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Ml o)n in Ml n m IN Strain atift Isttr . - . i . beriyE cents f The Shaata-Cameade Wonderland March 19. 194S Mix. (March 18) 47 MIn. 31 Precipitation lait 24 hours II Stream year to data 7.45 Normal ...8.78 Lait year .-. 5.98 Forecast: Occaiional showers Wslews w I H FRANK JEN1HHS ASlllNGTON - 11 Is finite IinArtlcncji ii iuv. ...... ...... ?i'L,!lJ:!!.,,.hJ,l2.LcS?: lino iriny miiJKin'in jwk m L bv morn different kinds of !fmcn good, bnd and In- Itrcnt. . . . AKE no mistake, as to tills: Iheje-b IS nn Impurtiint one. AA Wl nil mm uui-ii wiuiik fi, hi In recent decades is duo II,. (net Unit the quality of mCITllOmill Ul mil imimu ui i II INiHii T w... PEOPLE of the United .. hud been a little more flmJnnllnitly Intelligent In r choice oi caiiuiuuii-a iui f what is a congrcsman's liol! you mny nsk. Lil, It Is a vnrled one, For Him, he neips to nuiKc me " 1...,. Hnl In nilrlltlnn. ii the business agent of Ills -jtltuency. representing the pie of Ills district, rjoin in duillv end collectively, in . J9llnn. ulth thn tfrnwlntf- Li .nil inrawlinit GOVERN- 1st of the United States. lor example: lr mn Individual, vnu want lavcrnmcnt Job. you take It WHO your comki i-wiiiiih, mm 4oM his best or his worst L ...... 1 unit fnnt unnrcMf hrieved or Injured In your 'infts oy inc Hem or mu -i.t , wnmn unuArnment de- iiment or bureau, you take ft mm your congressman, u wmt a government contract, An lllri-uliii- If vou want a fr of a government treatise or iphlet, you ask your con- luman to gei u lor you. mm bn ill of Ihcao purely In- ,wi oeunnK'i your eonnic!u riivmir neraonal rcnrcscnla- kin Washington. it Isn't merelv vour nersona Ili.i.lnADa VniiFAH.tll n I ( tin In Luvcr dealings you may have Ms 10 iinvcj witn your jtov iiifnt. He is your social see ttrv . urAlt ff you are visiting Washington your wife wants to attend a or a reception where there h nimnln nf nntn larrninf 'Ml an Ihnl ihn ..an tin Knnlr he incl tell the girls of her bnomo what thev said and I . .. z . . in mcy woro and wnat iney Iked like, vnu take It tin with mnprnawmnre 11 nil 11 i m u I'. with his wife and together wQrx it oi i lor vou. (I you aim hliih and nsDlro to Invited to the Whlto House in lome semi-diplomatic ai t. hft tflrklna It rm- vnu nnd pis tar as be can Willi it. will be readily apparent to on that if your congressman 'nt waicn his step he can ly become so enmeshed in round of nersona! chores for constituonl Hint ha will have Nr time nor energy left for ureer (tut tea as the rcore. Rtlve of his district ns a lie and aiun LAWMAKER. ced, many of them do Just inc nnlis or congress are of them. Some of them fight " It. hut never succeed in f'JI out of Hie net they have msoivcs Into. Others fan ineaty into this petty routine, 1 Krntcfullv that after all mny sure road to voics Hntlnttnrl vn 1 we Is a feeling (it can't 1 Je ncceptcd as a definite Inat tho membership of the iwintinucd on Page Two) m Simpson omng for timber Meet IS ?Lmnso". nationally ftnt Portlandcr,.wll come week for tho member '.Meeting of the Klamath tonight mmerce" S PlffltHrtn I- I . i rij; . . imnieaiaie pasi 1 "'of the Portland chanv is a candidate lor na- I'll Cnnm1.AM v. l- P President of the National Potion of Real Estate mm. u . . . ' hv uo accompanied oy LffcC?sln. president of ftlih. cnamber. . "lath chnmhop mmh.TI iJ'Kcd today to get their S J"p mctinK, which will ,r" Crab feed onrl nrnm- ftkJSf " outstanding event tw.a.mber'year- lm7. "KGS'ed that chamber It."' attend the Thursday It XT", me high- school licl Pi.n.n,ment. t avoid the hi ' yh'ch occurs on Friday 'IfM . . Kicert. and the '""ire both schedulede) KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY, MARCH 19194S Number 10417 80,000 Nazis Run for Rhine In Major Rout n.n, Bv JAMES M. LONG for th. nhi'n- ?'5h V M'' A mtd 80.000 Germans ran .?r.(l 7. d"Pr,u dy9ht retreat under perfect p.?. . 9 . W7 .h,r whlch "'ned the northern half of the Bavarian death trip. '""fln'er ground and the rich Saarland into a armi!."!!.' ,,?lt I!f 1?lant,r columns ' the third and seventh armies turoed within IK mii . .-u .i , . ... . H? . i.??.T ?ru.L ' th Saarland and within 42 miles J " ,,r,"er eaii in tne Palatinate. Tanki ihot within 14 miles of Mains on the bend of the Hhlne. Tills was the last debacle west LUDENDDRFF BR DG E i UNDER REPAIR Collapse of Structure Blamed on Weak Main Girder By HOWARD COWAN and DON WHITEHEAD . WITH THE AMERICANS ACROSS THE RHINE. March 10 (') The Ludcndorff bridge. whoso central span collapsed Saturday, can be repaired and it probably will be in operation again soon. That was the view expressed by U. S. nrmy officials, who de clared that loss of tho structure, oven tomnorarily. would not af fect the first army's ability to hold Its ' bulging bridgehead across the Rhine.. . (The American broadcasting station in Europe, in a dispatch recorded by CBS, said the bridge has been "almost completely re paired." There was no confirma tion from allied headquarters)! Tlie collapse was blamed on a weakened main supporiinc Kira cr that had been damaged by an enemy demolition charge beforo tho Americans captured tho 1200-foot railroad span on March 7. Bridge Givei Way About 200 army engineers wnrltlnif on the bridge were plunged into" the Rhine 70 feet below when tne ccnirai span gave way with a rumble and shudder. Manv were rescued. There was no official tally of the dead and injured. Censorship permitted disclos ure of tho collapse yesterday (Continued on Pago Two) Pop Way e Points to Peace ROME. March 19 (P) Pope Plus XII yesterday urged an end to "tho Idolatry of absolute nationalism, tho pride of race and blood and the desire for hegemony In the possession of worldly goods" as an import ant step toward lasting peace. Tho pontiff, speaking before thousands of Italians massed in St. Peter's square, directed his appeal particularly "to those who have allowed themselves to be seduced by the advocates of violence." Those thoughtless louowcrs, he added, "are now beginning to reawaken from their decep tion in consternation at seeing to what their docile servility has led them." The pope warned, however, that "Tho reconciliation of poo i. ,.,m nnlv he able to guar antee stability if It is carried out faithfully and with large- mlndcdncss. of the Rhine and the German first and seventh armies were losing terrific numbers of men and machines in their rout Patton Threaten! Lt. Gen. Gcorec S. Patton's third army threatened the great Khtnc valley cities of Mainz, Vrotxlri,rt .... lkA Mnl uri0 baden, Ludwigshafcn and Mann heim. His assault troops crashed in to St. Wcndcl, closing all but the eastern end ot a death box 25 miles long and 15 miles wide along the whole saar line. From tho south. Lt. Gen. Alex- andcr M. Patch's seventh army Jabbed through the Siegfried line cast of Snarbruckcn and pushed into Wisscnbourg and the rrcnen corner town of Lau torbourg, a bare nine miles from Karlsruhe. Bridgehead Expands Between them, Patton and Patch were using at least 27 divisions, hard hittine and heav ily armoured, of about 380,000 troops. North of the two powerful assault ar.nlcs, the first army fought slowly to expand its 15 by eight-mile cast Knine bridge head beyond the collapsed but repairable Ludendorif bridge at Remagen. Lt. Gen. Courtney H.' Hodges warriors were 'within 17 miles of the Ruhr and hard upon the edge of flat tank country lead ing to that greatest of European Industrial centers. The enemy was making what might be his supreme effort to block a drive from the east Rhine salient toward Berlin, hurling in reinforcements into tile man to man combat. The Americans slugged out gains of a few hundred yards wmcn car ried them into the towns of Ors- chcid and Ober Orscheid across the Ruhr-Frankfurt, superhighway. In the Saarland which is west of the Palatinate the one- twelfth of Bavaria west of the Rhine there was no escape for the Germans. The enemy in the Saar among the ruins of its steel mills and above its tre mendous coal deposits appeared tn be disorganized completely. The Germans still fought hard in the Siegfried line sections which prevailed, but even this stand was being menaced in creasingly from the rear. The davs of the German hold on the Saar which produced six per cent of the enemy s coal ana a tenth of her iron and steel were numbered. The fourth armored (break (Continued on Page Two) Fire Destroys Vancouver Siore VANCOUVER, Wash., March in UP) A three-alarm fire which destroyed the Metropoli tan 5 and 10 cent store in the heart of the business district was estimated to have Inflicted $150,000 loss. Fire Chief Pierre DuPaul airi the blaze, which burned eight hours after Its discovery at 1 a. m. yesterday, caused an estimated $75,000 damage to slock and equipment and $75,- 000 to the building, ine ad joining J. C. Penney Co., store was heavily damaged by smoke and water. Super-Worms Awaii Season Remember Klamath's super-coyotes? Now it's super-worms . , h3 the fine angle worms he had dug up, putting them h?ya box and feeding 'them coffee-grounds and bran to fatten wsStt" a Wend of Rexford's, agreed that that .iWJ nHnrDs fair worms, but declared that it heavy clar iSilk "s mixed with the coffee grounds it really pro- dUCCOn Si occa.tntsct'has witnessed in clear water whVhi Tstrlkes agX he "doesn't mis, and i. thoroughly h00kRe'xford and Scott today speculated that they ought to be ohi to add something that will so super-charge the worm he wllf strike bacT ' Then the worm will get the blame when the big one gets away. ... ThanK. heavens, u.." -- - . ,u-.-.r.-l- Salvage Depot Opens for Business " ftT " 4 Fifteen tons of tin cans were stacked in the new Salvage Depot erected at 606 Market street by the AF of L carpenters, in the kick-off salvage collection sparked by the junior chamber of commerce. Shown in the picture are some of the carpenters and Jaycees at work at the depot Sunday. . Allied Planes Hit Vital G erman Areas By HENRY B. JAMESON ' LONDON, March 19 tfP) Only one of Germany's 20 syn thetic oil plants and but 19 of her 78 coke ovens are operating and the allies are gaining a mounting mastery over "all forms of movement inside Germany." a high persbnage in Britain's war councils told a specially summoned press conference today. His statement was made as 1800 American bombers and fighters hit jet plane installations and war industries in southern Germany and the RAF again showered 11 and 8-ton bombs on the Arnsberg and Bielefeld viaducts in the Ruhr area. These strikes followed yesterday's record American daylight assault on Berlin by more than 1300 Fortresses arid Liberators in which tho Rheinmetal-Borsig armament works, one of the world s largest, was set blazing. The British official, whose name must remain anonymous under the established press con ference customs of his position, said' German shortages were severely limiting the. mobility of Adolf Hitler's- tanks and re ducing the already dwindling effectiveness of his air force. Referring to captured nazi documents and statements of prisoners of war, he said one German tank force had been ordered not to use any gasoline from the end of December until it was ordered up to the west ern front and then it was issued an insufficient amount of fuel to get to the front. Commanders of the German day and night fighters as long ago as early November were barred from using gasoline for training flights, he added. Nasi Airpower Dwindles Blows at nazi aircraft pro duction, he continued, had re sulted in "almost complete dis appearance 1 of long-range Ger man bombers, denied the enemy effective aerial reconnaissance and prevented the Germans from getting into action any considerable fighter force. The allied air campaign, he summed up, is having an "al most decisive effect" on the enemy's war effort. Today s targets of the eighth air force ' ranged from Leipzig to Ulm, 60 miles Trom the Swiss border. For the second straight day the Luftwaffe came up in what is considerable strength for Ger man fighters nowadays, and at least 34 German planes were shot down. . Lake view Man Purchases Mill LAKEVIEW. (Special) Sam Jaksick, who recently acquired the Shaw Lumber company's interest in timber lying in the Alturas working circle, has pur chased the Pickering mill west of Alturas and will install his sawmill and re-manufacturing plant there. Although the mill Jaksick plans to install will be a great deal smaller than the one which the Pickering interests planned, nevertheless the buildings will be utilized to as great an ex tent as possible. The mill pond will also be used. , . Xrgefififia May Decfare Axis War WASHINGTON. March 19 (fP) The Argentine government is slated to decide tomorrow whether to declare war at once on both Germany and Japan. President Edelmiro - arreil. according to diplomatic -informants here, has called a cabinet meeting at which the critical question of bringing Argentina's foreign policies Into ,llne , with those of the otner American, na tions will come up.:, f" OPA REMOVES BARRIERS TO VETS WASHINGTON, March 19 (fP) OPA today removed ration bar riers which; would prevent vet erans frpm setting up as bakers, confectioners, popcorn or re freshment stand operators. Changes in regulations effec tive March 26 will permit home coming soldiers to use rationed foods in starting small enter prises otherwise closed to new comers. , To make sure that the busi nesses are .truly small ones, however, OPA set limits on the amount of butter, sugar, lard and other rationed ingredients which may be used. Rumors Denied By State Police Reports that women have been operating state police cars have reached officers here but were definitely denied today by Sgt. E. W. Tichenor. The charges, in the opinion of the sergeant, have been made by disgruntled motorists, picked up on traffic offenses and made to discredit the force. Tichenor said that no women are authorized, nor are women permitted, to operate state police cars and the cars ere assigned only to men on his force. , The cars have evidently been con fused with other state operated vehicles including the state highway department, welfare commission, or industrial acci dent committee, all used in this area. Negro Bootblack Has Stroke-Still Helps Red Cross ' PORTLAND, March 19 (P) Tom Howell, aged negro boot black, refused to let a par alytic stroke which sent him to bed for a week keep him from meeting a promise to give a day's earnings to the Red Cross. The 92-ycar-old bootblack collected $15.20 one day in 20 cent shines and tips, then turned it all over to the Red Cross war fund drive. He mourned he'd have made more if it weren't for his crippled right side. .. "It would have been $50 if I could have handled the day's business. Why, they were around my stand three deep," he declared. ' 15 TONS OF TIN Fifteen tons of tin cans were picked up and stacked in the salvage depot, 606 Market street, Sunday by ' 30 junior chamber of commerce members in the kickoff- salvage drive of the season, according ' to con servative estimates made by Paul Lee, county salvage chair man. - Despite the fact that Merrill, Malin, Henley and Chiloquin salvage collections are not in yet, Sunday's, collection fell far short .of . the three-month-old Jackson, .county.. scrap-.Jdrive which has gathered . approxi mately. 22 tons thus far; accord ing to Robert A. Duff, Jackson county chairman, who -accepted Lee's challenge of. a contest, for the duration last week. . Collection Falls Short Jaycees reported to the new salvage depot, erected by the voluntary work of - the local AF of L Carpenter's union, at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, and worked until late afternoon, but the tin collection fell far short of expectations, according to Lee. Though Klamath is lagging behind Jackson county thus far, the county salvage committee is confident that they, will forge ahead before the drive is over. Four salvaged tin cans per per; son per month will place Klam ath abreast of its quota set by the Oregon State salvage com mittee, and perhaps top Med ford and Ashland; Continuous Drive It was emphasized by Warren Whitlock, city salvage chair man, that this is a continuous salvage drive and that Sunday's collection was the kick-off for a big salvage year. Both city and suburban residents are urged to bring their tin, paper and other salvage at any time to the new depot which has been constructed for their con venience. Next Sunday. March 25, the Jaycees will spark the kick-off paper drive. Byrnes Surprised At LaOuardia's Action on Curfew WASHINGTON, March 19 (P) James F. Byrnes announced to day continuation of the midnight .k.Imh fn. AmovinQl. antoplnin. UUIXCW XVI ...CO "ilvi fco.t.- ment spots, but plainly indicated he could not force New York Citv to comply. The government, said the di rector of war moDinzation, nas no intention of withdrawing its request for the curfew as a means of saving coal, manpower and transportation. But Byrnes said the govern ment has no nonce force to dis cover local violations and will not create one. And, he added, a "controver sial enforcement in. wew yorK without support of local officials "would be impossible" and would divert from the war effort. Reviewing with President Roosevelt's "full - approval" his appeal for cooperation on . the curfew and other conservation measures, at least until Ger many's defeat, Byrnes said these must apply uniformly tnrougn. out the country and added: "We can not set one standard for New York City and another standard for the rest of, the country." ' Byrnes said ' he was -"surprised" at Mayor F. H. La- Guardia's action in announcing Now York City night spots could operate until l a. m... Nips Absorb Heaviest Air Blow of War By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Great flights of carrier planes and Superfortresses gave Japan its heaviest mauling of the war today. Perhaps 5000 tons of explosives and incendiaries were loosed by sea-borne planes raking airfields of southwestern Japan in a two-day attack, and by 350 Superfortresses in setting lire to the aircraft city of Nagoya for the second time within eight days. As the war cloied in on Japan. Tokyo reported medium bombers from Iwo Jima raided a guardian island 200 miles south of the capital city and a fleet of allied submarines began moving from Indo-China waters into the China sea toward Japan. ' American forces on. the Philippines invaded their 24th island, advanced on all fronts and counted a total of 282.000 Japanese soldiers killed in the campaign, to 18,579 American casualties, including 3813 killed. .. , . .. Fighters and bombers from Vice Adm. Marc A. Mitscher'i fast carrier forces, reported to number 1400, swept over Kyushu. i 2. . ,nd outhrn Honshu island for eight hours Sunday, and Tokyo radio reported they returned to the attack at 6 a. m. - "today. REDS ADVANCE" IN NEW DRIVE Battle Still Rages for '-r:.i Possession of : Stettin V. By RICHARD KASISCHKE' . LONDON, -March 19 (IP) A new. Russian offensive in Hun gary has advanced to the north of Mor, 39 miles west of Buda pest and 98 miles from Vienna, the German high command said today. In southern Silesia the first Ukrainian army of Marshal Ivan Konev has- plunged forward for gains of 15 miles from the border of Czechoslovakia, and attack ing on both sides of Neisse, 15 miles northwest of Neustadt, the Germans said. Neustadt is 57 miles southeast of besieged Bres lau. ' Battle-Rages for-Stettin j.'" ' In the north Marshal Gregory Zhukov wheeled Russian" divi"--sions westward from the opera tions around , captured Kolberg on the Baltic to add impetus to the battle for Stettin and the mouth of the Oder. ' Kolberg, devastated by a 13 day, siege, fell yesterday,, a Rus sian, communique announced, .as a savage struggle mounted from the eastern suburbs of Stettin to Wollin, island in the Oder estu ary. .- ; . Marshal Zhukov's infantry and artillery - today were pressing home new attacks in this flank drive, which is a preliminary to the grand assault on Berlin. , Germans Reel Back - Meanwhile, . German forces trapped southwest of Koenigs berg in -East Prussia reeled- back into final defensive positions on the outskirts of Braunsberg and Heiligenbeil, and other soviet troops punched ahead in south ern Slovakia in the low Tatras mountains west of .Zvolen. It appeared that German of fensive power in western Hun. (Continued on Page Two) . Klamath County Grand Jury Meets -r .' Members of the Klamath coun ty ; grand jury gathered this morning at 10 o'clock in the circuit, court to begin their f ourth session ' of deliberation since they were called the first of the year. . This will probably be a two day session, according to the dis trict attorney's office, however, Circuit Judge David R. Vanderi berg said he would call the jur ors again within a short time. - Members include . B. S. Grigsby, foreman; Margaret W. Blohm, Linda P. Putman, . Ed-: ward G. Murphy, John M. An derson, Charles A. Voght, and Anna M. Funk. Between those two - strikes ;some 350 Superforts rained 2500 ions oi lire bombs on Nagoya, on central Honshu. It was their fifth and largest incendiary at tack in 10 days.: - Returnine airmen, sent to fin.' Hsh-up ;the job they started a wee ago- today when they burned over a two square mile area,- -damaging seven., war plants,'.; reported' "We . burned hell ouVof it." . They said "beautiful explos-, ions" shot white sheets of flame above thousands of fires . spout ing up throughout Nagoya. Scat tered blazes appeared to merge rapidly and envelop much of the-densely. populated : city, , a fourth of those workers are em ployedV:m aircraft plants. "Firemen Needed ; - The alarmed- Japanese! parlia ment heard -a-plea for more firemen to - fight incendiaries that have burned-black holes in the - c enter of-Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka and Nagoya; exemption of firemen from military duty; and faster evacuation of the Lcities already denuded of. 20 to ju per cent oi their population. Parliamentary elections were suspended. r : All colleges and schools, ex cept the first grade, were order ed closed . to put students and teachers alike into work in war industries.. - -. .. .- Japanese reports said carrier aircraft,- in their - third r raid on 'Japan, proper in about a month,' flew clear across the southern islands' the" first day; to attack ' Kumamoto, . on the island .of Kyushu; and Matsuyama on Shikoku. Raiders centered on airfields,' the usual ; tactic of Mitscher's forces ' w h e n first raiding an area. ' These islands (Continued on Page Two) Winter Hangs On Here -. Winter hung on tenaciously today, giving the Klamath area occasional. "snow showers" . fol--lowed by thawing spells. Chains were essential at least in the trunks of cars, moving over majorvhighway- routes out. of -here, All important roads were open. '. Snow fell over night and Mon day T on . Sun mountain, Wil lamette - pass, Quartz, mountain, and the routes south. Safe Containing Ration Stamps Sought by Polico - "PORTLAND, March 19 (IP) A 500-pound safe containing doc ument - registers and ration stamps, stolen- from a ration board office, was hunted by po lice today. ; . '; Sol Stern, OPA' enforcement attorney, said 10,000 "B" and "Cu gasoline coupons ' and 50 "A" books were - in the safe. Exact quantities of food stamps, certificates for tires; stoves, and shoes cannot be determined -until a city-wide audit is made. Police said entrance to the of fice was gained by breaking a window and that the safe appar ently was dragged through thev front door and loaded on a truck. Senate Subcommittee Will Investigate Food Shortage WASHINGTON, March 19 (IP) The senate voted unanimously today for an investigation of food shortages. Proposed in an effort to find a solution to tightening supplies of meat and other commodities, the resolution was approved by voice vote without debate. The resolution provides $5000 to finance hearings by a senate agriculture subcommittee. A similar group inquired into food problems last year, Sena tor Lucas (D-Ill.) said, in recom mending quick acceptance of the proposal. Not only food, but shoes, tires and manpower may be more tightly squeezed on the home front as the battle lines ap proach Berlin and Tokyo. A 12 per cent cut in the home front's meat supply was announced over the weekend as the OPA slashed April pass enger tire quotas 37 per' cent below this month's - level. . In 1 another reflection oi the war's quickening pace, selective service said that to retain more young and irreplacable men in industry it will be necessary to draft more men over 29. These moves followed close-: ly announcement last week of a deep cut in the amount of leather available : for civilian shoes because of increased mili tary demands. "There is no doubt about it, the people at home are facing the tightest : all-around supply situation of the war, and it is going to get worse before , it gets better," a highly placed of ficial said, asking that his name not be used. The cut in civilian meat al locations . will give the armed forces four per cent more, in the next three months than in this quarter. It means ration- ing at home at the rate of 113 pounds a . -person a year 30 pounds less thin last year and 10 pounds under the- 1035-38 average. ,
