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ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1943
Number 9688
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By FRANK JENKINS
TUIUCU has boon written nntl
11 iin Id, In an admiring voln,
of tlio Golden Ako of Personal
Journalism whun tho Crcnt
Keillors the Groolcys, tho Dun
on, tho Wultersons told people
pjvhut to think and how and whun.
J Tho Implication has been that
tho newspapers THEN wcro
lireat but slnco huvo dipped.
TN Ills Just-published book
"Burrlors Down," Kent Coop
er, the general manager of tho
Associated Press, tells us how
this great nows-guthcrlng organi
zation cumo to bo formed.
In those days each important
newspaper collected the news of
lis city, III state, the nation and
tho world FOR ITSELF. It was
costly process, Involving much
needless duplication, and In tho
course of tlmo'somcono had tho
bright notion that tho news
papers could EXCHANGE the
news of t h o I r communities
among each other, thus saving
a great deal of wasted money
that could bo devoted to making
bolter newspapers.
O lt seemed q spjondld Idea, ,,
' '
OUT a devastating thought
occurred.
' Tho news carried by each of
theso great newspapers dominat
ed by the personalities of tho
GREAT EDITORS especially
the news dealing with politics
lid government was so warped,
so twisted, so POISONED nt Its
source as a result of tho then
more or less universal desiro to
influence people's thinking and
so WIN ELECTIONS that each
of the great editors knew Instant
ly that ho wouldn't print ANY
OTHER editor's news on a bctl
Each of them, you see, knew
too much about tho others' meth
ods. or
ME really sound and econom
ical and progressive Idea of
news exchange seemed to bo be-
hind tho eight bull, and for the
moment nobody could think of a
way to get It out.
If nobody would accept any
body else's news (becuuse of
knowledge of the poison con
tained' in It) how was news to bo
exchanged?
It just didn't look possible.
Still, tho plan had much to
recommend It.
..A SOLUTION was ultimately
found. It was an cpochally
Important solution.
In substance, It was this:
Tho Associated Press was or
ganized as a co-operative as
sociation to be owned by all the
newspapers receiving its service.
dt was agreed that tho news to
a gathered and written and dis
seminated to its members by the
Associated Press must be so ac
curate, so froe from bias and
slant, so lacking In hidden polit
ical poison that it could be
printed by ALL without fear or
suspicion,
'
("THESE biased, prejudiced
iA editors of the old school know
thoy couldn't and WOULDN'T
print In' their own newspapers
tho pews that was tainted with
tho other fellow's bias and prej
udice, but ' they could and did
print news that was so FREE
from bias and .prejudice that it
could and did stand on its own
foot WHEREVER printed.
, '
TT was thus that the Associated
A Press was born, and its birth
was one of tho outstanding events
in modern history.
Because
U When men began to under
stand that they could believe
and RELY UPON tho news they
read in tholr newspapers they
began to draw their own lndo
(Contlnued on Pago Four) .
Patrols Probe
Strength in
Guinea Swamps
By WILLIAM F. BONI
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI
NEA, Jan. 7 (!) Allied and
Japanese patrols were probing
In swamp mud today for weak
spots In tho opposlto lines as
tho allies regrouped their land
forces for an attack on tho enemy
stronghold at Sanananda.
American troops pushed buck
one Japancso putrol In tho vicin
ity of Tarukcna, a village mid
way between tho recently won
Buna Station and Sanananda
point. They killed ono Japan
ese and wounded another.
The sumo area was tho target
for a sustained artillery barrage
with an Australian pilot spot
ting the objectives for tho gun
ners, Along the Soputa-Sanananda
track Itself which actually Is
on automobile road both sides
(Continued on Page Two)
Justice Ponders Bind
ing Walldn Over in
Bowman Case
Decision as to whether Ken
notli Wallan would be bound
over on a second degree murder
charge by Justice Joe Mahoncy
had not been reached late this
afternoon pending tho return of
the Judge from tho scene of the
alleged offenso on Shasta way.
Tho preliminary hearing wos
concluded at 2:30 p. m., and
Justice Muhoncy asked Stato Po
lice Officer Mark Sullivan to
accompany him to the place
whero Wullun Is accused of fa
tally Injuring James Bowman
In a Chrlstmos eve altercation.
At the conclusion of the hear
ing Dcfcnso Attorney Joseph C.
O'Neill attempted to have the
chargo reduced from second de
gree murder to manslaughter In
order that his client might give
ball. The district attorney, Orth
Slscmoro, objected and tho court
took tho matter under advise
ment. Mrs. Edna M. Bowman,
widow of the slain man, took
tho stand shortly after 10
o'clock to answer questions
asked her for ono hour and 20
(Continued on Pago Two)
Giraud Agrees
To Meet De Gaulle
LONDON, Jan. 7 (IP) Gen.
Henri Honoro Giraud, French
commissioner In North Africa,
hus agreed "In principle" to meet
Gen. Charles do Gaulle on
French, soil,, but proposed for
various reasons that the con
ference be delayed until the end
of January, It was announced
authoritatively today.
Body of Co. Buzz Wagner
Found in Plane Wreckage
EGLIN FIELD, Fla., Jan. 7 (IP)
A farmer looking for his cows
In an isolated Florida pasture
ended tho five-week search for
Lieut. Col. Boyd D. (Buzz) Wng
ner,. destroyer of an untold num
ber! of Japanese warplancs and
ono of America's first aces of
World -var II.
Tho crushed body of the flier,
missing since November 20, was
found yestorday In the wreckage
of his P-40 pursuit piano 25 miles
east of 'here, "
The craft was demolished and
partly burled, indicating that it
plunged into tho ground out of
control, probably from a steep
spin, said a statement authorized
by Brig-Gen. Grandison Gard
ner, Eglln commandant.
Tho 20-year-old a 1 r m a n
youngest lioutonant colonel' in
tho army took off from Eglln
PLANES RANGE
HAL
TO
RAF Renews Assaults
On Jap Positions
In Burma
By The Associated Prats
New American blows against
Japun's far-flung supply lines,
ranging from the Solomons to
the Aleutian Islands, were re
ported by tho navy today even
as President Roosevelt told con
grcss that U. S. warplancs would
strike at Japan's home islands
"and bomb them constantly from
tho air."
The navy said American Fly-
ng Fortresses, escorted by llght-
nlng and Tomahawk fighters, at
tacked a Japanese transport .off
the Shortland islands, In the
Solomons, and scored a. "pot
siblo hit"
Aleutian Action .
Other U. S. aircraft bombed
the Japanese airfield at. Kahili,
near Buin, on Bougainville
island, and the air field at Mun-
da, Now Georgia Island.
In the Aleutians, tho navy an'
nounccd that American bombers
auk .one Japanese-cargo ship
HO miles northeast of the enemy
bass at Klska and scored a dl
reel bomb hit and two near-hits
on another enemy vessel 185
miles southwest of Klska.. .
Burma Base Damaged
Tho presence of the Japanese
ship 110 miles northeast of Kiska
(Continued on Page Two)
Nazis Claim Sub
Went 90 Miles
Up Mississippi
LONDON, Jan. 7 (IP) The
German radio, in a broadcast
beamed to tho United States but
heard here, reported today that
a German submarine had trav'
cled 00 miles up the Mississippi
river "to within a few miles of
New Orleons" in the. hope of de
stroying a bridge.
The roldcr was detected, how
ever) and forced to return to the
Gulf of Mexico, the broadcast
declared.
(There was no confirmation of
tho German report from any.
other source. The dato of the
alleged exploit was not given.)
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7 (IP)
Tho navy said here today it had
"no comment" on a German
broadcast that a nazl submarine
had traveled 00 miles up the
Mississippi river "to within . a
few miles of New Orleans" in
the hope of destroying a bridge.
Commander James G. Stahl
man, public relations officer of
tho eighth naval district, said
ho "knew nothing about it."
field at 8 p. m., November. 29
for a routlno flight to. Maxwell
field, Ala,, and Nashville, Tenn.
Brig. Gen, Gardner said lie ap
parently ran ' into , bad weather
north of here., ....'..
Col. Wagner," holder of the dis
tinguished service cross for "ex
traordinary berolsm," dealt, more
In action than words. He would
never discussants personal
achievements, but comrades said
he destroyed between 15 and 60
Japanese planes in tho early
weeks of tho war. ,:
Tho accounts of his feats are
almost legend. There .was the
time when "Buzz" and' a squad
ron dovo on a Japanese landing,
party at Vigan.- His companions
were all shot down, but "Buzz"
mado five separate attacks, re
turning each time for more am
munition and fuely . .
TIS
SOLOMONS
It's Not All
- "wp t-r'y L , t v - - -vp vamp -agr-"
War in Russia is not always
bundlad against tha knifa-sbarp
ior intir advancing comrades in
Husslans are threatening to split
E
Vital Point Changes
. Hands Twice in l
Two Days
By WES GALLAGHER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN .NORTH AFRICAIanr; :0Pj:
The Germans have recaptured
Jobel Azcag and all the ground
previously taken by the British
in the hills 15 miles west of
Matcur, an allied communique
announced today.
"We have withdrawn to our
former positions," an allied com
munique said, "our fighters
maintained patrols in this area
during the day . and fighter
bombers attacked enemy guns
which were, shelling our troops.
Spitfires shot down three enemy
aircraft during these operations."
Bombers Raid
Thus,, within two days the
vital positions on the front be
fore Bizerte have changed hands
twice. The British captured
them in a dawn attack day be
fore yesterday and, the spokes
man said, were dislodged when
the nazis counter-attacked yes
terday. United States bombers made
(Continued on Page Two) .
Air Survey Shows ,
Concentration of
Japs at Rabaul
MELBOURNE, Jan. 7 (IP)
Air reconnaissance over Japan's
big base at Rabaul, New Britain
island, has revealed that the
concentration, of Japanese l ship
ping there has been augmented
since Tuesday, when it was first
disclosed by an Australian gov
ernment spokesman, it was as
serted in government circles-today.
.
Pilots returning from missions
over Rabaul were said to have
reported that the amount of warship-protected
shipping now
gathered at Rabaul exceeds" even
the forces, gathered by the Jap
anese for their first counter-attack
on the eastern Solomons,
held by United States forces,
. t
Vichy Names
Dorian Killer
BERLIN (From German
Broadcasts) Jan. 7 (IP) Advices
from .v.Vlohy . said today the
assassin of Admiral Jean Darlan
was Hornier. 'de la Chanelle. "a
Student and the son of a journal
ist, Tho assassin was executed
after the Christmas eve shooting
of the French high commissioner
for northwest Africa. . ''
News Index
City? Briefs '. Page' 5
Comics and Story Page 10
Editorial ..Page 4 '
Farm . News ......Page 6
Markets, : Financial Page 11
Midland Empire News . Page 9
Our Men In Service Page 3'
Pattern Pago, 4
Sports Page- 8
Fighting for Reds in
slashing at th enemy. In tha
winter air, shovaU are their
tna nortnern Caucasus. Driving
tha back-tracking Germans.
RussNear Rostov, Pivot
Of Nazi Campaign; Berlin
Starts Breaking Bad News
By ROGER D. GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Soviet quarters reported today
that - Russian troops had ad
vanced within , 75 miles of the
great German base - at, Rostov,
pivot for al nazl' operations . in
the Caucasus, and ripped through
German 'lines on a 20-mile front
along -b "-sides' of the lower
Don river. .....
1 Front-line ' reports said Rus
sian troops sweeping westward
along the Don had pushed for
ward. 50 miles since capturing
the Don bridgehead of Tsiml
yansk two days ago.
Soviet dispatches said the tri
umphant red armies, of the south
had captured at least 21 more
cities and towns and listed 339,
150 axis soldiers killed or taken
prisoner since, the start of the
Three Suffer
In Accidents
Here Wednesday
Three pedestrians suffered
shock and bruises and were
treated at Klamath Valley hos
pital: following traffic accidents
which occurred on icy streets
late Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Sarah Robinson, 61, who
lives at tha . Kern hotel, and
serves as cook at. a local res
taurant, remained in the hospi
tal Thursday. Mrs. Robinson
was struck by a car . operated
by Charles A. Fischer,. 20, 2137
Eberlein street, at the intersec
tion of ' Sixth and Main streets
at 3:15 p. m. Police reported
Fischer's car had proceeded on
the green light and due to pave
ment conditions was unable to
stop before hitting the woman.
She was moved to the hospital
by ; Ward's ambulance and at
first her 'condition was thought
serious.
Etalo Forronl, 17-year-old stu
dent, 3531 Boardman avenue,
reported to police that his car
struck two women Bt Fifth
street and Klamath avenue at
5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon
when sun on his windshield ob
scured vision. The women were
Mrs. Lewis Martin,. 2637 Home
dale road, and Alberta Martin,
402 Walnut avenue. Mrs. Martin
suffered bruises and Miss Martin
a. broken left ankle., Both were
treated at tfle hospital and later
.dismissed.,.,
War Bulletin
LONDON, Jan. 7. (IP) The
Fighting. French announced
tonight that' General La
Clare's forces In southernmost
Libya have stormed and cap
tured ' Oum-El-Araneb, main
axis outpost in tha Fesian
area. .
They' said French forces .
had. advanced northward
mora than 1000 miles from
their . bases . near Lake Chad
and t o o k Umm-El-Araueb
after fierce fighting lasting:
three days. '
Caucasus
cas of these red army troops,
weapons as they clear the way
northward, toward Rostov, tha
.
Russian winter offensive Novem
ber 10.
Adolf Hitler's high command,
still giving the German people
no hint of the disastrous turn of
events, asserted flatly that pazi
infantry and tanks "repulsed all
soviet attacks in continued fight
ing ' in the. Don . and ..Kalmyck
sectors." .- . " '
The headlong nazl retreat ap
peared rapidly assuming , the
aspects of a debacle.
London quarters said the
speed, of the soviet come-back
drive through the Caucasus - in
dicated that the Germans were
no longer offering organized re
sistance, and were intent only
on setting up a defense line near
er Rostov 1n an attempt to pre
vent the Russians from trapping
all their forces to the east.
A soviet war bulletin' said the
red armies, hotly pursuing the
retreating nazis, had advanced
25 miles northwest of newly-recaptured
Prokhladnenski to the
railwaj station at Apolonskaya,
almost halfway to Mineralnye
Vody, the hub of a network of
central Caucasus railways.
Paralleling this drive, .anoth
er Russian column raced north
west from Nalchik, advancing 15
miles to a cluster of towns.
As the Russian offensive
surged on without pause, over
running in Hours great stretches
of territory which the Germans
took weeks to capture .last fall,
it began to appear that Hitler
had ordered a general withdraw
al or that the nazl Caucasus front
was collapsing on a wide scale.
Meanwhile, the German pro-
: (Continued on Page Two)
Kaiser Sees New
Lighter, Cheaper
Auto After War
. NEW- YORK, Jan. 7 (IP) The
post-war United States will need
a lighter, cheaper automobile,
says Shipbuilder Henry J. Kai
ser and if the regular manufac
turers don't ' prepare to make
them,. he adds he will. '
"No matter how much talking
we do," he said in an interview,
"the only way we can have pros
perity after the war is by mak
ing employment and that's the
job of private industry.";
Fire Damages Juniper
Lodge West of Macdoel
' DORRIS Fire this morning
destroyed the restaurant at Juni
per lodge, four miles west of
Macdoel on the Weed-Klamath
Falls highway, following the, ex
plosion of a gas tank. '
'Mrs. John O'Kane, "wife . of
the proprietor, suffered a sev
ered artery in her right wrist
which was cut by glass from, a
broken window.
- The fire apparently was
caused when low, temperatures
affected the gas and the explo
sion was set off by a pilot light.
The blaze immediately ' spread
to the restaurant , i
PiroductfoRD
Strides ld
Urn AAesscage
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (AP) President Roosevelt
told a victory-pledged congress today 'the cause of. United .
Nations was moving forward at last in Europe, Asia,, and
Africa, backed by a ''miracle of production" in the United
States, and said 1943 carried the promise "of a ".'Very sub
stantial advance along the roads that-lead to Berlin and
Rome and Tokyo." ' ; - '
Delivering his annual message to the. legislators . In
person in the house chamber, he called on them to put
aside bickering over economic measures, and to strive to
contribute to national unity.
"By far the largest and most important developments
in the whole . strategic picture of 1942," Mr. Roosevelt
asserted, "were the events on the-long front in-Russia:
First, the implacable defense of Stalingrad; and-second,
the offensives by the Russian armies at various points
which started in the latter part of November and which
still roll on with great force and effectiveness."
SOLONS; PRAISE
Democrats, Republi
. .cans Join in .
' Approval .
WASHINGTON. Jan. 17 (P)
Democrats in . congress today
generally, praised President
Roosevelt's annual report on the
state of the Union and republi
cans, while generally more' re
strained tha n the democrats,
also lauded it as having a uni
fying influence.
Senate Democratic; Leader
Barkley of Kentucky, : said : it
was "a - very - magnificent ad-,
dress," a - keynote repeated - in
effect by scores' of - the demo
cratic congressional members.
"Abla Review"
Republican 'Senator McNary,
the minority leader, said the
president gave "an excellent re
view of current conditions af
fecting our war and productive
effort" and Senator - Taft
(R-Ohio), a frequent administra
tion critic, said ; "it seemed to
me; a conciliatory speech. that
ought to add to unity and create-
no dissension. ,
. Chairman Walsh (D-Mass.) of
the senate naval affairs com
mittee . called the address "a
timely and; able review . of the
war to date," and added, "I as
sume that the president wilt.be
' (Continued on Page .Two) ..
Black Market :
n Gasoline Nipped
With Miami Arrest
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 7 (IP)
Seizure of ration coupons good
for thousands of gallons of gaso
line and the arrest of one man
was reported by Lieut. C. O.
Huttoe of ' the , police defense
squad, today to. have smashed a
national black market. . : .
The prisoner, arrested on . a
federal .warrant, was booked as
Eugene Hale Brading, 27, of Mi
ami. Huttoe reported that cou
pons good for 2500 gallons, were
found at his home and a pack
age addressed to him-containing
tickets worth 1,000,000 gallons
was seized in the mails.
. The .; Dorris fire department
and a fire truck from the forest
service., station! at Mt. Hebron
responded to alarms, and pre
vented the flames from destroy
ing the lodge proper. The. res-.
taurant burned to the ground.
Mrs. Kane was, hurt when she
used a fishing box to break a
window. Glass fell on her wrist
and seriously, cut it. In the ex
citement she did not realize she
had been injured for some
time.' She was brought to Lum
bermen's hospital here for treat
ment. ......... --i i ..
The capitol was the scene of
unusual precautions taken to
safeguard the chief executive. ;
Steel-helmeted soldiers, bay
onets affixed to Garand rifles,
stood at attention all around tha
capitol and In its plaza. .
Defensive War Past :-'
Special' capitol police, their
numbers . augmented by - metro.
poutan police, were on guard at
all entrances and were stationed
throughout the capitol. No .one
was permitted to enter the build
ing without a special pass or
identification. Admission- to tha
house galleries -was - by special .
card only?-""--- ' "
Mr. Roosevelt told the . law
makers that the 'period of "our
defensive : attrition In the , Pa
if ic," "was "passing, adding:
"Now our aim. is to force the
Japanese, - to' fight. - - -Last " year,
we stopped them. This year, we
intend to advance." ; . i
.".No Prophedea-jri s '
In the African' theater,. he pre.
dieted the last- vestige -of axis
powers would be driven from the
south : shores,;" of tns " Mediter
ranean. ." " - , ,
"I do not prophesy .isn this '
war will end." the chief execu
tive said. 1 "But I do believe that
tliis. year of 1943 will giva to tha
United Nations a vary substantial
advance along tha roads that lead
to Berlin, and Rome and Tokyo.
- The president opened his ad
dress with his summary of war
operations,. and,. in it, -said that
"we are going to ' strike and
strike hard in- Europe."
.. . Air Blows Coming
; "I, can not tell you," he said,
"whether we are going- to hit
them in Norway, or through . the
low .countries,, or in France, or-.
through- Sardinia,, or. Sicilyv-or .
through the Balkans, or. through
Poland or at several points
simultaneously. . '.
"But I can tell you that no :
matter where ana when we
; - (Continued on. Page -Five)
"Moderate" Amount -.
Of Canned Goods
Okeh, Rules OPA :
NEW YORK, Jam 7 VP)
Housewives who register for War
Ration Book No. 2 next month
won't have coupons deducted for
moderate amounts of canned or1
frozen foods they may have on
hand. . '
Harold B. Rowe, director of
the food rationing division of
the office of price administration,
revealed the plan to allow a
small carryover at a discussion'
of the new point rationing sys
tem last night.
- "I don't want to be - over
zealous," tha OPA official ex
plained. '- ; ,
Britons Cheer
Roosevelt Speech
LONDON, Jan. 7 (IP) Britons
cheered tonight President Roose
velt's assertion to congress that
"we are going to strike and'
strike hard in Europe" and gov
ernment circles, unofficially,
called .the' speech one' of the
president's best.
Those circles expressed amaze
ment at the United States' arm
production figures and said they
were delighted also by the pres
ident's confident predictions of '
victory. . L . i