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Season to data ........ 4.47
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lA'' VTH FALLS. ORROON. WF.DNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1941
SNOW
Number 9461
In Hie
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
DORTLAND, Lato Tuesday eve
nlng. Pouring rain.
OThl. writer hui sal all diiy In
a meeting of tho state defense
council and county defense co
ordinator!. One of tho subjects
discussed wai tho havoc Jup air
men may bo able to work next
lummtr In tha foreata of the
Pacific Coast with Incondlury
bomb and what to do about it.
With this topic before ua, tho
rain (limiting itcndlly against the
window) wna by no means un
pleaaant. ryrtlER subject considered
were air raids, blackouts, In
cendiary and demolition bomba
dropped on cllloi and how to
handle them, evacuations and
the consequent Jamming of high
ways and how to avoid It, civil
ian disaster relief, etc.
Not a pleasant liat. Anyone
suggesting two weeks ago tluit
a mooting be hold to consider
what Oregon people should do
in the face of such things would
novo boon called up boforo a
O board of sanity examiners.
Such Is tho world w live in
today,
"yHERE was no hysteria. No
axeltament.No evidence
whatever ot (ear, Just quiet, de
termined, intelligent planning to
meet an emergency that has
risen.
In order to get Into the meet
ing, we had to identify ourselves
nd get passes to be presented
at the door to grim-looking
state policeman. And turned in
to him when wo left tho idco
being to keep out enemy snoop
ers. Someway this writer couldn't
get away from the thought that
if an accurate report of that
meeting in Oregon's capital
building, with its calm, matter-of-fact
consideration of the
emergency that has arisen so
suddenly, could be carried to
Hitler and Mussolini and the
Japanese militarists, good rather
Othan harm might come of it.
Peoplo who are able to go
about meeting threatened terrors
in that quiet, uhfrlghtoned way
re going to be tough breed to
deal with.
ANOTHER thought kept thrust-
lng itself into this writer's
mind.
Most of these men and women
have sons or nephews or other
close relatives in the armed
forces of tho United States. They
are secretly GLAD to be SHAR
: INO tho dangers of war, rathet
'' than staying safely behind, as
was once tho case.
Those modern gangsters who
seek by dropping hell from the
skies , upon tho non-combntnnt
populations aro POOR PSY
CHOLOGISTS. Instead of break
ing the morale of the peoplo at
homo by air raids they forgo In
their minds and henrts the grim'
purposo to fight on FOREVER,
if need be, to rid tho world of
such monsters,
Q nOSS McINTYRE, of Portland,
chairman of the state defense
council, put the purpose of to
day's meeting admirably,
"Whon you go on shipboard,"
he said, "and aro given a Ufa
belt ami told how to put it on
and are assigned to yoifr life
boat, you don't got panicky and
expect the ship to sink. You
are morcly preparing intelligent
ly for something that MIGHT
happen, ,
"Wo hope theso things we aro
planning to meat and hnndlo may
not come to Oregon and the
Pacific Coast, but if they do we
must bo READY to meet thorn."
THESE Oregon mon and wo
A men spoka calmly of mass
evacuation of towns and citlos
and what to do with tho evacu
ated peoplo. Thoy listened to
plans for designation of MILI-
TARV highways for the move
f mont of troops end talked of
ways to keep olvlliltlrti OFF those
highways so that , tital troop
movements might tint be fatally
Impeded; as hapr " I In France.
ii (Continued gx j Two)
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MPS
USEE
DESTROYED TO
BLOCK SEIZURE
Jap Strategy Seen to
Cut Allied Lines
In Quick Stabs
By Th Associated Press
SINGAPORE, Dec. 17 Jup
awsa forces havo landed In Sara
wak, a British ore on tho north
west coast of Borneo, It was an
nounced today as tho Japanese
throw their land, aca and air
forces into a spreading offensive
around the South Chins sea.
The Japanese evidently were
aiming for a quick knockout of
British and Dutch strongholds,
seizuro of vital resources and
control of tho sea lanes by which
reinforcements could reach the
allies.
Destroyer Hit
Thoir effort apparently was to
strlko heavy and scattered blows
beforo resistance could be or
ganized and coordinated, but this
seemed to be at least ; partly
frustrated. " - '" ,;
The British Singapore com
mand announced tonight that
there was nothing new to re
port from Keduh and Kolantan
states, Muluyan fronts north of
Singapore, indicating that the
situation there was stabilized.
In tho air, the RAF carried
out wldo Malayan reconnaissance
without meeting the foe, the
communlquo said.
Tho Dutch disclosed that one
of their planes, supporting Brit
ish reslatanco to the enemy land
ing at Mlrl, Sarawak, had scor
ed a direct hit on a Japanese
destroyer.
Oil Destroyed
Oil was an obvious objective
at Mlrl but tho Bnlnvln radio
sold "everything was destroyed
(Continued on Pago Two)
Nazis Demechanized
As Russian Boys
Steal Cranks
MOSCOW, Dec. 17 W) .
The Germans wcro caught
without crank handles to start
their motors because all had
been stolen by Russian boys, a
writer in Izvcstia reported
from a village beyond recap
tured Klin today.
Terming It "an incident as
heroic ns it Is funny," the
writer, Evgcnli Pctrov, said
tho Germans then "had to run
In a most natural manner, us
ing thoir own feet."
"Tho boys were the first to
scent that tho Germans wero
about to flee," said his ac
count. "They pilfered all tho
handles. ... As soon as our
troops appeared In tho village
tho boys solemnly presented
thorn with the handles.
American Reporter Describes
Nazi Air Raid on British Navy
(Larry Allen, Associated Press
war correspondent with tho Brit
ish Mediterranean fleet whoso
vivid descriptions ot numerous
air and naval battles In that sea
havo been among tho wor's Jour
nalistic highlights, Is lying In a
hospital in Alexandria. He is
bolng treated for painful but not
critical faco and body bruises
and the effects of a bad 45-mln-uto
plunge into oll-fllmed wotcr.
How he got there is still hidden
by the censorship but the Ger
mans announced yesterday thoy
had sunk a British cruiser off
Alexandria. Tho following story
may describe tho action loading
up to his Injury).
ABOARD A BRITISH CRUIS
ER BATTLING DIVE-BOMBERS
OFF LIBYA, Doc. 14 (Do-layod)--(P)
After a prolonged
running fight against axis and
undor-sca attackers, , tha crews
fo)(
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Advice Given Pedestrians,
Motorists, As New Signal
System Operation Begins
Vehicular and pedestrian traf
fic algnala, put in operation Tues-'
day ufternoon, hove worked to
tha satisfaction of tho motoring
public as well as state highway
engineers, it was believed by
traffic engineers lato Wednes
day after tho signals had been
observed for a 24-hour period.
State Traffic Engineer John
Donkey said the highway depart
ment would accept tho job from
tho contractors, Trowbridge and
Flynn of Medford, after "several
minor corrections had been
made."
Officials were not so much
concerned with vehicular opera
tion as they were pedestrian, A
strict warning was issued to
pedestrians to observe only the
"walk-wait" signals and not to
watch the high signals placed In
the center of the streets. "Walk
wait" lights ore on "each corner.
Especially were pedestrians
warned to remain on the curb
until they received the signal to
go. Stepping off the curb is not
only considered dangerous, but
Is detrimental to moving traffic,
Beakcy stated.
The "wait" signal will flash
on before the red signal for mo
tors giving vehicles time ( to
ejear. '
- (signal Periods.,-' '-
Signals will operate for the
time being from between 6 and
JAP PEACE FEELER
Chinese Assaults in
Rear Ease Threat
To Navy Base
LONDON, Dec. 17 (IP) Lord
Moyno, colonial minister, dis
closed tonight that Hongkong
had rejected a second Japanese
overture for its surrender and
that he had sent the Crown
colony'f governor, Sir Mark
Young, messenger approving
his decision and telling him to
"hold on."
(Axis sources reported a first
Japanese ultimatum to Hong
kong last Saturday. They said
that tho Japanese sent a mis
sion to tho island under a
white flag in the morning and
that when it returned Saturday
afternoon beforo expiration of
the deadline it was told that
Hongkong would not capitulate.)
HONGKONG, Dec. 17 11.10
A. M. (7:10 P. M., PST., Tues
day) (P) Tho official commun
ique today said that Japanese
boselgcd Hongkong had spent
a quiet night apart from some
shelling in tho early morning
hours. Little damage was re
ported, all Americans in the
(Continued on Page Two)
of a squadron of British cruisers
and destroyers stood by( their
battlo posts three hours after
nightfall tonight to repel a
threatened new attack.
(No dispatch has como through
from Allen to toll what hap
pened after this alarm).
Tho squadron loosed ono of
tho heaviest .barrages of the
Mediterranean war In beating
off the combined slashes of the
nazl dlve-bdmbers, torpedo
pianos, and at least one subma
rine during the day.
They pumped hundreds of
shells into a rainy sky against
axis aircraft which scattered
bombs over a lino of screening
destroyers, spraying columns of
water, over the warships,
Tho cruiser on which I write
this soemod to bo tho principal
target ot the nazl' air attackjs.
(Continued, PtrtPaga vtq)
MIT JtfJlf 11
IN
7 a. m. through until 7 and 8
p. m., with longer hours on Sat
urday night. Some changes
may be made on this time and
observations aro being made at
tho present time In an effort to
improve the timing. The master
control Is located in the police
department with an automatic
time clock. It may also be oper
ated manually.
When not in operation, flash
signals will be used, the flash
ing "yellow" advising to proceed
cautiously, tho flashing "red"
meaning stop and then proceed
with caution.
Pedestrians have been advised
that if they leave the curb
when the "walk" signal is on,
and find themselves in the mid
dle of the street when the "wait"
signal flashes, they may proceed.
"Anyone in the intersection, un
der such circumstances is there
legally," Beakey stated, and not
obllncd-U return to the curb.
"Mechanically, the signals are
working sotisfactorily," Beakey
stated. "Ono or two minor cor
rections must be made before
we accept the job. There is one
change to be made at the Elev
enth and Main 'walk and wait'
Itil "
- The department-will ddan
extra signal-head section with a
green arrow which will indicate
: (Continued on Page Two)
Klamath Bond
Sales Surge
To High Mark
" Klamath county bids fair to
pass the million dollar mark in
the purchase of United States de
fense bonds and stamps if buy
ing since the declaration of war
on December 8, continues at its
present pace.
A check with local banks and
the postofficc showed the pur
chase of $130,789 in bonds and
stamps since a week ago Mon
day, indicative of the support
and confidence of the govern
ment. To this figure may be added
the $150,000 which members of
the Klamath tribe hope to put
Into defense bonds on the ap
proval of congress.
A number of largo sales, in
cluding $25,000 on at least two
occasions, were reported here
with numerous $10,000 and
$5000 purchases. School chil
dren throughout the city have
been issued defense savings
books with stamp sales totaling
several hundred dollars a week.
Tho system was Inaugurated at
Klamath Union high school this
week.
A rumor that banks and the
postoffice wero unable to obtain
Typo E, or the $18.75 bonds,
was unfounded and all Institu
tions were well supplied with all
types. A shortage ot several
weeks ago was remedied here,
It was learned.
Three Trainmen
Killed as Two
Flyers Collide
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Dec.
17 A1) The west bound Katy
Flyer, passenger train of the
M. K. T., crashed headon into
tho standing eastbound flyer
four miles north of hero early
today, killing three trainmen
and injuring five other railroad
employes.
No passengers were hurt se
riously. By dawn everyone in
the wreck had been accounted
for.
Two of the locomotives were
pitched from the rails into an
embankment. Baggage cars
wero split open and tossed on
end by tho Impact. ' A third
locomotive and the passenger
cars remained upright. The
standing train - had two loco
motives. Tho dead: ,P. H. Handlcy,
Sodalia, Mo., engineer;' F. M.
Truott, Sedalla, Mo., engineer;
Richard Snoll, New Franklin,
Mo,, fireman.
REDS REPORT
NEW GAINS ON
MOSCOW LINE
i
British Pressing for
Knockout Blow to
Axis in Libya
By The Associated Press
Russia proclaimed a series of
smashing new victories in the
war with Germany today, and
for the first time Adolf Hitler's
high command wryly acknowl
edged that the German invasion
armies were "shortening their
lines along the soviet front and
were hard-pressed on the defen
sive in North Africa.
The extent of the German
retreat along the whole 1200.
mile Russian batueune was
high-lighted by a British broad
cast i reporting that all com
munications between Moscow
and long-sieged Leningrad had
been reestablished.
Soviet dispatches said the red
armies, were pushing - vast
counter-offensive from Lenin
crad". to .the Black sea. " carjtur-
ingt hundreds of villages and
towns in one sector after an
other, and that in some in
stances the Germans were run
ning without a fight.
In perhaps the gloomiest nazl
communique of the entire war
giving the German .people at
least an inkling that the tide of
conquest has been thrown into
reverse the high command re
ported: ' . '
Shortening Lines
"In the course of transition
from aggressive operations to
stationary warfare for the win
ter months, necessary improve
ments involving the shortening
of lines now are being systemati
cally undertaken on various sec
tors of the eastern front"
But soviet dispatches pictured
the Germans in headlong flight,
by no means effecting a strategic
withdrawal, with a Moscow
communique declaring:
"The fleeing enemy is being
pursued and annihilated by our
troops."
Red army soldiers who recap
tured strategic Kalinin, 95 miles
northwest of Moscow, said they
found that German troops had
built four-tiered plank beds in
(Continued on Page Two)
Island Attacks
Termed 'Weak'
By U. S. Navy
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (IP)
The navy department announced
today that there were no in
juries to personnel during the
Japanese attack on Johnston is
land, which was reported late
yesterday.
The navy described the action
by Japanese naval forces as
"weak."
Earlier, the war department
said the shelling of Kahului, on
the island of Maui, by an enemy
submarine yesterday caused only
slight damage to a loading plat
form of a pineapple company
and that there were no casual
ties. In a brief midday, communi
que, the navy said:
"It has been established that
there were no injuries to person
nel in the weak attack on John
ston island reported yesterday.
: (Continued on Page Two)
War Map on
Page 14
- An excellent map showing
th new war area Involving
th United States will be
found on page 14. It is pro
vided through courtesy of
United Press. Clip it, paste
It on cardboard, and us it
for reference as you read the
news.
Klamath Falls'
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Chief Petty Officer Paxton Turner Carter, above, was the
first known Klamath Falls man to be killed in action in the
XI. S.-Japanes war. it was revealed Wednesday. He was aboard
the battleship Arizona when it was hit and sunk by a Japanese
bomb in Pearl harbor on December 7, date of the first Jap attack.
;
Klamath Youth
Lost in Sinking i
Of Battleship
:.;
Paxton Turner Carter, 29,
chief petty officer aboard the
U.S.S. Arizona, waa revealed
Wednesday as the first known
Klamath Falls service man killed
in action in the U. S.-Japanese
war.. '.
His death was disclosed by a
brother, Allen Carter, manager
of a local grocery store, who re
ceived notification . from Mrs.
Edith Carter of San Diego, wife
of the naval officer. ,
Carter was killed in the first
raid on Pearl Harbor by the Jap
anese, on Dec 7 when a Jap
bomb dropped through the bat
tleship's funnel, exploding the
magazine and sinking the vessel.
He was a veteran pf eight
year's service in the navy, en
listing from Klamath Falls in
1933. A native of Hattiesburg,
Miss., Carter came to this city
when the family moved here in
1929. He attended school in the
south.
In addition to his wife, Edith,
and brother, Allen, he is sur
vived by a father, T. C. Carter,
2425 Crest street, an employe of
the Algoma Lumber company;
two other . brothers, T. C. Jr.,
and George, both of this city;
three sisters, Mrs. Pauline Cof
feld of Sacramento, and Thelma
and Melissa, both of Klamath
Falls.
Notification of death came in
the regular, "the. navy, regrets"
announcement to Mrs. Edith Car
ter. Details were lacking.
TIRE RATIONING - ;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 OP)
Price Administrator Leon Hen
derson announced today that
government rationing of automo
bile tires would begin January 4.
Formosa Earthquake Kills 790;
Railroads, Communications Hit
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (IP)
"A major earthquake is again
reported from eastern Turkey,"
said the Paris radio in a dispatch
heard today by NBC. "Consid
erable damage is said to have
been caused but details are not
as yet on hand."
TOKYO, Dec. 11 (Official
Radio Received by AP) One
hundred and ninety persons were
killed and 164 Injured this morn
ing in an earthquake in south
ern Formosa, the overseas affairs
ministry announced today,
A total of 612 houses were
razed and there was some dam
age to railways and other com
munications, the ministry added.
It said the principal damage to
communications was expected to
be repaired during the day.
(The Japanese island, off the
souUtwijt CUluaJcoast and little
First War Victim
21-44 DRftFTAGES
Move to Put Limits
Below 21 Rejected
, By Congressmen :,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (P)
Legislation for the registration
of all men from 18 to 64, inclu
sive, and making those from 21
to 44, inclusive,, subject to. mili
tary service was passed by the
house today and sent to the sen
ate. ' ; -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 VP)
The house refused today . to
subject men under 21 to mil
itary training under the select
ive service law and moved
toward a vote on making those
from 21 to 44, inclusive, liable
for duty.
By a teller vote of 173 to
113, the members defeated an
amendment, bearing the ap
proval of administration leaders,'
to fix the service ages at 20
to 44, inclusive.
The war department and
president have asked that they
be permitted to dip down into
the reservoir of men 19 or
older.
Just before the vote, Demo
cratic Leader McCormack of
Massachusetts told the 'members
that the 20-year compromise
was acceptable both to him and
Speaker Rayburn.
McCormack rebuked trie mil
itary committtee for insisting
on the 21-year figure, saying:
"We cannot have too many
leaders in this crisis. I can
not accept their (the committee
members') judgment instead of
(Continued on Pago Two)
more than 200 miles north of
the northern Luzon coast, . has
several air bases from which at
tacks havo been launched on
the Philippine; islands.' : It - is
likely that these fields are in the
southern part hit by the quake.
(The fact that the- Japanese
acknowledged damage to rail
ways and other communications
indicated the- possibility that
military effort based on Formosa
might be impaired.
(Formosa, along with the Chi
nese island of Hainan, off the
South China coast, long has serv
ed warring Japan as a troop con
centration and training point
Formosa js believed to have
served the Japanese as a great
proving ground for new weapons
and warfare techniques, much as
Poland was used by the Germans
after the occupation.;!
HURT REFUSES
N
DETAILS
S
26 Enemy Planes Put
Out of Action; :
Front Quiet m '.' .
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON,: De. '17
(UP) Rear Admiral Husband
E. Kimmel has been relieved
of command- of the US fleet .
and replaced by Admiral Ches
ter V. Nimitx, th navy depart
ment announced tonight. -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 UP)i
The war department in its late-,
afternoon - communique 'said,
"The American forces have tha
situation well in hand" , in the
Philippine theatre. '
Small enemy forces in tha
Aparri, Vigan and Legaspi areas
are "still under attack," the com
munique said. ; .
Covering the military situ
ation as of 5 p. m., EST, the com.
munique said, "hostile vessels off
the coast were attacked 'by army
air forces." . - . ,,:.
TOKYO, Dec. 17 (Official
Radio Received by AP) Lieut.
Comm. Kengo Tominago said
in an interview published by
the newspaper Hichi Nichi to
day that -probably -20 United
States submarines were operat
ing ;in waters in the vicinity of
Japan. j
Elaborating upon an- official
warning December 15 concern
ing possible operations by hos
tile submarines and aircraft
against Japan, he said the sub
marines were of a superior 2000
ton type with a cruising radius
of 5200 miles and urged that
Japanese seamen be on the alert
for them.. ..
MANILA, Dec, 17 VP)V. S.
army bombers destroyed 26
Japanese planes and fired fuel
supplies in a heavy attack yes
terday on the beach head which
the Japanese established last
week at Vigan on the' Luzon
west coast, 200 miles from Ma
nila, army headquarters an
nounced today.
The announcement followed
swiftly on an official disclosure
that submarines of the U. S.
Asiatic fleet had gone into ac
tion for the first time In the
11-day-old war with Japan, scor
ing successes the details of
(Continued on Page Two)
Slush Freezes on '
Streets, Highways
In Klamath Area
Freezing temperatures
throughout the district turned
slushy , streets into ice bound
roadways, according to a check
made throughout this area Wed,
nesday. Highways -were coated
with ice and motorists were ad
vised to use chains in travel.', g
the mountain roads, according
to the state ' highway 1 depart
ment.. , ' : " ', '-
The temperature in Klamath,
Falls was chalked up as 25 de
grees, however, it ' was much
lower at other points in th
basin. At Stronghold the mini
mum was 20 degrees. No infor
mation could be obtained from
the northern s e c 1 1 o n of tha
county where telephone service
was report- " down.
. Four inches of fresh snow
fell at Sand Creek, bringing tha
total there to 10 inches. It was
25 degrees at 8 a. m. On Sun
mountain ; six inches of new
snow Ml, a total ot 22 inches
reported. Six Inches of snow
fell du-'"l the nig on Quarts
mountain, and Greensprings
mountain was covered with
snow.- All highways were in an
"Icy condition." -..
News Index
City Briefs ..,....i...,........t.Pag 9
Comics and Story ........Page 12
Courthouse Records ......Pago 4
Editorials ..............l.........Page 4
High School News ........Pag ;7
Information ;...............i.Pag 8
Market, Financial .....Page 14
Midland Empire News, Pag 4
Pattern ................Page 13
PTA Notes ......PiK , 9
Sports k. Page H