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If that seems too sharp t-i . ...n'li ttl It tl tlHdlll Ellloni. the 144 millions 110 DrOVluc luuijf niniJiw V. we'll trim It a little. W. I. Ik.l ...a'II Ir.nn It mean is Jntll wo l.lt just tho right I llttcner must bo a boy Ihe country, for ho remains land apparently overawed. hn if conversations no r in this squirrel cage Is filcnt very long, ana none k overawed.) f ENINO In on this con knillon Is nuro ldlo caves Int. Reporting it in print I normally amount to that irate form of journalism as "kcyholo correspond 1 It Is mentioned here bo- In lis way It Is significant thing that arc or consia I interest to our citizenship Blllclallv and openly, RE TERSION talk is taboo. Of' Washington went much too it on that limb lost full, raj rudely shocked when undstcdt went on tho loose glum. It was caught In I of hnvir.g been mistaken, i politics nothing can bo than being wrong and get- plight nt It. So there Is bile talk of reconversion, fivately everybody la talk' lout It and working at It. Kan all read, nnd tho nows Europe points unmlstak to the conclusion that the fns are done for and that m a only a matter of time, tonversion tnlk nnd rocon. ii planning are going right -as they should. We t be caught unprepared by a of the European war. 'hat we have como to refer eglmcntatlon ISN'T going itto an end when the war li nose of us who like to o ourselves as rugged In Hl might as well Ret tar In. our minds. It just r"' iu nappen, I only should we get this ri cicnr in cur minds. nm as well bo Intelligent llstlc about It Erlct government controls "try nnd of tho cverydny we American people arc ""iui.-u on I'iigo two) ri.. D I. . itaiia DUCK ?s Freedom PICO CITY, March 6 (P) pocated full freedom of r ana rntlio, unhindered P of pcncctlmo consor- t(t'!0Jution adopted by a ".c,e 'or final conference iifc, ';ationSl Including 'Si States, proposed that S, Prps controls be mediately after tho war. J!0 recommended that nhJWo, dicpntches in Phero be treated with J privacy and freedom of'Ielcgrams and other 01 wmmunlcatlon. fnfssfons for J6S Demanrlnrl iHlMn K i?,Tc.d today that fermJ"cl!!ctcd or service rommi. nvy must be pnjlssions as officers. V -lis r 'i'S' 011 B tenor Kient 08 adopting an Kiht?,,?"r!e:d',.'" legls- Hoi lukl ' l,le inauciion Blase Bocks Vancouver Marines Poise Clincher Blow At Iwo Enemy By VEHN HAUCLAND pCIf,IC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, GUAM. March 6 i A7) Tha clincher blow in the lavage 16-day.old battle for littla Iwo, whin mora than 2000 marines have died whlla killing mora than 12.000 Japaneia, was poind today grown in powar by sup plies pouring ashore on the east and west coaits. a grand scale TO BALTIC SEA There were no appreciable changes In the lines yesterday as the leathernecks, holding more than two-thirds of the eight. quare-miie island, oullt up their positions for assault on the rockv defenia-ituddad north and. In Washington yesterday. Nary Secretary Forrestal disclosed on his return from a visit to Iwo that 2050 marines have been killed, adding the loss was not out of proportion to the import ance of taking the island. It is needed to put American fighter planes and Liberator bombers within range of Jnnan Forrestal gave no figures for wounded and missing. The last official figure supplied by Adm. Chester w. Nimitz covered cos- ualties for the first three days. The figures included 644 killed, 4 1MB wounded and 560 missing, although some of the missing since have been located. Both Forrestal and Nimitz have given the incomplete count of Japanese dead found Inside American lines at more than 12,- S00. Other enemy dead are known to be burled under smashed pillboxes. Still others .- c behind the Japanese lines, a dwindling area wmcn Has been shelled by fifth fleet warships, Eoundcd by marine artillery and ombed by planes. , - By RICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON, Morch 6 in') Rus sian troops smashed to tho Bnltic ot tho eastern end of Stettin bay today, seizing Commin and five other towns In overrunning a Inrgo area northeast of Stettin, Marshal Stalin announced to night. Cnmmln is on Stettin bay, 37 miles northeast of Stettin, and 21 miles across water and islands from Slnemucndc, tho U-boat base controlling the entrance to tho bay. Coastal Control This surge gave tho first and second White Russian armies vir tual control over nearly 85 miles of tho Baltic const, securing the flank for a drive on Berlin. Berlin said Marshal Gregory Zhukov's first White Russian army also hnd reached tho Oder near Grelfenhngcn, 11 miles south of Stettin, whose suburbs were exploding under Russian heavy artillery. . . Towns Taken Slnlln announced the capture of Cammln, Grcifenbcrg, 17 miles to the southenst, and Bel gnrd, Trcptow, Guclzon and Plathe. In an earlier order, he pro claimed tho seizure of Grud zladz, surrounded Polish corri dor city 55 miles south of Dan zig, and 5000 prisoners by Marshnl Konstantln Rossokov sky's second Whito Russian army. Todd Submits Low Housing Bid Todd Construction, company of Roseburg, with an offer of $140,000, was low bidder on the 33 Homoja huts to be construct ed at tho Klamath naval air station, occording to Lt. Com mander J- F. Fitzgerald, public works officer at the station. Tho bid has not yet been awarded but definite word is expected in a few days. The huts, housing 61 families, will rise on a site just to the west of the entrance to the air sta tion, and will bo for navy per sonnel only. Their principal use will bo by squadron men and their families. Vinson Backed By Committee WASHINGTON. March 6 (VP) President Roosevelt's nomination of Fred M. Vinson as federal loan administrator was approved unanimously today by the sen ate banking committee. The committee acted without hearings. Chairman Wagner (D-N.Y.) said the nomination was approved "enthusiastically.1 1 SIX NIP DIVISIONS ,S. By JAMES HUTCHESOH MANILA, March 6 (fl5) De struction of six of the 10 Jap anese divisions on Luzon island was announced today by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who said the remaining eremy troops, ef fectively bottled tip in the moun tains, were under continuous at tack and "their position is criti cal." . Six Japanese divisions could numDcr close to iuu,uuu men. 225,000 Dead More than 125.000 Japanese have been killed on bloody Lcyte island, south of Luzon, making a total for these two islands alone of 225,000 dead Nipponese troops, including somn of the emDire s best. MacArthur, reporting gains, on all .Luzon fronts arid effective air strikes against Formosa and China coast shipping, said that on Luzon the equivalent of six divisions, with supporting ele ments, have been destroyed, to (Continued on Page Two) Snow Brings Needed Moisture A steady snowfall throughout Tuesday brought much needed moisture to the Klamath basin and coupled with the trace of precipitation which fell earlier In tho week, brought the stream year total closer, to the normal figure. Hills surrounding ,the city held the snow although the flakes melted rapidly on city streets and sidewalks. Reports from Lakeview.. ad vised that two inches of snow had covered that area and -it was still falling. Early this morning one inch of snow was reported at Fort Klamath with a heavier fall In the mountain area to the north. " Wanted 75 to 100 Babies Trend of the times! When the gold runs freely thousands f ASi T thrnnfihout the nation cause a veritable run on child-placing agencies hoping to adopt homeless babies. . Klamath county is no exception. Coun- ty Juvenile Officer Harom nenuiH;KaUii JS said today that between 75 and 1 100 re- Ai quests are receivca aimum.j from would-be parents. In the two and one-half years Hcndrickson has been in office, only three children wore available for adoption here, and theso three came from ono family. In the case of children born out of wedlock, the major portion of whom i are born at the Salvation Army White Shield r:" - i n..ll..j lYinct urn kent bv tho mother or by relatives of the mother, Hendrlckson said. Very few are offered for adoption, . , ReouMts for babies are referred to child-placing agencies, the two in Oregon being the Catholic Charities, Inc., and Boys i nii. , Airt Snelptv. Portland. OMU EXPLODES SEVERAL MEN THOWJEnQ Freighter Blows Up With 150 Aboard At Docks J VANCOUVER, March 8 (CP) Several men were believed killed and scores injured at noon today when four heavy blasts shook a ship at the Canadian Pa cific railway docks near Van couver's downtown business dis trict. - - The Vancouver Sun said it learned about 150 men were aboard the vessel, the- S. S. Grccnhill Park, a 10,000-ton freighter, when the explosions occurred.- Others Feared About 45 minutes after the blast the ship, operated by the Dominion" -government -owned Park Steamships limited, was towed into Burrard inlet and it was. reported there were fears there might be further blasts if flames reached other holds. Michael Giraud. Canadian Press reporter, said that a guard told him that several men were still trapped in the vessel includ ing the chief and chief engineer. He added- it was not known im mediately how, many were' still In the. ship.. , - - . v ', ' V-v "' Vessel Burns '",;'v Outlines: of the freighter could be seen vaguely through a dense haze. - It was several hundred yards out in the inlet. A smaller vessel, possibly about 2000 tons, was burning- nearby and it ap peared as if it was planned to let the smaller ship burn arid sink. Another 10,000-ton ship was hauled Into' the inlet from the CPR docks and it appeared to be out of danger. . - ;' Windows Broken Hundreds of plate glass win dows and thousands of office windows were broken in the downtown business section as the explosions rocked the central section of Vancouver about the time the streets were beginning to get crowded for the noon hour. " . .. Officials of the Canada Ship ping company, agents for the vessel, said the Greenhill Park was not an ammunition ship. It was not known immediately what caused the blasts but it was believed they were set off by fire of undetermined origin. - - Cologne Taken by. Americans. WitUh V ... e Ji ' ' fmJJ ' E'klnz "l ' ySWf jt Vf aK.rchh.rten s Y) IP53 Ty Vpjhi J COLOGNE! ' : ' V ' . RhoiribKKM Montchau STATUTt MllIS First army -troops today completed the capture of Cologne, Germany's fourth largest city, a the news blackout on third army action was raised to report a 25-mile advance in a sudden break France May Be Rallying Point for Small Nations By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER ; Associated Press Diplomatic News Editor ;; f. WASHINGTON, !March ! 6 (rP) France., may become a rallying point for smaller nations . seek ing to make major changes in the - Dumbarton- Oaks- plan; for world" organization.,, '; .(. .'.-r Many ' diplomatic authorities regard this- as the-, most signifir cant development ; likely ; to t re sult from , the 'failure of ?Gen. Charles De' Gaulle's government to join with the-United- States, Britain,- Russia - and China ' in sponsoring invitations to - the April-25 San Francisco confer ence. Controversy Looms ; It already is apparent . that there will be - considerable con troversy at the conference over the powers "of the small and middle-sized countries in -relation to the great nations which would have a dominating posi- Cornett Re-Districting Bill Fails to Pass Senate SALEM, March 6 (Aj The . senate defeated 18 to 12 to- day the Klamath - county re apportionment bill, by which the county sought to get a senator of its own and to eliminate the district repre sented by Sen. Hex. Ellis, ' Pendleton. The vote was taken after Sen. Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath Falls, author of the bill, re leased the 16 votes which had been pledged to support him. The bill would have split tho 17th senatorial district, giving a senator to Klanfath county, and one to the other four coun ties in the district Crook, Des chutes, . Jefferson - and- Lake. Ellis represents the -19h 'dis trict, - which - includes Morrow, Umatilla and Union counties. .. ONLY BACKER Cornett was the oaly speaker for his bill, while those who spoke against it included 8ens. Thomas R. Mahoney, Portland J25Pro-4ien Japs Transferred NEWELL One hundred and twenty-five men, judged by the department of justice to be dan gerous enemy aliens, were en trained late Sunday for an un announced destination to ; be placed in an enemy alien in ternment camp. The group in cluded ' Shigeyoshi Kawabata, S resident of . Sokujl Klkoku oshi Dan, and Minoru Hinoki, president of Hokoku Sienen Dan. The two are pro-Japan society leaders, and were-sentenced re cently to the project jail after conviction of unlawful asuembly in a project trial. Their arrest followed a raid by center police on an .unauthorized . meeting. I. democrat; Ellis; Ernest R. Fat land, Condon republican; W. H. Strayer, Eaker democrat, and Frederick S. Lamport, . Salem republican. Those voting for the bill were Sens. John Carson, Salem; Merle Chessman, Astoria; . Cor nett; Frank H. Hilton, Portland; Lee Patterson, Portland; ' Paul L.', Patterson, Hillsboro; Dean H. Walker, Independence;- Lew Wallace, Portland; William, L. Walsh, Marshfield, and Presi dent of the Senate Howard C. Belton. VOTE AGAINST All other members of the sen ate voted ' against it. The galleries were packed during the half -hour debate. Senator Cornett said the pur pose of - the bill is to "equalise senatorial representation." He denied there is anything person al on hit parti He pointed out the large, area and population -of his district. "This bill," Cornett said, "does not impair the senatorial repre sentation of the counties repre sented by Ss.ator Ellis. It has been unfairly stated that my purpose is to get Ellis out of the senate. I told him in high ' (Continued on Page Two)' Chiang Considers Attending Confab WASHINGTON, March 6 (W) Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek of China is considering a pro posal that he visit San Francisco at the bpening of the United Nations conference April 25. , It was iearned today this pro posal :- had been; advanced by Washington. Coupled with this information, however, was the advice that -Chiang, probably will decide against the trip, ' tion in the proposed, world se curity council. - r; - , ' At the moment France is in a middle ground Dosition. The De Gaulle . government already has been assured-a place . as one of the big five permanent members of 'the council. Yet It specifi . ; ' (Continued oh Page Two) . : ' Br The Associated Press March showed its lionish side today as subzero weather over spread seven midland states and heavy rains sent the Ohio and MississiDDi rivers risina threat eningly. Scores of families fled to high ground.:, -. The. cold - wave which- began in the. northwest yesterday push ed- southward: and eastward to day. . Subzero readings .were re corded in Minnesota, the Da kota, "Wyoming, Montana, northwest . Iowa and:, extreme northern . Nebraska.- Freezing temperatures reached from low er Michigan, northern Illinois, Missouri1 and' Oklahoma , into northern' Texas." . ,. .-. - , .. Bemidji, Minn.,'' had the na tion's official low .of 35 degrees below zero, in contrast to Jack sonville, Fla., which recorded 91 above yesterday. i ''Residents of the Ohio valley watched with . trepidation . as leaden skies 'poured rain into the swollen Ohio river. In the last 24 hours Cincinnati, had 2.97 inches of rain; Evansville, ind., had Z.bo; Louisville, l.ts; Columbus, 1.74; Dayton, . 1.54, and Pittsburgh 1.51; Rain also covered the entire Mississippi valley. St. Louis had 1.12 inches. ROMANS CLASH By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, March 6 (AP) Th U. S. first army capturio) cathedral-spired Cologne today, and south of that great com munications and industrial Center the American third army spurted 25 mile in a sudden breakthrough, to within 20 miles of the Rhine in the Coblenz: .area. '-'t.--'- Fall of Cologne was announced officially tonight. ' ' : American first army tanks and troops fought past the famous cathedral in Cologne, Germany'! fourth eiry, and a front dispatch declared ' Cologne .for all military purposes has fallen," - - . - . v-. Germans retreated south from Cologne along a corridor to Bonn.- .'- r:: .';!' . The third army tanks broke 'out of their Kyll river, bridge head farther, south yesterday morning and jn 30 hours raced 25 miles, or more than half, way the' distance to the Rhine. They were meeting "only medium resistance" in the push to : the river in this sector. - More than 1500 Germans, including a ...corps commander, were - cap tured. . ' . -: "..American, troops had driven to the: Rhine all along a- line north of Cologne except for "a bend in the river south of Dues- seldorf, and . captured the Ford motor 'plant just north of the city. - . In Cologne, greatest prize yet taken in Germany by the west ern allies only a knot of resist ance was left in the main part or xne city, iniantry and ar mored columns were - driving against it. - Sonsbeck Won ; . -The Canadian first army In . the north - captured Sonsbeck, and the German rearguard de fense west of the Rhine in that area collapsed. . . The - nazi bridgehead - there was - lost for all but nuisance value by American and Canadi an- army suiuiers otivuik m . concerted push. .'.' -. By mid-morning today,- the first army had won one-third of Cologne, and then smashed on through. -' Blacked Out . - ' stab toward the Rhine had been blacked out for security reasons for 30 hours. since it started at 7:30 a; ,m.- yesterday. '. : Har1 -rnads were- delavin0-.thl6 ihg or after the disturbance, in fourths armored 'division's drive . which the-demonstratorssnoutearohe appreaches to the Rhine. OVER ESCAPE; THREATENK NG ... By GEORGE : BRIA . .. ROME, March 6 (VP) A civil ian: was. killed, another was in jured and a British soldier was wounded when Romans waving red flags attempted to attack the royal -palace today , while Crown Price. Umberto was inside. .. Two bombs were thrown and shots- were- fired in -the clash between mounted rcarabinierei and the crowd near the entrance to Quirinal palace in the midst of an Italian political crisis gen erated by. the escape of an Ital ian general accused - of war crimes. ' , t ; "Death to King" -' Umberto, who "as lieutenant general- of the realm -has taken over- the duties of Klna Vittorio Emanuele, failed to appear' dur- 'Death to the king;" ; f i - March" on Palace " : v. ' ' The crowd,' thousands . strong, marched from Colosseum -square after a" mass meeting at which they protested the escape of Gen. : Mario RoattaV during his trial on war crimes' charges."; ; -The escape -has brewed a sit uation in .which the government of " Premier Ivanoe Bonomi'. is imperiled, with, the possibility that . Count Carlo Sforza, .once vetoed for a position, in the gov ernment by the- British, may make a bid for power. ; - A bomb exploded, and the carabinieri-fired- into the-crowd when the marchers surged . up to the palace." ' A truck -and two jeeps loaded with American and British mili tary police arrived on the. scene to insure that no allied soldiers became involved. -- - - Just as swarms of ' Italian -' . (Continued on Page- Two) Dog Held Victim Of Poisoner v '' "Hans,"- the' little copper-colored .Dachshund' belonging to Mrs. Paul. Keller ,i died a cruel death late 'yesterday afternoon, victim of : a dog ' poisoner. His mistress ; thinks 4hat . he picked up the strychnine -in: the vicin ity of the di J. rieiier-residence, 718 . Jefferson, where- the - dog had - played; for : a short time' Monday.--'. ,'': :. .' "Hans" was. nineVyears. old this month and; a friendly little fellow. His master, Paul Keller, is ho w serving in Calcutta," India, with OWI, and Mrs. Kel ler is here with- her mother, Mrs. - George Humphrey, for- the. present. Mrs.' Keller expressed the hope that residents: of the area where little "Hans" found the strychnine would watch carefully for further evidence of the poison as protection to other pets in -the city. ' Ant i - D is c r i mi n a t i o n Bill Protects New York Workers ALBANY, N. Y., March 6 (F) A law by which New York em ployers wilfully exercising re ligious or racial prejudice in se lecting .workers : face fines and imprisonment will go on the statute books after early, sig nature by Gov.' Thomas E. Dewey. - - Legislative action on ' what both supporters and opponents termed , "the most drastic meas ure ever enacted in the United States" was completed last night when the-senate voted the bill, 49 to 6. The assembly approved the proposal last week, 109-32. Dewey, 1944 republican presi dential nominee,' threw his sup port behind the bill which was passed with unanimous minority democratic ' . support in both houses. Individual republicans strongly opposed the. proposal, although GOP leaders were favorable.' ... Following senate action.' Dewey, termed passage, "an his toric step, tie said l am happy indeed that our state has led the entire nation in this great social advance , which will . assure' equality: Df opportunity for all our people, regardless- of race, creed, color, or national origin." Although the new law- is di rected , equally ' against labor unions, employment agencies, and employers, and makes viola tion a misdemeanor,' punishable Dy a $duu tine or a year imprison ment, or both, most debate con cerned its application to employ ers.. Individuals or firms em ploying fewer than six persons are exempt, as are religious, charitable, social, and fraternal organizations. Infantrymen -followed it- in -ve hicles. of all descriptions because the tanks', pace -was - so- last, front -dispatch said. ; OKAYED BY SENATE By PAUL W: HARVEY Jr. . SALEM, March 6 (IP) The senate sent to' the governor., to, day by a 22 to 8 vote a bill per mitting $1,500,000 to be bori. rowed from the school fund to build a new state office build ing. ' ' . '- i - The ' building would be fi nanced by rentals paid by state departments, but opponents of the measure tried to table it un til the legislature, considers the bill to refer to the people a 5-mill two-year property tax for new : buildings - for the state board, of higher education and for state institutions. c -j The 1943 legislature approved $1,000,000 for the new building,-but thei amount' was' in creased - because of increased building- costs. -- Sen. Rex Ellis, Pendleton, .moved to table the bill; "but was beaten 20-to 10. He said the hew building is. not heeded. While:-college .and' uni versity "buildings are. H ; i Sen.. Dean H. Walker, Inde pendence, chairman of the sen ate ways and means committee, pointed -out that, there is no relationship.-.: between- the office building bill and the bill for the state board of higher education buildings, because the state of fice building is self-liquidating. The new. building- couldn't be constructed. ' unless ' the state board of control and state emer gency, board approve. Yanks Capture Italian Hamlet ' ROME, March 6 (fP) V. S. fifth army forces have captured the hamlet of Bisopra, 13 miles southwest of Bologna, after scor. lng advances of 400 to 800 yards in a drive up both sides of the Pistoria-Bologna hinhway, allied headquarters announced today. With the town, two 1250-foot heights designated as Hill . 375 and Hill -476 make up a-line dominating the area between the Bologna-Pistoia highway and tho 1 i 1 Til ...nnn Qntnlin-1 iart Blierilttlt: 1U1CIILC-UU1U(,iiu a vwue PHONE IN THE NEWS The Herald and News wel comes . telephone calls con veying news and news Hps... v - Personals and ; organization news should be called in in the morning if possible; Re ports of- other news, such as accidents, etc., are. welcome at any time.- . Your help to our news staff Is appreciated. ' ,
