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FalU. Anolhaf long blait, during a black
out. It a signal lor all-eUar. In precau
tionary parlodi, watch your itraal lights.
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By FRANK JENKINS
"THE wnr spotlight today playi
directly on Russia, where
Ifitlnx I. ttn. ..I.,.. - niltllft.. n.M..
aiiii-'I in tiiifivriiiH nu v..
Into a do-or-dlo attempt to break
through tha red linen, surround
T 1 m o h o n k o, sweep down
'tlirouiih the Caucasus from the
north nnd muybo encircle Mos-
cow with another prong of his
Invading forco,
I
THE Germans clnlm to have
" taken Voronozh. If that l
true, they hnvo cut the main
north and south mil line supply-
Ing Tlmoihonko s armies und
permitting shuttling of Russian
forces to meet German uirust
Th nniulnns do not admit loss
of Voronezh, and speak of a ter
rific struggle along an "import
ant water lino" probably the
Don river. The Germana inti
mate they hnvo PASSED Voro
neih nnd ore driving on toward
Porovlno, a lesser rail Junction
140 miles to tho east.
There are Indications that they
have got their bill technique
back Into operation.
ICHY dispatches (always un
reliable) say that Tlmoshcnko
lias launched a flanking move
ment northward from Izyum and
Kupynnsk. That would be Inter
esting It It should prove to bo
true. It might slow or slop the
Cwmnrt tlrlve. -' ' ..
(Get out your map, If Interest
ed In details. Without your map
these thrusts and counter-thrusts
re meaningless.)
A WORD here aa to Hitler's
million men.
Don't visualize them as sweep
ing into battle all at once, on one
grand front. That Isn t happen
ing. He dooms to bo using up
wards of 200,000 men In his main
thrust.
The rest are held in reserve or
at places that are relatively
quiet, to bo thrown In as needed
s replacements or to strike at
.weak . spots developing In the
Russian defense
' The size of the Russian forces
Is unknown to us, but It is well
to keep in mind that tho Rus
sians are using the samo system,
which la fundamental in war
faro. DOMMEL is temporarily
stopped In Egypt, and to
day's dispatches Indicate that he
is being outflanked to the south
and penned up along tho Medi
terranean coast.
But Cairo says tho British are
"under no Illusions that the
threat to Egypt and the Alexan
dria naval base has been erased,
Rommol Is waiting and HOP
ING for adequato reinforce
ments. If ho gets them ho will go
on the warpath again. The Brit
ish meanwlillo mo using every
thing they have to bco that he
doesn't sot thorn.
V"EEP an cyo on this situation.
v If Hitler CAN'T AFFORD
reinforcements for Rommel and
has to leave him with such help
as tho Italians can give him It
will be a good sign that dcr
fuohrcr is shooting the works In
Russia and leaving his Egyptian
drive to take care of itself.
"H1NA today enters the sixth
year of hor war with Japan,
nd a Chinese spokesman says
tho Japs hnvo lost a million
killed and a million and n half
wounded In tha five-year
struggle,
The Jap propaganda depart
ment retorts that China has lost
2i million dead and another 2i
million wounded and missing,
adding that 111,111 Japs have
betm killed in China.
This serves as notice to us to
keep, our fingers crossed as to
ALL claims of losses Inflicted
on tho OTHER follow. The Ger
mans and the Russians hava
been playing this gamo of telli
lng of tho other fellow's losses,
and the figures ere getting as
tronomical, ; ,
rN this fifth ' anniversary of
W Chlna'g war with Japan,
. (Continued on Page Two)
U.S.
CRACKS
DOWN ON BUND
ACTIVITIES
57 High Officials of
Group Involved in
Indictments "
NEW YORK, July 7 W1) A
smashing blow at the German
American bund Involving 67 of
Its highest officers' and active
members over the nution was be
gun today by federal agents on
newly returned indictments
charging conspiracy to evade na
tional defense regulations.
Twenty-six were named In In
dictments charging conspiracy to
evade the. selective service act
and conspiracy to counsel bund
members to resist service In the
armed forces of tho . United
States end of conspiracy to con
ceal bund affiliations In filling
out alien registration forms.
Three more were accused, of all
but selective service violation.-.,
P. E. Foxworth, assistant FBI
chief, announced that all 119 war
In federal custody.' He e Id our
had been In Internment camps.
The balance of thoso sought
among them national and sec
tional officials and - principal
pal leaders of the bund were
the object of denaturalization
proceedings. ' -
, "Wo Intend: to. put the bund
out of business,'; , said United
States Attorney Mnthlss Corroa.
( . Xuhn Involve .-t n ,j
Frit Kuhn, former; national
bund leader now In prison, and
Gorhard Wilhelm Kunte, sub
sequent bund ehleftain arrested
rccontly in Mexico and returned
to this country yesterday,- were
Involved in the federal proceed
ings.' Also indlctad waa William
Ottcrabach, Seattle. . ' '
Denaturalization' proceedings
wero Instituted against Kuhn,
serving a term for larceny, and
Kunze was charged with evasion
of Use solective service act, a
charge upon which ho was held
in $00,000 ball yesterday. Kunze
Is wanted , also In Hartford.
Conn., to answer a federal
chargo of violation of the 1617
espionage act. , -
Kunza pleaded Innocent when
arraigned later on an Indictment
charging him with violation of
tno selective service act for fail
ure to report his address. He ap
peared before Federal Judge
(Continued on Page Two)
Canadian Units,
RCAF, Stationed
In Alaskd
VICTORIA. B. C July 7 P
Canadian army units as well as
squadrona of the Royal Canadi
an air force are now stationed
in AlOBka, Air Minister C. G.
Power disclosed In a statement
issued, here today;. '
Accompanied by Air Marshal
L. S. Brcadncr,: chief of air
staff, tho air minister arrived
unheralded In Victoria last night
after a flight of several days
which took them from Ottawa
along tho northern air route to
Alaska. They will1 leave for
Ottawa again today..
Compromise Plan Proposed
For Food - Handlers' Exams
A compromise plan for, divid
ing the cost of food handlers'
examinations between employers
and employes was proposed to
the city council Monday night
by Dr. George D. Massey, city
health officer, who urged the
council to take action for the
protection of public health here.
under the suggestion made bV
tl health officer, employes
would pay for the, first examina
tion. Subsequent examinations,
required every six months In the
proposed' food handlers' ordi
nance, would be paid for by the
employer, . ' f
Dr. Massey Pointed out that
this plan would answer the as
sertion by employers that ,be-
cause of rapid turnover In labor,
they would be unduly burdened
by being required to pay for ex
Grim
- NEA telephoto
- Here's a hide-and-seek game that's deadly serious a British South African armored scout ear cautiously circling the wreck
age of a German stuka dive-bomber downed during the drive of nasi and Italian forces across Libya. "
SPAATZ TD HEAD
E
Air Force Commander
GiVest3omber Crews. ;
".'Flying Awards
1 LONDON. July . 7 () Major
Gen. Corl Spaatz, who In 1929
made aviation history as com
mander of the army endurance
plane, ' "Question . Mark," has
been ' appointed- i.oommahder-lh-,
chief of tltf United States army
811 forces in "the European thea
tre of war, ii was announced to
day. ' -
As hit first public act in his
new post, General Spaatz today
awarded distinguished flying
crosses to three members of one
of the American bomber crews
who participated in the first
United States air raid on Gor
man-held western Europe July
General Spaatz 'himself wears
both the distinguished service
cross and the. distinguished fly
ing cross, .the former for bring
ing down two Gorman planes
during the St. Mlhlel offensive
In the first world war and the
latter for piloting the "Question
Mark" to its then orecord contin
uous flight of ISO hours, 40 min
utes and 13 seconds over Los An
geles in January, 1629.
The red-hatred, Sl-ycar old
commander has been in England
since June, preparing the ground
work for the American bombing
against Germany.
The men to whom he award
ed the DFCT today were:-
Second Lieut. Randall M. Dor-
ton, Jr,, of Long Beach, Calif.;
Sergeant Robert. L. Golay of Fre
donia, Kas and- Sergeant Bon
nie B; ' Cunningham of Tupelo,
Miss.
Captain Charles C. 'Kegelrnan,
of El Reno, Okie,, was awarded
the distinguished service cross
Immediately following the raid
on the Netherlands,, .having
brought his badly-damaged plane
home on one engine after strik
ing the ground when hit by Ger
man' gunfire.- 1
General Spaatz,- who has been
assistant to the chief of tho air
corps, also announced that-mem-bet's
of. tho twq Amorlcan-oper-
luonunuea on. page uwoj ;
aminations of every new em
ploye hired; '' ; ' ' .
The proposed ordinance limits
the cost of examinations to $3.
Dr. Massey offered the sugges
tion for a compromise plan after
the council had discussed the
touchy problem for-some time.
Councilman Rolljn Cantrall turn
ed to Massey and said:
"Off the record, what Is your
Idea as to who should' poy. for
these examinations? Maybe you
don't want to be quoted, but we
would like to know." -
, "I don't mind being quoted on
anything I say," answered Dr.
Massey.
He then offered the plan. He
said he believed It fair to em
ployes, who would only be re
quired to pay. for one examina
tion, and to employers, who
(Continued on Page TWO) -
, .,..,,!.v,:;
Cat and Mouse Game
.-wf?--
WPB Lightens
Restrictions
On Inventories
WASHINGTON, July 7 OP)
Tho war production board re
vised restrictions on inventories
today, freeing hundreds of thou
sand: of 'tons of copper, alum
inum,- rubber, silk and other
critical war materials now idle
because of WPB regulations.
Officials said the new order
would release about 250,000 tons
of copper and copper-base al
loys alone for free movement
into Industrial channels.' and
provides Immediate relief 'for
hard pressed firms which ,bave
mucn oi ineir capnai. una up in
frozen Inventories.
WPB - said it was Impossible
to estlmato the total Idle stocks
affected, but placed their value
at. hundreds of millions of dol
lars, v.i"
. Most important change was
elimination of the necessity for
obtaining formal. WPB permis
sion for transfers of idle critical
materials. Companies now may
make sales without obtaining
approval from Washington. .'
All existing priority, regula
tions and JS'PB orders will con
tinue to apply to buyers, how
ver. The regulation also estab
lishes certain restrictions cover
ing persons to whom war mate
rials may be sold, the uses to
which they may be put, and
which priority ratings, If any,
are necessary in buying them.
Churchill Says
Army, RAF
Training Jointly -
LONDON, July 7 (VP) Prime
Minister Churchill Informed the
house of commons today that
"Joint training of the army and
the RAF already Is proceeding
on a considerable scale, and Is be
ing continually extended." .
He made the statement in re
sponse to. questions which sug
gested that some members still
were not satisfied that coopera
tion between, the land and air
services had been adequate In
North Africa and elsewhere. .
Laval Has Trouble
Getting Volunteers : ,
VICHY, July 7 &) Pierre
Laval, French chief of govern
ment, by his own declaration Is
finding It -"difficult"- to recruit
volunteers to work In Germany
so that there may be an exchange
for war prisoners.
In a letter to industrial organ
ization -committees he said that
5000 Frenchmen in German pri
son camps have been picked to
bo freed as soon as enough work
men overcame their "prejudices"
and volunteered for. service, and
asked for cooperation ' In the
effort. . ;' '
Postal Receipts
Show Good Gain
Postal receipts for June, as re
ported by Postmaster. Burt E.
Hawkins, helped to -bring the
total for the first six months of
this year well over that, of the
corresponding period in 1841.'
Tho books showed receipts for
June as $12,048; for the first six
months of 1941 as $72,072,' and
for the first llx months of 1942,
$73,03p.- .' . ' )
in Egyptian Desert Warfare
Agriculture Geti Stop
Gap Funds?. Pend-i -ing
Settlement " v:
WASHINGTON, July 7 OP)
The. senate and .house finally
agreed today on stop-gap' legis
lation to provide funds for the
department of agriculture pend
ing settlement of a plUer.disput
ovn terms fi the .$680,00,000
annual' aupply. PUI. i &!'
The 'senate accepted house
amendments td its own. resolu
tion, sending the temporary Meg
islatlon to the. White House.;
It was agreed that tha depart
ment, would be advanced July
funds on all non-controversial
appropriations, in the big farm
bill, which means the depart
ment will receive about $56,
000,000 this month. Tbe senate
yesterday had approved a reso
lution continuing funds at the
rate prevailing in 'June, under
legislation which expired at the
end of the fiscal year. The senate
verslon.would have given the de
partment about $93,900,000 this
month.
Resolutions Same
"I think this resolution has the
same purpose and -effect as the
one whioh passed the senate yes
terday," said Senator Russell
(D-Ga.), "but our friends in the
other chamber are so Jealous of
their prerogatives, they had to
make some .revision of our- pro
posal." . V
. House members abandoned
temporarily their stand for pro
hibitions against below-parity
' (Continued on .Page Two).. .
Warehousemen Get !
$15 Pay Boost , :
, - - . i
A $15 per month pay Increase
across the board for approxi
mately 38 Klamath Falls ware
housemen was' incorporated in
an agreement recently signed by
the AFL Teamsters' - union and
local employers, it.) was , an
nounced today by. the union. . :
Earl Edsall, business, agent of
the Klamath local, said the con
tract was made retroactive . to
April 1. , ,7 !
The agreement also gave vaca
Hons with pay to all truck
drivers, he disclosed. , '. .-. , ,-
Hiring Started '
For Isle Jobs ' " ,
D. ' K. Burgher, employment
agent' for.' Morrlson-Knudsen
company) is here for a week or
10 days hiring skilled And un
skilled construction workers for
work in the Hawaiian islands. .
Work to-be done includes
navy yard construction, under
ground fuel storage, salvage,
loading docks and air bases.
Burgher can be reached at the
U. S. employment office or- at
the Hall hotel In the evenings.
, . SHIPS TORPEDOED -WASHINGTON,
July 7 (APV-1
The navy announced today that
two small merchant vessels,, a
British and a Norwegian, had
been torpedoed In the Caribbean
and survivors had. landed at a
Caribbean port. ', '
. . .
Senate Passes
Bill for Loans
At Full Parity
WASHINGTON, July 7 Vf-
The senate passed and' sent to
jhe house -today legislation pro
viding for' .government Joans at
full parity on six major crops,
which would enable farmers to
borrow 38 cents more(on a
bushel of wheat than the cur
rent market price, and 15 cents
more on a bushel of corn.
The senate passed the bill by
a roll call- vote of :28 to 2V,
alter' reject! ngzi;!' as, .a -motion,
by . Senator.' OTOathoney,
(D;Wyo.) to return it to the ag
riculture ' committee for further
study.'-,' -'?'
. The bill faces, an uncertain
reception in the hou$e, which
is deadlocked .with ' the senate
on terms of the ; $68O,OOO,QO0
supply- bill for the department
of agriculture.-
The loan measure, approved
over- objections it would place
practically- all -of the nation's
1842-grain crops In mortgage to
the government, also would per
mit full parity loans on cotton,
rice, tobacco aidi peanuts. . .
The agriculture-department
would -be directed' to. provide
loans up to $1.34 on wheat how
selling for about ' 85'.7- "cents a
bushel pn the' farms. The corn
loan would be 87.6 cents, com
pared ' with .'. an ' average ." farm
price of 81.8' cents on June 15.
British Announce ,
New Wire-Trailing
Rockets Weapon
LONDON, July 7 (AP)-l-Wlre-trailing
-rockets were disclosed
officially today as one of Brit
ain's newest weapons of defense
against aerial raiders.
The weop'on, which" has" been
in use to, protect, merchant ships
for more than- a year,, was de
scribed as an apparatus which
shoots a projectile that opens
into a parachute from which
long wires dangle.-
The rockets, fired up as planes
swoop to attack, ' often force
them to veer off course or risk
entanglement in the wires.
Battered China Asks U. S.
Concentration in Pacific
' By The Assdclated Press
In the . far; Pacific theatre,
China marked the beginning of
her sixth year of bloody struggle
against Japan's Invasion armies
with a renewed plea that the Pa
cific, instead of Europe, be made
the United ,' Nations' "second
front."- " V - .
'-, A Chinese government spokes
man declared the United States
and China could knock out Ja
pan this year if full-' American
power were thrown Into the Pa
cific conflict;
- So far, the spokesman - said,
"very few" planes ara -being
down Into-Chine M aid Gener
alissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's be
leaguered armies. - .
Meanwhile, a Chinese army
spokesman declared Japan had
lost 1,000.000 killed ana t.ouu,-
000 wounded since the war began
on July 7, 1937, as well as 2504
planes and 28,824 prisoners in 14
major battles and 10.375 minor
engagements. The spokesman es-
FDR Says Tires
May Have to Be
Commandeered
WASHINGTON, July 7 W)
President Roosevelt asserted to
day that If things get worse it
might be necessary for the gov
ernment to commandeer all the
automobile tires in the country.
He told . a press . conference
that, he was not trying to save
rubber or gasoline, but the na
tion. And he added he thought
the nation was willing to make
any sacrifice in. the emergency
confronting it. -
The chief executive expressed
a hope that the tire and gasoline
problems could be - separated,
and' he said ho decision had been
reached yet on nationwide, ra
tioning of motor fuel.;
Roosevelt would not say defi
nitely whether he thought, the
(Continued on Page Two),-;
INU.SJIH!EhSE
English .Speakers' Do
More Harm Than : '
' Good, Report -:
LONDON, July " 7 OP) The
house of commons cheered to
day as Brendan Bracken, minis
ter of information, declared that
''A high powered publicity mis
sion instructed to force Britain
down the throats of the Ameri
can people'-WLOtild 4o mor
harm Than wood, . and that o
more British lecturers would be
sent to- -tha ..United State, be
cause -their efforts already, bad
turned out that way.-. : '.
Bracken spoke In; reply, to
criticism of '.Britain's propagan
da, effort from both , right and
left. , .-U.V.;.-;;;.. y .; j
'Respondlhg"to complaintrthat
he had sent "socialites" ,t6
propagandize, in the ' United
States, Bracken said he had laid,
down an "absolute- rule .that
no more lecturers be sent.
"They did so much more
harm- than any , possible . good
that X thought they should stay
nome; -. .ne aeciareu. 1
He added that ' a ' prominent
American - had - estimated that
less than 8 per cent of the
American population was irre
concilably ' antl - British' and
Vcquld only be ' cured by : the
undertaker." ' - i
' Bracken disclosed ' also that
he had created a political war
fare executive to' coordinate the
work of many, diverse propa
ganda agencies. . ' . -..
He ' said Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden formulated the
policy. ,and he himself .admin
istered It. and "we have always
been in complete agreement.":
With some critics charging-Inefficiency
and others alleging
leftist . tendencies-, in British
propaganda services. Parliamen
tary Secretary Ernest Thurtle
disclosed that- Britain would
spend about $34,400,000 on
pronaganda at home and abroad
during the current fiscal year,
an increase of $8,740,000 over
last year. '''-
timated 800,000 Japanese troops
were involved in the China cam
paign. ' ." ' )
In Tokyo, Imperial headquart;
ers said. only 111,000 -Japanese
had been killed in China and as
serted that Chinese losses ex
ceeded 5,000,000 killed, wound
ed and missing, Including 2,338,
000 slain. , ' .
. In AVashlngton, War Secretary
Stimson and -Navy Secretary
Knox saluted the Chinese as
comrades in arms and in a Joint
order-of-the-day read to alt army
and navy iforces pledged Amer
ica's determination to help China
"expel the aggressor from every
foot pf Chinese soil."
In the battle of Australia, Gen.
Douglas MatArthur's headquart-.
era allied bombers struck again
at Tula gl, Japanese-occupied
base in the Solomon-- islands.
while -33 enemy planes raided'
the allied outpost at Port Mores
by, New Guinea. . ,
AXIS
CU MS
SOVIET RAIL
British- Press Forward
For Third Day in -,
' .Libyan Battle .
. . By GEORGE D. GREENE ,
. Associated Press War Editor
. Adolf . Hitler's invasion arm
ies, exploiting a swift 120-mlle
break-through, appeared to have
cuti direct communications be
tween. Russia's northern and
southern armies in a grave turn
of events In the soviet campaign
ipaay, while In Egypt the Brit
ish reported they had bent the
axis. southern. flank back to the
West-for a third successive setback.-
. (...:, ... -. . .. .
A bulletin from British - Im
perial headquarters said .Gen.
Sir Claude J.'.E. Auchinieck's
eighth army, bolstered by fresh
troops and big American tanks.
'continued their pressure on the
enemy, who extended his south
ern flank to the west.". ; . r
This evidently, meant that .
Nazi Marshal Erwin . Rommel
had been forced to weaken his
forward .. line, within. 70 miles
of the great Alexandria, naval
base, and build a protecting or
;'extende,d" wall against British
flying columns hacking at .his
flanks.' -; ... . ...
.i'VOUr battle'' BroiitM pntmrort
and :'.;. dispersed . several', small
enemy columns," British ' head
quarters' said, while front-line
dispatches', Indicated . that . Gen.
Rommel's ...weary, .' troops were
refusing battle. '.
A German communique as
serted -tersely that "in the fight
for EI Alamein, several enemy
counter-attacks supported by
tanks failed."--' - v
nam uiaim victory - .
On the soviet front. Hitler's
field .- headquarters V reported.
tank-led ,'nazi troops had cap
tured the important city of Vo
ronezh, on: the Moscow-Rostov
railroad, "Which is the principal
rail, communication between the
red. armies of the north and
south.- -. . i -
While- the Germans lunged
across the upper Don, a Vichy
broadcast reported that Marshal
Semeon Timoshenko's armies
had opened a Violent counter
offensive at Izyum and Kup
yansk, on the southern flank
of the Ukraine battle front, and
had driven the nazu back across
the Krasnaya river, . '
The Paris radio said the Mos
cow-Rostov railway,' the last
major rail connection between
Moscow and the Caucasus, had
been cut. The line runs through
Voronezh. '
Over Don
While . the Russians gave no
indication that Voronezh' had
fallen, red army headquarters
indicated that Gen. Heinz Guder
ian's nazi tank columns, sweep
ing 50, miles beyond the line of
their greatest 1841 advance, had
fought their way across the up
per Don.
Soviet dispatches said fresh
German divisions were moving
into the battle and that almost
200,000 nazl troops were now
throwing their weight into the
drive.; which ultimately ' could
turn either south for a thrust into
the great Caucasus oil fields or
north for a flanking i sweep
ardund Moscow.
Although military experts ex
pected Hitler to strike for the
oil treasures of the . Caucasus,
they did not discount tho pbssl
blllty that he might also be' in
tent on the prize that so bitterly
eluded him in 1841 the capture
oi Moscow.
German communiques recent
ly, have stressed action In. the
Rzhev zone, 120 miles northwest
of Moscow, and today Hitler's
field headquarters reported:
"In attacks in the Rzhev area.
. (Continued on Page Two). .
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