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Br FRANK JENKINS
(")NE has to confess Hint the
new from Tunisia ii a little
disappointing. Wa'vo been hop.
ing that the Americans who are
threatening the flank of the Gor
man escape corridor miitht bo
able to break through to the sea
and triip the bulk of Rommel's
retreating army.
- So far that hasn't happened,
and each day that pasws sees
more Germans getting out of the
bag.
'THE reason for this failure (so
far) lies In the nature of the
country and Rommel's resource
fulness and ability as a leader,
" The road along the Mediter
ranean coast of Tunisia Is
flanked by mountain ridges.
These flanking ridges (with one
possible exception) are held by
the enemy. The passes are
heavily sown with mine fields,
which are death to tanks unless
the mines are previously cleared
just as naval mine fields are
death to ships.
- Clearing these minefields Is
a slow and costly process, car
ried out by infantry and cngl'
neers operating on foot.
THE one possible spot where
Potion's Americans seem to
have reached the last ridges is
east of Maknassy, and hero the
Germans have evidently conccn
f Irated heavy strength behind for
bidding minefields.
TT might be possiblo, of course,
to forge ahead as Farragut did
at Mobile and damn the tor
pedoes, but the cost in American
lives would be heavy. Our lead'
ers, weighing costs against bene
fits, have obviously decided that
it's better to let Rommel get past
and rely on catching him later,
RJEANWHILE, there: an in-
fn.M.t Inr, himn. In thm sir
A Madrid dispatch to the Lon
don Daily Mall says 390,000 tons
of French shipping hitherto lying
idle In Mediterranean ports has
been solzed by the Germans and
sent to porta In southern Italy
and the Italian-held Islands of
the Mediterranean.
The Daily Mail sayi It seems
obvious that a "Dunkorque" fleet
is being assembled to rescue
Rommel's forces.
THE rumor Is not without eon
' f Irmatlon.
" Last night noarly 100 Flying
Fortresses the largest single
force of these great planes ever
massed strikes at the port of
Cagllarl on tho Italian Island of
Sardinia, about 1B0 miles to the
north of the Tunisian peninsula.
Its targets Include airdromes
and grounded planes, industrial
establishments and docks and
merchant ships AND SMALLER
CRAFT, These ships may have
boon assembled for a dash across
he narrows of tho Mediterran
ean to rescue Germans from Tu
nisia as the British were rescued
at Dunkerque.
The pianos on the Sardinian
airfields would hnvo bean as
sembled to PROTECT tho rescue
fleet while it was carrying out
Its mission.
' ..
THIS, please understand, Is
only a guoss, unsupported by
revealed developments. But the
fact that our Fortresses struck
at Sardinia In such force indi
cates that their target was re
garded as of considerable Im
portance., fi
...,.
ANOTHER weird tale reaches
- London by way of Stock
holm. It concerns an alleged allied
PARACHUTE baso In the Hnr
danger Vldda mountain lakes
area of southern Norway. This
unou jb aaiu lu uc hliuiikiv hiiuiiuii
manned 10 mono ii nnsaiDio lor
Us forces to sally- out in raids
against nearby nasi factories.
It is said to be equipped with
a meteorological station which
would be immensoly valuable In
the way of providing weather
forecasts to aid air raids against
northern Germany.' Accurate
weather Information Is of tho
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and whistles
FATHERS W
BE INDUCTED,
SAYS HERSHEY
Drafting Likely
Start About
July 1
to
By CHARLES MOLONY
WASHINGTON. April 1 CP)
Selcctivo Sorvlco Director Lewis
B. Hershey said today he would
like to postpone Induction of
fathers as long as possible, but
acknowledged that calling them
is likely to begin about July 1.
Hershey told a press confer
ence his desire to put off draft
ing fathers was largely "senti
mental." He said the ban
against their Induction would be
lifted in advance of the time they
actually would have to be called
up in order to meet quotas.
Classification Overhauled
Asked about reports that pre
sent draft classifications might
be overhauled, Hershey said the
subject was "currently and per
petually" under consideration
but no changes have been order
ed thus far, at least.
Informed sources said today
that elimination of the 3-B draft
classification putting all child
less married men into 1-A and
reserving 3-A ratings exclusive
ly for fathers is under serious
consideration. .C - -;
-Directors DIcus
These sources, declining to be
quoted by name, said the propos
al probably would be discussed
with state selective service dlrec-
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Jeff ers Says
Manufactured
Rubber Good
WASHINGTON, April 1 OP)
Rubber Director William M. ef
fors told senate Investigators to
day synthetic rubber has been
perfected to tho point where its
quality answers virtually all re
quirements without the need of
mixture with crude, then proud
ly displayed what he called the
nation's first all synthetic heavy
duty truck tiro.
Conceding that the outlook In
terms of quantity has not passed
tho critical stage, he neverthe
less defended curtailment of
guayulo planting on the ground
that the projected acreage was
more sorely needed now for food
crops than for this natural rub
ber. ,
Presentation of the tire built
by Goodyear with butallene pro
duced from alcohol manufact
ured at an Institute, .West Vs.,
plant which utilizes grains
crcatod excltemont at the hear
ing, called to study an order
drastically curtailing the guayule
program.
American Planes
Sink Two U-Boats
MEDELLIN, Columbia, April
W) Travelers arriving from
Turbo reported today that a
North American aerial squadron
sank two enemy submarines
within sight of the Columbian
coast. No details were given.
Results of 48-Hour Week
Seen in Labor-Short Areas
By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 1 Tho
48-hour work week went Into
effect in 32 labor-short areas to
day and a survey of affected
cities Indicated these general re
sults: 1, Compliance, as described by
area directors of the war man
power commission, was "good"
to "100 per cent," and employers
are cooperating.
2. No cases of open defiance
had boon reported to the WMC.
3. Requests for exemptions
were comparatively few, and
came principally from concerns,
with a small number of em
ployes. -
4. Few workers will be re
leased for other Jobs, largely be
cause virtually all war plants
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
nn d
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Jurors Inspected This Scene of Alleged Killing
I y i . . ,
It was ntar the side door at
state contends Kenneth Wallan fatally beat James Bowman on Christmas eve. Jurors In Wallan's
second degree murder trial visited this scene yesterday afternoon, when the picture was taken.
The pile of dirt at the extreme right, thrown up since December 24, Is at about the location of
the alleged fatal beating.
U. S. PLANES HIT
Americans Raid
Nip
Positions on
Munda
WASHINGTON,' April ,a (yR
American bombers and fighters
raided Japanese positions on
Ktska Island in the Aleutians
twice Tuesday and attacked
Attu island once, the navy re
ported today. One bomber was
lost to anti-aircraft fire.
Navy communique No.. 331.
saw:
"North Pacific:
"1. On March 30th:
"(A) During the morning army
Lightning (Lockheed P-3B) fight
ers attacked Japanese positions
at itlsKa.
"(B) During the early after
noon, army Liberator heavy
continued on rage two)
April Fool!
No Freeze on
Gasoline Sales
Klamath's prime April Fool
Joke Jumped the gun a few
hours Wednesday night.
But some wag was success
ful in sending hundreds of
motorists to local service sta
tions when word got around,
by way of Dame Rumor, that
gas sales would be frozen the
remainder of the week.
By 6 o'clock cars started
steaming alongside gas pumps
and attendants were worked
overtime in their efforts to
accommodate a rush unpre
cedented since the eve of the
original freeze last December.
Only grounds for the rumor
lay in the fact that "T" cards
expired ' Wednesday ' night.
. Traditional April Fool , jokes
were not so prevalent this
yoar as in the past, the pranks
oonfined in the main to school,
rooms where teachers breath
ed collective sighs of relief
when the day ended.
and many other concerns In the
affected areas already had gone
to a 48-hour week, but employ
ers', demands for additional
workers will bo cased.
Additional Communities
Seven additional . industrial
communities havo been added to
the 32 now affected by the 48
hour edict, Regional directors
will determine the dates the or
der is to apply to those areas.
The area directors' repprts on
the first 32 cities bore out pre
dictions by national WMC of
ficials, but do not necessarily
moan the novel presidential or
der is getting perfect results be
causo: 1. Employers adopting the 48
hour schedule ar.n not required
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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON.
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the rear of the James Bowman
Bloody Deaih Recounted
At Wallan Murder Trial
How she found her husband
lying face down In a pool of
blood beside their Shasta way
borne last December 24 was de
scribed on the witness stand to
day by. Mrs. James Bowman, a
leading state witness In the sec
ond degree murder trial of Ken
neth Wallan.;
The testimony of Mrs. Bow
man and Mrs.; Velrfta. Holbrdok
a close neighbor of the Bow
mans, took up the entire morn
ing in: Circuit Judge David R.
Vandenberg's court. Mrs. Hoi-
brook described the alleged at
tack in which Bowman was
fatally injured after a Christ
mas eve party. .
Attend Party
' Both- Bowman and : Wallan,
with their wives, 1 attended the
party at a local hotel, and the
two men and Mrs. Bowman had
returned in the seme cor to the
Shasta way house just before
the asserted fight, it was brought
out In the testimony.
Mrs. Bowman testified that the
two men were friendly and ami
able on the way home and she
expected no trouble when she
left them to walk a short dis
tance to the Tik-Tok cafe on
South Sixth street, to meet Mrs.
Wallan, whom she believed had
driven out In another car. .
She testified that on her re
turn' from the Tlk-Tok she met
Mrs. Holbrooke who told her
"some man had been killed."
Meet Wallan
, Mrs. Bowman said she went
on toward the house with Mrs.
Holbrook and met Wallan, who
Paratroops in
Norwegian Base
Jitter Nazis
LONDON,-April 1 () Signs
of increasing axis Invasion jit
ters from the Balkan frontier
to the Scandinavian peninsula
were highlighted today by a
roundabout report that allied
parachute troops had estab
lished a base in the Norwegian
mountains and had sallied out
in . raids on nazi-controlled fac
tories. The Norwegian government-ln-exlle
here, commenting upon
the report, declared that "Quis
ling and tho Germans appear to
be genuinely alarmed," but said
it could not give any confirma
tion. The story came to London in
Stockholm dispatches which said
the allied parachute base was
somewhere in the Hardanger
Vldda mountain lakes area,, an
Ideal district for an airdrome
and that it was equipped with
a meteorological station.
Walker Refuses
Political Talk
1 WASHINGTON, April 1 (IP)
Frank Walker, democratic na
tional chairman, said today it
was too early to discuss presi
dential candidates but that he
would like to see an agreement
between the two major parties
for late national conventions
and a short 1944 campaign.
THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1943
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residence, shown above, ihat the
said something to the effect that
Bowman had been hurt. She
said she hurried on to the house
and . found Bowman' lying on
steps on the side of the house,
unconscious and completely
soaked in water. '
She said there was a six-inch
pool of blood around his face.
He. failed , to regain conscious-nei..,'-v"-V
4 J" '
- Drinking Admitted
On cross-examination by De
fense Attorney George Roberts
of Medford, Mrs. Bowman said
her husband ; must have been
drinking at the party, as did oth
ers, but asserted he was not
quarrelsome when drinking.
"He just got funny," she said.
Answering questions of the
attorney, Mrs. Bowman said her
husband had been struck in the
face at the preceding party by a
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WPB Accused of
Causing Coast
Power Shortage
WASHINGTON, April -1 (P)
A board of advisers to Secretary
of Interior Ickes today . accused
the war production board of
causing a critical power situa
tion in the Pacific northwest by
refusing priorities for expansion
of government power projects in
that area. ' . , .
Ickes, in releasing the board's
report,, said that more power
must be provided for war indus
try in the area, but added he
was powerless to carry out board
recommendations without priori
ties and that he could do noth
ing unless they were granted by
the WPB. , .
Ickes sold government power
developments on the Columbia
river were running above their
rated capacities and furnishing
more than 90 per cent of their
power to war industries,, creating
a risky condition because of lack
of margin to cover mishaps.,
State Guard
Commissioned officers of state
when formation of a battalion set
talion commander) Captain T.
L. McDonald, Lieutenant Jack
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NEA FEATURES
Number 9760
fo)
RecJs Struggle to
Increase Offense
Despite Weather
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, April 1 OP) Overcoming the worst kinds of
transportation difficulties, the red army struggled today to in
crease the' tempo of its offensives despite the bad weather.
In the Kuban valley of the western Caucasus, the soviet troops
drove on- from Anastasevskaya, one of the German's last good
sized bases on the eastern side of the Kerch strait.. The soviet
midnight communique announced Its capture yesterday.- The
strait is but 42 miles from the
town.
Russians Consolidate
There was evidence along
other sectors that the Russians,
by their great effort at quick
consolidation of their ' gains,
were beginning to give the Ger
mans fresh worries. The nazi
commanders had been confident
that mud : and slush ..resulting
from the spring thaw would halt
all operations. -Now they were
beginning to - wonder if their
wishes "would come true.
(The . German : communique
said today that the Germans
had repulsed Russian attacks at
the Kuban Ijridgehead and that
only local engagements were be
ing fought in other sectors of
the eastern front).
- No Change . ...
The midday communique said
that on the western front, after
artillery duels, : the ' Russians
cleared from some positions, al
though, there, was no material
change In this front before Smo
lensk: " : - ;
The Germans threw numerous
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'Beware Rommel,'
Says Stimson of
African Battle '
WASHINGTON, April 1 W
Secretary of War-Stimson said
today that German Marshal Er
win Rommel apparently still has
his ' Tunisian force intact and
that a strong chance remains he
can effect a . union with axis
forces under , Colonel General1
Von Arnim in the north. .
In such an. event, the secre
tary told a press conference, the
enemy in Tunisia could offer
strong resistance and before the
final phases of the North African
campaign; "there will in all
probability be a good deal of
heavy fighting."
Rommel suffered an important
defeat at the Mareth line, the
war secretary said, due princi
pally to the skill and leadership
of General Bernard L. Montgom
ery and the courage of his Brit
ish eighth' army. '
Estimates of axis losses are In
complete, " Stimson continued in
a review of -the war, but large
numbers of German and Italian
soldiers have been killed, sev
eral thousand wounded and taken
prisoner, and the allies have cap
tured and destroyed large
amounts of axis equipment.
' MICKLE RESIGNS
SALEM, April 1 (JP)-Gover-
nor Earl Snell today appointed
County Judge Ervin L. Peterson
of Coos county as state director
of agriculture, succeeding J. D.
Mickle, whom the governor said
wants to be relieved of duty.
Establishes Battalion Headquarters Hero
guard units, shown at Wednesday night's elvle ceremonies
- up was announced. Left to right! Major D. D. Van Fleet, bat
8. Abbott, Lieutenant Jack Briscoe oi Lakevlew, Lieutenant C,
Weaver, and Lleatenent Newton
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Nips Making Little
Headway in :
Offense -
By The Associated Press '
Generalissimo . Chiang Kai-
shek's Chinese armies have
crushed, a series of 13 Japanese
attacks and launched 17 of their
own -during the past week, a
Chinese spokesman, said today,
while on other far Pacific fronts
the allies struck at the Japanese
by air from Burma to the South
Sea. - . -
The Chinese spokesman's re
port indicated that Japan was
making little " headway in her.
new. all-out offensive-to knock
China out of the war. . ,;.
il . . Situation Stable ,
An official summary declared
that the situation in. southern
Hupeh, in- central China: where
the Japanese have been attack
ing in an eight-column drive, had
been "very much stabilized and
improved", since last week. .
. A Japanese force on the Yang-
tze-Kiang river has been, "more
or .less destroyed, the spokes
man, said. - .
Far - to the west, at China's
"back door" along the Yunnan-
Burma frontier, severe fighting
was reported in progress as the
Japanese attempted to capture
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Play Shooting
Blinds 7 'ulelake
High School Boy
TULELAKE Shot from a B-B
gun cost Marvin Rose, 16-year-old
Tulelake high school athlete,
the sight of his right eye.' .The
youth is a patient in a Klamath
Falls hospital where an opera
tion to remove the eye was per
formed Wednesday night.
According to information re
ceived here, Marvin was in' a
Tulelake store when ' a girl
picked up the B-B gun, playfully
aimed it at him and pulled the
trigger. . The youth, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Van Rose, well known
potato ranchers of this section,
was an outstanding high school
football, baseball and basketball
player and is a member of the
track team. His condition was
said to be good Thursday. -
Nelson.
March II High 15, Lew 14
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SARDINIA AXIS
ESGAPEFLEETi
1 00 Flying Fortresses
Participate in
. Raid'
WITH THE AMERICAN
ARMY EAST OF EL GUE
TAR, Tunisia, April 1 (ff)
American tanks and infantry
renewing their advance along -the
road toward Qabes and a
Junction w 1 1 h the British
eighth army captured nor J
than' 700 prisoners yesterday.
Including many from Hitler's
crack tank grenadiers. '
. The gap between the Amer
icans and General. Montgonv
erf's British troops is now .
"considerablr 'less - than 80
miles," a military source said.
By DANIEL DE LUCE '
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 1 JP)
British - and' ' American troops
squeezed tighter the vise upon
axis divisions in Tunisia today
while it was disclosed that the
largest single force of U. S. Fly
ing Fortresses ever massed had
blasted - the shipping and air
fields of southern Sardinia. t
which Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel looks for aid. .;:'':: w ...
1 Nearly 100 Fortresses, escort
ed by strong formations of Light-,
nings, struck yesterday at the
omninmn jnn vz bagiian ana
three airdromes,, hit-fiv mer
chant ships and 21 smaller craft,
spread acres of fir across Indus
trial imvnm J . J j ,
stroyed 57 aircraft aground and
shot down 14 enemy fighter
planes on a mission from which
every raider returned.
(The Italian . high ommanel
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Bomber Crashes
Into Mountains '.,
Search Starts
CHALLIS. Idaho, April 1 m
Custer county ; officials and
Challis. woodsmen today await
ed the arrival of army officials
from tho Pocatello air base be
fore continuing salvage or res'
cue. operations in the crash of
a. four-motored army bomber
25 miles east of here.
The possibility was teen that
at least some of-the crew aboard
the' ship may, have' leaped by
parachute 'from the; ship over
the desolate country along the
middle fork of the. Salmon
river, where the plane is known
to have circled for., two hours
Tuesday night.. Later: it passed
over Challis with one motor
afire,' just before it was seen to
crash into a mountainside in
the Crane basin area. ;
The ship was believed to be
one from, the : Walla Walla,
Wash,, army air base which last
night was reported missing for
a period of 24 hours with nine
men aboard.
; With civic and public officials
present, ceremonies were held
at the armory Wednesday night
celebrating the establishment in
Klamath Falls of a battalion
headquarters for the state guard.
In' this battalion; it was an
nounced, are two companies in
Klamath Falls, one in Chlloquin.
one in Lakevlew, and part of a
company made Up of men from
Merrill and -Malm.
Major D. D. Van Fleet has
been named battalion comman
der, and presided at the Wed
nesday night event. Attending
were State Senator Marshall
Cornett, Connty Judge U. E.
Rceder, . Mayor John Houston
and Earl Reynolds, civilian do
fense coordinator and secretary
of the chamber of commerce.
The two local companies, the
Malin platoon and a portion of
the Lakevlew company, passed
in review on the armory floor.
Major Van Fleet then made a
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