alo
On 6-mlnuta blast on sirens and whistles
U the signal for a blackout In Klamath
Falli. Anothar long blait, during a black
out. ! a ilgnal lor all-claar. In precau
tionary periods, watch your
ies
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By FRANK JENKINS
GENERAL MAC ARTHUR
warns BKnln that Australia
In In duiiKcr of nllack. This time
k lio specifics tlio nrca.
' Darwin, ho warns, Is the point
whero the blow Is likely to fall.
nrllE news lodiiy lends Interest
to tho warning. Darwin is
raided by 40 Jnp planes. It is
the heaviest raid In months.
Our plnnes bomb Jap trans
ports carrying troops to the it'
lands north of Darwin.
TAKE a look at your map.
You will find Darwin at the
e xtroma northwestern tip of
trails. In our undisputed pos
session, It Is a dufigcr pointed at
the Jap-conquered Dutch East
Indies, with their precious sup
plies of oil.
It seems reasonable;' that tho
Japs might be willing to pay
quite, ft price to blunt thhj dtig-
0VI.
I THE Russians admit the less of
Kharkov.
At the same time they push
nearer to Smolensk, 400 miles
to the north. Thcro are no In'
dlcations that they havo been
seriously checked In that direc
tion.
IHARKOV In Itself Is unlm
portant.
It was evacuated and destroy
ed by tho Russians in 1041.. It
was evacuated by the Germans
month ago. It stands to reason
the Qormans wrecked It pretty
thoroughly when they left. It
has just been abandoned again
by tho Russians, who are not in
the habit of leaving anything be
hind to be used by their enemies.
You can lmaglno what Khar
kov must look like by this tlmo.
) One guesses It Is only another
spot on tho map,
A NOTHER guess which you
may tako for what It Is
worth:
Northern Russia Is RELA
TIVELY valueless, except os
lighting ground. Southern rtus-
alo, with its groin fields and Its
mineral wealth, Is IMMEDIATE
LY valuablo as o war prize.
Food is growlngly important,
and this Is tho beginning of tho
planting season in tho Ukraine
and the Donots basin.
.' Moreovor, southern Russia Is
tho gateway to tho Caucasus oil
and whatever may lio beyond.
TN other words, It looks as if
Germany Is willing to risk
losses In tho north In order to
provont further losses In tho
I strategically valuablo south.
- It seems Improbable that thoy
are starting n new Russian of
fensive on a major scale, It
thoy're able to do that now, thoy
have a lot left on the bull,'
'AS this Is written, Tunisia Is
almost wholly iulot. As to
that, tho most hopeful conclusion
wo can draw Is that when Mont
gomery remains quiet ns long us
ho has this tlmo he usually fol
lows up with something big.
TN eastern France, clear up
against tho Swiss border,
something in happening that is
Interesting In n minor way.
Frenchmen (said to number up
into the thousands), rebelling
against Hitler's labor draft, havo
taken to tho hills with guns in
their hands. German planes nro
bombing thorn. Allied planes
nro dropping food, weapons and
ammunition for their use.
I It's Just another guerrilla In
cident. But, In lis small way, It
Illustrates one of Germany's
worries. She knows that at tho
first sign of real weakness on
hen part tho people of the coun
tries sho has conquered will rise
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Blast Jap
5000 Frenchmen
Defy Nazi Labor
Conscription Law
By THOMAS F. HAWKINS
AT THE FRENCH FRONTIER IN SWITZERLAND, March
16 (AP) Motorized Fronch pollco led by German SS troopers
deployed Into tho hills of Haute Savolo close. to Lake Geneva to
day in a hunt for several thousand well armed French youths
who had defied a nazl ultimatum to surrender.
All last night and today the pollco and trooper units rolled
along tho roads into the valleys and up Into the hills but they
did not appear so far to have modo contact with tho insurgents
who were said to number at least 3000.
Officers In Lead
TO
Path of Danger Seen
By
Brown in Min-
ers
Demands
MILWAUKEE, March 18 VP)
Federal Price Administrator
Prentiss M. Brown declared, to
day thut, f such "Increases". In
wages as ore demanded by' John
L.' Lewis for conlmtners are
granted "we will loso the fight
against Inflation."
"If that wags Increase (of
$2.00 a day) takes place,, there
Is nothing for the more con
servative minded labor loaders
to do but follow the lead and
get Increases for their people,"
Brown said.
"Wo must hold the line where
we are on all wages, or lose. the
fight against Inflation."
New Syitem
Speaking to 1000 consumer
rcprcsentotlvcs and local ration
ing authorities In Milwaukee,
Brown pleaded with his listeners
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Zuckerman Freed
At Second Trial
On Manslaughter
STOCKTON, Calif.. March 16
(VP) Maurice Zuckerman, 64,
was acquitted today on a charge
of manslaughter growing out of
tho fatal shooting of Otto Dander
hero on Armlstlco day of 1041,
Tho acquittal was ordered by
Superior Judge Raymond Cough-
lln of Sacramento immediately
after final arguments. Thcro
was no Jury.
As tho Judge announced his
verdict Zuckerman leaped to his
foot with the shout "praise tho
Lord!"
Then ho sat In his chair and
wept..
Zuckerman, wealthy produce
broker, had already served nine
months in San Qucntin prison on
manslaughter conviction In an
earlier trial. Then the appellate
court ordered a now trial on the
grounds that the trial judge, C.
W. Miller, had erred in instruct
ing the Jury.
Western Pine
Ceiling Raise
PORTLAND, Ore,, March 16
UP) Tho Western Pino associ
ation said today lumber produc
tion probably would bo retarded
unless ceiling prices were re
vised to offset wago increases
proposed Saturday by the west
coast lumber commission.
Tho commission's proposal to
boost wages of 27,000 pino work
ers in Oregon, Washington, Ha
llo, northern California and west
ern Montana an avcrngo of 71
cents hourly has been submitted
to tho offlco of price administra
tion. OPA will decldo whether
an Increase in celling prices of
pino products will bo necessary.
"Tho western pino industry
will, of course, accept this wage
decision .... by tho commis
sion , . , . and. insofar as it Is
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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M'l" 'MNMI-nM
A'lVMIIII ,...in
The youth's, rebellious against
the German labor draft, were
reported led by former French
officers and generals.
(London reports said the
French bands were being bomb
ed by German planet. Three of
tho plane were reported yes
terday, to have been shot down.)
Some of the youths were) grad
ually trickling back ", to their
homes,.' despite their earlier de
fiance, because they lacked food
and had been persuaded by their
parents that resistance now is
futile.
Second Front Expected
Soma said they had expected
the second front to open and
when it did hot they' felt It was
Impossible to go qn alone. Those
returning homo were sent im
mediately to Germany.
Lyle continued as the center
for SS and German troop action.
The troops circled blocks - of
houses systematically and
searched out the men who were
sent Immediately to deportation
centers.
Information from Marseille
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Los Angeles
Has Red Air
Raid Alarm
LOS ANGELES, March 16
(AP) The all clear was sound
ed at about 2:08 p. m. today
after a red air raid alert had
been ordered.
Col. Henry- Bcal, public re
lations officer for the southern
California defense command,
said the red alert, which had
been preceded by yellow and
bluo alerts, was ordered after
an unidentified air target had
been reported.
The yollow or preliminary
alert was flashed about 1:30 p
m., followed in five minutes by
the blue warning, and raid
sirens began screaming.'
Colonel Beat announced that
the air target had later been
Identified as friendly.
Floyd Johnson, Now
In Africa, Promoted
To Army Captain
PORTLAND, March 16 ()
Announcement of the promotion
of Floyd L. Johnson, Klamath
Falls, to captain was received
here todoy. Tho 1941 Oregon
Stnto colloge graduate Is now
with the army in North Africa.
Views Price
With Wages
possible to do so, contimio its
all-out effort to meet the tre
mendous demands for war pur
poses," said a statement Issued
by S. V. Fullawoy Jr., WPA secretary-manager.
. Production Effected
"However, If the official de
cision, when available, cor
responds to tho press report, it
seems certain that the volume
of production from the western
pine region will be adversely ef
fected unless tho applicable cell
ing prices are promptly revised
by OPA to meet this very sub
stantial increase in the cost of
production. '
"Such loss of production would
follow as numerous marginal
producers will apparently be un
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
..rllvft
- ,.,.
Pine Leader
Kennell-EUis
A. J. Voye, Big Lakes Box
company.- Klamath Falls, is the
new president of the Western
Pin asaoeiatlon. He also ba
been named on the western
pin advisory committee of the
Office of Price Administration.
Men Leave irV Protest
Over Disciplining
Of Seven
' DETROIT, March IB OP)
Production in the aircraft
building of the Ford Motor
company's Rouge plant, inter
rupted today by a walkout of
nearly 8000 workers, was re
sumed at 3:30 p. m. when the
afternoon shift reported.
DETROIT, March 16 re
production in the aircraft build
ing of the Ford Motor company's
Rouge plant was suspended to
day, a company spokesman re
ported, after several thousand
employes walked out in protest
against the disciplining of seven
United Automobile Workers
(CIO) shop committeemen.
The men ' disciplined, the
spokesman said, were accused of
engaging in a fight with plant
protection employes last w2ek.
The actions against them ranged
from discharge to two-month lay
offs. ' Richard T. Leonard, director
of the UAW-CIO Ford division,
instructed the men to return to
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Airplane Crash
Least of Gordon
Family Worries
EUGENE, March 16 (AP)
When Joe Gordon returned to
his home hero at tho Braes to
day, the New York Yankee sec
ond-baseman realized that he
had very minor difficulties
while away for the week-end.
While in Klamath Falls Sat
urday to transport his airplane
to Bend for possible sale, the
ship hit a power line and Gor
don narrowly escaped Injury.
Ho is also in the midst of nego
tiations with President Ed Bar
row of the Yankees for bettor
terms in his 1943 baseball con
tract, u
But when arriving home he
found his wife, Dorothy, Just
recovering from a painful case
of poison oak, and Judy, his
two-year-old daughter "down"
with tho chicken pox, and
Mike, th9 Gordon's baby boy,
almost certain to contact : the
same ailment.
Joe hopes tho family will be
ready for the trip east by, the
end of the month. Ho plans to
start spring training with the
University of Oregon baseball
team here this week, leaving
late in the month for Asbury
Park, N, J., to complete train
ing with . the American league
champions. ...... I
S liips. 'Men
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FORD AIRCRAFT
EMPLOYES STRIKE
TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1943
.
INTOflEJHEAT
Nip Aerj a I Activity
Increases' After
Lull
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, March 16 (Pi-
Hard on the heels rif.news that
the Japanese were.'.-iassing men
and ships on their land bases
northwest of' Australia, allied
airmen lashed out suddenly, in
that area yesterday and blasted
two troop-laden transports in a
three-ship convoy bound for Do-
bo, General ;. MacArthurs . head
quarters announced today. .
The threat Implied in the new
Japanese concentrations was
driven home, meanwhile, by the
greatest burst of enemy aerial
activity In this theatre in months
a 49-plane assault on Darwin,
Australia, and a IB-plane raid on
Oro bay, New Guinea.- -
" Direct Hit : . ' "
- In, Uiav-aUaeW en the convoy
Aroe island about BOO ; miles
north of Darwin, direct hits were
scoredjOn twrf- of the ships' by al
lied bombers which roared in at
masthead height,: and several
near -hits , were scored' On the
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Ground Crew
Searches for
Four Airmen
DUNSMUIR. Calif.. March 16
(JP) Ground parties searched to-'
day for'four of the six army air
men believed to -have bailed out
of a light bomber in the rugged
McCloud river country north of
here Saturday. .'
: One was known dead and an
other, who floated to earth safe
ly said he thought all had taken
to their parachutes after icing
conditions forced the plane down
while en route from Sacramento
to Portland. Their names were
not disclosed by the army.
Searchers found the body of
the dead airman yesterday. They
said evidence indicated he leap
ed from an altitude too low for
his parachute to open.
The plane's wreckage also was
found with no bodies in or near
it. A parachute was discovered
nearby, but the airman who
used it was missing.
Red Bluff reported forest serv
ice and a power company's line
crew were investigating a dis
trict 60 miles northeast of Red
ding in which flares were sight
ed Sunday night. This Was in
tho vicinity of Chalk mountain.
Missing Bonanza
youth Reported
Jap Prisoner
News has reached Mr. and
Mrs. William Henry Setterfleld
of Bonanza that their, son, Lon
nlo Morso Setterficld, navy fire
man first class, is a prisoner of
the Japanese In
the Philippine
islands,
Lonnie enlist
ed in the navy
on October , 8,
1940, when he
was 10 years
old. He has
been reported
missing in ac
tion since Cor
regldor . fell.
Nothing had been heard fr6m
him until a letter arrived the
other-day from Randall Jacobs,
rear admiral, saying that Lon
nie was a prisoner. The news
had been . received .by him
through . the international - Red
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NEA FEATURES
Number 9746
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Makes Knives
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Robert J. Koff, 919 Market street has sent 19 knives ia the
marine on Guadalcanal and has many more ready' for shipment
a soon; as, he gats elk horns for;the handlai,. JiJ shown above
with some of hi knlTM. V S.r'-: 'v.', U. . T.j, .vj
Knives for Use
On Japs Made
By Local Man
Robert X Koff, '919 Market
street, has already sent 19 knives
to. Guadalcanal and is preparing
to send 13 more as soon as he
a - locate . elk horn to fix
handles for his special hand
made knives. . .
This is - a special hobby for
Koff as he has two sons in the
marines. - One of them, Claude,
has been through the battle of
Guadalcanal. ' Koff received a
letter from, him recently stating
that he is out of Guadalcanal and
is safe on-some island. The oth
er son, Roland, has just landed
safely on some island and he re
ported to his father.
Koff has deer horn, but he
claims that it is too small for
use in actual combat, though it
is okay for sporting.. He wants
to be . sure that the boys can
have a good grip for use against
the Japs.
As soon,' as he gets the 13
knives off,, he has others that
he will rebuild for use.
Koff wants to know if. any
sportsman can tell him where he
could locate some'elk horn im
mediately.. He is willing to give
any one a knife to. send some
friend in the battle zones if they
will supply him with this help
ful information.
Koff has been making knives
for a number of years, and he
knows just how the knives
should be built to put a Jap out
of commission.
Koff also adds that he does
not make knives ior sale; he
makes them only for the men in
service.
Baby Girl Sets
Curfew Record
A new record for violation
of the curfew law was report
ed to the city council last night
by David Bridge, city juvenile
officer.
Complaining .that parents
are not keeping their young
daughters at home on weekend
nights when soldiers visit here
from Camp White, Bridge saldt .
"I'm not talking about 16
and 17-year-old girls only. -There
are girls 12 and 13 years
of age running around on those
nights.
"And Just last week, we re
ceived a report that a baby
girl, 31 years of age, was run
ning up and down East Main
street at 2i30 a. m."
for Marines
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First Army Occupies
Strategic Wooded
Ridge
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED . HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, March 16
(ff) The British first army, in
northern Tunisia, advancing in
Sedjenane area without meeting
resistance, has' occupied a stra
tegic. -wooded ridge, and other
allied forces with artillery sup
port have' routed strong enemy
patrols of armored vehicles in
the Gafsa area, 200 miles to the
south. ..
: An allied headquarters com
munique which announced these
successes on the ground,- also
told of an outburst of' new fury
In the struggle for air supremacy
in Tunisia. . - ...
The artillery action in the area
of Gafsa was accompanied by
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State Police to
Get Pay Increase
SALEM, March 16 (IP) State
police pay increases outlined by
the recent legislature were given
gubernatorial approval today
when Governor Earl Snell signed
house bill 102. -
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David Bridge, local juvenile
officer, last night bitterly criti
cized parents of young girls who
run about at night here on week
ends when soldiers from Camp
White are 'in town.
Ho told the city council that
people here seem to be more in
terested in the welfare of their
dogs than the welfare of their
children.
Referring to a council meeting
a week ago when, dog owners
filled the council chambers, he
said:
"If I could get a group, like
that behind me, I would turn
things upside down." . .
Use Full Power .
When Bridge suggested addi
tional legislation In an effort to
curb juvenile delinquency. Coun
cilman Rollin Cantrall retorted
that Bridge is not using the full
power already granted him by
the council. He heatedly demand
ed if any -parents had been
hailed into court to answer for
March 18 High 91, Low 17 '
Precipitation aa oi March I, 1843
Stream yaar to data . 13.41
Laat yaar 9,92 Normal 8,80
SOVIETS GAIN
47 VILLAGES
E
Kharkov Loss Offset
By Many Russian
Advances
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Spectacular new gains on the
central point, where the red
armies captured at least 47 towns
and villages in their . drive
toward Smolensk, threatened to
offset somewhat the German
victory at Kharkov in the Uk
raine today although the situa
tion in the south remained ex
tremely critical.
Smolensk, 230 miles west of
Moscow, is the central pivot of
the whole 1200-mile front from
Leningrad to Rostov.
With the vital Smolensk bas
tion imperilled by the approach
of four Russian columns the
nearest reported only 50 to 60
miles away it appeared likely
that the German high command
would soon have to shift some
of its reserves from the Kharkov
battle zone to the north. ; '
. Encircling Move
Front line dispatches said the
flat, snow-covered plains west of
the, Upper Dnieper river," which
the Russians had now reached,
afforded the red armies an op
portuTfltyIof 'encircling move
ments, against a series of Ger
man strong points in the Smo
lensk area. .... i - . .
Soviet columns pushing ahead
from Kholm-Zhirkovsky, west of
the Upper Dnieper, were report
ed to have driven, six miles in
pursuit of . the remnants of two
German divisions falling back
toward Smolensk.-
Other Russian forces striking
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Titus Indicted
On First Degree
m'
Muraer wiarge
William Titus. Justice of the
peace at Blyy was indicted late,
yesterday by the Klamath county
grand Jury, on charges . of first
degree murder. He is accused of
the slaying of his wife, Erma,
in a shotgun affair at Bly three
weeks ago.
. Titus is In a local, hospital re
covering from wounds which.
Sheriff Lloyd. Low alleges were
self-inflicted after Mrs. Titus was
killed in an early morning quar
rel. '
, The grand Jury Indicted Ken
neth .Wallan on a charge of sec
ond: degree murder in connec
tion with the death of James
Bowman in a Christmas eve fight
on a suburban street.
Not True BUls -
Not true bills were returned
by the grand jury in the cases
of William L. Roland, charged
with rape; Warren Dickinson, ac
cused or using an automoDiie
without permission; George W.
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nix:..
I n X
N NEW DR I v
riucizes tax rarefies
their children being out after
hours In accordance with a re
cent council action. Bridge said
he had not yet taken that mea
sure,, but with council backing
he would do so. -
Mayor Houston suggested that
action be taken against parents
to "stop this sort of thing at the
source."
In a discussion of Saturday
night policing, Police Chief Earl
Heuvel said he had only three
policemen for duty on Saturday
nights, when, It is customary,
600 soldiers are in town from
Camp White.. He said he Is go
ing to use police reserves on this
work. -
The council took no action on
Bridge's suggestion that the curfew-age
limit be reduced from
18 to 17 years, and that more re
sponsibility be placed upon
dance operators and business
houses to prevent youngsters
from entering these placet late
st . night.