HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Jiina 12, 1041
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fires and recovering her air
craft. Several hours after the
battle, while (teaming - at 20
knots, a terrific internal ex
plosion rocked the Lexington,
causing serious fires to break
out in many parts of the ship.
Gas Fumes Ignited" ' '
"It was first thought that the
explosion was the result of a
'sleeper" bomb. Investigation re
vealed, however, that the prob
able cause was the Ignition of
gasoline vapors which resulted
xrom leaks in ruptured gwuii&v
lines in closed compartments
below decks. . '
"The crew fought heroically
for mors tfesa -five-hears-. to
save the ship but were at great
disadvantage because .the ex
plosion had damaged' much of
the fire fighting equipment
"Destroyers1 were sent along
side to assist with their pumps,
fire house and - chemical fire
fighting equipment The wound
ed were transferred from the
burning carrier to the destroy
ers alongside. -
"Finally, with all 'machinery
disabled, the ship stonp nd
flames - enveloping nearly her
entire length, it becam; Appar
ent that any further attempt to
save her, was futile and the
captain ordered the ; crew to
'abandon ship'." '
The loss was disclosed in con
nection with an official review
of the navy's part in the entire
Coral sea campaign, starting
March 10 at New Guinea and
running through May 8 when
enemy aircraft inflicted such
damage on the Lexington that
several hours later she explod
ed and sank, with a relatively
light loss of life.
As against U. S. losses which
the navy said had been instru
mental in disrupting Japan's
strategy against Australia, the
navy announced the Japanese
had suffered:
Sunk: . . v, .
One aircraft carrier, S heavy
cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 2 des
troyers, several transports and
mall supply vessels.
Severely damaged and prob
ably sunk:
1 cruiser, 1 destroyer.
Severely damaged:
More than 20 ships, including
1 aircraft carrier, 3 cruisers, 2
aircraft tenders, 3 destroyers.
The heaviest losses of the
enemy' were inflicted in an at
tack on Salamaua and Lae, New
Guinea, March 10 when aircraft
from a Factfic fleet task force
commanded by Vice Admiral
Wilson Brown joined shore
based planes from Australia to
attack the enemy bases.
This attack, previously re
ported as having been made,
although the fact that carrier
based planes participated had
not been given put, resulted in
the sinking' or" damaging of
more than 20 Japanese ships
plus heavy damage to shore in
stallations. The second phase of the cam
paign was the battle of the
Coral sea which started May 4
after reconnaissance had shown
concentration of enemy shipping
and aircraft in preparation for
an advance into the Solomon
and Louisiade islands.
The navy said the ' enemy
losses included "the new Jap
anese aircraft carrier, Ryukaku,"
and that "serious damage" was
Inflicted on the Shokaku, an
other carrier.
. Naval sources here expressed
belief that the Ryukaku was a
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war
On ot about- June 20, 1942, we expect to be able to
take applications (subject to the approval of the WAR
DAMAGE CORPORATION, a Federay agency) for
WAR DAMAGE INSURANCE
Government blanket protection now
in force will expire June 30, 1942
TERM OF POLICIES
On year Full premium must accompany application
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Rates range from 10c to 30c per f 100 Insurance.
Minimum premium .13.00 which will buy up to
13,000 Insurance on your home, its contents, your
' farm buildings and your private puiingn auto
' ' mobile.
, Growing crops, churches, hospitals, public build- -Ings,
apartments, office buildings, warehouses and
their contents, merchandise and fixtures, trucks
and machinery also can be covered.
We will cheerfully answer any questions regarding this
coverage to the extent of our knowledge.
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GENERAL
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Gen. Kurt Doluege, veteran
storm troop leader said to pos-
the necessary Next oinUifi
caUons for the" Job,-succeeds
wounded Relnhard Heydrich as
." "protector" of Bohemia and
Moravia,. .,;,' '.
brand new. Japanese carrier, so
new that it was not yet listed
in the standard. naval reference
books available hi this country.
They said it was apparently
about a 20,000-ton vessel.
The Shokaku, also spelled
Syokaku, was a 14,000-ton car
rier, these sources said, and
normally carried about 45 air
planes. Speculation Mounts
On Next Steps
Against Axis Power
(Continued from Page One)
question of opening a second
front in Europe this year
brought various reactions.
In Washington, few congress
members believed that the White
House announcement of agree
ment on the "urgent, task'-'- of
creating a new front portended
any immediate attempt to land
allied troops in Europe.
London, Washington and Mos
cow were all agreed on the "ur
gency" of the matter; but offi
cials shied at a direct interpreta
tion of the rather ambiguously
worded statement.
London military observers de
clared Hitler's anxiety was be
trayed by two factors:
1. Frenzied German 'efforts to
secure the channel coast against
invasion.
2. Indications that Hitler was
massing his' armies for an all'
out attempt to smash Russia be
fore the allies can establish a sec
ond front
VITAL STATISTICS
; JAMES Born at Klamath
Valley hospital, Klamath Falls,
Ore- June 12, 1942. to Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar S. James, 1719 Ore
gon avenue, a boy. . weight 8
pounds 6 ounces. .
POOLE Born at Hillside hos
pital, Klamath Falls, Ore., June
11, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Poole, Bonanza, Ore, a boy.
Weight: 6 pounds 61 ounces.
PETERSON Born at Hillside
hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore.,
June 9, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs.
Burton Peterson, 729 Cook
street a boy. Weight 7 pounds
12 ounces.
ANDERSON Born at Hill
side hospital, Klamath Falls,
Ore., June 9, 1942, to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Anderson, 4804 Win
ter avenue, a boy. Weight: 8
pounds 121 ounces.'
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ening of German lines below
Kharkov.)
Nearly 13,000 Germans have
been killed end more than SO
tanks and 60 planes destroyed
by the defenders of Sevastopol
in three days, the midnight com
munique declared.
The reference to advancing
German units was unmodified
by any report of counterattacks.
The single sentence covered all
operations in a Donets basin
area still scarred from the com
bat set off May 12 by Marshal
Semon Timoshenko's drive
against Kharkov.
Foreign Commissar Vyache
slav Molotov issued a 1200-word
diplomatic note charging deliber
ate atrocities to tlw Gsrmaa
high command.
Molotov said the nazi plans
embraced "extermination of the
soviet population, prisoners of
war and guerrilla fighters by
bloody violence, torture and exe
cutions, and the massacre of
soviet citizens, irrespective of
their nationalities, social stand
ing, sex or age."
President Sets
June 15 for Start
Of Rubber Drive
" (Continued from Page One)
board, but it will be the rubber
recovery corporation under the
RFC which eventually will buy
up for the government all the
scrap rubber turned in. Mr.
Roosevelt emphasized that it
would not be a money making
proposition.
In this connection, a statement
from the petroleum industry war
council said today that "any or
all profit" which might accrue
to the oil companies in the
transaction would go to the
United Service organizations, the
army relief, navy relief and Red
Cross.
' Oil companies have volunteer
ed their personnel and facilities.
and trucks will pick up the old
rubber at filling stations and
bring it to central points, where
Jt will be taken over by the
rubber recovery corporation. Oil
delivery trucks on rural routes
will make pickups directly from
farms.
Noting that 92 per cent of the
normal rubber supply had been
cut off by Japanese victories in
the southwest Pacific, the presi
dent told reporters the govern
ment must count on scrap in at
tempting to deal with the rub
ber problem. The army and
navy, hs said, have been forced
to cut their use of rubber by
23 per cent.
Chinese Concede
Loss of Chuhsien,
Railway Center
(Continued From Page One)
about halfway between Chuhsien
and the Hangchow terminus, 160
miles northeast.
(The Japanese reported their
rorces, sweeping 60 miles to the
west of Chuhsien, had crossed
from Chekiang into Kiangsi prov
ince, xne Home radio broadcast
a report that the Japanese had
captured Yushan, 10 miles west
of the Chekiang-Kiangsi border,
but Tokyo made no such claim).
(The Japanese announced last
Saturday that they had taken
Chuhsien, whose port they re
garded as a potential base of
allied attack on Japan. Later
the Chinese high command con
Alter Meaning loose Irani its moor
ing In Southern California, this
runaway barrage balloon raiiMri i
eral unscheduled blackouts when It
ihorted high-power electric lines. It
was found mlly from "home."
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ceded that the airport was lost
and that the enemy had pene
trated the walled town, there
to be eugaged in hand-to-hand
fighting.
The AVG scored Its costless
triumph In beating off the 18
enemy bombers and fighters
which attempted to raid Kweilln.
-Editorials on News
(Continued From Pass Cns)
ful vocabulary-
well as plenty
of stamina.
THE new U. S.-Britaln-Russla
deal has quite a little to say
about AFTER THE WAR.
If, after this war, we are to
have peace for any considerable
length of time, the United States,
Britain and Russia will have to
GUARANTEE It.
Two ways to guarantee peace
after this war:
1. BE DECENT to each other
and to the rest of the world.
2- KEEP OUR POWDER DRY,
ANOTHER of history's plain
lessons: The only way peace
can be retained is to be willing,
able and READY to tight for it.
THE British government an-
nounces that Britain and Rus
sia have agreed to keep an
armed peace against Germany
after the nazis are beaten In this
war and have renounced greed
or MEDDLING in the affairs of
other nations.
TT doesn't matter much what the
pore over its draft as printed in
the papers.
What will count will be good
faith, tolerance of the rights of
others and maintaining an
OVERWHELMING MILITARY
FORCE.
Two thousand years of history
prove that Germany can be
handled ONLY by the threat
(backed by trained men and
guns) of superior military force.
Collision Neal Calvin Jones
40, of 2555 Kane street and L.
A. Marsh of the (Joioniai apart
ments reported that their ma
chines came together at the in
tersection of Highway 39 and
Crystal lake road Thursday at
10:30 a. m. There were no in
juries. -
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CLASSIFY
5-ROOM MODERN HOME
Close in, good district. Base-
ment, furnace, other features,
A real buy. Price only S2900.
J. E. Hoskine. 517 Main. 6-15
THREE-ROOM furnished duplex,
$22.50 mo. Phone 3211. 6-15
APARTMENTS Modern, close
In. One large 3-room unfur
nished with excellent view,
gas heat, $35. One 3-room
furnished, $37.50. Inquire
' Drew's Manstore. 6-12
WANTED Young lady for gen
eral office work and Coffee
Shop cashier. Apply in per
son, Manager Elk Hotel. B-ia
OREGON STATE maintains an
educational fund to be used in
vocational training of disabled
or crippled persons. Consult
Interstate Business College,
432 Main. 6-12
FOR SALE '34 Chevrolet 11-
ton truck. ' High stock rack,
new motor, good tires. Cheap.
John Hurd, Baldwin Hotel.
6-13
POWER PUMP 8-lnch Intake,
o-incn aiscnarge, iu n. next
ble hose, valves and all equip
ment. Cheap. John Hurd.
Baldwin Hotel. 613
FOR RENT Furnished 2-room
house. 1919 Portland. Dial
4533. 1851U
VACANCY Alpha Apartments.
7-11
FOR SALE A number of 2-bed-
room homes just completed.
For appointment call 3004.
619
LOST Black and white blended
Shaeffer pen. Reward. Mrs.
James Orr, Marlon Apts. 6-14
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SIGN-UP SUITED
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now and the amount of sugar
on hand at the present timo. If
the applicant used no canning
sugar In 1541, then It is permis
sible to use the 1840 figures.
Through the cooperation of
County School Superintendent
Fred Peterson and City School
Superintendent J. P, Wells, local
schools will be used for registra
tion offices. The following
places and administrators were
designated today by the board:
Bonanza, E. L. Coyncr.'
Fort Klamath, Mrs. Gus Page.
Keno, Mrs. Joe Foster.
Bly
Malln
Merrill
Gilchrist, Glen Hale.
Shevlln, Mrs. Beatrice Strouse.
Chiloquin, Loy Barker.
Beatty, Mrs, Earl Haney. '
Sprague River, Roland Parks,
Modoc Point, Mrs. Mildred
Helm.
Chemult
' Crescent Lake, Fred Hall.
Shasta school, A. C Olsen.
Fairhaven, Mrs. George Brltt.
Altamont, A. C. Olsen.
Fremont, Mrs. Henrietta Clem
ens.
Mills, Helen Prince.
Fairvlew, Mary Scott.
tll..
Warren Roberts did some
disking for Archie Roberts this
week.
Mr. Barclay was in the valley
this week on business.
Ray Freuer is raising a flock
of geese this summer.
Clarence Webber and chil
dren were callers at the Nork
home one day this week.
Some of the young folks from
the valley attended the carni
val in Klamath Falls this week.
Ben Nork and son Junior
helped Joe Nork to pull some
trees with their caterpillar trac
tor. Vic Brown is planting pota
toes on a ranch this week.
. Carl Keister, who has been
working in the valley this
spring,, went to Bryant moun
tain to work for John McFall.
The Watklns man was in the
valley transacting business this
week.
Francis Freuer delivered some
faf hogs to market Monday.
Hallie Harris Is building a
new hen-house for the 251)
white leghorns- he' 'bought this
spring,
Henry Holzhouser put In
some of the spring crop for
Francis Freuer.
Mrs. Virginia Herllhy and
children Michael, Mary and Pau
line: Mrs. Kenneth Doak and
daughter Lucille, were dinner
guests at the Joe Nork home
Thursday from Klamath Falls.
Dale Van Meter called at the
Curtis , Hoyle home Monday.
Mrs. Wallace Hoyle Is busy
straining honey these days.
F. J. Rodgers is having his
home remodeled this spring.
Accident Reported Willis
Robinson, 23, 433 North Tenth
street, reported Friday that his
car and one driven by F. D.
Acker, of Merrill, were Involved
In an accident Thursday on
Highway 39 In Merrill. A third
car was also Involved, the re
port said. No one was injured.
Cars Collide C. E. McClel-
lan, 48, of Klamath Falls, and
T. W. Hamilton of Klamath
Falls reported that their cars
collided at the corner1 of Biehn
street and Van Ness avenue at
8:45 Thursday, No one was In
jured.
Manchuria's 1940 area plant
ed In perllla seed Is estimated at
188,000 acres, with a yield of
51,808 short tons.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the neigh
bors and friends for their assis
tance and sympathy in the loss
of our home, 2506 Homedale
road.
Signed,
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tllton
and Family.
Gets Gorman Plane
Pilot Ofilcer Jackson Barrett
Mahon (above), 21, of Santa
Barbara. Calif., was one of two
American Eagle squadron pilots
who accounted for three o! tour
German plants shot down in
RAF offensive action against
northern France and Belgium.
Mahon got one plane.
AGAINST IT
WASHINGTON, June 12 W)
Secretary of War Stlmson re
ported unfavorably on n pro
posal to establish a second mill'
tary academy on the '.vest coast,
Senator McNnry (H-Ore.) learn
ed today, buch an academy
would cast $75,000,000 to build
and equip.
ITALIAN LOSSES
ROME, (From Italian Broad
casts), Juno 12 (AP) Tho Ital
ians announced today the loss
of two torpedo boats, one sunk
by allied torpedoes and another
by a floating mine.
To blackout the windows of
a west coast aircraft factory, it
took 100 professional painters,
working 24 hours a day, five
days and five hours to complete
the job.. They used 4408 gallons
of black paint.
Before renewing that Fire
Policy, call Hans Norland. 7176.
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BITTER Til BATTLE
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coastal positions lute Inst wttk.
Shire pU'icliig llio Hrltlsli Illr
Ilui'tulin-Aln El Gntula line, out)
of the principal efforts of nasi
Murslml Erwln Itummol has boon
(I I reeled to removing the embar
rassment to his rear at Illr
llnchvlm.
HOME (From Italian Broad
casts), June 12 !) Axis assault
forces killed about 1000 Kreo
French imtl British Imperial
troopj and captured moro than
2000 In the drive upon Illr
Hacholm which wound up by
occupation of that Libyan oasis
town yesterday, the Italian high
command said today,
Three Klamath
Boys Members of
Lexington Crew
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school and member of the Pel
ican tennis team, had called her
from California several days ago
and wild he would be home as
soon as he could gut there, lie
said that young Yancey was with
nun.
Mrs. Walts said tnat although
she knew hwr son was stationed
aboard the Laxlmtton. she didn't
hear until this morning that It
had been sunk. Sho said Jack,
who attended the University of
Oregon for two years, enlisted
in the navy on August 8, 1041
and has been aboard tho aircraft
carrier since completing his
training-
The ex-KUHS net star has
passed his physlcul exam for en
trance into the naval air corps
and is awaiting word of his ac
ceptance. Yancey, who was also a high
school athlete. Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank L, Yancey.
War Hull, brother of Swcn,
said this morning that Swen had
not contacted his family since
several weeks before the Coral
sea battle. Ho said Swen has
been In the navy for five years
and had been stationed aboard
the Lexington most of that time.
Ho graduated from Klamath
Union high school In 1035.
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Answers en Page 4 '
1, Insignia of 12-polnt star os
blue square was worn by sol
dlers of the 40th division Is
tlie last wur. Tlioy
camo from Ciillfor- 1
nla, Colorado, N-X?,rN
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new ninxico any
trained In Califor
nia. What waadlvlalon called,
and whyt
2. Twenty-five years ago os
May 1H congress passed an In
porlant army act. Did It proi
vido pay Increases, more rupld
advancement for officers or in
stitute selective sarvice?
3. Winston Churchill has
warned against use ot poison
gas, first used by Germany In
the last war April 22, 1015,
against Canadians at Yprea.
Was It chlorine, phosgene oi
mustard gasT
Antwtrs on Page 4 Q
Sawmill Burner
Blackout Ready
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available to operate such device
during such burning.
"There shall be no burning of
slash or debris during the hours
of darkness within the state of
Oregon, except in those cases
where II necessary for the
public safety and the burning
cannot be accomplished other
wise, and then only aflcr a per
mit has been first obtained from
a stale forester on privately
owned land and the US forest
servleo on national forest lands."
The usual device used here, It
was stated. Is a spraying sysW
which effectively dampens a
In five minutes so that It cannot
be seen from the skies.
Because the Klamath basin Is
dotted with huge burners, the
question of their effects' on
blackouts received widespread
attention after Pearl Harbor. It
appears now, forestry officials
said, that the prohlnm has been
solved. If all operators will pro
ceed immediately to take core
of their plants.
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