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By FRANK JENKINS
WITH tho bultlo of Tunisia
reaching tho siege stugo, ot
tontion (especially here on the
Pacific Coast) shifts sharply to
the South Sens.
AUSTRALIAN GENERAL SIR
THOMAS BLAMEY tells us
today tho Japs havo concentrated
200,000 first Una troops and a
GREAT AIR FORCE In tho ore
of Islands above Australia and
may be expected to undcrtako
an offensive at any tlmo.
The "profound shock" of their
losses In tho Bismarck sea and
elsewhere, he says, has taught
them they can't movo large
forces among tho Itilnnds without
gaining control of the air.
Heavy Jap air assault In re
cent days, he thinks, mark the
OPENING PHASE of the en
emy's struggle to regain first
parity and then MASTERY In
the air.
CO far,' they haven't done too
well.
1 Yesterday thoy lent 100-elr
raiders (kind of planes not speci
fied) against Port Moresby (In
New Guinea) and our Indomit
able filers knocked 37, or hotter
than ono-thlrd, of them out of
tho air.
Our losses In this action have
not been disclosed as this Is
written.
:''
ygTT must , keop clearly and
sharply In mind that this
Port Moresby victory, liko tho
others we have won, Is owed to
the gallantry of theso fighters
of ours who throw their LIVES
into the scales whenever duty
calls.
Wo mustn't let them carry all
tho burden. We must do our
part, which Is to grow food, make
weapons and BUY BONDS.
(NOT to make money, except
as making money Increases our
capacity to pny taxes and buy
bonds.)
QUR 11th bombor command
says today that In splto of our
naval and air attacks the Japs
aro building a string of stepping
stone air fields from Tokyo
TOWARD ALASKA by way of
the Aloutlans.
Thoy aren't building these
fields just for tho fun of it. Thoy
mean to uso them whon tho tlmo
comes.
TN the northern tip of Tunisia,
Rommol is withdrawing Into
nn area roughly 100 miles long
by 40 miles wldo, where ho Is
preparing to stand siege. Ho Is
believed to have about 210,000
men, of whom 150,000 are Ger
mans, Our General Doollttlo's Fly
ing Fortresses tlo Into a convoy
of 21 tank carriers, which gives
us an idea of how dosporatoly
the Germans aro struggling to
bring In reinforcements and sup
plies across the 100-mlles wide
Sicilian straits whoso waters
every night appear to be fairly
crawling with every type of
German transport, Including
transport planes,
TT seems to bo qulto plain thnt
(barring the unexpected) tho
battlo of Tunisia will be from
here on a holding operation,
designed by tho Germans to de
lay 'us as much as possible.
The dolny they aro ablo to
bring about will depend to a
largo extent upon tho supplies
and 1 reinforcements thoy aro
ablo to got across tho straits from
Italy by way of Sicily.
At every moment of tho day
and night, they'll have to run
tho gauntlet of our planes, our
submarines and at times our
(British) surface naval forces.
'T'HE Russians, still bogged
A down In their peculiarly
sticky brand of spring mud, are
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ABOLITION
OF
FSA ASKED IN
SUPPLY BILL
House Group Puts
Recommendations
On Floor
WASHINGTON, April 13 (IP)
Abolition of the farm security
administration, abandonment of
the crop Insurance program and
discontinuance of parity pay
ments on tho 1043 and 1944 crops
were recommended today by the
house appropriation committee
In sondlng a $707,040,644 agri
culture department supply bill
to the floor.
The funds recommended for
the dcpartmcnt'i operation for
tho fiscal year starting next July
1 wcro '$20,030,250 moro than
current year appropriations and
$240,003,647 below budget esti
mates. Included In the total was
$103,023,000 for parity payments
for the 1042 crop year which
were authorized In last year's
appropriation but for which no
funds wcro made available at
tho tlmo. - i
Recommend Abolition c
In recommending abolition of
the new deal-sponsored FSA,
created in 1037 and on of the
favorite targots of congressional
criticism for several years, the
committee suggested that Its
functions bo transferred to the
farm credit administration,
which was given the assignment
of carrying on many FSA pro
grams already under way.
Criticism Ricillid
The committee said it had
"taken full cognizance of tho
criticism which has been leveled
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Churchill Says
Allies Holding
Own in Sub War
LONDON, April 13 (IP)
Prime Minister Churchill reiter
ated In tho house of commons to
day that "wo aro more than hold
ing our own" In tho Atlantic bat
tle against Germany's U-boats.
The prima minister was asked
by tho laborlte Emanuol Shin
well If he had any comment on
tho statement of Frank Knox,
U. S, aocrotary of tho navy,
about heavy shipping losses in
March.
He replied: "My attention has
bcon drawn to this statement.-1
agres with Colonol Knox that re
sults of tho U-boat warfare are
serious, as they always must be.
His statement, however, refers to
a limited period following one
In which sinkings were compara
tively small.
"Viewing the battle against the
U-boat as a whole, I can repeat
my previous assurance that we
are more than holding our own."
Council Talks Fourth of
July Entertainment Plans
Routino business was handled
with . dispatch by city fathers
Monday night at tho regular
council meeting and chief busi
ness of tho evening was discus
sion of some sort of entertain
ment for the home folks on the
Fourth of July.
Councilman A. H. Bussman
asked Mayor John Houston If
any plans had been made for the
"Fourth. The mayor observed
that a rodeo had not been recom
mended this year but some talk
hod como up in regards to an
air show if the army would per
mit. Thoro was also some dis
cussion as to an old-tlmo gather
ing with games and a picnlo at
Mooro park. All councllmon
agreed that somo sort of cele
bration to include tho country
folks, should be in order. The
Top Man?
Italian Giniral Giovanni
Misn (abort) his bun nimid
new Axis commandir-ln-chiif
in TunUii, supplanting both
Rommil and Von Arnlm, Lon
don htird. General Meiie was
formerly commander of the
first Italian expeditionary force
tent to the Russian front.
Muddy! Slushy. Front
Halts Major.
Action
By EDDY GILMORG
MOSCOW, April 13 (P) So
viet aviation kept up Its pound
ing of Gorman supply columns
today, but along the muddy,
slushy front was no major-scale
action by either side.
In the Kuban area in the Cau
casus, tho German air force was
moro active and here its units
appeared to be trying to smash
at Russian columns who con
stantly are pushing the nazis
toward the sea.
(The soviet radio monitor in
London recorded a Moscow radio
broadcast reporting that Russian
fliers and anti-aircraft batteries
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John Lewis Walks
Through Pickets'
Against Dispute
NEW YORK, April 13 (AP)
John L. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, escorted by police and
UMW officials, walked through
a CIO picket line at the Hotel
Roosevelt today as a large
crowd watched him. The plbkct
line was formed by protest
against a UMW-CIO dispute
which resulted In a walkout
yesterday In the plastics divi
sion plant of tho Celanese Cor
poration of America in New
ark, N. J.
Fourth of July will create a dou
ble holiday Inasmuch as it falls
on Sunday this year. Tho mayor
will name a citizens' committee;
Just how the city could co
operate In the second war bond
drive and aid Klamath county
In , Its tremendous - quota, was
briefly discussed. It was decided
to place somo $2000, carry over
from the old band fund, into
suitable bonds, and City Attor
ney J. H. Carnahan was asked
to Investigate the legality of
doing the same with park board
funds. Just how much this would
Include, the mayor did not say.
Dogs, and just how thoy are
behaving this spring, stepped
Into the picture last night and
by next Monday night tho fate
of the town's hounds will be
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Miner
ARMOR UNITS
British First Gains
Ground; French .
Mop Up -
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 13
CP) Allied armored units
punched through meager enemy
rearguard defense below Enfida
ville and Djebebina, 17 miles to
the west, today as Marshal Erwin
Rommel's forces were gradually
driven into narrower space at
the top of the Tunisian peninsula.
Enfidaville and Djebebina are
both about 50 miles south of Tu
nis. The British first ..army also
gained ground on the west side
of the axis positions in the Med-jez-el-Bab
area.
Frerich Mop Up
' French troops mopping up the
Grand Dorsal Tangs captured
DJebebel Kerachoun, 13 miles
south of Djebebina,1 which is an
important Inland road junction.
r IThe Algiers radio, la a broad
cast recorded in London, said the
British eighth army had occu
pied Enfidaville, 27 miles north
of Sousse and 50 miles south of
Tunis. An earlier broadcast said
nearly the whole of the Italian
Vittoria division hod- been cap
tured. . .
Estimate Rommel .
(London military quarters es
timated that ' Marshal Erwin
Rommel was withdrawing into
his Tunis-Bizerte coffin corner
defenses, an area about 100
miles long by, 40 miles wide,
with only about 210,000 men,
150,000 of them Germans.)'
(The German radio, in a broad
cast recorded In London, said
this afternoon that axis tank and
motorized forces had made a
strong counterattack against the
oncoming eighth army north of
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Flood Menaces
Omaha Airport,
Hope Abandoned
OMAHA, April 13 (IP) Army
engineers today abandoned hope
of saving Omaha's $4,000,000 air
port and Carter Lake, la., from
inundation by Missouri river
flood waters as the angry stream
poured through two broken
dikes into the 10 .square mile
stricken area on the northeast
ern outskirts of Omaha.
. At Hamburg, la., 50 miles
south, 200 families living in the
southern portion of the commun
ity, which is 11 feet below the
normal river level, began leav
ing their homes after dikes at
McPaul and Perclval, above Ham
burg, gave way. Residents of
McPaul also were ordered to
leave their homes.
Ho Chance
Col. Lewis Pick, U. S. army
division engineer, said there was
no chance of stopping the Omaha
dike break and. that further ef
forts to save tho airport Carter
Lake area would not be made. ;
Oregon Officers
Testify at Trial
Of Yakima Youth
GOLDENDALE, April 13
(AP) Two Oregon state police
officers testified today at the
first degree murder trial . of
Robert C. Jennings that the 18-year-old
Yakima youth admit
ted to them he shot to death
Washington State Patrolman
John H. Gulden lost December
22. ' ...-.f
Sgt., Charles A. U'Rcn and
Patrolman Tom Henvey told
tho jury Jennings described the
shooting when he was arrested
on The Dalles, Ore., ferry.
SOUEEZEAXIS
AFRIKA KIPS
Gurkhas
f u ju; y., J I ; j
BsKmM rid
Gen. Sir. Bernard L. Montgomery (lift with beret) of the British 8th army displays keen
interest in the curvi-blided Khurrls of Indian Gurkha troopi who are playing a leading tola in
the drive against Marshal Erwin Rommel in South Tunisian hills. Thee kniTif their special
weapon helped drive Rommel from the Maiith line and more recently aided in the axis de
feat near Wadi el Akhaxit.
Roosevelt Sees "Dawn of
Liberty" in Temple Talk
WASHINGTON. April 13 VP)
President Roosevelt, dedicating
a marble temple to Thomas Jef
ferson, declared today that those
fighting today's war would
learn what Jefferson knew that
the "seeming eclipse of liberty
can well become the; dawn of
more liberty." , r.' y ;
I'TThovyho fight,. tho tyranny,
of our. own time will come to
learn that old lesson," the presi
dent said.
-- Debt Overdue
Surrounded by high officials,
diplomats of many nations and
America Floods
Treasury With
War Loan Money
WASHINGTON, April 13 ()
America is responding with a
flood of dollars, the treasury re
ported today, to the greatest ap
peal for funds in history
the government's $13,000,000,000
second war loan campaign.
The drive was opened official
ly last night by Secretary Mor
genthau, but even ' before the
secretary addressed a rally at
Carnegie Hall in New York , re
ports began pouring into the
treasury indicating a tremendous
public response. .
"This is a people's war so all
of the people ought to have a
part in financing it," Morgen
thau told the New York rally in
urging full participation by
everyone.
Condition of s
Gunplay Victim
Still Unchanged
The condition of James Eu
gene Echer, who lies in Klam
ath Valley hospital with a bullet
hole through his abdomen, re
mained unchanged' late Tuesday
afternoon.
Echer was arrested early Sat
urday following a chase over
city streets ond was shot by As
sistant Police Chief Orvllle Ham
ilton when the man dropped his
hands to his side. Officers said
bullets were exchanged by Echer
and city police shortly before
the shooting. Charges are being
withheld pending the outcome of
Echer's condition.
Wreck of Search
Plane Located
POCATELLO, Ida., April 13
(IP) Wreckage of a three-seater
plane from Hill Field, U., which
disappeared during a hunt for a
bomber lost in the central Idaho
wilderness, was located by aer
ial searchers today. '
Public relations officers at the
Pocatcllo air base said (he small
plane, which disappeared April
5, was down between Roughneck
Peak and Mount Mills, about 50
miles west of Challis, In the re
mote Idaho tlmberland.
Knife Through Rommel Lines
many descendants of the author
of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, the chief executive said
in the dedication of the shrine
to freedom that the nation is pay
ing .a debt "long overdue" the
third president.
, The- words chosan; for. the
memorial, be said, were Jeff er-
. son.'g jjoblest; .and. carried the
champion of freedom's most ur
gent meaning: These words are:
"I have sworn, upon the altar
of God, eternal hostility against
every form of tyranny over the
mind of man."
The text of the president's re
marks follow: , r
"Today in the midst. of a great
war for freedom, we dedicate a
shrine to freedom.
"To Thomas Jefferson, apostle
of freedom, we are paying a debt
long overdue.
Gratitude. Reasons
"Yet, there are reasons for
gratitude that this occasion falls
within our time; for our genera
tion of Americans can under
stand much in Jefferson's life
: (Continued on Page Two)
Navy Bombers
Silence Guns,
Fire Jap Base
WASHINGTON', April 13 (IP)
Japanese anti-aircraft guns were
silenced and fires were started in
camp areas when army and navy
bombers struck five times Sun
day and Monday at enemy posi
tions in the Solomon islands, the
navy reported today.
In the north Pacific, mean
while, army planes continued
their almost Incessant pounding
of enemy-held Kiska island with
four raids which resulted in di
rect hits and the starting of fires
in the camp area.
Navy communique number
342:
"South Pacific: (All dates are
East Longitude.)
"1. On April 11th:
"(A) During the evening,
Lightning (Lockheed P-38) and
Corsair (Vought F4U) fighters
strafed Rekata bay, Santa Isabel
island. A number of Japanese
anti-aircraft positions were sil
enced.
"(B) During the night, Fly
ing Fortress heavy bombers
(Boeing B-17) attacked Kahili in
the Shortland island area. Two
f ortresses fatted to return, ap
parently due to unfavorable wea
ther. Results of the attack were
unobserved.
Seasonal Records
Fall With Warm
Spring Recordings
Seasonal records continued
to fall and Monday's tempera
ture of 75 degrees was the
warmest since that Indian sum
mer day back on October 23,
when a similar reading was re
corded by the. U. S. weather
man.
A minimum of 44 was re
corded for both Sunday and
Monday. f .
MAN MISSING AFTER
ALGATHAZ-ESGAPE
Two Escapees. Killed;
One Prisoner.
Recaptured
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13
(AP Harold ,. Martin Brest,
desperate bank robber, was re
captured today after a break
from Alcatraz prison in which
two men were believed killed.
A fourth is missing.
The four overpowered and
bound and gagged two guards
and leaped into San Francisco
bay from the island prison. . -'
Warden J. A. Johnston said
that when the prison launch
drew alongside of Brest he was
holding James A. Boarman,
Indianapolis bank robber, who
had been shot by guards firing
from the prison towers.
Convict Sinks
He let go of Boarman and
the convict sank beneath the
waves. His body was not . re
covered. :
Indications were, Johnston
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London Doubtful .
Roosevelt to Quit
Office "Voluntarily"
NEW YORK, April 13 (IP)
Alf M. Landon, 1936 republican
candidate for president, and for
mer governor of Kansas, said in
an interview in the New York
Times today that "it. is perfectly
evident that the president will
never leave the White House vol
untarily." '
Landon said also that the pre
sent federal administration failed
to foresee the need for produc
tion of food and oil. -
Basin Hoopsters Gather to
Honor KUHS State Champs
Supporters of the KUHS bas
ketball team who plan to : at
tend the big dinner Thursday
evening in honor of the state
champions were advised Monday
to make reservations immedi
ately at the Willard hotel.
It looks like a big crowd at
the dinner, members of the
committee - said, and. it is im
perative that the hotel manage
ment have an idea as to the
number which must be seated.
Percy Murray will be master
of . ceremonies at the dinner,
which is being arranged by the
Klwanls club.
The dinner, incidentally, will
be the occasion for the largest
gathering of basketball players
in the history of the county.
Through the sponsorship of local
business men, the champions of
the three city grade school hoop
teams,, and all the basin's high
school teams, will be guests at
the event, . ;
Here are the teams and spon
sors, together with the coaches,
listed respectively:
BLAST
P
200,000 Enemy Men
Massed for
Attack '
By The Associated Press
Ominous Japanese threats to
Australia and Alaska were dis
closed today even as Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquart
ers announced that allied fliers
had won smashing new victory
in the southwest Pacific skies
with the destruction of 37 out
of 100 enemy planes over Port
Moresby, New Guinea.
Meanwhile the navy an
nounced new raids against en
emy bases in the Solomons and
Alaska. Army and navy bomb
ers struck five times Sunday at
enemy positions in the Solomons,
starting fires in camp areas and
silencing Japanese anti-aircraft
guns. Bombers and fighters
raided Kiska in the Aleutians
four times Sunday starting fires
in the camp areas. That mada
a total of 58 raids against Kiska
since March 1.
Menace Actions
Japan's menacing actions were) '.
outlined at far ends of the Pa
cific" war" theater: . - -
1, In' Australia, Gen. Sir
Thomas A. Blarney, commander-in-chief
nf Allied- .ground .forces -under
Gen. MacArthur, warned
that the Japanese had massed
200,000 first-line troops in island
bases above Australia and could
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Klamath AFL
Lumber Union
Against Strikes .
- .
Strikes, lockouts or any othe
form of work stoppage was
strongly opposed by the- Klam
ath basin district council, AFL.
Lumber and Sawmill Workers
union, in a statement released
as a result of a convention ac
tion taken last Sunday at the
Labor temple here.
The release from the AFL,
union stated it had gone on reo
ord as being "unalterably op
posed to any strikes, lockouts,
adjournments of work, or stop
pages that might interfere with
the production of lumber,
either . in this district or any
part of the lumber industry."
The statement concluded:
"There has been much delay
on the part of the various gov
ernmental agencies in settling
the wage and hour disputes of
the industry, but we believe
that continued production on '
the part of the lumber workers
is of such great national impor
tance that the workers will be
rewarded eventually."
Chlloquin K 1 a m a t h Iron
Works Ted Schopf.
Bonanza George Burger E.
L. Coyner.
Bly Crane Lumber company
Dorrls Herald and News
Harry Beck. ' - ' , i
-George Elliott.
Henley Balsigcr Motor con,
pany Max Marvin. i
Malln John Houston Insur
ance Joe LaClair.
Gilchrist Lombard Motors-
Glen Hale. '
Keno Klamath Falls Creanv
ery -Clayton Sharp.
Merrill Klamath Billiards-.
George Hobbs,
Sprague River Lorenz com
pany James Clifton.
Falrvlew school, A champions)
Dick B. Miller company
Houston Roblson.
Roosevelt school, B champions
Lee Smith and Sons Carl Mu
ender.
Mills school, C champions
Big Lakes Box company Geo
aid Clemens.
.Tulelake Herald and News-
Hal Schilling. '
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PACIFIC SKIES