w 5 fP
V
Pill weraui s
' B FRANK JENKINS
.f the bill Germ...! of-
tliul us " worried:
Cy'vo driven "bout 35 mile
. Bcl8ii" (which, previously,
.rind lo TURN
fin. our rtijij-
KrtTANT supply lino from
Kd arc now klwlny tham
I1' oVi tlm French-Belgian
fcrder. ...
.hit rules 05 ii left-handed
' wn MUST nro-
... Antwerp supply line at
Liii cost. U wo lost it, u
LT..M ho 11 AD.
I ' '
VrMEMnER, mm in up
K NO ON TUESDAY. Those
JtU"Br,,,;n in c vcnlnK Two
ffijw.. do not know. It Is .till
T it swirling, roaring battle,
covering hundreds of square
"it'll GIVE AND TAKE.
.. -pint wn- trnimcd about
Otrmun tanks, and a tho
rtlMl.ll W0 wrmill w.-m
methodically destroying them.
L ,nother. wo tri.pped Oer-
iin armored iwumi; "" -.j
lowing up a bridge behind
Lk,nl The mirrounueo """
L dltpntch rululoit, won "turn,
r! r.. mini elrc ex of ruin."
Kill Infunlry swimmers were
Ir.lnito net back over the river
W .!L i,-l,l,.,.li.nH frnm which
Lolher bridge might be built.
jt our riflemen were .innm..
mm off In tho water, .
And so on.
Presumably our men arc be.
: ......l.i In Hip nm kind of
Ii!p,7 Tltt' the kind of battle
.... .
18 always aliice tho Invasion
V i....... . ll.n lupnthpr In niflllnit
I n. '..nil, .- t-nlii nnd clouds
Eve all but grounded our pluncs.
front line aispaicn iiy
our arcnt nlr force could gel
in n ' n a V ft nr CLEAR
MOTHER It inlBht turn the
jthte.o. baltte. ' "
IaT the moment, ll looks as If
Elsenhower's great winter
olhiulve, which was a gaiini"
limbic to win tho war NOV
mir have been thrown off
fchtdiile. ;
War Secretary stimson, wnu
k... iiim ttx mv. hul sneaks
ll .. . ....I ll.it iinlnt whpn
Branny " i
it does speak, Intimates at his
(west , conference this morning
tain for them a few months of
M before they must npciHint
Pfnr I in m urv llinv nnvc UUlIll'
Bdupon the world.
iUn ho no
IPthnt Ir In nil of our minds-
pit f the Ucrmnn counicr
icucnsivi! nnii u wni
IB.Y SHORTEN THE WAR.
RRcrerrlng to tne nisi war mi
KIaI. k. fi....il.n Ctlmvnn Knvs:
HP1IIVII IIV IVfl.K.'.l V -
i wns mere wnen iney """
ilmost to tho channel; again al
most to Armcnllercs. Again
hen they drove to tho Marne.
i remember how we leu as
they would NEVER stop. And
Ihen I remember how, SUD-
h?MT V n.. Il.n Ifltli nt .flllV.
naiient and ll shrivciicu up uru
It ll... I.nh,.nn
. HO UllllllUII.
"And I remember how ll
(Continued on Pnge Two)
Clemency Request
For Folkes to Be
Heard by Sneff
SALEM. Doe. 21 UP) Govern-
Enrl Sncll announced he
vnild hold o lioarlng Friday
'Ilcrnoon on a request by ncRro
I'Jdrrs for clemency for Robert
we VOIKCR, ii, LOS Angeien
tlto dining car cook sentenced
tO din fn ll.n IT num. 1!1M slnV-
H two years pgo of Murlha
'"SMiia jiimcs.
k liRn., T rii.Hllni1 nllnl.
("ty who defentlccl Folkes, stnled
today in Portland that he hud
m aided In publication oi a
Wmphlet appealing for clem
"cy OKalnst Fnlkes' donth sent-
twe.
'The pamphlet, "Tho Facts In
to Robert Folkes Case," was
wicd by a group headed by
"icholos Grnnnff. Portland at-
lOrnPV .nnlil U.i Prilling'
1VIHIIIVU UJf 1 VI. w
PRICE 5 CENTS
in The $hanta-Cacade Wonderland
December SI, 1611
Max. 'Dec. M) SI Mil),
Precipitation Uit i hour
Ktream year iff date
Normal 4.01, ; Lut year i.
forecaau iniio.
...'...3
ua
Frldar Bhoodnf Ilo'ura
Tulelake; Open .....8;0Z
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2), 1944
Number 10344
Yanks Beain Mod-Ud
w
On Levte, Move Ahead
Unopposed on Mindoro
monfhi and a day after ha returned to tho Philippinoi October 20 with amphibious forces,
landing on Lcyto's oast coast.
On Mindarn iilnnd Tnkvn rndin tmd thu Yanks souahf fa cover UD reverse! . on
Loyto by vaulting to tho China soa sido ot the Philippines seven days ago mere was no
cnomy ground activity and his air action was light," , today's communique said.-' Ni
raidina olanes woro downed.
Ihmu..i.aUIa J . - 1 i ... J.. .I.J f KJ .H BMAim.i.nill nnrfhuill I au.a
IIIUTUIHUIU UIIUIIUI WUI UVpiblCU IHI I I1W niyunvia ill! iiiwn w.i.wh. i.w.i..Tiwa bw.w.
That docisive battlefield is crossed north and south by a single corridor road from Pina
mopoan to Ormoc and linked by a supplementary rood to the west coost at roiomp
Two American divisions A 1
slashing south from Plnamopoan
and a third rushing north from
Ormoc have fought to within a
mile of a juncture along the
corridor road, "thus completing
acsiruciion 01 in,c lamu&iuut
line."
Christmas Tree Away From Home
pan.
TANK ASSAULT
ON ELAS WIADE
BY BRITISH
By STEPHEN BARBER
ITIICMC llnr. 9! Thl.
n-ilUI, i.Mr.nr.,1 11 ImiU nuKllllll
niiiiliitil I-iiii pnnpnnlrntlnn In-
dny after expiration of an ulti
matum Irom Lii.-ucn. K. m.
Scoblo that the insurgents stop
ugming.
Hnrkit.firlni flshtcr Dlancs
joined in tho attack.
Sherman lanKs cnmnoa monastery-topped
Llkabetlua moun-
,. nnrl aillll . I'S.mm. fthflllB
crashing into -Elan . positions
iirouna vverou piiwu huh mw
military neademy.
O....U(Ai. ..Klmnftim .wli rh PV
plrcd at 0 a. m., had warned
lhat ony Eias lorccs conununiK
i unll m.t (imiilil hr nllneked
"with all the arms at my dis
posal.
Taka rrnonors
A I rim.,l.i iiiinrn. liink.sun
ported rarachutc troop patrols
mado a scries of sorties, demol
ishing a sniper's nest and taking
numerous prisoners.
The billet of the U. S. air
force transport command rocked
(Continued on rage iww
IT
Mhor.
TlfAC
Burns lpwfe
4
SHOPPING-
DAY5
I &
ll
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (IP)
Superfortresses hit a Japanese
alrernft plnnt In Mukden, Maiv
. i.!j.. ...Ill, "nnnrl rfisultS
cnuna, iuuhj " r,' ii a.
although two of the big B-ZBs
were lost. .
i.mh . nnnmv nlnnes were de
stroyed, seven probably destroy
ed and 1 1 damaged. In the com
...in. niiimiv airforce
UtIV Win, .
which a 20111 air lorco .""
Ique said put up opposition mo
derate to strong."
Target of the attack, the com
munique said, was the Man
churia Airplane company.
The B-20s used visual bomb-
The communique said the
nlnnns hit Mukden In 'substan
tial force," Indicating that up to
in,
uu crau piiiuu .
Enemy uronucii
nlrc of the raiding force at about
30 planes and said the bombers
were over botli the Mukden and
Dalren areas for more than au
'i.'"llCS; .. ,!. nln s,.ld
three or four Supcrforts flew
over Honshu, japune
Lsland, last night and ear y o
day but caused "absolutely no
damage."
Boasted Success
T.t firm Tnmnvnkl Yum.
ashlta, who boasted his success
at Singapore would be repeated
on Lcyte against MacArthurt
had formed that line at- heavy
cost with' reinforcements land
ed from bomb-blasted convoys
prior io wc loss oi unnuci . -,
Yamashlta's "coliesion' now
is completely broken and he is
no longer capable of an Integ
rated defense," today's commu
nique said.
"The small remnants of his
forces, divided into isolated
tlrnllnl ntl nhln In resist tem
porarily only at independent
points.
Flee to Palompon
"Scattered elements are flee
In 4n.lr.rrl Plllnmiwn 111 an Cn
dcavor to reach the northwest
coast of Lcyte.
. Llbongao, where the Palonv
rnurl fnnHn into the COrtt
j' .., i,H hv the U. S.
77tl'i Infantry division captors
of Ormoc. A miie io me nunu,
dismounted lirst cavairy uivi-
inn irnrtim rnnlurea ivananKO
In a three-mile push south from
Lonoy. Some of the enemy s
isolated groups arc squevtvu uc
..,ni.n lli fircl rnvnlrv and the
32nd Infantry division further
north'.
irt.i rlninnrnllyprl Ninoonese
abandoned sufficient artillery,
ii nv,.o timmimltinn. ma-
chlneguns, grenades, land miles
and food stores io navu atcu
him for six months.
Tl.n lnnnni.Cn. who trV tO COh
ceal the extent of their losses
by carrying away their dead,
,;.!ii.r.!i IS41 "during the
day," the communique said. . I
Former Senator
Dies in Concord
CONCORD, N. H.. Dec'. 21 (IP)
George Higgins Moses, 75, for
mer U. S. senator from New
Hampshire and widely Known
republican leader, died last
night at his home.
Once described as "the most
exciting man in American pub
lic life, ho served mrec umra
i ii TT..i,nii cintpQ spnnte. He
in uiu urn"." " .
lost his seat in the democratic
landslide of
t, i,,t lunn 111 In a Concord
hospital for over a year and had
just rciurnca io iu iib
the Christmas holidays when
death camo of coronary throm
bosis. His widow and his only son,
Gordon, were with him when
ho died.
During the past few years
he had served as chalrmon of
the board of directors of the
Rumford press and had been
working on an auto-biography.
Y .W 1.
Mncrnw no 9.1 fiPi Th
red army pushed , the Germans
DUCK on a i2a-mue irunc. , jii
.m.lliavn Clnlialpla fnHnv BnH
hnttlprl with battered nazi sarrl-
. . . i1!l 1 II..
sons on mo uuiatiiiia ui uiv
strongholds of Kassa ana Kima-
zorndat. .
REDS SHOVE
GERMANS BACK
SLOVAKIA
I
llrX , ' '
Mf&lll?"fXica-VjaV "3 TAW I . . I i. I "Hi
GERMAN
PUSH
TO NORTHWARD
STOPPED
COLD
Doughboys Maul Tank
Units .In Heavy
Engagement
. By JAMES M. LONG v
DA D1C nun 91' 4P ITIaIiI1
Marshal . Karl Von Rundstedt's
armor and Infantry had driven
35 miles westward into Belgium '
io a puini aooui. 10 nuiea soui.ii
nf tho fnTtrnse rtf T.fp0n nn trt '
noon Tuesday, it was disclosed
at supreme headquarters today. '
jjui veteran iirsi army - xor
ivtatiiMitt T.nehpil iin in tliA nnrfh.
era flank of the deep .German
saneni, ; slopped me- Germans :
cold today in their effort to
Hiiph'' vnttf-lAii.ni-r4 and Vo11i
iuoii nui uivy at U . a ii u. .iauij
mauled large tank units in a
neavy engagement. , , "
Chop Into Salient . .
PII.M. ln.B.!.an 4n-na hlln.
. ii iiici -. ninciiv.au iviwo,- nui- ,
ried. into action along-the Ger-;
man norm name ai; lvionscnau,
nhnnnail - nlno lYllloe. Intn . trio ;
base of . the German salient. :
TV, nosnncl 'fSeirmnn Vinict.
was 14 miles west of Malmedy. h
where tank columns cut the ,
Liege-Bastogne-Arlon road and "
reached the village . of Hoye-1
lliuiu. -
Across Luxembourg ,
H'Vt a . eppinr1 H 0 0 n iTliirman
wedge .had penetrated ; three-
fourths of the; way across Lux
embourg. Tills arive : larmer
south appeared directed toward
Sedan, scene ot the 1940 -break-,'
through. - - - .. . .
This drive carried .14 miles
from the frontier town, of Vian
den to just east of Wiltz, .10 j
miles east of Bastogrie and - 48
miles northeast of Sedan. Wiltz t
is 28 miles north of the city of
Luxembourg. A, parallel Ger-
man column was in the vicinity t
. .(Continued on Page Two) .
LONDON. Dec. 21 (PI The
Berlin radio reported : today
their long expected offensive be
tween Daiaion lajceena mw van-
rne oroaacasi aeciBi-ea w
-in . l ui .i . . LaM
thrown into the attack, and that
the Germans had launched a
strong counterattack with' tanks
ml avllllAvw "which forced the
T, ...( n . 1 n amnlin."
IIUHIOIII.'.W IV-VHP.
V.- atlmArl rnmhlaittria encircle. mmmTT i , . -l iV.. itca i..nA a
mnlTf BidVpeKbrhrusting A
upwe.t of the cltT. .J wmthi tarh id "7'" Xni"alsWv,r.mT.nU android fashion string, of popcorn tup-
CT'lMia ,Sd ntlin. intog ih. base of the.tr.?.. S3C. Marg.rit.G.l.w.Jtij.S2ce.n.e
they had been ...led off. Flora, WAVES, -PFC i.n"5
I lino, .U. O. ariilY. WU iiio louiwii . .
nnvipi cuiuiiiii mai iiiKiib ncic I iflTcnnn. u. o. oavv
Ihrnn eirloe nf Vinth thPKf '
heavily . defended southeastern
Slovakian towns which control
highways and railways connect
ing with direct routes to Brati1
slava, Vienna and Prague to the
west.
Win 13 Towns
Tn DiliKinnea tin in flVP' mllns.
a communique said, the Russians
captured M towns , n ne m to.
zoniDat area in a drive aimea hi innjui nmui
the Key euaoei oi ijosone, 1 1 aay tnai ne is uuuiug uvu
miles westward. Chief of them ,h, nniice committee the ques-
ii, pc Tnrnoln 13 mllPS PBSt of . . r , 1 1U
".0 7 "i:; tlon as to wneiner xo actetJi. uic
Rimaszombat and a strongpoint " nMa,
of formidable enemy acicnses - .
on the east oann oi me oianu vei io laite vmuuim, aua..,.
. . I ..l!.nn Hip putpnn-ip nf Inp mnr-
i r... nmnrii Vi'nil snvlpt nls" phnrees asainst the chief.
forces preparing a climactic at- Heuvel is accused oi cui uwui
i..l. n Ihn TiiMiM rlvpr fnrtifi
nndnna lurp milP.C Plltfilde KflSSB
Front reports saia xne great
tuontinueo on rage nvc.
Evans' Condition
Still Serious
Financing of Malin Park
Project Now aver nump
. . n. 1 I,...-! 1 1
.. ...... ..i, nnrl recreation
riuirlct nrogram stood today as
S'f nnncFnl miracle seldom par
allclcd in Hie history of com
n unity projects in Oregon.
Following a mcc ng of ll o
district directors, It was an
n uncccl that the p r o e ,o I Is
"over the hump" with total re
ceipts of 74,610 raised without
a cent of taxation.
Enough For Site
This Is sufficient for purchase
of the slte-which has a ready
been done-and for carrying on
the development of an out
standing park and .rector,
center as soon as conditions will
nermit the construction.
Mavor A. Kallna of Malin
brmight to Klamath Falls today
a copy of the financial state
ment, signed by Ted DcMerritt,
the board secretary, ran
the figures:
H AS-in. I ft IK
Money donated in '43 $41,675.00
Money donated in '44 32,685.00
Int. on u. a. doiio....
Til. receipts to date $74,610.00
Investments
t.-piinep nf nronerty $18,500.00
'I i in IIS hnnrtc 50.000.00
llivuab. in w.w. " .
Misc. exnenses i.hdu.uj
Cash on hand 4,140.45
Total Investments $74,610.00
Plans, accrued taxes, mur
ance, etc.
With county treasurer.
Donations, many of them run
ning into large figures, were re
(Continued on Page Two)
POLICE GOMMiHEE
TO ACTON HEUVEL
Stettinius Trip to London
May Precede Big
t AWs't rwie T.nnr1nn nafnro .thp hit? three
by ruvnn . , .
WAbJtlliNLrlVlN, JJI2C. Ml. JfT- uibc. w'fua wv..
The possibility .arose- today -that I Roosevelt, Y say , well ': informed
cr. QfQT swttiniiis sources. ' , . : :-- V-' -.
OCLICWJI Wl T
ing to tho delinquency of a mi
nor girl.
Tne mayor s statement.
"I have found numerous con
flicting phases in the case
against Chief of Police Earl Heu-
...t T 4l-,inL 1.-. nil ' fnirnpes tn
those involved, that the matter
of accepting or rejecting Chief
Heuvel's own proposal of sus-
nn.ic.lprt tin liimprl nvpp tn the
. - W iHI: 111 K. nni,nnil
Tne condition oi f unnun win- poilCQ coniumieu ui. niu i-unnv-n
ton Evans, chief cook, Marine and action on their recominenda
Barracks, remained critical at a tion be made at the next regu
late hour inursoay ana miichu- iar meeting ul int.- i.viui.v.n,
ing physicians at the Barracks' Tuesday, December 26. I have
ji .......... .nl.1 tri.npe romninnH I ..mnn (liia mnltn, nvPr In that
on "the serious list." Evans is committee. J. J. Keller is chair
rocclvinir treatment for head in- man and other .members are
juries. ' Harvey Martin and Kollin Can-
1NO Charge nao oeun ancu w trail,
day against Lewis, Summerville, J. C. O'Neill, Heuvel's attor-
ilis-year-oid oiscnarged uiuiy vci- ney, nas situeu ne win nan. mi a
inn iinit, hplH in the eountv lail nrnllminnrv hearine in justice
in connection with the case. court in the Heuvel case. No
Sheriff Lloyo U. JjOW contin- luonimuco on rase r ivcj
..nil Inirpallcntinn nf the incident -
in which Evans received a severe I;e Ctnlbet
beating while en route to Klam- fMaZIS 9 trine
am tans irom b ,;":
T0urensdayrVCm arUnd m ConUCfc POSltlOIl
I T ROME, Dec. 21 (IP) German
Dunn Awarded forces arc throwing heavy
aVUI.ll niWBW tank-spearheaded counterattacks
. ... Brinlnet h p PonnHinn hriHuo-
ROaO COntraCt head across the Canalc Navigllo
northeast ot aenza out tne v-a-
Tho low Din oi q,io,B'o.ou. suu- nadians are noinins last utam:
milted by C. A. Dunn, Klamath ihe ferocity of the thrusts, al-
Falls' contractor, on the Marine neci headquarters said today.
Barracks' access road, was ac- There was sharp action in the
cepted Wednesday by the Ore- sector iast night during which
gon state highway commission tne Canadians took 40 prison
in session In Portland. .
PPS.
Known as the Aiameaa-jviam- other eighth army troops
nth Falls' rirolect. the matter was ti, i nmnnp river at two
referred to the state' highway en- . u Ronco, occupied
gincer with power to award to en0a a hnlf mlie nbrth
the W bidder. Dunn said that nrimf''4," , " Dlm,, loh,nv
the stretch would be taken over ",e)n"'y additional units
for maintenance the early part lo'ned addu lonai t imts
of the year, and actual construe- "'2 p "tro La
tlo.i w iuld be underway as loon Silvestro and ban i ictro
. ..iui ffuna.
as wcamer peiiiuvvcw.
might go to London as a prelimf
nary iu tt ijiq nun iin-t-Hua-
British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden called for a reestal
lishment of "quarterly meetings
n nnn Bonrolnnpfl '-nf- the
Hi '1111111,11. ...--.-""- " t
great powers in the house of
commons yesterday. . . . .
The - British have clearly
shown for some time their ar
dent wish to' have a high' allied
conference on their, home
ground, but it seems out of- the
i: il.nl Mar-eVinl fitnlin
would be willing to travel that
far to meet resident nooseven
and Prime Minister Churchill in
t,r.rttr.nn - , "
uiiBiniiu. ; , ' ''j
The iiare-ups in ureece uu
Italy bared differences in Anglo
American policy towards liberat
ed Europe which both sides have
expressed their interest in talk
ing UUl. .... ' .. i
Churchill told commons mat
ll.n nll.no ourppri nn CPHPrnl &imS
w.. ti.n 1'1,,1-ipfhpr. thprp. is com
plete agreement on every aspect
of tnese matters is auuiiiei yura
II .IUHnll,n.
UUII ttlLUfiClllcl. , i ll
Whether aicttinius wui tivci
Lord Forecasts
Mutiny in Greece
LONDON, Dec. 21 (IP) Lord
Dlnl..nnnn ncenlllnC Rrltnfn'S In-
tervention' in Greece, declared
today mutiny might arise among
British troops detailed to quell
.Irlfn IhnPII
Cries of "monstrous" greeted
Kt .lr.lnmnr.1 'In til p . hnilSC Of
lords. Eton-educated, Lord Far
ingdon once served on a Com
mittee to investigate Brltains
non-intervention in me opaiuau
civil war. '
"I should not be surprised,
i. . iu in,in "If n,,r pnmmnnd-
lie lulu luiuai i w
era had not already me. wun
t .an nrhn eVinur the
4-. i.MUTtll.ntfnPRQ tn fiffht
gitjtttcav uiiYtii-"'-"""' - "
the Greeks and who may nave
refused to bomo Ainens. -Tt
Mn Kn thia wil1eo fur
iu wt oh oil hnvft ft mutiny
among men in Greece and a re
fusal to fight tne urccKs.
. .., ?
- So far, no decision has been
takpn.-thpv said. - ' -
" Reorganization of the state! de
partment with the hew under
st'etary and assistant secretar
ies is expected to take much of
the detailed tasks off Stettinius'
shoulders," however, so that he
can get away more easily.
Shortest Day
Brings Winter
Tlavllnlit 4prlov dinrtpat ' rlnv
of the year,, lasted just 8 hours
and ..la minutes, according - to
thp1 TI-. S ; wpnthprman's fieures.
.' .'Winter made', its official , ar-
i-lirpl in- nraann nt A'lrt PI m.
today, and in Klamath Falls it
was greeted Dy a moderate tem
perature although streets were
icy and a heavy fog clung over
the citv cariv mis morning.
. T' nnilhorn innllfnrnln nnd
southern . Oregon, intermittent
inln wne' nrnmlcpri for late
Thursday w i t h partly cloudy
weather ana occasional snowero
tonight and Friday. Tne tem
perature w a s promised "con
tinued mild," and no hint of
snow for Christmas was con
tained in Thursday's weather re
port.. ... . : .'
DEATH OF WOMAN
Special . Indian Officer - John,
Arkell was - investigating the
sudden death of Rosemary Jack-,
son 'Merrittj ; 19-year-old Indian .
woman, whbdieS suddenly at- 2 '
a. m.t weanesaay- av,3ne .nome
ot a-.sisierjaetMaii'r.' jcartia,. -ii
Chiloquin.'- l,r-r',';""."'"''
Arkell-. said-he talked: to Mrs."
Merritt at 11 p: -m. Tuesday iu
unuoquin ana.uiat ajie tmpcaicu
in "good health and Spirits.":
Later, Arkell said, he was called
at his home in Klamath Agency
Dy anotner sister ot -ine wunimi, .
Sadie James. She told him that
T?ni-nmoiP VlPn Ppnitll P. ItlpH .. nH
feeling ill and had gone to bed
snortly Deiore a ociock ana
wheri one of them heard her
moan, investigated and found
her dead. Arkell said the call
came to him a little after 2 a. m.
Mrs. "Merritt's husband,
Vnnmllnn ie with tltpTT S APlTlV
in the South Pacific. The wom
an had been in good neaitn, ou.
some time ago, it is understood,
she had a fall from a horse. At
the -Farris home, at the time
Rosemary died, were her three
sisters, Sadie J ames, -eari xtay
and Beulah Farris.' -
Tnn .unman WOG thp rmllffntpl'
of the late Frank Jackson and a.
niece of Boyd jacKson, wen-
known iuamatn ana moat aeic;
gate to Washington. .
Dr. George H. Adler, Klamath
county coronery could ndt be
contacted late Thursday, but it
is understood that he is also con
ducting an investigation.
RAF Hammers ;
Nazi Garrison ;
rniinrw nop S!1 (& RAF
Lancasters hammered the Ger
man west front garrison ana
railway town of Trier, today. -Trier,
26 miles northeast o
Luxembourg city, is - a main
supply point supporung uib
German winter counteroffen
sive. U. S. ninth air force fight
ers escorted the Lancasters.
U. S. 15th air force heavy
bombers struck rail targets at
Rosenheim, 35 miles southeast
of Munich, rounding out seven
straight days of raids against
southern German communica
tions. - . .'
Christmas Mailing Rush
Slows Down, Says Hawkins
rrun 1-ihi.lalmoe mailing rush is
slowing down considerably, ac
cording 10 miri Xi. numniin,
Kiamatn postmasiei. uu" is
mntl noo noSCpH its nCflK Bnd 15
nearing the finish, he said. .
The volume ot man sent u
year through the Klamath post-
-111.. nUnnnnln ma, CfPPntPr ttl&n
Utll-C Liiaiureio nn-. P -"
ever before, but was spaced over
a longer period ot lime man
ual because of overseas mailing,
Hawkins stated. ' ' '
There wfls practically no cpn
gestlon-this year in either 1h
lobby or the work room, due to
the cooperation of the public and
the excellent worn m ri"" .
ployes. The additional help put
on tni ".'--7-7 un,u.
sion has done a fine job, Haw.
kins said, ana ne express
self as well satisfied with th
entire Christmas .mailing pro-
Tne iremenauus ii,wu..
postoffice work this year could
hardly have been handled suc
cessfully unless everyone cooper
ated, concluded .Hawklhi, . . ,