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I Negro Slayer to Die
i . Tomorrow at
I .- 9 A. M.
nrtUTr.ANn. Ore.. Jan. 4 lin
federal Judge Jiimes A. Fee re
fused today to liult tlio execu
tion Of Robert E. Leo Folkcs, 211,
.gM "Iowit in" slaver, sched
uled lor tomorrow morning ul 0
Judge Frn denied a request
lor wm oi iinu--ii
quested by Nicholas Grunoff, at
torney, who argued there were
errors In tlio lower court trial
Ct JTc-lkcs. ,
, - , Request Unanswered
...i. .. .. .......,ll,.,l i,l Unit.
Inn Mm. Miu tliu Vlrliiln James,
r. t l...ll n tfftllth.
bound Southern Pacific triiln
two yen r imo. rreviuusiy u
t..U-.l Hmn -Mlit-I flllfl
the Oregon Bliilo supremo court
had refused to rehear tlio cose,
and request for clemency from
UOV. Karl alien mu uo-n
iwepd.
Four Klamath officials, ncllvc
In tho Robert K. Leo Folkcs
case, wero to leave lnursciay lor
ii.iM in ..H..l llm ew-fnitttm
of Oie negro dinlng-cur cook.
, Tn Attaint
' : fPk.u vr Kill K W. Tlcll-
enor and State Police Officer
Larry Bcrgmani). snerni L,ioya
1 T irl r-nnliit.l.. P.tirv f'n.
; Md.V L. Orlh Slsemoro, former
district attorney, sulci loony no
W0UIU DO Ulltinio io auenu uuc
Local officers came Into tho
; picture when Iho car In which
.Mrs, James was murdered wos
; removed at Klamath Falls and
. members of iho train crew inior
roasted at this point.
: ' It-was also at Klamath Falls
' that young Ensign James of the
: United States navy, learned of
:. .l . -. t.i ei..M
- we nuiroer oi ma wuu. omw
; thai time, Ensign James lost his
lire 'n a piano eriisu in soumcrn
; Washington.
Hambrick Named
Recreation Head
Ei E. Hambrick, who has been
educational director at the First
Baptist church the past year, was
named Klamnth Fulls recreation
al officer Wednesday at tho first
mooting of tho city recreation
board appointed by Mayor Ed
Ostendort,
:-, The appointment was made on
a 30-day basis and, at tho end of
that period, tho committco will
determine upon o permanent ap
pointment to the post.
Hambrick came hero from
Florida about a year nno. Ho told
the bonrd ho had had about 13
years of experience in recrea
tional and other young people's
work.
The post of city recreational
officer was left vacant by the
resignation of David Bridge, who
has taken a Job at Tulclnkc.
Noil Air Force
Said Stronger
PARIS, Jan. 4 Ml Tho Gcr
Wan air force now is numeri
cally stronger than on D-dav
as the result of Its policy of
conservation and continued pro
duction, and shows signs of su
perior leadership, a senior allied
air force officer said today.
Tho general effectiveness of
the Ccrmnn air force is no
greater, and allied offensive air
power Is now greater than over.
Theso statements wero mode
at a general rovicw of tho air
situation given correspondents
by nine American air generals,
Including Lt. Gen. Curl A.
Spaatz, commundcr of tho U. S.
strategic nlr forces, and Lt.
Gen. James II. Doollttlc, com
mander of tho Bin air force.
Nazi Fighting
Enough
I , By Thomas F. Hawkins
I ' BERN, Jan. 4 (AO Informa
tion from inside Germany,, dis
counting nozi propaganda, indi
cates that Gorman armies equip
ped with a series of new weapons
must bo reckoned n fighting
iorco capable of continued effec
tive resistance perhaps for
jhiany months.
( Moreover, tho nnzls apparent
ly bollcvo they can still win tho
jvar by taking advantage of al
lied, mistakes and difficulties.
I Reports dealing with the Gor
man military situation and use
of secret weapons coming from
fi half-dozen Independent sources
n the rclch stress theso fuctors:
Weapons, Gas and Troops
' While a fluko might end the
tvar tomorrow, or a new allied
gffenslvo might quickly smash
massing nuzl forces, it appears
1) that tho Germans havo suffi
PRICE FIVE CENTS
FBI Nobs
Erich Glmpel. 35. a German cltlion. and William C. Cole
psugh, 26, a discharged U. S. navy man. held by the FBI in New
York as German spies. Thoy are accused of landing In this
country from a Gorman submarine. (Telephonto)
Dies Committee Given New
Life by Coalition Group
By FRANCIS M. LEMAY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (ZD
Storm signals were hoisted today
over tho newly-launched 70th
congress.
A huge question mark arose
over the ability of the adminis
tration to command constant ma
Jurity in the house, lis a republl
can-democratic coalition over
rode democratic leaders on the
E
Hearings continued through-
Out Thursday in tho cases In
volving eight Klamath Falls
restaurants, . ono wholesale and
ono retail meat dealer, all
charged by tho office of price
administration with having sold
or obtained rationed meats
without tho exchange, of red
points.
No decision was to be
reached Immediately following
the hearings, now under way
at the local OPA office, but
Commissioner J. Mitchell
Palmer, office of administrative
hearing, San Francisco, will
render decisions from his office
following reviews of each case.
Those appearing Thursday
were R. F. England, doing busi
ness us tho Eugle cafe; R. F.
England, doing business as the
New K cafe; K. F. England, do
ing business as Trulovcs mar
ket; tlio Depot etife and the
Anchor cafo. Cecelia P. Gal
lagher is tho OPA attorney,
hero from the Portland district
office.
Beef Set Aside
For Military Use
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 (IF)
The war food administration Is
sued a revised beef set-aside or
der today designed to assure tho
iirmcd services their full require
ments.
Beginning January 7. packers
operating under federal inspec
tion will be required to hold tem
porarily their total production of
choice, good and commercial
grades of steers and heifers.
The armed services will then
select 00 per cent of such moat
lilting specifications. The re
mainder will bo released for
civilians.
Power Believed Strong
for Several Months of Battle
cient gasoline to carry out their
present battla plan; (2) new se
cret weapons are being turned
out steadily In undcrgrpiind fac
tories, and (3) troop reinforce
ments nro still available In large
quantity.
It is difficult to determine the
degree these informants have un
consciously absorbed nozl propa
ganda, but they aro in a position
to be well informed and have
proven reliable in tho past.
Observers in Berlin are con
vinced tho nazls had far greater
underground stores of gasoline
than tho allies bolioved, Syn
thetic gnsollno is still being man
ufactured, and tho Germans need
for less fuel for their operations
than in the days when tho Luftwaffe-
went out steadily.
Whan "Worthwhile"
Ono German said of tho Luft
waffe, "we now go into action
only after good scouting and In
In The
Nazi Spies
opening day of the congress to
put the old, so-called Dies com
mittco on a permanent basis. .;.
, Unprecedented ".C'
Democratic Leader McCor
mack, of Massachusetts, arguing
ogainst a disregard for prece
dent, told the house that never
before in history "has congress
created a permanent investiga
tory committee."
The new committee to inquire
Into un-Amorican activities will
be tho only permanent body of
congress with continuing power
of subpoena. i,.
Noisy Session '
In a thumping, noisy opening
for the new congross. the house
republican democratio combine
sailed to a 207 to 180 victory a
surprising development in view
of the large democratic gains of
house scots in the November
olection.
Tlio democrats had a house
majority of only two scats when
they went into tho election, and
administration leaders hoped for
oosler voyaging when tho party
Joined a majority of 243 seats to
00 republicans,
But yesterday's vote was rem
iniscent of the repeated reversals
tho admlnlstrationists suffered in
the last congress. It came Just aft
er Speaker Rayburn (D-Tcx.)
mado a harmony appeal to the
new congress. .,.
Jap-Yank Asks
To Leave Center
Only ono Jupunest-Amorlcan
located at the WRA segregation
center in Tulelnke has re
quested permission to leave the
center, according to Allen
Mnrklcy, WRA reports officer.
Tho man, a former west coast
resident, will go to Minneapo
lis, where ho has been promised
a job, rather than return to his
former home. Mnrklcy said. His
name was not released by offi
cials, and his former home also
remained undisclosed. .
This request was mode two
days after the army lifted its
exclusion order, and Markley
reported thot there wos no evl
denco of excitement over the
lifting of tho ban. It is ex
pected that more requests for
permission to leave will be
mado before January 20, when
larger numbers of tho Japanese
Americans will bo allowed to
go.
The number eligible for re
lease from the Tulclake center
has not yet been disclosed by
tho army.
telligence rcporis liidlcnto It will
be worthwhile."
These Informants believe firm
ly that "V - w c a p o n s," being
turned out In underground fac
tories In Czechoslovakia as well
as In the rclch, now number up
to ten. They say a new airplane,
ready for use, Is shot from the
ground like a rocket.
Carrying a crew, It switches to
gnsollno until approaching the
target. Then the piano can use
compressed air to permit a silent
swoop. After leaving the target
and launching its ono torpedo, it
can switch back to gasoline and
land normally, Tho plane Is said
to mount two cannons and has a
cruising range of about 1000
miles.
Berlin declares a new portable
rocket machine, strapped to ono
man and firing effectively over a
400-yard range, was used In the
Von Rundstcdt offensive.
If '4
1 MOr
Shanla-Cancadc Wonderland
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1945
NAZIS MOUNT
COUNTERBLOW
AGAINST REDS
Germans Attempt
Break Through
To Capital
to
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Jon. 4 tfi1) Mobile
warture raged between Budapest
and Vienna today bs a huge Ger
man tank and infantry force,
mounting the first German
countcroffensive on tho eastern
front since October, sought to
break through Russian lines to
the relief ol the surrounded gar
rison in tho Hungarian capital.
In the last two days the Rus
sians had given ground and it
was probable thql more , would
hav- to be yielded, although the
Russians appeared to be getting
the situation in hand.
Assault Area
The German counterassault
was sprung from the area of Ko
marom, a Danube river town 43
miles northwest of Budapest.
The German-Hungarian garri
son in Budapest, where the Rus
sians have overrun 1062 city
blocks, was reported making
savage attacks in an effort to
break out toward the 'relieving
force. . .
' . Nearly a third of the eastern
sdction of the capital was in sov
iet hands, an additional 200
blocks having been captured in
the last 24 hours.
Time Unknown
The exact time the Germans
launched their counterattack in
the Komarom area has not been
disclosed, bnt from available, re
ports it appears to have been
Tuesday morning in the snowy
A - heavy German thrust was
thrown at Russian artillery posi
tions, A Red Star dispatch said
the artillery line had been forced
back by German tanks southeast
of the city but it did not state the
extent of the withdrawal. The
official account said merely that
the Russians had given up sev
eral, populated. points along the
southern bank ot.the Danube.
A meeting of customers of
the Klamath Heating company
has been called for the city coun
cil chambers at 2 p. m. Friday,
for a discussion of the fuel prob
lem confronting the local cen
tral heating plant, Paul Landry,
chairman of the city council
utilities committee, will preside.
D. O. Hood, president of the
company, and John Kirby, the
manager, stated today that the
fuel supply is critical. Hogged
fuel, which has been used for
years by the company, is down
to approximately IS days sup
ply, and insufficient hogged fuel
Is In sight for the winter and
spring months ahead.
The company officials said
they are investigating the pos
sibility of converting to fuel oil
or coal for firing at least one
of the boilers at the plant. It
this is done, they said, a substan
tial upward rate adjustment may
be involved, and a representa
tive of the public utilities com
missioner has been asked to the
local meeting.
The Klamath Heating men
said they had hoped to find more
hogged fuel in this area, or to
get It through an OPA arrange
ment such as has been made for
cordwood brought here from
distant points, but that so far
. these plans have not worked out.
ine matter ol oil conversion has
been placed before the fuel ad
ministrator In Los Angeles and
has been referred to Washing
ton, D. C.
A quick conversion is possible
at the local plant, lt was stated,
and the company men said thoy
are sure that arrangements of
some nature will be made so
that heat in the system can be
maintained.
Ban on National
Meets Proposed
NEW YORK, Jan. 4 (P) A
ban on national conventions for
the rest of the year 1943 Is being
contemplated by the offices of
war mobilization, the American
Transit association reported to
day. The plan was related In a tele
gram to War Mobilization Direct
or Byrnes from Col. Roane War
ing, president of the ATA, offer
ing cooperation in such a move.
Air Blows, New
Island Landing
Highlight Fight
By The Associated Press
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Philippines,
Jan. 4 Coordinated air blows smashed southern Japan, the
Ryukus and Formosa along a solid 2000-mile are down through
Luzon, prized island of the Philippines, as Gen. MacArthur dis
closed today his troops have made two new landings on Mindoro,
his closest approach to Manila.
Hellcats, Helldivers and Avengers from aircraft carriers
opened a battering ram assault Wednesday (Philippines date) on
Formosa, which funnels Japanese men and planes to the Philip
pines.. .....
(Japanese broadcasts said that 900 U. S. carrier and land
based planes struck Formosa and Okinawa islands, Wednesday
and Thursday. Five hundred planes struck yesterday for nearly
seven hours and 400 returned to the attack today.
(Japanese reports intercepted by the federal communications
commission said the bulk of the planes, largely from carriers,
concenirated on Formosa.
(Imperial headquarters said 17 planes were shot down
Wednesday and Formosa reported three were downed today.
(The strategic nature of For-
mosa as a staging base would re
quire Its neutralization to cover
any major Yank moves to its
south).
. INVADE SULU
Dome!, the Japanese news
agency, today said "an enemy
task force escorting a trans-,
port convoy has invaded the
Sulu sea, seemingly to effect
new landings.", -
The news broadcast, heard
by the FCC, followed report
of a Japanese imperial com
munique claim that Nipponese ;
suicide planes sank two V. S.
transports and damaged a de
stroyer In a Wednesday morn
ing attack on a convoy In the
Mindanao sea.
Other carrier aircraft ranged
into the Ryukus at a point a
little over 300 miles from Japan,
v The .same' day, the biggest
force 'of Saipan-based B-293 yet
to fly to Japan-started huge fires
at Nagoya, Nlpon'i airplane tent
er on southern Honshu.
- Meager Details
Adm. Chester W. Nimltz an
nounced the Formosa attack in
Dao-I UorVinr pAmmiininup
whose meager detail, suggested
a radio silence to protect -just
such a continuing operation as
41..- . lact. nmulnna .' ran-ipr-hased
pounding of Formosa in October,
the preiuae to niaannnur s re
turn to the Philippines.
the attack on Okinawa In the
Ryukus.
M.-Apthn- hna nnt vpt TP-
ni-f4 tlio nlr nf-tlvltlps over
Luzon for Wednesday but to
day s communique ioiq m uumu
ers and fighters based in the
central Philippines ripping that
island from norm to souw, ncav-
11. nnnnlinff Plnrlr finld In the
Manila area, and sinking or set
ting afire 23 snips on me west
coast. These raids were on Mon
day. '
Roosevelt May . ,
Radio Message
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 M3)
President Roosevelt is thinking
of driving his annual message
home to the American people
Saturday by submitting it to
congress and then putting it on
the air in person.
That's the procedure he fol
lowed last year. He sent the
"state of the union" message to
Capitol hill at noon, January
11, and then read it almost
word for word over the radio
the same night.
Fog Curtails
Flying Here
A heavy curtain of fog has
curtailed flying at the Klamath
naval air station and planes
have not been sent up since
January 1, according to offi
cials. Crews are busy despite the
fact planes are grounded and
members are continuing ground
instruction training while the
men that service planes are at
work overhauling, repairing
and maintaining the ships.
Yank Officer Translates
'Nuts' for German Soldier
PARIS, Jan. 4 OP) Any hazi
ness the Germans may have had
About the exact meaning of the
word "nuts," Brig. Gen. An
thony C. McAullffe's one-word
rejection of their request for
the American surrender at Bas
toene. was dispelled bv an offi
cer of McAullffe's staff who de
livered the reply."
When the officer handed Mc
Aullffe's answer to the German
waiting Just outside the Ameri
January 4. 194S
Msx. (Jan. 3) 29 Min. . 22
Precipitation last 24 hours 00
Stream year to date 4.20
Normal 4.72 ' Last year 2.77
Forecast! Slightly warmer.
. By STEPHEN BARBER
ATHENS, Jan; 4' UP) -vGen.
Nicholas. Plastlras, leader of. the
1822". revolution, took' over' the
burdened premiership of Greece
today with the declaration that
the first task was "full restor
ation of the state's authority."
Even as the new premier ad
dressed an appeal to the'Elas to
lay down their arms, ' several
mortar shells landed in rapid
succession in the 'center of
AtiniivH'.-' f'.raftjvtrf
FightinR rased "unabated in
- the area of Averoff prison where
&ias resistance .was butef.
': ( 'I've always been a soldier In
my country's services," said
Plastiras. "In 'taking up my du
ties I fully realize the serious
ness of the tragic conditions we
are going through.1
: . "The ' government aims,' first
ly, at a full restoration of the
state's authority; secondly, the
return of public services to their
duties; thirdly, the punishment
of crimes committed under axis
occupation; fourthly, immediate
attention to the relief and re
habilitation program and . the
raising of the' standard of liv
ing." Unit of Cold
Storage Plant
Near Completion
First unit of the plant of the
Tulelake Cold Storage company
was scheduled for completion
Thursday evening, and the firm
has- already started taking in
from five to eight cars a day of
crated potatoes. .They will be
held there for later shipment.
First, unit will, hold .80,000
crates of potatoes. The second
unit, of ' similar size, will be
ready by February 15.
The latest conveyor system
has been installed for rapid
handling of the products going
Into cold storage at the Tulelake
plant.
Highway Village
Taken by Canucks
ROME, Jan. 4 (P) Canadian
troops have captured the village
of Cohventello, two miles east
of Alfonsine on the Ravenna
Ferrara highway after inflicting
heavy casualties on picked Ger
man forces, allied headquarters
announced today.
Approximately 100 prisoners
were taken in the advance, a
communique said.
; Meanwhile patrolling by both
sides was Intensified all the way
across the front, particularly In
the area of highway 65 due
south of Bologna.
can perimeter of defense, the
latter askel:
"Is your commander's reply
favorable! If it is, 1 am em
powered Ho continue negotia
tions of terms."
"My commander's reply Is
'Nuts " the American re
sponded. "What does that mean?"
asked the German.
"It means go to hell," replied
the American.
That the German understood.
He saluted and marched off.
N
Number 10354
OF WITNESS
E
Girl Makes Charge
Against Heuvel
At Hearing ,
An attack on the credibility of
the testimony of the 16-year-old
complaining witness was a major
feature of Thursday morning's
session of the preliminary hear
ing for former Police Chief Earl
Heuvel, charged with contribut
ing to the delinquency of a
minor.
The witness, Willie Mae Col
lins, told her story before a
packed courtroom in Justice of
the Peace Joseph Mahoney's
court. The case was to be con
tinued in an afternoon session,
and on the basis of the hearing
Mahoney will determine wheth
er the former police chief will
be bound over to the county
grand Jury.
Humble Examines
Miss Collins took the stand
at the opening of the session and
was examined by District At
torney Clarence. Humble. She
told how she and her sister, Margaret,-were
arrested in October
while -occupying a Main street
hotel room.
She said they were booked at
the police station and that she
gave her age as 22. Later they
were taken to the office of Dr.
Peter Rozendal, health officer,
for a routine examination. She
testified that when they left Dr.
Rozendal's office they sat in the
back, seat of the ' then Chief
Heuvel!s:car; She claimed that
Heuvel.-skedber -if she was
"willing to do anything to get
oilt of this?" and that she -replied
affirmatively.
. Charges Advances - '
-They returned to the police
station and Heuvel told the girl
to go into his private office,' sne
testified, and she went on to
charge that Heuvel at that time
made improper advances to her.
She said she left the office when
Margaret Collins, . the . older
sister, was asked to come in.
She said the girls were advised
by Heuvel that they would have
to stay at the police station until
a report came in from the doc
tor's office. They were there
until - "about 3 p. m." They
faced a vagrancy charge, and
were to be taken up to the of
fice of Police Judge Harold
Franey. '
The girl said she was told by
Heuvel to plead guilty and he
would get a suspended sentence
for them and get them out of
town.
Age 15
At that point. Officer Orville
Hamilton came in with the girls'
(Continued on Page Two)
Subzero Weather
Crosses Nation
. By The Associated Press
- Sub-zero weather moving
across the nation in a sort of
daily cycle chilled the midwest
again today.
The mercury dropped as low
as 25 below zero at Lone Rock,
Wis., and was below zero in the
eastern Dakotas, Minnesota,
Iowa, Wisconsin, upper Michigan
ana northern Illinois.
Minima ranged upward to the
20's and 30's in the Ohio valley,
Oklahoma and Arkansas and to
the 60's in southern Florida and
the lower Texas coast.
CREDIBILITY
First Army Gains in Battle
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JTATVTI MUll
Americans shoved three miles forward In the Belgian bulge,
thrusting within 13 Si miles of third army troops in the Bastogne
sector, who had been halted by violent nail counterattack. Ia
the second major battle area, Yanks were forced to abandon thtlr
narrow conquests in the Palatinate. '
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THREE MILES
IN IN BLOW
AT NAZI LINES
.. ti
, - i
Advance Nears Third
Army Sector Near
Bastogne' ;
PARIS, Jan. 4 (P) American
first army infantry and t a n k a
fought three miles forward in
the new offensive against the
north flank of the Belgian bulge
by 8 a. m., and continued the ad
vance today through a blinding
snowstorm, lt wn H(in t
. uw.wm.u aw
supreme headquarters.
The advance reached to with
in 13 1 miles of third army van
guards in the south in the Bas
togne sector. ; I.
The villntfA ft Tlrt i .
miles southeast of Hotten and
seven southwest of Grandmenil;
" topmieu. rignung was In
fugicss lor iviaiempre, three
miles east of Grandmenil. Other
luii-es oi xne iirsi army captured,
two towns southeast of Roche.
bulge, beating German tank din
'8 Mile Front ' "
The gains were along' a six?
mile front on both sides of
Grandmenil, 20 miles north of
Bastogne. Three to five mile
north and northeast of that bas
tion tnwn nn tha cmitt.a 1 t-l
of the German penetration, tb$
v. o. Miuu army was nailed bya
violent -counterattacks against
the heroic lnist sirhnn. j.-..r
sion.
Half the gains below Grand
meml were made in the first
eieht hniirn afto r n r..-.i
ney H. Hodges' resilient arm
uvcr me top. weather
worsened. Snowstorms turned!
into hli77nrrls trials M.mUi ir.J
- - .wm uiaiaiiai VUM
Rundstedt reacted swiftly with)
wiiii-aupijuriea counterattacks. M
British Tanks
(The Germans said British
tanks were participating in tlM
new offensive and that U. S. 9tfi
army had been rolled up from.
Aachen.)
A battle dispatch said the U. S.
7th army had blunted the Ger
man. drive south of Bitche below -the
German Palatinate. The en.
emy, however, had advanced up
to four miles in a day and struck;
within two and a half miles of
the open Alsace plain; There he
could threaten allied positions in
the Wissembourg gap into tho
Palatinate and to Strasbourg on
the Rhine. -. . -
. Moreover the. Americans had
been forced to abandon their
narrow conquests in the Palatini
ate and Saarland save for the
Saarlaautern bridgehead. -
Chaplin Case I;
Said Mistrial 1
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4 UP)
The Jury in Charlie Chaplin's
paternity trial was dismissed
todav Whan If rannrdul i.
hopelessly deadlocked. Superior
uuusk nenry m. Willis de
clared a mistrial in the case. "
Polled informally, it wi'i
found that six women and one
man were in favor of declaring
Chaplin was not the father ol
Carol Ann Berry, while four
men and one woman ' held out
in favor of declaring he was
the father.
Joseph Scott, attorney repre
senting the baby, said he would
immediately reinstitute the ac
tion. . .
fee on Pond in
Good Condition
Ice on the Great Northern
pond off Altamont drive, neat?
the airport, is in excellent con
dition, it was reported today.
City Recreation Officer E. E.
Hambrick said that a fire will
be built there tonight tor the
benefit of skaters, and that a
crowd is expected. ..
GERMANY