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By FRANK JENKINS
fJOR ua of the Wont Count, tho
picture of itrowlng Jnp air
power in tho South Pacific that
in being painted In the dispatches
from day to doy domlnutcs tho
newa.
OlljAC ARTHUR warn again
that the Jnp! arc Retting act
for a no-holds-barrcd strugglo
for control of tho skies ovor the
southwest Pacific to capitalize
on "their complete control of the
sea lanes of tho WESTERN Pa
cific and the outer approaches
to Australia."
He adds:
"Air power, rothor than sea
power, Is tho key to the situation
in this theater and the battlo of
tho Westorn Pacific will bo won
or lost by the' proper application
of air and ground forces."
fiHe conclude: ij.
The'range of our air force
over the . surrounding : waters
marks the stretch of ,tho wo
man's sea which Is the measure
of our safety (In Australia.)"
.
Q RY that he means that If we can
u retain CONTROL of the air
over a sufficient area of ocean
surrounding Australia we can
BLAST the Invading forces the
Japs send against us as we did
In the Bismarck Sna.
TN somo of Its aspects, the Pa
x cific situation Is beginning to
suRgcst a DEBATE between our
hcadqunrtcra in tho South Paclflo
and Washington.
Navy Secretary Knox was
quoted yesterday In Washington
as saying: "Tho Japs luck suf
ficient NAVAL concentrations
in the South Pacific at the mo
ment for an invuslon of Aus
tralia. It is not clear whether
the enemy's heavy troop con
centrations are designed for of
fonso or defense"
OMacArthur (as If In answer to
Knox) says today:
"Control of tho sea lanes to
Australia NO LONGER depends
sololy, or perhaps even primar
ily, on naval power, but upon
AIR power operating from land
bases held by ground troops, all
supported by naval power."
Ho then adds: .
"If tho enemy wins control of
tho air, his naval forces can at
once bring forward convoys of
ground forces to continue his at
tack to tho southward to a limit
Imposed only by the range of his
land-basod air support."
a
AS he tried to do In tho Bls-
marck Sea, but COULDN'T
becauso WE had control of the
air and SMASHED his transports
before they could get to whero
thoy woro headed for.)
o
TUT AC ARTHUR seems to be soy-
Ing as plainly as words can
say: "Send us enough planes so
that wo con hold what wo have.
Don't leave us In another Bn
toan." A HIGH Jap officer (talking
obviously for our benefit)
says toduy that preparations
have been completed for a vast
air attack on the American main
land, and adds that German and
Italian planes will Join in.
We must take this with a largo
handful of salt, but still must
consider It as a possibility,
, Tho Japs haven't boon build
ing these stcpplng-stone air fields
through tho Aleutians toward
Alaska (of which our 11th bomb-
Oor command warned us yester
day) Just for healthful outdoor
oxcrcise,
TN Tunisia, Rommel scorns to
A have reached tho mountain de
fense line that rings Tunis and
Bizerto and la beginning to fight
buck nRHin. After fleeing more
than 1800 miles before Mont
... (Continued on Page Four)
Surprise .Witness
Testifies in Folkes
Trial for Slaying
ALBANY, Ore., April 14 (AP) Two surprise wltnesse who
saw pretty Mrs. Martha Virginia James, of Norfolk, Va dlo after
her throat had been cut In "lower 13" of the West Coast Limited
testified in Hie murder trial of Robert E. Lee Folkes, negro cook,
today.
They were Ralph Conner, Seattle, who peered out of upper
0, and Eugene W. Norton, Daly City, Calif., occupant of upper 7.
Thoy botli told of hearing screams, saw her struggling to rise
from the aisle, and saw a medium sized, stocklly built man,
wearing dark overcoat dash
toward the rear of car D and dis
appear.
Proves Testimony
Their testimony corroborated
that of Harold Wilson, a marine
corps private, who occupied up
per 13, and who told of seeing
Mrs. James tumble from her
bunk seconds after man
climbed from the berth and ran
toward the rear of the train. -
"I was awakened by scream,"
Conner testified. "Then I heard
a woman's voice cry out: -
" 'My God, he's killing mc; T
can't stand this any longer!'
"I got to my knees and
peered through the curtain. I
saw a man wearing long dark
greenish or bluish' overcoat1" run
toward tho rear ena of tho car."
IJsw Mm. Jam , --, ..,
. . Almost nt the same time., ho
continued, he saw Mr James
tumble from lower 13.
"She was wearing a white
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Two Oregonians
Receive Coveted
Air Medal Award
The coveted Air Modal waa
awarded to two Oregonians
whose names are of interest to
Klamath Falls residents. Mojor
Frank Douglas Sharp of Salem,
husband of Enid Wlnnlngham, a
former Klamath girl, and Capt
Charles E. Hanson Jr., brother
of Mrs. Nell F. Black of this
city, are tho two airmen to whom
the awards wont, according to
tho war department.
Major Sharp received tho Air
Medal for meritorious action
while participating In aerial ac
tion. His citation read: "During
the period May 7, 1942, to Janu
ary 2,' 1043, Major Sharp has
completed more than 25 combat
missions Involving more than 100
flying hours. These missions, of
bombing and of essential recon
naissance, carried out over
Burma and enemy-hold territory
in China have been highly suc
cessful in all phases,"
Capt. Hansen received his
award for meritorious service
in ferrying combat planes to war
areas, tho war department an
nounced. Ho Is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles E. Hansen, his
father past president of the Port
land Americanization council.
Mrs. Hansen Sr., Is at present
house mother at Kappa Sigma
fraternity houso, Eugene. The
captain has a wife and infant
son. He is a graduate of Oregon
State college and has visited
here frequently at the Black
homo. Capt. and Mrs. Black are
now in Boiso where the former
Klamath doctor la on the army
medical staff.
Blimp Lost After Hitting
Hilltop, Dropping Crew
HOLLISTER, Calif., April 14
W) A navy blimp, doncribed bj
the 12th naval district as on
routine patrol, struck the top of
a 2000 foot hill five miles south
east of Gilroy early today and
threw its crew to the ground. ;
Tho pilot and co-pllot were In
Jured and the others shaken up.
The blimp was wreck but
tho navy said parts were being
salvaged. The wreckage was
found, several hours after the
accident, about five miles from
tho accno of tho crash and 80
miles southeast of San Francisco.
The navy said tho pilot, Lieut.
(Jg) Robert M, McBrlde of (home
Klamath Park Board
-Spends $1 0,000 :';
"""":.""'' In Drive
Klamath county's march to
ward the April war finance goal
had passed the $335.0,00 mark on
Wednesday, it was announced by
tho war finance committee The
goal is $1,869,000, which -mut
bevreaohoct by the. Moy 1 tlcad
line.; . - ;, "' "
. The -war finance committee
heads were encouraged by re
ports of increasing buying of
bonds, both large and small, in
eluding a decision by the city
park board to purchase a $10,'
000 bond.
Members of the park board
decided to .put the money into
government bonds in view of the
fact that' no new projects are
available until after the war, By
Inventing the money in this
manner, funds will be available
to make necessary improvements
when the time comes. A large
portion of the money comes
from the one and one-half year
tax Income on the new park
board levy. Andrew M. Collier,
Klamath county war savings
chairman, sat in with members
of the park board.
Swedish Planes
Drive Off Two
German Bombers
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April
14 (P) Swedish fighter planes
and anti-aircraft batteries drove
off two German bomber planes
flying In the vicinity of Karl
skrona, Sweden's major naval
base, a foreign office spokesman
announced today.
Karlskrona is on the south
coast of Sweden.
This was the second such in
cident reported in the area of the
naval base in recent weeks.
(The Berlin radio said in a
broadcast heard today in London
that Lt. Gen. Olof Gerhard
Phoerncll, commander in chief
of the Swedish army, has ord
ered Swedish authorities to de
tain the crew and passengers of
any foreign plane forced down in
Sweden, and to Impound weap
ons, maps and photographic ma
terial.)
town unavailable) Tennessee,
was cut about the face, and that
the co-pllot, Ensign Don Haslett
of Oakland, Calif., suffered a
broken log. t
The weather was described as
"zero-zero" low celling.
The blimp did not burn.
; The navy said the blimp first
hit ground around midnight. Tho
sheriff's office said it received
first word of it at 12.53 a. m., ap
parently sont in by a crew mem
ber from a farmhouse. A high
way patrol car picked up two
more men at Chittenden Junc
tion, 12 miles west of here. Other
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u;s.
IN
BATTER NAZI
British Eighth Hits
Rommel's Prepared
Positions
By WES GALLAGHER
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 14
(AP) The allied forces in Tu
nisia have driven up to Marsh'
al Erwln Rommel's mountain
defenses ringing Tunis and Bi
zerte, a communique from Gen
Dwlght D. Eisenhower's head'
quarters announced today, and
American and British aircraft
have destroyed 84 more axis
planes.
The mass destruction of axis
aerial strength was led by
American Flying Fortresses
which, reconnaissance showed,
destroyed 73 . planes in two
raids on Sicilian airfields which
were thoroughly covered with.
. (Continued on Page.TwoV ;
h0ieWie
Innocent to ,.-f:
Murder Charge
MEDFORD, Ore., April 14 W)
Tillie Miehalski, 22, Cleveland,
O., pleaded innocent today to a
grand jury indictment charging
her ,with first degree murder in
connection with the smothering
of her baby here April 1.
She was arraigned . before
Circuit Judge H. K. Hanna, who
appointed Attorney Otto J.
Froynmayer as her counsel and
said he would set the trial date
next Tuesday.
Sgt. Bernard Lotka, 23, Camp
White soldier from Cleveland
who was Jointly indicted with
her, will plead then.
District Attorney George W.
Neilson said Lotka admitted be
ing the father of the 10-week-old
boy and smothering It after the
mother left their auto camp
cabin to return home. Neilson
said Lotka told him Miss Miehal
ski had agreed to getting rid of
the Infant because of its il
legitimacy. Learns To Fly Again
A World war ace with nine
German planes and a kite bal
loon to his credit. Lt. Kenneth
R. Unger of Madison, N, J.,
(above), was a student at the
Corpus ChristL Texas, Naval
Air Training center and learn
ing to fly the navy way before
going into action in World war
II U, 8.. navy.
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Sousse Foils; Axis
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STATUTE Mittt" ":' "' POjy '' '.K-'- -
" As the. British Eighth Army,
knocked out armored units: of
est of Kairouan. other AUUd
enemy's western flank. Allied
bases in Sardinia. Sicily and
Palermo, Cagliari and La Maddalena. -
Air Activity Continues
Over Quiet
Br EDDY GTLMORE
MOSCOW, April 14 (P)
While no essential changes took
place on the Russian-German
front today,' large-scale air ac
tivity continued in many sectors,
the aerial operations including
everything from scouting to
heavy bombing.
In these mounting air battles
of spring there is good reason to
believe that United States planes
flown by soviet pilots are
taking part In many operations.
There also is reason to believe
Tokyo Air Raid
Story Will Be
Published Soon
WASHINGTON, April 14 W)
The full story of the American
air raid on Tokyo, including the
location of mythical Shangri-La,
will be told soon for the first
time.'
Director Elmer Davis of the
office i of war information told
reporters today that unpublished
details of the raid would be re
leased soon by the army. He
added, however, he did not know
whether the release would be
timed for the first anniversary
of the Tokyo bombing, April 18.
President Roosevelt, asked
where the raid flyers had started
from, replied Shangri-La a
mythical Utopia in James Hil
ton's "Lost Horizon."
Fighter Planes
Attack Japanese
In North Burma
NEW DELHI, April 14 (JP)
Fighter planes of the tenth
United States air force attacked
Japanese installations in north
western Burma yesterday, de
stroying a bridge at Shadzup
and starting 10 fires in the vll
lago of Namyaselk, a U, S. com
munique said today.
A raid by U. S. Mitchell me
dium bombers on the Magwe air
base on Monday damaged run
ways, enemy anti-aircraft posi
tions and set buildings afire, the
war bulletin added.
All the U. S. planes returned
safely from these operations,
the announcement said. '
Pounded In Air
entered Souss and French units
the German Afrikav Korps north
forces (arrows) wedged into the
plants (top map) hammered Axis
Italy, weekend targets included
Russian Front
they'll continue to . play their
part in- future operations as
United States production ' of
planes swells.
Planet Dtttroyed
(The Wednesday German high
command communique, broad
cast by the Berlin radio and re
corded by The Associated Press,
said 48 soviet planes were de
stroyed against the loss of two
German planes in the latest aer
ial fighting.
(It asserted a 2000-ton ship
was sunk off the northwestern
extremity of Russia.
(On the ground j It said .that
fighting of local importance oc
curred in a few sectors only).
- The main centers of ground
fighting in Russia were south of
Balakleya and from the Volkhov
front northwards.
South- of Balakleya, the Ger
mans swung considerable' num
bers against soviet bridgeheads,
but again failed to capture ob
jectives. -
Bustiant Kill
1 In the' last hours of the bat
ties, the Russians killed 200 of
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Bodies Recovered
In Idaho Search
Plane Accident '
POCATELLO, Ida., April 14
(P) Bodies of two army officers
and an Idaho forest ranger whose
plane crashed April 7 while
searching for a missing bomber
were brought from the central
Idaho wilderness today.
The dead were identified as
Capt Bill Kelly and Lt. Arthur
A. Crofts, both of Hill Field, Og
den, U and Forest Ranger Char
les E. Langer of Stanley, Ida
Bombers Blast
Kiska Japanese
Airfield Again
WASHINGTON. April 14 (PI
American bombers blasted the
Japanese runway, gun emplace
ments, and main camp area on
Kiska Island in the Aleutians
Monday in six attacks, the navy
repbrted today, while at Munda
In the South Pacific, direct hits
on an ammunition dump started
fires at that nemy spot
Airpover Seen
Key to Pacific
Battle Front
By MURLIW SPENCER ,
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, April 14 (AP)
General MacArthur warned today that the Japanese are set for
a no-holds barred struggle for domination of the skies over the
southwest Pacific to capitalize
"complete control of the sealanes in the western Pacific and the)
outer approaches to Australia."
. To this warning MacArthur added the assertion that alr
power, rather than naval power, is the key to the situation in
this theatre and that the battle of the western Pacific will b
won or lost by the proper application of air and ground forces.
Air OfftiulM Lull
MacArthur's statement came
during a lull in the new Japanese
aerial offensive, during which
allied airmen blasted two enemy
ships in Hansa bay on the north
coast of New Guinea, probably
sinking one of 10,000 tons and
setting - another of 8000 tons
afire, and struck at other enemy
bases above Australia,
The raids gave point to Mae-
Arthur's blunt assertion that
"the range of our air force over
surrounding waters marks the
stretch of the no-man's sea which
is the measure of our safety
(in Australia)."
Commander warns
"If we lose the air," the al
lied commander declared, "naval
forces cannot save us. The first
line of allied defense is the
bomber line."
Control of the sea lanes to
Australia, MacArthur-said, "no
longer depends solely or perhaps
even primarily upon naval pow
er, "but upon air power opera t
ingi.lronv land bases held by
ground troops,' all supported by
uavaVpdwef.'s . '--'
" . If the enemy wins con
trol of the air, his naval units
can at once bring forward con
voys Of-ground - forces to- con
tinue his attack to the southward
to a limit imposed only by the
range of his land-based air -support."
- - i
Bevltws Position
MacArthur's statement, a gen
eral review of the strategic posi
tion of the United Nations in the
South Pacific, followed by only
a few hours the publication in
Australian papers of Washing
ton dispatches quoting Secretary
of the Navy Frank Knox as say
ing that the Japanese lacked
sufficient naval concentrations
Lin the South Pacific at the mo
ment for an-invasion of Aus
tralia. Knox added it was not
clear whether heavy, enemy
troop concentrations - were , de
signed for offense or defense.
Backs Blarney ,
Knox's statement followed an
assertion by Gen. Sir. Thomas A.
Blarney, Australian commander
of allied ground forces in the
southwest Pacific, that Japan
had massed 200,000 first-line
troops on the approaches to this
continent and might be expected
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Home-Based Bombers
Blast Italian Base
LONDON, April 14 (Brit
ish home-based bombers heavily
attacked Spezia, naval base in
northern Italy, last night, and it
was officially disclosed today
that RAF raiders from the Mid
dle East had blasted Palermo
and Messina harbors in Sicily
Monday night.
Spezia is on the Ligurian sea,
about 50 miles southeast of Gen
oa on the west coast of Italy. It
was bombed twice in February
by the RAF.
Wage Increases Denied by i
WLB Adjustment Refusal
By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS
WASHINGTON, April 14 (P)
Voluntary offers by 10,000 em
ployers to raise wages and sal
aries will be denied as a result
of the war labor board's refusal
to permit adjustment of Inequal
ities and inequities.
There was no official estimate
of how many employes this
would affect, but unofficial esti
mates ranged from half a million
to a million. Most of the cases
involve fewer than 100 employes
each. Denials in the dispute
cases, which usually affect a
large number, will raise the total
substantially,
, . First Hold-Line ''
The WLB laid down Its first
formal application of the presi
dent's - hold-the-line order ' of
on what he described as their
Fmy Hits Hardest
Since Attack
On Jan. 17
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS.
IN AUSTRALIA, April 14 JPy
Headquarters of General Maa
Arthur tonight announced ters
ly that a strong force of Japanesf
aircraft raided Milne bay during
daylight today. Details were not
immediately received.
The raid was believed to havt
been on the approximate scale o
other big raids in the southwest
Pacific recently, which Genera)
MacArthur has termed the begin
ning j Jajwuesn- aerial offensive
in this area. -
Other Raids " '
These were raids on Oro baj
Tulagi and "Port Moresby
Eighty-five and forty-five planet
were used by the Japanese is.
separate assaults against Orj
bay; 97 against Tulagi, and apt
proximately -100 against FoH
Moresby. .r...
The announcement followed
by a matter of 12 hours General
MacArthur's special statement!
issued at the regular noon com
munlque time, voicing a nett
warning of Inherent danger of t
Japanese attempt to wrest aeria
supremacy from the allies in th
southwest Pacific. - -
The raid on Milne bay, whicl)
lies on the southeast tip of Fapul
(New Guinea), was the heavies
there-since January 17, when 2
medium bombers escorted by 21
Zeros made an attack.
Date Set for
Execution of
Nazi Traitor
, DETROIT, April 14 (Pi Ex
cutlon of German-born Man
Stephan, convicted traitor, wa
set for Tuesday, April 27, at tht
Federal Correctional Institution
at .Milan, Mich., by Federal
Judge Arthur J. Tuttle in United
States district court here today,
Stephan, handcuffed to twd
United States marshalls, wept
through the entire proceedings,
Judge Tuttle refused a pica
from the traitor's ; attorney,
Nicholas Salowich to set an ex
cution date about the middle oi
May, The Judge told the attor.
ney and the defendant that tht
only door open to them is t
appeal "to President RooseveU
for executive clemency.
April 8 In a decision late yesten
day declaring it "proposes 't(
carry out strictly the spirit and
Intent as well as the literal
meaning" of the anti-lnf latloi
order. ,
: Simultaneously the WLB an
nounced it had instructed local
boards to "deny at once all pro
posed wage and salary adjust
ments which Involve only In ten
plant inequalities and whicl
cannot be decided on the basil
of the Little Steel formula of
substandards of living."
The board estimated thk
would result In disapproval oi
about 10,000 of the 17,000 case)
on hand in the 12 regional oi
flees.
There was an awarc-ics
(Continued on Pjge Two)