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By FRANK JENKINS
HTHE mystery of the South Seas
l clearing a lime touny.
A Tokyo dispatch, broadcast
by Berlin, says Jnpnneso forces
have been evueunted from
Guadalcanal. Also from the
BumvGona area of New Guinea
Secretary Knox tells his press
conference In Washlniiton ho
doesn't think there's any doubt
of the truth of the Berlin roporl,
adding that all enemy resistance
on Guadalcanal has ceased.
PUTTING two and two together
and dolus some mil guessing
It seems likely thut tho sea battle
In tho Solomons that has had us
on edgo for a week and a half
has been a fake piny by tho Japs
to cover tho apparently success
ful withdrawal of the battered
remnant of their land forces on
Guadalcanal.
It looks as If they may have
started ruckuscs all over lum
dreds of miles of ocean as a di
version, and while we were busy
with theso scattered fights they
dnshed In and rescued what was
left of their troops on Guadal
canal,
'AS to Buna-Gona, this Is the
Jap version:
i "Japanese troops at Buna .
ont.ln to establish foundations
for new operation) . . havo
been crushing slubbunv enemy
resistance. Having completed
their duties, they were trans
ferred to other points." .
If our side's version Is accur
ate, these Buna-Gona Jnps DIED
TO THE LAST MAN. Hero's
hoping more Japs "complete
their duties" In tho same way
PUTTING U the scanty news
together and still guessing, It
looks as If the Japs may be
pulling out of these areas In the
Solomons and New Guinea that
have become too hot for them to
handle.
Trying to guess what they'll
do next is too much of a strain,
and we'd hotter wait for further
developments. But all along
their positions in tho southern
Solomons have looked like a
threat aimed at our communica
tion line to Australia.
Maybe, for the present, they're
giving up that threat, Mnybo
they're merely going to strike
from some other point.
Tlmo will toll.
THE Russians take Kurs.
. A good point to remember
Is that Kursk Is BACK to
WHERE THE GERMANS
STARTED FROM lost summer.
AT the momont, the Russian
commander to watch Is Gen
eral Volutin, who Is pushing
southwestward from Kramator-
skaya (sco mnp) toward Mari
upol, on tho Sob of Azov, 100
miles distant.
Volutin has n mobllo force
composed largely of tanks, ski
sleds (driven over tho snow by
air propellers), ski men and
tommygunncrs. Tills force is cap
able of extremely rapid motion,
and as matter of fact has boon
reported as moving at tho rate
of 20 to 25 miles a day against
all the resistance tho Germans
have beon able to put up, In
dicating that Vatutin has plenty
of strength.
. Your map will disclone to you
that If he reaches Mariupol the
Rostov land gap will be plugged.
THE Russians hold tho south
bnnk of tho Don clear to Its
mouth, and thnlr long-rango
artillery is shelling Rostov, on
the north bank. The Don is
froicn over, and today's dis
patches report Hint tho lea is
nearly two foot thick,
''' : '.
THE Berlin. radio la reporting
1 nervously today that Elsen
hower on one sldo and Mont
gomery on the other are getting
about ready for a grand smash
on Tunisia from both sides.
We can't altogethor disregard
these nervous muttcrlngs from
radio Berlin. At least twice
they've tipped us oft to big Rus
sian drives that tho Russians
hadn't yet announced.
We've known for a long liino,
(Continued on Pago Two)
' : - . ;
Whole Nazi Line Imperiled riS
ZlRamnson Range.. teSSsJCV- f 1 , I
TO "BIG FOUR" fBUm POOND ROSTOV feW:
Decision Thought to 11' cfN-Pi Encirclement of Khar- V ,-'4n 'i
Policy nu
WASHINGTON, Fob. 0 (IP)
The war labor board refused to
day to grant a general wage In
crease to employes of tho "Big
Four" packing companies, and,
in a rclter-tlon of Its '"Little
Steel" formula, dcclured It Is
"duty bound to stabilize wages
at tho September 18, 1042 lovel."
A mediation panel majority
hud recommended -n Increase of
St cents an hour for the 180,000
employes of tho Swift, Armour,
Wilson, and Cudnhy companies.
Threo unions involved represent
ed about 03,000 employes.
No Modification
The decision- could be inter
preted as presaging a firm gov
ernment pollcy.cn wago stabili
zation in the 'Intensifying battle
against . inflation .Labor members-
f, (he board dissented. 1 ,
-"Tlia -general relationship,"
board opinion said, "betweon
wage and prices, it existed on
Septombor 18, hat been adopted
by tha congress and is not sub
ject to modification by the na
tional war labor board. As a
war oi ..y proceeding under the
act of congress and the executive
order of the president, the na
tional war labor board is duty
bound to stabilize wages at the
September 18, 1D42 level."
This decision emphasizes that
the wage ' stabilization policy
"demands a-correlative stabili
zation of pi !:es" and it cites as
sur. nces from the dirt. . : . , of eco
nomic stabilization that the hold
ing of war,, levels will be ac
(Contlnued on Page Two)
Snowbound Blue
Mountain Village
Faces Starvation
BAKER, Feb. 6 (IT) Food
supplies to the snow-Isolated
hamlet of Granite,. Ore., proba
bly will be taken by skis In a
day or two. Baker county au
thorities indicated today.
Tho six-mile high mining vil
lage's 41 residents were sorely
in need of supplies. They have
had no green vegetables nor
meat for a long time and canned
goods supplies are nearly ex
hausted. ;
Tho town Is located in the
Bluo mountains of northeastern
Oregon.
Even the hardy miners could
not take rifles and go out for
(Continued on Page Two)
Permission to Keep Hogs
Inside City Limits Asked
A - proposal ' that keeping ' of
hogs be permitted Inside tho city
limits was offered to the city
council Monday night by Coun
cilman Rollln Cantrall, who sold
somo of the people In his ward
want to keep hogs as a means of
mooting current food and eco-
noriilo problems.
After discussion, the matter
was placed In tho hands of Dr.
Potor Rozendal, city health of
ficer, and Dr. J. C. Hunt, milk
and meat inspector, who will re
port to the council what will be
the possible effects if swlno
keeping is permitted Inside the
corporato limits.
Police Judge Harold Francy
said he had received requests
from several outlying districts of
tho city for permission to keep
swine, but that he had told the
applicants that a city ordinance
prohibits the granting of such
permission, -All requests, he
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jAUSTRALlAgg
Quickly fOlloWmd W -helr
Arthur's American-Australian forces are attacking the Japs In
the New Guinea art magnified above. Bombers bt been (aid
ing Jap bases like La and Flnichharen and a ground, off ansir
bas been opened up in the Wau-Mubo area! : . -
; , : : :
Mac Arthur's Men
Drive, To ward ,
Big Enemy Base;
By Th Associated Press
On the New Guinea front,
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's head
quarters reported that allied
troops driving toward the big
enemy base at Salamaua wiped
out a Japanese pocket east of
the Wau airdrome, 35 miles
southwest of Salamaua.
In the skies, United Nations
airmen carried out widespread
attacks against the enemy.
Dutch and Australian filers,
manning U. S. made bombers,
virtually destroyed the Japa
nese-occupied town and harbor
works of Dobo in the A roe
islands, 600 miles north of Aus
tralia, setting fires visible 40
miles.
Other Allied raiders pounded
the Japanese airdrome at Buin,
in tho northern Solomons, de
stroyed a 2000-ton ship offshore
and exploded an ammunition
dump; and also blasted enemy-
held positions at Babo, in Dutch
Now Guinea; Gasmata, New
Britain, and Finschhafcn and
Lae in northern New Guinea.
Dispatches from a Pacific
base credited an American sub
marine with the "clean sweep"
destruction of a Japanese con
' (Continued on Pago Two)
said, came from tho Shlpplngton
area, which Is part of Council
man Contrail's ward.
Councilman Andrew H; Buss
man said that so fnr as he is
concerned, . no- nwaawhould In
permitted land f.'.i.' ordinance
should stnfid as It Is. He said
If swine ro permitted In one
part of tho city persons In other
parts will nsk tho samo privilege,
neighbors will, object and there
will be a great deal of trouble.';
Councilman Cantrall said that
the would-be swlno keepers In
his section havo been , turned
down on a number of matters
by the city, and that ho tears
another rebuff will moke them
feel like moving out of town.
It was brought out that city
ordinances permit the keeping
of a cow, horses, rabbits and
chickens under certain condi
tions, but that as tho law now
stands, twine are definitely out.
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
Tlctorr at BUni. Gansral tt-ie-
ALLIES SLUG AXIS
Berlin Reports Prepa
rations for Big
. Drive
LONDON, Feb. 9 () The
long range, allied aerial offen
sive from North Africa kept up
1U momentum yesterday with
powerful blows at the ports on
both ends of the axis supply line
across ' tho mid-Mediterranean,
and a British submarine report
ed sinking four ships in a single
day off the Italian west coast.
With the Tunisian land front
still bogged down from a week
end of rain, long range bombers
of the Middle East command
pounded Messina by daylight
yesterday and bombers of Lieut.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's
command set two ships afire in
the harbor of Sousse and axis
1 (Continued on Page Two)
No Prosecution
Seen for Youth
Who Shot Soldier
SAN MIGUEL, Calif., Feb. 9
(If) Civil and military authori
ties indicated today they were
not interested In prosecuting the
18-year-old son of an army offi
cer who killed an army private
in protecting his mother from
what he said was an attempted
attack. 1
Copt, Frank H. Jacobs, Camp
Roberts provost marshal, said
Daniel Glecler, using a 22-cali-bre
r..'.e tlven to him as a
iChrtjfmas present, fired a single
ITlVRie
killing him
occurred
yesterday after Glbbs, an artil
lery trainee from Danville, Va.,
brohe into a trailer in which
Glccier and - his mother, Mrs.
Nathalie . si tha Glecler, 34,
were sleep!.ig. He added that
the Paso Rc les high school stu
dent and Camp Roberts' news
boy, fired tho shot from only
eight -cet away Just as Glbbs
seized the mother, who was re
covering from a serious opera
tion. Lieut. Lewis Glecler, field ar
tillery officer, the boy's father,
was away on emergency leav.
Villi 1MB CllUSt
Format I.,Clbs, ,
instantly.
He said tic shooting
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Pint War Editor
A sudden . and spectacular
Russian coup which netted the
capture' of Kursk, one of the
"big six" bastions of the Ger
man defense system, imperilled
the whole nazi line below Mos
cow today even as red army
siege- guns thundered destruc
tion upon the axis citadel at
Rostov-on-Don. - ,
Kursk, which lies about mid
way between Moscow and Ros
tov, formed a major link in the
German, defense wall along with
Smolensk, Bryansk, Orel, Khar
kov and Rostov.
Cemeterr City
The city in the Black Earth
region- on the southern slope of
the central-Russian plateau, had
been ' In, jiazl hands since No-
tvemWP IK' 1941.'. lbiif ' arid
half months after )he German
invasion a r m l e i stormed into
Russia. ' . '
Battle dispatches said the red
flag was raised over Kursk at
3 p. m. yesterday and described
the city as "an enormous ceme
tery." -
. .Wounded Battl
"The (German) Kursk army,
as it called itself, does not exist
any more," soviet war corre
spondents said, reporting that
red army shock troops used bay
onets and rifle butts to batter
the nazi garrison into submis
sion. '-''-
The Russians said Gen.
Schneider, the German com
mander, exhorted his troops to
fight on, promising that "relief
will come," and even threw
wounded soldiers" from hospitals
into the battle.
The city itself was reported
' (Continued. on Page Two).
Robert C. Nunes
Singled Out as
Pensacola Hero
ABOARD-THE DESTROYER
FARENHOLT IN PEARL HAR
BOR, Feb. 6 (Delayed) (P) Fire
Controlman Robert C. Nunes of
Klamath Falls, Ore., was singled
out today as exemplifying the
spirit of the heavy cruiser Pen
sacola. "With the mainmast in which
he was stationed enveloped in
flames and himself badly burned,
Nunes remained in the face of
grave danger to extricate ship
mates from the burning struc
ture and then helped remove a
seriously, burned and helpless
man to a place of safety."
, These were the words of Vice
(Continued on Page Two)
Even Old Timers
Admit This Is
Quite a Winter
Even the old timers admit this
is quite a winter. Officials of the
US bureau of reclamation
reckon that the county will have
one of the heaviest run-offs In
many years due to the excep
tional snowfall and precipitation
recorded at this time of the
year.
Since the first day of January
the minimum temperature has
remained at sub-freezing with
only a few days reported as 32
degrees. Thus far it is the long
est cold spell of the season.
Minimum was reported as 2
above on January 18. Although
all. precipitation figures are, of
necessity, one week old, total
for the stream year is 12.11
inches as compared to 6.76
inches, th normal figure.
NEA FEATURES
Major-General Alexander M.
Patch, aboT. is in charge of
iha American army " forces on
Guadalcanal, from wbex th
Japanese war reported today
to har withdrawn.
Appointment by Judge
1 Proposed
Measure
in
SALEM, Feb. 9 VP) A bill
creating the office of circuit
court clerk for Klamath county
was Introduced 'in the senate this
afternoon by Sen. Marshall Cor
nett, and Reps. Louis H. Craver
and Henry Semon, all of Klam
ath Falls. A deputy county
clerk now holds the position.
The salary would be fixed by
the county court, but the circuit
judge would get the power to
appoint and remove his own
clerk. The judge would be per
mitted to appoint a temporary
clerk or clerks in the absence
of -the circuit court clerk.-
' Emergency Clause
The bill also provides that the
county clerk must turn over all
records to the circuit court clerk
when and if the new position is
created. All laws affecting the
county clerk, insofar as they
would be applicable to the cir
cuit court clerk, would apply to
the court clerk.
The bill contains an ' emer
gency clause, so it would become
law immediately upon signature
by the governor.'
The bill introduced In Salem
today to change the status of the
circuit court clerkship, contains
provisions suggested - by the
county grand jury after its last
session.
: The jury at that time proposed
legislation to make the circuit
court clerk's job appointive by
the circuit judge or elective;
At present, the county clerk
is circuit clerk and the work is
usually done by a deputy county
clerk. . .
SALARY BILL
SALEM, Feb. 9 (IP) The
house passed and sent to the
senate yesterday a bill to in
crease salaries of Klamath coun
ty officers by $300 a year.
Officers Arrive to Aid
In Evacuee Registration
(See story on page 4 for
President Roosevelt's approval
of formation of a combat unit
made un of American citizens
of Japanese ancestry). S
NF.WELL To assist in the
comprehensive program of mass
clearance of evacuees who have
reached the ago of 17, one com
missioned and three non-com-mtasinnpd
officers arrived at the
Tula Lake tiraiect' on Sunday.
They are First Lieutenant Evan
Carroll. Staff Sergeant Attuio
B. Sabatlnl, Sergeant Taro
Tsukahara and Sergeant J.' Vin
cent Sullivan, all attached to
the war department, Washing
ton, D. C. '
American citizens of JaDanese
ancestry between the ages of 17
ana ao win De registered xor
military service. All evacuees
IT vnnra of aaa ni mn whAthet
citizens or notywlll be registered
Seems
By The Associated Press
A Tokyo dispatch broadcast by the German radio
reported today that Japan's armies had been evacuated
from Guadalcanal- island in the Solomons, after a six
months battle against U. S. forces landed on the island ia
the first allied counter-offensive in the South Seas. -'
"It is officially announced that Buna on New Guinea
and the island of Guadalcanal have been evacuated bjj
the Japanese," the broadcast .said. - .
. In Washington, Secretary of the Navy Frank Khp
said there" was no doubt in his mind that the Japanese!
were evacuating Guadalcanal. ... , :.;:
. Knox said his opinion was based on "some Informs
tion" received by the navy. - - '
. '.'All enemy resistance on the Island has apparently
ceased," he said, "except, that there may be a few lit
tie groups left." - : - '. ?!
Berlin quoted Imperial Tokyo headquarters as sayfngj
the Mikado s forces withdrew irom tiuaaaicanai "aiteJ
their missions had been ful-'
filled." - ; - - - -
Japanese losses In the Guadal
canal and New Guinea theatres
were listed at 16,73i dead,
against 23,000 allied troops de
clared wiped out.
lS,000:Annlhnatd ',
. A correspondent of- Domel, of
ficial Japanese-news agency, yes
terday described the battles in
the Solomons end New Guinea
as marked by "most pathetic and
tragic incidents'' and said Japan
ese troops : sometimes : bad gone
for 20 days "without even a
grain of rice." ... . ;2;--
: The Buna; campaign .ended less
than three weeks, ago with the
annihilation of a 15,000-man Jap
anese army systematically track
ed, down in the Papuan penin
sula jungles by American and
Australian j , troops under-: Gen.
Douglas MacArthur, - :
'-". End Hinted '-.
. Approximately 15,000 other
Japanese troops, whittled down
to fewer 'than 4000 in the final
stages, were Involved In - the
Guadalcanal - campaign,- which
began last August 7 when:U.:S.
marines stormed - the - strategic
island and -captured Japanese
built Henderson air field., Regu
lar U. S. army troops subsequent
ly relieved the hard-fighting ma
rines. While the, German broadcast
lacked immediate confirmation,
a U. S. navy communique Sun
day hinted that: the -end was
near, reporting that American
troops had completed a 40 to 90
mile, gain which put them within
five miles of the Japanese head
quarters on Cape Esperance,
where enemy resistance - cen
tered. For the past week, both, Tokyo
and Washington have indicated
in..restrained terms that a great
showdown battle between the
American , and Japanese; fleets
was in the preliminary phases of
development in the Solomons.
One. of the main thrusts by!
Japanese warships, was reported
against American surface forces
off Rennell island, 100 miles
south of Guadalcanal, and this
may have served as a feint in
tended to mask the evacuation
of Japanese soldiers in the north.
Latest- censor-delayed dis
patches from Guadalcanal, dated
February S, said many of the
Japanese survivors appeared sick
and underfed and had even re
sorted to eating coffee grounds
thrown away by Americans.
for work. In- war industries, ac
cording to a recent announce
ment by the war department.
; Heretofore, leave clearance
has been slow; but with the ar
rival of .the ar my personnel
from Washington, leave .clear
ance will hereafter be conduct
ed on a "wholesale,',' rather than
"retail" scale. , i
i All colonists, -Including wom
en, will be registered for clear
ance except those who have ap
plied for repatriation. No one
will be cleared who does not
have the approval of the project
or the FBI. - -
To facilitate this registration
and clearance program, project
schools will be closed on Tues
day afternoon to permit the
project teachers to assist: in this
task. It is estimated - that be
tween 8000 and 10,000 persons
will be registered during the
next week, or , 10 , days.: , ,. ,,.
'Ftbxuary t High 84, Low 30 ' .
Precipitation of Ftbrutry i, 194S '
Stream yttr to dot L...1J.H '
Lt yttr ....8.08 Normal ...,... .8.78
ic
Broken
Preparations
Underway for . i
OP A Opening '
'Preparations for openlnst -ttd
district OPA off Ice . here pro
ceeded Tuesday, with furniture
due to arrive for placement ta
the district quarters In the Bah
siger building opposite The Her
ald and News office. - ; - '
Several regional ' OPA'anet
civil service officials are here In .
connection with the opening e
the district headquarters, but tie)
fornialaiaouncement ha been'
made as to the appointment of
a district director or manager.
Ed Ostendorf, former auto deah
er here, who has been mentioned
for the post,, is acting as a special
consultant and is assisting in the!
preparation work. - ; ', :
Several persons,, it. was.
learned, have been selected for
posts in the district headquarters
uui nu.Biuiuuiiueiiicu. ui Myiwuiv
ments has been made as yet.' "
Vernon G. Latimer is her
from the civil service offices at
Seattle, doing work in connec--tion
with the selection of per-i
sonnel. ' ' .'.
. OPA officials ' here , include
Mrs. Ernestine .Wonder, senior
administrative assistant; ' John!
May, assistant regional rationing.
. (Continued on Page Two)
Ration Board
Control Over
Recaps to Bnd .
WASHINGTON,' Feb. 9 W
The office of price administra
tion is expected to issue an or
der about March 1 eliminating'
ration board control over recap.'
ping of - passenger automobile'
tires with reclaimed rubber.
An OPA, source, declining to'
be quoted by name. - said last'
night that the decision had been
reached.-' No explanation ' why,
the order was being delayed waa
given.
The source said the plan was :
designed - to conserve , present
tires, by permitting motorists to
get. recaps when they think they '
are needed, and that the decision
should not be .considered to
mean that "the rubber situation
was so much better that they can
relax and drive more."
Now rationing boards auto-1
matically issue certificates for
recapping tires if a tire inspector
declares it is needed. ,
INDIAN FOUND DEAD I
' Dr Georg Adler, coroner,
nctlred word Tuesday aftax-1..
noon that th body of Wtslcy
Colt, about 30, an Indian, had
bn found In a houi at Chllo-,
quln. A 30-30 xlfle lay near ;
th body whan It was found -,
by John Arkdl, Indian ofil
car. Dr. AdUr was told. Th ;
coxontr said also a not was
found clos by, indicating Col '
had takan his own 111. Ward's '
. funeral horn was called.
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News Index
OHy Briefs ......... ......Page a
Comics nd Sto , ....Page 8 ,
Editorial .'....Page 4
Markets, Financial Page 7
Midland ' jire "'.w . .Pago 7
Our Men in Service ......... Pago 1 .
Pattern .......Pag
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