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H Y III- H N fl fl K ;'" ,ch MM. tiiimde tm asi i,tFmtoak P1 . ! Marines Repulsed in h.C:..JS ' ' j Br FRANK JENKINS TF tills writer woro to offor a A suggestion to tha Republlcons, who hnve just received whnt amounts to a left-handed put on the back, It would go somothlng like this: " Adopt as your theme song V'Pralso the Lord and Pass the 'Ammunition." ,. Then proceed to live up to the theme. WINNING the war Is the big . Job now before the Amer ican people. Before the war Is won, a lot of ammunition will have to b posjed. . . - Wanted It In th 86lomoiui NOW. We need It in Africa. We need It In India. We need it In China. We need It In Alaska. We need It on all the for-flung fronts of a global war, where pur men are fighting. ; Let's get about the job of pro viding It with unbellovnblo speed and .passing It along to where It Is so sorely needed. - - I- v "V . y.. l '!.. .'i- LET'S not worry Joo much a b' u t'''mlnt.rtng .rsCMut k standard. There wilt be. time I enough after tha war Is won for that. What we need now Is to win th war. ORITISH HOME SECRETARY " MORRISON made a speech th other day In which soma In terestlng figures were offered. Among other things, ha said: ' ' British aircraft production In September Increased TWENTY PER pENT over August. ' Production of other war ma terlolp, other than ships, in creased fourtoon per cent. ;.. tlE added: "Britain's PER CAPITA out put of ships is DOUBLE that of any. other country. . Britain's per capita output of war goods EXCEEDS THAT OF ANY OTHER NATION. - Britain's war production, he sald, hosn t yet reached Us peak and he promised material lm nrovement. . . tjE concluded: Eighty per cent of Britain's War production Is shipped over seas,' -and the British navy has escorted safely to port 108 out of every 200 ships traveling, in convoy. THAT Is a protty good record especially for a country that has never made any outstanding claim to superiority In mass pro duction. ' Until we, who discovered mass production and are Its chief ex ponents, havo equalled Britain's per capita record, we shall not hnvo any valid .' occasion for boasting. , i TWE'LL equal It, of course. And ) " SURPASS it. - We're now doing a double Job. We re vastly Increasing our army and navy, which calls for Immense quantities of war ma- (Continued on Page Four) Army Wrecker Pulls Camp White : Morale Back Up ? MEDFORD, Nov. 5 (P) One ' of the -army's big bulldog wreckers,.'-, which will movo practically; anything, Jerked . Camp Whlto moralo out of the mud yesterday. . 1 : Two of the most popular ve ' hlclcg with the soldiers failed to make their regular rounds and the boys were getting a little .unhappy. An Investigation show ed. that the camp's soft-drink and O candy , trucks had 'slid Into a ditch. - ' ,! Ordinary rescue methods fail ed -so the army called out its , heavy .duty .equipment, . Regain to Be H., j j One Phase of " i AUnjiItW 1 JEU Decided V-A ,' Banle ; OOJOO . ; 1 , ' ., : V. AX ' ' t . STATUTE MILES I ViSl By Th Associated Press Nearly complete returns from Tuesday's elections today dis closed the republicans had drain ed off the once formidable demo cratic majorities In congress to a level that might ebb in their favor on Important legislation and had about divided th 48 state governorships equally with the democrats. Their gains in the congression al and state congests exceeded the brightest hopes of republican forecasters and almost turned the democrats out of even nom inal control of the houso. Majority Late returns showed that the democrats had taken 220 house seats, two more than a bare ma jority, but had suffered a net loss of 41 members as compared with, the' present house. :. Rpub llcans had. elected 206 reprnt- Wrvw, gajn of i;' Irrtha minor parties, th progressives had elected two representatives, a net loss of on seat, and the farmer-labor and American-labor parties had held to on seat each, i Three house races still were undecided today. . In the present house,' Which continues until the end of the year, the democrats have a ma jority of 93 over the republicans and five minor party members. Their peak was In 1937, with 333 to 89. ' With only one senate contest outstanding,' Murray (D-Mont.) and Wellington D. Rankin, (R), the republicans had gained nine (Continued on Page Two) Japs Mass Troops In 5 Provinces, China Reports CHUNGKING, China, Nov. 8 (FiA Chinese army spokesman said today the Japanese ap peared to be making large-scale military preparations in China, massing troops in five provinces, four of them running down in land China from the Mongolian border and one of them on the coast north of Shanghai. . Ho said Chinese Intelligence reports said the Japanese were massing troops In the provinces of Hupoh, Honnn, Shuns!, Sui yuan and Shantung. Between 50,000 and 60,000 troops were concentrated In Han kow, In Hupch province, great Japanese inland base on the Yangtze river, he said, while 10, 000 to 20,000 were In the Tal mountains of Shantung, coastal province. Demand for Repeal of Wage and Hour, Wagner Laws Resound in Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. S (P) Congressional demands for re peal of tho wages and hour and Wagner laws and for a "real coalition" in congress sounded today as senators and represent atives expressed their interpreta tions of Tuesday s republican election gains. Senator O'Danlcl (D-Tex.), author of the 18 and 19 year old draft bill amendment to require giving a year of training to youths before they are sent into combat service, Introduced a bill to suspend the 40-hour work week for the war's duration to "help solve our manpower prob lem." ! , Almost simultaneously, In the house Rep. Rankin (D-Miss.) and Rep. Rich (R-Pa.) were demand ing repeal of the wage-hour law and the Wagner labor relations .t ' I . WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 UP)- r FT f Wtaring" youthful pigtails and Jumper, v. Hollywood Nlghiclub Danear Peggy BatUrUe, above, Is shown' in court as sh pre pared ta till of alleged inti macies with Actor Errol Flynn, who Is charged with two counts of statutory rap against 'teen age girls. SMASH AT UE Two Sweeps Made On Jap-Occupied Base SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI NEA, Nov. 9 (P)Unlted States bombers . and attack-bombers smashed at Japanese-occupied Lao at such low altltudo today they could see the enemy run ning madly for cover . In . the New Guinea north coast port. Twin-engined Martin , "Ma- rauder" B-26 medium bombers and swift, twin-engined Douglas "Boston" A-20 attack planes mad two daylight sweeps against the base which th Jap anese often use as a spring board for bombing raids against allied positions on this island. B-26's First "It really did us a lot of good to hammer that place," said Major Donald C. Hall of Corpus Chrlstl, Tex. "We went right down Main street, Just above the tree tops and caused one explo sion which appeared to be an ammunition dump." " Tho B-26's ' went over first, dropping their bombs, and were followed almost immediately by the A-20 s. (This apparently was a new- style blow against the Japanese In New Guinea, calculated to catch "them off guard with' an air assault combining speed and power. Tho Marauders are re- Continued on Pago Two) , , act, and both called upon the administration to oust "commun ists from key positions." Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich.) said the republican gains repre sented a mandate from the peo ple to pigeon-hole "new deal ism and all other politics" for the duration of the war. Senator Connolly (D-Texos) at tributed republican gains to pub lic impationce with the prosecu tion of the war and resentment against government bureaus.' He said he spoke to make It clear that democratic losses could not be attributed to any lack of unity on the war front, and ex plained he believed the vote "registered a more desperate will to carry this war to triumph and victory." - Republican Leader McNary of Oregon agreed wHh Connelly WASHINGTON, Nov. S (P) The navy announced today that American defenders on Guadal canal Island in the , Solomons had killed 350 Japanese in suc cessful actions on the American western flank November, 3 and had also opened an attack on reinforced enemy troops on. th eastern flank. 'Th communique said that th successful-attacks to. the west "had; also resulted in the capture of thraa field pieces, 12 37.milHmeter light artillery guns and 30 machine guns. Dump Bombed '' Also, ' It was announced that United States naval forces had shelled enemy . positions near Kokumbona on the north coast of Guadalcanal. ' . - Previously, on November .1; Guadalcanal , tlm. . army ajir sraii nap oomoea enemy supply dumps and troop concentration's' UJ.- ui vicinity oi: AUKuniDUfUl. : ; Troop Landed Th air . attack . was , madi without opposition. . . ) Disclosure. that fighting, pre sumably of 'considerable.- extent, had now , broken out' tin trie eastern flank where th Jap anes recently threw in-units in a, pincers, move on the airfield, was made in the communique which said that at one stage of the fighting American marines were repulsed. Reinforcing their Initial troop' units' on the east, the Japanese had landed fresh troops On the night of November 3-4, the com munique said! , ( Marinas Repulsed - ... The operation was carried out east of Koll Point ' which is about six- miles east of Hender son field. Attacking marines- were re pulsed at dawn on November. 4, the ' communique said,' but are now v. '.'pressing their attack on these enemy troops." ' Yesterday's reports . said: ' - Further widening an attempt- continued on Page Two) - Mrs. Roosevelt Congratulates King George VI LONDON, Nov., 5 (P Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a tele-, gram of congratulation to King George VI on the "brilliant vic tory" in Egypt, the office of war Information announced today. Enjoying the quiet of an', "off the record" day, Mrs. Roosevelt spent the morning seeing friends and reading hundreds of letters newly received. ' Her only engagement was ' a private luncheon. ' : ' : that- "no issue of patriotism' or unity was raised" in the cam paign, and asserted the admin istration had "made-enough mis takes and errors" to Justify the people -calling it to account. . He said the' "waste" oft funds had left. him. "shocked, aghast and astounded." Rich expressed personal hap piness, that his party's rebirth of strength' had not carried it to control of the house, maintain ing that the republicans if they had that control would be "condemned" . for any. error- or, misfortune during the next twq years. "With enough good Jefferson ian democrats," he added, ho wt ever, "we, may be able to stent the tide and save the country. . . We need every man and woman . (Continued .on Page Four) . Russian forces, gar more ground to haavy German driv between Nalchik and Ordzhonikibx In th Caucasus mountains. Th Germans appeared heading for Ordshonikidu and th Georgian military highway through th Caucasus to TlflU. Northeast of Tuaps . on th Black sea red army, troops drov back th Germans. 4. -; NEW NAZI DRIVE i r -i Local Gains Made On Stalingrad, Cau casus Fronts .By HENRY 't.'. CASSID " ' -1S&&CO Nov: 8 0P)-4 'The Russians have fcrbken up til the latest nail efforts to expand the Invasion, salient. , in., northern Stalingrad and, in some, places, have forced the - Germans to abandon several basic points, dis patches said today. . While, bitter attack ? and counterattacks, developed about the ruined yolga river city, red army troops were credited with local, gains northwest of Stalin grad, on the Black sea front and in- the Mozdok . sector of the central-Caucasus. t Heavy Attacks' . A- successful soviet holding action was Indicated before the Caucasian " slopes and . passes southeast of Nalchik..' Izvestia said the ; battle of Stalingrad was characterized by a growing maneuverability of red army units.; , : Observers stressed-the heav iness . of the - German attacks, however, and at least one point they threw in a new division. There were many- hand-to-hand clashes. The latest German loss reported was 1000 slain yester day. . "' ' . The nazl air force bombed the city's defenses, steadily in sup port of the ground operations. There have ' been several hun dred', flights In the last few days. :-. , ' .'-;,.- v In Th Caucasus - "Southeast of Nalchik (central Caucasus) our troops fought violent engagements and our artillery dispensed concentra tions of enemy tanks and infan try; preparing . for - attack," the communique said. "The Ger mans ' suffered .-" heavy losses. Seventeen German planes were shot down in air combat and by anti-aircraft fire." . In the older theater about Mozdok,-SO miles northeast of Nalchik, German attacks upon red army positions were re pulsed and the- Russians were declared to have occupied an' enemy . strong point through', a counterattack., f, - ' Snow Inches Down ' . On Caucasus Front MOSCOW, Nov. . 5 (F) Cau casus weather report: .. - A photograph of a Russian soldier on. observation showed today, the snow line well down on a mountain in the Caucasian range .whose northern ' foothills the Germans are battling to ap proach. '. .;,...'-.'. TOWNS BOMBED LONDON. Nov. 5 - (ft Two towns , on the southeast coast were bombed and machine-gunned .by single German planes to- Federal Agents Seek Top-Ranking Nazi Sympathizer SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8 () Gottfried Karl Hein, 38, de scribed by the TBI as the top ranking nazl sympathizer in northern California and a close associate of national bund lead ers, was sought by - federal agents today.' . - ? ., ; , .. Hein,.;Wh'a .disappearedlfrom his home here two" months ago, was indicted by the. federal grand Jury yesterday.: for. "will iiu ana leiontous ' laiiure to re port for his selective' service physical examination and , fail ure to notify his draft board; of change of address. --. -' The maximum penalty upon conviction would be a .$10,000 fine or five years' imprisonment on each charge. ; Hein, also known ; as Cart Hinn and George Dreier, helped organize the German-American bund in Oakland in 1936, be came its leader, and three years later headed the San Francisco branch of the bund, said Special Agent Nat J. L. Pieper of the FBI. ' ; Pieper . said ' Hein bad. been closely associated with Hermann Schwinn of Los Angeles, . west coast bund leader, and Wilhelm Kunze of New York, the nation al leader, both of whom have been convicted on selective serv ice violations and espionage charges. ; . - . . Hein, who came to this . coun try from his native Germany in 1925, was naturalized in San Francisco in 1933. . . Boivin Accepts Wartime Post As Special Attorney .1 Harry D. Bolvln, Klamath Falls" attorney and state 'legis lator, has accepted a position' as special attorney for the U. S. department of justice, he' dis closed; Thursday. ;, Boivin said that in taking the war-time post he is not 'giving up his. residence 'here. His fam ily, will remau at the family home here, and Boivut will be located in Portland. The attorney ' said ' that he hopes to obtain a leave of ab sence to attend the 1943 session of the. legislature, to which he was. elected as one of Klamath's two ' representatives this week, He will leave-to take-over his new duties the coming weekend, but expects to be. back in Klam ath Falls occasionally. . " ' PINBALL IS OUT ' - OREGON CITY, Nov. 8 () Pinball machines were banned in Oregon City as the result of a 965-to-825 vote on a ballot' mea sure here. . : ' . '. ' News Index t; City. Briefs .....Page . . 8 Courthouse Records ..Page 4 Comics and Story '. Page 12 Editorial .: .........;.Page 4 Farm News .....Page 11 Market,. Financial . Page 11 Midland Empire News ..Page 8 Our Men in Service ...l..Page '8 Pattern Sports. ..Page 10 LEADDVERP1ERCE Pendletqnian Goes A head of Pierce in , Union County - ' - Lowell Stofemanheld his lead over Congressman - Walter M. Pierce-as returns from the far- flung precincts of the second con gressional district trickled in Thursday. . - , f v The latest returns gave: Stock man 25,764; Pierce 15,994. These flgure's represented returns from 402 of the district's 433 pre cincts, and romoved all possibil ity of an upset in this contest,.-, j- Stockman went ahead of Pierce In the latter"s own county of Union.- - Twenty out of 30 pre cincts in Union county gave Stockman 2135 votes, against 181.1 for Pierce.' : The Pendleton republican was ahead of Pierce' in every county in the '18-county district except Morrow, and the difference there was only 51 votes. . j Umatilla, Wasco and Klamath counties went especially strong for Stockman, but his lead was substantial in many other coun ties. . - - - N Even Lake county, long it Pierce stronghold, went into the Stockman column, 704 to 634. j , The- vote in Klamath county was 4361 to 2171 for Stockman: This was even stronger for Stock man, than in his own county of Umatilla, where he won; 3591 to 1823. ' Wasco led the parade for Stockman, 1937 to 768. ; Other Oregon republican, can didates for national and state of fice continued to increase their margins of victory. ' ; With 1715 of, the state's 1770 precincts accounted for,; Charles L.. McNary had been returned to the senate by 208,902 votes over his democratic rival, Wal ter W. Whitbeck, Portland, who had 61,796. Secretary of State Earl Snell piled up more votes on his al (Continued on Page Two) Hollywood's in State Over HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 8 (IP) Says Franchot Tone's agent: . VWnen Franchot wants : to work for nothing, he'll work, for the government." . The agent, Mike Levy, thus revealed what is believed to be Hollywood's first contract can cellation as a result of the wage stabilization. ' Tone had verbally agreed, through his agent, some months ago, , to work for Warners at a salary of $60,000 for one pic ture, r ' '. .'' ; .. But the wage ceiling prohibits Tone or any other actor from earning more this year than hi earned last year. Meanwhile, elsewhere in Hollywood there was a pretty state of chaos. Dozens of big stars,' producers and directors are not getting paid pending a clarification of the wage order. FORCES SEEN- Axis Troops Withdraw v n Disorder, Aid : Rushed By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor ' " Official British quarters, lata today declared the axis armies in North Africa were "busted" -and predicted their early da-'. struction as the worst military defeat in Adolf Hitler's career of world conquest unfolded on the sands of Egypt. - These quarters said the Brit ish 8th army and navy, support ed by United States and allied warp lanes, were now engaged in what amounted to a mopping-up process of the shattered German and Italian armies, and added: 1 Second Front Talk' ' "This is only a prelude to what the Germans and their Italian lackeys can expect in the next few months." Simultaneously, fresh talk of an allied "second front" reached a crescendo in London.'-'" With the British in swift pur suit, Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's1 broken armies were reported fleeing westward across the Egyptian desert amid wild confusion, -and earlyr unofficial esttmates''placetf?aiSvloses. at 40,000-troops-ktlled,:wounded or captured. . - t About to Crack . -: : . -As -'the '-axis staggered in-retreat, . fighting only rearguard, actions, Lieut-Gen. B. In Mont gomery sent the following mes sage to his troops: . : -'- - . ; 'The enemy is in' our- power and he is Just about to crack . . . We have the chance of - putting the .whole panzer army in the bag and we will do so. Complete victory is almost in sight." - Front-line dispatches said 9000 axis prisoners had' been taken, including Gen. Ritter von: Tho ma, commander of the German North. Africa corps, and 260 tanks knocked out of action. ' '; ; . General Killed ' The Berlin radio conceded that axis troops "have . been with .(Continued, on Page Two) Cripps Promises " Allied Offensives To Aid Russians ,' 1 LONDON, Nov. 8 (M The defeat, of Marshal Rommel's armies in Egypt will be follow ed by other allied offensives which will give relief to the embattled Russians, Sir Stafford Cripps, lord privy seaL. told an audience of war workers today. "This is not the only diver sion we. can or shall, make to help our Russian allies," Sir Stafford, former ambassador to Moscow, declared. "As our strength, and that of our Ameri can allies builds , up other., of fensives will be started in other areas." ; - He said the eighth army was "destroying German and Italian -land and air forces which might otherwise be Joining in the at tack on the soviet armies." . 5 a Pretty i Wage Ruling The checks are being made out, one studio said, but they can't be delivered. The. board of directors of-the Screen Actors Guild, beseeched by the membership to do some thing, wearily and reluctanctly came, to the conclusion that it couldn't ' do anything until Washington clears up the situa tion; "If Tone," said Levy, "had signed the Warner contract (for "Old Acquaintances," with Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins) he would spend the rest of the year working for nothing." Tone has already earned near ly as much this year as last, Levy explained, and under the wage ceiling could keep only $20,000 of the $60,000 Warner' offered him to say nothing of remaining idle the rest of th , ' (Continued on PagTwo)