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By FRANK JENKINS
-'HUItCllll.I., chicling Uto Imp
net for lilm by the Germain
In Iho Spimiitli skies, arrives mifo
ly In London.
No grout slrctch of tho Imagi
nation Is required lo build a
thriller nrouiul Ills trip homo
from Africa, with German spies
snooping frantlciilly to learn tho
plane ho wait hiking und Cor
iiiun filthier pilot shooting down
tho WRONG pluno.
"THERE woro possibilities, for a
double-barreled thriller for
London hems todny Unit Hitler
nilwicd deiith by I o it minutes
when thu French triiin on which
c was returning from nn Inspec-
I irt 1 1 tr n fit llm Atllimlc "wnll '
was wrecked by un exploaion.
OUR Top General Marihull oe
' compunicd Churchill, and by
wuy of adding to Iho ax In Jitter
he give out this statement: "Wo
nro out to win this war In tho
quickest and most economical
way."
IN the absenco of fighting news,
there Is much talk loday."
Artemui Gales, our assistant
secretary of tho navy for air,
back from a 27,000 milo tour of
tho Pacific fronts, says: .
"Tho present trend of the war
(In tho Pacific) seems to be a bat
tle for air buses,'' Air power will
be used mora and moro as time
goes on. My belief ii that In tho
kuo of air power w still havo
only scrotched tho surface."
Ho adds:
- "The size of our olr forces (in
the Poclflo) will INCREASE."
aT'S surprising how fur behind
tho times ono can g o t in
llioso days. This writer, who
tries to keep reasonably well In
formed, didn't even know we
had ait assistant secretary of the
nuvy for air, and certainly didn't
know his nmno Is A r tennis
Gates.)
CPEAKING of planes, the Cor
" mans sent 500 bombers
agnlnst tho Russians at Kursk on
Wednesday and on Friday tho
Russians sent 520 bombers
against tho Gcrmuns nt Orel.
Taking tho Russian figures for
II llhn nnlu flmirn. nvnllflhlcl the
Gormans lost 102 of their 500
and tho Russians lost only one
of their 520.
JJECAUSE tlieso figures arc so
significant If true, ono hesi
tates to believe them. On their
faco, they suggest overwhelming
superiority of Russian pilots and
planes.
ARGENTINA has a one-day (so
" far) revolution, Pro-axis Cas
tillo Is out and pro-ally Ruwson
Is In. .
1 Castillo skipped on a gunboat,
but as these words aro writton
Is reported to havo put back to
Argcntino soil and givon himself
up.
Fifty soldiers and 14 civilians
aro reported today to havo been
trlllnri In tho mimnllfl which Is
pretty mild as revolutions go.
juiOTlVES behind tho uprising
1 appear mixed, Castillo's ax
Is sympathies seem to have been
unpopular, but even MORE un
popular (because closer home),
ono suspects, wcro his ultra-con-scrvutlva
(big landowner, upper
classes generally, etc.) leanings.
It scorns rather probable that
what began In Mexico with tho
downfall of Diaz is beginning
now In Argentina. If so, the dis
turbance will last much' mora
than ono day and tho Argentines,
will bo loo busy with their home
problems to pay much attention
to a world war.
fNE'S natural sympathies with
Rawson (tho new boss) aro
pooled somdwhat by tho stiff cen
sorship ho promptly clamped on.
Tho newspapers wore not per
mitted even to tell that there,
had been a revolt, and tho edi
tors of ono paper wore Jailed bo
causo they put a bulletin about
it on their board.
; .H's a bit hard to think of a
; (Contlnuod on Page Four)
if us
RAWSON HEADS
'S
Castillo Resigns to
Military Junta
Forces
I3UKNOS AIRES. Argentina,
Juno 5 W) Tho Argentine of
ficial broadcasting station an
nounced In a communlqtio toduy
that Rumon Castillo had signed
his resignation as president of
Argentina and was released
shortly after surrendering to tho
forces of a military Junta which
yesterday carried through a suc
cessful revolt.
The announcement was made
shortly after Castillo and Navy
Minister Mnrto Flncatl had. sur
rendered to the military com
mander of tho army garrison at
La Plata, Buenos Aires provlnco,
upon reluming from Uruguay in
tho navy minesweeper Drum,
mond.
Daniel Amadco Vldcla, min
ister of agriculture, also was ar
rested on his arrival by special
piano from - Montovldco, Uru
guay, on orders of. tho military
junta, headed by Gorl. Arturo
Rawson
Minister Hold
Interior Minister Miguel Cula
ciutl was dctuincd by the second
Infantry regiment in Buenos
Aires, where ha was transferred
from La Plata. Other members
of tho cabinet remained free.
Rawson told the governors of
Argentina's 14 provinces and 10
territories to remain in power
"until tho necessary steps are
(Continued on Pago Two)
Klahn Runs for
Position on High
School Board
K. G. Klahn, Klamath Falls
business man, will be a candi
date for election to the Klam
ath Union high school board at
the vote Juno 28, it was learned
Saturday.
Klahn, un oil company man
ager, has been active in Boy
Scout affairs, tho Quarterback
club and numerous other civic
programs here.
Ho will run for the position
held now by M. S. West, who,
It Is understood, docs not Intend
to run again. Klahn's petition
has boon completed for filing.
Two vacancies occur In tho
high school board this year, In
the positions held by West and
Mrs. B, C. Johnston. Mrs. John
ston is from tho Wcyorhacuscr
district and candidates for that
position must come from the
west zone.
ARGENT NA
GOVERNMENT
Churchill Plunges Into Conferences
On War After Flying Trip From Africa
By EDWARD D. BALL
LONDON, Juno 5 (VP) Prime
Minister Winston Churchill
flew homo today by way of
North Africa from the Washing
ton wur council at which full
accord was reached on a future
allied course on all fronts an
accord which was expected to
be Interpreted into action first
with an Invasion of Europe.
Tho prime minister, who saw
Gen. Dwiglil D.- Elsenhower in
North Africa, landed at a Brit
ish airdrome at dawn and pro
ceeded Immediately to London
to begin a series of conferences
with members of his war cabi
net. In London Churchill plunged
Immediately Into consultation
with his cabinet colleagues and
service, chiefs and there was
some speculation that his re
port to the house of commons
would not bo made Immediately
but would await a fuller shap
Takes
Names Chaplin
Joan Barry, abort. 23-year-old
rtd-halrod actren, looks
ovar a copy of bar complaint
Iliad la a Lot Angales court In
which tho chargad that Film
Comedian Charlie Chaplin is
father of her unborn child, for
whom 32500 monthly support is
asked.
1
BACK NAZI AHACK
Germans Strike in the
Donets, Sevsk
Area
LONDON, June 5 (P)-Two
sharp German attacks one
against Russian bridgeheads west
of the Donets river and the other
In tho Sevsk area southwest of
Orel wcro thrown back with
heavy losses in men and mate
rial in the principal overnight
land action along the Russian
front, the midday soviet com
munique said today.
The furious aerial war con
tinued to dominate tho front ac
tion as the Russians threw 250
bombers against the Important
German-held base of Orel, be
low Moscow, In their heaviest
air blow of the spring campaign.
Railroad depots, ammunition
dumps and fuel supplies were
left burning, the special Moscow
broadcast said, adding that thu
Russian plane was lost on the
raid.
Ignore Germans
Tho midday communique, re
corded hero by the Soviet Moni
tor from a Moscow broadcast,
continued to Ignore a German
announcement that the Russians
had thrown three, divisions and
a tank brigade into a smashing
(Continued on Pago Two)
ing, and It was suggested par
liament might extend its next
series of sessions to hear him.
Escorts .
Not only was his airplane es
corted by fighter craft on tho
later stages of the Journey but
Churchill's flight was jUmcd. .so
the plane passed :thc axis-pa-trolled
Bay of Biscay by night,
with no moon.
Ho was accompanied by For
eign Secretary Anthony Eden,
who flew from Britain to Join
him In the North Africa talks,
and by Gen. Sir Alan Brooke,
chief of ' the Imperial general
staff, who was with him at the
Washington conferences with
President Roosevelt and the
British and American general
staffs.
In North Africa Churchill
also had what was described as
a "most cordial" meeting with
Gen, Charles do Gaulle and
Gen. Henri Glraud, who earlier
i
fir; ji
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Stand
WITNESS SAYS
IIND BLANK
ON SHOOTING
Bly Justice Asserts
He Cannot Recall
Shotgun Play
William E. Titus, Bly Justice
of the pcaco on the circuit
court witness stand In his own
defense, Saturday testified he
could not remember any of the
Incidents that occurred at the
timo of the fatal shooting of his
wife on the morning of Febru
ary 15 at Bly.
Titus said neither could he
remember how he himself was
wounded in the shotgun affair
which led to his indictment on
a charge of- the- first degree
murder of Mrs. Titus.
The defendant, after recount
ing events of the evening and
early morning said the last he
can remember was seeing his
wife come out of the telephone
room In their establishment at
Bly, where ho was telephone
agent. The next thing he recalls,
he said, was when he awoke ju
tlie hospital in Klamath Falls.
Tlius was on the stand through
several hours of the trial Satur
day. It is expected the case will
come to a conclusion Saturday
night.
Titus at the outset gave a brief
review of his life in answer to
questions put to him by Defense
Attorney J. C. O'Neill. He told
about beginning work when he
was 19 years of age and recount
ed the places where he had
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Enemy Aerial
Opposition Wanes
In South Pacific
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN AUSTRALIA, Juno 5 (P)
Masters and virtual monopolists
of the New Guinea skies, big
bombers of Lieut. General
George C. Kenncy are putting
on the most impressive show of
concentrated air assault yet un
leashed in tho southwest Pacific.
When Liberators and Flying
Fortresses dumped 18 tons of
bombs yesterday on airdromes
in the vicinity of Wewak, New
Guinea, they increased to 174
tons tho weight of bombs drop.
ped In seven recent raids, made
on that enemy base and one at
Lac. Yet not a single Japanese
plane has taken the air to op
pose delivery of such battering
ram blows.
FLEET WINS
NEW YORK, June 5 (P)
Count Fleet won the 75th run
nlng of the Belmont stakes to-
I day.
In tho week settled their differ
nnens nnd sot un a nrovislnnal
French government under their
Joint leadership.
Speculation High
Churchill's homecoming coin
cided with mounting speculation
"tColuiriued on 1 -ge Four)
Plenty of Rubber Soon
LOS ANGELES, June 5 (VP)
The United States will have
plenty of tires by the fall of
1944, Rubbor Administrator
William M. Jcffcrs said today,
if sufficient manpower can be
found to produce them.
"As far. as I am concerned,
the rubber situation should be
solved by the end ot this year,"
ho added, "Then I'll go back to
railroading."
Jcffcrs is president of the
Union Pacific Railway.
It's in the Bag
Xy
S i
Joseph E. Dairies, abort, who
carried President Hooterelt's
personal message to Josef Sta
tin in Moscow recently, points
to a seal on bis briefcase, in
which Dariet carried Stalin's
reply back to Washington..
Sailors Batter
Zoot'Suiiers
With Rope Ends
LOS ANGELES, June 5 (VP)
Bands of angry U. S. sailors
' ranged, the . city's east side
' late last night,: the sheriff's
! off icq,, reported.-.' today,'' apply -,.-
ing fikts and f ope ends to zoot
sulted .youths who; have been
blamed lor widespread rowdy
ism and gangsterism of re
cent months.
Sheriff's Lt. Ambrose Stew
art reported nine seamen'
were picked up and turned
over to the shore' patrol. He
made no estimate of the num
ber of sailors involved, - but
bystanders said there appear
ed to be about 20 automobile
loads participating in the
sorties.
At one time during the
night the cars concentrated at
an intersection where a sailor,
Joe Coleman,, was knifed Sunday-
night, assertedly - by
youths clad in zoot suits.
No one was seriously hurt
, in last night's melees, al
though four of the weirdly .
clad' youths were, treated at
hospitals for minor injuries.
Kermit Roosevelt
Dies in Alaska
WASHINGTON," June 5 (VP)
Major Kermit Roosevelt, 53i son
of President Theodore Roose
velt, died June 4 in Alaska, the
war . department announced to
day. .'
No information was available
Immediately at the department
on the cause of death, nor was
Roosevelt's assignment at the
time of death immediately avail
able. The department said he had
been on duty in Alaska for sev
eral months.
Packard Strikers
Return to Jobs
DETROIT, June 5 (VP) Sev
eral thousand Packard Motor
Car company war workers who
struck Thursday in a dispute
over racial relations in the
plant, returned to their jobs
this morning. -
Other thousands still stayed
away from the factory, but a
company spokesman said the
working force on the day shift
was approximately 35 per cent
of normal, and that it appeared
full production might be re
stored Monday.
Jcffcrs, on a national tour,- Is
here to inspect a big new syiv
thctlc rubber plant, expected to
go into production this month
"This country 1 never . again
will bo caught as It was," he
asserted. "We'll never again
have to look, to Malaya for rub
bCr."
Within the next three or four
months, lie predicted, synthetic
rubber will be available in ' sat
isfactory" quantities.
E
U.S.
Americans Continue
Daily Blasting
From Africa
By WILLIAM B. KING
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, June 5 (VP)
Nearly 125 tons of bombs drop
ped from U. S. Liberators of the
Middle East air force smothered.
Grottalgie airdrome near Brin
disi, in southeastern Italy, in a
two-wave assault yesterday
while air forces from northwest
Africa shuttled over Pantelleria,
Sicily and Italy in. their daily
blows at Premier Mussolini's
anti-invasion strongholds.
Lleui. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz'
forces struck at Catanzaro, on
the sole of the Italian boot 90
miles from the' Messina strait.
Both Catanzaro and Syracuse
were attacked by incendiary-laden
Wellingtons Thursday night.
Hangars Hit
- Cairo dispatches said hangars
and administration buildings at
the. large Grottalgie airdrome
were covered with direct hits in
the -daylight raid. Large fires
were left burning and columns
of smoke and explosions marked
the mushrooming destruction.
One entire, section of the field
was said to have been' knocked
Out..', ?.-;-. -.. .' -t--y
All the raiders returned safe
ly, a United States communique
said, although they were attack-
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Baseball
COAST LEAGUE
. R. H. F.
Sau Francisco 2 11 3
San Diego 3 5 0
beats, Ballou (9) and Ogro
dowski; Brillheart, Johnson (9)
and Ballinger.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Cleveland -. 5 12 1
Philadelphia 6 7 2
Bagbjy, - Milnar and Rosar:
Arntzen. and Wagner..
St. Louis 1 3 8 0
New York 0 2 5 . 4
Niggeling and Ferrell; Wens
loff and Sears.
Chicago ...... 4 9 0
Boston 1 6 0
Lee and Tresh; Hughson,
Brown (8), and Partee.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 7 14 3
Cincinnati 5 12 2
Tobm. Donovan (5) and Masi:
Walters. Heusspr (5). Stnnn ffil
and Lakcman, Mueller (5).
Brooklyn 2 8 1
Chicago 3 7 2
Higbe, Head (7), Macon (7),
Weber 1 (7), and Owen; Prim,
Wyse (9) and Hernandez, Todd
(8).
New York 5 11 0
Pittsburgh Ill
Hubbell and. Lombardi; Res
cigno, Lanning (1), Shuman (4),
Brandt (7), and Baker.
Philadelphia 0 4 0
St. Louis 16 0
Kraus and Livingston; Krist
and Cooper.
Humanitarian
Dog Gets Medal
For Impulse
OGDENSBURG, N. Y.,
June 5 (VP) A New York
state humane society medal
was awarded today to Penny,
a mongrel dog, who won in
ternational praise ,for his hu
manitarian impulses.
During a sleet storm last
winter, Penny brought home
to his owners, Mr. and Mrs.
William' G. McKcc, an ice
coated partridge. The dog
shared his own food with the
bird until it was released
this spring.
Mrs. McKee said news of
Penny's act. had. brought
laudatory letters from all
over the United States, Aus
tralia and Hawaii,
tt m
SMOTHERED BY
BOMB NG
Surrenders
President Ramon S. Castillo
of Argentina surrendered today
to the military Junta force of
Gen. Arturo Rawson, thus com
pleting the coup which changed
the government in Argentina.
Rawson now heads the new gov
ernment. Circus, Commandos
Aid Kiwanis Fighter;
Plane Drive
Circus animals ' and human
performers did their bit for the
war " effort in-a" bond-boosting
show - staged - by - thp'r Kiwanis.
ciuo in cooperation witn iroiacK
Brothers' circus at Eighth and
Main streets Saturday -noon.
Several sensational acts were
presented, before . a crowd of
more than a thousand jammed
into the street. Animals, from
mighty elephants to small dogs,
contributed their par t, along
with talented members of the
Polack company playing . cur
rently at the armory.
Commandos Help
Commandos, helped the Ki-
wanians in selling bonds and
stamps to the crowd, while the
competition between , various
Klamath communities., for the
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Capt. John Harding
Gets Oak Leaf to
Air Medal Award
Word was received here to
day that Captain John Harding,
former Klamath Falls boy, re
ceived the Oak Leaf Cluster to
the Air Medal for exceptional
aerial performance in the Tunis
ian campaign in North Africa.
Harding and his wife, the for.
mer Margaret Horto'n, were re.
cently in Klamaih Falls during
a brief furlough. Harding's
mother, Mrs. C. B. Harding,
now resides in Portland, al
though she had lived in Klanv
ath Falls for many years. John
attended KUHS and was a foot
ball star on the Pelican team.
ri t "
Spe.ed-Up in Bombings of V
Japs Predicted by Navy
WASHINGTON, June 5 (VP)
A gigantic aerial drive against
the Japanese appeared in the
making today with attention of
both are navy and army turning
toward more and more bases for
a continuing series' of bombing
raids. - - ,'
"The trend of war for the im
mediate present seems to be a
battle for air bases," said Arte
mus Gates, assistant secretary of
navy for air who has Just re
turned from a 27,000 mile tour
of the Pacific fronts. Navy Sec
retary Knox nodded agreement
at a press conference yesterday.
Follows Knox
Gates' statement-followed an
assertion by Knox In discussing
the capture of Attu that all sites
for airfields there are being stud
ied and that work on one field
started by the vanquished ene
my Is under way. i
Secretary of War Stlmson has
said capture of Attu from the
Japanese a week ago put Ameri
can forces within bombing range
of Japanese territory, and army
officers have discussed feasibil
JUNE 20 SET
AS DEADLINE
FOB DECISION
Possibility of N ew
Coal Crisis Seen by
; Hedging
By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, June 5 John
L. Lewis' coal miners raised the
possibility of another crisis to
day by hedging their way back:
to work agreement with a June)
20 deadline for settling thel
contract demands.
Attached to telegrams author
Izing local unions to get back to
work on Monday President
Roosevelt's deadline for ending
the strike which has held the
coal industry in thrall sine
Tuesday was this qualificationt
"up to and including June 20.
"This action," said the UMW
policy committee, "was taken to
protect your union membership."
Ample Coal -
However, the committee di
avowed any intention of hamper
ing the war effort, stating thai
there is ample coal on hand and
even the present situation has
not impaired our war produo
tive effort."
Wachinfftan nhservpnt - noted '
that neither, in thft telefframs to "
the local unions nor in a com
mittee statement, were any di
rect threats to go out oa strike -
again.. .Indeed, the statement et .
omr thatr" -
1- ( "The United Mine Workers ot
America want to make a full
contribution to maintain a con
tinuity of coal production ade
quate to meet every war require
ment." -
Telegram
. "The national policy commit
tee, by unanimous vote, haa
authorized a return to work on
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Chinese Capture ;
Starting Place y
Of Jap Attack i
CHUNGKING, - June 3 tff)
Unchecked Chinese forces recap;
tured Kungan, one of the bases',
in the south Hupeh. province
from which the Japanese launch
ed their abortive drive on the
uDner Yanetze- front, the high'X
command said in a communique , v
tonight.
Kungan is 65 miles southeast
of Ichang, the ' main Japanese
base, and slightly south of the.
Yangtze. .
The communique said more
than half the enemy troops at
Kungan were wiped but and the
rest retreated. ;
The Chinese said they had cap
tured an important point on
the outer, defenses of Ichang and
repulsed a Japanese thrust to
the north from Suihsien, about .,
1 100 miles northwest of Hankow
ity of new airfields In. the Aleu
tians area. I
Gates, discussing aerial war
fare in the south and southwest
Pacific, said:
"Alrpower will, be used' more
and more as time goes on. Tha
size of the air forces in the Pa
cific area will continue to m
crease." '
Asked whether additional 6lr
fields had been established or
captured in the Pacific area, he
said he could not comment be
yond saying "I can't imagine we
arc standing still." - i
Gotes said he, was "very much
impressed" by air bases he visit
ed throughout the Pacific and by
the cooperation and Joint efforts
of navy, army and marine forces.
"My belief," ho said, "Is that
in the use of alrpower we still
have only scratched the surface."
Gates predicted, also, that tha
distances at which sea engage
ments are fought, with planes
flying out many miles from their
carriers will continue to increase
and that types of planes and their
performance will be improved
swiftly.. . '
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