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jm.n.nnnnnnrinriiiirB"iriii'iiiri" - - - -- -- wJlllliiihiflliSJiiJllifliiill . ,. On B-mlnut bint en sirens and whistles li. th ilgnil for a blackout In KUmath rails. Another long blast, during a black out, U a signal lot all-olear. In precau tionary periods, watch your itraat lights. February 21 High 41, Lew H Precipitation ai oi February IS, 114 Stream year te date ,.....ia.0S Lett year ............ .5 Normal ...,., 7.4 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS : KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1943 .in!..;) "a'iIVIIHI'I Ailh'iaAINfl) Number 9727 ; 850 Pie By FHANK JENKINS WfE'VE been reading for days " that our armloi In Northern Tunisia are mud-bound. Consider today this disturbing act: Rommel ISN'T mud-bound. yHE dispatches as tliese words are written (Just before noon) ro slightly confusing. They tell of a REPULSE suffered by Rom mel In a thrust toward Tebossa, which la our railhead supply base just over the Tunisian bord er In Algeria.' But theytell also of CAINS made by him at Tim la, northwest of Tebessa. . , . This suggests that bis thrust at Tebessa was what the military people call a feint and what the football reporters aro apt to refer to as a fake play. .,. TN other words, Thala may have been his real objective and his gosturo toward Tebessa was in tended merely to draw our .strength away irom wncre no 'intended to hit1 In force. .." ' .Moves nice mat are itommcis specialty, ' HPHE map suggests uneasily that the desert fox may liavo In mind the bold Idea of pushing CLEAR THROUGH to the Med iterranean west of the Tunisian hump and forcing us (by cutting our communications) to with draw from the entire ,' Tunis Bizerto area. - e .' "TO accomplish this, of course, he'd have to have a lot of i . . i i.i i i.i tii- aiders don't know how much atronglh the Germans havo been able to get across tho Mediter ranean narrows, It may be much, or It may be little. Not knowing the facts, we , can only make guesses In the dark. If Rommel's strength Is limit ed (as we have been assuming) it may bo taken for granted that he is merely hitting as hard as he can In the north before Mont gomery has timo to catch up with him from tho south, thus bringing him between two fires. "THE really disturbing point Is A that the mud that has been re ported - as bogging us down doesn't seem to have been stop ping Rommel. pHE nows from Russia eon . tlnucsfovoroble." i 1 Tho red armlos ore reported today at Pavlograd, only 34 miles from 'the Dnioper river nt Dnepropetrovsk. Pavlograd Is on the main line railroad that serves tho Crimean peninsula. It tho Russians can push on down this railroad 70 miles to 7llHMllk lkn . .1 it. (inuaivAilDi limj VUll UUl HID LAST rail route by which tho Germans can escape from the Crlmoa. Maybe tho Gormnns who have been pouring through the Rostov land gap by way of Taganrog and the Sea of Azov coastline will be trapped yet. - Your map will explain this possibility. , . e . AS this Is written, there Is no news from China. But dis turbing nows comes from India, which In our plans in closely LINKED with China. (Burma is China's back door and It Is from India that wo hopo to got Into Burma.) The disturbing news from In dia has to do with shrlvolcd little Gandhi. .- e ' . -JANDHI, In the 12lh day of his V 21-day hunger strike, Is re ported to have suffered severe nausea, with ncar-falntlng. His pulse became almost Impercept ible, i ! Then he rallied, took a little water and lime Julco and after that slept for five and a half . (Continued on Page Two) W IN REMOVE 01 W R A ROM Agitation Over Regis tration Leads to Removal Mounting agitation over rents tratlon for job clearance and se lective service among evacuees ai mo TuiciiiKo war relocation project came to a cllmnx Sun day with removal of 27 young mon from the project to Jails at Klamath Falls and AHuras. ' Fourteen young men were brought to the county jail here and 13 were removed to the Jail at Alturas. Harvey M. Coverley,' director of the project, in a statement obtained through the reports of fice Monday morning, said that there .was no violence. The men were removed from the project by tho project' Internal security force. . Protest Bent In . ' Coverly stated that the evacu ees brought, out last night had scnt'in a protest against regis trations He described them as "ill-advised boys" who. had been agitated by a "few subversive people." ' - , The protest of these evacuees, ' (Continued on Page Two) , RAF Has Perfect Score in Raid On Bremen Port LONDON. Feb. 22 WTO Th. German port of Bremen was heavily attackod by RAF bomb ers last night In a raid from which oil bnnihnrn rntnrnorf . 11 was officially announced today. -. Mne air ministry's nows serv ice said more than 100 two-ton bombs Wfirn ralncri nn .Via Inrunl The city's defenses were taken oy surprise and German ground gunners wore reported to have failed to nnen flrn until ftn tho first bomb exploded. it was the first raid on Bre mon sinco lqst October 20 when British MnMllllln hnrnhnn af-.b that city along with Wllholms- naven ana Mannovor. . Wilhclmshaven has borne the brunt of the RAF's most recent raids on Gormany, lest Thurs day night and again on Friday night. . ; Germany's secnnif Inrooai nnrl and an Important aircraft manu facturing center, Bremen prob ably fnnnrl tUnlf n got for tho RAF principally be- causo oi lis cxtonsive submarine building yards. It previously had undcraonn mora than inn raids, some of them described as "very heavy." . I Six Yanks, Their Tank In Flames, Die Fighting By HAROLD V. BOYLE WITH THE U. S. ARMY IN TUNISIA, Feb. 20 (Delayed) (P) Their own tank aflame, six Amorlcan soldiers found and destroyed two German Mark IV tanks before they perished In a fiery tomb they could not or would not leave. Their soldier-biographer Is tall, lanky rcconnalsiinco Scr goant Josso J. Hurtt, 22, of Al bla, Iowa, who Raw outnumber ed U. S. tankmen knock out 12 enemy tanks during one of the armored force battles on tho plains east of Sblcltla. . "I was on a hill overlooking the battle scene, which was spreading out before me like a motion picture," he sold. "It was like nothing I ever saw be fore In my life. "Wo saw orio of our medium tanks get hit and start to burn. We watched, expecting any mo TonrSdoings ; ; ' i Soviets Poised For March to Dnieper River ; By EDDY GILMORE MOSCOW, Feb. 22 (JP) Mopplng-up operations in the Donets basin have carried - the red army into numerous towns about 60 miles south and south west of Voroshilovgrad, the Rus sians said today, while far to the west soviet columns were re ported poised for a 34-mile march to the Dnieper river after cap turing Pavlograd and Krasno grud. The Russians also announced their drives west of Rostov, north of Kursk toward Orel, and (Continued on Page Two) .5. Argonaut Lost; ' Com panion Sub. Downs . 2 Jap Ships ' ,; PEARL HARBOR, Feb. 22 UP) America's largest submarine, the 2710-ton Argonaut, has been sunkin action.. in the South Pad fio -with the probable loss of 102 lives but a companion sub marine exacted' swift vengeance by sinking two of the heavily escorted Japanese transports the Argonaut had been stalking. The Argonaut Itself, before It received a mortal wound, had sent a torpedo crashing into an enemy destroyer with unknown result. , Failed to Return The transports, one of 10,000 tons and the other of 7.000 tnn. were sunk within two hours af ter the Argonaut had gone down oft the southeast coast of New Guinea. The action occurred more then a month ago.'- ; (A Washington navy commun (Contlnucd on Page Two) Good News for. ; Smokers No Ration Planned ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 WV Cigarct smokers who have heard rumors of rationing for some time got good news from the government today. , ' , . ' "No restrictions on the manu facture or distribution of cig- arets are necessary at present," me war production board's bev erages and tobacco division re ported. Domestic consumption of clg- arets totaled 236,000,000,000 tn an increase oi nu.uuu.uuu.- 000 over 1941, the previous high, but tho division said stocks of plgaret leaf tobacco in the hands of dealers and " manufacturers were "adequate for the time be lng." ; .-.',... ment to . see the crew- come climbing out but they didn't. "I don't know whether the shell that set them afire had sealed the ' turret or whether they were Just, too stubborn to glvo up the fight. Whatever the reason, .those poor guys kept on throwing out shells for 15 or 20 minutes, with flames spread ing steadily, , "They hit and' stopped two Mark IV tanks and tho Ger mans sent three from another direction. The turret nt nur tank seemed to be jammed.- . "The Germans closed in quick ly. .... When we left the hill that tank was blnek and imnnl. derlng and Its ammunition was blowing up. But no one had come out. . ' i "Rlffht thera : nn tha . hnltl.. field I took off my hat to those guys, whoever they wore. It made me proud to. be in the same army -with themi" SUBS BAG TWO U.S.SHIPS IN Heavy Losses Hit Mil ' itary, Civilians f On Board ! By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 () The navy reported today that more than 830 persons, mostly service personnel, were dead or missing as a result of submarine torpedoing of . two American passenger-cargo ships in 'the North Atlantic early this month. - A statement said: ' ' "Two medium-sized ' United States passenger cargo vessels were torpedoed 'and sunk by enemy submarines within four days of each other early in Feb ruary in the North Atlantic. Both attacks occurred at night, and both ships sank within 30 minutes. ' Lou Heary ' ' "Loss of life among the merchant crewmen' and passen gers, the latter comprising civil ians. and Ijerscumel. -tit. iha. array, navy, marlno corps and coast guard, was heavy in both sink ings. "More than 600 from the total complement of over 900 of . the first vessel, and more than half of the approximately :. (Continued on Page Two) Aiiied Bombers Thunder to attack in Solomon isles By The Associated Press . In the far Pacific theater, al lied , bombers continued their thundering attacks on the Japa nese positions in the Solomons and in Burma.-1 From ' Guadalcanal In the southern Solomons a force of Avenger-torpedo planes, Daunt less divebombers, and Warhawk and new Corsair fighters raided the Japanese base at Munda on New Georgia island, 180 miles to the northwest, and started a number of fires, ; the navy de partment announced. After ; showering the Buln- Falsl area In the North Solo mons with 23 tons of bombs on Saturday, the allied raiders re turned to the same area Sunday with huge loads of explosives and started fires visible for SO miles, a communique from Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquar ters announced, - - Ambon in the Dutch East In dies also was attacked and six Japanese in planes which tried to intercept the , attack were shot down. From India the RAF . raided targets near Mandalay and on the Irrawaddy river in Burma and set large fires. From Chungking, the Chi nese reported the third repulse In three days of Japanese units (Continued on Page Two) Gandhi Weathers Crisis on 12th Day of Fast NEW DELHI, Feb. 22 (ff) Mohandas K. Gandhi weathered a crisis yesterday In the 12th day. of ' his 21-day fast and to day, a government bulletin Is sued In Bombay' sold, ho appear ed , more comfortable and more cheerful. His heart, however, was weaker, ; The report, signed by six doc tors, said tho frail Hindu ascetic entered the crisis at 4 p. m. yes terday. ' . "He was seized with severe nausea and almost fainted and his pulse became hourly imper ceptible," it said. But later he took water and time juice, rallied and slept well Into the night. ATLANTCAREA Commando Appeal Jams Armory With Record Crowd miwiiwpiiiiiyiffa3j3 1 If 'v - r CANNED GOODS USE I HALVEDBY RATION Three Cans Per Person Per Month Pro-: ' vided (See Point Table on Page, - 8) ByjByiNG PERLMETER . ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 UP) American, householders are to be allowed less tliaij half'o'f the canned' fruits and . vegetables they have been in the habit of eating under a "scant ration" program starting next Monday. ' The March allowance an nounced by the office of price administration last night pro vides, on an average, for only about three cans per person for the month. Price Administrator Prentiss Brown estimated the civilian supply from March 1 to Septem ber,. 1944, would average a. lit tle more than 13,000,000 cases a month compared with 30,000, 000 in 1941-42. 48 Points to Spend This week all families must live on the canned goods they have, and next week, when sales are resumed, they take a new kind of ration book to the store. Everyone ' has -48 : points to "spend" in March, and families may pool their points. It. will take, for example, 14 points to buy a standard size can. of corn or green beans, 16 for peas or tomatoes, 21 for peaches or pears, 10 for grapefruit, 23 for. grape fruit juice, 32 for large cans of tomato or pineapple Juice,' 6 for soup, 1 for baby food, about 13 points a pound for frozen fruits or vegetables. . :-' Register This Week Administrator Brown himself (Continued on Page Two)-. Something Brewing On English War Front, Say Nazis BERN, Switzerland, Feb. f 22 (IP) A Le Havre dispatch to the Tribune de Geneve reported to day that nazl aerial reconnais sance over England led to the belief "we are on the eve of an English attempt of unsuspected audacity." : ' (Jusf what the attempt might be was not - indicated in this dispatch, but the quotation may have been intended to refer to a possible invasion thrust across the English channel ' or North sea.) The dispatch said nazl fliers were "singularly intrigued by enormous preparations at cer tain ports" and intensive road traffic along with unusual ac tivity in industrial areas. Ration Sign-Up -....' t Persons whose last names begin with A, B, C, and D were to sign up for food ra tioning at schoolhouses Mon day. On Tuesday, those with the Initials E, F, Q and H should sign up. Rationing hours are from 2 to 8 p. m. " .' , 9-t The seething mass -of dancers In the upper picture tndletes the response to the appeal of Klamath Commandos for attendance at their Washington birthday ball Saturday night, raising money for their wounded soldiers' project. 'There wasn't even standing room left. Below. Mabel Soderstrom, Commando, Is shown danc ing with Robert Morlarty,' Brooklyn, N. Y one of the visiting wounded marines.. ... , "'.'' - : Klamath Citizens Go Ail Out on Soldier Project " A patriotic crowd numbering approximately 3000 jammed the Klamath armory to the rafters Saturday night when the Com mandos staged their Washing tion birthday dance to provide funds for local visits of wound ed soldiers. ' It was one of the biggest, It not the biggest, dance crowds in the history of Klamath Falls. Hundreds came for ; the ,. floor show only," and filled the bal conies' as well- as the" armory floor. There was no standing room left. ; , ; The' affair proved a financial success for the Commandos; glv . (Continued on Page Two), Full Voting Rights For Evacuees Upheld By Court of Appeals SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22 (P) Full voting rights for Japanese-American citizens who have been evacuated from west coast military areas were upheld by the U. S. ninth circuit court of appeals in a ruling Saturday. ; The native sons, of the golden west 'sought a .mandate requir ing the San Francisco registrar of voters to strike the Japanese names from the great register. The .--court's seven justices, however, ruled without leaving the bench. They were assembled en banc to hear concluding argu ments, on constitutionality of the evacuation. - The matter was taken under advisement. TRUCKJILL 45-18 Statutory Limits To Be Effective After . . War : :, By PAUL W. HARVEY Jr. SALEM, Feb. 22 (P) The Ore gon house of representatives, de spite pleas by federal officials, killed 45 to IS today the bill to make permanent the state high way commission's war emer gency order permitting ; maxi mum truck length and weight limits of 60 : feet and 71,000 pounds.' .' '''.,'' , ' Defeat of the bill means that the statutory-limits of 50 feet and .54,000 pounds again ; will become effective at the end of the war. , . , Statements Denied . The vote came on tho house highway committee's 5 to .4 re port recommending passage of the bill. ' ; ; - . ' Rep. Robert A. Bennett, Port land, leading the floor fight on the bill, denied statements by army,1 navy . and other federal officials who said that the north west faces a critical transporta tion shortage that might prevent civilians from getting oil and food unless the bill is passed. . Opposition .'.; These experts, Who appeared at a special hearing last Friday night, said that truck operators won't increase the capacity of their vehicles to the temporary .- (Continued on Page Two) S.FI FEND OFF NEW; AXIS ADVANCE Nazi Panzers PIung Toward . Tebessa ' In Algeria By WES GALLAGHER ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Feb. 22 (JP) Marshal Erwln Rommel hurled his Infantry late today through Kasserlne Fasa toward the important American base oi Tebessa in Algeria while a strong tank column stabbed to within four miles of Thala. - Observers said the German panzers near Thala were "show lng signs of exhaustion and tha American and British forces ap pear to have the situation In - A French communique 'rf' closed that yet a third colli was within six miles of Sblba Attack Renewed Late field reports rescaled-a first estimate of German tanks . employed in the various attacks, to 40 toward Thala, 20 toward Tebessa and 14 toward Sblba. Although the German armor was pushed back by an American combat team earlier,' the axis marshal renewed .. his " thrust: toward Tebessa as the sun sank ; low., The pass is about 35 toilet from Tebessa. , ; ';; American and French .Infantry? to Hate have successfully Count ered the new thrusts. (The dis-' patch was filed at 5:10 p. m.. Algerian time 10:10 a, m. PWTV '."'. Yanks''. Score A competent source at allied' headquarters, reviewing Rom-; mel'a latest attack, said the Ger. mans branched out toward Thala ' and Tebessa at about 12:30 a. m. Sunday, and at the same time made a ."slight Infiltration" . in the mountains, toward Tebessa. north of: Feriana, ' , . "They, met an American com-.' bat team which, had plenty of battle - experience and . were knocked back toward Kasserlne Gap in their Tebessa attack,", ha said. ... ;- ;- .'-.-' - American artillery with Brit-: ish tanks engaged the Germans (Continued on Fag Two) - Consideration of Court Clerkship Bill Delayed ' Consideration of the' Klamath county circuit court clerkship' bill was delayed in the gtata senate Monday, by request of Se nator Marshall Cornett, who said a check Is being made of legal questions concerning the mea sure. . ... Senator Cornett told the sen ate he was uncertain whether tha bill conflicts with a constitu tional provision requiring coun ty clerks to act as circuit court clerks.. .- . :-- .....' - . The bill may be considered' again Tuesday.' It provides that the court clerk be appointed by the circuit judge. - Restaurants, Too, Will Feel Pinch Of Food Rations ' WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (JP)- Civilians who hope to eke out' their food rations by eating out several times a week may find. restaurants just as badly pinched. OPA reported today that rest-, aurants will be limited to about the same percentage of canned, dried and processed fruits and. vegetables as individual consum-, ers. . .'.;' ; In other words, restaurants will get something less than, SO. per cent of the amount they have, been using. The exact amount, has not been fixed but will be announced shortly, OPA said,: and restaurants will go under ra , tlonlng March 1 along with householders. 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