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i''Wr(firMr!rMri!IUIMHIHmirf,Wl(!1MIMti!1'friin'-g !iXiimhihiiitin.iiiiiiiiiiniiiiiu;iiiilililiiiiitiiiiii. miiijiiiiiiiiii BBinwwiimM mini July 5 High 91, Low 80 Precipitation as ol June 29, 1942 Last yaar n.ja ASSOCIATE "- THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES Normal ..... ......11.79 Strtam yaar to data ............ 13.15 pwcroun KLAMATH FAM.B. OKKflON. MONDAY. JULY 6, 1942 Number 9532 I nmtru fn n7 jM ? JV KM I w A. u . A H C III mm ! t . t . . J ...LI..... UDI g-n)inm oiail on BirvnB ino wiitaiivi li the signal ior bliclcout In Klamath Falls, Anothtr long blast, during black' out. It signal ior ll-clar. In precau tionary ptrlodi, watch your ttraat lights. L -I & A K lill m r -A Ds. -a B, !A 4 MM lllill in li: i uiiiiiiiiimimimiiiiiiinimi, ni.fiiiimt tiimi ! . !: I l! By FRANK JENKINS TN Egypt, where tlio monuco to A our sldo Is GREATEST AT THE MOMENT, tlio situation Im proved over tlio weekend. For this reason: The British Rot In the MOST reinforcements. TODAY'S dispatched confirm that Drltish reserves enmo from Palestlno mid Syria both hot spots. At any moment tlio Drltish forces withdrawn from t h o r e may be desperately needed. But at least they seem to linvo stopped Rommel's thrust. That Is tlio Important point now. The future will have to take caro of itself, "TODAY'S dispatches moro or less confirm the kucss that Rommel, unexpectedly success ful In Libya, decided to crowd his luck and strlko directly nt Alexandria WITH WHAT HE HAD without waiting for rein forcements, hoping they might rrlvo in tlmo. His luck apparently failed him. The British got In reinforce ments fustvr than ho could, and his weary veterans, weakened by their 3S0-mlIo dash across the broiling dosert from Tobruk. had to stop and dig in. : Ha is waiting and hoping for reinforcements, and allied air strength is pounding his com municatlons, seeking to PIU2 VENT their arrival. AT this point, lot's try soma tall guessing. Both sides, expecting the do. clslon to come elsewhere, had sent boys to the mill In Africa. Tlio Churchill debute in tlio hotisa of commons, plus other hints In the news, indicates that Africa was regarded as a SLO ONDARY front and that British and American equipment thoro was NOT of the best (tlio best having evidently bocn sent some where else.) Rommel s forces wcro not largo. When the fighting started, 'Itommcl'd superior generalship plus an apparent superiority in quality of his equipment gave him nn UNEXPECTED success which ho crowded practically up to the gates of Alexandria, thus creating a MAJOR threat which has resulted In frantic activity on both sides to got up reserves In other words, Egypt wasn't expected to becomo a major theater of war, but Rommel made It one. . THE present Importance of A Egypt Is reflected In reports today that Kcltcl, the German army chief, and Cnvalloro, the Italian army chief, tiro in Africa conferring with Rommel and that Wavell Is said to havo come from India for a contcrcnca on tho British situation. TTODAY'S dispatches suggest tho reason why both sides roKurauu viricti as secomuiry in Importance Thoro nccms llttlo doubt that tho big Gorman push In Russia is dofinitoly on. A London military "Informant, not quotnblo by name," snys tho Germans have thrown mora tlinn n million men Into tho Kursk offensive In a great whcoling operation, Their immediato objective Is cutting tho Moscow-Rostov lino, which supplies Tlmoshanko's nrmlcs. i They claim to havo forced a crossing ot tho Don, which lies just to tho west of this rail lino nnd Is tjio last great river barrier until tho Volga Itself. They uro expected to try to swing around southward to Rostov, tho gate way to tho Caucasus, wlillo an other German drive Is loosed across tho Kerch straits at Ros tov. Tho London military Inform ant who can't bo quoted says the success of this campaign will da tcrmino whether tho Germans are to get to tho Caucasus oil be fore winter. gUESSING again: u The Germans wore putting everything they had Into prepar ations for this great drive, and io couldn't sporo much to Rom (Continued on Page Two) r i it' ,'Tt p ""'I ma ' THOUSANDS JOIN to.-- i .Ato. - 5 rf' .ifc4'Aa.ili.ii.t ,. - ' w - T'iinr IN Saturday and Sunday. (1) Morvyn Cleaton. II, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Gleason is shown buy- lug a war savings bond from Jerry Thomas. Mervyn mada most of tha monoy for tha bond by I AXIS DH l!ETD MEiTlli LIBYA Maori Troops Strike In Bayonet Attack To Clinch Gain By HARRY CROCKETT CAIRO, July 6 P) Jew Zealand's gnllnut Maori troops, part of the British army of the Nile, struck Gorman Infantry men in a bayonet altuck by the light of tho desert moon last night to clinch gains won for (lie second consecutive day In tho cple struggle for the El Alamcln approach to Alex andria. At tho end of n full day of ficrco fighting under a scorch ing sun, tho Maoris descend ants of warlike Polynesian (Continued on Pago Two) Japs Step Up Air Raids on Port Moresby ALLIED HEADQUARTERS. Australia, July 0 (P) Tho Jap anese stepped up their air at tacks on Port Moresby yester day, sending S3 planes against that southern New Guinea port as allied bombers slabbed anew at onomy bases In northeastern New Guinea, Timor nnd tlio Solomon islnnds. Twenty heavy Jnpancso bomb ers escorted by six fighters launched tho assault on Port Moresby and were followed by m second wnvo of seven bombers, General MacArthur's hcadquar- tors reported today, Tho raid, directed at tho air drome, caused only light damage and casualties, a communique said. Tho airdrome also was tlio ob- leotlvo of an attack Snlurdny by 20 Jnpancso flghlors, ono of (Continued on Pago Two) ' ',-'U CELEBRATION Ptc-tures from Klamath's "victory celebration" oflulllno nan to loldiars en Irooo Yank Crews Man American Tanks In Libya Battle WASHINGTON, July 8 (P) The war department announced today that American crows hod manned Amerlcan-mado medium tanks in combat Juno 11 and 12 during part of tho battle of Libya. They were commanded by Cnptnin Charles C. Stelling of Augusta, Gn. In two days of heavy fighting they knocked out several Ger man tnnks. ' Although hit repeatedly, the American tnnks wcro not seri ously damaged, and thoro were no battlo disunities among the crews. Tlio Amcrlcnns who took tho tanks into battlo wcro armored force observers who had been In North Africa for several weeks us part of tho American military mission bonded by Ma jor General Russell L. Maxwell. They are regular combat crows, sent to Egypt to observe battlo field operation of nrmored equip ment. ' ' , Officials at tho wnr depart ment 8ii Id tho Americans wcro not In action on Juno 13, tho duy General Rommel's axis forces ambushed British armor ed units. National Scrap Rubber Pile Up To 334,293 Tons WASHINGTON, July 6 (IT) Scrnp rubber collections totaled 334,203 tons up to July 3, Pres ident Roosevelt was told today. Tho report was submitted by William R-. Boyd Jr chairman of tho petroleum Industry war council, who was accompanied to tho Whlto House by Secretary Ickes, petroleum coordinator, and Ralph K. Davles, deputy co ordinator. A week ago, when tho' total collections hod amounted to only 2in.0!Kl tons, Mr. Roosevelt call ed results disappointing and or dered It. continued,? Un days. It will closo Friday. FI ZONE SET UP BUT LEVYJJELAYED Voluntary Protection Planned Pending Legal Tax Tho county court moved Mon day to set up a flro zono in the thickly settled suburbs south and cast of town, following a meet ing Monday morning at which the matter was discussed with representatives of the stnto fire marshal's office. Court , members announced, however, that because of legal technicalities it will not be pos sible to levy to raise funds in tlio flro zono until July 1, 1943. In tho meantime, they said, It is planned to establish a volun teer firo department In the suburban district, and the county will lend fire-fighting equip ment which it has already or dered. This equipment is being purchased primarily for the pro tection of county property, such (Continued on Pago Two) Nelson Protests Plan to Produce Rubber From Grain WASHINGTON, July 8 (ZD War Production Chief Donald M. Nelson protested today against a proposed program to produce synthetic rubber from groin on the ground thnt it would require critical materials "urgently needed for tho war ef fort." ' ' Opposing a bill culling for creation ot a rubber supply agen cy to direct mnnufiictiin of syn thetlc rubber from grain aUohol, Nelson told a somite agriculture subcommittee sponsoring- the measure that construction of such distilleries would icqulre copper and steel. ' "Every pound of cooper and steel taken a rv irom o-r pre- serti supply," he asserted, "would the Hellenic Mutual Benefit society. (3) The mounted guard salutes a section of the crowd. (4) Bareback bucking scene at the rodeo. Other celebration pictures on page 3. X . City Sustains Gala Mood Over Two-day Celebration Klamath's weekend holiday, in which thousands participated one way or another, was. cli maxed with services at Modoc field early Sunday night.. From the first morning that the bunt ing swung from the wires above Main street, through the two days of the rodeo, the city was in a gala mood. No serious acci dents other than hurts in the arena, marred the celebration. Amateur performers vied among themselves for purses of fered at Klamath Buckaroo Days. Final winner of the bronc riding-was Jock Conlon, Fort Bidwell,- Calif., buster, who rode Zane Gray 2nd, to a rip-roaring finish as the last' event of the show. Second place in the finals wont to Slim Brohmer of Fort Klamath, third to Herman Vow oil and fourth to Elmer Fisher,' both of Klamath Falls. Day money In the bronc rid ing on Saturday went to Slim Brehmer, first: Don Bentley. second; Richard Blss,, third. Oh Sunday the purses went to Jack Conlon, first; Cnptaln Kidd, sec- hinder the war program. And that is ot paramount interest. "Further, by placing produc tion ot synthetic rubber . under an agency director, you would take from tho president his con trol over priorities. - This direc tor could do anything he wanted to direct tho flow of materials needed for war," ' -., Accordingly, Chairman Gil lotto (D-Iown) assured Nelson the committee would defer action until Nelson could present addi tional objections within a week. : An accusation by Senator Nor ris (Ind.-Neb.) that the war pro duction board was "doing -nothing about the production of syn thetic rubber from alcohol" (Continued on Page Two) , trains. (2) Sweepstakes winner T ond; Elmer Fisher, third; Her man Vowell, fourth. Bareback riders split the mon ey 10 ways the first day of the show. ' On Sunday, Eugene House made off with the purse; second day money to Andy Alex ander; third to Vie Matney, fourth to Captain Kidd. . Calf Roping Lawrence Hill turned in a time of 22 seconds flat first day ot tho show in the calf roping event, Joe McAuliffo tying that time . the second day. Basil Brown, Carol Brunton and Joe McAuliffe were second,' third (Continued on Page Two) , Development of U. S. Blows at Germany Seen . LONDON, July 8 (fP) Ameri can air blows against Germany will develop rapidly on a scale never before envisioned now that the United States air force has spread Its wings over nazi held territory, military experts predicted today. The July Fourth opening of an American air front in Europe, they said, meant that at least half of the ground preparation to put the air force into active serv ice had been completed. They expected the modest be ginning, in which six American-, flown Boston bombers took part in a daring daylight sweep on German-held Holland, to mush room Into a full-scale aerial on slaught. "The- main factor in opening any new air front is the Immense amount of work which must be done on the ground before even one plane can be put Into the air," one expert said. "Once this ground organiza tion is set up, as the first flight by the Americans indicates that 11 Is, actual operations can be (Continued on Page Two) of the big parade, entered by Million Axis Troops Thrown Irito Kursk, . London Says BERLIN, (From German Broadcasts), July 6 JP) Ger man troops have crossed the Don river In Russia at several places, the nazi high command an nounced today. (Although the German radio attributed the announcement of the Don crossing to the high com mand, there was no mention of it in the broadcast text of the high command communique.) , At the same time, the high command reported that the num ber of soviet prisoners captured in the battle of Sevastopol now totaled 7000. , . , ; Crossings of the Don were said to have been accomplished after fierce fighting on a broad front. s LONDON, July 6 (IP) The Germans have thrown more than 1,000,000 troops into the Kursk offensive In a massive wheeling (Continued on Page Two) ; Father Sentenced For Aiding Son To Evade Draft SEATTLE, July - 6 (IP) Fred Langcnbach, 63, who aided his 22-ycar-old son, Floyd, to evade the draft, was sentenced today by Federal Judge Lloyd L. Black to serve 15 months in the McNeil island penitentiary. ' Pointing out that Langenbach had "made a criminal out of his own son," Judge Black imposed a sentence four months greater than that recommended by the prosecutor. He said he only gave 15-months because the de fendant was In ill health. The son still Is being held on a charge of falling to register for the draft. ... I S. STRIKES HARD IN BIG WEEKEND PUSH American Planes Go Into Action on China Front By Th Associated Prass -. The navy announced today hat U. 3. submarines. - strikirjiz back at Japanese invaders of the Aleutian islands, had sunk three Japanese destroyers and left a fourth destroyer "burning fiercely" in an attack Jul, 4 among the islands off the coast of Alaska. ' A navy communique also dis closed that U. S. army bombers attacked enemy transports -and escorting vessels at Agattu, at the easternmost tip of the Aleu tians, on July 2. Ag'attu il about 33 miles southeast of Japr anese occupied Attu island. The communique said threl of the Japanese destroyers wers torpedoed by submarines at Kis ka and another at Agattu. ' It was the first time V. S. submarines had been reported operating in the Alaska war the ater and -the first indication, as well, that Japanese warships were operating In such strength among the: Aleutians. - -y U. S. Air Force Cuts Loose ' . Other Pacific developments;. American warplanes, : flashing through- the far Pacific skies in growing numbers, were declared today to be teaching the Japa nese a cautious new respect in ther battle of China and crip pling any Japanese attempt to pass for an invasion of Aus tralia. : . - Military dispatches said the Japanese, after bombing the helpless Chinese with impunity through five long years of war, were now switching to night aerial attacks in an effort to avoid the fierce resistance en countered from : fliers of the new U. S. army 23rd pursuit group in China. " In communique No. 7, Unit ed . States headquarters an nounced that the newly, estab lished American air force, swing ing quickly into action, inflict ed heavy blows on Japanese air fields at Hankow, Nanchang and Canton over a four-day pe riod starting July 1. "Communiques w i 1 1 be is sued daily," the first war bul letin said, indicating the Amer icans' determination to press home-unrelenting attacks against the Japanese invaders of China. On the ground, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's armies were reported to have struck back at Japanese captors of Ihwang, in Kiangsi province, retaking the town after the enemy had held It only 24 hours. - Chinese dispatches said their counter-attack ' had weakened (Continued on Page Two) . Mahoney Warns ; Against Letting ' Fires Spread Fining Ethel Vlcory of South Riverside avenue $100, $90 of which - was suspended, for al lowing a grass fire on her prop erty to spread to adjacent land, Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma honey today warned citizens that stlffer penalties would be Imposed on future lawbreakers. Judge Mahoney said the law provides a penalty of ;from three months to one year or a fine of from $50 to $500 for allowing a fire to spread to the property of another. V. . ' The Vlcory offense was par ticularly dangerous, he said, in that the fire spread to property, where the General Petroleum company maintains fuel storsgs tanks. News Index ' City Briefs .... ..:................Page 3 Comics and Story Page 8 Courthouse Records Page 3 Editorials Page 4 Information -...Page 3 Market, Financial Page 7 Sports . Page 0
