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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1945)
oj M A Ml rui La i 11 t i i Ul n ii TO" - J i ; r Ice five cents II !1 tw FRANK JENKINS iSTWARD from tlio lower nhln rnmnnuinff Amprlpnii L, roll out onto tho north man plain tnrougn enemy ;, (hat Elsenhower nays have , broken In massive dofcul th nazls enn't afford. t adds that Germany has no iigth left to muke another id uch has been made but ni us not to expect an un rktd dash to Berlin, lie Lv Ihore will be hard fight (before we got there, but l'ng like what we've been bum. , . . , JERK'S a touch of poetic jultlcc In the situation. We're lug swlftlv TOWARD Derlln nf tlni great military high n (hut Hitler built to move ( armies OUTWAHD to con rEuropei f f IE weather has turned cloudy today, and our planes arc nptred somewhat, but there nentlnn In the dispatches of ki mill i)K forward over MOT, ISTY roads. fine can't holt) recalling that I WEATHER turned analnst fcoleon at Waterloo. boKKlnic fn his hitherto Indomitable llery and contributing dlroct- Mo tho defeat mat nnisnca nun for good. 1 g get only akotchy outlines of the Battle or Armagen- h today. lor . again, as n net. we are moving so filtly and so decisively that l can't afford to ten me uer- im. whose olnnea have almost hUhcd' from tho skies, what arc doing. (UR cyea aro naturally fixed on northern Germany and 'road to Berlin, but we litn't forget Patton and his tclacular 3rd army, ration and his redoubtable 3rd nhrouded In Jilmost complete litery by our aide, but the irmans report mis morning he Is annroach Inn WURTZ- ERG. Wurtzburg Ilea at the licton of the two MAIN ran di that lead southeastward to nlch and Vienna. Munich Is northern and .Vienna tnc blern entrance to the rough lunlaln area where the nazls lUDDoscdly planning to hole for a dcsDorate. mavbc yearn- (J (they hope), stand until such me as we ana tne uritisn aim Russians set to fighting with h other over the spoils of war so give them a .chance to CME BACK. ilti a wild and crazy idea, of torso, but these nazia are wild Id crazy so much ao thBl any Ing might be expected of them. I ... FYOND Vienna, In northwest ern Hungary, the Russians h't exDloded Into a violent of- !tve up the Danube that has rlcd them to within 20 miles tho Austrian border and only miles from Vienna Itself. This "Jinn drive appears to have wer behind it. Pf It can carry on through rnna and thence on uo the (mine to a Junction with Pat i, Germany will be cut Into fee slices which we will be le to deal with more or less at incisure. In order tn .make a (ctlon with Patton (If he keeps going) the Russians will not ve to TAKE Vienna. They P Dy-nass It. as thev have by' Ned so manv other German jwgnoias,- tor tney nave a sec- i" army moving tnwnrd tne vai- I of. the Danube through Slo Kia and a THIRD moving ln toward It from the north rough Czechoslovakia. wine significantly, Patch'! 7th (Continued on Page Two). orse introduces wo Indian Bills WASHINGTON, March 27 (fP) a. Senator- Wayne Morse fe.) Introduced two bills-In I Senate Vnitai-1n . iOne Ib ln rirnvlrin- n maximum V ?f $5Q00 and five years Im manent for the' masicious 'tructlon, Injury, defacement .wand or removal of any wals ownnl hv hn Klamath ') Indian trlhaa nr anv mem- 1Two Is to credit each mem ' 0' tho Klamath (Ore.) tribe a finer Indians enrolled on V Or llnlnlH ' . l.nl Lmmn"i reservation with l00 from the tribal and Judg- iunds, for the purpose or vnclng thoir self-support. orts that Sgt;r Haarby n Klamath' Falls man, is t ;-- ii tiubiun on me wMioui 7. wore confirmed today by Ji'YM. Miss Eleanor Bechcn, H V , "stcr of the sergeant, '?. "ends here by telephone Pt hi hnj 1 I 1 . l nn Kfy 20. - .-; Qhcn Is a former- assistant r'y.assesso- KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY, MARCH JUP ISLANDS BATTERED BY U. 5. FORCES American Superforts Attack Airfields On Kyushu By LEONARD MILLIMAN Aasociattd Proaa War Editor American Invasion of Cebu In the central Philippines and the Kcriima islands in tho Ryukyu chain was reported by Japanese luMiiiiuniqucs 1 0 a a y at U. S warshloa and everv tvrw of unr. plane Joined in concentrated at. tacks ulong 1000 miles of enemy 1J111111U8. Superforts attacked airfields on Kyushu Island of southern Japan shortly before noon Tues day. Japanese broadcasts said U. S. fifth fleet air and naval bom bardments of the Ryukyus, reaching 700 miles from Kyu- snu 10 rorrnosa, were contlnu Ing today. Philippine bombers continued neutralizing raids on Formosa airfields. Tokyo said a second American task force of. 10 cruis ers shelled Prntas, a tiny Island zou miles southwest of Formosa and midway between the Philip pines and Hong Kong. The reported invasion of the Kcrama Islands was approxi mately in the center of this bom bardment line. These islands lie 15 and 20. miles west of Oki nawa In the center of the Ameri can carrier plane and naval gun bombardments of the Ryukyus wnicn began last Saturday. Attacks Continue Adm. Chester W. Nimltz an nounced tho double attacks con tinued Monday, with battleships concentrating their 12-lnch guns on Okinawa, largest of the Ryu kyus. Ho made no mention of landings nor of Sunday, the day (Continued on Page Two) Nurse Draft Bill Gets Approval WASHINGTON. March 27 F) The senate military committee today approved a house-passed nurse draft bill after amending the measure to make married nurses subject to induction. The committee's action, which Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) said was without a dissent, came dur-lng-a closed meeting at which the committee also approved anoth er house-passed measure extend ing the selective service act a year from May 15. The nurse draft bill, as It left the house, called for the induc tion of unmarried nurses, age 20 to 43, and provided that they be offered army or navy commis sions when accepted. RAF Hits Farge Heavy Air Blow LONDON, March 27 (P) RAF Lancasters hurled 1 1-ton volcano bombs on submarine pens for the first time at large norm- west of Bremen today In heavy attacks. Weather had curtailed air operations over western Ger many during tho morning. Farge Is a small Weser river shipbuilding town near Vege sack, 10 miles upstream from Bremen, An oil storage depot In the same area also was attacked, and other Lancasters bombed tho Koenlgsborn and Sacksen benzol plants near Hamm. Partisan Claims Duce Shot At TJOMB. March 27 ' (&) A partisan who crossed- German frnm north Italy was quot ed by the Rome press today as saying an unsuccessful attempt to kill Benito Mussolini was made recently In Milan . -a .niHir-r was renorted to have fired a pistol at the former Duce during inspection of a Black Brigade," but missed. Roll The Barrel The telephone system here was jammed with calls for 10 minutes today after an erroneous report was broadcast at 10 a m. that Germany had surrendered u.a Listeners said the rumor's chief source' was ? radio- broad cast which quoted General Eisenhower to the effecthe Ger mans had qSlt rather than were "whipped.": Later, the broad- CflVVerodCSraph operator also heard the report on his TheloK trlaTpCts checked to see whether they should put their V-E- day plan into uiicti. In The Shasta-Cnseadc Wonderland All-Klamoth - Major General Julian Smith, commanding officer of the, department of the Pacific, USMC, is shown receiving a Klamath pine cheat filled with Klamath potatoes, onions, apple jelly and. wild plum preaervea, at a chamber of commerce directors' luncheon held in his honor today. At left: V.rn Owena, chamber director in charge of military affairs, and, right, Paul Landry, chairman of the military affairs committee. RED ARMY FORGES EST LONDON, March 27 (P) The first Ukrainian, army In a double-edged lunge in Silesia has captured Strchlcn, 21 miles south of Broslau, and Rybnik, 80 miles to tho southeast and some 20 miles from the Czechoslovak stronghold of Moravska-Ostrava, Marshal Stalin announced to night. The German high command earlier declared the third Ukrainian army in western Hun gary had struck to the Raba river,. which flows 20 to 30 miles from Austria and 60 to 05 from Vlonnn. Strehlcn was stormed by troops striking southwest from Ohlau and Brieg in the rich in dustrial basin ot uerman bucsih LONDON. March 27 (P) The third Ukrainian army has struck to lower Raba river which runs thin 20 to 23 miles from the Aus trian border, and 60 to 65 from Vienna, the German high com mand announced today. The broadcast German com munique did -not disclose the point whore the Soviets reached the Raba in northwestern Hun gary, but the river flows into an arm-of tho Danube at Gyor, stronghold guarding' the Brati slava Ban entrance to Vienna. Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin's troops' may have reached the Raba upstream from Gyor in an advance from Paoa or the area of Lovaszpatona farther' north east. Both' towns ' were . seized yesterday. - ' . v ' ranKS or Dotn inn imra ana (Continued on Pago Two), Sub Albaeore Presumed Lost WASHINGTON. March 27 (P) The submarine Albaeore Is-overdue from patrol and presumed lost, ' the navy announced today. The next of kin 01 tne approx imately - 65 officers and men nhnard have been notified. The vessel was the forty:first submarine lost from all causes since the start of the war and the thirty-fifth reported overdue and presumed lost. ' Four have been reported known sunk and two destroyed to prevent cap ture. Tho Alhncore was the 275th vessel of all types lost during the war. Back In, Boys! 27. 1945 Chest Presented General Smith W f General Warns of Biiter Battle Ahead In Pacific A warning against a civilian let-down on V-E day was sound ed by Major General Julian C. Smith, commanding general, de partment of the Pacific, USMC, in ' a talk to chamber of com merce directors at a luncheon held in his honor at the Pelican cafe at noon today. - The general's remarks ' were occasioned by erroneous rumors today that Germany had capitu lated, and in a straight-frorn-the-shoulder discussion he told of bitter battle ahead in the Pacific even after surrender reports from Europe are true. The Germans, he said, are con vinced they are losing the war because of an inferiority in ma teriel and natural resources. They hope to drag the allies down to their level in these re sources, so they will be able to resume the fight. The Japanese claim they will fight for 100 years before capitulation. The general, who was com manding officer at Tarawa and Patau, went on to pay tribute to the American fighting man. "Natural resources, mechani cal achievement,- and- materiel are important but don't under estimate the fighting quality of American men. We are winning this war because we have brought up boys who have the courage and the ability to out fight the enemy." ' " He illustrated this- statement with vivid accounts of the bat tles in the Pacific in which he participated. He recalled one incident at Tarawa where many marines were killed by a Japanese ma chine gun nest. That nest was finally wiped out by a marine who hurled himself bodily on' the Japs and his body was found with the grenade ring still on his finger. : The general described Japa nese entrenchments at Tarawa which indicate the terrific strug gle ahead to wipe the Pacific enemy out of its strongholds. The chamber luncheon was one of numerous events in a busy day for the visiting general, who Yellow Ticket Doesn't Mean Quarantine If you find a little yellow ticket hanging on your door knob next week, it isn't a sign of mumps, measles, . or tho plague.- ' . . It's a request by the city building Inspector to do one of three things repair, re place, or clean up your side walk. Inspector Alva Downs ad vised the council . last night that the first 500 of the yellow tickets had been printed and would be in circulation next week: The idea is to clean up the city and also to safeguard sidewalks for pedestrians. The city will take care of its own property, the council advised. Number .10424 arrived at the Klamath Falls Marine Barracks late Monday. On ' Tuesday morning he and Major Albert Benson, personnel officer for the Pacific depart ment, accompanied Colonel George O. Van Orden in an in spection of the guard and band drawn up before the administra tion building. -. , : : . V . Then the' party, in a, long green Packard, began a tour of the barracks, visiting the hill-top spots firsts .The group visited the compan ies, schools officer, and. drove around the big barracks area be fore going down town for the luncheon at the Pelican. Malcolm Epley, chamber president, intro duced the general and called on Verb Owens and Paul Landry, director and chairman of mili tary affairs, to present a pine chest filled with Klamath prod ucts to the visitor. Several! mili tary guests were present from the barracks staff. , . ' : Mrs. Smith was taken to the dispensary and dependent clinic by . Mrs.. Van Orden and Mrs. L. T. Coggeshall, wife of the senior medical officer. General Smith will be. here through Wednesday. -- RUNDSTEDT TAKEN ' ' LONDON, March 27 (fl3) The Paris radio said today that "ac cording to a radio station broad casting in German" Field Mar shal Von Rundstedt, former commander of nazi forces on the western front; has been taken at his estate and placed under' ar rest. The soviet news agency Tass also carried a report that Von Rundstedt was arrested, attribut ing it to the Paris radio. Marine Yet Admits Striking Bold. But States Farmer Made Improper Advances Admission that he struck Karl Bold several times when the Henley farmer made improper advances toward him, was made before Circuit Judge David R. Vandenberg this morning as PFC Herbert Daniel Stevens took the stand in his own de fense. Young Stevens is charged with robbery, not armed with a dangerous weapon, the charge and grand jury indictment growing out of the death of Bold, Henley farmer, on Decem ber 10. Stevens is a veteran of three and one-half years' service in the United States marine corps both in this country and in the South Pacific. The marine traced his activi ties the night of December 5, and morning of December 6. He admitted striking Bold "two or three times," because, he stated, the civilian made Improper ad vances toward him. ! Prior to Stevens' testimony, several members of the marine corps testified as to the defen dant's re pu t at i on which all Nazis Flee Woldlly Before Advancing Yairok Yank Forces Eisenhower ; Says German Lines Broken PARIS, March 27 (JP) Gen. Eisenhower said today that the main German de fense line in the - weat had been broken and the Ger mans were - a whipped army. But there still may be tough fighting ahead and the enemy may form a new front where maintenance, problems would handicap the alliea, he added. The auoreme commander declared he beliered there would not be a negotiated un conditional aurrender of Ger many, but rather than uncon ditional aurrender would be imposed when the allies in the weat linked with the Rus sian armiea. The Germana, he said, have suffered a defeat they cannot afford, and need more strength tha nthey now have in the weat to eatabliah an other line. But allied troubles are not yet over, he added. There may be stern fighting ahead, eapecially in the north. He warned againat expect ing a straight allied run to Berlin. ' (ES MANPOWER BILL By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, March 27 (P) The house passed and sent to the senate today a compromise man power bill giving War Mobiliza tion Director James F. Byrnes broad control over, the nation's employes and . employers. . - -Passage was on' roll call vote of 167 ta 16tt.rV. . The . measure represents a merger of views of the senate and house as expressed in sep arate bills passed earlier. Brief but sharpi debate preceded the vote. ' The bill authorizes Byrnes, or any agency designated by him, to impose employment ceilings on any activity, to freeze work ers in their jobs, and to regulate the hiring and rehiring of all employes, male and female, re gardless of age. Violations of his orders would subject an employe or an em ployer to maximum punishment of one year in jail and $10,000 fine. . . , Opponents of the . legislation assailed it as "an outright anti strike measure." Argentina at War With Axis Powers BUENOS AIRES, Argentine, March 27 () Argentina today declared a state of war with the axis. . ... Presidential Secretary Cbro nel Gregorio Taube announced to newspapermen that the cabi net had . a d 0 p t e d . a decision which involved the "grave de cision of declaring a state , of war' with the axis nations." The announcement followed a cabinet session of nearly two hours at which the finishing touches were put to a week long deliberation to determine what Argentina could do to satisfy the requirements of the Mexico City inter-American conference invitation to rejoin the American; family of nations. termed "good" or "very good." These men included Gunner Ed ward Kron, post provost marsh al, Sgt. Robert Trost, Sgt. Dwight E. Couch and WO Cyrus W. Keith. Sgt. Couch had Stev ens' service record in his hands on the stand,' but under objec tion of District Attorney Clar ence Humble, the record was not submitted as evidence. Lt. Comdr. Robert J. Parsons, specialist in pathology and sta tioned with the USNR at the Barracks, testified as to the in quest held following Bold's death. Dr. Parsons said that in his .opinion' the abrasions and cuts which appeared on Bold's head were not sufficient to cause death, but his testimony was objected to by the state. Dr. Parsons did state, how ever, that three cuts or abra sions on the head were arranged along a straight line. When he attempted to give testimony as to tire markings on the W. W. Loomis car, the machine under which Bold was found the morn ing of December 6, the state ob jected on the basis that Dr. Par By JAMES M. LONG PARIS, March 27 (A3) Allied tanks broke Into the open in powerful pushes from their many bridgeheads east of the Rhine today and Gen. Eiaenhower declared the main enemy , lines had been broken in a great allied victory. .. The U. S. first army's powerful tank teams, packing one attack, drove 54 miles east of the Rhine to within two miles of Wetziar, north of Frankfurt, and 237 miles from Berlin. Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges' forces spilled across the Lahr river and flowed to the southeast to within 12 miles of Frankfurt. First army tanks also . .lanced . into . .Weilburg. 244 miles southwest .of Berlin and far northeast of Limburg. The enemy aaid, too, that , third army columns were ap proaching Wuerzburg in Bavaria.' 223- miles from Berlin, and had reached Lohr, on the road to Nuernberg,- On the northern end of the front, the British second army too broke, into long gains the extent of which were concealed by a news blackout, and even on the British left flank where the bittereat reaiatance of all has been encountered the Gormans ahowed signs of collapsing with Canadians and Highlanders mexing gains up 10 mree miles, Hodges Meets Patton . Hodges' columns linked ud with Lt. Gen. George Patton's third army forces at a point four miles south of Coblenz for their first meeting east of the Rhine. Swift armor of both the first and third armies raced across the reich unchecked, because as Eisenhower said the foe had in sufficient strength at hand with which to make a stand. Hours ago, first army tanks lanced into Weilburg, 244 miles southwest of Berlin. A dispatch filed later but shrouded by a censor blackout said the victory flushed army made spectacular new gains in the continued sweep toward Berlin against opposition that had fallen apart. The re treat became a rout; thousands of German captives streamed to the rear. The enemy said that third army columns were approaching Wuerzburg, in Bavaria 223 miles from Berlin, and had reached Lohr, 225 miles from the capital. Wuerzburg and Lohr both are barely more than 100 miles from Czechoslovakia, long since being rolled up by mighty Rus sian armies charging in from the east. 2 lit Army Gains . In the north,, the. -21st army group was slugging , out gains against collapsing German re sistance, .in, a -prelude - to .vwhat may become the decisive break through of tne campaign, ttinin army troops fought in the sub urbs of Duisburg and within ar tillery range of such Ruhr indus trial cities as Essen, Duessel dorf, Gelsenkirchen, Mulheim and Oberhausen. Several miles were gained in the center and south of the north front.. The first army's dash far . (Continued on Page. Two) Diplomats Will Miss Conference WASHINGTON, March 27 (fl5) A White House disclosure that President Roosevelt wants his cabinet officers and American diplomats abroad to stick to their own jobs during the San, Fran cisco conference next month to day started a torrent of rumors about immediate victory in Europe. So far as the White House was concerned, they were only rumors. It all began when Jonathan Daniels, presidential press sec retary, was asked whether he looked for a very large outpour ing from Washington to the world security conference start ing April 25. "No, very definitely we don't," Daniels said.' "The president has sent a message to the sec retary of state and members of the cabinet pointing out to the secretary of state the importance of all chiefs of mission remaining at their post during this critical time, and a similar message to members of his cabinet agreeing he felt that they should stay at their posts." sons was hot an expert on tires, The objection was sustained. State's first witness was Dr. Warren C. Hunt of Klamath Valley hospital. Dr. Hunt said he was the physician in charge of Bold, brought to his hospital the morning of December 6, and that Bold never regained con sciousness. - Administrator of the Karl Bold estate, - Frederic A. Ohle meyer, farmer, described Bold's car which the state contends young Stevens took to the Ma rine Barracks after the civilian was struck down. The car was later sold at public sale, accord ing to Ohlemeyer. tor 5705.. Ohlemeyer said Bold was a naturalized citizen, a native of Germany, and had been in this country since 1929. Bold's nat uralization papers were submit ted as Exhibit A. Last of the state's witnesses called was James Weaver, man ager of the Klamath Bus com pany. As the state rested its case, the Defense Attorney Jo seph C. C Neill called PFC. Jo (Continued on Page Two) v t - T The United States district court, District of Oregon, will hold a session in Klamath Falls commencing Anril S In h Klamath county circuit court rooms. At this time a number of civil cases involving innrf condemnation will be heard. judge James Alger Fee will preside. He will be accompan ied by his secretarv F.cthoi David and the staff will consist of Cloyd Rauch, court reporter; the United States marshal will be represented by Chief Deputy waiter naaiocK, secretary .or the marshal's office. Dnrnthw Adler; Deputies Albert A. Brice, Paul Hanlin and William Rick ard, and deputy clerks of the court, Ross DeMott and Vern Bishop. Various attornevs of the TT. S. lands division ' will also be present. . Fifty-one lurors of thp nresont federal venire will report at 10 a. m. on. April 5.- This includes Klamath, Jackson, Josephine and Lake counties. . , , The session is exnected tn last approximately two weeks. ll-Year-Old Boy Kills Playmate SEATTLE, March 27 (IP) An 11-year-old Carnation, bov , who told officers he and his girl play mate were imitating characters in a thrilling radio serial was blamed today for- shooting her fatally with a .22-caliber rifle. Jimmy Mellett said the girl, Rosa Baker, 9, picked up a broom and "charged'' him yes-: terday and he aimed his father's rifle at her and pulled the trig, ger, Deputy Sheriff James Moore reported. She ran to the edge of his porch and fell dead. Supreme Court . Reverses Decision SALEM. March 27 UPl-Th state supreme court reversed to day a $25,000 judgment granted by the Multnomah county circuit court to Miss Mildred Ross for injuries she sustained December 27, 1940, when a car in which she was riding crashed into -.a1 Consolidated Freightways truck near Algoma, Klamath county. The lower court of Circuit Judge Charles W. Redding had given her the damages against Frank Hayes, driver of the car; me irucKing company, and Al bert E. Ault, driver of the truck. 9 Officers Made Full Generals WASHINGTON. March 27 ISA The senate military committee approved unanimously today the promotion of nine army officers to the rank of full- general. .-. The action was regarded as a vote -of confidence in Gen. George C. Marshall, , chief of staff. Committee members said the promotions were approved without debate. . Japs Say War Will Last 20 Years ' LONDON, March 27 (JP) The Tokyo radio said t o d a J there is a growing feeling in Ja pan that the present war will last 20 years and may even car . ry over into the next century.. The broadcast, said a new or ganization had been formed, ii Japan known as "the associa tion of the 20 years war" under, the leadership of Hachiro Arita. former foreign minister... WEATHER March 27. 1945 ' Max. (March 26) 44 Min. 22 Precipitation, lost 24 ' hours , Traes Stream year to date...-....,.'.....7.91 Normal 9.0B Last year . 5.93 Forecast: Partly cloudy
