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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1945
Number 10353
DPA CHARGES
YANK
ARMORED
flILURETO
USE POINTS
NEAR
BA5T0GM
i; Kestauranrs. uea ers
I ' i In Meat Here
f Accused .
Chorues nf ncllliiu and obluliv
Jng rationed incuts without tlio
exohanHo of led points, were
filed this weeK lignum oimu
Klamath Full restaurants, line
matt wholesaler mill miu meal
retailer by the I'tirllniid district
office (if tho office or prlcn ad
ministration. Charge were) tlui
tint filed In Kliimuth county
lnci rationing vvunt Into effect.
Hearings with scheduled fur
Wednesday and rmirsniiy in tne
local OI'A officii, conducted by
Commissioner J. Palmer Mitch-
ell, oCflco of administrative lit nr
lim. Sun Francisco, mid Cecelia
P, Gallagher, OI'A attorney,
Portland district ufflcc.
Restaurants Cltod
8lnli'd to appear before the
board Wednesday were Wlncinu
Coffee shop. Kluinath llllllurdii,
MaX S LollCC Blllip, IlI'Mllllcr-
gcr'a cafe, and E. D. Trulove,
alauuhtercr.
Those unncurlim Thursday
Will be H. F. Kimland, dolnii
btuincsn us tho Kuule vufe; It. t
Knulmul. doliiu business in the
New K en(e; It. K. England,
doing busliu-.is aa Trulove a Mar
Jcet; the Depot cafe und the Ail'
chor cafe.
No Polnli. Charge
Restaurants Involved arc
ehsrucd with having bought
meet for which they did not pay
points. They are alleged to have
obtained their meats from Tru
love's Market, Mla Gulhitfhcr
(aid. The charge aualiut l.nu
land n net Trulovo Involve scllInK
meat to theso rcstiiuraiita and
(Continued on Pago Three)
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REJECTED BY FWA
Tlio city of Klnmath Kalis'
: request for Lanhiini Act fund!)
; lor the construction of n city
fe . Jail , was rejected on tho basin
I of Insufficient war connected
f need, members of the city coun
5 ctl learned Tuesday night.
In a letter from W. II. Cheney,
' regional director of tho federal
t works agency, the city was ad
' vised that action had been taken
ii by FWA ufler careful review of
t the petition, but not sufficient
I war connected need was ahown
to warrant favorable consider
i a I Ion "under existing war time
, criteria."
"While construction of nevf
facilities may bo deslrablo from
i an i overall community stand
' point," Cheney stated, "It does
not appear that the area has ex
s perlenced a substantial populii
: tlon incrcuso to permit u find.
: lug f war need."
Cheney suggested to the conn
; e!S that the proposed new Jail
' be Included in a post-war public
works program, Indicating that
federal aid mlitht be available
after the war.
Councilman HoIIIii Cantrall,
i anxious to keep the Jail situ-
?tion nllve, mado a motion that
ha mutter bo turned over to the
planning commission fur further
i Study. Tho motion passed .
M'lntyre Accepis
New Position
Tlio First Federal Savlnfis
.and Loan association Wednes
day announced that Gcorgo W.
; Mclntyrc, for in o r o than 20
Scare iifrilintcd with tlio First
atlonnl bank, had accepted tho
post as iisslstant to the presi
dent, C, S. ioberlon. Mclnlyro
'resigned his bank office Janu
Sary 1, nnd takes over his new
jdutlen Janunry 0.
' Mclnlyro camo to Ktnirialh
, Falls from Portland In tho fall
.of 1924, nftcr having been em.
Jiloycd by n bond house there
ollowinK iittciulanco at the
(University of OrcKun. Ho bo
came afflllntccl with First Nat
ional at which llmo the lato J.
'A, Gordon was president, nnd
Leslie Honors was cashier.
I Dui liiK his years of residence,
iMelntyre has bean nctivc in
iclvlc affairs. Ha Is president of
tho Klamath Community Con
cert association, a member of
I tho board of elders of the First
(Presbyterian church, tho city
library board, Klwnnis club,
land served as co-chnlrmnn on
tho .Salvation Army drive to
clear the indebtedness of that
(organization, Mclntyro Is a vet
eran of World War I, bavins
served ono year In France, and
is married to tho former Elolse
McPhcrson, They hnvo two chil
dren, Mclnlyre served as assistant
cashier at the Klamath Falls
branch of tho First National
Bank of Portland at tho time
of his leaving that post, Samuel
A. Mushen will replace Mcln
tyre at the present time.
New
mmpm mm ,
LatSataMiaWir)ir friWH ii
Mavor Ed Oitendorf with newly-elected and hold over officers.
table Tuesday night as they officially took office. Standing, left
Landrv. who reolaces Walter
Berry, taking over duties of Ruth O. Bathlanyi Councilman Angus Newton, replacing A. H. Buss
man. Ward 1. Around the council table, left to right. Councilman Harvey Martin, Police Judge
Harold Franey, Councilman J. J, Keller, . president of the council, and Rollin Cantrall.
a
Klamath chamber of com
merce directors today adopted a
report of the chamber's special
power committee, favoring an In.
vesication by the state hydro
electric commission of tho feasi
bility of rstabllshlnK a public
utilities district In this area.
Ed Geary, chairman of the
committee, submitted its report,
stathiK that tho committee feels
there Is as much technical Infor
mation Involved in the PUD
(liiestlon that an engineering
study by tlio hydroelectric com
mission is In order. Petitions arc
to be circulated asking tho com
mission for such an investiga
tion, supported by a number of
Klamath itroups, now including
the chamber of commerce.
Tho state Investigation will be
necessary beforo any public vote
is attempted on a PUD.
The chamber action Is similar
to that taken by tho directors of
the Klamath irrigation district.
Discussion of the possibility of a
PUD eiinic up after Bonneville
officials stated here that Donne
vlllo is asking for a budget item
for a transmission line into this
area.
Tho chamber power commit
tee informally discussed report
ed proposals for a shift of Klam
ath basin water into tho Pitt
river watershed, and suggested
that this mntlcr be turned over
to the land use committee for
watch and study. The committee
members said they all favored
reservation of every drop of wat
er necessary tor the greatest po
tential use for irrigation in the
Klamath area.
All Victims
Identified
OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 3 (P) All
of the 4B dead in Sunday's rail
road wreck near here have been
identified, tlio Southern Pacific
announced today.
Tho last to be Identified was
Mrs. Wllford Smith of Portland,
Maine, whose husband, a navy
enlisted man, also died In the
wreck.
The Southern Pacific said In
San Francisco that identification
of two other women had been
completed. They were Mrs. Mary
A. Pcavy of Scotland, Ga whose
husband, BM 1 c Fred L. Pcavy,
USN, was killed In tho crash,
and Astrld Hagglund of Oak
land, Calif.
New Rehabilitation Plan
For Marines Set in Motion
A complete new plan of re
habilitation for the more than
3000 marines at the Barracks
and n streamlined system of ad
ministration has been set In
motion by Col. George Van Or
den, effective January 1.
In addition to the headquar
ters nnd service companies the
more or less permanent person
nel two battalions have been
created, commanded by Ma).
Goodwin R. Luck and MaJ. Jo
seph J. Foss. Men In these units
nro undergoing a 13-wcck train
ing program before being trans
ferred. As before, when a man com
pletes his lour of duty in Klam
ath Falls, he may request trans
fer to a station near his homo,
and a marine coming In from the
Pacific Is given a furlough be
foro hl training begins.
Training Program
This trolnlng consists of mili
tary schooling, athletics and
outdoor work. One-half of each
company Is scheduled to engage
In military routine In the morn
ing and athletics In the otter-
Administration Takes
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4 V,
ewly-elected and hold over ol
if irr is tv I
Wletendanqer. ward 4 Mayor Oitendorf, City Treasurer Ruth O
City Officials Sworn In;
New Committees Appointed
The new administration of the
city of Klamath Fulls took office
Tuesday night. . - .
The onth of office' was admin
istered by Police Judge Harold
Franey to Mayor Ed Ostendorf,
Councllmon Paul O, Landry and
Angus Newton, City Attorney
Henry Perkins ond City Treas
urer Ruth O. Horry.
Groott Officials
Retiring Mayor John Houston,
following his annual report to
FAIL
CALLED BY BYRNES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 (VP)
James F. Byrnes called on se
lective service today to take
steps for tho Immodiuto Induc
tion Into the armed services of
men 18 through 25 who now
have agricultural deferments.
Presidential Secretory Steph
en Early said the war mobiliza
tion director had made the re
quest to Ma). Gen. Lewis B.
Hcrshcy "because of represen
tations made to him by the army
and navy that they must have
men."
PORTLAND, Jan. 3 (P) The
slate selective service director
said today that drafting of de
ferred farm workers would af
fect the dairy industry more
than any other Oregon agricul
tural group.
Col. E. V. Wooton, who said
his office has not yet received
the official order from Wash
ington, declared that "more than
50 per cent of the 1500 young
men who would be affected by
such an order arc operators of
dairy farms. In this group we
find the sons of farm owners
who hove shouldered the respon
sibility of their family holdings,
and only a few hired hands,"
Turks to Break
With Japanese
LONDON, Jan. 3 W) The An
kurn radio announced tonight
the Turkish grand national as
sembly had voted unanimously
to break off diplomatic and eco
nomic relations with Japan, ef
fective next Saturday. ,
noon on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays, while
the other half is occupied on
work projects.
The sections alternate in the
training, which is directed by
Lt. Col, Waif ried H. Fromhold.
Tho whole urogram is based
upon medical policy to provide
the amount of cxcrclso and out
door life deemed beneficial to
the marine veterans, and fitted
into a military program designed
to Increase professional effi
ciency and develop character.
Films put out by the war and
navv dooartmcnts are to bo
used In the training as far as
nossib e. as a standardization
measure, and the subjects
chosen to be Interesting to men
with overseas and combat ex
perience. Instructors
Officers and NCOs In ench
company will be called upon to
act as Instructors In the various
subjects. Because of tho largo
number of rated men at tho
Barracks, those NCOs not needed
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Over
I " at ii iTinaafa I
gathered around the council
to right
Councilman Paul O.
nounccd, and also those of G. C.
Tatman and R. C. Dale from the
civil service commission.
' . Keller Re-elected
J. J. Keller, veteran member
the council, greeted the new of
ficials and extended best wishes
for a successful term of office.
First act on taken bv Mavor
Ostendorf was appointment of
committees which the council af
firmed. The res filiation of A. M.
Collier as chairman of the re
creation committee was an
ol the council, was unanimously
rc-etecica president of the couiv
cil for another four-vear term.
Fred Robinson, one of the four
fathecs .to. appear two weeks ago
In tho interest of the curfew law
as it affects children en xo u t e
home from school and church
functions, innuircd as to what
action nan Dccn made on revis
inc me ordinance. This was
passed over to City Attorney
Perkins to report beck at the
next meeting and will also be re
ferred to the recreation com
mittee. Request Granted
Cltv Treasurer Berrv'a rennet
that Eva Dickson be named her
deputy, was granted.
ur. M. c Cassel, appointed
temporary chairman of the re
creation committee, was asked
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BEGINS SESSION
' B JACK BELL
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3 W)
The 79th congress was convened
Willi war-born solemnity today
as the nation girded :'or a critical
year, both at home and abroad.
As If stressing the prime im
portance of the manpower prob
lem, the White Hous e greeted
the assembling lawmakers with
an announcement that - young
farm workers, now deferred,
must be drafted ''to the full ex
tent permitted by law,"
Lines Wait
Both chambers were gavelled
into being promptly at noon.
Spectators crowded the galleries
to watch newly elected members
formally inducted. Many of the
visitors had stood in long lines to
await tho opening of the gallery
doors.
A note of political dissension
arose in tho senate when Demo
cratic Leader Barkley (Ky.)
broke Into tho proceedings to ob
tain nanimous consent that Senator-Elect
Homer Capehart, In
diana republican, be Dermitted
to take tho oath without preju
dice iq,a possible future decision
on his seating,
Tlio senatorial campaign Inves
tigating committee has been In
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One Baby Born
New Year's Day
One New Year's Day baby was
reported born here January 1,
1045, when the stork left his first
bundle for the Robert O. Rain
water family, 3743 Summers
lane.
Tho child, a girl, weighed 7
pounds 9 ounces. Mrs. Rainwater
and daughter arc doing nicely at
luamatn valley nospitai.
Bulletin
SALEM. Jan. 3 (VP) The state
supreme court refused today to
grant a writ of habeas corpus
which had been sought today in
an 11th hour move to save Rob
ert E. Lee Folkes, 23, from dy
Ing In the lethal gas chamber
at 9 a. m. next Friday.
industrial Centers
Off Japan Blasted
By Superfortresses
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
Strong waves of American Superfortresses smashed at three important Japanese indus
trial cities today in their first big raid of this year while Tokyo radio reported new U. S.
transport movements south of invasion-threatened Luzon island in the Philippines.
Japanese dispatches said 20 Philippine-based Liberators. made their second 1945 strike
at Manila's Clark field and Gen. Douglas MocArthur announced his bombers had extend
ed their field of operation to include Formosa, primary enemy staging base between Japan
and the Philippines.
Tokyo propaganda dispatches, which have reported the recent arrival of at least three
convoys at Mindoro island" south of Luzon, claimed that one transport was sunk and three
damaged in repeated strikes Tuesday at several convoy groups in ll.e Mindoro sea.
A Japanese communique reported that about 90 Saipan-bdsed B-29s made today's at
tack on Japan. The main force hit the repeatedly bombed aircraft city of Nagoyo while
A-other units struck at the flank-
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By DANIEL DeLUCE
MOSCOW, Jan.. 3 (P) Rus
sian storm forces were smash
ing their way through bloody
Budapest today in probably the
fiercest . house-to-house fighting
sinciriUilingnBA.T'-. -
Maklngi'progress' Ifl What an
official announcement called
"fierce encounters in fortified
houses, in courtyards and in
cellars," red army troops yes
terday captured 232 blocks in
Pest, the part of the city . east
of the Danube, and S3 blocks in
Buda on the opposite bank..
Nasis Lose 40.000 ,
On the basis of preliminary
reports it is believed in Moscow
tnat the enemy garrison already
has lost 10,000 dead and possi
bly 30,000 wounded.
Although the red army has
not officially estimated the
strength of the trapped garri
son, Col, Gen. J a n o s Voros,
minister of defense of the pro
vincial Hungarian government
recently set up in Russian-held
territory, said last night the to
tal may run as high as 75,000
to 100,000 Germans, plus 30,
000 Hungarians. '
Hold 1000 Blocks
With yesterday's advances.
which brought in approximate
ly 1000 prisoners, the Russians
now hold nearly 1000 blocks of
the battered city.
How 2,000,000 civilians esti
mated to be cowering inside the
city are surviving tne struggle
could only be imagined.
It now appeared likely that
tne rtusstan armies would not
resume offensive operations in
great force in the direction of
the Austrian frontier until Bu
dapest is largely overwhelmed,
ADO
U CLOCKS
Dramatic Airview of West's Worst
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This aerial photograph dramatically shows the tremendous force of Collision batwesn first and
second sections of the Southern Pacific's Paciiie Limited. Steel cars of the first section are
hurled from the tracks down a 10-foot incline Into the salty marsh backwaters of Great Salt lake,
near Oqden, Utah. Other cars are strewn all over the right of way. Between SO and 65 persons
were killed, more than 100 injured in nation'ax worst rail disaster since the last war.
ing cities of Osaka and Hama-matsu.
All are industrial cities on
the south central coast of Hon
shu, main island of Japan which
the U. S. war department earlier
announced was the objective of
raiders from the 21st bomber
command base at Saipan.
Tokyo claimed that 17 Super
forts were shot down and - 25
damaged. The enemy communi
que claimed three were brought
down by suicide interceptors
but at the same time said only
two fighters had failed to re
turn. Some Damage -'
The communique admitted
'some damages were inflicted
in the. Nagoya and Hamamatsu
areas by enemy ' incendiary
bomb;," an unusual concession
front' imperial headquarters."
Philippines based Liberators
opened 1949 with a smashing
New Year's Day strike at Ma
nila's Clark field. Returning pi
lots said escorting Lightnings
took care of every enemy Inter
ceptor.', -
Formosa Attack
Air patrols sweeping waters
hundreds of miles north of the
Philippines brought Formosa in
to General MacArthur's com
munique for the first time. They
shot down four Japanese planes
and left five coastal vessels in
flames.
Every part of the Japanese
empire is now within reach of
American bombers. Most sec
tions can be hit by Liberators,
leaving B-29s to concentrate on
Japan and the nearby indus
trialized section of the conti
nent. :
Heuvel Hearing
Set Thursday
A- preliminary hearing on the
Heuvel case is slated for Thurs
day mornins at 10:30 at the jus
tice court. 'Former Police Chief
Earl Heuvel, arrested December
19. on a charge of contributing
to the delinquency' of a minor
girl, was free' on a $1000 cash
bond after his arrest.
It will be the duty of Justice
of the Peace Joseph Mahoney at
the preliminary hearing to de
termine whether Heuvel shall be
t bound over to the grand jury.
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PLASTIRAS 10
FORM CABINET
TO END FIGHT
By STEPHEN BARBER
ATHENS. Jan. 3 UP Gen.
Nicholas Plastiras, veteran
iireeK soiaier and politician, un
dertook today to form a new all-
party government in the hope of
ending tne .muer stnte which
has wrackedGreece. Jot .many
weeks.
Plastiras agreed to assume the
premiership last night at tho re
quest of Archbishop Damaskinos
of Athens, who was named re
gent of Greece last Friday by
King George II, now in London.
Gen. Plastiras succeeds George
Papandreou, British - supported
Cremier who resigned when it
ecame apparent that his efforts
to restore harmony were doomed
ro raiiure.
Meanwhile it was announced
(Continued on Page Three)
Foo Fighters Puzzle Yanks i
Flying Over Reich at Night
A U. S. NIGHT FIGHTER
BASE, FRANCE, Jan. 3- (P)
American fighter pilots engaged
in flying night intruder missions
over Germany report the nazis
have come up with a new "se
cret weapon" mysterious "balls
of fire" which race along beside
their planes for miles like will o'
the wisps.
Yank pilots have dubbed them
"foo fighters," and at first
thought they might explode, but
so far there is no indication that
any planes have been damaged
by them. . '
Some pilots have expressed
belief that the "foo fighter" was
designed strictly as a psycholog
ical weapon. Intelligence reports
seem to indicate it is radio-controlled
from the ground and can
Rail Disaster
it
Minifiinir 'tb
Telephoto
Germans Say 50,00Q
Americans Lost :
In Action
By JAMES M. LONG
PAHlS. Jan. a iOA 'Ch n-
mans have lost at least 60,001)
Casualties And 400 tnnlro Ir, thnl
winter smash into Belgium, it
was estimated unofficially in the
field today as American armor
nammenng me waist or tne Ger
man bulge hit 5i miles north
east of Bastogne.
U. b. trooDS and armor were
driving up a railway toward St.
vith, meeting fierce resistance
in a drive carrying into the out
skirts of Michamps and into the
Maisters woods. ,j
50.000 Yanks
One diopaich trom the west
ern front said German casual
ties were estimated unofficially
at 60,000, and another renorted
an official estimate placing at
zu.uuu tne numoer ot prisoners
in the first 16 days of Field Mar
shal Von Rundstedt's drive. (The
German high command said to
day that U. S. casualties ex
ceeded 50,000; supreme head
quarters has given no figures.)
Four hundred German tanks
also had been wrecked through
December 31, an official tally
said, without including the
scores of tanks knocked out by
allied warplanes which repeat
edly swooped upon nazi col
umns. Situation Stable
The situation now has beei)
stabilized, a field dispatch de
clared, and the Germans are re
inforcing heavily around Houf
falize, nine miles northeast of
Bastogne.
But the German army waj
lashing out furiously at a dozen.
(Continued on Page Three) r
Conference Set i
On Land Protest i
The county court has received
word that representatives of the
war production board, forest
service and Shevlin-Hixon com
pany of Bend will be here Fri
day for a conference on the
county's protest against a forest
land exchange in the northern
part of the county. .
Fred Brundage, WPB repre
sentative for the northwest lum
ber program, will be in - the
group, . as well as Huntington
Taylor, former Klamath lumber
man connected with WPB. ..
keep pace with planes flying 300,.
miles per nour. ...... t '
Lt. Donald Meiers of Chicago!'
111., said there are three types
of "foo fighters" red balls of
lire that fly along at wing tip: a
vertical row of three balls of fire
which fly in front of the planes,
and a group of about 15 lights
which follow the plane at a dis-1
tance, flickering on and off. .
Floating and plane-followingL
balls in fire-like color, added to
the silver globes encountered
over the German lines by Amer
ican airmen, might not be as
mysterious as would seem in ca
bled dispatches, C. E. Butter
field, AP radio editor, says. . V
This is just a guess, but on the
little information available, the
colored and glowing globes
might well be added elements in,
attempts to interfere with radio,
signals and radar detection.
While dispatches hint that
they travel along with a plane or
stay a certain distance ahead
would tend toward the belief
that they Instead are magnetic.
Thus, the metal of a plane would
attract them, nt the same time
holding them at a distance.
Radio control from the ground
or another plane would not per
mit such apparent accuracy in
control. ' ''r
The glow, coupled with the
possible magnetic action, might
come from the type of gas, they
contain to aid in their electrical
qualities and to add to their
buoyancy.
Parker Pleads 7
Guilty to
Reckless Driving :
William Parker, 33, lumber
worker, who entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of reckless
driving after his car skidded 485
feet on Riverside avenue New
Year's eve and crashed into the
side of the Link River auto camp
office, was fined $60 in police)
court Tuesday afternoon.
Parker, who suffered minor
hurts, a iso had his driver's li
cense suspended for a period of
90 days by Police Judge Harold
Franey. Mrs. Parker, who re
ceived a severe cut over the eye,
spent a good night at Klamath
Valley hospital, attendants re
ported. .
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