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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1943
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By FRANK JENKINS
A SPOKESMAN for the British
first army sums up tha Tu
nlslon situation for u today.
Ho nys an estlmutcd 00. 000
axil soldiers, deserted by their
highest commondors, Including
Rommol and Von Arnliri, aro bo
lug swept Into tha Dntnnn-llka
Capo Bon peninsula (which hni
no Corregldor fortress.)
npHE big fight now Is for tha
A NECK of the peninsula.
The British First army la rush
ing the enemy there, trying to
prevent him from getting hla big
guni placed for defense.
The Germans are reported to
be gravely short of fuel, In many
places posting ineir Dig innna
behind barns, etc., to ba used ai
STATIONARY forts.
TODAY'S dispatches assert th.it
German and Italian air
forces have abandoned the bat
tle of Africa, leaving the trapped
troops on Cape Bon without air
support.
Our planes, practically with
out opposition, are smashing the
small boats In which tha enemy
Is trying to escape across the
Sicilian strait.
TT Is worse than Dunkerque, for
x there the British had local
superiority In the air, 'The Ger
mans are getting, many times
multiplied, what thest-stave trio
British who were forced out of
ureece.
' i
ESTIMATES today' Indicate
that some 64,000 prisoners
have been taken and moro than
40,000 Germans and Italians
killed and wounded In Tunisia.
In the whole African cam
paign, beginning with the Brit
ish reconquest of Ethiopia and
Italian East Africa, the axis Is
estimated to have lost three
quarters of a million men, In
cluding 200,000 natives in Ethi
opia. These losses have been In
the rough ratio of three Italians
to one-German. -
; . - i-
THE Germans so far have given
their Italian allies the dirty
end of tha stick. As an Interest
ing sidelight, It Is reported to
day that nearly all the prisoners
NOW being taken are Germans,
in uniinns naving "loit ahead of
the rush,"
TWENTY. FIVE THOUSAND
Gormans, Including six gen
erals, surrendered unconditional
ly to our Americans today.
A tight naval and air, block
ade has been thrown around
Cape Bon, and today's dlspatchos
say It is fairly certain that no
Important number of Germans
and Italians wlll escape.
THE Russians are reported to
day to be In the outskirts of
Novorossisk, and clolm to have
a weckCd 3 Gcrmnn P,Bn! In
Russlnn air attacks on Gorman
communications along tho cen
tral Russian front are said to ba
the most formidable of tho war
(Important, as Indicating RISING
Russian strength.)
J-JITLER makes a gloomy
speech, telling of tho suffer
ings and prlvotlons endured by
Gorman soldiers during tho past
winter, adding thnt only love of
country and determination to
spare their homeland the horrors
of war could have inspired them
to the deeds they have dono. Ho
Is obviously trying to stlffon re
sistance on tho home front.
TN this atmosphere of axis dis
aster, Spain's Franco makes a
speech openly proposing peace.
He says:
"The world has reached a
deadlock In which neither side
iia mo power to destroy tho
oilier . . . Thereforo those of us
who witness tne struggle serene
Iv consider It scnsoless to delay
the peace."
There's a lot of typical Franco
bombast, but that's tha meat of
.''.
CRANCO has been Hitler's and
Mussolini's llttlo (very little)
pal, sv it Is reasonable to pre-
, (Continued on Page Two)
Reds Cut Into
Nazi Defenses
At Novorossisk
Br EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, May 10 (A') Red army forces hava penetrated
tha outer fortlflcutlons of Novorossisk, dispatches from tha front
declared today, and are "persistently crumbling tho enemy de
fenses and breaking Into tho depths of his positions."
Tho sovlut advanco In the Kuban coincided wltn continued
fierce fighting In tho air, which the Russians said had resulted
in tha destruction of 930 German planes in the last week, and
resurgence of activity in tho Lislchunska area In the Donets basin.
Bmiihn Linked
Tho air warAro was linked with smashing Russian raids on
German communication centers behind tho central end Ukrain
ian fronts apparently part or a well-conceived plan to smash
II ill DATES
Lumber Commission
Hearing Ended
Saturday
AFC unionists and employers
are mora than nine months
apart in their contentions as to
the effective date for tha recent
ly authorized 7M-cent pay raise
(or pine workers, it was brought
out In the west coast lumber
commission hearing on the mat
ter concluded here Saturday
night.
The WLCC approved the pay
raise, some time ago but did not
specify tho effective data for re
troactive payments. .
Employers generally at the
Saturday hearing here contend
ed that the pay should start as
of Novembor 28, 1042. They
baso this claim on tho fact that
a union demand for wage in
(Contlnucd on Page Two)
Ewauna Loggers
Return to Work;
Issue Settled
Loggers of the Ewauna Box
company were back on the job
todoy after two days of Idleness
duo to an issue that arose over
a supervisory employe
CIO Intornatlonol Woodwork
ers of America officials here
said the question involved had
been settled amicably and urged
any Ewauna loggers who are in
town to return to their jobs at
tha Quartz mountain operation.
About 120 men were off work
Friday and Saturday.
Ray Chase, Ewauna logging
superintendent, will continue in
that capacity. It was understood
the difficulty arose over some
objection to Chase's employment
by the company. Chase is woll
known In timber circles of this
area, and recently was logging
boss for Pelican Bay,
British Report
Destroyer Lois
LONDON, May 10 (fP) Tha
now British destroyer Pakcnham
has been lost, tho admiralty an
nounced tonight.
"Operating in the central Med
iterranean In January, tho Pak
cnham with six other destroyers
took part in a series of success
ful actions lasting over three
days which resulted in tho de
struction of 13 enemy vessels,"
the admiralty said.
Enemy Rejoicing Seen If President's
Reciprocql Trade Powers Not Renewed
By FRANCIS M. LEMAY
WASHINGTON, May 10 (P)
Urging renewal of Prosidcnt
Roosevelt's powers to ncgotlato
reciprocal trade poets, Repre
sentative Doughton (D-N.C.) told
the houso today thot any other
course would be a cause for
"jubilation in the chancelleries
of Hitter, Hlrohlto and Mus
solini." Saying "the oyes of the world
are focused upon this legislative
body," the 70-ycar-old Doughton,
chairman of tho ways and means
committee, declared that the
trade-act vote gove rcpubllcons
a chance "to forever dispell the
nail preparations for a sum-
mer offensive.
(Today the German communi
que suggested Russian landings
at the top of their Caucasus
bridgehead, saying "a large
number of enemy landing
boats" were destroyed in the
waters of Temryuk. The Ger
mans said strong Russian at
tacks, supported by heavy artil
lery barrages, strong tank and
aerial support In the Kuban
were repelled with heavy losses.
Other sectors of the front had
minor, local engagements, the
Berlin account said. The Ger
man air force was said to have
mado widespread attack on
Russian troop concentrations
and railways, and 41 Russian
planes were reported downed at
tho loss of four.).
Plants Lost
The midnight communique,
which told of tha destruction of
the 930 German planes, said the
(Continued, on Pago , Two).
Hitler Declares
Troops Suffered
During Winter
LONDON. May 10 (VP) Adolf
Hitler was quoted by the Berlin
radio today as declaring the win
ter "involved the heaviest suf
fering and hardest burdens for
our soldiers,." The broadcast was
recorded by Reuters.
Tha Berlin radio said Hitler
broadcast on the occasion of the
fourth anniversary of the organ
ization of the nail "winter help"
campaign.
By halting the Russian assault
and by counter-attacking, Hitler
said the German soldiers had
averted a crisis "wlhlch would
have broken any other army In
the world."
"All sacrifices on the home
front pale before tho privations
(Continued on Pago Two)
British Forced
Back in Burma;
Sub Shells Japs
By The Associated Press
The Tokyo radio reported to
day that the war had been car
ried directly to the islands of
Japan with the shelling of a vil
lage on the Island of Hokkaido
by a submarine.
The Japanese broadcast said
the shells from the submarine,
presumably American, missed
their mark and landed In a field
just before midnight yesterday.
In Burma Japanese jungle
troops scored new successes.
Japs Get Buthodaung
A broadcast, giving the text of
an imperial headquarters com
(Contlmicd on Pago Two)
charge thot they are isolation
ists." Policy Reviewed
Doughton said tha issue was:
"Shall wo continue along the
enlightened and progressive
course which recognizes ' that
our lost hope of civilization lies
in the development of Interna
tional harmony among a family
of nations, or shall we revert to
the policy of near-sighted selfish
ness which has proved so dis
astrous In' tha past? We are
colled to decide between a wise
and farslghtcd prpgram of In
ternational cooperation and tha
How an exploslra fire roared through the planer and box factory of the Shaw Lumber company at Tionesta fa shown In
this picture takan when the blaze was at Its height Sunday morning. The damage of about (125.000 was eoTered by insurance,
but company officials ware worried about getting the oquipmen t to replace that destroyed in the fire,, which started from a
welding operation. '
CIVILi SUPPLY
BILL GIVEN (W
Measure Would Treat
Home Front Needs
Like Military
WASHINGTON, May 10 (P)
Legislation to set up an inde
pendent civilian supply admin
istration with claims equal' to
the armed services on goods and
supplies needed for the home
front was passed today , by the
senate and sent to the house.
While opponents contended a
newly organized office of civil
ian requirements In the war pro
duction board should be given a
chance to operate, Senator Ma
loney (D-Conn.), author of the
bill, declared a separate agency
is needed Immediately to assure
production and distribution of
"what is required by our armed
forces and allies to win the war."
Administrator's Job
The measure would empower
an administrator to determine
needs for rationing and to ascer
tain the typos and quantities of
materials, manpower and other
(Continued on Page Two)
Roosevelt Asks
More Money for -Naval
Aeronautics
WASHINGTON. May 10 (B)
President Roosevelt asked con
gress today to provide $4,934,
729,000 additional for the navy's
bureau of aeronautics for the
fiscal year 1944.
The sum was requested In a
special message to the house in
which the president said thot the
sum was needed for "successful
prosecution of the war." He did
not give any details.
thoroughly discredited policy of
Isolation."
Failures Seen
In a speech prepared for de
livery after Doughton, Rep.
Knutson (R-Mlnn.) said "the his
tory of tho trado act has been
a succession of dismal failures."
Seeking to apply congressional
veto powers to the present form
violates the constitution by dele
gating to the executive the tariff
and treaty-making powers of
congress. They claimed suffic
ient strength to "recapture"
these powers.
When Doughton concluded,
(Continued on Paga Two)
$125,000 Fire Sweeps Tionesta Lumber Operation
r t- '
n ;
t'
Franco Appeals for World
P e ace in Barcelona Talk
MADRID, May 10 (VP) Gen
eral Franco made a clear ap
peal for world peace last night
in Almerta, declaring neither
the axis nor the allies could de
stroy the other and "it is sense
less to delay the peace."
It was the second Spanish
peace feeler in less than a
month. On April 16, Count
Gen. Francisco aomez Jordana,
tha foreign minister, appealed
for peace in 'an address at Bar
celona. ,
(Franco Is Indebted to both
Italy and Germany for help in
the Soanish Civil war and has
proclaimed his friendship ,for
the axis. .
Invasions Seen
(The speech was made as axis
resistance in Tunisia appeared
near an end and Hitler and
Mussolini were preparing to
withstand allied assaults on the
European continent.
(London's reaction to Franco's
peace feeler was a polite yawn.
Newspapers gave it little space,
Airmen Destroy
Sixteen PI ones
In Short Time
CHUNGKING, May 10 (IP)
American airmen destroyed at
least 16 Japanese planes in a
15-minute running battle during
the shattering U. S. raid on Can
ton Saturday, a communique
from Lieut, Gen. Joseph W. Stil
well's headquarters said today.
The communique said that
flvo other enemy planes prob
ably were destroyed and two
were damoged. One U. S. me
dium bomber, with its crew, was
reported lost in tha action.
The Tokyo radio offering Its
version of the attack on Canton,
said today thot seven U. S. bomb
ers, with an escort of Warhawk
fighters, had attacked the area
but had failed to hit any mili
tary objectives. The broadcast,
recorded by The Associated
Press, said two of the raiders
were shot down.
The American communique
said the 24th air force atacked
the Tien Ho and White Cloud
(Continued on Page Two)
USES Reports Men
Returning to Woods
SEATTLE, May 10 (P) Otto
W, Johnson, state director of the
U. S. employment service, said
today 819 former lumber work
ers had returned to the woods in
response to a government re
quest, However, he said, the re
sponse fell for short of the 4000
lumber workers needed In the
Pacific northwest.
since their headlines were too
thick with victories to leave
much room for talking of quit
ting. . No British official would
suggest an alteration of the al
lied policy of "unconditional
surrender," pronounced at Casa
blanca.) Delay Senselees
"Those of us who witness the
struggle serenely consider it
senseless to delay the peace,"
Franco declared.
(Asked at his press conference
in Washington for comment on
Franco's speech, Secretary of
State Hull said he could only
Senate Finance
Group Finishes
Tax Revision
By JACK BELL
WASHINGTON, May 10 (VP)
The ! senate finance committee
completed a modified version of
Ruml-Carlson . "skip a year"
measure for current collection of
income taxes today, recording a
final favorable vote of 13 to 8
after Senator Bailey (D-N. C.)
joined opponents of the proposal.
Chairman George (D-Ga.) said
he would report the measure to
the senate today and ask that de
bate be started Wednesday.
The committee altered provi
sions of the windfall sections in
final action today, providing in
general that anyone who had an
income abnormally large In the
year on which he obtained a tax
abatement, must pay on the ex
cess over a "normal" year.
Gets Mother's Day
Greetings From 26 -Soldiers
in Africa
LOS ANGELES, May 10 (VP)
Mrs. Mary L. Lopek, who has
no children of her own, received
Mother's Day greetings from 26
soldiers somewhere In North
Africa,
When they were manning a
searchlight battery near her
home in February, 1942, she fed
them and did their mending.
Their Mother's Day greeting:
"Hello Mom Miss your waffles.
What's cookln'?"
PRICE LIST TO APPEAR
Because of a difficult typo
graphical problem involved, the
OPA top price list publication
announced Saturday will not ap
pear in detail in The Herald and
News until Tuesday or Wednes
day. This list requires intricate
typographical tabulation which
was beyond the Monday capacity
of the newspaper plant, but as
soon as It can be prepared it
will be published at no cost to
the government or public
FliHSHi
MILL
Planer, Box Factory
Damage Estimated
At $125,000
Fire destroyed ' the planing
mill and ' box factory of the
Shaw Lumber company at Ti
onesta Sunday morning, inflict
ing damage estimated at $123,-
000.
Starting from a blowpipe over
heated' by welding operations,
the flames spread through the
plant with explosive speed. The
box factory and planer were
housed In the same building.
Fire-fighting equipment was
brought immediately to the
scene but was effective only in
saving the mill proper and the
lumber yards.
One carload of lumber, on the
Great Northern spur, caught fire
and burned, but several other
(Continued on Page Two).
Associated Press
War Correspondent
Injured in Jeep'
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, May 10 (VP)
J. Wes Gallagher, Associated
Press war correspondent who
covered the invasions of Den
mark and ' Greece and landed
with the AEF in North Africa
six months ago, has been hospit
alized because of minor injuries
suffered when a jeep in which
he was riding overturned.
Eurooe's Soft Underbelly
LONDON, May 10 (VP) Inten
sive axis preparations to ward
off any allied invasion attempt
along the soft underbelly of Eu
rope were reported underway
from the south coast of France
to the Black sea today as the
German-Italian debacle In North
Africa entered its final phases.
Although Adolf Hitler and
Benito Musolini seemed particu
larly concerned over the pros
pects of an allied drive through
southern Europe, reports from
Holland indicated that the axis
was not overlooking the possi
bility of an assault across the
English channel. . : ,
All of Holland was placed
under martial law last night,
The Netherlands news agency
Aneta reported, and Dutch
sources were convinced the ac
tion was taken by the Germans
In an effort -to forestall any
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Five Generals Taken,
In Unconditional
Submission
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUAR T E R S
IN NORTH AFRICA. May 10
(VP) Naval and air forces threw
blockade around Cap Boa
peninsula and sank many small
ships carrying axis soldiers des
perately attempting to escape'
the Tunisian inferno today.
The American second eorp ob
tained unconditional surrende
of all enemy units in its terrW
tory southeast of Bizerte.
German resistance stiffened
in front of British armred
smashing against the entrance.
to Cap Bon peninsula.
Axis Worsa
Tha position of axis troops
still fighting in Tunisia was de
scribed officially as "worse than
desperate" and it is certain thai
no important number of Geiw
man and Italian soldiers wilt
escape from Africa. ; .;
jje tans ox tn uercnan stirrer
der ' to tha Americans in tha
north, were disclosed at bead
:r, '"'THnbsaxr. Suit
At il a. m. yesterday Major
General . Krause,. commanding
artillery of the Africa corps,
sent an emissary to Maj. Gen,
Omar N. Bradley and requested
an armistice so the surrender
might be negotiated.
General Bradley's terms wert
as follows:
1 Unconditional surrender.
' 2 Prompt acceptance.
The American officer further,
demanded that all destruction
(Continued on Page Two)
Afrika Korps
Losses Set at
Over 750,000
LONDON, May 10 (VP) Tha
axis has lost more than 750,
000 troops in the retreat from
Africa which began with the
reconquest of Ethiopia.
The figure is based on of- '
flclal announcements and au
thoritative estimates of killed,
wounded and prisoners. '
In East-Africa, the axis lost
280,000 troops, including 200,
000 negroes. -
Casualties In North Africa
were estimated at 246,000, not
including the announcement
that 50,000 had been captured
around Bizerte and Tunis.
The casualties roughly are
in the proportion of three Ital
ians to one German.
Losses in axis material sines
the beginning of the Mediter
ranean campaign total more
than 2000 tanks, S000 air
craft shot down in combat and
additional thousands destroy
ed on the ground, and close to
1500 guns, according to auth
oritative figures. .
outbreak In connection with an
allied invasion.
Planet Raid Sicily
' Heightening axis rears, uu
allied planes raided the Sicilian
harbor of Palermo yesterday on
the third anniversary of Hitler's
Invasion of the lowlands, leaving
that Important base flaming and
smoking under the heaviest aer
ial onslaught of the Mediterran
ean campaign.
In the Balkans, German troops
were being moved southward
through Hungary at a rata com
parable to that preceding the
axis attack on Greece and Yugo
slavia, according to travelers
from Europe arriving at Ankara.
Stockholm dispatches reported
Germany was sending modern
weapons to bolster Bulgarian de
fenses. Nazi Gestapo Chief Hoinrlch
(Continued on Pago Two) ,