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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
UNITED PRESS
RED CROSS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY.' JANUARY 5, 1942
Number 9476
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Nippon Attack Repulsed
In The
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News
By FRANK JENKINS
ksocARTHURS tough little
Anirrlrnn Filipino nnny,
fighting a delaying notion to glvo
mora time (or organizing the de
fense' of SInKnporo, stops tho
Oiipi northwest ( Manila, killing
00 of them.
Corregidor beata off Ita fourth
aucccaaive air attack, shooting
down (with antiaircraft flro
alone) four out of the 52 Jnp
bombera engaged.
That la nearly 8 per cent of
tha flight. Many a duck hunter
haa done worse.
nrlME meani everything In the
world to tho Japa, who are
putting all they have Into a su
preme effort for a quick knock
out In the South Pacific.
Every day of delay hurta them.
DRITISH sources In London to
day report that vetcrnn Chi
nese troopa are believed to be
on Iholr way to Malaya to help
thlock . tha Japanese drive on
Ulngaporo.
Reporta from British Burma
relate that LARGE allied forcea
are concentrating there, with In
tensive allied a 1 r activity In
which the Japa are coming off
decidedly second beat.
JET out here your well
thumbed map. Take a look
at Burma.
Aa an amateur atratcgiat
(which we now ALL are) you
will note at once that Burma,
reached from Chlno by the
Burma road, ia a threat on the
flank and in the rear of the Japs
In Thailand and French Indo
China. TT la to gain time for countor
movements such as this that
MacArthur and his Americana
and Filipinos are fighting their
battle agalnat seemingly hope-
O ta odds In Luzon.
fXN the other aide of the fence
today, the Jo pa are reported
to be drifting down tho wcat
coast of Malaya, having effected
landing with considerable
forcea at the mouth of the Perok
river, considerably nearer to
Singapore.
For tha landing, they are aaid
to have used small boats picked
up along the Burma and Thailand
coasts and their numerous
islands.
RACK, for the moment, to our
own aide of tho fence:
Chungking reporta that
Japnn'a third major attempt to
enpturo Chnngahn has dissolved
Into a CATASTROPHE DE
BACLE with the Japa In dlsor
(Contlnucd on Page Two)
'Turn Inside
Wide Turns Delay
Traffic Through
Business Section
City police on Monday ap
pealed to motorists here to
familiarize themselves with tho
propor method of making left
turns at local intersections. Sev
eral arrests have been made for
improper left turns, and Indica
tions are that many people arc
confused by the presence of cen
ter 'cube signs" at tha Intersec
tions undor the now system of
trafflo control undorway hore.
The police department state
ment follows:
The cube signs In tho center
Of the intersections are thcro for
out one purpose only, and thut
is to stats whore left turns con
be made. The cubo has no re
lationship as to how a left turn
should be made, but it is for this
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I
SALES
OVER MIL
County Given Praise
For Strong Effort
In Defense Job
Klamath county defense bonds
(lolea poased the 51,000,000 mark
Monday.
Andrew M. Collier, county de
fense savings chairmnn, made the
announcement, which waa hailed
by state defense aavinga officiala
aa an outstanding rocord among
Oregon countiea.
Pralae Racalvtd
Palmer Hoyt, atato defense
aavinga chairman, sent a mes
sage from Portland congratulat
ing Klamath county on tho show
ing It has made and praising the
thrift and patriotism of the citiz
enry here. He also lauded the
work of the defenae aavinga com
mittee and its workera.
Collier atnted that the $1,000,
000 mark haa actually been ex
ceeded by salca of bonda already
made this week.
Indiana Help v .
Tho total figure for the county
Includes $228,000 In bonda
bought Individually by Klamuth
Indiana, but does not include
$150,000 tribal funda or more
which the Indiana want to apend
far bonda aa soon aa authority la
obtained In Washington.
"That will give ua a good start
toward our aecond million when
it cornea," said Collier.
Average Near $25
On tha basia of 40,407 residents
of Klamath county, the $1,000,
000 bond aales ahow an average
of nearly $25 for every man,
woman and child in tho county.
Defenae aavinga headquarters
in Portland aaid that no compari
sons with other counties are
available, but that the report
(Continued on Pago Two)
Board Recommends
Against Deporting
Harry Bridges
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 MV
Tho board of immigration ap
peals recommended today cancel
lation of deportation proceedings
against Harry Bridges, west coast
labor leader.
The decision was reached un
animously by tho four board
members who heard the case.
It roversed the recommenda
tion of Judge Charles B. Sears,
who heard testimony for three
months at San Francisco early
last year.
Tho final decision rests with
Attorney General Francis Blddle,
The board found that Bridges,
since coming to the United
States, was not a member of nor
affiliated with the communist
porty.
KLAMA
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Center Button" Police Department Says
(ANTICIPATE TURNS)
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INTESECTION LINE
This diagram waa dealgned
making turns at Intersections,
Registration for
Draft Scheduled
On February 16
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 W)
President Roosevelt today act
February 10 for registration of
ull male citizens and moat aliena
of the nutlon between the agca
of 20 and 44 who have not reg
istered previously.
Men in this age group will be
subject to military service.
The dale wos fixed in a proc
lamation. It made no mention of
registration of men from 45
through 04, who uro to be regis
tered later on but who will be
exempt from service with the
armed forcea under present leg
ialatlon. In his proclamation, the chief
executive noted that this and
other registration under the se
lective acrvice act "will be re
quired to Insure victory, final
and complete, over tho encmlca
of tho United States."
The registration will apply to
all male citizens and some non
citizens born on or after Febru
ary 17, 1807, and on or before
December 31. 1021. It is to take
place, not only in the United
States, but also in Alaska, Ha
waii and Puerto Rico, between
tho houra of 7 a. m., and 9 p. m.
Klamath county selective
service boards havo finished re
claaalfylng 73 former 4-A regis
trants. Director Ted fase said
Monday,'1 ""
The class, composed of men
who have a record of post serv
ice with the armed forces, has
been cancelled by the war
emergency.
Both boards are now reclassi
fying approximately S0O 1-H
registrants, all of whom are over
(Continued on Pago Two)
PUNS LI FDR
TIMES HERE
Applicotions Will Be
Received; Drury
Heads Group
The Klamath county tire ra
tioning committee mot Monday
for organization, naming Don
Drury as chairman, with Percy
Murray and Mrs. Effie Garcelon
as the other members. Earl
Reynolds will act as clerk.
It was decided to hold a meet
ing at 2 p. m. January 7 at the
chamber of commerce of all tire
dealers In Klamath county.
In the meantime, applications
will bo received from tire deal
ers wishing to act as inspectors.
A representative group of deal
ers will be chosen for the inspec
tor Jobs by tho committee.
It was also stated that any
persons who como under the eli
gibility classifications as set up
by tho OPM may coll at the
chamber of commerce and get
blanks to be filled out.
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to aid motorlsta In familiarising
particularly left-hand turns.
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LEADS FORCE
OUTDFTRAP
Jap Losses Heavy in
Pincer Try; More
Planes Downed
BULLETIN
WASHINGTON, Jan, 8 (P)
Tha war department an
nounce tonight American
army bombers acored direct
hita on a Japanese battleship
and aank an enemy destroyer
off Davao on the Island of
Mindanao in tha Philippine.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 WV
The war department announced
today that General Douglas Mac
Arthur's Philippine army re
pulsed a Japanese attack with
ncavy enemy losses, estimating
that at least 700 of the enemy
were killed.
American-Filipino losses were
described in a communique as
relatively small.
The war department said
"this was one of the most gerl
us- reverses suffered -byvth
Japanese invaders since the war
began."
The Japanese attack took
place northwest of Manila.
At the same time the garri
son of Corregidor fortress shot
down four more Japanese bomb
ers in beating off the third suc
cessive air attack on the for
tress. This raised officially reported
enemy plane losses over Cor
regidor to 15.
The communique said four
additional Japanese planes were
hit but their destruction was
not confirmed.
Fifty-two bombers took part
in the attack, which continued
three hours.
Eacapad Trap
Both the land battle on Lu
zon island and the latest air
raid on Corregidor took place
Sunday.
General MacArthur reported
that his forces crushed the at
tack, presumably in Pampanga
province northwest of Manila,
in escaping an attempted enemy
trp.
The Japanese, MacArthur said,
undertook to crush the greatly
outnumbered defenders between
two invading forces operating as
a pincers from north and south.
But he added that when the trap
was closed "American and Phil
ippine troops were not in the
Jaws."
The communique said that Jap
anese strategy thus failed In this
instance, necessitating the frontal
attack which likewise failed.
The attack on Corregidor, like
the onslaught of the previous day
In which four enemy planes were
shot down, failed to Inflict ma
terial damage and casualties
were said to be slight.
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Here's the First AEF
United States sailors Una tha deck rails and prepare to land tha first American expedition
ary force of World War II. After this and other troop transports of a heavily guarded convoy
arrived saieiy sorotwnere in the Pacitic theater Iran an American port. Photo by Acme Staff
Photographer Jonathan Rice. Passed by U. S. censor.
Hitler Faces Loss of Finn
Aid, New Unrest at Home
By The Associated Press
With his armies beaten back
100 miles or more on parts of
the Russian front, his people giv
ing up warm clothing and even
skis for the troops and high mili
tary counselors in discord or
forced retirement, Adolf Hitler
Auto Industry
Geared to Big
Defense Drive
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (VP)
William S. Knudsen called on
the automotive industry today to
make deliveries this year of five
to six billion dollars worth of
weapons and war goods.
The director-general of the of
fice of production management
told reporters during a recess in
a meeting of 200 top-ranking au
tomobile makers with labor lead
ers and government officials,
that "everybody expressed will
ingness to cooperate in a pro
gram for converting virtually
the entire industry to war out
put WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (IP)
The office of production manage
ment announced today creation
of a ten-member labor-management
committee to draft plans
for conversion of the entire auto
mobile industry into war produc
tion. The five management mem
bers are Edsel Ford, Detroit,
president of the Ford Motor com
pany; C. C. Calton, Lansing,
Mich., president of the Motor
Wheel corporation; Paul G. Hoff
man, president of the Studeba
ker corporation, South Bend,
Ind.; R. F. Black, president of
White Motor company, Cleve
land, and C. E. Wilson, president
of General Motors.
yho labor members ate Wal
ter P. Reuther, director of the
General Motors division of CIO
United Automobile Workers;
George F. Addes, secretary
treasurer of UAW-CIO; Richard
T. Frankensteen, director of the
CIO-UAW aviation division;
Richard Reislnger, international
board member, UAW-CIO, and
Earl Melton, international repre
sentative of the AFL Internation
al Association of Machinists.
Ground to Be
Broken for New
Safeway Store
Ground will be broken this
week at the Safeway property
on the southeast corner of High
and Eighth street for tho con
struction of a $28,000 grocery
building. The permit was is
sued early Monday to Angelo
Dover), contractor, by Building
Inspector Harold Franey.
The old poplar trees, which
line the parking along the prop
erty, were being cut down to
make way for the one-story
building which should be com
pleted by early spring. The
building will be 89 by 130 feet,
according to the specifications
set forth In the permit book.
Howard R. Perrin waa tha architect.
of This War; U. S. Forces Arrive Overseas
' ' "
was confronted today with a bald
hint of Finnish defection and
new signs of unrest in conquered
France.
A reliable foreign source in
London said that Field Marshal
General Walther von Brauch
itsch, whom Hitler himself re
placed as commander in chief
two weeks ago, was at least the
third high army leader either toi
resign or be fired by Hitler. .
Generals Quit '
The others were said to be
Field Marshal General : Fedor
Van Bock, commander of the
Moscow front, and Col.-Gen.
Johannes Blaskowitz, who asked
for his discharge even before
Hitler invaded Russia, saying he
wanted no part of it.
Other information pointed to
the probability that General Os
car von Neidermayer, chief of
the eastern department under
von Brauchitsch, had been dis
missed, and there have been un
confirmed reports that even
other field marshals and generals
have asked to be relieved of
their posts because of disagree
ments with Hitler and his yes
men, Field Marshal General Wal
ter von Reichenau and General
Alfred Jodl.
Vichy Swerves
Among straws in the wind
from France today was a Paris
broadcast by a leading collabora
tionist. Marcel Deat, charging
that the Petain government had
played a waiting game with the
nazis to permit an increase of
Britain's strength and America's
entrance into the war.
He said that Vichy then had
turned from collaboration with
the nazis at the counsel of U. S.
Ambassador Admiral William D.
Leahy.
On the other hand, a member
o fthe Vichy collaboration clique
was found dead under circum
stances suggesting assassination.
. The Finnish situation was
pointed by a Helsinki editorial
suggesting that this would be a
good time to halt Finland's war,
at Germany's side, against Rus
sia. Officially the Finns never pro
fessed partnership in the Euro
pean "crusade" Hitler's term
for the war with Russia. They
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Contributions Received by Red
Cross in War Relief Campaign
Contributions previous
ly acknowledged $4702.08
Contributlona received
Monday ....... .. 51.50
Total $4753.58
Klamath county's voluntary
contributions to the Red Cross
war relief fund hit a new low
Monday, with a total of only
$51.50 recorded. This leaves
over half of tho $10,000 quota
yet to be made up. '
The drive, which opened here
December 12, is aimed at a $50,
000,000 national Red Cross fund
for the relief of stricken popula
tions in war areas, and for aid
to the armed forces.
By Monday, the following
week-end contributions had been
received:
NEA Talephoto
52,000 Troops Caught
In Trap as Aid
Joins Fray
CHUNGKING, Jan. 5 JP) '
Firecrackers were discharged
and gongs sounded triumphant
ly in the-streets of Chungking
today, to celebrate what the Chi
nese proclaimed a great vic
tory over- the Japanese' at
Changsha.
The Chinese declared that a
junction had been effected by
the Chinese. Changsha garrison
and the troops sent to its re
lief, and that a Chinese cordon
had been drawn about the Jap
anese force which had suffered
52,000 casualties in three days
in a catastrophic debacle.
The Japanese, dependent up
on air-borne supplies, are con
tinuing attempts to break out
of the trap, Chinese said.
A group of newspaper corres
pondents and , foreign embassy
attaches, including Lieut. Col.
David D. Barrett, assistant U.
S. military attache, left for the
Hunan front to view the scene
of the Changsha battle.
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"Meanest Thief"
Takes Red Cross
Money at Church
The new year, already has a
candidate for "meanest thief."
He is the unknown robber who
broke into the First Christian
church. Ninth and Pine streets,
some time over Saturday night
and stole $3 belonging to the Red
Cross.
The money was in an envelope
plainly marked "Red Cross" and
its purpose could not have been
misunderstood by the thief, Rev.
Arthur Charles Bates, said,
i When the minister related the
incident to his congregation Sun
day morning, two -members of
the audience immediately con
tributed the money to make up
the robbery loss for the Red
Cross.
Mrs. F. M. Cary $ 10.00
(This amount contributed
In place of purchasing
flowers for officers of
the W. M. Prosperity
chapter No. 180, OES of
Merrill.)
Ivan Buell, Merrill 20.00
J. R. Blatch, Merrill 8.00
Holy Cross Altar society,
Merrill 8.00
Mr. and Mrs. Delia Lo-
sey, Merrill 2.50
Merrill Rebekah lodge,
No. 151 1.00
Walt Fotheringham, . .
Merrill 1.00
Mabel Baldwin, Merrill.. 1.00
Mrs. John Giacomini,
Merrill 1.00
Hans B. Norland .... 3.00
Mrs. B. E. Wolford,
Spragua River .... 1.00
i ALLIED FORCES
- GATHERING IN
BURMA REGION
Offensive Action
Prospect Under
Wavell, Hint
in
By The Associated Praia
A Chinese expeditionary force,
drawn from a reservoir of man
power that has been fighting a
give and take war with the Japa-
nese for four and one-half years,
may be on its way today to the
British Malayan front to help
save Singapore.
British sources in London ex
pressed belief veterans of Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kal - shek'a
army were being transferred to
bolster the Malayan line until
Britain and the United States
could put reinforcements there.
Forces Gathering
It was noteworthy that the
British censorship at Rangoon,
and London yesterday passed (
dispatch saying that the gather,
ing of allied forces in Burma
suggested that the united nationi
command was mounting an of
fensive there.
The Japanese could be struck
as easily overland from Burma
at their flank and rear, as they
could be by reinforcement of
the front against them on the Ma
layan peninsula.
" -Uneapeoifiedembers' of Chi
nese troops are known to have
massed in Burma. Their primary
function, however, then appear
ed to be guarding the . Burma
road, Generalissimo ' Chiang's
lifeline.
Now some sharp offensive ac
tion by the new supreme com
mander for the united nations in
the Pacific war zone. General
Sir Archibald P. Wavell, seems
to be in prospect.
' Superior Numbers
Military observers said that
the retreats in Malay had been
forced not by more efficient Jap
anese fighting but by superior
numbers of the invaders. . The :
British imperial forces are per
force spread too thin and the
front is too broad.
The balance might be restored,
it was said, with Chinese infan
try supported by British artil-.
lery and mechanized forces.
A Singapore dispatch said
that confidence was mounting in
the long-range possibilities of de
fending Singapore, even though
about 200 miles of the Malay
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Cigaret Tax
Takes Effect
On Thursday
SALEM, Jan. 8 OP) Oregon's
cigaret tax goes into effect Thurs
day, boosting the price of popu
lar brands two cents a package.
Clgarets will be sold without
special tax stamps until about
February 15, when the state tax
commission expects to obtain a
supply of stamps.
. The commission warned deal
ers they would have to submit
verified Inventories of clgarets
on hand before they could obtain
registration . certificates. In
voices of all cigarets received
thereafter will be required. Tha
commission threatened prosecu
tion to dealers selling unstamped
clgarets without tax payment to
the state.
The law, passed at the last
legislature, calls for a one-tenth
of a cent tax on one-cent cigar
ets, and a 20 per cent tax on
higher-priced brands. Thus
2-cent tax will be levied on
IB-cent package, and a 8-cent tax
on a 25-cent package.
Officials believed the tax
would raise $1,200,00 annual
ly, five-sixths going to old age
assistance and one-sixth to voca
tional education, i
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