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By FRANK JENKINS
TVJOT much in th way of new
A devclopmonU In today's dispatches.
Or
HE Japs, having made a land-
Inn on the north sldo of tha
enstern tip of New Guinea, ar
buttering their way up the valley
of tho Murkham river, presum
ably headed for Port Moresby,
on the south side of tho Island,
which faces on the Torres strait.
The dispatches tell us that in
the valley of tho Markham there
are numerous, air field sites
which will be useful to the Japs
enabling them to spread out
their planes Instead of concen
trating them on one field where
they would be moro vulnerable
to attack by the growing American-Australian
air forces.
nrHEIR present operations do
1 not give much of a hint as
to whether they hava reached
their big decision.
t ftk Ttom New Guinea they can
' either push on to an rrrvaslon of
Australia or merely cloaa tha
Torres strait and carry on raids
against the Australian mainland.
. Your map will explain this
situation better than words can.
TN Burma, tha Japs ar pushing
up tho Irawaddy river toward
Mandalay and Its adjacent oil
fields. Either the news from
ther la aevoroly censored or
the fighting Isn't on a major
scale.
In Burma the wet season Is
duo in a few weeks bringing
General Mud into the picture.
Tho British are holding on, hop
ing tho rains will make tho de
fense problem easlor.
There Is nothing In the news
so far to Indicate that the Japs
are turning toward India rather
than toward Australia.
v QfliE great Industrial city of
A Kharkov, In tha Ukraine,
holds tho spotlight In today's
Russian nows. The Russians have
been threatening It for days. Tha
Germans are fighting back stub
bornly. Both sides claim suc
cesses today.
About all we can be sure of Is
that Kharkov hasn't fallen yet.
m v
TJITLER has called back the
n generals ha fired last fall,
thus confessing that as a su
premo military commander he
isn't all he might be.
Such a confession probably
isn't easy for him to make.
The fact that he makes it la
an Interesting indication of the
seriousness of the Russian situa
tion. HIS lull Jn the news Is
V purely temporary. Soon
there will bo fighting in plenty,
4on many flaming fronts. This
Ms tho big year of tha war, with
the axis crowding for a knockout
blow before the full fighting
strength of America can b
brought to bear.)
0N tno nome ront 1000 work?
ers In the Richmond (Cal.)
shipyards who walked off the
job Wednesday night are back.
Company officials blame
rumors of a 10-hour day at
other shipyards, with double
time for the extra two hours.
They add that dissatisfaction re
sulting from misunderstanding
of the now seven-day work week
wan a factor In the walk-off.
Tha head of the metal trades
council says the walk-away "hap
pened because somebody with a
big wide mouth popped off about
ORomethlng he knew nothing
about."
CUPPOSE somebody with a big
wide mouth popped off and
the enlisted mon of tho army
(Continued on Page Two)
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RETREAT FROM
STEEL CENTER
EXPECJPON
Mass Slayings by Ger
mans Reported in
Soviet News
By Th Associated Prsa
Adolf Hitler's Ukraine armies
were reported In Stockholm dls
patches today to be making
hasty preparations for a retreat
from Kharkov, th soviet "Pitts
burgh," with the city In flames
as nazl demolition squads blast
ed military stores and oil sup
plies. Against this picture of a ma
jor new reverse for German
arms, Hitler's field headquarters
asserted that Russian troops driv
Ing Into the Donets basin east of
Kharkov had beon "thrown back
after a new attack and suffered
heavy casts ltles."
Mais Blaylngs reported
Soviet dispatches yesterday
said th Germans had slain 30,
000 civilians In Kharkov, but
there was no direct word from
Moscow on tha progress of mill'
wry operations against th big
steel center of 833,000 popula
tion, wnicn th Germans cap
tured last Oct. 24. Unofficial re
ports on Wednesday said red
army shock troops were fighting
in itnarkov s suburbs.
Stockholm advices said great
fire were burning In th city
and that it was obvious the Gcr
mans' "whole upper Donets lint
is-sagging to th point of col
lapse."
Rods Mak Oaln
London reports said 800,000
German troops were bclioved
based In th Kharkov area.
In the north, soviet front-line
dispatches said the Russians hod
recaptured an important defense
center from survivors of tho
trapped German 16th army in
the Staraya Russa sector, 120
miles south of Leningrad.
Toss, the soviet news agency,
said captured documents showed
the beleaguered nazls were ex
hausted and suffering from lack
of food, with the daily ration In
some cases reduced to lentil pot
tage. Largest Board One
Draft List Given
Call for April 3
(8 List en Pag 3)
' The largest, number of men to
be called so far from local se
lective service board No. 1 will
report Friday, April 3, for In
duction, it was announced Fri
day. The full list appears on
Pag 2.
The men will meet at 7 p. m.
in tha KUHS gym, whore rela
tives and friends are planning a
big send-off, and will march di
rectly to the trains from thore
at 8:49 p. m.
Next week, The News and
Herald will publish th. nomes
of the men called from board 2,
who will leave Klamath Falls
April 7.
Roosevelt Will
Register April 27
WASHINGTON, March 20 VP)
President Roosevelt Is going to
register, along with other Amer
icans 45 to 84 years old, Inclu
sive, on April 27.
Even though he Is commander-in-chief
of tho armed forces
and technically not required to
register, he told a press confer
ence he Intended tc do so any
way. At 60, ha Is well within
the ago limits.
BACK ON JOB
RICHMOND, Calif., March 30
(AP) Regular - production was
resumed today at the Richmond
shipyards plant No. 1, follow
ing the return to work of 1000
workers who walked oft the Job
Wednesday night,
Langell Valley Brothers
Feared Lost in Naval War
LANGELL VALLEY Henry and Richard Thew, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Thew of Langell valley, are missing and pre
sumed lost as the result of naval action in the south Pacific,
It was revealed here Thursday night.
The navy department Saturday notified Mr. and Mrs.
Thew that Henry, stationed aboard the U. S. Cruiser Houston,
was reported missing following the sinking of the Houston
off Java on Fcbruory 27.
On Wednesday a navy communique announced that the
submarine Shark, on which Richard Thew was stationed, had
been overdue for 30 days and was presumed lost.
Both boys were well known In Klamath county and had
lived In Langell valley for several years. Both attended Bon
anza high school. Their ages were not known here Thursday
night.
Henry Thew Is survived by his wlf and two sons, Wil
liam and Richard, 'of El Monte, Calif., and a grandmother,
Mrs. Prior, besides his parents. Mrs. Thew Is the former Jean
Welch of Hlldcbrand.
Richard Thew Is survived by his wife, parents and grand
mother. . "
ACTIVITY LOOMS
Arthur Geary Ponders
Senate Race; Leg is-f
lature Eyed
Politics, remained In a state
of "' unprecedented"' cjulei "her
Friday, but there were evidences
of forthcoming activity, particu
larly In the congressional and
legislative fields, y.
Locally, these .developments
were expected to show shortly
Die legislative candidates of the
two parties, as well as a decision
by County Assessor Charles H.
Mack whether he will seek the
democratic nomination for con
gress.' , - i
An Incident In the general
state political situation occurred
hore Friday when Arthur M.
Geary, Portland attorney with
farming Interests in Klamath
county, announced that he is
considering running for the re
publican nomination for the
United States senate against the
incumbent, Charles L. McNary.
Takes Poll
Geary said his decision will
depend upon the results of a
poll of 4000 Oregon citizens
which was started by mall Fri
day. Ha said citizens from all
walks of life, most of whom are
unknown to him, will be polled
as to whether they would vote
for him or McNary, after read
ing a letter he sent to them in
which he asserted there Is an
issue between "MacArthurlsm
and McNarylsm." He said his
campaign, if it develops, will be
on a "Win the War" platform.
Geary is a former member of
tho board of governors of the
Oregon bar and is a long-time
legal representative of farm
groups In the mountain-Pacific
northwest states.
Henry Semon, democratic
Klamath legislator, is expected
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Nazis Say U. S.
Ship Victim
LONDON, March 20 VP) The
German radio said tonight that
a U-boat sank an American
freighter of between 0000 and
6000 tons yesterday oft the
North American coast.
The broadcast quoted mem
bers of the crew as saying that
the shop had been bound for
Britain with a cargo of rubber
and copper.
WASHINGTON. March 20 UP)
Tho navy reported today that a
medium-sized Greek merchant
vessel had been torpedoed off the
Atlnntlo coast.
Big Lottery Ring
Broken by FBI
WASHINGTON, March 20 UP)
The Justice department announ
ced today that agents of the fed
eral bureau of investigation,,
operating in, 3 6 cities, had arrest
ed 60 members ot what was da
scribed by tha department as the
nation's largest lottery ring.
Japs Complain
Of U. S British
War Methods
TOKYO, (From Japanese
Broadcasts) March 20 UP) The
Japanese navy charged today
that the United States and Brit
ain, since the start of the war In
the Pacific, had waged "extreme
warfare based on retaliation ar
hatred'1 and declared that Japan
would reciprocate., Co-, Vj
"' Alleging ' that Japan's loes
were employing tactics In disre
gard ol International law, . the
navy promulgated , an ordinance
"revising" its warfare- regula
tions wnictt it said were, based
6n"th6 London . declaration of
1900 and precedents of Interna
tional law.. . ' '" "
The precise 'nature of the re
vision as well as ' tha specific
charges against the United States
and Britain were not given. -..
Navy Minister Admiral Shlge
taro Shlmada announced the de
cision to the cabinet while the
government took action to notify
Japan's foes through neutral
powers of the decision.
Professor Shigeharu Enomoto
of the naval academy, "explain
ing" the new ordinance, said
that the imperial naval desired
to act Justly under international
law but that war is by nature
"reciprocal" and therefore, he
said, there is no reason for Ja
pan to adhere to warfare regula
tions when her enemies dlsre
gard them.
Germans Waging
Propaganda Drive
In Guatemala
20 UP) An intensive propagan
da campaign being waged by
Germans in this Central Ameri
can tountry from which im
portant United States air patrols
now are operating in defense of
the Panama canal Is causing
concern to persons Interested In
the United Nations' war effort.
Tho Guatemalan government
has sent 115 Germans, consider
ed dangerous, to the United
States for internment, but many
more still remain. '
Flares on Sea
Reported on Puget Sound
SEATTLE, March 20 UP)
The 13th naval district staff
headquarters today revealed
"continuing reports of flares at
sea and on shore," and asked
private citizens observing such
phenomena to note particularly
"the pattern, color and apparent
distance of such flares or signal
lights and report them immed
iately to the nearest military
authority," to expedite investi
gation. The statement added that "sur
face and air patrol offshore has
been continuing with vigilance,
and no enemy contacts had been
made to the date of the report's
release.
It declared false certain
rumors of damaged ships In this
area, and said that "certain ves
sels rumored as heading for the
navy yard tor repair ot damage
were In reality vessels coming
CHEFS
WARN AGAINST
RESTRICTIONS
Green Asks Probe of
40-Hour Week Re
peal Campaign
WASHINGTON, March 20 UP)
President William Green of the
AFL today asked a congression
al investigation , of what he
termed the campaign in Okla
homa seeking repeal by congress
of the 40-hour week law and
enactment ot special wartime
legislative restrictions for labor.
Both Green and President
Philip Murray of, the CIO told
the senate appropriations sub
committee investigating war
production that labor was whole
heartedly behind the war effort,
and that restrictive . legislation
now might impede production
gains. i
Green testified that Oklahoma
"school children were asked to
surrender Junch money to:enc
tejegrm.io .inftinr .jee (.!
Okla.r. asking action on anti-labor
isftosc-vyigl'ss'-
: Promts Cited ,";V '"'-",.
Murray, CIO- . head, ..testified
that labor already had, promised
the president to-'forego the in
strument of strike" during the
war period "and now to the con
gress and the-nation : we: repeat-j
that pledge." : . ..;- f:
.Both labor leaders denied that
the 40-hour week provision .was
Impeding production or increas
ing war costs. Both Insisted that
strikes had not Interfered with
(Continued on Page Two)
Pearl Harbor
Sabotage Talk
Untrue, Claim -
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20
UP) Contrary to rumors, there
was no sabotage in Honolulu on
December 7 when the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor, and there
has been none since, Chief ot
Police W. A. Gabrielson ot Hono
lulu declared In a cablegram to
congress. '
Gabrielson s statement, dated
March 14, was addressed to
Chairman Tolan (D-Calif .) of the
house national defense migration
committee.
It was made public here last
night by the committee's field
office in connection with the
committee's preliminary report
to congress on the removal ot
enemy aliens and all Japanese
from west coast military areas.
Tolan reported the committee
believed there was no alternative
to evacuation of Japanese from
the west coast.
and Shore
Into the-harbor for unloading
or for supplies."
It said that the commandant
of the 13th naval district, Rear
Admiral C. S. Freeman, had
conferred here recently with
Lieut. Gen. John L. DeWitt, 4th
army commander, and that they
with Canadian authorities, were
in accord on problems in con
nection with the security ot the
northwest frontier.
It reported the commandant
last week reiterated his "eternal
vigilance" orders to the officers
and men ot the 13th district and
warned that a plan ot defense
Is not insurance against attack.
"Ha stated," the press report
conoluded, "that while the 13th
naval district had been thus far
quiet as a theater of operations,
this should lull neither navy
personnel nor civilians into a
sens of false security." ,
Death Takes Linsy C. Sisemore
if I
' Linsy C. Sisamor, ' shore, Klamath pioneer cattle rancher;
passed away at St. Vincent's hospital, Portland. Friday morning.
. -
Stitwell Upped,
Looks Forward to
'Visit' in Tokyo
.CHUNGKING, March 20 lPh-'
United States Lieut, Gen., Jos
eph W. S til well announced today
he had been placed in command
ot all U. S. forces in China, In
dia and Burma, and nrnmlsed
that 'we won't be satisfied until
we see American and Chinese
troops in Tokyo together.'
-. Stilwell, recently made chief
of staff to Generalissimo Chiang
Kai-shek, allied supreme com
mander in the China theatre,
pledged that "everything China
needs to help her war effort
will be furnished without res
ervation." .
"President Roosevelt has ex
pressed his determination to use
all . means necessary to clear
China of the Japanese," he told
his first press conference. I am
unable to go into details as to
Just what help or equipment is
on the way, but you may assume
from the fact that I have been
assigned to command any United
States forces in China, Burma
and India that the effort con
templated is large.
The United States means
business and we won't be-satisfied
until we see American and
Chinese troops in Tokyo togeth
er."-:'- -
Most Stations .
Close Nights
And Sundays
Most gasoline stations In
Klamath Falls and vicinity have
gona on a 7 a. m. to 7 p. m.
basis with Sunday closing, it
was learned Friday. i
While night and Sunday clos
ing was "general" a tew stations
were slated jo go on a staggered
hour schedule and some will be
open on Sunday.
The restricted schedules fol
lowed the beginning of gasoline,
rationing in this area. It was re
ported that about 95 per cent of
the stations had agreed to re
main open only from 7 a. m. to
7 p. m and to close down over
Sundays.
As yet, no serious gas shortage
was noted here.
Four Aliens Taken
By FBI in Oregon
PORTLAND,, March 20 (P)
Three ""crmans and one Italian
were arrested in Oregon yester
day as the FBI continued its
raids on enemy aliens. -
Howard King, special FBI
agent, said a German arrested
here possessed two rifles, a shot
gun and two cameras. - .
Unfriendly remarks about the
United States led to the arrest
of a German at Mllwaukie, a
German near Tillamook and 'an
Italian here, King: said.
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Ktnnell-EllU
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Pioneer Was -: Identi
fied With Southern
Oregon History
I -
ieaih brought to a close the
life of one of southern Oregon's
most prominent pioneers with
the passing of Linsy C. Sise
more, 72, who died at 5 o'clock
Friday morning in St. Vincent's
hospital, Portland, following an
illness of the past several weeks.
Mr. Sisemore's life was an in
teresting one, colorful and close
ly aligned to the growth of. this
country in which he spent his
entire life. Mr. Sisemore was
born in Sams Valley, Jackson
county, Oregon, on July 12,
1869, the son of John and Mary
Pelton Sisemore, early day resi
dents of the valley.
Lived at Band '
' As a child, Linsy Sisemore at
tended school in Sams Valley
and, in 1881, at the age of 12,
made a trip to Fort Klamath
where he obtained his first job,
herding sheared sheep. In 1882,
he went to his father's ranch at
Bend, then known as Farewell
Bend. In 1898, he helped drive
1S00 head of cattle for Pelton
and Brown to The Dalles for
shipment to Nebraska, the drive
requiring four weeks.
' in 1900, Mr. Sisemore re
turned to Klamath county and
took , up a homestead near Fort
Klamath on the military hay
reserve, a tract set aside by the
government. Here he started his
cattle operations which he con
tinued until the time of his
death, marking more than 42
years' " residence in this county.
(Continued on Page Two)
OPM Frowns on
Bread Slicing
' WASHINGTON, March 20 UP)
The office of price administra
tion suggested today that bakers
stop slicing bread.
The proposal was offered as
a means of saving time, labor
and paper- by Fred Thomas,
OPA official, at a meeting of the
baking industry advisory com
mittee called to consider means
of reducing bakery costs to pre
vent price advances. -
Sawmill Burners
At Bend Blacked
BEND, March 20 UP) Flam
ing beacons from sawmill burn
ers were successfully blacked
out here in a test this week.
Sheriff C. L. McCauley reported
today.
The blackout covered all of
Deschutes county. Bend was in
total darkness for 24 minutes.-
GENERAL SAYS :
PHILIPPINES TD
GETJELIEF
First Shots Fired in
Battle of Lower
New Guinea
By ROGER D. GREENE -Associated
Press War Editor
With the dramatic pledge "I
came through and I will -return,"
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
announced in Australia today
that he had been Instructed by
President Roosevelt to prepar
a great American counter-offensive
against Japan for tha pri
mary, purpose of relieving th
Philippines.
Gen. MacArthur gave no in
timation' when the allied offen
sive would be launched.
In his first interview sine
his spectacular dash from siege
bound Bataan peninsula, Gen,
MacArthur declared:
'Th president of th Unltad
States ordered m to break
through th Japan Unas and
. proceed from Coriagidor . to
Australia for th purpose, as
I understand it, of organising
an American off ansiv against
'Japan. . .'"
'The primary pvupoaa el
this is th relief of th Philip
pines, j. I cw through and I
will return." -
Thus, in crisp . term,- Gen.
MacArthur ' served notice on
Japan that the long weeks of
allied defensive fighting -'the
disheartening retreats in Malaya
and the Dutch 'East Indies
may soon be ended.-CT "
In Washing ton, President
Roosevelt declared that we are
doing everything, we possibly
can in: the phase" of the far
Pacific struggle, - but he called
attention anew to what he term
ed a little, . old lesson in- geo
graphy the vast distances of
the war theatre' and the long
time - it requires for reinforce
ments to reach there. - '
Opening Shots
On the fighting front, dis
patches from Port Moresby said
the opening shots were tired in
the battle for lower New Guinea
island, where Japanese invasion
columns are seeking bases from
which to make direct assault on
Australia 300 miles across tha
Timor sea.
Reacting to the sting of allied
counter blows some of which .
may not have been mentioned
for reasons of military secrecy
the Japanese navy bitterly ac
cused the United States and
Britain of waging "extreme war
(Continued on Page Two)
Soto Executed at , ; .
Salem for Slaying v
Of 3 at Hermiston ; .;.
SALEM, Ore., March 20 (P)
John Anthony Soto, 17, con-,
fessed slayer of a -Hermiston
farm family of three last Sep
tember 25, died in the state's
lethal gas chamber today.
The youth, fugitive from a
California institution tor the fee
ble minded, entered the octag
onal execution room at 8:29 a.
m., and was pronounced dead
at 8:32. V
Soto remained indifferent to
the very end although Chaplains
Rev. Robert N. Hutchinson and
Father Daniel O'Connell said h
prayed as he was being strapped
in the death chair. - - .;
He smoked a cigar up to tha
moment he entered the death
chamber, and showed no fear. at
any time. Rev. Hutchinson said
"He kidded us all tho time-
treated it all as a huge Joke. Ha
talked Incessantly, occasionally
breaking off and going into a
song."
. News Index
City Briefs .Page 6
Church News ........Pages 13, 14
Comics and Story Page 12
Courthouse Records ......Page 4
Editorials . .....Pag 4
Information .. Page S
Market, Financial .....Page 13
Pattern Pago 3
Sports .. . J'age 10