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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
June '4, 1943
Japs Spend Year
Burrowing Tunnels
In Attu's Tundra
By WILLIAM L. WORDEN
MURDER POINT, Attu Island, May 20 (Delayed) W What
ever else the Japanese have been doing on Attu for the last year,
they must have spent most of their time digging In the mushy
tundra,
American soldiers advancing on Japanese positions all over
Attu have found literally miles of tunnels nnd caves. Every
sniper's nest is a pint-sized underground house, sometimes with
four or five tunnel-connected firing positions. Machine gun em
placements are elaborate caves with side passages for storage
of ammunition or food, other
niches for the crews to sleep in
Typical Pott
A typical Japanese command!
post is an underground hut some
20 feet long and half that wide,!
beautifully screened with blocks
of tundra, protected from shell
fragments by tundra battle
ments. . . . The only part of it
extending above ground is the
smoke pipe for the central heat
ing stove. Most such huts are
built into the sides of hills so
that some drainage is provided.
When the drains fail to work,
however, the Japs simply lay
catwalks over the water and go
on using the installations.
Elaborate Positions
Most elaborate of all are the
anti-aircraft positions, which in
clude three or four rooms, all
underground except the single
roofless circle which holds the
gun itself. Crews slept, worked
and played in the caves they had
built.
At the west arm of Holtz bay,
the trench system was so elabor
ate that it was possible to cross
the entire valley without once
exposing oneself to the sight of
anyone in the bay the distance
is almost two miles. At the air
port in the east arm of Holtz
bay, workers even lived under
the landing strip in underground
sheds placed in recesses in the
side of the plateau.
Sand Bar Installation
One of the strangest of all the
Installations was on a sand bar
directly behind a gun position in
the east arm of the bay. Starting
with a gravel mound about 20
feet in diameter, the Japanese
had built it up to a cone. If in
tended for concealment, it was
a flat failure. It stood out as far
as it could be seen. A stove pipe
came out the top.
To enter, a man clambered up
the gravel to a point about four
' feet below the top, there entered
a twisting slit trench so narrow
that a normal sized American
wearing a canteen belt had to
take the belt off before he could
go through it. The trench turn
ed sharply, slanted down, enter
ed a four-foot-square four-foot-
nigfi, : floored chamber. One
corner contained a tiny stove-, an-
otner a bag of rice.
No Windows
The chamber was windnwlew
had been completely roofed be-
iore some American dropped a
grenade into it. An occupant
could not look or shoot out,
could not even see the gun clos
est to mm. unless it had been
removed so carefully as to leave
no trace, there was not even a
telephone wire into the nla,
The litter on the floor (aside
irom a packing box) contained
two postcards, a Jananm rtir.
tionary and the inevitable bottle
ot puis.
Red Cross
Notes
The relations of forces on the
Soviet-German front have
changed. The fact Is that Ger
many is becoming more 'and
more exhausted while the So
viet Union is more and more
developing its reserves and be
coming ever stronger. Josef
Stalin.
Today the greatest successes
of the Russian front have led
thousands of Americans to throw
their hats in the air and pro
C.sim that victory is just around
the comer. We still face re
verse4 and misfortunes. Presl
dent Roosevelt.
For over three years Fred
Fleet very competently carried
the work as disaster chairman
for our local chapter. This
year he was appointed home
service chairman as well; the
home service work has more
than tripled in the last few
months and is getting heavier
as the war goes on, so Otto
Smith has taken over the work
of disaster chairman.
In the home service depart
ment we have an interesting
item today. March 28, 1942,
the local chapter sent a mes
sage to Italy for Mrs. Maria
Sari who lives with Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Sari at 5327 South
Sixth street. The message was
to her husband, Ezio Sari, and
asked for news of their family.
On May 13, 1943, over a year
later, a reply arrived, which
Mrs. Sari was kind enough to
translate for us. It read: "Hap
py about your news. We all
well, Brothers safe and well.
Ilda (daughter) in eighth ,grade.
Regards to uncle and aunt.
Kisses to you and the boys."
We are also advised by Helga
Lott of Chiloquin, Ore., that
she has had a reply from her
homeland to a message which
the local chapter sent for her
in August, 1942. These are only
two of the many services which
the home service department
covers.
Recently the Algoma Com
munity club disbanded and gave
the amount remaining in. their
treasury. $21.67, to the Red
Cross.
Last week the International
Red Cross committee ship
"Caritas I" sailed, carrying the
largest shipment of prisoners
of war relief supplies ever
cleared from the United States.
In - the cargo were 500,000
standard food packages. . In
cluded also were 22,500 invalid
food parcels, for distribution to
the sick and to prisoners recov
ering from wounds, and 3,000
medicine kits, containing spe
cial household medicines.
These are all for American and
United Nations prisoners, in
cluding Belgian, Yugoslav, Po
lish, Greek, Norwegian and
Netherlands prisoners. The
"Caritas I" 'will dock at Mar
seilles, France, and this is the
second occasion on which a ship
from the territory of one bellig
territory held by an enemy bel-
territory held by an enemy be-
ligerent. Her cargo will be
trans-shipped by rail to Geneva,
thence for distribution to the
prison camps on the continent.
The regulations by which
close relatives of United Na
tions prisoners of war may send
standard food parcels to iden
tified prisoners in Europe
through the American Red
Cross, may be obtained from
your local Red Cross chapter.
The regulations, effective June
10, cover prisoners of Belgian,
Polish, Yugoslav, Norwegian,
Netherland, Greek, etc., nation
ality; no packages may be sent
to prisoners of war from the
United States, as the army and
navy are supplying all these.
ROOSEVELT
TAVERN
Chicken Steak Chinese Food
NO RATIONING
ON MIXED
DRINKS AT
THE ROOSEVELT
Bar Open 10:00 a. m.-72:00 p. m.
Dance With Pete Collie and His Orches
tra Wednesday and Saturday.
No Cover Charge
At the State Line
Named 'Sweater Girl for 1943'
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Dark-haired Alice Wallace (above), photographer's model,
was chosen "California Sweater Girl for 1943" by the Associated
Apparel Manufacturers of Lot Angeles, which annually makes
such a choice. v
Prisoners held by Japan are not
included in the new regulations
due to present lack of transpor
tation facilities to the Far East.
ROSE POOLE,
Publicity Chairman.
Bandelier National Monu
ment, in New Mexico, had 13,
689 visitors during 1940.
UNLIMITED SERVICE
KANSAS CITY, W) Cpl.
Reuben Morose, 28, was mildly
amazed at his latest official
notice.
It was from the draft board
through which he had been in
ducted into the army a year ago.
And it advised him he'd been
classified 4-F.
RUB S I
RECORD ID
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BY ESCORTS
LONDON. June 4 tm In
creasingly dcadjy allied convoy
escort services sank more enemy
submarines in May than in any
other month of the war and In
the post two months tho number
of operating U-bonts In the At
lantic appears to have decreased.
A. V. Alexander, first lord of the
admiralty, declared today.
Ha told the house of commons
that in tho last 13 months the
total enemy submarines sent to
tho bottom exceeded tho num
ber sunk in all of the previous
war period and thut in the lust
six months tho rata of destruc
tion was 25 per cent ebova the
previous half year.
Paying tribute to the work of
tho U. S. alrforce and tho RAF
in bombing U-boat bases, Alexan
der predicted that "as time goes
on bombing ot the building yards
and component factories should
hnvo an ever Increasing effect"
on the battle of tho Atlantic,
Ha said It appeared that the
number of sen iniumiudera sent
to Ilia bottom during tlio inuntli
Just ended was ureutor tlum the
Germans could produca In all the
facilities available to them,
COME CLEAN, BOYSI
PHILADELPHIA, (fl) When
dump trucks filling In a hous
ing project dribbled dirt down
the mlddlo of their block and
verbal protests failed, 50 house
wives Joined hands In a human
chain and blocked tho street.
One driver got caught inside
the chain and the women kept
him prisoner until ho cleaned
up his dirt.
Tho Jellyfish is almost pure
water, being composed of 00
per cent water.
i warn m
cri.iini
Nature puts the
flavor in . . .
Salt brings
it out . . .
Scores Treated
For Injuries in
Celanese Explosion
CUMBERLAND, Md., June 4
(fl') A score of persons wore
treated In Cumberland hospitals
today for Injuries suffered when
a shattering explosion virtually
wrecked one building of the Cel
anese rnrpnrallon of America's
plant.
No one was killed, but ap
proximately 40 persons were In
jured, five of them sorlously, In
the blast which blew a huga hole ,
In tho roof of the Celanese
plant's three-story, block-long
Acolon Recovery bulltlliig lata
yesterday,
Wo will do everything possible
In order not to be Involved In
this war, but wo know now that
It Is not within our power to re
main nut. President Ixmnt Inc.
nu of Turkey.
LESS DRIVING
MORE SERVICE?
In many cases, the effect of wartime conditions on car
driving is a considerable reduction in the distance a car
travels every month,
And tho strange effect of (his is (hnt it can happen that less
driving may create a need for more service.
Official sources have said that any car which travels less
than 90 miles a month does not get enough "exercise"
to keep in good "trim," While this low mileage may not
always prevail here, tho same kind of logic calls for a
recasting of ideas about servicing.
That's why it is a smart move to go into tho details of
possible special servicing requirements resulting from
wartime driving. A good car dealer Is always glad to talk
over problems concerned with car care and driving
habits, and is always glad to give helpful advice.
If the way you use your cor now is changed to any extent
from peacetime habits, it may have made ncccisary a new
slant on the attention you give it. It pays to know about
such possibilities and make sure your car is getting the
proper attention whether it results in more service or less.
H. E. H AUGER
1330 Main St.
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MmaA IT HAD TO COME! Oregon had to take steps to protect
MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY A,
wnnjffi'fm' t'ie moOTinS public from the reckless, financially irresponsible Ny nPAnAIIAinil 1111 .V. t
vSwvifm driver. Last year more than 70,000 automobile drivers were in- k REwl ONSlDl LI I Y
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Under wartime conditions the situation was getting worse. And
so the Oregon Legislature, at the last session, passed a law
patterned after successful laws in many other states. This
"Oregon Motor Vehicle Safety -Responsibility Law" goes into
effect Wednesday, June 9.
Friefly, it requires the driver involved in an accident, whether
at fault or not, to establish proof of financial responsibility in
the amount of $11,000; otherwise his car license and his driver's
license will be revoked.
Financial responsibility can be established in any. one of 3 ways:
1) Post cash or'securities in the required amount
2) Provide a surety bond
. 3) Carry an automobile insurance policy
(standard limits)
Please note, the law does not require you to buy insurance,
although of course that is the easiest, cheapest and last com
plicated way to protect yourself.
If you already have a standard limits automobile insurance
policy this new law does not affect you.
Drivers who would find it inconvenient to put up $11,000 cash,
or post a bond should take out automobile insurance now. In
' surance is always easier to secure before an accident than alter
an accident
This law protects YOU take steps to protect yourself I
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT PREVENTION
ASSOCIATION OF OREGON
314 OREGONIAN BUILDING PORTLAND, OREGON
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