Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current, July 08, 1943, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Herald and news., July 08, 1943, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1943)

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.7 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 12 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextIP'WIIifPlillfillllj mMMMwmmmmimmuu iiifjii!ffliliililliiBiiirtiilliiiilliitiiiti . On 5-mlnut blast on slrn and whlitlti li th sign! lor a blackout In Klamath ralli. Another long blait. during a black out, li a ilgnal (or all-elaar. In cau tionary parlodi, watch your itraat lights. July T High M. Low M Precipitation as of July 1, 1143 Stream yr to data ......................1T.TI Lait yaar 13.11 Normal ll. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES irunjlrriW-'U"Ui '.'"'"' '"'" -- ----.---....if PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1943 Number 9844 if UlSDTI D LTQ UVU Mjlf!fl Hi ' . -- .i Nazis By FRANK JENKINS ""TO this writer, these service . men's reminiscence are simply thrilling. So, If you don't mind, we'll no from Qwher we left off yesterday. "THERE Is mora or less agree ment among the men buck from the South Seas Unit the Jap 23-callbre rifles and mi- chin guns aro pea-shooters in comparison with our own 30- . calibre weapons. Let's quote a man wounded by one of them: "I got five bullrl from one of thrse 25s Into nio in about 30 seconds and It wasn't fun, but It It had been one of our 30s I wouldn't be here now. I'vo got one of the bullets that the doc dug out of my leg Just below 1he skin where It had como out on the other side, and I'm keep ing It for a souvenir. I wish I had It here to show you." VW on point, however, there wv I Mrcp.mc.nl; to- the Jap 25 enflbre s eHecUveWss. It has very little muzzle-flare, and so doesn t betray, its position at night a do' our larger 30a. That is Important in the Jungles where a lot of fighting Is at night. l'V; . "On of tlli'Vorst things we did at first," says a man back on lick leave, "was to shoot at every sound we heard at night. We were Jumpy,- and our trig ger finger were Itchy. So when w heard something we'd cut looso and th. Jap, getting our position from the muzzlo-tlurc, would land on us with every thing he had. That cost a lot of lives, especially at tho begin ning. "Our officers got smart pret ty quick, and wo were 'ordered not to shoot at night unless all Ohell was breaking loose." QNE of the first things the of fleers learned, this man says, was to remove ALL, Insig nia, leaving no marks whatever to distinguish their rank, as the Jap snipers aro coached to pick oft the officers first. "THERE Is gcncrnl praise among these men back from the fronts for tho new Gnrand rifle, ot which conflicting stories have been In circulation hero at home. Their fire power is uni versally agrocd to bo far super ior to that of the Jup weapons, and they stand up In tho mud and muck and filth ot jungle fighting unbelievably well. Here and there, however, one finds supporters for tho older Springfield. Says one such: Ob" 'The Garand is a good weapon, ut I did havo one stick on me back at the beginning and hav ing your rifle jam on you when things are hot is something you don't want to havo happen to you more than once. Me, I stick to the old Springfield. Every time you -yank tho bolt on one of those old boys you know there'll be something there when you pull the trigger." 'THERE'S high pralso for the Tommy-gun, familiar to all readers of gangster stories and habitues of the gangster movies. Their range is short, tho boys say, but much of the Jungle fighting is at short range and the Tottimy-gun sprays a lot ot lead and has practically never been known to Jam. QjERE'S a sidelight on fighting x; ability: "Voir can't toll by looking at him whether a guy will be good under fire or not. I remember one In particular I wont wrong on. Mo looked like just about a half-wit, and I'd havo guessed him as under half rather than , Continued on Page Three) OaiiDD HARD-FIGHTING SOVIETS LIMIT AXISipCE German Reserves Aid Kursk Plains Push By WILLIAM M'CAFFIN MOSCOW, July 8 ') Fresh nail reserves were reported pushing through smoko and dust along paths marked by wrecked machines and the dead today to bolster the Kursk plains offensive which the red army, fighting more brilliantly than ever before, has limited to small gains In the Belgorod sector. Russian forces slew some 30, 000 Germans, destroyed or dam aged 1S3D tanks and shot down bi9 planes during the first three days of tho battlo, It was an nounced officially. Russian Losses - (A DNB dispatch subsequent ly broadcast from Berlin and recorded by the Associated Press declared that the Germans had destroyed 802 soviet tanks and 847 aircraft in the--last three- days. Fortifications of the Bel gorod area were "overcome Jn great depth" and the Russians southeast of Orel were "thrown back on their own mine fields," the propaganda agency said). '' Nazi air force squadrons are (Continued on Page Two) Court Takes Ration Book of Speeding Driver Fillmore Samuel Nida, 24-1 year-old Klamuth laborer, made, history this .week when he was chalked up as the first local mo torist to have his gasoline ration taken away for violation of traf fie rules. Nida, who lives at route 3, box 41, Klamath Falls, appeared In justice court to answer a charge of violating the basic rule. State police arrested Nida on high way 08, near Pine Flats in the Dairy district, and an officer's (Continued on rago Two) BUI Increasing Dependent's Pay Sent to House WASHINGTON, July 8 (P) Legislation increasing tho gov ernment's cash contributions to dependents of servlco men was passed by tho sonata today and sent to tho house. Approved without debate, the measure would increase from $02 to $08 tho total monthly al lowance for a wife and one child and would boost the allowance for additional children from $10 to $11 a month. In addition, it would provide that the government pay all of tho first month's dependency al lowance, although after that timo a service man would con tribute $22 and the government $28 toward tho basic amount of $50 allowed for a wlto without a child. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE H H E Cincinnati 7 .17 1 Philadelphia 5 10 0 Vandormccr and Mueller; Johnson, Olctz (4), Mathewson (7), Fuchs (0), and Livingston. . AMERICAN LEAGUE . R. H. E. Boston 2 7 1 St. Louis 5 12 0 Dobson, Lucicr (7), Woods (8) and Conroy; Sundra and Hayes. Washington 2 7 2 Cleveland 5 , 0 Q Pylo, Hanfncr and Early) Rey. nolds and Rosar, Not This business of being a working woman Is rigntup Joan Moor s allay, one responded to pica for. volunteer help Issued by tb war price and rationing board and tola U-y ear-old seventh gradar from Roosevelt school stamps envelop by tb hundreds. Joan la th youngest volunteer help la th stat, we'll batch. 8h is th daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Moor of 204S LRoy itrMt. Of course. It's an old story with Joan. Bh helped out , '. ' 'I, Giraud Talks "CrowdsDcrhand Alliance By RICHARD G. MABSOCK WASHINGTON, July 8 ?) Installation of a pro-allied ad ministration in troubled Martin. Ique was one of the prime sub jects up for discussion today between Washington officials and Gen. Henri Honor Giraud, co-chairman of the French com mittee ot national liberation. (Demonstrations at Fortde France, Martinique, In which crowd ot 15.000 persons de manded a break with Vichy and an alliance with the United States, were reported In a dis patch from Port of Spain, Trini dad, today. Favor D Gaul! (Tho demonstrators, favoring the fighting French leader Gen eral Charles de Gaulle, were re ported to have taken possession of the streets of Fort-do-France for two days. Gendarmerie sent to disperse them, the dispatch said, left tho -demonstrators un molested as they shouted Wive De Gaulle" and sang the French anthem "Marseillaise.") , Giraud, the tall, brisk soldier who escaped from a German prison camp to command French North Africa forces in the fight against the axis, is In Washing ton as the government's guest, Elk Hotel to Be Renovated; New Management Complete renovation of the Elk hotel at 1111 Main street, will take place around Septem ber 1, when a change will be made in the management, it was announced Thursday. The Elk hotel has been oper ated by . a Portland concern headed by Dean Vincent. The lease expires September 1. Own ers of the 100-room ' building are C. A. Dunn, T. B. Watters, Andrew Collier and M. S. West. Larsen Manages Eugene Larsen has been re tained as manager of the hotel. The present manager,. R. ,V. Hatfield, will leave for Port land when the change is made and will ,takc over the Cor nelius hotel, it was learned from tho Portland office today. Hatfield came here two years ago from Beatrice, Neb. , . ' Owners of the Elk said 'all rooms, including the. lobby, cof fee shop and other spaces, would undergo a complete face lifting. This will include all new furniture, carpets and coffee shop equipment. The three-story building was constructed In tho early '30s, and tho present own ers acquired the structure in January, 1840, Such a Bad Job After All! "' ' ""UT"' j! ' Martinique as .'' on military mission. . He ar rived late yesterday. En route from Algiers, Giraud stopped at San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was able to learn from Vice Admiral John H. Hoover, U. S. commander ot Caribbean defenses, of the offer by Admiral George ' Robert, Vichy French high commissioner at Martinique, to negotiate a change of authority. Hoover surveyed the situation with Rob ert last week and reported to Washington. "Grand Jump" As he left the White House after visiting President Roose velt yesterday afternoon, Giraud said he had "a magnificent jump across the ocean." Washington officials Insist that negotiations w 1 1 H Robert are a matter for the French com mittee to carry out, but they acknowledge an interest in see ing that a friendly administra (Continued on Page Two) Pauline Suty Bridesmaid at Algiers Wedding From Algiers comes a story which mentions Pauline Suty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Suty of Malin, one of the first WACs to land on African soil after the Invasion of that con tinent. WAC Suty was the bridesmaid at the wedding of a Flying Fort ress onnnr nnrl a sictfii WAP in Holy Trinity church in Algiers) Thursday. The groom, veteran of 80 bombing missions, is ex pected to leave for the United States soon after a three-day furlough-honeymoon. It was the first overseas wed ding of a WAC to an American soldier. The bride, Auxiliary First Class Marjorie A. Wilson of Berkeley, and Staff Sergt. Vir gil E. Major of Ridgeway, Mont. Last Straw 'Possum jn Bed SAN FRANCISCO, July 8 (P) The six dogs his wife kept in their home were plen ty to contend with, Henrlck Grinderslav declared in a di vorce complaint, but when she brought four opossums home the place Began to look like a zoo. - Grinderslav, a merchant marine first mate', ' said his wife kept him awake nights prodding him with warnings not. to roll over on his white Pekingese bedmates. ' . -. -; J during Christmas, too. Veronica Lake K tiaYBaby Boyi Both Doing Well HOLLYWOOD, July 8 VP) Screen Actress Veronica Lake gave birth today to a three pound boy, two months pre maturely. The child was placed in an incubator and her physician, Dr. Raymond D. McBurney, said both ap parently were doing welL - - Miss Lake went to the hos pital last Thursday after she tripped and fell on a motion picture set. Her husband, Maj.- John Detlie, is in -the army in Seattle. Marvin Ad kins Killed in Sinking Of Oklahoma Marvin Birch Adkiiis, whose name appeared in Life magazine recently . as a casualty from Klamath Falls, was killed De cember 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor when the Oklahoma was sunk, according to Information from Mrs. B. W.. Zollman. Several other calls were received follow ing a plea from The News and Herald for information. A check into files of The News and Herald revealed that the cas ualty ' was officially - reported Monday, May 4 of last year. Adkins had lived at 914 Lin coln with his parents for several months. He enlisted in the navy from San Diego, and his parents later moved to Medford and then to Portland. The elder Adkins was the operator of the meat market at Emil's food store on Oregon avenue. ' ' I Senate Abandons Subsidy Pay Fight; Accepts House Approved CCC Measure WASHINGTON, July 8 (fP) In an administration victory, both houses of congress today abandoned efforts to outlaw sub sidy payments for wartime good price rollbacks. ' They sent to the White House legislation continuing the com modity credit corporation for six months without the subsidy ban that ran head-on into a presidential veto a week ago. Final action in both houses was by voice vote. Not a single "no" . was heard as the house approved the bill. . The senate earlier had bowed to veto threats and abandoned, 34 to 33, its pro hibition against payment of food subsidies, 'yVM:: "; With this action the path ap parently was . cleared : for -con Sicily, Sardinia Pounde d Again by Winged Explosives By RELMAN MORIN ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 8 OP) The relentless allied air assault against Sicily and Sardinia went through its fifth consecutive day yesterday with heavy bombings of airfields and other military targets, it was announced officially today. Enemy fighter opposition was reduced scale," but nevertheless axis planes for a loss of fjve of Gerbini in eastern Sicily, scene of a titantic air battle between American Flying Fortresses and more than 100 enemy planes on Monday, was battered 19 more times yesterday by Fortresses, Mitchells and Marauders, and they did not encounter a single enemy aircraft. . Fighter Escort American Warhawk fighters escorting RAF Baltimore bomb ers in a raid on Borizzo in western Sicily gained six of the day's 10 victories. They hov ered over Borizzo airfield for almost an hour. While all of western Sicily felt some of the weight of the bombardment Warhawks even went - down to strafe . isolated military targets in the country side the great network of air-. fields in and around Gerbini was the main theatre of allied operations. Might Assault Following the day raids, RAF Wellington bombers carried the assault into the night with at tacks on. Palermo and Sciacca. They dropped a great weight of bombs piy,the-railway, yards at Palermo .and left large ;. lues ..facing.. , . ij ; . 'g--:? ' Returning crew reported file weakness -of ground ,fire over Palermo indicated that, the de fenders were being swamped by the unceasing storm of explo sives and Incendiaries. . , . . Nineteen Raids - Nineteen times within 24 hours formations of allied planes were in the sky over Gerbini. Bombs tell in layer. They, tore up runways on all of Gerbini's 10 airdromes, smashed revet ments and ploughed dispersal areas with explosive and frag mentation bombs. The swarm of German and Italian . defenders that rose - to fight the Flying Fortresses three days ago was nowhere in sight, and .except for some anti-aircraft fire yesterday's attackers worked unhindered. Manpower Shortage Seen Big Problem In Shipbuilding TACOMA, July 8 (P) Short age of manpower appears to be the Pacific coast shipbuilding in dustry's most serious bottleneck, Representative James A. O'Leary, (D) of New York, chairman of the congressional merchant marine subcommittee, said today in comment upon in formation gained by the commit tee up to this point in its in vestigation of shipbuilding on this coast. O'Leary and other committee members passed through Tacoma today for a holiday at Paradise Inn, Rainier National park, at the conclusion of which they will return to the national cap ital. gress to recess before midnight for a summer vacation. The CC measure enlarges the corporation's borrowing power by $350,000,000 from $2,650, 000.000 to $3,000,000,000, and under it the administration can continue the payment of sub sidies to hold down the retail prices of meat, butter and other foods. Certain Vto Before the senate acted, Sen ator Maloney (D-Conn.) told his colleagues that if they persisted in retaining the prohibition against roll back subsidies the bill would face "a certain veto" by President . Roosevelt. The president previously vetoed a similar bill. i Senator George (D-Ga.) com mented he thought. the congress J "traveliog -a Ion Way. from.. reported -to have been on a allied fighters shot down 10 their own. War Agency Employe Confirmation Debated WASHINGTON, July 8 VP) The senate passed and. sent to the White House today a 1253. 236,000 "catch-all" second de ficiency appropriations bill in which it agreed to abandon its amendment to revive the fed eral crop insurance corporation. It acted on a conference re port adopted earlier by the bouse. - Passage left only the. $2,911, 697,224 war agencies, and the $1,137,167,010 labor '- security supply bills on the tiori calendar. - -The IrWipal issue remaining' was--iheflro-posal giving the lawmakers vir tual hiring and firing power over war agency employes-in higher salary brackets. ' '"- House Rfuss' '. :;?7 Taking up this proposal late In the day, the house refused to give the senate power to con firm or reject such appointees. This left it up to the senate to' retreat in its stand' or delay! recess of congress. : ' By a roll call vote of 260 3p, o, uie nouse rejected a. conk promise in the $2,911,697,224 - (Continued on Page Two) 'J ' House Ag Group Kills Lift of : Com Ceiling WASHINGTON, July 8 The house agriculture commit tee by a 9 to 6 vote today killed a senate-approved measure lift ing the corn ceiling price from $1.07 to $1.40 a bushel, Chicago basis. - ... . The committee, however, de cided to meet again later today to discuss alternative legislation or other means' of dealing with the emergency corn situation, without congress going so far as to set a- price for a single commodity.. - .! -' The senate bill was tabled, after the house group heard tes timony by Marvin Jones, 'the new war food administrator, In executive session. Rep. . Hope (R-Kas.), ranking minority member, said "We do not want' to go away without doing' something to solve this - (Continued on Page Two) .- representative government," If a majority allowed a presidential veto to force it to acquiesce in subsidies against its will. Voice of People ' "The American people I will certainly ask in- 1944 who dic tates the policies of this: gov ernment," he said. "Are -they dictated by the people through the votes of their representa tives here or are they dictated by outside agencies?" Berkley (D-Ky.) told report ers a proposal to insert in the bill a policy declaration putting congress on record as opposed to subsidies to roll back food prices had been rejected unani mously by the conferees.- He said house ' members had stead fastly refused to accept any' part of the senate - version, which -(Continued on Pag .Two);: NEW LArJDINbS IDE Oil NEW GEORGIA ISLE Nine Jap Warships Destroyed During Night Battle - By MURLIH SPENCER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA. July 8 (Pi- United States jungle fighters bat tled today within- six miles- of. the Japanese air base of Mund from two new landing points on New Georgia island, in the cen tral Solomons area where the enemy's hold has been weakened by crushing naval defeat. The new landings were dis closed today by Gen. Douglas WASHINGTON. July VP) The nary announced today, that American submarine bad sunk ton nmy con-combatant ships and damaged four others in th Pacific. ' MacArthur In a communique, which also contained the newt' that in the warship engagement during the darkness of July 5-6 above Munda in the Kula gulf. Japanese cruisers and destroyer were "sunk against the loss of the Cruiser u. S. S.-Helena.- i Little Damage . (A dispatch quoting sources at the South Pacific headquarters a -!) j iutm t . xiaiaey ni,oY othr American warship even. ' sustained damage in the engagement aftd that most of the more than. 800 reported aboard the Cruiser Helena were saved).- The growing weight of the Pa cific r offensive- began to tell against Japan at the other end of the. 700-mile arc as well. Gen eral MacArthur announced that' in the jungle fight on the ap preaches to the Japanese air base of Salamaua, New Guinea, Aus tralian troops captured Observa tion Hill between Salamaua and Miibo after its Japanese defend ers had been killed or demoral ized by 106 tons of bombs drop-. ped in less than 43 minutes by Boston attack nlanes. Mitchell and .Liberator bombers. . nam lanintf. tK In- made Monday, today's commun- (Continued on Page Two) DIG UP DOLLARS , f OR DOOLITTLE! It- will lake. $1.00 la War Stamps .from every man. .woman and child in th coun try to build the: ; - - "SHANGRI-LA IJ . VV.W I i'i '-. $35,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000. 113,000 110,000 5,000 $40,000 is Klamath county , goal la War Stomp for July. 7 P take part el your' chang la War Stomp. Let's litis) "Doollttl Do It Again."