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HERALD 'AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
. ;uly 21, 1042
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LONDON, July 21 (P) Japan
; esc preparations for an attack
on Russia's Siberian maritime
' province and Vladivostok are al
: most complete and if necessary
the Japanese could "press the
"' button and start to move into
Siberia," a British source de
colored today,
ji , This source, whose Identity
. was not permitted to be dis
closed, said the occupation of
islands at the western tip of the
"Aleutians resulted in a useful
'' 'strategical situation for the Jap
t anese since it placed them "on
i, the flank of a possible American
. i attack on Japan."
" While " Japan has massed an
' nrmy of about 30 divisions in
VManchukuo, her military activ-
ity in Burma and other areas
' necessarily has been limited, it
; was pointed out.
in Burma and the South Pa
cific, this source said, Japan has
been consolidating her positions.
' He added that the pnly real Jap
anese activity in those areas
now is in the Solomon islands
from which the Japanese can in
! torfcre with communications be
tween the United States and Aus
tralia. Bad weather, which will con
tlnue until October or Novenv
bcr, also has been a factor In
restricting military operations
by both sides in Burma. There
have been no real signs, mean
while, of further Japanese moves
toward an invasion of India.
Siberia is the danger point of
the allied strategical situation in
East Asia, this source said.
CHIEF OF POLICE
(Continued from Page One)
bers of the civil service com
mission. Takes Oyer.
Heuvel took over his new
duties Tuesday, but his pay as
police chief will begin August
3. Retiring Chief Hamm was
granted a two weeks vacation
with pay, starting July 21.
"I will give the city my best
service," said Chief Heuvel Tues
day. Heuvel came here in 1935
from .San Francisco. He had
served for four years as a state
officer in California. .
He has been on the force
most of the time since coming
here, and has been assistant chief
for nearly two years.
Mayor ;H o u s t o n. explained
after the meeting that he had
named Heuvel acting chief with
the purpose of having a try-out
period and also to see what may
come from the proposal that the
police chief be put under civil
service.
Draftees Leave
Tonight for
Induction Station
The last of six July contin
gents of draftees from Klamath
county will .leave tonight from
the Southern Pacific depot for
the induction station in Port
: land, local . selective service
. headquarters announced today.
The men are all registrants
of board 1 and follow by one
day a group of board . 2 men
who left last night. Men have
been ordered to report to the
draft office in the basement of
the county courthouse at 7 p.
m.
The office said that the next
group of men will leave here
. on August 2. ,
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US Fliers in Aleutians
Add a Chapter to Heroism
(Continued from Page One)
there are any more today the
reason Is not that the crews
made prudent use of their lives
and planes. Every day new
planes arrive to replace the fal
len. They may as well prepare to
make many posthumous awards.
As might have been expected,
tho losses have been heavy
heavier than the censor would
care to let me say. Everybody
who knew anything about it
knew the Catalinas would have
tough going against anti-aircraft
and Jap fighting planes.
The Catalina is the navy's
PBY, a huge, magnificently dur
able and far reaching plane,
ideal for long patrols and rough
landings in these uneasy waters.
Rnl vnu ran't have everything.
They're too big and slow, too
and big slow airplanes make
nice targets for the opposition.
The Catalinas began to catch
it from the first flight of Jap
bombers to drop on Dutch har
bor. One was taking off when
the bombers came in but he
never got off the water. A ma
rauding zero cut him up with
machinegun fire, killed two
men, wounded a third ana sei
the nlane afire as it ran
aground.
During the first day another
Catalina was forced down al
sea and abandoned 15 miles
from shore, Next Hay another
wn shut down in flames off Un-
alaska, her crew dead at their
stations.
Still another went hunting
for the Jap carriers hiding in
the mist and didn't come home.
Two days later a patrol boat
found nieces of wreckage and
he nilot's floating body off
Scotch Cap on Unimak island.
He had got in the way of a ma
chinegun burst and there wasn't
much left of him.
Many flew out into the fog
and never came back. One was
disabled at sea : and when the
Tfw .lanHprl and' launched their
rubber crash boat the zeros ma-
chinegunned the American fliers
on the water.
In the third day the battle
moved westward. The Catalinas
dmmmpd . lhrnueh the murkv
sky hour after hour seeking to
re-establish contact with the Jap
carriers," then hanging out
somewhere in a snowstorm on
the' face of a cold front below
Seguam island..
. That day they began to carry
toroedoes on planes not even
designed " for the relatively
easier job of toting bombs.
One Cat was disabled trying
to bomb a carrier from 1700
feet. As might have been ex-
rvMoH (hp ack-ack eat him and
carried awav most of one engine
installation. Another ran into
a formation of zeros near Egg
island and went down in names.
A ratalina slputhed back and
forth through patches and fing
ers of fog untu ne louna one
carrier. Thereafter, he stuck to
the enemy untu tne acK-acs
shot away his rudder and later
crashed at sea.
Maintain Contact
Gnnnt ond rain 1 cnmnminded
the felonious fogs drifting over
these cold waters. Crews land
ed, stoked up with coffee and
sandwiches, loaded their totter
ing battle-worn crates with fresh
hnmbi and eas and took off
again into the murk. One Cata
lina maintained contact with the
Jap main body for 16 hours be
fore the zeros beat him off.
As the fifth day began the
Catalinas' wing commander re
ported on the state of his force.
"Their superhuman endurance
and doggedly heroic persistence
in contacting and trailing the
.nmv dav and nieht is all that
has prevented the enemy at
taining his lmmeaiaie ODjec
tive. Since the first contact Wed-
lesday morning they have
flown, worked and fought with-
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out surcease. Combat already
has occurred in the darkness of
the fifth morning. Their cour
age and morale remain high but
their physical strength is fast
waning, he said.
That day one Catalina found
a large Jap sub on the surface
and let a bomb go at about 400
feet. That was foolish, for Cata
linas aren't fast enough to get
away from an explosion that
close. She limped home with
one engine disabled by her own
bomb. 'There wasn't time to
stay and see what happened to
the sub.
It didn't take the Cat pilots
long to discover a technique for
avoiding zeroes in the fog, a
technique which I gladly allow
to remain secret. One pilot held
such sublime faith in the recipe
for staying alive that he pur
posely baited the zeros seven
times and got away with it.
Rett Earned
When the Japs faded into the
fog and stayed there four days
the Catalinas had earned a rest
but didn't take it. Instead they
widened the sphere of searches
for the elusive visitors from
Honshu. They ranged out along
the 900-mile island chain, south
for hundreds of miles and north
around the Pribilofs in the Ber
ing sea and into Bristol bay.
On June 10 a Catalina found
the first ships in Kiska harbor,
At the first contact only two
large vessels lay inside guarded
by two patrol boats at the har
bor entrance.
Next day a Catalina discover
ed Jap landing forces on Attu
at the very end of the Aleutian
chain. Through fog, snow, rain,
wan daylight and pale night the
Cats have been freighting bombs
to Kiska, ever since.
They are taking a horrible
pounding from the ack-ack and
zeros. One came away with
more than 100 bullet holes
through hull, wings and fit
tings. Another pilot beached his
tattered plane and tersely re
ported "Ship now land plane.
Hull no longer waterproof."
Not all casualties are due to
Japanese bullets. One bone
weary pilot hit the water too
hard and broke up his plane.
"Popped 50 rivets landing," he
reported, and asked for another
plane so he could fly some
more.
Even before the Kiska bomb
ing marathon began the Cata
linas began to take revenge for
the beating they had suffered
from the Japs. One shot down
an attacking zero fighter. One
sank a submarine, the second
sinking of the war of the mists,
according to my information.
They made direct hits on a
light cruiser and a transport.
They sank several Gargantuan
Kawanishi flying boats with
bullets and bombs. They set off
huge explosions among the
close-packed Jap ships in Kis
ka. They recorded near misses
on another light cruiser and de
stroyer. All this they accom
plished in addition to their pri
mary mission of keeping the
enemy under observation.
A fine of $100 was meted out
to Louie Polin Tuesday morning
by Justice of the Peace Joe
Mahoney, and the pinball ma
chine which had been the cause
of his arrest by state, and. city
police was ordered confiscated
and destroyed.
Polin, who was represented
in court by Pete Driscoll, pleaded
guilty. The arrest was the first
one made locally under a recent
order by Governor Sprague at
the request of army authorities,
banning all gambling devices
from public places.
Tires Stolen La Verne Kerns,
i 813 walnut street, reported to
police that two wheels equipped
I with four-ply tires and tubes
i were stolen from beside his
' house sometime in the past few
days.
Household inventory book
free. Hans Norland Insurance
Agency, 118 North 7th.
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Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ward,
Owners
Willard Ward, Mgr.
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RAP SLASHES AT
FRENCH COAST,
GERIMSES
(Continued from Pago One)
might coincided with the au
thoritative statement that Brit
ain's bombing squadrons are to
be strengthened from a United
States output of not less than
1000 four-motored bombers a
month.
Sir Charles Bruce-Gardner,
chairman of the Society of Brit
ish Aircraft Constructors, said
In the new 1941 edition of
"Jane's All the World's Aircraft"
that the United Slates plans to
build no fewer than 1000 four
engined bombers every- month,
many of them Liberators (Con
solidated B-24's) and Fortresses
(Boeing B-17's) for the RAF.
The new manual said that
8574 axis planes had been shot
down by the RAF from the start
of the war to January 1, 1942.
In the same period the RAF
lost only 3692 of its own planes.
(Continued from Page One)
trated on annihilation of Mar
shal Erwin Rommel's air force.
Fires Lett
.A British communique said
fires were left crackling among
the blasted axis planes, 30 of
which were ruined or badly
damaged near Fuka. An Italian
plane was reported downed and
others damaged In dogfights.
RAF medium bombers mean
while made night attacks on axis
planes, tanks and trucks in the
battlefront area around El Ala
mein, causing explosions and
fires.
TWO JAP SKIPS
(Continued from Page One)
of conscription, said China had
the manpower to carry out a
plan for calling up 2.000,000
new soldiers a year for the
next three years to put those
arms, and others, of her own
production, to use against the
Japanese.
On land, a Chinese communi
que reported severe fighting
around the Chckiang province
port of Wenchow.
The war bulletin said the in
vaders who captured the port,
lost it, then won it back in a
counter attack last Friday, were
being engaged hotly by Chinese
troops trying to drive them out
a second time.
Upper Hand
The Chinese were said to be
getting the upper hand in the
fight, having cut the Japanese
lines of communication.
The Chinese still held Juian,
15 miles south of Wenchow, and
reported mopping up remnants
of the Japanese forces driven
out of that town four days ago.
i-isewhcre, the Chinese re
ported capturing Lingchwan in
southern Ehansi province, and
repulsing Japanese reinforce
ments sent to rescue hard press
ed garrisons Attachuyuan and
Tatouyan In southern Honan
province.
Hull Will Speak
On State of War
WASHINGTON, July 21 (P)
President Roosevelt announced
today that Secretary of State
Hull would make a radio speech
in the next two or three days
on the seriousness of the war.
He told reporters he had seen
a draft of it and that it was a
very able and conclusive sum
mary. Mr. Roosevelt told a press con
ference that he went over a
draft with the cabinet officer
during the day. The speech, he
added, will describe what the
winning of the war means to
human security, liberty and
civilization. ,
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Gambling Devices, Report
"The state police really mean
business when it comes to en
forcing Governor Sprague's or
der cracking down on gambling
devices," said Stale Police Ser
geant E, W. Tichenor Tuesday
morning In a statement to clar
ify the intent of the order.
He explained that It was made
at the behest of Lt. Gen. John
L. DcWitt, commanding officer
of the western defense area and
that no mitigating circumstances
would bo influential In prevent
Someone Really Got a
Rumor Started at Albany
ALBANY, Ore., July 21 (A')
Apparently some one saw a
weather balloon fall to earth in
a farmlands between Albany
and Corvallis.
He thouglit it was a parachut
ist. His story grew In re-telling
and by the time it reached hero
yesterday people were saying the
army had confirmed that two
parachutists landed. Some one
telephoned that Information to
the interceptor command.
The Albany home guard and
polico reserves were called out.
SUB TOLL UPPED
TO
By The Associated Press
Three Axis submarines ganged
up and shelled and sank a small
: British merchant vessel, the navy
announced today, Tuesday after
reporting earlier the torpedoing
of a United States cargo ship.
It took the submarines, shel
ling from three angles, three
hours and 20 minutes to send the
vessel to the bottom, survivors
said. Five men, Including the
master, were killed. Thirty-six
men escaped safely.
Two young seamen from a
United States cargo ship, the
torpedoing of which was an
nounced today by the navy, told
a story of being taken aboard
the allocking U-boat and later
being put afloat in a lifeboat.
Cornelius F. O'Connor, 19, of
Norfolk, Va., said the submarine
was forced to crash-dive to es
cape navy planes shortly after it
took him and Raymond Smith
son, 24, of, Galveston, . Tex.,
aboard. Their ship was sunk
June 3 In the Caribbean, the
navy announced, with 15 seamen
still missing from a 45-man crew.
The sinking boosted to 392 the
unofficial Associated Press tab
ulation of United Nations' and
neutral merchant vessels lost in
the western Atlantic since Pearl
Harbor.
The seamen when put afloat
In a lifeboot were stocked with
water and hardtack. The hard
tack, they said, was "unfit to
feed a dog."
Undersea raiders were cred
ited with having picked off five
other merchantmen in announce
ments yesterday but were pic
tured as having "missed the
boat" during big trans-Atlantic
convoy operations of last winter.
Courthouse Records
TUESDAY
Marriage Application
CASSITY - RAY. Elzlo Henry
Cassity, 54, farmer. Resident of
Cassvillc, Mo., native o f Mis
souri, Marjorio Ray, 43, house
keeper. Resident of Cassvillc,
Mo., native of Missouri. Three-
day requirement waived.
Decree
Eve Lewis versus Charles Ed
win Lewis. Plaintiff granted an
nulment of marriage on grounds
defendant already married. E.
E. Driscoll, attorney for plain
tiff. ,
Justice Court
Wallace Clem Stone. Over
loading truck and trailer. Fined
$10, suspended If permit is se
cured. Louis Polin. Possession of t
gamo nf chance. Pleaded guilty.
Fined 3100 and slot machine
confiscated.
Clarence Blakely. Void foreign
license. Fined $5.50, suspended
if license secured,
John Franklin Daniel. No op
erator's license. Fined $5.50.
Earl Franklin Landis. Operat
ing motor vehicle without a
muffler. Fined $5.50, suspended
providing muffler is fixed.
Robert Clayton Frlesen, No
tall light. Fined $5.50.
Bob Wesley Bright. No opera
tor's license. Fined $5.50, sus
pended if license Is secured,
E. O. Martin, Obtaining money
by false pretenses. Dismissed on
motion of complaining witness.
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ing Its enforcement.
The law plainly states, he
said, that any and every device
operated as a game of chance
must go. That includes plubnll
machines, so-called games of
skill In which merchandise,
money or tokens change hands
and all punch boards which pay
off in any maimer whulever.
"Arrests will be mado of any
persons found possessing, dis
playing, operating or playing
such devices," he declared.
Bridges and utilities were placed
under guard. From Albany, Cor
vallis, Shedd, Tangent and all
the other small towns In the
area, more than 500 rushed to
the fields to search for the en
emy. The excitement was ter
rific. , The army investigated thor
oughly and said, "nothing to the
report."
But the rumor persisted. The
home guard was dismissed but
reserves continued on guurd
throughout tho night. Not until
this morning did the unexciting
truth become known generally.
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In red army hands, although
many places on both bunks have
changed hands several times, an
other dispatch reported.
Rumanians were reported
rushed into action to relnfiircu
staggering Hungarian and Ger
man regiments smith of I ho city,
In the "V" formed by tho June-'
linn pf the Don and the Voronezh
rivers.
Tito Russians were said to
havo made several crossings of
tho Don In this zone to strike
lit supporting groups cut the west
bunk.
Southeast of Voroshilovgrad
lies it bruuch-IInc oust to west
railway from I'crvozvanuvka to
I.lkhuyu which the Germans
need for their upriutlons. The
llnu connects with the Moscow
Rostov trunk railway and a spur
to Stalingrad, on the Volga,
A dispatch from Murmansk In
the Arctic said Russian fighters
and anll-ulrcrufl destroyed eight
German plnnes and turned back
others which tried to mid the
city on July 18.
Charles Wnldrlp of Matin re
ported to police that his car was
sirucK in the rear while he was
stopped at the traffic signal at
South Sixth and East Main
slreets Monday evening by a cur
driven by Francis Owlngs.
Ernest Smith, owner of the cur,
was riding with Owlngs at the
lime and was slightly injured.
Other accidents occurring
Monday without serious damage
resulting were one Involving Ed
word Hotifs and Kntherlnc Han
sen at the Inteiscctlon of Main
and Third streets at 0 p. m. and
one Involving R. C. Woodruff
and an unidentified person at
Esplanade and Main streets at
6 p. m.
Reported Tuesday also was a
crush at Oregon avenue and
Delta streets nt 0:30 Saturday
night between n car driven by
Phil Moore ond a person who
failed to mnke a report.
Lorenz Tells Lions
Club of Trip
G. C. Lorcnz. president of the
local branch of the First Nation
al Bunk of Portland, told the
Lions club of his recant exper
iences on a trip to Washington,
D. C in a talk Tuesday noon,
It was announced that a
"Lions bond day" will be held
soon.
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(Continued From Pago One) Q)
ugo Genorul Mitchell told us
Alaska wus the KEY lu world
military strategy of the luluru.
THE skill, the bravery, tho
diivoliuli, tho WILLINGNESS
TO DIE TO WIN of the Amer
ican boys fighting Die Jups out
there In Ihe fog, lie suys, were
MAGNIFICENT, and by their
lavish unit heroic display of those
tjuulltlfs, hu Intimate, (Jiey have
probably defeated the ambitious
Jap project to conquer America
by the stcpplng-atono route.
But they LACKED THE PRO
PER TOOLS tools that Intel
ligent foresight should have pro
vided for them,
That is the sud note in his story
of splendid achltivomvnl,
.
AT this point a minor devclon&
incut on the home front tkW
in.
After sturtling revelations of
huge sums received as COMMIS
SIONS by "ugenls" operating as
go-betweens In Washington, the
house of representatives passes a
bill outlawing commission fees
on government contracts.
These are the mil qurstlonn
Involved:
Why Is It necessary to hire
what amounts nt Urn best to a
"contact" man and at the wortt
to u FIX Kit to get these con
tracts? Why can t tho SELLER HIM
SELF get access to the govern
ment so us to do Ihe Job In the
regular (and HONEST). way?
PiRC-CiO Union
Shop Dispute .
Certified to WLB m
(Continued from Pago On,
was left with tho department of
labor for a decision in the same
set of parleys which ultimately
produced Ihe recent 7i cent por
hour wane Increase for more
than 4500 CIO workers In the
district.
The CIO is seeking a complete
union shop and the PIRC la
fighting It.
Tho WLU decision will be In
corporated in bargaining agree
ments now being signed between
local CIO unions and individual
employers.
Rubber Industry
Proposes New Plan
For Tire Users
(Continued from Psge One)
amount of the butyl synthetic
rubber a cheap form of syn
thetic rubber not generally used
for military purposes and only
about 3000 tons of natural rub
ber In 24 months.
National enforcement of a 40- .
mile speed limit and a pledge
by every motorist promising to
reduce his mileage by at least
40 per cent would be required
under the plan.
To Umpqus River Mr. and
Mrs, Arthur Schaupp left Tues
doy for Scottsburg, where they
will be the guests for a few
days of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Scmon of Henley, at the Semon
cottoge on the Umpqus river.
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