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Vf ? he i slclf facts
',..iUta provide us Willi mi
tr"' ''olMl 'Uf
!lotlon. , ,
loocK l the German
LEEoIfciwIve up. lo Jan-
" "ccr.llnK to v,.
. Sllmwii. '' 40,000. ol
fo nm ere listed lss-
I'' ,.ri ) Von HUiuiniciii
l0,l pari. nn.uOO. of
(ireesi - . ; ,, ,
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), 40.000 arc Known i n-
7f to W. CBrnwn losses
., ...tin u.'iir III 119 lJii-n-
'?; h lei.les unite clcnrly
lhsn the enemy can. Uu-t
nt In th ''l'''tt
c Kldunond, could 0 ford
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Erfby tlwl standard. Von
Suiir thrii.it Into tl uf
ma forest wns a costly
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If. loan. " announced, of-
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0 IUUR t." -
Mlubllshcd "ilo of wnr ihut
. prisoners nrc tiikcn by t ho
MS1VE Mile than by the dc-1Ve-esecinlly
In a sudden
strength, lie-
filled by surprise. Tirol In
v lincicrsie-uu.
innitiiiu off n thrust they
imiklnu for. nre not to
I.roscn m Into smull units.
7. l.i II...
r . are hi ri ouii.il-.. wj v
v,v irivni.rlnit enemy.
it, with nil this In bin fnvor,
Riiiuljteill lout mora limn
:e u many prisoners lis wo
o dlslnnt unci uninformed
r. (routers d.m't know, but
Ion guess Ihut he win Inking
chances, gumming ior dik
, and llmi our- men, ni-
till taken by surprint), held
and wero not demoralized
he enemy s swift mid power
blows.
M obvious conclusion In Unit
Ihc Germans wero BUYING
E. why they were wlllliiK
ay such n prlee for tho time
bought, wc (to not Know.
aybc Ihey still hope for n
-rcl nmoiiK us, tho British
Ihc Kussinns. Mnybc they
readying secret weapons, lis
so vociferously claim, nncl
I more time to perfect thum.
be they are Just postponing
mcviiooie evil Hour,
ill question then arises:
ill they strike nuiilii?
k to that, time will tell.
wc Americans nrc wise, we
u Keep our fliiKers crossed
t Poland, the Uiilknns. etc..
re the Hussions nre method-
y estuullslilni! somethliiK
' more iiuiKllilc llinn n
re of Infliii'iiir. n u .!.,
i' by this time that Moscow
fvj wnoi it i, nbout mid is
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 184S
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Germans Form
Line Against
7th Army Push
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS. Jan. 18 (!') Tha Garmani burst out of tha northarn
end ot tha Rhlna brldgahaad abort Strasbourg today and llnltod
up with othar forcts In northaatt Aliaca, lormlng a solid front
against tha U. S. 7th army along 40 milat of the Maginot Una as
lar wast as. Bitch.
Tha situation on tha southern front was regarded at supreme
headquarters as Increasingly grave. Into this potential spring
board for another big attack, tha enemy was pouring a steady
stream of reinforcements over ferries and pontoon .bridges,
thrown across the Rhine from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe.
In northern Luxembourg, Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's third
army was on tha move again under ilre of Slogfrled line big
guns after breaking tha German Sure river line. The Amoricans
JAPS RE:
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GEN. MiicARTHUlVS HEAD
QUARTERS. LUZON, Jan. 10
(,Tl American mobile auiu.
mortars and armor,, smashing a
cleverly concealed concentration
of Japanese tanks and artillery
in 24-hour battle, captured
tho highway threo town of Ur
dniietn cnrly yesterday In the
first bitter fight of the Luzon
Invasion,
Selzuro of tho key town on
Gen. Douijius MocArthur's left
flaoK opened the northern sec
tion of the main Manlla-Dagulo
highway lo tho Yonks.
Win Junction
Meantime on American col
umn 10 miles south nloiin the
somo vital highway three cap
tured the road and railroad Junc
tion of Pnnlqul In o flvc-mllc
gain oiul pressed on toword the
Important city of Tarlnc. 70
miles from Manila. Another in
(Continued on Pago Twol
were pressing the enemy back
against the Sourc river bound
ary within six miles of heavily
fortified Trier. His latest ad
vances ranged to two miles or
better. The third army men
fought In while camouflugo
suits, blending with the deep
snow.
British troops driving Into
Germany from the Dutch pan
handlct west of tho Mans (Mouse)
pushed tho enemy back two moro
miles and captured six villages
northeast of Slltorcl. These
wero llogcn, Havcrt and Schal
bruck. all Insldo Germany and
Stein, Llnd and Heidc. They
battered Into Iscnbrucli where
bitter street fighting progressed.
The towns are within 38 miles
of the grcot Rhino city of Dussel
dorf. , .
Win Schilborg
' The' British also captured
Schllbcrg, on the rclch border
farther north, and nearby Hln
gen. Tho Germans continued to
fall, back under steadily mount
ing pressure. .
Tho Americon first army
drove through wind lashed
snows for substantia' gains all
along the curving 40-mile front
contracting nbout St. Vlth, last
Belgian road center Hie Ger
(Contlnued on Page Two)
Army, Navy Lend! 6,000
Men to Fill Labor Gaps
t Not Affecied
0DT Order
ic recent order of tho of-
0 defen l.-,...u..n..iniin..
I?!!"",,th" lmtlii' railroads
rvuuuiuio passenger servlco
never required to fncllltnte
Lis !'novcmc"t f war mo-
y joint statement made by
'h n , " president 01
iht w?,Clflc ln '"""go of
V1 traffic, and p, 8. Mc
lis, vice president in chnrgo
"onsor truffle, It was slot-
. uiis order would not
' "ic Southern Pacific
freW' whlch ' keeping
Tclslu currenllv mniV,o
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (P)
A high government officlnl sold
today thot tho army and navy
hnvo lent somo 18,000 men capa
ble of combnt duty to fill labor
gaps In critical wnr production.
These men. adding up to more
than a full division of troops,
went from uniforms to overalls
lo work on such items as tires,
copper and foundry products.
The official, who could not be
quoted by name, characterized
the present production situation
as akin to that In 1042 when the
nation was straining at every
seam to boost the flow of muni
tions to the wnr zone. .
Contention
There Is contention In con
gress that fiio need for war work
ers enn bo met on n voluntary
rather than compulsory basis.
But a rcsurvcy of manpowor
requirements was reported to
hnve prompted President Roose
velt to osk legislators Wednesday
to speed enactment of a pending
bill to mako deferred draft reg
istrants from 18 to 48 subject to
penalties if they refuse to accept
essential Jobs. Mr. Roosevelt had
sold previously he didn't think
the voluntory methods, would
work. . - . ' ,,
The army and navy have esti
mated that 600,000addlttonnl
pne Woman Mailcarrier
Trudges Snowy Streets
: ,T f ""eels these
an man ,",'l,pPs, the only
. yomiith Fnlls nostoftlco
''lnri('!l.'!' 'y hccii on tho
It in Vi ",ucr 8 1044, nnd
""h Palis fn " "V. 2
icy .rn, t Wo J. C.
I,J""re before tnulnu n
I her rinr'-i, mid resides
Hiihv a. ' lwo 'aimers,
D 111 .s?vorson and Mrs
lenco here. " mBko tholr
nm R. Larson wos tho first
woman mall carrier here, being
appointed In Mny of 11143. Sho
served as a carrier until May 1,
1044, when she was assigned lo
tho position of clerk In tho mail
ing division, a position sho still
holds.
Only On Serving
Since then six women hove
been employed os city mall car
riers, Hawkins said, but at the
present aimo Miss Phelps Is tho
only ono serving. ...
There are now 12 clly car
riers and two parcel post deliv
eries here, Hawkins stated, along
Willi lwo mounted routes and
three rural - carriers. The post
office needs ono city carrier, one
special delivery messenger with
a cor. and one . postal clerk,
Hawkins concluded.-. Any per
sons Interested. In theso positions
should apply at-tho Klamath
poslofflcc. . . .-. .,
men arc needed for overseas
duty by June 30, while 1,000,000
replacements are trained,
But first of all Ihey wnnl back
In the fighting ranks the 16,000
men they have had to muster out
temporarily to fill critical Jobs.
Reports that theso men receive
both army and civilian pay has
caused some dlssnt i sf a c 1 1 o n
among the ranks of buddies left
in uniform.
Gen, George C. Marshall,
army chief of stuff, and Admiral
Ernest J. King, commander in
chief of the fleets, estimated that
a minimum of 300,000 new mu
nitions workers ore needed, An
official said this was due in part
to swift changes ln the produc
tion program In recent weeks.
GN BRAKEMAN
QUIZZED IN
EWING CASE
Archie Davig Jailed
For Investigation
In Murder
Archie O. Davig, 42-year-old
Great Northern brukemnn, wns
being held in the Klamath coun
ty Juil Friday for investigation
in connection with the slaying
of John Hnthiel Ewinc.
Davig s nrrest followed a re
port from a criminologist to the
effect that bullets tukon from'
Ewing s body were shot from a
linn admittedly owned by Dnvig,
according, to Sheriff Lloyd Low.
Unvig was arrested at 1U:ZU
a. m. today by sheriff's officers
and slnte police as lie emerged
from Ward's Klamath Funeral
home with Ewlng's son, Everett,
and the'dond man's two broth
ers. Reuben and James.
Attendants nt Ward's said that
Davig had viewed the remains
of hwing whose funeral was held
at 2 o'clock today.
Slayin? Week Old
Arrest of Davig came lust ex
actly one week after Swing's
miuci-riudica lorm was- touna
three miles southwest of Klam
ath Falls near the KnlDine Dlant-i
i-wnen-ofiicers investigated a hit-
and-run report. Ewing died at
4:04 p. m. Friday, January 12,
from fatal wounds.
Sheriff Lloyd L. Low reported
Hint officers were looking for
Davig and hnd learned the man
wns going to the funeral parlor.
"As wo drove up," Iho sheriff
said, "wc saw Davig and the
three Ewing men como out of
Word's."
Name On Paper
Low said that Davie's name
and address was found on n slip
o f paper in Ewing's clothing.
Stnto police and sheriff's officers
contacted Davig while he was at
work the night of Ewing's death.
Davig admitted knowing Ewing
in Edgcmnnt, S. D., and also at
Alliance, Neb.
Sheriff Low said Davie told
officers that he had met Ewing
at the Klnmath BUlinrds cnrly
In the afternoon of Wednesday.
January 10. The two men had
been at different beer parlors
drinking during the day and nt 7
p. m. Ewing asked Davig for his
car to move pcrsonol effects
from one hotel to another. Davig
said he did not know the names
of the hotels.
Ewing knew where the car
wos parked, Davig told police,
as the two men were together
when he, Davig, had left the car
in front of the Masonic temple
on Klamath avenue. Ewing took
the machine, according to Davig,
and not until 8 p. m. that night
was the car located. Davig said
(Continued on Pago Two)
Mailcarrier Braves Cold
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Afion PholDt. only woman mallcnrrlor worltlna out of the
Klamath Falls" postof flee, doesn't let the cold . weather bother
her at she goes her appointed rounds in the service of Uncle Sam.
Straight Shooters Aid March of Dimes
JHVff MhJrS -fill
Four third-graders at Riverside, members of the' Straight Shooters- club, ' turned. he entire
i ... . . . . ... ... i- , ni .l:. i . - t i. ' . . : il i "OJCI.- - e:
treasury of the organisation over
mondt, Norman Fitzgerald, David Brandsness and James McClure. ,
. , , , ,
Straight Shooiers Donate M
Treasury to March o f Dimes
The entire treasury of the
Straight Shooters club has been
turned over to the March of.
Dimes. ' ..
Exactly $1.60, earned by four
third-graders at Riverside, was
dropped in the March of Dimes
Jar, dime by dime, as the quartet
watched Iheir-savings go to what
they .considered the - worthiest
cause of all.
The Straight Shooters club,
mode up of Norman Fitzgerald,
James - McClure, Bobby Sim-r.
monds and David Brandsness,
decided some time ago to earn
money for. the infantile paralysis'
fund. They stacked wood; sold'
bottles, and managed to find Jobs,
in their Rogers street jveighbor
hoow. -When the staggering sum
of $1.60 was reported by .the!
treasurer,1 it -was simple to divide.!
Each member received , four:
dimos and tucked, them! in his:
Jean's pocket to take to school.. !
Tho Straight Shooters .- now!
have another goal. They're going'
to earn money for the. Red Cross
and hope to have enough in the
spring to make as good a -showing
as in the March-of Dunes. ... ;
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Sinatra Makes
'Em SwoonBut
Oh. Victor!
PORTLAND, Jan. 19 (IP)
It isn't only Frank Sinatra
and the bobby-sockers.
A middle-aged woman
emerged from tho theatre
where Victor Mature was ap
pearing. "I've sflen him!" she
shouted. "I've seen my idol!"
She walked into the lobby's
ornamental fish pond, waded
out. knocked over a war bond
booth, and disappeared
dreamily into the street-
Nazi Casualties
Reach 120.000
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS
ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY
FORCE, PARIS, Jan. 19 (A5)
Tho Germans suffered 120,000
casualties from December 12
Jonuaryll in their offensive to
split the allied front in the Ar
dennes, supreme headquarters
announced today. .
Allied casualties, predomi
nantly American, were 55,421
during the same period. Of these,
18,416 were lost as prisoners.
S u p r o m c headquarters an
nounced yesterday that Ameri
can casualties during December
were 73,788. This covered a dif
ferent period, however, includ
ing the first 16 days of December
in which fighting occurred in the
Saar and on tho Roer river be
fore. Cologne. It did not extend
Into the first 11 days of January
when 30 American divisions
Were flattening out the salient.
SE PISSES BILL
OlIESTiTl
By PAUL W.-HARVEYJr. . !
SALEM, . Jon. 19 (P) ;. The
house of representatives,, voting
unanimously ; and without any.
debate, completed legislative ac
tion today on Governor - Earl
Snell's requested resolution to
investigate the. 1943 Waterfill
and Frazier liquor purchases by
the state liquor commission. 1
SDeaker Eugene Marsh said
he would appoint the three house
members of Mnc Investigating
committee next Monday, and . he
did not indicate whether a demo
crat would be. included. ; The
senate members of the commit
(Continued on. Page Two)
Workers Vote to
End Tram Strike
VANCOUVER,. B. C, Jan.. 19
(Canadian PressrStreet car. and
bus operators in three British
Columbia cities voted over
wholmingly last night to end-a
10-day- old strike and' resume
normal operation, of transporta
tion services at 4:10 a. m.-today.
' ','. ,' . ,-:
Some 2700 members; of "the
Street Railwaymcn's- union
(AFL), all employes of the Brit
ish Columbia Electric Railway
coniDanv. were involved in the
tieup, stemming from war labor.
board refusal to consioer re
quests for wage boosts -,and
changes in working conditions,
Muzzle Put on Dog Puzzle; '
Representative Wants Facts
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19 (Pj
Tho muzzle was on today in the
mystery of who assigned Col. El
liott Roosevelt's dog nn airplane
priority ahead of three service
men, but Rep.' Miller (D-Calif.)
had hopes of getting the facts.
Miller stepped into tho case
because ono of the servicemen
affected is n constituent, Seaman
Leon LcRoy of Antloch, Calif.
The congress member' asked
Secretary of War Stlmson for a
"complete report on why the
servicemen (with "C" priorities)
had to get off a cargo plane of
the air transport command to
mako way for high priority
freight while the dog (with an
"A" priority) was flown on.
"No Comment" ,
At ATC headquarters,1 a re
porter's questions ;as to who
asked the priority, who assigned
it, etc., drew only, "no comment."-
1
MaJ. Gen. Harold L, George ot
the ATO had said after a prelim-
inorv investigation that "an er
ror of Judgment", had bfcen made;
an error that won't ' happen
again. His aides said the ATC did
not Intend to discuss the. matter
further. -V-:'.-' ' ' -' "I
LcRoy, who hos been serving
overseas, was on his way home
to his father's funeral' when ho
and the other two men w e r 6
"bumped off the plane at Mem
phis January 11. - ,
Gift to Wife ,
The dog, a handsome English
rhastlff named "BlnzeV was-the
gift of the president's seebnd sort
to his bride, Actress Faye Elrujr;
son of Hollywood -..' '. : -'' .:
Col. Roosevelt sold iri, London
that he knew ,'"nothipg: about
shipping- the. dog by; air"' from
Washington- to Hollywood. Pres
ldcnt laf Secretary Stephen Early
said that neither Elliott nor any
one else '. connected with 1 the
White House was responsible for
the priority arrangement:" Early
called It, all a "regrettable com
bination of cifors."-.: ": 1
'Lt)NIX5NvjJana9'':f;.'An
attempt' to '. .ecpress'c.ensjire of
Prime. Minister: (AittchilTs. interventionist..-
policy--. in -'liberated
lands .was; -beateni 34CF.i:6 Jl -.today
inthe-hoiisei of. commons;
I,.T0.ch"ni9aliy'.theiyi3te.was:o,tf.'a
war - anDrooriatJonK -. bilh.r Some
critical boritesv announced ;be-i
forehand that" although they .bp-'
posed -British, .policy ; m- Greece
arid -Italy,'-they iwoiird.iiot, vote
against-.the .bill; on' the grounds
iney. jnignt oe- accused oi. imped
ing thelwarv effort- --ir-:," ;
f. ;3vCheered:Wildly...:i.
. Churchill, himself- was. in ,the
house, during-the? yote arid' was
otiAaA: --..ll5l.r. nBVU 'l.'.
Foreign-Secretary-Edeh:-rf ' :
Shortly" before the votc.-'Eden
told bommdhsthat'Brltalnwduld
plate before;- the.; forthcoming
Big lpree . conlerence : a -demand
for "creation -of machinery
with power to deal quickly, and
jointly with international, politi
cal .problems.-, .He said" ttritqin
wos ready to go. to almost any
lengtn in order mat tnei ma
chinery may function." .. . . :
ine British government, jfiden
.ttupntmued on Page .-Two)-
Eighth Smashes
Nazi Brid gehead
ROME! "Js'n.T9:YP)-Counter-
attacking "eighth., army, forces
have smasned a smau : bridge
head which the Germans estab
lished on -the south' bank of the
Senlo river earlier this week and
have,! driven . the e n e m y back
across tnec stream,; allied head
quarters announced today. -.
Headauarters disclosed yester
day - that ' the - brldeehead had
been-established near Fusignano,
about 13 miles northeast of Faen
za and 14 miles inland from -the
Adnatic-coast. - : :
LODZ TAKEN;
REDS 30 MILES
INSIDE REICH
Pnlish Capital Worv
By Soviet
. Troops -r
; LONDON, Jan. 19 (IP) The
red army rolled roughshod over
broken German defenses today.
capturing Poland's second city
ol Lodz and its ancient capital.
of Krakow, driving 30 miles
into East Prussia for its great
est penetration of-the reich.
..Leczyca, - 20 miles northwest
of Lodz and only. 238 miles from
Berlin,- also fell in the wide
spread-sweep, proclaimed by-
Marshal Stalin's five orders of.
the day.. . .i . . ; ;
- New Offensives"''.
. Marshal- Stalin announced the
loosing of two more offensives
in tast Prussia ana ln the Car,
pathians' of southern Poland.
Developments were: - :
central Russian forces cap
tured. Lodz, 70 -miles west o
Warsaw and 250 miles from Ber
lin.' -. - ' .1 - r :!
.2. Co m.p 1 e t e liberation of,
Budapest was foreshadowed by
withdrawal of the German gar-i
risop to ", the . west side; "of thej
Danube, in. the Hungarian capi-j
tal. , . . .v , .
'-i; -i Carpathian. Attack '- - '
. '3.':Stalin; in ah order .of ; the;
day, 7 disclosed- that, a- new. bt
tensive, -the fourth of the serie4
of, gigantic winter operations
had lanced forward 50 miles on
a front of 38 miles in the Car-:
pathians. - It seized Gorlice, 65.
miles southeast "of Krakow?
Jaslo, 15 miles northeast of Gorf
lice, -and; 400-other to wns, "and;
forged. the; Wisloka and DuhajeC'
rivers:. . '': , . -' 1
- 4; Stalin's - second order ; ot
-: -.;(Cpntinued.on Page Two)-. ;
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WASHINGTON,.Jan.M9'(fl3)
President Roosevelt stressed An
glo - American cooperation in
wihnihg'the war today as he jok
ingly told inaugural-minded re
porter's that the first 12 years in
the White House are the hardest.
' :At his biweekly news confer
ence the president: , ;
-1.: Praised the combined pro
duction and resources and tho
combined raw materials and
combined food boards as a "strik
ingly successful-example of Unit
ed .Nations collaboration.
Shortly before, the United
States, Britain and Canada joint
ly , had announced the boards
would be continued until Japn
is whipped."- ,
... ...... '"Last Four?"
I", 2. '.Brushed aside a reporter's
question whether this is "the last
four years" of his presidency. -.,
3. Declined .. to discuss' any
(Continued on Page Two)
Mercury Slides
To 14 Degrees
The weatherman chalked up
a seasonal low - early Friday
morning when the mercury slid
to 14 degrees above zero,' cold
est since January 26, - 1944. '
: The weekend forecast was in
favor of clear skies but continued
cold.- - " v ' -
FX .TX
Did He 'Bump' Seaman?
rfr vw'ii1-1:. : ''V"i
f I 111 Li . , 4 !
!': .'THIsfis an EnsUsh bull mastiff recently delivered to Mrs.
Elliott 'Roosevelt' in; Hollywood, Cslif., and confined in a com.
merclal kennel. Seaman, lo Leon LeRoy, 18, told the American
Red Cross chapter 'at Antloch, Calif.,-he, an army sergeant and
a Senbte had-been "bumped off", an army plane at Memphll,
Tertn., toi make room for a doa he said was consigned to Mis.
Hooseralt.Vv- ;4 , ,- v ..',' ."