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PAGE THREE'
fammry 2. 1948
HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
Ml
GARRISON
JIPED OUT JIT
VELIKIE LUKI
(Continued From Pago Ono)
'llroyor lunk and four morchnnt
'ihlpa torpedoed In a running
''Jon buttlo which begun Thurs
'dny morning wlum Gorman wnr
'jlilpi and U-boiits Intercepted a
convoy. Ono nnzl destroyer wna
'listed as sunk.
The Brttlnh admiralty an
jounced Thiirndny Unit British
warships hnd contacted Qurmnn
tmval forces in northern wulora
and that tho uotlon wait conllnU'
Tlin admiralty fin Id a Ger
Oiun cruiser wim diiiiwgcd and
forced to retreat and n nn.l do
stroyor wns scon In sinking con
dltlon.
A grim "blackout" on soviet
.wur news first greeted Garmun
radio listeners this niornliiH, and
for several hours the populace
ivm deprived of even Its usual
diet of sugar-coated proptigundu
(erved up by Dr. Coubbuls' ex
'.perts. Nothing to Report
Tho Genniin news agency
DNB, which customarily opens
lis dnily broadcast with a flood
of nows, told tho German peo
ple brusquely:
"There la nothing to report.
There la no news avulhiblo for
.the time being."
.. Subsequent broadcasts conccd
!;td tho Ions of Elista us tho red
fannies sweep deeper' across tho
frozen Kalmynk steppes toward
1he4)lack sea, but Insisted that
Vellkio I.ukl still hold out.
Slsgo Climaxed
ft Tho Germans odmllted on
Thursday that Vellkio Luki was
virtually surrounded, with tho
Russians attacking "from all
Idea."
Soviet dispatches said tho fall
of tho mill-held citadel, 200
miles northwest of Moscow, laid
open tho heart of an important
German transportation system
and climaxed a long and bitter
slonL..s.., ...
'The German garrison In the
town, which refused to lay down
Its arms,- was wiped out," tho
Russlim high command an
nounced. The Husnluni declared that
Hitler's Invasion armies were
in hurried retreat across a 1000
mile front, abandoning vast
quantities and supplies, whllo
tho red armies cuptured "sev
eral dozen" , towns In n alnglo
phuso of the tltnntlc struggle.
Maybe It's tho pumpkin's fault
when tho pics turn out to be
a frost.
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! 121 N. 0th. 2-2
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1-5
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2-2
INTERSTATE BUSINESS COL
'; LEGE has onrollcd qullo a
; number of new students - for
)', lhe new year classes. You
.-may still enroll Mondny. Just
;walk into-the Intorstnto bust-
ness office and say, "I wnnt to
Iroglstor in one of your stand
t&ard business courses." -432
Maln, 1-2
Accident George Huff, Chllo
qtiln, employed os logger by
Wheeler Pino near Jlurrlmnn
lndgo, was troated for head lac
erations at Klnmuth Valloy hos
pital early Friday night after ho
was niovod by Ward' ambu
lance from Uphom street near
Oregon nvcnuo where an auto
mobilo accident occurred.' Ruff
was dismissed after emorgoncy
treiilment.
County Council There will
bo an executive board, meeting
of tho Ktumath County Council
of Parents and Teuchora, Fro
mont school, Monduy, January
4, at 2 p. m. All local presidents,
county officers and chairmen
uro urged to attend, It was an
nounced by Mrs. J. R. Hall,
president. Plans for tho Foun
ders' day program to bo ob
nerved In February, will bo dis
cussed at Monday'! meeting.
In Hospital City police were
called to 121 South Second street
at 4 o'clock Saturday morning
when residents In that block
said a man wus on tho sidewalk.
Officers roported picking up a
transient, Frank Stanford, in a
near freezing condition and mov
ing him to a hospital for treat
ment, From North Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Mllicont of Morrill have
returned from Portland whera
they spent tho holidays with his
mother. Mrs. Mllicont is a
Klamath county public health
nurse, her husband located at
Morrill as a construction engi
neer. Sho has been with tho
local staff for tho past month.
Return to School Among the
students who returned on Mon
day, December 28, to Southern
Oregon College of Education at
Ashland were. Vernadcan Mcggs,
Ucrthiel Nelson, Barbara Mc
Lean, Mario Pochclu of Paisley,
Tammy Thompson and Dean
Jones.
To Idaho Dr. Albert O. Roe
nlcke, Klumnth Foils dentist,
left Friday night for Portland
en routoto Camp Farragut, Ida.,
whero ho reports for duty with
tho United States navy with the
rank of lieutenant, (sg). Mrs.
Itocnlcko and tltrco children will
remain In Klnmuth Falls.
In Medford Jacquelyn Hall,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
It. Hall of Rosoway drive, Is
spending a week in Mcdford as
tho guest of her aunt, Mrs. Allan
F. Perry und family. She will
roturn in time for school Mon
dny. Improving Mlcke Brumblo,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Brumblo of 2135 Orchard 'av
enue, Is recovering at his home
after having hnd a major opera
tion at Hillside hospital. Mlcko
has a now sister, Patty Rao,
born December 1 at Hillside.
Hare for New Yaar Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Staub of Bly, and Mrs.
Stoub's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J, E. Ongnro, wcro dinner guests
on New Year's dny at tho home
of her brother, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bollmnn of Klamath Falls.
Visits Slstsr Mrs. John Dun
can of Hornbrook, Calif., was
the guest of her sister, Mrs. T.
B. Rivers of 2318 Garden ave
nue, this week. Sha was accom
panied by her daughter, Mrs.
Laura Morlcy.
Recovers Glenn Kent Is re
ported greatly improved at his
residence on Pacific Terrace fol
lowing a sudden attack of Illness
last week. He has been dis
missed from tha hospital. '
Roturns A n n 1 s Struthers,
member of the nursing staff at
Klamath health unit, has re
turned from Portland where sho
spent the holidays with her aunt,
Mrs. J. A. Petersen. . '
Visits Mothsx Alice Stout,
public health nurse, was among
tho Klamath residents to spend
(ho holidays In the north, Miss
Stout visited her mother, Mrs.
John Stout, in Corvallis. ;
Home From North Jean
Watklns, - laboratory .technician
of the county health unit, has
roturned from a holldny visit
when she visited her father in
Madras, Ore., and .relatives in
Senttlo.
Goos Horn Mrs. Harold Mc
Lcod and Infant daughter left
Klamath Valley hospital Friday
fpr their homo, 20571 Applegate
nvcnuo.
Police Court City police ar
rested three drunks Friday night
and brought them Into court
Saturday morning.
Pvt. Tony Martin
Arrives at Sheppard
WICHITA FALLS; Tex., Jan.
2 (P) Pvt. Tony Martin, former
movie and radio star, arrived at
Sheppard field today for basic
training in the army air forces.
Ho enmo here from Fort Mac
Arthur, Calif. '.-
LAMM
FOUNDS
YOUTH
GROUP
T
Foundation of a trust fund
for tho benefit of Klamath coun
ty Boy Scout, Girl Scout and
Camp Fire Girls organizations,
was laid this week by Wilfred
E. Lamm, Klamath county lum
berman, who presented a check
for $5000 to It. C. Groesbcck,
member of the district board of
tho Boy Scouts.
"Mr. Lumm decided ho would
like to start a trust fund to
stabilize' theso three organiza
tions and In time of stress, such
a fund will bo used to keep the
groups going. There will bo a
set-up with ono of tho banks to
servo as trustco," Grocsbeck
stated.
Distribution of tho trust fund
will be mado on a percentage
basis, Groesbcck observed, with
00 per cent going to the Boy
Scouts, 20 per cent to Girl Scouts
and 20 per cent to Camp Fire
Girls.
MAIL CLOSING TIME
(Effective Juna 18, 1842)
Train 19 Southboundi 6:15 p. m.'
Train 20 Northboundi 10 a. ro.
Train 17 Southbound) 6:30 a. m.
Train 16 Northbound! 9 p. m.
p. m.,, Evening Airmail.
Madford Stage, Westbound, 3:30
Neighbors of Woodcraft
Members will meet Monday,
January 4, In tho KC hall at 8
p. m., for a business meeting, en
tertainment, gift exchange and
potluck. Juveniles will meet
the same day in the KC hall at
4 p. m.
Dance Tha Eaglet' auxiliary
and drum corps will sponsor the
regular Saturday night dance to
night, with Estin Klgcr's music.
Pluco is tho KC hall. Tho pub
lic Is invitod.
Br HAROLD V. BOYLE
! WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY, Cnsnblanca, French Mo
rocco, Nov. 30 iff) (Delayed)
A captain who for 48 hours held
an American artillery post
ahead of the front lines and di
rected firo with deadly effect,
and a major who braved .ma
chincgun and artillery fire in
tha open wcro among 10 Ameri
can soldiers decorated by Maj.
Gen. Monathan W. Anderson
for bravery for wounds received
during the assault on tho coast
of French Morocco.
Capt. Lyman K. Peterson, of
Kaysvillc, - Utah, who directed
tho firo of his men on enemy
tanks, Infantry and machine
guns and practically destroyed
an. Infantry attack party, re
ceived the silver star.
The same decoration went to
Ma. Edward C. Robertson, son
of J. E. Robertson of Philomath,
Ore., who braved tho open fire
to rally his field artillery bat
talion; Major Robertson's wife
lives at (Eighth and Maple
streets) Albany, Ore. .
Purple Heart awards for
wounds received In action were
received by:
Pvt. Robert F. Reichwein, son
of C. E. Reichwein, Elgin, Ore,
Pvt. Romolo Chavez, son of
Jose Chavez, Lunas, N. M.
. Pvt.' Willinm T. Parlnl, son of
Dan Parlnl, Butte, Mont.
Connecticut Mouse
Plays Hob With One
Man's Gas Ration
HARTFORD, Conn., Jani 2
State headquarters of tha of
fice . of price administration
received this complaint today
from a Stamford gasoline sta
tion: '.-., ,
. ."I had 50 "B" gasoline
stamps on form R-542,, A
mouse oat up 40 making a
total loss of 40 .stamps.
Amount to 160 gallons of gas
oline, "I had 50 "C" stamps , on
form R-542. A mouse aat up
11 leaving me 39. making a
lost of 11 "C" stamps. Amount
to 44 gallons of gasoline.
"Make a total lost of 31
stamps.' Amount to 204 gal
lons of gasoline."
Tha' OPA ordered tha com
plaint investigated with "a
view to issuing new coupons.'
When in Madiord
' Stay at
HOTEL HOLLAND .
Thoroughly Modern
Joa and' Anna Earley
. Proprietors
RUST FUND
Information
Guardsmen Find Wing Tip
Of Lost Navy Flying Boat
WALDPORT, Ore., Jan. 2 (VP)
Constguordsmcn here thla morn
ing found one win tip and part
of a pontoon of the navy PBY
flying boat which, sank In the
ocean off Yachats, Ore., Thurs
day night. . ; ', ,' , !
None of the seven ' missing
crew members havo been located
and no bodies found. One mem
ber of the crew, Ensign Roderick
McLeod Brush of Jacksonville,
Fin., was carried ashore in a
llfcroft and was found by coast-
PACIFIC AREA
. (Continued From Page One)
out the last stubbornly-defending
Japanese troops In the.Bana
sector in New Guinea. .
. "Fighting la savage and des
perate and Is continuing," the
latest bulletin from Gen. Mac-
Arthur's headquarters said.
Official dispatches said allied
troops had driven another
wedgo Into Japanese positions
along the narrow Papuan beach
corridor, with tanks and artil
lery cutting a path for the new
thrust to the sea.
. Strongly entrenched, the
Japanese apparently still held
footholds at Glropa point, Buna
government station and Sanaa
anda.
Meanwhile, Gen. MncArthur's
airmen racked Japanese bases
In New Britain,' hitting an ene
my submarine at Wldcbay and
leaving three big ships aflame
at Rabaul. Two of five Japanese
planes which rose to challenge
the raiders were shot down.
Burma Bombed
In Burma, U. . S. air force
planes operating from India
sharply attacxea Japanese rail
communications in North Bur
ma, bombing and strafing trains
and "rail installations along the
Myitklna-Mandalay railroad.
RAF Blenheim bombers also
pounded the enemy, setting fires
at Kalcmyo in the Myittha vnl
ley, attacked shipping along the
Burmese coast and strafed river
boats. - , 1
Wedding Bells Ring
For Granddaughter
Of Henry Ford
; DETROIT, Jan. 2 () Hard
upon the ringing In of the New
Year, wedding bells played their
gladsome song today for pretty
Josephine Ford, only grand'
daughter of auto pioneer Henry
Ford. .
An afternoon ceremony ' in
Christ Church chapel In the ex
elusive residential section of
Grosse Polnte, a suburb,, was
planned for Miss Ford and her
fiance, Walter Buhl Ford the
2nd, member of a socially prom
inent Detroit family.
The families are no relations.
; Josephine, 19 and petite, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel
Ford. She was educated in the
east. , ,
With three brothers, Henry
Ford the 2nd, Benson and Wil
liam, Josephine some day will
inherit a share of the mammoth
fortune of her grandfather. Her
father is president of the Ford
Motor company.
Walter Buhl Ford the 2nd, re
cent graduate of Yale university,
is a member of tha naval reserve.
Klamath Lutheran . ':
Church -
Cross and Crescent street, L.
K. Johnson, pastor, 1175 Cres
cent street, phone 3452.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m
Teachers and classes for children
of all ages.
Bible and adult' class, 9:45
a. m. 'v ! '
Worship hour, 11:00 a. m.
Ladles Aid, January 12. Pro
gram in charge of Mrs. A. Oberg
and Mrs. Casper Murdock, hos
tess are Mrs. Calvin Raney and
Mrs.' Clinton Meyer. .
Men's club January 12. Hosts,
Carl Brandsness, Frank -Olson
and HJalmer Johnson. '
- Choir .- rehearsal . Wednesday,
7:30 p. m. .Director Rev.. John
son; accompanist a Mrs. Carl
Brandsness. . .. . ' . ' ' '
Church Council and Building
committee meets Monday, Jan
uary 4 at 8 p. m. Members are
urged to be present.
. . Congregational meeting, Jan
uary 11, at 8 p. m.
Our church welcomes you to
worship. Come regularly. If
you are seeking a church, home
in the city . we earnestly invite
you to worship with us.
. If it's a :"frozen". article you
need, advertise for-a used one
in the classified...
TRUCKS FOR RENT
You Drive Move ' Yourself
Save H Long and-
Short Trips '
STILES' BEACON SERVICE
Phone 8304 1201 East Main
USHPLANES
DEAL BLOWS IN
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guardsmen several hours after
the crash. He Is recovering at a
local hospital.
Tho navy withheld Identity of
other members of the crew pend
ing notification to next of kin.
Brush told Coastguard Sea
man Second Class Dave Rogers
that a companion on his raft was
washed overboard In the surf.
Ho did not know the fato of six
men on tho other raft.
The bits of plane wreckage
washed ashore north of here.
Coastguardsmen scouring the
beach for other possible survi
vors found a silk scarf, probably
belonging to one of the pilots,
and three additional life Jackets
this morning.
Rogers said a search of the sea
continued today but finding of
the scarf and Jackets concentrat
ed the hunt along the rugged
and thinly populated shoreline.
Since both liferafts already
have been located, searchers rea
soned that unless the men
reached shore there was little
hope for them.
H.
(Continued From Page One)
radio station official and civic
worker, were the only candidates
who Indicated active interest in
the appointment.
, They said further that they
were influenced by a question
as to the technical qualifications
of Jacobs, due to the fact that
he .registered republican for a
day or two Just after the general
election. The law required that
the appointee as Boivin's suc
cessor must be of Boivin's polit
ical party for five years previous.
SP Man
The members of the court said
they had questioned Jacobs
about the registration matter,
and he had frankly discussed it
with them. They said Jacobs
registered republican in payment
of an election wager, and a day
or two later re-registcred demo
cratic. Jacobs has been a dem
ocrat for 22 years, and while
there was no question of his in
tending to change his permanent
party affiliation, court members
said the technical question thus
raised had required their con
sideration. : Craver is a Southern Pacific
yard man who came to Klamath
county from California in 1926.'
He has served as legislative
representative for the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. He
is a member of various Masonic
orders. He is married and is the
father of a daughter in Klam
ath Union high school.
. Unhampered
Members of the court said,
after the appointment, that they
had 'seriously considered the
field of possibilities for the leg
islative appointment, - and felt
that Craver is well qualified to
handle the legislative Job fairly
and Intelligently.
They staged they had ques
tioned Craver about any special
obligations or "strings" which
might influence his work as a
legislator, and he had assured
them he would go to the leg
islature unhampered by such
considerations and free in every
respect to act as his best judg
ment and conscience dictated.
They quoted him as saying he
wants fairly to represent agricul
ture, lumber, industry, business
and labor in Klamath county.
Craver's appointment brings
the first change in Klamath
county's lower house representa
tion since 1934. Representative
Henry Semon has served since
1932, and Boivin was elected in
1934.
- Both positions will be up for
vote in the primary and general
elections of 1944.
Bi-Product Douglas
Fir Placed Under
Mill Schedule
WASHINGTON. Jan! 2 (IF)
The office of price administra
tion yesterday placed Douglas
fir lumber produced as a bi-
product in plywood plants un
der the same schedule of dol
lar and cents prices which con
trol Douglas fir lumber pro
duced m lumber mills.
Previously most plywood
plants did not qualify as lum
ber mills because the percent
age of all logs received at their
plants cut into lumber was be
low the required 50 per cent.
. DANGEROUS ANTIQUE
. ABILENE, Tex., (iP) A shell
from World War I severely
wounded 14-year-old John Sub-
lett.
The 37 millimeter shell, a relic
carried in young Sublett's poc
ket, exploded when dropped on
a sidewalk.
P I L E S
SUCCESSFULLY TREATED
NO PAIN NO HOSPITALIZATION
No Lot .of Tlmo
Permanent -Reaultil
DR. E. M. MARSHA
' Chiropractic Phytlolan
ttO No, 7th Eiqulre Theatrt Bldg.
Phono 1069
L
OG RAFTS RIP
LOOSE, MENACE
(Continued From Page One)
day and continue falling . for
the next 36 hours."'
Meanwhile, Lieut. J. A.' Flet
cher, coast guard port - com
mander at Portland, took light
equipment and a contingent of
men Into the upper and middle
river flood areas to aid In evac
uation and rehabilitation in that
flood-plagued region. .
Trains Mors '
. Thft fttatn hlffhwav ripnflrfment
moved to snfptfiinrft th wit
approach to the Salem-West
saiem Dnage. a nuge aance
hall was Rwpnt hv thi nrffinc
currents against the approach.
k. tt, uaiaocK, cnier Highway
engineer, said wrecking cables
and dynamite might have to be
used to dislodge the building.
rne southern Facllic railroad
announced that all lines had
been cleared and that tholr
train schedules were being re
stored. .
In the upper and middle Wil
lamette vallev water ntlll pnv.
ered all major highways and
inunaaiea vast fertile farming
areas.
Boats Used ' ' ' "
In . southern .Oroann.
Rogue also swept out of bounds,
flooding lowlands and prompt
ing evacuation of farm families
ana livestock.
Waters surcred nvpr ihn p,M.
flc highway above Savage
Rapids dam and boats were
used to remove families from
this area south of Grants Pass.
Hundreds were evacuated
from lowlands. At West Spring
field alone in the Eugene area
nearly 900 persons were re
moved. Many others were taken
from small communities and
isolated farms. Rescues vm
carried out by soldiers and
civilian actense workers amid
extreme dancers. Treen nnH
small buildings were swept
down on rescue craft by swift
water, several were overturned,
but the rescuers, expert swim
mers, prevented any further
loss of life. , .'.'.'. :
Disease Feared
Of the six lives lost, three
Were bv drowning.' fnltnulnc
automobile mishaps. . One ve-
nicie skiaaea into a creek near
Cottage Grove, drowning, a
woman, and another slipped
into a flooded ditch , near Al
bany, drowning a mother and
her five-month-old son. At
Wendling .a mud slide, killed
two loggers. At Springfield an
elderly woman died of shock
after being evacuated-from her
flooded home.
Red Cross officials, rflreettnt,
the relief work, feared an out
break of disease. Flooded com
munities were without drinking
water, heat and light. In some
cases, food was becoming scarce.
UNITED COUNCIL
(Continued From Page One):.'-,
no united nations after, the war
unless we make the' united
nations now a fact and not a
mere euphonious phrase." : '
. Willkie declared that . today.
a year after the signing of the
united nations pact, "We should
face , the fact that if hopeful
billions of human beings, are
not ' to . be disappointed, the
united nations must become a
common council, -not only for
the winning of the war but .for
the future welfare of mankind."
Oregon CD Workers
Praised for Part
In Flood Rescues
WASHINGTON, Jan.; 2 (Pi
Oregon's civilian defense volun
teers in the flood areas, togeth
er with those working In the
Ohio valley, last night won the
pratse of James M. Landis,. di
rector of civilian defense.- ,'
Speaking of the Ohio valley.
Landis said: "Organized Ameri
can civilian defense, now -is fac
ing a real test in a large scale
disaster. The reports I get in
dicate that it is meeting the test
supremely. ,: , , - ,
Later in his statement he said
"We have just received word
that hundreds of civilian defense
workers' are laboring in Eugene,
Ore., where heavy floods at -the
confluence of the Willamette and
McKenzie rivers have driven
thousands from their homes."
PORTLAND PIER
WANTED Opening Jan. 1 0, worn
on cook and assistant,' without depen
dents, for employees' club, 10-15 mem
bers. Labor-time-saving equipment. Ideal
for mother and daughter: (over 21). Sal
aries open. . Communicate: Supt., U. S.
Agency,-Klamath Agency, Ore.
N E W S
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HOME
TMXntt Votat RwufUr, hi udi Sabn
7' pipn, hrtil round up of tha waak'l
local aawa will ba printed ondrr tha abova
h'aiHof, to ba clipped out bj thola who
wUn to aend It to mm from tha Klamath
haalil who ara In tha armed lerrleea and
ara not i.Ulna tha rfallr piper. Tha round
qp la adrir.aied to aerrleo men and tt la
oor hope. Its weekly appearance will an
conrue local people to write their boil la
the lerrtro at lean or.ee a week, rackus
tha atlpplnf.)
Well, fellas, it was a nretlv
quiet holiday week . . . Folks
at home welcomed the new year
In usual fashion, but possibly
With- not- quite so much noise
. . .. There were the usual run
of after-midnight parties ... A
lot of service men showed up
at these events from somewhere.
.You .may be interested In
knowing that- you men in serv
ice provided what was selected
as the biggest local news story
of 1942 ... With more than
3000 men gone from here into
the armed . forces, - The Herald
and News decided that what
happened to them, their train
ing, promotions, honors, fight
ing exploits, belonged at the top
of the year's news stories.
' Reviewi o( the old year
showed that Klamath county
and the Klamath basin bad done
a pretty good job of producing
rood, lumber and other war ma
terials in spite of difficulties
and problems .... Here's hop
ing they can do it again, al
though most of tha problems
are still here. . .
A service man visitor in town
was. Lieutenant ' Commander
William Randall, USN, who
showed up in an advanced
trainer . . . Bill, who managed
the Klamath airport for many
years, was forced to stay over
until New Years by weather
conditions ... But we didn t
hear him cry.
The home town got a thrill
when it was reported that Lieu
tenant Robert D. Shaw of Klam
ath Falls, flying with the United
States air corps as co-pilot of a
fortress type plane, was termed
the hero of the AAF in England
when he- brought tha plane
home safely after the pilot was
killed ' in operations over the
Bay of Biscay.
FLIGHT TO TRIPOLI
(Continued From Page One) .
Rommel might have risked a
stand by the remnants of his re
treating ' army, and dispatches
from the desert said . the. British
had expected him to do so.
The Morocco radio today
broadcast a Cairo -report that
Rommel, recently had received
reinforcements -to bolster his re
sistance in the: Tripoli area.
Struggle Ponds
, A fighting French force under
Brig. Gen. - Jacques Leclerc was
reported still advancing-slowly
northward from southern- Libya,
possibly , aiming at a juncture
with the British. ''""'
. Aerial blows against axis sup
ply lines and bases still provid
ed the mam action in Tunisia,
where - both sides were massing
ground forces, for the impending
decisive struggle. ' The Italian
communique, however, reported
local thrusts - in which, it said,
axis forces reached "positions of
particular importance."
Germans Close
Brussels Tight as
Murder Precaution
BERL IN (From German
Broadcasts), Jan., 2 (P) Be
cause of "further .murders" and
attempts on the lives of three
German, soldiers New Year's
night the .German military com
mander in Brussels, Belgian cap
ital, ' has announced . that all
places of entertainment will be
closed until further notice.
.- Restaurants will" close at 8:30
each night and a curfew will be
in force from 9 p. m.
The- command said drastic
steps were being taken . against
"persons under suspicion.' .
U of 0 Registration
Down 24 Per Cent-
- EUGENE, Jan. 2 (VP) Univer
sity of Oregon registration, for
the winter term so far. is down
24. per cent from the last winter
term'. . A total of 2023 students
have enrolled. '.
Clifford L. Constance, .assist
ant registrar, expects late - reg
istrations to be heavy.
LONG TO LEAD
NEW SET-UP OF
RETAIL PEOPLE
Announcement was made to
day of tha formation and or
ganization of tha Oregon State
Retailers' council comprised of
representative retailers of Ore
gon's 36 counties. N. E. Long
of Klamath Falls has been
named president and wilt nead
the organization which will deal
solely with legislative matters
affecting retailing, which tha
government has classed as one
of the largest Industries of the
nation, ranking next to that of
agriculture and manufacturing.
Other officers who will serve
with Long, who Is a prominent
Klamath Falls merchant, ate
Frank Nau, former chairman of
the board of the Portland Re
tail Trade bureau and well
known druggist, as vice ' presi
dent, Edward N. Weinbaum, of
Portland, as secretary, and Miss
Helen Hoffman of the Portland
Retail Trade bureau staff as as
sistant secretary. - -
All of the counties in Oregon
will be represented in this re
tailers organization with a min
imum of three retailers, promi
nent in civic affairs in their re
spective communities and areas.
This retail organization is in
keeping with similar activities
that are being inaugurated in
other states in the interests of
an industry that has led in- civ
ic endeavor and which has been
responsible for selling over on
billion dollars in War Savings
Bonds within a given period, ,
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page 6ne .;
may elect to make a stand at
Tripoli. Time will tell as to
that.
... ... i
pOMMEL is supposed to be
served by several thousand
German transport planes. Sicily
Is only 300 miles, or less than
two hours by air. away. A big
fleet of transport planes could
carry a lot of men and supplies
that short distance. i
There is considerable evidence
that the German forces In Tu
nisia are , fairly strong doubt
less reinforced steadly by air.
The battle for North Africa
isn't over yet. , .. . i
.- . : .
nREMTER CURTIN of Australia !
'appeals "to the proper quart
ers" in the United-Nations for
more fighting power In tha Pa
cific to "drive back Japan's far
flung invasion hordes" before
she gets her new conquests con
solidated. -r-
. .The slow progress of our drive
against the Japs at Buna Indi
cates rather clearly our' present
lack of striking power in the
Pacific. . ' "... ---'
'-".'"';:''':-
TTHE Arctic naval battle Is stfll
hazy. It seems to be an at
tack on a Murmansk convoy and
the Germans claim to have in
flicted considerable - .damage.
They may , be doing some tall
bragging , to offset the. Russian
news. The British are still silent
as to what has happened.
Grandson of Late v '
William J. Bryan
Found Dead Today
'. NEW- YORK.r Jan.' S-0P)-i -
John Bryan, 38, artist son of
Mrs.. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde,
former minister to Denmark,
was found dead in his studio
apartment today. . : '.'-";
Police said Bryan, a grana
nn nt tho Into William Jen
nings Bryan, - apparently fell
from a chair, striKing nis neaa
on a desk. In an 'unfinished, let
ter on the desk, Bryan related
he had been grazed recently by
a taxlcab, but said he did -not
regard the injury as serious.
A check of accidents was start
ed by authorities.
Yea Man!
We're Gonna
Dance
Saturday
Nite
January 2nd
ARMORY
Baldy's Band
Dancing 9 to t ..