Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, February 08, 1945, Page 2, Image 2

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nine'-' of breakthrough to the
Rhine. ' Schmidt, which was one
of the-strongest belt positions in
the Siegfried line, is 28 miles
from the river. .
Ninth army troops before
Duren are "but 20 miles from the
river : and- its greatest city,
Cologne. , ' , -
'Stamp Out Pocket
In southern Alsace, American
and French troops stamped out
all but a few square miles of the
German pocket below Stras
bourg. Blodelsheim, nine miles
south of Neufbreisach, was
reached and six more miles of
the left bank of the Rhine was
cleared. Some 12,500 Germans
have been taken in the pocKet,
, The hard nit wesiwau a
ni-jl tn he leakine badly.
has been run through at three
places this weeK oy ine nrsi ana
third armies; a 35-mile gap
around Achen was captured last
fall.
PIONEER C. R. DELAP
Academy Students
To Return Monday
Students of Sacred Heart
academy will not return to the
classrooms until Monday morn
ing, according to school offic
ials. Lack of neat in ine Dunn
ing has kept the school closed
the greater part of this week.
Boarders who could go to
their homes, left Wednesday
aitcrnoon but will return this
weekend.
I
ES
I (Continued From Page One)
tlves. will be announced In a
day or two.
I Charles Ransom DeLap was
Horn in Viroqua, Vernon coiuv
ty. Wise, in 1857, and was a
descendant of the first governor
df Connecticut. - He was edu
cated in Vernon county and at
a preparatory school in Lake
county, California. He came to
Klamath (then Linkville) in the
early 'eighties and followed
teaching here for 18 years, after
wnicn ne was eieciea couniy
school superintendent for three
terms. He took up a homestead
ih the county, and later operat
ed a grocery store at Fifth and
Main streets. He served as
demitv sheriff under Silas Obeiv
chain, and was elected county
clerk in 1908, serving until
1833. His son, Charles F. De-
Sap, is the present Klamath
mnty clerk.
1 In 1884, Mr. DeLap married
Martha Octavia Farrar, daugh
ter of a pioneer Klamath min
ister. Mrs. DeLap, who crossed
the plains in a prairie schooner
and narrowly missed an Indian
massacre at Bloody Point near
Tulelake, survives her Husband.
t Surviving also are nine chil
dren: Truman Henry, Richmond,
Calif.; Charles Floyd, Klamath
Falls; Chester H., of Los An
geles; Perry O.. Salem; Loyd,
Portland;- Virgil G., Portland;
Wilmoth, Portland; Octavia (Mrs.
H. W. Patterson) Richmond;
Ruth, (Mrs. R. E. Turner) Port
land. t Mr. DeLap was a charter
member, of the First Baptist
$hurch of Klamath Falls and
served as a deacon in the church
for over half a century.
! Lakeview : Elks headed by
Exalted Ruler Elmo Angele are
iftvading the precincts of Klam
ath Falls lodge 1247 tonight for
the big annual crab feed, accord
frig to Klamath's Exalted Ruler
fack Linman.
Plans for the evening include
J pre-crab feed cocktail hour in
the upstairs parlor in honor of
the Lakeview delegation, the
crab feed at 6:30 p. m., and the
Regular lodge meeting filled with
special features starting at 8
0 clock.
' Among those expected from
Lakeview for the event are John
Blair, Exalted Ruler Elmo An
gele, Henry Niccol, John King
!)nd officers of the lodge.
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JOHN CRAVEN L
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Hamilton, 10, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. timer J. namuiuu,
1715 Siskiyou.
Riverside
Riverside: first grade, Bonnie
Lee Mayfield. 6, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Merle Mayfield, route
1 box 1091; second, Katnryn
Fermison. B. daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. Charles Ferguson, 933
Gobi; third, fatricia ueray, a,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Ben
Derby, route 1 box 1096; fourth,
Vina Murphy, 10, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George Murpny,
134 N. Georgia; fifth, Marian
Hosier. 11. dauehter of Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Hosier, 850 S. Riv
erside; sixth, Shirley Slowey. 12,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Slowey, 301 W. Main; seventh,
Lorraine Steinman. 14, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Stem
man, 827 N. 2nd.
Pelican
Pelican: first grade. Bonnie
Lee Scranton, 7, daugnter ot mr.
and Mrs. Albert Scranton, route
3 box 1042. (Bonnie Lee s birth-
dav is St. Valentine's Day): sec
ond, Joyce Pretari, 7, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Pre
tari. Pelican City; third. Shirley
Wolfram, 9. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Wolfram, 2450 Biehn;
fourth, Janet Y. Overly, 9,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. L.
Overly, route 3 box 1026; fifth,
Helen Marie Briggs, 11, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred R.
Briggs, general delivery, city;
sixth, Darlene Reddard, 11,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Lester
Reddard, Shady Pine; seventh.
Coleene Nale, 13, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nale, Peli
can City.
Each school will name from
the room contestants, a Valen
tine's Day sweetheart, and pic
tures of the girls will be a fea
ture of the February 14 issue of
the Herald and News.
MARSHALL, Kl
(Continued From Page One)
house-approved work or jail leg
islation after these swiftly paced
developments:
Ask Reaffirmation
1. Senators Tydines (D-M.D.)
and Reed (R-Kas.) called for a
reaffirmation of farm draft de
ferments and a congressional
inquiry to determine responsi
bility "for the wholesale induc
tions" of essential farm workers
for whom they said no replace
ments are available."
2. Selective Service Director
Lewis B. Hershey told the sen
ate military committee he sup
ports an amendment permitting
War Mobilizer James F. Byrnes
to direct actual placement of
workers under the measure.
output to Be Lost
3. J. A. Kruff. war nrnHimtinn
board chairman, testified that
more and more war production
will be lost each week without
enactment of the bill.
Brooks, readme from a nre.
pared manuscript, termed Mar
shall and King both of whom
have supported the measure
professional military men, un
trained in "the art of labor and
management cooperation s o
necessary to maximum production."
It is estimated that Hnpinty n
Henry's most productive period
vine ursi aecaae ot tnis century)
he drank two quarts of whisky
a day.
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bridgeheads on the Berlin front
one of them 30 miles northeast
of the capital, and a dozen oth
ers along 185 miles of the river
from Latibor in Silesia to Grucn
berg, 50 miles southeast of
Frankfurt.
Troops Massed .
The Moscow radio said Hoin
rich Himmlcr had massed SS
troops in the capital. Roads
south and west of Berlin were
reported jammed with the traf
fic of refugees in flight.
While Marshal Stalin had not
confirmed the breaking of the
Oder line on the Berlin front,
soviet advices said Marshal
Gregory Zhukov's massed artll
lrrv was Dnunding at the weak
est" link of the capital's defense,
the low western bank of the
Oder between Kustrin and Stet
tin, where it runs nortlieast of
Berlin.
Goeriti
Berlin said one bridgehead
was at Goeritx. Si miles south
of Kustrin and 41 miles east of
Berlin.
The broadcast from Moscow
said Himmler had been entrust
ed with the defense of Berlin
and a defense council had been
formed in the city.
Gauleiter Paul Joseph Goeb
bcls, originally entrusted with
the' city's defense, had fled to
southern Germany, Moscow de
clared. The Germans yesterday
denied that Goebbels had left.
Big 3 Meet May Mark
New Foreign Policy
(Continued From Page One)
accompanied the three leaders
to the Black sea are now work
ing out detailed plans.
2. As toon as the talk of
fighting was completed, Roose
velt, Stalin and Churchill took
up "problems involved in esliiu
lishing a secure pence." Under
these they listed plans for (he
occupation and control of Ger
many, the political and econom
ic problems of liberated Europe
ana proposals for the earliest
possible establishment of a
world organization to "maintain
peace." I
The linking of all these prob
lems was interpreted by offi
cials hero as showing a belief
of the leaders that the effective
control of Germany and tho fuir
settlement of Europe's many bit
ter and conturics-old problems,
so far as they can Be settled
fairly, are equally Important
with international organization
it peace Is to bo secured.
There are about 200 different
types of cheese.
PASIG RIVER
FRONT LINE '
OF FIGHTING
(Continued From Paga One)
river. South of It, demolition
groups started more fires.
Superior In Might '
The liberating Yanks, whose
Luzon casualties total 7076, arc
superior in armored might and
have a monopoly In air and naval
support but desire to save as
much as possible of this pearl of
the Orient.
Artillery duelled across the
Pasig. a river varying from 200
to 300 yards In width. The
screaming shells of the Nip
ponese tore holes In buildings at
Santo Tomas university. They
wounded soldiers there and also
soma of Ihe moro than 3000 In-1
terneea who had undergone three
yean of Imprisonment prior la
being reached Saturday nigni oy
the first Yanks to enter tho city.
Win Northern Are
The first cavolry and 37th In
fantry divisions have won all the
city north of the Pasig. Includ
ing the Eicolto business district
where the onemy devastated a
jquaro mile area ot office build
ings and other non-military
structures by firing gasoline
drums and touching off explos
ives. Jaunnese still operated In
strength south of the river.
Some American troops also wero
on the south bank but the do-iti-ni'iiiin
nf four- bit! hridues de
layed a crossing In strength.
rat seated
The fain of Iheso Japanese
... n Ktn 1 i-t Ku I lilt IM'ltJlll't nf
the U. S. 11th airborne division
below them. These Yanks, five
and one half miles south of the
Pasig, wero hold up, however,
by a stiff scrap around Nichols
airfield at suburban Pasay, near
Manila bay.
Out In the bay, the guardian
r.i-ti-aa nt Pnrt-eelrinr. which the
Japanese arc holding to deny I
great harbor, was pounded anowl
STALLED Bf NAZIS
(Continued From Page One)
tho village of Collo was taken.
Fifth army units lost some
ground a mile north of Custvl
Vccchlo but regained It In a
new thrust and beat off several
enemy counterattacks,
A report from headciuiirlers
of Lt, Gen. Luclan K, Tmacott
Jr., commander of the fifth
army, said the American attack
reached tho base of Orhega
rhlco ulna miles southeast of
Hologna and only seven miles
by loud to the south of the
main llolngua-Kucnzn highway
via Emilia on Tuesday aft
ernoon,
by 204 tons , of explosives drop-
,iH Kv fmir.nnalnnrl 1 .llinrutti-a
it was the heaviest blow so fur
dealt "Ihe rock."
STA1T1 STILL
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By RICHARD BERGHOLZ
MANILA. Feb. 7 (Delayed)
OP) Starvation still was present i
in Manila today, conservative 1
estimates, based on reports of I
Filipino and Chinese residents, .
placed the daily death toll at 1
several hundred from this cause. !
The Americans were grimly i
occupied in battling flames and
Japanese snipers as they sought
to complete control of the north
ern half of the city.
rood cnannais Cut
Ordinary food channels into
Manila have been cut since De
cember, when the Japanese
clamped on an embargo and
started seizing everything in
sight. All markets are closed.
The only money most civil
ians have is the now worthless
Japanese occupation currency.
Two incidents give a measure
of the critical situation still Dre-
vailing: '
Filipino Attacked
A Filipino carrying half a
sack of rice along a street half
mile from the Santo Tomas
internment camp was attacked
by 30 starving boys. They slash
ed open the sack and forced the
man to surrender half the rice.
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