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Newspaper Page Textm m February 22. 1945 Max. (Ftb. 21) 49 Min 30 ; Precipitation last 24 hours 00 ; Stream year to data 6.86 ' Normal ... 7.74 Last year 4.75 ! Forecast; rair. In The Shaia-Cacade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1945 Number 10396 LAND ON ISLE, BEGIN DRIVE t ; Fighting Now king On In , Stronghold The Gor- tne isse of Dl D0K, Ten. cv cp urea r'Knnunced tonight. uniauo ......i rl Im hid reaencu mo S! broad front south I German nnmi""" h Vr" i - itrr n. which llireaw ',...... i lit llgniinK i Km.. twi, a Gorman common- KldDrevlouly wa report- lowed by tno nuMiuiw, Eincod unln up ' ' P.." il.n Nolsno nnd stan ttlhe Rusalnni had fought luwn, nut v""1' ! . u.j AJIaUiV Ucntator' Mid a new a Wis launched upon tho Ihold mis muMunji. I. n..... In Vnn Hnm- ffpOriCU, nuwmiit V." "inn nr-wiiu iiiwiu It lr.lt.lnn Ihn nKRUlllt. lines ; a (biint-'iii ......--- lubcrs ana 10 nmn num rf i I I.AnH A.innitntnri 0831, HUH Ull le the Russians scored new lOUtllinofc wfc , otner soviet iruups wen i. I ll Im aI hnnuv ITUUm IM Mi n-v v. tiv. Ln counterblows west of 1 Berlin rocuo snm n sur fcntlnucd on I'ngo Two) apportionment Proposed Cornett UM, Fob. 22 (IP) The In legislature broccd itself (or another flgnt over sen I reapportionment when BUrshall E. Cornett, Klnnv lB nll l. .,.,,, rl l.,-v 1 bill next Mondnv to sollt 5.. : ' . . .. .- . . r . Em senatorial district, ana sic the 10th district, which n Morrow, Umntilln nnd counties nnd which is kented by Sen. Rex Ellis, Itlon. ' tirallar bill failed Inst scs holt'i district Includes f, Desehutes, Jefferson pth and Lake counties. Ho l put Klamath and Lnke ln 'district, lcnvliiR tho other counties in the present diS' f counties In Ellis' district inuld havo rcprcscntntlon. Ctrl Ensrlnlll Pnmllntnn Fih a uisirict wnich in only Umntilln county l uiiiun couniy also is in th uiiiuii-nranown district of Ml.Zurchcr, Enterprise. me, Martha wn Divorce IAZIL Tnrl f.l. no IJ and Martha Washington divorced hero today. me of the Clay circuit irantcd the divorce to grounds of abandon. I'nU8?'? 8l,C W0Uld r0turn Itri V-n. "a a n,rcQ lrl f couple had been married Pattoii's Army Scores Sweeping Gains Casualties R i s e to . 4553; 385 Die A. In Battle -' Units Storm Nearer Trier; Win 33 Towns By JAMES M. LONGS PARIS. Feb. 22 (PI Lt. Gen. George S. Patton's American third army, running high, wide and handsome again, stormed within five miles of Trier today, crossed the Baar river against disintegrated German resistance and swept up 33 . more nasi towns ln the Moselle valley. Already tanks and infantry were within sight of the main defense works covering Trier, a city of 88,000 and keystone of the whole German defense system before the middle Rhine. They were a mile and a quarter, from Kons. site of a large fort at the confluence of the Sear and Moselle rivers. While Patton's columns advanced three miles or more imme diately north of the Industrial Saar district, Lt. Gen. Alexander M, Patch's 7th army smashed Into the district from tho south, advancing to within two miles of ruined Saarbruecken, the capi tal. His Americans captured half of Forbach, French aatewav to Saarbruecken, from raw conscripts of the Volksiturm who were bolstered by neavy German weapons. Storied Splcheren tell; the Sici!frlod line was within view. The Canadian first army in YREKA, Cnllf., Feb. 22 (P) The United Stntcs army engi neers tucked Into their brief cases warnings of tho effect on fish life and recreation of nr)y diversion of Klamath . river waters as thoy moved their traveling entourage across, the Trinity Alps to Eureka for .to morrows hearing. Two stnte senators.' two as semblymen and a stato fish and Rnmo official were among wit nesses who opened firo on all three diversion plans .under study by tho' U. S. engineers. Correction Eyed A California Oregon Power company officer asserted his firm had postwar plnns which would correct the major com plaint against present stream flow along the Klamath. John Boyle of Mcdford, Ore., vlco president and general man ager of Copco said a power and strenm flow regulatory dam was planned nt Iron Gate, six miles (Continued on Pngo Two) the north pounded to within 2000 vards of bitterly contested Calcar in its drive toward the Ruhr valley. A report from Lt. Ucn. omnr N. Bradley's 12th army group hcadouartcrs said German re sistanco in the Saar-Mosello tri angle, now virtually cleared, had "completely disintegrated." The Saar crossing south of Saarburg was unopposed. Saarburg itself was almost cleared. There were indications of a general German withdrawal into tho rugged Hochwald. Dcspito the spectacular gains of the third army and the slow chipping progress of tho British and Canadian", troops - In - the north, it was evident that Gen. Eisenhower had not yet loosca his full scale offensive. Between those forces was the greatest potential weight on the wholo western front the Brit ish second, the American first and ninth armies still waiting for their hour as the flooded Rocr river slowly receded before them. Reports reaching Bradley's headquarters told of a tremcna mis exnloslon lust before mid' nlahl near the Urfttalsperrc dam on tho Rocr headwaters. Its reservoir empties Into tho larger Schwammenauel lake, now 90 per cent empty. It was not im- (Continued on Page Two) 7000 Planes Blast Reich In Spectacular Bombing LONDON, Feb. 22 (P) Allied nir forces hit Germany at dozens of places with approximately 7000 planes today. It was the war's biggest nnd most spectacu lar bombardment of the rcich. The onslaught was aimed at knocking out the nnzl communi cations network serving both the eastern and western fronts. 100 Por Minute Explosives cascaded upon German targets at the rate of 100 tons a minute. Spearheading tho "buckshot air war" a new Idea mapped by allied air chiefs In readiness for clear weather more than 1400 U, S. Fortresses and Liberators and 800 fighters attneked a mid dle reich rectangle the size and shape of Indiana extending from Heavy Casualties Mark Battle For I wo Jima Th hnrtlm of two U. S. marinas lie where thev fell on shell-blasted sand of Iwo Jima beach, mute evidence of ferocity of battle for vital isle that rivals that of Tarawa. Photo radioed from Guam to San Francisco by U. S. navy radio-tele photo. ' . ' .," .' ..: Manila Hotel Battle Site; Kill Selves on 'Rock' YANKS BOMB JAP Nips By FRED HAMPSON .MANILA, Feb. 22 VP) Only scattered enemy remnants were left on Corrcgidor today but fanatically resisting Japanese troops still held out pn the sec ond floor of the famed Manila hotel, turning tho hostelry into the hottest battle spot in the capital city at .dawn today, Early front lino reports that elements of the first cavalry di vision had captured the. big hotel, one of the most luxurious I Hannover on eastward almost to Berlin and from Nuernberg north of Lucbeck bay. Pack Bombing Two divisions of this huge fleet poured into Germany from the north and a third from the south. These broke up Into packs of up to 100 bombers each, which struck at least 24 freight yards and other rail targets in the heart of the reich during the noon hour. ' Tho eighth air force bombers were assigned to an area of 38, 000 square miles. Within this area the bomber packs planted more than 14,000 500-pound high explosive bombs on at least 14 railyards, each located at a junction of two or more main rail routes. Jomed Berlin Scene of Nazi Deserters, bewildered Germans. Barricaded Streets By PAUL W HARVEY JR. i SALEM. Feb. 22 (JP) The veterans educational loan bill, amending the law passed by tho voters last November, won speedy house approval today and went to the senate. The bill would give veterans $35 a month for each month thoy attend a school or college, and the benefits would be pay able for four years. The bill gives the state director of vet erans affairs power t o veto choice of schools, denies aid to men receiving educational aid from the federal government, and denies help to conscientious objectors. Opens at $75 The benefits as passed last November are $75 for the first month, $50 for each of the next eight months, and $35 for each school month of the next three years. The senate killed bills to license construction contractors and to provide for non-partisan election ot couniy assessors, After the assessor bill, by Sen, Coe A. McKenna, Portland, was killed,. McKenna then withdrew his two bills for salary equali zation for assessors and provid ing that assessors- must take ex- (uontinuea on rage xwoj Ji5 GRANBERG fflH' Fcb- 22 re'1 Berlin,. city of ho of'rw0 thc fatcfl r. d im2?an Hrmv tlcserters fRdur?pPnK Paralysis MlUpitBlflvendonc. an?ni,bDrJlondcd. bewll i , ;(bmb-ditllcd Inhab ilomnMi wn,y, t0 Sweden In wm bi o which no amount W old ,orld oould buy' ind hi811"8' smo socks, 1 the trlek.Und9 0t Coltci iLpI'Mtari Arrive ' Be?lli,m0Vccl closer' and lssH'im?re and more rwom0.l lor cnnflde ln EE? her son and Hrom th. T arr'vcd n Should hy ffiS Jsked ad' W? WhSe hlde nor son? (ttalnlv 9tsh0!!W sh0 do7 Wter.Uldn t report didn't be an loloi thought l?, r,uthB mattcr unt, but the same day Mnl -nnlrAemntl lirffnd the populntion to report all deserters immediately, inc ishmcnt was threatened for any one' hiding them. Even street cars and trains, ho , warnco, would bo searched. May Not Fall Fast Berlin's fall may not come as fast as most persons seem to be lieve, presuming the Russians aro ready to concentrate, their wholo strength against the ruins of Berlin instead of cutting off the city with part of their forces and using tho rest for other strategic alms, It certainly will bo a question of weeks before they have forced tho German do fonse back as far as the city' proper. . The first backbone of very strong resorves is massed behind the Oder, and these for tifications must bo broken. ' ; Then the Russians face. 'the Berlin suburbs and the city It self with tens of thousands of barricades, mines and ruins transformed Into fortresses. As far as the city stretches, fortifi cations block the streets and by ways. When I drove from Ber. lln it took me 90 minutes- to travel six miles because the barricades are so thick lt is dif ficult to pass them. ' When the Russians come they must count on heavy anti-tarik fire from each barricade. If everything goes "according to plan," one may predict Berlin s conquest will require six to eight weeks. High military stalls were evacuated from Berlin In haste loot itmnlr nivl thft nnnltal i9 SUD- posed to be declared a fortress soon, wnetner ine goveniincni. will remain in Berlin is un nioiM Kuf If eppins imnrobable clnn nil rivllinn lifo IS to be placed under military autnoruy. Th tfnvprnmnnt was evacu ated in part after the last heavy daylight raid on February 3. vn enmn Hmft If. had been functioning only formally in the devastated government quarter. several minisiries were jmu ruins that bloody Saturday as a ao..u nf fha . Amprlpnn camct bombing, and long into the night workers sougnt to recuvci archives from the ruins. The .mn aano wn pnactcd outside Hitler's chancellory, which though blasted often, hover was fully lam in ruis. in the Orient, have been correct ed to say tnat they nave occu pied the first floor, the Japanese the second- ... : - , , Bataan Cleared - Historic Bataan was - .cleared of Japanese, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur reported, and "so far as can be found, no living Japanese soldier is now on the peninsula." Hopelessly sealed in the vast network of tunnels on Corregi dor, Nipponese troops blew themselves up by" touching off one of their main underground ammunition dumps. Typical ot tne outer incn-Dy- inch struggle for downtown Manila was the battle through most of the night between the Yanks and Japanese on the sec ond floor of the Manila hotel, where a continusl fight to the death went on in the corridors and rooms and on the staircases of the building which stands on Manila's south shore district. 137 Killed A succession of Japanese in filtration attempts resulted m the killing of 137 of the enemy around the captured army-navy club, the high commissioners ot fice and .other buildings yester- dav: Most of the slain enemy troops carried demolition rhnrens. s Bitter fighting also flared In the long contested postoffice building, which must be subdued before the walled Intramuros can be assaulted. An area 700 yards by 500, almost all of it within the Intramuros, still re mains in the hands of the enemy. Construction Approved for Air Facility The United States navy i nounced Thursday approval of additional construction at the Lakeview naval auxiliary air facility, at a cost of $15,125. Rep. Lowell Stockman said work will include a transmitter building, electrical works, an tenna supports, roads and walks. Marines Seize Iwo Jima Airbase KiHiw n, IWO JIMA Tokyo Clotmi o Stconil Miaulr Group SformlAlhoro r'.A'MiJimiS-ii ee , X ' .S''Tollrtl r ' Th vital Motovama airfield on Iwo Jima has been captured by U. S. marines, who have pushed to the west coast of the island only 750' miles trom Totcyo. inira division mnrinoi mnaoa noun nri niith of tha holdlnai on the island, and devildoqi of the fourth and fifth divisions were reported advancing up the slopes of Mt, Suribachi, REHEARING Staggering' of Cafe ..Suspensions- Eyed ' : vy WASHINGTON, Feb! 22 (IP) American bombs sank a Jap anese ship loaded with - 1600 Americans - -off the Philippines last December, and of the fewer than half who survived all but two apparently were recaptured. une of tne survivors, navy w, George Karl Petritz, told. of .the sinking at a news conference to day. The navy said his was the first account of the disaster. which , occurred off ; the west coast of Luzon. . .' . ' : Two Drevious prison' ship sink ings both by submarine action1 have been reported' in the Pa cific One occurred last octooer with the apparent loss of all but five of 1800 Americans aboard. In the other, in September, only 83 of 750' allied prisoners sur vived. . . Petritz, 27, of Rockford, 111., told reporters few of the prison ers involved in the latest sink ing died as a result of :the air attack. ' . ' '. ' : Some already had suffocated and 90 per cent would have died anyway had not the ship been sunk. he asserted.,. ; . . Elderly Woman's Condition Fair The condition of the elderly Mills addition woman, allegedly attacked by Merle Malcolm Crawford," 31-year-old Indian, at her home Tuesday night, was said to be "fair" late today by Dr. Peter H. Rozendal, city physician. ur. Kozenaai- saia mere was no visible cnango in me vic tims condition. She is a patient at Klamath Valley hospital. Crawford, in the Klamath county jail in lieu of $5000 cash bond, remained in custody at a late hour today. " - 5th Gains in New Attack in Italy ROME. Feb. 22 UP) American fifth army troops, exploiting a surprise assault which recap tured Monte Belvedere 30 miles southwest of Bologna, gained up to 100 yards in a new local at tack today against stiffening German resistance. The Americans ; oushed for ward just east of the 3500-foot peak which they first won and then lost last November to a German counter-assault. Furious fighting- raged in the area to day. :,. ,. : v : . Rivers, Harbors Bill Approved' WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 (P) The house passed today a post war rivers and naroors oiu au thorizing projects to cost nearly $500,000,000. By voice vote, it approved a senate measure with out opposition. The -bill goes now to the White House. A threat to quick final action faded when Ren. Rankin (D- Miss.) withdrew an amendment to add the $66,000,000 Tennes-see-Bomgibee waterway and oth- , er controversial projects. The Portland district OPA of fice today advised the Herald and News that it had recom mended staggering suspensions ot two leading ruamatn rails restaurants, but was not in favor of granting a re-hearing of the cases. ..,',. Cecilia P. Gallagher. OPA -at torney, who conducted hearings here recently wtien a number of local restaurants were cnargea and found guilty of obtaining meats without exchange of red points, said from her Portland office: "No, Grounds" " ' "We havp filed a brief nnlnt ing out that Klamath Billiards and Hershberger's have : not shown additional evidence and that . conditions and ' circum stances now are the same as at the hearing, and in this light mere are no grounds lor a re hearing" " A. W.' Schaunp.- attorney for Klamath Billiards and Hersh- (Continued on Page Two) Mass Surrender Rumors Not True WASHINGTON. Feb 22 '(IP) ! War Secretary Stimson said to day ."no -mass I surrenders" are occurring on the western front although ' more than 900,000 nazis have been taken prisoner in that , theater. Stimson-told his news confer ence' that "in view of rumors of mass surrenders" he had cabled Gen..-DWight D. Eisenhower;, who replied -that prisoners are, Deing ratten .dui inai mere are no indication of mass surren ders.'.' Resistance remains stiff along the entire front, Eisenhower told. Stimson; ; - By AL DOPKINQ U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, GUAM, Feb. 22 (Pi ; (Via Navy Radio) United State fleet units in the vicinity of Iwo -Jima have sustained some dam, age from attacks by Japanese fighters and bombers, Japanese counterattacks have been beaten . back and U. S. marine- casualties have risen to 4553 in the des perate battle for the island, Ad miral - Chester. W. Nimitz an nounced today, r . The attack by Japanese planes was the first against the surface Units since the. battle for the is land . 750 miles .south of ;Tokyo began. Seven: of the., enemjr planes we're shot down.- Nimits did not elaborate on the extent of damage or . the type of ships hit; V ". . " ; I;-;;-;. '--- .T'T388 Killed -y- The - -casualties , include'- 385 killed and 4168 -wounded In. ao tion up to 5:45 p. m. last night.-, 'Japanese counterattacks ac companied ' by ' numerous ' bU tempts at infiltration, of our. lines were beaten back during tha night " and - the leathernecks, strengthened by -the U; S. third marine.",divllbn.".' which landed yesterday, launched attacks both - to the-northvand south against tne divided forces of tne enemy. Advance in Rain . -The northward drive toward the central - Iwo airfield met -heavy: '.'resistance from small . arms, ;mortarsr and automatio weapons.- At -noon the troops. T" advancing slowly through hard rain, naa unocnea out numerous, enemy gun positions and gener ally weakened enemy defenses There , was little change, in frontline positions,- Nimitz' com munique admitted, however.-: , ; '."..,... Aiiault Suribechl -tv - Forces facing Mt. Suribachi, ' volcanic Japanese fortress on the) southern tip of ' the island,' co ordinated their drive with tha northern troops" and ' by ; noon were beginning an assault on tha face of the- cliff "under most dif ficult combat conditions!" ; ' J Heavy naval gunfire-continued to; pound- enemy-held positions: ! (Continued on Page Two)- Barman Outdoes Saint Bernards LONDON, Feb. 22 (IP) Lt. John Brabham, 22, of Forest Grove, Ore., was returning through a heavy fog from a reconnaissance flight over central- Germany when his in struments went dead. Brabham bailed out and. landed in the backyard of a London pub.- The bartender rushed out and handed the airman a glass of whisky, surprising Brab ham to such an extent that he declined it. The plane crashed some dis tance away, slightly damaging a residence. ... FwmerS? Man , KiltfrinAction gt"'HoVar4:E'; Crews, 33, fo one-;yearr employed as fireman with- theSouthern Pacific rauV road -herefwaS'-killed -in action January 5r" in -the Luxembourg area, according to word received "here by. friends..; Crews. was an infantryman. ; : Crews came to Klamath Falls from southern-California, whera he'" had-' been employed for . 13 years with 'the : Union Pacific-. During his residence here; -Crews made his home at 336 Broad. Ha is survived by three children ny ing in California. . ;. . , FDR to Visit C France, England! - P ARIS, : Feb". 22 (P) : The United States embassy here-has disclosed - that - President Roose velt plans to visit France for- a conference with Gen, De Gaulle in the late spring or early sum mer -and will probably - go --to . England on the' same trip. - i : The unnouncement was made yesterday after- U. S.' Ambassa dor Jefferson Caffery returned to Paris from a meeting with, the president, near Algiers. I 'Dirty Liar1 Charge Spurs Battle Between Democrats WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 (IP) Two democrats locked in a brief struggle on the house floor to day after Rep. Hook (D-Mich.) called Rep. rtankin (U-missj a "dirty liar." "1 don t take that talk from anyone, shouted the small, white-haired Rankin as he dashed across the aisle to lock his arms around Hook's neck. The two struggled for almost a minute before fellow congress men separated them. Action Asttea Friends of Rankin immediate ly set out to invoke disciplinary action against Hook. Hep. cox (U-ua.) told a reJ porter that "a resolution is. be ing drafted to expel Hook or suspend his membership." He said it probably would be submitted some time this after noon. ... Rep. Smith (D-Va.) also said "something will be done this afternoon. . Hook's remarks were stricken from the record at the direction of Ren. Ramspeck (D-Ga.), the democratic whip who was pre siding. The, clash occurred - while Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich.) was de livering a speech denouncing the UlU political action committee, Hook took the floor to orals some of the men . connected with me PaG and RanKin attempted to interrupt. Hook cut him oft by saying he would do better to get acquainted with "some of the good men in the CIO"- and stop this "continual ranting and raving." : ' , " ' j " "That will be when l get down to the level of the. gentle man' from Michigan who is shown in the records ; to as sociate with those people," Ban kin replied. " 5 - V f : . "Dirty L,tar" : ", i "You're a dirty liar," Hook shouted, brandishing his fists at Rankin. Hook, a black-haired, heavy-set man, took a step to ward the Mississippi representa tive who was twisting his way across the seats into the aisle. "I don't take those words.' Rankin shouted,, his face, livid. He hurried down into the well of the house and flung himself at Hook.' The two locked arms and tussled. - '-.;- Rep. Cox (D-Ga.), snatched off his glasses and moved between the two representatives, trying to separate them. Finally James Griffin, a republican attendant, employed in the house, got into the fracas and took Rankin away from Hook, : . ' r