Hem l!!!l!!lltt!ll!!lll1l!ll!!H!ll!!IPffi,''li!l!ll!lllli!l!,llllliil Hiiiri,raiiiiii'iiiiiiiiiiiii;4iiiiiiiiiiiiii'"i On 5-mlnute blast on slrana ind whlitlti li th signal fot blackout In Klamath ralla. Anothti long blast during a black out I a signal lor ll-elr. In precau tionary ptilodi. witch your attest lights. PRECIPITATION A of March 11, 1943 Present stream year . .10.00 Lait yea to Data i ., a aj Normal ie that data . .. M7 ASSOCM N THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS kwWWWWMWtWWMWWWWWW ,Wae,--ea-,'Na." PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1942 Number 9438 f Hll1'i!iti BK A MA (pfc? o)o) n i nnn T T m n rr mm mm m a r m m - r 1 I I IT .' A Y ' 1 A 1 1 I A 1 o l i Its :rri 1 wmwm HI Br FRANK JENKINS mjfAC ARTHUR li still the big m gest now of the Pacific world. Hero at hom hli appointment hai led us out of the doldrums of doubt. It haa fired endanger ed Australia with now confidence and enthusiasm. EVERYWHERE he li accepted aa the right man for tht place. . OTiE U the right man for the place becauae: 1. He knows how to fight Jap. 3. He Isn't hampered by the ' purely detcntlve thinking that arose out of the (temporary su premacy of the machine gun. He haa shown In Bataan that he knowa how and when to HIT FIRST. e IN Justice to MacArthur, let's Interject here word of cau tion, i Don't expect miracle. -If you hired the best carpenter In the world and told him to build you a house In record time but CAVE HIM INSUFFICIENT TOOLS his progress would, be low. ' ..-' ' K MacArthur Is to do th Job Othat. haa been given, htm to do, be must have sutflcien tools. ' The tools must com from the factories here at home. That is where WE come In. I .... . t AT this point, net's turn to "Donald M. Nelson who has been given the Job of PROVID ING THE TOOLS. In a speech in Washington last night he gave America a new promise to knock down all In terference to war production, whether from management hag gling or union slow-ups. Explaining the Importance of time, he said: "Here is what time 1 worth. A machine gun factory IN FULL SWING can equip a whole regi ment in 36 hours of work. That's why hours are Important. Every minute counts." pUT it to yourself this way: A Every time a machine gun factory is out of operation for only 36 hours (for ANY reason) a wholo regiment of American soldiers is denied weapons. The machine gun is still the backbone of defensive warfare. THE airplane is the backbone ti mnriitm nffAniiliA warfnra. Everytlme an airplane factory Is down or siowod up, MacArtnur ' and his men are denied the wea pons they must have If they are .. to win. AS to management's faults, Nelson sold last night: "Yet (In spite of the suprome Importance of time) somo manu facturers have come to the war production board to plead for Just a Jew extra months before going into war production. Some of them want to delay over details.- Some of them arguo O before awarding a sub-contract. I know of a caso where 26 days were wasted this way." AS to labor's faults, ho said: ' "I know of cases where workers in war plants have been told by other workers by men in tholr own unions to .keep production' down, to take it easy, not to hurry, to spread tho Job out and mako the work last." . . "THAT is the way France fell. , If we permit these things to ' continue, the inexorable Judgment of history will be that AMERICA fell for the same rea son. . ' V We can't fight without weav pons. ' r We must HAVE THEM IN TIME. . ' ' ' , i fnrHIS writer believes: If wo lose this war, it will be because of the shortcomings of the politicians at home and NOT because of any lack of stamina and fighting courage on . (Continued on Page Two) , , . 'S E L Morale High As U. S. Forces Aligned With Anzacs By VERN HAUCLAND MELBOURNE, Australia. March 18 (P) Australia confi dently and willingly accepted to day an American command of all her defenses land, sea and air under the supreme leader ship of General Douglas Mac Arthur. With the enemy already at its gates and the first phases of the battle for the continent being waged In the seas and sklea off the north coast, the common wealth waa electrified by news that the hero of Bataan had stepped In to guide Its destinies. : Ytnks Stream In i If. Mtmm AirnaA 4hnt KTaf-Ar. (hura command already includes "most substantial American re inforcement" troops and. air Jo rccs which have been arrlv Ina at Irregular Intervals for sev eral, week and which still are coming in a stream. - 1 -. . Beside- urgently needed fast pursuit and attack planes were pilots and the skilled mechanl eal crews to keep them flying. ! ' The shlpr bringing, them have beetr'' ddcktnr.al't numerous porUb from which the men and supplier were sent Inland to huge 'camps' where they- were comfortably housed and - fed. Best ' a MacArthur, who as sumes responsibility for' the de fense of Australia and also gen eral command of all United Na ti6ns operations - ashore, aloft and at sea In th- southwest Pa clflc east of Singapore, are: , Brett Commands Plane ' Lieutenant General George H. Brett whose assignment to command the air forces of the United Nation in the Australian New Zealand area and a Mac Arthur' deputy supreme com' mander 'was announced today 1 (continued on Page Two) Government to Begin Issuing War Reviews WASHINGTON, March IB VP) The high command soon will be gin . issuing . authoritative . gen eral reviews of the military sit uation. The innovation was announced yesterday by the office of facta an figure in a statement of the government's war-time informa tion policy. That policy, OFF said, is "to make public the maximum of Information on military, naval, production, and other matters concerning the war, which can be revealed without giving aid to the enemy x x x "Based up on tho firm conviction that the people of a democracy are en titled to know the facts, whoth- er they are good or bad, cheor- iui or depressing." ' Lists of men killed In action will b. given out, but with the stipulation that the press and radio will' not publish nation wide roundups but confine them selves to listing the ' names of casualties from tholr. own locali ties. That modified somowhat a previous censorship restriction against publication of casualty llstsi except, stories obtained in a newspaper's local field ' from tho next-of-kin of tho deceased service man. . V Even in the future, to prevent valuable Information from sift ing through to the enemy, the rank and ratings of navy offi cers, and men killed in action will be withheld, ns will the designation of units to which ar my officer and. men were as signed. ,'. Paralleling the announcement of forthcoming official reviews of the military situation, the statement said that "the war production board will publish at frequent Intervals a production communique which will enable the public to . Judge whether the production program is prog ressing satisfactorily-or not." MACARTHUR T OTHERS T Chamber Objects To Gas Rationing In This Region Chamber of commerce direct ors Wednesday noon voted to protest the Inclusion of Klamath, Lake and Jackson counties In the northwest gasoline rationing pro gram. It was pointed out in the directors' discussion that these counties get their gasoline sup plies by land transportation fa cilities, and are not affected by the tanker situation which is the basis of gasoline rationing for the northwest. Rationing authorities will be asked to place the southern Ore gon counties In the same cate gory with California, inasmuch as their situation Is exactly the same as that in California. There is . no rationing contemplated south of the border. Gasoline companies here were awaiting further Instruction on the rationing, scheduled to start Thursday. ' i Frills ElimipatecMn Oregon- Giviliaa " Set-Up,-Claim -" ; ,"0ur ib In Oregon , tjj Jteep hMui(esK'ttfeni simple as possioie.r rrv ooon-oog-gllng, no fan-dancer Just let people know what to do in case of an emergency, so that' there will be no panic." With these words Jerrold Owen, Oregon de fense :co-otdinator in Klarriath Falls, Wednesday for meeting of county: defense heads, .-laid down -the '.Oregon approachto civilian defense,; . Although .an actual horoothg In - Oregon sounds "fantastic,'' Owen said, events of the. last six -weeks have taught us to be on guard. "If we can prevent unnecessary loss of life and prop erty, if we can prepare. Oregon lans to meet any emergency ef ficiently so we wont have to rely on the military which has its own Job to do, we will have done all we can," Owen stated. Biggest worry In Oregon, as well as all along the coast, is the possibility of sabotage in the great forests, Owen pointed out A complete system for flre-flght-ing in the forest is being care fully laid out,' Owen explained, with the state : forestry depart ment working closely with the OCD, training fire-fighters and assembling fire-flghtlng equip ment. ; Within the next few weeks, counties will receive small book lets on what to do in event of an air raid, for distribution. These booklets, well-Illustrated and with the text cut to the bone, should give Oregontana a clear idea of procedure,. Owen feels. - Approximately 24 . Klamath county divisional defense chiefs attended Wednesday's meeting, which took the form of a round' table qucstlon-and-answer ses sion. ' . , British Fix Danger Area for Ships . ' LONDON, March 18 m The admiralty Issued a warning to day that all of the Bay of Bis cay, except for a 20-mlle strip along tno Spanish coast, and thousands of square miles of the Atlantic ocean southwest of England' "are dangerous to shipping." Such a notice usually.' would mean that the defined zone has been mined or that Britain is planning to carry on unrestrict ed submarine warfare in those waters. ' . Allen Sloan Files ' For Assessorship . Allen Sloan, deputy sheriff In charge of . tax collections, on Wednesday filed his Intention to run for the republican nom ination for county assessor. ' Sloan is the first to enter the republican assessorship nomina tion contest, j,., ., . Six. lie FOUR PLANES - r FALL AT ONCE Two Killed as Army Bomber Smashed in ' West Virginia - DETROIT, March 18 VP) The army air base at Wayne County airport said today four army planes which crashed near Lima, Ohio, today have been identified as ships which left the base at. 10:45 a. m., eastern war time in a mission for the air corps ferry command. ' -. The . pilots killed In the crashes, all second lieutenant, were Identified by the base as: ' Edward H. Saunders,' - 26, flight leader, next of kin Mrs. Llewellyn Saunders, mother, of Lake Village, Ark. Arnel J. Kennedy, 26, next of kin Mrs. E. C. Kennedy, mother, Oklahoma City, Okla. i ; Eugene H. Anderson, 2i next kin Harry. ..Oonei Anderson, father,' of Kewanee, Jll, -' - Earl A.- Houser, 23, next of kin,. Emit Todd -Houser, route U Peso turn, I1L '."' ; JaMAOhio, March 18 (IP) i'our pilot1 wars' -presumed kill eel "today when .their army pur suit .ships crashed In flames on farms , fix : miles ". east of here shortly before noon today. . . i V; Farmers .Hying nearby said they saw no survivor leave the ships. Fire wrecked , the ships and there was no immediate identifi cation of the victims. An ambu lance driver found a leather purse bearing the name of Lieut. A. Kennedy. Rescuers could see bodies of pilots in two planes. One bore a parachute indicating he tried to ball out. Flames prevented rescuers from reaching the other two ships. The crashes occurred during a severe snowstorm. BARTOW, W. Va., March 18 (P) A twin-motored army bomb er crashed and burned on Burn er mountain today with a loss of at least two lives after It roared down a narrow highland valley with a motor missing, U. S. Forest Ranger W. L. Maule reported. Maule, who said visibility In the vicinity was at a minimum, (Continued on Page Two) Chile Report Says Suicide of Jap General Confirmed SANTIAGO, Chile, March 18 (P) A dispatch from Tokyo to the newspaper El Chlleno said today the suicide of Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma for failure to destroy the American and Fili pino defense forces in the Philip pines had been "confirmed." Homma, commander of the Japanese Philippines expedition ary forces, was reported early this month by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to have committed suicide because of his failure and to have been succeeded by Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashlta, the conquc.or of Malaya. El Chllcno's dispatch came from Carlos . Barry, Chilean Journalist. Barry said the proof of-Horn-ma's suicide was the fact that "the name of his successor, Gen eral Tomoyuki Yamashlta, has been 'announced." . .,: BRITISH FALL BACK ' NEW DELHI, India, March 18 The British left wing In Burma has drawn back about 30 miles, it was disclosed today In i communique which an nounced that "our . forward troops are in action with a strong enemy force couth of Kanyutkwin," IN OHIO AREA Town This is all that was left of ripped across six Illinois counties (track it. The toll of dead in about 170 others Injured and ground Is debris of the former Otde&NutftbersforTop of 1 New Draft Unofficial lists showing the first SO names drawn irora each Klamath draft board were 6rri piled by The Herald-and New Wednesday, on the basis of the draft lottery at ' Washington Tuesday. ' ''.-.! -. ' ." Th&e 'are' the"" mcri" who will be classified first among those who took part ' in the - registration-February 16. I - Lists In April No additional names will be published until the master lists arrive . here from ' Washington and an official list, showing of- - board i - Saritl 0rdr 441lQ.ooi Kera 1. Rntchlmoa - . 110S 10.001 Frank E. Fvjton 17ft 10.003 Oustta Frank Pakma - USS 10.004 Wilbur ll.rrlnttoii 06 lo.nu Slnrioa Fraud, Robbing JS 10.0M William Lord Cartr ' 11910.007 Koy I. BlKr 1 OftS 10.0O5 Baymond Htnry Shellhora U7 .10.000 Uannard McCoarrr 121810,010 Adolph - IRojr Rlgcn - l- 185 10.011 8tanley King Bowden 1054 10.0IJ Robert Thornaa Arrlngtoa ' a 14410.013 Robert Slllra McAuWte ., 111110,014 Oeorno Cbarl Rurgcr aa 10.015 Ruben Darld Delhi ' 10Qt.-10.01a Raymond tieorire Rlcfaaroa " ' ' M7 10.017 ilHIard l. Moabr 657 10.01S Maurice Arthur Sehwarta 1S1 10.010 Lee Menaon Scroggin 1 SIS 10,020 Rugene Vale Havnes . 5 I0.MI Jack Bernard Baker 1T0S 10.031 Lnu Kmeit 8 nook M7 10.03S Alfred Scot I Joranaoa M 10,034 Je,ale I. Heed 1710.02S Adrlbert Ray Morrla 6910,030 John Gordon Hopktnt m 10.037 Vhrlitophcr Sydney Elliot " 45010,033 Jck Kills Rockwell 86910.039 Henry Fdlson Buchanan ' . SS 10.OM (llenn Alvln Pruner 83410.0.11 Harry Remington Ruddart 75010,0.11 John Richard Dallex 8110.0.18 Luke Fleming " 498 10.04 Carl Paul h'ngat 816 10.0M Harold Jullua Baddk . 4$5.10,OM Peward Loula Brown 1117 10.0.17 Jny Dell Price 678 10.OW Alfred Wlnfred Merritt , 685 10,089 Wraley Caratan Lorenl 64810.040 (lien Oacar Stayr ISO 10,011 Jennlnga Gene Loaeo ' 7910.011 Chester Arthur Orcen-a-etl . . 63610.018 Leonard Hiram ailchrlat , 680 10.014 Kilward Loula Schulta 117010.016 Janice RtlMell Nell 114010.016 Flovd Melvln Bennett 781 10.017 Arthur Mlratta 88410.019 J. Clarence Orr 6810.019 Martin Andrada Tlueulatl - 44810.050 Andrew Henry Buasman -All of these registrants of board No. 1 gave their address In Klamath Falls. House Approves Women's Auxiliary WASHINGTON, March 18 (IP) The house approves the creation of a women's auxiliary corps of volunteers to give American wo men' the' same chance as their British sisters for military1 serv ice. " ,.v The chamber backed the plan by a roll call vote of 249 to 86 late yesterday and sent along to the senate legislation which would set up a corps with maximum strength of 150,000 women between the ages of 21 and 45 (or behind-the-llnes service-with the armed forces. Wrecked. in .Illinois Tornado 'Main street" in AWin. -Ul after -on of two tornadoec that more than $500,000 in property pottofilce. building. - - t List Published ficial draft number-can-be compiled. . This will 'be. about April 1, andatthat tima tta newspapers plan to - print the official list, '-t ;'!..; -. Only number of real; signif icance to each registrant is his order number. In.the follojwing list, the order . numbers are shown,, starting .with . 10,001. Serial numbers are also shown.. There may be slight , adjust ments that change . the '.order numbers a point or two when the; . official . numbers are as signed. Here are .the ilists: '" a0ARO.NO. t . , Klaua Sievcra, Yamaay -Doc MlEfored'Paughery,.-KP-l Pwfghtt Odmer Young.. Gilchrlat . ! Reoaalano Coppe, XT ' I Oeorge F. 'Pierce. 8pragu'Khrer Vernon Elisha Puckett. Eeao Charlea Lewla Croty.' . Spragua Rtar ' OUbert Ralph UUey. Xr Walter William Stantca, K? Krneat Leon Jonea, . MerrlU Karl Fink. KF . okey Roy Jordan. Bty . Percy Alonio Haaklna, c 8pragua Rirer Qlrn Merryn King, KF Anthony Bllen Smith, If Jamea Ray Neely. - KF - ' Ralnh Arthur Nelaon. KF t 441 10.001 1817 10.001 110310.001 1799-0.061 150410.006 176 10.006 157710,007' 1IS6 10.008 6O610.009 85910,010 17910.111 96810,011 183710,011 59710.014 131810.015 115610.016 119110.017 1064 10.018 13110,011 141810.030 14410.011 1111-10,013 (OS 10,023 109110.034 96710.036 16.1810,036 1818 10.017 65710.036 13110,029 84810,080 188810.031 15610.0.11 130910,033 127710,084 131810.0.15 937 10.036 6410.037 184610,038 17910.039 6910.010 184810,041 11110.041 489-10,048 86916,014 23310,015 .13410,016 75010.017 3110.018 140010,019 Steven Albert Domen, Merrill Charley David Thornaa. KF , Berry Blackwell, Merrill Willi, Clyde Moore. KF .," Klllton Altue Shockl.e, ; -Crescent Ralph Jennlnga Smith. KF i Km. Arthur Hill. Gilchrist ; Wm. Thornaa Turner, Bly Clyde LcClalr Jamea; K. Agency Doyle Clbie Lilly, KF Clarence Kdwla HUler. KF NorTtll Sheltoa Clark, KF Monty Luther Ha yea. KF Jack Stanford. KF Robt. Thuntnn Unatafaon. KF Harold R. Warner. KF Klmer Allen Rowdeo, R. Point Lea-la Oval Stowe, Chiloquln Delbert LeRoy Nelaon. Bly Sylvester Bryan Freer, KF Kd May. Sprague River Robert Holmea Glaaapoolav. Keno Truett J. Modlsett, KF Kmmet Kdmund Klee, KF BUI Endlcott, Merrill Cecil Harrington HumphraF, Klamath Falla Marlon Burlft Fenton, Merrltt Frclerlch Norman Barlow, Malln - George Richard Koaa, Bonanu Harry Herbert Rogera. KF -Harry J. Land, KF Harden Duncan Balrd. Merrill Chaa. Green Donaldson. KF I 49810.050 States Clean Up After Tornado JACKSON, Miss., March 18 UP) State and federal funds backed up Red Cross relief to day as this and five other states set. rehabilitation machinery go ing in the wake of Monday's tornadoes that killed 150 and injured ,1000. , ' . .-; ' No accurate estimate of the property damage; was available along the 600 miles, path of storms in'northern Alabama and north central Illinois but the death list stood: Mississippi 81,' Kentucky 24; Tennessee 73, Illinois 18, Indiana 2, Alabama 2. 1 ,-s. Hi the state -nounted-to: 18, with damage estimated. "In .the fore Ko'irFprtifications ? Destroyed by Reds v During Snowstorm i i.-3.j- .rte ' -'.v ay..-::.: -'. - By-The . Associated' Pies ' Marshal .' Serrieon Timoshen ko1. Ukraine; armies were re ported storming" today into the suburbs4 of - Kharkov,, the : soviet "Pittsburgh;" and Stockholm advices" declared - that ' Russian troops on the central' front had surrounded 200,000 Germans in a great pocket west of Moscow. ,- A Reuters (British news agen cy) ? 'dispatch ' from Stockholm quoted 'Moscow- - reports - that soviet - parachute troop Had been dropped In the Smolensk area,' 230 miles-west of Mos cow, and - destroyed nazl fortifi cations during -a snowstorm. : Front-line dispatches said the Russians' had captured five more communities in a gigantic en circlement movement to cut off the "escape corridor of Ger man - garrison - at -R th e v and Vyazma: Latest reports said the gap had been narrowed . to a bare 20 miles.' Tass, the soviet news agency. said the Germans fled after a vain counterattack in that sec tor, leaving 1200 killed and wounded on the battlefield.- Order for Army, ' Gliders-Revealed WASHINGTON,' March 18 UP) A new phase of the; war depart ment's air warfare plans, a glider-borne force of 50,000 men was disclosed yesterday. . - Major Oliver P. Echols of the army, air- corps materiel com mand told the joint senate-house military committee that the army has on order 1000 modern gliders capable of -carrying SO men each. Dr. William W. Christmas, in ventor, urged the committee to push the construction of wooden aircraft. He . said ' Germany, Japan, Russia and England are building such planes and added that "Russia will bomb the guts out of Germany with wooden planes before the : summer . is oyer.",. " V ' -' V '" ' f STUDENTS MARCH - MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 18 (ep) Crying "death to the axis countries," and singing the Uruguayan national anthem, crowds of students demonstrat ed again this morning against the sinking of the Uruguayan steamer Montevideo, torpedoed off-tht coast of Haiti. UlllilUIILU UI l NEW GUINEA Only One Plane . Lost ;-ln Attack by U. S., ''fVv Aussie Fliers - -ff? ( , .-. , ... '" WASHINGTON, March 18 UP) The navy announced today that a Japanese invasion force con centrated ' hear Salamaua and Lae, " New Guinea, had been smashed by American and Aus tralian air forces with the sink ing or damaging of 23 Japanese vessels including 12 warships. "The heavy losses inflicted on the - enemy by - the combined American and Australian forces were accomplished with the loss of but one plane," said navy communique No. 5?.' U. S. Sub Lost -The same communique, report ing on activities in other areas disclosed that the American subs marine Shark has been overdue . in the western Pacific for more than a month and "must be pre sumed to be lost." Next of kin of those aboard the Shark, in cluding Lieutenant Commander Louis Shane - Jr.,' of Tacoma, Wash., have been notified of the loss of the vessel. - Further, the communique dis- inarineSea Lion had been to damaged at Cavite, in the Philip pines, a to necessitate her de molition to prevent her use by the enemy in event of capture, and the U. S. destroyer Stewart, 1190-ton -World war -type ship, was demolished at the Dutch Indies base of Soerbaja to pre vent her falling into the .bands of the enemy. There were no personnel casualties in the cases of the Sea Lion and the Stewart. . Warship Hit ' i In the ' American Australian raid on- the Jap forces at New Guinea, the navy reported, ships sunk and "probably sunk were . two . heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, five transports or cargo ships, one gunboat, one de stroyer, and one mine sweeper a total of 11 consisting of 6 war ships and 5 other ships. - : In addition two- destroyers - (Continued on Page Two) Senate Told No Labor Curbs Needed WASHINGTON, March 18 UP) Top ranking production official of the war and navy departments and the maritime commission as sured a senate investigating com mittee today that there was no immediate need for any war time labor, legislation. Senator Thomas . (D-Okla.), chairman of a senate appropria tions sub-committee conducting a general inquiry Into wartime labor and production conditions, told reporter this was the gen eral summary of testimony by Robert P. Patterson, under secre tary of war; Admiisl Emory S. Land, chairman of the maritime commission, Ralph A. Bard, as sistant secretary of the navy; and Lieut. General William S. Knudsen. . V "MacArthur Field" Suggested Here Mayor John Houston suggest- ed Wednesday that the munici pal airport be named MacArthur field. In connection with a national roundup of streets, parks, babies, etc., named for General Douglas MacArthur,' tho mayor w-- arked whether anything In Klamath Falls had been named for the war hero. "Not yet,?' said the mayor, "but it sounds like a good name for our airport." News Index City Briefs ... ;...:.. Pago S Comics and Story Page ' 6 Courthouse Records Page 4 Editorials Page 4 High School Naws ...Page 12 Information ....-.Pago B Market, Financial ...Page 10 Midland Empire News .. Page 9 Pattern ... ....Pafle 12 nira T- - 13 .... 11 Sports .. .......,.-t.....Pge