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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1943)
!!!!i!!inimiiiiimimiimm ft grata IB IroutSianal l I i i ffTTTT; i m i mTTTi rrTTTTi iTT t m i ilm j 1 1 HT rTi 1 1 m i i J I i i h t uITi i , IlilMliltallMiiJ On 8-mlnute blast on sirens tnd whittles It the ilanil lor blackout In Klamath Falls. Anolhar long blast, during a black out, U flgnal lor all-clear. In irecau tlonary periods, watch your ilrtat llghti. July II High II, Low M . piniM .tut ia i ua Stream year ta data ..: lt.M ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES Last year ...13.15 Normal ..11.0I Vw.ww,ww i PKICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1943 Number 9856 M JVL 1 fo) U a"'1 " - ' M Push On llalll By FRANK JENKINS 'THE lonor of toduy's dlsputchcs from Sicily ii that It won't bo long now. f"UR westernmost American column, In a pre-duwn charge, tukes Cagtclvctrano and Its biff airport and puhcs on westward in the fnco of blown bridges and mined roads. The break-through was accomplished by Infuntry, with tanks and half tracks pouring through tho breach. They're now only about 50 miles from the western tip of the island. AS to tho fighting In western rt Sicily, an AP dispatch todoy says: "Every spark of fighting spirit appears to hava been stamped out in the ranks of an apathetic and disintegrating Italian army. New batches of prisoners com plain that their officers aro do serting them, wearing clviliun clothes In an effort to escape." A BOVE Enna, where General Patlon'i Americans ara try ing to break through to the coast of the Tyrrhenian sea and trap all axis forces to the west of the break-through point, the axis forces (probably heavily Ger man) appear to be putting up a stubborn fight to prevent the closing of the trap- Patton was reported only about 30 miles from the coast (through rough, mountainous country) yeslerdny, and Is re ported only about tho same dis tance away today. Indicating that he is encountering strong re sistance. "THE axis (German would be a moro accurate word) purposo appears to bo reasonably plain. Hope of holding any part of Klrllv lm nrnhnhlv heen aiven up. and stubborn delaying oper ations are being fought north of Enna and at Catania to enable all possible German (and a few Incidental Italian) forces to got to Messina, where they may bo able to make a getaway across the two-mile strait to the Italian mainland. Eisenhower says the Germans arc still sending reinforcements to Sicily, and the Berlin radio amplifies his assertion with tho statement that 38 fast motor launches aro being used to ferry German soldiers across tho strait. (They're probably being sent merely to support tho dclnylnR battles.) KOTE (becauso It is Important) that while Italian morale is obviously crumbling the Ger mans aro still fighting coolly, stubbornly and effectively, HTHE British navy (apparently Including battleships) bom bards Crotonc, In the gulf of Taranto at the solo of the Ital ian boot, Inflicting damago on enemy Installations and suffer ing NONE itself. This is furth , (Continued on P-go Four) Harold Hordisty Prisoner of Nazis PFC. Harold W. Hardlsty of Lakovlew was today announced as prisoner of war in a press release from tho war department He Is being hold by the Ger mans. His father, Argus Mlnto Hard Jsty, lives on Route 6 In Lake view. PFC. Hardlsty Is one of tho four Pacific northwest men and mong the 160 United States oldlers reported as prisoners Of war. Of tho entire list, 151 arc held by Germany and nine by Italy. SOVIETS WIPE OUT LUST OP NORTHFDBTS Blast Launched Near Leningrad; Orel Periled LONDON, July 22 (Pi The Russians captured Bolkhov to day, thus finishing tho "liquida tion of strongly fortified dis tricts of the north of Orel," and have advanced from four to five miles in a continuing offenstvo a special Moscow communique recorded by tho soviet monitor said tonight. Bolkhov Is 35 miles north of Orel, but the red army is with in nine miles of tho big Ger man base on the north east. 50.000 Killtd In ten days tit Germans have lost more than 50.000 killed, the bulletin said. More than 6000 prisoners wcro taken. In the samo period tho Russians de stroyed or disabled 776 tanks, and more than 000 planes and 882 guns. In addition, the red army hat ruptured 372 tunks, 720 guns, 600 mortars, 1400 machlncgunt, and other booty. ,',,. v LONDON, July 22 (IP) The Russians have launched a strong attack near Leningrad and heavy fighting has been raging since (Continued on Page Two) Illinois Coal Contract Gets UMW Approval By WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST WASHINGTON, July 22 P) A contract between Illinois bi tuminous coal operators and ap proximately 35,000 United Mine Worker members In Illinois call ing for an eight-hour day and pnrtnl-to-portal pay of 11.25 un til March 31, 1045, was approved today by the UMW policy com mittee as a basic agreement that would be acceptable In all other areas. Concluding a three-day meet ing, the committee authorized all of Its districts to negotiate similar agreements, and union spokesmen said operators in some of the districts already had taken steps to enter Into such agreements. The Illinois contract, an nounced yesterday, must be ap proved by tho war labor board (WLB) before It becomes effec tive and Is also contingent upon tho office of price administra tion (OPA) raising coal prices to offset higher production costs. Just how much of an increase In the prico of coal would be (Continued on Pago Two) Labor Issues Ultimatum on Brown, Wages, Food Prices WASHINGTON, July 22 (P) Organized labor served notice today it will demand removal of Price Administrator Prentiss Brown and scrappln of the Lit tle Steel wago formula If prices aro not rolled back to the Sep tember 15, 1042 level as stipu lated by congress and the admin istration. William Green, president of tho American Federation of La bor and Philip Murray, head of the Congress of Industrial Or ganizations, joined In this state ment today after a meeting be tween President Roosevelt and tho combined labor war board. No Threat to FDR Green said the threat to seek Brown's removal was not made to the president, but that the r bor leaders did -emphasize to the chief executive that unless prices aro reduced they will demand that the war labor board cast overboard the Little Steel formu J t. Thtsa six Imps, known by the -.7 I. 1 Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Manning tha peeps arc PFC Wallace, from Camp Newell, Pri vate R. C. Root, Private Joseph Parinella, Corporal Nelson Bridge, PFC B. L. Hammond and Cor poral Malcolm Allen. Dick Nowell. of the Retail Merchants association, and Lieutenant G. P. Simpson are In front oi the peep line, and First Sergeant Aubrey E. Butler ia at the 'light. it i, Jeeps Here to Give Klamath War Stamp Buyers a Ride Eight soldiers arrived in Klamath Falls Thursday, com plete with six jeeps in which to take Klamath peoplo for .rides after th Klamath residents have purchased f8-wiih bl war savings Stamps. With Lieutenant G. P. Simp son in charge, the men will be stationed along Main street at various places designated by large placards. Rides will be given from 1:30 until 5 p. m.. and from 7 to 9 In the evening Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Thursday and Frldoy eve ning, the men will use the Com mando center as their headquar ters and will operate the jeeps from there. Tho jeeps will be driven through the business dis- Alaska Highway Now Official Name for Alcan WASHINGTON. July 22 P) Agreement on "Alaska High way" . as the official name for the highway from Dawson creek, British Columbia, to Fairbanks, Alaska, was announced today in an exchange of notes between the United States and Canadian governments. Secretary of State Cordell Hull proposed the name as "suit able and in harmony with popu lar usage," at the suggestion of Anthony J. Dimond, Alaskan delegate in the house of repre sentatives. Lcighton McCarthy, Canadian minister to Washington, replied that his government "concurs in the proposnl." Heretofore, the project has been known generally but unof ficially as "The Alcan Highway." la, under which wage increases of 15 per cent are permitted to compensate, for rises In the cost of living since January 1, 1941. Green said Brown and pther price and wago stabilization agencies had failed to check ris ing prices with the result that wages "are practically frozen and prices are soaring." Labor's - acceptance of the stabilization program. Green told reporters, was based on the assumption that both prices and wages would be stabilized. No Deadline Murray said no deadline had been set in their conference with the president, but he hoped some thing satisfactory will be work ed out by the time the group sees the president again at an early date. "The president," said the CIO head, "has got to bo given op portunity, under tho grant of (Continued on Page Two) Peeps for the People Who drivers as "peeps," will take trict, and adults as well as chil dren may take the rides. . Saturday evening from 7 to S, the Jeeps will be at Eighth and. Main .atrsola, Ja) connection with war bond sales by, women's service clubs. A program . has been arranged for Saturday night, in addition to the auction of merchandise and plane rides. The Oregon Women's Ambu lance corps will assist in the pro gram. Entertainment The drivers of the jeeps will be entertained at lunch Friday noon by the Rotary club before going on duty with the jeeps. The Retail Merchants associa tion has arranged hotel rooms and meals for the soldiers. Some restaurants are giving the meals free to the men. The Comman dos will entertain the men dur ing the rest of their free time here. Man Snoots Publisher, Self In Cleveland CLEVELAND, July 22 OP) John S. McCarrens, 74, presi dent of the Forest .City Publish ing company and general man ager of tbe Cleveland Plain Dealer was shot three times and critically wounded at his office today by an assailant who then killed himself by firing a bullet into his head. . , W. G. Vorpe, Sunday and feature editor of the Plain Deal er, said the publisher was shot twice in the left arm and once in the abdomen by Herbert L. Kobrak, associated with various foreign language publishing ven t u r e s in Cleveland, who had made an appointment with Mc Carrens. Attendants at Charity hospi tal . said Kobrak died shortly after he' was admitted.' McCar rens, twice president of the . , , n..ui iu American newapapui ruuuou ers' association, was taken to the same hospital in an uncon scious condition. . " , 1 Davis in London, : Hints at Propaganda LONDON, July 22 (IP) Elmer Davis, director of the office of war information who arrived to day to visit the OWI's branch office here, hinted that the pro paganda line for the next stage of the allied offensive already was well in mind but declined to give details. He mentioned the Roosevelt- Churchill declaration to the Ital ians to surrender honorably or suffer the consequences as "an example of what is being done" toward a joint British-American propaganda program. , ' Buy Klamath residents for 12 rides Housing Space Still Available In Bend Jail ; BEND,; July 22 (JP '-i Be, iehutes'County Sheriff Claude McCauley--contradicted a recently-arrived worker f ft Berld who claimed ' yesterday that every bit of living space here is occupied, -. The -county jail, said Mc Cauley, hasn't had a tennant since Sunday. ' The househunter said he might call on the sheriff for a place to roost but he thought he'd look around a little more first. Jap Lead, Zinc Mines Blasted By U.S. Airmen NEW DEHLI, July 22 (P) Japanese-operated lead and zinc mines, railroad- bridges, troop concentrations and supply, con centrations in Burma were blast ed 'yesterday and Tuesday by American heavy bombers and fighters, a United States . com munique said today. . . . . ; Bombers of the 10th air force dropped 13 tons of high explo sive bombs on mines near Lash lo. In an attempt to destroy pro duction of lead, zinc and silver, of which the Japanese are great ly in need. Separation plants were damaged and railroad and housing installations were re ported hit. A large formation of B-25s ripped a concentration of Japan ese river boats near Katha, de stroying one, and damaging two others with direct hits. . Near misses crippled others, pilots be lieved. ' ' - - Troop and supply, bases In northern Burma were strafed by P-40s on. both Tuesday and Wednesday. Approaches of the railroad bridge at Namtl were wrecked. J . Army Requisitions Poultry in Black Market Break Up ! WASHINGTON, July 22 (P) The army, seeking poultry which It : has been unable to buy at price ceilings, and the office of price administration (OPA), striving to break up black mar ket operations in the Deimarva area, the east's largest producer, watched the highways today, ready to requisition any supplies that showed up. The first requisition was made yesterday near Dover, Del., where state police, accompanied by OPA inspectors, stopped poultry trucks. The army, which made the actual requisi tion, received its authority from the war food administration, act ing under the second war pow ers act; : BIOKO JAPS SHATTERED BY B1GJUH II Troops Within "Few Thousand Yards" Of Munda By MURLIN SPENCER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACI FIC, July 22 (P) United States bombers shattered Japanese pos itions at Bairoko' harbor, above Munda on the north shore of New Georgia island, yesterday in the heaviest air attack ever made in the southwest Pacific. More than 150 Avenger tor pedo bombers and Dauntless divers, operating under a strong fighter cover, pounded the area in a day-long series of raids. 133 Tons of Bombs "One hundred thirty-three tons of bombs were dropped and the area was extensively strafed," the daily report from General Douglas MacArthur's headquarters said. "It was the heaviest air attack that has been executed by the allied forces in the southwest Pacific area." A spokesman added that it also surpassed anything the Japanese ever had done. The communique said the raid was made "in support of our ground forces." This might indicate American troops were advancing . from Enogal Inlet, two miles northeast, where last week they destroyed jthe entire Japanese garrison. Supply Base Bairoko is the supply base for Munda,' key Japanese de fense point in the central Solo mons, but allied forces blocked traffic between the two points last week- Only one sentence was used in reporting the ground action nt Munda: . "Enemy ground forces launch ed a strong counter attack and were repulsed with heavy losses." Close to Munda (From Admiral William F. Halsey's South Pacific head quarters, however, came an of ficial statement that U. S. troops (Continued on Page Two) Work Stoppage Stalls Making Of Army Tires ' AKRON, O., July 22 (P) Pro duction of military, truck and passenger tires was halted today at the General Tire & Rubber company as a work stoppage, second within a week, spread among 800 employes of the di vision. Emmett B- Harper, president of the CIO United Rubber Work ers local at General, said all em ployes of the tire division joined an "unauthorized walkout" pro testing the company s "refusal to take back a worker with 11 years' service." A company spokesman, who declined use of his name, said (Continued on Page Two) - Strike Halts Street C ars, Buses, But j Million Angelihos Get to Work Anyway LOS ANGELES, July 22 (Ph A million Angelenos got to work today somehow despite a work stoppage that halted cars and buses of the Los Angeles Railway company at 3 a. m. Thousands of motorists, forti fied with new gasoline ration A coupons that became good today, backed their cars from garages and filled them with job-bound war plant workers. Downtown thoroughfares soon took on the semblance of Rose Bowl New Year's Day traffic as automobiles thronged the streets that were strangely quiet In the absence of clanging street car gongs and the rumble of steel wheels. Plants Pick Up Men War plants sent out trucks and trailers equipped with make shift seats, i Chartered buses hauled workers to some airplane Flies to Husband Countess de Marigny (above), 19, the former Nancy Oakes, paused at LaGuardia airport. New York, en route lo Miami and the side of her husband, Alfred de Marigny, charged at Nassau. Bahamas, with the slay ing of her father, the wealthy Sir Harry Oakes. Straightening, Surfac- . ing Set for Sum TT " mers Lane The county road department this week started work that will give the Klamath munici pal airport a modern, hard-sur faced approach before the sum mer is over. Improvements will consist of relocation of a short section of the road at the Peterson hill, where it now makes a wide turn, and surfacing for the en tire distance from the county in firmary to the airport entrance. Plant Dynamite County workers were plant ing dynamite in the Peterson hill Thursday, preparatory, to shooting for a cut through the rise. The road through this cut (Continued on Page Two) Layton Pleads Innocence to Rape, Murder Charge DALLAS, Ore., July 22 (IPy Richard Harry Layton, former Monmouth, Ore., police officer under indictment for the' rape slaying of 17-year-old Ruth Hil debrand of Dallas, pleaded inno cent today.- . - Circuit Judge E. M. Page set August 9 as trial date. ' Layton, arrested two weeks ago, admitted to State Police Captain Vayne Gurdane at Port land that he raped the girl and that he later slapped her and she fell into the Willamette river. He said he could not at tempt a rescue because he was unable to swim. , plants as usual. Pacific Electric railway interurban cars and bus lines other than the Los Angeles Motor Coach company, affiliated with the strike-bound street car system, operated as usual. . D. D. McClurg, local president of the AFL union of drivers and, motormen, said the transporta tion tieup would continue for only'24 hours. The 3000 work ers voted' the work stoppage in protest of a war labor board's refusal to approve a 10-cent an hour increase over present wages of 80 to 90 cents an hour. No Army Call Possibility of army interfer ence in the work stoppage was dispelled with a statement by Brig. Geh. R. E. McQuillen, sec ond in command of the southern California sector of the western defense command. "Only the president can de n SEVENTH ARMY! HAS MARSALA British Ships ' Blast Crotone; Air Field ; r. . Raided ' ': ' By DANIEL DE LUCE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 22 (fP The American seventh army has) captured Castelvetrano and Sci acca on the Sicilian south coast in a thunderbolt drive which ht placed them but a little over 20 miles from the -western tip of Sicily, allied headquarters fee ported today. (Acting Secretary of War Pate terson said in Washington thri late reports indicated the Amerb can seventh army had reached the outskirts of Marsala, virtual ly completing a dash to the west era extremity of Sicily.) . , Crotone Hit - I A strong force of British wan ships bombarded Crotone on th Gulf of Taranto on the Italian) mainland Tuesday night, coin ciding with a heavy allied ait raid on the airfield there, and ab lied motor gunboats again swept Messina strait where they sank two Italian motor torpedo boats. A navy -communique said aj chemical works was hit in thai Crotone bombardment and that the fleet suffered neither casual Wnippin; Tha round-trip circuit of mo tor gunboats through Messina) ' ' (Continued on Page Two) . American Sub Presumed Lost On War. Patrol '' p WASHINGTON, July 22 (JPt- The navy announced today th American submarine Triton bold raider of J apanese shipping. "must be presumed to be losv" on a war patrol. " The Triton, which had destroy ed more than a dozen enemy warships and merchantmen, was commanded by Lieutenant Com mander George Kenneth- Mac Kenzie Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y. The . vessel carried a normal complement of about 60 men. It was the tenth United State undersea boat to be lost in Ma) (Continued on Page Two)" WLB Refuses to Up Shipbuilders' Wages WASHINGTON, July 22 The request of the nation's ship building workers for a general wage, increase to offset the in creased costs of living has been turned down by the war labo. : board, the Washington Post say The CIO industrial union of; Marine and Shipbuilding Work. . ers had sought a 0 per cent pay increase, while the American AFL metal trades department asked only an increase to com, pensate ' for increased livintf costs. ' clare martial law,", he said. "Il is absolutely untrue that tha) army will take rover transports .' tion. That would require " a dl ; rectlve from the president." -,i s . ; . Strike Reasons' "J 1 1 Sprawling Los! Angeles tw transportation . systems . are tha) Los. Angeles Railway company operating the "yellow" trolley and buses, and the Pacific Elect trie Railway company, operating) the "red" cars and buses. ' : j Operators for Pacific Electric which also serves the numerous suburbans, presently are - voting . on a similar work stoppage. Pa ciiic Electric workers, getting" from 77 to 87 cents top, had been, granted a 13-cent raise by the; railway labor panel emergency board. Fred M. Vinson, director of economic stabilization, order ed this cut to three cents. : CASTEM
