Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, January 17, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextlS I ' I . , , , TWO HERALD AND KEW8 Wednesday. J". IT. 1S4S NAZI POLISH FRONT FOLDS UNDER ATTACK .Continued From Pago One) Bridgehead! west o the Narow river above Warsaw, the Intra great winter offensive under Marshal Konstantin K. Rokos sovsky battered ahead 25 miles through strongly echeloned Ger man defenses, sweeping up more than 500 communities, Stalin an nounced in a second order of the dBThe great drive below Warsaw through Poland meanwhile had carried soviet vanguards within 27 miles of German Silesia, rich in coal and stool, Moscow dis patches said. 250,000 Tons 0 Jap Ships Sunk by Navy WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 () The naval forces striking at the Japanese in the western Pacific during the past two weeks have sunk more than 250,000 tons of the enemy's ships. Rear Admiral M. F. SchOeffle, assistant chief of staff for naval operations, made this announce ment at Navy Secretary Forres tal's news Conference today, and said the operations which began January 2 with an aerial strike against the island of Formosa were all a part of a general pat tern. - Former Klamath Man Passes Away William W. McNealy, for many years active in civic and club interests in Klamath Falls, died Monday night, January 15, in a Portland hospital, according to word received here by friends. Death was attributed to pneu monia. Mr. McNealy came to Klamath Falls in 1620 from Mt. Hebron, Calif., where he had been asso ciated with the Southern Pacific. For five years he served as office manager for Henry N. Moe who owned and operated Moe's store at that time. Later Mr. McNealy went into the insurance business and tor some 11 years was with the Klamath Ice and Storage Company. He was secretary for the Klamath Falls Kiwanis club for many years. Several years ago Mr. and Mrs. McNealv moved to Portland and he was employed at the Kaiser ship yards. In addition to his wife, Ar- reno, Mr. McNealy is survived by a daughter. Mrs. William (Ruth) Donnely, one granddaugh ter ana one grandson, all o Fort land. Mr. McNealy was.a mem. ber of St. Paul's Episcopal church here. The family has re sided at 6120 N. Campbell in Portland. Final rites are being arranged ny a. j. Kose and Son, SE 6th and Alder, Portland. ALL Elastic Suspenders Klip-on or Button Stylet. OREGON WOOLEN STORE main ana em Resigns -1 m sv. 9 11 -'1 As "'Xi ?jf.A rv RlnHm. man.fs.r of th Klamath Falls branch of the United States national name ot Portland, has resigned his office here and will devote hit time to ranching in the Malln area, it was learned Wednesday. Klamath Gets Quota of Snow Klamath county joined the rest of the nation in receiving its quota of snow as a blanket of while covered the basin Wednesday. Starting In mid morning, big flakes swirled over this area, but mild weather caused streets to be covered with a muddy slush which melt' ed in tho gutters. . Men at" the Marine Barracks and the Klamath naval air sta tion, who have an active winter sports program ready to go as soon as weather permits, wel comed the change from thawing conditions of the past few days. County Engineer Wallcy Hec tor reported the thaw' had bronchi considerable damage to a number of county roads, and that stretches in Langell valley and near Spraguc River were particularly hard hit. The US weatherman, who said the mercury fell to 26 degrees early this morning, had nothing to say about continued snow but forecast Thursday "gener ally clear" bv mid-afternoon but Continued cool. , : "No Jap Trade'; Wanted in Vatey PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17 () Anti-Japanese- feeling manifest ed itself in a new way in two Oregon communities today as signs appeared in store windows warning returning Nisei that "no Jap trade" is solicited. Placards sprouted throughout Hood River valley, where - the American Legion post recently provoked' bitter controversy by erasing names of JapaneSe-Amer- lean-soldiers from its honor roll. urocenes, repair shops and filling stations joined in the move. WEATHER Tuetfllr, January It, 1918 Max. Mln. Praelti. Eulrenft - in m ffi Klamath Talis .1 40 Sacramento ................ North Bend nn Portland , 49 42 .40 Medford ...... ...40 31 .00 Heno 48 18 .00 San Francisco SO ' 4a .00 Seattle 40 41 .74 Oregon Rain west nortloh today, spreading to cast portion tonight. Thurs day occasional showers. W.rm.r ast portion tonight. Northern California Parllv cloudy north portloh with light showers Along norlh coast and over northern moun tains today and tonight. Clear louth portion. Thursday generally clear mld aftcmoons, hut continued cool at night with local frosts In valleys. .0t (Continued From P One) MiM fnr ffiiir.nower nacts to demilitarize Germany and Japan, and bv Senator Connally (D Tex.) for formation of a pro visional council to study Euro pean political problems while peace organitation treaties arc being ratified. Secretary of State Stettinius today gave til senate toreigu relations committee an hour long report on international af fairs, but Connally later said "the discussion was not on any particular matter it was sim ply a general review ana con versation. " To Discuss Later Connally added he did not bring up his proposal for a pro visional council but said he will talk to Stettinius about it later. Mr. Roosevelt already has given the Vandenbcrg plan an encouraging word, tteierriug ai his news conference yesterday to a White House meeting with eight senators last week, Mr. Roosevelt said he and the sen ators had a pleasant meeting and mat tney were in agreement. Marine Given 2-Year Sentence PFC John W. Thrash Jr.. 20. stationed at the Marine Bar racks, was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary when he entered a plea of guilty at 10 a. m. Wednesday to a charge of attempted larceny. Sentence was passed by Circuit Judge David R. Vandenbcrg. Young Thrash, a native of Florida and an overseas veteran, admitted to the court the theft of a car on January 10, and that he was arrested January 12 after he had broken into E. L. Paddock's machine at the Wi- Ne-Ma parking lot. City police were forced to pursue Thrash when lie made an attcmnt to elude officers. The marine had five convictions for various of fenses during hit two and one half years service in the marine corps, it was learned from Bar racks officials. , ' Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon will take Thrash to Salem Thursday morning, Sheriff Lloyd Low said. Mattoon will also take Leo Johnson to Salem where the man will serve a five-year sentence following his conviction on a larceny charger Small Jap Counter Attack Slows 6th Army's Flank (Continued From Pag One) Then he issued "preliminary in complete reports." These will be filled out later.- Even the preliminary accounts bring out these startling points: 1. Tho puny showing of the enemy airforce, suggesting It lacks the diversified strength to spread out along the Asiatic shores while at the same time challenging the Superfortresses over Japan and attempting to impede American invasion pro gress on Luzon in the Philip pines; Aerial Belting 2. The aerial belting given Nippon's sorely needed oil tank ers and oil stores; and 3. The ability of Admiral Hal scy to roam the South China sea unchallenged by Japan's navy and unimpeded by her continental air power. lamson E implement COMPANY Announces Its New Location At 2424 South 6th St. J. I. Case Farm Implements Complete Parts and Service Department Flint and Walling Water Systems i MacMillan Ring Free Oil SAMSON IMPLEMENT CO. -I- (Formerly Samson-Garrison Implement Co.) 2424 South 6th St. pii, Fiahts Tokyo Rose i "j L VPS r!rtAAfAl Beautiful Carmen Llgaya. FlUplnft girl guerrilla leader, who for two years helped fight the Japanese in her native land, is the tlrst effective competition the 0. 8. has offered the notorious record player In the enemy capital Tokyo Rose. Now mletreee of ceremonies on OWI broadcast, from San Francisco to the Philip pines, .he listens here to a playback of one of her song. Visiting Mrs, Calvin Lamb Of Sacramento is hero visiting Dr. and Mrs. Ernest D. Lamb, 82T Lincoln. Lt. Lamb is now serving with the United States army air corps In the South Pa cific. Mrs. Lamb is making her first visit here and olans to leave the latter part of the week. She is the niece of Jack Schulzc of tills city. . . Meat Thursday The Loyal Order of Moose will hold Its regular meeting Thursday. Janu ary 18, at 8 p. m., in tho Moose hell. The building is being re decorated inside and members who would like to help are asked to come to the lodge hall Sunday, January 21, at 9 a. m. To Meet The weed control committee of Klamath county appointed by E. R. Jackson, sec retary of the Oregon Seed Growers league, will meet Thursday, tomorrow, at 2 p. m. In tho county agent's office. Weed control problems pertain ing to seed production will be discussed. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued from Page One) must be beaten so completely that her power to plunge Europe into war at any moment will be destroyed. TF the big Russian push in Po "'land (and maybe East Prussia) Is on. we may look upon Bucla pest as a closed incident. We may expect that there will be no more German splurges in that direction, such as their recent effort to relieve the beleaguered Budapest garrison. They will need all their energy to meet the Russian drive farther north. WfE can probably watch Italy " for a dependable sign of the firogress of the Russian drive, f the Germans get hard pressed In Austria and eastern Germany, they will bo likely to pull out of northern Italy so as to use the veteran divisions, now run ned down there, where they are more immediately needed. Deadline Set For Dog Licenses Here Dog licenses must be obtained ; by March 1, according to the county clerk's office. Failure to purchase a license by that date I will result In a $1 fine. Licenses need not be secured 1 until a dog Is eight months old , and the charge Is 81.50 for a : male or spayed female and $2.90 I (or an unspayed female. : Swedes to Engage j In Military Practice I STOCKHOLM. Jan. 17 fyPi Sweden's 1043 army class will engage In special winter exer cises next month In the north west province of Darlckarlia along the Norwegian border, the government announced today. The exercises will continue for more than a month, Committee Backs Liquor Investigation SALEM, Jan, 17 (IP) The house alcoholic control commit tee, without recommending any changes and without discussion, letummeiiuea passago today Of a senate-approved resolution for a committee of two senators and three representatives to Investi gate tho Waterflll and Frailer II quor purchases. Tho resolution will go to the house tomorrow, and speedy adoption Is expected. The Inves tigation was requested bv Gover nor Enrl Snoll pvocuee on Way Home After Three Years From Family NEWELL, Calif.. Jan. 17 George Daniuka Is going back to his Oregon Indian reservation krtM. ii-nm u'hii'ii he hits been absent nearly throe years. antuka coum nvu home nearly a month ago, but he did not know it. , . Before evacuation h had lived for 30 years on the Warm Springs Indian reservation, m Clackamas, Wasco and Jutfenon counties, the nearest railroad town to which la Madras. He .mU n 1n.sls.ri unillin. and awaiting him on the reservation nnu i. si fmnilv of several chil dren and grandchildren. ...... . I. . . . ....a ..In.. Ik wnen ueorc i""""' from the war relocation author ity's Tulelake center here, Aug- TO MEET MONTHLY Members of the Klamath coun ty chamber of commerce will meet the first Wednesday of each month to bring into closer con tact with the work of the organ ization, all those affiliated with the chamber of commerce. Directors approved, the sugges tion submitted by John Ashley, chairman of the forums commit tee, at the regular Wednesday noon session. The monthly meet ing will take the place of the directors' meeting in that week. A, forum meeting will be held the evening of February 5 at the Wlllard. Chairmen of committees will make reports at that time, similar to thoso made recently to the directors. . The Oregon chamber execu tives meeting scheduled for Jan uary 26 and 27 In Eugene, will be attended by President Mal colm Epley and Secretary Charles Stark, it was announced. Among the guests present Wed nesday was Roderick Finney, executive secretary of the Ore gon state salvage committee, here from Portland for several days. He urged continued activ ity in the salvage of tin and pa per. , A meeting of the postwar planning committee was an nounced tor January 23, when dinner will be held at the Peli can, Speaker of the evening will be Dean Paul Dunn, Oregon State College. ThreeDay Blows On China Formosa Costly to Enemy (Continued From Pag One) main highway at Tarlac, about 70 miles from Manila. . Petrel AetWltr Field reports said both col umns were finding nothing stronger than an occasional en emy patrol, which was quickly dispersed.' Oil MacArthur's left flank, however, American artillery pounded Japanese stubbornly holding ridges commanding the only' north-south road In the Lu zon plain still remaining to the enemy. In this sector, south and south west of Bosarlo, American prog ress toward Poiorrubio was slowed Sunday night by a Japa nese counterattack in which small tanks were used by the en emy, U. S. artillery broke up this counterblow, the first of the week-old Invasion, They knocked out one "tankette," and the oth ers withdrew. Dug in Well Tha Japanese are well dun In along foothills -of the Benguet mountains and are making a tout and diligent attempt to pre vent the Americans from secur ing their left flank. Poiorrubio is the key town on a highway leading to Baguio, summer capi tal of the Philippines. Other Japanese tanks were sighted on the right flank of the fio-mlle-wlde beachhead, but the enemy has been hesitant to risk his meagre supply of thinly-armored tanks against the American firepower. . Classified Ada Bring Result. Like to boss railroad cars around? Really make 'em move and put 'cm where you want 'am? And have a switch engine to do the shoving for you? And work with a good engine crew . . , and see the war frelaht nH (h troop trains pouring In? Well, mister, tnis is your job if you want It: Switchman with South ern Pacific at ahAtii ?ih h... pay. (Overtime can make It a lot more,) no experience to start. We train you in a few days, pav you an allnw.ni- while training , , . make you fuu-picdged railroader. It'a a very Important Job, thla. We've got to keep those war trains humping. And we've got a whale of Job ahead of u which meant lot of work ahead for you. Many other Jobs open. . P.' Station, Klamath fall.. or your nearest 8. P. Agent, , See or writ Tralnmaitar, .... IS in.m 1A .rtlllrl not I!0 10 US. IU -,., ......... - - - his home, which was 15 mil" inside the U. S. army western no fense command's excluded w" Ho did the best he could, and went to work for Hie Great M..rthf-r,, ruill-nmt lit ChClllull. just outside the ione. When inc tinny uiu-h WI...1.... a.nli..im, nr.li.i- Hull. Minitiw, - Eiikn did not hear nliout II until Informed by his uinployers. no wrote the Tuloluke center asking nnA ...n tnfnrmi'il tw tl-.1l- graph 'linmerilaloly thnl he was (ree to go where lie cno.se, Now he is on his way. Roosevelt Dog's Priority Delays Return, Says Gob (Continued From rage One) since only priority freight nor mally Is included In the cargo on such planes. Lost Time Lettoy told his story lo the American lied Cross chapter t Antloch when he enlisted III as sistance In tracing Ulcntldculioii papers and in obtaining Inst transportation back to his ihlp because he had lost so much time in getting to Anliuch from Memphis. "I hitchhiked front Memphis to Dallas, Texas," he sitld, ' and somewhere during the hitchhik ing; I lost my loavo papers. Tho MP's picked mo up and held mo for two days until I was able to straighten that out. I then went to the ATC offlco In Dallas and finally got on a plane bound for the coast." Not at Home Miss Emerson's studio In Hol lywood said sho left last night for Washington to atlond Presi dent Roosevelt's inaugural. Re porters who called at her home found no one there, LcRoy's story to the Rod Cross Was that a lar.go box containing "a huge shaggy dog" was put aboard the plane at Dayton. O., with a list of instructions about feeding, care and walking of the dog which were given lo the flight engineer. Cargo Removed Then on January 11, he said, more high priority cargo was put aboard the piano at Memphis, necessitating removal of some of the plane's cargo. An army lieutenant, he added, after examining the various pri orities told LcRoy, an army ser- ! leant just back from 31 months n the Orient and a Seabee that hey would have to leave the plane. "We protested," Leroy said, "and the lieutenant showed us the dog had an 'A' priority, while we only had a 'C priority. The dog's cralo was so large It took up three seals." In Memphis, fourth ferrying group officials refused to com ment on tho incident and re ferred ail questions to the army air forces In Washington, Election of officer of the Kliunalh Moiloi' chapter of the Iraak Walton League of Anier. lea lor the year 104.1 will he held al Ihe next regular meet ing o( Ihe chanter, which Is scheduled for Friday. January 10 at p. m. In Ihe hiimitiet loom of llie Wl Ne-Ma hotel. The noinliutlllig committer has selected a group from which to chot.'C Us leaders for I0 and it Is urged thai each mem ber attend this meeting and cast his vole. Many mailers will be dis cussed nt this meelliig and a bullet lunch will bo served at a cost of SO cents per person. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jim. 17 W) Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, daughter-in-law of the president, denied today a story told by tin Antloch, Calif., navy seaman that ho and two other service men were "bumped off" an army transport to make room for a 1.10-pound bull mastiff consigned to her.. "I assure you that my dog travels freight and awaiti his turn," said Mrs. Roosovclt. "I certainly don't bcllevo the dog had a priority." She suggested lo reporters that the story told by LcRoy "be very carefully checked." BOX OFFICE OPENS (:4S ENDS TONIGHT SECOND HIT "Federal Fugitive" ir Thursday 'itaApicALULi!.:. Or tOVE AMP HATE! - K -A m Jungs Buth Vj.'f.,", .Tnhn sl.viti.nn ' m --4 Claudii Dell -.FlJ SECOND HIT Mm i ' Conllniiou. Show Open 12:30 NOW 'jf' THEY'RE WORSE C.-& THrN - ..I ( ,:r -V wmlKlxi V. t i lust I J&ak" kl... fotTf. ii. w jTi. i ! kill. St-Aj , :' (; i it ( f y ij m m MTMC-t MMIIT JACK CAI10N I0W. IV. HOITON MMIS 0UA10N SECOND HIT '-VjvS I "I j s,,, , Vjpf SENSATION! 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