Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1945)
Russian Juncture With Britons, Americans May End War Bv WEB GALLAGHER LuMFLIN. April 10 (!') A Juncture between Brltlih-Amorl- A Huiilnn iorcei may won oe in umo cnoien by tha three t 10 declare all organised warfare with Garmany at an and. H'lh a daolarallon would glv armn soldiers ono ol two "cn " ,,M altliar lurrender and ba traatad ai nrtmnara I", continue fighting and ba hunlad down at franc tiraun u.rrlll.i. having no legal military statu., i jinn bv tht moral ol Carman troops captured In the .wo weeks there It lllllo doubt whet the Cermen soldier's lc, would bo. Thoie sun willing 10 die lor uie fuehrer are and lr between. L.n Ironl loll. The resistance now being encountered by PI?" - fnreei. except In the Ruhr pocket, U unorganiiad and riL" .t.nnn nuarrllla ODDOiltlon. mora - " For example, th ninth armv fDearheada drlvlna east toward Berlin line bypaialng the Ruhr have not encountered a elngl organlied Gorman dlvlilon. They have been met only by con valescents, anti-aircraft crews and eom vral hundred odd unitt ordinarily iound only In rear areat. Military men leel th Germans are incapable ol erecting any battle (ront In the wett, except perhaps lor a thort ttend along the Elbe and Immediately before Berlin ittelf. POLITICAL PROBLEM In the wordt of on operations officer, the tltuatlon in th wett It now "mora of a political than a strategic problem." Front line fighting men feel that one or two armored 1 dlvl tlont or infantry combined can tat out for any place (n Germany now and reach It within a raatonabl time. Mott military men believe th joint chlefi of itaff In Wash ington will fix tome definite line in Germany to which either th Ruitlant or th western front allies will advance and then halt, waiting for th forces opposite to move up and join them. DISORGANIZE NAZIS . ., This meeting, no matter where, probably will end what might be called organised resistance in th reich, military au thorities believe. A meeting by the U. S. third army and th Russians would cut Germany into two Isolated sections, while a meeting between the .ninth army and th Russians near Berlin would accomplish a similar feat, making it impossible for th German high command to conduct any sort of organised war. This is particularly true in view of the fact that nine-tenths of Germany's heavy industry is in allied hands. Such a cutting up of th German army would allow German soldiers to surrender "with honor," because their military situa tion would be Impossible. Almost all Germans, officers ' and civilians, seem to agre M that there will be no formal peace. They say th nasi will never make peace and there is no other German group strong enough An art They say th German soldier would like to stop fighting, but that he will pot giv up until he knows he can surrender without danger of retaliation from th nasls. Th nasis, with organisations such as th "Werewolves," at trying to capltalii on th situation by attempting to throw ' Germany into a state of anarchy. Some sections of th German population have been terrorised by th Werewolves, but thus far they have been flop as ef fective guerrilla opposition to th allied armlet. A check of th various allied armies disclosed there has been almost no sabotage of military effort or assassination of allied soldiers. ' Mil mom A MM mm fttfl rftfwm , FRANK JENKINS tllMANY takes tho spotllKht t"'111 ...Ml..,.. II.. r whicn mu imm iiuvu ..,iii.u ! beulnnlntf to ton Into 111 shades ol niifiu. L r.ALLAGMErt, AT cor '-..nnmlent nt tho front. Is kitted by tho censor to draw e the curtains unu ivo us Li..., rr tlm end. Mtnrn Germany, ho save, Is font In nomo only. There i Is vol Gorman mini ien in I Except n ino iiiinr iKjtun i by fanatical nulls) lite re- neo cricoiiniuiiui u? fcrlcnn armies pushing east h is UNORGANIZED and unbi to umo mora iimn trlllii opposition. inrv men. nn nnun, leei Rermanv Is lNLAI'AUL.r, oi ting A IN Y iron, in wio wen, ni rti-nnnfl a tnnri nuuiu uu Elbe mid Immediately ,.bo-Rrrlln. rther dlpatche add that our ti arc "clunking uoout ino t vlrlmilly at will." Nlno- Uof German heavy industry Broody In allied minus. iIXAGHKH says Hint JUNCTION between u and Hrlt sh on Ihe west nmi the biirts on tho cast may be the clia-.cn by tho olli'-d high maud to rife nrt ORGAN- to WARFARE WITH GER- AT AN END. Lrh a declaration, ho ndds. Id olva Germnn noltl era one kvo choice) to mirronclur and rested as prinonen o( war or conunuo .IiKliunB -nnn ne ttcd down guerrillas hnc tlrotirs ' In the buropcun k for Biierrlllns; it Is French moons free timolol. ) InlloKlier says Unit Judulnjj toennnn mornln of the Mit weeks there Is lllllo doubt o which courjo thev will fcse ns lhon now wIlllnR to for Hid fuehrer are few and between. sys that most Germans, t fleers and civilians alike, aiireed Hint thero will be formal peace, ns the nnzls rr will Ktirrendcr and no r Broun In .itrons ennuuli to. ithinkt the German soldiers lid LIKE to kIvo ud. but t until Ihev know thev can lender without dnnRcr of re- uun oy mo nnzls. t much for northern Germany. ,et us turn now for n moment lie south, where Hitler nnd ennif had nln lined to hole pr thslr last "twilight of the annul. e Husslnns loday arc nt- V HKYOND VIENNA and DED UP THE DANtlRB for iich and Prague to LINK UP 1 US. Pnltnn rnAnHiul nn Jooso nRaln and seems to be fea tewnrd the . Russian icnnn itself i, hnn w. Mi and Moscow says today It! fall Is Immlnnnt. The f ans In the city (apparently Ileal nnzls following Hitler's aie fil.'hllnn In 11. n ,lnnll. "1 .itreet barricades. Only oi inein have surrendered ie nnRl rlnv anri ..IrtU L. , ,. Illftlll. M I'J L'NlDrm tin nn hn I f hit. the nazls are nowhere " -ouri nt dying In a hole '"t Is a Blunlflcant llttlo PrSrnph In tho Austrlun 'no Russian foree that tno southwest Sin nuLivii , u I'"' headed through tho lv ""M's ot me Alps for l ".""""in is rcporied to fo be only 133 milos from fnupti on Pago Three) JbtEtt ampler f n The Shoto-Caaeade Wonderland April 10, 194S Max. (April 9) ... 38 Min. 28 Precipitatio.n last 24 hours .00 Stream ya'r to date 8.10 Normal 9.34 Last year 8.21 Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Wed. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1945 Number 10436 rifons Cross Senio Dn (Big Dfcalican Push By NOLAN NORGAARD ROME, April 10 (AP) Tho British eighth army, supported by a bombardment from hundreds of gum and the heovioit allied air assault ever carried out in Italy, has crossed the Senio river in a campaign to dostroy ai much at postibla of the opposing German army bofore it can withdraw into Germany's southern mountain redoubt. Grant forces of U. S. 15th air force bombors and fleets from the U. S. 12th air force and the RAF were aloft, resuming the blasting of a path through German defenses' for the attacking ground forces. .Shortly offer noon, 3400 100-pound high explosive bomb and 180,000 fragmentation bombs ware poured Into two small areas betwoen the Senio river and the Santerno river. The eastern end of the Italian front burst into flame at 7:30 o'clock last night when hundreds of heavy gum qpened up. Bridgeheads were established on a broad front on the north tide of the Sonio In the vicinity of Lugo. More than 1000 heavy bombers, plus hun dreds of lighter planet which flew thousands of sorties, had thoroughly drenched the Ger ' A man, dcfcnses'Wlth bombs and 1 Missing IV:, 1 " n $1 ' v4M r ' , I A, O "Ttrand Hamilton Mayor Ed Ostendorf, at the T'RUlar Monduy nlHlit ecseion of city council, named members of tho new military service com mittee to arrange for hospitality of service men in this orca. Representing the city council will be Angus Newton, with L. Orth Slscmore. Fred Hellbron ner, Mrs. George Illllls, Jack Lliimnn and Sam nilchey, along with the personnel directors of the Marine Darracks, Klamath naval air station and Camp Tule lako completing the group. On motion of Councilman Harvey Martin, the appoint ments were confirmed. First major problem facing (Continued on Pago Three) Jury Trial Not Planned in Case The easo of the United Slates vs. Clarence C. Hard und In volving tho perpetual ooscmont token by tho. federal govern ment across 0 part ot Hard's homo property in the vicinity of the Marine uarracKs, win nnt hn-tried bv lurv. it was an nounced early Monday after noon In federal court. The court found the fair mar ket valuo of the casement taken to bo the sum of $1100. rintli tho nlalntiff and de fendant waived Intervention of a jury early Monday. In the sec ond case of United States vs. Clarence C. Hard, testimony as to vnluo will be neara Dy mo federal court Thursday, April 19 ul 10 n. m.. Fred C. McGowan, Portland realtor nnd appraiser, gave ex pert testimony this morning be foro Judge James Alger Fee, In connection with tho casement case. Other cases, In which a fair market value has been taken, Include United States vs. Edith Smith, $U0; United States vs. Wllllnm Nichols, $20; United Slates vs. Norn E. Johnson, $25. In these three cases tho point Involved la the continuation of tho cnscincnt above and below Hard's property. . The court adjourned . at 10 o'clock this morning. Testimony on remaining cases in the land condemnation suits will be sub mitted Thursday morning. Cp. Hamilton Reported Missing Cpl. Bertram! W. Hamilton, inn. nir, rnren ' who ' has been serving In Italy, is reported miss- lug In action, according iu wmu received by his mother, Mrs. Dorothea McAnulty, 818 Klam alh. , - ' Cpl. Hamilton entered the service, March 30, 1944, and took Ujs basic training at Amarillo, Tex., and Las Vegas, Nev. He was sent overseas in January, 1048 and served as tnll gunner on a B-17 Flying Fortress. -His wife, Melvn, and son, 1 Jerry, make their homo in San Dernardino, Calif fire, and the-crossings were ac complished quickly against rela tively light opposition. The smash across the Senio brought to an end the prolonged winter lul) on this front. . Endanger Nasi Posts A strike beyond Lugo would endanger nazi strongholds up stream along the Senio jnto the northern Apennines, and the comparatively easy manner In which bridgeheads were estab lished, together- with the dis play of an allied material su periority, suggested that tho 25 German divisions, plus six Ital ian fascist divisions estimated to be in Italy would not be. able to withstand the pounding for long. , The attack came after Field Marshal Albert Kcsselrlng,' ex pert, in delaying tactics, : had been called away to take charge of the Germans' western front. His place is reported to have been taken by Col. Gen. Frcld rlch von Vlctlnghoffi credited ulih lenHlnff role in construct- 'inH 4I.a nfnncne nf Pncfilnn. Tough Going Ahead, however, lay tough going for the British tackling what Is apparently meant to be the last battle for northern Italy. . ' ' Senate Extends Lend Lease Bill WASHINGTON,' April 10 m The scnote passed and sent to tho White House today1 legisla tion continuing lend lease opera tions until Juno 30, 1046. Passage came on a voice vote aftr republicans - failed in an effort to strip from the measure a house provision permitting the foreign liquidation .of -war sup plies after hostilities end. . Bv FRED HAMPSON "MANILA, April" :i0 '() Four navy ' Liberator ' bombers at tacked a 15-ship Japanese con voy Saturday, sinking a destroy. cr and a large freighter, and, se riously damaging . another de stroyer before the rest of the convoy could flee toward Swa- tow-on .the China coast, Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced today.- - - . Other Philippines-based bomb era raised the day's, big bag to 10 ships sunk as they ranged en emy shipping lanes at will from the Netherlands East Indies to .rormosa. v Slow Progress Ground trooDs on Luzon is. land, meanwhile, continued pres sure on trapped Nippo-.icse forces but progress was generally slow ecausc 01 me auiicuit terrain. The far-ranelnc bombers struck at military installations ana fuel and munitions dumps with heavy bomb loads in a suc cession of raids. Two Liberators exploded huge . ammunition dump at Keolunc. Formnsn More than 75 other planes hit targets on tne cmna sea coast (Continued on Pago Three) Bulletin LONDON, April 10 (ZP) Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters told the German people tonight that "German resistance in th west has collapsed" aqd called on workers in North sea ports to block nasi fanatics from wrecking harbor, installations. A Little Extra Given ti- np- ipt in Ml A Herald and News carrier aids this elderlv man bv ooliihina his glasses for him and making it possible for th invalid to read nis avening paper., JAPS 61 GROUND 3y LEIF EHICKSON GUAM. April 10 (Pj-Well-armed Japanese defenders of southern Okinawa, hurling bayonet-wielding squads at the Americana in futile counterat tacks, gave ground slowly to day amidst the heaviest artil lery duel of the Pacific war. Infantrymen of Maj. Gen. John R. Hodge's 24th U. S. army corps were limited to small local gains against savage resist ance along a battle lino within four miles of the capital city of Naha, but to the north Maj. Gen. Roy S.- Gelger's third marine1 amphibious corps swept ahead virtually unchecked. Marines Advance The marines, scoring gains up to 4000 yards, cut off the big Motobu peninsula, and, fanning westward, occupied about half of it yesterday. They overran the western shore of Katena Ko, onetime- site of Japanese submarine nens. Adm. . Chester W.. Nimitz' communique today said the marines! still found only "scat tered,, and ineffective", opposi tion. ' . Troops Concentrated . But it was a different story on southern . Okinawa, . where the enemy has concentrated the bulk ot a .defense garrison esti mated at more than 60,000 troops. ' ' The Japanese may be using more and heavier artillery than they have mustered before, but (Continued on Page Three) 245 Nazi Planes Destroyed by U. S. LONDON, April 10 (V Fighter pilots o the U. S. eighth air force today destroyed at least 245 German planes 227 of them on the ground and set an ' all time record for fighters. The score was made as more than 2150 . American bombers and fighters, carrying a massive aerial offensive on German air fields into its fourth straight day, struck at ' enemy jet-plane bases in the Berlin area, fol lowing up a night attack by 600 RAF bombers of Germany's largest submarine assembly yard at Kiel. The previous record klU o'f enemy planes on the ground and in the air scored by fight er pilots was 177 on September 5, 1944. , Farm Deferment Clause Stiff ened WASHINGTON, April 10 (VP) The senate military committee today approved a resolution stif fening the provisions of the draft law on the deferment of farm workers. The committee wrote into the house - approved resolution a clause which had been drafted for the manpower control bill, now conceded to be dead. The clause specifics that local draft boards inclassifylna farm registrants shall , make their de termination solely and exclu sively on whether the registrant is necessary to and' regularly en gaged in ah agricultural occu pation or endeavor essential to the war effort and whether a satisfactory replacement can be obtained," without reference to the registrant's relative essen tiality in any other occupation. Basketball Coach w D wight. "Dutch" ' French, above, was named head basket ball mentor at Klamath .Union high school at a meeting of .th school board last night. i- . TO KUHS BASKETBALL The previous ' policy j of ? the school board here to maintain separate coaches for. basketball and football was reestablished last night at a meeting of "the board with the naming of Dwight French as head KUHS basketball coach in the event that Wayne Scott, former cage mentor at the high school, is not released from the service by the time the next season begins. The position of football coach was declared vacant and steps are being, taken to fill the as signment, according to Arnold Gralapp, superintendent of schools. ... Dell Scott of Ontar io, Ore., has made application for the position, Gralapp said. Old-Timn French has. been on the . high school faculty here for"20-years. He has had a . vast amount of ex perience in the coaching field and served as basketball coach here for 17 years and took-the Pelicans to the state tournament 11 times. He now holds the po sition of dean of boys and will continue to hold that post along with his coaching assignment: lnv a short interview, French stated that high school basketball games here used to draw tremen dous crowds in the- old; gym nasium; but ever since the new one was built the turnout has been pathetically small. Hopes Expressed- He also expressed high hopes for a successful season next year (Continued on Page Three Port of Cadiz Razed by Fire CADIZ. Spain. April 10 (IP) A great part of the port section of Cadiz was destroyed today and an unknown number of per sons were burned to death by a wind-fanned fire which began in a warehouse just before mid night. Thousands of tons of flour, cork, coffee and other goods were destroyed. ' ' Rescue workers said a number of persons working in the ware houses were trapped. , Docked passenger and freight vessels and the Spanish cruiser Canarias, were moved into the harbor. The fire was brought under control. ,. , Above and Beyond Duty Here is an instance on the home front when service extends beyond the line of duty. KUHS Student Melvin Clawson, age 17, is a Herald and News carrier, delivering 239 papers on his route. At one address he rests his bicycle, takes the paper inside, wakes ' the subscriber, Henry Bagley, finds his spectacles, wipes them and fixes them over his nose. Then he unfolds .tho paper and hands it to Bagley. Bagley is over 90 years old and is confined to his bed and wheelchair. All day long he looks forward to seeing' the paper in the evening, and always looks at the headlines first. - - i i Clawson, son of Mr. and Mrs. A, C. Clawson of Dayton, carries more than the news, he carries pleasure to an elderly man, contact with the outside world and courteous attention-r an included In the price of a paper. ICH. PRAGUE a NEXT FOR IDS By RICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON, April 10 (P Rus sian forces beyond Vienna head ed today for Munich and Prague and a line-up with the allies in the west as soviet storm units within the Austrian capital bat tled the Germans for the last few blocks of the city. ':. . Moscow radio said "The fall of Vienna is. imminent." - Far to the north other Russian troops along the Baltic coast had captured the East Prussian capi tal of Koenigsberg after a mas sive 33-hour barrage had soft ened three lines of fortifications surrounding that cradle of Prus sian militarism. The seizure of Koenigsberg was hailed in the Russian press as one of the great victories of the war,-comparable to tne preaching of tne biegmed line-in the west. r : "Startling Progress" A. Moscow dispatch, said Mar shal Feodor I: Tolbukhin's third Ukrainian army was making startling progress", in its drive west of Vienna toward Linz and Munich. The army s exact position-was. not given, however since the Germans in many sec tors were unaware of the scope oi-tne Kussian advance. : Bekw: Vienna another wing of Tolbukhin's army had thrust within 133 .miles of . Adolf. Hit ler s mountain retreat at Berch- tesgaden. v Moscow - dispatches reported that TolbuKhms forces had (Continued on Page, Three) Vernon Branhan Hurt on Luzon A telegram from the war de partment informed Mr. and Mrs. Van Branhan ' of .521 Oak, that their son. -PFC Vernon Branhan, has been wounded in action. Branhan was with the 7th cav alry on Luzon when he was wounded. .The telegram indicat ed tne wounds were not serious, Mrs. Branhan says. Branhan, who attended high school here, worked on the main tenance crew of the Oregon state highway prior, to entering. the service in September, 1943. He went overseas in' March, 1944. TROOPS 120 MILES FROM NAZICAPITAL First ; Army Reaches -'Ha rz Mountains - In Advance By JAMES M. LONG PARIS. April 10 (P) Ninth army infantry, riding German halftracks, captured the old city of Hannover today and reached a point to the east of the super highway 120 miles from Berlin. Hannover, a city of 472,000, is the 12th city of Germany and ancient seat of the ancestors Of the king of England. Near Mountains' First army armor to the south advanced 24 miles to the Harz mountains, reaching a point 60 miles from the Elbe river lust south of the large supply base oi noranausen, wnicn, is lis miles from Berlin. .The third army advanced to within tworand-a-half , miles of Erfurt, 63 miles from Leipzig, and within three of Coburg, 50 miles from the Czechoslovak frontier. ' - ' 150 From Reds Lt.'Gen. Courtney H. Hodges new first army drive. was punch ing across the narrowing -waist of Germany toward the Russian sif(?e 11rtp In thp. AflRt of laaf re ports no more than 150 miles away in some sectors. His tanks headed down a corridor by passing the towering Harz moun tains on the left. - . - Pilots reported , the . Germans were sending air transports into the shrinking Ruhr death pocket by night in attempts to salvage what they-could-of the 100,000 or so nazis sealed off -between the .first and ninth armies. ... Reach Salxgitter- The Germans said Americans who 1 bypassed " Hannover had reached Salzgittery 115 miles from Berlin and 17 from the big aircraft center of Brunswick. Salzgitter . is the site of the sprawling Hermann Goerlng Iron Works." The enemy also said that the British had ' crossed the Aller river and captured Verden and started a race for Hamburg, 50 miles distant. " The battle of the Ruhr already had turned into a German mili tary disaster. By last midnight the first and ninth armies had taken 36,566 from the trap and there were thousands more still inside. At the present rate, some 100,000 will be taken. Senate Asks OP A Attack On Black Market in Meat WASHINGTON, April 10 VP) Senate - food investigators de manded today, that OPA attack the black market in meat with vigor and clear up its quarrel with meat producers and sellers over prices.. In- a turbulent session,, one after another of the agriculture committee ' members- protested after Wilbur La Roe, counsel for smaller packers, . told the group that QPA "doesn't pro pose to do anything that, they haven't (already) done" with re spect to price relief asked by the meat industry. 1 . OPA "Un-Cooperative" "OPA has been attempting to create the impression we have gotten together when it is not true," La Roe said. "What is wrong in OPA is an attitude of unwillingness to cooperate with the intent of congress and with this committee." Senator Lucas (D-Ill.) broke in to say "I just can't, under- Alfred Moore : Wounded on Iwo . Pvt. Alfred L. Moore, U. S. marine corps, was wounded on Iwo Jima, according to word re ceived by his sister, Mrs. Jona than A. Jackson of Chiloquln. 1 Young Moore was shot in the stomach, leg and right hand, he advised his family, in a letter printed with his left hand. He has been overseas since August, Moore took his training at San Diego and Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Calif. He was induct ed one year seo, March 15. stand ' their attitude in thia crisis.". I can't either," put In Sena tor Wheeler, (D-Mont.) "To quibble over a few dol-lars"-began Lucas, but Chair man Thomas (D-Okla.) inter runted to say to Thomas I. Emerson, OPA enforcement chief who was in -the-witness chair: "At this moment,' Mr. Emer son, put into the record who is responsible for this situation, beginning with yourself." . Emerson protested that he had nothing to do with price poli cies. Meat prices, he said, were the responsibility of James F. Brownlee, deputy OPA admin istrator, and ' John Madigan, OPA meat expert, ' - Wounded f. :'il ' Wy :i Pvt. Alfred L. Moor
