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By FRANK JENKINS
AS gucasod ycslerdoy, the fight
In tho Solomons It a big one.
Washington dlspulchcs (nil the
newt comn to Washington first)
refer to It bi a "vaat ollled of
fensive" aimed at tho heart of
Jupun's southwest Pacific de
fense!, and "Informed observer'1
(a war term coined to Include
men who KNOW but cun't let
their namei be used) think it Is
likely to be the spark thnt may
touch off another momentous
and possibly decisive naval fight.
These men express the belief
that the Tokyo warlords can't
much longer avoid nn open test
of sea-power if they hope to
stem our new attack.
"THEY think the Japs may now
be compelled to throw bottle
ship, aircraft carriers, cruisers,
destroyers and submarines tho
whole range of sea power Into
a MAJOR countcr-of fensivo
against us.
The new offensive is a co
ordinated operation, in which all
our army and navy forces aro
participating, under the supremo
command of MocArthur.
AS to accomplishments so fur,
War Secretary Stimson
(usually dependable) suys tills
morning: "Reports are incom
j plate, but satisfactory progress
apparently . has- already .. been
made." .
AS nearly as can be pieced to
gother from tho dispatches
this morning. It Is a three
prongod atlack, with landings
made on Rendova Island and
nearby New Georgia, on the un
occupied Trobriand and Wood
lark groups of Islands, and at
Nassau bay, car Salamaua, in
New Guinea.
Your map will indicate to you
that tho landings were mode on
a practically straight front run
ning almost due cast ond west
from New Gcorglu to Sulamauu
a distance of soma 700 to 80U
miles.
THE only fight of which we
have anything like a clear ac
count was at Rendova and Vim
I Irorbor. Wo TOOK Vlru village,
' which Is a shallow harbor some
40 miles northwest of tho Jap
airfield at Munda and used by
tho Japs to land supplies.
What happened at Rendova
only five miles and therefore
within easy artillery range of
tho Jap airfield isn't wholly
clear from scattered reports as
this Is written.
QUR men started ashoro at
dawn from naval transports.
Tho Japs counter-attacked Im
mediately with 110 planes of all
types, of which 65, or more than
half, wore shot down by our
planes and the antl-iiircraft bat
teries of our supporting naval
vessels.
Seventeen of our planes failed
to return from Iho fight, and wo
lost ONE transport tho Me
k Cawlcy, which was hit and dia
abled by Jap torpedo planes
AFTER she had put her troops
ashore and was later finished
off by a Jop submarine. Tho
dispatches report that all tho
transport's porsonncl were re
moved before she sank and NO
LIVES were lost In tho sinking.
That's about all tho definite
news from Rendova,
yT tho sumo time at Nassau
Bay, near SnlnmniiH, 730
miles to the west of Rendova
we started putting men ashore
from transports in landing
barges guarded by motor trans
ports. They got ashore and started
Into the jungle toward Mubo, 12
miles Inland, where our troops
that had come up from Port
Moresby largely by air transport,
have been fighting tho Jops for
months. ; -.
Tho Japs In between aro ap
parently caught . between two
fires
Meanwhile landings had been
made on ' the unoccupied Tro
briand .. and ..Woodlark island
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Four Axis Air Fields
Hit Without
Opposition
By NOLAND NORCAARO
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA, July 1 W)
United States bombers and
fighter-bomber of the northwest
African air forco blasted Paler
mo and four axis air fields on
Sicily yesterday, virtually with
out opposition from enemy fight
ers, It was announced today.
(Tlio Italian high command
communique, broadcast from
Rome 'and recorded by The As
sociated Press, reported "great
damage and muny casualties" at
Palermo, a port of northwest
Sicily. Sardinian targets also
were attacked, the communique
said. Fires were reported start
ed and several " buildinga de
stroyed In Cagliari.
Bubs Continue Pressure
(Submarine pressure upon
axis supply lines continued. Tho
London admiralty announced
that British submarines had de
stroyed a fast transport and
three supply vessels and prob
ably had sunk a fifth ship in
Italian waters, boosting to mora
than 20 tho number of enemy
craft sunk or damaged In the
Mediterranean during the last
week.) ... , : '
The -attacks "by 'Flying Fort
resses, Mitchells, Marauders,
Warhawks and Lightnings came
after RAF Wellingtons, in a pre
dawn attack, smashed again at
tho ferry terminus and freight
yards of Messina and also at the
road south of San Giovanni and
San Marco, on the noarby Italian
mainland.
HiU Yards
One two-ton bomb was among
tho explosives seen to burst in
tho Messina yards and many
fires were observed. . A large
fire also developed south of San
Giovanni.-
Plans Shape for
Buckaroo Days
Celebration
Plans for tho annual Klamath
Buckaroo Days celebration were
shaping up Thursday with only
three more days to go.
Entries have been mado in
two events of the rodeo on
July 4 and 5. Bronc riders
entered for the $150 purse are
Bill Ramsey, Jerry Carter,
Georgo Chrlstcnscn, Jack Com
Ion ond Roy Glvens. Barcbark
riders are Johnny Jackson,
Moon Jackson, Jerry Carter,
Jack Conlon and Jerry Chap
man. Bareback riding purse is
$180 also,
Hat Pris.
An additional prize for the
best bronc rider has been of
fered by, Louie Polin. Tho
prize is a gleaming silver cow
boy hat of about nine Inches In
diameter. The hat is worth
about $40.
Members of tho sheriff's posse
have been at work preparing
grounds for use. Four horses
have been shipped down from
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"Dollar for Doolittle" V
Slogan for Stamp Sale
"Dig up a Dollar for Doolittle."
This is the . new slogan for
Klamath county to live up to
with a quota of $40,000 in war
stamps set for tills particular
area. Tho campaign is nation
wldo and the month of July has
been set aside for enthusiastic
Americans to buy the aircraft
carrier, "Shangri-La.", from
which Doollttle's fliers , will
again bomb Tokyo.
Dollar Needed
It will take' a dollar from
every man, woman and child In
the nation, to buy the "Shangri
La." The namo of the proposed
carrier is, of course, that ficti
tious namo given by President
Roosevelt as' the point from
where Doollttle's fliers took off
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, r'."..
Twelve woundad service men, earning from all parte of the
week as the guests ol the local Commando unit. Hare the are
lour are sailors and the other lour are soldiers. ,-'" '
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IDLE OVER DISPUTE
ShiftvDetailsrWomen
Labor Cause Mill
Shut-Down
F. W. Gilchrist, head of the
Gilchrist Lumber mill in the
northern section of Klamath
county, refused to comment on
the shut-down of the mill when
contacted from Klamath Falls
lato Thursday.
Officials of the International
Woodworkers of America here
said that the local office of
IWA, governing operations at
Gilchrist, were located at Bend
and little information had been
received In this city.
BEND, July 1 (P) The
Gilchrist lumber mill at the
northern Klamath county lum
ber town of Gilchrist was idle
today as the result of a dispute
over length and number of
shifts and employment of wom
en, spokesmen for employes an
nounced. Details of tho disagreement
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More Miners
Return to Pits
In Pennsylvania
PITTSBURGH, July 1 (VP)
An estimated 30,000 miners
trooped back to work todoy in
the hard' and soft coal regions
and tho number of approximate
idle In tho producing fields
dropped to around 100.000
less than one-fifth of the coun
try's miners.
The upsurge in the "go to
work" drive was felt mainly in
Pennsylvania, the biggest pro-
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to lay their- bombs over the Jap
anese capital a year . ago this
May.
Klamath retail merchants, un
der the leadership of the retail
merchants committee of the
Klamath county chamber of com
merce, hove taken over the re
sponsibility of raising $40,000 in
stamps. The slogan; "Will you
please take part of your change
in war stamps," will be seen In
all stores and printed on small
tags worn by clerks. .
The' "Shangri-La" drive Is a
part of tho Business and Profes
sional Women's and Soroptlmlst
clubs' campaign to buy bombs
for the "Klamath Pelican."
Quota for the month of July is
$300,000. ,
Klamath Falls Has
Service Men Polish Off :
JBigBrakfast on First ;
Day as Commando Guests
.', Welli this " Is ' how twelve ip!aie from the. Mare Island natal
wounded service men, four mar-J
ines, four sailors and four sold'
lers, found Klamath Falls hos
pitality handed to them on a
silver platter, just the way things
were planned..
When we walked into the Pel
ican cafe to jot down the names
of these fightln' youngsters, they
had just polished off a meal of
fruit, bacon and eggs, coffee and
the fixings, and were on the last
chorus of "Home on the Range."
Arrive By Plane
Eight of the men arrived at
4:34 o'clock this morning by
Arden Fugate
Dies From Auto
Crash Injuries
Klamath county's second fa
tality in three days was record
ed here early Thursday morning
with the death Klamath's 1943
of Arden Fu- auto Toll
gate, 48, well
known Merrill
potato , grower,
who died at
Klamath Valley
hospital from
2
injuries received Wednesday
afternoon in an automobile ac
cident near Malin.
Mr. Fugate was a passenger
in a car' driven by Tim T. Sul
livan, Merrill stockman. The
two were en route to Klamath
Falls when the car suddenly left
the highway, overturned and
threw Mr. Fugate clear of the
machine. Sullivan was injured.
Tho. accident occurred at 1:30
p. m.
A World War I veteran, Mr.
Fugate was one of the first
homesteaders in , tho Tulelake
area, taking up land on ' the
west side of Tulelake in 1932.
He later sold this property and
purchased land on lower Klam
ath lake, five miles south of
Merlll. The family has lived at
this place for the past three
years. Mr. Fugate is survived
by his wife, one daughter, Mrs.
John Moore, (Jean Fugate), Mer
rill, and one son who is in the
Vnitcdtates navy. Funeral ar
rangements will be announced
by Whitlock's. . '
Baseball
, national League
Chicago 6 12 '3
Boston 8 ' 8 1
Derringer, Hanyzewski (8),
Burrows (8), Wyse (0), and Me
Cullough; Barrett, Farrell (6)
and Poland, Kluttz (9).
Pittsburgh 1 - 8 8
Philadelphia 9 12 2
Podgajny, - Brandt (8) - and
Baker; Rowe and Livingston.
Guests This Week
- ; . Keaneil-ElUs
country, arrived by train" and plane to spend the remainder of the
at breakfast Thursday morning at the Pelican. Four axe marines,
'
hospital, Comandos and' Lois
Serruys, commando mother,. met
the eight at the Medford airfield
and they saw the sunrise just as
they reached our town. A. few
hours later, four soldiers arrived
by train and joined their eight
buddies who will be guests here
over the Fourth of July holidays.
Here's a brief personal history
about each boy. Maybe he lived
in your home town, or comes
from a few miles from where
your grandpa grew up.
Wounded at Pearl Harbor
August Steck, you'll call him
"Bud," seaman second class,
United States navy, 23 years old,
son of Mrs. Lena Steck of 2400
Third street North, Minneapolis,
Minn. "Bud" joined up January
6, 1942, and took his training, at
San Diego. He was wounded in
an accident at Pearl Harbor last
September while aboard ship.
James Louis Wise; seaman
first class. United States navy.
Familiarly known to buddies as
"Jim." He's 22 years old, hails
from Greenville, Ohio, enlisted
September 3, 1940, and was
wounded during thetreacherous
attack on Pearl Harbor on De
cember 7, 1941. "Jim" was a
member of the crew of the Ari
zona. . He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. James H, Wise of Green
vilje and hasn't been home since
the day of his enlistment.
Southerner
John Thomas Etheridge, radio
man third class, United States
navy, 21 years old and son of
Mrs. Sophie Etheridge of Crystal
Springs, Mississippi. This young
ster with the soft, southern
drawl was wounded in the battle
of Guadalcanal while on ship. He
joined up in August of 1940, and
had the good fortune to visit his
home town three months ago.
Sailor No. 4, is Phillip Edward
Wentz, seaman first class, and
men on his ship "just call me
'Sailor'". Young Wentz is 22
years old and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Wentz of 790 N.
Salvay, Detroit, Michigan. He
has had a 30-day leave to visit
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Churchill Asks Unchanged
French Command in Africa
. LONDON, .July 1 (P) Prime
Minister Churchill disclosed to
the house of commons today that
both the American and British
governments had asked Generals
De Gaulle and Giraud June 19
for assurances that there would
be no important change in tho
French command in North
Africa at present.
The prime minister also de
clared that the two French lead
ers had been asked to satisfy
WALLACE-JONES ROW
PROJECTS INQUIRY
BEW'' to Ask Congress
. . For Money, Says
Vice President' '
By JACK BELL -
WASHINGTON, July 1 (JP
A sweeping investigation into
the policies and worldwide oper
ations of the board of economic
warfare (BEW) was projected by
members of the Byrd committee
today as Vice President Wallace
gave notice the agency soon will
ask congress for direct financing,
The inquiry resulted from a
hot exchange In wnich Wallace,
head of BEW, accused Com
merce Secretary Jesse Jones of
obstructing the board's acquisi
tion of vital war materials.
- Peace Fails ,
James F. Byrnes, war mobili
zation director, summoned both
to the White House yesterday
for peace-making Conference,
which apparently failed of its
objective. Both principals
promptly issued more critical
statements.
Chairman- Byrd (D-Va.) and
Senator George (D-Ga.)t a mem
ber, meanwhile told reporters
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Roosevelt Strapped for Emergency
Funds as Money Bills Jam Congress '
At the Start of New Fiscal Year
By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST 1
WASHINGTON, July 1 P) A
log jam of money bills in con
gress left President Roosevelt
without a nickel of emergency
funds today for the first time in
three years and forced many war
agencies to operate temporarily
on the cuff. .-
Although both senate ' and
house were agreed that the exec
utive should start off the new
fiscal year with at least $89,000,
000 for emergency purposes, a
deadlock over withholding sal
aries of three federal workers
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower,
allied commander-in-chief in
North Africa, that the present
French military commander in
that area. Gen. Giraud, had ef
fective control of the French
forces there.
The assurance was requested,
Churchill added, "in view of the
prolonged discussions between
the French leaders in Algiers on
questions involving the character
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Viru Grabbed;
Troops Plunge
Toward Rabual
By JOHN HIGHTOWER
WASHINGTON, July 1 OP) American Invaders of the cen
tral Solomons have captured Viru harbor, near Japan's Munda
airbase, the navy announced today, after a fierce sea- and air
battle off Rendova island in which at least 68 enemy aircraft,
17 United States planes and a 7712-ton United States transport
were lost.
Viru, a port village, had been used by the Japanese as an
outpost for Munda, which lies about 30 nautical miles to the
northwest on New Georgia island, and had also been employed
as a place for landing supplies. Its loss by the enemy marks the
first specific American territorial triumph in the currently de
veloping offensive of which the drive in the central Solomons
is only one part v.
. New Guinea Battle Area
The other part is being conducted by General Douglas Mae
Arthur's forces striking northward in the New Guinea area to
ward the great Japanese base of Rabaul, toward which the offen
sive in the Solomons also is pointed.
Secretary of War Stimson said at press conference' today
that the operations were progressing satisfactorily according to
plan under the general direction of MacArthur but added that
strong enemy reaction was expected. - -i
The first such reaction, the navy communique disclosed, came
Wednesday morning a few hours after American forces landed
from naval transports on Rendova island, five miles south of
Munda.
Japs Counter-Attack
' The Japanese, at that time, counter-attacked with a force esti
mated at 110 planes of many types fighters. Mitsubishi medium,
bombers, Aicbi dive bombers and various others, including tor
pedo planes.
The attacks continued from the morning until late afternoon
against United States naval forces putting troop and supplies)
Under the fierce hail of enemy fire, anti-aircraft fragments
and shell, bursts the landing
wnne American snips ana pumes oatuea tne Japanese sky lorceav
Sixty-five of the enemy planes were shot down, "according to an
incomplete report," and- 17 United States planes were reported
missing.
'! r: McCawlav
' Torpedo planes of the Japanese squadrons caught the 7712
ton transport McCawley, formerly the Grace Line's Santa Bar
bara, and disabled her after she had put her troops ashore. Sub
sequently the crippled vessel was assaulted and sunk by a Japa
nese submarine.
"Reports Indicate that all personnel were removed before the
vessel sank and that there was no loss of life," the communique
said. ' - . i
American air forces, the communique brought out, also played
a major role in the starting of the offensive in the Solomons area.
On Tuesday night (Solomons time) Avenger torpedo bomber
and Dauntless dive bombers heavily attacked the Japanese air-'
field, stores and camp areas of Vila, Kolombangara island, in
the Munda area. -
embers Batter Munda
On Wednesday morning Mitchell medium bombers. Dauntless
and Avenger bombers attacked Japanese defensive positions and
the camp area at Munda itself and the communique said "a large
fire was started." There was no mention of attacks on Japanese
ships or shipping. .
, The navy said the captain of the American ship lost was Com
mander Robert Henry Rodgers, 41, a native of Knoxville, Tenn.,
who makes his home at State Island,' N. Y. -
CMHINURiaUA
Navy communique No. 429 said:
. "South Pacific: (all dates are east longitude):
"1. On the night of June 29-30, Avenger (Grumman RBF)
torpedo bombers and Dauntless (Douglas) dive bombers attacked
the air field, the stores and camp areas at Vila, Kolombangara
island. - .
"2. On June 30: '
"(A) A formation of Mitchell (North .American) medium
bombers. Dauntless dive bombers and Avenger torpedo bombers
attacked Japanese defensive positions and. camp area at Munda,
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blocked passage of a bill making
the sum available. The measure
was one of half a dozen major
bills left stranded when congress
adjourned overnight after a fu
tile attempt to shove them
through before the 1942-43 fiscal
year ended at midnight The
only big bill cleared was a $71,
500,000,000 win-the-war army
supply measure. "
, Funds Includtd
Tied up in the other legisla
tion were 1944 funds for the de
partments of agriculture and in
terior, the federal security agen
cy and a group of other depart
ments including the office of
price administration (OPAX the
office of war information (OWI)
and the war production board
(WPB). '
Except for the urgent deficien
cy bill carrying the president's
money, all the other measures
have provisons validating any
obligation incurred after June 30
provided the obligation was in
accordance With limitations in
each bill.
Not Valid
Chairman Clarence Cannon
(D-Mo.) of the house appropria
tions committee contended, how
ever, that, legally, none of the
agencies depending on presiden
units continued their operation
Disabled. Sunk"
tial funds' could incur an obliga
tion or meet a payroll .because
the validating provisions- have
not yet been enacted. The pro
visions, he explained, were writt
ten into the bills on the assump
tion payrolls of agencies whose
funds were held up could be
paid with loans from the presi
dent's emergency fund.
But, he pointed out, there are
no presidential funds available,
and employes of the agencies in
volved technically began work
ing for nothing today and trust
ing in Uncle Sam to pay- them
later:, . ..... . v. .-. . -' j ,
. Coal Finances ,
Cannon said he understood
government operation of the coal
mines was being financed from
the emergency fund, as well as
such agencies as the war food
administration, the office of war
mobilization and the office of
economic stabilization.
He predicted, however, final
congressional approval of the
$143,000,000 deficiency bill by
nightfall. The only thing hold
ing it up is disagreement be
tween the senate and the house
over a trio of federal employe
declared by the house appropria
tions rnmmlitjMi tr Ka itnflt tA
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