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PAGEs TWO FDR DIRECTS lESIEiBS (Continued Prom Page One)" Towhsend, : food production ad ministrator, to the senate defense investigating committee, that he feared there was "no chance". of meeting 1843 production goals without an. increase in the-war production board's allotments for new. farm, machinery. . JIr. . Rooseyelt's . coal strike decree did not say specifically that the government would take over operation of the .strike bound, anthracite mines if thq njen stayed away longer. . 5000 Return ', j It did say that the government stood ready io fake action heeded ed "to protectthe security of the nation against a strike which is doing serious injury to, the war effort," - ; ;i . . .. (Some SCOO-striking miners re turned to their ipbs in Pennsyl vaniais anthracite field today in the largest . back-Jo-work move ment since the, 'wildcat walkout , began three" weeks ago. ' However, - about 12,350 insur gents still remained idle.) ' The chief executive issuediis order in telegrams to officials of the United -Mine Workers of America, national and: local. No Profiteering The navy contract discussion, before the house rules commit tee, brought from James V. For restali" undersecretary of the nkvy.'the staterrtent that "Ameri- can business, by and large, does npt want to be a profiteer in this warMjutte the';eontrary. " . . Emphasizing that : speed- was essential in letting contracts in the early part of the navy's vast expansion. Forrestal said:."If we made Jipnest mistakes, in prices. then dollars can be recaptured; but time lost is gone, forever. ' Joseph Lawson Prisoner'of Japs;'. Albert Smith Missing (Continued From Page One) two other sons in the service, George M. Jr.,. 24, now at radio technical school, Kansas City Mo., and James, 18, somewhere with the US navy. Both boys will be advised that their brother is still alive. Sgt. Lawson was graduated xroznluamath Union high school In 1936 and enlisted In the coast artillery In March 1937. He was ent directly to The Philippines from Portland and received his . training there. Last letter re ceived from young Lawson came in August, 1941, shortly after the youth was stationed at thej xon. ne wrote nis parents may he was to be transferred to the United States in March, 1942, but declaration of war December 8,. 1941, changed these plans. Albert Smith, 23, was in the army air corps and was at CorV regldor when that jortre&s' fell, to' the Japanese last year, ac cording to his parents. They have; not heard as yet whether , be Is; a, prisoner of war. . The Klamath man was born In Idaho but- lived in this county 18 years.' He attended Bonanza high school., ' After enlisting in the air corps in July, 1940, he was located at March field until moved to The. Philippines. Returns Home Mrs. George Burger returned-the first of the week from San Francisco where she has spent several days. Mrs. Joe Foster, who accompanied her outh, will also" return within a ahort time. Police Court Four drunks, one drunk and disorderly, and 16 traffic tickets made up the Tues day morning police court. &1tV,n,,nk ft , .....,.w..9 -vtH'h. inu nvarcomuant work, overtime on . crude, alleged Jokes about "drug stares 'selling everything but drugs, the chief interest of every pharmacist worthy of the name is in the prolongation of life and the alleviation of suffering. If we had to part with ;'everyr department in our store but one, the one we would keep would be the pres. . cription department. It Is here that we are privileged to co-operate with your doctor In relieving your ills,-In' restoring health to you land the members of your family. This brings to us far more satisfaction than we could hope to enjoy from any other department af the store.- Consider us your preseristlonlsu. CURRIN'S "The Friendly Drug Store" tth and Main Potatoes SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19 (AP-USDA) Potatoes: 7 Califor nia, 7 Idtho, 9 Oregon, 1 Florida arrived, 1 by truck; 21 broken, 48 unbroken cars on track; mar ket dull, Klamath Russets No. 1 size A 2-ln. minimums, J2.75-8S, No. 2, $1.90-2.00, Idaho Russets No. 1, $2.69-70. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19 (AP USDA) Potatoes: 1 California, 25 Idaho, 8 Utah arrived, 7 by truck, 1 diverted; 26 broken, 91 unbroken cars on track; market dull, Idaho Russets No. 1, most ly $2.50, few $2.55, occasional car $2.45. CHICAGO. Jan. 19 (AP USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 78; on track J83; total US ship ments 445; supplies light, trad ing very light as receivers not open cars for inspection; mar ket nominally unchanged. Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1, $3.024-05; Colorado Red McClures US No. 1, $2.85-95; Wisconsin Green Mountains US No. 1, $2.50, ALLIED FLAB FLIES (Continued From Page One) Washington announced that American submarines slashing at Japan's vital supply lines had sunk an enemy destroyer and four other ships. Two others were damaged. . " Gen. MacArthur's headquar ters said the capture of the two key Japanese strongholds on the Papuan beach climaxed a series of coordinated attacks by two American and three Australian infantry forces. ' - All that remained of a Jap anese invasion army which once drove within 32 milt of the al lied outpost at Pert Moresby, 120 miles across the peninsula, was a small force pocketed .in three groups a mile west of Sananan da, about 1500 yards eastward from Sanananda PoinV and be hind the block of the main track. Front-line dispatches, a aid there appeared little likelihood that the surviving .'Japanese could hold out long and said' ac tion against the three pocketed forces was in the nattireiafj.a mop-up operation. - Meanwhile, allied planes at tacked the big enemy base' at Lae, Ini.northern New .Guinea, and RabauL- and 1 Gasmata in New Britain, and sank -an 800fc ton Japanese cargo ship, in. the Bismarck sea. :..-. : Allied land patrols',' clashed with Japanese troops-, again in the vicinity of Mubor-riear Sala- maua, and killed 40 more of the enemy, a communique said. In the Burma theater, British headquarters reported that Field Marshal Wavell s forces captured the village of. Kyauktaw, 40 miles northeast of the Japanese base at Afcyab on the Bay of Ben gal coast, after crushing slight enemy opposition. j-.Other British troops scored a small advance in the Dondaik re gion -on the Mayu peninsula. above Akyab, and gained in operations against Rathedaung, zs miles north of Akyab. FUNERAL f STAFF SGT. DALE V. BROWN Military funeral services for the late Dale V. Brown, who was a member of the 375th bombardment squadron, U. S. army air base, Salina, Kas., will' take place from the chapel of Ward's Klamath funeral home, 925 High street, on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock.- ' Commitment services and interment will follow in Linkvllle cemetery. The remains will arrive via Southern Pacific, accompanied by military eseort on Thursday morning, January 21, 1942. .. .. . j . .. FOR DRUGS Phone 4514 BRITISH ARMY 01 30 MILES FROM TR POL (Continued From Page One) army air force attacked the big port by daylight yesterday and said hits by heavy caliber bombs were observed near the base of Karamanll Mole and military targets within the town." Rommel May Go On Observers said the British strategy might be to bring the columns together for a converg ing attack on Tripoli; or to at tack the city with the coastal column and by-pass it to the south with the inland column. There were indications that Rommel had decided, or had been ordered, to yield Tripoli and attempt to get as many of his men as possible into Tunisia to join Gen. Walther Nehring in a stand against allied assault from both sides. Sanitation Ruling Passes First Reading Monday , (Continued From Page One) continuing the "no left turn" re strictions at other downtown in tersections. Mayor Houston appointed Mrs. Lucille O'Neill to the city li brary board for five years. Roland Wright was named on the appraisal committee. - The names of Leigh Ackerman and Odell Ol son were withdrawn from the traffic safety council; Hugh Cole was named to the council, as well as Police Judge Harold Franey and Police Chief Earl Heuvel, The council received scores of applications for 1943 business li censes. Police Judge Franey read the licenses for 20 minutes. All were passed with the exception of that, of the auto wrecker li cense application of the Roy Call Auto company, 927 Commercial street, where a further Investiga tion will be made. An offer, of $500 as the pur chase price on the animal shelter property on Cumberland road was received from the Humane Society and Kennel club, through Attorney J. C. O'Neill. There was some discussion as to whether this offer represented too much ..money, considering what the eity has. put into the property. The finance commit tee was authorized to dicker fur ther with the society. Street Names Mayor Houston announced that the American Legion is In terested in having a memorial for Klamath's war dead erected on the courthouse property, and he appointed Coleman O Lough- lin as chairman of a committee to plan this project, to be com pleted by Memorial day this year. A suggestion that new streets of the city be named after war heroes was made by Councilman Walter Wiesendanger. He pro posed this plan in connection with the naming of a new street in Industrial addition, whieh is TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 2-BEDROOM . furnished - house. Inquire 1039 Alameda. 1-19 FOR SALE Unclaimed suits. Altering, repairing, relining, cleaning. Sudden service. Men's suits, pvereoats made into ladies suits and coats. Suitings and overcoating sold by the yard, prres Tailor Shop, across from Montgomery Ward. , . WANTED TO RENT--Two-bed- room furnished house. Phone 7368. 1-2J LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING Hot and cold water. Everything furnished. 109 N. Broad. 1-28 PRIVATE ROOM with bath. Al pha, Apartments. 1-25 FOR sale Half acre good soil, four-room house, garage, fenced and trees, irrigated. $975. Easy terms. 5614 Inde pendence Ave. 1-21 INSULATE YOUR OWN HOME Quickly and easily installed at low cost by anyone with, ordinary tools. Keep your home warm In winter, cool in summer. Pays for itself in fuel savings. No down py ment, up to 3 yearn to pay. Payments as low as $$.00 per month. J. W. Copeland Yards, 66 Main. Phone 3197. 1-23 WANTED FARM OPPORTUN ITY .Man and wife, exper ienced in handling stock, now . have $1000 worth of stock and . rolling equipment, Will work . for wages with chance to in erease their own stock invest- ' mept, or will work on a share basis. Both employed now in city. Can give good rafertneet, : Please answer by letter and, give full particulars. Adqes$ . 86x 4265, :News-Herald. 11 OIL TO BURN For Union ' heating oil phone 8404, Klam ath Oil Co., 619 Klamath Ave. ; '. " l-30m HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON to be opened on land acquired by the Southern Pacific company. The naming of the street was left to the street committee. Parking Still Restricted The city treasurer was author, ir.ed to call $22,000 in city bonds. The council also authorized transfer of $9105 from the gen eral fund to the airport fund, to be repaid - later from the airport fund. The purpose is to redeem three protested warrants issued in the purchase of airport property. As taxes come In on the airport levy, which is a four year levy, money will be avail able to reimburse the general fund. ' ' ' Chairman John Keller of the police committee said he had dis cussed with Real Estate Agent Roland Wright the letter's objec tion to hour parking restrictions on North Fifth street, and that "everything is, settled." He ex plained after the meeting that he had talked with Wright about the necessity of continuing the parking restrictions, and that they are to continue on the pre sent basis. No Charge The council voted that the city shall pay Its share, about $6.25, In putting rock on a portion of Tunnel street. The city's share is based on its ownership of a tot on the part of the street to re ceive gravel. There was a brief discussion as. to whether the city should charge a fee for use of the council chambers January 22 by the pub lic utilities commissioner, who is holding a hearing here. Council man Bussman suggested the ad visability of a fee. It was decid ed; however, to provide the room with no charge. - , OPERATORS FLOCK TO PAY LICENSES License fees flooded the city clerk's offices . as operators flocked to the city hall to pay their 1943 tax before the Fri day night' deadline. As a result, licenses were -paid earlier than at any time in the; history of the city, according to' the police de partment. Earlier In the . week licensees were advised that pen alties would be' Imposed on late payments. .With the exception of five, now out of town, 356 individual operators paid taxes on every thing from second hand stores, hotel, rooming house, restaurant and apartment houses, plumbing, tajcicabs, penny arcade and. pin ball machines, dairies, meat dealers, j;eleetrieal i contractors, barber and- beauty shops. - As the larger fee were paid virtually in full, the eity clerk's office observed that of the more than 1000 bicycles now on the streets Of Klamath Falls, less than 400 1943 licenses had been issued. CPNTACIOUt SALISBURY, N. C, W Three children of Mr. and Mrs. Hearne Swink are doing nicely, thank you but, the parents are keeping their fingers crossed. ' Hearne Jr., 14, fell off his new motor bike and broke his ankle. Several days later, he developed abdominal pains, and an appen dix operation was found neces sary. , Then, while he was recuperat ing, his sister Eleanor, 11. devel oped appendicitis and underwent an operation.- And now Abra, ?, has joined the others also with an appen dectomy. , Reports Book Gone--Lavina Robin, 2023 Darrow avenue, re ported to city police the -loss of a gas rationing book issued to a 1941 Chevrolet coupe, Ore. 319-687. FORTRESS RICHARD GRiiN . Extral 'Swingtime Blues' Musical Color Cartoon' -r- Variety News I nto rh o 1 11 M-J MIJINT (wrtny of Hit HEADQUARTERS FOR DISTRICT TO (Continued Fjrom Page One) vestigntory staff, and an In formation officer. Gejitner.sald the personnel tor the district headquarters will be largely selected locally. He added that in the selection of the manager or director, final approval will be obtained from Harry Camp, regional adminis trator at Snn.Franclsco. That Klamath Falls was be ing considered for headquarters of the district was disclosed re cently by an announcement that a decentralization program was under way In OPA. Klamath Falls and Medford were men tioned in this connection. Prior to the selection of this city, the Klnmnth county cham ber of commerce submitted a brief presenting the advantages Klamath had to offer the OPA' j as a district headquarters. . Gratified ' The decentralization program, Centner explained Tuesday, is I heiiiD iinHfM-tiilctm In an t.itnrt to get OPA as close to the people as possible. War price and ra tioning boards will be account able to the district office, i Mitchell Tillotson, president j of the chamber of commerce, ex pressed warm gratification 'that Fails, and said the chamber and -community could be counted up on for full cooperation. Rampaging Reds Storm Into Key City of Kamensk - (Continued From Page One) German armies around Russia's second city to widen a flve-milo corridor through which the 17 month siege was broken, other soviet forces moved further in the direction of the Latvian bor der southwest of.Vellkle Lukl, threatened Salks, German sun ply center for-- its entrapped southern armies,: tightened the vise in the .Stalingrad area and made further progress in the di rection of the- steel city of Khar kov, the- Pittsburgh of the Ukraine. - Workers . coming off their shifts in Moscow shouted the news and pounded each other on the back, and newsdealers in the capital were swamped with the citizens' Insatiable appetite for fresh tidings of the widening tri umphs of the winter offensive. Dispatches related that the Irf!nlngrad offensive began, on January 12th at 9 o'clock in the morning with a hurricane of ar tillery' fire upon the German positions on the elevated . left bank of the Neva river. So tarrlfie was the barrage, "Pravda" reported, that it plow ed up the frozen soil and splin tered concrete pillboxes as though they were matchwood. The pounding lasted two hours and twenty minutes. Then soviet infantry which had stood In their trenches im patiently awaiting the attack signal .rushed across the frozen Neva toward the Germans, Pravda said. Good organization and speed in the crossing operation kept losses "insignificant,"' the dis patch said. The enthusiasm of the Russian troops was so great II Starts TOMORROW! 2 BIG . LAUGH mtfi 1rl.lW HITS! l 2nd Happinesn i-inf ON THI KMUi ..Mi lata t V OPEN LAST DAY ndown Jim" I "ALMOST if MARRIED" M i i I roscpi urn VVi ip? ! i9 ?zt in it r , . in Mt that many of the wounded In ststed on continuing In the bat tle. In many places heavy Russian artillery was pushed across the frozen river hy hand and nudged up the high banks with the help of Icy tow ropes, Izvr.it la said the German army had lost 290,000 men In the un successful attempt to take Lenin grad. The people of Leningrad wept openly In the thronged streets and kissed one another when the news that the blockade was broken came, said a dispatch from the front. At the hospitnls wounded de fenders of the city cried with joy. Workers, who during the long siege stayed at their machines often until they dropped of fa tigue, held thanksgiving meet ings in the factories. The lift which the Russian people got out of the breaking of the blockade of the city, named for their revolutionary leader and considered the home of the revolution itself, bolster ed army morale and lent new momentum to the series of drives against the axis armies all along the 1200 mile front. ON HI LI (Continued from Page One) struck a new blow at tho Castol Benito airfield near Tripoli, Southwoit of Tunis "Infantry and armored en gagements took plnco in the area of Bou Arada-Goubellat," a communique said. "The enemy gained somo ground southwest of Pont Du Fahs." This Is along a battleflold south of Medjoz El Bab and 30 io o mnes soutnwest ot Tunis. Force Destroyed A spokesman said that early yesterday morning two 'compan ies of axis troops, supported by two other companies, attacked northwest of Bou Arada. An al lied armored unit counterattack ed, destroying two companies and regaining all ground, he de clared. Two hours later a German tank-led force coming from the east was reported destroyed, mostly by artillery fire. Winter Spreads Icy Blanket Over Oregon (Continued From Page Oni -.. frozen pipes. Motorists with un protected automobiles had much grief. In the La Grande area the mercury was down to 20 below, the lowest In years. Baker re ported 17 and Pendleton 13 de grees below while The Dalles had one above. In the west, Grants Pass re corded 14, Roseburg 15, Med ford 18 and Newport 20, all above zero. Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Montreal To Speak at Rally MONTREAL, Jan. 19 ?) Mrs. Franklin P. Roosevelt ar rived here by train today for her first visit to Montreal In seven years. She will apeak to, night at an aid to Russia rally. The city was decorated with the stars and stripes, She told officials who met her that she "had a very pleasant trip up from Washington," and that "the president Is fine." iiiiiHUM-im i in i nil ii3 ffli DMn Opan at tilt a lilt NEW TODAY! First Local 8howngl AND! Thrillsl Action! Adveniurel "KING SOLOMON'S MINES" with Roland Young Anna Lea Paul Robeion I p imirtilnrHI 37. J fSON I W MeUul V Billy Dawtcn i ('h",ti'2,ff'""lF fr ii wmun AHl" Bids to Open Thursday on Leasing of Tulelake Land Quite a bit o( enthusiasm has been shown rexarcllim 'he lac ing of 8470 oeres of land In the Tulnlakn sump area on which bids will be opened Thursday. January 21, according to officials of the US bureau of reclamation. Bids will be oponed at 10 a. in. In the reclamation offices, fed eral building. This land is now umlor water "OREGON" EYED WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (IP) A suggestion that the people of Oregon bo permitted to ralso funds to build a battleship' to replace the historic battleship Oregon of Spanish-American war days was advanced today by Representative Angell (It-Ore.). The old battleship has been a stato museum on the Willam ette river at Portland and is to bo scrapped to obtain material needed in the war effort. An gcll wrote Sccrotury MorBen thau of the treasury: "Many persons In my district, Including Hoy J, Shli'on, national aide de camp of tho Dlnablud American World War Veterans, are urging that you authorize Issuance of war funds to be known as battleship Orenon war bond, to bo sold to our puuple In Oregon, Some of them to be in small denominations, to school children may tako part In the Nile and purchase, to the end that sufficient may be secured in this way to build a battleship to take the pluce of the battle ship Oregon and to beor the samo name." , ,'r!liil!llllilll!,i;ll!!IHHllil CITY BRIEFS Recovers Mrs. Sorah Robin son, who suffered severe bruises when struck by an automobile 10 days ago on Main street, is able to be about. Mrs. Robin son will resume her u-nrk cook at Mux's Coffee shop with in a short time. Seriously 111 E: "Duke" Bol ling, formerly of Klamath Falls and now making his home in Portland, has been reported as seriously Hi by members of his family. Boiling Is now with the navy yard la Portland. . Improving George R. Llnd ley, well known Klamath Falls real estate man, who has been confined to his home on Llndley Heights for tho past two months, was able to be in his Main street office for a short time Tuesday. Book Missing Mrs. C. H. Daggett, 202 Washington street, reported the loss of her "A" gas rationing book Issued to a 1941 Olds sedan, Oregon No. 200-430. Trlko Gone Clifford Volghl. 1801 Oregon avenue, reported the theft of a child's red Colson tricycle from his residence this week. In San Frnnclico Mr. and Mrs. Ernest M. Bubb of High street, are In San Francisco where Bubb Is receiving medical treatment. When you think of Insurance think of Hans Norland, 118 North 7th St. BRIAN DONLEVY Itooori9lf Carey Rotjett PrMtoo . awt Dfkhtt.WiriiA ttselz-WllM 1M . NOW! They wrote this 1 k-Afc, tory In fingara sy 1 Jannnry 19, 104S and must be diked and drained by the lessee, but Is considered somn of th finest In the Tule lake area. Bids were submitted on the Bheepy lake grazing lands last Thursday and of tho 8140 acres, H. E. Mitchell took Lot 1, con sisting of 01)0 acres, and tho re maining 8HI0 acres were taken by a group "f farmers who live nearby. Those Include W. A. Sargent, J. J. McKay, Charles It. Cross, Kvan Fogle. Charles 15. Green, W, L, Gravler and Jim Allen. Price per acre ranged from 12 to 78 rents, U.srtS offic ials suld, Mitchell plans to uso some of hi land for agricultural purposes. EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Page One) passes tho city and races on to get in Rommel's, rear. At any rate, it scorns clear that Rommel's army Is badly broken and unable to make a stand against Montgomery, Hn hopes now to Join tho axis forces in Tunisia, and our slda Is bent on preventing the Junction. All this, of Course. Is guen work, but It seems a fair guess, t OREAKING the slcga ot Lenin- grad has brought a great lift in tho Russian spirit. From ono end of the country to the other there is rejoicing. Workers In the war factories shout and hug each other as loud speakers blara out tho thrilling news. TPilK battle at Leningrad was a 1 real military accomplish ment. In taking Sehlu.Mclburg lite Russians silenced 172 Ger man butteries and demolished 470 German strong points. Their artillery pounded the east bank of tho Neva, shatter-, lug the German defenses, and then Russian soldiers rushed across tho ice, backed by artil lery and tanks. AN Interesting note Is sounded The Swedish prime minister warns his countrymen of the grave possibility of an ATTACK by whom not specifically stat ! ed, but he spunks of the likeli hood of a blitz, probably from ! the air, leaving little doubt that ! he has Germany In mind. ! He says: "Beyond any pos ' nihility of doubt, we will defend I ourselves." CWEDEN'S Iron Is Immensely " valuable to Germany, and : Hitler can't afford to lose it If ; he should strike at Sweden, his excuse would be that ha li beat' ! ing our side to the punch. In the fortress Europe ha is planningSweden Is practically ESSENTIAL to him. TN the South Seas, the Buna AJnps are being annihilated. Sanananda point and Sanananda village are taken, and the lltta yellow men have been broken into three pockets. Unless relief Is brought to them spectacularly, they are doomed. HIT NO. 1 Adventure and Excitement- on tha Burma Exprossi l 2ND ACE HIT HIS IADV IN f JMi DOCTOR'S ' WIFE SEE PtDl ADDED "Manpower" . and H Latest New New : Today mm- vxr ! , . .. ' V
