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limiljjiB'paiill Hi ffimi I M i r li i i i tt iIui ffl i W iRI u Mint i If Mil On 8-mlnuU blt on sirens and whistles It the signal lor blickout in Klamath Falls. Another long blast, during black out. U ilaml for all-clear. In precau January 7 High 93, Low 20 -Precipitation as ol January 1. 1943 Stream yaar to data 7.84 Lait yaar 0.31 Normal 4M tionary periods, watch your atraat llghli. jyyyyYY mm A ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943 Number 9689 . wsm r jap rair W -9 W W W 9 .W W 9 - W 9 9 - T ' ' ' ' - in mi hi i ' i i i ii ft , , . 1 1 ta . Nazis By FRANK JENKINS , THE long awaited, long hoped or headlong German retreat out of southern Russia leemi definitely to be underway today, The Gormnnt admit It them selves. Thoy announce cautiously that they are "shortening their front lines by withdrawing from ad' vanced positions." By sud exper ience during tho dnrk days when our sldo was doing that with dis couraging regularity, we know what it means. Their retreating armies ara burning villages and scattering thousands of land mines behind them. That is about as depend able evidence of defeat as one could -wanti Tha ' victorious . Russians ara pressing In for the kill. It Is an nounced this morning that they have narrowed tho Rostov gap , to S5 miles, having gained ten miles yesterday, .You will note from your map that thoy are advancing In, ' broad front on both sidcs'of the Don risking no narrow, wedge that might bobltten off at their base. That Is further encourag ing evidence of tho strength bo- hind their drive. ...... A FURTHER hint of Russian strength is contained In' the report today that the Germans are evacuating the civilian popu- lation from Rzhev, 130 miles northwest of Moscow, that, If true, means that Rzhev Is finally about to fall. The Russians, you see,' , are able to keep up tho lighting all along tho vast front. ' . . THE next few days will be ex citing ones, telling us wheth er tho Germans will be able to pull themselves out of the ter rible nolo they've got themsolvcs Into in the Caucasus. CROM. MacArthur'f headquart ers comes the heartening news that ilnal destruction of the Jap army at Buna can now bo regarded as accomplished. Its original strength, it is disclosed, was about ls.ooo men. A final attempt on the part of the Japs to got reinforcements to tho Buna beaches ended in disastor, two of their transports being sunk and another seriously damaged. - They've lost 107 ships since tnoy landed at Buna last. July, TN Tunisia, the British and the Germans have been fighting back and forth for a strategic height In the ring around Tunis and Bizcrte, with the Germans in possession as those words are written. Bad weather has descended on Tunisia again, slowing up tha fighting both on the ground and In the air,. . , Sudden Mine Fire Thought Fatal to Several Workers MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Jan. 8 P) A sudden mlno flro caught tho night shift of the Fursglove Coal Mining company tindcrground early . today and first official reports said It was "reasonably cortnin" that three or four men had died. ' Roscuors, inching their way , through dense smoke, had found ono body by mid-day, , that of .Foreman Guy Quinn, about 40, and mine officials expressed hope that some of 12 others still missing would bo .found olive. . Tho fire, in a mlno motor at the No. 15 mine a short dis tance from No. 2 mlno where 20 men died in a blast last July, caught 78 men underground but officials said all but 13 were ac- - counted for. . ..! Admit SHORT DEFENSE ASKS QUASHING OF Witness Names Were Rubbed Out, Says Motion A motion was filed In circuit court Friday by J. H. Carnahan, attorney for County Clerk Mae K, Ehort, asking the court to set asldo the indictments of Mrs. Short on charges of accepting un authorized payments. The motion was based on the grounds that names of two wit nesses who allegedly appeared before tho grand Jury Circuit Jud. i David R. Vandcnbcrg and County Commissioner John R. Rober did not appear as en dorsed upon the Indictments and had been scratched out. . Assertions Circuit Judgo L. G, Lcwclllng of Albony, who has been as signed to the case, will decide whether the indictments and en dorsement conform to . the re quirement that all witnesses ap pearing before tho grand jury In such a cone must be endorsed Upon .the JniilctmiyitD.. -'..-? 'Th motion assarts that on or about November 2, 1942, Circuit Judge Vandcnberg directed: the grand Jury to investigate County Clerk Short. On October .30, 1042, it is charged by Carnahan, Judge . Vandcnbcrg, showing much "choler and anger," stated in open court that the grand Jury should be called to investigate the county clork. Order Mad On this date, tho motion charges, Judge Vandonberg in tho hallway of tho courthouse sold in a "loud and raucous" voice, that tho jury be called to lnvcstlgato and indict : the county clerk, ' Carnahan's filing then alleged that Judge Vandenbcrg on that occasion assaulted and man handled tho county clerk and al leged that the judge's doings be (Contlnucd on Page Two) Allied Fighter Planes Streak Across Channel LONDON. Jnn. ft lot T.nro. formations of allied fighter piancs were seen .streaking back and forth across tho chnnnnl in. day in what appeared to be con tinuous attacks ' on targets in .northern France to follow up last night's bombardment of the Gorman Ruhr. . Most , of tndnv'st Ascntilfa nn. peared tv, be directed at tho Cal ais district, from which nnn for. motion of planes was scon re turning at zu.ooo feet. This was the first tlmo In four days that noor wenthor hnrt nnt restricted aerial activity over mo channel. , , , 1 INDICTMENT French-American Camel Corps Takes Desert Town By WES GALLAGHER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Jan. 8 (IP) Attacking against heavy odds, a frencn and American camel corps hod captured Tanout Mai ler, 14 miles from Talret in tho southern Tunisian desert near tho Trlpolltanlon border, only 200 miles southwest of Tripoli; a J rencn military spokesman de clared today. , This wos tho closest allied penetration so far reported to Tripoli in a sweep to the south of the main - axis defense line through northeastern Tunisia. Two hundred and fifty Italians wore reported killed In the at tack. (London sources said the camel corps which took Tanout Mailer was a partially motor ized force of savage, swift mov- Umm m Soviets Close RUSSIA O 50 IOO ISO STATUU MlltS Sh fir ''"""ntMjjr, iyutnoe - rfk " Sifasm, It MMtvftU Vv w v mm I ' tfBpafcj yJsu" Shaded portion of map shows territory until recently occu pied by Carman forces through which Russian armies have pushed their drive on Rostov from tha north, east and southeast Heavy black Una Is approximate front line of Russian drive, al though German forces are still pocketed at various points within areas embraced by .the drive, notably in the western outskirts of Stalingrad. vr ' ' Use of Sumhrers School As Training Headquarters Appears Near Certainty Conversion of Summers school on ' Summers Innc, adjoining the airport,' into a "headquarters (for the war-training service (civil' ion pilot training) appeared a near certainty Friday as county school authorities started - ar rangements for moving school classes from Summers to Aluj mont schools. . Tho matter was taken up with the' county ' school board in meeting this week. Although all details have' not-been com pleted, the plan is for the WTS to take over the buildings and grounds on lease, using them for classrooms, dormitory and dining hall for trainees who are In tho flight program at the Klamath municipal airport. HaroM Ashley, clerk of tho county school district, said that removal. of classes to Altamont will be completed by Monday, Ho said that this can be ac complished without crowding at Altamont, and without affecting the - teaching staff. Some re routing of buses will be entailed In moving the five grades from. Summers to Altamont school.' Summers students now number about 135. Tho transaction Is being worked out between school au thorities and James Stovall, rep resenting tho University of Ore gon as coordinator of the pilot training course here. It was stated that the quota of trainees from other towns may, be ma terially increased, since . the school building can be used for housing the entire ground school program. At present, . trainees live in scattered : places and ground school classes are held in the city business district. -1 Tho students taking the WTS work under a government pro gram get their flight training at ing fighters who operated' almost exclusively by night and sought concealment by day. (French officers and men were reported to have resisted adorj- tlon of trucks and armored cars on -the ground that they are too easily spotted in -the daytiriteTAssianAJ Plnrac but now use them to complement SS'S"1a flOCeS. thelr animals). This action was tho only re ported jana - ooeration on the front as bad weather closed in again on tho northern sector. , There was limited air activity. United States air forces attacked the Germans at . Kalrouan, 35 miles southwest of Sousse, and at the Port of Gabes. Tho RAF's Blxleys started two large fires in a new 'attack on the Tunis docks ''' One ,P-38 bllot, Lieut. W. J. (Continued on Page-Two)" 'i ' " s- - " .- " in on Rostov II Ml iT i'WSy ' "1MMACH the. Klamath, municipal- alrpqrt, where Louls'Soukun is Ihe' CAA contractor providing planes, In structors, etc., for the .flying phase of the program. Forty students are now tak ing tho course.. Heavy American Bombers Blast Palermo Harbor CAIRO, Jan. 8 (iP) Heavy American bombers blasted the harbor of Palermo, Sicily, in a daylight attack yesterday with out loss of a plane, a commun ique from United States head quarters announced today. - ''Cloud conditions prevented observation of the results except, for one great yellow explosion in the target area," the war bul letin said. , ; :c(Tfie ' Italian high command acknowledged the force of the attack In a communique which said American f our-engined planes raided Palermo yesterday with explosive and incendiary bombs, causing damage" in the central part of the town. It said losses among the population so far ascertained were 46 dead and 272 wounded.) Pacific Highway Section Around Shasta Dam Opens SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 8 VP) A new section of the Pa cific highway rebuilt around the Shasta dam site was scheduled to open for traffic today with the California state, guard patrol ling the vital Pit river bridge link. .. ; The new section is 15 and one- half miles long. The big bridge within the area was formerly guarded by regular army units, but the state took over the Job os port of its obligation in oper ating the span's upper deck for the highway. Holman, McNary On Coihniittees i r WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (P) Assignment of members; to standing committees, announced today by tho senate republican conference, included: Holman of Oregon Appropri ations, District of Columbia, im migration, military affairs, pub lic lands and surveys. McNary . of Oregon Agricul ture and forestry, commerce,'. In dian affairs, Irrigation and rec lamation,, library. . VICTORIOUS REDS POUND Nazis Evacuate Civil ians From City Of Rzhev By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Press War Editor Russia's victorious armies, ripping through a wall of Ger man resistance with tanks, and planes, were1, reported to have advanced today within 65 miles of the great German base at Ros tov, on the lower Don river, and for the first time Berlin admitted nazl reverses In the bitter strug gle. The fall pf Rostov, gateway to the Caucasus, would cut off German forces unofficially esti mated at between- 500,000 and 1,000,000 troops. ' Rzhev Threatened At the same time, a British broadcast said the-Germans had announced the evacuation of the civilian population of Rzhev, key nazl Citadel 130 miles northwest pf Moscow, precautionary measure." -' . This u(ge1f-eo! tMafe Hzh'ev, a vital link in the German defense system on the central front, was dangerously threatened by soviet troops Who have been storming Its approaches for weeks. V ' ' Resistance' Fierce Dispatches from Moscow said Russian forces sweeping along both , banks - of the lower- Don river, supported by planes blast ing a path -for their tanks, had smashed .an, attempt by hard pressed German troops, to form a new defense line and were driv ing ahead toward Rostov. - Frontline advices said the Ger mans were battling '.desperately to keep open a corridor into the Caucasus,, but declared the red army-was steadily battering its way through massed tanks and infantry. . ; ' Stories Conflict . ' . Hitler's armies of the Cau casus, wearily slogging down the long road back, were.;reported burning villages', and: scattering thousands of land mines in an effort to impede the triumphant Soviets. - , While the Berlin radio frankly if cautiously admitted nazi set continued on. Page Two) Six Fatalities Listed in Oregon Industry Report SALEM, Jan. 8 (IP) There were six fatalities among the 842 accidents reported by Ore gon industries during the -week ended . yesterday, -the State Industrial Accident commission said today. . - .Fatalities were: '.-.. William L, Kenline, v Salem laborer, injured November 24; Mark : Sears, . Tillamook truck helper, .. Injured November 9; Archie Cook, Woodburn, , high way department foreman, in jured January 2 -. at Salem; Michael Mauer, Stayton, high way department truck driver, in jured January 2 at Salem;-John W.- Thorn, Cottage Grove rigger, injured January-1 at Wendling; Archie . N. . Brooks, Wendling donkey engineer, injured Jan uary 1 at Wendling. - J. J. Lynch Named Senator Pro Tern to Replace McCarty PORTLAND, Jan.. 8 . (P) The Multnomah ' county board of commissioners this morning ap pointed J. J. Lynch, president of the Multnomah, chapter of the Oregon Republican club, ,: sen ator pro tern to fill the post of Senator Chester E. McCarty. ' Since his election, McCarty has entered the air force and is un able . to serve in - the - legislature. TOWARD ROSTOV Knives r-.-A-rv 5 v -if A San Francisco Is collecting "souvenirs" for the Japs hunting knives, ancient swords, bolos and just plain old "toad stabbers." Marion Leopold, above, exhibits a few of the knives that will go to U. S. soldiers to help them fight the Japt in the South Pacific. Wallan Bound Over on Second Degree Charge Justice, of the Peace Joseph Mahoney on Friday bound Ken neth wallan over to the grand jury on charges of second degree murder. . The action followed a prelim inary, hearing : in the,- case, , in which- Wailarj,. a .mechanic, is. ac cused of fatally injuring James Bowman in a Christmas' eve al tercation on Shasta way. , . Wallan' was" returned to the county jail,-Where he is- held without bail. ;. Justice Mahoney rejected a suggestion from Defense Attor ney Joe O'Neill that the charge be reduced from second degree murder to manslaughter to per mit the defendant to give bail. Senate Skipped Traditional Move; Papers Fill Gap WASHINGTON, Jan.- 8 (P) The newspapers told President Roosevelt yesterday that the sen ate was ready to do business. - Traditionally,' the- house . and senate appointed committees to inform the chief executive offici ally that congress was in session. " The house delegation solemn ly went through the procedure but Senate Minority Leader. Mc Nary (Ore.) and Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.) skipped the whole thing. ,: . : , .- , "I guess maybe Mr. Roosevelt has read the good news in the papers," McNary said. 'is Here's Something. New in. Hijacking: PORTLAND, Jan. 8 W) Something new in; hijacking, brought on by the meat shortage, has appeared here. ' Police reported, that Joe Trach sel saw two men ' take 120 pounds of prime pork from his truck while it was parked down town. , Trachsel pursued ' them but they-escaped." . - FDR to Submit Data on Social Security Question WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 (P) President Roosevelt disclosed to day that he expected to submit some data and facts to congress on the social security question but he said he did not . know whether he ; would recommend any specific legislation . to i the legislators soon. ; ' He. made the disclosure -at a press . conference in ' which , he gave qualified endorsement to the idea of putting income taxes on a pay-as-you-go basis. - , ' The real problem in all .such tax plans, he said, is whether the government will forgive a part, or all of current taxes due. Mr. Roosevelt also told ques tioners that he hoped 'for a Unfted Nations victory in 1944 and had intended to convey, that hope in his message to congress yesterday. ?''. As for social - security,' he sug- for Japs Vf-V ft V zyvrJ Green. Light Asked in Big. Production Program By STERLING-W4SREEN v 'Washington, jan.'8 wv- Rubber Director William A. Jef fers said today the synthetic rub ber: program- needs a clear pri ority go-ahead on at least 65 to 70 - per ; cent' of its plant con struction to avoid a "disaster", in military .and -industrial - trans port. - - :...-.'" --s'V .Right:- now - the : delayed ".pro gram . is in - such precarious bal ance, he said,- that. : "a few "bad breaks would spell catastrophe.! No Western Ban !":..' Nevertheless, Jeff ers said in an interview that he did not be lieve the new east coast ban'; on pleasure driving necessitated by the . petroleum - shortage should now be extended to the rest of the country to save tires. While asserting that this opin ion might- have to be revised next summer '.'when people start driving to the ball porks ond beaches and places," the rubber chief said he thought people gen erally would "cooperate without coercion ' in keeping tire - wear to a minimum. " . - : :' If ajossible.-he said, he would like' to preserve such freedom , (Continued on Page Two) Ursula Parrot! Indicted on 3 Counts in Miami ' - MIAMI,- Fla., Jan.' 8 (IP) Ursula Parrott, the novelist, was indicted today by a federal grand jury on three counts in , con nection with the escape 'of a soldier 'from an army stockade. ; One count charged : her . with "subversive activities in under mining loyalty, discipline or morale, of the armed forces." . gested to the reporters that they wait and see what he does, v ' ,i '. In his message to congress yes terday,. Mr. 'Roosevelt, said the young men 'and women, of the country want "assurance against all major economic ' hazards from the cradle to the grave and that' the government can and must provide if . He: said he trusted the subject - would , not be regarded as an issue, but as a. ,task. for.: every one to-study sympathetically and to work out with fairness to all.. ,.He was asked whether he had gone as far as he cared to on dis cussing the matter of expanding the social security program and replied in the affirmative. ' ' "May -we anticipate a special message : later on1' a - reporter Inquired.-' . The president, said he did not ' (Continued on Page . Two) ALLIES BATTER ; CONVOY NEAR GUINEA COAST MacArthur o i g n a 1 ' Virtual End of '.' ' Papuan Drive ;i , DJ Ail AllWMlBO ri9B9 AJULiLCU nil AUI4UAnilte IN AUSTRALIA, Jan. 8 Allied planes battered furiously at th remnants of a 10-shlp Japanese convoy ;0ff . the . New Guinea coast today in the violent climax-to a 24-hour running bat tie in which they were reported officially to have sunk two big transports, one heavily loaded with troops,- damaged a third and shot down 18 fighters. The attacks on the convoy apparently engaged in an at tempt to land reinforcements id northeastern. New Guinea, were disclosed in an allied communi que which also announced vir tual completion of the Papuan campaign and the annihilation, of a Japanese army that ones totaled - approximately 15,000 men. . . ". : . Jap Toll High To these successes the btule tin . added the , announcement that 107 enemy warships and merchant vessels Were destroys ed or severely damaged by Gen eral MacArthur's airmen sine July - 23 two ; days . after thai Japanese first landed at Buna.' The toll which, the . Jananesa H3Ve"paia TnTheir desperate ef forts . to ' retain, a -foothold in New Guinea was emphasized by the "disclosure that one of tha two" enemy transports just re ported ' sunk had . gone down with -her entire load of troops in a night bombing attack. How many men were aboard the ship could only ;be conjectured from the statement : that she was a vessel of 14,000 tons and "heav ily loaded.", . ,. - Spotted Jan. 8 v The--second transport, tha communique declared, was dis abled by a direct hit, set af ira and later sunk." The third ves sel, reported damaged, was heavily : hit by a 500 pound bomb. - J :, Advices from New Gulnei) said the convoy had been spo ted by a reconnoitering Liber ator bomber on the morning of January 6 about . 30 miles off New Britain, where the Jap-, anese recently have been re "(Continued on Page Two) Rival Shipyard Workers Agree to ' Bury the Hatchet '. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8 (IP) Workers of- two -rival shipyards here, today agreed to bury tha hatchet In response to President Roosevelt's suggestion that war industries eliminate petty jeal ousies and antagonisms detri mental to the war effort. . Representatives of Commercial Iron Works and Albino Engine and Machine Works, both build ers of subchasers, wired tha president plant workers hava agreed to drop all rivalries and make -1943 a year of unprece dented achievement. r. To celebrate the new amity a joint swift show is planned for workers and their families. Seven Raiders Damage. Town LONDON, Jan; 8 (P) Seven German raiding planes, believed to be FW 190's, bombed a south western coast town and caused considerable damage today. A hotel was reported hit, but cas ualties were few. - Four Spitfire fighters broka . up the attack. As the enemy fled, smoke poured from one nazi plane Indicating It had been hit by-anti-aircraft fire. , y; ' News Index City Briefs,.. ,.:.i ..Page S Church News -.Page 7 Comics and Story ......Page 8 Courthouse: Records ..Page S Editorial .;.Page 4 Markets, Financial ......... Page 9 idland Empire News ....Page 4 Our Men in Service Page S Sports ...Paga S
