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had been at least momentarily
checked.
British dispatches said a Jap
anese armored column was al
lowed to advance over a bridge
prepared for demolition and
when the column passed over,
the bridge was blown up.
British artillery, hidden in the
green Jungles, then opened fire
on the invaders, inflicting
heavy casualties, and "the Jap
anese ran for cover," the dis
patches said.
Meanwhile, Japanese bombers
struck new blows against the
Dutch Eas( Indies, attacking the
big Amboina -naval-air base
near the eastern extremity of
the far-flung Indies Archipelago,
and Mcdan military air base in
Dutch Sumatra, across the nar
row Malacca Strait from Ma
laya. Aerial Defense
Evidence that Singapore's aer
ial defenses had been strongly
reinforced possibly by allied
United States and Dutch planes
was reflected in the British
comjaunique's report that large
forces of aircraft were slashing
at the invaders.
Advices from Singapore said
hopes were high that the Aus
tralian reinforcements the
same fighting breed of men who
stormed into axis-held Tobruk
In North Africa last year sing
ing "we are off to see the
wizard , . . the wonderful
Wizard of Oz!" would launch
an offensive against the Jap
anese rather than continue
fighting rearguard actions.
Describing the departure of
the Australians for the front, the
correspondent wrote:
"Hour after hour, truck loads
of bronzed Aussies poured
through Johora in the highest
animal spirits. This was the
moment they had waited for
after 12 months of arduous
Jungle training.
"The troops sang and made
the thumbs-up sign to Chinese
and Malayan children as the
trucks - swept through half
deserted villages;
Flinglng the Australian into
action at this critical stage . ...
acta like a tonic to the tired
British troops." '-.-;
"Whispering" Hit
By Government in
Denying Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 (ff
The war department denounced
.today as "utterly false" what it
described, as a "whispering campaign"-report
that 1500 bodies
had arrived without coffins at
the Brooklyn, N. Y., army base
fromt Hawaii. ,
. The war department acted
after being advised by the army
base commander, Brigadier Gen
eral Homer M. Groninger, that
the reports were circulating.
He said it was reported that
help was needed to put the bodies
In coffins. ,'
''"Several " hundred telephone
calls' were received at the base,
the' war department said, and in
addition a letter came from a
resident of 48th St, Brooklyn.
which stated he had been told
that a ship with 1500 bodies had
arrived from Pearl Harbor and
the writer and a friend requested
an interview to arrange to help
put the bodies jn coffins.
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Editorials on News
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prise. Always they have found
the Americans and Filipinos
awaiting them in previously pre
pared positions.
That indicates that the civilian
population is spying on the Japs
and getting word of their every
movement to the American
forces.
T ITTLE news today from Cairo.
That indicates that not much
progress has been made by the
British in north Africa. There
have been reports for several
days that German and Italian
air strength is increasing indi
cating that some of the planes
Hitler has pulled away from the
Russian front are arriving in
Africa.
The Russians are straining
every nerve to close their pincers
around large German forces. On
the success or failure of these
efforts much will depend.
Air raid wardens of the coun
ty will meet at the high school
auditorium at 2 p. m. Sunday
to hear a discussion of defense
against incendiary bombs, chemi
cal warfare and related subjects.
In addition to the local war
dens, outside defense coordina
tors and officials have been no
tified of the meeting.
Those in charge in each com
munity include: Jack Harrison,
Bly: F. J. Markwardt, Chiloquin;
William Hartley, Bonanza; Gus
Page, Fort Klamath; V. L. Os
born, Gilchrist; B. G. Court
right, Klamath Agency; A.
Kalina. Malin; E. E. Kilpatrick,
Merrill, and Clark Fensler, Tule-
lake.
Cripps Replaced as
Envoy to Soviet
LONDON, Jan. 18 UP) The
foreign office announced tonight
that Sir Stafford Cripps, British
ambassador to soviet Russia, is
relinquishing his post "at his
own request" and that Sir Archi
bald Clark Kerr, now Britain's
envoy to Chungking, has been
designated tc succeed him.
Sir Horace King, assistant un
dersecretary of state in the for
eign office, has been named as
rthe new embassador to China.
Sir Stafford, it was said au
thoritatively, will return to Eng
land in the near future.
Tag Put on State
Official's Car
SALEM. Jan. 16 (VP) Budeet
Director David Eccles, who got a
ticket yesterday for driving his
car without 1942 license plates,
had his new plates all the time,
but he had neglected to put them
on. .
Eccles, who is riding a bicycle
to work, brought the car to the
capitol yesterday, intending to
drive it to Portland on official
business. But he went to Port
land in another car, officials of
the state department spotting
the old plates on his car and ad
vising state police.
The new plates were on the
car today.
Victory Book Drive Mrs.
Franklin L. Weaver and Mrs.
J. J. Steiger will be at the
Victory book drive headquart
ers Saturday between the hours
of 12:30 and 4 p. m. and those
having books to donate are
asked to have them there at
this time. The offices are at
602 Main street next to Rudy's
men s snop.
T1S0RT
2 OTHERS LOST
(Continued from Page One)
United States remains un
changed. 'There is nothing to report
from other areas."
The success of Admiral
Thomas C. Hart's Asiatic fleet
in waging its fight against the
Japanese, even though dispos
sessed of its base at Cavite,
Philippine Islands, was under
scored yesterday by the sinking
of a speedy 17,000-ton Japanese
passenger and cargo liner of
the Yawata class.
The navy gave no names or
identification of the five addi
tional Japanese ships sent to
the bottom.
Japanese attack planes and
dive bombers are being used
incessantly against the front
line and artillery positions of
the 'American and Philippine
defense forces on the island of
Luzon.
The war department, report
ing this today, said ground
fighting of varying intensity
also continued all along the
front line, with Japanese shock
troops attempting aggressive in
filtration. The department said in a
communique that reports reach
ing General Douglas MacArthur,
commanding the Philippine de
fenders, indicated the Japanese
were' looting and devastating
the Philippine countryside sys
tematically. PROGRAM TUESDAY
DORRIS The Tuesday eve
ning program of the Dorris gram
mar school Parent-Teacher asso
ciation attracted an unusually
large crowd of parents and chil
dren. During the brief business
session a most satisfactory re
port was given of the several
chairmen of the month's activ
ities. 1- ; ,i
For the social hour the clar
inet trio opened the program,
the trio being composed of Ted
White, Joe Stringer and Dennis
Egeline. They were directed by
Miss Beckman and accompanied
at the piano by Miss Ward.
The tap dances of four of the
grammar school girls was well
received. The girls were Jac
queline Glover, Jackie Sullivan,
Barbara Anderson and Jennie
Rigo. They were accompanied
at the piano by Dollle Dennis.
This was followed by a lovely
piano selection, "Sunset in the
Garden," by Harold Miller.
The guest speaker of the eve
ning was Mr. Fast of the Butte
Valley Star editorial staff. His
subject was Russia, Its religion,
customs and educational facil
ities, and it was noticeable
throughout the talk that the 72-year-old
newspaperman held the
close attention of the young as
well as the older ones in his
audience.
In 1904 he stated he had fought
in the Russo-Japanese war and
carried a scar made by a Jap
soldier, but, he added with proud
humor, he captured the gun that
made the scar and still has it.
He had four sons in world war
I, and has two sons and a nephew
in the present war.
The next PTA meeting will
be on February 10, and a public
card party will be held on Feb
ruary 20.
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THE EVENING HERALD. KLAMATH PALLS, OREGON
Nutrition Poster
Contest Winners
Listed at KUHS
Twin girls won top places In
the poster contest condticti'd by
the cafeteria at Klamath Union
high school this week, Awards
were based on subject mnttcr,
eye-appeal and neatness, and
originality.
Priios. which will be given in
the form of free meals In the
cafeteria, were as follows: First,
Betty Russell, $1: second, Ber
tha Russell, Betty s twin, 73
wnts; third Ruby Clary, 50
cents; fourth, Hazel Gillett, 39
cents.
Twenty - ono entries were
udged in the contest. Judges
were Wilhclm Bodlne. art de
partment head: Karen Nelson,
home economics teacher, and
Alene Williamson, cafeteria di
rector. The posters will be used
in tlo cafeteria.
Dance Proceeds to
Aid Family Whose
House Burned
The Eagles auxiliary and
drum corps will turn over the
entire proceeds of their old
time dance Saturday night to
the family of a member whose
house burned to the ground
New Year's night.
The dance, regular weekly
feature of the orRnnization, will
be held in the KC hall, with
Estln Kiger's orchestra provid
ing the music. The public is in
vited. TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
OIL HEATERS Evanoil. fan,
$49.50. American Sunflame,
8-inch deluxe, $54.50; 10-inch
$49.50., Sunflame, rough,
$39.50; Sears floor-furnace,
$49.50; Scars Radiant, $19.50;
Midwest, year old, $49.50;
Ward 13-inch deluxe, $39.50.
20 down, $5 monthly. Guar
anteed. Oregon Equipment Co.,
127 So. 6th. 1-19
HOUSEKEEPING ROOM Close
in, $2 week. Phone 7058. 1-18
UNFURNISHED 5-room house.
California avenue. Phone 6684.
1-16
WANT RIDE to. Oakland, Calif.
302 Commercial. Apt. 2. 1-17
BEAUTY NOOK 504 So. 6th.
Dial 3218. Oil permancnts.
$2.50 and p. Sharapoa, finger
waveSl. No advance in prices.
Evenings by appointment
1-22
EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER,
stenographer wants part-time
work. Burroughs operator.
News-Herald Box 1748. 1-19
FOR SALE Saddle horses; also
electric range. Will trade for
hay, grain, cows or used guns.
Rt. 2. Box 498 I, just off So.
6th St. Ray Hough. 1-17
'29 FORD COUPE $30. '33 V-8
coupe $65 cash. Phone 3787.
125 N. Laguna. 1-19
EQUITY in small unfinished
four-room house and half acre.
1504 Gary St. 1-22
HELP WANTED Middle-aged
. woman to take charge of home j
with family of four. Board, :
room, $30 month. Phone 3461,
Mrs. Short. . 1-16
FOR RENT Modern house, j
Furnished, linoleum on all !
floors, recently redecorated. I
Garage. Owner in Calif., do-;
sires reliablo tenants. Rent ,
$20. 2 ml. north of Wards;
store on Bend hwy. Second ;
white house west of Van!
Dukers Service Station. 618tf I
OIL TO BURN For Union
heating oils, phone 8404,
Klamath Oil Co., 615 Klam
ath. l-31mtf
TULELAKE Leo Jacobs, sec
retory of the Klnnmth Falls no
tary, club and public relations
manager of KFJI broadcasting
station, was tho guest speaker
at tho local Rotary luncheon this
week.' Jacobs, Introduced by En
tertainment Chairman Mayor
Lou Booth, offered some interest
ing figures on the development
and use of radio.
Of 19.000,000 families In the
United States, 18,000,000 have
radios with 84 per cent of the
total listening to radio broad
casts some time during a 24
hour period. Average time that
radios arc in use in the 24-hour
period is 4 hours and 17 min
utes. The present world crisis has
decidedly increased the use of
radio and the nation should be
far better Informed through the
medium of radio and newspapers
in the next few months than
ever before.
While broadcasts of impor
tance in keeping the public in
formed on current news the ra
dio can also be a menace in war
time and to prevent illegal broad
casting the United States has
330 air police who are constant
ly on the lookout for illegal ap
paratus. Such sets are ferreted
out by mobile units and confis
cated.
Tho Klamath Falls station is
a part of one of the largest radio
networks in existence, Jacobs
stated.
Klamath Falls was widely rep
resented by members this week
who attended the local session is
order to bring last week's meet
ing, which they missed, up to
100 per cent. Those from Klam
ath Falls Included Nelson Rocd,
Norman Bowyer, Marshall Cor-
nett, Howard Pcrrln, Tom Wal
ters. Merle West, Major Under
wood, Delos Mills, H. E. Hauger,
Lee Jacobs, and Vince Court, the
latter from Alturas.
Ranee Stover will be chair
man of the program next week.
Parade to Focus
Public Attention
On Bond Pledges
(Continued from Page One)
can not fulfill them, may cancel i
the pledges by writing to the dc-1
fense savings official. I
A rally meeting of county pre
cinct committeemen and com
mittee women, election board of-1
ficials and others participating
in Tuesday's effort will be held i
at the courthouse Monday eve-
ning. An outstanding speaker .
will be heard at that time and ,
final instructions will be given.
Collier stated.
& Starting Sunday &
Nelson Eddy as you've never seen him be
fore, clowning through a dazzling musical
laugh hit! Watch him park his dignity as
he sings and romances. You'll howl at the
ticklish situations as he adopts a disguise
to test the honor of his flirtatious wife!
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School District
Accepts Payroll
Bond Sale Plan
Klnmath county school dis
trict has joined the ranks of
those authorizing payroll deduc
tions for tho purchase of defense
bonds, it was announced Friday.
All employes of the school dis
trict who wish to purchase bonds
may request that deductions be
made from their pay-checks for
purchase of $25, $50 or $100
bonds.
Four school employes have al
ready taken advantage of the
opportunity, although official no
tice of the notion is just being
sent otit from county school
headquarters.
HEALTH PRQ9RAM
SPRAOUE RIVER Tho
Klamath county health office,
led by Dr. Roiendal and mtrso,
Myrtle Caldwell, administered
the first diphtheria shots to ap
proximately 60 children In the
elementary and high school,
Wednesday, January 14. Nearly
all of the primary children were
vaccinated.
Earlier in the year the Shlck
test was given to all students
nbovo tho second grade and
there was only one serious re
action. Since that time many
new pupils have entered and In
order to have the entire school
safe all doubtful cases were
given the shots. Tho follow up
and vaccination for smallpox
will be given on March 14.
The health department Is also
planning the possibility of a
well baby conference to be held
once a month. Interested par
ents are asked to contact the
school officials regarding the
conference and an effort will be
made to secure a satisfactory
time and place for the work.
Mrs. Caldwell will probably be
in charge of the conference.
Congressmen
Declare Air
Defense Lax
(Continued From Page One!
periorlty on every occasion In
combat with enemy plants and
in other actions against enemy
forces on land and sea.")
Publication of the Truman
committee's report brought ex
pressions of support from sev
eral members for continuation
of tho group as a wor-tlmo in
vestigating body. The commit
tee has asked for an additional
$100,000 to further Its work, and
as soon as the report wus made
public, several senators urged
that more funds be granted.
The (how that's pleasure
packed with songs to hear,
tights to tee I The King of Song
and hit glorious new tinging
sweetheart In a Screenful of
grand entertainment I
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NELSON EDDY
RISE STEVENS
NIGEL BRUCE FLORENCE BATES
Boied on FtrncMolnar'$ "Th Gvardman"
Play by Itonard fee and KeWi Wnfer
Directed by ROY DEL RUTH
Produced by VICTOR SAVIUE
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IUZI KEY POINTS
(Continued- from f'nue One)
lly ossuultlng Gcrnum forces nt
Kharkov, Kusslu's "I'llUilmrgh"
of tho Donets river industrial ba
sin, after piercing tho city's out
er defenses at several point.
. .It, ..I lit: .
phrase "history repeals Itself"
took on gloomy new sIkiiIIk'hih-c
for the GcrninnH as ml army
speiirheads, adopting niit encir
clement tactics, threatened hulf a
dozen "anchor points" cm Adolf
Hitler's winter defense line.
A war map showing tho posi
tions of soviet vanmnmls re
vealed all too clearly to Hitler
that his strongholds at Kursk,
Orel, llryansk, Hosliivl, Vyazma
and Rihov key cities on a 350
mile defense arc woro endan
gered by the soviet counter
sweep. Russian troops who had ad
vanced 100 miles westward from
Kalinin in a month recaptured
the Volga river town of Scllz
harovo, 275 miles northwest of
Moscow, out-flanking tho Ger
mans at Rzhev.
ARGENTINE PUZZLE
(Continued from Page One)
attack on all the Americas, and
pledged tho American republics
not to reestablish relations with
the axis powers separately.
ANTI-PUNCTURE DRIVE
ST. LOUIS. (J1) Tires have
becomo so precious that the de
partment of streets and sewers
has taken steps to assure their
conservation.
A tire conservation patrol has
been formed to patrol tho city's
streets dally to pick up nails,
glass and other material which
might Injure tires.
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Sentence Given "
Klamath Man in Q
California Court
GHI'ENVILLE, Calif., Jan. It
E. R. Slrunil of Klamath Falls,
Ore., was sentenced to 90 days
In Jit II and fined $250 hore upon,
his conviction by a Jury on
fraud c-lmrge.
bciitoncu and fine wart im
posed liv Justice of the Prm-
W. J. Iliill.
Strand wns arrested on Dec.
23, 1U4I. when he solicited ad
vertisement In a so-called hluh
way guide by representing him
self as being sanctioned by
labor (iruuiiinllmi. Union wit
nesses denied connection Willi
tho plan.
TANKERS
(Continued from Page One)
two days and occurred approxi
mately 75 miles from the mouth
of vital New York harbor, lie
world's largest port.
The tanker Norness, 0577 tons,
wns torpedoed In the darkness
of Wednesday morning only R0
miles from the scene by a ma
rauding submarine which struck
without warning.
News of the second blow cimo
yesterday morning when a pa
trol plana sighted an oil slick
unci then spotted a life raft bolv
lilng In the Icy waves with sev
eral men aboard. A lifeboat
with other men was slglitrd
nearby.
Coast guard boats rushed, to
the scene after planes had drop
ped food and liquor near the
men.
They relumed after flghlO
mountulnous waves and report
ed that nothing had been found.
One report said an unidenti
fied vessel rescued the men be
fore coast guardsmen reachrd
their location.
As tho search continued Urn
novy clamped down on all new
and ordered the coast guard t
do likewise.
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Hopoleng finds hit met! thrilling,
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