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Ill i III: II l ill !i! ill ! i ill j i !; mm i By FRANK JENKINS COR Americana, Interest centers todny on Midway Inland, where un Important naval bnttlo .appear to bo In program Washington "sources" (mean ing peopla who know but can't bo quoted by name) iwy It looks ' like one of the greatest- nnvnl bnttlcn of the 1'nclflc. i ... fUE bnttlo alnrtcd on Thura 'A day, with a Jap ottnek at dawn, which wan benlen off with heavy losses Infllctvd on thu at tucker. Friiitmenlnry reports dell of damage tu a Jnp buttle hip, nn alrcruft carrlor and pos- . ailliy Ollirr warnuips, nm with iib heavy toll of planes. : Toduy'a dispatches any: ' 'The flaming ea battlo l bo- llevod to bo progressing long ' after the orlglnul attack on Mid way waa beaten off, with both sides maneuvering for advantage In what may bo crucial fight to determine japan a sonny io strike at aueh vital point si Hawaii, the Panama canal and the American Pacific Coast," HTHAT Is to any, If the Japs A WIN, seriously damaging our naval forces In tho Pacific, they will be In a position to carry tho war first to our outer ring of de lenses and then to our home land Itself. , Tho Jap navsl forco involved includes battleships, heavy crula .'. ; ars and aircraft carriers, This Ji the first lime Japanese battlo Q'lps have been reported east of Their home waters. ' ' So large a forco so far from horns (Midway Is more than 3000 miles this side of Yoko hama) suggests that the Jnps mean business. ... "THE scope of the Jap plans Is hinted at by tholr attack on Dutch Harbor, which Is nearly 3000 miles from Midway. Unless that was merely foray by a few planes, they are proceeding on a wido front. CEATTLE, today's dispatches toll us. Is stripped far action. Its state of mind may bo guessed from this statement by Stephen F. Chndwlck, former nntioniil commander of tho American Qeglon, and now morolo chair un for the Seattle civilian wnr commission: : "Morale Is high, but rumor mongering Is continuing follow ing tho attack on Dutch Harbor and radio silences. Mora rumors sro circulating this week than at any tlmo slnco the war began. Each civilian must recognize that Wo are In a total war and must ' conduct himself accordingly." THAT Is true. ' The time Is past when war was confined to the fighting services. Morale behind tho lines Is now as 1m- fiortnnt as mornln In the fighting incs themselves. This fact, however, can't bo overlooked; Americans have been ac customed to ALL the news, They sro not Ignorant, They aro not children. They linvo stamina, long as they know what Is Oilng on, thoy can be trusted To keep their hoads and follow lcndorshlp Intelligently. Tho Contusion and tho sensa of fu tility that follow tho shutting off of news contribute to rumor mongering, and wild ' rumors spreading from mouth to muulh don't strengthen morale Tho public should bo given every bit of nows that Is pos sible without tipping tho onomy off to vital war secrets such as tho disposal of forces. Too rigid censorship, by un dermining civilian morala and promoting tho spread of unfound ed rumors, con work FOR tho oncmy as well as against him. N other fronts than tho Pa 7 clflc, the news Is relatively quiet. ORommol Is reported to bo ivlng STRONG reinforcements into the. tank battle In Libya. Mow strong his reinforcements mny be Is tho point ot chief In terest. Germany has been moving heaven and earth to reinforce (Continued on Page Two) 571 BIG ORDNANCE T SCENE OF Victims' Bodies Blown To Bits in Tragedy At Joliet JOLIET, 111., Juno 5 UP) Fit-ty-scvon persons were killed or missing today In a terrific explo sion which destroyed one build ing of the huge ' Elwaod ord nance plant south of hero. The casualties appeared to have been greater than In any other muni tions plant accident. Capt. David P. Tunstall, army public rotations officer, said there were 21 known dead, of whom four were Identified, and 3S missing. In addition 80 per sons were Injured. Blown to Bits Many of the victims were blown to bits and authorities at tempted the tragically slow process of Identification by fin gerprints. Coronor E. A. Kingston of Will county said ports of 24 bodies were In an undertaking establishment In Jollat, with more bodies at ths ordnance plant grounds In southern Will county. The army said 81 persons were treated for Injuries at the post hospital. Of these, 30 were soon discharged. Many of the Injured had been working on ramps outside the shipping (Continued on Page Two) House Refuses Funds to Keep CCC in Operation WASHINGTON, Juno B VP) Supporting a recommendation from Its appropriations commit tee the house refused today to vole funds to keep tho depression-born Civilian Conservation Corps going on a reduced basis during tho war. By tcllor voto of 188 to 121 tho house rejected an amendment by Representative Tarvcr (D Gn.) to add a $79,818,000 allot ment for tho CCC to tho $1,058, 451,600 supply bill for the labor department, social security bourd, and kindred federal agencies. Tarvcr, fighting for continu ance of tho CCC, told tho house an cxccutlvo order to consoli date It with tho national youth administration Is In the offing. EXPLOSION Tank Parade Followed by Heavy Sale of War Bonds A 13-lon tank, from whose grey-green turret tousled-headed little Johnny Sheffield waved to hundreds of bystanders, was the high point In the war sav ings parado which proceeded down flag decorated Main street at 1:30 o'clock Friday aft ernoon. Immediately after tho parade the tank returned to tho Inter section of South Sixth and Main streets and a program was pre sented which ended In tho sale ot $8000 worth ot bonds pur chased by men, women and children. Mayor John Houston led the program which Included sing ing of "Any Bonds Today?" by flvo other woll known men, all of whom purchased $100 bonds when tho audience advised them their money would work better than their voices. They wore Lowell Stockman of Pen dleton, Kenneth A.' Moore, W. J. Dlnsmore, Vern Owens, Paul Landry and Houston. Star Spaaks 1 Johnny Sheffield, 11-yeor-old MGM star, loaned by his studio on a west coast tour to up the sales of war stamps and bonds, leu tho turret ot the tank and QGGIliri) nim uuu Old Cologne Is "Forever Lost" Say Germans BERN, Switzerland, June ft UP) The first Cologne newspap ers since tho monster RAF raid of last Saturday night reached neutral territory today, carry ing tho somber stutcmcnt that the historic Rhlnoland city, as lis pcopia havo known it, is "forever lost." The Koclnlsche Zcitung, re suming publication on Wednes day of this week, described Col ogne as "still smoking ruins," with some fires still alight and "whole quarters of the town empty." " (A German dispatch quoted by tho Stockholm newspaper Dag ens Nyhctcr said ' all tho' pro perty of 10,000 persons had been destroyed; that tho central dis trict of the city was ruined and that tho damage had reached deep Into the suburbs). Said the Koclnlsche Zeltung: "The entire aspect of the city (Continued on Page Two) CUEIST COST TO Time Cost of Illness , Would Build 3000;: "" Bombers, Oaim "V Twenty -eight ' million man days of working time were lost throughout the nation In one year due to temporary disabili ties resulting from accidents, Otto Hartwig, state chairman of tho national committee for the conservation of manpower In war industries, told the conven ing lumber section ot the West ern Safety conference In tho Elk hotel this noon. The loss, added to an average of 24,000,000 man-days lost each month due to .preventable sick ness, takes a terrific toll In America's war production capac ity, ha said. The time lost from preventable sickness alone, Hortwig asserted,. If prevented would be sufficient to build over 3000 bombers or IB heavy cruis ers or 24,000 light tanks each month. . Hartwig, whose address high lighted today's luncheon meet ing, urged a superhuman effort on the part of the lumber Indus try to stop the drain on man power that preventable acci dents and sickness works each day. The Industry, he said. Is asked to produce more than ever - (Continued on "age Two) spoke over the microphone to a cheering crowd. Johnny Is tho hero, of "Tarzon-Jr." mov ies. His mother, Mrs. Sheffield, was also In tho crowd. She Is tho guest ot Mrs. Rose Poole. The parade was led by color bearers of tho various veteran organizations followed by the city band,' tho tank with John ny and a detachment ot United States army men, Boy Scouts, the Salvation Army float and marchers depicting tho "Spirit of '78," the USO entry, Red Cross and an elephant bor rowed from tho circus. Pep Peppers aided In the sale ot bonds and stamps and total amount sold will be announced Saturday by Andrew Collier, Klamath county chairman of war savings. ( -, TRAIN KILLS MAN SALEM, Juno B (P) Ernest W. Rogers, 37, employe of. a go rage at Independence, was In stantly killed here at noon to day when the service truck he was driving was struck at 14th and Mission streets by the northbound Cnscade, e t a c k Southern Pa cifie passenger train. & sist DESERT FRAY British Smash German Assault on Bir El Hacheim jj. .. By The Associated Press Marshal Erwln Rommel was reported moving strong axis re inforcements Into the bloody 11 day-old battle of North. Africa today as tho British announced they had smashed an axis tank assault on Bir El Hacheim for the second time in two days. ' Bir El Hacheim. a desert wa ter hole. Is the southern anchor of a B0-miie British defense line stretched across the hot sands to the Mediterranean sea. British headquarters said Brit ish, and Indian troops struck from the rear toj relieve the Free French and Indian garrison at Bir El Hacheim after the defend' era had twice rejected German demands that they surrender the key stronghold, - . t .Divs Bombers Busy 'FronUlne "-dispatches'" ssid Rommel' was speeding fresh troops and tanks into the battle sector around Tobruk in an at tempt to relieve pressure on a 9-mlle corridor which axis forces had driven into the British main defense line., : British mechanized forces were reported slashing at axis tanks holding the breach, while Ger man dive bombers pounded fu riously at British positions block ing Rommel's advance toward Egypt. ' ... A Rome communique said German and Italian planes shot down 26 RAF aircraft in bitter dogfights over the Libyan desert battlefield yesterday, and de clared counter-attacking axis . (Continued on Page Two) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE First game: R. H. E. Boston 2 7 1 Cincinnati 3 6 1 2 Javcry and Lombardi; Vander meer and Hemsloy. (First game) R. H. E. Brooklyn 8 8 1 Chicago 3 8.1 Wvatt. Casev (R and Dwnn- Olsen. Bithorn (fil Rrlrlrcnn (71 and McCullough. AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Chicago J .' 1.2 8 1 Boston 4 11 3 Humphries and Tresh; Terry, Brown (0) and Conroy. R. H. E. Cleveland ; 0 7 1 New York 8 11 . 2 Smith, Gromek (3), Embrce (8), and Hcgan; Gomez, Brewer (8), and Rosar. German Battleship Reported Hit LONDON, June B (fl3) The German battleship Tlrpltz and the German heavy cruiser Ad miral Hipper received "several direct hits" during the lost RAF bombing raid on the Trondheim area, Norwegian sources report ed here today, quoting advices from Trondheim. One of the ships, not speci fied, developed a definite list, theso sources said. The Norwegians said the RAF raids April 20-30 also scored hits on airfields at Vaerncs and Oerlandet. The Germans blocked off the Oerlandet field, but It was learned the barracks were hit and 17 Germans killed at Vacrnes. After the raids, these sources added, workmen on the Ger man naval base being built at Trondheim went on strike and many left the area. DRAWS FRESH AXIS TROOPS Attractive , ' v; i "fir- " f r. s.v fnM ill rift ttf t'fii This picture shows the boms up in flames and smok Thursday evening. Ths picture was taken by Mrs.. L. Lambsrt,. 5441 South Sixth s treat. .:.'(. RECEIVE PUT BOOST r War Labor. Unit Grant -Announced by PIRC; j And' CIO Here Lumber workers represented by the Klamath basin district council of the CIO International Woodworkers of America today were granted a 71 cent per hour pay Increase by the war labor board, a joint announcement by the IWA-and the Pine Industrial Relations committee revealed. The pay boost is retroactive to April 1, 1B42. It will affect ap proximately 1500 workers in the immediate Klamath vicinity and 4675 Klamath district council members in all, it was estimated. The raise will bring minimum wages in most cases to 80 cents The announcement said that hours of labor and vacation is sues were still in the hands of the WLB and that decisions on both would follow. The board decision was made one case No. 90, affecting CIO workers in the fir belt area north of Portland. The PIRC (Continued on Pago Two) ' i Boy, 7, Injured When Hit by Car On Highway West Floyd Shcppler, 7-year-old son of Charles S. Sheppler of the Kcno highway, is In Klamath Valley hospital suffering from serious Injuries received when he was struck by a car two miles - west of Klamath Falls about 4 o'clock Thursday after noon. - The boy, a second grader at Riverside school, was walking toward home ' from Klamath Falls when ho apparently start ed to cross the highway directly In the path of an oncoming car operated by a Sacramento, Calif., resident. , Floyd suffered a . fractured right arm, a fractured left leg, severe head injuries and body bruises. His condition was said to be good by hospital attendants late Friday. State police Investigated the accident and released the oper ator of the car who left Friday to continue his way south. Of ficers said the boy was thrown 10 or IS feet. The car stopped immediately and flagged a pass ing motorist who took the boy to Klamath Valley hospital. Floyd was to have appeared In the war savings parade as the "Spirit of 78" in the Salvation Army entry. BALKAN WAR OFFICIAL . WASHINGTON. June 8 (P) The United States went to war officially today with Bulgaria, Hungary and Rumania when President Roosevelt sigiW a congressional resolution passed by both houses yesterday. Suburban Home Fire Victim of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Tilton, . : ... .. .. . . Fire Destroys , Tilton Home on Homedale Road The story -and -a half home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex D. Tilton, 250S Homedale road, burned to the ground about 6:15 .o'clock Thursday - evening , and . despite the help of, neighbors JUtle. was saved ; but :, downstairs . furnish ings. , :.';'. Mrs. Tilton was alone at the time the fire .was discovered blazing in the garage which ad joins the house. - Ever! the -garden hose, hanging on the. wall, was burning and by the-time another hose was hronght to the scene, the flames were- out of control and had reached the upper part of the house."" ' Friends carried furniture from the downstairs rooms. The electric range, the piano' and refrigerator were among the articles saved. The Tiltdnshave five young children, three, of whom were down, town . with their . father, and two . absent from home. Tilton is employed as sawyer with . Ewauna Box company. The family purchased (Continued on Page Two) . .; , -:i. Committee Sets - Soldier's Pay j At $46 a Month ; : WASHINGTON, June 8 (fl)-4 A senate-house conference com mittee today compromised and agreed upon . a . basic minimum pay of 546 a month for men. in the armed services. .. The $46 would apply to buck privates and apprentice seamen and corresponding ratings in the marines and coast guard. - For the first class privates the conferees agreed on-, $52 compared with $48 voted by the senate and $54 approved by the house. i The pay increase would be retroactive to June 1. Midway Isle Attack May Signal General Onslaught By DeWltt MacKsniis -Wlds World War Analyst Expansion of the Japanese raid on Dutch Harbor Into an attack on our Midway . island, with heavy naval and air forces, compels us to take a wider view of these operations and note they are further indications that we are on the verge of a general axis onslaught which will try to force a decision in the World war this year. While the precise purpose of the Japanese raids are still in doubt, they fit In perfectly with I he signs that the axis , volcano is about to erupt. Certainly the fact that the Japs struck at little Midway in strength, even em ploying a battleship, would seem to indicate that they are bent on something more than hit-and-run1 raids. They are building tow ards a climax. . , ; Also a part of this broad pic-' lure, as I indicted earlier this T 2506 Homedals road, as it want . FEfilStMN CRASH Heavy" "Bomber "Goes Up in flames Near - Sari Rafael ' SAN RAFAEL, Calif, June S () -Fourteen army fliers died in the crash1 of a heavy bomber tear here, last night, the army said today. ; , ' . Flames consumed the wreck age when the plane hit a hilltop as the pilot circled for an em ergency landing. The - plane developed trouble soon after a takeoff and. radioed nearby Hamilton field to clear a runway: The pilot circled toward the field. The. big. ship lost altitude and then dived into a hillside on the Herzog ranch, three miles north west of Hamilton field. . ! ----- None Escaped As it crashed ' great - flames swept through the wreckage. Not a man1 escaped. "; The plane burned for about an hour) lighting up the country side, r .- . .". '.'...".' - ; ' Flames did not spread to the surrounding farm area. The heavily loaded plane had been in the air i only a few moments before .. trouble . de veloped. It appeared to some that the pilot intentionally sought an emergency landing area nearby, rather : than risk crashing on Hamilton field and setting fire to hangars and other buildings. - Last night's crash was the worst, in point of lives lost, in military-flying in California. Fourteen- navy fliers were killed near Llvermore on April 12 as two big Amphibian patrol bombers . crashed In quick succession.- ..'... .. week,- is thus far unsuccessful but determined offensive of wily nasi Marshal Rommel In an ef fort to get set for a drive against Egypt and the Suez Canal across the Libyan sands. . That . Is an integral Item ot the Hitlcrlan strategy for conquering the Mid dle East and thus reaching the supplies which Germany must have. '. .-Exptst Nasi DrWs . In short,: the nasi fuehrer is about to strike, and his allies and henchmen are coming into ac tion. - Any day' now we may expect him to 'launch against the Mus covites that much advertised "spring"' offensive which , has been so long delayed that sum mer already is edging onto the southern Russian steppes. We are orrthe verge of the conflict which bids fair to.be the great est and bloodiest of history, for . (Continued on Page Two) L JAPFQRGES Two Jap Subs Sunk on ' Australian Route, -MacArthur Says - By Roger d. GREENE v Associated Press War Editor '. American battle forces wers reported slashing anew at a pow erful Japanese naval squadron off Midway island in the Pacific today after beating off a dawn attack yesterday by battleships, aircraft earners and cruisers with heavy losses for the enemy. Washington sources said Amer- . lean and Japanese fleet units ap parently were engaged in one of the greatest battles of the Pacific. The flaming sea battle was believed-to be progressing ' long after the original attack on Mid. way was beaten off, with both sides maneuvering for advanfc age in what may be a crucial fight to determine Japan's abil ity to strike at such vital points as Hawaii, the Panama canal and the American Pacific coast. - "Our attacks on the enemy are continuing," said a bulletin from the headquarters- of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet. ' Poison Gas in China ' - 1 Meanwhile,' President Roose velt' declared' authoritative re ports had been received that ; Japarr-wa using' poison' gas in the war with China and prom ised -that the United- States would retaliate "in kind and in full measure" if-Japan persisted -in this form of "inhuman war fare." - . - - J Mr. -Roosevelt read a state ment making It "unmistakably clear" -that the ' United- States would consider the use of poison gas against China or any other united nation as an; action against the United States, - "Upon Japan will rest - the responsibility," the statement said. - - ' - -. . Chinese dispatches have re peatedly charged that the Jap anese were resorting to gas war fare. ' ' 1 : '-. Midway Attack The Japanese naval attack on Midway - island struck 1 at 6:35 a. m. yesterday. Only minor damage and no (Continued on Page Two) Atlantic Shipping i . Losses Mount ' ' WASHINGTON,' June 5 (P) The navy announced today that a small British merchant ship had been' shelled and sunk by enemy submarine action in the Atlantic and survivors had been landed at two east coast ports. WASHINGTON, June 8 A Norwegian medium-sized mer-. chant ship has been torpedoed and shelled by an enemy sub marine in the Atlantic and a Dutch medium-sized ship ' has been torpedoed, the navy an nounced today, adding that sur vivors of both vessels ' were landed at an east coast port. Two more United Nations ships have been torpedoed In the Atlantic, the navy disclosed today, bringing the announced losses there in two days to six merchant : vessels and a navy patrol boat. : i - As the navy reported yester day the recent loss of the pa trol boat and four merchantmen in - the Atlantic and one mer chantman ; In the far Pacific, Chairman Ellender (D-La.) of the senate naval affairs sub committee said In Washington that naval officers might be called in a public hearing. - We are not entirely satisfied that everything possible Is be ing ' done to halt, these sink ings," Ellender declared, "w are going Into the; whole mat ter In public." News Index Church' News ............... Page 13 City Briefs ."..,........Fage 9 Comics and Story Page 8 Editorials .........,..Page , 4 Market, Financial ...,.,Pago 1 9 Midland Empire .......Page 12 Pattern ,. ....Page 6 Sports POpes 10, 11 HEAVY REPORTED FDR
