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DidcKoili aidnai ana i llii.i.ti,llliiiililh..l.li:i.,lll.l.i;illil.iiitlliiiiiul!l'ili liillllilt'lllKill o On 5-mlnute blest on sirens and whistles li the signal lor blackout In Klamath Falls. Another long blaat. during black, out. li ilgnal lor all-clear. In precau tionary periods, watch your itreet lights. July 20 High 93, Low SS Precipitation as ol July 14. 194k Last year 19.81 Normal ,. 11.94 . Stream year to data .....,........13.15 ASSOCIATED PRESS. I" THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND m NEA FEATURES PKIC1 flu" aK'.r)'V)lV,lln- Ao HATH pALUS, OREGON, TUKSDAY, JULY 21, 1942 Number 9545 I L " MIS SMK ' ;;; ; IIP B MAMIES I Ml '!.! III HMl Wl i Hill! I I in I h I'9bi i'N i pi By FRANK JENKINS TN Kuiutlu whiit will doubtless rate as tho greatest buttle of all time Is In progress. Its ob jective is tho oil Hint powers most of Russia's unci much of Britain's war effort. If Hitler am scire this glllicr Inil prize, lie will grciilly strengthen himself and greatly weaken his enemies. I llll ! WmW ! i I'1 I . BMma. ' : I Hllillii I l! li h ! 1 Iiililiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iii 1 nip wilii 'i jjjjljjjjjjjijj;j OjNTO the effort to seize It. he hns thrown tho armies ho bus been collecting and training over tho whiter and spring, ulonit with tho masses of wnr machines and niutcrlnl his factories hnve been turniiiK out. Tho Russians ure putting everything they hnve Into their biiltlo to stop him. They aro fighting stubbornly nnd skilfully, with no signs (lis yell of Hie rout nnd disorder Unit Hitler had hoped to creute. That Is the brond picture. Its detnlls are still confined, No clear pattern of victory for either side Is yet emerging. "PUB supremo importance of the A buttle in Russia Is Indicated Oby Iho quint on other fronts. , Tho British In Egypt nro con centrating on nnnlliilntlng Rom mel's air force and so buttering his supply ports ns to prevent his successful reinforcement. Outside Chlno, the. Jups are doing no fighting at all nt thq present 'time. (Tho Aleutian fighting of which we aroibegln nlng to get first details occurred weeks ago.) Tha eyes of the world are on Russia. TJMGK British and U. S. officers "and officials (including Churchill) are conferring In Lon don today on the possibilities of opening a second front In order to help the Russians. It is indicated that if tha Rus sian situation DETERIORATES something will HAVE to bo done, Tho talk Is of a "limited" sec ond front NOT, that Is to soy, Oa fiill-scnle assault on tha shores of Western Europe. Thoro Is emphasis on tha need to main tain tho northern supply row to to Russia, A hlgh-ranklng Brit ish officer says: "Russia needs MATERIALS, not men." That points to Norway. But remember that this Is talk for publla consumption, passed by the censor. What the SECRET decisions, of the London confer ence nro we don't know and shouldn't know. A BRITISH "source" whose Identity is not permitted to be disclosed says tho Japs' pre parations 'for an attack on Si beria are almost complete and If necessary they "could press lha button now and start to move In." He says they hnvo massed about 30 divisions (around 450, 000 men) In Mnncbukuo. He points out .that their only real activity is In the Solomon is ''lands, from which they can hope to attack U. S. communications to Australia. Ho adds that there aro no signs of a further Jap invasion of India. CIBERIA, this British source says, is tho real danger point of the allied strategical situation in East Asia. The Japs, ha thinks, will at tack Siberia when It suits THEM not tho Germans. He says their occupation of Islands nt tho western tip of the Aleutians hns given them a use ful strategic situation, placing them on tho flank of a possible American Invasion nf Japan. If EITH WHEELER, Chicago Times correspondent, has an other story on tho Aleutians fighting In this newspaper to day. Road it. OOut of Wheeler's heavily cen sored stories, held up until WEEKS AFTER THE FIGHT ING, stands this conclusion: WE WEREN'T PROPERLY PREPARED TO DEFEND THE ALEUTIANS, although 20 years (Continued on Pago Two) ies HASTY AID TO' REDS TALKED AT STAFF MEET "Limited Diversion" Possible to Draw Nazis West LONDON, July 2t (P) Unit ed Stntps and British staff of ficers nre seeking some means of aiding Russia through a limit ed diversion on tho continent In second front conferences which will continue for some time, it was reliably reported today, Prlmo Minister Winston Chur chill, who initiated the second front talks In Washington in De cember, 1041, and continued them there- during his June visit ngnln met with high British and American officers. The chief problem before the group Is to frame measures for immediate aid to tha soviet n miles f the present grava situa tion In south Russia further de teriorates said a relloble Inform ant whose Identity It was not permitted to disclose. Since a lar( scale1 Invasion seems to bo unlikely this sum mer, It Is ponsibl tha strategist! aro mapping s limited diversion such as a small 'scale mburslon at a point which would draw Germun forces from Russia and at the same time safeguard com munications with Russia. ' . There has been much emphasis among British .and American military men on tha need of maintaining tha nnrthorn supply routes to tho soviet union. "Russia needs materials, not men," one high-ranking British officer said, Tho problem of securing com munications with Russia grows In importnnco as Russia faces the winter with much of Its wheat lands lost to the enemy and means of distribution de voted to war purposes. Barkley Opposes Agency to Produce Rubber From Alky WASHINGTON, July 21 (IP) Senator Bnrklcy (D-Ky.) op posed today a proposal to estab lish a separate agency to foster production of synthetic rubber from grain alcohol, asking sar castically If it would not be as s o n a 1 b 1 o to have separate agencies to manage tha pro duction of guns, planes or tanks. Bnrkley, majority leader of tho senate, asked that tho ques tion after Senator Thomas (D Okln.) explained It was his hopo to establish a separata grnlnrubbcr authority while leaving tho war production board in charge of production of synthetic elastic from pe troleum sources. US Fliers in Aleutians Add a Chapter to Heroism (Editor's Note: This is the sec ond In a scries of stories by taff Correspondent Keith Whcelor of "tho Chicago Times on action In the . Aloutlan Islands). By KEITH WHEELER (Copyright, 1942, Chicago Times, Ine.) AT SEA WITH PACIFIC FLEET, June 18 (Delayed) Some day when tho Japs are driven out of Klskn and the Aleutians are blocked as a road to conquest, tho people . con cerned with such things will find time to hang medals on the men flying and fighting this command's C a t a 1 1 n a flying boats, In a war where brnvory Is commonplace there has been nothing to excell the stubborn courage with which this hand ful of men drove tho brash Jap back from Dutch Harbor and is now pounding day and night at Reopen Second Front ! " o S&&'if'K$i ijW!w'iiyititeil frTi . u$r " , steS Jap bombing ploTies had been there once when this picture of the attack on the U. 8. naval base at Dutch Harbor, June 3 and 4. were made, witness the burning oil tank in background. But these marines were alert Iq their trenches for another attack. (U. S. navy photo). -Wf SHIPS Raid Challenges Jap Control of Air on Route to China By SPENCER MOOSA CHUNGKING, July 21 Ol1) Fighter-escorted United Slates bombers sank two Japanese ships yesterday at the Yangtze river port of Klukiiing, south east of Hankow, in a raid which challenged Japan's long held control of tho air over her waterway supply route Into China. Not ono of tho United States planes was damaged, said a communique from the head quorters of Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stllwell. It said the Jap anese ships were of 1000 to 2000 tons each. Presaging nn evcr-lncrcnsing aerial chnllengo to tho Invaders, a Chinese government spokes man snld the United States would be asked through Lnuch lln Currle, special adviser to President Roosevelt, for more planes, along with a "rather long list" of other military sup plies. Message Currle returned to China July 18 with a message of un disclosed contents from Presi dent Roosevelt to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek. Gen. Cheng Tseh-Jcn, director (Continued on Pago Two) his bases on barren Kiska and Attn. There, were few . Catallnas here when tho battle began nearly two weeks ago and If (Continued on Pap.e Two) BULLETIN WASHINGTON, July 21 (yP) The navy announced to day that United States sub marines had sunk three mora Japanese destroyers In the vicinity of Kiska, in the Aleutians. This brought to total of IS the Japanese warships an nounced by army and navy sources as sunk or damaged In the Aleutian activities, j The navy communique add ed that several air attacks against tha enemy occupied Aleutian islands had been carried out throuqh combined efforts of the United States army and navy aircraft. Waiting for Japs to Try Again 17 i4rr I WPKEnCI O Union : Shop Dispute;" CertifleMoWLB WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) Two industrial disputes invol ving 6580 Pacific coast workers today had been certified to the War Labor board by Secretary Perkins. j . There was no work stoppage m either of the esses, which in volved: The Pino Industrial Relations Committee of Klamath Falls, Ore., a combination of 15 lum ber companies, and the Interna tional Woodworkers of America (CIO), 4500 employes, in a dis pute over the union shop. The Washington Metal Trades Inc., 40 machine shops in Seat tle, and five AFL unions, 2080 workers, disputing wages. Tho union shop issue Is the lone point left unsettled follow ing recent negotiations between the PIRC and the CIO here. It (Continued on Page Two) Public Will Act If Labor Fails, Morse Asserts WASHINGTON, July 21 (IP) Wayne L. Morse of the 'war la bor board asserted today that if labor failed to settle Its . own jurisdictional controversies and insisted on wartime work stop pages, the public would take drastic action "even to the ap plications of the laws of treason if necessary. "The public is not being taken care of In these jurisdictional disputes,' said Morse, University of Oregon law school dean who Is one of the four representa tives of the public on the 12-man board. "As wo go further and fur ther Into this war it becomes clearer and clearer that we can not permit any stoppages of work, I don't care whether they are over jurisdictional disputes or what they are over; they sim ply have to stop. : "And If our pleas to Mr. Green and Mr. Murray (Presi dents William Green of the AFL and Phillip Murray of the CIO) are not sufficient to get them to settle the disputes, I haven't any doubt but that the public will not only look to this board to settle them but will back us up In whatever 'settlements we decree." Morse was speaking to repre sentatives of unions who are con tending over whether AFL or CIO painters shall have the jobs In connection with conversion of a Dayton refrigerator factory to war work. . . 4 5J,A''' British Push - Deter mined Campaign In Desert CAIRO, July 21 (AP)--The third and heaviest naval bom bardment of the axis-held port of Matruli in three nights, and two aerial assaults which d e -stroyed more than 60 axis planes on the ground in a single day were reported by the British to day, all part of a determined campaign to destroy the enemy's African air force and ruin his reinforcement efforts. Buildings, . jetties, schooners and other craft in harbor at Matruh 105 miles behind the German-Italian lines were hit by the naval shells early Mon day" morning. Explosions could be heard for miles. Salvo after salvo covered the entire harbor and the adjoining shore In a well-defined geomet ric pattern. One small oil tanker was seen to have sunk, either in this bom bardment or in those on the two previous nights, naval officers said. , British planes scored their smashing blows yesterday at El Daba and Fuka, 25 and 60 miles respectively behind the lines. The raids were the second and third in two days. Other long-range fighters blasted axis barges northeast of Sidl Barrani, 185 miles behind the lines. Land operations on the Egyptian front were confined to patrols while the British concen (Continued on Page Two"" Pilots, Negro Troops Arrive In Ireland WITH UNITED STATES FORCES IN NORTHERN IRE LAND, July 21 .iff) American pilots and negro troops have arrived here, swelling the ranks of United States invasion forces. There are air force maintenance crews with the pilots. ' The pilots, drawn from all sections of the United States, are commanded by a 40-year-old colonel, who declared: "You will hear from these fellows. They are among the best of the lot." They immediately mingled with British forces, Inspecting British planes and exchanging shop talk. All expressed eagerness to get into the air immediately. wiatruh mm alk RAF SLASHES AT FRENCH COAST, GERMAN BASES Yank Eagle Squadron Pilots Man Some Of Planes LONDON, July 21 (P) The American Eagle squadron of the RAF for the second successive night 1 e d a raid orer - German-occupied terri tory of the continent tonight, sweeping in at dusk at a low lerel over Ostend and Dun kerque and bombing German, troop concentrations, gun pos itions, .. locomotives, army trucks and armored cars. LONDON, July 21(ff)The swelling British air might flashed 'at nazi installations on the French invasion coast and the prime industrial targets of northwest Germany yesterday and last night in another dem onstration of things to come. The four-engined RAF bomb ?fR'h,:h scattered x.plasive and ' incendiary bombs on the shipyards '.and U-boat nest at Vegesack, .' Germany.- S u, ri d a y i gMi t- had . skimmed. In fro'iti their; night's work, oniy a few hours before some 200 Spitfire fighters 'roared across the Eng lish channel. . Ranging ; up the coast from Le Havre with American Eagle squadron pilots manning .some of ..the planes, the Spitfire squad rons swooped down on military targets as far north as Le Tre gort. They shot up the radio masts at Fecamp, attacked gun posts and factories. Early last night Wellington bombers swung out over the continent and blasted targets in northwest Germany without los ing a plane. Defenses Prodded They followed a group of Boston bombers which prodded the German defenses in occu pied France into action and at tacked a power station in the Mazingarbe. area. This display of British aerial (Continued ' on Page Two) Safe Stolen at Klamath Agency - Robbers . entered the Elliott general store at Klamath Agency some time last night and stole the safe, containing all post office records for Klamath Ag ency postoffice, according to Deputy Sheriff Dale Mattoon. Sheriff Lloyd Low and Indian Officer John Arkell were mak ing an Investigation on the scene of the robbery Tuesday after noon, arid further details were not available. Rubber Industry Proposes New Plan for Tire Users WASHINGTON, July 21 (fP) The rubber industry today pro posed a plan which ' It said would provide usable tires for everybody for at least the next two years. t This became known in con nection with an exhibit- pre pared by the industry in a Washington hotel to . demon strate to government officials and the , press means of utiliz ing the industry's facilities to make as many tires as possible under war conditions. The plan, it was learned from sources who declined to be quoted, would provide for. ra tioning tires under an entirely new system, and would enable every one to get tires provided he took good care of his rub ber. Thlokol Used A feature of the program is that new tires would be made out of thlokol, a substance here tofore believed to be usable only for recapping. Thlokol Is a new New Chief Ki --o F Comart Earl Heuvel, made acting po lice chief of Klamath Falls by appointment by Mayor Hous ton. He succeeds Frank Hamm. GH1EF0F POLICE Houston to Ask Plac ing of Chief Under .' Civil Service . Earf Heuvel, assistant police chief for the past two years, was named acting chief of police Moa day night by Mayor John Houston. : Heuvel succeeds Frank Hamm, who tendered his resignation as chief in view of his nomination by President Roosevelt to be United States marshal for Ore gon. . Before announcing the ap pointment, which was confirmed by four councilmen with Coun cilman Bussman absent, Mayor Houston mentioned discussion and controversy that had de veloped over the appointment. He said he would ask the charter revision committee to consider placing the police chief under civil service in the char ter to be offered to the voters this fall. . Under civil service, the police chief's office would not be filled by mayoralty ap pointment as at present. . Mayor Houston said he felt the new chief should come from the ranks of the officers now serving the city, and added that he had been guided by opinions from Chief Hamm and the mem ' (Continued on Page Two) LONE BOMBER LONDON, July 21 (IP) A single German plane bombed a point on the south coast of Eng land early today, but official circles said little damage and no casualties were reported. substance something like rub ber, for which the war pro duction board has given a go ahead on production for tire uses. , A key point In the program, the . sources added, would be some system of severe penalties for motorists who waste rubber by excessive speed and long, unnecessary trips. There would be three classes of rationing, with preference given to most essential needs, but with some tires provided even for pleasure driving. ' Exhibit Open Further details were not available Immediately, but the exhibit which was to be open ed to the press today was ex pected to show that new tires can be made from available sup plies about as easily as old tires can be recapped or retreaded. T.he plan would require about 15 per cent of the nation's sup ply of reclaimed rubber, a small (Continued on Page Two) SOVIETS FALL1 BACK FOR NEW STAND III SOUTH Hand-to-Hand Battle Rages on Banks Of Don By EDDY GILMOHE MOSCOW, July 21 (IP) Th forward wall of German tank and motorized infantry pushed southeast of Voroshilovgrad tow-, ard Rostov today down the rich Donets basin coalfield region, left ablaze and wrecked by the Russians falling back for a new stand at the . northwest gate to the Caucasus. . , . At the north of the curving: 300-mile battleline red army forces were battling hand to. hand with the Germans on both banks of the Don river in fight to sweep the nazis from the last of their bridgeheads and. trap those holding on. in newly fortified positions between tha river and Voronezh, 10 miles to the east. ; The Germans apparently were . massing their forces in the great grain area between the Donets' and the Don from Boguchar to south of Millerovo for an all-' out effort to take Rostov from three directions and Stalingrad from two. - ' : Rostov Aflame " ' (The German communique said Rostov already was aflame arid under assault from the west, north and east, and that German, forces Jaxtfaes-north-have pushed about 50 miles closer to Stalin grad, watchdog of the lower Volga.)-.- Red army seizure of the initiative- in the Voronezh area, ' however, was accompanied by a further withdrawal of the Soviet left flank southeast of Voroshi lovgrad, to escape encirclement, . a fighting retreat into hilly country of the lower' Donets basin. Pravda, the communist news paper, said the Russians left the coal mines of. the abandoned Donets basin region in ruins as they withdrew to the southeast. Swift Movements in the battle of Voronezh were so swift, a dis patch said, that one red army group which had driven back to . the Don plunged across without waiting for extra support, swim ming and wading to grapple with the Germans on the western bank.' The principal crossing still is . (Continued on Page Two) Churchill Declines : Commitment on Election Call LONDON, July 21 (IP) Prime Minister Churchill de clined today in the house.' of commons to commit himself on the calling of a general parlia mentary election before the end of 1942 in response to demands from some quarters for a new reflection of public sentiment. --. Debate' also opened on Brit- . aln's wartime security regula tions under which Commander Robert Tatton Bower, retired naval officer and conservative member of parliament, said Home Secretary Herbert Morrl-. son , had "powers that would make Hitler absolutely green with envy." ' ! Bower said the home secre tary's power to "arrest and de tain all, from the. archbishop of Canterbury down to tho humblest laborer In the land" might "establish a precedent which would have terrible con tingencies later on." The request that Churchill make a statement on a new election stemmed from the fact that because of the war Britain has - had no general election since 1935, when most of tha present members were seated ' News Index City Briefs Page 3 Comics and Story Paga 8 Courthouse Records ... Page 3 Editorials Page 4 Information . Page 3 Market, Financial .. Page 7 Pattern Page S Sports Page 8