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By FRANK JENKINS
fUR Americans, who yesterday
took Gafsa, roll on today to
El Cuotar, 13 mlloi to tho south'
cant,
Your map will suggest to you
thnt their purposo In to roll on
if possible, to tho coast of the
Mediterranean BEHIND ROM
MEL,, thus cutting him off from
Von Arnlm In tho north, at Tunli
and Blzerlo.
, ... -
VE tried thnt oiico before and
jk sot an fur as Muknussy dec
Wninp), but Itominol wa too imart
tor us and hit us when we
weren't looking,
. Wo now have a new Rcnernl
In thnt area the colorful Put-
ton.
We'll see what he enn do
gainst Rommel.
IEEP your eyo on Tunisia. In
tht : dispatches qf tho post
day or so one seems to hear the
rumbling of big event in tho
making.
TpHE weather, Incidentally, Is
still bad, Our boys, pushing
on from Gufsa to El Guclnr,
waded to their waists In gullies
running full , from the heavy
roina,
,
JK Russia, the fighting today Is
said to equal any that took
place In tho Stalingrad cam
's palgn.
' The Russians are holding the
line of tho Donets river, about
IS miles east of Kharkov. Into
the battle here tho Germans are
throwing new air units, motor
ized Infantry and tank detach
menls. German Infantry crossed
the Donets, but are said to have
been thrown back by tho reds.
Th Russians mined tho river
Ice, and when German tanks un
dertook to crow nine of them
were destroyed when tho mines
were exploded. German 'tanks
attempting to cross nt another
point ran Into thinning lco and
two of them broke through,
drowning their drivers.
;; The tanks thon turned back
rrllE attacking Germans appear
O- to bo widening their front,
They report today tho recapture
of Belgorod, SO miles north of
Kharkov.
"' It Is Just as well to remember
that thcro Is mora hard fighting
In Russia than Ifl all tho rest of
tho world put together. From
tho standpoint of men and
weapons engaged, our opera'
tlons in Tunisia are mere sklrnv
Islics,
'i,
AC ARTHUR today throws
. against tho Jap concentre
tlons north of Australia his
farthest-flung air oporatlon of
the war to dato.
" His heavy bombers, aided by
long range fighters pound tho
fcnemy from Timor, northwest of
Darwin, clear around to Now
Britain, dropping 38 tons of
bombs on Mndang (Now Guinea)
Oalono,
Tho dispatches nro still hazy
about it, but heavier fighting Is
going on In Burma.
' SPOKESMAN at Moc
, Arthur's headquarters offers
lomc Interesting comment today
on recent reports placing Japan's
wartlmo commercial shipping
losses at 1,800,000 tons.
' Ho points out that in connec
tion with these reports of enemy
losses we must consider tho fact
that tho Japs have captured or
otherwise acquired from neutrals
and non-bo! I igorcnts some 475,
000 tons of merchant shipping
and havo probubly built somo
430,000 tons more.
So their NET losses arc around
000,000 tons instead of 1,800,000.
.
'T'HIS comment teaches us that
wo must constantly discount
tho favorable reports wo nro get
ting from tho Pacific. Tho Jap
O Isn't as near licked as tho doy-to-dny,
run-oMho-mlll news we
are getting seems to indicate,
f"N the homo front (whoro tho
'7: news Is never too encourag
ing) Kaiser Is accused by tho war
', (Continued on Page Five)
suits yield
JO NEW NAZI
Axis Claims Attack,
Seizure of Red's
Belgorod
LONDON, March 12 (AP)
Tho German high command
in a communique . broadcast
today by the Berlin radio and
recorded by the Associated
Press reported the capture oi
Belgorod, SO miles northeast
of Kharkov, and said further
successful attacks had been
made northwest of Kursk.
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, Morch IB (AP)
Dlnputchcs from the front today
said tho Germans had thrown
now air units, motorized Infan
try outfits and tank detach
ments Into the battle for mat
tery of the upper Doneti river
IS miles cast of Kharkov, and
that the tremendous pressure of
the new forces in tho last' few
hours had caused the Russian
lino to yield slightly In the
Chuguov sector.
The nazls succeeded In
throwing Infantrymen across
the river in some sectors, but
ultimately they were hurled
back, while tanks attempting
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LOAD 1 SUB BASE
Vegesack Raid Makes
Many "Firsts" for
Americans
LONDON, March 19 (VP)
United States bombers dropped
their heaviest tonnago ot bombs
to dale on Germany In yester
day's raid on Vegesack, 15 miles
northwest of Bremen, which
also established a number of
firsts" in "the 1043 American
nir offensive from this theater
against tho enemy's submarine
warfare," It was announced to-
dny,
A report from the European
theater of operations ot the
United States army said pho
tographs .showed tho daylight
precision bombing was "particu
larly effectivo" and that Ameri
can "firsts established were:
1, Tho deepest penetration
into Germany proper.
2. Tho largest forco of Ameri
can bombers employed to date
in tho attack on Germany.
Largest Bag
It sold that preliminary re
ports of onomy fighter aircraft
destroyed by Flying Fortresses
and Liberators in a running
fight that lasted for upwards
of two hours "Indicate the larg
est bag of the year,"
Official figures, it added,
would not bo avnllnblo until
(Continued on Pogo Two)
STRENGTH
Roosevelt Aims to Avoid
Labor Draft
WASHINGTON, March 19 lP)
President Roosevelt told a press
conference '.t.day he wanted to
nvoid national service legislation
Just as long as he possibly could.
No decision has been reached
on tho question of drafting of
workors for war Industries, Mr.
Roosevelt said, and ho added
that It might bo unnecessary to
hnvo It, or that eventually it
would have to bo put into effect.
Senator Austin (R-Vt.), co-au
thor of tho Austln-Wadsworth
bill for a national service act,
was told of Mr, Roosevelt's re
marks and he commented, "To
mo, ho is assuming that it may
bo necessary.
Point of Difference
"Thai's the whole point of dif
ference whether it's necessary
now or not," said Austin. "If
wo wait until the crisis it may be
too late. Also the lives of many
Wins Film Contract
y
Athens. Greek l urn tetreu
and daughter ot Myrts Gutos,
Greek stage stir, whev escaped
from ihelr native land before in
waa- occupied by -the Germans,
was signed by Columbia for a
screen career. Her she ehows
how she hopes to climb the
stairway to fame la. Hollywood.
Senate Finance
Group Against
Reducing Wages
WASHINGTON, March 19 VP)
Acting to rescind President
Roosevelt's executive order llnv
iting salaries to $25,000 after fed'
end taxes, the - senate finance
committee today approved . leg'
islotlon which forbids the-feck
eral government from ordering
salaries or wages reduced for
any particular work below-the
highest level paid between Jan
uary 1 and September 15, 1942,
Tho order Is retroactive to Oc
tober 2, 1942, dato of approval
ot the prlco stabilization law un
der which the president acted,
The new stipulation was at
tached as an amendment to a
bill, also approved, increasing
tho federal debt limit from $125,
000,000,000 to $210,000,000,000.
Oregon Governor
Signs Barber Bill
SALEM, March 19 (P) Gov
ernor EarlSnell today signed the
"Barbers' Bill," senate bill 37,
which permits barbers In any
given county to establish min
imum prices upon a vote of 70
per cent of the licensed barbers
affected. Tho measure does not
prohibit charging of prices high
er than those established as a
minimum scale, '
for War Work
of our boys will bs lost while
we're debating the type ot legis
lation tho country wants."
At Capitol Hill today, Captain
Eddie Rlckenbackcr of flying
fame in war and peace, told a
senate , committee considering a
civilian draf bill that he Is "cru
sading to mako the public conscience-stricken,"'
to arouse the
people back home "to the point
where they will work as our
boys on the battlefields work."
.Rickenbacker Speak
Rlckenbackcr said the war
"may go for years" unless a
mighty increase of production
speeds tha daj of. victory.,
: Mr. Roosevelt, asked why he
wanted to avoid civilian service
legislation, said he thought it
would creato a lot more machin
ery, mako things a lot mora com
plicated in a lot ot ways, and
cause people to complain of regi
mentation, . '
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ESS
GIANT AERIAL
SWEEP
BATTERS
MASSED 'JAPS
South. Pacific Enemy
Concentrations
, , , Damaged
. By MURLIN SPENCER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, March 19 VP)
In the most wldepread aerial
sweep . against Japanese concen
tratlons ever launched in the
southwest . Pacific area, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur 'sent his
bombers on damaging raids yes
terday against more than a dozen
points where the Japanese are
building up concentrations, an
allied communique said today,
- Big allied bombers ranged
from Timor to Salamaua, New
Guinea, and Gasmata, New Brit
ain, bitting everything they
could find, but they concentrated
on. tha Japanese strongpoint of
Matting in JVew Guinea.
. Separata Sweep
iTJireo. separate sweeps were
made at Madang between Finsch-
hafen and Salomaua and more
than 38 tons of bombs were pour
ed on the Japanese stronghold,
uie communique said. Long'
range fighters ''thoroughly
strafed the whole area," it add'
ed.
, They left the little village In
?Cpntnued or Page Two)
Enemv Pressure Eases
, - East of Mayu
River
NEW - DELHI, March 19 VP)
Fighting flared up again yester
day on the Mayu peninsula in
western Burma where British
army has been threatening
Akyab, but east of the Mayu
river "Japanese pressure has
slackened, a British communique
said today.
1 Sixteen miles north of Rathe-
daung, in the region of Taung-
mau, where the Japanese have
dug themselves into hill posi
tions, fighting continued, it was
announced, but. there was no In
dication of the scope of the bat
tle. Rathedaung is about 25
miles northwest of Akyab.
It was the Japanese pressure
east of the . Mayu river which
made it necessary for the British
to readjust their positions and
prevent isolation of. the units
north, of Rathedaung. Presum
ably this threat had diminished
somewhat.
. RAF Planes Hit
The RAF continued to range
over the battle area, attacking
many targets, including Japanese
headquarters in the Donbalk
lector, the communique said.
Raiding United States airmen
ranged far and wide over Jap
anese targets in Burma Wednes
day and Thursday, the American
army air communique reported,
damaging bridges and railways
and returning without the loss
of a man or a plane.
Heavy ' bombers damaged a
bridge over the Pazundaung
river six miles north of Rangoon
and railway tracks to the north
and the south. Returning from
this raid, the American planes
were engaged by enemy fighters
in an hour's combat. One Zero
was downed and a twin-engined
fighter damaged.
LaGuardia Seeks
Job as Head of
Conquered Land
LONDON, March 19 (For
eign diplomatic quarters said to
day that Washington was seek
ing British approval of Mayor
F. H. La Guardla of New York
as wartime civil administrator
of occupied Italian territory in
Africa. : ' - .
There was. no comment from
official. source. , ..
Florae flabes
IN WESTERN BURMA
Allies Capture El Guetar
BCabkyraJilJmU
Today allied Headquarters In North- Africa, reported that the
Americans had captured. El Guetar on the road from. Gafsa.to
Gibes. Yesterday the Americans tinder Oeneral Patton seised
Gafsa (1), central Tunisian lirbase. U. S. troops hav been mov
ing In from Feriana, while the French were advancing from
Metlaoul. The German radio said that In addition to the four
division assault on the northern sector of the Mareth line. Gen
eral Montgomery was sending strong reinforcements against the
Nails' right flank (2). Broken lin indicates approximate battle
front. .'.'.." : .. - .
vonrt.rencu.on ro-Tr ar
4 Problems Viewed by Allies
WASHINGTON. March 19 VP)
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that perhaps half a dozen.
United ' Nations , .conferences
might be called to consider, vari
ous phases of post-war problems.
Plans are already underway
for a conference on food, produc
tion and distribution for all the
populations of the world in the
period following the close of the
conflict. . ,
In addition, the chief execu
tive told a press conference,
probably there would be a meet
ing on post-war relief.
' Meetings In Economies
Beyond that, he- said, - there
might bo two or three or- four
other conferences, mainly In the
fields of economics and finance.
Meanwhile, a plea by Anthony
Eden that the United States, Eng'
land, Russia and China mould
their war-time unity into the
framework for a lasting peace
encouraged congressional advo
cates of collective , security .. to
new efforts. . ..
Mr. Roosevelt gave no indica
tion as to when or where the
conferences might be held, but
he indicated that invitations al
ready, have gone' to the United
Nations for a food. parley. .
Smaller Spots Viewed 1
He said he hoped it would not
be held in Washington and that
Soft Coo Mine
Operators. Ask.
For More Time
NEW YORK, March-19 UP)
Northern Appalachian soft coal
mine operators urged today that
negotiations for a contract for
450,000 miners to supplant one
expiring March 31 be extended
beyond that time, but the United
Mine Workers declared the pro
posal was "an attempt to pro
long the negotiations under con
ditions most profitable to . the
operators.".
In a statement released after
90-mlnute meeting of heads of
the northern operators and the
UMW, the .owners urged also
that the present agreement be
kept in effect until April 30.
'We point out again," the
union declared In a statement re
plying to the proposal, "that the
mine workers of the country ara
hungry. ' They are petitioning
for relief, and they will deeply
resent the absence of good faith
and evasion of responsibilities
In these negotiations on the part
of the operators, and their con
fidence will be Increasingly de
stroyed - by the filibustering
tactic . ... ..v.-kb;..;.
he had four or five- other smaller.
spots in mind in this country.
Once- before, the president has
expressed a view that a smaller
place is more desirable for an
important meeting, citing the
success of his talks with Prime
Minister Winston Churchill at
Casablanca. -While
a tentative date ' has
been picked for the food discus-
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FORM'S IONS
EYED BJfCDOESS
General . Motors Asks
Congress to Halt
! . Organization
WASHINGTON, March 19 (IP)
A broad measure to bar -war-contractors'
administrative and su
pervisory employes from labor
organizations was placed before
congress today in. the wake of a
plea by General. Motors corpor
ation for action to halt forma
tion of foremen's unions. .
The measure -was introduced
late yesterday by Rep.' Smith
(D-VaJ, chairman of a recently
created special house committee
on : administrative practices,
shortly after receiving a protest
from G. E. Wilson, General Mo
tors 1 president, that -their crea
tion would interfere with' war
production.
New Measure
Smith's new measure, which
was sent to the house military
committee : for consideration,
(Continued on Page Two)
Sisemore to Aid
In Folkes Trial
District Attorney L. Orth
Sisemore of Klamath county
will assist Harlow Welnrlch,
Linn county district attorney,
in the trial of Robert Folkes on
charges of tha murder of Mar
tha Brlnson James, it ' was
learned today. -
The trial is scheduled to start
at Albany on April 7. :'
i Mrs. James, wife of a navy
ensign, was slain while riding
in berth lower 13 on a South
ern Pacific train on January S3.
Sisemore did considerable work
in connection with the investi
gation ot the murder when the
train was held here for several
hour -that afterndbn.
Patton Jams Tanks
Into Wedge In
Crack Nazi Troops
By ROGER GREENE
: Associated Press War Editor
. Allied headquarters announced today that American armored
troops pushing toward the sea from newly recaptured Gafsa had
seized the town of El Guetar after- a 12-mile advance, while other
allied columns rolled across the Central Tunisian hills in a drive
aimed at" cutting the 300-mile, axis coastal corridor.
Led by dynamic Lieut.-Gen. George S. Patton, Jr., who once)
challenged Field Marshal Erwin Rommel to single tank combat,
the Americans were reported making rapid progress despite
treacherous mine fields planted by the nazis.
:
HELD AS PLAN
Income Tax Collection
Measure Described;.
"On Floor ' ..; -
: By FRANCIS M. L MAY
WASHINGTON, March 19 UP)
The income tax collection, bill
submitted to the house.' by the
ways -' and means. : committee,
which' makes: pay-as-you-go-' op
tional for each taxpayer, wai described-
on the floor today by-
Bep. . Allen ,CR311.): as' -"a rich?
man's bilL" .; r, ,,t .... ,.
. ;"It provide no . abatement : er
concessions on -taxes for-1942,"
hsaid. "It provides-that if a
taxpayer desires to get on a cur
rent basis- by-paying both 1942
and 1943 taxes during 1943 he is
rewarded by being given a vary
ing per cent discount depending
upon the time of payment"
- . Skip Entire Year -
: - Allen contended the Ruml pay-as-you-go
plan, : which would
skip an entire tax year, would
not be of principal benefit to the
wealthy. -
The committee - bill provides
no tax abatement, but creates a
system of discounts up to six per
cent on 1943 taxes paid within
' (Continued on Page Two)
ODT Promises Gas '
For All Trucking
Uses in Farming
WASHINGTON, March 19
(AP) Joseph B. Eastman, di
rector of defense transportation,
advised all - farmers to plan
their 1943 crops "with the as
surance that they- will be able
to obtain enough gasoline for
all necessary truck operations,
local fuel' supplies permitting.
He reviewed' the procedure
by which farmers get gasoline
for- farm- operation purposes,
pointing out that county war
boards make initial . ration al
lotments Which, if sufficient,
can be appealed to the ODT. I.
FOR filCH MEN
Plenty of Manpower Says
Rickenbacker to Senate
By JOHN K. WIGGINS
WASHINGTON. March 19
(AP) - Declaring that many
American industries still are
operating on a "share-the-work
depression" basis, ' Capt. Eddie
Rickenbacker said today the
nation has .more mannower
than it needs "if properly util
ized."
Testifying before the senate
military committee, inquiring
into the Austin-Wadsworth bill
to draft men and women civil
ians into war production: jobs,
the flying' ace of World war -I
declared that. "It's not a case of
manpower problems but of pro
duction problems."
Reads From Notes.
Reading i from a page . of
notes, Rickenbacker said that
from many discussions with
able production: men he is con
vinced that about 8,500,000
men could be salvaged ' from
present war industries by adop
tion in all war plants ot the in
centive or piece work plan.
' -Under -the -incentive plan as
Gafsa fell- to U. S. troops
Wednesday without the lose -of
a single soldier. -
, British Battle Von Arnlm
In another Tunisia, an allied
communique said, . Lleut.-Gen.
KA. N. Anderson's British 1st
army withdrew slightly in tha
zig-zag struggle with Col.-Gen.
Jurgen von Arnlm's axis fore
es, falling back in the Tamera
sector some 42 miles west of ,
Bizerte. , . , . , t '
Frontline dispatches a i d
British 1st army troops with- .
drew Wednesday night from
Tamera to new positions, three
miles to the southwest. The .
German- high ' command said
"an axis local offensive enter- '
prise is progressing faborably" '
in the northern sector;
: Heavy rains and floods ham- ;
pered operations on the cen-
tral Tunisian, front, dispatches
said. . .. .. . i - .i. . "
-.-'Local Adjustments ,
'. In the south, the British Stir '
array, executed ."slight local ad
justments" whose nature was
not specified "with , little In-',
terference by, the enemy" in
the Mareth lin zone,
i TNormal - patrol activity ha
continued during the past 24
hours,-' the communique said.
: In addition to the U. S. arm :
oredl , thrust-- to El Guetar, 73
miles from the port of Gabes, ;
other American force were re
ported moving northeast along
, .(Continued on rage two;
Enemy launches
Vigorous Attack
In Chinese Area
' CmTNfSKTNO. March 19 (VP)
A vigorous counter attack' cov-;
ered by planes was launched by ,
reinforced Japanese forces yes
terday in tee uupen area souin
nf thm Vanstxe river, a Chinese
high command communique an
nounced today.
-Tm reinforcement, the com- .
munique said, poured across the
river to Join enemy troops wnicn ,
had - been pushed back north
ward about 30 miles after reach
ing a point 60 miles south of
the river in- an ; eight-column
drive in' central China. -'
Th rnmTnuntaue. did not SBT
whether the Japanese had gain
ed ground in tne counteraiiacK.
It also announced fighting in
Suiyuan, Shantung and Yunnan :
provinces.
opposed to tha 40-hour work
week-end hourly pay rates, h
said it would be "ultra conserv
ative" to figure a 83 1-3 per,
cent Increase in production.
(The 'wage-hour law require
payment of time and a half for
work over 40 hours.) v , '
Save Men
"That . would save about 5,
500,000 men and would give us
the additional men needed for
agriculture and for other war
Industries," Rickenbacker
added.. ..:
'The filer expressed a belief
that former farm workers now
In industry should be Instructed
to "go back to the farms" or b
drafted.
'They certainly should b in
uniform," he added, "prior to
those babies of 17 to 18. Their
places in industry could be tak
en by plenty of persons over 18
to .38 age group who are will
ing and anxious to get into war
work."
Of course, he remarked, you
can't win a war without regimen
tation. )