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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1945)
mm m& i mm L : ' 7z " : , s iru, 7i... . mmmmm VicTrivE CENTS In Tim Shunta-Vum-adv. Wonderland KLAMATH FALLS OHEGON, 8ATURDAY7APniL mTiMs" - April 28. 194$ Max. (April 27) 55 , Mln 44 Precipitation laat 24 houn Trace Straam year to data 8.21 Normal 1.09 Last yaar 7.28 Foracaiti Partly cloudy Sunday. Numbar 10452 tin at It costs ... FRANK JENKINS IllS U riinior duy In the news. Himmler Is mild to liuvo of. ,,,5 the mitifi' " wo'll w ftUS-llMl out 01 till! The cor r o ii i d n I nllv niii'siumi'd omnium rii.,.!i Hip nuui'ded nature I'll snswor indicates Hint is ever, in i"'"" " It 10 Wlllll win ......... unconuiinMitii it. i. .v. ... the allies, he says, will uc Iderwl. ho nails. f course, would . it III .si iirMit-niiv uiiuii III us aid from tl,L' Russians ilnrt a HK'I" nmuiiK moment of victory nnllilni! to ii )'. Ihey full well, they have i xiivwnv. mid nothing can son the men they nro In. RE nro rumors of revolt In Munich. Irw voices on the Munich wave leniiin iraiui; hour of freedom ' nn k," The unit! governor of brio, (ienenil von hpp, Is in liavn unlit with his nnr.l Vm gangnli-rs mid decided to Ik off the flKhl ns "sense- Ic-hard iiurl propagandists la the inlcruphoiu's else- lri In whnl little of Germnny bins to them to brand the itch broadrml a fnko uy nals, traitors and swlnd- canturc Gcnernt Kurt iiar, one of the best known fie tinzi radio commentators coins to hnvo craiio Into our ind surrendered, hoping e his own skiiw. says Hitler is in Benin III die there, adding that Hitler dies it will be nil I that nothinii will be left bid the nails together. says the Bavarian redoubt myth: that It Is uoorly de bt and will full quickly. be. Nobody enn believe a lint there I probably u lot iuncombc about this nazl but. rmany is obviously dlslntc- German pcoplo aro act ill kinds of vvnvH. as neo. lo In terrible emergencies. n naturo tbero Is down to rywhorc, thouiih, there Is of tho missions. It seems certain lodnv thut tho nazl sandlsls linvo overdone Russian boogcy mnn line. nnvo convlncctl even the n army Hint rtussln enn't laien. ole German mllll nrv iii-ilta pnnlnii In terror from tho emg Hussions. MAN nrounuimdlsts Insist llcr Is still In Berlin. A n report says ho is holed 1 a Sllbtorrnnpiin hcnrl. Ir deep under tho Berlin PP your finders crossed uiltlcr. He Is crnzy enough anything. Hen SUV tho Dncalnm ll.o,, Nn in action nt tho link- ni arc much like us and alsh. and nffni- l,.inrne iicrraan workmnri pom. ' to n Russian .officer Its forntnun n,.,4 ...nl I?! '"jmcdlatcly. Tho Rus fljmcd hlin down and an- Iniu '7n wm nnv to bo Eln"cd on Pago Two) JAPS FORESEE NEW AIR LANDING TRIES British Armor Speeds , Nearer Rangoon In Burma By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Press War Editor Japanese propagandists today forecast another American in vasion stemming from Okinawa where throe U. S. Infantry divi sions touch! through tortuous terrain to the northern edges of two bnttlc-scarrcd airstrips on the Island's southern front. ' In the clay's most sensational action, a British armored col umn sped SB m lies through southern Burma to within 02 miles of Rangoon. Against equally Unlit opposition the U. S. 24th division drove another 10 miles throuu.li the Apo moun tains of Mindanao In tho south ern Philippines, coming within sight of tho Davno gulf. Japa nese stubbornly defended moun tain positions on throe northern Philippine sectors. Tokyo mudo no nltempt (Cntinucd on Pago Two) to German Resistance Totters Help For War-Torn Nations b - vT ffijjf? iffisiaEKggyjffi$ -? " '' - ;, " '5 By HICHARD KASISCHKE LONDON April 2B (I'l The German high command declared today that soviet troops had crashed through Berlin's inner defense ring and were fighting on Alcxnndcrplntz, site of ges tapo headquarters. Nazi planes were flying In reinforcements, food, and ammunition to the fanatical gnrrlson, tho German communique said. German armies facing the Americans on the Elbe have been withdrawn in an attempt to relieve the capital, the war bulle tin said. Earlier, tho Germans said a relief army was ncaring Berlin from n Russian trap to the southeast. Only one-quarter of the flam-, Ing, crumbling city remained In nazl hands. Soviet troops were boring in block by block, and other divisions sped westward in (Cntinucd on Page Two) Man Killed in Car, Bus Crash PORTLAND, Ore., April 28 (P) A northbound Pacific Grey, hound bus collided head-on with a .sedan today, killing tho car s driver and injuring his compan ion, Pacific Greyhound lines said here. Dead Is Leo George Helbock. Oakrldgc. Ore. K. W. Baccts, also Oakrldgc. wns taken to a Grants Pass hospital. The crash occurred early today on the pa cific highway near tho Douglas- Josephine county line. None of the 32 passengers aboard tho bus was injured. The bus driver was Marshall Bond, Eugene, employed by tho Grey hound for four years. The Unliod National clothing drive sponsored by the Lions club here is making fine progress, tn the above picture five Klamath Falls men assist in the packing of clothes for- the destitute countries of war-torn Europe. They are, from loft to right: Thomas Duggan, Ed Robinson. Rus sol D. Roioboraugh. Jack Miller and George Kelly. The picture was taken at a warehouse donat ed by Marvin Hilton for the storage of clothes during the drive. Yanks Reach Swiss Border, Cut Nazi Escape From Italy 9y MAURICE MORAN ROME. April 28 (I') Ameri can troops, striking across the Po valley and into the Alps, reached the Swiss border today and cut off all northwestern Italy from exits to Germany, the Milan national liberation rodio reported. The Americans earlier had speared close to Bergamo, 125 miles southwest of the Brenner pass and 30 miles from tho bor der in a swift dash to outflank Milan, 26 miles to the south west. This placed the fifth army almost at the southern tip of Lake Como. Fast Gains Made A first armored division spearhead thut seized the Ghcdl 75th Army to Occupy Germany SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE. Ann 28 P) The new American 15th army will take over occupation of the U. S. sec tion of ucrmany, it was indicat ed today. Military government officers at the headquarters of the 15th commander, Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow. asserted there would be no pampering of Germans by oc cupation forces. J no Americans are expected to occupy much of southern Ocrmany, a section now under attack by the third and seventh and tho French first armies. German civilians will be Be lowed n diet one-third as bounti' fill as Hint of tho American sol dier and only slightly more than half as generous as mc standard set for liberated Europe. Aver ago German rations will . total 1150 calories. Nazi Torture Re-Enacted ft.. i l.-!.-''onhower watches orimlv while occupants of a German concentration camp at Eli. ira ln, wa In which they were tortured by nasi sadists operating tho camp. r the thi 1 " Gen"I, Bradloy- and Paten, mown ai lenj vianea me camp during ....uy irani,, i airport near Bergamo in a 31 milc advance moved on the field so fast a German sergeant assigned to blow the installa tions was captured before he could touch off a lusc...... .. v On 'the Ligurian coast a soe- clal task force entered Pontrc- moli, 20 miles north of La Spe zia, en route to Parma, allied headquarters disclosed. Entor Gonoa Other fifth army troops smashed into the great port of Genoa. Tho "free" Milan radio declared German commanders were endeavoring to negotiate a general surrender of their hopelessly trapped forces in northern Italy. (A broadcast by the partisan radio at Busto Arsizio in north ern Italy, recorded by the FCC, said patriot forces had "linked up" with allied troops north of the Po and that all roads lead ing to the Brenner pass had been "barred). French Obstruct Allied Drive PARIS, April 28 (JP,A su preme headquarters statement today declared the French first army was obstructing the allied drive southeast against tho nazi redoubt by its persistence in con tinuing to occupy Stuttgart. . The statement said sixth army group headquarters had asked the French 1st army to move out of the city, capital of Wuerttcm borg, which tho French cap tured. At latest reports, the French still were there backed by tho French council of ministers which voiced disapproval of the request on grounds that the Big Three had not taken any action on Franco's postwar occupation zono claims in southwest Ger many. Graziana Taken By Italians By The Associated Press Capture of Marshal Rodolfo Graziana. war minister in tho puppet north Italian government of Benito Mussolini anct lormer commander of the Italian forces In north Africa, has been an nounced by Italian patriot heud ouartcrs in Milan, a broadcast recorded by the FCC said today. The station identified itself as "the voice of the Italian na tional liberation committee." Superior ratings came thick and fast for the music, depart ment of Klamath Union high .school wlch-mtcrd an -invitational meet at Bend on Friday. Both the a caopella choir and the high school band received a superior rating or "1", based on national standards. The orches tra received a "2" or excellent rating. Superior was the decision of judges for the three vocalists who entered the contest, includ ing Alyce Wells, Marie Wright and Bud Selby. In the instru mental class, superior, was . re ceived by Steve Stone, trom bone, and "2" or excellent, went to Mary Griffith and Marjorie Huskinson, saxophonists, and Rodney Murray, clarinet. " Andrew Loney, director of music education, accompanied the students north and was well pleased with results of the de partment. Arnold Gralapp, su perintendent, was also present (Continued on Page Two) Warning Follows Nip of Theft A grave warning to civilians against encouraging or conniv ing in theft of government prop erty from installations here came today after post officers nipped an illegal sale of mess supplies from the Marine Bar racks to a Fort Klamath cafe. Two members, of the marine corps will be given a court mar tial, and a civilian faces federal investigation, as a result of an attempt to sell government ham, bacon and butter from the. Ma rine Barracks mess, it was dis closed today. Held in the post brig are TSgt. John Watson Rogers, 25, mess sergeant, and MTSgt. Everett Marvin Moser, 30, who are accused of disposing of 20 cases of ham, 10 cases of bacon, and 4 cases of butter to the Cra ter Lake cafe, operated by C. J. Bricco. The post provost marshal's of fice has recovered all of the sup plies, as well as $825 to $850 which Bricco allegedly paid for the ham, bacon and butter. It was disclosed that the ma rines used a truck, bound for tho marine ski camp near Fort Klamath, in delivering the sup plies to Bricco. Post operatives discovered the transaction, placed the service men under arrest, and questioned Bricco. The department of justice at Portland was informed, and U. S. officials will be here Mon day to investigate the case of Bricco. Curfew Won't Ring Tonight The curfew doesn't ring here any more. The old bell at the city hall that used to toll out a warning to Klamath Juveniles to hie for home still hangs in the belfry, but it's as noiseless as. an equal amount of scrapiron in the junk yard. . Wnnn the curfow was set' at 10 p, m. a number of years ago, policemen rang the bell at 0 o'clock to warn youngsters of tho approaching deadline. When the curfew was changed to 11 o'clock, bell-ringing was discontinued. Police feel- that the sound of the bell now would cause more disturbance than it is vyorth. So, in Klamath Falls, cur few doesn't ring tonight. . .. ' REVOLT FLARES N MUNICH AS GI'SCLDSE IN Attempt to Set 'Up New Government Reported ; By AUSTIN BEALMEAR PARIS, April 28 P) The third and seventh armies closed today to within 27 and 25. miles of. Munich as broadcasts and Swiss border reports indicated that nazi resistance was totter ing to a complete collapse.. Broadcasts from Munich where Adolf Hitler staged his at tempted beer hall coup in 1823 Surrender To Yanks, Britons Only Specif ied LONDON, April 28 (AP) Heinrich Himmler wot report ed today to have offered unconditional surrender to Great Britain and the United States, but Prime Minister Churchill in a special statement declared that only unconditional sur render to all three big powers would be accepted by the allies. The prime minister neither confirmed nor denied reports that surrender had been offered to the two western allies, but not to Russia. Churchill declared: "It has been reported by Reuters that unconditional sur render was offered by Himmler to Britain and the United States only. Further that Britain and the United States hove replied saying they will not accept unconditional surrender1 except on behalf of all the allies including Russia. "RUMORS RIFE" r, "No doubt at a time like this all kinds of reports et pro posals for German surrender from various parts of the. Gar man reich are rife, as these are in harmony with the enemy's desperate situation. .... . : "His majesty's government has- no information to give about any of them at this moment. But it must be emphasiied that only unconditional surren der to the three major powers BUSY PROGRAM OUTLINED SNELL'S .-VISIT ' A busy , program lies ahead of Governor Earl Snell for his visit said a revolt had broken out in i here Monday to address the sil- that nazl citadel and bad been suppressed only partially. Swiss border reports said wanner Funk, president of the reich- bank, and Field- Marshal von Brauchitsch had led an ill-fated attempt to set up a new govern ment at nearby Salzburg where they declared the "German army is capitulating" and urged Ger mans to avoid further bloodshed. This latter attempt was squelched, the reports said. Third Advances The third army drove, forward ver anniversary meeting of the Klamath - county chamber of commerce.;. ; ; . The .chief executive will visit the Marine Barracks in the morning where he will inspect the troops with Colonel George O. Van Orden. After a staff luncheon at the Barracks, he will visit the Klamath naval air station in the afternoon, where he will meet Commander R. R. Darron. ,. ; A record crowd is expected at the annual meeting in the up to 13 , miles on an 85-mile ; cveningi wnen the governor will .llUIll tfllU VUIUUIII a LO UULU to within 27 miles of the. city on the westv . . . . . Other troops "of Gen. Patton's third army plunged across the Czechoslovak border at a new place, entering" Karlbach, 34 miles . southwest of Pilseh,; and advanced to within 22 miles of Bachau.' ' -v ' ' ' Augesburg, third city of Ba varia, fell to Lt. Gen. Alexander H. Patch's troops. The seventh (Cntinued on Page Two) Klamath Leads Nation in City Traffic Record ' Klamath Falls, with no traffic fatalities during the first three months of the year, leads the na tion's cities in the 10,000 to 25, 000 population bracket in traffic death, rates, according to a state ment' released by the national safety council yesterday. Orville Hamilton acting chief of police . in Klamath Falls, strongly urged all motorists and pedestrians to observe all traffic regulations in an effort to main tain the city's perfect record. He especially warned against jay-walking across streets and requested all pedestrians ' to cross only at intersections. sneak on "The ; Legislature and State Affairs." , Reservations -maybe-obtained" at 'the -cham ber oHice as late as monaay ior the silver anniversary dinner. which marks the end of the chamber year.'. . Activity Review ' ; Malcolm Epiey, outgoing pres ident, will preside, and chamber members will greet the new president, ' L.'. Orth Sisemore. Manager Charles Stark has com piled a printed booklet review ing the year's activities. ' . The celebration honors 25 (Cntinued on Page Two) Goebbels' Brother Taken By Allies V. S. FIRST ARMY, Germany, April' 28 (ff) Hans Goebbels, brother of the German propa ganda minister and himself a high ranking nazi, was taken in to military custody today by in fantrymen. ' The brother of Dr. Paul' Jos eph Goebbels was arrested at his home in the conquered Ruhr at Millrath. Apparently anticipating the arrest, Goebbels had two suit cases packed when troops knock ed at his door, brother. will be entertained, and that the closest accord prevails between the three powers." ... - Unofficial reports of a Ger man unconditional surrender offer-to Britain-and the United States- were . published promi- HITLER DYING , LONDON, April 28 fP) Reu ters in a dispatch datellned , .from San Francisco said to day that Heinrich Himmler had sent a message to the - United- States and Britain -4ihat -Hitler-' was dying and would -not live-48 hours, after n -announcement of an - un conditional surrender by "Himmler. '.' '".' . : The Reuters' dispatch said the information was received from officials attending the ' San Francisco conference. These officials, Reuters said, confirmed previous Reuters reports that the gestapo head ', had made a surrender offer ! ' and that the offer had been : made through. Stockholm; channels. ' - It was explained here by Reuters that what was meant when ' Himmler. said Hitler would die was that Hitler is now . very . sick and an an- . nouricement' of .Germany's un- ' ' conditional surrender - would be such a shock as to cause his ' death.-. . v -; nently in the British press to day. - .: .-. :' "i ... (The allied-controlled .' Luxem bourg - radio, as -.heard by the FCC, said Heinrich Himmler had offered surrender. ., ' : : ("Here is a special message; the. broadcast said. 'The follow ing message has been conveyed to the foreign ministers- of the United States, Great Britain and Russia:. : - ';,, ("Heinrich Himmler has sent a message m which he guaran . (Continued on -Page Two) French Women Whipped to Death PARIS, April 28 (fP) Three French, girls . were stripped and whipped to death in the pres ence of 250 .American 'soldiers in a German prison camp, M. E. Walter, -managing editor of the Houston Chronicle- and a -member of the editors' party in-. vestigating German camps said today.- . . 1 - waiter quoted sgt. wuttam Small Nations Challenge Bi'g-4 World Domination By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER ' SAN FRANCISCO April 28 (fP) More closeknit themselves, the Big Four managing this Unit ed Nations conference today ran into a small nation challenge of a world organization dominated by major allied war victors. - Spokesmen for Australia, Bel glum and Bolivia urged more re sponsible roles for the world's smaller states. Their action sig nalled the long expected effort to shift the balance between the great and the small. Committee Expands One immediate success of this pressure was expansion of the conference executive committee from 11 to 14 members. Now the small-state group aims at in creasing the memberships on the world' security council beyond the 11 proposed at Dumbarton Oaks. ; As constituted by the 46-na-tion conference, the executive committee includes the Big Three, China and France, which are to have permanent security council seats, and these other countries: Australia, Brazil, Can ada, Chile, Czechoslovakia, Iran, Mexico, Holland and Yugoslavia. Reds Compromise Restoration of harmony among the big powers. brought, the con ference into its fourth day with Sropects for success brightened y Russians demonstrated wil lingness to compromise. ' ' 'Some delegates even honed for a reorganization of the Polish Warsaw - government along lines acceptable to Brit ain and the United States. He looks like his, Sandler, a Kentuckiah who said he witnessed the murders and later saw the' whips. "The sergeant said ' the Ger- mans had discovered the French women and the Americans were mutually helping each other in the camp and they were ' de termined to halt it," Walter re lated. "The prisoners were as semlcd one morning and the women, ' all ' of;, whom were young, were lined up in front of them and forced to undress. "German - guards then took cat-o'-nine-tails and beat them until, they died. The sergeant said It took only about 20 minutes." Whether it could be achieved in time for an invitation to be rep resented here was doubtful. A session of the conference steering committee, which start ed out roughly enough, ended in a round of handshaking and backslapplng yesterday. Three Armies Out of Jobs As Result of Allied Link ' PARIS, April 28 (fP) The his toric junction of American and Russian forces in Germany left at lefcst three armies temporar ily out of jobs today but there still was much fighting to be done before the war in Europe could be considered over. Frontline commanders believe organized warfare may wind up in a matter of weeks, but su preme headquarters, officially pessimistic, says it can last for several months. . Two Fronts ' The fighting in Germany now has been separated into northern and southern fronts. y In. the north, Berlin is falling, but several Baltic ports remain tjD be overrun, as well as Den mark and Norway. In the south, two major pockets are shaping up one embracing the enemy's so-called Bavarian .redoubt, the second in Czechoslovakia. A meeting of American and Rus sian troops in Austria, possibly in a few days, will make these pockets a fact. . ' Speculation was running through allied military circles here as to whether the armies which met this week south of Berlin would be shifted to one of the remaining areas. 9th at Standstill . ' The juncture brought face to face the U. S. first army and at least one army of Marshal Ivan S. Konev's first Ukrainian group. In the area north of the tirst meeting site the u. b. ninth army is also at a standstill-along the Elbe, waiting the imminent arrival of other Russian troops. In Paris, such questions as these were being asked concern ing these armies: -Would they take new positions somewhere else in Europe? Would they be pulled out of the line and sent home? Would they be used Russians and - Ameri cans alike in a final shattering blow in the Pacific? l
