KLAMATH GETS $1,269,000 WAR FINANCE QUOTA FOR APRIL
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-rfiATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1943
NEA FEATURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Number 9765
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BIG JOB FOR
COUNTY TOLD
AT LUNCHEON
War Yet to Be Won,
Sammons Warns in
' Grave Talk
Full moaning of ' Klnmnth
county's April wiir flniinco drivo
was brouuht homo hero wed'
ticsday when It won announced
that tho county's quota for tho
month is $1,200,000.
J. Tho announcement came at a
war finance luncheon at the
Willurd hotel addressed by E. C,
Summom, Portland, chairman of
Oregon i victory loan campaign,
who emphasized In a powerful
warning that the second world
war U yet to bo financed and
won.
Tha quota for April's drlvo Is
about a BOO per cent Increase
over , tha usual war savings
quotas here, it was pointed out
by A. M. Collier, county war
savings chairman, who presided
t tho luncheon. Bank pur-
: chases cannot bo counted on tho
quota,
- ,, Big Job
.'War finance leader agreed It
would require tho help of every
earning' Individual, r every bus
iness, every political unit, and
very organization In the coun-
fl ty to achieve the quota for April,
(Continued on Page Two)
Five Air Raids
HitKtskaJap
Bases Monday
WASHINGTON, April 7 (fP)
The navy reported today that
forces of army heavy and med
ium bombers raided Japanese
positions on Klska Island in the
Aleutians five times Monday and
scored hits on enemy positions,
; One attack was mado against
Attu Island In the Aleutians tho
same day.
Communique No. 336 sold:
"North Pacific;
"1. On April 8, forces of army
' Liberator (Consolidated 4-24)
heavy bombers and Mitchell
(North American B-2S) medium
bombers, escorted by Lightning
(Lockheed P-38) and Warhawk
(Curtlss P-40) fighters, carried
eut five attacks against Japanose
Installations at Klska and one
attack against Attu. Hits were
scored on enemy positions.
"South Pacific: (all dates are
East Longitude)
"2. On April 7, a group of
Dauntless diva bombors (Doug
las SBD) and Lightning fighters
attacked Japanese positions at
Bila In the central Solomons.
Fires woro started."
The Monday raids on Klska
raised to 01 the total number of
attacks mado against that enemy
hold Island since March 1 when
tho current aerial offensive In
the Aloutlans got under way.
War Loan Drive Contrasts With Farm,
Labor Dissensions on Capitol Hiii
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, April 7 Dl
sonslon on Capitol Hill over
farm and labor legislation con
trasted today with the White
House launching of a campaign
of national unity the raising of
$13,000,000,000 in tho country's
greatest war loan drivo.
While tho sonnto farm bloc
strove to dolay a test on tho ve
toed Bankhoad bill and a CIO
representative protestod against
a moasure to forbid tho unioniza
tion of foromon, Presldont Roose
velt sold tho first $25 bond of
the campaign to help flnanco tho
Country's fighters, and proclaim
ed this as Its slogan:
"They Give Their Lives. We
Lend Our Money."
War Loan Drlva
: The war loan drlvo opens na
tionally April 12, Today's ad
vance ceremony found White
or
Sirup
UU
Safe After 10 Months
Lt. Eugana D. Wallace of Los
Angelos (above), along with two
othtr army air force man, was
rascuad altar hiding out for 10
months In a Jungle in Japanese-
held Now Britain. Tha plana
thay ware In crashed on tha
watar near Rabaul.
I
British Pulled From
Mayu Peninsula
. Hills
NEW .DELHI, India, April 7
IIP) Japanese troops have fil
tered across the Mayu river be
low Kwazoc, in Burma, forcing
a withdrawal of tho British
from positions In a narrow strip
between the hills and the sea
north of Donbalk in the Mayu
peninsula, a British communi
que said today.
A supplementary, statement
said the British, Including some
Indian units, finding their com
munications threatened, had re
tired to - new positions In the
Kyau Apandu area, threo miles
(Continued on Pago Four)
Prime Minister
In Accord With
Meeting Delay
LONDON, April 7 (P) Prime
Minister Churchill said In the
houso of commons today ho was
in full accord with General
Dwight D. Elsenhower ' in - the
letter's request to Gen. Charles
De Gaullo to delay, his proposed
trip to North Africa.
Tho fighting French loader de
layed his trip for conferences
with Gen, Henri Glraud, high
commissioner in French North
and West Africa, at Elsenhower's
request.
Gen. Charles Catroux, liaison
officer between Do Gaullo and
Glraud, is already In North Afrl-
(Contlnued on Pago Four) , I
House workers gathered around
the presldont and Secretary of
tho Treasury Morgonthau to
whom Mr. Roosevolt said:
"This is just a small cross-sec
tion of the Whlto House staff,
out tins is ilk. a great many
other American houses through
out tho country. Most of us have
got somo member of tho family
In tho fighting forcos of the
United States. And wo back
homo are trying to do our bit,
too. Wo subscribe."
John H. Pye, veteran negro
messenger, bought tho first bond.
Argument Continues
Tho farm argument continued
over from yestorday when tho
administration displayed enough
senate strength to sustain the
voto of tho Bankhoad bill to in
crease prico ceilings.
Farm leaders dropped broad
hints that, it they can get the bill
REPORT
SHARP FIGHT
Soviet-German Battle
field Has Good
Weather
By EDDY GILMOHE
MOSCOW, April 7 VP) Sharp
fighting along the Donets river
and In the Kuban Delta, In the
Caucasus, was reported by the
Russians today as the long
Soviet-German battlefront ex
perienced better weather.
In the Kuban Delta, where the
red army, had been said unof
ficially to be fighting in the
suburbs of Novorosslsk, the
Black Sea port, dispatches said
the Russians kept up their of
fensive and drove doggedly into
the Germans against strong re
sistance, s .;
Glue-like Mud
The fighting there extended
over acres of glue-like mud and
swollen streams, but the Russians
said their troops plunged on
nevertheless, foiling .upon the
nazt flanks In some areas and In
others surrounding the foe, ,
There was virtually no news
of Novorosslsk, however, the last
bis objective the Germans hold
in the northern Caucasus area.
The nszls are striving with all
their power to hold this naval
base, for it Is one ot the best
ports along the whole Black tea,
Fighting Tiaras
Sharper fighting flared on the
Donets river from south of
Izyum on north past Chuguev.
Izyum is 70 miles and Chuguev
(Continued on Page Two)
Rubber Tension
Will Be Eased,
Says Jeffers
WASHINGTON, April' 7 ()
Rubber Director William M
Jeffers thinks the tension, will
be cased on the nation s' strained
rubber situation In a year and
that synthetics eventually can
supply America a needs,
Nevertheless, he believes
South American rubber should
be kept in production as "in
surance. "
Jeffers voiced those opinions
at a press conference yesterday,
during which he acknowledged
that thus far synthetic produc
tion has failed to turn out a
truck tire that could meet all
needs.
As for the reports that he
may resign this summer: !'If the
synthetic plants aren't produc
ing by June, why I'm, staying
around."
He Indicated he felt the plants
should be kopt operating after
the war and predicted the . na.
tion thus would never again be
caught short with distant rub
ber supply.
.referred to the agriculture com
mittce, they hope to renew their
drlvo against tho veto after set
tlement of the current wage in
crcaso demands of the United
Mine Workers. The related ef
fects of farm price raises and
wago increases wore frequently
dlscussd In dobato on the bill?
Labor Objects
Objections to the anti-foreman
unionization measure came from
Leo Pressman, CIO general coun
sel, who told the house military
committee he views tho bill as
lntondod to make all collective
bargaining agreements unlawful,
; "It should be the right of any
employe ... to join with his fel
low employes into an organiza
tion if he chooses to do so,"
Pressman argued.
Management representatives
have contonded that supervisory
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ALONG
Safe Turns
This picture shows the three
steps where it retted today on
is) jroe .'untoee. supporting
Plaster Crocks:-,.'
4$ Safe Palls
Down Stairway
Court ' house employes and
visitor were not' a little .startled
Wednesday' morning 1 when the
county treasury 7600 pound safe
fell with a terrific crash down
three-steps as it was being moved
from' the ground floor to the sec
ond story.
One of the timbers supporting
the huge strongbox broke causing-the
fall, which-cracked the
plaster, on the court house wall
just above the front center en
trance door. . ' ' ,'
The safe is being moved to the
hew treasurer's office on the sec
ond floor. ' The old office on the
ground-floor is now, being re
modeled to be used as extra, vault
space for the county clerk s rec
ords.
W. McDanlels, house mover, is
handling the Job of .moving the
safe to its new home.
Deadlock Seen
Between Miners,
Coal Operators
NEW. YORK, AprU 7 (P)
Northern Appalachian soft coal
mine operators said today that
their negotiating committee "be
hoves that further conferences
for collective bargaining will not
be able to consummate an agree
ments
They will, however, meet
again tomorrow. '
Charles .O'Neill, head of the
operators group, at the same
time made public the group a
proposal to the United Mine
Workers union that the existing
contract with the UMW be con
tinued for the duration, subject
to any changes which might be
required by government policy
or economic stabilization.
Seller, Receiver
Given Identical
Liquc
or Sentences
Percy Hasklns, charged with
selling intoxicating liquor to an
Indian.' and Archie Chlpps, the
Indian involved, who was
charged with having liquor, in
hla possession, were given the
same fine in justice court Tues
day, -
Both Hasklns and Chlpps were
given $100 fines and 8 months
in the county jail. However, $25
of the fine, and 160 days were
suspended in both cases. Both
were' committed to the county
jail for the 20 remaining days.
Following their release they will
be put on probation for 160 days.
Tables Does Its Own
ynr
- ton county treasurer's safe en the
a ponderous journey from the
it, it sua aown two steps ana crscma piaster, below the landing.
Tentative Jury
"Lower 73"
ALBANY, Ore , AprU 7 m
Seven jurors, four women and
three men, had been tentatively
accepted at noon tocay in the
"lower 13" first degree murder
trial of Robert E. Lee Folkes,
20, Los Angeles negro dining.
car cook.
A total of 15 had been re
jected. The speedy acceptance
of the seven brightened prospect'
for quick selection of a . jury.
At first selection promised to.
consume several days.
Defense Attorney Leroy Lom-
ax of Portland questioned ai-
British Subs
Attack Italian
Tanker, Cruiser
LONDON. April 7 (IP) Brit
ish submarines in the Mediter
ranean have attacked an Italian
cruiser of the Regolo class and
torpedoed two tankers and an
enemy supply ship, the admir
alty announced today.
It - said the attack on the
cruiser occurred in the Straits
of Messina, between Sicily and
the Italian mainland, and a
heavy explosion was heard but
results were not observed.
"Other submarines operating
against the axis -supply lines in
the Mediterranean have tor
pedoed two tankers and a sup
ply ship of medium size," the
admiralty s communique said.
'' One of the tankers was inter
cepted under escort near Cape
Spartlvento, at the extreme
southern tip of Italy, while the
other was torpedoed while being
towed off the north coast of
Sicily, it said. .
General Surprised
At Postponement
Of French Visit
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 7 (P)
A statement announcing , that
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
had read with surprise a French
national committee statement of
two days ago on the postpone
ment of General Charles do
Gaulle's visit to North Africa
was issued tonight, , :
John DeMille Gets
Credit for Planes
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 7 (P)
John W. DeMille, 9 Granite St.,
Ashland, Ore., was among Amer
ican air gunners credited by the
American command with bag
ging enemy planes yesterday.
Cracking
landing on the main courthouse
first toC second .floors. . Whan the
Chosen in
Murder Trial
most every juryman on his racial
feelings, asking several, point
blank if .they; hadr any "racial
prejudices.'!' He rejected several
who 'were southerners or -said
they had "family connections in
the south. : !- -
Tentative Pick ' - t
The seven tentatively picked
were still subject to' challange.
Folkes ' Was .. indicted on a
charge" of slaying Mrs. Martha
Virginia Brinson James, 21, : Virginia-born-bride
of- a navy en
sign. - -
Shortly after Judge V. G.
Lewelllng took his. scat, Defense
Attorney Leroy Lomax of Port
land requested that all witnesses
be excluded from the courtroom.
District Attorney Harlow Wein
rick of Linn, county asked: -
"Defense-witnesses, too?" '
. "The defense will-have no
witnesses)" Lomax replied.-
' Welnrlck did not object and
Judge Lewelllng ordered the
. (Continued on Page Two).
Poy-as-Tou-Go
Income Tax Plan
Develops Again
WASHINGTON, April 7 (IP)
A formal movement developed
in the house today -to brine an
other pay-as-you-go income tax
bill before that body for imme
diate consideration.
Rep. Anderson (D-N.M.) began
circulation of a letter, for signa
tures of democratic members,
asking . Chairman Doughton
(D-N.C.)' of the ways and means
committee to produce another
current tax payment measure
at once probably in the nature
of a compromise between those
favoring complete by-passing of
a tax year and those objecting
to any abatement.
Such a compromise measure
most likely would embrace a 20
per cent withholding levy
against the taxable portions of
all ' pay envelopes and salary
checks.
Fire' Destroys
Seattle Lumber,
Construction Mill
SEATTLE,-April 7 (IP) Fire
destroyed' the Morely Lumber
and Construction company plant,
3738 E. 154th street, and dam
aged two nearby houses early to
day with damage estimated by
Jay Thomas, a county fire war
den, at $110,000.
Firemen said six explosions,
perhaps caused by flames reach
ing barrels of. paint, occurred
during the blaze.
English Win
Paves Way to
Join Pa Won
LONDON. AprU 7 WV-The Algiers radio sold tonight that
a special communique from allied hsadquartera in North Africa
had announced a Junction of the British eighth army and the
American force! moving across Tunisia from Gafsa.
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 7 (IP)
The British eighth army, advancing beyond the captured Wadl El
Akarit defenses, took additional prisoners today and Americans
beat down German resistance in pushing In from the west on
Marshal Erwin Rommel, It was officially reported from the front..
The axis forces still arrayed
against the Americans in the nar
rowing triangle from the coast
to the El Guetar and Maknassy
areas were in a critical position
because, of the . eighth army's
break-through on tha coast.
Clean Up .Campaign
The forces of Gen. Sir Ber
nard L. Montgomery were suc
cessfully cleaning up the Wadl
el Akarit battlefield 20 miles
north of Gabes, the reports said,
and their victory apparently had
paved the way for a Junction
with the Americans of Lieut.
Gen. George S. Patton Jr., on the
flank. .. ...
- Twice, checked by a stubborn
German defense of dominant hill
positions on f the Gafsa-Gabes
road; the Americana were report
ed to have resumed their heavy
assaults with crowing success.
Earlier reports said"the.Amer)
earns had mopped up 'the enemy
on Djebel Maizila, north of Mak
nassy, : and advanced east of -El
.Guetar. '-.
Hills Seised -v-tV
Seizing two high hills which
dominated- the ' new defenses
along the Wade el Akarit. 20
miles north of Gabes, the British
held these strong points through
violent. German counterattacks
after a break-through, behind: a
heavy artillery barrage and; an
allied-headquarters communique
said they captured 5000 prison
ers, mostly Italians. -(Prime
Minister - Winston
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Tracks in Snow
Said to Locate
Missing Fliers
CASCADE, Idaho, AprU 7 (P)
Tracks in the snow around a
supposedly-unoccupied mountain
cabin led Mercy Flier Penn Stohr
today to believe he may have
located four missing army air
men; ' ' V 4
Stohr, civilian pilot who twice
this winter has rescued army
fliers from central Idaho's wild
erness areas, saw the- tracks
while searching for crewmen
who. parachuted from a four
motored bomber' before it
smacked into ' a ' mountainside
near Challis, Idaho.
Five of the . crew members
were brought here by Stohr yes
terday after reaching a forest
ranger's station on the middle
fork of the Salmon river and
telephoning for assistance. They
said, all nine occupants of the
plane parachuted in the area.
Currency Stabilization
Plan Costs U. S. Nothing
WASHINGTON, April 7 (JP)
Great Britain proposed today a
far reaching international bank
ing and currency plan, parallel
ing in many respects the pro
posals advanced by. the United
States treasury, but differing in
others.
Both plans have as their main
objective the stabilizing ot world
currencies to stimulate the ex
pansion of international, trade,
but whereas the British plan
would seek to accomplish this
by setting up a world clearing
house with no assets, the Ameri
can plan would establish a huge
stabilization fund to. be contri
buted by member countries par
ticipating. ;
By GEORGE CULLEN
WASHINGTON, April 7 (IP)
It apparently would cost this
government nothing extra to
participate in a postwar gold
y -
Barkley Tells Senate
To Support Farm
Bill Veto - .
WASHINGTON. April 7()
The senate sent the vetoed
Bankhead farm prloe bill to
Its agriculture committee to
day, defeating an adralnlsira- :
,tlon effort to kill the measure
outright , .
i WASHINGTON, April 7 (IP)
Majority Leader Barkley told his ,
fellow senators today thattf they -keep
the Bankhead farm parity
bill behind the door of the agrl-.
culture committee, as club
against 'John L. Lewis of the '
mine workers-"Mr. Lewis, not '
congress, may come out with the '
club." - .-
: Urging that President Roosevelt's-
veto of the controverted
' (Continued on Pt-ge Four)
Allied Bombers
Sock Japanese
In New Guinea
ALLIED- HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, April 7 (PI
Allied medium and light bomb
ers hit the- Japanese base at
Salamaua on the northeast coast '
of 'New Guinea .yesterday in a .
concentrated mid-day attack '
which started, a number of large
fires and silenced anti-aircraft
positions, Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur's headquarters reported
today.
A Flying Fortress followed up
later in the day with an attack
on the Jetty area which demol-i
ished supply warehouses. The'
Fortress returned, as had the
earlier force, - without meeting
any enemy craft in the air.
Strafing Forays
Wide-sweeping but relatively '
light bombing and strafing for
ays were made by medium and
heavy mombers on the villages
of Kenari and Wokam in the
Aroe islands, closest Japanese
positions to the Australian main-
continued on Page Two)
currency stabilization program
evolved by the U. S. treasury. :
. The program, which has been -submitted
to 37 nations for dis
cussion, calls for a $5,000,000,-'
000 stabilization fund to which
Secretary Morgenthau says the
United' States would contribute
about $2,000,000,000, or 40 per
cent. Other nations would con
tribute proportionately under a
specified formula.
. Domestic Fund
The treasury now holds a
$2,000,000,000 domestic stabil
ization fund which has been in
operation for nine years. Should
the international agency be es
tablished, it is believed tho
treasury could simply switch,
this fund to the new world pool,
thus providing tho United
States' ante without the iicces
sity ot extra financing.
, With the projected Interna-
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