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Newspaper Page Textm IMS fo) 0) liJ Q Herald amlttor In The Shuniu Cancade Wonderland m April 24, 1949 Mix. April 23) IS Mill 41 Precipitation last 24 hour Trie Stream year to dat 8.14 Normal 9.97 Last year ...6. 91 Forecasts Cooler tonight. ririVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 194S Number 10448 V ,', ..... ' U ::"r r' rnlNlf JENKINS IIIE is really no now today Minim ... - Mnin,. hi tne I'll'" "i " , it lit l International. So V !, .... i Iii uuciawork. ,iiov r- - nuit uo Btti-i""- obviously alt ovor in Dor . i i. Muni tnlh n n ..iiu mnv ulrundv be l lie vm; , . fcmdctl by tl" Russian, who Hunt nluiii ri. mwlrc i)K arms wore fi8 miles P"rV .i ntf toward tho city's heart mi uuun" hod been forbidden to re I I.. Inn rlnn flint, arc ircro .... , - - . iconic wiuim fc Germans Insist Hint Hit- I . i. i v.M wilt in npriin. rr is uu ..-, ting tlic uumo porseiwny. is --, ...... I .i. i. M.in n u unnlnn I ISI9H. fc -' "V"-' :. " .. - kod policy to nclmll that tno fed fuehrer (or whom every- clo Is expecico 10 mi ma El.... .Irlnni.,1. leaving tile bon herd to hold the bag I LL, he mieiit be In Berlin, h advertised, xou never enn thai megnlomanlnc who vilons ana ncars voices L morning the wires hnve been Jittery with excite- The oil c ni announce (hat we and tho Russians Joined up Is obviously ex. Li at any momont. unc k-j that It has HAf. ED, but as these words are En the announcement hasn't looks lody llko ration i lading directly lor Borchlcs- vlu Municn ann Biiizuurg, tig it to the Ktismun io up mo unmme vnucy irom ha and cut off the Bavarlun mot from the Czecho- kltn armament centers of f. and I'niguo. la reported today at He- urg, not much over 100 north of Berchtesgaden it- IE (he prevalence of the lord "snlz" In tho-, place t of the hideout nrca Snlz- ObersaUburg. Snlzknm. It, etc. "Solz'( Is the Gcr- fiord for salt, and ancient ines, worked for ccnturici , tnnnolfl nnrl hnllnu,frl.mit peri driven deep Into the mint arc integral pnru or Mcnsc system tho nails patting the burrowing Japs) (PDOSCd to hnv built there. teral American translation zDurg would bo Saltvillo. N'T get unduly excited poui v-e uny, which at best F only a sort of token data lory. As nearly aa can bo pa from the masa of cen I propngonda that In thoso days has to nns fnr about the only practical cancc of V-E Dnv will he Jay-off dale for the pools piu supposed io run into tavy millions. i . ithe "Htiatlon now stands. f rmony will bo cut up Into ihickcis. wncn mis UP Job Is cnmnlnlnri h Can't bo Innc, nnwl a'II N.wllh the nasty, bloody, Miii ur jod oi mopping L.i . --- .mvu uvtuillO r 'k y inmuinr In tho Pa- P l the unavoidable after- "i oi, indoctrination of Peoples with savage If Wn nnrl ln TJ In D.l.t t , ,u "PIMIIH I Hive any HORSE "'a I, the frat ,hlng ,,j ?h"X of building n new r" on t'ago Five) Three Armies Strike South Toward Alps By JAMES M. LONG PARIS. April 24 (!) U. S. third army troops struck forward 23 milaa today, cuttlnq within 35 milos of Auatrla and 93 of Barchtasgadan. whila westward othor Amaricana forced a third crossing of tha Danube and overran Ulm. Thrae armlas ware hitting southward into the nails' Alpine redoubt. Runlana ware sweeping in from the east, and the Ger mans aald aovlet forces were within 89 miles oi Berchtesgaden, Hitler's mountain retreat. A 23-mlle dash bv the third armv'i 11th armnr.rf ji.i.i- bvpaaaing Regensburg. carried to.Arnesriedt, 40 mllea aaat of that manufacturing center end 11 mllea north of the Danube. there the 11th was 35 miles Marshal Peiain Enters Switzerland, May Stand Trialin France; Leopold Expected 1 RAIDED GROUND ACTON REPOR TED SLOW ford Elected J i President fti speeches, placards ab1 l0!0' Pol'"" high mV"', P noincomcnt of ofcctlon 8 on student body officers p,,nr of 1945-l!H6 ifn7a w.'", "io students' win I , c,Cnt, while Bud ! fr',lD.ke over 'ho posl- Ivcli u presiaent. Bin i-MiHn .i " cc,et second l,l.',a.nd fie office of (is 7: 'o frcd Reeves. 'ote3nBbC,VCrV:o'0.botween ar"?o P?8l on of. score- an - . 1 nBVnR re- - "iuai numrjer ot 17 "f.Wcro underway on k offin, :'...na,aatc if Iced k;, PaMoa ana Itce U?.0 eligibility scd bv fh i ,. rlvnlw8 led Vielr elders- wero rk tiTn.. "e nornmcea in -ijwiivc otiices. i By LEONARD MILLIMAN Aaaociated Praia War Editor Dogged, cave-dwelling Japa nese held Amorlcan Innd offen sives to minor gains throughout tho Pacific with one slashing exception today as Super forts returned to the ottack on Tok yo. In a 30-mlle thrust out of the southern Philippine, swamps, U. S. 24th corps Infantrymen cop. lured Knbacan, the most im portant Junction In Mindanao island's limited highway system. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said Its capture bisected the estimat ed forco of 30,000 enemy de fenders. 10,000 Nips Killed MacArlhur announced that within' tho last week 10,806 Japanese have boon killed and 353 taken prisoner in the multi fold Philippine actions against 504 Americans killed, 2168 wounded and three missing. Enemy losses for tho entire cam paign are 334,111. Heavy casualties were Indi cated in tho present slow-moving U. S. drive against the well defended and ingenious Nippon (Continued on Pago Three) Coggesha Now Naval Captain Lowell T. CoEKcshall. senior medical officer of the Marine Barracks, has been promoted from lieutenant commandor to captain In the navy. The news came this morning, and Colonel George O. Van Or- den, commanding officer at the barracks, said steps will be taken to notify Coggcshall, who Is en route to Washington to at tend an international conference on tropical diseases. A navy captain is equal In rank to a colonel. Contain Coggcshall Is a na tionally known authority on tropical diseases, and former dean of tho University of Michi gan school of medicine.. Argentina to Aid In War on Axis SAN FRANCISCO, April 24 ffl Argentina's military gov eminent is adootlng far reach Ing measures to put teeth in Its ripolnrntlnn nf war against the axis, Avra Warren, director of tho state department's offico of American republic anairs, re ported today on his arrival from a goodwill mission to Buenos Aires. Knunr in demonstrate that their decision to participate in the allied war effort is sincere, even though belated, the Argen tine authorities have promised full cooperation in both mili tary and economic aspects of the struggle, r - Gen. Giles Named To Head Forces WASHINGTON, April 24 (P) Appointment of Lt. Gen. Barney Mf. Giles as commanding gen eral of the army air forces in the Pacific ocean area was an nounced today by the war de partment, General Giles will be re placed as deputy commander of the army air forces and chief of tho air staff by Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, who has been command er of the Mediterranean allied air force since December, 1943. General Giles replaces Lt. Gen. MIllHrd F. Harmon, report ed missing on' a flight In the Pa cific several weeks ago. from the Austrian border, 77 from Llnz, and 85 from Salz burg. An American-Russian lunc tlon was expected momentarily in inc center, splitting Ger many. Not Announced ' (Although there were Indica tions early today that the for mal announcement of the link upto bo made from Washing- ion, London and Moscow was imminent, noon, eastern war time, passed without indication as to when It would come). Troops of the American third army pressed to within S3 miles of the Austrian strongholds of Llnz and Salzburg, eastern gate ways to the southern redoubt. The seventh army closed down the last 50 miles toward Munich and tho French first army ad vanccd close to the Austrian frontier and reduced three large pockets behind the lines. . . . Ulm Falls - Ulm, second Wurttcmborg city of 60,000, is on the Danube, It was the scene of one of Na polcon's most complete victor ies. It fell after a lu-mue ad vance. ' ' ' ' ' Lt; Gen. George. Pa tton's pow erful third army made addition al gains of i miles In. the; Re- gensourg area. . Captured German documents said tnai f ield Marsnai irwin Rommel died at Ulm last Octo ber 14 of wounds received in a strafing ottack in Normandy- It. was at Ulm in 1805 that the Austrian army surrendered to Napoleon near the 14th cen tury , Gothic cathedral, higher than the Cologne edifice and second only to it in size. The Dnnubc is navigable from Ulm to the Black sea. - Supreme headquarters, muf fled on any word of a junction with the Russians pending goy prnmrntal announcements by the Big Three, could give aio nrw of the American first arid ninth army lines along the Elbe: and east OI Liepzig. many cor. respondents believed prelimi nary contact with the Russians already had been made. NoxisWoyoy, Shoot Americans ON THE ELBE, Germany, April 24 m Three German soldiers waylaid three American troops, shot them In the back and donned their uniforms, the U. S. ninth army announced to day One of the Americans was a mxriirnl officer. The Americans were ambushed while riding in a jeep. After capturing the Americans, the Germans, one an SS trooper, tooK incm insiae a house, turned their faces to a wall and oocned fire. They started roaming the rear area In tho jeep. IThn rilanntch did not say whether the Germans had been captured). Farmer Sues Water District Charging that the Horsefly Ir rigation district failed to provide water and that this resulted in the loss of his entire potato crop, W. O. Smith, Klamath farmer, today filed suit in circuit court against the district seeking $2213.65, special damages, and $5000, general damages. Smith charged that he had under cultivation, eight acres which he ' had . leased from Frank Tofell, the property sub ject to the Horsefly Irrigation district and entitled to be fur nished with water for irrigating purposes. . The farmer said that in 1943, prior to the commencement of the growing season, he notified tho district that tho land would be cultivated and tho district agreed to provide water. The defendant then cultivated the land and planted potatoes at a cost in actual expense of $2213.65, and that the district failed to nrovlde water which resulted In an entire crop .loss.-, R, B. Maxwell is attorney for the plaintiff. By THOMAS HAWKINS BERN, April 24 mi Aged Marshal Pctaln entered Switzer land from Germany today after declaring himself - willing to stand trial in France. And King Leopold of Belgium, who sur rendered to the Germans In 1040, was expected to reach the Swiss frontier some time during the day. Pierre Laval, arch collabora tionist of tho Vichy regime, ap peared at the frontier of nearby Liechtenstein, but was refused entry. Laval is under a death sentence Imposed by a Marseille court which convicted him in absentia last fall on a charge of haying had "Intelligence with the enemy." Daat Refused Entry Marcel Dcat, who was minis ter ot state and labor in the Vichy government, arrived at the Swiss frontier during the day but was refused entry by the Swiss. Petaln. who observed his 89th birthday today, was allowed to enter Switzerland after asking and receiving official permission to cross the neutral country into France to surrender himself to French authorities. The arrival of Peiain and the expectation that King Leopold would reach Switzerland during the day indicated that the col lapsing nazi regime had permit ted its potential hostages to leave possibly through some understanding witn tne allied governments concerned. Allies Informed It was known that the allied governments had been informed in advance of Petaln s coming and presumably gave their consent. Potain arrived at the Swiss frontier town of Saint Mar garethen by automobile in a . (Continued on Page Three) Russian Squeeze On Berlin 6. ' Brandenburg Gate 7. f reighf Yards 8. Victory Column 9. CofnmunicartoniCenfer 10. Srockyordi At two. nowerful aovlet armies, eut .Into the heart, of Berlin, other. Russian forces were reported only 15 miles, apart in their; drive to encircle the reich capital. Russia -now holds one-third of the city, and an unconfirmed dispatch reported that the Templehof airdrome had been captured. ALLIES GROSS PO. E ROME. April 24 - tP) U. S. Fifth army troops vhave swept across the Po -river, in pursuit of the 'retreating. Germans and the British eighth army has captured- Ferrara, where ; the ene my' fought .bitterly to' the last, it -was-announced tonight. . Fifth army troops on the west coast seized the important Ital ian naval -base of - La Spezia, while - 22 -miles' northwest of Bologna', other . units captured Modena, junction on Highway 9. The offensive, ' still gaining momentum, has brought 40,000 prisoners into allied cages, plus large quantities of equipment. - The eighth army broke into the outskirts of . Ferrara last night after plunging through disorganized and fleeing Ger man forces to that road hub city 30 miles north land slightly east of Bologna. The Ferrara air field was captured. : uinciai reports said tne nazis were attempting to "escape (Continued on Page Three); Klamath Men to Visit Alturas About 25 Klamath Falls men will -leave for Alturas at 3:30 d m. Wednesday on a good will visit arranged by the Klamath county ' chamber of commerce and the Modoc county, defense council. The plan Is to re-pay a visit made last fall by the Modoc men. who came here as chamber guests. The party will meet at tne cnamoer nere at n:au, and the: meeting place in Alturas is the lobby of the Nlles hotel. ' , Stettinius Arrives for Conference; Big Three Polish Issue Unsolved - By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER i " SAN; FRANCISCO, April 24 (P) Secretary of State' Stettin ius arrived today as America's chief delegate to the United Na tions conference, bringing with him the- still -unsolved fousn dispute of the big . three powers. "' Stettinius stepped from a sil very jour-motored transport plane at 10:50 a. m. and de clared that - "despite the diffi culties that me must meet" the Kurt Schuschnigg Said Murdered FLOSSENBURG CONCEN TRATION CAMP, Germany, April -. 24 . (P) Political prison ers' just liberated .at this camp by the 90th division of the American- third army asserted today that Kurt Schuschnigg, former chancellor of Austria, was murdered here by SS troops April 15. ..The prisoners said that Hjal mar Schacht, former German fi nance minister and head of the Central Bank of Germany, had been imprisoned at Flossenburg but was taken to the notorious Dachau concentration camp by the SS at the time Schuschnigg was reported slain. , . , Schuschnigg ' was Austrian chancellor at the time Hitler ab sorbed that country before the start of the war. He has been under arrest ever since, various ly reported as. dead or insane as a result of tortures. . . - Britain to Support Red Vote Demand, Says Attlee SAN FRANCISCO. April 24 (P) Clement Attlee, . deputy prime minister, announced to more than 400 newsmen today that Britain will support Rus sia's demand for three votes in the assembly of the . proposed world organization. . Later- it was .learned that In dia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada the entire list of British dominions would follow Britain s lead. Want Security Declaring at an extraordinary news conference that "we do not come here as perfectionists but as grim realists" Attlee said his country was determined to gain security and would take the best solution It could get. "Every delegation at this con ference," he said, "should bear in mind the- power, of modern weapons. Anyone who has lived as we have lived under bombs, flying bombs and rockets would find they had a powerful stimu lant for security. "Oh, Yes" Attlee replied to the question of whether Britain would sup port the soviet three-vote de mand with the words, "Oh, yes." He declined, however, to say whether the British dominions would follow suit, although indi cating this matter had been dis cussed at the recent empire con ference in London. He spoke out against attempt ing to gain security through di viding the world into regions with each region governed by its own arrangement . or organiza tion. He declared a world pact was the only answer, 'asserting "peace is indivisible." conference will succeed In cre ating a world peace organiza tion. No Solution Easily the greatest difficulty confronting mm is tne unity splitting row over Poland which Stettinius, Foreign .: Commissar Molotov of Russia and Foreign Minister Eden of Britain failed to solve in talks in Washington. However, a statement there indicated fresh - proposals may have been referred to Moscow, thereby putting the next move up to Marsnai Stalin. " ' Other Arrivals ' Stettinius was followed from the plane by Assistant Secre tary of State James C. Dunn and Charles E. Bohlen, the de partment's . liaison with the White House and an expert on Kussia. Molotov and Eden, who con ferred with Stettinius in Wash ington until late last night, and Foreign Minister T. V. Soong of China, were due later in the flay. A nrenared statement was is sued by Stettinius' press officer. Homer Byington. The secretary only . grinned when questioned BDout Poland. . . The statement: United In Attempt "I came to San Francisco with the firm belief that the United Nations are united in their de termination to succeed in estab lishing a world organization. "I say this with no wish to minimize the difficulties that we must meet both at this confer ence and .afterwards. I say it because I believe all the peace ful peoples of the world de mand this of us and the govern ments represented at this con ference must not and will not fail them.". 20,000 Workers Idle in Detroit ' DETROIT,- April 24 (IP) New strikes made 20,000 war work ers, idle in the Detroit area to day, closing the Packard Motor Car company plant and three factories 'of - the Kelsey -Hayes Wheel company, ... Some 5500 Kelsey-Hayes em ployes in the McGraW avenue and Military avenue plants here and the company's Plymouth, Mich'., gun plant walked out in a renewal of last week's dispute over- dismissal of a- group of workers accused by the manage ment of ejecting a foreman from one of the plants. . . Off ThDirdl CaprtaO HOLD-UP ATTEMPT Cap Awed By RICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON, April 24 (P) Russian troops have tightened their encirclement of Berlin already more than one-third In soviet hands and in a swift dash halfway across central Auatrla hive swept to within 89 miles of Berchteagaden, Hitler's mountain re treat, the German high command declared today. The aurge through Austria carried to Eiaenerx, 57 miles from Linx and 85 from Salsburg, the broadcast bulletin said. Ameri cans of the third army are 93 miles from those two cities, and 110 from Berchtesgaden in their southward slice toward the naiis' Alpine redoubt. By German account. Russians In Austria were but 155 airline miles from a linkup with the U. S. third army. Two- powerful soviet armies were cutting into the heart Of Berlin in savage street battles. The German hiah command aald lh nuln ani,-iin.. j.i-. around the capital on the southwest had reached "areas southeast oi KMoraouij, ana east ot Potsdam," Berlin's great western suburb. Brandenburg is 25 miles west of Berlin. South of the crumbling citadel of naildom, other soviet forces drew near American trooos waitlno tor Mrh.i . the eastern and western fronts. " The German communique, broadcast by the Hamburg radio, dedered Germans still were resitting on the northern end east era edges of Berlin. ' As the battle' for Berlin rose in fury there was some belief here it might fall within two days the German radio an nounced that Hitler had sent an eleventh-hour message to hia one-time ' axis partner, Benito Mussolini, declaring the 'strug gle for our very existence has reached its climax." The broadcast said that the message was sent to Mussolini in Milan and declared that "bol shevism and the troops of Jewry are staking all with the object of combining their destructive forces in Germany."' More than a third of Berlin was in Russian hands. German reports indicated . that fighting was swirling through nearly one half of the wrecked city last night. Red army troops and tanks advanced from point to point over bodies of Germans who had' been refused permis sion to retreat. Southwest of Berlin, now al most encircled red army tanks drew up to the Elbe river at a point within 20. miles of Amer ican positions; - Berlin was being reduced to rubble, building by building, in savage . street . fighting . as so many European, cities have been, before Jt.' Both the first . White Russian army and the first Uk ranlan army had hurdled the outskirts and were fighting well inside the central. areas. . A Moscow, communique an nounced that i red armv bnlr .had burst across the belt rail- roao into, tne inner city and cap. tured , th e ; metropolitan gat works, only eight blocks from Alexander. Platz, a major com mercial center. -- A slight, 22-year-old girl, clad in a lady motorman's uniform, was foiled in her attempt this morning to hold up Augustus M. Clauson, 927 Klamath avenue secondhand store dealer. The girl, who gave her name as Barbara Carroll and her home as Los Angeles, was ar rested by city police a short time after she fled from the Clauson place and lodged in the city jail. This afternoon she was transferred to the county jail. where a charge of assault with intent to rob was placed against her. Clauson said the girl entered his store and said "This is a stick-up" as she held a small, macs revolver in ner nana. Clauson struck at the girl and she parried the blow with her arm, running to the front en trance-as he followed. Clauson then, according to officers. Dirked up a wooden handle arid struck at the girl. She ran from the building but a few minutes later was picked up by police at 9th and Klamath. A .32 revolver was found, unloaded in - her pocket. ' ; The girl readily gave her name as Barbara Carroll, " her age as 22, and said she came here .from-Eureka, Calif., but formerly lived in Los Angeles. Later Miss Carroll was moved to the county jail and early this afternoon gave statements to District Attorney Clarence E. (Continued on fage xnreej Reservations for Dinner Go Fast One hundred and forty-eight reservations for the silver anni versary annual dinner of the chamber of commerce were made immediately after tickets went on sale Monday afternoon. Gov. Earl Snell has been in vited to attend as guest speaker for the dinner scheduled for April 30. ,- Only 600 reservations are available for the affair, so mem bers are reminded to secure tickets for themselves, their families and friends without de lay. Five minute reviews on the agricultural and lumber develop ments ot fviamatn county win De features of the occasion, with Gov. Snell speaking on the prog ress of development throughout the state of Oregon. Dinner music will be fur nished by the U. S. marine band, and special entertainment fea tures are being arranged for by the committee in charge. Reservations may be made through the - chamber of commerce. Truman Confers With Hull WASHINGTON, April 24 (P) President Truman d r o v e to Naval hospital today and spent about an hour with Cordell Hull, former secretary of state, The White House disclosed that the president drove out to the hospital at nearby Bethesda Md some time before noon and returned to the White House a little more than an hour later. Tickets for Play Available Townspeople are invited to at tend nerformanees nf "ChoWi'. Aunt'1 at the Marine Barrack theatre Saturday and Sunday, it was announced today. Tickets may be obtained without charge from the chamber of commerce office. , i The popular comedv will ha presented by the . Leatherneck: Players, composed . of marines and their wives, -at matinee per formances Saturday and Sunday at 2:30 p.-m.;-and ' an evening! performance at 8 Saturday. : Clinton Heiber Killed on Luzon MALIN Official word was received Saturday by Mrs. Louie Lyon of Malin that her brother, PFC Clinton L. Heiber, 27, was killed on . Luzon, March 24. : Clinton, the second' -son jot Mrs. Inez Heiber of Red Bluff, to die in' action, ' entered the service in October,. 1942. He was with the Infantry, a mem, ber of the 33rd division. Richard Heiber, fireman 2e with the navy, '21, was killed in the South Pacific November 12, 1944. He was serving on the airplane carrier Essex. t: The Heibers lived in Malin two years before moving to Red Bluff. Clinton-is survived by his mother, three sisters', Mrs. Lyon of Malin, Mrs. Leon Sloan ot Longview, , Wash., and. Myrna, Heiber of Chico.' - ; ; Throe brothers, Pvt. Kenneth Heiber, 19, training with th army air corps in Mississippi: Russell Heiber of Chico, and Duane Heiber of Red Bluff, also survive. Want to Buy a Butter Plate? ' "Anyone with butter and no place to put it, might be inter ested to know the army is now selling off 193,603 bread and butter plates. There are 176,312 dessert plates available now also. The U. S. treasury department's "Surplus Reporter" lists surplus commodities being sold off by tho government. Tills publication is received by the Klamath chamber of commerce. A few items listed in the April 21 issue of' the "Surplus Reporter" include, besides the plates, all sorts of implements, toolsnutmeg graters, odometers, mirrors, hose (not the wear able kind), nozzles, sugar bowls, carpenter's chalk, rubber boats, chronometers, tail gates for hand carts, hammers, and watches 82 of them) There are 62 Hamlltons and 20 Elgins. Anyone interested in obtaining any of the above Items, in quire at the chamber of commerce. ... . ., :, -