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' house throughout the Kallnen
rone "evidently intending to
ipend the winter there."
',, Comment Shlfti
, " Moreover, the official Berlin
radio spokesman shifted in a
broadcast from comment on the
exploits of "our victorious Ger
man army" to a discourse on the
' "unbelievable difficulties" under
which nazi troops were fighting
in Russia.
' Soviet front-line dispatches said
the Germans were retreating,
with bloody losses, on both the
north and south flanks of the
Moscow defense arc
. On the North African front,
British imperial headquarters re
ported that heavy British pres
sure was being maintained on
the left flank of Hitler's battered
desert armies and that new prog
rest was registered despite fierce
sandstorms during the past 24
hours.
The German high command
gave this terse summary ot the
fighting, which clearly appeared
to be turning into an axis
debacle:
. "A heavy defensive battle
west of Tobruk continued yes
terday. Strong, enemy attacks
near Bardia were repulsed with
considerable losses to the en
emy." Premier Mussolini's high com
mand said particularly heavy
fighting raged all day yesterday
in the Gazala sector, 40 miles
west of Tobruk, with the British
continually throwing fresh
forces into the battle.
' A hint that the Italians may
already be pulling out of North
Africa cropped up in a British
admiralty communique . report
ing that a fascist submarine car
rying an Italian general and 19
other military officers from Lib
ya to Italy had been sunk in
the central Mediterranean.
' The admiralty said the general
was not among the 53 survivors.
. In between the Libyan and
soviet fronts, fresh military ac
tivity was reported in nazi -dominated
Bulgaria, which anti-axis
observers long have expected
Germany to use as spring
board for an invasion of Turkey
and thence into the middle east,
i 'Dispatches from Ankara, Turkey,-
said Bulgarian airfields
were; being enlarged and in
creased, with repair facilities for
German planes.
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Editorials on News
(Continued from Page One)
They talked of blackouts and
how to make them complete
without loss of time. And all
the other grim topics that have
been listed here.
In modern war, the job of the
civilian is as definite and as
necessary as the job of the sold
ier. And nearly as dangerous.
Every civilian present today
accepted the fact without flinch
EARL RILEY, mayor of Port
Innif rti, 4Kb in. n. A i o to nMd
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clearly and well.
"Our job right now, he said,
is to get business back into its
normal channels and to get peo
ple back to living their normal
lives with this exception that
they are prepared and ready on
ten minutes notice for ANY
THING THAT MAY HAPPEN."
The civilian's job is to see
to it that the life ot the nation
goes on, no matter what hap
pens. Only thus can we give
adequate backing to the men of
the armed services.
That was the theme of today's
meeting, and the quiet, cour
ageous, whole-hearted acceptance
of it was a heartening thing to
see.
The people of this country
have what it takes.
American Writer
Describes Nazi
Attack on Ships
(Continued from Page One)
One dive-bomber machine-gunned
the cruiser's boat deck and
another gave me one of my big
gest thrills of the war when it
sent four big bombs screaming
toward the cruiser. They ex
ploded a few yards to starboard.
Then the planes began coming
in waves three to six at a time,
weaving in and out of the clouds.
Wearing a metal helmet and
anti-flash gear to protect my
head, face and hands, I watched
the fight from the cruiser's
bridge. The battle began at
10:20 in the morning and this
cruiser's first shells broke the
leading formation. But one -of
them droned into a dive and
sent two heavy bombs crashing
into the sea between two de
stroyers. From then until nightfall the
skies were full of diving, twist
ing nazi craft.
At sundown the squadron was
continuing on its course, and for
three hours thereafter nothing
happened.
. Then came a new alarm.
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DESTROYED TO
E
(Continued from Page One)
before the Japanese could land
. . , even oil plants at the port
of Mlri have disappeared."
The Japanese landed at Miri
and nearby Lubong, both only a
short distance from the Sarawak
border with British North Bor
neo. A communique said British
forces destroyed oil refineries,
wells and other machinery and
withdrew before the invaders
landed.
This was the newest spread of
Japan's tactics of scattered
blows, all correlated with the
chief drive against Singapore,
the core of Britain's far eastern'
defenses.
Besides landing on northern
Malaya, 400 miles north of Sing
apore, and attacking through
quickly-dominated Thailand, the
Japanese also have seized the
mainland region of Hongkong,
Britain's No. 2 far eastern
stronghold, and have landed in
the Philippines, flanking the
China sea war theater.
(The strategy of such diverse
operations, apparently, is to de
velop the advantage of Japan's
initial, surprise jump and keep
the allies from organizing a uni
fied plan of resistance.
(In Batavia, however, the
Dutch announced that general
mobilization has been completed
and Dutch army forces may be
sent abroad. General Sir Archi
bald f. Wavell, British com
mander in India, announced at
New Delhi that discussions have
been completed for coordination
of Indian far eastern commands
resisting Japan.)
Board Meets to
Probe Pearl Harbor
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 VP)
The special five-man board ap
pointed by President Roosevelt
to investigate the surprise Jap
anese attack on Hawaii met to
day in the office of Secretary of
War Stimson to organize and
discuss procedure.
Stimson and Secretary of the
Navy Knox were present at the
meeting.
The board, headed by Asso
ciate Justice Owen J. Roberts of
the supreme court, arrived at the
war department at 10 a. m.
Other members are Major
General Frank R. McCoy, re
tired. Brigadier General Joseph
P. McNarney, of the army air
corps. Admiral William H. Stand
ley, retired, former chief of
naval operations, and Rear Ad
miral Joseph M. Reeves, retired,
former commander-in-chief of
the fleet, the other members of
the board.
Douglas County to
Buy Defense Bonds
ROSEBURG, Ore., Dec. 17 (JF
Purchase of $100,000 worth of
defense bonds with surplus funds
from the Douglas county trea
sury has been authorized by the
county court, it was announced
today by County Judge D. N.
Busenbark. The county will buy
half of the bonds in December
and the remainder in January.
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Advice Given Pedestrians,
Motorists On New Signals
(Continued from Page One)
that a right hand turn may be
made on red at South Sixth and
East Main, engineers stated.
"Many are under the impres
sion they can move and turn
right against a red light. This
will be an infraction of the law
as all traffic must remain still
when the light is on red. Moving
right on the red light will inter
fere with pedestrian move
ments," Beakey stated.
At Tenth street, engineers will
install a sign, "enter on flash
ing red."
There was a noticeable traffic
jam between 5:30 and 6:30 p. in.
Tuesday night but new timing
has been installed for this hour
and engineers said they thought
this situation would be im
proved. "It is impossible to time traffic
so there won't be a jam at one
time or another," Beakey stated.
"It all depends on the weight of
traffic. Due to the length of
blocks in Klamath Falls the tim
ing will not be worked out per
fectly, but will work to the rea
sonable satisfaction of the motor
ists."
Motorists are advised that they
must stop on the property line
and not in the pedestrian lane.
As soon as the weather clears a
line will be painted, Beakey
stated. He also advised that
where left turns are prohibited
on Mam street, signs will be
placed to designate the fact.
Double parkers were warned
against this practice by engi
neers, inasmuch as this will
hamper the flow of traffic. City
officers were checking double
parkers carefully.
Klamath Falls is the fifth city
in the state to install traffic sig
nals. However, this is the only
sysmiofibWndngeration
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JAP PEACE FEELER
(Continued from rasa One)
British Crown colony were re
ported to be safe.
CHUNGKING, Dec. 17 (IV
Chinese forces were reported
tonight to have delivered suc
cessful attacks north of besieged
Hongkong, compelling the Ja
panese to shift reinforcements
to copo with ft Chinese threat
to their rear in the Tnnishul
area.
Tamshul is about 28 miles
north of Die mainland border
of Hongkong on Jnpanese-con-quercd
Kowloon peninsula and
about the samo distance east of
the Canton-Kowloon railroad.
Chinese dispatches said Ja
pan's conquest of Kowloon was
at a higli cost of mechanical
equipment which they said was
destroyed by British gunfire.
These reports said the Chi
nese also had increased their
pressure on other mainland Ja
panese positions, particularly in
Chekiang province, just south
ot Shanghai.
Mokanshnn, the mountain re
sort near Shanghai once popular
with Europeans, has been be
sieged for a week and a fierce
battle is in progress there be
tween the Japanese and Chinese
forces which have pierced their
defenses, it was reported.
The Chinese central news
said United States and British
consular officials and all other
British and American nationals
had been detained by the Ja
panese in the port of Amoy.
Other reports said Fuklen prov
ince officials ordered that
Britons and Americans be given
all possiblo protection.
Island Attacks
Termed 'Weak'
By U. S. Navy
(Continued from Page One)
The naval situation in the At
lantic remains quiet."
Johnston, 717 miles southwest
of Hawaii, was attacked by Jap
anese naval units at dusk of
an unspecified day, possibly
Monday, at about the same time
that a Japanese submarine at
tacked the Hawaiian shipping
center of Kahului, about 95
miles from Pearl Harbor.
The navy reported that dam
age from the shell fire was light
and today's report confirmed
that there had been no injuries
to personnel at Johnston.
About 10 shells were fired In
the Maul attack, the army said.
Rogers Awarded
Marine Honor
At San Diego
James E. Rogers, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Leslie Rogers of Klam
ath Falls, has been awarded a
certificate as outstanding mem
ber in his platoon in the U. S
marines at San Diego, according
to word received here. He joined
the marines two months ago.
Another son of the family.
Donald, has Just re-enlisted for
three years in the ground ser
vice of the air corps. He was
transferred to Biloxi, Mississippi,
Only one-third of the 230
islands in the Fiji group are in
habited.
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which wore not Immediately di
vulged. No change
The communlcitiu announcing
the attack on Vlgan, launched
apparently to prevent the Japa
nese from establishing air buses
necessary for conquest of the
Philippines, said there had been
"no change in the land situation
today." A
The bulletin was Issued at 4
p. m. (U p. m. PST Tuesday).
.Of the Japanese planes de
stroyed, one was shot down in
aerial combat and the, remain
der were wrecked on the
ground, the communique de
clared.
The brief announcement said:
"The enemy at Vlgan suffered
heavily from an attack by our
air force yesterday. One Japa
nese plane was shot down and
at least 25 mora were destroyed
on the ground. Fuel supplies
were set afire. There has been
no change in the land situation
today."
Subs Successful
In a cryptic statement, Ad
miral Thomas C. Hart, com
mander of the fleet, declared
that United States submarines
had "made two successful at
tacks" and a third which failed
to achieve its objective.
Hart said tho defensive plan
drawn up for the Asiatic fleet
before the war called for counter-blows
In tho event of Japa
nese aggression.
He said the fleet was not "en
tirely ready" tor Japan's sur
prise attack but nevertheless
had been following its pre-arranged
defensive plan with mi
nor adjustments.
Of the surrender of 200 Unit
ed States marines who were
stranded in north China by the
sudden hostilities, he declared
that Instructions to withdraw
them came "very late."
"We were fast on our feet
when the orders came," he said,
but th marines were "absolute
ly cut off in three locations In
north China and, of course, had
to surrender."
(These places were Pclping
and Ti.ntsin, where the marines
were posted, the Chinwangtao,
the north China port where
some were awaiting evacuation
by sea About 700 marines in
Shanghai, the bulk ot the China
contingent, left in time).
Hart explained that subma
rine commanders were not re
quired to report on operations
until their return to port, but
said he had learned that some
successes had been achieved.
Whether the attacks to which
he referred were against Japa
nese naval 'o.es or against
merchant shipping remained a
matter of speculation pending a
further announcement.
Disclosure of the submarine
operations was the only naval
or military development of the
day.
The last sign of "apanese of
fensive operations against the
stoutly defended Island of Lu
zon was a dawn attack yester
day on .Olongapo naval base 60
miles southwest of Manila.
The supposition In unofficial
quarters was that the Japanese
were reorganizing their forces
for an attempt to reinforce the
troops they landed last week
at three places Vlgan and
Aparri in the north and Legaspi
at the southern tip of the
Island.
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A Christmas cifrd rocrlvod Wed
nesday by Mrs. Mary Warren,
2441 South Sixth street, brought
word of tho safety of her two
sons, Edward, 20, and Sum, T,,
both enlisted mou on duly on a
light cruiser somewhere in the
Pacific.
Edward Warren, who enlisted
from hero two yeurs ago, was
a member of tho class of 11140 at
Klamnth Union high school.
Snm, a graduate, of San Mnteo
high school, has been In the ser
vice for the past year and one
hnlf. The card told Mrs. Warron
that sho might not hear from the
youths in some time, presumably
because their ship will be at sea.
The message hud passed through
censors' hiinda and a picture re
moved from tho fnce of the card.
M DRIFT AGES
(Continued fron I'ugo One)
that of 'the president of the
United States and his military
advisers.
"They should not ehnlleuge
the Judgmont of the president
and of General Marshall."
Rep. Thoinnson (U-Tex ), re
plying to McCormack, said tliat
no member of the military com
mittee "sets himself up us
superior to the war department i
and asked the members for a
"dispassionate, patriotic study
of tho legislation.
$22 in Traffic
Tickets Paid by
Christmas Shoppers
Christmas shoppers swelled
the city treasury by $22 Wednes
day morning . when overtime
parkers paid for traffic tickets
at the desk sergrant's window.
Police on duty throughout the
business district were being leni
ent with motorists who failed to
keep in step with the traffic
lights turned on Tuesday after
noon. One drunk appeared In police
court Wednesday, according to
Police Judge Leigh Arkerman.
Friendship Court The Friend
ship court of the Order of Amar
anth was scheduled to hold a
regular meeting Wednesday
night at 8 p. m. In the Masonic
temple. An election of officers
and a Christmas tree were to
highlight the program. All mem
bers were urged to attend.
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HOMESTEADER
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general land offleo in favor of
Albert W. Sehlndler, Tula lake,
homesteader, whose claim to a
homestend wn formally conteetV
ed by Wilfred J. Dixon.
Dixon some time ago brought
the contest, charging that Sehlnd
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dence on his homestead and had
never cultivated It except
through a lease.
A hearing was held here be
fore U. S. Commissioner Bert C.
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land office at 8aeramcnto first
found for Dixon, the contestant.
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