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'II I' ill'i' i i l l JL iff l'l'i,!ill!liii.i. :.'.l,ll!i;ii'fi-.!l ;)' Br FRANK JENKINS 'T'llE lighting lii Sicily las sono A so well o fur Hint "military observers" (Unit comfortably anonymous term that enable O people- who aro inoio or less In Urn know to In Ik without going out on a limb) are sugucatlng to day Unit Germany mny nbandnn Italy soon. (Uut not, of course, until Sicily fnlla T ET'S analyze briefly the evl denec upon which these "mil itary observer" (whutever that may mean) base their guena. The Germans. Including the Hermann Goerlng armored di vision, first counter-attacked the Americana who wero landing on the Sicilian beaches. They were beaten oft. Several days later, German armored forcea attacked the British 8th army north of the port of Augusta. They were beaten bark. O Larger German forces. Includ ing tanks, made stand In the plain before Catania, and yes terday they were defeated In battle by the British 8th army. WHAT does this sequence of events suggest? NOT that tho Germans can't ' fight, for we know well enough they can. It DOES suggest that there aren't ENOUGH Germans In Sicily, and those that are there know they're fighting a delaying operation, Germans aren't good at that kind of fighting. Tunisia, where they surrendered as soon as they saw the Jig was up, was proof enough of that. HPACITUS, the first educated A man to see the Teutonic tribes In action, reported 2000 years ago that they were Impressive, even terrifying, fighters until O STOPPED by tho superior anus and disciplino of the Roman legions. Thereafter, he wrote, they were nothing to be afraid of. pHUrtCIIILL and FDR, In virtual ultimatum, today give Italy a choice either surrender honorably or bo blasted out of the war. They mention our great air and sea armadas. Then they say to the Italians: "If you continue to tolerate the fascist rcglmo that serves tho evil power of tho nazis, you must suffer tho con sequences of your own choice" f) They add: "Tho timo has como for you to decide whether Italians shall die for Mussolini and Hitler or LIVE for Italy and civilization." OTT seems a reasonable guess that A if and when Sicily falls the Italian crisis will come. Sicily Is tho Italian Hawaii, and Is considered the base of the country's defenses, Mussolini In 1037 boasted that it was so strong that "not one soldier could land there." The fall of Sicily will be a rough jolt for tho Italians, just as the fall of Hawaii would bo a rough jolt for us. What they will do under the impact of tho jolt remains to be seen. A QUESTION enters our minds at this point: Just how badly do wo want actual, physical, mllltn.ry-cona.ucRt possession of Italy, with lis 40 million mouths to bo fed? It's at least possible- that tho O German high command may bo toying with this same question. rpHE Russians yesterday an nounced officially and with considerable fanfare that they have begun their summer of fensive which was launched three days ago just above Orel, whero the Germans had been (Continued on Page Two) FDR Drops BEW; Strips Walla ce, Jones of Power By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 18 (A') Abolishing the board of eco nomic warfure (DEW), President Roosevelt sharply rebuked Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jones, stripped both of broad powers, and served notice today that any other offlcluls who feud In public will be fired. Duties of the DEW, headed by Wallace and consisting of seven cabinet members and thrco other high officials, were transferred to Leo T. Crowley as director of a new office of economic war laro (OKW). Mr. Roosovclt'a evecutive order made It plain that Soviets Repulse 1 1 At tacks; Push on Ten Miles LONDON, July IS OP) The Russians announced in a spec ial communique tonight that their troops hod advanced from six to 10 miles on the Orel front aftor repulsing 11 coun terattacks by the Germans, The communique, recorded by the soviet monitor from Mos cow broadcasts, said the Ger mans met with heavy losses In attempting to stom the offen sive. Below Orel the Germane also were on the defensive, the com munique said, and red army men also advanced somewhat. ' Intensive reconnaissance ac tivities" only were reported In the Belgorod sector of the front. Tanks, Planes Destroyed In all three sectors the Rus sians said they destroyed or disabled 120 tanks today and brought down 78 German air craft. The gains, a continuation of tho offensive announced yester day by the Russians after It had been in full swing for three days, wero on top of advances of 12 to 28 miles made by the red army to tho north and east of Orel. Tho direction of today's gains, however, was not given in the regular section of the com munique. MOSCOW, July 18 (P) The Russians struck fresh blows at (Continued on Page Two) Hartle Succeeded By Gerow in Europe LONDON, July 16 (fl5) MaJ. Gen. Leonard Townsend Gerow has succeeded Mnj. Gen, Russell P. Hartle as commanding officer of U. S. field forces In the Euro pean theatre, army headquarters announced today. The nature of Hartle's new as signment was not disclosed. Gloomy Weekend Seen for Beer Drinkers As Scarcity of Brew Threatens Klamath By LOIS STEWART It's an ill wind that blows no body good. But the wind has quieted down to a mere whisper on tho boor front. , The forthcoming weekond for "suds" imbibers looks pretty gloomy. Lots of feet will be off tho railing for tho first time in many weeks. This Is according to a quick survey of beer bars and distributors, as well. July is definitely tho big beer month for those that drink the high collared ale. August isn't far behind. Which adds up to hot weather observation that when it's warm tho beer sales boom. Lotsa Bottles Distributors serving this ter ritory 'estimate that during July last year some 28,000 cases of the beverage were sold in bottle form and perhaps 1050 kegs, or half-barrels of beer wore deliv ered on the run. Broken down, Fig iters Steal the OEW is to work handin- hand with the office of war mo- blllzatlon, headed by James F. Byrnes. Perkins Out A spokesman for BEW, whose long-standing feud with Secre tary of Commerce Jones brought on the drastic presidential ac tion, said abolition of BEW un doubtedly means that BEW di rector Mllo Perkins, right-hand man to Wallace, is out of a job. When reporters asked Mi. Roosevelt about Perkins' future, he referred them to Crowley, who was out of town today. He said Crowley, who in private life la chairman of the Standard Gas and Electric company, would continue to hold also the job of alien property custodian for a while. i... "Plaoue.on House" V A wrathful dispute between Wallace and Jones over methods of stockpiling strategic materi als, as pursued by BEW and Jones' reconstruction finance corporation, (RFC) brought the presidential crackdown last night In about the same vein that he pronounced "a plague on both your houses" when, peace negotiations in the "little steel" strike bogged down In 1037. Besides abolishing BEW, Mr. Roosevelt took away from RFC four major agencies dealing with foreign purchases. He di rected Crowley, to "exercise the functions, powers and duties of (Continued on Page Two) Drive Japs From Aleutians U. S. Aim, Says Knox WASHINGTON, July 18 (P) Secretary Knox said today in commenting on naval bombard ments of the Japanese base on Klska that "wo propose to drive the Japanese out of the Aleu tians." Tho secretary had been asked at a press conference about the significance of the shellings, the latest of which was reported in a communique earlier today. This was the fifth attack within 10 days. "I'll say what I have said be fore," Knox declared. "We pro pose to drive the Japanese out of the Aleutians, That is no secret. Just when and how we are going to do it I can't talk about." figuring 24 bottles of beer to the case, and seven and one-half cases to the half-barrel, the start ling figuro of 861,000 bottles stares the arm-chair statistician In the face. But all these figures boToifg'uV tho archives of 1942. The 1943 picture is seen through just half this many bottles of the amber stuff. - Many of Klamath's bars, and there's a fair sprinkling of the places in theso parts, were closed one and two days this week, Some may keep the doors locked over the weekend. They may have a little bottled beer to whet the parched throat, but there Isn't any draught beer to be had. The allotment is well consumed. Quiet Weekend -Saturday nlghtf big time for the bar boys, will probably be a quiet one unless ,soine unexpect To Run Again - & A l2k . rS.. I Wendell Wlllkle will run for president on the Illinois prefer ential primary H Col. R. R. Me Cormlck of the Chicago Tribune opposes him, according to a statement made Thursday. W1LLKIE TO RUN IT American Relations To World Seen As Issue NEW YORK, July 16 (JPi Wendell Wlllkie has disclosed that he will be a candidate for the 1944 republican presidential nomination provided Co). Rob ert R. McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune enters the Illinois preferential primary next April. Wlllkle, 1940 presidential nominee, revealed his hand in the following question and an swer in his own handwriting which he gave out for publica tion: . "Have you seen reports that Colonel McCormick may run in the Illinois primary for the re publican presidential - nomina tion?" "Yes," was his written reply, (Continued on Page Two) Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Brooklyn .. 2 5 0 Boston 3 10 3 Higbc, Allen (2), Fitzsimmons (7) and Bragan; Andrews and Kl-tlz. R. H. E St. Louis 5 IS 1 Pittsburgh 9 15 1 Krlst, Mungcr (1), Lanier (5), Dickson (8), and W. Cooper; Scwcll and Lopez. AMERICAN LEAGUE R H E Philadelphia 5 9 0 New York ...6 12 1 Flores, Arntzcn (3), Bcsse (7), and Wagner; Wensloff, Russo (7), and Dickey. ed beer arrives this weekend. Right now the beer dispensers arc getting together and talking about closing up one day a week. Whether they'll stagger their rtajs. e olj close simultaneously, Ii..s nut" been decided. But they probably will cut down the open ing hours to a mere eight. At the present time bars open fairly parly in the morning and keep the double doors swinging until midnight. Shortage Traced Shortage of beer can be traced back through a maze of causes. In the first place seven per cent less beer is being produced due to government reduction ladel- lng out the malt. Leading brew ers are taking care of the boys in GI uniforms and breweries are shipping as high as 30 per cent of the output overseas. More beer is being consumed (Continued on Page Two) , Rltato SALAMUA GATE CAPTURED BY INFILTRATION Troops Edge Closer To Munda Air . Base By MURLIN SPENCER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACI FIC, July 16 () Outwitting the wily Japanese at his own jungle game of stealing up from behind, American and Austral ian fighters of Gen. Douglas MacArthur possessed the Mubo gateway to Salamaua today after wiping out 950 surprised defenders in a brilliant Nw Guinea maneuver. The abrupt collapse of hill positions on which the Japanese for months barred the way along the jungle track leading to their Salamaua air base, 12 miles to the north, was an nounced In a communique. It also recorded a spectacular air victory., ' ? . - '-PUnes Downed ' Over1 Rendova island in .the central Solomons. 45 Japanese pianes were snoi a own oui or a formation of approximately 80 while on nearby New Georgia American jungle fighters edged still closer to ihe enemy's key air base of Munda. The tactics which - the . Jap anese employed with such be wildering success against " the British on their advance down the Malay peninsula upon Sing apore infiltration to the rear proved their undoing at Mubo. Right Prong Under Way On June 30, while the right prong of the present Pacific of fensive got under way against Munda, the left prong was established by American forces who braved the treacherous reefs to land at Nassau bay on northeast New Guinea, 12 miles down the coast from Salamaua. A highly secretive operation began at that point. Stealthily these forces, some lugging heavy guns by hand over jungle paths, moved inland along the valley of the Bitol river toward Mubo's rear. After Americans and Austral ians conquered southeastern (Continued on Page Two) New Soft Coo Wage Problem Confronts WLB WASHINGTON.' July 16 (IP) A new and difficult soft coal wage problem faced the war la bor board today in the form of a request by the operators for blanket authority to give in creases to 20,000 non-miner em ployes. . . Operators say there - always has been a differential -in earn ings between the; miners and a so-called exempt group, mostly salaried white collar workers. The increase in the mines' work week from five to six days in creased their earnings as much as 30 per cent, the operators say, and this has destroyed the differential. The operators want a blank check to Increase salaries vari ably up to 30 per cent. - Revenge i SALEM, July 16 () A state prison convict who is making out the new war ra tion books was seen' to tear ono up. It was made out to a district attorney of an Oregon county, ' .. ' "This is the guy what sent ma up," the convict explained. The convict was sent to his cell,where he pieced the book together. It was like a jig saw puzzle. ' v Sicilian Tank I SICILY RanJau, ,;; Nicosia tronle. Vi- A"" " - v ErtO1 m f !V JCATANIA - Gerbini "ygg I . Mazzerino f , V '- lantim-VSi, J0tiLim. Nfc. . I . Jsrlicate ff. - J XHr xvvt f t- TT?5iNjV . PaUtiotof !'. TVyracufg J.CT- WBiscri Honolia ySSSg;!!! MTUTt win London military observers saw the possibility of a major test soon for allied armies in Sicily, with U- S. armor facing the crack Hermann Goering divisions in the Ueaita sector and the British meeting other German forcea somewhere between Catania and Messina. Sea-borne British troops were landed near Catania (boat symbols and arrow). Shaded area was approximately that held hy allied forces. Today the British tanks met the) German armor before Catania, giving them a severe mauling before closing in to within 16 miles of Catania. Honorable Surrender" or Destruction Choice of : Italy, Say ' ""WASHINGTON, July lt Cfi President Roosevelt and Prime Minister : Churchill today- gave Italy- her' choice to surrender honorably, or be blasted out of the war. -; . ; ' In a virtual ultimatum, the allied leaders said the time has come for the Italian people "to decide whether Italians shall die for Mussolini and Hitler or. live for Italy and civiliza tion." ... Armadas ' The statement ' added: ' "The skies over Italy are dominated by the vast air armadas of the Excited Acrobat Gives Foreman 1 Punch on Jaw Howard A. Matthews, 26, Los Angeles - acrobat, got excited when he couldn't get a telephone connection and struck Roy Hit ter, night foreman at the R. L. Smith Lumber company, accord ing to a review of last night s activities in justice court Friday afternoon. - Matthews was fined $50 and costs, $25 suspended. He paid. According to police, who ar rested Matthews in front of the court house - shortly after 8:30' p. m., the southern visitor stop ped at the lumber company, asked Ritter for a first aid kit to- aid an injured friend who was lying in a big tool box in the back of his car. Ritter sug gested Matthews call an am bulance after a quick look at the young man, and told Matthews to use the yard phone. In his excitement, and unable to get his call through, Matthews punched Ritter in. the jaw. Matthews entered a plea of guilty to an assault and battery charge before Justice of the Peace Joseph A. Mahoney. . The injured youth was fully recovered after city police lodged him in jail for a short time. ' "Big Inch" Oil Pipe Near Done; Welding Last Part CINCINNATI, July 16 lPI Big inch is all but finished. ' Test runs of crude oil are be ing pumped through the eastern section of the $05,000,000 trans continental pipelines from Nor- ris City, 111., and next Monday at Phoenlxville, Pa., government dignitaries, including Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, will witness welding of the last sec tion of the 1341 miles of 24-Inch pipe... Monday is 15 days short , of a year, from the time the first sec tion .was.-laid. , . Battles Seen FDR, Churchill trnlteet States and Great fcirl sin," and "Italy's sea, coasts are threatened by . the greatest c- cumulation of British and allied sea power ever concentrated in the Mediterranean.' i In a joint . statement. Issued simultaneously at the' White House and in London (at 7 a. m. eastern war time) the two United Nations leaders told the people of Italy that the sole hope of Italy's survival "lies in honorable capitulation to the overwhelming power of . the military forces of the United Nations." Must Suffer "If you continue to tolerate the fascist regime which serves the evil power of the nazis, you must suffer -the conse quences of your own choice," the statement said. " With allied forces sweeping across Sicily toward the Ital ian mainland, the president and British prime minister in their message broadcast to. Italy from Algiers . and other' .adjacent allied points, said they, could take no satisfaction in invading (continued on Page Two) Sheldon Election : -. Won by IWA-CIO The International Woodwork-' era of America, of the CIO won the national labor relations board election Thursday at the Sheldon - Logging company in Grass Lake, California. - From ' the approximately 40 workers at the mill,' 38 ballots were cast, giving the IWA-CIO 23; no-union, 13; one challenged vote;- and one vote void. - - Troops Pour in tor First Phase of "War Games' Central Oregon Country CAMP ABBOT, Ore., July 16 (IP) ' A big triangle of moun tains, . buttes, valley s pine for ests, sage prairies and acres of lava lands today became a prac tice field for war .as troops poured in for a dress rehearsal. Headquarters for the central Oregon army maneuver area here announced . this morning that the first stage of. large scale war: games had started in the Sisters-Redmond Bend triangle, The first phase will continue for some four weeks. , i The troops came from army posts throughout the northwest. For the next month, headquart ers announced through the Camp Abbot public relations officer, roads will be congested with truck convoys carrying soldiers and supplies. Civilian motorists were warned to exert caution, particularly after nightfall. BRITISH NEAR CATANIA IN Twelve More Towns .Taken as Allies : ' Advance By DAjrrra. de luce ' ALLIED ' HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 16 U) The hard-panchins; British eighth- army was reported' within 1 miles of Catania in a northward surge up the Sicilian coast to day after falling upon a Ger man armored division and e' verely mauling it. .('': Allied' headquarters ' an nounced the capture of 12 ran .. towns, as Americans, British and Canadian advanced all along; their- moon-shaped front and more than 20,000 prisoners were; in allied hands when Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery vet erans administered another whip. ping to the- Hermann Goering armored divisions. - -. Prisoners Taken ' The American seventh army of Lieut. Gen. George 8. Pattan. Jr., seizing a number of town - on the western- sector, soma ox then of the greatest strategic, importance, had taken nearly tl AM Jik. mJum Thiv time Montgomery feu. upon the Germans north-of Len tirnV where- the, axis had gath araaV icnassiani -armor for strevrjf counter-attack, and smashed them back. Observers believed the enemy had staked "his all on counter attack. With an "appreciable number of tanks" already in Sicily, ob servers were confident the Ger man tank forcea would be dealt (Continued on: Page Two) - I French Working For Freedom, Says Roosevelt WASHINGTON. July IS SfY President Roosevelt, upholding his French policy, said today all the French empire now appears to be working for the comron cause to . liberate France and defeat the axis. ' ; The president described ' as vicious propaganda certain eri ttcismx attacking the- govern-: ment's policy since France fell. saying it was very unfair, in correct, ' and - derogatory to a well-ordered plan going back several years. . The president, told his press radio conference he did not in tervene with force to take over Martinique . and Guadeloupe. "French Caribbean possessions, as some critics of his policy had urged but waited to avoid blood shed and consequences which would have 'cut into the overall war picture. ' .' FORT-DE-FRANCE, - Martin, ique, July 16 Off1) Assurance was given today by Henri-Etien-. !' (Continued on Page Two) in Many convoys will travel after dark and under blackout condi tions,. . -r -Vi ! All Types of Combat i The terrain affords ground fof every type qf inland combat op erations. Headquarters said it was chosen to try put many new phases of modern warfare in novations born on actual battle fields.- -V-" : Participating troops .will rep resent practically every type. ; Tackling their first problem, the soldiers were moving into bivouac' on the mountainsides, some of them' under the ihadows of ancient volcanoes. Guadalcanal Commander ,. -' : Director of the maneuvers It MaJ.-Gen. Alexander M.. Patch, commanding general pf ptt rt, 4K Mmf . YTa mnHw vu. ' " J w W" -... -. returned from the South PaeUls) . .Cotnued,on Pais TwpJi ; 1
