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By FRANK JENKINS
rNCE ogoln Rommel's dofcime
' llnoa iiove been broken, nnd
ho li In full retreat beforo Mont
gomery'! 0th army.
Churchill, who told of the
check at the Moroth lino tho
other duy, tells tho house of com
mona this morning: "Another
aevero defeat hna been inflicted
by the desert army on tlui uxls
forces they hnve so long pur
sued." tin nHclncI: "Rommel hus suf
fered heavy and crippling louses
In men und cqulpniont. ms
luntflr irmnrrtt divisions In nar-
ttctilnr hnve been remarkubly
mauled and enfeebled."
IT la revealed toduy that It was
Mnnllnmflrtf'l fljltlklnif COl-
umn, sent around behind tho
Marlh Una while the main Bin
army wai hitting it in front, that
4nrniH Ihn frlrk.
Churchill knew that waa the
plan when ho apoko the other
day. Ho waa helping to confuse
and mislead the enemy. That la
part of war.
' a S Rommel's ormy flees north-
" ward along the Mediter
ranean coast, wo're waiting hope
fully for news of our Americans
awlmzlns In on Ita flank. So
n iiinr hau hrttn nn such news,
- Tho map tolls us this narrow
raantal road la flnnKcfl Dy moun
nin rlrfnea whose names are
held bv the Cermons. That
in fivnlnln whv Rommel
hasn't bcon cut off and tropped
or annihilated by flank attacks.
Mountain ridges ore natural
defense Unci.
nninsrf nlnnes aween through
& the Ruhr and bomb Berlin for
the 60th time since the wor be
gan. Thirty-three of them are
lost the second heaviest loss
auffered by the RAF since the
bombing of Gormany started.
n,it nnt this nolnt: Through
11 the fiuhtlng In Africa the
Germans have locked sufficient
air strength. One reason Is that
thnlr nlnnefl have been kent busy
flohtlna off allied air raiders
over Germany.
That'a team work on our part
THE bottle of Tunisia Isn't over,
but it Is going extremely well
right now for our aldo.
It seems Inovltoblo that tho
r-.ormnm will tin concentrated In
tho northern tip, around Blzcrto
and Tunis, where they win pro
vide masses target for our grow.
Incr all fnrrn.
The nows of tho next few doys
will be well worm our reacting
Heating Plant Ordinance
Adopted by City Council
The heating plont ordlnonco
waa adopted by tho city council
Jn adjourned session Monday
night, but tho expected protest
from tho Klamath Heating com
pany was withhold by John W.
Klrby, president, in view of the
forthcoming Investigations by
the public utilities commis
sioner. 1
Klrby told tho council that
"anything I might say now would
bo superfluous since It has been
placed In tho hands of tho com
mission." ., Mayor John H, Houston asked
that a letter from Edith McLcod
bo read, the loiter setting forth
complaints against the "block
mow" which sho maintained did
not oxlst beforo tho hcntlng plant
wan established. Mrs, McLcod
lives at 413 High street.
Councilman Rollln Contrail
naked, prior to tho passing of
tho ordlnnnco, if adoption would
havo any bcorlng on tho proposed
hearing before tho public utilit
ies commissioner. City Attor
ney J. H, Carnahan advised tho
council that, In his opinion, tho
hearing would have nothing to
do with the ordlnonco and that
ho had laid all probloms beforo
the commission Including tho
breaking down of tho heating
system during the past winter
months,
A. II. Bussinai), councilman,
Diovcd lot adoption of the or-
F.
ARM HELP TO
GET INACTIVE
Different Technique
Noted in Dairy
Work
wacmiinp.TON. Mnrch 30 VP)
nr..i,i,.nt Ftonxevelt told a press
conference today that tho war
deportment is taking steps by
which somo men would bo placed
In an Inactive rcscrvo suuus so
they might return to cssentlul
Industrie, agriculture, ana par
ticularly dairying.
Tho president sold that ono oi
tho principal manpower prob
lem Invn lvid dnirv worker be
cause they require a different
technique than aeasonai crop
farm help.
Anrl hn added, on tllS basis
of two weeks of study, a mem
orandum has boon prepared on
stops which will be taken to re
lievo the situation.
Action Courses
Seven courses of action were
After estimating that there Is
a notional shortage oi bdoui
n nun wnrknn. the memoran
dum said tho wor monpower
commLislon has directed every
employment offico to list mo
names of formers wonting to em
ploy dairy workers.
Diieharoa BtODl -
Tn iUn -aemnrt nlnce ' the ' war
deportment, wllh reference to
rxlitnulna men 38 vears old and
over from tho army, has ordered
that diachargo of such persons
shall cease after tomorrow, and
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Klamath Falls
Leads Cities in
Traffic Safety
CHICAGO, March 30 (Pi
The notional safety council an
nounced today that Klomoth
Foils, Kenmorc, N. Y., and Chey
onno, Wyo., led cities of their
class 20,000 to 25,000 In traf
fic accident prevention, having
no fntnlltlc.1 In the first two
months of 1043.
More than hnlf of the cities re
porting 177 hod perfect rec
ords for tho first two months.
Springfield, Mass., was largest,
followed by Trenton, N. J., and
Spokono.
The decrease In traffic deaths
in tho Pacific coast atotcs In Feb
ruary wos 30 per cent, whllo the
first two months of 1043 It wos
20 per cent.
dinance following discussion.
Tho second come from Contrail
and the vote was unanimous.
A letter written and signed by
John W. Klrby, was read to tho
council, followed by tho reading
of a second letter written by
Carnahan to tho commissioner.
In this letter, the attorney made
tho following statements:
"Tho writer has bcon Informed
by tho officials of the city, and
they arc willing to doposo to this
foot, that when tho heating com
pany was approached with tho
request that it eliminate, or at
least amolloralo, tho dreadful
conditions presented by tho
"black snow" emanating from
tholr plant, they replied with
great choler end anger that they
would not do so, and If compelled
to do so they would shut down
tho plant and the people of
Klomoth Falls could go cold, or
words to that general purport
and effect.
"Mr. Klrby slolcs that only a
small portion of the "black
snow" comes from tho operation
'of tho heating plant but old tlmo
residents who havo lived In this
town for a great number of years
will toll you and your Investi
gator, that tho "black , snow"
problom was not a problem until
loto yeors under tho new mnn
agcr of tho Klamath Heating
company, since 11 litis extended
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DRAFT STATUS
Gabes Has Southern Tunisia's Only
lr.V if. :" I e '
mf-- '"m
This is tha main straat In Cabas, ona hori (arrow) town of 10,000 population on the adga of
th soulhtrn Tunisian dtsart. Th Atlantic hotel, talUst structur on th detrt, ha a lookout
post on th roof. Mny palm tre ar lound at thl oasl, captured toaay oy tn am wno
hav pushd th axl fore including many Italian Into rtrat with Central RommI.
FIREjJAP VESSEL
Navy Reports Action
In Northwest
Solomons
WASHINGTON, March 30 UP)
American fighter planes attack
ing at such low altitude that one
craft lost a three-foot section of
Its wing against a most, strafed
and set afirq a Japanesa destroy
er In Die northwestern Solomon
islands on Monday, the navy re
ported today.
Tho damaged plane and all
others in tho operation returned
safely. They were credited with
setting afire five to seven Jap
anese planes.
Communique No. 329:
Return Saloly
The damaged piano and all
others in the operation returned
safely. They were credited with
setting afiro five to seven Jap
anese planes in addition to the
damage inflicted on the de
stroyer.
Communique No. 320:
"South Pacific (all dotes arc
East Longitude)
"1. OntMarch 29:
"(A) During the morning, a
group of Lightning (Lockheed
(Continued on Pago Two)
Good Samaritans
Turn Thief, Rob
Stranded Driver
Three good Samaritans who
turned into something ose is the
role attributed by police to Sid
ney Raymond Johnson, 21, and
two minor youths, who are ac
cused of a car looting near Bo
nanza. According to City Policeman
Orvlllo Hamilton, who handled
tho case, tho thrco youths came
upon Gcorgo Kuohl, Dairy, on
Saturday night, after Kuchl's car
had slipped Into a ditch about
three miles this side of Bonanza.
Hamilton said tho youths
picked up tho stranded motorist
and drovo him to Dairy for help.
They left him there, returned
to Kuchl's cor, and allegedly
looted It of a blanket, radio, fog
lights and other articles.
Kuchl reported to .the sheriff's
offico and to city police. Tho
affair was traced to Johnson
when ho assertedly undertook to
dispose of the stolen radio here.
Sheriff '8 officers said Johnson
Is on parolo from Alturas.
Little Hope Held
For Exchange of ,
Prisoners Soon
PORTLAND, March 30 (P)
Tho OrcBoniun's Washington cor
respondent reported today that
Secretary of Stale Hull noma
llttlo hope for an exchange of
American, Including many Ore
gon soldiers and civilians, and
Japanese prisoners in the near
future.
Hull Informed Oregon Repre
scntntlve Angoll that "No means
of effecting the general repatri.
otlon of American military per
sonnel captured iby the enemy
can ba foreseen this time."
IATiAhticoTrutk,'
.ma,
Aiken Accuses
Group of Mismanagement
WASHINGTON, March 30
0P) Preldnt RooivH'
nomination of Heir Admiral
Emory S. Land to a nw six
yar term as chairman of th
marltim commission was con
firmed by th itnat today d
pit charges by Senator Ai
ken (R-Vt.) that th commis
sion was guilty of mismanage
ment and collusion.
WASHINGTON, March 30 VP)
Accusing the maritime commis
sion, of seven alleged acts of
mismanagement and collusion,
Senator Aiken (R-Vt.) told the
senate today he had "only
scratched the surface- of what
is destined to become the most
Ship Tonnage
Exceeds Losses,
Says Admiralty
LONDON. March 30 (IP) A. V.
Alexander, first lord of the ad
miralty, said at the guildhall to
day that new shipping tonnage
produced by the allies In the past
eight months excelled losses by
"a good deal more than 2,000,.
000 tons."
Calling the U-boat "the most
deadly menace of all," Alexan
der said the axis had - a "very
largo number" of submarines at
sea despite attacks on the en
emy's building yards and opera
tional bases. -
"In the last six months there
never has been a single day in
which one or more attacks has
not been delivered on U-boats"
by the royal navy, he said, add
ing that "vory heavy losses"
were being inflicted on tho un
derscas fleets. - ;
Mme. Chiang Hears
Thundered Answer
To Win War Query
SAN FRANCISCO, March 30
(P) Mme. Chiang Kai-shek, In
an appeal for labor cooperation
and increased production, en
rolled America's working men
and women today as "follow
workers" with herself In the
cause of victory.
Tho wife of China's leader,
nearing tho end of her five-day
visit in San Francisco, appeared
last night for an unscheduled
talk before a labor gathering
and heard a thundering "yes,
yes" interrupt her determined
declaration: "YoU' Want to win
tills war."
Police Hunt for Parents
Of Abandoned Baby Girl
EUGENE, Ore., March 30 (P)
Mrs. Ido Turncy of Roseland,
Ark,, and Lane county officors
left for Corvallts today in search
of a young woman . who last
night thrust a two-year-old girl
in Mrs. Turncy 's arms and disap
peared. Mrs. Turncy, -.-en route home
from a visit with her son In Cor
vallis, become confused and
climbed aboard her bus with the
child. Tho bus pulled out a mo
ment later.
Mrs. Turncy left tho bus here
and reported the event to author
Skyscraper
-.--.,.Mii-;1)-flV"-
Maritime
revolting scandal in the history
of national expenditures."
Fighting against senate con
firmation of President Roose
velt's rcnomination of Hear Ad
miral Emory S. Land to a six-
year term as chairman of the
commission, Aiken charged that:
"1. It has requisitioned ships
for sale to the army and navy,
and has reimbursed itself for
certain costs from the funds of
these departments in a mariner
not authorized by: law.- The 'to
tal of such unauthorized aug
mentation of its funds is ap
parently over $100,000,000.
"2. It has failed to recapture
excess profits from shipbuild
ers, although required by law
to do so.
"3. It has paid Illegal and ex
orbitantly high prices lor old
ShlDS.
"4. It has Insured old ships
at excessive values, thus makng
public funds liable for unjusti
fiable payments to shipowners
in case nf loss.
"5. It has approved charter
rates which have resulted in ex
cessively high profits being
made by certain selected ship
operators.
"6. It has permitted waste,
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Night Watchman
Hurt in Plunge
Through Rail
James DeChaneau, 40, Weyer
haeuser mill night watchman.
escaped with minor hurts shortly
after i midnight when his car
tore out 10 posts of the guard
rail and n-lunged 200 feet. down
an embankment at the lookout
near the Klamath View Auto
camp.
State police answered a call
at 12:15 a. m. when motorists
told them a car had plunged
over the grade. Ward's am
bulance moved the man to Klam-.
ath Valley hospital where It wos
learned his Injuries were not se
rious. ( DeChaneau makes his
home- at 1142 Klamath avenue
and was en route to work but
officers believe he turned around
to come back to town when he
plunged over the bank. The
watchman, also former airport
guard, remained In the car until
it landed on the railroad tracks
below the hill. He received a
cut right hand, injured kneo cap
and is suffering from shock,
state police snld. , His car was
totally demolished.
ities who turned the child over
to 'the Lane county welfare com
mission. . Mrs. Turncy said the young
mother muttered a hasty promise
to send money for care of the
child. She was of medium
height, wore a gray coat and
sold sho was employed at nearby
army Camp Adair.
Mrs. . Turney's daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Edith Rogers, of Cor
vallis, had accompanied Mrs.
Turner to tho stage depot to see
her off but left a few seconds
before the episode.
REDS 11 IN
T
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Soviets Drive Wedge
Into German
Defenses. '
Br EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, March 30 VP)
Slogging ahead in bad weather
and through swampy country,
the red army is continuing to
move toward Smolensk,: while
south of Bely, the soviet midday
communique said today three
more villages have fallen Into
Russian hands.
A strong enemy bastion was
attacked In the Bely sector yes
terday and a wedge driven Into
the German defenses, with one
detachment swinging around the
position to aid in exterminating
a large part of the garrison and
then helping to stave off a German-counterattack,
the -bulletin
declared.
Ladoga Action
(The German high command,
telling of an action not mention
ed by the' Russians, said our
gallantly fighting Infantry again
held its own" south ot LaKe La
doga, in the Leningrad area
aeainst "storming Russian
masses.". The fighting was de
scribed as close and grim. Rus
sian, attacks southwest oi Vyaz
ma and in the ' Caucasus, also
were declared repulsed, with 27
tanks destroyed, in the Vyazma
zone. ' The broadcast communique-was
recorded in London.
- (Since February 23, the com
munique said, the Russians had
lost 61,460 in dead,. 2878 prison
ers and 293 tanks in the Staraya
Russa sector southeast of Lenin
grad.) .. .
. Consolidate Point
While the: main force of the
Russian army, northeast of Smo
lensk consolidates its newly-won
points, scouts have gone out on
reconnoltering missions, it was
said. '
In the latest fighting, about
300 Germans were killed, the
communique said, and the Rus
sians captured two guns, a mor
tar battery and an ammunition
dumo. -
Heavy losses were reported
dealt a German rapid fire rifle
unit, that attempted to storm so
viet positions on the northern
Donets river, with the Germans
forced back' to their original po
sitions.
The action was described off 1
daily as "in the area of the mid-
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Alonxo Palmer
Held Prisoner
In Philippines
' Word was received here Mon
day that Staff Sergeant Alonzo
Palmer, 22, who has been report
ed missing since
May 7, 1942, is a
prisoner of the
Japanese gov
ernment in the
DhllUnln A
" - .H
islands. " W
Sergeant
Palmer was '---.
tire battle of Ba- PtRATOO Qffitt
taan, -having MTiki. '!
been in the Phil- ST"L 'i'
aol
Ipplnes thteeWKf or 3
years this May. s s
He was in the air force stationed
at Nichols field there.
Having lived In Klamath Falls
for many years and graduated
from both grade and high
schools here, Palmer is well
known. News of his being a
prisoner of war was received by
his mother, Mrs. Elsie Ryan of
613 Main street.
Selective Service
Directors to Meet
WASHINGTON, March 30 VP)
A conference here next week of
state selective service directors
was scheduled today amid re
ports that changes in regulations
are Impending to clear the way
for drafting of fathers when oth
er classes are exhausted,
IDA
NAZIS
SI
Osim
British Pursue
Fleeing Germans
Down Bottleneck
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IK NORTH AFRICA, March 30
VP) A Junction between the British eighth army and the Ameri
can forces of Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., appeared imml
nent today as the British stormed through Gabes and El Hamma
in pursuit of the fleeing African corps.
Occupation of Gabes and El Hamma on opposite sides of the '
Gabes bottleneck between the sea and the salt lakes was an
nounced by an allied headquarters communique today, and the
second New Zealand division of Lieut. Gen. Sir Bernard Cyril
SK.P-YEAR TUXES
Bitter Fight Seen
Over Luce
' Plan
WASHINGTON, March 30
(IP) Th entangled pay-as-you-go
tax controversy was rturn
d to th house ways and
means committee today after
a bitter partisan fight In which
th democratic majority in th
housa blocked th Ruml slcip-a-year
plan but failed to push
cross its own proposal.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (IP)
The house tentatively approved
today the skip-a-year tax plan,
by-passing a year's ' tax obliga
tions on individual income for
millions of American citizens
in order to put them on a pay
as-you-earn basis.
WASHINGTON, March 30 (IP)
The house shouted down today
the plan of Rep. Clare Boothe
Luce (R-Conn.) to cancel 1942
tax liability on individual tax-
ble income up to $25,000 and
then, warming up to a vote on
the Ruml skip-year proposal,
voted against a suggestion to
publicize the names of those the
(Continued on Page Two
Spring Brings
Applications
For Garden Lots
Last week's balmy spring
weather made a number of
Klamath residents Victory gar
den conscious and 22 applica
tions for city lots were filed in
the police judge's office.
A short time ago the city coun
cil took steps to aid would-be
Victory gardeners, by offering
them the use of city owned lots
to be used for such a purpose.
Only a few strings were attached
to the offer including the clause
that occupation of the lot would
be revoked in case the city sold
the property, and that the city
would in no way be responsible
for water service charges.
Mills addition, with six ap
plications, led the city and In
dustrial addition,- with four ap
plications, was next. Falrview
residents who signified their in
tentions of using city property
for Victory gardens, totaled
three; Darrow, two; Railroad,
two; and Hot Springs, Hillside,
West Klamath Falls, Hollister
and First additions, each had
one application on file.
Folkes to Be Tried April!
For "Murder in Lower 13
ALBANY, Ore.; March 30 (IP)
The trial of Robert E. Lee
Folkes, 20, negro dining car cook
accused of the "Lower 13" knife
slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia
James will open April 7 as sched
uled. Circuit Judge L. G. Lcwelling
refused a defense motion to post
pone the trial.
He granted Defense Attorney
Roy Lomax's request for a- copy
of the autopsy report made by
Dr. Joseph Bceman of the state
police crime laboratory after
Mrs. James, 21-year-old bride of
a navy ensign was found, her
throat slashed, in berth 13 of a
Southern Pacific passenger train
as it passed through Linn county.
The judge refused, however, to
Freyberg continued the chase of
Marshal Erwin Rommel along
the coastal road toward Sfax.
70 miles to the north.
Nasi Withdraw
The German armor withdrew
from Gabes under a terrific al
lied air bombardment, as well
as punishment from the sea de
livered by salvos of shells from
allied warships.
(Announcing the passage of
New Zealand troops through '
Gabes this morning, Prime Min- ;
ister Churchill told the house '
cf commons in London today
that the vanguards were still -
in contact with the retreating
enemy forces north of Gabes.
(Disclosing that the New Zea-
landers were the same force
which outflanked the Mareth -line
by taking El Hamma, about -20
miles west of Gabes, the
Churchill announcement indicat
ed that the Gabes gap already
was closed to retreat for any '
axis forces trapped in the 19-by- ,
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Axis Spy Plot
Revealed in -South
America
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 30
VP) An axis spy plot against,
the United State involving a
captain of artillery in the Bra
zilian army and other Brazilian
nationals, as well as present and
former axis diplomats, was dis
closed yesterday with publica
tion ot a full police report of
charges submitted to the tribu-'
nal of national security.
The tribunal of national se
curity Is the Brazilian court
that tries cases involving sabo
tage, espionage and other of
fenses against the nation's se-'
curity. Its task will be to study
the police report and determine,
what action should be taken.
Interception by U. S. authori
ties of a message by clandestine
radio from Brazil to Germany-
revealed the attempt of the Bra
zilian officer, Capt. Tullo Regis'
permission to visit American
war plants and to study tire
control apparatus on American
naval vessels, the report Indicat
ed. Santiam Overflow
Threats Abated
PORTLAND, March 30 VP)
The Santiam river flood threat
abated today.
' The weather bureau said the
.l.,aw AiA tint ronnh thA flnnrl
stage at Jefferson during the
night as predicted and indica
tions today were that the river's
crest would stay within its chan
nel. Highest point the river
reached was one and one-half
feet below flood stage, the bu
reau said.
issue orders that Lomax bo sup
plied with copies of statements
made by Folkes to police in Los
Angeles, where he was arrested;
a copy of the statement Folkes
made to officors after his return
here, or a list of the passengers
aboard the death car.
Lomax had charged that the
state and Southern Pacific of
ficials were withholding evi
dence that would deprive Folkes
of a fair trial.
Lewelllng said no ordor he Is
sued would be binding upon per
sons not parties to the action
against Folkes. He added that
Lomax could ask tho circuit
court at Portland to force South
cm Pacific officials to furnish
him with a passenger list.
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