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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945
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Dolcnio Attorney Joseph C. O'NalU (UIO. ccompnUd by Farmer Chiol of Polico Earl
fcurcl. pictured they loll justice court any many aiisrnoon at in cioio 01 in prelum
ry h'esring In lh cm ol 811 of Oregon yi, Huvl.
decision in Earl Heuvel Case Shied
for Saturday; Preliminary Hearing Ends
FDLKES DIES
IN GAS ROOM:
British Take Burma Port
EDS
By DANIEL DE LUCE
MOSCOW, Jim. 0 A') Hin
di forces wi-ro rrponce grimiy
ildiiis tiff German armored nt
rks upKrU'(l by hundreds of
wit- today I" the soviet-held
rrldor. once HO miles deep,
irlhwcsl of bflc-imuorcil Hilda
A. Tho Gi-rmiin punier thrust
mil from the Biimibo, west of
c bltf Danube bend, entered
third duv. It appeared diir-
Lly designed lo liberate rem-
nits or nine nnii nivra m .
ippcd In tl"" Hungarian capital.
Cain Ground
liuldo B u d a p c 1 1 Russian
;,rm forces for tho eighth day
mod more around and now
nc occupied I -1110 city blocks
ice the Initial iitluck losl Frl
y, a ovlct communique said.
The r:.Tmnn ronnlcr-offenslvc
irlliwest of tlic city was fed by
mzer and mr lorcc rcscivra
ought directly frbm the Belch,
e ltulnns said, and llii-y wero
mi! recklessly Into bntllo In a
penile bid lu breuk the soviet
ife line clumped around the
Pltiil.
Knock Out Tanks
The Russians asserted they
id knocked out more than 100
nks In two days In the relative
narrow corridor about 20
ilea southwest ol Koinarom.
A Hed Star fronlllno dispatch
nl waves of German tanks beat
lainsl Russian defenses In the
rtes hills and alone, the rliiht
nk of tho Danube. Natl for
iilions of IS to 90 fightcr-
iSmbers slabbed repeatedly ol
l army ground positions.
ussia Breaks
fliih London Poles
LONDON. Jan. 5 111 Husslu
(day announced rccoKiilllon of
fe Polish provisional . govern-
iiii of i.unlln, making a clean
cult with thu Polish govern-ent-lii-exllc
In London, which
ill Is rccou.nI.ed by llio United
Hies ami urnum,
Bringing lo a head one of Iho
lomicsl (luosllorui facing the
ipcndlnit big thrco pnrley, the
'nadcasl iinnouncemcnt enmo
ithln four duys of the Joint
mouiicemcnt hv the United
'ales nnd lliltiiln thot they
"oil by the London Polish gov-iimcnl.
WASHINGTON, Jnn; S IP)
lie United Slates today roltor
'(! its reeoL'nllliiii ,,f il.n Pnllh
L :. " . -
fo Koverninent despite Hun
lueoKiiiiion or tho new
"I'll ,reu.imo ut Lublin as n
uvisionai Hovcrnnient."
louse to Speed
empower Plan
WASHINGTOM .Inn A (ro
le housp military committee
"'Ollllced Inrlnu II ...III ..
I fini.nl I '"" w V.i, VKtlU'
, r '""'on or oilhcr na
; 1 servico InRUlntlnn or sonic
manpower controls over
Hi? ''eelslon, annoiincotr by
'Irnum May (D-Ky.) was mndc
ail Informnl innii.,M n, ...ui..u
rA , ,'",,'veo spokc.iniHli
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ii7.o iv; r ; ",r.,,,lJnv"
linn nn nu:,l;ii oi uuiwuun
"UU.OOO nnrl A nnn nun
,ex.n.cl measures to be con
llrecl. Mnu . ui ...in -i .
II, ' win (lepuild
the prcs r eni'. mr,oD,.n i
"Kress tomorrow. i
Justice of the Peace Joseph A.
Mulioney early today took under
advlsemt-nt a decision as to
whether Former Police C hi c I
Karl Heuvel shall be bound over
to the county urand jury on
charge uf contributing lo tho do
llnqucnry ot a minor. -
Mulioney promised a decision
ut 1 1 a. m. baturduy morning in
Jusllo court.
Joseph u. u neiti, attorney lor
tho deiense, completed his ques
tlonlng of witnesses at 12:30 p.
m. us the lengthy preliminary
hearing cumu to a close.
Conflicting Evldonc
In his final plea to the court,
following u motion that the case
bo dismissed on failure of the
slate to show probable cause,
u Vein pre 16 1110(1 wnni no
termed conflicting testimony on
the part of Willie Muo Collins,
tho Juvenile Involved, and her
20-yvar-old sister, Margaret.
- "If you find a witness false In
ono portion of the tostlmony,
then you find that witness falsa
in others," O'Neill appealed to
tho court.
Summing Up
District Attorney Clarcnco
Humble advised tho court in his
flnnl statement that tho "police
knew this girl was under age
and some kind of promlso was
made to these girls to chango
their pleas," referring to lite ac
tion In police court.
"I respectfully request that
this man bo bound over lo the
grand Jury," the district attorney
concluded.
Matron Testifies
A purudo of witnesses, sub
poenaed by the defense, ended
their testimony shortly utter
noon. Mrs. Dorothy Post, matron
of tho county Jail, testilied that
sho read n letter "Just before
New Year's," In which Willie
Mao Collins told a service man
that "she was sorry sho hadn't
gone on to school because she
and her sister were In trouble
over the chief of police and they
were going to send him to the
penitentiary or the electric
chair."
DLst.rlct Attorney Humble ob
jected to the introduction of this
testimony on the grounds that
Uie letter, was a privileged com
munication but the court over
ruled. Hamilton Called
Other witnesses called were
Orvillc Hamilton, now acting
chief of polico but assistant chief
on October o, date of tho alleged
act. Hamilton said that ho took
three girls from the Holly hotel
lo the police station, two of them
being the Collins girls. There
he booked them on a charge of
vagrancy. He s.tid ho did not
remember whether or not ho
went lo the police station the
next day, which was his day off.
"As near as I can remember,
I didn't toko the girls' ration
books to the police station and
show them to Heuvel," Hamilton
told Iho court when questioned
as to Ibis fact. Willie Moo Col
lins had previously testified that
Hamilton hod shown her ration
book to the chief. , Her ago was
given as 13 on the book, Hamil
ton said.
Physician Testifies
Dr, Peter H. Rozondol, Klam
ath Fulls city physician, was
called to testify as to tho ages
of tho girls when they were
brought to him for routine ex
amliiutlon, Ho stated that Willie
Mao had given her ago as 22
and told him sho had been di
vorced, and that Margaret said
sho wns 24 and "separated.
Both said they were wultrcsses
by occupation,, according to Dr.
Rozcndnl's file to which lio ro
ferred. ,, ,
When asked whether or not
he considered Wllllo Mae lo be
as old us she stated, Dr. Ruicn
dal replied: .
"From her uppearonco and re
action I felt sho was approxi
mately that ago."
Evldnc Admitted
'" This evidence was admitted
by the court on the grounds thai
(Continued on Pago Two)
WASHINGTON, Jan. S. (P)Z
A bllsrnrd of bond money has
buried every quota in tho Yule
ticle 6th War Loan.
As a result, tho 7th War Loan
probably won't open until
uround May or June.
That's the word from Treas
ury Secretary Morgenthau. who
announced the final sales figures
In Iho November De c e m b er
drive:
(1) Scries E bonds $2,888,
000,000. These arc . the only
bonds the average citizen knows
anything about. Sales wero be
hind schedule at first but stead
ily improved ond finally forged
15 per cent over the 5,500,000,
000 quota.
(2) Grand total $21, 621,000,
000. This is 94 per cent above
the $14,000,000,000 quota. It Is
a new world record for a financ
ing operation. The previous
mark was $20,630,000,000 rung
up in tho 9th War Loan.
Morgcnlhau said he thought
the final figures In the 6th War
Loan were "swell." Ho praised
the "amuzing performance" of
tho volunteer organizations that
sold the bonds. He also com
mended Ted R. Gamble, director
of tho treasury's war finance di
vision, and Gamble's staff in
Washington.
Myer Says Fight
On Jap Return
'Mostly Talk'
PORTLAND, Jan. 5 VP) Dil
lon S. Myer, national director of
the war relocation authority, to
day described opposition to the
return of Japnne.se to the Pacific
coast as "mostly talk."
Predicting no actual trouble,
Myer told a businessmen's club
thot muny groups opposing the
Japanese' return nro "peddling
un-American racism In a pack
age labeled 'old fashioned Amer
icanism.' "
Two Klamath Men
Hurt in Action
Two Klamath men were listed
as wounded overseas in recent
combat, according to word from
the war department. Next of kin
have been informed as to any
change of status.
Wounded In the Central Pa
cific area was PFC James H.
Howe, son of Mrs. Cora M.
Howe, Miilin, and reported
wounded In action In the Medi
terranean area was Pvt. Octavo
D. Scancy, husband of Mrs.
Jeanne R. Scancy, care of Ru
ler's Coffee shop, Klamath Falls.
OENIESGUILT
Negro Executed at 9
o'Clock Friday
Morning -
SAI EM, Jan. 5 (P) Robert
E. Lee Folkcs died in the
state's lethal gas chamber at
0:13 a. m. today for the "lower
13" slaying of Mrs. Martha Vir
ginia James, still protesting his
innocense of the crime for
which ho was executed.
"I have nothing to say ex
cept that I am innocent, the
23-ycur-old negro told reporters
in the death cell. He charged
that ho had been convicted be
cause "It's easier to convict a
negro than a white person.
Throat Cut
Tho dining car cook con
victed of Oregon's most famous
murder was silent about the
early morning of January 23,
1043, when occupants of a Pull
man car rolling through Linn
county heard a woman scream,
and "peered through green cur
tains to see Mrs. James roll
from berth lower 13, her throat
cut. 1
Nervous and sleepless, Folkes
did not elaborate his denial
that he crept into the girl's
borth ond slashed her throat
when she resisted him. Mrs.
James, a bride from Norfolk,
Va., was traveling south with
her husband when she was
slain. Her husband, Navy Lt.
Richard F, James, killed in a
piano crash last September 28,
was .traveling on another sec
tion. '
' Not Blindfolded
. Folkes walked Into the lethal
gas chamber without a ' blind
fold tho first condemned man
lo sce-the chamber. Tho blind
fold was placed upon his eyes
before the poison pellets were
dropped. ,
"So long, everybody," he
said as the door to the gas
(Continued on Page. Two)
Britons Seize Burmese Port
.Likiang
STATUTE MUiS
In their first amphibious operation on the' road back to
Singapore, British troops landed at the port ol Akyab, the morn
ing after the Japanese garrison pulled out. Other arrows indi
cat allied drives in the Burma-China theater. In the north
allied troops were meeting stiff resistance in the fight toward
namtcnam xo open a iana supply route to t-mns.
Dr. J. G. Patterson, pioneer
Klamath Falls physician, Is in
Klamath Valley hospital with a
badly lacerated chin and suffer
ing from shock as the result of
an automobile accident on S.
6th street early Friday morn
ing. , ,
Dr. Patterson was en route to
Klamath Union high school
whore his two children, David,
15, and Ruth Ann, 13. are stu
dents. State police, called to the
scone, said that the physician at
tempted to pass a truck about
onc-quaricr ot a mue cast ot uie
Tower theatre.
The pavement was covered
with ico and Dr. Patterson lost
control of tho machine and ran
Into the ditch on tho right hand
sido of the road. The front end
of tho 'Car was demolished.
David and Ruth Ann were
treated at the hospital and al
though suffering from minor
cuts and bruises, continued to
school.
New Archbishop
Named by King
LONDON. Jan. B (TP) King
Gcorgo today nominated the
Right Rev. Geoffrey Francis
Fisher, lord bishop of London,
as Archbishop of Canterbury
succeeding the late Dr. William
Temple. Fisher, 67, has been a
bishop of London since 1939.
Busy Session Looms for
Klamath's Legislators
Senator Marshall Cornclt left
Friday for Salem, and Repre
sentatives Henry Semon and
Rose Poole will go this weekend
to the capital, lor the opening
Monday of tho 1045 legislative
sessions,
Senator Cornclt was accom
panied by Mrs. Cornclt, who will
remain with him for a while ot
Salem. They will have quarters
in the Marlon hotel.
Seventh Term
Representative Semon, return
ing for his seventh term as leg
islator, has employed Bcrnlce
Hector Coad, former Klamath
girl, again as Ills secretary. She
has served in that capacity for
several terms. He, also, will
live at the Marlon,
Mrs. Poole has employed Mary
Trulove as her secretary. Miss
Trulove will take leave of ab
sence from her position at the
First Federal Savings and Loan
association to handle the Salem
job during the legislative session.
Busr Session
The legislators said they ex
pect a busy, hard-working ses
sion, which probably again will
run oeyonn tne allotted ou days.
(For sketches of the thrco
members of the delegation, see
today's editorial column.) .. .
Regrouping of Western
Front Puts Montgomery
In Charge of Salient
By The Associated Press
Supreme headquarters an
nounced today a regrouping of
western front commands placing
Field Marshal Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery and Lt. Gen. Omar
N. Bradley in charge of opera
tions against the Germans' deep
salient in Belgium.
At the same time Prime Min
ister Churchill returned to Lon
don after conferring with Gen.
biscnhower and Marshal Mont
gomery.
These developments coincided
with field reports which said the
allies' attack on the Von Rund-
stedt salient was progressing
slowly against stiffest German
resistance. . .
Includes Yanks
Montgomery was disclosed as
commander of all allied forces
on the north side of the salient
facing south. These troops in-
Yanks Attack
Nazi Targets
LONDON, Jan. 5 (JP) A score
of top priority targets behind a
150-mile stretch of Hie German
lines between Cologne and Karls
ruhe were attacked today by
more than 1000 U. S. eighth air
force heavy bombers in one
phase of full-scale assault.
Five hundred P-51 fighters es
corted the American bombers
out again after a day of inactiv
ity yesterday.
Even before these forces re
turned,, heavy bombers of the
RAF streaked toward the battle
area.
Klamath Dentist
Dies in City
Dr. Charles-Allen Rambo, 72,
for 34 years a practicing dentist
in this city, died early Thursday
morning following a brief illness.
Dr. Rambo was born in the
state ot Washington and in 1910,
moved here from Vancouver.
He was active in his early years
In Klamath Falls and was a mem
ber of the Elks lodge and tho
Christian Science church. Dr.
Rambo maintained his office and
homo at 432 Main, and also had
a residence at Brookings.
Final rites will be held In Los
Angeles with cremation to fol
low, according to his daughter,
Mrs. Marie Elizabeth Green,
Hollywood, who arrived here
Friday to handle her father's
affairs. Mrs. Green is a guest
at the A. J. Voye homo on rilgli
street.
WEATHER
January S. 1944
Max. (Jan. 4) 34 Mln. 32
Precipitation last 24 hours., Tr.
Stream year to data 4.20
Normal 4.85 Last year... 2.90
Forecast! Snow, .
elude not only his British second
army but also major elements
of tne u. i. first and ninth
armies.
Bradley was disclosed as the
commander of the south side of
the salient where Lt. Gen.
George S. Patton's third army is
tne strongest lorce.
Since Dec. 20
Montgomery nas been in
charge on the north side of the
salient since December 20, or
four days after Von Runstedt
unlimbered his surprise offen
sive which crashed 50 miles deep
into Belgium and across vital al
lied communication lines.
When the German Denelra-
tion through the Ardennes creat
ed two fronts, one substantially
facing north and the other south,
by instant agreement of all con
cerned that portion of the front
iacir soutn was placed under
command of Gen. Bradley," said
the supreme headquarters announcement.
Division of 7th
Bradley's new command in
cludes one division of Lt. Gen.
Alexander M. Patch's seventh
army, which presumably was
brought up from Alsace or a
nearoy rest area.
Bradley formerly commanded
the U. S. fleet, third and ninth
armies In an army group known
as the 12th. Montgomery has
been chief of the 21st army
group, Including the British sec
ond army and Canadian first
army.
BED
FULL OFFENSE
' '
German Drive Breaks
Through Maginot !
Line ,
YANKS NOG
OUT N P SH PS
69 Jap Vessels Down
In Three-Day
Attack
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
British troops have seized the
Burmese port of Akyab in their
first amphibious operation on
the long road back to Singapore
while Philippine-based American
aircraft and FT boats knocked
out 69 Japanese ships in a three
day attack coordinated with
smashing carrier raids on Formosa.
Radio Tokyo claimed that a
U. S. aircraft carrier and two
battleships or cruisers were sunk
in western Philippine waters as
opposing commanders intensi
fied the air war swirling around
invasion threatened Luzon island
and the advanced American
base of Mindoro.
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS. PEARL
HARBOR. Jan. 5 (yF Adm.
Chester W. Nimlts announced
the 27th and 28th successive
' daily strikes at Iwo Jima. Jap
anese airbaia -in -the Bonin
.islands, in a communique to-.
- day which omitted mention of
the continuation of carrier
, plane attacks on Formosa and
Okinawa.
PARIS, Jan. 5 (P) Supreme
headquarters said today that
stories published in the United
States by Time magazine and the
United Press in advance of the
security-delayed announcement
of the change in the allied west
ern front command had been
taken under immediate investi.
gation.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur indi
rectly confirmed Tokyo reports
of continuing ship movements
toward Mindoro. Japanese
broadcasters said another trans
port convoy had arrived.
Verifies Report
Adm. Chester W. Nimilz veri
fied Japanese reports that the
carrier attack on Formosa, ene
my air, troop and fleet assembly
grounds north of the Philip
pines, carried into its second
day. .
On Formosa and Okinawa,
largest of the Ryukyu islands.
continued lack of details indi
cated the attack was still under
way. Japs Pull Out
Adm. Lord Louis Mountbat-
ten announced that seaborne In
dian and English troops swarm
ed ashore on Akyab island, off
southwest Burma, early Wed
nesday morning simultaneous
ly with the opening of the at
tack on Formosa. The Japanese
garrison had pulled out the night
before, ' leaving behind booby
traps and mines.
British troops today firmly
hold the Island and the city of
. (Continued on Page Two)
Greeks End Talk
With Elas Men
ATHENS. Jan. 5 (JP) Fur
ther discussions with leftwing
Elas leaders concerning their
political grievances were barred
by the new Greek government
today pending Elas compliance
witn muiiory terms ot L,t. lien.
Ronald M. Scobic, British com
mander in Greece.
Scobie, whose troops are now
fighting to drive Elas forces
from Athens, has demanded
that the leftwingers lay down
their arms and leave the capital.
PARIS. Jan. 5 CP) Veteran
British infantry and armor
thrown into the Belgian counter
attack by Field Marshal Sir Bety
nard L. Montgomery, command
ing all allied torces on the north
side of the salient, has gained
up to 2000 yards all along ita
front.
This was disclosed at suDrems
headquarters today along with
the fact that the U. S. first and,
ninth armies have been under
Montgomery's command sinca
December 20, when the Germans
were threatening to break the al
lies' western front forces in
half.
While the British gained on
he north today, the German at
tack into northeastern Franco
against the U. S. seventh army
developed into a full offenslva
with a drive forward for two
more miles southeast of Bitche
close to 15 miles inside -Franca
and within 12 miles of the Sa-verne-
gap, the key to Stras
bourg, j
Breaks Maginot
This latest southward surge of
the Germans carried through
part of the old Maginot line and
within two miles of the Sarre
guemines-Haguent-u road. "
German patrols crossed the
Rhine north of Strasbourg in un
determined strength, possibly
with the intention of clamping
on a pincers that would squeeze
out the allied salient pointing to
ward Karlsruhe. .
In Action
British second armv tanks and
infantry went into action yester
day at the northwestern tip of
the Von Rundstedt salientt and
reached Waha in a push of 1500
yards. .
The drive is continuing, field
dispatches said, and netted up to
2000 yards, all along its front
from Marche to the right flank
of the U. S. first army to tha
east. u.---.. .' . i:
This was a front of about
seven miles.
Stirs Traffic
The concentrated assau-lt
stirred up nazl traffic move
ments which correspondents at
the front interpreted as a possi
ble withdrawal from the tip of
the German salient,
f. Reports said, however, that
this might be only a regrouping
around Houfalize, in the center
of the salient, where they would
fight to Drevent Montgomery'
and Bradley's forces from join
ing. .
Other British units attacked
the Germans on the outskirts of
newly captured . Bure and 'at
Wavreille, south of Rochefort on
the nose of the German pen
etration. ; !
Canucks Advance
. .
On Alfonsine Road
ROME, Jan. 5 (Canadian
troops have advanced against
strong enemy counterattacks
along the road east of Alfonsine
to within a mile and one-hall
of San Alberto, eight miles north
of Ravenna in the Adriatic
coastal sector of the Italian
front, allied headquarters an
nounced today.
The Germans threw In veter
an troops and brought up Tiger
and Panther tanks in a series of
fierce counterthrusts all . .qf
which were repulsed as the Can
adians drove forward. Heavy
losses were inflicted on the nazis,
the communique said. '-
Roosevelt to Summarize
Message on Air Saturday
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 P)
President Roosevelt will take to
the air tomorrow night to sum
marize to the nation his state of
the union message to be deliv
ered to congress earlier in the
day.
The chief executive, telling
his news conference today that
the message will deal with for
eign policy and manpower,
among other things, said it will
be about 8000 words long.
His foreign policy discussion,
he indicated, may touch on the
subject of more materials for
the French.
The broadcast will be carried
by all networks from 7 to 7:30
p. m. (PWT).
In connection with his foreign
policy discussions today, the
president saidin reply to ques
tions that a new program for
feeding Italy has been agreed
upon and that more food is go
ing in there.
He could not estimate the in
crease in pounds but said there
were more calorics in the new
shipments. v
Great Problem
He said shipping still is a
very great problem in feeding
the Italians.
Told that some people believe
the Italian armistice terms
should be made public on the
ground that military consider
ations are no longer a factor for
continued secrecy, the president
said military people on the spot
sua ' consider tnis factor important.
Some people in this country,
he added, seem to Know more
than they do.
Cordon Urges
Caution in West
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (VP)
Every possible safeguard of tha
forests of the Pacific coast was
urged today by Sen. Cordon
(R-Ore.).
Cordon told a reporter he had
no information as to what had
been determined with reference
to the recent finding of paper
balloons, described as possibly
of Japanese origin, in the north
west. "I am disturbed," he said, "at
these reports and, in view of tha
danger during the dry season,
particularly in the northwest, a
thorough investigation into the
circumstances of their finding
and the possible purpose of thclf
release is absolutely essenti"' '.'
6 .I. ,
Big 3 to Meet
After Jan. 20
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 "(VP)-1
President Roosevelt said today
his next meeting with Prime
Minister Churchill and Marsha)
Stalin will take place after hi
inauguration January 20,'
- He made this statement smil'
ingly to a news conference and
added in response to questions
that the meeting will differ aa
to agenda and other plans front
previous meetings at Casa
blanca. Teheran, Quebec and
Washington. ..