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""THE bulk tho war toduy I
In the air. Except on Atlu.
where one of the tliroo groups
Into which the Japs luul been
. pllt hus been wiped out, little
ground activity la reported any
where "
DAF bombcri (probably about
800), three-fourth of them
4-englners capable of carryinit
block-busters, hit Duesscldorf
lust night. Twenty-four nro lout,
as against 38 at Dortmund Sun
day night.
', At the ume time Ituly'a out
post Island (Sicily, Sardinia and
. Puntellerla) are blunted by al-
lied bombers from Africa. Nearly
400 planei are used In these in
land ralda and 11 are lost.
The Mediterranean Island
raids run around tho clock, with
both day and night bombing.
KJOTE tht regularity of the
A raids on German cities.
Dortmund was bombed Sun
day night. Monday night was
skipped. Tuesday night Ducsscl
dorl gets It. The bomber forces
being used seem to Imvo been
standardized at around BOO
planes which, may have been
found to be the most cfficlonl
'lw. ,.
' Air strtcilt 1 contend that
ten. lOOu-pla no raids per month
tabout all tho weather will per
mit) would knock Germany out
& . . 4 1. ..... I . u
inf Wl( III IIA tHVKMta.,
Moybe;.aj Churchill suggests,
It Is being given a trial.
.
-ORTMUND Is an Industrial
XJ city of. 420,000, located on
Dm Rlilh Hint above the Dutch
border. It produces tanks, guns
ana armament generally.
T'HE air today is full of rumors
and hints. Churchill. In
Washington,' has been tossing out
the bulk of the' hints. '
' He tells the Italians they'd bo
"'well advised to throw them'
selves on the justice of those
thoy have so "grievously offend'
ed." He says It Is a mattor'for
them to sottle among themselves
and all wo can do Is to apply
"physical stimuli."
If you're scared anyway (as
the Italians seem to bo) a block
-buster bomb Is a rather effective
physical "stimulus."
'THE Russians, Churchill ro
marks offhand, have been
holding back the weight of 218
enemy divisions (around it mil'
Hop men) which, he admits, Is
certainly plenty.
1 But ho odds suggestively that
their strength ma? grow as tlmo
nasscs and thov certainly must
know tho Japs arc watching them
with a purely "opportunist eye."
What ho is getting over Is that
the Russians surely know they'll
have to fight the Japs sooner or
later and they might as well pass
us soma Siberian air bases now.
That suggestion, of course, lilts
ua very favorably. How it will
hit the Russians remains to bo
icon,
ITALIAN-WASHINGTON "dip-
lomatlc sources" come through
today with a prediction that
Italjl will collapse quickly If wo
Invade her and tho Germans
desert her,
Np great, monumental brain Is
required for that prediction. We
country boys out in tho sticks
could do as well with one hand
tied behind us,
If Anything Is certain In this
war,!ilt is that Italy will toss In
the sbongo if the Germans skip
but and leave hor,
t ' ',
yrpnkY might, at that. Italy's
, V coastline is long and a lot
of menwill bo required to defend
..it. The Brenner pass is short
rond relatively easy to defend.)
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'T'HE Ifinn radio today says an
allied Invasion of the con
tinent Is certain, but refrains
from saying WHEN another
guess Involving littlo brain fag,
In such an event, the Finns say,
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Rising Mississippi
Menaces Powder
Plant
By The Associated Press
Two huge industrial plants In
southern Illinois, as well us ecv
oral small communities in that
region and In eastern Missouri
remained imperiled today as the
rampaging Mississippi river,
choked with flood waters from
scores of tributaries, showed no
material drop in the lower
reaches.
Although conditions upstream
on tho Mississippi and the Illi
nois rivers were reported im
proved with drops recorded, tho
two swollen streams continued
relentlessly along their path of
destruction over a wide section
in tho danger zones of the flood
ed area.
Powdtr Plant Endngrd
At Wolf luko, 125 miles south
of St. Louis, six Inches of water
covered tho town and fear, was
' expressed ' by officials that the
Atlas Pow,dcr plant, " Covering
2000 acres of low land, was en
dangered by the spreading Mis
sissippi waters. Tho plant which
manufactures industrial explo
sives, is about three miles cast
of the Mississippi, which already
has spilled water over thousands
of acres of land in the vicinity
after levees broke at Preston and
Aldrldge.
Clarence Campbell, OCD dl
rector of Union county; said
"We'll bo lucky If we succeed
In holding tho plant.".
Generator Menaced
About 23 miles north of Wolf
luko, at Grand Tower (111.) the
Illinois central public service
generating plant, a $0,000,000
project, was menaced by the
nomiiiuca on raga two)
Chamber Heads
Vote Protest
On OPA Shift
Klamath chamber of com
merce directors voted Wednes
day to press strong protests
ogninst tho shifting of Siskiyou
and Modoo counties, California,
from tho Klamath Falls to the
Sacramento district OPA office.
It Is expected protests will go
from various points in tho two
counties, which are closer to
Klamath Falls than Sncramcnto.
Discuss OPA .
At tho Wednesday noon meet
ing there wus considerable dis
cussion of the possible future
operations of tho OPA .office
hero. . A suggestion was made
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Wounded Local Man Comes
Home From Tunisian Battle
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Hrichl Atkinson
Mitt
One Pocket of Attu
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Today, after driving the enemy on Attu Into three pockets
last week, the U. S. ground force were reported to have wiped
out th troops in th Chichagof vallay. On th map abor, th
Chlchagol vallay ara is presumably .th smallest shadtd pocket
ara. Arrows show how th U. S. troops chopped tht Nippon into
sections. ' ' I
Churchill Bids for Soviet
Cooperation in Jap Fight
By Th Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 26
Italians got' an informal invita
tion from Prime Minister Chur
chill today to disown their lead
ers and get out of the war, whllo
Russia received an Indlrut bid
torJjovdnTual cobrjora't'lbn In de
stroying Japanese might,- -. .
So far as another - fighting
front in Europe is concerned, tho
prime minister appeared to pro
ject action into a somewhat in
definite future, for he said at a
press conference yesterday that
no steps had been taken to se
lect an allied commander for
such a stupendous project.
But Italians, he said, would
bo very well advised to throw
Uneasy Calm
Felt on Russ
Battle Front
By EDDY GILMORE
MOSCOW, June 28 (P) Land
action moved today from the
south to tho north central sec
tor of the soviet front, where
the Russians reported they had
captured four settlements, but
on the whole an uneasy calm
continued to . prevail over the
long battle lines. .
The great air battles of the
current softening-up campaign
were unabated, however, with
rod airmen hammering again
and again at German communi
cations and supplies particu
larly railway stations,, supply
dumps, and truck columns,
As on numerous previous oc
casions, Russian bombers struck
behind the German lines. Ros-
vavl, Yclnya and Spas Domen
skoe central front Junctions
through which pour supplies to
the vital salient not far from
Moscow suffered damage from
heavyweight bombs. r
.Wounded in the hand by a Ger
man bullet, Horschel Atkinson,
young Klamath Falls infantry
man, Is homo from Tunisia after
seeing action in several phases
of tho big campaign that won
North Africa away . from the
axis. . j . ;
Horschel landed with th6 f!i;8t
wave of American troops at Cnsa
Blanca on November 8, 1042.
Ho went ashore -in one of the
smajl boats which carried Amer
icans to tho beaches under fire
from land forces and dive bomb
ers. -Bombing
Not Bad
"That dive-bombing lsp't so
bad if you have a fox hole," he
said. "If you're In a hole, they've
got to drop one right on you, to
got you. It makes that fox hole
seem mighty cozy.". , . .
The Klamath man saw hot ac
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Japs Wiped Out
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themselves on the justice of those
whom they so grievously have
offended.; It is a matter for
them to settle among themselves,
Churchill asserted, and all., we
can do is apply physical stimuli,
. The .conference - yielded : no
clue as to when his war talks
with President Roosevelt would
result in adding new land and
sea offensives to the stimuli of
continued aerial poundings.
Soviet Bid Seen
Pointing to the manner in
which Russia had been holding
back the weight of 218 enemy
divisions, the- prime minister
said' he certainly had not felt
that he should request his gov
ernment to ask more of the
soviet union. Then ho added:
Their strength may grow as
time goes on and they must know
that Japan has watched them
with a purely opportunist eye. :
Britain's war leader - was
speaking in answer to a question
whether he thought it would be
to Russia's self-interest to fight
Japan after the conflict in Eur
ope is won. ,
House, Senate
Conferees Find
fax Compromise
By Th Associated Prss
WASHINGTON, May 28
House and senate conferees who
finally struggled to a compro
mise on pay-as-you-go Income
tax collection raced against the
legislative clock today to put it
into effect by July 1, only five
weeks away. '
Prospects look good for speedy
senate and house approval, lead
ers among the conference group
declared. . ' ; i '
Designed to put the nation's
44,000,000 taxpayers on a cur;
rent basis .without the compul
sion of paying two year's taxes in
one, here, stripped of .detail, is
what the bill would do:
i Provisions Noted
Cancel a whole year's income
tax liability for persons owing
the government $50 tax or less,
Cancel 78 per cent of a year's
liability for all others, with tho
remainder, to bo paid ; half in
1944 and half in 1945.
. Impose a 20 per cent with
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Col.-Wooton Warns
Married Men of
Possible Induction'.
' PORTLAND, May 26 (P)
Tho drafting of married men
with children will begin soon In
Oregon, Col. Elmer V. Wooton
said yesterday.
The state director of selective
service told a business, mop's
club, "married men wlthput chil
dren .no, longer can be deferred.
They arc classed on the same ba
sis as single men. The only phy
sically fit men to be deferred are
highly trained men who cannot
be replaced in agriculture or in
industry." , ,
Japs
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Enemy Position ; :
-! At Harbor
WASHINGTON, May' 26 W)
United States troops have wiped
out tho Japanese position in
Chichagof valley, one of three
major areas .held by ,the enemy
on Attu island, the navy an
nounced today, and ' were, re
ported following up with a
drive against a second main po
sition around Chichagof harbor.
Army heavy and medium
bombers and fighter planes sup
ported i the continuing assault,
a navy communique said. The
planes bombed and strafed the
enemy positions in the Chicha
gof area and started fires.
VCIard Monday
The Chichagof valley sector
was cleared of enemy forces on
Monday. Although -there was
no. report .of enemy casualties,
it mas . assumed here that the
dwindling Japanese unit on the
bleak North Pacific isle had
again lost heavily and that those
which survived the attack fell
back upon Chichagof harbor for
a final stand with their com
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Prominent Local
Woman Dies at
Home Tuesday
Kennell-EUis
Mrs. C. S. Elliot
Mrs C. S. Elliot,' prominent
Klamath Falls woman who has
been active in numerous com
munity affairs in her residence
here in the past six years, died
Tuesday evening at the family
residence. Mrs. Elliot had been
ill for about six months, . al
though she had been able to bo
about until a short time before
her passing.
Mrs. Elliot was one of the or
ganizers of the Sojourners club
here and served as its president.
She was president of the River
side Paront-Teachers association.
She took a keen interest in Boy
Scout work and served as a den
mother for Cub scouts. ' She took
an active part in the Red Cross,
and served a period as produc
tion manager.
She was a member of the
Daughters of tht Nile and the
Order of the Amaranth. '
i' The prominent Klamath
woman was born in Illinois. She
is survived by her husband, C. S.
Elliot, manager of tho J. C. Pen
ney company store here; a son,
John Adolf, and a daughter,
Emllie Elizabeth. '
The remains are at Whitlock's
where funeral announcement
will be made later., ,
T CHICHAGD
They're 'Home' On Leave
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Corporal Frank Oklmoto (left), formerly of Marysvill. Calif.,
and Sachiko Higaihl (cntr) of Sacramento; Callf and Corporal
Tom Nakagawa; enjoyed' tha xfrshmenU'srvl at a dancing
party at th Tulelak. Calif., Japan relocation center. The two
soldiers cam to th camp to Visit their, parents. On page six of
today's paper is a story- concerning thoughts of . Japan at tht
Nawell relocation canter, .
Rubber Workers Consider
By CARTER L. DAVIDSON
AKRON, O., May 26 (P The
executive ; board . of . the . CIO
united Rubber . workers was
called into special session today
to consider a back-to-work, plea
of the war labor board as a union
work stoppage that halted pro
duction in three of this rubber
capital's major companies spread
to a fourth concern.
Sherman H. Dalyrymple, the
UMW's international- president,
summoned the Union leaders
after conferring in Washington
with WLB officials and obtain
ing a promise of a rehearing on
a wage decision.
Number Increases
The number of idle workers
protesting the decision rose to
more than 51,000 as employes of
Baseball
COAST LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Portland 1 8 0
Los Angeles 0 8 0
Liska and Shea; Raffensberger
and Fernandes. -
Senate Committee
Develops Friendly
Attitude to FSA
WASHINGTON, May 26 (P)
A friendly attitude toward the
beleaguered farm security ad
ministration developed today in
a senate appropriations sub
committee after a farm spokes
man suggested that tighter con
trol of the agency, rather than
outright abolition, was desir
able. "The remedy is not to kill
off the institution which has
a worthwhile purpose to serve
but to define clearly the pur
pose for which it was created
and the purposes for which ap
propriations can be expended,"
said Albert S. Goss, master of
the national grange.
Committee Eyes
Government Agency
Use of War Funds
WASHINGTON, May 26 (?)
The senate appropriations com
mittee voted today to strip Presi
dent Roosevelt of authority to
uso war emergency funds to fi
nance operations of federal agen
cies denied specific appropria
tions by congress.
Tho committee wrote this re
striction into a $143,639,591 de
ficiency appropriation bill. ' It
broadened a provision in the
house approved, bill which
sought to prevent transfer of
presidential funds for uso of the
national resources planning
board or the Homa Owners Loan
corporation. v
the General - Tire and Rubber
company rejoined the stoppage.
General's workers left their jobs
Saturday but returned a day later.-
They have a separate .case
pending before the WLB. .
Union ; officials said 12,000
workers were involved In the
new walkout while the com
pany announced operations had
been suspended.
Previously closed by the stop-:
page were the B. F. Goodrich
company, the Goodyear Tire and!
Rubber company, and the' Fire
stone Tire and Rubber company,!
About 18,300 were idle at Good
year, 17,000. at Firestone and
14,000 at Goodrich.
Loss Estimated
Industrial sources estimated
the work stoppage to date has
caused a $14,000,000 to $15,000,
000 loss in war materials.
. Members of the General Tire
and Rubber company local .met
this morning and then adjourned
until tonight when they will vote
un wueuier 10 return 10 wore,
The local's officials said ' they
hoped there would be some
statement, meanwhile, from the
URW's international executive
board.
Ellsworth Named
To Mine Committee
WASHINGTON, May 26 () ;
Rep. Ellsworth (R)re.) was noti-i
tied yesterday of appointment to
the house committee on -mines
and mining. He is alreadyvori
the public lands committee.-
His appointment fills a va
cancy created by the death -ol
Rep. Englebright of California
Edsel Ford, President of
Ford Motor Company, Dies
DETROIT, May 26 P) Edsel
Bryant Ford, president of . the
Ford Motor company,, died; at
1:30 a. m. today. . .; -
Death came to the 49-year-old
president of the world's greatest
family-owned manufacturing en
terprise at his home in suburban
Grosso Po'inte Shores, after an ill
ness of many months standing
that became critical 10 days ago.
With him at his bedside-were his
wife, the former Eleanor Low
thlan Clay, and three' of their
four children.
' Parents Not Thar -
His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ford, were not present,
but hurried to the home Immedi
ately upon being advised of their
son's death, according to a mem
ber of the household. j t
A statement. issued. by a mem
ber of the Henry Ford hospital
staff at 2:30 a. m. said:
"Mr. Edsel Ford died at his
home at 1100 Lake Shore Road,
Fi
TARGET FOR
RflFRIERS
Refugees Fill Roads
Fleeing Air Blows ; :
At Italy
By CARL C. CRAMMER V
- Associated Press War Editor
''" With blockbusters and ordi
nary bombs, with cannon arid
machineguns, allied air armadas
numbering 900- or more planes,
stormed at another of Adolf
Hitler's broken arsenal cities
and the fire-grimed island ram
parts of Italy in a two-front as
sault, war announcements from
London and Africa said today.
Duesseldorf, Rhineland city
of - 420,000 of which 380 acres
already had been laid waste by
- A BRITISH PORT. May 2B
(A1) Fresh riniorcmnts for
tfc Canadian army overseas
have arrived in Britain to tak
thir place besid dominion
troop already awaiting th
opening of a European front,
it was disclosed today. .
previous assaults, was the target
last night of approximately S0O
of the. RAF's giant bombers in
the. RAF's fourth, super-raid ot
the - month.. The '. attack : ap. ,
proached or equaled the record
2000-ton bomb assault on Dort
nights' ago.
idly Hit
terday nearly 400 planes again
swarmed over the battered .islands-
of Sicily,. Sardinia and
Pantelleria the outer defenses
of the Mussolini homeland
and delivered their heaviest
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Wage Increase
Recommended
Rail Workers N
- ;By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS
- WASHINGTON, May 26 0P)-.
An emergency board of the na
tional railway labor panel reo-ommended-today
a general in
crease of 8 cents an hour for
more-than-a million of the na
tion's 'railroad employes.
The -IS so-called non-operating;
unions involved had asked an In
crease of 20 cents an hour with,
a minimum wage of 70 cents an
-hour, and the union shop. The
board declined - to recommend
these proposals.
- ' .Minimum Adjustment
The-recommendations are not
based on the Little Steel formula,
of the ..war; labor board, but the
emergency .board said "we cer
tify "-that the increases are with
in..Jhe . national stabilization
program, i.
The increases, said the report,
are "the minimum, non-Inflationary
adjustments necessary to cor
rect gross inequities and to aid
in the- effective prosecution of
the war." , .
The recommendations affect
73 classes of employes, such as
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Grosse Polnte Shores, at 1:30
a.m. after an illness of six weeks.
"Death .Was duo to a condition
Which developed from a former
Stomach, malady for which an
operation' was performed 18
nionths., ago. Undulant fever
Was also' present." : '
!. ' V ' Only Son of Ford
7;'iBdseljFord, only son of the
founder of the Ford company
that grew from an Initial paid-in
Investment of $28,000 to a world
wide ; organization for which
Henry Ford once was reported
to have refused $2,000,000,000,
had been ill for a long time, but
insisted upon "carrying on." ,
"I can't spare tho time," Ha -observed
frequently when asked
Why he did not submit to medical
treatment and surgery, if neces
sary. . y
' Stomacn Vicars
, A year ago fast January he
was discovered to be suffering
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