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mm I ill'llillllMillll On 5-mlnute blast en (Iran and whlatlt la lha algnal lor a blackout In Klamath Falli. Anothar long blast, during a black out ! a ilgnal lor all-cUer. In rcau tlonary partodi, watch your ilraat llghti. July as-High IS, law SO r Precipitation ai of July 17. IMS Straam year to data .......17.7S Laat yaar . ,...13.17 Normal ..1J.10 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES TWO SECTIONS PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1943 Number 9858 M mm WW By FRANK JENKINS DATTON'S Amor lean lank trooper still hold tlio center of the Sicilian spotlight. They cem to havo itruck wlflly with one mailed flat at Palermo while Miving up a Sun lay punch with the other (Int. They're delivering thut punch now. lEWS of tho operation Is com- Ing chiefly today from tho German, who report via tho )Uerlln radio that uperlor Amer ican and Canadian force at tacked the German right flank above Enna, at the western ecigo of the en Ian In n plain, and broke through the axil defemo line to rupture two town. Tho German counter altut'k ed, and report a thl I written that a fierce battlo I develop ing. "THE objective of thl battle are obvlou from a glance at the map. We're aiming to hem the axl defender into the nar row northeastern corner of Sic ily, a we hemmed them Into the Cap Bon pcnlmula, and finally DISPOSE of them. pRIME MINISTER MacKENZIE KINO (who. of coure, ha Inside Information) tella the w Canadian parliament thin morn ing that the fall of Catania can be expected at any time. The 6wl rumor factory at Bern ay axl force are already beginning the evacuation of Sicily. . - 'a pATTON'S American tank r troops are accomplishing pectacularly in Sicily what they tried but failed to accomplish In Tunisia. Remember that In Tu nisia they were green, untried American boy. Now they ero hardened, battle-toughened vet eran, That' the way of war. AD'S HAROLD BQYLE add an Interesting ldolight today. Palermo, he write, loll with out hot being fired in It do Venae. Italian offlcor. tholr bags all packed, had been wait ing all day to hand over the city. The Germans had ALREADY fled. f"ON'T be too hard on the qual- Ity of Italian courage. Tho Italians (duped by their own government) are little better than slaves compelled to fight for their German mostcrs. Their hearts aren't In It. VEAN WHILE 11 It is "officially disclosed" by our side that a "powerful ar mada" described as "well over 100" RAF and Greek planes struck furiously yesterday at Crete. It is referred to in our communique as a "large-scale offensive operation." Tho Ger mans report that tholr airfields there were our main target, We lost 17 planes. TSTANBUL (Constantinople) reports at tho same time a "growing conviction" that tho allies are about to launch a new offensive in tho eastern Medi terranean to LINK UP with tho soviet drive in Russia. Such an offensive presumably would spring from atnong Middle East buses where we have been gath ering forces for months, (We've been generally report ed to have an army of about a million there.) VOUR map will toll you clcar ly that as long as it remains in German possession Crete will be an enemy point IN OUR REAR in any Balkan operation Jwe may undertake. That means wo must TAKE CRETE FIRST before going into the Balkans. .... , 'TAKE another look at your map. It will tell you that If wo could COME UP through the Balkans while the Russians Bra COMING DOWN from Orel (or (Continued on Prge Four) Victim Chief Boatswain' Mat C. J. Bpaakman. formerly In charge ol the Klamath navy recruiting ollice, wn the victim ol a fatal automobile accident at Mollett Field, California, according to word received at the navy re crulllng office here. Further de tail were lacking. CBM Bpeak man left here a lew month ago to go Into ea duty. In hi re cruittng work, he became wide ly known In Klamath and Lake countle. UNITED BIDS FOR CAB Okay Would Put Klamath on Main Coast Airline Making a bid to furnish Klam ath Fall with air service, the United Airlines corporation 'It in the process of filing an appli cation with the civil aeronautica board to put Klamath Fall on Us main lino roulo from San Diego to Vancouver, B. C, Earl Reynolds, aecretary of the cham ber of commerce, learned today. Last week. Western Air Line filed an application with the board for a route from San Fran (Continued on Pago Nine) . WRA Director Commissioned Army Captain Harvey Covcrlcy, director of tho Tulelake WRA project, has been commissioned a captain in tho provost marshal's depart ment and will bo Inducted Into the army on July 30, it was learned Friday. Covcrlcy has resigned as di rector of the project and will leavo Sunday. His successor will be Ray Best, now director of the Isolation center of tho WRA at Lcupp, Ariz, Best is expected hero next week. The resigning director came hero December 30, when he sue' cecded Elmer Shirrcll, first head of the Tuleluke center. Covcrlcy will study at the Uni- vcrslty of Virginia In connection with tho army s training of or fleers to take over admlnistra tlon of occupied lands. AIR ROUTE HERE Five Blasted to Death by Kill-Crazed Ogden Gunman OGDEN, Utah, July 24 UP) A lone gunman killed five per sons one of them a district Judge who had granted the as sailant's wife a divorce In bloody attacks at two Ogden homes, then fired a final shot gun blast at the police station where ho was captured early today. The dead: District Judge Lewis V. True man, 53. Mrs. Jane Stauffcr, 2D. Mrs. Burton (Initials lacking), about 55, of Rlgby, Idaho, Mrs. Stauffer's mother. Mrs. Betty A, Brooks, a neigh bor of Mrs. Stauffcr. Sam Nelson, 40, another neighbor. Mrs. Stnuffcr's husband, Bert Stauffcr, 33, was critically in jured, and Mrs. Brooks' hus band, F, Dale Brooks, was shot in the hand. A policeman was nicked In the ear by tho final blast at the police station. Sheriff John R.' Watson named , tho assailant as Austin Cox, Jr., of Ogden, He said Cox's Ms OPA SCOWLS AT BIG MEALS FOR L Board Here Warned, But Protests May Bring Relief A determined local effort to keep logging camp supplied with adequate food to carry on the heavy wartime lumber pro duction program has made Klam ath logger tho envy of the coast logging fraternity but it also has drown severe frown from the OPA, It was learned Satur day. While many loggers in nearby area in California have indicat ed a desire to move Into Klam ath county where the eating is better, OPA regional and dis trict authorities this week serv ed notice on the local rationing board to "got Into line." That means an evenual reduction In the food point allowance for Klamath loggers, unless relief I obtained through the protest going up from, logging district generally at tlii time. ' - Reallitie Policy 1 Adopting what wa described as a realistic policy concerning the logger food problem,, the Klamath rationing board im posed a rationed food reduction of from 20 to 25 per cent of nor mal upon Klamath loggers. This allotment was based on a careful survey of normal food use and a consideration of what was con sidered necessary to keep log ging on the heavy production basis required by war activities. This 20 to 25 per cent reduc tion compare with a reduction of approximately SO per cent un der a strict "in line" policy such as is now demanded by OPA, t was itated Saturday. In area where the latter cut has been made there have been evidences of growing logger dissatisfac (Continucd on Page Nine) Keyes Heads Unit Under Gen. Patron ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 24 UP) Keneral Keyes is heading one of the American units In Sicily and is deputy commander to Lieut. Gen. George S. Pa Hon, R it was announced today. (This dispatch Included nei ther first name nor further iden tification, but in Washington it was believed that the deputy commander probably is MaJ. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes.) wife recently obtained a divorce in Judge Trueman's court. She accused her husband, Watson said, of beating her and of once trying to tear her tongue out. With a manhunt in progress throughout the Ogden area aft er the shootings had been re ported, Cox drove up unnoticed behind the police station. ' ' Lt. John A. Smith, assistant provost marshal of the Ogden area, on duty at the station, said Cox, tall and gaunt, entered the door, his 12-gauge shotgun in his hands. One shot went wild, and Smith said he Jumped at Cox, knocking the man to the ground. Other officers rushed to aid him. "Why in 'the hell don't you shoot me?" Smith said Cox cried. "Come on, get it over with." -He was locked up in a jail COll.' . 1 Sheriff Watson said Cox ap parently had set out In an effort to "kill any peace officer or judgo that he found." He was unable, however, to ascribe a motive for the attack at the Slauffer home. , C LOGGERS Orarad Yanks Score Touchdown in Palermo Run WITH "THE AMERICAN SEVENTH ARMY IN SICILY, July 22 (Delayed) UP) An American force commander yesterday sent this message to Lieut. Gen. George S. Pat ton Jr., the American com mander: "Can we make touchdown on our own initiative. Rush reply." Thirty minutes later the answer came back, "You have the ball. Call a touch down play." With this go ahead the American armored column swung north toward Palermo, the capital of Sicily. JAP TENDER. FOUR American Bombs Cut Enemy Try to Aid Solomons ' By MURLIN SPENCER ALL1RD V HEADQUARWRS IN ' THE'SOTJTirWEST PA CIFIC, July 24 (IP) American bomber sank 9000-ton Japa nese seaplane tender off Bou gainville island and damaged one of four escorting destroyer Thursday in disrupting another Japanese attempt to reinforce their hard-pressed central Solo mon positions. Tho action was announced to day in General Douglas Mac Arthur's communique w h I c h also told of new air battles that cost the Japanese 23 plane de stroyed or damaged against low of six American planes. Large Force A large force of bomber Liberators, Avengers and Dauntless was sent after the seaplane tender and destroyers. They were proviaea strong fighter cover, for their goal was dceo in enemy territory. While the fighter took care of intercepting Zeros, shooting down five, our bombers pressed their attack in the face of in tense anti-aircraft fire from the (Continued on Page wine) Railway Strike Called Off as Conference Set LOS ANGELES, July 24 (P) A alttllrM tf crime 5 0 ft ft emnlaves n on ivr v w of the Pacific Electric railway, set for tomorrow morning, was nff inHnv nendinff a con ference in Washington next Monday. Annniinrnmnnt of thit cancel lation of the strike call was made by William P. wuter, pres M.nt K lnnnl orlevance com mittee of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, who said he 4Via rnnupst nf Alexan der F. Whitney, international president of the Brotnernooa. Whlinav arivlsed Brotherhood officials here he had been as sured by President Roosevelt u ITrari TJI Vinson, uponnmlc stabilization director, would name a committee oi inree nwmhrn to seek an adjustment of the union's wage demands. Falling Log Injures Worker Near Chemult Qeorgo Kaltoft, an employe of the Big Lakes" logging camp near Chemult, was Injured late Friday afternoon when he -was struck by a falling log. . Kaltoft was taken to Hillside hospital, but at a late hour Satur day afternoon, lt was not known how seriously he was injured. He has been employed by the Big Lakes company for only about three weeks, and it is not believed that he has a family. Ire E PINCERS QN NAZI BASH 4500 Germans Killed Friday Defending Key City LONDON, July 24 (P) Rus sian troops in the Orel sector advanced three to five miles to day, overcoming enemy resist ance and occupying a number of populated places including Zmievka, 14 miles south of Orel, a special soviet communi que announced tonight. MOSCOW, July 24 W) More than 4500 German soldiers died yesterday at the approaches to Orel where Russian forces clos ing a pincers about that bastion continued to throw back nazi counterattacks, and forged ahead two to four miles, front line dispatches said today. As the fierce battle of at trition raged into its 12th day with reports of mounting Ger man losses. Red Star, the army (vrj!n;- said the-battle not only had crushed Hitler' -plan for a new general offensive on the eastern front but was - causing him to lose the battle for Sicily. Breaks Europe Defense "The red army, offensive Is breaking down the entire Ger man defense in Europe," Red Star said. "It makes the German rear vulnerable." . The newspaper said that Hit ler had- been unable to release forces to combat the allied in vasion of Sicily because he was so heavily engaged on the Rus sian front. Dispatches describing the fury of the German counterattacks at Orel, where the Russians have quoted German prisoners as say ing Hitler ha ordered his forces to hold to the last man. told of (Continued on Page Nine) Professor Hyslop Dies Suddenly At Local Hotel '' Professor George R. Hyslop, head of the division of plant in dustries at Oregon State college, was found dead In his bed at the Hall hotel, here early' Sat urday. Professor Hyslop, "widely known in coast educational and agricultural circles, was in Klamath Falls in connection With potato certification work he has carried on here for years. He answered a call from the desk at the hotel at 6 a. m., and i believed to have passed away at about 8:30 a. m. The remains were removed to the Earl Whit- lock funeral home. - ' Professor Hyslop was born' in Ohio in 1884. He graduated from Ohio State university in 1907, and came to Oregon in 1908. He was active in developing grain and seed certification work at the state college. Treasury Approves . Vacation Pay for Coal Employes WASHINGTON, July 23 (;P) The treasury gave its approval today to increased vacation pay tor coal mine supervisory em ployes, based on the same for mula which the war labor board (WLB) previously ap. proved for union miners. The ruling permits increases up. to $30 above the- previous $20 vacation . pay allowance. Specific treasury approval for the Individual increases is not required, .the' announcement said. The treasury has Jurisdiction over wages and salaries of the supervisors, while the WLB au thority, extends over the union members. SOVIETS CLOS Last Jap Outpost in Aleutians String Sea PILlAi ROCK lAEgjf, HAYCOCK WiTCHCHAfrgJr ROCK kiska SK?"' MP TWIN V P0 V r Pacific Ocean vie ' ES Q 5 TATUttMLIS . Here' a detailed map of Klika bland, only remaining Japa nese base in the Aleutian. The navy announced American war fhipt have ahelled the island for the seventh time in one month. Frequency of naval assaults has led to (peculation that a sea born invasion of Kiska might be impending.. Bombs, Shells Soften Up Kiska for Invasion Try WASHINGTON, July 24 UP) The navy disclosed today that heavy American air raids pre ceded and followed the Ameri can warships' bombardment of Japanese positions on Kiska isl and Thursday. As a result of the combined Parents Told f Of Plight of Young Desperado Parents of the 13-year-old des perado, who Thursday morning robbed the Workingmen's trade and loan store, had been noti fied Friday that he is in custody of juvenile officers here. . The youngster's home is In Brisbane, Calif., where he lived with his mother and stepfather. The boy admitted under ques tioning Thursday evening that he had stolen the $160 found in his pockets from his stepfather before coming by bus to Klam ath Falls. Earlier he said that he had earned the money in a cannery in San Francisco. The youth has an uncle in Klamath Falls, but he had not gone to see him, but had slept in service station rest rooms here. The boy stole a revolver, some shells, three gold men's rings, a wrist watch and a magnifying glass from the loan store here Thursday morning after entering the building by shinnyin& up the awning sup port and climbing through a ventilator. He was picked up by city police a short time later. One of the first concerns of the boy following questioning, was for a tooth brush and some hair oil. He was well dressed. despite h i s sleeping i n rest rooms, and wore a white shirt and necktie. Two good-looking suitcases registered in the boy's name were found at the bus depqt. Weyerhaeuser Box Factory Idle In Wage Dispute Employees of the Weyer haeuser Timber company . box factory were Idle Saturday afternoon as the result of a dis pute over wages brought on by three individual employees of me dox factory. Three men refused to go to work unless their pay was in creased and, as a result, all other machines were in such a position that they could not run without the three. When other employees were given an op portunity to take over the posi tions, they refused. There was no union trouble involved, according to R. R Macartney of the Weyerhaeuser plant. . It is not known when the plant will resume operation; however it is imDosslble to raise wages because of the ceiling im posed by the government, ac cording to company officials. ' mmn operations, enemy coastal bat teries, anti-aircraft positions and building areas were bit, many fires were started and one large explosion was observed. - Canadians Practice The communique also dis closed that Canadian' flier are participating in the campaign, to soiten up Japanese defenses In Kiska. Some of the fighter planes In the attack were piloted oy RCAf fliers. One American plane was shot down , by anti-aircraft fir but the crew was rescued. No Ship Hit The navy bombardment had been announced yesterday. A communique said . that - heavy and light surface units assaulted enemy shore positions and that enemy guns replied but no ships were damaged. Today's war bulletin cava the first intimation of a coordinated sea-air drive to prepare the way for amphibious invasion of Kis ka, and strongly indicated that much heavier damage than was expected had been accomplished Thursday. ; . Wage Control Favored Over Stabilization By The Associated Press WASHINGTON, July 24 A senatorial suggestion that the present economic, stabilization program be scrapped in favor of controlled wage and price in creases today climaxed a series of rapid-fire developments on the nation s anti-inflation front The controlled-increase system was proposed by Senator Taft (R-Ohio), and semi-seconded by Senators Hatch (D-N. M.) and Russell (D-Ga.) who agreed with his contention that Price Admin istrator Prentiss Brown faces an "impossible task" in (Continued on Page Nine) . 'Deeress Thursday' Latest Wrinkle to Save Klamath's Dwindling Supply of Drew ' Beerless Thursdays In Klam ath Falls were decided upon at a meeting of beer dispensers late Friday afternoon. Because of the shortage of brew, all bars will close Thursday of each week and will curtail Sunday open hours to eight hours, from 12 noon un til 8 p. m. The closure was unanimous among representatives of major bars in town. Smaller bar are expected to follow suit. Retail grocers have not yet met to con sider the matter. Influencing the decision to close the doors of beer-selling es tablishments were reports made at the meeting by wholesale beer distributors, that less beer would be available next month than has been this month, and that U.S. TROOPS FINISH JOB AT Seventh Army Off to Help British at Catania . By DANIEL DE LUCE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 24 UP) American forces have captured the western Sicilian port of Marsala,- allied headquarters, an nounced today, and many - of Lieut.- Gen. Rnrsa ft PHn Jr.'s seventh army units were be lieved swinging eastward to join British troops in a knockout wow at axis defenders clinging to the island's northwest corner.. A rapidly diminishing portion LONDON. Julr 24 UP) The Algiers radio said tonight that Canadian troops, driving east, ward from Enna new have link. ed up with the British eighth army in the Catania area. of the island is all that remains to the axis," said the allied 1 quarters communique, disclosing uiat we Americans were mop ping up enemy resistance in western Sicily and had captured' "large numbers of prisoners and; huge quantities of enemy equip ment." i-y . 4 -? i. : ; ,-- .. ' . ' ' JtaaU Hold. Catanll , South of Catania, the Germans still were fiercely resisting the British eighth army, although al lied - warships drawn up along the coast poured a destructive) - (Continued on Page Nine) - Klamath Basin Progress Stops ; Publication The Klamath Bailn ProgreaaV Klamath Falls ' weekly news paper; suspended, publication with the Friday edition, and Walter Stronach, publisher, an nounced his intention of moving to Juneau, Alaska. Stronach will join the staff of the Alaska Daily Empire, ending a newspaper career in Klamath Falls which began in 1922. Stron ach has . sold equipment of the Progress plant to James Morri son, publisher of the Butte VaV ley Star.. : .. ',, The departing newspaper man" first went to work for The Her aid mechanical department in 1922. - In- November, 1923, he, Nate Otterbein, and F. C. Nickle established The Klamath News, first as a weekly. About a year later they changed The News to a daily, and in 1926 sold it to Bruce Dennis. Stronach worked, for Dennis as mechanical super-' intendent of The Herald and The News from 1928 to 1931. In the latter year, he and Leo Tuttle purchased a controlling in terest in : the Klamath Basin' Progress. Stronach has been, connected with the Progress since that time. !, '" : I The Klamath Basin Progress began as the Mai in Progress in - (Continued on Page Nine) - beer would be "really short" lnj aepiemoer. ,-; - Lack of brew in the area wis " attributed to am increase in local; consumption since more people; have begun, stocking up cases,; and to an increase In the amount of beer set aside by ,the pro-; ducers for use by armed forces' here and overseas. In addition., to this, 10 breweries have left,, this territory in the past year and a half, the wholesalers re ported. ; The meeting followed dis cussion on ceiling prices and price enforcement by OPA rep resentatives who called the meet ing together. Dispensers were warned that the retail price of beer was fixed at the highest prices charged during March 1942, and that the levels must be maintained. . y MARSALA
