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Newspaper Page TextllllSSIlllliBlSil!! On 8-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles U the signal for a blackout in Klamath Falls. Another long blait, during a black out, li a signal lor ell-claar. In praeau- tlnnarv narlndi. watch vaur aftraat llahts. January I -High 46, Low 33 Precipitation u oi December 26, 1642 Straara year to date .............. ......6.48 Last yaar -.... 6.68 Normal . 4.21 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES Lru-LrLrLn-iLiuuu'innnnnnnnronm'r -m- I PRICE FIVE CENTS JCAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1943 Number 9684 I : ; .. - - - Ojjfrfl YTninnvri (v jn.n fn.rm 11 nnifi.ft r t't- NAZI GARRISON oiruwy U(juoooys wires, v- rW a -ju-, III U S MHtRPUUIES ': j? LOG RAFTS HIP f 'Gs VAff Afe 1 lill DEAL BLOWS IN IfTn : LOOSE, INACE P TO f . PACIFIC AREA H ?M i PORTLAND PIER W , ? By FRANK JENKINS. nrHE apotllght In Russia shifts r todny to Vcllkls Lukl, nearly a THOUSAND miles from Stal Ingrad. . The Russlons announce Its cap. turo after a flKht to the death In .which red artillery and Infantry close In and crush all resistance, adding that the German garrison refused to lay down Its arms and wus wiped out. The Gormnn high command PEN1ES ITS FALL; KTOTE the denial. It Is slgnlf- leant, seeming to betray a chink In tho armor of German leadership. . It Indicates FEAR, Fear that th German people CAN'T TAKE too much bad news.' t ET'S pursue that thought, a " moment ' It Isn't the German Jrrnv HeW the ea da ri fearr-yett The German soldiers garrisoning Vollkla Lukl died rather than surrender... -The ( fear concerns; the people al . bom e,,u who CRACKED In 1918. Hitler sold In his Now Year's Day speech they WON'T crack again, thus betraying the fear In his own mind that they WILL.. That same fear must be back of the high commond's denial of the foil of Vellkle Lukl. ALL this, you must remember, Is1 mere ' amateur psycho analysis, and as such Is hazy and intangible But If fear of the German people IS present In the minds of tho Gorman leaders It Ir Important. ' Too frcquont donial that some thing bad can happen is extreme ' ly apt to mean that tho denier fears It will happon. . DATTLE dispatches relate that ) Vellkle Lukl was oloboratoly fortified and surrounded by thousands of mines, pillboxes and tank traps. . Its defenses in cluded even a special system of hooks hidden under tho snow to cntanglo and trip up advancing troops. TT Is a crossroad of the Moscow A Riga and Leningrad-Vitebsk railways and is only about 100 miles from one of the main trunk rail lines supplying Smolensk, the princlpnl German base in Russia, with which it Is con nected by Intersecting rail lines. ' If tho Russians should push on and cut this main trunk rail' road WEST , of Smolonsk the . Germans would face a lot more trouble. , Vollkle Lukl Is only 175 miles from Dvlnak, in Latvia, which )is a spider web of main trunk rail lines connecting with Riga, Leningrad and the wholo .upper name region, . - - .; . ..',; THE Russians say todny that littler s armies are In "har ried retreat" across a thousand mile front; "abandoning vast quantities of arms and supplies." '' " that Is true, ANYTHING might happen. r Wo must remember, however, that this stAtemcnt may be tinged with propaganda. . It Is better to keep our fingers at least slightly crossed for a While. ELSEWHERE ,than Russia, de velopments are not im portant. -. r : , ' Tho British 8th army has an other brush with Rommel's rear, guard about 180 miles east of Tripoli and Rommel runs again. Tho ruckus occurs at Wadl Bel )el Cheblr, a series of dry gulches offering good defense possibil ities. ' There's a hint today that Rom mel moy have been getting con siderable reinforcements , and (Continued on Page . Three) As MocArthur Tells V7 ette Falling, Says $&Sm3SBr ... fl" . J . Bitter Botf lo M ; : Bureau Chief . fJ 8l ' By The Associated Press American warplancs, smash ing at Japan's invasion armies from Klska Island In tho Aleu tians to the Solomons, were of ficially credited today with deal ing heavy blows to the enemy as Australian Prime Minister John Curtln appealed "to the proper quarters" for ' greater help In the Pacific war theatre. A navy department communi que said U. S. air force filers yesterday attacked, ships in Kls ka harbor, bombed the vicinity of Kokumbono "where Japanese headquarters on Guadalcanal is land am believed to be located," and blasted the Munda area of New Georgia Island In tho Solo mons, . Aid Aiksd . All V; St planes returned from the widespread forays. , -In Australia,' Prime Minister Curtln' urged -more strength' -far allied force aftd an early offen sive to drive back Japan's far flung Invasion hordes. Curtln'i representations fol lowed a statement on Thursday In which ho declared that the "United Nations in the Pacific area are being denied resources for their, total war effort." .Desperate Fighting Curtln's argument was under lined by the continued difficulty of Gen. .'Douglas MacArthur's expeditionary force in wiping (Continued on Page Three) Drives for War Funds Haired, Says Morgenthau WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (If) Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced today that there would bo no more special drives for funds to finance the wor un til April because the treasury had borrowed an historic total of 812,906,000,000 during De cember through its victory fund campaign. ' The original December goal of $9,000,000,000 was overreached by 43.3 per cent. ' ; The actual total of ' money brought Into tho treasury ,. lost month was $15,600,000,000, be cause of $2,700, 000, 300 received in taxes and other collections. Ten More Enlisted Men Add to Saga of Heroism ' . '.: By MURLIN SPENCER : WITH AMERICAN TROOPS ON NEW GUINEA, Dec. 31 (De layed) (Pi Two small bands of enlisted' -.men .have joined Uncle Sam's ever-growing list of ho rdes - with i deeds which dnsorve to. be long, remembered even in this jungle ibattleground where extraordinary feats of daring are so frequent they have become commonplaco. - - ' Six volunteered for. a bridge repair mission on a shell-pocked spot near the. Buna government station. One lost his life under the blasting fire of Jap machine guns. The survivors failed to fulfill their assignment, but their heroism . is unquestioned. Another group of four swam 125-foot Entrance creek, cropt into tho government station and rescued two seriously wounded soldiers they had never seen be fore. (Identities not stated.) Tho rescue was accomplished December 30, after the men hod hidden . silently for 30 hours within the Jap lines. Two previ ous efforts to reach them had failed. '. The rescue was effected tyv.SergeantsNorman Marine -r-Comprt Louis H. Craver, railroad am ploy, appointed to the legisla ture by the county court to sue cad Harry Bolvln, resigned. . '; i'.S V'.'r.- Ra i I road Employe to ;J Flit Post Vacated By Boivin Louis H. Craverr 38-year-old Klamath railroad employe, was appointed a member of the state houso of representative by the Klamath county court Saturday morning. ' He wos named to fill the vacancy-created by the resignation of Harry D. Boivin, who resigned because of his recent appoint ment as a federal attorney, . Grateful . Craver,. a llfe-iong democrat, was Informed of his appointment by the court at the courthouse Saturday morning, and made this statement: "I am grateful to the court for choosing me to', fill this vacancy. ' "It is my -Intention to go to the legislature . with an open mind, and I will -give honest and conscientious consideration to every .bill on which I must vote. I will weigh all the facta and will avoid too-hasty Judg ments. I am grateful to the peo ple who recommended, and sup ported me- as ' a ; possible candi date." ' . , Two Candidates Members of the court said that Craver and Leo Jacobs, : local (Continued on Pago Three) ' of Winneconne, Wis., and An drew ' Kossel of Oshkosh, Wis., and Privates Thomas King of South Bend, Wash., and William Connors of Chicago. During the black hours after midnight they swam across tho river, located tho wounded men, and brought them safely back In another 125-foot swim. Today at the rear hospital both were expected to recover. One man had machlnegun wounds in the legs; the other was wounded In the eye. ' . Earlier attempts at the rescue had been mado by Lieut. William Bragg of Parkersburg, W. Va., and Privates Desmond Rynders of Oshkosh, and Ernest , Ham mond of Houston, Tex. Each failed because the men couldn't bo found in the pitch darkness, and they didn't dare call out for fear of drawing Jap fire. After a long search, King and Marine located the wounded men, only 15 or 20 feet from the river bank. Bragg, Rynders and Hammond were standing on the shore to give a helping hand when the rescue party, support ing the wounded men, reached safety,., i', . PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2 (P) Tho Willamette . river flood crest, striking the lower river today, carrying ripped-loose log rafts and threatening piers at Portland, claimed a seventh llfo last night.- John Heffncr, a farmer on In graham island In the river near Corvallls, : was lost when his small rowboat was overturned, Capt. J. C. Herron.'army engin eer t Corvallls, reported. The body . has not been recovered. Hls-;Wle-and several children Were, among other residents safe ly evacuated to higher ground on the Island. v' Damage Haavy " Herron said about 300 had been evacuated around Corvallls where the flood crest reached 27.5 feet before starting to drop. Property damase was runnlna into jthe-jnllHons.of.-dlar8r ' ? A wooden ' superstructure on a dam at Oregon City collapsed, dumping a river barge and tow boat over the falls and permit ting a million feet of logs to swirl toward Portland where precautions were taken to avert jams that might damage bridges. ; Tributaries Falling i The Portland harbor patrol said one or two log rafts con taining a million feet broke loose in the Salem area and ap parently passed Oregon City during the night. If the boom held together, the patrol said, bridges upon which the city de pends for cross-town transporta tion, might escape harm. "All tributaries of the Wil lamette are falling", E. L. Wells, bureau chief, said, "and the Wil lamette is falling above Corval lls. It will begin to fall there and at ' Albany and Salem to continued on Page Three) Shaw Brings Plane Home in F reeling Gate LONDON, Jan.- 2 (P) The crew, of a United.' States army Flying Fortress, . including . the co-pilot, ' Robert D. - Shaw of Klamath' Falls, Ore., told yester day how they managed to bring their big plane home only a little out of. formation after the pilot was seriously wounded : by a German shell which exploded in the' cockpit during Wednesday's raid on the German submarine base at Loricnt. " '. After the- pilot had been knocked out, Lieutenant Shaw managed; to carry on despite a badly lacerated arm. -' A 20-millimeter shell from- ah attacking Focke-Wulf-190 blew the top out of the cockpit, knock ing out the oxygen . apparatus and admitting - a freezing hur ricane into, the plane at the dangerously rarified 21,000-foot level.- ' ; The top turret gunner carried the-pilot aft Where he was given first aid,, then returned to help Shaw in the cockpit. The bombardier, Lieut. John R. Bell, Jn;" of Frescott, Ariz., crouched behind the two, rubbing their backs to keep them from freez ing in the gusty cockpit. Aircraft Roar Back to Britain FOLKESTONE, Jan. . 2 () Hidden In the clouds, aircraft were heard roaring back to their British bases today from the di rection of the Calais area in France, , presumably - returning from a bombing mission against axis base. , . ....... . ..... PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 2 (P i-'Y i f , V? (7. JAJA ' Tho Willamette river flood r'- ' L SZSZlL. t ' crest, striking the lower river T&v 13 jr tJtaai Uf today, carrying ripped-loose log J' ' ' J y"VV " -Z ' li ' rafts and threatening piers at fc . rIi i"". ' ' ' ' Portland, claimed a seventh llfo t ' ' 5-r L; j last night.- . . , v "- ' t- , , -a nimir r n n itn mi n n . jji. i J ' Motorists Jamread th auto Means bureau of th sheriff's office in the courthouse basement Saturday morning, buying 1843 auto licenses. They filled the room and formed a queue down lha hall. State police said no arrests had bean made but that all motorists driving cars without licenses era subject to : arrest under. the. law. . v" t" , . United JationsSh6uld v Be Fact, Not I de'a, ; Says He NEW YORK, Jan. 2 (IP) Wendell L. Willkie today called for the formation of a working common council of - the united nations to plan . war and econ omic strategy now and coopera tion after victory. . Addressing an opera victory rally ' at., this afternoon's per formance of the Metropolitan Opera company, the republican candidate foi president in. 1940 asserted the united nations must be made ."a . fact and not a mere euphonious phrase." - The program was broadcast over the Blue network.. Common Council "If history has taught us any thing,", Willkie said, it has taught us that people obtain in a peace only what they win while they fight. "What I want to emphasize today is that planning will do no. good -unless we give our plans reality; that we will have (Continued on Page Three) Normal Train,- Movement Resumes North of Klamath ; Normal train movements were resumed early Saturday follow ing a disruption on the Southern Pacific lines north of Klamath Falls. . ; No new slides were reported on the route, officials said. Train : 19 arrived here at . 7:10 Saturday morning south bound, approximately 12 hours late. , - , ., ! Army Searches Pursuit Plane :' PORTLAND. Jan. 2 (IP) The army searched today for a pur suit plane more than 36 hours overdue on a flight from Port land to Pendleton. The army air base here said the ship stopped in Portland briefly en route frcm McChord field. The plane has not been heard from' since Thursday night, army officials said. Persons liv ing between here and Pendleton have been asked to be on .the lookout for the missing ship. Flight time between here and Pendleton ordinarily would not be more than an hour. J News Index City Briefs Page 3 Comics and Story ....Page' 5 Editorials ...,:...........Page 4 Pattern Page 9 JvTarkets, Financial Page 9 Society . Pages 8, 7, 8, 10 fcport . .......Page 2 Conifer Lumber -Transferred to Smith Company Ownership of the 'Conifer Lumber - company of- Klamath FeUls- has been. . transferred to the Ralph L. Smith Lumber com pany, and beginning with - the new year is operating under the new name, it was learned Satur day. -' . .. . - Conifer Lumber company was established here in April, -1941, by W. E. and Carl Huson, and operates a lumber re-manufacturing business,' Its - principal product has been interior fin ish, but recently it has been go ing heavily into crating manu facturing on war orders. .- Ralph L. Smith company operates a mill at Canby, a box factory at Alturas and mills at Sutherlin and Coquille. , , . Carl Huson, who , has served as manager of the plant here, said he will-continue -with-the operation temporarily. Uncle Sam Is -Now in Debt $112 Billion WASHINGTON, Jan.-2 tfV Uncle Sam :was $112,470,920, 266.79 in debt at the end of 1942. . , , The treasury's daily statement disclosed this today, showing an increase of $48,208,785,114.57 during the 12 months. The year was a record break er for the treasury in many ways. During 1942 it spent $57,408, 220,819.94 and collected $16,402, 564, 319.56,. and had. in its till as a working balance on Decem ber 31 $9;780,4591706.3O.i ItrS E asier to Fire Than Bv CHARLES McMURTRY HEADQUARTERS, SEVENTH AIRFORCE, January 2 (IP) Lou Zamperini, former national 'col legiate mile .champion, finds it easier to face Japanese anti-aircraft fire on a bombing raid than to compete against Cunningham, Fenske, or Venzke on the cinder track. - - . Zamperini, 25-year-old former USC distance star from Tor rance, Calif., was a bombardier on the army air force's Wake is land raid December 24. Lou, a second lieutenant in the army air corps, bombed a runway and bunkers on Wake. He was one of those awarded an air medal, for their deeds. . "Nobody was scared," said Zamperini after his return. ""I think everyone had an excited, Jumpy feeling exactly the same as that one gets before a big race, I've been scared more be fore a race against Cunningham, Venzke and Fenske than I was that night" The Wake island raid was the first . ..combat flight - for - this FLIGHTJO.TRIPOLI Fighting -French -Ad- .vance Northward In Libya - By The Associated Press .LONDON, Jan. 2 The British were over another hurdle today in the pursuit of the axis across Libya, as Marshal Rommel, still preferring to run rather than fight, pulled his retreating army farther west of Wadi Bei el Che blr. - . . The headquarters communique In Cairo said eighth army van guards had driven axis motorized units. 'back after a clash, west of the Wadl, a series of gulches in a row about 195 miles east of Tripoli. :-.- : ' Reinforcements Through 'It was one of the last places in the . Libyan wilderness where (Continued on Page Three) WarBulletin 1 WASHINGTON, ' Jan. 2 (IP) .The navy reported today that American - submarines in the Pacific had sunk', seven mar-chant-type Japanese ships and damaged a destroyer in recent operations. v .? . These successful attacks by , American vjdersea craft -on the enemy's, supply and trans port shipping raised to 112 the ' total number of Japanese ships of all types announced as sunk by American submarines in the war to date. i !- Face Jap Anti - Win a Race, Says Zamperini group, which was organized a few months ago and is. comprised of young men just , out of Ran dolph, Kelly and Midland, Te., flying schools. ' (A force of - army bombers raided . the tiny Island shortly after midnight on December 24 and dropped seventy-six , 1000 pound bombs, apparently catch ing the . Japanese completely by surprise, the navy announced The raiders returnedwlthout a loss. Admiral Chester W. Nim itz, commander-in-chief of the Pacific fleet, termed the action the largest mass army heavy bomber action of the Pacific war.) "The Japs were asleep for a long while," Zamperini said. "My plane was one of the last in the formation. We thought we'd get out without having to face gunfire. . Then they opened up but none of our planes was hit and we got back all right. "Only one Jap plane pursued us. I made certain that he did not land on his return. I saw bim taking off and dropped a WIPED OUT AT! VELIKIE LUKI Elista's Fall Acknowl : edged; Velikie Denied , . By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor ' Adolf Hitler's command ac knowledged today that German troops had evacuated Elista, cap ital of the Kalmyck region in the Caucasus,, but denied soviet claims that the triumphant red armies ' had won the key nazl stronghold of Velikie Lukl 90 miles from the Latvian frontier. Nazi . headquarters said the garrison at Velikie Luki was holding out stubbornly yester day, despite fierce soviet at tacks, and added: : Garrison Slain "Russian reports that Vellkle Luki has been occupied already are therefore not correct." It did sot tell of the progress of the battle today.. Russian headquarters de clared the entire nazi garrison was slam when it refused to sur render. - -- -- .- . ' Naval Battle Told The Germans said Elista was evacuated after town had been destroyed. Against the black tidings from the' eastern-front,- the- German radio sought to bolster home mot-te withrrepirts' of purport ed allied losses in a naval bat. tie in the Arctic sea, off Bear island. - An official - nazi account as serted that several "enemy" cruisers were damaged, a de (Continued on Page Three) Klamath County "Miraculously" Tops Bond Quota : Klamath county- miraculously topped its war savings quota for December, it was announced to day by A. M. Collier, county war . savings chairman. . - Collier received a wire from Ray Conway, state administra tor, stating this county's sale of E bonds hit $255,000, against r quota of $249,000. ..:-'. ' - "I call it miraculous because in. December only E, or the smaller type of bonds counted on the quota," said Collier. "None of the big. purchases by govern mental bodies, etc., were permit ted to go into the quota, as in the past. : . - "The result shows the largest sale of E bonds in the war sav ings effort in. this war, so far as Klamath county is concerned. 1 . "I am proud and happy. Con gratulations to the :. people. : of Klamath -county for a remark able showing of thrift and pa triotism' in the Christmas month." Aircraft 500-pound bomb on the runway. My objectives were the bunkers but I figured it would do more good to place one bomb there. I aimed at the plane but knew I couldn't hit it since it was taking off. ' I had a good chance to hit the airfield so he couldn't land again, however, v My bomb blast ed a hole In the north-south run way, . W .'-,'. . "It's very hard to keep awake on : these bombers. The vibra tion puts you to sleep. "A raid like that burns up as much energy as a good mile race."-.- .' " .- . ' Zamperini had high praise for his pilot, Lieut. R. A. Phillips, 23,. of Terre Haute, Ind. "Phil is so short he has to get cushions to sit on to be able to see where he's going, but he's a damn swell pilot." . "But now I would like to re turn and bomb Berlin," he said. -."The Japs didn't put up too much of a fight," be continued. "Our first planes might have knocked out their planes with bombs around tho airfield." . - ' A.