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1 Herald On 5-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles It the signal for a blackout In Klamath Talli. Another long blait, during a black out. Ii a signal lor all-clear. In precau tionary periods, watch your strati llahti. January 8 High 40, Low 88, ' Praclpltatlon aa oi Dacambar 80, U41 Stream year to data ... ....7.a0 Last year . 6.29 Normal 4. 82 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS K AMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1943 Number 9687 Ul M MHO "JNS'IDDM . . .,. iiui.j Auvmiri tu.ihiimai.vi 5DL0NS OPEN Telephone Poles Bring Seaplane Tender Safely Home Mffi J. Ifffl I 1 By FRANK JENKINS A SIGN appears In the iky today. Tho Russians assert thnt the German army la In FULL RE TREAT In tha Caucasus, blow ing up bridges ond mining roads. Router (British news service) estimates In London that hnlf a million of Hitler's finest troops aro In headlong withdrawal be fore the twin Rusaiun offensives In the Caucasus and tho Mlddlo Don area. e e . e TT mny bo tho sign wo have been awaiting, h It Is CERTAIN that If and when Hitler begins to pull his armies out of tho sack In which tho Russians havo enclosed them he will face a situation that bristles with dire possibilities. The problem ho faces looks roughly Ilka this: If he tries to take his armies out through the narrow Rostov land gap, the Russians will be tearing at his flanks and tear ing at a retrcnting enemy's flanks has been a Russian specialty for centuries. Particularly In WINTER. If he tries to escape by water (Black Sea and Sea of Azov, with the narrow Kerch strait between) he will be harried by the Rus sian Black Sea fleet, which Is now based at Bntum. The floot will be abetted by Russian land- based planes helped possibly by British and American planes sent kJn from Iraq. J TF he decides to sit tight and A stick It out, ho will havo a tough time supplying his armies. Any way he looks at H, tho pic ture Isn't a pleasant one for Hit ler. Everything deponds on the strength tho Russians still havo in reserve TN the accompanying rough doodlo drawing, which Is a crudo attempt to set forth Hit ler's present difficulties in Rus sia, tho arrows represent Rus sian armies closing in on tho Gormnns from nearly all sides. CROM elsewhere In tho world, tho news Isn't particularly ex citing today. J Thcro Is air raiding and small scale ground activity (mostly by the British) In northern Tunisia. Wcs Gallagher, AP correspond ent, told us yesterday not to look for anything decisive there for at least a couple of months. During this period of rains and mud, both sides will bo strain ing every nerve to got In rein forcements, and tho air forces will keep hacking away at each other. nOMMEL Is still lost In tha v Libyan dust storms. At least wo'vo hoard nothing . ot his whereabouts for several days. It may be that this news silence means that something is cooking there. That Is often tho case. TJS an& Australian heavy bombers hit Jap shipping at Robnul (maybe tho Jap armada Australia has been talk ing about), leaving EIGHT Jnp ships afire or sinking and de stroying a ninth ship with a direct bomb hit. Thoy were all , (Continued on Page Two)- m .V ""fit- ' lM'r vv 7BTH CONGRESS AMID CHEERS Bureaucrats Warned; Congress Waits FDR Speech WASHINGTON, Jon. 0 VP) Spcukcr Rayburn told a cheer ing houso today that when vic tory at war Is won "this tlmo there must be no stopping until tho vandalism and paganism of Berlin, Romo and Tokyo are wiped from tho faco of tha world." "We must disarm theso van dals and keep them disarmed," Rayburn said. He had shortly beforo been reelected houso speaker as tho 78th congress convoncd. Determination Pledged He told the houso that this nation would be confronted with "worldshaklng" problems at the war's end and that the problems of "trnclo and commerce, peace and civilization must bo looked to." Simultaneously, he pledged that It would be his "unswerv ing determination" as speaker "to protect, to defend tho rights, tho prerogative and the powers of the house." Both the senate and house quickly disposed of prelimin aries so that President Roose velt moy report tomorrow on a year at war and his program lo, acmove victory. -Rayburn called for "team' work" between the legislative and administrative branches of government, and asserted: "The cooperation must bo mutual and understood by all of us." Consult Whit House He said that he had "no com plaint" about tho cooperation tendered congress In tho past by tl.o president, of whom he said "I do not believe that a greater war leader than our present commander-in-chief could be found." But he served notice, as he did at a democratic caucus yes terday, that department and bureau heads, seeking passage ot legislation, must see to it that "those In position ot responsibil (Continued on Pago Two) Big Nazi Troop Transport Sunk In Mediterranean LONDON, Jan. 6 VP) The ad miralty announced tonight that a largo enemy troop transport and a supply ship had been destroyed and that two other ships had been hit and probably sunk by British submarines in the Medi terranean. Tho big troop transport was encountered off Sicily whtlo bound southward toward Afri ca with a heavy escort but she was hit by three torpedoes and sunk, tho communique sold. Lawrence Lowell, President Emeritus Of Harvard, Dies BOSTON, Jan. 6 (fP) A. Law renco Lowell, 86, president em eritus of Harvard university, died today at his Boston home. .The elderly educator, . who presided over the destinies of the three-centurles-old universi ty for three decades, died after a brief illness. General Clark to Head Fifth Army in Tunisia ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 6 lP) Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark, the tall, 48-year-old American of ficer who made a daring landing on tho hostile shoro of North Africa from a submarine for a secret meeting with French of ficers before the allied occupa tion, has been placed ' in com mand of tho newly activated U S, fifth army, now preparing with its British and French al lies to drive axis forces from Tunisia. . C.7s.i iimii mi i The taplan tender McFarland, a converted 1200-ton destroyer, had a largo section of her stern blown off when attacked by Jap bombing planes off Guadalcanal, but tha craw patched her up and used telephone poles to make Jury rudder and brought her back to Pearl Harbor. Tb temporary rudder Is shown, French C66perati6nWith Allies Assured, Despite Dorian's Death, Report By WES GALLAGHER ALGIERS,1 Algeria, Jan. 6 VP) An authoritative source said to day that the political compiles' Hons following the death of Ad miral Jenrl Darlari had made no change In. the admiral's pledge to use the French fleet at Dakar with the United States and Brit ish navies and had caused ' no slackening of pro-allied French military effort. .... "French sailors have been sad' dened by the admiral's death, but thoro has been no slacken ing of their morale and they are ready to take their ships to sea against the axis when they are ordered, which will be as soon as possible," said this in formant, whose identity may not be divulged. Persons, in the confidence of Gen. Henri Giraud. high com' mlssioncr for French North and West Africa, expressed satisfac tion with the suggestion ot Gen. Charles de Gaulle for a meeting to unite pro-allied Frenchmen under one banner and pointed out that there were no differ ences between the two men, both U. S. Has Reached Desperation Point'' In Rubber, Report NEW YORK, Jan. 6 W) This nation has reached the "desper ation point" concerning rubber, says W. L. White, of the war production board advisory com mittee, who adds that "the War will be won by. the country that has the last 'pound of crude rub ber." White, also a member of the advisory committee of the Rub' ber Reserve corporation, told the Export Managers' club yesterday that United States technologists must solve in the next seven months the problems of ade quate synthetics that Germany has "not solved in seven years" and predicted it would" be done. , , .. He declared the task could be done if congress stopped .what he termed "monkey business" in synthetic rubber production. The announcement that Gen. Clark, formerly deputy commander-in-chief to Lieut. Gen. Dwlght D. Elsenhower in North Africa, had assumed his com mand came as most of the long Tunisian front lay quiet in the mud and winter rains. (The announcement of the activation of the U. S. fifth army indicates that a force of at least two or three divisions has been organized and made ready to take its place besides the. Brit (Continued on Page Two) ' of whom are fiercely antl-nazl "It is a question of method rather than ot principles," one source said, . Off lclally, the Giraud -govern msnt .has been silent on any plans or negotiations with the fighting French. (De Gaulle sent his offer to meet Giraud .on French soil on Christmas day). French sources said the sha dow of Petaln lies heavily upon the people of North Africa, who also have been subjected to two years of , nazl propaganda, and any premature move to . open negotiations might increase pub lic tension. The United States and Britain seemed to have adopted a policy of leaving the French to settle their own political problems de spite the arrival of Harold Mac- Millan as British resident mln (Contlnued on Page Two) Over-Optimism About Early End Of War Rapped WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 OP) Elmer Davis, director of war in formation spoke out today against over-optimism about an early end to the war and stressed particularly the "continuing serious submarine menace." Davis, who in his New Year's message to the people last week, advised them to expect casual ties and losses inevitable in war, took specific exception to a pre diction of Admiral William F. Halsey, South Pacific command er, that the war will end this year. - ; "I have no Information to support such a prediction, ' al though I have been trying to get some," Davis told a press con ference. The information director said that, to the best of his know ledge, the Germans still were (Continued on Page Two) Flood Drives.500 Marion Families From' Residences SALEM, Jan. 6 (ff) Approxi mately. BOO Marlon county fam ilies were driven from their homes in the Willamette river flood last week, the Marion county Red Cross said today as it prepared to rehabilitate all of the victims. Between ISO and 200 of those families suffered severe property damage. The river dropped to 15.3 feet today, five feet ' below flood stage and IS feet below Satur day's crest. The bodies of two highway department workers who were drowned in repairing the Salem West Salem bridge Saturday night have -not been found. i 10 P0UCEF0RCE Civil Service Commis sion Settles Leave a-- Question ,-. Former Police Judge Leigh Ackerman was back on the city police force Wednesday, follow ing determination of a question raised as to his civil service status after more than two years in the police judge's office. At a meeting of the eivil ser vice commission Tuesday- night, City ' Attorney "Joe ' Carnahan gave the opinion that the rules would not prevent Ackerman's return to the force and said it would be "dangerous" not . to reinstate him. ' Leaves Granted The question . was raised through a request by police force members for a clarification ; of the rulings as regards leaves of absence and their effect on the status of department personnel. Sergeant. Paul Robertson stated the question; was hot raised as a personal issue with Ackerman. ' It was brought out in the dis cussion that Ackerman was first (Continued on Page Two) . California Eyes . Revocation of . Alien Citizenship SACRAMENTO, Jan. 8 VPh Revocation of the American citi zenship ' of all ' American born Japanese who have professed dual citizenship allegiance to Japan was - proposed today In both houses of the California legislature. - ' A series of bills and resolu tions with this proposal as their main objective were announced by State Senator Clair . Engle, former 'district attorney of Red Bluff,- id Assemblyman Lloyd Lowrey of Rumsey. They also advocated the denial of commercial fishing licenses to Nipponese aliens and in press statements declared their inten tion to work for the strengtnen ing of the state's alien land act which prohibits non-naturalized Japanese from owning or leasing land In this state. London's Worried Over Opening of New U. S. Congress LOr'DON, Jan. 6 (JP) London newspapers displayed anxiety to day over the opening of the new congress In the United States. Headlines read: .: . Daily Mirror: "Will U. S. Again Become a World Hermit?" Dally Mall: "Roosevelt's Foes Today Start ' Congress Battle to Cut JJown His Power." Daily Express: "The Next Six ty Days Don't Lose Faith in America," MIGHTY EFFORT IDE TO CHECK RED ONSLAUGHT Red Steamroller Ad vancing on All : Fronts By HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW. Jan. 6 VP) The German army was reported in full retreat in the Caucasus to day, blowing up bridges and min ing roads in a desperate effort to check the surging advance of Russian forces driving hard at its heels. Red Star, organ of the soviet army, said Russian forces, which already - had stormed and won the important towns ot Mozdok, Nalchik, Prokhladnenskl, Kotly arevskaya and Maiskoye, contin ued ' their - sweeping advance along a wide front, winning back a large number of additional towns. Town Overrun ' The entire province of North Osetia, lying between Ordzhoni kidze and Nalchik, had been won back 'under slthe red banner by soviet forces operating along the west bank of the Terek, river, while other Russian troops rolled the Germans back to the north, Red Star asserted. ' ' , ' ; - To the north, along the lower Don," the Russians were reported fighting fo.ward after overrun ning the important nazl .bridge head town of Tsimlyansk and thus driving a second spearhead within 125 miles of Rostov, whose fall might doom the entire German force in the Caucasus. . The first spearhead was thrust earlier southwest of Kamensk to a point about 100 miles north west of the great Don mouth port of Rostov. Line Shattered . (Reuters, British News Agen . (Continued on Page Two) . OP A Outlaws Pleasure Driving On East Coast WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (Ph The office of price administra tion today outlawed all pleasure driving by holders of "A," "B" and "C" gasoline ration cards on the Atlantic seaboard and prescribed the cancellation of gasoline rations as the penalty for failure to comply. .- The order is . effective as of noon tomorrow, January 7. '. "The presence of passenger cars at any gathering for pur poses of sport or amusement will be taken as prima facie evidence that gasoline rations and tires are being dissipated needlessly and illegally," said OPA. "The ban on pleasure driving will also apply to driving to purely social engagements." Simultaneously, OPA declared fuel oil heating rations of all buildings except those used for residential purposes in the east would be "cut substantially with in the next 24 hours."' No de tails were given. - U. S., RAF Crews Cripple Jap Facilities in Burma NEW DELHI, Jan. 6 (IP) United States and Royal Air Force flying crews are crip pling some river and rail -trans-, port facilities used to transport Japanese troops and supplies in Burma, communiques, reported today. While United States bombers f aided railroad yards in Manda lay Monday, starting fires that could be seen for 70 miles, other crews attacked a 13,000-ton ves sel moving up the Irrawaddl river -toward ' Rangoon.'- Thick :;;V.-:'--: V ' '" tay On ram Battle Zone Pacific Octan AUSTftAU, i" AoctftlWI r(Jlol ' Allied bomber spread-eagled the southwest Pacific battle son today, attacking in New Guinea, New . Britain, and sinking or damaging 10 - enemy ships in Rabaul harbor. An Australian official warned of a Jap armada massing in -the area. ' ALLIES CAPTURE Axis Driven From Stra tegic Hi lis West : Of Mateur . v . ALLIED -HEADQUARTERS. IN WORTH AFRICA. Jan. 6 OPl Allied forced have captured DJebel Azzag and other, points In: the ! vicinit as' part of at tacks in . which ' British troops have driven ' the ' enemy from strategic hills 15 miles west of Mateur, allied headquarters an nounced today. - : ; The .newly won positions were " not immediately located and the communique did not de scribe them. ' ,' Sfax Bombed fOur forces are: mopping . up isolated machine-gun posts and have repulsed a counter-attack against one of our. newly won positions," ' the communique added. Flying Fortresses U. S. four motored B-17 bombers raiding the enemy port of Sfax. were said to have , scored hits on or near- a cruiser leaving the har bor and to have left the power station - in - flames. American medium B-26 Marauder ' bombers- also - attacked : a nazl air drome at - Kairouan, about ;36 (Continued on Page Two) . , ' Sen. O'Daniel i To Try Again on Army Beer Ban . WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 () Senator. O'Daniel (D-Tex.) announced- today his intention to lay before congress again a pro posal to banish beer and strong er alcoholic drinks from army camps, naval stations and siuv rounding territory. He told reporters he would In troduce in the new congress a bill similar to that which died with , the old session after the senate demonstrated opposition to such partial prohibition. .His bill, he said, would .pro hibit the sale of alcoholic bever ages in the camps and within a radius of them to be determined by the commanding officers. smoke, billowed from the ship after two direct bomb hits and three near misses; Heavy bombers from the tenth airforce made the attacks on the ship and a concentration ot freight cars and other railroad equipment in the Mandalay rail road yards,' communiques said. The same day railroad instal lations at Naba Junction, also in Burma,, were attacked by med ium bombers and the communi que said "a high percentage of (Continued , on Page Two) I From main Joel MAHUS K2FfLn T"' meyjy lOOOmUw ) "Jjitw BRrrJNIJ SOIOMOM SSMMgi But, ISLANDS Papua's! Hlii toutinrttuK . . Cootoswnl . tj ; ...;'.:!; V,'7 . . I Figure thow 1 wS ' I Maimer rtiiiw j )IOaiiijso,. DEEP THR UST STRIKES MUNDA SOLOMONS Two- Fisted Assault Lashes Pacific Islands - WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (IP) The navy reported today: that 1 American bombers had sunk a Japanese cargo ship in Aleu tian water, January -5, and. - had scored a direct hit "on an other ship. - . By The Associated Press- American warships boldly steaming Into-the heart of the Japanese . defense zone In the Solomons have successfully bombarded the . airfield at Mu'n da, New. Georgia., island, 180 miles northwest of Guadalcanal, where the enemy has been de veloping an important base. The foray, announced in , a navy department ..bulletin, wai the deepest northwest thrust- by by. U. S. surface , ships , so far reported in the immediate waters, of the . Solomon arcbi- pejago. . t "Twb-F&ted k Assault ' The communique, said ' Japa nese bombers tried ito intercept the warships but were driven off by Jour. navy, fighter planes which shot four into the Pacific and : probably .destroyed . . two others. It- said 'the .' action oc curred in the, pre-dawn darkness of 'Tuesday,:."--;;?'-. . The sea attack was part of a two-fisted . a s a U 1 1 - by allied forces . on Japanese "bases menac ing the American hold on Guad alcanal. Heavy bombers were credited officially - today with sinking or damaging 10 enemy ships in. Rabaul harbor, New Britain. '. - Cruiser Attacked In the " background of these attacks was an Australian warn ing that Japan was massing a new war fleet in the southwest Pacific.:- : The navy - communique : said that B-26 medium bombera fol lowed the : warships in another - (Continued on Page Two) 9000 Miners Remain Away From Jobs in Pennsylvania Fields . WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Jan.' 8 (JP) Nine thousand miners re mained away from their Jobs in nine of the largest collieries in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields today in a fractional dis pute centering around a 60-centa a month increase in union dues. The movement, condemned by the. United Mine Workers of America, develope-' while . the UMW and mine operators work ed on a plan to increase produc tion for war needs, in accordance with a request from Solid Fuels Coordinator Ickes. A dues increase from $1 to $1.50 was voted at a UMW con vention last October, over the protests of many anthracite dele gates. Many leaders from bitu minous fields favored it. .:' - The' first increases were de ducted under the check-off sys tem from the miners' last two pay checks. . The miners- want this money returned. Body of Third Flood Victim Found Near Isle CORVALLIS, Jan. 6 VP) The body of the third Benton county victim of the Willamette river flood, John Heffner, was found Tuesday near Ingram island, a short distance from the spot where he went down. Sheriff W. M. Harper and as sistants went to the island to aid in the search, but neighbors had- recovered the . body before they arrived. r
