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IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
NEA FEATURES
PRICE FIVE CENTS
KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1943
Number 9835
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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