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bops In punwmlun ot more
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(efts Wednesday mid Tlmrsdiiy
Kins, apparently tho work of
lie person who picked on lock
ll cars but managed to net tho
mcnincs rtinnuiK by tinkering
ith tho wiring.
C. F, Grotc of New York,
IC!t at the WI-NivMii hotel, tnld
Jllccrs he left lilK enr parked
me noioi parking lot tit
m. and this mornlna found
e gas tnnk omiitv. tho left
out door pried open, the wlr-
unmngcu ami 1110 houdllglil
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Wvlscd police slu! pnrkod her
nun neiir Main nt 7:00
ni. nn) nt 11 ?n f,,,,,,,i n.n
line on N, Dili nonr Pine Her
:ir had experienced mneh the
'me treatment ns tlt0 Grotc
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tilolakn .0," l0lny fr'"
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Results Good, Soys
War Department
Release
WASHINGTON. Jnn. 11 W1
Superfortresses blasted shlppluK
Installntions ul the Jupancsu
nnvnl bnsa of Slnmiporo today
for tho second time.
"Good results," wero reported
by the war department.
The mid, apparently aimed at
pinning down Japanese naval
until at the big base while Gen
eral MacArthur's troops aro
currying out their Invasion of the
Philippine, w n s hammered
homo, by upwards of 40 11-20
bomber from India.
Itoarlng In during tho early
morning, tho big bomber may
huvo caught the enemy off guard
lnco only "mengre and Inac
curate" antiaircraft flro was en
countered, Fighters Downed
Four enemy fighter tlint roso
to meet the raider wero shot
down by Superforlrcs gun
ners, one was probably shot
down and 12 damaged.
None of the H-2B wa lost to
enemy action, tho communhiuo
reported without saying whether
all had returned to their buses. .
' Previously Hit
Singapore pravlously had
been hit on November 8 by u
larger force uf D-20s from India.
The communique also dis
closed that two B-2l)s aro missing
from tho raid on Tokyo Tues
day and arc believed lost "as u
result of enemy action." Addi
tional reports on the raid showed
that tho Sulpan-bnsed Super
fortresses destroyed 14 Japanese
planes, probably destroyed three
and damaged nlno others.
Chaplin Retrial
Set for May 2
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 1 1 (P)
Charlie Chaplin's paternity suit
was sot today for retrial May 2
despite Insistence by Joun Ber
ry' lawyer upon an earlier dale.
"Thl child Is practically des
titute," declared Joseph Scott,
counsel for the 24-year-old un
wed mother who is MlillU to have
Chnplln declared tho father of
per (laugnicr, inrui inn, w
months of ng,
"This child Is not destitute and
Mr. Scott knows It," responded
Charles E. MUllkan. the corned-
Inn' attorney. "Wo have been
supporting ll for monins.
Aflorwnrd Scott told an Asso.
elated Press rcunrter that Chan.
lln Is paying $75 a week for
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to St n month for rent. Pre
viously ho hnd pnld $18,000 for
the child's support pending the
trial, and legal fees.
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Lawmakers Turn on Heat
To Get Bills to Work On
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, Jan. 11 (P) Legisla
tive leader turned on the hent
today to force stale departments
and members to Introduce their
bills.
Both President of the Senate
Howard C. Bolton and House
Speaker Eugcno E. Marsh plead
ed for bills so tho lawmakers
can get to work. They told de
partment heads that tho legisla
ture completed its organization
quickly so ll could begin work,
but there Isn't any work to do
been use tho bills aren't coming
In.
Expected to Quit
Tho house expected lo quit to
day for tho week, while the sen
nto will stay until Friday noon.
Several senators wanted to quit
today, asserting thcro Isn't
enough work lo Justify staying
until Friday, but Ihc majority of
tho senators felt thnt to quit to
day would cause tho public lo
feel the lawmaker weren't
earning tholr $8 n day.
Groundwork for an all-out
scrap between tho 7fl republi
cans nnd tho 15 democrats was
laid today when tho Portland
republican legislators said they
would Introduce bills to prevent
fraudulent voting in Multnomah
county.
Asserting that thousands of
democratic newcomers in Port
First to Leave
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innlnta.r K
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The first person to leave the
Tulelake war relocation authori
ty' center, since the army lifted
the blanket exclusion order, is
Jim Susukl. He left the project
Tuesday. January 9, lor Minne
apolis, Minn., to accept Job
in that city. (Photograph by
Robert H. Ross).
A Jury, which deliberated
four hours Wednesday, nworded
$10,000 lo Dale Davis In . tho
S.10,000 damage suit brought by
10-year-old Davis against Mich
ael P. Lovcnik, Klamath Falls
business mnn.
Circuit Judge David It. Van
denberg completed his instruc
tions to the jury early in the
afternoon after both sides had
completed arguments in one of
tho largest dnmnge suits ever
brought in local courts.
Permanently Disabled
The plaintiff, tnrough his fath
er, Allen Davis, guardian ad
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Vet Bound Over
To Grand Jury
Lewis Summcrvllle, 22-year-old
veteran of World War 2, was
bound over to the grand Jury,
after n preliminary heorlng held
in Dorrls, Calif., nt 1 p. m., Wed
nesday. Summcrvllle, who Is repre
sented by J. C. O'Neill, has been
charged with assault with a
deadly weapon upon tho person
of Fermon Clinton Evans, chief
cook, Marino Barracks. His case
will be considered by tho grand
Jury at Yrckn, Calif., sometime
In tho nenr future.
land voted Illegally last Novem
ber. Ihev sold they would Intro
duce measures providing for ap
pointment of a civil service rcg'
Istrnr of elections for the county,
nrovldo closer check of votersr
registrations, and add additional
Judges to election ooarcls.
Thov said mnnv war workers
voted lcmoerallc without having
lived In the county tho six
months required.
Ask Incroase
Tho Slate Federation of Labor
announced it would nsk that uiv
emiilovmcnt compensation, bene'
fits ho Increased to $25 a week
for 20 weeks, compnrcd with tho
current rata of $15 a week for
10 weeks.
Tho senate voted to hire Ralph
E, Moody, Snlcm attorney, as its
legal adviser at $1500 for the
session, The senators explained
that Attorney General George
Nmmcr is too swnmped with
work, but Ncuner will continue
to nssis'. the house members,
Moody is a former assistant state
attorney general, has been house
legt.l advisor tno pasi iwo scs'
slons, and was the governor
special attorney In 1B3B to prosC'
enln In bar terrorists.
Tho first bill was passed yes
terday, It being n $iuu,uuu ap
propriation for expenses of tho
legislature,
Tip Crumbles
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arocne
By Advancing
Allied Army
By JAME8 M. LONG
PARIS. Jan. 11 (TP) Allied troop captured strategic Laroche
today and British patrols in a swift 10-mile advance through the
collapsing weitern end of the Belgian budge reached the Champ
Ion area, a mile east of the north-south road between Laroche
and St. Hubert.
The road was cut without opposition.
The Germans quickened their skillful, orderly withdrawal in
the deep snow as the American first and third armies drove in
from north and south and the British second army pursued
through profuse minefields from the west.
. The main British force was four miles behind the patrols
which penetrated the Chamolon area, almost throuah the diffi
cult Freyr forest. The town is 13 miles west of Houilalixe. which
the Germans may attempt to make the center of new defense
iron! shielding the eastern half
FOREIGN POLICY
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 fP)
Senator Connalty (D-Tex.) re
turned from White Houso con
ference today urging the senate
to withhold further discussions
of the international situation
pending a new meeting of the
''Big Three."
The tall Texan, who is chair
man of the foreign relations com
mittee,, disclosed no details of
the morning's discussions be
tween Mr. Roosevelt , and an
cight-mani' bi-partisan delega
tion from, the. foreign -relations
group, but issued this statement
to reporters:
. Exchange Views .
"Tho subcommittee had a very
pleasant and satisfactory confer
ence with -tho president. In an
ticipation of .his departure to
meet Stalin and Churchill the
view of members of the sub
committee wero made known to
the president and the president's
views wero made known to the
subcommittee.
"Tlic discussions covered the
entire field of foreign relations.
"Until the meeting of Roose
velt, Stalin and Churchill, I hope
that there will be no resolutions
presented In the senate or gener
al discussions which would dis
turb the delicate International
situation."
As the subcommittee left the
Whito House, Democratic Lead
er Barklcy of Kentucky said:
Interesting"
"We had an interesting dis
cussion of the whole field of the
international problem. That is
as far as wc can go nothing on
any detail or any phase of It.
"The whole subject still left
undecided by Dumbarton Oaks
was discussed."
The republican floor leader,
Senator White of Maine, how
ever, merely held up his hands
when asked If he considered the
meeting a satisfactory one.
The group remained with the
president for an hour and a half.
March of Dimes
Dance Scheduled
It was decided that the March
of Dimes danco will be given at
the armory on January 27, when
the Klamath county chapter of
the National Foundation for In
fantile Paralysis met on Tues
day evening. The annual fund
appeal and the March of Dimes
is to bo conducted from Janu
ary 14 to 31.
Officers of the Klamath coun
ty chapter arc Dcna Backes,
chairman; Al McDonald, vice
chairman; Roy Rakcstraw, treas
urer: Ina Patty, secretary.
Members of the board Include
the Reverend Victor Phillips
Arnold Gralapp, Dr. Peter H,
Rozendal, Dr. G. A. Masscy,
Ida Momycr Udell, Alice Vitus,
Elcnora Weathcrford. Lynn Roy-
croft, Chaplain O. W. Jones of
tho naval air station, ana uap.
tain Joseph T. Smith and Cap,
tain Paul S. Hospldor of the
Marino Barracks.
Bombers Pound
Pacific Bases
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
Jan. 11 P) Striking through
the western Pacific, American
bombers pounded half a dozen
enemy bases Monday and Tues
day, . Adm. Chester W. Nlmitz
announced todav. '
Results of the strikes, which
met little opposition, were not
reportco
on
of the bulge.
The allies captured the strate
gic road center ot Laroche (Pop.
1B28) on the north side of the
salient at 9:05 a. m. Patrols
entered the town. 14 miles
northwest of Bastogne. yester
day and found it lightly held.
The crudest enemy for both
sides was the continuing bliz
zard, with temperatures nine
above zero Fahrenheit.
Tender Spot
With the bulge battle going
well, the tenderest spot on the
allied side of the western front
was Strasbourg. Germans threat
ened the Alsatian capital from
positions 10 to 17 miles south
and from nine miles north.
Planes spotted 100 tanks below.
Strasbourg, evenly deployed on
both sides of the Rhine, and
claimed the destruction o nine
and the damaging of 19. '
. . .Tho Germans did not .appear
to have exerted their full
strength in that area, but neither
the American 7th army on the
north nor the French first army
on me soutn nnd yet shown
sufficient strength to reduce the
threat. '
Planes Aid
A short break in the clouds
allowed a few allied planes to
get into the air above the Bel
gian bulge for a change. Two
squadrons of fighter bombers
raided two areas east of the key
German base of St. Vith and
pilots reported they exploded
several stacks of ammunition, a
train and 10 railroads. Two
other trains were reported badly
damaged.
t irst army patrols tested a
new sector and stabbed deeply
below Malmedy, encountering
no opposition. The first also
threw a bridgehead across the
Salm river within nine miles
of St. Vith and fought in Viel-
salm, a river stronghold.
English General
Killed at Luzon
LONDON, Jan. 11 OP) The
British war office announced
todav that Lt. Gen. Herbert
Lumdscn had been killed by a
Japanese air attack January 6
while aboard an American war
ship in the Pacific.
Lumdsen. appointed by prime
Minister Churchili as his spe
cial representative to Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters in November, 1943, presu
mably was killed during the in
vasion of Luzon island in the
Philippines when Japanese
planes heavily attacked tne
American convoy.
Lumdscn was 4B years old.
He commanded the 12th Royal
Lancers which won fame for
rearguard fighting during the
retreat to Uunkcrquc.
3 Destroyers
Down in Pacific
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (P)
Ton navy vessels Including three
destroyers have been lost in re
cent western Pacific comoat op
orations.
A severe typhoon sent the dC'
strovers Hull, Spcnce and Mon
aghan to the bottom, the 'navy
disclosed. Lost as the result of
enemy action wero four landing
craft (LST), a mutor torpedo
boat, a small submarine chaser
and a small auxiliary vessel.
Tho Hull and Monaghan car
ried normal complements of
some 150 men each and the
Spcnce obout 220. Rescued from
the Hull were the commanding
officer, four other officer and
49 men. Survivors of the
Soence numbered 24 and six of
the Monaghan's personnel were
saved. Next of kin of casualties
on the Hull and Monaghan have
been notified: the navy said
those of the ones on the Spence
would be as soon as possible,
Yanks Expand
sou a;o M:,s
Canturlna 20 towns and villaaef. including Lingayen. San
Fabian. Mangaldan and Dagupan,
their Luzon beachhead over 22
average of four miles.
Review of Grand Strategy
Expected; May Begin With
Big Three's February Meet
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11 UP)
A sweeping review of allied
grand strategy is now expected
to'be made by military and .po
litical chiefs beginning with the'
Big Three conference around
February 1. . -
A whole, scries, of events, is
AS STRIKE RESULT
VANCOUVER. B. C. Jan. 11
(JP) Increasing disruption of
services in three coast cities be
came apparent as 15 of Van
couver's 80 public schools closed
down on the third day of a strike
of 2700 members of the street
railwaymen's union (AFL) here,
in Victoria and in nearby JNew
Westminster, B. C.
Teachers in the schools were
unable to find transportation a:
their gasoline reserves became
exhausted. In Toronto, George
S. Gray, dominion transit con
troller, said his department was
mainly concerned with maintain
ing war industries and public
health services.
Employees of the British Co
lumbia Electric company's trans
portation service, on strike since
Tuesday protesting the national:
war labor board's rejection of
their wage demands, maintained
their pickets at the main car
barns in the three cities.
Union, company and regional
war labor board officials re
mained silent on the deadlock.
Federal labor officials were
equally non-committal following
Labor Minister Mitchell's state
ment terming the stoppage il
legal and calling on strikers to
return to work.
Army Understrength. Says
Stimson to Explain Speed-Op
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (P)
War Secretary Stimson said to
day the army "when measured
in terms of effectiveness" is un
derstrength. He made the assertion at a
news conference to explain the
current call for an accelerated
induction rate..
That call threatens to take
some 200,000 to 250,000 young
men out of war plants this
spring to help meet demands
from the armed forces for 900,
000 men by July 1.
Calls To Jump
Col. Francis V. Keesling Jr.,
testifying for the selective serv
ice system in support o( nation
al service legislation, told the
house military committee today
that draft calls would be jump
ed to an average of 132,000 men
for each of the four months
starting with March. January
and February calls are for 112,
000 men a month. Navy and
marine enlistments among
youths, under 18 are expected
to make up the 900,000 grand
total.
The question of the ; army's
Beachheads
American infantrymen stretched
miles and: drove inland for. an
forcing this review and prob
ably, drastic revisions of. allied
thinking, the latest being -the
American invasion of . Luzon,
The problem js to relate future
operations in the Pacific, where
the war is moving at high speed,
to coming operations in Europe
where the developments are on
a badly delayed timetable.
. Key to Problem
Estimates that as a result of
the German offensive that the
Eurobean war might be prolong
ed three to six months, which
are still held here despite re
cent optimistic reports from
France, furnish the key to the
problem.
Overall strategy has to be
planned, where possible, years
in advance. - The allied chiefs of
staff, taking into account, pro
duction factors in this country,
began charting a return to Lu
zon not long after American
forces were compelled to evac
uate that bastion early in 1942.
Post VE-Day Plan
From the first it was assumed
that any major operations be
yond that point would require
maximum concentrations . of
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Damages Asked
For Wrecked Car
A case is being tried before
Judge David R. Vandenberg con
cerning car damages, with Ray
Swindler and the North River
Insurance company versus O. A.
McCord and Arthur Beck. The
plaintiff is suing for S995 dam
ages to his car which was
wrecked sometime last year.
Jurors include Keva Hutchin
son, F. E. French, E. N. Eagle,
Lester Wishard, J. C. Wright,
Raymond S. Loosley, Andrew, M.
Colli..1, Antone Steyskal, Earl
Gardner, P. D. Reedcr, Leonard
Oberg and Donald Colwell,
need for additional men arose
when newsmen asked Stimson
if the army is not already over
strength when its announced
ceiling of 7,700,000 men is con
sidered. Replying in the negative,
Stimson asserted that "measured
in terms of effectiveness" the
army is understrength, not over
strength." Ineffective Men
He said there were approxi
mately 450,000 wounded and
sick in army hospitals now and
that these-men are ineffective
for purposes of conducting a
war. In addition while they
were in the process of moving
in and out, he added.
"The effective size of an army
must be kept up to its celling,"
Stimson said.
Adding that "It should be ob
vious that the tempo of war"
has Increased, Stimson said the
Germans are not going to ac
cept the inevitable end "with
out a fieht to the finish." He
said, too,, that the war with
Japan is running ahead of
schedule.
Night Attacking Jap's
Hit Reinforcement '
Convoy T
By C. YATES McDANIEL
Of, NEK AL MacAKTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LUZON".
Jan. 11 (IV) Manila-bound
American infantrymen stretched
ineir beachhead over 22 miles ol
Lingayen gulf and drove inland
from four key towns today to
ward impending major battle
with Japanese reinforcement
struggling north over bomb-cut,
roads, (l
Only damaging opposition
came at sea where night-attacking
Japanese planes and torpedo
boats nit several ships in a con
voy bringing up 14th corps rein-;
forcemeats.
Sen Towns :
On land, the Yanks seized 20
towns and villages,' captured
Lingayen airfield and pushed.
their advanced spearheads to a
little more than 100 miles north-
of Manila. Nowhere was serious
resistance reported. .
Tokyo radio asserted todav-
American forces attempted an-,
other amphibious landing on Lu
zon island, nine miles north of
their original beachhead, but.
were wiped out within 10 min
utes. The - unconfirmed - broadcast.
recorded by the federal commun
ications commission, said:
Another enemy landing ot
troops attempted to get a foot
hold near Rabon, 15 kilometers
north of San Fabian. All of the
Japanese guns on the beach'
opeped fire all at once, com-'
pletely-wiping out all of them.
witmn 10 minutes. . "
Thursday's communique an-'
nounced the doughboys overran
the towns of San Fabian, Lin-'
gayen, Mangaldan and Dagupan
in the first 24 hours and pressed.
Inland for an average advance
of four miles. Patrols were weljt
ahead-of this, average - penetrj-'
tion. .!
Near Port Sual
A field dispatch: from Fred
Hampson, Associated Press war
correspondent, disclosed, units ot
the 14th army corps pushing
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El
YREKA, Calif., Jan. 11 VPh
Diversion of water from thft
Klamath river to give a steady
stream flow at Shasta dam fui
power development is-the war
department's idea not the 'de
partment of the interior's tele
grams from Rep. Clair Engle OS
Calif.), made clear here today.
Engle quoted in full a tele
gram from Charles Carey, head
of the reclamation bureau of
fices in Sacramento, Calif., sav
ing the war department's plan
was lo cuveri wuier uuiu iiiu
Klamath river at Tulelake and
that the department of interior
and other government agencies
were aroused by the possible
threat to one of the west's moat
important wild fowl refuges. At
Preliminary Survey !
Carey said that the interior
department had made some pre
liminary surveys with the idefc
that any water, if needed, coulfcl
come from the Trinity river in
stead. - ...
Engle, who represents the sec
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Byrd Given Medal
For Pacific Work
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (IP)
For finding Pacific airfield sites
that will cut future air travel
time, Rear Admiral Richard E.
Byrd, retired, today received
the Legion of Merit medal from
President Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt himself disclos-
cd the nature of Byrd' out
standing services.
Previously it had been an
nounced only that the Arctic
and Antarctic explorer had been
on aviation duty with tho com
mander in chief of the United
States fleet and that he will re
turn soon to the Pacific. v
Egg Ceiling
Violations Seen
The office of price admlnlstra
Hon today churged that Klamath
Falls merchants wero charging
above celling prices for eggs.
Merchants were warned by
OPA to check with tho local wa
price and rationing board in re
gard to price ceiling, and were
advised that egg price schedulci
have been set for the entire yeal
by OPA.
Despite scarcity of eggs, OPA
officials said prices were declin
ing but that many retailers ap
peared to maintain prices aboy
the allowed celling.
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