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Precipitation as of Mar 20, 1943
Stream yaar to date 11.18
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By FRANK JENKINS
""THERE are sign today that tlio
Russian front, lunii Immobil
ized by mud, may bo stirring
again,
rrllH Berlin mdlo dm hcurd by
Reuters In London) says Ger
man troops, yielding bi-foro a
new Riiiuilnn offensive, huvo
evacuated n strip of tho Kubnn
bridgehead In tho Caucasus sev
eral miles long and a mllo and
a hulf deep.
lK-mcmbcring Unit tlio fighting
In tho Kuban Is similar to tho
last stages of tho siege of Tunis
and Blzortc, Wo recognize at
once that If truu that would bo
O Important.
THE Germans also roluto today
that in a sudden upsurge of
fighting tho Russians forced tho
main defenses of Veliklo Lukl,
230-odd miles west of Moscow
a front that hns been quiet ever
since the winter begun to break
up.
Titer 1 ilio mention of re
newed fighting at Staraya Rums,
north of Vellkle Lukl.
INSTINCTIVELY, we distrust
these reports becauso they
come from tho Qormuns. But
surprisingly often the Germans
have been the first to toll of now
'wand Important Russian thrusts.
The Russians are Inclined to fight
first and talk later.
o
Ing U. S. army forces, sup
ported by navy and air action,
win a foothold on tho ridge dom
inatlng tho Jap positions at the
head of Chlchagof harbor, on the
Island of Attu.
Tunisia taught us the Import'
ance of dominating heights.
TT looks as If the Japs on Attu
are doomed which is an oiv
couraglnR thought. The soberer
second thought Is to tho effect
that If EVERY Jap Island takes
ns long to conquer as Guadal
canal and Attu a lot of time will
be required to TAKE THEM
ALL,
TTALY'S Mcdltcrrancon islands
are steadily bombed again to-
day by our planes based In
Q Africa. Germany appears tn
have had a rest from MAJOR
bombing last night.
TJERE'S an Interesting nolo
from tho homo front.
R. E. Brown, general fluent of
the farm credit administration at
Spokane, says: "Farmers arc re
versing tho pattern of tho last
world war, when farm indebted
noss roso sharply., So far in
World War 2, they aro not only
stepping up production to meet
wartlmo needs but aro paying off
their mortgago Indebtedness."
Most of the older generation
will remember that In tlio last
war too many farmers (especial
ly in tho Middle West) tried to
buy all tho land thnt joined them,
often paying fantastic prices.
The ensuing headache (after
A' the war) was a bad one.
w'
WflTHIN the limits of posslbll
w Ity, EVERYBODY should
try to come out of this war with
his PRIVATE debts paid off. , If
that can be dono, maybe wc can
survive tho crushing weight of
NATIONAL debt that will have
to bo faced.
.
CENATOR BYRD (Virginia)
who for years has been' hack
ing away at needless government
extravagance, estimates today
that government travel and com
munications bills, EXCLUSIVE
of tho war and navy departments,
will total more limn a hundred
million dollars tills year.
Ho thinks a" lot of tlio hundred
million will be wasted and calls
O upon congress to do something
about it before It is too laic.
.
COR years Senator Byrd has
been protesting reckless
waste and extravagance in gov
ernment, but so far he has been
a lono voice crying out In tho
wilderness and practically no
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Aiiir
Klamath Airman
Aftar a strenuous' bombing'
John Htrdtng k-KUHS football
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England on MM la. Ha la altown nere with his wife, iha for
mer Margaret Horton, hl wtharV of .Klamath high days. -
Captain Hdfding Tells of
Plane That Carried Him on
African Bombing Missions
Affection or the -Flying Fort
ress tho kind of feel Ing a man
has for a comrade who has been
tnrough hell with him runs
warmly through the talk of Cap
tain John Harding, 22-ycar-old
Klamath airman who 1 home
briefly from tho wars.
And when Captain Harding
praises tlio big American bomber
he is talking about the p)ancs
that carried him on 87 bombing
missions and in 280 . hours of
combat flying probably as in
tensivo a fighting schedulo as
Echer Paroled
After Telling
Shooting Story
James Echor, charged with
assault whllo armed with a dan
gerous weapon, after a shooting
fracas in which ho was involved
some weeks ago, was given six
months in the county jail and
paroled to tho district attorney's
office by Circuit Judge David
R. Vandenberg Thursday morn
ing, after he had told his side
of tho story in circuit court.
Echor shot Woodruff L. Hub
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Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Hi H. E
Detroit 3 8,1
Now 'York 2 4 0
Ncwhousor and Richards; Don
ald, Murphy (0) and Hcmslcy.
Cleveland 3 7 (U
Boston 4 8 0
Bngby and Rosar; Judd and
Partcc.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E
Philadelphia. 0 4 0
Cincinnati 7 15 0
Johnson, Podgajny (7) and
Livingston; Rlddlo and Muoller.
Boston 2 8 1
St. Louis 3 8 0
Tobln and Masl; Pollott and
Odea,
COAST LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Portland 3 13 3
Los Angeles 4 8 0
Orroll and Adams; Mallory.
Mooty (7) Baker (0) and Holm,
Forces Mm
Home From Africa
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campaign ot 57 minions. Captain
playar, is home from Africa and
'any American air force pilot in
tho European-African war thea
tre. Repairs Own Plane
Add to that the many hours
of repair and upkeep work Cap
tain Harding and his fellow fly
ers did on their planes in the
early stages of the African cam
paign, before the maintenance
crews had caught up with them,
ana its plenty clear the ex-
Klamath high school football
player knows his Fortresses,.
"It's tho piano for me," he
says. "I wouldn't want to fight
In anything else. I ve seen, 'em
tako it."
As for their "taking it," the
Fortresses Captain Harding flew
woro hit by something usually
flak on at least threo-fourths of
his 87 bombing missions. (Flak.
he says, reaches up to 35,000
feet, regardless of what may be
said to the contrary.)
Mon Have Ability
Captain Harding doesn't bo
little tho fighting ability or the
equipment of the enemy, but he
has supreme confidence in Amer
ican men and equipment and
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Substratosphere
Bombing Blasts
Italian Islands
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA. Mnv 27
(P) American bombers struck
savagely again at Italy's south
ern island air defenses on Sici
ly. Sardinia nnri Pnnlnllnrln
tcrday, Flying Fortresses blast
ing tnc Dig Sicilian air base at
Comlso from . substratosphere
height, It was announced today.
Mitchell and Mnrnurinr moHi.
u m bombers at tho samo time
swept In to attack enemy air
fields at Ponte Ollvlo, They
were escorted bv Llahtnlnit
fighter planes.
Bomb-loaded Lightnings and
Warhawks, both designed as
fiahtcr nhines. kent tin thrlr ns.
snillts nil KnrHtnlnn Inronfa hit.
ting grounded aircraft at VII-
laciroro air field and leaving a
largo sunnlv vessel burnins at
Golfo Arancl.
Warhawks bombed the isolat
ed little Island of Pantellcria
again, -
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TROOPS GRAB
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American Casualties
Light Despite
Fierce Fight
WASHINGTON, May 27 (ZD
American forces supported by a
naval bombardment and attack
ing army bombers and fighters
have won a foothold on a ridge
south of enemy-held Chichagof
harbor after two days, of hard
fighting, the navy reported to
day. Despite the ferocity of the
fighting on Attu, Secretary of
War Stimsoneported today, the
American casualties have, been
relatively light, with preliminary
reports indicating the army has
lost 127 killed, 399 wounded and
119 missing.
Pounded From Sta
From the communique and the
war secretary's discussion of the
situation it appeared that the
main enemy position is that at
tho head, of Chlchagof harbor
which is being ppunded-by sea,
airvand ground troops,
.1 However,- the communique
brought out,, although Stimson
did not develop it, the fact that
the Japanese also still have a
force In the area north of Lake
Nicholas which lies south of
Chichagof harbor and about
three miles away. The two posi
tions were obviously isolated
from each other.'
No Nary Action
So far there has been no renort
of any heavy American- action
against the force in the. area
south of Lake' Cories which is
north of Lake Nicholas.
The attacks on the ridge dom
inating the area around the head
of Chlchagof harbor began on
Monday, yesterday's commun
ique revealed. The action was
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Eastern Bus, Taxi
Operators Forced
To Reduce Mileage
WASHINGTON, May 27 ()
Implementing its order for an
over all reduction of 40 per cent
In gasoline rations for all com
mercial vehicles in the eastern
shortage area, the ODT today di
rected bus and taxicab oper
ators to reduce their mileage im
mediately by 20 per cent.
Failure of some operators to
begin stretching their T rations
voluntarily to meet the 40 per
cent reduction made today's ac
tion necessary, the office of de
fense, transportation said.
SOUTH
Relief Jor Small Taxpayer
Recommended by Conferees
By FRANCIS M. Le MAY
WASHINGTON, May 27 P)
Senate and house conferees,
winding up their work on a pay-as-you-go
tax system, recom
mended additional relief today
for smaller taxpayers.
The Joint committee, whose
tax bill the senate and house are
expected to act on next week,
stuck to Its plan of granting
100 per cent abatement of a
year's taxes for persons with a
bill of $50 or less and 78 per
cent for those In the higher
brackets.
- Pay Difference
Then it added this provision:
Persons with an abatement year
bill ot up to $66.67 get a flat
$80 credit, having to pay only
the difference.
Tho Idea' was to prevent too
much , discrimination between
those, for example, who owe
just under $80 and those who
owe just above $50.
When the conferees announced
compromise agreement Tues
day, a spokesman said tho meas
ure provided - cancellation of a
Women to
Roiella CUne Thompson, who
Klamath county this summer,- is
of women in this area who will
, ,
Lady Lookouts Watch for
Fires in Western Forests
l-By j-OIRSTEWART
Who says It Isn't a woman's
world? . , . i'
Aessembly lines, shipyards.
truck driving, even working in
the railroad yards has nothing
on the new invasion with the
girls going out into the forests
as fire season nears.
On top of at least five moun
tains in southern Oregon, some
7000 feet up, women will serve
as lookouts until next October,
or until the fire season is - offi
cially ended. They will go welW
equipped with everything from
Fighter Planes
June Objective
For Bond Drive
Four fighter planes to go along
with the Klamath Pelican Flying
Fortress that was the' objective
of the June Klamath bond drive
adopted by the Kiwanis club at
its Thursday noon meeting. The
Kiwanians will handle the June
campaign, and in their fighter
plane - objective received the
praise of a man who knows the
need for fighter protection for
heavy bombers Captain John
Harding. USAF.
Captain Harding told the Ki
wanians how empty the skies
look when your Fortress needs
fighter help and there is none at
hand. It was agreed that the
fighter plane purchase is a logi-
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whole year's personal income tax
liability for taxpayers owing $50
or Jess, and 75 per cent abate
ment for all others.
Cancellation Seen
Later, however, some confer
ence members said they under
stood the compromise stipulated
not only that persons owing
more than' $50 would get a 75
per cent abatement but also an
additional abatement of $50
which would mean complete can
cellation for persons with a tax
liability of $200 or less for the
abatement year.
- George declared tho compro
mise provided only 75 per cent
cancellation for persons with tax
bills over $50, but. Senator Van
denberg, (R-Mlch.), a conference
member, said he understood the
taxpayers first would deduct 75
per cent from their abatement
year liability, then subtract $50
to arrive at the amount to be
paid. By such a mechanism, a
person owing $400 would deduct
$300 (75 per cent) and another
$50, leaving a tax bill of $50
instead of $100, as George sees it.
Help on Fire Lookouts
1
" " V I A '&
will spend the summer at Shake butt lookout in eastern
shown sighting through a fire-finder.' She it on of a number
do lookout and similar duly this summer.'
magazines',' hail- polish and -bat
tery radios, to warm top coats
for chilly nights. . -, -
'First to leave Klamath Falls
was . Mrs. Alice" Hamilton who
will serve as lookout on Mount
Stella. Mrs. Hamilton, possibly
tbe Rogue River national . for
est's only lookout, left a week
ago accompanied by Mrs. Caro
line Hoskins and her son, Rob
ert. The party left by way of
Medford and from there will' be
accompanied to their new home
by forest men.
Air Raid Observer
Mrs. Hamilton's chief job will
be as air raid warden and ob
server. ; The shut is a 24-hour
one and it means a sharp eye.
Airs. tiosKins ana rtooert are
going along as companions. Old
timers in these parts, when they
hear Mrs. Hamilton's name, re
member her for the extraordin
ary record she holds fifty-two
years of consecutive trips to
Huckleberry mountain. Maybe
Mrs. Hamilton can get a half
day off to visit the berry patch
in order that her enviable record
will not be broken.
Mount Stella is seven miles by
mountain road off the Diamond
Lake highway and affords a
beautiful view of lake country.
But it also protects a wealth of
timber which must be jealously
guarded. Mrs. Hamilton served
as ranger at Huckleberry moun
tain last year and is a veteran
of the forest country.
Other Women Named
The Klamath Forest Protective
association announced the names
of three women who will serve
as lookouts. They are, Mrs.
Twyla Ferguson, who goes to
Yainax Butte, 10 miles south
west of Bly; Mrs. Rosella Cline
Thompson, stationed at Shake
Butte, 25 miles north of Bly,
and Mrs. Thelma Duke, who will
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British, U. S.
Agree on Next
War Operation
WASHINGTON, May 27 (P)
President Roosevelt announced
today that tho war conference
of the British-American staffs
has ended, in ' "completo agree
ment on future operations in all
theatres of the war."
The chief executive issded a
one-sentence statement on the
end of the momentous parleys
which began here May 11 when
Prime Minister Churchill arrived
from England for parleys with
the American president,' accom
panied by his top military, naval,
and air advisers.
The statement:
"The conference of the com
bined staffs In Washington has
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This Summer
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FDR Ultimatum Forces
Normal Shifts
To Report 1 4
AKRON, O., ' May 27 (ff)
Spokesmen for Akron's four larg
est, rubber companies reported
virtually normal shifts reported
for work at 2 p..in. today as CIO
unionists, complying with a pres-
' WASHINGTON, May 27
(VP) With emphasis on eco
nomic ' - problems, Praldent
Roosevelt survey-id labor mat
ters today at four successive
White House- conferences..
idential ultimatum, ended a five
day production stoppage involv
ing more than 50,000 employes.
A small shift returned to war
jobs at the B. F. Goodrich com
pany just as the deadline ap
proached after United Rubber
Workers unionists there decided
to observe the commander-in-chief's
order.
Straggle In
The back-to-work movement
started earlier at the Goodyear
Tire & Rubber company, and the
Firestone Tire & Rubber com
pany employes straggled into
the plants throughout the morn
ing and six hours after the first
men reported on the 6 a. m.,
shift, Firestone guards estimated
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Midwest Flood
Families Start
Back to Homes
' By The Associated Press
Farm families in many parts
of the six-state midwest flood
zone, evacuated after rising
waters from scores of rivers
threatened their lives, were re
turning to their water-damaged
homes and inundated lands today
to begin to reshape their sum
mer program of food production.
The evacuees in many of the
flooded areas returned to their
homes as the danger of further
rising waters passed, but thous
ands of others . remained In
refugee shelters, mostly in south
ern Illinois and eastern Missouri.
More than 160,000 persons were
driven from their homes by the
floods.
Other thousands In communi
ties along the Mississippi and
Illinois rivers still were plagued
by the-disorderly conduct of the
two surging streams. The situa
tion In many river towns, al
though somewhat improved, re
mained, critical, said army engineers
I
Artillery Blasts Wa?
For 100,000 . ' '
Russians ; v
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By JAMES M. LONO
LONDON, May 27 (P) At
tacking nearly 100,000 strong,
red army infantry and tank, men
have forced the Germans to fall
back from a front line sector of
the Kuban bridgehead several
miles long and two kilometer
(1.24 miles) deep, DNB an
nounced today In a dispatch
broadcast by the Berlin radio.
The German news agency said
nazi defenses all along the Delta
stronghold were battered. Tho
broadcast was recorded by The
Associated Press. 1 ' :,
; Thunderous Barrage . . '- .- ;1
- The attacking force, which)
struck after ' thunderous . artil
lery1 preparation, was reported,
made up of six soviet rifle dv
visions and three tank regiment.
DNB said the main attack was
delivered "against German posw
tions between Moldavanskoje, ini
the area of Krymskaya, which)
lies 20 miles above the- port o
Novorossisk. Other attacks were,
reported pressed to the south la
the Novorossisk sector- and to,
the north, along the banks of th.
Kuban, ' . , ,.
. .v-.;.--VloIont Battle-
Both Russian and German re
ports had indicated a violent up
surge in the land and air battle),
for the Kuban river zone helt
by the Germans from Novoros
sisk northward to Temryuk.-oifc
the Azov sea. -:
The Russians announced lit
their midnight communique thai
they had smashed back two.
counterattacking German bat.
talions totaling about 1600 merv
and a special ; broadcast from.
Moscow later .'reported 87 Ger
man planes shot down in th
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Memorial Day '
Program Told ;
6 Committee
Program for Sunday's Memor
ial Dav observance Wa nn..
nounced Thursday by the com
mittee. ' ' ' ; .
All participants are to be at
Link River bridge at 9:30 a. m.'
Naval ceremony honoring
those lost at sea will be at 0:45
a. m., by the American Legion.
At 10 a. m., on the courthouse
lawn, the Memorial service and
dedication of monument to all
who have made the supreme sac-.
rifice in the service of our coun
try will be held.
At 11 a. m., services will be
held at Linkville cemetnrv hv
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, :
All organizations are invited
to participate and are expected
to be at Link River bridge at
8:30 a. m. Musical numbers for
the parade and service will be
furnished bv a military hand
from Camp White.
All members of the- "citizens'
committee" and officers of the
Veterans' orEanizatinna nrn nulrivf
to be at the Legion hall at 7:30
o'clock Friday night to work out
final plans for this service and
parade. .
Japanese Point ;
Concentrations
At Chungking
CHUNGKING, May 27
The Japanese have concentrated
formidable Infantry, tank and air
forces along tho Upper Yangtze
for operations already, well un
der way and apparently pointed
at Chungking and -have opened
the great- river Itself as a supply
route as far as Ichang, a Chines
military spokesman said today.
Ichang, 1000 miles from the
Yangtze's mouth and 462 mile
below Chungking as the river
winds, Is the main base for vig
orous drives Into western
Hupch province which have been
in progress for a fortnight. Un
BATTLE RAGES
FOR NAZI-HELD
KUBANREGION
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