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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1845
Number 10381
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Portland) and Dcun Schcdlcr,
1 eyewitness correspondent!!:
'Primnors. 12 nil lit. hollow-
lj afraid of their own hopes,
ltd from the buildings. Ill
nlhcrlne dusK mey kiw mis
inAMKIUCAN In 11k. uiul an
Eat single throiit they poured
in agonizing cry 01 rcncj
thanks and welcome.
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were still alriild tu bclluvo
.: ycs. The I1111K slopped
k the twisted gutu of Jnpiinese
Liiw, and slowly thu
ETCHED CAPTIVITY UK-
IN SLIPPING AWAY FROM
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!EHE Is some confusion sllll
in the story us this Is written.
ni! trio JilPS. Molding 210
he prisoners ns hostages, bar-
led lor safe conduct for tho
Japs left at Snnto lomns.
bargaining, nnnnrcnlly.
ft on tor hours. Hut event-
' the Japs were itlven safe
pet through our lines to that
h at Manila still held by the
ray and iho hostages wcro
'ti
(IE fall of Manila is nn event
great strntonlc Iinnnrtnnco.
line course of time (when its
Wiles arc restored nfter Jup
uiuun, plus 1110 destruction
have boon forced in Infllni
its taking) Its grail hurbor
aiioro soro iinchorngo for
mighty fleet and from It we
control the Smith Plil 1111 non
Ich Is the wntcr roulo to nil
"irea jap empire to the
h.
'ram II. and from the airfields
Mllon, We Mill wmi'lr II111
I '" lino Hint Is tho Jnps'
1 'ink to this seized empire
tods of miles of t mils
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Allies Sever Colmar Poclcet;
Reds Now 30 AAiles From Berlin
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OF GERMANS
By JAMES M. LONG
PA1US, Feb. B (!) Amerlcnn
Inuks mid French Moroccan
mountain troops cut the Colmiir
pocket in two today, trnppliiK
t-'lumviit.H of perhnps three Ger
man divisions in tho Vows
niountiilns south of StrnsbourK.
Amvrlcnn tnnks of Mn), Gen,
Frank W. Mllhtirn's 2lt corps
crashed down from south of Col
mar while tho Moroccans ad
vanced from north of Mulhouse
In 11 combined unlit of cluht
miles. The pocket, reduced to
less than 200 souare miles by
inldnlitht, was virtually erased
and the tlircnt to Strasbourg
irom mo souin wns erased.
Capture Dam
In thn center of the western
front where tho American first
army lias penetrated tho, , Slog,
fried line, infantry capturo'd one
of tho Roer river headwater
tinms and won high ground coiv
trolling another.
I.t. Gen. Omnr N. Drndley has
resumed command over the first
army, supreme headquarters 1111
nounccd toiilcht.
The Americans wore fighting
13 mues inside Germany in the
(Continued on rago Three)
Straight Shooters Fire Again!
TO
APPEAR IN COURT
A cash bond of $1000 posted
by former Police Chief Earl Hcu
vol wns declared forfeited today
when Hcuvel failed to appear in
circuit court for arraignment on
a charge of contributing to the
delinquency 01 a minor.
Hcuvel was indicted by the
grand Jury January 20, and had
not been found by officers seek
ing to servo him with a bench
warrant. Ho previously was ar
rested on tho charge and hnd
posted the cash bond. District
Attorney Clarcnco Humble rec
ommended to the court that the
bond bo forfeited und tho court
agreed,
No Statement
Humble told Juduc Dnvld D.
Vnndenberg that Hcuvel 's attor
ney, j. (J. o Weill, was in the
courtroom and might wish to
make a statement, O'Neill said
that In view of tho fact that
Hcuvel wns not in tho court
room, that he, O'Neill, was not
thero representing him.
Sheriff Lloyd Low said he
would have 500 circulnrs print
ed nnd have them sent through
out the country in nn effort to
npprchend Hcuvel, According to
the sheriff, tho former police
chief was last heard of in Mcd
ford on Monday, January 20.
when he Is said to hnvc placed
n telephone call at 10 a. in., to a
Mcdford officer. At that time,
ho told tho officer ho wanted to
mnko nn appointment with him,
and mentioned something about
obtaining money in connection
with a $3500 bond set by the
(Continued on Pago Three)
John Everhart
Reported Missing
' 2nd Lt. John E. Everhart,
pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress,
has been reported missing In
action since ;
January 12
over Europe, '
according to,,
word received t ;
by the flyer's ? -wife,
Betty?
Jean, Hoswell,
N, M., and Ills k
parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F, D.
Everhart of
Ashlnnd, Ore.
Rvnrlinrt hns
been overseas slnco August 1
1944, flying from a base in Eng
land where lie was stationed
with tho 8th air force of the
United Stntes army air corps.
For meritorious achievement,
Lt, Kvorhnrt was nwnrded the
Air Mednl last October, his par
ents stated. Evorhnrt wns grad
uated from Keno high schoo
with tho class of 1040, and
prior to Ills enlistment was en
gaged In farming with his fath
er on a ranch near Klamath
Falls.
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' "B. O. Carter. ARM 0c, Klamath naral air station, grinned broadly at the four members of
the Straight Shooters club as they presented him with two cakes to be divided at the USO this
weekend with other visiting servicemen. The Straight Shooters emptied their treasury, contain
ing S3. 50. to buy pastry for the USO snack bar. Their first venture, which resulted in raising
$1.60, went to the March of Dimes. Neighbors helped them find odd jobs which netted them al
most double their original fund. They decided to buy the cakes and had enough left to get a
present lor a little friend, Donald Rumelhart, patient at Klamath Valley hospital. The Straight
Shooters, students of Mrs. Bertha Hultman's thl rd grade at Riverside, are, left to right, Norman
Fitsgerald, David Brandsneis, James McClure and Bobby Simmonds. Carter's home is in Ocean
Park,, Calif. .
Poland Assumes Control
In Silesia, East Prussia
By DANIEL DE LUCE
WARSAW, Feb. 2 (Deloycd)
(!') Bolcslaw Bicrui, president
of the Polish national council,
announced at 0 press confer
ence today that Poland is imme
diately assuming control of
civil administration in German
Silesia and East Prussia.
A representative of the War
saw provisional government has
olrcndy arrived at Oppeln, first
TO CREATE 1MB
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SAT. KM Vnlv S IVPI The
stuto scnal'o killed 22 to 3 today
a measure 10 crcnio me rara
of lieutenant governor, but
passed 21 to 3 and sent to the
hmicn n ni-iinntiprl mnfilitutlonnl
amendment adding the secre
tary of state ana stnie treasurer
to tho lino of succession for
governor.
Tile House passed mm sum iu
ll. -minln n tiintnnrifll - nfiklllG
President Roosevelt to set the
clocks back an hour to stand
b, litnn wlilln the senate no-
proved aiid sent to the house a
memorial usxing congrusa iu
abolish the office of price ad-
!..!.., nl nllini wnr
iiiiiiiniiituui, , r,
agencies as soon as possible aft
er the war ends.
The proposed constitutional
n-A.l.n1 i.rlilfli wnnlH he
m.Kmlhnrl In- llin npnnlp nt tllC
next general election, provides
that 1110 secretary ui suuu mm
state treasurer shall succeed, in
that order, to the office of gov-
If ll.n onnnln nrngtrlont or
speaker of tho houso cannot
servo.
Veteran Contact
Bureau Eyed Here
WAcmwrlTnN Poll. R rvn
i?nlr T T-IIiips. bond of
the veterans administration, to
day advised Senators ooroon
-..,1 Mnn linlli nt Orpffnn. thnt
the bureau is looking into the
fcasnbility of cstaoiisning cun
tnct unit at Klamath Falls, Ore.
D.4U .nnfilnfa linH rPPPiVPIl
U1II OVIH"'a ...... '
resolutions requesting a branch
office DC esmoiisiiea m
southern Oregon city.
Hlncs told me senaiors iimv
IU. n4ln., nfflon io rtniV nhpek-
IIIU I U, llli. urn..
Ing tho Klamath Falls tlrcn and
tliat a stntf, 11 approved, wouiu
consist of a contact representa
tive and a clcrk-stenogrnpher.
cn.,nn1 K'lnmnth nrffnnlza-
tlons have sent in resolutions
urging the establishment of the
r-nninrl unit hero for the bene
fit of war veterans.
largo city on the Oder to be oc
cupied by the red army in its
drive through Silesia, he dis
closed. Similar steps to organize civil
affairs will be taken elsewhere
in Silesia, including Breslau,
and in cast Prussia "as soon as
military conditions permit,"
Bicrut said.
Expects No Meddling
'There will be Polish admin
istration on what we regard as
Polish soil, regardless of opin
ions to be expressed In interna
tional conferences," he assert
ed. "We've seen tho attitude of
major powers. We don't think
anyone will Interfere with us."
He added that the question of
the Tesehen area, the rich coal
mining district annexed by Pol
and from Czechoslovakia in
1930, will be taken up in
"friendly negotiations."
To. Complete Expansion
Beirut made it plain that his
government would complete
Poland's expansion along the
Oder from Its mouth to south
ern Brandenburg, and along the
Nelsse where lt falls into the
Oder some 30 miles south of
Frankfurt to the foot of the
Sudeten mountains.
In East Prussia "tho distribu
tion of Lithuanian and Polish
populations there will determine
tho frontier," he said.
He intimated that the north
ern section of Enst Prussia, in
cluding Konigsberg, would prob
obly lie within the borders of
the Lithuanian soviet republic
whilo the remainder would bo
taken by Poland.
DELAY EXPECTED
1 MAIMER BILL
By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (P)
Manpower legislation ran into
the prospect of indefinite delay
today when the senate military
committee reversed an earlier
decision and ordered hearings.
Chairman Thomas (D-Utah)
said the committee voted 14 to
3 for "limited executive hear
ings." He explained that by limited
it was meant only invited wit
nesses would be heard. He said
that Secretary of War Stimson,
Undersecretary Patterson and
Navy Secretary Forrestal would
bo invited to testify tomorrow.
The decision to conduct hear
ings was reached after the war
department swung anew to the
view that manpower controls
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Lome 6. Cox
Among Rescued
Lome B. Cox, former Chilo
quin youth, was one of the pri
soners released last week when
General MacArthur's men and
Filipino guerrillas emptied a
Japanese prison camp on Luzon.
Cox is the nephew of Henry
Wolff, former Chiloquin baker,
and worked in the bakery at
Chiloquin several years ago.
In lists of prisoners released.
Cox' name appeared with a
Mcdford address.
'Oscar1 History Made by
Actor Barry Fitzgerald
HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 5 (Pi
Barry Fitzgerald, who looks a
little like a grinning Popcye
with a mustache, has made "Os
car" history.
Tho twinkling little 58-ycar-old
Irishman ha3 been nominat
ed for two 1044 honors by the
Academy of Motion Picture
Arts and Sciences: Best per
formance by an actor and best
performance by a supporting
actor.
It's an accolade, the academy
says, never beforo accorded in
17 years of handing out its gild
ed statuettes for film endeavors
adjudged best.
Fitzgerald gets the double
nomination for his portrayal of
a crotchety but lovable priest
in "Going My Way."
Picture Does All Right
This picture did all right, too,
in the academy nominations an
nounced last night. It wns
picked as one of the year's best
five; Its star, Bing Crosby, was
another nominee for best-acting
acclaim, and Leo McCarey, who
handled the megaphone In its
production, got into the best
directing selections.
After a vote by some 0000
movie workers to pick winners
from nominees, Oscars will be
presented the night of March
15 in Graumnn's Chinese
theatre.
Other pictures nominated by
academy members and movie
industry personnel were "Dou
ble Indemnity," "G a s 1 1 g h t,"
"Since You Went Away" and
"Wilson."
Best-actor nominees besides
Fitzgerald and Crosby are
Charles Boyer for his perform
ance in "Gaslight," and Cary
Grant for "None But the Lone
ly Heart" and Alexander Knox
for portraying wartime presi
dent in "Wilson."
These actresses got tho nod
on tho nominations list: Ingrld
Bergman for her work in "Gas
light," Claudettc Colbert for
"Since You Went Away," Bette
Davis for "Mr. Skeffington,"
Greer Garson for "Mrs. Park
inglon" and Barbara Stnnwyck
for "Double Indemnity."
By RUSSIANS
ODER GROSSED
LONDON, Feb. 5 (TP) The
red army lunged within 30 miles
of Berlin today when it cap
tured Zellin, 15 miles northwest
of Kustrin on the Oder river,
Moscow announced tonight, and
German broadcasts said the
river had been crossed by the
Russians.
The Berlin radio said tonight
that "particularly massive" Rus
sian forces had reached the Oder
river at Kienitz northwest of the
fortress of Kustrin and but 35
miles from Berlin.
Other forces reached the river
below Frankfurt, the broadcast
said.
The Germans said Marshal
Ivan Konev had lashed out from
his bridgeheads south of Bres
lau in Silesia and deepened his
foothold to 12 miles.
Attack From Bridge
Koneg attacked from both
sides of Brieg about midway be
tween Breslaund Oppeln, the
Germans said, and reached the
area of Grottkau, 12 miles west
of the Oder and about 24 miles
northwest of Oppeln.
A soviet breakthrough in this
area, might send the Russians
surging toward Dresden, a city
of 625,000 140 miles west of
Breslau and 90 miles south of
Berlin
Unconfirmed
While this new attack was
not confirmed by Moscow, dis
patches from the soviet capital
indicated big news might be ex
pected from Konev's first Uk
ranian army front shortly.
In the central front, Berlin
admitted that German bridge
heads on the east side of the
Oder in front of Frankfurt had
been cut down.
So far Moscow had not con
firmed German reports of an at
tempt to storm the water bar
rier, but Moscow dispatches said
big guns were duelling across
tlu river, and that Zhukov was
marshalling heavy forces of men.
The German high command
said a violent Russian attack
was breaking against the fort
ress of Kustrin, 40 miles east
of Berlin.
Norris Schultz
Killed in Action
PFC, Norris Schultz, 20, son
of Mrs. Ingcr Schultz, 200 Mar
ket, was killed in action on
Luzon, The Philippines, January
10, while serving with the 169th
infantry of the 43rd division,
according to word received
early Monday afternoon by the
infantryman's mother.
Young Schultz, former em
ploye of Weyerhaeuser Timber
company, enlisted June 19,
1943, took his training at Camp
Roberts, Calif., and had seen ac
tion at numerous points in the
South Pacific. He was born in
Lomma, N. D., October 29, 1924,
and attended school in Adams,
N. D. His faher, Gussie Schultz,
died several years ago.
In addition to his mother,
Schultz is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. Paul Anderson, 1621
Avalon; Mrs, Jack Lange, Lake
view: three brothers in the
service, Cox'n Bernard Schultz,
usim; Fvt. Hugme scnuitz. u. s.
army infantry, and PFC Donald
Schultz, army paratrooper now
recovering at Palm Springs,
Calif, from injuries received D-
day in France, and two brothers
in this city, Ray, a Southern
Pacific employe, and Arlo, stu
dent at KUHS.
John Martinson
Hurt in Action
Sgt. John M. Martinson, son
of John Martinson, of 2039
Wantland, has been reported
wounded in action by the war
department in a list of Oregon
soldiers operating in the South
west Pacific area. No date of
the injury was given and next
of kin have been advised as to
any change in status. Martinson
was serving with the United
States army.
Also listed as wounded In ac
tion in that theatre was PFC
Lloyd E. Grisel, son of Mrs, J.
H. Bairy of Lakevlew.
Santo Tomas, "
Northern Half
Of City Taken
By The Associated Preis
GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, LUZON, Feb.
5 The Stars and Stripes flew over half of Manila today and
thousands of American and British civilian prisoners were free
as Yank columns, including a new paratroop regiment landed to
the south, pressed against little more than sniper lire toward
complete liberation of the Philippine capital.
First cavalry and 37th infantry division forces controlled tha
northern part of Manila a few hours after entering the city lata
Saturday night, and penetrated Sunday as far south as the wida
and deep Pasig river, which divides the city.
The first cavalry Yanks, in an encircling move by night, ap
proached immediately to the Santo Tomas internment camp from
the east and liberated perhaps 3700 civilian prisoners, mainly
American women and children, held there since May 1, 1942.
Jap Bargains for Safety
Associated Press Correspondent C. Yates McDaniel reported
that for 34 hours the lives of 270 of the internees hung in the
balance as the Japanese commander bargained for a truce of
safety for his men.
A Blue network broadcast said the truce was finally ar-.
ranged and 65 Japanese soldiers were escorted to a mile from
Santa Tomas and were released.
Lucien L. Rock, former oil man, was quoted as saying the,
Japanese held the 270 internees, including two women and 35
children, in the Santo Tomas university education building until
the exchange was agreed upon. Two of the children were under
10.'
(The exchange was made Monday noon, the report said.)
513 Released Last Week ','
Only last Tuesday night 513 American and British prisoners
of war were freed from a stockade at Cabanatuan, 60 miles to
the north, in a daring raid by American rangers and Filipino
guerrillas. ' ,
First cavalry units also seized Malacanan palace, former gov
ernmental headquarters of the Philippine1 commonwealth, find
ing no Japanese officials, while Yanks of the 37th division en
tered the capital from the north and pushed cautiously through
the northern suburbs after capturing Grace park airdrome.
(Tokyo radio acknowledged that U. S. forces had entered the
capital, and said fierce fighting was in progress around Santo.
Tomas.)
The motorized first cavalry, fighting in memory of their
former commander, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, who was
captured by the invading Japanese in early 1942, reached Manila
first in a miraculous dash of some 144 miles in a little more than
60 hours, racing down a highway which skirts the central Luzon
plain on the east. .
No Major Stand Offered
The Japanese offered no major stand in the northern half
of Manila, just as they failed to oppose in force Gen. Douglas
MacArthur's 120-mile push down the broad central Luzon plain'
fpnm thp Lineavpn ciilf beachhead established lust -26 davs
before.
This advance was coordinated with invasions along the west
coast northwest and southwest of Manila last week. . -. . r
Nipponese troops also took just 26 days to enter the' city
from their beachheads, to the southwest at the start of the warjj
but at that time Manila was declared an open city a week before,
the enemy stepped in. . 4"
MacArthur, returning triumphantly to Manila prime goal,,
of his three-year Pacific campaign was prevented by a dynaV
mited bridge from entering the city with one of the first spear
heads. He turned back to. find another route.
The northern section - of Manila was taken fairly Intact,"
wrote AP Correspondent Fred Hampson.
"A few buildings were smashed and burned," he said, "but
on the whole that part of Manila was not greatly damaged. How
ever, off in the distance we could see huge fires and columns of
smoke. The dock area was burning fiercely."
G May Hang for
Refusal to Drill
CAMP ROBERTS, talif., Feb.
5 (A) Pvt. Henry Weber, -said
to be from Portland, Ore., is un
der sentence of death by hang
ing, convicted by a general court
martial here of violating the 64th
article of war, dealing with strik
ing or wilfully disobeying an of
ficer. The public relations office an
nounced that much. Other
sources said Weber, 27. was in
ducted last year at Portland,
Ore., had been a foreman in a
Vancouver, Wash., shipyard, and
that his court martial followed
his refusal, after 45 minutes of
argument with two officers, to
join his squad for drill.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 VP
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.) de
manded in the senate today an
investigation of an army court
martial death sentence for Pvt.
Weber.
r Wheeler said it was his Infor
mation that Weber had been sen
tenced for refusal to join his
squad at drill. He declared:
"It is inconceivable to me that
army officers would sentence a
man to death because he refused
to drill. If the military com
mittee does not take up this mat
ter, I shall introduce a resolution
calling for an investigation.
Schools Close
For Lack of Heat
Hieh winds toDoed by a 36-
mile-per-hour gale swept Klam
ath county in the last 24 hours.
Fremont school was closed this
morning because of no heat, but.
classes were resumed this after
noon. Sacred Heart academy
was closed all day for the same
reason.
The Marine Barracks was
without lights from 10:30 p. m.
to 12:30 a. m., when partial pow
er resumption went into effect.
There was slight local trouble at
Merrill when the power was off
there for about two hours, but
this was also remedied.
Tanker Fort Lee
Reported Lost
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (Pi
The loss of an American tanker,
the Fort Lee, in the Indian ocean
last November from an enemy
torpedo was announced today by
the navy.
The brief announcement said
only:
The SS Fort Lee, a medium
sized U. S. tanker, was torpedoed
and sunk in the Indian ocean
early in November, 1944.
"Survivors have landed In the
United States."
T
By FRANCIS M. Le MAY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (if),
Prospects of Henry A. Wallace
becoming secretary even of -a
bob-tailed commerce department
were beclouded today by a de
veloping coalition 01 opponents
in the house. , r
By an intricate maneuver, a
combination of republicans and
a segment of southern demo
crats which- often dominates
legislation in the house threat
end to scuttle the George bill.
This would force a direct sen
ate vote on confirmation of Wal
lace as head of commerce in
eluding supervision of the re
construction finance corporation
and other loan agencies. This,
some coalition leaders believed,
would result in outright rejec
tion of the former vice presi
dent for the commerce post.
However, Senator George (D
Ga.), author of the senate-approved
bill divorcing the loan
agencies from the commerce de
partment, expressed the hope
that the measure would become
law without amendments, sav
ing today "I don't think it is
necessary to go ,any further than
we have gone."' ;.
Friends of Wallace joined in
support of the George bill when
it became evident he could not
be confirmed in the senate so
long as the loan agencies re
mained a part of the commerce
department.
Marine Housing
Units Scheduled ,
Colonel George Van Orden of
the Marine Barracks, said today
he had definite word that 115
additional marine family dwell
ing units will be constructed
here. '
These will be for permanent
personnel at the Barracks.
In addition, he said, 300 Ho
moja. huts will be set up here
for use of marine personnel and
their families.
Captain Frederick Lewis of
the Barracks brought the infor
mation back from a visit to the
13th naval district offices at Se
attle. Colonel Van Orden said it 6
hoped to locate the new housing
in the Washburn way area where
80 military housing units, are
now going up. ; , -
Of these : 80, marines hava
been assigned 30, and the others
will be used by navy personnel.
The total for marines is now set
at 145.
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