HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON -
March 6, 1948
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NAVYWARSHIPS
SINK TWO JAP
DESTROYERS
(Continued from Page One)
Georgia and at Buin on the
southeast coast of Bougainville.
"(B) During the night
March Bth-6th, a United Stales
task force composed of light sur
face units bombarded Japanese
Installations at Vila and at Mun
da In the central Solomons.
"tight Japanese surface forces
attempted to drive oH the bom
bardment srouD and two large
enemy destroyers were sunk dur
ing the engagement, wo umtea
States vessels were lost
"2. The successful completion
of the convoy mission oi a u. a.
task force in the South Pacific
now .makes possible the follow
ine announcement:
"On February 17, a formation
of seven Japanese torpedo planes
Wated and launched an attack
against the task force. Five of
the enemy planes were snot
down and no damage to United
States vessels was suffered.
. (Continued From Page One)
060,000 pounds unless many of
the industry's handicaps are re
moved.
-The estimate of 1943 produc
tion was slightly under 1942's
output of 3,700,000,000. How
ever, Ickes noted that the ag
ri culture department's goal is
about 2,000,000,000 pounds more
than the best production in any
year, and failure to meeting it
would not necessarily mean that
production is falling off.
-Instead, . he - explained, the
fishing industry finds it diffi
cult to increase its production
because of the diversion of boats
to military uses, the loss of man
power to the armed forces and
war plants, scarcity of materials
and similar difficulties.
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USDA) Potatoes: arrivals 51;
on track 64; total U. S. ship
ments . 770; old stock; supplies
very light; no track trading on
account of lack of carlot offer
ings; market in confusion; no
track sales reported; new stock,
supplies light, demand moder
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WASHINGTON, March 6 (IP)
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles today categorically dis
claimed any intention of the
United States to occupy bases
in the other American republics
on a permanent basis after the
war.
So far as the western hemis
phere is concerned, he told a
press conference, the. united
States government has not taken
and has no intention of taking
any action for the acquisition of
any permanent bases wnicn
would affect the sovereignty or
territorial integrity of any of
the American republics.
Welles emphasized the Amer
ican position to knock down
German nazl broadcasts saying
the United States would retain
the bases it has occupied in Latin
American countries for defense
of the western hemisphere dur
ing the war. The broadcasts
were described as lies.
; Welles took cognizance, with
appreciation, he said, of a state
ment by Leao Velloso, secretary
general of the Brazilian foreign
office on March 3 that Brazil had
never made or been asked to
make any concessions that would
affect her sovereignty or terri
torial integrity.
Welles made clear that his
statement referred only to the
American republics and not to
bases, for instance, in the British
West Indies.
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PORTLAND, ORE., March 6,
UP) A delegation of northern
Oregon farmers visited Salem
today to ask Governor Earl Snell
and the state legislature for early
dismissal of high schools.
High school students and
members of farm families are
about the only available sources
of labor for vegetable crops, the
farmers said.
Farmers also said that labor
uncertainties and increased costs
made higher prices mandatory.
They asked that ceiling prices on
vegetables be increased 40 per
cent oyer last year.
Kaiser Labor
Hearing to Start'
Up March 29
PORTLAND, Ore., March 6
VP) The Henry J. Kaiser ship
yard labor hearing will recon
vene here March 29, two weeks
later than scheduled.
National Labor Relations
Board Trial Examiner Robert N.
Denham so informed William A.
Babcock, Jr., NLRB attorney
here, late yesterday without giv
ing tne reason for the delay.
The hearing Into CIO charges
that three Kaiser yards signed
Illegal closed shop contracts. with
the AFL recessed February 14
after the NLRB completed its
case.
Sat. and Sun.
WELLES DENIES
POSTWARBASE
OCCUPATION
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BRITISH FULL
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regarded as the most important
01 the day.
The Americans rolled into
Flchon about 4:30 p. m. yester
day to regain almost all the ter
ritory lost before the original
axis drive in this area and to
convert the valley and the top
ridges of the secondary Tunisian
dorsal into a vast no-man's land.
Allied forces had withdrawn
from the town when their right
flank was threatened by Mar
shal Rommel's thrust through
Faid pass to Kasserine gap in
mid-February.
Now concentrated in the Mar
eth line sector, Rommel's forces
were reported engaged in vigor
ous patrol activity as he and
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
ery tested rival positions.
The British shortened their
line in the north, giving up a
wild and desolate section of
country which sources here said
was of no great strategic im
portance in the withdrawal
Irom Sedjenane.
As long as the Germans are
blocked from Beja, 22 miles to
the south which is the key to
the road to the Medjez-el-Bab
front, the reverse means little
except for the losses in equip
ment, officers said.
In the south, patrols from
Gen. Henri , Girauds forces
pushed eastward along the rim
of the Chott Djerid salt marsh
toward Tozeur, 45 miles south
west of Gafsa, with little oppo
sition.
Thirty axis tanks were re
ported to have been destroyed
since Col. Gen. Jurgen von Ar
nim began his attacks in the
north.
The allies were declared to
be carrying out vigorous patrol
activity in all sections and to
have made small local gains
other than in the Pichon sector.
"In the south, on the eighth
army front, patrol activity con
tinued and enemy working
parties were successfully en
gaged by our artillery," the
communique said.
Bad weather restricted aerial
activity yesterday, the war bul
letin reported. ; ;
Dispatches yesterday said al
lied patrols had established con
tact with axis troops entrenched
"in some strength" on a line
running north and south of Faid
pass, through which German
forces broke into central Tun
isia February 14.
Germans Report
RAF Raid Victims
LONDON, March 6 CP) The
German radio reported today
that the number of casualties
from the RAF raid on Berlin,
March 1, had risen to 486 dead
and 377 seriously injured.
Red Cross Opens
Third Foreign Club
CAIRO, March 6 VP) The
American Red Cross opened the
third club for United States
troops serving in . the middle
eastern theater at Telavlv, Pales
tine, today,
Others are operating at Alex
andria and Cairo.
If your dealer Is out for the
duration, advertise for a used
one in the want-ads.
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Prohibitionists
Eyo "Dry Rider"
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halting liquor sales near such
plants.
He said that reaction to his
remarks indicated substantial
support for "some sort of legis
lation" bringing back prohibi
tion for the duration of the war.
He added, however, there has
been no move as yet to organ
ize the dry group.
Such an organization was at
tempted last year, but met de
feat in an effort to add rider
to a bill changing the draft age
limits. That' rider would have
banned sale of liquor around
military establishments.
UK, FILE MUST
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will go into effect April 1 were
outlined by Wickard in a radio
address.
New Rule
However, he pointed out that
while "the government can lay
down rules" for a fair division
of the meat supply, "the people
themselves have to see to it that
the rules are followed."
He indicated that due to un
famillarity with wartime orders,
many small slaughters "do not
realize that they are violating
any order of any kind."
The new orders require all
livestock slaughterers who sell
meat Including farmers and
local butchers to operate under
a permit system. Each wholesale
cut of meat must be stamped at
least once with the permit num
ber, making it possible for pur
chasers to check against illicit
operators. Livestock dealers
must get permits and keep rec
ords of their transactions, and
the latter task also applies to
farmers.
How To Do It
WASHINGTON, March 6, VP)
Here are some of the ways you
can help break up meat black
markets, as outlined by Agricul
ture Secretary Wickard:
Learn the regulations "Lots
of these persons do not realize
that they are violating any order
of any kind.". . .
' Check price ceilings and when
purchasing watch for illegal
prices sure sign of a black mar
ket: Retailers can. look for the per
mit number stamped on each
wholesale cut of meat before
buying; and since at least some
cuts in butchers' coolers should
show the stamp, purchases can
help here to;
.Keep an eye out for private
markets which spring up outside
regular channels often indica
tive of an illegal trade;
In buying or selling livestock.
keep careful records and check
those connected with your deal
ings. The permit numbers stamped
on meat, starting April 1, will
be issued by county agricultural
war boards (formerly called
AAA committees) in towns and
small cities, and by local officers
of the food distribution adminis
tration in large cities. These
numbers will be issued In con
nection with permits slaughter
ers must obtain in order to op
erate legally.
RUSSIANS RESUME
MOSCOW, March 6 (Pi The
Russians said today they had re
sumed petroleum production in
the Maikop oil fields, which the
red army recaptured January 31
in its Caucasus offensive against
the Germans.
CONGRESS EYES
OF
SEATTLE, March 6 (P) Any
mass migration of workers from
west coast aircraft plants will
precipitate strict congressional
regulation If the voluntary Job
stabilization system fulls to
check it, MaJ. Gen H. G. Wlnsor,
war manpower commission dis
trict director, warned today.
General Winsor made his state
ment after officials predicted at
the conclusion of a Los Angeles
conference that the small wage
increases allowed by tho war
labor board In an award this
week would result in a shift of
workers from the aircraft in
dustry to other fields.
The U, S. employment service
reported here, however, no ex
odus of workers from the Boe
ing plants had appeared. The
Boeing workers had asked an in
crease from 62 i cents an hour
for beginners to 95 cents. They
were allowed an increase of 41
cents to 67 cents.
Wreckage, Oil
All Remaining
Of Jap Convoy
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, March 6 iP)
Bits of wreckage and 'oil stains
on the water were all that re
mained today of the 22-ship
Japanese convoy and Its aerial
cover destroyed In the Bismarck
sea and Huon gulf by allied air
forces.
After mopping-up operations,
the allied headquarters noon
communique wrote this footnote
to the Japanese effort to ship
15,000 men to reinforce their
garrison at Lae, New Guinea:
"Our long range fighters and
bomber units swept the entire
area completing final mopping
up of barges, lifeboats and rafts
from sunken ships of the Bis
marck sea convoy.
"Efforts at escape were large
ly fruitless and practically all
were . destroyed. . There was
scarcely a survivor so far as
was known."
The allied attack on the con
voy steaming from New Britain
toward New Guinea began Tues
day. It ended yesterday when an
allied airman dropped his
bombs on three lifeboats con
taining 200 Japanese soldiers,
and messaged his base: "no sur
vivors." The four-day score:
The Japanese lost 10 cruisers
and destroyers sunk; 12 trans
ports and, cargo ships sunk;
more than 80 planes destroyed
or put out of commission; an
estimated 15,000 troops destined
for the base at Lae lost; per
sonnel of the ships and Jap
anese fighter plane pilots lost.
The allies lost one bomber
and three fighter planes.
Mexico produces more silver
than any other country in the
world, exporting almost all its
output.
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EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
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Blierte) the British are driven
out of Sedjenane, which la oc
cupied by the Germans.
In the contcr, our Americans
In tanks spearhead a drlvo that
takes Pichon, Elsowhore on this
page you will find a map that
tolls the story. You will not
from this map that we aro prob
ably hoping to push through to
tho Mediterranean and split
Rommel off from Von Arntm.
We won't be able to accomp
lish this easily. The Germans
will fight bloodily to prevent -it.
nOMMEL Is reported today to
have withdrawn most of his
forces southward to the Moreth
lino to meet Montgomery. As
these words are written, the big
battle there hasn't got under
way, but there's a feeling In the
air that it may start at any mo
ment. When Montgomery starts
something, he has a habit of fin
ishing It.
Tho weather Is getting better
In Tunisia as tho rainy season
draws to its close. As the weath
er gets better, the fighting will
get tougher.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 6
(P) Reports of an epidemic of
spinal meningitis at the U. S.
marltimo training station at
Santa Catnlina island brouglU
an emphatic denial by Admiral
E. S. Land, war shipping ad
ministrator. Ho denied as well that condi
tions there were unsanitary and
congested and that the training
program for merchant seamen
was Inadequate, in reply to
charges attributed to James
Drake, National Maritime union
representative in Los Angoles.
Land, in a telegram to Drake
yesterday, reported two deaths
from spinal meningitis at the
Avalon station and Isolation of
a third case considered out of
danger. But ho said reports of
an epidemic were "absolutely In
correct." Corvaliis Lambs
Set Record Price
PORTLAND. March 6 VP)
A truckload of lambs marketed
here by Eugcno Hubbard, Cor
valiis, brought the season record
price, $15.75 a hundred pounds,
stockyard officials, said today.
The price was commanded by
the high quality of the lambs
and did not indicate a rising
market, stockyard men said.
The previous high was $15.50.
Pine Production
Totals Announced
PORTLAND, ORE., March 6,
(P) pine production mounted
to 52,606,000 board feet last
week, tho Western Pino associa
tion said today.
This compared to 40,443,000
feet the previous week and 56,
688,000 a year ago. Comparable
shipments were 64,109,000; 83,
944.000 and 74,836,000; and or
ders were 78,473,000; 80,477,000
and 63,880,000.
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al other towm were heavily at
tacked. ,
"Fourteen of our bombers are
missing," the British air minis
try announced.
Essen Is the homo of tho giant
Krupps Armament works in the
Ruhr valley.
Striking at the other end of
Europe, heavy allied bombers of
the Middle East command wore
disclosed to have pounded the
Italian port of Naples again
Thursday night, totting firet In
tho harbor.
Wide Open Tax
Battle May Develop
At Salem Monday
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to taxpayora in the low Income
groups, fooling that if they gave
big reductions to persons with
large incomes, the federal gov
ernment would got most o( the
benefit by taxing Introduced
amounts.
Best indications today wore
that tho legislature would end
about next Tuesday, the 68th
day, unless the income tax ques
tion should delay it.
The house passed a resolution
yesterday to end the session at
11:59 p. m. tonight, but the sen
ate, with considerable business
before it, failed to act.
The house passed and sent, to
the senate a bill to permit nurses
and ambulance companies to be
reimbursed by the state tor care
of indigent traffic accident vic
tims. Thoy would be paid from
a fund, which now reimburses
hospitals in such cages1, which
is created by a 50-cent tax each
two years on automobile drivers'
licenses, but the house reduced
the tax to 25 cents. The houso,
however, refuted request to
reimburse doctors.
By a 47-13 vote, tho house sent
to the governor a bill to increase
the price of liquor permits from
50 cents to (1, with the extra
revenue to go to cities for law
enforcement funds.
A resolution calling for an In
terim commlttco to investigate
whether a civil service system
should be adopted for stuta em
ployes was passed by the' house
and sent to tho senate. The
houso also approved a senato bill
to compel aulomqbllo wrecking
establishments to be screened by
fences six feet high so they may
not be seen from streets.
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Again After Strike
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March
6 OT) Butter and canned milk
wore being sold again today by
all food dealers In Fairbanks
after a two-day strike against
OPA prices.
At a meeting latt night be
tween food dealers and a repre
sentative of the office of price
administration, pricoa wore re
admitted to pormlt prices of 69
cents a pound for butter and 14
cents per 14 ounce can of milk.
The dispute wot settled before
any Inconvenience to consumers
had been canned.
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