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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAyI'mARCH 8. 1945
r rnANK JENKINS
I'B jUSIKcto Hint poor Henry
,. On tho day when con.
.lion by tho senate of lilii
' . T in be secretary of
C w oxpuctcd to bo
i1-' . ..... .... II... linmn front.
Lldcnl Roosevelt return from
bmH 11(1111 i-nnuo iu tnu
Li of congress nsscmblcd In
K ....Inn wlmt turns out lo
, surprisingly conclllutory
friendly message.
I. . ri.nlt. Iho Wnllnco con-
V . ... .w.l.n tl.n frnnl
hiuon unruly iwiwi ...v
L i he evening tinners. In
W' - .. , -. - , - j
ft ol Ihcm H i lucKca uwny
in incuiiiii-"u"i
n bclowtlie fold.
ERE In Washington, which Is
the home ouico oi mo nil
's leading polillcal experts,
. it wlrlo variance of opinion
to'sllaco's nclmltledly sturlllng
itnotlon us secretary oi tuiu-
tec, wmcn oy mini i ,
mcnt 18 l one pimmuiHi
Inet post, wllh Iho exception
wrefnry of tho treasury, he
!!t qualified to fill with dla
lion. two arc several schools of
jjht on the subject. One,
th Includes the bulk of the
in and the hard-boiled anti-
!vcltcrs who can sec no pos
t ray of hope In anylnlne
President docs or ever mny
holds Hint it was the first
e ol another drive td the
(-probably a gehemo to use
big government lenuini;
Mm hitherto anthcrcd to
la- In Iho department of con-
L ai o jpenrhend of reckless
King to MKC il away irqm
ki who have and glvo It to
kwho have not
his crowd s enthusiasm tor
GcorRC bill (now sinned by
IRI. which removed tho big
Uini necnclcs from tho depart-
lit ol congress and so took
In out of the Wnllnco orbit, is
Iprrcd by tho sobering knowl-
Mint after all the president
Iho opiiolntlve power nnd so
pick the mnn who will head
fcc agencies in whatever scl
Ithcy may be placed. Ho may,
curse, hove another squabble
Lh the senate when It comes to
Urination, but history leaves
'ontlnucd on Pngo Thirteen)
tores Snapp
a in Crash
rlERRILL Cnl. C h 0 r 1 e s
inard Snnpp, 20, son of Mr.
I Mrs. Ervln Snapp, of
fill, and one of their five
i In Iho service, was one of a
w ol nine men killed In tho
to ol a Liberator b o in b o r
'd at Mountain Home, Ida.,
urdny,
'oung Snapp, who served as
iwwr on the B-24, was ro-
missing Saturday and ms
ath confirmed In n mnssnifo
to the wnr department Wed-
pay nftorimnn
ftmalns of Ihc'airmnn will be
I Id Klnmntll Fnllo nnrt finnl
f! will probnbly bo hold from
poicariy next weeK, Mrs.
PD lUllH llirlnv Turn nlhnr
I1 will be here for the scrv
J5 Chester Snapp of Camp
lc, Cnllf., and PFC Ursal
PP ol Pueblo, Colo.
sons, sgt, Wilbur Snapp,
Hawaii, mifi Bert n..nM n
fffi'J0 ,n France, are broth-
L mo nirmnn ns Is Lowell,
Wont at Morrill high school.
."""hp ininny nns lived in
years. "
'f. Chnsloi- cnnn ' ...in
Am.. . " unvuu will nv-
pwwher husband here.
Number 10408
Russians Hit
25 Miles From
Nazi Capital
LONDON, March 8 (IP) The Runl.ni have driven to within 25
miles of Berlin's city limits, outflanking the fortress of Kuestrin
and reaching Seelow on tho west side of the Oder, a Transocean
broadcast from the German capital said today.
Seelow is directly east of Berlin and is 12 miles west of the
Z.V.I " 11 J"L ,ho. m,m "llwy skirting the Oder which connects
Stettin and Frankfurt.
Marshal Gregory Zhukov's massive new offensive, timed with
the allied drive to the Rhine, 321 miles to the west, also has
reached a point 29 miles from Borlin northwest of Kuestrin,
Berlin roported.
Transocean said Seelow was reached from the Russian bridge
head at Goerlits. between Kuestrin and Frankfurt, and said ter
rific fighting was taking place in the area, with many places
changing hands repeatedly.
Eighty miles west oi Dansig near the Baltic coast, the Rus
sians captured the railway center of Schlawe, a town of 8000,
the Germans said. Schlawe is 22 miles northeast of Koeslln.
,
IS
JAPS FURTHER
BACON 11
By MORRIE LANDSBERG
AUOARD ADM.. TURNER'S
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
FLAGSHIP OFF IWO JIMA,
March 8 (P) (Via Navy Radio)
Marino Infantrymen compressed
Japanese Into a narrow crescent
on northern Iwo today In the fi
nal stages of tho long, bloody
campaign to conquer this olr
stepping stone to Tokyo.
boftcned up by tho shattering
artillery bombardment the day
before, enemy troops yielded on
all fronts yesterday. In the
northern central sector the Jap
anese wero forced to withdraw
into their caves at times ns they
sought to throw back the oncom
ing third division In hand to
hand combat.
Suicide Charge
A Yank tank battalion report
ed Japanese made a suicidal
chorgc on armored vehicles oper
ating with the third division, at
tacking suddenly with explosive
charges mounted on the ends of
long poles. Tankmen said it
failed completely.
No tanks were damaged, they
reported, nnd "a considerable
number" of Japanese were
killed.
Spilt Looms
The three leatherneck di
visions threatened to split tho re
maining enemy force of several
thousand men by a .coordinated
drlvo in an effort , to bring the
18-day-old operation to a success
ful conclusion.
Tho fifth division, on the
northwest side of tho Island, od-
(Contlnued on Pago Thirteen)
Moscow maintained silence on
these sectors.
However, Marshal Stalin an
nounced In an order of tho day
the capture of. tho Polish town
of Koscicrzyna, 29 miles south
west of Danzig, and the Pomcr
nnian rail Junction of Buetow,
20 miles west of Koscicrzyna.
(Continued on Page Thirteen)
BANG'S DISEASE
EA
Recent tests indicate that
Bang's disease, cause of un
dulnnt fever, affects less than
one per cent of the dairy cows
of the Klamath Falls mllkahed,
it was stated by Dr. J. C. Hunt,
city milk and meat inspector,- in
an address before the Kiwanls
club Thursday noon.
Dr.' Hunt described the de
termined effort made here sev
eral years ago to eliminate
Bang's disease, and said there
was a heavy slaughter of re
actors at that time. Since then,
tests have shown the area to
be safely free from the disease.
Few Such Records .
Dr. Hunt also said that few
If any similar cities in the
northwest could claim such a
high percentage of milk pasteur
ization as Klamath Falls. All
milk sold here except about 20
gallons a day is pasteurized.
Pasteurization is complete for
milk used In Ice cream, cottage
cheese and butter, he said.
The speaker praised the local
dairies and creameries for their
cooperation in helping raise
milk standards here, as well as
the farm dairymen. . .
Long Fight
E. B. Hall, chairman of the
city .health board, told of the
long fight to improve both milk
and meat inspection here and
praised Dr. Hunt for , his work,
which covers food products sold
(Continued on Page Thirteen)
A Chicken For Every Pot!
Coogne Example of Reich
Suicide Plan, Says Writer
Bv LOUIS P. LOCHNER
COLOGNE, March 8 (P)
After taking Inventory of what
remains of cologne ana oiner
Inosnr finrmnn cities captured by
tho allies, the conclusion is in
escapable that Afloir niiier nas
committed the relch to national
suicide. , , , .
I have Just completed my first
detailed tour of Cologne's down
turn iptlon. It was a sorry
sight on this bleak, cold day.
Colognes wait uc"i
rides Kepi From Grooms
!'' lough, but sometimes It happens! . ,
It lltnH U ,. .... 1 - n, Ia .nnnrnln
L-i.-""' ue un oici DacK-couniry cusium iu "f
a. ilU1(I rom n "'olr wedding night. '
"I tin Ilrtcin... T-T t it., tt c ivin vl im TlorrnfUi it IS a
IS sometimes. - ' .
i-m. wiison L. Brown Jr., officer In charge ol me iiosiess
lamhfti. , WlUUBIl n, Ji, lllUllian n. mu
IbmuLi 1 COIT1norco that the housing prooiem
5 so acute that It Is necessory to ac
'modato wives of service men only their
iZ usl slcP tho Barracks.
ivm 1 ncw'y-weds have been separated In
Thnu Bccornniodnto everyone.
- .mnifiGq Mmien hn. J'J i-nnmo w in nminiu
fa,,
11 rcstnnrnnf nn .nnj- ksi.' PnotntYinrll v. soldiers and
CirAi "' Mccommoaoiea lor a iiv.-uy h"-.'""- .
JJfdlnarily this should bo time enough to make more
'Snont arranKomnnts. . ..:
h. u 11,0 shortage of available places of residence, lately
h omo compulsory for wives to share rooms at the
vm "?u t maKe room tor mem an. v
period they are still there. . .
i!J ." Slark of tho chambor of commorco appeals to
tZot rpntal units to list vacancies at the chamber of cony
B s h "n.as.thoy. know here wm be i any. . . .. .
Hn i 7 aro again urged to rem, unuouu .uu... .
10 wives of service men.
Untcr Sachsenhauscn, exists no
more. The proud structures of
the Reichsbank, Dresdener bank,
Dlskonto .Gesellschaft and other'
financial institutions are burned
out shells. The main postoffice
directly opposite these banks is
In far worse condition than the
postoffice in ruined Aachen.
Exchange Kaput
The telephone exchange is a
wreck "completely kaput (fin
ished)," is tho way it was de
scribed by Lt. Col. Robbing P.
Crowell of Washington, D. C,
AMG telephone specialist.
"It's far worse than Aachen,"
Crowell added.
The large modern Insurance
company buildings have taken
terrific beatings from the air,
none can be used without com
plete overhauling.
Dynamite Found
Large Quantities of dynamite
were found within the structures.
A woman who emerged from a
nearby basement explained bit
terly:' "The gestapo swine Intended
to blow up all those buildings.
What did they care that many
of us had been living in the
cellars. . When ... the American
soldiers came they ran away and
nover paused to blow the build
ings up."
Not even the residents in the
western part of Cologne are
awaro of the full extent of the
damage in the "Aldstadt," or old
part of the city because of the
complete breakdown of trans
portation facilities in the urban
area.
These day-old chicks were hatched at the Oregon State Hatchery which was opened here just
six weeks ago. They are waiting to be shipped to distant points. (See story on page 3).
Southern Shores of Luzon
Reached by American Units
By RICHARD C. BERGHOLZ
MANILA, March 8 VP) U. S.
troops were on the southern
shores of Luzon for the first
time today as other Yanks, east
of Manila. Inched forward
against ' Japanese positions soft
ened by the heaviest air striKes
thus far used in support of
ground action in the southwest
Pacific.
While American bombers
sweeping China sea shipping
sank or damaged two warships
and 16 freighters, 11th airborne
divisions - and 158th infantry
units, penetrated to the south
coast of Luzon Tuesday to cap
ture Balayan and Calatagan at
Balayan bay.
They met only scattered re
sistance. Balayan bay, in. Batangas
E
VET BILL OKAYED
By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr.
SALEM, March 7 (P) Bills
to create rural school districts
to equalize school taxes and to
set up the machinery for county
manager form of government
won house approval today and
went to the senate, while the
senate completed legislative ac
tion on a measure creating the
state department of veterans af
fairs. The school equalization meas
ure, which would be referred to
the people, would provide one
school district for each county,
but first-class districts would
not be included.
House Defeated Bill
The vote on tho bill was. 32
to 26, only one more than the
31 votes necessary to pass it.
Last week the house defeated it
with 29 votes for and 22 against.
The opponents objected to
counties being forced to adopt
the plan.
There were only three votes
against the county manager bill,
which is carrying out the terms
of a constitutional amendment
approved by the people last No
vember. The bill provides that 10 per
Corneft Bill
Introduced ....
SALEM, March 8 (VP) Sen.
Marshall E. Cornett, Klamath
Falls, Introduced a proposed
constitutional amendment today
to increase the number of sen
ators from 30 to 31.
With it, he introduced a bill
to give the new senator to
Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson and
Lake counties. This bill would
not become effective' unless the
people approve the constitution
al amendment.
The four counties, with Klam
ath, now comprise the 17th dis
trict for which Cornett is sen;
ator. . ' '
Cornett lost his effort two
days ago to split his district into
two, and to eliminate the 19th
district (Morrow, Umatilla,
Union) represented by Sen. Rex
Ellis, Pendleton.
province, Is on the Important
Verde island passage between
Luzon and American-held Min
doro island. It is " about 50
miles south of Manila. , A good
road skirts-.; most of "the bay
coast.
In the bitterly-contested "Mar
kina watershed area east of
Manila, heavy bombers, attack
planes and dive bombers drop
ped more , than 900 tons of ex
plosives on the elaborate Jap
anese entrenchments which have
held the Yanks virtually stale
mated for weeks.
Record Support
This was a mightier assault
in support of ground operations
than that given the 503rd para
troopers on Corregidor or any
other major objective from the
Philippines to New Guinea.
Bombers of all sizes made more
than 75 sorties.
Despite this record pounding
the first cavalry division under
Maj. Gen. Verne D. Mudge and
the sixth infantry division of
Maj. Gen. Edwin D. Patrick
found the going tough along
this mountainous Shimbu line
between Antipolo and Wawa.
ENTER MANDALAY
By JOHN GROVER
CALCUTTA, March 8 (IF)
Spearheads of the; British 19th,
division plunged into the north
ern suburbs of Mandalay today,
and in their 14 mile dash south
ward from Madaya to Mandalay,
Indian troops of the British di
vision bypassed a considerable
number of Japanese. These
enemy groups appear dazed and
bewildered and 'are scheduled
for later elimination.
Chinese troops 130 miles north
east of Mandalay smashed two
miles through Japanese defenses
and occupied New Lashlo and
its railway station, establishing
allied control of . the entire
Burma road from Lashio to
Kunming. The Chinese had cap
tured old Lashio yesterday.
Plans Disorganised
Enemy battle plans apparently
have been disorganized by the
British dash across the Irra
waddy river ' valley; to the
Meiktila area, an operation
which has threatened the Jap
anese rear communications.
: Unless the Japanese can bring
(Continued on Page Thirteen)
Flood Waters Inch Close
To Dike Tops Along Ohio
PORTSMOUTH, O., March 8
(VP) Flood waters inched closer
to tops of dikes in this Ohio
river city, bu elsewhere along
the 1000-mile valley floods near
cd or passed their crests and at
some points were beginning to
subside.
The army brought combat tac
tics into play to keep steadily
rising waters of the Ohio and
tributary Scioto rivers from
gushing over Portsmouth flood
walls. Supplies to Drop
' .More than 25,000 empty sand
bags were loaded on trucks at
Cincinnati, to be sped to an air
base at Wilmington, Ohio. From
there C-47 transports would drop
them to soldiers and volunteers
Who have waged never-ceasing
battle to erect earthworks and
sandbag barriers atop existing
flood barriers.
The river here was past the
64-foot stage, two feet higher
than the city's flood wall. It
was being held back by the
hastily erected barriers. River
Forecaster George Marth said
the crest here would be reached
at 64.5 feet late today.
Louisville expected a crest of
Son of Pastor
Reported Missing
The Reverend and Mrs. A. 1
Dwight of the First . Covenanl
church have received word that
their son, Sgt. Norman E.
Dwight of the army air corps,
has been missing in action from
operations over Germany since
February 13.
.- The" 21-year-old youth was an
engineer and gunner on a B-26
stationed in France. Dwight en
listed in the army -air corps in
June of 1943, and reported for
overseas duty in November of
the following year.
47 -to 47.5 feet, tonight or to
morrow and forecasters said the
high point would remain sta
tionary for about 24 hours be
fore receding.
The Ohio reached a crest at
Wheeling, ' W. Va., 11.3 feet
above flood stage and upriver
at East Liverpool, Ohio, the
water started ebbing at the rate
of .2 foot an hour.
Secured by
First Aruray
PARIS, March 8 LAP) Th American first army created
the Rhine south of Cologne lost night and secured a firm
footing today on the east bank of the great German barrier
stream.
Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges poured more and more in
fantrymen across the river after his sudden and sensational
crossing in darkness. The exact location of the bridgehead
over the quarter-mile-wide river was shrouded by military
censorship because the Germans obviously did not know the
exact situation. v
The crossing started at 4:30 p. m. yesterday. In the hours
since then, a steady stream of men and materiel have been
pouring onto the eastern bank and moving forward in a drive
to get the beachhead out of range of enemy artillery.
(Cologne is in about the same latitude as Newfoundland,
and the days at this season are extremely short).
During the first 24 hours, ' there was little artillery or
mortar fire on the beachhead, indicating the enemy was in
confusion when he fled back across the river from the ashes
of Cologne before Hodges' hard-driving divisions.
Gen. Eisenhower was known from the start of the current
campaign to want a bridgehead across the Rhine as quickly
as possible, because he felt that a crossing would shorten the
war in Europe by weeks.
i. The swift crossing gave the Germans no time to reorgan
ize or improve defenses east of the Rhine, far beyond the
shattered debris of the Siegfried line. It constituted Field
Marshal Von Rundstedts greatest defeat since the landing
in Normandy. :' . i!
Strangely, the Germans who customarily have announced
transcendent military developments before either the western
or eastefti allies,; still were silent about the Rhine crossing. '
The fact that s u p re m e headquarters used the word
"bridgehead" ' in announcing the ' crossing indicated vthat
Hodges' infantry had secured a good, solid grip. In military
parlance, a bridgehead it established only after it has been
expanded sufficiently; for; the crossing to be out of direct
short range. fire.. ;
. The Rhine crossing ywat the first by any army fiahtina
rj-iis way eastward since tne aayt
oi napoieon. . .
. The surge from the Roer river' ;
which started February 23 hacj
developed such momentum that.'
the Germans' along a 200"-mile,
front from .Holland to the Mo
selle either were routed, in con
fusion, or fighting for their very
lives. '.
The Rhine crossing apparent
ly was an amphibious ODeration
second only to the .crossing of
me cnannei. All live Khlne
bridges -were down in Cologne
itself.-
Wide River
-The grey-green Rhine is 1300
to-1700. feet wide at Cologne
and 1320 wide at Bonn and
n e v e r narrower, between, the
cities. ''..'. . .
The Canadians oh trie flood
ed lower. Rhine were known to
be using Alligators, Ducks and
Buffaloes water-going tanks
(Continued on Fage Thirteen)
HEMS
POLISJpiTi
WASHINGTON, March 8 -(VP)
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.)
declared today that the. three
nower . committee . meeting . - in
Moscow must - set' up ."a truly
representative " Polish coauuon
government if it . is to be supt
ported by. the United States.
. Vandenbersr. a delegate to 'the
April 25 ; world security confer-
euce, gave uic acuic..iw .. .
plete approval" of a: warning
voiced bv British Foreign Min
ister Anthony. Eden to' the Lublin
government against persecution
of supporters of the London exile
government.
Acta let is
One of the "acid tests" to be
applied to the new-Polish gov
ernment, the Michigan senator
told colleagues, would be wheth
er it furnished a home and coun
try to the Polish troops' which
fought with the allies.at Cassino
in Italy and are iigming on me
European-front. v '-
At best, ne: saia u vwas a.
rurious nrocess" for. American,
British and Russian representa
tives with no. Poles present
to sit down in Moscow and at
tempt to constitute a provisional
Polish government. - ,
There is no escaping tne tact,
Vandenberg coninued, that the
treatment accorded Poland wm
be looked upon by other small
nations as Indicative of their
fate. 1 '
Emphasizing the- "dreadful
proportions" of the Moscow de
(Continued on Page Thirteen)
Yank Soldier Hanged for
Murder of English Cabbie;
Crowd Protests Sentence
Bv BARBARA WACE
LONDON, March 8 OP) Karl
G u s t a V Hulten, 22-year-old
American paratrooper, . died on
the Pentonville prison gallows
today while a middle-aged wom
an, protesting his execution for
tho holdup-slaying of a London
cab driver, was trying to crash
tho courtyard gates in a garbage
truck.
A crowd had to jump fast to
avoid injury as the unexpected
incident occurred outside the
prison. The woman, Mrs. Elsie
van Der Elst, who long has been
a vigorous opponent of capital
punishment, repeatedly cried:
Damned aname
"You let the girl off, but you
hang the man. It's a damned
shame!"
She referred to the reprieve
granted Hulten's . co-defendant,
Mrs. Elizabeth Marina Jones, 18-year-old
British strip tease danc
er. Home Secretary Herbert
Morrison recommended to the
king Tuesday that her sentence
be commuted to life imprison
ment. - .
Hulten, whose home was in
Cambridge, Mass., and the girl
were convicted in an internation
ally publicized trial at Old Bai
ley on charges of killing George
Edward Heath, a taxicab driver
known as the "man with the
cleft chin," last October 6. .
First- Sentenced -
Hulten, sentenced to death De
cember 23,' was the first Ameri
can soldier to receive such a sen
tence at the hands of British au
thorities in wartime.
He was executed at 9:10 a. m.
in the presence of a handful of
British prison officials and two
American officers. .
After being refused admission
to the prison, Mrs. Van Der Elst
boarded an idle garbage truck
and, with the driver, tried to
break through the police guards
at the gate. The police wheeled
another truck in its path. They
dragged both the woman and the
driver out and took them away.
Earlier the police had sought
to persuade her to leave the pris
on area, but she shouted "Don't
touch me."
Members of the crowd then
joined in hooting protests against
Morrison's decision to reprieve
the dancer and let Hulten die. By
9 a. m. the crowd had grown to
more . than 200, most , of them
women, and its temper had de
veloped into bristling hostility.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 8
(P) "This makes it all worthwhile!":-
; .-
With these few, tear-choked
words, .Sgt. William Thomas, 48,
Bloomsbur'g, Pa., expressed for
nearly all the 272 heroes of Ba
taan returned here today, the
reaction to- the open . armed, .
heartfelt and clamorous . wel
come given them as they steam
ed through the Golden Gate and
Into San Francisco.
After three years of imprison
ment by the Japanese, they were
liberated January 30 by rangers -who
broke into the Cabanatuan.
camp to free, all held there.
- San Francisco turned out in
a tumultuous welcome for-the
heroes. The harbor was alive ;
with boats, - their whistles and
sirens screaming, their masts
and lines bedecked. Bands play
ed and flags tossed.
. "I'm tickled. I just can't talk.
It's the-most beautiful sight I
ever sawl"- That's the way it
was with Lt. Harry M. Brown,
30, of Ciero, Ind., who had been,
away four years; His wife now
is at Brownsburg, Ind.
Mayor Roger Lapham and
army officers boarded the big;
transport in the harbor to ex
tend an official welcome.
"Every one of us is glad
you're here," the mayor exclaim- ;
ed. "We will try to make up
for the things you have gone
through. Thank God you're
back." . - , -.
Bombers Shatter 1
Nazi Targets
: LONDON, March 8 (P) Ger
man rail ' and oil targets ,wer
struck another blow today at
1350 American bombers, follow
ing .up the RAF's 1250-plana
night assault, attacked seven oil
plants and five switching yards
handling traffic to the Ruhr bat
tlefields. . ...
The most sustained air cam
paign of the war carried through
its 24th consecutive day- . -,.