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in The Shunt - Canvude Wonderland r i - rZZ
m weU-rn nlllfd heiid
N?"mf.TrW this morning
IT I iMllllllr. In Europe can
7,1 mg.il only mutter of
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llAZI Germany li fuMHW .
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...mrATIONS t Shiii-f (our
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lilt
ffe"1 ""ti'!i,lt"bS
Our armies drive
St at win li.arm..y.
r. una i.HXiiwMivuni".
K boring evn 11,0 Al'
i. innn fi-rt UP In the
E, A only 13 mllr.
C Innubniek. where he win
loo of Bcrchl.-i'U.Klt-n I self.
FX.. . nrmii iirmy In llnly
,smc 25 divisions) him been torn
r. The British lire
Jihine .round the .upper end of
cntlnf l'icm ,r01" lll bat'k
nto the Aip'
HE Russian, have squeezed
ik. ni-rlln unrrlsoii Into un
5-Muarc-mlln pocket, nil Unit
,malns of Grenu-r ueriin . -i.u
felHI mil". Il." ."'
I Stlliniran nit.- -. ...
oiln of Gcrmiin bod leu and
sons of broken uIhm"
i liquidate wind In left of It.
. WSVU 01 Pllienir.-i itiiu ui-.ivi-
,oas li rnpuny wiuming. uuwn
rcmaiiiiiiK ueiinuii iuiv.-
fce. ...
rllE air IS lull oi rumors nno
('r waiting nil n-lwlllcr
Ir Iho moment of nctunl ur-
tder. As to llini. we re nun
,,n. hark 111 1918. Villi! bio 8.
(I 10 rasp the fundnnientiil
id that this is n ctmerem Kino
I war and n different kind of
orld.
Our realistic Hunting men nro
rdcr no delusion.. Ignoring
ho y the fog of rumor, tlicy
It plllnj Into whnt little re-
tilm ot the nnzi iignung nin
line lo finish It off wlillo the
Inlihlni li rood.
TBey ll Aral Willi tnc rcmnnni.
!r. at M.cArthur's men lire
ilinj with the remnant.s of Iho
ipj in the' Philippine.. "
Twill help you to undcrstnitd
me kind of wur this I. If you
Jl rtod caYefully the .lory of
Lr entrance inln the notorious
u conccntrntlon eamn at
pchau. where we llberalcd 30
fi thousand rellitlnus and pnllt
M orlioncrs. We found 50 car.
Wi of dead bodies, henved In
ft dead pics niter n hog epl
pic alonu with the now
pndard torture chnnibcr.s. un.
prder chamber, and cremator-
tor disnoslnc snn tnrllv of
bodies of the victims.
me nazl mirnose buck of all
li murder-by-mnchlnery wa
tparcnlly to Ret rid of nil those
v; couldn't convert to their
rui locals.
ALIAN pair bis entch and
'Iwol Mussolini at Como, nenr
3WIJS Bnrdf r nlnun u Ih 17
hi. faseint htm
Jjller ihootlng him, they hung
r. "J inc neei. nnct nngry
lni broke through, the
i'ioi guaras to spit on hi. body
f w pisioia into it. He
m o nave gone yellow nt the
minute, and begged for his
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, APiL 30, 1845
Number 10453
Duce's Execution
Touches off Purge
OfFa scisi Heads
MILAN. April 30 lI'i Tht axeculioh of Benito Mussolini
touched off a purqo today of fascism', chief leader, which
reached Marshal Hodolfo Graiianl who was reported to have
been convicted and exocuted.
In last melodramatic gesture before he died, Mussolini
offered to buy hi. life with "an empire." the Milan communist
newspaper reportod today In a stark Interview with 11 duce'. ex
ecutioner. Mussolini', body swuno from it. heel, again.t the rutty steel
ll?,m'w2.lk ?! hall llni.hed gasoline (tation In the center oi
3 , I. n "' y1" ojd former dictator, along with hi. mistress.
Claretta Pelaccl, and 17 other fascist leaders, was shot to death
by Italian patriot, at Guilano
do Meascrgcre near Como Sat
urday afternoon.
Graziuni went on trial here
thla morning, a icw hours after
the .bodies of Mussolini and the
other topflight fascist, were re
moved from public display at
the Piazza Lorcta where they
were dumped from a van Sat-1
urday.
Commanded Fascists
It was reported unofficially
nt national liberation commit
tee headquarter., that Graziani
had been convicted and execut
ed. He was commander of the
few troop, in northern Italy
who had remained lo y a 1 to
Mussolini.
For 48 hours the people, of
Milan jammed the Piazza and
reviled the body of tiic one
tlmo dictator as it lay with the
head across the breast of his
mistress. In his hand was a
staff bearing (lie fascist em
blem. Mistress Scream.
The communist newspaper,
describing Mussolini's last
hours, Mid hi. mistress threw
her arm. about 11 duce's neck
at the last moment and
screamed, "Ho must not, die."
'The . executioner who gave
the account was described only
ns . a member of Communist
Garibaldi brigade No. 51.
Governor Snell Inspects Troops At Marine Barracks
Executed
Benito Mussolini, former Ital
ian dictator, wa. executed by
hi. countrymen in an execution
which touched off a purge of
former fascist leaden.
llWdl thai lm unc l,m,l nv
w. ITALIANS. It Is better
io shoot their own scum
(Of ll urln hha rTirr-ctr
f. ' 00 II.
the Pnnlfln li.. .1-
Pklnawn grind, on. We're
"' iientlily nearer. to Nnha
l't there yci " MH1W,UB' UUi
fver -iho weekend, the Jups
fi about 9nn i 1- 11
. fit i'iuiius in niTiuti
forcp tmnn wnve Knlnst
. ..v.v: rnpcL-iHiiy our
E?,'re ot down by our
Nim7i "u'l-nircrntt guns.
BbIh ii " succecaca
tmf some rinmnon In llrrhl
! our fleet "
. .
111 In. ,11..- IHA
H. ,," ""ii'iiiy ngmca ana
SL"ve,bcon mistaken-
offiy. hlp 9 Personnel. In
made port
CLt?5SSC!'.r!Port that other
tiiEi, 1 lcncd the attnek
Lal S1P. but only the
By LEONARD MILLIMAN
Associated Pre.. War Editor
British armored force, set
the pace In the Pacific war
again today, rolling 26 miles
through southern Burma to
within 30 miles of Rangoon.
Amoriciin infantrymen cap
tured Bngulo. strongest Japan-
Co redoubt in the Philippines:
began closing in on Davao,
most strongly held city remain
ing to the enemy In the archi
pelago, and seized the northern
half of tho heavily mined Mn
chlnuto airstrip in n slow but
general advance on Okinawa,
v Attack Shipping
Tokyo radio reported Japan
ese suicide planes wore attack
ing American shipping off Oki
nnwa this morning for the
fourth successive day a. Supor
forts raided their bases in
southern Japan for the fifth
straight day.
Suicide plane attacks Friday
and Saturday damaged the
brightlv lighted American hos
pital ship Comfort. Inflicting 03
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Betty Cook Given
5-Year Sentence
Stating that he hnd no other
alternative, Circuit Judge David
R. Vandenberg this morning
sentenced Betty June Cook, 21-
year-old stick-up cirl, to five
years in tho Oregon Stale pen
Itontlnrv.
The troiiser-clnd girl appeared
before Judge Vandenberg in cir.
cull court at 10 a. in. She ad
mitted to serving more than
three vcars In California In
stitutions, including a sentence
received on a slmllnr cnarge
lodged against her here, assault
armed with a dangerous weapon.
The girl was arrested last Tues
day by city police after she hold
gun on Augustus i-inuson,
Klamath avenue secondhand
store dealer.
Miss Cook will bo movoct io
tho state penitentiary Immediate
ly. At the present time she is
in tho Klamath county jail.
eese Raid Klamath Crops
2jeneawnon c'ropsl ' - ' I-
fNi 10 be tho slogan of thousands of geese flying
hi i. . '"Is spring. Mnkins stanover. on their northern
tinv v "ewly-secded acres, myriads of wild birds are
HA otiZ ,K n cnlls 0 dl,y nro beln8 received by tno coun
Kea aro Jom outraged farmers, whoso grass and clover
iounn i Kurea y " devouring noraos.
f tho vcr Planted last fall Is enticing the wild geeso
Nni ni s ana now spring-planted pens and spring-seea-Tta
ooiV? """""ood by tho ravenous air force,
ply of am y AAA commission has been allocated a small
!C9ttorln "'""ii ior use against prcciaiory Hiuiuiug, nun
be tij ''n,,8,1'11, frightening the crop '.pillagers. Ammunition
k.. "Ulliu lliri into ! iiihniiii f. mAiinin Kt-nDtfiQl
Man Injured in
Altercation
Lasaco Mcndez, 40-year-old
Southern Pacific- section hand,
Is in Hillside hospital suffering
from head injuries jind Rafael
Albcrcs, 42, also an SP employe,
Is in the Bly jail as the result
of an altercation which took
place early Sunday morning in
the Bcatty section camp.
Attending physicians said
Mcndez' condition was good. He
suffered from an Injury to the
riulu eve. cuts on the head and
a broken facial bone. Albcrcs
has cuts nn the face and a six
inch cut on the left side of the
bodv. according to Special In
dian Officer Willis Pankey at
Bcatty. No charge has been
f cd aca nst Albcrcs. rnc in
jured man was brought to Klam
ath Falls by the Klamath Ambu
lance service.
Clothing Drive
Fills Warehouse
Twenty trucks manned by
Lions club members made a city,
wide pick-up -of clothing for the
national United Nations clothing
collection Sunday. ) '
Truck operators combed resi
dential and suburban sections,
starting at 9:45 yesterday morn
ing. When- they had deposited
their loads at 1415 Main, the
salvage warehouse was piled al
most to the ceiling with usable
clothing. .
Contributions to help clothe
unfortunate war victims-will be
shipped directly from here to dis
tribution points, after garments
are separated and baledi '
Poundage received in- the
Klamath county drive for the na
tional collection was not yet de
termined by Monday noon.
North Bend Hit
By Earthquake
SEATTLE, April 30 P) The
little mountain town of North
Bend this morning was busy
sweeping up rubble in the
wake of a temblor that' rocked
the Pacific northwest shortly
after 1:15 p. m, yesterday. The
quake was described by Univer
sity ot Washington geologists as
probably "local" in origin.
At' North Bend vendors of
bottled goods suffered heavily.
Bottles in the state liquor store
tumbled from shelves and were
smashed, and Carl Edgerly, a
druggist, said a considerable
quantity of .his stocks toppled
to the floor and broke. A num
ber of chimneys cracked, and
grocers found their stores lit
tered with canned- goods
clumped by the quake. Else
where in the northwest, no
damage was reported.
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Shown here are marine, being inspected-by Governor. Earl Snell and' Colbnel Georae Van Orden. commanding officer "of the
Marine Barrack..-. The ooremor visited the rosfr thi. morning, getting a thorough undentanding of the training program which
fit. troop, afflicted. with tropical diieases for full, duty statu.." Snell. will be main speaker" at the anniversary dinner of the -chamber
of commerce tonight. -;-: . -?,:: ' r r- . .' : . . .. . . -V
- . ; ; V ' ;
s
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
SAN FRANCISCO.- April 30
(JP) First reports from a closed
meeting of the executive com
mittee said today that invitations
had been approved for Argen
tine, White Russia and Ukraine
to join the United Nations con
ference. These reports did not specify
what, if any, disposition had
been made of the Russian argu
ment that the Warsaw govern
ment of Poland had fully as
much right to an invitation as
Argentina.
The actron of . the executive
committee of 14 countries, in
cluding the United States, Brit
ain, Russia and China, amounts
to a recommendation to the
steering committee of all 46 na
tions here.
- Pre.. Barred -
The steering committee went
Into session Immediately after
the executive group finished its
work. Its doors also were closed
to all but conference officials. Re
porters were barred from the sec
ond floor of the Veterans build
ing where the committees met.
Foreign- Commissar Molotov
of Russia had warned a meeting
of the Big-Four foreign secretar
ies Saturday night that if the Ar
gentina issue was raised, he
would again demand that Po
land's soviet-supported Warsaw
government get a bid also.
Not Raised
: One delegate reported that
Russia did not raise the Polish
question before the executive
committee. This did not. of
. (Continued on Page Two)
Governor Earl Snell Views
Military In si a 1 1 ati on s;
To Speak at C of C Dinner
Governor Earl Snell arrived
in Klamath Falls this morning
and worked his way through a
full day's program, - which was
to be climaxed by the 'chamber
of commerce's silver anniver
sary .dinner tonight.
After breakfasting -with State
Senator Marshall Cornett, Snell
inspected the Marine Barracks,
being met at the gate by an
honor guard and the post band.
He was shown over the post by
Colonel George Van Orden,
commanding officer, and to-
SEIZED BYYANKS
By HOWARD COWAN ;
DACHAU, Germany, April 30
(fl)The U. S. 42nd and ,45th
divisions captured the infamous
Dachau prison camp today -and
freed its 32,000 captives.
Two columns of ' infantry rid
ing tanks, bulldozers and Long
Tom rifles anything with
wheels rolled down from-the
northwest and - surprised the S.
S. (elite corps) guards in the
extermination camp shortly af
ter the lunch hour. -.
Scores of S. S. : men were
taken prisoner and dozens slain.
.The American doughboys
(Continued on Page Two)
Fugitive( Officer Killed y
' In Gun Battle Near Weiser
Two fugitives, both of whom
are said to Have begun their
lengthy criminal careers in
Klamath Falls, were involved in
a gun battle -near Weiser, Ida.,
Sunday in which a stale uolice
sergeant was killed and a bullet
ended tile lite of one ot me gun
men. Dead is Sgt. Ted Chambers of
Ontario,. Ore., and the slain fugi
tive is Ronald William Duffy, 23.
Wounded were Kenneth Bail
ey, 20, former Klamath Falls
resident, State Police Officer Ted
O'Brien of Ontario, and Chief
of Police Clarence Saunders of
Weiser. ... ,
Ambushed Officer.
The officer and .fugitive were
killed early Sunday after Bailey
and Duffy ambushed their pur
suers in a schoolhouse basement
and then sought to escape across
a nearby field with a -wounded
officer as their shield.
The battle occurred in " the
basement of the Annex school
just across the Snake river in
Oregon. Bailey was shot down
and captured after his partner
was killed. s
No Warning Given
Deputy Sheriff Al Wanters of
Washington county said the fugi
tives opened fire without warn,
ing as he, Saunders, O'Brien and
Chambers walked Into the
schoolhouse' basement. . Cham
bers was killed on the spot.
O'Brien was wounded, v Chief
Saunders was shot down in the
confusion and Bailey and Duffy
captured him, making a break
through the cellar entrance.
Officers said Bailey and Duffy
were the same ones who had dis
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gether they inspected . troops.
The governor learned the his
tory of the barracks, its pur
pose " to re-fit .men for active
duty status, and was told that
of 4700 men brought here with
tropical diseases, 3100 had been
returned to full duty in the ma
rine corps. . ;
The. governor and his- party
lunched at the Bachelor Offi
cers' quarters at the barracks
after viewing a training film at
the post theatre.
During the afternoon the vis
itors inspected the naval air
station, where they were met
by Commander R. R.. Darron
and other station officers. Ac
companying Snell. here on his
trip were William Tugman,
managing editor of the Eugene
Register-Guard; Herb Gray,- ad
vertising manager of the Med
ford Mail-Tribune ' and presi
dent of the Jackson county
chamber of commerce, and
Henry Fowler, associate editor
of. the Bend Bulletin.
Hamburg Radio
Forecasts End
" LONDON, April 30 W)
Commentator on the Hamburg
radio, the chief remaining voice
of nazi Germany, declared to
night: "Everybody knows . that
this war is" drawing to an end.
This is an irrevocable fact."
The . commentator .added:
"The drone of the battle might
last some weeks longer, but it
may end tomorrow."
. This is the closest the nazis
yet have come to admitting
Dublicly that the war is near
an end. No nazi transmitter -yet
has mentioned Gestapo Chief
Heinrich Himmler's surrender
offer. . ..
Coaf Miners'
Contract Okayed
WASHINGTON, April 10 (fF)
Economic .stabilizer wuuam n.
Davis today approved John L
Lewis' contract with- the bitum
inous coal operators and grant
ed producers ' price : increases
averaging 16 cents a ton to off
set the, costs.
. The Davis action completed
government processing of the
contract in record time. It was
signed April 11, after 42 days
of negotiating between the
United Mine Workers and the
operators.
VETERAN KILLED III
A 29-year-old sailor, who saw
action- in a dozen engagements
against the Japanese in . the
South Pacific, was killed early
Sunday morning when a car in
which he was ' a passenger.
struck a Great Northern freight
at the GN crossing near the
Klamath naval air station. .
Five others were injured. . . -Dead
is S lc Andrew Ami-
cucci, resident of Tenafly. New
Jersey.
civilians Hurt - -
Injured were two civilians.
Herbert Taylor Bigby, 616 Com
mercial, and Richard Noud,
4249. Bisbee, . and three, mem
bers of CASU 68, . Klamath
naval air station,-, including
AEM 2c Hubert Roerig, S lc
Behrns A. Willbern and AOM
2e Richard R. Jarvis.
Bigby, driver of the car, told
the station personnel officer
that he . met the navy . men
downtown and offered to drive
them back to the base. He said.
he did not see the freight train
until it came within range of
his car lights which had been
dimmed. Bigby reported that
he estimated his speed at be
tween 35 and 40 miles per hour
and said as soon as he saw the
freight he slammed on his
brakes. The driver said he
heard no warning from'.the
train. ,
The' men were rushed to the
... (Continued on Page Two)' -
Killed in Action
J ..
I v 1
Lt. Col. "Mike" Yeoman.
NAZISFALTEH
Reds Hammer Final.
German Pocket
In Berlin
Br ALTON L. BLAKESLEE -Associated
War Pre.. Editor .
Ninth army Americans ioined
the Russians in a new Dlace
west of Berlin today, and the
virtual end of the bloody con
quest of Italy was proclaimed
Dy uen. juarK ClarK. .
Nazi Germany's once-unex
celled military machine, was, col
lapsing amid rumors of immi
nent peace.
Russians hammered in on the
final, melting nazi pocket in
Benin, r ive allied armies won
PEACE RUMORS
MALMO, Sweden, April 30
MP) Free -Danish pre., re
port, .aid Count Folke Ber
nadotte, reputed peace inter:
mediary, had conferred with'
Geitapo Chief Heinrich Him
mler today at Aabenxaa on
the German-Danish border.
The report was circulated
a. two Swedish foreign office
official, and a Swedish mili.
tary traffic expert boarded a
special - plane at Malmo for
Denmark, .hortly after their '
arrival-by' train-from Stock.
Tholm.'.."-' "
or entered the-citadels of Mini.
Ich, .Milan,- Genoa. Turin . and
rtyenica. : -ia - a : swift, powerful
squeeze dn-.the-Germans' south
ern jxaount, .....
'.Widen Corridor
Americans: ol tile ninth arniv
met Russians south of Magde
burg on the Elbe, widening the
corridor splitting German arms
to. perhaps 80-miles.
uerman. armies in Italy have"
"been, virtually: eliminated as a
military:: force,"! Clark asserted.
witn ?5 enemy divisions shat
tered, in Jhe 22-day British
American offensive. .The nazis
"can ; no longer - effectively re
sist our armies,", the 15th army
group commander said.
As little as 125 miles -separated
the allies i n Italy and
Americans in the Bavarian Alps.
The bullet-riddled bodv 'of Mus
solini; -vain glorious ; modern
Caesar. " was cursed and kick
ed in a, square in Milan.
.." End . in Sight '
A dispatch from sum-ems.
headquarters said the indica
tions were; that hostilities in
Europe' would continue only a
matter of ' days'. Moscow called
on Germans to surrender.
Red army men battled over
the burning wreckage' of Berlin
oniy a nan mue irom the reichs-
(Continued on Page Two)
Crowd; Expected
At Dinner Here
Six hundred Klamath resi
dents' and visitors will attend
the 25th anniversary dinner of
the chamber of commerce to-'
night,- and will hear an address
by Governor Earl Snell. -
Chamber officials stated : to
day that .many who sought res-'
ervations' were disappointed be-'
cause of the record demand.;
Among visitors who will at-
tend the : dinner - are members '
of the governor's d a r t v. and
Tom Stanley, former secretary
ot the luamath chamber, who '
is now secretary-manager of the;
Shasta-Cascade Wonderland . as
sociation, with headquarters in
Heading, uam.
Prentice Yeomans
Killed in Action
Lt.Iol. ' Prentice Yeomans.
42-year-old commander of a
task force attached to the 3rd
armored ; division spearheading
the 1st army ,. toward Berlin,
was killed in. action April 18,
according, to ' word received
Sunday by his mother-in-law.
Mrs. . Rose M. . Poole, 400
Conger. .
The colonel s wife, Mrs. al
ienor Yeomans, was advised of
her. husband s death by Mrs.
Poole. Mrs. Yeomans Is, at the -present
time, serving as - execu
tive secretary of the AWVS in
New York City.
col. Yeomans. known in mil-
1 1 a t y circles as "Iron Mike,"
was under the immediate com
mand of the late General Mau
rice Rose, killed by a nazi tank- '
man in Germany. Yeomans was
a graduate of West Point, class '
of 1926. He was born in Syra
cuse, N. Y., and in addition to
his wife, Ellenor, is survived by ,
his mother, a brother and sister. '
In a letter to Mrs. Poole
dated . April 13, Yeomans said
he was "deep in Germany" and,
commented on the necessity for
alertness day and night as civil
ians were planting mines and
sniping at the military. Col.
Yeomans was stationed in Ha
waii at the outbreak of ' the
war. Mr. and Mrs. Yeomans
were married in Omaha, Neb.,
in 1940. Since Col. Yeomans
has . been overseas, Mrs. Yeo
mans has served with the
AWVS in New York. .