; Blackout Signal
On 8-mlnut bUit on sirens and whistles
ll the signal for a blackout In Klamath
Falls. Anothir long bint, during black
out. li signal ior all-elaar. In precau
tionary periods, watch your street lights.
WEATHER
Low 32
PRECIPITATION
24 hours to B t. m. .... ,42
Season to dato 5.07
Normal praclpltatlon 3.74
Last year to data 3.08
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By FRANK JENKINS
AT yesterduy'a meeting of the
Oregon state defonso coun
cil, which has been referred to
already n this column, black
outs furnished me principal topic
for discussion as Is natural.
In a stuto of war, with the
Pacific coast ncurcst to the
nemy, anything can happen, but
It Is generally agreed that a night
air raid Is the thing most likely
to happen tint und the black
out Is the first defensive answer
to tho night air raid.
yHE objective Is to black out
quickly and to blnck out
COMPLETELY. Early effort
have left much to be desired, but
there was general agreement
that people are learning rapidly.
'TWERE are problems.
Among them so for lighted
dairy barns and poultry house
have loomed rather large west
of the mountains. Not that dairy
men and poultrymen have been
unwilling to cooperate. Far from
It.
The problem Is to GET WORD
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The Idea now Is that they will
have to be closed In so that the
light, can bum without being
aeen. .- , ;';..!'.;!
' i rui rem pruuicm ma w
mill trash-burner. No satla-
factory method of blacking out
the trash-burner quickly has yet
. been devised.
One sawmill operator tiss been
experimenting with steam and
thinks it offers some possibili
ties. 'TWERE Is plenty of authority
to deal with blackout viola
torsof that there Is no doubt
When the order to black out
Is given by tho army, failure to
comply with It becomes a mill'
tary offense. When the order Is
given by the civil authorities,
. their emergency powers for en
forcement are ample.
So far NO Intentional violators
have been reported. The problem
has been to get out a warning
that can be heard and under
stood by all.
Warning devices now in use
re far from satisfactory.
THIS question is In every mind:
Have enemy planes actually
been over the Pacific coast?
There I no flat and authorita
tive answer, but Informed opln
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been and MAY BE AGAIN at
. any moment. . Present at Mon
day's meeting was an army offi
cer who has spent several years
In Japan. Slipping In an aircraft
carrier and raiding Pacific coast
cities, he rays, would ' appeal
strongly to the Japanese.
We must be prepared for any
thing. THERE have been rumors of
evacuation of Pacific coast
eitles and towns.
NONE have been ordered.
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out kkuiii nv unu Knows wnen
such a thing may become neces
sary, Handling evacuations is
one of the problom under study.
If such a thing should become
necessary, careful advance plan
ning and discipline and calmness
on the part of tho population
would be vitally Important.
AND so it would be it Pacific
coast towns and cities should
be raided from the air. The re
sults of panic would be incalcul
ably terrible. Panic follows sur
prise and lack of preparation..
It is prevented by discipline
and readiness.
.
THIS is still sound advice:
1 Don't get excltod.
Go about your ordinary busi
ness in your ordinary way EX
CEPT, insofar as discipline and
preparedness for whntovcr may
happen are concerned. ,
Remember that if your boy in
'the armed services can take it
YOU CBn take it. Be PROUD of
the fact that you are sharing the
' dangers of war with him. Accept
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NEW ATTACKS
THREATEN TO
TAKEPENANB
Nippon Offensive in
Malaya Cuts Off
British Base
BATAVIA, Java, N. E. I.,
Dec. 18 W) The Japanese have
extended their Pacific offensive
with air raids on the Dutch
island of Ternate and a coastal
village of the Dutch part of
New Guinea, the Dutch com
mand announced today in a
communique circulated by the
news agency Aneta.
The enemy, however, was
said to have been put quickly
to flight by defending Dutch
naval planes. All the Japanese
bombs, aimed at objectives In
or near Sorong, northwestern
New Guinea, missed their mark,
according to the communique.
By C YATES M'DANIEL
SINGAPORE, Pec, 18 iff)
Japan's offensive by land, tea
and air, smashing ' m a ny
point ' along a vast arc from
Burma and the Malay peninsula
to the Jagged coast of Dutch
New Guinea, developed 1U dir
est threat today on the road to
Singapore.
That threat in northwestern
British Malaya seemed to have
all but sealed the fate of the
island state and port of Penang.
Penang and another- Straits
Settlement state, province
Wellesley, have been cut off
from direct communication with
the rest of Malaya by British
withdrawal In Kedah province.
Official concessions indicated
that all of tho HS-mllc-long
state of Kcduh had been yield
ed. This meant that the Japanese
were able to advance the full
length of Kedah, on the north
western side of Malaya, along
the coastal railway terminating
at Singapore, bastion of British
naval and air power in the Far
East.
Singapore had heard nothing
from Penang for 24 hours, but
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U. S. Army Group
Learns Japanese
CAMP ROBERTS. Calif.,
Dee. 18 (P) Seven Japanese
privates in the U. S. army here
are teaching a class of more
than 100 officers and enlisted
men how to say "hcrio" and
"how do I got there?" in Ja
panese. The private professors,
American-born all, are giving
a course In simple conversa
tion, greetings, and basic gram
mar forms. It pays to be pre
pared, the army believes!
F. R. Cites Heroism of Flier
In Note to 1956 Successor
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (A)
In an unusual token of appreci
ation of a deed of heroism, Pres
ident Roosovclt has addressed a
letter to the . president of tho
United States whoever he may
be in 1958 requesting the ap
pointment as a West Point cadot
of Colin P. Kelly, III.
Now less than two years old,
Colin P. Kelly, III, is the son of
26-ycar-old Captain Colin P.
Kelly Jr., who scored three bomb
hits and sunk the Japanese bat
tleship Hnruna off Luzon Do
comber 9.
Captain Kelly, ' of Madison,
Fin., lost his life in the action
which destroyed the first Ja
panese warship in the war which
began December 7 with tho Ja
pancso surprise attack on Pearl
Harbor.
The president'! letter, wrltton
on White House stationery and
raid i
After
Japanese bombers roared over Honolulu In a surprise attack and left this wrecked corner. It
once was a thriving business district but incendiary bombs started a fire which destroyed 20
building,
SSI
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Passenger Ship Goes
Down in Bay;
300 Saved .
MANILA, Dec. 18 (ff) Ap
proximately S00 persons appar
ently were lost in the sinking
of the liiior-island passenger
steumer Corrcgidor In deep,
shark-infested waters near Man
ila bay yesterday, it was report
ed today.
The ship was carrying about
800 persons, including passeng
ers and crew, and approximately
300 were known to have been
rescued. . "
Little hope was held for re
covering many bodies.
Although there apparently
was no accurate check of those
on board, water front circles said
inter-island vessels usually carry
double the total of listed pass
engers because1 many travelers
pay their fare aboard ship.
The 1881-ton Corregldor, once
tho Engadine and the first sea
plane carrier in history, took
part In the World war battle of
Jutland. She received special
army permission to sail Tues
day night and hit a mine before
daylight yesterday.
Many survivors were in the
water five hour or more. The
missing Included Assemblyman
Juan M. Reyes and Professor
Jose Reyes, of Santo Tomas uni
versity, both brothers of Arch
bishop Gabriel Reyes, of Cebu. '
dated yesterday, follows: (about
125 words)
"To tho president of the United
States In 19S6:
"I am writing this letter as an
act of faith in tho destiny of our
country. I deslro to make a re
quest which I make in full con
fidence that we shall achieve a
glorious victory in the war wo
now are waging to preserve our
democratic way of life.
"My request Is that you con
sider the merits of a young
American youth of goodly heri
tage Colin P. Kelly, III, for ap
pointment as a cadet in tho
United States military academy
at West Point. I make this, ap
peal in behalf of this youth as
a token of the nation's appreci
ation of tho heroic services of
his father who met death in line
of duty at tho very outset of the
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Jap Bombers Passed
Wage Boosts 0
Given at Two
Klamath Mills
The Chtloquln Lumber, com
pany of Chiloquin has granted
a 2M-cent per hour wage in
crease to nearly 200 of its em
ployes, the International Wood
workers of America (CIO) an
nounced Thursday afternoon.
It was the second 24 -cent
pay boost announced for basin
millworkers in the - 1 a s t 24
hours. Late Wednesday night,
Wilbur Yeoman, representative
of the- Lumber and Sawmill
Workers (AFL) revealed that
employes of the Big Lakes Box
company havo. been given a
similar increase.
Both firms' employes also
were granted a week's vacation
with pay in 1942. The wage in
crease will become effective on
January 1.
In both instances the increases
bring the minimum scales to
72 M cents per hour, highest
levels in the basin area.
(For story on the Big Lakes
increase, see page 4).
Air Force Head
Reported Lost
On Hop West
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 (fh
The war department announced
today an army plane carrying
Major General Herbert A. Dar
gue, commander of the 1st air
force, had been missing since De
cember 12 on a transcontinental
flight.
' There were seven other pas
sengers in the plane, five of them
officers and two enlisted men.
Secretary of War Stlmson
said the ship was last reported
near Fnlmdalc, Calif., and it was
believed that it had crashed or
been forced down in that vicin
ity. General Darguo Is a veteran
flying officer, and usually pilots
his own plane.
Those listed as missing with
him were;-
Col. Charles W. Bundy, war
department general staff, home,
Washington. .
Lieut. Col. George W." Rlcker,
war department general staff,
home, Washington.
Major Hugh F. McCaffery,
Mitchell field, New York.
Captain J. G. Leavitt, March
field, Calif., home, Los Angeles.
First Lieutenant Homer C.
Burns, March field, Calif., home,
Spokane. " . .
Staff Sergeant Stephen Hoff
man, March field, Calif. (Native
of Sun, W. Va.)
Private Samuel J. Van Hamm,
Jr., March field, Calif., native of
' (Continued On Page Two)
Over
Continued Firming of
Prices Seen in
New Figures
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 (JPh
Final estimates of the nation's
most important farm crops, is
sued today by the department of
agriculture, placed the potato
crop at 357,783,000 bushels. Last
year s crop totaled 378,103.000
and the 10-year average is 370,
045,000 bushels.
Klamath agriculturists fore
saw continued firming of the po
tato market as a result of the
Washington crop report Thurs
day. On November 10, the USDA
figure on the potato crop was
376,701,000 bushels, and the
marked decrease- shown in the
final report is believed certain
to have a favorable effect on
the market for the growers.
Stronger conditions are al
ready in effect. Four days ago,
according to a reliable source.
potatoes here were selling at
$1.65 a cwt. for four-ounce sizes
or better, whereas Thursday
$1.75 was offered for straight
US No. 1 grade regardless of
size. Four days ago, No. 2 spuds
were quoted at 85 cents, where
as $1 was offered Thursday.
Disease and deterioration in
storage over the nation as a
whole were regarded here as
main factors in sharp decrease
indicated in the final report.
Guard Captain
i Captain- Dayton E. Van Vac-
tor, who has been appointed to
command the Klamath unit of
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T
S AS AXIS
FACESJEFEAT
British See Victory
In Libya War as
Reds Push On
WITH THE RED ARMY ON
THE MOSCOW FRONT, Dec. 18
VP) Now striking at the center
of the Germans' Moscow line.
that is, west of the capital, the
red army was reported tonight
to have recaptured 200 com
munities, with its vanguard ap
proaching Ruza, just northeast
of Mozhaisk.
Mozhaisk is 57 miles west of
Moscow. ....!.. .-
The Russian offensive thus has
become general along the entire
Moscow front, after German salt
ems had been wiped out on the
northern and southern flanks of
the city.
By The Associated Press
A great, perhaps decisive
turning-point marked Europe's
war on two fronts today as Brit
ain announced officially that the
axis front in North Africa has
been completely shattered and
Russia declared that Adolf Hit
ler's invasion armies were flee
ing in chaos.
A soviet . broadcast reported
bitter hatred flaring among the
axisi forces,, asserting JhaA .Rus
sian cavalry in the Donets basin
had captured retreating German,
Italian - and Rumanian troops
when they fell to fighting one
another. .
Meeting- -' -
The broadcast said.Rumanian
soldiers joined with the Italians
against the Germans.
Just one month to the day af
ter Britain's desert armies struck
back into Libya in their second
North African offensive, British
middle east headquarters an
nounced: "Axis forces in eastern Ciren
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Sub Attacked
Off U.S. Coast
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 18
(JF) A submarine has been at
tacked by an airplane based on
the continental United States,
Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon,
commander' of the second air
force, reported today.
The time and place of the at
tack and the nationality of the
enemy vessel were not disclosed
by the general, who told of the
attack by a second air force
plane in a letter of commenda
tion to the officers of his com
mand. He said the action took place
"after the Japanese attack on
Hawaii Sunday, December 7.
- "Combat units performed with
high efficiency and special com
mendation must be paid to the
alertness and promptness of the
airplane commander and crew
of a squadron in this air force
in spying and attacking a sub
marine, the general said in his
letter.
Klamath Stores
To Remain Open
For Gift Buyers -
Klamath Falls stores will re
main open later hours on Sat
urday, Monday and Tuesday eve
nings to accommodate late Christ
mas shoppers, it was announced
by the Klamath retail trade bu
reau Thursday.
In general, the closing hours
will be 8 p. m. for department
stores and 10 p. m. for men's
stores.
On Wednesday, stores will
close at 6 p. m. to permit store
employes to participate in Christ
mas eve festivities. 1
Christmas shopping was mov
ing at a rapid pace in the local
business district Thursday, de-
snltA unfnvnrnhla weather con
ditions whiqh made the going a
bit tough.'
Friday and Saturday Were ex
pected to be shopping banner
days of the year and stores re
tained extra help for those days
to accommodate the anticipated
Till
PON
LOOM
Influx of customers.
Invaders Shoved
Back at Vigan
On Luzon Isle
MANILA, Dec. 10 UPy Japan
ese Invaders have been shoved
back many miles in the Vigan
area of northwestern Luzon, the
United States far eastern com
mand announced today.
An indefinite ' number of Ja
panese dead and wounded were
left on the field of battle, south
of Vigan, in that action on Mon
day afternoon, it was said. There
was no further word on what
had developed since then.
Sea-borne Japanese troops se
cured their Vigan foothold, about
200 miles north of Manila, soon
after the outbreak of the war
in the Pacific.
Manila had its first air raid
alarm in three days at 1:55 p. m.,
today (11.-55 p. m Wednesday
PST) and before the all clear
came 35 minutes later Japanese
bombers, preceded by a small
number of fighters, flew across
the city.
' In ail, 12 planes were counted.
They -were so high they could
. ' (Continued on Page Two)
SHALL APPEALS
FOR LOIR DRAFT
Senate Asked to ' Cut
Age Limit to 19
! Un Army Bill
WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 (JPh
General George C. Marshall ap
pealed to the senate ' today to
notify all men between 19 and
44; years," inclusive, that they
were liable for active military
service.
Chairman Reynolds (D-N.C.)
of the senate military committee
read the appeal from the army
chief of staff as the senate de
bated reduction of the present
21-year minimum for compulsory
military service to 19 years.
Marshall told the senate vie-,
tory in. this - war "will require
maximum - national effort" and
use of all manpower "either in
uniform or in industry."
His letter was read after Sec
retary of War Stimson announced
the war department was plan
ning to expand the army to the
greatest strength needed and
would depend entirely on the
selective service system to make
the increase.
All voluntary enlistments are
to be halted as soon as "the pres
ent rush subsides,". Stimson told
a press conference.
- An immediate increase of
more than 150,000 men already
has been recommended in a bill
which Stimson said was on
President Roosevelt's desk. .
tThe war secretary apparently
referred to the $10,077,000,000
military appropriations bill sign
ed today by President Roosevelt.
It provided for a net increase of
277,026 in the army's enlisted
(Continued on Page Two)
Allied Supreme
War Strategy
Board Visioned
LONDON, Dec. 18 (Dis
cussions are under way for es
tablishment of a supreme allied
war authority to direct high
strategy - against the axis,, the
authoritative British Press as
sociation said tonight, and some
quarters here believe that Wash
ington should be its headquar
ters. Informed opinion in London
was divided on the desirability
of Washington or London as the
seat of the prospective allied
grand council,
Keynoting comment of British
news organizations, the press as
sociation said:
"In capitals of each of the four
great allied powers (the United
States, Britain, China and Rus
sia) leaders and spokesmen have
already indicated their - agree
ment to the general principle of
a supreme authority for direc
tion of the war.
"Discussions which now are
proceeding between service and
political experts are designed to
bring the necessary machinery
Into being."
NEW HAWAI
COMMANDERS
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Pacific Forces Under
Admiral Nimitz -In
Shakeup
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 ,Pf-
The navy department reported
today that United State sub
marines active in the Far .East
had sunk an enemy transport
and probably sunk a destroyer
as well. - ....
This information was contain
ed in the navy's late afternoon,
communique which reported "no
new developments" in the cen
tral and eastern Pacific It said
also that the naval situation had
been without incident in the
Atlantic area where heavy
weather prevails.
The communique: . '
'""Atlantic area The naval (lb
uation has been without incident.
Heavy weather continues in th
western Atlantic.
.-"Eastern Pacific There are
no new developments to report.
"Central Pacific There are)
no new developments to report,
"Far East - Submarine -ac
tlons against enemy forces in the)
Far East have resulted in sink
ing of an enemy , transport and
the probable loss of one enemy
destroyer.. ..t!Jt tj:' -A
war department communi
que issued at the same time, out
lined the military situation as of
5 p. m. EST as follows: '- ' .
1. Philippines: the command
ing general, far eastern com
mand, reports that enemy air ac
tivity during Dec. 18 was confin
ed to mild raids over Luzon.
Ground operations were unim
portant patrol actions." .
. 2. There is nothing to report
from. other areas.";
War Strategy
Rear- Admiral . Chester W.
Nimitz, the man who has been
given the terrific responsibility
of the command of the Paclfio
fleet, was one of seven high of
ficers called to the White House
today for a conference on war
strategy. - ) .
Nimitz, along with Ernest J.
King, head of the Atlantic fleet,
(Continued on Page Two) ,
Ten Youths
Die in Burning
Bus Wreckage
ROBINSON, 111., Dec. 18 UP)
Ten youths perished last night
in the burning wreckage of a
National Youth administration
bus that overturned near West
Union., ' . . i ..
At first only seven were be
lieved trapped in the charred,
bus but today the bodies of 10
were found, all burned beyond,
casual identification. , , i
The bodies were moved to a
vacant store building at Mar
shall, 111., and behind curtained
windows today, grief-stricken
relatives viewed them in an at
tempt to establish their identi
ties. ' . , . ,. '.- . .
Clark County Coroner Howard
E. Swlnford said the dead were
Richard McClure, 20, Bernard
Shonk, 15, Earl Melton, Leland
Johnson, Tom. . Ollinger, 17,
Henry Ollinger, 16, James Ho
back, 15, and Henry Walters,
all of Marshall, and Winifred
Andrews and Victor Turner of
Casey.
The bus was driven by Ferris
Williams of Casey, 35, who. la in
critical condition from burns at
a Robinson hospital. The youths
were returning to Marshall from
Oblong where they had engaged
in NYA project work.' ;
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City Briefs JPage 8
Comics and Story ..........Page 18
Courthouse Records ....Page 4
Editorials Page 4
High School News Page 9
Information .....rage 8
Market, Financial ... Page 10
Midland Empire Newt, Page 19
Pattern Page 3
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