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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 13, 1945)
Lmiruu nsn ' " :. "Sew bridge-.7 y fRA" """""" L-IiiMr.TON Last night he first Saturday tilghr . Vnlilnlll it CI new. n winii huHo pV..cofully and happily f a ; a mutter of fact, It , , ..n muro than the SS up "of the clock wheif H'llmo lilt u several yciirs ir Peoplo merely started i'i,r nd quit earlier. ,ihlngt' Ua"n l ,dono m,uch "f"," nlmiit tho curfew. 'Ciawks come- from New where painting the town jjileadlrut Industry. off nn die Potomac, it was I! very quiet and orderly '.1 thlnus no. Tho no-called ,tiDots meaning all places re food and drink and enter- ". are P rtUospnVrto"b7.;; .? npar 11:45 p. m. as Is irttnt with the ureal Amcr- P' !..Vi f nlillil-vrinll 111! In tlio main the response was E.'ih'.wltchlna hour of 12, the liliwero filled with crowds , - 1. t n II ri i ! ihsavcrago Now Year's eve. fbe thoy went home, The ril authorities aren't YET Ins ncopiu nniuc uim uuumg XtJk and sotting It down ihc books when they got there In WIIBv conuiuuii. ou wu , ltd dependable statistics on E Mint It ny rate, they went away in the places whero labor and lit ind fuel are supposed to conjorvca uy miuuisiii ITH American boya fighting In foul and miserable condl- ti ill over the world against Deal, bcullol enomlct, with casualty Hsu rising swuuy hrd the million mark, one U. II xtrtmelv difficult to Ck up a sweat over this mid st cunew. Hmliht be different If these fct crowds were made up cx- fclvely or men ircsiuy nomc fci the combat areas and going w th the r wlvoa and swect- Irti to let off a Utile stenm by of. getting their strained tin back to something like tail tension. There are many Vi, p( course, but their per- Ullor the tow is .man. - Ahen you sec the average In front civilian, his pockets hlnr with unaccustomed in ks that after nil is - said and I arises out of tho blood and iweat and the sacrifice of ', tossing his war-made dol i away for high-priced food I overstuffs his stomach and fivprlccd liquor that ovcr- ddlcs his brain, you can t cs- the conclusion that in all bablllly shutting these night Is down a few hours earlier ii no great amount of harm. 'HEREVER you go these days, the clgarotto supply Is fading topic of conversation, it holds good here, 'he situation in Washington mi to be about the same as i e w h e r e. The unattached injur finds them extremely to come by, and if he Jit been forehanded enough bring some along ho Is apt to imokclcss. At some of the ner places cigarette girls ke Infrequent rounds and sell (Continued on Pago Two) ornett Measure JKSaae Fr netted1 fALEM, March U (IP) FiMn county's senatorial ro fj'tlonmcnt measures, ai ry passed by the senate, f virtually assured today of P80 by the hnimn when ihn I administration and roor '"'Jon committee rccom McdnanlmUSly tllBt they "6 measilrpfl fAnalaf nf a IPOSCd 0Onllli. Ilnr.nl n-v.nnrl fih.Whlch must be approved i7 H-upie, to incrcaso the P membership from 30 to i .u companion bill to t the mi, cnr7i.i.i l Do.qrlllltAB .Wfar-nn k?.ih.fnd LBke counties). Ritiath would have a scna- own, with tho other ' counties sharing a sona- im.ii. "'"rsnau E. uornctt, ""h Fa S. fnthnr nf hn tho PRICE FIVE CENTB In The ShaUa-Caacade Wonderland ' f . r March. 13.'. 1945 Max, (March 12) 44 Min 28 Precipitation last 24 hours 02 Stream year to date 7.32 normal .. 8.S5 Last year 5, Forecast: . Partly cloudy Wednesday. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH 13. 1S45 Resigns 4 I I Marble Cook, above, head coach o( KUHS during the past football and baskttball season, has handed in his resignation. No successor to the post of head coach has yet been named by school officials. RESIGNS POSITION The resignation of Marble Cook. Klnmnth Union high school football and basketball coach and physical education instructor, was accepted by members of board two, at the regular session Monday night. Cook's resignation- was. placed on Superintendent Arnold L. Gralnpp's desk Inst Monday aft. crnoon. ; " .' Cook's assignment, which started here last September-- terminates tno end of tiie scnooi year, 1945, according to Gra lapp. Successor Not Named No successor to the post of head coach and physical educa tion instructor was named, but Clans for next year will be rought up at the next board meeting slated for March 26. Cook did not advise the board of his future plnns. Successful Year Cook had a fairly successful year here in athletics. The Peli can foolbn'.l team won three, tied one, and dropped three for a .500 per cent average and the Klamath cagcrs wound up in second place behind Mcdford in (Continued on Page Two) 75,000 Strike In Movie Capital HOLLYWOOD, March 13 (P) With an estimated 15,000 work ers idle as tho film studio strike moved into , its second day, studio managements none the less marshalled enough help to stop up movie production. Twenty-eight pictures were In production, studios reported, 20 more than yesterday when the walkout began as the outgrowth of a fight between two AFL unions over jurisdictionol con trol of less than 100 set decorators. UNREST S GERMANY RUMOR S SHOW Von Rundstedt Ousted From Command Said By THOMAS F. HAWKINS BERN, Switzerland, March 13 (IV) Frontier rcDorts said today that Field Marshal Von Rund stedt no longer was in command of tho Germans on the western front, and one unconfirmed ac count said the nazl general had been wounded. Advices from across the border reflected growing tension in the German homeland, particularly In Munich, where the nazl gaulcitcr was said to have warned all party officers to avoid circulating in worker sec tions of the city because the po lice no longer were strong enough to guarantee safety. - However, rumors of outright revolt In Munich were not con firmed. Use of Gas Hinted - Well informed observers here speculated that Hitler iight stage some new surprise, such as the use of gas, or some other new weapon, to stem the allied tide, but agreed that whatever the fuehrer decides, It must be done quickly. Throughout Germany, reports here state, there is confusion, re sentment and outright resistance against new reductions in food, travel and cooking privileges as nazi leaders seek to slow allied advances in the cast and west. ( Banditry and partisan activity were declared increasing. . Workers Desert- " A private report from Berlin stated that at least 100,000 for eign workers had left their Jobs (Continued on Page Two) ECEILI WASHINGTON, March 13 (ff) Price Administrator Chester Bowles proposed today that ad missions to movies, sports events and othcV amusement places be brought under price ceilings to curb "extraordinary" increases. In a letter to Chairman Wag ner (D-N.Y.) of the senate bank ing committee, Bowles said that from Juno 1941 to last December prices for motion picture admis sions rose approximately 381 per cent, with federal excise taxes accountable for about one-third of this. The banking committee now is holding hearings to extend the firico stabilization act and the Ifo of OPA 18 months beyond June 30, , Terming public amusements an important Item in the average family's budget, Bowles said: ; "In the absence of control there is no reason to believe that these inflated prices will return to more reasonable levels or that they will not increase further." Stettinius Says Delegates Free to Follow Own Views WASHINGTON, March 13 (IP) Secretary of State Stettinius told the American delegates to the San Francisco conference to day that they would be free in pursuing their own "personal views and convictions." But, he added, he believed they would all work "as one team." Stettinius,. who Is chairman, Qint Brush Well In Hand! How do our Klamath marines occupy ' their free time? National Itff.1 . i j-kittiiiuui iimijuun w-.vt.j -- 1 f. ."ow """ce marines did just that and then some! ,7." month, Bill Higglns of tho Marino Barracks attended Mholli. Au'"munion orenKiast sponsored trlih u ,ru'"muniiy service in . ine II l,i 1 of tho Sacred Heart church. V latM told Anno nirlramnlnr NPfS Ill i "Tlvo' '"at he thought tne s dly In need of a good coat hriv ' rnl"er T. P. Casey posscd his JLfPProval, and agreed to furnish 11 1 1 10r the project. On-fur- ha-i- " ,v"-t alli ana iwo duuciics, hS Kohl or and Joe Scmanik, intln. aay Bnd wcl1 ,nt0 ,ho nlght' F'lng flxt installing new Sunrlnv i ii 1 larva 1a if.5,1' "10 hall was resplendent in its new paint job of " an deep blue. The boys received an earnest rouna "PDISnen 1. t . . . i . il.u i..A.lr nnA in re. Unw . " "CKnowieagcmeni 01 men - flh J? thclr well-deserved recognition, the threesome gave r" With a first class amllel - - oy , vnu met the other members of the delegation, except former Sec retary Hull, at the state depart ment . and subsequently took them across the street to the White House for a meeting with the president. ; All Well-informed ' In his initial statement to the group, a paragraph of which was released for publication by the state department, Stettinius said that "all of you have an expert knowledge of the Issues involved (in the forthcoming conference), both national and International." "And we are all prompted by the same desire to succeed," he added. "I am confident, there fore, that while free in pursuing our personal views and con victions, we shall be able to work as one team." Delegates The six delegates who met with Stettinius were Senators Connally- (D-Tcx.) and Vanden bcrg (R-Mich.), Representatives Bloom (D-N.Y.) and Eaton (R N.J.), Comdr. Harold Stassen and Dean Virginia Gildersleeve. . - It was agreed that this group should hold further meetings "from time to time" to discuss problems of world security or ganization, some of which they went over with technical. experts of the stato department today. - Red Troops Cross Oder; Superiors (Bomb Oscaka THRnWN flUFR 98 ) 1 iiiiwiiii w l nHNFRVFH I - IIIIIIIH III iMl Number REDS E T OMR CAPITAL CITY By RICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON, March 13 (P) Ger man broadcasts declared today at least nine soviet divisions had crossed the Oder river between Kuestrin and Frankfurt and were attempting to beat toward Berlin. The Berlin radio said red army forces were striking toward the capital from Kietz, on the Oder's west bank opposite fallen Kuestrin, from a bridge head opposite Goeritz six miles farther south, and from a third bridgehead at Lebus, 12 miles south of Kuestrin and four north of Frankfurt. Deny Capture Capture of Kuestrin, 38 miles cast of Berlin and 16 north of Frankfurt, was announced by Moscow yesterday, but the Ger man high command said nazis still were fighting in the south ern fringes of that city, one of the three . biggest fortresses guarding the path to Berlin. The German communique de clared Russians were attacking powerfully north of Frankfurt in attempts to expand their Oder bridgeheads, but insisted the at tacks were held. . ; ,.-: Moscow still had.not officially 'reported " any 'erosslngBTof the Oder, but dispatches said three red - army , groups apparently were being disposed for an as sault on the . German capital. Kuestrin, churned to rubble, fell after five days of hand-to-hand battle, the Russians said. Local Breaches The . German communique told of local breaches by red army troops beating toward Stettin from the -north.,-.'-.... The second ; White Russian army to the northeast battled within sight of the sharp church spires of Danzig, where the war began. Part of the civilian population and military garrison of Danzig has been evacuated by sea, Moscow dispatches said. Congressional Medal Set for Oregon Soldier 3RD INFANTRY DIVISION, 7TH ARMY, FRANCE, March 13 (p) An Oregon soldier who hurled himself atop an enemy hand grenade to save his com panions is to receive the Con gressional Medal of Honor, of ficers of this division said today. The nation's highest decora tion will go to Cpl. Robert D. Maxwell, Cottage Grove, Ore., who voluntarily took the full force of a grenade explosion for the sake of his comrades. Officers sad Maxwell was de fending a battalion command post near Besancon France, last September against heavy odds. Armed only with pistols, he and four companions fought back an entire German platoon, support ed by flak and machine guns. Suddenly the enemy tossed a hand grenade into the midst of the squad. Maxwell flung him self upon it using his unprotect ed body and his blanket to keep the grenade's blast from injuring the others. -The Oregonian was sent back to the United States, his sight seriously impaired by the blast. Latest reports received here in dicated, however, that his vision was restored by surgery. Comfort In a Trailer House Mrs. Theodore Baird watches young son Ronnie Rex from the steps of her three-room trailer unit at the FPHA project, here. Forty of the compact housing units are maintained for the use of civilian construction workers here. A -'-"! ' V, '. Snug Winter Spent in Unii? Of Trailer House Project Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Baird and their three-year-old son, Ronnie Rex, typical FPHA trail er camp family, spent the win ter snug as bugs in rugs in their compact three-room unit, trailer number 33. : Baird, . a civilian caterpillar operator at the Marine Bar racks, came here with his fam ily in August, 1944,. from Nam pa, Ida. They have found the trailer quarters cozy - rather than cramped and, instead of suffering from cold during the wintry blasts of the ; past months, found it necessary to turn on the fan part of the time. Heated By Oil - Metal skirts around the base of the platform upon which the trailer rests two feet above ground, keep out cold from be low. A fuel oil heater keeps the interior cozy. - - - - - - : -.' Trailer units - have three rooms. A bedroom with a ,- bed that can be folded up or left down, with utility closed shelves above, a kitchen -with sink, a gas stove and cupboards, and a liv ing rooin with a table, two straight chairs and a studio couch which makes into a bed. There are closed shelves above the couch and a dresser in the corner. . . Laundry Facilities . Lavatories and showers are in a permanent building conveni ently close by and there is a laundry house as well. Children too young for school play together about the trailers, school-agers attend Mills school just eight blocks away.- - Austin Hayden, housing offi cial in charge of the 55 unit fed eral public housing .authority under the national housing ad ministration, says the trailer camp for families of construc tion workers which opened July 19, 1944, has proved its useful ness . continuously since that time. Although there are usually one or two vacant trailers, con struction workers coming here "out of the blue" to work cannot just go out and move in. The Serious Egg Shortage. New Low in Butter Face U. S. CHICAGO, March 13 OP) The Chicago Mercantile ex change said today that civilians are faced with one of the most serious egg shortages in history. Egg production,- retarded by bad weather, is 8 per cent be low that of a year ago. Con sumer demand ' is extremely heavy because of increased pur chasing power and the shortage of meats and requirements of the armed forces are large. An increase in the amount of creamery butter set aside for war service agencies resulting in "slightly tighter" civilian sup plies was announced today by Frank- E. Blood, chief of the midwest food and .dairy prod ucts division of - the war food administration. , r . Forty per cent of to'tal pro duction must be set aside in April and 55 per cent in- May, compared to 20 per cent in Feb ruary and 25 per cent in March. Blood said, however, that, pro duction of butter normally, in creases in April and May, so that civilian supplies will- be only slightly tighter than at present. company they are to work for must -make application in their names.. ...... The- 40' permanent ; houses maintained by the FPHA just across the ' road are always filled. Trailer dwellers have first refusal of vacancies . when they occur. -' - , , Dortmund, Essen WipedOffMap LONDON, -March 13 (IP) RAF' heavy bombers battered the communications hub of Bar men on the southern fringe of the Ruhr . today after leaving Dortmund and Essen written off as dead from mammoth "attacks in the two previous days. ; Simultaneously, U. S. 15th air force Flying Fortresses and Lib erators from Italy bombed Re gensburg, 90 miles northeast of Munich -and the site of numer ous German aircraft factories. The assault on Barmen on the 29th day of the allied air offen sive followed an 1100-plane raid with 5000 - tons of explosives yesterday on Dortmund, eastern gateway to the Ruhr. The bombs were unloaded in 29 minutes. JAPS RETREAT ON 5 FRONTS PACIFIC VJAR By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor The third heavy attack by by American Superfortresses on Japanese homeland cities within four days fell on Osaka today. The incendiary strike, similar to last Saturday's great assault on Tokyo and Monday's attack on Nagoya, was made by a very large force of B-29s. More than 300 of the sky giants participated in the Tokyo and Nagoya raids, flying from bases in the Mari anas. Second Raid Today's brief announcement in Washington of the sweep over Osaka, the second of the war on that city, said fire bombs were rained on strategic industrial targets. Osaka is on Honshu is land, near Kobe and about 100 miles southwest of Nagoya. Japanese retreated before ad vancing allied troops on three Philippines and two China fronts today, abandoning two airfields and eight towns. Zamboanga Won Forty-first division infantry men on Mindanao in the south ern Philippines captured Zambo anga, four villages north of that ancient fortress and nearby. San Roque airdrome . from which bombers can raid oil-rich Borneo. Japanese abandoned the strong est fortifications yet encountered in the southern or central Philip (Continued on Page Two) Full Generals Named by FDR WASHINGTON, March' 13 (IP) Nine ' lieutenant generals were nominated by President Roose velt today to be full generals in the U. S. army. They are: Joseph T. McNarney, supreme deputy allied commander, Med iterranean theater. . - Omar N. Bradley, command ing general, 12th army group, western front in Europe. Carl Spaatz, commanding general, U. S. strategic air force in Europe. ' ' '' . George C. Kenney, command ing general, Far East air forces. Mark W. Clark, commanding general, 15th army group, in Italy. . Walter Krueger, commanding general, 6th army, Philippines. Brehon B. Somervell, com manding general, army service forces. Jacob L. Devers, commanding general, 6th army group, Euro pean theater. Thomas T. . Handy, deputy chief of staff, U. S. army. Americans Met Withj Stiff Opposition In Advance By JAMES M. LONO PARIS, March 13 VP) Th first army has thrown a pontoon bridge across the Rhine to it Remagen bridgehead and has driven to a point less than two miles from the six-lane Auto bahn linking the Ruhr with: Frankfurt on the Main, a bridge head dispatch announced to. night. "The doughboys are slowly enlarging their bridgehead against stiff opposition and numerous counterattacks," said the dispatch from Don White head of the Associated Press. A Berlin broadcast" tonight said new American, forces had crossed the . Rhine in assault boats and expanded the bridge head northward to Koenigswin. ter, two miles north of Honnee, It declared the Americans were "halted at Koenigswinter." . New gains widened th bridgehead to nearly six miles at points along its ll-mila breach in the German line. Tha Germans estimated that . from 60,000 to 70,000 , first army troops were in the critical area a maximum increase since yes terday of 30,000 Americans.- Hundreds of rocket firing (Continued on Page Two) BILLS APPROVED By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. . SALEM, -March-13 (JP) Th Oregon legislature's biggest piece of business the four billa to call a special election Juna 22 to provide revenues f or schools and , new buildings fo higher education and.jstate- in stitu'tions-i-was near final t apt proval today,; when the senate ways and means and taxation committee sent the house approved bills to the senate floof with a favorable report. The. committees, : however, recommended . that only those bills be on the ballot, while tha house had voted to put on th special ballot all measures re. f erred by the legislature to th people. . ; :- The bills would levy a 2-ceni per pack tax on cigarets to giva schools an additional $2,000,000 a year, levy a property tax of 5 mills for two years to raisa $10,000,000 for the new build, ings, and increase the annual amount of income tax surpluses given to schools to $8,000,000' This latter bill will not be on the ballot, and the property tan would be cancelled by incoma tax surpluses. . . , ;. Bids Called for : USO Remodeling Bids were called today f or re modeling the first floor of tha Arcade garage building for tha USO. ' - -' Howard P e r r i n, architect said the bids will be opened a I his office at 2 p. m. March 21. Plans and specifications are now available at Perrin's quarters in) the Winema hotel building; ' : Allied Fronts B rought Closer AMSTERDAM S fL. V'V . , , ilt- S.. ' T'v ' 1 V ' ' H ) Bftntftnbuig Vv I IM mitftoxff&S SJL ei.l.ftld Cronw Hntvr ,ll,,t,t... .. I . mft; g eLr ma n yKtw " I tJir k,Du",Ic,"' V 'K",I'J' " L,iIi "''' iVootilill. ', CH COLOGNE 1 S ,t,l - nST BELGIUM V-w' '0 :VMA ' ; ,M,ns.im ; - -. . CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1 !m?'' .Hwikul Hgtnkr ' ' ' 3y - - ' fe I STATUTE MIUS I , FRANCE ' Dotted lines Indicate distances from allied positions to major German, cities. In some cases distances have been shortened since this map was drawn. Latest developments put the American first army deeper into the fatherland across the Rhine river, while to the eastt Russian were re ported across the Oder in bridgeheads established near fallen Kuestrin, . ' - h ' ' ';;::'::-;t'-0v'--
