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(llihtlni! hi tlio cnat la of
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a
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fains unsolved. '
wou unt bo true to any Hint
"iiit iHiRii t ucen ticiivy.
two weeks since thu Lln
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amounted to a 145, Includ-
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1945
Numbor 10374
SEIZOR
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ILLEGAL, RULES
FEDERAL JUDGE
Government to Appeal
Case; Proceedings
Stayed
CHICAGO, Jim. 27 (IlFcd
crul Judge I'hlllp L, Sullivan to
diiy declined rresldent ltooac
vi'll's ord.r lor nriny seUuro i.f
Montgomery Wiird mid Com
iiuiiy properties wns lllegiil, stiil
ng lie reuehed his conclusions
"with considurubln reluctunce."
U, S. Dlslrlcl A'torncy J. Al
bert Woll Immediately an
nounced the government would
nnpenl. On his motion Judge Sul
livan stnyed nil proceedings
pending decision on uic appeal,
thus permlltlng army forces to
continue their control of 10 word
establishments.
No Authority
The court held the president
lucked authority, either In the
war lubor disputes act or in his
wartime powers as commander
In chief, for the seizure and up
held tlio company contention
that Ward's is not a war produc
tion plant within the meaning of
the act.
Scwell L. Avrry, chairman of
the board of Ward's, snld in
Chandler, Ariz., that the decision
meant "a great day for labor"
and that it expressed the com
pany's convictions. On the New
York and Chicago stock ex
changes Ward's common slock
Jumped ufter the decision and
closed up 2) nolnts.
No Ideas
Samuel Wnlchok, internation
al president of the CIO United
Itetnll, Wholesale and Depart
ment stores cmiiloywtr-prtnclpnl
union involved In the long labor
dispute which led to the seizure,
(Continued on Page Seven)
ISE
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (!)
Hotiso lenders sought today to
compromise deep-rooted differ
ences threatening to doom man
power legislation.
Their efforts appeared to be
Retting nowhero as the house
prepared to begin Monday a
week of what promises to be
the bitterest debate in rccont
years.
Major Obstacles
Two major Issues, each back
ed by n group refusing to give
ground, were the obstacles men
acing the limited natlonnl scrv
Ico proposal requested by Pres
ident Roosevelt and opposed by
organized labor and a largo seg
ment of industry.
Southerners and a sizcablo
bloc of northern members nro
Insisting that the legislation con
lain a provision permitting men
to join or to refuse to Join
unions on Jobs which they are
assigned by draft boards.
Assailed by Labor
Known as the "anil closed
shop" amendment, this provi
sion onco wns approved by the
military committee and then
was withdrawn In the Interest
(Continued on Pago Soven)
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Clang (period) will go the jail cell door for Francis Van Wle
(right), pictured here beinq escorted by Detective D, B. Gilmore
after his arrest In Los Angoles. The 58-yoar-old San Francisco
streot car conductor, who reputedly wooed and won four wives
to the ding, ding, ding of the trolley for an unofficial total of
nine or maybe more reached the end of the line in Los Angeles
where district attorney's investigators arrested him on three
counts of bigamy. -
Red Army Invades Central
Sector of Nazi Homeland
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jnn. 27 V
Gloomy Gorman broadcasts an
nounced today that the red urmy.
rmd Invaded the relch In We
central sector, knocked out war
vital industries in Upper Silesia,
and lunged up to the Obra river
07 miles from Berlin.
Berlin said Marshal Gregory
K. Zluikov's farces were storm
ing Schneidcmuhl, five miles in
side Gormany on the route from
Poznan to Berlin. This import
ant rail center is 1 3S miles cast
of the relch capital.
Throe Communiques
Premier Stnlln issued three
orders of the day, the third
proclaiming the capture of Wa-
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Jun. 27 (!') The
stale board of higher education,
whose request for a $2,237,000
building fund was. cut to $1,
000,000 by Governor Earl Sncll,
found some support in tho leg
islature todny.
A bill was prepared for intro
duction Monday to tnke the $2,
237,000 out of tho $5,000,000 in
come tax surplus fund, which
had been set nside by the 1043
legislature to reduce future prop
erty .taxes. Sponsors of the bill
ore Sens. Rex Ellis, Pendleton,
and Earl T. Nowbry, Ashland;
and Hep. C. L. Llounllcn, Pen
dleton, May Be Illegal .
Slate tax Commissioner Enrl
Fisher snld, however, tho bill
might bo unconstitutional. Ho
(Continued on Page Seven)
Loss of Members May Force
Breakdown of Crimes Group
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Jnn. 27 (!')
Loss of Us two prlnclpn) mem
bers appeared today to be forc
ing the final breakdown In tho
work of tho United Nations war
crimes commission at London.
Hope for furllior allied efforts
to plan nnd dctnll tho punish
ment of Germnn nnd sntcllllo
wnr criminals centered hero up
on the meeting of President
Roosevelt, Prime Minister
Churchill nnd Premier Stnlln.
Latest mombor to lose his
place on tho nllled agency Is
Herbert Clalborno Pell, Ameri
can representative who had been
slated la succeed the resigned
British member and chairman,
Sir Cecil Hurst.
Pell's severance from tho com
mission wns announced yestor
dny by acting Secrctnry of Stiite
Joseph C. Grow who snld that
since congress hnd decided
nualnst annronrlntlng for his sal
ary and expenses It had been ne
cessary to relievo him of the as
signmcnt. Tho sum Involved was
$30,000 Including $4500 for
Pell's salary for six months.
There were strong Indications,
however, that behind theso fncts
Is a policy difference between
Pell nnd the state department
paralleling tho diversion of
views between Hurst and re
sponsible British officials which
led to his resignation. Pell him
self snld thnt In his opinion his
work hnd "been dissatisfactory
to somebody, I don't know
whom."
Views Adopted
Tho American representative
had put through tho commission
a rocommendution that tho Gor
man lenders responsible for
crimes committed against their
own citizens because of race or
religion should bo punished ns
war criminals becnuse of those
specific acts. Hurst had agreed
with thnt view nnd the commis
sion lifter considerable argu
ment had adopted it unani
mously. Both the London government
nnd tho state department, how
ever, have fnlled to act on this
recommendation as well ns on
other less controversial propos
als of the commission.
dowlec, .22 miles southwest of
Krakow. Others told of the cap
ture of Eosnowlcc, big indus
trial cxuiter in ..JBolonoV nine
miles fromthr German frontier, L
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tlllll Ul llll.' 8IHUSIUI1K Ut 111V
Germans' Masurian lakes de
fense system In East Prussia.
German war industries in Up
per Silesia roughly the area
between Oppcln and the Sudc
tan mountains have been
shut down,' "the ' Transoccan
agency said. The broadcast add
ed that workers and the popula
tion of the area were evacu
oted somewhere to the rear with
the fnte of "tho industrial fort
ress of Upper Silesia handed
over to the soldiers of the cast
front."
Power Lost
The announcement meant that
Hitler had lost the industrial
power of one of the reich's
greatest arsenals, increasingly
vital to the Germans since tho
mnss bombings of the Ruhr in
the west.
Emphasizing the plight of Up
per Silcsin, an order of the day
fron Marshal Stalin told of the
capture of Sosnowlcc, four miles
cast of Katowice, which is. the
Industrial center in Poland of
the rich basin. Sosnowleo, a
city of 130,000, is nine miles
east of tho German frontier.
1 Capture Announced
Stalin also announced the cap
ture of Mystowicc, Dabrowa,
Gorn, Czclndz and Chelyat, nil
important centers in the Da
browa coal mining area, which
hns produced as much as 40,
000.000 tons of coal annually.
The German high command
announced Hint spearheads of
Marshal Zhukov's forces, now
on tho high rond duo cast of
Berlin, were hnlted in front of
Germnn positions on the Obra.
This river runs 75 to 05 miles
enst of Berlin nnd bulges east
ward to form part of the bor
der of Brandenburg, province ln
which Berlin is situated.
DNB, Germany news agency,
snld Russian tanks were stooped
at Bcnlschcn (Zbazsyn), nstride
a main route from Poznan to
Berlin. The town is 07 miles
from the capital.
JAPS PUT UP
RESISTANCE
TOM PUSH
Artillery Hits Clark
Field, Delay In
Use Threatens
GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, LUZON, Jan. 27
(VP) America's sixth army
spearhead down the central Lu
zon plain, dug into its first ap
preciable resistance Friday, Jap
anese artillery opened up on
Yank-captured Clark airfield as
American ground forces encoun
tered resistance south of the
Bamban river.
Clark field, largest airdrome
in the Philippines and a major
prize of the war, was captured
early Thursday by units of the
14th army corps who chased the
enemy garrison of perhaps 5000
into the nearby hills.
Delay Threatens
Hillside cave positions west
and north of tho huge airdrome,
excellent artillery sites, could de
lay American use of tho air
field's 17 landing strips.
The sixth army, which had
been opposed only on its left
flank as it drove cautiously
down the bread plain toward
Manila, came up against the stiff
resistance near the main Manila
highway.
There the 14th corps, whose
advance units are at least five
miles beyond Clark field at An
geles about 40 miles north of
Manila found the first indica
tion that Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki
Yamashita's- Japanese defenders
(Continued on Page Seven)
T
By JACK BELL '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 UP)
Senator Taft (R-Ohio), predicted
today that most republicans will
vote against Henry A. Wallace's
cabinet nomination regardless of
whether the post is stripped of
its lending authority.
Taft voiced the prediction
after the republican steering
committee met to consider Wal
lace's nomination as commerce
secretary, a nomination already
disapproved by the senate com
merce committee.
Free Choice
The republican members
emerged from their meeting
(Continued on Page Seven)
IoScis
mn Skyfisi
Drive - Sector
70 B-29S
JAPAIMESE CAPITAL
By The 'Associated Press
Japanese imperial headquar
ters announced in a communique
today that about 70 Marianas
based B-29s raided Tokyo for
approximately on hour this
afternoon, dropping high explo
sives,, bombs and' .Incendiaries
that caused damage "at several
places": and started Jirps which
were not brotlght under control
until dusk. -
-The raiders, according to the
communique recorded by the
federal communications commis
sion, did no damage to "important-industrial,
plants."
Meanwhile the Japanese-controlled
radio in Saigon, Indo
Chiiia, asserted that the Saigon
Cholon area in southern Indo
China was bombed in the ."late
morning." "Some material dam
age was caused" and "20 dead
200 wounded" had been counted
at Cholon, the broadcast said.
The Saigon broadcast inter
cepted by FCC did not disclose
the type, number or nationality
of the planes that made the raid
but the 20th air force earlier
announced India-based B-29s at
tacked Indo-China.
The Tokyo raid also was con
firmed at 20th air force head
quarters in Washington.
Sought
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Jan. 27 (VP) American third army troops, driving for
ward as much as three and a half miles on a 23-mile front, cap
tured 11 towns today and gained five positions on tho west bank
of the Our river forming the Luxembourg-Germany boundary.
Detailing this advance, a front dispatch said that Lt. Gen.
Georgo S. Patton's troops now hold all except one and a half
miles of the 30-mile skyline drive from Diekirch to St. Vith.
The third's roll-up to the Our river frontier, wiping out last
vestiges of the Ardennes bulge, came as the American ninth
and British second armies in the north consolidated their hold
along the west bank of the Roer ;
river inside Germany within 25
miles of Dusscldorf.
Allied troops held the initia
tive all along the winding west
ern front, and tho Germans'
offensive in Alsace had dwind
led out.
American 90th division pa
trols reached the Our river at
a point iVi miles northeast of
Clcrvaux in northern Luxem
bourg, a front dispatch said.
They met no resistance. Troops
of the 17th airborne division
punched forward three miles at
a point seven miles below St.
Vith.
They and three other . divi
(Continued on Page Seven)
rifflmi
fT) h
Earl Houvel, former Klamath
Falls chief of police and against
whom an indictment .on a
charge of contributing to the
delinquency-of a minor was re
turned at 6 -o'clock last 'night,
was -being -sought by -officers to
day.... 3 - ''"- . -' -V -
CPA Charges in
Portland to Stand
PORTLAND, Ore!, Jan. 27 (VP)
Charges against Portland stores
will stand regardless of a na
tional OPA announcement that
grocers who ignored the Christ
mas Day rationing order before
5:05 p. m. (EWT) December 26
will not be prosecuted, Port
land's district OPA chief said
today. '
McDannell Brown explained
that merchants here are accused
of violating the ruling several
hours after 5:05 EWT, which
would be 2:05 p. m. in Portland.
INDICTED BY'
GRAND JIM
Bench Warrant Issued
For Arrest
Friday j
Earl Heuvel, 46former Klam
ath Falls chief of police, was tho
object of a county-wide gearcli
today after sheriff's officers had
attempted to locate the man
against whom an indictment was
returned at 6 o'clock Friday
night by the grand jury on a
charge of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor.
Deputy Sheriffs Jack Franey
and Dale Mattoon, armed with a
bench warrant for Hcuvel's ar
rest, called at his residence at
425 Klamath avenue today but
received no response. Later they
returned and knocked again on.
the front door and finally made
a forcible entry into the rear of
the house. "
Pistol on Dresser '
Officers said that Heuvel's bed
had apparently not been slept in,
last night and Sheriff Lloyd L.
Low was advised that Heuvel's
pistol was on the dresser and hif
clothing hanging in a closet
Joseph C. O'Neill, retained by"
Heuvel since his arrest on the.'
charge of contributing to the de
linquency of a minor last Decem
ber 18, said he had seen his clip
(Continued on Page Seven) -
INDIANS INVADE
southeast asia com
Hand headquarters.'
KANDY, Ceylon, Jan.. 27 (VP)
British 14th army troops have,
captured Ondaw, 15 miles nortrp
west of Mandalay, while 15th
Indian corps :troops in the fifth.'
allied landing on the west coast
of . Burma in a month "invaded
Chedtiba island, 100 miles south
east of Akyab. - , - 7 ,"'
A southeast Asia, command
communique announced today
that other' 15th Indian corps
'troops? captured . Myohaung, 38
miles northeast of Akyab. 1
' Renewed Japanese a 1 1 a c ks
were reported in the Singu sec
tor, 42 miles north of Mandalay,
but all were declared repulsed.
Similar Japanese assaults on
the bridgehead across the Irra
waddy at Thabeikkyin farther
north were repelled.
The last landing on the Bur
ma coast, northwest of. Myebon
peninsula, was reported on Jan
uary 24. A bridgehead was es
tablished southwest of Kangaw.
The British landed on Myebon
peninsula earlier this snonth
shortly after the occupation of
Akyab, 40 miles to the north
west. On January 21 they in
vaded Ramree island, 50 miles
below Myebon peninsula and
just above Cheduba. j
Leathernecks Collide With Shannon's f ..Portland : r f ; : ;
"Inarch of Dimes" Clash
on
r
Chinese Report
Yank-Japanese
Naval Battle
CHUNGKING, Jnn. 27 (VP)
Tho Chinese army newspaper
S110 Tang Pao again published
reports today of a Japanese
American naval battle Tuesday
off the Cheklang coast of China,
but American authorities here
said they knew nothing of such
a conflict and expressed doubt
thnt it hnd occurred.
In its "report from tho front"
which nppenrcd Tuesday, the
newspaper snld 40 or 50 Amort
cm! and Japanese warships lock
ed in battle and the Japanese re
tired in defeat to tho. northeast.
Tho newspaper expressed the
view today that "the broken
Jnpnneso navy" might hovo tak
en refugo on tho Cheklang coast
"to catch its breath."
By PAUL HAINES
Tonignt's the night! On the
Klamath Union high school
maple at 8 p. in., the Leather
necks from tho Marine Barracks
collide with Shannon's of Port
land in the big "March of
Dimes" benefit game. Tickets
will be available at the box
office for persons who have not
already purchased their ducats
and temporary bleachers are
erected on the sides of the floor
to accommodate the crowd.-
The Shannon club is bringing
a galaxy of cage stars to Klam
ath Falls to swap buckets with
the marine hoopsters and the
Klamath Union high school band
will be on hand to lend stir
ring music to the occasion.
. Judo Exhibit
Before the big tilt, tho marine
judo team composed of Cpl.
Lathroo Gay and PFC William
Morgan will put on an exhibi
tion and tho Pep Peppers will
drill between halves. Every
thing possible has been done
to make this n memorable oc
casion for Klamath sports fans.
Shannon's will bring a travel
ing squad of seven basketeers
here for the tilt composed of
Roy Pfluegrad, Bob Reynolds,
Ray Osterhause, Bob Ohlman,
Jack Cady, Bob Rankin, Al
Keck and Roy Peterson, manager-coach
of the club.
Starters
When the two classy quintets
take the floor for the initial
tip-off, Shannon's will have
Pfluegrad and Reynolds at tho
forward berths, Osterhause ln
the pivot slot, nnd Ohlman and
Cady will handle the backcourt
assignments.
Ohlman and Osterhause stand
6 feet, 6 inches in height and
have been favorably compared
with the "Tall Firs" of tho Uni
versity of Oregon that copped
tho national basketball champ-
Ready For Shannon's! ,
i
S H s
1
t i m. t . 11 r -
Leonard Burkland, tricky Leatherneck forward, will take the
maple topight at the KUHS gymnasium against highly touted
Shannon's, top independent club of Portland, in the big "March
of Dimes" benefit game. Burkland works well with Ed Meath,
marine backcourt man, who is one of the most consistent ball
players on the Leatherneck squad. ' '''' ' "'
ionshlp at Madison Square Gar
den in New York not many
years ago. These boys bo ft
competed in the. national cage
tournament at Denver, Colo.i
and are outstanding players., -
' Ex-osc. star '
Pflueerad is an ex-Oregon.
State hoop star and was one of
the greatest cagers to ever don
a Beaver uniform. He is re
markably fast and a dead shot
along with being an excellent
ball handier. His running mate.
Bob Reynolds, is another tough .
man to stop and the manna
guards, Domitrovich and Cox(
will have all they can handle
when the Leathernecks try to
check these lads with the man-for-man
defense planned by
Coach Les Isreal. ,
Cady is a top defensive man
along with Ohlman at the guard
position and may draw the as
signment of stopping Leonard
Burkland, shifty Leatherneck
forward. He is also a long shot
specialist and has had notable
success from far out In tho
classy Portland league. ,;,
Preliminary Tilt v
The preliminary tussle be
tween the sailors from the
Klamath naval air station and
a company team from the Bar
racks will get underway at 7
p. m.
The top tilt may well rival
any game ever staged here from
the standooint of fine basket
ball. Both clubs are loaded
with ex-collcge and professional
stars and plenty of sparks will
fly when the two teams clash.
This game is arranged and
sponsored by The Herald and
News and the Marine Barracks,
with the cooperation of Klam
ath Union high school officials
and Shannon's. Dribble your
dollars to a sure goal, and at
tend the "March of Dimes"'
cage scrap tonight.