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pilLfiiilSllpi JP - 1 The Shasta-Cascade Wonderland ' For:Its a" tonight, sturday. L ' . KLAMATH FALLS, OHEGON, rRIDAY, MARCH 80, IMS " ' ' - .-, , , , Number , 10427 fV j "'-' R LiVfW-A-',-wV.Vfri-iV,. v FRANK JENKINS IK Ruhr volloy, Germany'! ho. 1 Industrial district cor- lining louKMiy our viuu unci steel urea centering hud Pittsburgh mm been M uff nd ISOLATED from rcicn. itcpuni now noiim hnun old snenk of Its vlrtunl mm mul tell of allied armies I'lNG from both aides to mnl MYSTERY British column, shrouded In almost completo trey, Is swinging nrounn io north, hoping tn cut off the t German North Sen ports which HPiiuorno supplies kh llio nazls from Norway Sweden. ho. puce "f our cnsluounri iIk 1 described lis so swift SI contact with headquarters heir rear has been lost. The kle spring wcainer nns uirncn bur favor again, and the skies r northern Germany are clear our vast armadas of planes. 'ELL to tho south or the Rul-r. Potion has turned eastward iln, toward rich Industrial ,onv whose eastern borders , under attack- by a Russian nv. Still farther to the south, ten's 7th army Is running In ference for Pa!toh. - TARTHER YET to the south, i French army has crossed the Ini and MIGHT spear ltd way tough Wurttemberg and into I Danube valley in soumern iunrln whnsn cnnltal Is Mu- III, the northern gateway to the Suntnln region where the nazls k still reported as planning to ft up for tnciasi siana. ME Russians, held at the Oder, sre sween ng on Vienna from tee sides. Their most menacing hut Is from the southeast, litre they are only about 40 ilea away. The Germans had kurently hoped to hoMinthe htljlova gap, where there Is hsrrow neck of land. only. 18 lies wide, between the Danube Lake Ncusiedier. out we H urn t a d a v FLOWING ROUND the lake to take the (fenders of tho narrow gap In rear. - ,,, , One nronff of their assault f:ms to be turning to the LEFT, vard Italy, with tho possible rpose of cutting off tho much iled nazi mountain hideout m from the south. r icoms obvious that our over- all mirnoss Is to cut what Is Kt of Germany up Into slices 1st can bo dealt with at our sure. ERROR, confusion and ASSASSINATION seem to be fceping the relch. . Tho nazls ipenx to be shooting every non izl German they can get with their sights. Thero are re irti' inrtnv nf ASSASSINA- Ions of nazis. Such a state of mind is jthc cvltnble prelude to break-up (continued on rage iwo; 1,5,000 Damage uit Filed Here Suit to collect $15,000 damag for injuries sustained Decern- r 4, 1944, was filed in circuit un ioaay by Gordon Adams W. W. Thompson and State frm Mutual Automobile Insur ce company, a corporation. Inuums charged tnat rnomp n. ngont for the insuranco mrjanv. wn rlrlulntf n 1f30 fravrolct sedan along tho Mer- Hi'viHiin nignway towards ma P When he struck Adams who standing off the paved high W near his parked car. ne accident, Adams stated, 't him with a rnmnmind frac- N of the right log and perma- Pnt lntllrlna Tho nlnlntlff nM ft prior to tho accident he was "ole-bodlcd man capable of r ""k juu per momn, out tnat f j1?w '"tally unable to cam. Blntlff snnlra xnt nn JNements. U.' S. Balentine is Forney for Adams. . ielehrii u i olB"lV"is " - LThe pushing, jostling crowd, composed mostly;of the weaker Fi cou d hnvo o hriHifehead in record time if that naa WahMifwSo- the objeqtive that urged the crowd on with PJm determination toward the balcony. Bed sheets and yardage ("otis, , , t , I - Ahn..!- iaa .-.. V .....I- - u- inir In their eyes, were ,. ."' iuu persons wun a- uu m iiCT Wn warded with purchasing two sheets each, the B'"inh L'hrce hundrcS farming the line that wound out through the nd onto the street, recovered 1obJe0'fnJ'Xonolnted 9 been dislodged In the melee and turned away disappointed, heard "f.?1" rr "r..i- Af literal hoards of sheets 1 hom U'o? t miy have VeaTy been .n unsavory dogJn-the; Lan.8nlrIt. noEble not too rarely where rationed commodL ntisii kin They SVrslliMSisSa; , . ' ,"aiCZMMMMiji tr4',V. Encouraging news from the battlt fronts Is read to three blind American' soldiers who gave their ys to help make new successes possible by Pvt.. Harold Couch (left)," St. Louis, Mo., who has temporarily lost sight of one eye and suffered other battle injuries., The three totally blind American heroes are (left to right, background). Pvt. James T. Sanders, Houston. Tex.; Cpl. Charles Woodson. Kansas City, Mo., and Sgt. Clyde Dempsey, Wlnslow, Ind. All are patients at Dibble hospital. Palo Alto, Calif, American Firsi Army Tank Columns Smash Ahead In fo Paderborn; Advance Swift r J PARIS, March 30 (H) The Amorlcan first army's probing armored columns, rapidly snap ping a lock on the industrial Ruhr, occuolcd Paderborn today and thrust to within 16 miles of tho locomotive building center of Kasscl and within 182 miles of Berlin. In nno 20-mile jump the. sev enth armored . division crossed the Edcr river and took Frltzlar, Id miles southwest of Kassel, and Alt Wlldungeit on the Wilde river. Tanks of the ninth armored division reached Borken and Treysa on the main Frankfurt Kasscl railroad. Tanks of the third army's sixth armored di vision also entered tne vicinity of Treysa after a Zl-mito stao. ITrnnt linn dlsnatchcs said Lt non rtinrtncv H. Hodces' third armored division shoved Into Paderborn at 9:35 a. m. today and kent going in. the news blackout that obscured its fur ther movements. The sensational drive was meotlng virtually no opposition and was less man no mues irum a Junction witn Marsnai air ncr nnrrt I. MontEomery's forces, whose oxact whereabouts like wise were hidden. , Paderborn -is on one of the main railways connecting the Fair and Warmer Easter Forecast . Fair and warmer was the fore cast for the Easter weekend. Factor hnnnets will probably be worn Sunday without threat of showers ana a recora aueuu anco is anticipated at the various Klamath Falls churches. , Sunrise services are planned on. the hill east of town by the Christian Endeavor Union at 8:45 a. m. Sunday. . u-i..th Fat . . eltv schools were closed today, Good Friday, this being tne oniy si'( -cation for the youngsters. It WasiVi Frank Sinatra! was not V-day parade that blocked the street In front of tt" JJ. "hM.-a, not a lock of some ij"'or strength for the next uea "V". im,fk, over- It mnv h. ii.ai.. ," which caused remarKs over Helped Make It Possible Ruhr with Berlin and is'- 25 miles south of Bielefeld, the only other , major railway link between the Industrial treasure chest and the German capital. 1st Close In 1 1 On : the first army's right flank, the Germans reported the fourth armored division which took Lauterbach had turned east and advanced upon Fulda, i 13 miles distant. . -. The northern arm of the; al lied pincers closing on the Ruhr roared eastward many mues to ward Muenstcr, where the peace of Westphalia in 1648 closed the 30 years war, and encountered its first semblance of a prepared enemy defense since . breaking throueh east of the Rhine. Correspondent William Frye said these defenses were hastily dug holes manned by. replace ment troops which were not ex pected to blunt the power push of three armored divisions. For 48 hours the exact points reacn ed by these British forces have been secret. . . ' ' The first army shot forward so fast its spearneads lost con - (Continued on Page -Two) Sunrise Service j To Be Held Here The annual' Klamath Falls Easter sunrise service, sponsored by Klamath-Lake Christian -Endeavor Union, will be held Sun day morning at 6:45 o'clock on the hill east of town. The ap proach to the hill is readily ac cessible from either Hillside or Melrose streets. A feature of the service will be music by the women's trio from the Nazareno church. The address will be :de-livni-orf hv Nnrman Frallev. ' . I 'As an alternate in event Of j stormy weather, the service win be held in the auditorium of the Christian . church, at 9th and Pine. . , ,: ! Robert Shipmdn Reported Missing Pvt. Charles Robert Shipman, 21, member of the United States army engineers, is listed as miss ing since March 6, according to word received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Floyd Ship man, 1405 Wlard. : Action in which young Ship man did not return occurred in the Alsace-Lorraine sector, the war department wire .advised. . Charles was born in Sullivan, Tnrt.: hut. lived here for many years, graduating with the class of 1U4Z irom iviuiHtuii uuiw" high school. For a time he was employed at tho Klamath county shops and enlisted in July of 1 0A'J TTorlv In .Tamiarv SluDmBn went .overseas -and .joined, the seventh army . In Europe. His father is employed as blademan, with the county highway depart ment. Charles is the only son of inn Jap COIilKS GIRLS Willie -Mae. Collins-anil' her sister,- Margarette,. held as ma terial" witnesses 'in. -thevcase of State .'Vs.? Heuvel,- were released fromsciistody today... ' Both : girls -have been', in the county jail, . Willie. Mae since January ft; of this year,, and Mar garette since December 20, 1944. Willie' Mae, '.-younger ; of. the twoV-testif ied-at-lhe- preliminary hearing-of former-Chief-of Po lice Heuvel-who, ' at that time, was -'charged with contributing to 'the delinquency of a minor. Heuvel . posted, bail but did not appear for - arraignment follow ing his indictment by the Klam ath county grand, jury. .; The 'Court was advised that Heuvel has not as yet, been ap prehended and that the case has been referred to the federal bur eau of investigation. ; Circuit Judge David; R. Van denberg .Signed the orders, re leasing the . two,', late- this after noon. - : , . District. , Attorney . Clarence ;(Coritinued.on Page Two) . Stevens '. Sentence Due Saturday Circuit Judge . David R. ' Van denberg, will pronounce sentence on PFC Herbert Daniel Stevens, Marine , Barracks; at . 10 a.-' m. Saturday. The 91-year-old ma rine was convicted of stealing from1 a person, when -a jury re turned this-verdict at 4 p. m. Wednesday. . .' The penalty, according to law, is a fine of $100 to $500, six months to one year in the coun ty jail,. or one to five years in the state penitentiary... Defense Attorney - Joseph C. O'Neill said today that .he did not - know whether ,or. not he Would' appeal. : .1"."." Pvt. Robert :. Shipman Missing (ft Yonks Land - UVJUI U UUIJ scrap ALLIEDNAVAL RYUKYU ISLES Ryukyu Attack First Joint Operation Of 2 Fleets ' By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor " American . amphibious troops landed on two more Philippine islands while combined Ameri can and British naval, forces at tacking, the. Ryukyu. islands car ried on the longest bombard ment of the Pacific war without an invasion announcement, Thq Ryukyu attack,. now pre sumably in its eighth day, is the first joint operation of the U. S. and British Pacific fleets in the Western Pacific. Presence of a powerful British carrier force was announced last night. The British contributed to a score of 13 Japanese vessels sunk, two damaged and more than 24 planes destroyed in scattered ac tions reported by American com muniques. : Radio Tokyo said a new force of ' 100 warships was cruising near Okinawa, . 325 miles south of Japan in the center of the Ryu kyu chain, screening a ; carrier fleet built around ten flat tops. Five hundred seaborne planes raided the three southern islands of Japan for ten hours yesterday, Tokyo reported, "to support the Okinawa "operation." Broadcasts said two new task forces ap peared last night, and , today in waters off southwestern Japan to continue the attack. -. One Japanese newspaper said "the enemy comes with a strength of- more than 2000 ships of all kinds." In the central Philippines the .(Continued on Page Two) T KILLED I ACTION TULELAKE Cpl. Robert Nelson. 24, eldest son of Mrs. Viola Nelson of Tulelake, was killed in action February 25, on Iwo Jima while serving with the fifth marine division, it was learned here Thursday. Word that her son had lost his life in action against - the Japanese came in a message from Gen. A. A. Vandergrift, commanding officer of the marine corps. ' ' Robert -was born in Granger, Wash., May 2, 1920. He moved to-Tulelake with his family at the- age- of 15, and was grad uated with the class of 1939 from Tulelake high school. Prior to his enlistment, Rob ert farmed with his brother Bill. He enlisted in the marine para troops on November 1, 1942, served for 11 months in the South Pacific and saw action in the battle for Bougainville. When the marine paratroops were disbanded, Robert return ed to the United States for five months. He then joined the fifth division in July, and transferred to marine infantry. After leaving the States, Rob ert took part in . the invasion of Guam. While en route to that point, the marine had'the opportunity of visiting with his ' cousin, Tilden Osborne- of Tulelake, serving with the Sea bees at Pearl Harbor. Last word from Robert came from Guam early, in February. ... ' In addition to' his mother, Robert . is survived by : his brother, Bill of Tulelake.- one sister,' PFC Evelyn Nelson of the Wac who arrived from Great Falls, Mont., to be with her mother this week. : There are also three', half-brothers, Ivan of the United States navy in California, Paul, at Ellens burg, Wash.; and Kenneth at Vancouver, Wash: Robert ! was the nephew of G. W. OsUornje of Tulelake. s ; : - 1 Robert was one of 'four well known Klamath county men-to enlist in the marine paratroops at the same time. Of the four, two have lost their lives, one was" badly wounded, and the fourth has not been heard from for some time. Those killed in action are Robert and Cpl. Rollo B. Cheyne, 21. wounded is Keith Gentry, and the fourth is Fred Biemer o Henley. FORGES BLAST Kobe Foocho 'Hi FORMOSA Pacific Oceon . f PHILIPPINES w . .... STATUtt MlilS American troops landed on Cebu -island (A) in the Philip pines while Japanese broadcasts continued ' to report American landings on the Kerama islands off the coast of Okinawa in the Ryukyu chain. In a blow at southern Japan, B-29s bombed Omura, naval air station on Kyushu island, one of the Japa nese home chain, (AP wire photo map). ' ' UPH BILL DOOMED TO DEFEAT WASHINGTON, March' 30 (P) Senator ' Brooks (R-Ill.) asserted today the' manpower control bill gives, one. man .."the. poorer to shackle and bind both labor and industrial management to future governmental-fdiet.w -- The' Roosevelt-endorsed meas ure admittedly was threatened with a legislative death sentence in- the senate. - J ; ; J"Under this JawLBrooks said in a senate speech, "we would say to the patriotic men and wo men of labor and management, as;well; 'now that you have pro duced the supplies for the great est armed force of- American history, now that you have pro duced . the supplies for; our .al lies, when their backs were.- to the wall until the very .eve of victory in Europe, you will henceforth' be denied the indi vidua! freedom for which your sons and daughters have fought or died and for which you have produced so much'." An informal survey by Sen ator Taft. (R-Ohio) showed... 39 senators against the bill, 35 in favor. . , . .. . :; Hash Sues Owner Of Hash House Albert L. HaslvChemult res taurant operator,, today filed suit for $15,000 damages In cir cuit' ' court against Joe Bella vance who also conducts an eat ing house in the northern Klam ath county community. ; Hash charges that he leased "Joe's Cafe" at Chemult on De cember 29. 1943. the lease run ning "for the duration." At that time, Hash contends, Bellavance agreed not to enter tne restau rant business in . Chemult, but did not live ud to .the agree- ment and is now engaged in that line, in addition. Hash said Bellavance cut off the water supply to Hash's restaurant and no water is avauaoie. . In addition to $15,000, Hash also seeks costs land disburse ments through his attorneys, R. F. McLaren and U. S. Balentine. Lost On Iwo Jima JGk . . 3 JAPAN fiocho- OKINAWA "A. -.FV . Cpl. Robert Nelson h ' .' By JOHN F. CHESTER LONDON March 30 (AP) Danzig, where the wor'e shooting began in 1939, fell today to the red army. Marshal Stalin announced .capture of the 10th century port a few hours after the German high command had broad cast a report of its loss. - Stalin's broadcast order of the day said "the national banner of the Polish state" was hoisted over the former free city of Danzig. He announced 10,000 Germans were taken .prisoner. . ......... .. ' Marshal Rokossovsky closed on the naval base so swiftly and efficiently, Stalin disclosed, that 45 U-boats were cap tured. .- , - , , Polish tankmen took part in the exploit, Stalin said. The Germans said, however, that fighting still was' in progress on the Wesrerplotte, a sandy spit forming Danzig harbor where Poles held out in a fortress for a week in 1939. A city of 238,000, Danzig had oeen under close siege . since March 23, when the third White Russian army of Marshal Vasi levsky drove to Zoppot on the Bay of Danzig, and separated the city from its rival Polish port of Gdynia, since -fallen .to the Russians. The' Russians en circled both Gdynia and' Danzig on March 12,- when they reached the bay north of Gdynia. - - . SS Troops Fight SS troops fought bitterly on the many sections of the- city, cut by - the waterways of the Vistula estuary. Danzig -is a city of 50 bridges. Stronghold of the Teutdnic knights ' and fa mous in the medieval Hanseatic league, : Danzig' is predominant ly German in -population.- Hit ler" demanded "that its status as a free city be cancelled and its territory be' annexed to' the reich along with a' "corridor" across the Polish corridor. This was -the immediate cause of the conflict which broke out .on September' 1, 1939. . , . . The nazis, using methods. sim: ilar to those -adopted - for the conquest of Norway In 1940, smuggled "' troops - and SS'- men under civilian- uise - into the city prior to the outbreak.. .. . . ; Poles Avenged.' , iY i In reaching Danzig' the, Rus ,ians..avenged.ythe:t2p2rt gallant Poies who inu September,. 1939, stirred . the . world ; with-; their epic, seven-day . stand- on the Westerplatte; the' little . penin sula in: Danzig harbor ..which held a small Polish munitions dump. .. 1:': ,; ...v: i- The German - training: ship Schleswig-Holsteln opened . up from her berth not far"from the Westerplatte, September 1. Ger mans rushed to the streets, to find placards on' the walls 'an nouncing Hitler's fateful - step. Albert Forster, the nazi . leader in Danzig, was . very. much, in evidence, driving -around in his well-pressed . uniform in a -large car; - He gave Prof. Carl .J. Burckhardt, high commissioner of ' the -League of' Nations if or the free city, two hours to leave Danzig..' ' " " " "' Many-Poles were hauled from their houses ' and marched through" the streets 'to intern ment camps, Down by the river the white sides of the Schleswig-HOlstein were black with smoke as she pumped . shell after shell into the Westerplatte. Only machine-gun- and rifle - fire came back. The Poles had one: three-inch gun, but it was destroyed after firing the 30th round. ..- All day long in Danzig the German, radio poured forth Hit ler's order, of the day, his speech to' the relchstag and the music of Wagner. Flags be decked the city. There was an almost gala air about the om inous events that day. American Balloting Power Second to None Demanded For United Nations Meet ' By JACK BELL WASHINGTON, March. 30 W) A secret Big Three voting ratio agreement for the proposed world peace-keeping assembly prompted a demand today for American balloting power, sec ond to none. As now projected'' in the made-in-Malta pact the ration would be 6-3-3 for the British, the United States and Russia. The demand came from Chair man B loom (D-N.Y.) of the house foreign affairs committee and a member of the American delegation to the San Francisco United Nations conference which must decide the issue. Bloom told a reporter in' the wake of White House disclosure of the Crimean agreement that "by any reasoning we should have the same vote as1 any' em pire or any country, in the world." . . : . Bloom, left no. doubt that the American 'delegation will be asked to sponsor a proposal of this nature if - the Yalta under standing to' :'give the United States and Russia ' three votes each in the assembly is pressed at Sari' Francisco. ' . Secretary of State Stettlnius said today nothing had hap- ALLIED Al MIGHT . LONDON, March 30 fP) More than 1400 American heavy bombers and an escort of 900 fighters the largest concentra- ' tion sent out by the eighth air force this year attacked Ger many's North Sea ports of Brem en, -Hamburg .and. " Wilhelm shaven today. The massive attacks were' in. tended to cut off any seaborne supplies destined for the Ger man armies in the north. Bomber targets included sub marine - building yards, naval vessels in port, oil storage depots and harbor installations; "It was the biggest attack ever made on a series of major ports, with, the idea being to put them' all out of business simul taneously," a staff officer said, . Some good-sized German war, ... (Continued on. Page, Two) General Jurnage Praises M arines . " Warm tribute to the marines who fought Japs and disease in the Pacific, was paid by one of their assault commanders, Gen eral A.-H. T'urnage, at a luncheon given in his honor at noon today by the chamber of commerce at the Pelican cafe. , General Turnage, director of personnel for the marine corps, with" headquarters at Washing ton, D. C, came here .to visit the Marine Barracks; where many of the veterans of the Pacific fighting are stationed. General- Turnage was in com mand of assault operations at Bougainville and Guam in which Colonel-George! O.- Van Orden, Marine Barracks commanding officer, participated. '-. . The general outlined he marine campaigns in the Pacific in a brief address to chamber directors, committee chairmen, and Marine Barracks officers. Paul Landry, chairman of the military affairs committee of the chamber, made a presentation of a Klamath pine chest of potatoes, onions and wild plum preserves as a gift -from the chamber to the visitor. General Turnage left, this afternoon. ATTENTION FARMERS On page 7 of today's paper is an important story outlining farm wage regulations, given by a WFA official. on a visit to Klamath Falls. It is suggested this carefully checked story be clipped for reference. . t pencAJlo discourage him about creanSg a successful world or ganization at San Francisco, But ho declined to; discuss the Big Three vote ratio projected at Yalta. - : :.' Stettinius held a news con ference immcdiatelyHafter con ferring with .three members of the U. S. delegation Senators Tom . ; Connally (D-Tex.) and Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MichJ -f and Rep. Sol Bloom (D-N.Y.) : When they departed, the con gressmen told reporters who sought more details of the agreement on voting in the prospective . world assembly that Stettinius would have a statement. Instead, the secretary of ' state said he would answer questions next week. The White House announced yesterday that Premier Stalin had asked for one vote- for the Moscow government and one each for the Ukrainian republic and the White Russian republic. President Roosevelt, and Prime Minister Churchill a g r e e d to back this claim, provided the ;. United States . is . given three : votes also. " " . Declaring that . the British (Continued on Page Two) Mr. and Mrs. S?ipropn. i ' 6r dispensed, i -
