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In The
Day's
News
By FRANK JENKINS
FROM General MiicArthur nl
bulletin: "Everything la quiet."
(Relatively aulel. he mean.
When you'vo Jut come out of a
boiler factory, the clung and
clutter of tho trcct aro hardly
noticeable.)
TTHE Japs icem to have rushed
raw troops Into the Philip
pine. With Hongkong out of the
way, they aro sending In the vet
eran used in that campulun.
Hence (probably) tho lull re
ported by General MacArthur.
nATAVIA (Dutch Eut Inllc)
newspaper unsure their reud
era today that allied reinforce
ment aro on the way to tho Pa
cific and that a general often
Ivo against Japan can bo ex
pected toon.
From Canberra, Australian
capital, come a itatcmcnt that
allied war plana Just completed
hava greatly Improved the out
look In tho Pacific.
Tho Jap are laid to have uf-
)fered 40-to-l casualties In their
drive agalnat tho British on the
Malay peninsula.
ENCOURAGING, of court.
c What would bo MORE en
"couraglng would bo new thnt a
vast fleet of allied warplanc had
arrived at Singapore and Manila.
TOOTE:
A Tho reason there aren't
warplanc enough at Monlla and
Singapore Is that we haven't been
able to mako them fait enough.
The. faiter w mako them (and
train pilot to man them) the
quicker the war will be over,
CHURCHILL, In a brief talk to
Canada' war cabinet, pledge
that men and nation fighting
for a frea world "have reached
tha creit of tho road to victory."
If almost ANYONE ELSE had
Mid that, it would sound like
propaganda Intended to buck us
up In the present pinch.
) Churchill' long record of tell
ing the bad along with tho Rood
encourage u to believe what he
says 1 truo.
A DISPATCH from Washing
ton explain that the Japs
seek to have tholr victories full
on important festivals. New
Year' is Japan's greatest holi
day. They took Hongkong ou
Christmas, which Is tho day
marking the anniversary of Em
peror Hirohlto'i accession to the
throne.
TN THE present lull in exciting
event Goorgo H. Eorlo, who
ha been U. S. minister to Bul
garia, arrives in Istanbul (Con
stantinople) and tells American
correspondents:
"Rumanian and Hungarian
hospitals are choked with Ger
man wounded from eastern
front hospital trains. A deepen
ing gloom Is settling upon nazl
dominated Europe. German peo
plo and soldier nliko aro sick-
Oened by Hitler' assumption of
personal command of the Ger
man army."
Ho adds:
"German fortunes definitely
aro declining, but the death
throe may bo UNPRECEDENT
EDLY VIOLENT."
In other words, look for ANY
THING from now on.
AND today's dispatches carry a
" bit of news that many peo
ple have confidently expected.
Colonel Lindbergh has volun
teered his services to tho army
air corps.
BRIEF WALKOUT
DETROIT, Dec, 30 (P) The
Ford Motor company' tool and
die department resumed opera
tion this afternoon after 1000
worker had boon idle for hours
In a dispute over rest periods
Onnd a company complaint that
employes smoked on tho job.
Basis of settlement of tho dif
ficulty, which a company
spokesman termed a "spontane
ous" protest by workmen, was
not disclosed.
-.tit"
PRICE FIVE
4
IHussiams Retake
BRITISH SMASH
AXIS STAND IN
DESERTJATTLE
Last Italian Colony
Totters as Reds
Free Azov Area
By Th Associated Press
A smashing success for the
Russian southern armies the ro
cupturo of Kerch ot the eastern
end of the Crlmeun peninsula
and of Feodosiya, S3 miles farth
er west was announced by the
soviet tonight.
This appeared to huvo effec
tively freed the whole ot the Sea
of Azov area from tha nuzl in
vader and to put his Sevastopol
siege army In great peril ot the
hour of continued German de
feats along the Moscow front.
It was a victory comparable
to the nazl rout from Rostov,
which Is at tho northeastern ex
tremity of tho Azov at the gate
way, to the Caucasus.
By Tha Associated Press
Britain's desert armlos in a
violent two-day tank battle have
smashed an axis attempt to make
a new stand after a 420-mile re
treat from tho Egyptian border,
front line dispatches said today,
tnd British vanguards were re
ported pushing on toward Tripol
itania, the western part of Libya
and tho last piece of Premier
Mussolini's African empire.
British middle cust headquar
ters said 42 axis tanks were
knocked out of action in a buttle
south of Agcdubio, 80 miles be
low captured Bengasi, and de
clared that "our pressure on the
enemy Is being maintained."
Skirting Gulf
With Cirenaica, or custcrn
Libya, conquered, British troops
were said to be advancing some
where along the road to El
Aghcila, 80 miles beyond Agc
dabia, on the coastal highway
skirting the Gulf of Sirte. El
(Continued On Pago Two)
Netherlands Indies
Papers Declare
Offensive Coming
BATAVIA, N. E. I.. Dec. 30 (P)
Netherlands Indies newspapers
assured tho public today that
allied reinforcements are on the
way to tho Pacific and that a
general offensive against Japan
can be expected soon.
But the papers warned against
Impatience, said the drive could
bo launched only after thorough
preparation, and stressed the
"enormous difficulties" Involved
In having tho allies take the
Initiative.
At the same time Lteut.-Gcn.
Ter Poortcn, tho army's commander-in-chief,
stressed the
need for "immediate material
support" of the Indies defenses,
especially bombers, fighter
planes and anti-aircraft guns.
Contributions Received By Red
Cross in Drive for War Relief
Contributions previously
acknowledged $3871.38
Contributions received
Tuesday 187.S0
TOTAL $4058.88
Tho bombing of Pearl Harbor,
Honolulu, Manila; tho invasion of
tho Philippines; tho submarine
attacks in tho Atlantic and Pa
cific all of theso have dramatic
ally brought homo tho cruelties
of this war,
"Whcrover our soldiers, sail
ors and airmen are so valiantly
defending our soil, thoro also Is
tho flag of tho Red Cross un
furled," Norman H. Davis, chair
man of tho American Red Cross
cables, ,
CENTS
One Man Gang
0
Here are tha principals in on
Ih M fi : 0m
aviator landtd on Niihau, 210 milts north of Honolulu December 7 and a reign of terror for tha
Island inhabitants bagan. It ended when Benny Kanahel attacked the armed aviator and two
Jap fifth columnists. He was shot three times but knocked down
left, his wife, completed tha Job
by Lt, Col. Eugana J. Fltsgtrald,
PRESIDENT flEVEALS
50 Per Cent of U. S.
Income Marked
For Defense
WASHINGTON, Dee. 30, (AP)
President Roosevelt, divulging
some phases of an overall war
program, said today he was aim
ing at devoting SO per cent of
the national Income to that ef
fort. Ho told a press conference that
by tho end of this fiscal year
next June 30 27 per cent of the
national income would be de
voted to war purposes and that
In the year ensuing he hoped to
build the percentage up to 50.
He estimated that during the fis
cal year beginning next July 1
the national Income would ap
proximate $100,000,000,000.
Mr. Roosevelt asserted that he
had abandoned such terms as an
all-out or victory program and
had substituted a war program,
which ho sold embraces some
what less dramatic terminology,
but contemplates maximum use
of America's vast productive ca
pacity. Since December 7, when Ja
pan delivered her sneak punch
on America's Pacific bases, Mr.
Roosevelt said, tho war program
has been amplified appreciably.
Ho did not mention specific fig
ures. But he did say that in some
lines there might be a 100 per
cent curtailment of civilian con
sumption and thnt in other lines
consumer uses would be little ef
fected. "Funds aro urgently, needed to
keep Intact these front lines of
mercy. Tho enemy respects
neither holidays nor weekends,"
ho continues.
Hero Is tho opportunity every
citizen can participate in-con-tributo
to the war relief fund be
ing gathered by tho American
Red Cross for aid to tho armed
forces In action, and civilians
caught in war areas.
Tho following contributions
had been received by Tuesday
noon:
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Alftln . 2.00
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Car-
doza 2.00
(Continued onfPago Two)
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30,
(and the Mrs.) Retake
tale of heroism to come out of
by beating him to death. Above, Kanahel is congratulated
commander of the Kauai district. In the Kauai hospital.
Only 2 Aliens
Yield Cameras,
Radios Here
Two German aliens have
turned in four cameras and a
radio to tho Klamath Falls po
lice department only evidence
of compliance here so far un
der the federal order demand
ing that aliens surrender radio
transmitters, short-wave receiv
ing sots, firearms and cameras
to the authorities.
Police Chief Frank Hamm and
Sheriff Lloyd Low said they
had received a number of in
quiries, but the two Germans
alone actually turned over equip
ment. One turned in a radio
and a camera, and the other
handed over three cameras. Re
ceipts were given and the equip
ment was placed under seal to
bo returned later if permitted
by federal action.
The deadline set for turning
over the equipment was 11 p. m.
Monday.
While the U. S. census lists
only one Japanese in Klamath
county and the one not an alien
it is believed there are many
German and Italian aliens liv
ing in this area.
Bulletins received by police
authorities here state that Ger
man, Italian and Japanese aliens
should turn over firearms, weap
ons, ammunition, bombs, explo
sives, radio transmitters, short
wave sets and cameras.
Board Proposes
Shorter Sentence
For Harry French
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30,
(AP) The state advisory pardon
board recommended today that
tho life sentence of Harry A.
French, 32, for killing a rival
newspaper publisher, be reduced
to 25 years.
French killed Claude L. Mc
Cracken In Alturas four years
ago, at the height of a feud be
tween McCracken and the
French family. Ho has asked
for a pardon or commutation of
sentence.
If Gov. Culbcrt L. Olson ac
cepts tho board's recommencing
tlon, ho could apply for a pa
role much earlier than would
be possible under the life sen
tence, which requires a mini
mum Imprisonment of seven
years before applying.
50 KILLED
LILLE, German Occupied
Franco, Dec. 30 (P) Fifty per
sons were reported killed and
many injured today in a train
crash near Hazenbrouck in the
prohibited frontier zone. De
tails were lacking but the acci
dent was believed to have been
a collision, .
re
Kerch
Isle From Japs
the war with Japan. A Japanese
tha flyer, and Ella Kanahel.
T"
II
Retaliation for Air
Attacks on Manila
Asked by Chief
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (P)
General Douglas MacArthur
urged ' today that retaliatory
measures be taken against the
Japanese for the recent bomb
ings of Manila, which he char
acterized as "completely villa
tive ot all the civilized pro
cesses of international law."
An official war department
communique said a heavy sur
vey of damage to "undefended
Manila by the repeated senseless
and savage bombing by Japa
nese aircraft . . . indicates that
churches and other centers of
Christian worship and culture
(Continued on Page Two)
Lindy Volunteers
For Service With
U. S. Air Corps
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 0P)
The army air corps said today
Charles A. Lindbergh had vol
unteered his services.
Lieut. Gen. Honry H. Arnold,
chief of the air forces and depu
ty chief of staff of the army,
said "Lindbergh's act indicates
a definite change from his iso
lationist stand- and expresses a
deep desire to help the country
along the lines he trained him
self for many years."
Thero was no indication on
how soon there might be action
on Lindbergh's offer.
Last summer Lindbergh, at
that time engaged in making
many speeches for the America
First Committee in opposition
to President Roosevelt's foreign
policies, submitted his resigna
tion as a colonel in the reserves
to President Roosevelt by let
ter. The resignation was accept
ed.
ARP Frowns on
New Year Whistles
Whistle blowing at midnight
New Year's was discouraged
Tuesday by L. Orth Sisemore,
Klamath air raid precautions
chairman.
Sisemore said that in view of
the fact that local whistles are
used for blackout signals, pro
longed blowing might lead to
confusion. He said his office
is asking various mills, which
blow whistles for blackout sig
nals, not to blow them when
the New Year breaks at mid
night Wednesday,
UNITED PRESS
1941
M
OF
AXIS TALKED
Total Extirpation of
Nazi, Jap, Italian
Regimes Sought
OTTAWA, Dec: 30 (VP) Prime
Minister Churchill, in a speech
filled with confidence, told the
people of Canada today that the
final phase of the war must be
"an assault on -the citadel and
homeland of the guilty powers
both in Europe and Asia."
Speaking by radio from the
chamber of the house of com
mons of Britain's senior domin
ion, the prime minister declared
the final goal of the allied demo
cratic powers was the total ex
tirpation of "Hitler tyranny. Ja
panese frenzy and the Mussolini
flop."
Time and again, the crowded
chamber burst into a storm of
applause and cheering, especial
ly as Churchill called a roll of
the allies, praising, one by one,
the contributions to the common
cause of the United States, Rus
sia, The Netherlands, China and
the Free French.
JibM at Axis
' His speech was filled., with
Jibes and taunts fat the axis part
ners which moved the crowded
chamber to cheers and laughter,
but most of it was a calm, con
fident review of the road al
ready traveled and the road still
left to travel.
Three phases remain, he said:
consolidation, in which all the
allies might be marshalled; liber
ation, when conquered territories
are recovered and their people
rise to revolt; and the assault on
the axis nation's own homelands.
Churchill said Britains were
"most grateful for all you have
done in the common cause and
now you are resolved" to do
even more in the fight for free
dom.
"We are not asking that the
rules of the game be modified,'
he said. "If anybody wants to
play rough, we can play rough
too.
When he remarked that he
had spent the week with Presi
dent Roosevelt there was new
applause.
"That great man," he began,
only to be interrupted by new
cheers.
Roosevelt, he said, was a man
(Continued on Page Two)
Sinking of U. S.
Freighter Revealed
NEW YORK, Dec. 30 VP)
The sinking of an American
freighter in the Atlantic Dec.
3 by an axis submarine whose
commander spoke English has
been disclosed here with the
arrival of 19 of the torpedoed
vessel's 35 survivors who spent
a week in lifeboats on rations
of six ounces of water and two
biscuits a day.
Chief Officer Norris Chad-
bourne of the freighter the
America South Africa line's
6275-ton Sagadahoc said one
seaman, Anthony Castro, a U.
S. citizen of Spanish birth,
probably had been killed in an
explosion that followed the
torpedoing.
INVASION
BY CHURCHILL
Gunman Robs Vanderbilt Party
At Reception After Wedding
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec.
30 (P) What does a lady of
wealth do when sho meets a
gunman face to face at a swank
wedding reception?
Mrs, Gloria Morgan Vander
bilt slyly turned a ring so that
her hand hid the costly setting,
surrendered two diamond clips
worth $3000 and remarked:
"You're a little bit late. Most
of the guests have left." -
"Yes, I know," said the gun
man. Lady Thelma Furness, Mrs.
Vanderbilt's sister, gave up a
$1000 V for Victory clip and
said quietly:
"You're quite! foolish to do
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Nervy Suspects
Jap Vessefs
Off Alaska
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 UP)
The navy announced late today
that Japanese vessels were sus
pected of being in the vicinity
of Kodiak, Alaska. .
All merchant vessels have
been warned of the presence of
the Japanese war craft, presu
mably submarines, in the Alas
kan waters, a navy communique
said.
In Far Eastern waters, it was
reported, United States subma
rine operations continued
against enemy surface vessels.
The navy described as with
out foundation" reports that a
United States destroyer and two
American submarines were sent
to the bottom in the period
from December 26 to 28.
Midway island remains in
American possession, the com
munique stated, there having
been no recent Japanese as
saults.
TOKYO, Dec. 30 (Official
Broadcast Recorded by AP)
(Continued on Page Two)
FOR SINGAPORE
Jap Planes Held Off
By Defenders in
;eries pf Raidj
SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 UP)
Martial law was declared in the
Singapore area tonight.
A semi-official statement said
offenses against public safety
and cases of treachery, assist
ance to the enemy or looting
will be tried by military courts.
SINGAPORE, Dec. 30 OP)
Blazing anti-aircraft batteries
and searchlights which kept the
Japanese planes high were cred
ited today with holding the ef
fect of overnight enemy raids
on this stronghold to a mini
mum. A communique said four raids
were made, damaging some
thatched houses whose flames
ignited a small gasoline dump
and caused four casualties.
Winant to Meet
Eden on Parley
Held With Stalin
LONDON, Dec. 30 (IP) United
States Ambassador John G. Win
ant called tonight on Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden to hear
about his trip to- Moscow, the
results of which some sources
regarded as so important that a
secret session of parliament
might be called to hear them.
Some even hinted that the
foreign secretary's observations
in Russia had led him to the
conviction which may be im
parted to parliament that the
German war machine is in acute
difficulties while still facing the
three severest months of the Rus
sian winter.
Eden was expected to disclose
some of his conclusions in
broadcast next Sunday night
(12:15 PST).
Informed sources were con
vinced that Eden had brought
home good news from his con
ferences with Joseph Stalin and
observations behind Russia's
lines on the eastern front.
this, because the house Is full
of cops."
The gunman fled, without at
tempting to rob the eight guests
who remained of the several hun
dred who had come to Mrs. Van
derbilt's home. The occasion was
a reception for Mrs. Vanderbilt's
heiress daughter, 17-year-old
Gloria, and her bridegroom, Pas
quale (Pat) Dl Cicco, 31-year-old
actors' agent. i
' The gunman, posing as a chauf
feur for one of the guests, en
tered by a rear door early yes
terday morning and followed a
maid Into the reception room,
Gloria and Dl Cicco, who were
(Continued on Page Two)
COLDER
LINES PRESS
American Force Set
For Defense 65 ;
Miles North
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 VP)
The army announced today that
twenty-seven men' were killed
and 80 wounded in the Japanese
bombing of the Philippine fort
ress Coregidor at the entrance
to Manila bay.
By CLARK LEE
MANILA, Dec. 30 OP) Jap
anese forces which landed last
week southeast of Manila have
fought their way to Lulsiana
and Dolores, each about 45 air
line miles from this city, and
apparently are attempting to
effect a junction for a further '
advance, reliable dispatches
from the front said today.
Patrol Active
" In the north, the new Amen
lean line, shortened and com
solidated by General Douglas
MacArt'.iur, was said to run east
and west through Zaragoza,
some 65 miles above Manila.
The exact positions of the) i
Japanese in this theater were
not known but were believed to
be a few miles north of the
American link, with patrol '
active in between.
American forces apparently
had withdrawn completely from
the Lingayen gulf area.
The two Japanese columns in
the south evidently aimed to
join at San Pablo.
Into Batangas
This town is 35 airline miles
southeast of Manila, but the
Laguna De Bay, a lake about
25 miles long and 15 miles
wide, lies between that position
and the Philippine capital.
If the Japanese reached San
Pablo, it was probable one
column would circle southward
and westward to Batangas prov
ince on the west coast south of
Manila.
Relative inactivity at the
fronts, reported in this morn
ing's communique, was taken to
mean that the Japanese were
resting their troops and bring
ing up fresh supplies of am
munition and gasoline and re
inforcements for new assaults.
Y e s t e rday's announcement
from Washington that the Jap-.,
anese were landing veteran
troops was believed here to
mean that possibly the troops
used in attacking Hongkong
were being transferred to the
Philippines.
Manila, whose military signif
icance has been lost by tho
declaration that it is an open
city, was kept on edge by con
tinued Japanese air activity in
the vicinity. .
Year-End News,
Picture Review
Due Tomorrow
What was' the biggest local
nw story of 1941?
Wa it the Auaukt flood.
the Ewauna fire, the mystery
death of Marie Huill, or
ome other outstanding local
happenings?
The annual selection of the
"big ten" local stories Trill
appear in tomorrow' paptr,
along with a comprehensive
review of the year In local
itorie and picture.
There will alio be a day
by-day account of the new
that will carry the reader.
tep by step, through the
local happening of the year
that law war com to this '
and other communitl of the
United State.
You will want to av to-,
morrow's paper for full read
ing. News Index
City Briefs Page 8
Comic and Story .......Page 8
Courthouse Records ... Page 4
Editorials Page 4
High School News . Page 10
Information Page S
Market, Financial ...Pago 7
Midland Emplro New. Page 2
Pattern .....-..-....,......Page 3
Sports ...................... a'age
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