iI,I,SM,IIS5l!!iJ1!fflllui;iil
On l-mlnute bint on tlrtns and whlitlti
U Mi signal for a blackout In Klamath
Falls. Anolhar long blast, during a black
out, la a signal for all-altar. In precau
tionary ptrlodi, watch your itrtat llghti.
UK Mar 1 Mo . Low "
Precipitation a of May I. M4t
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
vj FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1943
Number 9792
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( To)
By FRANK JENKINS
"UNIS and Bizerte are In our
handi. The German are flee-
Jnc to the hllli of th Cope Bon
peninsula and the beaches. Our
side Is mopping up. ,
- Tunisia Is all but a closed In
cident. '
MEANWHILE
The ever-tiummlng wire
tell us today the Japs have mado
an Important advance In Burma,
along the coast of tho Buy of
Bengal north of Akyab. It is
tholr SECOND advance in that
- area In 24 hours.
a
A communique from Wavell's
eadquarten in India says: "De
spite substantial casualties in
flicted by our troops, the Jnp
' have succeeded In reinforcing
their forward units, thus de
veloping a direct threat to our
positions."
(The positions referred to are
thoia where Wavell had dug in
to await the passing of th mon
' : soon rains.)
..
TTH1S Is a WORLD war. The
1 spotlight never rests long In
one place. With Tunisia a closed
Incident, It shifts elsewhere,
fHE ' dispatches from Burma
.'.',; y It remalna' to be seen
'whether the-Jap are opening a
' major oUansi v trimed at India,
i British military quarter think
.the approaching monsoon floods
Qwlll prevent any large-icale op
erations along the Burma-India
border, but we have to remem
ber that the Japs down thero
have repeatedly ignored obsta
cle of nature r when they
penetrated 1 the "Impenetrable"
Malayan Jungle- to take Singa
pore. - -
TT is Just a well for u to re
x member that If the Japs are
going to strike a blow to help
their alleged pal Hitler (by tak
ing some of the weight off h(s
neck) now is the time for them
to do it.
On the other side of the fence,
we can romember that opening
the Mediterranean sea route will
live u a much shorter supply
route to India.
The British- estimate that
O opening the Mediterranean will
enable one ship to do the work
of three or four now going
around Africa.
TUTORE or less overlooked In
the rush of thrilling new
from Tunisia la the fact, Just an
nounced by the navy, that wo
now- have an air base on Am
chllka Island, only 63 nautical
miles (or about 12 minutes by
bomber) from Klska, , ,
xnat ougm to hoiD.
A f Novorossisk, In the Kuban
peninsula of tho Caucasus,
the story of Tunisia is being
mora or less re-enacted, with
bloody fight for commanding
. hills, the Gorman dosperatoly
- ' rushing In reinforcements, the
Russians applying steady and re-
plenties pressure, etc,
O Let us hope earnestly the Ku
ban ends as Tunisia did. Tho
more defeats our side can Inflict
en the Germans, the better off
we shall be.
THIS question naturally oc
curs: "After Tunisia, what?"
Nobody Is going to tell us
for that would be telling the Gor
man, too. So get out your map
and do a little guessing.
Opening tho Mediterranean
sea route has been one of the
chief objectives of tho African
campaign. Your map will toll
you that In addition to Tunisia
we need tho Italian Islands of
Sardinia and Sicily, to make tho
Mediterranean route reasonably
safe., j
' It won't be surprising if we go
-jfter thorn.
Q .
TTHE Spanish rumor factory at
r La Llnca (only a few miles
from. Gibraltar) says there were
three violent explosion In the
bay of Gibraltar this morning
and that British naval tugs
beached three merchant ships.
It add that a roportcd attack by
y; (Continued on Page Two)
Going Home
To New York
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, May B
VP) A a truckload of Italian
prisoners rolled away from
the front a group of Ameri
can soldiers voiced a few
wisecracks.
Came tho retort from one
Italian who spoke perfect
English:
"Why are you laughing at
us? We're going to New
York; you're going to Italy I"
RETROACTIVE PAY
HEARING STARTS
Unions Contend Dates
Should Start
Early 1942
in
Delay and discussion of Juris-.
diction marked the opening of a
hcAring hero Saturday on the
question of date for retroactive
pay in connection with th West
Coast Lumber commlsiloh'g re
cent pine wago Increase awards
Involving AFL. employe and
operators.
The hearing, alnted to start In
tho courthouse Jury room at 10
a. m., moved to tho library club
room vhon the Jury room -was
found not to be available. After
tho lumber commissions referee.
Dr. Richard Stelnor, Portland,
had opened the hearing In the
olubroom, It wa postponed be-
citum) jy.court reporter was not
available to make a record of the
proceeding asked by employer
representative.
Hearing Start
Finally, the hearing got under
way at 1 p. m., when Doyle Pear
son, 'representing the union,
made a statement outlining the
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Sgt. Fuller Gets
Silver Star for
African Bravery
The Silver Star, received for
meritorious action undor fire in
North Africa, has been awarded
to Sgt. Raymond Fuller, 23, son
of Mr. and Mrs.tWalter Fuller of
2292 Vino avenue, according to
word received here.. v
Tho act, which brought young
Fuller the coveted award, occur
red In battle in lots December,
when the tank corpsman brought
back his wounded driver under
fire. Fuller's companion had re
ceived 14 Machine gun bullet
wounds but Is recovering.
Sgt. Fuller had previously
been awarded the Purple Heart
and the medal has been sent
home to his parents. Tho youth
suffered, wounds which hospital
ized him for a tlmo but in a re
cent V-mail note to his parent
he had returned to service.
Miners Idle in Face of President's
"Back to Work" Order; Some Pits Work
PITTSBURGH, May 8 m
f ourteen hundred striking coal
miners went back to work to
day near California, Pa but
S00 men at , another Ponnsyl
vanla mine quit, leaving more
than 2600 workers in three
states still Idle in tho face of
President Roosevelt's indication
that he did not expect a strike
since minors now are govern
ment employes,
A spokesman for the Jones Si
Laughlin Steel corporation said
workers at its Shannopln mine
at aoDiown, pa., failed to report
for the 7 a. m. shift.
Some Return .
Employes of tho Vesta No. 4
mine at California Largest of
four J. Si L. pits returned to
their Jobs early today after a
meeting last night with District
S officials of tho United Mine
Workors.
John P. Busarollo, District B
president, declared he was "glad
they're back, I was worried sick
about it." The Bobtown mine
is in District 4.
Two of Ohio's largest mines
shut down today as 1200 minors
refused to work because of
what a union official said was
a dispute arising from- last
BURMA JAPS
ADVANCE ON
WAVELL'S IN
British Troops Dig in
To Wait Monsoon
Rains ,
By Th Associated Pre
British headquarter , an
nounccd today that Japanese
troops mode a new advance east
of the Mayu ridge in Burma
the second in 24 hours and
were now threatening positions
whero Field Marshal Sir Archi
bald P. Wavoll's forces had dug
in to await the monsoon rain.
A communique said the Jap
anese, striking north toward, the
India frontlor, had seized ground
astride tho 33-mile road from
Maungaw to Buthcdoung, about
four miles west of Buthedaung.
The road lies 80 mile north
of the big Japanese base at Ak-
yab on the Bay of Bengal coast,
"Reinforced
. "Despite substantial casualties
Inflicted by our troops, th Jap
anese have succeeded In rein
forcing their forward units.
thereby developing a direct
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"Dissatisfied"
Ewauna Loggers
Idle Second Day. ?
Ewauna Box company's log
gers were still off work Satur
day in a situation that arose
over alleged employe dissatis
faction with a supervisory em
ploye. The loggers did not re
port for work on Friday..
IWA officials hero said that
the employe to whom the union
members are objecting la Ray
Chase, logging superintendent,
well known in timber circle of
the basin. He recently took over
the post with Ewauna..
Tim Sullivan of the IWA
deniod that a Jotter written by
Wayne Chase, who Is In the
U.S. navy, to a local newspaper.
criticizing unions, had anything
to do with the difficulty. He
said the company had been in
formed of the employes' objec
tion to Chase before- the letter
had appeared. Wayne Chase is
a son of Ray Chase.
Company - official said they
could give no information on
the work stoppage except that it
had occurred.
Sullivan said he. had asked
for a government conciliator to
go into the situation. He said
he had hoped for a meeting
with company officials at the
logging operation near Quartz
Mountain Friday night, but that
it had not been held.
weck'a general stoppage In-the
bituminous fields.
Fin Fore Man
Adolph Pacifico, vice presi
dent of District 6, United Mine
Workors of America, said 600
men at both the Willow Grove
mine at Ncffs and the Rail and
River mine No. 6 at McClains
vllle refused to enter the pits
after operating companies fined
the men $2 each for being off
the Job April 20 and 30. .
Employes of the Willow Grove
mine, operated by the Hanna
Coal Co., . quit yesterday - and
last night, while the Rail and
River No. 6 .diggers failed to
report on today's shifts.
Guy Mullcman, outside fore
man at tho Powhatan Mine
company's works at Powhatan
Point, Ohio, said a brief stop
page becurred on the' night
shift, but that a full comple
ment reported for work today.
Lewis "No Comment"
In New York City. John t.
Lewis, president of the United
Mine Workors, replied "no com
ment" when asked about the
strike.
At the sumo time a threat
that thousands of other miners
will resume their Vork; stoppage
; , i. . w vi 4 i . ' m .11 ,""" ' mm
'Aprw-'ii l Jr 4
1 -'is ; ' . -v J i'j'r. :m
V v ( ; A
I'; f 5 ' - f r"'
fi Nl'"' f Four sons in the service is, sji
r i 1 the proud record of Mr. Lou Ur ' f '''9
Germans Face
Decisive Smash
At Novorossisk
By EDDY OILMORE
MOSCOW, May 8 VP) An
extremely violent battle was re
ported in progress, today south
west of Neberdjayevskaya,
which is only nine miles from
Novorossisk, as the Germans
rushed up reserves, tanks, and
motorized artillery - in an at
tempt to halt the soviet advance
toward the Black soa port.
. In the face of growing resist
ance, red army units, which
turned southward after separat
ing the Germans and the Ru
manians north of the Kuban
river from those In the south,
were driving hard to follow up
the-force of their first thrusts
of last weekend . unless ' opera
tors sign a contract with: the
United Mine Workers by the
end of the IE-day trues came
from UMW District 8 in western
Pennsylvania. :
! Two of the walkouts in Penn
sylvania and Ohio were protests
against attempts of coal opera
tors to fine employes for taking
part ' In unauthorized strikes
prior to the general shutdown
lest Friday midnight, when the
extended contracts expired,
i Wages Blamed
; The third, at the Kind mine
near Princeton, Ind., was blamed
by. Mine Superintendent David
Jones on, a two-week-old wage
dispute. Ho said 200 men on
the night shift failed to report
for work last night when they
found themselves "docked" for
time lost in an April walkout,
which centered about work days
lost during mechanical trouble.
Twelve hundred anthracite
miners, however,' were sched
uled to resume work at Glen
Lyon, P., Monday after a week's
idleness, pending negotiation of
a local grievance with tho Sus
quehanna Collieries company.
The UMW did not authorize th
walkout, :
Honored on Mother's Day
Four sons in the service is
the proud record of Mrs. Lou
Larson of 818 Willow street, the
mother of 12 children. Upper
left, Horace' Fenton Knight, 30,
with the . Seabees, now in
Alaska. - Horace enlisted in No
vember," 1042,. completed his
training , and passed through,
here ' three weeks ago en route
tof m fee "north, bower- left;
Thoma L. Knight, ' 23," seaman
second class, US navy. ..Tom is
now in foreien service on one
of Uncle Sam's cruisers. - He
enlisted In August, 1942. Upper I
right, Harvey William Knight,
25, United States navy, radio
man, first class. Harvey is now
In Alaska and was at Dutch
Harbor at the time of the bomb
ing last June. He enlisted in
July, 1940. Lower right, Tech.
Sgt. David Noah Knight, 28,
one of the first American sold-
"iers to land in North Africa
where he saw heavy action for
the first two months of the
campaign. David was Inducted
in July, 1941. All four attend
ed schools, in this city. Mrs.
Larson has two young boys at
home, Virgil, 16, and Charles,
17. Both will enter the US
marine corps , when Virgil
reaches his 17th birthday this
fall. Mrs. Larson will then
have six sons in the armed
forces.
Manufacturing
Will Increase
Logging Labor
Manufacturing developments
'that will bring a material in
crease in the man hours of labor
used locally on each log , were
forecast by Horace Andrews, re
gional forester, in an address on
the future of wood delivered at
the annual Stop Forest Fires ban
quet held Friday night in the
Wlllard hotel.
1 -Andrews discussed Intensifica
tion and diversification of wood
manufacture In connection' with,
the industrial future of Klamath
Falls,' which he said depends
more than any other city in Ore
gon on its lumbering Industry.
He mentioned, in particular, re
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Senate Finance
Group Approves
Modified Ruml v
WASHINGTON, May 8 VP)
The senate finance- committee
voted 12 to 7 approval today for
a modified version of the Ruml
Carlson pay-as-you-go tax collec
tion measure which would abate
either the 1942 or 1943 liabilities
of taxpayers, whichever is low
er. In record breaking time, the
committee completed its general
work on the sklp-a-year legisla
tion, which was rejected by only
four voters in the house, which
adopted instead a current collec
tion plan providing for abate
ment of the two lowest brackets
f taxes on 184 Income.
La Grande Music
Man to Teach in
Klamath Schools
John Alan-O'Connor, super
visor of music in La Grande
schools, has submitted his resig
nation to accept a position, in
the Klamath Falls school sys
tem, it was learned here-today.
If the La Grande board", ac
cepts -O'Connor's resignation, he
will come here to take charge
of string work in the elemen
tary . and high schools of the
city, according to City Super
intendent A. L. Gralapp.-. This
will ' include beginning classes
in strings in the elementary
system 'and. the KUHS orchestra.-
O'Connor graduated from-the
University of Idaho in 1938 and
has had extensive training in
, (Continued on- Page Two) ' .
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
' ' R H ' E
Philadelphia ,.......:..! 9 14 ; 0
New York .' 4 .. 7 ' .' 2
' Christopher and Swift; Don
ald, Turner (3) and Dickey.
R. H. E.
Boston 2 - 5 1
Washington 1 6- 2
Dodson and Partee; Mertz and
Early.. . ... , '
R. H. E.
Cleveland 2 7 1
St. Louis - 8 9 0
Harder and Rosar; Sundra,
Hollingsworth (0) and Hayes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE ;
R. H.. E.
New York - 7 9 0
Philadelphia 5 10 0
Lohrman, Adams (4), Wiltig
(9). and Mancuso; Gerhauser,
Fuchs (4-, Podgajny (9) Trinkle
(9) and Fadden, Berres (9).
R. H. E.
Brooklyn . 2 6.0
Boston v 3 10 1
Higby, Kimball (8) and Owen;
Barrett, Tost (8), Javery-(8), and
Klutte.
.. , R. H. E
Chicago . ... S 12 2
Cincinnati ..; 6 10 0
Warneke, Bithorn (9) and Her
nandez; Shoun, Heusser (9), and
Mueller. .."
Axis Remnant's ;
Flee to Cape as :,
Noose Tight-ens
By WILLIAM B. KING :
'ATT-rcm -trPA-nrnTA-nTTBlPCiTM VnP.TTT'ATrRTr.A". Msr
f i if .. rn . J1U1WCU.1. j ' v - . mi
a iv AllioI lim'omna rnnifAlfafrio' xneedilv on the) COTU
quest of Tunis and Bizerte, tightened the noose of steel
about axis remnants in northwest Tunisia today and oyer
ran town after town in pursuit of Germans and Italians
fleein? toward the Cap Bon peninsula -
United States armor cut the coastal highway front
Bizerte to Tunis at a point 18 miles southeast of the naval
. . i .- . xi... wn.r. rt auana on I -fnrr.np!
constricting the operational zone of any axis troops; re
. . . . . . . i - . j i.i i. ,..1.
maining in tne norm tip oi mo
British, armor in tne center oi me uue ""-. .
: ii.!i,A fA a n.nt nf Tnn! hv i-anturinff Crete
American umo ""s , ? lit. j .
ville 14 miles southeast of Tunis at the northern edge ot
the Cap Bon peninsula.
' v . Honors anarea
w (. 9r TTn -rrnm Creteville to the Port of KsmmsMBet, rt
the southern base of the peninsula' entrance. ' ' '
. : tt .-j Tiritlih -TnrrM xhareA nanon- kk the) .
battle a battle which Gen. Dwight D.. Eisenhower said would,
continue "as long as a single armed German is on African soil.
Pont du Fahs was occupied by the 19th French corps and
British tank detachments swiftly won three town between that,
anchor of the axis southern front and MedJez-el-Bab; These- were
Ksar Tyr, Aln-El-Asker and Bir M'Cherga. - ; ' , . '
Members of the American second corps pwn
nvM) An ncYftinnt enemr rear Riiards. -
21 miles na,v,
rhmilmil rasa, euardian of the
Tebourba, was occupied. ;
offensive, begun les than 72
sands." There were indications
ures that is 10,000 or more. More than so.ooo axis soioiers naa -been
captured in previous engagements since the opening of .the,.
Maretn line campaign, msrea
H W broadcast byvthe Algiers
'JiM v&m W "Lnndok rmrted
. fA French -communique broadcast by the' Algiers- radio. and .
recorded by The Associated Press said .French troop had deep- -lv
nenetrated Dlebel Zaghouan, Tunisia' highest peak about 11.
miles east of Pont du Fahs. ' ? ..... - . -
. m.,.. i.rmf tn!aHMBM and Italians
it-. wIm
! aUUMllll x...,
Bon peninsula toon if they are.
Six months to the aay alter aiiiea isnaing ma w""
on French North African beaches, the allied wmrmnique said
significantly: 'The advance continues." '' , ' . .
-. u .t luni.liMin nntuno. it t Oi-
ficlally announced, and observer
total wa expected to reach five
- . Ships Targets ,.-
Enemy shipping and retreating groitod force remained the
main targets of tha frantically busy allied air force this mora.
-... i -i- lumWi mnA fiffhtprx attacked enemy de
Ulg. .KlbUMU OAT fcwiuwww o -
tachments on the highway of the Cape Bern 'peninsula and be
tween Tunis and uizerie. airaiegic hi iww
a 100-foot ship off western SicUy. -.
, French troops captured Pont du, Fahs and high ground to the
east to roll up the right wing of axis lines still holding on th
southern front to contribute to the offensive in which Americans
seized Bizerte-and the British first army took Tunis yesterday.
n-::.u t.riir,i, oairte fnmt of as enemy tanks.
captured Bir M'Cherga, on the
Pont du Fans, and also war iisar xyr, ouun
M'Cherga and Medjez-el-Bab to narrow the axis southern salient.
; Reports from the battle front indicated the disorganized
enemy, seeking haven from the -merciless air and ground bom
bardments, was heading for the mountainous Cap Bon peninsula
in an effort to delay for a few days the final defeat expected
to be a prelude to the allied invasion of Europe. .
New Commander :-
Troops of the U. S. second corps operating under a new
commander quelled intermittent resistance -overnight in the
streets of Bizerte and British forces likewise mopped up Tunis.
Fighting continued beyond both cities. Hundreds of prison
ers, their numbers still uncounted, streamed to the rear.
One of the drives through to Tunis cut the roads of retreat
of German and Italian forces in the Bizerte region and pockets
were being wiped out in this and other area by th speedy
pushes of both Americans and British. , ,
General Praised
Disclosing that MaJ. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, 80-year-old In
fantry officer, had succeeded Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton Jr.,
the tank specialist, in command of the second U. S. corps for the
campaign across mountainous North Tunisia, General Elsenhower
praised both, i ; ' .
"Naturally I am highly delighted with th developments
which brought us into Bizerte and Tunis," the allied commander-in-chief
said, "but so far as I am concerned as long a a ingle
armed German i on African soil there i tlll battle and J
want to destroy the rest of his resistance," -
He said the result of the unification of the British, French
and Americans under Deputy Commander Gen. Sir Harold Ale .
ander "speaks well for the tremendously difficult tasks lying
ahead of th United Nations. ! . ,
- German Confusion '.'
Advanced elements reaching Tunis said civilians and nasi
soldiers alike appeared unaware Of the proximity of allied forces
on the outskirts. Confusion results, with ome fighting in the
streets and sniping from buildings, but this was quickly cleared .
up. i .
Midnight reports said the American force faced a slmuaf
situation in Bizerte, but the Important naval base first entered
by the 894th tank destroyer battalion of the American Ninth
division was soon completely under control.
French troops found extremely heavy mine field when they
drove Into Pont du Fahs, indicating the Germans had planned
prolonged defense, and eighth army patrols probing the axis
line along the coast above Enfidaville said mine fields there
were the most extensive they had encountered since they left
El Alamein.
Suppllts 8lsd
Americans captured 495 prisoner in the attack upon Bizerte
alone. In addition, a large amount of valuable military supplies
which the Germans had no time to destroy or remove wa eized.
1 Prisoners over the whole front were coming In rapidly. Ia
one sector a number of German surrendered, using their own
t transport to give themselves up. '
pruteuiiuow;. . .
. .
-o .7, A
road to the holdout Junction 4
., . .. .. J";. V ',' . '
Many Pnsoaei
Mnttirl tn Am aWed
hour before, were many tnou..
the total would reacrt live iib-
,, . . r ... -.
radio reeorded by The Asse-.
that m,000 axi soldier" were
hrflfe ana nan -for tns-Car
. - s
to avoid encirclement.)., ., . ,
at allied headquarters said the
flgures - r - that ia. 10,000 or more.
Tunis road 12 miles north of
1