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Newspaper Page Textmm ran fo) w mm UUfl r m mm, w w - - siW!1 Pi . ...... if Miriva 1,... rcmlrol Gormnny, i inlly dramatic situation If r . t a 1 1 ( ill fbliii t 10 uw. " ii.. ... rnni hiu-n tn liikc. four miK-uy i""""" or more lirnilm) are md ready, waiting for Spro hour. H is lupposoa io In urtMttoitt military forco P1 ..... ii. lu ..inn In nnn liruwn nut' ; I It Mis -ween uimoiiiuiiiiK i-uks, bringing J'P men and hloim througn mo niuu ui I now ready to strike. ,11 strike., It will bo FOR KILL, , fwKEN Berlin nnd the Oder, Germans ore arawn up fcnttle army in demises nrrpnrca. 1 'v Waiting for the end. The k Inevitable. will bo a inn Gorman defeat. the WEST of Berlin, great m.a nrminn t tisncn wun tv. ore closing In ON TUB liAM riKAR. Tho uiues t,K In from the went nnd i . II... annpl Km man urn Stunlly the whole German K'Ui Is ween io "i v jrd the Russians. To the the unrnun nrmirn nrj more tlmn n disorganized . minimi which the allied k nre innwng .wm iu- Pnforrrments. I n c 1 u d I ng I, VUUIjI-' liu gvu u I.. nrrnwd Mltcm ffOnt tO tipport of the disorganized irn irom, which huui- uj l moving Inexorably near Berlin. They could movo the eastern to the western OVERNIGHT. thl l wrlllon, NONE have transferred. . conclusion seems obvious. Ivcn If It moons letting us n-rlli. bv the back door. Wis are going to stand to Inst against the Russians in they fear as tho murderer the hangman. ; . ERE Is an Interesting dls- lch from sunremo allien fcunrtcrs In Paris today.- It t trial ino Lierman army, lighting grimly In tho oast. nger has a cohesive front conercni comniwim, in mv kdds that a link-up between lid the Russians, In force, iobably THREE polnt at i NEAR. Such a link-up (curve Germany Into slices, dealt with ut our ioisuro. IT, tho dispatch adds, the ivon't end when the link up ,dc. Thoro may bo mllllary inn clcor on Into next win- ffhc nnils aro. expected to as best they can until me : INCH of tho rclch has overrun by tho allied arm tiny, tho dispatch goes on, tiblemullcal as to time. It come by ALLIED procla In. WHEN tha proclama Is made will be determined the BrUli.li and the RUS- 8 In conference. ten wo think the war In be Is over, we will pro- tnnt it is over, : fREME hcndquarlers thinks flKhtlng may break up yiinny smaller fronts, two ironls, It soys, aro already i'k up one in . nortnorn miy, along the. Baltic;, sa in the south. In. the Ba. p, Austrlnn . and) Italian where tho. ton nnzhi hone fckc their stand to' the ru will bo other cattcr,cc?, fronts at .various- port the Germans stlll 'hold. fmist remember that .they 1I ports on the FRENCH T Is to soy. the end will Pie In Germany- as It "Is ik on Bougnlnvlllo, on New on Liuzon, on Okinawa, honL'loKftlv , nrrn,inrln4 MIU fight on to , the last linns It l foul thing that Is riailsm P be stamped -out to tho Fbcr. if a spark Is left, If stort another fire.. (DING grimly before a, 111 Oltlnnwn m . li Urn nlnnrllnn . M n- 'h.h-cpbi ui jjur Jnps have stymied us noy countcr-nttacked uf brclcr. , Clld nil nif Innmn ' ,.,111 Iwhcn the last Jap dies. R suicidal air nltnplts nn !r floet surrounding, Okl- -..in nr.- Yesterday we, own inn lurnnir ji.li- . . ..tnK,, ui I.IIUII or a totnl of 218 In two lolnl hna nr .il, .i.... i.. ML... pim:o in i in i01" he lwo day WHB To UVV irom March 18 rrior fnron hn Ano,A in The ShaHa-Camcade Wonderland PRICE riVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL M, 1945 Numbsr 10440 9th Gains Elbe Bridgehead As Red Push Looms By WILLIAM L. RYAN Associated Press War Editor U. B. ninth army troops throw a new bridsahead across the Elba river today In their powarhouta drive toward Berlin and tha Russian lints, amid growing indications that h saro hour was imminoni tor raa army lorces massed along tha Odor soma SO miles away. U. S. third army tanks by-passtd tha northwest tip of Csacho- '''. viriuaiiy oisacung ina raicn ana cutting the super highway to Munich, The third stabbed ahead at a point 25 miles from the Csachoslovak border. The third's armor was 10 miles from Chamnits, 38 from bomb-wreckad Dresden. At the same time U. 8. first army tanks sheared btyond Lelpslg, also headed for a Juncture with soviet forces, which now are massed from Silesia to the Baltic,: rested and ready for tha campaign to flatten central Germany. The German radio said the offensive there was about to b launched, expecting a drive outflanking Berlin on tho north nnd south, with a frontal blow TOO HEN L RAZED Br B29 INCENDIARIES By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor A rocord force of about 400 Superfortresses, raining Incend iaries, turned Tokyo's arsenal area into a flaming, exploding holocaust today ns Jet propelled Japanese Interceptors flnshed through formations "like Roman candles. It was tho 13th, and largest B-29 attack on the Japanese capital. Superforts were over tne uve-muo squuro target area the most Ipiporlont military objective they have yet hit for four hour storting shortly be fore midnight. Plants Destroyed ' On tho southern approaches to Japan, American and British carrier forces destroyed 250 Jap anese planes, most of them flown by suicide pilots attack ing American shipping. All but 17 of the number will bo added to the 1277 Japanese planes cred ited to Acln). Marc A. Mllseher's fast carrier fleet between March 18 and April 12. Radio Tokyo admitted tho sit uation was getting worse on Okinawa, 328 . miles south of Japan, where tho U. S. 24th army corps repulsed an attacking bat talion of Japanese with heavy enemy losses. There was no change in battle lines for the eighth consecutive day. - Recapture Fort Yanks of the 38th division recaptured Fort Drum on El Fralie Island at the entrance to Manila Bay yesterday, burning out the small Nlpponcso garri son. The 11th airborne division and 158th regimental combat team, closing a pincers on southern Luton, drew to within 80 air miles of each other. On north cm Luzon, tho 33rd division od god to within thrco miles of Bagulo, enemy headquarters in tho Philippines from which Lt. Gen. Tomoyukl Yamashlta was reported to have fled to Japan. Units of the American divis ion chased Japanese into the hills of newly invaded Bohol Island whllo tho 40th closed a mountain trap on Nipponese on Ncgros. Both Islands are in the central Philippines. WEATHER fAorll 14) . Max. (April 13)....S0 Mln 28 Precipitation last 24 hours ... 00 Stream year to data 8.14 Normal 8.66 Last year.. . 6. 56 Forecast! Warmer Sunday, partly cloudy. - . In the center. All direct communication be tween Berlin and south wb cut. The ninth army on tho Elbe, 45 miles from the capital, met heavy flro from German flak batteries. Behind tho fronts the first and ninth armies virtually wiped out tho last of the Ruhr pocket, where 150,000 nazishad been trapped. More than 100,- 000 Germans had surrendered in tho pocket Tho dash skirting tho Czecho slovak frontier was mudo oy u S. third army spearheads. Three of Bradley's armies now arc less than 100 miles from the Russians. Tho third was 88 miles away, the ninth 80 miles, and the first was fighting for Leipzig and last reported 83 miles from tho red armies. Red army troops, released by the fall of Vienna, mounted new drives toward Prague and the nazl mountain redoubt In southern Germany. Marshal Fcodor I. Tolbukhlh's third Ukrainian army was driving hard toward Buchtntgacli'n.iliU ler's lair, and his tanks were rolling the Germans westward across Austria. Borlin Indicated a wholesale withdrawal of nazl troops on tho sweeping 170-mile front. British troops on t,he eastern Italian front drove Into the out skirts of ImolB, Po valley high way center less than 20 miles cast of Bologna, advancing against light resistance. Scat tered opposition met the Ameri cans moving north on tho west coast toward La Spczla. 9th' s Entry Into Berlin Imminent LONDON, April 14 W) Ab slo, tho American station In Eu rope which beams propaganda broadcasts to the continent, said today the U. S. ninth armys entry Into Berlin was "Immi nent, rne station explained, however, that this statement was based on the broad picture drawn . from frontline dis patches. ' The bVoadcnst made no refer ence to specific distances from Berlin. Latest advices Irom As sociated Press correspondents with the ninth army placed the ninth army 45 miles from the city. Senate Approves Lumber Claims WASHINGTON, April 14 (fP) Claims of three lumber compan ies aggregating $82,000 against the Klamath Indians would be paid under a bill passed by the senate and sent to the house. The claims are for over-payments on timber purchased from tho Indians in 1910. Bene ficiaries would be the Forest Lumber company of. Kansas City, Mo., $44,772.62; Lamm Lumber Co., of Mcdoc Point, Ore.,' $12,126.30, and the Algoma Lumber Co., $25,094.56. Crowd Awaits News; Truman Sworn In F" , v- " : . v TRUMAN PLANS NOT WMMWS JACK. BELL - - I F ' ,f. ft ' . X I y WASHINGTON,-.ApriI 14 (JFI President Truman,,: intensively preparing ' to take President Roosevelt's place In . the Big Three, it leaving . American re: sponslbillly for. the San Francis co conference, with this coun try's delegation, ; s v ?. i This turn of affairs developed. today as the new president ar ranged to lead the nation In sor rowing funeral rites for its dead commander-in-chief. Not to Attend . ; Faced with the necessity of familiarizing himself-with all the intricate details of Europe's tan gled affairs, Mr. Truman decided not to attend' the United Nations meeting. -'.. s He probably will send to the delegates who tackle .the task of constructing a world peace-keep ing league a strong statement or approval. . btettinius to Decide But it will be up to. Secretary of State Stettlnius and his seven delegation colleagues to make on-the-spot decisions on any dif ferences that arise over the Dum barton Oaks formula and the Big Three agreements proposing revisions. Mr. Truman meanwhile set out on- the task of acquiring the background information he must have at his command if he Is to meet'Premior Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill on (ven terms., Hyde Park Earth Ready for Burial HYDE PARK. April-14 P) The earth of -. Hyde Park. warmed by spring sunshine, was laid open today to receive the body of Franklin Delano Roose velt. . In a rose garden shielded by an ancient cedar hedge, a grave was prepared for the burden It will receive' Sunday morning when ' a . white-haired, white bearded: clergyman recites: unto Almighty uod we com mend the soul of our brother departed, and we commit his body to the ground, earth to earth, ashes' to ashes, dust to dust; in sure and certain hope of the . resurrection unto eternal life." Germans Lack Western Front, Command, But War May Drag On Into Next Winter i i. br ab.out 400) hit s arsennl t.i i ln V -ll"ll IIU vo-mnnufncturlng area, iiuko explosions. ., Miperfonj, wnre ,ln(er. "Y Jan JET PLANES ' "Unucd'on Page Two)'.. By JAMES M. LONG SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, PARIS, April 14 (P) The German army, still fighting fiercely in the east, no longer has either a cohesive front nor a enliernnt command In the west. The. long-awaited allied linkup severing tho relch In the middle is near but that does not mean that tho war in Europe will end at that time. . There might still be military fighting on into next winter, but lt. was not likely that it would still be regarded as an active phase of the European war. Surrender Not Foraaeen V-E day will come, according to. the., bost avallnblo opinion here, , somewhere between the allied linkup and the end of sub sequent, fighting. And . it. will come by allied proclamation, and not by German surrender. Events since Gen. Elsenhower a fortnight ago predicted that the Germans would continue to flght as best they could until the last Inch of the relch has been over run hove only served to under score tho supremo commander's words. 1 He dcclnred then that ' the nazls would not- quit; ; thore would be no formal surrender; that victory would probably, be announced by proclamation, K Joint Proclamation - But it is hardly likely that Elsenhower alone could or would proclaim such a- V-E day. ! It would be proclaimed by a joint agreement with Premier Mar shal Stalin, and It could hardly come, whatcvur the success ot the cleanup in the west, until the : eastern front, too, had col lapsed. ' There Is no disposition here to believe that even splitting the reich in two would cause the col lapse of a fighting front actual ly many , fighting fronts as the German command disintegrated into' separate pockets' of major resistance. ..'.,. These fronts already are form ing. Oho,'-perhaps the weakest of two, is ' shaping up in the north in a ' great' are 'backed up against .the Baltic 'sea and trying to hold the. northern' ports and perhaps Berlin. ', : The - other- wouldi be a great arc; In; thp south' centered ; upon' the "national redoubt of nazlsm the hideaways of mountainous southern Germany ..imp! northern Austria: bctwecn'Lake Constance and Berchtesgadcn. . - i - ' , .. . . . NEA. Telephoto : Washington crowds gather in front of the White House short ly after announcement of President Roosevelt's death. In the picture, below,. .Harry S. Truman, left, ii sworn in as president of the United States by Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone '- as members of tho cabinet and congress look on. Mrs. Truman stands in center of group. Scene is in the. White House.,.. WordJofnisWti Country In Mourning Death of Chief By The Associated Press The world mourns with the United States today as tribute is jraid to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in funeral services at the White House. .-. . i In many other nations, whose high officials still were sending a stream of condolences' to this country, memorial services were called for today and. tomorrow. i The London Times gave voice to Britain's sorrow in .an. edi torial declaring: I "He is mourned 'here: as per haps no other of. another coun try has ever been." Services Planned . Reverently. American soldiers and sailors stationed in Britain will file into churches during the day for a last tribute to their dead commander-in-chief. The U. S. army has scheduled Protestant services at Grosvenor chanel. Catholic t mass at St. James church and Jewish serv ices at the West End synagogue. American naval personnel, will attend a service -at . St. : Marks church. The British will honor -tne late president at Sunday church Roosevelt Leaves Message fo U. S. ' ABOARD ROOSEVELT FU NERAL TRAIN. EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON,! April 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt rode back in death through the night to the scenes of his more than 12 epo chal years in the presidency, v : As the train rolled northward; late .yesterday. White" House of ficials made public 'the radio speech Mr. : Roosevelt was to have delivered last night from Warm Springs to Jefferson Day dinners of the democratic party. He had ' completed . the ! speech Wednesday, a day - before his death.. (- - ;in it'Mr.;Roosevelt-left a her itage for his fellow .Americans 4o work for a peace not only to end war- but, thj "beginnings of all wars' yes, an. end -to this brutal, inhuman and thorough ly Inpractical method of settling differences-b c I w e c n govern ments." .V ' ... ,' . . . ' ' services. Many . clerics plan to devote sermons to his work and accomplishments. . " ' Rules' Cancel, Trip 'X As Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden flew to the United States to represent Britain at the fu neral, the king and queen can celled plans for a veekend trip to Glasgow and the . court went into mourning. ' .. American, British, and Cana dian military forces in northern Ireland will-attend a memorial service Sunday at-the famous Londonderry cathedral. High Russian officials were expected to attend a simple ceremony in Moscow, at the home of U. S. - Ambassador -W. Averell Harriman. Sgt. George E.. Thomas of Chicago, a former pastor at Lynn, Mass., will con duct the services. . ... 1 Moscow In Mourning ' The Moscow radio said vthe council -of people's commissars had ordered mourning flags flown from all- soviet state and official buildings for two days. Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek invited high Chinese offi cials, foreign diplomats and rep resentatives of allied military, forces to a memorial service in Chungking Monday. Body Brought To White House For Services By The Associated Press : WASHINGTON, April 14 Franklin Delano Roosevelt re turned in death today to the White House he had graced longer than any other president. . . While a whole people paused in grief, a funeral cortege bear ing tha body of tho late president drew silently up to tho White House door at 11:14 a. m. (EWT). ' It was the end of a long train trip from Warm Springs, Oi.. where the president died last Thursday. At 4 p. m. (EWT), today the nation officially bids goodbye at simple and solemn funeral services in the East Room. Tonight the body will be taken to Hyde Park for burial at tho family home tomorrow. " ... .. : ; . ! Met at the Union station. by1 president, iruman and the gov- KLAMATH JOINS NATION IN DAY OF MOURNING . Klamath Falls" joined the na tion in a-day.of mourning today as services at 1 o'clock in the Pelican theatre were held simultaneously-with the rites in the East Room of the White House for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. . . Men in the uniform of the vari ous branches of the military service, civic leaders, school chil dren, . housewives - and Business men, .bowed their heads during I the opening prayer by Chaplain Edward Patrick Murphy, USN, Marine Barracks. ' - '.'';' Eulogy . Read ' '. "".. - The-eulogy was presented by the Rev; Victor Phillips of the First Methodist-church. The pas tor said: ;'- .:--,'. When we remember what he had to face, judge him by direc tion rather than by microscopic detail: take -the broad sweep of his life, we know- him to be a great world leader Who loved his God, his country, and his fellow men and carried the map of the world on his heart." i. . Servicemen Attend' Marines-and- navy -men -attended in a: body .and- chaplains of both : bases,;.- Chaplain. -Oliver Jones, USN, . Chaplain; Murprry ernment's leaders. Mr. Roose velt's body was born slowly and mournfully along broad Consti tution avenue- on a frag-draped army caisson. So thick was the swarm 'Of spectators at the station, that police still were untangling traf fic half an hour after the last car-had gone.: - - Crowd Quiet . Thousands of n e r n n lined the streets of the' Droces- sion murmured only -In whispers as ine.casket passed.. '. An unidentified soldier: faint-' ed as the cai8son bearing his late' commander-in-chief's body approached the White House. - As he fell, the hnvnnof ha ha, been holding rigidly at atten tion, gashed his chin. Two navy enlisted men gave him first aid' as he lay in the street while the funeral cortege passed by." He was removed jn an-official, lim ousine before his identity could be learned. ........ .... ... The" -caisson heartna Mr . Roosevelt's - body was - preceded by a guard ;of all military serv ices. , ,.. In the first car rifrm-tiv luhu it were- Mrs.' Rnnvoit iu.. Anna Boettfger,- the Roos'evelt'i ,?l,ughter; and -Brig, Geh. Elliott Roosevelt, the second son. , In the second car were -Col, Jhn-Boettiger and the-wives of uic xvuusevei .sons,- .. .' . .-- President Tmman sinn, of Commerce Wallas anA t, i E- ??;Fe8..re?ently resigned war aaobUlzatipn. chief,- rode in. tho utiiu car - nying me American ana. .presidential nags. ; wany . alone. thfr'funpral. i-nt. ncie in tears, . and -Chaplain -Graham; itoaPrf --i.-nrli.."i. . took- nart-ir. the-services. - - !.tV,e.Processlon. entered the took- nart-in- the-servioes. Cmdr. R." R. Darron.-Klamath naval air station, was represent ed by Lt.- Cmdr. Shirley- Cong don.' and -'Col. George O. Van Orden, ill at this time, was rep resented by Lt.-Col. R. C. Burns. ' Observe suenco Those not attendine services from both- the.air station and the barracks, observed a five-minute period of silence at 1 p. m. -The- community-- memorial service onened with the national- anthem played by the Marine: Barracks: Dano, louowed- oy Chaplain Murphy's, opening prayer, and tnen a Drier aaaress hv Mnvor Ed Ostendorf. "Ave Maria" was sung by the Sacred Heart choir and Marine car racks quartet, with a five-minute address: by Frank Jenkins. Taps Flayed Rev. Phillips gave the eulogy followed by the singing of "Panis Angelicus," and then one of President Roosevelt's favorite hymns, "Nearer My Godto Thee," by the marine band. The closing prayer was given by Rev. David Barnett Jr., Presbyterian church, with Taps by the Ameri can Legion closing , the impres sive service. ' - Chairman of arrangements was E. P. Ivory, assisted by R. C. Woodruff. - Brady Narey, Mayor Ed Ostendorf, Charles R. Stark, Frank Sexton, Lamar Townsend, G. C. Tatman, E. Schortgen, Dora Goddard, Agnes LaLonde and Dorothea Buck. Organizations participating m the services ' today were the Klamath . county chamber of commerce, Klamath Falls city government, Klamath county court, Klamath county central democratic committee, Marine Barracks, naval air station, U. S. army, Klamath Ministerial association. Rotary. Kiwanis, Lions, Business and Professional Women and Soroptimist clubs. League of Women Voters, Eagles and Moose and auxiliaries, Elks club, Knights ' of Colum bus, American Legion and .aux iliary , veterans oi rureigu (Continued on Page Two) Many See First Pelican . It's, spring, sure enough,: and there are already several claimants to the honor of viewing the first pelican. Greer Drew, haberdasher and logging contractor, reports that he saw the first bird, a single, winging smugly oveiv Upper -Klamath lake at 5:01 p. m., on Tuesday, April 10. Howard. Pernell, S. P. ticket agent, got his glimpse of the first pelican at 6:26 p. m. on Wednesday, April 11. Howard-was .up on the hill bock of his - Riverside home, chasing his dog, when the big bird flew over. He was a single, bound in the direction of the lake. Drew, and Pernell may have seen the same bird, but there are others who challenge their claims that it was the first one here.' A group 'of high school boys who visited Rocky Point two weeks ago assert -they-saw two -pelicans swimming' on the lake on that occasion, and there are others: who claim the birds have been here two weeks or longer. i -Anyway, the big birds are back In their Klamath haunts, and almost any time now one will see a group of them wheel ing, in. perfect formation against the evening sky. It's one of Klamath's most thrilling wildlife spectacles. - White House grounds, President Truman's car swung out of lino and the new chief executive dis mounted at the stens nf tho. piitive wing, entering -the - White House there. i - Enter Whita House The caisson .'halted hpfnrA th maht White - columned portico aim hie casitei- was Dome into the White-House , by. -uniformed members of the armed services. ' ' MIS.-- RaOSeVPlt anA mrnnka,. of the family' slowly followed, '.' The navy band,' which so often greeted. Mr. Roosevelt with the joyous "Hail - to the .Chief," played the "Star Spangled Ban ner." ,. 'r. .,. ... .. ! ' The silence in th - thrnn"b about the White House before the music was so deep that even the chirping of the birds: on the White' House lawn could be heard distinctly. . . , March. Onward Symbolically, the loner "rjrneea. sion of military men and ma chines which followed the casket from Union station: marched and rolled onward up Pennsylvania avenue without stopping. . An altar . stood before the double doors in the center of the east wall and the casket was put at rest immediately before, it. Flowers banked the whole long1 expanse of the . east wall ' and overflowed into corners of the east room, which has seen so many other solemn, occasions and also the laughter and gayety of brighter moments. Looking down upon the casket were the pictures of George and Martha Washington. There were no flags. The red drapes of the room were not, drawn. v Meet Tram President Truman and mem- bers of the cabinet . were at t he Union station a few minutes be fore the train pulled in waiting to lead a mourntui procession To the White-House. Members of the Roosevelt fam ily were the first to enter tha funeral train, followed by Presi dent Truman. Brig. Gen. Elliott Roosevelt and his wife and Col, and Mrs. John Boettiger went aboard. 7 ; iThey were followed by Admir al William D. Leahy. . who was President Roosevelt's - military chief of stafr, by Bernard Bar uch, James. F. Byrnes and War Mobilization Director ; Fred : M. Vinson. ).- As, the government officials, heads bared, . walked slowly toward the cars a marine band softly played "Hail to the Chief," and the' national anthem. Belden Hall Now Prisoner of War Cpl. Belden Hall, Klamath boy reported missing , in- action some time ago, is a prisoner of war in Germany. ; His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Hall, now of . Pendleton, wired The Herald "and News' to day they had received a card from him dated January 1 1 .