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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1941
Number 9468
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Br FRANK JENKINS
AMERICANS, waiting feverish
ly (or every acrop o( newa
,from their countrymen who are
holding on against heavy odds
in tho Phlllpplnei until rein
forcemonU can arrive, listen to
Winston Churchill, speaking In
the aenoto of the united States,
before tho assembled congress.
They listen with confidence,
(or In the mora thun two years
hit country has been at war
Churchill has never fulled to
give tho picture exactly as It is,
VrZ wero caught, he tells us,
unprepared.
' Aa result, these early days
of war ara dark. He offers the
prediction that there "may be
much ground that will be lost
that will be difficult to regain
(Manila, perhaps; evon Sings
pore.)
He adds:
"Our (Britain's and America's)
resources of materials and man
power ore greater than theirs,
but wa both have much to learn
of the cruel art of war."
He says:
0 "We are fighting wicked men
who had gathered great stores
of weapons to carry out plans
which had been long contrived
and matured,"
-
CO much for tha present. Of
tha future, ha says:
"U. S.-Brltlsh production, with
in a year on IS months, will re
sult In War power output beyond
anything ever seen in the axis
itates."
That is to say (In particular)
Ir power, which since the be
ginning of the war has been on
the side of the axis, will shift
within 12 to 18 months over
whelming to OUR SIDE.
By then we will have hit our
stride.
CPEAKING of the Germnns, the
Japs and the Italians, ho asks:
". "What kind of pcoplo do they
think we are? Do they not real
ize wo shall never cease to
persevere against them until we
( atiavo taught them a lesson which
they and the world will never
forget7"
He is right. Wa SHALL.
Along with the British, we are
alow starters. But, once well
started, wa make our weight felt.
We always have, and we still
hall.
DEACE. LOVING democracies
ara necessarily slow to start,
for it Is not in their nature to
maintain vast armies and build
up vast war supplies In time of
peace.
But, as Oliver Cromwell said,
when they fight "they know
what they are fighting for and
LOVE whot they know."
HURCHILL says:
"I am pleased with the
depth and breadth of American
understanding of what is In
volved In this war." He means
that we understand It is a
WORLD war, with our Pacific
front only one of mony fronts.
On our own front, caught un
prepared and outnumbered by
a fully prepared enemy, we are
losing ground. Slowly and stub
bornly, and selling every foot of
it dearly, but until reinforce
ments arrive we shall probably
continue to lose ground.
From the other fronts, the
news is good. Tho Russians con
tinue to push forward. Tho Brit
ish continue to chase tho weak
ened Germans and Italians in
Africa, meanwhile preventing
their reinforcement from across
the Mediterranean.
t
Santa Claus
Loses Pants
- ASTORIA, Dec. 26 (IP)
Santa Claus lost his pants and
retired in confusion and red
flannel undorwear from a
Christmas party at the Moose
(lodge hall.
' Andrew Cetlna, playing
Santa, made a few hasty re
pair off-stage and nonchalant
ly returned to finish dlstrlbut
"j ing presents.
hyrciDD Sees.Lon
DeGoue Spurns
Proiest Over
Isle Seizure
ST. PIERRE, St. Plerrc-et-MI-queion.
Dec. 28 (IP) The free
French news service announced
today that these Islunds off the
Newfoundland coast were occu
pied undi-r a formal order by
General Charles Do Gaulle and
that the "diplomatic question"
arising would be discussed be
tween him and the "Interested
governments."
Do Guulle Is the leader of the
Free French movement, with
headquarters at London.
The agency said that Baron
De Bournat, the Vlchy-oppolntcd
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STORIES TOLD BY
Potatoes Thrown
Raiding Japs,
Sailor Says
at
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26
(IP) Hundreds of evacuees and
wounded, convoyed safely
through waters Infested with
Japanese submarines, today re
lated acts of heroism and
praised the morale in embattled
Hawaii.
Planes circled overhead as the
passenger vessels, wearing a
dark blue war paint, slipped
quietly through the Golden Gate
yesterdoy.
Lifebelts were worn during
the trip by all passengers even
by the many children while
they played games and the
ships were blocked out com
pletely at night.
They zigzagged constantly be
rcontlnucd on Pago Two)
A Challenge
to the Klamath Country
War has brought an enormous Increase in the
great work of the American Red Cross, requiring a
nationwide campaign for a war relief fund.
Klamath county has been assigned a quota of
$10,000. Because Klamath has a history of suc
cessful voluntary campaigns for the Red Cross, tha
quota Is being raised without solicitation.
One-third has now been contributed and pledged,
but still more than $6000 must be raised. .
Those who have not contributed are asked to
give to the Red Cross now, and help Klamath avoid
the Inconvenience and waste of time Involved ln .ee.
solicitation campaign.
Take or send your check to The Herald and
News, Radio Station KFJI, Chamber of Commerce,
Red Cross Headquarters, First National Bank; First
Federal Savings and Loan Association, or U, S.
National Bank. 1
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MAN DIES IN
FIRE AT PDE
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Three Deaths Occur
In Klamath on
Christmas
Sudden death provided a tragic
note to the Christmas observ
ance here, with one life lost in
a ranch fire, one well-known
citizen dying of heart failure at
Christmas dinner, and a visitor
dropping dead in a local hotel.
Tho victims:
Jamas Arthur Campbell, 30,
burned to death when fire de
stroyed a bunkhouse on Christ
mas eve at the Chet Barton ranch
in Poe valley. Threo other men
were painfully burned.
Arthur Roy Thrash, S3, pass
ed away at his home her at the
beginning of Christmas dinner,
Lewis H. Hawk. 71, who died
suddenly at a local hotel.
Tha Barton bunkhoufi burned
about 10 p. m. Christmas evfc
tho fire apparently spreading
rapidly through tha frame build'
ins from a stove. '
Investigating officers said that
In the bunkhouse Christmas eve
were Campbell, Delbert Praitt,
Lowell McFaddcn, E. C. Mills
and E. P. Meyers, all employe
of Barton, prominent rancher. '
Three Injured
The.men had gone to bed. Sur
vlvors told the officers they
awoke to find the place in flames,
and each made a break for saf
ety. Campbell apparently was
overcome by smoke and heat,
and died on his bed.
Pruitt alone escaped without
Injury. Mills, Meyers and Mc-
(Contlnucd on Page Two)
:Y RANCH
British Capture
Bengasi, Chase
German Force
CAIRO, Dec. 26 (JP) The Brit-
lab army, with the ruins of Ben
gasi in its possession, hammer
ed home its advantages today
and was reported by the middle
east command to be taking a
heavy toll of German forces
seeking to retreat farther west
ward after loss of Libya's sec
ond-largest city.
Tho bulk of the axis troops,
said today's communique, was
engaged by the British in "con
fused fighting" north of Ageda
bla, 60 miles south of Bengasi
on the coast road to Tripoli, capl.
tal of Italy's north African em
pire. Near Bengasi itself and
around Barce only "isolated
bodies In various stages of dis
organization ' still were offering
resistance. ,
The RAF, in operations rang
ing as far west as Tripoli Itself.
also harried the axis forces in
tha Agedabia sector. Its com
munique reported "considerable
damage" done to armored cars,
guns and motor transports south
west of Agedabia. The airforce
said direct hits were scored on
the Karamanll mole at Tripoli.
The British communique said
13,000 axis prisoners already had
been shipped .the Tear.
CHRISTMAS TflADE
' HITS PEAK HERE
Cash Deals Dominate
Buying; Stocks
Run Low
"One of the biggest cash-business
Christmases Klamath Falls
ever had" that was the concen
sus of opinion among city busi
nessmen Friday. Cash sales in
all instances went far over last
year's records, with every one
determined to make this a "bang-
up" holiday. A definite slump.
in comparison to last year's
figures, however, was felt in
credit business..
Local business, men agreed
that, had the war not broken
at the beginning of the Christ
mas shopping season, business
here would have outstripped all
previous records. After the pre
liminary slump which followed
the Japanese attack on the U. S
buying returned to normal, but
people showed themselves un
willing to make commitments
for future payments. Cash down
was the general rule among
shoppers.
Several retail stores reported
the largest pre-Christmas crowds
in history, and stocks of "gad
gets" were cleaned out. Not only
was this a practical Christmas,
with gifts of lasting value on
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Deaf ft Strikes
Over 400 in
Holiday Period
By- The Associated Press
A nation already counting its
war dead emerged today (Fri
day) from a not-too-gay Christ
mas celebration only to find it
must . peruse another macabre
toll that of violent holiday
deaths.
California, 33 traffic deaths,
seven miscellaneous deaths;
Ohio, 30 traffic, nine miscellane
ous and so it went for the two-
day Yuletide period until finally,
at dawn today, 40 states and the
District of Columbia had report
ed 431 dead. ,
Death stalked the' highways
closest, automobiles and other
vohlcles taking 334 lives, but
also struck 87 times in other
forms fire,-', guns, lightning.
planes. '
Worst tragedy was tho com
bined wreck and fire that killed
10 persons in a bus at St. Louis.
Most of them had attended mid
night mass and were returning
home, .
gMar
ALLIES TO BE
1
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Unforgettable Lesson
To Axis Promised
Before Congress
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (IP)
Prime Minister Winston Chyr
chill told congress today the
allies would be ready "to take
the Initiative On an ample scale"
by 1943 and in the end give the
axis powers a lesson the world
"will never forget."
Standing in the center of the
green-carpeted senate rostrum.
the stocky Briton asked his in
tently-listening audience these
questions about the Germans,
Japanese and Italians:
"What kind of people do they
think we are?
Perseverance
"Do they not realize that we
shall never cease to persevere
against them until we have
taught then a Jesson which they
and ' the '-world -will never for-
get?" ' . : ... :- .
This brought a roar of ap
plause from the packed-and-jammed
senate chamber, where
house members were sandwich
ed in between the regular sen
ate desks. Members of the su
preme court, the cabinet and
the diplomatic corps were also
in his audience.
Production Record
The United States-British pro
duction, within a year or 18
months. Churchill said, would
result in war power output be
yond "anything ever seen in the
axis states."
Churchill said it was natural
that the planning and plotting
by the axis powers had placed
the United States at a disad
vantage. But, saying that we
should be thankful that we had
time to prepare for war. he
added:
"If Germany had tried to in
vade Britain in June, 1940, and
Japan had declared war on the
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:
Winners Named
In Christmas
Light Contest
Grand sweepstakes award in
the junior chamber of commerce
Christmas lighting contest held
throughout the city went to Mr
and Mrs. Henry I. McKim, 1530
Crescent avenue. The McKim dis
play, a Christ Child scene placed
in the window as a background
for a glowing arrangement of
colored lights, also won the sec
tional award.
Second prize in the unlimited
class went to Mr. and Mrs. E. B.
Hamm, 614 Conger avenue. The
Hamms used a Santa Claus with
reindeer on the rooftop.
First prize in the limited class,
whero an expenditure of $5 or
less was placed by the organiz
ing group, went to Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Gilson, 1426 Crescent av
enue. .Their display featured an
electrical "Merry Christmas",
which flashed on and off. Second
. (Continued On Pago Two)
Alvin York From
Klamath Enlists
SAN DIEGO, Calif.. Dec. 26
(JP) Camp Callan boasted its
own Alvin York today.
Tho recruit, Private Alvin
York, was born August 10, 1916,
in Klamath Falls, Ore. Infuri
ated by the Pearl Harbor attack,
York' enlisted In Los Angeles
this month and has just started
his first eight weeks' training at
the coast artillery replacement
center. .
"I'll try to do as good as the
other York," the private com
mented, "but that's a big job."
The "other" York is Sgt. Alvin
York of world war No. 1 fame.
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An army communique announced that heavy fighting was de
veloping as the Japanese struck furious blows in the Lamon
Antimonan sector (1) on the Island of Luzon southeast of Manila
Friday. Manila (3) was declared an open city to avoid heavy dam
age from bombers. Tha Jap thrust in the Lingayen gulf area was
reported held.
Hongkong Falls
To Jap Forces
On Christmas
TOKYO. Dec.: 26 -r (Official
Broadcast Recorded by AP The
remnants of the British imperial
garrison at Hongkong, estimated
at 6000 men, was reported to
have been ordered, to stack arms
by rioon today "in : coriforrnity
with yesterday's i surrender , to
Japanese siege assault. -
The disarming got swiftly un
der way at various points of the
now occupied British crown col
ony following the British com
mand's formal acceptance early
this morning of demands present
ed by representatives of the
Japanese army and navy.
. The Japanese demands pro
vided: .
1. Stationing of a "certain
number" of Japanese troops for
maintenance of order.
2. British assumption of full
responsibility for cessation of
hostilities and prevention of "un
toward incidents."
3. That decisions on further
details of .the British surrender
should be made later.
Bomber, Destroys
Raiding Sub
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26 (JPt
An army communique early yes
terday said a western defense
command bomber sank an
enemy submarine off the Cali
fornia coast. The communique
said "soon after the submarine
was sighted it made an emerg
ency dive. A bomb was dropped
and the submarine emerged and
tnen sank. Two more bombs
were dropped, apparently scor
ing direct hits, and filling the
air with debris."
Japs Using Small-bore Guns in
Luzon Attack, Witness Reports
(Editor's Note: Clark Lee, As
sociated Press staff reporter with
wide experience in Asia, tells
here what he saw during a trip
to the Lingayen front in the
Philippines. Lee was born in
Oakland, Calif. He entered the
AP in 1929 and has worked in
New York, Newark, Mexico City,
Honolulu and all over the
Orient).
By CLARK LEE
MANILA, Dec. 26 (JP)
Masses of Japanese troops
some of them boys of 15 to 18
years old and poorly equipped
with .25 caliber guns are dying
in attacks on the Lingayen front
as if. simply accepting the inevit
able. An American officer who com
manded one of the beach de
fenses told . me there was "no
hysterical exaltation" in the
charge on the shore last Mon
day, when the major invasion
began. .
LUZON
MILES
s
'Rech Counter -Attacks
i-'.j -Steam-Roller ; i
i "Germans
By The Associated Press
Adolf Hitler's Crimean arm
ies were reported today to have
lost 20,000 killed in a six-day
battle at the approaches of
Sevastopol, long-besicged Rus
sian naval base, and soviet dis
patches listed an additional X3,
900 German slain on other bat
tlefields during the Christmas
holidays.
With the steam-roller red
army counter-offensive sweep
ing on unchecked, advices reach
ing London said the Russians
had recaptured the strategic
Oka river city of Kaluga, 110
miles southwest of Moscow.
In the north, on the Lenin
grad front, soviet troops were
credited with recapturing Osk
yue after a 62-mile drive from
Tikhvin, 110 miles southeast of
Leningrad, and it was apparent
that this thrust, if continued,
would soon threaten the right
flank of the German siege be
fore Leningrad itself.
Aside from the bloody
slaughter at Sevastopol, where
tho situation was still obscure,
the Russians said 10,200 officers
and men had been killed in
fighting on the Moscow front
from Dec. 21 to 23, another
3000 slain in an undisclosed
sector, and 700 killed on the
southern (Ukraine) front.
Dispatches to the soviet news
paper Izvestia reported that red
army troops had succeeded in
smashing into a "large populat
ed place on the western bank
of the Oka river" which Hitler
had personally ordered to be
held.
"They didn't charge, but
crouched forward just a little
bit, lifting their knees high in a
sort of imitation goose step," he
said.
Two at Once
"They kept coming forward
In pairs, one directly behind the
other. They were coming on to
die and many of them did.
"Many times one of our heavy
machine-gun or rifle bullets kill
ed two men at once.
. "When hit, they 'just threw
up their hands and fell hack-i
ward as if accepting an Inevit
able fate.,.
"Some wore poor quality
khaki; others wore half uniforms
and half civilian clothing.
Small Bullets
"The invaders carried .23 cali
ber rifles and about one-fourth
of them had .23 caliber sub-machine
guns." i
The commander of the landing
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TWO JAPWAH
VESSELS SUNK
Bombing Avoided by
Declaring Manila V
'Open City'f ,;
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 ()
The navy confirmed the sinking
of two Japanese warships in tha
Far East and the probable sink
ing of two others in a com
munique today as the army re
ported . repulse of repeated
enemy attacks on the main
Lingayen front in Luzon,, larg
est of the Philippine islands. :
Thti naw said that Admiral
Thomas C. Hart, commander of
the Asiatic fleet, listed one
enemy transport and one mine
sweeper sunk with the probable
sinking also of another trans'
port and a seaplane tender. .
Naval operations are being
pressed against submarines in
the western Pacific, where at
tacks have taken place off the
California coast, the commun
ique said.
By The Associated Press :.
Violent tank battles are rag
ing southeast of Manila and
Japan's invasion armies are now
bringing '"very heavy pressure
to bear against American and
Filipino defenses, U. S.- army
headquarters ''reported late' to
day;
The army's announcement, re
porting heavy casualties on both
sides, indicated a grave turn in
the situation. . . '. ' '
" An earlier communique had
declared that the 20-day-old bat
tle of the Philippines was "going;
well".' on all fronts. , '
An army communique, timed
5:50 p. m. Manila time (12:50
a. m. PST) said the Japanese
were striking with, peak .' fury
f mm . their. . Tjmnn hnv hraph.
heads 55 to 75 miles south of the
capital. - :. ,. ..
All U. S. soldiers and marines
had been removed from Manila
itself by this afternoon, dis
patches said, in accordance with
an announcement that, the city
was "open and undefended.. Un
moveable military stores were
destroyed. , :
. Attacks Repulsed
A war department bulletin
painted a brighter picture north
of ; Manila, declaring that re
peated Japanese assaults on the
main American fighting line near
Lingayen gulf,' 110 miles above
the Philippine capital, had been
beaten off. .
Th. "luwnmftnlniia a1f tian
All. ...
Douglas MacArthur had reor
ganized and strengthened .' de
fense positions in the Lingayen
sector, while the Japanese were
also reported to be heavily re
inforcing their troops. Heavy
artillery duels were in progress.
Brisk fighting was reported
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Temperature Drops
To 15 Dearees. 5
Coldest of Year p
The year's records toppled
early Friday morning when
minimum of 15 degrees was
hung up by the weatherman' who
said it was the coldest day ot
the year, and coldest since ue
cember 13 and 14, 1940, when
the season's low of 10 degrees
was recorded. ' ... ,
On- Christmas day the ther
mometer' fell to 16 degrees.
Maximum was 30.
Residents of the Sand Creek
area on Sun mountain shivered
In a one degree below zero tem
perature, according to the state
highway department Friday
morning., There was no new
snow but road, beds were said
to be exceptionally slick. ,
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Comics and Story Page 10
Courthouse Records ......Page 4
Editorials ........... ..Page 4
Information ........Page i
Market, Financial ..........Page 5
Midland Empire News ... Page 6
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