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By FRANK JENKINS
JSJEW YEAR'S Day la tradition
A oily a tlmo to TALK often
about things Hint nro HOPED
ruthcr thnn bcllovcd,
T TNDOUBTEDLY in Hint voln,
Hitler tells his pooplo In a
New Year's messago thut "how
ever hard this winter mny bo, It
etin't bo harder thnn Inst winter,"
Ho proclaims there will ba no
rcpotltion of tho Gorman col
lupso In 1018 and pledges a light
to the and. .
"Gormany," ho says, "will
navor bo conquered and never
l 111 nun ii ntn "
r .
THE best comment Is to quote
frnm ItL Xnmt hlff innnrh. In
which ha told the Gorman
pcoplo:
"Stalingrad will be TAKEN
have no fonri as to that."
THE Russians, realistic now, as
'A always, confine their talking
to WHAT THEY HAVE DONE,
rather thnn what they are GO
ING to do.
It is plenty,
They report that In six weoks
of fighting In the Stalingrad area
they hnvo killed and captured
SI 2.850 Germans and taken back
1880 Russian towns and vit
iligos, f
COVIET PRESIDENT KALININ
(dealing, you will note, with
occompllshments - -rather-"than
uiuro none.i) oners nut opm-
nn.
"During tho past year," he
says, "the Gorman army sus
tained losses which EXHAUST
ED Its OFFENSIVE power."-
. In a special Now Year's com
munlciue. the soviet-high com
mand takes time out irom tolling
of accomplished facta to indulgo
In a bit of sarcasm.
Tha German, plans to take
Stalingrad and cut the Volga
Casnlun lino. It says, were hur
riedly formed, without taking
Into consideration Germany
actual resources or Russia's re
serves.
That to Germany, which has
boasted the smartest military
leadership in tho world.
sneaks of tha peaco to follow
he mnr. and savs it must be a
LASTING peace.
There are no dissenters,
BUTTRESSING tho New Year's
talk Is tho onnounccmont thot
the Russians yesterday pushed
40 MILES westward from Elista,
reaching tho eastern end of
BO-mllc-long lake whoso frozen
surface offers good going for a
further advance.
It Is the biggest Jump they
have mode In any alngle day
It carries them In tho general
direction of the Rostov-Baku
main trunk lino railroad that sup
piles all the German forces op
erating In the Caucasus.
THESE forces would be trap
'' ped If this rail line were cut
BEHIND them. The Russians
ivh uetiii muni, a iub ui iau
THRILLING bit of news
cornea from the South Pa
cific
-V. S. heavy bombers deliver
a mass attack on wake Island
whore American marines mado
history for a couplo of weeks a
year ago before being finally
overwhelmed by tho Jnps. More
than J 75,000 pounds of bombs
. I ,)..., ttn
WUIO, MIUJJCMI ,1USU W1IU
atarbed, 23 Jap planes were de-
strwyed and possibly half of the
jmp acienaers oi ino isiona
Tti led.
. Two bullet holes In wings are
reported to be the extent of
dnmago to our planes and not a
mart of the crews was killed or
hurt. The Japs are said to have
boon caught completely unpre
pared.
I
It happened the day before
Christmas.
N the other side of the led
ger, four Jap fighter planes
appear unexpectedly at Klska.
intercept a u. b. ooirroer-llgmer
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Reds Deal Sta
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11 S. BOMBERS
RAID JAPS
Half of Force May
Have Been Killed
In Attack
By The Associated Prass
Huge American bombers were
disclosed today to have raided
Japanese-garrisoned Wake island
in a terrific mass attack the day
before Christmas, and delayed
reports from tho Pacific sold
possibly more than half of tha
Japanese forces there were
killed.
Not one of the raiding bomb
ers was lost, reported Olcn W,
Clements, Associated Press cor
respondent, who rode In one of
the planes.
He said 78,000 pounds of
bombs started Immense fires in
tho attack, which began 1 one
minute after midnight : and
caught tho Japanese asleep on
the island where for 16 days a
year ago United States marines
mado one of the most gallant
lost stands in military history,
The base from which the
bombors struck was kept--a se-
A-nl " ' '
Jap Planes Hit
Allied headquarters in Aus
tralia announced a continued
aerial offensive in which Japa
nese airfields were attacked at
Los and Woke, New Guinea;
Gasmata, on New Britain, and
Buka, on Bougainville island In
tho Solomons.
At least 23 Japanese planes
were listed as destroyed or dam
aged, and of this number Unit
ed States Lockheed Lightnings,
new star performers In the skies
over tho southwest Pacific, were
(Continued on Pogo Two)
Re-Sentencing
Of Wallace Set
PORTLAND, Jnn. 1 (TP) Cir
cuit Judge Alfred P. Dodson will
re-sentence Wednesday William
E. Wallace, Portland, to die In
the lethal gas chamber at Salem
for the first degree murder of
Benjamin J. Finkcll, former lot
tery resort capper, here August
8, 1041.
The state supreme court re
cently donlcd Wallace's petition
for a rehearing. The death sen
tence is mandatory on such a
conviction in Oregon.
IKE ISLAND
F. R. Says Post-War Peace
Planning Vital Necessity
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (P)
President Roosevelt declared to
day that it was a "supreme ne
cessity" to plan for the post-war
peace and to carry forward after
the war the unity .now being dis
played by the United Nations,
to prevent another world cata
clysm.
The president Issued a state
ment at a press conference open
ing the now year, asserting the
United Nations "are passing
from the defensive to the offen
sive," and adding:
"The unity achloved on the
battle line is being earnestly
sought In the not less complex
problems on a different front.;
"In this as In no previous war
men are conscious of tha su
preme necessity of planning
what Is to come after and of
carrying forward into peace and
common effort which will have
brought them victory in tho war.
'They have come to see that
tho maintenance and safeguard
ing of peace Is the most vital
single necessity in the lives of
each and all of us."
The statement was Issued on
the first anniversary of the sign
ing here, last .January 1 and 2
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reports, territory reconquered by the soviet armies on the south
ern front. Russians' pushed closer to Rostov (A) In their drive
to cut off German armies far to the south in the Caucasus
salient (B). Shaded Una shows maximum German penetration
before the soviet counter-drive bognn. .. .. . ,
Craver. Jacobs Still
Talked; Technical
Question Raised
Klamath county court will
meet at 10 a. m. Saturday to
end tho political flurry that has
developed over the appointment
of a successor to State Repre
sentative Harry Boivln, resign
ed.
The names of u. H. Craver
end Lee Jacobs continued to
dominato ' the Informal discus
sions of the opening, which will
be filled by. the court at the
Saturday morning meeting.
Craver appears. to have the
blessing of Boivln, the outgoing
legislator. The nominating com
mittee of the democratic central
committee endorsed Craver,
railroad man.
Technical Issue
Jacobs has the advantage of
having been a runner-up in the
spring primary legislative race,
(Continued on Pago two)
of the "Declaration- by United
Nations."
The president amplified his
formal statement by saying that
"all the planning for the future
is dependent obviously on
peace."
He added Informally that this
was an important anniversary
not only because of its relation
ship to running and winning the
war, but because of its refer
ence to peace and the post war
period.
He emphasized that the orig
inal 26 United Nations, augment
ed later by three other signers,
wanted to remain united at tho
end of the war as well as during
the war.
"Our task," he said In his for
mal statement, "on this Now
Year's day Is three-fold: First,
to press on with the mossed
forces of free humanity until
the present bandit assault upon
civilization is completely crush
ed; second, so to organize rela
tions among nations that forces
of barbarism can never again
break loose; third, to cooperate
to the end that mankind may en
joy in peace and in freedom the
unprecedented blessings which
divine providence through the
progress of civilization has put
within our reach."
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7 Missing in
Plane Sinking
Off Coos Bay
SEATTLE, Jan.. 1 (Pi Thir
teenth naval district headquar
ters announced today seven men
were missing from a navy PBY
flying boat which sank a mile
off Coos Bay, Ore., last night
after alighting on the ocean be
cause of engine trouble. One
officer was known to have reach
ed shore.
The navy reported the plane,
on a routine flight, set down
after circling and dropping
flares. The plane started filling
with water and sank in three
quarters -of an hour, and the
crew abandoned ship.
Early today an ensign was
found unconscious In a life raft
and was taken to an army camp
at Yachats, Ore.
The navy said a largzr raft
and one life jacket were found
ashore, but whetner ttie seven
missing men reached shore was
undetermined. A search was un
derway.
Coastguardsmcn tried to reach
tho sinking plane last night.
navy headquarters reported, but
were prevented by a lS-foot surf
and rocky beach. ..
Of the missing men, two were
officers and the other five en
listed men, the navy reported.
Names were not immediately
available.
Portland Health
Director Leaves
For Navy Duties
PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 1 (Pi
Eldon I. Jenne, Portland public
school director of health, physi
cal education and recreation,
will' leave tomorrow to become
a lieutenant (s. g.) in the navy's
pre-f light physio and condition
ing program. ,
Jenne is a one-time Washlns.
ton State college football and
polo vault star. i
Prisoner Refused
Service Request
PORTLAND. Jan' 1 ' P1 L
Louis H. Santone, 30, was sen
tenced to three years In prison
by Federal Judge James A. Fee
yesterday for driving a stolen
automobile from Omaha, Neb.,
10 saiem.
Fee rejected Santone's offer
to serve in the armed forces in
stead of prison. "I consider It
an honor to serve In the armed
forces," the court said, point
ing out that he did not believe
crime qualified a man for-such
an honor.
ALLIES GIVEN ,
1 843 KEYNOTE
BY COMEBACK
Huge Nazi Losses on
East , Front Told; .
Force Trapped
By JAMES M. LONG '
. Associated Press Wax Editor
Soviet Russia sounded an al
lied keynote for 1943 today with
the official claim of one of the
war's most staggering blows to
nazl arms in triumphant com
muniques announcing more than
312,650 Germans killed or cap
tured in six weeks of a carefully
timed comeback .campaign. - -r
, The Russians declared that the
remnants of 22 German divisions
were trapped, and. apparently
doomed before' Stalingrad, "and
said 1589 towns, and. villages
bad been won, back' under, the
red banner,':;.;. -."!:;'.-,;'.-f;!:.;v!
. Menace Grows" .
Heightening the menace to the
whole German force in the east
ern'. Caucasus, the Russians re.
ported driving' 4t miles or fhoVe)
in-'' a-, siagle day. across' the
Kalrrtvck Steone bevond Elista
VH',iT'f1,res 'rSO-mile-long
laKe . wmcn 7 exienas -wuran uu
miles .oi saisK..: 5 " -
From Salsk one key rati line
runs- northwest, to .Rostov, and
from just south of the lake spur
lines connect with the Rostov-
Baku trunk railway down which
the nazis advanced-last fall. .
President Michael Kalinin of
the soviet union declared in a
New Year's message that during
the past year, '.'the German army
sustained losses which exhausted
its offensive power."
The RAF bombed in the new
year with ' attacks on western
Germany and northern France.
Britain, meantime, had a raid
less night.
1 There were no ? new reports
from the northern waters, where
British warships ' damaged; and
drove off an enemy cruiser and
possibly sank a destroyer in a
fleet action which the admiralty
said last night was continuing.
Quiet New Year's -Eve
Celebrated
In Klamath Falls
Klamath Falls celebrated one
of the quietest New Year's eves
in history according to state and
city police,' and: not one single
traffic accident marred the en
trance of 1943 on : streets or
highways.
State officers said drivers were
using caution although ' there
were "lots of cars on the roads."
At the city ' police department
only five, drunks were arrested
following Thursday morning's
court, lower than average num
ber of police pick ups.
Five minutes after the New
Year whistles blew, the city fire
department was called to the R.
C. Martin residence, 208 Eldo
rado street, where a cigarette
had started . things to burning.
There was a little damage, fire
men said. . ' i .
Norway Vessel
Sunk by Sub
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (A3)
A medium-sized Norwegian mer
chant vessel was torpedoed and
sunk by an enemy submarine
late in November In the Atlantic
off the northern coast of South
America, Survivors have been
landed at an east coast port of
the -United States, -v
The crewmen rali 39 Were
rescued after four days in life
boatssaid two submarines, one
German - the other apparently
Italian, surfaced; after the attack
on their ship.
The sinking " brought to-i 879
the Associated Press total of an
nounced ' United Nations ship
losses in1 the westernAtlantic
since Pearl Harbor. :
Novelist Takes
'J Li''. I -A '
Uraula Parrott (right), the novelist, charged with aiding a
soldier to desert, told reporters -at Miami. Fla.. at her arraign
ment that "it was just an Impulse" that caused her to drive
Private Michael Neely Bryan out of an army stockade in her
auto. She said Bryan was blameless.
U. S. Loses Two
Planes in Bout &
Over Kiska
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 0
The : navy reported today that
four Japanese "Zero" float
planes had shot down two Amer
ican : Lightning fighters while
losing only one of their own
number in a battle over Kiska
In the Aleutian islands. 1
Communique ; Number 235
said: '
"North Pacific:
1. On December 30, at 9:30
p. m., a force of 'Mitchell' me
dium bombers (North American
B-25) escorted by "Lightning'
fighters (Lockheed P-38), was in
tercepted by four Japanese
'Zero Float Planes' while pro
ceeding to attack two enemy car
go ships (or transports) in Kiska
harbor. Two 'Lightnings' and
one 'Zero' were shot down dur
ing the fight. The Mitchells'
attacked the enemy ships with
uncertain results. One of our
bombers was shot down.
"2. On December 31, at 1:47
a. m., U.:. S. medium bombers
again attacked the enemy ships
in Kiska ' harbor. Three hits
were observed on one of the
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WAGE BOOST
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1 (F
A seven-cent increase in the basic
hourly wage of factory employes
of the Boeing Aircraft company
with more than 16 weeks' exper
ience, and a 21-cent increase in
the hourly starting rate were rec
ommended to the national war
labor board today by Paul R.
Porter, special representative of
tho board.
Adolf Says P
Had War Forced Upon Them
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (fP)
Strictly on the defensive and de
void of new victories over which
to boast, Adolf Hitler reverted
to a favorite theme today in his
New Year message to the Ger
man people by blaming the al
lies and the "Jews" for starting
the war and promising there
never would be a repetition of
1918.-.
In a special proclamation
broadcast by the Berlin radio,
Hitler pictured Germany as a
peace-loving nation and himself
as the leader who sought only
to save his countrymen from
their enemies and insure their
future welfare.
The proclamation was bare of
reference to developments on
the Russian front, where the
German armies are reeling un
der the blow of a six-weeks-old
Blame for Soldier
I
Re-Routing Required
By Storms in Cas
V cades to North
Storms and slides In the moun
tain area north of Klamath Falls
snarled train communications
through this section and all
northbound traffic was being
routed out of Dunsmuir, Ashland
and Medford, Southern Pacific
information revealed.
Last . of the southbound pas
senger trains to go through
Klamath . Falls left at 10:30
p. m. Thursday when No. 15,
The West Coast which left Port
land at 10:25 p. m. Wednesday,
got through the slides at Wic
opee, south of Oakridge. The
West- Coast, traveling; on The
Oregonian block just 10 minutes
after that southbound train left
Portland at 10 p. m. Wednesday,
was caught between slides which
thundered down on the tracks
a few moments after The Ore
gonian's passenger coaches slid
over the rails. Tracks were
cleared hours later and the West
Coast was the last southbound
to go through Klamath Falls.
The Beaver, No. 12, left Klam
ath Falls early Thursday morn
ing followed by No. 20 which ar
rived here, northbound, at 1:50
p. m. Thursday, out at 2:15 p. m.
Passengers on No. 20 were still
at Fields late Friday morning,
between Crescent Lake and Eu-
(Contlnued on Page Two)
eg cef ul Nazis
soviet offensive, ' and likewise
ignored the axis rout in Libya
and the allied landings in North
Africa.
It abounded, however, with
praise for the German people in
enduring the hardships of war
and praised the courage of the
German troops, who, Hitler de
clared, would overcome all ob
stacles to achieve the final vic
tory. ' ',-.,.-' ' '
. "Germany will never be con
quered and never will capitu
late' the fuehrer asserted. "Our
strength, the courage of our
troops and the faith of the Ger
man people as well as the
achievements of our brave allies
in Europe and Asia give us the
right to believe in victory."
Hitler coupled this statement
with a warning that the winter
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WILLAMETTE
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LOSS
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Large Evacuation on
In Eugene Area;
Rescuers Busy '
PORTLAND. Jan. 1 lax '
Western Oregon's rivers, swol
len far beyond flood stages, had
claimed at least three
day, probably four, and rescue
workers in the Willamette val.
ley were fearful there would
be more.
Near Albanv. In th mMi-
Tfv lVTro MqniIi. cMf.u i t. . -
small daughter, were drowned -
wnen ner Husband attempted to
drive through a .flooded roadi?'-;
The car skidded into. a,dltch .
and was inundated. Svxnith and
an unidentified! solder from -Camp
Adair were tWrown clear.
After unsuccessful ttforts to ex
tricate the others kJflSy saved
themselves bv cllmlbine a tr "
A farmer, William (Peacock, res- '
cued them. . 1 , .
driven by Nick 5kiebeBxl yy 47,
Portland, struck M slide and
skidded into : swollen creek. ".
His wife, Helen, df&wned -nrf -her
body wps swept down
stream. Skrebensky reached -shore.
Rescue - workers at Eugene
heard that an unidentified el
derly woman suffering from pa- :.
.ralysls,,. died iOfr shock- .after be
ing' evacuated from her flooded
home. - - .
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1 (Jt)
Evacuation orders went out to
day to more flood-plagued Wil
lamette valley communities as-a
new crest mounted in the wak .
of an inundation that already
has done damage estimated at
$5,000,000.
C. C. Mongold, resident U. S.
army engineer at Eugene, hub
of the current Willamette rivnr
flood, told residents of Santa ;
iiara, Kiverwood, Glenwood and
Good Pasture island to quit their
homes in those fertile farming
lowlands.
Between 1000 and 2000 rest
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Violent Deaths
At New Year's
Show Decrease
By The Associated Press
Fewer violent dcatha thm
last year appeared to have at-
renaea tne nation's New Year
celebration, an Associated Press
survey indicated today (Friday).
Thirty-seven . fatalities, 26 of
them caused by traffic accidents,
were recorded . shortly before
noon (CWT). This was n sham
decline from the 132 deaths
83 of them in traffic marked -up
during January 1 last year.
Credit for the reduction went
at least in part to national ra
tioning of gasoline and the - re
duction in the volume of sneed .
of motor travel. -."'
Fatalitlpa from micollnnarmfl
causes in New Year celebrations
innlllripri thp ripnth nt a Mow
York woman who plunged down .
an elevator shaft during an of
fice party and the asphyxiation
of two riprannff In Ohio thpv. .
prepared to attend a party. .
Marooned Pelican -'
Hoopmen Scrimmage
With Oregon Frosh
The Oregon Frosh and the
Klamath Falls Pelican basket
eers met in a practice scrim
mage tilt at Eugene last night
which wa.4 arranged when thA -;
Pelican hoonmen returning from
a 30-26 defeat at the hands of the
Albany high school squad Wed- '
nesday night found it impossible
to continue because of flood
waters, ,
In an Associated Press note
from Eugene, they declared the
Frosh practice was only booked
because the Pelicans were
stranded there. No score was
available, nor information as to
when it would be possible for
the Pelicans to return home.