Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, March 29, 1945, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Herald and news., March 29, 1945, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1945)

Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.5 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 16 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextT (Pl(o) Mflfl K6)fiilM UgJgJ NOILLY IrMk ' - . : I 0)R fo) in fcci riVB CENTS Day's Hep n FRANK JENKINS rHIS l the story In Gormnny 1 iwlnv a nearly nn It can be Bcccd together from fragment E.. nnu'n rciwrts: f Tho nuzln are ntlll holding the tuinn at or near mo uuer .. f norlln. BUT fMonlgomery has cut clennly tirouft 1 1110 crnai ui uviiiihii iiu f" " II. nl II,.. nulif nnrf ll tlljen iiumi " ,,, .-ji.. AiiutuiirH nn rim tl v Kot news of hlii ndviincc has ken completely blocked out. So (ken aro tho German will and ability to resist that his men Lve crowed acvcrnl dcfendablo HVfirS Wlin IHUU "I ll" iiui- e ulimi n flinlntf Diimnv Ills lo lko odvimtugo of easily Jcfcndnble positions. 11 rctty sure sign of demoralize on.) ... PliERE are unofficial reports ilils morning that Mom &.M.'f nrlvnnce nuns hti: hannovcr la nouwny irom mo Rhino crossing 10 oemm ,hith nl the Ruhr. Bradley' 1st and 3rd armies nave i ri .v an anh wiufc. nf th renter nt the :rciiniinw"R " , ' lernion front ana ore "i""k mt In several directions. m 5 . M v.t. mnrn hil l rilH fnemy able to check cither of Sy of continuous, sleepless at- ...it-. iriiiF III A T) "I lICK 10 till i nc mi. in n.i mnment this Is writ- len, Patch's 7th army, opcrat Sne somowhero on the right a, i. -i ik. i i ami 3rd. Is the aiYSTKRY army. Llttlo Is dis- :lced as to in wncrcaouuw.; PHERE seems little doubt that L mmmrv tn IMP nOH 1. nd Bradley, to the south, will .hi. in offeet a Junction snon ..i nr h Ruhr, thus SUR ROUNDING this most imporwm fc( the German industrial areas. m j ISENHOWER now has seven armies fighting cast or tne Mm. with mavbc a million nd a half men COMMUTED to he battle. He has two other lirmlcs In reserve. I Whnt the Germans have to op Ipojc this mighty force hasn't awn disclosed In detail to us fouls dors, oven f our high com. fund knows, but It can't be more han a fraction of Elsenhower's llolal strength. PTHE Russians, stopped tempor- j1 arlly at least at the Oder by jnorensos as intricate ana com Islete as German military en a I ffieerlng; skill can devise, have .shifted their thunderous attack from Rnrlln to Vienna. One red armv croiin moving fup the south brink of tho Danube nas smashed Gyor and rionv arom. kev defenses of the Brat I'lava gap, where the great river breaks through tho north' fern spur of the Alps In a relative ly witto and level vauey. inis lorcc has reached the Austrian border, less than 40 miles from Vienna Itself. Another Hun an armv. moV' Ing westward through Slovakia, Icrosslng north and south rivers "gainst the best onnosltlon tne Germans can put up, Is now roughly 70 miles from Vienna. A third Russian forco Is moving down from thn north, through the Moravian gup that for cent uries has been a favorite pain lor conquering armies. nN"T discount this drlvo for Vienna. Conquered Czechoslovakia has always been one of Europe's out standing industrial centers. Austria's Skoda arms plant has ong rivaled tho Krupps of Essen m Importance. Austria, Czecho slovakia and western Hungary nvo been turned by tho Ger mans Into a beehive of military lrdll.ltrv. Sn far ns wr outsiders Nn know, this area has been less battered by our bombers nan the. German Industrial dis tricts. This Russian drive Into Aus (Continued on Page Thirteen) Peter Rabbit Coming Soon! , Plower-laden bonnets filled the shop windows along Main Jtrcet today and spring fever filled the persons who gazed in "windows as Klamath Falls experienced a real, honcst-to- SNotPronfyddfd tho mercury hover around an unofficial 50 "Wees shortly before 2 o'clock, but a breeze as balmy as May, wftcd over the basin, area. . ,,(V,inl, , Stores were filled with Easter shoppers, buying everyth ng from egg dye to finery and it looked like a big day for the CKldnlWero playing baseball and knuckling down i in the around marblo rings, as spring affected youngsters and 1 For8ythlaawaS evident In several sheltered places around ftwn, and daffodils, hyacinths and tulips were shooting green A,ghEaStergaarPPyoffid, every church In town planned Ii Thm ShaUa - U. S. FORCES S Tokyo Says Okinawa Major Objective Of Invasion By LEONARD MILLIMAN Asiociittd Preis War Editor Japanese reported American transports were moving Into the central Ryukyu chain todny where unprccedently large U. S. naval forces, rounding out a Week of air and ship bombard ments, left no doubt they were preparing for another major in vasion. Tokyo radio said Okinawa, 325 miles south of Japan, was the major objective; that "20 to 30" transports wcro trying to reinforce U. S. troops already on the Kerama islands 15 miles to the west, and that American movements Indicated landing at. tempts also against Oklno Daito, nearly 250 miles southeast of Okinawa. American commanders . said nothing about any of this but did announce their carrier and land-based planes hit 43 Nip ponese ships and destroyed, 38 planes. An enemy communique claimed 3U American warships wcro sunk and 14 damaged in the Kyukyu Islands, which llnK Japan and rormosa. Formosa Bombed , Radio Tokyo reported Amer lean seaborne, aircraft attacked Kurc naval base on Honshu and ground installations on Kyushu island today in the third con secutive day of air .raids ;on southern Jonnn. -. ..' tv W Other broadcasts said 60 planes, presumsb.ry-'froM'Ihe Philippines, Domoea military la cilitlcs on Formosa and 20 India- based Supcrforts attacked Singapore-American InfFtitrymen cap tured semi-destroyed ueou, sec ond largest city In the Philip pines, and 11 other nearby towns. British forces reportedly broko Japanese resistance in cen tral Burma. Nipponese com manders sent a column driving to within 25 miles of the major (Continued on Pago Two) Province of Oregon Shelled, Say Japanese A high-ranking Japanese officer nt r'ahanntnnn ramn in the Philippines bragged to prisoners mat me province ui uickuh had been successfully shelled, ..ti-ultmi rnnnrturt The Japs also claimed they had bombed New yotk, tnicago and San Francisco, said Cpl. Charles Joseph Hickcy, 25, res cued from the prison camp Jan. 30. Churchill Says End Is Near t nirnnM Mnrph 90 (JP Prime Minister Churchill assert ed today that the "hour of suc cess" was near. Mi nrediction came in a let ter endorsing a liberal candi date for commons in a special election to fill a vacancy. -"The endurance of the Brit- l.u nmln onH iht ntnadfast de- votlon of the fighting services have at last brought us near the hour or success, ne wmiu. T nt ne nnw nrpnare to make tnt tua anlrn nf mir coun try, our empire and civilization that we reap the due and just rewards of victory. "That end will Best De sorvca by maintaining unity of eori and of purpose." POWER M RYUKYUS Cancude Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1945 Seventh American seventh army infantrymen swiftly scramble up enemy held east bank of the Rhine near Karlsruhe, Germany, after crossing in assa-Ut-. boats. Smoke screen was used to hide cross ing operations but high winds dissipated smoke, enabling enemy to hinder operations by shelling troops as they crossed.; Signal Corps Radio-Telephoto. Germans Have Devastating Secret Weapon That May Be Launched Against America PORTLAND, March. 20 (P) A member of the Dutch under ground declared today that the nazls do have a secret - and deadly effective weapon. ' - Jacob Van Berkel, here un der auspices of The Netherlands information bureau, told an- interviewer- t ha t the European front is now a race between vic tory for the allies and Ger many's - resort to the ultimate By RICHARD KASISCHKE . LONDON, March 29 (H) The red ' army, breaking through the German's fortified zone of northwestern Hungary in a surge up tho Danube valley, has reached the Austrian border. Marshal Stalin announced to night the border was reached at Koszcg, 42 miles south of Vienna and 20 miles west. of Sarvar, captured yesterday. Kapuvar and Szombathely, strongholds in the extreme western part of Hungary, were captured in ' the sweep, . Stalin announced. Kapuvar, 39 miles from Vienna, was captured in a 10 mile advance from Csorna. part of the Bratislava gap defenses overrun yesterday. Kapuvar is 20 miles east of Sopron, which lies at the southern end of Lake Neusiedlcr. Szombathely, 10 miles south of Koszcg; is 55 miles from Graz, one of the most Import ant German communications hubs linking with northern Yugoslavia and Italy. Tanks Smash Ahead The big Stalin tanks and armored cars of Marshal Feodor Tolbukhin's third Ukrainian army, smashing ahead from captured Csorna,. hammered at the defenses of Pamhagen, ' 39 miles southeast of Vienna, St. Johann on the frontier to the northeast and Moson (Wiesci- burg), near the Danube 21 miles (Continued on rage iyoi Clifford Russell Killed in Action vjnA uroe tniii!f.ri frnm -thn war department by Mrs. Katy Russell of 541 Mt. Pitt, that her son, 2nd Lt. Clifford Bradford i7..t.eAll nf tho armv nir nnrns. was killed in action on August 14. rne no-ycar-oia iiyei who originally reported as. missing, ..nnvlnrt Ia UinrH tt?PPivPrl tjV Mrs. Russell in September, and no iurtner iniormanuu wwa given until the official telegram. Russell was born in Boseman, nfft nn Allffllct 7 1010. fotpr moving to Fort Klamath with his parents where he attended both grade and high school. Before enlisting In the air corps in 1940, he was employed by the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Young Russell received the sliver wings of a fighter pilot at the Tallahassee, Florida air field, and received his overseas orders in March of 1944. He was first stationed in England with the 9th air force, as mo pnoi 01 h iuuh derbolt fighter, later flying his missions from France after the Normandy invasion. , - nMnD Vila mnthr-1. KtlsSPll is survived by one brother, Billy, and seven sisters, sens, mary, Betty, Bertha, Myrtle and Mrs. R. J. Caldwell of Klamath fnA Wire Tlnrnnrri .Tnhnson A nun ' ' " . . of Turlock, Calif. He is the son Army Smashes Across weapon "so powerfully de structive it is almost incon ceivable." "The new weapon, a tiny gad get which could be placed in a rocket bomb, may be launched with complete effectiveness against the continental United States," Van Berkel said. He declared that the Germans are saving it for a last stand, probably in the Bavarian Alps. "They are confident that their secret weapon will wipe but civilization and save them at the very end.".- ; . Van. Berkel a' fictitious name tb--';hlda hik Identity, from the .ejierny ByRJ)pdetaiJsv.exccpl lo say that the weapon does .not involve poison, gas. tie- sam mat, while allied officials know of the weapon, -they do not know in what form -it might be launched. ' ' .. '- ' 'The 27-year-old economist, who has made 60 secret' trips through Germany ! in the last four years, said the weapon was discovered by espionage agents there.: ; ... Should Have Been "Sinking of the. Rising Sunl" SAN FRANCISCO, March 29 (A?) After announcing the mer ger of four of Japan's leading motion picture companies, radio Tokyo said that the Japanese film "Rip Down the Stars and Stripes" was judged one of the "masterpieces" of 1944 and its makers- received a government award of 5000 yen about $1200 at the prewar rate of exchange. Vandegrift Made 4-Star General : WASHINGTON, March 29 (P) President Roosevelt today nom inated Lt. Gen. Alexander - A. Vandegrift, commanding general of the marine corps, to be a full general. . At the same time he nomina ted Vice Admiral Russel R. Waesche, coast guard comman dant' to be an admiral. Senate confirmation will place four-star officers at the head of the two services for the first time in history. Killed 2nd Lt. Clifford B. Russell 3 ii Mireh 29, 1945 Mix. (Mereh 28) 44 Min. .........23 .Precipitation lt 24 bouri ....00 Btream year to date ..7.91 Normal 9.16 Last year 5.99 Forecast) Scattered clouds. Warmer. Rhine Klamath Falls continued in the limelight today as visiting point for high officials of the navy and marine corps. - Major General A. H. Turnage, director of personnel of the U. S. Marine Corps, with headquar ters in Washington, arrived at the Marine Barracks for a two day stay. His visit follows that of Major General Julian Smith, head of the Pacific department, who left with Mrs.. Smith for San Francisco. General Turnage. hero of such Pacific battles as the Bougain ville bperatiqn; ;WilJ- be guest -of the chamber of ; commerce at- a .special luncheon Friday -He will leave, after the luncheon, Admiral - R. M-- -Montgomery, United States navy, commander fleet air, west coast, arrived at the Klamath' naval air station by plane early this afternoon, as did Admiral J. J. Ballentirfe, USN, commander fleet air,-Seat- tie. - . The two were luncheon guests ol cmdr. K. K.uarron, at BUU and proceeded on to Seattle for a neet air conference. Admiral Montgomery's headquarters are San Diego. Admiral Ballentine was en' route north to his head quarters in Seattle.- Station sources said the visit of the two was unofficial. General Smith and Mrs. Smith were honor guests at a large re ception held in the officers' club at tne Marine Barracks Wednes day evening. Music Soothes Souf of Judge PORTLAND, March 29 (P) A negro ' defendant told the judge today that he wouldn't have been drunk except that a tavern's clients kept plying him with free beers so that he'd play the piano. Judge John B. Seabrook took the prisoner across the street to find out if. he really did play. They sat down and played duets. Eventually they went back to court. "You play too well," the judge told WilliamN Young. "I ought to give you six months. But I won't. Sentence suspend ed on condition you leave town." Luther Thornton Killed on Iwo Enemy action took the life of another Klamath Falls boy, Platoon Sgt. Luther L. Thorn ton, killed March 7 on Iwo Jima, according to word re ceived by the youth's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Foster D. Thorn ton, 1801 Worden. A telegram from General A. A. ;Vandearift of the United States marine . corps, - reached Mr. and Mrs. Thornton this morning. The wire carried the message that Set. Thornton "was killed in performance of duty, and -the service of his country." Luther enlisted in. the marine corps in the fall of 1941,- prior to Pearl Harbor. He had been overseas for the past 26 months, took part in battle for Bougain ville and the invasion of Guam, On November 1, 1943, young Thornton was awarded the Sil ver Star from Admiral Halsey for meritorious action on Bou gainville: -- Prior to his entering the ma rine corps, Luther served as carrier for the Herald and News. His twin brothers, Jim and Tommv. are Dresent car riers. Another brother, Foster D. Thornton, is overseas with the marine corps.- ' Number 10426 COUNTREDUCED IN CONVICTION OF KFMAR I W E Stevens Held Guilty Of Theft From ' 1 Person. PFC Herbert Daniel Stevens, 21, Marine Barracks, was found guilty of stealing from a person ny a jury wnich deliberated more than four hours Wednes day. The circuit court iurv reduced the. charge from robbery not armed with a dangerous weapon as returned by the Klamath coun ty grand jury on an indictment last February: It recommended leniency to the court. The Gainesville. Ohio, marine heard the verdict at exactly 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon as E. M. Bubb, foreman, handed the jury's decision to Circuit Judge ' David R. Vandenbere. The court announced that sen tence would be pronounced at 10 a. m. Saturday. 1 to 5 Years Penalty on conviction of steal ing from the person carries not less than one year, and not more man. live years imprisonment. according to the court; btevens was accused in- con nection-with incidents preceding the death of Karl Bold, 41-year-old Henley farmer. Bold was found unconscious the morning of December 6, 1944, suffering from head injuries which the state claimed resulted from' an attack by Stevens. He died four days later at Klamath Valley hospital' without regaining con sciousness, . ...v . f' ;i Arretted at Barracks : The marine was arrested 'tlie evening-of December 6, at the Barracks as he entered Bold's car; At no time did Stevens deny he either hit Bold or took ' (Continued on Page Two) IT WASHINGTON, March 28 (P) Secretary of Labor Perkins said today that John L. Lewis had agreed to accept a contract set tlement she- proposed but that bituminous ODerators had asked for more time to study it. Miss FerKlns described her proposal as taking "a great deal out of the miners' cherished de mands," but declined to discuss the details. Whether this meant her offer by-passed the 10-cent-a-ton roy alty demanded for tne union By Lewis could not be learned Im mediately. mis was one of the most con troversial features of Lewis' 18 demands. The secretary 'disclosed the unions' swift acceptance of her proposal shortly after a second conference of the day with the negotiating committees for both sides. She said the operators' re quest for further study was based on a desire to clear up some "technical matters." - Should both sides agree to the offer before the present contract expires Saturday at midnight, no further extension, as proposed by Interior Secretary Ickes, would be required. Miss Per kins said. : She said she thought this (Continued on Page Two) Killed In Action Thornton Sgt. Luther Allies Lcace Nazi Lines ' ' By JAMES M. LONG , ' PARIS, March 29 (AP) The U. S. first army wheel! north in a 40-mile spurt which came within 68 miles of cutting off the Ruhr today and the third army raced to within 199 miles of Berlin. . The first army, unmasking a maneuver which threatened to block out a rich Ruhr and east-Rhine area 65 miles long and 50 miles wide, reached the area of Langwiesse, only 48 miles southwest of Hcmm, eastern exit of the Ruhr. It aim reached Frankenberg, southwest of Berlin. The illustrious fourth armored division, pacing the rush of the third army, roared eastward for 20 miles on the first army's right flank and entered Lauterbach, 199 miles south west of Berlin on a sideroad to Leipzig. un the north fringe ot the Ruhr, the U. S. ninth army captured Hatern, 68 miles northwest of Langwiesse. . " ' Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodaes. in swinaina around, the Ruhr, already had reached a point 65 miles directly east of Cologne.. The third army was the deepest in Germany 155 miles and only 125 miles from the western tip of Czechoslovakia. It had advanced to within 240 miles of the Russian lines along the Niesse southwest of Berlin. . . All over the front British and American troops raced through wide breaks in German lines. North of the Ruhr they were reported menacing Hannover, 142 miles west of Berlin. The first army's surge placed it within 78 miles of Muenster, also menaced by the forces-north of the Ruhr.'. ;. The third army also ' was ad- . . vancing along the southeastern i flank of the first army, but most of the front was under a news blackout which prevented full disclosure of whereabouts of the probing columns of armor and tanK-rldmg mlantry. , ' Hodges Swings North . ,! Lt. Gen. Courtney H. Hodges lifted the veil on his first army to permit disclosure of his north ward swing after a 36-hour silence, but even then out-run communications prevented an nouncement of the full extent of bis penetration. . . to tne nortn,.n was Known that the . British second, army had made a 20-mile, advance. The U. -S.- ninth army, fighting along and into the northern fringe of the Ruhr, made anoth er six-mile advance along Hit ler's broad highways, tearing up only an occasional enemy pocket of resistance.; ; - Haltern, 20 miles northwest of Dortmund,- and 35 miles;-west of Hamm. largest freight yard in Germany, was captured by the ninth. Duisburg in the Ruhr ran ud the. white, flag. Frankfurt Captured AH: of Frankfurt on the Main except the northern outskirts was captured by the third army, whose advance troops operating In Echelon with the first army moved eastward to within 214 miles of Berlin. Hamborn. Weisbaden.- Hanau. Aschaffenburg and the northern half of. Mannheim fell to Gen. Eisenhower's -victor y-flushed armies iignting up, to 14S miles deep in Germany. The full extent of the advance in Westphalia was hidden by a portentious security blackout, but AP correspondent Ned Nord ness said Muenster, - Osnabruck . : (Continued, on Page Two) - Klamath Man Decapitated Shasta countv officials at Red ding, Calif., were investigating me death of .Percy Alonzo Has kins, 45, whose decapitated body was found at the Shasta street crossing of the Southern Pacific railroad in the city limits of Red ding shortly after midnight Monday. Haskins worked in this area as a farm laborer' and had made his home In the county for a number of years. His mother, Mrs. . Maude Smith, resides at 3713 Altamont drive, and Has kins wife, Frances, lives in Sprague River.- There are - no children. . Remains of the Klamath man were sent from Redding to the wara jr unerai nome today, serv ices will be held Thursday.. In addition to his wife and mother, Haskins is survived by- five brothers, Verne, Fred, Claude and iioyd, au of Klamath Falls, Cpl. Milo Haskins of the United States army, South Pacific, and one sister, Gladys Stone; Klam ath Falls. Cabanatuan Prisoner Home After 3 Years Internment Cpl. Willis C. Vincent was home in Klamath Falls today. Just two months ago, Cpl. Vincent was still a prisoner of the Japanese, held In ill-famed Cabanatuan prison where 2600 of his fellow Americans died. Liberated by American troops in January, cpl. Vincent made for home as fast as he could. He is spending his well-earned furlough with two uncles, Wal ter F. Vincent, employe of the DiGiorgio Fruit corporation, and Fred L. Vincent, farmer, route 3, box 393. Vincent arrived at 9 o clock yesterday morning. Vincent was at Bataan when it fell April 9, 1942, and tramp ed the historic death march to Camp O'Donnell. Vincent said three weeks after reaching the MANPOWER BILL WASHINGTON. March 29 (VP) Administration leaders decided informally today to postpone the final senate vote on the manpower bill until next week. Privately less optimistic about the prospect for senate accept ance, the administration forces sparred for time in an effort to persuade some of their ab sent senators to return to the capital. - ' i ' i Tne administration appeared to have encountered "back row trouble." Some of the. junior senators, whose seats axe ;in the- rear of ..the chamber, have balked at accepting tne strm- y gent ' terms of the bill, which.. - provides jail penalties and fines : for-workers and employers who violate job directives. . Majority Leader Barkley and Senator Thomas (D-Utah), floor manager for the bill, were called to the White House today for a discussion, of the situation with President Roosevelt. ,. , FDR Begins Series Of Conferences WASHINGTON.March 29 (VP! President Roosevelt returned to the White House today, from a four-day visit to his home at Hyde Park, N. Y., and began a series of important conferences. On nis crowded schedule were: - . - An engagement with Secre tary of State Stettinius. Dre- sumably to talk over the forth coming world- Security confer ence at San Francisco and the general trend of world affairs. A conference with the British ambassador; - Lord Halifax, and Oliver Lyttleton and Col. J: J Llewllyn, who are in the United . States to study the food suddIv situation. . . ' Another with Senate Majority Leader Barkley, (D-Ky.), and Chairman Thomas (D-Utah) of the senate military committee on manpower legislation. ., In addition; Mr. - Roosevelt was conferring upon Jonathan Daniels a formal commission as presidential secretary in charge or press relations -' - ! . Man Has Too Many Watches PORTLAND, March 29 (P) Edward W. Allen, convicted of stealing electrical equipment from a shipyard, made certain today he'd finish serving his nine-month sentence on time. - He asked a deputy marshall to pick up his watches seven of them. camp, where around 1800 died, he was sent with a detail of 180 : men to build a bridge. Men r died of dysentery and malaria until the detail finished with 60 men. He was one of the lucky ones to live and see the Pacific coast line of America. "A lot more would have died if it hadn't been for. the Red Cross boxes," Vincent said,-, re- . ferring to the huge toll at Cabanatuan. "By the time the , first boxes came, Christmas, of , 1942, my gums were in such shape it seemed that all my teeth were going to come out." v. Three; boxes -came to each man that Christmas, Vincent said. They came from the Amer ican, South Africa, and Cana dian Red Cross. ""I , .nn i-.i ' of the late Harry tiee nusseu.