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By FRANK JENKINS
'T'lIERE lin't much war now
- today,
We can't hops to got every do
tall of the fighting on every
front probably wouldn't rend it
If we did. wo licnr only of tho
more spectacular developments.
There's nothing spectacularly
new today.
THE Southern Tunisia hot spot
remain unchanged In any
niiitorlul respect.
' Montgomery gnlns some now
ground agulnut fierce enemy re
sistance at Mureth, whero he Is
hitting tho heavlly-fortlflcd Gcr
man lino hcud-on. Ills flanking
column which went around the
end and got In behind tho Ger
man linos hasn't been heard
from (In the news) for two days,
OATTON and his Americans are
' holding their positions at and
a llttio beyond Muknassy, out the
enemy still holds high ground
on their flanks from which he
must bo driven beforo we can
risk further advances.
nr-IIE allies (we and tho British)
seem to have superiority in
tho air.
'The Germans are reported to
bo using their aircraft Only In
support of their ground opera
Hons whereas we're said in the
dispatches to bo able to support
our ground forces fully while at
the same tlmo sparing planes for
raids against ports and shipping
.
TDRITISH military observers in
u London (usually quite well
informed) estimate today that In
the Mareth-Guf8-Oabes triangle
(whero tho heavy Tunisian fight
ing Is taking place) Rommel has
in the neighborhood of 80,000
men, of whom slightly more
than half are Germans.
THE Russian situation remains
. unchanged in its general pat
tern.
' The Russians are still batter
ing their way toward Smolensk,
with slight gains reported. The
Germans are still on tho prod
cast of Kharkov and after yes
terday's comparative lull are
laid to bo again throwing In fresh
troops. Tho Russians say they
are holding tho lino of the
Donets at oil points.
Fresh Russian' activity in the
Caucasus (In the Kuban valley)
is reportod again today.
.'
TOTE'VE bombed Klskn 28 times
this month nearly once a
day. After our brief gllmpso of
actual developments I hero tho
other day the censorship fogs
have closed In again.
"THERE'S nothing new from tho
Pacific except speculative
rumors that wo may be prepar
ing a new punch at tho Japs.
These rumors may bo founded
on fact, and may bo Intended to
worry the Japs. You never can
tell.
fN the homo front, tho battle
for tho BIG DOLLAR goes
on more or less as usual.
Tho farm bloc, which, like
Montgomery, had mada a dent in
tho opposing line, loses some
ground in a counter-attack. In
tho senate, the bill to include
farm lobor costs in tho farm
parity ceiling is sont back to the
(Continued on Pago Two)
Allied Vichy-French
Residents Sent
To Germany
BERN, Switzerland, March 28
(P) - British and Amorlcan men
who had remained in tho former
Vlchy-controllod part of France
after tho total occupation by
Gorman troops wore reported to
day to have been taken to Ger
many. W The United States legation
hero said it had no confirmation
of the report but said it had been
notified that all British and
American citizens in tho area
men, women and children num
boring soino 3000 had been ar-
U. S. Bombs
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m&mmm
Fires In tht Japanese Installations at Klska in the Aleutians
sent, columns of smoke high Into
bombart. Among targets hit was
hangar. Note staplants and small
air forces photo.
Stiff Nazi Resistance
Felt on Western
Front
LONDON, March 28 (IP)
A Reuters report from Stock
holm tonight said Russian
tanks had entered Torogo
buzh, SO miles cast of Smo
lensk. By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, March 28 W)
Beforo mounting German re
sistance, tho red army steadily
pressed on In ono sector of the
western front today and halted
to consolidate its position in an
other, but the general pressure
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Martin Claims
Votes to Pass
Ruml Tax Pian
WASHINGTON, March 28 (F)
Republican Leader Martin of the
house claimed definitely today,
for tho first tlmo, enough votes
for passage of tho Ruml sklp-a-
ycor tax proposal, as debato on
pay-as-you-go entered tho second
day. .
Although Chairman Doughton
(D-N.C.) of tho ways and means
committee, whoso tax plans pro
vide for no abatement of obliga
tions, countered with a state
ment that "tho Ruml plan is
(Continued on Page Two)
Dusi-Gathering Jap Farm
Machinery
LOS ANGELES, March 20 tm
Gathering dust in southern Cali
fornia warehouses, an official of
tho war production board de
clares, aro many Japanese
owned tractors, trucks and other
farm machinery sorely needed
on America's food production
front.
How to get tliom out and put
them to work7
Burnetts J, Daniels, regional
WPB counsel, concedes this is
a sizcablo legal problem. But,
he adds:
"If tho government can take
tho American farmers' sixth
nutomoblle tiro, it should be
abto to take this unused, Japanese-owned
farm machinery."
Contact Individuals
Under existing laws, Daniels
said In an Interview yesterday,
ovory Jupancso who stored
farm implements prior to evacu
Japs at Kiska
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tht sky afttr a raid by U. S.
tht Japs' stcondary ttaplane
boats on tht water. U. S. army
Japs Mashed on
Kiska Again by
Army Bombers"
WASHINGTON, March 28 (P)
Army bombers raided the Japa
nose base at Kiska in the Aleu
tlon islands four times Wednes
day, scoring hits in the target
area, tho navy reported today.
Communique number 324:
"North Pacific:
"1. On March 24th:
"(A) During the afternoon and
evening, army Liberator (Con
solidatcd B-24) and MitcheU
(North American B-25) bombers.
escorted by fighters, carried out
four attacks against Japanese po
sitions at Kiska. Hits were
scored in tho target area.
"(B) All United States planes
returned. .
Tho four raids raised to 25
almost ono a day tho number
of aerial attacks which have
been made against the enemy's
North Pacific outpost so far this
month.
The last previous attack was
on Sunday when two groups of
army bombers assaulted the Jap
anese position, starting one large
fire.
The heaviest operation of the
offensive so far reported oc
curred on March 18 when six
"heavy bombing attacks" were
made against Klska with unre
ported results.
Husband Murderer
Receives Pardon
BOISE, Ida., March 26 (F)
Lyda Southard, Bl-ycar-old for
mer Twin Falls, Idaho, house
wife, who spent 20 years bo
hind Idaho prison walls for mur
dering tho fourth of her six hus
bands, will recolvo an uncon
ditional pardon April 3.'
Poses Problem
ation would have to bo contact
ed individually "the war would
be over before we got it re
leased." Tho office of war information
last February 16 quoted Russell
T. Robinson, chief of tho evac
uee property division, as stating
in his report that tho Jnpancse
sold or leased most of their
equipment; that only five ma
chines were found stored at
Salinas and only 13 tractors and
six trucks in the Sacramento
valley.
But Daniels avers agricultural
equipment reposing idly in
warehouses of Los Angeles and
Orange counties is in "substan
tial quantity."
Support Inventory
Supporting Daniels' inven
tory, Chairman John M. Gault
of Urn Los Angeles county
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LAND All TO
SAVE NATION
OF
President Plans to
Increase Farm
Production
WASHINGTON, March 26 UP)
President Roosevelt told today
of plans for a crop-cultivating
land army under Food Adminis
trator Chester C. Davis, an in
crease in the supply of farm ma
chinery and the deferment of
hundreds of thousands of farm
workers, and emphatically con
cluded that we aro not going to
starve in this country.
Davis, operating virtually an
autonomous agency, will take up
Immediately the question of
forming the land army, he said.
Mr. Roosevelt noted that ha had
heard all sorts of speeches and
read headlines about food pro
duction falling off. But he also
has seen interesting figures, he
said, on the estimated acreage
being planted for food crops,
with nearly all showing an in
crease. Farmart Dtftrrad
At the same time, the chief ex
ecutive told a press conference
that 680,000 farm workers al
ready hBd been deferred from
military service and that Selec
tive Service Director Lewis B.
Hershey estimates that 3,000,000
additional people on the farms
would bo deferred this year.
In a lengthy discussion of farm
problems, Mr. Roosevelt also
said that the war production
board has taken steps to insure
a greater supply of farm machin
ery to those who till the land.
Manufacture Okahtd
Not only will some of the larg
er manufacturers be allowed to
' (Continued , on page two)
Allies Smash
Important Jap
Field in Burma
NEW DELHI, March 26 (IP)
Heavy American aerial blows In
two days of raiding against the
Japanese in Burma were an
nounced today in a communique
of the 10th U. S. air force, in
cluding "a highly successful ,op
eration" against the key airtcld
at Mciktlla.
"This is ono of the most im
portant Japanese airdromes in
Burma," the war bulletin said,
"and has been used in the past
as a forward base from which
to attack allied installations in
Assam.
Hits Noted
"All our bombs fell in the tar
get area and there were many
hits on barracks as well as on
other buildings at the field. One
twin-engined Japanese bomber
was destroyed on the ground."
That attack, which was carried
out Tuesday by medium bomb
ers, also extended to the ware
house and storage district of
Meiktila and the railroad there.
"Many fire's were started," the
communique said.
Zero-type fighters attempting
to Intercept the formation were
driven off and two were prob
ably damaged.
The following day medium
and heavy bombers raided rail
road yards at Maymyo, a rail
bridge near Mandalay and
Myitnge bridge.
Government Ceiling
Prices on Meats
Here for Duration
WASHINGTON, March 26 OP)
Prlco Administrator Prentiss
Brown said today that, as far as
he is concerned, government
ceilings on retail prices of meat
and other foods are here for the
duration.
In an interview, Brown said
tho question of retail price max
imums on meat had been con
fused in some quarters with dis
cussions whether OPA would
put similar ceilings on prices of
live hogs. The hog ceiling pro
posal, he said, la still under con
sideration Dut litis notning to clo,
in his opinion,, with retail ceilings.
STARVING
3
The local unit of the Oregon
modern ambulance last night
E. B. Hall, trustae of tht Elks
ceiving koyi from Exalted Rultr Frank Peyton of tht Elks. and. at righL Major Helen Rinaudo,
Portland, high officer of the OWAC Story. on page two. ' . ' . . .
Southern Pacific : Gets
Company to Repair
Right-of-Wdy
Morrlson-Knudsen company,
big contracting firm, is prepar
ing to start extensive track and
richt-of-way conditioning work
for the Southern Pacific in this
area, it was learned Friday.
Activities of representatives
of the contractors may be re
sponsible for many of the rum
ors concerning a mythical navy
base on Upper Klamath lake. It
has been reported that M-K
agents have inquired about both
office space and purchase of
some equipment, such as trucks.
giving rise to speculation as to
whether this firm was to be
active in a base construction.
The M-K contract work for
the railroad, it was learned, will
include ballast and other condi
tioning work, found necessary
by tho Southern Pacific because
of the heavy volume of travel
now using the rails on the main
lino through here. This work
will be in addition to the rail
road's regular maintenance pro
gram. M-K company has been doing
work of this nature in the high
Cascades on the line between
here and Eugene.
Senate Seizes .
Middle Road on
Inflation Bills
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, March 26 P)
Tho senate took a compromise
course in tho battlo over infla
tion cont-ols today. It sent to the
Whito House one administration
opposed measure to boost farm
ers Income but returned to com
mittee another which would in
crease parity price ceilings.
A coalition of administration
democrats and republicans split
the farm bloc wide open to halt
consideration of a house-ap
proved bill which Price Admin-
istrator Prentiss M. Brown
charged would boost food prices
101 per cent and add $2,333,000,
000 to tho cost of living.
Returned to Ag. Men
This measure, requiring the In
clusion of all farm labor costs in
calculating parity, was returned
to tho agriculture committee for
further study on an unexpected
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Ambulance Keys Turned Over
Womtn's Ambulance corps was
by Klamath Falls lodge, B. P. O. Elks. In the picture, left to right,
lodnti Captain Kathlttn Livincrston of tht ambulanea carat, re
Russia, Japan Sign Year
Extension to Fishing Pact
MOSCOW, March 26 W) In
an agreement signed at Kuiby
shev, Russia has given' Japan a
one-year extension of fishing
privileges which the; Japanese
have enjoyed in certain soviet
far eastern waters since 1923.
The government newspaper
Izvestia, which announced the
signing, said the agreement was
initialed . yesterday ' by soviet
Vice Commissar for Foreign Af
fairs S. A. Lozovsky and Japa
nese Ambassador .Naotake Sato.
The fisheries protocol, origi
nally signed- 20 years ago,-was
renewed in 1928. It expired: in
1986 andthas not been renewed
since then, but the' convention is
prolonged. each year on the basis
of the original agreement.
Agreement Same
The agreement this year is vir
tually the same as in previous
years ' except that the rentals
Enemy Blasted
By Mae Arthur's
Heavy Bombers
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, March 26 (fl5)
Japanese bases 1700 miles apart
in the island arc above Aus
tralia were blasted by General
Douglas MacArthur's bombers
yesterday, with . Ambolna, 600
miles northwest of Darwin, hit
hard in one raid and Rabaul
smashed heavily for the second
time this week.
An allied communique said
that quarter-ton bombs hit di
rectly on two enemy cargo ves
sels, one of 8000 tons and one
of 6000 tons, in Amboina har
bor, and that flames shot up
from wharf areas.
Former Dutch Base
Amboina formerly was a
Dutch naval base and now is one
of the Japanese strongholds men
acing Australia.
For two hours before dawn
yesterday, the war bulletin said,
allied heavy bombers ranged
over Rabaul, the enemy's north
ern New Britain island' naval
and air base, starting fires and
causing heavy explosions with
bombs weighing up to a ton.
The communique said there
was no effort at interception by
Japanese fighter planes.
After last Tuesday's raid on
Rabaul, in which 84 tons of
bombs were dropped on three
airdromes where more than 280
planes were nested, allied head
quarters expressed belief a sub
stantial proportion of the enemy's
aircraft had been destroyed or
disabled.
by Elks
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formally presented with new.
which the Japanese must pay are
increased by five per cent. Last
year when the protocol was ex
tended the rate went up by four
per cent. :.-. -
At the same time of signing
last year, British and American
officials attached no particular
significance to it although Japan
was at war with the two allies
of Russia. A failure to reach
agreement, however, might have
been regarded as indicating a de
terioration of Soviet-Japanese
relations.
Important Food
' The agreement is of great im
portance to Japan because her
food supply depends greatly on
the fish caught in soviet waters.
Japan was granted the right to
fish in Russian waters in the
Portsmouth treaty of 1908 after
the Russo-Japanese war. A long
term convention covering these
rights expired in 1936 and since
then the agreement has been on
a yearly basis.
In London, observers regard
ed the extension as an indication
of the desire of both Russia and
Japan to avoid friction at the
moment.
"It is obvious," one British ob
server said, "that it would not
suit either Russia or Japan to
take on any more military com
mitments." A refusal to extend the agree
ment, this .observer said, would
not necessarily mean war, but
obviously it would have caused
ill feeling in Japan.
Anti-Strike Agreement
Not Bindingt Says Lewis
WASHINGTON, March 26 (P)
John L, Lewis told the Truman
committee today that an anti
strike agreement concluded in
December, 1941, was "not neces
sarily binding."
The United Mine Workers
chieftain -said that was his opin
ion because "it has been breach
ed by the government Itself."
Asked for amplification, Lewis
said he believed the war labor
board breached the agreement
"when it set up the arbitrary
Littlo Steel formula."
Organized lauor and Industry
entered into the agreement
shortly after the Peari Harbor
attack, pledging no strikes or
lockouts for the duration. The
Little Steel formula, evolved last
July, provides that wages may
rise not more than IS per cent
above their January 1, 1941 level
to compensate for added living
costs.
"Are you trying to iay the
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Patton's Tanks Pinch
Escape Corridor'
Of Rommel
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LONDON, March 26
Gen. Charles de Gaulle pledged
tonight that he and Gen. Henri
Giraud would Insure a fight
ing union of all French forces
and end all doubts and rancor
at a forthcoming meeting in
North Africa.
"I am going very shortly to
North Africa," he said in a
French broadcast over the
British radio. ". . . . I shall
see General Giraud, a great
soldier and a noble figure."
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Pre War Editor
British 8th army assault
troops, rallying from their initial
setback, were reported lunging
deeper into the Mareth line in
southern Tunisia today, while'
other British forces -were credit
ed by the Algiers radio with seiz
ing a key hilltop "near El Ham
ma," 20 miles west of Gabes.
. An Algiers broadcast said the
British had : completed occupa
tion of a height "overlooking the
whole of the Gabes plan" after .
beating off axis counterattacks.
- -"Gabes-rtself 1tes2 9 miles north
of the Mareth line.
Americans Strong. .
To the northwest, American'
troops were reported - holding
strong mountain positions after '
a 10-mile advance from the El
Guetar. oasis on the road to
Gabes from Gafsa. i
Frontline dispatches said the
AEF contingent repulsed a Ger
man infantry attack and now
commanded the Djebel Berda
Heights at the south side of El '
Guetaria pass, 20 miles southeast
of Gafsa.
Farther north, the left flank
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Frey Advocates
Suspension of
Labor Relations
WASHINGTON, March 26 (P)
John P. Frey, AFL metal trades
president, told the senate war In- '
vestigating committee today he .
advocated suspension of the
Wagner labor relations act for .
the duration.
"I am of the opinion that noth
ing would be more advantageous
to the production of war mate-,
rials than to suspend all oper-.
ations under the Wagner labor
relations act for the remainder
of the emergency," Frey told .
the senate war investigating com-.
mittee.
He contended that representa
tives of the NLRB, which han
dles collective bargaining mat
ters, "encouraged and assisted"
CIO unions in raiding member
ships of AFL unions in wesfr -'
coast shipyards.
miners will strike if they don't
get the terms they want?" asked
Senator Ferguson (R-Mlch.).
'.'The answer is no," Lewis re
plied. "I never said anything
about striking. I Join with the
committee and all Americana in
hoping that no work stoppage
will be necessary."
Not Binding
Then he added the no-strike
agreement was "not necessarily
binding" and declared "one can
always elect to decide how long
he will bear an injustice." He
also repeated a recent statement
that In the absence of a negoti
ated contract, the United Mine
Workers "would not be guilty of
trespassing on a mine corpor
ation's property.
Lewis said he found himself
in a dilemma in his current
negotiations for a $2 a day wage
increase for UMW members.
First, he said, the fifth circuit
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