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I fin fo)fo) fin ifi mi irrPfnl SB m FOR CAN h'Aims At Cutting hff Danzig From Germany Kle. In rif'v" throiiKh ( nly 2S miles rm, "D " " Sen StBlUn nnd Dan K, ''. ni.im announced to- .nn ? !ii oufh by the second White In .rmy, nlm-l l, Snflg d Cdynta from ,.nv lw toppled the fflof Bld?nbur iblu, Hammorsteln nnd ,,1 slHn nld 'n ordcr '. .L flumntlllhurfl I, Ctrman -high command Litd the Russians hud also M the urea of Hummcls- II.. Unit n most. Russian push struck westward from fallen U hid forged even beyond melJburg on the military tar runnuiK mui.- nuim kip, i communication! Junc Iii i-t nf Lianziil. It German communique the Kuaaians nau mruwn Vhcadi over tho Nclwc 50 IO 3W miles iumwn:nnt V Continued on Pago Two) I bHDON, Feb. 27 m A of H00 American bombers M mother attack on Berlin h llrei still burned from tdijr'i record blow then Ml south today nnd pound- he bit railroad centers at til and Halle- V giant bomber train, pro- B by 700 long-rango llgnt tottched for ISO miles n.i It Id to the targets 00 to 100 iKuthwest of Berlin. o fleets of probably 780 heavy bombers struck the py center of Mainz on the I left bonk, nnd a benzol near Gclscnkirchcn late Iternoon. wralors and Flying Fort- oi me u. s. 19th air force, throuih Intenso flak. Id railroad yards at Augs- iu miles northwest of Mu Augiburg Is a junction of lines to Munich, Nucrn Stuttaart and Switzerland. (Hiring Thunderbolts from nrafed rail lines In south- nutria. was tho 15th cnniieriitlve Id ruinous aerial blows on hich. reose Eyed fold Price SHINGTON, Feb. 27 (IP) juun io increase the price la fmm tin -tin r n , j ,("lu l" -pw n ounce produced todny after the PI rPflfirUn hnaiul I pee tho gold reserve ration tletlll1fttln J nlor McFnrlnnd (D-Arlz.) f'iiam tu-Nov.). ''tno answer to tho nt- l.C ui mo icacrai Jo board to rcriuco tho gold iu zo per cent, F ald In a statement Id In Kb Ul 80m 15 aa- It ik 58 por ounce It will same Pvnnnelnn nt reserve notes as decrens- nil i. io to per rLa:,!.myml.nd,lnamucli inshion," II LX. .a IF in The Shasta-Cascade Wonderland Fabruary 27, 1945 Max. (Fab. 26) 40 Min 21 Precipitation last 24 hours .....Traca Stream yaar to data 8.88 Normal . 8.00 Last yaar 4.80 Forecast: Overcast. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1845 Carrier Aircraft Scores Two Plane Plants, 5 Vessels By ELMONT WAITE ,m UV-8, ,PACIF'C FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM, Fab. 27 u , 1, " " alrcr,l,t ot Vle Adm. Marc A. Mitichor's forces haavily damagod two Japaneia aircraft factorioi, deitroyed or damaged 233 planes and sank flva small enomy vessels in strikes at tha Japanese capital and Hachljo Jima. 175 miles to the south, Sunday and Monde. Faced only by light opposition, although flying under "ex tremoly adverse" weather conditions, the attacking force lost nine planes and suffered slight damage to two of the fleet's lighter units while withdrawing from tha action, Adm. Chester W. Nimlts announced. Five of the pilots of the downed American planes were saved. R.,n,!5'm.", 9iV n 'ndl"Von of ,h of air 'orca making f MZ' fd 1,houBh Japanese reports have variod from 600 to 1600 planes. -,.i?rlm,r.V 'V??.' ,h. Tokyo strike were tha Nakajima air ?i" 0,"iL50 northwest of Tokyo, and Kaisumi. i .If . ?'anl n" Be,n 78 Pr cent destroyed V. , i,hl" ,U",clc ,nd B 29 r,ld'' Niml,r reported. Fifteen per cent of the nimalndor was (InmnKcd. The Knlzumu factory " HL-ncrioua as nenvily dam aged." A total of 158 enemy planes were destroyed, 37 ,h(it from the air, and 75 damaged on the ground, us pilots hit at ground installations, hangars and air fields In the two-day strike. In addition, five small enemy vessels were reported as sunk and 28 others probably sunk or damaged. Two trains were de stroyed In the Tokyo area. The two aircraft factories con stitute an extremely important part of Japan's airplane Indus try. And tha damngo suffered should bo a severe blow to Nip ponese productive capacity. . Hnchlja Jlma, which belongs to the Izu Island chain, is situnt cd almost directly athwart the air routo from the Marianas to tho Industrial area of Tokyo. Sinco Pearl Harbor, the Jap anese have developed the island for aviation purposes, expanding one air strip nnd constructing others. , , , PASSED BY HOUSE By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Feb. 27 (P) Gover nor Earl Snell's requested tax investigation resolution, so changed in form that the gov ernor is not expected to ap prove it, was passed by the house 47 to 0 today, and sent back to the senate for concur rence in house amendments. After the senate originally hod defeated It, the governor fcrsuadcd the senate to pass it, ncludlng a provision to let the 15-man tax study interim com mittee hire a firm of nationally recognized tax experts. But tho house deleted the pro vision for the tax experts,, but allowed employment of assist ants. After the senate finally dis continued on Page Two) Group Approves Deficiency Bill WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (P) A $2,453,177,125 deficiency sup ply bill, more thnn two-thirds of it for the navy, wos approved today by the house appropria tions committee, It makes up .deficiencies In funds previously supplied miscellaneous-ngcnclcs for the fiscal year ending next June 30. In addition it finnnccs a stepped-up veterans' placement program contemplating on army discharge rate of from 200,000 to 250,000 men n month after Germany's defeat. Msphere Frontier Plan "Wracked by U. S. Group ylSHAL. CARIGNAN (d nt ik. 1 , s-uuny Bloc hd ii.,lasl minute a roc Featv . r nn mter-Amcri- nd -providing Ion, U1 lorco against ag- fc!itellonotChnpuHoDcc'' fc mS." ws acclaimed Nlustf ot,ho commis th0 JTr? 'c.,votwas mat B ,'""-u stales unlH8. decision bo do- "0 Sr2w because Plan ,.R,llsh cPy- d Which woulcl have L .'"'W Ull thf. -J 1 end, it f tlle committee ia..5 'S a Comhlnntlnn !. ColnSJi,1. forwnrd by W SrIffi0UPd OT: continent even more far-reaching than Dumbarton Oaks for the world, Tho Argentine problem pro jected Itself into tho inter-American conference again today but dcsplto apparently encouraging statements from Buenos Aires, tho conference continued to loavo the situation up to tho Farroll regime. The latest move was an inter view statement by Argentine Vice President Juan Peron yes terday declaring Argentina's de sire to reestablish cordial rela tions with the United States. Ho also Indicated his support of holding elections in Argen tina In which tho former politi cal parties would be allowed to participate, "' . j The two statements appeared to bo Argentina's tentative an swer to certain solutions ad vanced by some of the delegates here for settling the Issue. GREAT POWERS PREPARED NAZI COLLAPSE By JAMES F. KING LONDON, Feb. 27 (P) Prime Minister Churchill de clared today the great powers were prepared for the collapse of Germany, asserted the pro posed Polish frontier would "not sow tho seeds of future wars," and gave his personal assurance of Russia's good faith in plans for the peace; The British leader demanded a vote,, of confidence-from 'cojn' mons on tho Crimea plans for a peaceful world, challenging particularly those who have criticized the Polish decisions. Urges Surrender He promised drastic and ef fective steps "to render offen sive action by Germany utterly Impossible for generations to come," and called on Germany again to surrender. Churchill said the United States would play "a vitally im portant part" in a new, far stronger world security league "which will not shrink from es tablishing its will ngainst the evil-doer" by force of arms "Fair" Division Giving the first public ac count by one of the principals at the momentous Crimea con ference, he termed the proposed Polish boundary "the fairest di vision which can be made be tween the two countries." Marshal Stalin has given '-'the most solemn declarations" that Poland's sovereignty and Inde pendence would be maintained, he said, and "this decision has now been joined in both by (Continued on Page Two) George Carnes Killed in Action SSgt. George T. Carnes, 25, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Carnes of Klamath Falls who was pre viously reported missing in ac tion, was killed January 20 in Belgium, according to informa tion received from the war de partment. He lived in Klamath Falls be fore induction Into the armed forces at 220 E. Main and was a former resident of Bonanza. He has three brothers in the service, Hester in the navy, and Orland and Raymond In the army. All are serving overseas. Killed i 1 SSgt. George Camel Seizure otf flvo Hxipecfed Soon by Marine eneral I PUSH CARRIES NEAR EDGE OP nimn nrnmn HUHn utulUtt Number 10400 Ninth Army Breaks Lines HOLLAND y'' 1 1 ' SI IfAtUlf MIS In what was described as a "virtual breakthrough" of German lines, army troops pushed to tha Erft river, neared the Ruhr in dustrial basin,- and poured down shells on Cologne from positions 10)4 miles distant. ' " ' ' . " Mac Arthur Reestablishes Manila Government; Verde Island Invaded by Yanks By JAMES HUTCHESON MANILA, Feb. 27 (P) Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with a catch in his voice and tears in his eyes, today named the war ravaged city of Manila as democracy's citadel in the east during impressive ceremonies at Malacanan palace marking re- Johnson Asks Jap Sterilization .WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (JP) Rep. Johnson (D-Okla.) has pro posed that congress authorize the sterilization of Japanese aliens held in U. S. segregation camps. His suggestion in emphatic words became public today in testimony released by the house appropriations committee con sidering the resettlement of enemy aliens. "I will say for the record and I want to bo sure that it says on the record that we should make an appropriation to sterilize the whole outfit," Johnson told his fellow commit tee members.' reestablishment of the common wealth government. While the general spoke in solemn voice with taut, grim face his soldiers, operating 70 miles southward, invaded anoth er island to clear the shortest shipping lane between the Unit ed States and Manila. Loses Control MacArthur shook his head sharply when he described Jap anese brutality. As he neared the end of his historic speech he stopped and fought for con trol of his quavering voice. His eyes reddened. It was a moment of supreme tragedy in the midst of Asia's most triumphant cere mony for the reestablishment of democracy in the Orient. As the ceremony ended, Mac- ni uiur, a ugm simie on ms lace, walked briskly to Senora Os mena, wife of the common wealth president, embraced her with wide arms and a friendly kiss on the cneek, and said 1 am glad you are back home." The wife of the executive had been hounded unsuccessfully by the Japanese for mare than three years. . General MacArthur, surround (Continued on Page Two) Beard Race Results in This Show of Hirsute Elegance This is the way Cpl. Charles Wilson looked while serving in the India-Burma theater of war, and it took him 81 months to grow this fine chest-length bit of hirsute elegance. Wilson, home on leave after 33 months with a signal air raid warning outfit in the India-Burma section, was clean-shaven when he walked into the Herald and News office. He arrived home last Wednesday for a three weeks' visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Van Meter of Malin. Wilson reports to San ta Ana, Calif., on March 17. The signalman said he and his buddies- decided to have a "beard" race while they were up in the India-Burma moun tains where it got pretty cold. Stationed in that section for 174 months, among head hunters, was really something, Wilson observed. He said ho had to keep his moustache clipped pret ty close to eat corn on the cobl When asked about . this typical American dish, he advised that they grew corn over in that country that really put our own corn on the cob to shame. As a civilian, Wilson worked with his step-father, Clyde Van Meter, who is a well driller in the southern section of the basin. Bearded ' .y? ... ; ....I Cpl. Charles Wilson - , - OF CHEW REPORTED gy ELMONT WAITE - - - - U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM, Feb. 27 lP) Capture of Iwo Jima "in a few mora days" was predicted today by Lt. Gen. Holland M. (Howlin' Mad) Smith after his marines won a critically important hill in the central plateau during a 400-yard advance through probably tha heaviest fire of tha bitter campaign. As American planes flew from Iwo main airfield for tha first time, the top marine commander in tha Pacific told news men that heavy fighting was ahead of tha devildogs on northern Iwo but "we expect to take this island in a few mora davi." Tha general eetimated that almost half nf tha fiva.mlla.1nnn island was in American hands at tha start of tha second week of the fiercest battle of the Pacific war. 1 Consider that PrOoreM is satisfaetorv." ftanaral Rmlfh mmiA Tha marine commander reported tha Yanks were becoming more Daiiiewise ana casualties are relatively smaller. each day." Motoyama airdrome No. 1 on southern Iwo Jima was put to use for the first time yesterday as marine artillery spotter planes, little two-seaters, came down on runways being put in to snape tor ngmers ana Bomb ers. The field is 750 miles south of Tokyo. Maj. Gen. Graves B. Ersklne's third marines, in the center of the American battle line, cap tured, hill 382 just east of the central airfield for a military triumph as significant as the earlier seizure of Mt. Suribachi at the south tip of the little island. Direct Observation The hill provides direct obser vation of the major Japanese de fenses and troop dispositions on nign ground to tne nortn, across which the assaulting marines still have .to make an uDhill fight. ' Artillery observers on hill 382 (named after - its altitude) now will be able to direct quickly and accurately the mur- aerous fire of marine mortars and cannon closely supporting the accelerated drive. , u, . Nearly Secured ,,.;: a The central airfield. . Moto yama No. 2, was virtually in Yank hands. Only the northeast tin of the two-strip fighter field remained in enemy control at nightfall yesterday. . Maj. Gen. Clifton . B. Cates' fourth marines, on the' east coast, and Mai. Gen.' Keller E. Rockey's fifth division, on- the west, gained ground through extremely- heavy enemy ae- fenses," in the words of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz. No reports of violations of the midnight curfew law, which went into effect throughout the nation last night, were forth coming here, according to Jack Almeter, office manager of the U. S. employment service in Klamath Falls. Nothing but food will be served after midnight in any Oregon restaurant or other es tablishment and no coin operat ed or other amusement devices can be played after that hour, according to a telegram just re ceived by - Almeter from L. C. Stoll, state manpower director. Enforcement of the new cur few regulation will be handled jointly by city, county and state police forces and the federal agencies in accordance with a cooperative agreement between Mayor .. Xd . ' Ostendorf ,r: Sheriff L. L. Low and Almeter. - Existmsr law-enforcement of ficials will report violations to the local USES manager, who will investigate to determine whether the' non-compliance of tne operator nas been wilful. if so, Almeter is authorized to re duce the violators' " employment ceiling to an absolute main tenance minimum. Failure on the part of the non- complying operator--to" reduce his labor force to the specified minimum would result-in furth er penalties invoked by the USES - WMC staffs in coopera tion with other federal agencies such as the war production board. These penalties or sanc tions could be the denial of oper ating essentials such as mate rials and power. :n Affected -by the WMC direc five - are . night clubs, sports arenas, theatres, dance ' halls, road houses, bars, shooting gal leries, bowling' alleys, billiard and pool halls,' carnivals, cir cuses, places with coin operated amusement devices, ice and rol ler rinks, entertainment activi ties of such organizations as yacht and country- clubs, dance studios and dance schools and gambling establishments. This includes all private, as well as public clubs, Almeter said in a statement made this afternoon, including the Elks club,- Moose club, etc. The only exemptions are those restaurants serving nothing but food, and entertainments for military personnel sponsored by responsible agencies, such as the USO, under a non-profit basis, he concluded. - City Engineers To Visit Here Eleven city engineers, ac companied by Associate fro- fessor Fred Merryfield of Oregon State , college and Kenneth A, Speas, state sanitary engineer, will visit Klamath Falls Wed nesday and Thursday for an in spection of - sewage disposal plants in this area. The visitors will arrive at 4 p. m. Wednesday. The chamber of commerce ana tne city are iointlv sponsoring a dinner in their honor at the Willard hotel Wednesday evening. 'On Wednesday, the engineers will visit the city disposal plant. On Thursday, they will inspect the plants at the Marine Bar racks ana tne navai air station. Decrease Planned In Clothes Cost WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 tP) Price . Administrator Chester Bowles told congress today he hoped to bring down prices of clothing 6 to 7 per cent by next August. "They are at the top of our order of business," he testified before the 'senate banking '.com mittee. "It is here that we have had our most dangerous1 increase in living costs since the hold the line order became effective IMI'S DEATH SET Klamath and Siskiyou county officials today, were investigate inn the death of Mrs. Martearett G u e r i n, 58-year-old Tulelake woman, who died at Klamath Valley hospital Sunday under' what Coroner George H. Adler described as "circumstances which were suspicious, Dr. Adler and Dr. E. Dietsche conducted an autopsy late Moa day but Dr. Adler declined to comment on the findings other than that the woman died from causes other than natural, Mrs. Guerin, wife of Al F. Guerin, Tulelake farmer, was admitted to Klamdth Valley hos pital Wednesday at 5:45 p. m. and died Sunday at 4:48 a. m. The Guerin family moved to Tulelake from California three years ago, it is understood, and (Continued on Page Two) Chester Ferguson Kiiled in Action - Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fergu son of Tennant. Calif., have been informed by the war department tnat tneir son, unester u. rer- guson, was killed in action on Luzon, the Philippines, on Jan uary 24. "Clair," as young Ferguson was known to his many friends, was born April 7, 1924, in Cas cade, Ida. He attended public school in Klam ath county and high school - at Tennant. He en listed in the United States army, June 23, 1943, and re ceived his train ing at . C a m p Roberts, Calif., going overseas i n December, t 1943. "Clair" was a volunteer with the assault troops of the anti-tank division, 169th infan try,43rd division, : which par ticipated in the invasion of Lu zon. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Robert Gadbois, who recently enlisted in the Seabees, and Richard Ferguson ' of -Seattle, Wash.' . Toyvns Taken In Huge Offense On Germany By JAMES M. LONQ PARIS. Feb. 27 OP) ' Th4 American ninth army broka clear through German defenses) before the Rhine today in a wide open advance of more than ten miles which carried to tnJ banks of the Erft river and al most to the edge of the Ruhr in dustrial basin. . , U. S. first army tanks blasted their way to within nine miles) of Cologne and almost reached the Erft in their sector where) the river forms the last water barrier before the great but ruined metropolis. . . Morken Captured Ninth army troops captured Morken of the RFT, 15 mile southwest of Duesseldorf, and nearby Konigshoven. The coup badly outflanked Muenchea Bladbach on the south. Rheu dahlen, 2i miles from Muen chen Gladbach, was taken after a tank encounter. - The whole ninth army front rolled forward toward the Ruhr, greatest arsenal region in Iu rope, in advances so swift and impetuous that the Germans were described officially as in "extreme confusion." Fail to Halt Drive ' The Germans strove deeper ately to arrest the headlong drive of the first army toward Cologne, greatest of the Rhine land cities and the southwestern gateway to the Ruhr. They rushed' tanks across the Erft and engaged American armor in tank to 'tank battles, but they failed to halt the powerful drive. Canadian and British troooa to the north broke the Hochwald line where the Germans have their last defenses before thai northwest corner of the Ruhr. - "The offensive :in the northern . (Continued on Page Two) k. V! ;-,.- .-j.; I Naval Facility Expansion Set --WASHINGTON.-Feb. 27 (F-m Expansion of several . inland naval training facilities in tn west- Is ( Contemplated by the) navy,- it "was made known to day. ' - Listed in hearings on tne first 1945 deficiency- appropriation bill,, are seven stations in west, ern states', which .Capt. R. H Hillenkoetter. director of plan ning and control, said are in eluded in the navy's expansion program. . . - He listed the Marine BarracKi at Klamath Falls, Ore.; the naval air stations at Klamath Falls, Fallon, Nev. and- North Bend. Ore.; the-naval air station at Pasco,' Wash., and facilities at Salton area and Mojave, Calif, He did not discuss the type ot expansion contemplated. Chevron Sewing Ceiling Set WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (P)t The two-bit ceiling established in San Diego, Calif., last May for sewing chevrons on a service) man's blouse was extended by the office of price administra tion today to other military cen -ters on the Pacific coast. The action, effective March 3, establishes dollar and cents pric es for various tailoring opera tions, exclusive : of alterations) made when the garments are) purchased. For sailor blue uniforms ther are 28 listed ceilings, ranging from 25 cents for machine sew ing of new stars- on the uniform to $5 for changing undress jump ers to dress jumpers where all necessary operations are per formed. For marine corps and army enlisted men's uniforms there! are 24 listed ceilings, ranging from 25 cents for sewing on chevrons to $2.50 for shortening a marine dress coat. The ceilings will be applicable) in Klamath county. Aide to FDR Dies at Sea ABOARD PRESIDENTIAIi CRUISER IN THE ATLANTIC, Feb. 20 W (Delayed) Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson, the aldo who made President Roosevelt's official appointments, died at sea today on the way home from the Crimea conference. General Watson was 61. A cerebral hemorrhage caused tha death of the presidential secre tary and military aide. Expressing his great personal sorrow at the loss of a "closa friend and associate," Mr. Roose velt said it was Watson's "sensa of duty and determination to see the war through that made him insist on taking this trip with me." ' J,
