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IATH FAM.S, ORF.OON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942
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By FRANK JENKINS
'THE new from the south Pa-
clflc today Is nearly all bad.
MncArthur'f little army on the
nutnn peninaula and at Correal
dor Island l being repeatedly
pounded and niuchlno-gunned by
a vlrtuully unchallensed Jap air
force.
The Japa, driving down tho
rait tide of the Mnluy peninaula,
clnlm to have taken Ktiuln Lum
pur. lca than 200 miles from
Slnuapore. Tho Brlllah uy they
)ire holding 60 mllea north of
there.
The Jupa have taken the Brit
lh airport ul Kuantan, 100 mllea
from Singapore. That la only a
few ml mi tea by air.
THE esnau.lt on Singapore down
the Malay pcnlnaula Is led
by the Joponeao fifth division,
veterans of tho China war, sup
ported by swarms of Jap fight
era, bombers and dive bombers.
Today's diapatches say:
"Once again as In France,
Greece and Crcto the Britlah
appear to have lost air superior
ity (In Malaya) and are being
punished severely from the
aklee.
THE British have lost 13 air
dromes In their withdrawal
ifln the face of superior forces)
toward Slnuapore. Airdromes
are supremely Important,
In London an official spokes
man reveals that a special corps
of airdrome defense troops will
be formed to defend airdromes
against Invaderi of British terri
tory to prevent repetitions of the
Crete Invasion.
It should have been done be
fore, of course. But so many
things should have been done
before. We can't afford to spend
our time now crying over milk
already spilled.
Our time can be put to better
uae making tho worplunos that
are so sorely needed.
("RITICISM of Brltnin's luck of
adequate preparation In the
For East crops up in parliament
today. Major Clement R. Atlce,
speaking as Churchill's deputy,
tells tho house of commons tho
ifact that Britain's positions In the
,'nclflc are loss strongly garrison'
ed and equipped than could be
wished Is not due to lack of
foresight.
"Rather," he soys, "It Is be
cause It has been BEYOND
BRITAIN'S RESOURCES to be
STRONG EVERYWHERE."
He adds that at present the
Japanoso have tho MOST POW
ERFUL FLEET IN THE PACI
FIC. NJO one as yet thinks the Japs
1 will be able to take Singa
pore, ono of the moat strongly
defended citadels In tho world.
But If they can ring it around
with airfields and maintain com
mand of the air they may be able
to prevent Its uae as a base by
the American British -Dutch
naval forces.
That Is the real nub of the
situation.
,
.EROM everywhere the cry is
' the some: "Give us nlrplancsl
Give us more airplanes! Give ul
STILL MORE AIRPLANES!"
Until we can provide the
planes, we must be prepared for
bad nows.
'
TODAY'S good news comes
from Africa, whero Hltlor's
battered armies arc starting a
new retreat westward toward
Tripoli, and from Russia, where
the Germans era being forced
back farther from Moscow and
are facing the danger of losing
the Crimean peninsula entirely.
INTERIOR SECRETARY ICKES
tells his press conference there
Is no inimedluto prospect ot gas
oline rationing, Tiro rationing,
he says, is expected to mnko
r
asnljno rationing unnecessary.
Tire rationing, ho says. Is ex
pected to result In 38 per cent
reduction In civilian gas con
sumption, which ought to bo suf
ficient to meet the situation.
Ha adds that a 40 mile speed
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Swampy
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mm 4wri'4-ra3&
Advancing through the swampy Jungles of Malays, wary troops of the British 9th Gurkhas, pic
tured on maneuver!, now battle Japaneae Invadere of the peninsula. Temperatures as high as
130 degrees have been reported here since the war began.
Executive Frowns
on
Farm Bloc Move
For Control , ,
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8 MP)
President Roosevelt asked the
senate today to vest broad war
time price controls in a "single
responsible individual.
In messages to" Democratic
Leader Barklcy (Ky.) and Scn
ator Brown (D-Mlch.), floor man'
oger for the pending price con-
trot measure, tho chief executive
said "I am somewhat disturbed
by roports that a board has been
suggested as a substitute for a
single individual. I am also dls
turbed at tho suggestion that con
trol over ogrlculturnl commod.
itics be separated from all other
articles and vested In the depart
ment of agriculture.
Tho unusual presidential nics
sago on a pending legislative
measure was seen as an admin
istration effort to defeat two pro
posed amendments, ono by the
potent senate farm bloc, led by
Senator Bankhcad (D-Ala.), to
give tho secretary of agriculture
a veto power on all farm price
ceilings, and a second by Senator
Taft (R-Ohio) asking that price
fixing powers be placed In a
board of five members.
"I strongly hopo that no dl
vision of control will be made,"
the president wrote. "Tho whole
price structure is linked to
gether." Federal Auto
Tax Stickers to
Be Put on Sale
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (P)
Tho treasury said today that the
now automobile tax stickers
would go on sale In postoffices
and federal revenue offices
throughout the country January
26.
Tho first sticker, which every
prlvato automobllo or truck will
novo to corry after February 1,
will cost $2.00 and will be good
until July 1, when new stickers
will be sold at tho annual rate
of $5 apiece. Other stickers at
varying costs will bo sold for all
other types of motor vehicles
and motor boats.
To begin with, tho treasury Is
going to ask motorists to go to
postoffices or revenue offices
and buy stickers on their own
Initiative. A record will bo kept
of those who pay and compared
with registration lists to find
out how many people will have
to be reminded of the now tax.
which was enacted by congress
last fall.
Tho first sticker will be a
green revenue stamp showing a
liberty bell design.
The treasury sold that because
these stamps have an actual
value, they will be sold only
for cash or money orders or
certified checks. No personal
checks will be accepted.
Jungles Dot Malay War Zona)
Chinese Airmen
Join in Battle
Hunan Area
CHUNGKING, Jan. 8 OF)
Tho Chinese air force, in one of
its rare offensive operations, was
reported authoritatively tonight
to have Joined In the battle of
northern Hunan province, .bat
tering fiercely at Japanese troops
and supplies. :
' A Chinese dispatch said a full
squadron took part in tho at
tack, causing extensive military
damage.
A single Chinese plane was
reported missing after the opera
tions the first by Chinese
planes on the North Hunan front.
An army spokesman declared
that Chinese forces hod Inter
cepted several thousand Japanese
troops rushed south from their
base et Yochow in an effort to
relieve aomc 30,000 comrades
still hemmed in after being
driven from Changslm.
l ho reinforcements were re
(Continued on Page Two)
Fuel Shortage,
Power Trouble
Closes Schools
EUGENE, Jon. 8 P) The
University of Oregon and Eu
gene and University high schools
were still closed today because
of fuel shortages and trouble
with power lines. Eugene water
board officials were unable to
givo any definite information as
to when pover would bo re
stored, but they "thought service
could bo given by tonight." '
Josef Hofmunn, noted violin
ist, was scheduled to appear at
tho university in a concert last
night, but tho event was post
poned until next April. It was
believed that tho northern divi
sion, Pacific Coast conference
basketball opener between Ore
gon and Washington State col
lege, scheduled for McArthur
court Friday and Saturday
nights, would be played.
The university was closed all
of yesterday when all local
schools, with the exception of
Eugene high, were also shut
down. Lack of power and fuel
was the reason in all coses ex
cept Eugcno high. . Flooded fur
nace rooms caused the school to
closo this morning.
Italians Report
Attack on Fleet -
ROME, Jan. 8 (Official broad
cast recorded by AP) Tho Ital
ian high command reported to
day that Italian fleet assault
units attacked British warships
in tho harbor of Alexandria,
Egypt, last month and seriously
damaged a battleship of tho vali
ant class.
(Thoro was no explanation
why such a daring attack by
Italian naval units had gone un
announced so long.)
The Italians also declared it
had been established that the
British cruiser Phoebe was sunk
by torpedo bombers off Tobruk.
Tho Alexandria raid was car
ried out on the night of Dec. 17,
the high command reported.
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Fires Blaze in Thai
Capital, Pilots
, ' Say pn Return v;
' RANGOON, Burma, Jan. 8
VP) Flying for mora than 300
miles over Jungle and moun
tain baaea in Burma, five air
craft oi- American volunteers
operating with the British air
force attacked airdrome near
Bangkok today in the second
raid in 24 hours on the Thai
land capital and nearby air
dromes. RANGOON. Burma, Jan. 8
(IP) Tho RAF left huge fires
blazing amid military objectives
at Bangkok, capital of Japanese-occupied
Thailand, in the
first British counter-blow of a
rising fury of air war over the
storied rood to Mandalay.
Flames were visible lor miles
as the British airmen returned
from their attack, which a Brit
ish announcement said was made
last night and indicated was in
retaliation for repeated Japa
nese attacks on Rangoon, capi
tal of British Burma. All Brit
ish planes were said to have re
turned safely.
Damage Listed
(However, a Bangkok dis
patch broadcast by the Berlin
radio placed the attack at 4:15
a. m., local time, Thursday
1:15 p. m. Wednesday, PST
and said two British planes
crashed in residential districts).
(The axis listed the Thailand
hospital, the French church and
the bank of Indo-China as dam
aged by bombs, and said sever
al civilians were killed. Three
fires resulted from incendiary
bombs in the raid, the Bangkok
dispatch said).
Moulmein, east of Rangoon,
was reported bombed Wednes
day afternoon and Rangoon it
self underwent another air
(Continued on Pago Two)
Contributions Received by Red
Cross in War Relief Campaign
Contributlona previous
ly acknowledged $5146.98
Contributions received
Thuraday $ 115.37
Total $5262.53
Klamath county held steadily
to Its $100 a day average in the
drlvo for Red Cross war relief
funds Thursday. Quota here is
$10,000 of tho $50,000,000 nation-wide
total.
National contributions average
la a million dollars a day, with
$20,000,000 reported since the
drive began December 12. Not
only North, but South America,
has rallied to the drive, with a
$235 contribution sent in by em
ployes of a firm in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, the following con
tributions were received:
Earl W. Mack $ 10.00
Ellis Smith .......... . 1.00
Nazis
SOVETTROOPS
CUT N Ell GUPS
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African Report Seen
Big Advance for
British Force
By The Asaociated Preaa
Adolf Hitler's tattered North
African armies have started a
new retreat on the west-bound
road to Tripoli, the British an
nounced today, and British
spearheads now . are operating
600 miles from the starting-point
of the drive into Libya.
A bulletin from British mid
dle east headquarters said the
axis forces, which failed to give
battle at Agedabia, 90 miles
south of Bengasi, were falling
back under cover of a blinding
sandstorm?
Russians Advance
' The communique said British
mobile columns were in pursuit,
slashing at the axis flanks and
rear,... ..
More,, good news came 'from
the Tjrier battWffOfitrwith 'Rus
sia's armies officially reported
to have advanced within 40 miles
of the Vyazma-Bryansk line on
which the Germans had been ex
pected to attempt to dig -in for
the winter.
Soviet dispatches said Russian
troops had driven wedges more
than half way through nazi de
fenses on the central front, rang
ing as deep as four and one-half
miles, including a system of
camouflaged dugouts heated by
stoves and covered with six or
seven tiers of logs.
The dispatches did not say
(Continued on Page Two)
Three Fliers Die
As Army Plane
Plunges in River
LANGLEY FIELD, Va.. Jan. 8
(IP) Three army fliers were kill
ed and four injured last night
when a B-18 bombardment plane
plunged into the James river
near here during a snowstorm.
The dead were listed as Cor
poral Harold E. Decker, New
Milford, Pa.; Private Dusan J.
Oranec, Monaca, Pa., and Pri
vate James B. Shannon, Forest,
Va.
The plene, with bodies of the
three men still aboard, sank after
a tug had rescued four officers
and crewmen. These are Major
E. P. Hampton, pilot; Captain
Carl R. Russell, co-pilot; Avia
tion Cadet Robert W. Wert, navi
gator, and Private William E.
McKinley, all taken to a New
port News hospital with unde
termined injuries.
Residents near the river said
the plane circled at a low alti
tude as if seeking a landing site
and then crashed into the water
at 8:30 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Griz
zle Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Johns
Dr. and Mrs. E. D. John
son -
A Friend
Mrs. D. Cleig ..
Kato Flynn ......
1.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
1.00
2.00
John Fogerty 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. John Banks 2.00
R. L. Kent 2.50
Anna and Mabel
Buzz Cody ..
Su-gool-gl-hoose-kungs,
Chiloquln
Alford Lilly, Bonanza ....
Earl Webber, Bonanza ....
Everett Malone, Bonanza
Lola McDonald, Bonanza
Luclle Hughes, Bonanza
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ware .
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Mclaas
1.00
1.00
5.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
.50
.90
4.00
2.00
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Cork
continued on Page Two)
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Retreat In
Klamath Tire Rationing
Board Examines Shortage
Here, Assails 'Hoarding'
Rubber restrictions cast a
shadow on Klamath county's mo
torized industry Thursday, as the
county tire rationing board
sought a picture of tire consump
tion here with a view to asking
for larger allotments for this
area if they are found to be
justified.
At the same time, the tire ra
tioning board sounded a grave
warning against selfish hoarding
and unnecessary retreading or
ders on the part of both truck
and passenger car operators. The
board asked that people with
ample tire equipment restrain
themselves until others, with
emergency needs, can have their
retreading orders filled.
Exact Survey Sought
At a meeting of about 40 tire
dealers with the board Wednes
day afternoon, it was estimated
that the 1800 truck tires allotted
annually to Klamath county un
der new restrictions will only
Japs Seen Preparing
For Furious. Stab
At U. S. Lines
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (JP)
The navy announced 1st today
that additional reports from
Wake island brought the total
of Japanese warahips loat there.
to aeven.
The total repreaented an in
crease of two, a destroyer and a
gunboat, over the originally re
ported cruiaer, submarine and
three destroyers.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 VP)
The war department said today
defenders of the Philippines
were bracing themselves for a
"large scale general attack" by
the Japanese invaders.
General Douglas MacArthur,
Far East commander, personally
directing the fighting men
drawn together north and west
of Manila bay, reported that
morale and determination of the
United States and Filipino troops
was high and declared they will
"continue their resistance ' with
skill and courage."
Air Receas
There was fighting of "vary
ing intensity" on all sections of
the Luzon front, the war depart
ment said, but the lack of enemy
bombing and aerial machine gun
ning recently indicated the Japa
nese probably were drawing up
(Continued on Page Two)
Ickes Says Gas
Rationing Not
Planned in U. S.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (ff)
Interior Secretary Ickes, the pe
troleum coordinator, today as
sured the nation there was "no
immediate prospect" of gasoline
rationing as a war measure.
He suggested at his press con
ference, however, that great sav
ings In rubber, gasoline and au
tomotive equipment could be ac
complished through setting of a
national speed limit at 40 miles
an hour, and he announced such
a limit was being established at
once in all the national parks
under his jurisdiction.
The rubber shortage, Ickes
said, would postpone or obviate
any need for gasoline rationing.
His aides have estimated that
tire rationing would result in a
35 per cent reduction in civilian
gasoline consumption in 1942.
As to the 40-mlIe speed limit.
he told' newsmen the principal
problem now was the rubber
shortage, and he felt that if the
governors of the various states
were to be requested to reduce
highway speeds the call should
be issued by authorities dealing
with rubber supply.
half fill the needs of the lumber
industry alone.
Board members said they want
an exact survey of tire consump
tion here last year, month by
month. On the basis of such a
survey, they said, it may be pos
sible to show the allotments for
Klamath county eligible tire pur
chasers are inadequate,- and a
larger quota will be sought
Rubber In Stock
One dealer estimated that
there is enough rubber in stock
in Klamath Falls to supply the
needs of all the eligible purchas
ers for the next 10 years.
It was pointed out that if al
lotments have been made on the
basis' of registration, a false pic
ture of Klamath's tire needs has
been shown. There are many
trucks in the lumber industry,
operating on private roads and
not licensed.
Inspectors '
The ' tire rationing board
Thursday announced the appoint
ment of 16 inspectors, covering
the city of Klamath Falls as well
as the county at large. Addition
al appointments may be made.
The inspectors appointed:
Klamath Falls
Balsiger Motor company.
. Black Sc Whita Service Station
V 'ireton-rire company --''
Goodrich Silvertown Store ;
Goodyear Service, Inc.
Kerns Implements
K. F. Tire company
. " Lombard Motors
Dick' Miller company
Montgomery Ward & Co.
Standard Stations, Inc. .
Teed & Nitschelm Service Sta
tion.' .
.,. ..: B1? - : ,
Leo Moll Union Service Sta
tion. . Malln
Johnson's Garage
Merrill .
Merrill Garage. .
Gilchrist
Crescent Oil Company, Inc.
The board pointed out that
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Cigaret Prices
Rise Here When
New Tax Added
Popular-priced cigarets went
up two to three cents per pack
age Thursday and ' the normal
daily demand slumped noticeably
in Klamath Falls. - -
A survey revealed that most
retail dealers were asking 17
cents for heretofore lb-cent
brands. Some hotels, however.
were getting 18 cents.
One -chain grocery house,
whose price was formerly 13
cents per package and 25 cents
for two packages, boosted its
scale to 15 cents per pack and
two packs for 29 cents. Ten-cent
cigarets were raised to 12 cents.
So-called "cut-rate" drug stores
also adhered to this scale.
The single city cigaret vend
ing machine firm was unavail
able for a statement but it was
said that the new machines
were equipped to furnish change
with each pack. In older mach
ines, the change was inserted un
derneath the cellophane wrap
ping. Price data was unavailable.
Many Klamath Falls smokers
had stocked up heavily earlier
in the week before the two-cent
tax went into effect, accounting
for the slump in demand Thurs
day. .
. The 18-cent price was attribut
ed to a slightly increased, cost of
cigarets to the retailer coupled
with recent boosts in the price
of give-away matches. Jobbers
said a small adjustment was nec
essary in their prices to cover
Increased overhead in the form
ot stamping and bookkeeping. .
Storms in Store
For Portland Area
PORTLAND, Jan. 8 P)-The
weather bureau here, with per
mission of the second interceptor
command, announced that more
sleet and sub-freezing weather
were in store for the Portland
area tonight. An earlier forecast
had been for light rains.
Lip
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If PUNCTURES
IN LINE FOHCE
DEFENSEJOVt
All - Out Offensive at
Singapore Under"
Way, Report c
' By The Aasoeiated Preaa
British jungle fighters defends
ing the road to Singapore were
forced to execute a new with
drawal today south of the Slim
river, in northwest Malaya, as
Japan's invasion horde: struck;
down the peninsula with peaaj
fury in a drive aimed at Kuala
Lumpur.
The Slim river, a tributary of
the Bernam river building' PeraS!
and Selangor provinces, is 59
miles north of Kuala Lumpur,
Malaya's second city, 240 milea
from Singapore. , -
Solid Front ' . -. -I
British Far East headquarters
said the retirement was necev,
sar -to rreserve srsolid front.
. Tokyo dispatches broadcast by
the German radio said that Jap
anese troops now "threaten the
outer positions of Kuala Lum
pur" and that Japanese tanks
and artillery had crossed a river
west of the town, cutting off the
rear of British defense forces. :
Ail-Out Offense ,
The German radio, quoting
"last-minute messages from
Tokyo?" said the Japanese had
opened an all-out offensive aimed
at Singapore, Britain's No; 1 de
fense stronghold in the Far East.
A British spokesman admitted,
that so far the British have lost.
15 airdromes during retirements'
in Malaya. ; j
Coinciding with the Japanese;
land drive southward, Japanese
warplanes were reported to haver
violently attacked military ob-i
jectives in Dutch Sumatra, across
the narrow Malacca strait from
Singapore, and raided the big;
Dutch East Indies naval base at
Amboina for the second time in
two days.
Britain Looks to
Stronger Guard .
On Airdromes
By The Associated Press
LONDON, Jan. 8 Britain Is
creating a special defense corps
for protection of her airdromes,
from "verticle envelopment" by
air-borne troops such as won
Crete for Germany and the
troops will be commanded by
Major General O. F. Liardet, it
was announced today. "J
The corps will be under the
control of the air council and
will operate under the RAF.
Liardet, 61, has been in com
mand of London's territorials,,
British version of the American
national guard, since 1938. '
He entered the artillery 4$
years ago and In the world war
earned the distinguished service
order and was five times cited in
dispatches.
Lord Moyne, British colonial1
secretary, said that while tha
army's responsibility for tha
ground defense as a whole would
be maintained the RAF "under
military direction and as th
agent for the army" would "un
dertake the entire local defense)
arrangements for airdromes." !
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