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Newspaper Page TextJ PAGE TWO MINES HANG ON 10 THREE (Continued from Page One) iinut naval bao liiei in tht southwest Pacific. Paratroops An unconfirmed Australian report said American parachute troops had been used as shock forces in the assault. Dispatches to the Yorkshire, England, Post reported that the Japanese fleet had "lost control of Tulagl harbor" and declared: "The allies have air superior ity and are using it at sea as well as on land." A U. S. navy communique said the marines, firmly en trenched after six days of vio lent hand-to-hand fighting, were now consolidating their posi tions. Kaval - "Supporting naval forces are engaged in bitter fighting," the navy said. The communique did not spec ify whether the enemy was bringing up warship reinforce ments or using land-based air craft to bolster the defense of their ground forces. However, allied reconnaissance showed a spurt In enemy shipping activ ity around Rabaul, New Britain, a major base for Japanese troops and supplies moving to the Solo mons. Rabaul Hit Striking to paralyze enemy reinforcements, American flying fortress smashed at the Rabaul base for the fifth time in five days yesterday. Gen. Douglas MacArthur s headquarters said the raiders left a 15.000-ton ship and two medium-sized vessels In flames and a fourth enemy ship foundering. Without the loss of a single bomber, the giant fortress craft shot down one of eight chal lenging Japanese fighters and damaged from three to six others, United - Nations - head quarters reported. - Rabaul lies 700 miles north west of the Tulagi sector In the, southeastern Solomons, where the ;navy said U. S. marines were battling to expand their gains on three Islands In the Tulagi vicinity presumably Florida, Guadalcanal and Mai aita. . ... . India Returns to . Normal After 4 ' Days of Rioting (Continued from Page One) tary forces In India have been ordered to avoid even the -appearance of participating in the internal strife touched off there by Mohandas K. Gandhi's "free dom now" campaign. ' This .was made clear. In a four-point statement of ' policy incorporated in orders to the American forces' in - India and made, public . by the . state de partment last night. , . ; i .-- American military units-i-con-' listing mainly of air personnel -have been stationed in India for some time, engaged "princi pally in relaying war materials and( planes to embattled China by air, or In aerial action against the Japanese In Burma. , The four-point statement em phasized that the sole purpose ,of these American forces in In dia, is to carry on the war against the axis, and that the "primary aim", of the United States in that area is to help China. V 420th Sinking Breaks Four-Day Lull in Atlantic (Continued from Page One) the stricken craft plunged be neath the surface three minutes after the torpedo struck amid ships. A British merchant vessel di rected to the scene by a navy patrol plane picked up the sur vivors after two days spent on life rafts around which a school of sharks had been hovering. BEACH HEADS PRIORITY? , because OLD QUAKER Whiskey gives priority to quality iiirwfr 7;iii'AirB g st SUItm SSSttOII fflilSICT U HOW INK WHMUY It In Command r C Ml Operations In the Solomon islands, where U. S. marines have forced a landing, are un der tfcs immediate command of Vice Admiral Robert Lee Qhormley (above). Admiral Ghormley is shown at a press conference as he arrived at Auckland, New Zealand, last spring to take over his South Pacific command. RAF MAULS MAINZ; NAZIS BOMB I (Continued from Page One) helpless when the raiders came over the second night, an air source said. This accounted for the loss of only five British planes, compared with 16 the night before. The pie-dawn raid on the greater London area was the first since nuisance raiders un loaded a few bombs before day light on July 30 and some build ings were wrecked. By mid-morning authorities said all persons trapped in the debris had been removed. Casu alties were reported as seven killed and at least three injured. Editorials on News (Continued From Page One) anything yet, appears to be shap ing up. TTHERE are reports in the news X today of fighting SIMILAR IN SCOPE AND INTENSITY to that in the Caucasus on the 500 mile front from Moscow to Len ingrad. What it means is anybody's guess. Maybe it will turn out to be important. Maybe not. ...... - DY way of change, let's turn for a moment from fighting to politics. - The house of representatives votes' today to permit the war and navy departments to make IMMEDIATE allowance and al lotment payments to dependents of service men. The original legislation had provided for pay ments on NOVEMBER 1 al though the benefits began to ac crue on June 1. Why the payments were orig inally scheduled for November I can only be guessed, but by a curious coincidence election day comes on November 3 and it may have been figured that a gentle rain of checks dropping on serv ice men's dependents at that time might get them into a kind ly VOTING frame of mind toward INCUMBENTS. Politics, you see, goes on, wars or no wars. VV7HY has the payment date been moved up? That answer is easy. The public saw through the gentle rain of checks just ahead of election day scheme and com plained bitterly and cynically. So congress hastened to get out from under the criticism. Especially after it occurred to some of the wiser heads that de pendents who had to WAIT NEEDLESSLY would probably be more angry than grateful on election day. WE'VE HAD IT FOR YEARSI J VUM 010 ni 010 QUtUt C0..Um WUUIt, lB. BERLIN CLAIMS U.5.CAHR1ER ISP' STRUCK (Continued from Page One) British have acknowledged was sunk by submarine attack, was the first victim of an attack on a large convoy which the Germans say has been under way since Tuesday.) The Germans said that in ad dition to the-destruction of the Fugle, nine freighters totaling 90,000 tons had been sunk thus far. Damaged along with the Wasp, they said, were the 22,430 ton British aircraft carrier Fur ious, three cruisers and six large freighters and tankers. "The convoy was dispersed," said the special high command communique. "The greatest part of the protective forces is sailing back westward. The remaining units are attempting to reach Malta. The battle is still prog ressing. Further great successes are to be expected." The announcement said that the convoy consisted of 46 ships in all, counting an escort of three battleships, four aircraft car riers and numerous cruisers and destroyers. Large cargo ships totaled 21, it was said. ROME (FROM ITALIAN BROADCASTS). Aug. 13 (if A special Italian communique tonight declared the Italian navy had sunk one cruiser and three ships and that axis air forces had sunk another cruiser, a destroyer and three other ships in a battle with an allied con voy in the Mediterranean. ALGIERS, Algeria, Aug. 13 (fP) The regular Marseille to Algiers airliner arrived today riddled with bullet holes, one passenger dead and seven others seriously wounded, having been attacked by four fighting planes in the vicinity of the western Mediterranean convoy battle. The airliner, which is a regu lar air France sea plane, passed the vicinity of the battle shortly after .noon and was caught in a hail of machine gun fire from four pursuit planes of undis closed nationality. Leniency Asked Ridgeway on Drunk Driving . John Calvin Ridgeway foday was found guilty of drunken driving by a justice court jury which recommended that he be given leniency. An earlier jury several weeks ago was discharged when It fail ed to reach a verdict. Ridgeway is at present free on a $150 bond. Justice of the Peace J. A. Ma honey said he had not yet set a date for sentencing. VITAL STATISTICS BUCKINGHAM Born at the Klamath Valley hospital, Klam ath Falls, Ore., August 12, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Buckingham, 325 Michigan ave. a boy. Weight 7 pounds, 4 ounces. LUEHRS Born at Hillside hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 12, 1942, to Mr. and Mrs. Richard Luehrs, 1327 John son street, a daughter. Weight 5 pounds 12 ounces. Herald and News want ads reach 40,000 individuals. Some one wants what you have to sell. Advertise in the classified. Tracy and IF If. The screen's most dynamic actor and its lovellsst actress aopear together tn "Tortilla Flat." in the persons of Spencer Tracy and Hedy Lamarr. Playing on of the most col orful roles of his career In the John Steinbeck tale, Tracy is east as the likable rascal, Pllon. with Miss Lamarr filling the role of th tempestuous "Sweets" Ramlres. Third star In the distinguished cast Is John Garfield as the happy-go-lucky Dunny who wool Mill Lamarr. "Tortilla Flat" opens w.'th tha Saturday midnight show at the Esquire. Adv. HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Here's Part of Answer to Clamor for More Air Transports U. S. troops stand t attention after disembarking, with Jeep at right, from new giant Curllss "Ctonniiinuo oillltary transport, world's lnruest two-motored ulr liner, now In mass production lor our Army Air Forces. Withholding actual number of troops and Jeeps carrlei. the War Os part me nt permits revealing the plane weighs JS tons full' loaded, Is powered by 3000 horsepower Pratt & Whitney engines, has wlngnnmi or 108 feet, is designed to carry artillery, tractors, trucks,. engines, gas and similar supplies iu well as uoopi. Its ipeed, however, U a secret. (Continued from Page One) from 9 a. m., Aug. 11 to 9 a. m., Aug. 13: "United States army air force fighter squadrons, flying in con junction with RAF fighter squad rons, made three operational flights over the coast of France. "United States army air force fighter aircraft participated in 20 sea sorties. . , "United States army Hir force fighter aircraft participated tn eight interception sorties off the coast of England." Lumber Industry Faces Drastic Labor Shortage (Continued from Page One) 500 million feet in the Columbia and Willamette rivers at this sea son of tha year, stocks of logs in all hands will scarcely exceed half of this amount today. Dur ing July, a month when log sup plies should normally show an increase, there was actually a very sharp decline in production and this trend' continues. "Particularly critical Is the sit uation with regard to falters and buckers, the men who cut the timber and prepare it for yard ing and hauling to the mills. Our office Is receiving reports almost daily, of operations .that are' be ing forced to lay off whole log ging sides because men are not available to cut the timber for the yarding and loading crews. "The shortago of fallers and buckers is due to several causes," Brundage explained. "Some men have drifted into other industries because they felt they were not performing a direct war service. As a matter of fact, the services of skilled fallers and buckers could never be more valuable in this war than right out there in the woods where they rightfully belong during this emergency. Others have left the woods, thinking they could earn more money in the shipyard or air plane factory. With the recent wage scale advances In the woods,, there is little difference in a man's weekly earnings whether it be woods or shipyard and it can be demonstrated that the net return to a logger living in camp is considerably more than it Is In the city, where rents and living costs are much higher. "I recently looked over the composite hourly wage rate of eight major logging concerns and found it to be $1.18 per hour Lamarr in Screen 1 EuH. Av. H frikd-du S'fe I ,jHl!ft,"-,,J" PACIFIC CHIEF The sqnlnl that comes from jreani at aea Is notable on the face of Ad miral Chester W. Nlmlli. com-mander-in-chlef of the United States Pacific fleet. on the average, which Is but a fraction under the shipyard scale of SI. 20 per hour for carpent ers and welders. Wages for fallers and buckers at these same eight camps averaged $1.34 per hour. Shipyard workers are en titled to 52 hours work a week, based on 40 hours of straight time and 8 hours of overtime at time and a half. A competent faller and bucker working on the time schedule would actually earn $7.28 more per week than the man in the shipyard. "If our war Industries aro to get the lumber they need, former woods workers particularly, everyone capable of swinging an axe or pulling a saw should be induced to return to the woods. I am glad to say that our labor placement agencicn are now be ginning to discourage job switch ing and arc now helping to 'sell' men upon the importance of their jobs in the woods. "Timber operators and work men," he added, "are both will ing to work 48 hours per week or longer wherever enough fall ers and buckers are available to cut enough timber to make over time operations possible." It's like starting life all over again, and It's mighty pleasant, I can tell you. Z. Mitchell, re tired capitalist, marrying at 80. Insurance on your furniture is surprisingly intxpt nslve. Phons Hans Norland, 7176. Special! MA I'H'ii ''I iliIIHi ,i CITY BRIEFS I-. i:l;'!llliMilllilllliilllllllll;jit.ili!!'li:;ll j Bike Stolon W. L. Wlnton of 1211 Ulsnuirk street In the Shasta district, reported to city police that his bicycle was stolen from his residenco sometime Tuesday night. Mining Donald Ray Paul son, 18, of 1027 Washington ave nue, was reported missing to city police today. It was believed ho was on his way to Colorado. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE OR 'EXCHANGE For Klamath farm; complete dairy store and egg depot in Prlncvllle. Retail and whole sale milk routes. Now, mod ern building and equipment. 1041 sales amounted to over $18,000. salary (or milk test ing $1300. Contact L. II. Berry, Route 2, Box 670, Klam ath Falls or Berry's Dairy, Princvllle. 8-10 FOR SALE Four-room house on half acre. 1804 Hope. 8-13 WANTED TO SERVE old mid new friends at Mary's Beauty Shop Mrs. Hollls, formerly of the Mollis Beauty Shop. Phone 4673. 432 Main, up stairs. ' 815 GOOD. GENTLE black saddle horse for, sale. 162S Whird, after 6 p. m. : : , . 8-15 LARGE l-ROOM APARTMENT Adults. 741 Walnut. 8-19 WANTED Man pressor. New City Laundry. 8-14 FOR SALE fl-acrc Improved farm. Price $0!500, some terms. 3623 Anderson Ave. 8-15 TWO-ROOM furnished apt. Wa ter and heat furnished. 131 No. 1st. 8-13 4-CYL. CHRYSLER Good con dition, good rubber (20-in.), hydraulic brakes $50. Ask for Ed. 630 Main, after noon. ' 8-15 Responsible tenant will lease 3 or 4 bedroom home In Hot Springs. Boque Dale 120 S. 0th Dial 6072 8-13 4feaWHlJ MIL 25c TTx' ANYTIMEI FREE PARKING) Doon Opto '( till NEW T0DAYI They're In the Army Nowl Tonight at 1 104 ind 10 140 2ND ACE HITI IN A SEARCH FOR AN AID TO LIFE.. HE FOUND A WEAPON OF DEATH I JACK HOLT Oelrsda Mlehitl Dick At 100 (XTRAI. "Ooln Plain' le Meere JJC! H i U m4i AXIS CLAIMS DEEPER THRUST INTO BUS (Continued from Page On) quantities of men and equip ment lit the Don river bciul. Mighty Battle Front-lino advices said both armies wero hurling almost un precedented iiunibt'i's o( troops lulu tho HtriiKKh) amid Indica tions that one ol thu mliihtU'sl battles of thu war wus develop lug. The Russians frankly conced ed that the situation in tha Caucasus, where Hitler's motor ized Infantry wns rnpldly over running the wholo northern Caucasus, was ucute. Waves of 40 to 60 najU dive bombers wero reported ruining tons of hlHlrttxpiuMvi'g on towns and villages, leaving thu once pastoral Cuucusus In flumes. "Gorman and allied troops, despite stubborn enemy resist ance, drove tho enemy further hack in the Caucasus region. One Russian group was rut off and destroyed, imzl field head quarters said. 'Between tha Volga ami tho Don, tho attack of German und Rumanian troops against stub bornly defended position gain ed additional ground in fierce fighting." This apparently referred to the Kotelnlkovskl sector. 03 miles southwest of Stalingrad, where tho Russians reported a sudden lutonstriratlon of tho fighting as the Germans sought -Last Time This Evening!- Bette Davis - Olivia DeHavilland O "IN THIS OUR LIFE" O ff-"Bg'T'T11'HI STARTS TOMORROW Ar.oihcr Big All Two Grand J- M-G-M has combed Holly, wood lot taleat and baa assembled a galaxy ol Sing- danolna. whlilwlnd nlertalnere, revealed Is a atnrv nl wnrhlnn lntrat. HERE'S COMEDY THAT'S GOT EVERYTHI-1"! And what an explosion of laughi when Brooklyn Orchid won't lot the two touoheit mugs In Manhattan out of her light ... no, nol even long enough to go horns to their wlveil 1 JOHN GARFIELD Starts Saturday U K. Frank Mnraan Mldnlaht Showl M 1 L .L ,ifT . 'August 18, 1942 to tlghton the southern claw of a pincers drive against Stalin grad. J r'ur to tha north, the Gcw minis admitted Unit Marshal S o in o n Tlniosheiiko's armies weiu battering heavily at nail il.'f.-iiBi) wurks In the Voronezh and lU.linv sector, southeast and northwest of Moscow, with the Russians taking the Initiative at both points, Ton Aliens Taken North For Hearings (Continued from Psge One) strict enforcement of (he military curfew anil the contraband reg uliilionn Is bulng undertaken, and that no violations by aliens will bo counienunced, Courthouse RecordsQ THURSDAY Complaints Filed Grace Winifred Randall versus Cumilu K. Randall. Suit (or di vorce. Charge, desertion. Cou plu inariivd In Mluot, S. D., Sup tember 2, 1910. Plaintiff asks re storation of maiden name, Grace Gillette. William Kuykendsll. attorney (or plaintiff, Justice Court John Calvin ltldgcway. Drunk en driving. Found guilty by Jus tice court Jury with recommen dation for leniency. Back From Vacation Mar guerite Klolty o( the city hall staff has returned from a vaca tion spent al home with her mother, Mrs. J. I'. Lruvltt. Police CourtFifteen drunlO ono vag, three traffic violators and one moving violator appear ed In police court Thursday, Laugh Show! Features O . ... Ali (MlftiM virginia weidler. ray Mcdonald leo g0rcey "rags" ragland DOUGLAS McPHAlL JtiMis Itsrf lrf LEONARD O'NEIU mNH Second Laugh Hit alti