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tionary parlodi, watob your itraat lights.
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Precipitation as of January IS, 1943
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By FRANK JENKINS
' ""THE situation at Tripoli Is
clearing today.
Rommel, ai we have been
guotsInK ho would do, la appar
ently 'abandoning the city, fight
ing only delaying actions, and
pushing on for a Junction with
axis forces In Tunisia. Thcso
forces are fighting to keep tho
gate open for him when he ar
rives on the run.
His advonco units are reported
todny at Bon Curduno, 25 miles
OVER THE BORDER Into Tu
nlslu. Allied planes oro hurry
ing them.
-vN the basis of recent rough
"guesses, axis forces In Tu
nisia number In the neighbor
hood of 70,000. Tho remnants
of Rommel's battered army aro
estimated, in the same rough
manner, at from 40,000 to 70
000. .
It is thus apparent (on this
guesswork basis) that If a Junc
tion -can-be -affected the axis'
(mostly Gcrman).Tunllen forces
, wiU. bo' approximately doubled.
A IX sources today seem to
agree that the fall of Tripoli
Is only a matter of hours.
"British light naval forces hove
'penotrated ita harbor, sinking
an Italian lUbitiarllia and, engag
' ing the land batteries whoso
response Is reported, to be, rql:
" All reports agree thnt,rKom-
mel'a men are strung oui won
to the west of the city, making
as much speod as they can
toward tho Tunisian border,
TRIPOLI will be useful, 11 and
. Willi. Minuui
It has a good harbor,' which
has been badly battered in the
fighting but con be quickly put
Into condition for use. It will
then' become, an advoncod baso
for sea-borne supplies from Suer.
By this tlmo, you must bo fully
awaro of tho importanco of tho
supply problem. Whatever
hastens supplies and reinforce
ments helps Immensely.
Tripoli also hos soma good air
fields, which, In the possession
of our side, will come in ex
tremely handy in the final bnttlo
to clear the axis out of Africa.
Lock of airfields lias bcon ono of
our chief weaknesses so far.
yHE Russians tako .Vorosh-
ilovsk, In the Caucasus, an
Important point on .tho rail line
paralleling tho main Rostov
Baku railroad on the north.
This railroad, following down
the valley of the Kuban river,
Intersects tho main Rostov-Baku
lino near Kropotkin, thus offer
ing Die Russians another oppor
tunity to get In behind and trap
more Gormans.
Your map will make this pos
sibility perfectly plain.
,
'THERE is still no sign of any
1 LACK of striking power on
the part of the Russians.
On tho other hand, there ARE
signs (faint as yet, but signifi
cant In their implications) that
German fighting power In Rus
sia is weakening. In tho past
few days the Russians have
forced crossings of the Donets
river, north of Rostov, and the
Manych, to the east.
Crossing big rivers In the face
of determined resistance has al
ways been one of the most dlt
(Continued on Pago Two)
Four Fatalities
Mar Industrial
Week in Oregon
. SALEM, Jan. 22 m The
state Industrial accident com
mission reported today that Ore
gon Industries reported four fa
talities and 808 accidents dur
ing the week ended yesterday.
Fatalities wore:
- James D. Hntflold, shipyard
assistant superintendent, Port
land,, Injured' December . 17;
Karl F. Vlerko, Colton choker
setter, Injured January 18 at
Molalla; George S. Bigby, Klam
ath Falls boiler worker, Injured
December 12, and Vincent Meg
argle, Grants Pass watchman,
injured September-28. .,
PARITY BATTLE
S
Flynn Hearing Brings
Testimony on Pav
ing Blocks
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 The
hou.io agriculture committco ap
proved ununlmously today a bill
to make farm labor costs a fuc
tor on computing fair prices for
farmers ond the bnttlo ahead
promised a tost to tho limit of
the administration's reduced
forces in tho restive new con
grew. Administration exports have
figured the now approach would
add heavily to tho cost of living
and tend toward Inflation, but
Rep. Pace (D-Ga.), author of tho
bill, said It would not create
"any. considerable Increase In
the cost of living this year, cer
tainly less than 81,000,000,000,"
and "less than 4 per cent" In
1944. . .. .
'... Flynn Case - '. ' -z't.
The committee action over
shadowed other Washington de
velopments of the day the con
tinued hearing on Edward J.
Flynn's fitness to be minister to
Australia-and a delay In com
mittee consideration of the nom
ination of Judgo Wiley Rutlcdge
to the supremo court,. ; , . . -s-
Thi Flynn case brought testi
mony from Samuel Foley, Bronx
district .attorney, emphatically
HjjButlruf republican . charges
that the minister designate, for
mer democratic national commlt
teeman,.:was "white-washed" in
the now-famous Now York pav
ing block, case.
Testimony at Odds
Foley-.told the senate foreign
relations : committee that the
grand Jury which studied . the
case was unanimous in agreeing
there 'was no wrong-doing on
Flynn's part in tho paving of his
courtyard-parking place with
New York city materials and la
bor, .flynn had testified ho did
not know how the paving was
arranged and that when ho did,
ho paid for tho time and mate
rials. Paul J. Kern, - former civil
service commissioner of New
York City, testified that a court
yard on tho country cstato of Ed
ward J. Flynn was paved with
city blocks, by city employes
with city equipment, "In the
(Continued on Page Two)
Yank Playboys
Play Too Rough,
Says Jap Captive
INDIANAPOLIS W3) Thomas
J. Murdock,- a 21-year-old ma
rine back homo to recover from
wounds suffered in action on
Guadalcanal island, believes he
discovered a Japanese Confucius
on the island.
And Murdock says he thinks
tho captive Japanese captain had
something when he told the ma
rines: "Tojo, .ho say' American ma
rines all playboys but we say
they play too rough."
LOOM
BLLAPPROVED
Nazis Admit Fight for
Life Before Stalingrad
By The Associated Press
Tho German high command
for the first time today acknowl
edged that its army before Stal
ingrad had been trapped by the
great Russian offensive and was
fighting for Its llfo against far
superior forces, which yesterday
broke through tho German lines
from the west to a depth of sev
eral kilometers.
In a communique broadcast
by the Berlin radio and recorded
by the ' Associated Press, the
high command tacitly admitted
the full extent of the Russian
onslaught on the' eastern front.
It probably was tho gloomiest
communique Issued from Berlin
In this war.
In . the Caucasus,- the broad
cast said, German forces had de
tached ' themselves , from the
enemy "according to plan," and
In... the- southern, sector, had' re
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4mmt5sM
Ramlnlscsnt of the storm stTsral summers ago Is this scene at the Main. street underpass, again
on ihe receiving end of high water. Workmen manned shovels 'to keep the slush and water run
ning into the drains following Wednesday's snow storm and .Thursday's rain.' Sae ' page 2 for
another weather picture.' .
Crews Work to Restore
: j -Service to Fort Klamaih
Crews worked In deep, drifted
snow Friday to restore power'
service to the Fort Klamath area,
whero wind-damaged poles and
lines remain as a major result
of the - freok wind and snow
storm which swept the ' Klamath
country this week dotnjl damage
estimated, ai several ' thousand
dollars. v;-
Eighteen powir poles ' wto-Ml-ttaW! the
t.-, t a x on
from the.- groundj by gusts of
wind, lato Wednesday or early
Thursday. - Tho damoged' Copco
line runs east and -west near
the Fred Pope place.
Slxtoon men worked, all day
Thursday '' and ' Friday, ' and ' It
was hoped ' that ' service would
be restored' to the' Fort Klamath
area Friday;.', night. Because
trucks could riot be moved to
the scene of the damage, teams
were being used to drag in poles,
and the. usual power equipment
for raising tho poles could not
bo brought into use.
Somewhat lower temperatures
Last Big Holdout
Colliery Gives In
In Wildcat Strike
WILKES BARRE, Pa., Jan.
22 (P) The lost big ' holdout
colliery capitulated today in the
three-week wildcat ' anthracite
strike which cost miners more
than $2,000,000 in wages, kept
1,000,000 tons off the market
and won strikers only the as
surance that their wage de
mands would bo .considered
later. " "
With production fast ap
proaching normal, ' the 1600
United Mine Workers at the
No. 7 colliery of tho Susquehan
na Collieries company agreed to
go back to their jobs tomorrow.
This left' only 800 workers, at
one colliery idle out of approxi
mately 23,000 who once partici
pated In the walkout,-and they
arranged a bock-to-work vote
later today.
pulsed concerted Russian attacks
on the entire front.
The Russians also were ac
knowledged to be attacking
and around Vellkie LukjB,vthiik'BEf,.jy. Scale
munique declared these assaults
were repulsed with heavy losses
In tanks and men to the Rus
sians. .
Tho Russians ' have reported
previously that the ' 22 divisions
before Stalingrad,, originally
some 220,000 men, had been
whittled down to- about 60,000.
"The German group in the
Stalingrad, area which Is closely
encircled by the enemy and
which Is offering tenacious re
sistance to strong, enemy pres
sure had to wage heavy fighting
yesterday against the Soviets,
who are storming with far .su
(Contlnued on Page Two).:,
Looks Like a Creek Bed
it
"3
brought an end to the rapid
thawing of the local snpw blan
ket Friday, and there was relief
from the water that flooded
basements and seeped . through
somo business house" roofs here
Thursday.
A quantity of flour and. sugar
W damaged In the; Safeway
warehouse on Riverside -striei
roor. . Wfitr backed tin . In the
roof.- Water backed up., In the
basement of the Esquire theatre,
and there was a small amount
of water, in the Esquire office,
but no damage was done to any
of the local theatres, proper.
Postal Telegraph agency at
737- Main street, which .was
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Aiiempt to Halt
Pari-Mutuel Dog
Racing Killed
By PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SALEM, Jan, -22- UP The
house killed 51. to 8 today7 an
attempt by Rep. Joseph E. Har
vey, Portland, to abolish parl
mutuel horse and. dog .racing,
which was legalized in. 1033. ,
The house action was -taken
after its judiciary, committee
asked defeat of the bill. -Rep.
Robert A. Bennett, Portland,
was, the only member of the 7
man committee to favor it. .
Bennett charged that the
state , is . sponsoring an illegal
lottery.
''Why- should the state give
the seal of approval to one form
of gambling, and prosecute an
other?" Bennett asked. "It is Im
possible to obtain gambling con
victions because- of this situa
tion. The state got on the
wrong foot when it legalized
racing in order to get $108,
000 a year for state and county
fairs, the Pendleton Round-Up
and the Northwestern' Turkey
Show at Roseburg,"
Rep. Eugene E. Marsh, Mc
Mlnnvllle, judiciary . committee
chairman, said the courts have
held that racing is not a lot
tery. "The argument in - favor of
this bill," Marsh said, "is the
same as that used in favor of
prohibition. You can't suppress
gambling any more than you
can suppress liquor. So if you
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Offensive Baas
7 Hazi-Fignters
LONDON, Jan. 22 (ff) The
air ministry announced tonight
that offensive operations were
carried out on' "large scale" dur
ing the day on' northern France
and Belgium, with attacks on oil
Installations and airfields.
Seven enemy fighters were de
stroyed in dogfights ' by the
"many squadrons" of RAF,
South African, Dominion and
Allied fighters escorting ' tho
bombers.
Four bombers and six fighters
failed to return...
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Three Deaths Attrib
uted to Current
---Weather
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PORTLAND, tv Ore,, - Jan.' 22
(JF) Old man. Oregon's domain
was In. the soggy grip of winter
today -.with considerable snow
and an underlayer-of ice on the
ground. . ; On the whole condi
tions - seemed better, than- during
the height of the storm yester
day but The" Dalles reported the
Columbia river frozen over
there. , -,
. Two more deaths brought the
total attributed, to the current
storm to three. Martin Waar
vick, 53, died at Salem from a
heart attack due to over-exertion
while skiing.' . At a Port
land hospital, Charles Metcalf,
12, Hood River, died from in
juries received in a collision. be
tween his bobsled and a truck
near his home.' "Yesterday, the
death of George Cameron, lum
ber worker, was reported in an-
automobile accident bn an icy
road near Eugene.
-The weatherman here said no
forecast was "likely today. , .
Trains Operating
- Defense Industries operated at
half speed . throughout the state
and logging was virtually: stall
ed. Trains operated - In , all .- direc
tions,,, and . were ; no - more off
schedule than has become. cus
tomary -under war - conditions.
No lines reported serious slides.
Bus lines operated on sched
ule or close, to. it north, south
and west of here but the Col
umbia River highway was
blocked until early today, the
Evergreen on the- Washington
bank was confined to one-way
traffic and the Wapanitia cut-off
was known positively to be
open only, to: the summit.
Rogue Falls . s
Portland . department stores
and many office buildings were
closed and the burden on the
Municipal Transportation Sys
tem was greatly eased. Twelve
(Continued on Page Two)
Dan Earheart
Named on Honor
Roll of Fliers
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Jan. 22 (JP)
Three men from the northwest
are included in an honor - roll
of bomber officers and crewmen
released by Lieut.- Gen. George
C. Kenney, in command of allied
air forces inlthe southwest Pa
cific area. '
Bomber crews ' and officers
who have participated-in- down
ing five or more enemy aircraft
are designated "Bomber Aces"
in the- Kenny roster.- Included
among, those honored are First
Lieut. Leonard S. Ml, Humlston,
Puyallup, . Wash.,. Sergeant Rob
bert W. Freeman, . Wendell,
Idaho, and Staff Sgt. Dan Ear
heart, . Klamath . Falls,- Oregon, ''
Reds'C
NET TIGHTENS
NAZIJPES
Encircfement - M e n -aces'
Nazis at"
Voronezh ,
LONDON, Jan. 22 OP) The
capture of Salsk, important rail
way junction in . the North Cau
casus 100 miles southeast' of
Rostov, was announced tonight
in a special Russian, communi
que recorded here by the soviet
Monitor. , '
Salsk is on the , Stalingrad
Tikhoretsk railway and ' is the
terminus of another branch line
from Rostov. Besides its rail fa
cilities, it is an important Ger
man, air base from which' trans
port planes' had flown supplies
to the encircled Germans before
Stalingrad.
MOSCOW, Jan. 22 W) Red
army troops have blasted their
way : through western fortifica
tions, and dugouts of 'the : rem
nants , of '22 axis 'divisions
trapped before Stalingrad'-and1
tightened'"' the" .'.lethal encircle-,
ment, tiem aispatcnej announced
today. . '.. : '
; Smaller and ' smaller grew the
ring about the Germans, cut. off
in the first phases of the soviet
winter offensive which is new
ly reported to have carried Rus
sian forces into- Voroshilovsk,
In' the northern Caucasus, and
laid open 'the - oil-rich - region
south of Rostov to attack.
More Encirclement
The last authoritative estimate
of the number of axis soldiers
penned up before Stalingrad was
50,000, these from 22 or more
divisions -which at the outset to
taled 220,000 men. . -
Another encirclement opera
(Continued on Pago Two)
Lone Jap Plane
Bombs Yank Base
In New Hebrides
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (IP)
A lone Japanese plane bombed
the American base on the island
of Espiritu ' Santo Thursday, the
navy - reported today,- in the
first enemy air action directed
against that New Hebrides op
erations center.
Navy communique, number
258:
"South Pacific: (All dates are
east longitude).
"1. During the night of Janu
ary" 20-21 United 'States, aircraft
carried out several harassing at
tacks on enemy installations on
Tallale island off the northeast
coast of Shortland. island. Re
sults were not observed.
"2. On January 21:
"(A) A Japanese plane drop
ped several bombs on Espiritu
Santo island in the New Heb
rides group. There were no cas
ualties to personnel and our
installations were not damaged
"(B) During the night- of
January 21-22 single enemy
planes dropped bombs in the
vicinity of the airfield at Gua
dalcanal. Minor damage to in
stallations has been reported
and three men were killed and
one wounded. Anti-aircraft shot
down one enemy plane.
"3. United States ground
forces on Guadalcanal continued
mopping up pockets of enemy
resistance and made small ad
vances in some sectors."
News Index r
City Briefs ....:......'........,..Page 5
Church News Page 7
Comics and Story Page- 8
Editorial I....,......;..; Page 4
Markets, Financial ....Page 9
Midland. Empire News ..Page 3
Our Men in Service ....Page 10
Pattern ......................Page 4
Sports - ........-...Page - 8
AROUND PENNED
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Reward Totaling
$200 Offered for
Dog Mutilator
' A reward totaling $200 . had
been offered Friday in an at
tempt to encourage ' discovery
and conviction of the fiend who
gouged out the eyes of a male
police dog here.
' The local humane society had
offered $100 and George Kincaid
of KFJI had . matched that
amount. ,
-Humane society officials said
they hoped the fund might be
increased -to $1000.
State police and the district
attorney's office were working
on' the case and it was under
stood they were following a lead
in the South Sixth street and
Shasta way. district,, where the
mutilated . dog . was discovered
Wednesday evening. The dog
was ptlt : to death to end its
misery;.:' . ' ' ,
Four ' Raiders Lost in
' ' Assault.ilesults
Obscure
' LONDON, Jan. 22 (JP The
RAF returning .to the attack on
Germany for the first time since
its raids on Berlin last weekend,
blasted targets in the industrial
Ruhr during the night, the air
ministry . announced today.
Four raiders were lost in the
assault, which' left large fires
burning 'in the target area.- Ac
curate' ubiei v a lion of the results
was prevented by heavy clouds,
the air ministry added.-
Big Bombers
The -Berlin radio,', giving its
version of the raid, said merely
the British planes had been over
western Germany, but reported
some damage and casualties.' ,
Some of Britain's biggest
bombers', capable of carrying
four-ton blockbusters, apparent
ly took part, for the Berlin
broadcast said that at least six
four-engine planes had been
shot down.
Last night's raid, the 12th. on
Germany this :month, followed
a series of daylight attacks on
northern France and the low
lands by RAF bombers escorted
by swarms of fighters, including
two squadrons of the United
States army air forces. .
The air . ministry disclosed
meanwhile that Britain's new
Hawker Typhoons a fast and
heavily armored fighter were
now in general service, report
ing yesterday they had shot
down five of 1 German planes
listed as shot down in attacks
on Britain the day before. .
Crew Refused to Unload
Guadalcanal Ship. Report
AKRON, O... Jan. 22 (IP The
Beacon Journal says in a copy
righted story that the navy is
investigating reports that ailing
marines were forced . to unload
their own supplies when the
crew of a . merchant ship lying
off beleaguered Guadalcanal
island refused to work on Sun
day because of , union. . regula
tions.
The Beacon Journal's story,
published in yesterday's editions,
quoted six Guadalcanal veterans
as declaring that the marines
had to take ovec the Sunday
work after the crewmen-worked
two hours on Saturday and then
laid off until Monday morning.
The newspaper did not dis
close the identity of the veterans,
but said the information came
from three marines, two sailors
and a navy pilot on individual
visits to Akron.
The navy pilot, the paper said
termed . the - incident the "worst
BITTER BUTTLE
UNDERWAY FOR
TUNISIAN LANE
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British F i r s t Armp
Speeds to Aid ...
Of French
CAIRO, Jan. 22 (JP) The.
main remnants of the -axis '
Africa corps were : reported i
tonight to have retreated' into:
Tunisia, leaving great dsn.oll
tlon fires burning in Tripoli.
By ROGER GREENE '
Associated Press War Editor "h
British shock tropin ti--.
ported to have swept ' through
the main defense works of Trip,
oil in the climactic battle of Lib
ya today. v
Columns of Gen. Sir htt,
L. - MontEomerv' TtrltUK niu
army were reported by a-Brltish
broadcast to be storming at 'tha
gates of Trinoli. with thl vi
guns in position to pour destruc
tion into the already bomb
blackened city ' ".'' ' V
Flee Into Tunisia' ,.' ''
' Parts of the axis citadeWweri
repoTTBoTfiIame and much of
the civilan population was being
evacuated. ;.'... -
The British command asserted
that some - of the -fleeing axia
forces had withdrawn . As for- mm
25 miles" taside.. Tunisia - from
Libya.- -':' . " '.'ix-- '..
Heaw fiehtintf nu . n1 i
progress in centoaT Tunisia, aiig. :
Bcsung mat a snowaown battle
was develoninff fnr- Mia lmf.s.li
foothold in North Africa. '-
Planes Strike ' . ' -,
. US headquarters in Cairo said .
American and allied warplanea.'
were violently assaulting the re-,
treating axis columns in. , th'
Tripoli area.. , ,
Other allied nlan otrnMr mlih ,
bombs and guns against armor'
supported trerman forces which1
were attempting to block .off
corridor along the Tunisian-east',
i .(Continued on Page Two) ;
Mass Services . ,'.
To Be Held for
Bombing Victims ; -i
- LQNDON, Jan. 22 &T) Masr
funeral services will be held:
next Wednesday for 47 children:
and six teachers who died when.
German bombers ' wrecked a
London ; school in a 'daylight
raid' the day before yesterday. ;
Six of the children died in a
hospital after being removed
from the debris. '" i;
Squads of 100 men each con
tributed to work 'throughout
last night and on into the day
removing tons of ' rubble, but
officials said they believed it
unlikely there, were additional
bodies in the debris. ; ; 1 .
scandal of the war" and said
the crew refused to unload sup
plies because of ; National Marl
time union rules against work
ing on Sunday.. . . . , . ..:
In New York, Leo Huberman,
NMU director of. public ;rehv'
tions and education, who said
he spoke for Joseph- Currant
union president, commented:-! '
"In the first place, the NMU
has no union regulation to for'
bid working on Sunday, In the
second , place, we are seamen;
it is not our job to unload. But
in such cases as at Guadalcanal
I expect we would be asked to,
and I'm sure our men would un-'
load' ships.": . , ;' J , '--f
The Beacon Journal said, the
veterans' stories "have been put
up to naval officials in Wash',
ington for confirmation or de
nial." '
It added that "confirmation
has come from a high official
(Continued on Page Two) .