n 6)' LTQ U 1 0)0) Ill Sliil ' II Kmc JENKINS F -1 iirlin retire wicnW' "- ,Ul.: WL", ,.,1 anr ! tO f Hue- cor res- lv Unit niiiiiiimc 111 ho 1W "", , P X 10 the river. ft a lh ' wrlUui l whether I"?..! Imve llOUl m duos'-" - they but- bunk, rnlhm. hold open The 11 full the 11 do wer IHt 1 ..illhlii or , ,1., ,, m lope 01 '" , rungc inn In itio ilroy teiy In ;es no brldg 1 Is Iho the 111 '.lv a I,, A 1 Mine. in OS op ul 1st by Willi . .... llin fhPPltPr- at Kleve, wiiyio Unci come iuki'"u bolstered heuvlly I ... 'I 1 1 a Hrii'tt ded oy a p-', ; ft to wheel. Progress of il miles Is reported, 111 lOllltMUIl nmv.ll " latd from the Nllmogcn La rector In llollnnd, whero ltd W jump i be forces but eouldn t make n. 'lie lou'i" fct! l. ...... urn t-fttw,),. , h.in been llimmcd Willi t lor 11 ween. ii part of the front him been .iii.mnl In cross the Rhino Irahcra fulled. Slnco then, Ernnans nave iicun iiuiiuimk lite mazes of trenches ond B t ,..... ...l., iirapa anu in"5 ""b" lv ran't ciriinc the feeling hat Elsenhower must bo nil nd ready ond merely wan or Ihc HOUH. Tho thought 1'illv rrase our minds 11ml lour may hnvo struck ond Canadian move muy uc ino 01 uic Dig pusn ironi inc As to that, tlmo will leu !E announcement o day or so that wo had taken the 31 of control dams nt the of the Mocr seems to have a bit premoturc. Today' aaithes say our Amerlcun 1st Is within 0 mile of the of the domj. e'll want them In our nos- bn beforo hitting tho Hocr farther down, as onco before licrmani itonncd us there cpcninK tho dam antes and fnf a flood on us. the far south, the French hold 90 miles of thn west unturned on Pugo Two) Wine, Wife io Wsten Ship .Pl. and Mrs. Lnrry Albrlt who are In plii-l.l in . Iton Cnl-Cn chin 1.. 11 1,1 ; "n- ....,. ,,, i,iu iiiiiiiu i nomo town, I'nducah, UCIl VACtnrlnt, t n I I.L ' ".T iul 1 Ul llllllll Itlfi Dllncla nf 11.. r .... PbUildlne Cnmnn.llnr. 1 kii:r.;;"r.iv ii'.yures. -wuiuii win smnsn the :j ennmpusne over the 1, '"-"uy, nun L,nrry I the prlnclpnl speaker of llinlf11. mnrnM from the h.v.h "'",?.cr,l, Un y Inn.. J""..""?'-1'-" US 111111(18 111. , "umcning, P 1 new victory shl,, was f l 'by more than $2,900,- lon.' L.L'.r" '"' iho Al- Ilhat oti.; ",c'"nK rosldcnUi iSlT T! ?clted by Icrlorm 1 1. , 01 commerce ly lounciung core- pl Borfe ported Missi'iifl 'Wry 8 ; ,; u" Juosrln i.V.!?.!,nA: ICt January I ' I Ine 51... ha . ""'Vied in;, et 1, iftt"10. nJr corP on I0N on Nn' "n? w"s com. ,redorini2 "ovwber 7, 1043. li, 1 uk a. " will TV0"nR dniighler. !nU. to be with his Herald anXxr$ In The Shattta-Cascade Wonderland February 9, 184S Max. (Feb. 8) 48 Min ...;..J8 Precipitation last 24 hours 00 Stream year to data ..8.05 Normal 7.0S Last yaar 4.59 Forecast: Clear and cold. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1845 Number 10385 Their Cruise Led to a Probe iiib ill m 111 n 1 wtiw'IMaiaMnia a L These members of the coast guard show "Tars and Soars" returned to Seattle from Vancouyer, B. C, after the Canadian nary announced it was investigating reports that the Spars were "mo lested" by Canadian naval ratings during a ploasure cruise in Vancouver harbor. (AP wirephoto). Tars, Spars Cruise Not Official Navy Function VANCOUVER, D. C, Feb. 0 OCP) Tho cruise tendered members of the Tnrs and Spurn, United States coast guard tour ing show, In Vnncouvcr Inst Sun day "was in no wny an official invitation of the Koym Canad ian navy," Rear Admiral V. G. Urodeur, commanding officer of the Royal Cnnadlan navy on the Pacific coast, said today. An imjulry Is being hold In Vancouver - into unconfirmed charges by girl members of tho cast that they were Insulted ond molested by Canadian sailors uboard the nnval vessel which E By The Associated Press Tho worst New England bliz zard in years caused at least 10 deaths, deposited as much as 17 Inches of snow nlop existing ac cumulations and paralyzed high way, rnil nnd nlr transportation. A shrieking gale and the weigh! of snow bore down pow er und communications lines and poles, and trees, crushed a Springfield, Moss., worchousc and damaged much other prop erty. An already acute fuel rhortngo was made worse. 3000 Stranded Boston police estimated 3000 persons wore stranded over night In hotel lobbies, street cars, bus terminals, police und firn stations. Meantime o great thaw that started in the Rocky mountain region yesterday spread over the plains states ond was mov ing through the midwest today. Chicago forecasters sold It would progross enstward through tho Ohio volley nnd to (Continued on I'ogo Two) was scheduled to tnko them on a three-hour cruise. Tho trip end ed after 40 minutes. Officers Greet Troupe Rear Admiral Brodcur said tho RCN was not officially ad vised of the arrival of tho troupe In Vuncouver but tho cost was greeted by RCN officers and ex tended every courtesy by the novy in Vancouver. . Muyor J. W. Cornell of Van couver, hud been invited by Tom Howorih of the Navy League of Canodo to (jreet the troupe on ar rival but did not because tho re ception was to be u military af fair. Strictly Service Lieut. Cominiincicr G. C. Kin near, United States novy liaison officer of the Pacific command, snld "It had been determined that the reception at the railway station should properly bo e strictly service affair. "As a result 1 telephoned ond explained to tho mayor's secre tary that we appreciated the muyor's willingness to come but in view of the change, Lieut. El mer Cook (officer in charge of tho show), would call at tho city hnll und poy his respects." Rear Admiral Brodcur said personnel of the show wore pro vided with transportation in Ca nadian naval vehicles from the (Continued on Page Two) Elton Stockdale Hurt in Action E. O. Stockdnlo of 1530 Wlnrd received word from the wor de partment that his son, Cpl. Elton L. Stockdale was wounded in action in Luxembourg on Janu ary 26. The telegram arrived Tuesday, ond stated that more details would follow. Stockdale was employed by the Southern Pacific freight of fice beforo entering the service three years ago, and has boon overseas 11 little less than 0 year, Dewey Provokes Dissent Praise From Colleagues By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 (TV Governor Thomas E. Dewey s declarolion of cooperation with tho administration's internnllon ul objectives lotlny provoked both praise nnd dissent among republican congressmen. In an address lust night tho 1044 presidential nominee, sold President Roosevelt has tho sup port of both parties and prayers of tho American people In his current meeting with Prime Min ister Churchill and Marshal Stnlln. But ho ndded "rare" meetings of tho Big Three oro not enough, and ho criticized what he termed "false liberalism" in postwar -domestic plans. . In effect, Dewey told 0 select crowd of banqueting party mem bers hero last night that the GOP qunrrcl with the adminis tration Is ono of Individualities and methods, not objectives so tar os International relations are concerned. But on tho home front, the 1044 rcpubllcnn presidential nominee found plenty of grounds for political battling. Specifical ly ho mentioned what lie called the administration's tendency to believe "that to cure every ill you pass o law nnd opproprlole a billion dollars." Tho New York governor's de mand for immediate American participation in tho Internation al decisions which nro revamp ing tho mnp of Europe found al most universal approval among members of congress, But Ills further conclusion that the American people oro united in the "wholehearted sup port to decisions to bo made" at Hie "Big Three" conference be tween frcsineni itooseven, Prime Minister Churchill of Eng land and Premier Stalin of Rus sia unearthed somo party doubters. Senator Willis (R-Ind.) told re porters that he "liked the last half of tho speech (dealing with domestic problems)" but was not "entirely satisfied" with the part dealing with the International nneslinns. Senator Tobcy (R-N.H.) thought the address, read from prepared manuscript beforo about 1200 mildly-applauding partisans, was "too nigiiDrow. "Ho had a chance to say some' thing tho peoplo hnve wonted to heor from tho opposition party, but somehow ho didn't," Tobcy told a reporter. But Senator Austin (R-VO, an exponent of nil-out international cooperation for peace, glowed with pleasure. By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR. SALEM. Feb. 9 (PI The state senate voted unanimously today to extend wartime in. creased truck weight and length limits for .another two years, after beating 18 to 10 a proposal to grant the extension lor( lour years. The measure goes to the nouse. Today's vote was taken on a divided report of the senate roads and highways committee, live members wanting tho two-year extension, and three wonting four yeor9. The permanent length and weight limits for trucks on state highways arc 30 feet and S4.UUU pounds, but during the war those limits arc boosted to 60 feet and 71,250 pounds. These higher limits arc in effect only on cer tain main highways. Leads Battle Sen. Frank H. Hilton, Port land, led the bnttlo for extending the limits for four years, assert ing this is a compromise be (Continued on Page Two) YANKS SL ACROSS PASIG TOf NIPS Rain Dampens . Fires Set by Trapped Japanese MANILA. Feb, 9 (Pl V. S. infantrymen, slashing across the Pasig river in amphibious tanks, drove toward the prized dock section of Manila today in the face of new enemy demolition charges set off in the old Intra muros district, a death trap for its congested Filipino and Chi nese residents. Unseasonal rain dampened many of the scattered fires set wantonly by the desperate and trapped Japanese defenders but the Intramuros, or walled city, blazed so fiercely for a time that the heat could be felt blocks away. (Somo fires are still burning but the worst of the flames seem, to have burned themselves out, George Thomas Folster re ported in an NBC broadcast from Manila. "Battle Near End" (He said a regiment of dough boys crossed the Pasig today "and there is hope that the property-destroying phase of the battle for Manila may be near ing a close"). The 37th infantry division, under Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler ot Columbus, O., en tered southern Manila by cross ing the wide Pasig river near (Continued on Page Two) Commerce Job Debate Stymied WASHINGTON, Feb.. 9 (VP) Legislation designed to insure Henry A. Wallace's . confirma tion for a cabinet job was sty mied in the house rules com mittee today after, a noisy de bate studded with charges of "horse trading." The committee failed to' reach a conclusion whether to send to the house floor the senate pass ed George bill divorcing the RFC from the commerce depart ment, prior to a senate vote on Wallace's nomination as com merce secretary. Nazi Mayor Hanged For Fleeing Soviets LONDON, Feb. 9 (P) The Germans announced today the execution of another mayor for fleeing his city before the ad vancing red army. Mayor Schroeter of Kocnigs berg, a small Pomeranian town on the east side of the Oder be tween Lerin and Stettin, was "hanged for leaving his town without receiving evacuation or ders," the Berlin radio said. Schroeter was sentenced in court at Schwedt, 30 miles south of Stettin. Third Execution This was the third in a ser ies of eastern front civilian ex ecutions announced by the Ger mans. Previously the deputy mayor of Breslau was executed and the police president and other officials of Bydgoszcz (Bromberg), the fallen fortress in Poznan province, were ex ecuted "for cowardice." The Paris radio said some foreign slave workers had risen against the Germans even as Heinrich Himmler organized German guerrillas for last ditch resistance against the allied in vaders. Prohibit Withdrawal German authorities were re ported to have prohibited further withdrawal of foreign workers from threatened areas in the east on the ground that those already evacuated had created unrest in the rear areas. -. - -. Many civilian captives who escaped during the massive day light bombardment of Berlin by the U. S. eighth air force last Saturday sought shelter in1 the ruins and "at night they come out of hiding and attack the cap ital's inhabitants," the Paris station said. A French telegraph agency dispatch from Ankara was quot ed as saying that Gestapo Chief Himmler "is putting the finish; ing touches to - an organization of German maquis which he. will command himself." Western Front Offensive Penetrates Fortifications PARIS, Feb. 9 (JP) F I eld Marshal Montgomery's powerful new offensive toward the Ruhr carried within four miles tonight of fire-racked Kleve, northern terminal of the original Sieg fried line, and penetrated deeply into the west wall fortifications in the Reichswald. Since dawn, the flame-throwing Canadian first army had ad vanced more than two- miles deeper into northwest Germany T Tl Central Intelligence May Supersede Federal Police CHICAGO, Feb. 9 Pi A copyrighted dispatch to the Chi cago Tribune today said Presi dent Roosevelt hod received a draft of an order together with a proposal to establish a "central intelligence service," charged with coordination of postwar in telligence work and superseding existing federal police agencies. Tho paper's Washington bur eau, in nn article by Walter Tro han, said the "highly confiden tial and secret" memorandum was given Mr, Roosevelt by Brig. Gen. William J. Donovan, direct or of the office of strategic serv ices. The office would have no police power. exclusive uopy The Tribune asserted it had secured exclusively" a copy of tho memorandum, and added: "The Tribune olso obtained a copy of on equally secret sug gested draft of an order setting up the general intelligence serv ice, which would supersede all existing federal police and intel ligence units, including military intelligence, novnl intelligence, the federal bureau of investlga-, Hon, the secret service, tho in ternal revenue agents, and the federal communications commis sion which monitors all radio air ways. The order gives the unit a wholesale grant of power." Only 15 copies of the two doc uments were made, the paper de clorcd. "each plastered with se crecy injunctions." These accord ing to tho story wore sent to of ficials such as Admiral Leahy, Lady Luck Sits In On Game Pinochle-playing Acquaint ances of Ernie Glcnger of Klamath Falls woro congratu lating him today on his stand in with Lady Luck. In a game last night, Glen gcr was dealt cold a 1500 trump hand a hand that Is as rare as it is perfect. Gicnger's opponents In the game were Paul Leo and Joe Plasker, the president's chief of staff, General Marshall, army chief of staff, Admiral King, chief of na vol operations, Secretary of State Stettinius, Secretary of Navy Forrestal and Secretary of war sumson. Quotes Memorandum The Tribune quoted the Dono van memorandum as saying, "Once our enemies are defeated the demand will be equally pressing for information that will aid us in solving the prob lems of peace. mis will require two things: "1. That intelligence control be returned to the supervision of the president. "2. The establishment of a cen tral authority reporting directly to you (the president), with re sponsibility to frame intelligence ODjecuves and to collect and co ordinate tho intelligence mater ial required by the executive branch in planning and carrying out the .national policy and strategy." Harry Fehning Reported Missing Cpl. Harry Fenning, 21, army infantry, has been reported missing in action In combat against the enemy in France since January 16, according to lniormation from tne war de partment received by Fenning's wue, uieanor, 4144 . Washburn way. Fenning entered the service In September, 1943, and re ceived his training at Camp Van Dorn, Miss., and Fort Dix, N, J. In March, 1944, ho received overseas orders and has been in France since the invasion. His wife and 18-month-old daughter live here with Mrs. Fennins's Barents, and his Bar ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Fen ning, are also Klamath Falls residents. Prior to his enlist ment, Fenning was employed by Ewauna Box company. His wife is a member of the civilian personnel at tho Marino Bar racks. ' ROSEBURG,' Ore., Feb. 9 (Pi Purchase of 11,600 acres of choice timber lands, locally known as the Gross tract, locat ed on Little river and Cavitt creek, about 35 miles east of Roseburg, by the Oregon Tim ber Products company, was an nounced here today. The sale price, not disclosed, was reliab ly reported to be in the neigh borhood of 5800,000. Purchasers are R. B. White, Kansas City; H. B. Grandin, Los Angeles, and H. W. Putnam, Carthage, Mo., who have been engaged for a number of years in various timber and sawmill enterprises in the west and south. Organized as the Forest Lum ber company, with White as nresident and Grandin as vice president, they operated a pine mill at h-ine itioge, ruamam county, prior to 1939, when their properties were destroyed by fire. The Gross timber tract was bousht from Ralph Smith. Kan sas City; Fred Ingham, Seattle, and George Ulett, coquuie. Ore. It was held for a number of years by the Gross Timber company of West Virginia. Plans for development nave not yet been completed.. The stand of timber is re ported by cruisers to be one of the best i n Douglas county, carrying a large percentage of peeler stock. Yank Bombers Attack Nazi Oil LONDON, Feb. 9 (P) Ap proximately 1 3 0 0 American heavy bombers, escorted by more than 850 fighters, attacked German' oil supplies and rail ways today, adding their weight to what may be a record 24 hour assault. and captured six more towns, one of them three miles from the Rhine before it branches out to form the Wall and Neder Rhine in Holland. :'--.-Surge Forward Most of the villages were in Germany. The nearest to Kleve was Frasselt and the nearest to the Rhine was the Dutch village of Leuth. Tuthees, on the. main road from captured Kraoenburg to Kleve, was taken along the Zandpol, Niel and Breedeweg in the onward surge of the Canad ian and British .tanks -and in fantry - . The new attack, -bringing . to life "ii lorig dormant sector, . ap plied a pincer on the Ruhr. Far to the south the American first and third armies were cutting up toward the arsenal region of Coal and steel. In the e e n t e r -the American ninth and British sec ond armies were deployed along the Roer river for a frontal blow to the .dense industrial area. . WORK-OR-JAIL BILL By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (jP) Senator Chandler (D-Ky.) report ed today that opposition to the work-or-jail bill is growing in the senate military committee which is rounding out its first week of semi-secret hearings on the measure. Friends of the bill, however, said they are encouraged by the general trend of testimony and the concerted endorsement of the measure by high government of ficials. . - Although no tangible progress has been made in four days, Sen ator Austin (R-Vt.), an advocate of the legislation, said he saw no signs of stalling within the com mittee and declared "We're mov ing as fast as we can." : Nevertheless, Chairman: Tho mas (D-Utah) expects the hear ings to continue at least all next week. , . ' 1 ' Meanwhile, the war manpow er commission is checking com pliance under its program of vol untary hiring controls; RUSSOFFENS 0 NEAR BRESLAU MENACES GUI Soviet Advance Nov 25 Miles From t Stettin : By JAMES F. KINO LONDON, Feb. 9 (yP) Ru slan troops have encircled the port of Elbing in East Prussia, 31 miles southeast of Danzig, Moscow announced tonight. , - Other soviet troops captured the town of Frauenburg on they gulf of Frisches Haff, the broad cast Russian communique said. - Explode Oftense ' . The Russians have smashed to within 25 miles of Stettin, the port of Berlin, and have ex ploded a fresh offensive north west of Breslau threatening the encirclement of that huge Siles ian industrial center, it was re ported today. Marshal Gregory Zhukov un limbered one of the war's heav-, iest artillery barrages at forti fications along the Oder tempo-' rarily. blocking the direct way to Berlin. 1 .-- First to Fall ' One of the first towns to fait in the new offensive of Mar shal .Ivan Konev from his' Maltsch bridgehead over ' the' Oder was Parchwitz, 30 miles northwest of Breslau, the Ber lin radio said. The German com-v munique said the first Ukranian army thrusts , had. carried "al most to the east fringe" of Lieg-y nitz, a rail center of 76,000 ai little more than eight miles southeast of Parchwitz. ; - The Russian armies were with" ; (Continued on Page Two) , Klamath basin potato ship-, ments for the 1944-45 season to ' date have, passed any previous record for a full season and . there are two months of a nor mal shipping season remaining. State-Federal Inspector Ross Aubrey reported today that shipments ' had - reached 10,460 carloads to date. ' Last year, shipments for the ' entire season reached 10,388 carloads. In 1940, spud ship ments, including, some 608 car loads diverted for livestock feed, totaled 10,453. Both figC ures are under the total of ship ments up to February . 9 of this, season. ; ' It has been officially predict- ' ed that Klamath shipments for this season will reach 12,C00or more carloads. See table on page 3. Only Rumors Show Up In Case ; .-'-Rumors continued to fly thick and fast as to the whereabouts of former Chief of Police Earl Heuvel, indicted by the Klam ath county grand jury on a charge - of contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl, but Sheriff Lloyd L. Low said Fri day that no trace of the man had been found. Heuvel's $1000 bond, , posted in justice court following his arrest in Decem ber,, was forfeited when he failed to appear in circuit court for arraignment' last week. - , Law enforcement officers up and down the Pacific coast have been . advised by' Sheriff Low, to the e f f e e t that Heuvel is wanted in Klamath Falls to an swer to the indictment. Four More Schools Name Candidates for Valentines Missing Cpl. Harry Fenning Curls danced and hearts flut tered at Mills school this morn ing as St. Valentine's Day sweet hearts were named by the boys in the 20 grade rooms with final selection to be made Mon day. Principal Verne Speirs an nounced tne following . candidates: First grades, four rooms, Car olyn Nancarrow, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Nancarrow, 2260 Vine; Joy Elledge, .. 6, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Conner, 2007 S. 6th; Oneta Bell Charles, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Charles, 247 Martin; Marilyn Hersey, 6. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hersey, 2540 Reclamation- Second grade, three - rooms, Jo Ann Hayford, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Hayford, 2027 Main; Sharon Lee Larson, 7. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Georae Larson. 308 E. Main: Roberta McCoy, 7, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mcuoy, fcberleln. Third Qrad Third srade. three rooms, Jeanne Saner, 8, daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. Louis Sauer, 2325 Darrow; Patty Sue Newland, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heri. man Newland, zosa snasta way; Thelma Peterson, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Peterson, 625 Martin. Fourth grade, three rooms, Katherlne Potter, 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Potter, 2535 Orchard; Dolores Flowers, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Flowers, 2212 Eberlein; Shir- ley Tawncy, 8, daugnter or rar. and Mrs. L. R. Tawney, 2228 Applegate. ! Finn uraaera Tlfih 01-flrip. two rooms. lone Peaco, 11, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.. Feliz Peace, 2126 Darrow; Clydene Bousman, 10, daugnter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bousmart, 2252 S. 6th. Sixth grade, two rooms. Nancy Lambo, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lambo, 902 Mitchell; Cleo Nan Cadwell, 1 1, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H, F. Cadwell, 2200 Main. Seventh grade, three rooms. Jean Carnes, 12, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Nugent Carnes, 226 E. Main; Grace Caldwell, 14, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Caldwell, . 2427 Apple (Continued on Page Two) i i