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alb IllBBMiffliHiI On 8-mlnute bint on sirens and whistles li the ilgml for blackout in Klsmath rilli, Another long blast, duilng black out, li a ilgnal for allelear. In cau tionary narlodi. watch your ilratt lights. June I High 84, Low 31 Precipitation at of Mar 143 Straara yaar to data ...1I.M Last yaar 12.87 Normal ..ll.Oa ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1943 Number 9813 V) Hi..j , II ' 111 11 A.M!'!i:!AI"l Ul PJfjai:SBaBEEXXBBaaBCaaBp i (nnn nin rp r? 0 MP. taliaii IBIS 1 lite tejl li lii tiilllllill'lIlilSlliilll By FRANK JENKINS ""THE war now lodny la ex tremely acanty. Even rum ors aro scarce In tha dispatches. Tha general assumption seems to be that It's tlm final culm be1 fore Uio storm, but of course onlv tho . hlltr-up leaders KNOW. WE hope, niitunilly, that our and where, and Hint Hie enemy has been kept In tho dark o that lis may bo caught off balance, but wc have to remember that iiples are extremely active on both sides. Whether wo llko him or not, tho py hai an Important placo in warfare. THE always surprising Chinese claim today to have TURNED BACK the Jap throat to Chung kins. They eMlmalo casualties Inflicted on tho Japs In the Yangtl fighting at 30,000 which seem too good to be wholly truo. . But you never can (ell about tho Chinese. Considering what . .. .... inii Willi iha r lllvj imvw tu o. -, ... . I 1 1 ...... I I. .. rccora in mo tin ycm inuj been at war is amazing. MOT tha least of China's dif ficulties Is the inflation that lias accompanied their lack of productlvo capacity. The last estlmato this writer noticed as serted that in many cases prices are up 1700 TIMES nbovo pro war.) TNFLATION has many doflnl lions. Tho latest and one of tho easiest understood Is that In flation Is what happens when pcoplo's pockets are suddenly filled with new money at a time when there Isn't much to buy. THE navy reports today that more than 1500 Japs were killed and ONLY FOUR wcro t . I n li,. f . I nn rlnua nf lUJJIUli:!! Ill , w vi'j u w the battle of Attu. ' The figures given out concern only bodies counted and It is added that tho number of Japs actually killed was undoubtedly much large r perhaps cvon double There aro supposed to have been about 3000 of tho littlo yel low men on tho Island when we attacked. ' i TN tho South Pacific, ono of our Flying Fortresses on lone pa trol Is Jumped by SIXTEEN Zeros, but shoots down five of them and gots back to Its base with three of its crow wounded and two engines shot out. Thcro appears to bo nothing ...III. .... Ul 1 ul - - ...J wiuhk Willi uui uig uuiiiuuia Uliu there's certainly nothing wrong with tho resourcefulness nnd the fighting courage of tho American boys who fly them, AS a matter of fact, nothing much appears to bo wrong with our war effort EXCEPT here on the homo front. History tells us that In war-tlmo tho quality of the soldier on tho front (Continued on Pape Two) Ban on Pants WASHINGTON, Juno 2 (IP) Hereafter it's between you and your tailor what you want to do with the ends of your trousers. Government rules on what tho ivoll-drcssed man will woar in wartime wore eased out a notch today when the war production board revoked its ban on trouscr cuffs. Although cuffs are now per mitted thcro is just ono catch: Unfinished trouscr legs aro al ready so limited in length that L FORECASTBY Pantelleria Isle Hit By Allied Assault From Sea, Air By ROGER GREENE Associated Press War Editor Allied worships have swelled the assault on the Mediterranean island of Pantelleria, It was an nounced today, bombarding tho so-called ' "Italian Gibraltar" twice within 48 hours in what may ba the prelude to a- landing attack. . : vi . , Pantelleria lies 48 miles east of Cap Bon, Tunisia, and about half way across the Sicilian strait toward Sicily. In allied hands, the Island would serve as a convenient stepping-stone for invasion of either Sicily or the Italian mainland. Dally Blows Gen. Dwlght D.' Eisenhower's headquarters sold allied naval forces shotted the Island yester day afternoon and Sunday, night, reinforcing the aerial havoc In flicted on the Italian outpost day after day, virtually non-stop, ever since the fall of Tunisia May 12. Naval salvos fell on the bar racks and artillery batteries, Gen. Eisenhower's command (Continued on Pago Two) 7500 Japs Killed 4 Captured in 20 Days on Attu Isle By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Juno 2 (IP) More than 1800 Japanese wore killed and four were captured during tho first 20 days of fight ing on Attu island, tho navy re ported today, as U. S. forces con tinued to mop up remaining en emy resistance. A communiquo said that from the start of the Amorlcan inva sion of Attu May 11 through midnight of May 30, tho enemy casualties were so estimated. A navy spokesman, amplifying, said that tho estlmato was based on an actual count of bodies and that tho total number killed might havo been 80 to 100 per cent greater. It would be Impossible, for In stance, to estimate tho number killed by high explosive naval shells or those, buried by their comrades under the snow. ANDING RUSH BOMBARDMENT Reber Medal Presentation, Elks Flag Day Exercises Event of June 14 Here Elks flag day exercises the evening of Juno 14 will bo com bined with ceremonies at which tho Air Modal will be presented to County Commissioner and Mrs. John Rcbcr in behalf of their son, Captain Ehlo Rcbcr, it was announced today by Charles Seavoy, chairman of tho commit tee In chargo. - i General S. M. Connoll, com manding officer of the fourth bomber command, will present tho decoration, while William Cuff Removed you will bo lucky if there is oven a spare 3 Inches for a "simulated" cuff. Men built close to tho ground can let their sartorial Instincts run wild, howovor.- With tho ex tra leg material which they dort't need, they may havo full cuffs (which require 5 Inches of cloth), simulated cuffs or no cuffs at all. ' Tall men, unless they want cuffs around their knees, will have to take their trousers plain. tar Howard Believed on Downed Plane Leslie Howard LONDON, June 2 (IP) The British Overseas Airways cor poration announced tonight that one of its airliners, apparently attacked by enemy aircraft, was missing with 13 passengers and a crew of four between Lisbon and England. Unofficial reports said Leslie Howard, noted actor, was one of the pas sengers. . Jap Remnants Wiped Out in Hupeh Sector CHUNGKING, June 2 CD All Japanese remnants surround ed In one sector of the Hupeh province front south of the Yangtze river have been wiped out, the Chinese high command announced tonight in a commun ique telling of further sweeping smashes in the Chinese army's big comeback drive. Chinese forces now are attack ing Changyang, 12 miles south of the big enemy base at Ichang, it said, whllo a number of points northeast of Ichang have been re captured. It also recorded the taking of three towns north of Lihstch, in northern Hunan prov ince. Violent Assaults Chineso dispatches asserted to day that Chinese forces were continuing . violent assaults along the wholo upper Yangtze front and wcro tightening traps around Japanese units in both Hupeh and Hunan provinces. Further gains were reported In what the Chinese aro celebrat ing, as their biggest victory of tho six-year-old war. McAllister, speaker of the state house of representatives, will de liver tho flag day address. The local American Legion post is cooperating in what Seavoy salcj should be an outstanding patriot ic ovent of many years here. Tho ceremonies will be held on tho front stops of the Elks temple, Third and Main streets, and the public is urgently invit ed to. attend, Scavcy said. A special feature will bo tho flying of tho last flag to fly over old Fort Klamath when It was an active post. This huge flag has been received by Earl Rey nolds, chamber of commerce sec retary, and will be publicly dis played for the first time on this occasion, ; General Council, accompanied by William Volkmann, his aide-de-camp, will conic hero on June 13 from his headquarters In San Francisco, to present tho Air Medal to tho Rcbers. ' Mrs. Ro ber will receive the decoration In a ceremony of a typo never before held. In Klamath Falls. General Connell was here some months ago to. present tha Fly. nBmaMme BaaaaaaaaaBiaBaBaBaaBBBBaaaaaaBSBBi MM KLAMATH 0 OFFICE MADE FIELDSTATiON Status, Staff to Be Cut; Ration Board To Move Soon The Klamath Falls district of fice of the OPA will be changed to a field station on July 1, and the southern Oregon district will be placed under the gener al jurisdiction of the Portland office, it was announced by Leo Centner, regional OPA execu tive. ..... ' Combined with the field sta tion - in tho Balsiger building will be the local war price and rationing board offices, which will move to the Balsiger struc ture from the present location near Fifth and Main streets. Gentner said that about 16 people will be retained in the field - station here, including representatives in the price, ra tion and legal divisions. Station Dsvroll will be about $38,000 annually. The dlstrlct'offletf has more than 30 employes, but never had the staff of 65 or 60 originally scheduled. Board Chang Coming The regional chief said the main reason for the change Is that the district here has been found to have too small a popu lation for efficient administra tion, particularly since ' two northern California counties were cut off. He said the dis trict has a population of about 160,000, whereas all other dis continued on Page Two) Reciprocal Pact Legislation Gets Final Approval WASHINGTON, June 2 (IP) The senate completed legislative action today on a measure ex tending for two more years, with out change, the president's auth ority to make reciprocal trade agreement with other nations. . The legislation, which now goes to the White House for President Roosevelt's approval, contains executive authority to adjust tariffs downward or up ward 50 per cent in return for reciprocal action by the country with which an agreement is made. Under the "most favored na tion" clause, similar advantages are extended to countries which do not discriminate against American products. Ing Cross to Sergeant William Dieter's parents at Tulclakc. Captain Rcbcr, who won the decoration through meritorious action in flights over western Eu rope, was reported missing in March. Ho was piloting a Fly ing Fortress at the time. A num ber of special events in connec tion with . tho ceremony will be announced later, It is expected a large numbor of people from Mill In and other southend com munities will come here for the presentation, and southend Le gion posts are expected to bring their colors. .v The officers of tho Elks lodge will present the colorful flag day ritual as a part of tho program. Seavoy said further details of tho plans will be announced within a few days. On the committee with Seavey are Ralph Howard; L, L. Lom bard i and Glen Evans, . while Commondor Fred LaForge of the Legion is cooperating with Exalt ed Ruler Malcolm Eplcy of the lodgo in making local arrange ments for the decoration presentation. I ' lit) rty w fc&U fctfir-iw Tha jurors' and bailiff lor' tha William E. Titus murder-trial today decided to each bur w bond. They were chosen' yesterday afternoon ' and left this "morning for Bly to vlstt tha seen of the shooting. From left to right they are Alfred D. SmithV. E. M. Igl, Walter Zimmerman, Melvin Nelson, James Kerns Jr.. Bert G. Thompson, Frank Ira White, bailiff. P. G. Wilson. R. C. Wood ruff. George A. Myers, John D. Merritt and Hans A. Jepson. Juror not in tha picture is George B. Fife. , , ; : ; ; Senate Acts, 62 to 19; Acqui iescence of FR Anticipated By JACK BELL WASHINGTON. June ' 2 (IP) The senate passed legislation today putting the nation's-in-come taxpayers on a pay-as-you-go basis and sent it to the White House with the expecta tion . that it soon will become law.' The vote was 62 to 19. Reportedly headed for presi dential acquiescence, either, by Mr. Roosevelt's signature or. his failure' to veto it, the bill rep resents , four months of con gressional labor to put 44,000, 000 income taxpayers on a cur rent basis for the first time; by cancelling 75 to 100 per cent of their back levies. The measure, approved by the house yesterday by a 256 to 114 vote, will be in the presi dent's hands soon after its sig nature by presiding officers of the two houses. Practical Results - There would be these practi cal results to the average tax payer: He will find himself for the (Continued on Page Two) ".. Bodies of Three ' Boys in Trunk ALAMOSA, Colo., June 2 (IP) Three small boys, missing since early yesterday afternoon, were found . smothered today in a trunk on the backporch of an abandoned house at nearby San Luis, ' Mrs. Dan'Gallcgos, mother of one of .the victims, found the bodies at 5:30 a. m. today after an all-night search of the vicin ity. The truck apparently lock ed automatically while the chil dren were playing. The dead youngsters were Nick Gallcgos and Johnny Cha vez, cacti 4 years old, and Eu gene Medina, 3. German Sub Sunk By Coast Cutter , WASHINGTON, June 2 IP) Destruction of a German sub marine and capture of 40 mem bers of her crew by the coast guard cutter Spencer was re ported by the navy today. ' With depth1 charges and roar ing guns, the cutter sank the sub marine In the Atlantic several weeks ago when tho raider was detected lurking in tho path of a "large and important convoy making for an allied port."-- Titus Jury Buys Bonds r - vs. A pj I Hi 1 tW Biaseball: - r AMERICAN LEAGUE.-". (First game) 12 innings. - ' R. H. 1 St. Louis . 7 14 0 Boston 4 7 1 Hollingsworth, Caster (8) and Hayes; Dobson and Partee. R. H. E. Detroit 7 14- 0 Philadelphia 2 5 2 Overmire and Parsons; Harris, Clyde (5) Kuczynski (9) and Wagner. R. H. E. Chicago . 2 8 0 New York 1 5 2 Wade and Tresh; Borowy and Hemsley. NATIONAL LEAGUE R H B New York 6 11 3 Cincinnati -I..13 18 2 Feldman, Lehrman (2) Coombs (3). Adams lit Sayles (6) and Lombardi; Walters, Shoun (2) and Lakeman. COAST LEAGUE R. H. E. Seattle 4 9 2 Hollywood 9 15 1 Elliott and Sueme; Smith and Brenzel. Lewis Scored on House Floor in Strike Bill Talk ! WASHINGTON, June 2 (IP) Asserting that John L. Lewis "is attempting to take the measure of the president," Rep. Gore (D- Tenn.) told the house today that by its action on anti-strike legis lation the miners' leader "and every other home grown dictator must be mane amenaaDie to me law." I Gore's speech opened the floor fight over the Smith-Connally bill to outlaw strikes in government-operated plants and pro vide for a 30-day cooling off period and a secret ballot of workers before they could . be called in other war industries. ; Gore told the house that unless congress acted Immediately, Lewis "will continue to regard himself above the law, thus de generating democracy to . mon ocracy. "I want to warn the presi dent," he added, "that if John L, Lewis' demands are granted, he can count me out on restrictions on farm commodities, or on tho littlo businessmen of the coun try. ) "Of course, I well know that If all restraints are removed the devil will be to pay, but he'll be to pay anyway if the govern ment isn't big enough to handle a mad egotist like Lewis, so we'll all just take the ride to gether, as far as I am con cerned.",. - t r 9 1 1 .-SBMSL.. ?-Mst .JL ON TRIP TO BLY Homicide Scene Visit ed as Feature of Murder Trial . The Jury for the William -X Titus murder trial was selected late Tuesday afternoon and left Wednesday morning for Bly" at the request of the prosecution at torneys, to visit the scene of the alleged crime. Filling the jury box are P. G. Wilson, R. C. Woodruff, John D. Merritt, George A. Myers, George B. Fife, Melvin Nelson, James Kerns Jr., Alfred D Smith, E. M. Igl, Walter Zimmer man, Bert G. Thompson - and Hans A. Jepson. In his opening statement late yesterday afternoon, District At torney L. Orth Sisemore said that the prosecution would show that Titus purposely and with (Continued on Page Two) Boards Get Names In Auto Check-Up PORTLAND, June Z (IP) Portland ration boards today had befort! them the names of 300 autoists with B and C cards who were found at the beaches or in other resort centers over the Me morial Day weekend, John Hodg- kins, district OPA investigator, said. Hodgkins estimated there were about 1000 pleasure drivers in the vicinity of 19 beaches checked. Pope Asks Respect for Law Of Humanity in Air Battle By The Associated Press - The Rome radio quoted- Pope Pius XII in an address to the College of Cardinals on his name today as exhorting the belliger ents to - respect the laws of hu manity In the air war.' ' ' " The broadcast was recorded by The Associated Press . ,. "We, who since the beginning of the conflict have done all that was in our power to induce the belligerents to respect the laws of humanity in the aerial war, now believe it to be our duty to exhort them' once more ' to ob serve these laws," the radio quot ed him as saying. In speaking of. war sufferers in general, the pontiff said, ac cording to the Rome radio ac count; "Every word ddressed by us BOARD CALLS: FOR HALT OF NEGOTIATIONS Agreements Reached , Under Coercion Void, Warning f WASHINGTON, June J (IP) President Roosevelt summon ' ad Secretary Ickes and mem bers of the war labor board ta ' the White House late today to consider the coal strike. WASHINGTON, June 2 (IP)' The war labor board checked the) coal mine walkout back to Pres ident Roosevelt today "for such action as he deems appropriate" and told the disputing parties to stop their contract negotiations. UMW President John L. Lewis and the operators' represent atives had just begun on fresh efforts to settle their dispute. which has resulted in half a mil-, lion miners staying away from work in the war vital industry. . ' However, said the board unan-; imously, "any agreement on tha issues by the parties while tha workers. are on strike" and tha negotiators are subject to "strike coercion will not be considered or approved." ., " -. , j .- Morse. Wires , ' i The miners and the operators, ! informed of the board's order, went back into joint-session im--mediately : without making any' comment. ' They had 'suspended -meeting briefly while waiting I for' an expected announcement , from the board. ."The board is referring this! case to the president for such action as he deems appropriate," ' a telegram signed by Wayne L. Morse, compliance officer of the WLB, said. - The text of the telegram: - "By unanimous vote of the na tional war labor board, the board declares that the existing strike and stoppages of work in the na tion's coal fields constitute an unwarranted violation of the no strike pledge and a defiance of the board's directive order of May 25, 1943. Therefore in con formance with the procedures of the war labor board which have been uniformly applied in all past cases in which either party (Continued on Page Two). Dr. Dafoe, Quints' Physician, Passes NORTH BAY, Ont., June 2 (P) Dr. Allen Roy Dafoe, 60, the country physician who gained world fame by attending the Dlonne quintuplets at their birth nine years ago, died today of pneumonia after a brief illness. The five little girls, whose physician Dafoe had been until a disagreement brought on his resignation last year, celebrated their birthday last Friday. INGRAM DIES LOS GATOS, Calif., June a (IP) Major William A. "Navy Bill" Ingram, USMC, former football coach at the Annapolis Naval academy and the Univer sity of California, died at hi home here last night. to the competent authorities and every-allusion made by us In public should be seriously con sidered in the interest of the vic tims so as not to ' render their situation even unintentionally more serious and more Insup portable." He was quoted as making tha following statement in speaking of Poland: . , '. 'To this ' people so cruelly tried and to other peoples who with Poland have been obliged to drink the cup of bitterness of this .war,' there should be re served a future that fulfills their legitimate aspirations and which should be in accordance with the greatness of their sacrifices, in a Europe rebuilt , on a Christian basis and within a group of state free from the errors and mis takes of the pst." j