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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1945)
EN HERALD AND HZW3 Friday. Fab. M. IMS FREEDOM CAMPAIGN SAID STRONG DRIVE LONDON. Feb. !3 (fl -Thristopher Chancellor, general ' nanager of Reuters news asjen ry. declared today that the cam i a I g ii for international press reedom was gathering - force ' rod saw bor that clashing , Jritish-Aroerican and Russian sonceptions of a free press ; night eventually "draw togeth ir." Praising the drive begun in Lmerica for iree access to the lews and untrammeled trans nission of news between coun ties. Chancellor said full suc sess depended on the realization hat "there are two different . lonceptions of press freedom ' lur conception and the Russian tonception. " He pointed out that the soviet s r e s s was controlled by the rtate and said criticism of the fovemment there by the press ft-ould be -unthinkable." "If Russia is to play a part n this press freedom move ment" he continued, "the only practical line is to emphasize Ihe standards accepted in com mon." j He spoke before the Czecho-f Slovak institute and told the j leaders that "you will soon have to work out measures in Cwcfco ilovakia for reestablishment of j I strong, independent, demo- j tratic newspaper press." j rte said ne naa jusi reiuiutu j from Paris, where leaders were j port hlreU a rSllandOPA district will start ac- feraSS5S SSli "flowan-on6 that the central P 'Tf" Slvlf. McDannell Brown, dis iiscover means of maintaining L. director annoUnced Wed in inaependent financial basis nesdav Applications will be tak for newspapers and to avoid 'ln thfough October 31, 1945. the risk of newspapers being j The housewife will obtain all niDsiaizea oy spo-uu 1 0f ner sugar for home canning oy srith resultant suppression or ! ,nnK-in0 nm lvnl DP A The War At a Glance By Th AssoslaUd Prats Th Western Front: Berlin said long-expected Eisenhow er offensive was launched; British-Canadians battered at Calcar. key to Wesel and the Ruhr: British and Americans poised for signal along Rocr; Americans made sweeping gains in Saar basin, reported by Swiss radio to be batter ing into Saarbruecken in the south. Tba Russian Front: Rus sians lunged forward in Gu ben sector; massed great arm ies along Neisse and Oder -,'-- for wlt OmftRS feared was all-out blow; new gains made in Polish comaor drive on Danzig. Th Italian Front Ameri cans stormed through German sAA-Z.rtt "irtnt Torrswcia in rwo-mile advance from Mount Belvecere. The Pacific Front Mount c.-u,i et cmitharn tin ff Iwo Jima, captured; battle at virtual stalemate elsewhere on island: navy announced 5372 casualties, including 644 dead, in first three days of in vasion; Americans mopped up nn famil inland in Philippines off" southern Up ox i-uzon: iook nutei. hall and most of post office in fritter Manila battle. World's Fastest Ambulance Ft v err w mi mm REQUESTS ''"VrWi'-. WIS"S"S""S"""""alsl '-' ' - Kith resultant suppression or aiMoruon ox me news. Chancellor said the campaign begun in America for "world right to interchange of news protected by international com pact" was in danger of becom ing confused by minor issues. "This danger is inevitable." he said, "out I should like to Emphasize the deep idealism with which this campaign has been launched and the disinter estedness of the man who is its real sponsor." Chancellor said after his ad dress that he referred to Kent rnnr o-rw-iif iv . ftirpctor of the Associated Press, when he ' poke of tne real sponsor- oi , the free press program. ; board. No ration stamps in war ration book four will be good for canning sugar this year, Brown pointed out. The total sugar allowance for canning fruits or fruit juices must not exceed 20 pounds per person, or 160 pounds to a single family regardless of size, he ex plained. Within the maximum al lowance, only 5 pounds of sugar for each person named in the family application may be al lowed for canning vegetables and for making jams, jellies, rel ishes, catsup, etc. tti; -ofthev Ileitis - filndd Whlikey, 86 neool, ' 65 gfoln nsulrat plrit OOODPHHAM 4 WORTS LTD. Ptorto, llllnoli " SOS Flashes of Life tiiSA Ttlriom) The world-s fastest ambulance a P-38 with belly fuel tanks modified to carrv personnel or cargo is demonstrated at Seventh AAP headquarters. Pacific Ocean Areas. The litter -patient" (above) it pushed Into the container and the Utter lastens on hooks Inside the tank. The tall sec tion is locked in place when patient is secure. Below, a passenger, resting on mats, looks through the plexiglass nose. Tank Is equipped with two portholes, airvents and set of earphones. A similar tank Is fastened on other side of cockpit. AAP photo. Tasmanian Made Fortune in Real Estate, Died With $74,000 on Person Monday By The Associated Press TRAPPED SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 23 (JP A waitress told police a customer, instead of leaving a tip, picked her pocket of $113. OOPS, SORRY1 DENVER, Feb. 23 ?) Pa trolman Mike Carroll said a 21-year-old Dallas) woman told him this story: She was sitting in a cafe when a shabbily-dressed man ap proached her, drew a knife from his pocket and slashed her neck. Then he fled after exclaiming: "Excuse me, I thought you were my wife." GUN SHY ST. PAUL, Feb. 23 OP) A pending bill which would outlaw BB-guns in Minnesota has one of the state's farmers up in arms, Sen. Anchor Nelson de clared during a legislative de bate. The farmer wants to know, Nelson said, how else can he get his bull into the barn. If it's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. WILLOWS, Calif., Feb. 23 (iFi John G. Hill, 72, traveled over the western hemisphere shear ing sheep, made a fortune in real estate in Bakersfield, Calif., and was waiting for the war to end so he could return to his native Tasmania when he died in Van couver, B. C, J. W. Sutton, his closest friend said today. Hill was found dead with more than $74,000 in cash and bonds on his person in a Van couver hotel Monday night. "Both Hill and I suffered from high blood pressure and I've warned him a hundred times against carrying so much cash around," Sutton said in an inter, view here. "I told him he'd collapse and die some day and just leave his money kicking around." Sutton said he had known Hill more than 44 years and that they used to travel together over Australia, New Zealand, North and South America shearing sheep. "Finally Hill settled down and built a rooming house in Bakers field and started making money," Sutton said. "Not long ago he got a hanker ing to go back to Tasmania. He sold an apartment house in San Francisco for $65,000 cash and converted it into New Zealand currency. I witnessed his pass port, but he couldn't get trans portation. So he visited me last summer and went up to Van- Grandpa Throws Away His Ear Trumpet If yon are temporarily denfaned, bot hered by rinsrintr. bussing h?arl nolici due to ' hardened ' or coaiulated vra (cerumen), try tha Onrino Homo Method test that to many my has enabled thm to hear well aain. You mui-t hear bitter after making thin simple home test or yon will get your money back at once. Ak about Ourlna Ear Props today at STAR DRUG STORK, nth and Main TRULOVE'S Chicken Center U U couvcr waiting for the war to end." Sutton said Hill's brother. Harry, had been a famous track star in Tasmania. He said that Hill's wife died 25 years ago in Bakersfield. Speakeasies May Develop, Says Mayor PORTLAND, Feb. 23 IJP) Some "illegitimate operation" may result from the midnight curfew on entertainment, which will be a "difficult police job" to enforce here, Mayor Earl Riley said today. Chief of Police Harry Nlles promised full police cooperation "if the government order is es sential to winning the war." Series of Purse Thefts Solved PORTLAND, Feb. 23 (nA 28-month scries of purse thefts from beauty shops here was be lieved ended today with the ar rest of a 10-year-old girl. The girl, now in the city jail, admitted taking handbags while pretending to make future beau ty shop appointments, police said. Officers reported more than 20 purses stolen through the trick. Starts INSTANTLY to relieve MUSCULAR ACHES-PAINS Soreness and Stiffness For blessed prompt relief rub on powerfully soothing Musterole. It actually helps break up painful local congestion. So much easier to apply than a rmiKtard planter. 'Wo No mun with Musterold" Just rub it on. In 3 Strengths msmm AFL WARNS TODD stTATT'F. Feb.. 2S Striking United Brotherhood of Veldors, Cutters ana neipcre pickets continued their patrol in front of the Todd-Pacific ship yards and drydocks today de spite a warning irom orb win rrs yesterday to halt the picket ing and not return. Ttio warning was issued as AFL welders pushed and shoved a half doien of the pickets around and tore up their signs. Honrv Dotv. national presi dent of "the striking brotherhood union, said the picketing wouia continue despite the warning. M. E. McLaren, secretary ot th A Ft. Seattla Metal Trades council, expressed regrets at the incident, remarking: "Wp thmicht the situation would not result in violence, al- thoush mime of the workers na turally are pretty angry at the strikers." He said he expected a meet ing of all AFL loaders this morn inc misht provide a new ap proach toward settlement of the two-week old jurisdictional ois- putc. Chinese Capture Mines in Burma CALCUTTA. Feb. 23 W) Troops of the Chinese 50th di vision under Lt. Gen. Daniel I. Sultain today captured tho rich Baldwin silver and lead mines 22 miles north of Lashio, scor ing the greatest allied victory in Burma since the capture of Myitkyina. The mines, described by Amor- i ican authorities as capable of producing enough lead to sup ply the entire Japanese war ma chine, were left intact by the enemy. lhe Japanese gave up the mines almost without a fight, although they are among the most valuablo in the cast. 25,000 Oregon Men Fail to Qualify SALEM, Feb. 23 (tP) More than 25,000 men, or 41 per cent of all Oregon men inducted into tho armed forces, havo been re jected for physical reasons, Col. Elmer V. Wooton, state director of selective service, told a sub committee of tho joint ways and means committee Thursday. Colonel Wooton, speaking for a bill to require physical fitness program in all high schools, said most of the rejected men were between 18 and 29 years old. He said, however, tnat urcgon s re jection rate was below the no tional average. There was no opposition to the bill. PRESin"ST " " PORTLAND, Feb. 23 IV) Harper Jamihuii, . , er vice president of the Portland area Boy Scouts council, was elected president at the 28th an nual meeting here last night. Held y H (NKA TtUnhoto) J. R. Monroe. 40-yenr-o!d railroad lirakrman. hrlri In Twin Fulls. Ida. on charges ot ihootlng threo Jpn-nnse-Amrrlran employi-cs ot a Wells, Nov., restaurant alter tlmy asserted ly refused to cash check (or him. The ttoad to Berlin EvERY SATURDAY mm IIIUUQ.UCDy rxcM nusPi cnrv l I r"' It's time for 919 E. Main Phone 4282 and Ducks HENS . . ; . . lb. 39c WIENERS . . lb. 35c POT BO AST . lb. 25c RIB STEAKS . . lb. 25c BUTTER NO LIMIT? Oysters - Salmon Halibut NOW OPEN! Wards Service Station In Montgomery Ward .Warehouse Down Pine Opposite Emil's DRIVE IN FOR OH Changes Batteries Installed Tire Mounting V Minor Tire Repairs ft Spark Plugs Installed M ontgomery Ward By Th Auoclittd Prait 1 Eastern front: 32 miles (from Zellin). 2 Western front: 2!)8 miles (from west bank of the Rhine nt Emmerich). 3 Italian front: SH miles (from Reno river), Inquest Into Death Of Boy Scheduled OREGON CITY. Feb 23 Ml An inquest will be held tomor row Into the death of O yenr-old Calvin Jesse Deetr., who died Irom too many pain relieving pills," Coroner Ray Rilanccsald today. Mrs. E r m a Dcotz, 33, and Mario Rebecca, 14, her daugh ter, wera said to be Improving in a hospital last night. Rllancc said the mother, who had been in 111 health, ndminlstcred an overdoso to herself and tho two children. 1700 MILLION SET PORTLAND. Ore., Fob. 23 (P) About $700,000,000 for Colum bia basin projects Is outlined In postwar plans drawn up by Bon neville and governor of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, the Bonneville administrator said today. Columbia river power wilt be as vital to Pacific northwest and national wealth in peacetime as It was during tho war, Dr. Paul J. Raver predicted In Ills annuul report to tho secretary of the Interior. llonnevllle'a program ti co ordinated with that of tho north west states development aiwocl atlon, comprised ot tho five gov ernors. Another million acres Is to bo milled to the 31 million now under Irrigation, and near ly $100,000,000 In new transmis sion lines and sub-itatluns is planned. Suggested works Inchido the Umatilla dam and Detroit pro ject In Oregon; Foster creek and four Snake river project', Wash ngton; Cabinet gorge and Albenl fulls projects, Idaho. 'Petty Politics' Follows Tribute SALEM. Feb. 23 (P) After Rep. Warren Erwln, Portland democrat, made a feeling tribute to George Washington on tho house floor yesterday. Rep. Wil liam B. Morse, Prlnnvlllo repub lican, arose, complimented Er wln, and then said: "Olio of tho finest things Washington did not do was to run for a third term." Tho 30 hotiBO republicans cheered, while Erwln said Morse'i remark was "potty poll tics." . Classified Ada Bnnii Results. HARTFORD INSUJMNCE T. B. NATTERS Central Insurance Agancr ' FIRE . . . AUTOMOBILE 118 Mala t Phona 4111 ...C0ClEirH.. 444 red rii ""a 1117 8I Mid ir&'Mi rocelved frn? Pork.' Nebraska, HUffi NunrtRiish A vciopment called AolWF loningf It'. in.,1,1 1.., tailoring pioceil wtfct J MttfZM Ollglul (feu, Nunn.Buih ihoti win p, ywinunjrsddcdmlloof Mir J$io.j.ij,ji; DREW'S MANSTORE . miih it, nr w iomi days a week . . . 'every wnem you go, I Thai's the life of Wards busy umpert 1 and jerkin sell, Co-cdi lovt thm for class or coke date . ; ; young career girls on the ladder of success rata Ihem a "musl". Of course, they're In bright sturdy rayon I IACH j ' fjSAV ' v V' ".. . v c? -r 'y ( -- it v.Va f.i II I I V:aro. IVJLontgomery it ;
