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HERALD AWD NEWS. KLAMATH TALIS, OREGON
My J. 18
DUESSELDORF
TARGET FOR
RAFRAIQERS
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bomblosds on Messina, the
Sicilian ferry terminal.
Yet another large fore of U.
8. Liberators from the African
desert, dropping 175 tons of
bombs on Mesiina, teamed up
with waves of Flying Fortresses
to knock at the shaky resistance
of Italy, invited by Prime Min
ister Churchill yesterday to get
out of the war while there is
yet time. Already, it was report
ed, Italy was confronted with
a refugee problem similar to
that of fallen France In 1040.
as Italians sought safety from
the bombed centers of the south.
Other war headlines:
.i..w..i.i..... a,
source, predict quick collapse
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allied invasion of continent cer-
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jap Admission
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limits operations in southwest
Pacific; no change in situation
reported in North Pacific, with
a! eat, snow hampering U. S. at-
tack on Ami; Japanese admit
damage to 19 of their ships
since April, claim without con
firmation sinking of 13 allied
hips, 17 submarines.
Russia Tense calm prevailed I
on the long front as a whole,
but the Russians shifted the cen-
ter of their "feeler" attacks
from the south to the sector
northwest of Moscow where
they announced the capture of
four settlements.
German Pressure
Balkans The greatest Ger-
SHn Pr.e"U' W" rtPrUl jf
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sena anomer large army lor a
summer campaign in Russia.
Twenty-seven planes of the
mt 1
RAF'i raiding force were lost
in the Duesseldorf atUck, which
the British , air ministry said
,was in "very great strength"
the same language it used to
describe the record 2000-ton
bomb load that was dumped on
the flood-ravaged Ruhr and
Dortmund Sunday night.
Block Bustars
At leant thrM-fnnrtha rr thm
BOO bombers were the four-en-
glned block-buster carriers, ob-
erven said.
An Informed source added
that "it would not be surprising
to hear that the weight of
bombs" dropped on Duesseldorf I
approached or equaled the ton
nage left at Dortmund.
Tank Center
Duesseldorf, a city of 429,000,
Is SO miles southwest of Dort
mund and the third largest in
land port in Germany. It Is a
tank, gun and armament center
on the Rhine where 190,000 per
sons were reported homeless
last December as a result of the
RAF's offensive.
The raid marking the second
extension of the bomber offen
sive since Prime Minister
Churchill declared the elimina
tion of Germany from the war
by air assault might be worth
trying if other methods were
tot excluded was the fourth
"saturation" attack of May. Two
Were against Dortmund, one
gainst Duesseldorf and another
gainst Dulsburg.
The mounting assault on
Italy, lready reported attempt-
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Leave for Basic
Training at Fresno
Jerry Thomas, local Insurance
I man, 1 leaving Sunday for
I Fresno, where he will take basic
I training in the air force.
Thomas announced that R. C.
I Dale is taking over his Insurance
I business, and will take care of
I his customers.
Mrs. Thomas, who Is with the
Kexterson Lumber company of-
I flees here, will remain in Klam-
ath rails.
MEETING DATE SET
The annual chamber of com
merce meeting has been set for
Wednesday, June 2, at 7 p. m. at
wutard hotel.
Guest speaker will be Cyrus
Crane Willmore, president of the
NaUonal Association of Real Es-
tt Boards, a prominent natton-
al figure and good speaker. Pro-
deUUj ,
very shortly by Fred Southwell
ch'ta' t te 'onim commit-
The annual dinner meeting is
open to the pub c, and those
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wishing to attend can obtain
tickeui and reservations at the
cnamoer of commerce.
vvage Increase
BmfntmwmmwtAA
?ePed
Rail Workers
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the shop crafts, clerics and main
tenance workers. Their average
earnings as of last October were
73.8 cents an hour, the board
rf i , "
than 70 cenU an
hour.
Not affected are the switch
men and the four other brother.
hoods who actually operate the
trains. Tney have filed an Inde
pendent demand for a 30 per
cent Increase. Hearings In that
dispute will begin before another
emergency board In New York
Visits la Eugana Mrs. C. A
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!l.h"e rfSL! n hir
L. Hardisty of Eugene. Sh nln
visited In Salem, Portland and
niiamook. Mrs. Lundy has
peen gone lor about 10 days,
lng to deal with swarms of ref-
ugees trying to escape from the
threatened Italian "toe" and 1m.
per,led laland outposts, was
P bv llnt "'tacks on Mes-
slna by Flying Fortresses from
the northwest African air force
and heavy U. S. bombers from
the desert air force.
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GROUND FORCE
REMOVES
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rades In the ridge overlooking
the narrow coastal plain.
Navy communique 390 said
'South Pacific: (all dates are
east longitude):
"1. On May 23. the small
United States auxiliary vesse
Niagara was attacked by Japa
nese planes east of Cape Sur
ville, San Cristobal island. Con
siderable damage was inflicted
on the vessel, which was subs
quently sunk by U. S. forces
after members of the crew were
taken aboard accompanying na
val units.
Strafe Positions
"2. On May 24 Avenger
(urumman F4r) fighters bomb
ed and strafed Japanese instal-
lations at Ringi cove, west of
Vila on Kolombangara island,
'3. On May 25, Dauntless
(Douglas SBD) dive bombers,
Avenger torpedo bombers and
Wildcat fighters bombed and
strafed Japanese installations at
Kekala bay, Santa Isabel island
Ammunition dumps were ex
ploded and large fires were
started.
Clear Sides
"North Pacific:
"4. On May 24, United States
army ground troops cleared out
both sides of Chichagof valley.
An assault was made by com
bined northern and southern
forces along the ridge north of
the valley and was reported as
continuing. Assisting In the as
sault were United States army
air forces consisting of Libera
tor (Consolidated B-24 heavy
bombers), Mitchell (North
American B-25 medium bomb
ers), and Lightning (Lockheed
P-38) fighters. These planes
bombed and strafed Japanese
positions in the Chichagof area
and started fires."
Situation Uncertain
Since the Attu action dis
closed today was accomplished
Monday the communique left
uncertain the military situation
on the island at this time.
The navy had reported last
Saturday that as the battle for
Attu entered its final phase the
Datterea Japanese defense forces
had been split Into three groups.
inese groups occupied Chic
hagof harbor, at the northeast
ern tip of the island; Chichagof
valley which lies southwest of
the harbor and the north side
of Lake Nicholas which lies
still further south and to the
east of the valley.
CHICHAGOF
Defense
Calendar
CIVILIAN DEFENSE TRAIN
INO PROGRAM
Time: Friday, May 28. 1943,
B OO p. m.
Place: Auditorium, Klamath
Union high school.
Subject: Fire Defense and the
Unexploded Bomb.
1. Fire Defense Keith Am
brose.
2. The new fire bomb film.
3. The Unexploded Bomb-
Harold Franey.
4. Airplane Identification
film.
t. Summary Gus Krause.
Chamber Heads
Vote Protest
On OPA Shift
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that Malheur and Harney coun
ties, Oregon counties In the
Boise, Idaho dlstsict. should be
moved Into the Klamath district
if state lines are going to play
part in the formation of the
OPA districts.
It was also brought out that
Deschutes county should logical
ly have been located In the
Klamath district.
Developments Expected
Further developments with
regard to OPA administration in
this area may be expected soon.
it was indicated in the discus
sion.
Lee Jacobs announced that the
retail trade bureau will suspend
operations, as such, for the dura
tion, and will function as a de
partment of the chamber of com
merce. Close relationships be
tween merchants and the cham
ber will be maintained through
committees.
Journal Carrier
Wins Bond Award
The Oregon Journal of Port
land has awarded a bond to the
most outstanding Journal car
rier In the Southern Oregon dis
trict. The award went to Harold
Haddock, 12, of Klamath Falls.
Harold has just completed the
seventh grade at Fremont school
nd has been a Journal carrier
since last fall. He lives with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Had
dock, and three brothers at 821
Oak street.
LaMARR TO WED
HOLLYWOOD, May 2fl (Pit
tieay LaMarr and John Loder of
the films have announced they'll
be wed when they can find
lull in busy studio schedules.
Australian-born Hedy and
Loder, son of a British army of-
llcer, applied for a marriage li
cense yesterday at Santa Monica,
Calif. They met six months ago.
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ever-rising Mississippi wators
nd the situation was termed
"critical" by coast guardsmen at
the scene. The plant, which
supplies power for Illinois south
of Tuscola, including many coal
mines, also covers ZU00 acres
and it was ringed with sandbags,
The plant's intake for the gener
ator cooling system is located on
the normal bank of the Missis
sippi.
Mayor C. D. Gardiner, who re
ported that water covered 80 per
cent of the town, urged the Im
mediate evacuation of SO per
cent of the 800 Inhabitants and
the 400 refugees.
At Beardstown (111.) the Illi
nois river continued to rise,
7 "VS ,oaay "na
2 Z,?,". th" Would
reach the 30-foot crest today or
tomorrow . Army officials termed
tne situation ' potentially seri
ous." About 8S00 of the river
town's 8300 residents have been
evacuated.
OBITUARY
LEONORA A. ELLIOT
Leonora A. Elliott, for lh Inst
six years resident of Klamath
Falls, Ore., passed away at her
late residence Tuesday evening,
May 25, 1943, at 9:20 p. m. fol
lowing an illness of six months.
She was a native of Illinois. Sur
viving are her husband. C. S.
Elliot; one son, John Adolph; one
daughter, Emille Elizabeth, all
oi luamain rails, ore. Mrs. El
liot was a member of The Daugh
ters of the Nile and Friendship
Court No. 11, Order of the Amar
anth. The remains rest In the
Earl Whitlock Funeral Home.
Pine Street at Sixth, where
friends may call after 12 noon
Thursday. Notice of funeral to
appear in the next issue of this
paper.
Returns to Duty Corporal E.
Ivan Congleton has returned to
Gelgcr field, Wash., after spend
ing a few days visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Congle
ton, 20601 Wantland avenue.
His sister Mercia, accompanied
him as far as Pendleton to visit
her ,slster, Mrs. Ralph Jensen,
for few weeks.
FLOODS PER
INDUSTRIES IN
ILLINOIS AREA
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House, Senate
Conferees Find
Tax Compromise
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holding levy against the taxable
portion of wages and salaries, to
be applied against income and!
Victory tax liabilities.
Require quarterly payments!
of the current year's tax bv per-
sons with income from sources
other than wages or salaries,
and from persons In upper sal
ary brackets.
WASHINGTON. May 26 P)
Payroll collections on the 9 per
cent victory tax will drop to 3
per cent July 1, if the compro
mise pay-as-you-go income tax
bill becomes law, but taxpayers!
still will have the problem of Circuit Judge II. K. Iliiiinii lo
computing complicated post-war' day overruled a motion by De-
credits In their final 1943 tax re
turns which must be filed next
March 13
Little Street .
Repairing to Be
Done This Summer
Frank z- Howard, acting city
enKlneer. said today that very
little street repairing will be
done this summer because of a
lack of labor and supplies.
According lo Howard, avail
able oil supplies are so small
that It Is not practical to ship.
Some work Is being done- on
state highways by the state high
way department, but city streets
will not have much repair work
done.
PRISONERS AVAILABLE
WASHINGTON. May 26 (ZD
Officers commanding prisoner of
war camps,, the war department
said today, have authority to an
nounce that they have prisoners
available for farm work.
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Lake County Girl
Named Officer of
Advertising Club
EUGENE, Mn.v 2 Ml Msry
riln Smith nf Ijik Grove tins
keen awarded the Eve U. Col-
un, cl,Pi which goes nnuuiilly t
la University of Oregon woman
contributing outstanding service
to Gamma Alpha Chi. women's
advertising honorary. Among
' new officers elected by the chap
ter were Helen Johnson, Sherl
dan. treasurer; Lois Clause,
Lakevlew, reporter,
Defense Overruled
In Baby Smothering
Trial at Medford
MEDKORD. Ore., May 26 (II
fense Attorney Otlo J, Frolin-
meyer for a directed verdict of
acquittal as the stale reeled In
the first degree murder trial of
Tlllle Mlchalskl. 22, Cleveland.
Ohio.
Frohnmayer argued that none
of the state's evidence connected
thu defendant with tlio slaying
of her 10-weok old son by Sgl.
Bernard Lotku the night of April
1 in a Medford auto park cabin.
Out of Of ties C. C. Proctor
of tho office of defense transpor
tation will not be In his office ii
the Balslgcr building on Monday
and Tuesday of next week.
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PELICAN
Chinese Roll Back
Attacking Japanese t
CHUNGKING, May 26 (rv,
Chlnem troops have rolled bark
one column of a Japanese army
driving toward China's rlr bowl
west nf Lake Tungtlng and sin,
ed up a three-way drive which
may ho aimed at China's pro.
visional capital at Chungking,
the Chine central news agenrr
said today.
NEW TODAY
SWELL TREATS!
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