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One minute blast on sirens and whlitUi
li the signal for blackout In Klamath
rail. Another long blast, during bliolc
out. Is ilgnil lor all-clsar. In precau
tionary ptrlodi, watch your itraat lights.
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By FRANK JENKINS
TF you Ilka your war nowi gory
you might ai well iklp It to
dny. Tliera Isn't much heavy
fighting even In Russia, whora
the antlre vost front, from Len
ingrad to the 13 luck Sea, Is da
scribed In tho dispatches nn re
sembling a "great slushy lake.
TN southern Tunisia, Rommal li
still successfully resisting on
clrclemonl.
Tho Algiers radio (uncon-
firmed officially) says Montgom
cry's and ration's forces have
effected a Junction, but BEHIND
Rommel's retreating African
veterans.
In other words, the desert fox
has eluded another trap.
TN northorn Tunisia, Anderson
s still on tho prod and Is said
to have regained most of tho
ground lost to the Germans dur
tng the past month.
nrHE latest reports (guesses
might be a better word) put
Germun strength In Tunisia at
bout 200,000 men, well sup
plied with weapons and ommunl'
tlon. '
Rommel's armies (ho com
mands In nil Tunisia) oro de
scribed today' as fighting stub'
i bornly and skilfully, with no
signs of panic or coimpio.
) nrHE air li full of rumors to
One rumor school Insists that
Hitler has ordered Rommol to
fight to the last man in order to
provide more time to lortuy mo
mwl.VilH nnrthitm ahorft nf tha
Mediterranean, from Italy to
etpain.
Annfhnr arhnnl atunrts that a
rescuo expedition after tho pat
tern OI uunKerquo is Di-nig ur
ganlzcd to take Rommel's men
off. These talos insist that Hit
ler can't afford a lost-stand de
laying operation in Africa, wim
its attendant loss of some of his
toughest fighters.
SWISS reports say that Rommel
himself will ultimately be
token out of Africa (presumably
by piano) to Italy, whoro ho will
. be given tho tltlo of "observer
9 and military adviser to tho Ital
Ian high command" and that his
job will bo to "reorganize Italy's
defenses and indirectly assume
command of tho Italian untl-
invasion army."
TF you're wise, you'll keep your
lingers crossea. woDoay Knows
who is peddling theso rumors,
JMaybo tho Germans are gather
Ing ships (thoy're sold to havo
commandeered the Italian iiccu
to rush reinforcements to Africa
We outsiders will havo to wolt
until EVENTS clear tho air.
THERE'S nothing of grout Im
portonee from the South
Seas. Our planes smack flvo
Jap destroyers convoying a sup
ply ship probably to somo Jup
Island base. Borne au to iu
' Zeros appear off Guadalcanal
and are chased off by our fight
ers. Score: 16 Zeros shot down
to six of our planes . Klska la
bombed again,
QN the homo front, FDR vetoes
' the farm bloc bill to exclude
benefit paymonts In computing
farm parity price formulas,
(Benefit paymonts ore what tho
former gots as a subsidy to In
duce him to do what tho govern
ment wonts, such as planting
certain crops or not planting
others.)
He urges congress to uphold
his veto, saying It is Impossible
to control tha cost of living un
less ALL Us vital clcmcntB are
tabilized.
E adds:
"The time has come when
EVERYONE farmers, workers,
manngors, inventors must real
ize that living standards CAN
NOT BE IMPROVED in time of
war,"
Ho goes on: '
"On tho contrary, wo must all
CUT our standards of living for
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Judge Rules Out
2nd Degree Murder
As Issue in Trial
Any Issue of second degree murder was removed from the
trial of Kenneth Wallun Friday morning when Circuit Judge
David R. Vandcnbcrg allowed a defense motion that limited
guilty verdict, if one is roturncd, to manslaughter.
Tho motion was mado by George Roberts, defense attorney,
who asked that tho court withdraw the question of second degree
murder from the Jury. He asserted that the state's case, which
had Just been completed at tho time, had failed to show any evi
dence of malice on the part of Wallan In allegedly killing James
Work Begins on Ball
Mountain Logging
Road
DORRIS Work has begun
here on a logging road that
will extend 29 miles from Cor
ns to the vicinity of Ball moun
tain where the forest service
will permit cutting, of a. vast
amount of timber for war pro
duction. This will permit the
Long Bell Lumber company and
Associated Lumber and Box
company mills In Dorrls assur
ance of sufficient timber to op
erate from four to seven more
years, according to an unoffi
cial statement made this week
by Vance Brown, forest service
official In charge of timber
sales.
The majority of timber In
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GOP Says Demos
Want Roosevelt
Another Term
WASHINGTON, April 2 (VP)
A contention that President
Roosevelt already has been se
lected by new deal leaders for a
fourth-term nomination and that
their campaign is now under way
is the republican answer to no
tional Democratic Chairman
Frank Walker's suggestion for a
short 1944 campaign.
Harrison Spongier, GOP na
tional committee chairman, said
"it is a matter of regret that new
deal loaders have waited to make
the proposal of late political con
ventions until after their candi
date has already been selected,"
and congressional republicans
echoed h I s Implication that
Walker was socking an advant
age for his party.
"Tho conference of the demo
cratic national committee lead
ers at tho White House a fow
weeks ogo Indicates that the new
deal party already hod its real
convention," Spanglor declared.
Ho referred to a March 4 meet
ing after which Walker said
there had been some mention
of a fourth term for President terrorists of 1037 to finish pay
Roosovelt. I (Continued on Page Two)
Action Dulls as Russians Close in
On German Defenses at Novorossisk
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, April 2 fP) Three
more villages havo fallen to so
viet troops closing about Novo
rossisk and other German posi
tions along the Black Sea coast,
tho Russians announced today.
but elsewhere on the long front
only minor activity was report
ed by tho soviet noon commun
ique.
(The German communique
broadcast today by the Berlin
radio and recorded by The Asso
ciated Press said that the Rus
sians had launched a series of
strong attacks south of Lake La
doga, but that Gorman fire
power and close-range fighting
beat thorn down In front of tho
nazl lines.
(The Russian war ' bulletin
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Bowman lust December 24.
District Attorney L. Orth
Slscmore resisted -the motion,
declaring that tho evidence had
shown Wallan had walked sev
eral feet, picked up a board,
and returned to attack Bow
man as he lay on the ground
beside his Shasta way home.
Roberts replied that a witness,
who had testified to seeing
Wallan wielding the board, did
not see Bowman on the ground
receiving the blows.
State Rests
Circuit Judge Vandenberg
then granted the defense mo
tion.
The state completed its evi
dence about 10:30 a. m. Friday,
after presenting evidence - to
show that Wallan and Bowman
wore ait a party' on Christmas
eve at a local hotel, that they
drovo from the hotel to Bow
man's homo and that Bowman
was fatally Injured In an alleged
attack by Wallan near the rear
of the house.
Defense testimony late Friday
morning was featured by the
witness-stand appearance o f
John Fanning, who attended the
hotel party. Fanning testified
Bowman had been drinking gin
on that afternoon before the
party. Ho said that Bowman,
at the party, threatened to
"whip" Fanning and swung at
mm. Fanning said he ducked
and in turn hit Bowman, who
struck tho wall and fell on his
face. Fanning testified that
later, at the same party, he
again knocked Bowman down.
Argument Described
Another defense witness.
Aubrey Jefferson Korscn, testi
fied he had had words with
Bowman the night at the party.
It was apparent the defense was
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Rosser to fie
Released From
Arson Sentence
SALEM, April 2 (JP) Albert
Earl Rosser, former head of
Oregon AFL teamsters, will be
released from prison July 6
after serving a third, of his 12
year arson sentence in connec
tion with the burning of the
Salem box factory on Novem
ber 20, 1037.
The stato parole board an
nounced that Rosser would be
granted the parole because of
his good behavior.
- Rosser Is the last of the labor
made no mention of this front,
which is close to the Finnish bor
der, (The Germans declared that
tho Russians hod lost 1267 planes
during March),
The advanco In the Kuban vol
ley of tho Caucasus lost night
followed gains reported previous
ly in the midnight communique.
Although tho direction of the
advance was not immediately de
fined, It was bolleved to be in
an area north of Novorisslsk
with tho red army expanding
its gains out of recaptured Ana
stosevskaya, 33 miles north of
the Block Sea port.
Air Duels
Air duels continued In the
area, the Russians asserting that
nine enemy plahcl were shot
Rubber S
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON,
nieces
Rubber Man
This Is Larry Mays, forest
service official transferred here
to handle the Klamath county
rubber plant growing project.
He has been assistant supervisor
of the Deschutes forest at Bend.
American Bombers in
Raid on Japanese
Destroyers
. WASHINGTON, April 2 UP)
American bombers battered a
Japanese force of five destroyers
southwest of Kolombangara
while almost at the same time
fighter planes were engaging 30
to 40 Japanese Zero fighters and
shooting down 16 of the enemy
planes, the navy reported today.
In these Solomon island en
gagements, six United States
planes were lost In the aerial
combat, fought northwest of
Guadalcanal island, but two of
the pilots were rescued.
Not Observed
Results of the attack by bomb
ers on the Japanese surface force
were not observed, the navy re
ported in communique No. 332
which told also of two more at
tacks on the Japanese base at
Klska in the Aleutians. The text
of the communique:
"1. On March 30th:
"In' addition to the two at
tacks reported In navy depart
ment communique No. 331. Kis
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Italians Appoint
New Naval Chief
LONDON, April 2 (TP) The
Rome radio announced tonight
that Admiral Carlo Bcrgamini
hod been appointed commander-in-chief
of the Italian naval bot
tle forces.
Admiral Eduardo Somlgll was
appointed commander-in-chief of
naval forces protecting merchant
traffic. ,
The broadcast was recorded
by Tho Associated Press.
down and three damaged when
soviet airmen intercepted a nazl
air force raid.
The Russians announced they
were consolidating positions
northeast of Smolensk in the
drive for that German base and
that German counterattacks were
repulsed. A company of Ger
man Infantry was wiped out in
one sector, at least 60 Germans
were shot down as they attempt
ed to storm through the wire
about one recaptured position in
another sector, and about 200
were killed in engagements
south of Bely, It was said.
Donets Struggle
Tho struggle for mastery of
Donets river positions on on arc
east of Kharkov was marked
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9rvrr'
.WW-
FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1943
U. S. Forest Service
To Plant Russian
r Dandelion
The Klamath country assumed
the status of a potential rubber-
producing area Friday with the
announcement by the U. S. for
est service that it will plant a
considerable acreage of kok-
saghyz, the Russian dandelion,
near Klamath Falls this spring.
This project is further de
velopment from an experiment
in growing the Russian rubber-
producing plant, conducted at
the experimental station in the
Spring lake district last year.
mat experiment proved to be
one of the most successful of a
large number of test fields in the
United States. Canada and Alas
ka, the forest service disclosed
today.
Large 8cale Been
..If similar success atten8 the
'growing 61 the expanded acreage
this year, the planting may be
extended to large scale produc
tion In the Klamath district next
year.
It was learned approximately
60 acres will be planted In this
area. In view of the Intensive
nature of this crop, It was ex
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Woman Hunted;
As Baby Body
Found in Bag
MEDFORD, April 2 (JP) A
search for Mrs. Bernard Lotka,
wife of a Camp White sergeant,
was ordered here today after
the body of a 9-week-old baby
boy was found in a leather
overnight bag in a local auto
court cabin. Deputy Coroner
Carlos W. Morris said.
A pair of slippers which Mor
ris said was identified as Mrs.
Lotka's was in the cabin.
The deputy coroner said the
child appeared to have died of
natural causes about 10 hours
before the body was found, but
he ordered an autopsy.
Hospital records show the
baby was born January 25 to
SgU and Mrs. Bernard Lotka,
whose address was given as the
motor court cabin where the
discovery was made.
Snell Appoints
Chessman to State
Highway Commission
SALEM, April 2 (IP) Govern
or Earl Snell today appointed
Sen. Merle R. Chessman, - As
toria newspaper publisher, to
the state highway commission,
succeeding Huron Clough, Can
yonville, who asked to be re
lieved. The appointment is the third
made by Snell to the three-man
commission. He already had ap
pointed T. H. Banfield, Port
land, to succeed Henry F. Ca
bell, Portland, and Arthur W,
Schaupp, Klamath Falls, to suc
ceed Herman Oliver, John Day.
Men Steal Cable,
Set Off Alarm on
Railroad Tracks
DUNSMUIR, Calif.,' April 2
OP) Two men attempting to
steal S00 feet of cable from the
Southern Pacific railroad right-
of-way turned themselves In.
They dragged their loot
across the rails, That, said Dis
patcher J. L. Morgan, flashed a
red light on the Dunsmuir con
trol board.
He knew no trains were In the
block so ho called state high
way patrolmen who arrested the
pair.
sfii
KLAMATH SEEN
AS POTENTIAL
GROWING AREA
NEA FEATURES
Number 9761
AT
First Synthetic Truck Tire
:
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'
Rubber Administrator William M. Jeffers (right), shows Sena
tor Raymond E. Willis (R-Ind.) what Jeffers termed the nation's
first all synthetic beary duly truck tire. The tire was built by
Goodyear with butadiene produced from alcohol manufactured
at n Institute, W. Va., plant which utilizes grains.
Roosevelt Vetoes ankheafc
Bill Raising Farm Prices
WASHINGTON, April 2 UP)
Branding it ' inflationary . and
dangerous. President Roosevelt
vetoed today the Bankhead bill
to increase farm prices by ex
cluding benefit payments in
figuring the farm parity, price
formulas. .
Returning the measure . un
signed to the senate, Mr. Roose
velt said In a message:. "
Roosevelt Message
"I am compelled to this action
by the deep conviction that this
measure is Inflationary in char
acter. It breaks down the bar
riers we have erected and which
we must maintain in order to
avoid all the disasters of infla
tion. It is wholly inconsistent
with our stabilization program
and, therefore, dangerous alike
to our constructive farm policy
and to our whole war effort."
Administration opponents of
the bill, which won easy victory
in both house and senate, have
estimated it would add approxi-
Navy Asks Aid
In Curbing War
Profiteering
WASHINGTON, April 2 ()
The navy officially asked con
gress today for aid In cracking
down on. manufacturers' repre
sentatives who "have their of
fices in their hat" and sales
agents "of little ability" receiv
ing "outrageous . fees" for pro
curing war contracts.
Endorsing a . proposed legis
lative curb on their profits Jacob
E. Davis, special assistant to the
undersecretary of the navy and a
former democratic representa
tive from Ohio, told the house
naval committee:
"Conceding that an agent
should be compensated amply
for Introducing a new and un
tried article to the government,
he should not receive enormous
fees during the emergency due
solely to the fact that subse
quent orders, to secure which he
hardly has to turn a finger, swell
his commissions to astronomical
figures."
California Wants
To Condemn Idle
Jap Machinery
SACRAMENTO, Calif., April
2 UP) Governor Warren an
nounced today his intention to
ask for the passage of urgency
legislation giving the state the
right to condemn and purchase
Idle farm machinery of Japanese
or any person who has It in stor
age without the Intention of put
ting it to use for the production
of food.
mately $1,500,000,000 to the na
tion's annual food bill.
It takes a two-thirds vote . of
both the house and senate to
override the president and make
a vetoed - bill law. The Bank
head measure originally passed
the senate by a vote of 78-2. The
house showed a standing vote in
its favor of 149 to 40. . ; -
- Veto Discussed ;
At the - capitol - Democratic
Leader Barkley of Kentucky said
the senate might vote next week
to override the veto but that the
house might sustain Mr. Roose
velt's rejection' of the measure,
pointing out the so-called "city"
vote is much larger there. ..
Barkley told reporters Im
mediately after the veto message
was laid before the senate that
it would be taken up next Tues
day, adding: - -Inflation
Seen
"The president's message puts
squarely before congress the sit
uation affecting inflation and the
effort to curb it on all fronts.
It seems to me the veto ought
to be sustained." -
Senator Bankhead (D-Ala.),
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Congress Shunts
Manpower Question .
WASHINGTON, April 2 ()
Legislation to draft men and
women civilians Into war produc
tion jobs was shunted to a con
gressional sidetrack today ap
parently to await a green light
from President Roosevelt amid
official indications that induction
of fathers into military service
will start in about three months.
Clifford CI egg, Missing,
Now Philippine Prisoner
Sgt. Clifford Clegg
April 1 High 61, Low SI
Precipitation u of March at, 1943
Straam yaar to dato ....I3.e
Lwt yaar 10.06 Normal ,.6.13
ALLIES STORM
TOWARDS AXIS
ESCAPEROUTE
Mateur Threatened;
. Troops Push Past
Sedjenane
ay ROGER GREENE '
Associated Press War Editor
British 1st army troops have
smashed deep into the vital Ger
man defense zone' in northern
Tunisia, an Algiers broadcast
said today, and are storming to
ward Mateur only 18 miles south
of the enemy's potential "Dun
kerque Escape" port at Blzerte.
The radio said Lieut Gen. K.
A. N. Anderson's forces were
now "pressing on the retreating
Germans in the vicinity of Ma
teur" after a thrust from Sedjen
ane, 25 miles to the west..
No Details
A bulletin from allied head
quarters gave no details of tha
1st army's, advance, but de
clared: : . . . . .. ,. .
. . "Our troops continued to push
northwards and eastwards be
yond. Sedjenane," ......
Edward Kennedy, Associated
Press correspondent at allied
headquarters, ' said British and
French, troops pushing from
Sedjenane toward Mateur had
"made good almost the last of
the losses In the fighting a month -Ugo-.-r-?.;-?,.-.-...::.---l
: .
'-. Since that time, Col.-Gen. Jur
gen von Araim had driven the
British back 30 to 40 miles.-
British Drive - .
'- British vanguards, spearhead'
ed- by-fierce tribal warriors of
French Morocco, were reported
to have -driven six miles east of
Sedjenane two days ago, tind
yesterday's allied- communique
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Senate Group
Condemns John
Lewis' Actions
WASHINGTON. April S HP)
Declaring that labor leaden
"mutt now demonstrate that
they are statesmen and patriots
as well, as paid advocates for
worthy causes," the. senate war
Investigating committee today,
condemned i John L. Lewis' at
titude in asserting that his no- ,
strike promise was. not "neces
sarily, binding."
Labor has come of age and
the country expects these lead
ers to recognize that labor has
duties as well as rights," the
committee said, adding that "no
citizen hai the right to jeopard
ize the nation s existence in. war
time." ' i 5 - t -
In its first official comment
on the dramatic exchange be
tween the. committee and the
president of the United Mine
Workers a week ago, the group
headed by . Senator Truman
(D-Mo.) observed: . " : "'
The obligation which rests
upon Lewis is ... an obligation,
to the United .States arising out '
of the war emergency."
First word in 14 months from
their son, Clifford, came, today
to Mr. and. Mrs.. Tom Clegg of
2429 Orchard avenue, when the'
war department ' advised : them
that the youth was a prisoner of ,
war in the. Philippines.. ...
The parents, thrilled by the
wire, were previously advised ,
that Sgt. Clegg, 25, was missing
following the fall of Corregidor.
The mother had never given up
hope that her son was alive, sha
said today.
Young Clegg enlisted In tha
army infantry In Medford late In
1936, served for. three years at
the Presidio, San Francisco,, and
then re-enlisted for foreign serv
ice in 1939 when he was sent to '
Manila.' Last word came from
him was received late In Novenv .
ber and dated October 26, 1941.
Clegg was with the 31st infantry
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