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January 4 High 43, Low 23
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By FRANK JENKINS
KJELBOURNE paper dlsploy
1 todoy a itntoment by an
Australian government official
(Identity undisclosed) to the ef-
feet thnt the Japs are mossing In
the Islands of the Uismiirck ar-
4 chlpelugo off New Guinea to
W the northeast the largest armada
they havo yet sent Into tlio South
Pacific.
THE report adds that they are
,. ; scouting tha Australian
"northeast coast from Cape York
to Brisbane with aircraft appar
ently operating from submar
ines.
It was one of these aircraft-
submarine combination that
flre-bombad the Southern Ore
gon coast last summer. The Japs
were then reported (unofficially)
to have more than 40 of these
plane-carrying subs, Indicating
(if true) that they set some store
by them
The ships of the reported Jnp
rmada are said in the Austral
Ion story to be dlsparsed among
the Islands for safety.
-
OOECRETARY KNOX, que
tloned about It, says: "There
re always enemy ships at Ra-
baul (In tha Bismarck), but to
the best of my knowledge there
is no unusual concentration at
the moment,"
Wo'U be wise If we neither be
lieve' nor disbelieve. One never
can tell In advance what a Jap
will do.
Thoy moy bo planning some
thing big. Or they could be ped
aling ' the rumor to cover up
something somewhere else
THE Russian dispatches today
1 are non-spcctnculnr, tolling
of Just plain, heavy fighting nil
along the 1000-mile front from
tlio Caucasus to Vcllklo Lu ki
ss you must tlresomcly wash and
dry a shirt before you Iron It
O beautifully for admiring In.
tpectlon.
. we can t have smash news
from .Russia every day al-
though wo'vo been getting a lot
ol it.
THERE'S on Interesting report,
' however, from the Don bend
area west of Stalingrad, where
the Russians seem to be using a
DOUBLE plnccr, ono of tho
plnccra pushing AHEAD of the
other. As nearly as ono can
judge from tho dispatches,
wonts something like this:
t I ; .'"! ::, i .:-,x: ,:-ri"'t
In this rough doodle sketch,
the pincer drives are shown by
the arrows and the encircled
Germans by the small crosses.
.The interesting point is that
such a movement, to be success
ful, would have to have GREAT
STRENGTH behind it. .
We're beginning to suspect
Ohat the Russians have just that.
j '
"THERE'S even a faint note of
,J- German panic in the news
today.
Reports reaching London as
v ; (Continued , on. Page Two)
Jap Destroyers
Failed to Make
Landing, Report
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 lP)
Secretary of tho Navy Knox said
toduy that the Japanese destroy.
ers which reached wotors off the
northwestern end of Gundul
canal Inst Saturday apparently
did not make a landing but did
unload soma motul drums of sup.
piles, a few of which probably
drifted ashore.
Noxt morning, the secretary
told a press conference, Amerl
can motor torpedo boats and
planes from our Guadalcanal air
field In the Solomons wont out
whore the destroyers had been
and sank all the drums they
could find.
Tho secretary snld the Japan'
(Continued on Page Two)
HE
Attack to Clean Nips
Out of Sananada
Shapes Up
A 1 1 1 E D IIEADQUAHTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Jan, 5 (Pj An
attack to clean the mikado's
men out of Sananada Point, tholr
last foothold In southeastern
New Guinea, was shaped by, al
lied forces todoy.
"Wo are regrouping our troops
preporatory to attack," a com
munique from General Douglas
MacArthur's headquarters sold
tersely.
Air Arm Active
The headquarters announce
ment told of far-ranging air ac
tivity, with tho Japanese air
drome at Loe, In northeastern
Now Guinea, suffering tho heav
iest blows from allied bombers.
Advices from tho front also told
of on air prelude to tho tank and
(Continued on Page Two)
His Reputation
Preceded This
Tank Driver
WITH U. S. FORCES IN TU-
NISIA, Jan. 3 (Delayed) (P) His
reputation preceded this Ameri
can tank driver who has had
three tanks shot from under him
In flaming . ruins and escorted
alivo.
A sympathetic doctor, wonder
ing where to start sewlna first.
asked kindly as tho driver was
admitted to tho hospital. "What's
wrong, young fellow?"
"Nothing much. Doc." answer
ed the spunky tankman. "I just
have a touch of arthritis. My
major. Is afraid it will nffect mv
driving and wants you to fix it
Before i get back in another
tank."
Daring Sub Exploit Save :
29 From Jap-Held island
By J. NORMAN LODGE
WITH SOUTH PACIFIC
FLEET, Jan. 8 (P)-A daring
submarine operation under the
cover of darkness has resulted
in tho rescue of 29 men, women
and children from a Japanese
held island in the Solomon
group, Admiral Wllllom F. Hal-
sey disclosed today. .
The . commander of the South
Pacific force said that 17 of
those rescued were white wom
en known to havo been In immi
nent danger of 111 treatment and
death. Three were children.
The operation Involved tho de
taching of a fleet submarine
from the task of sinking Japa
nese snipping ana sending' her
to shallow waters to . effect the
evacuation. .
The daring coun was accom
plished 'under the very nosa of
t4ie Japs. .
Information was received late
In December that a party of mis
sionaries,;, who. had not:, been
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Guadalcanal Yanks
Advance- Near Hen
derson Field
By The Associated Presa
Reports that Japan Is massing
tho biggest armada yet sent into
the southwest Pacific battle the
atre were published in Australia
today, suggesting new large
scale enemy operations were Im
minent In the zone northeast of
Australia, and other reports in
d I c a t e d quickening ' activities
throughout 'the vast' South Seas
area, "'.' ;
In Washington, the;vy, tt?
nounced "that. America' troops
on Guadalcanal Island, In the
Solomons, had 1 won .v strategic
high ground overlooking their
airfield from the southwest and
beaten oft six Japanese counter
attacks. ' '
The navy aald 170 Japanese
were killed.
Important Gait) ; ;
The navy also' reported that
American "Catniinns" "and "FJy
lug Fortresses" carried out a serJ
Ics of attacks yesterday on the
Japanese-occupied, Munda area,
in the New Ge or g I a ..island
group,, north .of Guadalcanal, i
Seizure of the new - positions
overlooking Henderson air field.
In the vicinity ,: of 1514-foot
Mount, Austen, was achieved in
what appeared ; to.: be themost
important advance made by
American troops :thero In weeks.
In '.Australia,, newspapers
prominently displayed a state.
mcnt by a government official,
who did not permit, his identity
to be disclosed, asserting that a
hugo concentration of Japanese
ships had been reported sighted
off Rabaul, big Japanese base
on New Britain island, and other
nearby harbors. .
Motives Suggested
The official: . said , Japanese
merchant ships and. transports
In the New, Guinea area , were
strongly supported by' warships
but were, dispersed' for greater
safety from allied aerial assault.
Japanese aircraft., apparently
operating from, submarines.
were said to have been scouting
the Australian northeast coast.
The unidentified official sug
gested three motives for the Jap
anese "massing of ships: '
A new move against Ameri
can forces on Guadalcanal,
An attempt to reinforce the
(Continued on Page Two)
NAZI LOSS
LONDON, Jan. S (P) A large
Gorman merchant vessel filled
with raw materials, for Germany
has been sunk in the Atlantic, it
was announced officially today.
l
evacuated prior to enemy occu
pation of the ' Solomons - last
spring, was in danger, of capture
by a raiding force of several
hundred Japanese. r ,
The missionaries had heard of
the presence of white women on
tho island. ..."
(Apparently the missionaries
sent word of their plight to
American forces, after they had
heard that, another group of
whites, Including women and
children,, had landed on the isl
and from another point In the.
South Pacific. Subsequently the.
missionaries , apparently ; made;
contact with, the new group and.
brought the party together for
the rescue attempt.) ' . . S
The task of rescuing the group
became a race against time. Just
before New Year's day Jnforma.'
tion was received that the' Japa
nese planned to -send a' strong
detachment to: capture the mis
sionaries , after, two ; enemy; on-
onunuea.onage..xwo); . -
These Klamath farm leaders
expressed the determination of
uuni lotwn wiucn migm aueci
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French, U. S. , Ground
Forces Get Strong
Support
ALLIED ' HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA. Jan. 8 ,P
The United States army air force
struck effective blows today in
Stipport of French and American
ground forces in southern Tu
nisia, bombing railroad yards at
Kalrouan and targets at Cheri-
cnera,. . six miles northeast of
Fondouk. ... . - . , ;
The allied communiaus said
French headquarters reported
-that 12 to 15 enemy tanks were
destroyed in the axis attack Sun
day lathe Fondouk area. It said
the French, whose lines stopped
tne enemy thrust, then counter
attacked and "Inflicted casual
ties on the enemy." : .
i . 4 Nails Bagged ,
: It; said . the tanks were de
stroyed by allied guns and ar
tillery. The communique yester
day disclosed that American
(Contlnued on Page Two)
Survey of Loss
Continues in
Wake of Flood
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 (P)
Survey of damage continued
throughout western Oregon to
day In the wake of the most
serious flood in almost 20 years.
- Suburban homes, farms and
livestock herds sustained losses
running into several millions of
dollars in the Willamette and
smaller valleys of rivers run
ning to the coast. Only rough
estimates were possible. .
The state highway commis
sion, beginning a survey of dam
aged roads, estimated flood cost
only at "more than $100,000.'!
All . major, roads are. open, al
though trafflo in spots is one
way. . , , ' ' -.
The death list held' at 10 and
authorities, do not anticlpato'any
additional casualties as . waters
receded everywhere and, except
for one or two points, the Wil
lamettemost troublesome river
was in its banks again.. At
Portland, logs and flotsam from
upriver lodged behind bridge
piers but caused no damage- as
the river dropped below its 18-
foot flood stage.
Southbound trains were oper
ating. .," The Southern '. Pacific
tracks were flooded between
here and Oregon City yesterday
and trains were rerouted but
the line was open today.
News Index
City Briefs .. ..Page 7
Comics and Story Page. 8
Courthouse Records .......Page 7
Editorials .Page 4
Pattern Page 9
Markets, Financial .Page 9
Midland Empire News.. ..Page 4
Our Men. in Service ......,.Page 3
Sport ..........?age 6
-II-TI I II Tl ll.llliiil ,1
gathered at the Henler annua
Klamath agriculture to produce all
uruavoraoiy tne larm ettoru
;
Spud Increase Unlikely in '
1943; Farm Leaders Foresee
Milk Production Decrease
Potato ' production equal to
last year, but not up to the 116
per cent goBl asked by -the gov
ernment, was forecast, by Klam
ath farm leaders in a meeting
peia at Henley grange hall Mon
day afternoon to determine goals'
lor larm production in this coun
ty "in tho war. year' of 1843. i
The farm leaders actually fore
cast a drastic decrease in milk
cow and milk; production. They
set the figure at .60 per cent of
1942 production, whereas the
goal asked was 102 per cent.
In most .other departments of
farm effort, production .equal to
or greater than last year was
predicted. But the farmers be
trayed definite Concern over, the
labor outlook, in particular and
indicated that while a deter
mined productive effort will be
put forth In this county, this and
other factors may have unfavor
able effects unless relief meas
ures are worked out. ,
Attending tne meeting were
members of the county agricul
tural war board, the AAA' coun
ty committee, the AAA commun
ity committeemen and the plan
ning committee. As an after
math of the Monday session at
Henley, another meeting of the
farm, labor committee, AAA
groups and the war board was
underway at the county agent's
office Tuesday to shape plans
for meeting the :' goals estab
lished.
Here are the goals set up at
ine meeting at Henley with all
percentage based on 1942 pro
duction: "'','
"Hogs, spring farrowing 100
per cent. : . 1
Hogs, fall farrowing 120 per
cent,. - , ,
Marketings of : c a 1 1 1 e and
calves 100 per cent. , ;
Marketings of sheep, and
lambs--80 per cent. (Decreased
marketing is planned to : help
President
N. E. Long of Klamath Falls
has been ' named president of
thjiew Oregon State Retailers'
council, comprised of represen
tative retailer ' of ' Oregon's 38
counties
? w if f i - i
, If , , - if s
r
hall to talk 1943 production aoali
possible, they also voiced concern about labor shortage and
in tne coming year.
1 . . .
build up the sheep population of
the county).
Milk and milk cows 60 per
cent ...''. .
. , Hens and pullets, : eggs 105
per cent. . -..-.i .'..-
, , niCHens for meaVr-zo -.p.e,r
-'Tnrkeys-80 per-tfent 'i.-. "
' Wheat 96 per cent, r.
Feed grains 105 per cent.
. Hay 105 per cent.' -;, .-
Flax seed 100 per. cent' '
Clover and . grass seed 100
per cent. .
Vegetable seed 125 per cent.
Austrian peas 80 per cent, '
. .Potatoes 100 per cent..
Army Splashes
Through Flood to
Beat the Stork -
CORVALLIS, Jan. 5 (Ur
gent calls sent the army splash
ing through the flood to the res
cue of expectant mothers in iso
lated communities, during the
weekend. -
On the first try an amphibious
Jeep from Camp Adair arrived
at the home of Mrs. James Han
non between Corvallis and Al
bany too la' s. Both the mother
and her - 61 pound son were in
good condition, though, and were
brought to Corvallis.
The second try was successful.
a high-bottom army truck bring
ing Mrs. Ralph Husted to a hos
pital minutes before a son 'was
born. .-'". . -. , -
Kaiser Leads
U. S. Shipyards
' WASHINGTON. Jan. 5 (PI
Henry J.v Kaiser's Oregon Ship
building corporation, Portland,
Ore., , led tho nation's shipyards
during 1942 with the delivery of
113 -Liberty ships, representing
1,219,300 deadweight tons. Rear
Admiral Emory S. Land, chair
man of the maritime commission)
reported today.
The California'! Shipbuilding
corporation, Wilmington, Calif.,
was next with 109 Liberty ships
of 1,175,900, deadweight tons. :
HHlerThrows Crack Troops. Fliers
Into All-Out Battle for Tunisia
. By WES GALLAGHER
'ALLIED" HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 5 (P)
Adolf Hitler's attempt to keep
the Mediterranean blocked to al
lied shipping has ' turned the
Tunisian war into: a major ef
fort with thousands of German
and Italian troops deployed from
Bizerte to the Tripolitanlan bor
der along with part of the first
line strength, of the German air
force. -J - ;
This purely personal conclu
sion is based on a 2100-mile trip
to the war front in a jeep, top
ped with another 700 miles of
travel in a. Flying Fortress,' much
of it on a bombing mission over
Tunis.
For sheer torture, the . Jeep
trio was by far .the worse.
-Thesa . r- tttf . mala -imnre-
Maadav afternoon. Whil. tw
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' BATTERING OF '43
Nazi "Suicide Techni
que'' Against U. S.
Fliers Told
LONDON, Jan., 3 RAF
bombers battered, at German in
dustrial' targets in the Ruhr val
ley for the second night in suc
cession last night an air minis
try communique said today.. Two
British planes .were, reported
lost.
The Berlin radio reported cas
ualties were caused among the
civilian: populations as well as
'.'damage to buildings in residen
tial quarters.". ; . The G e r m a n
radio claimed four, of the raid
ing planes were shot down, r-;,;
': ' . Suicide Technique V
'. The attack apparently was on
a small scale, measured by pre
vious RAF assaults on the busy
plants in. the Ruhr. The British
report of two planes lost indi
cated a total force of perhaps 40
planes. .'
- The Daily Express said today
that the Germans inaugurated a
new "virtual suicide" technique
against the American fliers Sun
day, and lost 38 fighters. The
newspaper identified the Amer
can bombers on the St.' Nazaire
raid as Flying Fortresses and
said that at least two of them
were . brought down by anti-aircraft
fire. . . . .
, The Express report said that
the general commanding the
Fortresses flew in a leading
bomber. . U. S. air force , head
quarters declined to" comment on
the; : newspaper's . report which
said the German fighters, trying
out their ; new method, flew in
pairs and attacked the big bomb
ers head-on. V
The Express did not name the
(Continued on Page .Tw,o), ', ;
; .. SEE PAGE 3.'.'-- ,'V
An advertisement of ' inter
est to all,-American women
will be. found on .page 3 of
this, newspaper today, dealing
with the Women's Army' Aux
iliary Corps. . :.
sions I got in traveling oyer the
front:' -:. ' '-.'. "
- 1. Rain and the constant threat
of rain make allied tank war
fare impossible in northern Tun
isia until - late February.: There
are only a few main roads-leading
into Tunis and Bizerte, and
the ground between them Vis
nothing but muck which would
mire the lightest tank.' . ;
2. .The ' Germans, with short
lines- of communication, -a peri
meter defense of the two, ports,
and a great concentration of ar
tillery and aerial protection
from Sardinia and Sicily, could
halt , any . infantry assault with
murderous, losses. '
- 3. In- the- north land -warfare
has stagnated with neither sfde
able to take a definite initiative.
: - 4, Despite . th . advantaga. of
Nazis Mass Fleet to
Supply Armies in
. , . South -
By ROGER D. GREENE '
Aisociated Press War Editor
The recapture of -the. impor
tant city of Nalchik in the Cau
casus was announced tonight by
the soviet command in a special
communique underlining ' the
growing gravity of the German
position in far southern Russia.
The Russian announcement
followed reports that Hitler hat
ordered the German armies-on
the Caucasus front to hold it at
all costs, even if the Russians
cut off their northern "escape
corridor'' through : Rostov.' '
: ' 1000-Mile Lin
Advices reaching Loudon
thus far without confirmation
said the German, plan now was
to supply the axis Caucasus
army by sea if land communi
cations failed. The nazis were
reported massing a fleet of all
available ships in the Black sea
to. carry supplies to Novorossisk.
Heavy, battles raged on five
great fronts in the Russian cam
paign, today, imperilling : tha
Germans on a 1000-mile line,
with the red armies of Col.-Geri.
Nikolai . Fr Vautulu ; threatening
it(ning"girestr trap around
nazi troops in the Don bend 100
miles west of Stalingrad, v
Encirclement Move
Soviet dispatches said two
Russian forces lacked, only. -30
miles of forging the final "link
in a new ring around the Ger
mans following the 'capture of
Chernishkov and the nail air
base at. Chernishkovskaya, 40
miles to the north.
Union of the two red armies
would encircle more ' axis- divi
sions In a region 50 miles -west
of another tightly-closed trap
engulfing the survivors of 22
German divisions- before Stalin
grad. '
- Advance Continues ' ' '
Russian headquarters, de
nouncing German claims of sue
, (Continued on Page Two)
State Senators
To Attend Caucus, J
Choose Officers "
SALEM, Jan; 5 (5 Presi
dent of the Senate Dean H.
Walker, Independence,: wrote
all state senators today asking
them to attend a caucus at the
Marion hotel here at 7:30 ft. m.
Sunday.:
All or most-of the senate offi
cers will be chosen at. the cau
cus, but there Is some question
whether the senate president,
who will succeed Walker, will
be :. chosen at the caucus or
chosen at the opening legislative
session at 10 a. m. the following
day. : .
. The two candidates for senate
president differ on the subject.
Sen. Dorothy McCullough Lee,
Portland, wants the president
chosen on the senate floor, while
the, other candidate, Sen. W.
Stelwer, Fossil, wants the job
done, at the caucus.- - ' -
established bases in Sicily, and
Sardinia within easy reach 'of
the front, the German air force
is losing its punch In the- face
of allied opposition and Is only
a shadow of the terrible weapon
it was in Greece and France. -
5. The lack of airfields is
handicapping the allied air ef
fort,' but the military punish
ment being dealt out by Flying
Fortresses, Lockheed Lightning
(P-38) fighters and RAF attacks
Is ten times as effective militar
ily as the blows of the German
air force.
' 6. French troops, with a total
disregard of politics and anti
quated equipment, are fighting
with great gallantry, particular
ly at Font de Fans and In tha
south: along a winding Irregular
Contin.uetJ on Paj& Twp . ,