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By FRANK JENKINS
PROBABLY the best common-
tory on Churchill l that no
gf one la surprised to hear that ho
W In Washington, conferring with
Roosovelt on the futuro conduct
of tlio war.
Ha hoi always been that way.
Roosevelt, alio.
t
TTHEY arc going about It in the
bct American manner.
(Churchill la half American, you
know.)
1 two big outfit! In tills coun
try had a jab to do between
them, their first move would be
to get their hend men together to
talk It over, iron out difficulties
arising out of differing methods
and thon get down to business.
That Is what Is being done in
Washington.
'TODAYS Washington din
A patches point out that the
question before Roosevelt and
Churchill Include:
Global strategy for synchron
ized allied action.
A supremo allied high com-
A formal alliance of all allied
foe. :'
e e
PERHAPS we'd better simplify
Question No. 1, which la slot
d in the double-Jointed words
to dear to the hearts of the dip
lomats. What la meant I this:
This la a world war. Its
strategy must be world-wide
There must be no Independent,
unrelated forays by any of the
forces opposing Hitler. What
ever la dona must have buck of
It the Idea of TEAM WORK.
Few football games have been
won by players going off on their
own on what seemed at tho mo
ment to be a good idea.
EXAMPLE:
Our navy In the Pacific
must devote its attention to tho
problem of stopping the Jups In
the South Seas Instead or aasrv
f) lng back to protect the Pacific
Coast from Japanese raids.
We on the Coast will hove to
take caro of ourselves with what
w have.
HTIIE other questions before
Roosevelt and Churchill are
easily understood. A supremo
allied command la tho samo prin
ciple as ONE CAPTAIN for a
football team. When the all
stars play in Ban Francisco (or
used to before tho war) they
don't have as many captains ns
there are outfits. There Is only
ONE captain.
It will have to be that way in
this world war,
t EMEMBERING that this Is a
v WORLD war not a war be.
tween Japan and tho United
States today s big question Is:
What will Hitler do next?
Nobody knows maybe not
even Hitler,
But a Moscow broadcast says
Bulgaria (German stooge) Is
speeding her war preparations
along the TURKISH bordor. The
same, broadcast adds that Bui
garlan mobilization Is expected
shortly.
At the same moment, the Ger
mans renew fiercely their at'
tack on Sevastopol, the Russian
naval baso on tho Black sea that
has been holding out. Sevastopol
would bo b fino Jumping off
place for a wator-borno drlvo on
the Caucasus.
TURKEY, of course, Is tho nat-
ural land routo for a German
drive on tho oil of tho Cnucnsus
and the Middle East generally.
You may bo qulto sure there
Is plenty of excitement In Tur
key today.
Spain is also on the hot spot,
for Spain would bo a natural
routo for a swift Gorman cam
paign Into French Africa before
It is too lato.
It is reasonably certain that
Hitler (now his own supremo
commander) must hit and HIT
HARD somewhere beforo his
prestige, which the Russians
(Continued on Page Two)
iiirchill, F.
Strategy
BRITISH CHIEF
E
VISITTO U. S.
Confidence Expressed
By Two Leaders in
Press Session
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 VP)
President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill, sitting side
by sldo in the White House,
voiced utmost confidence today
In tho abilities of their countries
to fight the war to a successful
conclusion.
The two submitted to ques
tioning nt a Joint press confer
ence, with tho British leader as
suming the bulk of tho task of
replying and emphasizing at one
point the allies were working out
a complete unity of action in
the southwest Pnciflc.
Russian Victory
To ono Inquiry, he said It was
his opinion that Gormany had
suffered a very heavy rebuff In
Russlo. That was his reply when
he was asked whethcr,thoro was
some element of trickery In Ger
many's retreat.
To a question as to whether
ho anticipated a "German offen
sive on a new front," Churchill
said there had been a lot of talk
about such an offenslvo in the
Mediterranean and of an inva
sion of England next year. Ho
said he thought something was
coming but that ho could not
tell when or where.
The British executive caution
ed thot thero was no reason to
think Germany would run short
of war materials. Tho nazls
h a v e a great accumulation of
supplies, have captured much
and have available material from
captured countries, ho said. But
the quality, ho indicated, may
not hold up.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (IP)
President Roosevelt called a con
ference for 2 p. m. PST today
with American army and navy
officials and British Prime Min
ister Churchill and his staff. The
White House said this group
might be called tho "war coun
cil." The American group Invited
Included Secretary of War Stlm
son, General George C. Marshall,
army chief of staff; Major Gen
eral Henry H. Arnold, deputy
chief of staff for air; Secretary
of tho Navy Knox; Admiral Har
old R. Stark, chief of navol op
(Continued On Page Two)
PAYS SURPHIS
Filipino Soldiers Mad, Morale
Good Says Eye-Witness tq Fight
MANILA, Dec. 23 (P) "The
Filipinos aro plenty mad and
moralo , is excellent among
troops andvclvllians," Melville
Jacoby, correspondent for Time
and Life magazines, declared to
day when ho brought bock tho
first eye-witness story from the
Lingayen Invasion front.
Civilians ns well as troops are
high in spirit, Jacoby said and,
although vih.jfes In tho buttle
zones hnvo boon evacuated,
farmers in tho region are going
on with their Tice harvesting.
A mist overhung tho coast,
Jacoby Bnld, but ho could dis
cern a long lino of Japanese
ships somo of which appeared to
bo warships. Visibility was too
poor to permit on accurate count.
Tho thunder of heavy artil
lery fire rolled Incessantly across
tho country sldo and aerial ac
tivity was intense on both sides,
Jacoby said.
He said American filers at
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Germans Reported
Marching Toward
Spanish Frontier
British Report
Six More Axis
Tronsports Sunk
LONDON, Dec. 23 (IP) The
admiralty announced today that
British submarines had destroy
ed six more axis transports or
supply ships in the Mediterran
ean. One of the ships was a large
supply ship which had already
been seriously damaged by a
torpedo from a submarine, the
admiralty communique said.
The ship had been beached
and axis sailors were trying to
carry out salvage operations
when she was hit again by a tor.
pedo and' "this -time destroyed,"
the admiralty said.'.
Another submarine attacked a
convoy of two large supply ships
or transports with a destroyer
escort. . Both the supply ships
woro listed as sunk.
POINTS LINED UP
FOR WAR PARLEY
Hitler's Next Action
Vies With Pacific
War on Program
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 VP)
Allied counter-plans against any
sudden Hitler stab to compen
sate for Germany's winter de
feat on the Russian front were
among a long list of war. prob
lems claiming the attention to
day of President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill.
Predictions In the Spanish
press of "startling" military ac
tions such as "defense of west
ern Europe against Yankee at
tack" kept the European situa
tion high on the list even
though the Japanese threat to
Far Eastern bastions was of lnv
mediate major Importance. i
For long-range consideration
tho president and prime minis
ter had theso problems:
1. Obtaining full Russian co
operation In the Pacific; ' !
2. Preparing against' any axis
attempt to seize the French
fleet and French African bases
(Continued on Page Two)
tack lng offshore vessels encoun
tered "extremely heavy" anti
aircraft fire. Most of the Jap
ancsa planes ranging deep Inland
were rcconnoitcring and Jocoby
sold ho experienced no machine-
gunning although ho leaped
from his car for safety In road
side ditches several times. '
Ho said that he saw American
mechanized forces heading to
ward tho tank battle of the Lu
zon coast, but that the move
ments of forces on both sides
were so swift and the terrain
was so flat ho could not size up
the situation accurately.
as, tho battle raged ho was
forced to shift rapidly to safer
areas to avoid any possibility of
being caught behind the Japan
ese linos, .. ;
Although only one highway
connects the battlefront with the
Interior, ho said, American com
munication lines are fluid and
unbroken,
R. Discuss
lit
British Push Reaches
Sirte Gulf in
Libya War
BERN, Switzerland, Dec. 23
VP) German troops were report
ed authoritatively tonight to be
moving through western occu
pied France to the Spanish front
ier.
The movement was noted after
Hitler's Sunday proclamation,
upon assuming command of the
German land forces, to the ef
fect that the German front from
Norway to the Spanish border
must be consolidated, - :' ..
.: . SiTftf iW number, ot troops
moving southward "Is reported
not largo and it was not apparent
whether they were equipped for
shipment from Spain to North
Africa, where the axis armies
are In dire straits. -
It was, however, the first size
able addition to German forces
in the French-Spanish border
area since the fall of France.
; Considerable German army
equipment has been piling up
on the Spanish-French border
for several months.
Observers here saw further
evidence of French cooperation
with the axis in the appointment
of an Italian ambassador to
Paris.
By The Associated Press
Sharp new reverses jarred
Adolf Hitler's invasion armies
on two fronts today in Russia
and north Africa as the world
speculated on the possibility of
a sudden berserk thrust by the
fuehrer In an attempt to retrieve
his tattered military fortunes.
European observers predicted
that Hitler, in his new role as
supreme war lord of the Ger
man armies, would soon try to
open a new front in regions
less hostile to blitzkrieg cam'
paigntng than winter frozen
Russia.
Turkey and the Middle East,
(Continued on Page Two)
McNary Presses KF
Airbase Proposal
Before Air Corps
Senator Charles L. McNary
has conferred twice this week
with the army air corps concern
lng the location ot an airbase at
Klamath Falls, he reported In a
telegram received here Tuesday
The senator wired County Judge
U. E. Reeder after receiving a
number of telegrams from Klam
ath citizens and groups urging
him to exert utmost efforts In
behalf of a base here.
In Washington, the senator
told the air corps again of the
Importance of protecting the
Oregon and' California mountain
line, and pleaded for an airbase
here.
"It (Klamath Falls) embraces
strategic and defense factors
which are in every respect chal
lenging," said Senator McNary
in his wire. He said the air
.corps reported it was exploring
sites and would give Klamath
Falls every consideration.
Senator McNary explained
that because ot a new policy
adopted by congress,: he could
not answer every telegram and
asked that publicity be given
his Tuesday message. Members
of the city-wide airbase commit
tee, who have been In constant
touch with the senator, said he
had pressed Klamath's airbase
project for months.
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mouse
American Hero
Private Joseph G. McElroy,
23, . of Philadelphia, has been
awarded the : army's ' distin
guished .service cross for herod
ism in action near Manila..
Defense Makes Slight
Gain Despite Heavy
Jap Pressure
SINGAPORE, Dec. 23 VP)
British defenders of Hongkong
have made a slight gain from
firmly held lines and the Malay
an situation is unchanged aside
from aerial action in which two
Japanese planes were destroyed
and two badly damaged, the
British command said today.
While Chinese were reported
to be striking at the Japanese
rear at points from 14 to 40
miles away, a communique said
fighting for Hongkong continued
"all along the lines held yester
day, with a local success for us
in the south of the island.
"Guerrilla fighting (by the
Chinese) is reported to have
broken out at a point only 14
miles from the Island," the Brit
ish announced. ,
Chinese Move Up
The main British garrison was
said to be in the western part
of the island, "resisting Japanese
attempts at further penetration.
. The advanced guard of regu
lar Chinese troops moving to the
relief of Hongkong was said to
have reached Tamsul and Shamu
(Continued on Page Two)
Red Cross Appeals
For Funds to Aid
Bomb Refugees
: Action NOW on thejRcd'
Cross war relief fund is
.urged, so that Klamath coun-;
ty's $10,000 quota in the na- .
' tlonal drive can be made
available immediately for re-1
lief of civilian populations .
, bombed from their . homes; i
for aid of those under threat
of enemy action; for work
'among the men in the armed'
forces. .. . ,
Klamath county's quota. is,
being raised entirely by vol
untary contributions, in order :
that every citizen may partic
ipate in America's war effort.
; Contributions are being re
eclved at Red Cross head
- quarters, First National bank,
;u.' S. National bank, First
Federal Savings and Loan as
sociation, Radio Station KFJI,
chamber ot commerce and
The Herald Snd News offices.'
NIPPON
TROOPS
(ME
LANDING
WW
Philippine. Defenders
Continue Battle
At Lingayen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (P)
The Japanese have landed at
last of Wake- island, at a cost
known only to themselves and
the sturdy marines who fought
off attack after attack in a
style that, has thrilled the nation-
r
In fact, since the navy de
partment communique telling
of the landing today gave no
details, there was still hope
that the tiny Pacific island was
not lost entirely.
. This hope was not inspired
by Wake's importance, for it
has little, but by the almost
incredible exploits of men who
battled against overwhelming
strength and refused to give up.
In communique after com
munique the navy- has issued
the familiar 6-word report:
"Wake and Midway continue
to resist.
. The line was missing today,
and officials declined to answer
questions as to whether this
meant that the leather-neck gar
rison had finally been pounded
to helplessness. ',;. fH t
... There was no mention of Mid
way in the communique, yr-
, WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 VP)
The war department reported to
day. Japanese were continuing to
pour troops on the Lingayen gulf
coast north of Manila in the
Philippines.. '
. Fighting was continuing with
"increasing intensity, it said.
.A communique -said the In
vaders' landing ' operations .were
"being supported by increasing
numbers of bombing and attack
planes."
Some Success
Defending American and Phil
ippine troops gained some ini
tial successes, it was reported,
in a major engagement fought
in the vicinity of Santo Tomas,
in the Lingayen gulf area some
120 air miles rrom Manila.
The Japanese invasion on
slaught has centered in the area
around Santo Tomas, other land
ings have been made or attempt
ed previously at nearby Agoo
and Damortis.
BATAVIA, Netherlands' . East
Indies, Dec. 23 (IP) Dutch naval
aircraft attacked Japanese ships
in the Philippine harbor of Da
vao today, aiding United States
forces battling against the in
(Continued on Page Two)
Gift Mailing
Heaviest in
History Here .
' Christmas mailing reached the
highest peak in the history of
the Klamath Falls postoffice on
Monday, according to Postmaster
Burt E. Hawkins.
During the day 404 sacks of
parcel post, averaging 8080 par
eels, and 85,778 letters, were
sent to points throughout the
nation by local postoffice pa
trons. This was higher than'Sat-
urday's heavy day when 397
sacks of parcel post, averaging
7540 parcels, and 55,877 letters,
were sent out.
Seven trucks 'were working
from early morning until night
fall, delivering incoming mail
Hawkins stated. Thirty extra
employes were on .duty in the
postoffice and on the delivery
routes. This is the greatest num
ber of extra help ever employed
here, Hawkins remarked. This
year's Incoming and outgoing
mall exceeds that ot other years
to this date, it was learned.
" The postoffice department asks
residents to have some person
In the home in order that parcels
may Be delivered on the first
call .If there is no one home
when the delivery man calls, the
parcel is returned to the post-
office and may not be delivered
until after Christmas day, Haw-
kips stated,- ' j ....,.
Ex-Klamathites
Escape As Home
Raied By Bomb
Bombed from their home, los
ing all their possessions, but
safe, was the word received by
cablegram to Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Bellant of St. Francis park from
their daughter, Mrs. Paul Sev-
cik (Esther Bellant), who is in
the Philippine Islands with her
husband and 6-month-old baby.
Paul Sevcik, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. C, Sevcik, former resi
dents of this city, graduated
from the school of mining at
Yale and went to the Philip
pines about a year ago to take
charge of a mine. The Sevciks
and their baby were residing
only a few blocks from the
mine at Paracala when their
home was destroyed by a bomb
in a Jap raid. The mine was also
put out . of commission and
flooded during the same bomb
ing, according to word received
here.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Sevcik
are well known in Klamath
Falls where they attended
school, Mrs. . Sevcik graduating
from KUHS.
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Bellant are in the service, Ray
mond, stationed at the air base
at Sacramento, who is expected
home for the holidays, and
Lawrence, a first class private
in the quartermaster corps at
Moffett field.
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26 Representatives of
Labor, .Business
Finish Work
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23 VP)
Labor and management repre
sentatives agreed today to fore
go strikes and lockouts for the
duration of the war and to set
tle all disputes by peaceful
means. :
The agreement was worked
out by 26 representatives of in
dustry, labor and the govern
ment alter four days of delibera
tion. Labor Board
The conferees also recom
mended that President Roosevelt
set up a labor board similar to
the one in operation m the last
world war to handle disputes.
Announcement of the agree
ment was made by William H.
Davis, moderator of the confer
ence. Davis read to reporters a
letter from President Roosevelt
to the conference in which Mr,
Roosevelt said, he was "happy
to accept your general points of
agreement.
The president added that he
accepted without reservation
"your covenants that there shall
be no strikes or lockouts and all
(Continued on Page Two)
Two Children Hurt
When Sleds Strike
Parked Cars
Coasting on city streets since
the weekend snowfall resulted
in injuries to two young chil
dren city police were advised
Tuesday morning. George
Brandt, 4, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L. Brandt, 1345 Pacific Ter
race,, suffered a bad head cut
when his sled crashed into a
parked car on Del Moro street
Monday afternoon. There were
a number of children coasting at
the time of the accident.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Tues
day morning Robert' Bosworth,
8, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Bos
worth of Conger avenue, ran his
sled into a parked car on the
Grant street hill near Second.
He suffered facial cuts and in
jury to his mouth. ;
Police asked motorists to kind
ly "move their cars Into garages
or driveways when areas are
being used by children on sleds
In both cases hurts were caused
by parked cars whkti could
have been placed off the street.
"Slow" signs have been placed
in areas where children have
been coasting the past few days,
Action on areas where boys and
girls could use their sleds was
referred to the police committee
at a meeting ot the city council
Monday night.'
NO CASUALTIES
LISTED; SHOTS
FIREDATCREW
Second Tanker Flees
After Attack by
Undersea Boat
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23 VP)
The 440-foot tanker Montebello
was attacked and sunk by an
enemy submarine at 4 a. m. to
day off the California coast, head
quarters of the 12th navy district
announced. Four lifeboats carry
ing survivors have landed.
The navy said it had no report
of any casualties. ' . ,;
While the Montebello was be
ing attacked, the Richfield tank
er Larry Doheny was reported
to have encountered trouble with
an undersea raider in the same
general locality, but to have
escaped. The navy said, how
ever, it had not been in com
munication with the Doheny
since the attack. ;
Eighth Attack
It was the eighth submarine
attack on American freighters
and tankers in nearby .Pacific)
waters since opening of the war.
From 3 a. m. until almost mid-
morning the sound of gunfire
rolled in to shore from action
only a few miles off the coast.
Occasionally .a deep thunder-
HngWpKaiow eould-.be beard...
that rattled windows and doors
in coastal communities. -.
Sheriff Murray C. Hathaway
said longboats and fishing craft
trying to rescue survivors from
the tanker were shelled and fired
on by machine guns from the
attacking craft. Lifeboats with
survivors were also fired on.
By noon lifeboats were being
beached at points along 100 miles
of coast. The survivors all ap
peared uninjured.
The navy withheld informa
tion as to the exact spot today's
attack occurred.
The attack on both boats was
apparently made at about the
same time, with the sound of
firing and explosions audible on
shore.
The Montebello, built in 1921
by the Southwestern Shipbuild
ing company of San Diego, was
440 feet long and weighed 5107
net tons.
Gunfire Heard
The Larry Doheny, owned by
Richfield Oil, was of 4348 net
tons. , ,. .
Sounds of gunfire and ot a
shattering explosion were heard
at Estero bay and at Morro bay,
on the coast off San Luis Obispo,
before dawn. Flashes from the
guns could be seen on shore.
. Estero bay is about midway
between San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
The gunfire appeared to be
about six miles at sea, north of
the bay. Shooting started at 3:10
a. m., and continued intermit
tently until about 6 o'clock. The
mighty explosion which rattled
(Continued on Page Two)
$205,800 in Bonds ,
Bought Here Since
War Declaration
Klamath citizens have opened
their purses to "buy a part of
America," and a total of $205,
800 in bonds, and $7712 in
stamps, have been purchased
since December 8, day the United
States declared war on Japan,
according to Andrew Collier,
Klamath defense savings chair
man. . ' -
A rush on bonds cleaned out
several institutions handling
their sales, but the stores wero
replenished early Tuesday morn
ing, Collier stated. In the event
the desired bonds aro not avail
able, buyers will be given a re
ceipt for their money and sup
plied as soon as possible, he said.
News Index
City Briefs .....'...............Page 5
Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records .'...Page 4
Editorials Page 4
Information .u..;........w.Page 5
Market, Financial ...Page 9
Midland Empire News....Paga 6
Pattern ...Page 7
Sports ...........P8ge 8