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TT Is hard to scapo tin con
elusion today that w era wit
anelnR the beginning o( the end
Wit Stalingrad,
'T'HE Russians acknowledge
1 that tha Germans, throwing
In "several tens of divisions,"
have broken Into the city's north
west outskirts. Izvestla (Russian
newspaper) says: "Von Bock has
sent perhaps 300,000 to 400.000
troops, led by tanks and support
ed by swarms of dive bombers,
crashing through Stalingrad's
"northwest gates."
Mmcow dispatches relate that
''hordes" of German reserves are
moving up to replace the fallen,
-some arriving In transport planes
landing Immediately outside the
elty.
ryHK picture of tha last days at
0- Sevastopol Is apparently be
nt raproduced at Stalingrad.
And In the same way the Ger
mans, exerting maximum force
t tha chosen point, overwhelm'
tng the defenders.
. ,',
AFTER tha (all of Stalingrad
:whatt i . " "
- r . N auteldsr can answer that
auaatlon with any assurance.
We on tha outside can only guess.
Tha (all of Stalingrad may be
the token the Japs have .been
waiting for.-They may Immedi
ately start tomethlnr they have
promised HUlar to atari as soon
as ha lakes the metropolis of the
'lower Volga.'- rr '
They may NOT.' This writer,
has tha feeling the Japs are
lighting their own war and will
co-operate with Hitler only when
such ' co-operation serves their
own purposes.
But we can only wait and see.
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HERE Is no oil at Stalingrad.
The oil Is In the Caucasus
most of It south of the Caucasus
range. ,'Only IS per cent of the
Russian' supply is In the two
fields north of the mountains.
Presumably a determined ef
fort will be mode to hold the
great Baku fields to the south.
Churohlll told us a while back
about the British Tenth army in
Iran and' Iraq which might have
to support the Russians, -
5 Your map will Indicate that
this army can be moved Up (If it
hasn't been alrendy) to support
tho Russian forces In (Tio ex
treme southern Caucasus.
In-that event, the hopo will be
to hold Hitler off for the winter.
CO far as hews reaching the
, world Is concerned, tho Rus
sians are fighting to the death,
taking their losses at Stalingrad
and saying nothing.
BEHIND THE SCENES, you
'may be quite sure they have
been bringing all the pressure
they know how to bring on us
and the British to start a second
front, and . take soma of tho
iiilllng German weight off their
necks.
; The fact that we haven't start
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Midnight Explosion
Rocks Winchester
Arms Company
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept. 17
W) A ; midnight explosion so
poworfijl that It- knocked sleep
ers from tholr beds shook tho
huge plant of tho Winchester Re
peating Arms company, Injuring
18 persons.
; Eight of ,the Injured were
taken to New Haven hospital and
alx to the plant hospital early
today, poctors said that the con
dition of none was serious.
Winchester' works manager
'Thornai 1. 8. Book, terming the
explosion "accidental," said It
Occurred In a small, sheet metal
outbuilding when a worker drop
ped a tray containing explosives.
Fifteen persons, most - of them
women, were in the building at
the tlmo. .
The mighty blast was heard
hi' towns. 12 miles away. . , , .
FIGHT - LET'S PUT ALL THE SCRAP WE'VE GOT INTO IT! DO ITTODAY!
Labor Costs , 1 IITG Y I PTC
WASHINGTON, Sept.
President Roosevelt, in
to chairmen of the senate and
house banking committee, ex
pressed "unalterable opposition"
today, to any move to change
tho present parity formula for
farm prices.
. Advised at a White House
conference that amendments
might be offered to pending
anti-Inflation legislation to alter
the level of parity returns to
farmers, the president wrote
Senator Wagner (D-N.Y.) and
Rep. Steogall (D-Ala opposing
such a move. ' , .
FDR Policy ; I
Parity Is a price level calcu
lated to give farmers a return
for their props comparable to a
past favorable period, usually
1900-14.. Some farm bloc mem
bers had contended this formula
ought to be revised to take farm
wagos , Into . account, ' thus In
oreaslng the level to which (arm
prices might rise before ceilings I
'"I 'should Ilka to : make clear
my ' unalterable opposition , to
any, reeompuution of parity at
thL time," the president wrote,
"in my message of Sept. 71
stated, 'In computing parity,-we
should continue to use the com
putations of the bureau of . ag
ricultural economics made under
- (Continued on Page Two)
New Tax Bill
Wholly Inadequate,
Says Morgenthau '
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17. W)
Secretary Morgenthau said, to
day that the new tax bill was
"wholly. Inadequate" from the
standpoint of tha amount - of
yield and because "it does not
contain any special provisions for
restrictions on expenditures."
Discussing tho bill at a press
conference, Morgenthau express
ed disappointment that the bill
as It stands In the senate finance
committoo fulls to correct some
important loopholes." Among
these ho listed the absence of a
provision for toxlng Income
from outstanding tax-exempt
securities and tho failure to' re
quire Joint roturns by -husband
and wife.
As the bill Is now written,
Morgenthau said, the total rev
enue for the government in a
full year would bo in the neigh
borhood of $24,000,000,000
whereas the treasury felt that
tho federal tax bill should be at
least $30,000,000,000.
America Now on Production
Upswing, Says WPB Chief
WASHINGTON; Sept. 17 (Ft
War Production Chief Donald
Nelson said today that the na
tion now ''is almost at a maxi
mum" of production and that
the output of - war material In
1943 would bo "much bigger"
than the previous goal of $60,
000,000,000. Ho told tha house committee
on defenso migration, now study
ing methods for full utilization
of manpower, that production
would begin in full flow In Janu
ary and February.
"We are on the big upswing
of production," he declared. He
also remarked that the maxi
mum was '"dictated by the
amount you can get out of cer
tain materials" and also was
governed by other factors such
as shipping.
'Later Nelson told reporters
that when he said the country
was approaching the "maximum
of production," he meant that
the time had arrived when WPB
could make schedules for even
tusl mass produotlon In a partie-
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
letter B::i.-.fr4L'.v.:'.. .- , ..:v..:T';v.1 . .. . 1 ;.'.. u-'l:,
kNfV ,; vast Hordes of Naz.
-yW4 1 Reserves Reported "
f CWA ' I Mving Up;; '
Tha army announced In Baa Francisco -that it, ..was Investigating the possibility that a Jap
seaplane may have dropptd an Incendiary 'bomb - In tha Siskiyou' national forest In southern
Oregon. After quickly controlling fires which broke out after a mysterious plane (law over. the
art, U. 8. forestry officials discovered a crater and fragments. Above the small composition
object with hole rests on a paper
great heaC burning earth Into slag
with Jap ideographs.
British Terms of Sur
render Held Un
. . acceptable
LONDON, Sept. 17 (IP) The
governor general of Madagascar,
who yesterday asked the British
for .terms, has decided to defend
the - Island .!'to . ..tho extreme
limit," ' a French communique
broadcast by the Vichy radio
said today.. . .
The communique announcing
continued resistance against Brit
ish columns converging, upon
Tananrlve,: capital' of the island,
said the British terms of sur
(Contlnued on-Paga Two)
Married Men In
California Can ;
Expect; Draft Call
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 17 (P)
Married men In California be
tween'thb ages of 20 and 45 can
expect to bo subject to call for
military service in draft calls
which are received In November,
Major Kenneth H. Leltch, state
director of selective service said
today. , ,
The supply of 1-A registrants
Is nearlng exhaustion, he said.
ular plant, Ho said that he
agreed with President Roose
velt's recent statement that at
present, tha country was oper
ating at 80 per cent production.
Ho said he had not studied
the advisability of legislation to.
control manpower, which Paul'
McNutt, chairman of tho war
manpower commission, yester
day asserted was f'lnovltable"
and essential to maximum pro
duction.. However, Nelson said that
"we have to have workers at
places whore we need them arid
at time when wo need them. If
it can l e done voluntarily, well,
that's 1 He. But if it can't be
done that way, it must be done
some ot!icr. wax'' .- "r
Production, he bald, had "ar
rived at the point whore, if you
add a thing to our program,
then you have to subtract some
thing." . ,. ; .
That assertion was made In
replying to questions from mem
bers of the committee on the
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in THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
match book used to give comparison (or slse. 'It generated
(below left). Top, right Is a piece of metal which was marked
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i Bombers
LONDON, Sept, 17 (fl
Massed squadrons of possibly
800 RAF bombers unloaded an
other huge load of explosives up
on the industrial heart of Ger
many last night, striking at the
Run.- In a renewed effort to aid
soviet Russia by crippling Adolf
Hitler's war-making machinery. '
" This massive night blow at the
Ruhr, the air ministry disclosed,
followed a daring dusk attack by
light British bombers on Wies
baden, in the Rhineland. ' Wies
baden Is the seat of the German
Allen Sloan
Resigns Post as
Tax Cofector
Allen Sloan, for the past 151
years tax collector in Klamath
county,, has - resigned his post,
presumably to actively campaign
as a candidate for county as
sessor, -Sheriff Lloyd Low sold
today. '
Low said he had appointed
Max A. Saunders, formerly of
the state auditing department
under Secretary of' State Earl
Shell, to succeed- Sloan. The
switch was effective September
15.
Saunders, 28, is experienced
In tax work and well qualified
to handle the job, Low said.,
Sloan, In May won the repub
lican nomination for county as
sessor, and faces Newt Nelson,
democratic candidate In ; the
November 2 general elections..
Fred C. Langcll Is currently
Klamath county's assessor, hav
ing succeeded Charles H. Mack,
resigned, last month.
BASEBALL
NATIONAL LEAGUE
BOSTON, Sept. 17 W After
being held to five hits for eight
Innings, the St. Louis Cardinals
landed on Alva Javery with a
five-run blast in the ninth inning
to down the Braves 6 to 4, and
drove out in front by three full
games in the National league
pennant race.
" BROOKLYN, Sept. 17 VP)
The Dodgers' hopes for the Na
tional league pennant suffered a
serious setback today when the
Pittsburgh Pirates shoved across
thfee runs in the first two In
nings and went on to a 3 to 2
victory behind Truett Sewer's
eight-hit pitching.
R. H. JS.
st. Louis . 6 10 ' 1
Boston 4 11 S
Beazley, Polley (3), Lanier (9),
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Strike ai Ruhr
armistice commission that deals
with French - armistice . matters
and also a manufacturing center.
The night raid, delivered by
"a very strong f brce of bombers,"
left many fires burning, the com-J
muntoue said. ' '
British losses In ' the two " air
forays were 39 planes, 'it was ah
nouhced. ' If 'the usual fiVe per
cent loss.' ratio prevailed., .the
RAF may have sent over as many
as 800 planes. An authoritative
source said specifically, however.
that it was not a 1000-bomber
operation. -. - ; "..
The RAF.raji Its string of night
assaults on the reich this month
to 10 by this attack. " '' .
Spitfire fighters meanwhile-intercepted
a group of high-flying
German daylight.' raiders - over
the English channel this morning
and turned them back after they
had tried three times to cross
the British south coast.'
Two- American pilots serving
with the Royal ' Canadian' air
force reported many fires In the
Ruhr valley. " .- -v
"The fires were not- so con
(Continued on Page. Two) ',
Navy Reveals
New Sub Toll
Of Jap Ships
- WASHINGTON,'; Sept," 17 ()
The navy announced today, that
United States submarines oper
ating in the western Pacific had
sunk four enemy ships and dam
aged four others in recent ac
tions. A communique No. 128, said:
"Far East:
"1. United States submarines
have reported the following re
sults of operations against the
enemy In Far Eastern waters:
"(A) Two large freighters
sunk.
"(B) One medium-sized
freighter sunk.
"(C) One small patrol boat
sunk. - .
"(D) One large tanker- dam
aged and left afire.- - :'.
"(E) One large freighter dam
aged. s 1
"(F) 'One large transport dam'
aged. ' -i
"(G) One .medium-sized cargo
ship damaged.
"2. These actions have not
been announced In any previous
navy department communique,
and are not related to operations
In the islands. ,
Tits- successful attacks on
these eight ships raised to a total
of 107 the number of Japanese
vessels of all types which the
navy here has reported sunk or
damaged by American aubmar
Ina attack.
t
NEA FEATURES
By ROGER D. GREENS
-Associated Press War Editor '
-Russian headquarters ' ac
knowledged for the first time to
day that the German' siege
armies', throwing-"several tens
of divisions" into the jusanlt had
broken into the -northwest ' out
skirts of Stalingrad and reported
that bloody house-to-house fight
ing was In progress.
- The German radio late today
asserted that - "Stalingrad has
ceased to be a, solid block of re
sistance" and. that parts of the
city were f! 'under, complete con-
frpv- ef nazl shock troops;;..
W Wubstentlated
. The-; broadcast I also declared
that Germaa fortea-had drivea a
wedge through the, city tp.th
Volga but acknowledged that the
Russians . were, .still "offering
fanatical-resistance in small and
large groups -which military
quarters in Berlin characterized
as suicide." .'. -' .
; All these claims were unsub
stantiated either by the German
high command or the Russians.
Reserves Move Up ; 1
(While there was still her, in
timation that the .city was fall
ing, ' the ' soviet radio conceded
that the Germans were .''still
pressing forward . sustaining
enormous losses. " '
vast, hordes of German re
serves were reported moving up
to replace the fallen, some ar
riving in transport planes land
ing immediately outside the city.
Greatest Assault - '
Dispatches to Izvestla, the so
viet government' newspaper, in
dicated that-Nazl-Marshal Fedor
. (Continued on Page Two)
Australian War . "
loss Includes
28,251 Missing
CANBERRA,. Australia, Sept.
17- (T-r-Australlan war losses
Include 28,251 missing in action
or captured by. the .enemy,
Army Minister Frances ' Forde
announced today. ? .
: Of these, 7687 are known .to
have been captured in the Mid.
die East, mostly, In Greece and
Crete, while 16,286 were taken
prisoner or lost in. Malaya.
Merchants Urged to Scour
Stores for Useable Scrap
All merchants ' In Klamath
Falls are urged by Nick Long,
chairman of . the Retail Trade
Bureau, ' to . scour their base
ments and storerooms for scrap
metal and rubber between now
and Saturday and have all such
scrap piled on the curb In' front
of their places of business by 11
o'clock Saturday morning,
where -It will be picked 'up by
trucks. ,
. At: 1 o'clock Saturday after
noon there will be a parade
through ' the . business district
participated In by .: the , trucks
that will pick up , the scrap.
These trucks will be r donated
by various .business .establish
ments and will be driven by
members of the Teamsters
union who are contributing
their time. The trucks will carry
special banners calling attention
to the scrap metal and rubber
drive. !
Any metal,' other than tin
cans, an eighth of an inch or
more in thickness will be us
able.' Rubber r6t all -kinds,
Normal
... I . Stream year to data .......
UEW: YORK, Sept, ,17 W
The eastern ' defense command
announced' today that a- small
rati had been. found along the
Atlantic- coast of ' Long Island
last night and . that, a shot was
fired in an unsuccessful attempt
to halt a prowler.. "..
, An army , beach . patrol,' to
gether with, police and, coast
guard, later searched the vicin
ity but "discovered nothing un-1
usual." ... , .7-'
The announcement , said the
incident ' occurred at about. 10
The. location-Js within .25
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ALLIED BOMBERS
ATTACKBEiEASI
Eye-Witness - Tel s of
- Sunday Raid on j ;
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'CAIRO,-Sept.- n-OT-Ailled
Heavy bombers made -a daylight
attack- yesterday" on the. -axis
supply port! of Bengasi -more
than. 500 miles west of the Egyp
tian battlefront, scoring - hits on
two-ships and setting one1-afire,
a British communique announc
ed, today.' - ..; . ' "'
At the " same ; .time;' ; the ; bul
letin said,-British f ighters were
active ;ov.er .. the. '.battle area,
shooting - down .. . at- least., two
enemy. - aircraft -and -damaging
many Others. One British' plane
failed' to return to' base."-
On the previous night Tolbruk,
. (Continued on Page Two)
Shipyard Workers
Hunted After
Swastika-Painting -
- SEATTLE,-Sept. IT UP) 'Fed
eral authorities today sought two
Seattle shipyard - workers,
charged by H. B. Fletcher,' feder
al bureau of investigation spec-lal-agent-ln-charge,
- with paint
ing nazl swastikas ph' the" "deck?
house of a United 'States destroy
er under construction here. The
formal charge, filed before U. S.
Commissioner Harry M. - West
fall, is defacing United States
property. . y . , :;
.Fletcher said the accused men
were not. employed' as painters
and' are accused of painting the
swastikas when they were sup
posed to be at other work in the
yard.. - ' . -'--.
especially, old. tires, is. sought.
All scrap materials donated In
this drive 'will be sold by the
Klamath County Salvage com
mittee and the money, will be
turned over to war. activities. It
is hoped by the committee that
all scrap, .materials in . small
quantities, such as are expected
on Saturday, will be donated as
a patriotic contribution to the
war effort.
The Retail Trade Bureau
urges hotels, rooming houses,
etc., to search their premises for
such objects as old metal beds
and get them- out on the side
walk to be collected by the
trucks on Saturday, -
'. All air raid wardens have
been asked to contact' homes In
their sectors and remind resi
dents to get their scrap ready
for the plck-up. All scrap should
be piled on the curb,, it was an
nounced, where trucks will col
lect it on Saturday afternoon.
Residents outside of the city
should call the chamber of com'
merce to make arrangements for
collection 61 'scrap. "'.
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. t September It High 80. Low 43
precipitation it of Stpttmber 10, 1941
Lut year : 17.59
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Nipponese Score New
Advance on Port'
' Moresby
. By The Associated Press
American warplanes strikina
at Japanese forces in the west
ern Aleutians and in the South
seas were credited today with
damaging two enemy cruisers,
sinking or damaging at least
eight other ships and inflicting
500 troop casualties, while U.
S. marines continued to hunt
down enemy snipers in the Sol
omon islands. -
On the New Guinea front, de
velopments took an ominous
turn ' as j Gen. ' Douglas Mac- '
Arthur's headquarters acknowl
edged that Japanese troops had
scored a new- eight-mile advance -to:
the drive toward Fort Mores-"
by,.-;, . ; :.
"Serious Fighting''
. . A United Nations communi
que said the main bodies of the
allied and Japanese forces in
New Guinea now were locked
in. battle only' 32 airline miles
from. Port Moresby, with the
Japanese exerting heavy pre
sure.'.::: ':.-
; Thie communique reported
that "serious fighting" was in
progress . in the jungle-choked
Owen . Stanley mountains, but
gave no indication of the turn .
it was taking. -,
" Cruisers Hit : .'.
Battlefront dispatches said
the ' Japanese, strongly rein
forced during the past week,
were throwing everything into
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British Bombers'
Attack Waterfront
At Mandalay
NEW DELHI, Sept. 17 (IP)
Japanese river craft and the
waterfront at Mandalay were at
tacked by British bombers yes
terday for the second time- in
three days, an RAF communique
announced today.
'Bombs fell in the quay
area and a direct hit was scored
on a barge," the communique
said. : "The results of other at-.
tacks on steamers and barges
was not observed." .
All the raiding planes return
ed safely, as they did from an
earlier attack on the Irrawaddy
river waterfront of Mandalay
on Monday.
Inhabitants of
Four Villages
Shot by Nazis
LONDON, Sept. 17 m A
Reuters dispatch from Istanbul
today quoted Belgrade reports
that the Germans had shot all
male inhabitants of four Yugo
slav villages and sent the women
and children to concentration
camps in reprisal for the blowing
up of a German military train.
The train, carrying troops and
war supplies, was blown up by
Serbian irregulars on September
10,.. it was stated, and many
young officers on their way to
reinforce Marshal Rommel's
Africa corps were killed. .
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