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July 17 High 76. Low 52
Precipitation as o( July 11. 1941
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
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"-THE war labor board allowi
to employees of "Llltlo Steel"
(meaning the so-called smullar
stool companies) a wage Increase
of 44 cents a tiny Instead of tho
VI it day they had asked through
their union.
llu luiiii uiinnu uiiietu,,, ii. in
announced, la designed to MAIN
TAIN tho purchasing power of
hourly wage rates as of January
1, 1041,
It might bo more accurate to
nay that it la Intended to BRING
UP the purchuslng power of
PRESENT wogo rates to tho
lavel of January 1, 1041.
fHIS question then arises:
A What will bo done when It Is
AGAIN necessary to bring up
tno purchasing power or wuga
rates In order to catch up with
rising prices?
It la an interesting question
because the whole process of In
flation Is a continuing raco be
tween rising wagci and rising
prices. . - ' ,
History tells ' tu that4 when
such a race gets under way lull
tilt, wages usually LOSE OUT.
VVE should be realistic about
thla wage situation.
We have what amounts to a
labor government, and it Is to
be expected that when favors
are shown they will be shown to
labor. Whenever It Is a question
of WHOSE standards are to be
brought up, It must reasonably
be expected that labor will get
the decision.
We should also be fair about
.
In other wars, government has
leaned toward the side of em
ployers and business generally
and when there wcro favors to
be passed out It was business
that got them. Too often In past
wars, big fortunes have grown
up 'out of these favors. "War
profiteer'' Is not at all a new
word.
Labor, now Hint. It is In the
addle, has plenty of precedent
for demanding and getting spe
cial favors. It can hardly be
blamed if it uses lis power to
Improve Its position.
RUT tho fact remains that most
of the wars of the past have
been accompanied by booms
which were followed by a
CRASH, and In this ensuing
crash most of tho profits arising
out of the war boom have been
wiped out.
Thero can bo no good reason
for assuming that It will bo dif
ferent In tho caso of the present
war. ' If we have too much boom
now, wo must expect TOO
MUCH CRASH nftorwnrd.
In this crash, whatever gains
arc made now will disappear,
'..
VOU have been reading a lot
about price colllngH.
The purpose of a prico colling
Is to keep costs from rising. If
costs could bo prevented from
rising, it MIGHT bo possible to
keep booms from occurring us
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Britain Ships
50 Tanks Weekly
To Red Allies
. ALDERS1IOT. England. July
18 (IV) Oliver Lyttloton, Brit
ain s minister of production, de
clared in n speech today that
Britain has been shipping BO
tank weekly to Russia and to
date has fulfilled her contracts
with tho soviet for supply of oth
er war materials,
' Ho added that Britain by tho
end of May "aclunlly shipped 11
per cent more than had, boon
promised."
"We did not allow considera
tions of our own safety to stand
In the way of supply In Russia
with arms," Lytlleton said.
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Navy Reveals
More Sinkings;
Toll Now 381
By The Associated Press
Two more United Nations'
ship sinkings, one a medium
sized American merchant vessel
sunk by a Japaneso cruiser off
the tip of India, and tho other
a British merchantman torpedo
cd In the Atlantic, were an
nounced by the navy today.
Twenty-four members of a 42
mun crew perished on the U. S.
vessel sunk in the Buy of Ben
gal April 7, survivors said upon
landing at an east coast port.
Two Japaneso planes also bomb
ed the ship before she was
fired upon by a cruiser.
Survivors of the small Brit
ish ship sunk In the western
Atlantic saverul weeks ago have
been landed ut an eastern port.
Tho British merchantman's
sinking Increased tho unofficial
Associated Press count of United
Nations and neutral losses In
western Atlantic seas to 381
since the U. S. entered the war.
Announcements yesterday
snld 17 seamen lost their lives
when U boats sank a small
Dutch and a largo Amorlcan
merchantman and a medium
slued British cargo ship liv the
Caribbean. The navy also an
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Defense Practiced at
Hawa i i; Allies
Bomb Rabaul
By The Associated Press
Reports on realistic invasion
defense practice by Americans nt
the Hawaiian birthplace, of. the
Pacific war, on continued aerial
harassment of Japanese positions
facing Australia and of a Chi
nese victory on the China coast
marked today's news from the
Pacific theater.
The central news agency of
Chungking sold that Japanese
forces after only a few days of
occupation had been forced to
retire from Wenchow, southern
Cheklang province port, under
heavy Chinese pressure.
Tho Japaneso who look the
port, Impelled by fear that some
day It might become a base of
attack on Japan, retreated tow
ard Julan, 13 milos south. The
capture of Wenchow had com
pleted a Japaneso arc of con
quest southeast across Cheklang
from Hongchow,
Two other disputed positions
on China's fur spread fronts,
Klnkl, in Klangsl province,' 80
miles south of Nanchang, the
provincial capital, and Siaoyi,
central Shansl province, were
reported also back in Chlneso
hands. ' Klnkl has . changed
hands ofton, .
The Chinese high command
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Eugene Love, KUHS Stan
Accepted as Army Cadet
(Picture on Sports Pago)1
Eugene Love, valedictorian of
the 1042 Klamath Union high
school graduating class and star
and mainstay of Pelican foot
ball, basketball and tennis
teams for tho past four years,
left this morning to enter the
U. S. Military academy at West
Point, N. Y., it was disclosed
today.
Ho was accepted as an army
cadet lato yesterday In a tele
graphic notice and ordered to
report as soon as possible. His
father Buld last night that ho
will stop in Baker to visit- mem
bers of his family and proceed
cast from there.
The 1041-42 KUHS basketball
captain last wcok spent' several
days at Fort Lewis, Wash,, tak
ing the academy's physical,
mental and scholastic exams In
competition with the pick of ap
le.Hot
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ENGLISH GIVE
GROUND NEAR
EL ALIEIN
Air Activity Intense
In Central Sector;
Tobruk Raided
CAIRO, July 18 (P) British
troops on the northern sector of
tho El Alamcln front drove
southward yesterday but later
wero counter-ottacked twice by
Marshal Erwln Rommel's axis
forces and compelled to give up
some of tho ground they gained,
British headquarters announced
today. . . , ... j .
On the central front, .'where
New Zealand troops were hold
ing tho eastern end of the Ru
wclsot ridge, an attack by mo
torized troops was repulsed, the
British communique said. There
also was activity on the southern
end of the 40-milc British line
about 75 miles west of Alexan
dria. ' . .
Air activity was intense over
the battle front, especially In
the central sector, and British
fighters shot down five axis air
craft. ,v '.-,--: T. :...-...
.;. Light .British bombers ranged
over the central sector of .-the
front , attacking transport . ve
hicles and tanks and violent ex
plosions were caused. -
Ship Hit
; In a raid, on the axis supply
port of Tobruk, allied heavy
bombers hit a large ship and a
tanker In the harbor and started
a fir In the dock storage area
which was spreading as the bom-
. (Continued on Pago Two)
CfO Accepts
FDR's Plea for
Co-Operation
By MARBEN GRAHAM
PITTSBURGH, July 18 (P)
Tho CIO United Steel Workers
union moved rapidly today to
make industry-wide the war la
bor board's award of 44 cents a
day Increase in poy for 157,000
employes of four "Little Steel"
companies, after a 125-man pol
icy committee last night accept
ed the docison upon President
Roosevelt's plea for "co-opera
tion In his anti-Inflation efforts.
Philip Murray, president of
both the CIO and USW, said
telegrams wore dispatched to
heads of tho "Little Steel"
group,' Bethlehem, . Republic,
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
and Inland, asking immediate re
sumption of contract negotia
tions. Thcso wcro broken off
last February when an Impasse
was readied on the questions de
cided by the board. .
Murray also set July 21 for
another policy committee meet
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plicants from all over the Pa
cific coast.
Love, tho son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. E.-Lovo of 625 North Elev
enth street, for tho past year
has been hoping to be accepted
by tho U. S. naval academy at
Arina'polls but discovered two
months ago that all places from
this congressional district had
been filled.
Perfect Average '
Regarded as the outstanding
graduate of tho 1042 KUHS
class, Love through his four
years at tho hilltop institution
compiled a straight "I" aver
age perfect grades for his en
tire high school career. As full
back and Inspirational leader of
last fall's Pelican grid team, ho
paced the eleven to Its - most
successful season in history a
season marked by only one de
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. Directly athwart the main coast railroad route between the northwest and California. Klamath's railroaders have a wartime
Job on their hands In keeping vital war material and traveling soldiers steadily traveling. It's being done, however, and with a
minimum of delay and lost motion. Above Is a picture of part of the Southern Pacific's busy yards. ,
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MIDDLE EAST flllEA
Breretbn Takes Com
mand of Air; Re
veals Details
CAIRO, July 18 (P)--MaJ.
Gen.' Lewis H.' Brereton has as
sumed command of the United
States army air forces In the mid
dlo east.
General Brereton, who headed
the air defense of the Philip
pines, has oecn in New Delhi,
India, in command of American
air operations in that area and
in Burma and China.
He disclosed today that in the
36 days that big American
bombers have been operating in
the middle east arena they have
accomplished 21 tactical mis
sions. . t ' ' ;- .
In addition to bombing enemy
convoys in ' the Mediterranean
and attaching Bengasi and To
bruk, the main ports of entry
for the axis to the African thea
tre of war, the American bom
bers have shot down five enemy
aircraft in combat and possibly
have destroyed three others,
Brereton said. : Three American
bombers have been lost in com
bat since operations started
here.
' Forced Landings
Although there also have been
some forced landings and intern
ments in Turkey, no other casu
alties have been suffered except
those In the three planes lost in
action.
.. It was disclosed also that in
addition to ,tho four-engined
Consolidated Liberator bombers
already reported In action in this
theatre, thero also are Boeing
B-17E Flying Fortresses.
Both types are equipped with
two-stage superchargers permit
ting flights In the rarlficd atmo
sphere of high altitudes without
material reduction in power.!
Work Stoppage
At Ford Plant
Settled Today
IRON MOUNTAIN, Mich, July
18 (M A work stoppage which
halted production at the Ford
Motor- company plifnt here for
nearly two days was reported
settled today with about 700
men again at work in the plant's
five divisions.
John Jacobs, president of the
CIO United Automobile Workers
local here, said that grievances
had been settled.
Busy People, These Railroaders
SPi GNj Jump
Capacity 80 Per Cent
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the
second in a series of weekly
articles on Klamaih's part In
the industrial drive to Win the
war.)
, By BOB LEONARD
. J'We railroad guys never
knew what we could do , until
we had to do it," said a South
ern Pacific employe.
Which, unless you can find a
better one,' is the principal rea
son why the SP and their one
time rivals, the Great Northern,
have been able to increase ton
nage handling capacity in
Klamath Falls and that goes
for the nation, too up to 80
per cent since. Pearl Harbor. ;
We say "one-time because
the boys aren't fighting any
more.-Well, they're not fighting
Speedy Action
On Rising J ;
Costs Predicted
By JACK BELL '''".'"
WASHINGTON, July. 18 VP)
Congressional leaders today
promised , speedy ' consideration
for any recommendations Presi
dent Roosevelt may make to
link wage stabilization authori
ty to over-all price, controls in
the fight against'the rising cost
of living. '
Apparently authentic reports
were current that the president
would ask for broad and flexi
ble authority to put ceilings on
wages and to clamp down fur
ther on farm prices. V
Senate Democratic Leader
Berkley of Kentucky,, said he
did not know what form the
president's recommendations
would tako or wMn they might
be forthcoming, but he forecast
favorable consideration for any
necessary legislation to round
out the anti-Inflation program.
"We arc interested in prevent
ing Inflation," just as tho presi
dent is," Barkley told reporters,
"end we wilt be here to act on
any, 1 proposals he may lay , be
fore us." ' '
From the republican side,
Senator Vandenberg (Mich.) said
he, for one, would welcome
definite recommendations to in
clude wage controls in the pro
gram. '',,";
"Any realistic plan that gears
wages to price control is desir
able because the effectiveness
of prico control is the only pro
tection we have against suicidal
Inflation and price control
can't be effective if it only goes
part , way," Vandenberg .- de
clared. : .
Handling
as much, because there's more
than enough business for both;
Bang-Up Job
But not very much left over
because the railroad boys and
we know this is so because ODT
Director Joseph L. Eastman,
who's the boss, admits it are
doing one of the bang-up jobs
of a whole nation doing bang
up Jobs for a country at war.
Of course, if the rubber sit
uation is any criterion, some
other .. government gentleman
might come out tomorrow and
say that U. . S. railroads,1 are
falling dpwn and it looks like
we'll have to do something
about it. . ; . .. : 2 :
So. you're going to need some
figures to prove Mr. Eastman
isn't just a misplaced morale
builder. We have some here.
They're not complete as to num
ber of tons that's something
you can't have and we guess
you know why.
. . Up .80. Per Cent -.-'
But we know you'd like- to
know that since December 7th
of .'41 the Great Northern's ton
nage has jumped 80 per cent
right here' in" the Klamath di
vision. That's pretty spectacular.
In fact when Frank Sexton told
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Baseball
National League
' 1 R. H. E.
New York, 3 9 1
Cincinnati 1 5 0
' Lohrman, and Dannlng, Starr,
Shoun (5), Beggs (9), and La
manno. '
Boston 0 3 0
Pittsburgh .351
'Javery and Kluttz,-Heintzel-mari,
Errickson (8), and Lopez.
Brooklyn 4 9 2
St. Louis ,.: 7 16 1
French, Casey (6) Head (6) and
Owen. White and W. Cooper.
American League .
' - R. H. E.
St. Louis 0 f 0
Washington 3 ' 6 0
' Galehouse, Appleton (8), and
Ferrell, Carrasquel, and Early.
Chicago .." 6 11 1
New York ; 7 It 0
Wade, Weiland (7), and Hayncs
(9), and Turner, Breuer, Lindell
(9) and Rosa.
' . News Index
City Briefs ...;...;..........:.Page 3
Comics and Story Pago 10
Editorials Page 4
Information .....Page 3
Magazine Page ............Page 12
Market, Financial Pago 11
Pattern Page 4
Society Pages ' 6, 8, 7, 8
Sports .: Page 9
BRITISH STEP. UR
Four - Motored Bomb
ers Roar. Over Ruhr;,
- All Back Safe
- LONDON, July 18 (IP)
Great new four-motored British
Lancaster bombers roared over
Germany to blast the Ruhr in
broad daylight for the third suc
cessive day today and all re
turned, safely despite German
fighter opposition. ?
' The number of planes - sent
over in today's "small forma
tion" was not disclosed but a
British air informant said each
carried several tons of bombs.
This source said the continu
ing daylight attacks upon the
heart of Hitler's big industrial
area -were designed to knock
out vital targets and to harass
the Germans when bad weath
er keeps night raiders at home,
A town on the English soutli
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' WOOD USED
WASHINGTON, July 18 (P)
Use of wood in constructing a
B-13 training plane for the army
air forces has saved approxi
mately 600 pounds of strategic
metals for use in building fight
ing planes, the, war department
announced yesterday..
Nazi Breakthrough Fails
To D'srupt Red Activities
By HENRY C. CASSIDY ,
" , BEHIND RED ARMY LINES
ON THE DON FRONT, July 18
(P) The German break-through
to Voronezh has failed' to; dis
turb smooth mechanical move
ments and communications be
hind the- Russian front.-: ;
iFor two days I have Just
traveled along railroads less
thart 200 miles from the Don
battlefields. Nowhere were
there any signs that a tltantic
struggle was going on just 40
minutes away as a fast bomber
flies.
Unlike a year ago when the
Germans bombed far ahead of
their objectives, the nearest tar
get they have raided heavily
during this offensive has been
little more than 100 miles from
the fighting lines.
But there are plenty of planes
in evidence in this area all
Russian.- :
. Intense ' activity ' bf the , red
RUSS-ALLIEO
LINK HELD
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Wheeling Change of
Course Cuts Swath
To Don River
By CLYDE A. FARNSWORTH
Associated Press War Editor
. After a wheeling change of
course by some of the strongest
elements of Germany's million
man Caucasus offensive, the
Germans appeared today to be
stabbing close . to Rostov and
toward the deep Caucasus.nln :
thrusts" " which -s how Imperil
Russia's: link with the allies in
the Middle East. '
i' The Germans proclaimed that
one drive had cut a broad, crosscountry-swath
to the-Don, at
the rear or east of Rostov, the
front gate to the oil riches' of
the Caucasus, while Russian as
well as German advices told-of
another . advance - upon Rostov
along the main railway route
from the north. '
In their first appearances on
this dominant world-front, Amer
ican ' " made ' Douglas Boston
bombers ' were being flung intot
Russia s -fight for life. They
blasted-, at onrushing German
tanks in the Don basin and on
the. Don steppes; . Russia's sup
ply lifeline through the' Middle
East and . the Caucasus was ' at
Stake;--?!::' i-fiS'-&:- -H ''
' RusslanUgM mav impel the
United States and Britain to
drive across the English channel
soon to open -a second front, ac
cording to London military ex
perts. ; The, operation! likely
would be constricted by the ship,
ping: shortage to something lesf
than -the. grand scale- one en
visioned as necessary to winning
the war. '
The German high command
did not precisely locate its
claimed foothold on the lower
Don but said that it was east of
the Donets , as well as east of
Rostov. The Donets flows into
the Don about 70 airline miles
upstream from, the mouth at
Rostov. - -:
The bulk of the German forces
which had thrust through Mil
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Ankara Reports
Change in Red '
Army Command
BERLIN (FROM GERMAN
BROADCASTS), July 18 (IP)
A ' dispatch from Ankara said
diplomatic circles there re
ceived reports today from Kui
byshev, soviet Russia, indicating
a change in command of Rus
sia's southern armies was "im
minent or already has been car
ried through in the past 24
hours."
This dispatch said one report
was that Marshal Semcon Tlmo
shenko would be succeeded in
the south by Marshal Boris
Shaposhnikov, chief i of staff of
the red army.
air force appeared to be one
of the major factors limiting
German aerial incursions while
red army resistance also Is ty
ing up nazl craft needed for
close cooperation on the battle
field.
The fighting for ' Voronezh
has reverted from blitzkrieg to
an old-fashioned pitched battle
with the Russians enjoying full
possibilities of bringing their
masses of men and material in
to action.
A brilliant panorama unfold
ed over the steppes as I crossed
under a pale blue sky and hot
sun, . tempered occasionally by
sharp thunderstorms.
Great arms : of windmills
swung gently above thatched
roofed cottages. Women and
children toiled in the fields
while their men went to war.
Everything appeared -, to be
moving freely and promptly
a highly important factor in the
farflung battle of the Don. '
GRAVE DANGER