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r 1 l,J!lllli"'l!B!!(l!li!l"'l!lll!ll!: eather News II iLuii.iKI!. iili. .iillliljjiil"lM-Hlllllllllllli!ll , On S-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles li the signal lor a blackout In Klamath rails. Another long blast, during block, out, U signal for all-clear. In precau tionary periods, watch your street llghti. August 4 High 84. Low 41 Precipitation ai of July 29. 1940 Last year 13.99 Normal . .'....'....12.08 Stream year to date M..:..13.17 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVK CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1942 Number 9558 Nl ft n am am ! I I'Tlli! 'tlP lillil: iiiiiillii By FRANK JENKINS HTODAY, as lor days pust, tho x bl fighting Is nil In Russlu. Tho rrst of tho world is waiting and watching. "JT Is a fulrly info guess Hint ni VA noon ns tho Tit END of tho tremendous fighting hi Russia becomes clrur TLENTY will be Kin to happen elsewhere.) yOU'VE heard tho story of the hunter who ppced tho boar Into comp tho sent of his trous ers just out of renrh of the ani mal's clutching claws. As he passed the flro ho turn ed, thrust the muzzle of his itun practically Into tho bear's open Jaws and fired. Tho bear drop ped. The hunter set down his gun, dusted off his bonds and said coolly to his camp companions who by then were . rallying around: 'There he Is, boys; all ready to cut up and cook, without having to; carry him in." ' ' . e - "THAT story Illustrates rather 1 admlrubly tho SURFACE ut titude of most of us toward the fighting in Russia since it begun to get really serious. V.We'v boeh, toc-pin ',(he Rus sians are Just lending tho Ger mans on and as soon ns they get them where ' they want them; they'll give ""enf" the works! Whereupon , we'll a 1 1 rnlly 'round and pat the doughty Muscovites admiringly on the back. It will bo a great scheme IF IT WORKS. THERE was sketchy air raiding across the chnnncl In BOTH DIRECTIONS last night. Tho British sent a few plnncs over the German Ruhr and re port having lost one. Tho Ger mans send a few raiders over England, and London reports that their losses woro HIGH. Thcro Is mention ot Britain's new SECRET defenses, including a new kind of nntl-alrcraft shell. The Germans aro said to bo using a new kind of incendiary bomb. Details on both are lacking, KTEW GUINEA dlspntches today relnlo that allied troops com mand tho approaches to "Tho Gap," a six-thousand-foot pass over tho Papuan peninsula to tho northenst of Port Moresby, tho allied outpost tho Japs nro gunning for. Both forces am reported to be keeping closo to the cover of tho tropical Junglo and watching each oilier, Tho Japs, tho dispatches add, appenr to bo awaiting reinforce ments. THERE Is no news from tho Aleutians. General DcWIlt puts teeth In tho order "dimming out" tho Pacific consllinc and extends tho dim-out zono farther inland. Tho new zone Is WIDER IN WASH INGTON than elsewhere. In emphasizing tho importance of dimming out, the fact that passing ships nro silhouetted against tho glow of const lights unci thus made easy targets for lurking submarines Is mentioned again. ' It Is ADDED that tho glow of distant lights on tho sky can bo helpful In GUIDING ENEMY BOMBERS IN. (Remember tho Jnps now hove bnsqs in tho Aleutians.) i THE All-India Congress (Guild- A hl's outfit) hints todny at a swap a plcdgo to fight whole heartedly and unreservedly on the side of the United Nations in' return for IMMEDIATE in dependence for India, The alternative Is said to be a mass civil dlsnbedlonco cam paign against British rule in India. 'THE British accuse Gandhi (on tho basis of seized documents) of declaring that tho first move of a iv Independent Indian gov ernment would be to nrgntlnto 1 (Continued on Pago Two) RESISTANCE TO ED N TRADE PLAN Independence Asked As Price of Bat tling Nippon By The Associated Press Inmn's dominant party hinted today at u barter otter to Great Britain, pledging tho govern ment to fight Japanese aggres sion "wholeheartedly and unre servedly on tho sldo of the United Nations" In return for Immediate Independence. Tho alternative, t was indi cated, would be a mass civil disobedience campaign by India's 3U0.OO0.0U0 against British rule. Amid considerable- confusion over his intentions,' Mohandas K. Gandhi, powerful nationalist leader, was reported 'to have addressed tho working commit tco of the All-India congress party for an hour and a half this morning after the now "barter resolution" . was Dliced before the committee. " - Subsequently, the. committee drafted a resolution recommending- that Ghndhl bo given full powers to lead a civil disobed ience campaign If Britain rejects tho demand for Indian Indanen. dence. . Ask Withdrawal The .commttten alfinnHnnlri a 1200-word resolution demond- fpowor so as to enable India to oecome an ally of the United Nations and fight aggressors," It was reported. - Willie the British charged that Gandhi had declared the first move of an Independent Indian government would prob (Continued on Pago Two) Output of Cargo Planes Stepped Up, Says Arnold WASHINGTON. Aug. 8 (P) Lieut. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, chief of tho army air forces, told a scnato military subcommittee today tho output of cargo-carrying planes was being stepped up In an all-out program. . "Wo bclicvo tho program now developed represents an all-out effort, taking Into consideration tho present status of tools, faclll tics and raw materials," Arnold testified "Wo boliovo It. Is pa-wlble to gel more tools, facilities and raw materials, but they arc not in sight at present," ho added. JAPS PROPOS Survivors Machinegunned by Japs After Ship Sinking Off West Coast SEATTLE, Aug. 8 (AP) Sur vivors of an American freight er, sunk by shellfire from a Japanese submarine in the North Pacific the night of July 14, revealed upon -their arrival here crew members were ma chinegunned as they drifted away from their flaming vessel in a lifeboat and two rafts. Tho submarine attacked tho ship at 8 p. m. and scored eight direct hits, finally knocking out her steering engine and set ting her aflro during the two- hour attack. More than 30 shells wcro fired. Two snllors died from shell wounds and six others from ex posure when 17 men, huddled on one raft, drifted for four days and nights in the ley seas before rescued. Some of the crew members were not picked, up by rescuers until eight days after the attack. All 24 surviv ors were suffering from ex posure William Kosarich, of Pitts burgh, Pa a radioman, 3rd class, and Milton ' Q. McGaugh- Pelley is Escorted to Trial tifb 4 a S, v.l '.'f:'! wmimlbmnuttrm , 1 ;-vf: 1 t William Dudley Pelley (right), was escorted into the tesslon of his sedition trial at Indianapolis by Deputy Marshal R. C. Newbold. Pelley had Just been brought from jail, i. ." , , , . Weyerhaeuser Men to Ballot; AFL, CIO '. Tell of Gains1 CIO and AFL drives for Weyerhaeuser Timber company mill cmployo votes in tomor row's National Labor Relations board election pounded down the homo stretch today as both unions announced successful conclusion of bargaining con tract negotiations. Hnrold McKcnzie of tho AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union revealed that his organiza tion had signed an agreement with the Long-Bell Lumber com pany covering working condi tions for approximately 300 cm- ' (Continued on Pago Two) cy, of St. Joseph, Mo., a sig nalman, 3rd class, members of tho naval detail assigned the ship and the, first two surviv ors to rcacl here, revealed that a naval plane flew so low over the shouting survivors the morning after the sinking that they could sco the men in her rear turret but tho piano did not spot them. After that they saw no sign ot Ufa until they sighted on tho horizon the masts of the ship which eventually picked them up. Kosarich, a healthy looking 18-year old, said he kept on sending out v SOS signals and the ship's position at the re quest of the skipper, Capt. Christian EVenson, San Fran cisco, even, after gunfire had blown the corner off his radio room. Both youths said the Japs' machine guns swept the life boat and raft as they fled the ship. Survivors on one raft owed their life to the fact that it was in a trough between m Wo IV Pelley Called ) 'Traitor'; in ; Talk to Jury ' INDIANAPOLIS, Aug., 5 (VP) William Dudley Pelley was call ed a "traitor" and a "man "who serves poison against his govern ment i sugar-coated with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth" in the government's final argu ments todny In the former silver shirt leader's sedition trial. "Wo find Pelley doing just what anyone would do who was trying to help the enemy," Oscar R. Ewing, special prosecutor, told tho farmer-dominated jury. "That is, beat his chest and pro claim his patriotism vociferously in order that these false protes tations of loyalty might serve as a smoke screen for.the poison ous danger he was aiming at the heart of America.."- Ewing was the first attorney to present his arguments as. the trial approached its conclusion. Eacli side was allotted two hours for final summation. , ' . ' waves when the machine guns opened fire, they said. Five of the crew and naval detail on tho rafts died before a rescue ship was sighted and were buried at sea. The sixth died the day after tho rescue, McGauhcy said the submar ine's aim was poor during the first shelling of tho ship and then - tho shots stopped for a half an hour, while the sub marine drew closer. One shell had bit tho forecastle. "It was about 10 o'clock and starting to get dark when she opened up on us again," he re lated. "We lay on tho deck and laughed and Joked at first, but after a few shots we could tell that this time it was different." "First they hit the starboard lifeboat and blew it to bits. Then they hit . the wheelhouse and radio shack and finally the steering engine on the after deck. That put us out of control and set us afire, and we knew we were through. The captain ordered the engines stopped and tho ship abandoned.". , The remaining lifeboat and (Continued on Page Two) DUTCH LEADER iSAYS SECOND tFRONT CDnnlNG Premier 'Tells. People To Wait. Call; Tide Turning Foreseen By DREW MIDDLETON j. LONDON, Aug.. 8 W Pre mier Pieter S. Gerbrandy of the Dutch . govemment-ln-exlle told his ; people In the. German occupied Netherlands tonight that the war tide Is starting to turn and urged them to "await with wise patience the moment when the call comes from here, not only to take a passive but also an active part" In possible second front, operations ialnt The -strategic -picture ''of . the war has improved, he declared In a radio appeal as allied chief tains were reported reviewing alternatives to. a mass invasion of the continent.' 1 Says Tide , Turn . - . . ;5The Dutch premier cited these reasons lor saying that the tide ,nf ,v3,dSt lijrginnlng-to-turn in lavor ot uie united nations: 1. Air superiority, with heavy bombardments upon war centers which are but a prelude to what will follow. . . 2.. Although . the attacking powers . of Germany and Japan are far from exhausted, their limits are becoming clear. 3. The military rise, of the United States. -. "Everyhere , people are con vinced that it Is better to die for a future free Europe than to live under the German yoke," he said. " . ' , British and United States serv ice chiefs, meanwhile, sought a (Continued on Page. Two)-' Mott Says Coast Ready; but Plane Shortage Acute .. SALEM, Aug. 5 (P) Rep. James W. Mott, who arrived home here today for a brief, rest, said that all Pacific coastal shore stations are ready for any emer gency, except that there, is an acute shortage of planes. . Mott. a member of a house na val affairs subcommittee to in vestigate . coastal, defenses, said recommendations were made that the plane equipment at all coast shore stations be, imple mented as soon -as possible. .-. , "There Is a scarcity of planes along both the east arid -west coasts, - and it is particularly acute in this area, from which every plane that could be spared has been drawn for service In Alaska . and the ' Aleutians," he said. ' ... , . ." . Ex-President Here Wednesday Morning Ex-presldent Herbert Hoover and his son Allan visited Klam ath Falls briefly this morning. They stepped off a northbound Southern Pacific train and were met at the station by a, private automobile. ! It was reported they were' en routo to Idaho, presumably on a fishing trip. The only living ex-president Is a frequent Ore gon visitor, spending a good deal of his time fishing in the Rogue river.-; Major Bakeries At S. F. Down SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 8 (A) Virtually all major wholesale bakeries In San Francisco halted prbductlon today as 300 union bakers failed to report for work. - The bakers, members of Bak ers Union No. 24, AFL, were re ported to have stayed off the Job to study employer contract pro posals. . , , h . Oregon Dimout Area fWlwASHINGT 1tmumton J JCLAT-T - S -- ' 1 1 X35tcuwk - -J" VMOOKiJiimi "ZUITNOUAM h OR E G O J coos sit I , The map above shows the area that will be covered by "dimout" regulations' issued today by the Western Defense Com mand. (EHtctiye Wednesday.'-Augmt, 20.) Under he: regulation!, lgnd by Lieut pen. John L. DaWtft, the Pacific 'coast will pre sent a, lets distinct bombing target for -possible' enemy night raiders. It will be noted that the dimout regulations . do not af fect. Klamath county, or Modoc or Siskiyou counties. (Associated Press Photo) ... ,...'. Vast Military Dimout for Pacific Shoreline Called i By DeWttt for Auaust 20 (More on Sports Page) SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. S (JP) A -vast, military dim-out, black ening the Pacific shoreline from Canada to Mexico and dimming lights as far as 150 miles inland, today was ordered into effect Aug. 20 as a protection for ship ping and coastal installations. , (Only a few hours before the order was made public, it. was disclosed by- the navy depart ment in Washington and by sur vivors at Seattle that a United States merchant ship was sunk recently in the north Pacific, with the loss of eight lives, and that the attacking Jap submarine machine-gunned survivors on life rafts.) ..- The order, greatly extending a voluntary dim-out and making violations punishable, was issued by Lieut. Gen; J. L. DeWitt, commanding .. general of the western defense command, to remain hv effect for the war's duration. No Night Ball It sounded the death- knell of night baseball in the Pacific Coast league which has been playing all but weekend games under the lights. Brilliantly lighted theater marquees,- illuminated advertising signs, flood-lighted buildings and all other outdoor bright spots in the restricted area will be turned off.. General DeWitt's public pro clamation declared that "the present situation requires as a matter of military necessity" that the area be dimmed to pro- Peep Rides Set: For Bond Buyers Coming Saturday i - . This week's war savings bond buyers will , get 'peep' rides when the army brings eight of the tiny, reconnais ance cart to Klamath Falls this coming Saturday. War Savlngt Chief Andrew Col lier reminded the public Wed nesday. The peeps will take off from the front of the courthouse with bond buyers. Bonds will be told along with rides at that point while "army show day" is going or tect the coast from enemy .sub marines, warships and planes. Lights at night silhouette ships, making them clearer targets for submarines. They also serve as reflections in the sky to guide approaching enemy planes. . The army order supplants a voluntary dim - out instituted months ago by the office of civii- SACRAMENTO. Aug. 5 (P) . Lt. General John L. DeWitt' has asked that deer hunting be prohibited, at least tem porarily in all of California -and Governor Culbert L. Ol son today wired the State Fish and Game Commission to act at once upon the defense commander's request ' ' General DeWitt't request was limited to deer hunting and did not mention small game and water fowl. The governor's of fice said only deer hunting would be affected at present but it was probable the status of other hunting might be clarified later. ian defense, it provides for crim inal prosecution and exclusion of any violator from the western defense command-area. . - Outdoor ground lighting was limited to one foot candlepower (Continued on Page Two) Big Fire Covers Grazing Lands BAKER, Ore., 'Aug. 8 (fP) A 35-mile long fire . between Durkee and Pleasant Valley which burned grazing land, hay stacks, fences and unoccupied homestead cabins as it swept along Monday was brought un der control by crews yesterday and was extinguished by heavy rains last night. The fire was the largest graz ing blaze in Baker county this year. PLANE SOUGHT McCHORD FIELD, Aug. 8 (AP) A farmer's report of a crash centered search for the missing plane of Lt. Col. C. K. Bowen in the Mt. Vernon area today, but official sources said there was nn dpflnite chie to the fate of the McChord field pilot, missing since Saturday. : CHUTISTS GO BEHIND BEDS INKASDS Berlin Says ' Capture Of Kropotkin Ac- . - complished By ROGER D. GREENE. ' Associated Press War Editor German mechanized columns thundered deeper Into the Cau casus today, on the road to Rus sia's vast oil treasures, and hun dreds of nazi parachute, troops and even small air-borne tanks were reported landing behind the lines in an attempt to para lyze soviet communications. German military dispatches said Adolf Hitler's SS (elite guard) troops had captured Kropotkin, 125 ' miles below tiosiov on the railroad and oil pipeline from the Caspian sea, and had reached ih K-i.hor. river along a 60-mile front. c The nazis said . axis troops were continuing "pursuit'of de feated Russians on a broad front." , Soviet disnateheK .till rl. dared that the main struggle was raging far to the -north of Kropotkin-.and gave no inkling that the nazis had advanced so far to the south. '.,-.J.. ,. . " :iJTe Active" . .Red Fleet,, the soviet navy newspaper, said Russian war ships in the Sea of A zmj war shelling German trnnri and frustrating nazi attempts to move sea-borne '.reinforcements into the battle south of Rostov. -Red navy euhs vm mrnA I with ' sinking an . undisclosed ; numoer or uerman ships. . "A1- German-spokesman - de clared: that the nositinrf nf IVio Russian Black ; sea fleet was 7 constantly more endangered" and that about 70 small red navy craft mostly gunboats . and motor torpedo boats ' massed in the Don river estu- (Continued on Page Two) Conspiracy to Prevent Rubber Making Charged WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 () C. R. Starnes of Gladwater, Tex, an independent oil operator, told the senate patents committee to? day. that there "exists a conspir acy to prevent the development of synthetic rubber" vitally de laying prosecution of the 'war effort. . . .. .. . ; He ' contended that the "con spiracy" was "managed by Inter national cartels and patenj pools," and said that he had dis covered its existence during the past six ; months . in attempting , to': "put six refineries to work producing aviation gasoline and synthetic, rubber and other ma terial vital to the war effort." As he opened an outline of his charges, he declared that he intended to "mince no words" while "American boys are dying on the battlefields." . He said that the purpose ot the obstruction to production of synthetic rubber was to "estat lish and maintain a monopoly In the -United States and in the world," and "to drive out com petition which might survive af ter the war." . Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE 1 - - R H - E, Philadelphia 0 3 1 Boston t 7 14 0 Wolff and H. Wagner; Hugh son and Peacock. i News Index City Briefs Page 8 Comics and Story ... .....Page 8 Courthouse Records ...Page 8 Editorial ........Page 4 Information ' Page 8 Market, Financial Pnga 8 Midland Empire News Page 7 Sports ..........;..Page 6 ' f '":.
