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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1945)
TWO HXRALD AND KCYt Wadnssday. Mtrch U. 1141 3RD UKRAINIAN ARMY SURGES ACROSS RABA (Contjnued on Page Two) joon broadcast that the first White Jtuswan army naa occu pied Lebus, a fortress on the west bank of the Oder between Kuestrin and Franklurt. vjviiimu hwvh jectcd to fierce three-hour artillery barrage trom Kussian forces wtucn occupiea i-eou it added. Smltli Crou Odar A German broadcast declared the Soviets had forced a new -tin nt the Oder river north east of Keustrin, 38 miles from Berlin. A Moscow dispatch re ported the Russian supply sys tem was "working all-out to prepare a spring offensive" on this front closest to the nazi caoital. other Russian units were cleaning out Danzig, where the opening snow 01 uus war were fired, and fighting into nearby nAmi Th 0rman hint! command reported fierce street combat in ootn ciues. The third Ukrainian army had (limmDH through saeffinfl nazi defenses below the Danube to within 20 miles ot Austria and 68 of Vienna yesterday, and the German high command said Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin'j men now had thrust to the central Raba river, south of thatr clncAct annraach to Vienna Thic noiir aHuanm miffht have been in the area of Sarvar on the central Raba, 13 miles trom Ik Hungarian stronghold of Szombathely. which is eight miles from the Austrian border on the route to Graz in Austria. To the norm the ttrst ana fourth Ukrainian armies were lunging through German and Polish Silesia toward Czecho slovakia, bitting for the Mor i m .... i 5 r. avian gap w rinsw amu vicuna. This push from Silesia on an 80-mile front had struck to within 14 miles of Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia's third Dispatches from Moscow said the red air force was aiding the tremendous Russian drives on a scale seldom if ever before equalled by soviet planes. Tet was taken yesterday by lOlDUKlun s iroopa in we puau menacing Vienna. . A Russian communique broad cast by Moscow indicated re sistance was crumbling all the way trom tne Danube on tne north to the shores of Lake Balaton on the couth. Yank Tanks Prowl Heart of Germany (Continued From Page One) Two third army divisions raoppea up lis souinern sudutds ana the western part of that ninth largest German city, a ma jor rail center and one of Hitler's iwh important arsenals. taken the German army," Cor- lesponaem nunam rrye report ed from British headquarters in the flat tank country leading to the north gate of Berlin. British units cracked within nam owe oi ooruen ana witn in two of Bocholt, a key rail renter nt 33 finn PaDtkM within sight.' Hamm, the vast rau center oi az.uuu wnere tne Ruhr valley ends in the east was less than 35 miles away. armored breakthrough between T3 . . U T . 1 v. ' - ' ' . mm uursuen siariea on with a seven-mile sprint toward Muenster, capital of Westphalia, before cen.mr rlnmnH Hmim How far the British were was anyooay s guess but it seemed clear that they were through the crust of nazi defenses and out in the open on the Westphalian fletlands in a rush for the river Ems. The American ninth army bv. passed Duisburg (431,000) after clearing its northern suburbs and veered sharply southeast ward toward Essen (660,000), largest city in the Ruhr. They were seven miles from the Krupp works there. Canadians reached the import ant Rhine bastian of Emmerich (13,562) which was reported to have broken out in a rash of white flags. , Prisoners captured yesterday included these: first army 6697; third army 4312, seventh army 2500, and ninth army 714. The British had not reported, . Seventh army troops fought in the suburbs of Mannheim, great chemical center of 283, 801, opposite captured . Lud wigshafen on the Rhine. , First army troops were either In or within sight of Giessen, an important traffic center 225 miles southwest of Berlin, after sensational overnight advances. Wpnfhpr fnr (ho ennnnA -I... restricted tactical air support !, wincA , U n Ann A ' v wieui iuv American heavy bombers shook Berlin with a fierce daylight blow. Road Jams east of virtually cap tured Dorsten were strafed. The United States was the world's largest prewan buyer of cacao. The Mosquito, England's hard hitting two-engined bomber, is made mostly of wood and glue. Hans Norland Fir Insurance. Phone 8060. Two Men Killed In Plane Crash McCHORD FIELD, March 18 UP) Two men were killed In the crash of an army tow target plane on a routine operational flight 14 miles north of Yakima yesterday, Thev were 1st Lt Philip Mar tin Rooney, 23, son of Leo Henry Rooney, Rt. l, YaKima, and hi: Innf ratl nruM-ntnr TRpt Wil liam Henry SkacKS Jr., 25. Vln son. Okla. ThA aM.Unl Avl,rrAi4 idtrtnn an anti-aircraft practice flight chelation cj MrPhnrH fiplH An investigation ot tne cause is un acrway. (Continued From Page One) a. m. British time, an official U. S. army air force announce ment said. The last pre'ious u. S. eighth air force attack on Berlin was a record 3000-ton assault by 1300 bombers March 18. but only last Saturday 500 U. S. air force Fortresses smashed at the cam tal in the longest northern flight trom ueir oases in Italy. Passenger Bus Hit By Locomotive MEXICO CITY. March 28 P) A bus packed with passengers was struck by a new Diesel loco motive in the western suburbs of Mexico City last nmht. kill lng 17 persons and injuring at least a. The bus burst into flames and most of the dead and injured were terribly burned, up to a late hour none of the dead had been identified. PROVmENf-F Tiara Tjimnr. of Providence set national rec ord of 3:11 in winning New Eng land AAU Senior women's 220 yard breaststroke in swimming meet. The beds for 1.400.000 mM. ten require 451,000.000 feet of wire, pipe, and other steel pro- aucis.- Courthouse Records Mftrrlsr Licenses HEICH -GARCIA. Rifi.l RlnNnml Reich. 26. telegrapher. Neiive of Ger many. Resident of Dorrla. Call!. Vic- tortna Cvreta. SO. Irlmnhr Mitv of Texas. Resident of Clint. Tex. , UGUAN-ACKERMAN. Alois Frank Unman, legal. Native of Wisconsin. Resident of Stevens Point. Wis.. iTKMrr Catherine Lc Ackerman. legal, ac countant. Native of Oregon, Resident . MORREUCOBLE. Loufs Morrell, 23, shiD filter. Native of Orcaon. Resident of Portland. Ore. Bonnie le Rene Coble. 30. Native of Oregon, Resident of Portlands Complaint Filed Edward Dallev vs. I-na tliliv wit for divorce. Charge, desertion. Couple married July 2. 193a. at Vancouver, mnmo. j. Ki. o new, attorney tor piain- jastice lenrt LeBoy Junior Milliken. statutory rape. Richard Burdette Graham, statutory rap. H. J. Farmer, disorderly conduct. 00 days, placed on probation. Stanley Lloyd Dawson, driving motor vehicle while under the influence of in toxicating liquor. Fine, 10Q and costs, 30 days suspended. William Harold Anklln, operating motor vehicle without one red light. tint. S5.S0. noDert Henry Bunnell, failure ta obey ighway Intersection. Tine, $5.30. Alice Esther Breshears. ODaratlne automobile without one red lieht. Finn. 5.50. timer Lawrence Hie&ert. violation of basic rule. Fine, S25. 10 days and 10 suspended. Patton Races Far Past Frankfurt MUHSTtt Mtl GERMANY - COUCN( Um., tar' " ( . WHWt altlrtnuaai Lt. Gen. Patton's third Amtrican army pacts th allied forces of tha wtst with a four-milt stab beyond tha Rhine that clostd on the areat industrial city of Frankiurt in biasing armored sweep that collapsed nasi southern ilank less than 240 miles from Berlin. Naw crossings of Rhine were made in CobUns area and, to tha north, the U. S. ninth. Canadian first and British second armies swept Into and around tha Ruhr' basin. Box Office Onens' 6:45 2 BIG HITS! Tokyo Claims U. S. Warships ound Ryukyus (Continued From Pasc One) the 43rd division captured Boso-boso. Japanese showed more fight In central Burma where rem nanta of 30.000 trapped soldiers were reported concentrating for an escape drive eastward. Troops Closa In British and Indian troops were reported closing in from the north, south and west on Kyaukse, Japanese concentra tion point 25 miles south oi Mandalay which was heavily bombed yesterday. Northeast of Mandalay, Chinese troops fanned out in an effort to cut Nipponese escape routes. About au seaoornc planes kept the war blazing in Nippon, radio Tokyo said, by raiding Kyushu, southernmost island of Japan Wednesday afternoon. The strike was south of the re ported midnight foray on the same island by approximately 60 B-29s. To meet recurrent air raids. Tokyo reported the decentral ization of war industries was being speeded, a 50,000, 000-yen relief drive was launched by WEATHER Tuesday. March 7, mil Max. Mln. Jrclp Eugene . Klamath rails 90 Sacramento M North Bend , - M Portland M Beno . - M San Francisco M Seal tie it Medford 44 .67 Trace .00 .00 - .10 .no .00 .0 .01 Northern California Mostly clear to day, tonight and Thursday, but cloudy extreme north portion with light show ext. Warmer todar. Oregon- 0cattrd showers weat of Cascades and mow flurries over nuHin tvlns of northern part today and tonight. Thunder cloudy with rain Along coast. U'tie temperature change. VITAL STATISTICS VAN METT.H Born al Htllild ho, rilal. Klamalh r.lla. Or... Marrh J-l. IMS. to Cpl. ind Hn Rarmond S. Van Meter Jr., Malln. Ora., a boy. Welfht S pound! 3 ounc.a. MIGLtACCIO Born al Hillald. hoaplUt. Klamath FalU. Ore.. March 33. IMS. lo Mr. and Mr. Rav SIKItaecIo ot low S. Sth. a girl. Weight 7 pound 12i ounrM. 1111-t. Born at Hlllilde hoapiul. Klam ath ralla. Ore . March M. to Mr. and Mrf. LouK Hill of Route 1, Box UT. twin boys. Wcuhl S pounds, IS ounces and S pounds and 3 ounces. HERWICK Born at Hillside hospital. Klamath rails. Ore.. March IT. to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harwich: of Mm) Home, dale, a boy. Weight 10 pounds and S'.a ounces. CUNMNOHAM-Bom at Hillside hos pital, Klamath rails. Ore., March an to Pvt. and Mrs. Charles a. Cunningham of Merrill, a girl. Weight S pounds and 0 ounces. 70 leading financiers and the nation's coal industry drastical ly reorganized. Matinee Daily Box Office Opens 1:30-8:45 BS mom tuz LAST TIMES TONITE mm 1 I DOUBLE FEATURE tS DELIGHTFUL DANCIN..SWINGY SINGIN'... AND LOADS OF LOVING! PLUS 'Circumstantial Evidence" Willi DARWELL JANE FRAZEE LARRY PARKS NINA FOCH jm' ROSS HUNTER 9 STEVENS 'J STILL OUT AT MID-AFTERNOON (Continued From Pngo One) the spirit had been carried too far In this case. Tuendiiv afternoon session opened when Dr. Robert J. Far t the Marina Diirraeks was recalled to the stand mid niittln explained the wounds on Hold's head. Pvt. Stevens then took the stand and continued his loli- mony. Ho repeated curlier state ments that he did not strike Bold with tlie intention of tak ing his car but did take the car after hitting the man. Ha repeat ed that he did not take money "or anything" from Bold's per son. When questioned as to why he gave a different story when first interrogated, Stevens said he did not wish to involve his friend, Pvt. Gerard Brussler. Under cross examination by District Attorney Humble, Stev ens said that he stayed in Bold's car "a very short time," after the farmer made advances to him. Stevens stud he would not have left Bold had he known the man was seriously injured, and also denied knowing where he was at the time, or where the altercation took place. Frank Phillips. Henley farm er, testified as to Bold's charac ter which lie said was cood. John C. Roycr. also farming In the Henley district, said he had known Bold for seven years, and that on December S, hud warned Bold to conic home ns he had the habit of staying out all night. This evidence was ob jected to by the state and the objection sustained. At this point the defense rested. Carol M. Anderson, registered nurse, testified that she was In charge of the receiving ward at Klamath Valley hospital the morning Bold was brouaht In. and that hia clothing was not in aisarray. Final arcunvents in the case followed and concluded tiic aft ernoon with court recessing at uus point. Coos Bay Boy Killed In Action Mr Allr. T allin nt Ski. -U.. hag hewn artvitroi thatt l,. v,t-r.in. er, Joe Haptonslall, 22, murine field cook, was killed in action on Iwo Jima. February 27. Young Haplonstnll was tha only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. napionsiau oi coos uny. lie was born In Coos Bay. April 11, 1022. 0rnrilintfrt Irnm XTur.Kfl.l high school iii 1041. and soon oner joined ino marinn corps. He hnd been overseas for more than two years. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) and shrlls. What has happened ISN'T that tlio enemy l bank rupt of these things. His supply nyslem lias simply broken down to the lAilnt wliore tlio food for men mul ijiiius can't be got (mm whero it IS to where It is NEbU D. ' Evor slnco war begun (which Is about the time the world be gan) lilslory-muking buttles huve turned on sltuittloiix such this. It is the business tif-mir uri'vico of supply to see to lt that WK are not caught In tho bight of the line, llonco what seems to our Im patient minds the crawling rule of opr advanco across central Kurupc. JUST hold your horses, when General Ike tolls us the Ger mans are whipped, don t ex pect our bovs to be able to tnke thn npvt tilnn hnrk home. It doesn't come out that way. THE German are still holding that rtumlunl at tha, fVtfir. Maybe they'll hold them till wo Krt clour to Berlin. This Is a screwy war, and screwy things can happen. , ine nails, HKe tne Japs, are crazy men. What Is happening now cIocjii t follow the regular rules. a a a VVE did land on Cebu. last W tarttA Plilllnnlni. Ulunrl The Japs waited til) we ap proached the outskirts of Crbtl City, next largest town after Manila In the Islands, then shirt ed burning and blowing up. If inoy can i nave it. inry h are to lt that what Is loft is as near worthless to us as possible. iliut is total war. a "TOKYO Insist Unit our assault lit fhi. rtvtikvti. la ifrnwlntf In volume anri vlolonre and that we are definitely intent on a landing at Okinawa, Nnnllx re mains silent, but confirms that battleships and "swarms" of car rier planes are continuing the at tack mat was started there lust Friday. . A ROMANIAN diplomat Just VaW frnm Tnlrvn rstnnrla that tho Japs (more or leas pessimist, leally) expect that Hitler and his nazi gang will take n-fugn in Japan when the nasi house of curds Is finallv blown down There is no enthusiasm about it AT LIONS CLUB Frank Jenkins was the guest speaker nt Ilia meeting of the Lions club which wus held on Tuesday, March 27, ill the V!. laid Imlul, Ho gavo his Impres sions of his "recent' trip to the nutitm'f capltul, lulling uf his Idt'iiN of the conditions there after being exposed to Hie poo. ulu mid liappuiiinga of Wash ington, D. C, In regard to the health of the president, Jenkins stutod llial lie is possibly losing some n( his photogenic Qualities, but he has llovt'l' seen him in l,n.,r hoallli, I In ctiinmuiitod upon tho apparent change that la evidenc ed since the Yalta coiiforcncu, as well as his chungo In alti- iiuie luwma congress. Jenkins claimed that the re sponsibility of t h e prubablo $41)0.000,000,000 debt that will be welshllim down Amnrimn citizens Mftor the war. is slow ing nown ino present adiululs. liallnn, and making II more coiisvrvuliva. Jenkins went on to sav that hard work and production la tho only method whereby we may sav oursolves from bank ruptcy, and that this Idea u becoming more and more pre valent In Washington among the powurs that bo, showing a distinct shift from the left. Major Denton Recs, recently released from tha Japanese prison camp at Cubauatuan, re ceived tremendous nvallnn upon his return to the Klamnth among the llttl yellow men, he says. Naturally not. The Japs have no use for a UKAT'W Germany. yllKRE Is a straw In the wind 1 tins morning from long forgutten Italy, where Gvnernl Mark Clark awttrta that a Ger man rrtrent Is tuevitnblp soon and rails on Italian patriots in northern Italy to help by harry ing the retiring German" (when the time enmos), killing them and cutting their communica tions. He adds that large-scale nparatlnus bv tht allied armies In the Po valley are Imminent. He warns the Italian gtinr rlllus a g al n s t Johnny-come, lately who will seek to join their ranks. PINE TREE Continuous Show Dally Opan 12:30 f 2 BIG V ni I a Plus N Hit & will Maureen CBARA Louii HAYWARD Lieille BALL lilpk BELLAHI Virginia FIELD ' ail, V IS'J t 3 101 IHIOUIMIOH 0IU 1414 01 4147 BOX OFFICE OPENS St45 WEEK DAYS DlS. DOUBLE FEATURE STARTS TODAY XHUMANIT. aaj c-r-Mvt alS a I'.-.'.-, . I t V CAST! 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