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based planes durlnq Hoot's first intrusion into China soa in three
years. U. S. navy photo. ...
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Senaie Halts Wallace Post
Action Until March; Strips
Control of Lending Agencies
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (1PH
The sennto sealed off action un
til March on Henry Wallace's
cabinet post today; -f tor.-votini;
to etrlp tho commerce secretary
of control over government. lend
ing iiRcncles.
Tho nclion cumo on a voice
voto after tho chamber had
heard Senator Bnrklcy (D-Ky.)
rend a mcssnna from President
Roosevelt saying that he would
npprovo tho divorcement IcRls
lotion, which was passed by a
vote of 74 to 12.
Will Approve
If coiiarc-M should return tho
lonn functions to a separate
agency as tlioy were before an
House Rejects
Substitute Plan
WASHINGTON, Fob, 1 (P)
Tho house today rejected a sub
stitute for coercive manpower
leKlslntlon thnt would hnvo pro
vided for filling Inbor needs, vol
untarily. Offered by Representative
Hnrness (R-Ind.), the substitute
wns defentcd by n teller voto of
187 to 177 ns tho houso sped to
ward pussaKc of limited national
service legislation for men be
tween 18 nnd 45.
Harness' proposal sought to
move deferred draft-ago men in
to essential jobs through the pro
cedure now followed by the
United Stales employment scrv
Ico referral system. .
executive order three years ago.
"I will approve the 'measure','
the president said in his. mes
sage; .. '
rli. mpfiRiire. Hpsloiipd US' mm.
promise the bottle over Wnllaee's
nomlnulion, now goes to tho
house.
Unrklcy's motion to . delay
action on the nomination until
March 1 will allow time for
house action. '
Only Solution
Friends of Wallace have con
ceded that this course offers
the only way In which the former
vico prosldent could be con'
firmed because an apparent sen
ate majority is opposed to his
wielding the lending authority
The While House communica
tion which Berkley read to the
senate was signed by Judgo
Samuel I. Rosenmnli, a prcsi
dentin! advisor, and said:
"The following is a paraphrase
of n message wnlcn i navo re'
ceived from the president for
transmission to you:
"In 1042 when I transferred
certain functions of tho federal
lonn agency to the department
of commerce by executive order,
I provided thnt they should be
returned to thnt agency six
months after the conclusion of
the war or sooner, if the nrcsl
dent or congress should decide
upon an earlier date. There
fore, should the congress return
theso functions to tho federal
loan agency at this time by the
George resolution, I would -ap
prove the measure.
SHOCK
TROOPS
ERASE BULGE;
Ninth Division Gains
Two Miles Along
West Wall
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, Feb. 1 (P) Shock
troops of the first and ninth di
visions penetrated deeply into
the central Siegfried line today
and erased the last vestige of the
bulge driven into the American
first army front before Christ
mas. Patrols of Lt. Gen. Courtney
H. Hodges' first army stormed
tho Siegfried line ramparts in
three sectors, encountering op
position hanging from, scant to
neavy.
Advance Two Miles
His ninth division advanced
more than two miles, through
Hitler's west wall and ran into
heavy mnchlncgun and rifle fire
in an attack on tho main enemy
southeast of Monschau. Fight'
ing was in a dank fir forest. -
The fighting lirst . division
penetrated the Siegfried lino at
a point 16 miles east of Malmedy,
meeting only negligible opposi
tion. The second division likewise
drove ahead. The 82nd airborne
division entered the outskirts of
Loshcim, which is inside the
lightly, manned Siegfried line '
drained by exigencies of the
Russian front.
Capture Guns
The airborne troops captured
12 . S8-milllmeter i gunai. Intact
with comnlcto firing- data, sights
j aim ample, supplies. X)t..nmmuui-
uon. i .
Tho scarcity' of . bpposition
from some of the. outer works of
tho Siegfried line indicated the
Germans had withdrawn their
main forces to Elfel mountain
positions.
For the most part, there was
only small arms, fire and little
(Continued on Page Two)
SUPERFORTS BUST
E
By JOHN GROVER
20TH BOMBER COMMAND
HEADQUARTERS. INDIA, Feb.
1 (AP) Superfortresses sank
the gigantic floating drydock
and naval base installations in
Singapore harbor today in one
oi me greatest air attacks in
strength ever flown by . B-29
aircraft.
Numerous returning crews
reported seeing bomb cxplo
plosions solidly aboard the 855
foot drydock which is capable
oi servicing tne largest war
craft afloat. Its 172-foot width
gives it capacity to handle 50,-
uuu-ion vessels.
Installations bordering George
town harbor on Pcnang island
(Continued on Page Two)
Subic Bay, Olongapo
Taken By Doughboys
Af te r J a p Desertion
Signed
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' Pretty Madeline Maboney.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Mahoney, signed a six months'
contract with. Ted Fio Rito's
band Wednesday night after the
name bead leader heard the
Klamath girl sing.
E
'Local girl: mnkes'gopd" was
the exciting; news that went the
rounds today when it became
known that Madeline Mahoney,
20-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph A. Mahoney, 737 N.
9th, . had been signed to sing
with Ted Fio Rito, name band
which played here last night at
the armory.
Fio Rito was asked to let
Madeline take the mike for a
song and immediately after the
world famous band leader heard
the Klamath girl sing, "It Could
Happen to You," "Is You Is, Or
Is You Ain't My Baby," and a
third popular number, "Em
braceable You," he offered her
a six months' contract.
Today Madeline was on her
way to Portland and Seattle
where Fio Rito fills engagements
during the coming three weeks.
Madeline has been singing
here with Baldy Evans' band
and since hci return from Port
land has worked for her father,
Justice of the Peace Mahoney,
in his office at the court house.
With her sisters, she has been
heard frequently and the many
friends of the family sent her
north with good wishes and
hopes for success.
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. LUZON, Feb.
1 (AP) Subic bay and its naval repair bate of Olongapo, dotted
with pillboxes but Inexplicably abandoned by the Japanese, were
back in American hands today as unblunted Yank spearheads to
the east rolled clear of a dangerous bottleneck passage only 28
road miles from Manila. , .
Well-fortified Grande Island the little Corregldor" guarding
the entrance to Subic bay, was taken without opposition Tuesday
by eighth army troops. Units of the U. S. seventh fleet then
steamed into Subic bay. '
Other elements of Lt. Gen. Robert Eichelberger't eighth army
moved by road along the inner rim of Subic bay fo capture the
Olongapo' naval bate which, before the -war, was an Amer
can deport.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said in' his communique today that
we are now using tms excellent
anchorage, and development of a
naval base is already under
way. "
' Olongapo was well outfitted
with Japanese dugouts and pill
boxes oil empty. Similarly,
Grande island was abandoned
by the enemy, its American guns
-pointing disconsolately out 10
sea," in the words of Associated
Press Correspondent Ja m e s
Hutcheson.-
Reach Calumpit
Sixth army' troops 35 miles to
the east meanwhile reached the
town of Calumpit. 28 road miles
from Manila, in a drive down an
easily-defensible stretch of high
way flanked . by huge swamp
lands, - - . ' ' -
Failure of the Japanese to put
up a fight in this natural ae
iense zone was as puzzling as
tne enemy s lacK ot opposition, at
- i Cross Pampanqa
'The Americans crossed the
Pampanga river just north of
COlumpit to swing free of the
swampy- corridor and aim down
the straight. Manila highway..
They were, approaching Malolps,
22 . road-miles from Manila.
One .column of sixth
troops,- which has" 'beerr-rhdvlng
southward from Lingayen,
turned westward, on the Bataan
peninsula "road from San Fer
nando. and' captured Lubao.;This
represented a 10-mile advance
to within' 25 road miles - of a
Juncture-with- the eighth army
pressing eastward from the Zam
bales coast' beachhead," estab
lished without bloodshed Mon
day ''-''
Such a juncture will seal off
the historic Bataan peninsula,
which forms the -western shore
of Manila bay. Japanese troops
have fled into Bataan from San
Fernando and other sectors to
the northeast, and some are re
ported to have sought refuge
there by boat from Manila.
FUiS ASSURED
INVESTIGATORS
By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. .
SALEM, Feb. 1 (P)-eThe five
man legislative committee . to
investigate the 1943 Waterfill
and Frazier whiskey' purchases
was assured funds on which to
operate today when the house
passed and sent to the governor
a bill appropriating $25,000 for
the committee's expenses. . -
There was scattered opposition
to the bill, some members re
peating statements made in the
senate yesterday that the . ' In
vestigation is unnecessary. , . ;
The vote was 50 to 8. .
Finance Change .'- .
The senate passed and sent
to the house a bill to put - the
state fish commission on an ar
propriatioit basis, . so -,-H -won't
nave to operate on1 "poundage
Lfces...Sen. Merle-Chessman, . As
toria republican, author , of the
bill, said poundage fees drop in
some years so greatly, that the
(Continued on, Page Two)
i
100 Killed, 70
Hurt in Train U
Crash in Mexico r
MEXICO CITY, Feb. 1 '(fl?)
About 100 persons were killed
and 70 injured in the wreck of a
special train of pilgrims at 12:47
a. m. today near Cazadero, 100
miles north of here. '; 1
There were nine coaches of
pilgrims. All the ears were
swept off the track and three
were in flames quickly. ;
The national railways, which
announced the preliminary casu
alty list, said a freight train
crashed into -the rear of the pil
grims' train, which left here at
5 p. m. yesterday.,
The pilgrims were bound for
San Juan de Los Lagos, south of
Aguas Calientes and about 300
miles northwest of here. ;They
were to attend a religious festi
val for the Virgin Mary.
A relief train with doctors and
supplies was sent from here and
most of the injured already have
been taken to San Juan del Rio,
20 miles from the wreck, where
there are hospital facilities.
Cazadero, near where the wreck
occurred, is only a hamlet.
SIS
TO 33
MILESOF CITY
Berliners Rushed to
Dig Trench System
for Troops
By JAMES F. KING
LONDON. Feb. 1 UP) Mar. :
shal Gregory Zhukov's powerful
smashes have driven to a point
on ine uaer 3U miles or less,
from the German capital, the
German high command an
nounced today, and one of the
great battles of the war appar- -ently
was building up along that
river.
Berlin broadcasts told of men, ,
women and children being .
rushed eastward to dig a vast
trench system. -More
and more Berliners were
being thrown into "forefield of
the city's defenses," said one
German account.
Reinforces
Marshal Zhukov rolled ud '
fresh numbers of infantry and .
tanks to bolster the Impetus of
his drive.
One Berlin commentator said :
Zhukov had penetrated into Kus
trin, one of the chief strongpoints -
in Berlins defense at tne June-'
tion of the Oder and Warthe.
but-later declared the red army
men had been thrown out. Kus- -
trin is 41 miles east of Berlin.
The drive to the Oder was. told
in these terse words of the 'Ger
man communique:
"North of the Warthe, enemy
forces advanced as far as the
'Oder northwest of Kustrin
(Continued on Page Two)
Record Carries
Double Talk
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (IP) '
Straight double talk appeared in.
the Congressional Record today
12 inches of type to record a.,
six-inch speech. - ; ,
It happened like this:
Rep. Dingell (D., Mich.) 'claim
prt the house floor vesterdav af-1
SSjyJ. ternoon - with a --brief-"-sharp
criticism of the type of discharge
buttons issued ex-servicemen.
Two hours later, Rep. Kelly
(D., 111.), who was -out of the
chamber . when Dingell. spoke,
arose and repeated the speech,
word for word.
The members apparently
didn't mind. At least none seem
ed to notice it. .
Later Kelly gave this some
what flustered explanation:
"It was handed to me (He
wouldn't say by whom) But it
won't happen again. From here
on in I'm using my own stuff."
He added, however, that he
liked the speech and agreed with,
its thought
Chamber Members tolalk
Over Community Matters
' A roundup discussion of ma
jor community problems and
plans will be the principal fea
ture of a membership meeting of
the Klamath county -chamber of
commerce Monday evening at
the Willard, to which all cham
ber members were urgently in
cited today.
The program will take the
form of reports from the cham
ber's standing committee chair
men, with, opportunity for dis
cussion by members.
513 Prisoners Rescued From Jap Camp In D
anna
Commando Raid
By C. YATES McDANIEL
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Luzon, Jnn.
31 (Dolnycd) (P) Men of Bataan, Corregldor and Singapore
513 of them were snatched from under tho flnmlng muzzles of
Jnpnncso guns last night in an exploit of unmatched during.
Some 400 picked men of the sixth ranger battalion and
Filipino, guerrillas made a commando raid 25 miles behind
Jnpnncso lines to empty a prison camp and partially fulfill one
ot the Phlllppinc's objectives closest to Gen. Douglas MacArthttr's
heart.
They took Japanese guards by surprise and rescued 486
Americans, 23 British, three Netherlander and one Norwegian
all that wore left in the prison camp in Nucva Ecltjn province
of eastern Luzon.
Mnny more hundreds of moro able-bodied war prisoners had
been sent to work camps In Japan. Hundreds of others had died.
Two Die on Way
- All but two of the men were brought out alive by the 121
mon of tho sixth ranger bnttnllon who stormed into the prison
stockndo under command of Lt. Col. Henry Mucci of Bridgeport,
Conn. Their enfeebled hearts flickered out when they wcro in
sight ot American lines.
, The rangers attacked with such merciless precision that not
ono of the Jnpnncso stockntlo guards was left alive or able to
resist, And they attacked with such' caro that not ono of tho
prisoners wns scratched.
Within a matter of minutes all had been released nnd were
on their 25-mllo Journey to freedom, walking, carried on backs
of husky rangers or riding in carobao carts.
Nearly 100 were so weak from malnutrition, disease nnd
Ihrcc-ycar-old wounds that they could not walk when they were
cut loose from Japanese bondage.
27 Rangers Die
The rescue cost the lives of 27 rangers and Filipinos in a
guerrilla unit led by Maj. Robert Lapham of Davenport, la., who
fought off a savage tank-led Japanese ottack along the escape
corridor. '.'
The raiders killed 823 Japanese moro than ono for every
prisoner released nnd knocked out 12 enemy tanks.
This first mass liberation of allied prisoners of war in the
Western Pacific was accomplished by nn all-night forced march
cast of tho American lines to Cabu.
Tho commando force, made up of the 121 rangers and 286
Filipinos in the guerrilla unit, left American lines under pro
tection of air cover and reached the prison camp without
detection.
Their swift, fierce attack caught the guards by surprise.
The Japanese struck back violently and persistently as the fescue
column headed back toward the sixth ranger camp and freedom
for the valiant men who had been at the mercy of Japanese
guards for nearly three years.
The commando raid, ordered on short notice when intclll-
DENTON REES RESCUED
Captain Denton J. Rees, Klamath Falls dentist who has
been a prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of Bataan, was one
of those rescued from the Japanese prison camp at Luson.
"It doesn't seem real to me," said Kay Rees, "Denny's" wife,
when she talked to the Herald and News Thursday afternoon
from her home at Mllwaukle, Oregon. Kay and young Jon
have made their home at . Mllwaukle where she has been em
ployed as a school nurse. Mrs. Rees said her "plans were indef
inite" but that she hoped It would not be too long until she had
direct word from her husband.
Mrs. Rees said she had not known of MacArthur.'s commando
raid as she had not listened to the radio today, but the Oregonian
had called early In the afternoon and her spirits were up, hoping
that her husband might have been one of the prisoners. At 2
o'clock, word reached her that Dr. Rees was safe.
. Dr. Rees, graduate of North Pacific college t! dentistry In
1935, practiced here until called Into army service in August,
1941. The family home is on Lakeshore drive. Mrs, Rees
received a message from her husband early In January, the first
in over one year. Her address in Mllwaukle Is 486 "D" street,
- A list of rescued men from the Pacific northwest is avail
able to those who wish to call the Herald and Kws, 3124.
gence reports disclosed the whereabouts of the camp, was such a
success that General MacArthur decorated every man in the
force, ' ' ,1 ' ' "
I The lean and rugged captives received the homage of thous
ands of American soldiers now fighting to redeem the islands
for which the veterans fought so valiantly and hopelessly. The
youthful GI's formed an impromptu honor guard, flanking a mili
tary highway down which the rescue party passed after it re
turned to American lines. '
It was the last of many marches for tho rescued men
marches which began with the brutal "Death March of Bataan."
The freed men showed their happiness, despite their sores
and ulcers, wasted bodies and. ragged clothes.
Some looked helplessly' up from litters. . Others were proudly
erect. There were old men with grey hair and dazed, sunken
eyes. Some were surprisingly young and almost at their normal
weight. Others were limp from berl-beri.
, ' Clothing Tattered
Their shirts were tattered, i Shorts were - patched and re
patched. Several officers still proudly wore their emblems of
rank. There were battered campaign hats, overseas caps and
ono pre-war type helmet. , . ' '.;",,
Their sentiment was expressed by Capt. James B. Prippe,
Los Angeles, former provost marshal on Corregldor. He said:
. "The thrill of seeing those green clad rangers storm into the
prison camp last night will never quite leave me."
The released prisoners had ; their first American breakfast
behind Japanese lines where the column stopped long enough to
give the men definite proof that they were no longer in enemy
hands.. . -. . - ; t .: :-,
A motdr caravan met them and carried the proud but prison
battered men through American lines to the 92nd base hospital,
They dined that night on boned chicken, and unbelievingly
ate second and third helpings. In prison camp even a request for
more than the dally meager allotment meant beatings.
All of the survivors slept In hospital beds their first peace
ful sleep slncethe Japanese first struck in December, 1941,
Such matters as industrial de
velopment, timber supply, water
diversion, housing shortage,
military hospitality, aviation
orosDects. and many , other sub
jects of community-wide interest
will be covered. '
Dinner Planned
The meeting will start with
dinner, and chamber members
were asked to call the chamber
office, 5193, to make reserva
tidns. Members may bring their
wives or husbands.
The meeting will inaugurate a
series of such sessions, designed
to bring the chamber member,
ship as a whole Into a closer re
lationship with chamber activi
ties.. Under the chamber set-up,
most of Its activities are handled
through a board of directors and
committees and only infrequent
ly have meetings of the entire
membership been held.
Asks Reports
President Malcolm Epley call
ed for a report of all committees
in early December to review
chamber work for the first half
year for the directors. The meet
ing proved so successful it was
decided to hold a similar affair
for the entire membership.
Chairman John Ashley's forum
committee is in charge of tho
Monday night dinner. .
The chamber has a member
ship of approximately 400 and
all were urged to make reservai
tions immediately.
Minesweepers, 1
LST Sunk by Japs
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (P)
Loss of two minesweepers and a
tank landing ship from enemy
action in the Philippines was an
nounced today by the navy.
Tho minesweepers were tho
Hovey and the Palmer, convert
ed World War I destroyers, and
the landing ship the LST 759.
There was no indication of ex
tent of casualties, but the navy
said all next of kin had been
notified. :
- Normal complement of , that
type of minesweepers is about
120, and of on LST. 64.
-- ' "