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Newspaper Page Textaid anil mum, On S-mlnute blaat en slrona and whlatlas li tht. signal lor blackout In Klamath Fella. Anolhar long bleat, during a black out, la a algnal lor all-olaar. In vracau tlonary ptrlodi, witch your street llghti. Juna 10 High 72, tew 4 Precipitation ai ef June 4, IMS 1 Btraam yaar to data ...1T.14 Lut yaar....... 13.01 Normal ..! l.lt ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS . Vl.""' " T IS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1943 Number 9821 ;.ll 'MS'Mil'lM fo) ...v. A mm -it- n n7 H f nJ KM PI SOUGHT Wm S KIDNAPERS H-:IIF'C:-P.W By FRANK JENKINS pANTELLEIUA aurrcndera before a SINGLE ALLIED SOLDIER had art foot on lt noil. It wai an exclusive AIR vic tory. ' 'TWERE are augitratiima In the newi that Pantelleria waa an experiment, Twice we called on Ita liur rlaon to aurrendrr. There wan no response. So we turned looao our war birds. Spearheaded by Flying Fort resses "in greater numbers than ever used before?' our planes darkened the sky, flying prac- tlcHlly nose to tail. So close to 5'c,l"r were our bomber waves that frequently a following for mation had to CIRCLE AND WAIT whllo the preceding foi mstlon got out of the way. Nothing like it had ever been seen before since the world be gan. Blankets of smoke and flnma lay over the whole Island. AS at Tunis, when our plum-s blasted a path through Rom mel's defending lines, flesh and blood could stand it only so long. , A l white lag fluttered out from hilltop 2000 yards from tht shore. It was ALL OVER. Tor the first time- In history air power, alone, (without even parachute troops) had compelled the surrender of ground forces and TERRITORY. I T has often been said that it can't be done. It WAS DONE at rantelleria TVE were evidently taking no chances. A little way out from shore, our ground forces were waiting In landing barges. When the white "flag of surrender floated out from tho enemy's hilltop command post (but NOT before) the signal was given for them to land. Twenty minutes after , the giving of the signal, the X barges grated on the beach. Twenty-two minutes later, Pantclleria was in our hands. filE fact that tho landing barges weren't turned loose until AFTER tho surrender flag was flown suggests that we were testing out the all-air assault to sea If It would work but were all set with landing forces if It didn't. DEFORE drawing too-hasty conclusions about the invinci bility of completely organized air power, let us examine the situation carefully. Two Important factors appear: 1. Pantclleria is small (only 32 square miles In area) making overwhelming concentration rel atively easy. 2. We had complete siiprcm acy In the air (some of our bomber pilots never even saw an enemy fighter piano.) aJCVEN so, these conclusions fol J low logically: If we have the manufacturing and pilot-training capacity to provide overwhelming concen tration NOW over 32 square miles, it is only a matter of time until we will bo able to provide over whelming concentrations over LARGER areas. If we can drive the enemy out of tho skies at Pantollcria, wo can drive him out of the skies ELSEWHERE. A NY way one looks at it, the lessons learned at Pantcl leria and tho demonstrations there given to what tip to now has been theory arc significant in the extreme. They may influence the whole future conduct of the war. DANTELLERIA is Creto In re verse. If you'll go back In your mind to the dark days of Crete, which the Germans took with air power and paratroops (they 'wore THEN supreme in the air), you'll remember that t ' (Continued on Page Two) . Dragnet Out for Beat Up Duo; Amos Smith Alleged Victim . PORTLAND, Ore., June 1 1 UP) State police of Oregon and Wash ington threw out a dragnet to day for two men, believed to be soldiers, who kidnapped Amos Smith, 61, Grants Pass, Ore., lumberman, robbed him of S300, beat him, stole his car and left him lying in the woods near Portland, Smith told State Police Sgt. Thomas J. Sheridan the men, wearing khaki shirts and trous ers and ovrrseas caps, ap proached him on the main street of Grants Pass at II a. m. Wed nesday as he was about to drive to his sawmill on Williams creek. Wrong Way Thry asked for a ride and Smith agreed. A short dlstanc-o out of town one of the men said: "Ho isn't going the way -we want him to." The other man then pulled out a white-handled revolver, sturk It against Smith's stomach ond declared: "We'll make him go where we wont him to." They forced him to stop, turn around and drive back through Grants Pass at the point of the gun. A short distance south of Roseburg, Smith said, thry passed a stale' policeman,' Smith (Continued on Paga Two) Reds Claim Air Supremacy in Kuban Valley MOSCOW, June 11 (P) The Russian air force has established supremacy In the Kuban valley after two months of violent mass aerial combat over the axis west ern Caucasus bridgehead, dis patches from the front said to day, and this fact was declared to account for the comparative lull in righting In that area. An Izvestla dispatch said that since the end of May "our Stormovik bombers have been ablo to punish German troops on the battlefield at will, without loss to themselves." Military observers here said it was understandable that the German troops were not anxious to do battle if deprived of strong air support and that the Ger man air force was unwilling to engage the stronger Russian air fleet, with Its faster, higher" combing planes. Denies Misconduct WHITE PLAINS, N. Y Juno 11 (P) Mrs. Jack Dempsey to day denied misconduct with Benny Woodall and former Lightweight Boxing Champion Lew Jenkins as charged by her husband, the ox-heavyweight boxing titlcholdcr In his suit for divorce. The denial came during ques tioning in state supreme court by Mrs. Dempsey s attorney, Ger ald Donovan, Q. "Did you commit adultery with Bonny Woodall?" A. "No sir." Q. "With Low Jenkins?" A.' "Of course not." Adultery is the only ground for divorce In New York state. This It the Zoot Suit Frank "H." Telles ' (aboVa),. 22, bald In Les Angelas county jail on a vagrancy charge, displayed a soot ault, the conspicuous badge oi roving bands of Juve niles engaged in rioting with service men. His long drape coat was part of a S75 suit, while the peg top treuaers war part of a $45 suit. The pancake hat featured a feather in the Soldiers Warned Against Rioting; Zooters Quiet LOS ANGELES, June 11 (IP) MaJ. Gen. Maxwell Murray, commanding tho southern Cali fornia sector of the western de fense command, today promt ;ed military punishment for all sol dicrs found guilty of riotous con duct. General Murray issued his statement during a lull in the conflict which has raged nightly for a week between service men and zoot suited bands of juve niles, and as civil authorities ex pressed the hope that the situa tion was in hand. "Tho charges of conspiracy to riot and inciting to riot arc among the most serious of mili tary accusations," said the gen eral In ' a statement issued through the public relations of fice of the southern California defense command. "The neces sary steps arc being taken by me to control military personnel. General Murray said In many cases members of tho armed forces participating in the riots "were aided and encouraged by thoughtless civilians. "I am convinced," he said, "that the city of Los Angeles will tukc all nccossary steps to curb lawlessness on the part of any group or groups," adding "the army . . . seriously objects to any group taking the law into Its own hands. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE v Cincinnati .. 7 14 1 Chicago 4 10 4 Starr, Shoun (8) and Mueller; Warncke, Blthorn (6) and Her nandez,. McCullough ,(B). BIN COLLAPSES , COULEE CITY, Wash., June 11 (IP) Gene J. Canady, .17. of Cheney was killed outright yes terday when tho wall of a 2800 bushcl temporary wheat storage bin collapsed, burying him be neath a mass of twisted timbers and flowing grain. - i L AIR BEATEN EN FIGHT ON STRIKE-BILL House Passes Measure To Prevent War Work Stoppage WASHINGTON, 'June 11 OP) Compromise legislation to curb strikes in war industries and out law them in government-operated plants was passed by the house today. The senate has yet to act. Tho house action, 219 to 129, was on a conference report drafted by a senate-house com mittee after the two branches disagreed to provisions of the stringent legislation, which Is to remain in effect until six months after the war. Labor Bid Lotas Opponents, claiming labor was I being "pilloried and lynched." I sought . unsuccessfully to strike lout provisions requiring a 30 i day notice period and a ballot of workers before a strike could be called in a war industry not operated by the government. Their fight bogged down under a standing vote of 1SS to 81. Rep. Marcantonlo (Am Lab N.Y.) described the legislation as deliberately designed to out law the closed shop. Challenge Hurled Urging rejection of the conference-amended measure; Mar canto ihi. declared "labor is-be inf pllloHed and lynched." - A provision written -into the bill by senate-house conferees, he contended, specifically prohibits the war labor board (WLB) from issuing closed shop or mainten ance of- union membership or ders, a prohibition the house re jected last week. "I challenge anybody to deny that this 1 the purpose of this bill," he shouted. Chairman May (D-Ky.) of the military . committee previously had described the compromise bill to the house as "a greatly Improved" measure, while Representative Harness (R-Ind.), who wrote many of its provis ions, said it was "the most ef fective solution which could be reached under the circum stances." . ! The compromise version elim inated only one major provision I on which the house had insisted I earlier,, a requirement that un ions file annual financial and membership statements. Charley Denies Paternity But Willing to Pay LOS ANGELES, June 11 (AO Although still denying charges of 23-year-old film aspirant Joan Berry that he is tho father of her expected child, Charles Chap lin has agreed to pay her $19,800 for various expenses pending the birth. In return for the financial pro vision, Miss Berry promises in a stipulation, signed by both sides, to submit her infant to blood tests. The 54-year-old pro ducer and director thus hopes to establish definitely that he is not the father. The blood tests are to be made ' (Continued on Page Two) Slow Sale of Auto Use Stamps Brings . Official Warning Sales of t h c 1943 auto tax stamps have not lived up to post office expectations, with only 53 stamps- sold ,on He initial day of the sales. ,f - Post office officials wirncd that stamps should be purchased early in order to save a last-minute rush and to avoid standing in line. The $5 stamps went on sale June 10 and will continue to be sold until ' July 31. Be ginning August 1, the stamps will cost $4.59, and the cost de creases approximately 42 cents each month.. '- All those who intend to use their car during and after July must purchase the $5 stamps now on salt. , ., i Pantelleria One of A iW RUMANIA r Wuriit Cl'lTAlX.BuGuR. ITALY "7. riAMPIDUSA ' V i JNISIA Mtdilmmin i LIBYA Tl . ( Plan tymbola and arrows on th above map show main allied targats in th Mediterranean thtatr. PanUlleria, taken by air aaaault today, is aMB aa on of aareral objctiva of th mounting Europ-pointd United Nations' attack. Japanese Evacuees in Camp At Post on Expected to Aid Invader Force, Says Witness LOS ANGELES, June 11 W) Japanese evacuees looked for a speedy defeat of the United States, and cached : stolen food in the desert for expected para troopers and other invasion forces, a former official of the Poston, Ariz., relocation center told the Dies congressional sub committee. The testimony was included in a transcript of a secret es-slon-hld.by .lha-committee here May 26 at which Harold H Mine Workers End Confabs With Operators WASHINGTON, June 11 UP) The United Mine Workers vot ed today to put a formal end to the fruitless contract negotia tions they have been holding with operators. Meanwhile, walkout fines imposed on the miners brought threats of still another strike. While Ezra Van Horn, chair man of the operator-miner joint conference, merely declared a recess In the sessions, the union took the position that they are ended. The UMW explained that "failure of operators to attend" prompted its action. Van Horn read a telegram - from the oper ators saying they would not re turn to negotiations until the war labor board (WLB) has act ed In the controversy. War labor board coolness to ward a wage increase agree ment between the United Mine Workers and a Pennsylvania group of operators contributed also to the tenseness of the situ ation. Merrill Ahead In June Bond Drive Standings Latest revised figures on the June bond drive show Merrill well out front, while a question over the crediting of one block of bonds cut Gilchrist's total substantially. Gilchrist was originally cred ited with th? Weyerhaeuser pay roll, it was learned, but a ques tion has arisen on this point. Here are the standings: Merrill Husky $14,083.50 Malin Mustang 9,226.25 Henley Hornet 5,101.25 Keno Eagle 4,257.50 Gilchrist Logger ........ 4,191.25 Chiloquln-Ft. Klamath Panther 1,444.75 Bonanza Antler 1,420.00 Bly-Beatty Bobcat .... 937.50 Sprague River Indian 606.25 Bomber Crash at Dunsmuir Kills 6 DUNSMUIR, Calif., June 11 (iP) Six men were killed and five bailed out- to safety in the crash of an army bomber 10 miles north of here early yester day. The plane was. on a train ing flight from Salinas. Calif. The pilot was among those who survived. Many Sea Targets AI R 4-,'JwSr3ilC II M'i TURKEY Townsend, former chief supply and transportation officer at the Poston camp, was the witness. Townsend'testified that he had been tqld at least a score of times by occupants of the camp that "they would have our coun try before long. "In other words," he added, "that camp is 100 per cent of the idea that Japan will' have the . United .States ifw-e few morrthai "; fhe? are very tranx aoout it.".- "There are over 1000 Japanese soldiers and Japanese officers in that camp," Townsend declared. "If you ask them, "were you fel lows organizing on the west coast?' they will say, 'yes, we had our program all set up.' I have asked them, 'what Were you going to do? And the answer was, 'as soon as our soldiers come over, we were going to help them.' " The Japanese he testified, are "drilling over there almost daily in military tactics, right under our noses in that camp." Through the operation of a "thieving ring" in the camo. Townsend said, approximately $500 worth of supplies was stolen daily, either from trucks transporting it from the rail head at Parker, Ariz., and the cams. or from the camp warehouse. Nazi War planes Fail in Attack On Landing Crew AN ADVANCED IT. S FTC.HT. ER BASE, North Africa, June 11 (P) Speedy American Light ning fighters broke up an at teirmt bv from- 50 tn fin (lerman dive-bombers to smash British forces landing on Pantelleria after the garrison of the Italian island surrendered today. One hour after thev rlisnlavori the white tokens of unennriitinn. al surrender, the nazl squadrons struck at British naval craft pouring thousands of soldiers and numbers of tanks onto the island. -. - , . The German warn1ntu sud denly roared in through the rain which fell throughout the opera tion on the ereat man nf mn and ships in the sea below. The Lightnings simultaneous ly swarmed in and forced the enemy aircraft to , get rid of their bombs haphazardly in or der to keep from being de stroyed. ' Warren Opposes. Evacuee Return SACRAMENTO. .Tim. 11 im Return of the Japanese to the racmc coast during the war "would be a hnrtv hi security," Governor Earl War ren oi t-atitprnia, asserted to day. 'The evacuation nf th Japa nese saved our state from terri ble disorders and sabotage which might have wrecked our war industries," he continued, "and if they were to be brought back here thou thine. tili might well occur.!' "wtTE CYPRufj ) fGYPT iSl ioered Isle Yields Under Record IBlow By DANIEL de LUCE 'ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. Jun5 11 (AP) Aerial bombardment of the greatest fury the world had ever known compelled the little island fortress of Pantelleria to surrender unconditionally today, bul British troops landing under cover of naval guns had t fight 22 minutes against scattered enemy defenders. The strategic stepping stohe, some 60 miles from Sicily arid 45 from Africa, was occupied at 12:22 p. m. (3:22 a. m. PWT) after a noon landing by assault forces 20 minutes after the display of white flags on Pantelerlia'g hills and a white cross on its air field. The axis garrison commander ,f it is believed, was unable to in form all his troops of the de cision to 'capitulate before the actual invasion began and iso lated gun posts fqught on briefly. British - cruisers and destroy ers hurled shells at scattered points of resistance as assault boats bore the British infantry men ashore. Creeping Barrage ' Blockade by air and sea and a "creeping barrage" by hun dreds of allied bombers which laid waste the area about Pantel leria harbor and town in syste matic and complete devastation reduced the enemy's defenses to pitiful weakness. (London esti mated 8000 were in the island garrison.) .Pantelleria depended - partly for water on supplies from Sicily -and -thepopulatiorf waa" report ed to have been stricken by water famine. It was the first time in history that an enemy island fortress gave in to an air force ultimatum for surrender. No destructive achievement in the record of the German air force matches this. The. ring of fortified islands guarding southern Europe from invasion is ruptured The Germans opened this field of warfare by the capture of Crete with air-borne troops two years ago but this is now over shadowed by the allied feat in forcing an enemy island strong hold to surrender through the shock of aerial bombardment. Leaden On Cruiser Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, allied commander-in-chief and Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, head of Mediter ranean naval forces, were aboard a British cruiser and personally participated in a naval bombard ment of Pantelleria's harbor guns Tuesday. Enemy shells fell with (Continued on Page Two) Prisoner G O Alhart T.. Smith Mr, and Mrs. Jerome Smith of Bonanza were notified recent ly by the war department that their son,. Private Albert E. Smith, is being held a prisoner of the Japanese somewhere in the Philippines. Private Smith had previously been reported as missing first in May, 1042, and again in Feb ruary, 1943. ' Smith Joined the army in July, 1940, and was stationed at March Field, Calif., in the quartermas ter corps . until August, 1941, when he was sent to the Philip pines. His parents received one letter from him since then, dated February 14, 1942. ; Smith is 24 and attended Bo nanza schools. . FOR INVITES ITALY TO GETOUT OF WAR Mussolini Target of Pointed Remarks By President, WASHINGTON, June 11 (JPt President Roosevelt declared to day that the surrender of Pan telleria was very good news and at the same time he appealed indirectly but strongly to Italy to get out of the war. : , , ,, He told - a press. cenf erenc ' that the United Nations- could assure the Italian people, th opportunity of choosing the kind of non-nazi, non-fascist govern meni they want . established after fascism has been put down, and the Germans have been driven from, their- territory. , Due Under Fire It is the hope and intention, of the .United Nations, Mr. Roosevelt said, that Italy be re stored to nationhood and taka her place as a respected menv ber of the European family of nations. The chief executive made It obvious that he considered Mus solini and his aides responsible for the position of Italy in the war, rather than the Italian pec (Continued on Page Two) OP A Head Admits Autoist Gets 90 Miles "On Own" . PORTLAND, June 11 IP) Clarification of mileage ration ing regulations came today from District OPA Director Richard Montgomery, who said motor ists may use 90 miles a month the A card quota as they desire. Vacations, trips to athletic contests, theatres, f ishng streams and what not are all right, Montgomery said up to 90 miles a month for all classi fications of cardholders. B and C cardholders must limit driv ing above that amount to occu pational purposes. ' Ration boards will revoke rntinnns of cars not displaying stickers, which must be the highest alloted to eacn venicie. he said. Argentina Gets Recognition by ' U.S., Britain A hthtnos AIRES. June 11. UP). The United States and Great. Britain. today recognized Argen tina's new provisional govern--merir t un under the presi dency of Gen, Pedro Ramirei after a revolt just a week ago- today. , . Their actions followed by a day, recognitions extended by Germany and Italy, with which Argentina still maintains diplo mat i relations, the only West em Hemisphere nation doing so. In a move nitting squareiy at vl- ikIumIm here, however. nA tmnlompntintf it nromiflft of cooperation with other Ameri can republics, the Argentine gov ernment has banned use of all cod messages In- International radio communications.