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HI:'liM il'ltMliill'Mlilinilli'HjIli'MHI'litl J ! Weather No- On S-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles It the signal lor blackout In Klamath Falls. Another long blast, during a black out, la a signal lor all-claar. In precau tionary porlods, watch your itraat lights. July IS High SB. Low 55 Prlcipitatlon at ol July 13 19421 Last yaar ................13.88 Normal 11.93 Stream yaar to data 13.15 ASSOCIATED PRESS SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE! FIVE viii.i "''s.;,!,!y!,m- V..t"'Als: TALL8, OREGON, MONDAY. JULY 20. 1942 Number 9544 fo) 4 Blackout Signal B mm m w m mm 'Mm pillil I liPiiii'lllil! !! ir!iili'l!i !iHpfiiHlllllj in vine i Hill'! 1 s ill I! 'MA !tSlif;lillii il! it' II;' 111. i: lii ,Ll I II i Hi , I'll By FRANK JENKINS npHE Germans lucliiy arc pounding down townrd Ros tov. Their drive on Stalingrad and the Volga appears to hnvo been blunted nnd brut nround townrd the loutli but It icnni still to havo plenty of power. Tlmoschenko In reported to day to bo drawing on tho strong armies garrisoning the Cuucamis to (ortn a new defense lino which London military quurters think will extend, from Rostov to Raspoplnsk, on the Don, 80 miles northwest of Stalingrad. Back of this linn would be a railroad running from Moscow to Stalingrad nnd from Stalin grad southwesterly Into the Cau casus. CTALINGRAD la Immensely Important for two reasons. It Is a big manufacturing city, and Its capture would cut the Volga river transport lino over Which oil. moves from tho Cas pian sen to tho wholo vast Rus- alan front and wnr supplies move oacK from Moscow and elsewhere to the Caucasus. River transport Is extremely Important In Russia. Cutting the Volga and thus Isolating the Bay li: Caucasus from the rest of Russia is certainly one of Miller's major objectives for this summer. yHE situation In Kgypt appears to be 'somewhat better chiefly bevauso Rommel has been prevented from receiving adequate reinforcements. U. S. General Brcrcton, with heavy American bombers brought with him from India, Is pounding Tobruk today, nnd British fleet units again Join tho 4g(ilr forces In shelling Matruh. The fct that tho fleet Is getting Into It Indicates that the British (and we) still have command of the air. Otherwise tho warships wouldn't daro to get that closo to land. : Also failure to reinforce Rom mel Indicates that Hitler has his hands too full In Russia to do much about Kgypt at tho mo ment and Is leaving help for Rommel to tho Italians. AT long last, a newspaper cor " respondent (Kolth Wheeler, of tho Chicago Times) Is per mitted by tho nnvy to glvo tho American people a brief glimpse of the importance of thu Jap operations In tho Aleutians, Read his story in this news pnper today. H Is obviously heavily censored, but ho makes It clear that out thero at the tip of Uie Aleutian chain Japan has -flbecn definitely making a bid for 'CONQUEST OF THE UNITED STATES, That Is no more sideshow, as We hove been generally led to believe. A NTHONY J. D1MOND, Alas ka's delegate to congress, says today In Washington that tho navy should LONG AGO have given the public a resume of Japanese activities In tho Aleutians. Ho asserts; "Tho Japanese havo gent alto gether loo much power Into tho (Continued on Pago Two) Man Takes Life After Army Turned Him Down PORTLAND, July 20 (AP) La Verno Hulchlns, 34, Gres ham, took his own life last night with a rlflo after being rejected by tho army for military serv "ice, Deputy Coroner Gideon Snook reported today. Snook quoted the man's father, I. B. Hutchlns, as saying his son was despondent because tie had been classified 4-F by ex amining physicians, eii iasss Dimond Raps Navy for Late Aleutian News WASHINGTON, July 20 (IP) Anthony J. Dlmoud, dolngute from Alusku, expressed the opinion today that the navy long ago should have given the public a rcsumo of Japanese ac tivities In the Aleutians. Referring to the navy's com munique Friday giving account of operations In the northern Pacific, Dimond said: "The Japs sent altogether too much power Into the Aleutians for that move to he a mere sideshow operation. I wonder why we had to wait this long to find out the facts. It all could have been mado p'.bllc without giving any Information to the enemy. As far as tho en emy's power Is concerned It doesn't help them if we are told what they have. Dimond said It hud been re ported to him that the Japs have 25,000 troops on the cap tured Islets In the western Aleu tlans but that he had been un able to confirm the report. iT JAPSJIT CANTON Chinese Inflict Major Setbacks on Enemy ' In Chekiang CHUNGKING. July 20 (ZD United States bombing planes blasted a Japanese airfield at Canton Saturday, planting their bombs among between 50 and 60 planes on the ground and leaving six great fires blazing, Lieut. Gen. Joseph ' Stllwell's headquarters announced today. In a second attack the Amer ican airmen yesterday bombed Llnchwan, Jopanese base In Klangsl province. All the planes returned safely from both raids. The communique said Japa nese headquarters were attacked with "excellent results" at Llnchwan In this second raid upon that base. It first, was at tacked July 10. Airdrome Attacked Canton hist was attacked by U. S. bombers on July 4 when (Continued on Page Two) Committee Gives Sub Enlistees Raise WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) A measure giving all officers and enlisted men on duty aboard a submarlno B0 per cent above the regular pay for their rank was approved today by the houso naval committee. At present, submarine officers receive 25 per cent above their regular compensation, while en listed men receive dividends for tho hazardous undersea duly ranging from $5 to $30 monthly, McNuti Says Word Coming On College Men in Draft WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) Manpower Chairman Paul V. McNutt said today tho govern ment would announce soon a definite policy on collcgo men In the draft and coordination of America's 1R00 colleges and uni versities with tho war effort. Gcorgo F- Zook, president of tho American Council of Educa tion, had charged tho govern ment with failure to use tho In stitutions. Zook wrote McNutt, tho secretaries of war and navy and draft headquarters that this "failure" had confused students and educators, McNutt said ho had not yet received tho letter which had also been sent to the press. He declined comment on it, except to say that Zook certainly know that the manpower commission and the office of education had Hi U.S. Royal Navy Joins Sally Against Matruh in By EDWARD KENNEDY CAIRO, Egypt, July 20 P) The big four-motored bombers of the United States army air forces, bombers and fighters of tho RAF and warships of the Royal navy struck advanced axis airfields and bases In a scries of devastating raids and bombard ment over the weekend, the British announced today. Firmly holding their positions In a week of dusty fighting on the ground In the battle for Egypt, the British reported they had captured 4000 prisoners In the seven days of give-and-take west of El Alamcln. The attack of tho heavy Unit ed States bombers, now com manded by MaJ. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton, recently transferred from India, was delivered In day light against the stronghold of Tobruk Sunday. t . fires Bet British-air sources, reporting the action, said three fires were started In the dock area and that this blow followed a blasting at tack by the RAF'g medium bombers Saturday night, when other fires were started and a ship set burning. While the United States heavyweights were mauling To bruk tho fighters and fighter bombers of the British were car rying out one of the heaviest at tacks ever delivered against an axis airfield In the desert.. This was near El Daba, closo behind tho front lines. Tho admiralty in London told of the Royal navy's sallies against the axis, and said two consecutive bombardments from the sea were carried out Friday and Saturday nights against Matruh, German Marshal Erwln Rommel's most advanced sea base. Light Defense No details of damage were giv en, but the admiralty said Its light warships encountered In consequential replies from axis shore batteries and easily beat off a motor torpedo boat which tried to attack. At least six tanks were knocked out of action by British fighter bombers on the southern sector of the 40-mlle front and many enemy aircraft were smashed by a heavy bombing at tack on a German olrdromc west of the battle area, a com- munlqua said. . - - Flvo enemy aircraft, attempt ing to land during tho raids were reported shot down by British fighters escorting a strong force of light bombers which carried out the assault. BOMBERS MAULTOBBNK HOLD been working with the army, navy and selective service for weeks, drafting details of a pro gram for collcgo students and for maximum use of college and university facilities. The manpower chief said that Dr. Edward C. Elliott, president of Purdue university, was brought Into the manpower com mission a month ago "for just this purpose." Zook's letter carried a state ment by 7S college presidents, who met recently In Baltimore, deploring "tho continuing lack of any adequato, coordinated plan for the most effective uti lization of higher education to ward the winning of tho war." McNutt gave no details of his program but It was understood It probably would stop the con flict In recruiting by various branches of the army and navy. Hara'a one result of hard-hitting retaliation bf U. 8, forces against Japanese Invaders of the Aleutian Islands. A Jap trans port in Klska harbor burns fiercely after raceiring a direct hit from an American bombing plane. Tha picture, an official U. S. navy photo, was made from a navy plana shortly after the bombing. MF SWEEPS FRANCE 1 FOLLOW MID German Sub Works at Vegesack! HitV in Nfght Bombing4 LONDON. July 20 (P) Many squadrons of British fighters! swept over France this after noon In swift follow-up of an overnight bombing of the Ger man submarine works at Vege sack. Boston bombers also attacked a power station In northern France, it was said authorita tively. Vegcsack Is 10 miles north west of Bremen. "Three of our bombers are missing from these operations," the air ministry said. , Fourth Blow The blow against northwest Germany was the fourth In as many days, having been pre ceded by three daylight smashes against the Ruhr and sub marine construction centers at Lucbeck' and Flensburg. (The German hign command said nazl planes scored direct bomb hits on a British war plant northeast of London in a day light raid. The Italian radio broadcast a Berlin dispatch iden tifying the target of this attack as-Chelmsford, small mamifac- (Continued on Poge Two) Howard to Resign Unless Given An Assistant County Engineer Frank Z. Howard has notified the county court that ho is resigning, effec tive Wednesday, unless he : is provided with an assistant. "Unless the court can pay the assistants I need and unless I am allowed to direct the office as I best sec fit. I shall be obli gated to resign. ... If you wish, you may consider this as a res ignation," said Howard's letter to tho court. Howard put In a budget esti mate this year for $200 per month for an assistant. It was not placed in the budget by the court and budget committee. Howard Is also county survey or. Ho said In his letter that he Is not resigning as surveyor, an elective office. Ho Is republican and democratic nominee for re election as surveyor. v County court 'members said the matter will be taken up in regular court session Wednes day. If the court accepts How ard's resignation, it can appoint a regular engineer or employ an engineer from timo to time as work demands, court members said, ' Army Bombers Strike Hard Against Jap Invaders at . r MUSKET fw:9,f-:r'-. v'-y' . Klska Harbor (Editor's Note: This is the first of a series of stories by Staff Correspondent Keith Wheeler of the Chicago Times on action in the' Aleutian islands.- Wheeler, attached let the U. S. Pacific fleet Ihtfe shortly after 'Pearl Harbor, arrived In Alaska with a fleet unit shqrtly after the Jap anese first struck at Dutch Har bor on June 3 and was the first accredited correspondent to reach Alaska.) By KEITH WHEELER (Copyright, 1942, Chicago ' Times, Inc.) AT SEA WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET, (Delayed) Klska Har bor may earn a place in history as the dreariest tomb ever to re ceive the corpse of an Invader's hopo to conquer the world. It may be that Honshu's hope ful littlo men have chosen the foggy bay under the black peaks T BOOSTSUB TOTAL Torpedo Total . Now 388 in Western Atlantic By The Associated Press Three more torpedo-sinkings. two of thorn United States ves sels, were announced by the na vy today boosting to 388 the unofficial Associated Press tab ulation of United Nations' and neutral merchant ship losses in tlie western Atlantic since Pearl Harbor. , ; In addition dispatches from a Yucatan port published in Mex ico City told of the . sinking hi the Caribbean July 12 of the Panamanian . freighter Tachira, with a loss of five of tho 37 crew members. This sinking was (Continued on 1'ago Two) AFL President Proposes 10-Point Cost Program WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) President William Green of the AFL today proposed a program to avert Inflation calling for a wage policy commission of la bor, management and govern ment and payment of all future wage boosts In war bonds pay able after the war. Green urged his program upon the president and. congress in place of legislatlon-or decree. To reduce the war outlays, the AFL president called for a technical service In the presi dent's executive office "to direct and unify cost control In all procurement and war produc tion agencies." i nag-!rr -natisSi i May Be Remembered- As Tomb of Jap Dream of Empire of Klska's hills to launch their last serious attempt to invade and conquer the United States. ; H now seems more likely they have chosen a place to die..- Midway was their first choice and they failed there. Mow de spite repetitious punishment by American bombers they are dog gedly assembling in Kiska. If they fail here they may not have strength to try again. Already the emperor's high prowed ships are going down at their moorings, victims of bombs falling day and night from big brown and gray planes running a shuttle service of destruction along the Aleutian chain. - ' The big PBY Catalina flying boats first located the Japanese in Kiska harbor June 10j They had moved in during a . stormy week and had captured or other: wise disposed of 10 American Fire Destroys Lakeview Lumber Sawmill Sunday The second, lumber mill fire in southern Oregon in five days early Sunday morning . totally destroyed the Lakeview Lumber company's sawmill but spared the yard and dry. kilns, accord ing to meager reports reaching here today from Lakeview. ' ' It was reported that origin of the fire was unknown but that the mill seemed to explode in flames at about 1 a. m. Sunday. Fire fighters kept the blaze from spreading to the mill yard and kilns. The mill does not have a planer but sells its lumber in the rough to box factories and plan ing mills in the area. The firm, owned by David De Armand and operated hy a Mr. Ohlsen, employed more than 50 men In two shifts. It was be lieved that the bulk of its pro duction was devoted directly or indirectly to war orders. No esti mate of the loss was reported. Last Tuesday the Pelican Bay Lumber company's planing mill was totally rozed by fire with a loss estimated at close to $100,000. Bulletin MOSCOW. July 20 (P). Soviet bombers started 38 fires in a heavy raid on the East Prussian city of Koonlgi burg Saturday night, the Mos cow radio said tonight. All the Russian raiders re turned safely to their bases, tha report added. (The German high com mand acknowledged the raid on East Prussia In Its com munique yesterday but did not specify the place. It called the attack "Ineffective nui sance raids" on several places). . ;: AXIS IV1AKES - ; ! MIGHTY BIO "fl.. FDR ROSTOV Kiska i in iiiht Uri " I ," (Nea Telephoto) weather observers stationed there. Began June 11 ' VThe battle began June 11 when, 'the first , flights, of navy Catallnas arid army Fortress and B-24 Liberators began freight ing bombs to Kiska. The weather at Kiska that day was better than usual cloudy and overcast with only ravelings of fog blanking out stretches of sea and land below. The aero grapher looked it over and char itably called it a high pressure area. "Ideal for torpedoes," was his opinion. -.- . . .Singly or in flights of two or three, . the workhorse Catalinas slid across the mile high peak of Kiska , volcano and down on the ships in the harbor. That day one-. ".heavy cruiser, two light cruisers, a single destroyer and (Continued on Page Five) $6 Billion War-Time Revenue Bill Goes To Senate WASHINGTON, July 20 (IP) The house agreed today to pro vide $120,000,000 for the office of price administration as it adopted a conference commit tee's recommendations to settle differences with the senate in a $1,858,939,000 deficiency appro priations bill. The OPA allotment amounted to $45,000,000 more than the house had voted originally but $5,000,000 less than voted by the senate, $41,000,000 less than the figure approved by the bud get bureau, and $75,000,000 less than the total amount sought by Leon Henderson, price adminis trator. Approval of the conference committee's report came on a standing vote of 96 to 5. Tho measure now goes back to the senate, whero quick ap (Continued on Page Two) Shipyard to Build 70-Ton Flying Boats NEW ORLEANS, July 20 (P) A'ndrew J. Hlgglns, president of the Hlgglns Shipbuilding cor poration, said today his giant shipyard closed by the mari time commission last Saturday, would be reopened to construct 70-ton flying boats. Higglns said he would leave tonight for Washington to meet Henry J. Kaiser, Pacific coast shipbuilder, and confer with President Roosevelt and the maritime commission. Timoshenko Gathers Forces for Stand Near Millerovo By EDDY GILMORS MOSCOW, July 20 UP) The red army fell back toward Ros tov in the gigantic, wasting bat tle of the Don steppes today as the Germans rushed up superior numbers of men, tanks and other weapons in an impressive bid for that key to the Caucasus. Marshal Semeon Timoshenko was assembling all his available forces in an orderly retreat for a stand somewhere along a 40 mile stretch from abandoned Voroshilovgrad to the battle ground south of Millerovo., While the stage thus was be ing set for a momentous new struggle, the Russians reported significant new successes around their anchor bastion of Voron ezh to the north which now re sembled a doubled fist in the German flank. In hand-to-hand fighting the Russians took one main German bridgehead pointed across the Don at Voronezh after a heavy defeat of the invaders' 75 di vision. Other counterattacking de fenders of the city grappled with the Germans south and west of Voronezh on the. banks. of the Don. TT--" (This appeared to mean that the Germans had been driven back from the city's environs on all sides. Previous dispatches have indicated the Germans had been routed to the north of the city and held at bay to the south but had held on to the western outskirts. Voronezh is about 10 miles east of the Don. (The Germans' , communique declared Russian attempts to "recapture Voronezh" had been beaten off), ; , The red army above Rostov, while yielding ground slowly, refused to, let its lines be broken despite the fury of German arm ored attacks, dive bombing and parachutist landings in its rear, said Russian dispatches from the front. These asserted that the forces which retreated from Voroshilovgrad were being ab sorbed in an orderly manner into the main forces. Meanwhile it was reported that the Russians had had time to bring up help from the strong armies garrisoning the northern Caucasus to bolster Timoshen ko' fighters, who have been retreating for ten days in the area between the Donets and the Don. Russian reports made no at tempt to minimize the territor ial losses suffered in the Donets and Don Valleys. The Germans now are in the midst of 9600 square miles of bituminous and anthracite coal mines, contain ing cities with important foun dries and metal working plants. FDR Will Tackle Anti-Inflation, Senator, Says BIRMINGHAM, Ala.,' July 20 (iPl President Roosevelt soon will "step in to prevent a gen eral break-through v in the ad ministration's anti-inflatiotr pro gram," senator Lister Hill (D Ala.), the democratic whip, said here today. "An overall celling covering wages, commodities and 'all other major factors In living costs will be asked by the presi dent," Hill said. "And If the. president asks for Immediate ac tion congress will forego the proposed mid-summer recess and pass the measure he be lieves necessary to preserve the war price structure." News Index City Briefs ....Page 5 Comics and Story ......Page 10 Courtho-i-se Records ... Page 4 Editorial? Page 4 Information Page 5 Market, Financial Page 4 Pattern - Page 2 Sports Page 9
