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sca ifiLMiiire mmim mm
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TrAMC JENKINS
J. J1!' I . ' writ-
."I '"..? nlv thl. but
" . mo 400 (iiurc
?' bow m. "fro..; which
,1 elnow ....... Wlen
ffl$n protaWy bl,1Ul""'
1 . ... mull hi no roin-
J" ,0i,;. loo uncertain as
r.'"". n,ul mm ready
u W IKHKVEIl wo
It" 1... ..I.I.MKllltf 111-
Inlli lo bo rul'd lo ww
f beteh wo might finally
tit r lipnrlnnlnit account
I, oloiei bllliK,lu8 "'
W : ...... J .,iiiimioni on
Pwy 'north to Llniiay.li. It
i.. it, i i m bin battle
Iho Agno river,
&, clrclei our benehhend nnd
-ii inn run mi iMni'r
i.""?.?. n l. ..,.-rr,llv
USR .,d.t f lobe
ftmtd that the Jl lr" "
Jlo destroy tho bridges.
it engineer!, of course, con
Aly build more onu.-.
.hnnirfn't b misled by the
hoiy nolo or ino cany
L. u.i.irh icll only of Ji
.i. . i.
ire 10 Hgni o V ". 1 .1.1
Mm us no worn ui fiim- -
aionti-othcr than n vnguo
inat wo imvu uo
9-. . . - i-j rtl I.I nf
Jl HOI DC IOUICU. I iyij .
Jricam are njinii ..
c, Ana wmic mi! j
luvc foughl very hard so
uion. ho will,
fur
fight hnrd
.h nnnir or later.
I've hud too much expert
i with him io oo juswncu
lint othjrwtoe.
HE fighting on Luion that
ti, Iho cnriy nun oi u w
' HllfrrMil kind. Tho cou
Sown to Manila Is Open, flat
well supplied with roadi
rati lines, inoro i rnuin
lih for ionic mancuvcrm
irrto we novo ioukih inn in
cllow man chiefly In donro
lit. We'll find out now what
of open country lighter
ho
HERE are two thlngn strong
av In our favor.
U Ihn fnt (lint MnpAr.
knows t ie terrain no is
ini In. He Is familiar with
ty road and troll. Tho maps
Is possession aro complete
detailed, and ho can trust
for Americans made
i In the years when our
' was In the Ph llnninc.
cn more important, ha has
sympathy of tho Filipino
nation and tho active aid of
Filipino guerrillas. Even In
Mrs that is no minor mat
(or thero arc reported to be
iy two million ot tneso Hticr
fighters in Luzon alone.
e got our first look at the
f-ontlnued on Porc Three)
luf's Sf ilwefl
Irt in Action '
Willi C. Rtllluinll Mrr.nl..
-, wns wounded in action
c on amy with tho nnvv. no.
IhR tO WnrH rnpnlun.1 . K...A
Din Will. Ann.t.. 1 A
Sin i , -"-I't""""-'!!!, rtiiy
ir.j " """us "o uecn lor
fled to next of kin.
ki
well's wife, Vlrnlnln Sally
well, resides nl Illy ns do his
Mr, nnd Mrs. Fred W.
well formerly of Klamath
'L c.na.vy man n lornier
lOyo ot Ivnru t)l. mi..
""'J iiiu. , IIU
er is emnlnvnri u.. it.- i
1-"-.. uj lllliv 111111
w present tlmo,
J rtw"r tlepnrtmont also an
ccd Saturday that 2nd Lt.
Hi Ve ' misun"d of Ruth
noylc. liny llj'l M....111 1.
"g orcnor, uM'j"
In The Shaala-Caacadc Wonderland
January IS, 1845
Max. (Jan. 14) 54 Mln. 32
Precipitation last 24 hours Trace
Stream year to date 4.58
Normal 5.57 Last year 2.80
Forecast! Snow lurries.
PftlCE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OHEGON, MONDAY. JANUARY 15, 1845
Number 10383
Planes Pound Reich
After Record Fight
With Nazi Luftwaffe
LONDON, Jan. 15 (IP) Almost 1300 American bombers and
lighters from Britain pounded four railroad yards in southern
Germany without inlerlerence Irom Qerman lighters today, fol
lowing yesterday's large-scale battles In which 243 enemy air
craft were destroyed.
The daylight blow by 800 Fortresses and Liberators, escorted
by 875 Mustangs and Thunderbolts, was aimed at Frieburg,
Augsburg, ingoisiaai ana iteuiungen, an important nnxs on me
rail routos which the Oermans use to shift troops.
Shortly after the American attacks, British iour-englned Lan
caster! drove home two more assaults In the newly launched
aerial offensive on German fuel
Senator Slain
0
1
V-;- 'V? v
."'! i
Stat ' Seniinr Warren C.
Hooper, found shot to death In
his car near his Albion, Mich.,
hAmi. Potlea. saarehlna for his
killer, hinted that his testimony
In Michigan's one-man grana
jury Investigation may have
caused his death.
Weather Milder
In South, West
n Th Axadatsd Press
Unusually mild weather and
above normal lempcrnturos pre
vailed Monday In western and
southern states.
A record-tvinif hlifh of 50 In
Salt Loko City brought out
sportsmen who flocked to tho
streams and golf courses yester
day and many played tennis in
harts. Tho mild area extended
from tho mountain states Into
tho plains states where tempera
tures In tho high forties were re
corded In tho Dakotns.
Nippon Attack
Looms on Luzon
SAN FBANCISCO. Jan. 15
yp)A Japanese radio brond-
cant picked up today oy m
said a full-scnlo Nippon attack
la expected to develop at any
moment on Luzon Island In the
Philippines.
Tho enemy radio said fierce
fighting; has developed on the
western wing of tho Llngaycn
gulf front and that tho battling
along tho gulf grows more In
tense. It added tlint Japanese
airmen arc continuously attack
ing American convoy ships In
tho gulf and other waters
sources with a daylight attack
on two benzol plants at liochum
and Recklinghausen in the
Ruhr.
Tho American operation ap
narcnlly was an emergency
shift from the offensive on oil
centers, 10 of which now have
been battered over the weekend
by 3000 or more bombers.
Record Battle
More than 8000 Dlancs. In
cluding tactical units based on
the continent, unlcasnea a large
coordinated attack beginning
Saturday night. Eighth air force
Mustangs and Thunderbolts
fought a record battle Sunday
against the German air force
up in force for tho first time
since New Year's Day.
Eishth air force fighters shot
down 155 fighters, a record for
ono day. Among destroyed Ger
man planes were four MS-262
jot-propelled fighters. 1
Eight On Ground
Supreme heodquortcrs In
Paris said tho grand total of
enemy aircraft shot down for
tho day was 235, plus eight
more destroyed on the ground.'
Allied losses were 0- pianos,
Including 10 American .heavy
bombers, 15 IJrlllsh heavies and
l American ngmers.
600-AAile Wont Blazes;
GDxs Cross Agno l&iver
m :
REDS BATTLE
NAZIS ALONG 'fT- i -. OVER LUZON:
JAPS SCATTER
DEFENSE PCS
T
EASTERN AREA
LISTED If. ASSIT
gher Wages in Place of
Work-Fght BUI Requested
ASHINGTONT .i 1. ,
ISMff .fis
(7nt;orpcndl,rwrU.f,ght
I'OkcStnn,. - ..
rrailon AV i . 11,0 morlcnn
L S " Labor and tho nr..
eZ,lyn 0! the house mill.
Wng IcalslniL
"thJ w r,ioi;u," rp''it
lUr board" 1" W
he, ,n?". '
ls'ment Af " lnn.t upward
ire It I,0' wnes In plants
ificani ffin .w"ld have "no
'wrly 1 1,1. 1 onnry effect."
fnment in ,its .?, maltcr for
' It me - " iW.
oroaucllon?
Or docs It think keeping wages
frozen nt low levels In certain
plants la more Important?"
Speaking for tho socialist par
ty, Albert Hamilton, 31, of Vi
enna, Vn., expressed "absolulo
opposition1' to pending draft pro
posals. Hamilton said his state
ment had been approved by Nor
man Thomas, hcncl of tho social
ist pnrty.
Asks "Docenl" Wages
"If lt is desirable for the gov
crnmonl to underwrite tho pri
vate enterprise system with prof
It percentages higher than over
boforo to got business men In
terested In war production, then
thero should bo no compunction
about paying decent wniics to
workers, Hamilton asserted.
"Why not break tho Lltllo Steel
formula now and solve some of
the most pressing manpower
problems?" ,
Hamilton said a draft of civil
ian workers for private profit 'Is
completely undemocratic and
will not help but nt this point
will hinder production."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (")
American losses from Decem
ber 15 to January 7 In the Ger
man counter-offensive are slight
ly under 40,000, Including 18,
000 reported missing.
Secretary of War Stlmson
mado tho announcement today,
saying that during the same
period the Germans suffered
overall losses of 00,000.
In addition to approximately
40,000 prisoners, Stimson esti
mated Germans killed and
wmmried totalled 50.000.
On the entire western front
losses for the first, third, sev
enth and ninth armies during
the December 15-January 7 per
iod totalled 52,594, including
4083 killed. 27,845 wounded,
and 20,806 missing,
Stimson described these fig
ures as prellminory and said
that It will be some tlmo before
an accurato accounting. The
majority of tho 18,000 listed as
missing are presumed to be
prisoners. , .
Greek Truce Goes
fno Effect .
ATHENS, Jan. 15 (P) A
truce ending hostilities between
the leftwing Elas militia and
British troops went into effect
today.
Tho peace with EAM leaders
was negotiated by Lt. Gen. Ron
ald M. Scoblc, British command
er, who vesterday told cheering
demonstrators that his forces
would protect tho Greek people
nnd their liberties against revo
lution from any quarter.
Moderates who were former
members of the EAM, political
organization of tho Elas, said at
a press conference today they
had completely disassociated
themselves from that movement.
Tho moderates were formerly
socialist delegates to the EAM
at Salonika,
Ben Pernigotti
Reported Missing
Pvt. Ben F. Pernigotti, 32, has
been reported missing in action
since December 21. according to
word received by his wife from
tho wnr department. Pvt. Perni
gotti was with the Infantry in
Germany, and has been In tho
army since January 8 of last
yepcrnlgottl was owner of the
Klamath Sign company here for
about 12 years' before going into
Ihe service. His wife, Mrs. Viv
ian Pernigotti, 2419 Reclama
tion, is secretary to John Houj
ton, local insurance man, '
LONDON, Jan. 15 OT Bat
tles are sweeping the entire 600
miles of the eastern front from
Budapest in Hungary to Mcmel
on tho Baltic, the German high
command said today, with the
Russians launching new offen
sives in Poland and East Prussia.
The German communique said
the Russians had opened the
"big winter battle between the
Carpathians and Mcmel."
Btorm west arc
Altogether, the Russians were
storming westward in seven dif
ferent sectors.
New soviet attacks, sprung
following drumfire artillery bar
rages, were launched in Poland
from Russian bridgeheads at
Pnlawv and Varka south of War
saw, from the Vistula-Bug tri
angle north of Warsaw, and wa
rcw bridgeheads south of East
Prussia, the Germans said.
Added Blows
In addition the Russians were
attacking between' Ebcnrode
and Schlossberg it) fcast rrussia,
toward Krakow in soutnern
Poland 9nd,iiy southern Slovakia,
north of Budapest. '1
Tho Germans ' admlttc'd'-tWit
Marshal Ivan S. KoncVs offen
sive In southern Poland had
forced strong bridgehead over
the Nlda where last night's Mos
cow' communique announced a
penetration to within 64 miles 01
flormnnv's Silesian ' border and
82 miles from Krakow, ancient
Polish capital.
While the Russians had not
yet confirmed the launching of
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MALIN Three children were
Injured, one seriously, when a
horse they were riding late Sun
day night was struck by a car
operated by Willis Hodge, 33,
Bbout one and one-half miles
east of Malln.
In Klamath Valley hospital in
Klamath Falls are Ruth Howe,
15, and her 6-year-old brother
John. Ruth submitted to surgery
Monday morning for the ampu
tation of a part of her right foot
Including: the bis toe. In addi
tion she has an injured right
knee and multiple bruises, jonn
rcceivod a broken right leg and
Billy, 8, was thrown from the
horse and sustained severe
bruises.
Returning Horn
The three are children of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry . Howe. Their
father farms the Mike Turpin
Murphy -place near here. Ruth
and her brothers had been to
a show at Malln and were going
home on horseback, Ruth seated
In the middle with John in front
and Billy in back.
Hodge said he was driving In
(Continued on Page Three)
Missing In .Action
- i-K AB!f- . r - T.i
!-grj. s-'" 0
,.Viktu,',')' 5 W3 PHILIPPINES ;
' A ' hrSo'' 7 . Ea- VvJ sHIa
UWOM 4 f KfnP.3 -
' ' fV"t4PVA0i
s .u na1 h.tlU aceauntad for 38 JaD ships sunk or
damaged off the coast oi French Indo-Chlna. Japanese warships
wr escorting reinforcements to the Philippines, where Ameri
r.n. h tnvurlori I.uion in tha Llnoavan area. The U. S. nary
announced that Pacific fleet carrier planes had attacked the
enemy off the Indc-China coast between saigon ana iinu
bay Japanese bases. (AP wirephoto map). -
Superforts Blast Japanese
On-Formosa, Honshu ses
... ..- -.:. .". I .; ' ' ' '; r '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (PJAmerica's heavyweights of
the air, B-29s, boldly struck- Japan with, .another, one-two ,
1 attack yesterday.- -. - " : -
While one. fleet of Superfortresses bombed the fortress.,
island of Formosa,, main link to the beleaguered-Philippines,
another force blasted the home island of Honshu. .
The two daylight strikes each with upwards of 100,
planes taking part were carried out without a single loss to -
enemy acUon, the war departorient reported.-- . " .
Japanese broadcasts said the target of the Honshu raid
ers was Nagoya, vital aircraft center. An Imperial communi
, que read over the Tokyo radio claimed nine of the Super--
forts were shot down and 34 damaged over Honshu. -
Meanwhile, it was learned that General H. H. Map
Arnold wants his air forces to feel that they no longer are
merely "air support" but, have become "an arm of war
themselves. pcrsonnel to dro reference
to "air support" in favor of a more fitting description sucn
as "air coordination." .
Europe Forced Into Soviet
Embrace, Contends Wheeler
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 OP)
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.), call
ing for Immediate formation of
a United Nations political coun
cil, contended today that Europe
is being forced Into the em
brace" of Russia through "power
politics." . ' J
The Montanan addressed the
1 x l
Bt C. YATES McDANIEL
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, LUZON, Jan. 15
(JP) U. S. sixth army troops
crossed the formidable but vir
tually undefended Agno river 88
miles from Manila and overran
scattered Japanese to expand
their Lineayen gulf beachhead
30 miles to a total of 45, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur reported to-
aay.
The infantrymen in their fifth
day. of the invasion hurdled the
Agno, where the. enemy had
been expected to make a stand,
at Bayambang,. 22 miles from
the gulf. They continued south
at a Dace limited only by the
ability of supply columns to
Keep up wim tnem.
Manoataram Taken
Mangatarem. was captured by
the westernmost spearhead in an
eight-mile - advance brushing
through two enemy skirmishing
parties of 150 men each. The
eastern flank bad more, difficult
going but approached Catablan,
20 road miles inland, in a- five-
mile gain. 1 . V.
rtn hl- . it. XT l.
uii W4t-aiuitv tut, &iina. inn
into -small arms and artillery
tire irom an enemy position of
loxnoies. ancj ..dugouts, tighty
two Japanese and a few Amer
icans were killed. .
Junction Included -'.
" Extension, of the beachhead
took in the important rail and
highway . junction of Damortis
(Continued on Page Three)
Pvt. Ben F. Pernigotti
Biddle Asks Bill
To Wipe Out
Black Markets
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 ()
Attorney General Francis Bid
die proposed to congress today
the enactment of legislation to
wipe out so-called black markets
in the sale of railroad tickets...
Chairman McCarran (D-Nev.)
said Biddle told a closed session
of the senate judiciary commit
tee he would send up a bill
aimed at "black markets" gen
erally. Tiii wuintlnn. . McCarran
said, would make It a criminal
nffnnsn to "sdIH money" with
purchasers of tickets or of any
services or commodities at above
celling prices. ,
Convicts Die in
Double Execution
SALEM. Jan. 15 (P) Henry
William Merten and Walter
Lome Wilson, convicted of mur
dering an Oak Grove baker 111
an Oak Grove tavern holdup,
died in tha first double execu
tion in the state's gas chamber
this morning declaring' they had
"nothing to say."
Both refused a chaplain s
services. Though neither of the
pair slept or ate all night, they
appeared quite cheerful today,
betraying little nervousness.
Deputy Warden E. C. Halley
said the convicts bragged to
guards all night about crimes
they had committed. ., ,
senate after bi-partisan support
developed over we weeKena ior
a proposal Dy tnairman wuuui-
w m.Tesf.1 of the foreign reia-
tfnnc nmmittee for the United
Nations to set up a provisional
rmincil to handle political ques
tions. : This council would oper
ate uihilp nsreements on a world
security organization, were being
ratified. - s . ,
Whereas Connolly's plan would
call for the council to be set up
after the security organization it
self was perfected. Wheeler de
manded immediate action to cre
ate such-a body to act on terri
torial questions. ; ,- .
Critic Speaks .
Wheeler, chief congressional
critic- of President Roosevelt's
foreign policies, said "we ought
now to' signify without equivo
cation that it is not our inten
tion to subject the so-called liber
ated people of Europe to Stalin's
type of democratic rules any
more than we intend to restore
Hitler's tyranny." . '
In- a . prepared - address, . the
Montana senator told his. col-
' leagues he is convinced that with
, ...... I il kt..ll... C
ijrreai xsrutiin wie uujetuve ui
restoring free government to
nazi-overrun countries "is even
now a secondary aim, and with
Russia it is not an-aim at oil."
Wheeler's Conclusion
Saying that some persons have
contended that Premier Stalin
(Continued on Page. Four)
Francis Silvers. Klamath In
dian," is in Hillside hospital
where he is being treated for
multiple knife wounds which
Special Indian Officer John Ar-
kell said Silvers' ex-wlfe, Lor-
etta 1 Kirk, admitted inflicting
during an altercation at her
home late Saturday night.
Silvers was moved to Klanv
ath Agency hospital where he
received first aid and later was
transferred to Hillside by
Ward's ambulance. The man has
seven major wounds on his body
including a 10-inch slice along
the left side at the eighth rib
a cut from the back of the neck
across the left side of the throat,
a badly lacerated right and and
cuts 011 the left arm. ills condi
tion is reported "good" by the
attending physician.
Arkell said late Monday that
no arrests had been made,
Dendine Investigation. The of
ficer reported lour otners ai
the Kirk house, located on the
south side of Chiloauin. at the
time of the quarrel. Arkell re
ported Loretta as saying sne
(Continued on rage inrec;
Nazis Frustrated
On Italian Front
ROME, Jan. 15 W5) Repeated
nazl -efforts to set up outposts
south of the Reno river and east
of the Senio along the Adriatic
battle line have been frustrated
with, heavy losses to the enemy,
allied headquarters announced
today. . .
. . Strongly reinforced ' German
forces have dug In along the far
ther banks of these rivers from
the Adriatic to the Apennines
and lt Is apparent that Field
Marshal Kesselring Intends to
hold that lln at all costs,
Fog, Snow Slows Pace
Of Allied Army ,
Blows
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS. Jan. 15 Fi Tha
American first army drove with-,
in a kilometer (about two-thirds
of a mile) today of the commun
ications center of Houffallze,
pivot of a new improvised Ger
man defense line in tne flatten
ing Belgian bulge.
Heavy foe. a blinding snowi
storm and a sharp drop in the
freezing temperatures slowed
the pace of three solidly linked-.
allied armies elsewhere, ana
again grounded tactical air forces-
late in the day. Clear weather
during the morning had permit
ted some planes to attacK tne
Germans on the southern part
of the salient. :
Drive Nearest -
The famous "hell on wheels
second armored division drove
closest to Houffuiize, ' striking!
from the north. Third army
troops were a bare three miles
south of the town, and British -and
Americans were last report
ed a little more than three miles
away from the west. .
Other first army troops moved.:
within six and a half miles of St. .
Vith, northern anchor of the
new German arc line spread ,
from Wiltz northwest to Houf-.
falize and thence northeast to
St. Vith. -
Establish Contact .,
The first and third armies es
tablished contact southeast of
(Continued on Page Three)
OFFICERS SEARCH
ER MOTIVE
Klamath county law enforce
ment officers continued to search
for a motive In the slaying of
John Rathiel Ewing, whose body
was found at the side of tne high
way near the Kalplne plant Fri
day afternoon. -
swing died at s:u4 p. m. Fri
day, -without regaining con
sciousness. .
Autopsy Conducted
Dr. George H. Adler, Klamath
county coroner,- conducted an
autopsy . on Diving s body at
Ward's funeral home Saturday
afternoon and removed two bul
lets, one from the head, the oth
er from the chest. The bullets
were sent to the crime labora
tory at the University of Oregon
school of medicine, Portland,
where Dr. Joseph Beeman will
be asked to identify the slugs.
Officers were unable to deter
mine whether the bullets came
from a small calibre rifle or a
pistol.
- investigating police discount
ed the robbery theory as they
traced Ewing's activities since
his arrival here a few days be-
(Continued on Page Three)
Robert Puckett
HeldByNaiis
1st. Lt. Robert Puckett, V. S.
army air corps, reported missing
December 19, Is now a prisoner
of war in Germany, according to
word received late Saturday by
the flyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Puckett of Tulelake.
Young Puckett, who was 23
years old December 24, was first
pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress.
Action In which he ,was reported
missing took place over Ger
many on November 30. The air
man s wife and young son, Doug
las John, reside at the Puckett
home in Tulelake.
Legislature to Consider
Controversial Freeway Bill
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.
SALEM, Jan. 15 (P) The cdn
trnvorsial freewav bill, which
would allow the state highway
commission to prohibit access to
state highways, will be intro
duced by the senate Toads and
highways committee at the re
quest of the Portland chamber
of commerce and the Oregon
Roadside council, Committee
Chairman Marshall E. Cornett,
Klamath Falls; said today.
. The bill - would permit the
highway commission,- when' it
huvs riahls-of-wav for new roads,
to buv the right of access, and
thus prevent, gas stations, lunch
counters and other Commercial
developments from being built
along the highways'.
"The object of the bill," State
Engineer R. H. Baldock said, "is
to eliminate tup. serious iramc
hazards that result from so many
drivers entering and leaving the
highways at these gas stations
and lunch counters.
"The bill is needed mostly
near cities, because in the wide
open spaces there aren 1 many
sucn developments. '
A similar bill failed In tha
1941 session when representa
tives from rural areas protested
it would prevent farmers from
having access to highways. This
bill, said the sponsors, would not
hurt the farmers.
Investigation Bill
The resolution to investigate
the Walerfill and Frazier liquor
purchase and the state liquon
commission, which was passed
by the senate last Friday, reach,
cd the house today. No action
was taken, because no effort was
made to suspend tho rules and
consider It immediately. It wa
referred to the house alcohollo
control committee.
The senate defeated a motion
by Sen. Walter Pearson,, Port
land democrat, to take from th
table the resolution by Sen. Levi
Wallace, also a Portland demo
crat, to have a bi-partisan com.
miitee make the investigation
Pearson said he made his motion
merely to get the resolution
printed, but he later discovered
ft already had been printed. Th
resolution was tabled last Fr
day. .