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what the Germans arc going to
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IS DEFINITELY BETTLR
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1944
Number 10350
Turn in Pacific Eyed;
Reds Crack Nazis Lines
; Police Head
JAPS ATTACK
SUPERFDR
IS'
SA PAN
E
History's Biggest
Navy Totals 1 1 67
Fighting Vessels
SINCE he stnrled liln drive, Von
Ituiid.itcdl litis lout 710 Uuiks,
Ihe cnuiviilent of neurly four
Gcrmnn nrmored divisions Uuo
ol lliein were lost lit (trim unci
bloody lliistuKiie. Our plnncs
liavc 'knocked out 3:iS5 trucks
ujed In (he German olfenslve
ml shot down 755 Geriniin
planes.
It Is becoming evident Hint
the Genniiiis hnvc puld hlKh
price for thu ground they won
In Delgluin. Whether they can
slford the price we emi t suy,
for we don I know wlnit they
have in reserve.
Time will tell.
PELLES, Just east of the Meusc,
where tho nazi thrust was
iniined. is described us one of
tho ghastliest carnage scenes of
Hut war. A Gorman nockel there
was wiped out, 12UU prisoners
were taken and : cneniy uuiks.
40 guns and 177 military ve
hides were miiashed.
What our losses were linsn't
been told. They were probubly
heavy.
BASTOGNE, where 10,000
Aim.rlr.nn nlfinH flCIllllst the
best the Germans could send nnd
answered "Nuts!" lo the German
surrender ultimatum, Is u new
American epic. For generations
American boya nnd girls will
read In Ihelr history books of this
rlm stand hv men of their breed
and will TI1K11.L ns they read.
ECHTEP.NACII l disclosed to
clnv ns ANOTHEH epic.
It HAD BEEN held by n small
American Infantry garrison,
which REFUSED to leuve- the
town with n relieving armored
force (that Is to say, these men
were rescued, but REFUSED
the rescue, preferring to stand
to the end.
They did stand to the end.
When Patton's tanks got back,
the American Infantrymen were
NOT THERE. Thero were stacks
of enemy dead all around, as at
the Alnnio, but our men were
gono. Those left allvo were proo
bly taken prisoner, as thero
were not enough American
bodies to account for the entire
detachment.
CLOWLY the talo of our dc-
U f,.n ,,fl,l.
Bnstounc nnd Echtornnch were
not Just points whom Americans
were caught nnd surrounded.
They were KEY points, at the
base of iho German wedge. By
holding ihem at nil costs, we
prevented the Germans from
WIDKNIMP. ll.nl,. iliin'l hnse.
BiisIokiid and E e h t c r n a c h
lldn't Just liannen. Wo did It
on purpose,
THUEE days after tho Gcrmnn
offensive stnrled, Pntton wns
given the lob of caving In Von
Jtunilstcdt'n southern flank. Ho
iwung in with his customary
cavalryman's dash and In six
(Continued on Pago Two)
Tofcyo Reports
ft0 M L
Mpproacn
By Tho Aiioclated Press
Undid Tolivn anlrl InHnv at 0
P ni. (8 n. m. eastern war time)
iini enemy planes linvo been
"Mien approaching - the l oKyo
cmoliiiina metropolitan district,
I he Jiipnne.so broadens!, moll-
wcu oy ii,0 fedorn coinmuni
pilous commission, unld that
nlr raid warning had been
M i t y iiiipanesu uhsii:iii
uci army ncac nuartors.
After Ilnlinr1l,rf iUn ulnrt nl
radio Tokyo announced the
-...cican pianes "ngnin cnang-
COlirRO1' inri "nro now clr-
ft ,Y" MIU llWlillUlll
2 the Kwanto district, This In
:iu??s. tho lnrao Industrial cities
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD-
QUAHTEHS, PEARL HARBOR
Dec. 211 II') A major turn in
the Pacific war by next sum
mer Is foreseen by Vice Adm
Marc A. Mlt.icher who helped
whip the Japanese decisively in
two buttles of the Philippines
sea and figures "In another year
we should have their nnvy pretty
wen cieaneci up.
ny next summer, thev will
he sitting on n decidedly uneasy
seat in ine empire, lie told wor
correspondents yesterday.
Tho Tokyo radio roportod
thai aevoral American con
voys were "attempting to
force their way westward"
through the Mindanao sea to
the Sulu sea. The Blue net
work recorded the broadcast.
Japanese units were de
declared to have been strik
ing "hammoring blows" at Ihe
convoys since the night of De
cember 27.
Imperial Japanese head
quarters claimed today Its
pianos lank six "large trans
ports" and damagod two oth
ers yosterday in attacking 30
of the craft "hoadlng west
ward In the Mindanao sea
through Suriago straits."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (VP)
The largest nnvy in the world,
fighting the most extended war
in history, now has 1107 men-of-war
to carry the battle to
the enemy. And it is still grow
ing.
This wns reported by the
navy today in a review of ship
production which showed that
in the last year 3D.071 new ves
sels 420 of them fighting ships
Joined the fleet, boosting the
overall total to 61,045 navy
shins of all tyncs,
Much emphasis was piaceo.
during 1044 upon landing craft
and attack vessels, wun con
struction of 37,724 of the little
ships used to batter the way
on enemy-held
1EA GERMAN
ROADS FRQWl CITY
On tile side of current action
Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz report
cd the second Nipponese air raid
in three clays on the Saipan base
uomimicu on rage two)
Jap Naval Leader
Reported Dead
LONDON, Dec. 20 (VP) The
death of Admiral Nobumasa
Suyetsugu, former commander
in chief of the Japanese grand
flciil and u leader in Japan's
program of expansion and con
quest, was announced today in
a Tokyo dispatch broadcast by
tho Berlin radio. He was 64
years old.
Suyetsugu was one of the out
standing firebrands In the years
Japan was preparing for Asiatic
conquest and war against the
United states nna ununn. as
commander of t lie fleet in 1033
and 1034 ho wns noted for his
belligerent, undiplomatic state
ments. He was an opponent of
naval limitation and an advo
cate of "liberation" of Asiatic
peoples from influence of the
white nations.
Clark, Wilson
To Close Mills
PORTLAND. Dec. 29 (P) An
era In Oregon's timber Industry
ncarcd an end today as uiarK at
Wilson Lumber company an
nounced it will shut down opera
tions at Its Prescott ml and
the older of lis two mills In
Llnnlon Immediately.
Tho decision bears out the
company's announced intention
to liquidate by 1047. Tho reason
is depletion of lower Column n
timber stands, parlinlly due to
the great Tillamook burn which
destroyed enough timber to sup
ply Portland sawmills for iU
Trio old Llnnlon mill, one of
the stale's first '"';cn ' ,bsc5
operations, was built about 00
years ago,
Snow packed roads led out of
Klamath Falls and giant Sno
Go's were called into action on
the Sun mountain stretch of The
Dalles-California highway where
more than 31 inencs ol snow
covered that area.
Temperatures were fairly mild
throughout the past 24 hours,
although a minimum of 8 de
grees above was reported at the
Southern Pacific station at Cres
cent Lake at 5 a. m. Friday.
Still Snowing
Oregon state highway offi
cials were advised from the va
rious stations that snow was
still falling Friday morning. Ten
Inches of new snow fell on the
Ml II l.nn t, r.- (YtnLrinrf a tntnl
VY Illtlllll'llv lJU.-io,
of 16 inches. All highways were
sanded but the Lakevicw stretch
was considered hazardous as a
lato Thursday afternoon freeze
covered portions of the highway
with Ice. There was no new
snow in that area, according to
late reports.
Twenty plows, including the
Sno-Go's were being used
throughout the Klamath area
and sufficient manpower was
available to keep all highways
in good winter driving conai'
lion.
No Delays
Trains were passing through
Klamath Falls without delay de
spite the heavy snowfall along
the route. The SP trainmaster's
office reported 28 degree at Dor-
ris with one inch of new snow;
Grass Lake, 22; unomuu, zo,
10 inches of new snow.
State police said Friday that
no major accidents had been re
nnrted to that office and city
police said accidents were con
fined to numerous bumped fen
ders as the result of slick pave
ments. Oregon Passes
6th Loan Quota
PORTLAND, Dec. 29 (T)
n,, i nns-t its S34.000.000
E bond goal in the 6th War Loan
drive with $785,000 to spare, Ed
ward C. Summons, state bond
iri todav.
Three days remain In which to
better the total, lie snld. The
stnte Is well above Its quota for
bonds of an types, wun
000,000 against a $107,000,000
quota.
for landings
shores.
The new construction also in
cluded, the navy said, 640 pa
trol boats and mine craft, 630
auxiliaries and 557 harbor craft.
Decreased Emphasis
"Important in these
tics," the navy reported, "is the
slightly decreased empnasis on
combat and patrol craft, denot
ing a levelling off in the need
for more warships and escort
vessels, and the tremendous in
crease in landing cratt, auxil
iary attack ships and other sup
ply vessels which have carried
the allied offensive to enemy
shores, both in Europe and the
Pacific" .
The total of 1167 warships
now with-the" f 1 ee t was de
scribed as more than three times
the number on hand when the
war broke out-three years ago.
The navy announcement added;
Account For Difference
"Ship losses in action, and
the transfer of certain vessels,
especially escort carriers, de
stroyer escorts and landing craft
to other allied nations accounts
for the -difference between the
total number of new ships com
pleted for the navy and the to
tal on hand."
Two hundred thirty-nine navy
vessels of all types have been
announced as lost. ,
Planes Built
The air force striking arm,
the navy continued, also called
for mator Droductlon In 1944
when 30.070 olanes of all types
were manufactured to maintain
the navy's air forte at a stabil
ized total of about 37,000.
These figures." the navy ex
plained, "demonstrate the high
rate of obsolescence and attri
tion attendant upon keeping
naval air power supplied with
the newest and best planes.
Critical
It placed on. the . "critical list
for 1945" carriers and cruisers,
some of which have been
layed by labor shortage as mucn
as seven to nine mourns; rue.
ets, ammunition and 40 mm,
(Continued on Page Two)
DEFENSES HIT
BY RUSSIANS
Bv DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW. Dec. 29 OP) Rus
sian forces cracked the first of
three inner defense rings of the
eneircled nazi garrison at Buda-
statis- Pest today while the Austrian
Dound red army lo me n o r i n
stepped up its drive along both
sides of the Danube river.
The red forces made an all-out
bid to win strategic control of
the Hungarian capital in a mat
ter of days, if not hours, as fa
natical nazi troops in the hilly
district of Buda ana ine popu
lous flatlands of Pest gave
eiour.d under a score of assaults
by Russian combat teams of
Tommy-gunners, tanks and self-
propelled guns.
Out of Suburbs
The enemy was hurled out of
12 eastern suburbs of the city
yesterday by the hard-driving
Soviets.
A battle of even greater mili
tary importance raged on the ap
proaches to the Danubian com
munications center of Komarom,
which is less than 85 miles south
east of Vienna and within 53
miles of Bratislava.
Two columns from Marshal
Feodor Tobulkhin's third
Ukrainian army group con
verged on the city from the east
and soutneast, wnue across ine
Danube to the northeast Marshal
Rodion Malinovsky mounted a
powerful smash at the nazi Hron
river defense line.
Fiqht on Banks
There was evidence that Rus
sian vanguards may now be
fighting on the west bank of the
(Continued on fage rwoj
CASE OF BOLD
TURNED OVER
TO CIVILIANS
Marine Held In Brig
For Action by:
Authorities
Comart
Assistant Chief Orville Ham
ilton, who is in charge of the
Klamath Falls police depart-
ment for the remainder of 1944,
while Chief Earl Heuvel is on
vacation. If Mayor-Elect Ed Os-
tendorz fails to make a perma
nent appointment of police chief
January 2, it is expected Ham
ilton will continue into the new
year as acting chief.
ofsALIENT
First, Third Armie.
Within 17 Miles k'
Of Junction
T
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29 (TP)
Economic Stabilization Director
Fred M. Vinson agreed today
to confer tomorrow morning
with a group of cattlemen op
posed to ceiling, prices on live
Sen. Wherry Ol-Neb.) said pri?
orities had been gYanted to fly
cattle raisers to Washington for
the meeting. Among them,, he
said, will- be S. E. Mollin of
Denver, secretary of the Amer
ican National LavestocK associa
tion; ; Joe . Montague, represent
ing the Texas and Southwestern
Cattle association, and Parr
Young president of the Nebras
ka Livestock Breeders associa-
OPA has proposed imposition
(Continued on rage iwo;
Date Set for Ward's Case
Hearing By Federal Judge
Coos Bay Still Coos Bay
After New Name Election
North Bend thumbed It down at
Union Man Asks
For Enforcement
Of WLB Order
PORTLAND, Dec. 29 (P) A
union official representing those
employes involved In the dispute
that nut the Portland store of
Montgomery Ward & Company
under armv control sooke out to
day for full enforcement of the
original WLB directive.
Jack EstaorooK, secretary oi
the AFL Warehousemen's local,
said that only by such action
could the army ciaruy a sii.ua.
Hon he charged nad Deen com
pletely garbled" by the com.
pany. ; '" '
Fighting Slows
In Italian Area
ROME, Dec. 29 (IP) Allied
headquarters announced today
that fighting "has died down"
In the Serchio valley area where
a strong German counteroffen
sivn had driven the American
fifth army from the Important
road town of Barga.
The f our-dav-old German
drive south toward Lucca also
had pushed allied forces from
the area of Gallicano, two and
a half miles from Barga on tho
west bank of the Sercnio, De
fore it was slowed, .
COOS BAY. Ore, Dec. 20 W'l
This town, which keeps voting to
decide whether to be Coos Buy
or Marshfield, is still Coos Bay
'"citizens retained the title Coos
Bay by a vote of 084 lo BBS yes
teruny, nnd hoped ull
they wouldn't hnve to ballot on
tho matter any more. .
Tho nnmc e h n n g e, batten
about verbally for a couple of
decades, camo before the voters
of this coastal town-h storlcally
Marslitleld-ln November, 1043
In n nlnn to consolidate Mnrsn
rold5nd11.twlncto.Nort Bend, into "City of Coos Bay.
Marshfield, bound to have the
name If not the consolidation,
voted by Itself In the November
7 election mis yciu huh i"""
,,ri ilm town Coos Bay,
Then a group of citizens didn't
like the nSw title petitioned and
petitioned the city council to
hold the ballot over again. They
Irl
"And we hope," snld harassed
postal and telephone workers,
who can't decide what town they
aro working In, "that that's an
end of it.'
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 VP) Fed-'
eral Judge Philip L. Sullivan to
day set January 8 for a hearing
on the government lawsuit seek
ing to estaoiisn legality oi a
presidential order under which
the army seized Montgomery
Ward and Company facilities in
seven cities yesterday.
Meanwhile in Wash I n g t o n
Atty.-Gen. Francis Biddle pre
dicted tile case WOUIO oe carneu
either by the government or Se
well Avery, Ward's chairman of
the board, to the U. S. supreme
court.
Says Illegal
Avery contended the execu
tive order and seizure were il
legal and could not be accepted
or obeyed by Ward's. From the
Stettinius Plans No
Trip to London
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 fP)
Secretary of State Stettinius has
no plans at present for going to
London to discuss International
affairs. , , .
This was learned on the high
est authority today. Stettinius
personally declined comment
when asked about a published
report he might make the trip
to discuss the Greek situation
with Foreign Secretary Anthony
Eden.
No-Point Sales
Boomerang
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 29 (VP)
TWtlmirl merchants' sale of ra-
imnorf onnrie ooint-free. which
caused a near-riot in two Port
land groceries, boomerangea
again today.
ThB OPA ordered 12 stores,
nil branches of two chains, to a
January 8 hearing on charges
that they violated rationing reg
ulations. TTncini htivprs swamoed a num.-
hni- nf Portland stores the day
after stricter OPA ration went
into effect, when a number of
merchants, saying they had no
official OPA notification, failed
to enforce the new rules.
Farmers Protest
Nisei Return
r.PTTSHAM. Ore.. Dec. 29 (VP)
A wave of protest rose here to
day in response to notices that
three Japanese-Americans plan
to return to their Clackamas and
eastern Multnomah county
farms. . .
A committee of farmers and
businessmen not connected with
Oregon anti-Japanese, which was
born here, will fight Nisei efforts
to terminate leases on pruuciw.
reported Chairman Dale Bergh
Damascus. .
He nnd two others were given
only 30 dnys' notice to v a c a t e
Japanese-owned h o u s e s and
farms, Bergh said, while the
OPA rent control office allows
90 days.
covernment viewpoint, however,
l2nnn emDloves in the seven
cities went to work for Uncle
Sam today.
Mai Gen. JoseDh W. Byron,
military manager of Wards
since yesterday, toured part of
the main offices today and
Averv also was in the building
his secretary said, although re
porters did not see him entering
his private onices.
. Not Restricted
Army public relations offi
cers said there were no restric
tions on Avery's movements and
n was free to carry on activities
of the nation's second largest
mail order house which were not
included in the seizure order.
The company operates more than
600 stores ana warenouoe
thrnnphniit the nation.
Hugh B. Cox, assistant to the
solicitor general, asked Judge
Sullivan for as prompt- a neariiig
as possible on tne governmen
notitinn filrri vpsterdav. for (
declaratory judgment on legality
of the seizure and an injunction
to prevent possible interference
by Ward s otticiais.
Counsel Protests
ted January 3 for
ihr hMrlne. Stuart Ball, Ward'
counsel, protested that witnesses
would have to be brought from
afar and the noliaay travel
(Continued on rage iwoj
(ekes Urges Jap
Return Soon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (fl5)
Interior Secretary Ickcs today
urged eligible Japanese-Americans
who were evacuated from
their west coast homes in 194Z
to leave evacuation centers as
soon as possible.
The army recently rescinded
the west coast exclusion order,
ih. ...a,- rclnrntlnn authority
said the eight centers would be
closed within a year. .
The Karl Bold death case, In
volving PFC Herbert Daniel
Stevens of the marine corps, was
handed over to civil authorities
today by the commanding offi
cer of the Klamath Falls Marine
Barracks.
' Stevens will remain1 for the
time being in tne Marine Bar-
racKS brig, and the question of
an indictment against the 21-year-old
marine in connection
with tht" death of the Henley
farmer will be submitted to the
county grand jury when it meets
soon after tne first ol 1945.
Board Investigates
Decision of Colonel George
Van Uraen to hand tne young
marine's case to civil authorities
followed an intensive investiga
tion by a board of officers at tne
aarracKs. District Attorney L.
Orth Sisemore received an oral
report of the probe made by the ;
military ooara, ana warmiy
praisea the Marine Barracks'. ad
ministration for assistance and
cooperation in this case.
Sisemore said that inasmuch
as Stevens is held in military
custody, no immediate filing of
cnarges is contempiatea. tie stat
ed the grand jurors will be asked
to consider the Justification tor
filing first' degree or;.second de
gree imr.der or manslaughter
charges against' Stevens.
- Died December 10
Bold died December 10, never
havine regained consciousness
after he was louna tour a a y s
earlier (December 6) lyme be
hind the Kerns implement
building on South Sixth street,
Stevens was arrested by the as
sistant provost marshal at the
Marine HarracKS on tne nigni oi
December 6, allegedly in posses
sion of Bold s automobile.
Investigations disclosed ' that
Bold and Stevens got into a con
versation at the Buffalo lunch on
South Sixth street on the night
of December 5. They left, with
Private Gerard A. Bussiere, an.
other marine, in Bold's automo
bile.
The other marine Is s a 1 d to
have left the car when the three
stopped at . Chick's lunch on
Smith Sixth, and Bold and Stev
ens went away, together in the
car, which was driven to a point
back of the Kerns building.
Marine Provoked
It was there that the incidents
occurred hich culminated in
Bold's being left behind the
hit id ne and Stevens allegedly
driving away in Bold's car. Stev
ens, wno tola autnorii.it:: uum iic
and Bold had been drinking, as
serted he was provoked by an
improper act on tne part ot coia
and struck him with his hand,
Sisemore .-id.
Rnld wit found the next morn
ing, after a cold nieht, by W W.
(uontinuea on i-ase iui
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Dec. 29 lP) Amerl.
can armored troops have thrown
tne western tip of German
spearheads back 10 miles and ad
vanced to the outskirts of the
picturesque town of Rochefort
field reports said today.
Field Marshal ..Von Hund.
stedt's troops were reported dig
ging in at tne western end ot
their salient while his armor
drew back and U.S. third army
troops advanced up to three
miles today in a squeeze from
the south. ,
Near Junction ;
Less than 17 miles separated
the first and third armies at the
Bastogne neck of the salient
where a junction would catch
Von Rundstedt's advanced ele
ments in a noose. J ,.
Associated Press Corresnnn
dent. Hal Boyle said American
armored forces, hitting Von
Rundstedt's offensive on the '
nose, had driven his forward ele
ments back 10 miles and thrown
them across the Lesse and
Homme rivers.
Enter Rochefort
Roger D. Green, AP corres
pondent with British forces, add
ed that the Americans had .en
tered Rochefort's outskirts on
the east bank of the Homme by
10 a. m. yesterday. ..:
Rochefort is a tourist center
dating from medieval times and
is 31 miles north of the famous
Han Grottos, where the Lesse
river flows through a series of
subterranean chambers. . "
Von Rundstedt's December of
fensive had been kicked into re
verse by American forces which
slammed into all three sides , of
his extended bulge, with LT.
Gen. George S. Patton's thiifa
army. sensationally changing its
front and advancing 20 miles in.
to tne German flank in six aays.
Saar Drive Stopped . .
The situation was not an un
mixed-success, however, for Pat
ton's snitt ot front brought his
own offensive along the Saar to
a stop and obliged the Americans'
to give up their hard won
bridgehead across the Saar .at
Dillingen, where they had brok
en into tne initial defenses of tna
Siegfried line, .. ;
The big turning point was the ,
seven-day stand of the U.S. 10.1st
airborne division and other as
yet unidentified units at Bas
togne, one of the gateways to .
French Sedan.
And now the Americans were,:
(Continued on Page Two)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (P)
Interior Secretary Ickcs was ac
cused today of attempting to
continue the War Relocation Au
thority (WRA) after it outlived
its usefulness. ,
n,ur,raVinb (R-Ida.) chal
lenged Ickes to justify "a long
range objective" for the WRA
which has supervised internment
camps for two years since per
sons of Japanese ancestry were
excluded from the west coast
military area,
Yanks Throw Germans.Bqck
unrrjjffjjy ;
Britons Drive f
Against Elas
ATHENS, Dec. 29 (if) THe)
British opened a three-pronged,
drive against Elas forces in:. titer
eastern suburbs of Athens toi
day, ' jumping off after a pro
longed artillery barrage in the
second phase of operations' dei
signed to clear the embattled
Greek capital.
Against slight opposition, the
British forces advanced from the
south through Zappion park on
Ardittos hill, which changed
hands in a mortar duel a weelc
ago.
A Greek mountain brigade
meanwhile advanced southward'
on the suburb of Kassariantr"
one of the largest Elas strong
holds in the Athens area. -
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u.... M.ev H. represents the penetrations of th. German
m7 -the. time of their rly Krd
pushing nem D. Uej Jram th, ,,,,,
In
Dinant. At on. time hin m Ids. Flr.t .nd third
ot th. salient. The heavy broken .n-
man goals In their winter oH.nW -
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