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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
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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-
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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.