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By FRANK JENKINS
pSSSHSSSTI Mores u secret:
Tonight at 7:20, over KKJI,
a delrgatlon from Mulln, with ap
propriate homo Inlcnt musical
embellishment, will toll you why
it'a a practical certainty tltut one
of tho four fighters tluit will es
cort tho bomber Klamath Pelican
over Tokyo will bear tho mime
Mustang.
. They may even no o far an to
tell you how (If you live In
Klamath Kullx) you can help
MALIN TO WIN by allotting
your Juno war bond purchases to
the Malln district.
ALL this, of course, Is Inside
J stuff of an EXTREMELY
confidential nature, and simply
MUSTN'T bo divulged.
Above all, PLEASE don't per
mit a whisper of It to get to the
ears of this guy Epley, whuto
tuff I printed on the editorial
page of this sheet. He and Don
Drury and Vane Vaupel arc
acting as shock troops for the
people of Gilchrist In this June
war bond ruckus, and they're a
bunch of highbinders who'll stop
at nothing.
If they hear of your plans for
aiding Malln In this Just cause,
they won't sleep until they've
cooked up something to put Gil
christ out In front.
CO don't forget.
Tonight at 7:20. Keep tuned
)to Station KFJI so you won't
nlss It. As tho radio announcers
say, s--v-e-n t-w-e-n-l-yl
But, for Pete's sake, keep mum
about it. Secrecy, in order to
fool the other fellow, is one of
war's best strategies, and this
' June bond contest is WAR!
CPEAKING of war, there's tho
important matter of cuffs on
men's pants.
First off, we just simply
weren't going to permit 'em.
They were NONESSENTIAL,
and wars aren't won with non
essentials. (A few realistic citizens, not
ably Senator Byrd, went so for
as to Insist that extravagant
domestio appropriations for ac
tivities wholly unrelated to whip
ping tho Japs and the Germans
wero also non-cssentlals In war
time, but they wero hooted down
Jiy the politicians. Thcro are
non-essentials, but appropria
tions aro ALWAYS essential to
the functioning of practical pol
itics.) Anyway, It was curtains for
cuffs on men's pants, and for a
time we had an accurate tab on
when oil our malo friends had
bought their trousers.
TPHE women, of course,
x CHEERED.
They pointed out with that
finality that characterizes fem
inine argument that ell cuffs on
pants are good for Is to collect
trash and dirt to be carried into
the house to be swept up and
carried out again.
With the case thus pinned
firmly to the practical, we men
(Continued on Pago Two)
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Plan for Evacuee Release
Shaping, Charges Senator
'. FRESNO, Calif., June 7 (P)
A concr y rated and woll planned
effort is being made throughout
California to prepare public opin
ion for tho relcaso(,of American
born Japanese, from relocation
centers and to permit them to re
turn to their homes in tho west
ern defense command.
' This statement wag mado here
today by State Senator Hugh M.
Burns of Fresno as he gave a pre
llminary and partial report of an
investigation of Tulo Lake re
location center ho made as chair
Bian of tho northern California
Oubcommltteo of tho joint legis
lative fact finding committee on
un-American activities. 1
"Wo will expose the organiza
tion sponsoring this move and
present substantiating evidence
of its activities at a public hear
ing," Burns said. , .
Burns, In company with Ran
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it ids
NEW REGIE'S
HEADS SWITCH
IN ARGENTINA
Rawson Gives Up,
Ramirez Assumes
Leadership
BUENOS AIRES. June 7 (ZD
Gen. Arturo Rawson resigned as
; head of Argentina's new govern
ment today and charged Gen.
i Pedro Ramirez with organizing
a new regime after the two rev
olutionary leaders had failed to
agree on the constitution of a
cabinet.
Gen. Domingo Martinez re
signed as foreign minister In a
continuation of th reshuffling
of the provisional government
cabinet.
Rawson, who ousted President
Ramon S. Castillo In a coup
d'etat, lust Friday, was to have
been sworn in as president at
noon today.
Hamlrts Stps la
In a brief communique, he an
nounced that "tho Impossibility
of reaching an agreement on the
constitution of a new cabinet"
had compelled him to resign "as
leader of the revolutionary forces
and chief of the provisional gov
ernment." At th same time Ramirez,
minister of war undor Castillo
and stated to hold the same post
under Rawson, Issued a state
ment advising the people and the
armed forces that he had as
sumed the powers abandoned by
Rawson.
Ho also announced postpone
ment of today's scheduled swear
(Continued on Pag Two)
Dissension Among
Operators Feared
In Coal Situation
WASHINGTON, June 7 (P)
The bulk of John L. Lewis' half-
million coal miners trudged back
to their pits today under a fourth
truce agreement even as indica
tions appeared of a new crisis in
the prolonged dispute reports
of dissension among the south
ern operators.
Hours after tho men returned
to work tho UMW chieftain and
his aides closeted themselves
briefly with operator representa
tives to discuss the next step in
their Interrupted negotiations.
A few minutes later Lewis
emerged, saying the miners re
cessed to permit an operators'
caucus. Ho aald the negotiators
had received no word from the
War Labor board, which last
week ordered the contract talks
halted until actual production
hod been resumed. He had no
other comment.
dall Dickey, Alameda county as
semblyman, and R. E. Combs, at
torney and chief Investigator for
the committee, spent three days
In and around tho Tulo Lako re
location center In Siskiyou
county.
They interviewed Caucasian
administrative) personnel in tho
camp, residents of tho town of
Tulelako and ranchers of the
district, the district attorney,
chief of police and other public
officials of tho town and county.
"Residents of the district are
seriously alarmed at the lack of
restraint on the Japanese," Burns
said. "Despite regulations of the
war relocation authority stating
tho internes must stay within the
relocation center at all times, It
is a fact well known to citizens
of the area the Japanese wander
In and out apparently at will and
(Continued on Paga Two)
To Get Life
Crash
John Wilbur Yeoman Robert Allen-Mathes
Klamath men whos air crash deaths wr announced Mon
day ar shown above.
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IN PLANE
J. W. Yeoman, Robert
.Mathes Killed in
Texas, Alaska
Airplane crash deaths of two
Klamath service men in widely
separated Alaska and Texas
were reported here Monday.
The victims:
Aviation Cadet John Wilbur
Yeoman. 25, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wilbur Yeoman, killed at Mario.
Texas, Sunday.
Robert Allen Mathes. ARM
2c, killed in a navy plane crash
in Alaska.
Cadet Yeoman's death was re
ported to his parents at Oakland,
Calif., i where they arc making
their temporary home. They
drove all Sunday night to Klam
ath Falls and arrangement for
tho funeral services to be held
here will be announced soon.
Joined In 1940
Cadet Yeoman enlisted
through Battery C of the nation-
(Continucd on Page Two)
Navy Ship, Plane
Construction Biff
Okehed by Senate
WASHINGTON, June 7 m
The senate gave speedy approv
al today to a $23,637,000,000 na
val appropriations bill carrying
$0,118,000,000 for construction
of surface vessels and $4,583,
000,000 for 29,142 airplanes.
The measure, which goes
back to tho house for consid
eration of relatively minor ad
ditions by the senate, was pass
ed with minimum of debate.
In line with announced plans
of the navy to launch a new
$3,022,000,000 ship building
program after this fiscal year
ends: The senate amended the
bill to permit construction of re
placements for over-age vessels
and those lost in action.,
Tho senate added $73,000,000
for maintaining and operating
shore activities, $95,000,000 for
pay, subsistence and transporta
tion, and $28,900,000 for ma
rine corps provisions, clothing
and supplies.
Reds Claim Huge -
German Losses in
Aerial Struggle
MOSCOW, June 7 (P) Citi
zens of Moscow looked forward
to another significant week of
aerial warfare today as they
went to work reading of the red
ir forces reported achieve
ments In knocking down 752 Ger
man planes to Russian losses of
212 from May 30 through June
5. . :
Victims
Gilchrist Out
Front in June
Bond Contest
Gilchrist was far out front to.
day when the first report was
made on the Kiwams-spohsbred
June bond contest for naming
four fighter planes.
Here are the standings:
Gilchrist Logger $23,224.50
Merrill Husky ; 8,737.50
Kcno Eagle 2,837.50
Malin Mustang 2,225.00
Henley Hornet 1,712.50
Bonanza Antler 1.137.50
Chll.-Ft. K. Panther .... 868.75
Spraguo R. Indian ...... 562.50
Bly-Bcatty Bobcat 550.00
RIVERS RECEDE
PORTLAND, Ore., June 7 (IP)
River levels at Portland and
Vancouver, Wash., will recede
slowly during the next three
days, the weather bureau pre
dicted today, then rise again.
Industrial Output Must Be
Increased Along With Food,
FR Tells Confab Delegates
WASHINGTON, June 7 (P) President Roosevelt said today
that increased food production is necessary but that -it must be
backed up by larger industrial output, greater purchasing power
and measures for dealing with trade barriers, . international ex
change and international Investment. .
Mr. Roosevelt addressed delegates to the recent United Na
tions food conference held at Hot Springs, Va. Assembled in
the east room of the White House. He told them: -
"You have demonstrated beyond question that free peoples
all over the world can agree upon a common course of action and
upon common machinery for .
action.
"You have brought new hope
to the world, that through the
establishment of orderly inter
national procedures for the solu
tion of international problems,
there will be attained freedom
from want and freedom from
fear. The ynlted Nations are
united in the war against fear
and want as solidly and effective
ly as they are united on the bat
tle front in this world-wide war
against aggression.
"And we are winning by ac
tion and unity."
(Continued on Page Two)
Pleasure Driving Hit by OP A
PORTLAND, June 7 (P) Mc
Danncll Brown, chiii, enforce
ment attorney for the.u.strlct of
fice of price administration, ad
viscd'Oregon motorists today to
stop all pleasure driving.
"No one has a moral right to
do any pleasure driving at all,"
he said.
In explanation of recent OPA
investigations of cars at fishing
streams and summer resorts,
Brown said, "though each auto
mobile owner, whether he has
an A, B or C book, has an- al
lowance of 00 miles a month for
family driving, It is not intended
for pleasure trips. Family driv
ing is allowed for two purpose!
Ter
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JURY VERDICT
BRIEFDEBATE
Second Degree Murder
Decision Comes in
Hour and Half
' A verdict of second degree
murder was returned by the
jury t a quarter to 11 p. m.
Saturday in the William Titus
murder case after one hour and
25 minutes of deliberation. The
verdict puts Titus behind bars
for the rest of his life, except
in the event of a. parole, as a
conviction of second degree
murder calls for a mandatory
life imprisonment sentence in
Oregon.
Though proceedings had last
ed all day and well into the
evening, ' several persons re
mained in the courtroom until
the Jury returned with the ver
dict. Titus, who looked despond-
ent with never a trace of a
smile on his face throughout the
entire 'trial, heard the jury's de
cision with bowed head.
Circuit Judge David' R. Van
denberg ' instructed . .the . jury
that they could return a verdict
of murder in the first degree
and calling for the death pen
alty: murder in' the first degree
but with recommendation for
leniency and a life imprison
ment sentence; second degree
murder; manslaughter; or not
guilty. .
Defendant's Pita
He cautioned that in consider
ing the defendant's plea of tem
porary insanity the jury should
remember that according to
law insanity to excuse a crime
must be such a disease of the
mind that it renders a person
(Continued on Page Two)
Prison Escapee.
Taken at LaGrande
LA GRANDE. Ore., June 7 VP)
George Durham, who eluded po
lice for nine days following his
escape from the state prison at
Salem, was held in the Union
county jail here today.
State police, acting on a tip,
captured the 33-year-old convict
at Hot lake yesterday after hunt
ing him for ten hours in marsh
es east of here. He offered no re.
sistance. He carried only an un
loaded gun.
to permit necessary shopping,
trips to the doctor and so forth,
and to keep the car in good con
dition.
"To leave a car in the garage
for two months, save up the
coupons and take a . 180-mile va.
cation trip accomplishes neither
of these purposes. In the east
such use of a car incurs severe
penalties, though in the west
nothing has been done about it
yet.
"When a car with A, B or C
sticker, however, is found parked
beside a trout stream or at a
summer resort, the presumption
is strongly against the owner of
the car, and his ration board is
being notified." '
REACHED AFTER
Churchill Returns Home
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With his can and cigar, British Prima Minister Winston
Churchill stroda jauntily along toward 10 Downing street upon
his return to England after conferences with President Roosevelt
in Washington and a visit to North Africa. Photo radioed from
Lcndon to New York.
New Yank Air
I n Britain a $
Moves Stir
. -LONDON, June 7 IIP) The
expanded -today by the arrival-
airmen and equipment, and already-feverish invasion speculation
was heightened by Prime Minister Churchill's continuing round
of conferences believed to bear
strategy meeting and his visit to North Africa.-
For military reasons the strength of the U. S. air unit Just
arrived at a British port was kept secret, but it: is known that
bombers and their crews have streamed .across the Atlantic as
the weather improved and that ground personnel, bombs and
other equipment have been ar-
riving regularly by boat.
The lull in the aerial on
slaught to soften Europe for
land invasion continued into its
ninth day. The last heavy raids
were May 29, when U. S. fliers
hammered Rennes and St. Na
zaire and the RAF smashed at
Wuppertal.
Bad weather over the conti
nent was given as the reason
for the lay-off, although there
was some speculation the heavy
bombers had shifted to the Med
iterranean area for concentr' d
action on that potential 1. u
sion front. The Daily Mail said
the RAF had a new bombing
policy giant raids aimed at ob
literating alarge industrial cen
ter in a single night.
The RAF struck at channel
shipping and French coastal dis
tricts Sunday and nazi fighter
bombers hit at a southeast
coastal town, which the Ger
man radio said was Eastbourne.
The invasion guessing con
tinued in London's press, with
the Daily Herald declaring Gen.
C. Marshall, U. S. army chief
of staff, probably would head
invasion forces in the Mediter
ranean theatre while a British
General might direct any inva
sion against the northern Eu
rope coast.
The Daily Express said the
North African conferences, at
tended by Churchill, Gen. Mar
shall and Gen. Sir Alan Brooke,
"put the finishing touches to
the United Nations' summer
campaign" and that Lieut. Gen.
Mark W. Clark's fifth U. S. ar
my would play a large role.
McNutt Says Some
Boards Illegally
Drafted Fathers
WASHINGTON, June I
War . Manpower Commissioner
Paul V. McNutt said today that
some draft boards had been vio
lating the ban against induction
of fathers, and he advised men
of this status to appeal.
Some boards, McNutt told a
press conference, have "gone a
little out of the way tbeyond the
non-deferrable list" and have
improperly inducted fathers not
engaged in the approximately 70
activities listed as lacking any
right to deferment for depen
dency. McNutt said that in some cases
where complaints had reached
his office the boards taking
fathers outside the non-deferrable
list had been "put back in
.'line." . , . .
Forces Arrive
C h u r c h i 1 1' s
Invasion Talk
eighth U. S. army-air force was
of another 'large' comimgenV'bf
directly on the Washington war
'
CHUNGKING, June 7 VP)
American bombers and fighters
supporting the advancing central
Chinese armies on the western
Hupeh front carried, out wide
spread operations against the
Japanese Sunday, a communique
from Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stil
well's headquarters said today.
They swept the Yangtze from
Ichang to Shasi, damaged one
large boat and raked a gunboat
with strafing fire, among other
things, the communique said.
- Chinese Advance
Chinese dispatches meanwhile
said Chiang Kai-Shek's forces
were battering- their way toward
Hwajung, a Huna province town
100 miles southeast of the main
Japanese base of Ichang. The
capture of Hwajung, north of
Tungting . lake which the Japa
nese used as a springboard for
their -abortive offensive down
the Yangtze valley, would great
ly relieve the threat to the great
China rice bowl. The peril al
ready has been diminished by
. (Continued on Page Two)
Regimentation Scheming by
Federal Officials Charged
WASHINGTON, June 7 (P)
Senator O'Daniel (D-Tex.) ex
pressed the belief today that
high federal authorities were car
rying out a plan for "a dictator
ship -and regimentation - of our
people" and declared that "a big
house cleaning of elected offi
cials" was necessary to save the
nation. ' i
He set forth his views in a let
ter to south Texas poultry rais
ers who had pleaded for an in
crease in price - ceilings on
broilers. . : , i
' After reporting that he had
conferred with "these Washing
ton czars and bureaucrats," he
said: ., , ,
"You. may think they are Ig
norant or are not fully informed.
I have a different conception of
them and their 'planning.' I be
lieve they are taking orders from
somebody and that what they
are doing is only a part of a plot
to change our form of govern
PANTEUERIA
AGAIN BEARS
Messina Strait Region
... Given Air Maulincv -By
Large Force ; ":.
ALLIED HEADQUAR TERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, June 7 VP)
Hitting from two directions, U.
S. and British airmen smashed
rail and ferry facilities on both
sides of Messina strait at the toe
of the Italian boot, and pounded
Pantelleria again, yesterday,, fol
lowing up Saturday's smashing
attack on the Italian fleet at La
Spezia. ... , .
At least eight of a formation
of more than 30 fighter planes
which, attempted to intercept
American heavy bombers of the
middle east command , which
raided San Giovanni Reggio Ca
labria and Messina, were shot
down and others were damaged,
a Cairo, communique said. ;
It was officially . announced
that ."approximately 50 of our
aircraft took part in the attacks"
from middle east bases and ev
ery one returned safely.
; . Railways Hit
Hits were scored oh railway
sidings, oil installations and
other terminal facilities, the
communique declared. . , , ;,.
RAF fighters also shot.' down
two Cant- Z-10O7S,- three-engined
heavy bombers,, in the eastern
Mediterranean yesterday it was
announced. - No . allied planes
were lost. ' - ..
(The Italian communique;
broadcast by the Rome radio and
recorded by the Associated
Press, asserted without offering
any further detail that an allied -submarine
was sunk by the Roy
(Continued on Page Two) '
84 Lose Lives n
Tanker-Freighter
Collision in Dark
BLOWS
BRUNT
NORFOLK, Va., June 7 -VP)
Eighty-four men lost their lives
in terrific explosions and blaz
ing oil when an American tanker
and an American freighter load
ed with: ammunition collided in
the dark a few days ago off the .. ..
United States east coast.-
The navy announced the col-
lision yesterday and said an in
vestigation is being made.
So tremendous were the ex
plosions that debris was show
ered on the decks of a . coast
guard ship a quarter of a mile A
away. ' ..-
The blast killed 66 of the 89
men aboard the freighter, 'f of e
the ship- to pieces and sent her .,
to the. bottom almost immediate
ly after the collision. Eighteen .
of the tanker's, 82 seamen per- '
ished in the seething flameav-
which burned the lifeboats be- ..
fore they could be launched and
forced those still alive to leap
overboard.
ment into 'communism,' 'social
ism' or some other foreign 'ism'
which means a dictatorship, and .
a regimentation of our people
and abolishing our "private sys
tem' of enterprise.
"The only way to save our na
tion, if it can be saved at this
late hour, is for the people to
make a big house . cleaning of
elected officials of our federal
government, and put men in of
fice who believe in our constitu
tion and our American system of
private enterprise and who will
not only make speeches favoring
it, but will vote the same way'
they talk." -
. "I never in my life saw as
much deceit and deception per
square inch anywhere else - as
there is here in the nation's cap
ital. Austin (Texas capital, where
O'Daniel ones served as govern
or) was bad enough, but this is to -bad
that it makes Austin by com-,
parlson look as harmless a a,:
Sunday school' convention."
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