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By FRANK JENKINS
"THE mcnt of today's war news
1 lit Hint tho fighting In Tunisia
la approaching tho iIcko stage,
Soii.mo fulls. The Germane nro
abandoning their Important olr
find supply base nt Kairouan.
Q Rommel, escaping nil tho trnps
laid lor him In hi Ioiik retreut
across the northern comt of
Africa, Is Joining Von Arnlm and
their combined forces lire prepar
ing to flcht It out lit Tunis and
Blxerte behind tho mountain
walls that served so long s a
barrier between Carthago and
her landward enemies.
"THE fight will bo essentially
similar to that which tho Rus
sians waged nt Sevastopol, where
they had to supply themselves
from tho sea agulnst tho Ger
mans who wero coming at thorn
from tho land.
n . .
A DESPERATE battUi Is being
1 waged by tho Germans to got
In supplies and relnforcomonts
nnd on equally despcrato battle Is
rticlng fought by our sen nnd nlr
forces to PREVENT supplies
from reaching them.
Somo Idea of the extremity of
tho Germans' position may bo
gnlnod from tho fact that they
nro using clumsy and moro or
less obsolete transport planes to
FLY IN gasoline,
Wc'vo been shooting these sup
ply planes down In rather start
ling numbers.
TJITLER and Mussolini hold an
other meeting. Apparently
NO JAPS wero present. (Tho
"axis" Is becoming Just another
word. What It really means Is
GERMANY.)
Wo outsiders can't judge ac
curately from tho surfneo Indica
tions that aro nil wo have to
judge by, but wo'ro beginning to
guess that Japan Is fighting her
Ojiwn war, for her OWN purposes,
and isn't going out on any limbs
to help Hitler.
Which doesn't mnko Japan nny
tho less dangerous.
A FORMAL statement Issued
" following tho Hlllor-Mus-sollnl
meeting says tho big shot
nnd his satellite little shot hnvo
dedicated themselves nnd tholr
peoplo to "comploto nnnlhilntion
of nny futuro dnnger which
might thrcntcn the European
Afrlcnn area from tho west or
from the east."
Don't pay much attention to
'tho statements Issued nftcr thesfl
conferences. What Is given out
Is for the ENEMY'S consumption
ns wns our Unconditional sur
render ultlmntum nt Cnsnblnnca.
Tho conferees aren't tipping
oft anything that would bo rcnlly
interesting or valuable to their
enemies.
VOU never heard of n football
conch tipping off nny of tho
rcnlly hot, inside stuff ho plans
to use ngolnst his opponent in
the big gnmo.
AN Italian newspaper (La Trl
buna lllustrntn) Is quoted by
tho Berlin radio as saying that
Hitler nnd his Rlnogo Mussolini
nro deciding "whether nnd
when" Now York Is to bo
bombed. '
La Trlbunn Illuslratn says tho
now Helnkol-177 could easily do
It, currying from two to three
tons of bombs from bases on tho
French coast and depending for
weather information on axis sub-
nrlnes scattered ncross tho At-
mtlc,
'THAT Is probably truo enough,
A Tho question Is whether they
WILL do it.
Wo could bomb Tokyo ngnln.
Tho Jnps could bomb our Pnclflo
const cities. No olio hns nny
very definite doubts as to thnt.
Bombing New York would
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Major Changes in
Draft Laws Speed
Increases in Army
WASHINGTON, April 12 (P) The Kllday bill to give draft
deferment priorities to men with dependents and to put draft
quotas on a statewide Initeed of a local board bails was passed
today by the house and sent to the senate.
U. S. Assured Loans
Won't Increase
Debt Ceiling
WASHINGTON, April 12 UP)
Americans started pouring more
fighting billions Into Undo
Sum's war chest today with the
ussuranco that tho new loans
won't push the national debt
ubovo the legal celling.
On tho eve of the treasury'
second War loan .campaign
aimed to borrow some $13,000,
000,000 President Roosevelt an
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British Down
Three German
Planes in Raid
LONDON, April 12 (VP) At
leant three nazl planes were shot
down over coastal districts of
England last night as the Gor
mans attempted weak reprisals
for heavy allied weekend at
tacks in which Russian planes
swept Into Germany for the first
tlmo In many months to hit
Kocnlgsbcrg, Important east
Prussian supply junction for the
soviet front.
In addition, a British Intruder
piano over northern France
knocked a twln-cnglncd German
craft out of tho air as It came
in for a night landing, the air
ministry news servlco reported.
Tho big RAF bombers did not
resume tho hammering of Gor
many and tho occupied territor
ies last night, but aircraft of the
bomber command laid mines In
enemy waters and two planes
wero lost, an air ministry com
munique said.
Allied Fighting
Planes Down 23
Jap
Air Raiders
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, April 12 (P)
Tearing into a formation of 45
Japancso air raiders over Oro
bay, Now Guinea, allied fighters
shot 23 of the planes out of
action yesterday and broke up
nn assault which allied head
quarters characterized today as
part of a new enemy olr offen
sive In tho southwest Pacific.
An allied communique an
nouncing the smashing of the
raid said tho Japanese offensive
"may attain a considerable scale
of effort," Judging from rocent
reconnaissance reports showing
"mnjor Increases" In tho enemy's
nlr strength.
Early Trial Seen
In Medford Baby
Smothering Case
MEDFORD, April 12 (IP)
District Attorney George W.
Noilson said todny that he will
seek speedy trials for Sgt. Ber
nard Lotkn, 23, and his common-law
wife, Tlllio Michanal
ski, 22, Indicted on first degree
murder charges In the smother
ing of tholr 10-wcck-old son
hero April 1.
They will bo arraigned before
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna
Wednesday, Noilson said.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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WASHINGTON, April 12 UP)
Mujor revisions in draft clossid
cations wero made today to fa
cilitate the task of providing the
armed forces this year with vir
tually every physically able man
between 18 and 38 years old who
has no cause for Individual de
ferment. Selective Service Director
Lewis B. Horshcp and War Man
power Commissioner Paul V.
McNutt told a press conference
that drafting on such scale
would be necessary to meet the
goal of 10,800,000 men In uni
form before next January 1.
The only grounds for defer
ment after the ban against call
ing fathers Is lifted possibly
somo time around July 1 will
be form work, Individual essen
tiality I non-agricultural work,
and the possibility that Induc
tion would -mean "extreme pri
vation and hardship," Hershey
and McNutt said.
They added that the nation
has only 14,000,000 physically
fit men in the 18-through-37
bracket, with about holt of that
number already In the armed
forces.
Of the remaining 7,000,000,
they said, 3,200,000 will be de
ferred for occupation or hard
ship by the end of the year, and
tho rest will be drafted during
the next nine months.
Classification Revises
McNutt said that as a result
of the new classification re
vision: 1. Nearly 3,000,000 childless
men under 38 face mass reclas
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Pvt. John Kruml
Killed in South
Pacific Battle
MALIN This community was
saddened lato Saturday when
Mr. and Mrs. John Kruml re
ceived word from the war de
partment advising them of the
death of their son, Pvt. John
Kruml, 28, "somewhere In the
Pacific area on April 8." No
other details were given and it
Is not known whether the youth
was killed in action.
JM. Kruml came to Malln six
years ago from Nebraska, He
was employed by E. A. Bailey
and John Tnkacs, both of Mer
rill and enlisted In the service
18 months ago. He was in the
regular army. In addition to
his parents, Pvt. Kruml Is sur
vived by' two brothers, Joe and
Vlncil, and one sister, Anna, all
of Malln, and second sister,
Marie, who lives In Nebraska,
The youth's father is employed
by Stanley Johnson, Malin po
tato grower.
7a the ReadeU 0 tUe MetoM-Newl
"The 13 billion second war loan Is the responsibility of every
one of us. v
"As Americans, we must' lond our government every dollar
we can during these next few weeks. No matter how much or
how little our pay checks are, each of us must do his part,
"The money la urgently needed to back up our armed forces
now on the offensive with the weapons they must have to win
end win quickly, - .
"We are asked to give up our luxuries and even our com
forts to match in a small way the sacrifices our men In the armed
forces are making on the fighting fronts.
"Remember: They give their lives we are only asked to
lend our monoy,
"Only you know how much you can lend. Don't wait for
someone to come around and ask you to do your part.
"Do it today. Do it gladly. Do it to the utmost of your
capacity,
"Do it knowing that upon how much you do depends to a
large extent hoW quickly we win this war."
VHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
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Rayburn Calls for
Joint Party
Action
WASHINGTON, April 12 (P)
Speaker Rayburn (D-Tex.) called
today for Joint democratic-republican
action to enact quickly a
20 per cent withholding levy
against the taxable portion of
wages and salaries, as a measure
to help prevent Inflation.
But Representative Martin,
the republican leader, promptly
said that any proposal to con
sider a withholding tax without
an abatement feature was not
compromise, but surrender. In
a statement to reporters Martin
added:
"It looks like we are unable
to get from the ways and means
committee a chance to pass any
one. of the several pay-as-you-go
proposals, and it looks ' like
we'll have to petition a bill
out."
If 218 members signed such
a petition, a new house vote
could be had April 26 on pay-
as-you-go taxation, probably in
cluding the Ruml plan to skip
an income tax year.
Rayburn left, the speaker's
rostrum to give newspapermen
a statement after Chairman
Doughton (D-N.C.) of the ways
and means committee told the
house that If the leadership of
both parties would agree to sup
port a simple withholding levy,
he would introduce such a bill
and seek to bring it from the
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Walker Comments on
Republican Talk
On "Fourth Term"
WASHINGTON, April 12 (P)
Asserting that "obviously, the
opposition is not In accord with
my views ' for a short campaign,
Democratic Chairman Frank C.
Walker , added today in com
menting on a republican pro
posal for "satisfactory and pos
itive" assurance that President
Roosevelt will not seek a fourth
terms:
"This Is 'no time for politics.
Lot us get on with the war."
Six Die, Many
Hurt in Severe
Alabama Storm
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 12
(P) Six persons were killed and
many others injured today in
storms that struck the north Ala
bama towns of Hackleburg and
Vincmont.
The business section of Hack
leburg, 90 miles northwest of
Birmingham, was destroyed, and
four persons were killed there,
Stone J. Crane, Red Cross field
representative said.
MEASURE SEEN
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This picture, taken from Seventh and High streets, shows jut a part of the line-up of
youngsters who jammed the Esquire theatre Saturday and paid in tin cans to get in.' More than
two and a half tons of cans for the tin can salvage drive were contributed by the boys and girls,
who made a line nearly a block long from the theatre entrance. '
STRIKE MlfflDA JSPS
Navy Message Tells
Of Raid
Kahili
on
WASHINGTON, April 12 (IP)
Two bombing raids causing
heavy explosions and starting
fires at the Japanese airbase at
Munda in the Solomons were
reported today by the navy in
a -communique which told also
of a raid on Kahili, and of two
bombing assaults on Kiska in
the Aleutians.
Hits were made on the air
field and anti-aircraft positions
at Kahili, but results of the
raids on Kiska were not ob
served. Navy communique No. 341:
"South Pacific: (All dates are
east longitude)
"1. During the night of April
10-11, Catalina patrol bombers
(Consolidated PBY) bombed
Japanese installations at Munda
on New Georgia island, start
ing a small flro.
Kahili Hit
"2. On April 11:
"(A) In the early . morning,
Liberator heavy bombers (Con
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Action Waits
Condition of
Shooting Victim
Further action in connection
with Saturday morning's shoot
ings here was held in abeyance
Monday pending developments
in the condition of James Eu
gene Echer, who is in Klamath
Valley hospital with a bullet
hole through his abdomen.
Echer was shot by Assistant
Police Chief Orvllle Hamilton
when he . dropped his hands
when being arrested after a wild
chase over the city's streets ear
ly Saturday. His physician said
Monday Echer's "condition Is
unchanged he is in a critical
condition he has a fighting
chance to live." Sovcral holes
were found in his intestines and
an end of one of his kidneys
was shot off.
Echer was arrested in connec
tion with another ' shooting,
which wounded Woodruff L.
Hubbard. Hubbard allegedly
was shot in the leg by Echer at
a house on Worden street. Bul
lets were exchanged by Echer
and police during an ensuing
chase, and Echer was wounded
after ho got out of tho car and
asscrtcdly dropped his hands to
his sides, causing Hamilton to
thluk he was reaching for a gun.
NEA FEATURES
Number 9769 I
Tin Can Matinee Draws Youngsters
Key Witness
fde
ALBANY, Ore., April 12 UP)
The murder trial of Robert E.
Lee Folkes was adjourned today
until Wednesday after the state's
key witness declined to identify
Folkes as the man he saw emerge
from lower 13 a few minutes aft
er Mrs. Martha Virginia James
was slain on a limited train Jan
uary 23.
Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling
called the adjournment after a
conference with Defense Attor
ney Leroy Lomax' physicians
who advised that an attack of
bronchitis and influenza made it
necessary for him to rest. The
court's decision was announced
as the trial reconvened this aft
ernoon after Lomax had been
granted a recess this morning.
ALBANY, Ore., April 12 (P)
Harold Wilson, a marine corps
private, declined today to iden
tify Robert E. Lee Folkes as the
man he saw emerge from lower
13, the berth in which Mrs. Mar-
Huff Asks for
Renewing of
Trade Pacts
WASHINGTON, April 12 ()
Secretary of State Hull today
urged renewal of the reciprocal
trade agreements law in order he
said to demonstrate that the
United States will cooperate with
other nations not only In war but
in the peace to come.
"The many peoples who look
toward this country with hope,"
Hull told the house ways and
means committee, "are watching
our action on this act with pro
found Interest. What we do
about it will be looked upon as
a signpost pointing to the path
they can expect us to follow.
"Repudiation of . the trade
agreements program, or the cur
tailment of it in scope or time
by amendment, would be taken
as a clear Indication that this
country which, in war, is bearing
its full share of responsibility,
will not do so in peace. This
might well weaken the ties
which hold together the group
of nations with which we are so
vitally associated in the prosecu
tion of tha war."
Sgt. Tichenor To
Appear at Murder
Trial in Albany
Sgt. E. W. Tichenor of state
police, received word early Mon
day morning to appear In Albany
In connection with the murder
'in lower 13" of Martha Brln-
son James. Tichenor was one
of the investigating officers
when the death car was removed
hers.
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Decines to
tha Virginia James was slain
aboard a limited train early Jan-
uary 23.
During , cross-examination . of
Wilson, Jcey state s witness at the
murder trial of Folkes, the
train's negro second cook, De
fense Attorney Leroy Lomax
pointed to Folkes and asked:
"Is this the man you saw com
ing out of the berth?"
Without hesitation, Wilson re
plied: I don t know.
Wilson, so far the only witness
disclosed by the state to have
seen the knife killer of the 21-year-old
navy officer's bride
from Norfolk, Va., told in direct
testimony Friday how he saw a
man climb out of lower 13 and
run out of the car. Wilson occu
pied the berth' above'Mrs. James.
Voice Husky .
Lomax, his voice low and hus
ky from bronchitis and an influ
enza attack which caused - ad
journment of the trial Saturday,
pressed Wilson on his previous
statements regarding the cloth
ing worn by the man he saw
coming out of lower 13.
Wilson admitted he had told
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Warm Spring Sun
Moves Gardeners,
Sets New High
Sunday afternoon's tempers
ture hit .a' seasonal high of 69
degrees and sent many a Victory
gardener out to his plot in the
warm spring sun. The minimum
was 44 degrees.
The U. S. weatherman said it
was warmer Sunday than any
day since last October 23, and
the minimum was "higher" than
October 14, when It was also
recorded at 44.
Hitler, Mussolini Confer
On Stern Military Events
By The Associated Press.
LONDON, April 12 ()
Adolf Hitler and Premier Mus
solini have just concluded a
four-day conference In the sha
dow of the most alarming axis
prospects since the war began
expulsion from Africa and im
minent allied Invasion of the
European continent.
. The axis leaders, according to
the German radio, admitted their
meeting was held "against a
background of stern military
events, especially in the Italian
realm," but came up . with the
typical axis statement that they
had dedicated themselves and
tholr people to "the complete
annihilation of any future danger
which might threaten the European-African
area from the west
or from the east."
No Japs Allowed
The location of this twelfth
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PUSHES AXIS
PASTSQUSSE
British First Knocks
Germans North
Of Kairouan
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA,. AprU 12
(ff) The British eighth army;
entered Sousse at 8:30 a. m.
today in its rapid push north
ward along the Tunisian coast -while
first army units knocked
out armored remnants of the
German Africa corps on the .
plains northwest of Kairouan
after occupying that city yester
day. '
Field Marshal Erwln Roma .
mel's men were reeling under'
heavy blows from both ground
and air forces and they offered
light opposition.
The Kairouan plain engage
ment took place as German
tanks were intercepted while at
tempting to escape northward.
Ten of them were knocked out.
(A dispatch from Kairouan
said 18 of a formation of 40
enemy tanks were destroyed by
a British armored force in the
battle to clear the Kairouan
plain, and 20 " nazi anti-tank
guns and 20 motor vehicles also
were wrecked. The 40-tank for
mation : wasdtfscrlbed -as-thar
rear " guard ' of, two German
armored divisions.)
The fall of Sousse leaves the
enemy only two important ports
in all Africa,. Tunis and
Bizerte.
Prisoners Taken
It was officially announced
that ' the British eighth army
had taken 20,000 prisoners since
it opened the offensive against
the Mareth ' line March 20.
Thousands of others have been
captured by the American sec
ond army corps, the first army
and the French.
(A French communique broad
cast tonight by the Algiers
radio and recorded by the As
sociated Press said French
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Pioneer Dies on
Anniversary in
House of Birth
Silas Warren Kilgore, Langell
valley pioneer, died on the 54th
anniversary of his birth in the
house in which he was born, at
10 p. m. Saturday following a
lengthy illness. Mr. Kilgore, son
of the late Silas W, and Mary,
Alice Kilgore who came to the
valley in 1871, was a well-known
stockman of that section. He had
been ill for the past six years.
Mr. Kilgore was born April 10,
1889.
Services will be held at 2 p. m.
Wednesday from the chapel of
the Earl Whitlock Funeral home
with burial in the Bonanza cem
etery by the side of his parents.
Mr. Kilgore is survived by his
wife, Louise, two sons, Charles
and Silas Wright, all of Langell
valley, and one brother, Merle
S. Kilgore, of this city. .
war time meeting of the two
European axis partners in which
Japanese representatives appar
ently took no part, was described
by the axis radio as having oc
curred at "Hitler's headquart-'
ers," which could have meant al
most anywhere in occupied
Europe, even somewhere in Rus
sia. Earlier reports had de
clared the meeting was to be at
the Brenner Pass, on the Alpine
border between Italy and Ger
many. Previous conferences between
the axis leaders have usually
been followed within a few
weeks by new military ventures.
The last one, ten months ago,
was followed by Rommel's push
into Egypt, which ended with
the cracking of tho German posi
tions at El Alamcin and the be
ginning of his long retreat now
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