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E1WW"1'.' l.lweon Jill)
"""' tin l(tiii(l"i etc., mm
L by experience thai
""Vhiv mny be uurniiiH
. . of nuro spite. .U
;1 Unit whatever rtuin
Id , re l f Hltr.v
row 'r '. am effort w
'..niit i rlh In reMorii.K I lit.
.irorn our wwl wnr cflwi.
i. ....... t tin I
Ii'm THE SIDE, d nwiru Uuin
I ?. rwrnildor. limn bombs
Ipd from above.
. -t. ft..
Til Luzon (mm muen '"u
'"..iiiib I'hllinnlno group)
Lvf In our liniidd. our in
t.'i..,n ueross Uio Soutn
; iin and flxc-s itself oil tho
M coiitlnciit-wliero I
, bombed Uimiikok, III Mum
.....I MiHL'iin mill
"ranli Day in liido-Uilim.
iikok H on iiiipurmm
inter on Hie Il ruulu
Burma unci Miilnyn. Saigon
Camronii uy " n
i illlmporlunt (to thu Jnps)
iiu. in oi l ion. mey lire
hcrc JP warships lire
fsibl)' hiding.
WCWlll 110 iMUV.ll UUHiuuiH
hi) railroad.
HERE have been rather steady
iltacks (innro nr less ion in
hniflc of Ihc new In these
lit days when Luzon Inn been
iol on Jup oil liiMnlliillons
Borneo and Sumntrii.
It can expect more such at-
is-tn UKUwiwvi lorec,
irfl wo must stop tlo Jnps
a using thll Dutch Kii.it In
s oil. Then we iiHi.it TAKE
I'OR OUK OWN USE. Tho
wilh which we nre IikIiIIuk
Picillc war now comes from
American continent, unci lum
It moved vast dlstuncea "cross
Pacific. -
Dl as and when we take over
oil ol the Dutch h.'i.it I mill's
Iraniport Job will be lm
ly lightened.
il'R handlcnp unci tho JAP
ADVANTAGE from hero on
ii that our communication
ri will be Ioiir lonijer tluin
nation ever tried to use be-
fe and the Jups' will bo short.
it can taKc nml use the oil
UM Dutch East Indies, we'll
ft vast numbers of ships now
M in carrying oil (or some-
i"l cue,
t
HE Ocrmnn crisis FUSES.
Kontvu OFFICIALLY ncross
uaer above Urcslnu and bus
"iced 121 miles in mio rliw
Nt what n Muscow ,lis,uii,-ii
N "collapslnu Germnn pti.il-
mis army Is pmirlna
m the breneh thus blnslecl
Ine Germnn llnnu ,,,wl l-am.
KO OUT on n network of
vl roads IoiiHImu i ,,ii ,il
lltois Into Germnny.
F Germans sny tho reds nro
f' Ihc Oder in SIX plnces bo-
-"..u onn urc wldcnlnK
' brdgehends MENACING
iwr.tinucd on Puko Two) ,
por Program
Ked by Senate
mil, Feb. 7 Ml Tho
iquor commission's pro.
?mlS "C" "'""rccment of
; quor kw WUH ,
!o Mny nml ,ct t
P three,
under,1 "l'?nl for "cr
the!" nL' i' h,,vc "lor
'"Hon a!c,tllc,1'ennltle8 far
ccs,, ii" ""'Kill minor
nor Ins i ?W ,co"fsentlon of
' for ni!vo" nil-K""y, pro-
or nbntomenl of lllnnnl
ill.. nn renuli-n n..
Wbcnrin.th f, n"?"?.r
in The Shatila-Cascado Wonderland
February 7, 1945
Max. (Fab. B) 43 Mln 34
Precipitation last 24 houri 00
Stream year to date 8,55
Normal 6.B9 Last year 4.57
Forecast! Warmer.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1945
Number 10393
AllictJ Internees At Sonto Tomas Prison Camp
arm1?
rr J
United. Statoa and British civilian intornoos stand with tholr baggage on the grounds of the
Santo Tomaa, Japanese internment camp, in Manila, p. I. Tower of the unlvorsity, which later
was damaged by an earthquake, is in background. The shirtless men had been previously in
ternod and are assisting the newcomers. (Picture takon from Jap barracks alter the capture of
Tacloban, Leyte. by American force). (AP wirephoto from navy).
Oder River Line Sags Under
Red Pressure; Gs Hit Reich
i ITALY BY YMS
By NOLAND NOBGAARD
HOME. Eeb. 7 lll The stronK'
est American attack In Duly
since October hns driven UO0
vnrris Into Ciermnn lines south
euxt of UoIokiui unci nl ned lis
Initinl objectives clcsplto stiff
enemy resistance, hcadqunrtcrs
announced todny.
U. S. fifth army troops which
launched the attack Monday nnd
broke ii lon winter stnlemntc
pushed townrd Germnn stromf
holds of the mountainous Gothic
lino KiinrdlnK the Po vnlley rond
hub In front of Holnunn.
Enemy Still Strong
The slrnnu opposition encoun
tered Indicated there hus been
no wenkenlnir of Germnn de
fenses despite reports the unzis
were shifting some troops from
(Continued on Piiko I wo)
Full Pressure
Expected From
Heating Company
Full nressuro from the Klam
nth HcatlnR enmpnny plant wns
expected by Thiiisclny mornini;
as officials snld they would com
plete conversion of the second
boiler lo oil sometime Wednes
day nlithl.
Tim plant has been down to
one boiler for tho pnst several
eln.vs nnd this boiler has been
UnIhk bolh hoR fuel and some
oil. The second holler w(i no
converted entirely lo oil.
Beauty shops nnd barber
shops In tho business district had
been without hot water and
hent, but llils wns also lo bo
remedied with tho use of both
boilers.
Snored Henri academy students
wore expected lo rclum to class
rooms Thursday ninmlnil. There
were no elnsses Monrtny, lucs
dny afternoon, or Wednesday
''JN Civilian Flying
nonzed on West Coast
SANun. "
V I n, f ,' Fcb- ' Ml
1 ol ' """ninndliiB ucn-
Pitund,. WMlern defense
pl nrr...i ... ' r
r;"lc with r ' "ininc
hlch tul lyl"K nrcn with
horN " , L?"t,,,nllon arc
. lollows
Hty ' "'elude sch lht
n. - ui cnrrlcr oner-
Verninta,rcrafulgl,u
ns defined by civil nlr regula
tions 0151.
3. Civil flliihts for essential
OKrlcullurnl purposes such ns
crop cliistinR. rico sowlnR, pro
vided tho operator hns n certlfl
onto of wnlver of civil nlr rcR
illations Issued by tho civil
aeronautics authority.
Photography
4. Civil fllRhls for nerinl pho
toRrnphy purposes provided
prior approval hns been ob
tained from the western defense
commnntl,
B. Areas of civil fllRhl trnln
Iiir will bo proscribed by the
western defense comniund.
0. FllRhts of civil nlrcrnft In
furtherance of tho war effort.
7. Movement of civil aircraft
for. repair and flight testing. .
By WILLIAM L. RYAN
Aisociatod Pren War Editor
German broadcasts, declaring the entire Oder river line from
East Prussia to Slovakia was sagging under terrific soviet pres
sure, snld today the red army had widened menacing bridge-
nead33 muos or loss irom Berlin in truuJiuitrin. Jtctor.r -
A new blow fell on the Germans from the west as four U. S.
third army divisions invaded the relch at a new point storming
across the Sure and Our rivers on a 22-mile front, and gaining
up to one milo.
Borlin reported a violent artillery barrage laid down by the
U. S. ninth army on both sides of Dueron for three days, possibly
heralding a new offonaive on that sector, 20 miles from Cologne.
The Gorman high command said British attacks in the lower
Roer river area were repulsed, but acknowledged a withdrawal
to positions northoo.it of Eschweiler, seven miles northeast' of
Aachen.
Allied bombors wore reported by Berlin roaring over the
ftrcich again today. -
Soviet artillery pounded tnc
Berlin-Kustrin railroad, Berlin
said, reporting a new bridge
head across the Oder river south
of Kustrin. Other Russian units
captured and-then lost Pyritz,
24 miles southeast of Stettin, in
a push toward the Baltic, the
Germans said.
A numDcr of crossings of the
Oder in tho Kustrin-Frankfurt
area have been reported by the
nazis. who said the Russians
"temporarily" hnd driven tanks
Into Kustrin itself, 40 miles cast
(Continued on Page Two)
OF FATAL STABBI
ARLINGTON, Ore., Fcb. 7 (P)
David Poiiuloxter, 20-ycar-old
New .Orleans, La., negro, was
nrrnlRiicd here todny on charges
of murdering a negro nnd
wounding another in a Union
Pacific bus travelling toward
this town last night.
First degree murder charges
were filed in the death of Syl
vester Reed, 42, Evanston, III.,
whoso blood smeared body was
in tho bus when it pulled into
Arlington.
District Attorney J. D. Weed,
Condon, snld the Colored Pro
(Continued on Pago Two)
Civilians Flee
Berlin, Red Says
MOSCOW, Feb. 7 (P) A gi
gantic flight of elvllinns from
Berlin along roads lo the south
west was described todny by n
Russian hcrinl photographer aft
er n low-level hop over the relch
cnpltnl.
"Cnrs, enrts nnd pedestrians
moving In three lanes jammed
nil southwestern, highways out
of Berlin," snld Lt, Mntvcl Pin
clnik, the photographer. "Here
and there traffic jnms hnd oc
curred. It wns a contrast to the
enstern section of tho city,
Shero streets aopearcd deserted,
nly In the fiietory district on
the west sldo did I observe
smoke Issuing from big chim
neys." Benjamin Derby
Hurt in Action
Word hns been received from
the wnr elennrtment that Sgt.
Benjamin II. Derby Jr., of Klam-
.iin raus whs
wounded In nc
lion in the Bel
glum sector on
January 14. No
further details
were nvnllnblo
nt this time.
Young Derby
Is tho son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Ben
Ininln Derby
Sr.. of Lewis
lane, and Is tho husband of Irene
Derby of 1UUU J-aciuc lerrace,
LN'
K
I' "Til
I jPa
FATE DF.PVT. WEBER
NAZI SHUFFLE
GOVERNMENT
HELD L
Hitler May Drop Title
Of Fuehrer For
Presidency
STOCKHOLM, Fcb. 7 (P)
The. Stockholm newspaper Af
tonblndct said today it believed
that a reorganization of the Ger
man government under which
Hitler would give up the title
of fuehrer to become the rcich's
president, with Franz von Papen
as chancellor, was imminent.
Its information was attributed
to "rumors in Berlin which
reached German circles here."
Von Papen, an ace of the Ger
man diplomatic service, was am
bassador to Turkey when An
kara broke relations w.Hh Berlin
last August 2.
Trial Balloon
The report had the earmarks
of a German trial balloon de
signed to sound out allied reac
tion to whether such a revamped
government would have any
chance of suing for armistice
terms.
It came while President Roose
velt, Prime Minister Churchill
and Premier Stalin were in con
ference on war problems includ
ing Germany's fate.
Aftonbladct, which in the
early stages of the war had a
strongly pro-German attitude,
said Hitler's reason for such a
change was that he "is no longer
(Continued on Page Two)
BILL
VANCOUVER, Wash., Feb. 7
(P) Major John 1. Ferguson,
field artillery adjutant at Camp
Roberts, Calif., has notified Mrs.
Grace Weber it may bo several
months before her .husband's
fate is known, she said today.
The worried young mother
appealed to Major Ferguson for
advice upon learning that Pvt.
Henry Wcbor, her husband, was
under a death sentence for re
fusal to drill.
"Not Final"
"Action of the court Is not
final and is subject to numer
ous reviews which are auto
matic," the officer's message
said. "The reviews constitute ap
peals. The sentence as finally
approved will not be known for
several months."
Mrs. Weber wrote a letter to
Rep. Charles R. Savage, new
(Continued on Pago Two)
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Feb." 7 (fl5) The sen
ate defeated 24 to 6 today the
civil rights bill, which would
have prohibited such public
places as hotels, restaarants and
hospitals from discriminating
against negroes.
There was not a single speak
er against the bill, although Sen.
William E. Walsh, Marshfield, in
explaining his vote said that the
bill "asks speciai privilege to
one group, and is a further "en
croachment on private enter
prise." ' Turned Away
Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney,
Tortland democrat, one of the
sponsors of the bill, denied he in
troduced it for political pur
poses. He cited many cases
where negroes have been turned
away from hotels, restaurants
and hospitals.
Mahoney said the question is
"are we going to travel the road
of prejudice and denial of hu
man rights, or take the road of
equality?"
Senators Coe A. McKennA, re
publican, and Lew Wallace,
(Continued on Page. Two)
Former Prisoners
May Come Home
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (IP)
General Douglas MncArthur has
informed the war and state de
partments that persons liberated
in the Philippines will be per
mitted to come home "as soon
as the mllltary: situation per
mits." MncArthur has also advised
Washington, It was disclosed to
day, that "ho has taken all ap
propriate measures to provide
for the welfare of all United
Nations citizens (liberated) and
that those relief measures will
be continued throughout the
period of military administra
tion by the civil authorities of
the army."
City Schools to Choose
Sweetheart for Valentine
Hearts were aflutter among
the feminine students of the
city's grade schools, with an
nouncement of a Valentine's
Day sweetheart contest suggest
ed bv The Herald and News.
Schools cooperating will in
clude Mills, Fairvicw, Sacred
Heart academy,1 Riverside,
Roosevelt, Pollcnn, Fremont,
Fremont Junior high, and Jo
seph Conger.
Only the boys Will be allowed
lo vote for the Valentine sweet
heart and final selection will
be made by Monday, February
12. On Wednesday, .St. V'Sjen-
tine's Day, pictures of the
sweetheart will be a Herald and
News front page feature. Each
room will probably select a
candidate, and the boys will
choose -a school representative
from . the ; various contestants.
Only one sweetheart will be
chosen from each grade school,
although Fremont junior high
will -have its own Valentine
along with the schools which
embrace first to seventh grades,
inclusive. ' . .
Each sweetheart will be pre
sented with her picture from
The Herald and News.
Leaders Agree
On Conclusion
Of Nazi War
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 (P) President Roosevelt Prime Min
ister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, mooting in the Black sea
area, have reached "complete agreement" on joint military opera
tions for the windup of the war against Germany.
This was announced today in Washington, London and
Moscow simultaneously.
"Discussions of problems involved in establishing a secure
peace have also begun," said the release issued here by the
White House.
The first official disclosure made of the gathering of the Big
Three listed these political questions now under consideration:
1. "Joint plans for the occu-
m FLEETS
LASH OUT AT
ENE1BASES
WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 (Ft
Separate fleets of Superfort
resses lashed at Japanese mili
tary installations in Thailand
and Indo-China today.
Flying from India bases, the
B-29s of Brig. Gen. Roger M.
Ramey's 20th bomber command
sprang the twin attacks in day
light. A war bulletin from Gen
eral of the Army H. H. Arnold,
commanding the 20th air force,
did not disclose additional de
tails.' Japanese controlled Saigon
radio in Indo-China, in a broad
cast recorded by the FCC, said
the Saigon-Cholan area was at
tacked . before , noon and that
"considerable damage" was done
to a hospitals and -residential
quarters. A radio announcer
was killed, the broadcast added.
Results Forthcoming
Results of the missions will
bo announced when operational
reports are received from the
theater.
Possible targets were Bang
kok, capital of Thailand; Saigon,
chief city of Indo-China, and the
fleet base at Camranh bay, 200
miles northeast of Saigon.
Bangkok is. the major trans
portation center supplying Japa-'
(Continued on Page Two)
Marines Blast
Island Bases
V. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD
QUARTERS, FORWARD AREA,
Feb. 7 (fl5) Army Liberators
hammered the Bonin and Vol
cano islands Sunday and Mon
day while marine bombers
struck barges and buildings on
the Palau islands, Fleet Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz reported to
day. Marine torpedo planes de
stroyed a pier and buildings on
Yap, Monday, and marine Mit
chell bombers hit the airfield
on by-passed Ponape in the Car
olines, Tuesday, where they met
intense ack-ack and lost one
plane, the communique added.
Jap
pation and control of Ger
many." 2. "Political and economic
problems of liberated Europe-"
3. "Proposals for the earliest
possible establishment of a per
manent international organiza
tion to maintain peace."
Communique Coming
The statement promised a
communique at the conclusion
of the conference.
There was no designation of
the place of the historic gather
ing nor was there any indica
tion of how Jong the conference
would last. -
But the fact that at this point
a detailed declaration of sub
jects under discussion should be
made indicated strong hopes
among the conferees for a high
degree of success.
Continuous Meetings
Their purpose, the formal an
nouncement said, "is to concert
plans for completing the defeat
of the common enemy and for
building, with their allies, firm
foundations for a lasting, peace.
Meetings are proceeding con
tinuously." . .
It was stated, that the three
chiefs of state are accompanied
by their.-foreign . secretaries,
their chiefs of staff and other
advisors. - -
'.' It was "known ahead of time
that Secretary of State Stettin
ius, Admiral William D. Leahy,
presidential . chief of staff, and
Harry Hopkins were with Mr.
Roosevelt. His other advisers included-
War Mobilizer James F.
Byrnes, a member of his offi
cial family.
IN CITY FOB
SHOBTVISIT
Race For Capital On'
Between Captors,
Demolitionists
By FRED HAMPSON
MANILA, Feb. 7 (P) Gen.
Douglas MacArthur returned for
a brief time to Manila tnriav. '
fulfilling his pledge that he -
would return to the Philippine '
capital, while a erim men Hp.
veloped, between Americans try-
ing to clean out the city and
trapped enemy bent on destroy
ing it. ; ,
The American eommnnrtpr
visited Santo Tomas internment5
camp while it was being shelled
by the Japanese and lelt as one
shell smacked into the earth
within a hundred feet of him.
The enemy artillery had bom
barded: the area intermittently
inrougnout Tuesday night and
todays wounding some soldiers.
Cheer General ' . . j
Internees crowded around.
when MacArthur arrived before ,
noon and cheered him lustily..'
He was accompanied bv his.
staff. They alighted from theirs
motor cars amid cheers of
'There s MacArthur" and "He's ':
back."
This historic moment had for'
(Continued on Page Two)
s
PLEA IN COURT
Francis Joseph Glynn, Klam
ath naval air station, indicted by
the Klamath county grand jury'
on a charge of failure to stop at
the scene of an accident,"
changed his plea of not guilty to '
guilty before Circuit Judge'
David R. Vandenberg this morn
ing and received a six months'
probation sentence. - y -,
' Probation was recommended
by-District Attorney Clarence A. -Humble
' and accepted by the
court; Glynn was arrested fol.
lowing an accident on S. 6th at
which Luiie iviia. - igit: isuijei
was injured.' Glynn will report
acK io mc air siauon wnen ne
signs his probation. At the pres
ent time he is in the county jail.
. (Continued on Page Two)
Full Gales Hit Astoria;
Power, Phone Lines Down
ASTORIA, Ore., Feb. 7 (fl3)
Full gales reaching 80-miles-an-hour
velocities, driving sheets of
rain, tore out power and tele
phone lines, damaged buildings
and hampered shipping in this
area today.
Starting early last night as a
stiff wind in a pouring rain, the
gale achieved a steady velocity
of 75 "miles an hour, and had
averaged 50 miles since, it start
ed, the U. S. navy observer re
ported. No Heat, Light
Power and communication
lines serving the Astoria area
were torn down intermittently
during last night and today, and
windows were broken and awn
ings destroyed throughout the
city. Several business concerns,
How Yanks Entered Manila
X S.plon.WAvUl,yCcmeleriJS 1
IMHMT M
Ouoronfine
Month Bay
SIATUIE MILE
Arrows indicate thrusts into Manila by the U, S. first cavalry
and the 37th infantry divisions. Americans have driven through
the city aa far south as the Pasig river, freeing prisoners at the
Santo Tomas and Bllibld prison camps and selling Malacanan
nalace. former aovernmental headctuarters for the Philippine
commonwealth. Japanese have set fire to the business district
of Manila lying south of the Pasig.
without light or heat, closed
their doors during the height ot
the storm.
Service was restored by Pa
cific Light and Power company,
to essential users, such as hospi
tals, but poles reportedly were
continually going down. The ac
companying rain weakened
their foundations.
It was one of the worst storms
since 1934, when the freighter
Iowa was driven on Peacock:
Spit, with a large loss of life.
Fishers Out ,
Several fishing boats -were re
ported to be out, but nearby
coast guard stations reported
that no distress signals had been
received. Smaller craft tied up
in the Young's river bay were
pounded by four and five-foot
rollers. Trailers parked in the
federal housing project tract
were demolished. A heavy metal
top on a large truck was torn,
from the cab and blown 20 feet
in the air, the driver reported.
The Columbia bar was closed
to all shipping.
The navy forecaster said the
storm likely would continue to
day and tonight.
8 Join C of C
In New Drive
Eight new names were added
to the membership of the cham
ber of. commerce since the begin,
ning 'Of the drive on Tuesday
morning, it was revealed at the
membership meeting which was
held at noon today. However,
many of the workers have not
reported as yet, and it is request,
ed that they turn in their results
as soon as possible, in order that
the chamber of commerce may
keep in touch with their prog,
ress.
Mayor A. Kalina of Malin
spoke briefly at this meeting,
and stated that he has been a
member of the chamber of com
merce for 25 years.
Two other guests at this meet
i" were Roderick Finney,
executive secretary of the Ore
gon state salvage committee,
and Gordon Bcebe, training spec
ialist of the "Training Within
Industry" service. Both arrived
in Klamath Falls for meetings
on their own subjects. Finney
arrived for tho salvage commit
tee meeting ' which has been
slated for Tuesday evening, and -Bcebe'will
preside at a series ol
meetings to be held during this
month, . .
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