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''TODAY'S dispatches Indicate
thot tlie mountain wall pro
tccllng tho German armies In
Tunis nntl BUerlo nre beginning
to crimiblo, No connected story
of whnt Ik happening In nvnilnblo
ni thin Ik written, but 11 In nn
nounced Hint the ullles aro mov
ing forward In ALL FIVK SEC
TOHS of the Tunisian battlo-
Held.
pi IE French lire reported thin
morning to bo within throe
miles of Pont.du Kiiha, which
Ilea Id a nc.it of hills nt tho head
of a vulley Hint leads directly
to Tunis. Tho vulley 1 traversed
by highways and a rnllrond
Tho French took the hills to
tho west end swept DOWN to
within point-blnuk ennnon rango
of tho town. The Germans still
hold the hills to tho east.
They also hold tho hills conv
rnandlna tho valloy routo to
Tunis.
"yHE Germans are reported this
morning to havo started
WITHDRAWING before Patton's
Americans, and It Is added that
there is no indication as yet ai
to how far their retreat will con
tinuo.
A LLIED headquarters says the
" G c r m n ns have r, thrown
NEARLY THE LAST of their
armored reserves Into a fight to
the death with massed allied
tanks inbblnn danecrously into
the Germnn positions.
Alexander's British in the far
north and Montgomery's British
In the far south aro making pro
grcss hill by hill.
,
CMART co-ordination between
w American ((round and air
forces Is reported In tho dis
patches.
In' the mountain country In
which our men are operating
tanks arc of little value, and so
the bombers are called In. At
ono point, our troops wore
blocked by powerful German
cannon and machine gun post'
tlons on BOTH sides of a volley
through which we had to pass
Twenty bombers were sum
moned. Twelve of them tackled
one hill and tho remaining eight
tackled tho other. The Gcr
man positions were smashed and
the American troops, cheering
wildly, pushed on through.
nrllESE scattered glimpses paint
A a plcluro that looks llko tho
beginning of tho end, with tho
Germans outnumbered and out'
weighed but fighting stubbornly
for every Inch.
POLITICAL news from Europe
Is mixed with the fighting
news.
Russia severs diplomatic rola
tlons with tho Polish govern
mont-ln-exilo, charging the Poles
with carrying on a hostile props
ganda campaign against the
sovlots "to please Hitler's
tyranny, pecificolly, tho Rus
sians say, the Poles are playing
with tho Germans In the hope
of getting territorial concessions
at Russia s exponse,
Our stole department In Wash
Inglon expresses regret over the
break.
AT the same time, 11 Is report
" ed today that a broak In re
lations between the United
States, and Finland Is regarded
as only a matter of hours.
Finland and what Is left of
Polnnd are lllllo countries under
tho thumb of Germany. We've
been getting a bit impaliont with
tho Finns. It Is undcrstandablo
that the Russians should bo sim
ilarly impatient with tho Poles.
Wo outsiders, knowing little
of the real facts, arc In nn posi
tion (o criticise Intelligently,
Wo'll do woll to sit tight and
await developments.
TN the Pacific, four of our fight-
er planes tacklo ten Jap bomb
ers escorted by 20 Zeros to the
north of Guadalcanal. They
shoot down flvo Japs, but lose
two of their own or HALF their
number. '
In China, 25 Jnp planes nre
jumped, by half that number of
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Strikes Mushroom
As Lewis Ignores
Mediation Efforts
By Tha Assoclaltd Press
Strike reports came from two more sectors of the bituminous
coal fields today as John L, Lewis continued to ignore the war
labor board s efforts to settle contract disputes affecting his 450,
000 soft coal miners.
Tho United Mine Workers' president allowed to expire with
out a word from him tho WLB's 8:30 a. m. deadline for submitting
T
Germany Said Bring
1 ing Strong Pressure
On Country
STOCKHOLM, April 26 (ID
A break In diplomatic relations
between the United States and
Finland appeared Imminent to
day perhaps only a matter of
hours as advises from Helsinki
Indicated little possibility of a
change in Finnish foreign policy
which might case the situation.
Whilo the Finnish public was
reported deeply disturbed by the
prospect of a break, Finland's
official position was summed up
tersely by a source close to the
government with these words:
"The Americans cannot expect
us to tic a nooso around our own
nocks."
Amarican Desire
Tho statement was an obvious
referenco to American desires
that Finland settle her differenc
es with Russia, break her ties
with Germany and withdraw
from tho war,
Germany has been reported
bringing strong pressure on Fin-
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Cafe Prices To
Be Frozen in
Pacific Staies
SEATTLE, April 26 (P) The
office of price administration to
day announced the freezing of
restaurant pnlces In Washington,
Oregon and California, effective
May 1, to halt rising casts to
consumers. Tho order will freeze
prices of food and beverages for
Immediate consumption in the
thrco states at highest charges
for the week April 4-10, 1943,
Frank E. Manih, recently ap
pointed west coast regional OPA
administrator who Issued the or
der, said the prices established
by tho regulation are in accord
ance with tho president's order
to take action which will stabi
lize prices effecting the cost of
living.
American Fliers Gamble Skill
Weather
By HAMILTON W. FARON
WASHINGTON, April 26 (P)
Gambling their navigation skill
for a chanco to slow up construc
tion of a Japanese alrbaso in the
Aleutians, American filers have
resumed their bombing raids on
enemy installations at Kiska.
For two days the United
States pilots apparently were
carlhbotind because of fog and
storms which In the North Pa
cific con roar up Into plane-
crushing blasts In a matter of
minutes, but yesterday the navy
disclosed tho raids have started
again,
Boar Through Storm
Despite storms, bombers and
fighters took off Saturday to
roar down on the rocky island
near the end of the Aleutians
chain, loosing explosives and
strafing enemy positions with
machine gun fire.
The weather was so bad, how
nominations for a labor member
of a three-man fact-finding panel
Common Sans
Previously Chairman William
H. Davis had said the board
would use its own "common
sense" in selecting the panel
to represent the public, industry
and labor if Lewis continued
to disregard tho WLB. He fail
ed to appear Saturday for a
preliminary session.
Meanwhile some 9500 miners
wore reported on strike in south
western Pennsylvania and south
eastern Kentucky, and union
officials warned the walkouts
might spread because of dissat
isfaction among the men over
progress of negotiations.
Walkout Extends
Mines of the Republic Steel
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Navy Denies
Carrier Sunk
6 German Sub
WASHINGTON, April 26 (P)
Tho navy denied today German
claims that the aircraft carrier
Ranger had been torpedoed and
sunk in tho North Atlantic,
"Neither the ranger or any
other United States carrier has
been sunk or damaged in any
ocean," a navy spokesman said.
Tho Berlin radio claimed Sun
day night that the ten-year-old
aircraft carrier had been sunk
by a German submarine in the
North Atlantio.
The broadcast asserted that
a submarlno commanded by
Lieutenant Commander Von
Buclow attacked the carrier
which was employed, Berlin
said, In guarding a convoy lane
across the Atlantic.
Launched at Newport News,
Va., In 1933, the Ranger was
tho first American naval vessel
specifically designed as an air
craft carrier.
Allies Announce
Axis War Losses
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 26
(P) Allied headquarters an
nounced today that the axis lost
68,000 men killed, wounded and
taken prisoner from January 1
to April 15.
In the same period, It was
added, they lost 250 tanks, 3000
vehicles, 425 guns and 34 ships
sunk by land-based aircraft
alone.
to Hamper Japs in Aleutians
ever, that the pilots were unable
to observe results.
Earlier after two days had
pnsscci without reports of as
saults on Kiska, which had been
bombed 113 times since April 1,
It was assumed here that the
enemy was able to make 48
hours of progress in his dogged
construction of an airport.
South Pacific Blows
Meantime in the South Pacific
tho much-bombed Japanese base
at Munda, Now Georgia Island,
again felt tho blows of Avenger
Torpedo bombers, countless dive
bombors and Wildcat fighters.
The attack, which occurred Sat
urday, island time, left one large
fire blazing, destroyed a num
ber of unidentified buildings
and caused a heavy explosion.
A day earlier three grounded
planes wore set ablaze by Amer
ican fighter planes strafing tha
West la
Flyer
First Lieut. Jack D. Llndb,
son of Qua Linda of this city,
took part In- a successful raid
of! : tha North ' African front.
(Story on this page).
Change in Operation
Announced by
J, R. Shaw
Modoc Pine, an associate com
pany of the Shaw Lumber com
pany, Monday took over opera
tion of tho Ackley Lumber
company, it was announced by
J. Royal Shaw, president of
Shaw Lumber company.
For the past three years the
Modoc Pine company has been
taking the cut of the Ackley
mill. With the death of Harry
Ackley, Modoc Pine is now tak
ing the mill over on a lease and
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Strikers at
Celanese Plant
Return to Jobs
NEWARK, N. J., April 26 (P)
Less than 48 hours' after a presi
dential directive to end a walk
out, employes of the Celanese
Corporation of . America's plas
tics division returned to their
jobs this morning.
They reentered the plant five
hours ahead of the noon dead
line set by President Roosevelt
in his order to halt a two-week
striko or "your government will
lake steps to protect the interests
of the nation at war."
Members of local 12666, dis
trict 50, United Mine Workers,
voted Saturday night to end the
walkout. Regional Director Ed-
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Against
base 180 miles from Henderson
airfield in the Solomons. At the
same time Avenger bombers
struck tho enemy airfield, and
left tho runway pock-marked
with bombholcs after knocking
out anti-aircraft positions.
Other Attacks
Other planes launched attacks
at Vila on Kolombangara island,
not far from Munda, without ob
serving results; bombed the Jap
anese airbese at Kahili In the
Shorttond Island area and
bombed and strafed enemy posi
tions at Rekata bay, a Santa
Isabel island seaplane base.
, Some indications were seen In
the South Pacific that the recent
comparative lull in operations,
highlighted in recent days only
by news of tho occupation of the
Elllco Islands by American
forces, might be a prelude to
new offensive actions, '
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WITH LITTLE
French "Hinge" Wins
Five Mountains
From Nazis
LONDON, April 26 (P) A
French communique broad
cast by tha Algiers radio an
nounced today that French
forces had driven to a posi
tion little mora than three
mil os from tha German Tuni
sian stronghold at Pont Du
Fahs.
By WILLIAM B. KINO -ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, April 26
OP) The Germans were report
ed in retreat today on the Amer
ican-manned northern sector of
the Tunisian front, after yield
ing mountain strongholds at the
southern end of their abbreviat
ed west wall with little resist
ance and concentrating armored
strength, against tank-supported
blows by the British first army
at their center.
Even as a field dispatch said
that the Germans had begun
withdrawing from positions be
fore the second U. S. army corps
this morning, headquarters an
nounced that the French 19th
army corps, serving at the
"hinge" between the- British
first and eighth armies, had won
five mountains without heavy
opposition and wiped out a Ger
man salient that had poked dan
gerously into allied lines.
A military spokesman said
Col. Gen. Jurgen von Arnim
was known definitely to have
committed most of his armor to
"fight it out" against British
tanks which penetrated the nar
row plain east of Toubellat, be
tween the French and American
sectors.
Vital Area
'This Is a vital area," the
spokesman said.
(The possibility of a British
break-through in the Goubellat
sector, which would slash a path
between the Tums-Bizerte area
and the axis secondary southern
defense line based at Pont Du
Fahs, Zaghouan and Bou Ficha
may have influenced Von Ar
nim to order withdrawals on the
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Baby Girl Falls
In Live Coals
Reaching Toy
Little Ruby Estclle Gunn, 2-
year-old daughter of Frank Gunn
of Weyerhaeuser camp near Be
atty, suffered third degree burns
of the foot, both knees and hands
and second degree burns on the
face, when she fell into a bed of
hot coals attempting to recover
toy.
The child was admitted to
Klamath Valley hospital Satur
day afternoon. The right hand
was so badly burned that ampu-
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Folkes Dressed in
At Penitentiary
SALEM, Ore., April 26 (i
Robert E. Lee Folkes, convicted
negro slayer of Mrs. Martha Vir
ginia James In berth lower 13 of
a speeding limited train, was
dressed in today at the Oregon
stote penitentiary where he Is
under sentence to die in the lethal
gas chamber May 28.
Calmly he walked Into the
prison with Lieut. Ray Howard
of the state police who brought
him here from Albany where
Circuit Judgo L. G. Lewclling
pronounced the . death sentence
an hour before, I
OPPOSITION
Patron Hits Nazi Line Again
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Wearing his pearl-handled
Patton Jr., is shown in a typical pose as he sits out en an open
hillside and watches his U. S. troops: move forward against
enemy-held hills on the Tunisia front. Old "Blood and Guts,"
as his men call him,, may be directing .operations Just like this
as his armoured force spearhead a new drive- toward Tunis.
Today his troops were rtportad advancing as tha Germans with
drew from defenses. .: . . -JS?-1 "'- ' '
U. S. GroWUWHeadi
Wounded at funis Outpost
WASHINGTON, April 26 ()
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair will
be incapacitated several weeks
as a result of the wounds he re
ceived in Tunisia last Frida$, the
war department reported' today,
adding that he was not critically
injured. - . -
A detailed report just received
from Gen. Dwight D. Eisen.'
hower "indicates that he was
severely but not critically in
jured," the army said, when a
shell fragment penetrated his
helmet, inflicting a scalp wound.
Germans Prod
Russ Line; No
Big Engagements
By EDDY GILMORE -MOSCOW,
April 26 (P) Halt
ed by heavy counter-attacks in
the Kuban delta of the western
Caucasus, German forces prod
ded at various sectors of the long
Russian front today, but there
were no reports of important en
gagements and the mid-day com
munique said nothing of signif
icance had occurred. . .
Both sides waged active scout
ing operations on . almost all
fronts and the communique said
100 Germans were killed during
a minor action on the Donets
river front and 70 more in. a
light engagement on the western
front! There was scattered artil
lery activity. .
Apparently the temporary ac
tivity west of Rostov had died
down as there were no further
reports of operations in this area.
As far as the news was con
cerned this seemed the quietest
day of the year. The Russian
people, meanwhile, were keep
ing posted on the situation created-
by .Japanese treatment of
the American fliers in their
hands.
Jap Bombers
Back Threat in ,
Taiheng Hills
CHUNGKING,' April 26 (AP)
The Japanese used "scores of
bombers to back their biggest
offensive . in recent months in
the Taiheng mountains on the
Honan-Shansl border and both
sides suffered heavy losses, a
Chinese communique said today.
Some 40,000 Japanese are try
ing to dislodge the Chinese
from the north-south range
which dominates a long stretch
of the Peiplng-Hankow railway.
The mountains serve Chiang
Kai-Shek's armies as a base of
operations against enemy strong
holds in Southeast Shansl and
North Honan provinces.
'Severe engagements took
place at every mountain pass
and height as our forces offered
stout opposition," the communi
que said.
y?, OF COMPLICITY
WITH GERMANS
, f' V ' ' Story About Officer;
revolvers, . Lt Gen. George S.
Another, fragment caused a se
vere shoulder wound, r - - -'''
Forward -Post'- . ' .
. . "General McNair (commander
of all ground forces), was at a
'orward.Tobservatibn; i'.posV; -"In
northern Tunisia .observing the
attack on., enemy positions by
element of an. : American . division,-'-
the. department said.,;:
." "This post came under heavy
enemy, mortar and artillery fire.
The general was struck by- shell
fragments,.. one of. which, pene
trated his. helmet and inflicted a
scalp wound, and another caused
a severe, wound on the shoulder.
The steel helmet that he was
wearing undoubtedly saved his
life." .'
Evacuated
Eisenhower .said ; McNair
would - be . evacuated from the
front within-the next day or two
and probablxiwould return to the
Bonds, Tickets
Going Fast for
Union Smoker
i Tickets for union labor's smok
er, slated for Friday night in the
Klamath Falls armory, were go
ing like "hot cakes ' Monday, ac
cording to G. C. Tatman, general
chairman of labor's drive. ,
Admission to the smoker will
be the purchase of "E" type, or
family bonds, with a ?50 bond
admitting the holder to a. ring
side seat, and $25 bonds for gen
eral admission. Sale of "E"
bonds, ' the smaller denomina
tions, has lagged in labor's drive
and it is hoped that the smoker
will net well over $25,000.
Tickets may be obtained by
showing evidence of bond pur
chase at the Klamath Billiards,
T. B. Watters' office, First Na
tional' bank, United States Na
tional bank, First Federal Sav
ings and Loan offices, and the
Labor Temple.-
Klamath's Easter Thousands
Pray for
The khaki ' and blue of the
armed forces, mingled with East
er finery as thousands flocked
to Klamath Falls churches Sun
day in observance of the most
solemn day in the Christian cal
endar. , Without exception, ministers
reported their places of worship
filled to capacity and in several
churches late comers stood dur
ing the services as they listened
to the story of the resurrection
and knelt in prayer for the men
of the army, navy and air.
Pulpits and altars were bank
ed with Easter lilies and green
ery and many of these beautiful
flowers were moved after the fi
nal service into sick rooms and
hospital wards. Ministers report
ed numerous floral gifts as me
Idiii rc nrmiqrn
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Killings Charged
As . Propaganda
"- MOSCOW, April 28 OP) Sov
iet Russia severed relations with
the Polish government In exile
-yesterday, accusing it of being
in league with the Germans in
carrying - out. a "hostile cam
paign" against- the soviet union
in connection with German
charges that the Russians had
killed 10,000 Polish officers near
Smolensk.
. Foreign : Commissar Molotov
handed the Polish ambassador a
bitter note, denouncing the Pol
ish government, the news agency
Tass reported. It charged tha
Poles with carrying on a hostile
campaign against the soviet
union along the same lines as tha
necent German propaganda dia
tribe, accusing the Russians of
murdering 10,000 Polish offieem
near Smolensk. The Russian
note flatly charged that tha
Germans had killed the Polish
officers. ;
.. Please Hitler
"The - Polish, government, to
please Hitler's tyrenny, deals a
treacherous blow to the soviet
union," Molotovs note : said.
"The scrt'wernirfent is aware "
that . this , hostile campaign
against the soviet , union was un
dertaken by the. Polish govern
ment in order to exert pressure
for the purpose of wresting from
it the territorial concessions at
the expense of the interests of
the soviet Ukraine, soviet Byelo
Bussia and soviet Lithuania. . ..
, "All these circumstances com
pel the soviet government to rec
ognize that the government of
Poland,, having slid to the path
of accord with Hitler's govern
ment, actually have discontinued
allied relations with the USSR
arid adopted, a hostile attitude
toward the soviet union. On the
strength, of all above, the soviet
government has decided to sever
relations with the Polish govertt
ment. "Please accept, Mr. Ambassa
dor, assurances of my high es
teem. Molotov." -
.' Abnormal Behavior
' The note said the Russian gov
ernment "considers the recent
behavior -of the Polish govern
ment as "entirely abnormal and
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Lt Jack Lindh
On "Successful"
Sardinia Raid
WASHINGTON, April 26 (P)
First Lieut. J. D. Llndh of
Klamath Falls, Ore., was on a
"successful" U S. army air
force raid on harbor and dock
installations at Port Torres in
Sardinia April 18, the war de
partment reported last night. A
The raid was carried out by
B-25 Mitchell medium bombers
of the northwest African strate
gic air force. Direct hits were
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War-Racked World
morials to those who have
passed. .-.
Attendance this year was
greater than In years past, sev
eral pastors reported, although
others said that despite over
flowing pews and extra chairs,
none were turned away as in
past years.
Sermons stressed the resamo
tlon of Jesus Christ, but messag-.
es also held the strain that peace
would soon come to war torn
countries and that hatred and '
strife .would be buried by a
Christian world which prayed
for tolerance of all peoples.
PORTLAND, April 26 VP)
Services around the clock at the
shipyards and a record church
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