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MWMMMWWMMW ttfil!liiMlllifllP On 8-mlnute blt on sirens and whlatUs li the signal lor blackout In Klamath Falls. Anolhtr long blait, during black out, li signal lor all-olaar. In ireaau tlonary periods, watoh your ilratt lights. Juna 37 High 71, Low 41 Praclpltatlon at of Juna 21, 1143 Straam year to data 17.37 Lut yaar 13.13 Normal 11.70 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1943 Number 9835 fo) MP UUI 111 'ijini.il A 1 1 V J 1 J I ' I AiltfHHAlNtl 1 TOM Muni cions Fire l&liiirt . i liiiiwlijiliiiii1 irni'OH! By FRANK JENKINS pOlt iicvcrul days, tho lioino front politician! have bvcn (liiii)K tho tit Ik I nu . Tocluy, an a change, the militnry mrn H-uk fur publication. IEUTENANT GENERAL Mc- NARNEY. deputy chief of luff (second only to General Marshall) trlU the senate ap propriation committee, which Inter makes hi testimony public: "Co-ordlnutrd operation of our land and air forces in RAPIDLY bringing us (the Unitrrl Nations) toward a FINAL VICTORY." JJE adds: "Our operations In the Pa cific have turned the tide of Jup advance Into a tirndiinl wltn drawal toward their home bases. Since our victory at Ami, tho strategic movements of the Jap anrse have followed our lead. "It la our Intention to bring the war home to Japan In such a manner that the whole empiro will feel lt full impact in most violent and destructive way." . '"THOSE are strong words, and Senator Oirncy warns him of the "growing tendency among some of u" to feel that the war Is "going to be over by Thanks giving Day," adding that the gen eral statement that tho allies arc tapldly nppronching final victory might make Iheso hopeful ones feel they're on the right track. McNarney's only concession to this warning is that his state ment that we oro "rapidly" ap proaching victory "might be a slight over-statement." DEAD and hope. Hut DON'T 1V LET DOWN in your contn butlon to the war effort, what ever It may be. Tho soundest policy is to hope for the best and prepurc for lha worst. . QENERAL MILLER, heading the U. S. 8th army air force (based In England) says: "We are definitely set for a great new flow of planes to this theater . for tho Increased of fensive ugninst Germany. , We nro ready to meet tho demands for a step-up by 45 per cent of the bomb load (to be dropped on Germany) If it Is culled for." (Ho refers to Washington re ports that tho allies ore planning a 45 increase In bomb tonnugo by the end of July.) IJIS statement s Indirect con firmation that wo have tho necessary rcscrvo strength not only to carry on air wur against Germany and Italy on the pres ent scale but to INCREASE THE SCALE if need be. You'll nolo from today's dis patches that tho bombing is go ing right ahead. TODAY'S rumor: Routers (British news serv-' ice) quoting tho Algiers radio, which in its turn quoted a Span ish newspaper, reports that tho Italian fleet has sullcd out into the open Mediterranean may bo for battle, mnybc to escape the pounding of allied bombs. A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm soys U. S. battloshlps have reached the Mediterranean to Join the British battle fleet there. - There is no officiul confirma tion of cither statement. jISKA Is raided again today the 18th time In three days. Returning pilots roport little re sistance encountered Including (possibly) that' tho enemy gar rison there may already bo feel ing tho pinch of our blockade from Allu. ( Naval observers (unnamed) express, the belief - that U. S, (Continued on Pago Three) JONES TAKES OVER DAVIS' Subsidy Quarrel Said Reason WFA Chief Quit Post WASHINGTON. June 28 Wi President Roosevelt accepted to duy the resignation of Chester C. Davis, as war food administrator mid apointed Marvin Jones as his successor. Dnvls had proposed to serve until the general 1844 food pro duction program had been form ulated and announced, but the president mado tho change cf leetlvo earlier, asserting that culling on a new man to admin ister a Davis program would amount to dividing authority. . Raatons Givan Davis submitted his letter of resignation June 16 for two prin cipal reasons. He said: "I find that I have assumed a public responsibility while the authority, not only over broad food policy, but day-by-day ac tions, Is being exercised else where. "You must have In my place a man who can wholeheartedly advocate and defend the pro continued on Page Three) Chennault Sees Decisive Air Blows at Japan AT U. S. 14TH AAF HEAD QUARTERS IN CHINA. June 27 (Delayed) (Pi MaJ. Gen. Claire L. Chennault declared today at his first press conference since returning from vital discussions In Washington, "I anticipate that Japan will receive very heavy blows, if not decisive ones, with in a reasonahlo time." The general declined to spec ify what he meant by a reason able time, but said "I was great ly encouraged by tho attitude of the people and tho authorities back home.'' Chennault looked better than he has In months. He puffed steadily on a pipe during the in terview. "We aren't forgotten men out here by any means," he said. "Tho president and military leaders are carefully planning to use American resources and manpower in the true global sense. Duo to careful planning and coordination of efforts with our allies, certain priorities arc necessary In the various theaters of combut. The war with Japan is certainly receiving the deepest consideration." M OOD JOB Enough Synthetic Rubber for Civilian Use by Year's End, Predicted by Jones WASHINGTON, Juno 18 (P) America's $700,000,000 rubber lr...'try by the end of this year will be capable of meeting all essential civilian as well as military requirements, Com merce Secretary Jones said to day. Manufacturing capacity of the 40 plants throughout the country by December will bo in excess of 800,000 tons a year "which is more thato wo have over used and sufficient for our essential purposes," Jones de clared In an address prepared for a "Mado- in America Rub ber" luncheon at Houston, Tex. Telephoned from Washington, his address wrs broadcast over a Texas state network. Reporting on his pre-war stockpiling program, Jones de clared: Government Protection "About this time in 1040, 18 .months before we were drawn Bombards City Owner Profited By This Theft ALBANY, June 28 UP) Marvin Smith told police his cur had been stolen but tho thief couldn't get fur because the tank held only two gul Ions of gasoline. Tho automobile was found later in Lebanon with its tank full of gas. s De Gaulle Told Allied Invasion Must Not Be Hampered By KIRKE L. SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Juno 28 UP) Gen. Charles de Gaulle and his adherents had unofficial but emphatic notice today that the allied commander in French Africa charged with final I preparations for an assault on j axis-held Europe will brook no interference due to French poli tical controversies. An exposition of Anglo American policy and purposes made available to this writer by such informants and in such circumstances as to leave no doubt as to its authenticity makes it clear that General Eisenhower will be firmly sup ported by both governments In whatever additional steps he finds It necessary to take to se cure his communication lines, avert delay In using the French African bases for aggressive ac tion against the enemy and, above all, reduce the hazards to American, British and French forces under his command. First Stap The allied commander took the first step when he insisted to the French committee for national liberation at Algiers that Gen. Henri Giraud must (Continued on Pace Three) New Yorlcer Pleads Guilty To Espionage NEW YORK, June 28 OP) Ernest Frederick Lehmitz, 57, pleaded guilty today before U. S. Commissioner Martin C. Epstein in Brooklyn to FBI charges that he gathered information on troop movements, convoys and arma ment production for the nazl in telligence system while serving as an air raid warden in Tom piksvillc, Statcn Island. A withered-faced man in old clothes, Lehmitz told Epstein in an even voice that he pleaded guilty to the FBI charges and was ordered held on $50,000 (Continued on Page Thrco) into the war, your government began protecting our rubber supply. In July, 1040, President Roosevelt asked the RFC (Re construction Finance Corpora tion) to build up a stockpile of rubber. Between that time and tho capture of the Dutch. East Indies by the Japanese, we bought every pound of rubber wc could possibly get. ' "As a result, when we en tered the war, we had accumu lated the largest rubber stock pile tho world has ever known. Wo have drawn upon that stockpile for all our essential needs, as well as for those of the United Nations, and we still have several hundred thousand tons. We have been stimulating the production of natural rubber in South and Central America and in Africa by every means possible, and we arc getting some natural rubber from these and other sources.' T SHELLS Shrapnel Hurts Four In Colorado Town GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., June 23 (Pi Residents of this inland city dug Jagged shrapnel from their yards and the walls of buildings today as souvenirs of a terrifying four-hour bom bardment from munitions set off by a freight train fire. At least four persons were in jured yesterday by particles of high-powered shells, some of which hurtled a mile from the siding where the blazing cars were Isolated by trainmen. - Fire Chief Charles Downing's right arm, torn by shell frag ments, was amputated. He was given two blood transfusions. Shrapnel Flits A piece of the flying metal struck Bob Walraven, railroad workman, while he stood on a freight caboose half a mile from the fire. He suffered a possible Jaw .fracture.-Shrapnel also In jur ed Mrs. Virginia Buckley and Henry Tebo, a fireman. Denver and Rio Grande rail road officials said today the fire Was caused by sparks flying from a defective brake Just as the freight train pulled into town about 2 a. m. Charp reports (Continued on Page Three) Air Force Ready For Offensive, Says General A U. S. AAF BASE IN BRIT AIN. June 28 UP) Maj. Gen. Henry F. Miller, head of the U. S. army's eighth air force service command, declared today that "we are definitely set for a great new flow of planes to this theater for the increased offen sive against Germany." "We have plenty of bombs, In cluding 4000-poundcrs," General Miller said in a press conference after he bestowed on four offi cers and one enlisted man the first awards for valor ever pre sented members of the eighth air force service command, whose Job is to keep the air force fighting. "Our supplies are more than adequate. "And we are ready to meet de mands for a step-up by 45 per cent of the bomb load on Ger many if called for." This, was a reference to re ports from Washington that the allies were planning a 45 per cent Increase in the tonnage for the offensive by the end of July Of the synthetic program, the commerce secretary said "the task has not been an easy one. Those in charge of the program have had to overcome not only such problems as shortages of material and manpower, but also the confusion created by critics who sought not always unselfishly to question means (Continued on Page Three) BLAZING RAIN THROWS BUILDINGS Red Means Stop, Say Police . "Red is stop, yellow is cau tion, and green is go-ahead." These three simple rules should be memorized' ' by the motoring public according to city police who are having a difficult time making drivers remember that the red light, on full, or on blinker, means to come to a full stop. Several arrests have been Queen t ' ,( 4 ' S ' ' ' ' I '" 4 t V ... L, ' , .' ' A,- V' A" Faith Huniiker, crowned quean of the Buckaroo Days Sat urday night rules here from a throne oi lumber at the Ewauna box company where aktt .works, , ,i, . , , , . j KJ, y ,, Buckaroo Queen Faith was chosen Sat urday night to rule over Klam ath's Buckaroo Days. The black haired queen was selected by a committee of three . Judges , at the queen's ball, and was crowned with a red, white and blue crown by O. D. Matthews, president of the celebration. Dressed In a white formal with a red Jacket, .Faith Hunzi ker, sponsored by the Soropti- Seven Raids Batter Nippo Camp on Kiska WASHINGTON, June 28 iP) American bombers, blasting Kis ka. in seven raids, started large fires in the Japanese camp area and damaged anti-aircraft em placements at that Aleutian is lands enemy outpost, the navy reported today. . The attacks, by heavy and me dium bombers, escorted by swift fighting planes, came in a batter ing scries on Saturday, and brought to 16 the number of times Kiska had been struck in three days. The navy also reported six South Pacific aerial attacks. with damaging hits of Japanese bases, at Kalily, Rekata bay, Mund, Vila and Ballale in the Solomon islands. Reds Capture Finns In Hand Fighting LONDON, June 28 (IP) Red army troops captured a Finninsh strong point in hand-to-hand combat in a brief flare-up on the Karelian Isthmus last night, the Russian noon communique broadcast by tho Moscow radio and recorded by the soviet mon itor announced today. Elsewhere on the Russian front it was quiet with Intermit tent .exchanges of artillery fire resulting in the destruction of German machine-gun nests and blockhouses. Soviet airmen shot down three planes, the war bul letin said. made ' by city traffic officers during the past week when mo torists were observed to run a blinking red light. Traffic men report that the motorists arc in terpreting the blinking light as a caution. Definitely, it is ad vised" by the boys on the motor tycles, that red, in any form, is a full stop. . , . . Faith imciirtr Hii,-.i I n sii v.- ... j -a Days" Queen mists, said she was "thrilled and surprised" when she heard of the judges' decision. -Princesses Princesses for the celebration will be Barbara 'Adams, Patty Croup, Dean Hamilton, Noweta Havinear and Betty Lombard. Judges selecting the queen were Mrs. Winnifred K. Gillen Dr. S. F. Scott and Jim Kerns, Jr. Over $1000 was taken in at the dance Saturday night, ac cording to Bernie Heidemann, captain of the Commandos who are in charge of the two balls for the Fourth of July celebra tion. Captain Heidemann ex pressed the hope that proceeds would be as great from the' ro deo dance on July 3. Works at Ewauna Queen Faith is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hun ziker, 2709 Derby, of Klamath Falls. She is employed as an in voice clerk at Ewauna box com pany. Miss Hunziker graduated from Klamath Union high school in 1939, where she ma jored in dramatics and was ac tive in school affairs. She is en gaged to Howard Biehn, now in Florida. The rodeo this year will be held July 4 and 5. Headquart ers are at 315 South Sixth street and tickets are now on sale there. Box seats are $2, re served seats $1.50, general ad mission, $1. Soldiers in uniform are admitted for 50 cents, and children 20 cents. Tickets may be obtained at the headquarters,. or by phoning 6921. ' Mines Damage, Sink Over 400 Enemy Vessels " LONDON, June 28 (P) The British announced officially to night that "not less than" . 400 axis warships, supply ships and small craft have been sunk or damaged by mines laid in Euro pean waters since the war began. ' A joint communique from the admiralty and the air min istry said the true figure prob ably was considerably higher than .400, since the nature of mining operations obscured many results. The statement said more than 70 per cent of the shipping damaged by mines were vic tims of the explosives laid by aircraft. Other mines . were ; , (Continued on age three) U. S. Explosives Alash Enemy In France, Greece Liberators Start Fires Near Athens By GEORGE TUCKER CAIRO, June 28 JP V. S. ninth air force Liberators shat tered axis hangars, pitted run ways and started fires at two air dromes near Athens yesterday in a powerful follow-up to the Thursday raid at Salonika which opened the trans-Mediterranean aerial offensive against German ALLIED HEADQUART ERS IN NORTH AFRICA, June 28 UP) Wellington bombers of the North African air forces dropped bombs in the dock area and ea indus trial plants of Naples In aa attack Saturday night, allied headquarters announced to day. . .. The Italian Sunday com munique prerieusly disclosed that the Naples area had been the obiectWe ol a Satur day night raid, and asserted - that oaly slight damage had been done. ad?alaTh'9c!5,-th,e'f' kans, it-was announced today; High explosives were loosed effectively at the air fields of both Elevsis, 10 miles west of Athens, and. Hassani,. southeast of the capitol, and allied leaflets were showered over the entire area. . Bolster Greeks The leaflets carried a tribute from President Roosevelt to the fighting courage and spirit of the Greek people and expressed hope that the day of their de liverance was not too far away. It also told the Greeks of the presentation of an anti-submarine patrol ship, the PC-622, to the government-in-exile or King George II by the United States under lease-lend arrangements June 10. Despite savage efforts by de fense forces to break up the raids, the four-engined bombers (Continued on Page- Three) Eight More Jap Ships Destroyed By U. S. Subs WASHINGTON. June 28 (P) Destruction of eight Japanese ships, including a destroyer and a mine layer, and damaging of three other enemy vessels by American submarines raiding Japanese shipping lanes in the Pacific was reported today by the navy. The bag brought to 269 the number of Japanese ships sunk, damaged or probably sunk by American submarine action since the war began. Those figures include 190 ships sunk, 29 prob ably sunk and 50 damaged. Miners Shuffle to Pits; Hard Coal Situation Bad PITTSBURGH, . June 28 (IP) More men Uooped back to the mines in the Appalachian coal region today but the task of re storing full shifts in some sec tions, especially the great Penn sylvania producing field, took on the aspect of a slow process. The "go-to-work" campaign put more miners on the job in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois and western Pennsylvania but the situation in the anthracite fields of eastern Pennsylvania grew worse with a majority of the hard coal miners idle. Many Alabama miners also failed to go back. 156.000 Idle . Although the figures could not be definitely conclusive because of individual absenteeism and other factors, today's reports from the field indicated at least 156,000 miners of the country's half .million were idle. Last Heavies Hit Nazi Targets Over Channel LONDON, June 28 CP) A large force of United States heavy bombers attacked targets in France late today. The first brief announcement from headquarters of the Euro pean theatre of operations of the United States army did not specify targets and gave no de tails on losses and air victories. Round-the-Clock The action, part of a round-the-clock aerial offensive of heightening intensity, followed a morning sweep in which RAF Spitfires and Typhoons sank two German ships, forced an other to beach, and stopped three others off the Dutch coast. These vessels were attacked in waves and the final wave of fliers also attacked ships, be lieved to be tugs, trying to aid the convoy. One RAF plane was lost, the air ministry announc ed, in contast to the German high command's claim that, nine were shot down. The Germans also i asserted that the convoy suifered-oniy "minor damage. . The drum of the multi-en-gined machines continued for several minutes as the big for mation headed toward the con tinent between Boulogne and Calais. i Strike Inland . Coastal watchers said the force - apparently had struck deep Inland because no bombs were heard on this side. The RAF employed Typhoons and Hurricanes against the Ger man convoy, found sailing in a line, the- air ministry said. ' Hurtling through intense anti-aircraft fire, fighters closed in to 500 or 600 yards with guns blazing in the initial at tack on the convoy. An explo sion and yellow flames suggest ing an ammunition fire burst cut of one 800-ton ship, which was beached, the air ministry said. Ships Sunk . One pilot saw a 600-ton ship (Continued on Page Three) Fighter Plane Bond Contest Standings Henley $ 46,151.25 Keno 40,310.00 Malin 39,053.75 Merrill .. 34,516.25 Sprague River 25,227.50 Gilchrist 13,031.25 Chiloquin-Fort Klamath 8,421.25 Bonanza 6,572.50 Bly-Beatty 4,940.00 Total..... ....$218,213.75 week's estimates placed the num ber at more than 200,000. Out of the 200,000 miners in Pennsylvania,. it was unofficially estimated from union and oper ator sources that 110,000 were still idle. This included 58,000 in the hard coal fields and 52,000 in the western Pennsylvania soft coal fields. - Soft Coal Better Although the number of hard coal miners not working in creased from last week, the bi tuminous figures for western Pennsylvania represented an in crease of nearly , 20,000 in the number of working miners,' Scattered walkouts which had kept West Virginia's coal produc tion b'eiow normal ended in south ern counties but broke out anew in the Barbour-Taylor county fields in the north. UMW lead ers .said they would , meet with (Continued on Page jThree) ,
