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By FRANK JENKINS
-TODAY'S wut" news at a
glance:
' Tho altuutlon In Russia la defi
nitely worao.
: In Egypt (temporarily, at leosl)
it li illHhtly bettor.
TN Russia, you'll have to rains
your alghta to tnka in Stnlin-
oirad. on tlio Volga a big lump
Jbontwurd on your map.
Stalingrad la im important In
dustrial city. It" factories, along
with those of Moscow, nro prob
ably supplying the bulk ot tho
Russian munitions for tho pres
ent Krnit buttle apart from air
craft replacements, which can be
flown In from long distances.
Tho Volga la not only an Im
portant defense line, but a great
Russian artery of commerce. On
It oil moves In bargea from the
Caucasus fields. At Its upper
nd, Moscow Is connected with It
by a canal.
At compared with this coun
try, river transport la vastly im
portant In Russia.
'THE Germans aro now within
zuu miles oi oianngrua. incy
Jnave advanced 170 miles In a
week.
; Tliey aro following down the
right bank of the Don, through
valley containing few natural
defense lines. From the valley of
the Don, where It bends south
ward west of the Volga, It la
only 50 miles to Sttrttngritd. .
TODAY'S dlapotchc aay the
, nails are achieving their suc
cesses at tremenaouaoat of men
and equipment. - 'r:
i That la doutiHWfril: '
But Granfe-sitccesiws In' hla
final drivo on Richmond were
also achieved at tremendous cost.
Ha lost half his army In less than
month. 1 1 , ,
. Yet he won. '
t He -won because Lco'e losses
were RELATIVELY MORE cost
ly. .
THE final result In Russia will
J depend on the comparative
oi5c.and the COMPARATIVE
RESOURCES of.. Hitler and
Stalin.
Plus whatever help OUR SIDE
can give to Russia.
. ?
rON'T glvo up the ahlp. Don't
7' let yourself get as gloomy
now as you were probobly cocky
a few weeks ago. .....
; Be REALISTIC In your ap
praisal -of the progress of the
war. Keep the long pull In mind.
But don't let yourself think
the Russians have the war won.
VN Egypt tho hard-hitting Aus-
trallans have coma Into tho
picture again. One gathers from
the tone of the dispatches that
their arrival la tho chief reason
for the temporarily favorable
turn In the battle.
; Where-they came from Isn't
Stnlcd. Possibly from Australia.
There has been time for them to
ntnA -lni frnm hnmn
- As usual, Rommel gave way
before lliulr deadly bayonets.
T H E British Mediterranean
navy entered the plcturo to
day for the first time since the
present battle began, shelling
Malruh..
i Appearance of the navy sug
gests that our side still has con
trol of the air In Africa. Other
wise, naval participation In the
fighting along tho Egyptian coast
would have been too dangerous
to be risked.
-Egyptian fighting on a decisive
icalc seems to bo still waiting for
REINFORCEMENT ON A DE
CISIVE SCALE.
; Whichever side gols adequate
reinforcement FIRST will hove
the edge. '
,
THERE has been an Intriguing
' development on the Western
front.
; Tha British strike flY DAY
LIGHT with new, last-word,
four motor, up-to-now-secret
Lancaster bombers at tho Ger
man' U-bont nest at Danzig, on
the Baltic. The number of these
bombers participating la not an
nounced, but it is stated that tha
loss was under five per cent,
' (Continued on Page. Two) , .
EL ALAMEIN
Both' Sides Gather Re
inforcements for
Big Push
CAIRO, Egypt, July 13 (AP
Rritaln's army of the Nile, once
again bolstered by Australians,
atood firm In Its newly won posi
tions 10 mllea west of El Ala
mein today after repulsing sharp
German attacks, but .Marshal
Rommel was reinforcing his
forces by air and sea and pre
paring for a new thrust toward
Alexandria, ' -
Gen. Sir Claude Auchlnleck
also was drawing new strength
from his store and reserves In
Egypt. , ....
With both sides thus hastily
gathering power f or . now test,
present activity In the desert
woa viewed by British 'military
circles as probing for (a'vorablq
ground for future operations.;
: Tho newiy won British.. posi
tions at Tl El'ErsaV.weat oVfel
Alumoln,. wore bcllcvocLso vital
let ROtnmol's of fcnslrr Malls' ttfat
the British expected he would
continue to attempt to recapture,
them before he begins a new bid
for a complete Egyptian victory.
Repulse '' ' v..
The British communique today
said they had repulsed all' Ger
man counterattacks on tl .posi
tion so far. ' '
At tha same time British1
shock troop .and artillery were
reported harassing the enemy on
the southern end of the front,
Just obovo the Qunttnra depres
sion, whilo In tho. center axis
(Continued on Pago Xwo).",
Sinking of Ships
In St. Lawrence
Told in Canada ' :
OTTAWA, July 13 0P) wavy
Minister Angus MacDonald an
nounced In tho house of com
mons today that three United
Nations ships had been torpe
doed and sunk in tho gulf of
the St. Lawrence river "about a
week ago."
Four crewmen were killed,
four aro missing, and 89 were
rescued, he said,
This brought the total of ships
sunk in the river to at least five.
Tho government announced
tho loss of two shlpa May 13,
and survivors at the time said
they believed a third had gone
down. .
Simpson Charges Rubber
Firms With
WASHINGTON. July 13 fP).
Elliot E. Simpson, an Indepen
dent rubber dealer who Is coun
sel for a house sub-commltteo
Investigating tho rubber situa
tion, charges that "four large
scrap rubber firms have reaped
enormous profits from the coun
try's scrap rubber drive."
Simpson, In a stntcmont re
leased yesterday, said:
"Tho four companies which
have been appointed as tho sole
rubber reserve 'agents' are H.
Meuhlsleln and Company, Inc.,
A, Scliulmflii, Inc., Nat E. Bcr
zen, Inc., and the Loewcnthal
company. All -four havo branch
es extending from coast to coast,
and all four are due, to obtain
tremendous profits from this
deal." , , , , , .,
Subsiding
The Rubber Reserve corpora
tion is a government subsidiary
of tha Reconstruction, Finance
corporation. .,
'The latest wrinkle In war-
profiteering la In scrap rubber."
Simpson said, "with four so
called 'agents' of the rubber re
serve pocketing gigantic profiU
at the expense ot the millions of
ASSOCIATED PRF
PRICE?',',1,!,1., Tn y!i'!ii i K"w"','.A.'!'4'..tATII FALLS. OREGON,
ia r'
This waterfront Ttew, which came from a neutral notion through London to the United
States, was described as showing a German , submerlne "garage" on the Trench coast. Atop the
concrete-covered U-boat docks e
protect the structure.
Br;lt1sCDr6():High:!Ex;
' 1 plosive Shells
ir
on V ,
Vital Base,
, ' By LARRY ALLEN
. WITH THE BRITISH NAVY
A1RFORCB IN THE EGYPTIAN
DESERT,' July 12 (Doloycd (P)
British ' warships; hurled more
than 700 rounds of high explo
sive shells irilo-thc axis vital
supply, base at Matruh before
dawn, today, causing great de
struction In'tho enemy's material
dumps close behind tho Egyptian
battlefields. .
Naval aircraft bombed the
western Egypt seaport Installa
tions while scores of steel pro
jectiles from the great throats of
the sea guns silenced short bat
teries and beat much of the, sec
tor Into smoking, ravaged pulp,
The surprise bombardment
caught a mass of small supply
ships and swift motor torpedo
boats resting at anchor' In the
harbor.-A number were set afire;
The great-shells from the fleet
set lingo blazes ashore.
The" warships pumped shells
Into Matruh' for nearly a. half
hour.-The. first round fell square
ly on tho target area and blasted
the heavy nazl anti-aircraft guns
Into rubble ot twisted steel. Aft
erwards, there. was only the rat
tle of machlncgun fire and 'bursts
of small arms from ashore.
Profit - Reaping
Americans who patriotically co
operated" In the president s rub
ber drive. i
Simpson said the four com
panies ho named "arc being
granted 'commissions' of $1.50
on every ton or scrap rubber
which la collected for the rub
ber reserve, whether or not they
wero Instrumental in collecting
the scrap. On top of that,, they
are paid u considerable sum for
sorting tha scrap once It Is in
their warehouses. But the great
est bonanza of all will come aft
er the scrap Is sorted, after such
Items as crepe soles worth $462
a ton are separated from run-of-the-mill
grades." i
AKRON, Ohio, July 13 (VP)
M. A. Goldberg, local repreaen
tatlve of the Loewenthal Co.,
Chicago, denied today a charge
that Rubber Reserve' Corp. had
allowed "enormous profits" to
his and three other firms under
agreements connected with the
scrap rubber drive.
The charge was mBde by El
liot E. Simpson, counsel for a
house sub-committee lnvestlgat-
(Continued "on Page Two)
- v V . '
1 THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
fortification was. being built.
,. . ,.,
Nazis Plan
More Terror
For frpjff
' VICHY, Julyv.t '-M .'.St.''T
Germ n W'afi ripu ne'ed ,'louny.. In,
. IirjrtheWUWrWl!fiales
over the ago of 18 years who are
members of families of fugitives
from German military Juntlce ac
cused of terrorism, or sabotage.
This applies to "all near male
relatives In the ascending line as
well m. brothers-in-law and cou
sin,". Women- of the same de
grees' of kinship will' be: sen
tenced, to hard, labor and chil
dren of adults thus punished will
be' sent to reform schools,' the an
nouncement said. ...
A notice issued by the gestapo
director over-night to-the press
In the occupied area said: . .
"After having observed the at
tllude of the French population
la; the occupied zone I -have
noted that a majority of the pop
ulation is continuing to work in
calm.. . Terrorists attacks, sabo
tage, etc., instigated by the Eng
lish and Soviets are disapproved
of and It Is known that it is' only
the peaceable French population
which suffers the consequences.
"1 am resolved to guarantee to
the French population in abso
(Continued on Pago Two)
Slot Machine
Cose-down
Starts in State
SALEM, July 12 (AP) Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague dis
closed today that state police and
county sheriffs are attempting
to wipe out all slot machines
operating In the state. ' '
Governor Sprague, at the re
quest of Lt. Gen. J. L. De Witt,
commanding general of the west
ern defense command,' asked the
officers to make ' the raids -on
July 1. Many of the raids al
ready have been made. - '
In a letter to Charles P. Pray,
superintendent of stote police,
tho governor wrote:
"I request that you Instruct
the officers of the state police
to take Immediate action to con
fiscate all such; slot machines
observed to be operating. in the
state of Oregon and further re
quest that you ask tho coopera
tion ot local police authorities
In continuing to suppress this
form of gambling."
General De Witt asked the
governor, In a letter written
June 10, to shut down all slot
machines operating near bar
racks a d encampments of
troops. ' -' ' i
Genernl DeWitt said he had
requested similar action In other
western states.
Governor Sprague explained
that he delayed the announce
ment In order .to give police a
chance to catch slot machine op
erators by surprise. Ho said that,
uubllclty would havo given the
operators a warning and chased
them' Into temporary hiding. ; .
WM
MONDAY, JULY 13, 1942
Aircraft were to be assigned to
' . .
ShS'o$tr5ini
HaVbbf' Now Stand !
' At 364-: '
l -V. . , . '.' ' .1 ;,.:! - . ,
. By the As'soelited Presi ; 1:
' The loss of ;thr A 'United Na
tions merchant vessel" , one of
them a United States vessel tor
pedocd approximately 90 miles
off the Atlantic -coast,'-Was 're
ported today by the navy,' "
Earlier, the torp'edoeing of two
merchant ships, one in the Gulf
of Mexico and the other, in.ithe
Carlbben, was announced' bythe
navy. . ; -v' -V-v,'
Eleven of tho 32-man 'srev ot
a small armed Norwegian cargo
ship were lost in' the sinking of
the ship ' one - week ago. In -the
gulf.- All 22 of the: crew'.of the
other victim, a' small" 'unarmed
Panamanian cargo vessel,-were
saved when their ship sank
May 23. "
In Havana; the Cuban navy
general staff said a -U; S: mer
chant ship was torpedoed and
sunk off the north coast of Cuba
yesterday. : i. 1 ' j
The three sinkings announced
by the navy today and the two
reported yesterday raised to 364
the unofficial Associated Press
tabulation" of allied and neutral
ship losses, In, the western At
lantic since Pearl Harbor. The
Cuban and Canadian-announced
sinkings were not included pend
ing further. Information.
French "Reds",
Germans Battle
VICHY, Unoccupied France,
July 13 OP) French gendarmes
Joined German police in a pitch
ed battle against defiant, hand
grenade-tossing Frenchmen at
Houdin, in the Pas De Calais
department, reports reaching
Vichy said today.
One of the. recalcitrant group
was reported killed and a by
stander wounded before the
French and nazi police stormed
the house in which the French
men, described as "commun
ists," wero barricaded,
The Germans said a cache of
firearms and explosives was
found in the house along with
Information which led to discov
ery of another cache containing
dynamite and railway sabotage
tools.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit ...,.......v...'.: 3 , 4 .'. 2
New York 4 6 1
Trout, Gorsica (7) and Teb
hetts; Gomez and Dickey, Rosar
(2 ' ..' !,
NEA FEATURES
Number
FUTUO ISLAND
Newest Jap Threat to
Vital Port Held
Smashed
. By The Associated Press
' Generalissimo- Chiang Kai
Shek's high command declared
today that the Chinese had re
captured Futuo island, Just off
the Fuklen province coast from
Fpochow,- smashing the newest
Japanese threat to one of the
biggest ports still In Chinese
hands. - ,-.;'
-The 'Japanese seized 'trie" Is
land; last Thursday .but "weire
driven off Saturday, a Chinese
communique announced.. It said
fighting still . was in. progress
northwest of Wenchow, in Che
klang province, the second of
the . two big remaining Chinese
port.'. The1 Japanese claimed yes
terday. thaV they-had occupied
. Fighting continued Inland Irt
Xisngsi province where the Chi'
nese.! said the Japanese .weri
ruining up iretmorcements in
4 effort to save 30,000 of their'
troops hemmed in. by the pbi,-nese-
between the Kari "and Fu
rivers. - . .
, .Second Front
' ylfree China's leading newspa
Wr, Ta K'ung Pao, called upon
the United States, to. bring the
war to a turning point thjs sum
mer or autumn by opening a
second front in -Europe, starting
a naval of tensive, against Japan,
and. turning the: full power of
her,, air force upon ithe axis In
Europe end Asia.
..The newspaper said. talk, of a
sepbrid front so far recalled a
Chinese proverb:,- : "There is
. XContinued. on. Page Two) ..
''i . ' 1
Nazis Wipe Out .
Norwegian Town, ;
Soviets-Report
, LONDON, July 13 (IF) Reut
ers said : today, that the soviet
information bureau had broad
cast' a. report that the nazis have
wiped out a village, in Telemark
province of southern Norway and
'shot, all its. .residents, including
women ana cnuaren.
- -A spokesman here for- the
Norwegian gover,nment-Jn-ex.ilei
however, said "We have1 received
no ! Information that a village
was wiped out in' Telemark pro
vince." : - :
Daylight Raid on Danzig
Shows New Strength in Air
LONDON, July 13 (&) The
new potency of Britain's air cam
paign to drive the U-boat from
the seas, by smashing Germany's
replacements before she can get
them-into the water, is the story
behind the RAF's sensational
daylight raid on Danzig Satur
day.: '.-:; .'
. That neither daylight, dis
tance nor foul weather deterred
squadrons of British bombers
from sweeping low over Ger
many on a 1750-mile round-trip
in daylight showed that the nazis
are exposed now to mighty air
assault any where and at any
time.
The test of the Danzig raid is
comparison with the dramatic
daylight air attack on the Ger
man submarine plant at Augs
burg just last April. Only 12
planes made that stab, only
about half as far from home as
the' former free city, and only
five returned.
The attack on Danzig cost but
three planes and unofficial in
dications that this, was less than
five -per cent of the attacking
ea
. - - - - - - - - - - - - -
9538
I :
j
Police- Chief- Frank Himm,
who was nominated Monday by
President Rooserelt to be Unit
ed States' marshal for Oregon.
ISO.
F." R. ' Proposes .Klam
ath Chief for Fed-!
erdl Post'
WASHINGTON. July 13 (AP)
President Roosevelt today nominated-Steve
F. Hamm'of Ore?
gort to be yrjlted iSta tea marshal
for Oregon. - . . . - --y;- -"5
A-'rrn. ".
f Steve F. Hamm, whd'is Frarjk
Hariitn - In - Klamath : Fallsi -has
been police chief here -for -seven
years. :'. '-- ? -'-
. He was first appointed by for
mer Mayor Willis Ma-honey, and
served through two terms of for
mer Mayor Clifton Richmond's
administration, as well as Mayor
John, Houston's . administration
to date. He had police experi-ence-with
the Pendleton and Los
Angeles police departments be
fore movinfe to' Klamath Falls.
. , Got Strong Support y
' Hamm became an active can
didate for the U. S. marshal's
appointment about the .first of
this year.. He was strongly sup
ported by the Klamath -county
democratic central committee,
and was widely recommended
by other central committees in
the state,- particularly those of
neighboring counties. He was en
dorsed for the appointment: by
Congressman Walter M. Pierce,
and former Mayor Willis , Ma:
honey is understood to. have as
sisted in placing Hamm's. quali
fications before the Vpowers that
be." .Vi .') .:!. -:
Vacancy .Here ' . , i
The. nomination-by the .presl
dent now goes to the' senate for
confirmation. Confirmation . will
be followed,-by. assumption of
thex office.- and Hamm -will-then
mpye to Portland., where head
quarters ot .the U.;S. marshal's
office. are'malntalned. ;
" Incumbent' In the marshal's of
'. (Continued -on Page Two) : :
force meant that at least; 60
borhbers made It. '
: Risky 1 ;
On this longest and riskiest
daylight operation" by the RAF
so-far, the British' sent out their
Lancaster's great, four-motored
bombers which are the newest
and highly secret bomb-carriers
in their air fleet.
For hours these tough planes
flew over Germany's heavily
guarded coast before they sliced
down to lay their heavy bombs
on Danzig's submarine yards In
the bright light of the northern
evening. .
Other bombers at the same
time raided another U-boat base,
Flensburg, on the German -Danish
border 400 miles nearer Eng
land than Danzig.
. To get to Danzig, the British
bombers had to buck thunder
storms, treacherous winds and
icing for hours over Germany's
defense-studded home precincts.
1 ' Bad weather over the conti
nent prevented the RAF from
following up the Danzig assault
with another raid on Germany
last night, the British said.
ther New
July 12 High 82, tow 43 :
Praclpltatlon at o( July 8. .1943) '-:',; .j
Last year ... ;-..-.:.-.,..j.;...13.8i
Normal ;.: ............ 11,17 -j
Straam yaar to data ..........' H.H '!
- 1" iioinnrnniminrifi nruimji.i'
Mighty ' Blitz; Carries
.: Swastika Toward
.'. Xaspian:.Sea:;;-
'.."'. By JAMES LONO
', Associated Press War Editor .
'The.. Russian- army, ; giving
ground -.but keeping its front
unbroken, was. hammered back
today into the big -bend; of the
Don. river -where the Germans'
deepest .drive Into soviet, soil
carnea me swasuKa war. nag
within 200 miles of the Volga
in a sweep to ward, the, Caspian
sea. that. would' cut off the Cau
casus. :- m .', '! -v
The ' gravest ' threat'- to the
hard-strained Russian-southern
front developed at Boguchar, 50
miles beyond Rossosh; 200 milei
east of Kharkov,- whence the
German -drive began, and' bare
ly 200 miles short of. Stalingrad
on' the Volga river. ' - -
' Voronezh Held' '
To the north the Russians
ported still . holding Voronezh
though' under Intensive assault,
but to the southwest they were
forced to give up.Lislchansk and
drop "back to' the east bank of
the Donets river against) a third
German spearhead being driven
In ipoutji .of. Izyum ..between ,
Kharkov and Rostov, f roni door -to
the Caucasus..,-: . t
fi. ''Intense fighting continues, al
the approach. to Voronezh, dur
ing which the:, enemy is suffer
ing enormous losses," a. soviet
communique .'declared.
, . .- Defensive Fight
'. '-In tthe neighborhood- of - Bo
guchar,"' -it-said, -."'our troops-' are
waging a : heavy defensive- en
gagaments against advancing en
emy '-forces Having evacuated
Lisichansk and occupied new
pbsitions,bu.t troops" are .waging
a . battle ; against enemy . tanks
and infantry-.'' a. ; ;
Boguchar. --where-' the Don
veers sharply east to-wlthin' 50
miles' of the broad Volga; is-439
miles' from Astrakhan .' where
the. Volga pours' into the 1 Cas
pian... .
,The Vichy .radio .broadcast a
report , that . the-. Germans i nad
occupied. Pokroysk, -40. .miles
northwest 'of Rostov,-, in. a nev
and . fourth. . spearhead . of., the .
southern-drive.;: - -.
.' : The; German - high; ' command,
said the Russians' .-were'.:,!peirig
pushed .on a broad' front" irt the
southern sector"' and' that'.'Rus-.
riart tfeffehses" had been' reached;
ahdi30,p00 . Russians '.. captured
in.a bjg new encirclement.soulh
west: of Rzhevv.135. milee. north
west of Moscow.-a " :" ;'
.. .: ) -Close: to: Capital it
- The -Rzhev - salient is-;the
closest' foothold ' ' to the soviet
which' the Germans were .able
to hold throughout ' th winter
of Russian offensive..: '... v.V-
;A,i special announcement by
Hitler's. high command said-several
- Russian -Infantry - and -cavalry
'divisions' and a 'tank bri
gade had been trapped 'in' vio
lent fighting which" started .11
days ago througha forest line
of fortifications.. ....
'"The number of prisoners and
tlie amount of booty Is still in
creasing," the announcement
said,- - "- ''--- -
Powei" Asked, to ::'
Take Over Autos
- WASHINGTON, July 13 ,()
Senator Reynolds (D-NC) asked
congress today to empower Pres
ident Roosevelt to take over au
tomobiles and other transporta
tion for war purposes. ; v "f
'n , . ' t.1,1 I J 'M..fUAL
NPVni) KM U11I WUU1U BUUIU1-
Ize. $3,000,000,000. of appropria
tions with which to pay owners
of cars or equipment, 'acquire
by the government. It would be
effective through 1944, - ;
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Comics and Story ...'.......Page-10
Courthouse .Records ......Page 4
Editorials ..Page-, '4
Information .....!.....Page '5
Market, financial: ..;....:..Page li
Pattern .......................Page - ,8
Sports ....'....M..'..H..,.......Page v 0