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By TRANK JENKINS
' 'THIS la another day of invasion
Jitters, with minora flying
thicker thun leaves In nn autumn
wind.
T A LINEA (Spain) comes bnck
Into tho picture with a report
of two allied convoy Including
transports, frclghlcra, merchant
men, tiinkcri and a hospital ahip
-steaming cnalwurd Into tho
Mediterranean from Gibraltar
yesterday morning.
(La Lineu, you will remember,
wan telling two days ago of a
largo' allied war fleet that al
legedly had left Gibraltar for
) point unknown.)
I ...
"THE London News-Chronicle
aaya: "An Invnulon of Pan
tellcria (the Italian Malta lying
between Tunisia and Sicily) can
b expected momentarily, and
the Italian fleet la prepared to
team into battle at a moment a
notice..'
THE Itallnna are obvloualy
acarcd pink.
A Rome military spokesman
says: "Our fato will bo TER
RIBLE If we loeo tho war. NO
BODY will be apnred."
, Another Italian .commentator
asserts that "not much quarter
will bo given the British and
American Invading forces, It
will bo a matter of butchor and
)ba butchered."
.'..
MU S S O L I N I S propogandu
hatchet men, you ace, arc
trying to acare tho Italians into
fighting- Hlllcr'i battle by nroua
Ing feora of tho frightful things
our tide will do to thorn if we
win.
That baa been the nxls propa
ganda line for aomo time
"we're rata In a trap and we'vo
GOT to fight to tho dcalh. for
every mnn'i hand la against us
and our fete If wo lose will bo
awful."
..... t,
THE Borlln radio ia trying to
calm 'cm down today by
speaking reassuringly of tho in
vincibility of the xl continental
armlca with their milllona of
well-trained and well-equipped
. troona.
I The Berlin radio aomo time
ago act Juno 22 aa "dcr tag" (the
day) for tho allied Invasion of
Europe. (Juno 22 la the anni
versary of tho French armistice.)
TN all this mass of rumor and
A propaganda, thore aro two
algnlflcant Incidents In tho nows:
1. Last night, off Capo Spar
tlvonto, at tho too of tho Itallifn
boot, an allied dealroyor force
piled into an axis convoy passing
through tho Strait of Messina
which la Italy's equivalent of our
Panama Canal, slnco It is the
shortost wntor route between the
Italian cast nnd west coasts.
LITTLE OPPOSITION wos en
countered. 2, Moscow says today that BOO
Gorman planes attacked the Rus
sian baao at Kurek yesterday nnd
1 123 of thorn (or nearly 28)
were DESTROYED 03 by Rus
sian pilots in air duels and 30 by
Russian anti-aircraft guns.
This Is tho biggest mass of
planes tho Germans have con
centrated ANYWHERE for
months and tho loss suffered was
ono of tho biggest slnglo day's
bags anywhoro, any time, in this
war.
TTHE naval fight at Capo Spar
A tlvcnto Indicates that wo have
unquestioned naval supremacy in
tho Mediterranean mid tho Ger
man's stnggorlng loss at Kursk
auggosts that wo may bo getting
air supremacy EVERYWHERE In
Europe.
Thore seems to bo little doubt
that we've had air supremacy In
tho Mediterranean over since Tu
nisia. '
TF you feel you HAVE to guess,
an invasion thrust by our sido
somowhero In tho Mediterranean
la easily tho best bet. Wo can
look for it to bo accompanied by
a throat somewhere olsa (to com
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DEATH SCENE
DESCRIBED IN
TITUS' TRIAL
Trouble . Between Bly
Justice and Wife
Told on Stand-
State's Wltne.s William C.
Pankey, Bly deputy, related on
the wltncsa stand Thursday how
ho found Mrs. Krma Titus sitting
dead in a awivel chair bcsldo tho
living room desk in tho Tltut
realdcnco at Bly on tho morning
of February IS.
Pankey was testifying on the
third duy of the trial of William
E. Tltua, Bly Justice of tho peace,
chargod with the firat degrco
murdor of Mra. Tltua.
' The wltncsa said he was at
homo In bed when Tltua knocked
on hit door and told him to get
up. Ho said ho dreaacd and went
out to find Titus lying on the
sidewalk. He helped the de
fendant up and the two went
across the atreet to-, the Tltut
home. . -. , : i' :.r
Arriving thore," ' the . deputy
sheriff said, he found Mrs. Titus
sitting in a chair by a dcak, her
log crossed, the left leg over the
right one, hands hanging down
at her aldea and head tllghtly
bowed. Sho allowed no signs of
consciousness.
Whilo 'the defendant and he
were in tha room, Pankoy con
tinued. Titus suddenly took a
shell out of his pocket and started
to pick up a fun which was lying
on the floor. The leputy aheriff
stopped hlni and took Tltut out
of tho building.
"Mama Got Me"
"I asked Bill If. ho was hurt,"
Pankey aald, "but, he wouldn't
tell me. Then 1 noticed blood
on his aide. Pankey took Titus
into a nearby restaurant and, ex
amining him, found a hole In the
defendant's left sido. A few
minutes later Titus said that ho
wonted to lie down, saying, "I
guess It's all over. Mama got
mo."
It "was decided that Tltua
I should be taken to a doctor and
Pankey and M. M. Cllne, who
ran a hotel next door to the Titus
(Continued on Page Two)
Klamath Man
Reported Held
By Japanese
Reported as a prisoner of the
Japanese at an unstated canip is
rnvnio jnoivin
J. Myors, son
of Mr. and Mrs.
H. O. Myors of
BOO North Ninth
slroot. Private
Myers had pre
viously boon re
ported as miss
ing In a battle
on the Philip
pines.
: Young Myers Is 23 and will
have, his 24th birthday In Aug
ust. He joined tho national
gunrd In 1941 and received
training at Fort Stevens and
Fort McDowell, Calif, He also
was onco a News-Herald carrier.
: His parents had not hoard
from him for 18 months when
thoy rccolvod a telegram in Ap
ril telling that he was a prison
er of the Japanese.
Klamath Project
Work Resumption
Sifted by WPB
WASHINGTON, Juno 3 (P)
The WPB will conduct a hearing
Friday on proposed . release of
funds for construction work on
the Klamath-Modoc reclamation
program, Rep. Stockman learned
today. Work was suspendod sev
eral months ago.
Local reclamation officials
said tho work, If authorized,
will bo carried on In tho Coppeck
bny area on Tulelokc, as a part
of tho project's regular develop
ment program. The bureau here
had tho funds but WPB ordered
work to stop some time ago.
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Mona, alaphant from the Tolaelc Brothera circus, b shown blocking traffic at Eighth and Mala
tlraatt thi morning.: Tha Ihraa city police trying to induce Mona to gat out of tha centar of tha
ttraet are Odall Olson. Bid Herbart and Walter Thorna. The Polack Brothart circus b playing
at the armory through Sunday.
Defenders D r i v e to
Right Bank of
Yangtze
CHUNGKING. Juno 3 ffl
Chinese troops have driven to
the right bank of tho Yangtze
opposite Ichang in an air-sup
ported counter-offensive against
the Japanese and have surround
ed 4000 of tho Invaders farther
down the great river, the high
command announced tonight. .
A Chinese army spokesman
said .Generalissimo Chiang Kai
shek's forces yestorday. recap
tured the own of Chankyang, 12
miles sputh.of Ichang,-and also
occupied the port of Chlnkiang,
33 .miles downriver from that
Japanese base.
The high command . Issued a
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Rodeo Slated for
Fairgrounds Here
On July 4 and 5
A 'streamlined Fourth of July
rodeo has been definitely sched
uled for July 4 and 5 aftho
Klamath county fairgrounds, It
was. announced by tho local
rodeo committee Thursday.
The event will feature ama
teur performers, as was the case
last year, but the livestock -will
not be amateur. Mack Barbour
is bringing his string of rodeo
buckers and other stock to give
tho participants a run for their
money.
Tho committee, announced the
rodeo will be handled definite
ly as a benefit for a worthy
cause, details of which will be
announced later.
A feature will be four horse
races dally arranged by the
sheriff's posse. '
CHINESE SURROUND
4000 JAP INVADERS
Huge Pine Mill Stands Idle
LEWISTON, Ida,, Juno 3 (IP)
Logs splashed idly. In the great
pond back of tho world s larg
est white pine , sawmill today
and the big saws of the Clear
water plant of Potlatch Forests,
Inc., were silent for the second
day ' as workers remained- off
tho jobs due to a walkout Tues
day night by a 38-man stacker
crew.
Approximately 1000 mill
workers were affected. N
Company and union officials
mot last night in an attempt to
Iron out difficulties which both
said' resulted from the lay-off
of ' three ; men for - alleged acts
Mono Defies Klamath's Cops
!
Baseball
AMERICAN LEAGUE .
Chicago? oif-K?'
Boston .,',,;:.;;;:;,;.,,-r 4 8 . k 2
"Haynet, Grove t6) ''aria Trcsh;
H. Newsome, Chase (3), Karl
7), Judd (B) and Partee. '
Cleveland ...4 9 2
Philadelphia .: 10 18 0
Dean, Loving 4) and Rosar;
Black and Wagner.
R. H. E.
St. Louis . 14 0
New York 2 8 1
Muncrief and Hayes; Bonham
and Dickey. . , . ,
: NATIONAL LEAGUE -New"
York ................ 6 11
Pittsburgh .'. 9 : 10
17,083 Americans
Held as Prisoners
WASHINGTON,' June, 3 (P)
The eneray-nsw holds , at least
17,083 American soldiers cap
tive,' Secretary, of War Stimson
reported today, and 11,307 of
them ,are in the hands of the
Japanese. -.v.;,'.
These figures are Incomplete,
he said, including only, those
whoso names have been reported
through the . international Red
Cross. On this basis, Germany
holds .3312 prisoners and Italy
has 2464,' , ,
Piinishment for Work interruption Get$
Administration Leadership's Approval
: WASHINGTON, June 3 (IP)
The. administration' leadership
in the ' house ! today endorsed
the principle of senate-approved
legislation to fine or imprison
anyone who instigates interrup
tion of work in- a government
operated plant. ,
Representative McCormack
of Massachusetts, the democrat
ic leader, In giving this endorse
ment, told his colleagues, how
ever, that ' the house military
committee' went too far in
of Insubordination.
i The AFL Luihbcr and Saw
mill Workers union said It had
demanded tho reinstatement of
tho. threi men and settlement
of a list of minor , grievances,
saying the company agreed to
the latter but refused the re
instatement. Company officials- held , the
action was similar to 'lay-offs
enforced in like cases previous;
ly without union objection. '
i Company officials said they
were told the workers would
remain, idle until tho penalty
timo. of. ono .week's lost time
had expired.
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14 ', rnjured-,in . Blast
At Big Celanese
Factory
CUMBERLAND, Md., June 3
,(P) At least J4 person; were in
jured today when an' explosion
rocked one building of the Cel
anese Corporation of -America's
plant here. First reports indt
cated that no one was killed.
Tho blast occurred in the-cellulose
acetate building' of the
plant, blowing four huge holes
In the roof of the structure:
One of the workers not seri
ously, injured said. the. inside of
the building was a . shambles.
- The first persons at the scene
of the blast counted 14 Injured
persons, and-every available, am
bulance, in the city was called to
the plant.
- Officials at Memorial hospital
said five persons had been ' ad
mitted shortly after the 'explo
sion, and- added, that, none of
them appeared to ' be - critically
nurt. .
broadening the senate's. Connal
ly bill. ; i t . , : . ...
Cautioning against legislation
"in anger," McCormack- said
Representative R a m s p'e c k
(D-Ga.),- majority' whip, would
Introduce a substitute for the
committee bill- embodying, the
general provisions of the senate
measure. '
: Panaltiat for. Interference .
! The major provision of this
measure calls for $3000 fine
and oho year imprisonment -for
anyone instigating or inducing
an interruption of work In a
government-operated plant, aid
ing in a lockout or strike, "giv
ing direction or guidance" in a
strike, or furnishing funds for
its continuance. .
As amended by the military
committee, the pending- labor
bill is known as the Smith-Con-nally
measure.' The house- re
fused today on an overwhelming
vote to kill it outright.
A motion by Representative
Celler (D-N.Y.) to strike out the
enacting clause, thus to kill the
measure, was defeated on a
standing Vote of 133 to 37.
' Celler complained that the .la
bor committee had not had a
chance to consider tho legisla
tion and that the -military com
mittee . had : not . given . labor an
RADID QUAVERS
SHOW FEARS DP
AXIS MOUNTING
Big Allied Convoy on.
Way . From Gibral
tar, Report
By ROGER GREENE
Associated Pratt War Editor
" Allied warships boldly strik
ing near Italy's own shores .were
officially credited today ,with
sinking three vessels and driving
a destroyer ashore in an attack
on an axis convoy off Capo Spar-
tivento, and. Rome announced a
third allied naval assault In four
days on the "Italian Gibraltar'
at Pantelleria. '." '; '. "'
.Both Rome and Berlin plucked
nervously" at the specter of an
allied Invasion of Europe, with
axis I broadcasts ranging from
nazi defiance to fascist appeals
lor courage. . . ,;
i "Our "fate will be terrible
should we lose this war," said. a
.Rpm military spokesman ap
parently seeking to -frighted " the
Italians into a last-ditch stand.
' "Nobody will le spared." '
i "No Quarter" Threat
Another Italian- prnmentatoT
aeciarea mai .- noi inucn quar
ter" would be given British and
American invasion .lorcesjxAnd
added: . ' , - " '
Vlt.would be a matter Of bu'tch-
on4 ha Vti.thAi-A, ' -'
- Meanwhile, dlspktc hei: from
La Linea, Spain, reported -sV huge
movement of sillied shipping
from Gibraltar, leaving the har
bor at the great British strong-
noia virtually deserted., ,
Two convoys totaling ' 137
ships troop transports, freight
ers, merchantmen, tankers and a
hospital ship steamed eastward
into the Mediterranean at dawn
yesterday en route - to North
African ports, it was reported.
Previously, an allied armada
of three 'battleships, three air
craft carriers, several . cruisers
and destroyers was said to have
left the rock for destinations
unknown.
Allied headquarters gave no
inkling of explanation for these
reports, but declared that a
small force of allied destroyers
attacked an axis convoy off Capo
bpartivento, just off the. south
ern tip of Sardinia, and sank two
enemy merchant ships and an
escorting torpedoboat and drove
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opportunity to be heard on the
measure,-
Opposing C e 1 1 e r's - motion,
Reprcse ntative Whittington
(D-Miss.) accused John L. Lewis,
union mine head,, of hating
President Roosevelt "with such
vehemence" that "his patriotism
has been destroyed."
"In a ' contest between labor
and ' the' government, I stand
for the government," Whitting
ton added. -, -
"Is this sedition, or isn't it?"
Rep. Hoffman (R-Mich.)., asked
the house today in regard to
the coal mine walkout, as the
lawmakers took up a bill to
outlaw ' strikes in government-
operated war plants. -
Animals to Boost Bond Sales
A circus show Saturday from
11 to 1 o'clock was slated today
as a major feature of the week's
war bond drive headed by the
Klamath Kiwanls club.
The Polack Brothers' circus,
here for a four-day. stand at the
armory,' is 'providing the ele
phants and other talents for the
Saturday noon performances at
Eighth and Main streets.
Everybody ' downtown Satur
Colonel's Pants
Fly From Plane
LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 3
(JP) Two ... 11-year-old boys
spotted khaki . legs hurtling
through the air late yesterday
and rushed to the rescue of
what they though was a man.
Instead, they- found only a
pair of trousers. -
In a pocket was a wallet,
containing - $36 and a card
which identified the owner as
Lieut. Col. Clifford H. Rees.
The boys hiked to Bowman
field and returned - the air
borne bundle to base head
quarters. .
Rees had taken off earlier
from Bowman field on a rou
tine flight to a North Caro
lina field and his spare pair
of "officer's pinks" accidental
ly dropped through the plane's
open bomb bay.
4SHrPS0FF ITALY
Daring Allied. Assault
-Shows Supremacy in
Southern-Waters
T8y DANIEL DtLUCE
'ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA,7 June 3 (-j
Allied destroyers sank two axis
merchant vessels and an escort
ing? torpedo boat and drove an
enemy destroyer ashore burning
Tuesday night in an attack on a
convoy off Capo . Spartiventp,
Italy, it was announced today..
Capo Spartivento is at the toe
of Italy.rr .-- , - " -1
The daring allied naval attack
struck at the heart of Italy's sea
communications in' defiance of
the Italian fleet
Together with two naval bom
bardments this week of Pantel
leria, it indicated that in Italy's
southern waters the allies have
achieved naval supremacy to
match their air supremacy. '
The Italians are dependent on
the Strait - of Messina between
Sicily and the toe of the Italian
mainland to sail cargo ships be
tween the west and east coasts.
Capo Spartivento stands at the
southern approach to the Strait
of Messina. . , -
The naval blow off Capo Spar-
(Continued on . Page ' Two)
Nazis Send BOO
Planes at Reds;
123 Shot Down
. MOSCOW, June 3, (P) A
force of about 500 German
planes attacked the Russian base
at Kursk yesterday afternoon
and at least 123 were shot down,
the Russians announced today,
signalizing a new and growing
phase of the bitter aerial battle
on the eastern front.-
' The nazi air fleet represented
the largest single mass the Ger
mans have concentrated in any
sector for months and their re
ported losses marked one of the
biggest single day's bags ia any
theater of aerial war.
i A Moscow broadcast said 83
of the raiders were brought
down by soviet pilots in air
duels and that anti-aircraft guns
shot down 30 more, after some
planes got through to the city
"and haphazardly - dropped
bombs which inflicted material
damage and casualties.
day is invited to see the circus
performance, Polack s patriotic
animals have . had . outstanding
success. In other cities in street
bond shows.
Competition mounted Thurs
day among Klwanlans who rep
resent various county communi
ties in the contest for naming
tho four fighter planes expected
to bo "purchased with this
month's Klamath bond sales.
UKASE1IS
MONDAY TIE
TO 'GET GOING'
Ickes Told to Proceed
With Coal Oper
ations WASHINGTON, June 3 VP)
President Roosevelt ordered
striking coal miners today to re
turn to their jobs on next Mon
day. He said in a statement that he
has instructed Secretary Ickes
who had possession of the mines
for the government, to proceed
to reopen them. They have been
closed since Tuesday on the. re
fusal, of John L. Lewis' United
Mine Workers to work without
a contract. ,
Just as soon as the miners re
turn to work," Mr.. Roosevelt -said,
"the disposition ol the dis
pute between the miners and the
operators will forthwith pro
ceed, under the jurisdiction of
the war labor board and in ac
cordance with the customary and
established procedure- governing
all cases of this.ort." -
, -Bit in Teeth ,. .
; .The chief executive's order fol
lowed the action of the war labor
board in turning the coal dispute
over to him after the operators'
and officers of the United Mine
Workers failed' to : reach any
agreement. -The
president's statement said:
"Most of the nation's coal '
mines are cloted because of a
general strike which hat taken
place in defiance of the gov- -comment
of tha United Statet.
I hare instructed the tacretary
of the interior,-who hat pot- -
tettion of tha minet for the
government, to proceed to re-
open the minet.
"The secretary of tha inter-
lor will continue to operate the
mines under the tarmt and
condition of work which ob- !
tained under the old contract .
which wat extended by order -of
the war labor board plus - '
thote new termt and condi- -tiont
' which have been ap
proved by the board and which'
were announced in the board't
order of May 25th.
"At pretident and command
er in chief I order and direct
the miners who are not now '
at work in the mines to return
to their, work on Monday,
(Continued on Page Two)
Negro Ordnance
Workers Stay Off
Job Under White Men
ST: LOUIS, Hune 3 (P) An-'
proximately 3700 negro em
ployes of the St. Louis ordnance
plant, refusing to continue work
under white foremen, remained .
away from their jobs today,
A company spokesman said
the , negroes were employed in
three shifts at one of the plant's
production units.
White foremen have super
vised work In the unit slnco its
formation, in July, 1942, but ne
gro employes were selected this
month for training as supervisors
to replace them, he explained.
French Executive.
Group 'Activated' . .
ALGIERS, Juno 3 (IP) Tha
French executive committee was
formally brought Into existence
today and given the nemo of the
National Committee of Libera
tion. The members of tho National
Committee of Liberation besides
Generals Giraud and De Gaulle
arc: .
Gen, Alphonso George . and
Jean Monnet as members select
ed by Giraud: Reno Masnlglt
and Andre Philip as members
selected by De Gaulle; Gen,
Georges Catroux, accepted by
both Giraud and Defiaulle.