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PEACE RUMORS
Resistance to Admin
istration Looms in
Washington
. By The Auoclated Praia
' WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (ZD
Ai American diplomats cocked
skeptical eyebrow at axis pcaco
offensive reports and the actual
cash cost of Hitler's rampngo
enmo homo to tho nation's capi
tal, tlio potential resistance to
the admlniatratlon In the split
itrenfith war congress began to
how plainly today,
Keynollng the weekend calm
beforo what loomed ai the
busiest week on Capitol hill
alnce tho new session started
wore theto signs of storm:
Salary Showdown
1. A showdown on the drive
to repeal President Roosevelt's
929,000 salary limitation order;
2. Strenuous opposition to the
war munpowcr commission's
plan to draft fathers from "non
essential" Jobs; .
- 3. Bxpresslons'f-f eat thai
I federal agencies are seeking
more wartime men, material and
shipping than tho nation , can
possibly supply.
Meanwhile, diplomatic ob
servers looked askance at Euro
pean rumors of a possible peace
offensive by Germany, although
they did regard negotiation of
peace between Finland on the
one hand and Russia, and Fin
land and Britain, on the other,
as a possibility. They saw set
tlement of the Finnish sldo of
tho struggle os possible, pcrhups
through neutral Sweden's medi
ation, especially in view of this
week' Whlto liousa and state
department conferences with
Finnish representatives. How
ever, tho Casablanca "uncondi
tional surrender" ultimatum was
seen as nipping any peace over
tures by tho axis, which Finland
never joined.
A republican move, claiming
(Continued on Pigo Four)
Three More Axis
Supply Ships Sunk "
In Mediterranean '
LONDON, Dec. 6 VP) Thrco
, mora axis supply ships and a
tnnkcr huvo been sunk and an
othor supply ship loft In flames
by British submarines in tho
central Mediterranean, tho ad
miralty announced today.
Both torpedoes and gunfire
were used in tho scries of at
tacks, four of which wore re
ported mado in an area "very
close in shore off the eastern
Tunisian coast," under tho nosos
i of axis shore batteries.
' The admiralty communique
said a British submarine had
also surfaced closo In shore near
Cotrono, on tho "solo" of tho
Italian boot, and bombarded a
roll way brldgo, scoring many
nits.
"Shore bnttcrlos engaged tho
submarine without success," tho
communlqua said, ,
Hitler's Still
Alive, Reports
Zurich Today
LONDON, Fob. 0 P) A Rou
tars dispatch from Zurich said
' today rcporls had been received
in Switzerland that Adolf Hit
ler was at his military- head
quarters and recently had been
. photographed receiving promi
nent visitors, t
' (Tho theory- has boon ex
pressed In various quarters slnco
I Hitler failed to speak at the 10th
anniversary party In Berlin Jan-
uary 30 that Germany's prcsont
Sorlod of mourning for her sot
acks In Russia might actually
have been caused . by Hitler's
death),
DIPLOMATS GIV
COLD SHOULDER
IF
I Dig
No Change in
Spud Ceiling
Prices Seen
Klamath basin potato growers
were advised officially Saturday
that army Interest in potato pur
chases will not affect the OPA
celling on spuds.
Identical telegrams were re
ceived by the Klamath Potato
Growers association and tho
Tulolake Growers, as follows;
"Army advises that potato
growers of tho Klamath Falls
and Tule lake area are with
holding potatoes from the mar
ket on the assumption Hint army
pressure will raiso OPA ceiling.
Be advised that, as far as wo
know, no chango in the celling
price of potatoes Is contemplat
ed In Washington,
"Frank H. Sloss, regional
price attorney, OPA."
' It is understood here that the
army Is Interested In the pur
chase of 800 carloads of pota
toes, and has asked first chance
on U.S. No. l's acquired by buy
ers. It appears that this is the
source of the rumor that army
pressure might raise the OPA
celling, which was denied by
Saturday's telegrams.
J Tl BOMBERS
Both Crews Lost While
On Routine Training
Flight in East
; GREENVILLE, S. C Feb. 6
(A1) Public relations officials at
the Greenville army air base
today announced today that 14
mon were killed In the crash of
two army medium bombers on
a farm 12 miles south of New
berry, S; C late yesterday.
Tho victims Included the
crewa of tho two, bombers,
which were flying in formation
on a routlno training flight from
Tampa, Fla. Other planes In the
formation arrived at their base
safely, A board of officers was
assigned to Investigate tho crash
which was believed caused
when the two machines collided
In mid-air
H, T. Long, Newberry police
man, reported the planes crash
ed in a pine woods on the farm
of Hubert Carlisle and one of
the planes burned. Wreckage
and bodies were scattered over
a wide area, '
The public rotations office
said the victims included: Sec
ond Lieut. Randolph V. Donal
son, 23, San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
(i-omimicct on Pago Four)
Commandos Plan Help for
Men Wounded in Service
(tMHor'a Xotoi Tim Klamath Command"!
a.rn planning 11 danra on WiuhlnRton'i
MrtSilay to halp flnanra a. nrw nrujrrt
HintuiK wuunnrn acrrtca men lo Klamath
Halla In slva thtm a pleanant ttrknra
ami (trip rotors tlielr cnnflilrm. throiiali
ordinary aorlal rontacta. Tha following alory
ahnnt 1Mb worthy project waa written liy
Mn. Lola Ssrruja, .Commando motlior.)
By LOIS BERRUYS
Tho Commandos feel they
could do more than just enter
tain soldiers who are training
In this country,
Ovor Now Year's holiday, Carl
Cook, recruiting officer for tho
marines, brought a marine to
Klamath Falls from the marlno
hospital at Mare Island, Calif,,
for a few days visit. This mar
ine had lost an eye and had
facial Injuries received in com
bat duty on Guadalcanal in tho
Solomon Islands. The social con
tacts this young man had while
visiting here restored his confi
dence he . felt he wasn't
through and could again take
his place In society.
These boys - who have lost a
leg, arm, eye, and othor Injuries
are so self conscious. Their de
fects are new , to them and
many boys in combat duty are
EISENHOWER
NAMED CHIEF
INJUFRICft
Reds Reported Within
Five Miles of
Rostov
LONDON, Feb. 9 VP) The
red army has slammed the
door on the Germans in the
Caucasus by a lightning thrust
to the Sea of Aior, a special
Russian communique recorded '
by . the soviet monitor an
nounced tonight. , '
Adolf Hitler thus was pre
sented with the task of ex
trlcatlng his entire Caucasus
force, estimated up to 200,000
men, in his first "Dunkerque"
and after his disaster of
Stalingrad.
By ROGER GREENE ' ',
Associated Press War Editor-.
Llcut.-Gcn. Dwlght E. Eisen
hower, U.S.A., was disclosed to
day to have been named commander-in-chief
of all allied
forces in North Africa even as
an Algiers broadcast , reported
that tho British, 8th army .was
now 60 miles inside Tunisia for
the coming showdown with the
axis..- - - :.-' . ,'V
Qeneral EisenhowerY ap
pointment presumably - was .Ar
ranged at the historic "uncondi
tional surrender" .conference of
President Roosevelt and--Prime
Minister Churchill three weeks
ago. .' '
Not Over 8th
The initial dispatch from al
lied headquarters In North Af
rica did not specifically define
(Continued on Pge Four),
Coast Dairymen
To Get First of
FSA Importees
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 6 OP)
Pacific northwest dairymen will
get tho first 40 farm security ad
ministration importers from the
middle west to relieve the. agri
cultural labor shortages. FSA
Regional Director -Walter ' A.
Duffy announced today.
'I no 40 men, heads of Arkan
sas families, will leave ' Little
Rock within 15 days, Duffy said
Their families will come along
later with household goods. '
"First 18 of the token ship
ment will go directly to Marsh-
field for placement ' on . Coos
county doiry farms where ar
rangements lor training in use
(Continued on Page Four)
suffering from shell shock.: We
have hod several young soldiers
in our center who have seen for
eign duty, seem apparently nor
mal and healthy but who all of a
sudden will go to pieces, sob and
shake all over.
Tho Commandos have had
sailors and soldiers in their cen
ter from every major sea and
land battle fought in the South
Pacific. They havo seen and
talked with these young men
who know the sacrifices made
by our men In foreign service.
Knowing these things gave the
Commandos the desire, to help
wounded service men regain
their confidence and relieve the
mental agony of any physical
defects they may have suffered,
Tho Commandos are going to
have a Washington's birthday
dance Saturday evening, Feb
ruary 20, at the Klamath Falls
armory, to raise funds to bring
service men to Klamath Falls
from San Francisco hospitals.
The men brought here will be
those who have been injured In
combat or foreign' duty. This
.(Continued on Page Twelve).
'
Ceiling Prices
Set for Dry
Onions, Spuds
WASHINGTON, Feb. 0 VP)
Celling prices were established
today for country shippers of
early and mid-season dry onions
and potatoes. The office of price
administration said' the prices
assured farmers at least 100 per
cent of the parity, , .
Retailers will set prices to the
housewife on the basis of fixea
margins over their net cost.
Prices for early white pota
toes in tho South Atlantic, south
central .and western producing
areas range from $2.18 to $2.50
a hundredweight except for
Florida and Texas, where the
range is $3.10 to $3.78.
The agency said these prices
reflect normal area differentials
and apply only to early white
potatoes harvested and sold dur
ing the 1843 crop year.
Local sources said Saturday
the prices listed above do not
apply to Klamath basin potatoes,
wHlch are not : classified . as
"early" potatoes. . ;
Bad Weather . Stops
' .' Aerial Activity
In Tunisia. ;
By WES GALLAGHER
Allied 1 headquarters
IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 6 VP)
A German counter-attack sprung
In the face of weather so bad
that aerial activity over Tunisia
virtually was suspended has
forced allied troops to relinquish
their hold on the strategic height
of Djebel Mansour, - 20 miles
southwest of Pont du Fans, of
ficials disclosed today. '
The see-saw struggle for the
hill, six miles southeast of the
British-base of Bou Arada, is
part of the campaign being
waged for vital passes through
the mountain range running par
allel ..with the axis supply line
along the Tunisian coast,
Nasls Hold
The Germans infiltrated our
positions on Djebel Mansour and
retook the height after small-
scale action, an allied spokes
man announced.
(The German high command
reported in a broadcast com
munique that German and Ital
ian troops captured a "dominat
ing height" in Tunisia and held
it against allied counterattacks.)
. Except for patrols engaged In
preliminary and muddy spar
ring, no other land action was
reported from the Tunisian
arena. .
A few American P-40 War
hawk fighters got into the air to
shoot up an axis truck column
on the road between Gabes and
Gafsa, the allies reported.
- The final tabulation for
Thursday's air fighting now
stands at 26 axis planes de-
(Continued on Page Four)
House Honors
Birthday of
Harry Boivin -
t SALEM, Feb. 6 (P) The
house voted today to spend all
day in recess tomorrow in honor
of the birthdays of former
Speaker of the House Harry D,
Boiyln, Klamath Falls, and Rep.
John Hall, Portland. The legis
lature Is prohibited from meet
ing Sundays, anyway.
Boivin mailed a gift to Hall,
who Opened it in front of the
representatives, it was a porce
lain skunk. His colleagues gave
Hall a .vegetable corsage, with
carrots predominating.
Speaker William M. McAllist
er said "I congratulate Mr. Hall,
not only on his birthday, but
hIso on his having these tine
friends."
fo!lLll
Guadalcanal Reunion
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Klamath Men
Meet on Road
On Guadalcanal
How would you like to be
leaping along in a "jeep" on
Guadalcanal and pick up a
couple of fellows from home?
That was the experience of
Terry Ireland, son of Mrs. Harry
Baker of Seattle and formerly
of this city, who was driving
along a jungle road between
two camps when he stopped to
give a lift to a pair of fellow
marines.
Ireland looked the two over,
had a -feeling that there was
something . a : little b 1 1 . more
familiar -tHanVthe usual kinship
ii marines,, '"He brdught liplthe
name of his home town, Klam
ath Falls..
"Say boy, .that's where we're
from," the passengers shouted.
"We're Melvln Ramos and- Don
Schortgenl"
It was almost like old home
week from then on for Ireland,
Ramos and Schortgen, the two
last named remembered as out
standing Klamath - Union high
school football , players., The
trio, along with Melvin Haren
from Klamath Falls, saw much
of the bitter fighting on Guadal
canal before the army relieved
the US marine corps. Ramos,
Schortgen and Harcn were
known here as "The Three Mus
keteers." They were together
through school, training and as
much foreign service as they
have seen thus far.
Ramos is the son of Mrs. Lor
etta Ramos, and Schortgen is
the son of Mrs. Ruth Schortgen
and the late Henry Schortgen.,
Oregon DA's Join
Campaign to Revoke
Speeders' Gas Books
PORTLAND, Feb. 6 (P) Ore
gon district attorneys today
joined the campaign to revoke
mileage rationing books of mo
torists arrested for violating the
35-mlle wartime speed limit.
President Warren A. . McMl
nimme, Tillamook, pledged the
complete cooperation of the Ore
gon stale district attorneys' as
sociation. McMlnlmme conferred
today with Thaddeus W. Veness,
state OPA attorney, on plans to
include circuit court judges, jus
tices of the peace and city re
corders in the punitive program.
Sale of Dog
Licenses Lags
In Klamath
The sale of dog licenses is way
below normal, according to re
ports from the county clerk's of
fice. With tho deadline three
weeks away, only 800 have been
purchased to date. . Normally
about 3000 licenses are pur
chased, it was pointed out.
County Clerk Mae K.. Short
warns that a penalty will be im
posed after March 1, which wilt
make licenses $2.80 and $3,50,
Instead of $1.60 and $2.50.
Klamath Salary
Bill Reported Out
SALEM, Feb. 6 '(Pi The bill
granting $300 annual salary in
creases to Klamath county offi
cers was reported out favorably
today by tho revision of laws
committee. It will be on Mon
day's house calendar for final
passage.
in:
mam
Kennell-Ellis
MeTrin Ramos; upper left
Terry Ireland. Might, and Don
Schortgen.: below.--members' : of
the. US marine corpi. met on
Guadalcanal where a number of
Klamath men are serving. ,
DF RAPECHARGES
Jury Returns Verdict
After 13 Hours of
Deliberation
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (P)
Errol Flynn was acquitted to
day of three counts of statutory
rape.
The jury of nine" women' and
three men returned the verdict
after about 13 hours of delib
eration. Flynn -had been - ac
cused of intimacies with two
teen-age girls, Peggy La Rue
Satterlee and Betty Hansen.
Flynn Tense
The verdict was announced at
11:19 a. m. An instant later,
the court permitted reporters to
leave the courtroom.
Flynn sat tensely, puffing cig
arettes, during the half hour or
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Untried Yanks Face Test
Against Strong Axis Force
By WES GALLAGHER x
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA; Feb. 8 ()
An untried and inexperienced
American armored and infantry
force stands before the moun
tain passes in Tunisia on the
eve of testing its strength for
the first time against a veteran
axis army numbering perhaps
170,000 troops.
. Part of that axis army is
wearied by a long retreat across
Libya, but it is still a powerful
one, wise In the ways of war
and led by a brilliant field mar
shal who has at least one great
battle left in his system.
. Any doubt that that battle
may never take place because
of an axis withdrawal from
North Africa, already has been
dispelled.1' Every day 'Hitler has
been pouring more troops and
material into Africa. It is his
best material, too Including
new giant tanks never seen on
the Russian front and swarms
of Messerschmitt ' 109's and
Fockewulf 190's.
In fact, fully one third of the
Knox Reveals
Battle Losses
On Both Sides
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 (AP) Both Japanese and
American air and surface forces have suffered "moder-.
ate" losses in the developing: new battle for the Solomon
islands, Secretary Knox reported today. - :"
The, navy secretary told a press conference that thera
was so far nothing specific to indicate the exact Japanese -objective
in renewing violent activity throughout the Solo
mons area, and he added that the size of the force the
enemy might eventually throw into the fight also was not
known. ' ' :. ' ' -
The action, is still "in preliminary stage," Knox said,
but the various activities now in progress "would ordinar-;
ily precede an engagement of some size." i -s
The secretary declared that the losses included "noth
ing significant, nothing of a major character," and while
he did not elaborate, this apparently meant that no air
craft carriers or battleships, and possibly no heavy cruis
ers, had been sunk so far as was known here. ,
A navy communique was issued at the secretary's con-'
f erence, covering action in both the North and South
Japs Make Out
Some Claims on
American Navy
' By The Associated Press
The Japanese, who have sev
eral times- destroyed - most . of
the United .States navy on
paper, were quoted by the Ber
lin radio today as saying that
American naval losses in' the
Solomons' to date totalled. six
battleships., f our aircraft car
riers, 34 crjjjsers, 21 destroyers
and . several submarines " ana
minesweepers, v .
. The report, on a par with pre
vious fantastic Japanese claims,
did not specify the period over
which these alleged losses were
incurred, but it presumably
went back to the beginning of
operations in the Solomons. -
. Needless to say, there was no
confirmation of the broadcast
which was recorded by the
Associated Press---from any al
lied source. On the contrary, a
navy department spokesman in
Washington yesterday character
ized as grossly exaggerated
- (Continued on Page Four)
Execution of 17
Axis Parachutists
Announced in London
LONDON, Feb. 6 Wji-Seven-teen
axis parachutists who were
wearing civilian clothing when
captured in allied territory in
French North Africa have been
executed, the Algiers radio an
nounced today.
They were among four groups
of parachutists dropped east of
Constantine January 21 and cap
tured with cooperation of the
Arabs, the broadcast said. Those
executed were said to have in
cluded Germans, Arabs and fas
cist Frenchmen who had been in
France as recently as November.
The Morocco radio said the
death sentence had been im
posed by a tribunal at Constan
tine. : -' - . -
German air force apparently is
poised in the- Mediterranean
ready for' an aerial slugging
match which must precede the
anticipated land engagement.
It is too late now even if
Marshal Rommel wanted to
withdraw. The British eighth
army is too close, and on his
exposed flank rests a British
and American army looking for
the slightest sign of weakness.
Since November Lieut.-Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower has been
fighting a "logistic" battle, and
only now signs are Indicating
that this battle may have been
bearing fruit. ,
It has been a battle of trying
to build up an army supplied
from bases 3000 miles away,
then tunneling this army and
its supplies through a bottle
neck over four mountain roads
600 miles to the front while the
axis pumped in an army over
sea lanes less than 100 miles
long into ports less than 70
miles from tho front,
Somehow it has been done.
Pacitic but throwing no further
light on the sea-air fighting in.
the Solomons area. The com-.
m unique . said that American
troops had continued their ad
vance along the northwest coast
of Guadalcanal . island against
weak enemy resistance. Some
patrols reached points a mile
and a half past Tassafaronga,
near the Umasanl river, ; on
Thursday. ; i'
. : That--was an aHvaneA nf
a mile beyond the furthest r de"
previously reported.
Aleutian Action
. rec-
Sh.
In the North Pacific, five e
emy float-type planes bombe
American positions in. the north- !.sf-r.
west Aleutian islands on Thurs
day afternoon, but caused -no
damage. !-.;,-'
On Thursday night, Liberator
heavy bombers, Mitchell me
dium bombers and fighter escorts
attacked Japanese positions at.
Kiska island. Three- of five
float-type Zeros which sought to
intercept, were shot down : and
all US planes returned.
There were numerous desul
tory actions in both the North
and South Pacific. In the Aleu
tians area on Thursday, an
American plane shot down a Jap
anese plane during a reconnais
sance mission. '
Action Detailed :
In the Solomons area on Wednesday,-
American planes raided
enemy positions at Munda, the
new Georgia island airbase, dur
ing both the morning and eve- -ning,
and Douglas Dauntless
bombers, with fighter escort, al
so attacked nearby Kolomban
gara island. Results were not
reported. .-' ; , :
On Wednesday night,- single -enemy
planes bombed American
positions on Guadalcanal twice.
On Thursday a Flying Fortress,
on a search mission, was attack
ed by three Zeros and one of
them was shot down. The dam
aged Fortress managed to get
back , to its base. The single
plane raids on Guadalcanal were
described by Knox as "more of
the old Washboard Charlie stuff
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Col. Talley Wins
Coveted Service
Medal in Alaska '
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Feb. 6
(IP) Col. Benjamin Talley, 39-year-old
engineer officer, who
has supervised construction, of
all army installations in Alaska
the last two years, today was the
first member of the Alaska de
fense command to win the covet
ed Distinguished Service medal
in this war. , .
Maj. Gen. Simon B, Buckner
Jr., commanding general of tha
defense command, awarded . tha
medal to Colonel Talley at cere
monies here yesterday. The ci
tation noted that "the speedy
and efficient completion of. a
certain airfield was largely re
sponsible for the failure of the
Japanese expeditionary force .to
penetrate one of our main. pol.
tions." . ;, '
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Midland Empire News Page 3
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