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January 27, 194$
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Today's Roundup News Behind the News
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Br MALCOLM EPLEY
THAT was big news, all right, from North
Africa, but it was a let-down for a lot of
. folks who had been over-heated by the build-up
ri , vj and had- an idea some great
and immediate break was in
the offing.
Some expected an announce
ment of Germany's collapse.
Others expected announce
ment of an armistice, or soma
great Russian development, or
the opening of another front
on the European continent.
Some of the more impres
sive, we are told, could hardly
do their work Tuesday.
When the announcement came, it was clear
that what the world was not told about the
North African conference was more important
than what was told. It was like a bare an
nouncement that there had been a disaster in
Portland, without telling what kind of a disaster
or the details. In this case, the bigger news
was withheld, no doubt with good reason, and
an over-play was made on what was left.
Speculation
AS soon as the news was out, speculation
and Interpretation came In torrents. As
good a job as we have seen along this line
came from Glenn Babb, Associated Press
analyst, on our teletypes this morning. Let's
give the remainder of this space to Mr. Babb: .
By PAUL MALLON
AASHINGTON, Jan. 27 Senate republicans
Y V
MALLON
JT GLENN BABB
THE primary significance of . the Casablanca
meeting of President Roosevelt and Prime
Minister Churchill is summed up in a phrase of
the communique which reported It to the
world. It was intended to draw "the utmost
advantage from the markedly favorable turn
of events at -the close of 1942," to catch the
rising tide of allied victory and good fortune
and ride it to full flood.
Therein lie the great difference between this
meeting and Its three predecessors. ' The presi
dent and the prime minister held their At
lantic charter conference against the back
ground of vast Russian defeats; Hongkong and
Manila fell during Churchill's Washington visit
at the end of 1941; the Tobruk disaster and
the Rommel threat to Suez coincided with his
second journey to the United States last June.
But even as the Casablanca deliberations pro
ceeded Tripoli fell, the Italian empire was fin
ished and the task of clearing a continent for
the attack on Hitler's Europe was reduced to
the dimensions of a local siege operation.
Military First and Last
DOUBTLESS the Immediate problems of Tun
isia and the French generals occupied much
of the conferees' attention, but the discussions
looked far beyond North Africa, both in time
and space, achieving accords and plans that
; could ba revealed only in the roost general
'. terms. , -,'.
'' First and last It was a military conference.
She generals and admirals held the center of
the stage. The civilians remained in the back
ground. And while Messrs. Roosevelt, and
Churchill, both adept at combining an iron
purpose with a diplomat's approach, spent some
time on the De Gaulle-Giraud problem, they
doubtless made clear to those temperamental
warriors their determination that French politics
should not Interfere with the great objective,
complete victory. This was primarily a council
of war, to plan the strokes that will crush
Hitler.
.
Stalin Too Busy
THE announced results of the conference al
ready are being criticized because of the
questions left unanswered. No supreme war
council for the united nations was unveiled;
the name of the allied commander in chief for
the invasion of Europe was not disclosed. Joseph
Stalin and Chiang Kai-Shek were not present,
although Stalin wa Invited.
The Russian leader, it is explained, lsXoo
busy with the vast campaign he personally is
directing as the red army's commander in chief.
Stalin's chief Interest, naturally and properly,
is with the immediate job of expelling the nazls.
from his motherland; he, can hardly be ex
pected to share fully the Anglo-Saxon leaders'
concern with mora distant lands and times.
There still Is no substantial basis for the hope
that he will make Russia's war match the
global scope of the conflict his allies ara wag
ing by declaring war on Japan.
are fuming at the Impulsive leadership
thrust upon them in the Flynn case by their
New Hampshire Senator Styles
Bridges.
To him they attribute the
prospect that the Bronx politi
cal boss will be confirmed as
Australian ambassador.
Republican Leader McNary
and Michigan's Senator Van-
denberg counseled Bridge
against making the excessive
charges with which he greet
ed the Flynn nomination. They
wanted the matter considered
on its obvious merits the appropriateness of
appointing a Bronx political boss to be
diplomatic leader in the far eastern war.
But Bridges took his own way and leveled
personal accusations against Flynn, which the
Bronx leader was able to disprove or becloud
to such an extent that the original valid ob
jection to his nomination became lost.
No other subject has been discussed more in
the republican cloakroom in the last few days,
Wallace Answers
wius fKESUJJSWi' WALLACE s announce-
V ment that all Americans would be' per
mitted to join the middle class' after the war
is nowhere here accepted as a post-war plan,
Nor- was his promise that private enterprise
will be maintained, taken any "more profoundly,
Probably these statements were issued to an
swer criticism made to earlier Wallace, pro
nouncements about post war planning.
For instance, some have said the middle
class will be wiped out, ground between high
taxes and high prices. Others have suspected
Mr. Wallace of planning a socialist state.
The two new statements, therefore, can be
considered merely uninformative denials.
The vice president has established for him
self a peculiar position in this government. On
occasions, -he speaks for Mr. Roosevelt as ad
vance man for future government intentions,
but more often he is spokesman for the extreme
class of New Deal liberals represented, for in
stance, by Archibald MacLeish.
Thus, while Mr. Wallace continues to talk,
fewer and fewer people regard his words with
alarm, acclaim, or any emotion.
GOP's Will Be Thorough
CHOICE of James P. ' Selvage, New York
business publicist, to the publicity director
ship of the republican national committee gives
f -StgL 1 the new Spangler administra
s jlrfe.J j tion a different meaning.
( ft - , 1 It had been assumed that
. J Mr. Spangler, the new chair-
-i 1 man, would sit on the party
SPANGLER
He's thorough,
" . 53 lid during the war Interim,
1 - The democratic national com
uiorougmy or lis oia person
nel, and was presumed to be
also entering an Inactive per
iod under its new chairman,
Frank Walker.
But Mr. Selvage was not
hired to help In lid-sittine.
his experience has been In the organizational
type of publicity. In his own New York firm
and formerly in the National Association of
Manufacturers.
He will organize a national publicity set-up,
presumably along the lines of his experience.
He is a capable, former AP newsman, who
knows Washington as thoroughly as he knows
business publicity.
It means the republicans are going to be
thorough in their preparation for 1944,
Revelatory Omission
THE Casablanca communique throws no new
. light on tha burning question of aid to
China. '
But tt should be remembered that the omis
sions are omissions of revelation, not necessar
ily of decision or action. There is very explicit
assurance that "the entire field of the war was
surveyed theater by theater throughout tha
world.". If we are not told of plans for a su
preme war council nor introduced to a new
allied generalissimo nor given blue prints of the
campaign which will follow Tunisia or may
even be sprung before Tunisia is liquidated
that does not mean that these plans were not
made and the instruments and means chosen.
Hitler would like to know the answers to these,
questions, too. We can await the results with
more equanimity and confidence in the future
than he can. ,
Congressional Fade-Out
THE congressmen now publicly driving to cut
I the size of the American army would seem,
offhand, to be meddling in a military business
in which they are unschooled. But there is a
valid, official basis for their movement.
It seems that several civilian officers of the
war production board, (and even Manpower Mc
Nutt), think the army will hinder -production If
they go through with plans to raise 10,200,000
men, Including the air corps (in addition to the
navy's 2,000,000). They are behind the con
gressmen. .
Also inspiring them are many complaints
from citizens about the extremities to which
draft boards have gone In summoning married
men with children from necessary occupations,
when local quotas could not otherwise be
filled.
The army, however, will insist it knows how
to win tha war, and the congressional campaign
will no doubt fade. Tha legislators could cut
army appropriations, but dare not carry their
protests so far. ;
Same fade-out Is likely for Senator Bank
head's demand that this nation turn itself to
production and let others chiefly do the fight
ing. ,
Solemn Warning
REFUSAL of house democrats to honor the
promise of their leaders and take the radi
cal Representative Marcantonio on the judiciary
committee was a bit of news rating little space
these days, but no more ominous news could
have come out of the house. . - '
Speaker Rayburn and Leader McCormick
promised Marcantonio the job, because he saved
the lives of three or four democratic congress
men in the New York area during the last
elections by getting the American labor party
to support them.
The house democrats refused to pay off, be
cause the Texas chairman of the judiciary com
mittee, Hatton: Sumners, convinced a majority
of southern democrats that they 'should back
SIDE GLANCES
C Mm. ,m rr m unKt:wK,-r:n.-iiK. ora. t, nn.
"Oh, I won't mind getting along on fewer clothes it will
give me something in common with our boys in the
- ' jungles l"
Loggers in Naw Guinea . .
Citation of the 41st and 32nd
Divisions by General MacArthur
for their great part in Papuan
victory on New Guinea Island, is
a timber country triumph. They
are ours, those fighting men of
the 41st, the Sunset Division.
Oregon and Washington Infantry
and Artillery and Idaho Engineer
regiments, of the National Guard
such is the fighting body of
the 41st. - And the 32nd is made
up of National Guard units from
the older timber states of Mich
igan and Wisconsin. They were
also tied up together in France,
That s my story
But first, do you remember
anything about the -1940 field
training period of two weeks at
Fort Lewis, when the 41st was
still a National Guard outfit?
lhere was nothing much new
about it to the eye of an old
Worjd War I sergeant of 4he
Sunset. There were but a few
small tanks and motorized guns,
The rifle was still the old Spring
field. There were many awk
ward squads of green recruits.
The whole effect was a reflec
tion of the early training days
of 1917. Only a year and a half
ago, and now the gang has come
through with a citation for one
of the most remarkable fight
ing jobs of modern warfare. Boy,
we ve gune putcesi
Prida of the A.E.F. . . .
It was between the 41st and
32nd in France. The issue was
on which should be held for the
duration in the Service of Sup
ply, as a divisional unit for
training of replacement drafts,
In the early spring of 1918 our
outfit seemed all set for combat
duty. The 41st had been filled
to war strength in November,
17, at Camp Mills, N. Y., six
weeks or more before boarding
the transports at Hoboken. Soon
after the New Year my regiment,
the 162nd Infantry the old 3rd
Oregon relieved the Sth Mar
ines on guard duty at St. Na-
zaire and Bordeaux. The Mar
ines were headed for the Front.
We took it for granted that in
due time the 41st would follow.
Then units of the 32nd Di
vision came through St. Nazaire
Its National Guard companies
had not yet been expanded to
war strength of 250 men each,
The. rumors were many and
strong that the 32nd was sched
uled to become a training out
fit behind the lines. The men
of the 41st felt safe enough from
that fate. We were war size.
We were at the point of final
training for the trenches. Our
commander was one- of the
Army's top generals' Hunter
Liggett.
Tha Lost Battla ...
That was the trouble. General
Liggett was too good. He was
taken from the division and
given command of the 1st Army.
We were unworried about this on
through our three-month tour of
guard duty and our first period
of combat training in the region
of St. Aignan "St. Agony" to
the soldiers,
The news came to Company
D, my outfit, a Portland unit of
the 162nd one noon on the train
ing field. It reported that most
of the privates were to be trans.
ferred to the 32nd Division, to
fill It up to war strength. Our
companies were to be reduced
to cadres of SO officers and non
coms each, for the final training
him in his refusal to accept a
radical, . even though it meant
dishonoring their leaders pledge.
It was a solemn warning to
Speaker Rayburn and Leader
McCormack, as well as to Mr.
Roosevelt, that southern demo
crats in the house intend to
lead themselves.
of replacement units as they
came to France.
We were told that this was
recognition of the ability and
efficiency of tho commissioned
and non-com personnel, but it
didn't make us feel any better.
We had missed our own objec
tive in France. The 41st had
lost a battle.
Pinetopt and Wbfootr . . .
Our privates made a great
record in. the 32nd. The lads
from the rain forests of Douglas
itr were soon at home with the
boys from the jackplne plains of
the Lake States. In short order
a number of those from the old
3rd Oregon won stripes at the
Front. The fighting men of the
timber regions of the Midwest
and War West formed one of the
very toughest divisions the Huns
had to face.
And there they go again, first
in the Papuan campaign, and
now on for the Philippines and
the final victory drive into the
islands of Japan. This time
there was no lost battle for the
51st, no dispersion of its men
into the 32nd. The two gangs
with bark on them are battling
side by side, but the Sunset keeps
its own. All of us who fought
the long, dull battles of St.
Agony and Contre through 1918
are proud, baaucoup proud.
Tolling
The Editor
Lattar prlntad hara mual mi ba mora
than laa worda in lanathi muat ba writ,
an laIMy on ONI II Dl ol lha oapar
only, and mual ba airtad. Oonlrlbullona
rolloMrini thaaa ntlaa, ara warmly wat.
ooma.
Parents of
Cpl. Dieter to
Receive DFC for Son
. (Continued From Page One)
tering service Dieter was em
ployed on the D. E. Alexander
ranch near Merrill.
Following is tne letter re
ceived here from General Con-nell:
"I have been directed to pro
ceed to Tulelake, Calif., and pre
sent the Distinguished Flying
Cross to Jesse T. Dieter, father
of Corp .William J. Dieter, AC,
reported missing in action.
This citation is being award
ed posthumously to William J.
Dieter, AC, U. S. army, for ex
traordinary achievement while
participating in a I highly de
structive raid on the Japanese
mainland on April 18, 1942."
The nubile Is Invited to attend
the presentation' ceremony.
Dealer snonages put new
value on used merchandise. Cash
in on your "junk" through a
classified ad. Phone 3124.
WAR DOOS WANTED
HELENA, Mont. (To the Edi
tor) Please pardon this Informal
way of addressing you but it Is
done to save tlmo and expenso.
We are looking for quite
large number of sledge dogs and
I .thought that a notice in your
newspaper should be one produc
tive means of reaching tha peo
ple who have tliom.
Tho kind of sledga dogs wo
want are as follows:
Ages, one to five yean.
rieignt, eigntaen inches or
higher.
Weight, heavy dog preferred,
Any color.
Mala or female.
Breeding: preferably Alaskan
Malmutcs, Eskimos, Samoyodos
and Siberian Huskies and cross
breeds of these.
Of course we should like to
get dogs which have been broken
and trained to sledge and pack
work but we will be glad to get
them untrained It thoy are of
siedge dog breeding. Any aood
leader, broken and tralnod, is
desirable regardless of breeding.
Sometimes Labradors, Sottors,
and Chcsapcakcs do tha Job. Our
requirements at present are for
weighty sledge dogs for slower
freight work rather than a llaht.
speedy dog.
Anyone having does of the
above description should imme
diately contact their local rep
resentative of Dogs for Defense
Inc., or the undcrslgnod, if there
is not one of the former in their
locality.
Also, if you know of anv ex
perienced sledge dog drivers who
are in tho army at nrosent. or
wno aro oooiit to enter the army.
we should like to have thoir
names and addrassis.
Any help, publicity, etc.. vou
may give us oh the above will
oe greatly appreciated.
Very sincerely yours.
E. J. PURFIELD,
Mojor. Q. M. C.
Commanding.
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
announcement of the Roosevelt.
Churchill conference was char
acterized by far too much ex
hibitionism.
a a a
IN these matters, which Involve
t ; tn i .. . i
mm Hi-am, wo must oe en
tirely fair.
It is not impossible that the
advance whoopla about an "im
portant announcement at
p. m. was intended to build up
keen Interest and so Iniure as
large en audience as possible In
ENEMY countries where listen
ing to the radio is an adventure
that can end In death before a
firing squad.
Even so, it wag overdone. At
least, that is this writer's sincere
belief.
. a a a
"THE war news is sparse today,
and not exciting,
The Russians are finally li
quidating the Germans trapped
before Stalingrad and say it is
only a matter of two or three
days.
The Americans who raided to
within 33 miles of the Mediter
ranean coast the other day are
reported to have HELD THEIR
ADVANCED POSITIONS and
to be still within striking dist
ance of the Mediterranean.
Watch this situation.
. If our side can drive a wedge
through to the beach between
Rommel and Tunis, it will be a
great victory for our side. There
are veiled hints in the news that
such a blow is In the making.
Joe Visits Pacific War Zone
Movls comedian Joe, E. Brown really gti nround tliCM dnyi. ltn'a ihown,
left foreground, in Honolulu's Trlpler Hospital Rotting right chummy with
the toldlar patient. Nuna Elisabeth Morlts o( Philadelphia explore!
Joe's cavernous mouth for a place to take Ills temperaturo as the Army
boys get a laugh. Others ara H. T. Bmllh ot Jersey City, between Joe
and the Dune, and left to right rear, Gilbert Clrticllar, Aiiilln, Tex.; E. H.
Dllck, Tlmmonsvlllo, 8. 0 and Sergeant O. Bherrod, Blmpoort, Ton.
CLYNN is finally approved by
the senate foreign relations
committee as our ambassador to
Australia.
Hold your nose and let It pass.
It's just another thing to re
member after the war.
WER WORK WEEK
SALT LAKE CITY. Jan. 27
(P) The National Wool Grow
ers' association, terming tho 40-
hour work week "totally inap
plicable to tho present sltua
tion," culled for Increased hours
ot labor and advocatod reduc
tion in governmental civilian
employment.
The 40-hour week, the associ
ation said in a resolution adopt
ed yesterday at the concluding
session of Its annual convention
"was originally Intended to
spread employment" but now
"prevents full utilization of
manpower."
A 54-hour basic work week
was proposed.
urging a reduction by one-
third in the number of civilian
employes o( governmental units,
tho association observed:
"The combined number ot
federal and local government
civil servants is almost equal to
the number of men In the armed
services."
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From the Klamath Republican
January 29, 1903
Modoc county Is conslclurlug
establishment of a county high
school,
a a a
Tho Klamath Literature and
Lcctura club has been organized
with a membership ot 18. C. C.
Brewer is chairman and Miss
Mao Wordon, secretary.
a a a
John Nichols, an old settler of
tho county, died at his residence
near Bonanza Saturday,
a a .
From the Klamath News
January 27, 1S33
Klamath Falls was confronted
with Isolation today after a
heavy snowfall and wind that
drifted the snow ovor railroad
tracks and highways.
a a a
Klamath's Battery D hit
again won tho coast artillery ef
ficiency trophy.
a a
Moyor W. E. Mahoney will ad
dress the Leogua of Women
Voters Tuesriav.
Jap Fighters Taken Into 'Protective' Custody at Gona
INK A T.nl..,.l
Carefully guarded by Aussles with bayoneted rifles, these three disconsolate Japs In Naw Guinea will have no
opportunity to display any of their bagful of tricks for which they aro noted. The Japs were captured from
tha fsat-dlmtrurtilng forces being annihilated by Allies in the Buna-aona-Banansnda sector.
Court Acts to
Sell Crescent Lots
To Highway Board
The county court on Wednes
day took action to soli four lots
in Crescent to the state highway
commission to be used in widen
ing The Dalles-California high
way In thot northorn Klamath
county town.
Judge U. E. Reodcr said he
understands tho widening oro-
ject is designed to eliminate haz
ards in Crescent
OBITUARY
FILMORE TRUMAN CHAIN
Fllmore Truman drain, infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Furman
Craln of Bcatty, Ore., passed
away in that city on Monday,
January 25, 1943. Baby Craln
was a native of Klamath Falls.
Ore., and was aged 10 months
and 25 days when called. Be
sides his parents, he is survived
By two brothers, Dclford and
Furman Jr., three sisters, Petri
cla, Shirley and Dolores, grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Hicocta and one uncle and two
aunts, ell of Baatty. The re
mains rest in Word's Klomath
Funeral homo, 925 High street,
where frlonds may call, Tho no
tice) ot the funeral arrangements
will appear in this issuo.
FUNERALS
FILMORE TRUMAN CRAIN
Tha funeral service for baby
Fllmore Truman Craln, who
passed awBy at Bcatty, Ore., on
Monday, January 25, 1943, will
take place from the Methodist
church at Beatty on Friday, Jan
uary 29, 1943, at 10 a. m., tht
Rev. B. V. Bradshaw officiating.
The commitment service with
vault entombment will follow
in the Piute cemetery, Friends
ara respectfully invited to at
tend. There will bo a service at
1 p. m. Ward's Klamath Funer
al home in charge of tho arrangements.
FRANKLIN LAWRENCE ,
(PAT) McGARREY
Friends are respectfully lnvlt-
ed to attend the funeral servlci '
for the late Franklin Lawrenci
(Pat) McGarrev to be held Thnra. .
day morning at tho Sacred
Heart church, High street l.
Eighth. Where a rpnnlnm mnai
will be celebrated for the repose ',
of his soul, commencing at 8
o'clock with the Rev. Potor Dulg
nan officiating Intermnnt will
follow In Mt. Calvary Memorial ,
parK. Arrangements are under
the direction of tho tfnrl Whit. :
lock Funeral home of this olty.