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Blackout Signal On S-mlnute blait on sirens and whtilUt It the signal for a blackout in Klamath Falls. Another long blait, during a black out, la a ilgnal for all-clear. In precau tionary perlodi, watch your atraat llghta. WEATHER PRECIPITATION Aa of January 34, 1143 present itraam year Normal to that data .7.14 6.09 .6.33 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Last yaar to that data. 'lAAWarr" aBsasssBsaaasaasasaiiaasasasasasssa WlMAaiMAMMVWVWyyWVyVMWMyVMW j PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS,' OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1942 Number 9499 ' , ; v , ID H if IF J Kj S&WlSIl Japslarf'wlici" isle BR :News: SSST ITALIAN TRAIN IBM if;-. . BRITISH fflMT '. 3 I Kidnap Cflse niM PIIPPrPTP On West Coast PTHDTP MIOU I: 1 "V C? ol . u A, n.. By FRANK JENKINS rENERAL Porclvol, British commander at Singapore, lumi up the situation there briefly and clearly today. say: "The buttlo of Malaya has come to nn end and the bnltlu of Singapore has started." Thnt tolls the alory. LAST nlifht the British defend Mr. rtlii,H nr.rriMri I .lnhfirtf rnuscwuy to Singapore Inland. I'hu causeway (connecting the Inland with the tip of the Mn Inynn peninsula) was then blown up. ("Ilre-ached" la the term uiied In tho dispatches, Indicating thut great holes wora blown In It. The breaching wns done, the dls patchea any, by tho RAF and tho navy. A cuusewny In almllnr to a railway fill.) The Jnpa' Jul) now la to cross the mlle-wklo Johore atrnlt nnd take Singapore Itself. ylllC Jupii, toduy'a dlnputcho relate, mado lllllo effort to interfere with the overnight withdrawal of British forcci to tho Island. Draw your own conclusions at to why. This writer doesn't OMOW. r v At any rale, tlioM" wai no Dunkorquo. l)KHCiVAL aaya: 1 Our task ia to hold thla fortress until help can come, aa assuredly It will come. Thla wo are determined to do." Thu only hint of help In to duy'a dispatches la a itory from Australia by way of San Fran cuco to the effect that an allied convoy headed for Singapore win auved (when, not stated) by a acvero tropical storm. Sixty Jap planes, tho atory says, wero attacking and drop ping tholr bombs when tho storm enveloped tho convoy and hid It from tho attackers. '"THE Inland of Singapore is A about 24 by 14 miles In size. It is more or less flat, tho highest dill being only BOO feet. It has well-equipped base for planes, which tho Japs will be likely to put out of commission. It Is re garded as probablo that piano defonso for Singapore will be based at Batavlu, on the Island of Java, 000 miles away. W'TH the sicgo of Singapore storting, the slego of Baton goes on. MucArthur reports to day thot "determined enemy at tempts at Infiltration through our lines were frustrated." Tho Jups are reported to be preparing another powerful at tack, with heavy reinforcements, t MEANWHILE, tho Japs hit A hard again In a new place tho Dutch naval base of Am bolna, lying Just west of the Dutch part of the Island of New Guinea. The assault is snld to bo a furious one, by both land and sea forces. - QAmboina Is tho second moat nportunt Dutch naval base, and commands another of tho pass ages by which allied reinforce ments might be got Inside tho ring of tho Indies Islands. Tho Jnps are apparently seek ing to close ALL, thesa entrances. HTHE British abandon Moul- mcln, across tho gulf of Mar- tabnn from Rangoon, southern terminus of the Burma rood. They rctlro across tho Salwecn river "after removing stores and equipment" from Moulmeln. Apporently they plan to moke n stand across the Snlwcen, (Your mnp will tell you tho meaning of all this.) "THERE Is a notable dearth of news from Russia which Qiny or may not bo Important, v Tho Russians have been said for days to bo on tho brink of Important successes that would compel serious German with drawals. When big events aro lit tho (Continued on Page Two) . a nillU 1 hhr T I 1 i I 11 il I i r m S ..itll ----- I uimsri a-visu ieueui RED BLUFF, Calif., Jan. 31 OP) Daniel j. Redmond of Klamath Falla, Ore., was charged formally today with kidnaping R. B. Boyd, Klamath Fulls oil distributor. The FBI said he held up Boyd at gunpoint In Klamath Falla last Tucsdoy. Boyd wax forced from his car between Klnmnth Fulls and Weed. Redmond, an Irish alien, was arrested tho same day by the highway putrol and was Jailed at Mt. Shasta City. 1 The complaint, filed here with U. 8. Commissioner Stanley Piifth, also charged Redmond with transporting a stolen ve hicle. He will appear next week for hearing. Union Dispute Flares As Men Dismissed On Dues Count - i l SEATTLE, Jan. Si W) Unit ed Welders' union members be gan a walkout at Seattle ship building plants today while all of the 1180 welder at .the, T coma plant of the Seattle-Ta-coma Shipbuilding corporation were Idle In the union's dispute with the American Federation of Labor. .. , - About 230 men, or two-thirds of the welding crew, left the Seattle plant of the Seattle-Ta-coma company - at 1 o'clock while eight or ten left the As sociated Shipbuilders' yards. Dave Basor, executive secre tary of the union, said dismissal of welders at the Boeing Air craft company because they did not pay dues to the Aeronauti cal Mochanlcs - union was re (Contlnued on Puge Two) New Cars Bought Before January 1 To Be Released WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 0P) Tho office of price 'administra tion announced today that new cars purchased, but not deliv ered, prior to the government freezing - order . January 1, would be released after Febru ary 12. Also, the OPA said automobile rationing would begin February 26, Instead of February 2, as had been planned, At the same time, Price Ad ministrator Leon Henderson dis closed that the rationing pro gram hold up pending final de termination of "eligible" pur chases contemplated release of all cars In dealers' hands by tho end of 1942, except about 130, 000 units which will be held back as a government stock pile. Under tho OPA order, . per sons who purchased new cars be fore January 1 must produce one of three types of evidence to the rationing boards to obtain deliv ery. They must show a title certifi cate or registration issued be fore January 1, a sworn state ment by a otnto or local regis tration authority that an appli cation for registration was filed beforo January 1, or submit "sat isfactory evidence" of a' con tract or bill of sale. In addition to the latter, a purchaser must bo ablo to show a cancelled check for all or part of the automobile purchase price or some other evidence that the deal was financed. CONVOY HIT -LONDON, Jan. 81 OP) RAF planes scored two hits amidships on the largest ship of eight in an enemy convoy spotted off the Dutch Frisian islands, the air ministry announced tonight. i inn in mi ii i hi ii nn i ii i i in 1 1 i 'v - - i Tin - ii Aag A M5" UN AMUUKA k , --.s. Russians Report 200 Villages Taken; Africa Quiet MOSCOW, Jon. 31 OP) The red army's offensive in the Ukraino continued to smash through German lines and 200 vllluges have been restored to the soviet, a Kuibyshev broad cast of war dispatches said today. Three thousand Germans were killed In the action, the broad cast said. By The Associated Presa AJilnt of possible axis maneu ver to challenge British control of the Mediterranean on an un precedented scale was contained In a third-hand report today that passenger train service will be sharply curtailed In Italy tomor row.', I ' The report, came through Ex change ' Telegraph,, a BrfUsh new agency, from Zurich, Swit zerland, and quoted Rome dis patches. Restriction on civilian railway (raffle have frequently .attended large .troop movements within the lands dominated by Adolf Hitler. British intelligence work already has disclosed an unusual concentration of German planes In southern Italy. " Mobilization aimed at knock ing Malta out of the war would (Continued on Page Two) Enemy Aliens to Sign Next Week For Identification German, Kalian and Japanese alien residents of Klamath coun ty must register in tho local postoffice building between the dates of Monday, February 2 and Saturday, February 7, In clusive, and notices printed in Japanese, German and Italian, were posted this week . In the Klamath Falls postoffice lobby. These notices also Included the information as to how identifi cation cards could be obtained. Registration room has been des ignated as room 206, Federal building. Extra help will be put on during the week if necessary, postal authorities stated. There have been approximately 20 in quiries as to' registration, ac cording to Assistant Postmaster R. I,. Griffith. There are a num ber of German and Italian aliens in the county but it Is understood there aro no .Japa nese aliens in Klamath. ' Germans "Bum Shooters" Bui Polite Say Survivors of Torpedoed Vessel NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 31 (ff) A story of "bum shooting" on the part of unusually polite German U-boat crewmen was told by the 30 survivors of the tanker Rochester when they were landed today at tho naval operating base here. The tank er was sunk In broad daylight off tho Virginia coast yesterday. . The' 6836-ton tanker, riding light, was torpedoed without warning. The submarine pierced the aft portion of the ship' with two torpedoes and fired 13 shells at the hulk. Three Killed ' - The ' first torpedo hit in the englno room and trapped three of the "black gang" there. Captain-A. L. Clark said the three men were instantly killed ' by the explosion of escaping live steam. Captain Clark, a native of Welt Bedford, Mass., was not "too amazed" or "too confused," he - said, because in the first World war two merchant ves- ..." - a - SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31 VP) A base for blimps, the dread of submarine commanders, was established on San Francisco bay today. The navy announced it had commissioned an airship patrol squadron on nearby Moffett field, and said that by the end of this year it was expected the. entire Pacific coast would be under airship patrol as an aid to bombing planes and destroy ers. Some of the non-rigid dirig ibles, commonly referred to as blimps, went into service Im mediately. Driven by two en gines, they are 246 feet long and carry a crew of seven to (Continued on Pago Two) Tl Infantile Paralysis Fight to Receive" l' , ,; Annua I Purse." v "Dance that others may walk!" In Klamath Falla and in var ious sections of Klamath county, orchestra will play and there will be -the sound of dancing feet tonight as the county does its bit to celebrate the diamond jubilee anniversary of President Frank lin D. Roosevelt's birthday and drops its contribution into the infantile paralysis fund of a mil lion or so dollars to aid in the research and prevention of the dread disease. Tonight at 9 o'clock the doors of the armory will open to the record crowd which, is expected to celebrate the president's birth day. Fifty per cent of the pro ceeds from the dance will re main in the local treasury to be used in this county as a wedge against the ravages of infantile paralysis. The remaining SO per cent goes to the national founda tion for research work. Tickets mailed out last week (Continued on Page Two) No Use Wasting Time on Plea MILTON-FREEWATER, Ore.. Jan. 31 (P) Leslie Tolen wouldn't even take the time to apply for a new tire when he found that one of his was flat and too worn to hold promise of being revived. "No use," Tolen told chuckl ing bystanders, "the rationing board would turn me down." "Unanimously?" they asked. "Yes," said Tolen, a member of the board. scls wero sunk under him by enemy torpedoes. L. J. Davidson, of Little Falls, N. J., the chief officer of the tanker, owned by the Socony Vacuum Oil company of New York City, related that two life boats were lowered within six or seven minutes after the first torpedo struck, A second tor pedo was fired into the port side of the stricken vessel a few moments later. Inaccurate But Polite Then the sub came to the sur face and hurled 13 shells, sev eral of them missing their tar get, Davidson said, because the "Germans were bum shooters." , "Even though they couldn't shoot, they sure were polite," Davidson said, "for, when the sub started shelling the ship we were between the two vessels and in the line ot fire. The sub marine waved .us away and someono on her shouted, in Eng lish 'Get out of the way.. We are going to fire'." i wiiiiiiw wwii i a v i - - ii i - r : a a . .1 t, nil an null I i -mm -1 . ,u , :r.;; Ok Battle Rages Around S"--- (V Second Largest V;K" Indies Base .;-. ' ; - BATAVIA, N. E. I., Jan. 31 OP) The Japanese have opened a fifth front in the battle of the East Indies with a furious assault and landings on Am boina island, site of the second most important naval base in this archipelago, and the Dutch declared today the fighting was "raging everywhere." ' "This morning at 6:20 a. m. enemy ships and aircraft were shelling and bombing the island and the battle was raging everywhere," the Netherland East Indies high command an nounced in a communique. . The high command also re ported that a Dutch warship keeping up the Netherlands schedule ot hitting the Japanese i fleet. and., merchant ships at, as) one-a-day , clip; destroyed a Japanese ..submarine., in- Indies waters by depth charges.; The Dutch tersely announced that once again they- had. de stroyed vital points in Amboina and - vicinity carrying out on another - island the declared policy of putting to the torch or blasting their riches to keep them from falling to the1 Japa nese. Similar destruction was done to oil and other items when the Japanese invaded the Celebes, Tarakan island,' off northeast (Continued on Page Two) Students Asked to Build Plane Models For Use of Forces WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (iTT Secretary of the Navy Knox asks the nation's high school youth to build 500,000 aircraft models for the armed forces. Knox told a press conference today the navy and army urgent ly needed 10,000 models each of 80 different types of fighting planes for training personnel in aircraft recognition and range estimation in gunnery practice. He added the models likewise would be important in training civilians in aircraft recognition, which he 'termed an essential element in civilian defense. The bureau of aeronautics is preparing plans and specifica tions which will be distributed throughout the country to high school students. The first sets of working drawings will be in the hands of cooperating schools by February 23.. . Two men were slightly in jured when the first torpedo struck.- A wiper was on his way down into the engine room and was scalded by steam and a seaman was injured when he was thrown out of his bunk by the concussion. Captain Clark . said that if his' ship had been armed the men might have protected them selves somewhat. The skipper said he did not believe the submarine was large enough to cross the ocean, oper ate oft the Atlantic coast and return- to its home port. He would not comment, however, on the. chances that a .mother ship is being maintained for U-boats. The fifth naval district pub lic relations office listed the dead men as: Joseph Suther land, - third assistant engineer, San Francisco; Arthur J. Briggs, ordinary seaman, Beaumont, TexBs, and Leonard A. Reier son, fireman, Brooklyn. . w ' . 5 i II II rrom ivtouimein in The war department announced that President Hoosevelt had awarded the first congressional medal of the war posthu mously to Second Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger. (left). Nin inger, 1941 West Point graduate, was attached to the Philippine scouts in Batan peninsula. Ha engaged in furious hand-to-hand fighting beyond the call of duty before he was killed. The medal, highest award that may be made, is abowa at light. Convicts Offer- plood to Help U.S.in War . '-.''''By JACK ADAMS - ' " CHICAGO, Jan. 31 0f An anonymous convict's suggestion that men behind bars would welcome the opportunity to spill blood for their ; country while serving . time gives promise of opening up, for both military and civilian use; one of the largest blood-banks the nation ever has had. The ' Central Howard associa tion, dealing in post-prison re habilitation, received the sug gestion several weeks ago and relayed it to welfare, correction al and ; health authorities in eight middle-western states. To day," Dr. S.' Emery Lyon, Cen tral , Howard . superintendent, said ' the . response had been 'tremendous, demonstrating . a general willingness to let pris oners show ' their patriotism through specific action, and par ticipate in the war effort." Endorsements came from au (Continued on Page Two) WPB Cracks Down On Tire Retread Machinery Orders WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 OP) The war production board, it was learned today, has prohibited manufacturers of tire retreading and recapping machinery from filling any further orders except those accompanied by preference rating certificates. The orders were issued by J. S. Knowlson, director - of the WPB industry operations divis ion, as a result of complaints from small tire dealers that large companies had bought up all available retreading and re capping molds. ' Knowlson said the supplies had been distributed in such an uneven manner that many sec tions of. the country were un able to meet their requirements for such machinery. In addition to halting deliv eries,' Knowlson directed the manufacturers to submit by Feb ruary 2 a list of all orders on their books, including customers' names, . shipping addresses and types cf equipment ordered. The . WPB will issue formal orders soon establishing a dis tribution system designed to as sure equitable distribution ' of available supplies. AIR PATROL HEAD ' PORTLAND, Jan. 31 (P) Harry K. Coffey, Portland insur ance executive, received notifi cation yesterday of appointment as civil air patrol commander for the ninth district, comprising Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Hawaii and Alaska. - - " ' I and destroyed enemy groups MacArtKur Expecting Fresh Drive by Invaders : -WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 JPj General Douglas MacArthur re ported today his American-Filipino defenders of the Batan pen insula in the Philippines , had frustrated determined enemy at tempts at infiltration tbrougn the lines in the past 24 hours. The war department said in a "A LITTLE TROUBLE". WITH GENERAL MAC ARTHUR ON BATAN PEN INSULA, Luzon, Jan. 27 (De layed) OP) One of the mas terpieces ot official under statement comes from a Ba tan province official in the thick of a full-fledged war. Starting his annual report, he wrote: "There is a little trouble in Batan ... which has caused some difficulty in the collection, of taxes." morning communique that some Japanese prisoners were taken. Fighting on the peninsula, where fresh enemy troops have been arriving amid : apparent Japanese preparations for re sumption of a large scale of fensive, was said in the commun ique to have been only sporadic in nature. Virtually no hostile air activity was noted. . Along with MacArthur's staunch defense came an im proved allied naval position in the Pacific, indicated in a deci sion of marine underwriters to cut cargo war risk insurance rates on shipments from the United States to southern Aus tralian ports from 71 per cent to 6 per cent, effective today. Chinese Report Japs in Retreat East of. Canton CHUNGKING, Jan. 31 (tP) Japanese troops are in full re treat toward Canton tonight after being defeated In a five-day bat tle with Chinese forces east of the city, an official Chinese com munique said. . - CHUNGKING, Jan. 31 VP) Chinese forces pressing an of fensive in South Kwangtung province are engaged in a bitter battle with Japanese troops for the possession of the vital port of Walchow on the East river east of Canton, a Chinese com munique said. . . v . Br ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor Britain suffered two grave re verses in the far Pacific today as imperial defenders of Malay fell back onto Singapore island and far to the north, British troops evacuated strategic Moulmeln, across the bay from Rangoon, Burma. . Burma is the gateway to the vast, treasure-house of India. , It is also, vital to China as the "backdoor" of the Burma road, life-line ot China's war supplies. - v, "Ghost City .' "Our troops have withdrawn over the Salween river after re moving all stores and equip ment,'' a British bulletin said, adding that heavy casualties had been inflicted on the Japanese. The Salween river emptiel into the- Gulf of Martaban at Moulmein, 100 miles east across the Gulf from Rangoon. -- Japanese dispatches said Moul mein bad been left virtually a "ghost city."; - - v - x " f'iiwire-Sljage-''"!'''"- T.Ttfllh'lhe collapse of Britlstt resistance on the Malay penin sula, Singapore authorities de stroyed the causeway to the mainland , and called on every man to battle - japan's' siege armies "until help can come." -: Thrown back 350 miles in two months ot bloody jungle fighting, the outnumbered Aus tralian, British and Indian im perial troops retired to the $400, 000,000 island fortress under cover of darkness, it was an nounced officially, i , '.:'. Ifew Phase ' "The v battle ' of Malaya has come to an end and the battle of Singapore has started," Lieut. Gen. A. E. Percival, British com-: mander in Malaya, announced, tersely. '- - - ' ' - ' ! "Today we stand beleaguered ': in our island fortress." ' Japanese front-line dispatches; said the Mikado's armies had ' seized control of a mainland water . reservoir serving the island of Singapore. There seemed little immediate (Continued on Page Two) F. R. Grateful for Nation's Birthday Ball Celebrations WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 OP) President Roosevelt today turned back to his wartime tasks, "very grateful,", he de clared, for the nationwide cele brations of his 60th birthday which produced uncounted sums for the fight against infantile: paralysis. , The president was host to ' a group of intimate friends at a White House dinner, preceding his broadcast to the millions ot Americans gathered for dinners, dances and parties in all parts ot the nation. In that speech, he declared that the fact this nation could look after the health ot its peo ple while engaged in war dem onstrated that the people defi nitely expect to win through to a sound peace. The president said . he had been authorized by the trustees ot the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to announce that county chapters may use part of this year's' funds to give special assistance to the chil dren of soldiers, sailors and ma rines who mav fall victim to the disease. News Index City Briefs ......Page 3 Comics and Story Page 10 Courthouse Records ... Pago 4 Editorials Pago 4 High School News , Page 8 Information ... Page 3 Market, Financial Page 11 Pattern -. Pago 11 Society . Pages 5, 6, 7, 8 Sports ... Page 9 Weekend Pictures .Page 12