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Newspaper Page TextBOY YOUR STAMPS TO RIDE IK A1 'JEEP SHEEP BU1CP THE SHAlvlGRM3v ROVj lilfclllillft!!!! On 8-mlnute blast on sirens and whistles li the signal lor a blackout In Klamath Falli. Anothar long blait. during a black out, la signal lor all-clear. In racau tlonarr parlodi, watch your atraat llghtf. July lt Hlffc. M, Low M - Precipitation M el Julr ! IMS. . traam year to date ,, Lait year ...13.18 rTormal......ll.M ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES TRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH 8, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 20, 1943 Number 9854 i ' Br THANK JENKINS TODAY'S mot exciting news 1 lit report (NOT official) that battered German and Italian troopa are floclng In a general retreat toward Meuina, hoping to get acrou tho two-mile strait 'to Italy before It la too Into. That, If true, would mean that the END la BEGINNING In Sicily. pATTON'S 7th American army li puihing across the body of the inland, and at thru words ara written It only about 60 mile from Palermo, on the NORTH aide. The Americana, the dispatches report, ara cutting a wide twain through the enemy line and are encountering "almost total lack of rebalance from the Itallani." Hundreds of them are reported to be surrendering. AN official communique from Eisenhower's headquarters ' In Africa saya thera are many tndlcationa of mutinies by Ital ian troopa commanded by Ger man officers. Unofficial reports add that soma Italian unit have killed their German commanders who a led lo prevent surrender. E RE still moving northward up the Catantan plain from lU southern edge, bridging and crossing the rivers as we come to them. , (Three principal streams cross the plain from west to east.) Montgomery's 8th army Is within two or three miles of the outskirts of Catania, and Is con tinuing to beat off continued German tank attacks. Across tho plain' from Catania, in tho hills at its western rim, the Ca nadians are crowding tho com- munlcatlons center of Enna. and may by thia time hnvo taken it' The British 8th army's pause before Catania Is believed to be for the purpose of GATHERING STRENGTH for one of Mont gomery's characteristic swift and terrible blows, and thcro arc AinU in the dispatches that ho Tnay be expected to boom on to Messina with llttlo loss of time once he gets started again, "THE Berlin radio, In between crying its cyts out about our dastardly bombing of Rome, says Hitler and Mussolini are meeting in a northern Italian city to discuss military matters. What with a growing certainty that the Italian army is plan ning to solve tho Italian prob lem by SURRENDERING to us as fast as possible, It Is likely i that thoy have plenty to discuss. ( A SWISS dispatch says today V that Mussolini spent the Rome raid In a bomb-proof shel ter specially constructed for him. This may be merely a dirty crack.) o "HE Russians are reported to- day to be 30 miles WEST of Orel and threatening the Bry ansk railroad by which the Ger mans receive reinforcements and supplies. They are approaching the city from three sides. The Germans arc said to be resisting stubbornly, with no sifens of panic, and rushing in re inforcements. HTIIE Berlin radio reports a Russian amphibious attack on Varangor fjord, in extreme northeastern Norway, Just west of the narrow Finnish corridor that runs up to the Arctic. It would probably be an at tack on German submarine ond air bases threatening our Mur mansk: supply route to Russia. o .... TJUH four-motored heavy bomb- ers fly 2000 miles round trip (1000 miles and back) from Aus tralia to bomb the Jap base at Macassar, on the Macassar strait between the former Dutch is .(Continued on Page Two) Pacific Fight' Flares Again; Japs Pounded In North - ' In South - Paramushiro WASHINGTON, July 20 P) Tho navy announced today that Liberator heavy bombers, wing ing over the Japanese side of tho North Pacific, had bombed the enemy base of Paramushiro Monday, starting fires and scor ing near hits on shipping. The big army planes were de scribed as "a formation," which may have been a dozen or so. They apparently operated from the American base of Amchitka on tho western Aleutians. Close to Japan It Is 801 nautical miles from Amchitka to Paramushiro. This is the first raid In which bomb ers of the American North Pa cific force have struck so close ly to Japan proper. Paramushiro la at the north ern end of the Kurlle chain, which runs south like an arrow pointing to Tokyo about 1200 miles away. The attack puts pressure on Japan's northern defense positions In coordina tion with the offensive against New Guinea positions far to the south. Last Week's Reports There wero reports hers last week that American planes had (Continued oa Page Two) V William Pear? Dies in Jap Prison Camp TULELAKE Mrs. Chester Stonccypher received word Sat urday of the death of her broth er, William Peart, In a Japanese prison camp. Young Peart, re ported missing since the fall of Bataan, had served since early In the war as a member of the United States army. Official word was sent by the war de partment to Pearl's mother, Mrs. William Peart Sr., Coqullle. Cecil Peart, a cousin of Mrs. Stonccypher, is also reported missing and believed a prisoner of the Japanese. He served on Bataan and prior to leaving for the service had been employed in the Tulelake area. William Peart was Inducted In Coos county. In addition to his mother and sister here, William leaves brother Ncnl, In training with tho Scabecs, and a sister, Mrs. Clovls Church of Coqullle. Knox, Admiral Scotch Quick Victory Rumors, Hit Production Slow Up, Say- Navy Plans Jap War Until at Least 7949 By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) Vice Admiral Frederick J. Home revealed today that the navy is planning for a war against Japan to last at least until 1049. Tho vice chief of naval opera tions, appearing at a press con ference at which Secretary Knox strongly deplored current op timism over winning of the war In a hurry, declared we still hove "tremendous distances to go In tho Pacific and we have to build bases from the ground up as we advance." Wishful Thinking Questioned about tho time re quired to win victory in Europe, Home said that his opinion was "entirely a guess" ond he gave no date. Ho declared, however, that there is a "good deal of wishful thinking In expectation of a collapse of Germany." ' He predicted there will be no such "morale collapse In the army" as there was in 1918 be cause, he said, German soldiers have been trained in Hltlerlsm and have been separated from the family connections through which a spirit of defeat .was transmitted In the last war. Complete Surrender Home and Secretary Knox virtually joined' in forecasting Macassar Br MURLIN SPENCER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 20 (P) For the second time since the Japanese 'overran the Netherlands East Indies, allied bombers have made a daring, long-distance attack on the en emy's major base at Macassar. A . great fleet of Liberators flew 2000 miles, round trlp, Sunday night and left many tires towering above the big harbor city on Celebes. There was no report on the extent of damago done but some of the fires, start ed along the waterfront, in the factory area, and on the air drome, could be seen 80 miles away, -Enlarge Beachhead ' At the other end of the long Southwest Pacific battlefront, American troops enlarged their beachhead with a limited ad vance at Llllo, about three miles east of the Japanese key central Solomons airdrome at Munda. The communique said 179 Jap anese were killed. American losses were described aa light. ' Avenger and Dauntless bomb era -pounded Japanese positions north of Munda airdrome and at Balroko on Kula gulf, whlls Mitchells swooped lowajtjd. ma--ohlne-gurmed the enemy on the beaches between Munda and Lambeti. Fight Near Salamaua . On Now Guinea, allied ground forces cleaned out another Jap anese strong point on the slopes of Mount Tambu, near Salamaua, wiping out 82 Japanese, allied ground troops were supported by aircraft. Heavy and medium bombers . (Continued on Page Two) Hitler, Mussolini Talk Army Problems - By The Associated Press - Adolph Hitler and Premier Mussolini "met in a north Ital ian city for discussion of mili tary matters," the Berlin radio announced tonight in a Berlin dispatch recorded by The Asso ciated Press. v The meeting occurred yester day. ..-.' A communique issued from Hitler's headquarters today said: "The fuehrer and 11 duce met Monday, July IS, In a' city In upper Italy. Military questions were discussed." 1 that the victory march In the Pa cific, long though It may be, will never stop short of complete sur render by the enemy. . "I expect we won't be satis fied with the fall of the Japan ese fleet," Home said. "I ex pect to see our people In Tokyo before this thing la over unless we want another war within a generation." '- "We must make this so expen sive for them," Knox said, "that they won't want another one." Sicily Just Outpost Knox described the fighting for Sicily as the conquest of an outpost and said American troops face In Europe an army of 7,000,000 or 8,000,000. men. ; ' -"All talk about an early end ing of war is wishful thinking," the secretary declared emphati cally. ' . . s - '-. .,! "It has caused a letup in pro duction and we're already feel ing the effects of this," he added. "It's Just criminal to do it. We have immense armies to equip and get into the field." . Charles E. Wilson, executive vice chairman of the war pro duction board; backed up Knox's reports on production. .A visitor at Knox's press conference, Wil son said that "We ought to have produced 8300 planes this month, Allies Bomb Rome; Allied airmen In making their first bombing raid on Rome concentrated their during daylight assault on Italian railway targets and carefully avoided the Vatican sad all non-military obiectives of the Eternal City. This aerial picture el Rome shows the broad avenue sad circular colonnade that term the approach to St Peter's. At right are some of the Vatican build ings which ware undamaged ia the bombing. -. Reds Wheel Toward Orel; Strategic Town Captured LONDON, July 20 VP) MUensk. a strategic town about 36 miles northeast of Orel, has fallen along with scores of other localities around Orel as the r"t rmy.. drj vo . Jroni .three direc tions continued today against the vital axis "hinge", fortifica tions in central Russia, a special soviet communique announced tonight .. . The newest ' Russian drive represented sn advance of from' four to six miles, the Russians said in a Moscow broadcast rec orded by the soviet radio mon itor here. Stubborn enemy resistance was overcome in the advance in that sector, with 10 German counterattacks thrown back dur ing the day, it was declared. 30 Places Taken The communique asserted that some 30 localities were taken in the area north of Orel, that 20 places, including the railway sta tion of Voroshilov, were recap tured east of Orel, and that an advance continuing south of Orel had resulted in gains of from six to eight miles. The Russian war bulletin also recounted that red army troops had ' forced crossings of " the northern Donets river, apparent ly south of Izyum and southwest of Voroshilovgrad, and that the I us river, west of Rostov on the but it seems now that we won't get anything like that." Production Falls Oft : Production is ' falling short, Wilson declared, even though the aircraft Industry has reached the point for which it long strove the point at which facili ties, materials and manpower are all available as needed. Wilson was asked why there should be any . failure to meet schedules. Knox interrupted to say that "It's the spirit it's the. differ , (Continued oh Page Two) ' Platinum Smuggler Seined By FBI Anti-Espionage Net WASHINGTON, July 20 (P) FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover said today that Harold Ebury, 49, a British subject, had been taken into custody at Monterey, Calif., and that the arrest had plugged a leak through which the axis was believed to have obtained in recent months more than, 7000 grams of platinum. Hoover said the metal, essen tial for war uses,' had been pur chased illicitly in Latin America and sent to Buenos Aires. He ac Vatican Spared road to Taganrog, also had been forced. - . . MOSCOWiJiuls an."WWBu. slan siege-guns, were Blasting tne plvotal nsstit bastion.? osSOrel from thus sides today as the red . army tightened its - semi circle around the fortress, dis patches from the front said to day. ' - !. '. " West of Orel a powerful soviet column penetrated 30 miles into the German, . rear as far . as Ilinskoye, scooping in 130 more villages, bringing to 240 the total taken since the Russian counter offensive began. . While the soviet communique reported only a modest advance of from four to six miles, it in dicated how furiously the Ger mans are resisting with the dis closure ' that the Russians re buffed 12 enemy counter attacks during the day. . . Newell Jap Found Asleep In Stolen Car "Tamotsu Mishido, said by Mo doc county officials to be a two time looser from San- Quentin and since January interned at the Japanese relocation center at Newell, ' was apprehended " 10 miles west of Canby at 8 o'clock Monday night ; by . Alturas officers- :' '. v '. - .;- '"-"" . Mishido was asleep In a. green Bulck sedan which had previous ly been reported stolen by J. L. Jacobs of Malih, rancher. . - - By Mlshldo's side was a rifle which officers said - had been stolen from the home of Chester Hess of Canby. In the pockets of the Japanese were both shot gun and .22 shells, according' to Deputy Sheriff E. R. Server who made the arrest. Sheriff Lloyd L. Low was ad vised late Monday that the Bob Thompson home at Malta- had been entered and robbed, and that the Jacobs car was missing. . Mishido will be charged with robbery in Modoc county, accord ing to District Attorney Charles (Continued on Page Two) cused the man under arrest of "heading a nationwide platinum smuggling ring." Uses Code ' Ebury, Hoover asserted, ad mitted violating censorship reg ulations by using code in cable and mall communications con cerning the alleged smuggling, the platinum being referred to as "Colombia cloth." Ebury is held In Jail at Sali nas, Calif-, under $5000 bond for ' (Continued on Page Two) Rome Rail Airdromes SockeJ By U. S. Raiders By RELMAN MORIW ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 20 UP) Allied headquarters described yesterday's shattering aerial assault on Rome as an "outstandingly successful operation" today and disclosed officially that more than 500 American bombers carried out the raid with a loss of five planes. - Aerial reconnaissance showed heavy damage to all targets and a 9th U. S. air force communique from Cairo said the Littoria railroad yards "were completely 'destroyed." -' "Very severe damage" was caused to the vital San Lorenzo rail yards, also within the 11m- its of the imperial city, while grounded aircraft and hangars were destroyed at the Rome air drome. Steel Plant Hit The Tabonelll steel plant and a large chemical works were battered by the waves of Amer ican raiders which swept ever Rome for two and a half hours, challenged by what was de scribed officially as only "slight opposition" from enemy fighter planes. Two enemy Interceptors were blasted out of the air by Light ning fighters which escorted the heavy and medium bombers on the war's first aerial attack on the Italian capital. Congratulations Z.. Lieut. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, commander of the northwest African air forces, sent congrat ulations today to Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle, commander of the strategic air forcer for the success ox the attack. ,;Jt Is 'one of the.jnany accu ral attacks which your fortes have carried on during the pres ent battle, all of which had a marked significance in their successful outcome," Spaatz said. , f'.-:. 7'i The Middle East communique said four-engined Liberators of the 9th U. S. air force alone dumped nearly 300 tons of high explosives for their part in the mammoth assault. "String after string of bombs criss-crossed yards and photo graphs indicate that an area of 400 yards by two -miles long is a mass of twisted steel rails, gaping bomb craters and wreck age of rolling stock and build ings," the bulletin' declared. Havoc Created - The official pictures of the havoc created by the bombers showed that the Ciampino air port was severely damaged, with a number of hangars blast ed or set afire and a large, num ber of parked aircraft nearby J- (Continued on Page Two)' Odkes' Daughter Enters Bludgeon Death Picture ; MIAMI, Fla., July '20 (P) Her face and upsweep- hair-do obscured by a black veil, pretty 19-year-old Nancy Oakes de Marigny arrived by plane here today on her flight to Nassau where her husband, Alfred, faces a murder charge in con nection with the death of. her wealthy father, Sir . Harry Oakes. - Questioned about the purpose of . her trip, she smiled quickly and replied: "Well, obvious ly" - " ' - . ' "Are you going to help your husband?" she was asked. "I don't think I would say that," she declared. -; She was unaccompanied on the trip and after waiting at the airport went into Miami alone In a taxi.: i She disclosed she had re ceived a letter from De Marigny last week but written before her : father was found bludge oned to death in his Nassau home. She did not comment on the letter's contents. Another General Taken by Allies ! ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 20 (ff) General Giulo Foreman, com mander of the 54th Napoll (Na ples) division, has been captured In Sicily, the fourth Italian gen eral thera to fall into allied hands. Yards, BUILDING LEASED Two Motor Companies Shift; Douglas to Run Trucks Paulus brothers ' of Salem. packing firm which has shown much interest in. the establish ment' of a dehydration plant in iuamatn Falls, . closed the deal for the Humphrey building at 522 South Sixth street, it was learned in a telephone converts tion with the Salem concern, late Tuesday morning. - . The lease is for a: two-year period, with an additional five- jw opium, accotnuil w 1. XI watters Who announced com pletion of smncements... A Paulus brothers representa tive is expected here within the next two weeks, at which time details concerning the dehydra tion plant will be announced. Occupied by Odell . The Humphrey building is oc cupied by Odell Motor company at the present tune. Robert Odell, - owner, has announced that he will move into a part of the building occupied by Doug las Motor company, 734 Kiam- aui avenue. Douglas Motor company. In turn, will occupy smaller quar ters in the same section of the block, according to James E, Douglas. The- firm has been housed in the Klamath Western (Continued on Page Two) New Deal Not to Blame for Failures Of War, Says Ickes NEW YORK, July 20 (In terior Secretary Ickes declared today that blame for any fric tions or failures in the war pro gram should be placed upon bus inessmen who have been drafted for the war effort rather than up on brain trusters or new deal ers" or "bureaucrats." ; . Speaking to the Sales Execu tives' club of New York, Ickes described himself as "one of the few new dealers left in the Wash ington administration," and de clared in his prepared text that this group had been subjected to unmerited criticism for war ef fort bobbles. . Camp White Volunteers . Will Drive Jeeps Here for "Shangri-la' 'Stamp Sale ; Volunteers to drive Jeeps from Camp White to Klamath Falls for the three-day Shangri-La war stamp promotion here Thursday, Friday and Saturday, were easy to get, according to Lt. Henry A. Sigmoh of the valley . canton ment who will be in charge of the men during their stay in this city. . . - ..'' . . . Lt. Sigmon wrote the Klamath county chamber of commerce: "Needless to say, that was one time I had no trouble in finding men. We appreciate very much the opportunity, to be of service to you and enthusiastically antic ipate the splendid time that past experience has given us reason to expect." ... ; ; . The jeeps will arrive from both Camp White and Camp Newell early Thursday and will set up business ' along - Main ! !'v .,'. -vv ...v''-"''"-v-'1'., EIGHTH ARMY STORMS GATES OF CATAHIA Italians Reported In l. Mutiny Against. Z'. fe Nazi Chiefs. ) " ;' Br DANIEL da LUCE '. ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IK NORTH AFRICA, July 20 W) American troops ara stabbing; deeper Into wester and central Sicily against weakening axis t sistance by Italians reported mu tinying against German officers, and British forces in the vital battle for Catania have smashed sacs: desperate uerman tan at tacks, it was announced today. Allied troops were within ar tillery range ot . irnna rentrai Sicily . stronghold . commanding; main roads and mil roads east and west- and pounding at thai gates of Catania, the prop of all Adraac Tea Mites ' - - Front dispatches said U. 8. troops had advanced 10 miles west of Arigcnto on the south west coast. ,:-..' .i 1 "There ara many Indications of mutinies, by Italian troopa commanded by ! German offi cers," and hundreds of Italian ara surrendering to American troops striking ahead westwards, the allied communique said. -- On the smoke-covered Catania, plain, British eighth army ad vance guards shattered a series of nazi tank assaults launched in desperate defense of the gnat seaport. ; r ;;:-'-..- :,.-( -HoldLIa. : u'.c - . With- several bridgeheads aa , tablished over the network af I (Continued on Page-Two) I Korean tiamedl ; CWef of Jap Army Air Force ' Br The' Associated Press ' ' Lieut. Gen. Prince Gin . Ri. head of the former royal house of Korea, has been appointed commander of the Japanese army's air force, according to a war ministry-. announcement -: broadcast today by the "Tokyo radio and recorded by The Asso ciated Press. He succeeds Lieut. Gen. Kumaichi Teramoto, whose new assignment was not an nounced. . - . - - Prince Ri Is the first Korean to rise so high in the Japanese military service and. his promo- . tion appears to some observers' to be a gesture seeking Korean -support for the Japanese war ef fort. !...- . .;r.;r:.f. . v " : . . 7 After Japan annexed Korea . In 1910 the Korean royal hous was given the status of a col-' lateral branch of the Japanese -imperial family and Prince Gin , Ri, then, heir to leadership of the house, was married to a Jap anese princess. " . " .... street. There will be sidewalk signs designating the jeep park ing places. Rides will cost $2 lit war stamps, the tickets to be pur-, chased from any merchant in the city, , You can have as many rides as you want, according to C. S. Elliot, head of the retail merchants committee . of the. chamber of commerce. All you have to do is buy $2 worth of stamps for every trip around the. town. - The Jeeps' are brought here to stimulate sale of stamps in the "Dollars for Doolittle',' program, . Klamath county's quota, far from - being reached Tuesday, is 140,000. Men, women and chil dren are invited to ride the jeeps. Hours are from 12 noon to S p. m., and 7 to 9 p. m., through-' out Thursday, Friday and Satur day. , ;