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RYUKYILISLES
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veteran Amcrieal division invad
ed tiny Cauit island, former sea
plane base, and Mactan where
the Japanese put the torch to
the largest coconut oil refinery
in the archipelago. Thirty Philip
pine islands have now been re
Invaded. The invasion force
jumped off from nearby Cebu
where other Americal units cap
tured two airfields.
United States air forces lost
their most advanced airdrome in
northern China. A Chungking
announcement said the 14th air
force pulled out of Laohokow,
200 miles northwest of Hankow.
Monday in the face of a fast
drive by 80,000 Japanese who
pparen'tlv also enveloped Nan
vane, important Chinese bastion
in Honan province,
Most of the Japanese shipping
losses were off the China coast
in land-based actions coordinated
with the Ryukyu bombardment
Four freighters were sunk off
Hainan island, five off Formosa,
two by navy search planes in the
Bonin islands south of Tokyo,
and one by British carrier planes
in tht Sakishima trrouD of the
southern Ryukyus. The British
also destroyed 20 planes and left
a town in flames.
British Force Strong
The British task force was de
scribed as a powerful, self-sustaining
unit including the 35,-000-ton
battleship King George
V. and the 23,000-ton carrier Il
lustrious, both famed for their
operations in the' Atlantic. The
force has been converted into a
fast, self-sustaining long range
unit. The strike was made by
only a part of the British Pa
cific fleet, operating under con
trol of A dm. R. A. Spruance,
commander of the U. S. fifth
fleet.
Japanese claimed five more al
; lied ships were sunk or damaged
in the Ryukyu-Japan operation,
making a total of 35. Adm.
Chester W. Nimitz announced a
strong Japanese air and PT boat
attack was beaten off.
The navy announced loss of
two U. S. craft in other actions,
making a total of 277 of all types
for the war. Unofficial reports
said 300 Americans were lost
when the escort . carrier Bis
marck Sea was sunk during the
recent conquest of Iwo Jima.
Yanks in central Luzon count
ed 1338 more Japanese dead
bringing Gen. Douglas MacAr
thur's total estimate of enemy
casualties in the Philippines to
298,462.
- A French communique ' said
French soldiers were still resist
ing the Japanese in Indo-Cnina.
The 20th air force confirmed a
Japanese report that about 40 India-based
Superforts bombed
Singapore yesterday.
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and disintegration of the carl
structure.
THERE are wild stories wild
A er than usual, that is of
new nail secret weapons of a
more terrifying nature than any
thing yet hinted at.
Listen to them. Keep your
fingers crossed. Rememoer tnat
in dealinK with insane criminals
who have forfeited every right
to human consideration, who are
now ravening cornered wolves.
killinz their own people as
readily as they kill enemies,
whose sole remaining purpose is
to kill and smash anrt destroy
in the hope of prolonging their
own miserable lives as long as
may oe, ain x rrimLr is possioie.
-But save this thought:
IF these now-being-cornered
naxis HAD such a secret weapon
as they Doast oi ana spreaa
rumors about, they"d BE, USING
IT NOW. in this last desperate
extremity, instead of merely
talking about it.
ACROSS the world, something
hifmr than snvthine we've
known yet in the Pacific, is
huildinu uo in the Ryukyus.
A British naval task force has
joined us there, adding its
weight of battleships, cruisers,
aircraft carriers and necessary
auxiliary craft to the mighty
fleet we already had assembled.
The Jap radio tells today of a
fleet "of more than 100 warships
with about ten battleships as its
mainstay" cruising around Oki
nawa and screening ANOTHER
task force that includes "more
than ten" big aircraft carriers.
A force of such magnitude
HAS AN OBJECT. Its object In
this case is undoubtedly the
Ryukyus.
rIE Ryukyus screen the East
China sea. The East China
sea is the entrance to all of in
terior China, by way of the val
leys of China's great rivers and
their related rail and highway
routes. It is by these entrances
that the Japanese must get their
forces into interior China and
MAINTAIN THEM THERE.
With the East China sea closed
to them, they would be in a
rather bad way.
So look for them to defend
the Ryukyus as they defended
Iwo Jima with this difference:
They will have bigger force to
start with than they had on Iwo.
U. S. Balloting
Power Demanded
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would have six seats for the
United Kingdom, Canada, Aus
tralia, India, New Zealand and
South Africa, Bloom said it
would be "unfair" for the Unit
ed States to have only three.
"By the same reasoning," he
said, "we should have six."
While there was some dispo
sition to discount the contro
versy over voting strength in
an assembly that, in fact will
have little more than debating
powers. Senator Vandenberg
CR-Mich.) indicated he would
champion the cause of the little
nations.
I deeply disagree with any
voting proposal which would
destroy the 'sovereign equality
of nations' in the peace league's
assembly, as previously pro
posed at Dumbarton Oaks,"
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ships were believed to have
been in the target area. Recent
reconnaissance showed a large
number of two-man submarines
in Wilhelmshaven harbor.
U. S. 15th air force heavy
bombers, flying from Italy, at
tacked rail yards at Vienna and
Grar.
Fast RAF Mosquito bombers
struck ravaged Berlin last night
for the 37tn tune in au nignis.
The Moscmitos. which laid
two-ton blockbusters on Berlin,
also attacked other undisclosed
objectives in northwest Ger
many. From these raids and
yesterday afternoon's heavy
bomber attack on a oenzoi plant
near Brunswick, one escorting
fighter plane was missing, the
air ministry saia.
American First Army
Tank Columns Smash
Ahead to Paderborn
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tact with hcadauarters. The
Germans said one armored col
umn had reached Bad Wlndun
gen, 20 miles southwest of the
great rail center of Kassel, 170
miles from Berlin.
The ninth army broke loose
overnight in a race along the
northern rim of the Ruhr, by
passine most of the great in
dustrial cities of the valley.
The British second army ap
peared to be veering northeast
ward toward me great pons oi
Hamburg. Bremen and Wilhelm
shaven. The whole onsurge on
the 21st army group front in the
north was in high gear from the
Muenster plain to the Odewald.
Infantry alone tramped 18 miles
forward in a day, and tanks still
were running unchecked along
clear roads.
On every sector, supreme
headquarters said officially that
advances were going well.
In 48 hours, more than 60,000
Germans have surrendered. The
prized old cities of Frankfurt on
the Main, Mannheim and Heidel
berg have fallen with little op
position. Hundreds of lesser
places have fallen.
Actual positions of vanguards
of the American first, ninth and
third armies were obscured by
the news blackout which also
covered the British second and
Canadian first armies. The Cana
dians, however, cleared the
Rhine fortress town of Emmer
ich save for snipers.
The first army's armored
drive curling around the east
end of the Ruhr the tanks
clanked 55 miles over open
roads from dawn to dusk yes
terday was the fastest of the!
war. I
At supreme headquarters, of
ficers said the British drive
north of the Ruhr had pene-l
iratea 4U miles beyond the
Rhine. Security barred disclos
ure of advances in other direc
tions. Vandenberg said in a statement
He, too, is a delegate.
'This applies just as much to
extra votes for us as well as
any other nation," Vandenberg
said. "This assembly must come
to be tomorrow's free and un
trammeled 'town meeting of the
world.' The voice of the great
powers will be amply protected
in the council."
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Daniel Wann
Killed on Iwo
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Wann of
Roseburg, formerly of Sprnguc
River, wore notified by the war
department this week that their
son, Sgt. Daniel M. Wann, was
killed on iwo Jima nlarcn l.
Sgt. Wann. serving with the
United States marine corps, en
listed June. 1V4U. until tnat
time he made his homo in
Sprague River. His father was
a member of Wolford and Wann.
operators of a pioneer Sprague
River store. Sgt. Wann was
born In Klamath Falls on July
13. 1920. 1
Chaplain Oliver Jones of the
naval air station spoke at an
Easter program of the Rotary
club at the Wlllard Friday noon,
taking as his theme the outlook
of the two robbers who were
crucified on either side of Jesus.
He portrayed them as guerilla
revolutionists rather than rob
bers, and one as taking the
short sighted, material view
that all was lost, in comparison
to his fellow who could visualize
the spiritual life and who asked
Christ to remember him In His
world.
Ph M Sc Lynn Bauman of
the Marine Barracks sang "The
Lord's Prayer," accompanied by
Betty OConnor. Rev. victor
Phillips arranged the Rotary
program.
Double Services
tanned Sunday
Two Identical services will be
presented at the First Presbyter
ian church, 6th ond Pine, on
Easter Sunday, with the first at
8 a. m. and the second at 11
o'clock.
The ministry of music at the
morning services will be fur
nished by the ndult choir, and
will be taken from Handel's
Messiah.
Music for the evening vesper
service at 5 o'clock will bo fur
nished by the youth choir.
Overall Dance The Town-
send club Is sponsoring an
'overall dance Saturday night.
March 31, to be held In the
KC hall. Everyone attending is
requested to wear overalls.
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Humble presented a motion In
court this morning In connection
with the roleoso on grounds that
tho girls had been held as "long
ns good conscience, Justice and
fair dealing would require they
remain In Jail."
The order, signed by the court,
also provides thut the girls be
paid $1.60 per day for each day
they havo been held as material
witnesses. '
District Attorney Humble said
that ho had the promise of the
Ion uirls that they would be
availubla at such a lima as lieu
vcl was found and brought to
trial. Since the original indict
ment, tho former chief has also
hrn Indicted on charges of rape
and sodomy involving two other
women.
Circuit Judge David R, Van-
denbera this morning signed
orders releasing Robert James
Baker and Clarence Thompson I
from custody. The motion was !
made by District Attorney Clar-'
ence Humble. I
Both Baker and Thompson !
were Indicted by the Klamath :
county grand jury January 31,1
1945. Baker was charged with ;
larceny by embezzlement.
Thompson' with being accessory
to a felony. Both cases con
cerned the alleged theft of
money from tho property of
Thomas 1). Beam of Merrill.
District Attorney Humblo ad
vised the court that Beam has
left the state, was last heard
from In the state of Washing
ton, but efforts to locate him
have been futile. Thompson
and Baker havo been In - the
county jail since prior to tho
Indictment, both held In lieu
of bail.
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Edward C. Sammons was named
R resident of the United States
atlonal Dank of Portland to
day, succeeding Paul 8. Dick,
long-time pro-tldont who be
comes chairman of tho board of
directors,
Alexander M. Wright retires
as first vice president and will
be succeeded by Abbot L. Mills
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tifrirer of tlio Wac In Portland
visited Klniuuth Falls Thursday.
Ho remained In town over
night, leaving for Mod ford Frl
duy morning, continuing an of
ficial Inspection tour of Wac
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Hans Norland Fire Insurance,
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