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By FRANK JENKINS
'yHEHE'S mi encouraging note
today In the Ruimlan news
tl-.e first In a Ions l!m,
Tlintwhenko'i armies, with
their bneki to thn Volga, roily,
and HOLD tho German uttnck
rra at AI-L points befora Sliilln
(jnid. -i
Tj In tho Cuiinimin, tho Itimalims
Appear to bo chucking tho Ger
man progress.
At iUhov, northwest of Mos
cow, thry aro still counter
attacking and making hradwoy.
nKD STAR, tho Russian army
newspaper, says: "Tho en
emy la assembling LAST
FORCES to break through to tho
Volga." .
(Report have been current
(or dnyi that Hitler la scraping
Europe from ono and to tho
other for men.)
CO much for Ruselnn testimony,
' Tho German radio says In a
' broadcast toduy that the reds are
"fighting bitterly to mako Stal
ingrad a RED VERDUN."
lQ 11 adds that Stalingrad has
" irecii tiiiVwiiwxi Uliii w Tii; ;--Ts-
ress which will bo "hard to
take," and relate that the Rus
sian! are using so many tanks
and so much artillery that even
after German troops have en
tared the city they must fight
'from houit to houso,
OEWARE of anytmnrtb Cer-
man radio says. Its purpose
Is ALWAYS to mislead and con-
- lure and NEVER to Inform,
But its rofcrence to Verdun
. la Interesting.
It was at Verdun In the last
war that Germony was bled
white. Tho manpower lost there
could never bo replaced. .
STALINGRAD may fall. In
deed, It will be llttlo short of
' a miracle If It doesn't, for Hitler
'Is concentrating against It all
the great strength of men and
wei.pons ho spent the winter and
f Spring assembling.
But, if it docs, the price paid
lor It MAY BE TOO GREAT.
That is the point to remember.
nOMMEL Isn't doing so well In
R Egyptso far.
! Ho got Into troublo In the Brit
; Ish minefields in his first at
. lack.' Then, on Thursday night,
! ho LOST somo Important posl
i (Ions, countcr-nttneked on Frl
' day In nn effort to regain thorn
; and FAILED In his counter attacks.
He seems to be sitting tight
toddy.
.
KJJLITARY observers In- Cairo
- , . Jhlnk tho damago dono to
; Gorman and Italian armor (tanks
chiefly) has been heavy.
They speak of tho bulk of tho
damage having bran inflicted by
British 25-poundcrs and a NEW
)4.ft-lnch howitzer. In tho lost
bnttla of Egypt, German artil
lery was distinctly superior to
' th.o British who seem to have
. benefited by tho bitter lesson.
' Some of Rommel's troubles
(so far) seem to track to supply
difficulties especially gnsollnc.
THE British are said to be pro
cceding cautiously, afraid of
a trap.' They fell into a trap set
by Rommel tho last tlmo and
, wer severely nearly fatally
weakened. IJRITISII and RUSSIAN bomb
era pound Germany from
the west and from tho cast nt
the ftnmo tlmo. Russian planes
(presumably) bomb BUDAPEST,
In Hungary,
American bombers, escorted
by fighters, hit Rouen and Lo
Havro In Franco with precision'
bombing from high lovols In day
light, 1
nfnlv HIv flirlitnrai atn nat .
fN Monday, the. President of
w the United Stales, In what Is
described frankly in tho dis
patches today as a DECREE,
will ABROGATE a law passed
by ' congress tho agricultural
K 110 per cent of parity Inw.
" ' At tho soma time, he will an
' . (Continued on Pogo Three)
NAZIS STOPPED
IN DRIVE ON
Rommel Makes New
, Retreat on Egyptian
Battlefront
By ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Marshal Semnnn Tlmoshcn
ko's armies, rollying In the hour
of deepest crisis, stopped the
Germans on tho bloody plains
before Stalingrad today and
even stormed Into noil lines
northwest of ths Volga steel
city to capture booty and pris
oners. A German broadcast, quoting
niul military.. quarters, said the
Russians wore fighting bitterly
to mako Stalingrad "red Var.
dun" and declared tht scrawl.
in, inMuiri.! : eMv - h4 Hun
converted Into vast fortress
which would b difficult to
take.
German siege guns were re
ported pounding tha city while
hundreds ... of',1. noil warplanes
spread flro and destruction, but
till tho red armies, bolstered
by factory workera and civil
ians, fought to tha death rather
than surrender. :
. Egyptian Front
Further good news for. the
United Nations came from tho
Egyptian battlefront, where
British G. H. Q. reported a new
axis retreat on the southern end
of tho 35-mlle line and declared
that British troops beat off three
heavy . counterattacks against
newly-won positions on, the cen
ter. A communique said the axis
forces "again moved slightly
woslward" the third straight
retreat In the El Hlmolmat
sector on the rim of tha great
Quattara salt basin. ,
- Cairo dispatches said the
British, mpported by U.. S.
(Continued on Page Two)
Czech Executions
Total 1568 as
Heydrich Reprisal
LONDON, Sept, 5 (IP) The
Gormons have executed 1SBB
Czechs, including 84 whole fami
lies "regardless of sex or age,"
In reprisal for tho assassination
of gostapo hangman, Relnhard
Heydrich, a Crech government
spokesman said today.
Tho total, figures, he said, In
cluded those killed when Lldlco
and Lcr.aky were wiped out by
tho nazis.
"The most horrible chapter Is
tho mass murder of whole fami
lies without regard to guilt of
members. or -of their sex and
age," the spokesman said. "Fifty
four whole families numbering
131 persons fell victims of this
nazl bestiality." , . !
STALINGRAD
Maority of Lumber Mills
To Shut Down on Labor Day
Labor Day weekend' for
Klamath county will bo a holi
day with virtually every major
lumber mill and woods camp
shut down and many residents
cranking up tho family cor for
a lost fling at highways and
places far away before winter
and thin tires set In. .
That Isi It'll bo a holiday for
ovcryono but school kids. All
city schools and tho Klamath
Union high school will conduct
classes as usual, So papa and
mama will havo to moke their
holiday trip without brother
Junior and sister Sally.
Many mills, however, planned
to mako up tho lost day by
working ovortlmo or stepping
up production later In the week.
Mn Inltnl l-nlllriB nl- mihllf
ceremonies were planned by
. . . ., i,
local union groups omer uina
weps
This
Sflc J$
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This Tabby nam unknown was born with faca marking which looks Ilka a Hitler mus
tache, Bomaona noticad Wi muitacna and kicked bar befora ha thought. Now pussy is in .New
York oat hospital with a brokan, jaw.
RAF. RED RAIDERS
Unidentified Planes
Bomb Hungary; Lon
don on Alert
LONDON, Sept. 8 (P British
and Russian airmen administer
ed a punishing whlpsaw assault
upon Germany from west and
cast last night, the RAF kindling
big fires In Bremen and the Rus
sians scattering bombs over east
ern Germany and occupied Po
land whilo unidentified allied
rn liters mada their first attack
on Budapest.
Tha German war ' bulletin
which reported the raids on east
ern Germany failed to name the
cities attacked, but the British
radio quoted Scandinavian dis
patches from Berlin as saying
that tho targets Included Vienna
In Austria, : Koenlgsburg, a city
of East Prussia; and Breslnu, in
German Silesia.
Budapest Hit
Berlin broadcast an ' official
Hungarian announcement that
Budapest and points In northern
Hungary were hit by bombs
dropped during a two-hour
alarm by high-flying raiders.
Tho ,' Budapest onnouncement
foiled 'to glvo, their nationality,
but tho Germans snid'thcy were
Russian and substantiated this
by saying they camo from the
northeast tho direction of Rus
sia. ...'.
A few weeks ago American
four-motored bombers attacked
oil fields In Rumania from some
mlddlo eastern base, and recent
ly, axis radios have broadcast re
(Contlnued on Pago Two)
a Labor Day dance by the
Teomsters' union tonight In the
ormory. -
Coast and nearby fishing spots
wcro expected to be given a
largo ploy by frolicking week
enders. Two rodeo attractions In near
by areas wore expected to be
witnessed by holiday seekers
whoso tires aro too thin, for long
trips. At Dorrls, Calif., tho first
annual Dorrls roundup Is sched
uled for .performances on Sun
day and Monday. ' Many of the
west's best brono riders and
rhpers havo been signed for com
petition. The show will bo fea
tured by Mao Barbour's famed
rodeo stock. - . ,
At Lakevlew, the annual
Lokevlcw roundup this year is
being combined with the Lako
(Continued 04 Page Three) :
iviiauDBi u
Tabby Has Double Trouble
Japanese Center Should
Not Cause Any Shortages
--HereiSafWRA Officials
By MALCOLM EPLEY
If, as seems likely,, certain
shortages and restrictions force
a change In menus and eating
customs In tho Klamath basin in
the coming wartime winter, they
won't be chargeable directly to
the Japanese reception center at
Newell, according to officials of
the war relocation authority. ..
' And what their methods and
plans are Is of vital importance
to this basin, where extraordi
nary conditions of both supply
and sentiment are created by the
war with Japan and her allies,
by tha concentration of 16.000
additional people . here, and by
Purchasing of
Lumber to Be
Consolidated .
' WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (fl3)
Under a new system announced
by the war department, the con
struction division of the office
of the' chief of army engineers
will- procure all lumber for the
army, navy and maritime- com
missionwell over half of all
lumber produced In this country.
This : was effected yesterday
through consolidation of -purchasing
to eliminate confusing
competition lor the scarce ma
terial, the announcement said. .
Meantime, Price Administra
tor Leon Henderson established
a price ceiling, effective Septem
ber 10, on sales of 6oftwood lum
ber from distributing yards, in
cluding southern pine, western
pine, Douglas fir, hemlock, and
other important Industrial
woods, all previous schedules,
have affected only, sales where'
shipment originated at mills. .
Tho new rule removed these
softwoods, sold by yards, from
the general price regulation pro
Visions, and it extended cover
ago to all woods for which maxi
mum mill prices previously hod
been set or over 00 per cent
of all the softwoods normally
handled by distribution yards.
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R.i H. E.
Cleveland , 2 9 0
St. Louis ... 6 110
Kennedy, Eiicnstoto (7), siev
ing (7) and Desautels, Hcgon
(8); Ostermuellcr ond Hayes,
Fcrrell (8).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
St. Louis 3 10 3
Cincinnati .; :...2 10 0
Gumbert, Krlst (6) and Owen;
Starr, Thompson (7) and Lam
anno. , , . '
iH frn El
less nam
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the fact these new people are of
Japanese descent.
Across' bridge tables and in
Main street rumor, the Japanese
center near Tulelake has already
been blamed for local shortages
in a variety of items ranging
from popsicles to bacon. ... r
And nothing, it may be added,
so arouses the ire of Caucasian
American citizens in these parts
as a report that the Japanese
evacuees at Newell , are getting
something which the rest of us
have to get along without,
People who wouldn't . eat a
popslcls get warm enough to
melt a gross of them if they hear
that evacuee urchins are getting
popsicles but they can't be
bought in Klamath Falls, Malin
or Chiloquin.
Nor Is this attitude unreason
able, for it applies to a question
of justice to a community of
loyal American citizens, who,
(Continued on Page Two) .
OF U. DESTROYER
Auxiliary . Transport
Also. Sunk in Pa- '
cific Action
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (AP)
The loss of the U. S. destroyer
Blue and the small auxiliary
transport Colhoun b y enemy
action in the South Pacific was
announced by the navy today.
The navy said the sinkings
occurred "during the past two
weeks" but did not connect
them with any specific action.
The destroyer Blue, commis
sioned in 1037, was a 1800-ton
type vessel and had. a normal
complement of 175 men. The
transport Colhoun was commis
sioned as a destroyer in 1918,
served with the destroyer force
In the first World war and was
converted to on auxiliary trans
port in 1940. She would have a
(Continued on Page Three)
No Paper Labor Day
Following a long estab
lished custom, The Herald
and News will not be pub
lished on Labor day, provid
ing a day's vacation for em
ployes. . Next publication will be
the Tuesday edition.
' Tho business office will ba
closed on Labor day. ,
F
iL
IILLU ilill,
Defective Wiring Is
Blamed for Blaze;
. Locker Saved
MALIN, Ore., September 8
(Special) Fire swept the plant
of the Malin Cheese and Produce
company at noon today. .,
The building was . about half
burned and the cheese making
equipment was destroyed, with
a loss estimated at about $10,000.
Defective, wiring; in the. wall
between the making and curing
room was blamed for the blaze,
discovered by Cheesemaker
Georga Spolek at 12:30 p. m. S
Rebuilding Planned -:.
- A'-. PiipWer system . -and "the
Malin (ire department controlled
.ne nre m time to save the cold
locker room and a part of the
building. Twenty - thousand
pounds o cheese were saved.
- County- Commissioner John
Rebei,lmanager of the plant, was
in klamath' Falls, at a meeting
at Jhe time-of the fire. He drove
immediately to Malin,. and there
announced that ire-building of
the damage pljint will be, un
dertaken." The loss was partial-'
ly covered by insurance. . -. " -Truck
Milk In ' '
It was, expected the .locker
room cold storage plant would
, (Continued on Page Two)' f .
Committee Will
Coordinate Tax
Programs Here
. An executive ! committee repv
resenting tax levying bodies of
Klamath, county was formed at
a meeting of members of such
groups held iii the county court
room Saturday morning. .
This committee will function
in the coordination of tax pro
grams in this county which, in
the past, have been developed
independently, by the various
levying groups. It will have no
authority, to decree what taxes
will be, but -will recommend to
the various groups with the pur
pose of avoiding tax peaks and
otherwise equalizing tax bur
dens. ...
It was decided that the com
mittee will be composed of rep
resentatives from the county
court, the city of Klamath Falls,
county school district, city
schools, and all the irrigation
districts. Individuals to repre
sent these bodies will be named
later by the groups participat
ing. .;''.''
Saturday's meeting was called
by County Judge U. E. Reeder.
(Continued on Page. Two)
BUILDING
BURNED
Wheat Growers Organize to
Push Alcohol - Rubber Plan
PENDLETON, Ore., Sept.. 5
(P) Washington, Idaho and
Oregon wheat growers organ
ized yesterday to promote the
conversion of grain Into alcohol
and synthetic rubber.
In a meeting sponsored by
granges of the three states, ap
proximately 300 farmers formed
the Trl-state Industrial Alcohol
and Synthetic Rubber associa
tion. . .
As Its first action the associa
tion asked congress to finance
synthetic rubber factories in this
area. .....
Resolutions committee criti
cized plans to limit production
of synthetic ' rubber to petrol
eum, claiming that Xise of grain
would be more economical.
A report said that enormous
stocks of surplus wheat . are
available and that rubber pro
duced from g,pin would cost 12
Commander
Commanding tha American
B-25 bombers fighting Nasi
General Erwin Rommel's re
newed attack in Egypt is Col.
C. G. Goodrich of Augusta, Ga.,
(above), it was announced In
Washington.'-
AT
X
No. U. S. Fighters Mis
sing; Bursts. Seen
' ' ' On .Target
LONDON,' Sept. 5 W The
United- States air forces struck
.their heaviest blow of the. war
against Hitler, today when Fly
ing V Fortresses attacked the
Rouen .railway yards for the
second time and Boston (Doug
las) . bombers were in action
againsi.the Le' Havre docks. ' ---
American "and RAF fighters
escorted -the - bombers and en
gaged in sharp combats. The
Fortresses completed ' their
eighth successive raid without
loss and all the Bostons came
home 'safely, too. '.."
" .Largest Flight j
- It-was the first time the Bos
tons had been used by the
Americans since the July 4 raid
on Holland. '
Three "squadrons of the four
motored ; Fortresses flew against
Rouen, . the largest . flight yet
used in Europe. They bombed
their targets from high altitude.
. Yanks Safe . . "
.Six allied, fighters were lost.
None of the U. S. fighters was
missing, , however, an authorita
tive source said later. .
. A joint .communique issued
by U. S. army headquarters and
the- air - ministry said:
"Light and heavy bombers of
the United States army air
forces made two attacks on tar
gets in occupied France today.
"Many bursts were seen on
the target; many squadrons of
fighters took part in these op
erations, escorting the bombers
and carrying out diversionary
sweeps.". . ..;y-' : ; .
cents a pound at first, that the
cost would be cut to 6 cents a
pound when factories reach full
production. ... . . ,
Rubber produced from petrol
eum costs 18 to 24 cents a pound,
the committee, said.
- Less time, money and: critical
metals are required to produce
a given amount of rubber from
grains and other farm crops
than from petroleum or other
sources," the association set
forth in a communication . to
President . ' Roosevelt, cabinet
members, rubber reserve board.
war production board, congress
and other governmental agen
cies.
. The rubber reserve board's
program for production of 800
000 tons ot, synthetic rubber a
year, the bulk of it from petrol
eum products, is insufficient to
(Continued on Page Three)
DRASTIC ORDER
WILL THWART
RISING PRICES
Revolutionary F. D. R.
Decree to Be Is- 1
. ... sued Monday .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (AP)
A drastic presidential order lim
iting all wages, salaries and
farm prices was in store for
the nation today in an unpre
cedented move, government of
ficials revealed,- to thwart a
threatened runaway rise in tha
cost of living.
The responsible sources whu
can not be quoted by name, said
the decree, as drafted by Presi
dent Roosevelt for issuance on
Labor day, calls for creation ot
a n economic administrator to
carry out these po'licies and
others designed to halt rising
wartime living costs. , ;
Revolutionary
In effect, , the presidential
edict is scheduled to tighten the
purse strings o every American
to luxury or unnecessary spend
ing but open them wide to pay.
ments of debts and more taxes,
and to greater war bond, pur
chases. who aided In preparing the mes
sage regarded it as almost revo
lutionary because an act of con
gress virtually wiU be set aside
by the farm; price section of
the order which affects a pro-vislon-of-the
' prices-control act
specifically forbidding any price
ceilings on farm products at
less than 110 per cent of parity.
1S41 Level Taken
. The president will say. his
war time powers and duties are
sufficient authority for the or
der. Already mentioned as pos
sibilities for the post of econ
omic administrator were Gov
ernor Herbert-H.:-Lehman of
New York,. WendelL Willkie and
Bernard M. -Baruch;': ;-'.i.
uenerai provisions -ot tna de
cree as outlined by authoritative
informants is expected to prc-
(Continued on Page Two)
Bomber Crash
Kiiis Entire
Crew of Six .
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla-
Sept. 5 OP) A medium bomber
from MacDill field at Tampa,
crashed into Tampa bay near St.
Petersburg today, and the en
tire crew; believed to number
six men, was killed. ' ;
The MacDill public relations
office said the list of the victims
would be made known later. .
The plane came down in shal
low water about 250 yards off
shore. Boats from MacDill field
and others from this section im
mediately started work of re
covering the bodies.
Aleutians Report
Set for Hearing
At Monday Session
WASHINGTON. Sept. 8 0P)-i
The senate military affairs com
mittee will hear at an executive
session Monday what Senators
Chandler (D-Ky.), Wallgren (D-
Wash.) and Holman (R-Ore.) saw
recently on their investigation
of Alaskan and west coast de
fenses. Chairman Chandler of the
sub-committee said immediate
improvement of Alaskan mili
tary establishments had already
been recommended, including
airplane ferry routes to Asia.
Chandler recommended ta
them that the Japanese be driv
en from Kiska island In the
Aleutians. The senator also ex
pressed hope the "high com
mand" had been "awakened to
the necessity of holding Alaska
at all costs."
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