2tetrai
3 era m
Blackout Signal
On 8-minuta blast on sirens and whlitUt
li the ilgml for a blackout in Klamath
Falli. Another long blast, during a black
out, la a ilgnal lor all-oleer. In prcau;
tlonsrv periods, watch your street lights'.
WEATHER
Low 92
PRECIPITATION
24 hours to 8 a, m. .88
Saason to data 4.08
Normal praclpltatlon 3.62
Last ytar to data . 2.28
ASSC
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
PRICE 1 it"'"-'
' A.UM'
.ii' i a
in
SNOW
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, TUESDAY. DECEMBER 16, 1941
Number 9460
Are
SHI
.' 1 11 i .
In The
Day's
; News '
By FRANK JENKINS
CN ROUTE to Portland.
At all tho railroad bridges,
and at tho Important highway
bridges as well, there are soldier
" guards, carrying rifles. One
feels certain there are armed
guards at the railroad tunnels as
well.
We are at war.
THEY are good-looking, alert,
typically Americon. It takes
only a glance to see that anyone
fooling around these gunrded
bridges would get Into plenty
of trouble, plenty quick.
nplESE are tho same boys who
a few weeks ago as a mat
ter of fact, only a few days ago
were resentful at the fact that
they had to be taken away from
their schooling, or their jobs.
All that 1 gone.
Ona look at them and you
know there 1 no longer resent
ment. They are where they are
now to DO A JOB.
There Is no complaining.
k TN : recent yean, heads have
been shaken over American
youth. Many and many an old
ster bas said: "I can't understand
them." , , . ..
. A la NEVER HAS understood
youlh. It it likely that In the
Neandnruiai age the old Man or
the frlbe, gazing at tho crop df
youngsters coming on shook his
head, and gloomed:
"I don't know what the world
Is coming to. Certainly in MY
time boys and girls weren't like
they are now."
At any rate, the oldsters have
been doing It aver since.
AND always they have been
wasting their time.- ,
ALWAYS these boys and
girls who were the subject of
all the head shaking have come
through like heroes' when the
pinch came.
They are coming through now.
I If you have any doubts as to
that, read the papers and listen
to the radio. It Is these same
" youngsters who were resentful
of the draft a llttla while ago
who kre making history In the
Islands of tho Pacific these days.
WHATEVER you do, DON'T
" lose folth In the younger
generation.
The older generation has been
doing it for centuries, but every
time ' a great emergency has
arisen it has been these same
youngsters who stepped into the
breach and saved the world.
The record of tholr heroism
is written on every page of his
1 tory.l
I
I
T Isn't a pleasant job these
alort, uniformed, armed
youths who are guarding the
bridges have. Especially If the
bridges, tunnels and what not
they are guarding are far from
tho centers of civilization,
Llko all soldiering, it 1 a
VARIED job. Some of them are
luckier than others. Those who
are stationed near the larger
i places, for example. One of
them feels he Is In luck. He is
quartered in the bascmant of a
church, where it is warm and
dry and they have SHOWER
BATHS.
There are' plenty of them, at
the more remote spots who have
to sleep out under a tree and be
glad at the opportunity to sleep
at all.
RUT one hears no complaining.
" They HAVE A JOB TO DO
now. It la a real job. Their re
sentment is ALL GONE.
Don't worry about these
youngsters. Don't worry about
what the nation is coming to.
Tho United States of America
will be safe in their hands.
( ,
, BOMB KILLS SIX
NEW YORK, Dec. 10 (IP) Six
I persons, presumably Germans,
were killed today when a bomb
exploded In the gcstnpo head
quarters of a Paris suburb, the
BBC sold in broadcast heard
by NBC and CBS.
BRITISH STUB
OF.
UREINUBYA
Russians Continue to
Pursue Retreating
Germans
By The Associated Press
Britain's desert armies In
North Africa havo swept 70 miles
west of Tobruk and slashed Into
tho heart of strongly-held axis
positions In a great now battle
of tanks and men, Cairo head
quarters reported today, as a
decisive phase In the strugglo ap
pef red under way.
"British armored forces have
now encircled all remaining Ger
mun tank units in Libya, it was
announced.
Thrust Westward
The British Middle East com
mand said Imperial troops, out
flanking axis divisions, had
driven 30 miles beyond Cazala,
which lies 40 miles west of
Tobruk, and were "continuing
tholr thrust against the enemy
reserves and rear."
Advance British forces, the
communique said, have already
penetrated the center of axis de
fenses manned by strong ele
ments of three German-Italian
divisions.
Not Decisive
Earlier advices reaching Lon
don said "Mo decisive result'.' had
y $ia, achloved in, the fight
ing: ' l: : - .- . ?v
However, Lleut-CoL L.C.M.S.
Avery, British secretary for
India, declared in London that
the Libyan campaign "now
seema definitely turning toward
a great decisive victory."
A bulletin from Adolf Hitler's
high command said German
North African forces were fight
ing "heavy defensive battles"
west of Tobruk.
The German communique as
serted that axis troops "smashed
strong sections of the enemy,"
captured several hundred pris
oners and seized or destroyed a
largo number of tanks and guns.
An Italian communique re
ported that fascist motorized and
armored divisions, supported by
largo Germnn units, were fight
ing tenaciously against the Brit
ish sweep to the west. Inflicting
heavy losses.
Reds Hit Flanks
On the Russo-German war
(Continued on Page Two)
Hoover Asks
Price Control
For President
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 VP)
Former President Herbert Hoov
er asked congress today to give
President Roosevelt the "widest
latitude" in legislation establish
ing wartime controls ovor prices
and commodities,
"Wo cannot know what the
situation may be a year or five
years hence," Hoover told the
senate banking committee as he
drew from his experience aa
food administrator during the
last world war to suggest a 14
polnt program for controlling
prices and commodities. V
Replying to questions, Mr.
Hoover said he favored : most
provisions for price controls
asked by the administration ex
cept the power to license busi
ness. Still ruddy-cheeked, tho only
living former president shook
hands with nearby senators and
waved to veteran Senator Glass
(D-Va.) before he began reading
a propared statement at tho huge
commltteo table. Only a few
spectators were In tho large com
mittee room as he began his tes
timony. -
Mr. Hoover said he agreed
with Leon Henderson, defense
prlco administrator, that declar
ation of war had changed the en
tiro situation slnco the house
paused a prlco control bill.
"Tho problem has moved from
the limited area of preparedness
to the direct field of total nation
al mobilization to fight a long
and desperate war," thovwltneas
said,' "This chango makes oven
a wider degree of controls im
REAR
"Singirt'
z ; r
''': V'; '--v 1-. -' 7j
' ; rv
JAP PAPER QUOTES
ADMIRAL'S SCHEM
Seizure o f Islands,
San Francisco Not
Enough, Claim
TOKYO, Dec. 16 (Official
Radio' Received by AP) The
following dispatch was broad
cast today by Domci:
"The strategy of surprise
which was carried out with such
success by Admiral Isoroku
Yammoto, commander in chief of
the Japanese combined fleets.
was planned- by him earlier, ac
cording to tho Yomiurl (Tokyo
newspaper).
"The Yomiuri published a let
ter which Yamamoto sent a close
friend, dated Jan. 24 this year.
Therein Yamamoto, who said
that humiliation was felt by all
the Japanese navy at the time
the 1934 naval disarmament con
ference at London failed, made
this statement:
"Any time war breaks out be
tween Japan and the United
States I shall - not be content
(Continued on Page Two)
"Ganap" Leader
Confesses Plot
To Aid Japanese
MANILA, Dec. 16 &) The
Philippines secret service an
nounced tonight that the leader
of the anti-American Ganap or
ganization had confessed that
Ganap had plotted to help the
Japanese J conquer the Philip
pines, i
Tho announcement said the
confession of tho leader, Ramon
Mantllo, tincl Implicated many of
his fellows. Twenty-seven mem
bers of Ganap, inoliiding Man
tile, were charged with' Illegal
association bordering on trea
son. Police who raided Ganap
headquarters said they seized
evidence of pro-Japanese activ
ities,'' including "documents and
photographs of Japanese militar
ists. Tho secret service quoted Man
tile', who was employed as a lab
orer in Manila, as saying that
the final mooting of tho Ganap
was held Nov, 20, when plans
wero completed for fifth column
activity. Membors were certain
war would break out In few
days.
Cowhand"
w POWERS www
Gene Autry
Here to Get
Rodeo Stock
Gene Autry, the "Singing
Cowboy" and "No. 1 Cowhand,"
and a lot of other compliment
ary titles, pulled his spotless
white Stetson down over his
brow and pitched a few shovels
ful of snow for the benefit of
his Klamath fans who were see
ing him for the first time with
out benefit of guitar and horse.
Autry arrived in Klamath
Falls Monday in company with
Doll Turney, a traveling com
panion, and Doff Aber, Wolf,
Wyoming topnotch cowboy who
has performed in rodeos in Klam
ath Falls. Main -purpose of
Autry's visit was to complete the
purchase of Mac Barbour's
string of rodeo stock including
bucking horses and Brahma
bulls. The stock, according to
Autry, will be shipped out Wed
nesday to Houston, Texas, where
they will be used at the Houston
livestock show and rodeo Feb
ruary 6 to 16. From there they
will be kept at Autry's ranch
near Ardmore, Okla., before the
early spring shows in the north
ern part of the country.
Aber will, take the stock to
Houston and Barbour will be
on hand at the rodeo.
Autry said he liked "this cow
country." He speaks with a
. (Continued on Page Two)
Young American
Meeting Jap
HONOLULU, Dec. 16 &)
Lieut. George Welch, 22-year-old
army flier from Wilmington,
Del., told today how he shot
down four Japanese planes at
tacking Hawaii . on Dec. 7 and
landed with three bullet holes
in his ship, one just behind the
pilot's scat.
"Hell broke loose before I
knew it," Welch recounted in an
interview approved by the
army. .
"The air was full of Jap planes.
I picked out the nearest one and
went after him. I blazed away
but nothing seemed to happen
at first, but then I got a good
bead on him and tho next thing
I knew ho was going down In
flames.
. "I looked around for another
plane, discovered I was over the
pineapple fields of Wahiawa and
nearly out of ammunition, so I
went back to the field.
OF
DRAFT- LUIS
T
R. Recommends 19
To 44 Ages for
Army Service
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16 VP)
Responding to an appeal by
President, Roosevelt, the senate
military committee voted with
out dissent late today to make
ail able-bodied men from 19
through 44 ".able for military
service.
Under the legislation, men
from 18 to 64, inclusive would
have to register, but only the
19-44 age group actually could
be drafted for military service.
Asked by F. R.
Senators Chandler (D-Kyi
and Austin (R-Vt.), members of
the military group, said the
unanimous vote undoubtedly was
due to president Roosevelt's
recommendation earlier .in the
,dajf '.that iho minimum age-for
actual military service .be re
duced irom zi to 19. i
.. - - War Powers
Congress gave quick approval
today to legislation granting
President Roosevelt broad addi
tional powers to p -osecute the
government's war efforts.
Among other things, the bill
passed first by the house and
minutes later- by the senate,
would permit the chief execu
tive to set up a censorship over
outgoing communications to for
eign countries, to transfer func
tions frorr one government agen
cy to another and to control alien
p iperty and alien financial
tronsac'ms.
At the suggestion of Senators
Taft (-Ohio) and Vand-nberg (R
Mich.) the senate wrote In re
strictions on wide powers to the
president to change defense con
tracts. The limitations provided that
no existing profit limitations
could be disturbed and also that
all such modifications should be
made a "matter of public rec
ord." Because of the minor differ
ences between the senate and
house' versions, the legislation
now must go to a joint commit
tee for adjustment before final
ennctmen'
An omnibus affair reviving
and putting into effect war au
thority given President Wilson
in the first world conflict, the
legislation also would permit the
chief .executive , to redistribute
the function. of governmental
agencies. And it would emnnw
er him to revise government con
tracts to obtain war material
speedily.
The censorship section of the
bill was aimed at "communica
tions xxx passing between the
(Continued On Page Two)
Flier Tells of '
Attack on Hawaii
"About that time Lieut. Ken
neth Taylor (of Hominy, Okla.)
came in. He'd shot down a
bomber,' too, and was low on
ammunition.
"We loaded up with all the
rounds we could carry and took
off again. Taylor bagged' one
more but got shot through the
arm and had to come down.
went over Barbers' Point and
shot down three more bombers.
When I came back to the field
I had three bullet holes In my
ship, one In the propeller, one
in the motor and another just
behind the pilot s seat.
Welch said he didn't know
whether he was scared. "It was
a funny feeling" but he knew
he was plenty mad "because they
caught us on a Sunday morn
ing. ' : ...
"Maybe' I could have got a
dozen mora If I hadn't got so
excited.".... - - .
REDUCTION
INS SUP
President, House Planning
Probes of
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 VP)
President Roosevelt told his
press conference he hoped to
announce later in tho day the
appointment of a board which
would investigate why Japan
was able to surprise Pearl har
bor Dec. 7. . .
He said he thought the board
matter would be discussed in
a conference arranged with war
and navy department execu
tives.
Asked whether there -was any
thing he could add to the dis
closure by Navy Secretary Knox
that fifth column activity had
aided the Japs in Hawaii, Mr.
Roosevelt responded that of
course, this was being analyzed
in order to try and prevent a
recurrence of it in other parts
of the world. He did not
answer directly an inquiry on
how the Japanese had obtained
information in the Islands.
A question about coordination
of military command among the
'Stop and Go' at
Last Comes to
Local Streets
.Klamath Falls' tralfie lights
were put Into, operation at 2:3CT
o clock Tuesday afternoon short-
fly after the arrival here of State
Traffic Engineer John Beaiey of
Salem. Officers were stationed
at each intersection where the
signals had been installed in or
der to iron, out any difficulty
which might arise. ; '
; 'Pedestrians were urged to obey
pedestrian "walk and -wait" sig
nals and not to pay attention to
the red, yellow or green signals
which' are for vehicles only,
Beakey stated. The pedestrian
and vehicular ' signals do not
work together, the engineer ex
plained. Beakey and his assistant,
Wayne Taylor, were slated to
arrive early . Tuesday morning
in order to have the lights in
operation by 9 a. m., but their
train from the north was de
layed until after noon.
Klamath Wades
In Slushy Snow,
Country White
Klamath waded ' in slush
Tuesday as a wet snow whit
ened . the .ground and left o
heavy covering over the entire
mountain country cast of the
Cascades. . The minimum " tem
perature was 32 degrees. '
At Sand Creek seven inches
of fresh snow fell during the
night,- and 12 inches at Sun
mountain, bringing the total at
that point to 18 inches. Chains
were advised by the highway
department. Roads were said
to be "in good winter condi
tion." All available highway
equipment was set out in the
district which the Klamath
shops serve.
A few minor accidents were
reported to police but there
were no injuries. Motorists were
stalled in slush and several
hill st .cts in the city were im
passable. City snow equipment, Includ
ing plows placed l.' trucks and
blades on the road grader, were
in use early Tuesday morning
but melting snow caused crews
to leave their work and attempt
to keep the gutters clear to take
car. of the un-off, according to
City Engin :r E. A. Thomas.
Property owners were warned
that they must clean sidewalks
within 24 hours after the snow
fall in keeping with a city or
dinance. !
Snow to the north and heavy
rains south of Dunsmuir made
train service into Klamath Falls
two to five hours lato Tuesday
morning.
The Southern Pacific report
ed that six inches of rain in 24
hours at Pelt- Calif., caused
the northbound No.- 20, . due
here at 11 a., m., to arrive at
1:45 Tuesday afternoon. No. 12
- (Continued ow Page Two) ,
Hawaii Attack
countries battling the axis
brought from the president word
that this . was coming along
very well.
The house naval committee
today considered the advisabil
ity of making a separate Pearl
harbor investigation, parallel
ing the one to be conducted by
President Roosevelt.
Even before the committee
went into executive session Rep.
Mott (R-Ore.), a member, de
clared that Secretary of the
Navy Knox and Admiral Harold
R. Stark, chief of naval opera
tions, "certainly" would be
called in an ' inquiry "to fix
responsibility" for , the- serious
losses sustained in the bolt-from-the-blue
Japanese assault
on the Hawaiian . stronghold
Dec. 7.
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) of
the house naval committee and
Chairman Walsh CD-Mass.) of
the corresponding senate group
(Continued on Page Two)
BE
SET UP FOR NEWS
:M6ve.HeloV Essential
To Protect War
A i Operations
WASHINGTON, Dec.
16 VP)
govern-
The establishment of
mental censorship as
soon as
congress finally approves legis
lation granting complete, war
powers- to President Roosevelt
was announced today by Mr.
Roosevelt, who disclosed that
Byron Price had been: granted
leave of absence as executive
news editor of the Associated
Press to become director of cen
sorship. ' . ;
Mr. Roosevelt told ' a press
conference - that it - would be
part voluntary and part manda
tory - censorship and indicated
that it would apply not only to
the press but also to . radio,
cable, the mails and other me
diums of transmitting informa
tion.
Price is to take over this 'new
post within the coming week
or sooner. ' ' '
The war power legislation al
ready has been approved by
both the senate and house but
must go to a conference com
mittee for ' reconciling minor
differences before it can be sent
to the White House.
A presidential statement said
that while "all Americans abhor
censorship, just as we abhor
war," the experience of this and
all other' nations had demon
(Continued on Pago Two)
Ah Control
Vital Factor, ;
Says Navy Man
. SEATTLE, Dec. 16 UP) Con
trol of the air will be the decid
ing factor In the war In the Pa
cific, Rear Admiral Harry E.
Yarncll, former commander of
the Asiatic fleet, declared here
yesterday.
The United States will take
over control,' he said, but indl
cated it will be a desperate strug
gle that may take two years or
more "but make no mistake
about the fact that we will win.'
The admiral,- on an inspection
trip through shipyards here; ex
pressed the belief that battle
ships must better protection
against hostile airplanes the
best of which protection "is pro
vided by their own aircraft," he
declared.
TACOMA, Dec. 16 W If the
British were forced out' of Singa
pore by the Japanese then the
United States would have to pull
its- army and navy out of the
far east, Admiral Harry E. Yar
ncll, retired, said today after in
specting the yards of the Seattle-
continued on Page Two)
I S. ISLANDS
COUNTER WITH
HEM BLOWS
Philippine Assaults
Slacken; Malaya .
- Hongkong Hot
' WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 VP)
The navy announced late today
that two islands in the Hawaiian
area, Johnson and Maui, have
been shelled by Japanese war
-vessels in the past 24 hours. ,
Wake island, much battered
outpost west of Hawaii, has sus
tained two new bombing attacks,
one of them very heavy but both
Wake and Midway "are counter
ing the blows of the enemy,", s
communique said.'
. . First Attack ' - .
The bombardment of Johnston
island by enemy ships was the
first development of action, at
that naval outpost since the. start
of the war. : The shipping, center
of Kahulut on the island of
Maul- was. sltelled by, atv enemy
suDmarpie arr-aoout tne ; same.
time as the action against John
ston island,, the navy ; said, but
damage- in both instances was
described as slight.
Operations against the- enemy
are continuing, the. navy added.
The navy's 2:30 p. m. P.T com
munique: r, i
"Two islands In the Hawaiian
area have been shelled by Jap
anese war vessels within the last
24 hours. The naval outpost of
Johnston island figured for the
first time in Pacific action. It
was bombarded by ships of -.-the
enemy at dusk. On the north
eastern coast of the island ) of
Maui, the shipping center of
Kahulut was shelled by an
enemy, submarine at about the
same time. Damage in both in
stances is believed to be slight,
Naval operations are continuing
against the enemy. - -
' Wake island has sustained
two additional bombing attacks.
The first in the afternoon, the
second in the evening. The first
attack was light, the second
heavy.- Wake and Midway are
(Continued on Page Two)
Indians Vote to
Buy Additional
Defense Bonds
' ; ...... ' . .'
Klamath Indians have - voted
for . using at least $190,000 of
tribal funds - . defense bonds in
addition to $228,000 already
purchased by individual mem
bers, it was announced Monday
by Agency Superintendent B. G.
Court-lght.-- - . - - ' '
"Action of the Japanese has
somewhat provoked the Klam
ath Indians," said Superintend
ent Courtright in a message to
The Herald and News. -. 1
At a special meeting, he said,
the Indian, tribal business com
mittee voted to have their Wash
ington tribal delegates, Levi
Walker and Boyd Jackson, seek
approval of the interior depart-,
ment and congress for expendi
ture of an appreciable percent
age of the Klamath funds not.
less than $150,000 and probably
more for defense bonds. :
- When tribal funds are involved
the Indians, Secretary Ickes and
congress "( the United States
must jointly approve.
Courtright said that eight
Klamaths have enlisted recently
In the nation's armed forces and
one, Loran Richard Wilron, Is at
Pearl harbor.
News Index
City Briefs :.:....:....;:... Page 8
Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records ......Page 4
Editorials ........Page "4
High School News ..Page 12
Information ",'.:....:. Page 5
Market, Financial -..Page 9
Midland Empire News,.. Page 7
Pattern ; :.Pag'. 3
Sports .. - ...Phages 8, 9