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Russians Smash
Through German
Moscow Pincers
DayV
i News
By FRANK JENKINS
fUT of tho ton of Iho pant
few days, wmo conclusions
ara beginning to emorgo. They
ara gucsaea, of course, but thry
seem reasonable ones.
MitMnive ..J .1 .... .iii.L nt.
45 Pearl Harbor waa a hit-and-run
exploit daring, skilfully
carried out nd unbellovnbly auc
ceasful, but not followed up. Ita
purpose wa primarily to cripple
the Pacific fleet and secondarily
to strike terror and confusion.
The Philippines. Slngopore
and the Dutch Eaat Indlea are
the ral objective. There the
Japa are attacking PERSIS
TENTLY and apparently In
force.
TN the fiuhtlng ao far. AIR
POWER' It the weapon that
haa produced reaulta.
The British have loat two bat
tleahipa and with cuatomary
British realism have admitted
the loss. We have lost an un
determined number of warahlps
and the Japanese an as yot un
determined number.
In EVERY case, so for as the
dispatches reveal, the loss hns
been Inflicted by air power.
"THE British ' battleships were
aunk by torpedoes launched
from planes. This was rovealcd
first by Churchill and later, In
fuller detail, by a London Ex
press and INS correspondent
who was aboard the Repulse and
witnessed the bnttlo.
ANOTHER deflnlto conclusion:
The Japs are tough and
skillful fighters.
Admiral Hart, commander of
the U. S. Asiatic fleet (operating
in the Philippines) says: "The
technique and efficiency of tho
Japaneso are of very HIGH
order."
Their bombing marksmanship
has been repeatedly prulsed by
American fightors quoted in dis
patches during the week.
A LL our propaganda, up to the
beginning of tho fighting,
was to tho effect that the Japs
were poor little weak sisters,
not very good fliers, not very
good marksmen and not very
smart.
We'd better forget that notion.
Underestimating your enemy is
a dangerous practice.
AND a word here of personal
opinion:
The Japs got in the first good
lick. But it is seldom that a
good llttlo man, oven when he
gets In tho first good lick, fin
ishes off a good big man.
As time goes on, weight will
tell against Japan.
t
THROUGHOUT this hectic
week, we've concentrated on
our own affairs,' forgetting the
WORLD situation. That is nat
ural enough.
But it enn't continue.
This Is a world war. Its
strategy Is on a world-wide scalo.
Our fate Is bound up with tho
fate of our allies.
Our fight with Japan Is mere
ly one phase of tho struggle.
THE eyes of tho world aro
x turned today on Russia.
The Germans aro making
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
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PRICE FIVE
20 Divisions Crushed
Or Wiped Out in
Drive, Report
MOSCOW. Dec. 12 (A'l Rus
slu clulmed a sweeping victory
tonight on the wlnlerbouiid
Moscow (runt with 83,000 Ger
mans killed, 20 divisions
smashed, put to flight or sur
rounded and strategic positions
recovered on both tho northern
and southern flanks of the Ger
man line of siege.
(The reports Indicated a suc
cess even more spectacular than
tho recent rout of tho Germans
on tho southern front at Rostov
and If tho advantage can be
clinched probably a definite
lifting of the threat to tho Rus
sian capital).
Victory Proclaimed
Victory was proclaimed In
two communiques issued by the
sovletluformntlon bureau and
broadcast by the Moscow radio.
Thirty thousand Germans
wore said to hnve fallen In re
cent actions with 83,000 tho to
tal for operations Between No
vember 11 to December 8.
In those 22 days tho Russian
land forces alone were said to
have captured or destroyed
1434 tanks, S416 trucks, 6TS
field pieces, 330 trench mortars
and 870 machine guns.
Stollnogorsk and Venev, on
the southern flank of the capi
tal actually to Moscow's south
cast were reported recaptured
(Continued on Page Two)
Nine Killed in
Blast at New
Shell Plant
BURLINGTON, la., Dec. 12
UP) A heavy explosion rocked
tho Iowa ordnance plant hero
today, destroying a shell-loading
unit and killing nlno work
men, with Injury to at least 20
more.
Commanding Officer Lieut.
Col. Keith F. Adamson an
nounced tho toll more than two
hours after the blast and stated
that a military board of Inquiry
woa flying to Burlington from
Washington tonight.
Tho entire area was Isolated
to the civilian public.
The first identified dead was
Pearly J. Pcttlt of Lansing, la.,
who died after being taken to a
Burlington hospital.
Nineteen other victims were
in two Burlington hospitals in
addition to an unknown num
ber In the plant hospital.
Panels, Cellophane in Demand As .
Klamath Folk Help Out in Defense
By L6lS STEWART
Men and women of Klamath
county aro "going to town" to
back tho federal government in
any manner possible and soli
darity In defense work is the
keynote of tho week as far as
cooperation is concerned, a
check of various agencies dis
closed. Especially has there been an
excellent spirit shown since the
early days of tho week where
the blackout Is Involved. Klam
ath Foils pcoplo consider It
smart In moro ways than one to
show not only interest but coop'
oration In tho requests made by
tho committees whoso work it
Is to sco that blackout orders are
carried out to tho nth degree, ,
.
Blue cellophane coverings on
railroad engines' headlights, on
the headlights of trucks which
operate at night, as well as on
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Picture shows plywood blackout panels being fitted, to the
windows of the editorial officii of The Herald and Nws. Win
dows In a number of buildings about town were fitted in this
manner Friday. Including some of th courthouse oHicea.
LIBYA REGIMENT
Warship Shells Axis
Port of Derna
in
Daylight Raid
By LARRY ALLEN
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 12 VP)
Sweeping within point-blank
range, a British cruiser heavily
shelled Dcrna on the Libyan
coast In a daring surprise attack
today and safely emerged from
one of the biggest dive-bombing
assaults since Crete, Axis ship
ping and harbor installations
wero reported heavily damaged.
Tho cruiser was reported
screened with destroyers and
fired hundreds of 8.23-Inch shells
In the first daylight bombard
ment of the Libyan coast since
the current British offensive be
gan.
It stirred up a "hornet's nest"
of enemy bombers which tried
for hours to sink her, officials
said.
CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. 12 (P)
British troops have destroyed
the German 361st Africa rcgl
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cars which must bo used, is now
an accepted fact and not a nov
elty, A run on stores carrying
tho blue cellophane was report
ed early In tho week and one
drug store- reported tho sMe-of
200 rolls of the material. Busses
which operate along Pacific
coast highways havo covered
headlights with tho cellophane
All cars ' operated by doctors
aro using tho bluo cellophano as
these cars aro considered most
likely of civilian operated mo
tors to be on call in time of
emergency. Tho MDs havo also
seen to tho fact that rear lights
on their cars aro covered with a
shield which would prevent
lights seen from above.
..'
Despite tho fuct the expres
sion "you Just can't realir.o It,"
Klamath cltb.ons have responded
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
' FALLS. OREGON,
Black Out
LJ
Business Boom
Expected for
Saturday Here
Booming business is anticipat
ed in Klamath Falls Saturday,
after a mid-week slump attribut
ed by local business men to the
US entrance Into war.
Saturday will be the day that
Christmas shopping starts in
earliest, a.; shoppers hurry to
beat the annual rush, and rec
ords aro expected to top those
of previous years. This Christ
mas promises to be a "big" one.
as citizens adjust themselves to
the war situation and resume
normal buying. Purchase of
more expensive gifts and more
practical articles is Indicated
this year, as defence regulations
point to curtailed production for
consumer use next year. Better
clothes, better furniture, better
household appliances, more
stockings are on most shopping
lists.
The business slump, which hit
hardest on Tuesday and Wednes
day, closely paralleled the slump
that occurred here in 1938 after
the terms of the Munich "peace-"
were announced.
Klamath Falls citizens had ap
parently adjusted themselves to
a state of total war by Thursday.
and normal buying was resumed
'with a spurt that is expected to
gain momentum steadily through
tho holidays,
DECLARATION ASKED
HAVANA, Dec. 12 (Presi
dent FulRcncio Batista asked
Cuba's congress for an Immed
iate declaration of war on Ger
many and Italy today and called
it into extraordinary session at
7 p. m. Cuba already is the
United States' ally against
Japan.
Red Cross Lists
Places to Take
Contributions
Contributions to Klamath
Falls' voluntary Red Cross
drive for war fuhds will be
received at the following
places:
Red Cross Headquarters.
First National Bank.
U. S. National Bank.
First Federal Savings and
Loan Association.
Radio Station KFJI
Herald and News.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12,
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Jap Planes Continue
Heavy Damage on
Island Targets
MANILA, Dec. 12 UP) Jap
anese warships fled from Ameri
can surface ships in the first en
counter of the two fleets since
the war began and darkness pre
vented the Americans from re
newing the action, it was report
ed today as Japan hurled fresh
land and air attacks on the
Philippines.
Admiral Thomas C. Hart, com
mander-in-chief of the U. S.
Asiatic fleet, said ships from his
command have had only one
encounter with the Japanese
warships but that ended without
result. The size of the fleets in
volved' wa not stated.
:v "f Japa Boor HeUy
" Howpver,. be acknowledged
that tho Japanese air force had
scored heavily in the "success
ful" raid Wednesday on the
Cavite naval yard off Manila
and that the raid caused a "con
siderable loss of life."
He said a single direct bomb
hit smashed a navy disrjensary
fin Cavite, killing all nurses, doc
tors and patients in the build
ing. Their number is not yet
known.
Admiral Hart said the Jap
anese had not been bombing hos
pitals, but that the dispensary
was in the midst of a legitimate
military objective.
Small Force Lands
At the same time, the far
eastern army command an
nounced that Japanese planes
had raided widespread sections
of the Philippines and an army
spokesman said a small Japanese
force apparently had landed at
Legaspi, 250 miles southeast of
Manila.
The Japanese attacked Olong-
apo, SO miles west of Manila, one
of the most important naval in
stallations in the Philippines; the
province of Batangas,and Clark
field, 40 miles north of Manila.
The spokesman also declared
that the Japanese had improved
(Continued on Page Two)
No Casualty
Lists to Be
Given Out
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Pi
President Roosevelt told his
press conference today that
newspapers and the radio should
refrain from using war casualty
lists, in full, that is, complica
tions of names of those dead or
wounded,
Mr. Roosevelt said that rela
tives will be notified of casual
ties as soon as possible but that
he felt it best to keep accumu
lations of casualties out of print
because it was possible for the
enemy to use them to gain in
formation. The president said he thought
it might be permissible for in
dividual newspapers to print in
dividual stories that a person
had been notified that a relative
was a casualty.
Shortly after the president
made these remarks at a press
conference, tho navy Issued this
statement:
"The navy department today
announced that for military rea
sons .no list of names for casual
ties will bo released to the pub
lic. The next of kin and de
pendants of naval casualties arc
being notified and are being
asked not to divulge the name
ot the ship or station to which
the relative was attached." ,
While the army issued no of-
(Contlnued on Page Two)
ICHTID
UNDER COVER
DARKNESS
UNITED PRESS
1941
Number
Trial Blackout
On Sunday Night
Klamath Falls and its suburbs will have their first prac
tice blackout Sunday sometime between 8 and 10 p. m.
The detente coordinator's office made this announce
ment Friday afternoon, asking that the people of the com
munity be prepared for complete extinguishment of lights
at a given signal at tome time in the two-hour period. "
. The signal will be a series of two short blasts on mill and
railroad whistles. The public should follow the instructions
given imthe "official blackout
wnera in this paper and ha been published through several
editions.
The blackout will probably last 20 minutes.
One long blast will be the all-clear signal.
MYSTIFIESSEAmE
Decapitated Chinese
Student Found; No
Clues Evident
; BEATTLE, Dec. 12 The
body of a. Chinese,' identified by
members of the community here
as Chow Get Min, 30, teacher
and student, was found in an
alley here early today, his neck
almost severed. Coroner Otto
H. Mittelstadt said he was slain
in typical Oriental headsman's
fashion while kneeling above an
execution block.
Detectives said Chinese told
them Chow was a member of
their colony and had no known
enemies. .They said he might
have been killed by persons who
mistook him for a secret agent
working on the war situation,
and that there was no possibility
that it was a tong slaying.
Identified
The body was discovered about
6:30 a. m., by John H. Wheatley,
who lives nearby, as he was go
ing to work.
It was identified by Jackman
Chin, president; Eng Chong, vice'
president, and Louie Fook Tom,
all of the Chinese Benevolent as
sociation (the Chung Wa).
Chin said Chow's father is in
China. He asked the authorities
not to attempt to notify the
father, as, by Chinese custom,
such notification must be made
by a countryman and in a pre
scribed ceremonial manner.
Probe Ordered
Detective Chief Ernest Yoris
ordered his men immediately to
check carefully on Chow's move
ments of yesterday in an effort
to ascertain where and when he
was last seen alive; where he
was executed, and whether he
might have been mistaken by his
slayers for someone else.
Mittelstadt said that the man
had been kneeling when killed.
The body, with hands tied be
hind the back and the neck
nearly severed, was found 18
feet north of Main street, be
tween 5th and 6th avenues
South, in an Oriental district.
Notebook Mystery
There were no signs of a strug
gle there, and detectives said
they believed the man was kill
ed elsewhere.
In the man's pockets, officers
found one dollar and a notebook
(Continued on Page Two)
House Gets BUI to Register
All Men Between Ages 78-64
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 UP)
A war department bill to extend
the draft registration to men
from 18 through 64 and to make
men from 19 through 44 subject
to military training was intro
duced in the house today and
sponsors said it would bo ap
proved quickly.
. Chairman May (D-Ky.) an
nounced that the house military
committee would start hearings
tomorrow and predicted that the
members would send it on to the
house in a few hours.
Speaker Raybun, after a con
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bulletin" which appears else-
The public was asked by L.
Orth Sisem'ore, in charge of air
raid precautions for the defense
council, to spend Sunday eve
ning in a normal manner but to
follow the routine precautions of
turning out all lights when leav
ing home and to be ready for
complete cooperation when the
blackout signal comes.
Spotters to Work
"We do not require people to
turn out lights in a room which
is light-tight," said Sisemore
"But it is essential that every
light visible from the outside be
extinguished and DO NOT
LEAVE ANY LIGHTS ON
WHEN YOU LEAVEHOMr."
Spotters will be located on
surrounding hills to observe the
effectiveness of the blackout
Air raid wardens will cover each
of 36 districts in town, and ad
ditional districts in the suburbs,
to check up on failures to co
operate in the blackout.
The local radio station will
broadcast instructions during
the blackout period and radios
should be left on, .
Wardens Named
AU wardens were appointed
Friday and assigned to their dis
tricts. . Each warden is selecting
needed assistants, and high
school boys will serve as mes
sengers between the wardens
and the air raid precautions
headquarters.
While this practice blackout
is intended for the city and su
burbs, Merrill, plans to blackout
in coordination with the effort
here. Later, a county-wide black
out will be attempted.
People of the community were
again urged to read the black
out bulletin on page 2 carefully,
and to obey its instructions im
plicitly. Motorists, in particular,
were warned to avoid infractions
of the rules.
Additional information will be
printed in this newspaper Satur
day and Sunday morning.
Army Cantonment
For Medford Area
Reported Approved
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12 UP)
Lieut.-Colonel Harold D. Stet
son, ninth corps area, assistant
constructing quartermaster, an
nounced today he had received
approval from Washington for
construction of three major can
tonments in the west.
Preliminary plans and engi
neering specifications for the
camps at Marysvillc, Calif.,
and Medford and Corvallis, Ore.
already had been drawn up.
Each cantonment will house
33,000 soldiers.
Colonel Stetson made the an
nouncement to a convention of
contractors.
ference with Secretary of Wor
Stimson and General Lewis B.
Hershey, selective service head,
said the legislation would make
men from 19 to 45 "responsible
for service." , . -
"That is on the assumption
that a boy of 19 would be trained
a year and then be full grown
and more ready for service,"
Rayburn said. "Of course, a boy
19 would not be sent Into com
bat service..
"This registration is necessary
to get an overall picture of the
manpower of the country."
COLO
LOSS OF GUAM
NOT CONFIRMED
BY NAVY NOTE
Luzon Still Heavily
Attacked, Says '
Communique ,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 )
The navy department'announced
late today that United States
forces at Wake and Midway is
lands in the Pacific were contin
uing to resist Japanese invasion
attempts and it added there was
no confirmation of any occupa
tion of Guam by the Japanese.
At the same time, in Its fourth
communique on the war, -the
navy indicated continuation of
heavy JaDaneso iHm-v n t ..
zon, principal island in the Phil
ippine group. v v-. i
Naval and army forces operat
ing by land, sea and uir are co
ordinating their jesistance to the
attackst.'. tMft nnvtf -- i. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (JPf
President Rmutnvaii mniuwu
predicted a victory over the axis
in a caoie to King George VI of
Great Britain today and reported
that the IlnitoH sto(, .t.-u i u
- o.i.i ucm
Wake island against Japanese
attacks. .
In the meantime, the Ameri
can Federation of Labor an
nounced that it hait hu I..
formed by navy authorities that
more than a thousand members
of building trades union have
been captured and taken prison
er by the Japanese on Midway
and Guam islands."
Shortly after the AFL an
nouncement the Postal Tele
graDh cable derjartmpnt at Son
c rancisco renortert thnt it una
working Midway island without
interruption "rignt now", which
indicated the island was still in
American hands.
"Comrades"
An official navy spokesman
said the navy had no information
(Continued on Page Two)
French Boats
Seized By U. S.
Coast Guards
NEW YORK, Dec. 12 UP)
The $60,000,000 French liner
Normandie, tied up here since ,
the beginning of the war, was
seized today by the coast guard.
The coast guard boarded the
liner at her Hudson river pier
last May IS and placed guards
aboard to nrevent sabotase.
There have been frequent ru
mors that the American govern
ment would seize her for con
version into an aircraft carrier.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 UP)
The state department announced
today that the crews on all
rrencn vessels in American ports
would be removed from the
boats today.
An official statement said: .
: "As a measure of necessary
protection to the crews and ves
sels, 1 arrangements have been
made to remove today the
French crews on all French ves
sels now in United States ports.
This action does not preclude
the return of the crews to any
vessel, the resumption of service
of which may bo determined.
' News Index
Church News ........Page 14
City Briefs ,...Page 5
Comics and Story 4.....Page 12
Courthouse Records ....Page 2
Editorials Page 4
High School News ... Page 6
Information .....Pago 5
Market, Financial Page 10
Midland Empire Mews, Page 13
Pattern ........ Pago S
Sports ............Pasci U