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AMERICANS
PUSH TOWARD
FERRULE
(Continued From Page One)
made north of Lake Achkel In
i drive along the Mediterranean
on BUerte's defense in cooper
ation with American troops, and
announced the beginning of a
new offensive in the south.
("Our forces passed to the at
tack this morning" and began an
assault on Pont du Fans, hinge
of the line between the British
first and eighth armies, the com
munique said. "The operation ia
proceeding favorably. More than
100 prisoners have already been
taken." It added).
(The British radio, In a broad
east recorded by CBS, said "Long
range allied guns now have Fer
ryville under fire and several
axis airfields In the area have
now been made untenable by
shellfire." Ferryville, on the
southeast shore of Lake Bizerte,
is about eight miles from the
naval base which Is situated on
ttie northeast shore. The broad
cast said the Americans had
"come up against a new line of
resistance" in the advance on
Ferryville).
In the northeastward push,
the Americans crossed the river
Tine, despite the destruction of
bridge by the withdrawing
forces of Col. Gen. Jurgen von
Arnim, and shoved on toward
Ferryville. '
(The Tine, rising southwest of
Mateur, flows northeastward a
short distance east of Mateur
and empties into the marshy land
bordering Lake Achkel, one of
the chain of lakes forming Bi
serte's southern defense).
Sg. Lyle Kidd
Gets Air Medal at
Andreanof Air Base '
(Continued From Page One)
From there he was sent to Scott
Field, 111., . for another six
months' training and was then
chosen for higher technical
training at Morrison field, West
Palm Beach, Fla. Following his
graduation from radio school,
Kidd was detailed to March
field, Calif., going to the Aleu
tians for active duty on June 11,
1942. He was 21 years of age
at the time of his enlistment.
The Bly airman made many
friends in that community where
he lived from 1938 to 1941. He
played basketball with the Bly
town team in the Klamath coun
ty league. Kidd visited his par
ents December 28, 1942, when
he received a 15-day furlough.
When last heard from, he served
as radio operator on a B-24. A
sister, Mrs. Carlton Ross, also
lives in Bly.
When officials of Crane mills
were advised that the former
employe had received the Air
Medal, they said they were "not
surprised," and he was "the sort
of a boy who would' win a medal
in this war."
German Troops
Fall Back Near
Novorossisk
(Continued From Page One)
reported Sunday that they had
killed 7000 Germans in six days
of intense battle in the narrow
German bridgehead opposite the
Crimea.
Acknowledging that the Rus
sians had captured Kyrmskaya,
the broadcast said:
"When the enemy early today
again attacked our old posi
tions, he found them merely
held by rearguards who made a
fighting retreat to new positions
and left the town to the enemy
after destroying important mili
tary installations."
TO maintain th health of the horn
' front ... that's on positive contribu
tion we all can make for Victory!
You do your part whan you consult your
physician at first sign of trouble, follow
his advice unswervingly.
We do ours when we stand by day after
day to fill . . . with scientific accuracy
i . the prescriptions he's ordered for
your health. "
CURRIN'S
"The Friendly
m and Mala
Edwin Wissenback Tells of
Leap From Burning Foriress
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"Snooty" all the time. I could
feel it.
"The ship was so badly shot
up that we went into a dive.
About that time I decided to
leave my ship while the going
was good. I could feel the ship
in power dive and I knew
what that meant. My 'chute was
handy to the turret but I had
to make a dash to get into it.
I didn't have time to fasten the
leg straps, so I just put it un
der my arms, crawled to the
escape hatch, and rolled out.
"That was my first jump,
and I hope it is my last. It
finally opened, but I thought it
never would. I could see the
telephone wires below me and
that is pretty close to earth.
"Two Folke-Wulfs circled me
and followed me down to the
ground.- They didn't shoot at
me, or try to harm me in any
way. I didn't pay much atten
tion to them. Boy, my eyes
were on the ground."
Erwin's story of what hap-
EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
ginning of the great struggle of
this summer.
He says there's a huge air bat
tle to the west of Krasnodar, in
the Kuban, in which the Rus
sians have shot down 54 German
planes with a loss of only 21 of
their own.
That would mean, If true, that
the Russians are able to MEET
AND HOLD the once Invincible
German air force which would
be something.
fN the home front, Ickes orders
a six-day week in the coal
fields. (The extra day would
be at overtime rates.)
The operators had already
been granted an INCREASE in
the price ceiling to make up to
them the cost of overtime opera
tion. They are told today that
the penalty for failing to go to
the six-day week will be can
cellation of this price increase.
The point is that the increased
pay to the miners will come out
of the pockets of consumers and
taxpayers.
TCKES adds today that the ar
rangement under which the
miners have gone back to work
is only a 15-day truce. The is
sues back of the strike of last
week still remain to be fought
out.
Ickes says flatly the coming
negotiations will have to be be
tween the operators and the min
ers SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
BY THE WAR LABOR BOARD.
He says there can be no by
passing of the WLB. (Lewis in
sists on by-passing the board.)
.
DUBBER CZAR JEFFERS to
day tells the Truman investi
gating committee of the senate:
'Testimony before your com
mittee has brought out that the
progress of the synthetic rubber
campaign has not delayed manu
facture of 100-octane gasoline or
production of escort vessels or
aircraft or merchant ships. In
stead, the momentum of the rub
ber campaign has DRAGGED
FORWARD all these phases of
the war."
WfHAT he means is the work
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up rubber production has by ex
ample and otherwise SPEEDED
UP OTHER PRODUCTION, so
that Instead of delay the result
of the rubber ruckus has been a
general speed-up.
TOE common, ordinary citizens
out in the sticks, not inter
ested in politics and concerned
only with winning the war are
inclined to say with all the em
phasis we can bring to bear:
Give us more Jefiers and
Kaisers and we'll get some'
where!"
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pencd after he hit the ground
belongs to him and to the air
corps. After the war it will be
the kind of a story that he can
tell over and over until he's an
old man and has a beard way
down to here.
Right now the flyer' Is on
temporary duty from England.
He left England on Tuesday,
arrived in Washington on Wed'
nesday, and came home Mon
day morning to Klamath Falls.
For a flyer, even this is travel'
ing fast.
JAP SUPPLY FORCE
(Continued From Page One)
the surface engagement between
a light United States patrol force
and a Japanese force to west
ward of Attn island on March
26, 1943 (previously reported in
navy department communique
number 327). .
Force Described
"2. The United States force,
consisting of one heavy cruiser,
one light cruiser and four de
stroyers, was patrolling in the
area to the southeast of the
Komandorski islands when con
tact was made with the enemy
shortly after dawn on the 26th.
The Japanese force was com
posed of two heavy cruisers, two
light cruisers, six destroyers and
two transports, and was headed
eastward toward the Aleutians.
Long Range
"3. Firing was opened at long
range and the engagement con
tinued for three and one-half
hours. Hits were scored on both
sides. At the start of the en
gagement the enemy force was
to the eastward of the United
States force, and in the maneu
vering to reverse positions, three
of the United States destroyers
launched a torpedo attack which
caused the enemy to break off
the engagement and withdraw.
"4. Extent of the damage in
flicted on the enemy vessels is
not definitely known, but shell
hits were scored on both of the
Japanese heavy cruisers and on
one of the light cruisers. At
least one torpedo hit was scored
on a heavy cruiser. Minor dam
age was sustained by United
States vessels and casualties to
personnel were extremely light"
Navy Force Grabs
Russell Islands
Near Guadalcanal
. (Continued From Page One)
after the battle against 21 enemy
bombers and 30 fighters. At
least 13 Japanese planes were
destroyed, and it was considered
likely that others failed to reach
their home base in the bad
weather.
Burma British headquarters
said RAF bombers raided the big
Japanese base at Akyab by day
and night, setting fires, while
other RAF planes strafed enemy
troops along the Bay of Bengal
coast farther north.
No change was noted in land
fighting.
- China U. S. army fliers were
officially credited with blasting
six Japanese planes out of the
skies and probably destroying
seven others in a running battle
over Hunan province. Only one
American plane was lost.
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a two-week delay, Ickes said he
had just taken over the case, at
the direction of President
Roosevelt, and "I wanted to
get my feet on the ground."
While saying he 1ms "no
power or purpose to undertake
negotiations" he added he
would be "very glad to help In
any way.".
Possibilities Proved
"If," Ickes was asked, "the
war labor board decides the
dispute and Lewis refuses to ac
cept its decision, will you re
tain possession of the mines as
long as he refuses to sign?"
"I am not looking ahead to
that, was the reply.
Asked when he would turn
the mines back to the operat
ors, he replied, "when the coal
business is a going concern."
The order was telegraphed to
approximately 3850 mine oper
ators now running their prop
erties as agents for the govern
ment. Ickes said mines failing to
operate six' days weekly would
suffer cancellation of the price
ceiling increases granted them
by the office of price adminis
tration to cover the added costs
of over-time pay.
"No Comment"
In New York City, John L.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workers, said "no com
ment" when asked his reaction
to the six-day week order.
Ickes order to mine oper
ators went out as the first day
of a two-week temporary truce
found the miners busily digging
the war vital fuel with Uncle
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Sam as their new boss. The fuel
administrator's directive said:
"Since maximum prices have
recently been increased by the
office of prk-o administration
to permit, operations of mines
on a six-day week- work basis
you are to afford miners an op
portunity to work six days
each week and are to operate
mines under your chargo on
that basis and to pay time and
one-half or rate and one-half
for sixth day or work as here
tofore agreed upon by collec
tive bargaining and previously
cleared by war labor board.
"The government Is relying
upon you and all miner em
ployes to exercise utmost ef
fort in maintaining and in
creasing production of coal so
vital to the winning of the
war."
House Returns
Pay-as-you-go
To Ways, Means
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vote of 208 to 202 to accept the
republican-sponsored plan to
wipe out a year s tax debts.
the compromise upon which
the house settled in sending the
bill back to the committee with
instructions which, In effect, are
mandatory and almost certain to
bring passage, was advanced by
Rep. Forand (D-R. I.).
It would cancel the first 19
units the 6 per cent normal
and the first 13 per cent surtax
on 1942 Individual income. -
The measure carries a clause
providing for a 20 per cent
withholding tax, designed to col
lect taxes currently beginning
July 1 at the source.
Jeffers Fights
Curtailment of
Rubber Program
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win this war and have no other
or personal motives."
Asserting that testimony heard
during the committee's Investi
gation of Patterson's charges that
preferences granted rubber had
seriously Interfered with 100
octane gasoline production Indi
cated he and his associates "have
done our Job well perhaps even
too well," Jeffers said.
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highway along AlumcdH street
to provide a new nortliurn en
trance into the city and a con
nection with the highway
south.
A map of the city of Klam
ath Falls, with city owned lots
marked in red, was handed to
the councllmch for their peru
sal. It is these city and county
owned lots that are "frozen"
for the time being. In a letter
written by Jack Weaver, resi
dent engineer of the Oregon
state highway department, the
following request was made.
"All city owned property In
which tha state highway com
mission Is Interested for highway
right-of-way purposes is shown
In red, with the request that the
same be withdrawn from your
ll.it of tax sale property until the
commission has had timo to cith
er negotiate for the property, or
make definite decision not to use
same.
"The property colored red
along the north and easterly
part of the city, along the rail
road and canal, is definitely
wanted for right-of-way pur
poses. That property that has
been colored from Blehn street
to Conger avenuo along Callfor-
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nla avenue, Is not needed at
present but with the possibility
of Tho Dulles-Cullfornla high
way being relocated there some
tliuo, and as County Commission
or Hebor pointed out, withdraw
al of that property from the sales
list until final decision is ranch
ed by tho commission on tho
matter, will not be a groat detri
ment to tho city."
Approximately 80 per cent of
the property Involved along
Alameda street, Is owned by the
city or county. It is understood
that a survey of the proposed
route has beon completed,
The new highway will start
at Frankford's woodyurd, a quar
ter of a mile north of tha city
limits from Blehn street.
City fathers discussed nt
lenulli tho report of the bond
committee of which W. O. Smith
is chairman, and voted to accept
recommendations of this commit
tee in regard to foreclosure of
city owned property. A commit
tee of threo, Including a member
of the bond committee, the ap
praisal board, and the police
judge, will handle details.
Our might must grow even
more than that of the phenom
enal growth of the last 12
months, until we con strike
crushlngly anywhere on tho
globe. Maj'Gcn. James H. Doo
little.
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lake conter Is nnn of Hie largest
In tho WRA, with an April 1
population of 14,flH0.
"On the basis of actual oper
ation from July 1, 1042, through
March 31, 104:)," ho said, "there
has been, during this period, a
total of 10,(118 man years. The
man year figure divided Into the
total cost for the some period
indicates that the cm-rent cost
of operation Is $457.33 per man
year."
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If this sacrifice of blood and
strength again brings a concen
tration of riches In the hands of
a fow great fortunes for the
privileged and misery and pover- It
ty for the people In general
then democracy will have failed
and all this sacrifice will have '
beon in vain. Vice Presldont
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