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, out, li ilgnal lor all-clear. In precau
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March 8 High 85, Low 17
Precipitation aa of February 27, 1843
Stream year to date 13.22
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By FRANK JENKINS
TJEHE la tlio final fourdny
acoro of the bnttle of the Bis
marck Bcu:
Ten Jnp crulaers and destroy'
era sunk, 12 transports nnd cartfb
ships sunk, more thui) 110 pluiies
destroyed or put out of commis
sion, 13,000 Jnp troops destined
for Lao lost and the imvy per
sonnel of the Jnp ships lost.
Our losses:
One bomber and three f Ightors.
QUH plunes today finish off the
barges, lifeboats and rafts that
wcio launched from tho sinking
Jap ships.
Today's dispatches add brief
ly: "There Is scarcely a survivor,
so for as Is known."
nrHE war in tho South Seas goes
on.
Last night (Solomons time) a
U. S, navnl tntik force composed
of light SURFACE units bom
harried Jan air field Installations
at Vila nnd Mundn. Tho Japs
threw light surfaco forces into
an effort to break up tho bom-
Two largo Jnp destroyers wcro
sunk In tho fight, none oi our
ships were lost.
KTOTE that In this fight (aimed
at Jnp air. bases on Islands)
wo turned against tho enemy
, HIS OWN strategy of surfaco at
tack AT NIGHT (designed to
avoid punishment by land-based
plane): and 'CAME OUT
AHEAD.; ,
-:: . . .
IN all the recent fighting In the
South Seas tho Japs hnvo been
outfought, oulshot, outflown nnd
oulTHOUGHT.
For that givo ALL the credit
to tho courage and skill of our
fighting mon and tho shrewd
planning of our military leaders.
IF we here on the homo front
will give these men IN
ABUNDANCE tho tools they
need, they'll tnko core of their
part of the Job.
' .
DIG events aro stirring In Rus-
sin again.
- Striking south from Just-captured
Rzhev, following tho rail
road that lends to Vyazma, tha
red army is biting at tho baso
of tho Gormnn wedge Hint for a
year and a half has boon pointed
as continuing throat nt Mos
cow (Its point nt Gzhntsk Is only
100 miles from the Russian cap
ital.) . Wntch this movo. It's, an im
portant one.
e
IfEEP your eye on Smolensk,
which Is not only a great
German base but Is also tho con
tor of a spider-web of radiating
railroads and highways.
HERE'S something to remem
ber: The Russians built vast re
serves of trained fighting men,
leaving to their women, their
children and their oldor men the
home front Job of producing tho
food and providing the weapons.
That wise policy is PAYING
OFF now.
The Russian men on the fight
ing fronts hnvo bnck of them tho
incstlmnblo SECURITY of am
ple, woll-lrolned reserves.
IN Washington they're talking
now of CUTTING DOWN our
armed forces In order to leave at
homo more younger mon so- that
we older ones won't have to
work so hard.
If you bcliove (as this writer
does) that tho Hccurlty of your
boy nt tho fighting front is IN
CREASED by ample reserves of
trained fighting men, write your
congressman and your senators.
Toll them you're willing to
work DAY AND NIGHT, If
necessary, in tho fields or in tho
factories (whichever nro nearest
to you) so that thoro mny be
nmplo trnlncd reserves BACK
OF YOUR BOY. -...'.-.
,
TN Tunisia, our sldo nnd tho
A Germans trado blows today.
In the far north (Just west of
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Ms MI Orer !M
'Teen Queen
Althouflt)i'he'a been 18 years
in show business, Betty Wells
still has to here her film eon
tracts . approved In Los Angeles
court. She's 18. '
IGKES SEES NEED
EFI
Production Estimated
At 60 Per Cent
Of Demand
WASHINGTON, March 6 VP)
Secretary of tho Interior Ickcs
Ha Id today that, despite hopes
that fish production might re
lieve tho. meat shortage, best
estimates of tho fishing industry
aro that sea food output this
yenr will bo "loss than 60 per
cent of demand."
Ickcs, who Is also fisheries co
ordinator, has Just had a scries
of meetings with members of
tho Industry.
"Although tho secretary of ag
riculture estimates that a mini
mum catch ot 7,000,000,000
pounds ot sea food products
will be needed this year to
supply tho armed forces, our
allies and the civilian needs,"
Ickcs snld, "tho best opinion of
tho Industry is that production
will be no more than 3,650,
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MA
"miit J" ' ri'-'TnuiH
Wide Open Tax Battle May
Develop at Salem Monday
By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, March 6 UP) A four
man senate-house conference
commltlco failed to reach . an
agreement today on tho Income
tax reduction proposals, Indicat
ing the battlo between tho two
houses might bo thrown wide
open next Monday,
Son. Dean H. Walker, Inde
pendence, chairman of tho sen
ate assessment and taxation com
mittee, still insisted on a plan
to give all income taxpayers,
both corporation and personal, a
40 per cent cut on taxes payable
next year. 1 But tho other con
ferees, Sen, Coo McKcnna, Port
land; and Reps. John Hall, Port
land, and Burt K. Snyder, Lake
vlow, want tho 40 per cent cut,
but with most of tlio benefit
going to 'smnll taxpayors. :
Hall also insisted on a tax re
duction applying to pnyrrionts
made this year, but tho other
three opposo It.
However, Walker submitted a
new Idea whereby the state
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SINK TIB JAP
Jap Force Attempts
To Halt Naval .
Bombardment
WASHINGTON, March UP)
United States warships sank two
Japuncse destroyers Friday
nlRht, the navy announced to
day, when a light Jap naval
force tried to break up an Amer
ican bombardment of enemy in
stallations In the central Solo
mon Islands.
Tho fierce brief battle which
resulted when the Japanese
throw their warships Into an at
tempt to disrupt the bombard
mcnt was tho first surface action
In that section of the Solomons.
That was not, however, the
first occasion on which Munda
has been bombarded by surface
guns. It was similarly attacked
last January 8 and at that time
our ships were counter-attacked
by enemy planet but not by pur
face units. ... :;-,;-,,.
' '' The ictlori'ividay nght, Soty
monk time, waa the first naval
engagement in the Solomons
area since the night of February
1-2 when American motor tor
pedo boat mixed with' Japanese
destroyers removing troops from
Guadalcanal Island. Not since
November 30, however, ' had
there been a fight involving the
use of-large warships on etch
side. It was In the Novembef 30
action, the battle of Lungn PoInt,
that tho American cruiser North
ampton was lost and several oth
er ships damnged while the Jap
anese lost six destroyers, two
troops transports and one cargo
ship.
Munda and Vila are very close
together and function in Japan
ese military plans as parts of
tho same strategic air base sec
tion. Navy communique No. 301:
"1. On March 8th:
"(A) United States aircraft
bombed Japanese positions at
Munda on the island of New
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Navy Announces
Total Casualties
WASHINGTON, March 6 VP).
Tho navy announced yesterday
SI casualties in navy forces, in
cluding eight dead, 17 wounded
and 26 missing.
This brings to 24,119 the total
ot navy, marine corps and coast
guard casualties reported to next
of kin since December 7, 1941.
Tho grand total includes 6714
dead, 4394 wounded and 12,811
missing.
DESTROYERS
would give $2,000,000 more of
surplus income tax revenues to
counties this year to reduce pro
perty taxes.
Action Due Monday
The committee will resume de
liberations late today, with the
probability that it will submit
two or more tax reduction pro
posals to tho legislature on Mon
day. It is posslblo that each
house might adopt a different
.version, and toss the issue back
Into a conference committee
again.
Tho house originally passed a
bill for a 10 per cent reduction
this year and 11.82 per cent
starting with payments made
next year. The senate then
adopted Walker's plan for a 40
per cent cut next year, the same
percentage applying to all In
come groups. The conference
committee then was appointed to
work out a compromise,
Threo members ot tho commit
tee want the most benefit to go
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Klamath Basin
Residents on
Prisoner List
Names of two former Klam
ath basin residents appeared in
tho list of soldiers held prison
ers of war by the Japanese in
tho Philippine Islands, according
to announcement from the war
department, Washington, D. C.
Pvt. Bill Peart, 23, son of
Mrs. Katie Peart of Coqullle,
and brother ot Mrs. Chester
Stonecypher of Tulelake was
among those listed as was Pvt.
Willis C. Vincent, nephew of
Walter Wi Vincent of Malin.
Peart worked In the Tulelake
district prior to his enlistment
April, 1941, in the US army as
a tank mechanic. Last word
was heard February 24, 1942,
and the youth was still on Ba
taan at the time. He has since
been reported missing. A cousin,
Cecil Peart, whose father form
erly resided In Tulelake, is still
on the missing in action list, rel
atives said. He served with the
army hospital corps on Bataan.
No information was available
on Pvt Willi C. Vincent.
Wfckard "Says People
Must See to Rule
' '' Observance'
WASHINGTON, March 9,-OP)
Tha big task of breaking up the
meat black markets and Justly
dividing the available civilian
supply was handed to the rank
and file of American people today,-
along with a set ot rules
and regulations on how to do the
Job
And they were told by Agri
culture Secretary Wickard last
night that "unless we straighten
this situation out, it will ser
iously Interfere with our war
effort."
Details of the department's
new strict controls over the
slaughter of livestock and sale
of meat designed to stamp out
black market operations which
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Brown Plans
Policy Huddle
With Congress
WASHINGTON, March 6 (P)
As Price Administrator Prentiss
Brown made plans to hold a
policy huddle with key congress
ional committees, these develop
ments were noted on the price
and rationing front today:
Reports were heard that the
government was ready to raise
the ceiling price on corn;
Ceilings were placed on retail
talcs of pork, effective April 1,
with similar ones to be worked
out on all meats;
Grocers were given authority
for emergency purchases of
canned, frozen and. dried fruits
and vegetables;
And southeastern pulpwood
was placed under price control.
Members of the senate bank
ing and finance committees dis
closed that Brown had invited
them in for a thorough review
of price control. Chairman
George (D-Ga.) and Wagner (D
N.Y.) 6T"tht?,lvo"g"roups named
five men each to, sit in on the
session, which they said prob
ably would air controversies
over reported OPA attempts to
control industrial profits and Its
various farm price orders.
" By applying to the nearest
state or district OPA office,
wholesale or retail grocers with
inadequate stocks ot rationed
goods may receive emergency
allotments for additional pur
chases, OPA said, but warned
that shortages in one or two
items docs not constitute an
emergency.
Toms
NAZI RETREAT
TOSIL
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Germans at Essen Bat
tered Again by
Bombers
LONDON, March 8 UP) The
red army scored its third major
victory in a week today by
capturing Gshattk, 100 miles
west of Moscow and the near
est point to the soviet capital
in the Germans' crumbling
hedgehog defense system on
the central front.
"After storming the town
twice," said a . special Moscow
communique recorded by the
soviet radio monitor, "our
troop captured the town of
Gshatik. The captured wax
material it being counted."
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Preu War Editor
Russia's snow-balling offen
sive was credited today with the
recapture of more than 144
towns and villages in two days
and a vast new German retreat
appeared to.be developing on the
central front a the red armies
struck down, upon the old Napo
leonic ."escape corridor" from
Moscow to Smolensk. -
Cutting southward: from fallen
Rzhev, the Russians were report
ed to have retaken the rail town
of Osuga and driven within. 45
miles of the German stronghold
ot Gzhatsk, 100 miles west of
Moscow, on the highway to Smo
lensk. .
Napoleon' Rout
It was along this route that
Napoleon led his battered army
in the retreat from czar 1st Rus
sia in 1812.
Front-line dispatches said Rus
sian troops sweeping down
through the forest region south
west of Rzhev had captured 80
settlements within the last 24
hours.
Coupled with mounting disas
ter on the soviet front, the Ger
mans suffered a violent new as
sault in their homeland as RAF
bombers perhaps 300 strong
delivered a "very heavy and con
centrated" attack on the great
war foundries city of Essen.
Heavy Blow
It was the 10th consecutive
night bombardment of Hitler's
European fortress" and the Ger
man radio indicated that sever
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Sabotage Reported
Against Germans in
Occupied Territory
LONDON, March 6 (IP)
Sabotage activities against Ger
man operations in France were
reported today in the Russian
mid-day communique recorded
hero by the soviet radio, monitor.
The communique did not say
when the actions took place but
reported that 18 Germans were
killed when French patriots
threw a bomb into the head
quarters of a German unit in
Brest and a German train carry
ing war supplies was derailed in
the Cote D'Or department,
smashing 22 trucks and the lo
comotive. ' A collision between
two enemy trains was "organ
ized," the war bulletin said, in
the area of Gretz.
Jack Benny III
With Pneumonia
CHICAGO. March 8 VP)
Radio Comedian Jack Benny has
a "mild case" bt pneumonia but
is responding well to treatment,
his physician, Dr. L. B. Bern
helmer, said today.
The cold with which Benny
had been suffering for two weeks
grew worse this week and he
was put to bed in his hotel suite.
His Sunday night radio show was
cancelled, with Gcorgo Burns
and Grade Allen to take his
place.
ENSK
TAKING
SHAP
Americans Drive
Germany''' ls
?; ) FRANCE j- -uT
In today' fighting is the spotlighted Tunisian frontier, the
Brltitb flrtt army retreated from Sedjenane while tha Americans
drov in to Plchon.ln the tnagnlfitd portion of the above map.
thut tightening the plncer nove en Rommel' African. Korpe.
'Lay Off' President's Sons,
Say Republican Leaders
: By ALEX SINGLETON.
WASHINGTON," March 6 UP)
The house republican, leadership
was reported today to have told
Rep. Lambertson (R-Kas.) to "lay
off' his criticism of the service
records of President Roosevelt's
sonseven before Lieut. Col. El
liott Roosevelt wrote his con
gressman in defense of himself
and his brothers. .....
There was applause from both
Possible German
Attack on Aliied
Shipping Eyed
LONDON, March 6 (IP) Wide
speculation over the possibility
that the Germans were planning
a major attack on allied supply
lines to Russia was stirred today
by publication of dispatches to
two London newspapers which
failed to state the source of their
information that a powerful
concentration of German fight
ing ships was being assembled
in the Trondheim area of Nor
way. Stories in the Vening Stand
ard and the Daily Telegraph
said the 35,000-ton battleship
Tlrpltz, queen of Hitler's war
fleet, the aircraft carrier Graf
Zeppelin, the 26,000-ton Scharn
horst, at least two cruisers of
the Hipper class and a number
Of fast destroyer were in the
concentration.
The prospect that the Germans
might attempt to break out of
their fjord hideaways suggested
the possibility of an even great
er allied ship hunt than the one
which ended the Bismarck's
career In flaming ruin and a sea
grave in 1941.
Brazilian Ship
Torpedoed But
All Crew Saved
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 6
(P) The government announced
today tho torpedoing of the Bra
zilian passenger ship Affonso
Penna and the Brazilian freight
er Brasilolde.
A naval ministry communique
said the freighter Was torpedoed
off the Brazilian coast in .the
early morning of February 18,
but all of the crew was saved.
The 3540-ton Affonso Penna
was torpedoed March 2, also off
the Brazilian coast, the commun
ique said..
Through Nazis
democrats and republicans on
Capitol Hill after a letter from
the president's soldier son- was
made public on the -house floor
yesterday- by Rep. . Lanham (D
Tex.) who described Lambert
son's criticism as "unfair and Im
proper.'.' . '
Behind the applause from the
minority side, it was learned,
lay the story of how republican
leaders had sought to get Lam
bertson to drop the subject
both in the interests of the party
and for the sake of national
unity. ' i . ,
On at least two occasions, be
fore yesterday, the Kansan has
taken the floor to criticize the
record of the four Roosevelt-i in
service. Just three days ago, he
said that last Sunday, night.
Franklin Roosevelt, a lieutenant
in the navy, "and his DuPont
wife were doing the night clubs
in New York."
It was learned that House Mi
nority Leader Martin (R-Mass.)
and other influential republican
leaders approached Lambertson
after the first speech was made
and asked him "even begged
him," as one of the group put it
to discontinue the criticisms.
Apparently obtaining no assur
ance that he would remain silent
on the subject, one of the repub
lican leaders who declined use of
his name, said they asked Lam
bertson s colleagues from Kan
sas to talk with him. .
Government Blamed for
Excessive Point Values
NEW YORK, March 6 UP) A
report of the American Institute
of Food Distribution, Inc., says
that the federal government has
made "excessive" purchases, of
processed foods and that this to
gether with hoarding by millions
of private families is responsible
for the high ration point value of
canned and dried foods.
Contained in the institute's
weekly digest, the report was
signed by Gordon C. Corbaley,
the organization's president, and
was mailed yesterday to Its 3000
members.
Declaring that the govern
ment has purchased nearly 40
per cent of the canned vegetables
and fruits packed in 1942, the re
port also asserts that the govern
ment bought larger quantities
of canned tomatoes and probably
ot canned corn and string beans
than its requisitioned 39 . per
cent. The report continues:.
"Not to exceed 15 per cent of
BRITISH FALL
BACK TO START
PIERS MOVE
Sedjenane Withdraw
. a I Spreads Germans
For Pinch
By WES GALLAGHER
ALLIED " HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, March 8
OP) In the face of weeks of
strong ... German attacks, the
British first army abandoned
Sedjenane yesterday, falling
back seven miles to higher
ground at Tamera, it was an
nounced today. But American
forward elements moved east
ward at the center and occupied
Pichon in an advance which '
was regarded as the most im-.
portant of the day.
The British withdrawal from
liard-contested Sedjenane save
the Germans a total 20-mile ad- .
vance along the Bizerte-Mateur-Tabarka
coastal road In seven
days of fighting. Sedjenane pre
viously had changed hands
twice, .the- Germans occupying
the town Wednesday, but being
driven out Thursday. .
The allied communique did
not touch upon the first army '
retreat in that sector, saying
simply that In northern Tunisia
"enemy .activity was on a re-;
duced scale." . . ;
Pichon,;. which "allied forward'
elements- entered yesterday, is
20 miles west of the nazi base
at Kairduan. (Reuters quoted an "
Algiers radio-broadcast as say-!
tag -that these troops were
Americans). '; ' .
t United States armored .units
occupied Pichon, : which lies in
the Ousseltia valley at the front
of the- last ridge of mountains
In . eastern Tunisia, in an ad
vance which military observers
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Prohibitionists
Eye "Dry Rider"
For Worker Bill
WASHINGTON, March 8 (P)
Evidence developed on Capitol
hill today that prohibition ad
vocates in congress will attempt
to tack a duration-of-the-war '
"dry" rider to a measure de
signed to curb' absenteeism
among war workers...
; Signs that they would adopt
that strategy were ' apparent
both in hearings before the
house naval ' committee and
cloakroom discussion, and weres
pointed- up yesterday during a '
speech by Rep. Rees (R-Kas.)
The Kansan, one of the lead-'
ers in the fight, told the house
that Monday morning -' hang
overs have been a major factor
In the loss of man hours of
work in war industries, and sug
gested that congressional com
mittees give consideration to
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these packs, possibly 12 per cent
was needed actually to supply
men in our fighting forces until
the autumn of 1943."
The report states that the -army
and navy have satisfactor
ily fed their men to date. It as
serts that the government has
"accumulated millions of cases
in . public warehouses and
abroad, with canners still hold
ing 40 per cent to more than 79
per cent of government pur
chases from 1942."
This indicates the government
took "probobly 25 to 30 per cent"
more then was needed from the
1942 packs, the report adds.
The American Institute of
Food Distribution, Inc., Is a non
profit, co - operative clearing'
house of information about the
food trades. Its membership in
eludes canners, wholesalers,
manufacturers, chain stores, bro
kers, bank and advertising
agencies, for which the institute
does research.