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II I II i I 'II II I III I ! i llililSilSllSiilillillill By FRANK JENKINS QrN tho Solomons wo icem to remain firmly In possession of t lin island our Marines seized throo weeks ago, having beaten off nil counter-attacks so far, Belated eye-witness accounts Indicate that on Guadalcanal (uno of those Islands) the Japs had a considerable airfield al most completed. Wo seized It without much damage, and within a few hours our LAND BASED planes were operating from it. W thus gained, almost at the start,' the advantage that is in herent in land-based planes as compared with planes operating from carriers. TTHE Japs,' taking their usual 0 advantage of low clouds and uln, got ashore at Milne bay, at tho southeast tip of New Guinea (consult your map), and Immediately dived Into the steaming Jungle, using their , by now will understood pattern of , Jungle - .tactlca for which they havo sbei.-)ong and carefully ' trained.. . w--" Allied ground forces (chiefly Australian, today's dispatches say) aro . seeking to dislodge thorn. Allied (chlof ly A m e r ( o a n) plunes are helping la tho opera tion, nnd Heom'.to have command ol the air, '' - - ,. t.' TN seeking to' understand them, remember that these opera tions in the Islands ringing northern Australia are NOV, A BATTLE as at Midway, where tho action was fought out in a mnttcr of hours or days. They nre a WAR, as In Rus- IIIHIIIIIIIiHi a In, with one bnttlo following 'on the heels of another. Tho naval forces on both sldoti are maneuvering over thousands of mile of ocean, seeking to catch the other fellow oft guard. This may go on for weeks or even months. 'THE Russian situation seems to grow progressively more "di'i.poroto. , The Gormans arn hammering at tho dofonscs of Stalingrad. Moro disturbing still, ono of their flying columns Is reported today to have reached tho Cas pian just bolow Astrakhan, at tho mouth of tho Volga. (Con sult your map If you want to understand tho meaning of this reported development.) ' Not much less disturbing is the report from German sources (current for days and not yot dis proved) that another German orco has reached tho summit of tho Caucasus rango and Is threatening to break down into the plains to tho south whero the great oil fields lie, ,, DEMEMBER at this point, how- ever, that the Germans got within 38 miles of Moscow last fall, yet failed to take the city. In war, one can never be cer tain In advance what is going to huppen. . . ' ' ; 'THE Jnps aro still retreating , In China, and tho Chinese cay the Klangsl provlnco situa tion (300 to 400 miles southwest of Shanghai) has been restored to tho status prevailing before the Jnps started their big push In May. Both tho Chuhslon and Lishul airfields arc reported In thu possession of tho Chinese,;, Tho Tokyo radio today says: " "Tho Japanese forces on tho Cheklang-Kiangsi front begnn on August 10 a readjustment of O their battle lines In ordor to se cure .'a more militarily ndvan . tnpcous position In READINESS f OR FUTURE ACTION." i , The mystory remains un solved. '' 'T'HE German high command A claims ' to have captured a (Continued, on. Page Two) .... v RAF BOMBERS Estimated 600 Pldnes Blast Nuernberg, Saar Factories' LONDON, Aug. 29 (IP) The RAF struck Its second smashing blow In two nights at the nnzl war factory last night with an auault by a "largo force" , of bombers perhaps several hun dred at the ancient cltlea of Nuernberg and Saarbreucken, both highly Important military targets. British Boston bombers also attacked the docks at Oatcnd, Bolglum, and power stations In the Lllle-Lcna- area of France this morning, an authoritative .British statement said. Two German tighten were dostroyed and two of tho American built bombers and a fighter are miss ing. Fly 500 Miles v ' Tho RAF bombors flow nearly 600 miles to reach Nuernberg, deep In loutharn Germany, pnee a. .peaceful old city and now a center of nazi war production! Baarbreucken, on ,. the French border and only about 38 miles from Motz, Is a rich coal and iron-producing center, An air ministry communique said 30 bombers failed to return from the mission. On the basis of 'average five per cent losses on similar largo-scale raids In tht past, this would put the (Continued on Page Two) : Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20 (IP) The batting Cardinals slashed the Brooklyn Dodgers' lead to four gomes today as Mort Cooper registered his! 17th vic tory of tho campaign, 8 to 2, with the Philadelphia Phils tho victims, Brooklyn's loss to Chi cago, 4-3, enabled the Cardinals to movo.up. . ' R. H. E. Brooklyn 3 8 0 Chicago 4 0 ,2 Allen, Mead (1), Casey (0) and Owen; Warneke and McCul lough. ' Philadelphia 2 7 0 St. Louis 5 10 0 Pearson, Bock (7) and Bra gan; M. Cooper and W, Cooper. AMERICAN. LEAGUE Cleveland 6 12 1 New York , 8 8 1 - Smith, Bagby (S), and Hcgan; Bonham, Lindell (8), and Ro sar, Dickey (0). Detroit i 8 1 Washington 4 9 2 Bridges, Mandcrs (7) and Rle bcr; Newsom and Evans. AGAIN POUND PLANTS Smooth Stari Indicdied For 1942-43 School tear Klamath elementary and high school . students will flock to public school classrooms at 1 p. m, Monday, and elovonth-hour preparations Snturday Indicated a smooth start for the 1042-43 year dcsplto wartlmo problems of supplying staff pcrsonnol, Sncrcd Heart academy students will bogln their, work Monday at 8:48 a, m. County unit schools open Tuesday at 0 a. m. . Superintendent . Arnold Gra Inpp ot the city schools said that only one or two vacancies are loft on tho touching staff, and ho announced faculties for both the elementary and high school systems. - Bus Schtdult Gralapp emphasized that all Igth grade student . In- tha -city Ifessels Assessor Fred Lanaell, above, is the new Klamath county ' assessor, nimtd. to succetd Chorlet H. Mack when the latter resigned to go with tht Kaiied company at Portland. Langall Will txv the ramalnder of 184 v Japs Announc "Re adjustment ofj Bat-' tie Line"; NEW VORK. Aug. 29 (IP) Japanese forces on the Cheki-ang-Klungsl front began on Aug. 10 "a readjustment of their bat tle line in order to secure a more militarily advantageous position in readiness for future action," tho press section of Japanese ex peditionary forces in central China" announced on tlie Tokyo radio today. ' , It was the first timet the Japa nese hove mentioned operations in China since tho slnt of their retreat which . has carried Chi nese forces through Chuhsion and Lishul, coveted 1 air field sites.' CHUNGKING, Aug.' 29 (IP) The Chinese have launched a vigorous new offenslvo against the Japanese 40 mtlcsj north of Canton to match tho attacks fur ther north which have brought rccapturo ot Chuhsien and Lish ul, sites of the two biggest air fields in eastern China, the Central News agency! reported tonight. The offensive began jThursday along the Canton-Hankow rail way, the dispatch reported, with Chinese troops crossing, a stream 40 miles north of Japanese-occupied Canton, capturing the (Continued on Pago. Two) ''..' . ' 'Will go - to Fremont; school, IT''"1. 'A CHINESE LAUNCH KEW OFFENSIVE vhero tho new junior high school will start Monday. Ho also pointed out that grades 1 to 7 for tho regular Fremont sub-district will also meet in tha Fremont school,. Ho snld thesa aro two matters about which there seems to be somo public confusion. " ' , Bus schedules for Monday for elementary grades wero arrang ed Saturday and appear In a box carried with this story on Page 2. Btaff Named ', Monday's schedule calls for teachers' meetings In the' morn ing. Both elementary And high school teachers will meet at 9 a. m. In the high school audi , (Continued on Page Two), t i i , BATTLE OF NEW GUI GROWS Yanks Join . Austral i ' ans in Bitter Jungle Clash By The Associated Press American forces slashed at the Japanese enemy ashore and afloat today, sinking one destroy er and possibly two, damaging another, and joining with Aus tralians In heavy fighting on the shores ' of Milne . bay, New Guinea. . The Japanese-ships were at tacked by American planes from riewly wan. bases in the Solo mon Islands'.'. A 'communlque is sued in .Washington said they appeared to be loaded with sup plies and . equipment for enemy forces on Santa Isabel island, northwest of positions which U. S. marines have wrested from the enemy in three weeks of bloody (lghtlrg, : vl PMtroy Burning ' ' The navy said the American (lion attuoic at croup o lour Japanese destrpycni tburs doy aflornoon.,. operating -front the bit new base' on" qusdal- canai island in th, soutfiesst Solomons. ' ' . r , . Besides the big destroyer sunk and another believed sunk the U. S. airmen hit another destroy er and left it burning.' , Fighting Growa " . Meanwhile,' American service troops aided Australian forces in heavy fighting against Japanese sea-borne invaders in the Man grove swamps of southeast New Guinea,' 420 miles ' from Aus tralia. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said the Austral (Contlnued on Page Two) ; Aircraft Worker Held for Murder Of Young Artist LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 29 (IP) Mrs;. June Dyer, 22-year-old artist, and mother of three children,, was stabbed to death early today outside her home, by an assailant who fled In an automobile , : . Ten minutes' later, police In vestigating a car parted on a schoolgrounds found Olvey T. LeBlanc, 3U, an aircraft worker, bleeding and almost uncon scious. One officer . made a tourniquet - from . the . leather thong ot his nightstick, stopped blood spurting from, a gashed arm, and took LcBlahc to a hos pital. Ha was booked later on suspicion of murder. ' Sheriff'a Deputies Ed Carroll, Emmett Lova and H.- K. Mac Vine said they learned this story from an all-night inquiry: ' , ' Mrs. Dyer was standing be side a car In front of her home, talking to four friends. Another car drove up, its driver called (Continued on Page Two) . "Wildcat Strike" Closes Aluminum Core Department. 1 FLINT, Mich., .Aug. 29 :(P)-A production dispute closed the core department of the . new aluminum foundry operated by General . Motors' corporation's Bulck division hero today, and General. Manager Harlow H. Curtice of Bulck said it was ; a "wildcat strike" climaxing a def tnlto attempt on the part of the union to restrict production. v Tha foundry, said to be one ot the largest of its kind In the wqrld, produces parts for Bu Ick's output of aircraft engines. ' Curtice said the strike started last night, after the discharge of two 18-year-old employes who, he said, during a training period had failed to acquire the skill necassary-ior cora-maliirig Jobs,: Victory Garden Queen L ) ; krv farber. proudly i displays him of the - gardn . produca wrlch wdn hr tha distinction of being pamed queen of Klamath county-' (VietoryV gtrdaner at the 4-H club show at Altimont Junior: high school Friday. .. ''. ;!: i , 11 11 1 .';''..' ' GARRVOFFPRIZES Eva Ferber Gets Queen Title, $50 Herald And News Award ' Eva Ferber emerged from a close field of contestants with the title of queen of Klamath county Victory gardeners, it was announced yesterday by Frank Jenkins at the 4-H club garden show at Altamont Junior high school. With the title goes the $5.0 Herald and News cash award given in the past to the 4-H boy growing the largest number of sacks of number one potatoes on an acre of land. ' Judging, done by A. G. B. Bouquet of the vegetable crops department at OSC( was on the basis of nutritional value, plan of the garden, state of cultiva tion, freedom from Insect pests' and damage, adaptability to the community and the member's knowledge of ' gardening, as evidenced in record books kept. ' Medals Awarded - Five winners of the national garden contest county . awards were introduced and will re ceive gold filled medals. They are Eva Ferber, Taylor High, Jane Flury, Edgar. Hoffman and Nannette Schubert.' Miss Fer ber, being high point winner, will have the opportunity of en tering her record in state-com-petition, from the winners of which' contestants will be chosen for the national awards of eight $100 war savings bonds donated. by Sears Roebuck and company. The championship canning (Continued on Page Two) Red Planes Attack Helsinki; Five Killed, Report ; HELSINKI, Aug. 29 (IP) The Finnish communique today said 60 Russian planes attacked Hel sinki in waves late yesterday In the heaviest raid ever attempted upon tho Finnish capital. ' The alarm lasted four and a half hours. " The communique said only two planes penetrated the de fenses and. only a few bombs wera dropped. Tw.o fires were caused, some ' buildings dam aged, five persons killed and 20 Injured, it said.. J'''" iiXa'aH'si'i isj . ;;- " : " 1 ' " 1 " . Franey Expected ' To File for Police Judge Post ' City Building Inspector Har old Franey has petitions out as a preliminary to filing for- po lice judge on the November ballot. . It appears that Leigh Acker man, present judge, ' does not plan to seek, reelection, and is expected to return to the police department - where he . served many years. . , Councilmen John Keller and Rollin Cantrall, incumbents, are circulating petitions in behalf of their candidacies. The third councilman whose term expires this year Is Harvey Martin, who has not. definitely decided b'it is believed almost certain to be in the 'running. ' ; Whether there will be chal lengers for these positions has not been divulged. . Storage Batteries Must Be Turned In WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (IP) The war production board today ordered storage battery users to turn in their old batteries for scrap. ' The order,' effective immedi ately, prohibits producers and distributors from selling or de livering a replacement or rebuilt battery to a consumer without receiving a used, battery '.in return. 436 W A AC's Commissioned Third Officers at Ceremony FORT DES MOINES, la., Aug. 29 (IP) In traditional com mencement - day atmosphere, augmented by , the presence , of many beaming parents and; a husband or two, 436 members of tho first WAAC officer-candidate class were commissioned today. , , - Gen. George C. . Marshall, chief of. staff, sent WAAC Di rector Ovta Culp Hobby a mes sage welcoming tho first group of officers ot the women's army auxiliary corps Into the army. "Their record of the first few weeks gives me great confi dence in the future ot the corps and the tremendous assistance they will be to the armed forces," General Marshall said. "We need their enthusiasm, their talents and high purpose. Sharp Restraint Set for Taxi : Operators WAsHINGTuN, Aug. 29 7 The governmert clamped strict regulations on the taxi-cab in dustry today In order to save tires, gasoline and vehicles. In an order estimated to af fect at least 80,000 vehicles, the office of defense transportation practically froze the Industry in the hands of. present opera tors, and put new sharp re straints on their operations. : The order,, effective Septem ber 1, forbids cruising for the purpose of picking, up passen gers;, prohibits a ..driver, using his cab for social-or: recreation al purposes, and prohibits the making ..of . commercial .deliver ies ot property. -. . . ' -. ; Other prohibitions include '"a maximum speed of 40, miles an hour. ... .' .v 'j-A' - ' ' ' . ' 47"-' E All U, S.V. Aircraft Is Back- Safe; Attack I " Beaten Off - 5' LONDON, Aug. '29 m Unit ed States army air. force Flying Fortresses bombed a .German airdrome at Wevelghem','; hear. uourtrai, Belgium, today, ii; - The Fortresses were escorted by fighters', a Joint communique said. . . ..-:'. ' All aircraft in the operations, which included ' diversionary sweeps by 'American fighters, re turned safely, ': ;. ;.::! ' The communique said:,. . ' "United-States army air force Flying Fortresses, ; escorted . by fighters,' bombed the Qprmsn airdrome at-Wevelghem, : near Courtrai, Belgium, today.-Many bursts were seen on the target. "On the return journey ' the Fortresses r beat off : attacks - by enemy fighters; ' Some of these fighters were seen to be badly damaged, but' their destruction could not be confirmed.' "During this operation' diver sionary sweeps in which United States fighter squadrons partici pated were carried out.'. "None of our aircraft is miss ing." . ' - . . - ' ' ;;'.' - '- FBI Raids German, Italian Club's : In Philadelphia ; : j PHILADELPHIA Aug. 29 (IP) A score of German and Italian clubs where members assertedly cheered short wave radio reports of axis, victories were, raided by the federal bureau of investiga tion last night and. early today. Each dub was searched: for propaganda, cameras and fire arms, said Walter. V.; McLaugh lin of the FBI office here.. Booty seized and arrests made1 were not made public. , The raids were the result of tips from some members of the club, he said. These members complained about ... their ;: col leagues' clicking of glasses, and shouting '-HeU Hitler" follow ing nazi broadcasts of war suc cesses.' -.-;"'.. ,.': ': - : -.v This Is only the beginning of, a magnificent war service by the women - of .'America,";' the' mes sage concluded,.. , '','-, ;!. - Mrs. Hobby described the, six weeks' training period of ' this first officers-candidate .'class as "a saga of wdmen; fdeterrnlrrfd to 'pay their debt to. " i reedom, determined . to mortgage , their futures and their, lives if need be for , the future freedom of all , men and women of good will." ' . v, . .". ., v All of the ' women .were- com missioned third of fleers, . which is the WAAC equivalent of army second lieutenants, . "You will be soldiers. . You will measure up to the honor. You have a great responsibili ty," declared Rep. Edith Nourse i (Continued on Page Two) : v; REDS BATTLE lIBEII STALINGRAD Dive-Bombers Shower. City With Inceri-,' '. diaries . By . ROGER D. GREENE Associated . Press War Editor r Russia's armies,- fighting; against a backdrop of their be loved .. "City of Stalin" in flames, ' beat off . German . as saults above and below Stalin grad today and battled desper ately to wipe out a deep wedga into' the city's defenses in tha center. , - German dead littered tha steppes before soviet trenches, dispatches said, and the Rus sian command listed 2300 nazis, Rumanians and Italians" killed in a single sector. . . ,. '. Pressed Back ...-;. V German, prisoners were :do scribed as hungry and' almost exhausted. . : "Northwest of- Leningrad, our . troops . repulsed several tank attacks and. counterat tacks ' pressed ; the Germans back," said a, mid-day bulletin from red army headquarters. -: . Nazi ' dive-bombers showered incendiaries and high explosive in .the heart of the great Volga industrial city, ' , setting - many fires, . while aerial, transports brought aaatavce and para-, chute troops. . . : . ' 1'V'jv Reach .Caspian. v' . -;; Far to the south, the 'Berlin radio asserted, German ,- troops' reached the Caspian sea in . 140mile drive- across the Kal muck steppes from Elista tew ward -the vital port of Astra khan at the mouth of the VoU ga.- ' ' - - ' -' The -broadcast said -the Germans- captured the village of Lineinoye, on a - Caspian inlet; 40 miles southwest of Astra khan,' " German field headquarters acknowledged that the red armies were counter-attacking before Stalingrad and had brok en into German defenses in tha Kaluga sector 100 miles south west of Moscow, but issued tha customary claim that nazi troops, had repulsed them and were continuing their own at tacks.----.- -' - The whole tenor .of German comment Indicated that Gen. Feodor von Bock's million-man assault ' was finding Stalingrad a difficult nut to crack. ;On . the - .Rzhev , front, 180 miles, northwest of Moscow,, the Germans said Gen. Gregory K. Zhukov's armies launched .new attacks which "broke, down'' under nazi ' dive-bombing -attacks and a counter thrust by nazi troops. - . Axis Planes Raid , Cairo, Alexandria CAIRO, Aug. 29 (IP! Axis planes raided both Cairo - and Alexandria last night. - , An Egyptian communique said there were four deaths in Cairo and.no casualties in Alexandria. ; Egyptian officials were seek ing 50,000 volunteers for civil defense, work in the event of further attacks. SHIP SUNK . WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (IP) The navy announced today that an . enemy submarine torpedoed and sank a medium sized United States merchant vessel Jn tha Caribbean area in mid August, Survivors landed at a Gulf coast port .and .the navy, said it wa understood there were no casu alties. '..,.'', '. 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