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Day's
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Br FRANK JENKINS
"TlIE British concede today
A that Jnp troopn uppnrently
arriving in amull boala thut hu
Qie shore continue to land
long the Malay coast.
These relatively small forces
work AHEAD cf the main Jap
Invading army. They Innd In
tho HEAR of tho British dufenso
line and go to work immodlntcly
disrupting communications and
otherwiso hamstringing the de
fendlntf forces.
Their Job Is essentially the
same as that of parachute troops.
Parachute troops JUMP OVER.
These boat -borne Japs sneak
around the end. The difference
Is merely one of dimension.
Both ar,o variations of the ages
old maneuver of outflanking.
CROM Tokyo today comes news
r that allied warships are op
erating In the strait of Malacca
(consult your map here), pound-
dug these Jap flanking operations
those results hove become ser
ious onouKh to muke 11 necessary
to risk allied naval forces In
waters dominated by Jap planes.
JAP warplancs are ranging over
the Islands of tho Indies as
far as New Britain, east of New
Guinea and slightly northeast
of Australia. The Japs are hurry
ing to close the entrances to the
South China Sea against allied
reinforcements they know are
sure to come sooner or later.
Consult your map again at
this point. It tolls the story
much more clearly than words
con.
Australia Is worried. Premier
Curtln says today: 'These moss
attacks (of Jap planes) show the
peril to Australia la nearer,
clearer and deadlier than ever."
"THE Jap navy minister, Vlce-
O1 Admiral Shigctara Shlmada
icnrd on the Jap radio) says to
day: 'Tho Japanese navy virtual
ly commands the Pacific from the
Indies and Malaya to the west
coast of the United States."
He Is ecliocd by Premier Gen
eral Hldckl Tojo, who puts In
this as his two bita worth:
"Japan plans Increasingly vig
orous operations In the Pacific
and will continue fighting until
the U. S. and Britain are brought
to their knees."
iA ...
'THAT, of course, la pure boast
A ing, Intended to muke the
Jups at home feel good. If Japan
rcully did have command of tho
Pacific and really did plan
vigorous operations clear up to
the coast of the U. S. her big
shots would be keeping qulol
about it, hoping to take us by
surprise when they did strike.
...
TN Burma, where fow days
r" ago heavy Chinese forces were
Supposed to be gathering to take
the Japs in the, rear, the Japs
are reported to be Inking the
offensive.
(Recalling the tlent story of
tho horse with fha epizootic, the
Japs appear toP have "blowod
first.") :Vj ,
There's a sere lnnso In
Burma, whose tm ler, U, Saw
has Just boen . arretted by tho
, British and charged, with trea
son, When he failed! to. got do
minion status from! the British
government, ho la .V to have
started dickering w He Jnps.
Burma Is import. jth as a
gateway to India l as, the
southern terminus d Burma
road. There will bo J fight
ing there sooner or it .,'.
j.1nu,iyi v,oiro comes I r siory
V' that the worst rain and sand
storms seen In ton ye-"I f are
hampering tho movom of
British land and nir fo In
Libya against German C Aeral
Rommel's African forces. : ,
There is probably mete be-
V (.Continued on Page Tf
TV -V.
7DD0 PLEDGE
CARDS PILED
KLAMATH
Many Precincts Stil
Unheard From as
Drive Goes On
Klamath citizens by the thous
ands marched to the polls Tues
day to plcdga their support of
the American war effort through
defonse savings bond purchases.
Late last night, officials esti
mated that more than 7000 had
signed pledges, and 25 of the
county's 88 precincts were yet to
be heard from. The mounting
pile of signed pledges at the
county clork's office denoted un
mistakable success for the
unique "election" method, de
vised and carried out In Klam
ath county alone at the start of
a statewide bond pledge effort.
Actually, 4D43 slips were
counted last night, but many car
ried the names of two signers
and it was estimated they repre
sented more than 7Q0Q pledgers.
Twenty-one outside 'and' four
Klamath Falls precincts were
yet to be heard from. r
' Still Can Pledge ' '
Believing Jarge numbers of
Klamath citizens were not able
to get to the polling placet Tues
day but still want to pledge, the
defense savings officials an
nounced that pledge books will
be available at the banks, fed
eral savings and loan. associa
tion, county agent's otfloe, and
the- chamber of commerce for
all who wish to sign, today or
later thla week. "...
"It was a grand day In the
history of Klamath Falls." said
Jubilant Andrew ' M. Collier,
county defense savings chair
man. Not only did thousands of
citizens pledge defense bond
purchases for the future, but
actual purchases of bonds may
have set a record here for the
campaign so far.
City Makes Buy
The city of Klamath Falls
purchased $87,000 In bonds.
In addition, Collier estimated
that Individuals bought $30,000
(Continued on Page Two) .
Pelley Sentenced
For Violation of
Suspended Term
ASHEVILLE, N. C.,, Jan. 21
UP) Superior Court Judge F.
Don Phillips sentenced William
Dudley Pelley to serve from two
to three years in state prison
yesterday after ruling that the
52-ycar-old leader of the Sliver
Shirts of America had violated
the terms of suspended sent
ence. It was seven years ago tomor
row that Pelley was convicted
of using fraudulent advertising
to sell stock: Upon payment of
a fine and court costs his sent
ence was suspended on condi
tions of good behavior.
Judge Phillips hold that
Pelley, who once told the Dies
committee on. un-American ac
tivities that hla organization was
anti-semltic, had during hla pro
bation period: ';' v,
Violated a atate law relating
to the publishing of false and
llbolous statements, particularly
about the president of the United
States; shown contempt for the
court; had fraudulently and de
ceptively advertised; and violat
ed a law relating to the Joining
or operating of a secret political
organization.
DEMPSEY JOINS GUAM)
NEW YORK, Jan. 21 UP)
Former Heavyweight Champion
Jack Dempsey, who was refused
by .the army because of his age,
46, was sworn in today as a lieu
tenant in 1 the New York' state
guard and assigned as aide-de-camp
to tho commanding gener
al, Major General William Ott-
man, ,
.
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Navy Airmen
Rescued After
7-Day Drift
BALBOA, Canal Zone, Jan. 21
UP) Seven crewmen of a United
States navy plane which was
forced down at sea by motor
trouble have been rescued and
brought back to port after drift
ing for seven and a half days,
navy . headquarters announced
today.
The navy said the heroic work
of the crewmen made possible
their rescue
The crew consisted of Lieut.
William Sutherland, Normal,
III., Ensign William Lahodney,
Milton, Pa.; Radio Man First
Class Laverne Weiss, Watcr
twn, S. D.; Aviation Machinists
Mate Second Class Jesse Miller,
Ashland. Ky.; Seaman First
Class Harold Martin, Lynch
burg, Va ; Radio Man Third
Class William Valyou, Burling
ton, Vt., and Radio Man Second
Class John Carlson, Olympia,
Wash.
On their arrival here, the men
(Continued on Page Two)
EMMIES
Soviets' Push ' Beyond
Mozhaisk on Way !,
' To Smolensk"
By The Associate Press
Russia celebrated her greatest
victory of the war' today as the
red -armies drove six miles be
yond fallen Mozhaisk, 87 miles
west of Moscow, In pursuit of
Adolf Hitler's battered invaders
along the Napoleonic road of re
treat to Smolensk.
, London military quarters esti
mated that 200,000 Germans
had been forced to withdraw to
ward the narrowing Vyazma gap
as a result of Mozhaisk's cap
ture. , ,
Vyazma is about half way be
tween Moscow and Smolensk.
Simultaneously, a bulletin
from Hitler's field headquarters
acknowledged that soviet troops
had broken through German
lines on the upper Donets river
presumably in the fierce bat
tle for tjie big Donets river steel
city of Kharkov, Russia's "Pitts
burgh" in the Ukraine.
The high command asserted,
however, that nazl counter-attacks
had thrown the Russians
back.
No hint of the defeat on the
central (Moscow) front was
given the German nation.
In London, soviet quarters
declared that the fall of Moz
haisk would signal a - "titanic
continuation of the battle" and
that the Russian army now had
hundreds of thousands of com
pletely fresh reserves ready to
hurl Into a giant offensive along
the entire 1200-mile front,
Speedy Pursuit
Plane Dives Into
Richmond Park
RICHMOND. Calif., Jan. 21
UP) One of the army's fastest
pursuit planes came "Whistling
9000 feet out of clear - sky
late yesterday and crashed Into
a Richmond city park with an
Impact which shook the ground
for miles around.
Second Lieut. . Richard J.
Sandner; 24, of Moccasin, Calif.,
pilot of the single-seater, was
burned almost beyond recogni
tion. -
The P-40 from Hamilton field
struck a clump of eucalyptus
trees in Alvarado' gardens, Just
within the city limits and a
mile from a busy highway, with
such force it sheared -off three
trees and scattered plane parts
fqr hundreds of yards. .
It exploded and burned so
fiercely that for mora than an
hour it .was impossible to' re
move Sandner's body. '
' Thousands of persons saw the
plane . hurtle to earth from a
formation of three at about 4:20
P. n). '
ins
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NEW ATTACKS
LEAVE 46 MEN
One Vessel Believed
Sunk by Shells
. Or Torpedoes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 VP)
The navy department announced
today two more attacks on
steamers by enemy submarines
off the Atlantic coast with one
ship sunk, the other believed
sunk, and a lost of 46 men dead
and missing.
The steamers were the Amer
ican ship City of Atlanta, which
was sunk either by shell fire or
torpedoing, and the ' Latvian
steamer Ciltvalra. - Both' ships
were attacked January 19. t
The attack on the City - of
Atlanta occurred in the morning
of that day off Cape Hatteras,
N. C. The Ciltvalra was tor
pedoed "off the Atlantic coast'
the navy said, and 21 members
of the erf w arrived at the coast
guard base at Charleston, S. C.J
ye.Txeroay .-atjoarq, . a American
utility, , v... ; . t ' . y X -
The heaviest loss was aboard
the City of Atlanta. .The navy
reported 4$ missing" and one
dead out of a crew of 48. Two
survivors are in a hospital In
New York.'.'. !' '.:-.''
; Two men were reported to
nave lost their lives aboard the
Ciltvalra and survivors included,-
In. addition' to' the 21 mem
bers of the crew taken into
Charleston. - nine . officers and
crewmen- picked up by another
rescue snip ana now en route
to port.
' The navy could not say defin
itely, officials said, that the
Ciltvalra was sunk but indica
tions were that she had gone
to the bottom.
Today's report of casualties
raised to 79 the number of dead
and missing in the week-long
raids by axis submarines off the
Atlantic coast. Previously four
ships had been attacked, three
being sunk and one damaged
witn a loss of 29 dead and
missing.
Railroad Passenger
Fare Increase
Approved by ICC
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (IP)
The interstate commerce com
mission granted today an in
crease of approximately 10 per
cent In railroad passenger fares,
except for special rates to mem
bers of the military or naval
forces on furlough and certain
extra fares applying to particu
lar trains.
The order did not cover the
railroads' application for a simi
lar Increase in freight rates,
which the commission said it
still has under consideration.
The railroads filed a petition
on December 22 for the Increase,
basing their plea on increased
operating costs, particularly the
new pay schedule granted to
railroad workers after a long
dispute.
Soto Accused in
Pendleton Trial ;
On Triple Slaying "
PENDLETON, Jan. 21 UP)
Sheriff Robert Goad of Umatilla
county told a circuit court Jury
yesterday that John A. Soto, 17,
had confessed killing from am
bush a Hermlston farm family
of three. " . '
: Soto, who had been boarding
with Mrs. Cora Tobln, her son,
Kenneth Gorsuch, - and her
nephew, Marvin Adams, before
their deaths, is on trial, charged
with the slayings.
Goad testified Soto admitted
shooting the trio and fleeing to
Kennewlck, Wash., where he
was arrested. Sheriff A.' M.
RIchter'of Prosser, Wash., and
District Attorney K. E. Serler
of Benton county, Wash., cor
roborated Goad's statement. -
Outstanding
X J
Don Drury, manager of Kal-
pine Plywood company, who
was chosen the "outstanding
young man of Klamath county
for 1941" by a Junior chamber
of commerce committee.
General Martin Gives
Speech on War at
' Joycee Banquet
Don Drury was designated
Klamath's, outstanding young
man irt '-civic activity in 1941 at
last oiight's Junior chamber of
mrnjatee ;. founders' Iday , .ban
'(Juct,. which featured a hard-hit
ting patriotic address by General
Charles,; H. Martin, Oregon's
former governor. .-',. ;! .
Drury, who is manager of the
Kalplne Plymood corporation, is
chairman of the Klamath coun
ty tire rationing board, director
of the senior chamber of com
merce and the Kiwanis club., ad'
visor of the Junior chamber of
commerce and chairman of the
governor's committee on mobil
ization of labor. The junior
chamber award is made annually
to a man 39 years of age or un
der. General Martin told the audi
ence of 300 about the misery,
privation and horror of war.
But, he said "we must bear our
cross like men and women, we
must harden ourselves to the
awful task before us, and we
must win.
The white-haired. 1887 grad
uate of West Point, former as
sistant chief of staff under Gen
eral John J. Pershing and a
friend of General George Mar
shall, present chief of staff, was
strictly "in his element" . in an
address that took full advantage
of his own varied experiences of
nearly half a century in his
country s service.
. 'There Is nothing worse than
war," said the speaker. "We will
get sick of it. To the men in the
field, the burden will become
. ,. (Continued on Page Four)
Resubmission of
Parks Case Asked
In Motion Here
A motion to re-submit the
murder case of the state versus
George Parks, held in connection
with the Buffalo Lunch slaying,
to the grand Jury was filed In
circuit court Wednesday by Dis
trict Attorney L. Orth Sisemore.
The motion said the state did
not possess enough evidence to
support the murder indictment
"as it was worded." It said the
state could support a felony
charge.
. Postponement of : the . trial,
originally scheduled for January
28, and continuance of custody
of Parks was also asked.
. STORMS .
- CAIRO, Egypt, Jan. 21 UP)
The worst sand and rain storms
seen in Libya in 10 years are
hampering the movements - of
British land and air forces at
tempting to strike. at Gen. Er
win Rommel's axis forces along
the Gulf of Slrte, British head
quarters said today,
.,; MINERS KILLED
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
Jan. 21 (JP) Thirty-three min
ers were killed and 30 injured
today in a fire-damp explosion
in a coal mine at St. Etienne,
only Important coal mining town
111 unoccupied France,
MOSQUITO BOAT
DARING
DESTROYS SHIP
u.
S. Navy Hails New
Hero for Attack
On Jap Craft ;
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 UP)
For a daring exploit brilliantly
accomplished, the navy wrote a
new name on the role of its war
heroes today and added one
more ship to Japanese losses for
the Philippines invasion.
The name belonged to 30
year - old Lieutenant John D.
Bulkeley of Long Island -City,
New York, who rocketed a swift
motor torpedo boat into enemy
held Binanga bay and torpedoed
a 5000-ton Japanese vessel, de
spite a storm of enemy fire..
Spectacular Debut - '-
Thus did the navy's new
"P. T." boat make its spectacular
debut in the Pacific war theatre
and the action undoubtedly her
alded many similar attacks in
the future. ' -
The nocturnal assault, sug
gesting anew the steadily wider
operations of Admiral Thomas
S. Hart's Far Eastern command,
was reported by the navy de
partment in a communique last
night which said that Bulkeley
"has beea commended for exe
cuting his ' commission; 'success.
ftiliy. ,..u..--',v? -itf.is
Bulkeley had eisht seamen,: as
yet unidentified, fat his crew, .but
the matter-of-fact navy state
ment hardly hints at the nerve
racking peril of their mad daste
It reports merely that,- ;ihis
small boat carried out its diffi
cult task while under fire of ma
chine guns and three-inch shore
batteries. ...
The greatest protection the
men had was the speed of their
powerful craft , whose 4200
horsepower engine is capable of
producing a maximum of about
70 knots, or 84 miles an hour.
Besides speed, there was the
element of surprise in the night
surprise increased by the fact
that Binanga bay, tucked away
inside Subic bay on Luzon is
land, is far from any known
base of allied operations in the
Far East. The Japanese might
reasonably have expected Amer
ican submarines in that vicinity
but they apparently were not on
guard against a lightning attack
by a lone small boat.
Oregon People
Sign Pledges in
Bond Campaign
PORTLAND, Jan. 21 (A1)
Oregon's defense bond-stamp
pledge drive got under way yes
terday and was to end tonight
as minute-men made house-to-house
calls asking residents to
pledge regular purchases.
. Ray Conway, acting adminis
trator of the state defense bond
staff, said encouraging reports
had come from many counties.
; He said that in Klamath
county $100,000 worth of bonds
were sold Monday and Tues
day, in addition to a $87,000
purchase by the city of Klam
ath Falls. In that county polling
places were opened and voters
in every precinct reported as in
election time.
Eight hundred minute men
covered the many highways and
byways in rural - Yamhill -coun
ty. From St. Helens industrial
employes of Columbia county
were said to have averaged $10
a month in pledges.
-The. response in Multnomah
county was. generous, with sev
eral solicitors reporting average
pledges of a defense bond ' a
month, Conway- stated.
Big Navy Bill
Passed by House
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (JP)
A $3,300,000,000 authorization
for construction of 1799 minor
auxiliary, combatant and patrol
naval vessels and authorization
for expenditure of $790,000,000
In additional ship-building facil
ities were passed swiftly by the
house today.
Action came on volco vote.
Just two days after the legisla
tion was intrgatrcec,.
Gigantic War
Plan Revealed
For Hemisphere
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21 UP)
A gigantic war production plan,
for the western hemisphere
which includes abolition of all
trade barriers, establishment of
a common- currency of all anti
axis nations and use of United
States naval and air units to
convoy hemispheric shipping
was disclosed today by a high
commerce department official..
The program, drawn up by
the United States, was expected
to be agreed upon at the American-
conference of foreign min
isters, now in session at Rio
De Janeiro The commerce of
ficial, who declined use of his
name, predicted it would be ap
plied to all nations subscribing
to the plan.
- If : Argentina, Chile, or any
other nation, does not enter the
(Continued on Page Two)
Six Divisions Set Up
.'-To Handle Defense
:v? la; Production'
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (IP)
Donald M, Nelson announced to
day he would abolish the office
of production management .and
ring all of- its functions and ac
tivities .under - his authority -as
chairman of the new war pro
duction board. -
.-'Nelson told a press conference
he-was setting up six major di
visions under- the board, elim
inating the old contract distri
bution division entirely, and in
corporating the priorities and al
locations system under a new di
vision--of- industry -operations
charged with full responsibility
for the conversion of all pos
sible American industry to war
production. - . - -
He said an important branch
of the new set-up would be a re
quirements committee, headed by
William L. Batt, Philadelphia in
dustrialist, and composed of rep
resentatives of the army, navy,
lend-lease administration and all
other agencies concerned with
production of raw materials.
The reorganization, "effective
as soon as the orders can be
drawn," was described by the
war production chief as an in
terim plan subject to possible
future revision.
"Any revolutionary changes
would only bring delay," he com
mented. "
. As a first move in the conver
sion program, Nelson appointed
Ernest Kanzler, long-time asso
ciate of Henry Ford and formerly
In charge of Ford production, to
head up the automobile conver
sion program with "all the au
thority I've-got to get that Job
done. - ;
. Illustrating the authority dele
gated to Kanzler, Nelson as
serted:
"If there are tools In Ford's
factory that are needed In Gen
eral Motors ... they will be
moved over. . .
- The, reorganization will strip
Sidney Hillman of his title of as
sociate OPM director but will
leave him as director of the WPB
labor division one of the six
major board branches Nelson
will establish.
The production chief said he
"would like to see both Hillman
and William S. Knudsen, former
OPM director general, remain as
members of the war production
board," although the jobs which
entitled them to positions on the
board have been abolished.
Youngster Signs
Big Bond Pledge
One youngster in Klamath
Falls made a big decision Tues
day, and went straight to the
Weyerhaeuser polling place to
get action on h.
- Early on "bond 'pledge day'
the boy, a Herald and News car
rier,' signed his' name with a
flourish to his pledge of $150
In cash 'from his savings ac
count and the intention to buy
bond month until ' the
amount reaches $250.
liinniii rnopec;
LUlUI. i uiiulj -
REGAIN LAND
EDOhft MP PONS
Furious Counterblow
Struck by U. S. -Defenders
' By ROGER D. GREENE
: Associated Press War Editor .
Allied warships were report.
ed shelling Japan's- invasion
armies swarming down ' the
Malay jungle coast 60 miles
north of Singapore today, and
the United Nations were further
heartened by President Roose
velt's disclosure that "the Yanks
Are Coming!" with AEF van
guards already in action or en
route to far-flung battle zones.
In the Philippines, a war de
partment bulletin said Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's valiant
American-Filipino defense forces
had driven back the Japanese
invaders with heavy losses "in
particularly savage fighting" oq
the Batan peninsula. "
Hurled Back '
' The communique said Japi
anese troops had gained "some
initial successes" by Infiltration!
and frontal attack near the cen
ter of the line before counter
attacking U. S. army, forces
hurled them back and recap
tured all lost ground.
:'-': "Enemy .c Jasaes -were " very
heavy," the communique said.
"Our casualties were relatively
moderate." .
Guerrilla Raids
Far north of the main battle
sector, in upper Luzon island,
the war department said a guer
rilla band of Gen., M&cArthur's
forces staged a sunrijeiaid on
a Japanese airfield ,f t sTugue
garao, killing 110 t troops
and putting 300-eth i to flight.
Coinciden tally, ' Russian
army newspaper Red Star esti
mated that about '600 American
and 32,000 Filipino native troops .
were opposing 100,000 Japanese
in Luzon. .........
An official Tokyo broadcast
asserted that allied warships had
entered the critical battle of
Singapore even as Japan's navy
minister, Vice Admiral Shigetaro
Shimada, boasted that the Jap
anese navy "virtually commands
the Pacific from Malaya and the
Indies to the west coast of the
United States."
. - Tojo Exultant : ' ':-
On the same exultant note.
Premier Gen. Hideki Tojo as
serted that Japan planned "in
creasingly vigorous operations"
in the Pacific and would con
tinue fighting until the United
States and Britain were "brought
to their knees." "
Japanese front-line dispatches
said battle flags of the Rising:
Sun were advancing southward
along the Malayan west coast .
"In spite of gunfire from enemy
ships" in the Strait of Malacca,
which lies between the Malay
peninsula and the Dutch East
Indies Island of Sumatra. ,
British military quarters con
ceded that Japanese troops ap
parently arriving in. small boats
which hugged the shore con
tinued to land along the Malay
coast during the past 24 hours,
striking ahead of the main Jap
anese invasion army to harass
the British west flank.
. Strong Japanese pressure also .
was reported against a British
communications highway run
ning southeast from the Muar
river sector, 90 miles north of
Singapore, where British, Aus
tralian and Imperial Indian
troops were struggling to halt
the main Japanese onslaught.
It was in this sector that ,
Tokyo asserted 20,000 British
were trapped.
' A Tokyo broadcast said Jap
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City Briefs Page ' S
Comics and Story .......... Fage 13
Courthouse Records ...Page 4
Frlltnrlnl. ' .Paaa 1 4
High School News . Page ,
jmormaiion .....,.to a
Market, Financial ..........Page ; 9
Midland EmDire News. Pace 7
Pattern ...,.....Page 3
PTA Notes ......Page . S
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