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j
INS
rRA",,;rfl written, the
UrLl-lent, now
,t I? li.llllK '
tli"?.' .".iirrtiiu mmmfinem.
F , ' I, ... undercurrent
RwUMIIjhpHor.ty
1 li curry favor fr him
10 n n ll own.
L,rjlVU - ,
'..nil tho awesome
f5 Uveiy "':,u' '""K ,,'
K'nd rVundli.il with the-
t li (ho wuy tlJoso palace
K uiuiiiy wrk-
. I I- l.u nil
king ol r."K"' " ' -
counts pernonamu "-;
.1.. li. nimcnm to
charm Hint wl'
her In Informal wy.
lunera testimony is my
ir" i.,.i i, iilcumiiit couple
t jmi i to win frlcniU
illucncc people " ,l,cy "
ii.nl hv Inadvcrt
nf Uucklnil-
s nun v-i . . , ..i..
iialace, duly craicti. ucuihik
orlorlty nu anurewcu iu
r.i ..tniiiK of the king
h ouccn. you may
jure tnt ""J r "
t. ipmv. or wniliever or-
.,!... I,in,lllt mii-h trims-
nutters In Great iiritnin,
h ice to It with nil ciuo
jut. Ihnl Ihp liriSlOLTIIl-
led to IU destination In o
L..M r limn unit with a
fmiraof fwank und protocol.
system would sco to that,
our system docs,
wholly unlikely, however,
1 1 casual don being sent
routine wnv to some mom-
hi the British royal family
over set out ol buckiiiu-
Dilarc with a gllt-cdgcd
rtorHy" that -would carry- II
destination by scarce and
bus ilr express reserved (or
try transportation ol inc
lit Importance.
K British palace system,
n li old and wise ond far
ed, would sec to that ci
illy and with NO slips.
I minor flunkey probnbly
tcdltnry (lunkuy, with gen
ni ol Iralnliiii ground into
would tool the nurp and
fancy transportation mid
H mutter to himself the Brit-
qulvnlent of "what goes
" He would rccoitnizu In
ly that such thhiKs do not
uulo a "good press for tho
i family, and If his own
frlty was not sufficiently
U to stop It right there he
a uikc it up witii another
cy somewhat higher up tho
Eventually It would net
iroyol chamberlain or n fust
io( the bed chamber or some
lionary of the sort who
i be close enough to tho
io to to to the king and say:
go, old boy, there's been
i oi a Doner somewhere
thing hist won't, Hn. Tho
ic wouldn't like it, y' know.
"1, the Wholp ntfnlr would
rougnt to a halt In time.
British rovnl system In
cry, very old and very, very
do and what he must run
unn ni in n, .....i
- ." tiiniisn iiu iiiviov
io is to seem to lord It over
uojecis in minor and lrrltat
na umrodi oiui wnv.
' is why the royul system
ires n nrii,.i.. i ,u
, I Ml IIIU 1I1VU
Doacrn rrminiin..n.... ,i.i..i.
1 1 .:',r"".'"""'.
ii. i 11 wlm nieticulous
'id j person who
dOCS imnrnnor ll.lnna
omcrs do them in his
V king of England COULD
tuimiA ,V '""r iirouna
111 hi., i " ereuy. uut it
BIT wnv U aun0 111 1110
Jo right way would bo to
.nun an a mark of
fnyor and distinction to
. ..... MVT1U wm, nna glop.
?i,T"? c.h,.,.rc I" Burma, or
l .V "S ROrl- would
Sid n i " ,"9 "notltor SlKH
m Ci.?nl flKhtness of tlio
f.iffpub.j:0 hi8i,iy
thn j-f 1 lllc 'nmiry to
ln.r t?? !""' tUsoomforts
i"h & Mm 1 1 1
In The ShaHia-Cancade Wonderland
' January 23. 194S
Max. (Jan. 22) 38 Min ...14
Precipitation last 24 hours ,00
Stream ytar to data 4.84
Normal 6.03 Last yaar ...3.14
Foracasti Clear and warmer.
PRICE FIVE CENTB
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, IS45
. . Number 10370
First1 Army Takes
Sf. Vifh; Yank
PI canes Hitf Foe
COURTS
SECOND
L
DEAL PRDTES
T
' Klamoth-Liiko opposition to
the current Shevlln-Hlxon land
exchnnKe transaction was ex
tended today to Include a sec
ond, and bigger, land exchange
deal now In prospect between
tho company und tho forest serv
ice, ns well ns any other land
acquisition by the federal gov
ernmenl In those counties until
tho basic Issued In the protests
tiro Ironed out.
Tho courts of the two counties
agreed to this course today at a
conference at which definite
steps were token toward a
thorouuh analysis of the situa
tion by the state foresters oiiicc.
W. F. McCulloch, assistant state
forester, conferred with the
courts, and It was agreed tho
state would send a field man
hero to muko n study nnd rccom
mend the best course to follow
with regard to tho BlievUn-lilXon
lands.'
Fur rrnm withdrawing, their
protests to the lna iwnp. as nae,
been suggested by WPB offic
ial, the courts agreed unanimous.
ly on continued protest. At recent
meetings here, the Shevlln-Hlxon
company of Dcnd, and tho forest
service, revealed that a second
exchange. Involving 23,000 acrci
(Continued on iogc twoj
old i, V "1". nntl v-ENTUR
'?n. ? Iho angles
f & lnt0 aU "
m?JP 1 vet dry.
klteldont "mind.
Ince
the
We
utt
TULELAKE The first couple
to leave tho segregco center t
Newell for relocation on the Pa
cific coast, left Klamath Falls
Tuesday morning on route to Los
Angeles where they hove accept
ed household employment.
Tho nulr. Tunero Mltomn, 58
and his wife, Setau, 4fl, ore par
mils nf three sons. One, a ii
vonr-nld. is teaching ill the
Newell high school, nnd nnother,
22, is employed on construction
work at the center. The eldest,
25, is working as a hospital lab
oratory technician In Flint,
Mich, Ho was njso nt tho center
for n period of two months Im
mediately nftor the family wns
moved from Tonnz, Ariz., to
Nnwoll.
The Mltomn family lived for
many years In San Francisco and
nt the outbreak of tho wnr wns
moved to Tona., nnd admitted
to Newell In September, 1043
Hnlli nnrents oro nlltlvCS of Jn
pan, born nt Kyushu, nenr the
urcnt Ynwnln steel works. The
father came to tho United States
In 1H07. sett nil in San Kronen-
co. In 1017, he returned to Jnpnn
nnd tho next yenr brought his
(Continued on Pago Two)
WITH THE U. S. FIRST ARMY, Jan. 23 (P St. Vlth was
captured today by troops of Lt. Gen. Courtnoy H. Hodges' first
"mJ- ...
The last bio bastion ol the Germans' Ardennes -salient ten
to the seventh armored division and parachute troops attached
to It. The capture was completed at B:45 p. m. alter a brisk, day.
lona battle.
The Americans stormed back Into St. Vith a month and two
days after they were pushed out by Field Marshal Von Rund
stedt a broak-throuoh.
Although the locale was familiar to the Yanks, the town Itsell
had been beaten into an almost unrecognisable pulp by Amen
can bombing and shelling.
The seventh armored division
entered St. Vith ut dawn. Soon
after sunup, American planes
started their second strulghldny
of relentless attack on the foe.
Onlv German rcarminrds
fought In the streets of St. Vith.
Germans to the enst were lay
ing down heavy shell flro from
dug-ln positions In an effort to
protect the retreat from the
evaporated bulge.
A first army spokesman de
scribed ; resistance as "moder
ate." but the seventh armored
division and attached parachute
imantry were having- to Diasi
tho nazli out of a house at a
time.
The nlr force was giving
ground troops close support and
ranging far behind the lines all
the way to the Rhine.
Initial tabulations indicated
an ever greater toll of destruc
tion than yesterday wncn 4 idb
Dlucci . of German equipment
were destroyed or- disabled.
Figures-for tho nlnth etr forcc
attack force alone by z:J0 p.
m. totaled 404 trucks destroyed
and 607 damaged; 14 armored
vehicles destroyed nnd IB dam
aged; 62 mil cars destroyed and
123 damaged. Theso figures did
not include exploits of the 10th
and 29th attack forces, which
had not boon reported.
It was n clear day and the
blue skies wcro blotted only by
enormous olllnrs of block smoko
curling from Germnn columns
caught by the fleet P-38 and
P-47 fluhtcr bombers.
Tho nir-ground teamwork wns
perfect, with the planes plump-
inn their bombs Into some ene
my positions scarcely 300 ynrds
from first nrmy tnnks.
Tho Lightnings went to work
first, flipping their twin tails
nnd whining straight down, one
after nnother. Then tho Thun
riprhnlls came in.
Northeast of St. Vlth, Mnl.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgeway's
18th airborne corps wns having
trouble keening up with the
fnst nnco of enemy retreat
West of the town, the 30th di
vision ncared Maldange nnd
Braunlauf. The 84th division
driving up from the southwest
Dushcd a mile nnd a hnlf enst
of Bcho.
CMoqun Man
Hurt in Action
PFC Wood A. Joe. 33, a Cali
fornia Indian whose family lives
at Chlloquin nnd Is carried on the
Klnmnth Agency rolls, is report
ed ns having been wounded in
action In the Southwest Pacific,
Tho soldier, fnmlllnrly known
as "Woody" Joe, gave his resi
dence ns Chlloquin, where his
wife, Esther, lives with their
three young children, Vernon, 8;
Gcorglnnna, 7, and lvan, o.
BE INVESTIGATED
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 (IP)
The senate military committee
today voted to Investigate the
nriorlty system which gave a dog
owned by Col. Elliott Roosevelt
precedence over tnree service
men.
The three, flying west on
leave, were forced off an army
cargo plane at Memphis. Tenn
early last month whilo the Eng
lish bull mastiff, traveling un
der an A-priority was permitted
to continue the flight.
Sent io Bride
Tho dog was sent from Wash
ington to Colonel Roosevelt's
bride, Faye Emerson Roosevelt,
YANKS POWER
WAY THROUGH
LUZON CENTER
Gl's Only 54 Airline
Miles Away From
Manila '
Wallace Nomination
Approval Delayed
By George Proposal
Konev's Army Reaches
Oder River Barrier
To Reich
of
By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 UP) Senate committee consideration
Henry A. Wallace's nomination as commerce secretary was
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S
HEADQUARTERS. LUZON,
Jan. 23 (P) Only 54 airline
miles from Manila and 11 miles
from big Clark field by Mon
day, a veteran Yank war ma
chine powered its way over
central Luzon today with five
divisions, a regimental combat
team and a battalion of special
ists in close quarter fighting.
Even If Mnj. Gen. Oscar W.
Griswold's 14th army corps only
partially matched the speed of
its advance covered in officinl
reports for 24 hours extending
into Monday, by now it could
have penetrated Pampanga pro
vince and posed an immediate
menace to Clark field. .
Sweeping Gains
Gains of 11 and 13 miles
along parallel roads swept the
37th and 40th divisions, veter
ans of Bougainville and New
Britain, through the towns of
Capas and Santa Monica Mon
day on the shortest route to
Manila. Spearheads rolled on
south across the last miles of
Tarlac province. -,
An all-night fight with two
enemy tanks, an armored truck
and. artillery, near La Paz, pre
ceded tnese advances oeiow- me
of tho- movies.
Roosevelt who hasjtu town pi Tar-
duty with tho air-forces IrTXng-
lana denied mat ne oraorea
nolnfillir trf tit animal
. In approving an inquiry by a
(Continued on f age iwo)
Exchange of Jap,
Yank Prisoners
Planned in 1945
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 W)
The Japanese government has
advised Wnshington, that it ex
pects to be able to carry out an
exchange of interned citizens of
the two countries some time this
year.
The state department today
made public a note sent from
Tokyo late last year through
Spanish diplomatic channels giv
ing the enemy's official reaction
to insistent American proposals
that a third exchange be arranged
as soon as possible.
The Japanese snid that they
arc particularly interested in
repatriating nationals held at the
Tulclokc, Calif., segregation
center.
Yank Convicted
Of Killing Briton
LONDON, Jan. 23 (P) A Brit
ish jury today convicted an
American parachute trooper, 22-year-old
Pvt. Karl Gustav Hul
ten of Cambridge, Mass., of the
murder of George Heath, a Lon
don taxi driver.
Hultcn wns sentenced to be
hanged under British law. Mrs.
Elizabeth Jones, 16-year-old strip
tense dancer and his blonde one
time girl friend, wns adjudged
guilty of the same crime. She
will go to the gallows with
Hultcn.
lac. Qriawold's corps thtis has
covered halt: the distance be
tween Manila and. the, scene, of
the January 9 landings at Ung
ayen gulf.
Travel. Swiftly
' Maj. Gen. Robert S. Becht
ler'a 37th and Maj. Gen. Rapp
Brush's 40th rolled toward the
Philippines' capital city almost
as fast as supply-laden trucks
could travel;
Gen. Douglas MacArthur lift
ed the veil of secrecy today from
his forces on Luzon, ideninying
them as units with battle expe
rience gleaned all the; way up
the Solomons from Guadalcanal
to Bougainville, on New Brit
(Continued on F;;e Two)
Group to Study
New U.S. Bases "
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 (IP)
The house naval committee to
ri a v created a seven - member
subcommittee to study possible
riermanent united btates posses
sion of Japanese-mandated is
lands in the Pacific.
Undertaken with navy de
rjartmcnt approval, the study is
intended to determine what
present Japanese holdings are
needed bv this country for out
er defense bases. The commit
tee's conclusions will not be
binding on any treaty negotiations.
Rcd. Drewry ' (D-Va.) was
named chairman of tho subcom
mittee composed of these other
members: Lyndon B. Johnson
m-Tpx.). Brndlev (D-Pa.). Izac
iD-Cnlif.). Mott (R-Ore.), Cole
(R-N.Y.), nnd Bales (R-Mass.)
Survivors of torpedoed SS Johnson Await Rescue
A group of the survivors of lh. Liberty ship John A. Johnson w itow. as t
drlltlna In the Paalflo for several hours. The navy disclosed January 19
-hant ve?.el and 10 of Its erew member, off the west coast in November,
after
merchant vessel
Johnson are shown as they await rescue
the loss of the
1944 by enemy
(AP Wlrephoto From Navy).
delayed today by a 10-to-2 decision to take up first legislation
that would strip him of lending authority.
Immediately, Chairman Bailey (D-N.C.) of the commerce com
mittee announced that both Wallace and Jesse Jones, who was
asked to leave office to make room for the former vice president,
would be invited to a public hearing on the legislation tomorrow
afternoon In the huge marble caucus room of the senate office
building. . -
Another invitation went out to Senator George (D-Ga.), spon
or of the hill to reestablish the loan functions of the RFC and
other important lending agencies
Nominated
i4 -4
Henry A- Wallace, above, was
nominated yesterday :by Presi-
J. At ' RnnuinK IS Ilk S OWt
duties as secretary of commerce-.
a move that-tnougni ininiiui
opposition by senators. -
U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
ottabtk.bs. Pearl Harbor, Jan.
23 (P) Carrier aircraft of the
American third fleet swept
Okinawa in the Ryukyus in
strong force" Sunday,, one day
after bagging at least 140 Jap
unixo nlanes on their fourth
..ib. nr ihA month at Formosa
nivntai enemv base south of
Okinawa. .
Fleet Adm. Chester1 W. Nlmitz
reported the new strike today
without giving details. He said
reports on damage inflicted were
not yet avaiiaDie.
. Fourth Attack
It 'was" the fourth- attack of
this mrmth on Okinawa, which
is obly' 350 -miles south of the
Japanese .nomeiana. .
nirinnwa Is the largest base id
the- Rvukyus chain, which links
Formosa with Japan. It has sev
eral good harbors and is inhabit
ed by more than half of the 820,
nnn nnnnlntton of the Ryukyus.
A major American warship
was damaged in Saturday's
strike at Formosa but airmen
pounded enemy shipping and
ground targets at "reletively
(Continued on Page Two)
Organization of Political
Parties Underway for "46
Republicans
By JACK BELL
INDIANAPOLIS, Jnn. 23 (P)
Herbert Brownell, Jr., had a
free hand today to run the re
publican party for the next
couple of years just about any
way ho chooses.
Tho GOP national chairman,
who laid his chips on the line
at a one-day midwinter session
of the party's national committee
here yesterday, emerged with al
most unlimited authority over
personnel, program and policy.
He had behind him a vote of
confidence taken boldly only a
little more than two months after
the party's unsuccessful foray at
the polls In November.
Despite a considernble amount
of indivldunl grumbling in the
republican ranks nbout Brow
ncll's close association with the
defeated presidential candidate.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey of
New York, only minor opposition
voices were raised at this mid
lands meeting to his retention of
the chairmanship.'
Democrats
Bw D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON. Jan. 23 UP)
The democratic national commit
tee and the CIO political aciion
committee -will probably carry
on . independent campaigns in
Um 1fl4B conerossional elections,
This was indicated today by
Democratic Nntionnl Chairman
Robert E. Hanneean as he laid
plans for nn enrly swing ncross
the country. On this trip he
plans to discuss mutual assist
ance pacts with democratic state
chairmen, looking to united ac
tion in the elections two years
hpnfp.
Hannegan announced plans
for year-round educational and
money-raising activity yesterday
without waltintf until lust be
fore the elections, as is usually
the case. He will stay on as na
tional chairman at $20,000 a
yenr nnd not go In the postmnster
generalship . as nact oeen rum
ored.
He made known his plans to
a meeting of tho democratic na
tional execuuve committee. -
under a separate head
George appeared Deiore tnc
committee today to argue for his
proposal. ' ' - ' '
Bailey told nan a nunarea re
porters who crowded into the
committee room after the closed
session that "we don't intend to
delay this matter." -
To Disoosa oi mil
However, he emphasized that
the committee intends to dispose
of the George bill before it acts
the bitterly contested nomi
nation.
Senator Pepper (D-Fla.) said
the committee decided, over his
vieorous protest, to start hear
ings on the measure introduced
by Senator George at 2:30 tomnT:
row afternoon wltn Jesse Jones,
whom Wallace would displace,
as a witness.
"It obviously is a move to
make passage of Senator
Georges bill a condition prece
dent to a vote on Mr. Wallace's
confirmation.". Pepper told a re
porter, adding that the former
vice, president also would De a
witness., -, - -
OsDoiinon Echoes
? Senate Opposition-to the pro-
nosed, cabinet shift eeFibCd. mean-.
while lnf the house with -a. brief
but sharp exchange, between-tne
democratic -.ana repuDiican lead-
M-Khin:r'-V . : : --. - -
- It started - jvnen ep. Curtis
(R-Neb.);declared that Wallace's
"economic theories are part ana
parcel-, of the system of state; so
cialism. - :-
Stanfield Tavern
Hit by Proctice 1
Bomb From Plane.
PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 23
(JPi A . dozen - men in- a -Stan-
field tavern escaped injury early
last night wh e n- a 100-pound
practice bomb- plummeted
tnrougn tne ' ouuaing trom an
arrnv bomber men overnead,
Deputy Sheriffs F. F.' Jacobs and
Roy Johnson reported this morn
ing following an investigation
The two officers believe the
bomb was released accidentally
from, a Walla-Walla air' base
plane on a routine flight to
nearby, bombing field.. The
missile, loaded with five pounds
of powder and a quantity of
sand, partly exploded on contact;
The bulk of the bomb casing
tore a four foot hole in the floor
and buried itself six feet in the
earth beneath. " .-
Clothing Cost
Cut Announced
WASHINGTON, Jan, 23 APh-
The government today an
nounced a drastic textile and
clothing program designed to
cut consumer costs six to seven
per cent and to increase supplies
o( low and medium-priced essen
tial garments.
The plan, blanketing mills.
clothing manufacturers and deal
ers and admittedly "tough on
them was announced at a joint
news conference by Chairman J.
A. Krug of the war production
board and Price Administrator
Chester Bowles.
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 23 Three
mammoth Russian invasion
armies plunged to the Oder
river in German Silesia on a
37-mile-front and struck to
within 22 miles of completely
ringing off East Prussia, Mar
shal Stalin announced tonight in
series ' of orders of the day.
In the center, Rydgoszcz was
captured and a Berlin report via
Stockholm said the red army
had burst into Poznan, Polish
fortress city. 137 miles from
Berlin.
Reach Oder ,
Marshal. Ivan Konev's army
on the south reached the Oder
last big water barrier guard
ing the heart of Germany from ,
the east--in a drive on Breslau,
Stalin's fourth order of the day ,
declared. . Namslau and - Bern
stadt, 28 and 19 miles east of
Breslau were taken, along with '
Karismarkt, 30" miles southeast
of Breslau.
. In East Prussia, two Russian
armies slugged within 22 miles
of- the Baltic coast at the west
ern end of the province,, and
within-less than 24 miles of the -
capital, Konigsberg, -in a push
striking in from the east, Stalin
announced.'- ; .' .
"--;'; Trap Menace ; ' '"
Uri'to 30. nazi divisions face 1
peril of a gigantic trap. Wings
of the two armies are less than
63 miles- apart in- the province. .
Reports from Berlin declared .
other Russians . had fought into r
Pdxnarf. - in . Poland, 137 miles
from Berlin, and that the so-'
viets'had scored a breakthrough -toward
Breslau in German Sile-'
sia in the south.
The X second '.White ".Russian
army strwine - halfway across
he western, end of East Prus-i
aa seized Saalfeld, just 22 miles ,
below - Elbing on the Baltic '
coast, the last land escape' for
Germans in East Prussia.' Saal
feld' is but 50 miles from. Dan
zig, the city for which Hitler
(continued on .rage imj
Killed On Leyte
5 V V5
Pvt.
Willie
Thomas
REDS BURST
INTO
POZNAN
JAP IHOUSTRIES
rBy .VERN HAUGLAND
21ST. BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS. GUAM, Jan.
23 (Via Navy Radio) (JP) A siz
able force of B-29s bombed in
dustrial tareets at Nacoya. on
Japan's homeland island of Hon
shu, this afternoon at an aiiuuae
lower than previous attacks and
met the' strongest enemy air re
sistance so far encountered there.
One Suoerfort was hit by gun
fire, and- was seen to crash in
flames into tne water prooapiy
about 20 miles off shore.
The foray was made by four
formations of B-29s. Two kept
the city under attack from 3:35
p. m. until 3:47 p. m.'Wapan
time). The remaining two forma
tions hit the city almost an hour
later.
The first formations met the
fiercest fighter- attacks, which
started from the time the planes
approached Honshu and contin
ued until they were 50 to 100
miles at sea on their return trip
an hour and 25 minutes later.
Willie Thomas
Dies in Action
Word has been received by
Pauline Thomas that her hus
band, Pvt. Willie Romalne Tho-,
mas, 22, son of Mrs. Rosa B. Tho
mas of Pelican City, was killed
In action on Leyte on November
27.
He was attached to the army
Infantry and trained at Camp
Beale, ' Calif ., prior to re
ceiving his overseas orders on
October of 1943. He had seen ac
tion in New Guinea and in the
Dutch East Indies before being
sent to the Philippines and, be
fore entering service, was em
ployed by the Pelican Bay Lum
ber company.
' Young Thomas is survived by
his wife and daughter, Barbara
Kay, who reside with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Alexam
der, Manzanita, .and his mother,
Mrs. Rosa B. Thomas, of Pelican
City. - Also surviving are four
brothers, Sgt.. Charles C. Tho
mas, of the U. S. army in France,
GM lo H. D. Thomas, with tha
Scabees in the South Pacific;
Cpl. James M. Thomas, who is
stationed in California, and PFC
Clarence S. Thomas, - USMC,
somewhere in the South Pacific.
, He is also survived by five sis
ters, Mrs. Tom Weller and Mrs;
Arthur Cllne of Oklahoma, Mrs.
Dee Urqulago of Arnock.-Ore
and Mrs. .Woodrow Martin and
Mrs. Billie Meadows of thli city.
submarine action