THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
January 1, 1042
PAGE TWO
RAF BOMBERS
BLAST CRETE,
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'smashing Col. Gen. Guderian't
dank command and routing an
estimated force of 250,000 nazii
before Moscow, the red army
1 1 claimed It had destroyed a brig
Jpde of Hitler'i handpicked elite
guards who had been flown 750
miles from Krakow to halt them
and was beating its way forward
ton both the Leningrad and Crim
lean fronts.
Pincers Ready
ftatrmiina Mntcmw baM. wnri
tayamlnar thnir wntinriMi tnffethsr
with their arms in deep snow as
they drew westward Dei ore tne
Rms-sIati nffonsive. Possession of
the rail junction of Novy Kir-
ism was also ciaimea.
With ha rantura nf Raluea
and that previously announced
of Volokolamsk, 65 mile north
west of Moscow, British war ex
perts said the Russians were in a
position to close the Jaws of a
huge pincers a favorite German
practice upon the nazl spear
head at Mozhaisk, 57 miles west
of Moscow.
Air. Sub War
Raslripit an air ministry claim
that tho RAF now held air su
periority deep Into German oc
cupied territory, the British in
formation ministry in London as
serted that Germany's suDmar
ine fleet had suffered such heavy
losses as to be finding it hard to
obtain and train fresh crews.
In North Africa the British
.4 hri for a final battle
with Gen. Erwin Rommel's re
maining tank forces, spokesmen
aid the consolidation of Brit
ain's middle eastern forces along
a line from Bengasi to we iau
casus was the major British
achievement of 1941 and mm
marized defeats inflicted upon
Italians with claims to in qe
struetion of three armies totaling
(50,000 men. Those were group
ed thus: 250,000 in former Mar
shal Rodolfo Graziani's army
k-ftten n the first British con-
auest of Cirenaica; 300,000 in
East Africa, and 100,000 put out
of action in the present Libyan
campaign. In addition, British
claimed the destruction of 47,000
Germans in North Africa.
Episodes of 1918 ,
Recalled by War
Analyst for 1942
. (Continued from Fag One)
Raig handed m memento of
allied triumph, souvenir of
the final collapse of the mighty
fatherland, as symbolized that
day by the military occupation
ef the Rh Iceland. It was a small
Union Jack, nailed to a rough
staff which had been whittled
with a jack-knife from a stick
by the commander in chiefs or
derly. I wu looking at that little
flag last night, and it said to me:
'Tell your readers that they
can look the year 1042 squarely
in the eye without fear or doubt
"Tell them that Germany is
very ; definitely in the down
grade. It still has much power
in hand, but its strength is far
less than it was 12 months ago,
and this winter bids fair to raise
further havoc, what with the
Russian debacle and the disease
and the starvation and the gen
eral chaos in many part of a
war-shattered Europe.
"No matter what successes
Japan achieve now in the
Orient, they cannot greatly af
fect the European war unless
the allies allow this far eastern
conflict to distract their atten
tion from the paramount theater,
which without question i Eur
ope. But don't forget that con
versely, when Hitler i smashed,
Japan's fall is inevitable. In
other words, the paramount job
is to beat Germany, and when
that is done, the rest will follow.
"So tell your readers that from
me, and give them best wishes
of the season from Halg's Union
Jack."
Well, that' what the small
flag said to me last night, and I
pass the word on to you in the
firm belief that it sizes the
position up accurately. No, it's
' not guess work, but the result of
careful analysis, and I believe
presents the concensus among
observers outside the axis na
tions. Japs Announce
Capture of
Malay Point
(Continued from Page One)
Monday and Tuesday nights as
well as at the Klang-Port Swet
tenham area on the Malaya west
coast 250 miles northwest of
Singapore.
I have four more tons. I
would give all of them and I too
would fight to put down such
sneaking and deadly enemies as
the Japs, Hitler and Mussolini
V. A, Kennlngton, Humboldt,
Tenn., who lost one son in World
''War I and two In the present
war. r
GREECE BASES
Gas Rationing I
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Long lines ol Honolulu citizens wait In turn before the Honolulu City Hall, wnere gu rationing cards are
Issued, permitting Mr. Average Motorist to go as tar as he can on 10 gallons a month.
Greater Than Defenders of
Alamo, Were Wake Marines
HONOLULU, Jan. 1 If)
Dispatches sent while death
rained from sky and sea on vir
tually shelterless Wake island
sketched tersely today how less
than 400 marines, with only four
planes aloft, held off numerical
ly superior Japanese forces for
14 days, bagging 12 aircraft and
five ships before being over
powered. "Probably no military force in
American history, not even the
defenders of the Alamo, ever
fought against greater odds nor
with greater effect in view of
those odds,", acclaimed the navy
in summarizing the reports for
the first time.
Nor did those tough marines
once admit defeat.
"The issue is in doubt," read
the last dispatch sent on Decem
ber 22.
Attack after attack was hurl
ed back. Beset by 200 planes
during those 14 days, the little
garrison, knowing there could
be no reinforcements from
Hawaii 2500 miles away, loosed
such deadly fire that the Jap
anese had to abandon low-flying
assaults for a timei .-
The navy's account, . pieced
from tthe dispatches, laid bare
a gripping struggle:
Two More Raids
Dec. 8 Between 20 and 30
twin-engined bombers in the
opening attack caught eight of
the garrison's 12 planes on the
ground, put eight out of action
and killed 25 of the marines.
Dec. 9 There were two more
raids by planes which also car
ried incendiaries but "due to
vigorous plane and anti-aircraft
defenses, damage was less severe
than on Dec. 8."
Dec. 10 There was a fourth
air raid at dawn while for the
first time enemy warships "start
ed pumping shells onto the flat,
virtually shelterless atoll . . .
Nevertheless Wake's guns re
plied with such good effect to
this double attack that a light
cruiser and destroyer were sunk.
The defenders also had the satis
faction of chalking up a total of
six enemy planes destroyed to
and including this third day of
the battle."
"The effectiveness of the
Wake shore batteries . . . evi
dently impressed the enemy."
Two transports, escorted by
cruisers and destroyers, kept out
of range and made no attempt to
land while 18 planes came over
for the fifth air raid. Only 10
departed. The marines still had
three planes aloft.
One Plane Left
Dec. 11 A four-engined sea
plane attacked. "Marine fliers
were ready for' It and promptly
shot it down." The convoy re
appeared. Marine fliers damaged
one vessel and sank a submarine.
Aims to Chill Fordham
Harry Ice, Missouri's fine running back, shows how he Intandi
to wave to Fordham Rams as ha
bowl.
n Honolulu You Get 10
Dec. 12 "The enemy did not
appear."
Dec. 13 By moonlight, four
engined bombers came over.
Anti-aircraft fire discouraged
them from dropping bombs.
Dec. 14 Fifty bombers un
loosed the heaviest air raid.
"Anti-aircraft and planes
brought down three and dam
aged several other s." The
marines' three planes were re
duced to one but during the
brief night hours they managed
heroically to patch a second one
together.
Dec. 15 At night a ninth air
raid caused "no serious damage."
Dec. 16 More than 18 bomb
ers attacked. k
Dec. 17 They came back
again. "By now practically every
installation on the island was
heavily damaged. The storehouse
with spare parts and other ma
terial was gone, burned to the
ground. The machine shop and
blacksmith shop were wiped
out."
Heroic Tradition Upheld
Dec. 18 Two-engined bomb
ers devastated the few buildings
left standing.
Dec. 19 There was no raid.
Dec. 20 Dive-bombers, evi
dently from a carrier, roared
down on the dwindling group of
marines.
Dec. 21 "The enemy with
held his hand."
Dec. 22 "Land-based and
carrier-operated planes attacked
in large force how large was
never reported." Wake's two
planes gave battle. "Several
enemy planes were shot down
but one of the Wake pilots was
lost and the second forced down,
wounded." Wake's air defenses
were lost. The enemy at long last
landed in force.
There came finally what the
navy praised as "a bit of under
statement" "The issue Is in doubt."
Even that last dispatch made
clear the marines were in there
and fighting. It told of the dis
abling of two Japanese de
stroyers. Tornado Kills One
In Mobile Suburb
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 1 UP)
One man was killed and more
than a dozen persons injured to
day as a tornado dipped Into su
burban Theodore, leveling four
buildings and damaging six oth
ers. The dead man was identified
only as a Mr. Summerlin, from
a Brookllcy field (Mobile) work
er's badge which he wore.
There is no longer such a thing
as junk. Leon Henderson," price
administrator.
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by Senator McNary, after sever
al interviews with air corps of
ficials, that the Walla Walla de
velopment does not preclude the
construction of other airbases on
the Pacific coast, and that Klam
ath Falls is still under considera
tion. The importance of the
Klamath Falls airport as a base
for use in defending the mid-Pacific
area has been urged before
air corps officials by this com
mittee, working through Senator
McNary, and by direct contacts
with various members of the air
corps."
The report from the alrbase
committee discloses several
months of steady effort to pre
sent Klamath Falls as a site for
military aviation development.
This began in August, when an
army air corps board notified the
Klamath county chamber of com
merce it would survey this city
for a possible airbase location.
An extensive brief was prepared
for the board's use while here.
After the visit of the board, the
committee continued its work,
and is still carrying on.
The committee stated that a
question arose as to whether mi
gratory birds in this district
might be a hazard to aviation.
Committee members convinced
themselves that no such hazard
exists, and obtained statements
to that effect from William Ran
dall, seasoned aviator and for
mer manager of the Klamath
airport; Captain Paul Sharp of
the army medical corps, former
chairman of the state board of
aeronautics, and Harry K. Cof
fey, Portland, vice chairman of
the National Aeronautics associ
ation. Senator McNary wired
the committee from Washington
his belief that the bird hazard
theory had been "annihilated.
In its report, the committee
states that city, county, school
and other officials, as well as
representatives of utilities and
railroads have given the army
air corps every requested com
mitment in connection with pos
sible airbase development.
The committee acknowledged
the financial assistance given by
the Klamath Retail' Trade bu
reau, the helpful cooperation of
the Klamath county chamber of
commerce, and many other In
dividuals and groups.
The reDort states that If an
airbase is developed here. It
will probably be upon tho pres
ent municipal airport. Steady
development of the airport,
where a $600,000 construction
project has been undertaken by
the CAA . in cooperation with
the city, was "viewed with sat
isfaction" by the committee, as
was the establishment of a
full-time government weather
bureau at the field.
Individuals mentioned as
members of the sub-committees
helping the program included
E. A. Thomas, H. P. Bosworth
and Chet Stinson as site com
mitteemen; Lawrence Slater,
Ted Medford, Robert A. Thomp
son and Louis Scrruys, E. B.
Hamm, Cliff Hogue, Matt Fin
nlgan. E. B. Hall, Frank Jenk
ins, and others. Ed Bell head
ed the committee of the Retail
Trade Bureau which raised a
fund to defray expenses In col
lecting information asked of the
committee and the chamber of
commerce, and In carrying on
the activity.
Members of the city-wide air
base committee are Lee Jacobs
and Malcolm Epley, co-chair
men; Elmer Balsiger, G. C.
Blohm, Earl Reynolds, Nick
Long, G. A. Krause, Dr. F. C.
Adams, City Engineer E. A.
Thomas.
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HAWAII ISLES
DOES Hi
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wcro no casualties nnd practical
ly no carnage causfn by any of
these attacks."
Of other areas of tho vast Pa
cific war zone, tho war depart
ment siiici there was nothing to
report.
The communique wan read at
his press conference by Secretary
Stimson who praised General
Douglas MucArthurs defense of
the Islands as "masterly" and at
tho same time commented that
the Invaders were veterans, hard
fighting soldiers and ably led.
Stimson told an inquirer the
war department had not In
structed General MacArthur to
quit the Philippines in the event
of a forced capitulation to the
Japanese.
The secretary said reports that
the invaders were a "mob of
badly trained youths" were "as
erroneous as they were well-intentioned."
He said "we have to face the
facts" of Japanese strength, and
added:
"I am confident we can and
will defeat the enemy In the end
but we cannot by looking
through roso colored spectacles."
He expressed belief that the
enemy had suffered heavy losses,
since the fighting had been "very
well sustained" by the American
Filipino forces and the Japanese
had to carry the attack to cap
able defenders.
Stimson declined to comment
on criticism of the order making
Manila an open city, observing
that "when our people are fight
ing under a most skillful com
mander in a struggle which it
had been recognized for 20 years
would be extremely uphill when
it came, there should be no criti
cism from us."
Nothing has occurred to indi
cate that General MacArthur's
defense has been other than
masterly, he added.
Enemy Aliens to
Turn Over Arms
By Next Monday
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 (Pi-
Attorney General Biddle today
ordered enemy aliens approxi
mately 1,100,000 Germans, Ital
ians and Japanese in the United
States, Puerto Rico and the Vir
gin islands to surrender all
their firearms to local police au
thorities by 11 p. m. (local time)
Monday.
At the same time, the attorney
general issued travel regulations,
effective immediately, for all
axis aliens under which they
must give notice one week in
advance of any trip beyond the
community in which they reside.
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lie was expected to return Tues
day night.
From Spokane A. D. Col
vlllo, superintendent of motive
power for tho Great Northern
railroad, was in tho city Tuesday
on business from Spokane.
To Los Angeles T. W.
O'llneu mill Mrs. O'lliien have
been called to l.nx Angeles by the
illness of their sou. O'Brien is
an engineer for the GN.
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per cent of the allotment of tires
to each state was set aside as a
state reserve to make readjust
ments among local boards.
The Oregon quota for January I
will be 154U tires and 1204 tubes
for passenger cars, motorcycles I
and light trucks and 3200 tires
and 2083 tubes for trucks and
buses.
County-quoto breakdowns will
be released by tho executive di
rector of the state defense coun
cil in the near future.
61 Killed in
Holiday Mishaps
Over Nation
By The Associated Press
Violent death brought tragic
endings to New Year celcbra-'
tions of at least 61 persons, vic-j
tlms of automobile crashes, homl-i
cides, falls and other causes.
Traffic took the larger share I
of the toll, 40 deaths, while mis-'
cellaneous causes accounted for'
the other 21.
The national safety council
said the degree of care exercised !
by motorists and pedestrians on
New Year's eve might mean the
difference between a new record ,
traffic death list of nearly 40,0(10
for 1041 or a total short of 1037's
mark of 30,643.
Tho national death total ovor
the Christmas holiday was 431,
consisting of 334 traffic and U7
from other causes.
Illinois and Ohio led the list
of states with eight New Year's
dead each. Seven of Ohio's and
six of Illinois' deaths occurred
in traffic.
Tho alrplano, which In the
hands of barbarous men has been
doing the world inestimable
harm, will yet bo Instrumental In
establishing for the entire world
a guarantee of human liberty
and of lasting peace. Orville
Wright, co-inventor of the air-
I plane.
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tcerod this assertion at the end
of Ihu conference.
"You usktid several questions
about Ihu future, many of them
no doubt pressing. I'm u Knnui
aiua (old timoi' in Hawaii) myself
uml i d ilka to reply ill a Hawai
ian word. This word is hooinmi
uwumil, moaning let tiuio luliu
cure oi the situation.' "
iiawall-wlso reporters also of
fered thesa alternative transla
tions: ' Time will tell." "Uo pa
tient." Asked about the possibilities
of an attack on Hawaii if Japan
succeeds In taking Manila and
the Philippines, Nliuitz took a
long pnusu and replied:
"An attack on these Islands is
always possible. Wo will do our
utmost to keep them from falling
Into enemy hands. The Pacific
fleet Is doing and will do the ut
most possible."
Proposed Slash in
Farm Payments
Draws Protests
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (I'j A
Joint congressional committee's
preliminary recommendation lor
sharp reductions lit farm appro
priations and expenditures drew
uro today from houso agricul
ture commlttco members.
They were virtually unani
mous in their criticism of sugges
tions for savings made in a re
port by the Joint committee on
ncn-esscntlal expenditures, es
pecially regarding possible cuts
in tho farm program.
Approximately $400,000,000 of
the V1,300,U00,0U0 the Joint com
mittee said could be shaved from
the federal budget during tho
emergency would come from the
department of agriculture or
agencies operating through that
department.
The committee's recommenda
tion for abolition of tho farm se
curity administration was unani
mously opposed by agriculture
committee members who re
mained in tho capital during Die
holldoys. Tho FSA has a direct
appropriation of $70,500,000 and
authority to borrow $130,000,000
additional,
Representative Pierce (D-Oie.),
a high-ranking member of the
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bombing attacks on war In
tries, iiibnmrlnu bases and
dromes In Greece and Crot
There uro repeated ropor
massing of German air powe
Greece and Crete (heneo f
Drltlsh hmnhlng of these points
The Germans have been bulldln
new alrflolds In Grocca and til
Greek Islands close to Turke;
(the islands of Mylllene, Chlo'
anil Siuno.s ore less than 19 min
utes by mi' from Turkey and the
Dardanelles.)
An axis submarine force Is r
ported to bo concentrating In th
Aegean sea,
COMF.TIlINCi Is cooking In th
Mediterranean. It will bof
over soon.
I TEN days after Hitler fires (anol
perhaps liquidates) his generJ
all and takes supremo commanf
himsoii tho itusstans capture nu
Important rail center of Kalui
southwest of Moscow, smash I
onel-Gcneriil Gutlerlan's tanH
command and rout a Germail
army of i!A0,H)0 men in flghtln
south of Moscow.
Germans, putting two and tl
together, MIGHT coma to
conclusion that Hitler Isn't thai
military genius he has been tout
ed to bv.
fERMAN truops, Moscow suyi
today, are throwing awug
their linns and leaving theil
wounded behind In the dcepl
snuw us they fleu before the adl
vancing Itusnluns.
Significant, If truci.
(And, you will probably feel
too good to bo true).
Don't bo loo pessimistic. The!
Grand Army of Napoleon (InJ
ills day as world-shntlertngly pel
tent as Hitler) threw awoy A
arms and ubandomd Its woisjT
ed In Its retreat from Moscow
Russia has been poison fig
, powerful Invaders before, ami
what has happened once
happen again.
Disabled Plane
Kills Workmen
LANG LEY FIELD. Vo Jan
W) Swerving olf a concrete
runway after losing n wheel.
piano at Lungloy field crashed
into a group of laborers today,
killing three and Injuring one.
Tho dead:
Frank L. Calllcott. 70. New
port News; Cosslo Clayton, 71.
Hilton Village, and Floyd Ed-,
wards, Elizabeth City county.
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