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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1943)
V-.l1. 11 mm liiiilllllluTiiliBilll iHiilHliiiWmiiiiiHili On 8-mlnute blait on sirens and whistle It th signal for blickout tn Klamath Fall. Another long blast, during black out, li a signal for all-clear. In precau tionary ptrlodi, watch your street lights. April at High II, Low 3 Precipitation as oi April 12, 184 Stream year to data i..;...i..,...14.4l Last yaar ...10.82 , Normal. ....t.97 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENT3 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 29,1943 . Number 9784 MM Aiivmiri A.i.i!i.-i;(.'.iN(i A 0 r mm m aim. mm mm mm III Mm By FRANK JENKINS nropAY'S news from Tunisia carries a noto of keen nlimn polmnicnt. Our side didn't break through tho Germun defenses northeast of Modjez el Bob and sweep down onto the Tunis plain as obviously we hud hoped to do. HTHE British, attacking in two wuves, reached the summit of DJcbel Dou Aoukuz, tho Inst" major hill guarding tho open plain before Tunis. ("DJcbel" Is an Arabic word meaning hill.) The first wovo was cut to nieces by heavily protected en emy mortars and machine guns, but the second wave gained tho crest. Tho Germans then threw In shock troop reserves, backed by tanks, in a desperate counter attack, driving the British back "slightly." (The dispatches do not specify tho extent of VsllKlitlv." It seems likely we lost the hill.) mANIEL DE LUCE,' AP cor- respondent with the Brltlsn, says In dispatch today that the first phase of Alexanders or fenstve by way of tho Medjez el Bnb goto has been DEFINITELY concluded and that the hopecMor "climactic" break-through has not been achieved. , . TJE adds: "There la llltlo hope that the enemy will collnpso In Tunisia as long an supplies and reinforce mcnts continue to arrive at axis ports and airfields and they aro STILL COMING IN despite powerful allied air assaults ogninst both air and surfaco cruft." 'T'ODAY'S dispatches say that along the western wall of the Tunis-Bizcrte defenses the enemy troops are ALL Germans. In the south, whore tho country Is unbelievably difficult, they aro about 30 per cent Italians and 70 per cent Germans. fUR operations in Tunisia are really a SIEGE of hcovlly fortified positions. To get tho proper perspective, we must re member how long tho Russians held off tho Germans who were attacking in superior forco at Sevastopol. QN the home front today, FDR , 'On whoso lap the eastern coal strlko had bcon placed) goes over John L. Lewis' head and appeals to the miners, of whom some 70,000 aro already Idle, to return to their Jobs by 10 a. m. Saturday or he will use all his power ns President and com-mander-ln-chlcf "to protect the national Interest and prevent further Interference with suc cessful prosecution of the war," TTHE minors, this writer thinks, v will hood the President's ap- . POHI, For two reasons-. 1. The rank-and-file miners, for the most part, are patrlotlo citizens, with sons, brothers or othor close relatives on the fighting fronts. 2, Public opinion Is over whelmingly against a strike. DUBLIC opinion Is a powerful forco. ', , If you doubt It, put yourself In the pluco of a striking tool miner. How could you foce ten million parent and wives whose sons and husbands are In the fighting forces and. desperately NEED tho ships, tanks, guns and ammunition that are made with tho Indispensable aid of: coal? INCIDENTALLY, how Would A you like to bo In John L, Lewis' plnce? FOR MONEY REASONS (duos and power) he is holding tip tho li;onunueu on rage xwoj . , t-warns- Sbitters Tokyo Fears New Raids As Allies Tear at Islands By The Associated Press Striking at the southeast flunk of Japan's Island empire, U. S. army bombers wcro officially credited today with a damaging assault on Tarawa Inland In tho heart of. the Gilbert group, while In tho north on American naval force bombarded Japanese-occupied Attu Island in tho Aleutians. A navy communique said the aerial raiders met enemy fighter opposition and anti-aircraft fire in the attack on Tarawa, ; ; FIR, PINE INDUSTRY Voluntary ,t Pay Boost Permitted i Some Cases n PORTLAND, Ore., April 29 M1) The west Coast lumber com mission's wago stabilization pro gram was effective today in the western pine industry as well as In Douglas fir.' Pino o pom tori In ; Oregon, Washington, Idaho and western Montana who have not been par ties to wage. dlnputc may grant their worker the same, pay boosts ordered In dispute) cases, the commission said. ' In. approving this general' or der permitting voluntary' wage Increased In pine, the war lubor board also sustained the validity of. a similar general . order for the fir industry Issued several , , (Continued on PagaTwo) Wilhelmshaven Slapped by RAF In Night Raid LONDON, April 20 (P) RAF bombers attacked tho German navol base of Wilhelmshaven last' night and also carried out unprecedented mining opera tions In Baltic waters, it was an nounced today. Twonty-thrca bombers were reported missing from the mis sions, which marked the resump tion of largc-scalo raids on the continent after a one-night lull. Wilhelmshaven was lest at tacked on March 22, when Unit ed States airmen carried out a daylight raid on the base. A dispatch from Folkestone said that big formations of high flying bombers, which may have been United Statos craft, streamed across the channel this morning in tho direction of Ab beville and Boulogno, in north ern France, Indicating , a re sumption of round the clock pounding of the' continent. Lt. Marsha, Local Pilot, Unloads Bombs on Axis Hill r'fv 1 If MHMdtailMMMa LI. Travis Marsha. "but all returned Tarawa lies athwart short-cut routes for American supply lines to the southwest Pacific. Fires Bet The navy said U. S. warships set fires raging in the attack at Attu, and reported that -American fliers blasted the enemy in a series of widespread raids that Included Klska, Kahili In' the Shortland Islands, and Vila in the central Solomons. ' ' ; . Along with these develop ments,. Japan sounded 'a new alarm today-with the assertion that the United States was "mak ing all kinds of preparation"1 to bomb Japan again, while In Washington Senator Chandler warned that the Pacific conflict may continue for many years. , "It. is suicide, in my opirdon, to permit the Japs time todig in in the South Pacific," Chandler declared,- 4 ..-.-.';''?..;-! ... -,i 'JX..tboy re given .this time, I fear they will grow so strong that the war in the Pacific may last 10 years or 20 years or may go on forever." ' Appeals to People While Chandler broadcast art appeal to citizens to prod con gress Into a realization of "the danger which the country face from the Pacific," Chairman Reynolds (D-N.C.)of the senate military committee declared that Japan's tightening grip on con quered islands In the Pacific was "extremely grave." Tokyo's forecast of a new American bombing assault on Japan camo in a domestic broad (Continued on Page Two) Civil Air Patrol Switched From CD To War Department ' WASHINGTON, April 29 () President Roosevelt Issued an executive order today transfer ring the civil air patrol from the office of civilian defense to the war department. . , There are approximately 80,. 000 civilian-owned plane oper atlng In the service now under control of James M. Land Is, OCD director. These planes have flown submarine patrols on the eastern coast, and also have maintained patrols along com' muntcatlons lines, ; guarded against forest fires and served in emergency .transportation serv ice for the army and other gov ernment agencies. The transfer order becomes effective immediately. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 29 (VP) First Lieut. Trevl D. Marsha of Klamath Falls, Ore. was among the pilots of Amer ican Bostons which dropped tre mendous loads of. fragmentation and demolition bombs on an axis hill strong point, 15 miles north east of McdJcz-cl-Bab .Tuesday, 1 As the planes. flow away from the target the crews saw ground troops storming the' hill under cover of their own artillery fire. 1 "The enemy really got it," Major Marlon J. Akers, squad ron commander, said in describ ing the close coordination of air and ground attacks. The parents and wife of 1st Lt. Trcvis D. Marsha of Klamath Falls heard the name of the young flyer mentioned In a .9 o'clock news broadcast Wednes day night and were thrilled to hear of tho local youth's actlv (Continued of( Page Two) . FH DEADLINES . COAL MINERS WORK RETURN Senate Views Bill to Let Government v Take Mines FR DEADLINES 38i .... .... WASHINGTON, April 29 (P) Terming walkout of more than 70,000 soft coal miners "strikes against the United States govern ment Itself," President Roosevelt today set a deadline of 10 o'clock Saturday morning for a return to work or action by him to pre vent Interference with the war effort. ", 'Coupled with .hi flat state ment that he would ''use all the power vested in me as president and as commander In chief" to protect the national interest, was an appeal by Mr. Roosevelt "as the friend of the men who work in the coal mines" for them to CLEVELAND. April 29 (P) 'Five eastern Ohio mines In cluding the -state's largest ' were closed today by a -work, stoppage of United Mia Work" . s, unionist, th waara 'ported ' -V.T;-' - V return to their job and let the war labor board handle the con troversy - between the United Mine Workers and the operators. '.' Step Into Dispute -"The chief executive-stepped In to, -the. 'wage dispute between miners and operators after It had been.turned over to him. by the labor, board,, which has been (Continued on Page Two) Volunteers Aid Patrol After Ohio Tornado -f&EVECANDAprU 29 OP) Civilian defense volunteers aided police here and In nearby Akron in maintaining an all-night pa trol against looting as northern Ohio slowly recovered today from the effects of a series of tornadoes. The twisters Indirectly caused a fourth death when Herbert J. Sutherland. 28, a municipal light and power lineman, was elec trocuted while repairing damage In a west side neighborhood. Also killed In the storm were: Arthur C. Cawrse of Cleveland, vice president of the Dairymen's Ohio Farmers Milk company, as the tornado destroyed or dam aged all the buildings on his farm near Oberleln; and Richard Paternoster,- 12, and Anthony Fernbach, 9, Akron orphans, trapped in a barn which col lapsed on a farm near Medina. Ray -Myers, police and fire department signal superintendent in Akron, said the damage there would run from ' $2,000,000 to $3,000,000. . . Baseball AMERICAN R. H. E. St. Louis ....2 4 1 Detroit 3 3 ,1 Hollingsworth, Caster (8), and Hayes; Trucks and Parsons. R H E Philadelphia 9 0 Washington ....r.B ff 2 Black, Wolff (7), and Swift, Wagner (7); Haefner, Scheetz (8), and Early, Giuliani (8). NATIONAL R. H. E. Boston 8 13 0 New York 2 6 1 Barrett . and Kluttz; Mungo, Coombs (7), and Mancuso. R. H. E. Cincinnati 8 10 3 Pittsburgh ... 1 6 3 Vandermeor and Mueller; Gor nickl, Hallctt (5), Butcher (7) and Lopez, Miners Play Cards r With 28 wystern 'Peqnsylvanla. eoaj mine closed and-14,700 men not working:, these men,, part of the 1400 striker at the Jone and Laughlin Steel corporation' Vest No. 4 - mine at California. Pa., play card awaiting strike developraents. : Klamath Bond Klamath county rang the belt at noon Thursday when it rolled up a smashing-total of $4,322, 828.2S, in the- second war loan drive with, virtually two mora days to go before the May 1 deadline. . This overshadows the U.. S. treasury department's goal of $100 for each man, woman and child in Klamath county.. - Individual, purchases alono are over $1,600,000, This : is more than 20 per cent above the quota of $1,269,000,. set for the personal buyer. Big Sales Mad Purchases which greatly aug mented the . more than satis- Russian Planes Splatter Nazi Communications MOSCOW, April 29 (fl3) The red air force is continuing its heavy attacks day and night up on German communications and airdromes, the Russians reported today, declaring they . had de stroyed more than 50 places within 24 hours, had raided two enemy airdromes and had smash ed German truck supply col umns. (The German communique, broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by The Associated Press, said that Russian attacks yesterday against the ' Kuban bridgehead and southeast of Len ingrad were unsuccessful. The German air force, it was de clared, destroyed 52 Russian planes without any loss of axis planes). Nikolai Aklmov, a military re viewer of the Moscow News, re (Contlnued on Page Two) KUHS "Sweetheart", Sees Sights at Portland Launching PORTLAND, April 29 (VP) Vivian Dlrschl of Klamath Falls "took In the sights" In Port land yesterday as reward for be ing the leading war bond sales person In Klamath Union high school. Her expenses were paid by the Central Labor council, of Klam ath 'Falls. . ' She saw a ship launched, was a special guest at a banquet where she sat at Edgar Kaiser's table and was feted by the state war bond staff. ; She met a Klamath Falls "friend" during the visit, Captain Jack, the bantam rooster whose frequent trips to the auction block netted $600,000 In bonds. The captain was on display at bond headquarters Safes Ring I rectory totals, Included ; those made by, the following: --. - - ; Pelican Bay Lumber company, $100,000.' . ' ' ' California Oregon Power com--pany, $60,000. . - - ' Sears Roebuck company-, $25, 009.. - Standard Oil company of Cali fornia, $41,000. ' ' - - ' ' - - An additional" purchsei :of $691,500 was ariri6uhcedbythe Klamath Falls , and Merrill branches' . of the ' First National bank of Portland, making a total purchase by these .two.bank of $1,687,260. Type E Bond Good .' Type "E" .bonds were, "going good,"" it was reported Thursday by G. C. Blohm and-A-M: Col lier, co-chairmen of the war fi nance committee. The'TS'bond goal of $500,000 should, be reached and passed by''. Friday night when final announcement of total purchases will be made at the armory smoker. . . ... "Success of Klamath's part In the second war loan drive; when the nation was asked to contri bute 13 pillion dollars to .the federal .treasury was due. large ly, to the ready response given by individual ' citizens- who volunteered to canvass their communities'," G. ."C - Blohm stated. Invasion of Nazi Europe Impossible, -Says Nazi Minister, ' The Berlin radio broadcast to day an article written, by : Dr. Paul Goebbels In the latest edi tion of Das Reich in which:,the nazi propaganda minister assert ed Germany had not put out "peace feelers in neutral coun tries," and that "never again shall wo have as good chances for total victory a Just now.". '. .The broadcast, recorded by The Associated Press, quoted the Goebbels article as saying that an "Invasion . of the European continent i absolutely j impos sible , Sgt. Wissenback Returns to U. S. Tech. Sgt. Irwin Wissenback, who was shot down in a bomb ing raid October 9, over Lille, France, and made his way back to rejoin his American squadron in England, has arrived in Wash ington D. C according to word received late Wednesday by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wis. senback of Shady Pine. Young Wissenback, 'Whose twin brother, Darwin, Is a pris oner of war In Germany, hopes for an Immediate furlough when he will come to Klamath Falls. , jr '-' Axis Tightens Defense Hold On Tunis Hills WITH U. S. FORCES NORTHEAST OF BEJA, TUNISIA, 8:10 A. M., April 29 () Heavy fighting ha developed along the southern sector of the American front, where the Germans have launched a number of counterattacks in trying to block a con tinuing Yankee advance..- Nazi air raider were active overnight In attempts to bomb forward troops and break morale. - By EDWARD KENNEDY ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 29 0P) United States troops gained some important ground in North Tunisia, yesterday, but axis resistance has stiffened along the en tire front and all Indications are that the Germans are determined to resist to. the end. ' ' : ' ' ..Tank-supported German shock 'troop counterattacked twice yesterday against British vanguard which had bloodily won the summit- of DjebeL Bou Aoukaz, 12 mile northeast of Medjez-el Bab, and, although their ownsr losses were heavy, compelled the British to withdraw slightly. Before .this retirement, the British were In position, only 20 miles west of Tunis. French Brak Axis .' A French high command com munique said French artillery had , broken an axis counterat tack in the Pont du Fab sector and French flanking forces had made another important ad vance, capturing Djebel Krimlr and Djebel Berhalfa, nine miles northwest of Djebibina, in close liaison with the left wing of the British, eighth .army. . . Gains . In the Pont du Fans sector were declared, consolidat ed... : : In the- northern coastal see tor, the French volunteer corps catrtured -Djebel EfsW, inflict ed; severV casualties on tank supported -German Jtifflntry" and captured same prisooersj .toe eontmuniqtie saicL ;- ' ' Daniel- De -Luce,- Associated Prert - correspondent : with - the British first army,; said in a" dis patch from the field it appeared that the first phase of Gen. Sir Harold Alexander's- offensive had been definitely concluded and 'a cMmacflc break through had not been achieved. - - - - - Combat Troop ' ! ' . ' German,-, combat troops, husr banded 'byv the axis- command for the showdown,- have taken over all -positions -on the west ern front before both Lieut. ' (Continued on Page Two) Titus Pleads Innocence to MurderCharge wnil.m r: THus. former Bly justice- of -the - peace,- entered a plea, of innocence to the charge of .murder tn tne iu-st aegree KAfn- Pfriitt .Tnrlcffl David R. Vandenberg late Thursday after noon.. . Titus' attorney, Joseph C. n'Nalll. ' f llpi a notice the de fense would- give evidence: the defendant was temporarily m th ttmit nf -th alleeed homicide Titus Is charged with the iatal snooting 01 nis wue, Erma. on February-15, at their Bly home.. . ' The defendant and his attor ney appeared In circuit court at in m. Thiii-cHnv t which time Attorney O'Neill filed a demurr er which, was argued ana over nilo - Viv .TnriffA. Vandehberff. Titus Is held without ball in the county jail. -. . . i : . Vegetable Gardeners Swing Seed Sales Into Big Jump Klamath county vegetable gardeners have, tackled . the "Food for Freedom' program in an amazing ' manner, and seed dealers Thursday reported a more than 200 per cent Increase In sales over last-year. There'll be plenty of chicken In the pot, too, . with "feather merchants"' reporting it impos sible to keep up with the de mand for the baby chicks.' Big Three of the garden plot are peas,, beans and corn, with carrots, lettuce and radishes fol lowing'.' .'' : .". , Acreage Increase Exact acreage figures were not' available from the county agent's offices, but C. A. Hender son stated that the demand for farm- and: gardening bulletins wag three time that of previous ,0,3. SEE E Polish Ambassador Ready to Leave v Russia LONDON, April 29 WV Prime -Minister Churchill and -President Roosevelt .were re ported in diplomatic circles here -today to have reached an agree ment on the course to be fol lowed in attempting to patch up the- differences between soviet Russia and .the ' London Polish; government-in-exile. L . i "Some- sources declared a per. sonal appeal would be made to. Premier Stalin of Russia to co operate In the move. - It was understood on good au.. -thority here that either or pen. haps both the British and- the United' States ambassador were scheduled to confer with Stalin. and no further conference were planned here currently. . However, British Foreign See . (Continued on Page Two) Second War Loan Drive Certain of Oversubscription WASHINGTON, April 29 (ff) Daniel W. Bell, undersecretary of the treasury, said today the $13,000,000,000 second war loan already is assured of being over subscribed by $2,500,000,000, with considerable sales still to be reported.' The campaign open ed April 12 and ends at tha close of business Saturday. Through last night a total of $13,486,000,000 has been sub scribed from all sources. Bell said, with another $2,000,000,000 certain to be taken up by bank subscriptions to the 2 per cent bonds being offered to banks In the final three days of the drive. Noting that war savings bond the people's paper had reach, ed $1,033,000,000 through April 27, Bell said it appeared; likely th month's total would exceed the record of $1,240,000,000. reached in January. ; . ,'- s , Non-banking sources have ae counted for $10,548,000,000 sub. scribed thus far, with $2,938 000,000 from bankers. . years, and that a low estlmata would be to triple last year' garden space. " . , Amount of city operated gar dens would be guess work, lt wag observed, but the California Oregon Power company an nounced a satisfactory sign-up for the Victory garden water rates. - Green Gardener - Many a green gardener, gttm in experience but long on ambi tion, visited seed store and sought advice on type of seed best suited to Klamath county's weather.- Those who put in cab bage plants last week found that they had to replace them after recent nippy night. Tomato plants are going over In fine fashion and it is estimate , (Continued on Page Two) 1
