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JUNE 8, 1942 Number 9508 N A am A Ed PS .... . i . . - .-, ; o)o)pl B ;( H I 14 h Ad French People To Leave Coast ' LONDON, Juno 8 (AP) Tho British radio broad ,cnt instruction to tho Fronch pnopln todny to ovacuato a broad coantal nroa from tho Belgian to tho Spanish border, which strip tho Germans luivo dcsignalod na a prohibited military area. "Operations of capita) importance," for tho liberation of Franco will start in duo time, said tho broadcast. - "It has boon shown on Bovoral occasions that tho prosunce of tho civilian population on tiiu ncuue of active operations hinders tho action, of troops, and particularly of friendly troops, in a very jrravo mnnnor," said tho broadcast beamed across tho channel in tho regular French Jnnffiinfto nows program. iii.! ill: lit .iliiliSii!ij!i :'" ! II f! li, wmm$ mm ; py FRANK JENKINS fHE Japs have taken a bad V beating. They aro In flight. . We . are pursuing, hoping to turn their defeat Into a DISAS TER. If we fail to cntch up with tlm, It will be became Ameri can jind-based aircraft ployed a big port In repelling tho nlluck and the pursuit rango of land bosed aircraft Is limited by (uol and ammunition and by the necessity to avoid coming within Irange of the ENEMY'S land based aircraft HPHAT la 'the pattern of what happened at Midway as described by Admiral King, commander-in-chief - of the U. B. fleet, and Admiral Nlmltz, com mander of the Pacific fleet. What l hnppcning at Dutch Harbor, where bottlo maneuvers of an unspecified nature aro STILL IN PROGRESS, Is ob scure due, Admiral King says, to the fact that ainco tho bomb ing thare Wednesday there have been several periods of bad weather and also to tho fact that ho doesn't question hla comman der In the field about current ac tions except when absolutely necessary. )(Thot l to say, ho leaves It up . to tho admiral on the JobAlso ha doesn't want the enemy to overhear and thua gain valuable Information.) CO- much for what happened. a Hero Is HOW It happened: After Doolittle'i bombing of Tokyo, King and General Mar shall (U. S. army chief of staff), knowing Jap psychology, felt that a reprisal in order to savo "face" was Inevitable This feel ing was strengthened after tho Coral tea fight, Tho U. S, was steadily rein forcing .Australia and piling up strength In tho Pacific. Tho Japa had a lot of strength avulloblo, and so wore In a position to hit and HIT HARD, Everything con spired to I nd lento an attack. . King and Marshall sized the situation up and decided that k Midway and Dutch Harbor of Juerod the Japs the best opportun ity for raid and a possible In vasion, with accompanying possi bilities of retirement without disastrous losses if they suffered a rovorso. (In war, you always hava to figure how you can GET BACK without being destroyed if you fall to get away with what you started.) Having figured all this out, King and Marshall strengthened Midway and Dutch Harbor. Tho Japs FELL INTO THE TRAP. pHEY wore OUT-THOUGHT. Bolng out-thought by your enemy Is about the worst thing that can happen to you In war. Tho only worso thing Is being hopelessly outnumbered in men tflnd material, f When BOTH happen to you, you're GONE, MEANWHILE a word of cau- tlon comes to us today from Washington, where Informed quarters say that desperate NEW (Continued on Page Three) T7V V Theatre of Operations British sources said that they could not Interpret the bulletin, that It would hove to stand for Itself. "The coastal regions of Occu pied France are likely to become more and more a theatre of war operations," tho warning contin ued. "They will Inevitably bring with them the gravest dangers for the civil population." The radio referred to "Notice No. 1." however, which was broadcast after tho commando raid on the Germans' U-boat boso at St. Nazaire March 28 when Frenchmen In that -city took up arms Bnd fought for three days aftor the British had departed. Part ; of the first notice, as read by the announcer, said "Your role for the moment should be limited to the pare of your own safety. Do everything you can to preserve your own lives, You will be needed by the armies of liberation. We give you formal" assurance that when the hour comes to ask lor active portlcipatlon of the French peo ple as a whole you will be warned of it." .' That notice Instructed French, men to preserve themselves for the day when the formal call Is Issued for tho help of the French, nation. , "Here Is notice No. 2," the broadcast said. It added: - "Don't Wait" ' "Don't wait until tho last mo ment. It would bo too late. Go (Continued on Pago Three) Transportation Troubles May Cut Down Food Supply PORTLAND. Juno 8 (P) Because of increasing motor transportation difficulties, some U. S. communities may have troublo getting enough food be fore tho war Is over, Ted V. Rodgcrs said Saturday.. Rodgcrs, president of' the American Trucking association, told a conference of motor freight operators that restric tions will increase. Ho warned that no 'now trucks, no new tires, and few parts will bo available for the duration, and admonished truck ers to handlo their machines carofully. Ono Immediate possibility, Rodgcrs added, is thot of ra tioning of rail, motor and air transportation. HERSHEY NOT COMING SALEM, June 8 (P) Gen eral Lewis B. Horshey, nation al selective service director, will be unable to make his pro posed visit to Oregon, Colonel Elmer V. Wooton, state selective sorvlce director, sold today. No Tires for Civilians 'Til War Ends, Baldock Reports SALEM, June 8 (VH-'-There will be no tires available for civilian use for tho duration of tho war, Stato Highway Engi neer. R. H. Baldock said today on returning from Scnttle where ho attendod a meeting sponsored by John L. Rogers of the office of defense transportation. Baldock said Rogers suggest ed the following five-point con servation program: 1. Slop all non-essential driv ing immediately. . . 2. Form clubs for group rid ing in five-passenger vehicles, alternating vehicles week by week. 3. Form farm cooperatives to haul produce In pooled trucks. 4. Stagger hours of work In TRAIN-TRUCK SMASH KILLS IT Andrew Hemrich, '48, Accident Victim At Wocus Andrew Hemrich, 48, for 18 years a resident of tho Klamath area, was killed instantly at 12 o'clock noon Monday when hla heavy truck was struck by the northbound Southern Paci fic p a s s e nger 3 train at Wocus, . six miles, north Klamath's 1942 of Klamath . Auto Toll Falls. This Is Klamath coun ty's third traffic fatality for the year. John B r u c e, employed by Hemrich at Merrill, .Is In Hill side hospital recovering .from severe injuries. He was a pas senger in the truck. 'operated by Hemrich. '..':-.,--' . The. truck, carrying a "tractor on .this platform, was being driven to property across the railroad track on Upper Klam ath lake where Hemrich had leased 80 acres from Jerry Short of Henley. Tho t land Is in 'radishes,'. Short stated,-' and Hemrich had planned to work on the tract Monday afternoon: ' John 'Rcnnsplcch, 2958 Hope street, told Dr. George H, Ad ler, county coroner, that' he was waiting for Hemrich when he heard .the , crash. Ho was in a field near the tracks and said (Continued on Page Three)' British Use U. S. Planes . In New At tack LONDON, June 8 (Ph American-made Boston bombers con ducted large-scalo offensive op erations against German-held coastal torrltory today, center ing their attacks on the docks and other objectives at Bruges, Belgium, Tho air ministry announced that six escorting fighters were lost and that four German planes were destroyed. Pilots of two RAF planes were saved. ' Hundreds of fighting " planes and f Ightor-bombcrs from the scores of airfields of Britain swept In a scries of thrusts over Hitler's channel ports and de fenses, continuing the regular daylight offensive which has ac companied -tho RAF's heavy bombing drive. British warplancs attacked targets in northern France and Holland last night and damaged a German ship off tho Frisian islands, tho air ministry an nounced today, 'but bad weather over the continent kept the RAF from following up Its Saturday night assault on Emden with an other massed raid upon Ger many. , v : " YOUNQ MEN, ATTENTION Attention of young men of 18 and 10 Is called to an ad of the U. S. army recruiting and induction service, appear ing on page 3 of this issue. cities to prevent pook loads In moss transportation. B. Take care of tires by proper Inflation and Inspection.. . "Tho American public must face these realities at once," Bol dock sold, "as othorwlso by the end of two years a major por tion of the rubbcr-tlrcd vehicles will bo off tho roods and streets. "By ' eful use, a third of the vehicles should do the essential Job, and the tires and vehicles can last the duration. ..... . "Thl I m Is" so Important to tho w urg e of the people of this conn ,c that if It cannot be dono voluntarily, it may be done by tho most drastic regimenta tion the American people have yot seen," y . n n 48 Take ITT m I .Ml' V- This picture was taken Just after Sunday's ceremony in the Elks temple when 48 young men took the oath for navy and navy aviation service as "avengers of Pearl harbor." It was tha semi-anniversary of the Pearl harbor attack. The recruits are standing In a V. Men in uniform are. left to right! Chief Gunner a Mate F. R. Duncan, Lieutenant Howard . A. Frame, Chief Ma chinist's Mate Scadding. .-. . i ' 4 ... . . 11 F Pay Scale Previously Adopted by House Wins Ballot WASHINGTON, June 8 W) The senate voted today to. in. crease the minimum pay in the armed forces to $50 . monthly, to raise that of. first class pri vates and corresponding naval ratings to $34 and to make all pay Increases effective , as of June 1. ' , .' Action came on a motion of Senator La Folletto- (Prog.-Wis.) to return to conference a mili tary pay adjustment , bill and to accept house amendments. O. K. in House La Follette's motion was adopted after Senator Austin (R.-Vt.) had filed a conference report outlining a compromise proposal agreed upon by a joinl senate-house committee. This compromise would have fixed the minimum pay at $46, with first class privates and others of equal rank receiving $52. . By adoption of La Follette's motion, the senate instructed its conferees to carry out the necessary parliamentary pro cedure to approve the $50-554 pay scale previously voted by the house. La Folletto said these for malities ought to be carried out immediately and the revised conference agreement, approved and sent to the house for final legislative action. . The vote was 58 to 20 to adopt a La Follette's motion. Austin told tlie senate that under the compromise It would be possible for. army buck pri vates who were sent overseas to draw $60.20 a month. WAR QUIZ 1. This medal, attached to a ribbon with green, yellow, blue, yellow and green stripes. has to do with Mexico, but Is different from the medal giv en soldiers who served In the Mexican border patrol.. Was . It for service In Mexico? ' - ' 2. The royal air- force has bombed - the leading western Baltic sea port of Lubeck. . Is tho city on the sea, on a river t'-T leading to the sea, or on a lake connected with the sea? '.-". 3. "Keep 'Em Flying" Is an army slogan. Was It adopted in the last war or In the pres ent one, and by Britons, Amer icans, Canadians? t Answers on Pag Tout filmic! w Oath as Pearl Harbor t ' . Ill; t 3 tfamr w u 48 Young Men Take Oath on 'Avenge Pearl Harbor' Day Standing in ' a double V, 48 strapping young . men took the oath of allegiance here. Sunday in ceremonies marking . Klam ath's part In a nationwide navy recruiting effort for avenging Pearl harbor. The group, made up of regu lar navy recruits and aviation cadet recruiuj,. received, the .oath from Lieutenant' Howard P. Frame, of , the 18th naval dis trict, . In ', exercises at .the Elks, temple '.fin : ""which the principal address ". was : given by Frank Jenkins,' Klamath publisher.. Jenkins; speaking directly to the Pearl harbor avengers, re minded them that America tra- Jungles Stab Sends Transient To Hospital Here Earl Cornell, 32-year-old tran sient, Is in Klamath Valley hos pital with severe stab wounds and Simon A. Beaulieu, Minne sota Indian, is in the county Jail on a charge of assault wjth a dangerous weapon, as the result of a knifing said to have taken place early Sunday night In the "jungles" near the OC&E tracks and South Sixth street ' . City police were called to the transient camp at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night where they found Cornell in a serious condition. He had a six-Inch stab wound in the abdomen, cuts about the forehead and face. He was moved by ambulance to the hos pital. His condition was said to be good late Monday. Cornell told officers an Indian with several other Indian men and women came to the camp. Cornell said he was sleeping and one Of the men demanded a drink, called him a name and without warning drew a fish knlfo and stabbed him. ' Cornell was found by John (Contlnuod on Page Three) Baseball '"" NATIONAL LEAGUE - " R. H. E. Boston : 13 1 Cincinnati 3 ' 10 1 Early and Lombard!; Derrin ger, Salvo (1), and Lamanno. May Was Wettest Month in 10 Years " . .Kl'omothites who muttered in thclrj beards over this area's .un seasdnablo weather had a per fect 'right to grumble. The U. S.' bureau of reclamation re ported tho month of May the wettest May since 1932, and coldest -since 1933. - There . were but seven clear days. In. the month, the rest were either cloudy or part cloudy. Two Inches of snow fell during May. and precipita tion added up to 1.94 Inches. Maximum temperature was 83 degrees, minimum, 24. Mean maximum was recorded at 61.8 degrees, . mean minimum, 36.4 degrees. Normal precipitation is .03 of an Inch, the weatherman said. Avengers at Sunday v mi r AAA- ' v, ditionally. goes into .a war un ready .because it is a peace-lov ing country not made, up of professional soldiers; - - ;.s. ' - "But .- once aroused.- Ameri cans are the toughest fighters in the world," said Jenkins. 'They- will demonstrate that in this war, as they have in past wars." . " ; . i - ; ' John Ebinger, chairman of -the Kiwanls '. club navy,; committee, presided " at the services. ,' ,At- lenaance at we ceremonies -exceeded expectations, . and. sev eral score additional chairs were brought into the E 1 k s- lodge room.- . -. ' ."" ' - .- Rev. Victor Newman f of St Paul's ' Episcopal church : gave the invocation, followed by the singing of "America the Beau tiful" by Miss Patricia Brown, accompanied by Mrs: Shepherd. Chief Gunners Mate F. R; Dun can, Klamath . recruit officer, spoke briefly and called the roll of the recruits. He then intro duced Lieutenant Frame, who stood in the double V formed by the men and gave them the oath at 11:25 a. m. Jenkins' address was followed by . the singing of "America" and benediction by Father Thomas Casey of Sacred Heart church. Colors for" the event were provided by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the veterans and the VFW auxiliary attend, ed in uniform. "The Klamath men were among 12,326 who participated. in similar ceremonies through out the country. ) . ' Board 1 Draftees Leave Here Tonight i The June contingent of draf tees from Board 1 will leave to night for Portland after being sworn in at the Klamath armory selective service ' headquarters said today. ; i The men have been ordered to .report at the armory at 7 o clock where a short entertain, ment program has been planned. Relatives and friends are urged to: say their good-byes at the armory rather than later at the Southern Pacific depot. A group from Board 2 will leave here on the night of Wed nesday, Juno 17. ! Back Pay Grant May Give Push to War Bond Sales Plans for the purchase of war bonds by Klamath area CIO lum ber workers with money from retroactive pay increases grant ed last week were OA foot today. The suggestion was voiced by Andrew M. Collier, county war savings chairman, 'who estimat ed that $42,000 worth of bonds could be sold to some 1500 work ers who will receive an average of $28 each under the pay boost. The woge "increase was retroac tive to April 1. " ! Collier said the total would appreciably aid the county in its drive to reach the June goal of $214,000. George Brown,, chief district representative or the CIO, en Ceremony U" vr?m lit JAP SUBMARINES Sydney and Newcastle I Targets But Dam ' ; ; age Slight : '. ALLIED -i HEAD9UARTERS, Australia.. June, a ;' -Japanese subraarines; slipping-:mshore:,UiK der . coyer. oiiaarKness, snenea Sydney- and ..Newcastle ... during last night in the first sea-borne attack qn the Australian main land since the start of the war. - An official announcement said' the shelling caused no military damage and there was only one casualty. Edward Hirsch, 40; a refugee, who left, Germany five years ago, suffered a broken leg in Sydney when shells slightly damaged a' block of flats. ' ' ; ;In! Newcastle, little "damage, was caused aside from broken windows. . ' . The' attack followed by one week an unsuccessful raid on Sydney harbor by Japanese mid get submarines, four of which were destroyed before they could do more than sink an old harbor vessel. ' . . .Newcastle was" reported under attack for about 30 minutes and Sydney, which is 80 miles to the south, for about 15 minutes. Reed, Hagelstein, . , Blocklinger .Seek " School ' Board Jobs' . ; Nelson Reed, Klamath Falls businessman", Saturday announc ed his candidacy for the office of director on Klamath Union high school board. Percy Mur ray, for the past 10 years a mem ber "of the board, will not' seek reelection he announced Mon day. ;The office carries a five year term. Date of the election is Monday, June 22. f ' : Two candidates have announc ed for the directorship from the northern section on the . Klam ath county school board. George Hagelstein, Algoma, who served out- the unexpired -term. of. his brother, Fred, has filed for. the office as has Arthur Blocklin ger, ...Chiloquin . mill- operator. Election is slated for June 15. Local chairmen of sub-districts will also be named at this time. dorsed the plan, saying," "It's a very good suggestion and I be lieve it merits the consideration of the men themselves. Buying of the bonds will aid' both the country and the men."- He uald that he believed the plan could best be worked out between the men and their employers. M.'.T. Owre of the Pine Indus trial Relations committee, Klam ath district employers bargain ing group, said the idea Lad. not been discussed by employers as a group and concurred with Brown in that he thought ar rangements should be worked out between Individual mills and their employes. . - ' actorIdmit; fion ... - ,.- : v 3 Jap Warships Sunk, 1 1 Damaged, Air : Arm Destroyed By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, June 8 (AP) Desperate new Japanese efforts to break the growing might- of America's air and sea power in the Pacific were predicted in in formed quarters here today at the only course left open to the enemy, now clearly in' the. de fensive. Subsequent to the' United . States victory in the battle that started with the. repulse of a huge attacking force at Midway island last week, authorities said that the Japs must either initiate new operations somewhere alon the sweeping defense line thai runs from Alaska to Australia of else - by inactivity admit their eventual - complete defeat . even before the grand offensive oi the United Nations starts rolling in the Pacific. v ;. i -. ; In Washington, without relat ing statistics, -Admiral Ernest J. King, commander-in-chief of the U. S. fleet, said that the Japan ese had thrown the bulk of their sea power into the effort to take Midway, but that the army and . navy, had been prepared foe just such -an attempt. Land based air craft "played a big part" in re pelling, the attack, King . said, and hVused thatfact to give, a clue to the limits beyond -which the pursuit of the routed enemy would not be continued.- - ' i - vlt ; woulfc,notlTbe-i''well : a d -vised" . he - explained,. ior the American forces to rutirmto any territory where' the - Japanese could bring ; their land-based bombers and fighter planes-into action. Th'e.gravity .'of the action at Midway (or the United States was emphasized by , King with (Continued on Page Three) -' ' . . . . ( Fire Fighting.' ' Experts Moved ' "' .' To Pacific Coast ' J' ( ' DENVER, June 8 (AP)-!-EIght federal forest service fire fight ing experts' have" been1 trans ferred from the Rooky moun tain area to the Pacific coast in anticipation -of great forest fire danger in the coastal. region be cause of the war, C. J. Stahl, associate regional , forester.' re ported today. . "It is the policy of the forest service to shift personnel to the most critical areas during the fire, season,". Stahl explained. "The forests of the Rocky moun tain region have not suffered as heavy losses during most years as . those on the Pacific coast and In the northwest Pacific regions" . .V '. ,: British Repulse ' ', ' New Desert Attack ... CAIRO, Egypt June 8 The great : tank battle In tin Libyan desert roared Into ill 14th day today with the British and their Free French allies ap parently holding the upper hand after repulsing new axis attacki at Knlghtsbrldge and Blr Hach elm. v : -"-;., uv.--' ' The British' reported that thelt artillery fire had smashed an other attempt by Field Marshal ; Erwln Rommel's columns yester. day to break through toward Tobruk 15 miles northeast of Knlghtsbrldge,- - -. " - At the same time, a commun ique said,. the: Free French at Bir Hachelm threw back a tank assault at that bastion menacing the right, flank ;. of -. Rommel's . forces. , i V" : It was the Second time in al many days that the British had reported the axis' chieftain re pulsed In an attempt to break through at Knlghtsbrldge. '' News Index City Briefs ,......Page 2 Comics and Story ......... Page fl Editorials ...Page 4 Information Page 2 Market, Financial ..........Page 3 Pattern ...i.......Pag 2 Sporta ...j....Pag B
