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alb !1 iliMMIffiMilliilllft;!)l!ll!fi!liTliilij IllHIii 'ill!!. On 5-mlnut bint on sirens and whistles It th signal for blickout In KUmath July 8 High 17. Low So Prcipltatt6n aa of Juna 21, 1143 J Straam yaar to data 17.71 Lait yaar .13.11 Normal 11.10 Falli. Anothar long blast, during a black out la a ilgnal lor all-elr.' In t "cau tionary parlodi, watch your airaat llghti. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENT8 KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1943 Number 9842 7b (P j c RUN li fiiiiii ill 11 1! ill ! lllli i:IIHi; I By FRANK JENKINS TrllERK ! been (maybe atill In) a naval fight of ionic sort In tho Solomons. It seems to hove started till morning Solomons tlino, which would be yesterday morning U. S. lime. (Wo hnvc to re member tlmt when it'a toduy here ll'i tomorrow in tho Sol omoiiK, which are west of the In ternational dateline.) rtt the basis of sketchy infor mntlon available as this Is written, the fight involves only lillhl mills (cruisers and destroy, ers.) It occurred in Kula gulf, an Inlet between islands north of the Jap airfield at Mundu, which we arc attacking . Dricf naval communiques so far Issued Indlcnto that wo suf fered some dumiiifo (loss of one new destroyer is announced) but are believed to have done still more dumuga to tho Japs. Tliu destroyer wus torpedoed by a Jap submarine. Washlnuton thinks tho buttle Is probably over now. and was NOT a showdown trst for con trol of the South racific. YtE must remember that our navy is probably looklnK for a showdown fight with the Jopi, which means that DOT 1 1 fleeU are maneuvering for tho udvant ' age. It's true of all war. but lit naval war piiVTtrtmirly the idea la to catch the other fellow short and blow him out of the water with superior strength. We're trying to work that system on the Japs, and at the same time they're trying to work it on us. So far, only light units (cruisers and destroyers) havo made contact. A REAL fight, Involving everything from battclship.i down, may develop at any mo ment. i WE seem to have won com mand of Vangunu Island (see map). Vangunu In itself isn't Important, but Is needed as an approach to New Georgia Is land, where tho Jap airfield that Is our present objccllvo Is located. Jap opposition on Vangunu Is described today as much more determined than on Rcndova, which we took in a few hours of fighting. fXN tho central Russian front, tho Germans appear to have started something they couldn't finish. They launched a hard attack along tho front from Orel to Belgorod (see map), a distance of about 105 miles, and apparent ly ran Into a hornet's nest. The Russians assert this morning that they killed 10,000 Germans, smashed 738 nazl tanks, Includ ing a number of tho big 60-ton Tlgors, and downed more than 200 German planes. That means fighting on a big scale. 'T'HE Germans started out talk ing big about fighting that was spreading rapidly and "as suming ever greater violence," and wound up with a dcnlnl from the Berlin radio that It was an offensive. One guesses (maybe hopes would bo a better word) they started out to put on a battle that would glvo them something to brog about ot homo and ran Into something they hadn't ex pected. JN the Mediterranean, we'ro still bombing Sicily and Sar (Continued on Pago Two) i v t I Synthetic Tires for All SEATTLE, July 8 (P)Syn k thetic rubber tiros fcr general "civilian uso probably will be available by April, P. W. Mitch field, chairman of tho board of tho Goodyear Tiro and Rubber company, asserted yesterday Here to study production prob lems of war Industries, Litchfield said: "By October this country's out Reds Ikmi i FLYING FORTS LEAD ATTACK Aeriol Smash on Axis Enters Third Day By RELMAR MORIN ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. July 6 l) Allied nlr forces, spearheaded by V. S. Flying Fortresses which shot down 41 enemy fighters over Gerbini, struck paralyzing blows at axis re sistance yesterday over Sicily and Sardinia. It first was announced that Ihe Fortresses hod shot down 110 fighters but tonight It was stated officially after complete checking and comparison of pilots' reports that the score was 41, sending the axis losses for 24 hours to a total of S3. Twelve allied planes were lost. Third Day The smashing aerial offensive against the Italian outpost is lands went through Its third straight day with "bombers roar ing over Gerbini, Marsala, -Li' (Continued on Pag Two) Death Knell of Guffey Cool Act Heard in House WASHINGTON, July 6 P) A death certificate for govern ment regulation of the soft coal industry, under the Guffey bi tuminous cool act drafted seven years ago In an administration effort to stabilize the industry, was signed In effect today by the house rules committee. By majority vole, the com mittee tabled a stopgap resolu tion to extend the act's life be yond its present August 23 ex piration date until January 1. Chairman Sabath (D ill.) said the rules committee's decision meant that the stopgap resolu tion could not be brought up before congress leaves, probably later this week, for a summer recess. The lawmakers plan to return In September after the act has expired. , "Of course," ho added, "the speaker could havo someone bring it up in tho house under suspension ot the rules. But I doubt ho will do that." Suspension of the rules re quires a two-thirds majority. SARDINIA Osborne Reports to Tulelake Growers On Seed Potato Ceiling Conference TULELAKE -Potato growers In this area were enthusiastic over a report given Monday night at a meeting of the Tule lake Potato Growers association by G. W. Osborne following his return from a seed potato ceiling conference conducted recently by Washington officials In -Denver. Osborne advised 40 members of the association that he was as sured growers would get $1 to $T.oo over tho ceiling for seed in 1944. It was pointed out that Tulelake was ono of tho few dis tricts represented which took a complete production cost record put of synthetic rubber will equal the average crude rubber production before the war. "At the present time the en tire stock of synthetic rubber -Is. going to military uses and civil ian needs directly connected with tho war effort. However, after April, there should be a suffi cient supply both to meet war needs and supply tires for gener al consumer use." , , i 8 Raymond' '"Bustar" -Itorf. on aa axhlbitloir rtda on "Satan." hit tha dust In a thrill perform ance at Klamath Buckaroo Days rodeo Sunday afternoon. A faw moments after this picture was taken, "Bustar" was morad from tha arena by stratchar suffering from a severe fracture of th left shoulder which, in this shot., is tearing up quit a bit of th arena floor. Ivory hails from Canby. Calif. (Halfrich). Sufi FOURTH Conlon on Abner Gets First in Bronc Riding Klamath county settled down Tuesday after a three-day cele bration of the Fourth of July. Chief among events in the vicin ity was tho rodeo held Sunday and Monday. Monday wound up the Buck aroo Days celebration with Jack Conlon riding Abner to finish first In the finals of saddle bronc riding. Spills during tho day did not account for any injuries, and the (Continued on Pago Two) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. St. Louis 4 9 2 Philadelphia . ..0 3 1 Gumbort and W. Cooper; Kraus, Mathewson (9) and Liv ingston. Cincinnati 0 6 0 Boston 1 6 1 Starr and Mueller; Javery and Kluttz. to the meeting. All western states were represented, Osborne said. Records to OPA The Tulelake records will be turned over to the OPA office in Washington and will undoubted ly have a great deal of weight in increasing the price of seed po tatoes next season. Dale West of Merrill, repre senting . the Klamath Potato Growers association was also present and said that he found OPA officials in Denver much better informed than those con tacted In the past, He also praised their cooperative spirit. The Denver meeting was pre sided over by John Wostonberg who has just resigned as price executive of the war food ad ministration in Washington. $2.43 .Calling Growers were advised thoy could expect a celling of $2.45 on commercial grade, with $1.00 to $1.50 added on seed, which means that potato men can look forward to a lucrative season. : Four times as many seed po tatoes are now tinder cultivation n .the Tulelake area than in mil denial "Butter" Takes a Cropper - CT "i - 17 A Lqipurette Jo Hear' Motion ih :r Mae Short . Case Several witnesses have been subpoenaed by the defense to appear in circuit court Friday. July 9, when Circuit Judge Earl C. Latourette of Oregon City who has been assigned to hear the case of the State of Oregon vs. Mae K. Short, will be here to rule on a motion to quash indictment submitted by the de fendant through her attorney, J. H. Carnahan. -. Mrs. Short is charged with receiving unauthorized pay for work on last year's primary election and for keeping records for the dog commission, the (Continued on Page Two) New Life Seen ForFCICby House Conferees WASHINGTON, July 6 OP) House conferees on a $366,000, 000 deficiency appropriations bill agreed today, Senator Mc Kcllar (D-Tenn.) said, that they would submit to the house for a vote a sonato amendment de signed to rcvoko yesterday's death sentence for the federal crop insurance corporation. The senate agreed yesterday (Continued on Page Two) years past, it was said. Right now 2300 acres of seed registered for certification are being grown in this section. Interested in Sd Officials at the Denver confer ence told potato men from the west coast that they expected a five million bushel crop in 1944, and therefore were Interestd in Increased production of seed potatoes.- Dan Crawford, secretary of the Tulelake Growers, told members (Continued on Page Two) "Vacation Gas" Permitted WASHINGTON, July 6 (PI Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown announced today re laxation' of the pleasure driving ban In the 12 northeastern states to permit one vacation trip this summer. Brown said OPA will permit such trips, however, only where motorists have enough gasoline in their existing ration books, and will not grant any additional gasoline for the purpose. AU other provisions of the pleasure , 't -4 - i ALLOWEi Work on Reclamation Unit Still Frozen ByWPB The Klamath project of the United States bureau of reclama tion came in for $420,000 in the interior department appropria tions bill for $120,000,000, it was learned here today following word from Washington. Senate and house conferees reached final agreement Monday night on the bill which includes funds for continuance of work on various western irrigation projects. The Klamath project has a (Continued on Page Two) Keith Powers Killed During Tank Maneuvers SPRAGUE RIVER Sprague River folk were saddened to learn of the sudden death of Cor poral Hollis Keith Powers, 31, the first young man to enter the service from that community. Powers was killed June 25 in a motor crash near Pomona, Calif., while on desert maneuvers with a tank destroyer unit. Though he had spent the earlier years of his life California, Powers was a resident of Sprague River for 12 years and was employed several years at the Sprague River grocery. He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Warfield W. Powers. : Keith is survived by a broth er Shirley, his stepmother, Mrs. Berdenia Powers of Stockton and several cousins. driving ban remain in effect. Thus, it will be illegal to take the family out for a Sunday picnic In a nearby park, while it will be legal to make a trip to a distant resort. . Brown's V announcement fol lowed the lines of a proposal made public earlier today by Rep. Hartley (D-N.J.), who head ed a group of eastern congress men interested In making more driving available in their ter ritory - mm j Armor NAZI SUMMER E SECOND DAY Hitler's Aims Vague; Action Along 1 65 Mile Front LONDON. July 6 WV-Th Russians fought stubborn bat tin throughout TuMday in ih Orl-Kursk-Blgorod sec tor, and rpulsd all attacks in th Oral-Kursk aras, a foviat special communique said tonight. Th Russians disabled or dttroyd a total of 423 tanks for a two day total of 1161 and shot down 111 nasi plan, ih special bulletin said.'. . MOSCOW, July 6 (JP) Vicious German thrusts by armored divi sions and infantry have been flung back with heavy losses all along the 165-mile central front frosi Orel to Belgorod, the Rus sians reported today as the long- expected nasi summer, offensive moved into its second day. ' Despite terrific destruction to their armored units, amounting in some cases to as high as 50 per cent of total attacking strength, the nazi army kept boring into the heavily defended positions. In only isolated sectors, how ever, have they managed to pene trate the defense lines, red army leaders said. Tanks Destroyed The Russian midnight com munique said that in the initial hours of the battle ' red army (Continued on Page Two) Senate Rebels Against FDR Subsidy Program WASHINGTON, July 6 (if) The senate, in an uprising against the administration's sub sidy-rollback program, voted to day to prohibit any government expenditures to push down re tail prices. From the restriction, similar to legislation which drew a caustic veto from President Roosevelt a few days ago, was written by a vote of 36-28 in to a bill continu ing the life of the commodity credit corporation until January 1, 1944. Then, in a complete reversal of a previous vote to kill the CCC, the senate passed by a voice vote the measure to keep the agency alive six more months. The legislation goes to the house. After a day of parliamentary maneuvering that saw the senate repudiate previous ballots. Sena tor Danaher (D-Conn.) sought to add to the CCC measure a pro hibition against the agency's use of funds for subsidies. Senator Taft (R-Ohio) protest ed that the measure would be ineffective as anti-subsidy legis - (Continued on Page Two) Two Klamath iVfen Injured in Cycle Accident Monday Injured and in serious condi tion in a Grants Pass hospital are Donald W. Baker, 25, and Carl Irwin Baker, 19. both of Klam ath Falls. The two were hurt in a motorcycle accident near Grants Pass on Monday. According to Sergeant Lyle Harrell of the state police, the men were returning home after visiting their mother at Selma, Ore. As they attempted to pass a truck, the driver, F. A. Carlyle of Rogue River, started a left hand turn. ( Donald ' Baker, .' still uncon scious Monday, is suffering from -" (Continued onPage Two) ' Japs Suffer Heavy Damage In (tula Gulf WASHINGTON, July 6 (IP) The navy reported today that on the basis of incomplete information United States naval forces apparently had caused the Japanese very heavy damage in the battle of Kula gulf. Details of the action, fought yesterday (Solomon Islands time) and apparently all over now, still were lacking, but there waa no disposition in authoritative quarters here to consider it as a major encounter with decisive bearing on the Solomons campaign. ' Light Fore The impression prevailed rather that it was an action between fairly light surface forces of cruisers and destroyers. Whether bombing planes participated was not known. A navy communique said that "sufficient details have not been received to give the results of this engagement, but it is be lieved that, while some damage was suffered by the United States force, considerable damage was inflicted on the enemy.". At the same time the navy an T C. A. Dunn Equipment On Ground Ready To Work ' C. A. Dunn, Klamath : Falls contractor, today was awarded a general contract for more than $200,000, for improvements to the Klamath airport, it was learned here today following announcement made by the United State army engineers!, office in Portland. Dunn has not been officially advised of the award, but has equipment on the ground ready to go. : . Grading, Paving The contract covers grading, paving and miscellaneous con struction, the district office said. Bids on the job were open ed June 5, but the award was delayed until certain conditions, such as clearing of wires, clos ing of a county road, removal of trees and other obstacles, had been met to the satisfaction of the civil aeronautics authority, the engineers said. - Big Job The job, which will probably take some 60 days before it is completed providing there are no extensions, includes continu ation of one runway and an ad ditional taxi-way. Considerable drainage work is involved in cluding installation of pipes. The elimination of hazzards is one of the important points, Dunn pointed out, with grading and leveling of canal banks in (Continued on Page Two) R. P. Breitensrein . Injured in Fall From Horse Monday R. P. Breitenstein, ' Klamath county pioneer, suffered painful injuries late Monday morning when he fell from his horse while driving cattle near the home place at Keno. Breitenstein is a patient at Klamath Valley hospital. He suf fered head and facial injuries and also hurt his leg. Flight Officer Benjamin Horsley Killed in Crash ft rVi AH '-7 LL Benjamin Horsley nounced that the United States destroyer Strong was torpedoed and sunk Sunday night while en gaged in a previously announced bombardment of . Japanese in stallations at Vila and Biaroko on Kula Gulf, which lies between New Georgia island and Kolom- bangara island in the Munda air base area . Battle Follows . The naval engagement, first announced last night, followed that bombardment. The 2100-ton destroyer Strong, commissioned only last year, car ried a normal complement of about 250 men. She was an ex ceptionally large vessel, being in the destroyer leader class. She was commanded by Commander Joseph Harold Wellings ot East Boston, Mass. Whether he sur- Bot jported nor was any estimate given of the loss of life. , Vsl Torpedoed , . Presumably the vessel was tor pedoed by a Japanese submarine boldly operating within the nar row and dangerous limits of the Kula Gulf. SOUTH PACIFIC HEAD QUARTERS, July 6 (JP) Amer ican forces have gained control of Vangunu island, southeast of New Georgia, in addition to Ren- (Continued on Page-Two) :; ' July Bond Drive Nets $10,000 in Saturday Auction Passage of the first $10,000 mark in the July bond drive goal of $300,000 was accomplished during the Fourth of July week end at a Main street auction on Saturday afternoon and the ar ena auction Sunday afternoon at the rodeo. Martha McCollum of the Busi ness and Professional Women's club is chairman of the auction committee and announced the re sults Tuesday morning. Major portion of the fund was raised during the entertainment of Saturday afternoon at the cor ner of Eighth and Main streets, bringing in $7775. ... Emikrtalnment - Among those assisting with the entertainment, broadcast, from a truck platform, were the . four Shuck boys who formed an accordion quartet, a marimba . (Continued on Page Two) Klamath county's 26th war . casualty was recorded here Mon day when the family of Flight Officer Benjamin Otis Horsley, 24, United ' States army air corps, was advised that the young flyer was killed in a plane crash at Kingman air field, King' man, Ariz., early' Monday after noon. ' ; ' . An. Associated Press dispatch reported Flight Officer Horsley, who held the rank of lieutenant, was. killed instantly when a training plane on a routine flight crashed on a runway at the train ing field. - Nine other airmen were injured.. - Lt. Horsley visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Horsley of Bonanza, on June 8 when he flew his plane over the ranch home and later made a brief stay with his family. He was bora February 28, 1919, in Lakevlew, Ore., and has lived in this count for the past 13 years, graduating from Bonanza high school in (Continued on PastTwo) i
