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. . 4 v I 7ma, Corregidor Invaded; Bataan Won; Tokyo Again Blasted $0 :fra 25 In Tfc Shasta-CaHcade Wonderland III t'MHIIlll February 17, 1945 Max. (Fob. 16) 43 Min 32 Precipitation lat 24 hour 08 Stroam year to dato 6.75 Normal 7.47 Lait year 4.63 Forecast: Rain. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1945 Number 10392 km F I B, FRANK JENKINS ... ... wmtlnues to pour In Lm iho Pacific most of it K WE KE do'" U,o at- k ... BE lindlnil on Corregidor, .... Inn, ttllV. elding to ln! enemy nc u i It Is a two-dimensional ltour paratroopers drop down from U'1-' "lr w,M'e bsatllt oartius vuii.u lh(K. rregldor's antiaircraft bnt i were sileuci-d more than a )to and its bl guns have knocked out by combined I md air bombardments. . the amo lime, wo LAND InU DATA AN. Illltlrr IMC ISCED GUNS of Corrcgl- which couiu novo uiuwn u L, .t umii-r ir ihi'V hadn't louily been put out of com- loo. L Bataan landing Is nil- kd by MacArinur, wno kit Ihe Jans there nro now j.idcd. itnu (airly obvious Hint wo cleaning up Mnniln iny u little delay ns possible lit car fleet will be ublo to it a huso for nnerntlons in Eouth China sco. Wluit Is b( Cnvltc nnvnl base, IN- the bay. Is already in our laion. . . . ERE Is an Interesting incl- ml. : oiler the suicide Jnpit- in lit ancient walled city lion- ( surrender nnd safe con fer the several thou.tnnd civilians penned up there : with the death-loving Jnp pry. It oiler Is REFUSED lenv- i no alternative but to no Piling. ... Is the kind of enemy we ufiiiwiii;. ii the kind of war we are Es wan in Ain ana in It Is unlike any war of r rur ii comparison, pye to go back to the Punic l rUllUflHin linn... .....I L-""i 'imiii; uiiu ill pcrc were three of thorn I mniA Ull I t . i i.. n than Ihn mm Ity ended with COMPLETE action of Corlhugo Its 63 orn (town stono by r k piuwca up ana r.s isMcditcrrancau world. R carrlnr.l.n,i i I". Miiaiwil IJIttllUH 111111. Iff tin. i j uura yesterday i j U,IU renrmea over I arm nm u ... ST! K,r.f wc ml. V. 11 11 aa S.aJraid' wo would hnve nllnucd on Pago Three) Reds, Nazis Battle Fiercely 6o Miles From Reich Capital By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press War Editor A violent bnttlo was reported raging dome UU miles southeast of Uerlln tudiiy between rein forced Uermim divisions mid units of two Krent Russian armies which the Germans sold linked up lid miles northeast of bomb . blasted, truffle Jammed Cottbus, rnil hub on Uerlln's Spice river. A hundred miles southeast of this arena, soviet slctfe Kims poured shells Into completely rlnKcd Rreshiu, blKKest nuzl city yet to come under direct assault by any Milled army, Drachcn- LITTLE HOLDS WALLACE FROM CQMM E By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, Kcb. 17 (IP) Only time, a stroke of the presi dent's pen nnd some debate in the senate lodny nnnenred to sen- larato Henry A. Wallace from a covctcci cnulnet post. Conress let down the last practical bar to his conflrmatlop as secretary of commerce whon the house panned and sent to the White House the Gcore bill shenrliiK the multi-billion dollar lending nuclides from tho com merce department. President Roosevelt has prom ised to let the bill become law an action without which tho for mer vice president ndmittedly could not be confirmed. With that accomplished, effective sen ate opposition appeared almost certain to collapse. Scnntnr Popper (D-Fla.), head man of tho Wallace forces, pre dicted substantial approval of the nomination. He said he could sec no reason why a vote shouldn't be taken at once, since the president had agreed to sign the bill. Still Opposed But Senator Tnft of Ohio, chairman of the republican steer ing committee, snld the passage of tho George bill "makes no difference In my position." "I nm Just as much opposed to confirmation of Mr. Wallace as I was before." anil K 940 Fst. re. ml Inn i. r on F'p 1 py Bortis ported Missing Mrs. Clemens W. woi-way. recoivori Wy night that their ' HOdney Demi Bortis. Wam,nnr';.SinR nctlo ir!ls.. sc'.vod as tall U o Llberntor ,u: o. army nil- corns. 184d ,.0ycrson "Inco . 241' H is thouahl hn T EnRlnnd at the ''lowed imls-T"8 bcroro i. WM return to tho H JulvV" ITst- With the class nf Pii..?0"1? trained nt tue N "c"sbl" Wash., left fn'i ,Lns Vons n t- rrPC hnnb- t r,' bS3? ?nc.v.cr lcarnnd' Iflvll Lfhe Kovernmcnt 1,1 b ftn" JvInrlno ni on ni,c Bortls' hvo , un' Glenn, student at OP A to Balance Beef Point Value PORTLAND, Feb. 17 (IP) The secretary of the Oregon In dependent Meat Dealers' associa tion reported today the OPA has notified the national association that hind-quarter and front-qunr ler beef point values will be bnl anccd in March. H. E. Carlson said OPA ex plained the ration change was delayed until March to allow time to Inform all dealers. Merchants here wont point vol .es lowered on hind-quarter cuts and raised on front-quarter cuts, M. ii, woir, i'oruann, Ore gon association president, said in reply to OPA's request for sug gestions. . brunn, southeast suburb, had been seized. An enemy broad cast said the decisive battle for the Sllesian capital of (130,01)0 on the Oder had begun. Allied bombers weru reported over western Gcrninny again to day, blasting resistance ahead of advancing ground forces, in tho fourth straight day of the air of fensive. Berlin said a formation ncarcd Koblenz on the Rhine. Movo Near Goch Allied troops, advancing with renewed momentum, moved closer to Goch and Culcar. Ger man bastions southeast of Klcvc, while elsewhere on tho blazing northern bnttlefront gains of as much as two miles were rolled up. Goch and Calcar were pounded b" allied Buns and mor tars, and the Goch-Calcur road severed In two places. Gen. H. P. G. Crernr's forrpq. disclosed to bo 75 per cent Brit ish units operating with the Canadian first armyhavc taken 0000 prisoners since the opening oi mis oiiensivc nine days ago. Tako Rofugo German civilians were snld to be streaming from the bnttlo area to stfek haven behind allied lines as elements of some eight nazi divisions were hurled against the British - Canadian drive. The Increased nnzi re sistance and mud churned into quagmires by armored vehicles have limited gains to yards in the push toward the northern en trance to the Ruhr at Wcscl, now i f miles away. Hundreds of medium bombers nnd flghterbombcrs, part of a fleet of more than 3500 allied Planes that hit enomv snnnlv lines all along the western front ana targets deeper in Germany yesterday, aided tho northern of- tensive. CdDture Helohti On the U. S. third army front vmcrican troops captured heights overlooking tho Prupm and Enz rivers which protect the WEATHER OFFERS Missing Of Ik ' -lip lilt,-.. ft- 3. St " SSgt. Rodney Bortli By The Associated Press The nation's weather picture today was one of broad con trasts with 115 degrees varia tion between its northern and southern confines. Sun, snow, sleet, rain and thunderstorms also splattered across the scene in wide vari ance. Cold Wave A severe cold wave which first struck Montana and the Dakotas Wednesday continued to bluster its way eastward, with Park Rapids, Minn., regis tering 33 degrees below zero, and Bcmidji, Minn., 31. Land o' Lakes, Wis., showed below. Across the continent south ward Tallahassee and Tampa, Fla., pushed up to 82; Jackson ville, Fla., and New Orleans, 81. Mobridgd, S. D., registered 20 below today; Chicago regis tered four above. Snow Falls Up to 12 inches of snow fell in a broad belt from central Missouri to southern Pennsyl vania, western Maryland, and West Virginia, and heavy rain nnd thunderstorms wore report ed in the tier of states just south of that belt. Kentucky, which had n high of 75 Thursday, shivered with 29 at Louisville today and had snow, sleet and rain. The Pacific coast continued to have the most normal weath er on the continent, with some rain along the northern area. Welders Stand Fast on Strike : epuvPTl" TTnU 17 P1 Spnf. 4inD eVilnvnrH wnlrtnrs. ni'dercd back to work yesterday by tho national war inoor oonro, wuiu standing fast officially in their ..n1 a nnmnlU tnrlltV hilt. Ol- ficinls at the Todd Pacific ship yards and Todd etryoocKs snin jo additional welders had reported for work. Three hundred of the 1031 on the payrolls had gone back to their Jobs yesterday while the United Brotherhood of Weldors, r,,ifna onri Mnlnpra find.) were voting to remain on strike In de fiance of the WLB order. The men seek a bargaining election at the plant, disputing tho right of tho AFL wejders' union to represent tnem. southern flank of Bitbcrg, Ger man communications center eight miles to tho north. Hed and heavy artillery and bombers, a Moscow dispatch said, blasted the Nclsse river fortress town of Gubcn as Mar shal Ivan S. Koncv's first Ukraine army closed in from three sides on the vital position in the German line 60 miles southeast of Berlin. Front dispatches said Russian troops moving on Cottbus, 47 miles southeast of the German capital, gained uo to 18 miles yesterday and drove within sight oi ine tipree river. SHOIQI UNRRA SUPPLY FAILURE LOOM By JOHN M, HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 JP) a snowciown appears to be devel oping over Anglo-American fail ure to provide adequate food, clothing and other supplies for tnc nucratcd countries of Eu rope, That is the intcrpretatipn placed here on the hue and crv which has becaraiscd inXondon4-CiMuabesifcoriMnercttdiree' this week over the asserted shortcomings of the United Na tions relief and rehabilitation ad ministration in the situation. In volved are questions oi relief for France, Belgium and those sec tions of the Netherlands from which tho enemy has been cleared. The attacks on UNRRA are puzzling to the agency's interna tional officials here because UNRRA actually is not respon sible, under its regulations, for providing supplies to tho west ern European countries. Both American and UNRRA officials agree that this is the task of the Anglo-American mili tary command. The assumption hero is that the London criti cisms of the relief administration are intended simply to use it as a "whipping boy" for the fact that despite elaborate plans which were laid down by. the military and the western Euro pean administrations last sum mer enough supplies have not been going through. ine western European coun tries, as well as those in Italv and other Mediterranean states are at the moment worse off in some respects than they were un der the period of German occu pation. A factor here is the chaos w h I c h battle always leaves. Alleged Bigamist Freed on Bail PORTLAND. Feb. 17 UP) V i 1 m a Suberly, 26-year-old Texas woman accused of eight marriages without divorce, was free today on $2000 bail but only until next Friday. On that day- she is to appear before the federal commissioner here nnd explain why she should not be taken to Sacra mento for' trial on a mail fraud charge. Her attorney, William Langley, asserted yesterday the indictment accusing her of il legally obtaining $4000 in serv icemen's allotments was based on flimsy evidence. Japs Report Newest Invasion SlilUTE Mil! .XOiMLMolo-- .... N.'sh,'M0i3W limit. a v P-SFUTATSUNE 'Ml.Sutibachi TOBIISH1 POINT W I WO J IMA Pacific Ocean Iwo Jims, 750 miles south of Tokyo, has been invaded by Yank forces, Tokyo radio reported today. The Japs say that land ing waves were repulsed and American warships sunk, but none oi these reports has been confirmed by U. S. sources. Directors Approve Brief On Water Diversion Plan tors at a special meeting Satur day noon approved the report prepared by the land use com mittee in opposition to the Cen tral valleys diversion proiect. subject of a hearing to be held here Tuesday. The chamber s brief and testi mony will be based largely on TIME TRUCK LIMITS By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM. Feb. 17 UP) The house passed unanimously today and sent to the governor the bill to extend the wartime length and weight limits on trucks operating on state highways for two years, ending July 1, 1947. The statutory limits are 50 feet and 54,000 pounds, but the emergency wartime limits are 60 feet and 71,250 pounds. No Opposition There was no opposition in the house because the senate already had settled the issue of whether there should be no extension, two years, four years, or permanent. The house sent to the senate a bill to allow refunds for errone ous payments of taxes. ' The bill to create a state vet erans bureau will be considered by the house Monday, when it also will take up the firemen's pension bill. To study Lava The house judiciary committee introduced a resolution for a leg islative interim committee to study whether the state's laws need a thorough overhauling. The legislature, having finish ed its 41st day today, is far be hind schedule. A total of 106 bills have passed both houses, compared with 185 at the same time two years ago. Still uncon sidered by either house is legis lation on veterans, milk pasteuri zation, education, unemployment (Uontinued on rage mree) -I the- -protection- of Klamath'basirr agricultural development, pre sent ana potential, its brief will be signed by at least 11 other organizations in this area, ac cording to Charles R. Stark, chamber secretary. To Sign Report He listed the following organ izations which have definitely indicated their intention of sign ing the report: Pomona grange, Klamath Irrigation district, Klamath Dairymen's association, Klamath county Junior Farmers, Klamath Drainage district, Tule lake Growers, Tule'ake grat-ge, Tulelake Rotary club, Meirill Service club, Midland grarge, Henley grange, Klamath Sports men's association. Stark said that any other or ganizations which wish to "go on" the brief are welcome to look it over on Monday at the chamber offices, and that signa tures should be attached by Monday evening. Committee Praised The chambers land use com mittee, headed by Frank Jenkins as chairman and Richard Henzel as director in charge, received warm praise from the directors It was pointed out that many hours of work had been done in preparation for the hearing. Tho committee obtained the services of William Wales, civil engineer, who prepared an im portant technical part of the re port. County Agent C. A. Hen derson also provided valuable assistance, as did William Ga nong, attorney and director, and the reclamation offices here co operated by providing informa tion sought by the committee. Jenkins, Wales, Hend-rson and possibly others will be pre sented by the committee for oral testimony at the hearing, (Continued on Page Three) Three Killed, 12 Missing In Apartment House Fire TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 17 (P) Fire Chief C. J. Eisenbachcr this afternoon set the toll in the spectacular - Maetair apartments fire at three known dead and 12 known missing, with the check still incomplete. One of the dead was identified as Mrs. Jack Schonbcrg. Thirteen persons were treated for burns and injuries. One was in a critical condition. 69 In House From his hospital bed, where ho was treated for two leg frac tures, the noartmcnt house man ager, Joseph Arras, 42, charted for the authorities a list of 69 persons who were in the house when the fire broke out. Earlier compilations were based on an estimated 75 to .. 85 . tenants. mostly war workers and service men's wives and families.- One young woman died of burns 45 minutes after she was taken to a hospital. Sight Body Firemen sighted a body caught in a fire door in the still-blazing structure. Details of the third listed death were not immediately available. ' Near noon, the fire, which broke out with a muffled ex plosive sound about 2 a. m., still was blazing, though well under control. Fire Chief C. J. Eisen bacher said it might be evening before his men could venture into the ruins in search of bodies. He estimated the prop erty loss at S50.000. Transferred Japs Reach New Camp In North Dakota Transferees from the Tulelake WRA center, who left on a spe cial train last Sunday, have ar rived at as department of justice internment camp at Bismarck, N. D. Destination of the train was not announced until its arrival. The 650 men transferred5 wore disloyal Japanese, who either were born in Japan or have re nounced citizenship in the U. S. Husband of Opera Singer Arrested STOCKHOLM, Feb. 17 (P) Henry Johansen, husband of Opera Singer Kirsten Flagstad, has been arrested in Norway, tho German-controlled Swedish Telegraphic bureau reported to day from Oslo; No reason was "given for the arrest. Johansen has been chair man of the board of directors of both the Grand and Bristol hotels in Oslri f.- Fierce Fight Rages on Rock's Southern Shore By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor American assault forces landed simultaneously -today en Corregidor at the entrance to Manila bay and on Iwo island, 750 miles south of Tokyo, Japanese broadcasts reported, while 1500 U. S. carrier planes pummeled the Tokyo metro politan area for the second successive day. Paratroopers drifted down from the skies on Corregidor while waves of landing barges poured troops on the beach, radio Tokyo said. Unconfirmed Japanese broadcasts said "fierce battles ora now raging on the southern shores" of the rock, opposite Bataan which Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced was re captured in a combined amphibious and land operation. The reported invasion of Iwo, watchdog island in Japan's inner defenses, came on the heels of a two-day naval bombard ment that Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said had silenced all coastal batteries. A Japanese imperial communique telling of the invasion as serted the first two assault waves were repulsed. It claimed five American warships a battleship, two cruisers and two unidenti fied were sunk in the "furious naval gun" bombardment of Iwo, largest of the Volcano islands. Japs Report Planes Downed Another enemy communique asserted one U. S. warship, probably a carrier, was set ablaze and 146 American planes shot down in raids on the Tokyo metropolitan area which were car ried on so relentlessly the controlled press suggested they were a prelude to invasion of Japan itself. The emperor's high com mand admitted loss of 61 aircraft. Radio Tokyo reported 200 carrier planes extended the raids of Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher's forces today to Hachijo Jima in the Izo island, 200 miles south of the Nipponese capital. Super fortress pilots had previously reported the network of airfields stretching from Tokyo to Yokohama was speckled with flames and columns of smoke. - Reports Lack Confirmation " All of the Japanese reports of invasion and extension o'-'V assaults lacked confirmation. But Tokyo is usually first to eportj these developments. . ' The invasion of Bataan peninsula, 2000 miles to the south, was supported by Vice Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaide's seventh fleet without the loss of a ship and only "light losses" for the assault forces. - Eleventh corps troops landed : Thursday along the southern shores, centering on Mariveles, and pushed rapidly inland over unmanned Japanese defenses. The action was accomplished under; the very muzzles of Corregidor's guns, but they previously had been knocked out by naval and . air bpmbardment. Other forces of the same corps swept 11 miles down the. Manila bay side of the peninsula to! Lamao .toward a Junction with the amphibious troops. Jap Troops HemmedLln-.v- ... -. - ' ''"'Within Manila Yarik infantrymen cut suicide Japanese troops) down to a small triangle south of the Pasig .while other forces turned southward to strike at the rear- of carefully prepared, enemy defenses fanning out from Fort '. McKinley. ' : . ; . , American bombers operating out of the Philippines and other Pacific bases wrecked five Japanese freighters from the Ryukyu islands to the Dutch East Indies while allied planes blasted enemy communications and transport in Burma and China.: : Tokyo asserted today's carrier. strike at. the, Tokyo areas last ed for six hours, in contrast with nine yesterday, and the number of raiders dwindled to 600. The Japanese said bombing, strafing and rocket-firing American planes, concentrated on coastal areas after sweeping airdromes Friday. .. , . In Manila itself, Maj. Gen.: Oscar Griswold tried to get the Japanese suicide garrison to surrender, or at least permit civil ians to escape from behind their lines. "Your situation is hope less," he said; "your defeat inevitable." The Japanese cdmmander made no reply. ... - ' Little Hope Offered Fag Smokers Throughout Nation: By LOIS STEWART Smoke signals were far from favorable for the users of The Big Three and lesser brands with announcement by the fed eral trade commission that the cigarette shortage would "be a lot worse before it gets any better." The shortage, according to the commission replying to inquiry from the senate interstate com merce committee, is directly traceable to the huge numbers of cigarettes going to the armed forces and to America's allies. This big drain on supplies was magnified by increased smoking here at home due to bigger in comes, to overbuying by people afraid of getting caught short, and to increased nervous ten sion. I There are three methods of obtaining fags in this particular part' of Oregon. There is the honor system, the ration system, and the "I got. there first", sys tem. At the Klamath naval air sta tion, personnel at that base ob-. tain their smoking pleasure at the ship's service and although they are not asked to sign on Cavemen Typical, Says Nazi Press GRANTS PASS, Feb. . 17 (P) The Oregon Cavemen, publicity group here which dresses in animal skins for fun-fests, .have learned that nazi magazines picture them as typical of the United States.. Mrs. Linsley B. Dorman, Canby, said her lieutenant husband wrote from Ger many that pictures of the Cavemen were borrowed from popular American mag azines. .', "The Germans often use various scenes of gang mur der, . examples of poor work ing conditions, and particu larly horrible crime pictures . . . with captions explaining that the scenes are common practices , In- America," he added. '; i the dotted line, the request to buy only what Is needed for the purchasers' own needs, is being well accepted. i j Marines Rationed ' The 3089 men stationed at the Marine Barracks, average ' a pack daily. Each man has a ra tion card with 31 spaces. They are permitted to buy a 10-day supply at one time. This card system was also used in New Zealand when stocks were low. (Continued on Page Three) . No Bar to Negro Nurse Enlistment ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (P) ' There is no bar to the enlistment of negro nurses in either . the army or navy,- Senator -.-Morso (R-Ore.) has been advised. Morse inquired after hearing from a Portland correspondent that many negro women would apply for the service if they were assured reasonable chances of appointment. Maj. Gen. George F. Lull, dep uty surgeon general, wrote Morse that the army is now ac cepting all volunteer negro nurses who qualify physically and professionally. There aro now 313 negro -nurses in servico and 8 to 12 a month are being commissioned, he said. Former Klamath , Man Killed Mrs. Rae G. Hortort, 635 N. 11th, has been advised of the death of her nephew, Pvt. Ni Bennett Rees, 31, former Klam ath resident who was killed in action on Luzon, January 16. Rees was serving as a member of the counter intelligence corps, U. S. army. . : Pvt. Fees was. the only child of J. B. Rees, who taught in the old Klamath county high school here. The family left Klamath Falls in 1923 and since that timo has resided In San Jose, -Calif. Pvt. Rees is survived by his wife Jane Ford Rees, and their two-year-old son, Richard, who reside with J. B. Rees at 210 Vista avc nue, San Jose, . ; -
