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hotel In Chicago as firmn In Clark street play straams of witn
on tho blast. At laasi 11 parsons war killed and 12 or mora
Inlured. (AP Wlrephoto).
Roosevclts Didn't Request
Priority for Dog, Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (VP)
Prusldonllnl Secretary Stephen
Enrly snld today that neither
Col. Elliott Roosevelt nor tho
Whlto House hod asked for nn
air priority for a dog which dl.v
placed thrco servico men from an
army enrgo plane.
Enrly termed the whole affair
"a most regrctablo combination
of errors."
Tile dog was sent to Colonel
Roosevelt's wife, Actress Faye
Emerson in Hollywood. When
TAX BILLS EYED
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Jan. 18 (IT The
house taxation nnd revenuo com
mittee waded Into tho school
revenuo battle todny by Intro
ducing two bills to equalize
school taxes within counties and
to glvo schools $3,000,000 more
h your of income lax revenues
lo offsot properly taxes levied
by school districts. Av.
Tho bills were entered as the
lioiiso education committee con
sidered proposals by education
nl groups for $3,000,000 of In
come lax money annually for
schools, but this amount would
be nn nddltlonnl gift for the
schools, in contrast to the tax
committee's offset plan.
The schools now get $5,000,
000 n year of surplus income
tax revenues ns a property tax
offset, tho tax committee's plan
being to Incrcnso this to $8,
000,000. When surplus Incomo
(Continued on Pago Two)
the plane carrying It reached
Memphis, Jnnuary 11. - 300
pounds of high priority freight
una ue pui aoura, dccoraing
to tho war department, ant), a
nullor. B soldier and navy Seabuc
were put off to mako the Weight
allowance.
The English bull mastiff stayed
board. .
Not Responsible ' -
Early said that the dog defin
itely belonged to Elliott, second
oldest son of the president, but
that "he was not responsible for
his shipment by air tinder any
priority."
Elliott merely left a request,
he said, that the dog be ferried
to the coast if any empty bomber
wcro going across the -country
sometime. The colonel left
Washington to return to over
seas duty with tho army air
; (Continued on Pago Two) .
Italian Given
Year's Probation
Otto Fcrronl, Italian, charged
with assault with a dangerous
wenpon in connection with his
attack upon Bruce Steppe In No
vember, changed Ills olca of not
guilty to guilty before Circuit
Judge unvid K. vanaenDerg pn
Thursday morning, . '.
;- Fcrronl wns sentenced to' one
year of probation upon tho rec
ommcndnllnn of the district at
torney's office for cither parole
or probntion. The defendant Is
unable to understand the English
language, and reportedly had
mistaken the banter of other em
ployes nt tho Big Lakes Box com
pnny as threats at the time of his
offense.
Green Leaves for Hospital
After Visiting Father Here
Flight Offlcor Enrl W. Green,
son of Mnrlon Green ol idi mm,
loaves Sunday to report to uuv
bio General hospital, Mcnlo
Pnrk, Cnlif., after a three weeks'
visit with his fathor, California
Oregon. Powor company powcr-
houho foreman.
Ynime Green. 22.. who hns
been flying two years In the
U. S. army air corps, was re-,
ported missing D-Dny, June 0,
after he had parachuted from
his burning Thunderbolt fighter
pliino in tho European tlicotcr of
war, ....
The fiver's father was advised
by the war department on 'Juno
17. that Earl was listed as miss
ing, nnd August 18, , Green
learner! tlirmiBh Washington that
his son was in a hospital in Eng
land, What occurred within that
two months remains a military
scerot. . ' " .
Grocn la receiving treatment
for hiirnn suffered when he
balled out of his ship and will
report bnck to Dibble General
hnnnl.nl fni- further medical aid.
Tho flight officer was graduated
(Continued on Page Two) , ,
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' TO Earl W. Green
Britons IPush Into
YANKS SWEEP
OVER LUZON,
NEAR TARLAC
i .
Troops Wi n 1 Ba I i nao
After Short
'. 'Skirmish :
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jan.
18 (I') Gains right and left, of
the expanded Lingayen. gulf
beachhead were reported - by
Gen. .MacArthur today as his
main spearheads pointing to
ward Manila approached the im
portant city of Tarlac, fighting
nothing' much worse than mos
quitoes and heat.
On the right the Yanks ad
vanced' 17- miles up the thumb
like Bolinao peninsula to cap
ture the city''0- Bolinao, at- the
northern end, .after a short
skirmish with weak enemy
rear guard. '
Extenda Beachhead
.' The western part of the drive
extended the Lingayen gulf
beachhead to approximately 60
miles.
On the left flank the. sixth
army cut the main Luzon-Baguio
highway In two places and sent
patrols Into Potorrublo, , around
which'-th most itubDorn feaiat
ance of the Invasion has boan
encountered.'- 'The -'Americans
now have five' . wedgos ..along
thU taporUnt-hlghway. . ,
Neat HoaarlV''j'i!'.,;;-.;1
! One ' Yamk column- .wa' last
reported only. half, mile (from
Rosarlo.-movlng eastward ..along
a road, which loins 'the; main
highway two mile's:' beyond '.the
lowh. Juncture, at the. .fork
would , put the two Yank, col
umns on a mountain road lead
ing to 'Bagulo," summer capital
(Continued on Page.Twp) .
Bradley May .
Resume Command
Br The Associated Press
Lt.- Gen. Omar N. Bradley pos
sibly has resumed command of
all armies -In his 12th army
group on the central , sector of
the western front.
The command was split by
Field Marshal Von Rundstedt's
December offensive and ' the
northern part of his forces,, in
cluding the ninth' and most of
the first army t was placed under
command of British Field Mar
shal Montgomery, , Bradley re
tained command of troops ' on
the south of the Belgian bulge,
including Lt. Gen, George S.
PAtton's third army,, some unite
of the first, and one division of
the U. S..7th army. . . . ; .
Farmers to Meet
At Hotel Soon
One of the largest gatherings
of farmers In Klamath county
is expected here Saturday; Jan
uary 20, at the 11th annual meet
ing of the Klamath Production
Credit association In the, Wll
lard hotel., ' ' u
William Kittredge, : president,
and Lee S. McMullcn, secretary
treasurer, will preside. Registra
tion ia at 11" a. m. followed by
buffet lunch served to the
guests. . Announcements were in
the ' mail . lost week, - Including
fuott stickers for farmers' cars,
our per cent dividends will be
distributed at this meeting, Mc
Mullcn stated; ,
Meat Shops Close
In San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 18 tT)
More retail butchershops in San
Francisco closed today, bringing
the total either partially or
wholly shut down to well past
250 of the' city's 500 markets,
and hotels, restaurants and hos
pitals reported that fish, poul
try and -eggs Were Increasingly
hard to get..
San Francisco municipal, au
thorities appealed to ' the war
food administration to include
meat for 4000 patients in munlc-Ipally-owned
hospitals In the
"set .aside" for war purposes,
while the WFA Indicated civil
Ian supplies of poultry would
slump even further by notifying
the industry that the army de
mands for fowl would spiral up
ward during the next six months.
3rd Army-Hil-s :
Into Flattened
Ardennes Area
PARIS, 'Jan. II OP) British troops adraneed almost three
miles into . Germany -today , to near Hongen, center of ' a reich
district Jutting into the Dutch panhandle.
' U. S. third army troops stormed across the 8ure rWer neer
Dleklrch, 15 miles north, of Luxembourg city, 'in a new-assault
upon, the base of the flattened Ardennes salient,., and adraneed
up, to two miles.. ; i - , .
, . American .first army; troops picked up- yardage in the slush
leading, to St. Vlth. Uit Belgian road center in German hands..
They were ' closer then four miles and' gaining along the main
road northwest of the town in the Recht sector. ' , " -
Allied advances were' costing hear ily. ' December 'was the
bloodiest month of the inresion and 74.788 Americans were
killed, wounded or milling in that month. From the June 8
D-Dey to January 1. American casualties totalled 332,912, of
: J which 54,562 were killed, 232,-
672 wounded and . 45,678 miss-
Germany
CHURCHILL: STALIN
AGREE Or. BALKANS
Br james r.xxna ,
LONDON, Jari. '18'u-rtirhe
Minister. Churchill in a war re
view which ranged from Balkan
politics to all. the fighting thea
ters of the world told the house
of commons today that the. pre
sent Russian' drive was part of
a coordinated victory 'plan to
keep - all fronts "in constant,
flame until the final climax."
's Hi m . 'American', fighting
men comolete credit for stopping
the "costly sortic""By Field-Mar
shal vomRunosteat on tno'wesr
and he once. again endorsed the
allied demand for. the. uncondi
tional'' surrender t' of ' Germany
and.Japan... :.--.. '
; Agree on Balkans
. Churchill said he and. Marshal
Stalin had reached an agreement
on dealing with the Balkans to
prevent future wars, but , that'
this agreement : 'did-, not : divide
Europe Into spheres of influence1
after the war.-' - .. .
r Again 'he challenged the house
to another vote of confidence on
his policy In liberated lands, de
claring that Britain "would pur
sue a ,war-tlmc policy of inter
ference in middle Europe so long
as he held office.
. FDR Informed
' President Roosevelt had been
kept informed of the exchanges
(Continued on Page. Two). ,
Crash Holds Up
Highway Traffic
. A truck and trailer, stuck fast
In the snow across the highway
three, miles north of Fort Klam
ath, was hit by a second vehicle
and traffic was' held up for sev
eral, hours early Thursday.
' State" highway- department
crews were still working in the
early afternoon to permit; mo
torists to continue over the snow
packed stretch . of The Dalles
California highway. ; -:
v No one' was injured ' in the
collision . which occurred at
about 11 a., m., highway men
reported. The truck and trailer,
northbound from' Fort Klamath
on Highway 97,. failed to get
traction on the icy stretch and
slid directly .across the roadbed.
A second car, southbound, was
unable to avoid hitting the truck
as it. moved down the "hill.
. The state highway office re?
ported all mountain roads open',
curves ' sanded ' arid giant Sno
Go's and all "other available
equipment working to' keep the
highways open. There is ice be
neath a surface of packed snow
and a light snow had continued
to fall in almost, all. areas.
More Ulan 18 Inches of snow
was reported at both Sand Creek
and Chemult and "still falling"
Thursday at noon. Forecast was
for continued snow -in this sec
tion. - ,,. :i. '','. i
ing on the entire western, front.
The -British offensive irom
the Maas (Meuse) river toward
the Roer 'overran at. least five
more villages and was widened
to a 28-mile curving front from
Gellenklrchen to Roermond. .-,
Land On Island
i (A, German, broadcast a a I d
British troops landed or) Schoui
wen 'island- lust north of AValch-.
er'en in Holland-at dawn yes-:
terday). - i - '
' L't. Geji. Sir Miles C. Demp
sey's columns slicing -across the
hook-shaped tip -of Germany
northeast of Sittard advanced
up -to 2000 yards' before dusk
while other troons' rolled -up
gaips of 1000- yards -elsewhere
on 'the widening front-.- : .. .
0"'?1 ' -yfeatherBltter ''J-"
l-.r German ommsition ' was" 'bit
ter. so was, tne- weaurer. rog
still .hamoered . air support, and
curtailed visibility.. Thaws -melt-;
ed snow..'.".- -.. .:
'One-British forced drove, near
ly a mile forward ifrom hewly
captured Echt close to Schjl
bere. 3M miles -northeast of
Maeseyck,.' and. . captured. Oude.
Koostern, lust .norm ot laiien
Dietern. Also ". ' cantured "were
Overhoven, Susteren-and Overt-.
end. i; -; ..' . . -n.'
A German' counterattack' on
the Susleren-Maeseyck, was
sharply, repulsed..
Advance 4 Miles '
Total British -' advances for
three, days ranged. above four
miles and carried less than eight
from the Roer river. . guarding
stream for Dusseldorf, Cologne
and other Rhineland arsenal
cities. . , "
.Resistance stiffened marked
ly invthe Ardennes as the American-
first and third armies
pushed into the St. Vith-Wiltz
ridge line where Field Marshal
Von Rundstedt was making his
last -stand in the - punctured
bulge. - ;'. '
A counterattack was repulsed
around Schoppen,' eight miles
northeast of St. Vlth.. The Old
Hickory. 30th division cut "be
hind German lines and won a
hold southeast . of . Ligneviile
along.' 532-meter ridge,. wWch
extends south between . t h e
Americans- and St. Vith. Bar
tonville, seven miles west , of
St. Vith. was captured in a two
mile gain from Vielsalm. : .
Forts Hit Nazi
Rail Center ?
LONDON, Jan. 18 (IF) A
Small force of Flying Fortresses
today' bombed Kaiserlautern, an
important German railyard be
hind tne saar front. . .
One hundred Mustang fight
ers and 100 B-17's also made a
tactical attack on a rail center
west .of Mannheim, about 30
mile- behind the German lines,
RAF bombers returned to the
big German industrial center of
Magdeburg with a new load of
exnlnslves lust before dawn. to
day and found the city still
ablaze from the previous night's
attack.
Seniori Formally. Presented
With Equipment for Duties
SALEM, Jan. 18 (P) Rep.
Henry Semon, Klamath Falls,
was presented formally with
S roper equipment to carry out
Is duties as a member - of the
house health and public morals
committee at the opening of the
afternoon house session today.
The equipment is one ' step
ladder marked for "high transoms"-
and "low transoms" and
Inscribed with Semon's name
and position; and one periscope.
. Rep. .Harvey Wells, Portland,
made the presentation designed
Ing Semon as "chairman of the
subcommittee on morals ot the
Marion hotel," where many leg
islators stay. '
Semon said he presumed that
van members ot tne nouse are
of high moral character, so I
will commence my keyhole in
vestigations outside the,- rooms
of members of the senate."
Semon, a potato grower and
chairman of the important house
ways and means committee,: is
ribbed frequently by his fellow
KLAMATH.LAKE
corns
BY PROTESTS
Exchange voir 17,000
Acres Opposed
'. ; v . By Groups: v';
.Klamath and ' Lake' : county :
courts -today- stood . firmly on
their protests against a pro
posed 17,000-acre land exchange
between Shevlin-Hixon Lumber
company of Bend and the U. S.
forest service.
. At a conference yesterday,
the courts ' rejected, temporar
ily at least, a plea from Hunting
ton Taylor of WPB that their
protests be withdrawn- on. this
particular transaction- while they
proceed.to thresh out the general
issues.- Taylor warned that war
production of lumber by Shevlin
Hixon is jeopardized by' the pro
tests, which he said-make the
company's future- logging plans
uncertain. - - -'
-'"-Exchange Planned'
.'Under the proposed .-"transaction,
the company has offered
the 17,000 acres, partially: cut, to
the forest service,, in exchange
for .national .forest', timber , of
eqtial - value. ' ,The .- courts- pro
tested to the-federal' land office,
mainly on -the grounds that the
counties would . riof ! receive; 23
per'cent-'.bf, the national,' forest
stumpage value involved,- inas
much as this is not a cash trans
action.' : ".'-.'
-. It was announced after yester
day's meeting that County Judge
(Continued on Page Two) -
Housing Project
Approved by FH A
Congressman -Lowell Stock
man wired The Herald and
News today that a 50-unit hous
ing ; project for Klamath Falls,
to. cost $155,000, has been ap
proved by the federal housing
authority. " - .. .
FHA offices at- Seattle- will
advertise for, bids and proceed
with .construction, he said.
Chamber of.. Commerce Sec
retary. Charles Stark- said he
believed the project referred to
by Stockman would be .for civil
ian families. The navy, he said,
is -working on a plan for addi
tional housing for military fam
ilies. .'.', .v - '-"
Berlin Admits Troops
. .'Disengaging' In ; .
Poland
": LONDON, Jan. IB (VP) Z, Lo.
wici, 45 miles southwest of War.
Saw. Waa nnliiMj I
M"ihall Gregory 2hukor"s first
" iuian army, marsnai
Stalin Innaunrarf lanlakl I .
, . wH.au, ... at
special order.
. Zhukor's storming column
also captured Sochacsew, 27
miles west of the Polish capital,
and Skierntntviraj. . !) .. MI1U
southweit of Warsaw.
ine triple triumph was salut
ed in Moscow with 20 - salros
from 224 guns.
In an earlier order of the' day
?'"? announced the capture of
Modlin, 15 miles northwest of
Warsaw, as well as 1000 other
DOBUlatarf nl... . k. u i
- a--"- .j I'loiuat
Konstantin K. y RokotsoTfky'i
T-OMnrirVj Tnn to tiUi' '-. 'tntL
German radio tonight announced
i.xaoiiii troops naa reacned
thf nprman KnvtaM, o Jt i
and that Volkssturm units al
ready had gone into action to de-
6u mu laLiienana soil.
Shnrtlv- a ft or. !-,'.
Marshal Qraii nr.. j w
u i V i7 11 oiiiwuiiwu mar
shal Ivan Konev's Russians had
rapiurea i-ioirKow, 24 miles
southeast ; of Lodz, "Poland's
Pittsburgh' .
ine Berlin radio said:
"Tho krana nn A ax.
--i.e. u. me upper
Silesia Volkssturm have re-
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STATES SQUABBLE
L
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan; 18 (P)'
The legislatures of the states ot
Oregon and' Washington, part-'
ners in a liquor deal- in 1943,'
were exchanging chilly stares
today over the politics ' which
might or might not be involved -in
proposed investigations off
the deal. ' 1
A resolution for an Oregon
legislative committee does not-'
bind it to cooperate with Wash
ington investigators; The Wash
ington state house set up a com
mittee .-with the thought: of a
joint investigation with Oregon.
. : A : report .- from Salem said
some Oregon legislators felt the
strongly democratic Washington
committee ' "intends merely to
embarrass: the : republican ad
ministration" which was in pow
er in 1943.
Retorted Rep. ' H. C. Arm
strong (D-King), chairman of the
Washington committee: "If the
Oregon group does not wish to
cooperate, it would give: us
grounds to. believe that it in
tends to whitewash the deal." '-
But Armstrong's group got a
bid of assistance from the state
senate here at home when five
of its liquor committee mem
bers were named to assist in the
investigation.. , ', ':: ''-?
Reds Near German Border
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Capture ot Cieitochow brought the Ruasians to within IS
miles of the German border, as aoriet troops to the north pushed
forward from captured Warsaw to take Plotrkow. Broken black
line indicates the front lines of a few deys ago, before red armlee
smaehed ahead to menace the German fatherland.
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legislators.
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