and
J HIJIip
. lilt
rallHiBMilMiBll
On 6-mlnute blail on sirens and whistles
li the signal lor blackout in Klamath
Falli. Anothar long bloit, during a black
' out, la a signal lor all-clear. In preceu
. tlonary periods, watch your atraai lights.
By FRANK JENKINS
-TUNISIA If Uio hot spot and,
on the bnuls of today's dls
patchei, la dotting hotter by the
mlnuto.
VjONTGOMERY lilts nommol
A v at hla strongest point on tho
French-built Mareth lino na ho
did at El Alnmeln, 1300 miles
buck to the eost. lilt ntlnck,
backed up by planes, tnnk and
self-nropollcd guns, la described
by eye-wltncssos todny s tho
"moiit concentrated ever wit'
nuMcd."
. lie then sop around tho rlRht
nd of the Mureth fortifications
and drlvcg a deep wedge toward
Itommcl'a rear while nt tho initio
time our own Pntton pushes for
ward from Scncd to Moknossy,
only 34 miles from tho Mediter
ranean. . Tho apparent purpose Is to
saw Rommel a forces up Into scv.
ral pockets, where they can be
annihilated.
WATCH what hnppena In this
J cap between the spenrpolnt
of Patton a American column ana
the seashore.
' Rommel must either stand
where he Is and fight or run for
it. If he runs, It must bo through
this narrowing gap. Ho will ccr-
, tAlnly fight hard to hold Patton
k back from closing tho mouth of
9 the sack.
PREDICTIONS are u n s a f e
especially when mode by
rank outsider (such as this
Writer) who don t know u the
facts.
But at least we know that
Montgomery, after preparing
long and carefully, seems to bo
hitting with everything no nns.
Every tlmo ho hns dono that In
the past, something has had to
give way.
Until what has been started
in Tunisia is finished, tho nows
will bo exciting.
VISKA bobs back Into the news
x today In a modornlcly big
way.
American planes, going over
) In six waves, bomb the Jap in
tallatlona there for nine hours.
Eugene Burns, AP correspond
ent, saya there were at least 72
of them and thoy drop demoli
tion bombs, fragmentation bombs
and Incendiaries. Somo of tho
demolition bombs (colled "Jap
busters" In his dispatch) weigh
ton,
npHE real Interest of the Klska
affolr lies not so much in
what is dono by our planes as In
What Is disclosed to us regarding
the progress of Jnp operations
during tho fog-bound months of
the winter.
The littlo yellow men, tolling
like ants, day and night, havo
been building a runway for land
based FIGHTER planes. On tho
rocky, precipitous Island they
have diced tremendous dlfflcul
I tics, and Burns Intimities that
without heavy equipment they
have been practically tearing
down hillsides with their hands
and filling up gullies with wheel
barrows In order to provide n
level spot sufficiently largo for
planes to toko oft and land,
: . . -
'THEY haven't been doing all
that, you mny bo sure, Just
for tho exercise. Burns thinks
they have It In mind to mako of
Klska another Guadalcanal.
KJAVY SECRETARY KNOX
A says today In Washington:
: "Tho Pacific is quiet at tho
moment, but this may be tho
calm boforo tho storm. Tho war
is still on OUT THERE very
much so."
i
WE of tho Pacific Coost will
. noto with concern his use of
tho words "out Micro." Thoy
. seem to Indicate to us that ho
thinks of tho Pacific as a RE
MOTE region.
To us, tho Pacific Is very near
-and vory, very Important.
Wo hope wo nro wrong and
that Washington Isn't thinking of
the Pacific as an nrca that Is
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or
)liu
Selection Sure.
Arthur Schaupp, Klamath
Tails attorney. Is slated for ap
pointment to the state highway
commission by Qovernor Earl
Snail.
E
Sr. Nazaire Battered
After Brittany
Assault
LONDON. March 23 (AP
Squadrons of the RAF's big
bombers smashed at , tho Gor
man submarine bono at St. Na
zniro lmt night in the wake of
a heavy assault . on Wllhclm
shaven by American Flying
Fortresses and Liberators yes
terday hftcrnoon,
British Whirlwind fighter
bombers also blasted railway
targets In Brittany during the
night's operations, which cost
tha loss of ono plane, an air
ministry communique said.
Offensive Resumed
Tho assaults on St. Nazairo
and Wilhclmshavcn presented a
resumption of the allied air of
fensive Against the nests from
which nail undcr-watcr raiders
havo been striking at vital
United Nations supply lines.
St. Nazairo has been a re
peated target of attacks not
only by the RAF but by tho
United States air forces. Tho
last big raid on tho base was
curried out by the. RAF on the
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Stockman Proposes
Army Consideration
For Farm Workers
WASHINGTON, March 23 m
Army training and uniforms for
farm workers of draft ago prior
to their assignment to agricultur
al duty is proposed by Represen
tative Stockman (It-Ore.), a
wheat grower himself.
Stockman has Introduced leg
islation under which form work
ers would bo inducted, Issued
uniforms and given basic train
ing before returning to work.
Tho six-foot-six congressman
explained to a' reporter:
"You vo got to remove tho
stigma of this blankot deformont
of formers.
Raymond Fuller Awarded
Purple Heart in Hospital
Tho Purplo Heart, recoived for
wounds and meritorious action
In baltlo, was pinned on the
chest of n Klamath Foils youth,
Sgt. Raymond Fuller, 25, In n
United Stales hospital, February
7, according to word received
hero by tho young army tank
corpsmim's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Fuller of 2252 Vino ave
nue,
Sgt. Fuller has boon engaged
In several major tank engage
ments In North Africa and was
wounded. Ho received treatment
In six British hospitals but Is
now in an American hospital
which ho termed "100 per cent."
His parents do not know wheth
er ho has yet been released for
combat duly.
In a recent letter, Sgt. Fullor
gavo tho American Red Cross a
boost, soying thut tho Red Cross
was doing everything possible to
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Airmen Drop "Jap Busters"
On Enemy Bases in Alaska
By EUGENE BURNS
A N ADVANCED ALASKA
BASE, March 15 (P (Delayed)
United Stutes army airmen drop
ped "Jap Busters" for tho first
time today in the heaviest aerial
smash of tho war against Japanese-held
Klska Island.
Tho big, one-ton bombs made
their Aleutians debut In a death
cargo of 47 tons that rained on
tho Japs' Island baso In day-long
operations. The lltli air force
headquarters reported the exact
figure was 94,500 pounds, as
light and heavy bombers shared
honors with bomb carrying
Ightcr planes.
The heaviest previous bomb
total reported for a single day's
operations was 30 tons.
Punishing Raid
Today's punishing raid kept
the Japs ducking for cover Inter
mittently for nine hours and one
minute after the first attack
opened at 9:45 a. m. Six groups
of raiders swept over Klska
through a day that must have
seemed longer to Tojo'a cohorts
than the coldest and foggiest of
Aleutian winter days. Tho six
raids set a new record for the
course.
The Klska Japanese got a
glimpse if any of them kept
their heads out of their battered
shelters of at least 72 U.S.
planes. That was .more thaa they
Roosevelt Okays
Resignation of
Patrick Hurley
WASHINGTON, March 23 (IP)
President Roosovclt accepted to
day tho resignation of Brigadier
General Patrick J. Hurley as
minister to New Zealand and
said Hurley is undertaking a
mission for htm In the near and
middle east.
Mr. Roosevelt described Hur
ley, who served as secretary of
war in the Hoover cabinet, as a
general utility man. Hurley has
spent relatively little time in
New Zealand since he was
named minister and has under
taken other special tasks for
his commander-in-chief. The lat
est was in Russia.
Asked at a press conference
whether the general Is going to
Russia again, Mr. Roosevelt said
ho would If It were necessary
but that there were no present
plans.
CIO to Campaign
For Shipyard Men
PORTLAND, Ore., March 23
(IP) The CIO Marino and Ship
building Workers of America
soon will start a campaign for
mombers in tho three Henry Kai
ser shipyards hereabouts, Irwin
L. Do Shctler, former Cleveland
area CIO director, said today.
Do Shctler, who arrived last
night, said ho would open an of
fice and soon havo a large staff
at work.
Sgt, Raymond Fuller
L-r, . .Q. ,
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
ever had a chance to see on
single Klska raid before.
One Pilot Missing
The air force report listed
only ono fighter pilot waa miss
ing. A second lieutonant met
death in a forced landing on the
water.
Demolition bombs ranging up
to a ton, fragmentation bombs
and incendiaries rained down on
the Jap emplacements.
At times the anti-aircraft fire
was heavy but its damage was
slight.
Only three Japanese Zero
fighter planes were seen in the
air all day. They weren't look
ing for a fight. They Jumped
the weather observation patrol
plane that first sent the weather
report that launched the thun
dcrous attack.
Miners Propose
Method to Keep
Coal Mines Open
NEW YORK, March 23 (Fl
irt the wake of President Roose
velt's request that-negotiations
for a new contract be continued
after April I, the United- Mine
Workers union and ' northern
soft coal operators of tha Appa
lachian area offered counter pro
posals today under which mines
would be kept open and negoti
ations continued after the ex
piration of the present contract
March 31.
Citing the president's telegram
to union and operators' negoti
ators yesterday, in which he
asked for uninterrupted produc
tion after the contract expiration
dote, the operators presented a
resolution stating that "pending
continued negotiations, the terms
and conditions of existing con
tracts shall remain In force and
effect" until their differences
are settled.
Navy Man Says
Pacific Quiet
Before Storm
WASHINGTON, March 23
(AP) Secretary Knox said to
day tho Pacific Is very quiet at
the moment, but "this may be
the calm before the storm."
"The war is still on out there
very much," the secretary
told a press conference.
The subject of the Pacific
came up when Knox was asked
about the fact that a navy cas
ualty list issued last night con
tained only nine names, indi
cating a minimum of action in
all the vast battle area.
Tho secretary's only direct
comment on the list was, "don't
make any deductions from
that; the total of casualties
changes constantly, as you
know."
Oregon Legion to
Hold Convention in
August at Baker
BAKER, March 23 (ff) The
annual Oregon American Legion
convention will be held here,
August 19, 20 and 21, Baker Le
gionnaires announced, following
a meeting of state Legion offi
cials In which the city's bid wos
accepted.
Injured Child's
Condition Good
The condition of Geary Ed
wards, son "f Mr. and Mrs. S.
Delbert Edwards of 752 North
Tenth street, was reported good
Tuesday. Tho child was struck
by a cor driven by Mrs. Grace
Clock, 37 West Lowell street,
when ho ran in front of the ma
chine at 921 Prospect street.
Goory wos observing his
fourth birthday today In Klam
nth Valley hospital, his left leg
fractured nnd his face skinned
and bruised.
TUESDAY, MARCH 23. 1943
ml
ATTORNEY TOLD
OF SELECTION
Klamath to Get First
Highway Appointee
In Its History
Arthur W, Schaupp's appoint
ment to the state highway com
mission was announced late to
day by Governor Earl Snell In
Salem.
Schaupp, Klamath Falls attor
ney, will succeed Herman
Oliver, John Day, whose term
on the powerful road board ex
pires March 31.
This appointment gives Klam
ath county a highway commis
sioner for the first time in his
tory. Schaupp on Tuesday after
noon received a telegram front
Governor Snell telling him of
his selection as Eastern Oregon's
representative on the board.
Long in E. O. . .. ...
Schaupp has been-a-practicing
attorney in Klamath county
for 18 years. He came here from
'Wallowa county, where he: was
district attorney for two years,
and practiced law many years.
He has been in legal work and
active In Eastern Oregon politics
for more than 30 years.
.Schaupp served in the . state
legislature from this district in
1931-33. He has been chairman
of the republican county cen
tral committee, and has served
as republican state committee
man from both Klamath " and
Wallowa counties. . He was. as
sistant district attorney here at
one time.
The local attorney is a 33rd
degree Mason, past exalted
ruler of the local Elks lodge,
Kiwanian, and former chairman
of the Salvation Army advisory
board. He is heavily interested
in farming in both Wallowa and
Klamath counties at the pres
onetime, and also city attorney.
Years of Effort
Schaupp Is married and has
two daughters, Mrs. Lynn Lat
ourette of Oregon City and
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Governor Vetoes
Bill Repealing
Five Dollar Fee
SALEM, March 23 OP) Gov
ernor Earl Snell today vetoed a
bill which would have repealed
the special state $5 filing fee for
divorce cases. This $5 fee is in
addition to regular court fees.
Howard Named as
Acting Engineer
Frank Z. Howard, Klamath
county surveyor, was named as
acting city engineer by the city
council in session Monday
night. No salary- figure was
given.
Howard will serve during the
illness of City Engineer E. A.
Thomas who has been confined
to his home since mid-January
with a heart condition. The
council deemed the appoint
ment necessary in view of the
heavy street duties which
weigh on the city, administra
tion each spring. Howard has
assisted during Thomas' illness
In an advisory capacity.
OPA Views Coritrol
Of Fresh Vegetables
WASHINGTON, March 23 (IP)
The office of price administra
tion was reported reliably last
night to be considering some
"simple" form of price control
over asparagus, cauliflower and
other fresh vegetables whose
price is not already "frozen."
SALARY LIMIT VOTED
WASHINGTON, March 23 (W)
Tho senate voted . today to
rescind President Roosevelt's or
der limiting salaries to $25,000,
after taxes. . .Tho measure now
goes to the house.
BOARD
NEA FEATURES
Number 9752
1 IIP
Son Receives Father's Service Cross
mmrm
While hit mother proudly looks on, George F. Marshall, Jr.,
3-year-old son of the late Lt. Col. George F. Marshall, receWes
the posthumous award of the Distinguished Service Cron for his
father, the first U. S. officer killed in North Africa. Brig. Gen.
John T.' Lewis makes the award.
Russians Push Back Nazis
On Northern Donets Drive
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, March 23 (IP) Bat
tling numerically superior forces
of Germans who continue to
pour up , to the front in long
columns,, the; red arpay of the
northern Donets pushed back
every 'German effort to cross
the . waterway in force, while
on the central front the Rus
sians continued to drive to
ward Smolensk, it was an
nounced today.
The red army also .held ' its
NEW GUINEA AREA
L
Steady Infiltration
Costs Enemy
700 Dead
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, March 23 (P)
The entire Mambare river valley
area on the northeast coast of
New Guinea 40 miles north of
Buna" and within 100 miles of
the important Japanese base at
Salamaua is in the control of
allied ground troops after a
steady infiltration which has cost
the enmy at least 700 dead and
over 100 prisoners, allied head
quarters announced today.
Many other Japanese are be
lieved to have lost their lives of
starvation and disease, the com
munique said, in the American
push through the swampy river
valleys of the Ambasl, Kumusi
and Opt, which were cleared of
enemy troops during the current
advance.
Planes Pound Japs
. Allied bombers and fighters
continued, meanwhile to pound
at Japanese positions In New
Gulneo and New Britain, giving
particular attention to Gasmata,
on the south coast of the latter
island. -
. The . Gasmata base was hit
with 2000-pound bombs dropped
on the runway of tho airfield
which started large fires, and
then was heavily strafed by long
fighters, with heavy damage to
buildings and installations, the
bulletin said.
Through Salamaua itself es
caped allied air attention yester
day, several other Japanese
bases along, the New Guinea
northeast coast were hit.
Frozen Food Lockers
Contain Little Meat
WASHINGTON, March 23 (JP)
The, office of price administra
tion estimated today that frozen
food lockers, used almost entire
ly by farmers, contain less than
one per cent of the country's
meat supply and added they
were excluded from rationing
controls because of the relative
ly small amount involved.
4 A
lines In the face of another
tremendous German push north
of Zhizdra, 40 miles north, of
Bryansk on" the central-front
where the nazis had numerous
big tanks and' divebomberi. in
operation over a sandy terrain
similar to that around - Pine-
hurst,- N. C. .
Heavy Attack
Red Star said heavy German
attacks In this area opened up
early on March 19 with mass
artillery fire and were support
ed by big tanks and motorized
Infantry " which swarmed
through the pine forests- and
across the sandy soil as readily
as across the deserts of Africa.
Forty-eight tanks rushed from
one forest, the dispatch said,
but at last accounts the Ger
mans had not been able to over
whelm the defenders.
In another long-quiet sector,
the Kuban area of the Caucasus,
the red army again was driv
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Court Favors No
Picketing After
Disputes Settled
SALEM, March 23 (ff) The
state supreme court ruled unani
mously today that circuit courts
can prevent labor unions from
picketing after labor disputes
have been settled,' but it -also
ruled that the courts cannot en
join unions from picketing be
fore the disputes are decided.
The. court upheld '-Circuit
Judge R. Frank Peters of Tilla
mook county in his injunction to
prevent the CIO Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union , from
picketing the Markham and Cal
low Logging company, of Clat
sop county. The CIO picketed
the plant after . the AFL' had
been given a closed shop agree
ment, . which was approved by
the national labor relations
board. ..."
"Black Soot" Arguments
Land Local PUC Complaint
A complaint against the
Klamoth Heating company was
to be filed late Tuesday by the
city of Klamath Falls with the
public utilities commissioner- in
Salem, following a year and one
half long argument over "black
soot" and an alleged steam haz
ard in the business section. City
Attorney J. H. Carnahan said he
placed the complaint in the mail
Monday morning.
1 Third and final reading .of an
ordinance which would place a
$7.50 fee on connections of the
heating plant In Klamath Falls,
was postponed last night at a
meeting of the council, and is
slated for presentation at an ad
joitmed meeting next Monday
night. '
Ormond R. Bean, commission
er, was advised In the complaint
that when the Klamath Heating
company plant was constructed,
lines were made to return the
hot water and condensed steam
March 22 High 81, Low 21
Praclpltatlon ai of March 16, 143
Stream yaar to data ....... .1S.81
Lait Yaar 10.08 Normal . .... 8.77
HUES MO
DASHTD SEA
American Tank Men
Nearly Join
' British
ID I
ALLIED HEADQUART-
ERS IN NORTH AFRICA,
March 23 (AP) Field Marsh
al Rommel's Mareth Una has
been penetrated at Its coast- -al
end and out-flanked at its
southern extremity by Gen- f '
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery's , '
veteran desert fighters, - if'
waa announced today.
The break through In tha
powerful fortifications -was :
near -Zarat, six miles north
west of the town of Mareth,
and. was accomplished by :
British troop la tht iiant
fighting of the African cam -calgn.
'
By ROGER GREENE '
Associated Press War Editor
The Mareth line, behind which
Marshal Rommel has sought to
defend, the southern front of his
shrinking African battlefield, '
has been breached by the British
eighth army, which was an
nounced tonifcht to have estab
lished a bridgehead through the
system of fortifications.
As the British consolidated .
their'penetration, German tanks
farther north counterattacked
against- American forces In the
El Guetar area, southwest of
Maknassy, on a southerly ap
proach to the newly-won. Amer- .
ican base at Gafsa.
Allied headquarters announc
ed today that swift-moving Am
erican tank troops had captured
the town of Maksassy in central
Tunisia, only ' 34 miles from tha
sea, and an Algiers , broadcast
said British forces had dashed
100 miles around the Mareth line
to a point 10 miles south of the -axis
airfield at El Hamma.
El Hamma lies 20 miles west
of the port of Gabes, chief "feed
er" base for Field Marshal Er
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Steel Company
Answers "Fake
Test" Charges
WASHINGTON, March 23
(AP) J. Lester Perry, president-
of the Carnegie-Illinois
Steel corporation, replied to
employe testimony that fake
test were made on steel or
dered for navy and lend-lease
use today by telling senate in
vestigators , the "regretable" oe-
curances were not known by
"the higher management."
Irene T. Pasternak, who said
she had charge of a book re
cording heat analysis at the
company's Irvin (Pa.) Works,
testified that where analysis
failed to come within specifi
cations, "we supply a pencil
analysis which meets the speci
fication." She said the pencil
analyses were fakes.
back to the central plant. The.
city charges that the company
has permitted these return mates
to become In disrepair and that
they are dumping -condensed
water, "detrimental and deleteri
ous" to sewer and drain pipes t
into the city sewer system.
. A part of ' the complaint Is
given here:
"They (the heating plant), does
not have catch basins wher
they dump this hot water into
the sewers in the city that will
condense the steam and in nu
merous places In Klamath Falls
during the cold winter months,
a great volume or geyser of
steam issues through tho vents In
the city streets presenting a very
serious traffic hazard In . our
streets. The water, being con
densed and highly impregnated
with acids, eats out the city sew
er system, even the vitrified iron
and concrete pipes, t The utility
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