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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1945)
TWO HERALD AND HEWS fhuridr. March 22, 1145 ALLIES MASS STRENGTH TO BRIDGE RHINE (Continued From Page One) centers at Mulheim and Glad- bach, east of cologne. Nam Nervous Nervous German broadcasts and the isolating mows 01 al lied planes focused attention in the tanK country ai uia ucimaii plains north of the Ruhr and the great industrial basin itself, TturlreH fnr conauest by Gen. Eisenhower. The Westplwlian flatlands lead to Berlins norm door. - . "Three allied armies are poised along 63 miles of the lower Rhine from Duesscldorf to Arnheim ana are reany 10 join any moment now in the general offensive," Berlin said. These were the Canadian first, the British second, the American ninth and by enemy account "considerable parts of the Amer ican first army," also' fighting south of the Ruhr and east of the Rhine in the bridgehead. Atrial Attack Launched The blistering aerial attacks were in the pattern which pre luded other great offensives. The whole circle of roads and rail way bottlenecks centered by Muenstcr was under blazing and continuous attack, Tne greatest weight of bombs, rockets ana inrendiaries fell in .the Muen- ster circle east of Wesel, the northwest Rhine corner of me Ruhr. Taka 22,335 Prisoners Lt. Gen. George S. Pattons third army counted 11,335 pris-j oners yesterday ana naa an other 11,000 still not processed for a total of arouna 22,333 pris oners. The seventh army, which in early phases of the campaign served as the anvil on the south " to Patton's third army hammer attacks from the north and west. debouched onto the Rhine, plain close to Worms, which the third army captured Tuesday. The sixth armored division of Lt Gen. Alexander M. Patch's army crashed through the third army's conquered city of Kai serslautem to Gruenstadt, ten miles southeast of Worms and 15 miles north of Neustadt (pop. 20,620), newly captured by Pat- ton's men. Gruenstadt, an indus trial town of 5200, is 14 miles northwest of Ludwigshafen. The seventh army also reach ed Otterburg, 4 miles north of Kaiserslautern, captured two days ago by the third. Even these seventh army reports at midday were far from up to date, AP Correspondent Lewis ttawKms reported. War Workers Buy Homes in Oregon WASHINGTON, March 22 OF) War workers have spent nearly $17,000,000 for homes In Ore gon, the federal' housing rad- nunistration reports. . ' Commissioner Abner H. Fer guson of the agency also report ed to Oregon members of con gress that as of June 30, 1944, 9387 famines in uregon naa been enabled to buy - or build homes through FHA loans total ing $33,329,050. These, Fergu--son sajd, were in addition to the 3765 new home owners among war workers; , ". ,- Another group- of : -Oregon homeowners numbering 58,964 had borrowed," as of June . 30, 1944, a total of $21,016,614 on! rnv loans to uiuiuuiui or im prove Uieir properties, Ferguson said. RUSSIANS OPEN NEW 0 Fi ENSIV SI ESI Ukraine' C6ll?rV Rangoon Blasted By 100 B-29s (Continued From Page One) ously damaged and several oth ers hit. Tokyo radio indicated Mits Cher's carriers and Adm. Ray mond A. Spruance's supporting third fleet may be headed for a strike at the Ruykyu islands or Formosa, southwest of Japan This would put them in the vicinity of Amoy, where Philippines-based Mitchells sank a sizable freighter-transport and two destroyer escorts; probably sank two larger freighter-transports, and damaged a destroyer. Farther south, Tokyo said, 120 American fighters and bombers raided Hainan, fortress island guarding the south China coast. Tokyo said B-29s- participated, but this is doubtful. . Classified Ads Bring Results. Klamath county schools will play an important part in the Seventh War Loan which starts April 1, and Mrs. Isabelle Brix- ner, county chairman oi. the Schools at War" Drogram said that quotas would be issued to day. An over-all quota for the eight city schools and Klamath Union high school will be .pre sented to Superintendent Arnold L. Gralapp, who will break down the total ana allocate to eacn building the quota to be met by students and teachers. Mrs. . Brixner returned Wed nesday night from Portland where she conferred with Mrs. F. W. Blum, state chairman of the "Schools at War" and for mer Oregon state PTA president, at which time the two discussed the state program as it effects schools. - Klamath county school quota is S45.000, Mrs. Brixner report ed, and win be based on the "Name a Weapon" program. United States treasury cita tions will be offered every school in the state which certifies that they have participated 90 per cent from April 1 to. May 31, or me close of school. parent Teacher organizations are urged to back the program. SS Modoc Point .to Be Launched In May - Appreciation was ' expressed for local interest in the launch ing of the SS Modoc Point, in a letter received by - Charles' Stark, chamber of commerce secretary. . ; ... . Don Frederickson. of the Kai ser Company, Inc.,; of Portland advised Stark that as soaa. aa more definite information ."con cerning the. launching for May 5 was collected, the proffered cooperation would be gladly! ac cepted. - "All of us well realize the outstanding spirit you people of Klamath county possess, and we feel certain that an out standing .' launching can be made," wrote Frederickson. (Continued From Page One) of a scythe sweeping across the remaining part of Ucrman Silesia and severing the indus trial area from the rest of Ger many. The Germans have been toll ing, tor several days of a new Russian attack in that area. Konev s offensive dove-tailed with a thunderous assault at the northern end of the front, whore the Germans said 25 soviet divi sions and lour tank corps were attacking Stettin, the key to northern Germany. In Hungary the Germans said Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin had renewed a breakthrough attempt on a su-roue front in an effort to beat a way up the Danube gateway into Austria. Terror-Tactics Keep Japs From Returning (Continued From Page One) stay in the camps because they are airaia to go nome. ' The 110,000 removed from the west coast were placed in WRA camps. More than 2500 of them have gone into the armed serv ices. About 30.000 were re leased from the camps to settle in other parts of the country. By supreme court order all tne evacuees found to be loval and law-abiding were free after last January l to go back to me coast That is what WRA officials say about the 60,000 still in the camps: The west coast terror-tactics has chilled the desire of some to return. The return of others is delayed because their west coast property is still under lease to people who took it over when they left. The Japanese in the WRA camps are not to be confused with the Japanese tough guys in a special camp for them at Tule- lake, calif. There are 18.000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans at Tulelakc. That number includes not only those -found to be disloyal but tneir wives and children. Five thousand of them want Jo be re turned to Japan. As late as last December these tough guys were, in Biddle's own words, "practically running me camp, from the point of view of expressing their loyalty. Ihey were marching, they were bowing to the emperor, they had bugle calls, thev had all of the performances. It was just a little Japanese center. , tsiaaie saia this was finally broken up. jr. - Irish eyebrows elevated to new heights when the Judges at a St. Patrick's Day pin-up con-" test held by i Chicago mail older plant come tip with Maty Moioituk. above, . 10-yeur-old. ; miss, as their choice for Miss Shamrock. But the JudRes stayed firm; and this non-jtU beminn bit o' heaven . will reign on the. day of Ireland's patron saint. PORTLAND. March 22 P) Marine Pvt. Maurlon W. Mc Daniel, 20. son 'of Mrs. Violet R. MeDanlcl.- Htllsboro, Ore., has been awarded the Navy and Marine Corps modal for saving a wounded niun from drowning during ju-aay- opera tions at Saipan. A Japanese shell sank Mc Daniel's amphibian tractor as 11 was currying wounded from the -beachhead to a hospital ship. Tho Oregonlon fashioned a raft of lifebelts and kept a critically' injured man afloat for three hours, until help arrived. Song Writer Dies In Hollywood HOLLYWOOD. March Ti'dl') Nut Burton, 43, who wrote the words for "Tho Whllo Cliffs of Dovor,", "Don't Ever Change," and many oilier songs, tiled of a heart attack In his lintel iiu'l mrnt last night. He ninin line iihniit n year ago from Now York. His widow, Dorothy, his sun, Jerry, mid Ills brother, Hilly lliirton, uu m lui.i' agent, survive him. T KUHS Concert Slated Tonight, The annual spring concert presented by the music -department of Klamath Union high school will be presented tonight. inursaay, ana again tomorrow night at 8 o'clock in the KUHS' auditorium. - -Those attending are urged to be prompt in attendance. All music departments of .the school will be featured by Andrew Loney Jr.; director of music in the city system. :..: Mat Daily Open 1:30-8:45 .' Mil DOVER! s. NOV .,, .... -2-2 TTt. ton., r ; A BIG MS . . Coming - A TREE ' ' GROWS IN BROOKLYN! Portland Teachers Get Salary Raise PORTLAND. March 22 Wl Salary increases giving Port land teachers a minimum of $1800 and a maximum of $3300 held the approval of the school board yesterday. The present scale though a temporary cost-of-living in crease has been added runs from $1600 to $3050. The new higher scale, recommended by the superintendent of schools, failed to pass at an earlier board meeting by a tie vote with one member absent. TO TEN YEAR TERM Samuel F. AshwelK-indicted by the Klamath county grand Jury on a charge of larceny by bailee, was liiven a tolt of 10 years in the Oregon stats peni tentiary when he appeared be- tore circuit Judge Davtd n. Vandcnberg at 10 o'clock .this morning. ' - Ashwell had entered a pica of innocence to tne charge and was to have a jury trial but -Monday enauged his pica to that of gull ty. Ashwell purchased one car from Baisiger Motor company and Teturned the machine tor re pairs. The company loaned him a second car and Ashwell took the car out of the state.- IJo was extradited from . Lordsburg, N. M and has been held in the county jail in lieu o( bond. Along with Stanley Angus, sentenced to not more than two years in the state penitentiary on a bad check charge, Ashwell will be moved to Salem Saturday by Depnty Sheriff Dale' Mattoon. Ashwell has a -lengthy record, built up in various sections of the country. The court named F. O. Small to represent him dur ing the proceedings. Some Gas Coupons No Longer Valid; Effective April ' 1, ' 1945, all "B-5 ". "C-5", "E-l", "R-l" first quarter 1945 "T", and non-scrlal-ly numbered "D" gasoline cou pons respectively, will no long er be valid for a transfer of gasoline to a consumer. Consumers having invalidated coupons representing an unex pired ration may exchange them for valid evidences. . .More than 1000 allied airmen, sailors and soldiers were rescued from treacherous English chan nel waters by coast guardsmen on D-day. (Continued From Page One) ud trvlnc to follow them In Its warning service. American bombers from Brit ain In hnmbing airfields south of Stuttgart and Nuernberg prob ably passud sister heavies from Italy which DNB said attacked from over the Alps. Nazi troop camps ' attacked were within a 60-miie arc of the Rcmagcn bridgehead. They were located at Bottrop Gliidberk, Barmingholten, Dorsten, Wester holt, Muehlelin, Hinsbcck, Hat- llngen and ucireshclm. The airfields attacked were it Kitzengrn, Glebelstudt, be tween Frankfurt and Nuernberg, Rheln Main, Schwablsch Hull, northeast of Stuttgart, and Ahl horn, southwest of Bremen. Most of them were Jet plane bases. . Mnsqultos hammered Berlin (or tho 30th consecutive night. Farmers Warned -Of Wire Shortage . , CORVALLIS. March 22 (ID Oregon farmers were warned today to expect less tractors and copper wire during the months of April, May and June. The state AAA committee re ported the smallest allocation of copper wire since a year ago: 11,000 pounds for the three months. Farmers received near ly 17,000 pounds during the last three months, ; , - Only 70 crawlor.type tractors will be available during the period all of them uroiorkcd for farmers who have been on the waiting list slnco the previ ous quarter. Or carriers now being built will use propellers 30 per cent larger than any that have here tofore beon cast, wcigning ju,- 000 pounds, the propellers will be 22. feet in diameter, . Continuous Bhowi Dally Opn 12i30 Ends Toniic THI Sm44 JOOK OAIL RUSBtiu 1 1 I DIANA LVNN S I twt ALSO! putmf- TOMORROW 3ut 'S MURDER... In whlh avtn IK oip "t,nfS PLUS Hoot GIBSON in CAVALIER of the WEST The Assyrians of about )00 , Iniu D, C. had mastlfMIko hounds. IH., n!,.01" - IH .." -J.J ft M y A r .mini. I MM IXC? waBWt!,.ti'.'. '--Aa-i "M--?; t -i WtM, b HE OUTSMARTED HlSlSf It l , x ytumSZUt,HZ MAHJomt weavh 1IMMN S : STARTS TONIGHT Box Office Opens 6:45 DOUBLE FEATURE . 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