Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, December 22, 1944, Page 1, Image 1

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n FRANK JENKINS
fa German rudlo todiiy any
niixt lilKh command Ims
i.J , uloDtrd pulley secrecy
riihitt o oi slum.
nT.i nrelly well tt ;1 It the I
.'v AtioMt'Ull wo van do Is
ftss from u f lili.t. that
Jllp rthrouuMI'" ciMiKoinhlp.
iv;E'RE IIU justified In guess
W InK thut Von Hundstedl's
HOPEU-KOK objective wtiH to
?,..k tlirouK I our lino south ot
Bi lu" NORTH In our
J.',nd cut our supply routo to
AH.!'C''.I.':. . Imv. ulniinrri llmt
WO sti-m
''SL picture toduy suggests llmt
k. li like a ball-carrlrr who ti les
S end run. HOPING for a
kJchdown. but kerns gelling
XJntcd off to one a hie until he
ii .l.n.l mil nf hmiiwlx
LirenB aro both DANGEHS
1 HOPES In tho news to-
rinnuers nnncar:
,r i .1-1.
TWO wedges ono Into Bcliiliini,
. ...ti. nr At.xli.iit flin nlltpr
i ThA Lermuiia iihvu mu
Irlher south, Into Luxemburg-.
2. ueniiiin ".i -
ROVING AROUND on tho loose
I" ii ...in. In mir lines.
"V1 . . .l...il,, tlm mil.
in Kuril u hiviii. ....... ..
ii..... ..iirnnK.t in uiw.t.vo iu ww.
i. , . IAIM
M CV.V.. " ......I..... U...,
TllE lira ""!;-'
Buniltlcdt doubtless hopes to
it n ni wcuku ii , "j -
Mi roviiiK lnk) thus trapping
I i ..it . nf nun ln.nn
(Our Job, of course, is to keep
Hit 01 sucn ii-t
minrnK Ii bono In tho stale
I meiil (seeping throuKli the
cwuorship) mat "fn"" 1 " "
allied countor-nctlon In the
nron (nn toward
Aichen), northern hinge ot, the
(lrmnn line, bus UUT uwum
la the Gorman salient, R'"1ul-
m.., ni.nln In technical mil
Ury language. What It means
ii that we're already beginning
i. niTE INTO the German
finm tho side In an el-
tort to cut It off at Its base.
I MEANWHILE Elsenhower, In
I With Immemorial maimer ot
I (ciders In crises, EXHORTS
I HIS ii (UUI Qi
I the day, ho says: . ,
T,m,rt"r!nnViiinl-riwnvls Ink
I Ins a last great gamble. He Is
L.M.,; n,.i frnm Ills fixed do-
IftnKS . . . Ho may thus glvo us
llha cianco to uirn inn
Iiamblo Into his worst defeat . . .
So I cull upon every man of all
a. nin. (n rlso now to new
I heights of courage, of resolution
luid of ciiori. ..... , ...
ir t iinrvmiii nniri uciuru iimii
lillaglo thought to ucsiroy um
lentmy on the grounu, m mu "i
lEVEIlYWI-ISiKI"
"DESTHOx mm i
kT this anxious hour, thrilling
nciun rnmes from nussm
1 1 Wn.Mm'inn dlsnatch by AI
I Henry Cassldy, dated this morn-
I'soviot Russia has PROMl&tp
10 meet tho rising allied demand
lor red army action by HUrt.v,'
mn SOMI4 THREE ARMV
lOROUPS AGAINST THE GbH
mans nn iho pastern from.
(An nrmv uroill) IS IWO or l""'"
. w
lirmlcs. An army is two or moro
Birmy corps. An army curpa
vn hi. mnrn rllvisinils.
vision Is 10.000 to 15,000 men
Iind their necessary weapons.)
Now wo know how the Ru
Islsns felt when wu lanueu
Normandyl t
IfASSIDY adds that according
l to Russian sources n "
IhB ah II. a m.l nnnV lllU l CUlll
Imantl has Informed tho United
I Slates and Britain ot mo "'"'
KTARTIMf; (InlO.
I Obviously tho dato cannot be
IoiKioseu. uassuiy, nowuvu.
imwiiliitna llul 11 will nnl he 1
lllme to affect IMMEDIATELY
Itho itrciit battle on tho western
iront whoso crisis may p
within a matter of days.
The Germans, however, are
muttering today of tho beginning
f a big new Russian effort in
the north, whore tho plains and
the marshes and the lakes are
wdonlnR under tho winter cold
mio HUM ground.
thouahts todav are cent
I. ASH
Irrivl r. TfinAV'S hntllc.
tin I 111- Iniunr null. It is well
ijj remember this ancient rule of
m prize ring: "A good Lii i i u.r
Wn enn't hnnt n nnnrf BIO man.'
I Measured in terms of resources
wmonv Is n cnod Utile man
By the same measurement, our
"oo is a good BIG man.
P the Pacific, we'ro mopping
U niiniif - ,
wipsnnd on Mlndnro we're still
"-onllnucd on Tago Eight)
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SHOPPING-
DAY AJt
PKtCE 5 CENTS
COPCO FILES
FOR RIGHTS AT
Grant Location Sought
For 40,000-Watt
Plant
SALEM. Dec. 22 (!) The
California Oregon Power com
pany has applied to the state
liydroeleetric commission for
permit to use 13H0 second-feet of
water rom llic Klamaln river on
the Grant site below Kcno to do
vclon 4U,UU0 kilowatts of power,
Charles E. Strieklln, commission
secretory, said loaay.
biricKlln a a vised the com
pany, however, that a 1030 at
torney general's opinion held
that waters of the river cannot
be used for reclamation purposes
without permission from the
U. S. secretary of the Interior.
Stricklin said he believed the
same permission would have to
be obtained for power rights.
To Commission
The 1030 opinion. Stricklin
said, is based on a 1005 state law
reuulatlni! use of waters in the
Klamath river. The law at that
time was Intended to apply to
irrigation projects, but it is
broad enough, to apply to .power,
projects, . airicKim sum. .
stricklin said he would sunmii
tho application to the hydroelec
tric commission.
Conco's nronosal for a post
war dam developmqnt at the
Grant site, in Oregon about 10
miles below Kcno on Klamath
river, was seen hero today as a
bid by tho private company for
power development rigms wnicn
may bo also eyed Dy mo lencrai
government. A. M. Thomas, local
public power protagonist, last
week publicized a letter from
Abe Forlas. head of the interior
department power division, slat
ing mat Kiamatn river develop
ment would bo considered along
with the extension of a federal
power program in this area.
'J no uopco plan, H is unoer-
(Continued on Page Three)
Kaiser Gets
Light Metal
Pontons Order
PORTLAND, Dec. 22 (TP)
Four-thousand aluminum pon
tons to be used by tho army In
building floating bridges over
seas will be produced by the
Oregon Shipbuilding corporation
inirw n si2.nnn.noo contract.
The contract, Portland's first
largo assignment to fabricate
lii.hl mnlnl. nave the local ship
building Industry an opportunity
In become established in tho
light metals field.
Stick on Job,
Urges FDR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (Pi
President Roosevelt said today
tho best way f Ightlng men could
be assisted on tho homo front
is by people sticking to jobs
which maintain the steady out
put of needed supplies.
Mr. Roosevelt began a news
conference by declaring that
several persons had asked him
to say how Americans at home
In tills Christmas season can
most help the fighting forces.
All should resolve, he said,
to stick on Iho job.
IM B-29's
Ml T
Rnosevelt Savs Atlantic Charter Aims
Just as Valid as When Announced in "41
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (P)
President Roosevelt asserted to
day ho thought "Ihc objectives
of the Atlantic charier are as
valid as when they were an
nounced In 1941. '
Ho permllled direct quotation
on that point during a news con
ference discussion ot the charter
-which he said Tuesday never
existed os a formal document.
A reporter had remarked that
some people thought the charier
was losing its purposes or was
in The Shanta-Cancade Wonderland
mell Considers
Urgent Pleas for
Folkes Clemency
SALEM. Dec. 22 (IF) A dele
gation of seven persons appealed
to Governor Earl alien at a nan
hour hearing this afternoon to
change to life imprisonment the
death sentence of Robert E. Lee
Folkes, 23, negro dining car
cook who was convicted of the
Blaying two years ago of Mrs.
Marina Virginia james as snu
slept in her berth on a south
bound Southern Pacific train.
The governor, who asked no
questions and had no comments
during the hearing, said wnen
it was over that "Decisions like
these aro most trying and diffi
cult, but I promise I will give it
tho most serious and careful
consideration."
Death Docrood Jan. 5
Folkes Is scheduled to die in
tho state prison gas chamber
January 5, and he already has
carried his caso to the United
States supreme court, which re
fused to review it.
William Palmer. Portland,
sold that Juduo L. G. Lcwclling
presiding judge ot the trial at
Alhanv. was cuiltv of miscon
duct, warranting reversal, wheiw
ho eft the bench while tne al
iened confessions of Folkes were
introduced. Ho said it also was
a reversible error for the oral
statements to have been Intro
ducod si enod confessions'-'
Nels Peterson. Portland attor.
ney, chairman of the civil rights
committee of the state bar, said
"I have grave doubts as to
Folkes' guilt. He should have a
fnlr irlnl. which was denied him
Folkes' mother told mo ho did
not take the witness stand in his
own defense because of tne ad
vice of his attorney, Roy Lomax
of Portland. She said Folkes
IS ON LIVE
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 (TP)
Senator O'Mahoncy (D-Wyo.)
said today 18 western senators
vuhn Hicrnsspd the meat situ
ation with federal officials
agreed unanimously that price
ceilings on live uuuimia wuuiu
bo "completely impractical.
After a two-hour closed ses
sion with price and war food
administration executives, O'Ma
honey said there are two reasons
the suggested device wouldn't
work:
"First, it would bo impossible
of successful enforcement
lliprn Isn't manpower enough.
"In the second place, it would
undoubtedly result in premature
selling of animals and reduction
In tho simulv of meat. The cat
tle grower, uncertain as to how
iho rules would operate, and
with a feeling that preferences
would be granted one grade as
opposed to another, would sell
his cattle before they reached
the proper weight.
"It woul do tho consumers
in New York no good to have
40,000,000 head sold at an aver
ago weight of 600 pounds each,
instead of 35,000,000 head at
1000 to 1100 pounds."
GOEBBELS TO SPEAK
LONDON, Dec. 22 (TP) A
Berlin broadcast said today
that Joseph Goebbels, relch
plenipotentiary for mobilization,
would speak by radio to the
German people at 9 p. m.,
Christmas eve, (4 p. m., eastern
war time).
The president would have pre
ferred to think It over for a
while, Mr. Roosevelt replied, but
he said that through the years
certain documents had seemed to
maintain a good deal of import
anco, some affecting public
thinking on objectives of a bet
ter world.
Tho objectives of the Atlantic
charter still stand, the president
said, just as do objectives of
documents which go back many
centuries.
The objectives in somo In
stances have never been ob
tained, Mr. Roosevelt continued,
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1944
otnblaiiis Isle
never read these confessions, but
the fact that Folkes did not take
the stand to deny them was
prejudicial."
iraacnar naaas
Browning C. Allen, negro,
pastor of tho Bethel African
Methodist church, Portland, tout
the governor:
"Wo ar nleadint? that vou ex
tend mercy at this time, we are
(Continued on Page rnreei
EAST AREAS
nv Th Associated Prats
Numbing cold gripped easterft
and New England 1 states and
portions of the midwest today
uhil th northernmost tier of
the central states naa some it-
ttef from the. general cold, wwe.
Chicago, weather bureaiV was 25
hninw icro at Kylertown. Penn,,
in th central AoDalachian moun
tain region ol that state.-lows
of 3 to 17 below were recorded
in Maine, New Hampshire, and
Vermont. New YorK City sniv
ered in 13 above zero -weather,
a drop of 19 degrees from, yes-
InrHnv'si minimum there. .
Tne entire ureal ijbkes reg""
md nnrthprn nnrtlonS of Illi
nois, Indiana and Ohio also had
subzero weather at", the cold
wnv which entered tne cen
tral hm-rior state froifi Canada
yesterday, spread eastward and
soutnwaro. :,
Ohio Shirert
Ohio had the coldest Decem
ber 22 In its history, minimum
temperatures ranging from 20
below zero In the Youngstown
district to 3 above at Cincinnati
Among the Ohio lows were
Salem, 14 below; Archibold, 11
hnlniv- Warren. 9 below.
Ice-glazed highways and four
Inchps of snow blocked traffic
in southeastern Kentucky; Roads
n northeast and central. is.en-
lnpkv were described as "un
safe" but traffic was moving.
Louisville reported a minimum
tpiYinprntiir nf 161
Fort Wayne, Ind., reported 6
below; Toledo, O., 8 below; Co
lumbus. O.. 4 below, and Chi-
hnri o lnw nf 2 belOW.
There was some relief In Min-
(Continued on Page Three;
Accidental Shot
Wounds Punier
Mnreee IV Chase. 35.' super
intending insulation mechanic
at the Marine Barracks and
Klamath naval air station, Is in
Klamath Valley hospital suffer
ing from an accidental gunshot
wound in tne rigni leg.
Chase was admitted at 11:30
n m. Thursday. His condition
Is said to be good. Chase ac
companied a party on a duck
hunting trip Thursday after
noon and was shot when a gun
belonging to a member of the
irrnnn accidentally discharged,
Before coming to Klamath
Falls, Chase made his home in
central California. He and his
wife live at the Cascade apart
ments here.
but they still are good. People
Hnn't live un to all the ten com
mandments and all the doctrines
of Christianity, he went on, but
they still are something pretty
trfuiil in ahnnt At.
The president said he was not
comparing the charter with the
ten commandments or the
Christian religion. But Mr.
Roosevelt said he thought the
charter would take its place in
history as a major step forward
just as Wilson's 14 points con
stituted something we all would
like to see attained.-" -incy, too.
ho said, were a step toward
better life in the world.-.
COLD NUMBS
EST AND
U.S. FIGHTER
PLANES FIJI
FRQiWDORO
Yank Ground Troops
Close Nutcracker
On Leyte Japs
21ST BOMBER COMMAND.
Saipan, Dec. 22 (TP) A good-
sited torce ol a-zat eomeea
Nagoya, Japan's aircraft cen
ter, again today through a
thick overcast and ran into
heavy anti-aircraft fire and a.
horde of defending fighter
planet.
Precttion initrumenti neipea
to overcome the handicap of
the overcatt and the bombar-
dlert expressed confidence
their loads of explosives found
a mark. Gunners caught eight
of parts: of the city through
holes in the cloudi.
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
A hundred Saipan-based B-29s
bombed aircraft plants in Nagoya
on Japan's main island today
while U. S. fighter planes in the
Philippines 'began operating
rrom newiy-ount air iieids on
ifinderpi only half, an hour from
merican ground troops closed
their nutcracker on Leyte is
lands shattered Yamashita line.
The 77th infantry division and
tne ist (dismounted) cavalry divi
sion joined forces in Ormoc val
ley once studded with Japanese
lortitications. rney counted zusi
more enemy dead, mat makes
11.327 Nipponese soldiers slain
in a seven-day climactic drive
"Enemy remnants," Gen,
Douglas MacArthur said, are
desperately but futilely trying
to cut their way out to the north
western corner of Leyte,
Tokyo claimed 10 Superforts
were shot down in todav s day
light raid on Nagoya the fourth
B-29 strike this week agamst
Japanese aircraft factories.
Dispatches from Saipan re
(Continued on Page Three)
CALIFORNIA GETS
Following intensive investiga
tion into an alleged attack on
Fermon Clinton Evans. USMC,
Sheriff Lloyd L, Low announced
Friday that the case was out of
the hands of Klamath county oi
f icials as the incident is believed
to have taken place one mile
south of the Oregon-California
line in California.
Evans remained in a critical
condition at-the Barracks dis
nensarv Friday. No charge had
been placed against Lewis Sum-
merville, held in connection witn
the alleeed beating. It is under
stood that the provost marshal
of the Marine Barracks will file
the complaint in Siskiyou coun
ty in the light of new develop
ments.
Sheriff Low was meeting late
Friday with Sheriff Ben Richard
son of Yrcka. it is understood
that Sheriff Low has in his pos
session an automobile tool, the
instrument thought to have been
used on Evans, rue marine sut
fered a skull fracture and mul
tiple abrasions.
Malin Woman
Found Dead
Mrs. Alfred W. (Ima) Schultr,
35, well known Malin matron,
was found dead in the kitchen
of her home three miles west
and one mile south of Malin at
11 o'clock Friday morning. Her
husband made the discovery
when he returned to the house,
By Mrs. Schultz' side was a .22
rifle in which Deputy Sheriff
Dale Mattoon said were four
empty shells.
County Coroner George H.
Adler termed the death a suicide.
The woman did not leave a
message, Investigating officers
said, but it Is understood that
she had been in ill health for
quite some time. The body is
at Ward's. Mrs. Schultz Is a
former school teacher and during
her long residence in the Malin
area was active In civic and
social affairs.
Mr. (Dec. 11)
Trie .pit Hon Uit tl
niream ytht to one
Normal , 4.00
rorscaii: uiouot,
Balardar
Oreconi Ooen
Tolclike: Open
Marine Patient Has
Tech. Sat. O. O. DuBolt, of
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confined to hit bed at tne Marina Barracks dispenser? tnn
Chiittroas, it already receiving presents from the more than 150
DselcaoM- tent - the fcbtBitaI'' naUentt- 1y ;oroups- .and individuals
of Klamath Falls. Shown with
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ot x.erjjng, -a.f-cnjBnMv"?"" j',x?iw
Claus- tms- year,cusi?upun:presenu0iox nospiiaiiaea- uibhuwi.
Russians Pledge Thrust to
Relieve Pressure In West
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TP) !
Soviet Russia has promised to
meet the rising allied demand
for Red army action by hurling
some three army groups against
the Germans on the eastern
front.
The forthcoming offensive as
is expands probably will involve
up to six army groups and its
route may wen dc across tuo.
broad Polish plain directly into
Germany. ....... i
The Red army high command
has .informed the United States
and Britain ' of the offensive's
starting date, Soviet sources In
Washington said.. This could not
be confirmed in American mili
tary quarters but there is evi
dence that the allies are. counting
on the upcoming winter drive.
Informed sources said tne pro
jected drive will disclose newly
aligned Red army forces. Since
last summer, when the Lenin
grad front, three Baltic, three
White Russian and lour Ukrai
nian fronts were in action, the
lineup of Russian armies has
been a mystery.
Russian military activity in
the Balkans has been confined
to single fronts or army groups.
Farther north, Soviet armies al
ready far advanced from the
White Russian, Baltic and Lenin
grad regions nave been retorm
Ing. WEDGE DRIVEN
MOSCOW. Dec. 22 W) Rus
sian shock troops wedged deeper
into southern Slokavia today
while new operations by two
Bioff, Browne
Win Release
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (TP)
Federal Judge John C. Knox
today ordered the release of
William Bioff and George
Browns, serving 10 and eight-
year sentences, respectively, on
convictions for extortion in con
nection with a million-dollar
shakedown of the motion pic-
urn Industry.
In aranlina the application
for release, which was not op
posed by the government, Judge
Knox said that the two men
"had really aided the govern
ment with their testimony," In
the trial of six men alleged to
have participated in labor rack
eteering, and added that "there
might not have been convictions
Without that testimony."
Harry Langdon of
Films Succumbs
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22 (IP)
Harry Langdon, veteran comed
ian of the stage and screen, died
today after suffering a cerebral
hemorrhage. Langdon, who was
60, had been ill - for several
weeks. i,
DiCtmbr , 1911
1 43 Mln. IA
hours ,
Lftlt ytmt
Shoollnf Hours,
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Number 10345
Early Christmas
New Bedford, Matt., who will be
him l Lt. (jg) Genevieve Albert,
- ..i . n ll HiAn;nM Gut.
powerful Russian army groups
threatened to seal off belea
guered Budapest from the west,
Units of Marshal Rodion Y.
Malinovskv's 2nd Ukraine army
drove to within 14 miles east of
the big Slovak rail city of Losonc
(Lucenec), seizing 30 or more lo
calities, including the important
communications center of Rima
szombat;, on the Kassa-Lonsonc
.highway:
Fall of Rimazombat opened
an important gateway into the
Matra mountains and brought
relief within sight for an isolated
force of -Slovak patriots esti
mated at 25,000.
ELAS Army Edges
Into Rightist Area
ATHENS, Dee. 22 m An
Elas army 15,000 to 20,000 strong
was. reported today to be moving
in on territory held by. rightist
guerrillas of Gen. Napoleon Zer
vas' Edes in strife-torn Greece. "
Zervas informed British- au
thorities t h a t the lefist Elas
forces already Had entered his
territory in Epirus and were
massing on Dhriskos ridge, over
looking the town ot xanina,
which has been his headquarters.
The B r 1 1 1 s n said . z,ervas
charged that Albanians were
among the force threatening the
Edes territory. - .
Evacuation of 3000 Elas pris
oners by, sea to an undisclosed
destination was reported earlier
by British headquarters while
Lt. Gen. R. M. Scobie's troops
were mopping up the port of
Piraeus.
01
Nazi V-Weapon No Joke to
Yankees. Who Await Ours
By WES GALLAGHER I
WITH THE AMERICAN
NINTH ARMY, Dec. 21 (De
layed) (TP) American troops
being pounded by Adolf Hit
ler's V-weapons want to know
when we are going to start toss
ing a few flying oomos dsck
at the Germans.
"If we build better flying
bombs than the nazis why aren't
we using them?" is the way
one soldier nut lt after reading
a story in the Yank newspaper
"Stars and stripes,-: to ine ef
fect that the American "Doodle
is better than the Germans'. V
bomb. American fighting men know
the German secret weapons are
not toys and cannot be dismissed
with a shrug. Arguments that
the weapons are indiscriminate
do not impress tno man m n
foxhole, who - may stop, any
DRIVE PUSHES ;
401ESINT0:
ALLIED LINES
Eisenhower Declares
Nazis Launched On
Final Gamblf
BULLETIN
LONDON. Dec. 22 (TP) A,.
German military spokesman
said tonight that a "fierce"
southern flank attack by Lt.
Gen. George S. Patton's 3rd
army had "succeeded in flow
ing down" the nasi offensive.
The newt agency bub dra-,.
matically interrupted its trans
mission of an operational mes
sage from the eastern front to
flash thit report of the oppo
sition to Field Marshal Von.
Rundstedt't advance.
Earlier the German h.jh
command laid, "Our spearhead
advanced farther to the west
and established several bridge--beads
across the Ourthe river."
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Associated Press War Editor
Field Marshall Von Rund
stedt's seven-day-old counterof-
f enslve has penetrated tne Amer
ican lines to a deptn of 40 muea
at one point, but in the past 48
hours has lost a great deal of
its momentum, a 21st army
group headquarters spokesman
said today. -
As the Americans appeared to
have blunted the westward drlva
into Belgium and Luxembourg,
Gen. tisennower,. ciassuiying
the nazl push as a last great
gamble, called upon-his troops
in an order ot tne day to de
stroy the enemy.
. . ... new right riaret-. : .
The main force of the enemy
drive, field dispatches said, has
been turned aside or slowed
down, but fighting flared in an
other area 20 miles south of tha
city of Luxembourg last night.
A field report said American
armored units were fighting to
hold the Belzian 'town of ou
Vith against a frontal assault by
a full division ot nazi as tenia
guard) .troops.A. German- broad- -cast
-claimed the capture of St.
Vith. - : Fifty-five enemy tanks
were destroyed also, the north
ern flank of the attack : yester
day and doughboys fighting
through fog, snow and mud, took:
a heavy toll of Germans. ;
Chance of Victory .
Gen. Eisenhower addressed
his orders of the day to all mem
bers of the AEF. He told them
the enemy was rushing from his
fixed winter defenses on tha
western front and "may give up
a chance to turn his great gam
ble into his worst defeat." -
The supreme commander said
the German' attempt would fail
completely,-and that "we will,
with God's help, go forward to
our greatest victory." : w
. Thrust Repulsed
The Germans said spearheads
of the counteroffensive advanced
to the flooded Ourthe river,
which at one point flows seven
miles west of Werbomont, where
the nazis had cut the Liege-uas-togne
highway. It was at this
point that the allies have been
expected to make a stand. Wer
bomont was the deepest pene
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P. O. Will Be
Closed Monday L
The Klamath post office will
be closed to the public on Christ
mas Day, according to Burt E,
Hawkins,. postmaster. A. skeleton,
crew will be retained, however;
and any packages left over or
arriving late will be delivered by
a-volunteer crew of temporary
carriers. These parcels will only
be delivered providing the ad
dressee is present to receive
them, Hawkins stated. -
There will be no delivery on
rural routes Christmas Day and
no foot carrier delivery except
in these special- instances. The
lobby will remain open for the
convenience of persons having
lock boxes, Hawkins said.
thing from a machinegun slug
to a 14-ton rocket.
To him it is all a question ol
accuracy. The ritie is more ac
curate than artillery, ano artil
lery Is more accurate than tha
flying bomb. But all have their
place. .
During recent weeks Ameri
can and Brlllsll troops in ni
areas have been, attacked by
V-ls, V-2s and the latest V
weapon which has been lik
ened to heavy artillery. Ameri
can troops who hear them dron
ing overhead toward rear areas
would like very much to hear
them going the other way.
It is iiow no secret that fly
ing borhb attacks upon London
came closer to disrupting that
great city's life than the 1940
air blitz lever did. The German
attempt failed only because th
nazis did not have tho air force
to protect their bases and even?
tually had them ver-run.
I' llltn 10 near wu i
thinks."