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JTnVB CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 18, 1945
Number 10443
ttlfl---'1
. FRANK JENKINS
'nnnny lorfny, Uw Ru
, ,ro buttering nt the cast
Sim of DoiHii probn bly
"'".o i.u., from t hu e ty.
ErdinC lo German reports
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vcr u" "r.,,v,.i,i:,,
lirin ui'nii"" i V
river, huumi i .
,..t iii.r u In lo
"u . .... t. nutie tuna
rounnro, w .-
...i. ... atlll officially
I CUV
nt n lo nil their opera-
In Germany, uiu i "."
pcr print" Pletiire ,r
in troop in n iik v"',
Hie KOMIIffCtcn imn !
fronted by anti-tank ob
' j ii.. ,-il,m miva the
my In smashing these ob-
i-.,.l II,,.. ,IUivitfllo to
r, riwn
.. ..... n.iuuliui It'onnn ran
LrninK Berlin In tho din-
j
n-.xin.i Trnnaoccnn npw
L . imllnr in our AP.
lid INS) nay today that
id a linn minion numin
niiniflnti Inward Iter-
Ll actcli tlmt their 2500 bill
nnd luuu monars imvc
......... n.nn n hnlf million
. l llm nti.l 94 houm.
Inncliides: "Tomorrow Rnd
ly all" one of the bloodiest
of thin war win develop
II. rtnlna nt Tlnrlln " f h
an propagandists shout vin
History linn singieo out
n ttm hrnnlcwntor of the
In tldnl wave."
I ...
ION'S 3rd iirmy crosses
rr Into the northwestern
Bf Crcchoslovokln, thus
It CEIiMANY PROPER
lives.
i'I be confused bv this
ml. Germany HOLDS
lulovnkla, and won't be
Hly unlit until we Join tip
She Itimlnn there," or 1o
rth. Tlint hnsn t yet been
bllslird.
(robnbly will o soon.
.
are beginning to set
btljtlcs this week. They
less than STARTLING.
learned yesterday tlmt wc
Bit Russians hnvo taken
bver half of tho area of
r Germany. Our supreme
Iwrtcrs In Purls tolls us
that since D-day In Nor
(June 0 of Inst venr)
175 Gcrmnns hnvo been
PHED in the WEST
b Russian fl!iircs not In-
l lie tntiil of Ccrmnn
destroyed this month
many to 4 ISO.
(ho Ruhr trnp wo have
iuimoi ucrmnn prisoners,
.0.00 more ore exneclod to
flor todny, bringing tho
mere io 30H,I)00. Thnt is
c costly German defeat
Inllnsrnd. whom tlm niia.
Illlcd nnd captured 380,000
ns. .
ply nil of German wnr In-
m our hands. Great
h cities nro fall Ins mm
pnothcr. Even tho Ger-
rcallw that Berlin will
P surrounded nnd Inter
1
ill is Iln rinrmn.... I.
kalcd honelesslv. Nn
Whafpvni nt AW vtvn
fy remnlns.
sill tho nnzls floht on,
ijirm tens, probably hurt.
,,t,lln nn reaucinK
Flmued on Paco Two) I
YANKS
IV
E
INTO BAGUIO
7D00FREED
Third Offensive Aims
At Linking With
Allies
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Aiioclated Press War Editor
Mud-spnttered Amcrlcnn In
fantrymen drove Into the out
skirts of UiiHiilo, Japanese Philip
pines headuuarlcrs from which
luorotv tribesmen rescued 7000
civilians, today whllo Super
fortresses ripped up six air
dromes In southern Japan for
tne second consecutive day, -No
Jananeso interceptors look
off yesterday from Iho six air
fields on Kyushu Island, buses
for many of Ihu 2280 Japanese
planes which Adm. Chester W.
B-28S LOST
WASHINGTON. Aoril It ())
Two Superfortresses were lost in
attacks yesterday and today on
six airdromes on tne Japanese
mainland Island of Kyushu.
Large forcti of the B-29. pos
sibly 150 In each mission, hit the
airfields twice within 17 hours,
apparently In an attempt to pin
down Japanese planet and keep
them from attacking American
forces at Okinawa, 328 miles to
the south.
Nimitz announced have been de
stroyed In tho last month during
Okinawa Invasion operations,
325 miles south of Japan,
Materiel Destroyed
Wednesday communiques re
ported, American planes on all
Pacific fronts destroyed or dam
aged 20 more Japanese ships,
hundreds of small craft, 15
locomotives and killed hundreds
of Nipponese soldiers.
Tokyo radio .reported Yanks
Invaded Monna Islet, an olrbasc
(Continued on PoKO Two)
Truman Urged
To Delay Meet
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 18
President Truman Is being urged
to delay a meeting with tho
heads of major allied slates until
tho Sun Francisco conference
has acted on a world pcnec-kccp-Iiik
organiiatlon,
Although Mr. Truman said
nt his first news conference yes
terday he would be very happy
to talk soon with other members
of tho Big Five, mony In Wash
ington felt that any such coincid
ing . conclave might prove em
barrassing to tho United Nations
delegates.,
Red River Flood
Remains Acute
NEW ORLEANS, April 18 (ZD
Tho flood situation on the Red
river below Alexandria re
mained aculo today whllo army
engineers continued their 24
hour vigil along tho lower
reaches of the swollen Missis
sippi. .......
Part of the 8000 families
driven from their homes by the
rampaging Red , prepared to re
turn ns the water receded trom
Shrcvcport southward to Alex
andria. -
War Federal Court at
fhmath Object of Proiect
fclfltlnn lrt
. . uiuvuin inr n
t .'Moral court In Klam-
Bed ? . fi0ll"l through
K ,nls "nd-organizn-
h County Bar assocl-
I'Kiparcd n nronnsnd
lntrnrl,,nll.. I...
an cini" . -"n-
2 Jong bucked tho Idea
M thnl' rL.",csslon hwo,
PWrt for theproJect,
,""""8. h. c. Mor-
r. Z, ". Carnnhan arc
lleo n'l Bl"' association
Ihn . l"H"a will
I rtlfi,"1.0 ot. OBon one
com; ! Wlt terms of
&l ,','t PoHland, Pen-
Den 1 ""s and Med
bv'f wo,,ld bo. ap.
f sntn 'IP. '"nrshal and
:iin.lt...tllsl',l-'t for ea-rti
i "vo vvnorn m,i .. ,
Cavm.i.-. ....
bh. n writes V
t?"". Chnlrmnn , 41,
fiV,h(l,bHr "delation,
ES,,?1101' t0 Congress!
ven n" ?ln;'nK. out,
ifirRfli;. re-l
serves are odjacont to Klamnth
Falls, as well ns tho Indian res
ervation, fedornl reclamation
project. A large amount of the
federal business1 now- tried In
other places has Its origin in
Klamath and Lake counties.
Committee Named
, Chamber directors nt their
meeting today commended tho
bill as prepared, and author
ized every effort of tho organ
ization to bring obout Ha pns
sago.. Other groups will be ask
ed to glvo similar endorsements.
. Congressman . Stockmnn, it
was . brought out by chamber
officials, already has shown his
warm Interest In getting a term
of federal court for Klamath
Falls, -President. Malcolm Epley
appointed a committee of the
chamber to work on tho pro
ject, including Senator Marshall
Cornett, chnlrmnn; L. Orth Sise
more and Paul Forrens.
It was pointed out that terms
of tho court are now hold at
Pendleton, Portland and Mod
ford, nnd tho Klamath effort
does not seok to remove federal
court from any of those com
munltles. Their support of the
local offort will be asked.
Ernie Pyle Killed On le Jima
BERLIN FIGHT
AT CRESCENDO
SAY GERMANS
By RICHARD KASISCHKE
LONDON. April 18 P)-iicr-man
broadcasts dcclurcd today
tho buttle for the custom ap
p roach es to Berlin had
"reached its cllmux," with Rus
sian troops breaching defense
lines only 18 or 20 miles from
tho capital, and that the Sov
iets had launched a third of
fensive south of Stettin aimed
at linking with the allies on
the north German plain.
Front dispatches to Moscow
asserted the Russians could see
Berlin burning, but did not yet
specify that any offensive was
underway,
Smash Near City
Nine ' Russian armies are
smashing . toward Berlin, the
Germans said, conceding red
army gains through the strong
hedgehog positions in tho blaz
ing arc cast and northeast of
the bomb-shattered city.
Tho enemy declared Stalin
had thrown In a third offensive
on a 17-mllc Oder river front
south of Stettin, intending to
slice In between tho Baltic port
and Berlin, and Join tho west
ern allies north and west of
Berlin. This drive has assumed
(Continued on Poge Two)
WlJ0rde7s
Five .Workers
Re-Hired
; DETROIT,' April 18 (P) In
a precedent-shattering move to
end a strike that has made idle
5000 employes of tho Kclsey
Hayes Wheel Co., the regional
wnr labor board todny ordered
tho company., to reinstate five
employes whoso discharge pre
cipitated the strike nine days
ago.; ' -'-..v. . '. ' ,
The board's action was taken
with management representa
tives dissenting. WLB . and
union officials said it wss the
first time the 'board had direct
cd reinstatement of workers
while' a strike was In progress.
Machinegun Bullets
Take Life Of Famed
War Correspondent
By LEIF ERICKSON
GUAM, April 18 (IP) Ernie Pyle, the GI's columnist, was
killod today by Japanese machinegun ambush on la Jima.- 10
square mile island lust west of Okinawa..
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nlmits' headquarters said Pyle was
killed instantly by a surprise machinegun attack at 10:15 a. m.
on the southern side of the island, while observing the advance
of 10th army troops who had invaded the island Monday.
Pyle when hit was standing with a regimental commanding
officer of headquarters , troops when a Japanese machinegun
opened fire. 1
The commanding general of the Ie Jima Invasion troops of.
ficlaliy reported Pyle's death as follows:'
"I regret to report that War Correspondent Ernie Pyle who
made such great contribution to the morale of our foot soldiers
was kilted in battle on Ie Jima today."
(A Blue network broadcast
from Guam by Jack Hooley
8TH HAMMERS WAY
By LYNN HEINZERLING
ROME, April 18 (IP) Polish
troops of the eighth army, sweep
ing up the-Po valley, advanced
today to within 10 miles of Bol
ogna, major German base in
northern Italy,. ', ; '
-Fifth army forces also fought
slowly closer to the big Italian
art and industrial center from
the south, battering ; their way
through enemy" troops entrench
ed in scores of caves, tunnels and
pillboxes i along the mountain
highway .from, Florence.:- . .
Other eighth army-forces
have . advanced, .beyond. Argeita
ori the extreme right, cutting the
Germans ; off from this strong
point imthe Argcnta gap, the key
lo Ferrnra and the Po valley. .
, .The Germans were still hold
ing out in Argon ta, but they ap
peared to be trapped,', with al
liod . troops .astride' the railway
a little: more than a mile. beyond
tho town."' " "
"The bridgehead over the
Marina canal, next'water barrier
to Focrora ond the Po valley,
was enlarged and strengthened,
with heavy casualties .inflicted
on 'the Germans.
heard in San Francisco, report
ed Pyle was en route to a sec
tor' where there was heavy
fighting when he met his death.
In company with Lt. Col. Jo
seph Coolidge of ' Arkansas,
they were bumping along a
narrow- coral road in a jeep
when an enemy machinegun
opened fire as they rounded a
corner.
Instant Death
(They scrambled into a ditch,
the broadcast continued, and
the gunfire ceased. After a few
minutes they peered cautiously
over the edge . and there was
another burst of fire. : Colonel
Coolidge ducked back and as
he turned to Pyle saw that it
was all over for the .homely
(Continued on Page Two) r
Nazi Says Reds
Set Daie for
Berlin's Capture
. LONDON: April- 18 (IP) A
German radio reporter quoted.
Russian prisoners today as say
ing that an order of the day by
Marshal Stalin read to them-at
the 'start ...of '.the" new .eastern.,
front offensive said the war
would end April 25,' with Berlin;
falling: to .'the. red: army.;-." -y ;-,
No order of the day broad
cast from " Moscow has men
tioned .a specific date for the col
lapse of Germany and1 such a
forecast would be contrary to
Stalin's previous policies.
Pyle Killed
Ernie Pyle, famed war cor
respondent,, was . killed , on Ie
Jima by Japanese machine
bullets. ' ..-..' rr-
TRADE ACT BILL
' WASHINGTON,' April 13 (IP)
Cordell Hull eent-to congress to
day a plea for continuation and
expansion of the reciprocal trade
act with added duty-cutting au
thority, as a contribution to
world peace.
The former secretary of state
sent his plea from the naval hos
pital at Bethesda, Md.( where he
has; been a patient for some time.
... -.r.. First Battle . ; .
.' It 'reached congress as Assist
ant .'Secretary .of State William.
L. .Clayton told the house ways
and means committee that fail
ure to continue- the reciprocal
trade policy might well lead to
a third World war and President
Truman ' encountered his first
pitched battle in congress.-
"The' action of congress"- on
(Continued on Page Two) .
, Navy Pilot Gets Ducking in Chilly Upper Klamath Lake
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; t-.i n n Rahrmin. 24-vear.ald navv flohter ollot. made a forced landlno on Upper Klamath lake Monday, climbed into
a life raft and was paddling toward shore when, an amphibian plane dropped aown to.ptcK nlm up. Tne dIbck arrow, foreground.
shows tho tip of the tignter piano ran, tne second arrow indicating mo scbvuw . pinuv ixuni mv iviainain uavai air siauum in in
backaround is inow-eappea reucan-outie. - . .
Official Navy Photo.
Sudetenland
Push. Slices
Reich In Tvo
By JAMES M. LONG
PARIS, April 18 (IP) Tank-riding U, S. third army Infantry
men invaded Czechoslovakia today, bisecting Germany with a
plunge Into the Sudetenland, which Hitler annexed to the reich
after Munich in 1938.
The 90th division Invaded Cxechoslovakia northwest of Aich
In the northwestern tip of the country. Th Americans had
dashed eight miles from tho area of Hof, which is about 10 miles
south of captured Plauen. r :.- :"
The last lap of the drive to cut Germany in two was made
without opposition except for a brief flurry of gunfire in the
German Tillage of Prex, less than a telle from the border, a front
dispatch said. .
The 90th smashed two miles beyond the border to the
vicinity of Gottmasgrun. ' :..
. As Lt.' Gen. George S. Patton'i troops crossed the Czecho
slovak frontier, the first army stormed t within 4000 yards of
the center, of surrounded Leipzig and the seventh army cleared
nait the nasi city of Nuernberg.
P LOT LANDS
IN COLD UPPER
KLAMATH LAK
E
' "They must have cut off . the
ice just before I landed. '. It
couldn't be that cold without
freezing!" .
This was the first statement
made by Ensign R. G. Gehrman,
24-year-old navy ' pilot, who
made a forced landing on Upper
Klamath lake late Monday morn-
ing when his fighter plane, fly
ing from the Klamath naval air
station, developed engine trou
ble. Landing on Lake '
Gehrman's pre-season swim in
the cold lake waters resulted
when he was forced to make a
landing and the lake was the
only available spot. .He put his
plane down' in the water with
out difficulty and a . life raft
was dropped to-him by a fel
low pilot who observed 'his
plight. , Gehrman was rowing
for shore when the Klamath
naval ' air station , amphibian
plane, piloted by CAP c. A.
Adams, , arrived to pick him up.
' " The pilot, whose home town
is Battle Creek, Mich., seemed
little- the worse for his' exper
ience today after making what
is thought to be the first land
ing on this lake.
. The plane settled below the
water Just east of Eagle Ridge
(Continued on Page Two)'
Klamath Marine
Downs 3 Bombers
Three dive bombers ' were
chalked up to the credit of Capt.
Floyd C. Kirkpatrick, 27, Klam
ath Falls , marine flyer, who
pilots one of the newly arrived
fighter planes of the marine sec
ond air wing based on Okinawa.
The group destroyed 37 enemy
planes m trustrating an ai-j
tempted major air raid today.
The most exciting encounter
was a lS-minute battle north
west oi Okinawa in which . a
Corsair fighter formation ' ac
counted for more than 15 Jap
planes, a dispatch reports. Capt.
Kirkpatrick got his trio of Jap
bombers in-.that fight.
uapi. xirKpaincK, wim - naa
made his home with his uncle,
L. F. Kirkpatrick, 1900 Esplan
ade, since he was nine years of
age, observed his 27th birthday
overseas this month. He is a
graduate of Klamath Union high
school and entered the marine
air corps just three months be
fore he was to receive his de
gree from the University of Ore
gon in the spring of 1941. At
school he was affiliated with
Sigma Nu fraternity.
The marine flyer served over
seas 18 months and received the
rank of captain before return
ing to the United States for one
year's, training with a lighter
group in North Carolina. Six
months ago he went to the Pa
cific and while on Saipan served
as operations officer for his out
fit. ... '
All alone the front. Oen F.I.
senhower's armies, were gather
ing strength for the final drive
eastward to meet the Russians.
The Ruhr triumph assumed
proportions of the greatest vie
tory of the war, even more cost
ly to the Germans than the de
feat at Stalingrad. Already 309,.
484 prisoners have been taken
from the industrial trap and 50,
000 more were expected to sur
render today. The Germans lost
330,000 in killed and captured
alone three years ago at Stalin
grad in one of history's decisive
battles. The allies may have as
many as 359,000 prisoners from
the Ruhr by night, an annihila
tion pocket in which the enemy
also lost countless dead.
Magdeburg Taken '
The .ninth army, captured
Magdeburg (334,358) securing a
firm anchor on the Elbe river
opposite Berlin. The industrial
and commercial center was the
20th largest city of Germany be.
fore bombs and shells reduced it
to the smoking ruins which the
Hell on Wheels (second armored)
and Old Hickory (30th) divisions
captured.
Farther northwest, ' British
tanks swept forward on a 40
mile front to within 18 miles of
Hamburg and 12 of Harburg,
which lies across the Elbe south
of the great port. The British
reached to within eight miles of
the lower Elbe and drove into
the outskirts of Luneburg, a city
of 30,000, against scattered re
sistance. ' - .... - .'
The halving of Germany was
of more, geographical than im
mediate military importance, be
cause the" enemy still has cir-
' (Continued on Page Two)
Suitcase
Holds Human
Head, Hands
PORTLAND, April' 18 (IP) A
timber rigger arrested at the
camp where he had worked since
January 13 today denied any
knowledge of a suitcase found
at Fort Bragg, Calif, containing
a human head and hands.
State Police Capt. . Wayne
Gurdane identified the logger
as William Arthur Wellesley, an
itinerant worker employed at
lumber camps around the coun
try and at the Kaiser shipyard
in Richmond, Calif.
Gurdane said the man was be
lieved to be a former roommate
of Austin C. Barber, who van
ished from Oleum, Calif., two
years ago, and whose papers
were found in the suitcase.
Gandhi Blasts
Indian Delegates
BOMBAY. April 18 (IP) Mo
handas K. Gandhi has assailed
the delegation appointed to rep
resent India at the world secur
ity conference in San Francisco
as a "camouflage." .
"Such representation will be
worse than no representation,"
the Indian leader said in a state
ment last night. "Either India
at San Francisco is represented
by an elected representative or
represented not at all." - '
Gandhi's secretary passed
around copies of his 700-word
statement. Because he is ob
serving a period of silence -h
refused to enlarge on his com
ments. .
Umpires Cry 'Play Ball"
The crack of horsehide against-ash and the cry of, "Play
ball" echoed over the nation yesterday as the major leagues
teed off on their fourth wartime season.
With 4-F's and youngsters under 18 years of age composing
the lineups of the big" time circuits, there was no diminishing
of enthusiasm as over 100,000
rabid fans crowded the bleach- -ers
and grandstands of the na
tion's ball parks. .
Probably one of the most
talked of occasions of the gala '
opening day was the debut of
Pete Gray, the one-armed- won- ,
der who finally broke into the
big time with the American
League Champion St. Louis
Browns.
Fans and players alike were
behind him to a man as he . . .
drove out one single and, was robbed of a sure double by
circus catch.
It seems that courage is well typified in the case of Gray
and the fans honored his fighting .spirit in surmounting- a
terrific physical. handicap in true American fashion -So roll
up your sleeves, the 1945 baseball season ia onl - -
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