ani) On 8-mlnuta bleit on tlrtns and whUtlti ll tht signal (or blickout in Klamath Falls. Another long bUit, during blick out. It signal for til-clear. In precau tionary period-, watch your atraat lights. March IS High 84, Low 28 rracipnaiion at oi Marcn 18, 1143 Stream yaar to data ........MJ9.l Last yaar 10.08 Normal 8.88 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE P" LLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1943 Number 9755 Miln "MKNa'IH r)m.l A l V Mtl 11 A.i.lSUVrAIMU in uui $ trait) n "n i r.r rirtr .ajiju j.u uu, - 11 1 It iUffKi iS rn mfl: Will iTnin j i uTlrn intl J lnfl! ifflRj ( w ml 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 tjt; k:, tr- f ASS ' f J r - " ' 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 (Continued on Pago Two) t 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 LIU.., I A 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 (Continued orf Page Two) 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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 1 " ' I 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 EIGHTH Ai CLIMBS E Patton's Tanks Pinch Escape Corridor' Of Rommel r I 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 (Continued on Page Two) 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 (Continued on Page Two) BO