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PAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON June 18, 1041 3- si ; t t 'A Si Si J! . i ,. 3 11ALC0UI iputr . . aaactai Editor A temporary ombloatkej of the Kreolnf Herald ud to KlaAeth Newe. Publlsht4 trtrjr afternoon aictpt Sunday at Keplaaaile and Plot etreete, Klametli Falb, Orefoa, by too Herald Publlkhlng Co. Mil the Klamath Newe rublleblng Company. EnUrae) u eooa4 due matter It the poitofflra at Klamath Falla, On, oo Jan J, IMt under let of oobstm. Mares t, lre MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIBCTJI-TIOX Delivered tiy Carrier ts City Oh Month I ,l Three Month! , One rear . -M MAIL RATES FAVARLR 1H ADVANCE By Mill , In Klametn, hit, Modoo and Kettyoo Ownttea Three Month , P ti Bli Monthe - M One Year fteprieatd Nationally by " - . Wait-llolllday Ofc. toe, . -Baa Franeleco, Xew Tort, Detroit. Seattle. Chleiro. Portland. T-oe Jknielee, St. bralt. Vanooarer. B. 0. Ooplea of The Hrratd and Hea-e, together with complete mronnatioo about the Klamath Felli market, may be obtained for the aeklnf at any of tbeae olllcee. Member of The Aaeoetatod Pma ' The AeKdated Frtea It eicliulveri entitled to the nee of nnejbUeetloi of all ten dltpaUhea credited to It or not otlierwlee credited la thlt paper, and alio the local ewe publlehed therein. All rlahl of republication of Pedal dlipatohea are alto reaemd. Weekend Roundup AITH the value of aviation in coastal defense rated so W high that there is talk of moving troops from the Pacific coast for other duties, the extent of military avia tion development in this region becomes a factor of even more vital interest than before; - We know now that land-based planes can exert ter rific power in beating off an invader who might approach our coast. What we want is the land-based planes to handle the situation, and the proper base facilities for those planes. This arouses anew our concern over development of aviation in this immediate district The tactical import ' ance of this area, which lies behind convenient protection from the coast and yet is within striking distance, must surely not have been overlooked by U. S. aviation au thorities. V . . r Jap propagandists, heard over shortwave radio in this country, make much of the far-flungltriking power of the Japanese navy, extending from Madagascar to the Aleu tians and to the mid-Pacific. They claim they have broken the north corner of an American defensive triangle in cluding Panama, the Hawaiian group and the Aleutians. If we are wise, we will not belittle the Japanese effec tiveness. We will recognize it for all it is worth, and even exaggerate it in our own minds, in order to prepare ourselves to meet it. Whatever the Japanese have, and they have a lot, American ingenuity, American productive power, and American fighting courage and ability can meet and conquer. That will be accomplished sooner if we recognize the Japanese as a powerful adversary, capable of both re markable fighting feats and of hitting below the belt News BEHIK: theN; By IulMallon WASHINGTON, June 13 One " sixth oi the Jap capital fleet strength was put out of action at the battle of Midway, details of which are now accumulating suf ficiently to clear popular mis conceptions of the action It was not primarily a naval battle, but an air battle. Planes were cast against Jap surface ships, planes against planes and subs against surface ships. There was no action between U. S. sur face ships and Jap surface ships The Japs tried to sneak up on Midway, as they did on Pearl Harbor. They came in with their aircraft carrier planes in front as umbrellas to cover their bat tleships, cruisers, destroyers and transports from attack. Their strategy was to send bombers from thejie carriers over Midway In a surprise attack, just as at Peart Harbor. The airfield at Midway was to have been bombed and destroyed before our planes could get In the air. Then they would have moved their battleships up with long range guns and reduced the heavy defenses. The island is as level as a bil liard table and completely with out cover or shell shelter. We have a good air field there and a protected lagoon, but nothing could be put underground be cause after a few feet you reach water. The shelling would have pul verized the heavy defenses and opened the way for Jap light cruisers to come In and clear the way for landing troops from their transports. The Japs had three to five transports loaded with troops ready for that pur pose. A BREAK FOR US But sharp American air-eyes gave us a lucky break. Our patrol planes sighted the four to five advance ships in the Jap anese line several hundred miles off Midway, near the extreme limit of the patrol. These planes radioed back the alarm and im mediately we began to attack by air. Their four or five carriers. huddled in the center of the Jap There Is an upswing of local interest in civilian de fense, an aftermath of recent Japanese attacks on Mid way island and the Aleutians. Those who want to know more about what is being done in civilian defense here, and the part the general public can Diav. will find it worthwhile to attend the general course for civilian de- line, caught the heaviest of the fense workers to be held at the high school Tuesday blows. These carriers are the evening. While this course Is planned mainly for -civilian de fense workers, anyone may attend. Blackouts, medical services, civilian air patrol and police work will be ex plained, along with a demonstration of the use of a gas masK. . , People who want the low-down on things of this nature should bestir themselves Tuesday night, go to the high owtuui ouuiwiiuiu uu get, uie liuonnauon iirsi nana. Monday Is another election day. On that day, di rectors will be named for the Klamath Falls elementary Bc-nuot district, ino. i, ana lor tne Klamath, county school district. , pchool director elections often pass with an infin itesimal percentage of the qualified electors taking part. This may be due, in part, to the fact that many people do not realize the Qualifications of an elector in thin hnllnHnor The only requirements are that the elector be a resident 01 tne district 30 days prior to the election, a citizen, and over 21 years of age. There is no property qualification. In Monday's election, there will be contests for the vacancies in both districts. There should be a 'good turnout of voters. Residents of district No. 1, which includes the city and a small outside area, will vote at the Fremont school. The county district elections will be held at county schools. Several persons have inquired of this newspaper as to why the names of the juvenile "Nails" bandits were not puDiisnea alter their apprehension by authorities. These are the boys who ransacked a dozen or so local houses, doing a great deal of damage. It has been the policy of this newspaper for years to withhold the names of young delinquents, in order that youngsters who might undertake to go straight would not be marked publicly as budding criminals. There is no need to extend this protection to older delinquents or adults, but for boys and girls in the middle 'teens and younger, it seems the fair and right thing to do. Exceptions to the rule would be made, of course, in extreme cases, such as a homicide. In the case of the "Nails" bandits, authorities were inclined to favor pub licity. But after the matter was talked over between the officials and representatives of the press, it was decided to adhere to the policy. It is to be hoped that these boys will be worthy of the protection thus afforded them. M.E. most vulnerable ships of the fleet. A bomb-hit nearly any where on deck destroys the use fulness of the ship for plane take-offs or- landings. Thus discovered, the Japs had to launch their air attack on Midway sooner than they had planned. They had to rush their bombers into the air. But our anti-aircraft guns kept them so high and our planes pummeled them so severely over Midway that the Jap bombers entirely missed the Midway airfield in their attack. This was an astonishing break for us. You could hardly figure that they would all. miss their primary and most Important ob jective.. This allowed us to use the field throughout the subse quent action. Our light and heavy bombers there pounded everything the Japs had afloat in that part of the world for three days there after. Furthermore, we were able to send bombers from Hawaii to refuel at Midway and take off from there. In addition, we had the use of some heavy seaplanes, and bombers from our own carriers In the vicinity. With this heavy concentration of land-based planes of the army, navy and marines, and supple mental naval bombers, we liter ally blew the Jap attack out of the water. The announced early figures of the damage were on the con servative side for two reasons. The announcing was done by careful Naval Admiral Nimitz because he outranks the army and marine officers in that area Also there can always be doubts about ship sinkings from the. air. Attacking planes can not hang around a few hours to await results of their attacks. and there may be duplication SIDE GLANCES ylgy fry. rr w i Mrxt tT .irau t at t " if lawi'lllBSSia "Somebody should icll Hie War Deportment ubout LcliUid lie never loses a battle I" when a second air-attack force comes up on the crippled ship. BEST CARRIERS "OUT Certainly two ot those four carriers sunk or damaged were not old 1921 and 1925 types (an nounced sunk), but were of the largest and best 26,900 toiuiers. Four of the cruisers the Japs had there were new and the trans ports were converted new fast passenger liners. They had in action four bat tleships out of their known strength of 12; four or five car riers out of their known strength of 12 or 13, although the num ber of cruisers was somewhat under this one-third ratio. Invasion of Australia, India, or anywhere else, thereby was rend ered more difficult, chiefly be cause the Jap form of sea-blitz relies on aircraft carriers for its main striking power. The Dutch Harbor and Aleu tian islands attack was onlv'a clever Jap diversion trick, staged Deiore Midway, with a view of drawing our air patrol and sea power northward and out of the way of the main attack on Mid way. The Japs could, however. capture a few- Aleutians any time. - ', - " There are 500 Islands in the group, mostly uninhabited rocks. The end of the string is closer to the Jap islands south of Kam chatka than to our bases in Alaska. If the Japs occupied any of those, as they claimed, tney could be used only for weather stations for sub activity. Almost continuous fog will pre vent their use for plane bases. But if they had captured Mid way, they would have been a leg up on invasion of Hawaii, would have installed a sub and plane base with which to in tercept any American naval force going west, As matters stand now, they are not likely to come back to Mid way anytime soon. ANSWERS . - . , TO WAR QUIZ ' . Questions on Page 2 1. Insignia wearer is a gun pointer, first class. 2. Emden was the German cruiser. 3. President asked for 75,000 more volunteers. Visit Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Glidden of this city spent last Sunday in Dunsmuir visiting with Mr. Glldden's brother and family, Mr. and, Mrs. A. R. Coo per. Catherine Glidden, who has been visiting at the Cooper home, returned to Klamath Falls with her parents. if lis ii rnr .;ilil!i!l!ii,il!i: :l. iii!i!Si''!!!'t!r; Hi11 i If 'Willi!! MAIL CLOSINts TIME (Effective June 7, 1942) Train 17 Southbou.id: 6 a. rn. Train 17 Southbound: 6:30 a. m. Train 19 Southbound: 6:13 p. m. Train 16 Northbound: 9:00 p. m. Women of the Moose Senior Regent of Women of the Moose asks all officers and escorts to turn out for installation practico Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the Moose hall. Drill Team Meeting A pot- luck supper and drill team meet ing for Women of the Moose will be held Monday evening at 7 o'clock at the home of Rnhv Bell, 2036 Wordcn street. Mem bers are informed that a surprise will be in store for them, In Dunsmuir Mrs, Ray Bax ter and son Billy, of California avenue, are spending this week in. Dunsmuir visiting Mrs. Bax- ter's-'dnughter and son-in-law, the Rev. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cuddy. Shower A handkerchief shower was given Thursday af ternoon In honor ot Mrs. Glenn dimple, 1010 Gary street. The afternoon was spent in conversa tion and refreshments served later. The Glmploj leave soon to make their home In Califor nia, Guests Included Mrs. II. F. Nichols mid Mrs, H. J. Alton, hostesses for the afternoon, Mrs. Archie MeCullouHh, Mrs. W. E Johnson, Mrs. James Durulii Mrs. Myrtle Pfofforlo, Mrs, Ross uurncs, Mrs, Doris Bagott, Mrs Prentice Miller. Mrs. Ruth Host wick, Mrs. Robert Eaton, Mrs. Glenn Gimple, Miss Beth Dur Kin, Miss Ruth Dttrgin, Mies Bar bara Johnson and Charles Bost- wick. En Routt North Kolth Cra mnr. formerly w th the Inral police department as radio technician, passed through Klamath Falls on route north Thursday afternoon- Cramer has been at radio school at Nor folk, Va., and other east coast points. While at Norfolk he saw Roland Warren of this city, and Dave Shirk, Klamath resident, arrived there the day Cramer left. Mrs. Cramer hns been In Seattle and will visit In Santa Monica, Calif., for a time. Card Party Sponsored A card party for ladles and men was sponsored Wednesday eve ning by Women of the Moose. Proceeds will go for the training of girls of Monsrhrart as army nurses. High score for ladies went to Edna Jensen and second high to Hilda Matheson. I Men's high score was won by Mr. I Lafciarge; second high by Mr. Baxter. Guest nrlio went In Emma O'Neill. Seven tables were In play and lunch was served lator by the hostesses. Breaks Arm Mrs. Mnrlus An derson, 4311 Summers lnne, suf fered a painful Injury late Sat urday morning when she fell on the sidewalk, fractured her arm and dislocated her shoulder. The "wiuuu uvtuiim an mnin do- tween cigntn and Ninth streets. Mrs. Anderson was admitted to Klamath Valley hospital at 11:10 a. m. score. First price for the day was awarded to Francis Walts and second prize to Mildred Wil kinson. Guest prize went to Mrs, BJorklund. Lunch wus served to 20 guests by the hostesses. Visits Here Mrs. Noltn West of 402 South Riverside has been entertaining her sister, Mrs. J. M. Martin o( Zlon, III., for the past savornl days, They have been visiting Crater lake and other points of interest in the 'nearby area, Mrs, West and hni sister loft for Portland Friday, Mrs. West expects to be back Monday, Police Court Six drunks and five truffle tlt-knli made up Sat urday morning's report from Police Judge Leigh Ackerman's city court, Patient Mrs. Onni'uo block ing Is a patient at Klnmuth Val ley hospital. Friends may call. Improving Axel Johnson, Ewauna millwright who suffered serious head and shoulder injur ies this week while in the mill yard, was reported improving at Klamath Valloy hospital. Women of the Moose Regu lar card party was held Frldoy afternoon at the Moose hall. This was the last of the cr!es, and grand prize was awarded to Mil dred Wilkinson for highest cai3 mii um ooioiHT tovm iuwi M Last Times Tonight A rtuutna OPENING SUNDAY RADIO'S "FIRST FOUR" ALL IN ONE HIT -And you'll Jb 'all-in' uom laughit M Tbt naughty "Unit dummy mhJ bh bash ful boll tl tbiir i wif-trikint 3 bntl .:.-l 1 -VI ," f mm v vrrsarin PIII I'fllllUV r,rfVC II 'I Ml II rm I Mm anl WUtM Vi- , i.Mfl inn it- 'u'i ItUvd bit w-bard multt plus lovtly,,. ADDED ATTRACTIONS Tanks Ara Coming Baggage Buster Aristocrats of the Kennol Latest Nows VITAL STATISTICS EDWARDS Born at Klanv lh Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., June 10, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Edwards, J1807 Blsbee street, a boy. Weight: pounds 13 H ounces. 1 REILING Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls. Ore,, June 10, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Relling, route 2 box 748, city, a boy. Weight: o pounds 3 ounces. YUNCK Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., June 10, 1842, to Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Yunck, 1130 Owens street, t boy. Weight: 7 pounds 13 ounces. POWELL Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., June 12, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Powell, Keno, Ore., a boy, Weight: 7 pounds ' t rm tmticca. i Dorothy Lamour Bob Burn ' Martha Ray in ' "TROPIC HOLIDAY" and "Gaucho of El Dorado" STARTS TOMORROW Tyrono Power - Henry Fonda - In ; "JISSI JAMES" and "Confessions of Boston Blockle" 3 mmM.m ..i' -------- Today and Tomorrow a AMERICAN V SHARPSHOOTERS ring the bell at Hong Kongli T- y Istrlgml , Thrlllil 0&n VRm . Vr JfP -0-r- .1 1 Eza Second Feature George Huston in "FRONTIER SCOUT" SATURDAY WHAT A GAL! WHAT A PICTURE! " itnv- rl v. Ikisr.M t 'rfJ-.-ra1'ArCjM I :. '-i7-V' v A "ft V 1: ' : .it e 4r SrerfucMeti Call I UriForoerfwWe Songil RJorovs ComeaVI TenoVr Romance I fMoanlflcent fWoetfonl 1 rt. 7 mm It's MORE Than a Musical! It's MARVELOUS! 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