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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."--
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(First game) 12 innings. -
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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