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he Up "f Von Hundstodt'j
" bus been battered
,k ia mill's front its point of
rVihi.l penetration ml il
"i, ih Uiifk towiird tho busc Iiuk
width .0'".,i i ill miles lit lite
"'.'Iwei ue-slmpcd. It is now
i iin oriuiiiiii ," -v
5C Gcrniii; ,
.nu J. on Hi" l)''' ' reports
T"1?. ... .till from 30 to 4U
l"01 I IW l.lul. rmn.
S ys today It will return
E current repor as soon us 11
. i... i it im i uia vl'l.
nuinil nnlnt. ttin
4 T 11B liuii""'." I
A , ..... .ulli-nt la now com-
t . uiii"-" .i
.!,., I)V OUT lirilllul, uuu-
; n from both side.
,nL" rural lii Normuiidy. how
. . Ms Isn't as bud for
jver, it .ivlu. In Mich
!R" .'En' o i uuiu lire .1
!,h oilier niul wo lira l' I"
i(t.r from our own uriiiicry.
r i, even worm in fKy
1 .i '- ....i. miw nrevmls.
,ciner, "'J' ."" "
wlllS l Hi" SM lell"": ,
1 li Von llundsledl out, or In
Ik slicking? Or Is he building
(IrntiKth for ANOl Mhlt
SU? He 1 supposed to httvo
I. ..t,..r armies inslclo Ills
biiliio which l n 1"',' Pi'wi'
He Hun established u deep nn
llcnl tht I' l'll will ho con
.11 throat to int. Veterans of
toe hut w"r will remember the
Mlhlol Millont Hint we ho d
10 long nl M'cut "ul
nidc good uso ot.
HE map tells us theso P0"1
kiinii.. hut. offers no answer.
We'll Just hnvo to wall.
Even our high coinntuml cim I
know tho answer. Von Ilund
tltdl's good friend, tho weather,
f m ,-nnreill lltf foil
around him at this critical mo-!
monl enabling him to rciiroup ,
hit forces nnd bring tin supplies
Hid rclnlorccmcniH wm ui
ng lll upon by yur pittites.
wHATEVEM wc do. let's quit
" UNDEHESTIMATING the
Gtrnmns and tho Japs. No
good ever comes oi iuinu,vfl,.
mstlnii yourenemy.
N Budapest, tho fluhllnu Is
. ...lit. hni'nnpl fliul hlltld CrCll-
jdfs, from house to house and
from street to slrccl. The sur
rounded Germans nro buying dc
Uy with their lives.
All routes Olll oi lilt: .-
eluding the nlr, are In Uussian
hands. Tho reds are by-passing
Budapest and pusninK on "P i"'
Danube toward UrnUtslnva and
Vienna.
TOKYO radio Is going to town
in iim Ilia tl. S. convoy that
Is supposed to bu threading Us
way through tho Inter -island
pinnules from Leyte gulf to Mm-
doro (all the "news wc nave oi
the convov comes from Ihe Japs;
our side naturally hasn't men
dloncd It.)
According to Tokyo, met con
voy consists of 30 transports pro
jected bv 20 warships. The Jap
radio has 10 of the transports
unk already, along with it ft
boat and damage to two of our
transports, one of our cruisers
and two of our destroyers all
jt a cost of four Jap planes.
. Tokvo radio always fights a
igood war on the nir waves.
-
"rr Is probable that wo are send-
mg a convoy to' immiwiu,
which Is our newest base of
operations against Manila, some
'15H nlrlinn miles BWnV. OU'
vlously, we nru giving the japs
nn mnre liiformiitlun uboul it
than wo can help.
NIM1TZ, backing up Mltschcr,
says today the Japs will be
likely to "hurl what is led of
their fleet Into action at any op-
I Meanwhile, London announces
thai II, n rtrlllcli nro readying
two (more) powerful fleets for
action m tne I'Bcine in ii""
.
,THE Jim rndlo snys It will
i "Inkn on mnn In hiirn Tnky
out of existence through Doom
ing alone, even If the nrosont
(uonttnucd on rngo nine;
Logger Found
Dead in Bed
Michael John Joyce, for 12
Vears n wnnrii nmnlnvn In the
Klamath district, wns found dend
In his bed nt Pcllcnn Bay Lum
wr compnny cnnip near Bly on
'aursnny morning, ucccmoer to
Joyce, n nntlvn nf County Gal'
y, Ireland, was 44 nt tho Unic
oi his iliMilli lln In nurvlvccl by
nls parents, both of whom live
. neinim. ttcmnliis nre ni wine
'WKS,
No Mail Delivery
New Year's Day
. Them will be no mnll delivery
no Monday, Now Yenr's Day.
fn Ihe Klamath nnstnfflce will
closed, declared Burt E. HnW'
Kins. nnltnuelnM
. The lobby will rem n In open,
jowover. for the convonienco of
ffrons Imvlng lock boxes, but
h. l.,wm " no window service,
VMLt b CENTS
Year Climaxed By
$12,000,000 Navy
Spending In Basin
By MALCOLM EPLEY
Well, mutes, 11 wns u bitf '
year for the navy, and tho navy I
Hindu 11 a big year for Kliinialh I
Kails. The two military Installa
tions, built here by the navy nl
0 co.it of nearly $12,000,000,
most certainly provided the No.
1 local news story of the year,
and their impact upon Ihe com
munity accounted for several
other Items on the list of "hiti
ten" local stories reviewed hi
this final edition of the dyinii
yea..
Axalnst the black back drop
of war, this western community
went lhroug.h the dramatic
throes of sharp population
K " ins, a niore-than-mild econ
omic boom, and the task of
iunctloiiiiiK as a good liberty
town for thousands o( service
men all of which made 11144
a memorable year In Klamath
history.
At the same lime, the Klam
ath area imiiutalncd Its pace in
production of war-vllnl food
and timber products, dipped its
tinners into sonic of the prob
lems of the future, Inaugurated
important pcocc-timo projects,
and drew lis quota of tragedy,
comedy and controversy.
There Is no question about
giving first place In tho "big
ten" list to the construction and
1 beginning operation of the
Klamath Falls Murine l ar
racks nnd the Klamath
naval air station. Both were
built bv the navy buxenu of
yard and docks, with nulhor
lied construction expenditures
for tho Marine Barracks hitting
a total of $5.34U,0()0, and those
for the ' naval air station ot
teaching $0,353,000, including
about $300,000 at Lnkcview.
This makes a total of $11,
603,000 for construction only,
while operation of tho two in
slnllalions runs Into millions
more. The air -slallon access
road, not Included in the figure,
tho housing project, and other
related Jobs undoubtedly place
the construction total itseir,
stemming from the navy activ
ity nl more than $12,000,000.
All of this bnildini!. nlus the
ffect of the installations upon
the community, made ruamain
.Vl J K J
Hero are some of the tanawg "Mtui that occurred m
nimtroting evonta of 1',"" iLTheso beautie competed
ho memorable year now dying. 1 1 " Bolln. 2-Her i.
In the Miss Klamath e0"'0".'' w, "i ,t,e Distinguished Service
Sergeant Carroll Fairc o, wta ftosm th9 African
Cross, .hewing ouyenir!I' In the lay-out symbolise.
fiffAW Empif ,i9hUn9 m,n
In The Shnnta-Cancade Wonderland
THE BIG TEN'
1. Navy spsnds nearly $12,
000,000 in building two mili
tary installations here.
2. The struggle with hous
ing, ronl end fuol problomi.
3. Sorvico men's hospitality
program.
4. Law enforcement trou
bles, including juvenile delin
quency issuos and accusation
against the pollco chiof. .
5. Huge agricultural pro
duction and the fastost and
biggost fall shipment of pota
toes in basin history.
6. Hoavy war-timo limber
cut continuos, bringing rising
problem of timber supply for
future manufacturing opera
tions. 7. Changing status of Tule
lako Japanose centor.
8. The canal break and sub
urban flood.
9. The elections.
10. Ri-.i of the public power
issuo. ,
one of the hot spots of the state
in 1044.
You don't get things as good
as that without their problems,
and there were many of them
2 here. A housing "shortage
proved a year-long head
ache that was still unre
lieved today, and made steady
news One row housinE pro
ject was built, another bigger
(Continued on Page Nine)
Medford Man
Kills Self ;r
MRDPORD. Dee. 30 (IP) A
48-year-old man stabbed himself
to death on a main street here
last night while his wife and 17-vcar-old
son stood by, Deputy
Coroner Carlos Morris said.
Morris said Benjamin F.
Hcrshbcrgcr had come to the
cafe where his estranged wife
worked, and tried vainly to ef
foM n rernneilintioll.
Aneercd. he slashed nt his
wife with a lonu-bladcd fishing
knife, Morris said, and then
while his son tried vnmly to stop
him turned the knife on him
self- Mrs. Hcrshbcrgcr was not
injured,
7 'tS K lsOMiimiJUkn WMa----- ...... ,7,
Mmim""" 1 , . MM.a ntrlurfli of 1944.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1944
REDS BATTLE
THROUGH CITI
Main Streets of Nazi
Defended Budapest
. Cleared
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Dec. 29 (P) Red
armv troons fighting their way
yard by yard into the heart of
Budapest nave cleared inc ae
fenders from several main
streets after all-night bayonet
battles and grenade-throwing at
close range.
Numerous buildings fell into
Russian hands during the night
and it is believed a major part of
Buda, thai section of Budapest
which stands high on the west
ern bank of the Danube, now is
held by soviet forces.
Steady Progress .
In Pest, across the Danube
from Buda, red army troops
have made steady progress, es
pecially in the southern sector
where most of the . Hungarian
capital's docks and quays are sit
uated. . . - , .
German resistance has stif
fened both In Buda and Pest, but
soviet advances along the Dan
ube have given Marshal Rodion
Malinovsky's forces the possibil
ity of denying virtually all fu
ture river traffic to the Germans
and Hungarians.
Capital Encircled
Striking out from the docks In
'Pest, Russian fighters have ad
vanced tov ard. the heart of the
town.' "None 'it Budapest's' 'atr
(Continued on. Pagei Two) .
That's the wish of The Her
ald and News staff to ALL OF
YOU. .'. . I..---
There will be no publica
tion of this newspaper Mon
day, New Year's Day. giving
all of us a holiday and saving
on precious newsprint.
Tho next paper will appear
Tuesday, January 2.
YARD BY YARD
Camera Highlights of Memorable 1944 In Klamath
.MmgJTshaX Tn at
in the early Itage. of conduction. The navy .pent about $1 X
000000 in conatructlon here, at the barrack, and air .tation.
S-Houslng was . throbbing community headache throughout
fh7 year, and "hi. picture .how. a few of the government.
Convoy
Through
Seas, Nips
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War. Editor '
A huge American troop convoy, Tokyo radio reported today,
has cut through the inland water passages of the. Philippine de
spite three days of Japanese sir attack and turned ' northward
toward Mindoro island and Manila. '
A Tokyo propaganda broadcast designed for Italian consump
tion, claimed that "70 per cent" of . approximately 20 troopships
in the convoy were sunk. It said the remainder reached Mindoro,
just outh of Luzon island, ultimate objective of American re
invasion forces. '
nmjalai MacArthur. who has made no mention even oi
the existence of such a convoy,
arrest any Filipinos who have
their jeopardizing luture military
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
urnulri hurl what's left of their
: : '
STIFF MEMBERS
Charles DeLap, county clerk
elect, who will take over duties
in that office January 1, has
named members of his staff, sev
eral of whom are familiar to visi
tors at the courthouse.
C. C. Heidrlch, present staff
mpmher. has been named lirst
deputy, which .carries the office
of assistant county clerk. Other
deputies will include Elda Beal,
who was- employed for. many
years in that office under the old
DeLap regime, Geneva Garland,
former employe ot county t,ier
Mao K. Short, June Bradbury
Terrlll and Thelma Hubbardiv
DeLap said he ' had not yet
named the-photostalic operaton
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Shoe Rationing .
To Be Tightened
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 ()
Tightening of shoe rationing is
imminent, it was learnea uiuay,
Reliable sources said the cur
rent policy of two pairs a year
cannot be continued in 1945.
They predicted that the next
snoe coupon win not oe vaimai
ed until sometime next summer.
However. Ihe agency is expect
ed to maintain validity of the
three shoo stamps now in use,
airplane stamps IMos. 1, 2 ana o
. ... 1 Vl.M.iik ' Hil
Weather News! '
- -- Dtcamber 80, IflH
Mix. IDee. 3ft) 89 Mln. . 13
PreelplUtlon lit 24 hours 00
81rem year U dat 4.16
Normal .4JL Last year -
rgrecaat: Rain.
Sundar. Sbootinf lloara
Oretoni Open ,.-.... 8:00 Cloie . B:l
TaUlaku Open ... 8:0ft Cloie 8;i3
Clips
directed his military police ' to
aided' the Japanese to prevent
operations.
cautioned that the Japanese
fleet into action, at any oppor-
tunity but spoke with ; .confi
dence of seizing air Dases closer
to Japan, and invading the home
islands themselves. As he spoke
London announced ' two power
ful British fleets were being
prepared to join his surface
units in the racuic in ima.
A Japanese communique re
porting progress of the U. S.
convoy through the Philippines
claimed Nipponese aircraft sank
four . more large transports,
making a total of 10 assertedly
knocked out of the 50-ship com
pany. Newest attacks, - the; ene
my high command said, also
sank a FT boat, damaged two
(Continued on Page Two)
Say
Dehydrated Love Account
Tops '44 Lies in Contest
nlTnT M--TrW U7te. Tn- Oft.
() Love albeit dehydrated
earned tor uapi. nope jmmn,-a
Conway, Ark., - today 3hei undis-
Luted title of World's Champion
iar of 1944," awarded by the
Burlington Liars club, ' unques
tioned critic of -tall-tales."j
' Several years ago the Judges
made an award to a young man
who described how his "wife'
cooked , eggs, then discovered
that the story-teller was a single
man. Mindful of this incident,
the judges noted in nasslng that
Captain.Harrin's writing carried
a certain feminine slant, ponder
ed the given name "Hope" and
wondered if perhaps they hadn t
been "taken in again."
WAC Liar . .
They had been. Investigation
by The . Associated Press . dis
closed that Capt. Harrin is in the
And another Klamath pine bit the du.t In 1944. The lumber
cut ran over 600.000,000 feet, and community interest was
directed to the problem Of getting more man-hour, and cash
ou'of the timber resource, that i. left when the huge war
time cut I. 6ver. 7 A .pectacular local Incident of the year
wa. the f ood that covered the .outhweat .ide of the city and
adjoining .uburb' after a Dreaic in me mam n
Number 10351
FUELTDGO
LISTI CITY
Wood, Coal Products
Included In
' ; Order
Fuel rationing will go Into
effect in Klamath Falls on Tues
rtav mornlnff.
The program, which will In
sure delivery of fuel first to
those greatest in need, .is an
aftermath of the decision of the
government to subsidize fuel
wood shipments into Klamath
Falls to relieve the local short
age. It was described as a coopera
tive arrangement between fuel
dealers and the office of price
administration. With the gov
ernment subsidizing shipments
of fuel , in here, the rationing
was agreed upon to assure this
fuel getting to those most
greatly needing it.
. Wood, Coal Rationed
The rationing covers coal and
wood products, including Presto-logs...
'
. Those users with less than 30
days supply of fuel on hand will
(Continued on Page NineV
Womert'sXarhiy .orps-serving
overseas. .' ' ' " ' ' V-. -
.' ' Here s the champion's story,
adjudged. the best. of 5000. sub
mitted in the-club's 16th annual
contest: ' ; - -
Dehydrated Sweetheart.
! "Two years away from my girl
friend became unbearable. I've
been a mess- officer and nave
done much work with dehydrat
ed foods in the ETO. I wrote to
my girli a petite blond, to go to
a place that processed fresh veg
etables for -overseas shipment
and get herself dehydrated.
"She did.
'ilmmediately her mother put
her in an envelope and sent her
to me air mail. When the letter
arrived. I took her .out. poured
water over her, and in half an
hour she was as good as ever
and here with me. -
DNRATIQNING
11
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SLICED
1
BELGIUM
Three Divisions Hit
In Try to Close ' "
Corridor
WITH U. S. FORCES IN BEL
GIUM, Dec. 30 (IP) The Ger
mans have launched a heavy new
attack on the Bastogne corridor,
throwing three division into an
attempt to close that gap.
Two German division on the
west and one on the east tried to
close the relief corridor to Bas
togne. On the rest of the front, spora
dic fighting wo reported, with
Field Marshal Karl von Rund-'
stedt not tipping his hand for
the next move.
By JAMES M. LONG .
PARIS, Dec. 30 (IP) Ameri
can counterattacks have narrow-1
ed the deep German salient into
Belgium down to 16 miles at one
point, and won back almost one
third of the area in Belgium and
Luxembourg overrun in the nazi
winter offensive.
The hammer blows of the U. S.
third and first armies up to Fri
day morning had surged back as .
much as 13 miles or more irom
the south, and 10 miles from the
north. The German bulge into
Belgium had been narrowed to a
width averaging 20 miles. s '
Salient Reduced
A front dispatch said this sali
ent had been reduced to 16 miles
wide above Bastogne by . Thurs
day. . .... - .
Field reDorts earlier had re-l
ported the German corridor nar- T
rowed to 13 miles above Bastog-
ne, but supreme headquarters 1
announced this was the result ot.
an erroneous measurement at an
army group headquarters, and '
that the distance actually was 16 J
miles itself hazardous enough 1
to the whole German position, i
. Between Towns . j
The 16-mile neck was between 1
Grandmenil on the north and'
Longchamps, nearly four -miles;
above Bastogne. - ,
A front dispatch this evening'
declared U. S. infantry and ar-1
mor hitting the waist of the Ger
man salient "have narrowed the
distance between Manhay in the
(Continued on Page JMinej .
Constitution :
Of Panama
Suspended
BALBOA, 'PANAMA C. Z,
Dec. 30. (IP) A decree suspend
ing Panama's 1841 constitution
has opened the way for Ricardo
Adolf o de la Guardia to retain
the presidency which, under nor
mal conditions, he would yield
soon to an assembly-elected sue-,
cessor. . . . , ,
De la Guardia and nis camnei
i,iert the decree yesterday.
while intense political agitation
swept the little repuDiic. ;
Subsequently it was officially
announced the " cabinet had re
signed. Regency Ofcehed
By Greek King
ATHENS. Dec. 30 (IP) Prime
Minister Churchill's efforts to
solve the Greek crisis Dore iruii
today with an authoritative
statement that Archbishop Da
maskmos probably would, be
sworn in as regent tomorrow as
the result of the assent ot rung
George II.
The archbishop's secretary
said Damaskinos "in all prob
ability" would take tne pain to
morrow and immediately assume
his new duties.
F.nrlier authoritative reports
said King George II had, consent
ed to tne formation ot a regency
after a long talk with Churchill
who has just returned to London
from Athens. '
SP Workers Top
6th Loan Quota
Southern Pacific employes
boomed their war bond sales over
quota in the December 6th War
Lpan, it was announced today; 1
The committee, headed by W.
C. Hughes, O. V. Gibson and
W. J. Paul, reported complete
contact with employes.
Sales today had reached $59,
526.75, as compared with a quota
of $54,000.
Tillorson and
Blohm
It is traditional for this
newspaper to carry. In it.
final December edition, busi
ness review, and preview
from the two manager of
the local bank Mitchell
Tlllotson of the First Nation
al, and Godfrey Blohm of
the V. S. National. Theie
worthwhile article will be
found on page seven.
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