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tun liuvtl UOSHUSScd the
El. for ENDING wur mid
Cdii'K "u,, i1"-;!.' ,".h; :
.Flm goodwill "' ",
ffindutlo" for endurluK peace.
"Do yo unto others yo
would that otheri shall do
unto iu-" . , .
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;0Uld UC UIII)flU.'VHUI Blii".
ofCAUSE It I"" been little
J d NOT AT ALL AMONG
NATIONS, wo have wur.
rVR o lltllo wiiiio, ii sucmcu
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flT W m thnt tho Atlnnllc Char
the pnictlca among tuitions of
nrr conferenco yesterday
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. a in Ptinrt(r not on v
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It. n llm TPNtlltltlnilN tO
L good alwuys unci bad NEVER
thltMCIN milKU wiium in u iiKii
Mlli ...
IHjlAYBE tho Alliintic owner
l' never was tormiiiiy wnucn
down.
M.vbo t never wna sinned ns
Jl. i..n1 l,wtimfnt.
if Maybe It wna Just another of
I the good resolutions men umi
mnltn Ulltfll tllPV lire 111
ill bed Jam and FORGET when
af.i.l- r,,t.l,ti,.a Imiimvi.
UlCil iim-."
inirr
!) Eo far as foreign policy Is
'concerned, tba SP1HIT of the
Aiintc Charter, wnicn cm-
ibodlw the spirit of the Golden
;u1i. I.IVES IN THE HEARTS
Kir THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Thnt Is tho spirit In which wo
lihlpt with other nations.
TF our now stnto department
really wants to formulate n
foreign policy that will receive
the lasting approval of tho
mmcs of tho American PEO
PLE, it needs only to build the
'itnieluro around tho frame
work of tho Atlantic Charter.
Tho American PEOPLE will
Jack such a policy. They lit-
LIEVE In It.
THE best news from Belgium
, today Is that tho WEATHEH
3S IMPROVING.
There is brilliant sunshine on
the Luxemburg front, and our
plncs are nolnii Into action
against tho nazis, who so far
jltavc been obllKiimly hidden in
ithe fog und the clouds.
1 fTlmt'p npimiA IHtln Hnitht thnt
ill was foul weather that en-
bled tho Germans to mass UN-
fOBSERVKIl mi our front and
hit us with all tho tremendous
advantage of surprise.)
AT last accounts (dated about
ftr linnn Thursrlnu nnnnrnullvl
he Grrinnn wuHliii nn Ihn smith
Diad penetrated our linos about
raw miles, and Its tin was only
K9 miles northeast of Sedan, on
Hhe Frcnch-neluian border.
unc gathers from the vague
llspnlchos that tho cnemv Is
trvlnff rlesnprnlntv In JOIN HIS
'pwiiits, An American latin
force, dug in near St. Vlth
.fiwoy back near the German-
Iuciginn border where the enemy
iuntcr-altaclt started) has been
holding out grimly for llvree
"y against tho best the enemy
n send.
I This little American tank
wee, ono gathers, has been
Jflcly responsible for STOP
pINQ (so far) tho enemy's
"rage-closing enterprise.
HJN the hurly-burly of the
I Christmas season on tho home
I font, with Us gay round of
f 'Ut-mimito shopping, cocktail
?rtlcs, etc,, lot us pause for
l least a moment of silent,
I Mrtfclt prayer for those
I lu Ul Pfln hnm .,l.n nA t.nlllr.,1
fcolr lives dearly for thb.good
f m.u ur ua.
MILITARY men In Washlng
t Ion think the Germans
f'vmi't committed ALL their
serves to tho battle, but are
tjalng back ENOUGH FOR
E KILL In tho event that
H nrc "b'o to surround two
"J thrce of our armies, cut them
'" from help and than movo
' aestroy them.
2 learn from Washington
today that tho Russian as
"nco of a winter offenslvo
) given VOLUNTARILY sev
' weeks ago nnd NOT in
tihnncn l i ., t i
Nft l Wily IIUW IIUU lllll-tt
because of menaco of tho
rman offensive.
I point Is that wo'ro flghl-
I I Jiir own bnttlo and not cry
10 tho Russians for help.
T1!6 Promised Russian of
M, rcnslvo (the Russians KEEP
"'Promises) can't come In
"-"iiiinuecl on Pago Ten)
PICE 5 CENTS
Nazis Withhold Main
Strength On Western
Front Breakthrough
By ELTON C. FAY
WASHINGTON. Doc. 23 (I'j Germany Ii withholding her
ultlmato total strength from tho breakthrough battle of the woit
orn Iront until tho nail high command can determine the pros
pects for a truly ma)or victory.
Military mon, roporting this today, suggested the probable
Gorman Idea of such a victory would be the trapping and de
struction ot two or three allied armios cut off from the rest of
the lorcoi in France.
Tho nail offoniive, doipito its Initial swift progress, has not
reachod the point whore the high command can make the de
termination. One military export, implying that the Germans actually
wore falling bohind on their timetable, said that in view of the
early succeii of the breakthrough the enemy should have pro-
grossed further than the 30-odd
REUS DESTHDY
NAZI TANKS IN
WINTER DRUE
LONDON, Dec. 23 (yP)
Russian iorcas have broken in
to Budapost's southorn and east
ern "outor suburbs," the Gor
man broadcast said tonight, de
claring that "the battle for the
Hungarian capital is nearing its
climax."
The thrusts into the city's
outskirts were said by Gorman
roporti to be a part of a mas
sive triple ofioniivo whose out
er prongs are aimod at com
plete encircloment of tho capi
tal. By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Dec. 2!) (fl't An
official soviet announcement of
the destruction of 101 German
tanks in a 24-hour period ending
Thursday night gave realistic
support today lo German reports
that the red army's great winter
offensive is getting underway.
The fact that the long eastern
front now lies under hard, firm
snow, with deep freezes, offers
the Russians Just the kind of
weather needed for their slash
lug attacks. Throughout the war
thev have always commenced
their biggest winter operations
in Just such weather and tem
peratures. The Soviets arc better equip
ped titan the Germans and the
(Continued on Pago Ten)
Klamath's Installations Plan Merry
Christmas for Service Men in Area
The first Yulelidc at the Ma
rino Barracks and the first
statewide Christmas since the
war began for most of the men
out there will be in vivid con
trast lo last year or tho one be
fore when December 25 was
practically "Just another day"
on Guadalcanal, Bougainville or
Tarawa. ,
Though tho marine corps tries
to get every man, no matter
where he Is, a turkey dinner
with trimmings for Christmas,
even starting tho provisions on
their voyage overseas as far
ahead as August, situations in
evitably arise where canned tur
key, hamburgers, or even canned
rations have to suffice for the
real thing.
Nothing Spared
But out at tho Barracks this
year nothing is being spared in
the effort to give the Leather
necks n Christmas that will blot
from their minds the memories
of those Christmases lived
through In the Pacific.
Twenty-three hundred pounds
of turkey are being prepared for
the noon-day feast at the mess
hall, plus everything else you
u i i- f..H .... n Viilp mpnll.
Including, incidentally, 5400
pounds of ruamam cuuiuy
own potatoes and 400 pounds of
fruit cake, baked in the post
bake shop and soaked In 24 bot
tles of brandy.
About 3200 people aro ex
pected to cat dinner at tho mess
hull, and cooks and bakers are
(Continued on i-agc imu
Jones Sentenced
To Three Years
.1. C. Jones. 22, city marshal
of Merrill and a veteran of this
war, was sentenced to three
years at the Oregon state peni
tentiary at Salem, on Saturday
morning. . . ,
!... ..Ipnrlprt Oil tv bcforC
Judge David R. Vanrienbcrg on
a charge of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor girl.
JnThfi ShaHta-Caacade Wonderland
miles he is known to have ad-
vanccd since last Saturday.
There is, however, no inclin
ation lo turn away from the
fact Unit the situation in Europe
continues grave. Dispatches from
the front indicate that the nuzis,
probing north and northwest
ward with part of their armored
columns, found stiffening oppo
sition there and now are push
ing armored feelers to the south.
The enemy, by no means, has
committed his utmost strength
lo the breakthrough venture,
military students here say.
Sources of reinforcement, 6oth
men and armor, exist. These
sources include more or less
dormant sections of less active
areas, including the central Rus
sian front.
The Russians, however, have
assured her two western allies
that a winter offensive is com
ing, and German reports indi
cate that it has already begun.
This assurance, it was learned,
was not the result of any new
and direct plea because of the
menace of tho German break
through. It was givcp by Mos
cow soma time before the nazis
smashed out on their offensive.
Gibson Girl
Creator Dies
CINCINNATI. Dec. 23 OP)
Charles Dana Gibson, noted ar
tist and creator of the "Gibson
Girl" of the 90's, died today in
New York, his son-in-law, John
J. Emry, announced.
In New York, Dr. Alvln R.
Homes his personal physician,
said Gibson had been suffering
from myocarditis for a long pe
riod. In spite of the ailment,
however, lie spent the summer
painting, primarily in oil, at his
summer homo at Dark Haroor,
Me.
Christmas lights shining
from the lookout tower on the
peninsula hill overlooking
their post, help bring Yuletide
atmosphere to the men at
Camp Tulclake.
Another outdoor decoration
at the camp is a set piece at
the gate. The day rooms are
handsomely decked out in
Yuletide trimmings, and par
ties and gift exchanges are
weekend features.
Christmas dinner with tur
key will take place at the en
listed men's and officers'
messes on Monday.
Dewey to Speak
On Lincoln Day
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (IF)
A Lincoln birthday speech here
may give Thomas E. Dewey his
first public opportunity since
the election to keynote republi
can views on home and foreign
affairs, ,
The defeated presidential can
didate is understood to have ac
cepted an invitation to speak be
fore the annual Lincoln Day ban
quet in February.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1944
SKY BATTLES
DESTROY 38
Fights Rage Over Nip
Homeland, Posts
In Islands
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Japan's aerial candle was
burning at both ends today in
sky battles over homeland air
craft factories and Philippine
battlefronts.
Thirty-eight Nipponese planes
were destroyed yesterday, most
ly In the growing American air
offensive over the Philippines
where Yank infantrymen pushed
through the mountains of north
west Leyte island to- drivs tho
disorganized enemy into the sea.
Port Shelled
Forward elements of the 77th
division pouring out of Ormoc
valley advanced three miles
along the road to Palompon,
placing them only 10 air miles
from the Nipponese escape port
which American artillery is
shelling. These American units
and other divisions mopping up
pocketed Japanese in Ormoc
corridor, killed 1546 Japanese,
slightly less than the recent
daily averages.
Tokyo radio claimed air vic
tories over Japan and the Phil
ippines' even as it reported new
(Continued on Page Ten)
Yreka Officials ,
Arrive to Work
On Evans Case
Sheriff Ben Richardson, Dis
trict Attorney Charles .Johnson,
Deputy: District Attorney . Mark
Brownman and Court Reporter
Ralph McMurray of Yreka, ar
rived in Klamath Falls to work
with Sheriff Lloyd Low- on the
investigation of the alleged beat
ing of Fermon Clinton Evans,
USMC.
The district attorney has filed
a complaint against Lewis Sum
merville at the Justice court at
Dorris, charging him with as
sault with a deadly weapori, in
connection with his attack on
Evans on the night of Tuesday,
December 19.
Gaily decorated Christmas
trees, laden with tinsel and
baubles, lent a holiday note in
the various departments at the
Klamath naval air station where
hundreds of navy people were
spending Chrismas away from
home.
Cmdr. R. R. Darron paid an
official visit to the departments
where Christmas parties and ex
change of gifts was the order of
me day, Saturday aiternoon.
Santa Claut
A narty for children of offi
cers and enlisted men was sched
uled for 2 d. m. Saturday, and
more than 150 of the young fry
were expected to greet Santa
Claus, no other than Bill Hum
of this city, who distributed gifts
from a great fir tree standing in
the recreation hall.
Christmas dinner was slated
for Monday from 11:30 to 1:30
d. m.. officers served in BOO and
enlisted men in the mess hall. In
vited for the occasion are fami
lies of the men who will share
turkey and all the accompanying
good things with the navy.
Printed menus will decorate the
tables.
There was to be no flying for
men of the squadron Monday,
(Continued on Page Ten)
AIRCRAFT
Christmas Gift
. 'j
v
Here's a picture of the "butt" at the new Marine Barracks
$90,000 rifle range, a Christmas gift for marine veterans whose
fingers may be itching for the feel of a rifle again. The picture
shows the target structure, the pit-in which target operators
work, - and the dirt bank which receives - bullets. The frames,
three of which are raised at the near, end, .will hold thai targets.
The bench in the pit is for the use of target operators, -who raise
the frames on pulleys. The range is now 'virtually complete, and
xeady-f oCusestaaHotated rbn the hill east of the Barracks' Build
ings, and has firing aprons 500 yards, 300 yards and 200 yards
from the above-pictured butt. ..... .',.'...' '
700,000 Allies Tortured,
Slain in Lwow by Nazis
LONDON, Dec. 23 W The
Moscow radio said today an ex
traordinary soviet commission
had established that nearly 700,
000 persons, including an unde
termined number of Americans
and British from German prison
camps, were tortured and slain
in the nazi extermination camp
at Lwow.
The broadcast, recorded here
by the soviet monitor, said an
additional 200,000 persons were
killed in another nazi camp at
Janow, and that children were
slaughtered in target practice.
The broadcast did not make
clear whether the British and
Americans were prisoners of
war or civilians and did not
state their number.
Himmler Participates
Relating eyewitness descrip
tions of the most horrible . terror-tactics,
the broadcast said
the commission had established
Heinrich Himmler's direct par-
ticipation on the Lwow atroci
ties. It said the gestapo chief
visited Lwow, in the eastern
Japs Claim 8
Warships Sunk
By The Associated Press .
A Japanese imperial commu
unique today claimed Japanese
planes sank eight allied war
ships and transports and dam
aged 12 others in a three-day
attack on shipping in the Phil
ippines seas.
These figures apparently did
not include two other "enemy
cruisers or destroyers" claimed
sunk by suicide planes this
morning off Mlndoro islands.
All of the claims, recorded by
the federal communications
commission, wore unconfirmed
by allied sources.
December S3, 1014
Max. rilee, Stt 47 Mln.
fltream Year lo
Normil
rrecipiiaiign iiti
rorccaii; i-oitiDie mow, j$
fiundaiy Hbootlni Ifouri U
j Talclakc: Open
to Barracks
part of what was pre-war Po
land, several times, it was over
run by the Russians some time
ago.
The broadcast said the com
mission's report was confirmed
by numerous statements of
soviet citizens, as well as by
French prisoners who were lib
erated by the advancing red
army in lwow.
Children Targets
"Children were, selected and
given to detachments of Hitler
Youth as targets for shooting
practice, tne commission said
Many Frenchmen and Eng
lishmen also were killed in slow
degrees in a camp at Rava Russ
(Continued on Page Ten) .
Unionists Start
Demonstration
In Ward Store
DETROIT, Dec. 23 (JP) CIO
unionists picketing a Montgom
ery Ward and company store in
suburban Royal Oak staged a
demonstration inside the store
today. Manager Edward Barden
said some clothing from the
store's stock was ripped and
other , merchandise thrown on
the floor.
State police dispersed the
group after it had been inside
tne department store nearly an
hour.
Barden said about 50 pickets
paraded in the aisles singing a
Christmas carol, then tossed
merchandise on the floor, went
to the basement to obtain base
ball bats, and continued their
demonstration. Meanwhile, he
said, some of the unionists tried
on suits obviously too small for
them, and flexing their shoulder
muscles, ripped tne coats.
f nouri .
.7"T".'."':03 C'loie !"u:38 K
Number 10346
ELAS ATTACKS
GREEK RIGHT
C'fl
Blow Violates Treaty
Signed Before
Liberation
ATHENS, Dec. 23 0P A
strong attack by left-wing Elas
forces in northwest Greece
against rightist guerrillas led by
Gen. Napoleon Zervas was an
nounced today by British mili
tary Headquarters.
The announcement asserted
the attack was in violation of an
agreement signed by the oddos-
ing Greek forces of Caserta be
fore allied forces landed in
Greece to ' drive out the Ger
mans. The official communique said
a deep penetration into the
rightist (Edes) territory had
been made by the Elas. It was
reported unofficially that these
ranged up to 20 miles. The Elas
forces are commanded by Gen.
Sarafis.
Land on Harbor '
British . forces . landed this
morning on the north side of
Piraeus harbor, the communi
que said, and nave made good
progress in clearing out the in
surgent forces. Progress also
nas Deen made in Athens in
subduing the Elas.
A 25-minute truce silenced a
section of Athens- last night
while an- Elas messenger-delivered
a reply to Lti Gen. R. M.
Scobio. Britishi-commander.- on
his -ceaseiffre -ultimatum. . The
contents of.. the note were . not
immediately Tevealed. . .
, Firing resumed after the truce
wits ended and there were in
dications' the Elas were unwill
ing, to -agree flatly to Scobie's
terms. '
' (A Cairo . broadcast recorded
by.' FCC said ; the Elas' head
. (Continued on -Page Ten)
TIRE HOPES OF 8
WASHINGTON, Dee. 23 (F)
"A" card motorists, lone hope
ful of getting new tires, got
their bad news today a reduc
tion in the output of passenger
car casings.
All they can hope for now is
that they might be made eligible
for new tires late in 1945, and
OPA held out little encourage
ment for this.
No Santa
It's just as though Santa Claus
stayed home on Christmas Eve.
In addition to closing the door
of "A" motorists for a long time
to go, the production curtailment
also means a and u cara
holders-will not receive as many
tires as had been planned for
them.
Production of passenger car
tires in the first quarter of 1945
will total about 5,00J,uuo, corn
continued on Page Ten)
Soys Report Jap
Balloon Falling
SEATTLE. Dec. 23 (JP) Fed
eral bureau of investigation
agents today are investigating
a report by two small Doys,
aeed 10 and 12. that they had
seen a balloon of the Japanese
type recently found near Kalis
pell, Mont., settle to earth in a
wooded section south of Taco-
ma. Wash.
Armv officials said they were
inclined to suspend judgement
on the report, on grounds the
boys may have mistaken a drift
ing weather balloon for one of
the other type.
date i.... 3.1)0
4. It Ltit yeir ...2.4i
URGES
GOOD WEATHER
PERMITS BOMB
SMASH AT LINE
Germans Now Within
29 Miles of
Sedan
By JAMES LONG
PARIS. Dec.- 23 IJP Alllo
air might lashed fiercely today
in. a break in the weather at
:nazi armored columns, dealing
repeated bomb smashes against
ine uerman oirensive tide mat
by Thursday noon had reached
within 29 miles of historic Se
dan. -'
Preliminary retorts indicated
effective blows had been deliver
ed by hundreds of heavy and
fighter bombers at Field Mar
shal Karl von Rundstedt's surg
ing drive.
Into Fight
Bad weather for a week has
tied down the allied air arm.
but today its might was thrown
into the crucial balance.
Suoreme headquarters and
field reports disclosed the Ger
mans were only 29 miles from
Sedan by Thursday noon after
a 40-mile, drive through Luxem
bourg into Belgium, and had
entered the bypassed Belgian
road hub of Bastogne.
Holds Its Own
To the northeast, a dug-in U.
S. tank force at last report still
held its own in a terrific three
day battle .just west of St.- Vith.
four miles inside Belgium;
This furiously - fought stand,
was keeping the deep, dangerous
central German wedge split from
the northern thrust .- that had
struck beyond Stavelot. The
Germans hurled the full force of
their armor into attempts to
merge the two penetrations.
Most Successful
It was one of the fiercest and;
supreme headquarters said one!
of the most - successful battles
of the week-long fight to check,
the nazi onslaught. The Ameri
can armored farce was fighting,
on high, ground between St. Vith
and Vielsalm, nine miles to tha,'
west.
' Von Rundstedt's strong cen
tral wedge had battered 18 miles
beyond Bastogne to St. Hubert,
29 miles northeast of Sedan and
scene- of -the 1940 -German
breakthrough into France, 48
hours- ago. Subsequent events
had not yet been disclosed. .
Bright Sunshine .'
-Bright sunshine lit the snow
clad battlefields "the weather
we've been praying for" as one
pilot said. Up to noon alone to
day, just one tactical air force
reported 12 tanks-and armored
vehicles knocked out and more
than 30 trucks destroyed, and
the air assaults continued
through the afternoon.
Twenty -nine German' planes
were downed in three dogfights
near Triers, Coblenz and-Euskir-chen.
Five Thunderbolts were
lost over the two former towns.
This afternoon 400 big U. S.
bombers hammered German po
sitions with 1500 tons of explo
sives. Fighter -bombers strafed
German columns moving into
Belgiam.
British Take
Burmese Town
SOUTHEAST ASIA' COM
MAND HEADQUARTERS, KAN
DY, Ceylon, Dec. 23 tfPJBrit
ish troops driving down the Irra
waddy river in northern Burma
have captured Tigyaing, 42 river
miles south of Katha, and ap
proximately 125 miles from
Mandalay, the Southeast Asia
.command announced today. -
This new gain by the 36th
British division yesterday came
as. field dispatches gave mount
ing evidence that the Japanese
are withdrawing from north
western Burma into a ' defense
arc around Mandalay. They are
leaving only rearguard pockets
for delaying actions, dispatches
said. Nazi E-Boats
Attack Convoy
LONDON, Dec. 23 (JP)
Strong forces of German E-boats
attacked an allied convoy en
rounte to Antwerp last, night,
but were battered and beaten
ntt wlthnut Infllnttni? flnv rinm-
age, the admiralty announced
today. -
At least two E-boats were
sunk, two probably sunk, and
five others were damaged dur
ing the battle, lasting almost
until daybreak, with British
ships and light coastal forces.
The E-boats attacked just off
the mouth of the Schelde river,
in their first appearance In
weeks, the admiralty added. -
NO PAPER
, MONDAY .
' The Herald and News fam
lly will enjoy a holiday Mon
day, and no edition of the pa-
Ser will be published on that
ay.
Next edition will appear
Tuesday afternoon.