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By FRANK JENKINS
TODAY'S snot news U thrill
1 Ing. ;
MucArthur hai boon taken out
of bcleonucrcd Butaan, landed
sufely In Auntrulla and mado su
premo commander of United Na
tion! forcca In the East Indies,
tho Philippine! and the South
Pacific.
Whether ho rank Wavell In
IndUi bm't mado clear by today's
0 dispatches.
IT may bo lupromoly impor
tant ai well aa thrilling.
Hliitory tella ui that GENIUS
IN COMMAND la the moat im
portant InKrcdlont In tho recipe
for victory. It waa Hannibal, Al
exander and Napoleon, rather
than tho forMs they led, that
rocked tho world.
It waa not until Grant waa
found that the North began to
copltollro upon ita auperlor re
aourcca in man power and Indus-
trial organization.
SECRETARY OF WAR STIM
LOU discloses at tho same
time that U. 8. troopi and air
corpa unlta "In considerable
numbers" hava arrived In Aus
tralla. Australian Premier Curtln
kwannouncea that Australian air
' Wforces that took part (n Ilia East
Indies and Malaya lighting are
back for the moat part on their
homo soil, providing a core of
hardened and experienced fight
era. .- . '
A reception la being prepared
for tho Japs, if and when they
decide to move on to the aouth.
AS to auch a . declalon, there
are rumora In plenty but no
definite, confirmed develop
ment. , Dispatches today to London
papers assert that the Jap naval
forces that participated in the
Java Invasion consisting of
cruisers, carriers and shoals of
destroyers are on their way to
Australia now. They are report
ed to be massing heavy air forces
in New Guinea.
The Jnps are said to be plan
ning to launch their offensive
OngaJnst Australia's eastern sea
board, where the great cities are,
Instead of attempting an Invasion
from the fnr north across water
less deserts.
THE Chinese repeat their warn
Ing of a sudden Jap attack
on Siberia. (The Chinese, intel
ligence service has been pretty
good so far.)
Hitler, whose big Job Is to lick
Russia, would of course like to
have the Japs smack the reds at
the back door while ha Is tack
ling them anew from the front.
This writer has an Idea the
- Japanese will co-operate with
Hitler ONLY when it suits their
own purposes to do so.
IT Is becoming apparent that
Hitler's big job is to lick Rus
sia now.
He enn't lick Russia in Africa,
or in Spain, so it may be as-
Osumed that anything he starts
there will be a diversion to keep
the British busy.
Ha is probably putting all the
pressure ho can bring to bear on
the Japs to go after the Russians
In Siberia. (You must have
noted his honeyed references to
"our brave allies, the Japanese"
in his Sunday speech.)
TF the Japs fight the Russians
A in Siberia and at tho same
time invade Australia and India,
they will be biting off a big
piece, ,
It seems a good guess that If
they go ahead in Australia and
India, they will pull their punch
es In Siberia,
But you never can tell what a
Jap will do.
AS to Hitler and Russia, a cou
pie of straws appear in to
day's winds:
1. The Germans are author
itatively reported to have sent
strong reinforcements to their
Norwegian garrisons Earlier re
ports Indicated that they are con
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German Preparations
In Norway Warn
Of Threat
By The Associated Press
London quarters today saw
the threat of a possible German
attack against Iceland or. upon
American-British supply lines
to Russia as a result of nsxl or
ders closing all Norwegian ports
from North Cape to Aalosund,
and at the same time It was
disclosed that Germany' might
iest battleship, the new 35,000
ton Tlrpltz, may be loose on the
high seas.
The Norwegian coast would
make a likely jumplng-oft point
for any narl assault on Iceland,
now guarded by United States
and British forces.
Other Evidence
A responsible London source,
declaring the German order wan
"ominously eltad. . those pthor
evidences that" a ' Vnajor , new
campaign In the north may be
imminent: ' '
1. 'Authoritative- reports that
tho Germans have, sent strong
reinforcements to their - Nor
wegian garrisons. :, .'r 1 : :
. 2. Today's German high com
mand announcement ol intensi
fied fighting In Lapland, whose
tar north frontier . is only SO
miles , from the vital ' Russian
supply base at Murmansk.
3. Massing of nazi warships
at Trondhelm. i !
The source declared Germany
was now believed to have be
tween 150.000 and 200,000
troops In Norway, compared
with the 100,000 reported there
lost summer.
Avoids Attack
A British spokesman said that
the powerful Tlrpltz, slstershlp
of the battleship Bismarck, "ap
pears to have avoided" an at
tack' by British aerial torpedoes
off the Norwegian port of Nar
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Juke Boxes, Pinball
Machines Under Ban
WASHINGTON, March 17 UP)
Juke boxes, weighing machines,
pinball games and other amuse
ment machines today joined the
growing list of articles banned
from production, due to the war.
; The .war production' board
gave the Industry until May 1
to use up fabricated or partly
fabricated materials on hand be
fore being converted entirely to
tho war effort. But, it prohib
ited immediately the production
of any repair parts for gaming
machines and banned the cut
ting, stamping or processing of
any copper, copper alloy, nickel
or stainless ateel for the ma
chines to be banned. ,
ONDQN FEARS
Council Sets Vote in May
On Fire Department Levy
After protracted - discussion,
city councllmen last, night de
cided to place on the May bal
lot a proposal for a four-mill ad
ditional levy for, the eity fire
department...' .
If passed, this levy would be
added to $38,000 now raised an
nually' for the fire department,
giving the department a total of
about $76,000 a year. ;
' The proposal is for, a. continu
ing lev, which would be added
to the tax bills each year here
after unless or until repealed.
Virtually the Same
As finally agreed upon, the
propositi is somewhat revised
from . the original recommenda
tions of a special fire committee,
but in effect Is virtually tho
same, The committee had
recommended that an 8-mlll con.
tinning- levy be-sought, ; and that
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Chiller Diller
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Terrifying in. looks but it's
designed to save lives. At Los
Angeles ... Capt. , 8. . Kronhaus
demonstrates his newlr-lnvenl-ed
Ufeaaver a rubberised water
and air-tight suit that can be
donned In two minutes, keeps
occupant warm and afloat in
definitely. ":
Uruguay Seizes Nazi
Boat in Reprisal
For Attack-1
NEW YORK, March 17 ()
Fourteen survivors of an Ameri
can merchant ship, torpedoed
last Saturday off Atlantic City,
N. J., have landed at Statcn is
land. Twenty men were report
ed missing.
The third naval district said
that six of the men were hos
pitalized for bruises, exposure
end shock. They were taken to
a marine hospital at Staten is
land. 1 " "
Capt. Gardner D. Clark, 57, of
Machlas, Me., said he was in his
cabin when the New England
steamer was attacked without
warning at 1:49 a. m.
Tho first of three . torpedoes
struck midships wrecking the
lifeboat on the starboard 'side,
he said. .
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
March 17 (IP) Announcing that
the 5785-ton Uruguayan mer
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the $3,000 now. in the budget be
removed. Tha council decided to
ask for a 4-mlll continuing lew
and leave the $38,00d Irrthe
,, Jl ar M
r.fu
budget. .
It the additional money is
voted, it is expected a fire sta
tion will bo re-opened in the city
hall. Also, It Is planned to make
a start toward eventual open
ing of stations in M.tlls addition
and In the Oregon avenue dis
trict. Tho money would provide
for purchase of additional equip
ment, increase the manpower of
the department from 18 to 33,
and set up an equipment re
placement fund.
Right Intentions
' After asking everyone present
In the council chamber what
he thought of the 8-mlH levy pro
posal, Mayor John Houston said
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON,
LOCAL DRIVERS
FACE RATIONING
OF GASJPPL1
Details of Order Not
Learned by Service
Stations Here
Klamath motorists face the
certainty of gas rationing begin
ning Thursday of this week, but
details and the practical effect
of- the restrictions in this com
munity were still in a vague
stage.
' In general, it was explained by
one oil company official, the dis
tributors will deliver to the gas
stations on the basis of 80 per
cent of the sales in some desig
nated period of last year. It will
then bp up to the station opera
tors to dole out the gasoline, un
til the supply is gone.
Last Yoar Base
. Much depends upon -what
pelod of last year Is designated
aa tha bese.'. 'Gasoline -consomp-ttcwH-er
-rah'"hlgi1.'lij,;some
months 4 last year, and k the
high months should be made the
base, there might .be an ample
supply for the reduced demand
tfU..yeai.'..-.l . ' ,
.; It it expected that oil compan
ies, will be required to supply
gas first to' essential users, such
as operators of farm equipment.
Industries, etc. , Because of these
varied factors, oil company offi
cials ' cautioned the public
against Jumping to conclusions
until definite details and rulings
are announced.
"Scare" On
The "scare" was on, however,
and many motorists were pester
ing gasoline company offices for
information on the possibility of
storage In barrels burled on
their property a plan which
they soon discovered presents
many ' difficulties.
Barrel rental was set at $3.50
by one company.' It was pointed
out that restrictions in the city
on buried gasoline tanks are
very severe, while outside the
tanks might affect or even inval
idate fire insurance. '
; Harold Franey, city building
Inspector, said the city follows
the rules on such barrels set up
by the underwriters bureau.. A
buried tank must be covered by
two feet of dirt, must not be
closer than 10 feet to a house or
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Canada Approves
Alaska Highway
.WASHINGTON, March 17 P)
The war department announced
today that the Canadian govern
ment had given final approval
to construction of the new high
way to Alaska.
This approval, the depart
ment said, was the final step In
formal negotiations by the Unit
ed States and Canadian govern-i
ments of these projects, which
had been agreed upon generally
by March .6,
"Contrary to . published re;
ports," the department said, "at
no time were negotiations ham
pered by lack of cooperation by
the Canadian government."
Rommel Active in ' .
North Africa
CAIRO; March 17 MV-Gen.
Erwin Rommel s . North Africa
corps had increased its activity
in the Libyan desert, a British
communique said today , in dis
closing that a "strong enemy
column including tanks" moved
forward in the Cherlma area
but withdrew In the face of
British mobile forces.
, "A successful action by mixed
forces resulted 'in casualties be
ing inflicted on the enemy west
of Cherlma," the British added.
The RAF continued to support
troops ' In ' the ' forward area
countering axis air activity.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1942
Commissioner
Of Philippines
Reaches Hawaii
WASHINGTON, March 17 JP
Francis B. Sayre, American high
commissioner to the Philippines,
arrived In Honolulu today, Presi
dent Roosevelt disclosed to a
press conference, and is on the
way to the United States for
conferences and to make reports.
Mr. Roosevelt said Sayre had
been directed to come home and
report and that probably he
would return to the southwest
Pacific area as soon as possible.
He did not suggest that Sayre
would go back to the Philip
pines. How the high commissioner
got out of the Islands was not
told.
MILITARY AREA SET
IN KLAMATH FALLS
Downtown Section of
.City Outlined . in
v'Sifcaiiy. 'J'.- r,w ',.-
SAN .FRANCISCO, March" 17
(P) Additional military areas
announced today by Lieut-Gen.
J. L. DeWitt, fourth army com
mander, includes 41 in Oregon
from which ."such -persons or
classes of persons as the situation
may require will by subsequent
proclamation be excluded."
Among the -areas are .two
bombing ranges, the Pendleton
air base, radio station KIJE at
Pendleton, Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company property at
Troutdale, parts of The Dalles,
Klamath Falls, Bend and Baker,
11 railroad bridges, eight rail
road tunnels and 13 highway
bridges, viaducts or railroad
overpasses.
Klamath Falls Area
Specifically, the areas set up
include:
Boardman bombing range
near lone, covering 144 square
miles.
Cold Spring! bombing range
near Cold Springs covering four
square miles.
The Pendleton air base. ;
The area within Klamath
Falls bounded on the north
west by Main water canal and
Commercial street, on the
northeast by Commercial
street and "lum street, on the
southeast by Third street and
on the southwest by Lincoln
street.
An area' within Bend bounded
on the northwest by Congress
avenue and the Deschutes river,
-on tthe northeast by Greenwood
avenue and Harriman street, on
the southeast by Harriman street
and Slsmoro avenue and on the
southwest by Kansas avenue.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17
(UP) The army last night ex
tended its control of enemy aliens
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City Installing
New Siren for
Raid Warning
Klamath fire department's
new siren Is soon to be mounted
on the roof of the central fire
station. '
The big noise-maker came in
somewhat different form than or
dered, according to city officials.
While Fire Chief Keith Ambrose
had ordered a siren with a di
rectional head, the device that
arrived here had a vertical head.
An adjustment with the com
pany is underway.
At Monday night's city council
meeting it was stated the siren
will be used for air raid alarms
along with other whistles, but
Its primary use is for a fire
alarm.
When the siren is installed, it
wU be tried out, probably at 12
or 1 o'clock when other whistles
are blowing. The -public will be
given advance notice.
f' C , -- PRECIPITATION
j ' ' As of March 10. 1842 ) ' j
Scores
MISSISSIPPI 1 9af
HARDEST HIL
III 148 TOTAL ?
Over 1000 Injured in
Seven States; Loss
Of Property High
By The Associated Press
Striking through warm spring
air, tornadoes tore at seven
southern and midwestern states
yesterday, killing 148 or more.
Injuring over 1000 and smashing
property worth millions.
Terrific winds cut across the
northwestern section of Missis
sippi where at least 73 were
known dead, and approximately
650 others injured. High winds
also left a trail of death and de
struction in western Kentucky
and Tennessee, struck south-cen
tral and. north-central Indiana,
and killed at least 20 in east-
central Illinois. The lethal winds
cut across -the northwestern tip
of j Alabama, killing, fcvo, iuttr
Florence', and-severe storms were
reported as far west as Missouri
: The toll of dead and estimated
number of injured by states:
Dead Injured
Mississippi 73 650
Illinois 20 170
Kentucky 24 60
. Tennessee 27 100
Indiana 2 50
Alabama 2 7
Mississippi, hardest hit, rush
ed all available aid to the dis
aster zone, covering an area 150
miles wide' and about 100 miles
deep. The section, mostly rural
with only a few scattered cities,
was without communication for
several hours in many places.
Torrential rains ' followed the
high winds and washed out many
roads.
Thirty-four were known dead
and 206 injured in Leflore area
in northwestern Mississippi, and
at least 18 were killed and 45
injured in the vicinity of Water
Valley, a small town- in the
north-central section of the state,
Other Mississippi cotton belt
towns reporting were Grenada
6 dead, more than 100 injured;
Baldwyn four dead, 90 injured,
one missing; Avalon five dead,
many injured; Oxford and Tula
five dead, many others injured;
near Michigan City . six dead;
near north Holly Springs two
dead. The area Is populated
largely by negroes. - .
BULLETIN
Kiva Hutchinson. Copeo ac
countant, and Claus Sievers,
Yamtay .were the first Klam
ath county men whose num
bers were drawn In Tuesday
afternoon's draft drawing.
Each had the serial number
of 441, the first number drawn
that applies to local boards.
Hutchinson is in board No. 1,
and Sievers in board No. 2.
Each was assigned the order
number of 10,001. .
RangersSeek
Who Fired
BOULDER CITY, Nev., March
17 (P) The reclamation service
sent rangers into a box canyon
three miles below Boulder dam
today to investigate Pvt. Wil
liam F. Colley's story that he
and 20 Boy Scouts were trapped
in the arroyo two nights and a
day by gunfire from two little
brown men.
Cotley, a scoutmaster, told
Chief Ranger Charles F. Peter
son ho believed he killed one of
the men and that the body would
be found in the Colorado- river.
He said he found bloodstains on
the bank. He speculated that the
men were Italians or Mexicans.
Colley's story, as related by
Peterson, was;,
The .party, foa an - exploring
UNITED PRESS I L,,t to D,tB .M4 1
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Takes Command
General Douglas MacArthut
top, hero of Bataan in the Phil
ippines. has assumed command
of allied forces in Australia.
Whether he ranks above Gener
al Sir Archibald Wevell. lower.
allied commander now in India,
was .not made dear.. . .-.' . '"
TO FOREGO STRIKES
Green, . Murray Claim
Plan Better Than .
Legislation
WASHINGTON, March 17 (ff)
The leaders of organized labor
indicated today that labor had
yielded its right to strike during
the war as a more satisfactory
answer to the problems of pro
duction and national unity than
restrictive legislative enactments
by congress.' . -
William Green, president of
the American Federation of La
bor, and Philip Murray, chair
man of the CIO, who called at
the White House with members
of the labor-war board, disclosed
after an hour's conference with
the president that it was agreed
wage rates and standards would
be fixed, without resort to
strikes, or interruption to produc
tion, through these three meth
ods: - . ' : . '
. Collective bargaining, concili
ation or mediation, or operations
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'Brown Men'
at Boy Scouts
trip, was fired on Saturday after
noon by two little brown men
who commanded the. mouth of a
box canyon from a cave., Colley
fired 24 shots and believed he
killed one of the men. ' '
! Whenever the boys attempted
to leave the canyon,- they were
fired at.
1 Colley sent 16 boys out of the
canyon yesterday morning as an
airplane, sent to search for them,
flew overhead. The boys' fam
ilies, worried at their prolonged
absence, had - asked for the
search. '
Rangers notified by tha 16 es
capees brought out Colley and
the other four scouts.
Peterson said Colley's story
was? corroborated; by the boys.
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1 BATAAN HERD
IN AUSTRALIA
AT NEW POST
Status of Wavell in
India Not Clear -After
Shake-Up ,
WASHINGTON. March 17 UPl
The1 arrival of General Douglas
MacArthur in Australia to as
sume the supreme United Na
tions command in that region
was announced today by tile war
department. - - . "
The assignment was request."
ed by the Australian govern
ment, the department said, and
President Roosevelt . directed
MacArthur on February 22 to
transfer his headquarters from
the Philippines he has been sa
brilliantly defending to Au
tralia as soon as the necessary
arrangements could be made.
Perfects Command - -MacArthur
requested a dels J
until he could perfect arrange,
ments within his : Philippine,
command, and this delay was apr
proved by the president. -.
.' MacArthur was , accompanied
on the plane trip to Australia
by , Mrs. .MacArthur and their
son; by his chief of staff, Major
General Richard K. Sutherland;
Brigadier General - Harold H.
Georgeof the air forces, and
several otfier'slaff officers..'.::
His command in the south
west Pacific region will include
the Philippine islands, the war
department said. -j
"Considerable Numbers" J
- Among the men now under
MacArthur in Australia are the
'considerable numbers" making
up the - expeditionary force of
American ground troops and air
corpa . units announced yester
day by Secretary of War Stim
son. . : MacArthur, since first reports,
on December 10, of Japanese at
tempts to invade the island of
Luzon , on the Philippines, has
commanded the amazing defense
of those islands, fighting the nu
merically superior Japanese In
vaders to a standstill on the pen
insula of Bataan.
In accordance with plans care
fully drawn prior to outbreak;,
of the war, MacArthur with
drew his principal forces on Lu
zon toward Bataan, where for
weeks he has stalled all attempts
of the . Japanese to destroy his
forces or push them into the sea.
MacArthur s predecessor as
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Jap Naval Force
Reported Heading 1
For Australia '
LONDON, March 17 (ff) Dis
patches from Australia to soma
London newspapers, which in
formed sources here could . not
confirm, reported today that the
Japanese naval force which par
ticipated in the invasion of Java
now is moving southward on
Australia..
This force was said to Include
cruisers, airplane carriers and
scores of destroyers. . '
.' The dispatches also reported
the Japanese are massing heavy
air reinforcements in New Gui
nea, possibly for large-scale air
attacks to clear the way for a
naval' offensive against ,' Port
Moresby, on New Guinea's south,
coast, and on northern Australia.
RAAF reconnaissance pilots were
cited in the dispatches as author
ity for the fleet movements. :i
" Other dispatches printed ir
London said the Japanese wera
expected to launch their attack
first against the eastern Aus
tralian seaboard, where the con
tinent's chief cities are, instead
of attempting an invasion from
the north which would mean
fighting their way across hun
dreds of miles of waterless des
ert 1'
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