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On 8-mlnute bint on sirens and whistles
U th signal for blackout in Klamath
rails. Another long bUit, during a black'
out, U a signal lor all-clear. In preceu-
llmiiin navlnrla Wat,-), WHIIV t OB I HrthtS.
Pommel Pulls in
HOUSE FAVORS
DEEP TAX GUT
Conference Report at
' Salem Up for Final
; Senate Action
' SALEM. March 9 (II The
houuio voted 48 to 14 today to
accept the cnnta-houao confer
ence commlttee'i report Hint
would reduce personal and cor
oratlon Income tuxes !I0 to 40
per cent In nil brnckola effective
with taxes payable next year.
The ennte Is expected to vote
on it later today.
Rep. John Hall, Portland, who
demands a 30 per cent cut this
year and a 30 per cent cut next
year, took his buttle to the floor,
asking rejection of the report
and appointment of a new con
ference committee that would
approve Ills demands.
Property Tax Cut
Hall said tho tax commission
easily could make refunds this
yaar, and he added Hint the con
ference commlttee'i proposal
would leavo too large a surplus
on hand.
I The house, before voting on
the proposal, had also accepted
the commlttee'a recommenda
tion that the schools bo given
$3,000,000 a year to reduce
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Two Boys Escape
Electrocution by
Wet Kite String
;' Two boys narrowly escaped
electrocution Sunday when a
kite string fell ncross a power
line on California avenue, City
Juvenile Officer Dave Bridge
disclosed Monday.
. Bridge said the boys were
, using a cotton string wound with
' a fine strand of metallic mate
rial, similar to string used on
holiday packages.
A man living at 820 California
avenue heard tho sound of tho
arc as the string fell across the
power lino. Ho ran outside and
law two boys lying In the grass
cross the strcot. Apparently
ihockcd, but freed of the line,
tho boys got up and ran before
they could bo Identified.
Bridge pointed out that any
itrlng, if damp, Is a conductor,
and warned all youngsters
against flying kites anywhere
near a power line. A trngedy,
he said, was narrowly averted in
the Sunday Incldont.
NEXTER
Fido's Hide Grows Dear
o As Council Eyes Ordinance
; By LOIS STEWART
. Every hair on Fido's hide grew
dearer to his owners as more
than 80 dog lovers filled tho
city council halls and after a
two-hour long session won a
tentative victory over the pro
posed six months' ordinance
Which would keep dogs in Klanv
ath Falls confined by pen or
leash.
Tho way things now stnnd,
Fldo has boon placed on tho
honor system. If he, or she, as
the case may be, goes to bed
very night' nt sundown and
stays there until sunup, and if
owners see that their dogs do
not run at lnrgo nnd that un
licensed dogs are reported to the
Humano society, then even the
two-months ordinance, now in
effect, will go by tho board.
This situation was declared
fair by the dog owners,
Conspicuous by their absence
were those who put Victory
gardens, flowers, lawns nnd
shrubs, ovor Fido's freedom,
Only one voico was lifted in de
fense of such inanimate objects,
but voices rose shrill and high In J
Board Byes
Streamlined
School Year
PORTLAND, March 9 (TO
Continuation of a "streamlined"
summer quarter at the Univer
sity of Oregon, Oregon State col
lege and the Portland Extension
center In addition to the regular
summer session was authorized
by tho state board of higher edu
cation at its regular meeting hero
today.
The Institutions will be fi
nanced from funds that are ex
pected to be provided which will
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Large Engine-Making
Center Bashed in
Night Raid
, LONDON, March 9 ' W) A
strong force of RAF bombers at
tacked Nuernberg and targets in
wostern Gormany lost night, tho
air ministry announced today.
''Last night aircraft of the
bomber command were out in
strength over southern Germany
with Nuernberg at the main ob
jective, the communique said.
Nuernberg was last hit by al
lied planes in a heavy raid on
tho night of February 25.
' Seven Planes Lost
Seven bombers failed to return
from last night's raid.
One German plane which at
tempted to Intercept tho British
bombers was shot down, the an
nouncemcnt said.
Nuernberg Is one of the chief
German centers for production
of tho dicsel engines which pow
cr submarines and factories
thcro also produce armored ve
hicles, aircraft engines, electric
motors, searchlights and firing
devices for mines. There is also
a Mcsscrschmltt factory at Furth
In the Nuernberg area.
In the February 25 rald,i the
last heavy blast at tho city since
lent August, a large force of
bombers cascaded tons of explo
sives. ,
Pacific Earth
Tremor Recorded
SEATTLE, March 9 (VP) Dr.
Howard A. Coombs said the
University of Washington seis
mograph recorded a small earth
tremor at 3:12 a. m. (PWT) to
day, apparently within 600 miles
of Seattle, but. did not register
quakes reported Inst night in
the eastern United States and
Canada,
protection of Fldo. At one time
four men were on their feet de
manding recognition from the
mayor and council.
Observers noticed that the
gncatcr majority of dog owners
were men. Few women were in
the audience and only two
women took the floor in discus
sion. Pep Talk
Mayor Houston opened tho
meeting, and In response to
Councilman A. H. Bussmnn's re
quest to make a statement,
launched into ono of his very
best Houstonlan pep talks. Tho
mayor observed that nt budget
meetings whero . more than
$300,000 of tho taxpayers' money
was. spent, "nobody is here to
see what we do,"
The mayor then told the nud
lenco that what ho thought just
now didn't matter a great deal
but "momentous and terribly
Important things faced the city,
Including a meat shortage." This
brought a rlpplo of laughter and
tho mayor, with good grace, ac
knowledged that he did not refer
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Miss Jane A. White man
(above), 21, Fort Worth, Tex,
met perfectly with the WAAC
physical specifications, the first
woman enlisted at Dallas, Tex..
to do so, army doctors said. Har
height was given as 8'7", weight
143 pounds and a perfect bust
measurement ol 38 Inches, V
CITY EYES WATER
RATE REDUCTION
Appeal Made to Slice
Water Price to v
i Gardeners
Members of the city council
were advised Monday night by
Mayor John Houston that The
California Oregon Power com'
pany Is making a study of con
ditions and when this survey
is Completed will meet with the
group to discuss reduction of
water rates.' Just when this
meeting will be held, Mayor
Houston did not know. He read
a communication from John C.
Boyle, head of tho district of
fices, Mcdford.
Before water rates In this
area can be reduced action must
be taken by the public utilities
commission, it was brought out
Appeal has been made to cut
Irrigation bills for Victory gar
deners. The city fathers discussed the
Kennel club property on Klam
ath river and it was urged that
tho city acquire a right-of-way
to the disposal plant. The city
attorney, with the holp of the
police Judgos office, will take
coro of this. Tho city had pre
viously arranged to transfer a
deed for three acres of the
property, for a sum of $78.
There Is one stipulation, and
that is that if at any time the
land censes to be used as an
animal shelter, it roverts to the
city. ,
Routine business was short as
it followed a two-hour session
with dog owners the earlier
part of tho evening.
Oil-Heated Home
Owners Permitted
To Buy Extra Fuel
WASHINGTON, Mnrch 9 (P)
Persons whose dwellings are
heated by oil In the 32 rationed
states received permission yester
day to nppiy to tncir local ooaros
for extra fuel to finish out the
winter if unusual circumstances
warrant It.
Application should be made to
the locnl ration board. The board
will study tho enso and make a
rccommendntlon to tho nearest
district OPA office, which will
be expected to make a decision
within five days?
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
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Allies Destroy
Nazi Tanks
Fifty
in
Six Battles
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, March 8
UP) Marshal Erwin Rommel,
beaten back when he attempted
six assaults ' -om the Mareth line
in southern Tunisia on Saturday,
has withdrawn his forces deeper
Into his defenses before General
Bernard L. Montgomery, an al
lied headquarters communique
announced today.
Fifty of the axis chieftain's
tanks were destroyed or cap
tured in the six short, fierce ac
tions on Saturday, the communi
que said, raising, the total from
the previous figure of 33.
: In the northern sector the Ger
mans also were forced to with
draw yesterday after making an
attack near Tamera, seven miles
west of Sedjenane, the commun
ique said. About 200 .'prisoners!
were captured Deiore me enemy
called off his attack.
(A DNB broadcast from Ber
lin, recorded by The Associated
Press In London, said American
troops had joined the British
first army in the northern sec
tor.) About 100 miles northwest of
the Mareth line, French forces
occupied Tozeur, SO miles south
west of Gafsa, above the Chott
DJcrld. '
Allied patrols were reported
operating on the outskirts of Gaf
sa Itself, however.
Rommel, smashed back in his
experiment in attacking his Ne
mesis, the British eighth army,
was said to have pulled Into the
high ground about Hallouf and
to be continuing his retreat.
There was no indication that
Montgomery was undertaking a
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Pacific Situation in
State of Suspended
Animation
WASHINGTON, March 9 UP)
Secretary of Navy Knox said
today that American forces are
stronger than they ever have
been In the Solomon islands
area while throughout the South
Pacific the Japanese are having
increasing difficulty in supply
ing their island bases.
Such losses of shipping
strength as the Japanese suf
fered In the battle of the Bis
marck sea and as they have had
throughout the war due to
American submarine attacks,
Knox told a press conference,
are all a part of the process of
attrition which he said is "a
most serious factor" in Japan's
military future.
Without adequate shipping,
the secretary explained, the
Japanese cannot maintain their
South. Pacific bases in many in
stances and he added in this
connection that "our submarine
campaign continues to be very,
successful."
The Pacific situation gener
ally, Knox said, is "in a state
of suspended animation."
Ho said it is impossible to
slato the condition of Japanese
shipping or to measuro their
losses more than speculatively,
which he declined to do. The
United States, he explained, has
"only estimates" of what the
Japhneso had before the war
started and of their ability to
build new ships since.
ROMMEL PULLS
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Sustained British air blows (plana symbols) (pointers), over Germany, coastal Franc and Italian
industrial cities; red army offensives (arrows), on the eastern front, and a "two-way squeeia"
(arrows), by allies on th last enemy bridgehead in North Africa indicates how the United Na
tions is carrying the war to th axis. Shaded areas are axis dominated.
BATTLE IN PIS
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Shippings 'of French
Workers Starts
Rioting
LONDON, March 9 VP)
French patriots battled openly
in the streets of Paris and other
French cities as the collabora
tionist French government
shipped 50 contingents of
French workers from Marseilles
to Germany, Fighting French
and Vichy sources reported yes
terday.
Heightening unrest was re
ported sweeping France as the
gestapo and Vichy police at
tempted to fulfill a promise of
400,000 French workers for
Germany made by Chief Gov
ernment Pierre Laval to Adolf
Hitler recently.
In Paris guerrillas overpow
ered corner sentries in the Rue
de la Borde and seized a garage
which they held for more than
an hour despite determined at
tacks before setting a fire which
destroyed all vehicles, Fighting
French quarters in London said.
Twenty-three German ollicers
were killed by guerrillas at
Lille and four other attacks
have been made on German
occupied buildings in the past
three days, the Fighting French
reported.
The Vichy radio reported tne
shipment of French workers
without disclosing the total
number of persons involved.
The London "Daily express"
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Senator Asks
Congress to
Keep Press Free
WASHINGTON. March 9 (IP)
Describing a strong free press
as a vigorous spoKesman ot me
people, Senator Brooks (R-Ill.)
nelrnd - pnnorftsfi tndaV to serve
notice upon the administration
it "will not tolerate" restrictions
reducing newspaper potency.
"The newspapers of America
stand in the shadow of no other
group's patriotism," Brooks told
the senate. "They have been
marked for their loyalty and for
their enercv and devotion to the
cause we all serve. But there is
nersistent effort to brand them
as parlnhs, to smear and assail
them, tn spnnrate them from
their government and the peo
ple they serve."
Brooks asserted the press ac
cented thn WPB order in Janu
ary limiting their consumption
of newsprint by 10 per cent, but
that ' efforts to add another 10
per cent curtailment were drop
ped when justification could not
be shown.
NEA FEATURES
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Axis Pinched From West, South
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Americans
Blast Japs
OnKiska
WASHINGTON, March 9 (P)
American bombers blasted Jap
anese positions on Kiska island
In the Aleutians, . the navy an
nounced today, and delivered mi
nor raids against four Japanese
bases in the Solomons area of the
South Pacific Sunday night.
Navy communique No. 304
said:
"North Pacific:
"1. On March 7, U. S. heavy
and medium bombers attacked
Japanese positions at Kiska. Anti-aircraft
fire was encountered
but no enemy planes intercepted.
All U. S, planes returned.
"South Pacific: (All dates are
East Longitude.)
"2. During the night of March
7-8, Liberator heavy bombers
carried out '.minor bombing at
tacks on Japanese installations
at Kahili and Ballale in the
Shortland island area, and at
Vila and Rekata bay in the cen
tral Solomons. Results, were not
observed. All U. S. planes re
turned." f ..
Cities Nearinq
Victory in Fight
For Road Money
SALEM, March 8 (P) The
long campaign of Oregon Cities
to get a portion of gasoline tax
revenues was near realization af
ter the senate passed 19 to 11
today a house bill to giVe them
S per cent of highway commis
sion funds whenever they reach
$11,000,000.
Sen. Merle Chessman, Astoria,
said the cities are entitled to
part of the fund because 49 per
cent of the gasoline tax money
now comes from travel on city
streets.
Sen. W. E. Burke, Yamhill,
said the bill would deplete the
highway commission's funds
available for matching federal
money in any post-war building
projects and would cost the state
millions of dollars.
Cities probably wouldn't share
in the fund until the war ends.
Bob Owens Takes
First Salmon of
Season From Rogue
GRANTS PASS. March 9 (P)
C'est la guerre. The first salmon
has been taken from Rogue
river but not near Grants Pass.
Bob Owens lifted a 27 H -pound
beauty from Owens riffle in the
lower Rogue Sunday morning
to capture the first salmon hon
or held for many years by
Grants Pass fishermen.
In previous years, mud from
mines has prevented early fish
ing in the lower Rogue but due
to war restrictions, placer mines
are closed this year. Mrs. Peggy
Gibson of Weasku inn usually
caught the first salmon here
about March 15l
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and East
OTeri
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Ways, Means ' Rejects
Two Skip-a-Year. ,
Tax Plans
By FRANCIS M. LE MAY
WASHINGTON, March 9 (F)
Two compromise proposals to
the Ruml skip-a-year income tax
plan that would have abated
lesser amounts of 1942 tax
liability were rejected today by
the house ways and means com
mittee, thus failing to break the
deadlock on pay as you go tax
ation.
The plans rejected today were:
1. By Representative Robert
son (D-Va.) to abate the six per
cent normal and first bracket 13
per cent surtax on the first
$2000 of 1942 income for all tax
payers. This would erase com
pletely the 1942 federal income
tax obligation for 70 per cent
of the taxpayers; 90 per cent of
taxpayers then would be put on
a current payment basis through
a withholding tax to be deducted
from earnings. The ten per cent
m the higher income brackets
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Morgan Suffers
Return of Old
Heart Trouble
NEW YORK, March 9 (P)
J. P. Morgan has suffered a re
turn of his former heart trouble
while at Boca Grande, Tla., and
the directors of his banking
house said today, "We are anx
ious."
Single Salary Schedule
Adopted for All Teachers
The school boards In session
Monday night adopted a single
salarV schedule which places
elementary and high school
teachers on the same scale de
termined by professional training
and experience. This is the goal
to which elementary teachers
had been working for quite some
time, according to Superintend
ent Arnold L. Gralapp. 1
The schedule starts with a
$1200 'minimum for teachers
with two years of professional
training, for example normal
school training; teachers with
three years professional train
ing, $1297.50: four year train
ing, $1393; masters' degree,
$1440. '
The schedule also provides ex
perience' increases on the basis
of $48 for the first five years of
experience; $36 for the second
five years; $24 for the third five
years; $12 for each additional
one year.
Supt. Gralapp Bald that ele
mentary teachers were highly
March 8 High 88, Low 9 w
Precipitation aa of March 2, 1943
Stream year to data .. ...lS.i2
Last Year 9.92 Normal 8.24
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Germans Deny Russ
Threaten Kharkov
Sector
By EDDY GILMORE
, MOSCOW, March 9 (JP) Tho
red army, driving west of recap
tured Sychevka, the central front
west of Moscow, has reached the
Dnieper river northwest of the
important German base of Vyaz
ma, it was disclosed today.
A dispatch to the communist
party newspaper Pravda from
this sector pointed out that Rus
sian troops pressing hard on the
heels of the Germans gave them
no respite and drove to the
waterway which extends from
the central front down through
the Ukraine past Kiev and Nie
peropetrovsk to the Black Sea.
The Russians were already
east and northeast of Vyazma
after advancing through Gzhatsk.
Germans Deny Progress
The. German high command,
in a communique recorded by
the Associated Press from broad
casts, said today that the Ger
man attack in the Kharkov area
of Russia was still making prog
ress and resulted in clearing the
enemy from mora lines of com
munication. Decla,rjn that the iVinter bat
tle in the east continues with
unabated strength" but that "Ger
man troops are masters of the
situation on the whole front,"
the German communique said
numerous- towns, including Val
ki, some 30 miles west of Khar
kov, and Lyubotin, 15 miles west
of Kharkov, had been taken by
storm. .
. German broadcasts on Infor
mation from the hieh
iwonunuea on vane two)
zneepneraers to
wet hi can on
Food Rationing
WASHINGTON, March 9 (JP)
Sheepherders .and some other
rural workers who don't have
easy access to fresh- fruits and
vegetables are going to be per
mitted to buy more canned pork -and
beans and other processed
foods.
This was made known today
by Representative Barrett (R
Wyo.) who said office of price
administration assured that the
monthly 48 point; ration allow-,
ance will be increased for work
ers who are not near a source ;
of fresh fruits and vegetables, :
and hence must live largely, out
of cans.
The changed regulations will
be announced "very shortly,"
the OPA told Bennett, but did
not say specifically what the
increase will be. He interpreted
"very shortly" to mean before
the end of this week.
satisfied with the new salary ar
rangement. Mrs. Fred Southwell has taken
over the teaching assignment of
Mrs. Bertha Hultman at Pelican,
second grade instructor, It was
announced. Mrs. Hultman has 1
resigned.
The following teachers were
reelected to both elementary and
high school. . .i
, Elementary Supervisors
Llllie Darby, vocal music.
Andrew Loney, director music
education, '
; Joe : Peak, director physical
education.
. Nell Locke, child guidance.
Teachers
Eva Adamson, Irma Badger,
Jeanette Brown, Freda Bryant,
Ruby Darby, Frieda Ellis, Ber
nice Elliott, Frances Fitzgerald,
Ruth Flood, Irene Foster, Aubra
Griffiths, Lena Hackett, Emilia
Haldeman, .Maryjane Hcaton,
Florence Howe, Orpha Hudson,
Mayme Johnson, Gertrude Lid
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