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-News FRONT TOWNS
Br FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S dlapatchcs Indicate
that Japan's next major goal
la the Dutch East Indira where
Hhe oil li.
It aounda logical. They haven't
much oil and NEED A LOT.
THE U. S. war department says
today tho Jnpa oro massing
a powerful striking force at
Davao bay 600 mllea from
Dutch Borneo and 400 mllea
from Dutch Celebea.
That waa a wife guess yester
day when It waa announced that
American bombera had struck
hard and effectively at Jap naval
forcea near Davao (on Mindanao
Island, southernmost of the Phil
ippine.) Bombera don't Juat Bo roaming
around on tho loose, taking a
crack at whatever they happen
to ace. Whon you read of audden
and fairly heavy bomber attacks,
-vou'ro Justified In assuming that
Somebody 1 cooking up some
thing and that the bombera are
out to spoil It If possible.
-ORRECIDOR island and the
Batiin peninsula afe being
pounded daily by Jap bombera
about SO at a time. Their Ameri
can and Phllippino defender
have to sit and take it.
Flghtera aro needed to drive
off the Jap bombera, and we
haven't any there.
We WOULD HAVE HAD if
General Billy Mitchell and Ills
friends had been listened to a
couple of decades ago.
flENERAL MITCHELL wasn't
U listened to, and it's no use
to cry over the milk that waa
spilled then. Our Job now la to
MAKE THE PLANES and get
them to where they'ro needed
vith the leaat poasible loss of
'timo.)
TNCIDENTALLY, It la a matter
of prldo among newspaper
men that most of tho newspapers
in the United Statca supported
General Mitchell in his day and
have supported his successors
who havo continued to plead for
expansion of U. S. air defenses.
rN the bad sldo today:
The Japs appear to be
drawing steadily nearer to Sing
apore down the Mulay peninsula.
Tho British fight stubbornly but
have to withdraw in tho face
of hoavlly superior forces.
On the good side:
Tho Chinese claim practical
annihilation of tho Jap army of
100,000 sent against Changsha.
Tho Jups admit withdrawal from
Changsha, explaining that their
attack on it has "served its pur-
hose."
e
THE Russluns appear to have
accomplished the difficult
feat of landing troops from trans
ports under protection of naval
guns at Feodosiya and at Yev
patoriya, In tho Crimea. (Consult
your map for details.)
Their purpose is to drive the
Germans out of the Crimean pen
insula, which is a handy Jumping
off plnco for a German drive Into
tho Caucasus (for oil.)
A soviet "lnformunt" (that's a
new one) says today that Russia
expects to drivo the nazl rnldcrs
back of the Leningrad-Smolensk-Dnieper
rlvor lino 200 miles west
of Moscow by around February
1 thus "turning tho nazl retreat
into a military catastrophe in the
merest part of the winter."
"THOSE whoso Job It is to
V worry about American
morale are getting afraid we're
becoming cocksuro over Russian
successes and inclined to alt back
(Continued on Page Two)
Relief of Leningrad
Brings Attack on
Finn Positions
MOSCOW, Thursday, Jan. 8
(A') Russian troops attacking on
tho central front were declared
officially today to havo retaken
a number of villugcs, Including
Mcshchovak, 40 miles southwest
of Kaluga.
Meshchovsk represents a fur
ther gain by the red armies In
their drive toward the Vyazma
iiryansk German defense line
only 40 miles beyond. Smolensk
is 130 miles west of Meschuvsk.
By The Associated Press
The German armlca were in
retreat today along the entire
1200-mile soviet battlefront and
tho Russian situation had so Im
proved in the far north that
major assault with strong arm
ored force, were reported being
delivered 'upon fho Finn while
tile red Leningrad garrison was
at the same time being rein
forced. Dispatches from Stockholm
told of a great battle raging along
the southern sector of the Russo
Flnnish front.
Finns Attacked
For the first time in months,
the Helsinki correspondent of
the Stockholm newspaper Alton
bladct said, the Russians have
strong armored forces at their
disposal. They aro throwing bat
talion after battalion Into the
heaviest fighting seen in eastern
Karelia since last September.
A Finnish war bulletin also
(Continued on Pago Two)
Italian Papers
Urge Neutrality
Of South America
ROME, Jan. 7 (Andi Agency
to AP) Italian newspapers car
ried today a semi-oftlciai note
urging South American nations
to stand for a "benevolent, in
telligent neutrality" when they
meet January 15 in the Pan
American conference at Rio de
Janeiro.
"Tho decision of tho Pan
American conference should not
be based upon the axis declara
tion of war against tho United
States," tho note said, while
"tho whole future of South
American countries lies at
stake."
The noto added .that "tho Axis
and Japan limit 'themselves to
the hope that at this grave mo
ment in human history the
South American states can find
among their ranks statesmen ca
pable of realizing where the real
Interests of their countries lie."
Contributions Received By Red
Cross in War Relief Campaign
Contributions previous
ly acknowledged $4989.48
Contributlona received
Wednesday $ 157.50
Total $5148.98
Klamath county started on the
second lap of its Red Cross war
relief fund drive Wednesday,
with over holf of the $10,000
quota ready to aid American
fighting forces and bombed civil
ians. Funds are being collected here
on a purely voluntary-contribution
basis, and represent tho de
termination of every Klamath
citizen to pitch In and do his
part in licking tho onomy.
By Wednesday, tho following
contributions had been received:
Elllngson Mill $ 25.00
Mary Worrell 8.00
S. D. Dorcmus 1.00
Mr. Bert Gooch, Bly .... 1.00
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Russians Flay
Nazi Massacre
Of Civilians
MOSCOW, Jun. 7 IIP) Ger
limn troops were formally
chnrged by soviet Russia today
with inussnc-riiig 03,307 persons
in 13 cities and countless hun
dreds elsewhere in an occupa
tion marked by "unheard of
pillages, general devastation,
abominable violence."
Foreign Commissar Vyacho
slav Molotov said in a detailed
noto handed yesterday to all
envoys accredited to Moscow
that "German authorities legal
ized marauding In their army
and encouraged these pillages
and violence."
The text of the note was
made public today by Tass.
Slaying of civilians was said
to have been accomplished by
explosives, suffocation, knifing
or hanging as well as shooting.
The heaviest loss of civilian
lives was listed at Kiev, the
Ukrainian capital which fell in
lato September, where 52.000
persons wcro said to have been
"killed and tortured to death."
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Deadline to Give Up
Banned Articles
Set Thursday
Enemy aliens were granted an
extension until lip. m. Thurs
day as the deadline for the sur
render of weapons and other pro
hibited articles, such as cameras
and radios, according to an
nouncement received here by
city and county officers from
US Attorney Frank J. Hennessy.
The deadline originally was set
for 11 o'clock Monday night.
The city police havo several
guns, cameras and radios in their
possession, turned over in De
cember by alien residents of
Klamath Falls. A check with
tho sheriffs offlco made Wed
nesday showed "three or four
radios, eight or 10 guns and sov
(Continucd on Pago Two)
Army Cantonment
To Be Started
At Medford Site
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (P)
Tho war department today an
nounced that a military canton
ment would bo started immedi
ately at Medford, Ore.
Tho department would not am
plify tho announcement and
withheld all details and esti
mates on cost, construction time
and other phases of the work.
Tho department did not men
tion tho proposed cantonment in
the Corvallis-Albany area.
Joo Clark 2.00
Blanch Ager 1.00
Mrs. O. C, Johnson 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fergu
son 3.00
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. John
son 2.00
Jeff Causbio 5.00
A Friend 2.00
Safeway Stores' 75.00
Delia McGrath 3.00
Roy Jenkins 5.00
Baldy Evans 2.00
H. B. Johnson 1.00
Rebckah Social club 0.00
A Friend 1,00
Mr. and Mrs. R. H, Car
son 2,00
Violet Hahn 2.00
Mr. and Mrs. LcRoy Erd-
mann 8.00
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Osten-
dorf 2.50
II. fe. lloslcy, Chlloquln .. 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Evans,
Chlloquln 8.00
taies
DAVAO ATTACK
SEEN POINTED
AT
Philippine Defenders
Holding Against
Jap Smashes
By The Associated Press
Japan's next goal is the Dutch
East Indies.
This appeared evident today
from a U. S. war department
communique reporting that the
Mikado's sea borne invasion
armies in the Philippines have
massed a powerful striking force
Bt Davao bay, only 600 miles
from Dutch Borneo and 4UU
mile from Dutch Celebes.
A Rome radio report heard in
London Indicated that the thrust
may already have started, de
claring that strong forces of Jap
anese parachute troops had land
ed on the cast coast of Dutch
Borneo.
Simultaneously, Dutch East
Indies headquarters at Batavta
reported that.. a formation of,
eight Japanese flying .boats at
tacked military objectives dur
ing the night on the island of
Ambon (Ambolna),- site of a
major Dutch naval base, 800
miles south of Davao.
Scouting Raids
'The enemy dropped 20 bombs
and machine-gunned the island,"
the communique said, reporting
that three civilians were killed
and four persons wounded.
The bulletin also noted lively
aerial reconnaissance over the
far-flung archipelago often the
tlpoff of an impending invasion
with the announcement that
enemy planes were observed
over various parts of the outer
possessions.
Base Blasted
Tokyo imperial headquarters
said Japanese troops who landed
several days ago at Brunei In
British North Borneo, adjoining
Dutch Borneo, were "extending
their field of operations." No
details were given.
In smashing at Ambolna, the
Japanese were seeking to knock
out one of the Indies bases from
which U. S. army bombers may
have been flying to attack Jap
anese warships in the Philip
pines.
For Japan, t h e Indies with
their treasure-trove of such vital
war supplies as rubber, tin and
(Continued on Page Two)
Mystery Surrounds
Fate of Driver in
Sandy River Plunge
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 7 P)
Mystery surrounded the rescue
last night of Newton a. cnerry,
40, Milwaukic, Ore., from a
partially submerged car in the
frigid waters of the Sandy river
east of here.
Charles W. Post, 22, Trout-
dale, saw the car slide from the
slippery road into the river
about 4 p. m., summoned help
and lifted tho unconscious
Cherry to safety through a hole
chopped in the roof.
At Portland general hospital
this morning, Cherry, suffering
from head injuries, told attend
ants that S. L. Odom of Oregon
City had been driving the car.
Post said he and the other res
cuers found no one else in the
vehicle and that the doors were
Jammed shut.
Officers began a search of
tho river when they failed to
locate Odom.
FLEET PLANS
SINGAPORE, Jan. 7 VP)
Vice Admiral Sir Geoffrey Lay
ton, commander In chief of Brit
ain's Far Eastern fleet, has loft
Singapore to organizo the east
ern fleet "so that the allies may
gain sea supremacy in the Far
East as soon as possible," it was
officially announced today.
RIG
AREA
U. S. Gets in
JT3. HAINAN
ttlNOO-CHINA
J WF frt SSW,
- SuuSa tr-&AVAO
M fi MINDANAO
. , . Nrft 0r H ' AMBOINA
Mapped here are latest developments in the Pacific theatre of
warships: 2 Dutch baaea which
Borneo; 4 Possible allied drive
hard) 5 Gen. Douglas MacArthur fights on in the Philippines. .
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British Admit Armies
Withdrawing in
Malay Battle
SINGAPORE, Jan. 7 M3)
Japanese forces fighting their
way down the Malayan penin
sula inched closer to Singapore
today as the British acknowl
edged for the third successive
day that their forces had been
compelled to withdraw south
ward under the steady battering
of the invaders.
Heavy fighting was reported
on the lower Perak front, where
a communique said the Japanese
launched a violent attack this
morning supported by mechan
ized units and had succeeded in
penetrating the British lines at
one point.
On the opposite side of the
peninsula, where the Japanese
were admitted yesterday to have
captured Kuantan, only 190
miles from Singapore, the Brit
ish continued to withdraw south
ward "according to plan," the
bulletin declared.
The announcement failed to
disclose the extent of the with
drawal. The disclosure that heavy fight
ing still was continuing in Perak
served to dispel doubts whether
the British still held any part
of that state doubts which were
raised yesterday by reports of
British withdrawals on that front
and by mention of Japanese ac
tivity in Selangor state to the
south.
Matanuskans Agree
To Furnish Food
For Alaska Area
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan.
7 () "Fill the ships with those
supplies essential to the defense
of Alaska, we'll provide as
much of the foodstuffs needed
for civilians and soldiers in the
territory as our farms will pro
duce," Matanuska valley farm
ers told their Uncle Sam today.
. The members of the iedcral
colonization project know they
can't possibly become the ex
clusive bread basket for Alaska
but they feel they can produce
enough to lighten the loads of
ships plying between the states
and the northland, leaving space
vitally needed for defense sup
plies. ,
They have pledged themselves
to Increase production of their
farms between 25 and SO per
cent during this year.
a Few Licks, Smacks Jap Warships
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South China Set
U. S. planes might have used: 3 Jap attacks on Malaya and
into Thailand from Burma, where U. S. planes hit Jap air force
Price Control
Held Necessary
To Halt Rise
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (P)
Senator Brown (D-Mich.)
brought the administration
price control bill before the
senate for consideration today
with a declaration that it had
become necessary to avert a
"tremendous rise in prices."
"Price control is necessary
in the present situation,"
Brown said, "because the law of
supply and demand does not
operate to maintain a fair
equilibrium of prices.
"The law of supply and de
mand breaks down because of
the enormous demand for war
materials, and we have a situa
tion where the supply is suf
ficient if ordinary civilian con
sumption is not curtailed."
Brown told his colleagues
that the measure was also need
ed "so that enormous profits
will not be obtained as they
were obtained In the last war."
"If you can give an effective,
(Continued on Page Two)
British Navy, RAF
Raid Norse Coast
LONDON, Jan. 7 OP) A Joint
navy and RAF raid on Helle
fjord on the Norwegian coatt
yesterday was announced today.
A Joint communique an
nounced that one German sup
ply ship of medium tonnage
and two trawlers were sunk
off the town of Floro, near
Aalcsund.
A German canning factory
also was damaged.
Italy Doubts U. S. Ability in
Comment on Roosevelt Speech
By The Asaociated Preea
Italian authorities today
called President Roosevelt's pro
gram for 185,000 planes and
120,000 tanks in 1942 and 1943
"sensational, spectacular, of a
typical North American brand"
but expressed unbelief in its
realization and carefully kept
the figures out of the controlled
press.
German commentators vague
ly referred to It as a "fairly
substantial speech, but said in
general it was merely a warmed
up version of old Roosevelt
speeches. Germans, too, were
not allowed to knoW American
production plans.
"Yanks Are Coming"
In London, ono headline was
typical in its jubilance: "The
Yanks Are Coming."
These, in brief, typified the
world-wide reaction to the pres
ident's war program laid before
JAP THRUSTS
JAP BASES
Z0N PHILIPPINE
anila ISLANDS
PMlS Ocean
- (NEA Telephoto)
war. 1 TJ. S. bombers blast Jap
Chinese Report More
Japs Slain During
Retreat North
TOKYO, Jan. 7 (Official broad
cast recorded by APJ A Domel
dispatch from Hankow, quoting
an announcement of Japanese
army headquarters for Central
China, said today that the Japa
nese forces had begun their with
drawal from Changsha, having
accomplished their objectives.
The dispatch said the Japanese
expedition penetrated Changsha
on Jan. 1 and by Jan. 4 had com
pleted its task of cleaning up
"enemy objectives" both inside
and outside the city.
CHUNGKING, China, Jan. 7
UP) The remnants of a Japanese
army of 100,000 men, reported
fleeing northward from a stun
ning defeat at Changsha, were
said today to have suffered 7000
additional casualties while
breaking through Chinese forces
blocking their line of retreat.
- Chinese dispatcTies previously
estimated that the Japanese had
lost 30,000 men in their abortive
attempt to take Changsha, Hunan
pnvince capital which twice be
fore had beaten off the invaders.
In addition to the heavy losses
in lead and wounded inflicted
upoM the Japanese, the Chinese
declared they had taken many
prisoners exactly how many
they did not say.
the 77th congress yesterday in
a speech in which he predicted
a total victory over the axis.
Axis quarters were cautious,
skeptical of the program's real
ization; the united nations and
their friends showed a lift In
morale.
In Italy, a spokesman told
foreign correspondents that "the
evident scope of this sensation.
at listing of such sensational fig
ures is to impress the world,
above all the population of the
United States.
"There is no point in examln
lng the' figures. The practical
utility of this, new method of
conducting war in advance by
means of sensational armaments
plans remains to. be. seen," he
added sarcastically..
Stefanl, the official Italian
news agency, said the stupen
dous armaments yet to be made
(Continued on Page Two)
BIGGEST WAR
R 1 in RFT muF N
TO CONGRESS
Cost of ' Huge Battle
Program Outlined "
By President
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 UP)--
Bespeaking the nation's deter
mination to "pay whatever price
we must to preserve our way of
life," President Roosevelt called
today for a war budget of $58..
000,000,000 for the next fiscal
year, $9,000,000,000 of new taxes
on top of all existing taxes, and
unprecedented borrowing that
would send the federal debt
above $110,000,000,000.
This is a war budget," he said
in his annual budget message to
congress. "Its magnitude and
composition depend on events at
the battlefronts of the world.
. . . . Nothing short of a maxb
mum will suffice. I cannot prer
diet ultimate costs because I can
not predict the changing fortunes
of war. I can say only that w
are determined to pay whatevef
price we must to preserve out
way of life." v
Biggest in History ,
He added at a press conference
that it was the biggest budget irt
the history of the world. Gov
ernment estimates indicated it
irauijr . uuugie ixermany s
annual war expenditures. It
called, the president said, for 8
step-up in the rate of war spend
ing from the current $2,000,000,-
uuu a montn to $5,000,000,000 a
month.
To the United States armed
forces and their allies, the presi
dent promised that the buJget
meant "a crushing superiority of
equipment."
To the public he said that it
meant heavy new taxes because
a fair distribution of the war
burden is necessary for national
unity."
It also meant, he declared, ir-at
the people would have to do
without "many conveniences and'
luxuries so that the nation may;
shut labor, materials and facili
ties from the production of civil-'
ian articles to the production of,
weapons and other war sup-'
plies." 5
Technically, the budget con
cerned only money to be paid out
of the treasury. However, in.
setting up the $56,000,000,000
war program, the president said
that beside an estimated $52,786,-
186,000 out of the treasury, ho
believed that an additional $3,-
000,000,000 would be spent out
(Continued on Page Two)
Cigaret Tax Due
To Take Effect at , .
Midnight Tonight
SALEM, Jan. 7 (P) Oregon
cigaret smokers will begin at
midnight tonight to pay a state
tax of 2 cents per package, un
less a last-minute court injunc-'
tion is obtained to prevent the
measure from becoming law. .
The measure was passed in
the closing minutes of the 1941
legislature, but the State Retail
Grocers association filed a ref
erendum against the bill, pre
venting it from becoming ef
fective and placing it on the
general election ballot next No
vember. I
The attorney general, how
ever, voided the referendum and
ruled the measure should be
come effective, holding that the
association's expense statements
were Inadequate.
The association . had an
nounced it would file court ac
tion to prevent the tax commis
sion from collecting the tax,
but it has not yet done so.
: More than . 18,000 dealers
must obtain licenses from the
tax commission. Stamps will be
available in about fix weeks. '
News Index
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Comics and Story ...Page 8
Courthouse Records Page 4
Editorials .,.1....... Page 4
High School News Page 10
Information Page 5
Market, Financial -.Page 9
Midland Empire News.-Page ' 7
Pattern Page 4
PTA Notes ..Page A
Sports
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