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IllllllfllllfiliMl By FRANK JENKINS JJITLERS fluid headquarters claims today Hint Germon "X-oopa are within 51) miles of Stalingrad and tho Volitn and have reached or crowed the Don at all point below Kultich Kuluii la on tho coat bnnk of the Don, whero It comes nearest the VoIko.) Soviet dispatches say frunkly this Is tho gravest moment of the war. t ,TN Egypt, both sides ore racing lo get In more men and ma terial. Rommel Is handicapped by the difficulty of getting supplies and reinforcements across the Med iterranean In tho face of allied planes and wnrshlps. Auchlnleck Is hampered by tha enormous dlslnnces of his sources of supply from (lie bat tlefield. TT Is obvious to the most casual reader that for the moment, while the bloody battle for tho Caucasus Is being fought lo a decision, Egypl is n mero side Issue, to be disposed of after the principal business Is concluded.1 The principal business "right now Is Russia. THE Japs are gunning for Port " Moresby, In New Guinea, tha allied outpost that guards northern Australia. In spite of nil that could be done to stop them, they landed the other day nt Buna, across tho 100-mlles-wlde Papunn peninsula from Port Moresby. They are reported today to be BO miles Inland from there halfway across. Their advancp Is being op posed by allied land forces, who apparently are being driven ,ck. Their proboblo purpose W to storm Port Moresby from the land side, CONGRESSMAN WALGREN of Woshlngton says today in San Francisco that tho "higher lips In Washington who deter mine tho strategy are respon sible for our failuro to drive the Japs out of tho Aleutians. He thinks those hlghcr-ups should take steps Immediately ts tho Japs are digging in dally and every day of deluy means a harder and bloodier job when It Is tackled. He can't see why something isn't done, but adds that ho has no criticism to moke of the army and navy on tho Poclfic Const. '''THE announced total of ship sinkings on our side of the Atlantic sinco Pearl Harbor Dosses the 400 mark today. For 4-ckt averogo losses ran about one and a holt ships per day Average losses ore now running about two a day. 1 In other words, the submarines are INCREASING THEIR KILL, TN the race with the submarines, 60 U. S. shipyards with about 800 launching ways are ni employing 750,000 men. Their avcrngo number ' of launchlngs per day is a military secret. By whatever It EX' CEEDS avorago dally sinkings, It Is a gain on the subs, i WASHINGTON dispatches to. day toll us that by the end Bf 1943 wo sholl have TWO MILLION MEN working In the thlpyards, turning out 2300 merchantmen and 700 smaller Ihlps. That is a lot of tonnage. -If, by the end of 1043, the nazls kaven't INCREASED THEIR IUBMARINES correspondingly, "ought to get us In a position to ' ? something. F you have been champing the ' bit and wondering why our eadcrs haven't launched a sec (Contlhued on Page Two) Positiomis ENEMY AHEAD TOWARD PORT MORESBY Ground Patrols Main tain Contact Buna-Gona in GENERAL MucARTHUR'S HEADQUARTERS. Australia July 28 UP) Allied bombers and fighters blasted Japan's expand ed positions In New Guinea last night as ground patrols of Gen eral MacArthur's command maintained contact with tho en, emy In the newly occupied Buna- uona area, a communique said tofiny. The ground patrol activity was in progress in the vicinity of.Olvl between Kododa and Buna, across me nnrrow but mounta n ous Papua peninsula from Port Moresby, vital allied base. Tho Japanese, following fuviir- able terrain on a eniirs lending loworti I'ort Moresby, have ad' vanccd Inland B0 miles since their landing at Gona mission lost week, The next few days may disclose whether tha, Japa nese Intend to aftampt in Assault nn tho boso. ... - , : , , , , - Grassy Trail v ' 'Th f'li ".. n 1 u-- over . (Continued on Page Two) , Emergency Overland Route to Panama Canal Planned WASHINGTON. July iff fPL To avoid I ho submarine menace in Iho Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, six Central Amerl can republics will cooperate with the united Stoics In building an emergency overland route from. mis country to the Panama canal. Tho slate department an nounced last night that Gunte molo, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Coslo Rica and Pan ama have agreed to aid In con structing about 25 miles of pio neer roads connecting segments of the Inler-Amcrlcan highway between the Mexican-Guatemalan border and Panama City. Completion of the project will permit traffic between the Standard Guage railway In Mex ico and tho Canal Zone. Supplies then con be shipped 'to the Canal Zono and Contral American cit ies by lond. The Central Amer ican republics now depend large ly on water transportation for all supplies. The United Slates will pay for the emergency construction. School Boards Adopts Junior High School Plan The Junior high school plan which will shift all eighth grades of the city schools Into the Fre. mont building this fall, was adopted by tho school board Monday night In h Joint session which also sow tho appointment of Mrs. Grace M. Johnston as new high school director. Mrs. Johnston will represent tho Plevna district, She lives near Weyerhoouscr mill and fills the vacancy caused by tho resig nation of Lewis Botens. Her ap pointment was made by remain ing members of the high school board. . Superintendent Arnold Gra- lapp proposed the Junior high school program at tha last board meeting. It Is the first stop In that direction after years of dis cussion of a Junior high school for Klnmnlh Falls.. Ail eighth graders will go to school at Fre mont, and tho regular Fremont grades, first to seventh, will also use that building. Transportation Gralapp will mako further study of the. transportation of 'fringe" students to the school,, Test of FDR's War-Time Power Held Possible' WASHINGTON, July 28 (P) A possibility .that President Roosevelt's wartime -powers might bo tested by the United States supreme court arose to. day as tha nation's highest trib unal Interrupted Its Summer re cess to determine whether any of tho alleged nazl saboteurs on trial, before a secret military commission are entitled . to the processes prescribed by. the bill of rights. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone announced through the court clerk that a special term would be held tomorrow so that conn sel for "certain of" the prison' ers may apply for habeas cor pus writs. If the court should decide to entertain the petitions, and then grant them, the case (Continued on Page Two) 48 Recommendation Does Not Affect Wage ; ,;,hlotir Rules, vv? '','"!. " .(,.' , WASHlNGTQN.'July 28 A calling of 48 hours weekly ln"l $ eight-hour days--on the work' Ing time for millions of men and women employed In war IndiiS: trits wai proposed today by eight government agencies. Tha office of war information announced hat such hours had been recommended to war con tractors and other war produc ing agencies. - ' . 'Tho molor effect of the new policy statement on. hours," the announcement said, "should be to reduce excessive working hours per, week per person, which cannqt be sustained with- out Impairing the health and ef ficiency of workers and reducing the flow of production." Policy The statement of policy, signed by representatives, of the war Bnd navy departments, mar. Itlme commission, public health service, war manpower commls. sion, war production board, com merce department and labor de partment, set forth four major standords, as follows: . 1. For wartime production the 8-hour day and 48-hour week approximate the best working schedule for sustained efficiency In most Industrial operations: 2. One scheduled day of-rest for the Individual, out of ap proximately every seven, should (Continued on Page Two) Those who live farthest away will be given transportation pri ority. ' Several personnel changes de veloped at the meeting. ! ' i Superintendent Gralapp said he planned to recommend Joe Peak as physical education su pervisor for the entire school system, grade and high school. He said action will be deferred for two weeks. Peak may attend a physical education Instructors' course at St, Mary's of Moraga, Calif.,: designed to help coordi nate high school physical educa tion with the armed service pro gram. ' Wllhelm Bodlno, resigned as art instructor at the high school. Ha has taken a Job in the Doug las aircraft plant at Los Angeles. His successor - has not been named. Laava of Abisnca Al Sinclair, science - teacher, was given a leave of absence be cause he Is going Into the ser vice. Marie Dixon, who taught last year at Henley and had been elected to the p.e. staff of the (Continued on Page Two) Mm ROMMEL DRIVE TOWARD SUEZ HELD BROKEN New British Counter Thrusts Force Axis ... To, Dig in By EDWARD KENNEDY CAIRO, July 28 m Harass ed by new British land and aer ial counter-thrusts, Field Mar shal Rommel's African army ap peared today, after the latest flareup of fighting, to be dig ging In for an attempt to hold Its forward positions 75 or 80 miles from Alexandria rather than try to drive on toward the Nile delta and Suez. Fighting went on through last night in the newest British blow at - the northern flank of the front where the" battle has see sawed ior four weeks since Gen. Sir Claude :Auohinleck's troops brought Rommel's -Jong push to a standstill. -. " ' Some prisoners were taken in the fight, and losses were In flicted upon the axis forces, but MM lomoinps) that any largo, permanent weage pea bean driven In- the axis line.. In some - places Imperial ' trqops cV6v'rtnem"tiacB; td hlr Orig inal volitions.'" ' ' '(' ' V The axis forces met the' foray definitely on the defensive and made no Immediate move to hit back. ' '4 ' ' -' Race ! - 'f.'f.j'u J Both sides are racing to.' get more men and material. Rom mel is handicapped' in this by the. difficulties In drawing strength from the continent and by Britain and Uhlted Stfites, ar- ial blows at his lines of rein forcement. Auchlnleck is han dicapped by the enormous dis continued on Page Two) Martin May Testify Soon In Aroff Trial SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 W5) Tony Martin, handsome ac tor and singer, may be called tomorrow to testify to his. sociation with Lieut. Commander Maurice N. Aroff, now on trial at a naval court martial. Aroff was accused of asking for and accepting a $950 auto mobile from Martin as a fee for facilitating the singer's en listment In the naval reserve as a chief specialist. ' A letter signed by Aroff, then naval procurement officer here, asking Martin's Beverly Hills draft board to. defer the actor was introduced as government evidence. Written from 12th naval dls. trlct headquarters here, to which Aroff was attached, it suggested to draft board 248 in Beverly Hills, Calif., that Mar- (Continued on Page Two) New Department Will Feature Service Men The Herald and News today inaugurates on Page 3 a de partment entitled "Our Men In Service." Here will appear, news and pictures of the men of the Klamath country who are serving their country in the armed, forces'. ' It is suggested that Klamath people with relatives In the service clip this feature and send it In letters to their boys. "Our Men in Service" will appear as often as the accum ulation of material justifies. People sending In pictures or news items concerning service men should address their let tors to Our Men in Service, Herald and News, Klamath Falls, Ore. . ' Alaska Ona-thlrd of tha Buraau of Indian Affairs hospital at Unalaska Harbor. Alaska, was destroyed by Jap bombs on June 4, but no FIRE BOMBS FALL Birmingham Air Raid Costs Nazis 50 to - - 70 Planes , LONDOIL , Jujy - 2(J GfPWBirr mingham, Mg British -'induswlal center in '. the , midlands, was bombed last, night in an attack which cost .the Germans eight out oi dm ro iv raiaexs, ana in cendiaries fell in the Greater London district which had its first night alarm since June 3. " A ninth German bomber was reported shot down this morning off the southwest coast. "Enemy action last night was on a somewhat-larger scale than for some time past, a commun ique said.. "Fires and damage were caused in the Birmingham area where there also were a number of casualties." - Scattered bombings caused some damage elsewhere through the midlands and eastern counties. , . , Many fires were started in Bir mingham and casualties were reported "fairly numerous." The greatest damage was sustained by homes and shops and a large hospital was emptied when a de. layed action, bomb fell nearby. . Residences Hit In an adjacent locality the post office was demolished and residential areas hit Rescue squads worked until past dawn bringing out those trapped In the debris. Other German craft were over (Continued on Page Two) Nazis. Execute 23 Frenchmen In New Purge VICHY, July 28 (JP) The Germans announced today the execution of 28 persons at Lille on conviction of a series of of fenses,' Including sabotage, pos session of weapons and com munistic activity. At tha same time French courts at Douai, a suburb of Lille, sentenced two persons to life in prison for stealing ration cards, and 28 others to a total of 40 years in prison. Most of them also were miners. ' Delayed advices from- Cour tral, also in the Lille region, said an unspecified but consid erable -number of persons had been arrested as hostages after five fires were started In - one night . Japs Routed in Chekiang Province CHUNGKING, July 28 UP) The Chinese, high command an nounced today the Japanese had been routed in heavy fighting near the Japanese-occupied town of Kiangshan, in Chekiang pro vince near the Klangsl border. Fighting is continuing around Kwangfong in eastern Klangsl, the Chinese having repulsed a Japanese attempt to dislodge them from a hilltop, a commun ique said, . , Hospital Hit by Jap Bombs Ship Toll Tops 400; Casualties Listed at 2000 : By' The Associated Press ' - The till of merchant shipping1 sunk by enemy submarines on the very doorstep of the Ameri cas has topped the 400-m'ark and the western Atlantic has becorhe a grave of more than 2000 seamen-and passengers since Pearl Harbor. vJTigurts tabulated by ,1 ciatea tress yesterday as the an nounced or t-eported wartime sinkings-In those waters reached 401 showed that at least '1620 mora crewmen or . passengers were missing after attacks by the undersea raiders, while 11, 788 persons have been rescued. For the 400th acknowledged victim a U-boat chose the'small est fry in the 233 days of their preying on allied or neutral shipping off American shores a 16-ton onion boat just out of Havana. The sub's crew, appar ently running out of rations, ftelped itself to 40,000 pounds of onions, canned goods and a quan tity of Diesel oil from the vessel. Later yesterday the Mexican government announced the sink ing Sunday morning in the Gulf of Mexico freighter Oaxaca, for the fifth Mexican victim of the war and the 401st on the grand total of allied or neutral ships destroyed. . With the deadly axis submer- slbles destroying ships at a rate of nearly two a day, more than 60 American shipyards with up ward of 300 launching ways are employing 750,000 men and ex pect to have 2,000,000 on the payrolls turning out 2300 mer chantmen and 700 smaller craft by the end of next year. The navy, meanwhile, has. tak en many direct steps to stop the submarine menace, including ex tending the convoy system to the Caribbean, opening a submarine combat school where 1200 men are being trained to operate es cort and patrol boats, obtaining hundreds of privately-owned -small patrol craft, increasing blimp. and plane patrols over shipping lanes. Higher-Ups" Jap Aleutian SAN FRANCISCO, July 28 j UP) Senator Monrad C. Wall gren (D-Wash.) says that "high- er-ups In Washington are re sponsible for the failure of .Am erican forces to drive the. Jap anese invaders out of the Aleu tian islands. I can't especially find any criticism of the army and navy on the coast," Wallgren told newsmen. V 'But I think the higher-ups In Washington, who determine strategy, should take steps to drive them out immediately. They re digging in and entrench ing themselves dally, "Every day the Japs are al lowed to stay there means that it will take that much longer or more to drive them out. And every day they are allowed to stay there means that many, many mora American lives are going to be lost before they are driven out ws rn mau u aula 7J A . - IIHIIIIM.III.I Hill H nk I r"uu"uuu just a few miles from Dutch lives were lost. . E Aluminum Wo r ke rs Ask U n ion -Sec urity, ' - $1' Increase WASHrNGTQN, iW? 28 '() CIQ leaders and spokesmen' for the Aluminum -Company ' of America urged, the- -war;.;lbor board today to act quick jy oa? .dispute over wages and organ ization but they disagreed sharp ly on what the decision ought to be. Unions want union security and check-off of dues, a $1 day . general wage increase,: 10-cehts-an-hour premium., for afternoon and night shifts, and revision of the- company bonus system. H. W. Anderson, personnel di rector of the company employ ing thousands of workers on war jobs at plants in Tennessee, (Continued on Page Two) Fire Controlled , On East Hills Fire blackened a section of the hills east of town Tuesday afternoon, but was placed under control before it reached serious proportions. : Klamath Forest Protective as sociation sent a water-wagon to assist the control crew, which backfired from roads and trails. Numerous roads bitten into the earth by sightseers' automobiles have provided a series of fire breaks on the hills east, which provide a commanding view of the town. SUEZ RAIDED CAIRO, July 28 (P) Enemy planes raided the Suez Canal area last night, killing one per son and injuring seven, the Egyptian Interior ministry an nounced. Alarms also sounded in the Nile Delta region. Blamed for Entrenchment "I can't . see why something isn't done at once, , without de lay." Wallgren Is a member of a senate military affairs sub-committee that Is awaiting approval of the army for a trip to Alaska to Investigate the nation's de fenses there. 'The army may find it awkard to" afford "special"- protection to a group of congressmen," said Wallgren. "It's up to them whether we will go or not. ' We were supposed to start August ." The ' Washington senator is here now In another capacity, as a member of a senate sub committee of light metals and aviation of the senate Truman investigating committee. The group yesterday inspected bay area defense plants and Installations. i NAZIS HAMMER IIUTd lUnDTUCDM in u ilUliiilLilil Germans Hurl Superi or Forces Into . Mighty Battle ' MOSCOW, July 28 UP) Germany's mechanized might drove into the north Caucasus today over widened bridgeheads' across the Don south of Tslm lyansk and the broken defenses of Novocherkassk and Rostov. in the gravest moment of the entire war for the soviet union. , Into their bid for conquest of the Caucasus Russia's oil bar rel and supply bridge to the south the CI p p m n r m forces which Red Star, organ of me nussian army, said were "man v time minAriAf-'1 tk number of the defenders. . Another tremendous , battle raged toward a climax deep in the Don bend at the approaches to Stalingrad and the Volga. A dispatch to Pravda, the commun ist Dflrtv newmnivr alH nnnn Germans were killed in a single sector. ' Hammering tnwnrA vo lb.f rail line linking Stalingrad W me Caucasus, the Qermans.were Sald'to have martn a nam nrnatlnW of the Don in the Tsihilyansk sector, wnere tne Don flows within 50 miles of the railway, . StaUnr4lds W: The defenders of Stalingrad,' nowever, were reported to nave repulsad.capeated-tank and mo torized infantry attacks deep in th Don's big bend close to- the mighty Volga. . - ,-;.'.-''-(The German1 hish said its forces-had widened and. deebehed t h el r ' manati-offnna' south of the Don and had reach ed or -crossed the river ' along virtually the - entire eastward bend.) . " A Russian chmmnniniio atA last night that "our troops have evacuated Novocherkassk nJ Rostov." There was no confir mation, however, of German claims of the capture of Bataisk, 15 miles south of Rostov on the main rail line to the Caucasus oilfields and oil ports. ' . Disrjatchpft Irnvn tha . t,Bt41& front said fierce fighting was spreaaing in tne trans-Don area ' as the ' Germans stmnfffhan . their offensive with clouds of stuKa1 dive bombers and many tanks. ''-. ' - - '',- "' The heaw onslaught a'f4tr,tA4. ly was forcina the red arm v in fall back to the south. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. 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