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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
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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
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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?
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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Oreqon News Notes
A, mass air raid drill and evac
uation test with more than 1000
wurdens and first aid workers
participating, will be staged In
a 72-block area of a Portland res
identlal district Sunday. . . Open
Ing day registration for the sum
mer scuaion ut Oregon Stale col
lege totaled 414, compared to 452
for the same day last year . . .
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. ...
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