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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 .
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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