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Number 9810
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By FRANK JENKINS
CAY "bool" anywhcro In Europo
" tocluy and Just about every
body In hearing will Jump.
Tho situation, as reflected by
the dny's dispatches, seems to
be Just thnt tense.
"THE Germans are wild to bo
A reinforcing their garrison In
western Europe with their best
motorized divisions. A London
"Informant" tells tho AP Hitler
Is too nervous over nn Invasion
of tho continent to launch his
Russian offensive.
(Both British and German mo
tor torpedo boats arc- prowling
around unaccountably In the
English channel and getting
i'atnucked by tho other side's
planes. Why? You rucss.)
rTHE Romo radio tells of con
centratlons of allied landing
craft In the ports of Tunisia, Al
geria and Morocco, and on Ital
ian commentator thinks the Bi
llet are planning an Invasion of
Italy by thousands of barges un
der an air umbrella.
Tho naval correspondent of
the L o n don Ncws-Chrontclo
promptly points out that our
tide has been building Invasion
barges heavily for months, and
say, millions of tons moro are
under construction.
, v.f.-'Jf. - ,
'THE Garmant art , muttering
1 nervously In their beards,
threatening "far-reaching reprls
'.His" against England with "now,
diabolical engines." They say It's
better to bo In Berlin todoy than
In London day' after tomorrow.
CTOP horo and do a little psy-
choanalyzlng. -
When, In your boyhood days,
you began threatening tho other
follow with the torrible things
your pop would do to him It he
didn't look out you wera NER
VOUS. Your threats were, intended to
COVER UP your nervousness.
UR side it certainly doing
nothing to calm tho axis Jit
ters.
Lord Beavcrbrook't London
Express says our next movo moy
be taking Pantcllorla.
Tho Nows-Chronlclo't naval
correspondent (already quoted
-Ibn Invasion barges) adds thnt the
greatest nnval operation In his
tory Is imminent.
We're obviously turning
against tho enemy tho war of
nerves he used against us so long
and In many wnys so effectively.
A WASHINGTON military ox
"pert gets Into tho gnmo by
pointing out that there are ten
possible Invasion routes into Eu
ropo. That's nothing. You can get
out your own map and point our.
a dozen without half trying. But
ho adds that tho Germans havu
100 divisions In western Europe
and 220 on the Russian front.
If ho knows what he's talking
about this disposition of forces
shows thnt Russia Is the BIG
FEAR In the German mind.
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THE Russians today report
A sharp activity In five key
sectors of their long front the
Caucasus, wost of Rostov, the
Donets river, Smolensk and Len
ingrad. ; Tho Russians hBve boon un
accountably quiet for along
tlmo. It's reasonable to suppose
they're Just gathering strength
for tholr next blow,
Still
IF our side IS going to Invade
tho Europoon continent, you may
bo cortnln that as wc hit from
one side tho Russians will hit
from the other, with tho Idea of
making tho Germans fight at the
front. door and the back door at
th same tlmo.
; That la tho situation Germany
, Jias always dreaded and triod to
ijjivold.
.
QN Attu," we've taken Fish
Hook ridge, and the Japs are
now said to bo "contained" in a
mountainous area of only three
or four square miles. ("Contain
' (Continued on Pago Four)
Klamath's World
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m rfheflt. eeiriflf
A whit shaft against tha tky In tha abova plcturt, Klamath's mtmorlal to the dd of World
War II will b dadlcatad with approprlata cr monies Sunday morning as a part of ths Me
morial Day obsarvanc bar. Th photograph' was mada from tha front of tha memorial on the
courthouse lawn. thawing tha namat of World Wat II dad. . :u f
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Business Houses
Be Closed
Monday
to
Memorial Day observances
will be held In Klamath Falls on
Sunday and Monday' to honor
thoso who have died In the serv
ices of their country.
On Sunday morning at 9:45, a
naval ceremony will bo held at
the Link River bridge by the
American Legion. At 0:50, par
ticipants will march to the court
house for tho dedication of the
temporary memorial to those
who have died In this war. This
ceremony will . bo conducted
Jointly by tho veteran groups
and the citizens memorial com
mittee. This service will be held at 10
o'clock with veterans groups, a
military band, and other groups
participating. During this serv
ice, Colcmnn O'Loughltn of the
citizens committee will light the
perpetual light.
Speakers 1
Spcnkcrs for the morning will
Include Reverend Father Casey
of tho Sacred Heart church;
Fred LaForgo, American Legion
commander, Reverend L. K.
(Continued on Papo Two)
Allied invasion Threat
Worries Axis Militarists
By EDWARD D. BALL
LONDON, May 29 (P) In
vasion talk dominated headlines
today In most of London's news
papers which featured front
pngo stories speculating that an
allied blow was imminent.
Military writers had little
concrete evidence, but s o m e
were spurred by tho conclusion
of tho RoosovcU-Churrhlll talks
In Washington:
Action Stan
Axis reports suggesting that
major action was a matter of
days wore carried prominently.
One of these reports that land
ing craft were concentrated In
Tunisian, Algerian and Moroc
can porta was a favored topic.
Tho Romo radio repeated -the
story of tho landings craft to
day. .
"Tho enemy Intends to Invade
Italy with thousands of barges
full of marines under an enorm
War II Memorial Ready for Dedication
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Two State Pen Escapees
Captured After Shooting
SALEM, May 29 (P) Two
19-year-old escapees from the
State, penitcntiory here, one of
whom overnight had become a
gunman, were captured by state
police and prison guards who
closed in on them in the brush
two miles west of Mill City at
approximately 7 o'clock this
morning.
Recovery Doubtful
' R. E. Shields, Mchama, mill
employe, shot by Mcrlyn Gene
Kensler, according to the youth
ful convict's written statement
on file with state police, hov
ered between lifo and death to
day at Salem Deaconess hospi
tal, six hours after Kensler and
Doyle Clark McCann had forced
a hostage to call him to the door
of his home at 4:15 this morn
ing. Declaring Shields' recovery
still in question. Dr. R. P. An
derson, one of the attending
Flood Picture
Brighter Today
By Th Associated Pros
AHhmish floodwatcrs continue
to swirl to record highs, there
hriohl nnti'hcs lodav (Sat
urday) In a water-logged picture.
The levees arc expected io
hold at tho No. 1 danger spot,
ncnrriitrnvn. III. The Illinois riv
er hit 29.8 feet, and then start
ed to recede.
ous air umbrella," a military
commentator on the Rome radio
said today In a broadcast heard
by The Associated Press.
Tho commentator said that If
tho allies "attempt to land on
our Islands or on the mainland,
they may be able to gain an
Initial foothold, but' they would
soon come up against such a
formidable defense that they
would soon be thrown back
once moro,"
Navy Ready
Under tho heading "Navy Is
Ready for Biggest Job,". . the
navy correspondent for tho
News Chronlclo said:
. "The greatest naval operation
In history Is imminent. It will
bo a landing of an allied army
on the continent of Europe. The
navy la ready. .
"Boat builders all over the
country havoi for many months
. (Continued on Page Four)
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physicians, said, "I think he
has a good chance."
Still at large is George W.
Durham, Multnomah county,
who walked out of the peniten
tiary flax fields Friday- after
noon after McCann and Kens
ler had disarmed the two
guards there. Durham's age is
listed on prison records as 33.
Three Hostages
Three hostages were taken by
McCann and Kensler at various
times during the night of chase.
Near the J. G. Zollner place,
3 V4 miles n 6 r t h of Mehama
they turned loose T. M. Free
man, guard, whom they had
kidnaped as they left the flax
yards. Zollner they forced to
fix them a meal, shine their
shoes and give up a number of
firearms, some of which had
been left with him by a friend
in the army.
Shot Shields
They made Zollner walk
with them across the road to
the Shields' house, knock on
the door and summon Shields,
who slammed tho screen door
in response to their orders to
let them in, Kensler then shot
(Continued on Page Two)
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Brooklyn ; 4 9 0
Cincinnati 5 11 0
Newsom, Webber (5), Macon
(8) and Owen; Starr, Shoun (9)
and Mueller.
New York 4 11 3
St. Louis 5 11 3
Trinkle, Coombs (8), WUtig
(9) and Lombardl; Krlst, M.
Cooper (8) and Odea.
Philadelphia 4 6 3
Pittsburgh 12 16 4
Gcrhauser, Beck (4) and Pad
don; Rcsclgno and Lopez.
Boston .....3 8 2
Chicago .; i 13 . 0
Andrews and Kluttz; Passeau,
Stout (13) and Todd.
AMERICAN LEAGUE ,
R. H. E.
Dotroit 6 10 . 0
Boston 4 -7 0
Bridges and Richards; Torry,
Ryba (4), Brown (0) and Partoe.
Cleveland 5 10 2
New York ...9 13 1
Dean, Center (2), Poat (8),
Calvert (8), and DcSautels,
Susce (8); Bonham and Hems
ley. St. Louis 10 17 . 1
Philadelphia 2 8 2
Sundrn and Hayes; Harris,
Lowry (2) and Wagner. ..
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American Heavies
Sock Airfields in
Northern France
LONDON, May 29 (P) "Large formations" of heavy U. S.
bombers attacked targets in western France this afternoon after
British bombers pounded air fields In northern France, the United
States army air force announced tonight. '
The British bombers and some
Soviet, ' Nazi Planes
. Continue Aerial
fencing
By WILLIAM McGAFFIN
MOSCOW, May 29 (P Large
forces of Russian and German
planes arc continuing their aeri
al fencing with an increasing In
tensity northeast of Novorossisk
and tank-led infantry forces have
clashed in sharp fighting, Rus
sian dispatches said today, but
they still did not mention the
"red army offensive" which Ber
lin has been reporting for the
last two days,
The correspondent of Red
Star, red army organ, said it was
tho Germans who were attack
ing in local battles from the Ger
mans' Kuban river bridgehead in
tha Caucasus. Red Star said 197
German planes had been shot
down In three Vjyj(in the heavy
air valuer unp,.'.
GermaniT Report Attack! ,,
- (Th Saturday. German com
m unique as broadcast by. the
news agency DNB and recorded
by The Associated Press, report-
ed Btrong, new attacks by the
Russians in the sector of the Ku
ban bridgehead. The attacks
failed and the Russians suffered
heavy losses, it added.)
The Russians dispatches said
that the Germans had suffered
considerable losses and that
(Continued on Page Two)
Motions to Delay
Titus Murder
Trial Denied
Motions from both prosecu
tion and defense attorneys ask
ing a postponement of the Wil
liam Titus murder trial, schedu
led to begin June 1, were denied
Saturday morning in circuit
court by Judge David R. Van-
denberg.
L. Orth Sisemore, state's coun
sel, asked for a continuance in
view of the fact that one of
their material witnesses, a sol
dier, whom they had expected
to arrive in Klamath Falls the
cmt of this month, had been
quarantined for a period of 21
aays with scarlet fever and
would be unable to be present.
This motion was denied by
Judge Vandcnbcrg, who said that
since the witness was in the serv
ice of his country ho might pos
sibly be shipped out or transfer
red east, and there was no as
surance that he would be able
to attend even though the trial
' (Continued on Page Two)
Two Local Men '
Reported Missing
By War Department
Riley H, Kcysor, seaman 3c
on a torpedo submarine, and son
of O. S. Keysor of Williamson
river, is reported missing In the
Pacific area, according to an of
ficial telegram received by his
father from the war department.
Keysor is known here, having
spent three or four years trap
ping in Klamath county. Ho Is
a graduate of Lemon Cove high
school,- Calif.
Riley has a brother, Kormlt
Keysor, who lives at Williamson
river, and two sisters, Mrs. Ruth
West and Margueritte Keysor,
both of Modesto, Calif.
Word has also been received
from the war department that
Pvt. Bernard B. Perkins Is re
ported missing in tho North
African area.
Pvt. Perkins is the son of Mrs
John Cole of Klamath Falls and
was employed In this city before
entering the service.
of the Americans were escorted
by fighters.
The announcement did not
specify targets, although late in
the afternoon waves of four-en-
gined bombers, presumed to be
Flying Fortresses, were reported
crossing the south coast of Eng
land headed toward the German
submarine lairs of St. Nazaire
and Lorient on the French coast-
Fores Returns
Hours before, a great, force
of tho Forts returned from raids
on 'the continent, flying four
miles high and unescorted over
the Folkestone area.
The Air Ministry Newt serv
ice said Spitfires, Typhoons and
Typhoon-bombers of thefighter
command were out in force oyer
northern France during the aft
ernoon. In the operation, Typhoon
bombers, escorted by Typhoon
fighters, attacked an enemy air
field at Maupertus, on .tfi Cher
bourg peninsula. . '
Spitfire Escort ''.--.w
Fight command Spitfires - es
corted Ventura bombers in an
attack on the Caen air field. The
ministry said all aircraft return
ed safely. . . . . '. .
The Fortresses came back in
several close-flying formations
and were barely distinguishable
as they , returned, to base st 20,
000 feet. . . . . :.y.. .- i,,
. There was no- immediate n
(Continued on Page Two)
Flying Forts - :
Batter Italian
Port of Leghorn
By EDWARD KENNEDY
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, May 29
VP) Almost 100 Flying Fort
resses, striking the most distant
objective yet assigned in the at
tack on Italy from North Af
rica, bombed Leghorn yester
day and left a smoky trail of
devastation in the oil refineries,
docks and shipyards of that
large port 160 miles north of
Rome.
At the same-time, Cairo dis
patches said, some two score
American Liberators smashed
at Foggia and dropped 80 tons
of bombs on that air base 80
miles east of Naples.
(Dispatches from London said
large units of Italy's fleet,
which has seldom ventured to
sea since the start of the war,
may have been at Leghorn
known as Livorno to the Ital-
(Continued on Page Two)
EARLY PAPER MONDAY
The Herald and News will go
to press at noon Monday in or
der to give employes freedom
from duty for a part of the
Memorial holiday. ' -
Pepped-Up Congress Offers "Confusion i
Cutting" Suggestions for Home Front
By ths Associated Press
WASHINGTON, May 29
Visibly pepped up by President
Roosevelt's order placing James
F. Byrnes in command of the
home front, members of congress
hastened today to propose addi
tional moves to cut through the
"confusion" many of them , said
has marked the domestic war
effort.
Ranking widely in variety and
subjected to immediate contro
versy, the suggestions includ
ed: 1. Passage of compulsory man
power control legislation to
"vitalize" this aspect of the far
reaching program outlined for
the new office ot war mobiliza
tion headed by Byrnes.
Civilian Supply
2. Creation by congress of a
separate civilian supply agency
having equal claim with the
army and navy on resources and
materials, and its representation
on Byrnes' mobilization com
mittee. 3. Reorganization and con-
Speaker
Cyrus Crane Wlllmore, St.
Louie, 1943 president of the Na
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards and president of Cyrus
Crane WUImore organisation,
Inc., will be principal tpeaker
at the chamber of commerce
annual meeting to be held at
the Wiilard hotel, Wednesday
evening, June 2.
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PROPERTY TAX GUT
Board - May. Consider
, Matter With
State Man
A request for' a. WahHet. one-
third .reduction; of all property
tax assessments in the city, of
Chiloquin-' was given!; Saturday;
td -the county board of equali
zation- by the officials 01 tne
northern. Klamath town.
: The proposal, said to be unpre
cedented locally, was signed by
Mayor - Walter Zimmerman' of
Chiloquin and filed by Henry
Perkins, attorney for that city.
Perkins was told the county
board would probably consider
tha matter when a state tax
commission representative comes
here.
Questions Arise " '
Whether a blanket reduction
could be. granted, or each piece
of property must be considered
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Failure to Put Out
Fire Brings Fine
In Justice Court .
First case of the year involv
ing forest or. brush fires was
brought in to justice court Sat
urday morning when Frank ; La
Salle appeared before Justice
of the peace J. A. Mahoney,
charged with failure to extin
guish a. fire. .'.
LaSalle, according to the com
plaint, failed to' extinguish a
fire which was burning nearby
where the accused was herding
sheep, southeast of Klamath
Falls. .
Judge Mahoney fined LaSalle
$100, 10 days in the county: jail
and $7.50 costs. $75 and the 10
days were suspended. ' . ..
solidation of civilian war agen
cies, with a 25 per cent reduction
in "unnecessary" personnel and
the elimination of duplicating
efforts.
4. Operation of the mobiliza
tion committee which includes
Secretary of War Stimson, Secre
tary of the Navy Knox, Chair
man Harry Hopkins of the muni
tions assignment board, Chairman
Donald Nelson of the war pro
duction board and Judge Fred
M.. Vinson, who succeeds Byrnes
as stabilization director as an
actual war cabinet to resolve
disputes without public contro
versy. ! '
Byrnes' Responsibility
Indicating his intention' to
grapple with some of these
problems, Byrnes told a press
conference yesterday he would
have full responsibility over the
home front, with j)ower sub
ject only to 'Mr. Roosevelt s ap
proval to formulate policy as
well as to direct operations.
He will direct, he said, pro
grams entailing the maximum
P PDSmON
on
1GE SEIZED
Enemy Force Squeezed
Into Three Square- .
Mile Area
WASHINGTON, May 29 (&)
United States troops have cap
tured Fish Hook ridge, import
ant Japanese stronghold on Attu
island, the navy reported today,
and the main enemy force on the)
island is now contained In a
mountainous area of only three
to four square miles.
The conquest of Fish-Hooh
ridge, flanking the main remain
ing Japanese-held area, was de
scribed by officers here as con
tributing to the " security ot
American lines stretching north
ward along the base' of the north
eastern peninsula on Attu into
the Chichagof harbor area..
Above Clouds '
" A navy communique said that
the Japanese positions on Fish
Hook ridge were' entrenched!
above the cloud line and Amerl
can soldiers had to scale 60.de
gree ridges in the face of strong
enemy fire to reach them.
Navy communique '394 saidl
' "North Pacific:
"1. On May 27th, on Attu is
land. United States army troops,
capturing . the strong Japanese
position in Fish-Hook ridge, pre
viously reported as neutralized
in navy communique 393, fought
(Continued on Page Two) ,
Stalin Talks .,:
On Dissolution
Of Comintern
By WILLIAM McGAFFIN
MOSCOW, May. 29 W) Pre
mler Stalin outlined his views ol
the dissolution of the Comintern
in a letter' to Reuters' Moscow
correspondent , today and observ
ers considered that he intended,
among other things, to convince
skeptics that the dissolution was
to be permanent and not just a
wartime measure.
Addressing Harold King, the
correspondent, Stalin said the
dissolution was proper and. time
ly and would "result in further
strengthening of the united front
of the allies and other nations in'
their fight for victory over Hit
lerite tyranny." :-'
The Russian people have not
yet learned of Stalin's interpre
tation. -Neither the press nor
radio carried it. '
There seems no question, how
ever, according to veteran for
eign observers who cannot be
(Continued on Page Two)
PRICE LOWERED
WASHINGTON, May 29
The government's plan to sub
sidize living costs, it was learned
today, will start with a five-cent
per pound reduction in butter
prices. ' - .
use of natural and industrial re
sources for military and civilian
needs, the effective utilization
nf nntinnnl mannnwer outside
the armed forces, and the stabi
lization and adjustment of tha
civilian economy to wartime
demands. .
Save President I
"As . I see it," Byrnes said,
"This should save the president
from many burdens. His lme
must necessarily be devoted to
the conduct of tho war and con
ferences; with the staffs- con-;
ccm;d with tho military pro
gram. This order provides a place
whore all the various government
organizations and agencies can
go to settle things around ths
conference table."
Tho scopo of Byrnes' power to)
make policies was indicated
when he said, in response to
queries as to his specific author
ity over prices, food, production,;
procurement, transportation, dis
tribution and labor disputes: ;
"It it's Iri the government, It's
in the war mobilization picture.",
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