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CpllURCHlLL, en routo by rail
r-1 from Ottawa to Washlnifton
(on New Year's eve, propose (to
I members of Ills stuff, newspupcr
forres)Ondcnls, the train crew
'miicI tha Dorters) this toast to the
.
new year:
"Hore's to 1042.
"Here's to a year of toll a
l year of struxcln and per"'
"And a long step forwnrd to
victory.
KThon he adds:
'i z'May wo all come through
anfe and WITH HONOH."
IMPROVE on that if you can,
This writer can't.
Especially tho last line.
Let's all try to live 1042 in
ich a way that at Its end we
hall have nothing to be
ASHAMED Or.
IN Manila, tha picture grows
tha Islands and the bravo men
who are defending them seems
unavoidable. It appears today
that an attempt at rescua would
bring HEAVIER losses.
TTHE American picture has been
A dark before.
Light has ALWAYS followed
UT remember:
Th llaht that has fallowed
the darkness in tha American
picture has been brought always
bv willingness to work, to fight
and to sacrifice.
NEVER by telling ourselves
not to worry, that everything
will come out all right in the
end,
A DMIRAL NIMITZ, new com-
mender of the Pacific fleet,
says today in Honolulu that raid
ing Jap submarines may shell
Pacific Coast cities to scare us;
they can't do much, damage that
way.
The Pacific Coast's answer to
such stunts:
"Shell and be I We're not
i going to yell for help from tho
i fleet. Wo can take HI"
.
NyHE end of the old year and
r the beginning of the new
have brought much talk as
always. Today some signs of
new action begin to appear in tha
sky. .
The axis Is directing new air
attacks at Malta, British base in
the mid Mediterranean. The
British air forco answers with
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Mercury Drops
To Zero Mark
As 1941 Ends
; "From Greenland's Icy moun
tains" had nothing on the song
Klamathltcs wcro singing Now
Year's morning when they piled
on the blankets and snugglod
in for another cat nap beforo
they knuckled down to the bus
iness of looking 1842 in the
nee and taking what tho new
Babe had cached up hie sleeve.
(Minimum tomperature varied
at dlfforent points throughout
the city and suburban area. It
was 4 degrees below zero on
Main street at 6:30 o'clock
Thursday morning according to
one roport, and In tho Southern
Pacific yards tho minimum
rend B degrees below. An offi
cial thermometer located In tho
. yards of the Oregon state high
way deportment shops in Alta
mont showed 11 below.
' Olil Man Winter, hoping to
upset a year-end review story
which igave the coldest day of
tho ycfr to December 31 with
a mlnisium of 13 degrees above
, zero, performed a slide net on
the thermometer and sent it to
zero at, ill:19 p, m., just 45
Aiinutes before 1041 tipped Its
tsW.at and entered the limbo of
i-ears. At 10 p. m. Wednesday
unofficial thermometers regist
ered . S degrees above zero.
Coldest In 1940 was 10 degrees
above zero.
Official or unofflclnl, Klam
'nthltes said It was dung cold
and stoked the furnace.
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By The Associated Press
Britain's middle eastern air
force appeared today to have
struck heavily and for the first
time at a pntcntlul, nw axis of
fensive in tlie Mediterranean re
gion with raids on war indus
tries, a submarine base and air
dromes in Greece and Crete.
The raids, carried out Tues
day night, were reported only
today in the Cairo RAF com
munique which also told of fresh
air assaults on Britain's mid
Mediterranean bnjo of Malta.
New Thraat Saen
For days now, since tho Ger
mans started their retreat in
Russia, thero have been signs
that Adolf Hitler, now his own
commander-in-chief was prepar
ing for some new, face-saving
venture somewhere along the
Mediterranean.
There havo been repeated re
ports of a massing of German
air power in Greece, Including
planes withdrawn from Russia.
An observer arriving recently
at Istanbul, Turkey, from
Greece, told allied authorities
that the Germans wcro building
new airports in Greece and on
the Crock islands close to Tur
key, at the same time practicing
air invasion tactics similar to
thoso used against Crete,
Now airfields were said to
have been laid out on tho Islands
of Mytilene, Chios and Samos, all
less than 13 minutes by air from
the Turkish shore and tho Dar
danelles, An axis submarine
force also was reported being
concentrated in tho Aegean sea.
Big Victory
Tho red army opened the new
year today with tho announce
ment of an enormous new vic
tory on tho Moscow front and a
menacing Crimean peninsula
drive as British sources predict
ed terrific new bombing on
slaughts on Germany during
1042.
Besides recapturing Kaluga,
Important railroad center 110
miles southwest of Moscow,
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British Commandos
Stage Second Raid
On Lofoten Islands
LONDON, Jan. 1 (F) The
admiralty announced today that
Britnins commandos havo car
ried out a second raid on tho
Lofoten Islands off the northern
coast of German-held Norway,
This time, said an announce
ment, the specially trained raid
ing unit spent several days in the
islands, using one harbor as a
fuelling baso. Some German
prisoners were captured without
a fight.
The raiding force, which In
cluded Polish and free Norweg
ian units, sang a German patrol
vessel and "completely disorgan
ized the enemy's sea communi
cations" In the area and escaped
without casualties or damago to
equipment, the admiralty said.
,ni, ,Jlr aulU on Britain', mid- . - TMK?n
Episodes of 1918 Recalled By
Analyst on New Year's Day
By DeWITT MacKensle
Wide World Wer Analyst
On this rinv. 101 R. rnrmnl
Adolf Hitler snve a "hnrh Hnr
Kaiser" and gooso-stepped In his
clumsy knee-boots into what was
at onco the most glorious and the
most catastrophic year of the
World war for German arms.
Ho glowed with fervor as his
hob-nails crashed onto conquered
French soil, for ho felt suro ho
could see in tho not far distance
tho fruition of his greatest boy
hood dream. That was a vision
of a Europe ruled by one domin
ant race the Prussians.
The Gorman high commond al
ready on that Now Ynnr' rinv
was preparing for the great of-
icnstve which began In March
and swelled with victory until
it finally brought out British
I Vf 8 UAVU fl f Ufl wlth two raids carly today casualties from earlier attacks I ILL Kill LiRUnn
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' ' ) New Commander Says
Hawaii Defense
P-Vl Will Be Strong
Earl Rsynolds became secretary of the Klamath county cham
ber of commerce 14 years ago Thursday. He came here from Le
Grande January 1, 1928. At the chamber directors' meeting Wed
nesday, Reynolds cut a fancy birthday cake. He Is shown with
the cake.
STIFF TIRE SLASH
SET FOR JJUiRY
Sales Restricted to
357,000 for All
Of Nation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 VP)
Drastic war quotas cutting the
number of new automobile tires
and tubes available for civilian
use to about one-eleventh of the
number sold in pre-war months
were imposed today in every
county in the United States.
Sales throughout tho United
States and its territories were
limited to 357,000 new tires in
January us compared witli the
normal monthly consumption of
4,000,000. Set up on a county
by-county basis, the January
quotas range from 105 tires in
Alaska to 3U.0B0 in Texas. They
prohibit some counties from
selling more than one new tire
for a passenger automobile and
limit hundreds to 10 or less.
Price Administrator Leon
Henderson said he hoped future
quotas could be increased but
explained that any change would
depend on tho military situation
and future demands of the al
lied armed forces.
Maximum sales of 114,101
tires for passenger cars, motor
cycles and light trucks and
242,783 for heavier trucks and
buses are permitted under the
January quotas. Tho tires are
to bo allotted by local rationing
boards to persons ablo to prove
eligibility under strict OPA re
quirements, and boards are pro
hibited from rationing more
than 25 per cent of tha month's
total each week.
Tho OPA set asido 2 per cent
of the total available supply of
new tires to make whatever ad
justments may be necessary In
the state quotas, Similarly, 8
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Field Marshal Haig's historic
order of the day to his dog
tired, batllc-statncd troops:
. "Every position must be held
to tho last man. Thero must be
no retirement. With our backs
to the wall, and believing In the
Justness of our cause, each of us
must fight to tho end."
That was on April 11 a date
never to be forgotten by those
of us who wero on the field of
action. The swirling lines were
changing so fast that British gen
eral headquarters at ttmes-dtdn't
know the positions held by their
own troops in some sectors. Ger
manio victory rode the winds.
Yot a brief eight months later
as I stood on the great bridge
across the Rhine by the haughty
city of Cologne. Fiold Marshal
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Three Guards
Slain in Riot
Of Prisoners
BRIDGEWATER, Mass Jan. 1
VP) Three guards were slain to
day by rioting delinquents con
fined to the prison department of
tho Ridgewater state farm, who
also fired at least one building,
sending flames racing through
the structure. : -
State police called to the scene
immediately resorted to use of
tear gas and the prison office re
ported the rioters had indicated
they would surrender.
Firemen, summoned from sur
rounding communities, said the
flames were sweeping through
several sections of the four story
structure. They did not know
whether any inmates had been
trapped. A number had been
removed and others were being
herded to different quarters.
Japs Announce
Capture of
Malay Point
TOKYO, Jan. 1 (Official broad
cast recorded by AP) Japanese
capture of Kuantan on the east
coast of Malaya, 160 miles north
of Singapore arid smashing aer
ial blows in advance of the Jap
anese drive down the west coast
were reported today by imperial
headquarters.
Premier General Hidekl Tojo
declared in a New Year broad
cast to his people that "it Is only
a question of time until Manila
and Singapore meet a fate simi
lar to that of Hongkong."
Without specifying exact troop
positions, Domel reported that
Japanese attackers on the Phil
ippine island of Luzon were so
near Manila that tho sounds of
gunfire could be heard in the
streets of the capital.
An army communique on the
operation of Japanese bombers
in waters around the Philippines
and Malaya since December 28
claimed that a submarine was
sunk, two steamers of 3000 tons
each were destroyed and a direct
bomb hit was scored on a de
stroyer. Most of these aerial attacks
wero in the Strait of Malagca,
between Malaya and the island
of Sumatra. Tho Japanese said'
their bombers had hit hard at
Singapore in successive raids
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Red Cross Drive
Still Short of
Halfway Point
Klamath people and busi
ness firms are urged to give
NOW to the Red Cross war
relief fund. The local drive,
being conducted entirely
through voluntary contribu
tions, is still $5,772.62 short of
tha $10,000 goal set as Klam
ath's share in the $50,000,000
national fund. .
By TOM YARBROUGH
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii,
Jan. 1 (JP) Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz, new commander of the
United States Pacific fleet, warns
that Japanese submarines operat
ing off the west coast of the
United States might attempt to
shell coastal cities.
Speaking to reporters aboard
a big new submarine yesterday
Just three hours after he assumed
command. Admiral Nimitz said
"it's relatively safe and simple
for a submarine to arise to the
surface near a port and throw a
few shells into a city.
' ' Ocean too Bin '
"IO not beyond tiic bdiindi
of possibility that Japanese sub
marines operating off the west
coast of the United States may
attempt to lay their shells into
cities before they leave." -
The ocean, he added, is "too
big to prevent it entirely."
A reporter asked the signifi
cance of submarine shelling of
three points in the Hawaiian is
lands the night of December 30.
Admiral Nimitz replied that
"Japanese captains desire to
make the utmost use of their
weapons when there are no tar
gets for their torpedoes."
The setting for the admiral's
first press conference after tak
ing over his new command was
colorful and unique in many re
spects. It was said to be one of
the few times in the history of
the fleet that a commander's
four-star flag had flown from a
submarine.
Before inviting reporters' ques
tions on the sun-drenched deck
of the underseas monster, Nim
itz pinned the navy cross on two
pilots of a flying boat that res
cued nine army fliers from the
sea only last night. It was his
first official act as commander-in-chief.
Air of Confidence
The tall, affable Texan showed
an air of confidence but gave no
sign of over-confidence. Speak
ing slowly and deliberately and
with quiet dignity he volun
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Payroll
The payroll allotment plan
lng, according to A. M. Collier, county defense bonds chairman. Verne Owens is In charge ei this
work. Seven mills, .76 smaller retail organisations, and 43 organisations with-10 or more em
ployes, have set up the plan. This picture shows the Algoma Lumber company getting its first
batch of bonds for distribution to employes. Left to right: Mitchell Tillotson of the First Rational
bank, Freeman Schults, Algoma manager; K. E. Henry, Algoma paymaster, and Collier. Tribute
was paid the local underwriters
By C. YATES McDANIEL
SINGAPORE, Jan. 1 (IP)
Japanese bombers ushered in
the New Year for Singapore
with two raids early today
which apparently did little
damage to property and even
less to the spirits of thousands
who celebrated at homes and
hotels despite the blackout.
From the fighting front to
the north, the latest word was
today's British headquarters
communique which said a bat
tle continued throughout yes
terday at the east coast port of
Kuantan, 190 miles from Singa
pore.
(The Japanese army claimed
officially that Kuanta was cap
tured yesterday morning by its
troops.) .
In the latest raids on Singa
pore Japanese bombers flew
over In formation by moonlight
shortly before dawn, and again
Just after daybreak, dropping
salvoes of bombs.
A communique said "there
U. S. Freighter
Set Afire By
Jap Bombers .
" BATAVLC ZTl, Jan.Tfa5
A Netherlands East Indies com
munique said today an American
freighter was attacked yesterday
by Japanese planes in northern
East Indies waters, set afire and
abandoned by Its crew. Forty
eight men were rescued; one was
missing.
The communique said:
"One place in the outer prov
inces has been bombed by Jap
anese aircraft which came over.
No damage was done.
"In the northern part of this
archipelago an American freight
er was attacked by Japanese air
craft. The ship was set on fire.
"Forty-eight members of the
crew were picked up and brought
to shore by a flying boat of the
Netherlands Indies navy which
heard the distress signals and
went to the rescue. ,
"One member of the crew of
the American ship is missing."
BOMBER MISSING
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Jan. 1 (VP)
March field today asked peace
officers to aid in the search for
a missing B-2S two-motored
bomber, last seen Tuesday after
noon in a flight over Cajon pass.
The army did not say how
many occupants were in the
plane.
Allotment Plan Speeds
for sale of defense bonds In the
association for It work in promoting the payroll allotment plan.
was no military casualties and
no damage to military ob
jectives." It was reported that civilian
casualties from earlier attacks
totaled 17 killed and wounded.
Some Japanese shelling of
British positions and contact be
tween small parties on the
Perak front in western Malaya
was noted by headquarters.
"One of our companies, sup
ported by artillery, inflicted
about 100 casualties on the en
emy and destroyed a small
enemy ammunition dump," its
communique said. "Our casual
ties were slight."
Following loss of Kuchlng to
the Japanese invaders, the Brit
ish reported receipt of informa
tion that "the bulk of our
troops has been successfully
withdrawn from Sarawak (the
"White Rajah" kingdom making
up part of British Borneo) and
are in touch with the Nether
lands East Indies forces in
west Borneo."
SE
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Local ' Facilities
Not
Overlooked in Jap
, War, Report . '
In a formal report to Mayor
John Houston, the city-wide air
base committee expressed the
opinion Thursday that the Klam
ath Falls airport is not being
overlooked in the defense pro
gram for the mid-Pacific area.
"We believe the efforts put
forth by our community, work
ing through this committee, have
been a contribution to national
defense and local development,"
the committee co-chairmen, Lee
Jacobs and Malcolm Epley, told
the mayor. . ;
In their report, the committee
men emphasized the "construc
tive assistance" given Klamath
Falls in its airbase effort by Sen
ator Charles L. McNary.
The report points out the In
tensive defense and military
measures expected on the Paci
fic coast as a result of the out
break of war with Japan. A few
days after that occurrence, the
report states, "it was announced
that an airbase would be built
at Walla Walla, Wash., one of the
communities surveyed by the
same board that visited Klam
ath Falls. We have been assured
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Ahead
Klamath area Is raoldlv axeand-
SHELLING OJ
ISLES
Defenses Meet Test'
n Fight North ,
Of Manila
By The Associated Press
A major battle testing the pow
er of the Japanese drive on
Manila from the north and the
strength of new defense positions '
was under way at 11:30 tonight,!
Manila time (6:30 a. m., PSTV
according to a war department
communique. -
"Severe fighting ' contlnuesf-v
north of Manila where American
and Philippine forces have been '
consolidated and are continuing
to resist the Japanese advance,"
it said. ' -Hawaii
Shelled '
"Strong positions are now oc'.
cupied by the defending troops''
who are inflicting heavy losses'
on the invaders, A major battle;
is now jn progress:"-,,-; .
The same communique an-'
nounced that three of the HawaU
ian islands had been shelled by"
enemy submarines but with no
casualties and almost no damage.
"A few shells were fired at
the port of Hilo on the island of
Hawaii,; causing slight damago
to the wharf," said the commun
ique. V '
"The harbor of Kahulul on the
island of Maui, which had been
shelled by a submarine soma
time ago, was again attacked.
Five rounds were fired with no
damage. An attack was likewise
made on the shore near Lihup,
on the island of Kauai, when a
few rounds were fired setting
fire to a sugar cane field. There
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F. R., Churchill
Resume Talks
On War Plans
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 VP)
President Roosevelt and . Prime
Minister Churchill today resum
ed conferences on world wide
war strategy designed to smash,
axis aggression. 1
The prime minister returned
at 9 a. m., from a four-day visit
to Canada, where he confidently
declared that "deeds not words"
would in good time disclose the
specific objectives and results of
the White House conferences.
- The prime minister welcomed
the New Year by proposing a
"victory" toast at a midnight
ceremony in the dining car of
his special train "somewhere la
Vermont" with members of hit
staff, newspaper correspondents,
the train crew, and porters. -
Wearing his grey zlppered
lounging suit, the prime minister
walked into the diner, cigar in
place, glass in hand, as his train
pulled out of Brattleboro, Vt
A few miles south, nearins!
the Massachusetts line, Churchill
raised his glass with the toast:
"Here's to 1042." '
"Here's to a year of toll a
year of struggle and peril."
"And a long step forward toy
victory.". ;. . . - ;
Americans, British, Canadians.
and Australians roared "a happy
New Year to you" as they dranlc
the toast.' '
; The prime minister then pro
nounced in benediction "Gobi
bless you. '
"May we all come through safe.
and with honor."
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