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... 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
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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?
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