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KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. MONDAY," APRIL 23, 1945
Number 10447
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wjju I " lunii '''''
n FRANK JENKINB
E Kremlin flnully break
lt. ofllclnl silence, and Sta
Enounce Unit red army
, arc within four "'I'" 01
L.i.rt of Berlin.
. il,l Horli.1 III llio
STKh hwrt city It's
E,i wnv from Us outskirts
L center.)
b; Russians' flanks aro ap
parently wru in "
f centcr. That . they arc
line around me uunuiou
r.. "only ONE-WA?
L through Spnnduu, a sub-
10 HIP wni.
L.i. r-tn-iillnii bv thin route
Id run head-on Into our
Ls wuiung on wis
fcOUNTS of tlio area of
Berlin alreuny in minnm"
fi vary. Moscow says, one-
Ill to a fourth. Tho fighting
torn nouso io nunov,
with wmcn wo uo u-
(llo the armies fluht It out,
tlirco million German res-
...l.l In lA lnillllllH
H arc i" w v J" :
fiiihlly Into underground
T . -II I... ...a In lm,H
spnlcn says mi"
"Berlin i being trans-
rd Into a ghaatly rnoiui-
to senseless mm rsaui-
ETHER we have effected
Junction wim we nur
-mil, of Berlin Is a myi-
.. .1.1. I. .,,lltnn l
mm in uim "-",
j i . i. ..l. i .-. Uln
Lpparently WAITING AT
. , .. .I.. I
in irom uiu : ,
t junction ls being hand-
FWO UOII l Wllllfc ,iu
..i.. 1.. . ......,.,mn thnf
ipiana' ii -
h result In shooting each
Lk iliv on (ha Elbe while
Russians come to lis, they
fat least know where we
ffliat may explain why wc
cross.
we tnny havo crossed
is a lot of secrecy.)
far as can bo Judged by
Ireful rending of the din
ts, wo haven l crossed ine
anywhcrc-cxccpt at our
bridgehead due west of
, and even more wo seem
j av na nut. .
Icllon of two great mill
forces approaching cacn
from oddosIIo directions
nucczing an enemy do-
mem is a ticklish opera.
Artillery can easily over
Plnnes can make errors
kgnitlon unci bomb friends
ill as enemies.
lously tho simplest' way
one side to stnv out while
mcr moves up.
k one can't help guessing
ft the RusjIdih may havo
P us: ''Berlin Is our meat.
it to in. We'll hnndlo lt."
f vaguely known that 'at
Gcrmnnv wir Hlvldnrl un
Ihroe zones for flcpnrntc
py occupation, ono can t
nnc (lint as the end nenrs
pntlnucd on Pago Two)
PAWS IN
RUN ID
TO
MENAGE LAIR
35-Mile Front Active
Against Minor
Opposition
Teen-Agers Open Club
By JAMES M. LONO
PARIS, April 23 W') Lt. Gen.
Goorgo Pulton's third army, run
ning wild. on u :i3-nillo front in
u suulliwnfd smiiali Inward Adolf
Hitlers Alpine redoubt, ml
vanccd to within 13 miles of lie.
gonsburg today.
Infuntry reached the Nnnb
river 13 miles north of Rcgenx.
burg UKiilnsl only minor opposl'
Hun. while other troops burttl
through the enemy s Dnnubo
river lino to within 80 miles of
Munich.
Attack Braman
In the north, tho British
opened the final onslaught
tigulnst Bremen and the Ameri
can first and ninth armies anxi
ously awnltcd a Junction with
the itussians expected momcn
larlly.
The first nrmy enntured Dcs,
sau (120,000), 92 miles southwest
of beleaguered Berlin,' along
with 21.373 prisoners. The fall
of Dessau left only 14 German
cities under the nnzl flag.
Blackout Imposed
Pntton Imposed a security
blackout soon after his third
army captured two. bridges In'
(net across the Naab river, a trib
utary of tho Danube, northwest
of Regensburg. Blackouts In
tho past have cloaked break.
(Continued on Pago Two)
!rt Reverse
ison Decision
PHINGTON. April 23 (TP)
"yremo court today re
'he treason conviction nf
fy Cramer, naturalized
ennrged with aiding
'i niDoicura.
ce Jackson delivered the
9-4 nnlnlnn i.MU fin.
the first trensnn
for considered by a trl-
lc! poiiglns wrote a dls-
"pmion in which Chief
otOnn nnrl T. . ! m i-
uiiniiiua DIHUK
-C( COIiriirrnrl
Nr wns necusod of help-
r me eight nnzl sabo-
lannca from subma-
k -ii const m June,
FlC WnS finnlnnnnri Ia Pt
'"JPrlsonmont and fined
I 11V fl.n It .
j- i ""uniorn new
Neral district court.
press Asks
Jcfy Study
limi..; '. " war atroci-
rrt l I'lmuiiers WBB
rnJ, conf os" today.
'""P.ns In the house
'8 crcntlon of such on
t lile!'s Pressed rc
I Mr. 'nal8nt'on over
S r 1 "trocltles and
r .u.-.iu ciscnnowcr
edi10l,,?.0.f..f0"8"ss.
AFTER SiTDOI
Th wheels of Industry turn
cd again today at tho Kalpine
Plywood company on the Weed
highway after a shutdown since
February 15, 1045.
This is the longest closing pe
riod since the plant started oper
ation In 1938, and was caused
by a - shortage of peeler logs.
They . are now being obtained
from the Link River Lumber
company, and with other sources
of supply In view, Kalpine ex
pects to continue operation.
F. V. Russell, with the West
Coast Lumber and Trading com
pany of Seattle, is president of
the company, with W. E. Mnr
andcr as superintendent, and A.
J. Honzct as resident manager.
Honzcl came to the company
from Weed In September, 11)44,
where he helped in rebuilding
th plant there. .
A need for men as green
chain offbearers and similar
(Continued on Pago Two)
$34 Million Meat
Relief Decreed
WASHINGTON, April 23 V)
The government sought todny
to put more meat on- the na
tion's dinner tables by decree
ing a $34,000,000 prlco relief
program for packers and new
controls to spread supplies
evenly.
Prices housewives pay for
meat are not affected.. .
The $34,000,000 mostly In
Increased subsidies will be
pnid at that annual rate to
slaughterers In an effort to enso
a squeeze many ciaim is lorc-
Ing them out of business
UW- i' ':vfi tiw r.tl
-. fl lilIMMMMMMMlMldaaMMIMWM
Approximately 280 high school studants TlsU4 th Tn-ag eliib at its' formal opanintr on
Saturday night. Tha club is located in tha two aast rooms of tha armory and features a good
danca floor, coka bar apd music furhiihed by a uk . box. . Taan-agars - may visit th club be
tween 4 and 5:45 every afternoon this weak,, and it will be open on Friday and, Saturday aya
nlng. Tha opening for paranU and adult Islands it to be held aomatlma in tha near future. .
ROME. April 23 fP) Allied
troops of tho fifteenth army
group have smashed to the
River Po at several undisclosed
locations, it was announced to
night. - .
Units or both the fifth and
the British eielith armies roared
on toward tho Po, objective of
ninny weary months of battling,
in ground-devouring leaps- at
many places, but on the eastern
end of the front the British
still .were mcecting stubborn re
sistance in the Ferrara area.
Earlier, it wns reported tnat
the fifth nrmy was ncaring the
Po after a 35-mile dash beyond
(Continued on Page Two) .
Year's Training
Bill Voted Down
WASHINGTON. AdHI 23 (P)
Tho senate voted down today 66
to 9 a proposal to require 12
months of training before com
mit duty for all draftees under
20.
The action came after Gen.
George C, Marshall, chief of
staff, had ndvised the senate that
tho army will adopt a policy of
sending overseas no soldiers un
der 10, as soon as military condi
tions permit.
Gloria Vanderbilt Wedded
To Conductor Siokowski
LOS ANGELES, April 23 (P)
Leopold Stokowskl and his
wealthy young bride, Gloria
Vanderbilt Stokowskl, were In
seclusion today after a week
end wedding In Mexico that al
most was prevented Dy a piane
accident, .. .
Gloria, who sained control or
a $4,364,000 fortune on her 21st
birthday February 20, and the
58-year-old orchestra conductor
were married at Mexlcali, Mex
ico, Saturday night.
Escape injury
Thev narrowly escaped In
jury as a chartered plane in
which they were flying from
Reno, Nov., wns forced down
near Mojave, ' Calif. William
Guermann of Reno, proprietor
of a plane service, said the pilot
reported on his return to Reno
that the piano developed engine
trouble and landed on a high
way, .
From thera, Gloria and sio
kowski hitch-hiked a ride 'to the
border - and were married by
Civil Judge Apolonlo Nunez in
the Moxicnli government palace
at 10 o'clock Saturday night.
Jimmy Alvarez,) operator of a
Mexlcali cafe, was best man.
Pat "Cruel"
The two left Reno after she
obtained a divorce Friday from
Pnsqunlo (Pat) Di Cicco, Holly
wood actor's agent. She
charged cruelty and was grant
ed the right to resume her
maiden name. She and Di Cicco
were married in 1941 at Santa
Barbara, Calif.
This was Stokowskl's third
marriage, tho others ending in
dlvorcoi --."
No plans .were made public
as to whether the couple plans
a honeymoon trip. Tho conduct
or is scheduled for an appear
ance here May 16 and is ex
pected to begin, rehearsals early
in May. '
7 1,73 8 Japs Die on Isle;
Nipponese Re-take Kakaiu
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Press War Editor
. American . infantrymen, fight
ing a . costlv see-saw battle on
southern Okinawa, have killed
11,738 Japanese.- -.
Enemy losses were announced
by Adm. Chester W. Nimitz in
his Monday communique which
also reported the destruction of
126 Nipponese planes in suicide
attacks on the Okinawa area, in
U. S. carrier plane swetps over
the- northern Ryukyus-and in a
land-based fighter ' plane low
level attack on the Suzuka naval
base on Japan proper.
Hecaptur KaKasu .
Nipponese infantrymont, in
filtrating U. S. 27th division
lines as Kamikaze suicide planes
made- another heavy attack on
U. S. land positions and. ship
ping, recaptured Kakazu . town
on western Okinawa. Strategic
ridge positions changed hands re
peatedly along the three-division
front. Officially, the lines were
substantially unchanged."- -
In sharp retreat marines of
the third amphibious corps over
ran two small islands- off north
ern Okinawa, 325 miles- from
Japan, . '
Raid Airtleids .
Supporting the Okinawa ac
tion' 150 Superforts yesterday
$25,000.; Damage'
Suit Filed Here
..Charging that he was- perma
nently disabled as the result of
injuries received on September
4. -1944. Claude H.' Jordan
brought suit in circuit court to
day against LeRoy C. Hill, seek
ing damages, of $zd,uuu.
U. S. Balentine -fs attorney
for the. plaintiff.
According to the .complaint,
Jordan was-operating his car oh
the Klamath Falls-Lakeview
highway near Dairy when his
machine was struck by one oper
ated by the defendant, Hill.
A suit to recover $2500 dariv
ages Was also filed . in circuit
court this morning by Lester A.
Watts vs. Don Barnes.. Watts
charged that he was engaged in
sorting potatoes as an employe
of Barnes. The plaintiff was
usins ". an electric cower
driven machine and on Novem
ber 20, 1944,- the-sorter, was
loaded on a truck. The sorter
tilted and Watts attempted to
lift the sorter when he caught
his- right thumb, losing a por
tion, of the thumb at that time.
U. - S, . Balentine - represents
Watts.'--' "
raided five Kyushu island air
fields on' southwestern-Japan for
the fourth time in six days.- All
B-29s returned from a similar
raid on nine airdromes Saturday.
On other Svar fronts, the U. S.
533rd engineers' recaptured Fort
Pikit in southern Mindanao of
the Philippines; the 32nd divi
sion began its fourth year of war
by sealing up more enemy caves
on northern Luzon; Chinese re
ported they were slowing up the
enemy's threat to a U. S. air
continued on Page Two)
Local Men Buy
Alturas Store
! Purchase of the Golden Rule
store at Alturas by J. A. and
Alta Souther.. L. Dclos Mills and
D. D. Reeder, all of Klamath
Falls, was announced this weeK.
Souther,-, who has been man
ager of Moe s department store
fqr the past seVen years, has re
signed his position nere, elec
tive May 1. Mrs. Souther is in
Alturas. operating the store at
the present time..
The Golden Rule store was
sold - to . the Klamath- men by
George Arabolad who has been
in business in Alturas for 29
years, i : - - . -
.Souther - has been, active In
civic affairs during his residence
here. He is past commander of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
post, served on numerous com
mittees with the Klamath coun
ty chamber of commerce," Girl
Scouts, and is a member of the
Lions club and Baptist church.
PAGING
BASF
RETENTION BY
. S. STUDIED
Proposal Shares Lime
Light With Polish.
Issue at Confab
By J. w. DAVIS .
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23
(fl3) The United States would
retain control of strategic Pa
cific bases after the war under
a compromise trusteeship plan
reported under study today for
presentation to the United Na
tions conference. .
. This subject, together with a
proposal for a "community of
the Pacific" patterned after the
Pan-American union, shared pre
conference interest with the
long-troublesome Polish 'J ques
tion, currently a Big Three
topic in Washington. . .
Predict Succtss
' And as the Wednesday open
ing of the 46-nation conference
drew near, Senator Vandenberg
(R-Mlch.) and Commander Har
old Stassen, former governor of
Minnesota, predicted it would
succeed in its job of establish
ing a world organization for
peace. , ,
Both are U. S. delegates and
Vandenberg is reportedly in line
for- the job of representing this
country on the conference com
mission which will . write the
regulations for the world secur
ity council.
To Set Up Voting
' This icommission will handle
the' delicate problem of voting
procedure within the inner cir
cle of the peace-keeping organl
ation. Advocates -say - the . interna
tional - trusteeship - compromise,
worked out at Washington, is
intended to satisfy military de
mands for the -Pacific -island
bases, and at the same time to
provide a plan that, would work
as well to the benefit of Russia,
Britain or any other nation witb
military base requirements. - -,
- The idea is to have two kinds
of ' trusteeships. Areas of one
type would be subject to- investi
gation and report by trustee
commiteees of the proposed
world organization. Territories
of the other type probably to
be called security areas, would
be assigned exclusively to the
trustee power.
County Courts to
Consider Appeal
Members of the Klamath and
Lake county courts plan to meet
informally within a short time to
discuss the possibility of appeal
ing the decision of the land-office
in the recent Shevlln-Hixon
timber exchange. ''
County Judge U. . E. Reeder
said members of his court were
planning to meet with the Lake
county delegation at the district
No. 2 session of courts which in
clude Crook, Deschutes, Harney,
Jefferson, Klamath and Lake
counties.'
"We. are waiting to get a copy
of Senator Guy Cordon's bill on
contribution in lieu of taxes, be
fore a decision is made," Judge
Reeder stated.
He - said the decision - of the
land office would not be dis
cussed officially at the district
meeting, but that the Lake coun
ty court would be present and it
would be an advantageous time
for the two courts to get togeth
er and "talk among ourselves."
The district meeting will be
held irrErineville at the call of
County Judge C. L. Allen of
Bend, and in . the past these
sessions have been held In April.
Counties Can Clean House
Senate Bill 119, recently passed by the state legislature
authorizing the destruction of papers deemed of no value, may
mean cleaning house in the 36 counties of Oregon.
As far as the Klamath county vault Is concerned, it's
crammed full. For the first time in the history of the county,
the mountain of deeds, records .and papers is being indexed
with one person detailed to this job since the first of the year.
. Klamath's first deed goes back to June 8, 1872, and, ac
cording to Deed No. 1, book 1, it was from the Oregon Cen
tral Military Road company- to Elisha L. Applegate of Lane
county, who. purchased 640 acres "for valuable consideration.".
The property is now known as the Gerber -ranch one mile
north of Bly and is described as section 27, township 36, south
range 14 east. - ,
County Judge U. E. Reeder received a letter today from
Eleanor Stephens, state librarian, asking that no records of
historical value be burned until an archivist is obtainable,
probably around July 1.
County Clerk Charles F. DeLap said there was no hurry
about getting rid of a ton or two of the records, as they've
been collected since' back in '72, and everybody has gotten
along with thorn around thus far, , 11 -----
Troops Reach
Elbe River;
Linkup Near
LONDON, April 23 W) Marshal Stalin said tonight the Rus.
slans had reached the Elbe at Muelberg, northwest of Dresden
and 23 miles east of the last reported positions of the U. S. first
army. The Elbe was reached, Stalin said, as the climax of a drives
of 50 to 100 miles from the Neisse river.
Stalin announced the Russians had broken into Berlin from ,
the north and south and penetrated to within four miles of th ,
center of the capital.
Frankfurt, German buttress on the Oder, and Cottbus, '
stronghold on the Neisse, fell in the sweeping breakthrough of -Berlin's
defenses, the Russian marshal announced.
Berlin Encircled
fhe Mme time tne Luxembourg radio declared that Ber
lin had been completely encircled before nightfall. -
In a third order of the day Premier Stalin later announced
the capture of Opava (Troppau), nazi fortress city guarding -the
Moravian gate to central Czechoslovakia. The capture was made
by troops of Marshal Yeremenko. .
" HITLER DIRECTS BATTLE
LONDON, April 23 OP) Adolf Hitler is in Berlin and has
decided to remain there, the Hamburg radio said today in a
broadcast directed at Berlin residents in an attempt to con
vince them the invaded capital would not fall.
Both the tone and wording of the announcement made It
clear that rumors were sweeping the reich that the fuehrer
was in flight. .. . ,
Tha broadcast said the announcement was made to item
what was described as "fantastic rumors by which the enemy
is attempting to undermine the morale of the German people."
Propaganda Minister Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels is also in
the capital, the broadcast said. It conceded that the fall of Ber
lin would virtually mean the end of the war.
"There are two bastions which we cannot and will not
cede, Goebbels was quoted as saying, referring to Berlin and
Prague, the capital of Bohemia-Moravia.
"If these two bastions fall into enemy hands the whole of
Europe will perish with Germany," he said. "Should bolshe
vism capture these capitals of the reich and the protectorate.
Europe ceases to exist."
The Elbe river is reported unofficially to be the dividing
line between operational areas of the Russian and western allied
fnrrnc hut tttaro l , . . ... .
nu umtiai wora mai ne Americans
had reached the river in the area immediately northwest of '
' , Meeting Unmentioned
Marshal Stn ltn' nrrlor AiA nnt maMtim . t t
the western allies and thred army. - ' DClween
, . ln "n iuer oer of the day Stalin announced that Frank-furt-on-the-Oder
had fallen to red army troops. , .
Thp Amrrirane warn 1 , i I . . n '
iiT; i t j . ; . ,'c""" iueuumg, iu nines :
northeast of Leipzig and 15 miles west of the Elbe in the area
nnrthwost nf nradon
The marshal's second order of the day announced the cap- '
turn nf Pntthuc 47 miUr' I. . l t II. a ; ,
. , r , , ' -....--, ouu.iiH, ui ceiuu, ana saia -ine aus- '
sians had broken into Berlin from the south. . .
ciann in an oraer or. the day directed to 99 generals and SO
other officers said red army troops had smashed the German cap-
-"u. utiuicu x-ctiiKuw. vramenrjurg, i.oe.pn IK.
Friedrichsfelde suburban communities .on the northwest, north.
pact anrt cnuVioac r( TAVi; .... " -
Towns Taken by Red
nf, addition -the -order said Marshal Gregory Zhukov's first
While Russian -army troops captured Birkenwerder arid Hen
rungsdorf the latter on the west bank of, the Havel river and -jour
miles-from Lake Tegel on the northwest fringe of.the cap
rial. Wandutz and Karlshof also" fell" to the advancing Russians. '
The order which directed that Moscow's victory guns giva
20 salvoes from 224 guns said units of the Polish first army un
der Lt. Gen. Poplawski participated far the Russian victory.
. u.,,xw u ivui umca tiuiiu ui uie .center or. me ierman
capital and Friedricksfelde four-miles east. of . the center. .Orani
enburg is 7 miles north nfuwatw Rorlin sn'rnMji. 4.
miles southeast of the city. Karlshorst . is ; near Frledric&sfelda
and Birkenwerder close to Oranlenburg. ; i -1. .,
, FranWurton-the-Oder was by-passed by. the Russians at-the
start of the offensive against Berlin a week . ago.- The order said 1
the Russians had advanced from' 37 to 62 miles from their jump-
off points. -. ,; .. - . . . .. ... "
Sii?'8 ?rder was tn first mention of Marshal Zhukov sinca
MaTchJ? when hls armv took Altdamm near Stettin and appar
ently dispelled reports broadcast by the Germans that he had '
been recalled to Moscow and displaced. . . . ; .
Big Three Minisiers Talk
On Bay City Confab Issues
WASHINGTON, April 23 m
The Big Three foreign ministers
today resumed their momentous
discussions prior to the San
Francisco conference. .
The sessions began shortly af
ter 10:30 a. m. when Russian
Foreign Commissar Molotov ar
rived at Secretary of State Stet-
unius office.
British Foreign Minister An
thony Eden had arrived at the
state department a short time
before.-'.
, . Conferees
Also present for the confer
ence were Soviet Ambassador
Andrei Gromyko, W. Averell
Harrlman, American ambassa
dor to Russia; Sir Alexander
Cadogan, British permanent un
dersecretary for foreign affairs;
Stockton Hurt
In Action
FC John T. Stockton, .27,
1628 Sargent,; Is recovering in
the 129th General hospital, Eng
land, from machinegun wounds
in the right thigh received when
he and two other - infantrymen
ran into enemy crossfire while
on a reconnaissance mission
near Bitsch, France.
Stockton's wife,' the former
Margaret Bates, and their three
children, Erla June, 4; Maria
Jeane, 3, and John Jr., 1, reside
here.
; The Infantryman said he and
two others had gone into the
field to observe enemy activity
just after American troops had
taken the town of Reiperts
weiler, near Bitsch. ......
. "We ran into German ma
chinegun crossfire, I stood be
hind a tree and the Jerries fired
at it, cutting away chunks of
bark. I thought I might be
safer behind a larger tree or in
a shell crater so I made a dash
for .the rear. We had run only
a few feet when a bullet hit me
in the thigh. I crawled about
300 yards to our lines where a
medic gave me first aid. Later
I was flown to England.
Stockton is making a satisfac
tory recovery, according to a
hospital report.
Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, Brit
ish ambassador to Moscow, and
U. S. Undersecretary of, State
Grew. f
No statements were issued
prior to today's meeting as to '
the progress made thus far" in ,
the Washington get-together of
the Russian, British and Ame'ri- ;
can foreign ministers.
"In Confab" '
After an hour and a half of
conversations, the foreign min
isters recess for lunch, but Sec
retary of State Stettinius de
clared "We're still in conference."
After leaving the conference.
Stettinius hurried to the White
House to see President Truman.
He told White House reporters
he had ''no comment."
Molotov was first to leave the
conference room at the state -de
partment, at 12:10 p. m. He was
followed a few minutes later by
Stettinius and Eden and 'mem
bers of their party.' , . ;
Truman Talks to
Military Heads
WASHINGTON,' April 23 (IP)
President Truman conferred for
an hour this afternoon with his
highest diplomatic and military
officials. ' .-. .-
The nature of the meeting, to
which the heads of the-state,
war arid navy departments were
summoned, was not immedi
ately disclosed.
W LB Approves
Coal Contract
WASHINGTON, April 23 VP)
The war labor board today ap
proved the new national soft
coal contract, subject to a grant
of coal price increases by OPA
and approval of the latter by
Economic Stabilizer Davis,
The contract involves 400,000 '
bituminous mine workers, and
provides an increase Of $1.07 in
the basie earnings of the aver
age inside day worker. '