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2itr$ IliillBllIllillilllHIlBiiBII Oil On 8-mlnute blast on elrent and whistles li the signal lot blackout in Klamath FalU. Another long blast, during a black out, ta a algnal lor all-olaar. In precau tionary parlodi, watch your atraat ilghta. Dacambar aO High 48, Low 28 Pracipitatlon at of Dacambar 13, 1943 Btraam yaar to data ........!:24 Last yaar 3.37 Normal 3iSB Dec. 22 Sunrlia 8:27 Sunset Sil2 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1942 Number 9674 B IMIif MJ Ml Mffl K. F. mum , I : ill By FRANK JENKINS nUSSIA tukca tlio spotlight to- dny with announcement of a new two pronged offensive louthward from Voronezh and westward from tlio upper sec tion of the Don bend, northwest Oof Stalingrad. Sotilhwnrd from Voronezh, the Russian nra apparently follow ing tho Moscow-Rostov railroad. Tholr other prong Is driving westward TOWARD this rnll lino, and today's dispatches in- dlcnto the possibility that they may effect a Junction at Miller ovo, about 130 miles north of Rostov. Tho red army reports advances ranging from 47 to 78 miles and says that yesterday alone Its gains were between 16 and IB miles. That's pretty good speed, and indicates that the German tcslstanco encountered isn't too , strong. VOUR map will tell you tho story. It will suggest that if the Russians can keep on going in their present direction they will ba abla to got In BEHIND O Rostov. ' If and when that happens, Hit ler will havo to chaw another rug, for his summer-long, costly, bloody Volga-Caucasus drive will have been nipped off back toward Its base. - - TP you aren't willing to toko tho time to follow It on tho map, you might as well skip tho atory of tho Russian winter of fensive. Only the map can maka it clear.) 'T'HE Russians report 300 vll lages retaken and more than 43,000 Germans killed and cap tured , In this latest drive which, by the way, is already In Its sixth dny, although we have heard nothing of It before. Tho Russians arc master hands at keeping quiet about what they ' are doing. Q AMONG their achievements in this drive, they havo taken many of tho airdromes from which tho Gormans havo beon flying reinforcements and sup plies to their pnrtly-surroundcd forces in the Don-Volga area, compelling tho Gormans to longthcn seriously tho final link of thoir nlr-supply routo to tho Stalingrad front. 1 In any offensive launched in modern warfare, you may bo sure that airfields aro Important objectives. , nrHE drift of tho news today ln x dlcatcs that tho axis plan Is to gather ALL Its Afrlcon forces ' for a last-ditch fight at Blzcrto and Tunis. If that is true, Rom mel will not attempt much of a stand at Tripoli. There are hints that Hitler is oven weakening his forces in Russia to bolster O his Tunisian-position. . ' - Rumors today toll of an axis armada being gathered in French ports for an all-out attempt to get reinforcements to - Tunisia. Some 1U0 French ships, recently seized, are said to bo included In this armada. Hitler, Ciano (Mussolini's son-in-law) and LAVAL aro reported to bo conferring on plans. Laval, you see, is casting asldo all con cealment and Is openly joining tho Germans and Italians. (That Isn't news, of course, as he has been headed In that di rection from tho beginning.) T IGHT Amerlcan-bullt tanks, :J manned by Australians, en- (Continued on Pago Four) BERLIN SILENT , LONDON, Dec. 21 (P) The I Berlin radio was suddenly sllont ' shortly after 8 p. m. tonight in dicating, tho posslblo presence of allied bombers over the continent. Klamath Stores Report Bang-up Safes Weekend Klamath merchants reported a bang-up wcekond In holiday sales and In a check with nine of the loading stores reports were optimistic for a hurdle over 104 I s business figure. Several stores said that Sat urday's business was 30 per cent over that of . last year, and one merchant said his sales for the weekend were 80 per cent above the 1041 figuro for the same two days prior to Christmas. "Very satisfactory," "better than last year," "wo did a whole of a toy business" and even "best day In the history of the store," wrro a few of tho comments (Continued on Pago Three) PILOTS SEHRCH E Transport Missing ' With 13 Persons Aboard VANCOUVER, Dec. 21 M) Keen-eyed pilot,' hampered by tho weather criss-crossed a ru god coastal area 80 miles wide by 00 miles deep today search ing for a Canadian Pacific Air lines transport missing with 13 persons aboard. Eight planes took part In the hunt, their only clue tho fact that the missing aircraft had made Its routine request for landing Instructions as It soared over the peaks of the Cascades at an altitude of 14,000 feet lost night near the end of a three hour flight from Interior Prince George, E. C. Sllcnco greeted the CPA con trol tower at Vancouver airport when it called back to glvo In structions to Capt. Ernest Kubl cck, veteran northland flier, and his co-pilot Capt Bill Holland. If tho officers followed rou- (Contlnued on Page Three) Steps Planned to , . Improve Rationing Of Gasoline, Oil WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (P) James F. Byrnes announced to day after a conference with key administration officials that steps would be token to increase tho supply of petroleum and "Improve rationing methods." Tho director of economic sta bilization added, however, that tno governmental agencies in volved "hold out no hope for any lessening of tho restrictions upon the use of gasoline and fuel oil." Chairman Donald M. Nelson, of tho war production board warned, meanwhile,- that in the future "the mobility of consume crs will be greatly restricted, both of necessity and by consum er choice." "Travel by automobile is duo for restriction much more dras tic than that obtaining today," Nelson said in a letter to Chair man Murray (D-Mont.) of the senate small business committee. Citation Reveals Giraud's to ALLIED : HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Dec. 21 (VP) An audacious submarine expedi tion, commanded by an Ameri can navy captain, whisked Gen- oral Henri Honoro Glraud out of Franca to join In the allied oc cupation of North Africa, but the elderly, pugnacious French man once foil Into the sea to bo saved by submarine crewmen who grabbed him by the coat collar. The story of Giraud's sub- marlnc-alrplano escape was dis closed yesterday when Lieut. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower com 'Drowns ESCUE SAVES LIVES OF 3 OTHERS L. E. Arney, 25, Dies As Boat Overturns Near Keno A duck hunters' boat over turned in the Klamath river at Kcno late Sunday, drowning Ly man Eugene Arney, 29, and set ting the stage for a quick rescue that saved the lives of three others. A fifth man swam to shore, i Four men and a boy wero in the 14-foot motor-powered craft when it turned sharply and struck a boom log 100 yards be low the bridge as they came Into Kcno from a hunting trip at 9:83 p. m. Boy Warned Into the icy water went Arney, Eugene Reamcs, William A. Ben ton, William Stacy and William Stacy, Jr., who is 11 years old. . Arney sank almost immedi ately after calling out to the, bpy to grab the boom log. -.- Young Stacy grasped the over turned boat, as did Benton. The elder Stacy sought first to aid his son, unable to swim and weighted down by heavy hunting clothes, he went down once or twice and was struggling desperately when rescued. Reamcs swam to shore un aided. 3 Pulled In The rescue was effected by Ross Simmers and Dick Morgan of Kcno, who heard the shouts of the accident victims and put out almost Immediately in Sim mers' boat. They picked up Stacy, and (Continued on Pago Three) Strike of Union Members Hampers Gun Plant Output JACKSON, Mich., Dec. 21 (AP) A strike of several hund red union members employed at tho Goodyear Tire and Rubber company today hampered pro duction in the company's gun plant here, which operated with only a fraction of its normal force. Company officials and lead ers of the United Rubber Work ers (CIO) local union conferred in an attempt to settle the dis pute which centered in arrange ments for Sunday work at the plant. A notice posted by the com pany Friday, announcing that only 75 per cent of the Sunday shift was to report, set off the dispute. Local union members at a meeting decided the entire force should be given Sunday work, or none would work, and directed unionists to remain away from the plant. A company spokesman said Friday's notice was intended to avoid payment of double time for a large number of new em ployes being trained for work in the plant. African Front mended Navy Captain Jerauld Wright, Washington, D. C, for leading the operation. Glraud joined Eisenhower only a few hours before the al lied troops' went ashore in North Africa, November 8, after his third and most thrilling escape exploit. Giraud escaped from the Germans once in the first World war and again last April when ' he fled the German Koenlgsteln prison into Vichy controlled France. Wright led the exploit in a British submarine, which lay off (Continued on Page Three) f Aleutian Fliers m in Dressed In heavy clothing, craw await thalr turn to take islands, closa to the Jap base Axis Moves Forces From Russia, Tripoli to Make All-out Stand in Tunisia By Tha Associated Press LONDON, Dec. 21 CflPJThe 'aids was reported today "moving its forces from Tripoli and di verting men and material even from the hard-pressed Russian front in order to make an all-out fight for Tunisia in the wake of a two-day military and political conference at Adolf Hitler's headquarters. - . Neutral and allied sources re ported that a huge convoy was December 24 Is Effective Date Of Spud Ceiling The office of war Information said Monday that December 24 is tho effective date for the new potato celling, which is 10 cents abovo the previous ceiling. On Saturday, when the new celling was announced, consid erable confusion developed as to the effective date. The Herald and News, which received con flicting reports on the question, tried repeatedly- for a definite government statement, but could get only a report that the OWI information f r o m Washington gave the impression the effective date was Monday. On Monday, a definite state ment came through making De cember 24 the day. Mother Sees Her : . Son, In Spite of ' Censor's Ruling BOISE, Ida., Dec. 21 (IP) A mother s patience was rewarded Three weeks ago John Bar- ringer, with the army on the west coast, advised his mother by letter that he was coming through his, hometown en route to an astern base. The censor wouldn't permit John to give details, so his moth er, Mrs. Charles Barringer, be gan meeting trains. As one pulled in Saturday night, Mrs. Barringer saw her son on a coach, boarded and rode to Glenns Ferry,- the 70 mllo trip affording ample time for a visit. IS SHOPPING Tl DAYS. LEFT i Kh MH- MV ' . SoAienilM6 ICR IIMl-LS St YlDD ANO AUNT "MARIAN Buy Christmas &s Await Turn Hi 'j , A' 1 the members of -a B-24 bomber off from a base In the. Aleutian at Kiska. ' .':.."." "." being assembled In southern French potts to ruh relriforce-mcnts'-'jfronv- Europe, and that Marshal Erwln Rommel's Afri can corps and Mussolini's tat tered legions might give up Tri- politanla altogether in order to concentrate every available man and gun In the struggle for Tu nisia. A Reuters dispatch from North Africa said allied patrols had captured Italians from Tri poli who wero tryi .g to link Up with Gen. Walther Nehring's Tu nisian forces and added that there were indications that part of the Italian garrison of Tripoli also was moving by sea to Tu nisia. The Dally Mail, in a dispatch from Madrid, said it was report ed from Vichy that the Germans were planning a large-scale at tempt to reinforce the Tunisian forces with a convoy of 150 French ships massed in French ports for the risky crossing. . ' The presence of Pierre Laval, Vichy chief of government, at (Continued on Page Three) Four Soldiers, Two From Portland, Die In Eastern Crash WILMINGTON, N. C, Dec. 21 (IP) Philip Chipman, 37, for mer prominent attorney of Port land, Ore., and honor graduate of Harvard university and three other soldiers were killed in an automobile collision near here yesterday. . Chipman was an officer school student at nearby Camp Davis, as were Edmund L. Labbe, 28 also of Portland, Ore., and Wil liam A. Pommering, 22, -Fort Thomas, Ky, All would have been graduated this month. The fourth victim was tech nician, fourth grade, Norman rakett, 26, of Hillsdale, N. J. ; Barkley Calls for United Congress WASHINGTON, Dec. ' 21 (IP) Senate Democratic Leader Bark- ley of Kentucky called on the new congress today to bury, fac tional differences in' a harmoni ous support of the war effort which would leave the country united when, tha time comes to write the peace. Republican minorities ' will climb to the highest point in years with the convening of. the new session on Jan. 6, but Bark- ley expressed confidence that would make no difference to ward prosecuting the war. . News Index City Briefs Page 5 Comics and Story Page 6 Editorial . Pace 4 Markets, Financial ,...:.....Page 7 Midland Empire . :..Page 4 Our Men in Service...:. Page 8 Pattern Page 3 Sporta . Page-2 I laois r, Jap Commander Kill ed in Battle for Buna Area By The Associated Press American-made tanks. Aus tralian-manned, have rumbled into the attack against the last Japanese strongholds in the Buna area of northeast.' New Guinea, while on the Burma front 6ritisjj troops and.-Amerr- tan Domoers strucK ai japan s westernmost bases. ' .' ;. ,5 From-ch"13. Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault's Sky Dragons dumped tons of heavy 'explosives yesterday onto a big Japanese airfield and military warehouses at Lasbio on the old Burma sup ply road. Firai Started Not a bomber was lost and not a Japanese fighter was en countered, reported 3. Reilly O'Sullivan, Associated Press cor respondent whoaccohipanled, the raiders. ' ' ," y , . " He said fires were started whicn could be seen - 60 miles away. .-. From the mountainous Indian border, Gen. Archibald P. Wa vell's forces had pushed through the western Burma jungle for al most half of the 100 miles to the important, port of Akyab, 340 '- (Continued on Page Three)' Defective Wire Brings Charge Against Company WASHINGTON. Dec' 21 (JP Attorney General Biddle . an nounced today the Indictment of Anaconda Wire and Cable Co., in what he called "one of the most reprehensible cases of de frauding the government and endangering the lives of Ameri can soldiers and sailors." ' The justice department said the Marion (Ind.) company was charged with turning out defec tive wire in meeting 6,000,000 in government orders. Some of its wire went to Russia, an of ficial said, resulting in a soviet complaint, while the U. S. army had ordered that communica tions-wire from the Anaconda company be used only for ma neuvers not for combat. 1 Besides conspiracy to defraud, Biddle said the indictment of the company and five officers, returned at Fort Wayne, Ind., charged conspiracy - to present "false claims in the production and sale of wire and cable used by the armed forces for combat communication purposes." The justice department charged the defendants, "secret ly installed," behind sliding panels under test ''tables, mech anisms that enabled the passing of inferior or defective mate rials. H. D. Kersey, president of the (Continued on Page Three) ANK BOMBERS STREAM INTO BURMA BATTLE RAF Pounds Great German Inland Port; Flying Fortresses Dare Nazis in France LONDON, Dec. 21 (P) The RAF pounded Germany's great inland port of Duisberg at the junction of the Rhine and Ruhr rivers last night in a swift fdl-low-up to a 'daylight raid by American Flying Fortresses which dared swarms of German fighters to penetrate deep into occupied France yesterday. "A strong force of bur bomb ers attacked industrial objectives at Duisburg in clear weather and bright moonlight," the air min istry said; . "The attack was heavy --and -concentrated and fesait ..Buna Held for Shooting - Polignac Bourquln. 72, was jailed in Savannah, Ga., on a charge of opening fir with a shotgun in Chatham county su perior court. Wounding Judge Clark Edwards and three other men. Detective Chief John C. McCarthy said Bourquln fired because ha thought ha saw- a lawyer "who did ma euxf,; years egor;. ' - :';' rst'A V'-' ; --' T Chinese Hold Invader Along Banks of ' '"' River CHUNGKING, Dec. 21 (IP) Continued clashes along the bor der of the Burmese Shan states and Yunnan province, where the Japanese are driving northward toward the Burma road, were re ported by the Chinese high com mand today. The communique said Chinese forces were holding the Japanese in check along the banks of the Namlwi river, where the Japa nese crossed into Yunnan from the south for the first time at Mengma, about 1! 0 miles south of the Burma road. In another clash more than 100 Japanese were killed and wounded in a stampede when the invaders were thrown back in an attempt to cross another river, the communique said. It Takes a Civilian Now to Play Santa At Hensley Field ' DALLAS, Tex., Dec' 21 , (P) Physical training Instructors at nearby Hensley field are wear ing that smug, satisfied look. The soldiers want to have a Christmas party and there's not a paunch to be found among 'em, befitting a Santa Claus. A bay-windowed civilian will be imported for the chore. many large fires were left burn ing." - The German, high command said both explosives and incen diaries were loosed upon Duis burg. -, "Considerable damage was done, especially in the resident ial districts and to public build ings," said the high, command communique broadcast by the Berlin radio. - "The population sustained losses." The size of the force which at tacked Duisburg was not im mediately disclosed, . but an an-' f" ; 'if) J 5 ffl SOVIETS NEAR UKRAINE EDGE, DONETS BASIN Russ Take Airdromes r .'- Used for Nazi Supply By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (AP) The) red army'-s middle Don offen sive, its third of the winter, rolled on to the edge of tha Ukraine and toward the' vast coal, iron and hydroelectric, regions of the Donets basin to day. '-'-.' .-..'" Showing no signs of slacken-., ing, the Russians moved at a pace which rivaled ' the east ward sweep of Hitler's forces last July over the same ground. . . Airdromes Taken Caught before the red army onrush and in the cruel grip of the wind-driven snows of the Don Cossack steppes was a mounting toll and dead and cap tured Germans more than 43, 000. " :., . .. Adding., new-villages-.t the) 300 already recaptured, the Rus sians occupied many of the air dromes on the steppes from which the Germans have been flying huge transports to supply 22 trapped divisions in the Don Volga corridor at Stalingrad. : ;v Naiis Counter ; The Germans were ; being forced progressively to move these bases back toward tha Rostov area, 250 miles from Stalingrad. As the aerial supply -(Continued on Page Three) - Snell Inauguration May Wait Senate . Presidency Battle SALEM, Dec. 21 (JP) Gover nor-elect Earl Snell was begin ning to wonder today whether the battle over the presidency of the state senate would pre vent him from being inaugur ated on January 11 at the open ing of the state legislature; - With Senators Dorothy Me Cullough Lee and W. H. Stel wer each claiming 15 votes in their . contests for the . senate presidency, there is a chance that the battle won't be decided on January 11. . - - Since the- governor, can't be inaugurated until the legislature is organized, Snell might have . to wait a day or so, or at least until the senate president , is elected. Both houses meet in caucus on the evening of January 10, and all officers usually are chosen at that time. Bulletin LONDON. Dec. 21 (fP) The Morocco radio said tonight that Marshal Rommel's re treating axis army "already has reached the vicinity of Mistruata." only 100 miles east of Tripoli. Cairo dispatches last report ed pursuing British troops op erating beyond Sultaln 280 ' miles from Tripoli. nouncemcnt that 11 planes were lost in the assault was taken by observers as an indication that a considerable number partici pated. Six of the big American bomb ers were lost, but 40 German, fighters were shot down in the sweep by U. S. forces deep into France yesterday, a raid that produced sharp battles. Last night, taking another trick out of its bag, the RAF used hew Whirlwinds as intrud ers. One of the twin-engined, (Continued on Page Three)
