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i Weather News lllluiiiliili.liiii.lUiiii.liiiiiUiiiiiiii.ii.iiilNliilluli-W. ,iln,,ilil!.lilll, Ivl: Ooi Omlnute blast 'on sirens and whistles It the signal lot bliokout In Klamath rails. Another long bint, during bliok out. Ii a ilgnal tor allclter. In precau tionary parlodi, watch your ttraat lights. July 7 High 89. Low S3 Precipitation aa of July 1, 1941 Lait year Normal .. 11.81 Stream year to data .. 13,15 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND, NEA FEATURES ----------.----- - - - n.i PRICE FI I FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1942 Number 9534 'twv AitvMuri a.ui-m:ia.v Nl km tlM, ; 'Malta Raids I v, !! I!!! I P '! I I I ' if U ijii'lljl lillllilli'W Sav"1!-- ;:U,.!l ..'i!,'f,:! W.li'llllli'li!; 1:1 i i1 I mi aMAanwwn I f ! , By FRANK JENKINS YJSSTt'BDAY II looked aa If tlio Germans miiiht Iwivo taken Voronozh not only that but might bo pushing on to now conquests farther cast. Today they appear to bo hold on the Don rlvor, iomo ten mile SHORT of voronozn. rON'T put all this down to ly lug dispatches. It teems probable that the Ger mans may have crossed the Don with light forces which PUSHED ON In the typical manner of the blitz. The Russians report today that they DESTROYED theso light forces and are holding the main German force on the west bank of the river. This. If true, Is Important, for It means that the Russians TINCHED OFF the prodding spearhead fingers of the blitz. B UT watch this line of the Don river. ' ' ' It Ilea Just west of the main north and south rollrood that brings supplies from Moscow to the Russian armies and also en blea the Russians to shift forces swiftly back and forth to meet Germnn threat! wherever they may develop. ' For that reason. Its loss would be serious. p EM EMBER also that If the K Germans FAIL to lake It their failuro will hava sorlous Implications, Indicating that they have lost tho punch they had last year. fHE Russians point out today A that In two months of offen sive action in the Crimea and 1 the Ukraine this year tho Ger mans novo gained less than 15, 000 square miles as compared with tho 339,000 squaro miles overrun by them In tho first two months of tho Russian war last year. A GAIN a warning: Don't try to Judge this huge battlo by tho (censored) reports of any single day's fighting. Bcforo drawing conclusions, wnlt for the OVER-ALL picture to dovolop, yHE situation In Egypt today Is protty well summed up in this Cairo dispatch: "Thcro have been no mojor attacks on cither sldo (today). Both ' forces aro saving their heavy punches for a declslvo battlo that Is expected at any time." e e MEANWHILE furious axis raids on Malta nro reported, Indicating thai axis convoys nro rushing reinforcements over the Mediterranean to Rommel nnd Malta is being hammered hard to keep Its land-bused pintles from ATTACKING theso con voys. It looks now as If the futo of Egypt will depend on which side gets In adequate reinforcements FIRST. e . e THE battlo for tho Moscow Rostov rail lino and tho atrugglo In Egypt highlight sen sationally tho tremendous Im portance of communications In war. This Is n WORLD war, and so communications are of world wide scopo nnd Importance. , Basically tho submarine war fare along our Atlantic coast Is m part, ami a highly inipuituul part, of this worldwldo war on communications. Tho ships that , aro sunk thcro ere carrying sup plies of all sorts to OUR SIDE, and ovcry ship tho axis can sink here weakens by Just that much our war effort. One of the first principles of war Is that armies can't fight (Continued on Pago Two) BERLIN HELD RUSHING HELP TOWMEL British Harry Enemy; Wait for Decisive Battle CAIRO, July 8 UP) Intonslve British air blows and harrying patrol stabs against the axis forces, both aimed at wearing down the enemy's powor In tho till undecided battle at the threshold of the Nilo, were re ported by the British today. Still, however, thore were no major attacks on either side and both forces evidently were stab bing to test out the opposition and saving their heavy punches for a decisive battle that might bo Joined t any . time.', r. A British headquarters bulle tin said that patrols operating near the coastal end of the lino destroyed some axis tanks yes terday and took a few prisoners whllo tho RAF again pounded Tobrtik and started ".violent ex plosions and fires" with direct hits on enemy machines, gun ncxte and oil t6re irt the battle area.' . ' :.. . k...". ': -, . Against ' three' enemy planes downed on the North African front and nine more over Malta, the British wild they lost eight but that six of their pilots were saved. ' ' :, ' . In Readiness v Behind the lines, the Egyptian government put IU military and civil defenses in readiness for any emergency. Both desert armies were estab lished firmly on their corridor lines between tho Mediterranean and Qnttnra depression in the El Alamcln area, both closely concealing when or how they would try to break the stalemat ed situation. In the past 48 hours the Ger mans have withdrawn from the southern end of their line, In ef fect turning a comer at tho In- (Continued on Pago Two) South Pacific Battle Idles GENERAL MacARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS, Australia, July 8 (P) Except for a raid by 16 Japanese bombers which caused slight damage to tho air drome on Horn island. In tho Torres Strait between northeast ern Australia and New Guinea, General MacArthur'g headquar ters communique reported today only "Intermittent air reconnais sance" on the south Pacific front. 1 At Canberra, Australian Arms Minister Francis Fordo announc ed that air support control units providing a radio-telegraph link between ground command ers and planes have been cre ated for effective frontline army air cooperation. . 1 ' ' Armed Guards Saboteur WASHINGTON, July .8 (P) In a sotting of utmost secrecy, guaranteed by heavily armed soldiers, police and secret agents, and wullcd-off corridors, eight Gorman-born fricn went on trial for their lives today before a military commission sitting in tho justice department. Tho eight, accused of violating tho articles of war by stealing Into this country with Intent to spread fire and destruction by nnzl ttabotngo mothods, were rounded up by the FBI after thoy had been landed by U-boats on lonely beaches of Long Island and Florida. So veiled with sccretlvencss was the commission proceeding tho first Important one of Its kind sinco the Civil war that not even the factof the starting Flies For China 17, 1, is? SV'- Youthful Col. Robert L. Scott will command the 23rd pursuit group in China, which roplaced the famed Flying Tigers. U. S. SUB SINKS STIIfie Navy Announces Tor- pecjoing Near ,, ' , , Kiska , ; : Washington, July 8 m) The navy announced today that a United States submarine had torpedoed and was believed to have sunk a Japanese destroyer In tho vicinity of Kiska Island In the Aleutians ,'A navy communique, bosod on reports received up to 1:30 p. m., todoy said: "North Pacific area: "1. On the afternoon of July S, a U. S. submarine, operating In tho Aleutian islands, torpe doed and Is believed to have sunk a Japanese destroyer In the vicinity of Kiska. '''2. This is tho fifth enemy destroyer to have been sunk or damaged by our submarines In this area during tho two-doy per iod, (July 4 nnd 5.) i "3. Low visibility continues In this area." Previously, the Japanese were reported to have lost five ships sunk and nine damaged in their Invasion . of the western Aleu tians. ' U. S. SHIP AGROUND 1 CAPETOWN, South Africa. July 8 (AP) South African naval authorities announced to day that a 5500-ton United States vessel which went aground near Dassen Island off the Cape of Good Hope in a fog yesterday hod sunk whllo being towed toward port, Tho crew was saved. (In Washington tho navy department, described the ship only as a merchant ves sel). Guarantee Trial Secrecy of tho trial was made known of' flclnlly. An Informed person confirmed It, however, after it became ob vious from the arrival of the pri soners, tho seven generals who compose tho commission, the prosecution nnd defense counsel nnd a number of witnesses. . Police Guard Tho prisoners arrived behind a wedgo of motorcycle police men In two closed vans guarded by soldiers with machine, guns and automatic rifles. Both streets, one on tho cast, the other on the west side, were patrolled by policemen, while in the basoment of the building It self whore tho vans were unload ed, heavily armed, helmet-wearing soldiers guarded every cor (Continued on Page Two) TIT ON TRAVEL IN Certain Areas of Near by Forests Closed To Recreation Federal forest services and the Klamath Forest Protective asso ciation applied severe restric tions today on travel In forests of Klamath and Lake counties. Large areas of forest land were placed either in class 2, where travel is permitted for In. dustrlal or business purposes, only, or In class 3, where recrea tional travel Is permitted by per sons who register at designated places. Proclamations . by Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague, em bracing the restrictions, were re ceived here. Placed in class 2 was an area of about 4S0 square miles pro tected by tho Klamath Forest Protective association and lying generally west of Klamath Falls as far as Jenny creek. This class 2 area adjoins Upper Klamath ldk.e on the east, js bounded by the Klamath, rive? orl he 'south east,, the" CnlLfornlOtegDnT line on the south, jenny creek on the west, and the Rogue river forest boundary and the Moon Prairie road on the north. ' ' Exceptions On Roads Threo important exceptions are made to the complete clos uro In this area. Travel will be permitted' through this area on the Klamath Falls-Ashland high' way, the west side and Lake o' the Woods highways, and the Copco-Fall Creek road. (A map of this particular area is now being prepared by The Herald and News and will be published before the weekend.) Five other areas under the (Continued on Page Two) Deductions From Soldiers' Checks Start WASHINGTON, July 8 (P) The army already has started deducting from soldiers' pay checks the contributions they are required - to make to de pendent wives and children un der tho family allowance bill which became law on June 23 although payments to the " de pendents will not start until No vember. First deductions were ordered from June pay checks due July 1. But since some army posts already had their June payrolls made up when instructions were received, deductions in those cases will not start until Au gust 1. To prevent hardship the Juno deductions at thoso camps may be spread over three or four months. Government cash benefits are being added to these pay allot ments, out both will be allowed to accumulate Into lump sums ($2S0 In tho case of a dependent (Continued on Page Two) Fishy Water Was All British Left For Axis Troops . CAIRO, July 8 (AP) Fishy water, so unpalatable that no stomach con stand it, was all that tho British left behind for the Germans to drink on' the western desert. . , . This was tho result of fish oil . methodically poured . Into the wells at all oases. Because water sources on the desert, although scarce are vir tually indestructible, this meth od has supplanted former ef forts to blow up the wells. Where a well Is blasted the enemy can get palatable water within 24 hours by digging a new one nearby. , I0OTE .f.. fiTC'i i'1 a When bombs dropped by-Jp at Dutch Harbor bit close by, these three "walking wounded" soldiers lost their front teeth. After a little dental work they'll be ready for another go at the enemy. Left to right: Private First Class Robert Milam, Chicago; Corporal Bruce Richardson of Hot Springs, Ark., and Corporal Louis R. Prentice of Bokechlto, Okla. They recently were brought to Seattle. ' . . . ." .' , , . -. COWGRESS STILL AT ODDS ON FARM BILL .,- .... f ' thdflzation Holds; Up Settlement5 ,' ' By FRANCIS J. KELLY WASHINGTON, July, 8 P) Senators , and house members, still sharply at odds on the $680, 000,000 farm bill, today planned a quick resumption of ' confer ences after reaching, a tempo rary agreement to supply the department of agriculture with July funds, : . . . . ' A complicating factor,- how ever, was the senate's action yes terday in authorizing full parity loans on six major farm crops wheat, corn, cotton, rice, tobacco and peanuts. . Parity . is an artificial price level calculated to give farm pro ducts the purchasing power en Joyed in a previous period, in most cases 1909-1914. He Solution Chairman Cannon of the house appropriations committee de clared the loan ; bill, sponsored by Senators Russel (D-Ga.) and Bankhead (D-Ala.), would - not solve the controversy, .which Cannon said, involved a prlnci . (Continued . on. Page Two) j Japs Start New Movement in China War CHUNGKING, July 8 (AP) With the Chinese still clinging to a 23-mile sector of the Che-klang-Kiangsi railway, the Japa nese were reported today ' to have started a new thrust, south west from Nanchang In a fight for the Klangsi-Hunan line, sec ond loop toward an overland rail trunk with which tho Japa nese seek .to link Shanghai nnd Singapore, k . A delayed Central news dis patch from , Kiangsi said the Japanese penetrated Fengchang and Changshu, 30 and 45 miles southwest of Nanchang, Mon day afternoon. ' Fierce fighting was said to be going on around the two towns, the first'main stops on the line which connects with the Cheklang-Klangsl 1 i n e nt Nanchang and runs into Hunan province to Join the trunk line south to Canton at Chuchow, south of the 'provincial capital of Changsha. AUTO FLOOR MAT DEAL American Legion auxiliary of fioldls sold today they had ar ranged ' with local furniture stores: to provide automobile flbor coverings .of felt or lino leum at a substantial savings to those who will give up their rub ber floor mats to tho war scrap rubber drivo. Three Lose Front Teeth at Dutch 1 1 Stations Will Close for Final Rubber Clean-Up LOS . ANGELES, July 8 W)- The; local chairman; of the govr ernmenvs- . rubber. - drive'" an nojtneed" today thsjt yeverjp Paci. tie coast service station would close for six 'hours1 tomorrow while the 30,000 managers and operators went on a last minute hunt for materials to add to the growing stockpiles. '. - P. E. Allan, in charge of the drive here, said his instructions came from William F. Humph reys of San Francisco, chairman for five western states. ' -Allan said attendants would Join in a coordinated house-to-house and building-to-building search for the last scrap of non essential rubber. Friday is the last day of the drive, which gov ernment off ioials have said is short of expectations. . R. O. Snodgrass,- chairman of the Klamath Falls drive, said he had- received no, word of a six hour closure, here, but said he (Continued, on Page Two) . Cary Grant Weds - Barbara Hurton .. . i ' LAKE ARROWHEAD, Calif,, July 8. (AP)Cary. Grant, the tall, dark. and handsome film star and long one of Holly wood's most eligible' bachelors, was married in this mountain setting today to Barbara Hut ton, heiress to' a fabulous for tune. They were wed at noon in a simple ceremony which required only six minutes. It was per formed at the lake resort' home here of Frank W. Vincent, Grant's personal manager-and a long-time friend, by' the Rev. H. Paul Romels,. pastor of the English Lutheran church In nearby. San Bernardino. The bride wore a navy silk dress with cyclamen blouse and hat, and carried, .a - bouquet of roses. She had blue accessories. Egyptian Situation Holds Attention of War Council WASHINGTON, July 8 ,(P) Tho situation in Egypt, and its relationship to operations in other theatres of war, received a major share of attention at a meeting of the Pacific War coun cil today at the White House. - Lelghton McCarthy, Canadian minister to the U. S sajd he had inquired about the Aleutian Islands and that President Roose velt had corroborated reports of sinking of four Japanese destroy ers there and observed that-the weather lately had been bad. While China's foreign min ister, Dr. T. V. Soong, had made a bid for air reinforcements for his country at the last council meeting, he did not care to say today what the results of the Harbor ? .en NMrmii lm iiiiiiCQC Sinking pf Two Cargo ? Vessels in Western):: Atlantic Told ' 1 By The Associated Press ' The navy today announced the .sinking of two more mer chant vessels, bringing to 345. the unofficial Associated Press tabulation of united and neutral nations' ship losses In the west ern Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. Thirty-four survivors of a small Latvian merchant vessel sunk 10 days ago said on reach ing an east coast port that their master and. an ordinary seamen were taken aboard the sub that shelled and sank their cargo ves sel. .- 'The navy announced also the sinking of a medium-sized Dutch cargo vessel in the Caribbean two months ago. ' All 37 persons aboard the ship were rescued although the ves sel was sunk, by an enemy sub within 10 minutes, the navy re ported. ' The navy- announced yester day the destruction in the Carib bean of three merchantmen a U. S. vessel, a small British tanker and a medium-sized Norwegian-cargo sh'ip--which with the loss disclosed today swelled the toll in that area to 113. Mexico Strikes - Meanwhile, Mexico struck her first blow since she declared war last month with a dive bombing attack in the Gulf of Mexico which the Mexican army general staff said apparently crippled an enemy submarine. From Buenos Aires, a high of ficial source said that neutral Argentina, while still holding to her right to freedom on the seas, ordered her merchant vessels to avoid, the east coast of the Unit- . (Continued on Page Two) appeal were, Inasmuch as this was a matter of military secrecy. But to a. question as to whether there was anything encouraging along that line, he replied: "There is only one answer we're always encouraged." ' Encouraged ..... . Dr. Felco Van Kleffens, Neth erlands foreign minister, said he still had uci'lliUc reasons fur feeling encouraged about the war, but he said he was talking from the "long-time perspec tive." - Council members, represent ing the eight United Nations ac tively engaged In warfare in the Pacific, -noted that the al lied forces apparently were hold continued on Page Two) - lH0T combat RAGES ALONG RIVER COURSE Soviet Says Axis On slaught on Rail ; Center Slowed MOSCOW, July 8 UP) The counterattacking red army was reported tonight to be wiping out German bridgeheads on the east bank of a bitterly contested river in the Voronezh sector (ap parently1 the river Don) and to be repulsing successfully all fur ther enemy attempts to cross the stream. -: ",.' - The Germans yesterday ' re ported their columns bad crossed this river at several places, but today Russian dispatches from the front said landings on 1 the east bank were being wiped out. ; Violent combats still raged along the river's course, but light enemy units which had reached the east bank were re ported' destroyed and the bulk of .the German forces held -on the west bank. -V? V. : .'- ' . Hang On ''' . ' Holding grimly to its new lines and counter-a Hacking strongly In some sectors, the red army reported today that it had slowed' the mighty German on slaught against Voronezh, key link between Russia's central and southern armies. '-The Germans claim of the cap ture of: Voronezh by; reinforced hazf ; rt?oo'ps ? wKich" streamed across-the Don river 10 miles west of the city went uncon firmed. The soviet information bureau declared that the wither ing fire of massed Russian, tanks had beaten off bitter German as saults upon a- height - in - the chalky hills just west of Vor onezh. ; , BERLIN : (Front German Broadcasts), July Z OPH-rThe en circlement and- capture, of nu merous soviet troops northwest of Voronezh in enlarging a Ger man salient in that general dis trict and the surrounding of strong Russian forces on the (Continued on Page Two)'.- . Germans, British -Trade Shots Over , Channel Today LONDON, ; July 8 (IP) Ger man and British guns along the English channel traded shells for more than an hour early today In firing precipitated by. "the Germans'' first bombardment of the southeast coast in many weeks. (These outbreaks usually mark attacks on shipping moving through the channel). Dover had its first shellfire warning in some time but there were no reports from the south east coast of casualties or prop erty damage. . ' British planes laid mines in hazi- waters- and attacked Ger man shipping off The Nether lands coast overnight, the air ministry said. All the aircraft were reported to have returned. Draftees' Clinic To Be Held Here Thursday Night A clinic for prospective .draftees' ' screening exams will "be held Thursday night at the Klamath county medical clinic at Eighth and Pine streets, se lective service headquarters said today. . . One hundred men have been ordered to report to the clinic between 7 and 9 o'clock for ex amination, the office said. Exams Will be under the direction of Dr. Peter Rozendnl. The exam Is a preliminary one to the final draft physical at the Portland induction station. News Index City Briefs Page S Comics and Story Page 8 Courthouse Records .......Page B Editorials , Page 4 Information Page 8 Market, Financial v.;.... Page 7 Pattern Page B Sports ..--.-.:. Page 8 V
