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axis air' fields in Tunisia, al
though the weather was bad, and
It was announced that RAF Wel
lington struck effectively Wed
nesday night at enemy airdromes
in southern Sardinia.
Only patrol activity was re
ported on the Enfidaville line
front, -where Gen. Sir Bernard
Montgomery's eighth army is
again' 'massing strength for a
climatic push to the north.. . -Gain
High Ground
The first army, led by Gen.
K. A. N. Anderson, by a aeries
of infantry attacks in the moun
tains, gained the highest ground
in .northern Tunisia, overlook
ing the plain to Tunis.
The Germans, in two savage
counterattacks yesterday, temp
orarily regained the 2000-foot
Bjebel Ang, eight miles north
west of Meijez-el-Bab, but Brit
ish Infantry launched a counter
assault of their own and not only
retook the peak but ground be
yond it as well.
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Italy Declares
Sicily, Sardinia :
Military Area
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in his capacity as commander-in-chief.
The Moscow radio said a state
of emergency had been declared
In Sardinia following discovery
of an "anti-government organ
ization working to disrupt the
military measures of the Italian
German command." Three ar
rests were reported.
The move by- Mussolini fol
lowed his four-day conference
with Hitler to contrive strategy
and rally resources against al
lied invasions promised for the
summer. The action -was inter
prated here as suggesting that
Mussolini shares the view held
in some of the best informed
British quarters that the cleanup
of axis forces in Tunisia now
will be swift and complete.
It is known that much-bombed
Naples has been evacuated at
least partially and similar moves
may be made in Sardinia and
Sicily.
VITAL STATISTICS
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pital, Klamath Falls, Ore., April
16, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Moty, 910 Eldorado street, a boy.
Weight: 6 pounds 9 ounces.
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SAM FRANCISCO, April 16
(AP-USDA) Potatoes: S Idaho
arrived, 600 sacks by truck; S
broken, 3 unbroken cars on
track; market firm; no sales re
ported. LOS ANGELES, April 18 (AP
USDA) Potatoes: 2 California,
2 Colorado, 0 Idaho, 2 Texas, 3
Utah arrived, 10 by truck; 5
broken, IS unbroken cars on
track; market steady; no sales
reported.
CHICAGO. April 16 (AP
USDA) Potatoes, arrivals 29;
49 on track; total US shipments
412; old stock; supplies very
light; no track trading account
of lack of offerings; market un
settled; no track sales reported;
new stock; supplies very light;
demand moderate; market firm
at ceiling level; Idaho Russet
Burbanks US No. 1, $4.00-09;
Idaho utility grade $3.60; Texas
Bliss Triumphs victory grade
$3.06-10 per 50 lbs. sack.
SITE GIVES OKAY
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the people are being asked to
buy $13,000,000,000 in war
bonds this month while the
treasury is asking extension of
a power which he said could be
used to "depreciate the value of
the bonds."
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
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in valleys that are commanded
by hills.
Watch the fighting around
Tebourba and Medjez el Bab,
especially the latter. "Bab" is
an Arab word meaning "gate"
and Medjez el Bab is the historic
gate to the marshy plain sur
rounding Bizerte and Tunis. This
plain is the site of the ancient
city-state of Carthage.
IT won t be an easy nut to crack.
TVtm T"rOTich innt riaearfos nrf
ifying it, and the Germans have
applied all their skill to adding
to the French fortifications.
TTHE German Transocean news
service says' that supplying
the axis forces in Tunisia in
volves difficulties, but on the
whole they are getting what they
need including reinforcements
moved across the Mediterranean
by sea and air.
"THE Berlin radio todays says
Mussolini has declared Sicily,
Sardinia and other Italian islands
an area of military operations,
and London interprets this as
throwing up hasty defenses
against an expected allied attack
on Italy. Also as an indication
of axis belief that the Tunisian
siege won't last long.
THE Moscow radio reports antl-
Hitler disorders by students
in Berlin, Heidelberg and other
German cities. Also that an anti-
government organization has
been discovered in Italian Sar
dinia and several arrests have
been made.
(The Berlin radio reports on
the supposed creation of a mil
itary area In the Italian islands
added that there has been a
shake-up in the Italian police.)
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THIS writer's advice is to keep
vmii. 4 incrorc rarofiillv irfmtmii
on all these reports hinting at
dangerous unrest in Germany
and German-held countries (in
cluding Italy.)
They may be true.
But, on the other hand, the
Germans could fabricate similar
stories out of our strike disturb
ances in this country which,
WE KNOW, don't indicate any
impending revolution here.
THE pay-as-you-go tax idea
1 bobs up again today in con
gress. Like a good man, it can't
be kept down.
To us ordinary taxpayers, who
would like to keep as nearly
paid up as possible, all this
Washington opposition to the
pay-as-you-go idea sounds
CHILDISH.
If you want to sell it phone
The Herald and News "want
ads," 8124
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tians Wednesday. The base was
hit 10 times in a record-breaking
attack Tuesday.
Hit Solomons
The navy said U. S. bombers
and fighters also struck the
enemy in the Solomon islands
yesterday, raiding oft - bombed
Hunda and Vila and sinking an
80-foot Japanese vessel in
Rekata bay.
The Japanese, hard hit by
losses to their 100-plane ar
madas during the past week,
slacked up on their big new
aerial offensive, but United
Nations airmen continued to
pound the enemy mercilessly.
Promise Buoys
Buoyed by War Secretary
Stimson's promise of a constant
ly increasing flow of planes
and other war supplies to the
Southwest Pacific, allied fliers
reached out across the seas to
blast three major Japanese air
bases at Rabaul and Gasmata,
New Britain, and Lae, New
Guinea and' raided enemy-occupied
Trangan in the Aroe
islands, bombed coastal shipping
off the Tanimbars and strafed
a Japanese held village on
Timor island.
In addition, swarms of A-20
attack planes swept low over
Japanese troops in the Mubo
sector, below the enemy's big
Salamaua base in New Guinea,
bombing and strafing the invad
ers 11 times.
Meanwhile, allied headquart
ers disclosed that Japanese cas
ualties in the New Guinea cam
paign up to April 1 totalled
38,000, mostly killed, against
10,531 allied' casualties. Ameri
can casualties were listed as
2175 killed or missing in action
and 2144 wounded.
Tokyo Version
Imperial Tokyo headquarters,
the fount of repeated myths.
came up with a belated version
of Wednesday'a 100-plane Jap
anese attack on the allied base
at Milne Bay, in Southeast New
Guinea, asserting that 11 allied
transports were sunk and 44
planes shot down.
The Tokyo communique said
the only Japanese losses were
five planes which "crashed-
dlved into enemy objectives."
By contrast, allied . headquar
ters said only three small allied
ships were damaged while the
Japanese lost 30 planes.
First "Hold Line"
Strike Confronts
Administration
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cent over the pay levels of any
group of workers on January 1,
1941.
Little Steel Formula
Prior to the president's hold-the-line
order of April 8, how
ever,' the WLB could exceed the
Little Steel formula, if neces
sary, to equalize wages within
an industry or area whenever it
found manifest injustices existed.
Now that power is reserved to
Byrnes. The WLB had a back
log of 17,000 voluntary wage In
crease applications when the ex
ecutive order was announced.
Approximately two-thirds of
them were submitted under the
category of "inequalities" and it
has been estimated that about
10,000 of them were reasonably
certain of approval.
Congress May Send
Men to Observe
Food Conference
WASHINGTON, April 19 (IP)
Congress moved today to send
its own observers to the inter
national food conference sched
uled to begin at Hot Springs,
Va., May 18 with a demand
from the senate agriculture com
mittee that some of Its members
be permitted to attend.
Senator Aiken (R-Vt.) said
the committee unanimously had
approved a motion instructing
Chairman Smith (D-S.C.) to con
fer with state department of
ficials and attempt to arrange
for the members to attend all
sessions. Smith is ill and com
mittee attaches delivered the
message to the state depart
ment. Treatment Mrs. R, E. Sparlln,
route 2, is receiving medical
care at Klamath Valley hospital.
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Shortly after Price Administra
tor Prentiss Brown asked the
Senate agricultural committee
for "sympathy, understanding
and help" in the fight against
inflation, . President Roosevelt
came to his aid with new pries
and wage freeze order.
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cat fighters (Gruman F4F),
bombed Japanese installations
at Munda on New Georgia is
land. "(B) During the afternoon,
Dauntless dive bombers (Doug
las) with Wildcat fighter escort
attacked Japanese installations
at Vila on Kolombangara island.
A building, believed to be a pow
er generating station, was de
stroyed.
"(C) Still later in the day
Avenger torpedo bombers, es
corted by Corsair (Vought F4U)
and Wildcat fighters attacked
and sank an 80-foot Japanese
vessel in Rekata bay on Santa
Isabel island. "
"North Pacific: "
"2. On April 14th, formations
of army Liberator heavy bomb
ers (Consolidated B-24,) and Mit
chell medium bombers (North
American B-25) supported by
Lightning (Lockheed P-38) and
Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) fight-
Kiska. Hits were scored in the
Japanese camp area, damaging
the runway and revetment
Heavy Bombers
Blast Lorient
Submarine Base
LONDON, April 18 (P)
United States heavy bombers
blasted the nazi submarine base
of Lorient and the port of Brest
in daylight today in a continua
tion of a furious allied day and
night aerial offensive against en
emy targets on the continent.
Eight Welders Held
For Sabotage Work
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thies on the part of the
welders."
One Convicted
Another Bethlehem-Fairfield
welder, arrested on a similar
charge several days ago, was
convicted of sabotage yesterday
in Baltimore's federal court. He
was George Arnold Steele, 20,
formerly of Franklin Furnace,
Ohio. Sentence was deferred
until April 19.
Hoover said that the workers
were charged with using what
is known; as "bridge welding"
and "slugging." He said that in
the former method the work
men welds only the outside edg
es between steel plates leaving
Hir space in the center, so that
instead of conplctely fused
plates there Is only a veneer,
with the result that the weld
will break under certain
strains. '
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April 26 WJ Admiral Georges
Robert, French commissioner
for Martinique and Guadeloupe,
said in a letter to The Asso
ciated Press today that he was
willing to join the fight against
the axis under these conditions:
1. That this would not force
him 'Into rebellion against the
French government.
2. That the allies permit the
fighting French to form a unity
undor the authority, vested
with sovereign rights, instead
of having the French under
two factions represented pres
ently by the De Gaullists and
the adherents-, of Gen. Henri
Giraud.
3. That joining the struggle
would continue to safeguard
the interests of the Fronch An
tilles.
The admiral's letter was dat
ed April 8 and came today in
reply to my letter of last
month, requesting an interview.
The admiral contended ho was
appointed, not by the Vichy
government, but by the Paris
regime before the fall of
France.
(The United States suspended
food shipments to Martinique
and other French possessions in
the Antilles In November, the
month of the Allied landings
in French North Africa.)
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Leonard Springer, 15, Klam
ath Union high school student,
suffered a fractured left arm
late Thursday when he fell while
running the obstacles rsce.
Springer is the son of Mrs. Min
nie Springer, 410 South Fifth
street.
Gerald Ripley of Chemult, Big
Lakes Box company, suffered an
injury when he cut a tendon in
a power saw at the plant lata
Thursday. Both Springer and
Ripley were treated at Klamath
VaUey hospital. .
Two Men Admit
Providing Wine
To Indians Here
PORTLAND, April 19 WV
William Blrtley, 71, and Fred
Butts, 71, both charged with pro
viding ' wine to Indians last
month In Klamath Falls, plead
ed guilty today before Federal
Judge Claude McColloch.
Their eases were referred to
the probation officer for pre
sentence investigation.
Hitch-Hiking Boy
Has Interruption
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who. had five or six slices of
bread and three cents in his
pockets, revealed his mother's
address, and shs was promptly
notified.
Friday morning the runaway,
whose, face fairly beamed when
he heard the news, was told
that his father would arrive
Saturday morning to claim him.
Condition Sams The condi
tion of James Eugene Echer who
suffered bullet wound in an
altercation with police a week
ago, remained unchanged at
Klamath Valley hospital where
he is a patient.
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War Savings Money
Klamath county bond buyers
steadily increased purchases of
war savings and by Friday noon
had passed the $469,000 mark on
the way to the $1,260,000 goal,
it was announced by committee
mombers.
No exceptionally large pur
chases were reported, but nu
merous small buyers appeared at
banks snd postoffices In the
county to contribute to the sec
ond war loan.
OFFICER TELLS OF
MURDER III TRAIN
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a conference. Folkes rejoined
the party and retired lator.
"All the time I kept thinking
of the woman In lower 13." Tet
rick quoted the confession. "I
couldn't get her off my mind."
Folkes arose about 3:30 a. m.
on January 23, still thinking of
the woman In lower 13. He went
into sleeper D.
Pretends to Fall
Before lovor 13 he pretended
to fall Into the berth, reached
his hand through the curtain
and felt her body.
If he awakened her, he plan
ned to say he had 'fallen Into
the berth because of tha train's
rocking. Then he went to the
smoking compartment of car D,
talked to Pullman Porter Harry
M. Hughes and had a cigarette.
Folkes returned to tho dining
car galley, put a knife in the
sleeve of his white cook's jacket
and came back to car D. There
he met a man from an upper
berth, whom he later identified
s R. M. Kelso, El Cajon, Calif.,
retired navy chief watertender.
Kelso wanted to know the dl
rectlon to the men's washroom,
Folkes told hm he was going the
wrong way and sent him to the
right one.
Sharpens Knife
Folkes went again to the diner,
sharpened the knife, donned an
overcoat, put the knife In the
pocket and returned to car D.
There he walked back and
forth unfastening the curtains of
Idwer 13.
Ha went toward tha smoker,
noted that Kelso was shaving
and that Hughes was lying down.
He figured the coast was clear
and went back to lower 13.
He stepped inside, discovered
that ha had neglected to unfas
ten the bottom button.
Ha was sfrald part of his body
would protrude into the aisle so
ha straddled the form of tha
slaepmc woman.
Mrs. James Wakes
When ha straddled ona let, she
awoke. She was lying on her
back, with tha bedclothes up to
her armpits. Her right aid was
toward tha curtain.
Ha put the knife to her throat,
and when she asked, "who ara
you?" Folkes replied:
"it manes no difference. But
ton thoso buttons or I'll cut
your throat." He referred to the
curtain buttons.
. Throws Body
Ha said he reached across her
body with his loft hand toward
the curtain, and as ha did she
threw her body in such a way s
to try to throw him out of the
berth. Ha admitted he was a
little unsteady from drink, and
Mrs. James almost succeeded in
throwing him from the berth.
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PORTLAND, Ore., April 18
W) The Pacific northwest, In
cluding British Columbia, has In
prospect Its best water year for
irrigation and power develop
ment and its worst spring floods
in a dcciule or more, reports ut
tho annuul Columbia busin water
forecast conference here today
Indicated.
The Columbia river is headed
for a peak flow similar to tho
high water of 1D33, It was con
cluded, which means trouble for
ship yardx, waterfront Industrial
plants, and to lowland farming
areas on both sides of the river.
Only early season estimates
are Issued by this conference,
The official advunce spring flood
foroenst will be Issued soon by
tho U. S. weather bureau.
STRIKERS RETURN
DENVER, April 16 P) Relti
Robinson, president of tho Inter
national union of mine, mill and
smelter workers, announced to
day strikers at the Universal At
las Cement company at Univer
sal, Pa., had agreed to return to
work immediately.
your throat," Folkes said. She
did It again, throwing her body
in the same mnimcr. and he cut
her. Ho was holding the knife
In his right hand. Ho suld he
mado ono cut, not four or five.
Runs to Diner
He got out of the berth, ran
back to tho diner and went Into
the galley. He said he already
had propared the fire and had
put a lot of grease Inside the
stove. He also had prepared the
muffins and had gotten some pies
ready. When he started the
fire, flames shot out of the stove
as a result of the grease. He put
the muffins in the oven, and by
the time the marine (Private
Harold Wilson, USMC, occupant
of upper 13 and first man to
reach Mrs. James after the as
sault) came through the car,
looking for the slayer, the muf
fins were well along.
He concluded the statement
standing by the bed upon which
his girl friend was lying.
'That's my story. I'm the
killer. Now can I have a
drink?" Folkes said.
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RAF Squadrons
Execute Heavy
Aerial Sweep
LONDON, April 18 W)-RAF
squadrons, executing ono of the
niost protracted and heaviest
sweeps of the yoar, bombed in
dustrial targets in Ostand, Bet
glum, by daylight today.
Offensive operations against
Germun targets were continuing.
They had been In progress 24
hours when darkness fell to
night. Crippling blows were aimed at
the enemy's railway lines, trains.
nlilimlnK. dockyards, planes and
airfields.
Aniimrlilxa mlH (luliler-escort-
ed Ventura bombers made the
thrust at Ostend and ttestroyea
four enemy fighters. One of the
RAF fighters failed to return.
A great force of four-englned
bombers was out more than two
hours on a mission across tha
elmmiel from the southwest
coast of England.
Mayor Rodisch or
Chiloquin Dies in
Hospital Here
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the late Harry Acklny at Ack
ley Brothers mill on Lake Ewau
na. Mr. Rodisch next became In
terested In the Modoc Lumber
company yards at Pino Ridge
but continued to make head
quarter In this city. Early In
1017, Mr. Rodisch had become
interested In Chiloquin and con
tributed much to the building of
that community, In 1020, ha
served as a member of the city
council, and 1030, was elected
mayor, a post he held until the
time of his deuth.
Returning actively to business,
Mr. Rodisch was appointed to
opcrato the Chiloquin liquor
store, first In Oregon to be own
ed and operated by a city.
Mr. Rodisch was a member of
the Presbyterian church, was af
filiated with the republican par
ty and had been a member of
the Elks lodge tn Klamath Falls
since 1014. Mrs. Rodisch died
In 1807 In Chicago. Two sons,
Harry of Chicago, and William
of Michigan, survive.
Notice of services will be an
nounced Saturday by tha Earl
Whltlock Funeral horns.
From Durumulr Mrs. Tim
othy Murphy la spending tha
weekend In Klamath Falls with
friends and relatives.
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