MI
Day's lews
By FRANK JENKINS
IF wo make any resolutions nt
nil at the beginning of this
new year, tills should head the
ist:
So fnr lis I inn personally coll-
crnod. I will devote my efforts
from horn on to the winning of
i - i i ...in Mm'
kllO Will Ilia, "hi ...iwva-
cstlmato our enemies; I will not
jump to wishlul-thinklng conclu
sions; 1 will leiivo the problems
of peace until the problem of
winning the wnr is solved."
TF we will ull do that, to the
full extent of our ability with
in the limitations of our jobs,
the war will be won mora
quickly.
WINNING THE WAR Is our
no. i job.
WITH the news that wo get
" about two days behind
events, the western front is still
more or less of u mystery.
The Germans have been
stopped in their first bis counter
offensive effort on the western
front. It seems wholly Improba
ble that they will STAY
STOPPED without further
bloody effort.
Over the long week-end, they
have done nothing much more
(as this is written) than to throw
in a bigger nirforce than wo had
loocn thinking for some time
xney possess, as neuriy as we
can judge by the news, they lost
a lot of planes without getting
much of anywhere.
WHAT we're wondering Is
" whether this air effort is
i designed merely to slow down
and upset OUR air effort or Is
the prelude to another ground
offensive at another point. Big
air battles have a habit of pre
ceding big ground battles.
There is nothing as this Is
written to offer a definite hint.
We'll merely have to wail and
see,
AT the moment, the battle of
Belgium could be rather ac
curatcly described as the Battle
of the Flanks.
The Germans struck first
where two of our armies joined,
hoping to tear their flanks apart
r and break through. Then wo
struck at the flunks of the wedgo
they had driven Into our line.
, The ucrmans are now siriKing
fat the flanks of our flanking
wedges.
It Is a confusing situation os
the news of it comes over the
cables and the air. We still seem
justified in the conclusion that
the enemy fuilcd in his first ob
jective, which certainly must
have been to break through our
line, fan out in our rear, wrccK
our communications and trap
and perhaps destroy several oi
our armies.
Failing the first time, it seems
probable thut he win try some
where else.
THE battle for Budapest, which
thn nttitir 0iin.Hn(f fnrt.
rcss of the Danube valley route
into Germany, has developed in
to another Stalingrad, with the
Germans on tho defending end
Their purpose is essentially the
same as thai oi the Kussians ni
Stalingrad to gain time,
The Russians have swung
around the city, and arc moving
on UP the Danube on both sides.
Brataslava and Vienna arc the
next guarding fortresses in their
pain. hTcsumaniy tne acicnsc oi
tnese cities will be as siunuorn
as the defense of-Budapest.
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offensive in Poland the Kussians
arc said to have promised a few
nf Ihn Hniflnnltw nF flin cri-nflf
nays ago. Time Is slipping py.
inc time for winter lignung,
when the ground turns hard and
firm under the winter frosts, is
here.
Most of us have the feeling
that if the Russians DID nrom
isc the offensive, they will make
good. They have broken no flat
promises so far.
As yet, we have not heard the
promise directly from the Kus
sians themselves, but have mere
ly been told that it lias been
made.
H'
IITLER comes out of his long
I cllr-,n Ir. molfn fl unnnh
I whoso general tenor Is that If
the war ends In 1045 it will be
OirniiMh a flnrmnn trlflnrv
cause Germany NEVER will Bur
! render.
He may be merely whistling
in a graveyard. He may be toll
ing us that if we'll offer terms
that arc reasonable peace can
be arranged.
ur it may not be rimer at an.
Thnrn nm an manu IHlncfB ttt
the moment, In the war in Eu
rope, that do not meet the eye.
A BOUT, all that wo on tho
home front can do at the
moment Is to HANDLE OUR
WAR JOBS, whatever they moy
be, in the best possible way wo
can, and wait for the situation
to clear. '
War Bulletin
Jan. 2 W) German troops have
gained ground In counterattacks
.between Saarbrucken and Saar
Ueutern and east of Sarregue-Imincs,
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Menaced Isle
Hit By Yank
Air Attacks
GENERAL M.cARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippine.
Jan. 2 (H) Land-bated American bombers on Mtndoro have
opened attacks In force to the far reaches of Invasion-menaced
Luton liland. bagging three enemy warships and five cargo
vessels In one such strike ISO miles above Manila, but signs
alto are accumulating oi attempted enemy counteraction against
Mlndoro.
Today's communique, which listed the sinking or probable
sinking of three destroyers, three 8000-ton irelghter-traniporlt
and two tmeller cargo vetteli at Llngayen gull, alto ditcioied
interne activity of Japanete ammunition trains on touthweit
Luton lutt north of Mlndoro.
LONDON, Jan. 2 (IP) Fall of
13 mln, western section of Danube-straddling
Budapest, appear
ed to be only a matter of hours
today ns the doomed nuzl garri
son crumbled beforo attacking
Russian forces utilizing virtually
every weapon known in modern
warfare.
A communl(iio broadcast ear
ly lonay irom Moscow sum tne
greatly outnumbered German
and Hungarian defenders hud
lost more than 1000 men killed
yesterday in savaga street fight
ing and had been compressed in
to nn area less than four miles
wide and a mile deep.
Ousted From Buda
(A Cairo radio broadcast last
night said all the Germans had
been driven from Buda, but
there was no confirmation from
Russian or German sources.)
Thn communique also said so
viet forces Jjad occupied. 200 nd
ditionul blocks In Buda yester
day, bringing to COa tho num
ber now under Russiun domina
tion. Tho Russians knocked out 24
German tanks nnd 13 armored
troop carriers and took 420 pris
oners, tho first big bag of cap
tives slnco the soviet broke
through the western defenses of
tho capital several years ago.
Mortar Fire
Katushas, giant rocket mor
tars, were brought Into the capi
tal on Hoots of American-made
trucks to blast street fortifica
tions. Desperate German coun
terattacks with tanks and self
propelled guns were crushed In
the overwhelming red army as
sault with flnmc-throwors anil
heavy guns that threatened to
demolish tho battle-scarred capi
tal. Other Russian forces captured
14 more places and drove within
two miles of Losonc (Luccnec),
Slovak communications hub on
the Hungarian frontier above
Budapest.
Admiral Ramsay
Killed in Crash
PARIS, Jan. 2 (IP) Admiral
Sir Bertram Ramsay, 61, allied
naval commander in chief on
the western front, wat killed
today "in an accident" while
flying to a conference In Bel
glum, tuoreme headquarters
announced.
Sir Bertram, who planned
the naval phases of the land
ings in western France as well
at of the North African and
Mediterranean operations, was
the second allied commander
lost In an air crash in two
months. Air Chief Marshal
Trafford L. Leigh-Mallory,
head of the allied aerial forces,
was previously reported milt
ing en route to a new station
in the southeast Atla com
mand. It was Sir Bertram who en
gineered the Dunkaroue res
cue oi 305,000 British and
French soldiers In 1940.
Robert Folkes Execution
Set for 9 Friday Morning
SALEM, Jan. 2 IP) The ex
ecution of Robert E. Lee
Folkes, 23-ycnr-old negro dining
car cook convicted of the
lower 13" murder, has been
scheduled fnr 0 a. m. Friday, n
half hour later than Is custom
ary. Prison Warden George Al
exander announced today.
prisoners are taken from
their cells and turned out into
tho prison yard during execu
tions to prevent disturbances,
Alexander explained, Since
ihcy can't bo sent outside in
tho dark, tho gassing of Folkes
has been delayed until it be
comes light.
Alexander said toikcs does
not appear nervous, and that
he Is eating well. He is gain
ing weight rapidly.
in Th
Saturday, the sumo duy that
medium bombers, attuck planes
ana iignier numbers flew 100
miles northwest uf Manila to
Llngayen, mora than SO marine
Corsairs blew up uu rntlro am
munition train, strafed three
others and uttnekrd 20 locomo
tives in tho Uatangiis area,
Batangus is 23 over water
miles north of Mlndoro Island
and roughly 100 miles from the
new Yank Mlndoro busu at Sun
Jose, which sunt tho strong
forco of raiders to Llngayen.
Tho enemy Is continuing to
ruld MacArtuur's Mlndoro posi
tion, established by un invasion
December 13 which cut west
across tho central Philippines
from conquered Lcyle.- Today's
communique said 13 Nipponese
aircraft attacked the San Josa
sector Saturduy, with three
downed by anil -aircraft gum
and night interceptors. -
ARMY PLANE CRACKS
IIP NEAR LORELLA
A P-38 army piano crashed
Sunday nt 3 p, m., two miles
northeast of Lorclln, carrying
the pilot to his death.
The plane, thought to have
been based nt Gardner field,
Calif., was on a routine training
flight with four other P-30's.
Tho pilot's nume was given as
Flight Officer Harold M. Bough
on, Texas City, Tex,
An ambulance crew from the
Klamath nnvul air station was
dispatched to tho sccno when
residents of that area advised
them that a plane had crashed
and exploded near the W, D.
Campbell place. A military es
cort is expected here to take the
body of the young flier to Kan
sas City. The body Is nt Whit
lock's. Reason for the crash was not
announced.
Negrin to Help
Oust Franco
LONDON. Jan. 2 (Jfl Dr.
Juan Negrin, former premier of
tho Spanish republic, declared
tonight he would help overthrow
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
and cstab Ish "a stable, tolerant
and progressive republic" in
Sna n.
He released a statement after
the British government refused
to permit him to broadcast it to
a moss meeting later tonight in
Madison Squoro Gordon, New
York.
Klamath Men
Hurt in Action
Two Klnmnlh Falls' men were
listed ns wounded in action in
tho European theater. Next of
kin hove been advised as to any
chnngo In status.
PFC Elmer L. Abell, husband
of Mrs. Cleo M. Abell, route 3,
box 41, Klamath Fnlls, was out
of thoso named and tho other
was Pvt. John F. Tripp, son of
Mrs. Stella W. Tripp, 116 Old
Fort road.
Alexander snld there is an
unprecedented demand for ad
mission to tho execution, and
that hn will keep a close check
to hold the number of specta
tors down. The average num
ber of witnesses at executions
Is 75.
Plea for Clemency
Governor Earl Snell has a
plea from relatives end friends
of Folkes to commute the sen
tence to life imprisonment, If
the governor does grant clem
ency, he would Issue a state
ment. But If hoi refuses clemency,
It Is his custom not to Issue a
statement, because of the
chance that some new evidence
might bo discovered at the last
minute.
Shania-Cancade Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1945
BYRNES ASKS
4-F Draft for Limited
Service, War Work
Proposed
Br The Associated Press
Here. In brief, ore War Mo
blllzer Byrnes' now Idea for
tho homo front:
That 4-F's should bo drufted
for limited military servlco or
war Jobs If present manpower
controls feu to do tne nocuco
lob.
That congress should pass leg
islation backing up war labor
bourd orders.
That larger draft calls will
have to coma In tlia next few
months; reconsideration of farm
deferments may be required.
That work of reconverting to
civilian production must be
shelved "until our military men
tell us they have enough."
WASHINGTON. Jan. I (Pi-
Drastic manpower proposals,
edging closer to tho ''work or
fight" act which lawmakers
have long avoided, were thrown
today Into tho battle on the
home front.
Advanced by James F. Byrnes,
the program would force 4-F
men Into war roles and put
statutory teeth Into manpower
rules if present labor controls
fall to spur tho nation arma
ment output to needed levels.
Tho suggestions! made by
Byrne Inst night in hi first re
port as diruuloc-of-Uut-uffica-of
war mobilization and reconver
sion, are still merely throat.
They are, moreover, at the mercy
of a congress which ha shown
reluctance to Interfere with a
man freedom to choose his Job
But war agency officials tiro
phosled that the whip-cracking
document would add momentum
to the home front effort merely
by disclosing the sternness of
enforcement measures which the
administration Is willing to. sup
port. , '
PORTLAND, Jan. 2 (P Two
ton officials of Montgomery
vVard's Portland store were dis
charged by the army today, and
Dotn retorted that they would
stay on the Job until removed
by force.
MaJ. Mclvln Klinefelter sent
letters of dismissal to the two
this morning "becauso they re
fuse to cooperate In carrying
out tho terms of a war . labor
board order regarding wages
and other union agreements.
Tho two, O. W. Huddlcston.
manager of the mall order de
partment, and E. L. Berth, man
ager of the retail store, were
still sitting in their offices at
noon, despite tho letter order
ing tnom to "leave, the prcm
l.'.es Immediately."
CHICAGO, Jan. 2 UP) The
army began replacing key ner-
sonncl In other seized Mont
gomery Ward and company
properties today after MaJ.
Gen. Joseph W, Byron, the
military manager, said top offi
cials and other employes had
refused to cooperato In army
operations,
Army discharged personnel
faced possible sclcctlvo service
reclassification, General Byron
said, adding that any employes
who Interfered with the army
would bo subject to "severe
penalties under the law." 1
Cliff ord Frold
Hurt in Germany
PFC Clifford E. Frold, 24,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Frold,
3113 Allamont drive, has been
wounded in action In Germany,
according to wofd received
Saturday night bv the youth's
parents, Frold was serving with
the 310th Infantry at the time
he was wounded.
Frold was graduated . from
Klamath Union high school
with the class of 1037, He was
employed at Kesterson's at the
time of his Induction In 1042.
He took his training at various
camp in the United State and
wont overseas In September.
Frold saw action during the
early campaign in Belgium,
DRASTIC
PLAN
FOR MANPOWER
LSTs Line
i ''-4 :V Vvvi;,-
LSTs line one of Mlndoro'
of the Philippine!.
Espionage Agents Arrested
By FBI Officials in Easi
NEW YORK. Jan. 2 (IP) FBI
officials remained silent today
as to how they picked tip the
trail of two alleged nuzl espion
age agents who, tho FBI said,
slipped ashore from a U-boat No
vember 29 near Hancock Point,
Me.
In the remote Maine fishing
village, Deputy Sheriff Dana
Hodgklns said Ills son, Harvard,
17, a high school student, spot
ted the men tho night they land
ed walklnu along a snow-cover
ed highway near his home, but
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OFFICIALS OF CITt
New and re-elected members
of the city and county official
families wero ready today to
take over their duties for the
new official terms starting with
the year 1043.
County officials were sworn
In beforo Circuit Judge David
R. Vandcnbcrg Tuesday morn-
Inn, and new cUv offlclnls were
to lake their oaths of office, ad
ministered by Police Judgo Har
old Krancy, at tonight s council
meeting.
sworn in
Thoro was one new face In
tho county group. Charles Do-
Lap, son of an old-tlmo county
clerk. C. It. D e L a p. become
county clerk ns successor, to
Mae K, Short. The other now
courthouse official, District At
torney Clarenco Humble, a
stato officer, has filed his oath
with the secretary of state.
Thoso re-elected who ucgan
new terms today were County
Judge U. E. Rceder, County
Commissioner John Rcbcr nnd
Sheriff Lloyd L. Low. ur.
George H. Adlcr, coroner, and
Mrs. Chester Langslot, rcpro-
(Continucd on Pngo Tlircc)
Actress Shot on
Hunting Trip
ban nivnn rnllf . .Tnn. 2 (IPt
Qitmn Pnlnr 23. Knllvwnod nC-
tress, was In serious condition
In Morcy hospital nero toaay as
result of an accidental shooting
while on a duck hunting trip
,,n rnvnmnpn Inko R.1 miles
northeast of here. She Is a na
tive or npoKunc.
Miss Peters was shot, the sher-
tfr. nflin rnnnHnrl m uh n r.
trlcvcd the barrel of'n 22 caliber
rifle from under a nusn wnerc
it hnd been hidden. Tho trigger.
In on exposed position, caught
on n branch and- discharged, a
shell which hod not been re
moved from tho firing chamber
when tho stock was separated
from the bolt action rlflo, Sher
iff's Copt, Herbert Kennedy
said.
FDR to Meet Soon
Vfith Leaders
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2 (A1)
President Roosevelt indicated to
congressional leaders today that
he plans to meet "sometime
soon' with Prime Minister
Churchill and Premier Stalin.
Leaving a White House con
ference, Senato Minority Lead
er Burkley told reporters:
"Tho prosldent Indicated that
some time soon without Indi
cating the date or place he will
meet with Churchill and Stalin."
House Majority Leader Mc
Cormuck hastened to add "Probably."
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Beach at Mindoro As Yanks Invade
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beache as men and tuppllet
Inspector Earl Connelly, of the
FBI said the boy's story was not
relayed to authorities until De
cember 4 while the FBI was In
vestigating other leads which
Connelly cid not divulgo.
Arrested In New York
The men, FBI Director J. Ed
gar Hoover said, had come
ashoro in n rubber boat at night
after their, submarlno had lain
off. the coast of Maine for a
week. They were arrested sev
eral days ago In the New York
area, he added.
' .'The men, Hoover .said,, cai
riea sou.uuu in American money,
automatic pistols, comtwss. cam
era, secret inks and a variety
of draft paper and discharges
irom tne navy. . ,
Agents identified .'
Hoover Identified tho Alleged
csplonaga agents as William
Curtis Colcpaiigh, 28, a United
States citizen of Nianlic, Conn.,
and Erich Gimpcl, 33, a German
who was a radio engineer in
souin America.
Tho landing was mado at Han
cock Point In Frenchman's Bav.
Mc., Hoover said, adding that
the men had supplied a full
story of their activities ince
coming ashore.
Commenting on the arrests
and the recent discoveries of
two Japanese balloons in Ore
gon and Montana, which he said
might have carried spies Instead
of explosives, Hoover declared
these were evidence of an es
pionage and sabotage offensive
against, the entire American
hemisphere, ,
Woman Killed By
Deer Hunter
ALBANY, Jan. 2 UP) Mrs.
Charles Duncan was killed last
night whilo dishwashing In her
trailer homo by a hunter who
mistook the windows' reflection
for the eyes of a deer. Deputy
Coroner John Summers said to
day. Tho hunter, thinking tho deer
had not yet fallen, , continued
firing through the trailer until
Duncan r u s h a d out . crying
"Stopl You've killed someone,"
One bullet narrowly missed the
Duncans' infant, asleep in a
crib.
Summers Identified the hunt
er as Lea J. Matthews, logger,
who called stato polico of his
own accord. Summers quoted
Matthews as saying that ho and
three friends wore spotlight
huntng deer when they glimpsed
what they thought a deer's eyes
about 500 yards away. ,
48 Killed in Crash of SP
Train in Utah; 83 Injured
OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 2 (P)
Names of only seven persons
remained undisclosed today In
a toll of 48 killed In ,1044's
worst railroad accident, a Sun
day collision involving two
sections of Southern Pacific's
Pacific Limited,
Announced were tho names
of 14 civilians, 15 navy person
nel, 11 soldiers and one marl
tlmo servlco man,
Two other service men, a
const guardsman and a marine.
were killed but announcement
of their names waited notifica
tion of next of kin. Flvo civil
ians, two -men - and three
women, were not fully Identi
fied. .
Eighty-three nersona were in
jured, Of these 39 were civil
ians, Including 18 railroad men,
and 44 were In tho armed sorv-
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U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR.
Jan. 2 ()') The long untouched
topic of possible Russian partici
pation in the war against Japan
was out in the open today, with
Adm. Chester W. Nlmllz, a key
figure in the Pacific struggle,
permitting war correspondents
to quoto him as saying ho would
welcome such an eventuality.
(This terse but perhaps signifi
cant comment by the five-star ad
miral came at a time when the
soviet press has been dealing
bluntly with- the Japanese mili
tary situation. Pravdn last week
said "tho development of Pacific
events becomes ever more un
favorable for Japan.") -On
Agenda
Nimltz, back from a tour of
the forward areas, Including Sal
pan which is sending the Super
fortresses to Japan, told a press
conference yesterday that land
ings on the China coast remained
high on the agenda; but he said
the enemy's tenacity, illustrated
by unrelenting resistance by by-
fiassed Islands, made it necessary
o contemplate invasion of Ja
pan itself.
The Pacific leader was cau
tiously optimistic but ho made
clear rough going was just
ahead.
Queried
Then he was asked:
"Would you welcome Russian
participation in the Pacific war
on our side?" .
"Yes," he promptly onswered.
"I am glad you put that last
phrase in 'on our side.' "
Another ally of the European
war theater, Great Britain, was
warmly welcomed into , the Poci
flo ocean scene. Nimltz snld tho
big British fleet which will be
put into action has not arrived
but the work of British nnvul
units there already is .having a
good effect.
254 Killed Over
Holiday Weekend
By The Attociated Prets
A total of 254 persons were
killed In tho United States dur
ing tho three-day New Year's
ho'lday weekend.
The death toll this year was
boosted by 48 fatalities In a
collision of two Southern Pa
cific trains near Ogden, Utah,
Sunday. Otherwise, traffic mis
haps accounted for 08 deaths,
with 54 attributed to fires and
58 from miscellaneous causes.
Lost year tho New Year's
death toll was 242, traffic acci
dents causing 150 fatalities.
Iccs.
have
Pltlll!
Eleven of the Injured
been released from hos-
Of tho civilian dead not fully
identified, ono was a dining car
waller on the train, one was a
negro boy nnd three were
women, ono about 35, another
about 22 and tho third about 20.
The body of a dining car
waiter was identified today ns
that of Harry Madden of Oak
land, Calif.
A coroner's inquest Into the
accident was ordered for Jan
uary 9.
Tho tragedy occurred curly
Sunday when the Pacific Lim
ited' mail end express section
smashed at high speed Into the
rear of tho first section, a pas
senger unit, on. the rock cause
way crossing a shallow arm of
Great Salt lake, '
GERMANS PULL f
HNSFH
BELGIAN BULGE
Yank Air Force Hits
Fleeing Reich
Troops
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 2 (It1) Field
Murshul Kurl von Rundstedt was
reported by American airmen to
day to be pulling two armored,
columns eastward away f r o nv
his Belgian bulge, us Lt. Gen.
George S. Putton's tankmen
slugged further into the narrow..
Ing neck of the salient.
U. S. ninth air force fighter
bombers lashed into the cast
bound columns, wrecking 69 of
moro thun 100 tanks and other
vehicles, and leaving more than,
75 enemy troops lying dead or
wounded on the ground. Theso
German movements were at
tacked In the area of St. Vlth,
near the base of the G e r m a it
wedge, nnd near Ambleve, live
miles to the northeast.
Although news of devcloD.
merits in tho Ardennes bulge
still was being released 36 hours
later ul Headquarters, field dis
patches Indicated that the peri
meter of the nazis' salient was
comparatively stable today.
llio Headquarters reports said
Patton had advanced more than
two miles into the south side of
tho Belgian bulge north of Bas-i
tognc in heavy attacks.
13-Mllo Waiit
Potion's main offensive thrust
was north of Bastogne from the
Lonachamps area where the
waist of the bulge last was re
ported only 13 miles wide. From
three to five German divisions
wero reported earlier In tho
week to be west of Bastogne. :
At least nine towns were an-'
nounccd as cantured. Most were
on the perimeter of the corridor-
through uaslognc, wnlcn iront
dispatches said were widened
and strengthened. Theso wero
Hubcrmont Houmont, imenonge,
Rcmangc, Wardin, Molrcy, Mc
Fee and bitterly contested Har
langc, six miles southeast of
Bastogne. The ninth was Editor-'
nacli, In Luxembourg, at the
German frontier.
A sedan, which skidded. 485
feet on Riverside avenue's icy
pavement near midnight New
Year's eve, crashed into the Link
River auto camp office com-'
pletely demolishing the build
ing and injuring two passengers
in the car.
William Porker, 33, route 3,
box 451, lumber worker, was ar
rested by city police and charged
with reckless driving. He en
tered a plea of guilty and waa
to bo sentenced late Tuesday by
Police Judgo Harold Franey.
Parker was slightly Injured,
his wife received a bad head cut
near the eye but was reported
improved at Klamath Valley hos
pital late Tuesday. A third pas
senger in tho enr, a young wo
man, was uninjured.
Police said that the car hit
with such force that a one-ton.
safe was sent spinning across the
small office and the entire side
of the building was caved in.
Tile car was demolished. Own
ers of the auto camp, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Heiken, were not in
the building at the time as was
their custom. They had closed
up a short time before the crash,
Heiken said he had just remod
eled the building. Damage was
estimated in excess of $1000.
Quiet Holiday
Reported Here
Stale police reported a quiet
nnd uneventful double holiday
without a single major traffic
accident to mar the weekend.
Robert Eoal, Beatty, was ar
rested Saturday night and
lodged in tho Bly jail on a
chargo of operating a motor ve
hicle while under the influence
of liquor. Ho was to appear
Tuesday before Justice of tho
Pcaco Jack Grltlon of Bly. -
Several minor accidents In
volving dent fenders were re
ported and a low drunks wero
picked up, making It one of
the quietest Now Year's for
quite some time. v
Patrols Probe J
Italian Areas
ROME, Jan. 2 (IP) Fifth
army patrols probed enemy po
sltions today In the Serchlo val
ley sector of the Italian front,
where the short-lived nnzi thrust
of lust week appears definitely
ended. 1
At the same time, allied pres
sure was maintained further
west In the Tyrrhenian coastal
Brca where the Germans -were
Inst reported massing men and
equipment.