose velt's okay were establishing separate spheres of influence in liberated Europe. ' Replying to contentions that Britain was acting in Greece at cross-purposes with her allies, Bevin told the annual labor par ty conference: ' . Previous' Agreement " "Long before this we had an agreement with Russia whereby Russia undertook the main prob lem of Romania and we under took the main problem of Greece. "This agreement was taken to Quebec, submitted to President Roosevlt and agreed to and ini tialed by him." Avoids Denunciation The party conference called oh the government to take steps to bring about an immediate armistice in Greece. It avoided any direct denunciation of Prime Minister Churchill's pol icy there. The Russians have maintained Four Southern Oregon Men Hurt Four southern Oregon men have been listed as wounded in action. In all these cases next of kin have previously been no tified and have been kept in formed directly by the war de partment of any change in status. , ,. i. : Pvt. Paschall L. Hodges, hus b a n d of Mrs. Marjorie , A. Hodges, Merrill, was wounded in the . Mediterranean area. Listed as wounded in the Euro pean area, PFC John M. Max well, son of George H. Max well, 3157 Lodl, Klamath Falls; Pvt. Edward M. Murphy, son of Michael M. Murphy, Faisiey; PFC Jeremiah J. Supple, hus band of Dorothea T. Supple, Lakevlew. ' lAIS CLEAR H I First Army Advances Two Miles In New Drives By EDWARD KENNEDY PARIS, Dec. 13 Of) Amer ican first army troops cleared the Germans from five miles of the west bank of the Roer river today. In a new drive southwest of besieged Duren they advanced up to two miles - and captured three villages. The U. S. seventh army was slowed by blown bridges, boggy roads and difficult terrain, cut the troops advanced to within three miles of the Palatinate and seven of the French fortress gate way town of Wissembourg. . Blow Up Bridges Opposite Seltz. 15 miles south west of Karlsruhe, the Germans blew up a Rhine railroad bridge to Kestatt ana expioaea rwo others, across the wide and deep Seltzback river near the border. The third army had slow, and fiainful progress in its Siegfried ine wedges in the Saarland at Dillingcn and baariautern. New Weapons The new first army drive was south of the gory fiurtgen forest and appeared aimed toward the Rhine city ol Bonn, 15 miles up river from Cologne. A.- new German fifth Panzer army was disclosed to be arraved against rthe;.?first, land-the .enemy . also- brought out strange silver gioDes as a new sKy weapon. . Pilots .reported seeing " these objects, both individually and in clusters, during forays over the Reich. ; . (The purpose of the floaters was . hot - immediately evident. It is possible that they represent a new anti-aircraft defense 'in strument or -weapon.) ,. .-Seize Villages ' -1 The villages seized in the drive widening the first army front to 20 miles or more were Rollesbroich and nearby Bick erath and Simmerath,-the latter a road junction about two miles southeast of Lammersdorf. Gen erally, the Germans appeared taken by surprise. silence on the developments on Greece. - - - Prime Minister Churchill said last week his Quebec conference with President Roosevelt had re ceived a proposal from the com. bined chiefs of staff that the British occupy the Athens area and so pave the way for "the in stallment of the Greek govern ment, which we and tne great bulk of the United Nations had formally recognized." Speculation Rife Ever since the Moscow con. ference between Churchill and Stalin there has been specula tion that Britain and Russia had reached some agreement over the BalKans and soutnern i-u- rooe. This coincided with unof ficial reports that Britain was ' rPinliniiul nn Vaaa Tumi New Pensions-f or-Congress Drive Supported by Norton By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, Uec. 13 llf) A new pensions-for-congressmen drive sprang up today on Capi tol niu. It had the open backing of Chairman Norton (D-N.J.) of the house labor committee and the tacit backing of many other influential members. Mrs. Norton emphasized in an interview that she is not pro posing gifts for members of con gress when they leave public service, but simply to extend the current federal employes' retirement system to elective and executive officers. . No Favors Asked - "I am not asking for any fa vors," she said. The New Jersey legislator pointed out that congress has built up a contributory retire ment fund lor mosi leaerai workers, the amount of retire ment raiv hnlna based or) the amount of money contributed Total of 30,000 Japs Sent to Bottom Of Sea GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD" QUARTERS, Philippines, Dec 13 (IP) More thousands of Jap anese troops were drowned off western Leyte Monday and Tues- day in Philippines inland seas which have claimed far in ex-- cess of 30,000 Nipponese sol-' diers, spilled to their death from -bomb-blasted reinforcement con-; voys. The latest losses occurred as' American planes, attacking for:' 36 hours, accounted for five transports and four destroyers' of an 11-ship convoy despite the terrific battle put up by cov- ering Nipponese fighter air-' craft. Night-prowling patrol torpedo boats blasted a sixth transport, leaving only a de stroyer of the convoy to get away unscathed. Losses Heavy Gen. Douglas. MacArthur, whose previous communiqued accounts of the devastation', wrought on eight other convoys ' estimated at least 30,000 enemy soldiers perished, said today con- cerning the ninth convoy: ' "Enemy troop losses by. drowning are believed to have been heavy." The six transports and five' destroyers were spotted Monday -at dawn off northwest Leyte. During the day, army and ma-; rine planes, boring through'. (Continued on Page Two) ' T01SM BURMA; ... . . . ,j' - t -,, NEW DELHI, India, Dec. ' 13' (A British" and Chinese infan.. try, supported by artillery di rected by an American officer, have engulfed Katha and Indaw, important upper Burma town about 155 miles north of Man dalay, in what the U. S. com mand today called a "truly amazing example of allied- co operation." The action was disclosed with the award of Distinguished Ser-. vice Order to Lt. Col. Trevor Dupuy, Washington, D. C, chief artillery officer for the British 36th division. Dupuy directed Chinese artillery, the only big gun support the British doth has had for some time. The Chinese 50th division, its movements up to now cloaked for security reasons, protected the 36th's flanks and rear, enab ling British and Indian troops to plunge down the Myitkyina Mandalay rail corridor on a nar row front. Naba, 10 miles abova Katha, also was engulfed. Indaw is 10 miles west of the Irrawaddy river town of Katha, which itself is 52 miles west of Bhamo. , Fag Shortage May Continue , WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (IP) Senators heard today that tha cigarct shortage may becoma more acute in 1945. -: Col. Fred C. Foy, director ol purchases for the army service forces, told the senate war in vestigating committee that an ticipated army purchases "point to a demand on the cigaret in dustry in excess of that being; placed upon it currently." Trie committee, trying to find out what has become of history's greatest supply of smokes, was told by Foy that the current shortage "may flow in part" from increased army procure ment. ! and the entire system being worked out on an actuarial basis. , ' Other members of congress) promptly leaped enthusiastically If anonymously into ine ngni. Unfair Publicity" "Had it not been for unfair publicity given when we had a retirement bill before con gress some time ago, retirement legislation for congressmen now would- be a fact," one of them Said. "'The payments Into tha fund by the average congress man would have been almost as 1 a r g e as the benefits re ceived." Mrs. Norton's bill went into the hopper along with a meas ure by Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of the house naval commute to boost the annual pay of con. gressmen from $10,000 to $15, 000 and to hike the salary oi the president, the vice presU, dent, the speaker and other ex ecutive officers, , I .M ' II