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THE 'NEWS .'AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, . ORE,
December 21,
General Way ell, Genius of
North African Campaign,
Called 'The Desert Fox
(HOITOH'S. JOTKl OuliHnu lilht of tht
Hrllftll nrrp Init in, iuiimii in norm
Afrl.. nnrl Mr Archibald P. Wavrll.
who I, puttint Into lh trltki of dwrt
viiftri hi Itirnid from VlMouot Allenby
nd thi fubuloui UwrraM of Arbl durlne
thi World wr, Hr woto piciur 01
IhU iturdr Bostimiui, "Till uewn itw.i
1 Br EDWARD ROBINSON
' LONDON. Dec. 21 (P) Gen
eral Sir Archibald P. Wavell,
directing genius of the British
campaign in north Africa, is
man who insists that desert war-
"riors must be daring and "fast
as lightning."
I. A sturdy Scot, the third gen
eral in his family In three gen
erations, he is considered here
to be a "natural" for his present
task by reason of personality and
experience.
, The 87 year old officer has
had an increasingly important
hand in every British war since
the South African conflict of
two score years ago. He was
created -a Knight Companion of
the Bath last year and elevated
to the rank of full general only
last October.
Wears Monocle
Sir Archibald has a penchant
for shedding his bemedalled coat
and working in shirt sleeves.
His manner- is. described as
affable and charming, and he is
brilliant speaker and admir
able writer. The poetry of
Browning is one of his hobbies.
. He has produced what is re
garded as the best short history
of the Palestine campaign in the
World war, during which he was
attached to the staff of the late
Viscount Allenby.
To disguise the loss of an eye
In the fighting in France in 1913,
he wears a monocle, but does not
let that interfere with his vigor
ous recreations. He is an expert
marksman, a good golfer and,
surprisingly for a desert fighter,
a skiing enthusiast.
A graduate of Sandhurst, Sir
Archibald began his military
career in 1901 as a member of
the famed Black Watch. He was
decorated for service in South
Africa and on the India frontier.
Then came the World war.
Uses Surprise
For two years he was in the
thick of action in France, though
he found time to marry in 1915.
He has a son and three daugh
ters. After loss of his eye, he was
sent to the Caucusus in 1916 as
military attache with the Rus
sian army, then transferred to
the Egyptian expeditionary
force.
Under Allenby, to whom he
was devoted, he learned much of
the unorthodox desert warfare
which he lately has turned to
such good account Employing
the element of surprise success
fully, he and his men swept
through the desert rocks of Pal
estine and Syria, and perhaps
he learned a sly trick or two
from the fabulous Lawrence of
Arabia, who became his friend
during this period.
Ever since. Sir Archibald's
mastery of the "catch-the-cat-napping"
technique has won the
admiration of his men.
With Allenby he followed the
Turks In 1918 with such stunts
as dragging trees and branches
across the dusty desert, raising
uch clouds that the Turks
thought large forces were on the
move. When they rushed In to
meet the apparent threat, they
missed the main British thrust
"Greatest Bloodhound"
Regularly promoted, Sir
Archibald came home In 1921
as a colonel. In 1932-33 he
served as aide-de-camp to the
king, winning promotion to
major general in the latter year.
He served several years as an
Infantry command at Aldershot,
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and then, in 1937, went back as
commander of British forces in
Palestine and Trans-Jordan. In
that year he was guest of honor
at an elaborate dinner given by
Jewish veterans in commemora
tion of the twentieth anniversary
of Allenby's entry into Jeru
salem. It was recalled then that the
Turks had called him the "great
est bloodhound" in the Palestine
cleanup, and the German chief
of - staff, the present Marshal
Wilhelm Keitel, described him as
"the only good general Britain
has."
When the present war loomed
ominously near, Britain in July,
1939, named Sir Archibald, then
a lieutenant general, as chief of
a new Middle East command.
When war came, he busily and
quietly spent more than a year
in building up his Middle East
army of Britons, Australians,
New Zealanders, Canadians,
Poles, and, after the fall of
France, free French soldiers.
Now "The Desert Fox" and his
motley but integrated troops are
on the move.
COUNTY REPORTED
Four accidents were reported
to the sheriff's office Friday as
wet weather and icy pave
ments continued to plague Klam
ath county motorists.
B. E. Kerns, Klamath Falls,
reported that he was involved in
a slight accident with another
car on Highway 66 one mile
west of the city Wednesday. The
name of the other driver was
not learned.
Ed Hallman, of this city, re
ported a mishap with an uni
dentified motorist on Tuesday
seven miles east of Klamath
Falls on the Merrill highway.
No one was injured.
A wreck on the road ahead
was blamed for a crash involv
ing cars of L. W. Wilcox, Sis
ters, Ore., and James Fawcett,
Peshastin, two miles south of
Sun Mountain summit Wednes
day. The Wilcox machine
smashed Into the rear of Faw-
cett's ear which was stopped
on the highway near the previ
ous crash. -
On Thursday a car driven by
Ethel Smith, Freda street, was
struck by a machine approach
ing from the opposite direction
allegedly on the wrong side of
the road. According to the
Smith report the second car was
passing a third vehicle and hit
Miss Smith as she swerved to
avoid a crash.
For the annual "picnic of the
states," a table one mile long
was built along a tree-lined
street in Ontario, Calif.
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."Don't cross your bridges until you build 'em" might be the Army's paraphrase of. the old motto.
Above, after cutting a road through dense woods, such as appear on the far bank, engineers of the
First Armored Division, Fort Knox. Ky., are building pontoon span over which 11-ton tanks crossed later.
Klamath Man Recounts Tale
Of Meeting Lone Survivor
Of Custer's Last Stand
Oscar Mooney, watchman at
the Boy Scout millyard, takes
exception to a "filler" published
in the News and Herald Decem
ber 9 concerning survivors of
the Custer Massacre.
The item stated that no hu
man being escaped the trap in
which the Indians caught Gen
eral Custer and his men on the
Little Bighorn, but Mooney says
that he recalls meeting the lone
survivor of that battle, a half-
blood Crow Indian called Curly
the Scout.
According to Mooney, Curly
the Scout managed to get off
the battlefield by wrapping a
blanket around his head and pos
ing as a squaw. He caught a
horse and rode up the Yellow
stone river to where a ferry was
operated by a man named
CHURCHILL PLEDGES
MORE PRIVILEGES
AT END OF WAR
LONDON, Dec. 21 (AP
Prime Minister Winston Church
ill was disclosed Friday to have
pledged that when the war is
over advantages and privileges
which hitherto have been en
joyed only by the few shall be
far more widely shared."
The promise was made at Har
row, exclusive school where
Churchill spoke Wednesday.
The prime minister quoted
Adolf Hitler as saying Decem
ber 10 that "Eton college and
the Hitler schools are two dif
ferent worlds," and declared the
fuehrer had "overlooked the
vast majority of the youth of
this country who have never
had the advantage of attending
such schools as Eton and Har
row but who by their skill and
prowess have won the admira
tion of the whole world."
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Counterman near where Colum
bus now is.
Counterman rode from there
to Helena, changing horses only
once, at Bozeman, and broke the
news of Custer's fate to the edi
tor of the Helena Record, who
happened to be standing on the
curb as Counterman rode into
town, according to Mooney 's
version.
ASK AND RECEIVE
AMARILLO, Tex., (P) An
Amarillo boy handed his teacher
a note from his mother. "Please
send the fire department to our
house" it read.
Shortly, a roaring fire truck
stopped at the woman's front
door.
Startled, she held out a sack
to the firemen and told them,
"This is what I wanted. Here
are some toys you can fix for
poor youngsters."
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 21
(AP Egon L. F. HnfstaenKl,
son of Ernest F. S. (Putii) Hani
staengl who once was a friend
of Chancellor Hitler, declared
Friday that America should
"wnko up to the urgency of the
times" and expel nil null offi
cials from this country.
Young Hai'.fstnenRl, who spent
several years in German youth
camps, told the Foreign Rela
tions club of Harvard that he
believed the "fifth column" was
a "real menace In the United
States."
"It is time they (Americans)
woke up to the urgency of the
times," declared the young Har
vard student, whose fntlier, a
former high nnzi officinl. Is
even now In n Canadian con
centration camp.
"I do not think that the ex
plosions In American powder
plants are mere coincidences,"
he added.
"Certainly," he asserted,
"these bund movements all over
the country and the over-enlarged
consular staffs are not
accidents. It has been suggest
ed that America should expel
all nazl officials in this country-
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (T)
Although It Is nearly two years
until the next congressional elec
tion, neither major party Is lot
ting any grass grow under Its
feet.
With republicans talking of a
full-time permanent staff here,
it was announced last night that
the democratic national head
quarters would move the first
of the year Into luxurious 25
room suite in the Mayflower
hotel.
National Chnirman Edward J.
Flynn of New York, it was learn
ed, will move Into an apartment
in the hotel and spend most of
his time here after January 1
Flynn has been paying only oc -
caslonnl visits here since he sue-
ceeded James A. Farley last fall
uomclcient with this news
came word that the democrats
would not hold their customary
Jackson day banquets, on Janu
ary 8. Because this date comes
I see no reason why they
should not be expelled and
every reason why they should
bo kicked out."
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II OP VflllR HOME OONTROLLBD,
close to Inauguration day on
January 20, it was thought best
to have a "victory dinner" in
February or March, as was dona
utter tho 10MU election,
The republicans nro holding up
reorganization of their head
quarters until a now nutloiuil
chairman is selected. Woiulell
L. Willkie, the party's 1IMU presi
dential nominee, is represented
by nssodutca ns desiring for that
position a nuin who could repre
sent tho "back home" element.
Republican offices occupy sev
eral floors in a building across
Lafiiyotto Square Iron) tho
Wliito House, wlilla tho demo
crats liuvo been liutiscd In uliiht
cramped rooms in tho Nutlunul 1
Press building.
Both nutioual committees aro
preparing their final postelec
tion expenditure reports for sub
mission to the house Tho lust
reports showed that tho republi
can national committee received
92.1)1)3.01)1 and spent $2,313,-100
between January 1 and October
30, while tho democrats receiv
ed $1,017,213 and spent Sl.tHU,
727. Flynn has said that the demo
cratic national committee final
report would show expenditures
j below tho $3,000,000 limit fixed
by tne much act.
TWO BIRDS, ETC.
SNOW HILL, Md W) B.
Clay Chapman says this hap- ,
poned to him: i
Driving along a hlghwny, he
saw two pheasants flying over a
field. Ho got out of his car, un
limbered his .22 rifle, and fired i
one shot. Until birds fell dead,
the slug passing through tho
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