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NE might nssumo that they were caught by mirprlso the dlspntchca Insist thoy L'n nMn hntnrn Ilnl tun ItnUA definite report Hint Admiral llsev's fleet on Hm wnv smith km Formosa, was shndowed Jan scout filniir T)inn inlll mrs mill linvA fnnnrtfil nnr hence and our direction. SwhV H I rf n ' I llm .Inn Inn, I. red plniics. thus warned. nrm out to meet us ond tic- OV IIS? ' ISnln the only answer Hint i" iu mime sense is inni iney iKCd the iilni.no Tf II, l,,l K at the right plnco nt the i iiiiiu, ii ccriainiy iooks ns lacy would hnvo used them. S THIS is written, only UrIiI iruiscrs nnvo been reported inc naval force convoyiiiK Jfill Irnni'el.i... A. I... I 1 r -u,.-iMin, lllllllllll rsp?ria ihnt u ,s "w wn that one of the Japs' wt nd biggest battleships s iunk nn, I ,,il.... Lvi 8 blully """"'ORed In 1a 7i oniiies, UA't the llttlo vellmu mn -onllnued on Pago Six) In The Shania-Caacade Wonderland lliK'ffliilllpiB'g1! eather January 16, 2945 Max. (Jin. IS) 42 Mln. 28 Precipitation last 24 hours 02 Stream year to data 4.67 Normal S.S7 Last year 2.90 Forecasti Overcast. .-u-L-iqr-jxqmn.n.nj-mjwvu-.-n.-.-.-.-i. u-injymnjvqn.r r j- juin PHICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY, 16, 1945 Number 10364 Soviets Strike On 75-Mile Front LONDON, Jan. 10 Rus sian troops In u gn-nl new of feimlvo hnvo struck forward ill! miles In a 75-inlle-wlilo brcak tlirouuh between Warsaw and tlio power drive salient already thrust across southern Poland to within 41) miles of German Silesia mid within 21 of Kra kow, Premier-Marshal Stalin announced tonight. The Gvnniin high command said Schlossbcrg, 13 miles In side East Primula to Ihu north, had fallen to still another soviet offensive. The. newest push, Stalin sulci In an order of the day, sprang forward from Vistula river bridgeheads at Warkn and Pulawy Sunday. Tlio soviet col umns jollied, capturing Wnrka, 2U miles soulli of Wursiiw, Gro Jec, 15 miles farther northeast, and more than 1300 other places, including Jedlinska, sev en miles north of the captured bastion of Itadnm. 43 Generals Forty-three soviet generals led the drive, Stalin said. It is under leadership of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov, who com miiuded Russian forces which destroyed tlio German sixth army at Stalingrad. Raclom is within 43 miles of Kielcc, on the northern shoul der of the first great soviet win ter offensive now beating into Ihu outer salients of the nu.lj' Krakow-Warsaw defense line. Russian armies wcro rinping gaping holes In nazl defenses along 000 miles of front, and se riously threatening one of the main rear communication lines of Warsaw. Socond Phase The new breakthrough was the second phase of Stalin's grand winter offensive. Moscow still was silent oh German declarations that red armies were striking Into East Prussia, had opened assaults at two points north of Warsaw, and wcro fighting forward again in Slovakia. Zhuk'ov's push opened two days after Marshal Ivan Koncv begun his brilliant drive from tlio Unrnnow bridgehead 120 miles south of Warsaw on Jan uary 12. - Masses of artillery supported the push, but the weather pre vented large use of aviation. The breakthrough outflanked Warsaw from the south, and filaccd the ruined Polish capital n grave danger of encirclement. Stalin ordered a salute of 20 salvos from 224 guns to mark the victory. SB-MIL Advance This announcement followed an earlier disclosure that the red army's new offensive In Po land had smashed forward 38 miles on a 75-milc-wide-salient between Warsaw and the previ ously designated drive In the Krakow area.' ' The second order of the day, calling for a salute of 20 salvos from 224 guns, said the first White Russian army with the support of the air force, had "captured by storm the town of Radom, large Industrial center of Poland, important center of communications and powerful strongpoint . in German - de fenses." ' . By The Associated Press LONDON, Jnn. 10 (II Prime Minister Churchill endorsed to day President Roosevelt's dec laration that Iho objectives of tho Atlantic Charier remain valid, though not all could be achieved Immediately. Ho. titld ,llC newly reconvened house of commons ho did not bc llcvo tho allied slogan of uncon ditional surrender hud great po litical value for Hitler and ho In sisted: "The war will be pro longed until unconditional sur render has been obtained," Scobie Praised The work of Lt. Gen. Ronald N. Scobie, Hrltlsh commander in troubled Greece, drew praise from the prime minister under critical questioning- Churchill said: "I think ho has done ad mirably." The prlmo minister spoke ex temporaneously. He plans a full scale war statement Thursday. Laborltes Quostlon Laborltcs and one communist member of tho house, William Gallagher, asked the questions which drew out Churchill. The house, In which Churchill's con (Continued on Pago Two) FDR Prepares Service Message WASHINGTON, Jnn. 10 7P) President Roosevelt Is preparing to send congress a special mes sngo favoring national service legislation, As n preliminary, ho held a Whlto House conference today with service chiefs and legislat ors concerned wllll tho subject. It was not disclosed when the message would go to the capltol. In hbi recent message on the state of the union, Mr. Roosevelt como out emphatically for uni versal service and said ho would communicate with congress on It later. udiciary Committee Hits Use of Directives by FDR -"wiv ntlOKOVnir nr m n d. la,e TlT"". to'lnyby the million , ",l "H reunion- te.fr11". tlio commit- rotor,. , """ soiling "uenn To f)nn..i m "1 11"" Dill lJne report um. n.i .. ..... In of , 1,,l 'i in s p J to ocT."n.n' tl!ll0' ?.i.o.- 'esllant ni, i . BUcommiiteo "1 1 or Z "' eonstltit- xccut 'minority for osovoli Lv. ,or(,cra President si eninu j ,asucrt I nco 10 S3. XtnA tho White House In 1 (D-Nevi P1!?"11"1 McCar (TO "ArtA Bcn1l" Mc-'(R-v7va) Rnd ncvor- L'ciEnnrt..LtiL., J excciiii.; 1 u . nl moro than urners hnvo been Issued by President Roosevelt olone, "some of which have no constitutional or statutory basis." Intent Misinterpreted "The Intent of congress ns ex pressed In legislation," It contin ued, has upon various ocensions "been misinterpreted In tho issu ance of various executive orders mid departmental regulations and directives." As a result, tho report ndded, "our government Is becoming moro and moro n government by directive rather than a govern ment of laws." Tho committee snld public interest required finding out "how much tho Unit ed Slates is departing from con stitutional government." Transfers Powers Tho cotnmilteo snld that while congress fixed by law the func tions of tho department of agri culture, tho president, by execu tive orders, transferred many of its powers, duties and responsi bilities to tho war food adminis tration. ... After citing this and other cases as cvldonce of a clash be tween tho executive orders and the statutes, the committco said tho clash "is continuing." Third Ffeet Pilots Pound Hong Kong, Amoy, Swatow PoriSt Isle of Formosa By LEIF ERICKSON U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS. Pearl Harbor, Jan, 10 (I) Swinging north from the Indo-Chlna coast where , thoy sank or damaged 00 ships, U. S. third fleet "pHots bombed Hong kong, Swatow and Amoy along 330 miles of China's coast Sat urday for tho first full-scale car rier raid of tho war on these ports vital to Japan's lifeline. Adm. Chester W, Nimitz gave no details In his communlquo yesterday of tho bold China coast blow, which took the Amcr- Lorenzo Stallard Dies in Action Pvt. Lorenzo Stallard, 30, whose wife, Marjorle, lives at 4702 S. 6th, was killed in action in Belgium on December 20, 1044, according to word received Sunday night from tho war de partment, Stallard, familiarly known as "Lcn," was the son of Mrs. Jo Card of Tulolakc, and Chester Stallard of Drcwsy, Ore., and the stepson of Charles Card, co-owner of the Tulolakc hotel at Tule lake. With his mother and step father, young Stallard lived for many years at Merrill when the Cards operated the Palm cafe. Enlisting January 25, 1044, Stallard reported for training at Camp Roberts, Calif., with the US army infantry. He took his basic training at Camp Roberts and went overseas August 10, 1044. It Is thought that ho went Into action November 29, and was a part of tho first army that entered Germany and was caught in tho breakthrough of Von Rundstcdt's army. Last word received from Stal lard was written December 17. His wife is' the former Marjorio Pierce and resides here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pierce, 4702 S. 0th. Prior to the enlistment,' Stal lard was employed by Baker brothers hero. Killed In Action Pvt. Lorenio Stallard leans In behind the big Japanese base of Formosa, bombed anew at tho same time, vi- .? Sink' 4 Ships However, Nimitz disclosed that the. venturesome third fleet pilots sank 41 Japanese ships and damaged 2 8--ln -wiping- out two convoys off Indo-Chlna on Thursday. His preliminary esti mate of 25 ships sunk and 13 damaged had been reported Fri day. ' ' . ; . . Tho overall picture was that of an audacious American carrier force sweeping Ilko a huge paint brush from Formosa, where moro than 100 ships and 98 planes were destroyed or dam aged January 8, down to Indo Chlna for Uie Thursday strikes and back to the China coast on Saturday. In the Indo-Chlna sweep the American fliers destroyed 112 planes 77 were caught on the ground, so great was the sur prise and damaged about 50 others in their westernmost penetration of Japan's inner de fenses. Pound Facilities They also heavily pounded key facilities at Saigon and Camranh bay, excellent Indo Chlna ports In enemy hands. OH refineries in the Saigon area, vital fuel source for Japan, were badly ; damaged. Fires were started in the Saigon navy yard. Oil storage facilities, warehouses and buildings In the Saigon area were set ablaze. A largo dock at Camranh bay, one (Continued on Page Two) Condition of Indian Unchanged The condition of- Francis Sil vers, 40-year-old Indian cowhand who received multiple knife wounds in an altercation in Chil oquln Saturday night, was re ported "unchanged ' at Hillside hospital today. Special Indian Officer John Arkell said no arrests had been made and that he was continuing an investigation into the affair which Involved Loretta Kirk, Silvers' cx-wlfe, and four other persons, Loretta, according to Arkell, admitted Inflicting the wounds on her former husband. Hit Jap Ports RUJSIA MONGOLIA ' MANCHUKUO Vladlirostol Milken Peiplna. CMIklA 'Tientsin JAPAN Canton... tZ lcn'. ? PcKltkOcton Japanese-held ports along the China coast war pounded Sat urday by an audacious Ameri can carrier force. Hong Kong. Swatow and Amoy were hit, as well as the fortress island of Formoca;' guarding the Japanese homeland. YANKS BATTLE JAP By C. YATES McDANIEL GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, LUZON, Jan; 10 P) Sixth army motor ized columns are rolling down a twisting provincial road with in 98 miles 80 miles airliner ; of Manila against no more op position than an occasional sniper, but other Yank forces are in a foot-by-foot fight with hill-entrenched Japanese Ort 'the extreme northeast flank defend ing the vital Manila north road. (Toyko radio, which Is hinting strongly that -the Philippines re verses arc leading up lo me ouster of Premier Kuniaki Kol so, quoted an imperial head quarters -communique as ac knowledging that "the' enemy is gradually closing, in on our forces on the central plains of Luzon"). - In Tarlae Province The deepest penetration to ward Manila reported today car ried Gen. Douglas MacArthur's south-bound doughboys out of Pangasinan, invaded one week ago from Lingaycn gulf. Into Tarlae province where they cap tured the highway junction of Camiling. That is an overall gain of 30 miles. From Camiling a ' lateral road runs 11 miles east to Paniqui on the Manila north road. That strategic highway. No. 3, which more and more will figure in the Luzon campaign, links Manila with the summer capital of Baguio. Japanese (Continued on Page. Two) 14 Die in Fire In Chicago Hotel CHICAGO, Jan. 16 () A fast moving, spectacular fire early today attacked the seven story General Clark . hotel ' in North Clark street, on the edge of the loop, killing at least 14 persons and Injuring five others. Hours after the conflagration was discovered firemen con tinued to search the ruins for bodies of additional persons pos sibly trapped in tho 40-ycar-old stone and frame constructed building. Fire Commissioner Michael J. Corrigan said 13 bodies were found In the wrecked hostelry while one woman was fatally in jured when she missed a fire man's net in a Jump from a third floor window. Only one of the 14 victims, all of whom were removed to tho Cook county morgue, was Identified. He was Joseph Feilen, about 61. Tobacco Distributors Set Up Plan for Smoke Rations CHICAGO, Jan. 1 VP) Cig arettes, which since last fall tave been one of the nation's artlmc hard-to-get' commodi ties, will be available at the rate of about 15 dally to civilians un der a voluntary rationing system planned by the National Associa tion of Tobacco Distributors. The association estimated the aver age daily civilian consumption last year was slightly more than 17 cigarettes. The association, with a mem bership of 2800 which controls distribution of cigarettes to the country's 1,250,000 retail out lets, said last night that a card system of issuing smokes will be inaugurated within two weeks. The plan, described as designed to achieve orderly allotment, would mark the first time an in dustry attempted to ration s in wartime a scarce commodity. The association's action fol lowed a stand taken by the of fice of price administration that it would not attempt to ration cigarettes because or the uncer tainty of determining tho num ber of smokers. The NATD sys tem did not meet with any im mediate objection by the OPA. Under the system, numbered ration cards will be issued by re tailers to consumers who will be required to sign a declaration that they have not obtained cards elsewhere. The rationing will not be attempted fit outlets tor transient trade noteis. ran road and bus stations or at chain stores. About 13 per cent of the available cigarettes are sold at these places, tho nssocia tlon estimated. Pit Diversion Plan Gets Study Here in Advance of Hearing Plans were shaped at a meeting last night for basin-wide representation at a hearing to be held here February 21 by the army engineers, in connection with a prospective engineers' report on diversion of Klamath water to the Pit river watershed and other reclamation matters. . While no definite conclusions or other action came out of the "exploratory" meeting, it was agreed that the proposed engineer's report is such vital, basin-wide importance that much preliminary work should be done before the hearing in gathering facts that will help protect the basin's interest in any future de velopments. , . The chamber's land use committee one of five chamber committees which sponsored the session is In charge of pre paring information for' the chamber for the hearing. Represen tations from granges, irrigation districts,' municipalities, wildlife organisations, Tulelake Growers and other farmer groups, and BRITISH ATTACKS NEAR I SE RIVE Yanks Win Houffalize To Reduce Bulge To Shadow state agencies are expected at the hearing. Richard Hcnzel is director in charge of the land use commit tee, and Frank Jenkins is chair man. Other chamber commit tees participating in the Monday night meeting were the agricul ture, power, community adver tising and executive committees. Representatives from Chiloquin, the Tulelake Growers, irrigation districts', Klamath . Sportsmen's association, Izaak Walton league, and others, were on hand for the discussion. . Talk Handicapped The diccussion was handicap ped by inability to study the ex act text of the proposed engineer office report, but frequent ref erence was made to a similar report of the same office in 1933. The current report is understood to be a modernization of the 1933 study, with revised estimates of irrigable acreage, use of water, area of drained lands and other factors -which may differ from conditions in. 1933. ' ' Major Interest is developing in the possible diversion of Klamath basin water to Pit river to provide supplemental water for California's central valleys project. This is mentioned in the 1933 report, which, however, indicated that it did not at that time appear feasible due to legal obstacles and the question of ample water supply. It is un derstood the modern report, now in the making, will include a pro posal for a possible water stor age project on Sprague river and diversion of Williamson river water to the Sprague. Firm Stand Urged Frequently mentioned at the meeting was the necessity for standing firm on a demand that there shall always be reserved ample water for irrigating every acre of land in the Klamath ba sin which now or may ever come under irrigation. The older re port of the engineers states that irrigation in Klamath basin should be given first considera tion, and it is understood the cur rent report 'recommends recogni tion of prior rights to water for agricultural lands within the ba sin above Keno. It was brought out by speak ers that there is a danger that once facilities are constructed for diverting the water, and it is used' in 'the Sacramento valley, demands will be made for water even though there may not be a surplus in the Klamath basin. " Effects Mentioned Possible detrimental effects on wildlife and Klamath river pow (Continued on Page Two) Chinese Contact Enemy Patrols MY1TKYINA, Jan. 16 () Chinese patrols driving west ward from Yunnan province have made their first contact with patrols operating in the north Burma border area in the vicinity of Mengmao. It was the first meeting of the Chinese arm ies in Burma with troops from China since Burma fell to the Japanese two and a half years ago. The two forces seek to wipe out the enemy garrison in the Chinese border town of Want ing, old Burma road terminal and last remaining obstacle to opening of the new India-China overland supply line. Chairman Wants Chairman to Act Something should be done, and soon, to repair the fence on Main from Center to Sec ond street, and Councilman Harvey Martin was most em phatic in urging Mayor Ed Ostendorf to get the chair man of the street committee on tho Job. "Go to lt then, Harvey," the mayor came back. "You're the chairman." Appointments were In the mall that day, the mayor later explained. .. . CRITICAL INDUSTRY WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 W The war manpower commission today divided its list ot so es sential activities into two gen eral divisions, labeling one "crit ical." The breakdown was is sued as a guide to selective serv ice in drafting men 26 through 29. In line with the directive of War Mobilization Director Byrnes, registrants in work on this top-priority list will be held on their jobs as long as possible to prevent disruption o.war production. Those at work in activities making up the balance of the list will be the first caned to meet the quota for some 200,000 men. of this age group by July i. -- v. - :.- vt;" AH jobs in seven general cate gories were . designated, as critical. These are: production of air craft and parts;, production of ships,' boats and parts; produc tion of ordnance and accessories; production of ammunition; pro duction of metal shapes and forgings for essential products; production of machinery; and production of essential rubber products. Except for scrap salvage, all jobs in smelting, refining and rolling of metals are listed as critical. In the transportation services, coal mining and petrol eum classifications, most jobs were rated as critical. ' 199 Highway Blocked by Slide GRANTS PASS. Jan. 16 (PI The Redwood highway is tem porarily closed by a slide, re ported to be the worst in years, 15 miles from Crescent City, Calif., it was stated today by Manager Dave Franklin, of the Pierce Auto Freight, whose Crescent City truck has been tied up at the slide since late yesterday. Franklin said the ' slide oc curred between 4 and 5 p. m. (.Seid Pledge Made to Greeks ' WASHINGTON. Jan. 16 Iff) President Roosevelt has pledged American aid in the rehabilita tion of Greece "in collaboration with our allies." A state department announce ment said the pledge was con tained in a message to Prime Minister Nicholas Plastiras of Greece. By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, Jan. 18 VP) Gen. Eisenhower resumed his winter offensive today when troops of the British second army at tacked near the Maas (Meuse) river north of Sittard, even as Americans captured Mouffalize and reduced the Belgian bulge to a thin shadow of itself. The British second army struck above Aachen in the Dutch appendix exactly a month after Field Marshal Von Rund- stedt had attacked in Belgium, sure auacKs aimed at the Ruhr and Saar arsenals. Starts Well British infantry and tanks struck after a roiling artillery barrage in the mists of dawn and a forward officer said the "great attack started well." Initial pro gress was made against moder ate opposition. RAF planes fly ing support found the battle area so hazy they were unable to spot the foe or even see the battle. The British attack was cent ered between Maestricht and Maeseyck, 18 miles northwest of Aachen and 40 miles west of the great Rhineland arsenal of Dusseldorf. It was the first al lied seizure of the initiative since the German breakthrough in the Belgian Ardennes area December 16. South of the bulge, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's U. S. third army also was making offensive gestures before the Siegfried line, capturing six German vil lages this week in the Moselle valley beyond Luxembourg. Borg was the latest captured in an advance of two miles from Tettlingen. Farther south, the U. S. 7th army advanced a mile and a half into the German bridgehead across the Rhine north of Stras bourg, crossing the -Zorn- river. Shock troops also advanced into woods northwest of Gambsheim, nine miles above the Alsatian capital. Nazis Attack In the Karlsruhe corner, the Germans attacked repeatedly (Continued on Page Two) No Developments Reported on : Murder Case No new developments in the slaying of John Rathiel Ewing, who died January 12 of bullet wounds, had been . reported by Klamath law enforcement offi cers at a late hour Tuesday. Ewing's wife, Mary, arrived here Monday from Edgemont, S. D., and final rites will be held this week from Ward's. Also here are two of Ewing's brothers, R. E. and J. B. Ewing, who reached Klamath Falls Monday from their homes in California. Officers said they had ques tioned a number of persons, but none was able to aid them in either establishing a motive for the slaying or shed any light on Ewing's movements just prior to his death. . Senator. Mafoney Dies in Meriden MERIDEN, Conn., Jan. 16 (P) United States Senator Francis T. Maloney (D). 50, ill since Janu ary 1, -dled of a heart attack at the Meriden hospital today. Maloney, who was serving his second term, died while in a light sleep, Dr. Michael J. Con roy, his personal physician, said the senator suffered a coronary thrombosis. Semon Asks Use of Building Funds for Other Purposes By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. i SALEM, Jan. 16 Pj The state board of control's program to construct 53,000,000 worth of buildings at state institutions in the next two years was In doubt today, with many legislators as serting they would support a pro posal by Rep. Henry Semon, Klamath Falls, chairman of the house ways and means commit tee, that at least some of the money be used, for other pur-Doses. Semon said that the $3,000,- uou couldn t be used lor con struction in the next biennium anyway, because the war won't be . over. The legislature, ; he said, will need the money for other purposes, because there is no money available beyond what is contained in the governor's budget, and requests for approp riations other than those in the budget will total several million dollars. . While tho deluee of bills ap peared to be at hand, the ways and means committee of both houses appealed for early intro duction of appropriation bills so the committees can tackle tho difficult job of budget-balancing. A constitutional amendment was being prepared to permit the governor to specify what legislation may be considered at special legislative sessions, while a bill would limit the number of persons attending stale prison executions to prison officials, coroners' jury, press, clergy, and peace officers. The state federation of labor gave the senate labor and indus tries committee five bills to givo Oregon a law similar to the na tional labor relations act. They would grant collective bargain ing rights, give women pay equal to pay for men. give public em ployes bargaining rights, givo public employes overtime pay. .
