On S-mlnuU blaat on sirens and whlitlas
li the signal lot a blackout In Klamath
Falls. Another long bint, during a black
nut. U ilnnal for all.claar. In oraoau-
November S High 45, Low 5S -Precipitation,
aa of Nor. 2. 194a
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KlOnO. Ilnvo a room In the
11 hotel. But by narrow
qurak.
" "Wo'vo been running full and
turning .'em awny for works,"
the hot explains a he carries up
J ho bags and turns on the null-
ator.
. ."I don't know where thoy
como from, but they keep on
coming."
VV1LL they keep on coming
after the epochal 22nd of
November?
One wonder. And doubts.
After tho 22nd of November
this Western country, which Is
built An the automobile, Is go
ing to ico changes.
THIS Isn't meant as complaint.
Tho West Is ready to accept
WHATEVER is necessary to win
tho war. But one. can't ' help
wondering If Washington, which
is located In the East, where tho
automobile really It more or less
of a'tuxu'ry, .understands tho ex
tant to which tho lite of the
..Far West rolla on rubber.
T TP' hero- In Sherman county,
the hotel proprietor Is no
nabob In a rosewood office Ho
Is doorman, room clerk and bell
hop,, and In between he pinch
hits as chambermaid,
i Ills wife Is cook. "We had 35
for dinner last night," she says,
"and If wo havo that many or
more tonight I don't know what
I'll do In these days when there
Is no help."
WHEREVER you go, In the
; , largest metropolitan cities or
tho smallest country towns, the
help shortage Is the burning
topic that dominates all con
versation. .
TV7HEAT Is king in Sherman
county. And the wheat crop
was good this year, and good tho
year before. Tho government
oan rate Is high. (You don't
soil wheat any moro. You just
take what the government loans
on It.)
Here, as elsewhere, there Is
plenty, of money In people's
pockets, and not much to spend
It for.'
A SITUATION that contains un
mlstakably the seeds of In
flation unless people put Into
WAR BONDS tho looso money
that is jingling in their pockets
Instead of bidding against each
other for the steadily DIMIN
ISHING supply of goods.
TJERE In Sherman county there
7 are no military installations
which is a change. ' '
Near Bend, as explained In
"this column yesterday, a new
training camp for engineers is
ksoon to rise. At Redmond, work
Pis being crowded on a largo air
port project. ' ! .
At Madras a much larger air
port project Is under way. Some
000 men are already working on
It, and several hundred moro
aro to be put to work as soon as
they can bo found. i
. It is expected that several
thousand will bo quartered
there when the project is com
pleted. ,
MOWHERE Is there glco over
these huge now enterprises.
Everywhere, instead, there Is
sober realization of tho changes
thoy will work In tho life of the
communities in which they are
located.
. There are no complaints, of
course. We are at war, and peo
ple realize it fully. What has to
bo done has to be done. Tho
merlcan way of life is at stake.
But Instead of the wild .en
thusiasm with which the spend
ing of millions of dollars, under
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YANKS PUSH
Two Jap Ships Sunk
To North of Em- ,
bottled Isle .
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (P)
The navy announced tonight
that American troops on Gua
dalcanal In tha Solomons, had
mad further advances on
tholr eastern flank, while fight,
ing to tha wt apparently
had stopped entirely.
' A communique also reported
tha damaging of a Japanese de
stroyer by motor torpedo boats
on the night of November 8-9,
tho destruction of six enemy
Winding boats on November 8,
the destruction of ' three float
type biplanes at the Jap base of
Rckata bay, and the bombard
ment of the enemy area on the
American east flank by a de
stroyer on. November 8.
A U. S.' destroyer announced
recently as having 'been sunk
was Identified as -the 1700-ton,
Duncan, which wept into service
only lost. April., ' . ,
The destroyer went down! dur
ing a night action on, October
11-12. She was commanded by
Lieut. Comdr. Edmund Battalia
Toylor,, 38, of Alexandria..' Va.
Taylor survived the loss of, his
Ship, ' . , .. . .. ... t
WASHINGTON. Nov. 9 OP)
The American troops on Guadal
canal appeared today to bo push
ing their lines slowly but stead
ily eastward without encounter
ing major Japanese opposition,
while aerial and torpedo-boat at
tacks took fresh toll of the en
emy fleet In the Solomons. '
Tho lotest navy communique,
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House Turns
Down Training
For Teen Draft
WASHINGTON,. Nov.' 9 (AP)
Tho house refused to go on
record today in favor of a sen
oto proposal that teen-age draft
ed soldiers be given one year
of training before being sent
Into combat. .
It voted down a motion by
Representative Rankin (D-Mlss.)
to instruct house conferees to
accept a compulsory training
amendment written by the sen
ate Into house legislation low
ering tho draft age from 20 to
18 years.
Tho standing ' vote was an
nounced by . Speaker--' Rayburn
aa 178 to 40. Rankin failed to
got enough support to force a
roll-call vote.
Tho action - left : the house
conferees , free to work out any
compromise thoy could effect
with tho sennto and bring It
back to tho house for ratifica
tion, and indications were the
conferees would' recommend
elimination of - the senate' pro
vision, which tho president and
the war and navy departments
have opposed, " v
III ON
GUADALGAIMA
Might 4ir-Borne Infantry Movement
Lands Yank Doug hboys on Jap Ground
' By MURLIN SPENCER
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUIN
EA, Nov. 8 (Delayed) (P)
Grocn-clad American, doughboys
who had been' carried into the
midst of Japanese-controlled ter
ritory In .' probably . the. greatest
alr-borno Infantry movement of
history, hacked their way
through dense New Guinea jun
gle today to within striking dis
tance of the enemy's base at
Buna, . '" .'. i '
Gon.' . Douglas MacArthur's
communique today announced
that American Infantrymen and
Prisoner?
Admiral Jean Darlan, Vichy's
chief of land, saa and air forces,
may have lalltn into British or
American hands, hints tha Ber
lin radio. Vichy broadcasts
peated that Darlan authorised
tha surrender of Algiers Sun
day, night and that he has not
been in communication with
nasl-occuplad France since that
time. With Darlan is General
Alphonse Juln, commander-in-chief
in all North Africa.
"I'll Never Flee' Ger
many," He Pledges t
People
. LONDON, Nov. 9 (AP)
Adolf Hitler promised the Ger
man pcoplo last night that he
would strike back at the Amer
ican forces In North Africa and
assurred them that he would
never flee Germany If tho sit
uation became difficult. -
The German leader, speaking
to his - oldest nnzi party as
sociates in Munich on the anniversary--
of the 1923 Munich
putsch, brushed aside the smash
ing of his army In Egypt by the
British as ' "an advance of a
few kilometers"' and declared
that "those who deal out the.
last blow will win tho war and
the Germans will do that." ''
Action Promised 1
Hitler referred only fleeting
ly to' tho American landings In
Algeria and Morocco, asserting
that the "last and decisive word
will not be spoken by Mr.
Roosevelt,"
. "We will prepare all our
countorblows thoroughly as al
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British Destroyer
Carrying Wounded
Reported at Rock
BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 9
W) The Swiss telegraph agency
reported from La Linen, Spain,
across the bay from Gibraltar,
that a British destroyer carrying
wounded had arrived at tho
fortress from the Mediterranean.
The agency 'said scouting
planes were on constant patrol
over Gibraltar and tho strait. .
Australian veterans had pene
trated to the Buna area after bo
ing transferred from Australian
bases by airplane. -
(Tho subsequent communique,
issued at Gen. MacArthur's
headquarters today, said the gen
eral situation was unchanged in
tho Biina area where Australians
arc making a frontal attack at
Olvl, approximately 50 miles
south of Buna. The communique
told of widespread allied air at
tacks on Bunn, Oivi, Salamaua
on the New Guinea coast, Gas
mata on New Britain, Mnkl.q If 1-
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SHIPSMT
Recognition of Vichy
So Far Paves Way
For Expedition
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (IP)
President Roosevelt, declaring'
that Pierre Laval evidently ,
was still speaking language'
prescribed by Hitler, ex-,
pressed regret late today' that
Laval had severed diplomatic
relations with the United
States and said .that nothing
ever could "sever relations be
tween the American people
and the people of France.". ,
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 8,WV
The, Vichy French -ambassador's
passports were- handed to him
this afternoon,', thus, making
formal and .complete the break
In relations with' the United
States.
Before thl a,btJorijv,ISecretary
of State Hull had disclosed at a
cress conference that the United
States Was taking. Into protective
oustodyaU; -Vichy Frenchi ships
in this country's. ports, A'-'i'-No
Instructions ;
At present, the maritime com
mission reported,', it knows of
only two . or three Vichy ships
In American harbors, . these at
New Orleans. . Maritime circles
Identified .two as the Aldebaran
arid the lie De Re. . , !
An embassy, spokesman said
Instructions failed to arrive, from
Vichy 'fbr.Henry-Haye, therefore
he could hot properly go to the
state department and request, his
passports. .
Secretary of State Hull told
his press conference that Henry
Haye had not yet requested an
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Camp White I
Soldiers to
Arrive Tuesday
, Camp White soldiers, coming
here for Armistice day exercises,
will leave Medford at noon Tues
day to spend that night In Klam
ath. Falls. About 200 officers
and men are coming, bringing
The 40 et 8 will provide
an 11-shot salute. at 6:30 a.m.
on Armistice day, it was an
nounced Monday. The deton
ations will be set off on a
nearby hill and will be heard
throughout the city and sub
urbs. ,'w'.
combat, anti-aircraft, 'anti-mine,
kitchen, communications : and
medical equipment with them.
They will arrive here about
5 p. m. and will be met at . the
city - limits by the city police.
Tho Camp White contingent will
park on Spring street near the
armory. A field kitchen 'will
be set up there and the enlisted
men will remain for the night
at the armory. . .
The parade is scheduled at
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and off the southwest New Brit
Bin coast, . and K o e p a n g In
Timor.) - .'.:' '-.','.- ,.
How the Americans got there
Is one of the epic stories of this
war. Ferried by huge, transport
planes to a natural landing strip;
even bringing their : Jeeps, they
then pushed ' afoot across the
Owen. Stanley mountains 'on :a
trail seldom used by white men.
Japanese fashion, they carried
rice and a few other rations in
bags slung about their necks so
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RICA TAKES
Opposing Egyptian Generals Meet;
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Nail General Bitter von Thoma, left, eaptnred head of- the re
treating Afrika Korpi, is shown with British General Edward t.
Montgomery after they got together ever a dinner table- and- jp
played the Battla for Egypt while it was still going on. Photo
radioed Cairo-New York.- ; . - " '''- " V
Klamath Mp t ori s ti Tiirti jn
Tires by HundredsJ Geittrig
Ready for Mileage Rationing
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- -'-Tires by the "hundreds have been turned 4n by Klamath
motorists at the Railway Express office here but it is. beloved
thir bT ntlll laraa.numbera of eKcek Urea1 In1 nrivatn hands and
these-should be' tu'rned In- Immediately, ,th war;.; r3riue :anoT jri.i
tionlna' board warned Monday. : f'"l'f ' ;" 'A-r t J ;': ::H
. Motorists' registering at schoolhouses Thqrsdayir ifriday' and
Saturday for mileage rationing must declare all tires in their pos
session, and- if- their declarations include, excess' tires they will
not be given their' rationing books until these have been disposed
of.: -" ,,: : -'' ' ' '.. '
Each motorist Is permitted to retain five tires for his car and
ATTACK IN SOUTH
Fighting in S t a I
- grcid Reported
i n
Spasmodic
MOSCOW, Nov. '. (AP)
German forces, stalled in their
drive toward the Georgian mili
tary ' highway " oyer the Cau
casian . mountains, attempted' to
resume' their march" near, Nal
chik yesterday, but ' Russian
tank 'crews smashed up every
attack, the soviet mid-day com
munique said. today. .
A battalion of German, infan
try, was wiped out in .three days
of fighting in one. sector of the
Nalchik region, ., the communi
que said, and- earlier it h a d
been ? reported that 1700 '. nazi
soldiers had paid with,. their
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Over 1000 Planes
Shipped to Egypt . 1
Under Lend-Lease
, WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (AP)
President Roosevelt reported tM
day that total lend-lease ship
ments to the Egyptian, fighting
zone-had reached' $638,952,000.
The bulk of these shipments
took- place in the last nine
months, during which this coun
try shipped to Egypt more' than
1000 planes, "Many hundreds of
tanks,", of which more than 800
were of the medium type, 20,
000 trucks and hundreds of
pieces of artillery.
- A White House statement said
that, the "magnificent British
victory in Egypt was aided to
an important extent by the op
eration, of the lend-lease act
and is an outstanding example
of combined use ' of American
and' alliedresources." :. 1
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City . Brief .Page 5
Courthouse Records. ..'..'...iPage 2
Comics and Story Page 8
Editorial ''....'.,..;..;......;....;..Pago, 4
Market, Financial ..........Page 7
Midland Empire News ....Page 7
Our Men In Service ...,..Page 4
Pattern .'.........Page .3
Sports ........'. ......i..Page 6
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one tire for each trailer wheel.
The Railway Express agency
office at the Southern Pacific
depot is the receiving center for
excess, tires here. George Gray,
Railway Express manager, esti
mated Monday ., that' 2500 tires
have been turned Jin so far. J '
When the excess tires .are
turned 'ever. to. the express ag
ency, which, is functioning .as. a
government . agent .in this .;pro
gram, the owners-are. given .re
ceipts. The owners -are asked if
they will donate the tires or
wish, to- be' paid .'for- them.- It
they wish pay,-it will- be given
them later in stamps,' bonds -or
government-check. , 1 " "
Any and all excess tires, even
those which' may -be considered
as junk' by the "owner,-must'be
turned in. ' ' . . . "
In the "case of motorists "liv
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Two PiloH Die
In Army Pursuit
Plane Accident
-PENDLETON, 'Nov, ' 9 (IPf
Two single-seater army" pursuit
planes based at Pendleton field
crashed and - burned" near'; the
summit of - the' Blue mountains
40 miles south of Pendleton yes
terday afternoon,- Instantly kill
ing-one pilot and fatally injur
ing the other, Lt. Col. John, A.'
MacKeady,. commanding officer,
announced today.' rt ' ; : ! -"'-'
- . Killed outright was Second Lt.
R. A. Walstrom of Fosston, Minn.
First Lt. James A. Huffman of
Monticello, Ind., died of injuries
sl 6:45 a. m. this morning in the
base hospital here. ., .. ',
Both planes were on a routine
training flight, Col. MacReady
said. '. . . '.. . .
First, to reach the scene were
.Lee Flnlay, Bill Zacharias and
Ray Corwin, all of Pendleton,
who' were at- Finlay'g hunting
cabin within a quarter of a mile
from where the ships plunged
into the mountainside. - .
Flnlay and Zacharias pulled
Lt. Huffman from his plane but
found. Lt. Walstrom dead when
they reached the wreckage.
.Corwin said that the pursuit
ships' had just emerged from a
cloud bank, flying very low,
when they struck the tops of
some trees and fell to the
ground. ' ,
Crash crews were dispatched
from Pendleton field immediate
ly after Corwin phoned in word
of the accidents, jv
U. S. Attacks
To Clear Way
For 2nd Front
LONDON, Nov. 9 (AP) -Casablanca, Morocco's vital
Atlantis coast port, is under close attack from American
columns which have advanced to within four miles of
the'eity on the ' east side, Vichy broadcasts said tonight.
American' torpedo boats'were said to have been oper
ating at the very entrance of th,e fort,: and two of them
were declared to have been sunk. ' ' ;
; The town was resorted at-
. FLEE INTO LIBYA
British Forces " Lunge
- After Retreat
v; ing Army: :
J' By' FRANK L. MARTIN :
V; CAIRO; Nov.' 9 (AP Rem
nants ' of , Marshal. . Rommel's
fleeing Africa corps shook loose,
from'. - the - advancing . British
eighth army today, and plunged
across the Egyptian border into
Libya in; the vicinity of Halfaya
(HeUiire) Pass despite a heavy
American and British air bom
bardment which . made that
route nearly impassable; c .:. . , '
British advance forces which
had been making a desperate ef
fort to catch the back-pedalling
enemy plunged into Libya only
a-i few-.-hours behind the- rear'
axla-.trps--i-ij'-is''
fr'-rp In' CIos' Pursuit' ;
- Th situation In Halfaya Pass
at the moment Was described 'as
"confusing.". "',,,' ' "4
; The ; British were in' close
pursuit of the tattered Germans
and Italians,- and British and
American ' pilots were keeping
up their relentless pounding .of
the enemy. : .'.
' No Axis Attack '
' -While fighter formations rang
ed : ahead, knocking axis ve
hicles into flaming destruction,
other, fighters hovered over the
advance elements close to', the
axis 'rear to provide protection
against axis air attack. - - 1
The Germans and Italians,
however, still made: no attempt
to . attack the . allies from the
air.-; "."' :'.-.",
Prisoners Sent B ack
Far behind,' a small body of
axis troops which halted - to
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Oregon Hits Top
In Scrap Drive, -Leads
All States
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 8
Oregon went over the top in its
scrap metal drive today and the
state salvage committee said it
was. the "first state to reach its
quota. ' ; : . - !
Claude -1. Sersanous, general
chairman of the state salvage
committee, said 17,766 - tons
turned ..in today by Portland
shipyards boosted the state's to
tal .to 100,606 tons', 606 over the
quota."
Sersanous said that so far as
the committee knew Oregon was
the first state to' reach the
quotas set for the newspaper
sponsored nationwide scrap
drive.
, Oregon took third place In the
per . capita rating in the drive,
but no state completed its quota
in the allotted time,. Sersanous
said. " ., . ' -' ..' -.-'",.'.
Algiers Falls 12 Hours
After Lightning Assault
By WES GALLAGHER'
(U. S. Correspondent with the
AEF in Africa)
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Nov. 9 (2
A. M.)-0P) American combat
forces led by Maj. Gen. Charles
W. Ryder have wrested one of
the key, points in the western
Mediterranean from axis domi
nation with the swift occupation
of the Port of Algiers despite
strong opposition from Vichy's
naval units.
' The famous-city fell just 12
hours after a lightning assault
directed by the six-foot-three
American officer known to his
men as a "rough; tough fighter."
- The port is the only one with
tacked by , three columns of
Americans, each at least a bat
talion strong, supported . by
tanks. The broadcast said they
came from the direction of Fed-
hala, which is northeast of Cas
ablanca. ' , ,
Some American motor tor
pedo boats were said to have
been sunk by French shore bat
teries. -'
The: new - 35,000 ton French
battleship Jean Bart, hit yes
terday by allied dive-bombers,
was reported still burning today.
The sinkings of the American
torpedo boats were said to have
occurred at the entrance to Port
Casablanca. ' -
- WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (JP)-
The -war department reported to
day that .American forces had
met with stiff local resistance
at several points in the vicinity
of the French North African port
of Oran, but that three of the
four airfields in this area were
now in our hands. , , ;.
" . More than 2000 prisoners have
been taken in this sector, -
communique said. . , . -c. (
',7 For ttwirre occupation cam
paign, now in progress in North
Africa, American casualties were
said to be light.
The communique, the second
war department official report
on the progress of the operation
which started before dawn on
Sunday, said that at Oran forces
under Maj. 'Gen; Lloyd Freden
dall had penetrated a consider
able distance to the rear of the
city.- - - - -. -' ,'' '.' '.
. By JAMES M. LONG '
Associated Press War Editor
The White House disclosed to
day that President Roosevelt has
notified the Bey of Tunis that
the- powerful AEF in North
Africa ' hopes to pass through
French Tunisia, which lies be
tween - the present. American
landings in Algeria and ., axis
held Libya. - ; '
' Such, a move would catch
the axis in a nutcracker and
clear .the" way for a second
: (Continued on Page. Two" ,
Bulletin
LONDON; Nov. 9 (ff)-Fly-ing
Fortresses and Consolidat
ed Liberators of the U. S. air
forces bombed the docks at St.
Nazaire, occupied France, this
afternoon. '
St. Nazaire, at the mouth of
the Loire, is a main German
U-boat base.
Many hits were made on the
targets, a joint announcement
by the U. S. A. A. F. and the
British air ministry said. Three
bombers were missing. ; .
Vichy Radio.
Goes Off Air
LONDON, Nov. 9 VP) The
Vichy radio stations went off the
air tonight, possibly presaging
another RAF raid on Italy.
in easy reach of German air
bases in Sardinia and Sicily, but
the synchronized arrival of
American fighter planes on Al
giers airfields within a few sec
onds after their capture made It
sure that any raiding nazi bomb
ers would get a hot reception.
A covering force of American
fighters permitted use of the port
for unloading troops which com
pleted the occupation.
. Oran, some 250 miles west of
Algiers and the heart of Admiral
Jean - Darlan's German-Inspired
resistance, : continued to offer
strenuous opposition, particular
ly by navy-controlled coastal bat
teries, ......
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