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Newspaper Page TextPAGE FOUR HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON Utmbtr cf Tat Amociatxd fun TIM Auncfittd frM l telo ltty aaUtla4 to tha aaa of t. ajtiblleaUoa ol til alipatcnaa aradltad t I" or oot oUiarwiia r)IUd Is thU paw, l alao tm local em publlahad Uiarala. 411 rlfbu of rapublleatloa of apadal dupl ara alao ra- OUVOd. FRANK JENKINS BdUor News Behind ihe News Br PAUL MALLON , WASHINGTON. June 14 The slgniiicant thing about the recent Chinese successes on the central front Is that they herald the first occasions in wnicn me Chinese have ever enjoyed a superior air force 'over ' their ground troops. The short-clipped, unre veil ing communiques from Chung king, therefore, incidentally have disclosed that the Chi nese at last have put into the field a small but growing air force. In times Dast. General Chen- MALLON nault, the great American fight er, has been able to accumulate a superiority for raids upon specific localities, particularly In the south, but he always had to operate on a hit and run basis. Never in all the five years of China's struggle have her1 troops been able to get air protection from the terrorizing cream and demoralizing attacks of the Jap dive bombers in battle. This time, the Chinese strafed the Jap ve hicles and troops. The turn of air affairs in China should bring a sharp improvement of morale among the ground troops. Aside from this phase, however, it is neces sary to report that the successful Chinese actions do not indicate the imminence of a general Chinese offensive. The Japanese general at Hankow, who has bout eight divisions under his command on the central front (roughly about 120,000 men), decided to strike out for food, without receiv ing reinforcements from Tokyo. His objectives were to seize storehouses of rice and press into, the mountains, exploiting . any. military ad vantages he could find. The attack was not an all-out offensive on his part either. But the Chinese were able not only to resist his advance successfully. They forced him to retreat even behind the last line he had marked off for retirement in case his plan went wrong. What Now, Tojo? AHAT has happened to the Japanese war iVY effort? Here it is now exactly a year ainca the last Japanese major operation (attack on Midway June 3.) The large Japanese army and navy have done nothing momentous in 12 months. Particularly, Tokyo has failed to de velop any of the promised and threatened lines -of attack. It has not reinforced its. occupational army In China sufficiently to start a general drive. Its big army in Manchuria has been sitting on the soviet border inactive. Indeed, this army disregarded the golden opportunity presented last summer when its ' ' ally Hitler was hammering at Stalingrad,' and the Soviets were so hard pressed that Stalin had to withdraw troops from the Manchukuo front. The promised thrusts at Australia and India have not been made, nor has any threat been made to Alaska. Has anything happened internally to the Japanese war machine to demoralize it and make it break down? Has the lack of merchant shipping prevented Tokyo from organizing new drives? Has the Japanese air force suffered . severely as to require its reorganization? Authorities here do not know the answers to these questions, but the strange continuing status on the far Pacific front affords room for heavy doubts that the Japs have every where accepted a defensive strategy volun tarily. o o o o. Significance of Pantelleria NEVER before Pantelleria raised the white flag has any island fort or stronghold sur- . rendered to air attacks. Such capitulations always have been made before to surface, land or naval assaults. Malta held out for years against intermittent axis bombardments, although these were noth lng like the intensity of the final 48 hours of Airport News, Views By HAROLD C. DONNER Uncle Sam is very particular to see that his flyers know some thing about identifying aircraft. It is important for the combat pilot to recognize a possible ad versary, or friend. We are taught the individual dharacteristics of each important fighter and bomber. Sometimes as high as 35 or 4ft rtlnnaa nil1-. told, German, uuji, x.ngjisn ana A : . are required InJ TfZiyi no airuraiv I d e n t i f icatlnn classes. The un- fortunate thins aDout it is that learning the looks of a plane from books dif fer much to seeing the plane on the ground. The P-38, Fly lne Fortress and Lihrrntnr ir so outstandingly different that they are easily identified, by pic ture or plane. A good demon stration of this occurred a few months after Pearl Harbor when wie various iiying schools were f ,n ft 5 1 W? I i m s I J A temporary enablaatlaa of tht Kvtolng Borald ar tht Klamath Ktwa. FublUhad vrwf aftaraoan aictpa Sunday at Eaplaoada ad Plaa atraata, Klamata Falla, Oregon. 07 tot lUrald PtihllthlDt Co. and tha Klamata Xaara PubUahtBt Compaay FntaraH aa aaoond etaaa maltaf at Wta pmtoffk of Klamath Jalla. Ora oa Augu.t 10, I KM uadar act of coatnaa, at arch a, lira. many and Italy History backs . tune months of One of the devastating and resses Sunday, safely.' That moving away- from the Pacific coast restricted area. This par ticular flier was ferrying his three Taylorcrafts, light training planes, from Seattle to Cle Elum. about 90 miles east. . He'd got ten ine required permission from the army to fly his planes out and Was DrocppHino mn vmtm when three Fortresses began fly ing around him. At about that time the average civilian flier begins looking for a soft place to land, via the parachute. The upshot of It all was that some aircraft spotter, using his book iarnin', had identified the several hundred pound Taylor- craus as tnree several ton Jap anese bombers. The local flying group Is being augmented by about 15 boys irum me jsena flying school, who are down here to get in a lew hours of night flying. Our boys will be emulating the fire- wiinin a lew days. A lot of the boys are wonder ing how it will seem to see the mother lode mchina nr. ct tu with only a string of lights on iowii mue oi me runway to guide them. It will probably be a lot of fun. . Bob McCnmh. ho. rived to begin his duties as flight instructor. rrnlarlnir Tn.i....i ' ' O .'QHUbWI Hough who resigned. Bob took his primary and secondary flight trainine .here at h vi.n.iw Falls airport and only recently completed the instructor course at Prineville, He is a Portland Utmbtr Audit Bvmuo Or Cimunoit (.apraaaatal XaUooallr by Wkt-Houisat Co Ixc. Saa Fraadara, Yrm Tort, Sa aula, Calcato. Portlaad. tot Aagalaa. MALCOLM EPLEY Jlamafinf Editor the fortress bombardments of Pantelleria. Cor regidor fell only after the Japanese made a successful landing in force. The spot of Pantelleria Itself amounts to little in our scheme of military affairs. It has only one airfield, which will help us In pro viding more combat plane protection for bomb ing the Italian mainland, but this phase of its capture is not significant. The real Importance is the suggestion of what may now be done in Italy and else where on the continent. Any small place of our choosing apparently can be made untenant able by the concentration of our air power. This power is vaster than anything known before in bombing war, and perhaps can con tinue to bring results beyond any known be fore and beyond our former expectations. The War Today (While De"Witt MacKenzie is on vacation, this column is being written by Max Hill, former chief of The Associated Press bureau in Tokyo.) . Br MAX HILL THE axis finally is feeling the full Impact of America's tremendous plane production, both on land and at sea, after months of de lays which seem inherent in a democracy. And it must come as quite a shock to the Hitler-Mussolini-Tojo combine that the United Nations now have awakened to the credo ex pressed so aptly by a Japanese when he was criticised for the tactics of the Rising Sun army in China. This Japanese said tartly, and with evident corn toward his interrogator's attitude: "Nobody ever has discovered a polite way to kiU a man." Our air power virtually unaided brought about the surrender of the three Italian islands in the Mediterranean Pantelleria, Lampedusa and Linosa but most qualified observers are convinced this will not be the case with Ger proper. them up, and in some instances bombing has had an effect completely the re verse of the on desired. Britain's resistance was stiffened, not broken, by approximately steady raids. reasons tn"e Spanish republicans lougnt so ferociously around Barcelona was the constant bombing of that citv. "We'll shoot down every plane that comes over, and if we run out of ammunition we will reach out with our bare hands and pull mem aown," one infuriated soldier exclaimed to an American correspondent. Naturally he exaggerated, but it was his spirit which counted. How are we to know, then, to what fury ana - wnai natred the current bombings of uermany may arouse the nazis? . o o Heavy Losses THERE is another phase which enters ser iously into the question of mass bombing of the European continent. We lnt 9 fort and the British lost 24 bombers oauuraay. unui a more specific announcement of damage done is released it cannot be said accurately whether the raids were worth the cost of almost 800 skilled and patiently trained men and millions of dollars worth of flying equipment. A veteran airman once said to me: 'Tm always skeptical of these raids which end with the announcement, 'AH of our nlanes return." means one of two things. Either me pianes were flying so high accurate bomb ing was impossible or they failed to reach their objective." Now, that I a callous attitude, but un doubtedly a correct one. The bombers Satur day and Sunday must have gone in low over their targets, perhaps as low as 2000 or 3000 feet, and at such an altitude they were ex tremely vulnerable to ack-ack fire. Thia heavy loss might Indicate, also, that the Germans have found a way to strengthen their defenses. It is known they have radar to guide their fire, and some reports. have it that accurate gunnery is now possible up to 30,000 feet, so high the pilots can't even see the earth. boy and started flying in 1941. The COOk. Mr. Slimmer'lolH ! mighty proud of a recent letter ne received irom the regional CAA Office (nmnllmanHna hi on the food he serves the boys nere ana the way he keeps his kitchen so spick and span. Coast Holding of Buffer af Peak SAN FRANCISCO.. Tuna m (IP) Pacific rnn.r mM holdings of butter climbed over 20-million pounds last week for the first time in western records. Producers and dealers added more than two million pounds to the butter hoard during the week. Stocks were enormous, com pared with a year ago. The 20, 305,186 pounds stored compared with 5,831,757 held a year ago. The huge stocks belonged to the government, to be neoH fnr no purposes. Dealers were having a lougn ume getting enough but ter to supply the store demand. Arkansas has 55,088 miles 61 highways. . j TRUCKS FOR RENT You Drive Move Yourself Sara H Long and Short Trips STILES' BEACON SERVICE Phone M04 1201 East Main SIDE GLANCES If JM! ixmrj&& m-W4 yi v. ft BO, lou wr ma anmct. arc, t. at aaa. u. "Your mother has lugh blood pressure? Invite her to visit us we can watch her diet and see that her meat coupons aren't wasted 1" 3D MQTDRiSTS El T Thirty persons were fined In justice court Monday, the result of a traffic check by state police Saturday afternoon and evening State officers stopped cars at the Lakevlew-Merrill junction in the afternoon and at the Pelican City junction in the evening. In this one check-up, 19 motor ists were found to be driving without an operator's license. Other violations were allowing an unlicensed person to drive, having a void foreign license on the car, the absence of a muf fler or horn, failure to procure a. chauffeur's license, and im proper license tags on trailer. - Those who appeared In court or forfeited bond were: - Haines McNoise. No oper ator's license. Fined $5.50. John Stanley Waitkus. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. Paul Donald Angstead. No chauffeur's license. Fined (5.50. Melvin William Wood. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. Earl George Gruell. No chauf feur's license. Fined $5.50. Sidney Harold Worth. No op erator's license. Fined $5.50. Irvin Carl Johnson. No muf fler. Fined $5.50. Thomas Aloysius Walls. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. John Mill Shenko. No oper ator's license. Fined $5.50. Joseph Keller. Permitting an unlicensed person to drive. Fined $5.50. Avey Victor Vannatta. Void foreign license. Fined $5.50. Donald Lynn Enloe. Void foreign license. Fined $5.50. Rose Neta Daugherty. Void foreign license. Fined $5.50. Albert Ambers. No opera tor's license. Fined $5.50. John Gov Fanning. No oper ator's license. Fined $5.50. Herbert Cox, Jr. No license tags. Fined $5.50. Philberto Laurenco. Allowing minor to operate motor vehicle. Fined $5.50. Alvin Beal. No operator's li cense. $5.50 bond forfeited. Lester Thomas Lumpkin. No operator's license. $5.50 bond forfeited. Guy Chltwood. No operator's license. $5.50 bond forfeiture. Leonard Ray Rumkle. No op erator's license. $5.50 bond for feiture. George Keith Moon. Havlns Improper license tags on trailer. $5.50 bond forfeiture. Gladys Butler. No ODerator's license. $5.50 bond forfeited. Robert Walter Enman. No warning device. $5.50 bond for feited. Paul Howard Malone. No op erator's license. $5.50 bond for feited. Robert Henry Houck. No op- TRAFFIC CO UN MfWNG Id CAN! KILL SPARKLE IN DRINKS MADE WITH CANADA DRY WATER Tf "PIN-POINT CAMONATION" UT IONOIP.I P..S.,tta ipacial formula mak-aa any drink taf ta'btttar. - a. aax. oar. Telling The Editor Letter ffrtniesJ hen mmt not be mor trun M wotm tm length, muet be writ ten Ufbly on ONI tlOl ol the MP oMr end inuat be timed. OonlrHiuttone Mowing Umbo re tee, art warmly wet WOOD COMPLAINT . KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (To the Editor) Speaking of the war effort The other night after work I stopped at a wood yard with my car and trailer to get a small load of wood. They wouldn't sell me a stick of any kind of wood, but I could buy a sack of coal for $1.50 or a dozen Presto-Logs for $1.00. I tried another yard just around the corner and receiv ed the same kind of an answer. Now. it seems mighty funny to me that I could have bought a truckload of wood and had it delivered but could not buy a small amount and take it home in my own trailer. I live out of town four miles and work In town from 8 a. m to 4 p. m. It would not take me any longer nor cost me any more to bring my trailer with me and take home my own wood. I did not want a truckload of wood as I was planning to move within a few days; and, being out of fuel, thought I would buy and haul enough in my trailer to get by and thus save handl ing the wood twice. Yes, they had lots of wood piles of it all over the yard, but they wanted to sell me some expensive fuel which would cost me four times as much So I had to drive four miles farther to the other end of town to buy a dollar's worth of wood. What kind of business do you can wis V. J. TAYLOR, 1614 Kane Street, Klamath Falls, Oregon. Dorofhy Thompson Weds Czech Artist BARNARD. Vt., June 15 W) With only about 50 close friends and relatives in attendance, Dor othy Thompson, columnist, and Maxim Kopf, Czech artist, were married at noon today in a lit tle old Univenalist church on Silvery lake, near the bride's summer home, Twin Farms. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Robert Klllam, pas tor. It was the third marriage for each. erator's license. $5.50 bond for feited. George Walter Hill. Failure to procure operator's license. $5.50 bond forfeited. Cosme Rarneroz Guterres. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. Malcolm Stine. No - chauf feur's license. Fined $5.50. Reno Attilio Marchese. No operator's license. Fined $5.50. There's room at the top for every city in this country to lead in the handling of vital war jobs, .wTe WALSH SLAPS urs WAVES AT HEARING WASHINGTON, June 15 () in the presence of Lt. Com mander Mildred H. McAfee of the WAVES, Chairman Walsh (D-Mnss.) of the sonnte nnval committee declared bluntly to day that "tho navy to my mind Is a malo orminimtion." The smartly uniformed wom an officer appeared before the committee to urgo possago of a bill which would remove present restrictions against sending WAVES overseas. It was clear from the outset of tho hearing that the legislation, already ap proved by the house, faces a stormy course in the senate com mittee Walsh told the firsi witness, Rear Admiral Randall Jncobs, chief of naval personnel, that his torically the navy had always been a man's outfit and contin ued: "You told us lust your, when urging passage of the original WAVE bill, that you wanted women only to replace navy men in this country and did not want to send them overseas. Now apparently we're reaching a stage whero all barriers are to be removed and they can be sent anywhere." The chairman end other mem bers of the committee were equally cool toward another provision of the bill, which would raise the highest permis sible rank for WAVE officers from lieutenant commander to captain. Commander McAfee alternate ly twisted her white gloves and wrote memoranda to Jacobs as the admiral testified. She testified that many of her girls are eager to share the dangers of overseas duty and re lease for servico at sea those of. ficers and men now assigned Xo desk duty in London, tho Canal zone. Hawaii and elsewhere. (Under the bill, women could not be assigned to duty on warships or combat aircraft.) RAINIER HAS FIRE RAINIER. Ore., June 15 0r A city block along the water front in the Rainier business dis trict, including part of the city docks, was destroyed in a fire of undetermined origin which be gan about 3 a. m. today. Fire men believe the blaze started in the back of the Rainier tavern. The tavern. Rainier Feed store and Lee apartments were de stroyed and an abandoned build ing was partly burned. Water, cooled from 39.5 to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, expands one eleventh of its volume. You can depend on Clorox...lt's ultra-refined, free from caustic, an exclusive patented quality-feature. It is extra-gentle in bleaching . . . extra-efficient in disinfecting. 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The Portland federal employ. ment office announced a record 15,080 persons were placed on Jobs In May . . . Approximately 150 Mexican farm workers, Im ported by the farm security ad ministration and scheduled to go to The Dalles area, were trans. ferred to Hillsboro to meet an emergency in the pea harvest . . i A Juko box comnnnv filed a circuit'eourt suit In Portland to determine whether a law passed by the last legislature, taxing pinball machines, went Into ef feet June 9 or is to become operative July 1 . . . Governor Snell stopped off at Hillsboro In an unscheduled Inspection of harvest work and prained efforts of school children in the berry fields ... A Portlnnd grand jury re turned two burglary indictments against Georgo Durham, 33, state prison convict captured re cently after a nine-day escape. . . Bonneville dam reported twice as many salmon went up the fish ways last month as in any previous May since the dam was built. ... Lonner O. Ralston, 84, retired! 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