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im ism nn 111 JV la CrnXNK JENKINS ;'..,; Now York lato at night. P lrvatlon la good. It's I. mid sleeping In P would bo distinctly un- IvBE Prt of lhf b"ve' Pk .1,1 iuMi nirnln hnv Rrks who will welcome r,, iumU. ...... J." .. 7,.. rnnm Picric l(lok , with a sour nd JU"dlcod To him. you'rojust another !m. Uloro In, nc "s lv " Lt when you loavel That's K'.nnther utory. It moans ... -n lot nomcbody else L.Vd net another batch of Lm you when you depart Sj i ikniu ilia Ico on the shncly iu m" , io) that you'd make a nice J.u Now they Din you L l0 tho exact hour oj your irturc. and If you get. held i mr i day they sue you for Ich of promise. T through the itatlon to the Lb ramp. Hold up finger t taxi Comes awwuiK hi, on your baggage and feoff. , , ihmt m mimriscl - imoit everywhere els " In (rlct you have to carry on bmitlc negotiations with a U drivers In a row before Iflnd one who la going your Hlon and so Is permitted to fyou along. ' V the difference this writer iift know. Now Yorkers ex it t3m-lho ground that the Sown Is a fast moving place IJilitHAS to nave iia trans- -tlnn: iiybe so.- It's true that New (irs all-seem- to be going whir In a terrible hurry. jio far as this correspondent ucaru-iiiv m i..vj-..-.. In.the latest rumor as to m a- package of cigarettes fix bought If one gets there tAKINC-of cigarettes,, this lbe, pausing at the tobacco Sr. 10 ouy a paper on mc breakfast tha next, morn rtti a tlD that at S o'clock h'ttievi packages ' will' be on sale. lit that and no more, the ill ipokcn In a melodramatic tar, with a slightly gangstcr fflivor, out of the corner of littendant's mouth. -fl a situation that is fraught I thrills, and clearly needs to Bundled right. This West- Ir hsndlcs it ALL WRONG! loins brashly ud to tho count' luctly as tiie clock Is tolling (fatal Hour, ho lays down the and calls lor the eig ht turns out not to-be tho to do It. As tho coin clinks (he glass and the bold words put in the crisp- morning the lobby, which a few sec i itrlier anpeared- to- be de ed. l suddenly- filled with fcle. Where thev came from. Nl only knows. .. They Just ii io materialize out of thin HKe white rabbits pulled ota olua lint bv a magician. h'y must have been hiding id the curtains and under divans and back of the '1. : Before vou could say Hoblnxnn. (hit rnnm was a a'.oniinucd on Pago Two) ark-Jail Bill n on Top , ASHINGTON, March U (P) PWcrs of the "work or tall'' Power bill won tho first fa today In a houso fight 'proponents ol less-coercive "ion approved by tho son- ry a 211.1 7.? w... Jwd to alter a rilics commlt- 'vrommendation to send the "luion to a ftrnntf,.hmiaA rnn. we for attempts at. a. com- publicans had sought ' to "" the recommendation to immediate consideration enat?,bl11- or a substitute while administration q held out for the confor- wnicn they hope to re ine major provisions of the e measure. , .. FOR SALE j Tulelake A m. . - lake. ' PRICE FIVE CENTS Osaka Seared By B-29 Raid; Allies Advance By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Fires kindled by 8upforts seared five square miles out of Industrial Osaka today as allied ground forces whittled down stubborn Japanese soldiers clinging to Iwo Jima, Mandalay and scattered hill fortresses tn the Philippines. Osaka was the third major Japanese war-production center to feel the hot B-29 torch within 84 hours. Three 300-Superfort raids on Japan's three largest cities have burned out 24 square miles 17 in Tokyo, two In Nagoya and live In Osaka. In each case 2000 tons of incendiaries were poured on close-packed war Industries and thousands of home factories. Ideal tinder for the fire bombs. Damage was so great that the house of peers met at the urgent request of representatives from the three cities to Increase air TROOPS SLUG NEARER NAZI SUPER MUD By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, March "14. (PJ First army troops slugged, weir way through the hills, rimming the Rcmaicn bridgehead, today to within a mile and a quarter of the r rankfurl-Huhr Autobahn. ' The German radio declared Lt. Gen. George S. Patton was trying to cross the Moselle at several points west of Coblcnz, but there was no confirmation from, the allied side. . I " . The Germans said the third army attempts-were beaten back but ttat now Patton had brought up four Infantry and threo to lour tank, divisions for at large scale attempt to force the river. . Attempts Made The Germans said crossing at tempts wero being made at Broet tonbach and Hatzcnport,,the lat ter 16 miles southwest of Ko blenz. The captured Ludondorff bridge, leading to American Cross-Rhine territory, - mean while was reported In bolter condition than ever although it has been hit by enemy shells sev eral times. Work done to repair the harm caused by . American air raids accounted for the -improved condition of the .bridge, front line dispatches said. : - .There were indlcatlons'that the .- (Continued on Page Two) Re-Districtinqr ' Committee Okayed SALEM, March 14 (fl) The senate approved and sent to the house today a resolution for ap pointment of an interim commit tee to submit to the 1947 legisla ture a plan to . reapportion the state's legislators. ' ' The resolution was Introduced by Sons. Marshall E. - Cornett, Klamath Falls republican,' and Lew Wallace, Portland demo crat. Yanks Hit Japs In Indo-China LONDON. March 14 (P) V. S. 14th airforce fighters- based In China have hit targets in the Langson area of French Indo Chtna, where continued fighting was. reported today between Japanese and French troops. The American planes attacked a Japanese headquarters garri son and storage areas In Lang son and a highway bridge yes terday, It was announced in an American communique Issued at Chungking, icirth for Sale Dirt Cheap rJ!lL5LAKE TulelakeJ'rIch' black lake bed soil is to be l,"gcd and sold as a product for raising house plants and tn maKing not Deas. r " -: trlbutlbri of the earth, which will be sold in five-pound packages from Los. Angeles, were completed here this week with the announce ment of a partnership between Bernard C. Schultz, Tulclakc, and : Thomas Hamilton and N. S. Gus- tin. both of Los Angeles. - The southern California partners wero acquainted with the growing possibilities of tho black loam here through frequent hunting trips lo "-this country. Distribution will be from their office at 712 Olive street, Los Angeles. Schultz- for several years has been manager of the Tulelake Boat club -on; the west side of the ;y"W company will be, known as the Ebon Earth r'l"'Nst a, . , I, . " . .'. r n nnnri'i'i"' ' m "MM in The relief measures. None of the three great cities had adequate defense Returning pilots said Osaka put up the brightest flood of searchlights and bursting flak sounded like firecrackers. But in seven minutes, one airman said, "the whole damn town recmed to be burning like a huge pit of fire," beckoning other B-20s to the target. "B-29s Shot Down" Tho Japanese high command claimed 11 Superforts were shot down over Osaka and 60 damaged, Guam dispatches said the total for the three raids was Coiir, including one over Osaka. Three made emergency land ings on the return trip at. Iwo Island,. 760 miles south of Tokyo,- where marines scaled up Japanese in 115 more caves. Seise Rocks V . In two unopposed amphibious operations, marines seized Kan goku rock and Kama rock off the west coast of Iwo Jima. These' . were former Japanese mortar positions, knocked . out early in the 23-day battle by American destroyer. A small Docket on the east coast and a larger: pocket ,'on- the' northern- tip are an mat remain 10 we Japanese on Iwo. v Thqse w c r e stubbornly de fended like Nipponese positions in central and northern Luzon island in the Philippines. Stif fening enemy resistance was re ported on Mindanao in the southern PhiliDDlnes as Maj. Gen. Jens A. Doe's '41st divi sion chased Japanese retreating, northward from Zamboanga. to. ward positions in the hills. There they will be caught be-' twecn U. S. infantrymen and Filipino guerrillas... By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, March 14 (P) The Oregon legislature b e g a n - its drive for linal adjournment to day, completing action on unem ployment compensation benefits and paving the way for . final solution of the fish, civil service and retirement problems. . . The house passed a senate bill to pay unemployment benefits of $18 a week for 20 weeks of any one year, compared with exist ing benefits of $15 for 16 weeks a year. The house-approved bill ; to further restrict commercial fish ing in coastal streams won unanimous approval of tho joint senate committees on game and fishing Industries, thus averting a senate battle similar to the one that occurred in the house. The senate added an amendment that the fish and game commis sions must conduct a study of the coastal fishing problem begin ning next January 1, when the. bill would take effect. The joint ways and means committees virtually finished their job, recommending that the sencte pass the house bill to provide compulsory retirement systems for employes of the state and public schools, and optional systems for employes of all other subdivisions of the state. The committee also will approve the civil service system for state em ployes. . Wife Outranks Hero Husband ' . Their rank was equal when thev were married March 2. but today Lt. Genevieve Albers Paige outranks her nusoana, marine Lt. Mitchell Paige, Congressional Medal of Honor winner and as sistant provost marshal at the Marine Barracks. : - Lt. Genevieve Paige, chief nurse at the Marine Barracks, received notice yesterday of her promotion to full lieutenant. That compares with captain in the marine corps, one step, ahead of her husband, who agreed it was -good news ' and that- he would have to "hustle to catch up." ' ' Shaata-Cascade Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 1945 II STRIKE THREATENS TO AFFECT U. S. Theatre Closure May Be Result of Walkout HOLLYWOOD, March 14 (P) international and local union of ficials arc in "complete accord" concerning conduct of the mo tion picture strike, and repre sentatives here are not defying any orders irom higher execu tives, the conference of studio workers declared today. Meanwhile, the steadily spreading walkout threatened to close thousands of the thea tres throughout the nation. Herbert K. Sorrell, confer ence president, said a telegram received earlier from L. P. Lin- deloff, general president of the International Painters, Decorat ors and Paper hangers of Amer ica, Nvas the result of a misun derstanding, "and should be dis regarded." . '; "Unauthorised" . The telegram from Indianap olis headquarters characterized the strike as "unauthorized." "Lindeloff and I straightened this out by telephone," said Sor rell. "Lindeloff did not under stand the situation, but he does now, and he approves." Sorrell added that Lindeloff told, him: "When I send you a wire then it is all right. But pay no atten tion to other wires. Explains Situation He said lhe explained to Lindeloff- that the strikers -would return to work only in accord ance with a war labor board ar bitration award, ,;"The International urged us to ?go back to work when we were on strike in 1937," Sorrell declared, "but we stayed out and won the strike. That's what we are going to do this (time. We cooperate with the Internation al, but this strike will have to be won and we're going to win it." : :;. !V VAs the controversy rocked in to its third day, Richard A. Walsh, president of the power ful - International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, sounded this warning in a mes sage to his union, which include motion picture projectionists, machinists and stagehands. - "Stand by for an order to stop handling or exhibiting any mo tion pictures made by any, west coast producer." House Completes Work on Bills ' SALEM, March 14 The house completed legislative ac tion today on a proposed con stitutional . amendment - to in crease the senate's membership from 30 to 31, and on a bill to give the new senator - to Crook, Deschutes, Jefferson and Lake counties. The vote on the amendment, which will be submitted to the people, was 53 to 4, with Bain, Brady, Gleason and Meyers vot ing against. '' The: vote on the bill.-which would become law only if the people approve the amendment, was 55 to 4, with Bain, Gleason, French and Meyers opposing it. The bills were introduced by Sen. Marshall E. Cornett', Klam ath Falls. They would ac complish Cornett's purpose of giving Klamath county a sena tor of its own by splitting Cor nett's 17th district. Liberated John Raff etto Jr. t JL'f 1st. Lt. Klamath : . T INVESTIGATION OF , V '. iiL, FOOD SUPPLY ASKED ar.. ...... - - Ma" Sunday. viitino In Klamath Falls with' Mri' and. Mrs. Paul Halries. 416 N. 9th,' remembers well her brief stay hare with her evangelist husband, the late Billy Sunday. In the top picture stands the tabernacle, built in on day near the SP depot ' back in the spring of 1919. Left to lights; th late Judge -Jam Evans n 1 . -c L ' ': n : 1 " 01 oiaa, pui, brain, nvw n Aiaiaao, A. 0. xippeiign di uanflu Falls, and Mm. Sunday and ' Billy1 Sunday!: Below. -Mrs. Sunday and her .grandson, Paul Haines; iports edltor. of the Herald; and News.; '. .i'v - ;...; ' .; Famed EyangelisrsWid Returns io Klamath, Where i Billy Sunday Macfe Hi'sibry "Ma" Sunday, who belies her 76 years, was in Klamath Falls today looking over the town where her late .husband, the famous evangelist,. Billy Sun day, made history back in the spring of 1919. . Mrs. Sunday, maternal grand mother of Paul Haines, sports editor of the Herald and News staff, remembers Klamath Falls well. Tabernacle Built ' "Of course I remember this place. It is the only town in Mr. Sunday's 39 years of evan gelistic campaigning, where they built a tabernacle for a single meeting," Mrs. Sunday chuckled. "in tact, Mr. bunaay tnougni it so unusual, and appreciated the gesture so much, that he stayed for another day and preached to a capacity house." "xou Know wnat; Mrs. sun- day queried, ' "Klamath Falls was just about ready to take the census for 1921), and some one suggested they : get Billy Reds Liberate John Raff etto The joyous news that their son, 1st Lt. John A. Raffetto Jr., Drisoner of war, had been liber ated by the advance of the soviet army, was received today by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Raffetto, 1948 Portland. Young Raffetto, taken prison er in Italy on February 17, 1944, while in combat with the in fantry corps, has been held in a German prison camp since tnat time. With, other allied prison ers Raffetto - was -moved to a point ahead of the Russian ad vance, last word advised here. , The RaffettoS were composing a 25-word message to 'their son, as permitted by the war depart ment to next oi Kin or prisoners. This is the message they received today: - ; "Pleased to inform you that a report has been received from the United States military mis sion in Moscow, stating that your son, 1st Lt. John A. Raffetto Jr., previously reported a prisoner of war, has been released from a German prison camp." : The mother of -the lntantry- man said late this afternoon that she had no idea where her son was at this time, butireiolced at the news that he was no longer in the hands of the Germans. March 14, 1945 Max. (March 13) 44 Mln ;...30 Precipitation last 24 hours Trace Stream year to date 7.32 Normal ... 8.59 Last yaar 5.98 Forecast: Continued cloudiness. History-Making Days Sunday down ; here : and t take the count under one roof!" It was -on. May 5, 1919, that the Sundays - paid their only visit to Klamath Falls. They were badly needed to put over the last Liberty loan drive con nected with World War 1. A. B. Epperson, who still makes his home in Klamath Falls, was county chairman of the Victory Liberty loan campaign. Interest was lacking and a nationally known speaker was suggested to pull the community out of its complacency : with the suc cessful conclusion of the war the previous November. . Sunday on Monday i Contacting Portland head quarters, the message that came Sunday read like this: "Billy Sunday- will be in Klamath Falls next Monday for an ad dress on Liberty Loan. Please arrange."- . i '- There wasn't a place In town big enough to hold the crowd that the committee knew would welcome the evangelist. And an other thing, if volunteer labor was available, it could only be had on Sunday.': The boys work ed six days a week then. So Epperson sent this wire: - Built on Sunday "We start construction Sun day morning of a building to (Continued on Page Two) $5000 Appropriation Set To Finance Rates Bureau An appropriation of $2500 as a starter for a fund to be used in financing a rates bureau for Klamath was authorized by the board of directors of the Klam ath county chamber of commerce today. Other important cham ber action included a request to the U. S. reclamation bureau to conduct a land and water re sources study of this area, look ing toward extended agricultur al development, i . The rates bureau project grew out of recommendations to the chamber from its rates and trans portation bureau. The commit tee declared that1 there are freight rate , inequities which hamper industrial development and otherwise handicap the economy of this area, but that the problem is so complicated it can be remedied only by the technical work of a rates bureau. It is believed from $8000 to $10,- Number 10413 Recalled WASHINGTON, March 14 (JP) A hurry-up investigation of -the American food supply was urged in the senate today as an Amer ican Meat institute spokesman declared the present meat short age "will become even more serious." On the other hand, Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo.) said he had reason to believe "there will be announcements in the near future" that will improve the situation. He did not elaborate. Blamat Government G. L.' Childress,, general man ager of the-Houston (Tex.) Pack ing company, blamed govern ment price -control policies for damming up the supply or hogs. , . Ini testimony prepared for the senate banking committee, Chil dress, speaking for the . Amer ican Meat institute, also said: . Blames OPA "Lack of enforcement by the OPA in the case of black market operators is a contributing factor to the situation." "Present hog prices," he said, "are substantially- above the levels anticipated by ceilings on pork products. The same is true with beef, with a result that the industry has been forced to operate for an extended period with heavy losses. These losses cannot continue.'.' . . The senate, which yesterday heard Senator Eastland (D-Miss.) declare that Virtually the entire salt meat supply has been going to Russia, was urged today to act speedily on resolutions to set up a five-member investigating committee. Senator Wherry (R-Neb.),- who made the -. request, said the committee would ex amine all phases ot food pro duction, processing, distribution and transportation. 1 7 -Ton Bombs Fall on Germany LONDON, March 14 (JP) New 11-ton bombs the largest ever carried by an airplane were dropped for the first time today by RAF Lancasters attacking railway targets in northwestern Germany. . The largest bomb previously used was six tons. ' Lancasters hit railways and Benzol plants at B.ochum and Recklings-Hausen in the after noon after .1250 U. S. bombers smashed at rail targets, oil re fineries, armament plants and submarine pens. The American eighth air force raids on this 30th straight day of attacks on Germany were made with manpower equivalent to a full infantry division. i 000 is needed for the first year's operation. The chamber agreed to put in $2500 with . the understanding that this amount will not be used if $10,000 is subscribed by shin pers and others directly benefit ing, and that if the project does not succeed, the money will be returned to the chamber reserve fund.- Fund Recommended Chairman Vernon Moore of the finance committee made the report recommending the ap propriation, and Chairman George Davis of the rates com mittee has indicated his group will undertake to obtain further subscriptions. The land Use committee re ported to the directors that it favors asKing for a reclamation bureau survey that will look toward basin development along (Continued on 1'age iwo) DRIVE PERILS BERLIN; CIT DEFENSE SET . . ; i Main German Defense West of Oder Breached By RICHARD KASISCHKB LONDON. March 14 m Russian troops have broken through one of the main Ger man lines west of the Oder in Berlin's forefield, a Reuters dis- patcn from Moscow declared to day, while the German com mander in Berlin ordered th reich capital defended "abova and under ground" to the last bullet. , The German high command announced a powerful new Rus sian offensive aimed at wiDins out nazis in East Prussia, but declared soviet attacks from the Lebus bridgehead west of th Oder north of Frankfurt "broke down." j. The Reuters dispatch said Marshal Gregory Zhukov's first White Russian army overran a main German line on an 18-mile uaer front between captured Keustrin and threatened Frank furt. Moscow still maintained official silence on this Berlin front. i .. ' Front Flames German broadcasts said the front was aflame for 115 miles from Stettin south to Guben and Forst, the Neisse river basj. tions on Marshal Ivan Konev'a first Ukrainian front southeast of Berlin. "Bitter fighting Is raging all along this front' for Stettin. Frankfurt, Guben and Forst, aa well as from bridgeheads on tha Oder aiming for the most attrac tive target of all Berlin," said a transocean broadcast. "All's Fair" ' Girding for defense of Gei many's queen city, Lt.-Gen. Bruno Von Hauenschild, chiet of Berlin's defense, declared in an order that the city, would ba defended o,r the -last- and that (Continued on Page Two) ' "-f-r - '...: . I- The city recreation committee today had -before it -a brnnnsal that it appropriate $1500 front reserve funds for use of tha Klamath Teen-Age club. Members of the commute heard the proposal at a meeting at the Elks lodge Tuesday eve. ning, when the problem of fi nancing a teen-age club- here, tentatively proposed for a loca tion in the armory, was thor. oughly discussed. Committer members agreed to reach a de. cision in time for a pro or coit recommendation to the city council Monday night. - SiB.uuu Heierve ' Recreation committee reserved amount to about $18,000, and were built up through a policy of saving money for a public) swimming pool, for which thera was wide agitation here for sev eral years. The advisory committee of tha Teen-Age club, headed by Clar. enceiHumble, had suggested thai the Elks lodge give $500 to tha project, and the Tuesday night meeting grew out of that sug. gestion. It was brought out that $1500 would be needed for re modeling armory quarters fo the club, and that additional funds would be necessary tu furnish the club and for othej incidentals. , Students Take Part . : Bob McLean, KUHS student body president, headed a group of students who participated in the discussion. It was em, phasized that club operation: should be in charge of the stu dents, with the advice of the adj vlsory group, and McLean said, that failures of such clubs in other cities usually came where) some outside group attempted tq act as sponsor. Several other civic clubs havl been asked for donations. ; Recreation committee menu bcrs, headed by Dr. M. C. Ca scl, said that a question may arise as to whether the commit tee can make an outright donaj tion for a project which Is no operated under its direct con (Continued on Page Two) Fertilizer Supply Reported Short WASHINGTON, March' 14 (pj Oregon farmers were warned by the federal department of agrii culture today that shortage oj nitrogen fertilizer will make ij necessary for them to rely parti ly on animal manures. : A department official said that although the total supply oi commercial fertilizer ; will b about the same as last year, there will be no special allot merits by the war food adminis tration. Farmers seeking mon fertilizer1 than they can obtain from dealers were advised to lo cate supplies of animal manure - t
