PVT. . interesting hint I" . 11... ....nitf Irt. ,iutiM for whutovor M 'Ti be slowed l "PJ?V , lu.st the. moment 11 "The Cnm'tlf'"" trlko at ,,En Tcml ' t" western ""'End H around seven 1 iiio firnl 3D hours J'llJld deVrli; us an "ava- '"'.boTcolncKlwco, but 1 SuCH in"ro probable that 1 ?1UL' . .i,i wnv our plnllV. U iliu Cicr- no , , lie control damson tho upper PLEC'l... .,,,1 Ink. 1 ho oocn the newt today. here ro 1 0 .. i' 1 ,. i,,Vo SchwiimiiH'in'i'i' . ... ..... ThlsSchwuinmimniiol diiin 1 T. ,.. ,l 1IIU fuel 1 H i, ETtal'MO 'b.lll of 231) En miles. " how. 1 y mi TONB 01 VIIIK, r....v.. .. contusing lo uj, nco w kon water sloniti" 1 " " ,1, nit n bo loved Unit ' ...j i nil ut oiico this coutd scud ii IB-fool wall inter down Hi" Koer valley. I, wii Iho MENACE of thin ill ol wer iron ,w , -r lillCOl IHO our uuvr. .w ... Snxmas wo were stopped by this nossluimy, wc murn-u .,mi.nl 1U OUTFLANK Hnmi. but our outflanking checked by Von Jtund dl'i offensive In Belgium, i 10011 as wc got Von llund dtitopixid we went lifter the 111 again, and yesterday we m to have rcacr.ra uni aiuc ih Schwainmoiiauel. where. Icti tho Germans seem to have AHTEu releasing llio wuior. dispatches uren 1 wnouy nr. but they nnnenr nut to lie turned it loose nil at once, Hit wa or lower down Is cu bed this morning lis rlslnii ut rite of ubout n tool and a if per hour. !(e'ro itlll going utter the 11 hird, There is a suggestion iiM newi thnt wo may 00 cut- across uisluw (prouuoiy the shortest route), Inking fclianw' Hint the- dintlr mny mined for demolition mid mny blown up, tluia releasing the iff and drowning out our 11 1- innf lorcc, ! ItESUMABLY (u lot of guess work ti noccssnrlly involved ill thil) If the Ciernmns dvun- !e the dams thev will huvo fl their boll, uud when the Iter runs down we cun altuck Mi Ihc Rocr valley, which ! menace oi uie dnms I'HE SITED us from dolnii before. k lact that the Germans are ktanlng to turn the water ' suggests thnt they think ')' can't hold the china much PIE Roer vnllcy, which hns nao, ui stopped since bnek In vembcr, lies iusi smith r pry the- Cnnndlnns are nttnek- aiMeve.Tho Hocr in 20-ocld west of tho lihlno at Co- ftv. . PE home fronters can only wess at what hns Checked RllssaiK 'l'l,r Itadetenscs at the Oder mny 00 strong for ,e forces tho I have available at tho mo m and they're wultlng to "lUprolllforccmonto. 'He omazlno iii.-.i,... ...1 b,SC,?, 3 PPo en Kf nl"S Cr nt Kl,slrl" ilH of. Borlln; may bo too vn nlV"l?,il'"'k! w:do loni Must 1 ' 7." if i. pclod). keep Its flanks F, Whatever hns hnnnened. 1 01 " ,tint iho i7.ib . ""R UI I thtll iih.. al h m c ory IZJh '. and It iLcnhnucd"n Z"wa Blaze In The ShaataCascade Wonderland February 10, 1945 . Max. (Feb. B) 60 Mill. 32 ' Precipitation last 24 hours .....00 Stream year to date 6.0S Normal 7.0S Last year ..........4.59 rorecaiti Fair. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1845 Quake, EB-29's Hi? Mips; Yanks Slowed In Manila RESULTS FORT PILOTS By ELMONT WAITE TWENTY-FIRST BOMBER COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, GUAM, Feb. 10 (!) A power ful forco of B-2D Superfortresses probably tho largest ever to hit Japnn bombed Tokyo today In "rare good weather." B-20 pllota returning home ra- QUAKE PRECEDES RAID The Japanese news agency reported an earthquake today on the main Japanese island of Honshu, which includes Tokyo. The dispatch, recorded by the federal communications commission, did not disclose the intensity ol the shock, but said that it had extended, from Hokkaido, northernmost of the home islands down through Honshu, with its epicenter In Aomorl prefecture, at the northern end of Honshu. The broadcast said the city of Hachlnohe, on eastern Hon shu, felt the weight of the quake. Time of the shock was 1:50 p. m. (I2i50 a. m. EWT), 40 minutes before the JS-J9 raid. . '- o i-Vi.r-;'1" i,... dloed tlint they had onjoyad 'ex cellent results." Tokyo broadcasts said "ap proximately 00" Superfortresses striking In five waves In tho nftornoon' (Jnpnncsc time) caused "some damage, to ground instal lations." Jnpnncsc announcers said the giant bombers began the attack at 2:80 p, m. (1:110 a. in., eastern war time) and continued drop-, (Continued oil Pago Two) CONSIDERED BY OES By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 VP) A war labor board-proposed compromise in the "battle of the fringe" how to handlo Indus trial wage adjustments not in volving gcncrnl wage increases wns before tho offico of eco nomic stabilization for approval today. Backed unnnlmously by the board, tho new policy suggests that Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson referee fringe cases just as ho now docs general wage changes ordered by WLB. On Its part, the board would try to keep tho smaller adjust ments within "stabilization lim its" to forestall price Increases. A two-month dcndlock on the issue between the WLB and OES has held up board decisions on several Industry wldo cases Including those of the packing houso and textile workers. "Fringe" cases, In WLB prov ince, nro those involving paid vacations, night shift differen tials, Job reclassifications, and tho like, as differentiated from general wage adjustments which nro limited by tho llttlo steel formula. ' Got Ride as Sort W Favor to Mrs. Boettiger (VP) dog Elliott n' '!" tot ., aog , so his now celebrated 'V'i ,Vi(ln "cross the ..... i,, , yy,v a sister, Mrs. An- Li ' 'It C0lnnl ""cttiaor. from V MnJ n V,?-' ""'"V 5 cstlfioj 1 """"port com- "O'lOllI MI.,... U'W,"10 Whole business rot u ir.:,: "siaito1 1 ... '"SllUOCl." which V M ivl?.e.mbor. nuotod rf'bHsllln. ... ... . 1 Mil 'A- r,H., Iho Wna iinnuljiorize'd under regulations relating to air priorities." . , He told tho senators that Col Ray W. Ireland, assistant chief of staff for priorities and traffic at the headquarters ATC here, established tho priority for 'Blazo" nflcr a telephone con versation with Mrs. Boettiger at the White House. George said Mrs. Boettiger had requested that the dog be transported from tho capital to Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt in Holly wood, Calif., but ho added "no mention of priority was made In tho conversation." - , Mnybnnk said ho got the im pression from talking to George that Ireland Issued tho high pri ority "Just ns a sort of a favor." Three Bervieemon with low priorities were forced off the plane at Memphis, Tenn.. while !,Blazo" completed his , trip to the const. Port Guarding Path To Danzig Captured By JAMES F. KINO LONDON, Feb. 10 (!) Russian assault troops captured the Baltic fortress port of Elblng guarding the path to Daniig today, and to the northeast closed In on Koenlgsberg, Junkers' province capital. Elblng lies 32 mllos southeast of Daniig Itself, and is on the right bank of the Vistula river. Marshal Stalin announced its fait in an order of the day. For days the encircled city had been pounded by the heavy guns of Marshal Konstantln Rokossovsky'i second White Russian army. Berlin said nasi naval units including the 10,000-ton pocket battleship Admiral Scheer were hammering the attacking Soviets. Encircle Koenlgsberg Red army forces were closing from all directions on Koonlgs- puooas 8 U poDunouuo moosojm 'gjoqsfliuaox jo qjnos sajjui ZZ PEACE DECLARATION E ; By Tho Associated Press A means of ending the' war through a declaration of poaco If the Germans fall to surrender may be under consideration at the Big Three conference, in formed quarters suggested today In London. Supporting this possibility was Prime Minister Churchill's statement in a recent houso of commons war rcvew that the alllcil would fight the German army until resistance ceases but t some point mny declare the -war at an end and treat holdout naxis as guerrillas. ..,..,-,.. Storing Food Various roundabout reports .have said that the Germans al ready are storing food and war equipment in the central Ger man hills for a last-ditch guer rilla stnnd. Such resistance groups might fnco death ns out laws within their own country, for guerrillas normally aro not accorded military rights. Germany's own history in this wor provides a precedent for such a procedure. After Polish forcos had been thoroughly dis organized in Germany's Invasion of Poland those fighting behind German lines were branded as guerrillas. Tokyo Worried The Tokyo newspaper Yoml url Hochl Shlmbun today re flected some concern over the possibility Russia might enter the war against Japan as a re sult of tho present conference. An editorial broadcast by the Tokyo radio and recorded by tho federal communications commission, warned the people of Japan that "wo must be fully prepared to cope with any situa tion that may arise." The Ankara radio, as heard (Continued on Page Two) Farmers Demand Jap Deportation GRESHAM, Ore.. Feb. 10 (P) A mass meeting of 1000 resi dents of this farming region was on record today in demand ing that persons of Japanese an cestry bo deported. The resolution was adopted last night at a meeting called by Oregon Property Owners' P r 0 te c t i v c association after spenkcrs ' told the throng that Japanese moving to the United Statos, or born here, aro char acteristically of dual citizenship to the sixth generation. The resolution asked tho Ore gon legislature to memorialize congress for legislation to de port all persons holding citizen ship both in tho United States and a foreign country. It also urged deportation of "not wholly loyal" aliens Increased Output Of Clothing Set WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (VP) Having specified a wide range of Inexpensive esscntlnl cotton garments for increased produc tion, the governmen t hurried work today on priority lists of woolen . and rayon clothing items. Announcement of these lists In about 10 days by the war production board will complete the foundation for a program designed to Increase the supply of low and medium-priced wear ing apparel. As joint sponsor of the pro gram, the office of price admin istration expects to roll bnek re tail prices of such garments by about six or seven per cent, berg, and Germans said Ameri can amphibious tanks made up part of tho assault forces. Gen. Ivan S. Chernlakhov sky's third White Russian army has captured Preussich-Eylau, order of the day. This further tightened the steel box on some 20 German divisions backed to ward the sea in western East Prussia, ! ' ' ' Simultaneously' tremendous battles for position raged up and down tho Oder river front as the first White Russian army of Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov maneuvered for. a big push on Berlin. The Germans have reported the Russians across the middle Oder 35 miles clue east of Bcr- (Continued on Page Two) , POWER SYSTEMS OPPOSE TAX BILL By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Feb. 10 (TP) Muni cipal power systems were united today in their opposition to a Droposed 0 oer cent tax on their gross operating revenues, but counties, which would get a share of the tax, favor it. The bill would give three per cent each of the operating rev enues to counties,, school dis tricts and the cities. A 1943 law now taxes the municipal systems three per cent, with all the pro ceeds going to the cities. W. S. Fort, attorney for the League of Oregon Counties, told the house utilities committee that it is only justice to give counties and school districts their share of the revenue. But Speaker of the House Eugene E. Marsh, who appeared as city attorney of McMinnville, which operates its own system, said the tax question should be delayed until after the war. He said . the proposed tax would "cripple some postwar plans for McMinnville." ' Reconsidera The house voted 36 to 21 to reconsider the vote by which it defeated a memorial asking con gress to kill any plans to cancel deferments for farm workers. The senate passed a house bill changing the terms of justices of the peace from 2 to 6 years to conform with the constitution. They have been serving six years for a long time, but only by supreme court decision. Sinned Into Law Governor Snell signed Into law today bills appropriating $25,000 for expenses of the li quor investigating committee, and banning the use of mobile trailers for registering war workers. The trailers have been used in Portland. The house committee on ad (Continued on Page Two) STREET MINES, SHELL FIRING DELAYS M MANILA, Feb. 10 (P) Mined streets and Japanese mortars firing from the upper floors of office buildings slowed Ameri can infantrymen today in their stubbornly - resisted drive through the heart of Manila to ward dock areas south of the Pasig river. It was clear the desperate and trapped Japanese would fight long and bitterly in de fense of the flame-blackened In tramuros district, through which the Yanks must pass to reach the dock area from their am phibious Pasig river crossing. Enemy's Final Stand Gen. Douglas. MacArthur in his communique today describ ed the fighting as "of the fierc est" and said the enemy was set for a "final stand." ' While the 11th airborne divis ion pressed the southern side of a three-way trap, five battalions of the 148th and 129th infantry regiments of the 37th division gained 2000 . yards from the Pasig as they headed into the strongly - defended Intrarnuros (wailed city), a highly-congested commercial and residential area. four Down Sheila Reinforced concrete pillboxes and mines were hazards aground; from the second floors of. office buildings the Japanese poured down deadly mortar and machinegun fire. The enemy used , the mortars with good ef fect, and, of course, consider able damage to buildings. Maj. Gen. Oscar W. Griswold, 14th corps commander,, told As sociated Press Correspondent Fred Hampson that the Jap anese have wantonly devastated a considerable part of the heart (Continued on Page Two) YANKS DESTROY 20 IP PLANES T0 1 By ELMONT WHITE U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, FORWARD AREA, Feb. 10 (VP) A total of 2472 Japanese airplanes were de stroyed in aerial combat during U. S. Pacific fleet carrier opera tions from June 11 to October 30, against 123 American air craft lost a ratio of 20 tp 1. Vice Adm. George D. Murray, commander of the Pacific fleet I air forces, announced this today in u press reiuusu. The operations Included the first and second battles of the Philippines sea, air attacks on the Bonin and Volcano islands, the invasion of Palau and the invasion of Leyte in the Philip pines. During all of these actions American carrier planes werte up against Japanese land-based aircraft. . Admiral Murray attributed the tremendous American supe riority to the navy's excellent pilot training and to the sturcii ness and design of American planes. The figures include only aennl combat1 pilot versus pi lot and not planes shot down oy antl-aircratt tire. Jap Cabinet Reshuffling Leaves Koiso as Top Man By The Associated Presi The Japanese cabinet has been res-huffed . in response to con tinuing criticism, the Dome! news agency reported today but Premier Kunlaki Koiso remains at its head. . ': ... -; - The dispatch .wag : beamed to occupied- Asia and recorded by the federal communications commission.. Two men were dropped In the cabinet shift Education Minis ter Harushlgo Nlnomlya and Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Tanaka. The change comes on the heels of months-long criticism of Japan's war effort which has Increased with each of the con tinuing Japanese reverses. Koi so has met each protest by par- 1 1 a 1 1 y yielding to his critics while still maintaining tho donv Inant role. The announcement coincides with Tokyo admissions that tho U. S.- conquest of the Philip pines is interfering with the flow of vital raw materials from the Dutch' Indies and other southern areas. A Tokyo domestic broadcast, recorded by FCC, said Interrup tion of southern supply lines makes it "important that the wealth and materials in China he more and more utilized." Kolso's government also Is sued a decrco accelerating the mobilization of students into the armed service, Prisoner United With Family n xpifiiiFiv FLOOD ITERS' nnnnnr nnrn Number 10386 Most Thrilling sighT of The day for Sgt. Walter Ring, one of 510 allied prisoners rescued from Cabantuan Japanese prison camp, was sight of his family waiting for him at evacuation hos pital. Lett to right: Twins Harry and Lewis, 14; Ring, Henry, a: and Ruth, 4. His .wife is not present in the picture but joined him later with their eldest son, member of guerrilla army. Ring was captured on Bataan. ' Prowling hlaii Subs Sink ; Six Vessels in Atlantic HALIFAX, Feb. 10 (IP) Ger man submarines have prowled the: North Atlantic this winter BILL STRIKES SNAG By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 UP) The senate military committee called a three-day recess today in its consideration of limited na tional service legislation which President Roosevelt five weeks ago recommended be passed "immediately." The secretary of war, tne navy secretary, the war manpower commissioner, the selective serv ice director, tne . war production board chairman and other high administration officials have ap peared during a week of closed hearings to urge its enactment. The committee, however, has shown no induction of approach ing a vote, and will resume hear ings Tuesday. Interviews and comments indi cate that a sizeable number of committee members, if not in deed a majority, remain uncon vinced of the need for legisla tion empowering the govern ment to tell any man between 18 and 45 that he had to engage in war work, to go to jail, pay a fine 'or be inducted into the army. Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) has said repeatedly that the only real arguments for the bill are the betterment of morale and the uncertainty of future war devel opments. Eric Johnston, president of (Continued on Page Two) Terror Campaign Opens in Norway STOCKHOLM, Feb. 10 (VP) A new, widespread wave of ar rests of Norwegians, particular ly In Telemark province west of Oslo, in a German-Quisling terror campaign was reported today by the Swedish-Norwegian Press service. About 180 persons were ar rested in Telemark by the ges tapo, it said and arrests also ex tended to the Swedish border districts. Thirty-four Norwegians have been executed since the ambush slaying Thursday of Maj. Gen. Carl Marthinsen, commander of Quisling police troops in Nor way, and there is no indication that reprisals have yet been stopped, the press service add ed. Indians Capture Town of Ramree SOUTHEAST ASIA COM MAND HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, Feb. 10 (fl5) Tho 15th Indian corps has cap tured the town of Ramree on Ramree island off the west coast of Burma, Southeast Asia com mand headquarters announced today. The town Is on the southeast sido of tho island, Invaded by Eiritish troops January 21. in constant threat to allied con voys using Canadian ports and in one 22-day period sank a Ca nadian warship; and .five roer chantmen, .-lifting of censorship aisoiosea iasi rugnii ? ; ; ; ; - . "A seventh vessel, a Canadian freighter en .route from ;New York to a Canadian port, was torpedoed at another timei; i The " long-range . submarines caused tension among navy men by mysterious operations along the North Atlantic seaboard for many weeks before they actual ly struck. There was some be lief they might be picking tar gets for V-weapon attacks. They were spotted at many points close to the Nova Scotia coast from Cape. Breton to Yarmouth. The initial attack was against the Canadian freighter en route from New York. It went down with a loss of at least 37 lives. Three weeks later, . just before Christmas, the minesweeper Clayoquot which had seen four years of convoy duty, was sunk 12 miles off the Nova- Scotia coast with a loss of eight of her crew of 81,. . . - - U. S. Rests Case Against Spies NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (IP) The government rested its case today against two accused nazi agents and the defense lost a motion for dismissal of a charge that one of them. William C. Colenaueh,' ha d been "found lurking" behind United States defense lines in wartime. :-w . Army-assigned counsel' for the Connecticut-born Colepa ugh argued that the prosecution had not introduced any proor tnat he sought to conceal his identity after coming to this country with Erich Oimpel, his German born co-defendant, by submar ine late last October. The specific motion was that Colepaugh be found ;- innocent of violating the 82nd article of war under which he was ac cused of having been ' found lurking, under an assumed name, behind the lines of de fense of the United States in time of war. . Flood Crest Rises to Three Feet At i Duren By JAMES M. LONG : TAPTS Fh. in OK r.n.ill. first army troops plunged to within two miles of strategic Kleve and almost halfway through the fortified Riechswald today, while to the south Ger. m!mi riVnnmllA illa Cnh.t.nM . menauel dam, sending flood waters coursing down tne Koer river. ftprmnn ipmnlttlnne nnAnba the gates of the dam at the iiuer s nead waters even as Amer ican first army troops reached nnf' nf the aretat aa.ll.An structure, but the retaining wall remained intact. . . .- Hues to Three Feet ' Thf fnnA froo, .naa 4n .www tun: iu miicq - w ,ce W. .till kl, army- line today, then later b smi leueuiiig. cut 11 Will 08 days -before the reservoir, im- nniinHintT' 17ftnnnnnn water, drains.. ' Canadian and British troops battled within two miles of Kleve aftpr strilrlncr -tht-mitfU tl.A main concrete belf of the Sieg- line, .arm swung rneir as sault arc farther north into the Dutch village of Millingen on the broaH lnwpr Rhin, 4..,. uA fore it splits into its two Dutch iiiuuiua. Menaces Ruhr Ttltft niiell tht-oafana, 4a 11. behind the Rhine and rich Ruhr inauscnai concentration. . An aAvarna iYlttrt 1. yond Nuetterden carried tha closest to Kleve, northern anchor oi ine original Siegfried line. A hard thrust southeast through the German fnroet n Ralnv.n.,nii had carried across a. diagonal ruaa irom rueve, and won high ground southwest, of the bastiori town. - Biggest Barrier The Schwammenauel dam is the.biggest of a series of .barriers holding back the Roer river'a headwaters. . Built - of earth around a concrete core, it is 180 feet high and has a drainage area of 258 square miles. Still further south, U. S. third army troops fought within three quarters of. a mile of the Sieg fried prize of Pruem, and scored advaniw nHmr rt un in a mil a northeast and southwest of the roan ,nuD. ...uermans resisted desperately. : - . Meuuorcect Naxis Gorman HlnfftnumBn,. ......... flung against the Canadian first army, push which apparently had hroa f Vl Ctrl nnmnlalaln ,U n wwyiwijr me . 11 Itllll pillbox line protecting Kleve. -Gen. H, G."G. Crerar's men aeizea jiueiieraen, a miles irom Kleve on the: main "road to Nij'' mp0pn in a fwn.milct ntt.h ln- yond-Kranenberg. The town of iviuiu, aiso norm oi tne rorest, fell, and Crerar's troops fought into Milligen. Flying Forts Hit Fuel Depot LONDON. Feb. 10 (Pi IT S. Flying . Fortresses attacked . a uerman motor fuel depot at Duelmen," southwest of Muen. ster, today and submarine pens at inmuiden on tne Netherlands coast,, Only 150 heavy bombers and approximately 130 fighters participated in both operations. inmuiden, which has been bombed four times in the past week, is one of the most active submarine bases the nazis have left on the European, coast. '. Nazi Counterblow Beaten in Italy ROME,' Feb. 10 (IP) German counterattacks have been re pulsed in the Serchio valley and Italian west coastal area where the fifth army made limited ad vances in the last few days, al lied headquarters announced to day. v:''i-.v-' The nazis were ;: halted ,, at Strettoia, three miles southeast of the important town bt Masa and about 20 miles southeast of the naval base La Spezia. - -'.. Wainwright. Other Captive Of f icers Now In Manchukuo WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (JP) The war department -disclosed today that Lt. , Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, commander of American and Filipino forces when the Philippines fell to the Japanese, had been transferred along with a number of other captive- officers from a prison camp on Formosa to Manchu kuo. i General Wainwright, known affectionately by his fellow of ficers and men as "S k i n n y Wainwrlght.M was born in Walla Walla, Wash., August 23, 1883, the son of an officer stationed there. His present home is at Skane atcles, N, Y., where his wife re sides. v ; Other nromlnent northwest ern men listed included Brig. Geri!. Joseph Pete- Vacori, Sent tie: Col. Donald B. Hilton, Se attle; Col. Malcolm. V. Forticr. Spokane; Col. Nunez C. Pllet, Tacoma; Maj. Gon. George M. FarKer, r ortiano; mi. juun n. H'Alpnp. Tdn.l Col, Harry A. Skerry, Portlands UOI. rtoscoe onnam, ruiutuiu, Col. Jacob E. Uhrlg. Wallace, Ida., and Col. James W. Calla han Jr.; Eugene, Ore. ; In all, -18 generals, 110 col onels, six navy captains and 34 . enlisted men were shifted from the camp-at Taiwan, on For mosa, to Hotcn camp, Mukden, Manchukuo.. i