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In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, In
a personal mcssago to tho
Filipino people todny pledges
thul their freedom will bo HE
DEEMED and their Independ
ence established and protected.
Ho addi:
"Tho entire resources, In men
and material, of the United
States stiind behind Hint pledge."
NJOTE FDR's uo of th word
" "redeemed." Then consult
your dictionary, which will tell
you that which l redeemed has
llrnt been LOST.
CHURCHILL, apeak lug In the
emtio of tho United Statos
lout Thursday said:
Thero may be much ((round
LOST that will bo difficult to
regain."
rvtSPATCHKS from Washing
'ton today tell us General
MacArthur has "shortened his
linen and oonsolldnted his troops"
In the area nortli of Munlla to
face HEAVILY AUGMENTED
enemy Infantry, cavalry and tank
regiment composed of vctcrun
soldiers with modern equipment.
Two years' reading of war
news leaves us In no doubt as to
the meaning of shortening of
lines and consolidation of troops.
They are sound military man
euvers, but they are resorted to
in the faco of SUPERIOR
ENEMY FORCE.
"THE British todny acknowledge
that Juponc.io forces have
swept south of Ipoh, tin and
communications center 200 miles
north of Singapore.
The real fighting began 400
miles north of Singapore.
Today's dispatches tells us
Kuchlng, capital of Sarawak, on
tho island of Borneo has fallen
to the Japs, who have also land
ed parachute troops on tho east
ern end of tho Island of
Sumatra, across tho straits from
Singapore.
WHAT docs It all add up to?
w Simply this:
That we must prepare our
minds for tho possibility of loss
to the Japs of tho Philippines,
Singapore and tho Dutch East
Indies.
CUCH a statement isn't defcat
Ism. It is plain, common,
ovrryduy REALISM.
Our military (including naval)
policy in the past has been based
upon defense of the Western
Hemisphere. We have never -expected
to hold tho Philippines
against a major attack by a major
power.
Holding the Philippines was
not necessary for defense of the
Western Hemisphere.
CUDDENLY, however, we are
catapulted into a world war.
Japan, a major power, delivers
a major attack on the Philip
pines, Because we are In a WORLD
war, and not merely defending
tho Western Hemisphere, we
must hold the Philippines as
long as we can with what we
have thero.
What we have there is Inade
quate for tho Job, and reinforce
ment and supply aro difficult be
cause tho Philippines aro FAR
from us and CLOSE to Japan.
But we must do the best wc
can. That Is war,
TN the nows today there are
A hlnls of naval relief for the
hard-pressed Philippines.
Don't expect tho U. S. navy to
stake everything on an all-out
battle with the Jap navy until
it lias nt least EQUALITY In the
air. That would bo folly.
Up to now everything Indi
cates that Japan has complete
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ted
LOGGER SHOOTS
IINJURNS
PISTOLONSELF
Hans Swan son Dies
After Gunplay Early
Sunday Here
Hans Axel Swnnson, 50, Ti
oncsta lumber pller, was dead
and his estranged wife, the for
mer M. Mae Uagley, suffered
wounds us the. result of un ear
ly Sunday morning shouting
which look place ut the woman'
home, (II) Pine street.
Swnnson had been staying ut
a local hotel, police mild, wih-ii
lie decided to visit his wife
after he hud seen her at a dunce.
They hnd been separated since
lust October, Mrs. Swnnson
stuled. He itppcurcd ut the I'lne
street residence ut 1:U0 a. in.
and fired four bullets from u .22
lIurrlngton Richnrdson revolver.
One bullet lodged In tho shoul
der, neur the spine, tho other
in the upper part of her right
thigh.
He then turned the gun on
himself, officers suited, sending
one bullet through his right
temple, the oilier through the
chest under (ho heurt. lie died
a few minutes later. The shoot
ing took plucc in the llvi,.g
room of Mrs. Swunson's quar
ters. Swnnson died at 2:23 a.
m. as officers were putting him
on tho ambulunco stretcher.
The injured womuii Is said
to have run out tho back door
and Into the front yard where
she called for help. A man pass
ing by tho house rushed Mrs.
Swnnson to Klamnth Vulley hos
pltnl where) she received emer
gency trcutment. Her wounds
proved to bo superficial nnd she
was discharged at 8:30 p, m.
Sunday.
Swnnson lias been coming to
Klamath Knlls frequently the
pnst few years. Ho was a nu
tlvo of Norway.
Looking Backward
By The Associated Press
One Year Ago Today Presi
dent Roosevelt in worldwide
broadcast calls on tho United
Stntes to become "the great
arsenal of democracy." German
night bombers mado great fire
raid on London.
Two Years Ago Today Brit
ish battleship, torpedoed by Ger
man submarine, limps Into port.
Twonty-Flvo Years Ago Today
Germans repulse French at
tacks on Le Mort Homme posi
tions west of Mcuso.
Contributions Received in Red
Cross War Relief Fund Drive
Contributions p r t v I-
ously acknowledged $3688.88
Contributions received
Monday 182.S0
Total $3871.38
Three Oregon counties, Cook,
Lano and Deschutes, have gone
"over tho top" on their Red
Cross war relief quotas. Lane
county by Sunday had received
moro than $6000 over its $15,000
quota. Tho drive in Deschutes
county, it was reported, was suc
cessfully completed in six days,
with contributions still pouring
In.
Thcso figures leave Klamnth
county in tho shade, with over
$,(1000 to go to mako up the $10,
000 quota assigned hero a chal
lenge to overy Klamath man and
woman to speed assistance to
tho U, S. armed forces. Action
NOW Is urged, whllo tho need
is crucial.
Tho following contribution!;
wero received over tho week
end: Otto and Alice Vitus $ 8.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Jocns S.00
y Fipms
Quake Breaks
Big Windows
In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20 lP)
A short, shnrp eurtliquake broke
windows and shook the entire
city at about 10::i5 a. m. today.
A display window In a down
town store wus shuttered by the
tremor, which lusted only a few
seconds. In various parts of the
city residents reported that up
stairs windows rattled violently,
nnd some were broken.
Fuses Blown
A flood of telephone calls blew
several fuses In exchange switch
buurds, und service in many sec
tions of the city was disrupted
for several minutes.
The shock seemed to be heav
iest In the northwest part of the
city, which Is mountainous.
One resident said "ft seemed
to be a repercussion from a tre
mendous blast." although she did
not henr n report.
One shuttered window down
town wns attributed to the shock,
but police said that a rock, pos
sibly thrown from a passing au
tomobile, was responsible. How
ever, another display window
downtown wns shuttered and
several were reported to have
been broken in residential dis
tricts. FIRE NEAR MERRILL
Personal Possessions
Lost as 10-Room
House Razed
Tho 10-room ranch home of
Mr. and Mrs. Scott McKendrcc
of the hill rond near Merrill was
destroyed by fire early Sunday
morning. Personal possessions
nnd household furnishings were
last in the flnmes which leveled
the residence 40 minutes after
occupants first discovered the
fire.
Mrs. O. T. McKendrcc, mother
of Scott McKendrcc. was awak
ened when she smellcd smoke.
Walking to her closet she was
met by a billow of smoke. The
family was awakened and the
two little McKendreo girls, Ger
aldlno and Alice, wero carried
from the house. It was snowing
heavily nt the time. Cnuso of
the firo was not learned,
The McKendrecs are staying
at the Waldo Klinn home in
Klamath Falls at the present
time. Tho residence was 10 years
old and built on the old McKen
dreo homcsilc. Mrs. Singleton
housekeeper, was also in the
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F. L. Vincent 1.00
C. F. Nltz 1.00
Klamath Falls Typogra
phical Union No. 6111... 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Olnf Olson 1.00
Marcoll Newman 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Tat-
mnn 2.00
W. If. ElliottWaldorf ... 100.00
Joy Rolph 1.00
Dr. Geo, Adlcr 5.00
Mrs. David Shirk 1.00
Edward Merkcl 4.00
Mr, and Mrs. Joe Foster 5.00
Reno Prudhommo 2.00
Max Cresmon 1.00
Maud Weothcrspoon - 1.00
S. J. Jones Sr 6.00
Frank Ferrari 1.50
Jack Schlelmenlch 1.00
Danny Carl and Lonnio
Lewis 2.50
A. Plnelll 2.00
Mr. S. J. Jones 2.50
Mrs. John R. Stcrnor .... 2.00
A. H. McLean 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wnllh 6.00
J. A. Kennedy 2.00
Pat Kitchen 2.00
Dr. G..A, Mussey 10.00
U.S. DEFENSE
I
IN Ni ZONE
'Suicide Squads' Stop
Northern Attack as
New Threat Seen
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (VP).
A three-hour Japanese air bom
bardment of coast defenses of
Manila bay was reported today
by tile war department.
A communique said at least
four enemy bombers were shot
down by anti-aircraft batteries
of the defense which includes
Fort Mills on Corregidor island.
Fort Hughes and Fort Drun at
the opposlto side of the bay.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 VP)
General Douglas MacArthur has
shortened his Philippine defense
lines north of Manila, the war
department reported in a com
munique today which said that
the Japanese invaders had been
heavily reinforced.
MacArthur has consolidated
tho majority of his troops in
Pampanga province north of
Manila, and considerably south
of the Lingayen gulf .coast line
where the original major invas
ion thrust started.
Reporting that American and
Philippine troops were in high
spirits and offering stubborn re
sistance against heavy odds, Mac
Arthur said that "losses have
been heavy on both sides."
The text of the war depart
ment's communique, No. 23, out
lining the military situation as
of 6:30 a.'m. (PST) today:
"1. Philippine theater:
"The commanding general,
UniU-d States army forces in the
Far East, has consolidated the
majority of his troops in Pam
panga province and shortened
his lines.
"In the last few days the
enemy has been heavily rein
forced by several infantry divis
ions, tank regiments and horse
cavalry. Japanese units are com
posed of veteran soldiers with
modern equipment."
By RUSSELL BRINES
MANILA, Dec. 29 (A5) "Sui
cide squads" of young Filipino
soldiers were credited today
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Japs Threaten
Changsha in
China Drive
By SPENCER MOOSA
CHUNGKING, Dec. 29 W5)
The main spearhead of a broad
central China Japanese offensive
was reported in Chinese front
dispatches today to have pierced
to within 40 miles north of
Chongsha, capital of Hunan
province and now for the third
lime the objectivo of a major
Japaneso drive.
Civilians were fleeing the city
as tho Japanese, reinforced by
several thousand fresh troops,
drew near, after forcing a cross
ing of the Mllo river under a
heavy artillery barrage, the dis
patches said.
It was not known whether a
small American community,
composed mostly of missionaries,
had withdrawn. Valuable Am
erican property In Changsha in
cludes tho Yalo-ln-China univer
sity, a hospital and a medical
school.
The Japanese first tried to
seize Changsha in 1939 but were
beaten back short of their goal.
Last summer they captured and
held it for thrco days before
withdrawing to bases further
north, declaring the purpose of
their thrust had been achieved.
A Chinese communique issued
here, however, indicated the
Chincso were holding tho broad
Japanese offensive on most of
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ib ,, 11, Ml -tV'-
Japanese bombers war
(above) after Manila had been
is the legislative building.
Dutch Hit Transport
Off Sarawak in
. East. Indies .-
SINGAPORE. Dec. 29 VP)
The British acknowledged today
that Japanese troops had swept
south of Ipoh, Malay, tin min
ing city and communications
center 290 miles north of Singa
pore, and announced the fall of
Kuchlng, capital of Sarawak on
the island of Borneo.
A headquarters communique
said the British on the Perak
front in Malaya are "in close
contact with the enemy south of
Ipoh" but gave no further in
formation. The Tokyo radio broadcast an
army announcement saying Ipoh
had been in Japanese hands
since about noon Sunday.
On the east coast, at Kuantan,
Japanese aircraft bombed and
machine-gunned British posi
tions but no damage or casu
alties were reported.
BATAVIA, N. E. I., Dec. 29 VP)
American-built bombers of the
N. E. I. army air force have
scored a direct hit on a large
Japanese transport and shot
down "probably" two Japanese
fighter planes in an attack on
Miri, Sarawak, a communique
released by Aneta. N. E. I. news
agency, reported today.
The fact that the communique
made no reference to yesterday's
landing of Japanese parachute
troops near Mcdan, on the island
of Sumatra, led observers here
to believe the invaders had been
unable to make much headway
in their first attempt to win a
foothold on Indies territory.
Klamath Resident
Reports Feeling
Earthquake Monday
Distinct vibrations which he
believed came from an earth
quake were felt early Monday
by Harold Hockott, 1025 Cali
fornia avenue, he reported Mon
day. he tremor was noted between
1 and 1:30 a. m. Monday. A rat
tling mirror in Hackett's bed
room woke him up.
City police said they received
no other reports of a quake.
A coincidence occurred in con
nection with Hackett's report.
About the time he was relating
the Incident to The News and
Herald by telephone, a report
came over the teletype wires
that Portland had Just exper
ienced an earth shock.
TURNED IN
SEATTLE, tlcc. 29 (P) Up
and down the Pacific coast, Ger
man, Italian and Japanese na
tionals are turning cameras and
radios capable of receiving short
wave broadcasts in an eve. in
creasing flow as the deadline for
complying with the department
of justice order to give up the
equipment ncars.
Manila's Walled City Bombed
reported to have bombed the famous old walled city in Manila
declared an open city by American officials. In the foreground
Britain, Russia Announce
New War Plans, Hit Two
Blows at German Flanks
By The Associated Presa
Simultaneous British and Rus
sian blows on Germany from
east and west underscored the
vulnerability of the nazis' . ex
posed, far-flung flanks today as
Britain and Russia announced a
new agreement aimed at "the
utter defeat of Hitlerite Ger
many." From the east, the. Russians
kept up their remorseless pres
sure, shoving the receding Ger-
Gloom Rising
Inside Europe,
Envoy Reports
ISTANBUL, Dec. 27 (delayed)
(P) George H. Earle III, who
has been United States minister
to Bulgaria, arrived today from
Sofia and described a deepening
gloom settling upon nazi-dom-inated
Europe.
He said Rumanian and Hun
garian hospitals were choked
with German wounded from
eastern front hospital trains and
asserted the German people and
soldiers alike were sickened by
Adolf Hitler's assumption of per
sonal command of the German
army.
"German fortunes definitely
are declining," he said, but added
that "the death throes may be
unprecedentedly violent."
Earle arrived with his entire
legation staff after being bustled
mysteriously out of Sofia after
Bulgaria's declaration of war
upon the United States. Mem
bers of his staff said they thought
the Bulgars had gotten wind of
a nazi plot against them to create
an incident.
Bulgar authorities who took
them at the last minute to little
used stations on the capital's out
skirts instead of the central sta
tion explained that they feared
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Tire Curtailment May Reduce
Gas Consumption, Prevent Ban
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (P)
A 35 per cent reduction in the
nation's 1942 civilian gasoline
consumption was considered
likely today by government pe
troleum experts because of new
restrictions making it impossible
for the ordinary motorists to ob
tain new tires or inner tubes for
his car.
The effect of these regulations,
these officials believed, would
be to make motorists use their
cars less to conserve their tires
for necessary motoring and
emergencies.- Gasoline consump
tion accordingly would be sharp
ly reduced.
The same quarters considered
that the rubber conservation pro
gram might delay the need of
direct consumer rationing of mo
tor fuel, In event the war effort
ties up the extensive transporta
tion facilities usfd to distribute.
4
man line still farther back from
the environs of Moscow.
Aerial Stab
At the same time, on the west.
the British -uncorked a surprise
stab on the German-held Atlan
tic coast of Norway and again
sent their warplanes fanning
over German territory from the
"invasion coast" of France to
the great shipping ports of the
reich itself.
Chief targets of the RAF were
the ports of Emden and Wil
helmshaven and the industrial
areas of the Rhineland where,
with the help of good weather, a
communique said, heavy attacks
were made.
The announcement of the
allies' agreement came from
London and from Moscow where,
it was disclosed, British Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden has
been in consultation with soviet
Premier Joseph Stalin.
Post-War Ideas
The Moscow talks, it was dis
closed dipped into post-war re
organization. They went on
simultaneously with those in
Washington between Prime Min
ister Churchill and President
Roosevelt. And the four men
were said to have kept constant
ly in touch with each other.
It may have been more than
coincidence that while the Brit
ish were announcing the Moscow
conference aim of "utter defeat
of Hitlerite Germany" President
Roosevelt messaged the Filipinos
that the resources of the United
States, Britain, Netherlands East
Indies and China "have been
dedicated x x to the utter and
complete defeat of the Japanese
warlords.
Youngsters
On the Russian war front the
red army troops were reported
to have shattered a division of
German fledglings of 17 to 18
years of age on the Kalinin
front: ripped through the Ger
man lines south of Moscow to
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some 27,200,000 gallons of gaso
line annually throughout the
country.
At the direction of Secretary
of Interior Ickes, the petroleum
coordinator, a consumer gasoline
rationing system has been pre
pared for use if an emergency
demands such action. Its details
have not been revealed.
The petroleum, coordination
office has become particularly
alert to the transportation of oil
since the United States entered
the war, in view of a possibility
a substantial portion of the great
fleet of oil tankers now supply.
ing the coastal areas might be
needed to fuel the forces fighting
in the Pacific.
Petroleum supply in ' the
United, States, which possesses
great resources 01 on, is princi
pally a matter of transportation,
FLEET ENGAGED
AGIST JAPS,
COlAiSAfS
F. R. Pledged Aid to
Redeem, Protect :
Philippines
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 (P
The navy reported today that
United States submarines had
sunk two more enemy ships In
ine iar east and that a United
States destroyer had suffered
slight damage and minor casu
alties from Japanese planes.
ine text of the communiaue.
giving the naval situation on the
basis of reports received up to
6 a. m. PST today follows:
"Far east:
"U. S. submarines have sunk
two additional ships . of the
enemy. One was a transport, the
other a supply vessel.
During enemy air operations
one of our destroyers was at
tacKed. Slight damage and minor
casualties resulted.
"Central Pacific:
"Thirteen survivors of the S.
S. Prusa, torpedoed by an enemy
submarine on December '18,
nave rjeen rescued.
"There is nothing to report
from other areas." .......
In connection with the presi
dent's message, Stephen- Early,
Mr.. Roosevelt's secretary, com
ment"ed"tBat "It might take time
for ample aid to reach the Philip
pines on account of the long dis
tances involved and remarked
that in a military sense, distances
many times are synonymous
with time measurements.
In response to a question as
to whether Mr. Roosevelt's use
of the word "redeem" indicated
that the chief executive ,felt
that the islands might be lost
temporarily. Early replied, "I
shouldn't thing so, No."
The president arranged a re
latively light schedule for the
day, making separate appoint
ments with Dr. Alexander Lou
don, the Netherlands minister,
and Admiral Ernest J. King,
commander in chief of the
United States fleet.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 VP)
President Roosevelt pledged to
the war-scourged people of the
Philippines today that "their
freedom will be redeemed and
their independence established
and protected."
"The entire resources, in men
and material of the United States
stand behind that pledge," the
president said.
Fleet Not Idla
At almost the same time, that
the short wave radio broadcast
the president's personal message
to the Filipinos, the navy issued
a statement saying the fleet was
intensively engaged against the
Japs.
"The fleet is not idle," the
navy said. 'The United.-States
navy is following an intensive
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Churchill Pays
Visit to Canada
OTTAWA, Dec. 29 VP) Prime
Minister Churchill told the Can
adian cabinet today upon his ar
rival from Washington that he
believed the salvation of the
world depended on an organiza
tion having the English-speaking;
peoples as its core. .
The British leader spoke at a
luncheon, congratulating Canada
on the dominion's war effort. Af
ter a round of conferences here
it is expected he will return to
Washington.
Broadcast of Churchill's ad
dress to the Canadian parliament
is being arranged for Tuesday
afternoon by the CBS, NBS-Blua
and MBS networks. The time la
announced as 10:45 a. m., PST,
or shortly thereafter.
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