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IT TIGHTENS
NAZI FORCES
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tlon developed on the Voronezh
front, where an announced
number of Germans are pocket
ed between the Moscow-Rostov
railway and the Don river. Dis
patches said the Russians beat
back nazi attacks.
New red army hammer blows
fell along a huge arc centering
before Rostov.
Path Carved
The arc extends up through
the Don and Donets river basins
into the Voronezh sector from
where the Russian high com
mand has pointed its offensives
a o u t h and southwest toward
Kharkov. Voroshilovgrad, Lik-
haya and the north shore of the
Sea of Azov west of Rostov.
'AH along that arc, it was in
dicated in dispatches from the
front and in official war bulle
tins, ' the red army is carving
out chunks of the defensive
.lines the Germans originally es
tablished in 1941. No sooner is
a major gain noted in one sec
tor than a complimentary suc
cess is registered far on its
flank along that arc
Crews Work to
Restore Service
To Fort Klamath
(Continued From Page One)
doused with water which sifted
through the roof, proved not to
be so hard hit as feared. Equip
ment was back in running order
Friday and business was resumed
as usual. Quick work of pro
tecting the equipment with can
vas was said to have saved it
from more serious damage.
Copco crewmen used snow
hoes to trek to damaged lines
in the Poe valley district. Trou
ble started there at the begin
ning of the storm period, ' and
one repair truck was forced to
return after getting three miles
beyond Olene.
Power in Klamath Falls was
interrupted for about a minute
Thursday night "When a big oil
witch at Copco No. 2 bumped
off. That threw the whole
burden of providing the city's
pbwer on the local plants, and
the switches Here opened. How
ever, service was restored almost
immediately.
Six poles were reported down
in the Tule lake area, and there
was trouble Thursday on the
transmission line between Al
turas and Tionesta.
Southend people said the wind
in that area Wednesday was of
record velocity, and did con
siderable damage.' A chimney
blew off the Safeway store at
Merrill, a building on the Cox
lease reportedly collapsed, some
damage was done to property at
Tulelake, and the Frank' Krizo
potato cellar at Adams Point
suffered a wrecked roof. Even
timber supporting the roof were
ripped away.
State police said all main
roads are open.
CHILOQUIN Early Thurs
day morning Chiloquin business
men and their employees were
Busy mopping up water and
shoveling slush. The miniature
flood came when rain and warm
wind melted heavy snow.
Apartments and buildings on
Main street were leaking quite
badly.
The Rexall drugstore closed
down because of water in the
building.'
Some damage to stocks of
local stores was reported.
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CHICAGO, Jan. 22 (AP-USDA)
Potatoes, arrivals 87; on track
202; total US shipments 460; old
stock; supplies rather light, de
mand light; Idaho Russets best
quality steady, for medium size
unwashed market slightly weak'
er, for offerings other sections,
market steady on best quality;
Idaho Russet Burbanks, US No,
1, $2.85-3.03.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: 1 California,
IS Idaho arrived, 68 cars on
track; 7 diverted, 3 arrived via
truck; market steady; Idaho Rus
sets No. 1, mostly $2.50, some
best $2.65.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 22
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: S Califor
nia, 5 Idaho, 7 Oregon arrived,
37 unbroken, 18 broken cars on
track; market dull, no sales re
ported.
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bus or streetcar lines were
wholly or partially suspended.
Grants Pass still seemed to
be the weather's favorite. Warm
rains and winds cleared snow
there two days ago but threat
ened to hoist the Rogue river
to flood stage. Today, however,
the Rogue was falling, schools
and business opened on sched
ule and save for a few slides
that blocked local roads the
southern Oregon city was un
touched. It reported balmy
weather last night.
Siskiyou Open
At Eugene the University of
Oregon was closed along with
most Lane county schools after
another heavy snowfall last
night Major roads were open
but slippery, although the Wil
lamette Pass route was closed
at the Coast Fork bridge by
high water. Some farm com
munities were isolated by sur
face water.
Southern Oregon towns re
ported the highway over the
Siskiyou mountains in northern
California open for the first
time in the last 48 hours.
Nazis Admit Fight .
For Life Before
Stalingrad
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perior forces," the German com
munique said.
Despite heroic defense the
defenders of Stalingrad (Ger
mans) could not prevent the
enemy from breaking in from
the west, which compelled with
drawal of our own positions by
several kilometers," the broad
cast continued.
"In man to man fighting a
large number of soviet tanks
were destroyed." -
Hungarian troops, which have
borne the brunt of the Russian
assault below Voronezh, were
admitted by Premier Nicholas
von Kallay of Hungary to have
suffered "heavy, casualties" in
fighting off "tremendous" so
viet attacks.
"The premier's address to the
Hungarian government on the
general war situation, broadcast
by Berlin, included a threat of
severe measures against persons
guuiy of disseminating false
news.
With what is harmenine
around us and to us, it seems
more than ever essential that
we should kindle courage and
good humor, that w hnnM
avoid spreading our petty feel
ings oi irritability and depres
sion. Channing Pollock, auth
or. Plus This First Run Hit
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A mn of slush and dirty snow was left for the Klamath Falls
street picture shows what the boys with the wagons will have to
Captured Japs Show a
Passion for American
Slang, Says Leatherneck
(The following story was writ
ten by Sergeant Samuel Shaffer,
of Washington, a marine corps
combat correspondent, and dis
tributed by The Associated
Press).
SOMEWHERE IN THE PA
CIFIC, Jan. 9 (Delayed) Behind
barbed-wire entanglements at
this marine corps base is the
largest concentration of Japan
ese war prisoners In the world.
To the visitor fortunate enough
to gain admittance, this prison
camp provides a liberal educa
tion in the upsetting of firmly
held beliefs about the inscrut
able Nipponese.
Jap officers, enlisted men and
laborers captured at Guadal
canal by marines those I have
seen are anything but resigned
and sullen prisoners of war, who
brood about the misery of their
lot, as they are pictured in many
reports I have read. ,
Once over this astonishment
that he is being treated like a
human, being,' and given more
food than he has probably had
for some time, the Jap under
goes a rapid adjustment Often
he becomes a happy-go-lucky
prisoner with a passion for
horse-play, cigarettes, American
slang and swing tunes.
Imagine Tojo's discomfort if
he knew that his warriors were
calling each other ''hachi maru."
which is Japanese for "8-ball."
This started recently when
two marines visited the camp to
polish up the Japanese they had
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Racing Killed
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can't suppress it, the state
should regulate it and get some
revenue out of it. The Ameri
can people have in their veins
the spirit of taking a chance."
Harvey charged that "when
the New Deal approved liquor
and gambling, decency went out
of the window." He charged
that the state is running the
"biggest gambling racket in the
state," and that racing employes
should be working in defense
industries.
Rep. John Hall, Portland, said
that legal gambling, like racing,
deprives the illegal gamblers of
revenue.
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studied. One leather called the
other an "8-ball."
A prisoner, who possessed a
smattering of English asked what
that meant. When it was labor
iously explained, a smile wreath
ed his puckered features. He
said: "hachi maru." Within an
hour, these words were on the
tongue of every prisoner. .
Nor would Tojo appreciate the
sentiments displayed by another
prisoner, when- someone men
tioned Germany in his presence.
With thumb and forefinger of
his left hand he gripped his nose
firmly, while the right hand
shot forward in a Hitlerlan sa
lute. The Jap soldier or sailor
knows far less about the war
than any man in the uniform of
the United Nations. Officers are
astounded by the state of gen
eral ignorance of world events
in which the Japs have been
kept
Crew Refused to
Unload Guadalcanal
Ship, Report
(Continued From Page One)
source in Washington, who
though he witnessed these con
ditions during his service in
Guadalcanal, must necessarily
remain anonymous.
une copyrighted story was
cleared for publication by the
office of censorship, the Beacon
Journal said.
The story quoted one marine
as saying the reason "the sup
plies were not landed was not
because the crew couldn't get
them in. The landing boats
could have got in, all right.
"There was no opposition from
the Japs. We had the landing
covered.
One of the sailor informants
said the marines unloaded the
supplies because part of the
cargo was much needed food,.
The problem confronting
Frenchmen still is that of de
vising .a political leadership
which will reconcile the stand
point of those who have hitherto
subscribed to Petain's authority
with the standpoint of De
Gaulle. British News Chronicle.
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ftcult of offensive military oper
ations. Putting it the other way
around, HOLDING river lines
has always been among the
simplest of defensive operations.
The point is that if the Ger
mans can't hold their lines, with
big rivers in front of them which
the Russians must cross, they
are nowhere near as strong as
they have been in the past
T-'HEY held their lines around
Leningrad for a year and a
half against anything the Rus
sians could bring to bear, and
then suddenly they CRUMBLED
in the face of a determined Rus
sian attack which didn't seem
(as nearly as one may judge from
censored news) to embody any
new principles.
WTATCH these signs of crumb
ling German power to re
sist. They are extremely im
portant. If and when they be
come DEFINITE AND UNMIS
TAKABLE, we will be justified
in believing that Hitler is In for
a major DEBACLE in Russia.
Also, of course, you must
watch for signs of declining Rus
sian offensive - power. Every
thing depends on Russian power
to go on hitting hard all winter.
TNCIDENTALLY, it is revealed
in today's dispatches that the
British have a NEW fighter
plane the Hawker Typhoon. .
Details of performance are
lacking, but it is said to be fast
and heavily armored. In com
bat it has beaten all types of
German fighter planes, includ
ing the much-touted Focke-Wulf
190 and the Messerschmldt 109
and 110. It is credited with
shooting down five of the 14
German planes listed as shot
down In the recent raid on
Britain.
I have spent years practicing
medicine and I have seen some
examples of courage and sacri
fice. I never saw any to match
those on the Hornet. The men
never lost hope. Lleut-Comdr.
L. L. Bean, aircraft carrier Hor
net's surgeon.
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coast to protect the fleeing axis
Libyan armies.
The British admiralty dis
closed that British light naval
forces boldly doflod axis shore
bntterlcs nt Tripoli, shelled tho
liurbor works and sunk tin Itul
iim submarine.
London quarters said the full
of Tripoli was expoctcd hourly.
French Pressed
While G e n. Montgomery's
British army swooped down up
on Tripoli on the east flank,
strong reinforcements of tho
British 1st army were roportcd
speeding to support the hard
pressed French on the west
flank in Tunisia.'
Axis Tunisian forces, under
the command of Col.-Gen. Jur
gen von Arnim, have been
fiercely attacking the French
for several days in tho Pont du
Fans sector, 30 miles below Tu
nis, In an apparent attempt to
prevent the allies from driving
a wedge through to the sea.
Nails Beaten Off
Gen. Von Arnim's troops were
reported to have driven about
27 miles along the highway
southwest of Pont du fahs to
Souk Robaa, thereby throwing
a defensive cordon around the
coastal route of Marshal Rom-
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Tunisia.
A French communique broad
cast by the Morocco radio said
Gen. Honrl Honore Glraud'i
French troops boat off fresh
German attacks southwest of
Pont du Fiihs yesterday, but tho
nuzls scored now gains further
south of tho Kulrouan sector, 60
miles below Pont du Fahs.
IN CLERK CASE
Attorney J. II. Cnrnnhnn has
filed a memorandum In circuit
court supporting his motion to
quash tho Indictments returned
by the county grand Jury
against County Clerk Mae K.
Short
The memorandum goes ex
haustively into lngul aspects of
the case, with Carnuhan con
tending there Is ample Justifica
tion for sotting usldo the indict
ments. In this connection, he. recalls
the case of several years uko
when Circuit Judge Arthur D.
Hay abated Indictments return
ed by a grand Jury against tho
then county Judgo and a then
county commissioner. Curnuhun
pointed out that Judgo Hay In
that case hold tho province of
the grand Jury had been Invad
ed by tho circuit Judga. (Circuit
Judge Edward D, Ashurst was
the local circuit judgo at Unit
time.)
I found that not a single gap
had been left In the Russian
seml-clrcln guarding Stalingrad.
Recent German attempts to
piorce the soviet ring on the
southwestern sector have been
frustrated. UP Correspondent
Henry Shapiro from Stalingrad
front.
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presence and with the advloe of
Mr. and Mrs. Flynn."
Manpower Probe
The witness told the senate
forulgn relations committee
which Is considering Flymi'i
qualifications to bo minister to
Australia, that thoro could be
no doubt that Flynn know city
employes wore doing the Job.
Meanwhile, the senate mili
tary affairs committee voted to
reopen Its manpower Investlga- V
tlon Monday with a view to de
termining how large an armed
force tho nation can maintain.
"Our committee is going to
tuko Jurisdiction over tho whole
manpower question," Chairman
Reynolds (D-N. C.) announced to
reporters,
In another development, a
flr.1l step toward placing moro
authority In hmuls of local offi
cers In enforcement of price reg
illations was tuken by tho OPA
In empowering slate directors
and, district manngurs to Issue
"warning notices" to sellers for
alleged violations. Heretofore,
only regional directors had the
power.
District managers and state di
rectors, tho OI'A noted, ero more
closely acquainted with condi
tions in their districts.
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on their jobs and the weather
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