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DF STALINGRAD
German Troops Fan
; Into Kalmyck South
i of Volga Capital
By ROGER D. GREEN
Associated Press War Editor
Soviet headquarters roportcd
today Hint Russian troops hud
broken Into German trcnchea
northwost of Stullngrud and
boat off four night attacks In
side the Volga metropolis, while
the nazls captured two strcots
of an Industrial suburb at a
sacrifice of 2000 dcnd.
For tho first tlmo since the
siege began, Adolf Hitler's field
headquarters omitted any mon
tlon of the gigantic battle for
Stalingrad.
Kalmyck Taken
Soviet reports said German
Invasion columns sweeping
south- of Stalingrad had ad
vanced Into tlm U.S.S.U." Au
tonomous' area of - Kalmyck,
which lies along tho lower
Volga to the Caspian sea,
, (The Germans long ago clnlm
ed they had captured Elista, a
major city of the Kalmyck area,
about 180 miles west of tho big
Caspian sea port of Astrakhan.)
It was not immediately cloar
whethor this meant that the
n a r I s, disheartened by the
slaughter and lack of success at
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5 COiWlCTS PLEAD
GU1LTYJ0 ARSON
Klamath Man Alleg
edly Leads Burning
'-of Salem Flax Sheds
SALEM, Oct. 0 VP) Five
state penitentiary convicts
f pleaded guilty in circuit court
today and were sentenced on
arson charges in connection with
the burning of three of the
seven flox sheds at tho prison,
at a total loss of $214,082.
Tho convicts were given sen
tences by Judge E. M. Page,
the sentences to be added on to
tho sentences they now are
serving,
Klamath Man
Warden George Alexander
told tho court that tho men
were influenced by Theodore
Jordan, Klamath county, re
ceived at the penitentiary 10
years ago to be hanged for mur
der. Governor Julius Meier
commuted his sentence to life.
Jordan, who refused to plead
guilty, later will bo taken be
fore the Marlon county grand
Jury on arson charges.
S Alexander said that Jordan,
a radical and an agitator, told
i)ie five men that if they burn
ed down all the flax sheds,
there would not be enough
work for the convicts, and hence
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Roosevelt Will
Speak to Nation
Monday Night
WASHINGTON, Oct.' 9 (F)
President Roosevelt said today
bis previously announced radio
Speech would be made next
Monday at 7 p. m., Pacific war
time, and would last about half
an hour.
He reiterated at a press con
ference that he had not decided
what subjects he would talk
O about. On Tuesday he said ho
probably would cover many
mbjects, which he had been
thinking about himself and
which had been suggested to
a him.
U. S. Has TcriVen
Offensive in
Pacific"'Knox
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Oct,
9 (I') Secretary of the Navy
Knox declared here today that
tho United States definitely has
pusscd to tho offensive In tho
Pnclfic.
Knox, who arrived hore last
night on a tour of Inspection of
U. S. buses, said at a press con
ference thut America took up
tho offensive "when wo wont to
tho Solomons."
Uo did not expand his state
ment further.
Ho said the allies were get
ting "excellent cooperation in
every respect from Brazil,"
which he said was helping fight
submarines to tho utmost of her
ability.
Air bases at Recife, Natal and
Belom, which he inspected,
woro "amazingly wall equipped
In every respect," ho asserted.
EYEDF0R SCRAP
Bonanzas Said Found.
In Old Logging,
.Rail Castoffs
Klamath Indian reservation Is
a potonllal source of huge quan
tities of scrap metal, and before
long the needed material will ba
moving to the steel mills, it was
stated by B. G. . Courtrlght,
agency superintendent, who was
in town Thursday.
B, E. O'Hura is In charge of
the Agency scrap campaign, and
is a member of the county sal
vage committee.
Piles Forming
Scrap piles are already build
ing up on the reservation, and
there Is a huge quantity of scrap
at Lenz, in the northern sector,
Superintendent Courtrlght ro
portcd. Ho said that plans are being
made for taking up seven miles
of logging railroad, harvesting
steel from this road which be
came tho property of the reserva
tion aftor it was abandoned by
a logging outfit.
Another batch of railroad steel
which will soon be In the scrap
harvest Is that in the flooded
area near the Algoma Lumber
company. ,
Freeman Schultz, manager of
the Algoma company, reported
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Forest Fire Smoke
Casts Pall Over City
Smoko sweeping' In from the
southwest Friday afternoon was
coming from a forest fire in a
nearby district of northern Cali
fornia. , ,
Due to wartime news limita
tions, no other information on
tho fire was avallablo at mid
afternoon Friday.
'Show-Off Ended for Film
Stan Son Killed in Crash
LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 9
(IT) It was in July a year ago
that Comedian Joe E. Brown
planted a proud kiss on his eld
est son, Don, then 24, as he re
ceived his wings ns a second
lieutenant In the army air corps
reserve at Stockton, Calif.
Today Brown had abruptly
left the show in which ho was
starring at Detroit and was fly
ing back to claim the body of
his son, who as an army ferry
ing command captain died in the
crash yesterday- near1 Palm
Springs of a bomber he was
piloting to Utah.
"For as I' am concerned 'the
show-off Is ended," said Com
edian Brown, breaking a tradi
tion that the show must go on.
"Don was my 'oldest son'. .
"But I have nnother who will
take his place within a few
weeks. Ho is Joe Jr., 20, now
employed In the Douglas Air-
onto
Letter for
X
J
.of;
Mrs. I. E. Kllgor. 321 South Sixth street, reads a "V" letter
from her son, Sinn Sergoant Buiora Room, recently awaraea tne
Silver Star for gallantry in action at Lae, New Guinea.
'Eiiher Him or M e-And It
Was Him Says Klamaih
Boy Given Medal for Zero
By LOIS STEWART
"All I was doing was saving my own neck. It was. either him
or me and it was hinil" - .
That was the way Staff Sgt. Buford D.. Robin, 28-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Kllgore of
tho action which brought him
action at Lae, New Guinea.
the first given a Klamath county
Tho Kilcores received word
from their son last week advis
ing them that, as rear gunner
on a bomber, he had shot down
a Jnp Zero plane. A portion
of his letter is given here:
"I am told that the names
of boys who have earned medals
were made public bacK in tne
States. In case they wero not
and If It is of Interest to you,
I was aworded tho medal, tho
Silver Star, for gallantry in
action. I earned this as a rear
gunner. I don't think the cen
sor will allow me to say much
but I think since It is in the
past that it will be alright. It
was on April 11th, when com
ing out of a dive at Lae, New
Guinea, my plane .was attacked
by a Japanese Zero fighter and
I fought him off and shot him
down with, my machine gun.
fcraft factory. Joe has arranged
to join tho marines.
Lt. Paul Herbert, in command
at tho Palm Springs field, said
Capt. Brown hBd taken off with
a group of bombers and crashed
after ton minutes in the air.
Brown, ho said, was ablo to
crawl from the wreckage but
died a few minutes later.
Capt, Brown was a football
player at tho University of Cali
fornia at Los Angeles In 1938
and 193D, was student body pres
ident and an R. O. T. C. cadet
colonel In 1939.
Comedian Brown's ear-to-ear
smile was gone, and he wept like,
any father, when word of the
tragedy reached him by tele
phone as he waited the star's
cue In a Detroit theater. He
broke down, and went directly
to his hotel suite, forgetting even
to change from his costume
an absurd "zootSeult."
Trenches
"Mom'
i
321 South Sixth street, described
the Silver Star for gallantry In
The decoration is believed to be
youth
They gave me a medal for lt
but believe you me all I was
doing was saving my own neck,
it was either him or me and it
was him. They say they may
send this medal home from
Washington. If they do, when
they do, don't . get scared and
think I have been killed or any
thing." Young Robin commented on
tho food in true American
dough-boy fashion.
"Mama, I still DON'T LIKE
MUTTON! And if I ever get
Out of- here and .anybody tries
to feed me- some, they'll be
killed in two seconds flat that
and TEA1
Young ' Robin' graduate of
Klamath Union high school with
the class of 1931, said he had a
chance to go to school in Aus
tralia as he was off combat
duty for the time being. "I
haven't been always here In
Australia although' you may
have thought so. I have been
in Java, Ball Ball, New Guinea,
Fljls and several other places
including all over Australia.. I
(Continued on Page Two)
Klamath Again
Reminded to Help ,
In Spud Harvest
Klamath people ' were re
minded again Friday of the
serious need for help In the
potato harvest over the week
end. '
People who have no way
of getting to the fields should
gather, ready for work, ' in
front of the courthouse: at 7
a. m. Saturday, according to
Jack Almeter, manager of the
U. S. employment service.
Farmers who can come in for
workers will be more certain
of getting them to their places,
ho said.
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Director Warns Wives
Against Quitting
Present Jobs
SALEM, Oct. 9 OP) Colonel
Elmer V. Wooton, state selective
service director, warned today
that married women who quit
their jobs with the Intent of de
laying the drafting of their hus
bands will not accomplish their
purpose, but also will be hinder
ing tho nation's war effort.
wooton said that in the case
of married men with no children.
It doesn't make apy difference
whether the wives are working;
The colonel, disclosed that
married men "without children
are now being drafted, as they
are in other states. In fact, he
said, the vast majority of Oregon
draftees now are married men.
Finance Out
"Since the Dassaee of thn serv-
Icemen' i dependents . allowance
act bycptigress, the question of
financial (dependency ' has- ' been
virtually eliminated In any con
sideration of deferment of mar
ried men," Colonel Wooton said.
In the few cases where the al
lowance which would be re
ceived by a dependent wife un
der the act is insufficient, local
boards consider not merely
Whether the dependent Is work
lng, but whether or not . she 'Is
capable of working. Most such
cases involve invalid wives."
He said that women who quit
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200 Medford Game
Tickets Sold; More .
On Sale Monday ;
All 200 Medford - Klamath
football game reserved seats
have been sold, the chamber of
commerce reported today. The
tickets were all gone by 10
o'clock this morning.
It was ' announced that 65
more tickets will be available
Monday , and will go on sale at
1 p. m.
They may be obtained at the
chamber office at 323 Main
street. Each pasteboard costs
80 cents, including tax.
There's plenty of usable steel
grounds of the Dorris city hall.
where 1Q0 students and th. faculty members competitively piled
Monday, opening day of a two-weeks nationwide drive. "Captains" of two classes laid claim to
the cannon, placed on the city hall grounds after World war No. 1 by the Butte Valley American
Legion post. Left to right; H. B. Brashears, Jean Motschenbacher, Jean Ann Israelson and Junior
Dodson.
SENATE DENIES
FDR
APPROVES
TAXTREEZING
Amendment- Locking
Social Security Tax
Rate Approved
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 VP)
The senate overrode a protest
from President Roosevelt today
and adopted, 50 to 35, an amend
ment to the new revenue bill
freezing social security payroll
taxes for 1943 at their present
levels of 1 per cent on employers
and a like amount on employes.
The president had written
Chairman George (D-Ga.) of the
finance committee declaring that
retention of. a provision of the
present law doubling the tax
next January 1 was desirable not
only from the standpoint of the
necessities of the social security
system but because of the con
tribution such an increase would
make to (he non-inflationary fi
nancing of rapidly . mounting
war expenditures. v .
:' " Action Sustained ' " , ,
The senate vote sustained pre
vious action of its finance com
mittee in amending the revenue
bill to stay the automatic in-
continued on Page Two)
WILLI ESCAPES
Planes Also Machine-
gun Train; FDR
. Has Statement
By J. REILLY O'SULLIVAN
WITH THE CHINESE ARMY
IN NORTH CHINA, Oct. 9 (AP)
Wendell Willkie, - touring the
Yellow River front, got a taste
of real danger when- four Jap
anese shells exploded, yesterday
near the railway on which he
and his party were traveling by
hand-car.
Earlier .Willkie missed by
only a few hours a heavy . Jap
anese air raid on Loyang, dur
ing which enemy planes ma
chine-gunned a ' blue railway
coach similar to the special car
in which he made part of his
trip to the front.
Shells Scream
Thirty-five planes participat
ed in the attack on Loyang,
the most violent raid on a
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There May Be Shells In This
In the old naval cannon, shown
Now it rests on neutral ground
.
Double; Double,
roil and Trouble -
. Beverly Swltzer will have
a hard time. eating her birth
day cake Monday, when she
will be 11 years old. .
The little girl, daughter of
Mr.-and Mrs. Earle H. Swit
zer, 1632 Manzanita street,
fell while roller skating
Thursday and broke her right
arm. - It was set and placed
in a cast. -.,.
Friday, morning, she went
out to play, tripped on a
board, and broke her left
arm. It was set and placed
in a cast.
ALLIES PLASTER
North Pacific ". Forces
Again Hit Kiska ;
Last Tuesday
By JOHN H. WIGGINS
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (JP)-r
Persistently belting Japanese in
vaders throughout the vast Paci
fic war zone, the allied .offensive
left surprised enemy forces In
the Solomon islands today with
eight less aircraft and five dam
aged ships including a- heavy
cruiser, v , - .. - " ,
The latest of the recently Initi
ated attacks which already have
forced the Japanese back virtual
ly to their starting point "in New
Guinea- and apparently driven
them out of two of the three
western Aleutian. Islands.-the?
once occupied' struck at the
heart of the Nipponese Invasion
base in the north Solomons. . :
Catching the Japanese - un
awares in bad weather, an Amer
ican aircraft carrier force shat
tered " the enemy's ships " ' and
planes -in the Shortland island
area,, on Monday, the navy dis
closed last night. -v. :., V; !
, Simultaneously, . long -.range
bombers under General Douglas
MacArthur's . Australian .' com
mand forestalled an aerial-counter-attack
by splashing the en
emy's airbases in nearby islands
vith bombs.;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (IPy
The navy announced today that
army bombers,' continuing their
steady pounding of Japanese in
the Aleutian islands, had drop
ped 15 tons of bombs on the
enemy base at Kiska last Tues
day,, starting fires in the camp
area, damaging a' cargo ship in
harbor and - strafing the radio
station.. - .
This information was given In
navy communique No. - 145,
which also disclosed the loss, in
the Atlantic, of the U. S. coast
guard cutter Muskeeget, the for
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Gun
above, which used to grace the
at the Butt Valley high school,
upwards of 25 tons of scrap metal
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BIGGEST FORGE
POUNDS LILLE
IN DAY RAID
Four Planes Lost, Five
Enemy Shot Down -In
Large Foray,
LONDON. Oct. 9 (JP- Mor
than 100 United States four
motored bombers Flying Fort
resses and Liberators bombed
the Lille industrial region of
northern France today.
The great bombers' fighter pro
tectors shot down five of many
enemy fighter planes, which
rose to challenge this extraoiv
dinarily heavy daylight assault
The bombers themselves "had
many successful combats but tho
number of enemy fighters de
stroyed' by them is not yet
known," the communique said.
- This, was the first-participation
for the Liberators in an air
blow on this front. :
. : Four Planes Lost ,
Four of the . United States
bombers were lost but the: crew
of one. was safe In the biggest
American bomber and fighter
force ever to take the air in th
European theater, United State
army headquarters announced.
The 'focus of the attack-was .
the Fives-Lille Steel and Loco
motive works.
Fliers - of the high-altitude
bombers said they., could r. sea
many "bursts' on the target and ''
a huge spout of flame and smok
. ; (Continued 'on Page Two) r ':
Old Battleship :
Oregon May )
fie Scrapped . ;:
: WASHINGTON, Oct,. 9 (jp
The navy reported today that It
decision not to scrap the old
Battleship Oregon, a historical
relic, probably would have to b
reconsidered. . .. - '
The announcement cleared the
way for a possible reversal of
the navy's objection to the scrap
ping of any historical naval relic, -a
. potential" change In. policy
which might bring about ' tho
scrapping of old ships in various
ports.' ' ' ' . ' ,'.
The intention to reconsider the
Oregon decision was announced
by Undersecretary James V. For
restal in a . letter to Governor
Charles A. Sprague of Oregon.
Forrestal said that he. had writ
ten - Sprague July 22 that : th
navy was opposed to scrapping
the Oregon and tossing the scrap
into the current metal drive be
cause "it regards this vessel as
one of the historic symbols of
the nation." ;
SALEM, Oct, 7 VP) Governor"
Charles A... Sprague wrote UP"
dersecretary of the Navy James
Forrestal today that the; people
of Oregon are willing to accept
the verdict of the navy depart
ment should It decide to scrap
the Battleship Oregon, now
naval relic moored in Portland.
1 The governor earlier had sug
gested that if the Oregon is
scrapped, a new. battleship,' be
named the Oregon. . This Is
doubtful now, however, since all
battleships ..under, construction
have been assigned names.
BOISE PAPER, BANNED .
WASHINGTON, Oct; 9 (")--Postmaster
General Frank G. .
Walker banned from the malls
today the Boise Valley Herald, a
weekly paper published at Mid
dleton, Ida., by A. and I. W. Cor
nell, on the grounds it had print
ed axis propaganda. -
Walker cited articles wh(ch he
said criticized United States par
ticipation in the war, praised the
Japanese and Vichy French and
criticized lend-lease aid to Eng
land and Russia. ; ; t
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