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PRICK FIVE CENT3. . ' KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1942
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By FRANK JENKINS
TVE ccm to have won tho sec-
" ond-round of the battle of
tho Solomon. No celebrationis
however, aro In order.
Wo.tlon't know HOW MANY
BOUNDS tho bnttlo will no.
"THERE If an interesting devel
onment In tho news today.
What la described as "ono of
tho highest government author!
(lea In Washington" warns us
not to Interpret our successes so
far as I major victory, lie says
tho current battle of th Solo
mons has fullon Into two phases.
The first phnso Included tho
landing of 700 Japs, who were
wiped out, and smaller attacks
hy Jap planes, in which wo
Q una out pretty woll, destroying
0 enemy aircraft and losing
four of our own.
" Th second phoso, In which
units of tho Jap fleet moved in
on the Solomons, was not a full
scale offenslvo, but a rcconnala
inice In force.. These Jap fleet
i'imlls withdrew. ' v-i-'rU'
Our ' Washington "authority"
says: "We hit soma ship and
. hopo we sank some, but ,wa'd
: itata to nave penpie get ma iaca
; a major victory was scored.
WITH ncw: shafyly-' ionsored
and oh!j tM W5ldtB know
ling what Is "really ; joint; on, It
teems to this writer to be good
idea to have some well-Informed
insider give us tho drift of
(vents from time, to tlmo, (As
suming that we can have-noth
ing better.)
Tho British have been using
this system for a long time and
dt has worked fairly well.
"THE point Is that it tho public
7r !sn t kept reasonably well
Informed It will Jump to con
-fusions many of which will be
wrong.- Conclusions aren't much
good unless they are based on
FACTS, and In modern warfaro
Only a few Insiders have oil tho
facts.'
". '
" S a matter of ' fact, wo shall
bo wlso If wo adopt toward
'tho whole war situation this
samo attitude of caution. '
" The situation In Europe isn't
encouraging.' The idea that the
Russians are waiting only for
tho psychological niomont to
Jump onto tho Germans and de
stroy mem nasn i mucn icit to
Stand on. Tho psychological mo'
liient. Is HERE. If something
isn't dono soon, It will bo too
lute.
a Tho fuct that our sldo hasn't
larlcd a second front- must bo
taken vindicating that wo
haven't tho resources YET to do
Wmmk.
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;Jt.ond get away with It.
We'd havo started a second
ifront already If wo had been
prepared to do it successfully,
v It Is becoming apparent that It
Will bo 1043 beforo our sldo is
rcady to bring Its full weight to
bear...
ON'T gel scared. Don't bo
, como discouraged. When
pur sldo DOES get its strength
fully ; marshnllcd and ready to
be brought to bonr, things will
begin, to happen.
Dop'l bo gloomy.
Be REALISTIC. -V
...
)COMETHING queer Is going on
ln China.
5 Tho Jap aro retreating. Tho
(Chinese are advonclns. Already
llito little yellow mon have given
tip most of tholr gains made in
OMoy and Juno.
Tlie Chinese are reported to
lny to have taken. Chuhslen,
With Its air field said tn bo th
jnost important In China.:. They
tiro reported to bo reaching for
tho air field at Llshul, well to
tho cast of Chuhslen.
These fields. are within EASY
: bombing range of Japan.
' (Continued . on Page Two) '-
NAZI CITIES
POUNDED; 30
PLANES LOST
. i
RAF Blow at Kassel
Gdynia Held Aid
" To Russia
LONDON, Aug. 28 UP) In
twin raids on 'the key plane
producing center of Hansel and
the Baltic port of Gdynia In
former Polond, tho RAF spread
the massed might of its bomb-rri-
last night from end to end
ol Germany, the British , an
nounced today.
To carry the great onslaught
to smash the nazi war machine
across tho whole breadth e(
Germany to Gdynia, the British
had to fly morn than 1300. miles
round-trip from their horns bases
under a moonlit sky.
This was another long step
forward In the avowed British
policy, to help Soviet Russia
a smash at-the Baltic harbor
where the 26,000-ton German
buttlcshlp Gnelsenau was known
to hav been recently pd at n
Important basa ior U-boat oper
ations agoJpsA the led -navy's
BaltlOfltct " ;- j'j j;
"r 30 Lost c' ;
.Besides 30 bomber's lost. In
what was called "concentrated
and effective" bombardment of
Kissel, tho air ministry announc
ed that two fighter plane were
downed in night , sweeps over
chemyroccuplcd France In which
Hurricane fighter-bombers ' left
two ships burning In the chan-
ilOl. '
Attack Spreads, . t
Keeping up. tho attack on a
day and night basis, fighter
pluncs roared across the channel
throughout the morning, and in
tho afternoon a powerful force
of bombers escorted by fighters
swept eastward toward France.
, By striking at Kasscl with a
force probably some 600 pjanes
slrong, Britain's big night raid
ers hit a sourco of Mcsscrschmltt
(Continued on Pago Two)
British Raid
Sicilian Towns
ROME (From Italian Broad
casts), Aug. 28 (P) British air
raiders attacked the 'Sicilian
towns of Gcla and Com I so last
night, but caused only minor
damage and a few civilian . casu
alties, tho Italian high command
reported today. ' "..
One of tho raiders was shot
down in flames and another
mnrio a forced landing after be
ing damaged by anti-aircraft
fire, a communique said.
Public Health Authorities
Start Alaoma Flood Probe
An Investigation of sanitation
and health aspects of tho two-year-old.
Algoma flood has been
Instituted by public health auth
orities, while from other sources
an attempt has been mado to
work out a plan for closing the
broken dikb and eliminating tho
flood conditions, II was learned
Friday. . , .
Earl C. Reynolds, secretary of
tho Klamath county chamber of
commerce, has written Dr. Fred
crick D. Strieker, state health
officer,, calling attention to .tho
flood and its possible' effect on
health and sanitation conditions.
Chamber directors approved
Reynolds' letter. '
Study Mad '
Strieker replied to Reynolds
that ho had referred the matter
to the atato sanitary engineer,
Moanwhlle, Dr. Peter Rozendal,
county health officer,, revealed
that his Office and that of the
county sanitarian, Lloyd Secly,
had made a study of the flood,
taking samples of the water knA
making other' Investigations that J
Flying Forts
Return Safely
From French Raid
LONDON, Aug. 28 m Uni
ted States Flying . Fortresses,
striking over France In their
sixth attack of the war, bombed
the airplane factory at MeauH
near Albert, northern' France,
today and all returned safely.
Spitfires flown by members
of the United States army air
force also took part in the day
light operations. . They were
among the many squadrons' of
fighters which carried out
sweeps from St. Omcr to Etretat,
a communique said.
The text of the announcement
from the United States army
headquarters and the British
air ministry said: .
"This afternoon Flying Fort
resses (B-17's) of the United
States army olrforce, escorted
by Spitfires of tho RAF, dom
inion and allied forces, bombed
an airplane factory t frfeaulte
near Albert.
"Many other squadrons of
fighters, including United States
army alrforce Spitfires.-carried
nut sweeps from St. Omer to
Etretat. i
"All of the Flying Fortresses
(Continued on Page Two)
200,:iMiles,of1 Vital
" Jap Held" Rail
Recaptured '
CHUNGKING, Aug. 28 (AP)
The Chinese ' have reentered
Chuhslen,'. .western : Chekiang
province, ond have- reoccupicd
tho great airfield Just outside
tho city,, most Important of the
cast China bases . from- which
Japan could be bombed, Chi
nese dispatches from the front
declared today.
Chinese columns made their
way; Into, the city- at- o'clock
this morning, the dispatches
said, and tho air field was In
their possession shortly there
oftcr.' 'v 1
Basa. Entared '
A little earlier the Chinese
high command, had. reported the
Japanese attempting-to put the
field , out of commission,, by
systematic destruction,- prepar
atory to their retreat from- this
strategic base, which they .had
held since late May.
Tho high' command commun
Iquo also reported' that Ltshiil,
slto of the second most Import
ant "Bomb Japan" base in east
China, : had been entered by
Chinese forces which were en
gaged In fierce fighting within
the city.
The recapture of the Chuh
. (Continued on Pago Two)
001
were reported to the state offi
cials. Dr. Rozendal said that one of
the worst aspects of the flood is
the stench which rises from the
water. Ho said there Is a pit
somewhere In the flooded area
in which dead sheep wore once
dumped, and that this is chiefly
responsible for tho odor. .
Rapalrt Walt ,
- The Algoma land was flooded
two years ago In May, when a
dlko broke and permitted the
formation of a new arm of Up
per Klamath lako in tho Algoma
cove. Slnco the flood, several
suits have been filed In circuit
court .against the California
Oregon Power company and the
Southern Pacific company, - and
nothing has been done to close
tho dike and drain.' the, land.
Both defendants disclaim "liability,-
and the suits .ore still In
court '''.'.' '
' Presumably .because-of the
litigation and tho possibility that
any Independent effort to doss
(Continued on PagaTwo)
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Calif-.. Fjom a platform In inld-alr, - VItIvr-. Botmg sniashes a.
botila of charapagna on the sUrn of the cargo, ship Reuben
3how as.th Csltb Spragua awaits christening in tha twin eera
mony. Only 22 -working days wtra spent on th vassals-from
ktal laying to launching. ''-,' .
British Planes
JofnCarnp
WASHINGTON. Aug. - 28 !m
The navy announced today that
British planes and .fliers save
Joined the anti-submarine cam
paign In the western Atlantic.
'; The official statement laid:
'..'"Aircraft , of the Royal : Air
Force coastal . command are co
operating with the' United States
naval and army aircraft in anti
submarine operations In .' the
western Atlantic .and nave al
ready engaged the enemy;".
The ' reference to "aircraft"
was Interpreted by navy spokes-,
men to- mean -both, planes and
personnel had been dispatched
from r the "British Isles to ' the
United States to aid Intensifica
tion of the war on the U-boats
a war- which naval- officials say
has beep Increasingly successful
In the last two months.
- British naval units have been
making ' a ' similar contribution
to the surface phase of the anti
submarine war sinca early this
summer. .
Navy Tells
Sinking of
U, S, Destroyer
,- WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 m
rog-snrouaea waters oi ine At
lantic today had claimed the
U. S. destroyer Ingraham, a rela
tively new warship which was
built only slightly, more than a
year ago at the Charleston, S. C,
navy yard. , . s
' The navy gave no details. The
sinking was announced as a part
of communique 113,' which had
only this to soy about it:
"Atlantic 1
' 3.' The U.s S. destroyer Ingra
ham has been sunk as a result of
a collision in a fog in the Atlan
tic. '
"The next kin of those lost
have been notified."
The normal - complement ! of
the ship was 175, -
Was it Really
Last Sunday You -
Were So Hot?
The recent cold snap, though
unseasonable, Is not "unusual,"
slnco It follows the pattern of
1941 when the maximum tem
perature on August 27 was list
ed by the weather man as 65 and
the minimum 41. ' Yesterday's
figures, were Just a degree or
two' up with 68 degrees maxi
mum and 43 degrees minimum.
Could it be only last Sunday
that people were complaining
about the heat as tho mercury
soared to 96? It could be, and
Working Days
ftmmiUNit'itttiMmtmit
PI RG-gp. Parley. Here
EridsinV:Nb-Set-.
tlement" .
Negotiations here between
the Fine Industrial: Relations
committee and the CIO Inter
national Wood workers , of Amer
ica over a union demand for a
15-cent per hour wage increase
today had ended with no settlement-
reached and . the entire
issue placed before the war la
bor board by a CIO petition.
. The union was seeking a 95
cent minimum for, more,, than
6000 of its members from Sac
ramento, Calif., to Heppner,
Ore. Represented in the negoti
ations were the Klamath Basin
District council and the Cali
fornia provisional committee "of
the CIO-IWA.
. Kot Justified '
Merton. T. Owre, . secretary
manager of the PIRC, said the
group took the position that's
wage Increase was not' justified
inasmuch as boosts since. Janu
ary ,1 had already exceeded the,
rise in cost of living in the
areas affected. He pointed out
that . the union in June "was
granted a 7 H -cent per. hour in
crease in a war , labor board'
decision. . : t. - . 1 v
; Owre , said that - PIRC '. mem;
bcrs were heeding admonitions
by President Roosevelt that the
country's . economic , structure
must not be thrown out of bal-
- (Continued on' Page Two)
FDR Considers
"Meatless Day"
To Ease Shipping s
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (F)
President Roosevelt visualizing
the possibility of the Imposition
of a meatless day each, week on
the American people, declared
today that this .'would permit
the freeing of 30 or 40 cargo
ships - now used to transport
meat. "
He. told his. press conference
he did not know when the peo
ple might be asked to give tip
meat one day a week, inasmuch
as the full effect on .the diffi
cult problem of transportation
still Was under study. .
But he said that 30 or 40 ves
sels now bringing meat from
New Zealand, Australia and Ar
gentina could be devoted' to
transportation of tanks, planes
and munitions, If a meatless
day. were Instituted. ' ,.'..
BATTLE RAGES
Reds Push Offensive
On Rzhev; Caucasus
Struggle Slows,
Br EDDY GILMORE :
MOSCOW, Aug. 28 (AP)
Battle-grimed German forces
which fought their, way 400
miles from the Ukraine to the
Volga valley reached the dis
tant approaches - to Stalingrad
today; put ' Russian dispatches
said they, were blocked there
by swarms of- red - army in
fantry who. closed in from -all
sides, - 'V . '
The situation at the great
Volga city of Stalin admittedly
was grave, with the, fight rag
ing to- i climax, ' but Russian
reports' took ' the encouraging
tone .that! shock troops of the
nazi assault had been forced to
form the classic round defense
and fight for survival.
1 : Rihtr Hammered
:. The 'main German forces
trea.inee uo from the rear n
a - despOTteii, attempt to make
good-- -their breath-through , by
force of nubmeri,' and dive
bombers - began- - destructive at
tacks on the city, "
While- the:-land ahd air battle
for-ithe'City. ot. Stalin" raged
to fulUvloleiice; , the red army
was hammering., home its own
offensive in the suburbs of nazi
held Rzhev where the Germans
held out 130 miles from Mos
cow, through last Winter's Rus
sian push. 'v ' ,
Red Star declared that ' the
fight -for Stalingrad' held "the
key to' victory," , so important
was regarded the great indus
trial town" which' sprawls for
miles , along the low west bank
of the mighty Volga.
With 'the ; stiffening of the
Russian last, ditch' stand there,
(Continued on Page Two)
German Shepherd '
Dbg Saves Life of
10-Year-Old Girl -
- TACOMA, Aug. 28 ' (AP)
The quick thinking of Wolf, a
German shepherd dog, saved
the life today of his 10-year-old,
mistress when he pushed
her. out' oi the path of a speed
ing, automobile. .
' The little girl, Wyona. Birk
maler, suffered a broken arm
as .. she fell across the dog's
body and hit a curbstone.
'The girl and' her dog were
walking across a bridge, when
.she suddenly decided to cross
the. driveway, unmindful of an
approaching automobile.
The dog saw the danger and
threw; Ills, entire . body against
her, knocking her over his back,
but in the direction of the curb.
Makin Island
Job of
By WALTER B. CLAUSEN
PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Aug.
28 (P) A force of 350 Japs
virtually every defender was
wiped out and. all seaplane in
stallations methodically wreck
ed .by U. S. marines during the
recent Makin island raid, now
disclosed by eyewitnesses to
have been . a two-day Job of
slaughter and destruction.
Contrasting , with earlier re
ports c'f a hit-and-run raid, the
participants, including . Major
James Roosevelt,'' son of V the
president, - made it clear that
the scrappy marines even hunt
ed' for the few Jap stragglers
still" alive before withdrawing
to ships. : '.- . -
' 8 Japs Laft
! 'And' so ; stealthily was the
landing during a moonless night
on the northernmost Island of
the Jap-held Gilbert group,
1500 miles northeast of the. Sol-
TO CLI M AX
Charles H. Mack,: above, re
signed as Klamath county- as
sessor Friday to take' a Portland
position with thai 'Kaiser com-
pany'blg. at- industry- -opsri
tors. - Fred Langell was?lfflmd
by tn county court to serve
out Mack's term as assessor..
lEiwil
inu
Former 'SAssessor ' Re
' signs - to Enter
5 War Work ' .'
Fred Langell, for three years
deputy county assessor, became
county' assessor by" county court
appointment Friday v alter
Charles H. Mack resigned, to- go
into war industry work. '
Mack said he had taken an
administrative' position with the
Kaiser company : at - Portland,
where the company operates a
huge shipyard. , .
.. Recommended
In resigning. Mack .recom
mended Langell's appointment.
The new assessor is a member
of a pioneer Klamath county
family. . He attended Oregon
State college. He has done work
with the city engineering de
partment, and. just prior to go
ing into the assessor's office was
doing engineering work for the
USRS CCC camp at Merrill. He
is married and owns his own
home at 912 North Ninth street.
Langell's term as assessor
will end with the calendar year.
Candidates for the office at the
(Continued on Page Two)' '
Raid Revealed As 2-Day :
Slaughter and Destruction
omons, that the marines had
been ashore for 20 minutes, de
ployed for battle, before the
Japs discovered them. .
"The morning of .the -second
day, only eight Japanese . were
left on the 1 s 1 a n d," related
Lieut.-Col. Evans F. Carlson, of
Plymouth, Conn., commander of
the marines.
"We wiped out all we could
find' and, after a checkup with
the natives, found only . two
Japanese unaccounted for. I
cannot disclose our casualties
but I will say the Japanese
losses on land aldne were more
than 10 to 1 of our losses, not
counting the 150 Japs lost at
sea or In planes." ( ',- , -i-Natives
Cooperated
Other d r a m a 1 1 c episode
gleaned from the eyewitness ac
counts: i ' : ' i
Jap snipers, strapped to cocoa
nut trees, fired at Major Roose
POSITIONS IN5
TULABl AREA
Maipr4Victory Not Yet
.Achieved,. Says; . l!
- Official h!v- V:
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 fP)
An. admonition against any , de
scriptions of the current oper
ations in the Solomon islands as
having brought a major victory
for. the United Nations came to
day from one of the highest gov
eminent -authorities. ' -. .'- -,v
This authority,' who preftrred
that his name not be used, said
that there actually had been two-
phases - of i Japanese. . activities
since American forces establish
ed . themselves in the southeast
ern Pacific. And he said he was
worried lest the press lead tha
country, to believe a great; smash
ing -victory had been achieved,
r : .Two Phases ;..'...,-.
The first phase, he said, was
the .landing , qf .700 : Japanese,
".,u i,u)q wiycu Quv,.uu .imaumr
canal island,, and a, . series. ' of
smaller ' .attacks by ,: plants fn
wnicn we aame on pretty well,
destroying 30 or 32 Jap aircraft
and losing four. : . i-. ".. . '
'- The - second phased - fie " said:
should not be. called a' full seals
offensive -but a " reconnaissance
in force. This was the move
ment' on: the ' Solomons "of -"units
of the Japanese fleet' '
' : This reconnaissance- force, tho
authority ' asserted,-' was - vrfth
drawn: " We hit some ships,;'. -Has
said, 'and we hdpe we sank somfej
but we'; would; hate to have , tha
people' got the idea, that a' major
victory-was scored.: ; '
- , .,. : Milne '; Battla v
- Enemy forces" which"1 landed
two days ago at Milne bay, Soma
.-. (Continued on Page Two) ,"
Snowstorm' Hits
Goodrich Lake v ;
BAKER, Aug. 28 WV-A snow
storm was encountered at the
Baker city reservoir at Goodrich
lake-yesterday by W. P; Smith,
city water ; commissioner, ' and
George Henry, former city water
commissioner, --who were-, there
on a trip of inspection. ' .
The'-properties supplying 'the
ctty water system.: were found
to be in excellent condition.
. News, Index ; ; '
City Briefs Page 5
Church News .....-.:.Pages 6, .8
Comics and Story ....:.Page 10
Courthouse Records ....Page . 9
Editorial ............LPage 4
Information Page S
Market, Financial ......;.Page '8
Our Men in Service...;;.Page 12
Pattern :.........;..:........;.Page : 7
Sports .- Jaga 9
velt but missed. "I fired two
shots, at snipers," was all. tha
eldest son of the president
would say. concerning his per
sonal activity.". i ! !
The island!s 1700 . natives,
gladly worked with the invad-.
ers ' ahd their king gave - his
sarong to Capt. James Davis, of
Evansto.n, 111., ' .who lost his
pants in action. Captain Davis
donned it. . - ' -,'',;'
Sergeant Jim , Faulkner, of
Red Oak, Tex., caught- four
Jap bullets, muttered "damm
it" each time, then carried on
until led reluctantly away to an
operating table. , And there ha
bellowed at the surgeon that he
was being pampered, i . ; '
, Walk to Line
' Private 1 John -, Hawkins,-' of
Southgate, Calif., - killed three
Japs before he was wounded
so seriously that he was rushed
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