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countemttucks when they
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lesi dlsiirom.i tho pattern of
irk nn Mnnllii
A frontal n.viiiult on the city,
oijkIi (lie narrow mnutli of ll.'i
', which In conimiinded by tho
Ircss of Cor.euldor, would bo
cldal a fuel that wu dourly
"gnlzcd and admitted by the
s when they attacked lia
re.
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ncej one from the north, by
y of Lhiiiuycn Rtilf, and the
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re already established on Mill
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leores Given
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d Uelccllvej, KrnupliiK for
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per, today explored u posal-
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In The SluiHia-CuHcada Wonderland
eattier
Januiry 13. 1845
Max. (Jin. 12) 44 Min. 38
Precipitation lait 24 houn .05
Strtam year to date 4.50
Normal S.38 Last year 2.90
Forecast: Clear and cold.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY, 13, 1945
Number 10362
American Troops Push Toward
Manila
11E DEATH
5
0 UNO
ED
BY IS W
Bullet Wounds Found
'n Brain, Body
Of Man
Mystery enveloped the circum
stance MirroiimlluK the death of
John ltiithiel KwIiik, !)U, whose
ijullet-ridilli'il form was found
early I-'rldiiy afternoon, dumped
in Kiiniiliind fashion at the side
of the Weed hlKhway, three
miles southwest of Klamiith
Fulls.
Ueforc EwIiik. expired at
Klamath Valley hospital at 4:04
p. i. yesterday, Klamath county
law enforcement officers liud
h-ouc to work on the case.
Bullet In Brain
One bullet was still lodiied In
the man's bruin, Dr, Georite II.
Ailler, Klamath county coroner,
reported, and it is understood
that there were wounds else
where in Ewinii'a body.
Kwinit's body, lylnii on blood
snaket enrlli half way down a
30-foot embankment on the east
side of the fill appronchliiK the
Kalpliio brldiie on tho Weed
highway, was first noticed by n
Great Northern crew, swilcliltiK
at tho west end of the Kalplne
plant about noon. Stale pollre
were notified and Deputy Sheriff
Jack Kraney called.
Unconscious
The man's body was lying In
huddled position, face down. lie
(Continued on Pane Seven)
Fourth Loot
Group Sentenced
PARIS. Jan. 13 (T) Testi
mony of hlKh stakes nt G. I.
poker names was Introduced to
day as tin? fourth Krotip of en
listed men accused of looting
military t ruins in French black
market deals wept on trial be
fore an army general court mar
tial. LI. Robert O'Reily of the
army criminal Investigation di
vision, who worked as n fire
man In n railway battalion
wliilc Investigating the looting
outbreak, testified ho watched
poker games nt which soldiers
pnld ns high as 8000 francs
($1(10) lo see the Inst curd of a
seven-card stud poker gnme.
Today's defendants were Sgt.
Fran C. Pozzl, Chicago, 111., and
Sgt. Waller G. Thorsell, Port
land. Ore. The men were con
victed nnd sentenced to 25 years
at hnrd labor and dishonorably
discharged.
First Photo! Invasion Armada Brings Yanks Back to Luzon
V;
First photo of General MacArthur's Invasion fleet heading to ward Jap-held shores of Luzon island on Llngayen gulf. The 1000
shlp armada 600 of them transports brought ashore unending streams oi American troops, artillery, tanks, transports and
munitions as first wave assault troops secured beaches against feeble Japanese resistance. "Some loss and damage" was suffered
by American ships but thoy were considered Infinitesimal in comparison to siie of fleet. Photo radioed from New Guinea.
LONDON, Jan. 13 (II Mar
sluil Stalin announced tonight
a red army offensive west of
Baranow had advanced 25 miles
in two days on n -lO-mllc.ronl.
Stalin's announcement
which confirmed earlier Ber
lin reports of a great new soviet
onslaught from the Vistula
bridgehead in Poland said
Marshal Invnn S. Kancy's first
Ukrainian army "broke through
heavily fortified defenses" with
an assault launched yesterday.
Previously tho Germans said
the Russians' had launched a
gigantic winter offensive with
Ihrco mighty attacks In Poland,
Knsl Prussia and northern Hun
gary. Kielce Menaced
Tho advance opparcntly di
rectly threatens German-held
Kielce, a rail Junction 03 miles
southwest of Warsaw w h i c h
links the Warsaw and Krakow
fronts. Among the towns cap
tured were Chmlelnlk, 18 miles
southeast of Kielce, nnd Busk,
11 miles south of Chmlelnlk.
Stalin's order of the day,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Sgt. McFerrin
Reported Missing
Word was received Saturday
morning by Mrs. Carl Carlson of
this cltv, thnt her brother,
MSgt. W. B. McFerrin has been
reported as missing In action
since December 10, according to
the war department mcssnge.
McFerrin was attached to the
headquarters: of the Oth army,
and spent 10 months In Englnnd
before being transferred after
the Invasion on D-Day.
He was formerly a resident of
Klamnth Falls, and has ninny
friends here, although he moved
to San Raphael, Calif., a few
years ago.
General Assault Made on
Belgian Bulge; Houffaliie
Menaced by 1st Army Men
PARIS, Jan. 13 (P) U. S.
first army troops, striking
southward In a general assault
on a 30-mile front, hammered
today to within 4 V miles of
Houffalize, central stronghold
of the dwindling nazi bulge in
Belgium, nnd within little more
than a mile of the Houffalizc
St. Vith escape road.
The third armored division,
HIT BY UNIONS
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (VP)
A blast by organized labor
against current congressional
manpower moves brought a new
prediction today from the house
military committee chairman
that work or fight legislation
will become law.
Chairman May (D-Ky.) soid he
ls"more convinced than ever that
"action by congress is needed to
solve the nation's manpower
problems." In recess after a
week of hearings on a national
service bill applicable to males
between 18 and 45, his commit
tee Is waiting to hear the views
of labor next week.
Ignores Suggestion
May brushed aside a sugges
tion made yesterday by Philip
Murray, CIO president, that the
problem be handled by volun
tary methods nnd by taking out
of "the congressional mess it is
in" and returned "to the people
where It belongs."
"Congress is going to act and
act soon," May said in an inter
view. "It's a question of wheth
er wo follow the suggestions of
(Continued on Page Seven)
Chiloquin Youth One of 23 Survivors
Of Infamous Slaughter by Japanese
A 10-year-old Chiloquin youth,
William U. Flury, was one of a
handful of survivors of a mer
chant ship to live to loll the story
..r iiw. inr,,mmi,i nilrl-ocean
slaughter al the hands of a Jap
submnrlno crew in inc iiicuuu
ocean hist June 11. Young Hury
is now in Portland working with
his father, Chester Flury, In tho
Alblnn shipyards.
Relatives of the seamnn, n
graduate of Chiloquin h I g h
school, class ot 1 !, n'dd Wil
liam seemed little tho worse for
the horrifying experience in
I, .1, '! nt n romnlcmcnlof 100
survived tlic ordeal.
Shin Torpeaooa
Torpedoed In the Indian ocean
000 miles from Colombo, Cey
lon, members of tho Liberty ship,
Including acumen and soldiers,
were taken from lifeboats nnd
rafts aboard tho Jap sub. There
they were trussed and beaten,
many thrown overboard Into the
shark Infested waters.
Flury had n lucky break. He
was nt the end of a lino being
forced to run a gauntlet between
two rows of armed Japanese
who clubbed and bayoneted
their prisoners when a whistle,
warning tho approach of a plane,
nr.. .a,! ll.n ,lt in HIVO. . RnVCI'al
of tho survivors were caught In
tho suction ami tirownco,
Cut Bonds
A II. n n,n. alrillfdloH ill tllC
wnlcr, ono of the seamen pro
duced a small pockctknifo which
ho lind sown Into the sides of his
Iln nirn.OrH In Pllt
bonds of five or six nnd then
handed tho knife to miry wno
Survivor
. I
ia- I
William B. Flury
freed others. Later tho man who
owned tho knife wns lost, Flury
offering the opinion thnt ho wns
a victim of sliiu'ks.
After romnmlng afloat for 15
hours, the survivors were sight
ed by n Cntallna patrol plane
which dropped rofls nnd emer
gency provisions, Lnter, the 23
were brought to Colombo, and
later to Calcutta,
Flury wns on his second voy
ngc when the ship wns torpe
doed. He was serving as chief
steward. He returned to the
United States, landing nt San Di
ego, early in December. The
service has given Flury an ex
tended six months' leave. The
youth's mother lives In Chilo
quin. ...
Convoy Ready to
Travel Ledo Road
MYITKYINA, Burma, Jan. 13
(P) Tho first allied motor con
voy destined for China in' 214
years, and tho first ever to cross
Burma from India, is ready to
leave Ledo, Indin, with vital
wnr supplies for American and
Chinese troops.
Tho trucks will travel 1000
miles over the Ledo road, con
struction of which was begun
more than 18 months ago, .
Just 439 road miles south of
Ledo, Chinese first army units
under Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultan
are in position for the final
drive to capture Namhknm and
the 25-mlle-long Shwcli river
valley all thnt remnlns to bo
cleared before the main road to
China opens. fc-
striking along the center,
rammed Into the outskirts of
Mont-Le-Ban, only a mile from
the highway, the last route for
a German withdrawal.
Farther east the 30th Infantry
division, attacking between
Stavclot and Malmedy, gained
up to 1200 yards against light
opposition, AP Correspondent
Wes Gallagher reported tonight.
Push Ahead
Along the western flank of
the attack, the second armored
division pushed ahead nearly a
mrle- orr tturTiIghway leading
southwest toward Houffalize.
The 8 3rd infantry division
was attacking with the - third
armored along the center in the
closest approach to Houffalize.
The neck of the Belgian salient
narrowed to 9M miles. Third
army troops had pushed to with
in five miles of Houffalize from
the south.
Nazis Shoved
Divisions of the American
first and third and British sec
ond armies meanwhile were
rolling the Germans eastward
from the surrendered tip of the
corridor thrust into Belgium.
AP Correspondent Roger D.
Greene declared that remnants
of tho German army were pull
ing back tonight at top speed,
and said RAF pilots reported
heavy movements of German
transports fleeing cast as far
inside the salient as St. Vith.
Near Junction
At the western tip of the
once-deep German bulge, main
forces of the British second and
American third armies were re
ported only three miles apart in
the area near Chaplon. British
troops had gained four miles
across the Laroche-Champlon
road, and third army men in a
night advance gained two miles
in this rollback of Germans.
German rearguards, road
blocks and extensive minefields
and demolitions slowed the pace
of pursuit of the' German re
treat. Army Takes' Over
Cleveland Plant
CLEVELAND, Jan. 13 (P)
Normal power pulsed through
lines of tho Cleveland Electric
Illuminating company today a
few hours after the army took
over company facilities to end
a walkout of 400 coal passers
which threatened to paralyze
all of Cleveland's industrial op
erations. The war department's seizure
occurred after tho utility pre
dicted collapse of manufacturing
and transportation facilities if
the strike continued.
Col. E. A. Lynn, chief of the
Cleveland ordnance district who
was placed in charge of the
facilities, snld "operations were
normal," with vlrtunlly com
plete crews at compnny plants.
Earthquake Hits
Jap Home Island
By The Associated Press
A "slight earthquake" struck
the central area o f Honshu,
main Japanese homo island to
day, the Japanese Domcl agency
reported In a broadcast.
The dlspntch, recorded by the
federal communications commis
sion, said "a little damage to a
small number of houses" had
been caused, but declared
"transportation facilities sustain
ed no damage whatever." The
quake was recorded at 3:55 a.
m. (Tokyo time).
Gl
That Rosemary Jackson Mer-
ritt, 19-year-old Chiloquin girl
had died ot suiiocaiion as de
termined in an autopsy conduct
ed here by Dr. George H. Ad-
lor. Klamath, county coroner.
was upheld by Dr. Joseph Bee
man. University of Oregon
school ot medicine, in a report
received this week.
Government officers were as
sisting Special Indian; Officer
John Arkell.in investigating the
death-of the girl which occur
red December 20. at the home
of a sister, Beulah Farris of
Chiloquin. r .-'.'"
Arkell had previously report
ed talking to Rosemary at 11
o'clock the night before her
death. At that time. Arkell said
she was in "good health- and
spirits." The girl s husband
Knowlton Merritt, is serving
with : the U. S. . army in the
South Pacific. She was the
dauehter of the late Frank Jack
son and a niece of Boyd Jack-
KContinued on Page Ssevenj
Wright Clarifies
Tax Situation
Clarifying confusion over the
January 15 income tax deadline,
Deputy Tax Collector Paul
Wright pointed out today that if
estimated reports already filed
are correct within 20 per cent,
no additional returns need be
filed until March 15.
If the estimate is incorrect by
more than 20 per cent, however,
it should be amended on Janu
ary 15 and the difference paid,
he stated. Amended estimates
should have the word "amend
ed" written at the top of the re
port, it was explained.
Taxpayers who In 1944 were
paid almost altogether in wages
subject to the withholding tax
and whose wages were not more
than $2700 if single or $3500 if
married,, may safely ignore the
January 15 deadline. Also, a
person who estimated his income
tax reasonably correctly last Ap
ril and paid everything due at
that time is safe, but persons
who were not paid wages in 1944
or were paid wages not subject
to the withholding tax are af
fected. Persons are also affected who
were paid wages subject to the
withholding tax but who also re
ceived Income of 5100 or more
from other sources or were paid
wages subject to the withholding
tax totaling more than $2700 if
single, or $3500 if married.
First Leyte Vets
Come to Barracks
The first two marine veterans
of the Philippines invasion at
Leyte arrived last Friday at tho
Marine Barracks. - Both were
members of an artillery battal
ion which had seen action in
the Gilbert islands previously.
The men were PFC Valentine
John Krzyknlski, of' Jersey
City, N. J., and PFC Sherman
Robert Donnelly, of Leroy, N.
Y. Both left for furlough Sat
urday afternoon.
Although there were two bat
talions of marine artillery,
155mm howitzers, attached to
the army for the Leyte invas
ion, these men were the first to
come to the Klamath Falls bar
racks. They were In Hawaii just
before the campaign j started,
and were scheduled to go into
action in the Carolines, but
their orders were changed while
aboard transports at sea, so the
leathernecksjjoined army forces
going into the Philippines.
T
MIL
ADVANCE i
E
TOWARD AGNO
Eastern . Sector Units
Meet Resistance
By Nipponese
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENE RAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LUZON,
Jan. 13 (P) Powerful spear
heads of the sixth army invad
ers of Luzon pushed forward
steadily today toward Manila
during the fourth day of the
invasion after advancing 12
miles to cover more than half
the road distance to the Agno
river, without meeting any ene
my opposition.
The American troops moved
cautiously despite advance pa
trol reports of empty trenches
and abandoned dugouts near
the river, the most formidable
natural barrier across the cen
tral Luzon plain.
Meet Resistance .
Only in the eastern sector of
their bulging beachhead have
they-met any-considerable re
sistance. Japanese guns and
mortars hidden on the slopes or
ridges forming the ' southern
spurs of the Benguet mountains
fired ' intermittently into the
nanK. -
Correspondent Spencer Davis
of the Associated Press report
ed that the Japanese- in those
foothills pumped shells into
American positions at the rate
of 60 to 70 a minute before
dawn Wednesday until they
were silenced by warships. Air
support was also called up to
smash an enemy position in this
area.
Ships Sunk
Japanese, attempts to land
supplies for the defenders re
sulted in a loss for them of a
big freighter-transport and 45
luggers, winch were sunk or
badly damaged at San Fernan
do, about 45 miles north of the
American Lingayen gulf beachhead.
So far the sixth army troops
have encountered none of the
(Continued on Page Seven)
WPBto Curtail
Reconversion I
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (JFl
The war production board pro
poses shortly to emasculate its
reconversion order allowing ad
vance production of machinery
and plant equipment for peace
time manufacturing.
The action, expected within
five or six days, would wipe out
the authority now granted ma
chinery builders to fill orders
which lack military or other
priority standing.
Kesponsioie omciais revealed
today that -the only equipment
which could be produced for
peacetime use would oe print
ing trades machinery, if the or
der is signed as now written.
38 JAPANESE
SHIPS HIT BY
YANK FLEE
1
Cruiser, Destroyers,
Transports Sunk '
By U. S. :
By LEIF ERICKSON
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD.
QUARTERS, PEARL HARBOR,
Jan. 13 OP) A furious assault
on four huge Japanese convoys
massing along the French Indc
China coast still roared on, ac
cording to latest navy reports,
with third fleet planes pouring
down more of the bombs, rock
ets and torpedoes which already
have smashed 38 enemy ships.
A 5000-ton cruiser, several de
stroyers and 12 transports load
ed with troops intended to be
thrown against Gen. Douglas
MacArthur on Luzon in the Phil
ippines were among 25 ships
sunk Thursday, first day of tha
attack. Thirteen other ships were
damaged.
No Yank Damage
Navy accounts to date report
no damage to the American fleet.
Suggesting the vulnerability
of the Asiatic mainland to inva
sion from the Pacific, Adm. Wil
liam F. Halsey's fleet even de
fied Japan's continental 1 a n d
based air power by moving in
close enough to send raiders in
land. They set off big fires
around the city of Saigon.
This fleet of Halsey's can
move over great distances and
pack a wallop all the way. It
now can be disclosed that his bat
tleships, cruisers, destroyers and
aircraft carriers swept to tho
current action between Saigon
and Camranh bay across the
South China sea after sinking or
damaging more than 100 Japa
nese ships and knocking out 98
enemy planes at Formosa last
Monday. It is' more than 1000
miles from Formosa to Saigon.
The crucial Indo-China as
saults, aimed at breaking up a
big enemy effort to strike in be
hind MacArthur before the con.
voys can even get under wayj
Caught the Japanese by surprise.
That was attested by last
night's communique pointing out
that six loaded transports were,
sunk at Saigon and at least an.
other six in the harbor of Qui.
Nhon, 250 miles to the northeast.
TOUGH ASSIGNMENT
The Klamath county grand
jury which will convene Janu
ary 25, on the call of Circuit
Judge David R. Vandcnberg,
faces one of the toughest assign
ments in lengthy investigations
seen here in some time. ,
One of the principal cases to
be investigated by the body,
will be the charge of contribut
ing to the delinquency of a
minor pending against former
Chief of Police 'Earl Heuvel.
Grand jurors will also go into
facts concerning the death of
Karl Bold, Henley farmer, who
died December 10, following an
alleged beating at the hands of
PFC Herbert Daniel Stevens.
Young Stevens is being held in
the Marine Barracks brig.
Dr. George II. Adlcr, Klam
ath county coroner, announced
Saturday that he had received
a report from Dr. Joseph Bee
man, University of Oregon
school of medicine, attributing
Bold's death to pneumonia fol
lowing exposure and shock.
A half dozen other major
problems will face the grand
jury made up of three women
and four men. B. S. Grigsby is
foreman.
Yanks Gain On Luzon
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Pushing ahead without meeting any major resistance, Ameri
cans have reached half the road distance to the important Agno
river. Further inland, troops reached Malasiqul, 12 miles from
the coast and 130 road miles from Manila. .ff '. .