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Newspaper Page Text" iiiKirK-Wnf ItAAjB cko On 5-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles ( the signal for blackout In KUmath . rails. Another long blail, during a black out, la a algnal lor all-clear. In ,rocau. tlonary parlodi, watch your atrial llghti. Jun 3 High SS, tow St Precipitation aa of Juna 23, 1(43 Btraam year to data :....,.... 17.74 Lilt vM 13. H Normal 1 I 71 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES . . -irii-ini-innnnrinn.ni PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1943 Number 9837 UMll 'M.V:i!l.'M 'l"M A II VII! CI A.I.!.IIMAINft IMl (f N U j UVL V J MB nvasion liiliTnviT il;!)!i!lfii.''';:!i:,i':-i'ii: ill IP, I fit ii:i..;: Vt ir:li!' ,il ! li!l'iW !"';l'i Ill liflii Hi ii ill it!;; iNewsf! il!ii;'i!iii!i:;''Mi:!l;,i;!!'! 'i'tttliil'ii-'!. By TRANK JENKINS TVE'RE starting something in llio Solomon Junt what not evident at this la written. Tho navy announces tcxluy a landing on Rcndova Inland, fivo miles ou til of Mundu, where the Jnpa have an air field. Tho Inland la atrpply moiintniiiou and lacka a good harbor or other particularly valuable strategic characteristics, (uiitfoting that tho fighting there may be merely a screening operation for mint thing else. At lo that, we'll have to wait for more ncwi. CHURCHILL makca a speech today at a colorful cere mony In London's bomb-black-cned, ancient Gulldlmll that has almost the flavor of a celebra tion. When Churchill speaks, it Is always world news. It Is news becauMi the picture ha paint is DEPENDABLE. He never indulges In overstatement to mak u-fal good or in under statement to keep us from feeling TOO good. LIE says heavy fighting In the Mediterranean and else where Is probable "before the leaves of autumn full." That statement Is directed at Mussolini. Just beforo Churchill spoke, Foreign Secretary Eden, in a speech to tho house of com mons, hud advised Mussolini to "accept tho unconditional sur render terms offered to him." Churchill adds that Italy has so far been subjected lo only "preliminary and discursive" bombardments. What ho means is that tho Italians "ain't seen nothln' yet." AS to the air war In Germany, he says the "mighty arms" of Uie British and U. S. air forces will "lengthen b'y night and by day," seeking out more industrial and military targets with "exterminating force" and that "when the major cities of Germany are disposed of wo will follow tho war Industry of the rcich to the smaller towns." II E then adds that (he RAF alono In tho first six months of this year has dumped on Ger many 82,000 TONS of explosive while In the same period Ger many has been able to drop on England no more than 1300 10114 at a cost of 24S planes. That's significant. No one can doubt that In these months the Germans would have bombed England as hard as we're bomb ing thorn IF THEY COULD. LIE brings us up to date on the submarine war, reporting ( that 30 U-boats were certainly destroyed in May and that Juno has been the "best month wc have ever known In tho war." Ho adds that since mid-May "scarcely a single allied mer chant ship" has been sunk in tho whole of the north Atlantic and that our present building capacity is far in excess of our prtfscnt losses. UE reasserts that the allies "demand from the niizis and the fascists and the Jap tyrants unconditional surrender." Then, for our special benefit, ho adds: "Every man, every ship and every airplane in the king's serv ice that can bo moved to tho PACIFIC will be sent there for AS MANY YEARS as arc need ed to make the Japs in their turn submit or bito tho dust." JJRITISH and U. S. air head quarters announce today that a COMPLETE AIR UMBRELLA has been established over the Sicilian strait, REOPENING the (Continued on Page Five) 97 fl Autumn to See Heavy Fighting Says Churchill By HENRY B. JAMESON LONDON, Juno 30 (AP) Prime Minister Churchill in a firm, confident speech declared today that "very probitlily there will be heavy fighting in tho Mediterran ean and elsewhere before tho leaven of autumn fall." Ho promised tho Germans that the mighty arms of the British and United States air forces "will lengthen by night and by day," seeking out more industrial and military targets with "exterminating force," and when the major cities of Germany nro disposed of "we will fol low the war industry of the reich to the smaller towns." Subs Destroyed EROUTLI Willamette V Highway Improvements. Desired Post-war plans which Include slate highway in the Klamath area, were outlined before the board of directors of Klamath county chamber of commerce L ndon Wednesday by' T. B. Wal ters, chairman of the chamber roads and highways committee. The board accepted the road pro urn m which, in turn, will be -submitted to tho state highway com mission when that body is In Klamath Falls somctimo during the month of July. Construction desired Is the im provement of the Willamette (Continued on Page Two) Wildcat Coal Strikes Lower Steel Production PITTSBURGH. June 30 W) War-vital steel mills in south western Pennsylvania's "Victory Valley" arc operating at the low est over-all production level In more than three years because of the wildcat coal strike, which has withheld several million tons of bituminous coal and coke from the industry's stock piles, Indus try leaders reported today. Production was placed at 78 per cent of theoretical capacity by Dow Jones, financial news agoncy, after a survey of indiv Iriuol companies. The index was 95 per cent last week and 100 per cent the preceding week. Although only 139,000 of John L. Lewis' 521.000 United Mine Workers' members were Idle today compared with some 250.000 lost week, the steel Index had dropped because of delayed effects of the walkout. Approxi mately 100,000 of the strikers arc In Pennsylvania. Klamath Medical Service Purchases Hillside Hospital From Dr. Merryman Purchase of Hillside hospital from Dr. Gcorgo H. Merryman Sr., and associates, was an nounced Wednesday by . the Klamath Medical Service bu reau. Operation of the hospital will be taken over by the bu reau, effective July 1. This was the statement made today by Joe L. Hicks, manager of the Klamath Medical Service bureau. Consideration was given as $100,000. Considered Long Acquisition of hospital facili ties for convenience of the medi cal service has been considered for the past six months. The hospital more than meets the bureau needs, Hicks pointed out, and Hillside will continue to serve tho general public as in the past. The name Hillside, will be retained. Hillside hospital was opened by Dr. Merryman on May 1, 1029, and conducted as a general inted In the sea war, lie disclosed that more than 30 submarines were certainly destroyed in May and that the destruction contin ues with June "the best month we have ever known in the war." The Germans, Churchill de clared.' made "extreme exer tions". In May to halt convoys from the United States to Brit ain, sending out "long lines of U-boats." But they were met by allied sea forces and the fight ing ended "in the total defeat of the U-boat attack." Churchill's prediction of heavy fighting In the Mediterranean came after Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, In commons, had called upon Mussolini ''to accept the unconditional surrender terms offered to him." Italian Invasion Italy, as yet subjected only to "preliminary and discursive bombardments," already is won dering where the blow of invas ion will fall, Churchill said, while Hitler's worry over those allied plans for assault "may have led lo the remurkabje long delay of opening the prom ised German offensive against Russia. "It is no part of our interest to relieve that anxiety," he re marked. The prime minister spoke after a ceremony honoring him In the fire-blackened Guild Hall in the heart of London. Demand Surrender He announced again that the allies "demand from the nazis and fascists and Japanese tyrants unconditional surrender," and declared: "Every man, every ship and every airplane in the king's scrv (Continued on Pago Two) IWA Wins McCloud Labor Election The International Woodwork ers of America won the labor election at the McCloud Lum ber company. Results of the election wore IWA 302, no union 177. Consent election hearings will be held Wednesday at the Shel don Logging company at Grass Lake. Consent election hearings will also be held at Shaw Lum ber company in Tioncsta. hospital equipped for industrial as well as maternity service and general care. The hospital has a capacity of 60 beds and is ac credited by the American Col lege of Surgeons. Lyle Resigns . Mrs. Ruby Lyle, who has served as superintendent of Hill side since its organization has resigned and will takcjwell earned rest in southern Califor nia. Business manager will be Joe L. Hicks and the hospital staff, as it now stands, will be retained. On January 2, 1940, 32 Klam ath county physicians and sur geons met to complete met to complete the organization of the Klamath Medical Service bureau for the purpose of rendering pre paid medical service to employe groups. This was the third such group formed in the state. Since that time the bureau- has gradu ally acquired subscriber groups until - the membership has !nj.lUiit.a..i... To Roboul luin. ihortlond, 200mM Munde, Koiombengore end Rtkate npwttdly reidW by U. S.-Autrlioti Hyen J0U0AINVILLI paeiile 0cM. -'T Vs CHOISlUt V MttOTBinrcre - v S NIW CHOW . '-TV GEORGIA -a, fat I, 1 lottU et Cope I tipriic; Jtpt low t worships )'rtIU H.l. tai Guedalceiwl ifiMocToih cettiwf fo 28 warships 1 1 S- L 1 1 i Allf Wlpt out ell Jap rtiittanct oa Guodolconol; another elr borfU roporfod here $3) American forces ware reported today to hire made landing on Rendova Island shown on the map above just south of Munda la the central Solomons in the Maw Georgia group. The strategic intent of the move is not fully apparent and details from the nary are lacking. Veto of Credit Bil With Rollback . Ban Seen vf.- WASHINGTON, June 30 (4) The senate stamped final congresslbnal aoproval today on administration-opposed leg islation to ban payments of subsidies to reduce food prices and sent it to an uncertain fate at the hands of President Roosevelt. WASHINGTON. June SO (P) Demonstrating anew congression al dissatisfaction with wartime operations on the home front, the house voted overwhelmingly again today to outlaw govern mcnt subsidy payments for roll backs of retail food prices. The standing vote was 160 to 32. The senate was ready to act next on the house-senate confer ence committee's reconditioned (Continued on Page Two) Dehydration Plant Assured For Count Assurance that Klamath coun ty, and possibly Klamath Falls, would have a dehydration plant here before the harvest season, was given by Earl Pearcy and G. W. Byers, industrial engi neers, who are in this area com pleting a survey and obtaining pre-constructlon data needed for the plant as proposed by Paulus brothers of Salem. Report on the plans as they are proceeding was made at the (Continued on Page Two) reached some 7000 employes in the basin area. Officers Officers of the Klamath Medi cal Service bureau are: Dr. Ralph W. Stearns, president; Dr. (Continued on Page Three) Eden J)emands Surrender By E. C. DANIEL LONDON, June 30 (P) For eign Secretary Anthony Eden called upon Mussolini today "to accept the unconditional surren der offered to him," and said Britain has not and does not in tend to approach Italy regarding the question of bombing Rome. Addressing commons, Eden de clared "I think it would be in the interests of humanity if Signor Mussolini was to realize that the best thing he can do for his country is to accept the uncondi Scene of Latest Move on Japs NIW Gil, Mortftby' Coral xi GiMMlconolf Tuwffi; fo finks 4 llie)J craiun In tMttU of $ IiIoimJ - gb .IUMII SANTA f r "-f-OGUADAlCANAl, 1 I Mtndtrton i-, - v I eaisTosAL-yk s lllonii r 1 Byrnes Attempts Mediation Of Wallace- Jones Battle By The Associated Press ' WASHINGTON, June 30 (P) James F. Byrnes, the man as signed to unify the home front. called together today Vice Presi dent Wallace and Secretary of Commercer Jones to discuss their vJgorAus quarrel -over - stockpil ing war ireamaW-'" J The chief of the office of war mobilization said he asked the two principals to come to his White House office at 1 p. m., PWT, to talk over their case Makes Progress Byrnes told a press conference that he had made some progress in dissolving a number of inter governmental differences, but that he knew that "as long as men with strong convictions are Rail, Industry Center Blasted By U. S. Bombs By LEO BRANHAM LONDON, June 30 (IP) Fly ing through a heavy overcast and encountering weak enemy fighter opposition, a strong force of American heavy bombers at tacked the railway and indus trial center of Le Mans, France, last evening and returned with out loss. It was the first time the U. S. eighth air force had struck at this city, site of large airplane engine works which were bombed twice in March by the RAF. The communique gave no re sults of the American raid, ap parently because a solid cloud blanket made observation dif ficult. Many of the big bombers re turned to their bases with all bombs on their racks rather than jettison them, it was reported. The foray was the first since May 4, when the U. S.- fliers raided Antwerp, that the Amer ican fliers had come back across the channel without loss of a plane. Le Mans is the site of a monu ment to the memory of Wilbur Wright, who with his brother Orville built and flew the first practical airplane. They made some of their first European flights in the vicinity of Le Mans, Wilbur died in 1912. His broth er still is living. tional surendcr terms offered to him." Leaflets urging surrender have been dropped upon Italian cities by allied planes in recent raids, and unconditional surren der was set at the Casablanca conference as the peace terms for the axis. Eden told the cheering house that "we would not hesitate to bomb Rome, to the best of our ability and as heavily as possible if the course of the war should render such an action conveni ent and helpful." . . Pacific Ocean ebeul2 7 . Guitfikmil Site Crui It. Sea Mill too U.I. Boh Jop late STEWART IS 1 U. S. MTal fore Ifhwort Jop Menkina thrust horo; I Amoricen corrior Horntt sunk A SANTA CRUZ IS. VltVtpll-au, warships. pianos hit Joes rointorclne Guadalcanal. BI2MB-U. S aircraft corrior Wosploot in the departments there will be differences of opinion. Wallace charged yesterday that Jones and the reconstruc tion finance corporation had hampered the work of the board $t economic warfare; of Which tnc vice president is cnajrman pHd spoke of "hamstringing' and bureaucratic operations. He accused the commerce secretary of failing to build up stockpiles of vital war goods. . Malice, Mis-Statements Jones replied that Wallace's statement was full of malice and mis-statements. . Although he is assigned to help smooth out differences aris ing in the executive branch of the government, F.yrnes said he had not seen Wallace's statement in advance or known ahead of time it would be issued. He laughed when reporters asked whether they could ar range for a round-by round ac count of his meeting with the vice president and cabinet mem ber. Attempts Mediation Byrnes said he definitely in tended to try to dissolve govern mental differences, when he heard of them, and said he al- (Continued on Page Two) Purses Upped in Buckaroo Days Rodeo, Races Purses offered at the two-day rodeo slated for July 4 and 5 by Klamath Buckaroo Days, have been upped considerably and directors feel it will be worth a cowhand's time to enter arena events as the offers now stand. In the best reined cow horse class, a favorite with cow pony owners in the Klamath basin, the original purse of $50 has been increased to $300. The rodeo committee added another $50 and purses of $100 each were made up by Jack McAuliffe of Fort Klamath and Ernest Pad' (Continued on Page Two) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Chicago 6 11 0 Boston ..........2 7 0 Bithorn and McCullough; An drews, Odom (1), Salvo (8) and Kluttz. R. H. E. St. Louis 3 7 2 New York 4 9 2 Krist, Dickson (7), M. Cooper (8) and W. Cooper; Melton, Adams (9) and Lombardi. R. H. E. Cincinnati ..... v 0 4 1 Brooklyn S 10 0 Vandermeer and Mueller; Davis and Owen. COAST LEAGUE R. H. E. Seattle 0 3 0 Los Angeles 5 10 0 Speece, Y e 1 o v i c (7) and Sueme, Bonarigo (8); Phipps and Holm. : T Troops Atake Lo radii rag odd JcapLeiradlovca WASHINGTON, June 30 (AP) The navy announced! today that combined American forces have landed on Ren dova island in the central Solomons, in what appeared to be the first stage of a new offensive operation against Japanese positions in the South Pacific. ' The navy communique No. 428 said : "South Pacific: (All dates are East Longitude). "1. On June 30th during the early morning, United States forces landed on Rendova island, New Georgia group. No details have been . Landing Opposed The Japanese have had instal lations on the island and pre sumably the landing either was opposed or, if accomplished by surprise, developed into fighting shortly afterward. The strategic intent of the American move except for . its generally offensive nature in ad vancing American positions in the Solomons 110 miles north west of the outpost in the Russell islands, was not fully apparent. South of Munda Rendova's most obvious mili tary characteristic is that it lies only about five miles south of Munda where the Japanese late last year developed an air base. However, at the time the base was nearing completion it was brought under heavy American bombardment and has been reg ularly assaulted from the air since then so that navy spokes vy spokes - men have recenuy-.fi war virtually useless to the en emy. The American aim could be to take Munda for further allied operations against either- Bou gainville, the main enemy-held island in the northwestern Solo mons or against Rabaul which lies still further to the west. Screening Move Another possibility speculated on here was that the move (Continued on Page Two) Soviet Airmen Blast German Troop Moves "MOSCOW, June 30 (P) Rus sian bombers have attacked nazi-held Taman on the Sea of Azov two nights in succession, and military observers here con cluded that the Germans are moving fresh troops through that port for possible offensive action on the Taman peninsula and in the Kuban delta. . Soviet aviation is being used extensively to upset German plans for an offensive all along the eastern front, and the fact that it now appears to be con centrating on Taman is consid ered significant. There has been only sporadic action in the Ku ban for many weeks. (The German radio in its Wednesday communique made no mention of the soviet air at tack on Taman. It announced the destruction by air bombs of a soviet patrol vessel off No vorossisk in the Black sea. the torpedoing of two ships aggre gating 2000 gross tons and the sinking of a Russian gunboat in a "naval encounter" in the same area). Axis Tense Under Invasion Threats; Riots Reported By JAMES F. KING LONDON, June 30 (IP) Seething hatred of axis occupa tion forces was reported today to have erupted into extensive and bloody riots in Athens and other Greek cities as the ever present threat of an allied inva sion kept tension high through out Europe. Turkish dispatches last night said the street disorders broke out Sunday, and a Greek source in Ankara expressed the view they undoubtedly were touched off by the heartening effect of American air raids last week on airfields near Salonika and Athens. Rioters Shot The axis took quick and ruth less countermeasures against the Greek rioters, an informed Bal kan source reported... Hundreds received. ' LINK WITH SICILY RAF Hits Ferry Bases On Island and Mainland Br NOLAN NORGAARD ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, June 30 m British bombers struck concert ed blows at both ends of Sicily's vital railroad ferry to the Italian mainland Monday night Heavy weights from the middle east commandspraad- explosives on 1 cornmanc land terminus at Reggio Calabria while two-engined Well ingtons from, northwest Africa renewed the attack on battered Messina just across the two-mile) strait . . ' Announcement of the double barrelled attack was accompan ied by an official statement front U. S. and British air headquar ters that a "complete air um brella" now has been establish ed over the Mediterranean be tween North Africa and Sicily, reopening the sea to allied ship ping. "Now the -whole of the MedU terranean from Gibraltar to Sues will be open to our shipping," the statement said, "bringing Alexandria within little mora than 3000 miles of England by comparison with the 12,000-mila route around the cape by which our middle east forces formerly had to be supplied and months (Continued on Page Two) BULLETIN Arden Fugaie, well known Merrill rancher, was 'critically Injured shortly after 1:30 p. m. Wednesday when a car driven by Tim T. Sullivan, also of the Merrill district overturned on the highway one and one-half miles east of Malin. Fugate is in Klamath Valley hospital. Sullivan said they were coming into Klamath Falls when something went wrong with the steering apparatus and the ma chine overturned, throwing Fu gate clear. Joe Steele brought the men into Merrill where Dr. F. E. Trotman treated Fugate. Ward's ambulance brought the injured man to the hospital. Sullivan was uninjured. of the demonstrators were be lieved scheduled for the firing squad. This source said the demon strations centered in Athens and Salonika, upon which American air raiders last week showered thousands of leaflets containing an encouraging message from President Roosevelt, and in Vo los and Larisa, near the east coast. Balkan Thrust Other reports to Ankara meanwhile said the axis was preparing for an allied thrust into the Balkans. A German motorized division was said to be taking up posts along the Salonika peninsula, and a German news agency re ported the Rumanian cabinet had decided upon partial evacu- (Continued on Pas Three)