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i Rationing November 8 High 44l Low 24 Precipitation m ol November 3, 1(41 Lait Year 1.47) Normal U Stream yaar to data ...... .51 Nov. 11, Sunilia ..... 7:43 Sumat ......0127 Delayed ASSOCIATED PRJESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES (Soo Column 1) PRICE FJVE, ntr KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1942 Number 9639 "AW) 'MXMOOM M1 1AJ UUI TOfflS . or sle Attack Poshed REG STRAT DN PUT OFF UNTIL f. 1 8 TO 20 Mile age Restriction To Start December 1, OPA Announces By Tha Aiioclatad Praia Gasoline rationing will not , start In Oregon, Washington, " Callfornln, Arizona and Nevada until December 1, Oregon OPA Director Rlchnrd O. Montgomery clliicloiicd at Portland todny. Hn tlonlng wna to have started No .vember 22. At tha same time Montgomery confirmed that tha schoolhouso sign-up (or ration book nliio hnd been postponed. It will tnko plaea November 18, 10, 20. Orig inally motorists werq to hnvo signed tip this week. The postponement were nec essary to complete printing and distributing of ration books. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P)- Tha office of price administra tion : announced today postpone ment of nationwide rationing of gasoline from November 22 to December 1 because of "unavold- ' able delay" In the distribution I of coupon books and other neces 1 nary forms. Congestion OPA declared tha deferment was due principally to war-tlmo congestion1 of the transportation system, which It said mado It imposslblo to keep delivery schedules In all parts of the country on the moro than 330,- 000,000 printed pieces needed to place tha program In effect. The now date for the start of rationing In tlio area not already under ration controls applies to all commercial vehicles, In the cost as woll as In other parts of the country, OPA said, The "3" books now In use In the east for trucks, taxis, dcllv (Contlnucd on Togo Two) House Lowers nDraft Age From W20 fo IB Years WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) The house passed and sent to the senate today compromise legis lation lowering the draft ago from 20 to 18 years, after adopt ing a conference report removing a senate requirement that teen age draftees be given at least a year of training before being sent Into combat. ... i. (As passed by the housci the ..V -compromise bill retnlnetl a pro vision for the deferment of es sential farm workers and for ex emption from the draft of men who have passed their 48th birth day, unless they consent to In duction. It cllmlnuccd a house require ment that draft quotas bo put on a statewide Instead of a.locnl Qboard basis, and modified the student defermont provision to permit the deferment of 18 and 19 , year old high school students who ., are colled for Induction during the lost half of a school year, the deferment to expire at the end of the academic year. : Selective service and war de portment officials havo estimated the legislation would make avail able for Induction approximately 1,800,000 youths whom tho army desires as the nucleus for a youthful, hard-striking nrmy of 7(800,000 men to be built up by the end of 1B43. . Convoy Damaged Near Holland LONDON, Nov. 10 '(P) Brit Ish light naval, units torpedoed in enemy tanker and probably orpedoed anothor enemy ship last night In an . attack on a convoy off Holland, tha admir alty announced today. Knox Predicts , Sicpping-Up Of (-Boat War WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) Secretary of Novy Knox, predict ed today that the Germans would conccntrato their submarine strength against American sup ply lines to North Africa In an effort to break down the flow of supplies to our advancing forces there. Whllo declaring that the North African campaign Is "going well," Knox said he wanted to glvo "one word of warning that Is to point out tho difficul ties and perils thot attend the supply of this effort in North Africa," Ho said It was a certainty the nozls would concentrate U-boats against tha supply lines, with drawing them from tho North Atlantic areas to do so, and that every supply ship or convoy would have to reach , Africa through "an ocean of subs." Tho secretary sold the North African operation In his opinion was "in the nature of a second front" and, that depending on what counter action the Ger mans took, there probably would be "a lot of fighting there fpr a long time" so that the front would not cease to be an active ono with tho defeat of German Marshal Rommel and the rem mints of his army. About Rommol, Knox cau tioned specifically: "Don't put It downyplaaa completely accom plished fact that Rommel Is defeated." MANPOWER TOLD Compulsory National Service Bill Opposed WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) President Roosevelt said todoy tho United States planned to havo roughly 0,70U,UU0 men In tho armed services by tho end of tho calendar year of 1D43. By January 1, 1044, the presi dent told a press conference, the army Is expected to augment its forces to around 7,800,000; tho navy to Incrcaso . from Its present 1,000,000 to around 1,500,000, and the marine corps ond const guard to Incrcaso from 400,000 to about 700,000. Increase to Rise Getting down to actual num bers for the combat forces the president sold tens of thousands of additional men were bolng added each month for tho fight ing forces and to hold bases already acquired. Going along on an orderly bnsis, he said, It was planned to keep this Increase rising until a goal of about 7,500,000 Is reached. Mr. Roosevelt said he hoped that would bo enough but that at present tho govern ment could not look beyond January 1, 1044. 1 ' Civilians Needed In increasing the army, the president said It must be made sure that tho men are well (Continued on Page Two) Hitler, Mussolini, Laval Go Into Huddle in Rome By E. C. DANIEL LONDON, Nov. 10 (P) Adolf Hitler, - Benito ., Mussolini and Plcrrp Laval wore reported meet ing in Rome today and unofficial quarters in London believed tho fuehrer and his two satellites from Italy and Vichy Franco were considering some desperate blow to halt tho British-Amer ican advances In North Africa. Tho likeliest spot for the Ital ian fleet, axis air forces and possibly the French fleet to strike appeared to be Tunisia through which President Roose velt has said the American ex GAIL YANKS HOLD UPPERJAND Halting Of Enemy Re inforcements Seen WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (IP) Lloutcnont-Gcnorol Thomas Hoi comb, marine commandant, re ported todny thot "things are shaping up" so that it will be In creasingly moro difficult for the Japanese to put reinforcements on Guadalcanal Island In the Solomons. . Holcomb, lust returned from a visit to marine posts In the south Pacific, disclosed that the orig inal marine division which went Into the Solomons to begin the first American offensive of the war, still was on front line duty there-a three months period of such duty, which he said prob ably set a record for unbroken service under fire for marine outfits. Japs Outnumbered "The boys on Guadalcanal are tired and there isn't any doubt obout It,'.' i Holcomb said. Ha added that some break down and have to be removed. Ho also reported to a press conference that the American forces on Guadalcanal outnum bered the Japanese there but ha did not soy by what margin. Ho put tho number of enemy planes shot down In actual com bat on Guadalcanal by October 23, when he left there after a visit at 320, a ratio of exactly (Continued on Page Two) Oregon Youth Shoots Down 17 Jap Planes WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (P) Captuln Marion E. Carl, 28, Hubbard, Ore.,' told yesterday of shooting down 17 . Japanese planes In Solomon Island fight ing. : In a navy department press conference Carl also told of be ing shot down by a Jap Zero pilot and of making his way back to Henderson field in five days. 1 With him- In the conference was Major John L. Smith, 27, Lexington, - Okie., who shot down 19 enemy planes. On Sept. 30 Smith shot down four Japs and Carl, three. ' Carl said. In one dog fight he got . two Jap bombers and "I was getting set for a third pass when a Zero sneaked up under mo. I never saw it until my plane caught fire and I- balled out thirty miles down the shore and three miles off shore." ' .' A native rescued him'in.a canoe. "I was told some Japs were on the way," he said. "Thoy - showed up the , next morning, but I had hidden out In the woods at the hut of an other native who .stuck with me until I got back to camp." peditionary force intends to ad vance to attack Marshal --Brain Rommel from behind.1 i , Tho meeting of Hitler, the Italian duce and the Vichy chief of government In Rome was re ported by Reuters, British news agency, in a dispatch "from the French frontier." This report followed the state ment from the Berlin radio yes terday that Laval had left Vichy for "an unannounced ' destina tion." The Berlin broadcast emphasized that he had not, as is usual, gone to Paris. (Continued on Page ; Two) GUADA U. 4QQ rij;.v; v. ,Boyof' ? II ' I '! , ' Hi.,,.,. ' , k ' ,1:1 p TOULONafiT . liXfl I 1 1 ::;:::ip!:jMjyttj:j jpijji;jf SPANISH ""7 CSibinaH V-S3RARAT V CASABLANCA! SAFIf ... ' MOROCCO, VICHY plil I iiSHIiiilHii! liii iiiiliip 1 J: Bhip-borne troops of the. U. 8. Army have landed In Vichy North Africa and hare established bridgeheads (solid black arrows), along the coast, according to reports from Vichy. The landing operations were aimed at both sides of Casablanca In Morocco, Oran and Algiers on the Mediterranean. If successful, tha lnrailon wo uld provide a Jumping off spot for an Allied invasion of southern Europe (dotted arrows). It could also provide bases for pincers movement against Axis forces In Libya (dotted arrows), where they are retreating between Matruh and the Egyptian-Libyan-border pursued by the British (solid black arrows). The Italian port of Genoa (1), was bombed by ing orders at Toulon (2). . - NAZI DRIVE ON Snipers, Guerillas Seek To Unnerve " -Germans A.. MOSCOW," Nov., 16 (tO The German drive on Stalingrad and the push ' toward the Georgian military, highway" in" the" Cau casus appeared to have dwindled today to a series of light clashes in widely separated sectors, but the Russians reported they were digging away at German, posi tions and . cutting down . nazi strength wherever it . was en countered. ' j The mid-day communique re ported that the Germans succeed ed in crossing a river northeast of Tuapse on the Black sea, but were driven back by Russian troops.. Another German attack in a sector of the Nalchik front in the Caucasus-likewise was re pulsed and several tanks de stroyed, it was reported. " l( Snipers at Work .' At Stalingrad there was only light activity, the soviet infor mation bureau said, and the once flaming front northwest of the city -was covered in a line report ing a raid behind German lines in which .38 Germans were killed. Snipers and guerrillas were reported at work all along the western front, with the Russians seeking to unnerve ' the Ger mans, upset their supply and frustrate their designs.. . . ,; Japs Claim Damage Inflicted During Fiji Isles Raid. , ' B ERLIN . (From German Broadcasts), Nov. 10 (fl)i A DNB dispatch from- Tokyo - re ported . today that ; Japanese bombers inflicted "great de struction" in a raid Sunday on American' military Installations at Suva,, capital of the Fiji is lands, and started fires In the harbor area at Townsville, on the northeast Australian .coast. (There was no confirmation of this enemy report from any al lied source or from- the Japan ese themselves.) ; A 6000-ton ship laden 'with phosphate -was reported bombed and sunk . 20 miles east of Townsvlllo. Mass Arrests Sweep France LONDON, Nov. 10 (&) The Vichy radio announced today that mass arrests were taking place In all the principal towns of unoccupied France of "peo ple who are actively helping the enemy break ; up the- French empire." :- '. ' S. Second Front Forces S'lGENOArU SARDINIA jyUditrraiwHin San J: SITunsia "MAtTA IVICHTI . J ALGERIA ivicBTi the British In what was called the - American Assault Teams, Grimy With Battle, Smash Into French Base at Oran By WES GALLAGHER -(V. 8, Correspondent with the . U!F in IJorth Africa) - ? J -' 'A LLTK is HEADQtJARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA; Nov. 10 (ffj American- assault, teams, grimy with battle and three days with out sleep, smashed into Oran to day, occupying the great French naval base at 1 p. m., (8 a. m., EWT), freeing the entire western end' of -the Mediterranean, from danger of axis aggression. In' a field jacket at his head quarters, ' Lieutenant' General Dwight E. Eisenhower,' commander-in-chief of the expedition in North Africa,' announced the fall of Oran to combined land, sea and air assault after an Ameri can tank column broke into the city. r. - With United States forces al ready holding Algiers, their oth er prime objective on colonial France's North African shore, American assault tanks infiltrat ed into the outskirts. of Oran in an all-out attack which began at 7:30 a. m. . ; General Elsenhower -was well satisfied with the rapid progress of the North African- campaign, still only in its third day, as the driving force of the AEF, tight ly coordinated with British and American naval power, pressed ahead and French General Henri Giraud emerged as ."an ally in War Bulletins LONDON, Nov. 10 - W) The Berlin radio broadcast tonight a report that the Bey of Tunis had consented to .the passage of Unit ed States troops through Tunisia but authoritative . quarters in London,' lacking- any confirma tion, said the broadcast appeared td be a nazi propaganda move.- : LONDON, Nov. 10 ?) Tass dispatches from Stockholm re ported today that rumors were current in Berlin that . Reichs marshal Goering had gone to French North Africa.- It was noted that he was absent from Munich Sunday when Hitler spoke at a nazi party old guard meeting. ' LONDON, Nov.- 10 (F) So viet sources reported today that German Field Marshal von Witz leben has arrived in North Afri ca from' the occupied zone of France to direct operations of tha Vichy forces. - VIGHY (From. French Broad: casts); Nov. 10 (fP) All commun ications between Morocco and the French mainland were cut this morning, the Havas news agency , reports. : ' '., HAVANA, Nov. 10 W) Cuba has broken off diplomatic rela tions with Vichy France, Min ister of State Jose Agustln Mar tinez-announced today. Land In Vichy North vITALY .r.:::v.:::i - ' - - - - r BIZERTE XJ CRETT liJRIPOLI NGASr , - "heaviest raid of the war'- The . . , ; the common cause." --. - - - . Interview. , and coramuploue, built up the picture ' . "Thp nnlv thlna I -warn iffeuMJ pointed in was the resistance '-of the French navy, particularly the coast batteries," the supreme commander said-last' night in a press conference, his first- since the leading barges scraped the shores of Algeria and - Morocco early Sunday. - -;i ' ; A communique from bis head quarters announced that General Giraud, 63-year-old veteran who has escaped from German prison camps both in the first and 'sec ond World wars, would form a French North African army with U. S. arms and equipment to fight alongside the allies "for the . defeat of Germany -and Italy and the liberation of France and her empire." " i-: :. . "'" - Giraud was reported to have reached Algeria from France. "It can be expected," the com munique said, '"that his presence there will bring about a cessa tion of the scattered resistance which is tragic between soldiers - (Continued on Page Two) - Salvation Army Drive for Funds Aimed at $7000 The Salvation Army has a chance to pay off the mortgage on . Its new headquarters at Fourth street and Klamath ave nue, . If the current . drive for funds continues successfully, it was reported at a meeting of the advisory board Tuesday noon. Lee Jacobs, drive chairman, announced , that $4400 in cash and ''gilt edge" pledges have now been collected, and if there is continued' generous - response $7000 may be raised this year. This would pay off on the new building. - " Jacobs said 'that laree num bers of last year's pledges have not yet been, "contacted.". . . Armistice Day Program ; Program ' ' 6:30 a. m. . llShot Salute. -' 10:30 a. m.. Parade, In cluding Camp, White detach ment, moves from Legion hall to armory.- 11:00 a. m. - Program at armory, Ray Brown as speak er. Exhibit of Camp. White equipment at armory. Bond sale. 2:00 p. m. Football, Modoc field, Bend: versus Klamath Falls. ; ; . ' 9:00 p. m. - Armistice dance,' armory. ' Open house at Legion hall all day for veterans, soldiers and their friends. . - ENGASI toTMATRUHy ALEXANDRIA j - LIBYA Africa I? RUMANIA J Black Sea; 7Mii EGYPT French fleet was reported await H Hapless Italians Tell , Of Thousands Lost ": In Desert ' By FRANK L. MARTIN i " CAIRO,. Nov. 10 (JPh- The army of the Nile smashed today at the axis rearguard making a last-stand, on Egyptian soil near the Libyan border, while far be hind in the desert British search ing' parties found numerous groups of dead Italians who per ished under the blazing African sun. after being abandoned with out sufficient food and water by their German allies. V. The last scattered remnants of the once powerful Africa corps were being engaged along the coastal road between Sldi Bar rani and the mud-hut border out post of Salum and their swift liquidation was considered cer tain. , Wanderers To the rear, one of the stark est tragedies of the desert con flict was unfolding with British land and air searchers spotting - (Continued on Page Two) . Nazis Claim Torpedoing of British Ship .BERLIN (From German Broadcasts), Nov. 10 W The German radio reported today that a German submarine tor pedoed a British battleship of the Queen Elizabeth class in the North Atlantic. (There was no confirmation of this . enemy report.) ' The radio said the attacking U-boat "observed a heavy ex plosion, on the battleship." The 35,000-ton Queen Eliza beth is one of four of her class and was completed in 1913. A lS-inch gun ship, she was mod ernized in recent years. .Her sister ships are the Warspite, Valiant and Malaya. r TURKEY CYPRUS Country Voters Pile Up Strongest Stockman Vote Country voters gave Lowell Stockman a stronger vote in last week's election than did Klam ath Falls voters in the race be tween Stockman and Walter M. Pierce for the second district con gressional seat. This was shown in official returns compiled Tues day in the office of County Clerk Mae K. Short. Stockman won handily in both city and country, but Pierce, tra ditionally a favorite In the rural areas, got only 30.6 per cent of the country vote in this contest. He got 35.7 per cent of the city vote. . . . ... ... . . BRITISH TELL COLLAPSE CASABLANCA Oran Falls To Tank Led American Troops ; . NEW YORK, Nov. 10 OP) CBS recorded a British broad east tonight saying British Ad miral Sir Ancraw Cunning ham had announced that "all resistance of the Vichy and Laval forces at Casablanca has ceased."-: ,- . By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor ' Oran fell to American shock troops today soon after they had broken into the city with air and naval support, another tank-led American force was reported in the outskirts of Casablanca and the United States expedition in North Africa apparently was oa the threshold of winning all its first major objectives. A German report heard in London said that the Bey of Tunis had acceded to President Roosevelt's request for permis sion for American forces to cross. Tunisia the avenue for at tack on Italian Libya which, al ready, may be menaced by a mo bile American column headed toward it from Algeria. , - : ' ifuiHnci Totteri' ' ' i The occupation of Oran gave the allies complete mastery of the - Mediterranean coast' of French North Africa. "Latest reports indicated tha big Moroccan port of " Casa blanca, on the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa,, was injts last stages of defense.; :v Allied headquarters said that three beachheads flanking the port, "are in pur hands" and that the 'battleship Jean Bart was burning in the harbor. Resistance Overcome ; Confirming Vichy .reports, Lleut.-Gen. Dwight B. Eisen hower,, commander of the AEF expedition, said Oran fell to American troops only a few hours after the assault began. At the same time, allied head quarters announced that resist ance by French warships at Casablanca had been overcome "to a large degree" by Unite'' States naval forces. ' French Fleet Unconfirmed . reports said Italian troops had arrived at the French Tunisian naval base of Bizerte, which might be used as (Continued on Page Two) Released Convict ' Dies Thursday In Auto Crash PORTLAND, Nov. 10 (IP) Mel Doiron, 28, released from the state penitentiary Sunday, died early today when his auto mobile crashed into a power pole near here. The coroner's office said tha man had just taken custody of a car' which belonged to his father, H. F. Doiron, who died July. 25 at his home in Cornelius.- Records show Doiron was sentenced from Yamhill county, Nov. 9, 1938, to serve two con current three-year terms for larceny. . The vote on congress was divided as follows: Klamath Falls Pierce, 1180; Stockman, 2121. Outside " precincts Pierce, 984; Stockman, 2232. Here are the official return! from the election for all of Klam ath county: , ' U. S. senate McNary 4856, Whltbeck, 1554. Second district congress Pierce 2164, Stockman 4353. ' .Governor Snell 8307, Wal lace 1252. Secretary of state Farrell (Continued on Pae Two)