((S FORGE ljtfc.L,i Vv&'iS.vVft.. I srassaiSHi I ZfftlKOV HITS " -. ' Forecait: Rain and mow. , , HmOfl MM A in The ShaHta-CaHcade Wonderland - RTIPH PIP Tl ylnllU lillfllllLn PH1CE FIVE CENTS KLAmTth'fALLB, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30. 1B45 Numb.r 10376 L J J T I I ll L. I II 1. 1 II I ! Fernando Taken; Jap Casualties , Now 25,OOU i.,ruiRD C. BERHOLZ MMMAIiTIIUIt'S 1IKAU. M e, mlureu .' Kor , nil tl"-' narrow, swamp Ii ii Mill! II , hocked Mo...l..y toward L ..II nil V i1 " """ dS"k1.b M.ioArthur, an U, .seizure f b i.. hiu I'liinnuin ii uu anti" v" ........... M, HIS BIIVIII ..U . ', i.. il. ( links ' Of tlllll 1.1 ,1 v of l.uwm mid "K"t- 10 Manila." Mko Progress mmle proKrcss toward ,, the Miinnr ciini oi Hilt hcmliuni-lern. They . i..... .Hif.mv ttUllllttT- & Iws than 15 "'I'1'" ',0,n Arthur nimnuneed Jn L iiii.ii mi l.ii.im had 'X- lliBlll'it.' " " , " ' I,. , 25,0110 nKuisi n""-'",1' lilies of 4254. Including i. ,!. I. p.-.,i.ii,iri tirnvlnckil cm) run....... .., . .. m nlr miles ir"i " 10 by road, lew vn umiiy m i.. ii,.. iiiiLiniinu Yanks Sun Ln Tim mechanized It 7 1 1 1 Iry Vccomwlnsnnci! troops icd out mi enemy road- , tcvoral nines norm hi win m,i entered lo be iirecieci uy ,i,u l.'illnlmi In 1)110. Ol host colorful celebrations of ,uzon campaign. Japs Depart ,.riiiif.i Pf-fK Corrosnnn- 'tiiinll Urine nt Son rer- rutmrleH tlllll "KOVlTMl .InniiiuiMo iinil rlennl'tcd fylllihl nlonit Hie hliiliwny ig toward Butnnn lifter full- n tneir evidently numeti ni' ii. in Hpstrnv I he Sun For- Li river hrlflce in the. center he. city with small iierlal lis ami Kiisonne. ' Knout slopping, armored piungca past ma viiui nign Junction niul speared to- Lniumpit on tno pumpaiv ,-cr iu miles in me houiii DalBvlna Bntlta kviu at Ciiliiuipit Unit AiniT jml l limimiii minim 11 ruv linllln lull I. Ilin .liimmi.,, fcrs of Luzon In early 11142. pes which cross the winding page ni muimpii were no- pa ny American uiimtis W nf(ir the T. ii'iiti Iniiiuidii LirV 0 fn liiinmiir .Intimimin fplj to rush reinforcements tirom tno Manila urea, m .Qflll li'ni..lfi.wl D.n l.l.,lt Y"' ...i .uiiiiiiuu mi; 11111- iuirj we.siwiirci into mo nis- Diunnn penlnsuM and IwCftlwnrrl Imunfrl IVtiitilln p.- iwo ureiu swamp arena nada to Review m Problems iTAWA. .Inn Mil (AT 'In will review lis louchv lion nf ivinuri.ii.il.... r.,r i.- .... - . ......... .... l military servieo In a fal election this sprlnu. I- Sovcrumi'iH of Prime iter w. I. M..,.if .....i. v f Oist fnli adopted 'n policy .iui tunserinuon nnd sent FS. contingent of homo cle "oops to Europe, will or (nil mi llw. ,.,...,... f olinn. " 0 prime minister' served o ywlcrdny Hint ho would tno election by dlssolvlnu rl pariinineiu. Fmonent FEPC tion Speeded I ii, , on a iioor llo,l '.us? lnbor commit Pccklcd today to expedite inh "-"'"""'on sctlliiK up Ir" '""committee head ilSJ??'1"1"1' D-W- Vo.) 1 nskU n meel Thursdny The fun scl'nrato FEPC Z " DN J-Vannouneed, ib.rn ., "y 10 consider rcommUee's rocornmend- NfiermanSees ercost Skies Prcnsl on . . iia I posstbio snow before o u. s hZ?, w".s for'CBSt rla n nnri i , " J . K.inm tlCKroc? -p S ,!'lnll"m "ro F stream JT,0"1,nH- mrmal .iiiii 1 wnH lnr be "of of 4.B4 comnPr" Pllntlon clmlked P.ff'"' '4". t'l In Kcwnnt". !;cnm year flK- Navy Airmen Blast1 Hong Ko'ng Dockyards L i i ' Hi n 0 Bombi bunt and smoke pouri from Japan eia Installations in tho Taikoo dockyard at Hong Kong, China, during a raid by U. S. carrier based pianos of tho third iloet. Bomb explosion at the loft damaged and set fire to a 4S00 ton freightor-transport. Smoke and lire to the right rises from a direct hit on machlno shops. The yard is dsod primarily for repair work. (AP Wirephoto from U. 8. Navy) r NEW YORK, Jan. 30 (VP) Henry A, Wallace, hl political future chal lenued by a senate threat to deny him confirmation as lecretary of commerce, car ried an endorsement by Presi dent Koosevelt today as n lender needed by the natiun "now moro than ever before." This personui expression or confidence was contained IP' a messnKC from tho president which was rend Inst niKht ut a testimonial dinner to Wnllncc liivcu by the Union for Demo cratic Action nnd tho New He public miiftn.lnc. A Kahixv of business execu tives who had rallied lo Wnllaco's cnuso heard the president's men sniio, which declared that "Amer ica, Us people, and Its govern ment need ilonry Wnllncc now more Ihnn ever before." On Powor Removal Wallace, who spoke ut the dinner, did not mention tho message. In n prepared address which touched on the proposal that the reconstruction finance corporation nnd other lending ngencles be removed from the control of the secretary of com merce, Wallace said ho would prefer not to hnvo the cabinet post "If there were serious danger of a 'too little' and 'too late' man being appointed" to head the 1U'"C. President Roosevelt's message was his first mention of Wallace since the senate commerce com mittee rejected the former vice president's nomination' as com merce secretary by a vote of 14 3. However, tho mcssago bore the date of January 17, which was five dnys before wnllnce was named for tho post. Count on Aid "I count on his aid, his wis dom and his courage In the dif ficult wnys to the magnificent hopes we hold for u world worthy of his faith In tho people and the struggles of free people everywhere, which have so splendidly Justified that Xallh," an Id the mcssago. Unconfirmed Stories Add ' To Heuvel Case Mystery An assortment of unconfirmed stprlcs went the rounds today us puzzled Klamnth authorities probed the mystery of the whereabouts of former Police Chief Earl Heuvel. One story lv.id it that the for mer chief, his black coat-tails flying, was seen : riding on Fourth street on a motorcycle Inst yrlday night a few hours after the county grand jury re turned an indictment' charging him with contributing lo the de linquency of n minor girl. This report was that Heuvel BILL INTRODUCED By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. SALEM, Jan. 30 UP) The house received 1 one of its most controversial Issues of the 23-day-session today when Rep. Giles L. French, Moro republi can, Introduced a bill to let counties completely alter their form of government under the county manager constitutional amendment approved nt tho No vember election. Voters in each county, after 10 percent of them asked for It, would decide nt - an election whether to have the system. Each county adopting the system would have a board of 3 to 7 members, nnd tho board would name a manager for an indefinite period. Officos Abolished All county offices except school superintendent would be abolished, and departments of finance, public works and pub lic welfare would be created. All Judicial functions would rest with the circuit court, Tho three-way Industrial ncci dent insurance bill was ready today for Introduction. H would provide compulsory accident In surance, but would let employ ers carry it either through the (Continued on Pago Two) Company Plans Reduction In Rates for Power Users Unto reductions which will mean savings of approximately $325,000 to users of electricity in tho southern Oregon and northern California area served by the California Oregon Power company, were announced to day bv A, S. Cummins, presi dent of the company, The now intcs, which will affect home owners, aula enmp operators nnd consumers of general and agricultural power, are effec tive as of February 1, Copco estimated that reduc tions applying to residential service will savo home owners $105,000 a year or an average of 11 per cent. Savings to com in c r c I a 1 establishments will average 14 per cent, Cummins sold. ' Rates Studied In commenting upon tho low ering of rates, Cummins said this action follows, many months of rnlo study on the part of tho company and that many factors, including tho re funding of tho company's bonds lost fall, combined to make it possible. Ho emphasized that this reduction is tho start of a comprehensive program to make electric power cheaper throughout the territory served by the California Oregon Power company. Although Cummins expressed his complete agreement with the principal of low cost power and wide distribution ho assort ed that care should be taken In choosing tho method of achiev ing this goal. "Copco is m Investor-owned, tnx paying, self-supporting nnd regulated company whoso tax bill for 1045 will total $1,8-00,-000, or equivalent to 30 cents out of each dollar of operating revenues," ho said. "It is ap parent that no form of private business can possibly compete with tax-exempt subsidized government agencies If no con sideration Is given to tax in equalities." .Hopes for Cooperation President Gumming - voiced tho hope that the time might como soon when companies such as Copco might sit down , (Continued on Pago Two) - Americans Take Three Miles of Siegfried Line Inside Germany By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, Jan. 30 (AP) The 78th division captured three miles of the Siegfried tine today in a surprise attack through waist deep snowdrifts in the Moschau forest, three' miles inside Germany. Tho first army outfit struck just north of the eliminated Belgian bulge while other troops of Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' command and the third army moved up to the west wall defenses along 40 miles of the Ardennes front. ' The third army expanded its Our river bridgehead nearly a mile into Germany on a two-mile front. Advances ranged up to four miles. The ninth and another unidentified division par ticipated. ' "" The 78th division's achievement was scored in a nine hour bottle against the lightest opposition seen along the rugged forest front since November. Scratch nozi troops, such as have been left to hold many parts of the western front, crumbled, and gave up on the long-quiet sector, ' : . . . ', ' The division jumped off from Simmerrath, drove west to Kesternich, three miles in side Germany, and then turned south for three miles to eliminate a long held German sal' ient of several square miles. They overran two and a half miles of concrete pillboxes and draeon teeth tank barriers? which formed the sieginea FDR CELEBRATES was riding behind another man on the motorcycle, which was moving in the direction of Main street. Low Hears Story Sheriff Lloyd Low, who said he had heard this story but didn't know whether it was a good clue or not. had his eves on Culifornla, in his -search.'-. fori the ex-chlcf. Sheriff Low planned to go this afternoon Jo DorrJs tpJ cuecK rumors wnicn naci origi nated in tuut area concerning the Heuvel case. . ' Some ODlnlon Dcrslsted that Houvcl was still' in town at the home of friends. So far as po lice officers know. Heuvel has not been advised that a warrant had been' issued for his arrest folio ving the indictment by the grand Jury at 6 p. m. Friday. The officers said they presumed Heu vel knew about it, but they hod found no one who had told him. His attorney, J. C. O'Neill, said he had not seen Heuvel -to ad vise him of tho indictment. , Not at Home Heuvel was not found at his home Saturday when sheriff's officers went there to serve him with the warrant. They said the place looked as if he had just stepped out. lt is understood that residents of the adjacent apartment heard some one in Heuvel's room early Saturday morning. To stay out of jail, Heuvel would have to post a $3500 bond upon arrest. He furnished S1000 cash bond when arrested December 18, prior to the grand jury indictment. Mortgage House County records show that on December 27, 1944, Earl and Virginia Heuvel mortgaged their property at 425 Klamath avenue for $2000 to First Federal Sav ings and Loan association, re payable in monthly installments of $25. No date for arraignment of Heuvel in circuit court has been set, but Judge David R. Vanden bcrg indicated today he will set the date as soon as he can con fer with the district attorney. The $1000 bond Heuvel gave in justice court will not bo for feited until the arraignment, If Heuvel Is not in court at that time. ' " Broadcasts Say Big 3 Meet On LONDON,, Jan." 30 (P) Ger man and Swiss broadcasts today said a meeting of the Big Three was already under way or just about' to begin. London observers speculated whether President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill would mot prior to their conference With Marshal Stalin as they did at Cal.ro In-' 1943. ' . Churchill's movements natur ,ally arc guarded by- security censorship but lt was noted ho did not appear in the house of commons this morning. Deputy Prlirto Minister Richard Attleo substituted for him. However, Attleo frequently sits In for the prime minister. OREGON FIFTH PORTLAND, Jan. 30 (P) Oregon Methodists, contribut ing $166,000 toward 8 $138,000 quota, were fifth to go over the top among 1 14 conferences in the Crusade for Christ, a $25, 000,000 postwar fund, , Bishop Bruce R. Bnxtcr said, By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (P) With dimes and dollars, America said "happy birthday" lo. Presi dent Roosevelt today. ." .In New York, Basil O'Connor, president of the national founda tion for infantile paralysis, an nounced the March of Dimes has been extended until Feb. 15. O'Connor said that although receipts so far showed that this year's March of Dimes would break Drcvious records, many of the , drive's events have been "snowed out, rained out and fjozou-Oulr-ba postponed because of lacK ot Juei. xne drive was to have ended tomorrow. .... Soeondary Event But the event was secondary on a calendar on -which another Big Three meeting is booked "soon". At parlies and balls over tho nation, thousands are observing the 63rd birthday of the man in tho White House and chipping in millions to battle infantile paral ysis. ' While they frolicked much in the manner of less sombre years, wartime activities of surpassing importance precluded the chief executive s personal participa tion in any ot the public festi vities. ' To Confer Soon Mr. Roosevelt himself is au thority for repeated statements that he expects to confer soon with Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Stalin on efforts to achieve a total victory and carve out an enduring peace. A chain of developments in cluding a tour of European capi tals by Harry L. Hopkins, has underlined the imminency of the rjnrlev. London dispatches clocK- ed Hopkins there, in Paris and in Rome, in preparation for the conference. ' line. "The attack Is going so well that we are going to accomplish in one day what w hoped to do in two," youthful Lt. Col. George B. Sloan, operations of ficer of the corps conducting the operation, said. - Prisoners flowed, in steadily in groups of 50 to. 60. Some American tanks "participated, but s n o w-covered minefields slowed them. - Germans Surprised The Germans were caught by surprise and there was almost no artillery fire during the first part of the attack. In the after noon, however, shells started peppering the infantrymen wal lowing through the snow. . - , On the right flank of the 78th division first army divisions ad vanced up to four- miles, cap tured a string of villages and overran outposts formerly : .oc cuDied in the Siegfried line.' 5 . The. ninth division cleared Rohren, five miles inside Ger- , (Continued .on Page Two) Germans Face 'Horrid Fate' Reports Hitler LONDON, Jan. 30 (AP) Adolf Hitler told the German people in a broadcast tonight that "a horrid fate is in pro gress in the east today." The fuehrer promised, how ever, that this fate- "will be mastered in the end in spite of all reverses Bnd stern tests." The invaded and sorely beset German nation was given less than two hours notice that Hit ler would mark the 12th anni versary of . his assumption of power with the address. The fuehrer began with a short review of the happenings since January 30, 1933. and said, "We were given only six years of peace - after January 30, 1933, but in those six years tremendous deeds were achiev ed and some tremendous deeds are planned." Site for, Housing Project In City Remains Uncertain Location of the new civilian housing project for Klamath Falls remained uncertain today, although it was indicated it will be constructed on a site adjoin ing Alameda street (the old Evans road) near the main canal at the southeastern corner of the city. City councilmon have voted In favor of this site, but Architect Howard R. Perrin today was studying the grades to determine if it will be possible to fit the housing into the terrain there. He said today that rock in a small hill there may prove an obstacle, but that he hopes to work lt out. Mayor Ed Ostendorf an nounced that the council, at a special meeting, had favored the Alameda site over a proposed lo cation In tho Washburn way area whore other war housing has been built. Ho mid that a question had been raised about zoning In tho Alameda street site, which is on tho route of the proposed through north-south highway along the canal, but that the city had agreed to waive tho zoning if the govern ment agrees to remove the hous ing after the war. The zoning would have forced the architect to locate the housing far buck from the street. The mayor said that sewer fa cilities in the Washburn way oreo aro already taxed by hous ing now constructed or going up there, and that additional hous ing for military personnel, if authorized, will probably : rise ill that neighborhood. , Perrin's tentative plans call for row housing set back from Alameda street with a commun ity house on tho street. The present autnorizaiion is tor ou units ot ; housing, but it is ex pected another 100 units will soon be given the government's o. k. PLUG FOR WLB GAP Drive Edges 12 Mi lei - Into Brandenburg ; : Province ' , By HAROLD W. WARD -WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 UP) Legislators dopted a wary -ap proach today to tne jasK ; or plugging the-legal gap in enforcementof- war labor board orders, exposed by the Mont gomery ward decision. Typical of the attitude in con gress was the succinct-statement of Senator Joseph a. Bail (it "We're discussing it, but I want to wait to see what their lawyers are going to do. . . . Plan to Appeal ; He referred to counsel for -the war. -labor board and justice department, who plan to appeal the decision to the United States suDreme court. Judge Philip" Sullivan in fed-: eral-district court in Chicago Saturday, held the seizure of the Ward properties in seven cities, including the Chicago headquarters, was illegal. As to its effect; 0 wartime labor dis putes, ; the jurist said congress would have to remedy the omis sion of enforcement teeth. Failed-to Comply . Ward Chairman. Sewell L. Avery had failed to comply with WLB directives, mainly relating to maintenance -of membership provisions granted unions. -. In his first major comment on labor problems since becom ing a senator, farmer War Labor Board Member Wayne L. Morse (R-Ore.), indicated .in an inter view that the supreme court should first decide on the presi dent's constitutional powers dur ing - wartime. It was on this (Continued on Page Two) WPB to Expand ; Tire Production WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (ff) The war production board today announced expansion of three additional tire plants as part of the government's $70,000,000 program to boost military tire outmit bv 24 Dercent. j A new factory will be set up at a cost of $6,000,000, at the site of the Kelly-Springfield Tire company, Houston, Tex. The other two expansions, which provide -additions only, ore at the Lee Tire and Rubber company, Conshohocken, Pa., to cost $600,000; and - the Lake Shore Tire and Rubber com pany, Des Moines, Iowa, to cost $775,000. Allies Shower Nazi Lines With Surrender Propaganda By The Associated Press - LONDON. Jan. 30 Marshal Gregory Zhukov in a shara newi surges toward the Oder has driven ahead 12 miles Into. Brandenburg province and.' about 80 miles from Berlin, the German radio reported tonight,. Moscow dispatches said sov iet armored spearheads were forging ahead in a huge three pronged assault which threat- Sned to cut off the nazi capital, ! a frontal attack failed.- Lt. Col. Alfred von Olberg. a. Berlin military commentator said Zhukov had smashed across the Obra river to the Zulllchau. Schweibus-Meseritz line. - , - Bitterly Engaged ' "German - border troops , bit terly engaged the enemy ia heavy -;bB.ttles . everywhere but have-not. been able to prevent his crossing frozen rivers," said Von Olberg.- - - - . - .. . A German broadcast declared the Russians had launched a heavy, armored offensive on a 42-mile front inside the bordep of eastern Germany on a bee-line for Berlin, and that "thai first onslaught gained apprecia ble ground." . u ,v. . . First Objective . . - The broadcast said- the first objective was the communica tions center of Kustrin on the" Oder and Warthe rivers, 4J. miles from Berlin. ui A : direct Moscow dispatch' said Russian columns punched! five to eight miles inside Bran-; denburg province due east of Berlin, and 15 to 20 miles in side Pomerania in a push strik ing northeast of the . German, heart city. i. South of these blows by Zhu, kov's first White Russian armyr group., tanks and infantry . of the first Ukrainian army were, striking westward from bridgeri heads flung over the Oder river in Silesia. .... .j . 4 . The Pomeranian and Silesian offensives threatened a great pincers from north- and south on Berlin, in addition to- Zhu kov's offensive beating in from the east in Brandenburg, said Associated Press Correspondent Eddy Gilmore. id. Moscow. - ah Clerk Wrote In Rental Figures In Tax Dispute CHICAGO, Jan. 30 (P) A woman clerk in the board of tax appeals office, and not Sec retary .of Interior Harold L. Ickes wrote in the disputed rent al figures on Ickes' affidavit filed for tax reduction on a Loop building, says Gordo Nash, assistant Cook county state's attorney. - In an investigation by tne state's attorney's office of a charge by John S. Clark, Cook county (Chicago) assessor, that Ickes obtained an $8550 tax re duction for 1943 and 1944, Nash yesterday questioned two em ployes of the board. Olive Flannagan, the clerk, said the figures were given her by Mrs. Mabel KeinecKe, tormcr collector of Internal revenue, when the document lacked suf ficient information. Nash said Mrs. Flannagan told him she. added in pencil to the com plaint signed by Ickes the fig- -uresj given her by Mrs. Rein eckc. ).'" In Ham Hon. Mont.. Mrs. Rein- ecko said "The charge is ridiculous."- V "The property referred to was greatly - over-assessed and had been" for many years. I do not recall the figures, but Mr. Ickes did not obtain an illegal reduc tion. Everyone knew what the value of the property was at the time a hearing was held," she declared; PARIS, Jan. 30 (VP) On tho eve of the widely-heralded Big Three conference, the allies have begun showering German lines : with leaflets explaining the "unconditional surrender" goal announced at Casablanca, it was disclosed today. - Unconditional surrender, the phamphlets declare, "would not mean that Germans who surren der would be at the mercy of tho victorious side." On tho con trary, they would "be under the protection of tho Geneva con vention and would be treated with fairness. , . " The pamphlets, one of the first direct attempts by allied propagandists in recent months to drive a wedge between the German people and their rulers, also say: "It is the wish of the allies to give the German people the possibility for normal peaceful development as members of the European family of nations." .-. i - ti .--.-..' The announcement said "indi vidual Germans who had noth ing to do with the crimes com muted by war criminals will not be taken to account for those crimes." Prepares for Meet That allied airmen have been scattering the leaflets . in Ger many was announced shortly after the disclosure that Harry L. Hopkins had visited London and Paris and gone on to Rome on a fact-finding mission for President Roosevelt preparatory to tho Big Three conference. Use' of the leaflets bolstered a belief in some quarters that the president, Prime Minister cnurchill and premier Marshal Stalin might produce a joint im mediate surrender call to Ger many at their meeting. There was no indication in Paris where the Big Three con ferees might meet but there was frequent- speculation that the president might visit pans Cold Wind ! Sweeps Nation ' By The Associated Press - fnlA .iilnanf mnrlnrntn Infnh slty swept over a wide expanse: oi tne nation locioy DnngniK sub-zero temperatures to the great plains states and snowfall to the Great Lakes, Ohio river valley, ana norincasiern The Chicago weather bureau rnnnrtfrt minimum temncratures ranged from 17 below zero in northeast Montana, iu dciow m North Dakota, to 2 to 5 below in Nebraska, Minnesota, and western Wisconsin. Denver's reading of 3 below was the win ter's low In that city. Temperatures along the Pool (In fnnut In the southern plain states, and on tho Atlantic sea board southward into Florida were reported somewhat below normal. Lows of 30 above at Se attle, Wash., 43 at San Dicgq, Calif., 20 at Boston, Mass., and 53 at Miami, FlaH were record ed.. .; : .. 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