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utel to Mven and by noon we
ware on our way out, having
completed the order."
; There was no estimate made
of casualties to enemy person
nel. Th attack was described as a
"complete surprise" and success
ful. Hitting with full power, the
fleet blasted these bases:
Taroa, on Maloalap Atoll,
"with an air base as modern as
any in' the United States" ac
commodating at least 42 bombers
and fighters;
Kwajalein, where nearly a
score of ships and a large com
pound (village) were discovered:
' Wbtje, with shore batteries,
an airfield, and between seven
and ' nine vessels;
' Rot, with a compound and well
constructed air base for fighter
planes;
I Jaluit, with . a small naval
iase;
S Enybor, with runways and
buildings; and Makin, which
had ftNseaplane tender and two
four-epgined bombers.
J On all the islands, little
escaped destruction, a navy
spokesman said.
(Makin island, in the Gilbert
group, was wrested from the
British by the Japanese early in
the war. The others, in the
Marshall group, were taken by
the Japanese from the Germans
in the first World war. Japan
since has held the islands, her
easternmost possessions, under
i league of nations mandate.
Wotje is only 635 miles south
cast of Wake island, and was
considered the probable base of
kttack on Wake.)
. On the island of Mill nothing
was found to attack there was
inly a fresh cut swath through
the palms. '
Ships destroyed included a
17.000-ton liner of the Yawata
Karu type, a modern cruiser.
two large submarines, a destroy
er, three 10.000-ton tankers, five
A000 to 7000-ton cargo vessels,
i 8000-ton auxiliary, two ships
der 5000 tons probably mine-
or mine layers and
smaller surface craft in
cluding tugs. -
Damaged were an old cruiser.
lour auxiliary vessels and three
arse submarines.
Most of the 41 planes known
Destroyed were multi-engined
bombers, rive were four-engined
asaplanes. Others, in addition to
the official count, were smashed
n the ground.
y Installations razed on the
tue - included nine modern
JUngars, fuel dumps, munitions
dump, a - concrete causeway.
several concrete runways, shore
arteries, - anti-aircraft emplace
ments, storehouses, warehouses.
and quarters.
5 American losses were confined
io 11 planes. One American
Cruiser was hit by a small bomb
find a near miss started "a sup-
niciai lira on an aircraft car-
tier which - was extinguished
within five minutes.
LNavy spokesmen emphasized
ur points in their recital of the
rjre events:
1. The islands' military in
stallations were exposed for the
world to hear and read about
(under terms of the league of na
tions mendate the islands were
pot permitted to be fortified.)
r 2. American fighters proved
raster and heavier gunned and
ftiore maneuverable than the
Japanese "despite the fact that
ours were carrier-based whereas
the Japanese were based on
land."
t i. The targets for attack
frera carefully selected as vital
miliary ODjecuves.
. in- Japanese shore eat
eries were extremely ineffect-
, fired far wide of their mark
nd were silenced by American
hellfire "within a few minutes
our laying gunfire on their
sltlons thus exposed."
Willkie Suggests
MacArthur Head
All U. S. Forces
( (Continued From Page One)
sating all the armed forces of
he nation to their most effec
tive use."
J "Theni" he said, "the people
Of the United States will have
reason to hope that skill, not
bungling and confusion, directs
their efforts."
i: Willkie declared it was obvi
ous "that there is unnecessary
presto effort, lack of mutual
Confidence and central 'dlrec
SJ on among our various fight-
Tg forces."
He quoted unidentified air
force men as saying they had
rme up against stone walls
prejudice and ignorance in
the war department"; that "the
rjian who .. offers constructive
criticism ' risks court martial,"
ajhd that .."the navy (till be
lieves that an air bomber can
not sink a. battleship."
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PORTLAND, Feb. 13 (IP) A
five-week search for the body of
Foster L. Odom, Oregon City
contractor, ended today. Two 12-year-old
boys, Richard Schutze
and Martin Chase, Troutdale,
found the body lodged along the
shore of the Sandy river near
Troutdale.
Odom lost his life January 6
in the plunge of his car from the
Columbia River highway. His
family had offered $1000 reword
for recovery of the body.
PLANT OWNERS TO
There will be a meeting of
all foundry, machine shop,
woodworking plant owners and
managers, and all others inter
ested in the formation of a war
production pool, at the Klamath
county i chamber of commerce
on Tuesday evening at 7:30.
This meeting is being called
under the auspices of the indus
tries committee of the chamber
of commerce, which was re
cently appointed and consists
of L. L. Lombard, E. S. Robin
son, W. W. McVay, John F.
West, Godfrey Blohm and Don
Drury. The committee has been
to Portland to take up the mat
ter of a Klamath pool and up
on its return has recommended
the formation of one here.
All those interested in such
formation are urged to attend
the meeting Tuesday evening.
Medford Milk
Price Goes Up
MEDFORD. Feb. IS (Pi
Milk prices in Jackson county
will advance Sunday, February
15, one cent per quart, it has
been announced by producers
and distributors. Under the
boost, four per cent milk will
cost 13 cents per quart, and five
per cent premium milk 14 cents.
Increased cost of feed and labor
were given as the reasons for the
action.
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(Continued From Page One)
banner headline today on its
single sheet:
"Singapore Must Stand!!! It
Shall Stand Governor."
A sub-heading on the news of
the fighting read: "Tribute to
Garrison of Singapore."
In view of the danger of bomb
ing, inhabitants of congested
areas have been advised to dis
perse by day as far as possible
into open spaces near the city
where they can conceal them
selves from observation from the
air, and to return home at dusk.
All public roads, gardens and
private houses have been thrown
open for this purpose. The pub
lic is advised for its own safety
to move by side roads and lanes
rather than by main roads.
LONDON, Feb. 13 (&) The
union jack waved through an
other of its evidently numbered
days over Singapore City today
but Japanese shock forces, al
ternating between inching
crawls and swift, almost suicidal
rushing - from cover to cover,
had reached suburban Tanglin,
little more than two miles from
the heart of the metropolis.
That was the position on the
southern sector of the 14-mile
battle line, the closest threat to
Singapore City, but on the cen
tral part of the contracting
front the Japanese appeared to
have seized most of the city's
sources of water the central
reservoirs.
Singapore's 10 p. m. broadcast
(at 8 a. m. PWT) came through
on schedule, the announcer say
ing there had been "no great
change in the general line." He
added that fighting was heaviest
in the western and northwest
ern sectors and that "there is
ample evidence that the Japa
nese forces are not having
everything their own way."
The Japanese seemed to have
seized Peirce reservoir, one of
the two largest in Singapore's
"Catchment area," since today's
communique placed the fight
ing there around Ang Mo Kio
at, the eastern end of the res-
erv-- i $ k
Fighting. was under way
around Mac Ritchie reservoir,
twin of the Peirce pool. Several
smaller pools in the Catchment
area north of the Peirce res
ervoir appeared to be within
the Japanese line.
BATAVIA, N. E. I., Feb. 13 W)
The Dutch high command re
ported today a temporary slack
ening of the Japanese drive on
the Netherlands Indies and said
destruction of harbor works of
Macassar, chief port on Celebes,
had been so effective that "the
enemy will not find anything of
use to him."
The defenders' scorched-earth
tactics also were carried out in
other parts of southern Celebes,
the high command said, adding
that according to latest official
news from this sector of Japa
nese invasion the harbor area of
Macassar still was in flames last
night.
(Tokyo claimed yesterday that
Macassar had been occupied.)
Macassar, chief port in the
southwestern part of the island,
is threatened by enemy drives
from north and south. But this
afternoon's communique, re
leased through the news agency
Aneta, gave some encouragement
over the situation there in deny
ing earlier reports that the Jap
anese also were driving on the
city from Balangnipa, across
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from Macassar on the eastern
side of the peninsula.
"Telegraphic reports from Ma
cassar indicate that the original
announcement regarding a Jap
anese landing at Balangnipa is
not correct," the communique
stated.
There was no word of opera
tions in any other portion of the
Archipelago, and Japanese air
activity was restricted utmost
entirely to reconnaissance
flights.
The Indies, meanwhile, certain
that the apparently Imminent
fall of Singapore will open the
floodgates (or an all-out Japa
nese assault upon Sumatra and
Java, stood by their guns today,
determined to fight on regard
less of the odds.
Whether the United States and
Britain can get needed reinforce
ments into this area in time to
meet the expected assault will
have no bearing upon the gov
ernment's stand, a semi-official
spokesman declared.
"We will go on fighting and
damn the consequences," he as
serted. While acknowledging that the
situation is grim and that help is
imperative, the spokesman de
clared the Dutch never would
abandon Sumatra and Java with
out a fight, even if the united
nations high command should
elect to surrender bases there
and fall back to Australia.
Senator Asks
'Frills' Ousted
From Defense
(Continued from Page One)
in voting to open government
pension rolls to its members.
Norris, who voted against such
retirement payments, said he
never would accept a pension
from the government
"These two things have gone a
long way to destroy the faith of
the American people in their
government" Norris told report
ers. "There never was a time
when we needed unity more, but
the people are angry and they
are beginning to lose faith in
the executive and. legislative
branches of the government."
There was no room, Norris
said, in the desperately serious
business of preparing the Amer
ican people to cope with air raids
and other possible attacks to
conduct classes in dancing or
other act' i ties.
Three Babies Born
On Lincoln's Day
Three young men will claim
the birthday of Abraham Lincoln
as their birth date as well, ac
cording to a report from Hill
side hospital where the infants
arrived February 12.
The boys were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Petrasek of Malin,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Weyer, 127
Mortimer street, and Mr. and
Mrs. Roy D. Sharp, 4615 Shasta
way.
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acreage of the state and include
11,389,357 acres of national for
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lands, 18,968,514 acres of Indian
reservations, and 1,134,734 acres
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humbling of two of Britain's
fighting services within sight of
the English coast "can not bo ex
plained away by oratory."
Probably Sate
The German battleships raced
through the narrow strait of Do
ver at 28 to .10 knots, their top
speed, an authoritative source
said today. Later this was low
ered to 18 to 20 knots, fast
enough to bring them to Helgo
land before noon today.
This authority said no British
surface ships were lost, thus con
tradicting the Berlin communi
que's claim that one British de
stroyer was sunk and another
set afire.
He said the action was com
pletely over and in all probabil
ity the three big German ships
were safely ut their destination.
From Brest to Helgoland is
approximately 700 miles. Appar
ently the ships had negotiated
nearly half this distance when
they first were engaged at 11
a. m. yestcrdoy. For five hours
planes were in constant action
over tho enemy Armada.
It was from the sky that the
German warships' greatest pro
tection came, not only from con
cealing snow and fog but, per
haps even moro, from swarms of
nazi fighter planes, shuttling out
In relays from the French coast
to keep protection constantly
over them.
Americans Rap
British Defense
Of Singapore
(Continued From Page One)
belongs to us natives keep the
white men out."
Simpson said the British left
7000 tons of rubber and 5000
tons of tin on the docks without
an attempt at destruction.
"I saw It all," he declared. "I
was the witness of the start of
what may be the fall of the
British Empire."
Mrs. J. G. Hanna, wife of a
former Seattlo dentist who set
tled in Singapore and remained
there for the battle, said she saw
LBrltlsh troops fleeing along th
Malaya.
"I don't blame them for flee
ing," she asserted. "They had
no planes to protect them."
McMullen to Speak
On Food Defense
Lee McMullen, manager of the
Klamath Production Credit as
sociation, will speak on food for
defense and show a film at an
open meeting of the Henley
grange to be held Wednesday
evening.
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Groesbeck Speaks
At Rotary Meet
R. C. Groesbeck, Klamath
Fulls attorney und member of
the Oregon state board of higher
education, spoko to members of
Hotnry club at luncheon Friday
noon ut the Wlllurd. Presiding
as chairman was J. Percy Wells,
superintendent of the Klamath
Falls city schools.
Groesbeck discussed the con
troversial anglo concerning the
curriculum of the two schools,
University of Oregon and Oregon
State college.
Howard Dickson. Tululake
chamber of commerce president,
said Friday he had learned that
location of enemy alien camps
had been given over to the state
department of agriculture of
California, with tho idea of pro
viding camps in places where
agricultural labor will be needed.
Tom Clark, of the California
department. Is expected to visit
Sale mto confer with Governor
Spruguo on a similar set-up for
Oregon.
Clark Fensler of Tulelake is
expected to go to Sacramento
next week to take a request from
that community for the location
of such a camp In the Tulolake
district, in accordance with ac
tion taken at a meeting In Tule
lake this week.
Editorials on News
(Continued From Puge One)
than you'll find in any other
border Mexican town this writer
has seen. The rotting dobe houses
that stood on the outskirts in
the old gambling days have
given way to much better houses,
inhabited by people who are
obviously better fed.
In other words, the simple life
of commerce they are leading
now is providing the common
run of them with more beans
and bacon than the high, wide
and handsome gambling did.
COMMERCIALIZED sin puts
easy money in the pockets
of a few flashy panderers there
to, but as a rule TAKES MONEY
OUT of the pockets of the com
mon, everyday, run-of-the-mill
kind of people.
That always has been true and
always will be true.
A NOTHER conclusion at this
point (a purely persoriul one.)
Most Americans are Inclined
to look upon their Mexican
neighbors as a shifty lot, by no
means to be trusted. Getting
caught alone on a dark street
in a Mexican village would be
looked upon by most of Uncle
Sam's nephews as an adventure
fraught with the grisliest peril.
This writer has found the gen
eral run of Mexicans a kindly,
friendly lot even In the border
towns where providing what the
average American away from
home seems to want Is anything
but a nice business.
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l-nmurr und Mrs. Cfirmiat
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(Continued From Page One)
to confer with democratic lend
ers. Inturest is mounting in tho
republican and democratic situ
ations In the second congression
al district, which Walter Pierce
has represented at Washington
In many years.
Stoekmnn has been hard at
work for several weeks and has
his campaign well started for
tho republican nomination. So
fur, hu is alone in the (irld, but
It Is rumored that Giles French,
state legislator and Moro news
paper publisher, Is considering
the race as well as Marvin
Klemme, Burns.
On the democratic side, there
exists the possibility that Char
les H. Mack, Klamath county
assessor and prominent in demo
cratic circles over the state,
might oppose Pierce. Ho has
mode no public comment, except
to say he will not run for assess
or again.
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14 SCOUTS RECEIVE
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Pour ruudldatcs for the rank
of Kuglo Kcout. highest award In
scouting, led a list of 14 boys
who appeurcd before the court
of honor at the Elks club Thui.
duy night.
The now Eagle Scouts, Tom
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Guorga Long of Troop 1 and
l.cslla Hopkins of Troop 18, ap
peared before tho court with
thvlr iHirvnts who pinned on the
budges.
Hubert 1'ex of Troop received
tho Life Scout badge and Lewis
Young, Troop Wl" awarded
tho Slur Scout rank.
Kruiik 1. Drew, clialrinuu ol
the advancement committee, pre
sided over tho court which wit
held before tho members of tho
tiki lodge. Drew was ssbIMoJ
by Art Uromer, Greer Drew, vtt
Hum Kuykemlall, Roy Rako
slrnw, Dr. George Merryman Jr.,
and Dwlghl K. Gilchrist. Eugla
Scout Schnrfvnstoln spoke on tho
requirements for tho Eagle
badge.
Other scouts receiving badges
wero Ted Steppe, tenderfoot:
Solon Stone, first class and hui A
Icruft; Robert Pox, athletics and
pioneering; Dalo Gllson, person
ul health; Hilly Burgess, car
pentry, woodworking and beet
production; Lewis Young, safety;
Don Mitchell, handicraft; Jack
Smith, bookbinding; Jerry Smith,
(civics; Jerry Watson, metal
work, aviation and pioneering.
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