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Number 9812
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By FRANK JENKINS
HTIIERE'S an upsurgo of nnvnl
rumors this morning from
Gibraltar.
Otherwise all's quiet as this Is
wrltton except In China, where
General llsuuh Yuen's army,
heartened by tho presence of u
lied pliincs overhead, turns In
and routs FIVE Jnp divisions
along tho Yangtzo above Ii-hung,
the rlvor bnse from which the
little yellow men hove been
thrusting ut Chungking, with de
molition sldo thrusts into China's
rlco bowl.
The Chlncso say It's the great
est victory In their six years of
war, with more than 4000 Jnp
elend removed from tho field up
to May 27.
"THE Gibraltar rumors aro car
rled In an AP dispatch from
La Linen, Spain, and assert that
upwards of 100 allied warships,
Including three aircraft carriers,
three battleships, a "number" of
cruisers and ."several" destroy
ers, along with other craft, left
Gibraltar Sunday night.
The drift of the La Linen rum
or Is that It "won't be long now."
QON'T get Impatient. There'll
be plenty of fighting, and it
will be bloody enough, onco it
does. start . ... '':
YOU'LL find an Interesting dls-
patch In this newspaper to
day from AP's William Wordcn,
describing the Jap air strip on
Attu.
Read It TWICE, the second
time carefully, ,
It describes the slow hand
molhods used by tho Japs In
building the strip (it had token
them more than five months and
still wasn't finished when we
took It) and your first casual
reading will leave you the Im
prcsslon that the poor little Japs
just simply PREFERRED slow,
Inefficient hand labor.
Your second and more caroful
rending -will disclose that they
TRIED to use fast machine moth
ods but their machinery was
KNOCKED OUT by our bombs
So they fell back on hand labor
Instead of giving up.
VVORDEN'S dispatch describes
the way tho Jnps havo lived
and worked on Attu on a hand
fut of rlco and somo putrid fish,
sleeping In filthy holes. , ,
It's tough, according to lAmcr
lean standards, but let's not for
get that's the way Genghis Khan
and his Mongols lived. Their
food and shelter standards were
TERRIBLE, In comparison with
those of tho armies they fought.
But. they WON THEIR BAT
TLES;
'
7ENGHIS KHAN fed and shell-
ered his Mongol armies on
unbcllcvubly little, but his ARM
AMENT and his TACTICS were
beyond, criticism. Ho was the
world's first exponent of FIRE
POWER, arming his soldiers
with two bows, one for long
range and one for close range.
His staff work was so careful
and Accurate that without radio
or telegraph communication he
could start Invading columns
hundreds of miles anart and
bring them out TOGETHER at
tho desired junction point within
a matter of iliours.
The Mongols', food habits con
tributed to their effectiveness by
minimizing enormously their
problem' of supply,
. i
CO far Washington's policy has
been one of consistent UN-DER-EST1MATION
of tho Jap.
That policy brought us humiliat
ing Pearl Hnrbor.
Let's quit under-estimating our
Pacific enemy.
JIMMY BYRNES (our now czar
J of nil czors) tells his home
town (Spartnnsburg, S. C.) that
"squabbling government agen
cies" will In time be streamlined
into en efficient (homo front)
war mnchlnc.
He says:
"Your government , has no
right to call on you to work as
(Continued, on Page Four)
on Baiiot Aik;?JL s'-h y 1 niuiuiinumi
J- ft 1 'A 1 STIRS RUMORS
A special lovy to raise $13,000
for purchuso of the Butler nata
torlum for tho Klamath union
high school district will be on
the. school district election ballot
June 28
This was decided at a meet
ing of tho budget committee Mon.
diiy night. The regular KUHS
budget will also be voted on at
that time, as well as the election
of two directors.
Option Obtained
Somo time ago the school dis
trict obtained an option on the
swimming establishment,, which
Is located on property adjoining
the KUHS athletic plant. The
amount designated In the option
was $13,000, which is understood
to be several thousand dollars
bolow the price previously men.
tloned when public bodies consld.
ered purchase of the swimming
pool.
Arnold Gralapp, city school
superintendent, said that while
the natatorium, - if purchased,
will be Incorporated as a part. of
tho athletic facilities of the high
school, a study will Immediately
be made to make the swimming
plant available as a part of the
city's, summer " feerttloV-program
for youth. .','.''"
Use Outlined
It was emphasized in the. dis
cussion at the budget meeting
that the swimming pool should
be used first of all for swimming
Instruction for the youth of the
city.
Gralapp slated that with the
addition of the proposed facilities
tho Klamath union high school
physical education program will
definitely be one of the outstand
ing offerings in all northwest
secondary schools.
He pointed out It was the unan
imous opinion of members of the
budget committee that swlm
(Continucd on Pago Two)
"Mopping Up" on
Aitu Kills 400
Japs Saturday
WASHINGTON, June l,(rj
More than 400 Japanese troops
were killed on Attu. island Sat
urday night, the navy reported
today, when three ' columns .of
United States soldiers advanced
toward Chlchagof harbor,' where
they joined Sunday.
Tho mopping, up operations on
tho Island apparently were con
tinuing today with army troops
stamping out pockets of Japanese
resistance In the barren hills.
Officers here said that all or
ganized resistance by the enemy
had been broken, however.
Former Gestapo Prisoner
Warns About Complacency
"Don't think it can't happen
here. Norway thought that, and
It happened." . ,
That Is tho No. 1-advice of
Ivan Jncobsen, Tacoma, Washing
ton, youth who as a member of
tho U. S, legation staff In Nor
way was arrested .by tho German
gestapo and held for sevon
months In Oslo prison, "for ques
tioning." Jncobsen Is touring
tho United States under the au
spices of the Royal Norwegian
Information services, speaking In
behalf ot civilian 'defense pre
paration In this country." Ha
spoke at noon today, to the Lions
club. , .
Norway, he said, had lived
for 107 years without war-
without tho firing of a hostile
shot within her borders. She
thought sho had learned to live
without wnr. Then, in tho
twinkling of an eye, through the
pressure of Gorman world con
quest, war came to Norway and
her people aro now ground bo
ncntli the had of a conqueror.
(.an come to Us.
It can conio, ho added, even to
us especially U.. our . civilian
I w v
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' ' As the midnight deadline fofr.n.wal of the UMW contract passed Monday night, .John L.
Lewis' miners "did not trespass" on the coal operators' property to continue work today. At the
hearing which was reopened recently for contract negotiations, and continued today, was, left to
right, Chaxln O'Neill, head of the northern operators' committee, Lewis, and former Senator
Edward R. Burke, head of the Southern group, shown above. ;
Jury Selection Opens
. Murder Trial , .
Tuesday
Defense Attorney J. C. O'Neill
gave definite Indication Tuesday
at the opening of the murdor
trial ot w. . Titus tnat tne de
fense would contend Titus was
temporarily insane at the time
of the shotgun death of his wife,
Erma, at Bly on February 13.
O'Neill repeatedly Informed
veniremen he was questioning
that : .the defense., would under
take to show temporary Insanity
on the port of the Bly justice of
the peace at the time of the
shooting,, and .inquired of the
jurors as to; possible prejudice
against such a defense. .
Charged With Murder . .
Titus-is-charged with first de
gree- murder. Prosecuting At
torneys I,. Orth Sisemore. , and
Clarence Humble asked .venire
men 'If they had ony scruples
against capital punishment . 'If
the jury should bring in a guilty
verdict without leniency recom
mendation, -Titus-would-recclve
the-death penalty. : . '.
The 'defendant 'looked weak
and pale as he entered tho court
room. Ho is suffering from
woimd he received at the time
of the Bly shooting. The state
contends he inflicted the wounds
on himself after killing his wife
in an early-morning quarrel.
population Is not fully prepared
for all emergencies. .
"Don't underestimate your en
emy. Hope for tho best and pre
pare for the worst." , i
This is his Nq. 2 advice, He
cautions especially, against rosy
hopes that the enemy Is being
beaten and. may soon crack up.
That, ho says begets dilatoriness,
mid the home front mustn't be
dilatory. Tcrrlblo consequences
can ensue.
; Young Jacobscn (he Is only 24)
isn't1 too optimistic about a Gor
man crackup. . The effective Hit
ler youth movement, ho says, is
disturbing -Insurance against
that. .He adds that when you see
.thousands of German boys of 11
to IS, grlm-faccd, hcll-Hltlerlng
while standing at rigid attention
in the presence of their officers,
you, can't be too sure of a Ger
man break.
. Vitamin Starvation Weapon
By menns of food, which sho
controls absolutely, Jacobsen
says, Germany controls the drs
tlnlcs and maybe the future of
Europe. : Vitamin starvation is
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Chinese Throw Japs Back
From Assault at Chungking
CHUNGKING, June 1 UP)
Spurred on by- GeneraTUjheh
Uy oh, "The Little' Tiger," - and
encouraged by air support over
head, battle-tried Chinese troops
were announced today to have
routed completely five Japanese
divisions in a victory hailed in
Free China as the greatest in
six years of war. .
The Japanese were thrown
back In disorder and with heavy
losses toward Ichang, their
Yangtze river base, the high
command said. y
Circled
Chlncso quarters in this pro
visional capital were elated over
the reports from the Yangtze
front where the enemy divisions,
involving perhaps 75,000 men,
were said, to have been trapped
In a "big encirclement." .
The Japanese had thrust out
from Ichang- in a many-pronged
threat to. Chungking.
Up to May 27 more than 4000
Japanese dead had been removed
from- the battlefields, it was re
ported, and the all-front counter-
Streamlining
For Government
Agencies Seen
By ROMNE Y.WHEELER
SPARTANBURG, S. C, June
1 (fl)- James F. Byrnes, newly
homed director of war mobiliza
tion, left a promise with tho na
tion today that squabbling gov
ernmental agencies would be
streamlined into an efficient war
machine but how the chief of
America's homo front plans to do
It was kept to himself.
He gave tho brood outline of
his plan last night to a shirt
sleev,ed throng of home folks,
gathered in Spartanburg's base
boll park for a cotton-goes-to-war
celebration.
."Your government has' no
right to coll upon you to work
as a team If it Is not going to
demand of government officials
that they work as a team," said
Byrnes In his first address since
President Roosevelt named him
to the new post. N
Da vies Sets to
Alaska on Return .
Trip From Moscow
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May
31 (Delayed) (T) Joseph E.
Davles arrived here today from
Moscow, where he delivered a
secret messogo to Soviet Pre
mier Joseph Stalin from Presi
dent Roosevelt, '
Although tho Fairbanks dis
patch did not say, It was pre
sumed Davics arrived in Alaska
by plono the mode of travel
which he used on his journey
to Moscow :vla the .Middle 'East
attacks, of the past two days were
said tpiave,,added thousands
mor'e... ,.,;;.-(,-. t'.-k'u. ; .v
Further Success
Today's high command com
munique announced further suc
cesses on the huge 300-mlle semi
circular front extending from
the Tungting lake region of
northern Hunan, westward
around Ichang on .the Yangtze
and northeastward to the Hupeh
Honan border region.
A body of Japanese troops, In
cluding the. 116th regiment was
"completely annihilated" near
Yuyangkwan, 35. miles south of
Ichang, the communique said,
and a "tremendous quantity of
war supplies" was captured.
Mopped Up ' , .!
Enemy remnants , were
"thoroughly mopped up" at three
points west of Ichang, it. was
stated, and the Chinese continued
attacks on the retreating foe.,
In northern Hunan, it. was
said, a battle.of annihilation was
proceeding against retreating
Japanese, with, allied planes "In
cessantly active." One Japanese
airfield at Yingsshan, in the
Hupeh-Honan border region on
the northern arm of 'the front,
was said to have been destroyed.
Counter Attack
- To the north of this latter-sector,
the Japanese were said to
have thrown more than 10,000
reinforcements into a counter
attack west of the Talheng moun
tains of Shansl province where
they advanced against stiff re
sistance and despite 800 casual
ties. Senate Rejects
Restrictions on
Reciprocal Pact
WASHINGTON, June 1 (PI
The senate rejected today by a
margin of 19 votes a proposal to
amend tho reciprocal trade
agreements legislation to require
congressional approval before
future agreements could become
effective, , , .
It turned down' this proposal,
50 to 31, in which was regarded
as likely to be the closest' test
vote in administration efforts to
obtain a two-year extension un
altered of executive authority to
make the agreements. :
Previously it hod rejected, 5i
to 33., an amendment which
would have permitted congress
to end .the agreements six
months after the close of the
war.
GAS COUPONS CUT '
WASHINGTON, June 1 (fP)
The office of price administra
tion today slashed tho value of
all B and C gas coupons in the
northeastern states now under
a ban on non-essential driving
from three gallons to 2M gal
lons, i
Warplanes Pulverize
Foggia, Sicily,
Sardinia
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Press War Editor
Big-scale naval activity was
reported at Gibraltar today, in
volving upwards of 100 warships
and other vessels, while in the
skies allied bombers piled up
fresh havoc on both the northern
Bnd southern ramparts of Eu
rope in their pre-invasion "soft
ening up" offensive.:.: ,. '. '.
Asa result of the shipping ac
tivity at Gibraltar, the British
Mediterranean stronghold was
buzzing with rumors that it
would not be long before war
material passing there would
go into action.
. . Warships Leave
An Associated Press dispatch
from La Linea, next door to Gib
raltar, said three aircraft car
riers., three, .battleships 4 num
ber of cruisers and several de
stroyers left Gibraltar Sunday
night, but observers at La Linea
could not say whether they bead
ed into the Mediterranean or
westward into the Atlantic.
In addition, 92 freighters along
with several transports and de
stroyers were reported concen
trated at "the rock."
German broadcasts nervously
asserted yesterday that June 22
was "Der Tag" for an allied in
vasion of Europe, and the Rome
radio exhorted the Italian people
to emulate Britain's courage un
der the threat of attack.
British Example
"We are confronted with the
enemy's own example the en
emy which, beaten and aban
doned and faced with invasion
and ruins, not only continued to
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Bernard Perkins
Wounded in
African Fight
Private Bernarad B. Perkins,
who has previously been report
ed as missing in North Africa. is
in fact wounded in that area, ac
cording to latest reports received
over The Associated Press and
also by his mother, Mrs. John
Cole, 131 Conger avenue. .
Perkins' name was included in
a list of wounded received here
for release on Tuesday. ,.
The family some time ago re
ceived word the boy was miss
ing, but also has recently been
informed he Is wounded and not
missing. . .
Bond'Bought Fighter Planes
Get Names of Communities
Four fighter planes, adopted
as the objective for the June
bond drive for Klamath county,
will be named in honor, of four
county communities, it was an
nounced Tuesday by the Kiwanls
club, June campaign leader." -
A unique - contest, in which
Klamath Falls people and all
residents of the county will par
ticipate, will decide the selection
of the names for the fighter
planes to escort Klamath's. "Pell
can" Flying Fortress' bought in
the May bond drive.
Athlete Names Proposed .
' Proposed names have been as
signed chiefly on' the basis of
the names, used by the athletic
teams -In the various community
high schools. Eauh bond buyer
in the county, when making his
bond purchases In June, Is asked
to designate tho county commun
ity to which he wonts the pur
chase credited.' Klamath Falls
bond buyers will vote for which-
'
Isolationists
May Get Their
Wish, Eventually
MADRID, June 1 IP) Ger
man scientists working at the
Geodetic institute at Potsdam
were reported in the Spanish
press today to have discov
ered that North America is
moving away from Europe at
the rate. of about 12 inches
a year hardly enough to
make much difference in the
war. - ,
The report, picked up from
the' German press, . said the
drift of South America was
slower, at the rate of eight
inches a year from Africa.
The case of Greenland was
something else, (M Potsdam
scientists declared. Greenland
was declared to have traveled
600 meters (1968.5 feet) west
toward Canada in the past 10
years.
Counterattack Shoved
: Back to Start by
' '" Russians ;
. LONDON, June -1 - (Ger
man forces launched two strong
counterattacks in- the Llsichansk
area of the Donets river front
last night but - were . thrown
baclc to' .their initial position
with heavy" lossesr the .midday
'soviet' communique iald .-today.
Ignoring German reports that
the nasi had launched: strong
drive on the -western front
above Smolensk, the communique,-
which -was broadcast from
Moscow and recorded by the
soviet monitor' here, mentioned
only artillery action in that gen
eral area and-said Russian .de
tachments had scouted. German
positions there; ! ' .'.-....
German Version -';'"
' The German version of the
Smolensk assault declared- yes
terday that nazi troops had at
tacked "on a fairly large front"
to straighten the battlellne. The
Russians were dislodged despite
strong resistance, said the Ber
lin radio, which' claimed the
Germans were holding : their
new positions. '. '
' However, the German high
command failed to bear out this
DNB version of activity,- and
announced, in its communique
today that the eastern front was
generally quiet except for local
fighting ' along the Kuban in
the Caucasus. ' .
' Planes Downed '
. The 'communique, .' recorded
from Berlin broadcasts, said 51
Russian planes were shot down
yesterday in heavy air fighting.
Russian artillery fire -near
Smolensk -demolished fortifica
tions,' the'soviet noon communi
que said, arid soviet scouting de
(Contlnued on Page Two)
- JAP SHIP SUNK
WASHINGTON, June 1 (P)
United States submarines have
sunk a Japanese destroyer and
six enemy ..auxiliary vessels in
operations in the Pacific, the
navy reported today.
ever outside communities they
wish, and lively competition is
anticipated not only among the
communities but among Klamath
Falls people. The four commun
ities with the largest number of
bond purchases credited will be
honored with the names of the
planes. '
Bly-Beatty Bobcat. ' :
Bonansa Antler. ' " ''
Chlloquln Fort Klamath ,
Panther.'
Gilchrist Logger.
Henley Hornet. ,
Keno Eagle.
Malln Mustang.
Merrill Husky.
Sprague River Imilan.
Assignments of Klwanians to
represent the communities on the
Kiwanls June drive campaign
are: Merrill, K. A. Moore and R.
C. Dale; Malln, Frank Jenkins
and Vic Josephson; Bly-Beatty,
. .(Continued on Page Two) :
HUES
FDR Ml;
STOPSWORK
Contract Expiration
Sees Shafts
Quiet i ;
- WASHINGTON, June 1 (JP)
Secretary Ickes sad today that ,
the coal miners' walkout "con.
stitutes a strike against the ..
government" and called on
John L. Lewis to order his
men to "return to their war-'
time posts of duty." -
By The Associated Press
Ignoring stern warnings from
President Roosevelt that a na
tionwide coal strike could not
be tolerated, virtually every
one of John L. Lewis' United
Mine Workers stayed away
from the government-operated
pits today despite continuing ne
gotiations to reach a contract.'-
There are some half-milliont
members of Lewis' union In the)
approximately l, 3150 soft . coal '
and 450 hard coal mines novr
under federal control, although!
reports indicate that mainte
nance men are remaining at
work to keep the shafts ready
for a speedy return to- product
tion. .:.'.' . '. ' ' ; :.
Although' not strike In th'a .
view of the bushy-browed UMW
.chieftain,, .who isaid . his;) .men)
simply would refuse to trespass)
on mine property at the expira
tion- of - a twice-extended com
tract,- the stoppage- nonetheless
halted the flow of .vital fuel- to
the nation's war-busy industrial
plants. " ""' "-.' ' "r r :
100 Per Cent Walkout . '
The walkout appeared by lat
morning to be. virtually 100 per
cent effective in all fields open
ating with UMW personnel, .ab
though a number of mines, con
tinued in production; They are
manned, however either - by
non-union workers, those affili
a ted with the AFL Progressiva
Mine Workers union or with in
dependent unions. i
At least one exception was;
reported, however. Mines in the
Pittsburgh, Kas., field, in UMW!
district 14j reported all men at
work except for a 10-man crevi
of shovel loaders. The number
. (Continued on Page Two)
Disagreement
Rumored Among .
French Leaders '
By EDWARD KENNEDY 'r
ALGIERS, June 1 Ru
mors of disagreement in the one
dayold . executive . committee
formed by Generals Charles de
Gaulle and Henri Giraud to give
unified direction to the French
war effort circulated today and
it seemed certain that difficult
negotiations were ahead, 1
The committee was engaged in
a day-long session, however, and
in the absence of any official
statement concerning its proceed
ings there was no definite in
formation. ' ..
The most reliable informant
said there was some difference
of opinion among the members
on General De Gaulle's demand
for a house-cleaning of "un
worthy" officials in North Af
rica. . ' ..-.'' : ' -.,.'
Italian Chief of
Staff Given Job :
As; Army Commander
': By The Associated Press'
Gen. Ezio. Rosl, chief of staff
of the Italian army;, was -relieved
of his post today and ap
pointed commander of an army
group, the Berlin radio said In
a Rome dispatch recorded by
the Associated Press.
. Gen. Mario Roatta, who was
chief of staff from March, 3,
1941, Until he was relieved by
Gen. Vittorlo Ambroslo on Jan
uary 19, 1942, was again named
chief of t a f f of the Italian
army, the dispatch said,
Gen. Alfredo Cuggionl was
appointed commander of an
other army group on May 30,
the Berlin radio said. ' J
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