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took a bentliiK tnero.
iiii distance. It looks like
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Sinn rot)nMft 111 tllll dlM
niu.lt .v...v.., ... ....
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tin flril w nntl thn British.
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t brliiji ourselves to do ccr.
Ihlnss (which ho left un
led.)
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ICS to believe thnt ho wns
fling In tho dark then. Ha
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iGermnn nnnnln tiuit It will
lieller for them to surrender
lie Americans and tho Brit.
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fUED by the Russluns.
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wi Knows. It Is possible
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uon t sny wo didn't warn
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10 conquered peoples. But
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Phc future, In nil her utter-
L lc,.to Germnny thoro
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ocross Franco.
swift
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
Marines
Classy Quint
In Shannon's
By PAUL HAINE8
When the classy Shannon five tekes the hardwood Saturday
night against the Leathernecks from the Marine Barracks in the
"March of Dimes" gams to be played on the KUHS maple, the
marines will be up against fast competition.
In the Ilrst hall ol the Amerlcen league cage season in Port
land, the red-hot Shannon outfit tied Fee's Music Makers with
six wins and three losses for an average of .666 per cent. Fee's
finally copped the bunting by barely nosing out Shannon's in
the playoff.
In the second round now
Victim
Archie O. Davlg, railroad
brakeman. is In the county )"
on first degree murder charge
In connection with the slaying
of John Rathlol Ewlng. above,
former Edgomont. 8. D., resi'
dent who died of bullet wounds
January 12. Final rites were
held here last week on tho ar
rival of Ewlng's wife, Mary,
and other relatives. '
KILLED
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 25 (IP)
Soviet Ambiissndor Constantino
Otimansky, his wife, and seven
others were killed todny In tho
crush of a Mexican air force
piano stnrtlnR to lake tho am
!...o,.,i..r t, rnsin Htcn to pre
sent his credentials as minister
"'Dr.' W. l. Gornelt, nt the
A.r,nrli.jin.nrltlsh hospital, sum
fi,.ini inld him there wcro 11
In tho pluno nnd that only two
escaped, bom injurcn,
Crashos Neaf Flold
Tim nlnnn took off nt 5:50
ilm Mexico City nlr
..'....l ' nn,l ernshed about 500
vnrris from tho runway while
..l.,.. In anln iiltitudo.
Tho soviet embassy confirmed
thnt these five members of its
official fnmliy were kuiuu;
Ambnssudor Otimansky.
Mrs. Otimansky.
First Secretary Troynlnsky.
Mllltnry Attache Suvln-La
zurev.
Clerk, Yuri Vdovln.
Plane Burned
From Dr. Cnrnett's knowledge
of tho accident, tho plane was in
(Continued on i-agc iwo;
James Derrah
Hurt in Action
Word was received from the
wnr department tins moinins
by Mr. and Mrs. F. Dcrrnh of
Klnmnth Falls that their son,
PFC James B". Dorrnli, was
wounded In action In Qermany
January 11, 1045. Dctn Is of
tho luittiro of the wound will
follow from an army hospital.
Dcrrnh has been overseas
since the autumn ot 1044. Ha
wns first In Franco and Holland
and later lit Germany wncro no
was wounded.
Sisemore to
Defend Davig
I.. Orlh Slscmorc, . former
V1n,rnlli nlllltv district flttor
ncy, has been retained as eotiiisol
for tno cteionso Dy nrcinu y, y
via. 45.vpnr.nlri railroad brako
man who Is held on a first degree
murder charge In connection
with tho bullet slaying of John
Rnthlel Ewlng. ,
.Mm. nnnrsn D nstwcU of AI'
llnnrn. Nnh.. sister of DnVlg, IS
expected hero within a short
time from uavigs lorniui imi
In The Shanla-CaHcade Wonderland
Face
unaerway, nnannon s nave won
three tilts ond dropped none for
u perfect record and unollicr
dcndloclf with tho Music Milk
ers. The Portland leniiuc Is one
of tho strongest In the stale of
Oregon and Shunnon's have
roosted on tho top perch all sea.
son. This is indicativo of me
worth of the Portland club and
tha Shannon cagcrs aro gunning
for a victory over Coach Le
Israel s Leatherneck.
Osterhause Star
The star of the Shannon five
Is Ray Osterhause, 6-foot 6-inch
center. Osterhause patrols the
keyhole slot and sometimes
shifts to tho guard position. He
is a clever bun handler and u
will be something to see when
ho and "Red Gilbert, ace ma
rine pivotman, claih on the
hardwood. .
Roy- Pf ticiirad. an all-tlmo
Oration Slate basketball great
handles ono of the forward as
(Continued on Page Two)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (P)
The sinking of a U. S. army
troopship in . European waters
as a result of enemy action,
with 24B soldiers killed and 517
listed as missing, was announced
today. , .. '.''
Secretary of War Stimsbn
mado the announcement at his
weekly news conference. More
than 1400 were rescued, ho said.
Stlmson snid the ship, carry
ing more than ' 2200 soldiers,
sank swiftly. The sinking was
"recent," btu he gave no other
particulars as to the date or
other circumstances. All of tho
next of kin havo been notified,
the war deportment stated In
answer to an inquiry.
Third Ship Sunk
The transport was tne third
which the war department has
announced as sunk by tho ene
my with heavy loss of life. Two
others, tha army disclosed last
vcor. went down" in the Mod
itcrruncun with a total of 1408
missing. The dates of those
sinkings and tho names of the
ships were not announced.
In addition, the transport
(Continued on Page two)
Threats to
OtNMA'K
lSj t : GERMANY VA'? 1
itijbnigr S JTV p....i.. f&w. j,.l,il.va'Anc
f" JJ ., JP'sSifIL Vftimmi '"iSiIaie Sne. .
IIHMesBaaaaaBBasBaasBsaaeiMM
, Arrows indicate major action on tha European battlefronta (heayy lines). On the east, Berlin
said, the Russians are lighting in Posnan. On the west Americans captured Bt. Vith. Shaded area
on eastern front shows Russian territorial gains in the winter offeMlve launched January 12.
Shaded area on the western front shows allied gains In reduction of the German salient. Rhine
and Oder rivers, German defense barriers, are lined. (AP wirephoto). , , , ,.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,, 1945
Ready to Go! .
Bill Mills, flashy forward on
the Leatherneck quintet is all
set for the big benefit game
with Shannon a ol Portland Bat
U r d a y night on the KUHS
muni. Mills It a deceptive olav
er and a dead shot at , the
bucket, but he . wlU. haVfp-bif-
work cut out for him when he
clashes with Jack Cady, Bhan-
non eacKcourt. man, ana one oi
the top cagers in the Portland
league. 'All, proceeds from this
tilt will be turned over to the
current March of Dimes na
tlonal. Infantile paralysis fund.
LLACE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 25 (TP)
Henry A. Wallace pledncd him
self today to a non-political ad-
ministration if ho is confirmed
as secretary of commerce.
Replying to a republican sena
tor's question, he denied any in
tention of mnklne loans to "de
serving democrats" and at. the
same time urged an Investigation
of tho department and its corol
lory lending agencies under
Jesse Jones.
Wnllaee said that before he
(Continued on Page Two)
Germany From East
, y . tf
l n TlitMU i mmmmmtmtUtMli
Ms Is
GIS BESIEGE
WIELD
Manila 50 Miles Away
In Path of Yank
Advance
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, LUZON, Jan. 25
IA A swiftlv massing weiuht
of 14th army corps motorized
troops besieged ciarK neias id
airstrips today after a two
weeks campaign on Luzon in
which 10 Japanese were killed
for every American.
Manila lies less than 50 air
line miles ahead of the south
bound Yank columns, disclosed
officially today to have paid the
relatively low cost of 657 lives
during the first 14 days of their
65-mlio drive from Llngayen
gulf. More than 6000 dead Jap
anese have been counted and the
figure undoubtedly is greater be
cause the Nipponese try to con
continued on. Page Two)
Bv WItLIAM AHBOGABT
WASHINGTON, Janf 25 (JP)
The argument that fluhting arm.
les need help now accompanied
a house military committee rec
ommendation today for , prompt
action on. national, service legis
lation. . .i:.' i .
Shortages of war' material, artf
"real and immediate, , tne com-1
mittee said In sending to the
house floor a bill to require
every man between la and 43 to
work where he is needed under
threat of Induction, fine or impri
sonment. Eliminate Amendment
The committee completed ac
tion on the legislation late yes
terday after two weeks of con
sideration and, in a last minute
move for harmony, eliminated
on a close' vote an "anti-closed
shop" amendment vigorously op
posed by organized labor.
The rejected amendment
would have permitted a regis
trant to work in a union shop
(Continued on Page Two)
and West
UIHUMIA
AIRSTRIPS OF
inTinni fnrn irnTrn
fliimi.rHHIIihSIHI
nuuuii IILIULUILU
'::;''aajgH3V:l' DRIVE OPENS.. :
January. 25, 1944
Max. (Jan. 24) 42 j Miri.' 20
Pracipltatlon last 24 hours :......,.... 00
Stream yaar to data ..: ......!..,...,...;..,.4.84
Normal 6.16 Last year .). .'...3.16
Forecast! Slightly warmer. ..
Cities In Silesia )
Fall To Advancing
SovietArmy
LONDON, Jan. 25 (Pi Russian armies, have captured Glei
wits and Oles, two more Slleslan cities guarding the approaches
to Breslau, Marshal Stalin announced tonight, as red army, troops
moved through the broken Oder
ed the large German forces in
Baltic east ot uaniig. -
Gleiwitz is 90 milea southeast of Breslau.' Oels, a rail June
tlon, is only 14 miles northeast of the important BUesian strong
hold. . . - ';''" ' -.
Stalin also announced the capture of Ostrow, 10 miles from
the northern border of SUesU in Poland, and Chranow.' an-Important
center in,the Dombrova coal basin. ..' ' . ;-'.
, Scorched Soil i 5 ..''.-'.' . r '
While Moscow's nuns were booming out' 20 salvos from 224
guns in a victory salute, the Moscow radio reported that' Hitler
had ordered the scorching of every inch Of German soil before
the Russian tide,- .... .- ... -v
The radio rerort said German aenerals. in the east, had re.
celved orders to form commando brigades "and 'bum up or -blow
ud evervthine that could be useful to the-Russians. - -
Moscow broadcasts said the
sive had rolled to a point little more than 123 miles from Berlin
and. that red army forces were fighting "on the edge ot Konigs
berg," 'capital of East Prussia. ..r..... . . j : ':-,
Capture of Gleiwitz,; big Industrial 'center just.-west-1 ot the
Slleslan manufacturing towns of Hindenburg and Beuthen. was
nnnnnnnnn hu Marshal Rtnlln. rhmnnw. 'imnortant. eenter in th
Bambrowa .coal basin, ;17:' miles
Poland,' also was taken,"
- ' T.araeftt
Gleiwitz, 80 miles southeast
city, captured by the Russians,. Its ,118,000, potulatibn. :was mostly
engaged in a' large coal trans-shipping , business and' seven; large
nrma'anri maehlnerv nlants. including a barbed wire factory.-
Gerrnaif broadcasts satd the Russians .hact. broken-int?) Elb.lng
on the Guir of Danzig, sffectivelx iliHttiog off ?astr?russla. - :
;:. FaU of Oreslau cap(tat of' Lwei! (northern) Silesia.. ncj rooet
Important fndiistriai city In the- eastern reich,' appeared 'imminent
as Marsnai ivan ronev movea nis umi .umaumv1 "'"JT'.i1'1"'
west of the Oder to ehcirdle; thp,,clty;j; ,:; it -m t' .
-.v, : Storm Acrosa, Odei--- ..-.' -
1 Konev's forces, Variguardg of ih- Rttssiaa,'avalanche,i stormed
-ni ti,. WrnUn .'l, of Hif DHpf In the Jiesrt of Silesia -.at a
point southeast , of Breslatii soviet front- llhefrepdrters said, and
shoved on towara xne.,mounwmis Duucuiia m v,tv,ii..u.1.u.
iAnni. 4itMintt or-vit nthr crnMinas -northwest -Oi the
Oder-straddling city, and. Berlin
bridgehead at Steinau,, 3Z,'mues -norxnwesi or .me ciijr- auu ; jo
miles froni Berlin,- .-".?: : q ; : ' .;. ')'.: . . : :' ,
: v tua- , 4mr.ne nnriW' TCnnv?.c-.. command . were - reported
hammering into the ' outskirts
only four mues souineasi oi me
Rooseveft Nominates Son
To BrigadierrOQneroiship
. WASHINGTON, Jan.' 25 0P)-y
President Roosevelt today .nom
inated his 34-year-old son,, Col.
Elliott Roosevelt,-to be. a briga
dier general in the army, air
forces. ' . .
The proposed promotion went
to tho senate in the midst of a
controversy over, the army's air
priority system- which' gave , a
rfnir nwned bv Colonel-Roosevelt
precedence over three .service
men. ' ''. " ' . ' '' ,
The -nomination goes auto
matically to the, senate military
Drug Company
Sued for $12,500
Damages Here
Charging that she suffered
permanent injuries as- a result
of a fall in an icy store entrance
at Walgreen's. 7th and Main,
on February .7, 1943, Mrs. Ger
trude Roark and her husband,
W. H; Roark, both of Modoc
Point, brought, suit in. federal
court in Portland, today seeking
$12,500 damages.
- Mrs. Roark asked $10,000 for
the asserted injury and her hus
band asked $2500 for loss of her
companionship', and household
services. - . - -o
.- According to Mrs. Roark. she
was about to enter Walgreen's
when she slipped and fell, break
ing her right arm and injuring
her back. As a. result of the fall
she has a stiff wrist and per
manent injury to her back, she
charged. ' . .
- Roark, former Lamm Lumber
company employe, has been ill
and unable to work for' the past
two years. The family lives on
a ranch three miles north of
Modoc Point.
Suit was filed in federal court
against Walgreen's because of
diversity of citizenship.. The de
fendant Is a : Utah corporation
and any controversy over $3000
between cities of Oregon and
other states is triable in federal
court, according to U. S. Balen
tine, who - represents Mr. and
Mrs. Roark. Balentine' will be
assisted by Arthur I. Moulton of
Mouiton and Davis, roruana
Negotiations' were underway
between the Roarks and Wal-
fireen's Immediately after the al
cged injury but no action -had
been taken, alontlne . said... ,.
Number, 10372
Troops
river line, and seemingly Isolat
East Prussia. with a drive; to the
thunderous sovietr winter -offen
west - bt captured ' Krakow, In
- .: ,: . :
- Taken . - -r '.
of Breslau, is the largest German
said -he, already had ecureda
frpms an overnight jumpoif point
cny.t i ...; i - -:
committee, -which - voted only
last Monday toinquire into -the
whole Driority practice, as well
as the dog incident itself. The
committee", recommends for or
against - confirmation : : o f such
nominations.--' 1 - ..
i- Denios Request :
, Col. Roosevelt,... who,-recently
returned to duty in England,
denied he ordered a priority for
the dog, an English' bull mastiff
named maze, rne ;tnree - serv
icemen, f lvlna west on furlouch.
Were dumped off an army cargo
plane at Memphis, January -1 1
white tne. dog,: wim an.
priority, was .allowed' to , con-
tinuotthe' flight; ' ',' ? -
The animal ; was ;sent from
Washington to . Colonel Roose
velt s bride, Actress Faye Emer
son, in Hollywood, It was one
of two; .she said her , husband
sent from England to start a
breed in this country.
me wnue nouse, disclaiming
any responsibility, officially
labeled the incident - a regret
table combination of errors,
arid Secretary of War Stimson
((jor.unued on-fage Two)
France to Maintain Army
On Rhine, Says De Gaulle
' PARIS, . Jan; 25 (VP) France
intends - to maintain . military
forces all along the Rhine after
the war, General De Gaulle told
a press conference today.
Meeting newspapermen for
the . first time in weeks, the
French leader , said regretfully
that he had not been invited to
the forthcoming "Big , Three"
conference. . , -.
He told 200 French and for
eign correspondents that France
had made no formal request for
an invitation, to the conference,
but' had believed the heads of
all three-big countries had
known ' of the French attitude,
Need Assurance
"France does not . intend to
finish' this war' without . assur
ance that the French army is in
stalled permanently along the
length- of the Rhine from one
end to the other," De Gaulle de
clared. .-,',..,
"They must be there hot only
for French security but for the
security of the world."
NORTHERN
ALSACE SECTOR
Enemy Crosses Moder!
River, Hitting On r
20-Mile Front ';
By EDWARD KENNEDY -PirtiS,
Jan. 2o (AO The
Germans have opened a desper
ate - new; offensive against th
western front in . northern
Alsace, it was announced late
today at supreme headquarters,
possibly in a supreme effort to
win back the whole northeast
France province.
Attacking on a zo-mlie front
from Haguenau northwest Into
the VosKes mountains, the
enemy crossed the Moder river
at places 15 miles below thai
reich frontier, -
' Towns Taken
Far to the north, the British
second army drove under guns
of the Siegfried line to within a
mile of . the Roer river, where
the fixed defenses begin. Seven
towns within 30 miles of Dussel-
doff fell to the Tommies.
The allied air force again
pounded on thinning German
traffic faltering out of the Ar
dennes salient in the center.
German troop movements to
ward the east still were seen.
" " Near Frontier
The first and : third armies
captured . nine more towns in
Ardennes section, three of them
inside Germany. . First army
troons nushed close to .the reich.
frontier around Wallenrode and
Ambieve,-about St. Vith. Ths
first division trapped and canV
tured 300 nazis. -.
- : Hit Equipment- ' ' "
Bv. midafternoon. Dilots of
planes' over the first army front
reported they had destroyed or
damaged 4tf trucKS, a i armorea
vehicles, and 160 railcars. Near
ly 7000 vehicles and tanks had
been knocked out in three day$
before today. ; . . '
Aiirst army dispatch said
the Germans appeared to Havaj
UUonunueo onrage iwoi .
IONS HERE
Sneeiat -instructions to tha
grand jury, which convened : at
10 ai m. today, were given irora
the bench by Circuit Judge
David R. Vandenberg at the
request ,. of :;; District . . Attornejf
Clarence Humble. , : r-
The special instructions, whlcn.
followed a lengthy routine in
struction by the court, involved
murder, assault with intent to
rob, statutory rape, contributing
to the delinquency of a' minor.
perjury and escape. . All appar
ently ' referred to cases . whicft
will be brought before the grand
Jury during its period of in
vestigation. Before the grand jurors were
directed to retire to the jury
room to begin their lengthy
study of cases which have been
brought to the attention of the
district attorney's office, they
were advised by Judge Vanden
berg that- he would reconvene
the group , on, February 13, and
asked jurors to keep this date
free for further investigation.
Judge , Vandenberg . stressed
the-fact that indictments could
be brought against persons not
yet charged with a crime. He
explained ' true and not true
bills, secret . indictments and
other phases of the work which
must be accomplished by the
jury : before its reports are
submitted to the bench.
Due to the heavy schedule
which faces the grand jury, re
turns are not expected for at
least a week, according to Judge
Vandenberg.
"We envisage control of the
entire Rhine basin as an in
dustrial unit," tho head of the
French state said, adding that
this, perhaps, would be an inter
allied control because "we have
no reason to exclude the other
allied nations." "
Depends on Accord '
"This," he explained, "doe
not necessarily imply the exten
sion of France's frontier to the
Rhine. .The determination (if
tho . region's political status de
pends on accord with other na-tions-r-but
French forces will
be installed along the Rhine."
De Gaulle said that France
did not intend to recognize the
Lublin committee as the pro
visional government of Poland)
at least not immediately.:
'.'France wants Poland herself
to choose her government," he
said. "Up to now have the
Polish people had a chance , to
manifest their intentions and de
sires? I do not think so. So,
we shall see." . . - i
; V ' f-
In Alliance.