HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
March 11, 1048
PAGE TWO
ALLIED PLANES
BLAST ENEMY
(Continued From Page One)
enemy In Burnt, with U. 8.
heavy bomberi dropping a 12-ton
load of high explosives on the
Pazydaung bridge north of Ban
goon, A communique taid all U. S.
planes returned safely to their
bases despite attempts by Jap
anese fighters to Intercept them.
Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's
headquarters said United Na
tions filers ranging far out over
the seas north of Australia bomb
ed three enemy vessels In the
Celebes Islands, Dutch East In
dies, including a 7000-ton ship
which was left "burning fierce
ly" and "probably a total loss."
Two other Japanese merchant
vessels were attacked off the
north coast of New Guinea. Sev
eral near hits were scored with
1000-pound bombs, and at least
one of the ships, a SOOO-tonner,
was severely damaged.
In Burma, RAF night raiders
pounded the Japanese base at
Akyab on the Bay of Bengal,
following up daylight attacks on
Japanese troops In. the Rathe
daung sector 25 miles north of
Akyab.
No reports were forthcoming
on ground fighting either in
Burma or New Guinea.
On the China front, Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek's armies
fighting to defend China's "back
door" .along the Yunnan-Burma
frontier were reported to have
blunted the northern claw of a
pincer which the Japanese had
thrown across the Yunnan bord
er from their base at Myltkyina,
Burma.
A Chinese army spokesman
aid that the Japanese were til
ing 63,000 troops in the border
region, but declared that never
theless the Chinese had captured
point after point..
The spokesman, said fighting
also continued in central China,
where the Japanese have thrown
eight columns totalling 20,000
troops across the Yangtze river
between Kiangling and Yochow.
Chinese military quarters said
the Japanese were now - estab
lishing powerful air bases in the
Kwangchowan' island, off the
China coast between Hongkong
land Hainan, for operations
against any airdrome construct'
ed by the allies in south or east
China for raids against Japan.
From Portland John Foster
returned to Klamath Falls Thurs
day morning after spending the
past seven months in Portland
t the Kaiser Vancouver ship
yards as chief clerk for the burn
ers. Foster, former Herald and
News . employe, is awaiting his
call to the army. He plans to
visit his mother, Mrs. George
Bell; now residing In Weed.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 11
(AP-US-A) Potatoes: S Califor
nia, 10 Idaho, 2 Oregon, 1 Utah,
1 Florida arrived, 6 unbroken, 8
broken cars on track; no sales
reported.
LOS ANGELES, March 11
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: 2 Califor
nia, S Florida, S Colorado, 1 Ne
braska, 1 Utah, 1 Idaho arrived,
14 unbroken, 1 broken car on
track; by truck 2 cars arrived;
no sales reported.
CHICAGO, March 11 (AP
USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 47r
on track 70; total US shipments
1041; old stock; supplies very
light; practically no trade trad'
lng account of carlot offerings;
market unsettled and in confU'
sion; new stock; supplies light;
demand moderate; market firm
to slightly stronger; Colorado
Red McClures, US No. 1, $3.80;
North Dakota early choice seed
stock 53.50: Florida Bliss Trl
umphs, US No. 1, $2.83-90 per
bushel crate.
FERTILIZER LUCK
(Continued From Page One)
due to government or military
service policy.
- County Agent Charles A. Hen
derson estimated that 69 per
cent of last year's supply of this
fertilizer is now available, or
from 1200 to 1300 tons. Another
800 tons is needed if the basin
growers are going to make' the
20 per cent increase in potato
production for which they have
signed, he warned.
Decline Feared
Henderson said there Is some
feeling potato production will'
actually decline under last year,
despite the definite wartime
need, unless the fertility prob
lem Is solved.
- He. pointed out that potato
growers are now making final
plans for land use for the com
ing year, and need immediate
assurances of fertilizer supply if
they are to allot all land to
potatoes for which they original
ly planned.
In- Klamath county, growers
have estimated they will plant
12,719 acres to spuds, as com
pared with 10,358 acres last
year, but because of the con
fusion in the fertilizer situation,
some growers already have con
tracted . some potato land for
other uses. Many of them, in
signing for additional acreage,
made notations to the effect
that this planting depends upon
fertilizer.
Distributors, It was learned,
have told agriculturists they are
unable to get the supply of 16-20
wanted here. .
Appeals have been sent to the
war production board, the office
of Agricultural Secretary Wlck
ard, the state war board offices,
and to congressional delegates.
A few days ago the entire lo
cal situation was briefed and
copy sent to Senator Charles L.
McNary, urging that he take Im
mediate action to induce govern
ment authorities to make the fer
tilizer supply available here.
Henderson said that in answer
to previous pleas, government of
ficials have stated the fertilizer
is already available, but that Is
not the case..
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HAVE YOUR INDIVIDUAL IN
COME TAX returns made at
Interstate Business College,
432 Main. Reasonable charges.
3-11
FOR SALE '34 Master Deluxe
Chevrolet sedan. Good condi
tion. Price $125. 3828 Shasta
way. 3.12
FOR SALE OR RENT 41 acres
or good soil. 2219 Etna. 3-13
FOR SALE Three-year lease
ana lurnlture. 924 Jefferson.
3-13
VACANCY One and two-room
furnished apartments, $4 and
up per week. 133 N. 10th.
324
TAILORED SUITS If you need
a nana-iauorea suit or over
coat before 1947 take my tip
and get it soon before the re
striction goes Into effect. But
don't hoard. We still have
fine Imported 100 woolens.
Orres Tailor Shop, 129 South
7th, new location. 3-11
LADIES' SUITS AND COATS
made from men's suits and
coats. Woolens sold by the
yard. Alterations, Repairing,
Cleaning. Orres Tailor Shop.
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MARETH
MOVE CLOSES
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the Ukraine, while in the north
the Russians reported impres
sive new gains.
Soviet headquarters declared
today that the red armies on
the central front had captured
at least 44 towns and villages,
crushed stiffening German re
sistance and advanced within 80
miles of Adolf Hitler's old
headquarters at Smolensk.
Although virtually out-flank
ed by the red army's capture of
Bely, the nazis yere battling
desperately to defend their grip
on the key bastion of Vyazma,
lss miles west of Moscow, the
last major barrier on the road
to Smolensk.
Latest soviet dispatches said
the Russians had all but com'
pleted the encirclement of
Vyazma, leaving the Germans
only a narrow corridor for re
treat toward Smolensk.
Red army columns were re
ported driving forward with the
utmost speed along a broad
front, with the Germans bitter
ly resisting and using dug-in
tanks as pillboxes.
"The enemy made stubborn
attempts to halt our advance at
defense positions," the Russian
command said, referring to the
Vyazma sector.
"As a result of fierce fight
ing, our units overwhelmed the
enemy's defenses and advanced,
capturing a number of populat
ed places."
Russian shock troops were re
ported within 13 miles of
Vyazma at the. nearest point,
and a communique said more
than 20 towns fell to soviet
forces operating in the .vicinity,
In addition, "several dozen" vil
lages were engulfed in the Boly
sector, 70 miles northwest of
Vyazma.
On the flaming Kharkov
front, 400 miles below Moscow,
red army headquarters said the
Germans were continuing to
throw great masse of reserves
into their come-back offensive
against the "soviet Pittsburgh,"
but so far the battle appeared
to be indecisive.
On the Tunisian front. Gen.
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's
promise to give the axis a "very
bloody nose was marked by
exploratory thrusts against the
60-mile-long M a r e t h line in
southern Tunisia as the British
eighth army prepared for a cli
mactic assault.
Rain and sandstorms prevent
ed large-scale operations, but
Montgomery's big guns the
weapons that broke up six axis
attacks with the loss of 52
tanks were reported raining
havoc on the Mareth defense
works.
In the north, Lieut.-Gen. K.
A. N. Anderson's British first
army was reported continuing
its patrol activity in the Sedje-
nane sector, 35 miles west of
axis-held Bizerte naval base,
where the Germans have been
attempting to widen their nar
row defense corridor.
A communique from Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's head
quarters said allied troops re
pulsed an axis attack yesterday
west of Sedjenane, while the
German command reported
"fighting of local Importance
only" on the 390-mile-long
front.
Services Revival services
continue at the Church of the
Nazarene nightly at 7:30 o'clock
it was announced. Sunday night
will be the last appearance of
Rev. Hays, evangelist.
Judge Combs Hera Circuit
Judge Charles Combs of Lake
view was here Thursday in con
nection with circuit court cases
in Klamath county to which he
has been assigned.
If ON NAZIS
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With point rationing on canned
goods, there's no point in not
eating lots of fresh vegetables
like these carrots arriving at a
San Francisco produce district.
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account In determining whether
deferment should be granted.
Rejection of this' left before
the senate a proposal offered by
Senator Johnson (D-Colo.) which
would erase the "unit system"
and liberalize the deferments for
those engaged in producing or
harvesting commodities held by
the secretary of agriculture to be
essential to the war effort The
list of such commodities is wide
in range, covering livestock and
most of the food and fiber crops.
The unit system which would
be junked under terms of the
Johnson 'measure sets up a na
tional standard of production
per farmer, tabulating a specific
number of cows, chickens, acres
of wheat and other commodities
to determine a unit.
The Johnson measure Itself
was proposed as a substitute for
a bill by Senator Bankhead CD
Ala.) and 'others, providing for
the blanket deferment of farm
workers. It is opposed by mill-
tjirv lAflrlAm nn ihA ormmrla tVint
it would disrupt plans for theH
size of the armed forces.
Five More Firms
Go All Out for
Red Cross Fund
The names of five additional
firms who have enlisted 100 per
cent with the American Red
Cross were announced Thursday
by Lester Offield, chairman of
the business district.
Firms included in today's list
are the Pioneer Tobacco com
pany, Pelican cafe, Haf ter's Fur
niture, Herman's Men's store.
and Quality Food store. ,
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hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore..
March 10, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs.
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Legislature Quits; Tax Cuts
Leading Feature of Session
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monopoly of the sale of fortified
wine, boosted the fortified wine
tax from 15 to 50 cents a gallon,
and asked the liquor commission
to teach school children about
the effects of alcohol. A bill to
allow wine to be sold over the
bar was defeated, as was a mea
sure to give cities 15 per cent of
liquor revenues.
Poat War Bills
There was considerable war
and post-war legislation. The
people will decido in November,
1844 it they want the legisla
ture's bill to give educutiouul aid
to wur veterans, while tho solons
passed luws setting up a post
war readjustment und develop
ment commission, extending tho
life of the state guard, legalizing
civilian defense, and permitting
counties, cities and school dis
tricts to create reserve funds for
post-war use.
In the social security field,
the legislature increased the
average monthly old-10 pension
from $25 to $38, although the
latter figure probably won't be
reached for more than a year.
Plnball gai .es were taxed $50 a
year to pr- ide more revenue
for pensions, which now are fi
nanced only by liquor revenues.
The legislature rejected Gov
ernor Snoll's proposals to abol
ish the three-man state tax com
mission and substitute a single
commissioner, and to consolidate
the banking and corporation de
partments. These are the only
governor's recommenda
tions that failed to pass.
To meet wartime Increased
costs of living,, salaries of most
county officers and tho state po
lice were boosted, while the
teachers' minimum salary was
increased from $85 to $133 a
month.
- The legislature submitted four
proposed constitutional amend-
Republican Steering
Committee Plans to
Push Ruml Tax Plan
WASHINGTON, March 11 (JP)
The house republican steering
committee laid plans today to
align the party's strength behind
the Ruml plan to abate a year's
Income taxes and put the na
tion's 44,000,000 taxpayers on a
pay-as-you-go basis. -
Republican Leader Martin, of
Massachusetts, reported the com
mittee supported the Ruml plan
unanimously, and predictions
were, made freely by republicans
that sufficient strength can be
mustered to pass the "skip a
year" tax proposal In tho house.
Fire Department
Answers Spring
Grass Fire Calls
Sure sign of spring was seen
In Klamath Falls when the city
fire department was called out
to extinguish grass fires in the
residential area. The truck first
responded to an alarm at 1:58
p. m. Wednesday to Payne street
and Klamath avenue.
A trash fire got out of control
at 1717 Siskiyou street at 12:09
p. m. Thursday and the truck
again thundered down Main
street. There was no damage.
Si fills
ments to the people for consider
ation In November, 1944, They
would remove double liability of
stockholders In state banks, let
the legislature restore voting
rights to ex-convlcts, let counties
adopt the manager form of gov
ernment, and provide tor rehab
ilitation of war veterans,
All the laws, except the few
contulnlrtg emergency clauses
which already are law, will be
come effective June 9.
Other measures passed by the
legislature will tax city-owned
power systems 3 per cent of their
gross earnings, lot the fish com
mission regulalo seasons, allow
courts to issue birth certificates,
make women serve on Juries,
compel labeling of poisons, make
new Insurance agents take exam
inations, improve the forestry
code, tax the dairy Industry to
create an advertising fund, dis
tribute the elementary school
fund on a statewide basis, permit
farmers to kill predatory bears,
and let the state barber board fix
minimum prices.
Membership response Wed
nesday night at Klamath Com
munity Concert association
headquarters In the Willard
hotel had surpassed that of a
year ago at this time, it was re
ported by Mrs. Martin Swanson,
membership chairman. Workers
have turned In many new
names as well as hundreds of
renewals,
Parents of students are urged
to take advantage of the low
student fees, less than one-half
that of adult memberships, in
order to stimulate music appre
ciation. Persons hesitating to join the
association becauae they have
not participated in the past are
urged to call headquarters,
8613, or contact a worker, and
become affiliated with the
group. The association is for the
community and all residents of
the basin area are urged to Join.
Artists will be chosen Saturday
afternoon when the association
learns just how much money is
at the disposal of the commit
tee. The greater the member
ship the finer and more numer
ous the concerts, it was pointed
out by Dave Ferguson, campaign
manager.
BPW Meeting Past presidents
of the Klamath Falls. Business
and Professional Women's club
will be in charge of the dinner
meeting Monday night at the
Willard hotel at 6:30 o'clock.
Members are asked, to invite
guests and prospective members
and to wear slacks as there will
be square dancing to Pappy Gor
don's orchestra and taught by
Izola Jensen Parker of the Ore
gon State college extension serv
ice.. Bobbins Recovers J. H. Rob
bins has recovered from a brief
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Russia "has carried on Its mag
nificent struggle against the
nazis principally with equip
ment produced In Russian fac
tories," lend lease "has been a
factor In supplying the armies
fighting' on the Russian front."
In three Important categories
combat planes, tuuks and
other military motor vehicles
lend .lease shipments to Russia
exceeded shipments to any other
military theater, he reported,
adding: 1
"Half of all the tanks shipped
so far under lend lease have
gone to Russia and 40 per cent
of all tho tactical plunes. We
also dovolopod the southern sup
ply route Torusala as an altern
ative for the Murmansk-Archangel
route, and we began lend
lease shipments to Russia by
both air and water from the
Pacific coast. By tho ond of
1942 the capacity of the Persian.
Iran route to Russia was three
times what It was at the begin
ning of the year."
The report, by Administrator
E. R. Stottlnlus Jr., said this
figure was attained by the trans
fer of $1,877,000,000 worth of
lend lease goods in the quarter
ended March 1,
"Almost as much aid wus
provided In the last six months
as In the previous 18 months,"
he said, adding:
"In the past 12 mouths we
shipped to our allies, under loud
lease or In fulfilment of prev
ious direct purchase contracts,'
30 out of every 100 bombors
we produced, 38 out of every
100 fighter planes, 28 out of
every 100 light tanks and 33 1
out of every 100 medium tanks.
Whether the senate can get
around to consideration of the
extension bill today was uncer
tain, but on the basis of the 407
to 6 vote by which it. swept
through the house yesterday It
appeared likely that it would be
ready for the presldent'a sig
nature within a week.
Four fifths of the total aid,
Stottlnlus said, was provided In
the year Just ended and only
ono fifth In the first year of
the lend lease program, which
began March 11, 1041.
' Having a bearing on the cur
rent furore over aid to Russia
was a section which noted that
29 per cent of the value of
goods exported in the second
year was for Russia.
Police Court Four drunks
and five traffic tickets mode up
the police court report Thurs
day morning.
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brlttleness of It was the natural
accompaniment of the excite
ment that stirs all of us In the
face of new and as yet untested -adventure.
The lobbies and the bars of
this city whore the convoys creep
In at night are not somber now.
We aren't a somber people. But
the brittle quality of what
gaiety there Is Is gone.
The war Is no longer an un
tested adventure,
It Is no longer remote.
CO, you see, It really makes no .
great difference wholher It Is
raining or Isn't raining, for the
mixing of a ltltlct pleasure with
one's business seems now to be
so very, very much less Import
ant than It used to be,
RAF Bombings Wreck w
2000 Nazi War Plants
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dustry In the whole of the
bombor offensive." Sinclair dis
closed that already 4000 tons of
bombs have been dropped on the
relch this month.
The devaatatlon at Eaaen, ha
said, was comparable only to
that caused at Cologne laat May
In the first of the RAF's 1000
bomber raids.
Direct damage to steel works '
In (he Ruhr and Ssar, he declar
ed had cut 1,230,000 tons from
Germany's annual steel-making
capacity.
Damage to the Phillips Radio
Works at Eindhoven, Holland,
coat the Germans the loss of mil
lions of radio tubes annually, a
critical loss In modern warfare,
he added.
The 4000 tons of bombs drop
ped In the rising offensive In
March compared with 10,000 J
dropped In the short month of
February, greatest month yet
for the RAF, when 1000 tons of
bombs were dropped on three
different nights.
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