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'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
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-.
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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
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returned from the South PaeUls)
. .Cotnued,on Pais TwpJi ;
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