WEATHER
PRECIPITATION
' Aa oi January 9, 1943
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Day's
1; J News
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By FRANK JENKINS
"THE news from tho war In the
1 Pacific ha it bright tpota
and III dark spot. Today li
one of tho brighter daya.
...
AUSTRALIANS go Into action
In Malaya, JoltliiB and check
ing the attacking Jupi. Only
time can tell whether the chock
thua admlnlatered will bo per
manent or only temporary.
From Singapore today cornea
Uhi tribute to the tough Aus
tralian flghtora: "Newa that tha
Auaalea had aeen action aent a
thrill of expectancy through tlita
British ttronghold even a Ita
resident prepared to defend lt"
More allied plane aro being
beard from at Singapore, lead
ing to the hope that reinforce
ment are arriving.
THE navy report that the U. S.
Asiatic fleet ha lunk three
Jap tranaporta and two Urge
cargo ahlpa, bringing to 24 the
number of Japancae ehlpa, both
combatant and non-combatant,
lnc the war began on Decem
ber 7.
COR two daya Jap bomber,
r supported by fighter, have
been attacking tha Dutch naval
0ua at Amboloa,-on tlie luiend
Tf Ceram, midway between Now
Guinea and Celebe. V Other
Uland attack along tha south
ern rim of tha Dutch East Indie
have been reported from time
to time,
A glance at your map will In
dicate that the Jap are trying1
to cloe all possible routes by
which allied reinforcement can
reach the principal ecene of
conflict around the South China
Sea. ' '"' '' ( ' '
The Jap know that ooner or
later tha allle will gather their
force for counter-offensive,
and are preparing for It. " ----...
.,' . .;
cnOM Tokyo ' today comes
r tale that a Jap fleet ha ap
peared off Subie bay. That, If
It ahould prove to be true, would
Indicate that the Jap are trying
to land troops to take Mac
Vrthur In tho rear.
Q It would be a reliable hint that
hey have found his little army
too tough for frontal attack.
.
DROOF of Japanese air and
naval superiority in Malaya
Is Indicated pretty clearly by the
method of, their advance down
the long, narrow peninsula lead
ing to Singapore, -
Time and again they have out
flanked the British defense lines
by sea, landing troops In the
REAR of tho defenders and com
pelling them to fall back.
TAON'T take these brighter
V spots In the Pacific war
news -lo seriously as to jump
to the conclusion that the Japs
have shot their bolt and are
slowing down, No such con
clusion Is justified as yet. The
Japs got there "fustest with the
moatest men," and it will take
time to overcome that advant
age.) TN the Philippines, the Jap
posed at first as the deliverer
of the Filipino. It didn't seem
to "take."
They're now decreeing the
death penalty for anyone who
injure a Jap soldier or civilian.
If the guilty individual can't be
found they seize TEN hostages
for each Jap injury. (If you've
been reading the new from con
quered Europe, you know where
they got that idea.)
The point is that the Filipinos
AREN'T going over to the Japs.
Instead, they are risking torture
and death to oppose them.
'
QFFENSES punishable by
v death under the Jap .order
Include disturbing the peace, vlo-
dation of military orders, esplon
ge, concealment of requisitioned
goods and circulation of rumors
concerning the Japanese forces.
.
EVERY time the Japs have at
tacked MacArthur they have
lacked the advantage of sur
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PRICE FIVE CL v
Buy
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Oary Coiad. right, buys the first automobile tax itamp at tha local postofflce whan tba win
dow opened at 1 o'clock Friday afternoon. The green stickers, about t H by 2 inches, have glue
on the unprlnted aide, whereas they should be glued against the inside ot tne windshield's lower
right hand corner the green Liberty bell showing through the glass. Selling the stamp, which
cost 12.09, is R. L. Griffith, assistant postmaster. Money in hand and ready to buy No. 2 stamp
is Martin Peplau, route 9, city., Next payment of the federal n, en motor vehicles if due July
1, Mi, the poitmastet advises. ; J ! i.v'-Kr.. ,. : I r.r :J:.:,:f"iyK:
ENTINE PUZZLE
Ecuador Border Tiff
Still Blocking -
Solidarity
- RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 16
(P) Indications that Argentina
had changed her position and
might swing Into line with hor
lister republic In a resolution
calling for a break of all rela
tions with the axis powers were
seen today in informed quar
ters as tho conference of Ameri
can foreign ministers, swung in
to action.
Pre-confcrence talks between
hor representatives and other
conference leaders, In which
Argentina was suld to have
been brought under consider
able pressure by her sister re
publics, were believed to have
averted a deadlock on the Is
sue, one of the most important
on the agenda.
Border Obstacle i .
The last obstacle to accord,
however, was not yet removed.
Observers expressed the belief
that the border dlnputo between
Peru and Ecuador left a stum
bling block in the path of har
monious action.
' Indications were thnt the res
olution calling for a 10Q per
cent break In relations. with the
axis would be tested today. ' It
was placed before the confer
ence this morning by Colom
bia's representative, Gabriel
Turbay, ambassador to Wash
ington. He said he was intro
ducing the resolution In the
name of the governments of
Columbia, Mexico and Venezu
ela. .
It was believed the resolution
condemned the axis aggression
against the United States as an
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Jops Promise '
Fair Treatment y
TOKYO, Jan. 16 (Official
Broadcast Recorded by AP)
Major General Yoshishlge Dlz
huara, commanding officer of
the internment camp on Shlkoku
Island, told his 442 American
war prisoners today they must
behave according ' to the Japa
nese military coda and without
the "traditional Anglo-American
sense of superiority' for Asiatics,"
'The prisoners Include' Captain
George J. McMillln, who was
governor of Guam. Dlzhuara as
sured tho prisoner they would
be treated fairly, ;
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Congressmen
Declare Air: -Defense
Lax
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 VPf
Chaimian George (D-Ga.) ot the
senate finance 'committee de
clared today that the army and
navy had "blindly failed" to keep
abreast of aircraft development
In modern warfare.
He made the assertion while
discussing with newsmen the re
port of the investigating com
mittee headed by Senator Tru
man (D-Mo.) which charged yes
terday that poor planning and
administration had resulted, in
Inadequate end largely "medi
ocre" warplane production.
"Up until a few weeks ago,"
George declared, "the army and
navy apparently did not afford
the air force its proper place in
modern warfare. They were not
up to date with their designs and
blue print and they hadn't done
the work that should have been
done."
(In New York last night, John
H. Jouctt, president of the Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce
of America, took pointed excep
tion to the conclusions of the
committee's report.
("In every theater of the war
to date,", he asserted, four Amer
ican designed and built war
planes, Including pursuits and
bombers, have shown marked su
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Nine Killed in '
Crash of Bomber
South of Boise
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 16 (JP)
An army bombing plane on a
routine flight Wednesday after
nooh crashed and burned 13
miles southeast of Boise, Idaho,
killing the nine men aboard, sec
ond air force headquarters said
today.
Second Lt. Elmer M. Munn Jr.,
of Fort Worth, Texas, was the
pilot and his co-pilot was Second
Lt, Darrell S. Wing of Phoenix,
Ariz. ' .
Other aboard were Staff Sgts.
Carl Funkhouser, Skedee, Okla.,
and Carmen R. Gismondi, Oliver,
Pa.; Private 1st Class. Andre, A.
Chlsholm, Woodside, Long Is
land, N, Y and Privates Robert
F. Adams, Vale, Ore.; Lloyd
Knight, Thompsonvilte, 111.; Le
land Sanders, Odessa, Mo., and
Stanley Sansenbach, Parkers
burg, Iowa. . l
The headquarters report said
the wreckage was discovered by
a Union Pacific section work
man, ' He flagged a passenger
train and notified the conductor,
who reported the crash when his
tram reached Bolsf ,
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND .
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 194?
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SOVIETS THREATEN
NflZNCEY POINTS
Advances Scored. All
; Along. 1200-Mile -Front,
Claim .
By The Associated Press
Masses of Russian tanks were
reported smashing today at the
gates of German-held Taganrog,
40 miles west of Rostov-on-Don,
as Marshal Semeon Timoshen-
ko's red armies pressed a gener
al counter-offensive through the
Ukraine and tightened a trap on
100,000 Germans In the Crimea.
"The soviet forces are now
battering fiercely at the gates
of Taganrog," a British radio
broadcast said.
Near Capital
Russian troops were reported
fighting the invaders a few miles
from Simferopol, the Crimean
capital, 40 miles north of Sevas
topol on the railroad to the Rus
sian mainland.
On the basis of previous soviet
reports, the German forces at
Taganrog had long since been
isolated by Russian columns
which by-passed the city in pur
suit ot the main axis armies re
treating along the sea of Azov
toward Mariupol.
Soviet- front-line dispatches
chronicled an unbroken series of
Russian triumphs along the en
tire 1200-mile battlellne from
Leningrad to the Black sea.
"History Repeats"
In the northeast Ukraine, red
army troops were reported heav
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Contributions Received by Red
Cross in War Relief Campaign
Contributions previous
ly acknowledged $7214.12
Contributions acknowl
edged Friday ; 333.31
' Total .'. $7347.43
Listed below is the remainder
ot Thursday's contributions to
Klamath's $10,000 Red Cross
war relief fund. These contribu
tions were held over for ac
knowledgement and appear in
the total printed above.
Tho following Klamath Bil
liards employes:
Fred De Main .................... $1.00
Sam Brown 1.00
Phil Bateau . 1.00
Al. Fldler ... ,. 1.00
Jack Ralston ................. 1.00
Chet Skinner 1.00
Charles. Hoffman . 1.00
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Singapore Morale Up
As Colonials Go ,
Into Action - '
Br ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Bronzed, jnugle - trained
Australian troops, whooping in
to battle with a song, were of
ficially , credited today . with
smashing a column of Japanese
tanks and infantry in their first
engagement with the Mikado's
invasion hordes, and Britons in
Singapore thrilled . to a hope
that the Malayan retreat finally
was ended.
The Japanese-controlled Saig
on radio asserted Japanese
troops had advanced within 62
miles of Singapore. The claim,
unconfirmed elsewhere, may be
a typical example of axis propa-
Hordes! Flow - ' 1
Oi 1 1 6 1 a l dispatches said
Australian" retnioroementaV using
the invaders' own jungle-fighting
technique, were giving the
Japanese : "the : hardest, blow
they've had. in ' this war to
date." -
Majl-Gen. Gordon ' Bennett,
commander of the Australians,
was quoted as saying: '
"There's lots more coming to
them. . Every move they make
from now on will be countered
by . Australians who can out
march, outfight and outwit
them."
British headquarters said the
Australians, .getting then bap
tismal taste of action in- the
Malay campaign, inflicted heavy
casualties on the Japanese, and
destroyed six tanks.
- On the - Malay west coast,
British imperials were reported
to have blasted 14 more Jap
anese tanks and 10 armored
cars out of action. .
' - Japs Checked
i "The general situation " re
mains unchanged," a Singapore
communique announced, indicat
ing that the Japanese advance
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British, Japs
'Meet' on Border
RANGOON; Burma, Jan. 16
(IP) British combined headquar
ters announced tonight that Brit
ish troops had "met" the Japa
nese on the - Burma-Thailand
border.
-"Our troops were in contact
with the enemy at Midta in south
Burma last' night," the commun
ique said. "No further details
are yet available."
At the same time, the war re
port : said, British - bombers
smashed at an. airdrome in
Thailand, damaging planes on
the ground, and machine-gunned
an armored train. No ' British
planes were reported lost in the
attack. ' '
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Perry' Wilson .... : 1.00
Lee King 1.00
Jim Watts 1.00
George -McGahan ... 1.00
M. Piper w 1.00
T. A. Douglas ... 1.00
Ben Reed ....... 1.00
M. Hodges 100
Earl Smith . ; 1.00
Carl Young .. . 1.00
M. Stoltz 1.00
Bob O'Connor 1.00
Raymond K. Taylor .....,....'.. 1.00
Gus Pedronl . 1.00
Tim Reen . r . ...... 1.00
Laura Morez ........................ 1.00
Ed. Coughlln .. .. -...1.00
Walt Chilton . .. . 1.00
Al. Brotherton 1.00
Eddie's Place ...... ........ 2.50
Currln's Fqr Drugs .........10.00
Karl'i Shoe Store 2.00
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UNITED PRESS
Parade to Focus Public's
Attention on Bond Pledge
A parade ' will pass through
Klamath's downtown streets at
2 p. m. Tuesday, bond pledge
day, to help direct citizens' at
tention to the opportunity to go
to the polls and indicate what
they can do in- the purchase pi
defense bonds and stamps. '
Andrew . M. Collier, defense
savings . chairman, announced
that the American Legion will
have charge of the parade, which
will feature high school music
and marching organizations. Boy
Scouts and other entries. ' He al
so stated that a loud speaker
truck will play patriotic music
in various parts of the city and
suburbs on Tuesday.
8 a. m. to 7 r. m.
Former Governor Charles H.
Martin, who will be here to ad
dress the junior chamber of com
merce Founders' day banquet,
will probably ride in the parade,
Collier stated.
All plans are rapidly shaping
up for the pledge-day. program.
The polls - in all precincts
throughout the county will be
President Sets .
Up Wor Board
Under Nelson
,;v. .
' WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (ffV
The appointment of William S.
Knudsen as director of produc
tion tor the war department was
announced late 'today by Presi
dent. Roosevelt.. ' , '. " ' i
. The chief executive said in a
statement that Knudsen was
"one of the great production
men of the world." ;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (P)
President Roosevelt formally es
tablished the war production
board today and directed that all
federal departments and agen
cies must comply with the poli
cies and procedures worked out
by its chairman for war procure
ment and production. v
Donald Nelson ' has" been
picked by the president for the
chairmanship. .
The .supply, priorities and al
locations board was abolished
and its membership transferred
in ita entirety to the war produc
tion board. '
- : Effective Prosecution '
The board was placed within
the office for emergency man
agement of the executive office
of the president. .
The presidential executive or
der creating the board said this
step was taken "for the purpose
of assuring the' most effective
prosecution of war procurement
and production." .'
Nelson is 1o report to the pres
ident from time to time, and
through him, the army and navy
munitions , board must report
from now on to the chief execu
tive.: i.
Senate Group to
Investigate New
Army. Promotions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 (fP)
The senate military affairs com
mittee acted today to expand its
investigation of army appoint
ments following charges in the
senate that officers accused - of
inefficiency and waste in the de
fense program often got promo
tions instead of censure.
Chairman , Reynolds (D-N.C.)
announced appointment of a sub
committee headed by Senator
Chandler (D-Ky.) and Including
Senators Kilgore (D-W.Va.) and
Holman (R-Ore.) to investigate
all presidential nominations for
army promotions. - -' :
Chandler told reports the
group was named largely be
cause of a statement ' Senator
Thurman (D-Mo.) made to the
senate yesterday..' I r
Truman (D-Mo.) ' made to ' the
fense investigating committee's
charges .. that . there was ' graft,
waste . and inefficiency ' in the
defense program, was asked by
Senator Vandenberg (R-Mlch.)
what usually happened to army
and navy officers thus involved.
The Missouri ' senator replied
that they usuallwere promoted.
present atraam
' Normal to that
open from 8 a. m. to 7 p. m. Reg
ular, election boards will be in
charge at the polls, under an ar
rangement with County Clerk
Mae K. Short. Sheriff Lloyd
Low on Friday announced the
polling place locations, the list
appearing on. Page 12 of this
paper. '. ; ;, i
, . . Voluntary Basis
" Collier ; emphasized Friday
that -people are asked to go to
the polls strictly on a voluntary
basis. They will show what
they can do in regard to' stamp
or bond purchases on the pledge
cards, and these cards will be
placed immediately in a closed
receptacle. Local boards will
not have an opportunity to look
over the cards, and no one
should hesitate to make a pledge
because ot fear that some one
will be prying into his personal
business, Collier stated.
The pledge cards arrived by
express .Friday afternoon. . -
People who make pledges
Tuesday, and find later, they
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i
Now Confirms Loss
Of Allied Ship Off
. New York
. By JOHN A. MOROSO, III
: NEW YORK. Jan. 16 (P) A
tanker, supposedly British, has
been torpedoed and sunk within
cannon ' shot of Long island s
elite summer playground center
ing around Southampton.
' The coast guard announced
the sinking yesterday, but con-
firmation from the navy depart-1
ment was not forthcoming until
nearly 20 hours later. - 1 -
The navy said some survivors
were being brought in, but that
it did not know their where
abouts. The waterfront along Quogue,
Long Island, teemed with activ
ity today, as ships, planes and
shore searchers looked for wreck
age and bodies.
, The sinking was the second in
: (Continued on Page. Two). ',
Bodies Recovered
From Army Bomber, -Lost
December 30 . '
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.,
Jan.: 16 (JP) Bodies of eight
members of a B26 army bomber
crew have been recovered and
the ninth is believed to be under
neath wreckage of the plane in
the vicinity of Cajon Pass.
Deputy Coroner Edward P.
Doyle said a severed arm, iden
tified from a finger ring as from
the body of Pvt. Verr.on H. En
glebrecht of Fort Wayne, Ind.,
was found in the wreckage. Bod
ies of the eight other victims
were thrown clear,
' The bomber crashed Decem
ber 3Q after striking a tree about
200 feet below the crest of Kel
ler peak. . Exploding gasoline
blackened snow but the craft
did not burn.
The bodies were taken four
miles 'by toboggan through 30
Inches of ' snow to a highway,
then to a Riverside mortuary.
Besides Pvt. Englebrecht, the
army listed the victims as:
Lieut. Frank A. Kobal, pilot,
Queens Village, N. Y.
' Lieut. Joseph O. Maloney, co
pilot, Waterbury, Conn.
- Technical Sgt. Waldo C. Jen
sen, Langley Field, Va.
. Sgt. ' R. F. Organ, RFD 1,
Springfield, Ohio.
Pvt. William R. Chlnn, Iron-
ton, Pa. (Chinn's father , said
however he was from Ironton,
Ohio). -
Pvt. George C. Day, RFD 1,
Foxworth, Miss. .
- Pvt. Robert N. Enyeart, Co
lumbus, Ohio.
-Pvt.' Jack C. Shirley, Lavon
la, Ga. . ;
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Nippon Planes Strike
; 7; U. S. : Positions "v
Along Baton .
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 Wl "
The Asiatic fleet has sunk three
enemy transports and two large
Japanese cargo vessels in the
Far East.
- These sinkings, announced to
day by the navy, brought to' a
total of 24 the number of Japa
nese warships and non-combat
ant vessels sunk by the United
States navy and marine forces,
Sub Menace
The navy communique, based
on reports received up to 6 a.
m., PST, today reported, the
Xllhmnrinn mnnSM in tha nnrtk.
east coast of the United State
"remains unchanged."- . , , '
Text of the communique: .Vi ,? '
"Far East: v.-.
fUnlteli.ttH'.'j yir.a.i Asiatic-"'
fleet report the. sinking of five
enemy s vessels., in . Far . Eastern
waters. They include two large
cargo , ships, - two large .trans
ports and one medium-sized
transport. These sinkings are
in addition to enemy casualties
at sea previously reported, j .
' "Atlantic area: ' . . ;
.'"The submarine situation
along the northeast coast of the
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New Attempt to
Settle Union Shop
Issue Started
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 WV-
Thc government made a new at
tempt today to settle the strike
breeding, union shop issue and
hold unbroken the wartime truce
between labor and management;
Secretary of Labor Perkins
certified to the new war labor
board seven disputes Involving
the closed shop question. which
all but wrecked its. predecessor.
the defense mediation board, and
the issue was paramount in. the
22 cases inherited from the old
board.
Meeting today under the chair
manship of William H. Davis, the
new 12-man board sought first
of all to find a formula for set
tling disputes in the peaceful
manner prescribed by labor and
management representatives who
pledged themselves to a no
strike, no-lockout policy Dec, 23.
Both industry and labor look
ed to the -coming sessions for I
quick answer to whether the
board would adopt a fixed policy
on the union shop, perhaps freez
ing the status quo- as did the
World war board, of 1918, or
deciding every , case individual
ly.. ;. - ;.-'.-.
Berlin Says Rail
Traffic Curtailed
, LONDON, Jan. 16 'OP) The
Exchange Telegraph heard
Berlin radio announcement to
day that further curtailment in
railroad passenger traffic had
been ordered starting Sunday
night because of an "increase in
important traffic."
In the past, one of the Indi
cators of impending Important
German action has been suspen
sion or abbreviation of rail traf
fic to clear the roads for mili
tary purposes.
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Comics and Story ..Page 10
Courthouse Records ....Page 4
Editorials ..........Page 4
High School News .. Page
Information Page 5
Market, Financial ..Page 11
Pattern ......Page 6
Sports Page 8 ,
(The weekly church announce
ments will appear toniorrow). '
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