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Piaifii!iiliipiHlliiiiiiiiiiiiwiw Blackout b i gna (i n 1 1 Mi ti i i f ttii)i tf fM Mfl Itf till f 1 1 tf fH I H tl" H 1 1 f Tt II) l f 1 1 Weather News On 5-mlnule blast on sirens and whistles li the signal lor a blackout In Klamath ralli. Another long blast, during black out. It a ilgnal lor all-claar. In precau tionary ptrlodi, watch your atraat llghti. Juno 3. High 73. Low 48 Precipitation ai ol Mar 28. 1941 Last year 12.08 Normal .. 10.83 Stream yoar to data 13.08 : ASSOCIATED 9tcR. IKI THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRIOR FIVR CP tiKiliiilit 'J!. OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1948 ! AIIVIJUI 1 .1111 II H TTV-I Ill HPmg Nl atio Numhsr 9505 . . , . ; i : : i '-' -,-.:i'.;K d Ira By FRANK JENKINS yllE Jups attack Dulch Harbor A with (our bombers and 18 fighters nn obviously Inade quate force. A few hours lutcr they aend over another wave of pianos which DROP NO BOMBS. Thus they disclose their pres ence in Amerlcun wuturs, and yot (according to todny'a dis patcher) accomplish no great dsmngo. On Ita face, it looki a bit acrowy and ono suspects a fake play. I B ill IH'i ! ! ii iBi iillllllfl'lll!!li!lll!lllllil or 'HE simplest explanation ! that they wero putting on a face-avlng ihow, gutting even for Doollttlc'a raid and Hiving the homo folk aomothlng lo feci good about. In thut ovent, wo would expect them to brag about It. So far, according to coreful llntonera quoted today, the Jap radio hai remained wholly client - Another explanation Is that It may havo been a feint, designed to draw our strength toward tho threatened point so that wo could bo hit effectively where we left ourselves exposed, Aguln It looks as If they would havo USED MOKE FORCE If .that was what they had In mind. , . ""TO ini on the outside (without - f access to all tin facts) 11 looks like first-class mystery. About all we can do Is to wait, In Alma, the Jap design will he matoma apparent. If something big Is in tho wind, It will como out quickly enough. - X A E AN WHILE. Anthony J. Dl- 11 mond, Alaskan dologata to congress, .says: ''I'm afraid we may have a struggle on our hnnds to keep that area. Ho adds that the Japs would like to knock out Dutch Harbor as a threat to themselves and might also llko to toko it over v and uso it on their own account . ii i threat to us. Secretary of War Stlmson says cryptically: "I reminded you last week that raids are com Ing and I caution you now that this is not the only and the last Onld." ' The Japs have been surprising' ly quiot for a long time. They must be cooking up somothlng. TIEYDRICH tho Hangman dies finally In Prague of tho wounds mysteriously Inflicted last week. There- have been 103 reprisal shootings already, and hundreds moro are expected. The Hoydrlch killing and the vengcanco taken and to be taken for It are a part of tho whirlwind ' of hato that Is bolng built up in occupied Europe. So far it is helpless hato. It may not al ways be holplcss. e FTHE battle of the tanks goes on In Libya, Homo roports from tlmo to time that It is turn ing in tho axis' favor. Tho con lorvatlvo and usually reliable British continuo to report that fThey are not doing badly. But remembering that In tho last battla In Libya's desorts the British wero a little too opt! inlstlo and that the fighting didn't turn out as well as they ' had hoped, we are Inclined to keep our fingers crossed, Ono interesting report Is that the Amoi'lcnn tanks, which wero too weak In fire power in tho lost batllo, aro mora heavily gunned this tlmo and are giving a good account of themselves. A WASHINGTON dispatch to . day tolls us that a glgantlo now shipbuilding program plus a forthcoming supply bill for an army of four and a half million men will probably push the three-year total of war and do- fenso appropriations beyond tho oo billion dollar marlfl Total llotmcnts now stand at around 160 billions. If you Want to know how for the United States has gone along the road of total war, test your own reactions to this announce' (Continued on Pago Two) mi COil Ml T Air Force Lashes at Bremen in Night Bomb Raid FOLKESTONE, England, June 4 UP) Heavy explosions were heard here today from the di rection of Boulogne, where the commundos landed last night, as tho RAF resumed Its sunshine of fensive against occupied Franca with big morning and afternoon raids. LONDON, June 4 VP) Brit ish bombers heavily blasted Bremen, Germany's second sea port, and British commandos fruitfully scouted the Boulogne Le Touquet area of Adolf Hit' Icr's French coastal defenses overnight, government agencies announced today, : The Bremen raid, the 84th of the war, was linked with on at tack on tho Dliippo docks and the air ministry announced that 10 bombars and two fighters wore missing from the night op erations. Shipyards Hit A strong RAF force flew through moonlit skies to strike at Bremen tnrgots such as ship building and submarine yards, docks, railways, steel works, oil refining installations, an aircraft factory, In a follow-up to the mass raids upon Cologne and Essen. Only Hamburg ranks ahead of Bremen as a German maritime center. Tho British commundos scout ed German positions In the Boulogne-La Touquet area across Dover strait early today and were reported to have returned with "valuable Information" a phrase which suggests tho In cidental capture of prisoners. Royal navy warships escorted tho black-faced special service troops to and from the French Invasion coast and Royal Air Forco fighter planes covered the withdrawal, a communique said (The German high command said Hint its forces had repulsed "an attempted British landing" on tho occupied French coast and that German troops had cap tured 'some prisoners and arms.") CHAIELCOAS Shippers to Meet Friday To Study Equipment Plans A meeting of shlppor and car rier reprosentotlvcs will conveno Friday at 7 p. m. at the Wlllard hotel to lay plana to mako tho best posslblo uso of freight equip ment. The meeting is open to the public and all shlppors and receivers of freight are urged to attend. "Tho transportation of defenso materials is secondary In Import ance only to the actual ninnu F. P. Borden, cor efficiency chair this time there Is much that every shipper and receiver of freight can do to safeguard an adequato transportation system," said A. J, Voye, president of the Big Lakes Box company, and chairman of tho Klamath Falls car efficiency committee, In an nouncing tho meeting to shippers In this area. This meeting is part of a na tionwide campaign under tho leadership of the 13 shippers' advisory boards to prcscrvo ade quato transportation facilities. Since the railroads' cars are in tho hands of shippers i great part of the time, there is much tho shipper can do to make the best use of cars, It was pointed out.- Some, of tho objectives of the program aro: a heavier load per car, prompt loading and un loading of cars, and leaving cars Sub's Safety . . '. . '' v.. , ... ',1.' . . ; ' .'w;i-..i;?' ','! VX i Ki 7s-. ' ,-' C. L. Irving, safety and personnel director for the Hlnei Lumber company of Hlnes, Ore., conforance chairman, discuss safety measures at today's luncheon meeting of the three-day convention ol the Western Safety con ference currently In session at the Elk hotel. OF Shooting of Hundreds Of Czech Hostages j Is Anticipated BERLIN (From - German Broadcasts), June 4 OP) Rein hard Heydrlch, 38, reichs pro tector for Bohemia and Moravia, died in Prague this morning of wounds suffered in an attempt on his life May 27, it was an nounced officially today. (The assassination of the man known among scores of millions of Europe's oppressed peoples as "Der Honker" "The Hang man" Is expected to bring about tho shooting of hundreds of hos tages in addition to the 163 al ready slain in swift reprisals, Czech circles In London asserted. (London sources declared Hcy drlch recently was appointed gcstnpo chief for occupied Eu rope and it was pointed out Ironically that the "butcher of Moravia" died In virtually the same manner as hundreds of hos tages ho had ordered shot in France, Holland, Belgium, Nor way, Poland and other countries during his hated career.) ' clean and In Immediately usable condition for another shipper. All of these things will have the effect of making the existing freight car supply do the work of moro cars, It was stated.' Various government agencies havo recently recommended that certain restrictive rules be put Into effect, such as curtailment of shipper's routing privilege and enforced loading of cars to full carrying capacity. It has been thought such rules would, bring about maximum utilization of cars. However, tho advisory (boards have represented to the intcrstato commerce commission And offico of defenso transporta tion that these regulations will be unnecessary, since shippers can get together with tho car riers throughout the advisory boards to bring about the de sired ends., . . This activity Is- being carried on In Oregon, Washington -and northern Idaho . under tha au spices of tho Pacific Northwest advisory board. Officers of the board who will bo hero Friday to meet with local shippers are K. C. Batchcldcr, president; H. D. Smith, executive secretary; F, P.Borden, car efficiency chair man and F. T. Wcstmeyef, sec retary, . S iik Leaders and Ted Kepner, of Tacoma. Federal Safety Plan Advocated For Lumbering '. Advocation, of. . .goychra.ental. safety. assistance in the lumber industry by C. L. Irving of the Hlnes Lumber company of Hines, Ore., topped today's Inaugural luncheon session of the Western Safety conference's three-day an nual convention held In the Elk hotel. - Irving, Hlnes' safety and per sonnel director, recognized that governmental activity in the in dustry was a controversial, sub ject but said that on the basis of his experience in private en terprise safety supervision could be made useful. However, he said, the field of safety engineer ing should be divorced from both compensation and labor depart ments. ; His address, on "Our Industry (Continued on Page Two) Senate Approves Pay Allowances For Dependents WASHINGTON, June 4 (fl) The senate today passed a bill providing cash benefits for de pendents of men in the armed forces. The measure would apply to men In the four lower grades in the army, navy, marine corps, and coast guard, or those receiv ing base pay of $76 a month or less. . Under the proposal, passed by the senate without a record vote, the service man would have $22 a month deducted from his pay, . The government would sup plement those deductions with $28 a month for a wlfo with no children, $40 for a wife and one child and $10 for each ad ditional child.' The bill authorized the selec tive service system to sot. up a now priority system for draft ing married registrants when they are needed. 18,000 May Occupy. Japanese Colony - - Present plans for. the japa' ncse relocation center at Tule- laka contemplate possible occu pancy of the camp by ' 18,000 colonists, according to latest reports from the southend dis trict. Construction, for the set tlement's expansion; program startqd this week. Tho original .an was for loi 000 colonists. Tills was later-in creased 'to 1 1,0 0. but lt'nbw appears several (thousand more wl'l be moved to the camp than originally contemplated. Two hundred men were called in from the Redding offices by the AFL to work on the camp. and BOO are expected by the end of the. week. , - . IV- I In n m A I TTT' ' ' ' ' JAPDFFENS1VE &-V Y .j AIMED AT RAIL WML LINE IN CHINA Y n Invaders Lose Fourth Tiny Sub in Stab At Sydney By The Associated Press Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters announced today that an allied submarine had sunk a 8000-ton armed transport with the probable loss of 12,000 Japanese troops in the waters of the southwest Pacific, while four Japanese midget submarines were listed as sunk in the abor tive raid on Sydney harbor last Sunday. ' ' . - Previously, only three of the tiny two-man Japanese under seas raiders had been reported sent to the bottom by harbor batteries and depth charges. - - Sub Sinks Ships In addition to the Japanese troopship, United Nations head quarters said an allied submar ine sank two heavily-laden Jap anese supply ships and damaged a third. A -communique also reported that Japanese submarines -oper ating close off the east coast of Australia attacked three allied cargo -ships and sank one of them, but indicated that the oth er two escaped undamaged. Amid these thrusts at Austral ia's shipping, suggesting an at tempted blockade of the down under continent, the - war on China's .east coast raged on with mounting fury. A Tokyo broadcast - asserted that Japanese offensives -were forging ahead In three Chinese provinces Chekiang, Kwang tung and Kiangsi and that Jap anese troops had broken through the outer defenses of Chuhsien, key rail city in western Cheki ang province. : " A Japanese army spokesman said Japan's opening of a new front in Kiangsi province "serves as a final warning" to Generalissimo Chiang Kai shek's Chinese armies to give up their "meaningless resistance or accept the alternative of annihil ation." . . - Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE , , R. H. E. Cleveland . 4 5 1 Boston .i -.. 2 ' 9 0 Bagby and Hegan; Judd, M. Brown (0), and Conroy. Chicago .: 2 8 1 New York 8 9 .0 Smith, Ross (2), and Turner; Borowy and Rosar. . i $5 and $10 Raises For Courthouse -Help in Budget ; ' Monthly raises of $5 to $10 for courthouse employes are pro vided in the Klamath county budget for 1942-43 now .being completed for official publica tion by the county court and budget committee. The pay in creases generally are figured at $5 a month for a woman and $10 for men. 1 The voluntary budget total of $561,089.58 has been tentatively decided upon, and is about -$900 less than the comparative figure for the previous budget. County court members said; however, that the county tax will be 23 of a mill higher ; because of an Increase in the bond retirement requirement, which is $55,000 in the new budget. - The new county road fund budget totals $155,308, of which $32,146 will be raised by tax ation, Receipts are figured as follows: timber sales, $15,000; gas tax, $85,000; , gas refund, $4000; traffic fines, $4000; re volving trust fund, $15,000; mis cellaneous. : $250. The incor porated cities will get $5010 as their share of the road tax. Buy Tanks 6 Movie Actor Johnny Sheffield day to help in the treasury department's war savings bond and stamp sale. Here's Johnny all dressed up in his Cub Scout, uni form with three books of stamps. British Seize Axis Stronghold In Libya War : CAIRO,. Egypt, June 4 (flV- British Imperial, armored fqrees were reported today to have routed axis soldiers, from a des ert stronghold in a fierce en gagement while 'their Free French allies held fast against efforts by Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to seize the key posi tion of Bir Hachelm " The middle east command communique said British forces, attacking at the "last light of June 2," drove the enemy out of Tamar, 21 miles southwest of Tobruk and six miles west of Knightsbridge, a . track center around which has occurred much of the fighting in this latest Libyan campaign! , "The enemy is known to have lost at least 14 tanks in this engagement," the communique declared. Y The German field commander apparently desires to capture Bir Hacheim, southern end of a sev ered line which once extended to Ain El Gazala, to make Im possible a British counter-attack from that tiny oasis. Klamath's First "Conshy" ' Leaving Klamath county's first con scientious objector, Leon Klam ath Jackson, 30, of Beatty, will leave here Sunday, June 14, for a "conshy"' camp at Santa Bar bara, Calif., draft officials dis closed today. Mrs. Ted Case, Board 2 draft head, said that Jackson, although of non-denominational faith, did not believe in war or bearing arms. The youth said his father, Ncallo W, Jackson, is an Indian missionary now living In Al turas.' Calif. , Young Jackson will report-to the Santa Barbara camp on June 16. - v I T Two Klamath Men Listed Among "Missing in Action Sergeant Clifford E. Clcgg, 24-year-old Klamath Falls boy and son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Clegg, 2426 Orchard avenue, has been listed as missing in action in the Philippines, according to word received by his parents Wednes day. The war department advised Mr. and Mrs. Clegg that their son had been missing since May 7. Clifford attended school in Mcdford and enlisted in the reg ular army at the age of 17. ' His parents had not heard from him since last November. He was a member of the 31nt infantry, one of the last companies to leave Bataan for Corregldor. Clifford had spent the past three years In the Philippines. The Cleggs have another son, Staff Sergeant May- - - i for Yanks' W!akjartt!Mth1ti-( afeaaWiBni erwewaal will be in Klamath Falls Fri BLAST KILLS TEN Nirie ;Soldiers "Among v: Casualties; Ten Others Hurt STOCKTON, Calif., June : 4 (Pj -Teh persons were killed In an explosion and fire at an army station near here shortly before midnight. ;- L . Those dead were nine soldiers and a civilian fireman. Ten others "were in a hospital. Of these, - the condition of five was critical, and four were in serious condition. " " , Lieut.-Colonel .Floyd H. Tull, commanding officer, said the ex plosion and fire occurred In a building at the army camp about 11:30 p. m. . , ' In appointing a board! of in quiry, he said cause of the blast had not been determined. - The civilian fireman killed was Tom Sousa of Stockton. ' ' Among those Injured critically was the civilian fire chief at the station, H. H. Bouchard. - ' The soldier victims included: Louis Brasesco; next of kin, Andrew Pasquettij a half-brother, of Stockton.' ! Kenneth A. Zellars;' next of kin, mother, Mrs. Lillie Zellars, Bartlett, Kan. ' - I ".Charlie G. Massingiil; next of kin, mother, Mrs. Beatrice Mas singiil, Willson, N. C. ' . Sergeant Robert A. Smith, 21; next of kin, mother, Mrs. Bessie M. Smith, Davis, Calif. ; Corporal Lloyd Wisbey, 23; father, Oliver Wisbey, Winlock, Wash. - fhe soldiers seriously injured included Corporal Rueben A. Huff, 24; father, J. H. Huff, Cottage Grove, Ore. . ; nard Clegg In the United States air corps. . A few days after the war de partment had advised her of her son's promotion in the United States navy, Mrs. Marie Barton, Commercial street, received word that the young man, Wal lace Barton, 26, was listed as missing. '" Barton was on the submarine tender; Pigeon, : reported lost snoruy alter tne fan of corregl dor.,.-Mrs. Barton received the message. Monday, May 11. She is now In Seattle with a dauglv ter, - Mrs. Barton was employed for three years at LaPolntes. Her son had been In tha navy for nearly 10 years and served as deep, sea diver. He attended school In Mutilans. . ' niinn ii inn fin UUIIHUK QUIET AFTER Second Raid Only for Reconnaissance, Navy Says ' WASHINGTON, June 4 m The navy-announced that Mid way island in -the Pacific was attacked by Japanese aircraft this morning. ' t ; A communique said: i "Central Pacific Area: - "1. Information has been re ceived that Midway island was attacked by Japanese aircraft at approximately 9 a. m., local, time (11:30 a. m., P.W.T.), today. "2. No further details are ai yet available." . ' Midway island lies 1149 miles northwest of Hawaii and 1653 miles southwest of Dutch Har bor, Alaska, which Japanest planes attacked yesterday caus Ing some light, damage and a few casualties to personnel. No Reference The communique made no ref erence to Ottawa, Canada, re ports that a third raid was made on Dutch Harbor last night, and at least for the time being, offi cials here refrained from com ment on those reports. . v WASHINGTON, June 4 (ff) The navy, describing the situa tion abDirtch-Harbor; Alaska, as ou'iet at present, reported today that the second wave of enemy planes which flew over the base yesterday failed to drop bombs and probably was engaged only in -reconnaissance. A communique declared total damage at the base was not ex tensive and fires -were quickly extinguished after .the initial raid yesterday morning. While the source of the at tacking aircraft has not been def initely determined, the commun ique said, they are believed to have been carrier-based. s The communique also an nounced the loss of the USS Cythera, a small naval patrol vessel, in the Atlantic area and said that next of kin of person nel aboard the converted yacht had been notified. Secretary of War Stimson told his press conference that the Japanese attack yesterday wero "not the only and last raids" to be expected on American terri tory " The indications that the two forays were largely, a testing operation since no bombs were dropped by the second wave led to general speculation here that more might be in the mak ing. Defenses of North America from the Aleutians to Panama (Continued on Page Two) , Nayy's Ceremony on Pearl Harbor to Be ' At Elks Sunday Arrangements have been made for the navy's ''Avenge Pearl Harbor" ceremonies to be held at the Elks temple at 11 a. m. Sunday. From 40 to 60 men will take the oath at the ceremonies, to which the general public is in vited.: Lieutenant Howard ; A. Frame of the 13th naval district will administer the oath locally, and it is expected President TWO ATTACKS Roosevelt will participate In a special ' broadcast to be given in connection with the program to be held here and simultane ously throughout the nation Special music and an address will be features of the services. Rev. V. E. Newman of St. Paul's Episcopal church and Rev. Father Casey of Sacred Heart Catholic church will have part in the program. ! . 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