Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, May 01, 1945, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Herald and news., May 01, 1945, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1945)

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.5 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 8 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextIK 9 amihis tPiMIqxs omwaie ifnPiEfn) ips).)ui yiMDiyjirS) yyvMig- iiMMMsiyj in The Shata - Caneadc Wonderland May I, 1945 Mix. (April 30) .. BO Mia. 51 PrteipiUtlon laat 24 houri 00 Straem year to data 8.29 Normal 10.18 Last yaar 7.31 Foracait: Coolar Wednesday. - tAr " KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 194& Humbn 10454 a. FRANK JLUMwo HERE to new. from the Pacific today. The JP ('""""y I1"'1!. nl"llt i J. ioni ny wo ro iiiikiihb u I""' .hi Losing in bnck 'r;,..;. but ihcy admit Ihcy hard. Lltaurne, where an official VX. i-llnment Unit a lam- fXtrSton dlvl.lon Is Inking p:m ," '. . . VHI fljht for Borneo, long ox because of our need LB CLOSE I to. ho A.I. .1.0 war Uthit the Jn.i garrisons there uta, cut oif Irom reinforce- :.i Tim Island l rugged Bnu " .'i.inn,i rklim In the center more than 13.000 feet, and la it wind. 'HE British today are reported i. hM ihiMiinn nun ouiuuhik .Andaman and Nicobnr . ! knit. Jip-MCla ouiposis prowci- line. Indian ocenn cim ui i"" niiDOrellrall Prill. h have nrnctlcnlly Itmed up tlio BURMA OIL 1ELD5, aim nro moving: uuwii Rinioon, rouincrii cuci oi we Burma road, an Important ,il tenter and chief Jap anpply fcil In thai whole nren. They they expect to ibko ii oeioro moniooin (tart In a few Ai ths Euronean war fizzle kl, the T'aciiic wBr guis noucr & the minute. Germany, Hunting on a big irjlf It collantlna. - The Rus- Lu ill but have Berlin. The In flies from tho rcicimiag lining. The British are cutting around hmburf. and tha Russians are living westward along tho Bal- to meet them and wipe out northern "redoubt" tho nnzls fi hoped to maintain, UNO, birthplace of Hitler- urn, falls with relatively hi resistance. Pitch's 7th army lake It. and moving on up the. foothills or Alps toward Innsbruck and northern end of tho Brenner w-tnd Here htcsunden. Pat hi 3rd Is movlnu on ntrchtc. ptn from farther cant, nnd la K. ... ... . . - pnea mis mornhiK only Do fei from Hitler's roost. (The German army over In iijiproDaoiy the bent they had l nil been destroyed. I 'he unds In the nasi hour s' are running out. WMLER Is obviously dicker ing with us trying, appnr- 71 10 Blvc Un to thr. Atnnr. fMd the British In tho hopo "iik u rucKiis octweon us lhe Russians, "niuirin n.wi Wr"hashcnn 11, n rul vnnlln Rlhebcelnnlnc nnd Mlmmler " au a mvsterv) . n av. "10 Same Ollt In IU ln.l xarrl F Will lose. Wl,nln F '!!"wart. we're nil going Pedon 1'iige Throe) Churchill LHIints Peace Notice May Come Soon By LEWIS HAWKINS LONDON, May 1 (AP) Primo Minister Churchill hinted today that onnouncomont of peace in Europo might coma ba foro Saturday, but told a packed house of commons that he had no statement at this time. Ho aniworod quostioni in the house as Swedish Count Folke Bornadotte conferred in Stockholm with Erik Boheman, undorsocrotory of stato in tho Swedish foreign office, after a quick flight from Coponhagon. Bornadotte refused to toll newsmen whether he had brought a now mossaga from Heinrich Himmler. There were no signs that tho Swedish Rod Cross official had made a contoct with alliod representatives in Stockholm, but such contact most likely would be established through the Swedish foreign office. Replying to a member's question, Churchill declared "I have no special statement to make on tha war position in Europe except that it is definitely more satisfactory than it was at this time five yeors ago." ' ' Then he added he might make a brief announcement later this week, but "only if information of exceptional im portance reaches us." The house was jammed with one of the largest attend ances, of the war, in hopes Churchill might clarify many rumors concerning German peace bids. (Continued on Page Four) j . 3rd Nears Braunau; Fascists Surrender By TOM OCHILTREE Associated Praia War Editor Tanks el tha U. S. third army, driving 25 milaa out ol tha Isar rlvar bridgehead, reached the Inn river ntar Hltler'a birth place at Braunau today as American seventh army forces ad vanced beyond captured Munich toward Innsbruck and the north ern entrance to the Brenner pass. - Other third army forces were driving toward Hitler's moun tain retreat at Berchtesgaden. Unconditional surrender of lhe fascist Llgurian army In Italy waa ordered Sunday by Marshal Rodolfo Craaiani alter his cap Jure by the allies. This army has been holding tha Llgurian coast In northwestern Italy. .Americans advancing along the Gulf of Genoa occupied Tbavona, Spotorno nnd Noli, while British armored forces in I northeastern Italy entered uaine, uu miles northeast of Ven ice. New Zealand troops made a Junction with Yugoslav partisans at the head of tho Adriatic. , Stralaund Taken ... Premier Marshal Stalin an nounced that Russian troops TAKEN BY DEATH 4 . v 7" vi, ; Albert Logon Marshall, '68, prominent- Olcne rancher and aloe' man, died suddenly at 4:30 o ciocK' Monday y y, t ... . . . 1. 1 . ' 1 wnlkinu in the . fields near his hnmp. ripalh was unexpected ;' -J aa Mr. Marshall had been in ex ccllent health His pausing was attributed to a hoar I attack. Gcorgo Stovcnsnn, ncluhborlng rancher, was with Mr. Marshall nt tho time. Mr. Marshall was born Srp tombor 25, 1B78, nt Juliet, 111., son of Mr. nnd Mm. R. W. Marshall. His father was a cap tain In the Union army during tho Civil war and a prominent lawyer. Outstanding Athleta The family moved to Indiana rrom Illinois, and Mr. Marshall attended tho University of Wis consin, He was outstanding In athletics and one yenr made the All-American f o o t b a 1 1 tenm. Later he coached football and track at North Dakota Agricul turnl college at B'orRO, N. D., nnd at Northwestern Military acad cmy, Chicago. He was a member of Delta Upsllon, University of Wisconsin. ' Hattlo Eliielsbach of Rensse laer, Ind., and Mr. Marshall were (Continued on rage rour) Says German Radio LONDON, May 1 (AP) The Hamburg radio announced tonight that Adolf Hitler was killed this afternoon in his com mand post at the reich chancellery in Berlin. . - The German dictator fought "up to his last breath against Bolshevism," the announcement said. Admiral Karl Doenitz, commander of the German navy, has succeeded Hitler, the broadcast added. No mention was . made of Heinrich Himmler, gestapo chief who had been dickering in an attempt to surrender what remained of Germany to Britain and the United States but was turned dawn becausa he did not include Russia in his offer. ' ' "At the fuehrer's headquarters it is reported that- our Fuehrer Adolf Hitler has fallen this afternoon in his command post at the reichs chancellery; fighting up to. his last breath against bolshevism," said the announcement. .. The radio broadcast a statement from. Doenitz in which he said "My first task will be to save Germany from the ad vancing bolsheviks. Only for this do we continue the fight.". "Give me' your confidence," Doenitz appealed to the Ger- had captured the Baltic port pxintaa people. . "Keep calm, and be disciplinedOnly-m- that-way will we be obit to stave ott defeat. ' The announcement said Hitler had appointed' Doenitz April. 30 (yesterday), as hit successor. .The broadcast ; came -approximately' an ' hour' after the Hamburg radio had tola its-listeners that it would shortly have a grove' and important announcement. - (Editor's Note: On April 26, a free German press report said that a carefully coached former grocer resembling Adolf Hitler had been sent to Berlin in the fuehrer's place to "die on the barricades and to create a hero legend around the fuehrer's death while Hitler himself .goes underground")! L Govemor Takes 'Ride' I . V i rT'r 1 " '5 " o! !?. . vf Spaelallst 1e Alice Bishop as she explains Hon M. .""inlng device. The governor visited the naval 'Bar,.?! afternoon after Inspecting facilities of the w ..... SlralsumlV 40 miles no'rthca'st of rtastocK. . -i . Tho nazis were, attempting to hold back the American drive from the south toward the Bren ner Pass in tho area above Lake Curda. Apparently the Germans sought to reorganize their dis jointed forces in northern Italy for the long, hard march up Into the Alps. Tho New . Zealand troops, driving toward a junction with Yugoslnv partisans in Trl cste, were reported more than 15 miles beyond tho Piave river. ' Berlin Capture Near In flaming Berlin the Russians wero making a determined as sault In an effort to capture the reich capital on this May day. The reichstag, Heinrich Himm ler s minutry of the Interior and 200 blocks of buildings in the centra) part of the city were in Russian hands and soviet troops wero lnylng slcgo to Hitler's un derground fortress in the Tier gartcn. Tho German air force made a last desperate attempt to para chute supplies to the besieged de fenders of Berlin. . Russian troops driving Into the last ditch nazi defenses in the Tiergartcn had been told by Pre mier Marshal Stalin that the "last assault Is on" and that the Russian people were celebrating May Day 'under conditions of the victorious termination of the great patriotic war.' Stalin Leads May Day Fetes By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, May 1 (P) Pre mier Marshal Stalin, dressed In a steel-grey summer uniform and standing on Lenin's shining red marble tomb in the Kremlin square, led the soviet union to day In one of the greatest May Day celebrations in tho history of the 27-year-old soviet govern ment. Stalin was greeted with thun derous applause when he ap peared and again as he left the top of the tomb. He Joked with his associates and with members of the diplomatic corps, who were out In force to witness the spectacle. . . iiLERISMJ WIOVIY LEAVE CONFAB CHAIRMEN SET Management Details Of Conference to Be Mapped British Navy Shells Isles In Indian Sea By LEONARD MILLIMAN Associated Presa War Editor Australian troops who fought in tha Middle East are "partici pating in an action against the Japanese in Borneo." -Treasury Minister Joseph B. Chifly told the Australian parliament' today. This statement, made to the lower house and reported in a Canberra dispatch, apparently confirmed an earlier Tokyo radio report that allied force had invaded the oil-rich island of The Netherlands East Indies. Minister Chilly's announcement was the first from any "allied source to lend credence to the enemy radio broadcast. In recent months Tokyo conalatently has been tha firat to report allied in vasions of the Pacific. Chifly said a "famous division" of Aussies was engaged on Borneo. Tokyo reported the allied aasault waves had engaged Japanese troops near tha Dutch Borneo port of Tarakan last night matter making one unsuccessful landing in the Dutch Indies. MAIN STREET Governor Exchanges Data In Visit to Klamaih Falls An exchange of Information proved to be an outstanding re sult of Governor Earl Shell's visit to Klamath Falls yester day. , The governor left for Salem last night with full knowledge of the notable lob that -has been done at the Klamath Falls Ma rine Barracks in re-conditioning combat veterans for full duty status. He also knew, something of the Important fleet unit train ing program at: the Klamath naval air station. For his part, the governor had given a record Klamath audience a clearer pic ture of state affairs and the trend -in Oregon, to shift costly functions from local to the state government. . f Spoke at Dinner The governor spoke last night at the annual and silver anni versary meeting; of the Klamath county chamber of commerce, held at the Marine mesa hall at the Marine Barracks, where, he had spent part of the day on an Inspection tour with Colonel George O. Van Orden and visit ing newspapermen. . Governor Snell called atten tion to many examples indicat ing the trend in Oregon to shift governmental functions and costs upward. For instance, he said, cities once paid for the streets over which highways pass, but now the state does It. Counties once paid for rights-of-way for highways, but now the state does it. Cities and counties .aa. '" ''a a a '' 'ba at - Queens of May Keign Mere "O call ine early, Mother dear, " For' I'm to be queen of the May!" Arms laden with blossoms torn by little hands from garden plots and flowery branches, boys and girls alike trudged to . school this May Day morning to lav treas ures on teachers' desks. Strictly, un-sprlnglike weather for the Klamath basin made it possible for young- 'i.n lA suns iu rata local gardens mis morning "It J t ..1111 1 , .1 A 111. . T hiiu juiuit mi .me iruuuioils ox iviny uay. Baskets were crammed to overflowing with daffodils, hyacinths, forsythia, dwarf iris, peacn ana apple blossoms ana wild , flowers, ' iL ' The mercury soared to a seasonal high Mondav when the thermometer hit 80 de grees. The temperature Did fair to equal that figure today, Forecast was for cooler wcatner. , By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER SrtN FrlANClSCO, May 1 (VP) Word that Foreign Commissar Molotov soon may leave the UnlU'd - Nations conference be cause of war developments coin cided today with new. big-four, efiorts to draft management de tails of this world meeting, -. It was learned that Moiotov's departure, expected any day, would not reflect displeasure with the progress of the confer ence, but would be due entirely to the war situation. There have been reports that not only he but also Foreign Minister Eden, For eig. Minister Velloso of Brazil and other delegation chiefs may have to quit the city by . mid-day. At present, however, it was said Eden has no plans to leave for London. To Remain- Secretary of State Stettinius plans to remain here to see the entire conference through.. 1 When Molotov leaves for Mos cow, he is expected to be suc ceeded as head of the soviet del egation by Andrei Gromyko, am-' Dassaaor to tne united states;. Before President Truman dis patched a note to Premier Stalin urging . Molotov s attendance, Gromyko had been designated to neaa me nussians. Most Harmonious . Definite ' word of- Moiotov's probable departure came after a meeting of the Big .Four , last nigni, wnicn was described in American quarters as the. most harmonious yet held; v. t'.-.p-. Molotov was reported to have appeared in no way chagrined bv yesterday's conference action in v o 1 1 n g-Argentina immediate. memDersniD aesDlte nis: viffnrnii efforts to delay action.- .-. . ine conference executive com mittee of 14 nations met today to select chairmen for the four com missions -and 12 committees which will put the Dumbarton Oaks plan for a world organiza (Continued on Page Three) CORNER SOLD are also asking for bigger shares out of state revenues. , The speaker said that this - trend must necessarily result in broadening the state tax base, an increase in ad valorem taxes, or a call from the state- for more financial, aid from the federal government. As to the latter, he suggested "it is high time 'the states stand on their own finan cial feet." Traces Laws The governor - traced recent legislation, and commented that Oregon's post-war position ' is prospectively favorable. The governor referred to his visits to the military installa tions earlier - in the day, and vplced the state's pride in what is being accomplished here in these institutions. ' On his Marine Barracks visit. Colonel Van Orden told the gov ernor that 4700 . marines had come from combat areas to the Marine Barracks with tropical diseases, and of - this number some 2500 have been returned (Continued On Page. Three) ; French Women Strain Chivalry in Elections PARIS, May 1 () The tradi tional gallantry . of Frenchmen toward the weaker sex was a little strained by the recent elec tions which brought women to the polls for the first time in the history of France. Somebody it might have been a defeated candidate went around Paris chalking Up walls with the slogans "Down with the women voters" and "Beware of petticoat govern ment." The small northern town of Echlgey has a complete matri archal government today. Ten women ran on a single ticket and somehow that ticket won. The defeated masculine candidates are demanding a recount. In another community ' 500 nuns dominated the election. ; Their convent Is situated near a town with a population of less than 300. The 500 sisters swept the village's "old guard" right out of office ' -. , WASHINGTON, May 1 (P) The , navy has authorized . more than 5600,000 in new construc tion at Klamath Falls, Ore., Rep. oiocuman tn-ure.j saia today. The .work will embrace con struction' of a two-story ward building; a two-story warehouse; a .second . story ' addition to. the administration building; an ad dition to the heating . plant,: a post-exchange- restaurant, . and barracks storehouse, with neces sary facilities at the Marine Bar racks, at an estimated cost of $586,200.. Sprinkler systems for hangar No. 1 and storehouse at the naval air station; estimated cost $47,-000. FDR $78,000 A Main street -corner, with a frontage -of : 65 feet, . was sold Tuesday morning at an esti mated consideration of $78,000. Purchaser was Geor.ge . E. Johnson of' Reno and- Sacra mento, who bought the prop erty- at 7th- ' and Main from James J. and June Cordano, Earl and Ida -Cohen, John' -A. Cussen Jr., and Dora A. Cussen. Revenue stamps ori the deed filed Tuesday in the county Clerk's office revealed an esti mated consideration of $78,000, or $1200 for each frontage foot. The property, extends 112 feet south to the 7th street . alley. Occupying buildings involved in the transaction are Hibbs Cloth- Such an assault, perhaps by a combined American and British force under command of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, would rep resent a 200-mile jump from the southern Philippines into the northernmost oil islands in the Dutch Indies. Shell Islands , Due west of the reported in vasion British naval task forces reportedly shelled Nicobar and Andaman islands in the Indian oceans while armored columns pouring out of Burma's central oil field continued advancing toward Rangoon against light opposition. , In the southern Philippines, the U. S. 24th division brushed aside surprisingly light opposi tion as it advanced to within 17 miles of supposedly strongly held Davao. Guerrillas captured Talikud island guarding the ap proaches to Davao. Capture Field Tank supported infantrymen, on southern Okinawa, 325 miles from Japan, captured Machinato airdrome on the west coast, be gan flanking Yonabaru airdrome on the east, and' pushed to with, in half a mile of Shuri, strate gically important town in the and the Vanity. Beauty ' shop. Johnson arrived here today from Seattle to complete the transac tion. It is understood that John son has no immediate plans for the property. ; This. same; corner was .sold in SeDtember. 1944."' by Myrtle Brett; widow of, -John Brett, to the Cordanos, Cohens and CuV sens. . At -that" time.-A revenue stamps; on the deed-indicated a consideration of some $6o,oou. The Bretts -owned-the-property for a number, of years, v , , Klamath folic who have, sons, brothers or husbands in German prison camps,' were heartened today with announcement that the 14th armored division: had liberated 50,000 Americans. Half of them were air- force officers from Stalag 7A and in the towns around Moosburg where the Ger mans had the biggest concentra tion of prisoners in Germany. An Associated Press dispatch said today that "in high spirits 50,000 Americans almost mob bed the tankmen in one of the wildest liberations ever wit nessed in Germany." The men were described as be ing in good physical condition and morale at the camp was high. The camp commander was Col. Paul R. Uoode of Corvallis, Ore., who. said "the Germans treated us very good, ' considering that they are 'goons'," the prison lin go for all Germans. . Stalag 7A held allied, prison ers from every campaign on the continent and-North Africa. With the freeing of the camps around Moosburg, most - Americans cap- (Continued . on fage Three) Fifty-nine Japanese planes were shot down in their con tinuing attack around Okinawa. Free-running American aircraft wrecked 56 Nipponese vessels in strikes reaching from Japan Itself down the length of the Asiatic coast. . 1 . ; ., Jap Shake-Up : " Adm. Soemu Toyoda, com- mahderin-ehief of "what is left of Japan's combined fleet, was named overall commander of the Niooonese navy m a shake- up which may be a forerunner to another naval Dame. Japanese broadcasts reported ho Nipponese naval attempts to halt the reported Borneo inva sion nor to check the British bombardments in the Indian pcean. The Domei news agency said carrier aircraft raided Car Bicobar island yesterday while a bombardment force of 12 war ships shelled ground installa tions. Eight warships "heavily shelled Port Blair in the Anda man islands," Domei 'said. Germans Warned To Stand By for Announcement LONDON. Mav 1 (VP) The Hamburg - station said tonight, 'The German radio will shortly broadcast a grave and important announcement for the German people." The announcer, Lord Haw Haw, asked listeners to keep tuned, in for the announcement. America Tightens Belt To Supply Civilian Needs In Europe; Sugar Quota Cut By BRACK CURRY WASHINGTON, May 1 Americans were told today a "decent diet" will be maintained despite a 25 per cent slash in sugar rations and the prospect of higher point values for other foodstuffs. ,l Further civilian belt tighten ing was foreshadowed when: 1. Samuel I. Rosenman, presi dential food scout, recommend ed that the United States should supply a "substantial share" of civilian needs in northwest Eu rope. He acknowledged this probably would cut into home front food supplies. ; : 2, The inter-agency committee on foreign shipments said '.'We shall have to make' some adjust ments in particular foods"- and hinted at higher ration points for fats and oils, .-....'.: One-Man Control . ' At the same time mounting sentiment was evidence In con gress for 'one-man control of all food matters, now divided among the OPA, the war food adminis tration and other agencies.. ' ' Predicting a five to 10 per cent slump' this year in the na tion's food production, the inter agency committee headed by for eign economic - Administrator Leo I. Crowley termed the cut in-sugar . rations a real sacri fice" but said: "The 'sacrifice will be small in comparison with the contribu tion it will make to tne under nourished, if not actually starv ing, peoples of the liberated countries." : - : Of the American outlook, this committee,: which allocates food and other supplies for overseas needs, said; -' - ' ' "A decent American diet will be maintained. Our food supply Is adequate to . keen America healthy and vigorous even though we shall have to make some adjustments in' particular toons. . As the sham slash in susar ra Hons went Info effect today, the government said no Increase in the total supply can be expected tor more than a year. ' As a result, the average Amer lean, who last year consumed 80 pounds of sugar, will receive only 72 pounds this year. Sugar stamp 36: which became valid to day for five pounds, must last until September l. Dogs Required To Be Tied Here A cltv ordinance goes into ef fect today in Klamath Falls re quiring that all dogs inside the. city limits be eitner nea or kept in enclosed premises, until June 30. - The dog commission met rn- day - and authorized Amos Fields, citv rjoundmaster, and Orville Hamilton, acting chief of police here, to rigidly entorce . this ordinance. -Hamilton today urged all dog owners to cooperate with the authorities on this matter in an effort to Drotect victory gardens and flower beds in the city. OPA Defended By President . WASHINGTON. May 1 CP) OPA, recently under fire in con gressional food hearings, today was strongly defended by Presi dent Truman. ' Stepping into a controversy that had been raging with in creasing warmth on Capitol, hill, the president spoke a word of "deserved commendation" for OPA. Specifically, he expressed hope that price control authority would be continued another year. . - THUMAN ASKS NO HOLIDAY WASHINGTON, May 1 Iff) President Truman said today ha hopes there will be no celebra tion when hostilities end in Eu rope "but a national understand-: Ing of the importance of the Job which remains." It was emphasized this did not mean the end of hostilities was necessarily Imminent.