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Newspaper Page Texte and On B-mlnul blmt on sirens ind whistles It the signal for blackout In Klamath Falls, Another long blast, during black out. If ilpnal lor all-clear. In precau tionary parlodi, watch your street lights. January 12 High 98. Low 19 ' Precipitation a el January 6, 1843 Stream year to data .....8.03 Last yaar . ....6.82 Normal .....4.88 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES .ruT.rinArinniii-innnrvy-,-,,-i-rr PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943' ,--..'. Number 9693 MHO "A'M't,., . ,.iii:AlNfl ' AJjvuviii n mm m m. mmm tm mm mm bhm m nini'i.i oil INLU.'n. ir MOT PUII Pll By FRANK JENKINS tJXCEPT when tho news from Russia and Africa la spectac ular, our thoughts hero on the West Count turn naturally to tho South Pacific. Tho news from there today I haa a confident tone. ' -"ENERAL HARMON, com- mandlng U. S. ormy force In the South Pacific area, says it li only a question of time until we win control ol uuaaaicanai. Ai to the Japi itlll on the I' land, he soy, ho li no longer afraid of offensive action, adding that It's Just a matter of cleaning thorn out. (Which, of course, Judging by Buna, may take considerable time.) TAP resistance at Bunn Is pic J tured today as In its last Ue. MacArthur Indicated several days ago that victory there has been won and only mopplng-up operations remain. nnHERE isn't much startllngly - new In Russia Just mora of 1 the same. , The Russians are advancing westward on a hundred-mile front along both sides of . the Itoatov-Baku railroad. The Ger mans are said today to be threw In tanks and planes Into a stif fenlug stand to cover their forces homing the Maikop oilfield and the Black Sea coo.it to the west. They need the Maikop oil, and they need also to protect their supply lines by woy of the Crimean peninsula and the Kerch strait. If and when they are defeated by the Russians, these supply lines become their line of retreat. One of the basic principles of warfare Is to keep your line of , retreat open In tho event you are licked, , THE Germans In tho Caucasus have two lines of retreat one by way of the Kerch strait and the Crimean peninsula and the other by way of Rostov. , Your map will make this sltua tlon plain. ABOVE Rostov, the fighting has reached the compara tively level plains of the lower Don, and over these plains a howling blizzard Is blowing to day. The Germans are fighting de terminedly to keep the Jaws of the - Ruf'.ov trap pried open There's an Interesting note In tho dispatches. A strong Ger man counter attack Is described as threatening a Russian com munication line, but Russian re serves moved up 40 MILES IN . ONE NIGHT and threw the Ger mans back. This Is further evidence of Russian reserve strongth. Every such Indication is heartening news to our side. VtE ore reminded In today's dispatches that the Germans are still fighting INSIDE Stalin grad. According to all accounts, these German forces havo been cut off from support and supply from the rear, except what comes to them by air transport. The Russians are closing In on them from the WEST, and at the same time Russian long-range ' guns are pounding them from tho east side of tho Volga. Russian forces moving south ward from Stalingrad, through Elista, are reported to , have made a junction with other Rus sian forces coming up from the Caucasus. , TJS 'y'" Fortresses moke a raid . into Trlpolitana, knocking out 20 German, planes on tho ground and 14 in tho air. Defending ' German fighter planes had evidently been or . .(Continued on. Page Two) rAnnutk IT nnnofir.4?Jl L RISING SCALE Allied Soldiers Hack Deeper Into Sanan anda Corridor By The Associated Press Allied . wnrplnncs sweeping tho far Pacific skies from Bur ma to the South seas were re ported hitting the Japancso on a rising scale today, and In land fighting Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's headquarters an nounced "further gains" against trapped enemy forces on the Papuan beach In New Guinea. Survivors of a Japancso inva sion army originally estimated at 18,000 troops were pictured as fighting the lost stages of a losing battle, with American and Australian soldiers hacking deeper into tho enemy's narrow defense corridor at Sanananda point. Under Fire . At. the same time, delayed messages from American-defended Guadalcanal island, in the Solomons, ' reported that US army troops and marines accounted- for 188 known Japa nese killed and captured a num ber of guns on January 2 when they stormed a strategic hill and cleaned out Japanese pock ets of resistance. The assault, reported without detail by the navy on January 8, was carried out under fire from Japanese machine-guns, mortars and rifles, with the Americans capturing the heavl (Contlnucd on Page Two) Coaf Strikers Split on WLB Work Demand WILKESBARRE, Pa Jan. 13 (IP) Striking anthracito miners in the Pennsylvania hard coal field apparently split today on an ultimatum from the war labor board that they return to work immediately or face pos sible government intervention. Returns from the first 12 mine locals to report on their vote on a proposal to obido by the WLB's demand - showed 3050 strikers voting to continue the walkout and 3000 who voted to go back. The strikers demand a $2 a day bonus over wages estimated unofficially to averago $8.50 a day. Thoy olso aro protesting against an Increase In union dues from $1 to $1.50. Tho boost was voted at a UMW convention last October. The strikers, who opposed' the lncreaso then, say that delegates from bituminous coal fields, who favored it, had an unfair balance of power. AERIA IN ITS $500 Earmarked for Probe Of Klamath Increasing attention in taring. trial development Drolccts for tho Klamathi community was evl- aoncca Wednesday by appropria tion of 500 hv thn nnuntv mtii-t for industrial development inves tigations. Thu court and budget commit tee agreed to the appropriation, following a conference with Dnn Drury, chairman of tho indus trial committee of the chamber of commerce, and Earl Reynolds, chamber secretary. While tho appropriation is not large, it was regarded as a nort of a nlcture nf mounting effort here to meet tho possibilities ol industrial shrink age as a result of heavv war time cut of timber. In case of definite developments, county court members said, Additional money.-might -be -provided from OTC MIUIDUOUOT New Offensive T-rr .I...L I ..irrll Mlnik 0 C.yerrii 'f a. Krrt StalJnjrael The null tonight asserted that the Russians have begun a new offensive in the area of Voronesh, key soviet position In middle Russia. The nails also hinted at a new red drive in the north, near the Leningrad-Lake Ladoga region. RELOCATION SET-UP Army May be Asked To Control Evacuee Problem . WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 m Senator Wallgren (D-Wash.) an nounced today he was beginning an investigation of resettlement of Japanese In the west, to de termine the truth of "disturbing reports" ho hod received of con ditions In the relocation camps. The senator said the reports told of troublo brewing among the evacuees, Incited by Japan ese citizens held in the same camp with the American born Japanese. He said if his investi gation substantiated the reports ho would Insist that handling of the evacucs be taken away from the war relocation authority and returned to tho army; ' Three Classes . "Reports reach me that dis turbers are Inciting others . in (Continued on Page Two) WLB Admonishes Unions Not to Yield To Provocation . WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (P) A new war labor board opinion admonishes unions not to yield to management provocation be cause, the opinion sets out, it is only when provocation exists "that the pledge not to strike has any real significance." Wayne L. Morse, public mem ber of the WLB, Issued the opin ion yesterday, telling unions that news of work stoppages at home will not be received with approval by soldiers on the fighting front and cautioned management it was its "solemn duty" to avoid provocation. The opinion was issued in a case Involving the Miles Labora tories, Inc., of Elkhart, Ind., and District 50 United Mine Workers (Independent,) . Development the advertising and development fund. . Secretary Reynolds of the chamber of commerce will go cast late this month to attend a meeting of the directors of the National Assoclalon of Commer cial Secretaries, and while in the east will moke a number of "con tacts" and investigations con cerning industrial projects which might come here. The industry problem received major attention at a meeting of the chamber directors Wednes day, the speakers including Ed Cliff, supervisor of the Fremont national forest, and H. D. Mor tenson, president of the Pelican Bay Lumber company. Cliff discussed tho possibility of converting more . of lumber (Continued on Page Two) t rWT. 3 I C I RUMANIA I SSn ew" I feutOAmAj . jyyr ypYfzSM TURKEY REDS SILENT ON VORONEZH BATTLE REPORT U. S. Warplanes Shoot Down 34 Nazis on African Front LONDON, Jan. 13 W Reu . tera quoted the German news agency DNB tonight as report ing that soviet tanks had breached the main German line In the Caucasus. By ROGER D. GREENE Associated Praia War Editor . The Russians were declared tonight by the German high com mand to have begun a new offen sive- in the area., of Voronezh, which lies on. the middle Don roughly halfway-between Mos cow and Stalingrad and is. the key soviet position in middle nussia. This had not been confirmed by the Russians themselves, but the red command often main tains silence on great operations until they are well along.. - :, Nails Pocketed 7 "Red army shock troops goug ing deeper into the remnants of 22 German divisions trapped be fore Stalingrad, were officially reported M hive, smashed through to tho western outskirts of the long-besieged Volga me tropolis today after, a night of violent battle In courtyards, Duuaings and streets. Now tightly pocketed in the narrow Don-Volga corridor. Hit ler's armies began their costly ' (Continued on Page Two) ; OP A Considers K.F., Medford For Offices Klamath Falls and Medford are under consideration as head quarters for a district OPA of fice, it was disclosed in, Seattle Wednesday by Frank Marsh, deputy regional administrator from San Francisco. The OPA Is now attempting a decentralization of its affairs in the northwest. Supervision is to be by districts instead of states. ' Marsh said the district office for southern Oregon would be in either Klamath Falls or Medford. Chamber of commerce offic ials here said that Klamath's ad vantages as the office site have been presented to OPA officials and the matter has been prom ised full attention. From 50 to 100 persons would be employed, it is believed. , . Train Wreck Laid To Child Who Left Spikes on Tracks OREGON CITY, Jan. 13 (fl3) A locomotive overturned, two Southern Pacific freight cars were derailed and the main Southern Pacific main line was tied up yesterday for six hours by a child at play. That's what railroad agents said after investigating the acci dent, which they blamed on a dozen spikes left on the tracks by a youngster. Crewmen suffered only light bruises in the mishap. Sen. Lee Laughs Off An Interruption SALEM. Jan. 13 (ff) When Sen, Dorothy Leo was making her speech last night conceding to Sen. W. H. Steiwer. in -their race for senate presidency, some spectator in tho gallery stepped on his dog, which emitted a loud yelp. ' "I knew my speeches wero pretty bad, but I didn't know they were that. bad,", aba : said. Crowds Await Long before the 12:30 p. m. opening time for meat sales, crowds' lined up before counters In San Francisco butcher shops. Here is a typical lineup of meat shoppers held In check by the butcher'a sign. Markets themselves had to await deliveries from jobbing houses. . Ninety-eight San Francisco markets which formerly received 419,600' pounds a week-now get only 91,200 pounds for the same period a 75 per cent cut, it was claimed. GfRAUD-DE GAULLE Darlan Assassination Takes on New Mystery ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NOH rHAFRlCA, Jan?13 General Henri Honore Giraud new high commissioner of French North and West Africa. and General Charles DeGauIle, leader of the fighting French, will meet soon,-a spokesman for General Giraud said last night as the assassination of Giraud's predecessor. Admiral Jean Dar lan, took on new undertones of mystery. . . , , Gen. Giraud's spokesman, dis closing that additional "person ages of Algiers" had been arrest ed in the case and others arrest ed earlier had been released, said the investigation ol Dar- Ian's assassination Christmas eve was being prosecuted "without consideration of the prominence of the persons involved, nor their political beliefs." Political Murder The Investigation, he said, was being made by military authori ties. Asked if the count of Paris, heading a French monarchist group, had figured in the investi gation, the spokesman said he could not . discuss the trend of tho inquiry. "The murder of Darlan pos sibly was political," he said, '.'but the- investigation and trial will be conducted merely as that of a criminal for a crime needing punishment." . A young man described as a Frenchman whose mother lives in Italy already has been execut (Continued on Page Two) Farm Machinery Allotment Increase To Be Sought PORTLAND, Jan. 13 (fl3) A pledge by Oregon's congression al delegation to seek farm mach inery allotment increases in 1943 was announced today by the Portland chamber of commerce agricultural committee. Claude I. Sersanous, commit tee chairman, said he had ad vised the delegation that Oregon farmers could not maintain 1043 production levels if production of farm machinery is cut to ap proximately 20 per cent of the 1940 level, as planned by the war production board. Ruhr Raided for Seventh Time LONDON, Jan.. 13 (Pi Brit- lsh bombers smashed at the Ruhr again last night, the air ministry announced today. It was the sev enth, attack on the Ruhr in 10 nights. One of the attacking planes failed to return, a com munique said. .France also was struck by a procession of daylight raiders which took off after midday and flew through bright, spring-like sHles over the Folkestone area toward-Boulogne. Meat Sale Deadline in 4 Court Asks Bill Providing fori-.w; Salary Increase " Seeking a 20 per cent salary Increase for all elective county officials, the county court . Wed nesday drafted a letter to Sen ator Marshall Coraett, and Rep resentatives Henry Semon and Lewis Craver, asrcmg them to In troduce a bill to that effect at the -present -session- of the state legislature. . At a combined hearing - with the county court and the budget committee today, county offic ials 'gave as. a reason for in creased salaries the rising cost of living which, cannot .be met at the present level. . The first plan discussed asked for a flat raise of $30 per month for each official. It was dis carded, however, because . the percentage of increase would not. be fairly apportioned.- " .'': If the new scale is adopted, the following changes will be in dicated: . sheriff, increase from $3000 to $3600; county Judge, from $2400 to . $2880; assessor, from $2400 to $2880; county clerk, from $2400 to . $2880; treasurer, from $2100. to. $2525; county commissioners, from (Continued on Page Two) Charles Bedaux ' Arrested on Charge Of Enemy Deal . .. WASHINGTON, Jan.. 13 (iPh Secretary of State Hull, disclosed today that Charles Bedaux, American - industrial ' engineer known as the author of an "effi ciency system" for industrial la bor, had been arrested in North Africa on a charge of trading with the enemy. In answer to press conference questions, Hull said that news of Bedaux' arrest had come to him but that he was not informed of the details. ' Bedaux came into news promi nence uv 1937 when it was dis closed that he was arranging the details of an American' tour which the Duke of Windsor , was planning to make. Windsor sub sequently dropped the idea of the visit. '. Earl Snell Becomes Oregon's 23rd Chief Executive in Inauguration Ceremonies By PAUL W. HARVEY, Jr. ' SALEM, Jan. 13 (JP) Govern or Earl Snell, who became Ore gon's 23rd chief executive to day in inauguration ceremonies at the opening joint session 'of Oregon's 42nd legislature, asked the lawmakers to provide bene fits for returning soldiers of this war, to provide $40 pensions for needy aged persons, to reduce property taxes, and-to provide for a single state tax commission er to replace the three-man tax commission. - ' : Snell, whose inaugural' ad dress appealed for a short ses sion, made 14 recommendations. Charles A. Sprague, whose fare well address as governor imme diately preceded Snell's mes sage, made no recommendations, being -confine exclusively .to-a San Francisco Hearing May.C.ontinue For . Weeks, Say Observers . By FRET HAMPSOKv .PORTLAND, Jail. 13 '() Charges of - unfair: labor prac tices against -Henry. J. Kaiser's three Vancouver-Porfland -shipyards bogged more deeply . in legal technicalities today as the third morning of an NLRB hear ing ended without a witness having been called - -. The CIO accuses -the .yards with signing. illegal closed shop contracts' with AFL ' shipyard unions. Labor . Board Triali Ex- aminer Robert Denhara of Wash ington' is' hearing "the case. ; . ". Burden of Proof ' . . Harry S. Morton, ' Kaiser counsel, charging that NLRB At torney William A. Babcock was' introducing excerpts of , ' ship - yard payroll r e c o r.d s which' might "not reflect the true pic ture" demanded that the entire records be introduced. Examin er Denham .said .however he would admit , the sample .sheets but 'would, permit the. kaisers to : introduce the remainder of ; the records, voluminous as they are,' if they, became necessary to get at the truth. He said he assumed . that, the Kaiser . attor neys, in stipulating to the au thenticity, of the. records,, were , (Continued on Page Two) ' Three Fortresses. ' : Missing After Raid . On Lille Plants LONDON, Jan. 13 (ff) Amer ican : Fortress - bombers raided Lille in France today while, al lied, squadrons carried out cover ing and supporting operations. , The Fortresses -made -a. high altitude ' attack', on Industrial plants in Lille "engaged In war production for . ' Germany,1' . a communique . said. - Numerous hits were reported. review of the war and a record of his administration.- " i - Basil of Need ' The benefits Governor Snell advocated for returning soldiers of World war' U Include real es tate . loan ; privileges, veterans' preference' in employment, edu cational opportunities, and voca tional training. in recommending that the old age pension be Increased to $40 monthly, the maximum now pro vided by law, Shell said .pen sions should' still' be given only on the basis of need. The aver age pension now Is $24 a month, but .the new budget, prepared by the Sprague administration, would step it up gradually to $34.. ,V ," ,-V, " To raise the amount to $40 -would cost the itate only,$3 a coral SEN. LEE ENDS I L Harmony Prevails as Inauguration of , ' Snell Starts By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. ' 7 SALEM, Jan. 13 (JP) Har mony seemed to prevail through, out the Oregon legislature today, as senators on both sides of the bitter controversy 'over the sen ate-presidency appeared eager to forget their: differences and get the wheels greased for a speedy, session. Seil. W. H. Steiwer, Fossil, elected, senate president on thai 45th 6allot last night, and Doro thy Lee, Portland, who conceded in. his favor to break the dead lock,, worked today in . appoint ing committees. - .. ', ' The Inauguration of Governor elect Earl Snell took placa at 2 p. m. today, 48 hours delayed . by the senates' Inability to or ganize. . .7 . The 15 members of the-. Stefc wer group were happy today be cause : of their victory. Mrs. Lee's 15 supporters were satis fied by assurances they wouldn't be overlooked in the committee assignments. '. The senate president ordinar ily, appoints the committees, but this year, Steiwer and Mrs. Lea are 'doing the Job Jointly.-'ln. -aseirB-disagrie'ement,"Sen. W, H. Strayer, Baker, who support. ed-Mrs: Lee, will act as adviser. . Senators who supported Mrs. Lee agreed that since the fight lasted "only-two days and be cause both sides kept their ar- , guments . above personalities, there would be no permanent wounds. .It had been feared that the two groups might divide on every Issue all session. In conceding to Steiwer last night, Mrs. Lee lost no prestige. The Steiwer gr,oup,- while re specting her ability, objected to choosing a woman for the job during time of war, as she might become governor in case the gov ernor dies, resigns or leaves the istate. - ; But some of her supporters. thinking of the 1945 session when the war might be over, i (Continued, on Page Two) Eight Accused by Army of Strike Activity Fired DETROIT, Jan. 13 (JP) Eight workers accused by the army of responsibility for a series of un authorized strikes last month at the Bonn Aluminum and Brasa corporation plant here were dis charged from their jobs today. Seven were fired by the Boha corporation at the request of the army, while the other, who since the strikes had taken a job at the Packard Motor Car company, was' discharged there, also at the army's request. In the series of strikes, work ers said they were protesting de lay in war labor board approval of, a wage increase agreement between the company and the CIO United Auto Workers. Pro ductlon has been uninterrupted since December 13. the government would .match this amount. v Snell recommended that the state's $3 be raised by levying the excise ta on publ'J utilities, which now are exempt from this tax. "I am confident," Snell said, "that we are all aj'eed, that in view of increased prices and present day costs, $40 per month Is little enough to provide sus tenance -aid reasonable comfort for these elderly citizens." ' v More Efficiency Reduction of property taxes, Snell ' declared, would relieve and encourage home ownership, and also make it easier to pay higl; federal taxes. He cautioned, however, against reducing the state Income, tax, pointing out ; ' (Continued on Page Two)