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PAGE TWO !UUKS FRENCH WEST AFRICANS HIS (Continued From Page One) statement made by the former Vichy defense chief. Dakar ia the most important Trench naval base on the West African coast and recently was reported by fighting French forces to be defended by 50,000 or 60,000 men, as well as consid erable numbers of tanks and planes and a naval flotilla which includes the 35,000-ton battleship Richelieu. Faithful to Petain Darlan's announcement, recorded in Vichy, was: "Inhabitants of French Africa, I have this evening good news to announce: "French West Africa has placed Itself freely under my orders. Therefore French West Africa remains faithful to the person of the marshal. (Darlan Insists that he is acting under Marshal Fetaln's authority.) No Starting Point The strategic naval base once was called by President Roose velt an Atlantic fortress' against the axis. The Vichy iTench said they would defend it "against anybody clear to the end." In fact, the strongly-fortified base repulsed a landing attempt by the Free French in 1940 to account for Vichy's only military victory since the fall of France, With Dakar under allied con trol.'the axis is bereft of a po tential starting point for an of fensive westward against the Americas. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) pick of his men could have been moved In by air. . THIS is another rumor day. with the news winds filled with hints of significant events to come, but na very definite de velopments other than the Rus sian counter-offensive. U. S. air men from China sink a big Jap transport, or MAYBE A CARRIER (it's hard to be ab solutely certain in swift air raids) at . Haiphong, in French Indo-China. Huge fires were left burning on the waterfront, Haiphong is believed to be the port from which supplies are flowing Inward for a Jap drive on Yunnan province, in south eastern China, -' which would have for its purpose the cutting of our line of air supply to the Chinese. U. S. and British air forces based In India are also striking hard at Jap bases in Burma, Your map will tell you the Japs would undoubtedly use these bases as part of a two-pronged drive on Yunnan and the allied air route to China. THERE are hints that Mac- Arthur is closing in on the Japs at Buna and Gona, on the Papuan peninsula of New Guinea, and is about to capture mem or anve them into the sea A Jap destroyer trying to rein. force the Jap land forces has Deen sunk by our air attack. The South Pacific front has been in somewhat of a lull since the big naval fight in which we drubbed the Jap navy, but keep an eye on MacArthurs opera tlons in New Guinea. They are important. If they succeed, our position in the Solomons will be greatly strengthened. You can't face the New Year, u you haven't signed up 10 per cent oi your pay for war bonds, Our fighting men are denend- ing on you to do your part in 1043. Top 10 per cent for war bonds by New Year's. CREDIT WITH THE CONVENIENCE OF CASH I J. Don't May tmlhw day In ftt. In thlnga you want lor , yovruir, your family ind your homo. Oat booMul of pur. MllH ooupom it our BrMIt Of. floo arm tpantf trim llki onh through tho itora. Small down Plymont, Uaual aarrylnf Miarn, Do It today I DARLAN IT ViA Ay Nowl I Strict Rulings To Enforce B, C Gas Rations (Continued from Page One) and C stickers will be excep tions, and persons who get them will be expected to conform rig idly to essential use of their cars for the purposes for which the stickers are Issued. Registration for A rations of gasoline continued at the war price and rationing board offices Monday, and those who failed to register at the designated time and place may still do so. The office was swamped with registrants and others inquiring about tlie gasoline ration pro gram. One woman came in to report that her husband was angry with her because she had given the serial numbers of tires he intend ed to dispose of, and had listed his favored tires as "excess.1 Many other such incidents oc curred as Klamath motorists. who have driven as much as they pleased and could afford all their lives, faced the facts of gas oline rationing to start Decem ber 1. From then on, most peo ple will have to get along with driving only 240 miles per month. Public Hearings On Gas Rationing To Open Friday WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 T) Senator Truman (D-Mo.) s a i today his senate defense investi gating committee would open public hearings on gasoline ra tioning Friday and advise west erners to obey the nationwide rationing rules which go into effect Dec. 1. In the meantime the house in terstate commerce committee discussed the gasoline situation at a closed session," preparatory to calling witnesses. Truman said he believed that if the newly-affected area would "go along" with the pro-. gram for 10 days, that would be sufficient time for the com mittee to lay the facts before the public. "Gasoline rationing through out the country is necessary. Truman said in an interview, "It is not to save gasoline. It is to save rubber. The idea is to keep the nation's cars rolling as long as possible. GESTAPO PROPS UP (Continued From Page One) can to mediate, with the full knowledge of King -Vittorio Emanuele, Crown Prince Urn- berto and Count Galeazzo Ciano, II Duce's son-in.law and foreign minister. The British news agency went on to say that Mus solini quarreled violently with Ciano. Dispatches from Bern. Swit zerland, last April 28 said there had been Rome consultations by the king in which Mussolini and Ciano were left out. At that time it was said a government shake up and a change of policy' might be forthcoming. Badog- no s name was mentioned in those reports. -naaea 10 loaay s list of un confirmed reports was one by Mass under a Geneva dateline and broadcast by the Moscow radio quoting "a well-informed source' saying that Heinrich Himmler, head of nazi nolice lorces, was speeding up organ ization of black-shirt SS units to put down revolt in conquered countries. Casualties in African Landings Held at 1910 WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 (JPi The army announced today that American casualties during the initial landings in North Africa were estimated at 1910 killed, wounaea and missing. A communique said Lieuten ant General D. Eisenhower re ported that he was not yet able to obtain a careful confirmation of the casualties, most of which occurred in the capture of Oran and Casablanca. The total, the army said, was made up of 350 killed, 900 wounded and 350 missing in the army; and ten killed, 150 wounded and 150 missing from the navy. Most of those reported miss ing, the army said, probably ere drowned. Get GRAYVITA for Anti-Gray Hair Vitamin la tray half a handicap! Dm, It mate too ar y mora eldrrlr than voor rearal Thli new miracle anrl-graT hair vitamin. Calcium Pnn rethenatc, hai won wide popularity following the report of teati appearing in a leading na tional magatlno. rhia report repealed that 88 of peraona teeted ahowed eotltlve evi. rlf of '"" of hair color. GRAVVITA la Calcium Pantothenate PLUS! A GRAYVITA tablet li 10 ragm. of Cel. elum Pantothenate PLUS tho other tueful ?' 'en ,'t ',n rti,,P "mplcKcroup and 450 J4S A-Kf-il"' Vlu""l B (Thiamin). Order uKAl VITA now and tako advantage of our Introductory price. Only SMO for a 30 day S2.00 aad S5.O0). J tut Phono 4(14, currln'l for Pi-up SIOPTISTS ASK GIFTS FDR piN'SERIE Hirco thousand Christmas box es for men in service, located in southern Oregon, is the goal of Klamath county, according to Mrs. H. W. Bathiany, chairman and representing the Soroptim ist club. These packages will go to men located at Camp White, nt the local airport, and also at Camp Newell. Soldiers who find themselves in Klamath Falls on Christmas day will also be sup plied with gifts in order that they will not go unnoticed at this Unit!. Names Asked Organizations which have been contacted have agreed to help 100 per cent, Mrs. Bathiany stated, and all individuals who would like to help are asked to do so. Packages may be brought to Everbody's Drug store, re ceiving point, by December 12 if possible. Such articles as candy, cook ies, salted nuts, fruit cake, gum, playing cards, soap, stationer', cigarettes, fountain pens, shav ing kits, sewing kits, airmail stamps, books or magazines, ad dress books and many other ar ticles are suggested. Donors are asked to put their name or name of the club on the package. "We hope to have a package for every soldier in this area for Christmas," Mrs. Bathiany stat ed. "This is but one of tqe small ways in which we can show our appreciation to men in the ser vice, by remembering them dur ing the holidays." , HUNDREDS fliHD E Hundreds of friends paid tri bute to the memory of Frank Hamm, former Klamath Falls chief of police who died sudden ly in Portland last Thursday. when services were held at 2:30 o'clock Monday in the Elks temple. The flag draped casket was placed before a bank of flowers, and scores of floral tributes were placed around the room, signifi cant of the esteem in which Mr. Hamm was held. i- , Charles Hoskins. Portland of- ficer, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and' "No Night There," accompanied at the piano by Marie Obenchain. The euloev and services of the Elks lodge were given by officers of the lodge of which Mr. Hamm was a member. Pall bearers were mem bers of the police force, and hon orary pall bearers were county peace officers. Other officers at tended in a body as did the citv council Interment took Dlace in Link. ' vine cemetery with a firing squad from the American Legion giving the final salute. Ward's Funeral home was in charge of services. . . The city hall and courthouse were closed during the hours of service in honor of Mr. Hamm, Rickenbacker Cites Religion as Hope During Long Ordeal (Continued from Page. One) Cherry and his rescuer, occu pants of a second raft sighted an island and rowed toward it, wont dering whether it was occupied by Japanese. On this raft were Lieut. James C. Whitaker, 41, of Burungame, Calif.; Lieut; John de Angelis, of Nesquehonine. fa., ana staff Sgt. James Rey nolds of Fort Jones, Calif. The next day. acting on infor mation supplied by .. Cherry, Lieut. Eadie resumed the search and that night, with the aid of flares, located Rickenbacker's raft some 40 miles from the isl and. Rain squalls were sweeping the sea and Eadie, afraid he would be unable to guide sur face ships to the scene, landed on the water to attempt rescue with his plane. Col. Adamsoi, seriously ill. was placed in the plane's cockpit and Rickenbacker and Private John F. Bartek were lashed to the wing. Eadie, unable to get his light plane off the water with that load, started to taxi the 40 miles back to his base. A boat finally came alongside and took off Rickenbacker and Bartek but Adamson was too ill to be moved so Eadie continued taxiing over tne open sea. That chap has what it takes." Whitaker later said admiringly of Eadie. New Year's day is the dead line! Join the war bond pay roll savings plan for 10 per cent your pay. Children learn to swim almost soon as they learn to walk in New Guinea, lEach child i given canoe at an early age. HERALD AND NEWS. She's a Bride at 12 Tw.lva-y.ar-old Dorothy Od- eirne (above) studied nor home work while waiting for - her husband to come home at New port Newt. Va. Dorothy, In the seventh grade, was married to C. E. Murphy, 23. at South Mills,' N. C. Cook Held in Poison Deaths At Hospital (Continued From Page One) day night but withheld that in formation until Saturday night, will be arraigned this afternoon on a charge of being an acces sory after the fact, District At torney Miller Hayden said. Hayden said McKillop admit ted sending an inmate, George A. Nosen, 27, of Mcdford, Ore., to the basement for the pow dered milk, in violation of hos pital rules. Nosen, Hayden said, went into the wrong store room and dipped into a can of (insecti cide instead of' obtaining the powdered milk, which is similar in appearance. The rest of 467 inmates who ate the eggs likely will- recover, said Dr. J. C. Evans, hospital superintendent. E ON GUADALCANAL (Continued From Page One) smoke cleared they had sunk one destroyer, destroyed 19 en emy planes and smashed two small landing boats, in addition to giving Japanese ground troops a day-long strafing. The Japanese were fighting dbck Diueriy irom their pre carious positions on the coastal strip between Buna and Gona with every weapon at their command, but the allied noose was slowly drawing tight. Flotilla' Steams Off The destroyer, sunk by bomb ers, apparently was trying to iana troops at Buna to aid the besieged Japanese forces there and official reports mentioned the possibility that troops may actually have been landed be fore the sinking. However, a spokesman at headquarters said the destroyer was not operating with four other Japanese destroyers be lieved to have been sent to re inforce the Buna garrison. This destroyer flotilla was steaming to the northwest when last seen. he said. Moving in after the alllerl fliers had subjected JaDanese ground positions to a terrific pounding, American and Atis- tralian troops captured a new landing strip at Buna from the enemy. V h i- V W Hans Norland, Insurance. , -Lg7 -V ifT, ;H1,:-MIH RUSSEUraffc f f j 23 rut Thro WPW At(rSliX T"d Pow" O"1""" fl Glen Gray Ic His Band ft I SsMga APRlnCtl mbws from all fRONTS II ' Br. vlty New'. II LCX lLt0.'t Cms w'SfSK """" 1 I " KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON" E HINTS BERLIN (Continued From Pago One) Bizcrta and Tunis and it was ap parent that tho axis was going to make n fight to retain their dom inance of the Sicilian straits. French reports told of attempt ed axis infiltrations in South Tu nisia and other reports from al lied headquarters In North Af rica snid similar tactics wcro be ing attempted from the north, where the main axis forces liavu been landed by sea and air. These suggested that Rommel, who more than once ht.s foiled allied strotcgems to trap him, was attempting a flank attack from Tripolltanla against the British and American forces con verging on tho northern tip of Tunisia. French In Control If Rommel has split his forces, it was presumed hero that he had dispatched some armored units from Tripoli, cither over land or by sea, to Qabos or Sfax on the East Tunisian coast. Both lie south and southeast of the routes of the main allied forces driving eastward from Al geria, but pro-allied French forc es have been reported In control along most of the coast, and, ac cording to French North African broadcasts some British and American forces had Joined these French allies. The German broadcast con cerning Rommel came from the Zcesen station near Berlin and was not repeated on most Ger man stations. Many informed ob servers were Inclined to doubt that Rommel personally was In Tunisia. Pushed Back Some informed quarters be lieved he is responsible for the entire North African and possi bly the whole Mediterranean area, however, and pointed out that he could be in command in Tunisia without actually being on the ground. A communique from Cairo said his forces in Libya were pushed back farther yesterday toward the El Agheila bottle neck, the last good place for a stand short of Tripoli. JAP INDECISION (Continued From Page One) island. However, indecision was apparent even in the reinforce ment attempt, as . only a few planes were sent boxed alop de stroyer decks toward Kiska only to be sighted and sunk by American airmen. Again, only eight planes were sent toward Klska in flight, al though our fighters knocked down six in a single day's fight ing over Kiska harbor. Japanese offensive attempts have been similarly patternless. Bombing of Dutch harbor, in stead of being, followed imme diately by other bombings, and landing attempts, was followed by months when Japanese tried nothing offensively. When they did attack it was with one or two planes at a time in bombings of tho Andrcanoff bases. One of these bombings was done by a slow plane which had to drop missiles far wide of the mark in order to get away safely. American checking tip after another foray on a different base found bombs which had been dropped by float ' planes were likewise far wide of their targets. II TUN S DEFENSE Doors Onin 190 nnri RA4 TTrttr-irmiiiiii I IT 1 1 dm r y I I I I k .4SS ) A OKEAT ACTRESS... hurt JT" " Month. II &z&r rVTr;S: Food Czar 'ft :' - - HI 4 President Roosevelt placet Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York In charge of dis tributing American food, cloth ing and medicine to people of Undi occupied by troops ol the United Natlom. Lehman will re sign h I s gubernatorial pott about December 3. Hit term ex piret January 1, and he did not run for re-election. UP BI6 BOND SALE Saturday's ruin failed to dampen the ardour, of Sons of Norway who sponsored the big Norway Day bond rally on Main street, ending at the ar mory where a dance and auc tion of a soldier's uniform re sulted in the sale of some $13, 000 worth of war bonds. A booth was set up at Eighth and Main streets and a program presented throughout, the after noon with Lynn Roycroft and Carl Johnson at the microphone. Bonds and stumps, totaling $10, S00, were sold at the booth, and an additional $2500 at the dance. A Camp Newell soldier ap peared on the armory platform clad only in trunks. His cloth ing was auctlpned off, piece by piece, and as the articles were sold the- soldier put them on. This caused ' much merriment and resulted in the sale of hun dreds of stamps. ' ' . Wanted Turkey Pickers, and Right Now, Too! Needed 79 turkey pickers. Right nowl Lots of birds are going to be sold on the hoof, feathers and all, If turkey pickers fail to re spond to the call Issued Monday by the U. S. employment serv ice. Third and Main streets. Workers will have transpor tation provided to and (rom the Job and good pay Is offered. This is a 30-day Job. For further information, call the service at 3103. D00n. eMli ,,M RIGHT NOW! A Yankee bell of fir a broad I Breaking hearts and 'rule . . . In a rfof of Roenty BESIEGERS OE STALINGRAD FAGE DISASTER (Continued From Pago One) when the firing ceased only Iso lated enemy guns replied. Red army Infantry and tanks then pllrd through the German front line, driving the enemy from trenches Into the open steppes. 800 Tankt Lost The German front lino was overwhelmed by the ferocity of tho Russian offensive, dispatches tald. Prisoners started to pour in and guns and mortars piled up as the red army enrrled tho advance as far at 43 miles at soino points. Pravilu gavo this summary of tho fight for the city: "The Hitlerite bnndlts schemed to crush Stalingrad with tanks. However, In the course of two months of fighting, thry lost 800 Panzer machines at the city walls. , "The Germans Intended to clear their way Into Stalingrad with bombs. However, In the course of two months, they lost In the Volga steppe more than 1000 planes. Road of the Dotd 'The Germans attempted by tho force of their divisions to sink Stalingrad's defenders in the Volga. But in tho rourso of two months they burled over 100,000 of their officers and men. "It was not without reason that German non-commissioned officer Erich Mueller, killed northwest of Stalingrad, put down In hit diary: 'The road to Stalingrad may be called the road of the dead.' PROCEEDS IN SF SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23 (P) D. Homer Spencer, Klam ath Falls (Ore.) business man Indicted here on morals charges Involving two young girls, tried in vain today to block the open ing of his trial tomorrow. He asked the state district court of appeals for a writ of prohibition to halt proceedings, but the court turned him down without comment, Spencer was Indicted by the county grand Jury on two counts contributing to the delinquen cy of a minor, and lewd and las civious conduct with a minor. The first Is a misdemeanor; the intter, a felony. In petitioning for the writ of prohibition Spencer's attorney challenged the Jurisdiction of the grand Jury, arguing that Spencer could not be Indicted at the same time for a misde meanor and a felony when both consisted. In effect, of the tame alleged offense. Your Munk is wnrlh.mnnM Sell It through classified ads I'm me casn in war Savlngsl ' HUBBY! LAST DAY! 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