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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Paul Robeson
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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.
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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.
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