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MATH FALLS, OREGON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 17. 1942
Number 9487
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B THANK JENKINS
THE Pacific picture toduy Is
1 not so bright.
Tho Japs, checked yesterday
by tho hard-hitting Australians,
have, poured UKaln around the
(lank of the British on tho Muluy
peninsula, reachlnil Malacca, on
tho strait of the samo name
about 100 miles from Slngupore.
The strait of Malacca separates
the Malay peninsula from the
Dutch Island of Sumatra. It Is
th main shipping rout guarded
by Singapore. It Is the route by
'which water "borne reinforce
ment must reach Singapore.
(Your map will maka the sit
uation her much plainer than
words can.)
yHE Japs claim today that Gen
A ersl MacArthur force on
the Batan peninsula are In "gen
eral retreat toward the coast of
Manila bay, presumably in hopes
of finding shelter on Corregldor
Island."
(Th U. 8. war department In
Washington fall to confirm this
Jap claim, reporting only that
an attack by OVERWHELMING
Japanese number, well support
ed by planes and artillery, Is
bolng stubbornly contested by
MaaArthur' army.)
A I
8 an American, capable of
thinking 'for "yourself. you
should read the enemy report
but should CONSIDER THEIR
SOURCE.
Tokyo give out new not for
the purpose of INFORMING but
for tho purpose of MISLEAD
ING. The same hold true for
Berlin and Rome. Germany,
Italy and Japan are dictator
ruled countries, whose pre and
radio are WHOLLY under the
thumb of the ruler and are used
primarily for propaganda. -
War propaganda ha two main
purposes: To deceive,' cbnfuno
and terrify the enemy and to EN
COURAGE the people at home.
Tokyo, Berlin and Rome have
no scruples about using tholr
press and radio (or these pur
poses. You must take that (act
into consideration in reading or
llstonlng to ALL news (rom axis
sources. -
ROM time to time bit ot new
given out by the axi prove
to be accurato (especially when
they deal with axis victories.) So
you can't afford to disregard
them entirely. But in reading
them ALWAYS CONSIDER Tlili
' SOURCE. Never believe them
implicitly. Always check them
against other source,
TP you will take look at a map
of the Batan peninsula, you
will see at once the reason (or
MacArthur' success in holding
back a superior force. HI (ront
I narrpw. HI (lank are pro
tected by wator or by precipitous
mountain.
Always, since war began, small
forces have chosen such posi
tion (or stubborn stands against
superior forces. ' ..
The pass of Thermopylae,
where Leonidas and hi 1400
Greeks hold back the Persian
Vordes, was a narrow (ront, pro
jected on one side by the sea and
on the other by tho mountain.
In such positions, the suporlor
attacking force 1 compelled to
make a costly frontal attack. In
open country, it can pour around
tho ends, enveloping and (moth
ering tho smaller body of do
fender. '
"yHE British have had a narrow
front on tho Malay peninsula,
with water on both flunks, but
tho Japs have apparently pos
sessed sufficient naval superior
ity to enable them to outflank
the defending British BY
WATER.
"yHE war picture,' admittedly
dark in the Pacific, is bright
er elsewhere at the moment.
J The British today take Half eye
pass by storm, thus clearing the
road; along ' the Mediterranean
for supply of the ' British ad
vanced armies pushing on west
ward toward Tripoli, In the
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- 1 Scenes like this are common In Klamath Falls tire re-capping establishment as th motoring
public floods them with orders. R-pplng houses report that; if sir business .war . accepted it
would keep them busy until mid-July. Some are currently quoting three-weeks , delivery but
many motorists ar holding off until th rush abates. , -i". " - ; .'.".,. :j '
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Tire Re-Cappers Operating
On 'Gold Rush' Basis Here
By BOB LEONARD
(Picture on Page 14) '
The. rubber shortago may cut
into your' business but it's
money in the pocket for Klanv
ath remapping shops which this
week were doing a gold-rush,
boom-town trade in the face of
scarcity.
Local shops,' Jammed to the
guards by priority-less motor
ists, are either turning down
orders entirely or making no
promises on delivery. A (cw
are quoting three weeks with
no assurance.
BlitikrUg
The situation resembles Pearl
harbor on the morn of Decem
ber .7. Caught with blitzkrieg
suddenness by tho SPAB's dras
tic order, re-cappers here, a
elsewhere, found themselves
with a shortage ' of equipment
and trained men when the de-
Klamath People
Urged to Sign
Pledge on Bonds
Klamath people are urged
to go to their precinct polling
places Tuesday, Jiuuiary 20,
which is "bond pledge day" in
Klamath county.
The polls will be open from
8 a. m. to 7 p. m. Each citizen
will be given the opportunity
of signing a pledge for savings
stamp or bond purchases. If,
later on, he finds he is unablo
to purchnso as pledged, he
may revoke the pledge by
writing to defense savings
headquarters.
Bond pledge day ' I to be
observed hero because the
treasury department has ask
ed that every wage-earning
citizen bo solicited (or defense
savings pledges. ' Under the
Klnmnth plan, citizens call
voluntarily and eliminate the
hugo task of hunting every
body, down for interviews. .
Those who are already buy
ing stamps or bonds should
sign the pledgo and indicate
what they are doing.
Klamath Tires Wait Re-Capping
n
mend broke loose at Christmas
time.
Add the approximate five to
six hours' work required on
each tire and you get an idea
why it'll be some months be
fore re-cappers can hope to
catch up, even with new equip
ment which most of 'em are or
dering and don't know when
they'll get. t
It's a long process, beginning
with the initial buffing of the
old tread and winding up with
the new paint-finish job at the
end of tho line. Longer if the
carcass has a bad break and
needs a section job. '
Here's How
Here's how it works
I( the old tire is in such
shape to need a plug, or section
Job, the re-capper goes to work
with a drill the like of which
would scare your dentist. He
drills out the "cavity," partially
or all the way through, depend
ing on the break's depth.
Rubber cement Is plastered in
the open wound, allowed to set,
and layers of raw rubber placed
one atop the next until the hole
Is closed. Cement and natural
cohesive action tend to weld it
In but actual merging with the
old rubber Is accomplished in a
section mold a "cooker" in the
re-cappers' lexicon.
Cooked
There, under pressures up to
250 pounds and hcet ranging to
200 degrees, the new rubber be
comes one with the old. For the
first IS 'minutes It molts but
hardens from then on under
continued heat. ' If yours is a
passenger tire, the cooking will
last for over an hour. If it's a
truck tire, six to seven hours
la tho rule. k .... ' .
Allowed to cool outsldeVthe
mould, the tire it then buffed
around Its entire circumference
with a high-speed gadget which
shred old rubber down to a
smooth surface. If your tire
hasn't needed a plug, this Is its
initial step toward a new coat.
The buffer smooths the old
rubber down to a level surface
Into the cord if necessary. '
Next is application of rubber
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FRENCH RAID ISLE
Three Axis Merchant
Ships Seized by
Warship, Claim
By The Associated Press .
MADRID, Jan. 17 Three axis
merchantmen have been seized
by a Free French destroyer in a
raid on the harbor of Santa Isa
bel, in non-belligerent Spain's is
land of Fernando Poo, off the
west coast of Africa, the news
paper Arriba asserted today,
Arriba, the official organ of
the Falange, the sole political
party .in nationalist Spain, indi
cated that Spain already may
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Kest erson Employes Swell Red
Cross Fund With Payroll Split
Contributions previous
ly acknowledged $7547.43
Contribution's tatiknowl-
' edged Saturday 381.95
' Total 17929.28
Saturday's outstanding devel
opment in the campaign to raise
Klamath county's $10,000 quota
ot tho national Red Cross war
(und was, a donation of $748.17
by employes of tho Kestcrson
Lumber corporation. This sum,
the largest yet contributed, rep
resents gifts of a half day's pay
by each of tho employe;!, both of
fice and plant. Even Buster, the
lone horse used around the
plant, is Included In the list of
employes contributing a half
day' pay. . .
In addition to this generous
gift by employes, a largo con
tribution was made by the Kes
tcrson corporation early in the
campaign. .
Kesterson is the third lum
ber operation to complete a plan
for employer and enploye dona
tions to the Red Crow war fund.
Tka ilrst was Algoma Lumber
company, completed on Decem
ber 24. The second was dl Gior
DnngapdDir
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Enemy' Radio Reports
Break-Through 50
Miles From Base
BULLETIN
.,' WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 UP)
The navy said today a United
State submarine had sunk
three enemy merchant ships
off Tokyo bay.
Th communique reporting
this also announced that Ad
miral Thomas C. Hart had
assumed . control oi allied
naval forces in Far Eastern
waters. , i ..'.
Th Uxt of communique
No. 30, was baied on reports'
received up to 2 p. m.. Pacific
standard tim.
By ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
An .official, Tokyo broadcast
asserted today that Japan's in-
vaaionr Mmies
.OW.oroeu-i
throughDVustralian defense lines
in the fiatu Pahat sector, only
50 mile northwest of Singapore,
and it was apparent that crisis
was near in the (ate of Britain's
$400,000,000 stronghold. ; '.'.". V"
' Another T o k y o . broadcast,
quoting dispatches datelined
"With Japanese Forces' on Batan
Peninsula, Luzon Island,'.' ''de
clared that U. S. army defenders
of the Philippines were In gen
eral retreat toward' the coast of
Manila bay, apparently hoping
to find shelter on Corregidor
island.
British Say 90 Mils
.-' The Tokyo radio said Japanese
observation planes reported
American and Filipino artillery
men were abandoning battery
positions and that large columns
were joining in a general retreat
toward Manila bay and the west
coast of Batan peninsula.
British headquarter in Singa
pore acknowledged that Jap
anese troops had gained a foot
hold on the south bank of the
strategic Muar river, 90 miles
north of Johore strait which
, . (Continued on Page Two)
WAKE ISLAND
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 OP)
Senator McNary (R-Ore.) has
notified seven Roseburg women
the navy was trying to ascertain
through the International Red
Cross at Geneva the (ate of in
dustrial workers on Wake
island, captured by the Japa
nese. '
gio Fruit corporation, formerly
Klamath Lumber and Box com
pany, completed on January 9.
Other operations are working on
the same plan, and at least one
more large organization Is near
ing the 100 per cent mark.
From employes ot the box de
partment of Weyerhaeuser Tim
ber company comes on Saturday
a check (or $58.98, representing
an efficiency prize ot $50 won
some time ago by box- depart
ment employes. This prize money-was
Invested when won and
interest accumulations raised It
to $58.98. On Friday the em
ployes decided to donate It to
the Red Cross fund. The check
is signed by R. E. Jcffers, chair
man of the board of trustees.
Also employes In all depart
ments of the Herald and News
Publishing company announced
on Saturday 100 per cent dona
tion ot a half day's pay to the
Red Cross war fund. The Her
ald and .News employes' fund
amounts to $156.37.
From Charles Riley, at Grants
Pass, a long-time former resident
of Klamath Falls, comes a check
for. $28 which, he explains, is
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OKYO GLAlMS
I IN
MALAY
4 Persons Give
Up Seats, Miss
Airline Crash
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan.
17 VP) Joseph Sziegeti, famous
Hungarian violinist, and three
wdmen gave up their seats to
army pilots and escaped a crash
of a TWA Luxury liner near Las
Vegas, Nev, in which all aboard
apparently perished,
Sziegeti, now an executive of
the music department. of the Na
tional Broadcasting corporation,
was reported en route to Holly
wood to work on a new picture
with Irving Berlin.
He with the others identified
by TWA as Miss - Mary Anna
Johnson, ; Benicia, ' Calif., Mrs.
Florence Sawyer, Portland, Me.,
and Mrs.. Carl Brandener, Hol
ton, Kas. left for the coast by
the next TWA plane last night.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 17 IP)
"Carole, don't take that plane."
Those were the words Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Todd of Indiana
polis heard Movie Star Carole
Lombard's mother say to her at
the Indianapolis municipal air
port early yesterday morning. ,
The blonde screen actress
boarded the plane, however, and
she and her mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Peters, presumably rode to
their death in a crash. In, toe
neyaasv. mountains. -'(
Xt-atia "Mitf Todff'were Tat
the airport awaiting the' arrival
of another plane when they over
heard, Mrs. Peters' ask her daugh
ter not to fly back to California.
Miss; Lombard came here by
train Thursday , to take part In a
defense bond rally;' -'.': w .",;'.
CrehillBack
In Britain Via
Flying Boat
LONDON, Jan. 17 OP) Prime
Minister Churchill . stepped
prosaically from a train this
afternoon, home from a history
making visit, to the United
States and Canada, after having
flown the Atlantic from Ber
muda to Plymouth.
' The prime minister and four
of .his chief lieutenants made
the long over-water jump from
the western hemisphere in the
four-engined flying- boat "Ber
wick"- of the British airways
which - was - skippered by the
veteran pilot, Capt. J. C. Kelly
Rogers. - -
. Churchill was expected 'to
make a broadcast to the nation
within a few days, possibly to
morrow night. , J
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 HP)
The White House said today
that President Roosevelt and
Prime Minister Churchill . had
reached ' a "complete under
standing" on joint planning for
present ana future, military and
naval operations during the
British leaders' visit of a little
more than three weeks in this
country. !
' Stephen Early, presidential
secretary, disclosed for the first
time that the prime minister
spent about a week's vacation
in Florida at the home of a
friend during the latter part of
his .-stay In this country, and
that around the same time the
president also was absent from
Washington for several days.
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Southern Oregon
Contracts Sought
SALEM, Jan. 17 OP) Organ
ization of production facilities
committees to obtain defense
contracts for Southern Oregon
cities : will be proposed . at
meetings to be held next week
at Roseburg, Medford and
Marshlleld, W. H. Crawford, di
rector of the Oregon Economic
council, announced today. '
The Marshileld meeting will
be held next Thursday noon,
the Roseburg session Thursday
night and the Medford Friday
noon. ' - i ... . 5 . - : ;
.. Crawford said Arthur Farmer,
general manager ot the Port
land chamber of commerce, and
OPM officials would attend all
three meetings.
OTBSis
Actress Killed
tMt
Screen AetTMS Carol Lom
bard, wilt of Clark Gobi, was
on of 22 persons who lost their
Uvs in an aixlin crash nar
Las Vgas, Nv., Friday night
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Berlin ' Says Russian
Crimean Attacks :
Thrown Back
,, r. By Th Associated Press
British siege forces today cap
tured the "axis Tobruk" strong
hold at Haifa va (Hellfire pass,
on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier
300 miles behind the main battle
sector, as the hold-out garrison
of more than 5500 German and
Italian troops laid down their
arms in unconditional surrender.
Cut off (rom water and other
supplies, the garrison hoisted the
white flag amid a tempestuous
assault by British dive-bombers,
artillery and guns of the British
fleet. . : .
Last Resistance
The fall of the cliff-guarded
citadel, announced by - British
middle east headquarters, wiped
out the last axis resistance in
the Libyan-Egyptian border area
and gave the British access to
the main coastal route of supply
to their advanced armies driving
into Tripolitania. v .-
While axis forces -held the
pass, the British had been com
pelled to detour reinforcements
and supplies over a hazardous
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Second Klamath
Youth Reported
Killed in Action
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gillette
of Montelius street received
word, Friday from the "United
States navy that their son, War
ren Clayton Gillette. 21, was
listed as "missing in action" since
December 7. Young Gillette is
the-second Klamath boy to lose
his life since Pearl Harbor.
The Klamath Falls boy enlist
ed two years ago January 12, in
the navy and was a member of
the crew of the Oklahoma which
was damaged- during the bomb
ing of Pearl Harbor. He served
as squad leader and range find
er. Young Gillette visited his
home here last fall and spent
some time deer hunting in the
Klamath country. Before his
enlistment he was employed at
the Largent ranch on the Mid
land road. ' i
Roland Gillette, the youth's
father, is a Southern Pacific em
ploye and a veteran of the first
World war. Last word from
Warren was received during the
Thanksgiving holidays, his par
ents stated. Following la the let
ter received by Mr. and Mrs.
Gillette from W. M. Hobby Jr.,
Commander USN, Pearl Harbor,
and brought to the mainland by
clipper: -
"With extreme regret 1 must
tell you that your son, Warren
Clayton Gillette, is listed as
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OFjlCTliS
All Dead When Posse
Arrives at Scene
Near Las Vegas s
LAS VEGAS. Nev. Jan. 17
OP) A ground party reached
the wreckage today of a lux
urious transcontinental airliner
carrying Screen Actress Ca
role Lombard and 21 other pas
sengers and found all of them
dead, v " " ;''; :
. Undersheriff Glenn Jones re
ported from Jean, Nev., that
wreckage and bodies wer
strewn hundreds of yards and
that most of the victims were
burned beyond recognition.
The plane apparently hit lea
than 5U0 feet irom the top ot
Table mountain. - '-
By Th Associated Press '
LAS VEGAS, Nev., Jaa. 17
OPi Ending hours of ''fretful
Clark Gable, today joined the
18-hour old search for a missing
luxury airliner believed to have
carried - his -wife, Carole' Lom
bard, and 21 other occupants to
their deaths.1 -'
Gable, nervous and distraught,
had been persuaded by police to
await word here. But soon after
noon the strain became too much,
and he left for the mountains
with Sheriff M. E. Ward.
The actor's face was drawn
and lined. Dark glasses hid bis
eyes. He wore a slouch, hat
carelessly and his shoulders were
stooped.
Wreckage Sighted .
Almost simultaneously. Vice
President L. G. Fritz of TWA
announced in Kansas City that
wreckage of the liner had been
located . 35 miles southwest of
here by a searching plane of the
airline. , . . , x
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 17 (IP)
Fun loving Carole Lombard,' act
ress wife of Clark Gable, and
21 other passengers, including
her mother and 15 army fliers,
apparently perished last night in
the explosive crash of a TWA :
luxury airliner near- Las Vegas,
Nev. :.
Flames were sighted from the ,
air soon after the accident, and
there was no indication of life. ;
But ground parties were struggl
ing with difficulty today through
the rugged mountains. They
abandoned attempts to travel,
afoot, and took to horses.-
The army air corps ferry com
mand at Long Beach, Calif., said
the army fliers aboard the crash
ed luxury liner were member
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Bomber Crashes
Near Pendleton : '!
FORT GEORGE.. WRIGHT,
Wash., Jan. 17 UP) Eight men,
tnree oi them second lieutenants,
were killed today in the crash of
an army air force bombing plane
2i miles north of the Pendleton,
Ore., air base, the second ' air
force announced, ' : : ' .. . .. .
The dead: .. - V; : ';'
Second Lt. A. L. - Francisco,
pilot; Second Lt. R. C. Sehows,
co-pilot; Second Lt. L. E. Grind le,
navigator; Staff Sgt. A. D.
Spiers, Sgt. D. Clark, Corp. V.
Vrable, Private L. Fagan, home '
atlMMiM ft iha mat. wm tint
available.
News Index
Church New .....;..Page . 0
City Briefs .....Pago 3
Comics and Story Page 12
Courthouse Records ......Page 4
Editorials .Page 4
Information .'. Page 8
mamei, xwanciai '...fag 11
Pattern ... Page - 9
Society ............ ..Pages 8, 8, 7, 8, 9
Sport Pagt 10
Weekend Picture ...Page 14
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