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Newspaper Page TextiffliimmiHiHiiiiiiiiiiiuwiii Ni I; lllllii;illlilIIIIIIIIIIIHII!llillllIIIHMIIIIIl.""illllimilllll Ji :v . . 1 On 5-minut blast on lrns and whistles li th sign! let a bUckout tn Klamath Filli. Anolhtr long blast, during bUck out, U a ilgntl. lor all-elar. In jimU' Nonary periods, waleh your slrl light. Juir it Wgk w, Ut io PrelpiaMan a el July 10, It 41 BtiMra yar to data .........IT.Tt Last yar . ...18.15 Mornal ;....1,M ASSOCIATED PRESS .N THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE , CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1943 TWO SECTIONS Number 9852 I DlYD fa I I H ill) 'HS'awlH I I mmmm I I (liMi-D A)IV)HII'I .'..LlflLf.lS.l 1 li I Ms -Inch' Fi'wcl By FRANK JENKINS (XN the Catanlan plain, which li the key to Sicily, we're getting set today lor the big work. WE'RE moving onto the plain from iti aouthcrn ediie. Vtontgomory's famous 8th army In heading northward up the coat. Farther west, in tho cen ter, are tho Canadian!, fighting their way through difficult hilly country. Still farther wct, at the left of the line, are our Americana, fighting In still rougher, more mountainous country. The idea is to hit the defend ing axia force on a fairly WIDE front, Instead of driving a nar row wedge which they might be able to bite off. AN Interesting and maybe highly significant point to day Is the statement that -we've beaten off ANOTHER German armored counter-attack. That makes four times in a row, sug gesting Inevitably that the Gcr mn lack their customary "punch. - " (But wetmiWn'l forget that they may be Just saving up to hit us harder later.) 1EEP this In mind, for it is Important: '"' - We have a foothold (as con trasted with a mere toehold) along some 130 miles of Sicily's southern coast, and at least two PORTS through which to pour relnforcementa and supplies. With our command of air and tea, we're badly disrupting axis supply lines from tho Italian mainland. (It's like gotting your oppon ent by the throat and slowly choking him. If you can keep that up long enough, you won't need to KNIFE him.) 'T'HE Russians today are re- ) ported within 29 miles of Orel, coming from the north and east, following railroads in both cases. They're within heavy artil lery range of Orel Itself and also of the Orel-Bryansk railroad, by which tho Germans receive sup plies from the west. Watch this situation. It's ex tremely Important in the 'whole picture. s ' THE Paris radio (never rolls x bio) Is telling today of con centrations of TURKISH troops opposite the Italian Dodecanese islands off the Turkish coast and of dally roconnatssnnce flights over Bulgaria by uniden tified pianos. Tho situation will likewise bear watching. It might get hot at any moment. Oa N Interesting sidelight: Field Marshal Baron von Right- ofen, cousin of tho famous World War 1 ace, Is directing the Gorman air defense of Sicily. Ho Isn't doing so well, having lost 163 planes to our 6D. '. TIERE is a thrilling lino, from 1 the South Pacific: "Munda is being dive-bombed to destruc tion." - Dive bombers are nearly as accurate as artillery. More than 100 of our planes of this type are attacking the Jap airfield, picking their targets such as Jap gun positions, etc. The Japs haven't been able to stop us. ' , TN New Guinea, our men and i the Australians are creeping Pin on Salamaua, from which their front lines are less than seven miles distant at two points. Salamaua and Lao are the two principal Jap -, positions there. Both have big airfields dovolop (Continued on Pago' Four) Vere $ Dot Man Rommel? LONDON, July 17 W) The Algiers radio, which aald it was quoting a rellablo Swiss source, reported today that Nazi Field Marshal Er win Rommel hurriedly left Aix Los Bains, Franco, for Lyons the night of the allied landings In Sicily and that since then no news ha been received of hi whereabout. The broadcast was record ed by The Associated Press. (A report that Rommel was shot down In a transport plane en route to Sicily was broadcast over an under ground German radio station Tuesday night. The broadcast was recorded In Sweden and the story was relayed to Great Britain. There was no allied confirmation of the report.) . . DIVE-BOMBERS LAY Eighty - Two Tons of Explosives Hit Japs By C YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACI FIC, July 17 OD Munda I be ing dive-bombed to destruction. Eighty-two -more tons of bombs burst Friday upon tho Japanese air base whose defend ers, from their foxholes, have seen the central Solomons skies darkened by dauntless dlv bombers and Avenger torpedo bombera from the first day of the American invasion on June 30. Plck-Your-Target More than 100 of these planes delivered the latest of these low level plck-your-target attacks which in a short while havo ex ploded In excess of 300 tons of bombs on Munda. Twonty-elght tons of 1000 and 2000 pound bombs blasted at Munda's guns and men on July 3; 70 tons on July 9; 67 tons on July 10; 82 tons on July 11; 31 tons -on July 13. Other raids (Continued on Pace Three) Frank Ira White, Pioneer Klamath Peator, Dies in Portland Friday Frank Ira White, 72, promi nent Klamath resident and pio neer realtor, died at 10:20 p. m. FrldBy at 3233 Northeast 30th street, Portland, where he had been for the past six weeks in tho hope of improving his health. Mr. White was bailiff of tho circuit court at the time of his death. The passing of Mr. White ends ono of the most colorful lives of this community. He was an old newspaperman and par ticularly Interested In young re porters. On many occasions he contributed to this paper and it was one of his sincere pleas ures to type out a story of early days of this country, especially as they pertained to develop ment of property, Mr. White was a kindly man, and leaves scores of friends to mourn his death, Born in Kansas Frank Ira White was born August 1, 1870, in Atchinson, Kas. His early newspaper expe rience was obtained on the Den ver Post In Denver, Colo. He becamo Interested in Oregon and in 1004 went to the Oregonian in Portland where he served as city editor for one year. Just about that time there was strong development noted in the Klam ath basin and he arrived here in 1905 to identify himself with real estate holdings. He was particularly involved in the growth of Mills addition and named many of the streets In that section of the city, '' Mr.' While returned to Port SOVIETS US L E Nazis Throw Two New ' Divisions Into Spearhead LONDON, July 17 W) Rus sian forces advanced another six to eight miles today on the vital Orel front, a special Rus sian communique broadcast from Moscow and recorded by the soviet monitor said tonight. These were on top of ad vance of 12 to 28 miles the first three days of the soviet offensive and six to 10 miles yesterday. "During July 17," the com munique said, "our troops on the Orel sector of the front, overcoming enemy resistance and counterattack developed their offensive and advanced 10 to 12 kilometers." "t Situation Sam It said that in the Orel-Kursk section of the front some 200 mile south of Moscow Russian forces in two days of fighting "completely restored the situa tion they occupied before the of- (Continued-on. Page Three) "Non-Military Surprises" May Come From Italy BERN, Switzerland, July 17 (P) Further Italian reaction to the Roosevelt-Churchill appeal to abandon the struggle was await ed today following hint from within Italy that "non-military surprises" were forthcoming. The exact nature of the ex pected developments was not stated, but a Swiss telegraphic agency dispatch said there was much discussion about "non-military surprises." Dispatches from Rome suggested they would take the form of a sweeping political change to bolster morale and form a regime p carry on the war pending an opportunity to (Continued on Page Thret) land In-1018 and served as fi nancial editor of the Oregonian. He was responsible for the first colored supplement issued by that paper. Later he was identi fied with the Portland chamber of commerce and served as sec retary of the foreign trado de partment. After several years in Portland, Mr. White returned to Klamath Falls to make his home. Early Day Stories Stories of early 'day develop ment of the city interested Mr. White. One which he told with relish concerned members of the old chamber of commerce, J. D. Carroll, J. Frank Adams, Nate Merrill, Judge George Baldwin and himself. The five mado a trip to Sacramento back in 1906, found Ringling Brothers circus playing In tho . city arid mado a deal with the circus head to advertise the Klamath basin and especially Klamath Falls. . How they took over the "circus" was a new high in chamber of com merce community advertising and one never equalled. Mr. White was one of the early chamber presidents. Mr. White's old office still stands on South Fifth street on the alley back of the Empdrium. The family home, "Home Crest," Included some 60 acres facing the main canal southeast of the city. Arthur street now runs through the property which Mr. White subdivided. ; Realty Secretary " '' At the timo of his passing (Continued on Prge Four) NEARER ORE DIV Russian Gains RUSSjAL moscowI I Smolensk Kaluga Jf Wmr i WZe' n i Poltava i maSmsma miles Th Russian offensive ham mering tb nasls southeast of Moscow o soundly that th Germans hav thrown two nw division Into th fray, has ad Tincid it w reported Satur day to within IS rail of Oral. A maor break-through Is x pctd. ' - Colonel Jeers at Willkie Chances In Preferential NEW YORK, July 17 (ZD Commenting on Wendell Win kle's challenge to oppose him In the Illinois : presidential pref erence primary election, Colonel Robert R. McCormick, Chicago Tribune publisher, said yester day that at present he did not believe Willkie could "carry a single state west of Mew Jersey --cither in the primaries, prjhe general election.." ,., , t , i j , "Anybody can beat Willkie in Illinois," said the publisher. 'He's a Joe out there." '. Willkie, 1040 republican pres idential nominee, challenged Colonel McCormick to run, after, the, publisher had been asked by resolution of the re publican nationalist revival committee to permit his name to be entered in the primary. The committee recently w or ganized with an announced aim to help maintain the republican party as the "nationalist" party in United States politics. Colonel McCormick has not Indicated whether he would ac cept the offer of the committee, which also stated its opposition to Willkie. ' Asked specifically by news men if he would enter the Illi nois primary, Colonel McCor mick brushed aside the question. Frank Ira Whit Local Shoe Good news on the shoe front was released Saturday from the office of price administration when it was learned that a cer tain percentage of footwear now on Klamath merchants' shelves will be sold ration-free starting Monday, July 19, through July 31. .. ..The new order will affect shoes for. the whole family from infants :up to size 15. - Along comes another note from the OPA office to the ef fect that evening slippers, base ball, track and football shoes, and men's, and women's khee- 1 f BOMBS PLASTER NAZI INDUSTRY Italian Electricity Is . Target for Night Raiders LONDON, July 17 W) American heavy bombers raid ed industrial targets at Amster dam in the occupied Nether lands and in northwest Germany today, it was officially an nounced. Bombs were seen to burst In the target areas. The unescorted Flying Fort resses encountered cloud of enemy fighters on their way home and early claims indicat ed that upwards of SO were de stroyed by Fortress gunners.. Two bombers were missing from the daylight raid. Second in Four Days This marked the second time in four day that the Germans have lost SO or more fighters. On Wednayesd at least 51 fight ers were destroyed during" raids cn aircraft works and -airfields in France, at least 45 of 'them by Flying Fortresses. i The day raids followed at tacks f by -Britain-based RAF bombers on Italy's transporta tion system in their second straight assault across the Alp and upon Munich. . , . Italian Targets ' Last night's target in Italy, as was the case tb night be fore, were transformer- and switching stations through which flow the current generat ed in the Alps to keep Italian rail supplies .moving. The strength of the raiding force was not given immediate ly, but the fact the RAF bomb ers set alarms wailing in west (Continued on Page Three) Former Police Officer Indicted In Rape-Slaying DALLAS, July 17 WV-Richard H. Layton, former Mon mouth police officer, was ar raigned today on two indict ments charging first degree murder in the Tape-slaying of 17-year-old Ruth HUdebrand of Dallas. - Lavton had been scheduled Jo enter a plea in circuit couri today to an earlier indictment, also charging murder in the first degree, but District Attor ney Bruce Spaulding said he had requested the Polk county grand jury to reconsider the case. The grand jury this morning returned two Indictments. One charged premeditation in the drowning of Miss HUde brand. The other, similar to the first indictment, charged mur der in the committing of rape. Layton, a husky six-footer who, state police said, had boasted of his prowess with women, asked for additional time for preparation of pleas to the two indictments. The court set next Thursday as the time for his pleas. The two indictments appar ently were designed to give the state a choice on which to try Layton, who admitted, state police Capt. Vayne Gudrane announced July 7, raping the girl and knocking her into the Willamette river. Ration Eased height riding boots, have been taken off the rationing list and from, now on these particular shoes will not demand a stamp, Shoe merchants in the city said they would be ready by Monday morning to offer the allowable stock for . sale ration- free. The order was made by OPA to help dealers clear their stocks of small lots of odds and ends prior to the arrival of fall merchandise. - - Buyers are advised that only a small percentage of the shoes on. hand are included , in the, ra tion-free list, and that all shoes do not fall In this category.- AMSTERDAM I S'm GOERING TANKS U- SMASHED BACK; "Hi ... m ,, i , ft afjna gf "?3r jflfcATANIA " comio5"V : N(AvoU SICILY 0 20 ' STATUTI MIUS From th allied Una' on th map abov th British have ad vanced from Brucoli to Lratini aad Scordia at th (ate to th Catania plain, while th Amwican-Canadlan troop have poshed inland to Caltagirona and are now threatening th right flank of th German defending Catania. - , : Axis Lifeline to Sicily . Disrupted by U. S. Planes By RELMAlf MORIH ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH . AFRICA,' July 17 VPlr-Allied lr units struck new paralyzing.: blows, at ( the ' axis lifeline from' Italy to Sicily yes day and the previous night with heavy attacks on 'the Messina strait transport system and en emy air bases from heel to toe on the Italian boot. American Flying 'Fortresses battered San Giovanni, main land terminus of the Messina ferry route, following up a night attack on the same target by Wellingtons of the RAF. Docks Hit The big bombers planted rows of explosives on docks, railroad sidings and the ferry line itself. Aerial reconnaissance showed Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE . R. H. Brooklyn ...... 7 13 11 Boston , ...5 Davis, Head (8), and Owen; Salvo, MacFayden . (6), Odom (8), and Kluttz. - - ' " St. Louis J .3 8 0 Pittsburgh ................7 9 0 Breechen, Krisf (6), Hunger (7), and Odea; Butcher and Lopez. . . -. . Chicago . 5 12 , 0 Cincinnati .'...6 11 1 Derringer, Prim (7), Warneke (7), Hanyzewskl (7), Burrows (8), and McCullough; Starr, Rid dle (9) and Mueller. New York .1 2 0 Philadelphia .....2 10 0 Wittig, A. Adams (9) and Lombard!; Conger and Living ston. ' AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H.-E. Philadelphia 4 11 1 New York 5 11 0 Black and Swift; Borowy, Turner (9) and Dickey. Cleveland .....1 6 0 St. Louis ;:....3 '9 -1 Reynolds and Rosar; Gale house and Hayes. Detroit 2 7 1 Chicago .......5 6 1 Newhouser, Oana (7), and Parsons; Dietrich and Tresh. Kiska Raided Four Times Thursday WASHINGTON, July 17 (IP) The navy announced today that army bombers raided Japanese positions on Kiska Island four times Thursday, starting several fires among the enemy s anti aircraft batteries. - The air attack fell the same day as the latest shelling of the enemy-held ' island, which , had been reported by the navy , yes terday. A small American war ship . bombarded Japanese' de fenses at Gertrude Cove, south west of Kiska harbor in the early morning. - . - that at least 50 direct hits were scored in the target area. ' Other allied raiders battered air fields at Regghv -Calabria and Vibo,Valenti tn daylight raids, continuing --sstsault 4 h :, t started th previous night on these objectives and another air field at Crotone, and air Units operating over. Sicily kept' up their pounding of axia communi cations in support of allied inva sion forces.' .. ' , . Plan Downed Allied air units operating from North African and island bases meanwhile accounted for 13 enemy planes, four of them (Continued on Page Three) .-, IWA Demands Certified to Committee Fourteen -point demands by the International - Woodworkers of America, CIO, will be certi fied to the West Coast Lumber committee for . action and de cision in the very near future, according to Tim Sullivan,, local union head.. , '. -..: Among the demands are a $1.02 U per hour minimum wage for common labor, which is a 15 cent per hour increase in pres ent wages. A corresponding ad justment is demanded in other brackets. A night shift differential has been asked for. Ten cents per hour above the day rates for all employees with working hours between the hours of 6 p. m. and 12 midnight, and 15 cents more per hour for all employees with working hours between 12 (Continued on Page Three) ' Cotton vs. Rayon Provides Fuel for New Rubber Fight WASHINGTON, July 17 UP) Cotton versus rayon as a base for synthetic ' tires . stirred a bristling argument today be tween the senate's Truman com mittee investigating the war ef fort, and two high government officials directly concerned with rubber output. - ' The Truman group, in a report sharply critical of the war de partment, called for a halt to further expansion of facilities for making rayon cord as a sub stitute for cotton in tire manu facture. It is said rayon had "displayed no superiority over cotton, to warrant the great In vestment in- critical materials which is now being made to pro duce facilities for rayon cord.'' No Proof of Valu Said rubber. director William Jeffers: -,y - "So what? The committee says there is no proof that rayon cord is better than cotton. Experts of the army, the Industry and Joint Yank - British Army Government . Set Up ; . ALLIED HEADQUARTERS ' IN ;NORTH AFRICA, July 17 W) The axis' situation around ' ', Catania in eastern Sicily was -reported in front line dispatches ' tonight to be growing more critical by the hour. -, The allied announcement that .. a joint American-British milt ' tary government had been es tablished ashore and was begin ning to take control was inter preted as meaning that complete ; occupation of Sicily was con sidered to be only a matter of time. . ; r . Near Catania Gen. Sir Bernard L. Mont gomery's great desert army was believed to be approaching tho , outskirts of Catania today after . smashing back the Hermann , Goering end . elements of thai . 15th German armored divisions in the biggest battle yet fought . for Sicily. - , : Going forward with m power ful allied war fleet on his sea- . ward flank gunning the enemy's ' positions, Montgomery has cap tured both Lentini and Scordia, at the entrance to the Catania, t. (Continued on Page Three) fJ President Signs BUI Mending Life efCCC WASHINGTON, July 17 (JPi A bill extending- th life of the commodity . .credit corporation (CCC) has been signed by Presi dent Roosevelt with the under standing that it permits "stand ardizing" of commodities where necessary for a price-fixing pro gram. The president said the langu age of the measure was so nm biguous that he felt obliged to give his own interpretation. He wanted, he said, to be certain the office of price administration is, (Continued on Page Three) All Packed. But Train Was Late ' ' AN ALLIED FORCE COM MAND POST- IN NORTH AFRICA, July 15 (ff) A train loaded with Italian soldiers captured in Sicily rolled : slowly through the African tableland and a Yank riding along an adjacent highway in a jeep couldn't restrain himself.. . i ; "Hey, where you fellows been?" he called. . - Back came the reply in perfect English: . . "We've been packed and waiting three weeks ago. Where have you been?" , my office disagree." He said he'd : "string along" : with the 'ex perts." - Robert Patterson, acting secre tary of war, chimed in: .."Large, heavy-duty tires with . rayon cord are better and safer than .with cotton cord. Our de cision rests on field tests. Is sup- ported by practically all the tire ,, industry, and it is to be borne in mind that the tire industry has a heavy investment in cot- ton mills." . , - - Asserting it was "too late to stop a current rayon expansion ' program equal to about one third of the normal tire cord demand, the committee warned, however, that "a second pro gram totalling 100,000,000 pounds is now starting, virtually to double this expansion." , "The committee . considers) many other competing programs more worth this great expendi ture of dollars, men and ma terials,'" said the report.. : ;