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By FRANK JENKINS
THE long-range debnlo on Pa-
clflc strategy thnt hui lind ua
ill more or less mystified la bo
tinning to show results.
MAVY SKCREARY KNOX to-
day assigns one of tlio pre
ont SEVEN U. S. fleets to Au
tralla. Wnr Secretary Sllmson
had previously promised "o con
alnnlly INCREASING flow of
planes and oilier war supplies
to tlio southwest Pacific."
Kl HO uisitosuro Willi wu nuw
liavo seven f Icctn la Interesting.
Bcforo the war. wo hnd three
the Atlnntlc, tlio Pacific and tho
Asiatic.)
fN the floor of tho aonnto to
day, Senator Oeoriie (of
Georgia) call for tho shipment
to Australia and China of "all
additional plane needed for
thoso fronts."
Ho explains that he hasn't so
far offered any suggestions
about over-all strategy and that
maybe the nearest way to China
la through tho Mediterranean,
but adds:
"At tho sumo time, I don't
believe wo hovo Riven an ade
quate and conclusive answer to
the question why w can't send
800 or 1,000 additional planes
to MitcArthur and Ilka num
ber to China. If they aro neces
sary. I'm not 'miatocett-har'wff
can't. . In the . light of the fact
that we are producing from 8,000
to 8,000 planes a month.
Senator Chandler, of Ken
tucky, chimes In: "The Pacific
theater has been ERRONEOUS
LY relegated to a secondary of
fair," and with this statement
Senator Johnson, of Colorado,
agrees.
OENATOR PEPPER to thlck-"and-thln
administration sup
porter) thereupon speaks sarcas
tically1 of "congressional strate
gists as being no better than
nwlvcl-chnlr strategists and adds
that Chief of Staff Marshall and
his generals want to defeat tho
enemy as badly and as quickly
as the rest of tis.
'Tor myself," Senator Pepper
says, "I'll defer to their Judg
ment," Jf AVRTT. Vint hnvu nhmrt Mnn-
AV Arthur?
He's a full general. He's on tho
ground In tho Pacific, Ho got
caught in one Butaan, and
doesn't want to got caught In
another.
.
TN
S-.lr
trying to understand this
strange situation, we must re
member that MacArthur sent
practically his whole staff to
Washington several weeks ago.
They reported. They confer
red. Presumably they explained
their needs In the way of sup
port. Then they returned to tho
Pacific.
There have been rumors (no
direct statements) that they fail
ed to get as much help as they
asked for.
TT Is IiihI noRnlhln Unit thU rin.
bate has . been staged as a
means of bringing tho needs of
the Pacific war to tho attention
nf tho Aniorlcan public as a
whole
Either that or It is n smoke
screen designed to fool tho
enemy.
TN our Pacific situation (as on
"all our other fronts) SHIPS aro
the bottleneck,
Long-rnngo bombers enn bo
flown to their destination, but
out shorler-rangn planes linvo to
bo carried In ships to the gen
eral area in which they aro to
bo used.
Willi their sleppliiR-slono bases
scattered over the South Pacific,
the Japs enjoy a great advan
tage In this rospect, as they can
flv even their shortor-ranao air-
.-raft from, Island to Island, thus
guiuiiK mem wnure mcy are
needed QUICKLY.
'TWERE Isn't much chango In
1 Africa.
General Elsenhower today
gives full credit to General Pat
ton's Americans for keeping
, (Continued oil Pago Nino) 1
'Kill, Kill, Kill'
Say Voices In
Polices 'Story'
ALBANY, Ore., April 17 VP) Voices that commanded him
to "kill, kill, kill," sent Robert E. Lea Koikes, negro dining car
cook, Into lower 13 borth to slay Mrs, Martha Virginia James,
an asserted confession read to the Jury trying him for . murder
detolled today.
Prosecutor Harlow Wcinrlck read the statement, which he
said was given by Koikes to him and polico officers after the
negro was roturned to Albany from Los Angeles to face the
charge of cutting Mrs. James' throat as she lay In her berth on
a the California bound Southern
Two Ships Sunk, One
Beached After
Attack
By WILLIAM T. BONI
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA. April 17 VP)
A Japanese convoy fled north
eastward from Wewak, Now
Guinea, today out of range of
four - engincd allied . bombers
which sank two 8000 ton enemy
ships, forced a SOOO ton vessel
to be beached and rendered still
another 8000 ton ship unseawor
thy. Despite the destructive pound
ing dealt the nine-ship convoy
starting at dusk Thursday and
extending Into yesterday's day
light . hpura, J t w coiuUdeiied
"pbsslble the Japanese succeeded
in landing- soma supplies and
men during the night they were
in the harbor at Wewak.
Ships Oat Away
Among the ships which got
away were light cruiser, a de
stroyer, a gunboat and two mer
(Continued on Page Three),
ODT to Open
Branch Office
Here on May I
Marshall Nauman, district
managor of the office of defense
transportation, announced today
through the chamber of com
merce that cffcctlvo May 1, a
branch offlco of tho ODT would
bo established here In the OPA
headquarters at Main and Es
planade streets. ,
Examiner C. C. Proctor will
bo In charge of the local office,
Nauman stated. Proctor has had
10 years practical supervisory
experience In truck transporta
tion. Ho Joined the staff of the
ODT, October 1, 1042 and prior
to that was six years with the
Consolidated Freightways, Mcd
ford. Jim Busch, former resident of
Klamath Falls, will accompany
Proctor to this city to acquaint
him with the citizens and prob
lems of the community during
tho last week of April.
Navy Reorganization Adds to Rumors of
Strong Reinforcements for MacArthur
WASHINGTON, April 17 ffl
Reorganization of the United
States navy Into seven fleets,
with one assigned to tho Aus
tralian area, strengthened the
possibility today that strong re
inforcements might be destined
for General Douglas MacArthur.
Meanwhile, a congressional
controversy concerning Pacific
and over-all allied strategy was
highlighted by a call from Sen
ator Goorgo (D-Ga.) for ship
ment to Australia and China of
"all tho additional planes need
ed for those fronts."
Thero was no further official
comment from the navy on Sec
retary Knox's disclosure yester
day of the reorganization, but
it was promptly pointed out
elsewhere that thoro have been
no previous reports of major
use of, naval forces by Mac
Arthur. Commands Noted
It was presumed from prev
ious navy mention of separate
commands that tho fleet align
ments might bo in tho North
Atlantic, South Atlantic, Eur
opean, , Southwest Pacific, South
Pacific's West Coast Limited on
January 23.
Master or God
Tho weird statement attribut
ed to Folkes the assertion that
the voices, "a big one and a
little one" that sometimes
talked In cross purposes, as be
ing llko those of "a master or a
God."
As Wcinrlck read the state
ment in a monotone, the jury
listened Intently, Folkes sat
stolidly and Impassively watch
ing him, and tho crowd in the
tiny courtroom was silent. It
was the third statement on the
crlmo attributed to Folkes. Two
others asscrtcdly were made to
Los Angeles police, who arrest
ed the cook as he completed
nis run to Los Angeles.
Volets Come j ,
The voices came to him when
he awakened about 4 o'clock in
the morning, Wcinrlck read. He
tried to fight them off, but he
said he was in a daze from
drinking whiskey the night be
fore. 'They, said, 'go to lower 13',"
the statement read,
1' Folkos-wasuoted- as -saying
he went to car D, the death car,
halted In front of the berth and
peered at the number 13 In the
dimly-Ut Pullman.
"It seemed to turn pale, but
I kept looking at it," the prose
cutor read, "then something
said, 'go ahead.'
Go Ahead
"Then the little voice said,'
'Go ahead, go ahead.'
"When I got Into the borth
and was astraddle of the wom
an, a squidgy little voice told
me to go ahead, and I plunged
the knlfo Into her.
"When I got out of the berth
I turned one way and the little
voice said 'Not that way turn
tho other way.' "
The statement then returned
to the scene of the berth."
Woman Asks
Folkes was quoted as saying
that Mrs. James awakened
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High Boise River
Threatens Homes
BOISE, Idaho, April 17, VP)
Falrvlew bridge, at Boise's
western city limits, was closed
to traffic today when one of Its
piers showed signs of weakening
under a terrific pounding by the
flooded Boise river.
Farmers and village dwellers
In the lowlands of Boise valley
prepared to move to higher
ground on a moment's notice as.
the first test of flood conditions
approached.
Pacific, Southeast Pacific and
Pacific.
At the outbreak of war the
navy was divided Into three
fleet designations the Atlantic,
Pacific and Asiatic.
Capt. . Leland P. Lovctte, di
rector of public relations for
the navy, said at Houston, Tex.,
yesterday that this was not the
"propitious moment" for an all
out attack to drive tho Japanese
from the Aleutians
No Ships Available
"Surface vessels are not avail
able at this time to carry troops
to the Aleutians," ho declared,
pointing out that even if the
enomy was driven from the
Islands, American troops would
liavo to be garrisoned and sup
plied there.
Lovette estimated that Ger
many has 400 to 800 submar
ines. "To lick the sub is the hard
est Job that the navies of tho
world face today," he said.
Strategy Squabble
On Capitol HUI, George con
centrated on the Pacific phase
of the allied strategy squabble
Harmon Found
Lt. Tom Harmon, abort, for
mtr University of Michigan
football atar and one of the na
tlon's ' all-time grid "greats,'
was reported missing April 8
in a flight ortr Latln-Amarlcan
territory. Today word came
thai he had been found afttr
bit plane crathtd over a South
Amtrlcan Junglt, Slory on
sports page.
Numerous Explosions,
Fires Noted In
Installations
,-..-"--" v- . .
WASHINGTON. April 17 VP)
The - furious aerial offensive
against Japanese forces on Kis-
ka island hit another peak of
intensity Thursday, the navy
disclosed today, when bombers
of the Aleutians command raid
ed the Island 13 times causing
"Numerous fires and explo
sions" among enemy positions.
Enemy anti-aircraft guns shot
down one United States heavy
bomber.
Navy communique No. 346
said:
"North Pacific:
"1. On April 14th, two addi
tional attacks were made by
army War Hawk (Curtis P-40)
and Lightning (Lockheed P-38)
fighters against Japanese In
stallations at Kiska, raising to
ten the total of attacks on that
date.
Thirteen Raids
"2. On April 15, Japanese In
stallations at Kiska were at
tacked 13 times by formations
of U. S. army bombers. Libera
tor heavy bombers (Consolidat
ed B-24), Mitchell medium
bombers (North American B
25), and Lightning and War
Hawk fighters carried out these
raids. Many hits were scored in
the main camp and on the run
way and hangar areas, causing
numerous fires and explosions.
One heavy bomber was .shot
down by. enemy anti-aircraft
fire."
In which Senator Chandler (D-Ky.)-
charged that - the Pacific
theater had been erroneously
relegated to "a secondary af
fair." The Georgian told report
ers: .
"I've never offered any sug
gestion about the over-all strat
egy, and it may be that the
nearest way to China and the
Far East is through the Medi
terranean. "At; the same time, I dpn't
believe we have been given an.
adequate .or. conclusive . answer
to the question why wo can't
send 500 or 1000 additional
planes' to General MacArthur
and a like number into China,
if they are necessary. . ,
"I'm not convinced that we
can't, . in the light of the fact
that we are . producing from
8000 to 6000 planes a month,"
This view was shared by Sen
ator Johnson (D-Colo.) A mem
ber, of the military affairs com
mittee who termed Chandler's
speech to the senate yesterday
"magnificent,"
Chandler demanded that 500
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ALLIES PUSH
ON GATES 10
mm
French Experience
Vigorous Action
In South
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 17
VP) British infantry of the first
army has renewed its pressure
In the rugged hills guarding the
gateway to the plain of Tunis
after seizing the dominating
height of Djebel and north of
Madjezel-Bab, a communique
from Gen. Dwight D. Eisen
hower's headquarters announced
today.
At. the same time the French
to the south in the strategic Bau
Arada and Pont Du Fahs area,
with vigorous patrol action, con
tinued to bear on the western
flank of Marshal Erwln Rom
mel's Enfidaville line while the
British eighth army engaged
outposts and patrols in frontal
activity.
Axis Fares Badly
Again the axis air forces came
off badly, losing 22 planes yes
terday and Thursday night, . 12
of them big Italian or German
transports, i n . clashes ' with
Northwest African, Western
Desert and Malta airmen, The
desert pilots destroyed 10 planes
in one engagement when. Spit
fires sighted 12 to 18 transports
with fighter escort over the
Tunisian coast - Altogether the
allies lost eight planes.
The pressure by the first
army of Lieut. Gen. K. A. N.
Anderson against the relatively
thin screen of high ground
standing between it and the
open country to Tunis, 30 miles
distant, was continued with
fierce determination, but the
communique did not indicate
any advance of the British
mountain - brigades since they
took firm hold of Djebel Ang,
eight miles north of Medjez-el-Bab;
in mid-week.
French Swtep
French forces which swept
the Tunisian eastern dorsal
clean of the enemy hammered
at strong points to which Rom
mel had anchored the western
end of his southern defenses,
and the eighth army probed
this line, running 30 miles due
west of Enfidaville, where
enemy artillery was emplaced
on the high ground 50 miles
south of Tunis.
The keynote of the Tunisian
campaign was struck by Eisen
hower with the assertion that
"hard fighting still lies ahead
before we throw the enemy out
of North Africa."
Soviets Open
Slow Drive in
Kuban Delta
MOSCOW, April 17 (if) The
red army has opened a new,
slow-going but thorough drive in
the Kuban delta of the Caucas
us, with . strong artillery and
bomber preparation preceding
an infantry advance into Ger
man positions, the Russians said
today, but the push was momen
tarily slowed as gains were con
solidated and new - operations
prepared.
The Germans still have a nar
row foothold in Novorosslsk, the
former Russian naval base; and
along a strip of Black sea coast
extending into the Taman pen
insula, '
Red Star, the army newspaper,
reported that rain, mud and a
stiff defense by the Germans
mado attacks extremely diffi
cult. .
. In yesterday's opening battle,
Red Star said, Russian Stormo
vik bombers and soviet artillery
kept up a steady pounding of the
German's rear positions while
the infantry fought his way into
the German basic points.
COUNT FLEET WINS
NEW YORK, April 7 (P)
Count Fleet, the Kentucky Der
by favorite, won the Wood me
morial stakes at Jamaica today.
Raids Cost
P- f -hn,day I
h Monday 24 Planes
g 37 Planes "T
hBwS J&BunW Oro Bay
PORT
MORESBY
upti Hi-.
INCW
GUINEA
Coral Sea-
Z. - Jl sam I
Lota of 30 Japanese plants on a raid against allitd Installa
tions at Milne bay, announced by allitd htadquarttra in Auatra
lia, brought to 91 the total number of enemy plant destroy td
ovtr New. Guinea. The Japa lost 37 plants attacking Port Mores
by, 24 at Oro Bay. and 30 at Milne bay
Weyerhaeuser
Paddle to
As Klamath prepared - to
"spank Hitler on his last birth
day" Tuesday in a great bond
buying smash,- Weyerhaeuser
Timber company came through
Saturday with a resounding pre
liminary swat at the axis big
shot; - L
, An even. $100,000' bone! pur-1
cnase was macte Dy me umDer
company, biggest' industrial" op
eration . in the county, An
nouncement was' made by An
drew Collier, county war finance
co-chairman, after the purchase
Chilqquin Boy s
Held Prisoner
In Philippines
Definite information that
their son, Robert, is a prisoner
ot war in the Philippines, was
1 received in
Chiloquin by
Mr. and . Mrs.
i Earl Greear of
ithit.city
through the
war depart
ment.
Mr. and Mrs.
Greear were
thrilled ' to re-
JUceive . a " tele
eram on Anrll
"Bob" Greear 13, after
months of waiting for official
word. "Bob" joined the United
States army air corps January
29, 1940, and sailed for the
Philippines on April 27 of that
year. He was stationed at Nichols-field
at Rizal, when the
when the Japs made their at
tack. No word had reached the
Greears since Christmas, 1941,
when they received telegram
through the Red Cross, until
February, 1942, when a lieu
tenant on Bataan wrote his
family in Butte Falls, Ore., to
get word to Mr.- and Mrs.
Greear that "Bob" was alive
and with the office force until
the last week when ambulance
crews were so badly needed
and "Bob" was helping in the
transfer of the wounded from
the front lines to the hospital
station on Bataan. This letter
did not reach Butte Falls until
the latter part of April, a year
ago. From that time until April
13, the family has heard noth
ing concerning the youth.
"Bob" Greear lived his en
tire life in Chiloquin and the
community has been greatly in
terested, in his. welfare.
Malin Wins County . '
Track Meet Today;
Henley Second
Malln, with S3 points,,
many of which wtre made by
Ktnntth Duncan, who took
three firsts, one second, and
placed on the winning rtlay
taam, won the county B track
meat on Modoc field Friday
; morning. Henley with 481
points, was second, Bonanaa
third with 38 points and
Ktno, who had only three
boys competing, came in last
with 91 points. I
ri'"""L" i
L ' a. -!
Japs Heavily
STATUTE MILES
Wednesday
30 Planes
tSlvFERGUSSON
fat
MILNE
0 BAY
Samarai
Buys Bond
Spank Hitler
had been made by Manager R.
R. Macartney for Weyeraeuser.
The . Weyedaeuser buy. is the
largest so far made by a private
firm in Klamath's rush toward
a $269,000 war finance goal set
for April. It brought the total
purchased so - far to' $556,000
Collier announced. ' ., ,
.Tuesday being the birthday of
the German . Fuehrer,. JSlamatb.'
war finance. leaders decided to
day to celebrate it in a big way
throughput the ; day. Various
special' events are planned. In
cluding the Captain Jack sale
over the radio under sponsor
ship of the Junior chamber of
commerce,, all designed to give
Hitler a : thorough1 birthday
spanking. .'.
, Expressing ' a hope held by
millions throughout the world,
the Klamath war financiers de
cided to call it Hitlers "last
birthday," and the motto of the
local celebration Is to be, "Spank
Hitler on his last Birthday."
Lewis Charges
Conspiracy In
Wage Deadlock
NEW YORK, April 17 (!?,
John L. Lewis, president; of the
United Mine Workers of Amer
ica, charged here late today that
if soft coal wage negotiations
are deadlocked, "it is only true
because there is a conspiracy on
the part of large financial inter
est and national politicians to
prevent a settlement on the ba
sis of fact and merit.
Spain Appeals to
World for Peace
' BARCELONA, April 17, (P)
Spain has come forward with
an appeal ' for world peace,
voiced by Count Francisco Go
mez . Jordana, Spanish foreign
minister, before an audience that
included the Papal Nuncio, the
ambassadors of Portugal, Argen
tina, Brazil and Chile, and other
members of the diplomatic corps
from South Africa.
Eisenhower Reports About
African Battle, Casualties
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 17
CP) Gen. Dwight iD. Eisenhow
er disclosed today that the sec
ond U. S. army corps had cap
tured 4680 prisoners in recent
fighting on the Tunisian front,
destroyed or captured 683 axis
vehicles, destroyed or damaged
69 tanks and captured 150 guns.
: At the same time he revealed
that second corps casualties
were 5372 killed,, wounded and
missing.
. Americans Do Job
"The second American corps
accomplished what it set out to
do, drawing off the German
troops from in front of the
eighth army and, at the time in
the battle when Gen. Sir Ber
nard LV Montgomery's forces
broke through, was holding ap
proximately 35,000 axis troops
in the El Guetar-Maknassy
area," the commander in chief
SKODA WORKS
BATTERED IN
American Planes Hit
Focke-Wulf Plane ,
Factory
LONDON, April 17 VP)
More than 50 enemy planta '
ware destroyed by American
heavy bombers today In a
raid In strong force on the '
Foekt-Wulf aireraf t factory at
Bremen, Germany, the U. S.
army's European thtattr htad
quarttra announced.
LONDON, April 17 VP) Mora
than 600 bombers roared out in
moonlight last night to strike)
heavily at Mannheim, Ludwig-
shaven ana Fllsen the latter in
German-occupied Czechoslovak
ia, the home of the Skoda MumV
tions Works in what the air
ministry today called "the big
gest night operation this year."
Fifty-five planes are missing in
the raids, it was announced.
The air ministry's description
of the raid indicated that it
surpassed the 1000-ton bomb as
saults on Lorient, St. Nazaira
and Essen . in February and
March. '
10 Per Cent Lees
' Although the loss of 59 bomb
ers approached . 10 per cent ot ...
the -raiding- force, the authorlta
tive view was that the losses
were not out of proportion to
the damage done to' important
targets. A 10 per cent loss has
been commonly regarded as too 1
extravagant, if sustained over a -
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American Subs -Sink
Five More i
Japanese Ships
WASHINGTON, April 17. (fPt '
Five Japanese ships, .including :
three merchantmen, were sunk
and two - were- damaged by
American submarines during op
erations in the Pacific, the navy
announced today. ,
Navy communique No. 347
said: . .-. -. .. . - - -
1 "Pacific and far east:
: "1. United States submarines
have reported the following re
sults of operations in the waters
of these areas:
"(A) One large supply ship '
sunk.
"CB) Two medium sized cargo .
ships -sunk.
: "(C) One large mine layer
sunk. ,
"(D) One . small-patrol ship'
sunk. '..-.
"(E) One destroyer damaged.
! i"(F) One medium sized trans
port aamagea.
"2. These .actions have not
communiques."
1 By navy communique report,
American submarines in the Pa
cific have now sunk us Jap
anese ships of various types.
prooamy sunK it ana aamagea
42 a total of 214.
declared at one of his rare "on
U1C ICtUlU WUDIGIIVII V
: Gen. Sir Harold Alexander,
Eisenhower s deputy in charge
ot land operations, earlier had
olted Lieut. Gen. George S. Pat
ton Jr., for the work of the
second' corps, saying' that lt had
executed assigned tasks, fore
most ot which was to secure
Gafsa as. an administrative base
for the eighth army.
Alexander expressed "my
gratitude and thanks" to Fa6
nn hi, mtatf mnA Mm men fnf
"their local support arid active
cooperation in the part they
nlnvorl In thli Great victory."
Trophies Taktn
. In addition to the prisoners
and other materials taken, the
trophies included 150 machine
guns and 25,000 land mines.
American casualties went
listed by Elsonhower ,ag 903
, (Continued on Pag Vio)
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BOMBING