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THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON"
July 2fl, 1041
FORGES PLACED
UNDER CONTROL
OF U. S. CHIEF
(Continued from Page One)
Douglas MacArthur, former
chief of staff of the army.
The war department an
nounced the action shortly after
President Roosevelt at Hyde
Park ordered all forces of the
Philippine commonwealth made
a part of the army of the Unit
ed States.
MacArthur since 193S has di
rected the training of Filipinos
in preparation for independence,
and holds the rank of field
marshal,
Recalled to service in the
United States army, he will
hold the temporary rank of lieu
tenant general. Thus, he will
be superior to Major General
George Grunert, commander of
the army's Philippine depart
ment. General MacArthur, a World
war hero, will head a force of
about 75,000 men, the war de
partment said.
The announcement said Presi
dent Roosevelt had created a
new command, designed the
United States army forces in
the far east, and ordered the
military forces of the common
wealth of the Philippines into
the service of the United States.
Hague Turns Jersey
Democratic Reins
Over to Governor
JERSEY CITY, N. J., July 28
W) Mayor Frank Hague has
handed the leadership of the
democratic party In New Jersey
to uovernor Charles Edison so
that "the people may be able to
judge impartially" their feud
over a railroad tax settlement.
"There must be no question of
Edison versus Hague," he said
in a statement announcing his
bold action last night.
Edison promptly rejected the
idea because, he said, "the mayor
is presuming to give me some
thing which is not within his
power to give. That leadership
is only within the gift of the
democratic voters and 'workers
of the state."
Hague made clear that he was
not abandoning political activity
in his home stronghold of Hud'
son county, nor did he intend to
relinquish the vice chairmanship
of the national democratic com
mittee. He has been acknowl
edged leader of the parry in New
Jersey for 25 years but does not
hold an office in the state organi
sation.
The Hague-Edison controversy
started when Edison signed into
law four bills passed this week
by the republican-dominated leg
islature. The bills provided for
payment by the railroads of $34
000,000 in delinquent taxes and
waiving by the state of 918,000,'
000 in interest and penalties.
Navy Prepares to
Man Defense Job
Br The Associated Press
The United States navy pre
pared today to put civil service
workers on $2,000,000 worth of
defense projects at Key West,
Fla., if more than 800 striking
laborers continue to stay away
from their jobs.
Lieut. Albert J. Fay, public
works officer of the Florida na
val station, said a compromise
offer increasing pay of the work
ers by 10 cents an hour, to 50
cents hourly, had been made and
that if it were not accepted the
navy would bring in civil serv
ice workers from various places
in the country and take the
work over from private contrac
tors. Raw Silk Stocks
Frozen in U. S.
WASHINGTON, July 28 VP)
E. R. Stettinius Jr., defense di
rector of priorities, issued an or
der today freezing all stocks of
raw silk and limiting its manu
facture to levels set during this
week.
The order was issued because
of a threatened shortage due to
"unsettled conditions In the far
east," Stettinius said.
It forbids the delivery or ac
ceptance of raw silk except by
authorization of the OPM. It ap
plies to mills but does not pre
vent deliveries from ships to im
porters. Last year, Japan supplied 81
per cent of the silk used in the
United States.
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CITY BRIEFS
Rene Licenses The following
marriage licenses were issued in
Reno Saturday, Ernest Akin, 20,
and Earlene Withrow, 19, Klanv
atli Falls; Hoard Joneschict, 35,
and Muriel Smith, over 21, Bly
Donald M. Robertson, 21, Klam
ath Falls, and Marjorie Hanson
18, Alturas; Leo Lee, 23, Dorris
and Betty Rutledge, 18, Klam
ath Falls; Newton Justis, 23,
and Helene Boehm, 20, Lake-
view.
Moving Mr. and Mrs. Allan
Stansbie of Pine street were
moving household effects to Ash-
land Saturday. They recently
purchased a home in the valley
city and on Thursday spent the
day in Ashland.
Return Mr. and Mrs. Head
rick Baughman have returned to
their home in Klamath Falls af
ter spending several days visit
fng Mr. and Mrs. Cunt Baugh-
man of Ashland.
Visit Here Mrs. N. W. Heard
Dorothy Frldeger and Weldon
Heard, returned to their homes
in Ashland Friday after spending
several days in Klamath Falls,
To Ashland Mrs. James
Sewell has returned to her home
In Ashland after visiting in
Klamath Falls for a short time
Investigators
Make Plans for
Water Hearings
The investigatory commission
here to study the excess water
charge question visited Langell
valley Saturday and made final
preparations for opening hear
ings Monday morning in the
federal building.
First hearing is scheduled at
9 a. m. Monday when the Enter
prise district presents its views.
It was learned Saturday that
Governor Charles A. Sprague
has asked the state engineer's
and attorney general's offices to
assist Klamath irrigationists in
their presentations before the
commission.
State Engineer Stricklin will
be here for the meetings.
Sprague Extends
Aluminum Drive
SALEM, July 26 UP) Gov.
Charles A. Sprague extended
Oregon's drive to collect scrap
aluminum for defense use to
August 2, an extra week, today
"to permit, universal participa
tion." r
Each community was urged
to keep a record of the weight of
metal collected.
"Oregon's response to this na
tional plea has been magnificent
to date and is the first test of the
effective functioning of our civ
ilian defense organization," the
governor said.
TILLAMOOK, July 26 UP) In
Tillamook county's collection of
aluminum this week, was tea
spoon, labeled "Made in Ger
many" and scratched with the
letter "V". The housewife, who
contributed it, said she added
the victory symbol.
Midwest Still in
Grip of Heat Wave
By The Associated Press
From its perch near the 100-
mark, the mercury thumbed its
nose at a wilting middle west to
day and made no move to come
down.
Continued warm and humid
weather in most of the midlands
Sunday and Monday was fore
cast as the scorched area count
ed at least 11 heat deaths, six
by prostration and five by
drowning.
Locally cooler weather was
likely in the lower Ohio valley
ana 'extreme northern sections
and cooler air was moving out of
the Rockies along with thunder-
showers, but observers set no
date for general relief.
AID REPULSED
LONDON, July 26 UP) The
British declared that "about a
dozen axis torpedo boats were
sunk today in an attempt to at
tack the harbor of Valletta, on
Britain's Mediterranean island
base at Malta.
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By DEWITT MACKENZIE
With the continuance of the
fierce nazi pressure against the
Russian battle line wo would
seem to be nearing rapidly a
crucial operation which will
give us a better gauge of the
efficiency of the red military
organization and the accuracy
of the persistent German claim
that the bolshevlst army is on
the point of dissolution.
I refer to what looks like
the impending necessity of wide
spread Russian withdrawals for
the purpose of straightening
their vast line and the reform
ing of fresh defenses farther
east a movement which repre
sents one of the most difficult
that any high command can un
dertake. The developing of such a
great retirement will present the
nazis with the opportunity for
offensives which might easily
turn an orderly strategic with
drawal into a debacle unless it
be carried out with consummate
skill. Thus the outcome of the
Russo-German war must depend
on whether the red army can
retain its mobility and its mo
rale. While the bolshevlsts have
been doing a magnificent job
of holding their lines against
superior German strength, it
would be too much to expect
that this defense could continue
along the present front.
We have the great salient
thrust into the center of the
Russian line to the grave danger
of the defense; the nazi drive
against Leningrad has created
the threat of a turning move
ment on the northern end of
the line; and just now on the
southern part of the front the
Germans are making a swift
thrust down the Dnieper river
which is calculated to cut off a
large Russian force.
Meanwhile the Germans con
tinue sweeping claims of wide
spread destruction of red fight
ing units, even up to the size
of a division of 15,000 men.
This is being achieved by the
use of swiftly driving tank units
which encircle bodies of Rus
sian troops and hold them in
this steel trap while the hell
diving nazi bombers slaughter
them or force their surrender.
In this manner the invaders
are carrying out their an
nounced purpose of destroying
the red army. And the way
the fighting is going it's appar
ent that the nazis are, as they
claim, more bent on this grim
and bloody business than on the
capture of cities. The fall of
the cities will be automatic If
the fighting men are wiped out.
So, taking it all in all, it is
reasonable to assume that it
won't be long before the Rus
sians will be thrown back, or
have to withdraw to new lines.
Fresh troops must be available
now from the recent mobiliza
tion to support such a move
ment.
In due course the red line
likely will move to the east of
the capital, abandoning western
Russia to the enemy. That line
perhaps will follow roughly the
line of the Volga river.
However, such a great with
drawal needn't represent an ir
reparable disaster, or anything
like it. As already indicated, if
the bolshevists can retain their
mobility and make an orderly
withdrawal in the face of heavy
German offensives, we shall
find the defenders fading west
when the nazis have consolidat
ed their position in Moscow.
If I'd ever gotten even, I'd
have quit. But I never did.
Sad summary of horse-betting
by William D. Sahm of Chicago,
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FINISHES TAX BILL
(Continued from I'age One)
mittee said, however, that there
was "increasing evidence that
this burden will be borne cheer
fully in the light of the over
whelming importance of national
defense to the continued freedom
and security of the United
States."
Economy Asked
The 10 republican members of
the committee issued a report on
the bill yesterday in which they
said they had no alternative but
to support the "general objec
tive" of the bill. However, they
assailed the non-defense spend
ing policy of the administration
and called on President Roose
velt to take personal charge of
efforts to effect economies.
The majority said that while
it had kept constantly in mind
the need for applying "a needed
restraint on inflationary tenden
cies resulting from tne cictense
spending program, the principal
has been "the procurement of
revenue.
The committee took issue with
those who have contended that
the bill's provision requiring
married persons to file joint re
turns would encourage divorce
Filing separate returns is per
mitted under the existing law,
and the committee recommend
ed that this be prohibited to pre
vent married persons from evad
ing the higher surtaxes proposed
in the bill.
Three democratic and two re
publican members of the com
mittee criticized the joint return
provision in a supplemental re
port, saying that it was not only Many persons are much con
unsound but definitely uncon-! ccrned with the possibility of
stitutional.'
Republican members of the
house ways and means commit
tee expressed their criticism in
a minority report on the meas
ure, distributed by the republi
can national committee, but ac
knowledged they had "no alter
native but to support tho gen
eral objective of the bill."
Asserting it was obvious that
a substantial increase in the tax
burden was imperative to fi
nance the defense program and
protect the credit of the nation,
the committee said the taxpay
ers must be "painfully aware"
that the ability of the govern
ment to finance the defense pro
gram had been "greatly lm-
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new deal spenders."
'These wastrels have engaged
in the greatest peace-time orgy
of extravagance in all history,"
the report said, adding that in
eight years the administration
had spent as much as it took
to run the government during
the first 131 years of the coun
try's history.
Two Air Students
Make Soio Flights
Two more members of Club
No. 4, students of Chct Stinson,
tried their wings at the Klamath
airport Friday and completed
solo flights.
Flyers were Bob Fulton, an
employe of the Modoc Gas and
Oil company, and Don Hunt,
secretary of the Elks club. They
flew Interstate Cadets, accord
ing to the instructor.
YOO-HOO. NEIGHBOR
GRANTS PASS, July 26 P)
Soldiers assigned to the Rogue
River valley cantonment if it is
constructed on the surveyed lo
cation, will have a noted cattle
raiser as a neighbor. Ginger
Rogers, who also dances and is in
the movies, explained while
looking over Countv Jtidce W. A
Johnson's Jersey herd here that
the survey stakes come right up
to her property line.
CONTROLLED
PORTLAND, July 26 UP)
The federal forest service here
said today the' big fire along
Tumble creek near Detroit, Ore.,
had been controlled. This was
the last of the Oregon timber
and brush fires which started
more than a week ago to be
controlled.
being asked to die for democ
racy. But living for it is some
thing very much harder, for It
means actually feeling tho sense
of responsibility Imposed by that
democracy. Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
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Shanghai's famous International
settlement completely, where
llritlsh, French and United States
have extra-territorial rights.
The Japanese also hold, extra
territorial rights in the settle
ment mid It was In the part their
forces control Hint the settle
ment today hud another of Its
ninny "iiH-idonts." A gunman be
lieved to be Chinese wounded a
Japanese marine.
Tho Jnpanoso announced their
economic moves about tho time
that the command of their forces
of occupation movod into south
ern French Indo-Chlna under an
agreement negotiated with the
axis-dominated Vichy govern
ment of France. Full compli
ments of naval, land and air
forces were expected to follow,
starting Sunday.
It was this agreement for
"Joint defenso" of Indo-Chlna
which touched off the economic
struggle
American circles at Shanghai
said Japan probably would oc
cupy tho international settlement
and the French concession, the
principal parts of the city which,
out of deference to extraterritor
ial rights of occidental powers,
had been left unoccupied when
the Japanese Invasion of China
enveloped Shanghai,
Tho French concession and the
international settlement wcro
likely to be yielded without re
sistance. The first is under the ad
ministration of the Vichy gov
ernment whose capitulation to
the Japancso plan of "Joint de
fense" of French Indo-Chlna was
followed by the economic counter-steps
of the British and
Americans against Japan.
The International settlement is
virtually undefended and Inde
fensible agninst the thousands of
Japanese already In Japanese
controlled parts of the city. The
settlement is garrisoned by the
fourth regiment of United States
marines and has a corps of light
ly armed volunteers whose func
tions have been of a police na
ture. Japan was held likely to take
over tho third power areas
through the Tokyo - sponsored
Nanking government for China
which has long threatened to
abolish foreign holdings.
The British and Amcricuns in
dicated they still had many a
trump to play In the economic
game. The controversy promlucd
to become a scries of retaliations
and counter-retaliations.
The British followed up their
freezing of Japanese funds by
suspending all commercial treat
ies with Japan, according to a
reliable London informant. The
United States on Jan. 21, 1S40,
let lapse her own 28-year-old
treaty of commerce and naviga
tion with Japan. Trade since
then had been on a day-to-day
basis.
The supreme weapon of the
economic arsenal of Britain and
the United States remained un
usedtotal blockade. Economic
experts in London said that this
could bring Industry to its knees
In six months. The British press
called the British American
moves proof that the policy ofj
appeasement was dead. j
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MARGARET JANE ABEL
Margaret June Abel, for the
lust 10 years a resident of Tule
luke, Calif., passed away in this
city Saturday, July 20, 11)41, at
2:30 a. in. following a brief ill
ness. She wus a native of In
dianapolis, lnd., and at tho time
of her deulh was aged 48 years
6 months and 21 days. Surviv
ing mo her husband, Raymond
Abel of Tulelake. Calif., and
one sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Roue
of Murtlnsville, lnd. The re
mains rest in the Karl Whlllock
f unci ul home, Pino street lit
Sixth, where friends may cull
after 4 p. m. Monday. Notice
of funeral to be announced
later.
One person wus Injured and
a number of cars dnmagrd In
accidents Friday unci Saturday,
according to police reports.
Willis Robinson. 23, 4.13 North
Tenth street, was Injured when
his car and another machine
bearing a Washington license
wero involved In a crush at
North Tenth and Main streots.
Robinson said the driver of the
second ear failed to stop at the
scene of tho accident. His In
juries were not serious,
A second hit-and-run accident
was reported Friday by Con
stance Hannon, route 2, box
711, when she told police she
and her mother were driving on
South Sixth street when a car
knocked their machine in the
ditch. License number of the
second machine was given offi
cers who are investigating.
Machines said operated by A.
D. Walnrlghl, 80, city, R. C.
Miner, Modoc Point, B. A. Wil
son, Chlloquln, and A. M. Cher
ry, 1829 Lakeview street, were
involved in an accident on high
way 07 as one of the ears at
tempted to pass on a curve. The
machines sideswlped. There
were no Injuries.
Richard W. Rupe, 36, Beatty.
Weyerhaeuser Timber company
employe, and Rotlln A. Cantrall,
2482 Berkeley street, were In
volved In an accident Friday at
Main and Sixth streets. Slight
property damage desulted.
Arthur Hoist, Esplanade
Courts, told police his car and
a second machine were involved
in an accident on South Sixth
street between Klamath and
Walnut avenues Friday. A. J,
McManus, timber fuller, and a
parked car owned by tho Doug
las Motor company, were In
volved In a traffic crash Friday
On Friday another accident was
reported by Merrill A. Hadgen,
3202 LaVeme street, and Mrs.
Fred B. Mueller, route I. box
838, when their cars were In
volved In an intersection col
lision at Eleventh and Main
streets.
DUEL CALLED OFr
BUENOS AIRES, July 26 (P)
Deputy Daniel Vldela, conserva
tive, and Deputy Emir Mercader,
radical, called off late last night 1
their proposed duel growing out
of a dispute over the United
States black-listing of pro-nazi
firms In South America.
HOMEWARD BOUND
LISBON, Portugol, July 26 (At
The U. S. navy transport West
Point, dim In her gray paint,
lipped away from Lisbon har-,
bor tonight with her passenger
list of expelled United States i
consuls, employes and their fam
Hies from the axis and axis
occupied countries of Europe.
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LAKEVIEW, July 26 (VP)
The Lukovlew wool committee
has named W. II. Leehmnnn,
Lake county wool grower, chair
man for Hie southern Oregon
ram sale here Sept. 17, The
sale will ho sponsored by the '
Oregon Wool Growers' association.
Great Salt Lake, in Ulah, Is
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the Dead Sea.
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