Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, April 05, 1945, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Texti H ill KM ; s fit I 1 8 1! M m hi -;i if s t I TWO HERALD AND NEWS lifiir If HONG KONGHIT; lit MKGI1- .if - (Continued From Page Onel forward from three to five miles unopposed. Heavy artillery and mortar fire from well organized Japa nese units yesterday put the brakes on the 24th corps drive toward Naha, limited gains on the southwestern coast to 2000 yards, and stopped the 7th di vision push on the southeast coast after an advance of only 500 yards. Near Airstrip The 24th corps units were within 3000 yards of Machinato airstrip and four miles from Naha. The southeast drive reached the vicinity of Nakagu suku after overrunning several entrenchments and fortified Marine t h Ir d amphibious corps forces continued rapid ex tension of their northern lines for distances of from three to five miles, then took a brief respite to avoid overextension of communications and supplies. Wage Hearings For Farm Workers Set ". Alden E. Orr, Oregon WFA agricultural wage board execu tive, notified C. A. Henderson, county agent, that agricultural wage hearings will probably be held in the Klamath district April 11 and 12. ' Hearings may only be held when petitions have been signed by 51 per cent of growers re tint thpm. Petition forms have already been sent out, and hearings will probably be held for Klamath April 11, and for Tulelake April 12, Henderson stated. Employe Files Suit To Recover $695 Suit to recover S695 was filed In circuit court today by George Hixson vs. Ralph L. Smith Lum ber company. U. S. Balentine is attorney for the plaintiff. Hixson . charged- that while working for the company he re ceived injuries which made it necessary to employ physicians' ahd surgeons' : services to the amount of $695, Date of injury was given as September 27, 1944. He also seeks costs and disbursements. delicious NEW breakfast idea Nut-brown; crisp-toasted Post's 40 Bran Flakes plus sweet, ten der raisins right in the same package. It's a flavorful combina tion to set your mouth to watering. Your whole family will love It Ask your grocer for Post's Raisin Bran in the big Mue-and-white package I jsri BRAN I COMB MED twm h stSAR-siveer Y jfjjjj! TDR J """" - Alt .,. 2 d MSS, fMl M1 Tickets $5.50 Value iij fiSK' UttUlif for $5.00 m . : I FINER TEXTURE and TASTE I ijj , infififiSa. fSi The result of quality ingredi. if !i ' " V I "SK enriched of oure; bal- ill - msCf J Pfw anced bakin9 nd Morning I vLwXvSSkmsfk TREAT Y0UR If litMMB Thursday. April 3. 194S Service Men and Women Home on Leave -DTMuf 1 - riAiiA Cunlai. USN. home from San Diego until April Z5. Ensign Keith B. McGillivary from Hollywood. Fla. Here until April 7. The above service people are entitled to free passes to the (huatnic nnri fre fmmtnin service at Lost River dairy by courtesy oi uoya L.amo or inc theatres and R. C. Woodruff of the dairy. Please call at The Herald and News office (ask for Paul Haines) for your courtesy tickets. TACOMA, April 4 (JP) You can now buy plywood on a doc tor's prescription. . , . . A recent revision of the war production board order, limiting the sale of fir plywood says: "Ratines (to purchase panels) will be granted to individuals where the plywood is to be used as a bed support, when speci fied by a physician's prescrip tion." Doctors advised patients for years to place a piece of ply wood between springs and mattress to prevent back strain from sagging, ill-fitting beds, industry leaders explained. It has been unavauaoie, now- ever, during the war. But some months ago Dr. Noble W. Jones, of-the Portland clinic, urged WPB to permit the purchase of plywood for orthopedic treat ment and the new order fol lows. Hunted Man to Be Tried For Murder PORTLAND, April 5 M) Harry Edward Lewis, 33, whom police had been hunting since August, 1943, in the shooting of a red-headed divorcee, will be brought here to stand trial. Lewis was arrested on a ranch near Soda Springs, Ida., where he was living with a girl he mar ried after leaving Portland. W. G. Banister, FBI agent at Pocatello, said Lewis confessed to shooting 25-year-old Virginia D. Gillen, his brother-in-law's ex-wife, on August 18, 1943. The woman's nude body was found in Lewis' apartment here. Shortly afterward a warrant was issued charging Lewis with first degree murder. Both he ana Mrs.-Gillen were shipyard worKers. If It's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one in the classified. DEVELOPING ENLARGING PRINTING - PHOTO SERVICE 211 Underwood Bldg. 1 Every Day Is ". SOMEBODY'S BIRTHDAY! We Specialize In Gilts For Him RUDY'S 600 Main EDDIE'S STEAK HOUSE 127So.7th SPECIAL STEAK DINNERS Southern Fried Chicken 60e MERCHANT'S LUNCH Includes Soup Salad Dessert - Coffee Souvenir Hunter Home on Leave; Wounded Four Times Motorized reconnaissance trips that took him as far as 200 miles Inside technically German held territory were among the experiences of Lt. Ralph Taylor, Klamath Falls boy who is home on furlough after receiving four wounds in France and Italyi Lt. Taylor, who described himself as a confirmed souvenir collec- EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Pase One) touted as Koiso's successor, is described as a "moderate." Back in 1936, when he was lord chamberlain of Japan (whatever that may be) he was badly gashed up In the revolt of the crazy young Jap officers who daimprl hp was counselling tile emperor to maintain a policy of moderation and peace in tact, ne nearly niea oi iu& wounds. H hai dnrA hppn in retire ment apparently very much in disgrace. IF all this is true (it's never very safe to believe anything you hear about a Jap) Suzuki WOULDN'T be much of a choice as a win-the-war premier. But he minht appeal to the Japs as a get-us-pcace premier now that Russia s impending (sooner or later) entrance into me war knocks out any lingering hope of a Jap victory. we 11 watcn wun consiaeraoie interest to see what Suzuki (if the finger is put on him) does. IF you re wise, you 11 be under nn Holncinns nc tn whv the Russians are coming in if they do. Stalin wants a finger in the PACIFIC Die. If he stays out of the Jap war. Tie won't have much standing in the Jap peace. www VWE'RE still doing all right on " Okinawa although we're meeting stiffer resistance as we approach Naha. A hundred and sixty miles to the north of Okinawa, we smack the Amami islands with a naval task force, sinking a number of shiDS. It's lust possible that the Japs may have been assembling reinforcements there and we struck before they could get started. a WfE take Masbate island, in the " Philippines. Again the go ing seems fairly easy. (Be care ful when you say "easy" fighting it doesn't go well with the GIs who are doing it. What is meant is COMPARATIVELY easy compared with Iwo, say.) EISENHOWER in a letter to - FDR says today that a "clean cut military surrender" by the nazis is improbable. . He thinks a V-E day will come about onlv by a proclamation on our part wnenever we tninic we nave tne situation in hand. He adds that he is "hopeful of launching operations at the proper time that should partially prevent a guerrilla control of any large area, such as the south ern mountain bastion (Hitlers hideout.)" TN the north, the Germans ap pear unable to make a stand at the Weser river and are re ported by our air scouts in full flight for the Elbe. . Patton is out in the open in the Thuringian plain and is mov ing toward the Russians 170 miles away to the east. (He may be heading down to Plaven to cut the last railroad but one from the north into Hitler's hide out.) The Russians are flowing around Vienna slowly. There is every indication that the nazis plan there the same kind of last stand battle they tried in Bud apest. They are rushing in big King Tiger tanks, self-propelled guns, etc., and are fighting fanatically inside the city. Nothing new has happened in Italy yet. Swedish reports today assert that German workers are stay ing away from their benches by thousands a sort of sit-down strike against the war, if true. from loss of Giooomon? Girls r Women! It you low so much dur ing monthly periods that you reel weak, "dragged out" this may be due to low blood Iron. So try Lydla E. Plnkham's TABLTTs ona of the beat homo ways ta h-lp build up red blood In such cases. PlnJtham's Tablets are one of the great est blood-Iron tonics you can buy. follow label directions. lydia E. Pinta'i TACICTS tor, brought home batch of hnttlefield souvenirs and has manv more which will arrive later. . . . On one occasion, Li. tayior took an allied patrol from Grenoble, 2U0 miles to the Swiss border. Purpose of Hie trip was to "feel ' out" enemy control along the highways, the idea being to go forward in Jeeps "un til somebody began shooting at you." Most of the towns were found 'to be in control of the French Maquis. The patrol party went through two road blocks, and actually ran alongside Ger man convoys, going in the same direction, without r e o e i v i n g any belligerent, attention. They reached the Swiss border at Gen- a. Lt. Tavlor was a Klamath na tional guardsman and spent some time at Camp Clatsop. He was at Schoficld Barracks in Ha waii on December 7, 1041, and shot at the raiding Jap planes with a rifle. "I don't think I hit any," he said. He returned to the U. S. in March, 1942, went to officers' school in Georeia. and went over seas as a casual officer in No vember. 1943. He joined the 4Stn division at Anzio, and was wounded May 30, 1944, in the drive for Kome. tie rejoined nis outfit in time for the move into southern France. He was wound ed twice near Bruyeres in the French fighting, and finally re ceived a broken arm from a dui lct wound in the St. Die sector. He received a bayonet wound at Bruyeres when a nazl came up out of a hole and clipped him as he. went over. His orderly and runner disposed of the Ger man. Lt. Tavlor was in charge of a company that crossed the Mo selle river. His outfit had tough going on a iwo weeits sittna in deep forest, attacking every dawn, and he was the 84th casu alty out of 140 men in the fort night. The Klamath - man is home from Barnes hospital. Vancou ver. He is visiting his wife, the former Elizabeth Burton, and mother, Mrs. May Taylor. He is the son of former County Treasurer ueorge f . Taylor. Taylor is wearing the Infantry Combat badge, Silver Star with cluster. Bronze ttar ana Furple Heart with three clusters. He will display his collection of souvenirs Monday evening at 11... .Utn -..-...I ..'41.. iiio stale (juaiu medium nt U1C armory. Third Army Now 132 Miles From Berlin; Germans Flee (Continued From Page One) fantry mopped up, processing io,4a4 prisoners yesterday, bringing the 14-day bag to 63,' 406 for the third armv alone. British and Americans in the north jabbed to the Weser op posite Jiameiin, town of tne fabled Pied Piper, after joining at Minden. 47 miles from the great north German port of Bremen. Ninth army armor reached Minden after a 10-mile dash north from Bad Oeynhau sen, meeting British sixth air borne troops at the western out skirts. After the Weser river, only the Elbe remains as a wa ter barrier to Berlin. Markets Here Warned On Ceiling Rules License warning notices have been given Mallory's "Y" mar ket, Lakeview junction, and Palace market, 524 Main, by the office of price administra tion, for violations of maximum price regulations. Both markets were warned for selling meat above ceiling prices. Mallory's "Y" signed a state ment promising to discontinue any further evasions or viola tions. The Palace market was also warned for upgrading commodi ties. Tboostnds of ma tod womaa iobdo mat tim-t4jile4 nun TablMa brinf ipdci. JUPPT reljef to lt, p-robbing Tznpionu or cu indljeition. tch. Tuto dtUcxna, easy to una nan m fooa BlcfaTc atep and waka op la tha noraing tiling Ilka $1,000,000. Oat fantiia. Stuart TaMata at jmt dnnjfUt onlr 25c, 60c, or SI JO under Dak. poaiUre nosaj-back fnarantao. Building Owners For b 1 1 r service let us know your future needs now. No obligation for inspection. Grem's Roofing Service 337 E. Main Ph. 4838-5781 CAN'T KEEP GRANDMA IN HER CHAIR Sh' at Lively as Youngater Now her Backache is better Sill ?h? ?l,imm'J tb". ! 5? 7.!nlr InwWe may lM llrrd kldmys. Ibj ludneya are Natuns'a Mel way o( tile- ESJi W"? .""'" "" out " blood. Thy help moat people paaa about 3 pinta a day, Wkicn diaordor of kidney function permlu polionmia matter to remain In your blood. It may eauao nagging backache, rheumatic paina, iri paina, lore oi prp and ancriry, ftctlinc up etghla, mlling, puSneaa under I be oven, iwadacbeo end diinnraa. Frequent or Manly ea with amartlon and burning aome- " ther? .'MwUileg wont with your kidneys or bladder. piK'JI"1 A,l',y,?'' Jnisirlrt for Doan'a S i "'ujly by mllUona for over toili?1"? f 15 bPP""f nd will help lb 1 mllee of kidney tubea fluib out polion oua waate (no your blood. Cat Doau puii. 11 SUITS FILED HERE riimmii nlt nf S23.000 each ...n tu.A in rirnitt court to day, one by John A. Martin vs. tne souincrn rui'iia- tuinuiiji the other by K. H. Wclkcr vs. nnt Nnrthi.rn Hnlhvav com pany. Both suits were for In- juries civci v.. '- tuiiiin nmnlnvcd bv the rullroud companies. Martin charged that on No vember 16, 1944, while work ing as a section hand with the Southern Pacific, he struck a n..nv ..nil . with his ntrk nnd caused a piece of steel to strike lus leu eye, causing peiinuuum iniury. The plaintiff set forth thut he was 23 years of ago at the timo and Inexperienced and that he should have been In structed in the proper methods of working with a pick on frozen gravel. His attorney is U. S. Balentine. Welkcr. in his suit against the Great Northern, charged that in lato June of 1944, he was employed as a fireman at the Klamath Falls terminal. At that time he was working In side a cab of a dlcsel engine while switching operations were under way and that tho loco motive was defective and leak ed monoxide gas into the cab. This caused Welkcr to inhale the gas, he charged, and he be .Dm. ill nnrl tha red rornusclcs of his blood died as a result of the gas. He suffered permanent en fecblemcnt, the complaint stat ed, as well as loss of time on the job. William P. Lord and Ben Anderson, Portland attor neys, represent the plaintiff. King Advocates U. S. Fleet, Overseas Bases NEW YORK, April 5 (P) Adm. Ernest J. King, fleet com mander-in-chief, says thut the United States should maintain overseas bases after the war "im plemented by an appropriate fleet ready for action." King, who spoke at a meeting sponsored by the Academy of Political Science and the Carne gie Endowment for International Peace, said: "How long can the United States afford to continue a cycle of fighting and building and winning and giving away only to fight and build and win and give away again? Spain Forbids Nazi Planes to Land MADRID. April 5 (Pi Ger man commercial planes have been forbidden to land in Spain, effective immediately. thus severing Germany's last authorized ' transportation link with this neutral country, Gcr man Quarters said. German Lufthansa transports had been maintaining nightly service between Berlin and Madrid. MAYBE HE READS? LOS ANGELES, April 5 UP) While taking a walk with his mistress, Mrs. E. H. James, a dog, named Toby, ran into a va cant lot and began digging furl ously. After awhile. Tobv uncov. cred a jewel box, which was found to contain 14 s m d at num tubes. Mrs. James' hus band, having read of the theft oi ?juu worm of radium from the offices of Dr. Wllmot F. Robinson, telephoned the physi cian, wno luemirien Tony a find as the missing element., Hans Norland Insures Furni ture. .118 North 7th. Matinee Daily-Open 1:30-6:4! PHONE 4567 ,coto inc' vVB"-' V1 vmsss " . . (a rilir m - The War At a Glance . By The Awocieted Press The Western Front: British nnd Americans smashed up to the .Weser river on u solid 40 milo front; Cnnudions drove northeastward In Holland; third army advanced on open Thuringian plain, 85 miles from bisecting Germuny; pressure on Ruhr pocket con tinued; seventh mopped up in Wuci-zbiirg. The Rusiian Front: Red army troops captured suburb li miles from Vienna city limits, breuklng strongrst anti-tank line; other troops surged north and west of cap tured Mriitislnvn; last Germans driven from Hungary. The Italian Frontt Front generally nulct. Opposition reported risimt In Valll dl Comacchlo sector. The Pacific Front: Amer icans driving on Nnha, Oki nawa capital, slowed by stif fening resistance; marines on northern flunk gained throe to five miles, virtually unop posed; Tokyo announced Koiso cabinet resigned cn bloc; Mas bate Island In central Philip pines reported overrun in new American invasion; Mac Arthur said enemy lifeline to East Indies was completely cut by chain of U, S. air bases. TO ASSUME DUTIES With Past Exalted Ruler L. Orth Slsemorc as installing offi cer, new officers of Klamath Falls lodge of Elks will take over their duties in ceremonies tonight. Past Exalted rulers will occupy the chairs for tho instal lation event. Ray Ruger will head the new officers, taking over as exalted ruler, succeeding Jack Linman. A "birthday dinner" will pre cede the business meeting. Farm Groups Ask For Wheat Price Ceilings WALLA WALLA, April 8 (IP) Representatives of eight Pacific northwest farm organizations concluding a two-day meeting here yesterday, recommended that stale war food administra tion wago stabilization boards hold hearings In wheat areas of Washington, Oregon and Idaho "to try to establish ceilings in the wheat areas so that a fair wage will be paid and the corps of the areas shall be harvested' The meeting also set uo a committee, composed of two representatives of each organlza tlon, to formulate .recommends- tions for postwar farm com modity price stabilization. This committee, headed by Charles Nish of Mikkalo, Ore., of the eastern Oregon wheat league, will meet here later this month and report at a general meeting within 00 days. NOW! 1 MUST SEE IT AGAIN ExclainMd Htmdrodt Who Saw H Vsterday, ITS TRULY A TRIUMPH' Muicrr mm ICKES HOPES EOS SEIZURE OF HES (Continued From Pngo One) wo ought to wait at U before taking over Iho mines. Miners Still Out As Ifkcs spoke, reports from the soft coal areas Imllcuteit that at least 40,000 of tho min ors still remained away from their Jobs despito United Mine Workurs President J"'"' Ll Lewis' request that they con tlnuc work at leant until May 1 while a new contract Is be ing negotiated. Tho SKA hns estimated tho absenteeism Is costing production of from 800,- 000 to 000,000 Ions of bitumin ous cunl duily. Ickcs sold that he could not fix the blame upon Ihe miners or operators independent of euch other, but he added: "1 don't think lliat the coun try will bo very patient will un Interruption in tho coal mines. 1 think the operators ought to do nil they can to ameliorate these disturbances. 1 don't think any miner has tho right lo lay down hi tools whon all we have to do Is lo continue to win through to victory In l- ..... L'u.ru nneraliir Bill! every miner ought to conduct himself like a loyal Anient"" citizen." DISEASED WOMEN PORTLAND, April 5 (IF) A A..Hii. nf u.rimn,, nrritfttcd here IUUI .11 1 " ' 1 ' on morals charges ore found to bo venoreaiiy ruscosra, me nu health bureau reported today, statistics were based on 1254 arrests last year. Classified Ads Bring Results. imsBKaFsasaaiKB: DOUBLE STARTS WATCH TOR aftlUfla. IfrTnfi FEATURE Open B.4S ji "VX .grr-.. A G.I. AND HIS DOG. i I Ss TlWMJ 11 I COMPANION-FEATURE i "THE WOLF CALL" I : 1 feoEiikWia ruii Uli r ' l.l.llUlUB t, I Jteasj'ir-,. MMII r VtMM mmmmummmtmmt MMMT Phon 8464 it Open tt4S Last Times Tonight Rariin' MucforvMactor If Vm&'& fill I" " " j MNI zujjikiA.MUir.iLiJiinjiui.H La "Shadows of Death!" iwifii!liilfci!iiiiii Visitor Mrs. Ruth Meudo of Pasadena, Calif., i hero vl.Tl Ing her two suns, Jumps ami Wi! Ham It. Meadows, nlatlonrd a the Murine lliinueks. Mrs, Mrail ows Is n fnrmiir resident nf Vy,! erlown, S. U., it. id Is hero to a! tend tho iiuii'i'lnua nf her ion William, mill Dnrrnlno Rma Vil Lus of this city. A third son u will) Ilia marines on Okinawa, Expected Here 1'hllllp Drowi of Eureka, Cnllf., Is cx i)t-i(0j hare liiiilght lo spend a ,lori time with his sister, Mrs. Alhcrl O. Itornlcke nf I'ortlnnd itrcfi Mrs. Itoenkko Is patleiii n Kliimnth Vulley linniilliil IU . expected to return home Kridoy From Reno Mr, and Mri Louie ronn, loimrr Klamath mnrchunls, ore hero for n ihon time from llenn to dlnpuse 0 pniperty Interests. I'ollu hu pureliu.ied a miitel on the out skirts of Ileno, ho has advlitj friends. Hoipllollitd Mr. and Mri, A. A. Myers of 202(1 Appliirata havo Just received word from their son, Pvt. William C. (Bill) Myers, that he Is tn a himplui sonifwhero In Franco, No (ur, llier details were sent. SPOKANE, April 8 W) Th lino nf testimony In a dlvorct rase led Superior Judge l.oulil', Uiinge to woniler; "Is Incnine Ui now grounds fur divorce? The plaintiff sold that when she told her husband she wuntcd a divorce, he sulci: "He wanted mo lo stay mt. rled lo him at least it vein- n h could tnko exemption fur me on his Income lax. The only rnion, he married me was to have hit Income lax reduced." RAINBOW ir Phone 8561 PHIL! TIKE PHONE 32.2 Continuous, Open Dally 11:19 ENDS TODAY TITOOUIZAR FRIDAY PLAY DATE 1. intiiouii f fV ir N IOCS! f 1 ww 3 m w m. w - ix I I