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, By FRANK JENKINS
TN a Jup English language
broudcant picked up todny,
this statement occurs:
"Muko suro, Americans, tlml
every flier who comes this way
hug special pans to hell, and
rest assured it's a strictly one
way ticket."
HTHE little yellow men, who nrc
only raw savages with a dan
gerous surface voncer of Indus
trial civilization, are making a
bad mlslnko.
They don't know how to han
dle the American breed of cnls.
INDIAN tortures didn't stop us,
NOR WILL JAP BAR
BARISM. It will only moke us madder.
We fight BEST when we oro
mad.
EXECUTION of American
. pilot captured In the Doo-
little raid wlll.be likely to shock
Washington Into-rwilhtlng that
wo have an ENEMY in the
Pacific.
As FDR soys, all those who
participated in this act of Jap
rightfulness must bo brought to
Justice.
The way to bring them to Jus
tice is to PUT STRENGTH (es
pecially planes) Into the Pacific.
We don't want any moro Ba
laam.. INCIDENTALLY, American
x pilots In the South Pacific arc
beginning to report that Ntw
TYPES of Jap planes ore mak
ing their appearance there.
TN Tunisia, our side Is busy
stopping the German coun
ter-attacks that inevitably ioi
lowcd our gains of the post few
days:
Montgomery appears to have
driven about throe miles through
Gorman defenses estimated to bo
ten miles deep, Tho Gorman
counter-attacks seem to linvo
been stopped with fairly heavy
losses.
Today's North African com
munlquo says: "Our positions
were generally IMPROVED, and
all gains were firmly hold,"
1EEP In mind that tho Gcr
mans ore lighting In posi
tions that were as strongly de
fended to begin with as the
Frcncli knew how to mnko them
and hovo been Improved to tho
full extant of German skill,
. .
nOISON gas bobs Into tho news
today.
Tho British government. In a
statement Issued by Churchill,
says: "Hltlor Is making prepara
tions for the use of poison gas
nn tlifi RiiiMian front."
The statement adds:
"ANY use of gas by either
Germany or her satellites will
bring Immediate reprisals In
kind against military objectives
throughout the wholo of Gor
many." nrHIS statement Is beamed to
Gormany by tho British
radio; The Berlin radio replies
that Germany will stand by hor
pledga to use gas only If her en
emies uso It first.
Don't put much reliance on
German pledges. Hitler will stop
at nothing ho thinks ho can get
away with. .
. What may stop him Is the
Knowledge that our side has
planes enough to smother Ger
many in gas once kub wariaro is
started,
"THE Germans, with fl great
weight of men, tanks and
planes, are still trying to crack
the Russian front In tho Kuban
delta, Tho Russians say these ef
forts have FAILED.
Tho Idea . persists Hint the
. . (Continued on Page Four) ,
Jury Finds Negro
Slew Navy Bride
in Lower 13 Berth
ALBANY, April 23 (AP) Robert Lee Folke was
found guilty of first degree murder by a. circuit court jury
of 8 women and 4 men at 3:13 o'lock today.
There was no recommendation of leniency, and Folkes
must pay with his life for the slaying of Martha Brinson
James in the sensational lower 13 murder case.
The jury was out 17 hour and 23 minutes.
Folkes Is accused of the knife
slaying of Mrs. Martha Virginia
James of Norfolk, Vs., as she
lay in her berth aboard a south
bound limited train on January
23.
Bads Sat
Beds wore set up in the Jury
room about midnight last night,
and Judge L. G. Lewelling or
dered that they be left there, in
dlrrutlifg he would insist upon
mother day, at leust, of deliber
ation if a decision Is not reach
ed today.
Tho negro "slept like a baby"
oil night, a jailer said, seeming
ly unbothcrcd by tho possibility
of a death vordlct. Few specta
tors remain at tho courthouse,
but most of them disappeared
after the cute, went to tho Jury,
His attorney, Leroy Lomax,
who contended Folkes was at
work-in the dining 'car , at the
lime of the slaying, took excep
tion as the caso went to the
Jury at 10:15 a. m. yesterday.
Ho protested that Circuit Judge
L, G. Lewelling should have In
structed Jury members they
could return a possible man
slaughter verdict
Lewelling told them they
could return verdicts of:
1. Conviction of first-degree
murder. This carries a manda
tory death sentence.
2. Conviction of - first-degree
(Continued on Page Two)
Japs Threaten
To Execute
More Fliers
By The Associated Prtts
A threat to execute every
United States flier captured
during a bombing of Japan
was Implied In propaganda
broadcasts from Tokyo today
and it was said that Japan
would "leave nothing undone
to prevent a repetition of the
allied air attack" upon the is
land empire last April.
"And by tho way, don't for
get Americans," said an Eng
lish language broadcast re
corded by the federal com
munications commission,
"make Bure that every flier
that comes this way has a
special pass to hell and rest as
sured it's strictly a one-way
ticket."
Baldock Describes Huge
Post-War Road Program
Highway, construction to to!
low immediately after tho wor
will bo so extensivo that every
deserving Oregon project should
benefit, It. H, Baldock, state
highway engineer, declared on a
visit hero Wednesday.
Answering Inquiries at the
chamber of commerce directors'
meeting, Baldock said that con
templated appropriations arc so
large that there need be no fear
they will bo concentrated on the
Pacific and Columbia River
highways to the detriment of
The Dalles-California, Willam
ette, and other Important Ore
gon roads.
The questions to Baldock wero
prompted by published report
mentioning only the Pacific and
Columbia routes In connection
with the huge post-war program.
BaldocK discussed the whole
situation frankly while on a visit
to Klamath Falls with five other
officials of the state highway
commission and the bureau of
public roads to study local pro
jects, , Including. , South .. Sixth
Id
City Stiffens Drive
To Stop Juvenile .
I delinquencies .
The city of Klamath Falls'
campaign against juvenile de
linquency was stiffened Thurs
day when parents of two teen-
ago boys wero brought Into
police court and charged with
the violation of the curfew or
dinance. Threats by juvenile
authorities and the ponco etc-
partmunl, that parents would
be held responsible if steps
were not taken to see that chil
dren were kept off the streets
after 10 p. m., were followed
out by Juvenile Officer Dave
Bridge when he filed a com
plaint against George- and Mar
col la Thorn, IMS Mitchell
Street.
Both the father and mother
entered pleas of guilty before
Police Judge Harold Francy.
They were ordered to pay fines
of $10 each, $5 each suspended.
Franey advised the parents
that in view of the fact that
both hod entered plcos of guilty,
that no review would be made
of the case.
Thorn, father of the two boys,
said he appreciated the action
taken by Dave Bridge as he
had "talked and talked to the
boys" to no avails Mrs. Thorn
did not make a statement.
Bridge said that the charge
filed against tho parents was
tho first of many he expected
to como from a concentrated
drive against fathers and moth'
crs who refused to cooperate
with his office. Especially, he
said, would parents of girls
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YANKS WIN
NEW YORK, April 22 (P)
Roy Weatherly's double with the
bases loaded in the ninth Inning
knocked in two runs today and
gave the New York Yankees a 5
to 4 victory over the, Washing
ton Senators today before an
opening day throng of only 8860,
Joe Gordon hit tho season's first
homer in the eighth inning.
street and the Lakoview high
way.
Tho Btato engineer explained
that in congress now is a plan
for spending $20 billion on. the
three-year highway program.
Oregon's share will be $57 mil
lion, based on $15 million a year
from federal funds and $4 mil
lion a year from state match
money.
Such appropriations, he em
phasized, will go far in carrying
forward improvement on tire-
entiro highway system. Includ
ed In the post-war work will be
expenditure of $6 million on
rural roads not on tho federal
aid system, such- as the Lake
view highway and tho highway
between here and Alturas. It
was assumed hero that tho Spra
gue River highway would qual
ify under this program. '
Baldock said that $250,000 is
being spent on surveys In order
to prepare for the big post-war
construction effort. He stated
that one project under survey is
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BRITISH KIT .
NAZIS' LINES
NEAR TUNIS
Two Germon Counter
attacks Said
Repulsed
By WILLIAM B. KING
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 22
(IP) A military spokesman said
that a fierce battle, including
bayonet and grenade fighting,
raged throughout today on the
British eighth army' front as
Gen. Sir Harold Montgomery's
infantrymen drove against axis
defense lines south of Tunis.
.The eighth army artillery .was
credited with repulse of two- nazi
counterattack yesterday on the
southern wing of the front and
Lieut. Gen, K. A- N. Anderson's
first army beat off a powerful
assault upon an eight-mile sec
tion of its line below Medjez-el-
Bab, destroying 27 tanks, inflict
ing considerable casualties and
capturing 500 German;- . t
. .., Paratreoos-Ud
" -' British barachiite troops; Svhd
wear distinctive' red berets and
camouflaged green' Jacket-, that
hang almost to their knees, were
disclosed to have been 'in the
thick of first army engagement
as Infantrymen.
Fresh British gain on the
southern front ' were declared
firmly held. . r. :
Between 80 and SO tank and
at least five battalions of Ger
man Infantry (perhaps 3000 men)
struck by moonlight Tuesday
night at the positions of Lieut.
Gen. K. A. N. Anderson' first
army in the mountatnou area
of Medjez-el-Bab, itself 35 miles
southwest of Tunis.
The assault forces, described
here as some of the best of Mar
shal Erwln Rommel' -men in
Africa, 'were met by heavy fire.
They suffered considerable casu
alties and the survivors were
withdrawing at dawn,, a com
munique said. Among the 27
wrecked tanks they- left behind
were two of the 60-ton Mary VI
Tigers.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom
(Continucd on Page. Two)
Ten Killed As
Plane Crashes
During Landing '
'EVANSVILLE, Ind.,' April 22
(P) An army airplane crashed
while making a landing at the
Evansvllle municipal airport
shortly before last midnight and
10 men wero killed, Major F. C.
Dickson, army representative at
the field reported.
Major Dickson issued this fdr
mal statement: ' r
"An army airplane crashed at
the Evansvllle airport at 11:26
p. m. (Central war time) Wed
nesday and. 10 men were report
ed killed. Their names are with
held pending notification of their
next of kin." ,
State police and local officers
sent to the field said the plane
burned after the crash.
India Court Rules
Over Regulations
Imprisoning Leaders
NEW DELHI, April 22 (JPl
A federal court ruled invalid
today a. section of the defense
of India regulations under which
some 8000 prisoners, including
leader of the congress (nation
alist) party, were detained in
connection with last year's dis
turbances. In delivering the Judgment,
Sir Maurice Gwyder, chief Jus
tice of India, said "Our decisions
may be tho cause of inconveni
ence and .possibly embarrass
ment, even though temporary,
to the executive authority."
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, Carman hava Increased ihtlr strength in the Kuban delta area of the Black sea coast, either
through the Kerch peninsula or by sea through Novorossisk (broken arrows) but have failed to
make permanent gains, the Russians claimed. -More than 8000 Germans have been killed and 17
planes downed, the Russian said. Shaded area 1 approximate German-held territory.
Victory Gardeners to Get
Credit Refund From Copco
1 Victory gardener win receive
a credit refund under a supple;
ment to the local- water rate re
leased this week by-the Califor
nia Oregon Power company.
The Victory garden credit will
benefit domestic users who have
a diversified vegetable garden
for family use of at" least 200
square feet in a,re,,for example,
a plot 10 -feet by 2ft feet,-the
anl6urir?rxriedit ib be' propor
tionate id ihe'slze of the garden
cultivated and used) it was explained.-
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- The new water-' schedule ' be-
Man Held After
Alleged Theft of
Money, Car
: Ivan Xeeper is being held in
the Klamath county Jail follow
ing hi arrest near Bly by "Bud"
Wilson, U. S. Indian officer, and
Deputy Sheriff Willi Pankey
late Wednesday on a charge of
having no operator's license.
Following Leeper's arrest, of
ficers - learned that Lee M.
Proiity, theatre manager, had re
ported to state police that a man
answering Leeper's description
had held a gun against him, re
lieved him of some. $7 and his
car.-
Prouty told police that he was
in Bonanza and met - the man,
the two later going for a ride
and picking up the man's girl
friend. -She was later returned
to her home in Bonanza, and en
route to Klamath Falls, Prouty
said hi passenger held a gun
against him, ordered him to turn
over , all' his- cash' and - the keys
to his car..'.
Leepcr- was stopped by offi
cers in Bly and booked on a no
operator's license charge and the
fact that he was unable to prove
ownership of his car, Pankey
brought Leeper to Klamath Falls
and the district attorney's office
said charges would be filed some
time Wednesday afternoon.
State police said the gun Leep
cr is alleged to have held against
Prouty was "no good," but that
Prouty was not aware of this
fact. . -
Government Stops '
Lunches for Oregon
School Children -
PORTLAND, Ore., ' April 22
(P) So- far as the federal gov
ernment is ; concerned, 40,000
Oregon school . children must
look elsewhere for lunches when
school open next fall; ,
Ray Schwartz, state food dis
tribution administration - repre
sentative, said today the federal
government-is -discontinuing its
"child health" programs, -which
include the distribution of sur
plus foods for school lunches and
"penny milk." '
Lack of funds was given as the
reason. Likewise, no funds are
available for summer child care
program, Schwartz said.'
In many communities, the
lunch program will be continued
by Parent-Teacher associations
and others, without federal aid,
school authorities ' here said. .
Germans Increase Russ Assaults
come effective on April 30, and
provides seasonal credit' to be
applied separately to the con
sumers' bills rendered for the
months of June, July,- -August
and . September, the seasonal
credit to be. determined as 24c
per whole hundred, sauare feet
of , gardenr'srea up to' 400 square
feet; . 20c per whole hundred
square feet for ' the- next' COO
square feet; and 16c per whole
hundred square, feet for all' in
excess of 1000 square feet. How
ever, a consumer's bill would be
not less than minimum. ; - .
The existing filed water tariff,
effective since April 1, 1940, pro
viding a summer" reduction for
the irrigation season covering
the six months' period between
the . April and 'October , meter
reading dates, remains unchang
ed. During the six months', per
iod, all water usage through, the
common three-quarter inch ser
vice pipe, in excess of $1.65 per
month, is at the rate of 10c per
hundred cubic feet with some of
the largest users graduating
down to the lowest rate of 8c per
hundred cubic feet.-
"With economical use of wat
er and favorable soil conditions,
it is possible that all surplus wat
er used for a Victory garden
may be offset by the refund," ac
cording to Sam Ritchey, acting
divisional manager. "At least,
for every gardener there will be
a substantial discount toward the
extra water used for irrigation
of a vegetable garden. For ex
ample, the credit will pay for the
following volumes of water fig
ured at - 10c per hundred cubic
feet:
Five hundred square feet of
garden to a depth of 29 inches
per season; 1000 square feet of
garden to a depth of 26 inches
per season; 10,000 square feet of
garden to a depth of 20 inches
per season.
"Application for the Victory
garden credit should be made at
the. California Oregon company's
office, stating the area, of the
garden, . which will . determine
:.. (Continued on Page Two)
Burning Urge for Revenge Rides in
American Planes After Jap Actions
WASHINGTON, April 22 (P)
A new and burning challenge
for revenge rode with America's
air fighters in the Pacific today.
' They were called on by their
chief, Gen. Henry H. Arnold, to
destroy the Japanese warlords
who "have executed several of
your brave comrades" in viola
tion of what Arnold termed
"every rule of military proced
ure and every concept of hu
man decency."
President Roosevelt's an
nouncement late yesterday that
some of the American fliers
who helped bomb military tar
gets in Japan last year had been
put to death electrified and
shocked the capital.
. Diabolical' Crimes
Mingled wUh Mr, Roosevelt's
assertion that these "diabolical
crimes" would make America
more determined than ever to
"blot out the shameless -militar
LONG RANGE SHIPS
Single Enemy Plane
. Makes Light
Raid
By WILLIAM" T. BONI .
ALLI E D . HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTBALIA, April 22 (PH-
General 'Douglas MacArthurs
medium, and heavy bombers and
long range fighters attacked en
emy .holdings Wednesday at 10
points on the island Perrnlmeter
north of Australia.
"' Set against that, a single Japa
nese plane 'took advantage of a
full moon to make what the noon
communique described as an
"inconsequential" raid on allied:
positions at Morobe on the north
coast of New Guinea. . ;;
: ' In only one instance was there
an interception by ' Japanese
(Continued on Page Two)
Red Cross Wor
Fund Passes
$30,600 Goal I
Klamath county's Red Cross
war fund goal of $30,600, was
passed at noon Thursday when
Red Cross officials announced
that the drive had : netted a
total of $32,510.52, In a six
weeks' campaign.
Contributions flooded the
local office coming from in
dividuals as well as firms. The
final list of donors will appear
within the next few days,, it
was announced. Those wishing
to make additional contributions
may do so.
All contributors to the war
fund, automatically! become
members of the Klamath coun
ty chapter, according to George
A. Myers, chapter chairman,
who expressed his extreme
gratification over results of the
drive. Chairman of the drive
was L. Orth Sisemore.
ism of Japan" were such com
ments as these:
Chairman Sabbath CD-Ill.) of
the house rules committee:
"Contemptible, damnable, out
rageous. I hope that when the
time comes we will show no
mercy."
Speaker. Rayburn: . "Grue
some." -.- - -
Rep. Manasco (D-Ala.): "We
won't take many prisoners after
that."
Steal Determination
Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek: "This
latest flagrant violation of inter
national and humane, laws
should steel the determina
tion of the United Nations to
bring immediately to task the
enemy who know no law . but
brute force."
An American note to Japan,
transmitted through Swiss dip
lomatic channels and made pub
lic at the White House yester
POISON USE
EXPECTED ON
SDVIETFRONH
Broadcasts B earn e d
; To Nazis Telling ;
' -." Effects . : . ' '
LONDON. Atirii 22 IJPiA.
sorting it had . received reports
tnai -jiiuer is making prepara
tions for-using poison gas against
the Russian, front," the British.
goyernnient...vowed.; today., that
any use of gas-by either Ger
many of - her natellitM wnnM
bring immediate reprisals in
kind against military objectives
"throughout the whole expanse)
of Germany." ' . ';
; The government's statement
was Issued bv" Prima Mim'.i
Churchill from 10 Downing
street and newsnatwrmpn . wor
called into an .extraordinary ses
sion earlv-.thin -mnm4n at.tu
-ministry of information to hear
The British Broarlmrlini?
nanv also.aulrlclv KinmoH sunx. '
wave broadcasts to Germany, di-
recuy miorming the German
people what they could expect
if their leader orders the use of
gas. The broadcasts emphasized
the United Nations' air superior
ity and quoted the prime minis,
ter's comment "that '"British re
source and scale of detWrv
gBI , hwarfarej facilities) ;. have
J ffreatlv.- . jnm-H :
year,'' "' '-yvt ...- -.
'v -- -Berlin Replies f
The Berlin jadio, replying -to
the British. - statement, quoted
German foreign office circles as
saying that Germany, would
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f,. ; .; ; .. : . -
GermaQs Jry to
cJ(iiine
BhW&ighi
" MOSCOW, April 22 (pj The
Germans .kept up unceasing as
saults in-the Kuban valley of
the Caucasus during the night,
trying with a great weight of
men,- tanks and planes to crack
the red army lines from the
southern shores -of the Sea of
Azov to the Black sea at Novo
rossisk. v "
All their efforts failed, al
though in some instances groups
of axis -troops were - able to
reach the first, lines of the red
army's defenses, only to be cut
down by murderous " machine
gun, rifle and mortar fire, and
by Russian bayonets in hand-to-hand
fighting, the soviet infor
mation bureau's midday commu
nique said. .
In one sector the German)
were reported to have lost up-
wards of -1700 -men; in- the last
48 hours. .
The German air force, mean
while, was being . engaged In
some of the. vast intensive air
battles of the campaign as Rus
sian fighter planes met strong
attempts-to dive-bomb the red
army's ground troops into sub
mission , . - . . .
day, said the United States even
tually will bring those responsl
ble for the executions to juw
tice. - i
It also warned that any other
violations of the Geneva convene
tlon regarding treatment of
prisoners of war "a military
operation now in progress draw
to their inexorable and inevit
able conclusion" would bring
punishment to those responsible.-
Japan- did not soy how many
American fliers it had put (
death, but informed S3 W
ernment - through Swiss chan
nels that it had tried those cap
tured and sentenced them to
death.' The sentence was com
muted for the "larger number";
of them, the note added,, but
was carried out on the other.
Doollttle Predict
'Grim and-shocked when In
formed of the execution of some;
(Continued on Pge Two) ,