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PAGE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON February 16. 1045 SOVIETS PUSH I Potoes I DEEPER INTO (Continued From Page One) into the Donets basin, the Rus sian! said today. Both the official communiques and dispatches from the front line gave little Information about what was happening in the region of Kharkov but it was be lieved here that furious fighting was raging about the ancient capital of the Ukraine which was supplanted in 1934 by Kiev as seat of the government. No Reports The only mention in the mid' day communique said that the Russians continued to advance in the region of Chuguev, about 22 miles southeast of Kharkov. There were no reports from the battle lines northeast, north and northwest of the important rail junction. Nor were there late reports from the Lozovaya or Krama' torsk sectors which marked the western tip of the drive by the armies of Col. Gen. N. F. Va- tutln. Reds Close la But In the region north of Ros tov the Russians said their forc es had recaptured 20 more popu lated points west of Shakhty, swooped down upon a number of towns west of Likhaya, and pushed a flank southwest from Voroshilovsk after heavy Ger man counterattacks. . ' Here, it was indicated, the sov iet troops appeared to be closing in on tne last remaining German held east-west railway line in the Donets basin the road from Likhaya to Debaltseva. The red army forces now' were reported to; be both north and south of the line. Allied Shipping Losses in Africa Under 2 Per Cent ALLIED HEARQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 16 VP) Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunning ham, new commander-in-chief of the allied Mediterranean naval forces, announced today that American and British shipping losses bad been less than two per ceiit in bringing 760 ships totaling 6,500,000 tons to North Africa since November 8. Asked at his press conference u the axis could mobilize enough ships to get Marshal Rommel's and General Von Arnim's forces out of North Africa, Admiral Cunningham replied: , , "Yes, but 1 wouldn't like to ay what would happen to them." . -. Meet Cancelled The regular meeting of St. Mary's Altar so ciety of Sacred Heart church, scheduled for Wednesday, has been postponed. . . On Business Mr., and Mrs. George Baldwin, Merrill, were in town Tuesday on business. FOR SALE Canadian Certified Russet Seed Potatoes Tried end Proven Geo. C. Burger 209 Williams Bldg, Phone 5660 tNMCHED WHITI DONETS BASIN AsSrHL. Cm .. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 16 (AP-USDA) Potatoes: 6 Callfor- nia, 4 Idaho, 6 Oregon- arrived, 14 unbroken, 9 broken cars on track; 2 cars arrived by truck; no sales reported.,. , .. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 16 (AP- USDA) Potatoes: 11 California, 1 Florida, 15 Idaho, 2 Oregon, Utah arrived. 34 unbroken, 13 broken cars on track; one car di verted, 4 arrived by truck; mar ket steady; Idaho Russets No. 1 12.78-S2.79; No. 2s $2.49; Klam ath Russets No. 1 $2.99: No. 2s $2.59. PORTLAND, (IP) Potatoes, old cash and carry price: Klam ath, $3.02; Malin, fancy. $3.02 $3.25 cental; Yakima, $3.02; De schutes, $2.93-$3.25 cental; local, $2.25 cental. Other prices unchanged. CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (AP- USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 61; on track 154; total US shipments 616; old stock; supplies light, trading light, market firm; car lots offerings light; new stock, supplies light, demand light, market firm for best quality; Idaho Russet Burbanks US No. 1 $3.23-85; C o 1 o r a d o Red Mc Clures US No. 1, $3.00-10; Ne braska and Wyoming Bliss Tri umphs US No. 1, $2.95-$3.05; North Dakota Bliss Triumphs Commercials $2.50; Florida bush el crate Bliss Triumphs US No, 1, $2.40-60 per crate. TO TAKE ISO. 1 SPUDS (Continued From Page One) - gon will be reserved for applica tion on export orders for the armed forces. Idaho potatoes are also being purchased in like manner. Billings will be handled by John McMullen, associate mar keting specialist, care of Ship ping Point Inspection office, 619 Pine street, Klamath Falls. , Ceiling Price Growers met at Merrill today to hear the new plan explained. The visiting experts, said that purchases will be made under OPA ceilings and the order simply means that potatoes that would have been sold for the civilian market will be - sold at tha same prices for the armed forces. The heavy armed force pur chases, however, mean a reduced supply of No. 1 potatoes for civilian consumption, it was stated. . OBITUARY JAMES MADISON BAKER James Madison Baker, for the last 23 years a resident of Klam ath Falls, Ore., passed away at his late residence, 840 Pacific Terrace on Monday, February 15, 1943, at 2:15 p. m. following an illness of six days. He was a native of Sheridan, Ore., and at the time of his death was aged 57 years, 10 months and 19 days. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jean Baker of this city; two sons, James M. Jr., of this city and Pvt. W. D. Baker, U. S. A., Hono lulu, and one brother, Charles Baker of Tillamook, Ore. Mr. Baker was a member of Klam ath Falls Lodge No. 1247 BPOE, Klamath Lodge No. 77 A. F. and A. M., Klamath Consistory and Hillah Temple of Ashland, Ore. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral home, Pine street at Sixth. Notice of fu neral to be announced at a later dnte. BREAD 15 JAP SHIPS REPORTED LOST DIG BATTLE (Continued From Page One) anese from Burma to the South Seas. At the same time, Navy Sec retary Frank Knox said in Wash ington that U. S. submarines were pressing a "very energetic campaign" against Japanese shipping In the southwest Pa cific. Subs Forge Ahead Knox said the Japanese were doing their utmost to exploit their conquests in the South Seas and "undoubtedly they are get ting oil, for one thing." Latest navy figures showed that American submarines have sunk 123 Japanese ships, prob ably sunk 22 others and dam aged 32 a total of 177, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters reported that U. S, Flying Fortresses, winging hun dreds of miles through a series of thunderstorms and heavy clouds, unloaded 38 tons of bombs on the big Japanese base at Rabaul, New Britain, attack ing the enemy stronghold for the second night in a row. All Safe All the planes returned with out any serious damage to per sonnel. Other aircraft including pur suit planes, light, medium and heavy bombers were reported. in action over a wide expanse of the southwest Pacific. - In Burma, RAF bombers pounded the Japanese in day and night attacks, blasting the enemy airfield at Heho and the major base on Akyab island, as well as other targets inland: Price Ceiling . Fixed on 1V42 Onion Set Crop PORTLAND, Feb. 18 (ff) - The OPA announced today tem porary price ceiling on the 1942 onion set crop in the first ac tion taken to- control seeds and bulbs. To prevent holding of stocks in anticipation of a price in crease. OPA nut the Dnce of "onion sets at the highest levels at - -which -individual growers and merchandisers made sales between February 10-14, 1943. The average price to the grow er would be about $5. a bushel,, OPA said. The temporary order will be replaced by a permanent order within 60 days,. OPA said. Injured Mrs. Frances Maz zier, route 1 box 803, is receiv ing treatment at Klamath Val ley hospital for a dislocated shoulder. Mrs. Mazzier suffered the painful injury in a fall at her home in the Henley district. She was brought to Klamath Falls early Tuesday morning by Ward's ambulance. To San Francisco Mrs. Vern on Kuykendall and sons, Robert and Roger; and her mother, Mrs. G. C. Stevens, will leave this week for San Francisco where they will spend several days. Vernon Kuykendall, radio tech nician 2c, will meet them there. Ill W. O. Weaver, employed as night watchman at Ewauna Box company, is quite ill at Klamath Valley hospital. He was moved from the mill early Tues day morning. Wallace Hopkins, Charles Hitson Reported Missing (Continued From Page One) rival, no trace of the plane could be found. ' The flyer's father, manager of Mitchell Lewis and Staver com pany here, said Wallace had been in the navy for six years. He trained for four years in the Hawaiian islands and was then ordered to Pensacola,, Fla., as instructor. Just one. year ago he was transferred to ' Seattle and then spent quite'some time serving with the navy forces in northern waters. ..: Wallace visited here January 15 with his wife, Hilda, and seven-months-old daughtor, Joan- nle, who have made their home with his parents since the baby's arrival. He left for Seattle the last of January, took an apart ment and sent for his family. Mrs. Hopkins arrived February 6, the family was together on Sunday, February 7, and the next morning the pilot was re ported missing on the flight. Jack G. Hopkins, chief ma chinist mate, stationed at the Alameda, Calif., naval station, arrived here Sunday and late last night accompanied his moth er, Mrs. S. B. Hopkins, to Seat tle to be with Wallace's family. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins came here two years ago from Twin Falls, Ida. Wallace received his education in the Twin Falls schools, and was a member of the Presbyterian church there. The flyer also has a sister. Bet tie, senior student at Klamath Union high school, and another sister, Mrs. John H. Parkinson of Jerome, Ida. Pvt. Charles Alva Hitson. 21. son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Hitson of Langell valley, is reported missing in action by the United States army, according to word received by the youth's parents Monday night. The message from the war de partment gave no details but ad vised the parents that their son was missing "in the North Amer ica area since February 2." Ad ditional information will be sent the family, the department said. Charles waa a graduate of Klamath Union high school and for six years carried The Her ald and News in the Shasta way area. The family resided at 938 Kane street before moving to Langell valley. " j Charles enlisted in the U. S. army air corps in August, 1942, DUt was vans-erred to the medi cal corps, his parents said. He trained at Camp Barkley, Tex., spent one month at Fort Slocum. N. Y., and then was ordered to Camp Myles Standish, Taunton, iw5. xil9 parents were aavised that he left that point on Janu ary 20. They have had one V letter from their son since his departure but were not told his destination. Suffers Fall Mrs. James T.h. cas, route 3 box 222, suffered a painful back injury Monday when she fell on the ice. Her condition is reported good. Mrs. Lucas is a natient at IClnmnth Valley hospital. Dismissed Pvt. Franela WI1. son of Camp Murray, Wash., re moved from a train hera ohiu suffering from a severe attack of Droncnuis, was dismissed from Klamath Valley hosDltal Tues day. Door Opwi t 1iM 4 NEW TODAY! Iff A First Klamath Showing! SRTS A ONE-GIRL LOVE-BLITZ It took this American he-man to teach her the manual of ARMS . . . and what a pupil sne maaei I , 2nd Great HitI I CONDITION OF CRASH VICTIM STILL SERIOUS : , The condition of Lyle Wat kins, 16-year-old Bend youth In jured in a head-on collision early Monday morning one and one-half ' mi la. north of Sand Creek on Tha Dulles-California highway, was reported but slightly improved hero Tuesday. Wallace Alexander Davis, 17, Bend, driver of the car, was dis charged Tuesday. Driver of the second machine, James Lester Weaver, Bakersfield, Calif., was reported Improved and may be moved to Portland Wednesday. All three were admitted to Klamath Valley hospital at 3 a. m. Monday. State police said the Davis car, southbound to Klamath Falls where Davis and young Watklns were to seek employ ment, and the northbound Wea ver car, met head-on when Weaver's lights failed. Mrs. L. T. Weaver of Portland arrived here to be with her son. Other Tripp, 118 Old Fort road, pick ed up Davis and Weaver and brought them to Klamath Falls, a state highway employe bring ing Watkins, most seriously in jured, to the hospital. Canadian Corvette Sunk; 38 Lives Presumed Lost OTTAWA, Feb. 16 (P) Sink ing of the Canadian corvette Louisburg with the loss of 38 lives as a result of enemy air attacks while on convoy duty in the Mediterranean was an nounced today by Navy Minis ter Angus Macdonald. It was the first time In Ca nadian naval history that a Ca nadian ship had been sunk in the Mediterranean and the first time a Canadian ship had been destroyed by an air attack. Two officers, 33 Canadian ratings and three royal navy ratings were listed as "missing, presumed killed in action." Date of the sinking, fifth cor vette loss for the navy since the war began, was not made pub lic and the only description of the action was given in 15 words of Macdonald's statement. 3 Year's Top Musical Treat! Now! Doors Opm 1110 iU Nt Untirr at TomMHuol lift LAMARR ' Wllllti WW c Double-Dare-You To See This Show! THE SCREEN'S MASTER ! Creates I ."?;.. Itd-hS. M frprT: -Swww "2SS : TURHAN BEY : fl&gYj . & t MB . : EDITORIALS ON NEWS (Continued From Tage One) lands while they looked us over with their air scouts, They wera headed for Guadalcanal. Their scouts reported OUR naval forces TOO BIG TO TACKLE. So they decided to TAKE OFF their men from Guadalcanal in stead of putting more on and trying to drive us off. ;' THEY kept their big ships In tha sheltering Islunds, pro tected by Jap air - bases, and pushed out their destroyers In several groups to take off their men remaining on Guadalcanal. At tho same time, wo wero PUT TING MEN ONTO Guadalcanal. The fighting occurred during this process of putting on Amer icans and taking off Japs. It was all between planes and surfuco ships, the ships on both sides apparently not getting a shot at each other. We lost a heavy cruiser and a destroyer sunk, and the Japs apparently lost half a dozeu do stroyors sunk and a half dozen more damaged or maybe sunk. , Relative losses can't bo Judged accurately, for we don't an nounce our ships tl)at are dam aged. That would disclose to tho Japs information Uicy want badly. 00 IN the whole weeks-long opera tion WE CAME OUT AHEAD, for we finished what we started last August on Guadalcanal and now HAVE the island whoro so much blood has been spilled. The Japs have abandoned it. AS to the story told In this column today, you must re member that this writer, who doesn't pose as a military expert, is merely GUESSING from the best available reports trying to do the guessing the reader would otherwise have to do (or himself. Tho military experts can't af ford to do too much guessing. They'd lose their reputations If they guessed wrong. This writer has no reputation to lose and so can seek to untangle for the reader's benefit the dispatches from the war front which are snarled up and made obscure by tho necessities of military censor ship, whose purpose Is to pro vent the enemy from gaining Im portant military knowledge. What is printed hero today Is intended only as a GUESS at tho broad outlines of what PROB ABLY happened, and Is not vouched for as literal fact. mrusftpw"! bodttonrillyoe $y ... I inolhtr Ihrllllsl rit MONTY WOOLLEY IDA LUPINO BIG DAY! And Still the Town's Top Entertalnmentl Doors Open at 1:30 and 6i45 at ft v IDA if 1 rJrs 4TH Double H Horror Horror Show newest and .. WVFJVV JI Ci 0' V.. , Ma ,t . I'.wi d. at . M t-i.ii. I Skto fB IIUIIV s-- . , r L -i m LIVESTOCK El (Continued From Page One) twoen 5 and 20 per cent of the civilian supply has boon going recently to "black markots," but Brown said It waa Improper to blame farmers for soiling their animals to the hlghost bidders. ''Farmers are law abiding citi zens," ho said, "and there it no aw against those sales. "When w place ceilings on livestock and we are seriously considering doing that I am sura, tho farm psnplo will abldo by that." , , Bullets End Strange Triangle In Las Vegas (Continued From Page One) Ing to straighten out their tan gled affairs by divorces. A week ago she loft Las Vegas and Is now in Puonto, Calif., about 35 miles from Los Angelos. Duncan did not testify, but tho onto court owner, Larry Cox, said that a week ago the two men engaged In a violent fist fight and that Duncan was badly beaten. In a statement to Coroner Lar ry, Duncan suld he shot the man who captured the heart of his 38-year-old wife. Cone, he said, descended on him In a drunken statu and started to beat him. Larry said Duncan told him Cone (ell In lovo with his wife when he camo to work on Dun can's ranch. The throo decided to come to Las Vegas for di vorces Cone already was mor rlod and they put up together In the same auto court here. Duncan posed as his wifo's father-in-law whilo sho lived with Cone, Die coroner said, and even sided with hor when she got into quarrels with her lovor. She loft for Los Angeles a week ago, but the two men continued to live together. Duncan was quoted by the coroner as saying he used his 14-ycar-old ion's deer rifle to shoot Cone, and above every thing else he wanted to sco that his boy got tha weapon back. Tho son and a daughter, 13, nro believed to be with their mother In Los Angeles. If It's a "frozen" article you need, advertise for a used one In the classified. AROUND TOWN 1 think you're wonderful her Lurong all over again." Today STARTS Fright Reaches a New Heighi! . . . You'll Shake! Shiver! . . . and Shudder! In Hospital Friends of Mrs. George Stevenson of Olena re. grot to loarn sho Is a patient at w Klamath Valley hospital, suffer. Ing from pneumonia. Her condi tion Is said to be good. R.bikah Lodge Prosperity Rebnknh lodge 104 will meat In tlto IOOF hall Thursday. Febru ary 18, at 7:30 p. m. for the reg ular mooting. TOO LATE TO .CLASSIFY OIL TO BURN ror Union heating oils phone 8404, Klamath Oil Co., 615 Klamath Ava. 2-28m FOR A BETTER WEARING Shirt with a bolter fit, try Van Hetmonl In whites and colors. Rudy's Men's Shop. 2-30 OIL BURNERS Chimneys Furnaces. Ph. 7149. Complete service. U 31 MEET fuel oil rationing with Johns Manvllle Rock Wool In sulation. Cost usually less than $100 for tha average 5 room home. At the Big Basin Lumber Co., Main and Spring. Phone 3144. 8-15 FOR LEASE 2235 Union. 160-acr ranch. 2-21 WANTED Ton or so of alfalfa hay. Phono 8031 aftor 8 p. m. Can haul myself. J-J0 PONDOSA APARTMENTS Phone 5627. S-15 FOR RENT Three-room fur nlshcd house, modem. 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