ii L - "" r : : . . . . : : : ' t ... '
CfHAHK JENKINS
l P? Ihiffml with tlru-
"r J (ii iho llusslun front,
F I.,,, broken Iho uer
h,c hnl "-'"' w""
t
vfdyi, II'" l,r,?vc
VO "! , , ,.,11,,..
every mllu
f "Til uh they must have
I1". ?u. ,, i, 'through Uiu
ill CO"""-"-."' ,,
Sin dcliwc In depth.
.uvicril defense ui.u in. .
I . wild front. where men
Thou ir lo l'"':-1r d1
iitlES ol lliw.
,r. AJ CUV" I
!! ALL luivo to li broken
i. ihc coniparullvcly open
1 1 . ..... rim hu
3 The extent ol Ihls depth
n.urcd by tho resources of
ffi?,,; arniv. On llio bn-
uuro uucsswurk. It seems
My tlmt the Ucrinniw could
HiilZ). their I'ollJh lino
Jlcpthol 100 miles, nd the
ol tholr recent retreat (to
other imo mm
Indicate' Hint tney did not.
,
t much tins been wild about
lnjyei, oui i:.-i ... v
Jho Russian iinny that In
ij nortliwcai i r o in
WaruW. llH OlirilOSO Is till-
iv lo wish through to tho
t nd CUT OFF East l'ru
iThe Germans, ot course.
be able to mop n. inrj n
knly put everything t he y
inlo me cuurw
W for they hope to go (If
Lit stoimcd by too much
Ln power) only Iho Hub-
know, uui uu-y-navc iwg
need cuminitiiienis:
o mice iiwiiv a slice of enst-
iennany. Ineludlni! Silesia
Cut Prussia, lo be given to
'ulti lii return (or Unit pnri
si Polnnd tlmt In being in
rated Inlo Hutsln.
So punish Iho German war
n.
Russians obviously do nut
lift us nml the Ilrltlsh to
lister stern punishment to
orman wnr criminals. They
nbcr. doubtless, the 1 a a t
when we did n lot of talk-
yibout it but punished no
ans.
y DO trust themselves, to
no squeamish scruples, Lin-
Juki lenders up against n
and shooting tnem will be
Ihc (luv's work for n nn-
ir.hat has conducted grand-
purges aniung us own pop-
ff".
t
INO defented Ccrmnns Is
lm business. We nnd the
li Just CAN'T bring our
' lo do II. Our Inhlhlllnna
ist such conduct go loo deep-
ut inc skid.
who can sny tlmt It Isn't
10 IIIIIKI u till, CiTHUIII
lint? The lust wnv rnrlnliilv
' uiai over-niodcrnllon Is
ic way,
;ins, one wonders If this
uminucu on t'ngo Two)
at Dealers
p Out Beef
'nTLAND, Jnn. 20 (p)
uii iiuiiiis nro forcing
Hid bulehrra In ..?.
h of beef hln.l,, ,..,.,.... ii...
i Food Merchnnts nssoeln-
scercmry tlcelurccl lo
f C. L. Knlehl i,M i
(on i of 25 mtirkels showed
"is of pounds of mcnt
F'ri" she snld. '
yerseas-Bound Canadian
Draftees Fail to Report
iHou...' "" unnndinn
in The Shasta-Caticado Wonderland
January 20, 1945 .
Max. (Jan. 19) 32 . Min 20
Praelpitation last 24 hours Nona
Btraam year to data 4,84
Normal . 5.83 Last year. 3.06
Forecast: Clear and cold.
PRICE riVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 20, 184S
JAP SUB SINKS LIBERTY SHIP
. Number 10388
SAN FRANCISCO. Jun. 20 T)
Tnclt lulinlsslnn thill convoys
nulling out of I'oelflc const ports
liuvu been alerted ugniust rov
ing Jnpiinese subiniirlues ennui
today utter ' tho mivy (llsclimed
Iho loss (if tho Liberty ship
John A, Johnson nnd 10 of Its
craw in n torpedoing unci life
bun I stniflng ultnek.
Tint sinking nnd mnehlnc-gun
atluek c-nino Inst Noveniher be
tween Hnn Friinelscd nnd Hono
lulu, ii bout 400 miles west of
Hawaii.
Of tho 10 American senmen
killed must nf them died under
sprays of bullets fired, survivors
said, by frenzied Japanese who
danced on tho submarine's deck,
shouting Hnnzais nnd cursing
the "Yunkeo ."
The survivors told how they
spent two terrifying hour sub
merging themselves and hiding
behind wreekuge lo keep out
of tho rungu of Ihu rampaging
enemy ern(t.
They said Ihc submarine In
Its surface hide and seek hunt
strafed a lifeboat with muchlne
gun bullets and rammed n life
raft.
Lt. Peter Chclcmcdos, San
Francisco, experiencing his
eighth torpedoing, said all of
the 10 who perished died after
abandoning tho Johnson. Olio
was crushed between a lifeboat
and tho sub; another was sucked
Into tho sub's propcllor.
' Flvo men wero seriously
wounded . In tho machinegun
nlng. Sixty Americans survived the
harrowing night. They watched
the sub shell the sinking John
son then circle the wreckage
strewn water in attempts to ram
rafts nnd boats.
Lt. Yntes counted 18 Jannncsc
on deck shouting gleefully and
cursing survivors.
The submarine disappeared
shortly before . an American
plune came overhead; the sur
vivors wcr6 picked up by dawn.
F
DURTH TERM
BEGUN
SIMPLY
PRESIDENT
By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 !)
President Roosevelt began an
other four years in the White
House today and, In a sternly
simple ceremony, dedicated the
nation to achieving "total vic
tory In war" and ."a durable
pence."
Against a background of
wintry white nnd under leaden
skies, Mr. Itoosuvclt solemnly
rested his hand on an ancient
fnmily Ulbla and repeated after
Chief Justice Stona tho oath
that made him America's first
fourth-term president.
"Suprama Test"
Tho precedent-making oath
was admlulsturod lit what tho
president termed "a period of
supremo test.'.' Ho said: - -
"If wo meet that test suc
cessfully nnd honorably we
shall perform n service of his
toric Importance which men and
(Continued on Pngo Two)
By HOWARD FLIEGER
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 A)
House i.iilitnry committeemen
predicted lodny lhcy'11 hnvo an
ndmlnistratlon-sought labor draft
bill armed with prison penal
tics for evaders written and
reudy for house consideration
Monday. .
The bill, asked by tho While
House as n means of forcing men
111 to 45 Into war Jobs and keep
ing them there, faces stiff hqusc
opposition, however. Organized
lnbnr supporters lire against it
nnd somu farm state representa
tives sny they fear tho heighten
ed manpower drive may strip the
farms of workers,
Abandoning Ino Idea of mili
tary labor battalions for those
who lenvo war Jobs, the commit
tee yesterday substituted as pun
ishment the drnft dodger penal
ties of tho selective servlco act;
maximums of flvo years Impris
onment and n $10,000 fine.
Before the bill is finished. Ihc
snme punishment will ba set up
for those who ignore attempts lo
assign them to essential Jobs,
Tho committee nlso voted to glvo
to War Mobilization Director
Jnmcs F. Byrnes tho power to
dctcrmlno what Jobs nro crltlcnl.
His classifications would bo fol
lowed by locul drnft boards In
assigning wnr workers.
ftnl.lln... .
ut l"c7 . ent absent
knd iri,i .ii cmunruu
L. 9 .Rl"l arc at laruo.
P'i Moo ro-
LiIW'UlHy or wnrn nn.
If 1 Li'0 J'!1,'1"."' -' "bout
snltl u ... . " leaves.
mo ',: i,llf.ai)0 con.
Willed by " I ,n , ,,S W"7
of MutL 10 "," normal
Hv '"'orcemenlg" pro
'y men who hn.i niir..-.
fete" vi, ...
PIRh r,,, . '."l."",VS. UOI1,
it vS:r ,h0 imop
Dm i iVn ... L i f hrlstmns
mvo bwn rV ot 1110
'''s yet ""t c nssed as
I5,ooo', ' n,,?ed
n t r,u'0""s n ""mo do-
n duiv . V "rnilctl , tor
"""" a policy of
partial conscription adopted by
Cnnnda In November despite
vigorous protests, principally
from the French-spcnklng popu
lation of Quebec. Previously,
Cnnadn has sent only volunteers
abroad.
Anticipated Absontees
Army authorities nntlclpnled
Into nrrlvuls nnd absentees, the
announcement, said, and moved
enough troops to porls to "Insure
embnikntlon ot the full comple
ment of reinforcement.
. "The arrival of these troops
has brought tho department's
normnl reinforcement program
fully up to tho strength planned
for overseas to dale, while the
special program arranged for
use of national resources mobili
zation act personnel (drnftocs)
oversens is also progressing ac
cording to schetlulo," 11 was an
nounced. i . .
Consorshlp Directive
The first disclosure of the high
p e r e o n t n g o of nnaiiinorizcn
lenvos came Inst night In the
form of a censorship directive
first Issued- as confidential
(Continued on Pago Two)
Nazi Attacks
Drive Yanks
5 Miles Back
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 20 iT) Three powerful Gorman armored attacks
have driven the U. S. seventh army troops back almost five miles
to Weyershelm. BH miles north oi the nail-monaced Strasbourg.
But 70 miles to the south, the French first army struck vio
lently northward on a 25-mlle front from St. Amarin in the
Vosges to the Rhine river and scored initial advances of three
miles. St. Amarin Is 18 mllos northwest of Mulhouse. The attack
still is progressing, a front dispatch said.
Tho Germans, reinforced with tanks, charged from the cantor
of, their newly consolidated
cross - Rhine bridgehead north-
s
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 20 Wj
Tho stale department announced
todny thai Marshal K lenient!
Voroshlluv signed nn armistice
with Hungary at 8:30 n. m.,
Washington lime on behalf of
Russia, Britain and the United
States.
Thus, after over a month of
negotiations, tho Inst of Hitler's
satellites dropped out of the war.
The armistice was signed With
General Mlklos, head of the, pro
visional Hungarian government
at Debrecon, thereby obtaining
for Mlklos o form of allied rec,
ognltlon.
Tho urmlslicc will not mean
the end of all fighting in Hun
gary because nnzi and puppet
Hungarian troops arc still in a
small western part of the coun
try. Offlclnls here expressed pleas
ure that Voroshllov nnd been
chosen to sign for the nlllcs be
cause ho Is noted for his friend
liness to tho west. Ho took part
in the foreign ministers' confer
ence1 which Secretary Hull at
tended In Moscow last year.
Nazis Attempt
Infiltration
ROME, Jnn. 20 (VP) The Ger
mnns have attempted infiltra
tion tactics with small groups nt
a number of places on the cast
bnnk of tho Scnio river on tho
Adriatic sector of the Italian
battlefront, allied headquarters
snld today.
Yesterday It was announced
thai n Gorman bridgehead on
the river's cast bank in the Fu-
slgnnno nren on the same sector
hnd been broken nnd the nnzis
wero driven bnck to their orig
inal positions.
Second Invasion
Hinted by Japs
By The Associated Press
The Japanese Domcl news
agency snld todny nn American
Invasion of Luzon Islnnd south
of Manila may be developing.
In n dispatch intercepted by
the fedcrni communications com
mission Domcl said, "enemy nir
forces are conducting reconnais
sance operations In the southern
Luzon area, indicating Iho possi
bility that the enemy is intend
ing to avoid our powerful forces
north ot Manila nnd, instead, at
tempt to lands troops nt some
other fresh point."
Counterblow in
Burma Repulsed
SOUTHEAST ASIA COM
M A N D HEADQUARTERS,
KANDY. Ccvlon. Jnn. 20 P)
The first Jnpnncso counterat
tack in Burma in weeks was re
pulsed by Indian troops holding
n bridgehead on tho east bnnk
of tho Irrawaddy river, near
Shigu, 48 miles above Mnnda
lay, it wns announced today,
The allied east bnnk bridge
head poses a strategic threat to
Japanese communications to
Lashlo and southeastward Into
Thailand V .
cast of Strasbourg,
The fate of the Alsatian capi
tal was apparently at stake as
doughboys buttled the furious
punches, powered by up to 10,
000 enemy troops. The Germans
hold a solid corridor on the
Rhine's west bank to within
ecven miles of Strasbourg, and
nro 10 miles from tho city on
tho south.
On Railway 4
Wcyersholm is on the railway
half way between Strasbourg
and Hoguenau. The new attacks
appeared intended to undercut
the American stand north of
Hagcnau forest, where seventh
army men still hold their Hat
ten line despite repeated as
saults. It was evident that tho Ger
mans had swung considerable
armored reinforcements into
striking positions on this new
battlefront. ;
At the northern end of the
western front, British assault
troops crossed the Mons (Mouse)
river in Holland below Roer
mond unopposed last night, ex
panding the second army's push
which is rolling Germans back
on the Roer river line, 38 miles
west of Dusscldorf.
Other British second army
units fought 1 i miles deeper
todny into Germany's western
panhandle, seizing Brebercn,
eight miles from the Roer river.
A half-mile advance nbovc Ho
gen overran the villnge ot Sef
fclcn, Into front dispatches said.
Carries Over Zorn
The German push above
Strasbourg carried over the
Zorn canal, which links with
tho Zorn river. A German
bridgehead on the Zorn river
wns wiped out earlier by coun
terattacking Americans.
The first German attack, led
by 10 tanks, opened late yester
day, but was stopped cold with
six tanks knocked out. In the
deepening dusk,, the enemy
lnshcd out twice more with
stronger attacks led by 17 to
18 tanks. The armor and in
fantry thrust five miles to the
outskirts of Weyershelm, The
battle continued today,
Eias to Release !
Greek Hostages
ATHENS, Jan. 20 An
international Red Cross media
tor has obtained the signature
of left wing Elns' central com
mitteemen to a document agree
ing to tho release of a high pro
portion of Greek civilian host
ages who have been held by the
civil police of the EAM (nation
al liberation front), lt was an
nounced tonight.
Klamath and Medford Cagers Leap For Ball .
1 J
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ft
VLl -.
l4? ' -,u 4r-
Shown above are Pelican and Tornado players striving to gain possession of the ball in the
second canto of last night's tussle on the KUHS hardwood between the two rivals. In an ex
tromoly rough game, which saw both clubs roll up a total of 35 personal fouls, Medford bounced
the K-men, 44-28. From loft to right: Palmer (8). Cave (14).. Biehn (3), Mason (10), and ip the
background, Noreen (14). The Medford player in the background is unidentified. For. complete
story soo sports page. ( ' ! '. " :;: '-. 'S. - " '
SOVIETS WIN
TILSIT, NEAR
Russian Tide Rolls
Toward Polish
Corridor
By The Associated Press '
LONDON, Jan. 20 Tilsit, ,
northern German stronghold
since the days of the Teutonic
knights, fell today to a crushing
Russian offensive which was
slicing up East Prussia and
threatening to cut off the entire
Junkers province.
Troops of Gen. Ivan Chernak
hovsky's third White Russian
drmy captured the- ancient city
. LONDON, Jan. 20 (IP) The
first White Russian army oi
Marshal. Gregory Zuhkor to
day captured Wloclawek. 85
miles northwest of Warsaw in
a great sweep across the Pol. -ish
plain. Premier Stalin an- '
nounced in his third order of
the day. ,.-. .r
25 miles from the Baltic in East
Prussia. Other forces driving
into the province from the
southwest were within 62 miles
of the Gulf of Danzig.
In southwestern Poland Mar
shal Ivan Konev's first Ukrain
ian army drove up to within 38
miles of Breslau, in Silesia, Ger
(Continued on Page Two) -
JARS OPEW BATTLE
GENERAL Mac ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, LUZON,
Sunday, Jan. 21 iP) Japanese
resistance is crumbling on the
left flank of tho American liber
ation front on Luzon island,
headquarters announced today.
By SPENCER DAVIS
GEN. MacARTHURS HEAD
QUARTERS, LUZON, Jan. 20
(') Lt. Gen. Walter Krucger is
winning the important battle of
the left flank.
His sixth army is smashing
Japanese tanks, silencing artil
lery concealed in caves and go
ing after enemy soldiers in 10-foot-deep
holes with flame
throwers. It Is the first rcnl fight
since the Yanks landed at Lin
gayen gulf, January 9.
600 Nips Killed
Twenty Japanese tanks have
been knocked out and 000 Nip
ponese killed some of thorn
23rd division troops from Man
churia in a three-day period
along the left flank.
That flank juts into the hilly,
eastern side of Pnngasinnn prov
ince. The broader it gets the
more effectively it isolates Jap
anese forces on the north around
Baguio, Philippines summer cap
ital, from other enemy forces on
the south defending Manila.
Significantly, since tho fight
ing flared up on the left flank,
(Continued on Page Two)
Weather Warms
Slightly Here
Slightly : "warmer" tempera
tures prevailed here overnight.
. Mercury slid . to 20 above in
the official local- thermometer,
six degrees above the minimum
of the night before. . . .
Clear skies indicated a cold
weekend, with little prospect of
snow.
Most of Oregon was cold to
dny. At Portland, temperature
touched 29 above. Baker report
ed nn 18-dcgree minimum; Bend,
23; North Bend, 32.
The Oregon Stale Motor asso
ciation warned niountuin-bound
drivei's to carry chains.
Marauders Set Shed Afire
At Home of Returned Jap
AUBURN, Calif., Jan. 20 (P)
After marauders tried to burn
and then dynamite a shed at the
homo ot tho first Japanese fam
ily to return here from a Color
ado relocation camp, Sheriff
Chnrles H, Silva announced to
dny , ho hnd plneed a 24-hour
guard on the premises of Sumio
Doi, eight miles northwest of
town,
"The government Is sending
these people back- here," snld
Sllva, . "Tho constitution says
they've got to have protection."
. Sllva said the first attack on
the Dol place where the Jap
anese came with his parents
from Lnmnr, Colo. was made
Wednesday night, when a wall
of the shed was soaked with
gasoline and set nfirc. Dol put
out tho blaze and did not report
the Incident immediately.
Early Friday he telephoned
the ' sheriff's office that several
carloads of persons wero parked
on hW property arid shots wore
being fired over the house. When
deputies arrived, the cars hnd
gone, but nine sticks of dyna
mite wero found under the cor
ner of Iho packing shed.
In
Of Implication in
Sheriff Lloyd Low expressed
the opinion Saturday that "we
have the man who did the job,''
but Archie O. Daviu. through
hours of questioning, persisted
in denial of any implication in
the fatal shooting of John Rath
iel Ewing.
Davig was still held in the
county jail today for investiga
tion in the death of Ewing, who
was found, fatally wounded,
near highway No. 97 and the
Kalpine .plant on January 12.
Possible tiling of specific charg
es awaited the return of District
Attorney Clarence Humble, who
was out of the city but is expect
ed back Monday.
Arrested Friday
Davig, a Great Northern
brakeman, was arrested Friday
morning; after a report from a
state criminologist to the effect
that the bullets which killed
Ewing came from a gun owned
by Davig.
According to Sheriff Low, Da
vig himself turned the gun over
to the sheriff several days ago,
and has told a story that he was
Clark Pond fee
Okay or Skating
The ice on Clark's pond, at
the edge of the Klamath naval
air station, is reported to be In
excellent condition for ice skat
ing, according to E. E. Ham
brick, city recreation officer.
Hnmbrick stated that the pros
pects look good for the entire
weekend, unless there Is a
change in the present weather
conditions.
Those interested may reach
Clnrk's pond by going out Alta
mont drive to tne airport and
turning left at Johns street, or
bv driving out Sum.ners Lane
niid turning right nt this street.
Someone will be on hand to have
a tire built for those who plan
to go out.
Quite a few ndults, as well as
children, have been availing
themselves of this winter sport,
but are warned not to congre
gate on the ice in lnrgo groups.
Hnmbrick nlso reports that the
Upper Kln.nath lake should not
be used for ice skating, because
the ice is dangerously thin In
most sections.
March of Dimes
Coin Box Stolen
Every once in a while a
"meanest man In town" story
crops up.
. This one tops them nil. Three
ot tho six March of Dimes coin
boxes placed at a booth in Wool-
worth's, were torn from the
counter some time during the
dny. Tne lime boxes nad ooen
aeneruusly filled by store cus
tomers since they were, placed
there, earlier, in the week. The
theft occurred some time during
tho busy rush of the noon hour,
tne manager opined. .
with Ewing, an acquaintance, on
the night of January-10. - His
story, .as related by the sheriff,
was that Ewing borrowed his
car on that night, and the gun
was m the car. tic later.. louna
the car parked close to the place
where he had left it, with the
gun still .in .it,- according to his1
story. He declared he. had riot
seen Ewing since he left to use
the car. to. remove, personal ef
fects from one hotel to another.
Sheriff Low said Saturday of
(Continued on Page Two) ,
Attempt on Duce's
Life Reported ;
, By The Associated Press
A Geneva dispatch reported
to the OWI today said it was in
creasingly certain that an ' at
tempt was made on Mussolini's
life during his visit to Milan in
December, although the fact had
been "hidden from the popula
tion" by the fascist government.
A ' band of anti-fascists - and
communists "succeeded in plac
ing a machinegun on the third
floor of a house in the Via Dan
ta," said the Geneva newspaper
La Suisse's account.
"As the di-ce approached and
the partisans prepared to fire,
two soldiers of the Muti brigade
discovered them. An alarm was
sounded and the militia succeed
ed in disarming the anti-fascists."
. .
Two hundred and eighty stock
holders in the Klamath Produc
tion Credit association and their
wives received good news today
when a four per cent dividend,
amounting to over $10,000, :was
distributed at the annual- meek
ing of the association, at the Wil
lard hotel. Stockholders . from
Klamath and Lake counties.; In"
Oregon, and Siskiyou and Modoc
counties in California, were pre
sent., to receive this cheering
news.--
During the year 1944, the as
sociation loaned" $2,894,000.
Stockholders numbering 384
own $141,710 worth of stock,
which , is the farmer's invest
ment. ' Back of this is a reserve
of $196,900 which has accumu
lated during the past 11 years.
A 'four per cent divldend paid
in each of the last three years
amounted to over $30,000,
Farmers 'now' "own 54.6 per
cent of the capital stock of the
association, as of December 31,
1944,-and since that date, $35,
000 of the corporation capital
has been retired, which leaves
the farmer's investment as of to
day, at 63.2 per cent of the capi
tal stock.
Ernest Henry, president of the
Production- Credit corporation
of Spokane, was the principal
speaker and Bert Palmer, repre
sentative of the Intermediate
Credit bank in Spokane was on
the afternoon program. ,
Yanks Bomb
Portuguese Port i
LISBON, Jan. 20 W) Ameri
can planes accidentally bombed
the Portuguese province of Ma
cao west of Hongkong on Janu
ary 16, it was revealed here last
night.- ;
The United States government
has expressed its regret and or
dered an inquiry, it was said. ;
Wile of ECBamath-Stationed j
Marine to Christen Ship
To Christen Ship
r
'4
It.
V"4!
"4, A'
V
"has s 4 ,
' Martha Juno Albritton
Martha June Albritton, wife
of Cpl. Larry Albritton of the
Marine Barracks, has been . se
lected to christen the lf),800-ton
cargo ship, SS Paducah Victory,
in the name ot ner nome town,
Paducah, Ky. The christening
is to take place in Portland
early in February. 1
The ship is now being built
at the Oregon Shipbuilding
yards in Portland, and the
launching ceremony is sched
uled to be held on or about
February 5. Bond buyers in
Paducah purchased $2,500,000
in bonds to pay for the ship
and .have It named after their
city. -
Mrs. Albritton was selected
by the - Paducah chamber ot
commerce to christen the ship.
Her husband has been designat
ed as principal speaker for the
occasion. Also included In the
launching party will be Mrs.
Mary Drew of Klamath Falls,
who will be matron of honor
for Mrs. Albritton. , , i
Tho city of Paducah has mado
nil of the arrangements for tho
party .to go to Portland, and
Cpl. Albritton will be given . a
leave of absence from the Ma
(Continued on Pjjge Two)