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By TRANK JENKIKS
THE now from the Mcdltcr
. rancan gots hotter and hotter
at tho dnya past. For tho mo
ment, at least, Tunisia ovcr-
jhndowt all other war fronts.
OA
MERICANS and French
pushing around the shores of
tho Mediterranean, arc reported
. today to bo only ton mile from
Bizerlo. That ii easy orllllory
range.
Americana pushing up from
recently-captured Mateur are
only five mllci from Kcrryvlllo,
which la only eight miles across
the lake of the tame name from
Bizerte.
THERE are even more tlgnif-
, leant developments.
' The American column that
. turned south from Mutour has
pushed forward five mllot and
It now only four miles from
Tebourba.
It threaten the flank of the
Germans defending ' the Med
jcrda valley gate to tho Tunli
Qplaln. . .
STILL farther touth, a French
corpt (recently rearmed with
American weapons) It driving
from Pont du Funs toward Zag
houan, which Is dominated by
the 4000 -foot German-hold
PJcbel (hill) Zaghouan.
At Zoghouan (If they should
take it) tho French would bo IN
THE REAR of the German line
holding off Montgomery, who is
coming up from the south and
has been stopped for more than
a week by strong enemy dc-
' fonscs.
'TODAY'S dlspiitchos soy thnt
. Gorman resistance in the
south (before Tunis) is stronger
than - In the north (before HI
zortc), indicating that tho enemy
may Intend to hold Tunis to tho
Olaat possible momont- and then
retreat into the rugged Cape Bon
peninsula (see map.)
THE Germans are fighting
hardest In tho Mcdjcrdo vol'
ley, which opens into tho Tunis
plain. They counter-attacked
there with tanks, 17 of which
were caught in a trap and 12,
Including two 60-tonncrs, do
stroyod.
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SHERMAN broadcasts continue
to assort todoy thot an allied
sea-borne armada is moving in
to the Mediterranean from Gl
hrnltnr. Tho Paris radio (Ger.
man controlled) broadcasts a dis
patch from La Linen (tho nearest
Spanish point to Gibraltar) to
the effect that tho allied convoy
Includes 20 transports loaded
Owlth landing barges and armored
vehlelos.
Your map will toll you that
such a move by our side wouldn't
be out of order at this moment.
If the Italian islands of Sardinia
and Sicily could be token, the
German goose In Africa would
be cooked and the Moditorrancan
sea route would be opened,
If tuch an enterprise is In tho
wind, this may be the final
desperate moment when tho
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Davies Leaves On
Mission to Moscow "
NEW YORK, May 8 (P Tho
New York Times, In a special
dispatch from Washington, sold
today that Joseph E. Davies,
0 former U. S. ambassador to tho
ovlot union, Is to lcaye on a
second "mission to Moscow" to
invite Stalin to moot President
Roosevelt for a discussion of
questions of mutual interest to
tholr nations.
The Times said this was
learned definitely on authority
that is not open to question, al
though no official announcement
or comment wot made at the
Whit House.
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Head of European
Operations Killed
In Iceland Crash
Br Tha Associated Press
LONDON, Muy 5 Lieut. Gen. Frank M. Andrews, com
mander of all American army troops in tho European theatre of
war, and Methodist Bishop Adna Wright Leonard of Washing
ton, representing 31 American Protestant denominations in an
inspection tour of U. S. troops abroad, were killed Monday In
Iceland In tho crash of an allied plnno which was reported to
have had other high-runklng U. S. army officials aboard.
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Senate Downs WLB
Power To Issue
Injunctions
WASHINGTON, May 5 W)
The senate lute today passed the
Connolly bill which would em
power tho government to seize
and operate struck war plants
and mines and Impose criminal
penalties for instigating work.
stoppage In Industries to taken
over.
Postage was on a roll call vote
of 63 to 16.
The senate voted down a pro
posal to give the war labor
boord power to issue Injunctions
in settling labor disputes but It
did adopt that part of an amend
ment by Senator Toft (R-Ohio) to
clotho tho WLB with statutory
standing. At present the board
Is merely tho creature of a, presi
dential executive order.
Senator Connolly (D-Tex.), au
thor of tho measure, also agreed
to softening of the criminal pro
vision of tho bill so thot in ef
fect thoso penalties would opply
only to labor leaders and not to
employes who ceased work.
Tho bill now goes to
the
house,
Kiska Raided
Nine Times by
Heavy Bombers
WASHINGTON, May 5 (PI
Tho navy reported today that
American medium and heavy
bombers and fighters raided Jap
anese installations on Kiska nine
times Mondoy.
Fires were started In the en
emy camp, hits wore observed In
other areas which the communi
que did not describe and "heavy
smoko was soon at North Head,"
harbor dofonsa position, tho
navy said.
Meanwhile, In the South Pa
cific planes from Guadalcanal
carried out attacks on enemy
positions in the central and
northwestern Solomons, starting
fires In at least two places.
First Pilot Hank Evans
Bags Most important Zero
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUI
NEA, April 21 (Delayed) (P)
Llout. Henry W. "Hank" Evans,
Chlloquin, Ore,, has been on nu
merous missions when the Fort
ress he was riding as co-pilot
shot down Zeros, But tho fighter
his crow bogged on April 21
seemed moro important than tho
others because It marked tho
first time ho had been out as
first pilot
First Lieutenant Evans, 23, Is
tho son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Evans of Chlloquin, his father
superintendent of Chlloquin
schools. Tha youth Is a graduate
of Chlloquin high school, at
tended tho University of Oregon
and entered tho army air corps
July, 1942, receiving his wings
from a Louisiana field, i
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r Andrews' headquarters here
said in on off iciul announcement
early todoy that "full informa
tion concerning the accident it
not yet available" but disclosed
that the piano had fallen in "an
isolated locality In Iceland,
stepping-stone of the allied north
ern air ferry route across the
Atlantic.
The presence of Bishop Leon'
ard on the plane was confirmed
by tho war deportment In Wash
ington, after his son, A. W. Leon
ard Jr., of Pittsburgh, Pa., dis
closed he had been informed of
the bishop's death and declared
that tho war department told
him that "only ono enlisted man"
hod survived the crash. Bishop
Leonard's presence aboard the
plane was not mentioned In the
original announcement here.--.;
-Eighth Oeneral Lost - v
Andrews was the eighth, and
highest-ranking, U. S. army gen
eral officer to be lost since the
start of the war.
Ho was asquare-Jawed, deeply
tanned and hard-fighting man
who was characteristically
known among" his men-limply
as "tho general." -
Fifty-nine ycors old, he had
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Sofia Deserted
As Nazis Hunt
Police Killers
LONDON, May 5 W) Axis
radio reports said that the streets
of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia
were deserted and that all roads
leading from tho axis-dominated
stato had been blocked in a wide
scorch for the assassins of Col.
Athans Pantlff, former police
chief who was slain Mondayi
I ho population of the Bul
garian capital was ordered to
stay at home during the large
scale raid mado by police and
army to detect ring leaders of re
cent attacks," tho Berlin radio
said in a broadcast heard by Tho
Associated Press. ;
"Only children up to 12 years
old and servants were given per
mission to buy food during the
forenoon. Telephone connec
tions and trunk lines between
Bulgaria ond foreign countries
are blocked. Nobody is allowed
to loovo his house."
Tho frank assertions about the
drastic measures suggested that
the little Balkan kingdom, first
to desert tho kiaser in the 1014
IB World war, was in grave un
rest.
Lt. Henry Evan.
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Killed In Crash
-; Lieut Gen. Frank M. An
drawt,' head of all American
army troops in the European
thaatre, was killed Monday
with other high officials in the
crash of an allied plan over
Iceland.
AT BUCK SEA POUT
Ground Fighting, Air
Battles Keep
Up Pace
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, May 5 (P) Ground
fighting northeast of Novoros-
sisk mounted today, keeping
pace with the terrific air battles
in the Kuban valley in which the
German air force is reported to
have lost more than 125 planes
in the last two days.
The heavy weight of soviet
artillery is pounding the nazis
northeast of the Black sea port
which still is German held, al
though the Russians have been
south and east of Novorossisk
for some time.
The last-published soviet war
front map showed the red army
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Vern Owens to .
Head Chamber .
Of Commerce
J. Vern Owens, vice chairman
of the Klamath county war sav
ings committee, was named
president of the Klamath County
chamber of commerce at the
Wednesday noon meeting of the
board of directors.
Owens has served on the
chamber of commerce board, is
past president of the Lions club,
past president of the Retail
Trade bureau, is present finan
cial secretary of the Girl Scout
board of directors, and is dis
trict chairman of the Modoc
Council of Boy Scouts. Owens
is sales manager, Klamath di
vision, of the California Oregon
Power company.
' Other officers elected includ
ed Malcolm Eplcy, vice . presi
dent; George Myers, re-elected
treasurer, and Earl Reynolds, re
elected to his 16th year as ex
ecutive secretary.
West Coast Men
Ask Military Be
Given Nod On Japs
WASHINGTON, May S ()
Representatives from west coast
states told congress todoy that
military officials in that area
should be given complete au
thority to rule on whether Jap
anese should be permitted to
return there and should not bo
subjoct to pressure from civil
ian groups such as the war ire-
location authority.
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Ruml Plan Advocates
Predict Okeh On
! Abatement Bill
By FRANCIS M. LE MAY
WASHINGTON, May 5 W)
Undismayed by two defeats in
the house and unsatisfied by the
house-approved measure to wipe
out 75 per cent of 1042 individ
ual Income tax liabilities, Ruml
plan advocates today carried
their battle to the senate which
they predicted -would, past the
lull tax year abatement bill.
Chairman George (D-Ga.) sum
moned the senate finance com
mittee into session Thursday for
speedy action on pay-as-you-go
legislation.
Climax Scrap'
The house late yesterday clim
axed, a historic party scrap by
passing, 318 to 85, a compromise
pay-as-you-go bill. Written by.
Representative Robertson'. (PiVr.l
ana ;r orana . if-mJt . u, woma
wipe out the 1942 income tax
liabilities completely for about
. (Continued on Page Two)
Coo Dispute
Stalemate Stirs
Speculation
NEW YORK, May 5 (P) The
United Mine Workers policy
committee held a seventeen
minute closed session this after
noon and when lt adjourned
John L. Lewis, UMW president,
parried all questions with "no
comment." . .
By XENNETH L. DIXON
WASHINGTON, May 5 W)
The stalemated coal wage strug
gle, stirred speculation here to
day that the 15-day truce under
which the industry now is oper
ating may be extended Indefin
itely with Harold L. Ickes serv
ing as boss of Uncle Sam's coal
fields perhaps for the duration.
Once again, coal poured into
the war production furnaces at
full blast with most mines on a
six-day week, but neither the
administration nor the United
Mine Workers gave the slightest
hint of yielding in their wartime
wage and Jurisdictional tug-of-war.
At the same time, few in
formed sources felt another
walkout such as that of last
weekend would follow 'expira
tion of the truce, although they
conceded this was an optimistic
view since UMW President John
L. Lewis plainly has given no
indication that he would dis
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drome was attacked by a powerful fleet of Japanese .warplanes.
Enemy planes. Allied " headquarters in . Australia reported, in
flicted "heavy" lotse on Allied fighter in a fierce air battle.
Japanese flags mark major enemy base in this Southwest Pacific
area.. ' -
Allies Strike at Nippon
Invasion Threat in Pacific
T.The.Aiioc!ated FH,,
j '.Widespread a 1:1 le d : blows
against .Japan's invasion forces
were recorded today, including
a fire-setting raid on the enemy
base at Rabo, Dutch New Guin
ea, and the sinking of two' Jap
anese - destroyers - and f our
other ships by U. S. submarines
in the Pacific.
At the same time, .dispatches
said the . heaviest American
bombing assault -from r a far
eastern base .of the; 4th U. S.
army air forces struck against
Japanese-occupied Hainan - isl
and in the South China sea
and . against ' the dock area of
Haiphong,. French . Indo-China.
Rescue Workers
Dig Blast Ruins
For More Bodies
ELKTON, Md.i '.Ma 5 (()
Rescue workers dug today into
the charred ruins of. five Tri
umph Explosives, Inc., buildings
on the outskirts of this small
war-boom city seeking addition
al bodies while investigating of
ficials sought to determine cause
of ah explosion in which 15 per
sons are known to have died.
Five of at least 54 persons in
jured in the explosion that was
followed by fire were in serious
condition and 19 others were un
der hospital treatment. Thirty
women were given first aid and
released., ,
Even as tho wreckage was be
ing cleared, other employes re
turned to work in . other build
ings having only one or two per
cent of workers : absent even
less .than average. .
Bayonet, Grenade Charge Seen as One
Method
By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, May 5 (P)
When the time comes to throw
the Japanese out of the Aleutian
Islands, authorities here agree,
the job will have to be done by
American troops landing under
fire and fighting with guns, bay
onet and grenade until the. last
enemy surrenders or dies. ,
The blow might fall this spring
or summer. It is certain to fall
when' the Pacific war reaches a
point where Kiska would be use
ful as a base for American oper
ations, such as air attacks on the
Kurlles islands string out north
of Japan proper.
' Firmly Entrenched
Despite months . of bombing,
the Japanese are believed to be
firmly entrenched on Kiska and
their supporting base on Attu
iand, . 160 miles to the west.
The aerial poundings to which
they have been subjected are
not and cannot be sufficiently
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. For. the $rst time -In- the. -China
campaign,, the American used
big Liberator bombers recently
sent from the .United States.'
- Coupled with these smashes
at the enemy, the navy, 'an
nounced - that fighter-escorted
U. - S. bombers rang up ' nine
more attacks on the Japanese
outpost at- Kiska, in the Aleu
tians, and left three fires raging
in the' main encampment. '
Hit Kolombaugara
. The navy also reported that
American fliers ir.sde a double
barreled assault on Japanese po
sitions at Kolombangara island,
in the central Solomons, while
U. S. Flying Fortresses attacked
Vila and Rekata bay elsewhere
in the South Seas archipelago.
Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur's
headquarters said big American
Liberator bombers, winging
1400 miles round-trip across the
Arafura - sea from Australia,
flew ' through bad weather to
attack ' the airdrome at Babo
and shot down two of six Japa
nese float planes which rose to
intercept.
All the Liberators returned
safely.
Pound Barge
Other allied fliers pounded
enemy barges off the Kai isl
ands, off Lolobau island, hear
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RAF Night Bombers
Batter Dortmund . '
LONDON, May '5 ft The
largest force of four-englned
bombers yet sent over Germany
dropped nearly 1500 tons of
bombs last night on Dortmund,
industrial Ruhr valley city
near Essen,, an RAF commen
tator said today. . , I
to Eject Japs From Aleutians
heavy ' to force them to with
draw.' . 1: '.
. Yet the .bombings constantly
consume their resources, and evi
dence that at times they may be
hard-pressed was seen in yester
day's disclosure of the 'Size of
the warship escort with which
they unsuccessfully tried to push
through two transports late In
March. Those two ships, carry
ing supplies and possibly fresh
troops, were guarded by two
heavy cruisers, two light cruisers
and six destroyers.'
Force Retreat .
Although badly outnumbered,
an American force of one heavy
cruiser, one - light . cruiser and
four destroyers intercepted the
expedition on March 26, dam
aged the two heavy cruisers and
one of the . light cruisers and
forced the enemy to retreat.
Since March 1 air attacks have
been heavy and sustained. Tha
Aleutians command mad S4
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FRENCHES.
Other Troops Closj
In On Ferryville '.
From Mateur ;
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, May 5 (P)
Americans and French, smashing;
along the Mediterranean toward -Bizerte,
have reached a point ;
only' 10 miles from that naval
base, and other American forces
closing in from Mateur hava
driven to within five miles of
Ferryville,' allied headquarters
advices said today.
' (The Algiers radio said the al
lies had reached a point only 14
kilometers 8.69 tniles from
Bizerte.
(A Paris broadcast said tha
axis forces were being regroup
ed in the face of a massing of al
lied forces . for a new attack
which was expected at any
time.) - - - -
... Penetration Told
. Ferryville Is 10 miles north
east of .Mateur and only eight
miles across Lake Bizerte from
the naval base. -
The penetration to within ar
tillery range of Bizerte - was
made after beating .back a Ger
man'' counterattack at -Djebel
Cheniti, north' of Lake Achkel. 1
one of the water defenses pro
tecting the southern approaches
to the naval base. .
Pushing out of Mateur to tha
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Castoria Taken
From Market;
Users Warned
NEW YORK, May 8 ()-
Newspapers throughout tha
United States carried advertise
ments today by the manufactur
ers of Fletcher's castoria .warn
ing against the use of its prod
uct,' sales of which had been
halted by the company, after re
ports had been received some of
the patent medicine had caused
nausea.'
' The advertisements stated that
the Centaur company ' of Rah
way, N. J., manufacturers of tha
product, in cooperation with tha
U. S. food and drug administra
tion "warns all holders of Fletch
er's castoria ... to discontinue)
the sale and use of. the article
because it has been discovered
that all such Fletcher's castoria
which had been shipped sinca
March 1, 1943, contains a for
eign ingredient which causes
nausea and vomiting."
' Klamath county druggists
pulled their stock of Fletcher's
Castoria from drug store shelves
late Tuesday, afternoon when
they were advised to discontlnua
sale of the product which has
been, for more than half a cen
tury," probably the most widely
: (Continued on Page Two)
raids in March and slnee AprU
1 a total of 166 attacks has been
reported, with a maximum of
15 in one day.
But the Japanese, according
to the best available Informa
tion, have gone underground.'
They live in caves, bury their
supplies and expose themselves
only when essential to their work..
, Bombs wreck their surface in
stallations, such as gun positions,
wharves and docks; blast holes
in their projected airfield, and
knock down their hangars. But
the Japanese doggedly stick to
their construction jobs.
Reports Told
Reports from the North Pa
cific , recently - have described
them a stronger than ever. That
is why it is believed here that
the islands can only be reclaim
ed at bayonet point.
The unfailing ally of the Jap
anese Is tha wcatherf Persona
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NORTH COAST