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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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reached some 7000 employes in
the basin area.
Officers
Officers of the Klamath Medi
cal Service bureau are: Dr.
Ralph W. Stearns, president; Dr.
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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
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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." . .
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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-
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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'
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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