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Open 1:59 Cloae B:l Talelaket Open CIoh -0: I'KICE 5 CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1944 Number 10348 REDS BATTLE Irom effectively I ,l..,ll I " " ... fur l"cm ,r. ii... i...i (Hum iircvonl- 'dU," . trom gelling as much Kin I"'" l,lu WL'(I,0 u" ll"'y (1 " our surrounded troops at B"- ,tm (at tlio southern edge of llno ' lire Mllll fluhl- Kibbornly, Willi the "Purest KrcnmoiiUi tour or five n. c S We arc dropping wpiilles JSd ammunition lo Uim irom tho air. ... - wi r.ni. IIP uorruiMim'wv... -----AliioliiT, cabling from t'l" front, y h i?. "," f0.. ,.f tho Gorman nrmy In jSe" ,.,tTn front battle." He news; . .it 'Tlic next few days should i.ini.'ry-.w!r1r necls lor uiw k" " i .i X second world war In the . oUlnK-" . . , ALLAGHER thinks Von I nimclsinilt Mill bus itubstant- , reserves MORE t b a n wo IhouBl.l possible u few months l0. -If he commits them (Ms rc- ervc) either in mo uivun Ihrouiih or In n new attempt VAR'HER NORTH, the struKKle on the western front will have a lie or cienm us neei. hlrnln every allied resource. He coiicniucs: ..n,.i ir Vnn Rundslcdt falls, Ihe German ormy will be in ex icily the same crippled condi tion It was after Ihe abortive Paris offensive oi iuio. THERE are nopeiiu xiim-mumc Hint the Germans linvo been tlowcd down, but there Is every Indication inai mo pcun. ui tattle Is not yet nerc. BE uro lo react join, ni. ihk" lower's Washington dispatch today. You win unit it inn:.- "'j . ......... I... Ofllelal wnsninnion ' talcs, Is now In tne stage oi mm- Inn I.. .11 There Is liull'h t J 1 K , U. .i.v. ' r.f OVEH-OPTIMISM in the allied command. There I ! nnrlloiilnr criticism of allied Intelligence (spy service, etc.) which Is said lo have thouithl (nd reported) that tnu uermn i irrnles in Franco were praciu-ae lv ilnlrnvprl lnlell lUCOCC i BC cured of beluK badly wrong In lils reports oi the strength ol Mrninn reserves. , Tho idea Is that Inaccurate In formation thus provided for our leaders threw them off in their I calculations. WELL, there must always be a " scapegoat. . , nut kvk.rv Intelllucntly real liili- nticrvoi hnn been struck bv thn eomnlncencv and the roiillnn nntlmlsin of our ceiv lorcd and officially slanted war ninu Vn.m (ho REGINNING, lis lone has been: "The marines have landed and the situation Is well In hand." ' It Is little wonder that the homn (ranters, who know only what they arc PERMITTED to Know, became complacent, i in bad news has been uniformly (Continued on Pago Three) INTO GAP TAL OF HUNGARY Nazis Burn Military Stores, Fight Grimly LONDON, Doc. 27 Ml Gorman and Hungarian iorcas oncirclod in ond around Buda poit woro split In two today by Russian troops that hurdlod tho outturn branch o( tho Dan ubo nino milos north of Buda- fiott. capturod Siontondroi bl and, and got in touch with other Russian forcos on tho west bank. Announcing: this smashing succoss, a communlquo broad cast Irom Moscow said ono half of tho enomy garrison thus had boon drivon Into tho mountainous and iorosted ter rain In tho Danubo bond north ol Budoposl while tho other was cauqht In a constricting viso in tho city itsolf. Sizeable B-29 Force Ranges Over Capital By VERN HAUGLAND 218T BOMBER COMMAND, SAIPAN. Doe. 27 (P) Tokyo, bombed In forco four timos previously by Superfortresses and many timos hit by harrasslng pianos alone or in small groups, was pounded again this afternoon (Wednesday Japan time) by a slioablo forco of B-29s. The first of the raiders struck during the noon rush a couple of hours earlier than the Japanose capital has come to expect bombings and roportod good visibility for their targets in the groat Industrial aroa. Tho oarly elements roportod "zero clouds" and good bombing. This was the first Superfortress visit to Tokyo since Decem ber 3. Since thon, howover, they have raided Nagoya, great Japanoso aircraft confer, and have twice bombed Iwo Jima, the small island half way between here and Tokyo from which Japanese planes nave Been at tacking baipan SHOPS CLOSED NEW 0RK Bv DANIEL do LUCE MOSCOW. Dec. 27 (V) Red army shock tronps charged upon flame-seared Budapest irom snowy hills above tho Danube river today. The ucrman gar- rlmn luirni'd milltorV Stores, dy- mimlterl nubile utilities and fought back grimly wun ncia nrllllery scattered throughout the llungnrlun capital. Half a dozen soviet spear heads were reported closing In on tho western half of tho en clclcd city and all German roads of escape were cut off.- Juiit how many nazl troops comprise the defending enrrison is not known horn hut t in Russian command said their numbers were large.: Slash Into Buda Soviet assault units of tanks, plus tommy-gunners, wcro be lieved to have slashed some dis (Continued on Pago Three) PLANES BLAST Yanks Killed In New Break-through NIP AIRFIELDS LI 0 L Island Vulnerable Reinvasion by Doughboys to TO SIM IIP Nazi Counterblow Causes Reverses n Italian Area ROME. rw. 27 (IP) A strong German counterattack near Italy's west const has forced Hill army forcos lo withdraw I'om advanco positions In the Sorchlo river valley, allied headquarters- iinnounccd today. The enemy thrusts came cast "nil west of tho road town of Galllenno, some 14 miles Inland 'ram the Tyrhonnlun const, alter "Ullery preparation. (The German communique ''III nnzl nnd fnsclst Italian 'oops, In a surprise attack In jo Gulllcnno nren, "broke "rough American positions nnd ow back a formation of the "nd American Infantry dlvl-ilon." (The Brazilian expeditionary 'orco has been In operation ong Hint sector ot the fifth a"ny front). Robert Anderson Hurt in Action 2nd LI. Unhnrl K1. Anderson. 'n of Mr. and Mrs. Olio F. An "Won, routo 1, box 010, Klnni 'f. Fnlls, has been wounded In !clln In tho European theater, 'Wording to official word rc 'vcd from tho war depart ment. .Next of kin had previously c! notified and have been pt informed directly by the r" department of tiny change Seventy male residents of the Tulclako segregation cciuei. ministered by tho wnr reloca iin.. n..ii,ni.ii. nr. bpina trans ferred today to the department of Justice camp for enemy alien5 at Santn r e, . i iuj" rector Ray R. Best announced, The group being transferred ,..iiis both of alien Japanese and American-born Japanese who have voluntarily rcnounccci their American citizenship, with .1.. j..,. v,nni n( liisticc ap proval, under provisions pf the rp.-i-nl congressional legislation. The cases of other residents of the Tulclnkc center who nrc ,i.i.inninH bv the war depart ment as Ineligible for relocation m i" hv the war de partment and the department of Justice. Those whose ineligibility s continued will bo segregated in a center or centers that wit ultimately be administered by the department of Justice. Applications to the Spanish embassy for repatriation or ex patriation or any other action which was formerly considered In suspending leave clearance by the war reioumui ...in .... i.,, mi- in. n linsis for dc Z " 1., n WRA center. Best stated. Only those persons Ae ignited by . war dewrtmen or Iho acpnruHuiii- ut j K rlntnlmnl. The genernl movement of evacuees, who are permitted to return to lJacinc i-u. "'-7; will not begin at Tulclako until January Chaplin Blood Test Admitted LOS ANGELES, Dec 27 (7P) Jonn Berry's lawyer fill ed today !....!. in.lln.nnv of b OOd tests declared Ty doctors to have sho-vn that Charlie Chaplin is not the father 01 ncr i"" US erior ' Judge Henry M. Wll lis ruled that tc.stimony of the scientists who made the tests w as a Imissablo in the trial of Joan's paternity suit against the comedian, put a1("vd:t,,. doclors rV."i".oreertl,Swnil XrVndeV iSr JwlfPr.idoi.eo this ev dence is not " ""' ." the Jury but shall be weighed by NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Pi More than 2000 butcher shops were closed today, third day of the meat holiday called by butchers dissatisfied with pre sent OPA regulations, a police survey showed. A police count of 0088 retail meat stores listed 2142 shops shuttered. Yesterday, 2135 out of 0020 stores checked were closed. 'The survey also reported that the shutdown had thrown 2390 employes out of work. Receive Supplier - - Most of the stores open were reported to have received some sutinlles. Results of the police survey were substantiated by the department of markets which made an independent mutilation. Butchers began the shutdown Christmas Day in protest against lack ol ceiling prices on live stock. . Meanwhile several efforts were made to alleviate the meat less predicament of New York's millions. They included: 1 An OPA report irom Wash ington that John J. Mndigan, as sistant director 01 100a prices, wiii nxnected to announce ceil ing schedules for livestock in Chicago today. 2 Movor F. H. LaGuardia an nounced in a broadcast last night that a "federal decision" was ex pected before January 2 on the conditions which brought about the meat crisis here. To Ask Coilino .1 Ren. Emanuel Cellar m.rJ. v. . announced he would ask the new congress to compel a price celling on live cattle. umcr nevcioumuuif, in ui (Continued on Page Three) fwo Jima Pounded By Ships, Pianes T7 S PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, PEAHL HARBOR, Dec. 27 (II American warships and planes bombarded Iwo Jima in the Volcano lsinnns u.-i-im-ber 20, In the third air-navy at tack on that enemy base, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz reported to day- . Heavy guns 01 uu: m.-ui mum set afire an enemy landing ship and blew up a gunboat. The warships and Liberator bombers which participated in the attack blasted coastn de fenses and airstrip installations. Today's raid came Just one month after the second B-29 bombing of Tokyo, November 27. (A Tokyo broadcast, heard in San Francisco by NBC, said pedestrians in downtown Tokyo witnessed one of the B-2Bs plunge in smoke and flames in to Tokyo bay in today's raid. There was no other mention of American losses nor of damage done by the raiders). Tokyo radio also said the giant planes "dropped explo sives and Incendiaries at ran dom, causing insignificant dam age." The broadcast, recorded by tho federal communications commission, was unreadable in places but apparently the enemy claimed that some interceptors "chalked up victories against the Superfortresses. A Jnnanese imnerial commu nique said about 50 Superforts were In the attacking force and claimed nine were definitely shot down, five probabty ana 27 -others damaged. - -. The imperial ' communique said two ot the Supertorts were knocked down by suicide Nip ponese pilots wno crasn-aivea the big bombers. The high com mand admitted the loss 6f four interceptors. Japanese War Minister Gen. Sugiyama . Interrupted his war report to the diet this afternoon to maKo.a statement on a d-u raid then in progress over the city. , ' GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines, Dec. 27 (P) Land-based Ameri can bombers for the fourth con secutive day blasted Japan's air fields at Manila on Luzon island, now regarded as vulnerable to reinvasion bv Yank forces mop ping up in the central Philip pines. Clark field was the principal target as it was in two of the previous attacks. It was plas tered Monday with 88,000 pounds of explosives, Gen. Doug las MacArthur reported today. The Jananesc showed a dispo sition to make a fight of it. They sent up at least 50 interceptors, of which 39 were shot down by Yankee f iehter escorts. Four more were listed as probably downed. The day's bag brought to 72 the total of Japanese planes shot down in 48 hours in the Manila raids. The Americans lost six fighters in the two days, M0D-U0 on Levte On conquered Leyte, Ameri can ground forces mopped up small and isolated Japanese rem nants which the communique (Continued on Page Three) Chief of Police Earl Heuvel s request for the balance of his va cation was granted by the city council in session Tuesday night, and his offer of voluntary sus pension disregarded in a recom mendation by the police commit tee. sinhi nf the chief was the focal point of last night's session but the police committee's stand was accepted unanimously and in view of the fact that Heuvel had an additional five days of vacation coming to him, he was granted this time which would carry him through the remainder of his 1944 term of office. - Free on Bond The chief is free on $1000 cash bond following his arrest on the charge of contributing to the de linquency of a minor. Following is the recommenda tion: . Affect Record "We, the police committee, recommend that in regard to Chief of Police Heuvel's volun tary offer of suspension from (Continued on Page Three) The navy department In Washineton today allotted $188 000 for Homoja huts to house transient naval personnel dur ing assignment at the Klamath naval air station. Huts to accommodate 62 lam Hies will be constructed on t site at the northwest corner of the big local installation, ac cordine to Lt. J. M. Babcock, naval officer in charge of con struction here. Two Anartments Each hut is 20 by 56 feet in dimensions and contains two apartments. Each apartment con tains two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bath. Con nections will be made with the (Continued on Page Three) War Bulletins , LONDON, Dec. 27 (P) The Iliad controlled Luxembourg radio said tonight that "Von Rundstedt's supply funnel Oirnunh Rolninm has been nar rowed to Iobs than 20 miles in width tonight. It is threatened by an American wedge driven deep into it. t nimn Dec. 27 (IPS The Gorman radio announced tonight that naii forces in some sections of Luxembourg naa neon drawn to outposts of the west wall. . . . . TU. Carmnni reported oat- la. .M thn arentest scale" on both flanks of Field Marshal Von Rundstedt 1 drive. Thn Rorlln account said, prac tically the whole third American armv'' was counterattacking on I the southern flank. YANKS REGAIN NITIATIV F Berlin Admits Allied Counterblows More . Methodical By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, Dec. 27 P) U. & troops and tanks, regaining the initiative, have driven a deep salient into German lines with in the last 24 hours and dealt the German offensive its first serious setback, a front dispatch, declared today. t. in.rinn unldiAri lie dead on the around somewhere in Belgium, killed in the new German break-through. Photo is one from a roll of film captured from a German soldier and shows equipment removed from Yanks, as well as shoes from man in foreground. (AP wirephoto from signal, corps radiophoto). : ,r Rate Bureau Suggested to Settle Freight Problems Establishment of a rate bureau was suggested as neces sary to s the permanent, solution Ol Mamam- oasm axcibiii. problems in a report to chamber of commerce directors Wednes day noon, by George P. Davis, chairman of the. rates and trans portation committee of the cham ber. - ; - .-, : Davis reported; that his com mittee, had collected a large volume of material including sev. eral survey reports from the state public utilities commission- WASHINGTON." Dec. 27 (P) Destruction of a large Japanese aircraft carrier, six additional ' -nrshios- and - 20 other Nipponese vessels by American submarines was reported by the navy today. ' Few details were given 01 ine big bag by the subs operating in Far Eastern waters, an nounced by Secretary Forrestal ii news conference. . .. n, oirornft carrier was not identified beyond the statement that it was , "large." The other warships blasted by the under seas fleet Included: one convert ed light cruiser, a destroyer, two escort vessels and twode-strnver- transports. Other snips . t n U., A TVinrii eont tn ine DOllUlll VX can torpedoes and deck guns were two large transports, 10 medium cargo vessels, three small cargo vessels, one small transport, two medium trans ports, and two medium tankers. These sinkings bring to 1090 the number of Japanese ships sunk, probably sunk or dam aged since the war started. In cluded are 99 warships definite ly sunk, 11 probably sunk and 16 damaged. or. but that the data is of such technical nature that it can be used only by an agency devoting itself ririmarilv to rate matters. Any. Dusiness mani wjiu umci interests, ;. cannot possibly -give the time necessary to a iull un derstanding of the problem in detail and to its solution, Davis pointed out. . . , - Public Subscription He suggested that the rate question is of such vital financial interest to tne enure cuuuuumior that probably a considerable sum could be raised by private suhscrintion toward the estab lishment of a Klamath basin rate bureau. Part of . the money, however, would probably have to come from some , general source. In thn discussion that followed the matter of a public budget allowance to help defray the ex penses of a rate bureau was sug- ujonunuea on rage iiucci Eias Terms Not Acceptable to Populist Party Strategists Add Three to Six Months to European Battle; Overoptimism Blamed for German Successes ATHENS. Dec. 27 (IP) Greek populist party members declared today that peace proposals by representatives of the left-wing Eias were unacceptable and the nnnforonro called bv Prime Min ister Churchill ended its second meeting without an agreement. The Eias offered terms which former Premier Stylianos Gonatas said "are maamissioie. He declared that "if accepted they would mean complete dis solution ot tne siaie. nther members ot tne con ference said they would consider it.. tAi-me nnH renlv later. Even while tne conterees nici in the Grand Bretagne hotel the British accused Eias artillery men of breaking a conference truce late yesterday and the fresh fighting flared in the dis trict behind British headquart ers. Parachute troops forged ahead -.vith tanks and armored cars in a drive to clear the south ern triangle leading into Omonia square. By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER wiCHivr.TON. Dec. 27 (P) Military strategists are now ten tatively adding three to six months to their estimate of a date for v dory 111 turupi.-. There is still hope in high nlaces that General uwusm . Eisenhower will be able to urn the il led reverse on the western rout into an early and decisive victory. But at the moment It ii i orav and waning hope, al- hough the battle is still fluid. Ovoroptlmlstlc Along with this sober estimate of Ihe fighting has ome s con v c lon that at least part i of the htelTlSdd'oncl? thought it the venr's end, then moved it fmwarrl to spring. Now they of next fall or winter If It actually takes until late next year to lick the Germans, Iho daTe for victory over Japan will have to bo moved forward also. But in Asia and the Pa cific, as well as In Europe, much of what will happen depends on Russinn plans, as yet unrevealed. niii-n ic tnr Instance the ques tion of whether and when the red army win open a iuu scon; offensive against Germany on the Polish front. The ground is frozen and the time is ripe since the Germans are heavily engaged in the west. 0 m... ahniian War Successiul Russian assault and breakthrough to Berlin might shorten the war somewhat but in view of what has happened in the west there is now no reason to believe that t h 0 s e results would bo either certainly or quickly achieved. Military men say the Germans may be expect ed to resist and strike back n the east with the same ferocity they have shown against tne western allies. . .i The success of the present German drive is being attributed by some authorities here partly to a failure ot allied intelligence and planning. Considered Typical Very young, very old and sec ond rate troops found in many westwall fortifications were con sidered typical of all German forces relatively weak units held together with a sprinkling of battle-hardened regulars. Al lied intelligence apparently made two great blunders: 1 i( noiinveH that the Ger man armies In France had been almost completely destroyed. 2. lt believed that it knew the ih nnd had guessed the in tended use of German reserves backing the west wall and it con sidered them to be defense AsSa matter of fact the Ger man force, reportedly number h toward 20 divisions, repre sented a reorganization of the defeated remnants of the armies beaten In France; the use of many second-rate troops in me west wall completely camou flaeed this reorganization. LONDON, Dee. 27 (IP) A Berlin broadcast tonight said the nazi offensive into Bel gium was becoming "more and more a battle of attrl-' lion," and that "allied coun terattacks already are' more methodic." i' These assaults, ihe radio' said, are "clearly directed at exertina pressure on the Gor man wedge from both sides ; and make it collapse." - - It remains to Be seen whether the very bitter light-; . ing is approaching a . quick : climax, or gliding into an in termediate phase.' . . The German hiah commana declared a major tank battle had broken out yesterday ' north of Laroche, and thai 70 tanks of tho U. S. third and seventh armored . divisions were knocked out . The German offensive . be lieved to be powered with some 250,000 troops naa sent ngns armored combat teams to Celles and Ciney in a bid to reach the Meuse. The doughboys In a Christmas Day battle rolled them bacfc one to two mues, supreme headquarters disclosed. - - - A dispatcn irom ine neia. today"- declared U. S. armor and infantry, "slowly regaining the initiative, have locked in a ser ies of sharp battles with probine (Continued on fage xnree' . - .: TOPS 111 QUOTA KlamatHcbunty's '6th' ;War Loan drive had passed its quota today in all departments. E bond: sales-to. December 23 were reported by the federal re serve at -a total of io,uuo, against a.quota of $900,000. The total of all sales was $3,385,130, as compared with a quota: 01 $3,100,000. Myrle C. Adams, chairman of the Lions committee which spon sored the drive, urged Aiamam citizens to continue buying bonds, with all purchases up .to. the end of December counting! on quota. The excess over quota' is expected to reach at least half a million dollars. . Here is the sales break-down to date: ; E bonds $913,008. Series F $58,297. Series G $189,900. Series C $1,225,375. 78 per. c en t certificates $394,550. -Tt 11 per cent notes $75,000. -, 2 per cent bonds $361,000. , 21 per cent bonds $148,000- with drotecv and timing now conceded here to be brilliant, the lA.l.n. Hit Ut A mOITieill, ttllU place of weakness with complete surprise. It is evident that in the ensuing reucm mc forces have suffered heavily. Compelled to fight defensively, General Eisenhower has had to withdraw and regroup his divis ions for a counterattack. If his counter measures succeed m breaking the German drive and converting an imminent defeat into unexpected victuiy. enormous cost of the whole'af fair may be written off as the cost of triumph. If, however, the Germans suc ceed in extending and holding their gains if it takes the allies many weeks to re-equip and re organize their forces in short, if the war is as prolonged as Washington authorises are be ginning to fear it will be, then a shakeup, particularly in mil itary intelligence, may be ex pected which i will reach ( into Eisenhower's own too assistants. Summerville in Siskiyou Jail T.oui 1 Summerville. 22-year- old veteran of World War 2, irmui nver to Siskiyou county authorities and charged ...it), acemiH. with a deadly wea pon in connection with the al leged beating of Fermon Clin tnn Evans, chief cook, Marine Barracks, the night of Decem ber 19. , . . Ciimmnrvllle WAS in jail m lieu of $2500 cash bond, accord ing to Siskiyou authorities, Evans suffered critical injur ies in an altercation which ap parently occurred as Mr. and Mrs. Evans and Summerville were en route home to Klamath Falls from a northern Califor nia tavern. Evans was found at the side of the road Just over the California line, his head bashed in. His condition was re ported fair at the Barracks late Wednesday, - New Chief Not Yet Selected Mayor-elect Ed Ostendorf has nit vet selected his appointee as chief of police to succeed Chief Earl Heuvel, it was disclosed to- day . . ... ,L, it --!- ustenaori siatea inai, 11 u.-, nite appointment is not made by Tuesday, January 2, next regu lar meeting or tne council, mm whoever is in charge of the de partment at that time win servo a. nctintf chief. Mavor John Houston requested at Tuesday , ..... I, tl.e,i nv." nignis council inccmiB ville Hamilton serve as acting: chief for the remainder or uio year- . it was learneo. tnat ni;iiijr"j-, kins, prominent Klamath Falls lawyer, has accepted tne pui o city attorney on the request ot Mayor-eleet Ostendorf. His ap pointment is expected to be con firmed by the new council which takes over next week. Boys Go Sout On Bicycles t.., id.venr.nM boys were evidently displeased w Mr the weather in Klamath Falls, and decided to journey to California for the winter season. Both boys have left home on their bicycles, presumably headed for the so called land of sunshine. . According to the Juvenile of fice, these boys are believed to be en route via the Weed high way. and one is pulling a two wheeled cart behind his bicycle. Probably had a last minute splurge of patriotism or fore sight, and decided to share his method of transportation. : . ; " .lams. lllli JLII .T