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By FRANK JENKINS
A USTRALIAN dispatches this
morning toll of Jap air raids
on Droome and Derby.
Your map will locate these
towns (or you on King Sound,
several hundred miles SOUTH
WEST of Dorwln, on tho Indian
ocean lido of tho Australian con
tinent. AT the aama time Vichy dls
patch tells vaguely of a Jap
fleet that Ii aald to be headed
down through tha Indian ocean
for Perth, at tha far southwest
tip of Australia.
(Remember that tha Vichy
government of Franca can be
generally depended upon to play
the axis game, whatever It may
be. As long, that Is, aa playing
Ui axis game doesn't Involve
too much risk.)
Vague dispatches a day or so
ago intimatod that tha Jap at
tack on Australia, when it does
come, may be expected to fall
on the EAST coast, -where the
big cities end the bulk ot tha
settlement are located.
TT is fairly safe to assume that
these rumors are ENEMY-ln-spired,
and that their purpose
is to confuse the dofenders of
Australia and lead them to scat
ter their forces ovor a vast area.
If that purpose could be ac
complished, the Japs would be
enabled to CONCENTRATE their
forces for smashing blow at
one thinly defended point
This strategy, which Is one of
tho natural ' advantages of the
offonslve, la as old as warfare,
and we may assume that Mac
Arthur, trained and experienced
soldier that he has shown him
self to be, knows all about It
nECENT dispatches hove told
of smashing American-Australian
raids on Jap bases In the
ring of islands north of Aus
tralia. MacArthur evidently fig
ures the Jap assault will come
from these bases, if and when
it Is launched.
Jlr AC ARTHUR, speaking today
A in Melbourne to cheering
thousands of Australians, says:
"I have every confidence in
tho ultimata success of our Joint
cause, but success In modorn
war requires something more
than courage and willingness to
die.
"It requires CAREFUL PRE
PARATION." Ho adds:
"No general can make some
thing out of nothing. My suc
cess 'in the futuro will depend
primarily upon the RESOURCES
which the respective govern
ments place at my disposal."
DV resources, he means not
only fighting men but ships,
pianos, tanks and guns. Theso
ships, planes, tanks and guns
must como from tho FACTORIES
on the homo front,
They must como SPEEDILY,
or they will bo TOO LATE.
T ET us turn now to the home
" front where these resources
(ships, planes, tanks And guns)
must como from, and see how the
politicians, who ara primarily in
charge of their production, are
handling their job.
CENATOR BYRD told us the
" other day of a new depart
ment in the Office of Civilian
Defense.
It might well be termed the
DEPARTMENT OF PLAY.
It Involves teaching those of
us who are so fortunate as to be
able to STAY AT HOME how
to relax and have a good time.
Tennis, bowling, billiards,
ping-pong, etc,, are included in
the games we are to be TAUQHT
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Suspension of
Sugar Sales Set
For April Week
CHICAGO, March 21 UP)
Suspension of all sugar sales In
the United States for a period of
approximately one week begin
nlng at midnight April 27, as a
preliminary to the rationing pro
gram, was announced here today
by John E. Hamm, acting chief
of the office ot price adminis
trator. CHICAGO. March 21 IJP)
National sugar rationing regis
tration dates wero fixed today
by the Office of Dries adminla.
tration for April 28 and 29, and
May 4, o, o, and 7.
Industrial consumers, such
confectioners and canriv mnlr
era. will - register for their ra
tions on the two April dates,
using their nearest high school.
Individual consumers will r.
inter May 4-7 at the public
schools.
Bane emphasized that It had
not been finally dnturmlnMi
whether the weekly Individual
quota would be a half pound or
three-quarters of a pound.
. FIRE LEVY
ACTIONPROPOSED
Millage Changes May
Be On Ballot On
May 15
"Three proposals in ordinance
form will be presented at Monday-
night's meeting of the city
council, these proposals in turn
to be presented to the voting
publla on May IS for approval
or rejection.
First measure which will go
through the first and second
reading process Monday night is
tho proposed four-mill continu
ous levy to establish new fire
stations in the city, purchase of
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Portlcmder Held
For Questioning
In Steno's Death
PORTLAND, March 21 UP)
Malcolm Hartman, 25, Portland,
who admitted he was in the
apartment of Gwen Ponssen, 35,
the night before she was found
strangled to death, was held for
the district attorney today,
Poilce Lt. Louis Manclet an
nounced. No charge has been filed
against Hartman who appeared
voluntarily at police headquart
ers earlier in the week and told
of tho visit. At that time he
was released.
He said he left the apart
ment about 2 a. m. Sunday.
At the time, he told Manclet
Miss Ponssen, Portland office
worker, and another man were
in the apartment. The woman's
body was found Sunday, evi
dence indicating she had been
strangled by an electric light
cord.
Ship Sinks at
Portland Dock
PORTLAND, March 21 UP)-
The river steamer, Lake Bonne
ville, undergoing repairs here
for several weeks preparatory
to entering passenger service
between here and Astoria, sank
at her moorings today in the
Willametto river.
Only parts of the bow and
superstructure were above
water. She was believed a
total loss.
Cause for the sinking wai un
disclosed, 8HOOTINO
-KENT, Wash., March 21 UP)
Ernest Dahlqulst, about 37, was
killed and Harry Houston, 89,
critically injured last night in
an unexplained shooting affray
at the Dahlqulst home here.
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Farmers, Consumers
And Business Hurt,
Asserts Witness
WASHINGTON, March 21 W)
Thurman Arnold, assistant at
torney general, accused organ
ized labor today of "Injuring
and destroying" Independent
business and said that farmers,
consumers and businessmen
were "at its mercy."
He flatly told the house Judi
ciary committee that measure
to require government registra
tion of unions and trade asso
ciations "doesn't go far enough"
In protecting the public from
practices of organized labor.
"When you look at the entire
picture," Arnold asserted, "the
situation is putting a very sub
stantial handicap on the distri
bution of all civilian necessities
"It is impeding the distrlbu
tlon of housing and food and Is
injuring or aeairoying me in
dependent businessman at a
time when we are trying to
save the consumer and indepen
dent businessman."
Exploitation Charged
- He told the committee that
"no other group in our society"
could do anything like the
things he said have been dine
by labor unions.
Unions alone, he said, have
been able to do these things
without being subject to prose
cution.
Arnold charged the unions
with:
1. Exploitation of farmers,
3. Undemocratic procedure,
"Including packing Its member
ship to Insure elections."
3. Impeding transportation.
4. Making lt impossible to
get cheap, mass production of
housing."
5. Forcing businessmen to
employ "useless labor.
6. Restricting "efficient use
of men and machines."
"Independent businessmen all
over the country are complete
ly at the mercy of any organ
ized labor group," he declared.
Barrage Balloon
Down in Umatilla
SEATTLE, March 21 (VP) A
barrage balloon escaped its
moorings in the Pugct sound
area early yesterday, second in
tcrccptor command officers said
today, and came to earth near
Weston, Ore.
Witnesses said tha sand bel
last was frozen solid, indicating
that the bag had ascended to
great heights before losing its
gas.
RUINATION OF
War .
War quiz, - a new guessing
game, will start in this rrnws
paper Monday and will be car
ried as a regular feature? It
Will help keep you alert on war
news.
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.nE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
Free
Two-year-old Alslna fits nicely; into the basket whan Mrs.
Kenneth Wynant rides downtown on hat shiny -white bicycla.
This Is really a delivery-bicycle, Mrs. Wynant explained, but It
doubles very well as a baby carriage. (See back page for other
pictures).
Bicycle Age Arrives in
Klamath As War Rations
Autos, Tires, Gasoline
By MARY JANE JENKINS
Spring, 1942, will very likely go down in the annals of Klam
ath Falls as the beginning ot the bicycle age. Ten years from
now, veterans of the year the ban was slapped on automobile
tires and gasoline was rationed, will tell their grandchildren how
father started riding a bike to work and mother balanced the
baby on her handlebars. ,
Already a goodly number of the Klamath motoring public
has voluntarily taken to two wheels and parked the family car
in the garage to be used on state occasions only; and rumor has
lt that a good many more are only holding out for warmer
weather to bring their bicycles out into the open.
Unofficially noted tnrklnff
Two Torpedoings
Off East Coast
Announced Today
WASHINGTON, March 21 (IP)
The navy announced today tliot
a large United States merchant
vessel has been torpedoed off
tho Atlantic coast.
This was the second torpedo
ing announced today. Earlier,
the navy said another large
merchant vessel had been simi
larly torpedoed.
NORFOLK. Va.. March 21 (IP)
Lightning flashes that Illumin
ated the sea for miles helped
an axis undersea raider to tor
pedo and sink a large American
merchant ship off tho Atlantic
coast early Wednesday, mem
bers of tho crew related on their
arrival at Norfolk. The navy
announced the sinking today.
Twenty-six survivors of the
41-man crew were picked up
by a rescue ship after five hours
In a lifeboat and were landed
at Norfolk. Thirteen others
wero rescued by another vessel
and taken ashore at Morehead
City, N. C. Two crewmen were
listed as missing. Their identity
was not immediately establish
ed. CONVICTIONS CONFIRMED
NEW YORK, March 21 (IP)
Tho U. S. circuit court ot ap
peals today affirmed the convic
tions of Joseph M. Schenck, for
mer chairman of the board of
20th-century Fox Film corpora
tion, and Joseph H. Moskowltz,
his confidential associate, on in
come tax evasion charge.
SATURDAY, MARCH 21,
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Ride
their bicycles around town were
Mrs. Kenneth Wynant, who takes
two-year-old daughter Alzina
with her in the carrier-basket;
Jane Garcelon, Pat Livingston,
Mrs. U Li. J-.ow, Mrs. Dale Mat
toon; and Harold Ashley, Hap
Fulton Jones, Doris Scott, Vio
let Zamsky and Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. Hastings, to name a few
of those ready to start cycling.
Local bicycle dealers, asked if
the sale of bicycles had jumped
since January 1, replied practic
ally to a man: -
"Sold half my usual yearly
quota already."
The city recreation department
reports 114 bicycle licenses sold
since the beginning of the year,
"almost all of them to men who
are riding to work and women
who think it will be good ex
ercise." Although no official word has
been released from Washington,
D. C, . bicycle manufacturers as
sume that the total 1942 output
j - (Continued on Page Two) 1
fire Department
Will Test Siren
Monday at 12:30
The city fire department's
new siren will be tested at 12:30
p. m. Monday.
Acting Chief Frank Akin of
the fire department said Satur
day that the public should keep
the time ot the test in mind in
order that there will be no
alarm when the new device
sounds.-
The siren has been mounted
on the top of the central fire
station building. It is expected
its sound will carry for several
miles. : . I
UN. -
1942
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Soviet Troops May Be
In Staraya Russa,
Says Vichy Radio
By The Associated Press'
Russia's armies, crowding the
Germans off balance before
Adolf Hitler can launch his
spring offensive,' were reported
storming against four key nazi
bases on the 1200-mile front to
day, and a Vichy radio broad
cast declared soviet troop had
already fought their way Into
Staraya Russa. ' '
Front-line dispatches said the
Russians also were closing In
from the north on German-held
Orel, 200 miles southwest of
Moscow, about halfway between
the USSR capital and Kharkov.
Other Russian assaults were
aimed at Bryansk, Kharkov and
Taganrog. .
Slaraye Bussa, 150 m(let be
low Leningrad, i .- the , base
headquarters', of the trapped
German Mth army which has
been cut off for week in the
frozen marshlands around Lake
umen. - . .,. V ,
- A bulletin from Hitler's field
headquarters acknowledged the
increasing violence of Russian
assaults, declaring - that : nazi
troops had beaten off six fierce
attacks yesterday southeast of
Lake Umen, in the Staraya Rus
sa sector, but gave no details on
the fate of Staraya Russa itself.
Many -dead were left on the
field and numerous, prisoners
were taken,", a German commu
nique said. 'i
The high command also con
ceded that ' the Russians were
pressing the offensive in the
Crimea, ' In the Donets river
basin .of the Ukraine, and on
the central (Moscow) and north
ern (Leningrad) fronts.
The British admiralty an
nounced two large axis supply
ships had been "successfully at
tacked" and sunk by submarine
in the Mediterranean. '
Italian Success
For the axis, the Italian high
command reported torpedo-carrying
aircraft attacked a Brit-
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FOUR KEY NAZ
BASES S
ONEASTFRONT
This Is Not a Modernistic Temple
f - . .
: Sen from this vlw, Klamath Falls' naw fir siren has all the
earmarks of a large-site building. The siren, which can be heard
for four miles around, will be tried out at 12:30 Monday, Turn
to page a lor a picture showing
of the fire station.
PRESS
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Surprise Raid
Sprung By U. S
Filipino Force )
WASHINGTON. March 21',
VP) Sharp skirmishes took i
place all along the Bataan?
front in the Philippine j-toW
day, and th wax depart -4 ,,
reported signs were that.
if
Japanese wet regrosht
their force for resumption of.
the offensive in th Islands. '
WASHINGTON, March 21 VP)
The war department reported to
day a surprise raid by American
and Philippine troops on Japa
nese forces near Zamboanga on
the Philippine island of Minda
nao in which heavy casualties
were inflicted on the enemy.
American and Filipino losses
were described In a communique
as negligible.
Meanwhile the harbor defens
es of Manila bay were reported
under "extremely heavy" shell
ing from Japanese artillery,
which included 240-millimeter
(about eight-inch) guns but the
war department said little dam
age of military consequence was
done. -
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239-Mile Line Taken
; Over. As Result of
; Labor. Dispute ;
WASHINGTON, March 21 UP)
President . Roosevelt today or
dered seizure of the Toledo,
Peoria . and . Western railroad
and its operation by the government,'-in
the Interests of the
"successful prosecution of the
war." .. . ..'-' '.
The president acted after a
long series of unsuccessful gov
ernment efforts to get George
P. McNear, Jr., president of the
239-mile road, to arbitrate a
strike of 104 workers.
Mr. Roosevelt issued an ex
ecutive order authorizing Joseph
B. Eastman, director of the of
fice of defense transportation,
to take immediate possession of
the property and to "operate or
arrange for the operation of
such railroad in such a manner
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Broome, Derby Latest
Targets of Nippon .
fAir Assaults
CANB'cBRA. Australia.
March 21 'W The aerial de
fenders of Australia's northeast
ern sea approaches within the
past 24 hours have left one hea
vy Japanese cruiser sinking in
the harbor at Rabaul, New Brit'
ain, and one other heavily dam
aged, two . communiques dis
closed today..
The latest report on y ester
day's smash at Japan's left wing
of. conquest, adding one cruisel
to the score of those damaged,
also told of continual enemy
reconnaissance over areas of
New Guinea and Papua.
Early this morning a Japanese
heavy bomber was driven off
from Port Moresby, New Guin
ea's port capital, by anti-aircraft
fire. - ', . , .
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The Japanese had struck at
two places on the west coast of
Australia itself.. .. ;
Targets of the Japanese raids
were the ports of Broome and
Derby, which . are situated re
spectively about 600 and 675
miles southwest of oft-bombed
Darwin. .
Derby which had not pre
viously been bombed was at
tacked by two Japanese plane
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Thomas Says No
Legislation on
Labor Needed
WASHINGTON, March 21 UP)
A week of testimony by govern
ment production officials and
organized labor leaders today
convinced Chairman Thomas
(D-Okla.) of a special senate ap
propriations subcommittee that
''congress would not be justified
in passing wartime labor legis
lation now."
At the same time, Chomat
said he would request another
senate group, the special com
mittee investigating national de
fense, to look into complaints
by Presidents William Green of
the AFL and Philip Murray of
the CIO that pressure on con
gress for wartime labor legisla
tion resulted from organized in
terests that should be investigat
ed. "I will make a formal com
plaint for an investigation by
the Truman committee," Thomas
said after listening to protests
by the labor leaders.
NEMY STRIKES
ON AUSTRAL A
Male Employes
To Get Break :
NEWARK, N. J., March 21 UP)
Spring arrived today and ap
proximately 8.00U girl office
workers at the Prudential Insur
ance company were permitted to
roll stockings below their knees
or even go stock lnglca for tha
first time in many years. .
The company, taking note ot
the - war-time clothing emer
gency, lifted Its requirement
that full length ; stockings he
worn. - 'V .
" Girl workers say the object (
the requirement had been to t '
vent distraction ot the male
ployes. j i
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Comics and Story ... ... Page 10
Courthouse Records ..t..Page 3
Editorials , ,.Page 4
Information ' Page 3
Market, Financial Page 13
Pattern v.... ...... Page B,
Society Pages 5, 9, 7, 8, a'
Sports ; ...Pag It