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1 . liiiiSiRiWiMiltlfiK'ililliiSillffiifflffliJi On S-mlnute blast on sirens and whlatlaa U the ilgnil lor blackout In Klamath Falla. Another long blaat, during a black, out, li a atonal for allclaar. In l racau ttonary parlodi, watch your afreet llghti. June. 14 High 14, Low 31 ' . ' , Precipitation a oi Juna I, 1143 Straam year to data ..............17.14 Laat rut 13.03 Mormal......11.3 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES - . ; ; j PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1943. Number 9824 fo)M l M fo) 0) run 'mnminim AHVU'M I A.i.li'n.-i.n.., mm em mm VU i llaVi S 11!;! ! 10 ''lmmlMtt0 . By FRANK JENKINS ''TUG minora ara (lying aguln today. German and Italian commenta tori (heard by our radio listeners) think Sicily and Surd In In thn llkelleat targets fur invasion, and moat of them think It will tome . f thla week. ' . hrHE'Rome radio says allied warahipa and tranaporta arn concentrating . In the Sicilian trait and have been attacked with undiminiahrd violence for three days by axla planea. The Berlin radio telli of "Interne" allied activity at Blzerte, Includ ftig "large concentration of Trim n of disembarkation." (land ing barges, preaumablyj These rumora Indicate enemy expectation of a land Invaaion. J-JON'T Jump to wrong con cluaiona about Pantclleria. It capture by air alone (with the troopa carefully held bark until the white flag flew) aug geata a deliberate experiment to prove or dlaprove what massed air power can do, but it docan't neceasarily mean we're com mitted to reduction of the fort. rea of Europe by air power ex clualvely. ' Little Pantolloria could easily have been a teal of Jliauttbility Of maaacd air power to reduce Strong enemy defenaea and make ft relatively aafe landing place or troopa. TT la still probable that when the big push cornea ALL ARMS will participate, as nearly always alnce we have a histor ical record they have done. ? Hannibal's Numldlan cavalry, as dreaded In Its day as war planea are now, practically never operoted alone. It was ued In conjunction with Infantry and all the other wen pons then known. An army without planes would be helpless In these days, but ao would an army WITHOUT ARTILLERY. War requires various tools, each meeting a specific need. 'THERE'S a NEW development fr as thla la wrltton. . The Turk HSyrian frontier la to be closed at 6 o'clock tonight (Mediter ranean time.) I" Turkish officials profess not jo know what it's oil about, Which of course is eyewnsh. i Admiral Cunningham, British Icommander In the Levant, spent sin hour and a half this morning In conference with Turk Presi dent Inonu, and before that had talked with the Turkish foreign minister and the chief ot.statf of the Turkish army, If the Bulgarian frontier had been closed, the guessing would be fairly simple, The Syrian frontier lies between tho Turk and US, which makes It a bit j mystifying.' ' That may bo why It has been Oone. War is full of tricks. 'THE Ruhr valley is bombed again, for the fourth consecu tive night. Not counting last night, 6000 tons of bombs have been dropped on Germany since Friday. Eighteen British bomb ers fall to return from- Monday flight's foray. ! U, S.' daylight bombers cross the channel early this morning, meeting allied fighters return ing from a "breakfast sweep" of the Belgian and French coasts. Puring iast night a "great fleet" of lighter British bombers pun ished the German-held Dutch, Belgian and French coast areas, That's bombing around tho clock with a vengeance., ' . .. OVERMAN newspapers reaching j Switzerland tell of mass evacuations under way In Ger many, especially in the Rulir val ley. ' Apparently not only fcombed-out families but those as yet untouched are being moved, if The Gorman papers nolo "bit emeus and resentment" among tr (Continued on Page Two)?- Reclamation of Goose Lake Land Receives Study SALKM, June 13 UV) Lake county la considering reclama tion of 200,000 acrca of tho bed of Goose lake, which la on tho southern boundary of the coun ty, Stale Rep. Hurt K. Snyder, Lukcvlcw, told tho Oregon post war readjustment and develop ment commission today. The project would consist of draining the laka into the Pit river in California, making avail nlilo extensive grazing and for age hinds. Snyder said tho project would cost little, and would consist mainly of blowing out a small rim of rock and building a aevcn-mlle ditch. The bed la owned by the Stale. The commission said Rep. Lowell Stockman, Pendleton, member of the house reclamation committee, would sponsor a bill to provide funds for the Job. Sen. Chnrlea L. McNury also prom laed assistance. Snyder said the county would pay engineering costs. FOR SIM POSTS Constans Enters H. S. Race; Elliot Runs For No. 1 Job Competition developed today In . school board elections for district two when Willard Con stans filed his petition with the district clerk. He is opposed by Kenneth Klahn, who also petl tilloned for tho post left vacant by Merle West, who will not run for reelection. Constans is sales manager for Weyerhaeuser and Is active in civic and scrvlco club affairs. Klahn is an oil company man ager and is similarly interested in local affairs. Sid Elliot is the only appli cant for the post vacated by Howard Darnhiscl In district one, which comprises the ele mentary schools. Mrs. Grace Johnston, appoint ed to fill the unexpired terms (Continued on Page Two) Yasui Held in Jail Pending His Appeal PORTLAND. June 13 (IP) Minoru Yasul, Amcrlcan-born Hood River Japanese, must re main In Multnomah county Jail ponding his appeal from a con viction on a charge of violating the alien curfew, Federal Judgo James A. Fee ruled today. John Collier, Yasui's attorney, requested the Japanese be re leased on ball with the provision that he enter a war relocation center until the U. S. supreme court rules on his appeal. Fee said however that Yasui could ask tho high tribunal for his release on ball. Yasui's conviction was on grounds that ho was an alien, hence subject to tho provisions of the military curfew. Dozen Servicemen to See Rodeo on Funds From Ball Klamath Falls' Commandos are bringing 12 wounded service men Instead of the usual four, hero-for tho big Fourth of July rodeo and western celebration. Those 12 men will be from the cast coast and most of them will have never seen a real west ern celebration and parade, Money for tho trip will bo raised by means of a Queen's bull, to be held In the armory on Juno 20. Last year proceeds from this dance went to the troop entertainment committee but this year It was decided to turn this money over to tho Commandos for their worthy project. The Lions, Rotary, Elks, Sor optlmlsts and Kiwanis clubs are each expected to sponsor a girl to be a contestant for queen of the two-day celebration, and she will bo chosen at the danco on Juno 28, Thcro will be no con test or horsemanship tryouts for the girls this year as there has Y T Chief Assails 'Loose ' Thinking'; Wel comes Ideas WASHINGTON, June 15 m President Roosevelt turned down, In effect, today the idea of a single, all-powerful food ad ministrator and went to bat for aubsidies to keep pricca down. The chief executive told a press conference nobody had sub mitted a more satisfactory meth od of holding food pricea down to ceiling levels than through subsidies but he would be de lighted If congressmen or any one else could do ao. Schame Gats Frown Mr. Roosevelt's discussion fol lowed a conference this morn ing with six members of the house agriculture committee who wanted a single food head named and apparently got little encour agement. They left the White House talking about legislative action to achieve their problem. The president's presa confer ence was devoted almoat entire ly to the food issue and he said that there was considerable loose thinking in Washington about it People are very apt to fat confuaed by the trees, he said, and not see the forest, ft .,:,.,. . . , The "Way Out ' "... , Farmers, the chief executive said, have a right to expect a fair return on their: products and producers and distributors likewise ought to be able to meet expenses and get a profit. If their expenses rise, he said, food (Continued on Page Two) New Tax Bill to Avoid Burdens on 7943 Earnings WASHINGTON, June 15 (P) Congressional leaders agreed at a conference with Treasury Sec retary Morgcnthau today to con sider a new tax bill this year, but they emphasized there would be no additional burden placed upon 1943 incomes. Chairman Doughton (D-N. C.) of the tax-framing house ways and means committee said new legislation probably would be written this fall but that major provisions would not become ef fective before next January 1. President Roosevelt has4 asked for $16,000,000,000 in new taxes and savings or both, but Dough ton, in reply to questions, said no decisions had been reached as to the amount or manner of taxa tion. "There is a definite sentiment against retroactive tax laws," he declared, adding: "I think we made a mistake in making the 1942 income tax rates retroactive. Retroactive taxes cause hardships in some cases, especially in these times of high wartime rates." . been in the past but the girl to bo queen will be announced at the Queen's ball. The other four girls will act as princesses dur ing the celebration. Among the wounded men brought hero will bo four sail ors, fotir soldiers, and four marines. The Commandos have already sent the money for the expenses of tho trip through the Red Cross to the Mare Island na val hospital in California. All men sent here so far have been hospitalized from five to eigh teen months. . Tickets for the Queen's ball can be obtained from any Com mando or at the Commando Service Men's center at 815 Main street. Klamath people are urged to turn out lor this dance be cause Commandos will not have to sponsor any further entertain ment to raise money for their wounded servicemen project If tho proceeds of the Queen's ball are large, . SUBS D PLAN GETS FDR NOD FOOD CZAR X an The ai-atar red fort' Klamath, Elks"FlB9 Cay and Ilebn medal Lost Craft. Replaced Many Times Over, Says Secretary WASHINGTON, June 15 (P) Secretary of the Navy Knox re ported today that the' eight American . submarines reported lost so far in the war have been replaced "many times over." . The secretary's disclosure at a press conference followed navy announcements yesterday that United States under-sea rovers have sunk 12 more Japanese ships and damaged five for a total to date of 256 enemy ves sels destroyed or damaged. The submarines are carrying the brunt of the war in the Paci fic, along with planes, and Knox was asked when the present "lull" in large scale combat would break up. "I can't tell you," he said, "cx (Continued on Page Two) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE (First game) R. H. E. Boston 4 9 0 Philadelphia 6 7 0 Barrett, Salvo and Poland; Fuchs and Livingston. (Second game) R. H. E. Boston 1.6 1 Philadelphia .........2, 4 0 Odom, Brown (5) and Masi; Gerheauscr and Livingston. (First game) , R, H. E. Cincinnati 1 2 1 St. Louis 3 4 0 Walters and Mueller, DePhil lips (8); Gumbert and W. Cooper, AMERICAN LEAGUE , (First game) . R. H. , E. Philadelphia 7 11 3 Boston : ..J. 4 11 '2 Harris, Fagen (9), and Swift; Judd, .Brown (5), Karl (8), and PaWec. f . 1 1 . - British Mum on Border Closure LONDON, June 15 (Brit ish official sources said nothing today on reports from Ankara that the Syrian border with Turkey would be closed tonight. A spokesman at Gen. Charles de Gaulle's Fighting French headquarters said if the report were correct, the closure prob ably was for ' military .reasons with "no diplomatic or economic significance." , Mi1 H $ -a r , :;. j is! t ..',! Old Flag Flies Over Ceremonies W' im 'pim i if."- V. Hair. pilftUetj displayed J the ,r1 x ft - i i i i i ' . t prmqtattifa'.awzciaM the Elks temple Monday tugM. Record Audtenee Sees Flag Ritual, Medal Presentation . The coveted Air Medal,- won by Captain Ehle Reber in flying exploits over western Europe, was pinned last night- on the breast of his mother, Mrs.' John Reber of Malin, in the impres sive Elks outdoor Flag Day cere monies. General S. M. Connell,' com manding general of the fourth bomber command, made the pre sentation of the decoration. Lynn Roycroft spoke in tribute to Cap tain Reber, reported missing in action in a Flying Fortress raid several months ago. The medal presentation was the first event on a colorful and patriotic program which drew the largest audience In the his tory of Flag Day services here.. Overhead, fluttering gently, be fore the white stone pillars in front of the lodge building, was the old Fort Klamath flag, dis played for the first time since the abandonment of that army post in'. 1889. The 38-star flag was raised by the American Le gion from the arms of Earl Rey nolds, to whom it was recently presented by the . Misses Laura and Elizabeth Carpenter, daugh ters of the last commanding of ficer of Fort Klamath. William McAllister, speaker of the state house of representa tives, gave the Elks Flag Day address, . emphasizing the need for active loyalty to all that the American flag - represents. He laid stress on post-war programs. The traditional Flag Day ritual was presented by the officers of the lodge. Exalted Ruler Mal colm Eplcy read the history of the flag, and members of the Oregon Women's Ambulance corps and the Sea Scouts brought Jackpot Hit on Drink Machine By The Aiiociattd Praia NEW YORK A thirsty em ploye inserted a nickel in an automatic -soft drink vending machine ' in a downtown office and waited for the soda to gush down into a paper cup. It did. He lifted the drink to his lips but' was' interrupted by the sound of another drink gurgling into a cup. : Then, in rapid succession ' ap proximately 70 -drinks spurted into cups in orderly fashion; and the dazed drinker . treated the office after a' frantic session of ''bartending." All on one nickel,' : 1 ' ' ' ' ' ' ttrat Mnte U oam than sfo TaHl! 1 opt a succession of banners Il lustrating the review. ' : . Final ritualistic feature was the making of a floral bell, of liberty. . Officers assisting were Esteemed Leading Knight . Ray Ruger, Esteemed Loyal -Knight Glen Evans, Esteemed Lecturing Knight Charles- Seavey,- Esquire Vernon Moore, and Acting Chap lain Les Wright. ' ' ' -American Legion colors added - (Continued on Page Two) Sabotage Efforts Near Poston Told at Hearing LbS ANGELES, June 15 (f) Attempts to sabotage vital irri gation and electric power instal lations in Arizona were ' de scribed to a Dies congressional sub-committee today by Lin B. Orme, president of the Salt River Users' association of Phoenix. Testifying as the -committee entered its second week of in quiry into conditions at the Pos ton, Ariz., Japanese relocation center, Orme strongly opposed release of the 30,000 inmates of Arizona camps. He related that on one occa sion four Japanese tried to visit one dam site, but were denied permission to approach the struc ture. "This year a shot from a rifle severed one of our high tension power lines," he continued. "It was never discovered who did it. In April, 1942, three men. at tempted at night to enter .the grounds surrounding the associa tion's, diescl and steam plants. They were detected and fired upon by guards, and the in truders returned the fire., 1 L. A. Reopened to Navy Personnel , LOS ANGELES,-June-15 (A) The 11th naval district ordered this city reopened to enlisted personnel at noon today, -as 17 reputed leaders of youthful gangs ; : were summoned . into county grand jury investigation of recent clashes between zoot suiters and .service men. : -, Rear Adm. . D. . W. . Bagley commandant of the 11th naval district, said lifting "of the ban was decided upon after he 'had been assured by Mayor Fletcher Bowron that the police depart ment -"is prepared . to handle the situation; to the satisfaction of all concerned ..; : here abowa floUnfl abore the STILWELLSEES Early -Movement to Crush Japs Fore- ; V.'. cast by Leader . CHUNGKING, June 15 (") Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell returned ' from - allied' strategy conferences in Washington to day and said "I feel that we will have a hell of a hard job ahead" in crushing Japan, but declared that the United Na tions were thoroughly - deter mined to do the job as soon as possible. During the' Washington con ferences, Stilwell told corre spondents, . "China . was thor oughly considered and her needs gone into at length." There was, he said, a constant interchange of information ' be tween allied .leaders in China and those in charge of the Southwest Pacific operations on the common task of defeating Japan. "We' have a savage enemy and there's plenty of him," Stil well emphasized. "There'll be a lot of hard fighting but we are thoroughly- determined to get after him." - Asked if more supplies were (Continued on Page .Two) - Breathless Shoe Salesmen Report Record Buying Rush All God's chillun got shoes now all except Klamath Falls' shoe .salesmen . who now have nothing but the number 17 ra tion stamps left in exchange. After a week and a half of rush buying two dealers estimated that it would top. all records here,'. and in other parts of the United States Klamath county people depleted stocks and made shoe salesmen dizzy with de mands! . . ' - "They re really romping on us," one dealer of men's shoes said, ."'and I' guess the' women's shoe stores are having even heav ier sales. Some families from outside the city come in to spend all their stamps at once, and. lots of them have two or three peo ple to fit."- - . Stocks in stores were still ade quate to fill most demands, deal-. ers said, but they had gone down considerably in the last few days. Dealers' quotas of shoes had been MSSHIO COUNTRY TOLD IN BERN STORY Violent New Assault Shakes West Reich; Coast Area Hit j . By ROGER GREENE Associated Praia War Editor A mass evacuation of cities in western Germany and Berlin it self to escape the tempest of al lied bombs was reported in Bern today, even as the nazl home , front shook under a violent new assault by fleets of RAF block-''' buster planes thundering 6ver the Ruhr.. ; With- more, than 12,000,000 pounds of explosives .already dropped on Germany since last Friday, RAF pre-dawn raiders returned to the attack for the fourth night in a row, pounding the war foundries city of Ober- hausen and other objectives. Ber lin said the damage was severe. "Bomb Alley". . German newspapers reaching Bern, Switzerland, acknowledged that refugees were fleeing the western reich's "bomb alley" as a result of 180 heavy allied raids and 600 air alarms, and nrged the . German people - to open their homes to evacuees. - Bomb -battered Duesseldorf, target of a recent 2000-ton RAF raid.' was said to be one. of the '7rmefTeflTeirtierhg abandoned. ' Das Reich said the evacuation scheme called tor refugees from ' Berlin to go to Brandenburg, east' Prussia and . Fomerania, t while others from northern' Westphapia. (the Ruhr) went to Bavaria... "Comfort must bow to the de mands of necessity," said Adolf Hitler's own newspaper, Voel kischer Beobachter, calling on the nation to crowd refugees in-, to their homes. Das Reich said not only bombed-out families but also those as yet untouched by the great al lied aerial offensive were being (Continued on Page Two) . Denton Ranch at Fort Hit by Fire; Residence Saved FORT KLAMATH Buildings on the Frank Denton ranch about a mile from Fort Klamath were destroyed by fire at about 11:30 , o'clock this morning. Mr. and Mrs. Denton: were in Klamath Falls at the time of the fire. . Flames destroyed the milking house and milking equipment and a large barn. In the barn was a tractor, and a pick-up which were also burned. .- When the fire was discovered, it was too late to save the two buildings but equipment on hand was able to save the house. Dam age was estimated to have been about $7000. There was no live stock lost, but several barrels of diesel oil were burned. It is not known what started the fire. ' .: :-. 1 cut even before customer ration ing went into effect, shoes had been harder to get, and dealers experienced an Increased de mand. Some dealers expressed tho opinion that rationing had de feated its purpose . .because so many people rushed in to buy shoes' when- they didn't need them and wouldn't think of buy ing them, in normal times. "They seem to think they need to get rid .of their 17 stamp whether they' need shoes or not. I 'never thought there would be so many 17 stamps in Klamath county .-before, they . all started pouring in." . Monday some stores found it necessary to lock their doors to prevent too large crowds from rushing in, while all stores had topped records in shoe sales. ' "We're selling lots of shoes, too many, too many shoes," on .; .CContinued on Pagt Two) ,.-
