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" flrat. Than always a good
policy In war time. . ,
HTHE wont nowi comci today
from China, where the Japi
arc driving southward from
Shanghai Into Cheklang prov
Ince. Your map will ihow you
that Cheklang province li the
mod available spot In China for
air bam from which American
bomberi might ihuttle back and
forth over Japan.
The Japs know it. They were
badly frightened by General
Doollttle'a exploit. They are
taking itcpi to make iuch dis
turbing attain more difficult in
the future.
That loemi to be the explana
tlon of their two-pronged drive
aouthward from Shanghai.
.
THERE are unpleaiant posilbil
Itlri that they may be plan
ning to move Into China from
two direction! at once, now that
they have the Burma road conv
pletely In their poucsslon, thua
catching the Inadequately aup-
pllcd Chinese between the hanv
mer and the anvil.
THE RuMlan claim an advance
' of another six mllea In the
ten-day battle for Kharkov. They
aay they hive blocked the nail
flanking drive to the aouth at
Barvenkova. (Where the Ger
man were hoping to relieve
pressure on rinamov or iirininc
anmawhara elie. lust ai the R Ita
lian! lought to relieve preasure
at Kerch by atrlklng at Kharkov.)
There ia an Interesting atory
of Russian guerrlllui capturing
city of "aeveral thousands
deep in the German rear and
holding it against a day-long
German counter-attack.
Thla give an Idea of the ex
tent to which the Germane have
failed to take over and complete
ly organise that part of Russia
lying in the rear of their defense
lines.
It emphaslxea Russia's vast
ness. pED STAR (the Russian army
newspaper) says the Germans'
heavy losses of tanks in the
; Daiue xor ftnamov nas causva
them to change their tactics,
GIVING UP mass mechanized
counter-attacks and relying ln
atead on infantry attacks sup
ported by only 10 or IS tanks.
This, if true, is extremely inv
portant, meaning that in .the
great bRttle of the tonka that has
been raging at Kharkov the Rus
sians are proving SUPERIOR, la
flletlng tank losses on tho Ger
mans that are relatively, dis
astrous. In war, it doesn't matter so
much what you lose If you can
inflict HEAVIER losses on your
enemy.
a
A N Interesting not in the
news:
- Goerlng Is reported today to
have told German workers in
Berlin that this is "the hardest
war Germany has ever had to
fight." He is quoted as adding
that Hitler "suffered deeply for
his troops in the bitter months
of .the soviet winter," but knew
he' mustn't yield.
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DEFER back here to the rumors
A several day ago that Goerlng
Is In disgrace and has been re
lieved of command of the Gor
man air force. There were even
talcs that he might go to Portugal
to meet allied diplomats and pre
sumably talk peace.
: The implication of these rum
ors was that he was in the dog
house and mad about it.
THIS incident teaches us that
we mustn't pay much atten
tion to yarns about German
weakness and dissension.
War and football have much
In common.
Recall here the ancient foot
ball custom of putting out bear
stories in advance ol big games
in tha hope of leading the other
team to underestimate your
strength.
If you go into hard fight
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CHECKED
40-Minute Battle in
Kharkov Results
In Red Gain
By ROGER D. GREENE
Asioclated Praia Editor
Russia's armies, driving over
fields Uttered with wrcckoga,
reported today they had en
gulfed a key German stronghold,
crushed repeated German tank
attacks and stormed forward six
more miles In the 10-day-old bat
tle of Kharkov. '
Soviet dispatches said Russian
toopi wiped out the nazl strong
hold's garrison in a fierce 40
minute struggle.'
Guirrllias Take Town
A red army communique said
five villages had been captured
In the battle area and "enormous
losses" Inflicted on the enemy.
Far behind (h lines, soviet
guerrillas were reported to have
recaptured an Important city of
several thousand inhabitants.
deep -in -Whit Russia driving
out the German who had bald
tha point for four month and
routing a strong nazl force which
attempted to regain it in a dawn-to-dusk
batUe.
Dispatches to Red Star, soviet
army newspaper, said the Ger
man stronghold captured on the
Kharkov front was one the nazl
had sought to hold at any cost
apparently a major link in Khar
kov's immediate defense ring. .
Counter Stab Blocked
More than 1300 Germans were
declared to have been killed in
the last 24 noun, while nazl
tank losses rose to nearly 030.
On the southern wing of the
huge battle zone, the Russians
said they had blocked German
Field Marshal Fedor von Bock's
flanking counter-thrusts, and
fierce fighting was reported con
tinuing on Kerch peninsula in
the Crimea.
Adolf Hitler's field headquar
ters pictured the Russians a
suffering heavy losses as Ger
man warplanes ranged over the
Kharkov battlefield in . great
numbers, strafing and bombing
tha red armies. .
The German command said
nazi troops guarding the big steel
city, Russia's "Pittsburgh" In the
Ukraine, beat off powerful tank
led soviet attacks and destroyed
63 more red army tanks.
Lak Ilmen Sector
Hitler' headquarters also re
ported strong Russian assaults
were developing In the bloody
Lake Ilmen sector, 130 miles
south of Leningrad.
Axis dispatches from Bucha
rest asserted that German-Rumanian
counter-offensives had
slowed the Russian drive upon
Kharkov in "a battle of extreme
violence" but acknowledged that
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Rubberneck Buses Next to
Go in Shortage of Rubber
By D. HAROLD OLIVER
WASHINGTON, May 21 (P
The rubberneck bus ia going to
be put to more essential war
use to save rubber.
Effective June 1, the. office
of defense transportation de
creed last night, all sightseeing
bus services will be prohibited
and chartered buses will be re
duced to such essential opera
tion as the moving of troops,
war workers and achool chil
dren.
Joseph B. Eastman, ODT di
rector, estimated this would save
mora than 100,000 pounds of
crude rubber a year. Ho added
that sightseeing and charter
buses traveled 21,000,000 miles
last year- and used up about
126,000 pounds of crude rubber.
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Postoffice Starts at
No. 1 Again After
Seventy Years
The Klamath Falls postoffice,
an imposing federal building
which faces Seventh street. Is a
far cry from . the little frame
building and row of lock boxes
on the banks of Link river more
than 70 years ago.
All this was brought back to
R. L. Griffith, assistant post
master of the local office, when
he issued the one millionth
money order early Thursday
afternoon. '
History of the money order
window follows closely the de
velopment of any - postoulce.
Money order service in the Unit
ed States was first inaugurated
May 17, 1864, during the Civil
war. The Llnkville postoffice,
now Klamath Falls, was estab
lished in 1872. It is presumed
that money order service started
at that time and No. 1 order
was issued shortly after that
date. -
Money order No. 18274, Is
sued November 17, 1904, Is in
the hands of the local postoffice
authorities. . Ten years ago the
money order was returned here
for payment, some 28 yean after
issue. Griffith purchased the
money order as a relic. The
order was granted by Postmaster
Hiram F. Murdoch and Issued to
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Local and state police authori
ties and tho general public were
asked to assist In enforcing the
order, wbjch applies to all rubber-tired
vehicles seating 10 or
more persons and primarily used
for sightseeing or chartering.
Exempt from the charter bus
order are those used for trans
porting members of tho armed
forces, persons participating In
organized recreational activities
at military posts, selectees trav
eling to or from induction or ex
amining points; students, teach
ers and school employes going to
and from school, employes going
to and from work, persons going
to and from places of religious
worship, civilians moving under
evacuation orden, and children
under 18, attending summer
camps.
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Spouts Lava As Eruption Starts
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Instruct ions on .
Gas Rationing
Given for Siaie
PORTLAND, May 21 (TV-
Oregon motorists, Just seven days
removed from the start of reg
istration for gasoline rationing,
had this information today from
the. state rationing office:
Instructions are now in the
hands of Rex Putnam, state sup
erintendent of public instruction,
and will be forwarded to school
authorities who will handle the
May 28-30 registration. If schools
are closed by that time, volun
teer workers will be obtained
from local civilian defense ranks.
' Farmers will get all the gaso
line they need for tractors and
other essential machines. . i
A state motor vehicle registra
tion certificate must be presented
in registering for ration cards.
The cards must be presented
at the time of any gasoline pur
chase and must be marked by
the retailer. Trucks, however,
will not need cards, C. C. Van
Fleet of the Oregon fuel ration
ing division said.
- If away from home during the
registration, : motorists may au
thorize an agent to register for
him; may register with the near
est rationing board on his return,
or. register during the three-day
period at any secondary school
in Oregon or Washington.
Redding Student
Drowns in Creek .
REDDING, Calif., May 21 (ff)
Friends who thought he was
only playing rescued Joseph
Oliver Horn, Shasta Union high
school senior, too late to save
him from drowning in Moody
creek, Coroner Roy S. Dugglns
said. '
, .Horn dived into the water and
came up, thrashing around, be
fore he went down for several
minutes. Then the other swim
mers realized he was in trouble
and pulled him out. The youth,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Horn
who moved here from Grand
Coulee, Wash., in 1940, was
drowned Tuesday night.
WAR QUIZ
1. This picture of our flag in
the form of a shield has what
significance in the army?
2. Give prin
cipal reasons for
the Japanese
Invasion of Bur
ma. 3. If an Amer
ican a o 1 d i e r
says he is fresh
out of "pocket
lettuce," what does he mean?
. Answsra on Page 4
S Jested
Alcohol Unavailable;
Petroleum Method
- V To Be Used
WASHINGTON, May 21 W
Secretary of Commerce Jesse
Jones told senators today that
he had recommended that the
nation's synthetic rubber capa
city be raised from present plans
for 800,000 tons a year to 1,000,
00ft "
The secretary also disclosed
that government financed plants
for converting grains and other
farm products into synthetic rub
ber would be increased from
present plans for 80,000 tons to
200,000 tons. '
Jones told a senate agriculture
subcommittee that officials and
advisers of the war production
board were responsible for initial
allocations of $650,000,000 for
synthetic rubber going to plants
that would use petroleum pro
ducts rather than grain and
farm products. He said WPB
officials had reported that no
alcohol was available for rubber
making or that materials to
build plants were unavailable.
Jones, after conferring with
an assistant, said WPB officials
soon would announce a program
for using all idle stills in dis
tilleries, including facilities now
idle that formerly made indus
trial alcohol from molasses.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
f ' R H E
Philadelphia ll' 17 0
Detroit 3 6 2
Marchildon and 'Wagner;
Trout, , Fuchs (4), Manders (6),
and Tebbetts, Parsons (6). .
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 2 6 0
Philadelphia 3 7 0
Derringer and Lamanno;
Johnson and Livingston.
First Band Concert
Of Season Tonight
The first band concert of the
season will be given tonight on
the Conger avenue Big Lawn it
was announced by Director
Charles Stanfield.
The concert by the municipal
band will follow the annual din
ner and May fete sponsored by
Riverside PTA. The public is
invited to both the May fete and
concert. Supper will be served
starting at 5:30 p. m.
Klamath Man
Pearl Harbor Bombing
' As Seen From Heights
By LOIS STEWART
Remember Pearl Harbor,
Can
you forget it?
Not Loyal Bates, mechanic
for the Balsiger Motor company.
who stood on a bluff 300 feet
above Pearl Harbor as Jap
planes flew around like bees
that Sunday morning of Decern-,
ber the seventh. -- '
The surprise attack, the clus
ters of defense workers watch
ing in m'.ite protest the work of
the Jap bombers, the final real
ization that ? this was war in
capital letters and the horror of
those morning hours were graph
ically described by Bates who
returned to Klamath Falls three
weeks ago. ..
This is his story:
Changing Shift . 1
"It was just five minutes of
eight on Sunday morning. That
was December the seventh. I re
member the hour and the minute
because the graveyard shift
working on the big fuel storage
plant for the navy just above
Pearl Harbor was coming off
and the day shift was going on.
We worked seven days a week
ca this job. We were 'sure an
xious to get it done. ...
"About SO of us were standing
down by the tunnel mouth, just
standing there talking. We were
looking out over the harbor. . If
you know the way the harbor
lays you. know there is a little
island in the middle called Ford
island. All of a sudden we saw
large black ball of smoke ris
ing right from the center of the
harbor. A big black . ball , of
Smoke shaped like your - two
fists. It looked like an ou fire,
One of the fellows said it looked
like some sabotage . going on
down there. .
Saw Plant
- "Pretty soon, just , like they'd
hummed right out of those, big
fluffy clouds, we saw airplanes
flying around. At first we didn t
think, couldn't imagine, we were
being bombed. But the bombs
were flying all right and it seem
ed every time one landed the
ball of smoke would jump.
- "The ships continued flying
clockwise. All of a sudden one
of the planes just burst into
flame. Just broke into a mass of
flames. Another plane flew into
the same position and it caught
fire just like the first. But the
second plane turned over back
ward and fell Into the housing
project on Hickam field and
burned. "
"Thos ar Japi"
"Right then it just dawned on
us. We were just like a dumb
flock of geese. Those are Japs'
somebody said. And then we
knew it was our boys shooting
them down. After we found our
voices we'd cheer just like at a
football game every time one
of .our boys would bring down a
Jap plane. Those Japs were af
ter the ships In the harbor and
they were going right after
them. -
"It seemed as if it took the
anti-aircraft guns almost 10 min
utes to get into action. When
they started those Japs flew
high. You can tell anti-aircraft
fire. It makes a peculiar round
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Hoover Asks
ForF.R.
NEW YORK, May 21 (UP
Former President Herbert Hoov
er asserted last night that Presi
dent Roosevelt must be . given
dictatorial economic powers to
defeat the axis, but warped that
the nation must secure recovery
of all suspended liberties, after
the-war "if liberty is to live'
Mr. Hoover, addressing the
26th annual assembly o tha Na
1 1 o n a 1 Industrial Conference
board, which also was aWrssed
by Under Secretary of War Rob
ert P. Patterson, said 'tliat ' a
steady decrease in economic
freedom must be expected as
war goes on, and there must be
no hesitation in giving the pres
ident great economic . powers
"m,ri nnhnlrilnff him In tham k .-
Economic measures necessaty
to win total war, he asserted,
are "just plain fascist eco-'
nomics." ?.
Defends Crltlclim
The former president oferkt-
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Describes
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Loyal Batnr Balsiger mechan
ic, 'tells a thrilling story in his
y-witnss account of the
bombing of Pearl harbor, De
cember 7, ,
American Nation Sets
Deadline for Note
On Ship Sinking ;
LONDON, May 21
Roundabout dispatches from
Germany said today that Berlin
expected Mexico to declare war
upon the reich following receipt
of an answer to her demand for
satisfaction in' the submarine
sinking of a Mexican tanker.
The- dispatches, relayed here
from Berlin via Stockholm, said
that nazi circles also expected
other Latin-American republics
not now at war with the axis to
follow Mexico's lead. It was
said the German reply would be
delivered today. , - . .
The time - limit which the
Mexican government set for
Germany s reply expires at mid
night, Mexican time tonight (11
p m. PWT.)
Weather Hottest v
Since August Here
Klamathites who fanned their
brows in Wednesday's sultry
heat were not surprised when
the US weatherman reported the
thermometer reached 83 degrees,
warmest since August 21, 1941.
The mid-summer heat was a
boon to gardens which were
stunted by the week's previous
cold. Minimum temperature
Wednesday was 49 degrees.
More Power
in War Effort
ed the right of all citizens to
criticize conduct of the war with
out being called "sixth colum
nists" and asserted that criti
cism "is necessary if we are to
win the war."
Three major tasks face the na
tion, he asserted winning the
war to preserve liberty, recover
ing surrendered liberties when
war is done, and securing last
ing peace to keep liberty alive
To accomplish them, he called
for:
I. ' The creation of a "more
definite war council embracing
in its members the civilian
heads of the great war agencies,"
to meet with the president as
often as necessary to coordinate
policies necessary to the further
ance of the war.
!. Advance preparation for
economic reconstruction and re
covery of freedom in the post
war era which "can come only
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Was I There?
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Rains Hinder Yunnan
. Fight; Australia V
Drafts Forces ;
' By The Anociatad Prist
Drenching monsoon rain,
stalled the battle of Burma at -China's
back door today whil
Japan's invasion armies pressed
a grave new threat on the Chi
nese east coast with a 30-mile
advance into Cheklang province.
Dispatches said the Japanese,
apparently determined to over
run Chekiang and wipe out any
air bases which couid be used
for medium-range bombing at
tack on Tokyo, were advancing;
southward on a 150-mile front.
SO Miles From Capital
A Chinese army spokesman
said that the invaders, 30,000 to
40,000 strong, had already ad
vanced within 50 miles of Kin-
nwa, provisional capital of Che
klang province, and that heavy '
fighting was in progress along
the entire front Kinhwa is 180
miles below Japanese-occupied
Shanghai.
About 60,000 other Japanese
troops were reported massing for
supporting thrusts. ; ,
.. - Rains Bog Advance '
- On the Burma front, Chines
military dispatches said Japa
nese 4hruit-. northward into
China's Yunnan! province had
been fairly well checked, with
torrential, rains helping to bog
the enemy advance.
. In the battle of Australia, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters reported that allied bomber
renewed their assaults on Japa
nese advance bases after a 24
hour lull, raiding the enemy air
drome at Koepang and the har
bor of Dili, both on Dutch-Portuguese
Timor island.
With the Japanese now ' ap
parently conserving their bom
ber forces for a big scale" at
tack, Australia moved to 'draft
35,000 more men into a corps'
which is preparing the "down
under" continent as a base for a
great allied offensive. ,
John Cox Dies
Afier 41 Years
Residence Here
John Elmer Cox, 58, for the
past 41 years a resident of Klam
ath county and one of the lead
ing agriculturists of this area,
died Wednesday night in an Oak
land, Calif., hospital where he
has been confined for ' the past
three months. Mr. Cox waa the
eldest of three, John, Henry and
Charles, who operated In the
Tulelake lease land section, as
Cox Brothers.
Mr. Cox was born in LaSalle
county, Illinois, son of James
and Elizabeth Cox. The family
moved to Nebraska and from
there to Douglas county where '
they lived attYoncalla. After
several years in the valley, Mr.
and Mrs. Cox moved to Klam
ath county, - arriving . here In
1901. It took the family five
days by wagon to travel from
Yoncalla to Klamath Falls.
James Cox purchased proper
ty south of Merrill and the ranch
is. still known as the "home
place." James and Elizabeth
Cox died a number of years ago.
Their three sons continued to
farm in that area and some 20
years ago took oyer lease lands
in the Tulelake area. At the
present time they operate 2000
acres which they have In bar
ley, wheat and oats. They also
run a large band of sheep.
Several years ago John Cox
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