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PAGE TWO HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON February 28, lf4S SUBS STILL fE MENAGE, Continued From Page One) boat wai sunk In a fight with a destroyer In the Atlantic while the Japanese was wrecked by the. armed guard crew of an American merchant vessel which it had torpedoed, Ship Cargo Saved Both' actions were at night, The destroyer had one torpedo firddat it but dodged. The Pa cific encounter did not start un til the submarine's first torpedo, fired without warning, hit the heavily . loaded merchantman, The Japanese torpedo struck the cargo ship on the port side and . almost, lifted it out of the water. The engine -room was wrecked, 'the radio room demol . ished and the ship's crew and 35 pasSengets prepared to abandon ship -amid the flames, smoke and debris. They ' eventually did abandon'' but the" next morning the vessel was still afloat and it wasispon recoverad and towed to an allied 'port so that both cargo and 'ship Were saved: V. Merchantman Fights -Immediately after the torpedo hit, the Jap surfaced his craft and sent a shell from his heavy deck gun over the forward gun mount of the merchantman. The range was only 200 yards, but the Jap missed. The sub then open ed up with a machine gun. Lieutenant (jg) Charles E. Southern, 32, of Nashville, Tenn., commanding the vessel's armed guard, opened fire -with its after gun. Another gun crew man opened up with the forward gun. The guns of the merchantman fired only-four shells all they could obtain quickly from the ammunition boxes which : had been jammed by the torpedoing. -The four. were enough,' however, WARNS KNOX I ! t. lor two-were direct hits.- - -1 Captain Jack Edgerton of San jrranciseo, calif., master of the merchantman; gave the order to abandons chip because fire was raging in the -engine room and the danger of- explosion was great. ' ' . Casualties had been few and survivors put off in life boats and on rafts. FDR Warns of Reverses Still ' Facing America (Continued, -from Tage One) result . of canned goods ratlon- While likenine'' 'enthusiasm over soviet victories to that fol lowing th- American. Revolu tionary war-jtriumph over Gen eral Burgoyne's army at Sara toga in . 1777 which he said brought premature "proclama tions that. the war was practical ly won"-rithe president did not minimize, the Russian wins. Oh the, -contrary, less than two hour?1 before the broadcast to the nation, ' Mr. Roosevelt sent a message to Joseph Stalin expressing America's "profound admiration" for the red army's "magnificent achievements, , un surpassed in all history. - FOR SALE 4 Certified California f A i Blue Tog . f'' Russet ' ; Seed Potatoes Geo: C. Burger ; 209 Williams Bldg. ,l" Phone 5660 eee The old apothecary of other years was a mysterious and romantle figure. Under his , magic influence roots, herbs,- end minerals turned Into pills, extracts and plasters. ; The doctor's prescriptions were filled, and the ' patient's health and comfort restored. Al though much of the mystery with which he -was surrounded has vanished, the fine art of the epotiiecary has not been lost. A visit to our prescription department will convince the most skeptical that his function is an im portant adjunct to modern medical practice. When you find It necessary to consult a phy sician, bring your prescriptions to us to be . filled. ""China's Tanks I--" . ... X. i A few of the reasons whv China America are these odd-looking 3730 War Ration Books Issued in Klamath county housewives, armed with War Ration book 1, appeared at city and county schoolhouses this week to sign up for food rationing. Sisters all over the nation did the same and the work was handled in sys tematic style by teachers and PTA members, veterans of sugar and fuel oil campaigns. . Families whose names began with A, B, C or D signed up Monday, and Tuesday saw the E, F, G and H families on hand. Wednesday those whose names begin with I, J, K, L and M, will go to the rationing centers. Su perintendent Arnold L. Gralapp observed that those appearing .1 COMPENSATION SALEM, Feb. 23 UP) Em ployers and labor settled the legislature's unemployment com pensation battle this afternoon by agreeing to withdraw their demands for changes. The action came unexpected ly when Rep. Kenneth S. Mar tin, Grants Pass, asked unanim ous house' consent to withdraw the employers' bill to - freeze unemployment payroll taxes at their present rates of 1 to 2.7 per cent. - The house- judiciary committee had recommended 6 to 1 that the bill be defeated, and the house was to vote on it tomorrow. The unanimous consent was given without any debate, the legislature being glad to' get rid oi tne headache. Immediately after the with drawal, representatives of the AFL and CIO agreed to with draw their bills to freeze all taxes at 2.7 per cent, and to get benefits for dependents of unemployed workers. Foikes Arraignment Set for Friday in . : Albany Court - ALBANY, Ore., Feb. 23 UP) Robert E. Lee Foikes, . 20-year-old dining car cook charged with first degree murder in -the "low er 13" knife slaying of Mrs. Mar tha Virginia James, will be ar raigned in circuit court Friday. District Attorney Harlow L. Weinrick said today.- Mrs. James, 21, member of a prominent Norfolk, Va., family and four months a bride of a navy officer, was killed in her berth on a passenger train as it sped through Oregon last Janu ary 23. Foikes,. a Los Angeles negro, was indicted by the Linn county grand jury last week. . There are approximately 150 kinds of antelopes. X Is In jsnr nM) nf war aM trtMv light' tanks on parade at ChengtuJ City Monday for Book 2 were well within the alphabetic division sought by the rationing board. In the city, 3730 books were issued from the seven elemen tary schools and KUHS. Regis tration figures were as follows, Fremont, 972; Conger, 214; Fair view, 366; Pelican, 270; River side, 135; Roosevelt, 279; Mills, 1184 and Klamath Union high school. 310. Figures were not obtainable In the county but at Shasta school, 350 books were issued, at Alta- mont the number reached 1100, and 267 books went out from Fairhaven, according to the county school head's office. ljifllillljlllifj - Police Court Four drunks and one drunk and disorderly appeared in police court Tues day morning. Twenty-three traf fic tickets were paid. Falls Jack Dyer, plumber! 1001 Eldorado street, suffered a painful injury to his left hand and. wrist Monday afternoon' when he fell from a ladder. He was treated at Klamath Valley nospiiai. Fire Alarm First fire alarm of the week sent the department xtuck to tne Lee apartments, Walnut avenue and Fifth street, at 12:26 p. m. Cause of the alarm was given as a chimney lire, mere was no damage, On Vacation Odell Olson. memoer or tne city police force. is uu vacauon ior iwo weeKS, visiting nis mother in Los An- geies. frame uiacknier is on the desk at the police station. Emergency Order Nails Price of Five Vegetables ' (Continued From Page One) within the next 60 days, covers an dealers , except the grower. Sample checks of retail price levels n all major population centers are being made and will be continued as an enforcement measure. The action followed announce ment of the ration point values of dried beans, peas and lentils and dried and dehydrated soups, and word that there might be increased food rations in April, depending, among other things, on the amounts ' declared by housewives when they register for their new coupon books this week. Point values for the "added starters" in the new program include: Dried beans, peas and lentils: up to 2 ounces, 1 point; 2 to 4 ounces, 2 points; 4 to 6 ounces, 3 points; 6 to 8 ounces, 4 points; 8 to 10 ounces, a points; 10 to 14 ounces, 7 points; 14 to 16 ounces, 8 points; 1 lb., 8 points. Dried and dehydrated soups: up to 2 ounces, 2 points; 2 to 4 ounces, 4 points; 4 to 6 ounces, 6 points; 6 to 8 ounces, 8 points; 8 to 10 ounces, 10 points; 10 to 14 ounces, 13 -points; 14 to 16 ounces, 16 points; 1 lb., 16 points. All types of dry beans are in cluded. The most common of these are navy, kidney, lima and soybeans. The March allowance remains at 48 points per person. Always read the classified ads. M i I tit i BRIM ' VERONICA DONLEVY -1MB fL' PmmM ill FIGHTING DIES DOWN AS FOES UPLINES (Continued From Page One) fold increase of the force with which Rommel first was report ed to have launched the attack toward Tebeesa). Outcome Undecided United States twelfth air force fighters and bombers attacked the Kasserlne bottleneck all day yesterday, participating In more than 20 missions. Boston bomb ers destroyed at least six nazl tanks and 10 trucks and left many other vehicles blazing, while a large formation of Light ning fighter poured devastating cannon fire into trucks, guns and troops trying to move forward through the twisting valley to reinforce Rommel's spearheads. Although the outcome of the battle still was undecided the fact that the nazls were being punished more severely than ever before in Tunisia made some observers believe that the axis marshal might have to aban don his daring drive and estab lish his forward line on the Kas serins Pass.. (Meanwhile, no specific report on the activities of the ground forces of the British eighth army of Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery, last announced attack ing outposts of the Mareth line in southern Tunisia, was made today. MULTI-STONE MONUMENT Stones from foreign nations, the various states, numerous cities, fraternities, and other or ganizations, were used to line the interior of the Washington Monu ment when it was constructed. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY OH. TO BURN For Union heating oils phone 8404, Klamath Oil Co., 615 Klamath Ave. . 2-28m OIL BURNERS Chimneys- Furnaces. ' Complete service. Ph. 7149. 3-1 LARGE SIZE wall calendars. suitable for office, ' school, or business use. - Phone 4153 or write Box 250. Fred H. Heil- bronner. 2-23 THREE ROOM, furnished house on bus line. Water paid. Call 6939. 4010 Altamont drive. 2-23 5-ROOM modern house, 2 acres good Irrigated land, fenced, lawn,' trees, on ' paved road. Garage, fruit cellar, chicken house and barn, near bus line. Just off S. Sixth street, 2545 Homedale Road, N. R. Fowler. 3-11 THE WISE man and woman will have their suits tailored now. Orres Tailors, are showing 100 virgin woolen. Prices are never high. Fit guaran teed. 2-23 INTERSTATE BUSINESS COL LEGE prepares men and women for secretarial posi tions in the army, navy and coast guard services. See us. 432 Main. 2-23 PARTLY FURNISHED one bed room home, $25.00. E. Gray, Real Estate, 118 No. 7th. 2-25 FOR SALE 9 point Killefer chisel; almost new. J. Micka Jr., Malin. 3-1 LOST Sugar ration book. James McCulloch. Rt. 3, Box 935. 2-25 FOR SALE Music stand, fancy bowls. Bible dictionary, ce dar mop, linens, mirror, hand ax, games, fruit jars, clothes pins, pails, many other arti cles. 1421 Esplanade. Apt, 5. 2-23 SOMEONE to care for baby chicks by Wednesday after noon. Phone 3447. . 2-24 LOST Sugar ration book be longing to Frances Whitney. 1745 Wall. 2-25 FOR SALE 1937 Deluxe Tudor Ford. Good shape mechanical lytires fair, 2130 Herbert. 2-24 FOR SALE Fresh Guernsey cow. Rt. 2, Box 498. So. 6th. 2-25 Hurryl LAST 2 DAYS! &, Potatoes SAN FRANCISCO. Fob. 23 (AP-USDA) Potatoes: 7 Callfor nia, 1 Florida, 4 Idaho, 1 Color ado. 12 Oregon arrived. 26 un broken, II broken cars on track; by truck 1 car arrived; no sales reported; asking prices, Klumalh Russets No. 2, $2.60-2.68; Iduho KUsseta No. 2, $2.80, LOS ANGELES, Fob. 23 (AP USDA Potatoes: II California, 2 Florida, 31 Idaho, 1 Oregon, 6 uian arrived, OT unDroKen, 10 broken cars on track; by truck 4 arrived; practically no sales, Ida ho Russets No. 2, $2.47. CHICAGO, Fob. 23 (AP- USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 72; on track 135; total US shipments 4; old stock, supplies light trading very light account of very light carlots offerings; mar ket in confusion; new stock; sup plies light, demand' moderate market slightly stronger for US No. 1; Idaho Russet Burbanks, US No. 1, $3.85-4.00; Colorado Red McClures, US No. I, $3.13; Minnesota and North Dakota Cobblers, US No. 1, $3.10; com mercials $2.90; Florida bushel crate Bliss Triumphs, US No. 1, $2.60-85 per crato, bushel basket $2.85-90 per basket. Tl I (Continued From Page One) farm workers Into the armed services. He testified that President Roosevelt yesterday annroved plan, submitted by Secretary of war aiimson, lor the furlounh- ing of entire military units for use under the regular officers. to gather seasonal crops. He said the lurloughmg of individu als is impractical. Senate Defeats Tax On Pinball Games, Juke Boxes SALEM. Feb. 23 UP) The senate defeated 17 to 13 today a bill to tax pinball games $50 a year and coin-operated phono graphs $10. Proceeds of the bill had been estimated at $2,000,000 a bien- mum. The bill would have applied to devices used for amuse ment only, since it Is illegal for them to be used in gambling, More Dormitories Set for Vancouver VANCOUVER, Wash.. Feb. 23 W) An additional 7000 dormi tory units for shipyard workers are to be built here at a cost estimated at $3,000,000. Housing authorities, who an nounced the project last week. said that aa a result a project for 1190 row-house units, would be cancelled. Council to Meet The regular weekly meeting of the city coun cil will be held tonight, Tuesday, at 7:30 p. m. in the city hall. We have a plan, of action which we ere going to put into effect during the next nine months. Winston Churchill. Doora Opt itM itls ftiiUlLlJl'lLU) Last Day! "Lone Star Ranger" "Stand By All Networks" Starts Tomorrow! Zkegaycst AMtf fertilM.,. hhlir ind tkylhw hat svir iwipt ff in lt- CKY LEG Jinx FAIKENBURG tOtlt NOOKS - KAT HARMS 2nd Smash Hitl mm I Seven More Taken From WRA Project At Newell, Calif. (Continued From Page One) had been closed for soma time to give tcachors the opportunity to conduct tho registration which was described as "slow." It Is understood tliul If suf ficient evldcnco Is obtained, the 34 now in question will be charged with violation of the se lective service act end brought into federal court. STALIN CALLS FOR (Continued From Page One) sian defeats and successes since Germany's invasion of Russia in June, 1941; assayed tho shrink ing Gciniiin chances of success: derided German strategy, and warned his people that a bitter fight remained. "The enemy has suffored do- feat but ho is not yet conquor od," Stalin said. "Tho Gorman fascist army is experiencing a crisis because of the blows It has received from the red army, but this dors not yet niomi that it cannot recover. " x x x the red ormv hns before It a severe struggle against tho cunning, cruel, and as yet strong enemy." LONDON, Feb. 23 (IP) Rus- slan troops pushing down the railroad from Krasnodar toward the Black sea port of Novoros- slsk havo advanced throuch Kholmskaya Into the village of Akhtyrskoyo, only 25 miles from the sea, the Russians an nounced today. Tho early communique re corded by the soviet radio monitor hero said tho red army also was pressing its offensives west of Rostov, southwest of Voroshilovgrad and In the Kras noarmcisk area In the Donets basin, and west of Kursk. It was the third successive communique which omitted mention of the soviet offensive aimed at the Dnieper river from recaptured Kra.mograd and Pav lograd, both southwest of Khar kov and within striking distance of major Industrial objectives in the Dnieper valley. STORY OF THE TIMES PHOENIX. Ariz. (IP) To learn- what's happening now adays, read the ads, too . . . On page two of the Monday morning Arizona Republic, grocery chain offered to buy back surplus cans of polnt-ra tioned foods from customers. un page tour, readers were told "It's not only good. It's de licious" by a horso meat com- pany. Our war workers won't ston at anything and they re getting a lot further than folks who won t start at anything. NEW TODAY ...THE TOUGHEST CHARACTER ON 'THE ROCK'MEETS A FELLOW WHO REFUSES TO BE 8U0QE0I i 4 SMASH (L HITS! I ! r 2ND HIT News Events ALLIED CONVOY BEATS OFF JAP NIGRTAJTACK (Continued From Page One) eie torpedo planes used the same tactics employed In sinking the U. S. cruiser Chicago on January 30 dropping flares to light up the night-shrouded con- vu y like a slime setting but this time tho strategy backfired. An eye-witness account said the attack, on February 17, was carried out by waves of two and three planes swooping down on the convoy at Intervals of five minutes. "Anti-aircraft barrages burst among them, but each still came on until It was hit and ongulfod in flames," the account said. 15-Mlnute Battle "Our fire was so terrific that there wcro five tell-tale fires on top of the water at one time, marking the end of as many Jop planes. "No torpedoes got home and the battle was ovor in 15 mm utes." By contrast. Imperial Japan ese headquarters asserted last Saturday that Jupane.io navy planes had sunk two destroyers and a large transport In tho samo area on February 17. Li Lambasted The Tokyo radio made a fur ther unconfirmed claim today that Japanese planes had sunk an American destroyer and left another In flames in an attack Sunday night at Esplrltu Santo Island, In the Now Hebrides group, southeast of Guadalcanal In the far Pacific skies, al lied warplancs stepped up the tury or their attack against Jap anese bases across hundreds of miles of the South Seas, drop ping 13 tons of bombs In a sin gle sweep over the Lae region In New Guinea. Injures Foot John C. Miller Jr., 24, Holly hotel, suffered a painful Injury to his foot when he was caught brtwecn the rail and transfer while standing on the dock at Kesterson Lumber company mill Tuesday morning. Miller wos treuted at Klamath Valley hospital. Theye "Hitler's Children','! .- r . f ; Vf r MMLeSti,' Organised attacks on the American colony school In Berlin by Incipient young storm troopers bscome "popular demonstra tions," In the words of the odious geitapo loadtr played by Erford Otge In HKO Radio's powerful drama, "Hitler's Children." Above, Gage Is seen with Kent Smith, playing the prototype of Oregor Ziemer, author of the best-selling "Education for Death" on which the picture is based. Bonlta Granville is usn ichaal nlrl who later grows up into msgnlflcently courageous womanhood. The film optns soon with a world prsmiore at the Pelican. Adv. W NEXT BIG ONET y, tV&tf 11 B-W tan 4 ftaiv WPB Official Meets Here On Materials Plan T. H. Morion, Portland, mem ber of the war production board, arrived here Tuesday and mot with Individuals and firm repre sentatives at the chamber of commerco to explain tho con trolled materials plan. Attend ing were those primarily Inter ested In Industrial problems. Tuesday afternoon Morton met with a representative group of fiirinurs and following the meet ing spent several hours In Interviews. i on v r A SUPER SON-IN-LAW... ' It's Sensetlonall "Pill SON (.1IILS" with Rote Hobart Sldnty Blsckmtr (total. Dim w iUJ'-JjiUUJ rietios's I L05yi lM0Tl I 'iyv um maui I V..-, ft fctafra. i '-iiiftrniimiM csm ANDI i I WVvo Vi'i vv - . ' e? timv. . .. tr mm FOR DRUGS The "the Frlendlv firua fit at 8th and Main Phone 4514 A Paramount I fjTl t I r CUMIN'S W 11 eUdii Were K flU M
