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On 8-mlnuU blast on ilrtnt and whistles It the signal loc a blackout In Klamath Falls. Another long blast, during a black out, U a ilgnal for all-clear. In precau tionary periods, watch your street lights. January 10 High 87. Low 11 Prsclpltatlon as et January 4, 194S Strsam yaar to data .....7.ll Last yaar 8.33 Normal B.4.88 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES '-ur.n.g'.n i'nnnirir "ii ' ' ' -.--- 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OBECON, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1943 .. Number 9691 (ft Is MHO 'HNOIWIM iiiumi .uiviiiii'i a.;,is:j;oain() V J 4 rpnnnT? nrivi fo)A sm m s nn Jh. atfl 6 JFK n3Bnnn IT?V n UW Billion . II NAZIS BACKED . JTIt IBP 75 Miles from r3? i til!! i .r i; . v mM I Hi. ft m as m I m.m -mm i I Br FRANK JENKINS fJERE on tho West Const, we can't help listening first fur news from tho South Pnclflc. To day's development thero nro re assuring. THE Jun nrmndn wo have been . hearing about for a week is being roughly hnndled. It left niibnul Innt Wednesday, end was Immediately pounced up- on by American pluncs. Thrco big transports wore definitely sunk In tho first two days and another badly damaged. It then took refuge nl Lao. Las proved to be no refuge, for our planes continued to attack tho Japs there. Ono transport was hit six times and loft burn lng, another was hit three times and a third was set nflro aftor be ing beached. Finding Laa harbor too hot to stay In, tho battered remnant of tho Jap convoy pulled out and started back for Rabnul, and two more of its ships were hit on the way back.- In nil, 138 Jap plnncs wore siioi oown or crippieci. 1 TT looks like a shining example of what happens when surface ships attempt to operate among Islands against land-based air craft. T EST we become too cocky. V here's the other side of the picture: The same thing Is apt to happen to US it and when WE begin to operate against the' Jap Islands.) YE'RE springing some kind of lng) against tho Japs on Gundal canal. Its purpose seems to bo to push them back out of shelling range of the airport,' which we hold. The navy communique again hints strongly that tho Japs on Guadalcanal ere getting short of food and ammunition, THE Russians, moving down the Don, havo narrowed the Rostov land gap to 60 miles. At tho southern end of the Caucasus fighting, they ore reported to havo Gcorglevsk half surround ed. (Consult your mop.) Thoy aro narrowing the mouth of the sack, and at tho same time nro ' squeezing Us bottom and sides. .Tho squeezing is neces sary, for the Germans are of course pouring in all tho supplies ana, reinforcements they can spara along tho main lino of tho ,. Rostov-Baku railroad. Today's dispatches say the German defenses in the Caucasus are apparently CRUMBLING FAST. TN Northern Africa, allied bomb era hit hard In the Gabcs area at the southern end of the rail road running rinwn nlnna ihi Mediterranean from Tunis. Their purposo seems to bo to stop a junction with Rommel's army. Gabes, at tho end of the Tunis railroad, is now Rommel's main base of supply. ' , . NTOTHING definite hos been hoord from Rommel for days. Ho may be at Tripoli now. Wos Gallagher, AP correspond ent In Northern Africa, says to day that most allied observers think Tripoli can't bo defended and expect tho axis to concen trate its efforts on getting Rom mel's forces into Tunisia. He is expected to make a stand at the border between Tripolitana and Tunisia, where the French had constructed a "little Maglnot" lino. An officer at allied headquart ers in Northern Africa, quoted In today's dispatches, puts It this way: , ' "If the Germans attempt -a stand at the border, which way will they turn the guns tho (Continued on Page Two) : Axis Defenses Held Cracking in Caucasus By JAMES M. LONG Associated Pratt War fcdltor Xno rccupluro of two Im portant communications centers in tho Caucasus tho railway Junctions of Gcorglevsk and ivttncralnyo Votfy wus an nounced tonight by tho soviet command in a broadcast com munique heard by the Soviet Monitor in London. Pyatigorsk nearby also fell, tho Russians said. These successes, which follow ed earlier announcements of the rcoccupnllon of 13 other towns along the Rostov-Baku railway, showed an unbroken Russian advance which already had driven the nazls back some 73 miles from Mozdok, tho gate way to tho Grozny oil fields. Power Spread Thin The Gorman defenses In the Cliucasiis.apptirently were crum bling fast, and although des peration stiffened ' the nazl stand in tho lower Don, 60 miles from Rostov, and on tho central front west .of Vellkie Lukl, thero was no sign that the Rus sian drive had bogged down. With Germany's olr power spread ever . thinner by tho broadening scope of allied aerial offensives, Die Russluns, once badly outnumbered In the air, reported a thrce-to-ono ratio of victories last week 313 enemy planes destroyed against a loss of p3 soviet aircraft. Gabes Battered . American and British war planes carried tho fight to tho enemy both In Europe and in North Africa. Fighter escorted American bombers battered railroad yards and oil storage tanks yesterday at the eastern Tunisian port of Gabcs, and bombed a German military camp at Kcbili, on tho (Continued on Pago Two) China, U. S. Sign Treaty Abolishing Territorial Rights WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (AP) China and the United States signed a treaty today abolishing the system of extraterritorial rights in China. A .similar treaty was signed simultaneously in London be tween Great Britain and China. In effect the treaties abolish ing extraterritorial rights pluce China on a footing of equality with tho other United Nations. China Is assured that her sov ereignty In post-war years will not be impaired by a system granting special rights and priv ileges In China to foreigners. Senate Gets Brown, Flynn, ; Rutedge Nominations WASHINGTON Jan. 11 (AP) President Roosevelt sent to the senate today tho nominations of Wiley B. Rutlcdgc, associate just ice of tho United States court of appeals for the District of olum bia, to bo an assoclato justice of the supreme court, and of Pren tiss M. Brown, former Michigan senator,. to be price administrator. The chief executive also nom inated Edward J. Flynn, chair man of the democratic national committee, to be minister of Australia, succeeding Nelson Johnson, who is retiring from the diplomatic service. . Josh Lee, former senator from Oklahoma, was nominated to membership on the civil aero nautics board. The 48-yonr-old Rullodgo. former dean .of the -law school Robort W. Sawyer, publisher of the Bend Bullotin, will b the principal speaker at the annual Founders' day banquet of the Klamath county junior chamber of commerce to be held at the Wlllnrd hotel' 19. Sawyer, a leading ttudent of Oregon hittory, will probably dltcutt the colorful background of the central and south central Oregon country. He Is alto Ties pretldent of the National Rec lamation association, former chairman of the Oregon Recla mation congress, ' and former membor of the state highway commission. : ... MINERSSTILL OUT 5000 Return to Work In Pennsylvania " Fields Vr 1L.KES-B ARRE, Pa'., Jan. 11 UP) Approximately 6000 striking miners returned to work today in Pennsylvania's anthracite fields, but an esti mated 10,000 others continued a 13-day-old government-condemned walkout that has cre ated the most critical hard coal shortages In years. . ' Heeding repeated appeals from Fuels Coordinator Ickes, the war department and their own union leaders, 2000 work ers resumed production on a limited scale at three collieries of the Glen Alden Coal company the industry's largest operator whllo 3000 took up their Jobs (Continued on Page Two) Dorothy McCullough, Steiwer Trade Votes SALEM, Jan. 11 Of") Senat ors Dorothy McCullough Lee and W. H. Steiwer, candidates for the senate presidency, traded votes with each other. When the roll-call clerk got to her name, Senator Lee rose and asked Steiwer if they would trade votes. Ho agreed, so they voted for each other on every ballot. nt tho University of Iowa, will take .the place vacated on the supreme court bench when James F. Byrnes was appointed eco nomic stabilization director. Brown will replace Leon Henderson, who announced sev eral weeks ago he was resigning because of a back ailment and poor eyesight Henderson agreed to serve until his successor could take over. Brown, a former house mem ber from Michigan before going to the senate, was defeated for reelection In November, as was Leo. Flynn, In addition to' serving as minister to Australia, will be the personal representative of the president, with the rank of am bassador in the southwest Pacific - . (Continued on Page Two) , . V :''- . d Told FDR ASKS FDR $16 BILLION Tax Program Outlined Includes Salary Limit By IRVING PERLMETER WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (P) President Roosevelt laid before congress today a $100,000,000, 000 war budget to speed the ley of victory, and to help raise this record sum he asked for $16, 000,000,000 in additional taxes or compulsory savings. . Altogether, Mr. Roosevelt esti mated government spending In the fiscal year beginning July 1, at $109,000,000,000, and he said in a message to the lawmakers, "this budget represents the max imum program for waging war." Something New The new tax program he sug gested included a $25,000 limit on. the income of anyone after payment of taxes, regardless of the source of his income. : ... . i Tho . budget, which estimates "spending, tot the 12 months be ginning July 1, not only dwarfed anything In the history, books, it represented more than the an nual money expenditures of all tho other belligerents on both sides of the war, put together. Mc .e Than Germany It was nearly three times what (Continued on Page Two) Naming of Flyrni Termed "Insult To Australia" WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (IP) Senator Bridges (R-N.H.) told the senate today that President Roosevelt's appointment of Ed ward J. Flynn, retiring demo cratic national chairman, as minister to Australia "is an in sult to the people of that great notion." Bridges attacked Flynn's rec ord shortly after his nomina tion by President Roosevelt. Minority Leader McNary of Oregon previously had an nounced republicans would de mand an investigation of Flynn's record and Chairman Connelly (D-Tex.) said the foreign rela tions committee would meet Wednesday to consider any re quests for hearings. ' Reading a prepared speech, Bridges told his colleagues he did not blame the democrats for (Continued on Page Two) This Buried -Treasure Is Really Frozen SEATTLE, Jan. 11 (AP) Police said a reward of $500 today was offered for Informa tion leading to the recovery of $2400 In "burled treasure" by a 62-year-old Ironworker who thought bonk deposits would be Vfrozen." ; The money, mostly In 80 cent pieces, was buried-on Mercer island last July, County Detec tive Earl Allen said. ; The man, whose name Allen did not re veal, moved to San Francisco after a reassuring inspection of the treasure in -August. Return ing to the site Saturday, he found nothing, - i Nazis Go Softly On Russian News LONDON, Jan. 11 UP) The German foreign office commen tary Dienst aus Deutschland said today that "the most rigid re serve must be maintained re garding the fighting in Russia, as the Russians are displaying their greatest strength now," a Rome radio broadcast heard here tonight, gold. ,: MORE N TAXES - V M - Y ' Up""' ' s Sgt Norman. Biebn. . right, when both Klamath boys were of operations. - - ... - ,rnbes;,Chprged With ' Prejudice : In Appeal PORTLAND, Ore.,. Jan. 11 (IP) The Zlaiser shipbuilding interests appealed to the U. S. district court of Oregon this morning for an injunction to prevent the NLRB from hearing charges of unfair labor: practices against them. v The injunction was asked a few ' minutes after an NLRB hearing opened before Trial Ex aminer Robert N. Denham of Washington, D. C. , Unfair Charge ' The Kaisers charged Harry A. Millls, NLRB chairman, board members Gerald D. Reilly and William M. Leiserson and Trial Examiner Denham with preju dice in this case. The NLRB -hearing Is . on charges of unfair labor prac tices against three Kaiser ship yards here and in Vancouver, wash., which originated with (Continued on Page Two) Crew Turns in Best Weather Report So Far ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan.: 1 1 (AP) "Congratulations to. crew weather ship for turning in best weather report so far rendered in Alaska," Maj. Gen. Simon B. Buckley wired a patrol plane of his Alaskan defense - command Saturday, disclosing at the same time the plane had sunk a Jap anese, cargo ship at Holtz bay, Attu island. , On patrol since the first of the year, the crew sighted the ship, capsized it with two bomb hits and sank it with a third. Wallace Proposal ' Noted, But It May Be Forgotten SALEM, Jan. 11 UP) When Senator Lew Wallace, Portland, objected strenuously today to a proposal to have the three tem porary senators take their seats permanently in. place . of three senators In the army, Sen.. W. H.. Strayer, Baker, t temporary chairman, said: "Your objection will be rioted, and probably forgotten." " ; ". About That . Income Tax A ' Authoritative facts on, your, income tax. will be found in a daily 'series of . brief arti cles which starts on today's editorial page. These articles are prepared by the treasury department. ' . "Well Both of Us Decorated!' exchanged admiring glances with Us brother, Sgt. Carl Blehn, decorated with the Silver Star lor heroism In the Pacific theatre -v . . Biehri Brothers Swell Klamath List of Heroes Brothers to be honored -for herolsm ' in" the South Pacific war zone are two well .known Klamath men, Sgt. Norman and Sgt. Carl Morton Blehn, sons of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Biehn of Oakland, formerly of this city. Both men. are expected here soon en route to Pocatello.-Ida., where they will instruct at the air base there.- As for their many Klamath relatives, it's a brass band and no less, when these two come marching home. ' Both Norman,' 24, and Carl, 22, .served as radiomen in the same American Flying Fortress squadron, : though they ; have flown in different planes. Both have the same Silver Star dec oration although their awards are for different actions. The- official citation report reads: "Have obscured the moon but anti-aircraft fire gave away the position of the target. Then the enemy fire became so in tense it was impossible to sight the target. The Fortress imme diately flew into the screen of fire, and bombs were dropped (Continued on Page Two) In Case You Don't Have $109 Billion, This Is How It Is WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (IP) In case you don't have $109, 000,000,000 the amount of President Roosevelt's new budg et here are a few ideas on how big that sum is: - Divided equally, It would be $819 for every man, woman and child in the country. . The treasury will have to pay out an average of $3516 every second, 24 hours a day, Sundays and . holidays included.' ' ' If paid out of current earn ings, it would take 75 per cent of the national income (all wages, profits, dividends, etc.) Badly Battered Jap Convoy Takes New r Pummeling; Plane Loss Boosted to 138 By The Associated Press - The pummeling of a badly battered Japanese convoy fleet fleeing from New Guinea gained in scope today as General Mac- Arthur's headquarters . an nounced new aerial blows in which two more ships were hit and the total of Japanese planes shot down or crippled in four days ; of blazing . action was boosted to 138.- Whatever forces the. Japanese were able to get Ashore at Lae before the convoy beat back for New Guinea Saturday night were landed only at heavy cost. And once ashore they still were under attack by allied air men as strong formations of medium and attack bombers, Appointments1 Made At Salem by Speak er McAllister " , Representative Henry Semon of Klamath county, one of the veterans of thfe lower house, will be chairman of the committee, on agriculture and again will be a member of the powerful ways and . means - committee,: it is shown in appointments made at Salem by Speaker William Mc Allister. . ; Semon is also on irrigation and drainage committee, and la bor and industries committee..: L. H. Craver, Klamath's new legislator, is, vice chairman of the committee on commerce and navigation. His other committee memberships are food and dairy products, health and public (Continued on Page Two) Mrs. Paul Sevick Cables From War , Prisoners' Camp From a cablegram received here late Saturday through the International Red Cross, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bellant of St. Francis Park learn.d that their daugh ter, Mrs. Paul Sevcik, is "safe in the Philippines." Mrs. Sevcik and child are evidently prisoners of war and this was the first word received directly from her since the fall of Manila. Her husband is also a prisoner, it was learned here this summer in an unofficial no tice received through the war de partment. Sevcik is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sevcik of Klamath Falls. - "All are well," the cablegram read, and it Is signed "Esther."; sweeping in with fighter plane protection, bombed and strafed the town and airport yesterday, setting off fires which were vis ible 40 miles away. Indicating how hard the Jap anese had been hit, allied head quarters reported that airmen encountered only weak Japan ese aerial resistance as they pur sued what was left of the con voy ' across the Solomons sea yesterday from northeast New Guinea to New Britain. Three Japanese planes were downed and a third was prob ably destroyed, a communique said. All the allied planes re turned. . . Of the 10-ship. convoy which left New Britain for -Lae Janu BATTLE OVER ' i SENATE POST STALEMATEll Dorothy Lee, Steiwer Deadlocked at 15-15 Vote - ..By PAUL W. HARVEY. JH. SALEM Jan. 11 (AP) The Inauguration of Governor-elect Earl Snell, setMor 2 p. m. todays was postponed indefinitely be cause of the battle for the senate) presidency which remained un settled after 10 ballots. At noon, after two hours of balloting, the senate recessed until 1:45 p. m. : Two more ballots were taken at the opening of the afternoon session, but the result was exact v ly. the same;' - : - '.,'; ' vrf Senator Steiwer the We"".ei ' his supporters from thelrf -' and on the' nerrt'S" J " toere-wa'e'-I. i - . Fim Tiafbfn )l ' . - Stelwer,rrrjtnt'fi' sup . porters, said .he didTso to ex . pedite the business of the legi lature. - . , - It was the first time In history that the inauguration of a govt ernor had been delayed, by the failure , of either house to o ganize. The forces of Senators Dorothy ' M. Lee, Portland, and W. H, Steiwer, Fossil, remained deadV ' locked at 15-15, : with neither aid .' -having, -prospect! of" gilntag ' "": vote. - ' Slim Chance The-Steiwer group,: howeve;, -won a preliminary victory when ' the ' Lee supporters abandoned -their efforts to unseat the three pro tern members, John Carson and Frederick S. Lamport, both of Salem, and J. J. Lynch, Port land. To have unseated the trie would .have given . Senator Lee a Victory,' as she would have gained a vote- to have a 14-1$ majority. ' Carson and Lamport are for Steiwer, while Lynch if i for Lee.-' -;-.: " ;. There was a slim chance, how ever, that Snell would be in augurated later today, but that, depends on whether the senate gets organized. There was soma talk that the senate would accept a compromise, but this was most ly talk. --- - : . i . .Wheeler Nominate Sen. Charles H. Zurcher, repre? senting Union and W bllowa corny , ties, placed Steiwer's name in nomination, terming him "a man of -wide business experience, fa (Continued on Page Two) . Summers. Students Moved to Altamont Schools Monday 'z Summers school Is closed to day, and its 135 pupils were re moved to. Altamont elementary and junior high schools without a hitch according to county school officials. . Transfer of Summers students Is the first step in converting the unit to the War Training Serv. ice for the duration, making II into a ground school, barracks, and dining hall for the civilian pilot training courses. At Altamont school work was started on the old shop building which will be made into a caf eteria to accommodate all of the students. ' j; ary : 6, and later was joined by two more vessels, at least three transports were definitely re. ported .- sunk.. One of these, 14,000-ton troopship, went dowii with all hands. Others were hit repeatedly, in addition to the two vessels on whloh direct hits were scored yesterday. - General MacArthur announced "with , profound sorrow" that Brig. Gen. Kenneth N. Walker of Glendale, Calif., had failed to return from an aerial attack on Rabaul, New Britain, January 5 when the Japanese ships were massing for the race to Las Walker r led the formation of Flying Fortresses and Liberator which damaged 60,000 ton of .. 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