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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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