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PRICE riVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 28, 1845
Numbar 10373
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FORGES
in Via
SOLATED
EASTPRUSSIA
fSS-n power of resist-
... knnrful. but we're wait-
I ,co wlud liiMwn.
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d ..nnnflU'd Itl West-
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rallcC.' . .1.- riiirmiui do-
W-' .mlv. Where-
flhe nails started n retreat
JIJi only at Germany's
i...j.rti VYIHIl IMili'
m wnvKb
, v
, lorly, tlf nuwiliim brciko
r,,Z defenses In cenlrul
r ,' ' ...i .inriml n Germ
f. . t now is reaching
r ..... . I r n borders,
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where ini" '
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. ,.iil wo see how tho
Z'. hnM on Hint line. Wo
m- moment. It look 05 If
,e RidsIom lire going to cut
fi-..i Primln by drlvlnil
!h 10 IIIC Willie !'
.,:rmnn anniLK. ........
Bmethoil to KOu nclvunlBRo
If Baltic siaica.
I, Pmula Is a German mil-
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sliriiw, inc nun"-,,.,."
,,n uir Ion s. Bill it ln t
Jtillv Important to the &cr-
.out I lull I cieii-nso
inr whllo Silcsln 11
manufacturing district
Prusjla Is nrctloinlnuntly
feilluni., , .
IRE Is certain nmounl of
lilorlcnl inicresi in uic mis
r.ioluro of Eylatl, In Etmt
iii n was at fcyinu nun
iron lcamcn moro tlinn
try and a quarter ago inni
Kussion souner was n uruvo
sUiDOnrit iiKiiicr nna u
I and effective lighter
ab v led.
,c Russians didn't lvo much
account or inemscivos in
asl war. At Timiicrtuorii
aia n at the Mnzurinn lakes
in East PrusKln, they were
ids vely beaten by tho tier
i that they wcro never again
ilo be much of a threat.
t that was becnuno their
irshlp was poor and their
mem meager, mere was
then nothltm wrong with
fRuulan soldier, who time
ma in stood and died in it
twlih practically his bnro
i.
was Russian czarlst gov.
icnt, not Russian couraiic,
was bankrupt.
ould be moro tlinn could
fiianly be cxiweted If the
ans, now ably led ninl
Ulcenlly cnulnDcd. dldn t
their best into East Prii
low, to avenue tho German
tries of Tannenbcri! nnd the
..
run ibkcs.
the Germain rctrciited out
It France and cot behind
wcstwnll defenses, thev
kned their lli nnrl n.
fewer men to nut un a
fier defense. Tho mnn
It clear that ns IIipv rnllr-
If Poland (and pcrhnps out
i rrussiaj iney will obtain
fimc advantago of n ahorlor
they slon tlm lli.cl tin n I
frier, we will have to roullzo
iney navo n lot of atrcngth
we'd belter wnlt. . ,
RE is sllll n note of pnnlc
io ucrmnn radio. It may
milnc. ii i, a r,.i..,.. ...ii
Ushcd fact ihnt they hnvu
Hpiusiinniciy TWICE ns
J rength on their cnslorn
their wpfm frAn.. it....
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""uto on I'ugo Two)
Japanese Say This Is Their Fleet-
J. ' "'.;,
"Japanea air fore and nary units leava a bast to malt tha Amartcan fleet," aays the caption
for this picture radioed from Tokyo to Berlin, then sent to Stockholm and serriced by a Swedish
picture agency. (AP wlrophoto). .
Engineers Release Preliminary Details
Of Klamath Water Diversion Study Here
An official release, giving pre
liminary details' of tho study be
ing made by U. S. engineer! of
tho proposed diversion of Klam
ath waters Into tho Sacramento
basin and related projects, was
mndo hero yesterday by or my
engineers. They were here to
mnko pluntf for n hearing o bo
held in Klamath Fals Fcbrunry
20. '. -
Hero Is : their official state
ment: A comprehensive survey re
port of tho entire Klomuth River
E
FOR TARDY OUTPUT
' By STERLING F. GREEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2B (IP)
To cure production lags cnuscd
by tardy delivery of pnrts to
war plants, the war production
board hns asked tho armed
services to make contracts nt
onco for the full year nhcod.
Tile move reflects Chairman
J. A. Kriig's belief that nrmn
mcnt policy, should figure on
European hostilities running in
to 1040.
Delays Threaten
Somo "serious delays" have
threatened, said his memoran
dum to tho arm y. navy nnd
maritime commission, because
tho government and prime con
tractors, in recent months of
military optimism, failed to or
der fur enough ahead.
This development c a m o to
light shortly after Krug dis
closed n scries of new steps
nlincd at both military and civ
ilian activity to limit manu
facturing and construction In
tight labor areas. The program,
made public last night, requires:
No "Spot" Contracts
1. That no new "spot" au
thorizations for civilian goods
(Continued on Pago Two)
tter Ration to Be Less
Than One Pat Doily in "45
'CAGO, Jnn. 28 NT-iTho
E civilians face o 104S
"'less than one pnt of
E day, spokesmen for the
ile" ,h5 h.ntl "N "lm.
th k.. "Mion-to ro-
t ur cnsis."
,Produclio nd ,.,,,,
lus. Ihn .t. . "
Ii ihn """Kesmcn, rcpre.
r 'he ovcm ii i, iKi..
V nn. ... - "
butter In-
urgently re-
Dint h . " lo encour
L",lscoiirng0 butter pro.
I "ncclal mpelnR ,,8rc Ul0
lie n 'r...l,,'os.cnt!ng the
I no " 7 institute, Na
telv Milk Pro
I CrStlc!"' nnd 'tho Nn-
rntcrt- in'.", association,
'l,u. IncrenslnB ihn i,n.
nn,.'."sln "ho pro-
butler 011 """crfut
po said protluc.
In
tlon payment per pound of but
tcrfnt sold ns cream now ap
proximates In most areas one
sixth of the production payment
fixed for 100 pounds of whole
milk. It recommended a pay
ment of nt least one-fourth of
tho production payment for
wholo milk. It also proposed
extending limitation orders to
cover nil sales of cream.
Dr. H. A. Ruche, institute sec
retary, snid government policies
now in effect "discourage" pro
duction and that tho loss In but
ter output lust year was 322,
000,000 pounds, more than nil
Iho butter taken for the nrmrd
forces nnd lend-lease 287,000,
000 pounds. Ho said tho 1044
output of creamery butter was
1,478.000,000 pounds, as com
pared to a normal output of
1,800,000,000 pounds.
Lnsl year's trend is continu
ing this year, Dr. Ruche said,
"requiring action at onco to re
vorse It and provide moro but
ter for American tables."
system In Oregon and California
Is In preparation by the Corps
of Engineers, U. S. Army, with
n view to preparing a general,
overall plan for the most bene
ficial development, conservation,
and-1)80 of-the waters 0f the en
tire river system. The Invosti-
fntlon was authorized by the
'lond. Control A c t' 5 anorbved
August 28, 103? (Public No. 406,'
78th Congress, 1st session) ana
also- Ii being mode as .a review
of tho report entitled, ''Klamath
River, Oregon and California,"
contained In House of Represent
atives Document No. 181, 73rd
Congress, 2nd Session,- which it
self was mado under the pro
visions of House Document No,
308, 09th Congress, 1st Session,
In 1033. Tho present Invcsti-.
gallon embraces flood control,
navigation, irrigation, reclama
tion, hydro-electric power, fish
and wildlife, recreation, and
other water-use features, and Is
being mado In close cooperation
witli the Department of Agricul
ture, the Bureau of Rcclomation
Rv DOUGLAS B. CORNELL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (Pi
Donald M. Nelson has predicted
to President Roosevelt that
China's war production this
spring "should bo at least double
the NovcmDor rate ana soon
will be felt on fighting fronts. ;
' If was In November that NcV
son, former war production
chairman and now a personal
representative of the president,
made the second of two trips to
Cliino to help build up war out
put. .
Effort Coordinated
A report on the missions, made
to Mr, Roosevelt Dec. 20 and re
leased In part by the White
House today, cited specific meas
ures put Into effect and asserted
that "for the first time tho Chi
nese economic war effort is now
coordinated.
"In . addition to the Improve
In the military situation,"
Nelson declared, "we . can look
for far-rcachlng gains on the
(Continued on Pago Two)
definite Dates
For Invalidation
Of Stamps Set
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (At
Tho OPA lodav reestablished a
policy of definite invalidation
times lor inoa ration stamps,
witli each scries good roughly
four months.
As at present, a new scries of
red stamps for moat and dairy
products and blue stamps for
procosscd food will bo validated
each month. Instead of being
good Indefinitely, however, they
will oxDiro after about 16 weeks.
Tho agency also restored its
expiration policy for sugar
slnmps, announcing that coupon
Nn. 34 the only one now cood
trniy not be used after Febru
ary ZH.
and the Fish and Wildlife Serv
ice of the Department of the In
tcrlor and the Federal Power
Commission.
In order that the views and
desires of all Interested parties
may be known, and to obtain all
additional Information and data
possib e bearing on the, subject,
publio hearings will be held by
the undersigned on ' this matter
aa follows:.-1 r " - ; " -'
At 10 a, m., Tuesday, February
20, 1B45, Klamath Falls, Oregon
to consider matters related to
the UDDcr Klamath River sys
tem, Including the existing power
installations at uopco;
At 10 a. hi.; Wednesday. Feb
ruory 21, 1945, in the chambers
of the board of supervisors.
court house, Yrcka, California,
to consider matters related to the
Klamath river:
At .10 a. m., Friday',. February
23, 1945, in the chambers of the
board of supervisors, court
house, Eureka, California, to con.
sidcr matters related to the
Lower Klamath river and its
tributaries, including the entire
Trinity river.
All interested parties are in.
(Continued on Page Two)
Clark Field,
Nearby Fort
Won by Yanks
By The Associated Press
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. LUZON. Jan.
26 Clark field, with Its 17 airstrips within striking distance of
the China cosst, was firmly in American hands today along with
adjacent Fort Stotsenburg. Triumphant Yanks rolled on south
against such light opposnlon that combat omcers expresses douDt
the Japanese would make a determined fight short of Manila,
some 40 miles south.
Vast Clark field, most hiqhly developed aviation center in the
Philippines with its extenslye network of landing strips, shops
and other Installations, was captured early Thursday by Maj.
Gen. Oscar W. Griswold's 14th army corps. .
Tha Americans found few Japanese but numerous land mines
and booby traps as they swarmed over Clark in pursuit of an
enemy garrison ot pernaps suuu wnicn ilea into me nuis wnere
artillery positions could Keep
the airstrips unusable,
SIEGFRIED LI
SECTION TAKEN
BYYANKNINTH
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 26 OP) The
American ninth army captured
the last four-mile section of the
Siegfried line before it today and
with the British second army
closed up to the Roer river all
the 40 airline miles from Hol
land to below Duren.
. Strangely, the Germans had
abandoned the Hitlerian forti
fications and fled to the Cologne
nlain east of the Roer.. The
while-clad men of : the ninth
closed to within 25 miles of Dus..
seldort. li-of Munchen - Ulad
bach and', 20 of Cologne . in. a
limited -attack which overran
Brachelen (population 5000) and
six nearby Industrial-villages of
Rhenish,. Prussia. -
Battle In Billiard
Fighting in an Alsatian bliz
zard, the U. S. 7th army cleared
the entire south bank of the
Moder river 16 miles above
Strasbourg late today and
stamped out the gains achieved
in a - new German offensive
mounted- yesterday with seven
strongly armored divisions.
American lines were restored
completely, .
The first and . third . armies
drew close to the German fron
tier in the Ardennes section and
in many long stretches were
looking across the Roer river in
(Continued on Page Two)
The main body of Japanese
was being pounded by Ameri
can artillery. Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur's communique today said
Our forces arc engaged in
clearing enemy troops from the
nearby mils.
. Major Prise '
" Capture of Clark field, cer
tainly a major prize of the war,
constituted a personal satisfac
tion for MacArthur, whose main
air strength in the Philippines
was wiped ' out in December,
1941, as Japanese dive bombers
struck devastating blows to open
the Nipponese conquest of the
islands.
Sixth army Yanks moved on
to Clark field so fast the Japa
nese failed to put up a stiff
fight from defenses carefully
dug into ridges at the northern
approaches.
Overrun Field '
Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush's 40th
division overran the' field and
Fort Stotsenburg; a, large mili-.
tary Installation before the war,
and - then,' advanced patrols five
miles -south to Angeles on a
main -Manila-highway,-- - -
. Engineers followed to put the
field into; shape. ; '
, 4,icaii,iuic. tin j u,tu uivoiuii
pf Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beighter
sent patrol , screens across the
valley to the left to protect the
flank. . This '- unit reached the
highway town of Magalang,: 10
miles east .of Clark .
This meant the two divisions
were on parallel highways
which converge; 15 miles to the
south at San Fernando, capital
of Pampanga province.- From
there the highway ,'threads be
tween two: extensive marshes
along the-home stretch to Ma
nila, where Filipinos ore re
ported starving by the hundreds
daily.
Paces Leathernecks
Red Troops 24; Miles1
From City of "
V . Danzig j
Proposed Diversion Channel
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This rough map shows the approximate location of one of two
alternate proposals for a diversion channel to move surplus
waters from the Klamath basin Into the fiacramento basin for
use down there for hydroelectric power and Irrigation. Another
proposed channel would extend from tha Klamath river near
Spencer creak, below Keno, to Weed and across a divide into tha
Mccioud river channel, - .
U. S.-PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS; PEARL HARBOR,
Jan. 26 Iff") The eight square
miles of little IwoJima in the
Volcano islands, midway along
the route, the Superfortresses fly
from Salpan to' Tokyo, were
shelled for the second time this
year-and the sixtH time in the
war by fleet units Tuesday.
The ' warshins. Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz disclosed.
raked that Nipoonese air and ob
servation base with their guns
the same day that Superfort
resses and Liberators dropped
more than 180 tons of bombs on
it, starting fires visible for 20
miles.
. Iwo, from which the Japanese
send raiders against Saipan and
spot the B-29s winging to Ja-
fian, has been attacked on at
east 15 of the first 23 days of
1945...
"Our surface units inflicted
(Continued on Page Two)
"Red'.' Gilbert, marine cage
star, will pace the Leatherneck
fast breaking offense when the
boys from the Barracks collide
with Shannon's of Portland Sat
urday night on the KUHS
maple. Gilbert made all-city
while playing for . Los - Angeles
high school and later flipped in
buckets for the . Los ,- Angeles
Diablbs, top semi-pro club in
the southern section of the west
coast, . All proceeds from this
clash will.be turned over to the
current "March of Dimes' . in
fantile paralysis drive. .
LONDON, Jan. 26 (P) Mar
shal Konstantin K. - Rokossov
sky's second Wl.lte Russian1
army has' burst through the last
German defense along the bor
der of the former Free State of
Danzig and East Prussia, reach-1
ing the Bay of Danzig and iso
lating the German forces in
East Prussia from the rest-of.
Germany. 1 ' -
: Marshal Stalin- ' announced
this tonight in an order of the
day. -.' ' :
With the capture of Marien-
burg, announced by Stalin, thd"
Russians stand only 24 miles,,
from the city of Danzig, where
the second World War started
September 1, 1939.
. Divisions Cut Off
. It - was estimated - here that'
perhaps 25 German ' divisions
were cut off in East Prussia
Marienburg is on the main rail
line- from Berlin t& rionigsDergj
The swift thrust to anzi&
bay was ' announced as other
Russian -forces in the-south;
drove past Poznan to threaten",
the border of Brandenburg pro
vince, of which Berlin is capital?
The Germans, in announcing th&
Russian drive had Teachea tnes
vicinity of Brandenburg front?
ier, did not specify the exacg
point at which it had been ap
proached.
-In -addition, to raarienDurfj,
Stalin announced that Muhl
. (Continued on fage two;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 fP)
The senate commerce committee
voted 14; to 5 today to. reject
President Roosevelt s : nomina-
tion;of Henrji A. Wallace, former
vice president, to be secretary of
commerce...:,
. At the same time, the commit
tee aDDroved a revised measure
by Senator George (D-Gft.) to
shift the RFC and other govern
ment' lendine agencies Derma-
nently" from the commerce, de
partment ,to a federal' loan, ad-
ministration.
.Unfavorable Rebbrt" .
Chairman Bailey (D-N.C) said
the Wallace nomination would
be reported -unfavorably' to the
senate Monday, u cannot . De act
ed upon until; thev ensuing meet
ing of the' senate, unless- unani
mous consent of the membership
is nhtainpd.- - -
Bailey said the action" to re
ject the president's choice of
Wallace for a post which ' he
asked Jesse Jones of Texas to
- ..(Continued -on Page Two)
Canada Adheres
To Air Freedoms
NEW YORK, Jan. -26 (IP)
Canada announced today -its. ad
herence to the "two freedoms"
air agreement, which provides
that; planes of .one country muy
fly across another without stop
ping or' may stop at designated
airports for-- refueling or for
emergencies. ,
The announcement ' that Can
ada would become the- 34th na
tion to sign the agreement, draft
ed 'it the international civil avia
tion conference at Chicago,: was
made at the conclusion of a two-
day conference here of official
delegations of Canada and the
united states. . ,
Take It From Joe---
By PAUL HAINES " . : ,
"We 'came here to talk for Joe." Joe Is a mighty nice little
Kuy, but he hasn't been feeling so chipper lately,: Joe hasn't,
and he doesn't get around much-either. You see, Joe had a
tough bout with infantile paralysis lately and he just about
went down for the count. .4- . .
He put up. a good scrap against Old Man Polio kids like
Joe don't quit-r-but his right leg is still kind of withered and
he can't play ball like he used to.
Now Joe's folks haven't a lot of money .arid they can't,
afford to send him to. a specialist,' so the days ahead look sort
of dark from where Joe sits. No, sir, the outlook isn't very
bright, take it from Joe. . ;
But in this country of ours there's a fund to help kids like
Joe. It's the "March ' of Dimes" for -the national - Infantile,
paralysis fund. In fact, we're having a basketball game right
here in Klamath town' Saturday night, with all proceeds , from
the game being turned over to this humanitarian cause. So
far, the advance sale of tickets is riot what we hoped for. Wo
still firmly trust, however, that our goal of S.1000. will-be
reached. ' ., .,.. ' '.'.; ,-,..';,,'.
If we foil short of our mark, we'll, still' be able to-get
around all right, but you might run Into Joe some day on his
crutchos. He'd like' to get around, tool ' i ; ' y ' , , '
DE
IIS TIX SYSTEM
' fBy PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr.
' SALEM, Jan. 26 (i) Governor-Earl
Snell declared today that
if the legislature meets the many
demands for more revenue," then
after'the' war.it probably would
either.have.tomakela.drastic in-crease-ior
theproperty -tax . or
enact a -new-form of tax. ; .v - v
( Governor , Snell, in a radio, ad
dress sporisored- by the state Eed-tratioti-
of Women's clubs, cited
requests made for bigger old age
tensionsv. for :$5;000j000 -more- a
year . for - schools, and for more
highways-funds for cities, assert
ing there1.arer1!sburid arguments
in support-'rjiftfae recjuests.
. If the annual $26,000,000 of in
come tax collections drops to the
(Continued : pn- Page Two) -'
Sgt. John Arnold I
Killed in Action i
''.Word has been received from,
the war ' department that Sgt.
John Arnold, son of Mr. ond Mrs.
Frank Arnold of 1435 Oregon,
was killed in action in France on
January 11.
j Arnold , is survived by his
mother and; father and a sister,
Mrs; Blanche Engelking. ';.-. . .r
He was inducted into the army
on November of 1943, and had
seen' five months' of overseas
duty. Before receiving his over
seas orders, young Arnold was
trained at Camp Shelby, Missis
sippi, after which he was trans
ferred to Camp Phillips In Kansas,--.'
" ' .. i
Before his enlistment, 'Arnold
was employed as a truck driver
for C. A. Dunn Construction
company. : .
Killed In Action
1 .awwi
,t...iilirin"'eMtiill.i
Sgt.1 John Arnold
ribble Your Dollars to the "March of Dimes" Cage Scrap Saturday Night!
For complete details
see page six.
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