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By FRANK JENKINS
A GAIN today, the news Is good.
. Novy Socrctury Knox an
nounce! tho (Inking of two od
dltlonul Jap cruisers In the Sovo
Island bottla of three week ago.
Cairo reports that tho British
6th army hu pcnutrolcd Rom
mel's dnfenso Unci, sending pos
sibly DUO tanks Into action
against the uxis forces In tho
roar.
" In New Gulnoa, tho Japs have
been chased out of Kokodn and a
relief expedition seeking to re
inforce them has been turned
.back by allied planes.
)
"NLY In tho Caucasus, where
the Russians admit they are
giving ground beforo tho new
German drive aimed at trans
Caucasian highways, is tho news
today at all disturbing.
TN the Snvo Island battle on
October 11 ond 12, an Amer
ican naval squadron came to
grip with tho Japs In old
fashioned naval fighting, includ
ing "capping tho T," which Is n
nnvnl term for crossing tlio head
of tho enemy's lino of ships so
that ho is caught by broadside
fire but can bring only his own
FORWARD guns Into play.
Additional details on tho bat
tle given out today revcnl that
the Jans were taken flut-footod
nt flve-mll ranga ond several of
their ships sunk by GUNFIRE
before they could got their guns
going. '"
COR a proper understanding
of the news, It Is necessary
to remember that all this actual
ly took placo mora than three
weeks ago and is being given
' out now as the details are
checked. Unless one reads the
dispatches very carefully, his na
tural Inclination Is to think of
these dclaycd-nows actions as
having just been fought.)
CECRETARY KNOX, In an
nouncing the added Jap sink
, lngs, warns against too much
optimism. He says:
"It is a bitter, tough fight.
The Jops have a fleet of formid
able proportions left. We have
no doubt thoy'U come back."
In addition to a formidable
fleet, tho Japs havo shorter,
'.'PROTECTED com munlcallon
) lines, and can get reinforcements
to the scene of battlo quicker
than wo can.
'T'HIS writer would like to toke
occasion to warn again
: against extreme optimism or pes
simism on the basis of ONE
DAY'S news, or even tho news
of several days in a row.
If you want to understand tho
war news, you must learn tho
trick of GETTING THE BAL
ANCE of ALL tho news, both
favorable and unfavorable, over
a considerable period of time. ,
yAFTER 11 days of painstaking
. infantry preparation, during
which axis defenses 18 miles in
depth had been penetrated, the
British seem to havo broken
through the axis mines, barbed
wire and enfilading gun posi
tions. A touch of color is lent
)by the fact that the break camo
at Tel el Anaklr, "tho Hill of
Wicked Men."
It camo, apparently, at a
psychological moment.
, Australians had swung
through and around Rommel's
left flank, which rests on tho
Mediterranean, trapping about
2300 axis troops. Rommel was
counter-attacking, with tanks, in
an attempt to relievo his bo
loagucrad men, . and the Aus
tralians were being squeezed in
tho middle,
' At this moment, tho British
tanks (about 800 of them, Reut
ers' Cairo correspondent says)
poured through the breach and
caught Rommel's counter-attack
in the flank, thus relieving the
pressure on the Australians.
. This action seems to have
started at dawn Monday.
Qh
ERE tho running story of the
tank battlo, as told by tho
dispatches, ends about noon to
day, as these words arc written.
i (Continued on Pago Seven) '
IPieroe
STOCKMAN EDGE
OVER VETERAN
'Genial Giant' Takes
Large Lead Over
Aged Democrat
BULLETIN
Latest Associated Pratt tab
ulation this morning gave
Stockman 18,410, Piare 10,
774 In 242 out of 433 pre
clncts. Lowell Stockman, genial gi
ant of Pendleton and republi
can, held a long lead and was
apparently elected today over
tho veteran Walter M. Plorce in
their contest for representative
in congress from the huge sec
ond Oregon district. Stockman
led, 10,445 to 0314. In 204 out
of tho district's 433 precincts.'
Klamath county, giving Stock
man a voto of better than two
to one over tho 81-year-old In
cumbent, contributed heavily to
tho success of tho republican
candidate but ha was ahead In
1 4 o t U o,.t countiosi otolh 48
county district. ' v ' , :,
- Long Lead
Pierce usually shows up
stronger in the jackrabblt pre
cincts whoso vote comes In la-
(Continued on Pogo Seven)
Axis Forces
Soviets Back
In Caucasus
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
MOSCOW, Nov. 3 (P) A con
glomerate force of 50,000 Ger
man and Rumanian mountain
infantry, armored troops and
sailors edged forward today in
a narrow sector southeast of Nal
chik, but the enemy was report
ed on tho defensive in other parts
of that flaming Caucasus battle
front. The main nnzl thrust, which
has forced a red army with
drawal from Nalchik Itself, ap
parently was aimed at Ordzhonl
kldze, some 00 miles away on tho
military road leading to the
Georgian pass through the Cau
casian mountains. '
Troops Transferred
The army newspaper Rod
Star said the Germans, . weak
ened by enormous losses at Stal
ingrad, wcro unable to mount a
general offensive in' tho Cau
casus and were throwing their
full available strength into the
(Continued on Pogo Seven)
v Pope Ahead
5 Z7.j
Frad L. Pope Jr., republican,
led a three-way race for coun
ty commissioner early today
and was apparently alactad.
Pope's choice would give Klam
ath county a ' fully republican
court. He was ahead of Jack
Benner, democratic Incumbent,
who ran a strong second, and
William F. B. Chase, Independ
ent.
1
Tenure
Leads Pierce
Republican Lowell Stockman,
Pendleton wheat grower, held a
substantial lead and appeared
to be elected second district
congressman early today over
the democratic Incumbent, Walt
er M. Pierce.
OF
Fred Pope Leads. Over
Benner; Democrats:'
': i ' Place Assessor :
Klomath county republicans
had' won complete control of
tho county court in the appar
ent oloctlon Tuesday of Fred L;
Pope Jr. as county commis
sioner, but democrats placed
Newton Nelson in office as
county assessor.
Pope, on the basis of returns
from 65 out of tho county's
76 precincts, held a winning
lead on Jack Benner, democra
tic incumbent, while-William F.
B. Chose, independent, trailed.
Tho count was: Popo 2538,
Benner 2217, Chase 1141.
Popo Is a young Wood River
valley farmer who ran for pub
lic, office this year for tho first
time. Ho will servo on tho. court
with Judgo U. E. Rccder of
Pine Grovo and Commissioner
John Rcbcr of Malln, both re
publicans. Benner served one term on
tho county court.. 1
Newton Nelson was evident
winner by a fair margin over
Allen Sloan, republican and for
mer county tax collector.
Tho voto from 64 out of 76
precincts was: ,, Nelson' 2026,
Sloan 2748.
Nelson is a young real estate
man, also a newcomer to county
politics. Ho staged one of tho
most intcnslvo campaigns of the
season, As assessor ho will suc
ceed Fred Langcll, who has
been serving out the term of
Charles H. Mack, resigned, and
did not seek election. ' '
Nelson has said he plans to
retain tho same system and pos
sibly tho same personnel now
In the office.
Table on Pago 7.
New Charter
Turned Down
By 500 Votes
Voters of Klamath Falls de
feated a now city charter by
nearly 500 votes and also turn
ed down a measure to change
tho park board set-up in yes
terday's general election.
Tho now charter, propared by.
a committee or citizens ana tne
council with tho aid of the
League of Oregon Cities, fell
behind from tho start of tho
counting and never caught up.
The final unofficial count
was: Yes, 1272; no, 1734. 1
The park board change fared
belter, but was behind at the
finish on this count: Yes, 1460;
No, 1546.; .
NO BLACKOUT
SALEM, Nov. 3 (fl3) Lt. Gen
John L. DeWitt, commanding
the western, defense command,
has refused permission for north
west states to hold a blackout
test on December 7, tho state
defense counoil said today.
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Amotion
OHO
VICTORY
BELLWETHER OF
T
Republicans Gain
Five Important
State Polls
in
By The Associated Press
In an upsurge of republican
strength, Thomas E. Dewey cap
tured the New York governor
ship yesterday whllo a number
of republicans elsewhere made
marked progress toward upset
victories.
In Iowa, California, New
Jersey, Nebraska and Michigan
republican candidates for senate
or governor, or both took leads
over their opponents, although
the . returns trom 1842's war
time election still were too in
conclusive to determine just
how the new congress would
stack up.
White House Eyed
Dewey, a new deal critic,
who won f a m e . as a racket
buster and tried in vain for the
republican presidential nomina
tion in-1940. won -hands down
In New Tfo'rk'over'tha' democra
tic gubernatorial - 'candidate,
John J. Bennett Jr. All hands
agreed the result made Dewey
a formidable contender for the
presidential nomination in 1944.
. One of the big surprises of
the tabulations was a large
margin piled up by Albert W.
Hawkes, New Jersey republi
can, over Senator William H.
Smathers, ' democrat seeking re
election. Hawkes, former presi
dent of the U. S. chamber of
commerce, was ahead 3 to 2,
with the count still Inconclu
sive. Iowa, home state of Vice
President Wallace, seemed bent
on going republican on the
basis of early returns. In the
senatorial contest, Senator
Clyde L. Herring, democrat,
trailed George A. Wilson, now
tho state's governor. The gov
ernorship contest sow a repub
lican, Bourke B. Hickenlooper,
who gets as much fun as any
body out of his name, leading
former Governor Nelson A.
Kraschel, democrat.
Norris Trails
Tho 81 - year old senator,
George W. Norris of Nebraska,
Independent, running for., a
sixth term, found himself trail
ing Kenneth Wherry, midwest
manager of the republican
party, with tho democratic as
pirant third. .Tho state's repub
lican governor, Dwlght Gris
wold, was showing his heels to
elderly Charles W. Bryan,
brother of tho great commoner.
Nelson Winner
. Newton Nelson, above, was
one of the few democrats who
won out in Tuesday's election.
He apparently beat Allen Sloan
for the Job of Klamath county
assessor.'' '
HULLO
UPSETS
Claims Lead
r
(
( "X
Earl W a r r n, republican,
leading In every county report
ing, claimed victory last night
in the race for governorship of
California against' Culbert L.
Olson, incumbent.
COUNTY GIVES GDP
E
Farrell, Snell, M'Nary,
Jstocknian Favored
k , Iri KIp'ma'tK'Vote"
KlamatH county, heavily dem
ocratic in registration for ' sev
eral years, helped republicans
sweep Oregon' In Tuesday's gen
eral election. ':"'
This county went decisively
for Senator Charles L. McNary,
Earl Snell for governor, Robert
Farrell for secretary of state,
W. E. Kimsey for labor com
missioner, and Lowell Stock
man for congress.
.The county vote early today
from 64 of the county's 76 pre
cincts: U. S. Senate McNary 4290,
Whitbeck 1364. ;
Congress Pierce 1942, Stock
man 4057. .
Governor Snell 4863, Wal
lace 1153. .
Secretary of State Farrell
3718, Lambert 2044.
Labor Commissioner Hyde
2602, Kimsey 2867.
State Representative (2 elect
ed) Boivin 4124; Semon,
4234. '.
County Commissioner Ben
ner 2202, Chase 1139, . Pope
2430. ' - ...
County Assessor Nelson
2926, Sloan 2748.
County Surveyor , Howard
4607. '
Legislators Pay .Yes 2226,
No 2675.
(Continued on Page Seven) ,
New York Again
Names Hamilton
Fish to House -
ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 3 (AP)
Voters of President Roosevelt's
home congressional district to
day reelected Rep. Hamilton
Fish (R.), an avowed foe of
new deal "blunders, incompe
tency, bureaucracy, red tape,
waste and cqllectlvism."
In a message to Fish, Ferdi
nand A. Hoyt, democrat . and
American-Labor candidate who
opposed the New York 26th dis
trict veteran, said "1 sincerely
hope that you will now, as you
have promised, get behind the
effort to win this war.
President Votes
At Hyde Park
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Nov. 3
(AP) rPresident Roosevelt mo
mentarily laid aside today the
pressing business of a nation at
war and voted at the town hall
where members of his family
have appeared on election day
tor generations.
He was heeding his own ad
monition to the American peo
ple to defend the institutions of
democracy with ballots as well
as bullets.
Driving into town, from his
country estate beside the Hud
son, Mr. Roosevelt became
voter number 175 In Hyde
Park's third election district. '
v Ended
EARL WARREN
DDIS OLSON
IN CALIFORNIA
Republicans Claim
Victory; Incumbent
Bucks History
BULLETIN
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 3
(AP) Gov. Culbert L. Olson,
California's first democratic
chief executive in mora than
40 years, late tonight con
ceded the gubernatorial elec
tion to his republican rival.
Attorney General Earl War
ren. SAN ' FRANCISCO, Nov. 3
(AP) Ear) Warren, republican,
tonight, claimed victory in the
race lor the California gover
norship against Governor Cul
bert L. Olson, democrat.
Although Warren was leading
in every , county reporting, even
TULELAKE, Calif.,' Nov. 3
(Special) rt'Earl Warren car.'
rolled, VEast ' Tulelak iri- the
governorship contest lni Ttief,
'day's1 election, i' ! V
' The .vote' was 37. for War
ren- and 14 for Olson.
This - precinct 'voted: od
other, contests as follows:
Lieutenant governor Pat--terson
27 Houser 19. '
' State secretary Peek 22, :
Jordan 25, Perry 1. -
Comptroller Riley 41, :
Whitney 4. ".'
' County treasurerJohnson
41, May 2.
Attorney general Ware.ll
Kenny 38. .
Congressman Engelbright
39.
State senator . Collier 45.
Assemblyman , . Gunlock
12, Denny 36.
in heavily populated Los Ange
les where Olson expected to get
his. greatest strength, the gover
nor had not yet conceded de
feat. Thanks Voters
Warren in a statement thank
ed Californians for "the splen
did vote " of confidence they
have given me": and reiterated
that "my administration will be
non-partisan . . . throughout."
At -the time the statement was
Issued, 6101 precincts out of the
state 14,494 gave Warren 335,
281 and Olson 274,903. , ,
. Warren, who is state attorney
general,- campaigned as' a non
partisan. He declared for an ad
journment of politics and for
cooperation with President
Roosevelt in the war program.
He accused Olson of bungling
civilian defense.
Accusation -Governor
Olson, with tradi
tion against him because Cali
fornia has not reelected a gov-
(Continued on Page Seven)
Dewey's In
Piling up a large-sisad mar
gin over John J. Bennett Jr.,
New York's Thomas E. Dewey
was elected governor of the
state and boosted to leading
contender . for the republican
presidential nomination in 1944.
v V)
Snell, McNary
Lead Parade;
Farrell Named
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 4 (AP) Republicans ap
peared tonight to have won a clean-cut victory in Tuesday's
general election in Oregon, with returns from almost half
of the state's 1770 precincts indicating that GOP candi
dates were swept into every major office of the ballot. .
. Senator Charles L. McNary. republican leader in th
senate, vice presidential candidate in 1940, and Oregon's
delegate to the upper house
war i,. was reelected 3 to 1.
republican from.' Arlington,
same margin.
' Farrell Elected '
The . republican leads in
the four congressional dis
tricts indicated that Oregon
might send a. solid republi
can delegation to congress
for the first time since 1931.
In racey for the only other
two major offices in the ballot,
Robert S.Farrell Jr., Portland
republican and ' speaker of the
house in the 1941 legislature,
was elected secretary of state,
and W. E. Kimsey, Portland re
publican, "assistant state labor
commissioner, was elected labor
commissioner.
-Returns : from 752 ' of 1770
precincts gave McNary, who
owns a farm near Salem, 78,
800 votes to 23,455. for Walter
W.- Whitbeck, Portland demo
crat who is in--t h e insurance
business., . . .-'V; ;.-;'
,' " Tops McNary-' .
2ut Snell. recognized, a one
'of the osf efficient votegef-
'.TiJ- ''.i- 'i. , t,
McNary.'J total,: getting 79,804
votes to . 23,048 for State Sen.
Lew Wallace, . Portland demo
crat who also. sells insurance.:
Even Multnomah county,
which has a democratic majori
ty, in registration,- overwhelm
ingly rejected Whitbeck anjd
Wallace, her two-native demo
crats." -T : .
Wallace Concedes
Wallace conceded defeat with.
a promise to support Snell -in
the next legislature. Wallace,
being a holdover senator, will
serve in the .session which opens
next January. . ,
In . the congressional . races,
Reps. Homer : D. Angell, , Port
land,' and James W. Mott, ba
lem, both republicans, appeared
(Continued on Page Seven) ;
British Tanks
In Collision
With Rommel
By EDWARD KENNEDY :
CAIRO, Nov. 3 (ff) British
tanks in force have clashed with
Field . Marshal Rommel's vaunt
ed African corps in the biggest
tank " battle . of the 1 1-day-old
allied drive in Egypt with fight
ing swirling around Tel el Ak-
akir the Hill of Wicked Men--
where ; the British infantry as
sault has knifed. 16 miles, deep
into the axis defense zone.
(Reuters reported that a Berlin
broadcast attributed to DNB said
Lieut. Gen. B. L. Montgomery
had thrown some 500 tanks into
"the greatest tank battle of the
whole African campaign. )
The British - 8th army an
nounced that many of the enemy
surrendered in one sector after
a fierce bombardment of axis
positions by American and Brit
ish planes.
British Gain
The scene is one of the. high
est points along the center of
the present tight-hemmed battle-
zone between the Mediterranean
and the Qua tarra salt marshes.
Wayland Brooks
Reelected by
Illinois Voters 7
CHICAGO, Nov. 3 (AP) Re
publican- Senator C. Wayland
Brooks . apparently was re
elected tonight-' as -' incomplete
but rapidly accumulating re
turns from the election in Illi
nois lengthened his lead over
his democratic challenger, Ray
mond S. McKeough.
Returns from 0087 of ' the
state's ' 8709 precincts gave
Brooks 859,840 and McKeough
806,817.
i Brooks, a pre-war isolation-
1st, claimed victory at midnight.
since the beginning of World
Secretary of State Earl Sneli,
was elected governor by the
'
Governor
lEarl Snell was swept into of
fice with-an-varly majority over
his opponent. Lew Wallace, wha
conceded --the election before
midnight. . ; - " -,
JAPS BOLSTERED
Yank Offensive Drives
Enemy Backward in
Western Sector
By ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
New lines were drawn on
Guadalcanal today for the
tough fight which, still lies
ahead of United States marines
and soldiers, with American
destroyers directly supporting
the American advance west of
the ' Matanikau river and. the
Japanese enemy landing fresh
troops in the hitherto inactive
sector ' east of the American
positions.
The latter development, dis
closed in -navy communique No.
180,. indicated the enemy's in
tention of launching an attack
against Henderson airfield from
the. east. At last reports, the
Japanese were retreating to the
west of the field and beach
head, - under a combination of
land attack, dive bomber bom
bardment and shell-fire from
the U.' S. destroyers.
Savo Battle
In Washington, Navy Secre
tary Frank Knox reported the
sinking of two additional Jap
anese cruisers and a destroyer
by. U. S. warships in a battle
off Savo island, in the Solo
mons, on the night of Oct. 11
12. Knox said five enemy de
stroyers and three cruisers were
sunk in the battle.
The ' navy secretary warned,
however, against "growing too
optimistic" about the Solomon
islands - operations and . said
there was no . doubt that the
huge Japanese naval armada
which has left the scene, badly
mauled, would return.
Japs Hammered
An American offensive to
drive Japan's invasion hordes
into the sea was apparently un
derway in the jungle-clad hills
of Guadalcanal today as U. S.
(Continued on Page Seven) ;
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