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PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1845
Number 10384
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illlclol
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till A
mushed
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klcti ol Berlin.
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ja I'aru 111
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klrlnaroa.'aio, 1 " ;
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1(re he WEST bank 0 the
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h ullnt tlio Imiird of 11 hlith
II 10 be climbed by tho on
tii !.. n(ipr ihcv net across.
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rhnknv now num uw ..
hke cast bank, a mfeiy wide
Uh base for Ills ussault
. . .
iS tot- western front, we mid
ih British nro punching
lh RISING POWER.
h,,n l nfrnicn attain In
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dispatches to the siitnincnncc
ir CflDlUrC "1 U1U tvnuui
U it the head of the Hoer.
L luciscs from what 1.1 snld
T' .T - t 1 ...
il Uie ucrninns iinu nnpiu iu
d these dams ounlnst tho zero
kr when wo ntlniK 111 mil
tt on the lower Hoer, then
'EN the r liotcs nun send n
ill ot water swirling, down to
Itrwhclm in,
EADING the dispatches, one
rains unavoidably tho 1m
alon Hint Elsenhower Is
ied and rendv. WAITING
Bit HIE SIGNAL, .
HEAD of us and the British
is the Rhine n far touiiher
iltr barrier Hum the Oder.
Military "observers" In Wnsrv
Eton arc spcculolInK .today that
may jump It with airborne
tops. (Wo have an airborne
PMY wli ell wo tried to uso
:mvtly at Arnlicm but fulled
wtcess because our sunnort-
J ground troops couldn I gel
I in umc.)
II wo try it niinln, wo'll move
ren and enrth to eet thorn
le In time.
F we can speculnto about nn
airborne crosslnif nt Hie
name, so enn I in nermiiiin
fey II move heaven and earth
areas H U as they did' nt
("'tltlll,!
t itagc i.i sot. Tho nlaycrs
tace (EVERYHODY'ln the
wMiunucd on rngo ElKht)
of C Adds 17
few Members
Sevcniccn
rl!ddcd ,t0 1110 chamber of
Piaierco Hn n, 1
iVLi.' mt,'bersliip drlvo
lhCtTn?""V,"y.-,.Tl's
V l cording to Chnrlcs
ir .i' f.h',n,bt,r secretary,
ffhE '.L1 ,!,"n,y .w?"
tit rl u ., "leCKOa 111, SO
' A J to (i,,llrc!l nro 10't ns
, '"NHUIO.
Mlkr',!', tllla drlvo nro
Y" to renort n 1 u
Leathernecks Snare Crocodile
ff
rctCTi
This fellow will make a line pair of shoes, accordlna to 2nd
Lt. Norman R. Peters ol Klamath Falls, (right), who with Major
William A. Swlnerton of Redwood City. Calif., bagged this 6H
foot, 73-pound crocodile while stationed with a marine outfit in
the Solomons. Official marine corps photo.
Marine Front Klamath Makes
Shoes for Wife From Croc
By 8GT. VIC KALMAN
Marine Corps Combat
Correspondent
SOMEWHERE IN THE PACI
FIC, (Delayed) Marino 2nd U,
Norman R. Peters, 28, Klamath
Fulls, Ore., Is miiklnir a pair of
shoes from a crocodile skin to
send lo his wlfo back hohic.
Just beforo Christmas, Lt.
By FRANCIS J. KELLY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 W)
Scnulor lirooks (H-lll.) contend
ed today that Gen. George C.
Mnrslmll and Admiral Ernest J.
KInK had fulled to uso military
manpower to tho best advant
age. . Ho also charged them
with responsibility "f o r vast
overproduction of billions of
dollars worth of surplus goods."
Tho Illinois republican took
tho senate floor to crlticlic
(Continued on Pago Two)
Paul Surprenant
Reported Missing
Mr. and Mrs. George Surprcn
nnt of 2235 Orchard, received
word from the war department
on Wcdncsdny that their son,
SSgt. Paul D. Surprenant has
been reported missing over
Yugoslavia stneo January 21.
Tho 22-vear-old youth was a
waist gunner on a B-17, Flying
Fortress. He Joined tho nrmy
on Juno 15, 1043, and received
his gunner's wings at Kingman,
Arlzonn In January of 1044.
Surprenant Is also n graduate of
tho armament school nt Lowry
Field, Colorado, and has been
mtnpann, alllPH NnVCITlhcr.
rrmnxl -ii .. ... ..41.
Hill in II. 1 1, llnw IIPPII- I 110 IS n RrnclliniO Ol rtllimnm
'inmorr il 1 ho cll"mber of 1 Union high school, and was
lr biwi. ' Kcel1 n record of later employed by L,ocKiiecn-
s. IVegn aircraft In Los Angcics.
orofroops May Leap-Frog
ine to Gain Rridaeheads
given until ; powerful ground
forces reach n position from
which they can nclvancc quickly
to n Junction with them.
Arnhem Timed Badly
Once before, nt Arnhem In
Holland, tho airborne soldiers
hurdled the Rhino only to bo
forded bnck when supporting
troops wore unnblo to conic up
quickly enough to anchor the
bridgehead they hud won. This
mistake In liming probably will
not bo repented.
The Germans, of course, nro
atvaro of tho threat of allied aer
ial landings and probably havo
taken measures to thwart them.
In fact, ono of the grontcst prob
lems in such an operation w 11
bo tho location of an area suit
able for tho landings. Most of
tho logical areas behind tho
Rhine, military experts say,
probably aro studded w l t h
stakes, wires and other ob
stacles.
H. HIGGS
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ulatii
Bro Gellewls
W may ;,," "irborno
imupyi n tut; 111111111 nn-
N drv7P l"S "'l10'1 Kround
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'alorv , niHhty unrrlcr,
1 01 Corn, ,vl ' ln'n 1 10
1Irl,.C.rmn.V, will bo nnn
'"nilo's ',fl'""tln8 ""led
c hod,,lCR llclr troops
'S "no mV ""'""Kli tho Slog.
A Wlca? J! IT01"' front,
E?lffl! bH '"throw the
f'H mil'' '.ens It nlr
h. "l Mil IIIKP-
""iiroopei WH
be
Peters and Major William A.
Swlnerlon, Redwood City, Calif.,
went crocodile hunting with
carbines. :.' :,JN,
Peters flushed the croe out of
n' cavltv hi' the cornl recf whlen
Jutted out into tho sea, and the
major snot it. The croc proved
to be six and one-half feet long,
and weighed 72 pounds.
Wants More
"If I can get n good pair of
shoes out of it," Peters said,
"I'm going after some more."
Lt. Peters, whoso wife, the
former Destic Klclncger, and
their 2-ycar-old son, Francis, re
side at 1735 Crescent, Klamath
Falls, is the Same Peters who
starred at end In the 1042 Rose
Bowl football game. His play
ing helped Oregon State upset
duko wan a 21-ib score.
Skin on Way
Mrs. Peters said Thursday
that she had not received the
crocodile skin but that lira re-
cent letter from her husband he
advised her that tho skin, two
Jap rifles and n Jap parachute
wore en route to Klamath Falls.
Lt. Peters is somewhere in the
bolomons.
A nnckngo of flower and veg.
ctnblc seeds were sent Lt. Peters
by his wife a short time ago and
tho marine officer wrote home
that it took the tomnto seeds Just
two days 10 come up. une re
mainder of tho Earden looked
equally as promising, Lt. Peters
sain.
Big Three Conhb May Mark
New Era In Foreign Policy
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (AP) Big Three plant for joint political action in Europe are
expected here within the week.
Calling for active American participate n in European settlements, they will mark the
beginning of a new period in United States foreign policy.
The plant are being worked out by Pretident Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and
Premier Stalin at an historical conference now believed to be at leatt half-finished some
whore in the Black tea area.
The meeting it on Russian toil in order to allow Stalin to continue hit close supervision
of the red army invation of Germany.
. A joint announcement late yesterday, evidently direct from the conference, wat re
leased in London and Moscow at well at at tho Whito House. This finally put the open
secret of the meeting officially
on the record and confirmed
the fact that political problems
of Europe are a prime concern
of the meeting.
Actually the discussions have
fallen into two parts, the mili
tary and diplomatic developing
along these lines: ,
1. The military talks led off
ODER PIERCED
BY ADVANCING
SOVIET UNITS
LONDON, Feb. 8 (VP) The
Moscow radio said today the
"Oder line has been pierced and
Berlin in panic is witnessing the
crumbling of the last obstacle
in Its forcficld."
A prior broadcast by an Amer
ican commentator said Marshal
Stalin's capital was hourly ex
pecting an official announce
ment that the first White Rus
sian army had smashed across
tho river in force, "signifying
the complete breakdown of the
Oder line."
Berlin accounts said the Rus
sians had hammered out seven
(Continued on Pago Two)
By NOLAND NORGAARD
ROME, Feb. 8 (IP) The limit
ed offensive of American fifth
army troops in the mountains
southeast of Bologna was stalled
today against strongly fortified
and heavily defended enemy po
sitions, the allied high command
announced.
The doughboys were halted
after forcing their way forward
up to 600 yards in two days of
bitter fighting in weather con
ditions made difficult by a sud
den thaw in the Apennines
mountains.
Gain Crest
Attacking troops gained the
crest of one ridge but were
forced to dig in and were en
gaged against counterattacking
nazl troops yesterday.
German resistance to the at
tack, which opened Monday,
was prompt and vigorous and
included artillery support. ,
Lose. Regain Ground
Encniy resistance stiffened al
so in the Serchio valley, where
(Continued on Page Two)
Tu7e Lake Land Scheduled
For Postwar Availability
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 (VP)
An area of 7000 acres or more
will be made available for set
tlement in the Tule lake divi
sion of tho Klamath reclama
tion project of Oregon and Cali
fornia under postwar plans of
tho reclamation bureau, Com
missioner Harry W. Bashore
said today.
"No hind, however. Is open
for entry on the Klamath proj
ect at the present time," the an
nouncement said, adding that
under public notices issued be
tween 1022 and 1037 about 25,
000 acres wero settled,
Public Lands
All lands in the Tule lake di
vision nro public lands. Bashore
said that upon completion of ir
rigation works 33,000 acres in
the region would ultimately be
reclaimed for farming.
Bashore said that approxi
mately 12,500 acres In the Mo
doc unit of the Tule lake divi
sion of the Klamath project Is
"being prepared to servo wor
food needs.
A $08,103 contract recently
was awarded George H. Staccy
of Parker, Ariz., for construc
tion of earthwork and structures
and tho Klamath straits drain
outlet, Previously Clifford A.
Dunn of Klamath Falls, Ore.,
was given a contract for build
ing three pumping plants in
Siskiyou and Modoc counties,
California. i
Part of Division
Bashore explained that the
Modoc unit Is part of the Tiilo
lake division. A 7000-foot tun-
nel was completed In 1941 to
carry excess water from Tule
lake through a range of hills
to restore the Lower Klamath
lake wildlife refuge and to pro
vide irrigation water for lands
adjacent to the lake.
Tho Klamath project consists
of the main division and the
Tule lake division. Bashore said
that on completion the Klam
ath project would irrigate 170,
000 acres.
All of the major construction
' (Continued on Pago Eight)
LONDON. Feb. 8 (VP) Six
members of the Britisli foreign
office were among 10 passeng
ers killed when a plane carry
ing aides ot prime Minister
Churchill crashed while en
route to the "Big Three" con
ference.
Fivo passengers were listed
as missing and five others were
injured. It was .not revealed
where the crash occurred.
Foreign office personnel kill
ed were: Peter Noel Loxley.
Armine Roderick Dew and John
Chaplin, all first secretaries;
Robert MacDonald Guthrie, De
tective Sergeant H. J. Battley,
and Miss P. M. Sullivan, a
typist.
War office personnel killed
were Lt. Col. W. G. Newey,
Capt. A. K. Charlesworth and
Air Ministry Group Captain P.
S. Jackson-Taylor. Lt. Col. I.
S. H. Hooper died later of in
juries. Air Commodore H. A. C. San
derson, of the air ministry, was
aiiiunK ine injurea. ,
the meeting and resulted in
"complete agreement" for Joint
Anglo-sovlot-American army op
erations "in the final phase of
the war against nazi Germany.'
The large military staffs which
(Continued on Page Two)
Slot Machines?
We Need 'Em,
Says Lieuallen
SALEM, Feb. 8 (VP) Rep.
C. L. "Buck" Lieuallen, Pend
leton, rose today to the de
fense of the gambling habits of
Umatilla county citiient after
Rep. Joseph E. Harvey, Port
land, foe of slot machines,
cited state tax commission rec
ords showing there are 83 slot
machines operating in that
county.
Harvey opposed a bill to ex
tend for two years the salary
increases for the Umatilla
sheriff and other county of
ficers. "We're a little different
from Portland," Lieuallen told
the house. "Wa're wheat
ranchers and cattlemen. When
the ranchers plant the wheat,
the odds are about 75 to 1 that
they won't get any rain, and
about 80 to 1 that they won't
get any help to harvest the
crop if they do get rain, and
about 10 to 1 they won't get
any price.
"The cattlemen face odds of
50 to 1 that they won't have
enough hay through the win
ter, and then in the spring they
turn the cattle loose up in hills
so steep and close together
that a dog has to wag his tail
up and down to get through
the canyons,
"So you tee our people
couldn't get any fun out of
ordinary odds. Thoy've got to
play slot machines, where they
can't win.
The bill passed easily and
went to the senate.
Weber's Sentence Changed
To Imprisonment for Life
CAMP ROBERTS, Calif., Feb.
8 (VP) Pvt. Henry Weber was
out of the shadow ot the gal
lows today, his death sentence
changed to lite Imprisonment,
his wife continuing her fight for
him.
Tho 27-year-old soldier, a ship
yard worker at Vancouver,
Wash., before being drafted, was
sentenced by court-martial to
hang for refusing to. drill. His
case attracted nationwide atten
tion, . Revoke Sontence
Yesterday, by direction of the
commanding general of the
camp, the court-martial recon
vened, revoked the death sen
tence, sentenced Weber to life
imprisonment at hard labor,
gave him a dishonorable dis
charge, and ordered his pay for
fcitetl.
In Portland, Oregon, his wife
conferred with an American
Civil Liberties official. She de
clared life imprisonment for her
husband is "still outrageous."
"I am more determined than
ever," she said, "in fighting for
justice for 'my husband." "She
said her understanding of con
sclenlious objector is that it can
refer to "any person whoso deep
personal convictions, either re
ligious or political, are opposed
to taking human life,
"Other patriotic Americans
are still In uniform and not
bearing arms. Henry has insist-
(Continucd on Pago Light)
PA! RIVER
FRONTLINE
.OF FIGHTING
By FRED HAMPSON
MANILA. Feb. 8 (Pi The
broad Pasig river, its bridges
blown ud by a desperate toe,
was the f ront line today in the
heart of Manila a heart torn
by sporadic house-to-house fight
ing, exploding shells and great
- Pioneer Passes
j
,.' 1,
M
Charles R. DeLap, 88, former
county clerk and school superin
tendent, who died in Portland
today. ,
PIOKEER C. R. DELflP
Charles R. DeLap, 88, Klam
ath county pioneer, long-time
educator and nublic official, and
fires set by Japanese suicide , rjatriarrh nf a nroii tmm tti
squads-. , . ath family, passed away in
The sprawled and blackened I -,. . ., . ,.
bodies of slain Japanese, among ! ?r'a Thursday after a ling-
48.000 enemy casualties so far
accounted for on Luzon, dotted
scenes of wanton destruction in
the liberated sector north of the
(Continued on Page Two)
T
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8 (IP)
GaMe winds which roared to 80
miles an hour along the coast
yesterday subsided this morn
ing, and the weather bureau
said the windstorm was appar
ently over. -
At Astoria, where power and
communication lines were rip
ped out by heavy winds, the ve
locity dropped to 20 miles an
hour. Hoquiam, Wash., recorded
a 23-mile wind velocity. More
southern coastal points were
even lower.
Telephone repair crews, work
ing throughout most of the
night, restored communications
along the coast.
The weather Dureau predicted
continued rain, but storm warn
ings on the Oregon and Wash
ington coast were lifted this
morning.
The city of Astoria was back
to normal. Despite heavy seas,
no fishing craft sent distress sig
nals. The Wilson river highway
to the coastal town of Tillamook
was closed, however, by a log
jam that had weakened a bridge.
One-way traffic moved slowly
over stretches of the Wolf creek
and YamhiU-Newberg roads be
cause of a -landslide and high
water.
ering illness.
Mr. DeLap was moved to a
hospital in Portland some
months ago. He frequently ex
pressed the hope he would live
jo see his 88th birthday . and
passed that milestone on Janu
ary 17. ' "-. ,. - .
Funeral arrangements, which
await word from distant rela-
(Continued bh Page Two): "
Pack Train Out
On Plane Search
GRANTS PASS, Feb.' 8 (VP)
H. C. Obye, Siskiyou forest sup
ervisor, said here today a pack
train left from Gold Beach this
morning under Forest Ranger
Marion Nance in an attempt to
reach the navy PBY plane which
was reported yesterday to have
crashed in the Chetco peak area
with eight on board.
Obye said it is not yet defin
itely known that all in the plane
perished.
Delay in starting the pack
train, he said, was due to the
difficulty in obtaining pack ani
mals at this time of year. He
said it would take a day and a
half to reach the. spot.
Diversion Map
On Page 11
Turn to page 11 of today's
paper for a map of a large
section of southern - Oregon
and northern California
showing the alternate pro
posals for diversion channels
to deliver water from the
Klamath to the Sacramento
watershed under a proposed
scheme now under study. -
YANKS NEAR
DAMS
VTA
Germans S a v Yanks
Preparing New. ';'
Attacks I.
By JAMES M. LONO
PARIS. Feb. 8 (JPl The Am.r.
lean first army drove clear
through the last barriers of the
double Siegfried line .15 milei
southeast of Aachen today, cap
tured bloody Schmidt and neared
the Roer river dams and rr.
voirs which had been a major
factor in checkmating the west-
tern iront otfensive last November.
(The German communlnui
said "preparations for the big
allied attack continue along the
Roer." The enemy said a major
offensive was imminent with
Cologne, the Rhine and indus
trial Ruhr as objectives. Amer
ican troops outside Duren are
20 miles from Cologne. Capture
of' the .dams might prove the
starting signal for the onslaught.)
ipproacn fiuem .
Farther south in the 7n.mfla
active front, the third army
poured through a seven mile
breach in the Siegfried line to
within a mile and a quarter of
ine lortress ana communications
hub of Pruem, 53 miles south
west of the large Rhine city of
Coblenz.
The attack at Schmidt and
Pruem appeared to be the begin-
tl . I 1 n n. . ,,
ltuuuuuea on x-age i.wo
it
1EIUTII CHOICES
Interest was keen lri the Vain
entine's Day sweetheart contest
in tne city schools, and Joseph,.
Conger was first to report the.
selection of room -candidates to
day. Second school announcing
sweethearts was Riverside, ' and
the third to come lh was Pelican.
,A11 three candidates in the
first grades of Conger, Riverside
and. Pelican are. named Bonnie!
Other schools ,were to name
their candidates and the', final
choice this week. Following are
the selections thus far: - . . ;.
Joseph Conger . '
Joseph Conger: - first trade.
Bonnie Karnes,. 6,. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Karnes.
2420 Oregon; second, ' Claudia
Nelson, 7, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Claud J. Nelson, 209 Cook;
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd
McFarland, 239 Nevada; fourth,
Bonita Huddart, 8, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Huddarl,
1635 Siskiyou: fifth and sixth
grades, combined, - Carol Lee
(Continued on Page Two)
9
Japs Demand War
Production Army
By The Associated Press
Tokyo radio said today that
more than 250 influential mem
bers of the house of representa
tives, concerned over "the criti
cal war situation," have de
manded that Premier Kuniakt
Koiso convene a special session
of the diet to create "a produc
tion army."
The broadcast of a report by
Domel news agency was record
ed by the federal communica
tions commission. -',
Death Sentence For Weber Commuted
(NEA Telephote)
Pvt. Henry Weber (left), 27, former Vancouver shipyard foreman and logger was sentenced
to death at a Camp Roberts. Calif., court martial for refusal to obey order of his commanding
officer to drill. The sentence was changed to life imprisonment at hard labor Wednesday when
the court martial reconvened. Hit wife and 4-year-old ton, Wayne, are pictured in their Van
couver home. Mrs. Weber plans to continue to fight for justice for her husband, declaring that
the tentence It "still outrageous."
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