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mm res den Hit By Bombs as Reds Advance By WILLIAM L. RYAN Aaaoclated Preei War Editor lint Dtosdon. In the path ol tha rad army advanea, wat L. u-j .gain toany or uuinua n a atritcing ex- Jill X . j M .. .!. pnni-rllnnllnn mm (k n....l fP'V rrnckod tho German Quels river Una 6a mllo. from f .'"L ,. Fiold Marihsl Sir Barnard L. Montaomerv'a ol. . aurgad uhoad under a furioue curtain o! aerial and ,1 tupport. smashing back six ol tha moat determined sum countoratlucki evor mounted on tho northern lront. A m. air offonsivo wai unleaied against the naili, who were nttM pulling buck their artillery and armor to prepared 'll0n1' hl-h rnmmiinct mU M.hl T. v Toe U l man , - ...... . ivuiia t it Ukraine rmy had broken Into Sorau. Important Junction jnilti southeast of Borlin and live mlloi lnalde Brandenburg .....J T OA 1 ... L,j northward, taking Neusteedtel, 65 mllea northwett oi r ASUSPENDS WS HEBE ON POINT RULING PORTLAND, Feb. 14 lP) Six limath Falls cafes were penal Id with suspension orders to- prombiting mem irom scu meat. cheese, or any food in costing red points. (Cecilia P. Gallagher, OPA ief food cniorccmeni attorney, i the cafes had purchased it from Trulovc's markets. iaaiatli Falls, over n several nth period without paying ra in points. Two of the suspend- cales are owned uy inc ncaa Truiove's markets. Cafes Suspended B. F. Eneland's Truiove's mar- was ordered susDended for days 15 cancelled begin ;e March 15. His Eagle cufe ks suspended 60 days 40 of tin cancelled b e g 1 n n i n g prch 1; and his new "K" cafe t-oended 90 days 45 of them tailed beginning February other suspension orders were mcd against Lillian Ehrhcart, raw of Winema coffeo shop, days beginning February 20; ishberBcr's.cafe. I1) days be- ping March 1: Klamath till (rds, 60 days beginning Fcbru- b 26: and Depot cafe. 30 days lall 30 cancelled. The action of OPA in order- suspension of six Klamath 'Continued on Page Three) fixes Given in Membership Drive At the chamber directors mecl- i today C. M. Gilmore. Mrs. jiyllij Bcardsley and Mrs. Alice !us received special prizes for ptanding work in the cham- tr membership drive. Gilmore plained 12 members. Mrs. ardsley 4, and Mrs. Vitus 5. re campaign has given the "irobcr 61 new members, or a tal of 474 an all-time Mali. fay new members were guests. I aneitort will be made to raise p membership to 500 by March ana this mnv hp mil rniiKe Celebration uhn thn fhjimhnr pserves its silver anniversary p May 1, It was pointed out by filcolm Eplcy, chamber presi de directors heard reports the civic affairs and legislative mmittees on a nroooscd state toure io provide for county nnmg commissions. The 3SUre Was nnHnrin Mtiurtr pl Ostcndorf spoke briefly In UI H, fovol Air Base feod Arrives Commodore r t s I m r A ''mraander of the naval air utn naval district, ar- --.reie plane at 11 a. m. esaaV from Rnntlln Tho tenant to the station for activ- mL . ihe months of Sop s''" nd October for 100 per E,ln th 10 ncr cont salary faction nrot'mm In i. tnascj, rd, with his party, left at , .m' for Lakcview where w to make a routine inspec- ;tattle ""-'"y nitre, lor mpinq riant Approved heNKiSma1!SSubt'cn received by !nthTflhJ)!,rra" of rcclama- r"ngS;o,r?r?. ot intcrior at ard nV", C", approved the Action of0" 1,8 for. th. ""I" F nn,l Plains ni,. an1 other pertinent 'traits drB0r tho Klamath xCoS?oullct to tho Tru '4 on iff i comPany of Med 12,30. Iow bid of $151,- l,ieVcCt,bl(is Woro received on the the besieged Sileslan canltnl. Marshal Stalin announced. Even now Koncv's spearheads may bo linked with first White Rus sian army forces menacing Ber lin from Oder bridgeheads, A Moscow dispatch said Koncv's men were smashing tho westward "In a sensational throat to split Germany asunder south of Uorlln," and wero Hearing the upper Nclsso river, soma SO miles from Dresden. A Gemum stand is expected along the Nelsso. To tho north, a neutral report said, Koncv's troops were only 17 miles from a Junction with Marshal Gregory K. Zhukov's drive on Berlin across the Oder. Berlin said Zhukov was massing strong forces on the Oder for the grand assault on the rclch capital. The RAF, launching one of Its greatest night raids, sent 1400 planes over the rclch. Of these, 800 attacked Dresden, rail center and Industrial city described by the air ministry as "of the great est value for conducting any defense the Germans may or ganize against Marshal Koncv's armies." Magdeburg and a synthetic oil plant near Leipzig also wero hit, ' The Canadian first army driv ing toward the northern end of tha Rhino plain smashed behind massed guns and flamethrowers to within 1 i miles of Goch, Sieg fried line strongpoint and traffic center, outflanking It on tho northeast by tho capture of Has sclt and Budburg. The Germans were reported pulling troops from other west- front sectors to bolster their sagging northern flank and stem the threat to the rich industrial Ruhr. Virtually turning the northern end of the Siegfried line, tho Candlans closed up to the Oudc Rhine, tributary of the main river, northeast of captured Klcvo. , The assault was sup ported by tanks, parachuto troops and planes and murder ous artillery fire, Wooce Future Eyed by Group WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (F) The house rules commlttco held another noisy session today on the government future of Henry A. Wallace, but postponed a de cision on the senate-passed George bill until-this afternoon. Rep. Wolcott (R-Mlch.) who .seeks to broaden the restrictive scope of the measure, told the committee "Mr, Wallace is tho symbol of the leftist m o v c ment." The bill, authored by Sena tor George (D-Ga.) would di vorce the reconstruction finance corporation from the commerce department prior to a senate vote on confirmation of the for mer vice president as commerce secretary, Nazi Government Offices Moved LONDON, Feb. 14 (P) The Paris radio, qupting German frontier reports, said today the Gorman government was moving from Berlin to Nuernberg, 225 miles southwest of Berlin and 90 miles north -of Munich. Nuern berg is in Bavaria many miles from tho nearest allied front but nearer the American than tho Russian sector. CAVITE NAVAL1 In The Shasta-Cancade Wonderland PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1341 Number 10389 Sweethearts of Klamath Falls Schools Greet You On St. Valentine's Day JUNE WOODLEY Sacred Heart Academy E Charging that a day and night nursery located at 1104 Crescent is in a deplorable sanitary condi tion, and Is an existing fire haz ard, Fire Chief Keith K. Am brose appealed to the city coun cil last night to take steps to ci ther close tho nursery or enforce sanitary improvements, Ambroso said he was called to the nursery, operated by Eliza beth Reed, to inspect fire loss. Ho said two fires had occurred at tho nursery where 17 chil dren arc being cared for at tho present time. Tho youngest, Ambroso said was four months old, the remainder of pro-school age, with two exceptions. The chief said he had referred conditions foupd at the nursery to both Dr. Peter H. Rozcndnl, city health officer, and to Mrs. Altha Urquhnrt.of tho welfnro i emission. Ambrose said that fieople could start- up a nursery n this city in "any kind of a building they sec fit without Ivlndranco from the city." Am brose' description of conditions found at the nursery was con firmed by Building Inspector A. W. Downs. The mutter was referred by the council to the fire chief, building inspector, health officer and police department with power to net. Wednesday morning Acting Chief of Police Orvllle Hamilton said that the -vloce had again been Inspected and that a warn ing was issued to the operators to take steps to Improve sanitary conditions. ' The investigators will report back to the council further action which they will take this week. $40,000 Damage Suit Filed Here Aggie Butler, Klamath Intllnn woman, filed suit for $40,000 damages in circuit court on Feb ruary 9, against Francis Joseph Glynn, Klamath naval air sta tion, charging that as tho result of injuries sustained December 15, she has become permanently incapacitated. Tho suit grew out of an acci dent on S. Oth street in which Glynn was the driver of a car which struck Mrs. Butler, Glynn was indicted by tho grand Jury, but when he appeared before Circuit Judge David R. Vandcn bcrg, he entered a plea of guilty and was given a six months' pro bation, Glynn was returned to the station. The plaintiff charged that as a result of the accident she suf fered severe shock, compound fracture of her right forearm and right thigh, and that her injuries arc of a permanent character. W, Lamar Townsend, Klam ath Falls, and William P. Lord and Ben Anderson, Portland, rcproscnt tho plaintiff. Weber's Sentence Reduced To 5 Years at Hard Labor WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (P) The court-martial sentence of the 27-year-old private wHo re fused to drill at a California army camp has been reduced progressively from death to five years' imprisonment, senators learned today. . The modification was official ly declared to have been made "to equalize tho sentence In ac cord with war department pol icy." ' ' Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) of the senate military committee was informed of developments in a letter from Major General Myron C. Cramer, judge advo cate general. Changed to Life The original death sentence, hnndnd down against Pvt. Henry Weber at Camp Hoberts, Calif., February 3, previously had been revoked by tho trial court ltflolf and the soldier sen tenced to life at hard labor. "Tho record was then re turned to tho reviewing authori ty," Cramer wrote, "who re duced the poriod of confine ment to 20 years, and forward ed the record of trial to the of fice of the Judge advocate gen eral in Washington in accord ance with regular procedure. The record was examined by a board of review in my office which determined that the evi dence was legally sufficient to support the 'sentence. The case was then submitted to me as Judgo advocate general, . "I concurred in the holding of tho board of review and rec ommended to tho reviewing au thority a reduction In the torm (Continued on Pago Three) CAROL LEE HAMILTON Joseph Conger COLEENE NALE Pelican TOTSIE LI8KEY Rooiovelt LYNNETTE KOHH Fremont 'l 1 WW lF?r wiaaaaalli.ll.il la imiaaaeel I WK 1 ft ,r-f7 I ! H- ',7: I I f a V LORRAINE STEINMAN Rlveraido GRACE CALDWELL Milla FRANCES PFEFFERLE Fairview TO I t B:' JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Feb, 14 (P) Congress found itself In posi tion today to cxcrclso an early and possibly decisive voice ubout American participation In a pro jected world security organiza tion. Four legislators were desig nated by President Roosevelt as members of a delegation of eight to attend the San Francisco Unit ed Nations conference opening, April 25. These four apparently linvo It in their combined power to veto at tho outset any arrangements they believe might stall senate approval of a forthcoming treaty setting up a world league to keep down future aggression. Stottinius Hoada There is every reason to be lieve that President Roosevelt had this thought in mind when he choso them as members of a group headed by Secretary of Slate Stottinius. They are Chnlr man Connally (D-Tcx.) and Sena tor Vandcnberg (R-Mlch.) of the senate foreign relations commit tee and Chairman Bloom (D N. Y.) and Rep, Eaton (R-N. J.) of the house foreign affairs com mittee. All four worked closely In the past with former Secretary of Slato Hull on preliminary plans fnr International pcaco coopera tion. Hull, named by the president In a White House announcement (Continued on Pago Three) Runaway Negro Children Held Two little runaway ncgro'clill dren, a boy and n girl, wore to be returned to their home in Bremerton, Wash., this .evening by Klamath county Juvenile au thorities. Tho pair, hnlf-brothor and sis tor and just 13, told officers that they had been mistreated Uy their step-mother in Bremerton and wero on their way to find their own mothers, ono In Wich ita Falls, Tex. ,tho other at Fort Sill. Lawton, Okla. The boy had sold papers and saved enough for two half-fares from Bremer ton to Portland and from Port land to Crescent Lake. There the money gavo out and the two, Cosing as ll-yeor-olds sold some racclcts and rings which they said their father had made. With their treasury reim bursed, the pair bought railroad tickets to Klamath Falls and ar rived here stono broke. An SP special agent picked up the two and turned them over to Juvenile aulhoritl.es who placed the chil dren In the juvenile cottage at tho county Infirmary, Juvenile officials at Bremerton contacted the father who has advanced money for transportation to Bremerton. In the meantime, an investigation of the children's homolifc will be mode, accord ing to County Juvenile Officer Harold Hendrlckson. - BEVERLY YOUNG Fremont Junior High In a conteat held laat week In the city's schools, Valentine sweethearts were named by the boys of each building. Hore is the, solectlon and you'll agree that each is a llttlo aweothoartl Workers ' Withdraw Offer of Peace SEATTLE, Feb. 14 (I') With drawal of a "pence"- offer made by the striking United Brother hood of Wcldors, Cutters and Helpers today left the slx-doy-old jurisdictional dlxputo at Todd Pacific drydock and ship yards more unsettled than ever.- Following a lengthy confer ence among leaders of tho broth erhood, the AFL Welders' union (a boilcrmakcrs subsidiary) and the regional war, labor board, Henry A. Doty, national presi dent of tho brotherhood, said his group withdrew their offer and "under ho circumstances" would they "ngnln make themselves subject to bollermakcr abuses." Harry Fenning ; Killed in Action A telegram was received Sun day, February 11, by Eleanor Fenning of 4144 Washburn way, stating that her husband, Cpl. Harry Fenning, 21, army infan try, was'killcd In nclion on January-10, while In Combat against the enemy In France. Fenning was reported missing in action in France, according to a telegram from the war depart ment which was received last week. ' Fenning entered the service In September of 1943 and received his training at both Camp Van Dorn, Miss., and Fort Dix, N. J., before reporting overseas In March of 1944. Surviving are his wife and 18-month-old daughter and his par ents, Mr. and Mrs, John Fenning, all residents of Klamath Falls. Prior to his enllstmont, young Fenning was employed by Ewau na Box company. C011CT CAPTURED SALEM, Fob. 14 (VP) A' 19-ycnr-old prison convict, Byron Nell Dyson, who was sent up from Lane county, was back In solitary confinement In tho pen itentiary bullpen after only two hours of freedom which he gained by n sensational break. Dyson, whom Deputy Warden B. C. Hallcy said is one ot tho most dangerous characters in tho penitentiary, escaped at 9 p. m. Tuesday as tho convicts were being herded back into their cells after seeing a motion picture. He got out of solitary confinement by sawing his way through the soft bars and boost ed himself to ,tho wall with a handmade rope. Ho then got In to a tower, where he overpow ciod and tied T, G. D o n a 1 1, guard. Ho took Donall's two guns, got over tho wall, and ran across tho street where he stole a police car at state police headquarters.' Ho drovo to North Salem, where ho stopped at a service station and stole a car from Lee Hnskins, Salem insuranco man, hitting Hasklns over the head with a revolver. The . Hasklns car ran out of gas near Woodburn, and state police captured him at 11 p. m. while ' Dyson was walking on . (Continued on Page Three) ; Spies Sentenced To Be Hanged NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (P) William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimncl were convicted to day ns nazi spies and sentenced to death, ' They wero sentenced to be hanged. i Colopaugh, who Is 28- ar.d American-born; and Gimpel, 35-year-old native' of Germany, heard tho sentence without a sign of emotion. 1 I Tho sevcn-mim military com mission, which began its delib erations at 11:45 a. m and re cessed at 12:15, reconvened at 1:30 and announced its verdict shortly before 4:30 p. m East ern War time. Colepaugh, who deserted this country and went to Germany for tho purpose of joining tho German army, and Gimpel, radio expert, arrived in this country last November 29 by submarine. "Gimpel was tho first to hear the verdict. Standing before the commission, he heard Col. Clinton J. Harrold, president, say: "Erich Gimpel, this commis sion, .by a secret written ballot, finds you guilty on all three counts and you are hereby sent enced to be hanged by the neck until dead." - Colepaugh next was sentenc ed In the same manner. The commission ordered both men taken into custody of their guards and returned . to their cells. OK BIG 3 COIAB By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (VP) President Roosevelt may report directly to congress and the na tion on the accomplishments and far-reaching significance of his meeting with Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill. He is reported to bo greatly cheered by tho agreements reached on both military and po litical issues. Associates consid er It likely that he will want to toll the American people him self, when- he gets home, how these agreements can shorten tho war and contribute to an At lantic Charter peace. FDR May Speak First hand information on the historic Big Three gathering in Crimea- came, meanwhile, from James F, Byrnes, war mobiliza tion director, who arrived yes terday, from the-Crimea and met newsmen in late afternoon. Byrnes said he hoped that Mr. Roosevelt would make a radio broadcast or address congress. Ho disclosed that the presi dent had acted as chairman of the meeting and proposed two of the agreements those on liber ated areas and the Dumbarton Oaks voting Issue which were announced in Monday's com munique. The Dumbarton Oaks deci sion, like many others arrived at, remains temporarily secret, but it cleared the way for the April 25 United Nations confer ence at San Francisco. That date, Byrnes indicated, may re flect important estimates of fu ture military developments by the Big Three. He expressed conviction that it had nothing to do with Rus sia's plans for possibly entering the war against Japan, He de scribed it as probably tho earli est dato at which the leaders thought the conference could be called In view of the military situation. Bodies Recovered In Plane Crash SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14 (VP) The bodies of 14 of the 24 men who died yesterday in the crash of a navy transport plane in San Francisco bay had been recovered by 10 a. m., today, the navy announced. - These included four navy offi cers, eight navy enlisted men and-two army men. The two-engine transport crashed 12 minutes after ft left the Oakland airport on a flight to Now York. One of the sailors killed was Just starting on a 40-day leave. The papers were found in his pocket. . E SEIZED Hopes Fade for Quick End to Battle Of Manila i By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor A tentative Japanese peace feeler was reported from Lon-' don today after Gen. Douglas MocAr'hur announced "the end Is In sight" in the battle for war torn Manila. American ground troops' seized Cavitc naval base on Ma nila bay with surprising ease, battered through defenses which "must have been designed by the devil himself" to capture Nich ols field on the southern out skirts of Manila, and silenced most of the big Japanese guns commanding the Philippines capital. HOPES FADE MANILA, Feb. 14 (iP) -Hopes for a relativoly rapid cleanup in Manila's south Pa liig district, where fierce fight ing haa been raging for days, .. began to fade today becauae r oi the atubborn reaiatance of ' Japanoae entrenched along Taft avenue to the college ground near Harriaon park. The five-weeks campaign for Luzon has cost the Japanese 68, 000 casualties, MacArthur said, ' perhaps a third of Gen. Tomoyu- ' ki Yamashita's force on the main 1 Philippines island. American " military casualties were placed at 9083, including 2102 killed. Unestimatcd thousands of . civilian casualties, many of them trapped in the center of the Ma-'.; nila battle, must be added to the . toll. Japan's Policy London quoted a commenta- tor over the government-con-(Continued on Pago Three) Discussion of Diversion Report Set for Meet A final discussion of the chamber of commerce written report, to be presented at the Central Valleys diversion hear ing next Tuesday, will take place at a meeting to be held in the chamber offices Friday at 3 . m., it was announced today y Dick Henzel, chamber direc tor in charge of land use. Henzel suggested that any group interested in signing the brief with the chamber send representatives to this meeting. The report is expected to be in tentative form by that time. A number of organizations over the basin have Indicated they will file separate state ments or join in the chamber brief. Pet Buffdog Kills Baby Girl LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 (fP)- A frantic struggle by a mother and grandfather to wrest a 21-month-old girl from the grip of a pet bulldog at their home last night was futile and the baby was killed. 'When the child, Marguerite Theresa Derdenger, attempted to stroke the dog's back the ani mal turned on her and clamped its jaws at the base of her neck, Mrs. Drucilla Derdenger, the girl's mother, told police. Mrs. Derdenger and the child's grand father, Albert Lange, fought for several minutes to loosen tha dog's grip but when Marguerite finally was freed it was too late. WEATHER February 14. 1945 Max. (Feb. 13) 43. Min 27. Precipitation last 24 hours .. .04. Stream year to dato 6.73. Normal .... 7.31. Last year .. 4.59. Forecast: Clear and cold. Forest Laws Strengthened; Wood Waste Bill Approved By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR. SALEM, Feb. 14 (P) A pro gram of five measures to strengthen the state's forest pro tection laws and to promote the use of wood waste ty develop ing new . products won unani mous approval in both houses of the legislature today. The senate passed and sent to the house a bill to provide pen alties for violations of the for estry laws, while it sent to the governor two house bills to pro vide for stricter administration of tho forest laws. The house passed and sent to the senate a memorial asking congress to appropriate an addi tional $40,000 for each of the federal forestry experiment sta tions In the northwest, to speed the discovery of new uses for wood. The senate sent to the houso' a bill to re-enact and ex pand the law - providing for maintenance of the forestry re search laboratory at Corvallls. A bill to exempt from the un employment compensation law newspaper delivery men, insur ance agents, real estate brokers and real estate salesmen was) passed by tho senate without dis sent and sent to the house. Water Use Okayed The senate approved a houso bill permitting Columbia, river waters near The Dalles to ba used for irrigation and munici pal purposes, whilo. the house passed to, the senate a measure allowing counties to use sinking funds for construction and main tenance of buildings. - The joint ways and meant committee decided by a 1-vote. margin to Introduce a bill to place the blind trades school in Portland under the state board of control. It now is controlled by a separate commission. '
