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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON
Mar T. 1948
U.S.AIBBASE
ESTABLISHED
ON AMCHITKA
(Continued From Page One)
ka. - Previous to the occupation
of the Island the island Akad in
the Anrtreanof islands had been
occupied by American forces.
(Occupation of positions in the
Andreanofs was announced in
navy communique No. 138 on
CMnher 51 1042 )
"The announcement of the oc
cupation of Amchitka has been
held until our positions on the
island were fully consolidated.
"2. The occupation of Amchit
ka and Adak were unopposed by
the enemy. In the occupation
the weather presented the great
est obstacle, causing damage to
lunrilno craft and nrivfltion to
personnel in the early stages of
the operations, in laier jremnu
the positions were subjected to
air reconnaissance by Japanese
aircraft and bombing attacks.
(Reconnaissance and .bombing
flight by enemy planes over
TTnitiul Slutx nnsitions in the
western Aleutians were reported
In communique no. zoo, toi
and 287.)
"a fin Mav Sth army olanes
oarried out six attacks on Jap
anese installations at rusKa. it
erator (Consolidated B-24) heavy
hnmhora. Mitchell (North Amer
ican B-25) medium bombers and
Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) ligniers
participated In these raids. Hits
were scored in the Gertrude
Cove, main camp, north and
south 'head, submarine base and
beach areas. A number of fires
were started and one building
was destroyed on North Head.
"4. On the same day, Attu
was bombed and strafed foul1
times by Liberator and Mitchell
bombers and Lightning fighters.
Hits were scored on Japanese in
stallations and one enemy plane
was destroyed." ;
Benson, Marsha v -Named
in War :'
Department Notes .
(Continued From Page One)
graduate of Medford high school
and attended e University of
Oregon prior to his enlistment
in the army air corps in 1940.
Captain Benson is now bomber
squadron commander. .
From aji advanced American
bomber base In Tunisia, comes
Hue -word concerning Captain
."A light bombardment unit.
including two Pacific northwest
airmen, has dropped nearly
1,000,000 pounds of explosives
on German and Italian troops in
several hundred sorties which
played a large part in breaking
ams resistance In North Africa,
"Airmen at this field, the most
experienced light bombardment
unit In the American air force.
have flown their A-20 Boston
bombers with a loss of less than
one per cent, a feat equalling that
of e heavier Flying Fortresses.
They have worked in such close
support of American and British
armies, that their bases are
moved almost as often as the
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Blond Vocalist
& it
When Herb Miller's orchestra
arrives In Klamath Falls for
their engagement Wednesday
night. May 12 at the armory,
Herb will bring all his featured
entertainers with his famous or,
chestra. These Include "Marl
lyn," devastating blond vocalist
from Pasadena. Calif.! Frankie
Schenk, pianist and arranger
from Columbus, Ohio; Dave
Dexter, trumpeter and vocalist
from.. Minneapolis., and . Herb,
himself, who like his brother.
Glenn Miller, was born in North
Platte, Neb.
com Mies si
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to continue operation of the
mines it has taken over until
"a new contract is signed and
peace assured in the industry."
Hears Nothing
He said he had heard nothing
until today about stopping the
running of the mines.
Meanwhile a war labor board
panel inquiring" into the coal
wage dispute that led to gov
ernment seizure of the pits over
the .weekend heard northern bi
tuminous operators contend
that the United Mine Workers'
demands would raise coal costs
$2.88 a ton and increase pro
duction costs a half billion dol
lars .in the Appalachian belt
alone. .. .The cost to the entire
soft coal industry,- they said,
would be $700,000,0001, , ;
.- UMW T preskfent f J o h i n L.
Lewis has ridiculed the opera
tor's estimates ; of -increased
costs, declaring tbgrice to con
sumers would npc.be substanti
ally higher. Lewtv charging the
WLB with prejudice, . has re
fused t o participate - l n the
panel's inquiry.' ';
Hold Line Order
Untenable, Says WLB
WASHINGTON, May 7 (IP)
The war labor board said in an
official statement today that it
has told Stabilization Director
James F. Byrnes the hold-the-line
order of April 8 against in
flation is unworkable. But it is
declared that WLB discussions
with Byrnes "have nothing to do
with any change in the little
steel (wage) formula."
infantry, their flying fields al
ways within sound of the front
line big guns."
Now-2 Action Hits!
ACTION ON THE RANGE!
.in a Bad Man's
Paradise!
Raiders of the
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THIS CITY PASSES
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stead in Lake county near Silver
lake.
Came Here In 1811
In November, 1911, Mr. Pey
ton came to Klamath Falls and
entered the fuel business, in
which ho engaged until the time
of his death. His brother, Wil-
lard, joined him In this business
in 1920. Willard Peyton died In
1940.
Mr. Peyton was active In fra
ternal and civic circles in the
city. He was a Mason, past high
priest of Klamath chapter.
RAM, past sommander of Klam
ath commandery, KT, and a
Shriner in Hillah temple. He
was an active and long-time
member of the Klamath Falls Ki-
wanis club.
Survivors Include Mrs. Pey
ton, one of the community's best
known matrons, and the follow
ing sons: Calvin Powell, Frank
E., Leslie L., and Ralph O. All
members of the family are wide
ly known in the community. Cal
vin is active manager of the fuel
company and Frank is with the
Southern Pacific. Leslie and
Ralph live in Portland.
Funeral arrangements have
not been announced, but it is ex
pected a memorial service will
be held here.
Polish Commissar
Regrets Espionage
Against Russia
(Continued From Page One)
sia a nation with which they
signed a mutual assistance and
friendship agreement on July 30,
1941 Vishinski replied:
"Nobody spies out of chanty.
The accusations against the
Polish representatives were con
tained in a paper which Vishin
ski read to the correspondents
and which he said had been sent
to the Polish government in
London.
Answering a question as to the
the possibility of a resumption
of diplomatic relations between
the soviet and Polish govern
ments, Vishinski said:
'There is nothing in the world
which cannot be changed."
(Russia severed relations with
the Polish government in exile
after the latter had asked the
International Red Cross to in
vestigate, German charges that
the Russians had slain 10,000
Polish officers in the Smolensk
region prior to the Russian-Ger
man war. Later the Polish gov
ernment in London said it re
garded this request as having
lapsed.)
POLICY PAYMENTS
American life insurance com
panies have paid an average of
$10,000,000 each working day to
policy holders and beneficiaries
since 1929.
A government man who
hands out jobs to relatives is a
nepotist.
Casein of milk is being used In
ever increasing quantities in
clothing.
If you want to sell it phone
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EDITORIALS ON
NEWS
(Continued From Page One)
upwards of two dozen axis ships,
some of which are reported to
have been headed AWAY FROM
AFRICA.
But these sidelights are In
cidental to the main fact, which
Is the final smashing of the Ger
man defense line before Tunis,
IN this same plain 20 centuries
and disheartening years of
Roman defeat In the field, routed
utterly the great hitherto unbeat
able Carthaginian Hannibal and
broke forever the power of
Carthage.
As were the first two Punic
wars for Rome, this war has been
a long and until recent months
in Africa almost unbroken series
of humiliating reverses for Brit
ain.
Britain, as did Rome, has
FOUND REVENGE on the an
cient Tunis plain.
-.
TrnTN'SIA today dominates
wholly our interest in the
news. But in the Kuban penin
sula another German Dunkerque
is taking shape.
The Russians are closing in
on Novorossisk and claim to be
only five miles away. Fighting
in difficult terrain (military jar
gon for lay of the land), full of
steep hills and terraces where
the Germans and the Rumanians
have dug in, they have driven
a wedge between the two forces.
The Germans are pouring in
reserves of men, planes and
tanks, but in vain, the Russian
dispatches say.
The Russians say their prison
ers report that German officers
have orders to shoot every man
who falls back (meaning, prob
ably the Rumanians, who, like
the Italians, have little further
stomach for fighting for their
German masters.)
EUROPE today is shaken with
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UIVANUU JlbtC St
Stockholm hears that the Ger
mans are digging a giant anti
tank ditch all along the Nor
wegian frontier and that the
Norwegians are planning a full
scale revolt when the allied in
vading forces arrive.
THE war isn't over and Ger-
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1 1 ,a i i j ton t amaaiicu, uut lui
the Germans at home the outlook
is far. far BLACKER than it has
been at any time so far.
There is beginning to be rea
son for German Jitters.
Norwegian Merchant
Vessel Torpedoed
WASHINGTON, May 7 fP)
The navy reported today that a
small Norwegian merchant ves
sel was torpedoed and sunk by
an enemy submarine in mid-At
lantic early in March. Survivors
have landed at Philadelphia.
ROOSEVELT APPROVES
WASHINGTON, May 7 (IP)
President Roosevelt was report
ed today to have approved the
principle of subsidizing the cost
of living with government
money.
. Cadets Meet Civil air patrol
cadets and parents are asked to
attend a meeting Friday at 8
p. m. in the high school auditorium.
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GRAND GIIP
STEER BRINGS
SPOKANE, Wash., May 7 (IP)
The grand champion steer of
the 4-li division in tlio eighth
annual Spokane Junior Live
stock show was auctioned toduy
for an all-time show record of
$1.03 per pound, bringing Kn
young owner, Wayno Lcmird of
Deer Park, Wash.. $757.05.
The steer was an Aberdeen
Angus. A Shorthorn which won
the Future Farmers of America
division championship for Bart-
icy Lockhard, St. John. Wash
sold for $515.11 at 51 cents per
pound.
A higher per pound price, but
not a record, ,was bid for the
a division grand champion
lamb, at $1.30. The Hampshiro
entry brought $104 for Gerald
Schultz of Moscow, Idaho.
Receipts from the annual sale,
climax of the three-day show,
go to the young exhibitors.
Pine Lumber
Orders Increase
PORTLAND. Mnv 7 UPI
Orders for Dine lumber Hnrina
the week ending May 1 fell off
18,878,000 board feet, the West
ern Pine association reported to
day. Orders totaled 62.702.000 feet
as compared with 78,280,000 for
the previous week and 81,049,
000 for the corresponding week
year.
Similar comparisons of ship
ments were 67,736.000; 64, 542,
000 and 81,075,000; production,
last year.
401,000.
Morals 'Offender
Gets Prison Term
Ten years In prison was the
jolt handed to Alvls Roy Smith.
68-year-old morals offender.
when he appeared before Circuit
Judge David R. Vandcnberg.
Smith was specifically ac
cused of the crime of sodomy.
He waived indictment.
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Civilian Shot at
Selfridge Field
SEMTtlDGE FIELD, Mich,,
Miiy 7 (V) A second shooting
the wounding of a civilian by a
sentry occurred at Selfridge
field today, less than 24 hours
after the disclosure that the
former commanding officer of
this army air base had been ar
rested following the wounding
of a negro private.
In Washington the house mil
itary committee ordered an in
vestigation of tho shooting of the
private. It requested the war
department to glvo It all avail
able information on tho case and
authorized Hep. Shnfor (R-Mlch.)
and a committee Investigator to
make a personal inquiry.
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severing axis supply lines and
avenues of escape.
One dispatch said the Rus
sians cut an important road and
captured a height dominating the
approaches to a large city, the
name of which was not given.
Red Star, the army newspaper,
said the Germans were pouring
in more reserves, along with
more units of tanks and planes.
Japs Torpedo
Five Freighters
Near Australia
(Continued From Page One)
others, Including the captain who
stayed aboard until his ship sank,
clung to rafts and wreckage un
til picked up.
A small Australian freighter
was sent to the bottom by a sub
marine which later surfaced.
Survivors bent low In the life
boats fearing they would be ma-
chinegunned but it was dark and
the submarine failed to sight
them.
Another small Australian
freighter's hull was ripped In
mid-morning by two torpedoes
and she sank within an hour.
The other ship lost was a small
Norwegian freighter. Most of
the crews were saved by alert
patrol craft.
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CANNIBAL Coming
Leaves Saturday!
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ALLIES FORCE AXIS
TO GIVEUP BASES
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port columns which clogged the
roads of retrmt.
Ships Sunk
(A broadcast by Grunt Parr,
NBC reporter attacked to Milled
headquarters, snld 25 enemy
ships hud been "sunk in tho Tu
nisian straits," this suggesting
another powerful sweep against
i surface transports which might
altumpt to withdraw the axis
survivors.
("The spirit of the German
troops appears to hava been
broken," Parr suld.)
French Penetration
(dipt. Ludwlg Sertorltis, nazl
military commentator, snld In a
Berlin broadcast recorded by
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Reuters that French native
troops had penetrated the Inner
fortifications of Blr.erte. This
wont even beyond the allied ac
count placing allied detach
ments In the outskirts.
The NBC broadcast said Amer
ican scouting parties made the
penetration of the suliurhs.)
Roosevelt Praises
Second War Loan
WASHINGTON, May 7 (ID
President Roosevelt praised the
Amcrlrnn people and the treas
ury department today for the
success of the newly completed
second war loan drive for $13,
000,0(10.000 and said final fig
ures showed sales of $18,300,
000.000 In bonds.
lie Informed a press confer
ence that In approximately two
years over $10,0110,000,000 has
been put Into the "E" type war
bonds and 50.0ll0.ono Americans
have subscribed to them.
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