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By FRANK JENKINS
TTITLER, ipcoklng In Berlin at
memoriol excrcl.es for Gor
many'i war dead, warm hi. peo
ple of a hard .trugglo ahead, ap
peal! for new aucrlflcci and
promise, a "crushing victory"
over Russia tills (ummcr,
llo add:
"If the Bolshevik, couldn't
crush u during the unpreced
entedly hard winter Just panning,
Owhen they had the chance, wo'll
. annlhllntlngly defcut them thli
iummer."
IJIS pcch 1 a purely routine
nffnlr, ricnllng with what ho
would bo expected to deal with
on tuch an occaalon.
If ho had (aid (or intimated)
that Germany might LOSE this
iummer, It would bo hot new..
HAVE no doubU, however, ai
to thli:
Ruula la the HOTTEST SPOT
IN THE WORLD.
If, with iuch help a. wo and
tlia British can give them, the
Ruulani can lick Hitler this
iummer, thui releasing tho force
wo now have to scatter all over
tho globe, we can handle Japan.
rvuniNG tho preont relative
O lull hvth flghtlngtthero 1
no lull in Russia) here ara the
plnco to watch:
Australia.
India.
Tho Amur river In Siberia.
Norway.
Finland.
Turkoy.
THE Japs have to make up
tholr minds whether to con
solidate what they've already
token or GO ON.
They're afraid of Australia,
which. If untakon, will always
bo a threat on their flank.
Australia expects invasion in
forco.
Premier Curtln appealed on
Saturday for unlimited help from
us, pointing out that with Aus
tralia gono our west coast will
be on tho front line. Today,
General Bennett, speaking in
Sydney, says: "Every man in the
O Australian Imperial Forces (In
cluding those overseas) Is NOW
NEEDED for defenso of tho com
monwealth." PRESENT fighting in India Is
In Burma, which Is the back
door to China by way of the
Burma road. As long as China
remains unconquorcd It will be
a potential base for air attack
on Japan.
(That Is to say, a threat on the
flank, like Australia.)
A JAP drive down tho Amur
river would cut off Vladi
vostok, another threat to Japan.
(Consult your map.)-
There Is much uncertainty as
to tho forces Russia has In
Siberia. Dispatches today to the
London Daily Mall any Russia
has 8 million men there, with
Immense reserves In training.
Other sources have indicated
movement of a considerable part
w of the Siberian army to the
Russian-Gormen front.
"TODAY'S dispatches say
x Chungking thinks the Japs
are likely to strike Siberia as
suddenly and dovnstntlngly as
they struck Pearl Harbor.
-"ERMAN-IIELD Norway Is on
tho flank of tho SHORT
supply routo to Russia by way
of the Arctic. Getting British
and American help to Russia this
summer Is nil-important.
You must havo noted tho dis
patches tho other day telling of
arrival of the Tlrpltz, Germany's
biggest battleship, at a Norweg
ian port.
That would indlcnto that Ger
many Is planning flank attacks
Qj on the Arctic supply route to
KUSS1S,
THERE hnve been now intlma-
, tlons of Into that Finland may
' bo getting ready to quit fight
ing. Your map win ton what
that would mean. It would clear
' (Continued on Paga Two)
Pofce Seek
Strangler of
Portland Woman
PORTLAND, Oro., Murch 16
W) Police traced today tho few
clues left them by tho strangler
of 28-ycur-old Margarot Gwcn
Ponssen, Portland stenographer
Her naked body, covered neat
ly by a quilt, wos found last
night 1 her apartment. In which
there was no evidence of a
strugglo and only one tiling was
out of place.
That was a missing lamp cord.
Deputy Coroner Gideon Snook
said it probably was used to gar-
rot tlu woman, then was carried
o(f by ihe slayer. He said there
was no evidenco of criminal as
sault.
Of the woman, police knew
little.
They said her parents were
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ponssen.
Senslde, Ore. A sister was also
believed to live at Seaside. Mrs.
John B. Shank, opnrtment house
manager, said tho woman had
lived alone since a divorce two
years ago. Police did not know
his name.
Carl Mngnuson, another
apartment tenant, said two men
(Continued on Pago Two)
American Fliers on
Hand for Battle
To Stop Japs
MANDALAY, Burma, March
IS UP) Filers of tho American
volunteer group whose air de
fense of Rangoon was ono of
the few bright spots for the
United Nations in the south'
west Pacific, are on hand for
the defenso of central and up-
per Durum miu aiv ueiiiu vui
fitted with new pursuit planes.
They are prepared to continue
their fight for air supremacy In
the new phase of tho Burma
campaign and to make special
efforts to halt terror bombings
ugalnst civilians, one of Japan's
most effective weapons in Bur
ma. MANDALAY, Burma, March
IS (Delayed) (VP) British Im
perial forces, stiffening their re
sistance after a long retreat,
wero unofficially reported to
day to have rocrosscd to the
east bank of the Slttnng river
in a counter offensive and cap
tured Shwcgyln, 80 miles north
of Rangoon.
(A later communique- from
New Delhi said two additional
villages wero captured, but ex
plained that the attack was In
tended only as a diversion, and
thnt tho attacking forces had
since returned to tholr original
positions "according to plan.")
Tho British were forced to
draw back over tho SIttang Riv
er a few days ago In a retreat
which opened the way to tho
Jnpnncse occupation of Ran
goon, the capital and chief port.
Four. Trainmen Die
In Rail Collision
WAVERLY, Tcnn., March 18
Of) Four trainmen, including a
father and son, were killed and
two other trainmen critically In
jured In tho head-on collision of
a passenger and freight train on
tho Nashville, Chattanooga and
St. Louis railway line near here
early Sundny.
Those killed, all of Nashville,
Tcnn., wore:
A. C. Hargrove Sr., 46, pas
senger train fireman; A. C. Har
grove Jr., 21, his son, fireman
of the freight; A. H. Laudcrmllk,
44, engineer on the freight; and
H. Edmondson, 32, apprentice
fireman on the passenger train.
Robert Hargrovo, 68, also
N. C, St St. L. fireman, was on
tho scono as rescuers sought to
extricate the bodies of his ion
and grandson.
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ON AUSTRALIA
DAMAGES BASE
Allied Airmen Strike
Return Blows at
Jap Forces
CANBERRA, Australia, March
16 (?') Fourteen Japanese
bombers smashed at Darwin to
day, subjecting that north coast
port to its fourth air attack since
war swept to the southwest Pa
cific. V-
Early reports of the raid said
that soma damago resulted and
that there were casualties, but
details wero lacking.
Darwin, a potential naval base
for the allied nations, was mass
raided by more than 100 Jap
anese bombing and fighting
planes for tho first time Feb.
19. Many casualties and some
military damage resulted and
civilian evacuation was ordered.
, Rtturn Blows
The Japanese curried out less
er -raids tho following day and
on March 4.
' Australian and Amorican air
men struck return blows today
at Japanese invasion bases, in
cluding Dill in Portuguese Timor,
a possible springboard for (he
attacks on Darwin. :
Heavy American bombers
were reported to have partici
pated in broad offensive sweeps
by -the Royal Australian-air
force, during which, the air min
istry said, attacks were made
yesterday on a Japanese air
drome at Dill, in Portuguese
Timor, and on invasion bases at
Rabaul and Gasmnta, New Brit
ain. Sub Scores
Complementing these air
blows was the announcement
that a United Nations submarine
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$100,000 Damages
Asked of Zuckerman
For Fatal Shooting
STOCKTON, Calif., March 16
(A') A $100,000 damage suit was
filed against Maurice Zucker
man, wealthy produce merchant,
today for fatally shooting Otto
Dander, prominent Stockton Leg
ionnaire, In a bar room fight last
fall.
The civil action was filed in
federal court by Hazel and Mar
garetha Dander, the slain man's
widow and mother, respectively.
Their brief complaint snid Zuck
erman "willfully shot" Dander.
Zuckerman, who Is hold under
guard in the County hospital
pending a hearing March 23 for
ball pending argument of a mo
tion for a new trial on his man
slaughter conviction, insisted he
shot in self defense.
District Attorney Maxwell
Wlllens said further statements
had been obtained from Walter
J. Green, defense witness who
Wlllens said recanted his testi
mony. Green admitted in justice
court he had perjured himself.
Wlllens said he was considering
taking further action, but did
not Indicate what.
Jap Propagandist
Ex-Portlander '
PORTLAND, March 16 (P)
Japan's Lord Haw Haw, English-speaking
radio propagandist,
Is Charles Yoshii, an American
born -Japanese who attended
school here in the late 1920's,
Principal Charles A. Fry of
Franklin high school said Satur
day. Yoshll was graduated from
Franklin high and University of
Oregon, Fry said, then became
a radio announcer in Los An
geles. There he mot the touring
Yosuke Matsuoka, former Jap
anese premier. He left soon for
Japan, where he renounced
American oiuzensblp, Fry said.
In San Quentin,
r ik -i.JL I
If. .and vin. the Himy -atttkwrabth- PsclllS eodit prod
ucts designed and turned out by Inmates' ot San Quentin peni
tentiary w"l do their part. in defense. Above. George W. Parsons
works on a lathe-turned siren, designed by enother inmate, a type
now being used in many California communities..
Four Die in Crack-up
Near Boise; Other
Wreck Sought
PENDLETON, March 18 (IP)
Four army airmen, including
the pilot and co-pilot, were kill
ed and two injured in the crash
of a B-17 bomber three miles
south of Gowen field at Boise,
Ida., Col. Frank W. Wright,
commander ot the Pendleton
air-base, announced this after
noon. Another B-17 which went
down in the rugged Blue Moun
tains 20 miles south of Pendle
ton, will not be reached until
late today by a crash crew of
21 men and doctors sent' from
the Pendleton base.
At Boise the dead are:
Second Lieut. Charles S. Hos
ford HI, Butler, Penn., pilot.
Second Lieut. Duane I. Crosth
waite, Pleasant Ridge, Mich.,
co-pilot.
Pvt. Harold L. Gilliam, Ev
erett, Wash.
Pvt. Arthur L. Schifper, ad
dress unknown.
Injured are:
Sergt. Morton L. Howard,
Danville, Penn.
Corp. George A. Gurlack,
Danbury, Conn.
The ship had signaled with
(Continued on Pago Two)
Cruiser Houston One of 12 Allied Ships Lost at Java
4JMfx' m k s B o i s
i4ifc"T.r:;
Bad news was the order of
Unlttd Nations warships, against eight for the numerically superior Japanese forces, in last
month's epic battle for Java. ' One ot the biggest losses was the United States cruiser Houston,
above, and the U. S. destroyer
baja. - ' :
They Also Serve
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Opera Tonight i
Closes Concert :
Season Here
, y
The final concert of the 1941
42 series will be presented to
night at 8 o'clock on the Pelican
theatre stage when Mozart's gay
"The Marriage of Figaro" will
be performed by "The Nine
o'clock Opera Company" under
the. auspices of the Klamath
Community Concert association.
Simultaneously the 1942-43 con
cert drive for membership gets
under way.
An operatic troupe which gets
as many laughs as a smash
Broadway review, which carries
all its props in a suitcase and
which has won the highest musi
cal praise from few - York's
hard-boiled critic-i this- is the
"Nine o'clock Opera Company'
which will play to a capacity
crowd tonight. This is the fourth
in a delightful winter series of
concerts.
Mozart's opera has long been
acknowledged the perfect mast
erpiece of opera buff. The audi
ence will have a chance to see
for Itself that opera can be rio
tously funny and lose none of
its musical appear.
Nowhere else does one find
such a combination of unflag
ging wit and plot suspense with
music of the highest order. The
second act of "Figaro" has been
called the most marvelous musi
cally in all opera. But it is also
the funniest, a fact which most
Americans are quite unaware
because the original libretto
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the day when the navy department announced the lots of 13
Pope. The action occurred between Bawean- island and Soar
v ,,.:.s- ,
U. S. Army Fighters
Nv Down Jap Planes
In Australia
WASHINGTON. March 16 0P)
The navy announced today that
a United States submarine had
sunk an enemy freighter in Jap
anese waters and that a 3,000
ton enemy gasoline tanker had
been sunk by undisclosed means
in the Philippine area.
WASHINGTON, March 16 VP)
The war department reported
today that nine army fighter
planes destroyed three Japanese
aircraft in a fight north of Aus
tralia. .
One American, plane was lost
in ramming an enemy fighter, a
communique said.
The engagement took - place
Saturday when nine American
pursuit planes of the Curtis P-40
type encountered a large flight
of enemy bombers escorted by
fighter planes.
The Americans attacked, al
though greatly outnumbered
the war department said.
Earlier, the war department
disclosed.-, that an -American
tour-mowred.bomber had- at
tacked a Jap: nese-held airport
on the island ' of New Britain
last Friday, destroying at least
two enemy planes on the ground
and damaging the runways.
Jn a communique, the -depart
ment said the single American
plane was. on reconnaissance pa
trol when it attacked the Vun
kanau airdrome at Rabaul.
No activity was reported from
the Philippines. -
Klamath Flier Dies
In Auto Accident
Near Texas Field
Mr. and Mrs. Mose Andrews
of 4211 Homedale avenue have
received a letter from the air
corps commander at Ellington
Field, Tex., expressing regret at
the death of their son. Private
Raymond G. Andrews, in an au
tomobila accident.
Private Andrews was injured
March 6 and died in the station
hospital March 10. Major H. M
McMillan of the 70th school
squadron said in his letter.
"Private Andrews - was the
highest type of soldier and was
known for his friendliness and
good-heartedness," the letter
said. "His squadron joins in ex
tending to you, his parents, their
sincere and heartfelt sympathy."
Andrews was a native of Om
aha, Ark. and had made his
home in Klamath Falls for five
years - before joining the air
corps. He was 21 years old.
BOYLEN ON TRIAL
PENDLETON, March 16 (IP)
Tom Boylen Jr., indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge
of unlawful mortgaging of sheep
involving the Baker Production
Credit association, went on trial
here this morning before U. S.
District Judge Claude McCol
loch. - f '
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n
Victory Over
Soviet Russia
' BERLIN (From German
Broadcasts), March 16 UP)
Adolf Hitler appealed to- the
German people yesterday for
new sacrifices and warned them
'a bard struggle" lies ahead, but
promised a crushing victory over
soviet Russia during the coming
summer.
Speaking at memorial exer
cises for Germany s war dead.
Hitler also predicted the ulti
mate defeat of what he called
President Roosevelt's attempts to
build a detestable new alien
world." ,
The German leader made a
special trip from his headquart
ers on the Russian front to at
tend the state ceremonies; later
he reviewed units of the army,
navy and air force and placed a
wreath on the war dead memor
ial in Unter Den Linden.
He acknowledged frankly that
the German armed forces had
met unanticipated obstacles in
Russia after achieving victories
which he said had "no parallel
in history. Winter, for instance
he said came weeks earlier
than expected.
But one thing we know to
day," Hitler declared: JThe bol
sheviks who could not defeat
the German troops and their
allies In. one winter will be
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GAS SUPPLIES CUT
Less -To Be Delivered
To Stations; .12
' .'Hour Day Set..
; WASHINGTON-, March 16 VP)
The 100.000 fillino station, of
the eastern seaboard and Pacific
northwest, which serve mnr.
than 10,000,000 automobile
drivers, will receive 20 per cent
less gasoline beginning Thurs
day and will be nermittrH in
operate no more than 12 hours
a a ay and 72 hours a week.
Orders to this effect were is
sued Saturday bv Donald M.
Nelson, director of the war pro-
auction board, as a stop-gap un
til cards can be printed for a
rigid rationing program on both
coasts.
States affected are Maine, Ver
mont, New Hampshire, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecti
cut, New York, New Jersey,
Delaware. Pennsylvania
land. Virginia, tha nietrirt of
Columbia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida east -of the Apala
chicola river, Washington and
Oregon. -
First Train Rolls
Over Lofty Track
Of Pit River Span
REDDING, Calif., March 16
(A) A 40-car Southern Pacific
freight train rolled along track
suspended 500 feet above the
canyon-walled Pit river yester
day, and so inaugurated service
over the highest double deck
bridge in the world.
The train, which also for the
first time covered the 30 miles
of new mainline track from Del
ta to Redding, crossed over the
lower deck of the bridge. The
upper level, four lanes wide,
will carry highway traffic when
its approaches are completed,
probably by summer.
Both the bridge, 3,588 feet
long, and the road and railway
relocation l ojects are by-products
of Shasta dam. The old
routes, deep in the canyon, will
be flooded by the water the dam
will retain.
Siskiyou Accident ,'.
Proves Fatal
ASHLAND, Ore., March 16
(P) Ed Corthell, 65, Hilt, Calif.,
died of pneumonia here today
resulting from exposure and in
juries suffered Thursday as his
car plunged down a 200-foot can
yon in a blinding Siskiyou
mountain snowstorm.
Lewis J. Layne, 42, Hilt, also
in the car, is recovering. (Layne
is a brother of Mrs. Frank Klein
eger of Klamath Falls. Further
details on page B.) t
RUSSIANS
Med ite rra nea n B I o W
Shows Drive . in
. . Turkey Eyed
By CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH
Associated Press War Editor
British warships and planes
within the past 24 hours have
lashed out at the easternmost
Mediterranean foothold of the
axis, the Italian island of
Rhodes, just off the Turkish
coast.
The assault suggested British
readiness . for any springtime
move of the axis to supplement
the war with Russia by a south
eastward stab into Turkey.
Front Cracked ' ' ' t
The most astonishing ' of the
latest reports from the war to
Russia was Berlin's bald admis
sion . that the red army had
breached the German line on the
central front during ' a heav
snowstorm and that "heavy de
tensive ' fighting developed
there." . .
That appeared in a special an
BomsmMBt of the Hitler com
mand while the regular com.
m unique admitted that tho r.,.
sians had renewed mass attacks
against uerman . forces of the
Kerch peninsula of Crimea.
From the Russian side came
reports that liberation of the
great industrial center of Khar
kov, on the southern front h
north of the Crimea, was Immi
nent. .
The German high command
declared that the central front
attackers were favored by -a
blinding snowstorm in achieving
their "local breach . . . in close
ly wooded country." The assault
started Saturday, it was .said,
and "after 15 hours of hard
fighting the breach was closed
again in a counter-attack. The
Soviets suffered heavy and
bloody losses." , i
Stab at Turkey ;
The common opinion of many
war observers has been that if
Hitler cannot get his promised
offensive under way in Russia
he certainly will make a stab
toward the Caucasus through
Turkey.
In such event, Rhodes might
readily serve as a forward base
for flanking assault on Turkey's
Mediterranean shore. ,
Japs Report 500 '
Americans Taken v
TOKYO (From JaDanese
Broadcasts), March 16 (A) Four
hundred American troops were
captured by the Japanese at
Bandoeng, Central Java, and 100
more in eastern Java, a Domel
dispatch said today. '
All are now prisoners ot war,
it was said.-
War material seized from the
Americans included 93 automo
biles, 8 field guns, 19 machine
guns, 390 automatic and regular
rifles and 80,000 rounds ot am-
mumuon, ine aispaicn saiat .
Eight Killed in i
Illinois Tornado ;
DANVILLE, 111., March 16 VP)
Eight pe ons were killed 'in a
Tornado that cut across eastern
Illinois today, striking hardest
north of here at the villagi ot
Alvin, where at least four were
killed and perhaps two score
hurt. Four others were killed in
Champaign county.
Reports were that most of the
buildings in Alvin, a town ot 339
population, were destroyed and
at least three burned when fires
started in the wreckage.
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