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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO L E ENDS AS REDS IE (Continued From Page One) of the series of winter blows gainst the whole axis position In the southwest, was making new progress today 30 miles west of the Don along the rail way to Kupyansk and Kharkov. Front dispatches said the Ger man lines were being rolled back by slafhing attacks against garrisons in fortified cities, towns and villages. The direc tion of the main thrust was to ward the Southwest, aimed at the Ukraine and Kharkov. Hurried Retreat Between the Don and the new front line at least one full Ger man division was declared virt ually encircled and being driven frcm the rear eastward. Mixed forces of Germans and Hungarians were reported re treating hurriedly and strug gling in vain to mount counter attacks and gain time to con solidate their new lines. Last summer several picked German regiments found their graves in the same sector. Reds Rush On Other Russian forces driving down the rail line to Rostov past recaptured Millerovo reach ed 'the north bank of the Don ets, creating a sharp threat to Kamensk. The Donets has not yet been crossed in this drive. (A Moscow broadcast heard in London said, however, that Rus sian forces were pouring across ine river, presumably in a sec tor 12 miles southeast of Ka mensk to which the Russians advanced across the middle Don ateppes from the northeast) (Continued From Page One) Kosik, president of UMW dis trict No. 1, predicted that if the four big collieries decided to re sume operations,, the 19-day -old work stoppage would .come to an end quickly. ; . Vote Noted f He .made the prediction- de apite the fact that ' the strike spread into district' 7. for; the second time today, closing two collieries ana addine an add . tional 2300 men to the approxi mately 12,500 who continued to disregard the WLB ultimatum. Carl Kratz, president of the South Wilkes-Barre local, said Z30 . voted to return to work, 226 voted to continue on strike. 12 ballots were thrown out and 800 workers did not vote. Muttering Heard Announcing the outcome to the miners, Kratz declared: "This is a legal election. The majority, have voted to go back. We must abide by it." . Mutterings of "we'll stay out anyway" and "we'll picket to morrow greeted his statement. one miner asserted he "would rather have the government run the mine than work under a dictator." In district 7 (Hazleton area) 1400 employes at the Hazleton shaft colliery of the Leghigh Valley Coal company and 900 workers at the Edison Anthra cite company's Mesquehoning operation left their jobs in de fiance of even their local lead ers, some of whom stood at the mine entrance and urged the men to enter. . The Nazleton and Nesquehon- mg workers are .concerned primarily with a demand for a $2-a-day wage Increase. The oisxrict i (Wilkes-Barre and ocramon) strikers are demand. Ing, in addition to a wage In crease, inai xne UMW rescind a 50-cent-a-month increase in un ion aues. nooseveit PTA The regular meeting or Roosevelt PTA will be held Tuesday, January 19, at 2:30 p. m., In the school auditor ium. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY OIL TO BURN For Union heating oils phone 8404, Klam ath Oil Co.', 615 Klamath Ave. l-30m ONE 7 cu. ft. electric refriger ator, 1 year old. Dial '7661 after 6 p. m. ' ' . 1-19 8-ROOM furnished house, Kes terson road, $30. Barnhisel Agency, 112 S. 8th, phope 4195. - 149 LIGHT Oak. HOUSEKEEPING 421 1-24 APARTMENT No children, no pets. Alameda Apartments, 1800 Esplanade. 1-19 'OR RENT Furnished 3-room duplex. 2023 Darrow. 4-INCH PLANER DRIVER,' 7-ln. saw with' motors and belts. 3025 Earle. . 1-21 UNG A OONTNU FT lXiwitia HEAD MAN. No. 1 boy of a New Guinea village gets all fixed up to greet U. S. troops as they pass through on their way to fight the Japs. (Passed by censor.) Potatoes SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 (AP-USDA Potatoes: 17 Calif. 16 Oregon, 20 Idaho arrived. by truck; 14 broken. 32 unbro ken cars on track; market dull, Klamath Russets No. 1 size A $2.70, No. 1 size A 2-in. mini mum $2.75. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 18 (AP- USDA Potatoes: 10 California, 24 Idaho, 2 Oregon arrived, 5 by truck, 9 diverted; 23 broken, 80 unbroken cars on track; market dull, Idaho Russets No. 1, $2.50, No. 2, $1.90-1.95. CHICAGO, Jan. 18 (AP-US- DA) Potatoes, arrivals 116; on track 193; total. US shipments Saturday 1008, Sunday 25; old stock; supplies rather light, de mand fair; for northern stock market firm on best quality; lor western stock market steady new stock, supplies moderate. demand slow; market about steady; Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1, $3.00-10; Colorado Red McClures US No. 1, $2.80 95; Nebraska Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $3.00; Minnesota and North Dakota Bliss Triumphs commercials $2.10-25; Cobblers US No. 1, $2.25; Wisconsin Chippewas US No. 1, $2.25-50; Michigan . Green Mountains US No. 1, $2.40-50; Florida bushel crate and bushel basket Bliss Triumphs US No. 1, $2.45-65 per bushel. PORTLAND (AP) PoUtoes-1- Cash and carry prices: Klamath, J.uz; Malm, fancy, 3.02 cental; Yakima, 2.57; Deschutes, 2.97 cental; local, 2.25 centaL TOWARD TRIPDL (Continued From Page One) Tripoli by the shortest possible route. In Contact Bern Ulid is apnroximatelv iuu miles from the nearest point on the coast and approximately me same distance from Tripoli. Montgomery s announcement said that his forces were in con. tact with the enemy last evening in the area between Benl Ulid and the coastal villages of Tau- orga and Bir Dufan after advanc ing a total of more than 80 miles. (The Italian high command, in a communique broadcast by the Rome radio, declared that at least 20 allied tanks had been left immobilized in "lively en gagements" in eastern Tripoli- tania. Allied attacks were held, me report asserted. (Axis planes were reported bv Rome to have scored direct hits on two allied merchant ships in North African harbors and to have left one in sinking condi tion. Two allied planes were said to have been shot down.) Coastal Defenses Held Coordinated VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 18 P) Coastal defenses of the northwest United States and British Columbia are "well co ordinated" Maj. Gen. Robert A. Lewis, commanding general of the northwest sector of the Unit ed States, with headquarters in Fort Lewis, said here this week end. . ' General Lewis and his staff were here for several days. This problem (unemnlovment) is recognized by the man in the street, who sums it up in a nut shell like this: If everybody can De given a job in war work now. why can't everybody have a job in peacetime production later on? Vice President Henry A. Wal lace. Within the past six months every element of this command has been working at top speed to complete those behind-the- scenes services which are vital to and make possible a sustained air offensive. Maj-Gen. Henry F. Miller of Army 8th Air Force service command. LI. S. BOMBERS STRIKE BLOW IN SOLOMONS (Continued from Page One) that United State's planes at tacked one group of five de stroyers and another of nine. Both groups were damaged, but it was not disclosed whether they accomplished any landings. "Unhinge Japs" Maj. Gen. Millard F. Harmon, commander of the army air and ground forces in the South Pacific, declared that the scope of allied offensive plans extend ed far beyond Guadalcanal. He said it was the aim of the allies to "unhinge the Japanese from New Guinea', the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon islands." United States bombers asain pounded Japanese shipping, ports and air bases in the New Guinea area. Five Japanese merchant ships were sunk or damaged in a three-hour raid by Flying Fortresses on the harbor This snow-banked hut is headquarters of a squadron of US navy patrol plants somewhere In of Rabaul, New Britain, Satur- ; the Aleutian Islands. Blustery wind, snow and fog add to the difficulties of carrying on opera day night. jtions in that icy thtatra of war. This Is a US navy photo. In New Guinea I The Japanese sent 24 medium bombers and 20 fighters against the allied base at Milne bay in New Guinea, but a communi que from allied headquarters said damage was unimportant and there were no casualties. On the New Guinea land front, alliedforces cut the main road in the rear of Japanese forces at Sanananda and killed 120 Japanese. Gen. Sir Thomas Blarney. Australian commander of allied ground troops under Gen. Doug las MacArthur, said in a broad cast last night that Japan's forces in the Papuan peninsula of New Guinea had been "Drac- tically eliminated," as well as defeated. Base Ruined United States and British fliers scored anew in their blows from the east and west against the Japanese in Burma. Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stil- well's headquarters in Chung king said Bhamo, an advanced Japanese base in Burma, had been practically ruined by heavy bombing and strafing. American medium bombers also battered the Japanese air base at Lashio with tons of ex plosives. Committee Backs ' Passage of State Guard Measure SALEM, Jan. 18. m The senate military affairs commit tee recommended passage today of the bill to keep the state guard in existence until six months after the war, but the committee made amendments which will delay final nassaee of the bill until the house eon- curs in the amendments. The guard would be disbanded Thursday unless the bill Is pass ed and signed by the governor by that time. The senate amendments would remove the requirements that persons suing state guard of ficers for acts done in perfor mance of duty must post secur ity for payment of costs. Commission Probes Strange Sinking In Portland (Continued From Page One) who said the recent flood might nave pued a sand ridge under the dock, and the ship might have broken its keel on the ridge as the water level dropped. salvage possibilities were un der consideration. Rivermen said the vessel might be floated to drydock by flooding middle compartments to bring them in line with fore and aft sections. If the keel were snapped, the halves of the ship might be float ed to drydock separately. The FBI questioned the 30 erewmen aboard, none of whom suffered serious injuries as the ship made its plunge. Our job is to drive out the Japs or exterminate them during the coming year. And I, as your leader, pledge myself to drive the Japanese from China or kill them. General Chennault. u Hans Norland Insurance. 25c - All Sears 25c liftUlf DOORS Of" nwni 1lH aiVj Blazing Action? in Companion Hit IANE FRAZCE ROBERT MICE Eugene Pillttt HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH PALLS. OREGON It 1 Jf II. s. (Continued From Page One) millimeter mortar shells his crews fire As a unit we laid down a barrage preceding every attack this outfit has made," Dasinger said. "Once we were firing all of them at the same time but usually found it enough to fire two at a time. "Now, take this bunch of boys (pointing down into a three-foot-deep pit surrounded by sand bags with a shelter half stretch ed over the top to keep out some of the rain. This day it was open part way to let rare sunshine stream in to do- out water logged clothes and other gear.) Their mortar knocked out at least one Jap machine gun nest way over to the west near Killerton track after part of our force had taken a posi tion there." While I ' was standing there chatting with the boys, a bare footed, blond young man came IITY O T. H atmul li.laninlt .nnHM his toes through the warm sand and seeming to enjoy the sen - sstion as much as a youngster back home who had taken off his shoes and is going barefoot for the first time of the sum mer. "This is Capt. John Sponen burgh, our company command er," Lieutenant Dasinger said. "He's from Olympia, Wash.," . "But don't say anything about me unless it's good," Sponun burgh broke in. 'This is the first chance I've had for days to dry my feet "Pine Goes to War" Nets Over $11,000 for Drive (Continued From Page One) mops, Sears Roebuck and com pany, $100. Harold McKenzie, girdle, Moe's, S25. Joe Palooka, picture, Moe's, $100. Tom Edwards, six angel food cakes, Fluhrer's Bakery, $5000. Rose J. Paull, blanket, J. C. Penney company, $625. F. D. McMillan, set of silver ware, Bertram's Jewelry, $1050. Jack Dyer, ham, Emll's Super Market, $325. Harold McKenzie, lady's night gown, Long's, $100. F. W. Van Buskirk, alarm clock, Ricky's Jewelers, $1050. Lafe Stephens, crate oranges, Pacific Fruit, $1000. Rose J. Paull, potatoes, George Burger, $16.75. It isn't the clothes that men stare at but the woman who should be in them. i 1 1' ! L-1 "Tr?S- it IF- - m w CHARGING ACR0S5TH6BATTU TORN 5KfS!j WAINil 1105. 'HINT BiT" ff RICHARD GBEEtl I C,toon I N o W ! IVarUty Looks Cold Even in a Picture Fighier's Gun The Japs Lost PORTLAND. Jan. 18. iV)A Japanese submarine was sunk because an American fighter's deck gun jammed. This paradox was explained Saturday by Bill Hutchinson, ! Portland, oiler on the freighter. torpedoed two months ago. 'Ten minutes after the tor pedo hit the port side of the ship, a light appeared on the starboard side to draw fire from our gun crew, but the crew was having some difficulty getting shells out of a jammed maga zine." he- said. "Then a large submarine sur faced to port and fired one shell at us, missing us. That was when our gun crew went into action and fired three shells right EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) the main line of the Baku-Rostov railroad. It looks like the Rostov show down is coming. ' TN 'he South Seas, our air forces are ranging all over the Solo act fanmna all nira, Ihn sn fi. mons, attacking Jap bases, air fields and shipping. Five Jap merchant ships, totaling about 25,000 tons, are sunk or damaged at Rabaul. The Japs retort with an air raid on our field at Milne bay, at the southeast tip of New Guinea, using 24 bombers escort ed by 20 fighters. The damage they inflicted is said to have been slight. Larger Jap air forces are re ported today at Guadalcanal, which, taken with the activities of Jap destroyers last week, is re garded as an indication that they're preparing another blow at our coveted airfield there. THE Jap road leading to the (A..I. of Cnananria nilnt in the Buna area, has been cut, and General Sir Thomas Blarney, Australian commander, says to day the Jap forces at Buna have been not only defeated but prac tically exterminated. But he warns: "Don't for a moment think we're out of the woods with the Jap. His self-belief is colossal and his resources are great." ' AMPLIFYING' Sir' Thomas' " warning to lake in tho rest of the world, it will be well tf we don't get too cocky over the i distinctly favorable news that fills the headlines today. We're doing well. But there's ' a lot of fight left in the Germans, and as Sir Thomas suggests, the Japs' real fighting resources have hardly been nicked. It will be nothing short of dis astrous if we let ourselves get so cocksure as to let down in our efforts. i 9 aaiiumu . 5JV" '7HW'. Jammed, and Another Sub back, apparently hitting the sub. which submerged. We think it kept going right on down," Hutchinson told a reporter. He showed sears left from ap proximately 200 steel frag ments that struck him when the torpedo hit. None inflicted a serious wound. He will have the fragments removed at a hos pital after his visit here. "I'm staying away from mag nets In the meanwhile," Hutch inson said. Winter Really Came to Klamath Over Weekend (Continued From Page One) rndiators and broken batteries, but as a whole car owners are taking care of their vehicles. Downtown districts which de pend on city heat, huddled over electric burners Sunday as the Klamath Heating plant took time out to replace a few grates. One' boiler was kept going but due to the drop In temperature, this was not sufficient to pro vide the heat needed in one of winter's stiffest onslaughts. Skaters found "beautiful" lee on the Wocus and Great North ern ponds but the crowd was not as large as that of the pre vious week due to a stiff wind which chilled even the most active participant. Everything Is on the up. We can take the Japs, though It won't be a cinch Col. Merian C. Cooper, chief of staff of Gen eral Chennault. TOMORROW! FIRST KLAMATH SHOWING! Hcrt'e Heart' to . Heirt Dramt I "FATHER'S SON" with John Lilel Frieda Ineicort Billy Dawson Christian Rub 2nd Hitr Adventurel Actionl Thrillsl "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" with Roland Young Anna Lee Paul Robeson ENDS TONJGHT! Bttte Davis Ann Sheridan Monty WoolUy to "The Man Who Come To Dinner" "Behind" Th"8 Ball" STIFF MEETS DEFENSE RAIDERS: RAF LOSES 11 (Continued From Page One) striking the ground. The firing, which ceased only after the last of the raiders departed, com bined with new secret anti-aircraft devices to mnko a spectac ular show. Tim air ministry Announced both offensive and dcicnulve op erations. " "Berlin was again attacked by a strong force of our heavy bombers last night," tho air ministry communique said. "A great load of bombs was drop ped and, by the end o( the at tack, large fires were burning. 22 Lost Tho bombers flow in bright moonlight on most of the 1200 mile round trip, but encounter ed some clouds over (ho target area. In contrast to the light opposition Saturday night, the air ministry said "there were many combats with enemy fight ers." One of these was report ed shot down. The air ministry said 22 bombers failed to return. The German high command, in a communique brondcast by the Berlin radio, said nazi night fighters and anti-aircraft guns shot down 23, most of thorn four-motored types. Seven oili er allied atrcratt were declared destroyed In operations over western Europe and the North sea. Nasi Lou Heavy The German figure for natl plane losses was six. The high command said the German raid' ers "caused extensive destruc tions, particularly In the dli trict west of the large Thames bend." Hitler's officers did not con ment on damage in the Sunday night raid on the German cap ital, but a subsequent Berlin broadcast said fire losses from the "terror attack" were heavy. Labor Council Takes Lease on Murphey Building (Continued From Page One) Ing but due to the weekend cold snap plumbers were called off tho Job to service residential property. Approximately $1000 Is being spent on the building with much of the help donated by union members. The Labor temple occupied Scandla hall for several years during 1925-20 and In 1934 moved back to that location at Ninth and Walnut. The three-year lease carries an additional two-year option If de sired, Tatman said. IT Will MAKE YOU FIGHTING MAD! DONLEVY , MACOONAID CAREY - ROIERT PRFSTtlN Albert DeKker - William Bendix- Walter Abel RGHT NOW 1 ajP A tin ran! Ntwt -Jj. with BRIAN fly nni PtllaW January 18, 1941 Generalissimo Five and a halt years of war italnit Japan have greysd Chiang Kal-shnk's hair, but have not dimmed his tmlle. This new photo of the Chinese Hrncrnupaiiiiu jus, winvvu m the U. 8. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 18 (Tl Condition of Homer Bowen, J3, of Puyallup, Injured In an ax plosion at the Tncoma division of the Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuild ing corporation, Inst night, U critical, hospital attendants re ported hero today. Meanwhile shipyard oitici.j and tho federal bureau of Inves tigation were Investigating the explosion to determine If It was other than accidental. Prelim inary Investigation Indicated that the blast, which was felt Ihrniinliniif fht, plfv was rait4 by a leaking gas line, according to shipyard officials. They said Bowen told them that when he went Into a sub storeroom to turn off a light, he smelted acetylene gas and the next thing he knew he was In the hospital. They said the building disappeared In the blast and workmen found Bowen standing dazed, his pants and most of the rest of his clothing blown away. Shipyard officials said that a small fire which followed the blast did about $1000 damage to the standing ways of a nearby ship. British Capture Bailed-Out Nazi MAIDSTONE. England, Jan. 16 (AP) Police captured a member of the crew of a Ger man bomber who made a para chute landing and was trying to get away In a stolen motor ear after his plane was shot down early today. W M1HHMIIH1IIMIM Sl'I'.'HQfl Hurry! Ends Tonirel "MEN OF TEXAS" Kith Matt. Ill . Sro 0nwf N0 HIT IRT OOROOM In "LAUGH YOUR BLUES AWAY" New Tomorrow FIRST KLAMATH SHOWING! HfRVTY TAYLOR Henry luphemen i, lV, ember Cetotta, YOUNG BAXTER U ITRUCE ''w? 3 INTRIGUE oW (C EXCITEMENT 1 C- 12nd It Hit!