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By' FRANK JENKINS
TlAS rationing holds - the at
tentlbn of Irritated Western-
era today more or lew to the
exclusion of other things much
as an IMMEDIATE aching tooth
enn lake precedence over n
THREATENED caso of pneu-
onla.
.THIS writer's advice Is to meet
tha iltnation good-naturedly
and, patriotically.'
"The purpose of gas rntloulnK Is
to restrict unessential, unv
' Ing. It Is a sound and neco.wiry
purpose. If It Isn t accomplished,
national efficiency win sutler.
'; It Isn't easy to give up the
pleasant habits of peace,- most of
which are an tiea tip wnn tin
. limited use of the' automobile,
but THIS 13 WM.. t
.IrTkit nations there arc two
klnds.of people tho right kind
' and the wrong kind. The right
' kind of people will cooperate
loyally; grousing., qf,- course, In
WSr Ifanjuonai moricnn iihih-
ntrl but' putting ,up with what-
' ever jiemonai , inconvonie.ncj
may oe ncccssBiy.,, . , -,
: The wrong klhd WON'T. '
ft raw of us want to ba classed
wlth the wrong Klna ot people,
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Whatever you do, don't cuss
out yptlr , local rationing
' board.-. ,
'J I ' Its members, with few excen
. tlon's, are WORKING FOR
NOTHING, doing their best to
-- 'straighten out the snarl. Their
best may not be as good as you
WANT, but when tempted to
.criticize or complain osk your
self this searching question:
-, COULD I DO ANY BETTER?
THE local rationing board is
' our protection against RE
MOTE bureaucracy, its mom
bers know local conditions and
are trying to protect their conv
munltles against tho evils of dis
tant bureaucratic control.
Given time, the local boards
will sift out the essential from
, tho unessential and will get
Uthlngs to running moro smoothly.
. But it will lako time.
, .;,- j
jaEVER let this thought out of
yourmina:
". No. matter how great the In
convenience . (or even outright
LOSS) you may be put to, It will
be NOTHING as compnred with
the inconveniences and tho losses
suffered by your boy at tho
fighting front.
'. THE news from tho fighting
fronts continues good.
' The Germans In tho Stalin
grad trap are continuing their
efforts to break out but appar
ently are not succeeding. Mos
cow Is, beginning to tell us a
little , about the central front.
Tha. Gorman losses there are
placed today at 2.1,300 killed and
400 captured. That will give
-.you-some idea of , tho ferocity of
J the struggle. Tho Russians are
reported today to havo pene
trated the deep German defenses
around Rzhev (consult your map)
and fighting Is said to bo going
on In the city Itself.
. I Russian dispatches say Hlllcr
jibs ordered his troops on this
front not to retreat undor any
circumstances and add that Ger
man machine gun detachments
have been posted In the rear with
. orders to fire on any nazls falling
back. . . ,-' ';, -
.'(You will do well .to discount
these stories In your own mind.)
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TN northern, Afr'ca. pur side Is
reported ' to ba driving two
Wedges from the. Interior to the
Mediterranean coast, one be
tween Bizerte and Tunis an one
between Tunis and, Tripoli (con
sult your .map again.) , '
Q .'iThe'resultj if these wedges are
driven, Y clear through- to the
v coast, arid are HELD, will be to
create ' three pockets of axis
',; (Continued on Page Two). ,:'
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BRQKTHK
$2.10 POTATO
C E I LHGS E EN
Higher Price, Not Yet
Decided, to Be
Allowed
Definite indlriition of an Im
pending break through the pre
viously established coiling of
$2.10 for Netted Gem potatoes
came In a telegram Tuesday
afternoon from Senator Charles
L. McNory,
Wiring (ho Klamath Potato
Growers association, Senator Mc
Nary said:
"Agnln conferred with Ba
ker, chairman of tho food and
vegetable division OPA.- Ho
snys they ore going to allow
higher prlco level for Netted
Gem pototoes .but ' price, has
not yet been agreed upon.
However, I shall bo notified
within a few days so that prlco
may be effective between Bth
and. 10th."
Break Soon '
County Agent C. A. Hender
son said .that tho Klamath asso
ciation hns been sending ooiiald-j
eraoia information to McNary,
asking his aid In Ironing out a
situation which developed when
the OPA put n celling of $2.08
for November ond $2.10 for De
cember on . prl?es to country
shippers from this avco.
It ' Is nov apparent a higher
level will . bo permitted, some
time within the next 10 days.
Good News
Henderson suld tho local peo
ple know no more than exactly
what McNary said in his wire,
but added:'
"It looks like good news."
C. J. Main, president of the
Tulelako Growers, said Tuesday
ho hud received a wire from Dnn
Gcrber of the OPA stating the
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Portland Producers
Threaten Closure
As Ration Protest
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 (P) The
Journal reported today that
"fighting mad" producers have
threatened to closo Portland's
East Sldo Farmers' market for
two weeks In protest over gas
ollno rationing.
Hyman H. Cohen, market ed
itor of the paper, said: "The
claim is made by tho farmers
that while the government Is
talking about giving them all
the gasoline they need, their
locul rationing boards have not
heard of such a ruling."
William Giirbiirino, market
moster, said tho producers
would seek assistance from the
Oregon Stato Grange in obtain
ing Increased motor fuel allotments.
Two Votes Saved France
From Open War on Allies
By The Associated Press
Pierre Laval's Vichy cabinet
coma within two votes of declar
ing war on tho allies after Amer
ican troops landed in North
Africa, It becamo known today
as the melancholy story of
Vichy's trials In the German oc
cupation of . all Franco trickled
out of Europe. Tho vote was 8
to 0. ! .
Tho story came from a French
diplomat who remained in the
actlvo service of the Vichy reg
ime until last Friday when tho
Germans attacked Toulon and
the French home flppt. .snve fnr
four submarines so far accounted
for went to the bottom of the
harbor In deliberate mass sui
cide rather than serve .the Ger
mans, , ,-,
Two submarines the Casa
blanca and the Marsouin have
arrived - at . Algiers; . another, . Le
Irontng-Out of Gasoline
Ration Troubles Starts as
Klamathites Jam Office
A block-long queue, of .Klam-
Bin county citizens storm ea ma
local rationing board headquart
ers again Tuesday morning eok-
Ing Information and question
naires for . supplementary gas
rations for commercial vehicles,
sharc-thc-rido-to-work cub, es
sential driving and deliveries
Volunteer help had helped re
storo order out of the chaos
which struck the gas rationing
board Monday, Mrs. C. D. Gar
colon, clerk, stated. When gas
limitation finally came- home to
the local citizenry, motorists fled
to the board In 'an attempt to
get the gas considered necessary
to carry on their 'private opera
Hons. '
- Supplemental ration cards are
now In the mall to hundreds. of
Klamath Puis
Stores Up Gas
Many a weary service station
operator breathed a sigh of "re
lief at seven o'clock Monday
evening when the biggest gaso
line rush In local , history J fkf-
minajcc,.,,:-. -.
' Early , Kionday .mornlnt, Mr."
and Mrs. Klamath County,
armed with every available
container, set . out' to .procure
motor uiei in an enon jo son
en ,the pangs .'of the' Inevitable
rationing. . .... -,
Significant of the general re
luotanco to become pedestrians
was the odd assortment of :con''
talncrs presented i for ; filling
For soma time there has. been
a shortage -of -drums and cans
for storage purposes,' so 'bot
tles, fruit jars and coffea cans
were called into service: .
One woman, fore-armed, pre
sented six .half-gallon Jugs; an
other, thrco syrup cans, while
one more fortunate1 than the
rest proudly displayed two five
gallon milk containers.
Service station attendants,
too busy filling tanks to check
oil and tires, resorted to a serve-
yourself system, and many :. in
experienced damsels were seen
struggling with air hoses and
oily rags. Few windshields were
cleaned. - ;
Oblivious to the hazards' of
storing highly combustible mo
tor fuel In Improper and unsafe
containers, it looks like Klam
ath county will ride for a few
weeks more anyway.
January Draft .
uota to be Small,
SALEM,1 Dec. 1 (fl5) Thanks
to heavy voluntary enlistments',
few married men will be draft
ed in January, Colonel Elmer
V. Wooton, : state selective ser
vice director, said today.
The January draft quota will
be the smallest In six months. -
Glorieux, w: reported en route
there and a fourth, the Iris, was
held at Barcelona where her
crew Is interned. ' ' -V
The French diplomat,: now
somewhere In Europe, said La
val went to Munlch' after the al
lied pcc-.uatlon of .Worth Africa
and found Joachim yon Rlbben
trop,, German foreign minister,
greatly perturbed by . the turn
of events and undecided about
the proper. course to follow.!. f
: The Italians were anxious to
move Into France and' occupy
Nice- and the island of Corsica
immediately, the diplomat said,
but Hibbentrop - was .'worried
about the temper of the 'French
people; i-$ .
In the midst of these delibera
tions, Adolf Hitler; i apparently
undisturbed about the reaction of
the French people, bluntly order-
. - (Continued, on Paga, Two). , "
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M fk ii MacArthur Lands in New Guinea
to' Stem fuss FWTn
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applicants and many have al
ready received them. Also, many
emergency rations to ODT ap
plicants, whose certificates of
necessity have been delayed,
have been mailed put.
. Largo numbers .of. the sup
plemental applications .have
been returned for correction or
completion, ration office staff
members said. Many people
failed to fill In required Informa
tion.
While the situation at the ra
tion office appeared to be clear
ing up, local people, particular
ly -those living in the country or
in remote settlements, were still
deeply concerned over the effect
of the rationing program. Many
local people contended that the
rationing does not take into ef
fect the great distances and lack
of publio transportation in this
area.' " -
-,' PaUqn officials here said they
Uwrmi limMP fhf nrnsrflm
with common sense insofar as
regulations would permit them.
They pointed out that the first
mtlnnlnff is on a three-months'
pass,' and after that Irregular-
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Roiitihe' Patrol 'Actiyi
'. ty, Reported .On . "
'. Guadalcanal .
WASHINGTON, Dec. t IP)
The navy announced today that
United States submarines In tne
Pacific have sunk a Japanese de
stroyer, a tanker, and three
cargo ships and damaged two
other enemy cargo carriers.
' The total merchant tonnage
sunk or damaged totaled 43,300
tons, the navy said.
A communique reporting these
submarine successes also said
that , on Guadalcanal island in
the Solomons there was only
routine American patrol activ
ity on;, Monday, Guadalcanal
time, and that this was support
ed by artillery fire and fighter
planes.- -.
' The communique reported
that In addition to the destroyer,
which was unidentified as to
class and size, United States sub
marines have sent to the bot
tom -of the Pacific one 9000-ton
tanker, one 8000-ton cargo ship,
one 6300-ton cargo ship and one
2000-ton cargo ship. A 12,000-
ton .cargo vessel was described
as damaged and believed sunk
and 6000-ton cargo carrier
damaged. !
-These raised to 148 the grand
total of enemy ships of all types
announced as sunk or damaged
by American undersea action in
the Pacific including 98 sunk,
22 probably sunk and 28 dam
aged. , -. ' '
Police Struggle
With Gas Seekers
In Albuquerque
"ALBUQUERQUE, N. M Dec'
1 tfP) Special police details
struggled wfth an angry, shout
ing crowd estimated at more
than 1000 persons before offices
of the' gasoline rationing board
today trying to get t jir basic or
supplemental ration books.
The majority of ration book
seekers were those donied books
during, the regular registration
period because they did not have
certificates of motor registration.
This requirement has since been
waived, a 'development not add,-
Ing to' the temper of the crowd.,
TllQ' lino started before day
break. So great was the push
that some board' employes were
unable to enter and the offices
did; not' open, until nearly 10
a.rh-.,ralmost-two-hours-lat. . t
HITLER WARNS fe W
ARMYTDHDLO UWi k; i
MOSCOW LINE
Bitter B a 1 1 le Flares l( W P jtl D
For Rzhev; Roil ' fXJ k?lj
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Br EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Dec. X (VP) Adolf
Hitler's own appeal was reported
today to be spurring the nazis
In a desperate but unsuccessful
fight to recapture railway lines
south of Rzhev and southwest of
-Velikie Lukl on the- central Rus
sian front- west of Moscow.
So vital Is Rzhev to the Ger-
mnns'-vast network of communi
cations, said Red Star, that Hit
ler telegraphed hi' commander
there emphasizing tha threat- to
tne city- ana warning- that '-'the
loss of Rzhev is equal to tha loss
of half of Berlin." ;
Houie-to-Houe '
Every thrust In a new series
of counterattacks' was beaten off,
the red army newspaper said.
(The BBC, hea'rd in New York
by;; CBS,,' said" the Russians'- and
CtermansflJre'ady .' wera-locked
ftt 'fierc fighting , wltMWRWev
and'a London evening" news dis
patch from Stockholm said Rus
sian shock troops were battlini
the - Germans from house-to-house,
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Nails Counter
(The Russians, In art ' earlier
offensive, had - closed, pincers
around Rzhev frbm north and
south and had won' a iodthold In
the city's outskirts'. " There has
been no indication that they ever
were dislodged. Th k new report,
therefore, may' refer to Russian
forces attacking from wedges
long since" cut into the nazl de
fenses.) Axis troops trapped before
Stalingrad; also were, counter
attacking, ' but there,' too, "Rus
sian" reports said, .stiffening Ger
man resistance had failed to stem
the red army's drives." '. '
. ' , Progress in City
With another 2500 Invaders
listed by the noon communique
as killed in overnight fighting,
t (Continued on Page. Two)
Hampton Jagger
Dies in Bunkhouse
Fire Near Tuie
. ' ' ."" "... ; '
' TULELAKE Flames which
consumed a bunkhouse on the
Charles Dyer ranch east of Tule
lake on the East-West road, also
claimed the life of Hampton Jag
ger, about 45, when it burned at
10:30 o'clock Monday -night. : '
Little is known concerning
Jagger, who was employed by
Dyer earlier in the day when he
called at the Oregon- employ!
ment service office seeking help
on his ranch. Jagger had a so
cial security card issued to. him
in the state of - Washington.
Cause of the fire was not de
termined; although It Is- thought
that Jagger had' built a fire in
the bunkhouse to dry his laun:
dry. His body was found at the
door. The Tulelake fire depart-;
ment answered a call.'fro'm .the
Dyer place but arrived too' late
to save the building. Deputy
Sheriff Charles Diiggan of Mo
doc county took J charge and
moved the remains to Alturas.
SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
TO' OR.OE.ftV
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f!W& CHRISTMAS: .
General Douglas MacArthur
advanced allied base, somewhere
Chase, aide to Lt. Gen. George
allied air forces In the southwest
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1SE FIGHT
Only Few Yards Sepa-
; rate Allies From "
Japanese ;
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Dec 1 (IP)
With only a matter of yards sep
arating the Japanese and allied
lines in the jungle, savagd fight
ing flamed on the left flank of
the' New Guinea battlefront yes
terday. ... '. " .
A spokesman for General
Douglas MacArthur said today
the fighting was "close in" and
particularly heavy on the Gqna
end of the 20-mile strip of beach
which represents the sole Jap
anese foothold left in Papua. .
Between Gona on the west and
Buna on the east, allied patrols
already had driven a wedge, at
least temporarily, and succeeded
in reaching the beach. ,
Artillery hammered both sides
yesterday and the allies called
on heavy mortar fire to destroy
some Japanese machinegun posts
in the Gona area. Reports from
New Guinea said artillery hits
destroyed four barges and start
ed towering fires among stores
around "ona. .;-' !
Allied fliers actively support
ed .the, ground units and, carry
ing the air battle to the Japanese
with smashing blows, destroyed
eight Zero fighters in the New
Guinea area while anti-aircraft
fire accounted for another over
Darwin, Australia. ' ' '
If. S. Sub, Stalking Prey in Sight of
Jap Coastline, Sinks 8 Cargo Ships
By WALTER CLAUSEN
PEARL HARBOR, Dec. i (IP)
A United States submarine that
stalked its prey so close to the
Japanese coastline that its crew
could watch the pony races at a
big city track sank eight enemy
cargo ships and damaged four
others.:-:'. ' . , '
1 The ships sunk totalled 70,-
000 tons and the four damaged
aggregated 20,000 to , 25,000
tons. Much of the action took
place in full view of large Jap
anese" cities. The dates were not
given', -i '
The story of the submarines
successful' venture into enemy
waters was told here by Lieut.
Commander Thomas Burton
Klakring, 37, - of San Mateo,
Calif. He is to receive the Navy
Cross from Admiral Chester -W.,
stepped from his plane at an
in New Guinea,: as Capt. C. R.
O. Kenney, commander of the
Pacific, held the door open.
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Complaints
Bring Probe -Of
Censorship :
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WASHINGTON, Dec." 1. W)
An investigation of the opera
tion of war-tune censorship was
projected today by the ' senate
judiciary, committee as a result
of complaints made by .Gov.
Ernest Gruening of Alaska.
; Chairman- Van Nuys (D-Ind;)
announced the committee would
call. Byron Price, director pf the
office of. censorship, before it
next week for an inquiry into
the -organization and methods
used- in the attempt to, prevent
military information from fall
ing into enemy hands.- , ..
-Van .Nuys told reporteds
Gruening had complained . in a
closed committee session yes
terday that the censorship ;- of
fice- at-Seattle,-which--checks
communications with ' Alaska;
was deleting material from pri
vate mail which had no connec
tion with .the war effort.
Senator Norris (Ind.-Neb.)
said the committee had been in
formed ."that -the Seattle censor
ship staff often sen-, excerpts
from the mail read there to per-
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Bulletin
LONDON, Dec. i .(AP)
Admiral Jean Darlan. has as
sumed the powers of chief ot
state, in French , Africa,, the
Morocco radio said tonight.
The broadcast said Darlan.
had taken his new 'powers
'as the representative of Mar-'
shal Petain who at present Is
a .prisoner."
Nimitz, commander-in-chief of
the 'Pacific, fleet.
A loud speaker system ga,ve.
the sub's crew a running, ac
count of each action and, the
men were given the chance-to
line up and look through- the
periscope as ; some of the ves
sels went down.
It was not all easy pickings,
however, v for., enemy planes
dropped depth - charges ' about
them and they were fired on by
escort vessels. i I
"Our biggest day," said Klak
ring, "was the . day we sank
four big ships in one hour. The
enemy convoy force was nine
or 'ten ships six big cargo
ships and three or four combat
escorts. . - . ,
','We fired at two ships and
saw both of them go down. Our
BATTLE RAGES
TO
E5GML1E
Warplanes Pound
Nazi-Held Bases' in
24-Hour Assault :
By ROGER D. GREENE '
Associated Press War Editor
. American Flvincr Fnrfrp'M
and other' allied ' warplanes
pounded the axis-held bases of
Bizerte, Tunis and Gabes In tha
greatest 24-hour assault of tha
North African campaign today
while tank-led American ' and
British troops were locked with
the" Germans- in battle on the
approaches to the two big axle
strongholds.
- Allied headauarters salrl Ilia
battle for- Tunisia was "in the
critical stage" as allied ground
forces struck forward to cut tho
last -hfffhwnv -linlrfl htwan
Tunis, the capital; and Bizerte.
",- 'Bixerte founded ' .
. In danger of being trapped,
the axis invaders were reported
trvlne to MtahHsh
head at Gabes, 200 miles south
ot Tunis. - - -i '
Great fires were reported rag
ins in Bizerte imrler thp awnnlt
Of Flying Fortress bombers. '
Italian Guards - -'Allied
headquarters' ln'North
Africa 'irl that- RrHi.h . rr.A
American forces had deepened
tneir weage toward fthe high-.-wajKamd-that-U.-S.
army and
French - troops had- gained
ground In a thrust to block the
axis "escape . corridor"- to Trip
oli. , ; .
rOther-rennrt aM- -Ttallan
troops were guarding the coast
al line :oi retreat Detween Sfax
and Gabes.' south oF.Timla hnf
.the American-French contingent
was apparently cutting m above
wie iascists.
f A' United Nations headquar
ters 'spokesman, while; caution--.-.-(Continued
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Willamette River
Flood Matches
10-Year Record
EUGENE, Dec. 1 OP) State
highway, officials were check
ing roads for washed out spots
today while residents of flooded
areas surveyed water-damaged
property, in the wake of the
worst Willamette; river flood' in
Lane county since 1932.: ;
' : The' river had receded to ' 8
feet at Eugene - this ' morning,
four feet below flood stage,' and
all roads,' with the exception of
a few -logging -routes which
were washed out at points, were
open, to "traffic. .- . . '
The Willamette highway . suf
fered damage at several' places,
but . officials said, traffic was
going, through. ,, ,
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City Briefs' '. .,'.. Jage 3
Comics and Story .. I.Page .8
Courthouse Records .....Page' ! 4
Editorial .......Page ,;4
Midland Empire News, Page 5
MaTket, Financial ..........Page - d
Oiir Men in Service......Page : 7
Pattern Page 10
Sports Page -8
range was between 600 and
1000 yards.- We were lucky-to
hit .both-ships. The other four
scattered in-all directions while
the escort came after us. . .
."The convoy was standing to
in a. large port where there are
steel mills."
Klakring said the third sink
ing was "in full view of a Japa
nese settlement." This sinking
and the - next : one averaged
about a minute going down and
several - boatloads of survivor
got away.
"When we started after the
rest --of - the convoy " ' Klakring
continued, "out of a cove came
six or seven Jap patrol planes.
They dropped plenty of depth
charges but we kept on after
our prey. We managed to. head
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