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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1943
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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-
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Soviets Close
RUSSIA
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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.
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in on Rostov
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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
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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
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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
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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