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Wednesday, December I
Sunrise v 7.1J
Duck hunting le 4 p. m.
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PRECIPITATION
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 2, 1941
Number 9449
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By FRANK JENKINS
pLENTY o( news again toduy.
Soma of It li good, and lome
NOT ao good.
ERMAN armored force sur-
rounded In Libya break the
encircling Brltiah ring, join other
Gorman armored forcei, recap
ture Rozegh and break through
the corridor ths British had
established from the Libyan In
terior to Tobruk.
A British spokesman says the
newly united German panzer di
visions can now probably break
through the British encirclement
and escape to the west (toward
Tripoli) "If they wish to do so."
TTHE spokesman adds that while
x the nazt success "may delay
matters for a few days longer" It
has not impaired British confi
dence. What he means Is that If Brit
ain can prevent rolnforcemenU
and supplies from reaching the
axis forces In Africa she can fin
ally finish them off.
THE Russians have thrown the
ft 1 Germans back DECISIVELY
wfrom Rostov. The nails admit as
much.' How far they havo been
thrown back Is a matter of dis
pute, with the Russians claiming
mora then the Germans admit
Soviet dispatches . today,, say.
Hitler's retreat from Rostov has
become a ROUT, with the nails
FLEEING westward along the
shores of the Sea of Azov after
a defeat which "puts an end
to tales of the Invincibility of the
German army." "
The Russians claim to have
stopped (temporarily, at least)
the latest drive on Moscow,
which, they say, has cost the
Germans a half million men.
nrHE real point is that Hitler
A apparently lacks the power
to HOLD Rostov and TAKE
Moscow at the same time.
That, if true. Is IMMENSELY
important.
BRITAIN today pulls her belt
Ou tighter.
Churchill tells parliament "a
crisis of man power and WO
MAN power will dominate the
yar 1942 for Britain." He pro
poses extension of conscription
to take in ages 181 to BO. (The
present limit is from IS to 41.)
Ho warns that eventually men of
SIXTY may be called.
He adds that powers will be
sought to conipel unmarried wo
men between the ages of 20 and
30 to Join the uniformed forces,
but only volunteer womon will
be assigned to "lethal or com'
batant sorvlccs,"
MAT any time now Hitler may
' RECOGNIZE HIS DEFEAT
by the Russian armies and, to
recover from his disaster, may
visit us with all his fury.
"We are all ready for him
We shall receive him when he
comes, by day or by night."
TF you've been chuckling at
A these jokes about getting Brlt-
aln into the war, you might as
Qwell stop. The British have
plenty of fighting ahead. It will
be HARD fighting.
'
"TODAY'S most dramatlo news:
The 8.000-ton Australian
cruiser Sydney alnks the 9,000
ton heavily-armed German mer
chant raider Stclermark but in
the duel to the death goes down
herself with ALL ON BOARD.
; News of the battle is obtained
(Continued on Page Two)
Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
y-One. Year Ago German air
raiders hammer Southampton,
fl London, Liverpool and Birmlng-
n
1 1;
B' 1. .British fliers attack Wll-
ftshaven.
-Ml .Vnia A an Pnaaland
4. .' L 1 - x . ...
in r sori m reuna in war
Qk Finland; Finland decides
ft;, dispute before league of
t'.nat ns).
it, '-fr fflty-Fiva Years Ago Gcr
itiajf farces continue advanco to
;WA.fl,ucharest. I'm '4. '
I x. Ai Jill) Jfh
As wires reported additional
ships flying the Rising Bun steaming to that area suggesting a possible move Into Thailand
and a new threat to Singapore this picture arrived in San Francisco by clipper showing ar
rival of another batch of British troops to reinforce the Malayan garrison. Almost daily fresh
contingents strengthen this Pacific outpost.
Minneapolis Worker
! Party Members
!TC3r
nvicred
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 2 UP)
A possible federal prison term
up to 10 years loomed today bo-
fore 18 persons, members of or
associated with the socialist
workers party who were con
victed by a jury here on charges
of conspiracy to create Insub
ordination In the anned forces
of the government.
Albert Goldman. New York
attorney and one of those con
victed last night, announced that
every legal step and every oth
er resourco would bo exhausted
for appeal purposes." Ho imme
diately made plans for filing an
appeal before Judgo M. M.
Joyce In federal court here next
Saturday.
Judge Joyce set next Monday
as the dRte for tho sentencing.
Conviction of the IB defendants
was on one of two counts of an
Indictment returned last July af
ter a raid on the socialist work
ers party offices here and in St.
Paul. Bushels of literature were
seized in tho raid, and intro
duced in evidence at the trial,
along with two red flags and
several pictures of Leon Trot
sky, communist leader who was
assassinated in Mexico.
Assassination Plot
Against Mussolini
Discovered, Report
ROME, Doc. 2 VP) A "vast"
anti-fascist conspiracy which in
cluded an attempt on Premier
Mussolini's life and sabotage of
Italian munitions plants has been
discovered at Trieste, the official
agency Stcfanl reported tonight.
Trieste is a seaport in north
eastern Italy near the Yugoslav
border and formerly was the old
Austrian empire's principal port.
It has a population of 248,000. i
"Jones" Mxup Halts County's
Legal Machinery Temporarily
Confusion over the name of
Jones stopped Klamath county's
legal machinery temporarily
Tuesday.
Circuit Judge David R. Van-
denberg discovered Tuesday
morning that H. E.' Jones, who
was sitting on the grand jury,
was not the H. E. Jones whose
name, address and occupation
was on the jury list.
Tho man who began the jury
duties was Harry E. Jon?g, mill
worker, 3628 Blsbee street, fThe
man for whom tho subpoena for
jury duty was intended Is H.
Edwin Jones, machinist, 614; Lin
coln street. :
: The name on the jury lldt and
subpoena was simply H. E. Jones.
No address is given on the sub
poenas.x When tho sheriff's of
fice was given the subpoena, it
Singapore Defenses Grow and
Japanese troop movements into
Secessionist
Leader Dies
At Port Orford
r.iihprtF r..hi- m m..
...
or Port Orford and leader Ok th.
lao-oaUoUCuirycotlnty aecesslon
movement, died at 9 a. m. today.!
Acute indigestion was given
as the immediate cause of death.
Gable had long been promlrv-j
ciuiy. lacmuiea -wim vanaua
Port Orford enterprises includ
ing - the Port Orford Dock &
Terminal company, the object of
considerable litigation a few
years ago. He sought to build
a railroad from Port Orford to
Grants Pass, Ore., but failure to
start work cost the ICC approval
certificate.
He was instrumental in get-
thing the town Incorporated in
1935 and was Its only mayor,
Following the disastrous fire
at Bandon in the fall of 1936, he
headed the rehabilitation com'
mittce which directed the town's
rebuilding.
The secession movement of
Curry county was instituted
largely by him because of his
belief that Oregon was not giv
ing proper attention to develop
ment of mineral deposits in the
county. .
Gablo was from a Pennsyl-
(Contlnucd on Page Two)
Cafe at Tulelake
Robbed of Federal
Tax Money Monday
TULELAKE, Dec! 2 (Special)
Tulelake officers today were In
vestigating tho robbery of Jack's
cafo hero early Monday morn
ing. Between $260 and $270 In so
cial security and federal tax
money was taken, according to
J H. Emerlds, manager, who
discovered tho robbery. An El
gin watch was also missing.
Emerlds told Chief bf Police
Frank Rhodes that the theft ap
parently took place . between
2:45 and 4 a. m. Monday morn
ing. . . ,
served Harry E. Jones of Blsbee
street. A couplo of witnesses had
been examined by the grand Jury
when Judge Vandenberg discov
ered tha mistake. '-:
The judgo immediately called
the jury out of secret session,
dismissed Harry . Jones and
ordered H. Edwin Jones sub
poenaed. H. Edwin Jones asked
to be excused because of the
rush of work at his machine
shop.
That left a vacancy on the
jury. Judgo Vandenberg directed
that tho entire circuit court jury
panel be called in at 10 a. m.
Wednesday, when another Juror
will be drawn for 'grand Jury
duty. Jurors will be relnstructed
for the benefit of the new man.
There will be no Joneses on
the grand jury this term of court. ,
Grow
Indo-China and numerous war
IN HAIL DISPUTE
XJSic Waae increase
. u i.
. M ComDromise to -!'
f : -V VXTW Omise -.JQ V
. r ''Avert 'Strike
.'WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 UPi
r residential fact finding board
I -orted to President Roosevelt
today that railroad labor and
management representatives had
reached a - compromise agree
ment calling for basic wage in
creases of 76 cents a day for the
operating brotherhoods and 80
cents a day for the non-operating
brotherhoods.
The agreement means that a
nationwide strike called for De
cember 7 has been averted.
The report was handed to Mr.
Roosevelt by four of the five
board members'. The president
in turn released it at his press
conference with the comment
that we trust that it is the end
of the trouble we have been hav
ing for a couple of weeks.
The settlement, recommended
by the board after almost two
days and nights of continuous
mediation conferences, will be
submitted to the general chair
man of some of the IB railroad
organizations involved for final
approval at meetings to be held
in Chicago on Thursday.
Secessionist
Plans Rejected
By Modoc County
ALTURAS, Calif., Dec. 2 W)
Secessionists working to form a
49th state of Jefterson from
California-Oregon border coun
ties suffered a major defeat to
day when Modoc county reject
ed their advances and took a
new vow of allegiance to Cali
fornia.
The board of supervisors of
this northeasternmost corner of
California, and the chamber of
commerce protested against ef
forts to get Modoc county to quit
California.
A resolution was adopted by
the supervisors placing the
county on record against activi
ties of secessionists in adjoining
counties, and declaring Modoc
county was happy with Califor
nia s treatment.
Until tho Modoc supervisors'
action, secessionists in three oth
er California counties and one
In Oregon had counted Modoc
in their ranks.
Failure to construct roads in
to the wilderness for develop
ment of mineral resources is the
basis of complaints against Cal
ifornia and Oregon by secession
ists in Siskiyou. Del Norte and
Lassen counties in California,
and Curry county, Ore.
RAID FILMS
PORTLAND, Dec. 3 VP)
Oregon police saw films of
London's bobbies at work dur
ing air raids yestorday as the
FBI opened a six-day civilian
defense school, .
Nazis
BRITISH SKY
F
E
Confidence Still Up
In Cairo Despite
Loss of Rezegh
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 2 VP)
The Germans have succeeded In
joining their two Panzer di
visions In the fighting in the
Libyan desert by cutting
through the British corridor to
Tobruk and the British . nave
lost Rezegh and Bir El Hamed
in the battle, the British said
today.
(The success of a part of
German General Erwin Rom
mel's armored forces in driving
through the British lines from
the ' west probably . means the
combined force now hemmed in
along the coast east of Tobruk
can break the encirclement and
escape again to; the west "if
they wish to do so," an author
itative source said in LondonJ
said the Joining of the 15th and
21st Panzer, divisions had not
in any . way , impaired British
confidence. V;. t .. ' .:.
Ho said the link with Tobruk
was not broken despite the axis
thrust, and the communique de
clared the . British retained air
superiority ' for blasting . axis
tanks. '
"It may delay matters for a
few days longer," ho added.
"It. was just a down in an up-and-down
fight."
It could be termed a local
German success, he said.
Both sides now were stated
to be reforming and regrouping
their forces for another battle
over the desolate, rock-strewn
desert, and British reinforce
ments were said to be reaching
the field in a steady stream.
Reports here said some of
these reinforcements were being
landed, at Tobruk by the royal
navy.
(London sources said the Brit
ish "still appear to have num
erical superiority in armored
forces." They said German
claims of destruction of British
tanks were fantastic.
(There was no evidence, the
sources added, that the com
bined German force now could
endanger the empire forces en
gaged in wiping out axis forces
still resisting in pockets along
tho Egyptian-Libyan border, but
it was admitted there still was
no indication that the Germans
were attempting to drive west
ward out of the encirclement.)
Britain Soon to
Declare War on
Nazi Allies, Claim
LONDON. Dec. 2 H3) Inform'
ed sources today predicted that
British declarations of war
against Finland, Rumania and
Hungary would come toward the
end of the week.
They said Finland had been
given her last chance to cease at
tacking Russia.
These sources indicated that
British reluctance to declare war
on Finland had been overcome
to a considerable degree when
Finland adhered to the anti-corn-intern
pact, especially in view of
Prime Minister ChurchJU's warn
ing several months ago that
whoever marched with Hitler
was Britain's foe.
y' RAIN AT EUGENE
EUGENE, Dec. 2 (JP) A
downpour of 2.76 inches of rain
in the last 36 hours flooded Eu
gene streets and roads in scores
of places today. Although pre
cipitation continued this after
noon without a letup no major
flood had yet developed. The
Willamette river was .6 of a foot
at 1 p. m.. up 1.2 feet from the
morning' reading. '
AXIS
1
Break Libya
Russians Report Germans
In Flight West of Rostov
MOSCOW, Dec. 2 MV- The
rout of the Germans from Ros
tov is at its height and red
army cavalrymen and guerillas
are adding to the German con
fusion in the Donets basin and
the southwestern area, soviet
broadcasts declared today.
About Stallnogorsk other Ger
mans ' were- declared- in an
Izvestla account to have been
put to flight through deep snow
drifted by a biting wind.. Soviet
mounted guards recaptured a
number of villages -to relieve
the threat 120 miles southeast
of Moscow.
The village of Barabanovo
was named as one recaptured
when the Germans fled, aband
oning their weapons. -.
In the northwestern. Moscow
sector Pravda declared three
German divisions had been re
pulsed in a sanguinary battle
yesterday as the Germans at
tempted to turn soviet defenses
about Klin and Volokolamsk
Churchill Asks
Extension of
Draft Limits
LONDON, Dec- 2 VP Prim
Minister Churchill, told 'parli.-
mentoday .tat,V-rJsis.cXrnaX v - - 'P
power and . womannower', will : Australian " imp
dominate the year 1942 for Brit
ain, proposed that military con'
scriptlon age limits be lowered
to 181 : and raised to 89 .and
warned , that eventually men of
60. might be called.
- Powers to compel unmarried
women between the ages of 20
and 30 to join the uniformed
forces also will be sought, he
said, . although only volunteer
women will be assigned to "leth
al or combatant services."
The present conscription limit
for men is 19 to 41
Declaring to a -solemn - and
crowded house of commons that
Britain's "crisis of equipment is
largely over and an ever-broad
ening flow is now assured," part
ly because of United States aid
and partly because of newly com
pleted .British empire factories,
he said the drain on Britain's
manpower was arising from five
causes:
1. The necessity . of staffing
the new factories. : .
2. The maintenance and ex
pansion of forces in the east.
3. The supplying of Russia
(Continued On Page Two)
Japs Report Death :
Of Two Russians
On Manchu Border
' TOKYO, Dec. 3 VP) Two Rus
sian soldiers were shot dead
when a patrol of five crossed
the eastern Manchukuo-Siberia
border some 40 miles northwest
of Vladivostok, Dome! reported
today in a dispatch from Hsin
king, capital of Manchukuo.
The Japanese agency's account
said the Russians crossed the
frontier about 28 miles south of
Tungning and clashed with a
Japanese force. The three sur
vivors fled back into soviet ter
ritory. This frontier, ill-defined and
running through hilly,, wooded
country, has been the scene of
scores of Japanese-Russian
clashes in recent years.
Klamath's Patriotic
$226,500 Worth
Patriotic Indians of the
Klamath tribe have purchased
$226,800 worth ol defense
savings bonds, it was an
nounced Tuesday by B. G.
Courtrlght, superintendent bf
the Klamath Indian reserva
tion. . .::.'- ....-'
The bonds were purchased
by 440 Indians, or nearly one
third of the . membership
including men, women and
children.'
Added to the $422,628
bought by other Klamath citi
zens through local agencies,
the Indian defense bond pur
despite that, the Germans were
admitted to have made advances
in places and "consequently the
situation remains especially
acute."
BERLIN, Dec. 2 VP) German
troops within sight of Moscow's
towers , were reported by the
high, command today .to. have
driven deep inside the arc of
defenses outside the soviet cap
ital, but on the southern front
tha Russians still were counter
attacking . the : Germans. . who
were driven out of. Rostov on
the Black sea. .
. Military spokesmen declined
at this time to name the specific
gains claimed on the Moscow
front where they sought . to
fasten most of the attention.
They laughed at reports that
the Russians already had driven
as far west as Taganrog, 40
miles from Rostov where the
Germans withdrew under fierce
Russian onslaughts. -
645 . Feared Lost as
- r
Lost in Pacific
LONDON,; Dec. 2 (JP) The
Australian- cruiser Sydney has
sunk , one ' of ". Germany's most
dreaded sea raiders of this war
but an official announcement to
day said she apparently paid for
the' triumph with her 'own life
and the lives of 645 men aboard
her. . ..
She fought her last fight with
the heavily armed, 9400-ton Ger
man Steiermark somewhere off
Australia, probably not far from
the Cocos islands, where her
predecessor-namesake sank the
kaiser s famous raider Emden in
the last war.
Survivors Tell Story
The Steiermark, known to
British naval men as raider No,
41 and sailing under the name
of , Kormoran, had sunk . nine
British, British-allied or neutral
ships in at least three oceans be
fore the 6830-ton Sydney came
to mortal grips with her.
; The . Steiermark's survivors
told the story of the combat
None of the Sydney's men were
found and the Australian gov
ernment, after scouring the bat
tle area with planes and ships,
announced that "it must be pre
sumed that .she has been lost,
No date was given for the
struggle but Australian Prime
Minister John Curtin disclosed
in a statement that the next of
kin of the Sydney's missing 42
officers and 603 men had been
informed November 26.. ...
' GAS TRAINING
SALEM, Dec. 2 VP) Salem's
police reserves, city police, fire
men and ambulance corps wom
en learned last night how to
recognize and decontaminate
poison gases. . The class was
conducted by Jack Lowe, in
structor, from the Portland fire
college.
Indians Buy '
of Defense Bonds
chases brought the total for
Klamath county to date to
$649,128. The Indian bonds
were bought - through the
agency from Washington, D.
C. v
Andrew M. Collier, Klam
ath -county defense bond
chairman, warmly praised
the Indians Tuesday for their
patriotism and thrift in con
nection with the defense bond
purchases. He pointed out
that if whites -would buy pro
portionately, Klamath's bond
sales would zoom to remark,
able height. . . r...- v'.
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ON INDO CHINA
TROOP BOOSTS
Satisfactory Reply by
; Japan Essential to"
' . c Parleys,. Claim
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 VP)
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that the American govern
ment had inquired of Japan Just
what her purpose was in in
creasing her armed forces .in
French Indo-China.
The chief executive indicated!
clearly" at his press conference)
that, a satisfactory, answer was
essential to a successful conclus
ion of negotiations Detween the
two governments looking toward
peace in the whole Pacific area,
: Progress Made
- At his specific request, Mr.
Roosevelt said, Sumner Welles,
undersecretary of state, had sub
mitted the main question at si
conference this morning with,
Saburo Kurusu, Japans ppecjal
envoy to Washington. "
-t-The -chief execntivei rndkated,
too, that some pfj-'.'rw hart hafW
made in the di$- jfV ."trLj!ji .
Japanese emir jrZA.ufaUi tbm
point when,, " learned that
Japan was r cing ber land,
air and nr -fees stationed in.
the Freak ny. y
' Fears s hy been expressed
publicly "on 'both sides of tha
Pacific that this move was a pre
lude to an attack on neighboring
Thailand or on the Burma road,
China s main supply route. ' . v
. , Not Ultimatum -', -t "
The . president said - it ' was)
hoped an answer- would; be re
ceived soon to the inquiry as to) .
Japan's purpose and future 'In
tentions but that no time limit
had been set for a reply, s -
Welles said that the Inquiries-
addressed to Tokyo did not con
stitute an ultimatum.
SINGAPORE, Dee. 2 VP) . .
Britain's new 35,000-ton battle
ship Prince of Wales steamed
into the great Singapore .naval
base today at the head of a flo-
tilla of advanced units of the
royal navy s newly-created east
ern fleet.
The Prince of Wales,, which
took a major role in the. sinking
f the Bismarck last May, flew
the flag of the new commander-;
of the eastern fleet,- Admiral Sir?
Tom Phillips. ; it ';;
It was announced that other
units of the fleet would arrive in
due time. .. ' . -:'
(The Prince of Wales is ther
first capital ship Britain , ever
has sent to the far east prepared
for action. . The arrival of thisj
flotilla greatly increases, ths
might of the naval forces as
sembled in the southwestern Pa
cific area against any possible)
further Japanese moves.) -i
It was announced that the
eastern fleet has been establish-
(Continued on Page Two) ; '
Young Prisoner
Unhurt by Blast -
PORTLAND, Dec' 2 VP) K.
prisoner at a Multnomah coun
ty jail quarry shoved a quarter1
of a stick of dynamite in a hole
in a rock yesterday, lighted the,
fuse and sat down on the rock.
The blast-scattered the rock;
to all directions, but the prison
er, Ray Kennedy, 17, was unin
jured, Deputy Sheriff Oswald
Day reported.
Kennedy, convicted on a petit
larceny charge, was sentenced
last month to a year in JalL
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City Briefs -..Page' 8
Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records Page 1 4
Editorials LPage 4
High School New......Page 13
Information ... ....Page . S
Market, Financial ..Page . 0
Midland Empire News. Page 6
Pattern Page 7
Sports Jetes 8,