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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
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By FRANK JENKINS
pROM Kulmyahev (Russia's re
serve capital In tho ovent
Moscow aliould full) comes this
dispatch today:
"Soviet troops have cut off the
highway which connects Grrmun
forces In Tlkhvln with their
REAR BASES on the northern
front."
flW out your map. Vou will
uflnd Tlkhvln1 some 100 miles
.almost due east of Leningrad.
If you have read the news as
carefully as you should, you will
recall that some time ago the
Gormans thrust a long, thin of
fensive spearhead Into tho Rus
sian lines and captured It. They
wero obviously striking at the
Archangel route for delivering
riritlsh and American supplies
i to Russia.
If this Kuibyshev dispatch Is
accurate, the Russians havs cut
of the Tlkhvln spearhead.
TVHAT happened at Rostov was
essentially, iimllar. , .j.
Tha Germans, reaching spec
tacularly for the Caucasus and Us
nil, sent a boy to mill that is
to say, they rushed forward an
inadequately supported column
and seized Rostov but
COULDNT HOLD IT. .
In Franca and later In Nor
way, they took these long
chances and GOT AWAY WITH
THEM.
MONTHS ago, the Germans
1 wero telling the world Rus
sian resistance was SHATTERED
and all that remained was to
mop up.
The Russian army STILL has
the strength to take the best the
) Germans can give and STRIKE
BACK effectively at critical mo
ments. THE news from Russia In re-
cent weeks has been extreme
ly good so good that many sus
pect a German trick, -
There will bo tricks, of courso,
for trickery la fundamental In
warfare and the Germans are
good war-makers. But the be
havior of Japan, France and Tur
key Is pretty good evldcnco that
Hitior isn't doing as well lately
as he was.
Japan, Itching to grab all cast
j Asia, Is waiting and watching.
France, under heavy pressure to
throw in with her conquerors, is
holding back as much as she
dares.
Turkey, sitting on one of the
world's hottest spots, is giving
renewed signs of loaning toward
the British side.
VEAN WHILE,' the Rome radio
11 says today: . .
if "A million and a half men,
eight thousand tanks and a thous
and guns arc moving toward
Moscow In tho most terrific of
fensive of all times,"
Hitler needs a victory to re
store tho shine to his tarnishing
prcstiRC and apparently looks
upon Moscow as his best bet.
a
jjRITAIN declares war on Fin
land, Hungary and Rumania.
Tho realistic British concede
that these war declarations won't
materially change the present
situation and explain that the
chief difference will be at tho
PEACE CONFERENCE, whon
Finland, Hungary and Rumania
"will be sitting on the other side
of the table."
TPHE peace conference Whon
will it come? Who will be
sitting on what a I'd e of the
J table?
Men talk little of these things
these days, but they are doing a
lot of THINKING.
Germans Say
New Battles
Rage in Libya
BERLIN, Dec. 8 (IP) New
ami heavy battles have started
In northern Africa, the German
high command said toduy, indi
cating Hint a bad weather lull in
the Libyan fighting was at an
end.
Tho high command announce
ment was limited to a sentence.
A military spokesman said
earlier that a new phase of oper
ations was beginning in north
Africa, but that the development
was not sufficiently advanced to
see what form It was taking.
CAIRO. Egypt, Dec. 0 (P)
The number of German and
Italian prisoners captured on the
Libyan desert has reached 7300
counted and there aro many
more as yet uncounted, British
headquarters announced today.
British forces have kept up
unrelenting pressure on the axis
throughout the whole Libyan
battle area for the past 24 hours,
the communique said.
At Ed Duda, where the Im
perial armies' position withstood
three heavy attacks previously,
it said that "what llltlo ground
remained in enemy hands" has
been recovered.
Despite dust storms, an offi
cial announcement said, the
RAF yesterday shot down 22
axis planes In fights over Libya
at cost to Itself of only six.. :
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BRITillDf DECLARES
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Three Nations Aiding
Hitler Fail to
nswer Note
LONDON. Dec. 8 (P) Great
Britain will bo at war against
Finland, Hungary and Rumania
at one minute after midnight to
night, Greenwich time, (4:01 p.
m., Saturday, PST) because the
three nations refused to stop
fighting Britain's Russian ally.
The actual proclamation,
howevor, will not materially
change tho situation now exist
ing, it was said shortly after
Britain announced her intention
of declaring war. The British
explained the chief difference
would bo at the peace confer
once, when the three nations
"will be sitting on the other
side of the table."
Alien Roundup
Scotland Yard detectives as
sisted by mobile police swiftly
began a roundup today of more
than 200 "enemy aliens" as a
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Railroad Strike
Threat Dissolved
As Terms Ratified
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (JP) The
threat of a nationwide railroad
strike, scheduled to start tomor
row, was dissolved last night.
Reprcscntntivcs of 350,000
union operating employes rati
fied terms of a compromise set
tlement worked out through me
diation of President Roosevelt's
fact-finding commission, and a
contract embodying tho provi
sion was signed by all parties.
The settlement, announced
Tuesday, provides wage increas
es of 94 cents an hour or 76 cents
a day for operating employes
who hnvo been receiving upward
of $5.08 a day and had called a
strike to enforce demands for a
30 per cent boost.
Representatives of 000,000
union non-operating workers
said negotiations affecting them
probably would continue for sev
eral days. These unions did not
call n strike although they re
fused to accept previous terms.
For non-opcratlng labor, the
compromise called for raises of
10 cents an hour or 80 cents a
day. They have been paid an
average of 63.4 cents an hour and
had demanded Increases of from
30 to 34 cents.
RUSSIANS uAY
NAZI LINE CUT
AT
Rome Radio Numbers
German Force at
Over Million
By The Associated Press
Adolf Hitler was1 declared by
the I tl inn radio today to have
hurled 1,500.000 troops, 8,000
tanks und 1,000 guns into "the
most terrific offcnslvo of all
times" against Moscow, and It
appeared that the red capital
now faces its hour of greatest
peril.
Fighting In deep snow, with
tho mercury sinking as low as 31
degrees below fahrenheit, soviet
ski troops were reported to have
gone into action along the en
lire Moscow front as tho red ar
mies slashed at the Germans in
flanking attacks.
A British radio broadcast said
"a message Just received reports
a strong Russian attack in the
Kalinin sector, 00 miles north
west of Moscow. . . . Red army
unit crossed over tha Ice of tht
Volga river at several points arut.
ctpturcd two Important positions
On the opposite bank after fierce
fighting."
On the Leningrad front, soviet
dispatches said the Russians had
cut off he highway linking Ger
man forces In the city of Tlkhvln-
with their rear bases and
thot red troops were slowly bat
tering their way Into the ap
proaches on Tlkhvln itself. The
city lies 110 miles southeast of
Leningrad.
The grave new danger to Mos
cow was emphasized in German
reports claiming the capture of
two key cities on Moscow's close
in perimeter of defenses and five
othor towns on the south.
A German military spokesman
said nazl troops had taken Moz
haisk, 57 miles west of the cap
ital, and Klin, 50 miles north
west. Nazl-front-llne dispatches also
reported- new gains In a side
sweeping movement east of Orel
and Kursk, midway between the
Moscow front and the soviet
drive In the Ukraine, declaring
that five towns had been cap
tured In an arc 60 miles east of
Orel. ,
The towns were listed as Ma
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Earthquake Wrecks
Buildings, Injures
Few in Costa Rica
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica. Dec.
6 (F) Public buildings and
homes In central Costa Rica and
northern Panama were de
stroyed and some residents were
Injured yesterday by an earth
quake felt throughout virtually
all of Costa Rica and part of
Panama.
Rcscuo workers early today
hod reported no deaths.
Ten houses were destroyed
at Santo Domingo Hederia, 10
miles north of San Jose, and
property was damaged at Gua
dalupe, Carrallllo Cartago and
Puerto Jimincz.
The municipal building and
a' school were brought down at
Santiago, a Panama provincial
capital of about 2000 popula
tion. , Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
One Year Ago Greek forces
occupy Porto Edda, Albania;
fleeing Italians fire that port
and Arglrocastro.
Two Years Ago Finns re
port Russians halted on all
fronts; claim 80 soviet tanks des
troyed in one sector alone.
Twenty flve Years Ago I
Lloyd George becomes prime
minister of Britain. Germans
capture Ploesti, center of rich
Rumanian oil region. 1
LENINGRAD
Ten Die as Giant
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NEA TeUphoto
When three huge spans of tha world's largest girder bridge,
being constructed over the Connecticut river at Hartford, Conn.,
collapsed and plunged ISO feet into tha water, 10 workmen were
killed, four missing and at least 17 others Injured. Hera's the
shore end of the $4,400,000 bridge after it fell.
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Hail of Longhorn
Scoring Plays
AUSTIN, Tex- Dee. 6 (fP)
Using ground and aerial magic
with abandon, the University of
Texas Longhorns of the South
west conference overwhelmed
the University of Oregon of the
Pacific Coast conference today.
71-7. in a game that was touted
as a test of the relative strength
of the two circuits.
Coach Dana X. Bible sent in
his third string in the middle of,
the fourth period, but the subs
rolled on for twenty points be
fore the linal gun.
First Miss. State 12, USF 0. '
Half Utah 6, Arisona 0. r,.
Half Texas Agt VWSC.CVU
H.lf-USC 0, CIA Py, A
Rice 6, Southera
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Human Hair Suits f
Latest in Europe- ;:
LONDON, Pec'($r Hair
suits, made front, tha iheared
tresses oi your' favorite girl
friend, are the, newest thliut'dn
ersatz styles for' 1942 in . K
Netherlands.- . 'vf j
"Come in, Mid order yoprj
blond or brunette suit, the nan
controlled Dutch waste and re
fuse board ha suggested to pros
pective buyers, according to the
official Dutch' news agency. "It
is as strong as worsted suiting
and will probably have been
made from a woman's long hair."
ROUNDUP
PORTLAND, Dec. 6 P)
Tugs chased bobbing logs about
the Portland harbor yesterday
after rafts broke free at Oregon
City and scattered downriver.
Huge New Appropriation Bill
Ready t For Action By Senate
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 ffl-
An $8,244,041,531 appropriation
bill, described by ono member
of the house as carrying "body
blows for Mr. Hitior," was ready
today for senate action.
The supplemental defense
measure passed the house yester
day, 309 to S.
It was designed to double
armament production and if en
aoted into law will bring the
defense expenditures and con
tractual authority up to $67,090,
256,596, which would be twice
the amount of money the United
States spent in tho World war.
The measure set up $1,556,
496,246 for lend-lease purposes,
Bridge Topples
Cuba President
Asks Emergency
Power Decree
. .' -.. .. .nr.-
HAVAtfA.Uecv- 6 Prekl
dent Fulgencio Batista today ask'
ed congress to declare a state of
emergency and grant the cabinet
extraordinary powers to rule by
decree for 45 days.- - - ;
'The time has come to. adopt
the extraordinary, measures re
quired by national defense,
Batista said in his message to
congress.
The message did not name
specifically the powers which
Batista asked but he called for a
state of emergency as provided
in the constitution.
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
Dec. 6 (P) President General
Tiburcio Carias Andino told the
chamber of deputies today that
he has documentary proof .that
nazi and fascist agents hack at
tempted to establish in Ajntrks
governments . "manageabhv by
them, to fight against, th United
States." . ...Jifh'c-. '
4 Carias said he TqlA do all
possible in support Q&democracy
and- President" Rooaevelt, whom
he described as the) defender of
weak countries."'
' Carias said that in Honduras,
enemies of the government had
conspired with nazl agents to
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Litvinoff Reaches
U. S, From Russia
' SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8 (IP)
Russia's new ambassador to the
I United States Maxim Litvinoff,
wrW?d today by clipper after
an air 'voyage that brought him
neat",three-fourths around the
worlolas,
i "I am loWcjng forward to meet
ing agaul i ii great president,"
the ombsstrV sld; "I am very
happy to be'Hnyoufc country-"
The armedteeeol- Russia
will continue therrjtTMn for
tune or in misfortune?' i Jfff Lit
vinoff. speaking rapldtyi add tn
excellent English."
and the war department was au
thorized to transfer an addition
al $500,000,000 worth of supplies
on a lend-lease basis if necessary.
Rep. Case (R-S.D.) said that
because congress had approved
the lend-lease program he saw
no reason for ."pulling our
punches" now and that the bill
carried the "body 'blows for Mr.
Hitler."
The extra half billion dollar
authorization was opposed by
Rep. Johns (R-Wls.) who told the
house the American people
should know they would "never
get this money back."
In addition to $6,687,569,048
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DIES OF RIFLE
Lawrence Jackson, 17,
Held as Merlin
Chocktoot Dies
A middle-of-the-night alterca
tion at the rodeo grounds at Be
atty resulted Saturday morning
in the death of Merlin Chock
toot, 20, a Klamath Indian.
Held as Chocktoot s assailant
is Lawrence Dale Jackson, 17,
another Klamath Indian, who is
accused of striking Chocktoot
over the ' head with a rifle.
Chocktoot, brought to Klamath
Valley hospital early Friday
morning, died Saturday morning
of head injuries.
Assault Charged
Federal officers filed a charge
of assault with a deadly weapon
against Jackson in U. S. Com
missioner Bert C. Thomas' court.
It was indicated the question of
a more serious charge would be
left up to a federal grand Jury.
Investigators said Chocktoot
and Jackson were believed to
have been drinking about 3:13
a. m. Friday when they had an
argument at the' rodeo grounds
in Beatty, where both live. A vio
lent battle followed, in the
course of which Chocktoot was
struck over the head. Officers
said the blow broke the stock of
the rifle allegedly used by jack-
Ivan Jackson, a cousin of Law
rence Jackson, from his bedroom
nearby, heard sounds of . the
struggle. Discovering Chocktoot
in an unconscious condition, he
notified Indian Officer Bud "Wil.
son -of Beauty who f brought
Chocktoot to the hospital here.
' Wilson took young Jackson In
to custody. Jackson W . slight
bruises as a result Af the .vio
lence. ; 7 ' .
Merlin Cbocktoot was the son
of Jlmmle liocjrtoot. Jackson's
father ir Roland Jackson of
BeattyyY
Case Kci.
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Strike, BfllH pv
WASHINGTON. Dee. ft
Influential forces in .th.. senate
campaigned today to replace the
drastic house-approved strike
curb bill with a milder measure
next week.
There were strong indications
that the senate labor committee
might retain only the title of the
house bill, sponsored by Rep.
Smith (D-Va.), and substitute for
its contents a much less sweep
ing control system proposed by
Senator Ball (R-Minn.). The Ball
plan calls for establishment of a
voluntary system of mediating
defense labor disputes, and in ad
dition would outlaw strikes over
the closed shop question.
Senator Norrls (Ind.-Neb.) de
clared the Smith bill "goes too
far against labor" and said he
favored the hearings on the
measure lengthy enough to "give
congress a cooling off period be
fore it does something hys
terical." The Smith bill, approved by
the house Wednesday, would re
quire secret balloting before
strikes could be called, would
outlaw sympathy and jurisdic
tional strikes, require registra
tion of unions, ban picket line
violence, and establish the de
fense mediation board as a sta
tutory agency.
Calling a closed session of the
labor committee for Monday
morning, Chairman Thomas (D
Utah) told reporters he personal
ly was opposed to holding hear
ings on the Smith measure.
Senator McNary of Oregon,
the republican leader, wants con
sideration of all senate labor leg
islation deferred until hearings
can be held on the Smith bill.
CONVICTED
CRESCENT CITY, Calif., Dec.
6 ,(P) After eight hours' de
liberation a superior court Jury
early today convicted Judson
Beldon, Klamath bartender, of
manslaughter in the fatal shoot
ing of Darrell de Barlss in his
tavern last September. ,
IN
Held
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Lawrence Dale Jackson, 17,
Beatty, is held in jail here by
federal officers following the
death of Merlin Chocktoot. 20,
Irom injuries allegedly sus
tained from a blow with the
stock of a rifle.
Edward Coltts Killed
By
Stabbing; Mill
Worker Held
LAKEVIEW, Ore, Dec. 6
(Special) Eddie Coltts, 19, was
fatally stabbed here last night
In aij . altercation that allegedly,
grew but of an argument over, a
cup of coffee.
Sheriff H. A. Cassidy announc
ed he had arrested Clifford John
son, 24, on an open charge in
connection with Coltt's death.
. The sheriff said the two men
got into an argument over cof
fee in a local drug store. They
went outside,, where the alterca
tion allegedly continued. John
son is alleged to have drawn a
knife and stabbed Coltts, who
ran around the block before col
lapsing. Coltts came here from Aber
deen, Wash., and has been work
ing in the Buzard mill. John
son arrived three "weeks ago
from Oklahoma.
Blaze on Huge
Flying Boat to ,
Be Investigated
BALTIMORE, Dec. 6 (JP)
Glenn L. Martin company offi
cials today began, a "very com
plete examination" to determine
the damage and cause of an acci
dent and fire that struck the 70
ton Mars, world's largest flying
boat', as it started water tests.
The ship went suddenly out of
control and beached in shallow
water, with one of its four en
gines ablaze, as Ken Ebel, Mar
tin test pilot, taxied the mam
moth ship over Darkhead creek
late yesterday afternoon.
One propellor blade ripped
through the ship's side, injuring
one man, flames scorched the
plane's side, and the 2,000-horse-power
engine was turned into
twisted wreckage.
Company officials said they
did not believe there was any
possibility of sabotage.
The crippled ship was towed
back to a huge shed on company
property for the examination
and repairs. Its test flight, date
ot which had been announced,
was further delayed.
Joseph T. Hartson, Martin ex
ecutive vice president, said there
was "no major damage."
Dynamite-Laden
Barge Burns
SITKA, Alaska, Dec. 6 (P) A
dynamite laden barge caught
fire in the channel between here
and the Sitka air base today and
a nearby native village was
evacuated in fear the dynamite
might explode before the blaze
could be subdued.
The commander of the naval
air base at Sitka wirelessed 13th
naval district headquarters at
Seattle that it was feared the
barge would be a total loss. The
fire started about 6 a. m. from
an oil stove in the crew's quar
ters. All hands were safe but
the presence of 25 cases of dyna
mite aboard prevented effectual
fire fighting, he reported.
TENSION HIGH
AFTER BRITISH
E IN EAST
Manila to Evacuate
Civilians From
Danger Zone
By The Associated Press
Great Britain suddenly re
called all fighting men to their
posts at Singapore today as the
Far Eeast crisis hung in delicate
balance and a British broadcast
reported that Australia had ar
ranged to send tank troops to
help defend the Dutch East In
dies in the event of war.
Officers and men of all ser
vices fleet, " air and army-
were told to report immediately
at Singapore, completing a stata
of readiness at Britain s "Gibral
tar of the oHent." ,
No Explanation
Trucks and other vehicles
were dispatched to downtown
points in central Singapore to
transport the men to their ships,
flying fields and army posts.
There was no explanation
whether the order meant a sud
den new emergency. ...
Simultaneously, all non-Britons
were forbidden to leave Brib
ish Malaya without special gov
ernment permission. Japanesa
waiting to sail for Thailand wera
forced to disembark, and their
baggage was brought ashore.
4 Evacuation"" '
' Dispatches from Manila said!
the government had requested
immediate evacuation of all
"non-essential" civilians from
Manila and other Philippine
areas. The commonwealth cabi
net indicated that compulsory
evacuation might follow.
The Japanese press sharpened
in hostility against the United
States, with the prominent news
continued On Page Two) ,
Murder Charged
In Death of Man
At Cottage Grove ,
EUGENE. Dec. 6 UP) Henry
Delmo Steel, swarthy 53-year-old
Lorane logger, was in the
county jail today under $500
bail and facing a second-degree
murder charge in the connection
with the death Thursday night
of William S. Overholser, 47-year-old
Cottage Grove service
station operator.
Overholser died as the result
of blows about the head and face
which caused internal hemorr
hages and strangulation, accord
ing to a report of the autopsy,
performed by Dr. Joseph Bee
man, in charge of the state po
lice crime detection laboratory,
with Doctors William and Guy
Earl of Cottage Grove.
Steel, according to Chief of
Police Myron Perry of Cottage
Grove, admitted hitting Over
holser "once or twice" with his
fists while the two men ' were
"settling" and argument over 50
cents Overholser claimed Steel
owed him from the sale of a bat
tery. . ' , .
Italian King
Escapes Bombs
ROME, Dec. 6 VP) King Vit
torio Emanuele narrowly escap
ed a British air raid Thursday
at San Giovanni, on tho toe of
the Italian boot, where he was
en-route home from a nine-day
visit to British-bombed places
in Sicily, it was disclosed today
upon the monarch's return lo
Rome.
(The British had reported for
that day that planes of the Mid
dle East command strafed ferries
between the Italian mainland
and Sicily and also railway sid
ings at San Giovanni). ;
News Index
City Briefs Page 3
Comics and Story ..;.Paga 12
Courthouse Records Pago 4
Editorials ,..Page 4
High School News ....Pago 3
Information ....Page 3
Market, Financial .. Page 10
Pattern ...........Page 10
Society Pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 0
Sports . .. .-...Page 11
Weekend Picture ....Page 11
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