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N ihl- Jii'n radio hint been
H"h.aM " :..onbly ear;
in ""
0Mlln, .,..,1 l.i (lis
V ffiulory to our l"CK u"
"T.,r. i. Jan sea lanet lo
lZ)7a. '' but"01' l,,c
1 ccllVMi - , liiiuii
it. ., .iurt rfiinrtH
J) hive appeared contradictory
ih. Dolnl of awuroiiy. inw
n.vil force. T.ere
I l lull III U 1(711
ln? . :nu, mi.ii have been scu
g Uilng I" W" "
u.i nnri'unr y ao.
n, extent to which wo are
ile to Wl mo v' "".,,...;
."".ri"'.. ,. ; 1 dl.m a
line mo ".." . .. ... .1....1U
mat. So I' u,:,!" :
in many place at oncu. Stir-
j la imporuim ... . ,
i Dm nun of a land
ij on I hoKlflo shore which I
e moil licitnsn ui u.i i
iltrprlws
'HE capture of Luzon won't bo
..... Tim .Inn have had a
Ini tfiiio to net ready. They
rva Known uum i.
oner or later Iheyd have lo
W " . ... I.- I i..! Iln.1
hjht for Luzon, no ono kuuwi
i importance Ddier inuii uioy
II ik.u mn'l hnld LUZOI1
l-r. lin't much they can hold-
Id thoy know It. This l the
Im hMiiin wp'vi hern netting
tidy for In tlio I'acinc.
'HE war In Kuropo la looklnn
belter If we can bellevo the
Irwi we get.
1 Not onlv have tho Germans
Iccn ilopjied In lielifliun. They
Being puanra uacx. nicy
a ... n...i riv.-i i.Mi.in ill. Mii
VVD llik-ii in... ni.uw v ,
lough to threaten u gravely,
ticv inrcad Its base out wide
Jioush to provide tho apace
A-A A ll.rni.nti (hit
CVUI.U IW .,, iiiivumii .v
loops and the guns lo DRIVE
fa u.lie.ii, iney iuuk in iwg
kin... .. iiolmi ... uinu
oil. lllKliniia utiife lliu nmj
fiey wanted to go and In winter
BKnung ninnwnya nru nii'iin
ortant In moving large bodies
ii iroups ana vnsi cuauuiica oi
jqulpmcnt quickly,
I But they couldn't hold what
BU UHt A I - A A C I. .Ml
V nun a i; i & i. u. 111U7
louldn't finish whnt they hnd
anca, (Al least, that's the way
1 iooki on tnc uiisis or die news
u rcccnl daya.)
I
VtlE OcrmntiH hnvn ...lrtnnlilnil
W- Iv lniill.f.l hnn.iu nn
Is. But that doesn't srrvn lliplr
UrDOSC 111 Ih t Ptnfirilfinru Tlinv
Wifl. hntlA attttitmA Ina.na nl
I ' B1...LIVII IVBOkfl! Illlll
fc item logic of the war In Ha
I'tneii. aiage is tna wo can al
l)rH ihfl Inua,. r.til l..M.. An.tl
I - '". iiiiii inujr 1.11U 1.
Whnt llmu n.,..,l I.. .. .....
f Ofe-k through Into our rear,
fh oui uenina us, cut our lines
I supply and rclnfnrccincnt and
imorBiizo several 01 our armies,
inai nasn l linnpcncd.
ft Is unfnrl.iniiln 11. ni rl..!. 1...
.......i.V Itll.L UUIIUI .1MB
' OCCn Cflllt lllinn tUn njim. ...a
permlllcd to hear. But tho
lOUbt I llmrn Ulk.. ....... .1
I, ...... ... I'llvl. III'IVB 111
no ennnge In our European on.
in ., C0n"incl wns With
wumiiiucq on l'ago Two)
JuJet-Wounded
transient Found
TU. u. i.
iiu oiinct-ridclled form of a
n i.. I0,ma "horlly after noon
k....t, Blnu oi mo (in n'
KTw'n5 Knlplno brlelKo on
if.. - i '"H'livny illlU ainiu HO'
m.i "lfl uiiiuura were
mill vniiKirr'.. tn
...ii,ljiinKi
houaht ,W."0a.e.nnm .w.n!!
fcwlnV k....uu.,,on". Kninioi
aVa.mii, .I1". ou' a wanalcnt,
lo KhTmn .rj.tt?.?. n")bulance
:r.. i. '"v nospnai. ur.
r .V."' Ilri county coron-
n.."!'."' invcstiRnto nt first
hn.Ljl..IM0. mn victim of
Ivwi. f, ; Jlller ""''el wounds
Cr Arfi. . lne man's to
fcwln.'l r."t?.tctl lnl Fr(1y
bodv
' thnt
1 mo
Port May Head
Ptes Committee
he J"n. 12
on
or V , .""ivltles, siicces-
lllr.i.7 ." '. Old Dies commlttco.
f HarY H. headed by Rep.
I In that .8"y."fn'oornl
Ji t eo" u,ni "ies com
omirdi.!!1 bocomo tho "Har
vJSteS1.. Jl9 David B.!
Frln"nV9 nnounctd lata
"n. 1 "" l'y o eon.
Mff .... irtJIIMR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Hiss
Reds Open Polish
Front; Collapse of
Budapest Looms
LONDON. Jan. 12 ll') Th Carman radio said today that tha
Husslans had op-nod an offonalra on a broad iront In aoutharn
Poland, striking from tha Vistula brldgehsad west of Baranow
toward Krakow.
Tha Russians established tha Baranow bridgehead, 125 airline
miles south of ruined Warsaw, during the summer. In drives
across the rolling Polish plalm they struck within 35 miles of
Krakow, ancient capital of the Polish klnas and a cltv of 254.000.
"The first attacking waves were
irom our guns, mortars ana Inlantry weapons," the Germans as
serted, "Succeeding columns which reached the main battle lines
were forced back In extremely violent fighting. Bitter fighting
Is going on for some penetration areas.
Russian losses In (he drat hours of the battle were extremely
E
TO
By STEPHEN BARBER
ATHENS, Jon. 12 Ml Truce
has been reached in this coun
try's long and bloody civil war
to fnnlilo left-wing Elas repre
sentatives and tho Creek govern
ment to discuss their funda
mental differences, British head
quarters unnoiiiiccd today.
"At tho request of Elas repre
sentatives hostilities will cease
at I u. in. on January 19 (4 p, in.,
PWT, January 14)," said an offi
cial statement.
Tho agreement was signed at
10:30 p, m. last night by Lt. Gen.
ltom.Ul M. Scobic, British com
mander In Greece, and four Elas
delegates after two days of con
ferences, i
By terms of tho truce all Elos
forces will withdraw from desig
nated areas, the Elns will surren
der all military prisoners they
hold In exchango for an equal
number to bo released by the
British, and nil British civilians
now detained will bo turned
loose.
Tho prisoner exchange pro
visions do not apply, however,
to any Greek civilians held by
tho EAM (national liberation
front), civil police, tho official
announcement said.
More Marines
Arrive in City
TliriM. nfrlcprs and 110 enlist
ed men arrived In Klnmath Falls
Thursday morning to report to
tho Marine Bnrracks. All arc
veterans of overseas duty and
three or four of the men saw
duty In tho Lcyto campaign.
Tim urmm will bo given 30'
day furloughs to visit their
homes and will report back to
the Marino Barracks nl tno cna
ni i hiii i Imp. Tho men first re
ported lo the U. S. nnval hos
pital. Oak Knoll, beforo coming
to Klamutli Falls.
Bnrracks officials reported 202
icn hnd left tho post last week,
going by troop train as for as
Chicago. From there they con
tinue to their individual des
tinations with a 10-dny travel
dolny, beforo reporting lor amy
at points nenresi incir i.u.nua
January 15 Important Date
For Payers of Income Tax
By MAX HALL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 P)
There's a ditto on tho calendar
that Is rushing down on mi Hons
nt Invnnvrrs with tllO speed OI B
buzz bomb, .. .
Tho tialo is January id in a
coming Monday. January 15 Is
an Income tax dnle. It has never
been an income tnx dnto before,
and therefore some of tho tax
payers nro still asleep.
On the other hand a lot of
them aro waking up with atari
led eyes. Tho bureau of Internal
revenue says tho lines of people
seeking Information aro length
ening nil over tho country.
Most tnxpayors 38,000,000 of
them don't need to glvo Janu
ory 15 a thought. Thoy are the
ones who In 1044 wero paid al
most altogether In wages subject
to tho withholding tax (payroll
deductions) and whoso wages
were not more than $2700 If sin
glo or $3B00 If married.
Think Twice
The other 45,000,000 taxpay
ers should think twice about Jan
iiary 18, and decide whether
aid
fn Tlifl Shanta-Cancad Wonderland
Chase
completely wiped out by fire
s-neavy."
MOSCOW, Jan. 12 m The
lost stark chapter of the siege
of Budapest was being written
today In u narrow strip oi reel,
on thn cast bonk of the Danube,
with tho nnzls squeezed into the
area approximately two . mIcs
long and ono nine wiac, . .
Sovago German attacks on
tho soviet arc west of tho Dan
uho to relieve the desperately
struggling nnzi garrison foiled
agnln. Russian Marshal Fcodor
Tolbulthin was reported to nave
strengthened his positions and
there omicarcd little likelihood
of any German breakthrough.
In 10 days of fighting to re
lieve the liungarlun capilul. the
(Continued on Pago Two)
MARINE ARRESTED
A charge of attempted larceny
was filed by E. L. Paddock, Bly
rancher, against PFC John W.
Thrash Jr., L company, Marino
Barracks, following Thrash's ar
rest shortly after midnight as
city police officers untangled the
mnrlno from a clothesline wire.
Thrash is in the city Jail but
wns to bo transferred over to
the county, officers said.
Said Tampering
City police, on the alert for
tho person stealing locked cars
during the past two nights,
checked the Wl-No-Ma hotel
nnrklnu lot at 12:15 ri. in. Friday
and saw a man, Identified as
Thrash, tampering wan raa
dock's car. The left front door
handle was broken, the wind
wing gloss broken and the wing
pried open, officers said. The
(Continued on Pago Two)
Japs Say Third
Convoy in Guff
n Th. Associated Press
Tho Jnpancso radio declared
today that a third American
convoy lias reached Llngaycn
Olllf
The third convoy, tho Japan
est Dome! agency said in a
hrnnHnnnL recorded bv tllO fed'
cral communications commis
sion, Included "more than 100
transports and n hundred and
some score landing barges es
cortcd by 10 carriers." ' :
they have any homework to do
tills wecKcna.
Many of them won't for ex-
nmiiln a nnrsnn Uilm fiatl.TlfltpH
llt,l,.u n H"- ""
his Income tax reasonably cor
rectly last ipru inn. piiui cvuij.
thing duo nt thnt time. But mil-
llnna nl lDVnnVI1ll Om nffoPtPfl.
They Include all payors of in-
como tax wno;
These Included -
1. Wero not paid wages In
1044 Pru. pvnninip. doctor, law
yer, business owner, farm own-
ni- nnnrrt.ii0.nniiKn innniHnv.
2. Were pnld wages not sub
ject to tho withholding tax. For
example, domestic servant, farm
laborer, army officer, minister.
3. Wero pnld wages subject to
the withholding tax but who also
received Income of $100 or more
from other sources.
4. Wore paid wages subject to
4KA .i.lllilinlHIritf 4av fntnlllna
more than $2700 if single or
S3DUU i( married.
Big Advantage
Many of the 18,000,000 are ill
Ing their 11144 Income tax re
(Continued on Pago Two)
i
1
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1945
IF
Army's
jj4
1 5
The new army transport.
issuing
flight. One of-tho C-97s flow from Seattle to Washington, D. C, in little more than six hours,
which the war department says is a new transcontinental flying record. The plane is 110 feet 4
inches long snd has a wingspread of 141 feet 3 inches. (AP wirephoto). : :. .- -
investigation
Liquor Commission Slated
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM. Jan. 12 (Pi Gover
nor Earl Snail's request for. a
committee to Ihvcstlgato the
state : liquor commission was
passed 21 to 8 by the senate
and sent to tho house today,
over democratic charges that
the purpose, of the investigation
is to "whitewash" the commis
sion.
The resolution, orovidlng for
a committee of two senators and
three representatives, specifical
ly asks the committee to Inves
tigate tho purchase, of two dis
tilleries to enable tho state to
obtain additional liquor, and
that anything else on tno liquor
subject may be Investigated.
Motion Delea(ed
The senate defeated 20 to 7
a motion bv Sen. Thomas R.
Mahoncy,. Portland democrat, to
mako the commlttco bi-partisan,
and to boost its membership to
four senators and live represen
tatives, After Dassaee of the resolu
tion, Senato president 'Howard
C. Bclton announced thnt two
republicans Sens. Angus Gib
son of Junction City, and Paul
Patterson of Hillsboro would
be the senate members of the
committee. .
Charging that the senate has
Thaw Relieves
Eastern Cold
By The Aaaociated Press
A welcome January thaw
brought relief to a large section
of tho frost-bitten country to
day but subzero wcathor con
tinued to plague tne new tug
land states and northern New
York stfltCt
Mild temperatures prevailed
from Pennsylvania west to the
Rnpklps. bringing a break in the
severe cold of the past several
days to most of the plains
states. A new cold spoil touched
Minnesota and parts of Wiscon
sin and was expected to spread
Into other midwest states to
night. No severe cold was fore
cast, however.
Tokyo Orders Jap
Fleet to Fight
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12
(P)Bud Foster of the National
Broadcasting company reported
from Honolulu today that Tokyo
has "nractlcallv ordered" the
Nipponese fleet out of hiding.
Frwipr -mid a Jananesc broad'
pni rppnrrfpd In Honolulu today
ordered Its fleet to end passive
resistance shown American
mnvps. nlH Jnnancso forces op
posing the American Invasion of
Luzon in the Philippines ana op.
pose U. S. third fleet units. -
War Bulletin
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS. PEARL HARBOR
Jan. 12 (A1)- American carrier
airmen sank 25 Japanese ships
and heavily damaged 13 more
yeaterday in the third fleet'i bold
attack on four enemy eonvoya
off the French Indo-Chlna coast
nearly.. 1000.. miles., west , of
Manila.
tan
Biggest Transport In
i
lr
Cj
C-97, the air fore e'a . biggest, wings
of State
been a "rubber stamp "body"
during republican years, Ma
noney said:.
"We shouldn't pass this just
because the governor wunts it.
The governor says the liquor
commission has his confidence.
He . tells us there is nothing
wrong, ibut he wants us to spend
public funds to sec u anytning
is wrong.
"Whitewasn
'The people will say It's a
whitewash civen by an over
whelming republican legislature-
(Continued on cage two)
OF
STOLEN 111
Five cases of liquor were
spirited out of the Merrill liquor
store sometime Deiwcen nim
niKht and 9 a. m; Thursday and
officers were checking the sec
ond such theft in that town to
day. Entrance to the Merrill branch
of the Oregon State Liquor con.
trol. was gamed tnrougn a win.
dow, the lower section of which
is barred, prowlers evidently
took their time and picked from
the shelves at random. Some
Scotch, a case of Four Roses, one
case of Lansdowne, and an as
sortment of other liquor was re
moved, according to uecu tils,
worth Javf manager, who dis.
covered the loss when he opened
his . office Thursday morning.
He estimated the loot at $191.45.
The liquor was carted out the
front door. Investigating Thurs
day were Deputy Sheriff Dale
Mattoon and state police.- An
auditor from the liquor commis
sion, Salem, was at the scene
Friday.
Officers reported the arrest
this week of Walter Henry Bull,
Merrill, lodged In the county jail
(Continued on Fage Two)
Japs Report Air
Raids on Saigon
By The Aaaociated Press
The Japaneae Domel news
agency aaid today that "ap
proximately 90" carrier-baaed
planea raided the "Cochin
China aector centering around
Saigon" for nine and a half
houra today.
(Fleet Adm. Chester W.
'Nlmlti in a terae communique
laat night aald that carrier
planea "are now attacking the
enemy off the coast of Indo
Chlna between Saigon and
Camranh bay").
The Japaneae broadcast re
corded by the federal com
munlcatlon commlsalon,
claimed that Nipponese anti
aircraft units ahot down "at
1 a a t 20 American planea"
besides damaging others.
The Japaneae newa agency
said 50 carrler-baaed planes
"moatly Oruman fighters"
(better known' as Wildcats
and Hellcats) attacked "Sai
gon and its vicinity" from 8
a. m. to 1:30 p. m., Saigon
time.
January 12, 1945
Max. (Jan. 11) 48 Mln 29
Prtclpltatlon last 24 hours 03
Stream yaar to data 4.48
Normal 5.31 Last yaar 2.90
roracasti Ovarcast.
Flight
through the sky on a trial
ITPUT SPEED-UP
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 UP)
i irty per; cent or am war produc
tion programs will rise at "a tre
mendous rate" under a new
speed-up which Includes a three
fold increase In critical aircraft
in six months, J. A. Krue re
vealed today. ' . "'
Partly to equip new French
army divisions - for the fight
against Germany, about $2,500,.
000.000 worth of new arms out-
put Is being added "to the 1945
schedule, the WPB . chairman
said. .;'
The expansion brings 1945 to
tal output to some $64,500,000,.
000. slightly, higher than 1944
and is "a more difficult program
to meet," Krug.told a news con
ference. . i
"There will .be plenty of jobs
vwommuea on fage two)
Turks Permit
Allied Shipping
LONDON. Jan. 12 UP) Au
thoritative British quarters said
today that Turkey had granted
permission to the allies .to ship
supplies, td Russia via the Dar
danelles. No details were given, but the
informants said.thcv were under
the impression : negotiations had
been handled mainly throueh
military channels.
Turkey recently broke diplo
matic relations with Japan.
tending the last official axis lis
tening post out of the country
and depriving the enemy of
oases tor Japanese agents who
might report on the movement
of allied supplies through the
straits between the Mediterran
ean and Black sea. - -
Michigan Senator. Witness
In Graft Inquiry. Murdered
By JACK I. GREEN ,
LANSING. Mich., Jan. 12 OP)
The shots that killed State Sen
ator Warren G. Hooper, key
witness in a legislative grand
jury graft inquiry, on a Jack
son county - road last night set
off one of the most intense man
hunts of recent years in Michi
gan today.
County and state ponce, and
Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler
of the grand jury, coordinated
their search for tne- ktuer of
the 40-ycar-old republican legis
lator and for clues -to the mo
tives behind the slaying. .
: In Burning Auto
Shot from such close range
that vpowder burns ringed the
bullet wounds in the left side
of his head, Hooper was found
slumped in the burning - front
scat of his automobile, which
had skidded off the-pavement
of highway M-99 three miles
north of springport.
Jackson county authorities
sought a possible witness oi tne
killing this morning after re
ceiving a telephone call that
two. boys in the neignDornooa
reported they ' had "seen the
car stop."
Ooen Investigation
Sigler, who said Hooper had
been granted immunity by the
.V .
Number 10361
roms
T
E
3rd Penetrates Into
Nazis' South
Flank
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 12 (tP Allied
armies apparently sheared off
tne western seven miles of tne
Belgian bulge today and gouged
tentatively into the north and
south flanks of the eastern half
of the salient.
The U. S. third army pene
trated twice into the German
south flank between Bastogne
and Vainden, in Luxembourg.
The first army stabbed across
the Salm river to within ten
miles' of St. Vith. This action,
with those of the third army,
threatened to undercut any at
tempt by Field Marshal Von Run
stedt to hold the course of the
Ourthe river and yield only the
western half of his salient.
Leave Rearguards -
The Germans aDDeared to have
pulled all but the last delaying
rearguards irom the western end
of .the Ardennes bulge, where
the first and third armies, had
netted more than1 30,000- prison
ers, killed uncounted thousands
of Germans and : destroyed at
least me equivalent or six or
seven', divisions of tanks. ' . The
sixth army group in Alsace-Lorraine,
where the Germans threat
ened Strasbourg in diversionary
attacks,' had bagged another
3Z94 captives in tne current cam
paign.' ' -' -
-At-pbints the Belgian salient
now is only seven miles wide,
As the Germans withdrew: in
near zero weather from the west.
supreme; headquarters announc
ed that firm contact had been
established between British
forces and the American third
army near St. Hubert.- That an
chor town was entered.
' Formerly Fluid
The - southwest end . of the
bulge heretofore had been fluid,
covered .only by patrols. Pres-
. (Continued on Page Two)
Raiders Stab
Into Italy
ROME, Jan. 12 (iP) American
fifth army raiding parties
stabbed deep into enemy terri
tory today as patrol activity was
stepped up with the advent of
better weather along the entire
Italian front.
Canadian units of the eighth
army, facing desperately resist
ing nazi units along the Reno
river, increased the tempo of
battle in that sector at the south
ern end of the narrow spit of
land separating the Comacchio
lagoon from tne Adriatic sea.
grand .jury for his testimony,
conferred with Circuit Judge
Leland W. Carr, - head of the
grand jury, and set his staff of
investigators to aid in running
down the killer.
HooDer was en route from
Lansing, where the legislature
had recessed for the weekend,
to his home at Albion when he
was slain. -
State police, who said they
still had not found the gun that
killed Hooper, were concentrat
ing on at least two tangible
clues.
Clues Discovered
One was a bullet, removed
from Hooper's head, which was
discharged from a .38 caliber
pistol. The other was a set of
footprints leading from the car
through the snow to the pave
ment. Capt. William Hanson of
the state police said the prints
were small and might have been
made bv a woman. ;
Capt. Hanson said the shots
were fired from Inside the auto
mobile. There wore powder
bums on HooDer's face and hat.
One bullet struck Hooper be
neath the left eye and lodged
in the rieht side of his throat.
The other entered the top of
his head and stopped under his
right shoulder blade.-
IPOFBULG
SHEARED
BY PURSUERS
ROADS
RAILS
BY
EN
7 to 9-Mile Advances
Toward Manila r
Reported
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. LUZON,
Jan. 12 OP) Rapidly advancing
sixth army Invaders at Llngayen
gulf have seized more than 10
miles of the San Fabian-Manila
railroad, overrun 50 miles o
road networks commanding the
north ends of four main high
ways to Manila and turned what1"
could have been the flank of a'
good Japanese defense line be-,
hind the Agno river. . . n
These are developments for
the first 48 hours since Tuesday's
invasion. Much more remains to'
be disclosed. -
Toward Manila V..
Today's communique, ' covert
ing action up to Thursday morn
ing, reported advances iir
strength during the previous 24''
hours of seven to nine miles
generally in the direction of Ma--nila
a little over 100 miles south?
Those advances, which added'
five towns to the more than two
score communities captured,
were limited more by caution
and supply lines than by the Jap
anese. Widen Beachhead
The width of the beachhparl
along the ' gulf, originally 15
mnes, now is Zo, with the first
real combat contact with the en-'
emy reported on the left flank;'
nine miles southeast of San Fa
bian. . '"
From Lineaven to Manila!''
American planes ranged over the
central Luzon plains where great
tang Dames soon may De ought.,
They cratered airfields in and.
around Manila, blew up bridges'
over which enemy reinforcer"
ments are trying to move
(Continued, on Page Two)
(. S. Resumes x
Relations With f
Finns Informally
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12 (JPl
The United States, is-resuming
relations with Finland, on an in
formal basis
The state department an-'
npunced ; today that ; President
Roosevelt', has approved thB;as.
signment of a foreign service of-
Jicer with the personal rank of
Minister of Helsinki. Pending his
arrival an officer- has been dis
patched from Stockholm, Swed
en, to handle American affairs
at the Finnish capitol.
Hood River to
'Receive' Japs
HOOD RIVER. Ore.. Jan. 12
OP) A group of Hood River vat
ley-"residents are attempting to
organize, it was learned yester
day, a reception committee ;
which will meet Japanese-Americans
returning py train and in
form them they' are not wanted
here.
At the same time an American
Legion committee asked the
county court for permission to
hold a special election -testing
public opinion on the return of
the relocated citizens. The elec
tion was approved, if held at Le
gion expense. . a
Pvt. Tom Rink
Hurt in Action
Pvt. Tom J. Rink. 19. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Junior T. Rink of
route 1 box 1002, Klamath Falls,
suffered wounds in the arm
while in combat In France, ae
cording to word received by the
infantryman s parents. Tne ac
tion took place December 16. ..
Young Rink was inducted It
February 1944, and took his
training in Mississippi. . A letter
written his parents shortly be
fore Christmas advised them hia
wounds were not serious and he
hoped to rejoin his outfit at the
front within a few days. Rink
is a former Klamath Union higa
school student.
Development of x
Basin Proposed
YREKA, Calif., Jan. 12 OPHt
United States army engineers Ira
dicated today that what started
originally as a plan to diverl
Klamath river water from Tula,
lake to augment power develop
ment at Shasta dam had turned
into, a project to develop thl
upper Klamath basin itself.
, Col. K. M. Moore, writlnf,
from the army engineers' officl
in San Francisco to Siskiyou
County ' Farm Adviser W, V
Maxwell, said: '
' "The Klamath survey report
now Is enlarged to include flood
control, irrigation, reclamation
hydroelectric power,- fish and
wild life and recreation feat
ures." s . "
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