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Newspaper Page Textnnn uILfL fo) n j lntec States Marines Capture Mount Suribachi i fflPfF L n i)eviioogs peon Push On Airfield By ELMONT WAITE L - PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM, Feb. 23 rinnrlcan murines rcucnea inn luimnni oi mouni Burlnachi f-Ani1"' ,i ,.i turn J ina tnrlnv nurl hwin n -,..,. .,,i P 'Sio central air Hold after repulsing two Japnncso coun- fci'sliw and Strlpea wcra mined over the volcanic Surlbnchl I1 87 hours after Uio costly Invasion began nnd murines I". cleaning out Jnpnncso still clinging to tho crater with L.lhrnWCrS. 1- l I l . ,. . , luiit. nrnero.M wns mnuo umcwuuic in uio most cosily limit I"!,": fk. murines hnvo ever been enunncd a fluht Ihnl ri Jj American casualties, Including 644 dead, in tho first three Swimmtra Mopptd Up JinaiWBO iwlmmcrs mado a hopeless attempt to attack Amorl forces on tho western sldo oi t tho Islnnd from tho rear last tit They wcro mopped up on tho beaches this morning. Irirrler aircraft swooping over the Bonln Islands In protective .11 ....U wtnMI ii, IIIAIVIII nf lllna An A l.l VIP i-il ff l.nn thnt Hrtujn llirin .limntan viltttw. surmounting of Surlbnchl was tho brightest spot in the cntlro b campaign. Ma leathernecks won command of tho 566-foot height from - I....I 4 ilni..n m ,lMn,ll.. M.iil.a t IM, Idl WG JflpanCJtn null uiav nuwn n ut:aui; inui mi uuu HI unuiy mother marines spread out over tho south third of the cm- tied Wind, Its capture eliminated the threat to the rear of L j.ullHoif d v sloiis aliompung to arivo norm where tho Eitrcngth of tho enemy garrison Is dug In. Hail national nag Lilm. Chester W. Nlmllz condensed tho drama Into this spc- Mmmiinlniio: "Tho 28th rcBimcnt of the United States Hnn was observed raising tho United States flag on tho sum- ! .... c..a.l,l I,.,, I.l,wl It Ifl-SH n m Inrinv" 101 Blh OUIIUWVIH w "w ... u tuuuj. n mtlnct volcano cone had been encircled by the fourth L division under Mnl. Gen. Clifton B, Cates. Then for 28 In Hit leathernecks clamborcd up tho 45-dcgree cliffs despite r j.I I J..llllAn ..Unt-M... I.i.l rln....- l.iln li.nl- U.. JllCft ailU uviuvii uuu i.,iHi5va tiuiau uvnn iniv i,ii-,i lakes nfomtrate defenders. Bdori that, Mt. Suribachi was liammcrcd steadily for more n iVffcck by navnl guns ana aerial combs. The defenders tht on until killed in tholr dugouts by marines advancing i by hole and cavo by cave with flamethrowers, grenades and lit his earlier communique Nlmltz reported strong JaDanesc fatarattacks on both flanks of tho American force edging licet or ynrds at a timo toward tho southern fringe of Iwo'i Ki airncia, - mala airdromo to tho south Rlroady Is.ln American hands. But one of tho counterthrusts apparently was repulsed, but ft wu no report on mo omer, on me American right flank. omclil count, U44 u, s. marines were kliied, -2108 wounded JSOwero missing up to 6 p. m. Wednesday. This count cov- ll the first 58 hours of tho Iwo fighting. During the samo fad 1222 Japanese dead wore counted. merca Division Seizes Caput Isle, Clear Straiis WnUA, Feb. 23 (P) Dough p of the Amorlcol division, P of battles In tho Soln. h mopped up Japanese to rn iiuc uipui lsinnd off tho ptlp of Liuon after a now Philippine Invasion aimed at clearing the shipping lane from tho United States to war-torn Manila. Gen. Douglns MacArthur an nouncing tho Yank landing on Capul Wednesday, said those Yanks of tho American eighth army encountered only light op- pusuion. xiic isiiiiiu uus in oau Bernardino strait between Luzon and occupied Snmar island. Controls Straits Cuntil Is a controllinE Dolnt in tho straits through which units of the imperial Japaneso navy steamed in an attempt to smash the American Leyto beachhead last October. It lies 200 air miles from Ma nila, where other Yank fighters are locked in a fierce battle against a bitterly resisting Japa nese garrison. , Sell HoUl From the shattered southern portion of tho capital, AP War Correspondent Fred Hampson re ported 37th division infantrymen seized the Manila hotel, tho city hall and all of tho general post ofilcc except tne Dascmeiu. "The hotel was won," ho said, "after a room-to-room and cor-ridor-to-stalrcaso fight through tho succeeding floors. The post offlco was no less difficult." . Tho three-story city hall, near tho Intramuros where tho Japa nese ore making a fortified last stand, was won after tho Yanks had withdrawn from the build ing four times in the face of ma chinegun fire. reck of Plane lieved Found ItDAR SPRINRS v t-.iv Fl-Mri. M. E. Mayan jald ftyinthad boen lnfoi-mari hv In9 man who vliil.d the acrand Now York to tala Amarican air llnaa "lit five or six of th 22 "u iboard wera atlll ally. Wean airlines officials at Trl J "Jrport .said nn airplano spotted wreckage be- ft 'our rnilos southwest of K cat( Virginia. r,"uu sa d t in n nt i-nnr,rt. B Piano wns "totnl wropk- "t had not burned. He H I T, Tv 11,0 wreckage w kn u crow oi Kffi LBtll0!;d bnck to tho 0"t'ho.P1no was down i Iff ' l"iry." Rural Ro- llUln 1,1 I M"U 18 JUS' Oil Nhone Connections With n Good, Finds Soviet Inn.-' with in ;y". Z&.n'njr had talk- F In Sir .r" 0 ,na.?t soc- N In,?.'?; ecount.- '"Nld nns(ulUlcny the in !h.j "."nptknow what hari Hiiit.2x' mf "Ing. RoVdr,?7 th0 and IP' In in (KCtor, threatened Ki. . 9 tho relchsmlnlstor Huta Z ?rderod t halt N not ht,?rman ear pC, cn, itlmo to dls- f "'"On the u rl .uK.h. board operator placed a call to Berlin for ono of our officers, Maj. Sergeivc, who knows Ger man. - ' , 'When Berlin answered he asked for the burgomelster. He was informed tho burgomelster was absent, but the letter's sec retary, Salzbach, answered, "This is the burgomelster of ," said ' the major. "How aro things getting along?" "Badly. The people say they ve como quite closo already," was tho answer. "How is It with you?" , ,, "Oh fine.. One hour ago the Soviets captured our town. "Don't joke so foolishly, 1 11 complain to the burgomoister,' the Berlin official said. : "You're welcome to complain to Hitler himself," said the ma jor. "This is a soviet officer. Soc you soon, Herr Salzbach.. ; .. Nazis PRICE FIVE CENTS In The Shaia-Cascade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1945 NumW 10397 Paratroops Invade Corregidor Pmchutn of tho 503rd parachute infantry raglmant dot the bomb battered terrain of Cox rogidor shortly after troopers landed and Joined forces with amphibious assault troops to en gage the enemy for control of the island fortress. (AP wirephoto from signal corps). PAYROLL TAX BILL BY SENATE By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Feb. 23 (P) The u n e m p loymont compensation program started moving through the legislature today, with sen ate passage 26 to 3 of a bill to set payroll taxes at .5 to 2.7 per cent, instead of the existing rates of 1 to 4 per cent. The bill was part of a com promise by. labor and industry on four measurer, although a tough fight was expected in the senate late today on the bill to extend coverage to employers of one or more persons. . The law now applics to employers of four or more persons. . , . Sen. Low Wallace, Portland democrat, chairman of the sen ate's labor and industries com mittee, told the house that la bor ' and employers conceded many points, and that neither group was satisfied. Voting ngainst the bill wore Sens. W. E. Burke, Sherwood; Frank H. Hilton, Portland, and W. ti. Strayer, Baker; . The house began thinking about adjournment today when Rep. Harvey Wells, Portland, Introduced a resolution to onct tho session at 10 p. m. next Monday, but it is likely the session will go at least 10 days beyond that. Monday will be tho 50th day of tho session, and after that, legislators will cease getting their $8 a day pay. Man Sentenced For Forgery Kenneth Huck. Klamath coun ty resident whose probation was revoked by the circuit court, was sentenced to the Oregon state penitentiary not to exceed three years, when he wns brought be fore Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg at 10 a. m. today. Huck was charged originally with tenderins a forged check. He has been in tho county jail since his return to Klamath county by Sheriff Lloyd L. Low from Portland. Contact Bureau f Authority Given Authority to establish a vet erans contact unit in ruamHin Falls, consisting of a contact representative and clerk stenog rapher, has been granted, according to messages re ceived from Guy Cordon, U. S. senator from OregJii, and Sen. Wayne Morso. The Klamath Falls offlco will be opened as soon as needed spnee and personnel carl be ob tained, with tho assignment of additional personnel If tho needs of the service require It. Poznan Capiured, Reds Win Way Into Vis tula Fortress; Stalin H eralds War's End LONDON, Feb. 23 OF) Mar shal Stalin tonight announced the capture of Poznan, Poland's third largest city, after crush ing a ' hold-out n a z i garrison which had blocked the main L TARGETS HIT E rJy HENRY B. JAMESON LONDON, Fob. 23 (A3) At least 20 freight yards and other rail targets were blasted today by 1900 American planes' con tinuing the gigantic offensive to knock out the German transport system that feeds both the east ern and western fronts. A force of more than 1250 Fortresses and Liberators' and 650 fighters followed the same pattern as yesterday's assault and spread out in small forma tions to smash at widespread targets' from the relatively low altitudes of 6000 to 12,000 feet. There was every indication that this operation was only part of a free-for-all attack by all seven allied air commands in this theater and Italy which probably ' wore putting suou Dlanes into tho, air following yesterday's blow by 7000 bomb ers and fighters. From Italy Fortresses and Liberators again carried out a giant assault today with attacks on rail lines near Vienna, Inns bruck, Klagenfurt and Villach. It was the eleventh day ot ruinous attacks on Germany from both west and south in which 20,000 planes probably have been thrown against the reich in the last three days. route from Warsaw to the Ber lin front on the Oder.; Poznan, residence of early Polish kings, fell after a siege of 27 . days. Stalin said 23,000 Germans of the hold-out garri-. son, including the commander, Maj. Gen. Mattern, and his staff, were taken prisoner. Whittled Down The city of 270,000 had been encircled since January-27,-and was whittled down in. ruins by a slow block-by-block fight which had pushed the Germans first into the northern edge and finally into a, narrow citadel. ; The fall of Poznan, 100 miles east of the Oder river and 137 miles west .of .Warsaw, opened to eventual Russian use a net work of nine railways and six highways radiating from near Russian bases to their Pomer anian, Oder and Silesian fronts. Enter Town ' Meanwhile, the Germans . re ported that the Russians, fight ing within 32 miles of Danzig had broken into another en circled town, the Vistula fort ress of Grudziadz. Southeast of Berlin Marshal Ivan Konev directed a battle of mounting fury at the Neisse river fortress of G u b e n and Forst and was reported rein forcing a toehold on the -west bank of the Neisse. Guben, 51 miles southeast of Berlin, was reported nearly en circled, and the Germans told of street fighting in both that town and Forst, 15 miles to the south. Open For Smash Fall of the two bastions would tear open the Germans' Neisse defenses and open the way for a smash into the gap between - (Continued on Page Two) Corregidor Shakes Under Blasts Set Off by Japanese By JAMES HUTCHESON WITH ELEVENTH CORPS TROOPS ON CORREGIDOR, Feb. 22 (Delayed) (P) All Cor regidor shuddered last night from a mighty blast set off by the desperate Japanese. . : Flames shot from three open ings of tunnels which honey comb the rock. A great chunk of Malinta Hill's solid rock south face was blasted loose. The re sulting avalanche buried several American soldiers alive, injured others; and ripped out the road encircling the hill. , Soldiers Stunned Rocks and boulders showered the beachhead like giant hail stones, causing additional lesser injuries. Hundreds- of stunned soldiers dashed wildly into the comparative safety of the bay. "It was like a blast from fifty flame throwers," said one offi cer. Another said Malinta ' Hill "seemed to shake like an apple on a tree." Some occupants of the bomb wrecked concrete bar racks a m 1 1 c away feared the skeleton buildings would col lapse around them. . Motive Mystery 1 ; Whether the Japanese were motivated by a desire to destroy the Americans while they (Japa nese) took refuge In the tunnels, or whether It was a grandiose suicidal plan,, remained a mys tery. Col. George M. Jones, of Mem phis, Tenn., the American com mander on Corregidor, believed the concussion must have killed hundreds of Japanese. : Turks Declare War 0(7 Germany, Japan; To Attend Confab LONDON, Feb. 23 (P) An kara announced today the Turk ish assembly had voted unani mously to declare war on Ger many and Japan as a result of a decision of the Big Three to qual ify as "associated nations" all countries which ' take up arms against the axis before March 1. The assembly also voted unan imously to adhere to the United Nations declaration. The disclosure that a declara tion of war was the price of a seat at the San Francisco confer ence on world security , in April was made by the Turkish foreign minister. He told the assembly that the LIFTING OF WAGE F By HAROLD W: WARD WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 ) The AFL and CIO said today they will urge President Roose velt to override the advice of war labor board public members against lifting present wage ceil ings. . . '.; CIO President Philip Murray and the four active members and alternates representing .the AFL on the board criticized the find ing of . ..the public members, emphasizing they would carry their fight to: crack the "little steel" wage formula direct to Mr, Roosevelt. , Shape Assault Murray's statement supple mented one by the CIO members of the board. He said a meet ing of the organization's execu tive board will be called shortly to shape its assault on the wage formula, and campaign to com pletely overhaul WLB policies. The public members, after working four- months, reported to Economic Stabilizer Fred M. Vinson, and through him to the president, that they did "not recommend a present change in the little steel formula as neces sary, to eliminate any overall inequity in the wartime stabil ization program." Ask No Change "Nor can we now recommend such a change, taken as a single step on one sector of the eco nomic front, toward solution of the problem of reconversion," they added. - . The president . had put off previous demands of Murray and AFL President William Green for a change in war policy by saying the public members are making a study and will report, indicating he meant to give it 'considerable weight. ' ' - Basis for Conclusion The basis on which the public members William H. Davis, George W. Taylor, Frank P. Graham and Lloyd K.?Garrlson arrived at their conclusion represented a shift in generally accepted treatment of the work er's pay. It accepted as the con trolling factor the amount of money earned each week, rather than the basic hourly rates. They found that while the cost of living had increased 29.4 per cent between January 1941 and October 1944, when the report was started, the average straight time hourly earnings in manu facturing plants had jumped 36.7 per cent. Yanks Exploit Mountain Capture ROME, Feb. 23 (P) American troops, exploiting the capture of Belvedere west of the Pistoia Bologna highway, today storm ed through elaborate German trench systems and seized 3500 foot Mount Torraccia in a two mile advance. . , The Americans launched their attack from both sides of dom inating Belvedere and fought their way forward in the face of fierce resistance from dug-in Germans. .: WEATHER February 23, 1945 Max. (Feb. 22) .. 50 Min. .....28 Precipitation last 24 hrs.....Trace Stream year to date ...6.86 Normal 7.79 Last year.. 4. 80 Forecast: Clear. British ambassador on February 20 had handed the ministry a memorandum in which Turkey was invited to tho San Francisco conference if the declaration of war was adopted. The Turkish government "reached the conclusion that ac ceptance of Great Britain's re quest to declare war would be entirely in keeping with our al liance and would serve the inter ests of the policy which we have unfalteringly followed always, and of which we' have estab lished many proofs and manifes tations,", the foreign minister said. . Hints Red Battle The startling Turkish an nouncement pictured Russia in the front against Japan. The announcement hinted that Russian armies might be thrown in the Pacific war as soon as Germany was crushed. It implied that the soviet union was aligned with Britain and the United States in the demand that neu tral countries go to war with Japan as well as Germany. APOLOGIES END WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (P) Words . of apology, solemnly voiced to; an attentive member ship, today closed the Washing ton birthday f istf ight incident in the house. Rep. Frank E. Hook, Michi gan democrat who set off the flurry of fisticuffs by using the word "liar" in an exchange with Rep. John Rankin (D-Miss.) arose shortly after the house convened to apologize. A few minutes later, Rankin followed suit in these words: "If I have offended the mem bership of this house I am sor ry." Asks Apologia Hook offered his regrets after Rep. Cox (D-Ga.) called upon the two men to beg the pardon of the membership for their brief but lively scuffle on the house floor during a discussion of the CIO's political action com-1 mittee. , After Hook completed his apology in his words "just as broad as any member would de sire" Rankin . took . the floor and said: , "Mr. Speaker, I merely desire to' make a statement." ' With that he talked at length about his part in the fight, in sisting he did not violate the house rules when he clashed with Hook and said:' . . "Any Gentleman" "I merely did what any. gen tleman would do. "If I were to apologize it would be for the disturbance caused members of this body. I didn't violate the rules for what I said." Indications were that the membership particularly demo cratic leaders were willing to let the matter drop. , Republicans sat in silence, ap parently regarding the proceed ing as a family matter among the democrats. - Report Big Push PARIS, Feb. 23 (F) German broadcasts said tonight that Gen. Eisenhower had started hist "grand scale offensive" toward, the Ruhr and Cologne, had bridged the Roer river at several, places and advanced two miles east of the river in shattering power with tanks, artillery and, infantry. Supreme headquarters mail tained silence on any new attack. The Germans said the big push had been preceded by a three, hour artillery barrage by "thou, sands of guns." The enemy said the attack was on a 35-mile front all the way from Roermond to Duren and was mounted by th American ninth and first armies. Main Bridgeheads The Germans said the mala bridgeheads were at these pointst ; 1. Birkendorf, a suburb of ruined D u e r e n about a mile north of the city proper. Thia was said to be the largest bridge, head and the enemy said Lt; Gen. William H. Simpson's ninth army shock troops had turned south and penetrated the out. skirts of Duren. Birkendorf Is 21 miles southwest of Cologne. . 2. Gevenich, two miles east ol the Roer and northeast of Lin. nich. The town is 26 miles west of Cologne and 13 from the Ruhr rail and industrial center of Mun chen Gladbach. - 3. At Selgersdbrf,: three mllet southeast of Juelich and 22 mile southwest of Cologne. , Tanks Strike The enemy communique said the U. S. ninth army attacked "after the heaviest artillery fire" and radio reports said the Ame. ican tanks were striking down the 15 miles toward Ducren, at tempting to roll up nazi lines east of the Doer which havn checked the allies since Decern ber. . ' - : ; - The British second army; last (Continued on Page Two) By FLORA LEWIS MEXICO CITY, Feb. 23 (,?)- Proposals were put before the Inter-American conference to day which in effect would set up a regional Dumbarton Oaks plan, with compulsory sanctions it the frontier of any American couiv try was violated. Colombia presented the pro. posal, which provides for joint diplomatic, economic, communis cations and military penalties against any country that threaU ens or actually breaks the peacs of this hemisphere. Council Planned Meanwhile, Bolivia prepared for presentation a plan to set up an American social.. and eco nomio council which would co operate on a regional basis with) the Dumbarton Oaks plan. The Bolivian proposal com tains detailed stipulations on thai conditions of workers, . social security, and health. Regular Meetings It provides for three subcomV' mittees, one each on economic, social and sanity . subjects Bolivia recommends regular meetings on a regional basis within the hemisphere of these) ' topics. Other nations could come be sides those primarily involved. Bolivia proposes, but could not change the agenda of the meet ing without the approval of tha majority of the group of nations in the region calling the confer enco. 24 Marines to Be Awarded Medals in Record Ceremony Twenty-four marines, 23 of them veterans of the S a i p a n fighting last summer, will re ceive awards Saturday morning at the Barracks in the largest ceremony of its kind yet held at that post. ' Eight of the men to be deco rated will be awarded Bronze Star medals for meritorious achievement in the field, and 16 of tho leathernecks, wounded in the Marianas campaign, will be presented Purple Hearts. . : Nine Together Nine of these men fought to gether in the same company dur ing the assault on Salpan and were hit hard by stiff Japanese-! resistance when confronted with a well fortified road block.; Major Robert P. Folker, a re cent arrival at the barracks, has been cited for his work as oper ations and planning officer of the 22nd marine regiment dur ing the Eniwetok atoll campaign, in the Marshall islands and will receive one of the Bronze Star awards. : To Receive Awards Other men to be decorated aret Bronze Stars: PISgt. R. E. Huisinga, PISgt. J. P. Robison, Sgt. R. W. Boese, Sgt. R. E. Hobbs, Sgt. L. L. Hughes, Sgt. F. S. Kranc and Sgt. R. J. Kulas. Purple Hearts: PISgt. W. A Brown, Plsgt. C. H. Cone, PISgt, J. K. Harris, Sgt. L. L. Choate, Sgt. C. M. Gambrill, Sgt. A. R. Garcia, Sgt. W. A. McAtee, Sgt. A. P. Rogers, Corp. M. J. Balle, Corp. J. F. Clemens, Corp. S. W, Kirkham, Corp. W. D. Luttrell. Corpi R. H. McFarland. PFC. R. At Beet-man, PFC.' J;! P; Carroll . and PFC; S. E. Staitftkm.1 . - Col. George Van vOrderi will make the presentations and Capt. Roy L. Walters will act as com mander of troops of the lour companies participating.- '