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Bill
On t-rnlnul blast on ilrani and whistles.
U tht signal lot a blackout In Klamath
Falls. Anothar long blast, during a black
out, la a algnal lor all-clear. In precau
tionary parlodi, watch your atraat lights.
August 21 High 88. Low St
Praclpltation u ot August 13, 1941
Last yaar ; 14.29
Normal ; 12.22
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By FRANK JENKINS
l AST Wednesday lilKht, 700
Jii tried a stealthy night
ItmdlnK on Olio o( tho Solomon
Island where our Marines novo
their (col planted.
A dm I nil Nlmll.' report of the
offulr doesn't say so, but ono
guesses they hnd In mind ono
of these Infiltrating affair Hint
worked so well for them In Ma
Inyn and tho Dutch Eat Indies
-grccn-palnted Japs swinging
from Junglo trco lo JumhIo tree,
etc.
It didn't work o well this
time. -
When the Murines not through
"counting coos," as our rough
plainsmen called It bnck In our
Indlon-flghting days, It wo dis
covered that 070 ot tho 700 Jnps
k.vera dead and tho remaining 30
wcro prisoners.
AT this point, this writer
would llho to mnko a guess
an extremely sn(o ono.
As you read ot this exploit by
.American boys on ono of tho
liir Islands of tho South Sens,
your, chest., swells with prUlu.
Hot, snlty moisture" WrYgryour
eyes. Your fists clinch. Your
Jaw sets. 1
You say to yourself:
"By , If they want lo
Inko my tires nwoy from mo so
as to organize belter support for
thoso guys who nro fnclng the
Jnps down there In tho jungles
and showing them whnl's wlmt,
IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME!
They enn have 'em nnd welcome.
"I'll wnlk, or stny nt homo.
AND LIKE ITI"
VOU mny hnvo added Hint the
snmo goes for sugnr ration
ing and gasoline rationing and
meat rationing. If It comes along.
Hampered somewhat by tho
lump In your throat, you prob
ably muttered: "I'll go cheer
fully barefooted and llvo on
spinach and beets If It will help
thoso boys In even tho slightest
way,"
JUST a word hero to the gen
tlemen whose business It Is to
ducido about the news to be
given (or NOT given) to tho
American pcoplo:
This llttlo story about the Ma
rines who cleaned up tho 700
Jnps with a loss to themselves of
28 killed and 72 wounded didn't
help tho enemy. Ho knew It
anyway.
It Inspires us hero at homo no
end. Drives tho warbles out of
uur bucks. Stops us from grumb
ling. Mnkcs REAL PATRIOTS
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'TWERE must be hundreds of
' thoso Incidents that can bo
given to us without In any way
Increasing tho enemy's store ot
useful military Information
somo of them cnuslng us to swell
nnd almost burst with prldo,
somo ot them gripping our
hearts with their sheer tragedy.
Some of them cheerfully hope
ful. Some ot them menacingly
grave.
But ALL OF THEM drama
tizing for us the supremely Im
portant fact that this Is OUR
war; that It is being fought by
OUR BOYS, thai NOTHING wo
enn do to help It along can pos
sibly bo too much to ask of us.
.
"THESE gentlemen' whoso job
It Is to dccldo what enn bo
lold to us safely and what can't
be told without giving nld to the
enemy nnd who so far hnvo
been deciding that tho less told
In lltf thfl Insa fhn nnnmv nnn
hear aro slnccro and pntrlotic
Americans. Just as slnccro nnd
patriotic as you or I,
But In tho press of their other
duties, unrlor the weight of re
sponsibility that rests on their
shoulders, they hnvo been for
getting (It seems to this writer)
that when the millions of stny-
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HIHli AULA
One Destroyer Possi
bly Sunk; Another
Ship Damaged
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (P)
Tho navy announced today that
American submarines In tho Pa
cific huvo sunk four Jnpancse
non-combatant ships, possibly
sunk ono destroyer and dam
aged ono non-combatant ship.
One of tho non-combatant
ships, a merchant vessel, was
sunk In tho Aleutians area. All
thu other craft successfully- at
tacked were In tho western Pa
cific. Navy communique No. 110
said:
. "Far East:
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"1. United States submarines
have reported the following re
sults of operations In Far East
ern waters: I
"(A) Two large cargo ahlps
sunk.
"(B) Ono large transport
sunk.
"(C) Ono dc.itrpycr.daiaflgc
and possimy sunk.
"(D) Ono medium sized cargo
ship damaged by one torpedo
hit.
"2. These actions were not
related to tho operations in the
Solomon islands.
"North Pacific:
"3. A United States subma
rine has reported the sinking of
a largo Jupuncso merchant ship
in tho Aleutian area.
e '."4. Tho above actions have
not been announced In any pre
vious navy department commu
nique." These successful actions by
American undersea craft raised
tho toll of Japanese shipping
taken by U. S. submarines to
60 ships sunk, 16 possibly sunk,
nnd 19 damaged a totnl ot 91
as reported In announcements
by tho navy department at
Washington,
The sinking ot another ship
In tho Aleutian area boosted
tho total Jap losses in that sec
tion from American sea and nlr
action to 11 ships sunk, 12
damaged, and one believed
sunk.
Logging Mishap
Takes Life of
Alvin Blotter
Death of Alvin 'C. Blotter in
a logging mishap near Lake o'
tho Woods on Saturday brought
tho accident toll to two In
Klamath county In tho Inst 24
hours.
Dr. Gcorgo Adlcr, coronef,
said Blotter was struck at 10
a. m, Saturday by a rolling log
whllo working for tho Hamakcr
Lumber company. ' Follow
workmen brought him to the
hospital here, but he. was dead
when they arrived. He was 31
years of age and a resident of
Ashland. Survivors are his wife
nnd one son, Teddy Lawrence,
of Klamath Falls, ,
Tho other dcnlh wns that of
John Moran, Antelope sheep
man, killed Friday when hit
by n freight' train nt Until-aiding,
nenr Crescent Lake. Dr.
Adlcr said Investigation showed
Mornn was lying down bcsldo
the tracks whilo herding sheep.
When n train approached, he
started to rise and his head
was struck by tho passing loco
motive, .
THREE EXECUTED
LONDON, Aug, 22 (AP) The
Norwegian government in Lon
don reported lodny that Gcrmnn
occupation authorities In Nor
way hove exocuted three Nor
wegian fishermen for feeding
two stnrvlng Russians, found
stranded on the Island of Mage
roya off the extreme northern
tip of Norway, J
4 JAP SHIPS
Defense House Sash Produced Here
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Pictura shows E. S. Robinson of the Klamath Cabinet shop
putting togothtr one of the 14,000 sash which this local plant
Is producing tor deionia houitr in Portland. Soma 20,000 scraans
ara also being produced hora for pra-fabrlcatad houses at an
ordnance- dapot in Utah. '.. ' '' -...V ,, ,;; .
Utile Business
Big Part
(Editor's Note; This Is tho last
In a scries of weekly articles on
Klamath's Industrial drive to
win tho war).
By BOB LEONARD
. In reflecting on our wor pro
duction effort which, until the
OWI gloomed a llttlo last week,
was generally regarded as more
than Just satisfactory, our
thought Is usually confined to
enormity.
Wo as a nation are presumably
dally ejecting planes by tho doz
ens, tanks by tho hundreds, guns
and shells by the thousands and:
millions from gigantic factories
wherein equal millions of our
boys nnd gals nro sweating
but no moro than eight good
union hours In every 24.
But wo as a nation arc also
producing a rhultitudo of little
gadgets, odds and edds, and
glmcracks from llttlo factories
which gain no mention but
without which there would bo
no millions of our boys and gals
sweating eight good union hours
out of every 24.
Without which there would
be no whole.
Most of the llttlo gadgets are
not only necessary but vital,
some aro Important and others
nre just essential.
Wo hnvo ono in mind. It's
screens. Door nnd window
screens nnd they're being pro
duced right down on Spring
street by tho Klamnlh Cabinet
shop.
, E. S. R o b i n o n Is tho
man who's doing tho job. He's
better than hnlfwny through on
a contract for 20,000 nnd all
three zeros are not a typographi
cal error screens for prc-fnb-rlcntcd
houses going up nt the
colossal new ordnance depot tat
Ogdcn, Utah.
And add to that 14.000 win
dow nnd door sashes he's shup
Ing for Portland's mushrooming
war plnnt housing areas,
See what wo monn? Probnbly
not ono In ten of you even knew
Ihnt Mr. R. wasn't still building
cabinets, just plain cabinets for
Mr. and Mrs. K. F.
As it Js Mr. P. Is employing I
Vt I ' L 91 1 ..
Plays
in War Effort
15 men and considerable ma
chinery, some of each of which
has been added In the past 12
months just for the purpose of
making 20,000 screens and 14,
000 sashes. , ,; .
Rather . we should say. .he's
employing 14 men and a girl
and expects more girls and less
men in the very close future.
And at the same time main
taining a respectable relation
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Spitfires Pay
Return Visit
To Dieppe
' LONDON, Aug. 22 (fl) Fly
ing low over Dieppe, : today
RAF Spitfires silenced, an anti
aircraft firo post with cannon
fire, They reported it was the
only opposition they encoun
tered on the raid, the air min
istry news service' said.
Tho planes swooped down on
the town at an' altitude under
1000 feet. Tho pilots reported
they saw only a . few soldiers
and that tho main coastal artil
lery battery was inactive.
Four Spitfires of a Canadian
squadron attacked another gun
position east of Dieppe. Wire
less masts also were raked with
gunflro and here, too, Ger
many's heavy gun batteries did
not nppear to bo manned.
An additional heavy gun bat
tery at Dieppe was shot up from
zero, nit I tude by Spitfires and
on tho way home they machine-
gunned light gun positions
along tho cliff tops. One pilot
described the heavy gun posts
as "burned out." , .
Two Polish squadrons at
tacked targets In northern
Franco. One factory wns left in
flames. Other targets included
rntlwny engines, two air fields
and gun positions.' German
troops were machine-gunned at
one air field and In a low swoop
over tho Ostend-Bruges area.
SUB SINKINGS
BRING ABOUT
STATE OF WAR
Name Germany, Italy
In Declaration;
No Details
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Aug. 22 (By telephone to
Buenos Aires) (IP) Brazil de
clared war on Germany and
Italy today.
The government refused for
the present to permit further
details of its action to be trans
mitted outside the country or
by unofficial channels.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 W)
President Roosevelt cabled
President Getulio Vargas of
Brazil today that Brazil's declar
ation of war against Germany
and Italy "has hastened the
coming of the inevitable victory
of freedom.over oppression." ; .
Brazilian Ambassador Carlos
Martins officially notified tha
state department today that his
cdwt.wastt"'wr'Tvit- "-iiaA
many and Italy. ' .7 .
' There was no Immediate com
ment from the state department
although some expression from
Secretary. Hull ; was expected
later in the day. ' ;
BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 22 (ff)
Brazil informed all her 20
sister - republics of America to
day that a state of war exists
between her and Germany and
Italy as a result of the recent
scries of submarine sinkings of
Brazilian ships.
: Brazil thus became tho first
South American nation formally
to enter the conflict against the
(Continued on Page Two)
Reclassification.
Of 1-B's Will
Start September 1
' CAMP MURRAY, Aug. 22 (P)
Col. Walter J. DeLong, state
director of selective service re
ported' today that reclassifica
tion of all registrants in the 1-B
class (deferred for minor physi
cal disabilities) .will start Sep
tember 1 and that one fourth of
the number found eligible for
service will be inducted each
month. 1
This action, Colonel DeLong
said, is a result of a directive
recently received from the na
tional headquarters of the selec
tive service system. Jtle said all
tho reclassified 1-B registrants
will be in active service, by the
end.of December.
The state selectiva service di
rector explained there would no
longer be any 1-B class for fu
ture registrants because this cat
egory would bo split into either
1-A for immediate induction or
4-F.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. H. E
Boston; 11 13 1
Philadelphia 3 -8-4
' Terry. Brown (7) and Conroy,
Peacock (7); Knott, Fowler ' (7)
nnd Swift. , ;
. - R. H. E
Washington v. ...v 0 3 3
New-York 14 0
Carrasquel and Evans; Bor
owy arid Hemsley.
R. H. E.
Chicago 3 7 2
Cleveland : 1-7 1
. Smith and Trosh; Dean, Ken
nedy (0) and Denning.
NATIONAL LEAGUE '
. R. H. E
Philadelphia 1,7 0
Boston 2 9 0
Hughes and Livingston; Tobin
and JVIasi. (10 Innings),
Auto Rests
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Tha autonpblle of Ealnh,HollingjOTth 4 sho-ten -leaning de
jectedly against a tr at .517 East. Main (treat, after, a crash
arly Saturday. HollingswOrth was fined- 950 for. reckless .driving,
with $25 suspended.. ' . - . . .. ...v .; . ..- . ..
BATTLE OF
Yank Pilots ..Patrol
Straits of Dover, "'
France"'
By The Associated Press -
Marshal Semeon Timoshenko's
red armies were reported launch
ing a series of violent counter
attacks in' the "battle of the
bend"; 40 ' niiles nortlnvest of
Stalingrad today,"' throwing the
Germans back on the defensive,
while the invaders' rushed
masses of reserves " into' action
south of 'the great Volga " steel
city. , - - -
In the Caucasus, new soviet
retreats were acknowledged be
low Pyatigorsk and Krasnodar,
but red army headquarters said
the Russians had wiped Out Ger
man vanguards in the hills south
east' of. Pyatigorsk and' killed
lOOO.nazls in. a three-day battle
south of Krasnodar.. .. '
Road to Baku
Pyotigorsk' is about half way
(Continued on Page Two) . i J
WPB Agency
Tank Strike Settlement
By Tha Associated Press'
A wjpr production board
agency undertook today to bring
to a - quick and peaceful con
clusion a strike at the Chrysler
tank arsenal in Detroit. i
Tho case was in the hands of
tto WPB board of review, -which
was set up under a stabilization
agreement : with the. Building
Trades Council of the American
Federation of Labor.
H. L. Weckler, vice president
of the corporation, reported that
475 AFL construction workers
had stopped work at the arsenal
on orders of Ed Thai, secretary
of the Detroit Building Trades
Council, in protest against the
hiring. of some members of the
Congress of Industrial Organi
zations. A work stoppage at a plant of
tho Aluminum Company of
America also drew the' board's
attention. At the Vernon plant
of Alcoa in Los Angeles 300
aluminum workers walked out
After Crash
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FDR Learns Son's1
Part in Battle;
From Newspaper-
WASHINGTON," Aug.- 22 (AP)
President Roosevelt heard -about
his son .James, part In the'Mak
in island raid only -Tvheh he
read the newspapers this morn
ing,, whereupon he ;remarked to
a secretary: Did you see where
Jimmy Was in the show?" .;
Press Secretary' Stephen Early
told.reporters of this in remark
ing that neither., the; president
nor . Mrs. ; Roosevelt . had any
more information on the -whereabouts
or activities -of their sons
than the - fathers and ; mothers
of other, officers and men in the
armed services. .... .- i '
"They saw - it, -in , the papers
this morning- for the first time,"
Early added.. . .; , . '. ,
-While the' two were reading
the headlines in the president's
bedroom ' at - breakfast, : Mrs.
Roosevelt entered the room and
asked the chief, executive, wheth
er he could tell. her. any more
details of Major Roosevelt's par
ticipation in the raid. than were
In the, morning papers. ,
. The 'president,., Early related,
said he could not as he did not
know any more than the papers
carried from -Hawaii.
Works for
CIO officials said the Walkout
was unauthorized.- George W.
Taylor, vice chairman of ' the
war labor board, appealed to the
men to go -back to work now
"as loyal and patriotic citizens.
The workers quickly- voted to
return to work immediately. .
A spokesman-for on AFL lo
cal union said in the capital . that
jurisdictional dispute between
two AFL unions may "remove
thousands of highly skilled jour
neymen welders and burners"
from their :jobs ih four Henry J.
Kaiser shipyards in Richmond,
Calif.- But threat Of an imme
diate- tie-up. appeared removed
when Local 681 voted to Rsk gov
ernment aid in settling the dis
pute, v 1 -'.'" -,v. i,
Ray Stewart,- the. union offi
cial, said at .Oakland, .Calif.,
that a local executive board had
recommended , ' , that the, ' men
leave their jobs and take work
available elsewhere in other
.. (Continued xa Page Two)
JAP SEAPLANE
BASE AT Bl
IS
Marine Losses Light;
Mopping Operations
Continue
By WALTER B. CLAUSED
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii,
Aug. 22 W) United States mar
ines stood fast in their hard won
positions in the Solomon islands
today after wiping out a 700-mar.
Japanese- force which tried- a
stealthy night landing to pierce
the American lines.
Other, marines and . American
bluejackets, with Major James
Roosevelt, the president's eldest
son,-, one of their leaders, de
stroyed a Japanese seaplane base
in an extension of- the United -States
offensive to Makin island,
in the Gilbert group, 1500 miles
northeast of. the; American-held
Solomons.
'- Surprised '" --
Communiques issued by Ad
miral Chester W. Nimitz,' com
mander of the U, S. Pacif ie
fleet, told of the flareup of fight
ing in which the enemy was sur
prised and destroyed. :
Mopping operations, with
daily skirmishes between marina
patrols and enemy detachments,
nave been .in progress since the
initial marine landings the night
of Aug. 7, the communique said.
cut last Wednesday night 700
weH-equipuadIapaneaa landed
from. . highspeed, boats- outside
the marines' lines, on an un
named : island, and attempted a
break-through.. v
. . Maneuver '
. "During the - darkness -, only
hand to hand fighting was pos
sible," the communique said.
but with the breaking of day
the marines were able to maneu
ver.. While, one battalion held
the front line another- battalion
moved to a flank and drove; the
then withdrawing Japanese to
the beach. - The action continued
until late afternoon. Of the 700
Japs, 670 are dead, the rest pris
oners. Marine losses were ia .
killed and 72 wounded." -
The communique also told- of
a marine patrol and a Japanese
aeiacnmeni in mo aoiomons last
.Wednesday, in which the Ameri
cans lost only six killed and 13
wounded while wiping out. the
enemy unit of 92 officers and
men, who continued resistance
"until the last man was killed."
Admiral Nimtts said the mar
ines made a successful landing
(Continued on Page Two)
James Cummins
Killed in Crash ,
' rftVUH ' TV "' AT TTKTr
Aug;- 22 (IP) Two automobiles
collided head-on ', near Hayden
lake, killing James M. Cummins,
Klamath Falls, Ore., and injur
ing five other persons yesterday.'
State police said Cummins was
thrown against the windshield of
a car driven by Jake Hettinger,
Windsor, Colo., with whom he
was riding, and that Cummins'
throat was cut by broken glass.
A James M.-Cummlns former
ly worked for the Weyerhaeuser
Timber company here, but has
not been employed there since
April. He gave his address a
2010 South Sixth street.
Drunk Driver
Kills 7-Year-Old
5 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22 (JP)
Standing on a street corner,
William Rock said to a friend,
"look at that car travel. There
goes a hospital case." ,
A block Bway tho car struck
his ; seven-year-old daughter,
Mnrv Jane. She was dead when
fshc reached the hospital.
. Police held the drive? on
charge of drunken driving.
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City Briefs .L....:...L:...Va&o S
Comics and Story Pago 10
Editorial ..i.-,;....,... ...Page 4
Information ........:.......,...Pago 3
Market, Financial Page 3
Our Men in Service ......Pago 3
Pattern Pago 8
Society .....,.,..Pages 8, 6, f, 8
Sports -.i,.i.. ,.....Page 8
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