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KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1943
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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
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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
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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'
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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." , ,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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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
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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 -
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Armor
NAZI SUMMER
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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 .
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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
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