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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (May 18, 1945)
TWO HtHALD AND HEWS riday, Miy 1. FLEET MOVES WORRY H PS CHINES E GIN Here For Dinner W .A.--, -..- , i ' 'Is 1 (Continued From Page One) nently displayed letter from ,w- r. n t 1 r at the soviet por tion of Sakhalin island, north of Japan, "on the day of the 20th anniversary of the liberation of northern Sakhalin from the Jap anese invader." Southern Sakha lin belongs to Japan. The letter pledged continued efforts toward "strengthening the defensive power of soviet Sakhalin." Ultimatum Forecast Paris radio quoted British dip- lnmitc as savins "Russia might w.i. n,--r a t m t at forester. join the war" by first addressing , who if her t0 .ttend tonight's an ultimatum iu oh-... ; sJop forest tire oanquat at mm F nc comoiete surrenaiT iiiu abandonment of continental con quests." Japanese broadcasts reported increasing home defense meas ures, including the streamlining of the Tokyo police board for this purpose, as it warned that "a powerful allied fleet'' leaving the Marianas islands "requires rigid watching." Extent of Ja pan's defenses was indicated by a report from Mustang fighter pilots that thev found Tokyo's Atsugi airfield loaded with planes despite repeated strikes at Japan's air resources. Thirty two were knocked out." Sink Cruiser The admiralty in London an nounced British warships and aircraft sank a 10.000-ton Japa nese cruiser Wednesday in Ma lacca strait, 470 miles northwest of Singapore. Tokyo previously claimed a British destroyer was sunk in the "naval engagement." This is the British far eastern fleet's closest approach toward its former base. Simultaneously southeast Asia Willard hotel. ; BOYS WANTED To Join Boy Scours Apply F.O.E. Hall I 9th and Walnut Sts. 7:30 Monday Evening Klamath retail lumbermen have full information on re strictions and priorities in con- n.itVt wrtcti-u(-tinrt nf npu- buildines. A. W. Downs, local' berg building inspector, said today. He stated that Carl Hendnck son. representing the Western Retail Lumbermen's association, had prepared the dealers here to give out information on gov ernment regulations affecting nrnsrjective builders. Anyone interested in building a new home, remodeling, or dninz other construction work need only call a retail dealer here to find out about the regu lations. Downs said. headquarters announced success- iful air strikes on tne Andaman '. islands, guarding the seaway to ! Singapore, and on the Bangkok Singapore railway at the nar . rowest point of the Malay penin i sula. Other allied air strikes hit ! enemy rail lines in Indo-China, China and Formosa, and also ; wrecked 13 enemy ships from ! the Kuriles to the Dutch Indies, ! half of them by British carrier ' f rces which relieved U. S. jeep carriers in continuing attacks on ; the southwestern Ryukyus off the China coast. NOV 1 U&W.T.udWhatMM! hms...tad Whit Thrills! Cim.. .and Whit t Guy! Rinw el til MUmpt, in nuMiag nmoaeml '.!llftl',lAl:,lh,dllVlH(' Box Office Opens 6:45 Week Days HI ESQUIRE & TOWER Starts SUNDAY asr . r iur w mm 'M-G-M's THIS MANS NAVY ,1th Tom DRAKE Iuih GLEASON Jn CLAYTON Selena ROYLE Hmb BEERY, Sr. Henry O'KEOX W I ' W I li'l't I Fontaine I is so l$ romantic tibtlOIR'S DEATH PLOTTED By NflZI GIG (Continued From Page One) man attack in the Ardennes. Setting up a special school near Berlin, the nazis enrolled Ger man soldiers who spoke English either with an American or British accent. After weeks of training by the SS, the men were weeded down to a battal ion headed by Skoneny, who was appointed by personal or ders of Adolf Hitler and Himm ler. Skorzeny himself was be lieved to have been elected to kill Eisenhower. Special small groups of Ger mans in American uniforms were sent deep into rear areas with missions to commit major sabotage and assassinate key American generals. The capture and rigid questioning of some of these men disclosed the gen eral plan to the Americans. Seek Nasi Leaden As supreme headquarters re leased this security secret allied troops from Norway to the Ba varian Alps were engaged ' in one of history's largest man hunts, seeking nari leaders still at large including Himmler him self. A British war correspondent said in a (jispatch from Luene- traced but not yet arrested, and that the British second army could take him into custody at any time. Arthur Greiser, former nazi overlord of Poznan in Poland, and SS Lt. Gen. Heinz Rcine farlh, nazi defender of Kuestrin, have been captured in a moun tain retreat northwest of Krimml by troops of the 42nd division of the U. o. seventh army, a dispatch from Kitzbuhel, Aus tria, said. MP Lays Bricks To Back Argument LONDON. May 18 (VP) Sir Harry Selley. 73-ycar-otd mem ber of parliament, laid 200 bricks in 58 minutes today in the house of commons yard, to support his contention that the government target tor DncKiay ers of 200 to 300 a day was "absurdly small." Sir Harrv, who said he had not done any bricklaying in 47 years, exchanged jests with the watching crowd, which includ ed the parliamentary secretary for the ministry o f works, George Hicks. The lawmaker, his face flush ed under his derby, stopped only once during the test, and then only to gulp a stein of beer which Hicks thoughtfully had brought along. ny (Continued From Page One) designation until the Oregon commission could choose be tween the alternative routes, in asmuch as the greater mileage on both routes is in Oregon. Action still pends before the Oregon commission. If the fa vored routes do not meet at state lines, differences may be settled between the commis sions or through the public roads administration. Kellum Returns From Service Overseas WEATHER Kuftn Kit math rails Sacramento North Bend Portland . Reno , San Francisco , Seattle Medio rd Max. Trae .3 Red Bluff 66 47 .33 Washington and Or con Partly cloudr with scattered Ufht showers today, con tinuing west portion tonffht. Light frost higher elevations tortfght. Satur day partly cloudy and slightly warmer. Northern California Mostly clear to day, tonight and Saturday, but partly cloudy tn mountains with a few showers in northern mountains today. Slightly warmer inland during day. VITAL STATISTICS ROBERTS Born at HilUlda hospital. Klamath Tails. Ore.. May 17. IMS. to Mr. and Mn. Donald Rob.rU. rouu 3 box 760. city, a girL Weight: a pounds 15 ouncas: HVBI.V Bom at Hilliid. hospital. Klamath rails. Or... Mar 18. IMS. to Pvt. and Mrs. Lorrin Hubin. 1433 Wll ford. a airL Weight: ff pounds 11 s ounces. Pvt. John H. Kellum. former employe of Lamm Lumber com pany at Modoc Point, returned this week to his home, 1321 Johnson, after overseas service. Kellum has just received a med ical discharge from the United States army. His wife is the former Delpha Wissenback. Kellum was in on the D-Day invasion of Normandy, June 6, and in combat until July 26 when he suffered wounds while in France. He was hit in the arm and leg and on the same day was flown by plane to a hospital in England whore he received treatment until Janu ary 28, 1945. when he returned to the United States for further medical aid. Until his release last week, Kellum was In FIU simmons General hospital, Den ver, Colo. Courthouse Records Msrrlaga Lie tales CARTTK-OUNN. Oirrtll Brinuni Carter. 33. USilC. Native of Washing- , ton. Resident of Klamath Talis. Ore. Dorothy Mae Cunn. IS. checker. Native of Texas. Rtsldcnt of Klamath rails. Ore. M CORMICX-ORVBB. Brlce VTebeWr McCormtck. SO. lumberman. Nativa of Kansas. Resident of Keno, Ore. Nellie E. Grubb. M. housekeeper. Native of Klamath county. Resident of Ktno. Or. Caat-lalBts Fit 4 . . Gilbert CUbertson va. Evelyn Marian Gllbertson. Suit for divorce. Charge, cruel and Inhuman treatment. Couple married Aprtl 20. 1M1. international rails. Minn. McLaren and Balentlne. attorneys for plaintiff. - (Continued From Page One) bcfi.re leaving Chungking J it month for Washington and the San l-runcisco uimcu conference. ' mf-- But from his office here it wa learned that: Pric Raistd On March 28 me official price of gold m China was raised iron. 2U.UUU Chinese riollnrs an ounce to 33.UUU oonars. u" n""""" price is $35 an ounce.) Because information of the im pending increase leaked, specu lators und "insiders'' made a fi nancial killing by acquiring gold at the old price. '1'he buying wave was said to have at least doubled a normal day's transac tions in the metal. Some of the gold involved had been flown to China as part of a $500,000,000 loan to help stabi ii.. r-hin.'. Inflated currency. The government regularly sold this gold to retire some of the surplus currency notes Inflating the money niarKn. Black Markat Up However, black market gold also responded with a rise in price, and fortunes were made and lost in a few hours. Soong urged Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to order an In vestigation, and It was a prelim inary report of an inquiry by the Chinese ministry of finance, that broke the story In China. It has been widely publicized there, but I censorship on ouikuiuk h. I irnt th rfrtails from this coun try for weeks. Klamath Lags In War Bond Sales During First Week (Continued From Page One) "the 3rd Army out In front. La Pointe's reported they now have eight majors among the per sonnel. Thev are Maole Randall, Phyllis Aubrey, Lucille Willis, Mae Phillips, Jean Coddlngton, Dolly Barry, Dorothy Lehn, Kay Hanstrcet and Pearl Litton. Boost Expected Interest in the all -marine bond show, which will be an event of Wednesday night. May 30, at the Pelican, is expected to pep up the rale of bonds. All purchasers of a $100 war bond will receive a ticket to the show. Mrs. Martha McCol lum is chairman of special events. Residents of the county, who are still a little vague as to where they may purchase war bonds, are advised that mem bers of the United States marine corps are on duty from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. dally at bond head quarters, 8th and Main, former location of Margot's. Hans Norland Fir Insurance. Phone S060. - I PELICAN! j Starts Sat. MIDiMTE Lionel BARRYMORE gloria DE HAVEN W KEENAN WYNN MARILYN MAXWEU BOX OFFICE OPENS 11:30 SHOW STARTS 12:00 mm .13 Matinta Daily. Box Office Opens 1:30-6:45 P. M. NOW PLAYING Phone 322 Continuous Dally Open 12:30 NOW :i Fritz Kuhn To Be Deported WASHINGTON. May 1 JTi Tormer German-American bund leader FrlU Kuhn has been or dered deported to Germany a. an undesirable alien, the Jus tice department announced to- dThe order was Issued by Ihe board of Immigration epprnn. The Justice department sulci the 40-year-old native of Mun ich,' who was convicted In ID3U of larceny and forgery involv ing German-American b u n ci funds, will be placed on a boat at a time to be determined by American military authorities In Germany. , , , After being paroled from Dim nemora prison. New Y o r k. where he was serving a two and one-half to five-year term on the larceny and forgery charges, Kuhn was interned as an enemy alien and sent to Crystal City, Tex., on July 8. 1843. Four Drunks Appear In Police Court A busy morning was reported in nollce court Friday with four drunks and two drunk and dis orderly cases heard. Two drunks balled out. One drunk was charged with dis orderly conduct. Martin Lopez posted 91 nan for Jaywalking on Main street. He was cited to appeur In court Friday. Flovd Waters. 1812 Portland, and Lincoln Gabriel, Olene were Involved In an automobile ac cident Thursday at 1:13 p. m. on S. 7th between Klamath and the alley. Water's car suffered slight damage. Monoplanes Slated For Surplus Sales PORTLAND. Ore., May 18 W) Cessna twin-engined cabin mon oplanes went on sale today here as surplus property at a price of $8300 each. The reconstruction finance corporation recommended the planes, which have a 140 mile cruising speed and can land In small airports, for charter flights and personal use. Doukhobors Given Terms In Prison . NELSON, B. C, May 18 (Canadian Press) Five of nine Doukhobora charged with dis robing In a public place were sentenced to terms ranging from three months in the city Jail to two years In the penitentiary yesterday after one of their num ber. Mary Tameltn, completely undressed in the courtroom. Three others, one man and two women, partially disrobed TEST VOTE LOOMS FOR VETO POWERS (Continued From Page One) nat'cntly enough to put It over, Is forming behind an Australian Rroposal to pledge the United atlon's to respect each other's territuriul integrity and political Independence. The small na tions want till" as a protection against possible power lund g ralis and also as an approach to defining what constitutes ag gression. The big powers scorn disposed to aCi-opl It. 2. The American delegation und probably others are nhuut ready to risk a rift With Russia, if ncccssui-y, by going abend wltli a United Stittci formula for giving regional groups of nations the right to organize for their mutual defense In event the world league fulls to pro tact thorn from armed attack. A blg-flvo meeting on this sub ject was cancelled yesterday when Ambassador Andrei Gro myko advised Secretary of State Stettlulus he was still waiting for Instructions from Moscow. 3. Strong opposition Is grow ing up against a propositi, dis cussed in some conference com mittees, to allow nations to limit the nreas In which their forces might be used to enforce peace. The big powers particularly are opposed to this. For example, it would have tho effect of say ing the United Stales could pledge Us peace-keeping forces to act In the western hemisphere but nowhere else in the world. Red Cross Knitting Yarn Arrives Here Mrs. P, A. Albertson, chair man of the Klamath Red Cross knitting group has. an nounced the arrival of the long expected Knitting yarn. Three hundred and 30 pounds of yarn havo been received and ladies are requested to come In and get their supplies. The quota for Klamath has been set at 284 army V-neck sleeveless sweaters. 72 army coat sweaters and 49 army V neck sweaters with sleeves. Seasonal Peak Seen For Willamette PORTLAND. Mny 18 0V) A prediction that tho Willamette river would reach a seasonal peak of 13.5 feet here by Sundny had been mado today by the weather burrau. The river climbed to 14.3 feet yesterday. Low pastures may be swamped at the peak stage, but low-level gardens or docks will be safe. Meteorologist Edward L. Wells stated, W,,B ran 0 ! 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