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Ftbruiry 6. 1945
Max. (Feb. 5) 40 Min 27
Precipitation latt 24 bouri Tract
Stream year to date 5.55
Normal 6.89 Lat yaar 4.57
Foracaiti Cloudy and cold.
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 6. 1945
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kc ARTHUR says today 1110
ot Manna "" w"
"if the Pacific war and
the stage for niiothcr. Our
ilorllwncxt phase, lie soys,
fen to Tokyo.
: adds: "wc " "",.,,,"
nnH nroven CUM
to when CALLED UPON."
.ttehas Been loose 1II1K
1 will be me cm. 01 uio
lor MacArthur thut lie
1 retired or transferred
homebody else put In charge.
luM-m Unit "this vctcruii
fcind" Is ready when culled
could easily Do interpreted
bid (or continued lender-
HAT will the Jnpsdo next?
Rcarilne tho Jnn mind Is loo
!i job lor us honic-frontcrs,
know only wnni we lire
but dlsnatches o( tho past
dm Indicate that thoy are
ling harder for ALL of oust
1 ind arc stlilenliig mar
iincc In Burma.
pal suggests that they have
id their island cmpiro good-
nd arc ret ring 10 tho
tic continent.
every sign, the German war
ipproachlng a crisis.
! Russians arc lined un
the greater purl of the cunt
01 ineuacr. At some places
artillerymen arc firing
open sights at the Germans
k west bank. The German
ine reds havo crossed In nl
mree places cust ond south
ol Berlin,
Russians ore silent on Hint
but the Moscow radio In.
ts thai bin news 1n.1v be
H toon.
ERE arc strong hints Hint
Russians arc near Slel-
Mine northeast of
A but & tn flint M.,
Plttelv silent today, A Rus-
L i,10 a'cln would cut
"IC Gorman nr,i,lm ..1
Krla, as East 1'russln has
ll. ,l!culoff' Presumably
P'g other Uro,. h,n. .,r
f'nlroops.
PUN
rays today Hint we and
British nn. ,,11 . . .
fvo from Iho Hoer
tontln C?'nc' " Hie west
pntinucd on Pnito Kmirt
First Convoy On Ledo Road
mm., -
Soviets Cross Oder;
Allies
Drive on
Prep
are New
Fatherland
Tho Initial convoy to mora ovar tha naw Lado road, datoura
around a naw causeway along tho llfollna into China as trucks
advance toward Kunming from the starting point at Ledo Assam.
India. (AP wlroohoto from U. S. signal corps).
Wife Seeks Way to Save
Husband From Hanging
For Refusal to Bear Arms
VANCOUVER,. Wnsh., Feb. 0
Mi The 25-yenr.old wife of an
army private sentenced to be
hoiiKCd for refusal to bear arms,
stood stiiunchly by him today as
she houkIiI desperately some way
to save him from tho gallows.
"It Isn't that lie doesn't wnnl
to nerve his country," said Mrs.
Grace Weber. "It's Just that he
has a deep-seated view against
killing his fellow men. Tho army
hu.H known that all ulong."
She expressed uma.cmcnt
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON. Feb. 0 Ml
Aubrey Williams found an unex
pected ally In Senator Wheeler
(D-Mnnt.) toduy as he went to
bat to win confirmation of his
appointment as REA head.
Williams, testifying before the
senate ngrlcullure committee, de
fended Ills record as former na
tional youth administrator
ngnlnst what ho described as
"charges that wo wasted money. '
Ho also, In response to a ques
tion, disclaimed any communist
connections or associations.
Constructive Program
Outlining Ills service In var
ious government capacities since
lt):ta, the nominee drew the
(Continued on Pago Four)
m Walk Home From Hot
nheWith Canadian Navy
LANrmtttt..
oynl Cnnndlnn nnvy
V Into n liT ', '""'ren nn In
hr r.cn.1 " Hint girl
Mo witn. Incnl snl'l nil
marlM..c,omllelo Invcstlun.
Iffted. IOT0 ny statement
f!.'rw i,... ..... ..
,clHshort" mt 11,0 cruise
Eln(lins 11,. 0S.k' of"er-r
!lllw onm.."lr". and
ld "be-
lar no t j. '.Hiuiu i!
n uSl"IHi (naval
h9Ve a?CL.",.a?lnglzed
-Hieil nis
Son
npol-
V' Complain
;-'-""ieti mm
'ling.
'.on the tug
"unfit for duty" and were mo
lesting them and demanded to
bo put nshoro nflcr only 40 min
utes of what was planned as n
thrnc-hnitr cruise."
Tho News-Herald sold:
"Lieut. Elmer Cook,, officer
commanding the Tars and Spnrs
company, which leaves by train
this morning for Seattle, admit
ted that there has been 'an unfor
tunate Incident' on tlie tug but
declined to comment further.
Rum, Whiskoy Soon
"One witness declared that n
crock which ho believed con
tained rum was In plain view
In tho vessel's engine room.
There wore nlso report of whis
key hollies being flourished by
Canadian naval rnlings. . .
"Almost as soon as the lug
left tho wharf. It Is reported, the
Cnnndlnn ratings began molest
ing tho girls. , . After four com
plaints to n sub-lieutenant com
manding the vessel ... he order
ed the vessel back to tlie wharf
ond tho entire party came
nshnro. , , .
"Indignant clvlllnn members
of tho pnrty say that the girls
wero In no way to blnme for the
situation but hnd accepted an of
ficial Invitation from the Cana
dian nnvv to take tho cruise".
that tho army had not notified
her of the death sentence against
her husband, Pvt. Henry P. Web
er, 27, nt Camp Roberts, Calif..
"I don't know what woy to
turn," she said, "but I have
groat fnith in Senator Wheeler
of Montana. Surely ho will suc
ceed in his senate investigation
when all the facts are known."
As she stroked the hair of
their son, Woync, 31, Mrs. Weber
explained that her husband's
convictions do not stem from re
ligion but from membership in
the American socialist labor
party, which, she said, teaches
that such killing is wrong.
Atki Medical Work
"Can't a man be a conscien
tious objector on other than re
ligious grounds?" she asked. "I
stand by Henry's conviction. He
did not ask to go to a conscien
tious objectors' camp. He asked
assignment to a medical unit or
(Continued on Pago Three)
Assault Charge
Filed Against
Timber Faller
A charge of assault with
('.angerous weapon was filed
Tuesday in Justice court against
John Hnytcr, 27-ycar-old Shev
1 in timber fuller in connection
with the shooting of his partner
Clntulo Powell, February 2 at
Shevlin, 55 miles south of Bend
Hayter has been held In the
Klamath county lull pending 111
formation from Bend as to
Powell's condition. Sheriff
Lloyd L. Low called the Lum
berman's hosnllnl. whoro Powell
Is being treated' for gunshot
wounds In tho groin and arm,
and was advised Into Monday
that some symptom of peritoni
tis had appeared but thai Powell
was doing as well as could bo ex
pected. Hayter and Powell
worked together as a team em
ployed In the woods by Shevlin
lllxon Lumber company,
Klamath Man k
Raid on Kuriles
Harry B. Donaldson, radio
man, USN, Klamath Falls, took
part in a mission from nn Aleu
tian base when fleet air wing
four Venturas surprised tho Ku
rile islands' Japanese again Sat
urday with a successful rocket
bombing attack on tho radio sin
Hon nt Jurobu Capo airfield on
Paramushlro.
Two of the planes heavily
strafed two groups ot Japanese
soldiers, one a band of BO march
ing in formation, and tho second
group of 10 sighted In a whaling
bont off-shore.
It was the second rocket bomb
ing In tho North Pacific opera
tions by navy planes. The first
was January 24, when tho radio
station and lighthouse at Koku
tnn Point, on the extreme north
ern portion of Shimushu was
bombed.
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Astoclatad Prats War Editor
Marshal Ivan S. Kontv'i first Ukrainian army has captured
Stainau, key city en tha watt bank ol tha Oder 32 milot north
watt of Bretlau, Barlin announced today, at toviett surged across
tha tmoka-ihroudad rlvar along 50-mile line 'across the latt
water barrier before Barlin.
In tha watt, Berlin tald, tha allies prepared or a naw offen
sive whila some 1300 Fortratiet and Liberators with 850 atcortt,
tlagad ona of tho greatest matt raldt on tha reich, tmathing at
Letpilg. Magdeburg and Chemnitt, the latter lett than 30 miles
from tha Ciechoslovak border.
Curtaini of Ruitian artillery flra ware laid on Frankfurt by
flrtt White Ruitian army artilleryman firing over open sights.
Frankfurt it 38 miles from Barlin. already proclaimed by the
; A Garment a front line city."
Canture of Steinau. 140 miles
southeast of Berlin, gave Konev
soringboard for a sweep
awainst the German capital on
the first White Russian army's
left flank.
Moscow indicated Germany
was being set up for the final
power-blows both from cast and
west as Marshal Gregory K.
Zhukov's forces reached the
Oder In strength. Zcllm, 15
miles northwest of Kustrm and
32 miles northeast of Berlin,
has been captured, the Russians
said, and nazi broadcasts indi
cated the red army m.gnr De
less than 30 miles from the
capital.
The uermans reported? mree
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BRITON SAYS
BIG 3 CONFAB
J
ill HI
Bv JOHN A. PARRIS, JR.
LONDON, Feb.-6 (VP) Sir
Walter. Citrine,--British trade
union leader, announced today
that Prime Minister Churchill
was meeting with ' President
Roosevelt and ' Premier Stalin
"at this very moment." "
It was the iirst concrete dis
closure from allied quarters that
they were In session. Citrine
made the statement ot the open
ing session of the British Trades
Union congress'. . .
Ho did not give any hint as to
where tho meeting was being
held.. The .French ;te 1 e ga.-ph
agency, however; alrt ttln three
leadewrwere'oH'f.ef tiri g at
Sochi, a. Russian, BlacK sea port
20 miles above the border ot Sta
lin's home province of Georgia.
Hold Near Black Sea
Tho German- radio declared
tho meeting was being held ei
ther on a worship in the Black
sea, or at a Black sea port.
"Arrangement had been made
for. Mr. .Churchill to address this
. .(Continued on Page Three)
American Action
Needed for Unity,
Says Vandenberg
DETROIT, Feb. 6 (P) Some
of the United Nations "will con
tinue to go their way," says Sen
ator Vandenberg (R-Mlch.), "un
less and until they know that
they can depend upon America
to join effectively in keeping
Germany and Japan demilitar
ized." In what was described as the
"second chapter" of a foreign
policy address in the senate last
month, Vandenberg told a home
stnto audience here last night he
would continue to urge that
America "sign up now with all
her major allies to join in a hard-and-fast
treaty."
Fear of future axis-aggrcsslon,
he said, has been responsible
"for much of the resurgent move
ments toward alliances and to
ward the -old 'power polities'
which has been the world's
prime curse." Among the "dls-
unlfylng steps" taken by allied
nations, he listed the partition
ing of Poland, the Anglo-Soviet
agreement of 1042, the Soviet
Czechoslovak agreement v - of
1043 and the Franco-Soviet
treaty of 1944.-
SOLDIER VOTE BILL
. By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
. SALEM. Fob. 8 W) The sol
dier vole i bill, already ' house-
IHjpfBVciaT
PROTESTS M
DIVERSON
PLARLREPORT
Engineer Says Will
Of People to
Prevail
BbroVocr War oassed 22 to 7
tonav nv ;tna senate. - '
The bill gives service men ,70
days, Instead of the 45 they now
get to vote in primary ana gen
eral elections. It also provides
that unopposed candidates can't
get space in tlie voters, pampniei,
and restricts pictures in me
pamphlets to portraits.
- Amendment Eyed
The bill goes back to the house
for approval of a senate amend
ment -forcing independent can
didates to file at least 150 days
before the general "election, in
stead of 45 days as now is the
The opposition to- the bill in
the senate was based largely on
this provision.
Memorial Fails
The senate reconsidered its
vote by which it approved yes
terday a memorial asking con
gress to abolish the OPA and
other war agencies as soon as the
war ends, but the memorial
failed again, 15 to 14.
Senator Paul Patterson, Hills
boro, said the OPA will be the
"salvation of the country when
the war ends, because it will
Drevcnt Inflation." Sen. Frank
H. Hilton, Portland, sponsor of
the memorial, said OPA "is dia
metrically opppscd to American
principles.
Post Refuses to
Restore Names
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Feb. 6 (P)
The membership of Hood River
American Legion post today had
rejected the recommendation of
the legion's national commander
that -it restore the names of
Japanese-American service men
erased from tne county s nonor
roll
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6 (P)
A California legislative commit
tee was told today that diversion
of Klamath river waters would
not be carried through against
the will of the people.
Col. K. M. Moore, U. S. dis
trict army engineer, said the
engineers reopened the question
at the request of the national
resources planning committee to
include power development, fish,
game and recreation, as well as
Hood control.
The federal power commission,
department of agriculture, and
department of interior are co
oneratine. Moore said.
State Senator Randolph Col
lier, Yrcka, chairman ot tne
joint legislative committee, won
an acknowledgement from- Col.
Moore that the deputy chief of
army engineers had promised
"if you don't want this -project
you don't have to have it." -
. Informal Statement
The statement was made In
formally in Sacramento yester
day by Maj. Gen. Thomas M.
Robbins, deputy chief of army
enaineers and Moore's superior.
Moore said he personally could
only carry out his orders to. pro
ceed with the survey. ; .
. The engineers plan public
hearings , on the project at Klam
ath Falls February 20. at Yreka
February 1, and at Eureka Feb-
ruaryj. u.
SACRAMENTO; Feb. 6 ()
There will be no diversion of the
Klamath river waters into other
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Business Area ;
Set Aflame by
Trapped Enemy
,,r. By C. YATES McDANIEL '
U1HTT t B T cu a . . ..... .
V, vi 1 ini Business aitmet ol Manila
was in flamet Monday night at trapped Japaneta toldiert put
Iht torch to tha Etcolta district. .
Tha Manila fira daDartmant wai olnn u.u . 1
of tha fins, but there wat no water prattura and tha fireman
aueui nipi.. ino japantte Blew up water pumping sta
tion! taveral dayt ago.
-The Etcolta. Manlla't main builnau ttraat.' it on tha north "
thore of the Patig river. In prawar days it had tuch lino strue- :
turet at tho Heacock department ttora, Hamilton-Brownt ttoro
and many other lmpoting buildings.
The trapped Japanese "token" garrison left in tha city was
fighting with savage futility to break tha tighening American
cordon. They left firat and exploaiont behind them at 'they fall
back into a steadily conttricting death trap.
. American douahbovi. tuDoortad bv mAr' m hti,inf
lentleuly down upon the enemy.
ine tecono Japanese suiciae units began to destroy tha Etcolta
region Monday night. Tho district alto includes many bankt and
office buildings, among tham tha National City bank oi New
York. . . ,
- Flames Spread Northward
Fanned by. a breeze off Manila bay to the south the flames '
spread northward toward Bilibid penitentiary where 800 Ameri
can military prisoners and 550 civilian internees were liberated
by 37th division infantrymen the day before.
LaDonng throughout the night, soldiers and the newly-freed
captives who were strong enough to help removed every man,
woman and child from the old prison. .
The Santo Tomas prison camp, where 3700 civilians were
liberated, is set apart from the business district and is an island
of safety from the flames. . .
Throughout Monday night the buildings of Santos Tomas
were shaken as American guns pounded the district to the south,
where the Japanese were fighting from house to house. . : ,
Battle Dotperately
The enemy force trapped in the city was not believed to be
large. It was fighting with resigned desperation, however. ' r- '
wnue tne jtn lniantry.and lirst (dismounted) cavalry dm-
sion were mopping up street by street north of the Pasig river,
the 11th airborne division, troops yesterday met stiff resistance .
around Nichols field, at the extreme south edge of the city. -
. Liberation of Manila and more than 5000 prisoners from three '
years of Japanese subjugation was proclaimed today by Gen. ',
Douglas MacArthur, who immediately took up the new war cry,
"On to Tokyo!" -
Deliver Knockout Blow J
The knockout blow was delivered by paratroopers of the 11th.
airborne division, who drove into Manila from the south ire a 35- '
mile overnight dash as first cavalry and 37th division Yanks J
smashed across the Pasig river barrier in the city's heart. . .
Destruction -of the Japanese defenders -"is imminent," Mac-
Arthur announced. Caught in' a three-way trap, the enemy can I
only go toward Manila bay, which is constantly under American
bombsights. , .s
Cbrregidor fortress 'at' the harbor entrance and the nearby
Bataan peninsula could serve-as temporary refuge. Bataan now t
is under American control, all. its roads sealed off at the north.
MacArthur proclaimed. '.'The fall of Manila was the end of '
one great phase of the. Pacific struggle, and set the stage for an
other." He added: - - . ' . : . ; ', ";t
"We shall not: "rest until ;th,e enemy is completely overthrown ?
We are well on the- way, but Japan itself is our final goal ... i
Our "motto becomes, '.On to .Tokyo!' . '. ..... .. .':.,-i. , ' ...
The wording could -Be .interpreted as a bid for continuing":
command in 'the campaign against Japan proper and a move to v
put down rumors that the Philippines would be the end of the "
road for the five-star general: .
MacArthur made it clear, a quick cleanup of Manila's remain-
ing Japanese could be expected, announcing that his men were
"rapidly. clearing the enemy from Manila after surrounding the:
Japanese garrison with the noose formed by the first cavalry, ;
the 37th and the 11th airborne divisions.' . ;'-- ---
By HARRY T. MONTGOMERY
OWEN SOUND, unt., ieo. tl
(TPi-Early dissolution of parlia
ment was in prospect for Canada
today as a result of the defeat of
Defense Minister Gen. A. G. L.
McNauehton in yesterday's Grey
North by-electioh and its implied
reiection of Prime Minister w
L. King's compromise conscrip
tion policy.
Gen. McNauehton was defeat
ed in his bid for a seat in the
house of commons by Garfield
Case, former mayor of Owen
Sound, running on the ticket of
the official opposition party, the
progressive conservatives. Casej
received 7338 votes against 6099
for McNaughton and 3136 for
the candidate of the socialistic
CCF (cooperative common
wealth federation).
The government arranged the
by-election ostensibly simply to
provide a seat in parliament for
McNaughton, who had been ap
pointed to the cabinet from civil
ian life last November at the
height of the conscription crisis.
The two opposition parties
decided to contest the seat, and
the government's conscription
and general manpower policies
were made the principal issue in
one of the bitterest campaigns in
recent dominion history.
Membership Campaign Set
By Chamber of Commerce
Double Blows Rain On Reich
i DH""' esi Ttloi 'SltlnIc5NVV';'H
'''' ' K'"'!.'."....-' '''t"' Cfy"!
ani. Hvmw iMAni rniitd th Oilir river. In it water barrier before Barlin, as Gorman reports
laid American troopi to tho wott (prepared a gro at of fcntlvo on tho reich. Flrtt army troops eloted
in on Schleiden after tmathing into tne ttcona concrete neit 01 tne aiegmea una.
A membership campaign for
the Klamath county chamber of
commerce developed out of a
members' dinner held at the
Willard hotel Monday night at
which' committee work of the
civic organization was revised.
Under the direction of Alice
Vitus, membership chairman,'
and Vera Owens, director in
charge, the campaign was
mapped with all persons pres
ent being given the names of
several non-members ' to contact
in the next few days.
-;. Record Membership
Owens said it is hoped to in
crease the chamber membership
by at least 100. It is now to,
hlohf-st in Its history, but it was
pointed out that the member
ships of . comparaDie viiamvcia
are higher .
First renort bv a solicitor in
the drive was made Tuesday by
P M. Oilmore. caDtain Of one
of three competing teams, who
signed up Rohert JJ.- roner,
heating contractor; Ken. H.
Snmson.' Samson Implement
company; and Fred Hubler. Ore-
eon State hatchery.
First to join by mail was
Louis Kandra, Merrill, who was
contacted under tne man so
licitation nroeram set for per
sons living outside Klamath
Fnlla ' ' - " ' ' ' " -
Committee chairmen 01 tne
chamber gave reports showing
the wide range of work the or
ganization is doing this year.
Richard Henzel, director In
charge of land use, reported
that the cnamDer is preparing
n hrlof for nrosentation to the
army engineers when they hold
a hearing on the Klamath river
diversion February zu. ne a.so
told of the chamber's work In
connection with increasing the
scope 01 agricultural expert
mentation in this area.
Lists Holidavt
Walt Wiescndanger, chairman
of the retail trade committee,
lMrrl the husincss holidays de-
plrieH unon for this year and
outlined the efforts made by
the , committee to eliminate
rackets and unworthy solicita
tions here. - ' '
Factors affecting the indus
trial develODtnent of the com
munity were discussed by . Nick
Long, industrial development
chairman. He emphasized that
the committee is interested in
suggestions for' industries, large
or small.
Vernon Moore reported that
the chamber's finances are in
good shape, and said he believed
money will be available for spe
cial purposes at any time such
needs actually develop.
Information Slated
Lee Holliday. chairman of
the agriculture committee, told
how the committee is working
for the release of Informative
material over press and radio
for the benefit of farmers.
What has been done to allevi
ate the city's worst 1945 head
ache the. housing and fuel
shortage was described by Leo
Lombard, chairman of the joint
housing and fuel committee. He
said that recent developments
have been promising in both.
fields.
Phil Hitchcock, chairman of
aviation, gave a short talk on
aviation after the war, and told
what has been done here to-.
ward acquisition of secondary
airports. The big Klamath mailt
field, now used as a naval air
station, promises to put this city
in a prominent place on the
aviation map, he said. -
' Hope For Highway .
Tom Watters. chairman of
the roads and highways com-,
mittee, reported - that there is
new hope for getting the Klamath-Hatfield
highway on the fed
eral aid system, and told of re
cent developments in the field
of highway legislation.
oeorgo Davis, reporting for
the - rates committee,, predicted
that Klamath Falls will gain lit
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Charles Foulon
Hurt in Action
PFC Charles Fredric Foulon,
former KUHS football player,
was wounded in action, January
4. in Belgium, according to word
. eceived here
from the para
trooper's moth
er, Mrs. Ed P.
Foulon.
Foulon re
ceived shrannel
wounds - in the
left le .-and 1"
u t v u n 1 11 a I'" jt-t
arm, . He is re
covering In a
hospital in
France. Friends
may write to
Foulon at tho
f n 1 1 n w ine ad
dress, Co. "C," 813 Parachute)
infantry, 17 division, APO 452,
care PM, New York. .
t.