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January 22, 1945. . ,
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1845
Number 10368
NAZI
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fs " lor tiitiuti opurutluns.
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If, Wo llW'U our pl-
' Mho b uf hl" W,'(,lf,1
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PcomiiHl by llil great
En of course, llicy look.,",
'r'. chuncc. 'They MIGHT
fciuShl off balance,
L through our Unci., cut
.Tcommunkutloin and do
lcd our armies In northern
Sum nd Holland.
Sat would have been groat.
2 Two certainly a ong
Jc MalHrt heavy o(fd. Thrrc
J hiva bee" a01'10 OTIIbR
S(i back of It.
4 al least a fair guess that
X . ... J...I a vl(-l,ilV
ME sort; at ANY cost. Their
,roblcm l lo ninimniii no
...ill , fl.itil tn Ihrt
nan win ' "":,, ".i
drop of German blood, If
lints w inoi. "- wvuuiw,
mltcr how fanatically In
itiated, can fight on without
in i he (aco of continuing,
token defeat.
., ..... iliI.bI tha Germans
ljbcen faclnK for moro than a
Under me pyrnuioKci
uire of H, nicy ihikih
AK all at once, In every
) ( we can guess) the nazl
irs had lo havo a victory,
trdjcjj of what it might cost,
T. i.... H...1. u..itln
Sjc, sun kiivmiiih, nun
I. Belfilnn bulge,
i at least as Kootl a guesi
1 other.
I supreme hcadquartcra
lis us flatly (presumably on
nthorlty of IntclllHcncc ro
that IIITLEtt planned this
of the bulge along with
tundstcclt.
Icr Is no iireat shakes n
ry ilrutciiut. Every time
s token supreme military
and, his armies have suf
But as a psychologist In
wn particular field, us a
d student of the GERMAN
II), his powers must not be
untcd. Ho KNOWS his
ions,
his Intuition told him that
rmon people had to have
:tory or they would break
co to pieces, his Inclination
d be lo move heaven and
i lo provide the victory re
lets of Hs physical coat,
i Russians aro hlttlnu hard
111 along their vast front, ex
inn from tho Baltic to Budrt-
nut watch particularly
ndrlvc on German Silesia
I Cjcchoslovokia.
I Itsla has nlwnys been nn
i riant sccondnry German
i Jfaclurlng area, exceeded
! by the Ituhr and Its ad-
it Saor valley. With the
ana n,o Snnr and tho
I e Industrial valley of the
e under constant bombard
by our planes, It Is prob
that an astonishing part of
l war machine has been
j u mio sucsio.
i,ovnkla hat always
I highly industrialized, with
f of the greatest war plants
e world. It was largely be-
f . uwc piuiiis mat uzecho
Jf .?"' amon t'10 very
the small adjacent nn
10 fee thr umlnl.t - Ull
i heavy hand when ho was
iuropc
' ,
think of the Russians' roar
nil on through to Berlin, un-
'! dfe'1'5 ' ll,'r gr0,,t
i !wni'-c,Pu! look for
'l?,""" Silcsln and Czocho-
and Austria at tho carl-
i iwssioic moment, if , it
- cnoico, if they ,avo
be ill, ? ?r the other, they
5 ,Cly, . choosq Sllcsih
' industrialized nelahbors
'"tlic lwn80 " tlRhl1"8
i . "'c "of In Rovornmont.
tlonf, 011 flslu""1 without
Inn,'1 for tho Rus
Mnt neo.ntlnuo on to Ber
a ,? ' ""'"art of Industrial
' al the present nmnzlng
!d'nLh,!P):!nl"K western
at hnnn"0,a,!lr lln"lv lmll"f
Tho , nst "rCBl Russian
st 1 . crmnn lot tholr
istula? ch "rovod to be
ttj'l'"'""' broken,
h0meionbr?rcl" 0? tho Gcr
;cly to mil. Thoro thoy will
"like 1notJir stand,
tholr stand at War-
'joy rton-l '
i'hoy don't thcyro.ln
Yanks Surge Ahead In Bulge
Senator Opens
Opposition to
Wallace Post
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (!) A more to ' strip Henry A.
Wallace of control orer federal loan and financing agencies as
commerce secretary was started In the senate today by Finance
Committee Chairman George (O-Ga.)
Evidencing the opposition to Wallace's nomination among
southern democrats and republicans, .George offered legislation
to reestablish the federal loan agency as a separate and Independ
ent arm of government.
He acted shortly after the senate received. President Roose
velt's formal nomination of Wallace to succeed Jesse Jones, a
post for which Jones said the former vice president Is unsuited.
Mr. Roosevelt's rejection of a
16
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har
bor. Jan. 22 (I1) United Slates
cnrrlor-bascd aircraft, which
Japanese reports' said were
again striking at Formosa and
tho Ryukyus, shot down 16
enemy planes attempting to
reach the Philippine battlefront
on Luzon.
This navy Interception of air
reinforcements for Gen. Tomo
yakl Yomashlta's hard-pressed
Luzon force was reported In a
Pacific fleet communique yes
terdoy, It said the enemy planes,
flying from Formosa, were shot
clown Friday. ?' 1 , '
" " Formosa Raid ' ''
. The" communique, mado no
mention of any new attack on
Formosa which. ..Tokyo radio
said was being raided,1 along
wltli Okinawa Island In the
Ryukyus, by about 430 carrier-,
based planes. The Tokyo report
added that "air battles are .now
raging" and thut 38 raiding
planes had been destroyed and
21 others damaged. It said "scv
(Continued on Pago Three)
C of C to Open
Housing Program
Tho chomber of commerce Is
about ready to start on Its now
housing plan,, and beginning
Tuesday morning, January 23,
tho chamber will toko registra
tion of those looking or housing
In Klamath Falls.
A homes registration division
will be opened hero, and a repre
sentative from the Marine Bar
racks will be stationed at tho
chamber of commerce to help
with tho project. Tho navy has
signified hearty approval of the
filun, but stntcs that no personnel
s available to be released for
such a position at the present
time, Charles Stork, chamber
president, snld.
Success of these efforts de
pends upon securing every pos
sible listing, whether- It bo for
rooms, apartments or houses, ci
ther furnished or unfurnished,
Stark emphasized, Landlords aro
urged to list vacancies as soon as
they occur, and the chamber of
commerce also asks anyone who
has not been renting space, but
who has moro than sufficient
room for their own purposes, to
mako space available for mili
tary families or essential war
workers, , ., . ,
This new organization 'Is try
ing to climinntc duplication
which Is existent by having mili
tary Installations working on the
snme problem as Is being han
dled at the chamber of com
congressional request that Jones
bo retained as head of tho Re
construction Flnanco corpora
tion and its subsidiary agencies
In the event of Wallace's ap
pointment stirred bitter resent
ment on Capitol Hill.
Wallace Statement
As tho storm gathered Wal
lace himself Issued a statement
in which he said he saw oppor
tunity In his new post to raise
the lot of the "common man."
to a polrd. where he will bo no
less prosperous In peace than
In war.
Wallace called for "full and
efficient employment" through
out the nation and for "oppor
tunity for free enterprise."
Set Aside Orders
George's bill, which he intro
duced without floor comment,
would set aside President Roose
velt's executive order of 1942
transferring tho federal loan ag
ency, the. Reconstruction Fl
(Continued on Page Thre,e) .
APPROVED BY GOP
By JACK BELL
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (IP)
The republican national com
mittee gave Chairman Herbert
Browncll Jr. a vote of confi
denco today In approving his
plans for a four-year GOP cam.
palgn aimed at rewlnnlng the
presidency.
Dcspito a fight led by for
mer Senator Arthur E. Nelson
of Minnesota for a paid chair
man, . Browncll announced he
Intended to stay at tho party
helm and devote as much time
as is necessary to the organizing
of an all-out campaign. Shortly
after ho had made this state
ment, committee members voted
to adopt the program Browncll
(Continued on Page Three)
Peter Requests
Premier's Ouster
LONDON, Jan, '22 OR King
Peter of Yugoslavia requested to-
night the resignation of Premier
Subasic and informed tne pre.
mler that his cabinet no longer
had any authority to act. ' ,:
A communique Issued by the
Yugoslav chancellery , said tho
king had "lost confidence. In Dr,
Subasic. Without which collab.
oration in any serious matter is
out of the question,
The statement said the king
was ready to approve any meth
od of settlement of the Yugoslav
problems which "would fully
guaranteo free expression of the
popular will regarding tne iu
lure organization of the country
and the form of government.
Charged
r1
d
in .I., rrw-'-rr-i-ra-iiinir
Archie O. Davlg, 42, is held
in the county Jail charged with
first, degree murder In connec
tion with the .slaying of John
Rathlel-Ewtag'..-
A choree of first degree mur
der was placed against Archie
O. uavig, ureal wortnern nraicc
man, in connection with the
slaying on January 12, of John
Rathiel Ewini. . ...
The complaint was. filed In
Justice' of Oie Peace ' Joseph A.
Mahoney'a court at 4 p. m. Sat-
. . .. . . 1... 1 1. A .1 n mmh'b Wlhar
Uluujr Ly uic Mvau ilia,, a wiu.iit.-t
Reuben swing. . : ...
. .. Tim, to Plead .. :. .
Davie, held in tho county jail
since Friday following his arrest
by sheriff's officers and state
police os he left Ward's Funeral
Home where he hod viewed the
remains of the slobi man, was
arraigned late Saturday and was
granted time to picaa.
Tho 42-year-old- railroad em
(Continued on Page Three) .
German Prisoners
Flee From Camp
Klamath Foils city police were
asked to be -on the lookout for
two German' prisoners who es
caped around 10 p. m. Sunday
from the' Camp White prisoner
of war camp near Mcdford.
Neither. . of the two, Walter
Wcnner, 20, nor George Sauer
beck, 24, speak English, It is un
derstood, wenher was described
os 5 fcot 8 inches in height, 148
pounds, blue eyes, .blonde hair,
and of- fair complexion. Sauer
beck is .5 . feet 9 inches toll,
weighs 160 pounds, has brown
hair nnd eyes, fair complexion
and has a scar on the right wrist,
i Officers were, of the opinion
that the pair had secured some
type of clothing to ' cover' their
prisoner o" war uniforms on
which the Initials "PW" are
printed. , It is also possible that
wenner end soueruecK ooiaincn
United States army clothing pri
or fo their escape, as did the two
prisoners of war picked up in
the Lokc o' tho Woods' area lost
summer. , ;
Anyone seeing persons an
swering the description ot Wen
ner or Sauerbeck is asked to
contact city police immediately.
NAZ TROOPS
FLEEING TO
LiNEMAULEO
Patton Drives to .Six
! Miles of German
West Wall
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jon. 22 (Pi The third
army surged forward up to five
miles at the lower end of the Bel
gian bulge .today while allied
warplones savagely mauled tier
man columns fleeing . into the
Siegfried line and destroyed
more than 1000 vehicles in one
of the bloodiest single air attacks
of the war.
Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's
men drove to within six miles of
Germany's west wall northeast
of Bastoene. His tanks and Intan
try met only scant and disor
dered resistance along a zu-mne
front. At places they, found; no
enemy at on. .
Counterattacked . , .
(The German radio declared a
nazi counterattack penetrated in
to Haguenau, IS miles north of
Strasbourg in northeas.tern
France. The Germans were lost
reported 61 miles to the south'
east of Rohrwiller. There was no
allied confirmation that the Ger
mans' had driven Into hot strattf
glc rail and road.. center in the
salient jutting between the
Bitche' sector and' one German
bridgehead north of Strasbourg
-In' a ruinous daylong attack
the allied planes attacked 3000
German vehicles,1 the-'bulk-of
transport ..of an entire ' army,
streaming toward the refuge of
the Siegfried line. They scat
tered death and destruction with
their bombs, rockets . and ma
chineguns. .
K Walt Too Long' ;
The nazls had waited too long
to run the gauntlet down the
snowdrif ted escape roads ond
were cought on two highways in
concentrations so thick that the
allied pilots said afterwards "we
couldn't miss." -
' There ' was every ; indication
that the ruin would be the great
est since the wounded Wehr
mncht fled . from: the Seine
through the Falaise gap. The de
struction of equipment promised
virtually to immobilize at' least
one of Field Marshal Von Kund
(Continued on Page Three)
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Snow Limits
... . ; . . - i ' ."
f faff on Activity '
' ROME!. Jon. 22 OP) Snow-
falls on already , snowbound
mountain positions limited even
patrol activity along the Italian
front today the first anniver
sary of the historic landings at
Anzlo. . .
In .'the Adriatic sector," an
enemy raiding porty penetrated
two and a half miles into allied
lines northeast of Alfonsine
after a heavy artillery barrage,
but were thrown bock to their
original' positions .by ., eighth
ormy troops .- ,
Further southwest - patrols
were active on both sides - of
the Senlo river, to which the
Germans ore clinging os, their
defense line in' the elglith army
sector.
Survivor of 'Death March1 on Baiaan Rejoins Yank
Comrades After Three Years of Hiding, Eating Rice
By SPENCER DAVIS
U, S. BOMBER WING HEAD
QUARTERS, NORTHERN LU
ZON, Jnn. 22 (fl1) Haggard, foot
sore and hungry for American
chow, tho first survivor from tho
Bittoan "Death March" to Join
his invading fellow countrymen
on Luzon rested today after hid
ing from Japanese and living on
rice for nearly three years.
Ho was Cpl. Gcrold G. Wade
of Lewlston, Ido an army air
corps mechanic. Ho passed
through the American lines at an
undisclosed point and w
brought here by plane,
"It's too good to be true,''
Wado declared, as ha stamped
his feet, in borrowed shoes, on
tho steol matting of the airstrip,
Happy and Hungry
Tho shoes and a baa stone
bruise made him limp. Ho was
chalky faced from malnutrition.
He - looked - IS years older than
his 25 years. But he was happy
and hungry, , -
Wade told how he and other
prisoners who were surrendered
to the Japanese at Bataan, on
southern Luzon, April 0, 1042,
Were mistreated and made to
march 85 miles north to a prison
camp. .
"They Inughcd and Jeered at
us," ho said. "Some of them
bashed us on tho heads with
poles as they drove by in trucks.
Underdogs .
' "They reminded mo of under
dogs who finally had got the up
per hand and didn't know how
to aot." .
1 (An official : account, of' the
"Death March," based on reports
of survivors who escaped and
mado their woy to tho United
States, was given id a joint army
navy statement Issued January
27, 1944. It-said: "The-March
of Death' began when: thousands
Viv , "
of prisoners were herded togeth
er at Marivclcs air field on Ba
taan at daylight on April 10,
1042 in groups of 300 jo 1000
men, the prisoners were marched
along the national road of Ba
taan' toward San Fernando, in
Pompongd province. , . . The Jap
anese slapped and beat , them
with sticks as they marched
along without food or water on
a scorchlngly-hot day.")
Had Rice Cake
.' Wade's story supported this
statement, He-said all he had to
cot was a rice coke slipped into
his hand by a Filipino boy.' "The
Japs," he added, ''opened our C
rations and ate the sugar , and
chocolate and - tossed the rest
away. They would not allow us
to pick lt up."'
, The Bataan' survivor- sold he
iolhed an army tank unit Just
icfore the surrender and became
a -prisoner with it. . . . ..
"This ' tonk outfit we were
With," he said, "had given, the
Japs particular hell and now
they were getting even.
1 "We were marched up a road
and turned and marched back
again, time and- again."
Hat Appetite .
"I've been living on rice for
nearly three years, -no .com-
mented, "and it gives you an apr
petite."
Ho 'devoured one meal of beef
and hash, potatoes, green beans
and conned fruit ond then fin
ished a second of fried horn with
four eggs, - six buns, milk and
chocolate bars. '
Lt. Col. William E. Dvess of
Albany, Tex., who also made the
ueam Marcn , escaped . ana
made his way to - the United
States. Another survivor who
got honle was Ma). Som Grashlo
of Spokane, Dyess later -was
killed in a plone crash. . 4
Red Army Smashes Ahead
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ROMANIA
I VIENNA" STS.
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'Now within 2 mlles.'of-Posmen,'-lost-Important Polish city
before the German border, soviet troops -have gained . up to within
165 miles oi Berlin, Marshal Stalin said-today. ----- - -
m omokma I arlac
4 By ELMONT WAITE ,; -
GENKRAL .. MAC ARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS, Luzon,; Jon.
22 VP) Tarlac, wlth iti two: air
fields, only 65. oir miles- from
Manila, fell to .the swiftly; ad
vsnclng "Americans, Gen.; Doug-;
las MacArthur announced today;
The once proud city, most pros-'
perous in the : '.central . .Luzon
plains, wos reduced . largely -tq
smoking rubble' by. the fleeing
INVESTIGATION OF
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM,-. Jon. 22 VP) Organi
zation of a legislotive liquor in
vestigation committee of four
remiblicans and one democrat
wos completed - today when-
Speaker of the House- Eugene
E. Marsh named the three house
members.
He appointed Harvey Wells,
republican, ' Portland insurance
man; Ralph T..Moore,- republi
can,: Bandon1 lumber monuf oct
urer; and Henry Semon, demo
crot, Klamath Foils potato grow
er and also chairman of the
house ways and' means commit
tee.."' '."' ' -- .
Senate Members .
They . will serve with ' two
senate republicans, Angus Gib
son, Junction City : automotive
dealer, and Paul L. Patterson,
Hlllsboro attorney. '- .
Both houses must confirm the
committee appointments. 1
Marsh and Senate' President
Howard C. Belton . promised a
thorough . investigation of the
1943 , Woter.f ill and Frazier li
quor purchases, ( although some
senate democrats -Had' .charged
the - committee j would "white
wash", the state, liquor , commis
sion's purchase ; of the. liquor.
The investigation was requested
by Governor Earl' Snell, -
Begin Immediattly
' Committee -1 members said
they would begin work im
mediately, but they did not.ln
(Continued on Page Three)
LST Sunk After
Five r Invasions .
WASHINGTON. Jan.1 22 (P)
The navy announced today that
the-landing 'Ship -LST -359. a
veteran of - five invasions, has
been lost-in the Atlantic, sunk
by enemy action... .':.'
. Two of the crew were killed
and 16 wounded, the navy said.
A landing ship, tank, nominally
has' complement of about 80
men. . The- sinking ' occurred
while the ship was being towed
dock to this country tor repairs,
Commander of the vessel was
Lt. Christopher Mastersen - of
summit, in, j., wno survived.
Japanese only a .few hours be
fore tne xaross arrivea.-i
- Seizure of . the imDortant rail
and hlghway.Junction put the
Americans "nearly half . way to
Manila from their Lingayen gulf
beachhead .and within zz miles
of Clark airfield, lareest in- the
Philippines, i . Adjacent to Clark
field is. Fort Stotsenburg, major
miutory post.v- '
jbds uevasxate
Tarlac.'a city of 55,000 includ
ing Its populous suourDs, was
devastated bv the JODanese. who
ifevidently sprayed every building
with gasoline and appnea
torches as - -the Americans ap
proached down two converging
highways. v
Only bewildered, homeless
Filipinos met their, liberators. -
Associated .- press (jorrespon
dent - Fred Hampson said the
mam body of American troops
entered the. city Sunday noon
too late to catch its Japanese
earrison but not too late to ex
Derience the full extent of de
struction wrought hero by an
enemy which had abandonee n
to flames only a few hours be
fore.' v
Paved Streets
Tarlac hod six miles of paved
streets, . three hotels, four large
schools, provincial copitol build
ings, a large, rice mill ond nun-
dreds of substantial shops and
dwellings. -" - -
The enemy left considerable
stocks of ammunition and mil
itary supplies. , ,-v
"We captured ' Tarlac" all
right," Hampson wrote, "but. as
for as the principal buildings
which-we might have usea are
concerned, we captured an
empty, smouldering shell.
.- This he termed "not. an ausDic-
lous'omen for the future." . .
Seizure . of two airfields at
(Continued on Page-Three)
Tw i n . Offensives
. East Prussia
' Win Towns
In
oy The Associated Press
LONDON. Jan. 22 Marshal
Gregory Zhukov's armor and
cavalry, pounding within 165
miles of Berlin, have captured
Gnfezno in western Polond af
ter, o 38-mile advance in 24
hours. Marshal Joseph Stalin an
nounced this tonight in his
fourth order of the day.
.nuKov s bee-nne drive from
Warsaw toward Berlin blasted
a path to within 28 miles of
Poznan, last important Polish-
city before the central German
border.-
Bastions Overrun ' ' '
1 Twin offensives in East Prus-.
sia overran in lightning fashion-
the -two . German bastions of
AUenstein and Insterburg.
xne most powerful military
offensive of the war toppled
stronghold after stronghold, as
five; red armies raced on with
out check from East Prussia to
Slovakia. - ;
With - first German defense
lines broken in Silesia and two
soviet , armies . only 80 miles
from a' -junction across Easfc
Prussia, the Moscow commenta
tor.jiya Ehrenburg broadcast: ,
'. cites Burning ..
"Their-: cities are burniner
now. We are not in potato coun
try.' We are' at the iron and
steel of Silesia." .
- Already. Zhukov's northern
wing had swept past ' the . Vis
tula bend close to BydgoszcS
Poland's - seventh city, Jn a
thrust which had half-sealed the
Polish corridor from the south.
. nauway to Berlin
" This first White Russian arrnv;-
with. its columns ' of tanks and?
nara-naing cavalrymen from;
Siberia, lunged out from War
saw. six days ago and already-had.-covered
almost half thai;
distance to Berlin. r ''... .
So rapidly were the Russian
riding the westward .victory
crest, that a 100 by. 160-mile
area - of northwestern Poland
still in German hands .last night
had been whittled to a V
shaped buffer zone only about
50 miles wide in the center. . .
Only in Hungary were the
Germans able to claim any suc
cess, ; and there they declared
they : had ' recaptured: Szekesfe
hervar, 32 miles southwest of
Budapest.. '
Missing -
1
Pre Errln Pool
WASHINGTON," Jon. 22 VP)
The house military committee
wrote an .anti closed -shop
amendment into manpower leg
islation today and refused to
specify agriculture as a critical
industry.
The amendment, which mem
bers said was approved 14 to 10
in a closed session, stipulated -that
no' man taking an indus
trial job at the request or di
rection of his draft board shall
be required to join a union as a
condition of employment.
Opponents contended tho
amendment, offered by Repre
sentative Andrews (R.-N. Y.)(
would violate closed or union
shop i contracts between indus?
try and labor. "
The committee likewise turn
ed down an amendment by Rep
resentative Stewart (D-Okla.) to
write into the work-or-be-jailed
legislation a directive to selec
tive service . to "consider agri
culture as "a critical war indus
try" and to issue at once a di
rective to local draft boards
ordering them to follow the let
ter of the Tydings amendment.
This portion of the selective
service taw spells out conditions
under which farm workers may
be deferred from induction. ,'
PFCErvin Pool
Reported Missing
Word has been received from
the wor ' department by E. : P.
Pool, - 1937 Madison, that hla
son, PFC Ervin P. Pool, 20, has
been missing in action in Bel
gium since December 27,. 1944.
Pool was with the armored
division and has been overseas
Since June 6, 1944. He enlisted
in September of 1943 and took;
his basic training at Ft. Knox,
Ky. He was a farmer at Hilde
brand, Ore. before, his enlist
ment. . .
Pool has four sisters, Sally
Pool and Mrs. Barbara Nygren
of Klamath Falls, Mrs. -Carl
Stiles of Bly, and Mrs. Joe Vie
ira of Hildebrand. He also has
three brothers, : Sam Pool ; of
Klamath Foils, -Dick Pool ot
Sprague River, and Sgt. Ben
Pool, who is now In a hospital
at San Francisco with malaria
after having served in the South
Pacific for over two years,