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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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'.
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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, ,
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