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By FRANK JENKINS
npHAT win a hard Jolt tho Jnpi
got In New Guinea.
It meont moro than tit plane
Aid tho ihlp and the men they
"it. It Indicated that they have
run out from under the protec
tion of their own land-bated air
craft and have come within
itrlklng distance of OURS.
In other words, they're losing
some of the advantages they
possessed in the Philippines,
Malayan and East Indies light
ing. fllE reason they're losing these
A advantages la perhaps more
interesting than tho FACT that
they're losing them.
They're getting farther and
farthor from noma. They're
spreading themselves thinner
and thinner.
A that happens, their job
gets hurdor and harder. , '
1 '
Q-HE Jap arojaco to face with
great decision. . v v
Shall they setUa down to de
velopment and exploitation 01
the rich empire they have al
ready laid their clutches on?.
Or shall they go on, and on
and on?
TWO considerations historic
al! .. nmii.rfnl lira thfm
ON.
On li the hunger for MORS
conquest that growa out 01 con
annul alrendv accomplished.
The other 1 the need to PRO
TECT each new conquest.
MAPOLEON. with all Europe
A at his feet, grew fearful of
Russia, hovering as an ever
pscsent threat on his flank. In
an effort to protect himself
against this threat, he went ON
gu& spent his strength beyond
Uupe of recovery In the vast and
frozen plains of Russia.
It Is to be suspected that Hit
ler hns mndo the same mistake
and for the same reason.
'
THE Jops hava done well
A amazingly woll. They have
cut off for themselves a vast
slica of the richest port of Asia.
Caution urgos them to stop,
masticate and digest. .
Greed urges thorn on.
" FEAR also urgos them on. -
As thoy gaze upon Australia,
they see In It a threat on their
flanks just as Napoleon saw In
Russia a constant threat. The
thought Is In their minds that
If they can take Australia they
will be SAFE from that quarter.
; .
'THE lesson of history lead us
to hope the Japs will go on,
spreading thomselves thinner and
thinner until finally they crack
Oidor tho strain.
UANNIBAL, perhaps tho great
est general of all time, lost
himself In Italy, hopelessly far
from his supply bases In Carth
ago, his tough and seasoned and
competent army too small for
the job he had carved out.
Aloxandnr, aftor destroying
Persia and conquering Egypt,
went on and lost himself In the
lmmcnsltlos of India.
Napoleon spent himself In the
vastnosscs of Russia. (As Hitler
mny.)
In the present war, we 'have
seen Britain spread so widely
over the earth a to be unable
to HIT HARD ENOUGH at any
single place.
dT la an all-Important decision
thnt Japan must make.
All the historical impulses
LEAD Hm ON. Only caution
urges her to stop and dig In.
Against the urging of caution
must bs set the PROMPTINGS
OF FEAR thot If she stops now
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era
COMMON
Prices Frozen After
20 Per Cent Cut
Put in Effect
WASHINGTON. March 19 CP)
Petroleum Coordinator Ickcs an
nounced today a rigid gosulinc
coupon rationing system would
be instituted In tho east and Pa
cific northwest as soon as the
cards can be printed which he
estimated would b within six
week.
Th card rationing would sup
plant the curtailment pro: am
instituted ovar the ame area to
day through reduction by 20 per
cent In the supplies of gasoline
delivered to filling stations.
Situation Urgent
Icke said he could not say
now whether the more rigid sys
tem would be severer than the
present one-fifth cut In consump
tion, but expressed the hope
that th card system might be
Instituted quickly because of the
increasing urgency of the supply
situation In the two coastal ar
eas caused by - the sinking and
war diversion of tanker ships.
"We will go on' a card ration
ing system as soon sit Mr. Hen
derson, the price administrator,
can get around to It," the petrol
eum coordinator said. "He will
do the rationing."- .
Prices Frosn ' "
Operations of approximately
100.000 filling stations In the
area were limited to a 12-hour
day, si x-d ay-week.
Supplementing this wartime
action, the office of price admin
istration froze the retail gaso
line prices In tho area at the lev
els prevailing last Friday and
made violations punishable by a
maximum $8000 fine - or one
year imprisonment.
The freezing order, which will
be in force for at least 60 days,
becomes legally effective on
Monday, March 23. In Issuing
the order, Acting Prico Admin
istrator John E. Hamm disclosed
last night that "serious consider
atlnn" was being given to the li
censing of all filling stations In
the curtailment area as a further
measure of guarantee observ
ance of the price regulations.
Soto to Bo Moved
Into Death Cell
At Oregon Prison
' SALEM. March 19 (P) Still
unconcerned ovor his scheduled
execution In the stato prison
lethal gas chamber at 8:30 a. m.
tomorrow, John Soto, 1 7-year-old
triple slayer, will bo moved to
night to the prison death cell,
located in a room adjacent to
that containing the chamber. ,
Prison Warden George Alex
ander said Soto is in "fine
shape," and that he ' apparently
wants to die. , Ho now Is in a
cell in a main cell block.
Soto's only chance for a post
ponement of the execution would
be to appeal to the state su
preme court, Governor Charles
'A. Sprague already having re
jected pleas for clemency made
by Soto s mother,
Soto, who had esenned frnm n
California home for feeble-minded
persona, went to Hormiston,
where ho says ho worked on the
army ammunition dump .for a
fow days. He claims he shot
and killed the three persons with
whom he was living because he
feared they would report him to
police. . ,
CLAMS, FIREWORKS '
SALEM, March 19 W) Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague today
ordered that clam digging on
Oregon beaches be restricted to
daylight hours, - and asked the
public and local authorities to
ban the sale of fireworks for thu
duration of the war.
No Shortage
Felt Here As
Gas Reduced
Gasoline rationing went Into
effect here Thursday, but due
to already reduced demand In
this territory it appeared unlike
ly motorists will suffer a short
age. Dell cries to stations were
based on 80 per cent of salos of
the corresponding month of last
year. Many stations were al
ready down to that volume, end
under tho rationing will get all
the gas they would order under
any circumstance.
Preferential customers were
to be permitted to sign blanks
which would give them all the
gas they need. These Include
public health and safety vehicles,
government vehicles, commer
cial. Industrial and agricultural
machinery and school buses.
Stations here will be open' no
more than 72 hours a week. One
large company reoorted It would
stagger hours between stations,
and that at least one station
would be open on Sundays,
FOR DRE SUITED
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Men 1 9-20. ancf 45-64
To Sign Up On,
t ; .-v; April 27 ' 'in
WASHINGTON, March 19 UP)
President Roosevelt set April 27
today for the registration of men
aged 43 to 64 Inclusive.
It will te the fourtn registra
tion during the current war
emergency and the second since
the war actually engulfed the
United States.
The chief executive Issued a
proclamation, under terms of the
selective service act, which pro
vides that:
"The registration of male citi
zens of the United States and
other male persona .who were
born on or after April 28, 1877,
and on or before February 18,
1897, shall take place - In the
United States and the territories
of Alaska and Hawaii, and . in
Puerto Rico on Monday, April
27, between the hours of 7 a. m.
and 9 p. m."
The usual exceptions were
made for persons already in the
armed forces and for registration
in exceptional cases prior to or
after the prescribed date. .
The men registering April 27
will not be liable to compulsory
military duty nor will another
group men of 18 and 19 still
to be registered.
TOP OF LIST
VENICE. Calif.. March 19 UP)
Taichl Ishlhara, a Japanese.
held No. 441, fourth drawn In
tho new draft lottery. It top
the list in the Venice board.
Vegetable Dehydrating Eyed As New
Agricultural Jndustryfor Klamath
By C. A. HENDERSON,
County Agnt
Government demand for de
hydrated food products to save
shipping .space Is creating con
siderable interest on the part of
Klamath potato and vegetable
growers and might open up an
entirely now field in agricul
tural development. A fow days
.ago Ernest H. Wiegand of the
food Industries department, Ore
gon State college, met with a
small group of potato growers,
members of the chamber", of
commerce, and other interested
people to discuss tho possibilities
of developing dehydration plants
In the Klamath basin. . .
It was pointed out to Wiegand
that there are sufficient potatoes
pf the lower grades produced in
the Klamath Hsln each year to
operate an 80-ton a day capacity
dchydratcr plant the year
around,. Potato growers agreed
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SPRING DRIVE
Red Guerrillas Seize
Section Behind
North Front
By The Associated Press
Climaxing three months of
bloody retreat, Adolf Hitler has
abandoned his lone-wolf role
In guarding the destiny of Ger
man arms, it was reported to
day, nd has called back his
generals to help plan the nazi
spring offensive.,
The Berlin correspondent of
the Basel (Switzerland) National
Zeitung said Hitler had sum
moned nearly all the German
officer, including Field Marshal
Walter von Brauchitsch, who
were ousted or resigned after
the drive against Moscow failed
last December. . ,
Spring. Offensive '
Hitler at that time announced
that hir "intuition'' had led htm
to take over supreme command
of the German armies, ',t;
, The National Zeitung corres
pondent said the nazi spring of
fensive might be expected soon,
with the fuehrer and his gen
erals now ; mapping strategy at
a series of staff conferences.
" The question ; of throwing
Russia's winter steamroller into
reverse still remained to be
solved, however, and today's
German high command com
munique acknowledged that the
red armies were attacking re
lentlessly and that "heavy de
fensive fighting is in progress."
A bulletin from Hitler's field
headquarters noted continuing
Russian pressure on the Kerch
peninsula, in the Crimea, as well
as fierce soviet thrusts in the
Donets river sectors of the
Ukraine, where the Russians are
battering at the gates of Khar
kov. . 1
In the north, soviet dispatches
(Continued on Page Two)
Stilwell Takes T
Command of Two
Chinese Armies '
WASHINGTON. March 19 UP)
The war -department announced
today that Lieutenant General
Joseph W. Stilwell of the United
States army had been put in
command of the fifth and tixlh
Chinese armies operating with
British forces defending Burma
against the Japanese.
The action waa taken by Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek of
China, a brief communique said.
General Stilwell -went to Chi
na a few weeks ago and served
initially as ' Chiang's chief of
staff.
that the diversion of No. 2 or
other undergrade . potatoes to
such use would greatly stimu
late the demand for Klamath po
tatoes as it would improve the
grade and pack of the potatoes
put on the market. ;
Discussion brought out that
up to March 1, over 40 carloads
of Klamath potatoes lower than
commercial grade; had been pur
chased here and shipped to de
hydrating plants in California,
and that an additional 30 or 40
cars, would be shipped before
tho. end of the season. Price, it
was explained, was 40 cents per
hundred pounds plus sacks or
several times the price ordinar
ily paid for this grade of pota
toes, in the Klamath basin. If
the potatoes could be shipped by
freight and dehydrated there af
ter paying this price, it seemed
reasonable that dehydration
might . be .undertaken - In . the
Three Men on a Raft They Called It "Home" for 34 Dayi
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Harold Dixon. Anthony Pastula
above. For 34 days they drifted
pocket knife and an albatross
tropical Island,
Relief of Philippine
Comrades High in"
General's Plan
MELBOURNE, Australia,
March 19 UP) General Douglas
MacArthur made it plain today
that his paramount purpose as
supreme commander in the
southwest Pacific is to build as
rapidly as possible an offensive
force to smash Japan and at the
same time relieve his beleaguer
ed troops in the Philippines.
MacArthur outlined his pur
pose to his old friend and former
war department associate. Briga
dier General Patrick Jay Hurley,
now minister to New Zealand,
who told a press conference:
"General MacArthur breathes
the very spirit of victory. He
specifically stated that he still
is in command of the Philippine
situation and has the utmost
confidence that he will again
be back on Filipino soil."
Hurley said he found the hero
of the Philippine campaign in
excellent health.
Hurley added:
' Under order of the president
of the United States and with
the concurrence and enthusiastic
approval of other governments
affected, the headquarters of
General MacArthur was trans
ferred to Australia.
"General MacArthur's break
through the Japanese blockade
was one of the most spectacular
(Continued on Page Two) :
Klamath basin inasmuch as the
facilities for storing potatoes are
such that a plant of this kind
could operate the year around.
Other crops . also could be
grown for this purpose, particu
lar!; onlor , cabbage, rutabagas,
carrots, turnips ard other crops
Some Klamath onions have been
shipped to the dehydrating
plants In California this season,
quality of these onions being
equal or superior to any re
ceived at the plant.
As to whether private or co
operative . dehydrating plants
would be considered received
considerable attention. The
county agent was requested to
write the head of the army pro
curement division In order to
find out directly the army' need
and the volume that might be
ordered at this time as well as to
future possibilities. In addition,
(Continued on Page Two)
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for their experience, these tore
and Gen Aldrich. from left,
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thy caught alive. They were finally; tossed , ashore on a small
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Survivors Land
From Two Ships
Sunk in Atlantic
MIAMI, Fla, March 19 VPhr.
Thirty-four members of .the! crew
of a sunken Norwegian, tanker
landed here from Nassau,; the-)
Bahamas, and departed soon aft
erward for New York.' r . ' '
The men said a submarine
sent two torpedoes .crashing, in
to the ship's side. One man was
killed in the explosion. The axis
raider then shelled the vessel,
killing another man. The re
maining men escaped injury.
The attack took place in the
Atlantic. First Officer Jacob
Tvedt was in charge of the
group that left here.
(Sinking of the vessel - had
been reported from Nassau on
March 10, two days after the
38 survivors of a 40-man crew
arrived from another Bahamian
port. They were met there by
the Duke of Windsor, royal gov
(Continued on Page Two)
Filipino Blood
Aids MacArthur,
Says Council Head
PORTLAND, Ore., March 19
(fP) The gallant defense of the
Philippine Islands may have
been due In part to General
Douglas MacArthur's Filipino
blood, the president of the Phil
ippine commonwealth defense
council said here yesterday. 1
. Ernesto Mangaoang, in an in
terview, said that he had been
advised that MacArthur - had
been made a member of the
Katipunan, a secret society whose
ritual Includes cutting the fin
gers of old members and inject
ing the blood into the veins of
new members.
"The general may be an Amer
ican to you," Mangaoang said,
"but he is a Filipino to u a
Katipunan." ,
The society was formed under
Spanish rule to fight oppressors
and it again became active when
the present war broke out, he
said.
. He added that MacArthur's
membership might explain why
Filipino soldiers fought so well
under him.
Lumbermen Bid on
Supply for Army
PORTLAND, Ore., March 19
(J1) The army continued to re
ceive bids on lumber today from
representatives of 144 compan
ies. Purchases by nightfall might
total 50,000,000 board feet for
the two-day auction, army engi
neers said.
The fir, pine and other lum
ber will be used at northwest
military establishments. Major
J. C. Stowersvreported.
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nary men told hair-raising
plane was forced down at sea.
escaped In the inflated lif rait
BIG SCALE Mult
IN BURiilEjlllli
Jdps-Moye Over Road
To frrawaddy Oil
Operations :
NEW - DELHI, India, March
19 VP) '- American "volunteer
group and 'British pilots possi
bly destroyed 25 enemy planes
in attacks on Japanese-held air
dromes in southern Burma yes
terday, a communique from
British headquarters in Burma
reported today. . .
MANDALAY, Burma, March
19 UP The big battle of the
Prome road key to Burma's
Yenangyuang oil fields seemed
today ready to burst momentari
ly as Japanese troops streamed
up the Irrawaddy valley for an
assault on the new British po
sitions.
(Reuters said unofficial ad
vices from Burma reported that
British imperial forces had
withdrawn from Tharrawaddy,
60 miles north of Rangoon and
almost half way to Prome up
the . asphalt - paved " western
branch of the road to Manda
lav). Marshaling their force! for
the new attack, the Japanese
were moving up the broad Ir
rawaddy by boat, up the road
by motor columns . and cross
country by mule train.
There are no natural obstacles
along the lowland road to help
the defense. Washes which will
be deep with flood waters dur
ing the mid-May monsoon now
are dry and can be crossed by
tanks.
Other strong Japanese forces
are moving northward along
the east branch of the Mandalay
road toward Toungoo. A sharp
clash between British and Japa
nese advance forces on this road
occurred yesterday south of
Kanyutkwin, 40 miles south of
Tongoo. - ..
Nelson Says Labor
Law Unnecessary
WASHINGTON, March 19
P) Chairman Donald M. Nel
son of the war production board
took the stand today that new
war labor legislation waa not
needed, that "we can get in
creased production without use
of force."
Nelson's view, expressed, be
fore a senate subcommittee, con
trasted with that of Rep. Smith
CD-Va.) who. In urging house
naval committee approval of
his bill to limit profits and
abolish extra pay for overtime,
said members of congress were
"feeling the lash of the whip
from constituents clamoring for
such legislation.
y.
STRUCK IN AIR
RAIDgNPORT
Nazi Missionaries at
. Head of Invaders
On Island
By VERN HAUGLAND
MELBOURNE. March 19 UP)
The - battle about Australia'
northern tip broke into new fury
today with allied air attacks on
the Japanese at several- island
points, Japanese raids on north
ern Australia and the Soldmon
islands, and sensational report
that German missionaries are
leading an overland Japanese
invasion in New Guinea.. .
. Messages from Port Moresby,
on southern New Guinea, said
the German missionaries and
their nazified native pupils were
guiding the Japanese in a drive
from the north coast. .
Secret Radio
, The Germans were declared to
have maintained secret radio
transmitters and a factory for
making swastika regalia and
flags at their missions, around
Finschhafen and Alexishafen.
- Australian authorities recent
ly smashed one transmitter and
seized more than 400 nazi flags.
(Northeast New Guinea was a
German colony before the World,
: witt1t"IA--183fl. census . showed
473 Germans there.) ; .1
- The missionaries were said to
be leading the Japanese west
ward from Lae, on the east coast,
through the Markham valley. It
was believed this was intended
to take over a system of good
airports in the valley, although
it might develop into a south
ward swing toward Port Mores
by, - -"-' '
. . 1 . . . : ..: Air' Attack' - ' .
The Japanese "launched their
first air attack, reportedly with
out ' damage, -on Cape York
across Torres strait from Port
Moresby, struck again at Dar
win, and bombed Tulagi, Florida
island, in the Solomons. (
Jap Cruiser Damaged
Meanwhile . allied- aircraft at
tacked Koepang, Dutch Timor,
and damaged a heavy Japanese
cruiser at Rabaul, New Britain
island, to add to the score of 23
ships sunk or damaged off New
Guinea. i
The new ' Japanese bombing
blows today against Port Mores
by and the mainland city of Dar
win were officially minimized.
(A Berlin radio report quoted
by the British Exchange Tele
graph agency, said the Japanese
advancing overland - in . New
Guinea had occupied about 30
air fields in the south of the is
land and had put them "into
working order - for operations
against the Australian - main
land.") . There were no reports of new
action today by or against Japa
nese war vessels and transports.
It was assumed that Japan's
invasion fleets were reorganiz
ing after one had been wrecked
on the Guinea sea approach to
Australia.
ENEM
CRUISER
Swallows Back at
Mission on Time '
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO,
Calif., March 19 UP) The van
guard of Mission San Juan Cap
istrano's swallows arrived on
schedule : today 1 St. Joseph's
day In their traditional migra
tion from the south, but await
ed the coming of the main
flight before taking up their
nests under the eaves of the his
toric structure. -. .- ' '
'Only a few comprised the
first flight, which skimmed in
about 4 a. m., not enough to
put up a good battle against the
flocks of swifts which occupy
their nests during the winter,
said Father Arthur Hutchinson,
mission padre. .-, ;
n. -r- I.
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Courthouse Records ..... Page 4
Defense Calendar .......Page 12
Editorials ... .....Page 4
High School News .-.. Page 12
Information Page
Market, Financial ..........Page 10
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