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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1945
Number 10387
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the Rwr, nooning mo vuhuj-
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tt them nml lot imouier uoou
lumulito (o be rcivasca ni in
tilnl moment.
iwilh the dnms blasted, there
fc bf no fiirllicr necumuiaiion
u when the pre.icni noon kiu
Em II ulll III" mifo fnr in to nt
I, acroM tho valley. Thin
ii nn ii nnvv liiru Milieu IlllllV
tndav'i dlsnntchca. hut it la
aatcd itronRiy.
'HE Ruislmu me nppnrcntly
ill! held ui) at the Oiler duo
fetof Berlin. The nnluial wlsh-
Ihoimht Ii that they are wall-
t to brine un reinforcement
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fiiclciu to do inc jod in a Dig
v.
Waiting to sec what happen
pi that no will uc hotter
u jumping to conclusions.
L'MORS of food and fuel short-
agei in Germany nro rlslnR
bty arc very, very IntcrestinB
lime, German morale for
Mlevcr reason Ii n s been
one.
so far llic Germain have been
Mly well fed and hnvo kept
pwnably warm. Keeping up
pile When you are fed nnd
Nils one thing, Maintaining
' upper lip when you nro
Id and nunfirv Isnniln imntlmr.
Many a man lias been able to
ft on lop of hlii troubles nil
If but has gone to pieces on
'ms nomo at nigiii to n cold
m am no ti liner.
wove all else, keep your eye
k iuci inai in both the
continued on Pago Two)
M tnHr,i in.." ., .
tin .j "on ironu
1 L W "1;. Rovernmont of
r; ucn, Nicholas Tlnstlras
i with ii y con(;llltlc(l to-
im.ni "mums or. an
iA kri! " ,rouulc'i innd.
It ih. m!"0"cement Riild
ll!rilns,t0 reconcile Ihoir
alln ,Li. sovcral weeks,
mini. . "Rfoement "on
PolnU under discussion" nt
fc"fe.d'lth ""Id the
fcMhvi."' "irrcndcr of
l sI'u'"V-in-Tnp(i mllltln of
Briii,i, lronn 1111
Itch ..u "'Horvlslon, Tho dls-
I r,'?r,tln' low would
K! oi' m" tl,nt cortnl
K S ' i r hl of ns-
E's Wontri " ot tho
,u .'. "t tho Klnl,, ,.,.
loan, 12 i. 1,1 , 11,0 Mclltr-
fJo'nC.ofC.
"ember
tho .J'lnt. "VO been nrf,wi
L WafnihlK "f tho drive
r,nl to 4n obrunry,o.
"I- ft'l. ' chnmber sec-
, 'SfKlnmnth Tails.
"K for a . clwmbcr is
Cr"rou,.B" J ?00. ncl
1 noon, ,e drlvo on
BRIDGEHEADS
FLUNG ACROSS
BOB
Canadiart First Army
Captures Kleve,
Advances
By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE
Auoclated Preu War Editor
Ilcrlin radio today declared
the swlft-rollInK first Ukrnninn
nriny had fluiiK two brlduchcacU
ncroHH the Buber river In Ger
many 75 miles or less from Drcs
den. and only 'JO miles behind
Germans dutf in nlonu tho Oder
river southeast of Berlin,
Marshal Ivan Koncv s army.
Berlin declared, had broken Into
uunzlau on the Dobcr and crack
ed iiazl defenses, north of Sudan,
the latter 00 miles southeast of
Berlin, .
This was 27 miles deeper into
Germany than Moscow had
placed Konev's troops, who
crossed tho Oder northwest of
Dreslau and scored a brenk
throiiKh 100 miles wido and 50
miles deep,
' Cross Oder River
In tho Saltan sector, Konev
was about DO miles south of
Marshal Gregory Zhukov's
forces which, by Berlin account,
hud crossed the Oder south of
FiierstcnbcrK, Koncv threaten
ed to curl behind tho German
defenders of Berlin.
Brcslau had been virtually en
circled nnd Industrial Llcunltz
hud fallen to Konev's troops.
Bunzlau on the Bobcr is 85 miles
west of Breslau.
Tho Germans also indicated
Zluikob's northern , whig had
reached within 15 miles of Stet
tin. Capture Klere
On the western front, the Can
adian first army captured the
rubbled city of Klcvo (pop. 20,
000), northern anchor of the
orltilnnl Siegfried Una. Patrols
drovo on beyond. Three-fourths
(Continued on Pago Two)
When student of Sacred
Heart academy resumed classes
this morning after a one-week
vocation duo to lack of heat in
the building, they proceeded to
nnmo their Vnlcntlnc's Day
sweethearts In tho various homo
rooms. Sharon Swcnson, 7, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Swcnson,
726 Plum, was named sweet
heart from the first nnd second
grndo room; Jonn Dlngmon, 0,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Dlngmnn, 834 Doty, represents
tho third and fourth grades; Joan
Sowchuck, 0, daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. W. E. Sawchuck, 325
N. 10th, fifth nnd sixth; June
Woodlcy, 13, dnughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. R. Woodlcy, seventh
nnd eighth.
The Hernld nnd News will fea
ture the Vnlcntlnc's Day . choice
from among the city's schools on
Wednesday, FebriiKry 14, nt
which tlmo tho sweothoarts will
bo announced.
Alien Japanese Pass Through Tule Gates to Waiting Train
9 Subjects
Covered in
Conference
This picturo shows a part of tho 650 Japanese Japan-born and men who have renounced U. S. citizenship marching Sunday
through the Tulolake WRA conter gate on their way to a train which was to take them to a department of justice internment camp.
Many of those men are mombers of rabidly pro-Japanese groups which have sponsored semi-military drilling in the Tnlelake col
ony and have sought to promote anti-American sentiment there. Their removal to the train was accomplished methodically and
without incident. ......
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John Henry Boggs, 16-ycar-
old Klamath Union high school
student, was found dead late
Sirndny night nt tho East Side
Electric company where he was
employed,
Tho youth Is thought to have
accidentally handled some po
tassium cyanide, used at the
plant for case hardening steel.
Some cyanide was found ncor
tho body, and traces of the poi
son were evident in aoggs
stomach, according to Dr.
George H, Adler, Klamnth
county coroner, who mado the
examination.
YounE Boflns. whoso father
Is also employed at East Side
Electric, worked nights nt the
plant nnd was usually through
his work ot 8:30 p. m. His fath
er, Wilbur t. Jioggs, uecumc
worried when the boy jid not
return to his home. 2450 S. Oth,
nnd went to the store but did
not see tho youth. Later he re
turned before midnight, and
found John on tho landing. It
was thought that his death oc
curred some four hours prior to
tho tlmo he was found. The
body Is nt Whltlock's.
But Did He Get
The Cigarets?
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Feb.
12 l Glenn Luglnm, pur
chasing agent for a firm hero,
broke Ills leg In a rush for a
pack of cignrets.
Rounding an Intersection ot
full gallop when he saw o clg
oret lino forming in front ot
a drug store, Luglnm slipped
on tho Ice nnd fell, breaking
his left leg in two places.
USO Grants Approval for
Remodeling Arcade Center
Approval has been granted by
tho national office of tho USO
for extensive remodeling of tho
street floor of the Arcado garage
for tho Klamath Falls USO
center.
Annnimenmont of the action
was made today by the Klamnth
Fnlls USO operating commuice
hooded by Cloronce Humble, fol
lowing receipt of n telegram
from New York today directed to
GrcHorv Foley, director ot the
USO set-up here.
$30,000 Improvement
The S30.000 Inuirovcmont will
provide for n large lobby, game
and social roo m, women s
lounge, writing room, storage,
checkrooms, kitchen, counter, of
fices, nnd other facilities, giving
Klnmntl. vuhnt fa RXDCCtcd tO be
ono of the most complete USO
centers on tho coast.
Tho Arcndo garage building is
owned by Chris Blnnns, anci
hns been lensed by tho USO for
the duration nnd six months.
Howard R. Perrln, local ar
chitect, Is in chnrgo ot plnns for
tho remodeling, nnd it Is expect
ed bids will be called for within
fortnlBht. C, H. wick, i-ou-
loud architect and assistant re
gional supervisor of buildings,
has been active In plans for tho
Klamath center nnd in obtaining
npprovnl from Now York.
Daley Devoloped
Announcement was mado sev
eral months ago that tho Arcade
building, locatod nt 11th nnd
Walnut streets, would bo used
for a USO center, but delay de
veloped because of the large out
lay required and the necessity of
making tho Klamnth situation
clear to tho officials in New
York. Tho presence hero of tho
Marino Barracks, homo post for
thousands of able-bodied combat
veterans, gives distinction to the
Klamath USO program.
Director Foley said todny the
USO will continue to operate In
the present center, on Main be
tween Eighth and Ninth, until
tho new center is ready for oc
cupancy. .
Monthly nltcndnnco at the
USO center is approaching 30,
000, jamming tho relatively
small room now In use. Last
month, tho center served more
thnn 8000 snndwiches, more than
9000 glasses of milk, and about
11,000 cups of coffee. Four
hundred senior hostesses Inst
month gnvo 2100 hours to tho
USO work, and 135 Junior host
esses gave 2400 hours,
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650 Alien Japanese Removed
From Tulelake WRA Center;
Bound for Internment Camp
Six hundred fifty alien Jap
anese, many of them with their
heads shaved in the fashion of
Japanese soldiers, were re
moved from Tulelake segrega
tion center by train Sunday,
bound for an undisclosed de
partment ot justice internment
camp.
Entralnment of the Japanese
18 of them natives of Japan
nnd 632 natives of tho U. S.
who had renounced American
citizenship was accomplished
without incident in about two
hours at mid-day Sunday. They
boarded n 21-car train under the
eyes of deportment of justice
agents and members of the
Tulelake internal security force.
Pro-Japanese
Most of the Japs who were
moved from Tulelake Sunday
belonged to the pro-Jnpanese
Hokuku Seinan Dan, an" organi
zation which has sponsored
semi-military drilling in ' tho
Tulelake-. colony and has at
tempted to influence vloyol Japanese-Americans
to renounce
their U. S. citizenship. The re
moval of" these Japs is expected
to put a damper on the activi
ties of the anti-American socie
ties "in the colony.
The 650 men were served last
week with notices to be on hand
for cntrainment Sunday morn
ing. They presented themselves
at tho gate between the colony
and the administrative area, and
several thousand colonists
swarmed about the area to bid
them farewell. 1
The internees then went to
the stockade adjoining the main
highway fence. Shortly before
(Continued on Pago Two)
Early Morning Fire Burns
El Padre Tavern to Ground
El Padre tavern, located at the
Merrill-Lakevlcw junction three
miles southeast of Klamath
Falls, was destroyed by fire early
Monday morning.
Origin of the flames was not
known. The county fire depart-
SP Passenger
Train, Freight
Cars Collide
REDLANDS, Calif., Feb. 12
(P) Railroad officials sought to
day tho cause of a head-on colli
sion between a Southern Pacific
passenger train and an castbound
freight In which 91 persons were
injured. Thirty-five were hos
pitalized. Tho Collfornlan, bound for
Los Angoles from Chicago with
1)00 passengers oboard, had just
left Redlands when the wreck
occurred yesterday morning on a
curvo ncor San Tlmoteo canyon,
three miles west. A baggage car
was thrown off tho track and 11
freight cars were derailed.
Most of the injuries were
bruises or minor cuts.
Head Named for
Indian Affairs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 0P)
President Roosevelt today nom
inated Wlllinm A. Brophy of
Now Mexico to be commission
er of Indian affairs succeeding
John Collier, resigned.
Brophy has served ns chief of
tho Puerto Rico section of the
Interior department's division of
territories and island possessions
since 1943.
Intorlor Secretary Ickcs said
he was "extremely sorry that
Mr, Collier has found it neces
sary to retire after having
served with such distinction."
He said the office of Indian af
fairs was "fortunate'' that a man
"of the caliber of Mr. Brophy"
has been nominated for the post.
ment was called to El Padre at
3:30 a. m. when a state police
officer, on patrol, noticed the
building burning. He aroused
Frank Krizo, one of the owners
of El Padre,, who resides in a
small house on adjacent pro
perty. At that time the front
of the building had been virtually
consumed and within a short
time the tavern was completely
destroyed with the exception of
the two main walls.
It is understood, that the loss,
estimated at $20,000, was cov
ered by insurance.
El Podre was purchased one
year ago by John Krizo of this
city and his brother Frank of
Merrill, . from John Kandra.
They have operated the place
since that time.
' STATE OF WAR
LIMA; Peru, Feb. 12 (P)
Peru considers herself in an "ac
tual state of belligerency" with
Germnny nnd Japan, it was an
nounced today. Peru severed
diplomatic relations with the
axis in January, 1942.
WASHINGTON, Feb..l2 VPh-7
Cautioning that the future "is
full, of, promise and - danger,"
President Roosevelf today called'
on congress to carry 'out "the
Bretton Woods agreements for
world economic cooperation.
In his first major public state
ment since leaving for the Big
Three meeting, Mr. Roosevelt
asked specifically for "DromDt
action" in authorizing American,
participation in a proposed inter-
imLiuiitii duuk ana lmernauonai
monetary fund.
"It is time," he said in a mes
sage to congress released at the
White House," for the United
States to take the lead in estab
lishing the principle of economic
cooperation as a foundation for
expanded world trade."
The world bank to provide
guaranteed loans for reconstruc
tion and development would be
capitalized at $9,100,000,000,
with an aggregate. United States
participation of $3,175,000,000,
although this country and other
member nations would be re
quired to put up only one-fifth of
their quotas ih cash.
The monetary fund, designed
to stabilize currencies and trariH
balances, would be capitalized at
$8,800,000,000 f which this
country would subscribe $2,
750,000,000.
Election Denied
Workers at Todd
SEATTLE, Feb. 12 (P) The
regional director of the national
labor relations board today de
nied the request of a thousand
striking welders at the two Todd
shipyards for a bargaining agen
cy eiecuon. .
The move left the situation in
the four-day strike deadlocked
as President Henry A. Doty of
the striking United Brotherhood
of Weldors, Cutters and Helpers
has announced the men would
stay out until an election was
granted. He said "only a hand
ful" of welders worked today.
Other operations at the yards
proceeded as usual.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 UP) The Big Three Rooie.
velt, Churchill and Stalin have agreed on plant for "short
ening the war" in Europe, on complete elimination of both
naziism and German militarism and on cooperative action in
liberated Europe.
This was announced today in a communique from tha
meeting of the president, Britain's prime minister and Marsh
al Stalin of the Soviets in the Crimea. The conference at Yal
ta lasted eight days and resulted, the statement said, on
"continuing - and growing cooperation and understanding
among our three countries and among all the peace-loving
nations." ; .
The communique was dated February 11 and, while it
did not state so directly, inferred that the momentous meet
ing was concluded by referring to the conference in the past
tense.'- '
As for Germany there was no effort to soften the force
of unconditional surrender and the three leaders declared:
"It is not our purpose to destroy the people of Germany,
but only when nazis and militarism have been extirpated will
there be hope for a decent life for Germans, and a place for
them in the community of nations."
"Nazi Germany is doomed," the communique' said at
another point. "The Germans will only make the cost of their
defeat heavier to themselves by attempting to continue a
T hopeless resistance.
The communiaue covered
nine specific subjects: , , ,
1. Defeat of Germany Com
bined military plans wera
agreed on and the Bia Three be-.
lieved "that the very close
working partnership among tha
three (Russion - Britain - Amer
ican) staffs attained at this con
ference will result in shorten
ing the war.
2. Occupation and control of
Germany A. three-way split of
the country for occupation un
der a three-power control com
mission at Berlin was agreed
upon but-France will be invit
ed to take over a fourth zone of
occupation and put a fourth
numoer on tne control com
mission. .. . , .; - ,
Flans for controlling Germany
Include disbanding all German
armed . forces, breaking up the
general -staff and eliminating or
controlling all enemy industry
"that could be used for military
(-production." r
i -jveparatlons----A reparations
commission will be established
with headquarters in Moscow to
study compensation by Germany
to: allied countries.
4. Poland The Big Three
, (Continued on Page Two)
TAWKS, ARTILLERY
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Rumbline American tanks and
artillery smashed at building-entrenched
Japanese in mined
Manila streets today while Su
perfortresses blasted Iwo Jima
on the airway to Japan.
it was the third ts-za attacK
In three days."- Saturday they
heavily damaged the Important
Nakajima fighter plane factory
..ciL 4. utv j u a, a bus. u. ivuau,;.
four Superforts. Sunday they
oiew up great supply dumps
near Rangoon in a blow which;
may speed Japanese evacuation
of Burma.- : -i ..... .
.. . Destroy Planes . "
Superforts, - with smaller
bombers-and- fighters, ".destroyed
or damaged 180 Japanese planes,
and nine ships over the week-,
end. Allied aircraft and PT
boats added more than 30 barges
to the toll.; .
Most of southern Manila -was
transformed into a battlefield.
Marine divebombers joined : in
the attack as the 27th infantry
and motorized first cavalry divi
sions squeezed suicide Japanese
units into a triangular area with
their backs to Manila bay.
Cavalrymen made two cross
ing of. the Pasig river, seized
Neilson - airstrip and drove
through in from the east behind
the protection of lumbering
tanks.
Walls Transformed :
" The 37th leveled buildings and
walls with artillery, mortars and
rockets as they picked their way
through the heavily mined
- (Continued on Page Two)
Lincoln's Town
Pays Homage
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Feb. 12
(fP) Abraham Lincoln's home
town paid homage to him today
on the 136th anniversary of his
birth.
Hundreds visited the Lincoln
tomb at Oak Ridge cemetery and
the one-time Springfield law
yer's white frame home near the
business district.
Among speakers at various
Lincoln Day events was Edward
N. Scheiberling, Albany, N. Y.,
national commander of the
American Legion. ,
MP'S IN HOLDUP
PARIS, Feb. 12 UP) Twelve
men held up a truck on the out
skirts of Paris yesterday ana
fled with $440,000, receipts from
the Engnien race course. - Ten
of the men were masked and two
were in the uniform of American
MP's.
Elliott's Boost Okayed;
'Blaze1 To Have His Day
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 (JP)
The senate confirmed today
President Roosevelt's nomina
tion of his 34-ycar-old son, El
liott, to the rank of brigadier
general In tho army,
His republican critics had
abandoned hope of keeping Col.
Roosevelt from becoming a
brigadier general, but his globe
trotting dog "Blaze" seemed
about to nave his day in the
senate. ,
Senator Bushfleld (R-S.D.),
who had forced a week's delay
on the army nomination, said he
wants to unburden his- mind
about the rapidity with which
34-ycar-old Elliott reached the
rank of general. And, of course,
there is plane-riding, priority
covered Blaze.
Some of the democrats felt It
is about tlmo people quit kick
ing Elliott's dog around. But
critics had a military affairs
subcommittee report to bark
about.
Made Mistake
That report quoted Maj. Gen.
H. L, George as saying the air
transport command which he
heads made "a serious mistake"
in giving "Blaze" an "A" prior
ity for an army plane ride from
Washington to Hollywood.
Three service men went off the
plane at Memphis to make way
for some war freight, some of
which in turn gave way to the
crated "Blaze" who flew on.
The report said that Mrs.
John Boettiger, the colonel's
sister, telephoned . from the
White House asking that the
dog be flown to the colonel's
wife in California. Col. Ray W.
Ireland, assistant chief of staff
for priorities and traffic, set up
the priority.
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COL: AUSTIN LEAVES
FOR NEW COMMAND
Lt. ' Col." Verne Austin. com-
mandihg officer at Camp Tule
lake since September, l!)4i, Jelt
today to assume a new com
mand in Arizona, and his Tule
lake executive officer, Major
John C: Hazlett, assumed com
mand at the nearby installation.
Col. Austin was in, charge of
the post camp at the time of the
November, 1943, rioting among
Tulelake evacuees and, it was
under his direction, that the
army took over the WRA cen
ter in the period of trouble.
The army, with him in charge,
operated the center for several
weeks before turning it back to
the WRA.
The former Tule commander
has been given increased re
sponsibilities in connection with
a prisoner of war camp in Ari
zona. He left Monday morning,
and will be followed in a short
time by Mrs. Austin. The Aus
tins were feted by officers ot
the post Saturday night. They
made their home in Malin.
Col. Austin, in civil life, held
a position with the oil industry.
His former home was at Fresno.
Major Hazlett, resident of Se
attle, was a captain in the last
war and formerly commanded
754th M.P. battalion at Auburn,
Calif. He has been executive of
ficer at Tule for one year.
Tulelake Command Changes
j M n nreii, rmifi-r "i ' - .i-,-
Lt. Cot. Verne Austin, right, left Tulelake today for a no-
command in Ariiona after serving at the head of Camp Tulelake
since September, 1943. Major John C. Hailett, lofti exocutive of
ficer under Colonel Austin, took ovei command at Tulolake when
Austin left. :'...- "'".,.... .
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