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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1943)
IliiPIWI!!!1 lllllllf'JjllllJIIilllipillllllJllll! Ol llPifilliliilliliillllil On 4-mlnul blast on sirens and whlitlai li the ilantl iar blackout In Klamath July High 14. Lew 4T Precipitation aa ol Juno a. IMS Stream year to dal '...., 17.T1 Last yaar 13.18 Normal U.tl rlli. Another long blast, during black Ait. U alaiial far all.elaar. In Lracau ASSOCIATED PRESS JN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND tlonary porloda, watch your ilrast llghli. NEA FEATURES Vagrijinjij'Lri.nnnnm"iii" " ' ------------ PRICE F1VK CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1943 -Number 9840 in - -ffa 'mho 'M.-'UMflM , j tlui.i.) A II VIISII'I AilKMMAIMM l liiJMM Kir t , i , ; I, , T rn By THANK JENKINS "THE flmt phase o( llio new bat tie of tlio Solomons la over. It waa apparently complotu ucceu. AS result of it, we liavo Ren- dova Inland, five (or aevon; reports vary) mllM from tlie bin Jap airfield at Munda on New Ceoriila lland and our big guns, already planted on Rendova, are shelling tho field. We liuva beach heads on both . aldea of Munda from which the I land attack can be prrnaed homo when the time ennipi. WE havo the Trobrland and " Woodlark bland group, roughly 130 nillci off the south eastern tip of New Guinea and, although it haun t been reported in the dispatches, we are un doubtedly building airfield! there. (War in thene Soulh Sea lal anrin la largely a proccaa of cs tablbhing itepplng atone air baaca as one might toaa rocka ahead of him to make possible the dry-footed crowing of a hallow stream.) WE landed luccemifully at NaaMiu bay, Jual 'aouth of Salamaua (acroaa the relatively narrow Dampler pannage bu ' tweon New Guinea of New Brit ain) and effected a junction with the Australians at' Mumo. B miles Inland from Nassau bay, thus further encircling the Jap ba.ie at Salumaua. Reports of this landing opera tion are scanty, and there are suggestions In tho dispatches that it may havo been a diver sionary maneuver designed to fool tho Japs and lead them to think the play was coming there Instead of somewhere clso, TT is apparent from these du vclopmcnls (as reported In censored dispatches) that wo havo got set for SOMETHING 131CGER. (Don't think of this new battle of tho Solomons us won; it is really Just beginning.) U is fairly safo to assume that the next objcctlvo will be Mun i da airfield. . AT least a small unit of the Jap fleet finally comes into tho picture. Thrco cruisers and four destroyers appear off Ren dova and try to bombard our po sitions there, but arc chased off by our warships. Tho ensuing fight is reported as r "sharp engagement," and our navy communique says the Japs retired In "short order." Tho SIZE of our naval force is not reported. Presumably It was too strong for the Japs to stand against. WHAT will develop out of this l..,fii -r tuA c.in un.iiu Ul mu uiuiiiuiib lull v bo even guessed at by us outsid ers because it all depends on too many things WE DON'T KNOW. (Such, for example, as what the Jups will do.) TOKYO is talking wildly to day about killing 3000 U.S. troops and having "complete mastery of the air firmly In their hands." Tho Jap radio cer tainly talks a good war. A BIG now convoy gets to Eng land, sinking one submarine cn route, probably sinking an other and "maybe" 'damaging several others. It was shepherded by PLANES all the way by big Canadian bombers at this end, (Continued on Pago Two) Fourth of July Events Saturday, July 3, Rodeo dance at armory, 9 p. m, Sunday, July 4, Rodeo, horse racing, fairgrounds, 1:80 p. m. Monday, July 8, parado, 10 a. m. Rodeo, horse racing, fairgrounds,. 1:30 p. m. Alii es Continue Aerial Blasting In Mediterranean By STEPHEN BARBER CAIRO. July 3 ! Nearly 100 U. S. Liberators smashed at three air fields in southern Italy yesterday In the biggest offen sive action yet ataged by these four-englncd craft from the Mid dle East, dropping more than 400,000 pounds of bombs on the Italian bases at Leccc, Grnttaglle and San Pancrazlo. (All three raids apparently were aimed at reducing the aerial defenses of the Italian naval base at Toronto, at the inside of the 'Jutting Italian heel" on the SUNDAY SEES START OF Grand Entry Begins At 1:30, Roundup Events Follow Thrills of a western rodeo will be given fans tomorrow, when Klamath Buckaroo days pre sents Its annual round-up show. The grand entry will be made at 1:30 o'clock, followed by an Introduction of Queen Faith Hunzlker and her royal court of five princesses. Members of the Sheriff's Pos se will give a demonstration, followed by the Lone Ranger, of "Hlyol Silver!" fame. Jim Stevenson will impersonate the famous rider. . - . , Calf Hoping Bareback riding will be (he first of the actual rodeo events. on the program. Calf roping will be next, and Klamath county men have been practicing fur weoks in preparation for this event. Drone riding, real thrill fea ture of the shuw, will follow the calf roping, and will be followed by steer team roping: Cow Horas Event Ranchers and stockmen will have a chance to show off favor ite cow horses In the next event, the best reined cow horse con test. Twenty entries have already been mado lor the various (Continued on Page Two) Dance Proceeds Go to Commando "Service Fund" Dancers and spectators are In vited to attend the Fourth of July dance tonight, Saturday, at the armory and all proceeds will go into the Commando wounded service fund. The 12 visiting wounded service men will be introduced tonight, and, in addition, there will be an ex cellent floor show. - Tho Commandos were pleased today to receive a letter from Governor Earl Sncll compli menting them on their work. Here is the letter: "Captain Bcrnio Hcidonninii: May I offer my congratulations to you and members of Com mando Unit No. 1 for the splen did program you arc carrying forward in connection with the (Continued on Pago Two) Long-Missing Klamath Boy Listed Prisoner of Japs First word in 14 months after their son was reported missing in action In The Philippines reached Mr. and Mrs. - Ivan Crumpackcr of 2160 Madison street late Friday when the war department advised them that PFC Lloyd E. Crumpackcr, 22, was a prisoner of tho Japanese. Both Mr. and Mrs. Crum packcr, as the months passed, felt that their son had been killed in action. ' They heard last on May 10, 1942, when the war' department sent' them a message which listed Lloyd as "missing." In Friday's letter, the Crum packcrs were told they could write to Llovd throuah the JaD- ancse Red Cross, Tokyo, Japan, by way of New York. Lloyd enlisted in October, 1940, with the United States (Continued on Page Two) Gulf of Tnranto. (Grottngllc lies 10 miles north east of Taranto, San Pancrazlo 2B miles to tho east and Leccc 42 miles to the cast.) Lethal Load The lethal loads included high explosive, fragmentation and in cendiary bombs, a U. S, com munique from middle east head quarters announced. Three American planes were lost in delivering the triple punch, this relatively small fig ure equalling the entire U. S. losses for the month of June in this area. Twelve axis planes were shot down out of clouds of Italian and German fighters that rose to challenge the Liberators, the communique said. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. July 3 W) Flying through a heavy haze which obscured their targets, U. S. Mitchell bombers attacked tho Castclvctrano air field in Sicily yesterday after RAF Wel lingtons had again raided Paler mo, Sicily, and Cagllarl, Sardin ia, the preceding night, ; More than 20 enemy fighters rose to attack the "WHWilcan planes, which comprised the first medium bomber mission of the northwest African tactical air force since the fall of Pan tellcrla island June 11. NY A Dies as Senate Yields to ' House Demand WASHINGTON, July 3 P The senate voted 39 to 33 today to yield to house demands for ending the National Youth ad ministration. Tho death-sentence for the agency, created in 1035 to pro vide work relief for youths be tween 18 and 24. was written in to a $1,136,000,000 labor-federal security appropriations bill over the protests of a group led by Chairman Truman (D-Mo.) of the senate's war investigating com mittee. By its vote, the senate receded from its own amendment allow ing the agency $48,800,000 to operate during the current fiscal year, and accepted a house al lowance of $3,000,000 to finance NYA's liquidation by the end of 1943. Truman argued in vain that NYA's present program of train ing youths for work in war In dustry was "absolutely essen tial." The action cleared away all points of conflict in tho labor security measure except a sen ate proposal requiring its con firmation of all war manpower (Continued on Page Two) PFC Lloyd Crumpseksr fx - ' f S laaMarciANiMi i Wt- Nw U. S. Pacific Privet Threaten MILES ZOO NEW BRITAIN. 5 Bismarck 5o ,6M:S vfe MOMMY NEW GUINEA MUNI Telephoto American offensive action baa flared up in tare Souihweet Pacific areas as General Mae Arthur's allied headquarters in Australia announced new U. S. landings within 10 miles of Jap held Salamaua in New Guinea) unopposed occupation of the Trogriand and Woodlark islands in the Coral sea, and capture of the Japanese blends of Rondova and New Georgia In the cen tral Solomons. The main aim appeared to be intenaification of tho allied push toward the big enemy base at Rabaul. Women's Clubs Open July Bond Sale at Dinner Meet Nearly. 80 people witnessed the kick-off of the July bond sale on Friday evening at a din ner held in the Willard hotel when members of the Soroptim 1st and Business and Professional Women's clubs combined efforts to rake a $3000.000 ammunition f u, n J0f ; Klsmstb's Pelican bomber. Dena Backes, acting as (oast- mistress, stswsed Jhe;.fact . JJiatKer .court. ,of princesses, Mrs. LUie. two, clubs ol U1 -civy com posed of business women and business executives are working as one unit throughout this month to raise the bond sale quota tor this county. , . Collier Talks The principal talk of the even- ing was given by Andrew Collier, county bond sale chairman, and there were short talks by Rose Poole, president of Soroptimist club, Winnlfred Gillen, president of Business and Professional Women, Isabelle Brixner, state president of BPW, and Lois Serruys, Commando mother. Olive Cornctt announced the Heavy Bombers To Be Here for' Presentation Two heavy bombers from the 445th bombardment group at Wendovcr Field, Utah, will arrive here sometime early Mon day afternoon, July 3, to receive the Junior American Legion drum corps Instruments, it was learned by Legion officials this weekend. Government restrictions pro hibit announcement of time of arrival of the big ships, but it is understood that both bombers will sit down at the Klamath airport in time for the crews to appear in the arena at Monday's rodeo to receive the drums and bugles which will accompany the group as it goes into foreign service. The American Legion voted to loan the equipment toa thc 445th bombardment squadron at a special meeting held Thursday night. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R H E Pittsburgh 10 17 0 Boston 1 7 3 Gee, Rcscigno (3) and Baker; Javery, Farrel (1) and Masi. Cincinnati 3 10 2 York 7 14 0 t, V' Shoun. ,(8) and Mueller; Witt I'Adams (!) and Lombardi. Chtu'jfto 6 6 1 Pb i ,'jMiia ' 1 ' 6 4 1 1 ; md : AcCullough; Kim balltj .thewson (9) and Living ston.V ' , St. Luuls 8 10 0 Brooklyn 3 9.2 M. Cooper and W. Cooper; Melton, Macon (6) and Bragan. . AMERICAN LEAGUE R H New York '. 5 lo' Detroit : 6 9 Chandler, Murphy (8) E. . 1 2 and Hemsley; Newhouscr and Rich ards, Parsons (9). ... RABAUL DlNTtECASTtAUXIS. tAY CorofSM LOUISIA0E ARCHIKLAGO various radio programs sched uled for the bond sale, and Coral Sabo announced the committee in charge of the July drive. Introduced as special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Collier, Mrs. Franklin U. Weaver, Marilyn Merrick Lewis, north west regional director of the Soroptimlsts, Faith Hunziker, Fourth' of July rodeo queen and George Wilis,- Mrs. Louis "8r- ruys, and presidents, of several women s organizations. A short program of music in cluded marimba solos by Doro thy Laurenson, songs by Winnl fred Gillen and the theme song of the gathering which was com posed to the tune of "Past the Ammunition." Arrangements of dark red peonies and columbine were . a colorful note on the tables arid on the stage of the banquet room were displayed the flags of the United Nations. Banquet arrange ments were in charge of Emma Carter, Eileen Hicks and Isabelle Brixner. . The dinner was opened with the flag salute, one verse of the "Star Spangled Banner" and the BPW creed, and closed with the Soroptimist pledge. First real action of the bond campaign took place Saturday afternoon at the corner of Eighth and Main street where a bond auction was held under the direction of committees from the two women's organizations. Red Infantry Pounds Nazis; Front Unchanged LONDON, July 3 (P) Rus sian infantrymen continued to pound away at German positions along the western front before Smolensk, the mid-day communi que broadcast from Moscow and recorded here by the soviet mon itor revealed today. - . . Although the war bulletin re ported no essential changes the announcement of hand-to-hand fighting in one sector of the front and the capture of arms, radio and mine detecting equip ment in a surprise attack at an other was partial - confirmation of the Berlin radio admission that nazi troops had "fallen back to strongly ' fortified new posi (Continued. on Page Two) Potato Growers To Hold Open Meet For All Farmers The Klamath Potato Grow ers association will hold a meeting open to all farmers on July 8 at the Henley Grange hall at 8 p. m. Henry. Semon, chairman of the association, has called this meeting to discuss potato harvest wages, haying wages and the possibility of chang ing the organization from; the Klamath Potato Growers association to include all rep resentatives of other agricul tural production, Jap - Held Rabaul $0q. Pacific Oeton vmste v. GUADALCANAL QjAHAitS BILL ROLLBACK FUND Congress in Retreat . From Stand On" Subsidies WASHINGTON, July 3. (IP) The senate delayed, considera tion today apparently until Monday of legislation to con tinue, the. commodity credit cor poration' m existence for six month and to- provide it with sufficient funds to keep the administration's, food - price roll back program in operation. Democratic Leader Barkley (Ky.) announced after confer- (Contlnued en Page . Two) Dry Weekend Seen for Local Liquor Drinkers Klamath imbibers, unless they had a stock on hand, were in for a - dry weekend the way state liquor store shelves looked late Saturday morning. A shipment of some 20 cases of Bourbon, rum - and brandy, arrived at 4 p. m. Friday and within a few minutes the liquor storei- lobby was packed.. The stock was exhausted in less than one: hour, it is understood. At the present tune the liquor store ' has oh hand a small amount of rum, a little gin and some cordials. Liquor permits were selling slowly and were light ' in comparison with the demand : immediately after liquor rationing went into ef fect March 8. Reduction in liquor consump tion is slated for Tuesday. Pur chasers may buy a pint a week, but only one. quart of whiskey a month, the other quart must necessarily be ram, gin, brandy or cordials. Whiskey includes all brands of : American, Can adian and Scotch. . H Youthful "City Slickers" Weed Russian Dandelions Klamath onions and other vegetables along with the Rus sian dandelion plants are beinrf weeded by 150 city boys and girls, who, clad in overalls and straw hats, leave every morning at 7:30 o'clock for work on farms in outlying districts. In the afternoon they are brought back to Klamath Falls covered with peat dust from head to foot and sore after eight hours of constant work on their knees, but -happy -with the thought of the $5.50 they have earned that day. . .-' ' 'Fifteen '.is the average age of the youngsters.. Some of them receive a flat rate of pay per day and others work by the hour.. Travel by Bus Sixty-five boys and girls are brought by school bus to the Russian dandelion farms, where, I according to officials, they are Aussie, U. Troops IPysh Afflinni2iy WASHINGTON, July 3 IP) Japanese cruisers and destroyer endeavoring to turn their big guns on American positions on Rendova island were driven off by United States naval units In a sharp engagement early today. This was reported today by the navy which said the enemy task force of seven warships included three cruisers and four destroyers. They moved in, the navy said, In an unsuccessful bombardment attempt. The size of the United States force which met and repulsed the Japanese ships was not disclosed by the navy, which said, however, that "the enemy ships retired in short order." No de tails of the surface battle have been received, it said. It is possible that the American naval vessels, identified only as "surface craft" could have pursued the enemy out of the immediate area and that the battle was still underway in that central Solomons area. .'Salamaua Menaced . , -ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, July !(f American and Australian jungle fighters menaced the Japanese air base of Salamaua on the northeast coast of New Guinea from three sides today in the growing Pacific offensive, while in the central Solomons, at the other end of a 700-mile arc, pressure was maintained on the enemy air base of Munda. Today's communique from headquarters of Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur, supreme commander of operations, reported as the latest success a juncture of Australian patrols from Mubo, 12 miles south and inland from Salamaua, with the Americans who landed on the coast at Nassau bay Wednesday. This completed the first y phase of the new operations there. . In addition to patrols below and behind that enemy base other patrols have been reported above it In the vicinity of Malolo. Realizing the peril posed at Salamaua, which has a good air drome, within easy fighter range of Japanese-held New Britain island", the enemy sent 10 planes against the Americans at Nassau bay Thursday afternoon, the latest communique disclosed without further elaboration. . i " , It was emphasized here that despite bitter Jungle fighting in progress on a patrol basis along the New Guinea coastal front, this drive likely is not aimed at the immediate capture, of Sala maua. .... : - .-:.... ' ..'. '. Any push along the coast from Nassau bay northward would be almost impossible because of densely tangled . jungle and swamps. -" - j.-..- , While there has been no official explanation of the Immediate objective in the Nassau bay area some observers consider thia action a diversionary maneuver designed to preoccupy enemy troops and planes from the Salamaua- sector. . - In the central Solomons,-where the Americans have seized Rendova island from which shore batteries started shelling the enemy Munda airfield and where the important harbor of Viru on New Georgia was captured, no- changes In positions were re ported. Today's communique told of an air battle Thursday over Rendova in which 14 Japanese Zeros and eight dive bombers were shot down at a cost of eight'allied fighters. , Japs Lata 123 ' These figures were the same as those reported Thursday In an earlier announcement from allied headquarters in the South Pacific which placed Japanese air losses in the first two days of the offensive at 123 planes. - The mighty allied air force, whose widespread activity has been impressive from the out - set of the drive, continued to play a major role. ..Seeking to keep Japan's plane concentra tions at Rabaul, New Britain, pinned to their fields, allied Lib erators and ' Flying Fortresses dropped 33 tons of bombs there. That was the third straight night of raiding on Rabaul during which the bomb weight has to talled 78 tons. Last night's raid ers started fires and explosions cn Vunakanau and Rapopo run ways, fought off enemy night fighters, weathered anti-aircraft fire and all got home safely. North of Munda in the Solo mons, American medium bomb ers which had a fighter escort sank a 1500-ton Japanese cargo ship, at Bairoko anchorage. Supporting ground action (Continued on Page Two) doing an excellent job of weed ing. The youngsters are quite steady workers and seem to be able to stand the strain of work ing in the same awkward posi tion longer than older folk Jerry Short, local farmer, picks up 70 boys and girls and takes them to his onion and car rot field on a huge flat bed truck each morning. His help is paid by the hour. The job will be ovei in about' another week., . Vegetable Workers. Fifteen youngsters are taken to Ed Geary's place by passenger cars every day. General vegeta bles which are grown for seed are weeded by these boys and girls. It is necessary to remove all weeds before they can go to seed and mix with the vegetable seeds. . - Many compliments on - th3 youngsters work are received at . . (Continued on Page Two).- . . ..... t , . (---- " DIG UP DOLLARS FOR DOOLITTLE! It will take $1.00 in War Stamps from every man, woman and child in the coun try to build the "SHANGRI-LA" $35,000 $30,000 $25,008 $20,000 $15,008 $10,008 $ 5,000 $40,000 is Klamath county's goal in War Stamps for July, Please take part of y cur -chaagt in Wi Stamps. Let's help "Doolit.le Do It Again.". T -f . v.
