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Newspaper Page TextllWiliiillfiiMilti.R'Mili , !i!iiii'ili!nliilil!iiiilil;i!iiliilNUi,i"'!i'''n"'!'i""""ll"i On l-mlnut blast en slrns and whlstl li th signal lor blackout In Xlamith ralli. Anoihar long blail. during a black out li a ilgnal lor all-olaar. In cau tionary prleds, watch your itraat light. . July a High M. Low (I Precipitation at of July It. IMS Stream year to date . .17.11 Lett year...- 13.17 Normal 12.11 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 26, ,1943 Number 9859 M (ft up i l l! i,MM .. 1 i I f l 'i : kT9 :t i i .: Hi By FRANK JENKINS AFTER all, what happened In Italy ovor tho weekend isn't too surprising. It has been ob vious (or a long tlmo that Ital ians are lick of the bargain Mus solini mndo for them, and In re cent weeks there have been plenty of silins that they were setting desperate enough to RE PUDIATE it. . AMONG those signs have been wholesalo surrender by Hal Ian military units clear up to di visions which amounted prac tically to saying to tho govern ment: "If you can't do anything about this mess, WE CAN AND, WILL.. T ET'S be realistic. . Mussolini' gangster alliance with Hitler has beon repudiated by the Italian people because it DIDN'T PAY DIVIDENDS. If it had pa'd. they'd still be for it. TF that Is truo (as this writer bc- lie yen) this also must bo true: Whenever the Germun people come to realize as clearly as tho Italian people now do that all this folderol of nazism and fas cism and fuehrers and duces and what have you PAYS NO DIV 1DENDS (except Jn. blood snd suffering and loss of liberty) THEY will revolt against It as the Italian people have. 'TAKE that or leave It. It's only this writer's personal conviction, wholly unbacked by any inside information.) "THERE'S an, unexpected and quite unusual note of realism In tho comment today on Italy's upheaval. It Is sounded by Sec retary of State Hull in response to an inquiry as to what this country is doing about It. Hull says (In effect, if not In exact words): "Along with our allies, we're fighting Ilk the devil to put on the increased MILITARY PRESSURE that will insure Italian capitulation to the allied demand (or unconditional sur render." - THAT'S the way to FINISH UP what has been started In Italy. It's the way to bring tho German people to tho framo of mind the Italian peoplo have al ready reached. Whenever the Germans KNOW THEY'RE LICKED, as the Italians know It, there'll be an end to Hitler and the war in Europe will bo over. But not before. rjON'T be confused by all this diplomatic double-talk (In dulged In by little Victor Eman uel, Badogllo, otc.) about "Italy, grievously stricken in her In vaded provinces and her ruined towns, maintaining her faith in her given word, jealous of her (Continued on Pago Two) '. ii m ' m w t an i' i tit bk' i i I'! : i 30 UMW Members Indicted Under New Anti-Strike Law PITTSBURGH, July 26 (P) A federal grand jury investigat ing, recent unauthorized strikes in the soft coal fields of south western Pennsylvania today In dicted 30 persons, charging con spiracy to prevent production of coal In violation of tho law, , Thb prosecutions woro the first since enactment of tho Connolly Smith anti-strike law on Juno 25. .Tho indictments charged do fondants specifically with "com bining, conspiring and confeder ating together to interfere by strike and other interruptions with the operations" of mines operated by the government. Operation Ncssary The indictment said those named "well knew" that the mines were in possession of the United States and that continu ous operation was necessary "for successful prosecution ot the war." -.'.'. ' Conviction - under the anil- ALLIES PRESS ON BOTTLED nXISJSICIL! Termini Taken in U.S. Mop Up In West Island By DANIEL d LUCE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, July 28 Mi Allied troops nro squeezing tight er upon axis last-stand defenses In northeastern Sicily against bitter resistance, It was an nounced today, and American troops mopping up western Sic ily have captured Termini, 20 miles east of Palermo, and taken 7000 more prisoners, Including six Italian general and an ad miral, "Further pressure on the ene my was maintained in all sec tors" by American, Canadian and British forces closing in on the Catanla-Etna-Messlna area, the allied communique declared. Continue Advance Canadians striking east from central Sicily "continued to ad vance," it added. Some units of the U, S. sev enth army driving toward Mes sina are for to the east of Ter mini, and its capture consoli dates tho grasp upon the north ern coastal area of the Island. More than 70.000 prisoners now are in allied hands of whom 00,000 were -taken by A merle n. (Continued on Page Two) Tons of Bombs Tear Japs at Besieged Munda By MURLIN SPENCER ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, July 26 (!') American bombers. In the mightiest aerial assault of the southwest Pacific war. drop ped 180 tons of bombs on Japan ese positions at Munda, New Georgia, yesterday.' More than 200 planes Liber ators, Flying Fortresses, Mitch ells, Avengers, and Dauntless bombers with strong fighter es cort participated In the attack, and only one failed to return. The communique from Gener al Douglas MacArthur's head quarters made no comment on the results of the raid beyond saying that "the area was thor oughly bombed." Six hundred miles to the west, the Royal Australian air force (Continued on Pago Two) Anderson Planing Mill Razed by Fire LAKEVIEW, July 28 (IP) Tho Anderson planing mill was destroyed yesterday by fire of undetermined origin, Operators estimated damage at $73,000. Tho firm's saw mill and dry kilns were saved. It was the third lumber mill fire here this year. strike law carries a fine up to $5000 or imprisonment for one year. , Special Assistant Attorney General Henry Schwolnhaut, as signed from .Washington to aid tho prosecution, .said the de fendants included 19 officers ot United Mine Workers locals and 11 members., Four local presi dents were named. Jury Callad -'. The grand jury investigation, called July 14,' followed contin ued work stoppages among cap tive coal mines operated by steel corporations after the United Mine Workers' policy committee and President John 'L. Lewis had ordered the men to Return vu null,. At the time the grand Iury Inquiry started more than 12,000 miners were estimated to be idle, All mines returned to nor mal operation almost slmultan (Continued on Page Two) . ' Allies Squeeze Axis Into Northeastern Sicily 'Mediterranean American and Canadian troops press forward from Palermo over th wknd to tak th town of Termini -shown by arrow on th map above and 7000 mora prisoners. Th captor of Termini consolidates th allied grasp on th cos it ara of th island.., Mop up of th western part of th Island was all but completed ovr th wknd. U. S. Heavies Blasting of LONDON, July 26 (Pi Amr- lean Flying Fortrsss pounded Hamburg today In th second daylight raid in succession rounding out wknd of de struction on th big Carman north port city nvr bafor ap proached during th war. LONDON, July 26 (IP) U. S. heavy bombers attacked north ern Germany and medium bomb ers hit Saint-Omcr, France, by daylight today after a 2U00-ton night raid, by the RAF on the German industrial city of Essen. No details were given in the first announcement from head quarters of the European theatci of - operations of the United States army. Night Attack Besides the concentrated night attack on Essen by heavy bomb ers, RAF Mosquito bombers struck at Hamburg and Cologne and swept over northwest Ger many, tho low countries and France last night. Tho Essen raid proper took SO minutes. Some rose to 20,000 feet, the air ministry said. The air ministry said 2000 tons of high explosives wcro cascaded upon Essen for "easily the heaviest" raid on that city, Few New Tires Seen For Use Of Civilians WASHINGTON, July 26 (VP) Armed with word from Rubber Director William M. Jcffers that few new tires would be avail able for months to come, even for essential civilian driving, the oil industry today launched a campaign to get motorists to "re cap before it is too late. The petroleum Industry war council (PIWC) took up the cam paign on a nationwide basis, di rccting filling station operators to keep motorists conscious of a letter by Jcffers to the PIWC de livering this warning: "Even under the most optimis tic conditions, we should not ex pect to get many tires even for essential civilian driving until late this year or mid-1944. Only (Continued on Page Two) Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Chicago 2 4 4 New York 5 3 1 Wade and Castino; Zubcr and Hemslcy. It. H. . E. St. Louis 7 14 0 Boston 13 2 Muncrlef and Schultz; Terry, Woods (3), Luclcr (9), and Par tee. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Philadelphia 2 7 1 Cincinnati .'. 8 12 1 ' Kimball, Evrich, Kraus and Livingston, Flnley; Starr and Mueller, De Phillip. R. H. E. Boston 3 5 1 St. Louis ,.: 6 11 2 . Javcry, MacFaydcn (8), and Poland; . M. , Cooper , and W. Cooper, . I . . V Sea. Follow RAF Nazi Industry tho largest industrial city In the Ruhr. In other operations today RAF Typhoon bombers and Bostons attacked German airfields in France and Belgium with many squadrons of Spitfires covering them. Hit Hangar The Bostons blasted the Cour tral airfield and the Typhoons scored hits among buildings and hangars on the Mcrvllle airfield while other Typhoons bombed buildings, and - the runway at Abbeville. Twenty-five planes were listed as missing in the far-flung over night operations and five' enemy aircraft were reported shot down. Good Wthr The air ministry announce ment said that the raiders en (Continucd on Page Two) Jeep Rides Net ' Nearly $20,000 In Stamp Sales Screams and shrieks from the youngsters and adults were heard around town for three days last week as stamp sales resulting from the sale of jeep rides mounted to almost $20,000. Soldiers from Camp White and Camp Newell took the jeeps over the hills and rough roads of Klamath Falls after customers had bought $2 worth of war stamps. Merchants of Klamath Falls have commented on the wonderful cooperation and cour tesy of the soldiers from the two camps while they were here. , Saturday night the jeep rides were sold in connection with a bond auction put on by the wom en's service organizations of the city and about $7000 worth of bonds and stamps were sold at that time. In Bly, (he women sponsored a dance and bond auction and net ted approximately $6500. At both auctions they were assisted by WAC Lieutenant Betty Her ring, who is to be the permanent recruiting officer here. Stamp sales from jeep rides and the auction resulted in the raising qf the total figure to $19,' 437. Jeep rides alone netted $13, 436 for the three days. Liquor Shortage Revives Ancient Art of Bootlegging A revival of the ancient and dishonorable bootlegging busi ness has accompanied the in creasingly acute shortage of stato store liquor in. this area, according to reports current on the streets here over the week end. Ono well-founded story was that hoarded liquor' was being offered at $12 a quart, with many takers among consumers who were unable to get any liquor or as much as they want ed at the state store Saturday night. Other rumored bootleg prices range from $3 to $7 a pint., '.' . ' -. SuLvrosa liquor supplies are said to come from persons who h o a r u d state store liquor against the day of shortage -V ' S&VI 70 VillagesCaptured In Encircling Movement.' LONDON, July . 26 (AP) Russian troops . gained from three to five and a half mile today, end captured, more than 70 villages 'In their drive to en circle Orel, Especial Moscow communique announced tonight. The broadcast was recorded. by the soviet monitor. . Two of the villages -captured were southeast' of Zhizdra, . in the red army drive to cut off Orel from the rear.' Zhizdra is 38. miles northeast of Bryansk, another big German base lying 75 miles -northwest of Orel. Stalin Inspire Russian troop Inspired by personal visits of Premier Jos eph Stalin to the front slashed through stubborn German re sistance to advance 2H'to 5tt miles on the Orel front yester day, and stood within six miles of the Bryansk railway supply ing the powerful nari base. Thirty more populated places were - swept up Sunday, . and German positions became ever more precarious despite desper ate counter-attacks. Heavy nazi losses in men and materiel con tinued. Stalin has been at the front . (Continued on Page. Two)-.. Fighter Planes Knock Out Two Jap Bridges In Burma NEW DELHI, July 26' (fl5) Explosive-carrying fighters, me dium bombers and heavy forma tions of the U. Si 10th AAF knocked out' two' more bridges used by the Japanese and wrought heavy damage to rail ways and other installations in B u r"m a Saturday, American headquarters announced today. The communique noted only one. instance in which Japanese fighters attempted interception this against medium bombers which, executed four missions and said this was fruitless,' with every plane and crew returning safely. with the idea of unloading at a nice profit, and from out-of- state sources, particularly Cali fornia. ' i :' . Prohl Days Sean The local situation was de scribed as increasingly reminis cent of prohibition days, when bootleg was the only source of supply. Legal liquor quickly disap peared from the shelves of the state . store Saturday . evening, and many would-be customers went . away disappointed. The state store policy, is to offer one-third of the dally supply of whiskey at 12 o clock noon, and -two-thirds at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.' This limited supply is. sold rapidly as .long . lines (Continued on Page Two) fikajjoir eeira Mortfkal Lav Set? (By The Associated Press) LONDON, July 26Martial law was proclaimed throughout harassed Italy today in which eliminated Benito Mussolini and his stalled the conservative Marshal Pietro Badoglio as premier. King Vittorio Emanuele made the change in the war leader ship, the first major break on the axis front and a possible prelude to an Italian bid for peace. There was no axis announcement of what had become of Mus solini but unconfirmed reports from Stockholm said he had been ar rested while trying to flee to Germany. Roundabout Stockholm re ports also told of demonstrations in northern Italy with thousands of Italians shouting "Down with Hitler," "Out with the Germans," and We want peace. . Mussolini Out. Btnlto Mussolini U. S. to Press ' Demands for Capitulation WASHINGTON, July 26 (P) Secvretary of State Hull indicat ed today that increased military pressure to insure Italian capitu lation to the allied demand for unconditional surrender would be this country's response to the downfall of Benito Mussolini. He termed very timely and appropriate the ending of the Italian . premier's regime . and said it was the first major step in the early and complete eradi cation of fascism. But Hull emphascized repeatedly that chief reliance is on military, de velopments. The state .department head, making the first official Amer ican comment on the displace ment of the Italian dictator, told a press conference that the allies were fighting like . the devil. when asked -what the United States was doing in the face of the Italian internal develop ments. Unconditional Surrender Hull indicated no change In the unconditional surrender pol icy laid down by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill and said if all minds are kept on fighting like the devil, the allies will win the war much sooner. He emphascized that all atten (Continued on Page Two) Aerial Battering Softens Up Kiska For Occupation ' WASHINGTON, July 26 W) Ten battering aerial assaults on Kiska, carrying on the campaign to soften that Japanese base for occupation by ground troops, were reported today by the navy. Army Warhawk fighter planes made the assaults in a speedy series of raids Saturday, bomb ing and strafing the Japanese on the rocky Aleutian island. Numerous hits, the navy re ported, were scored on the run way at the Japanese air field there. In addition, other bombs struck among gun emplacements of the enemy. . A:misBireik in ShcoEieyp; swift succession to a Badoglio ordered the army to take over the preservation of public order throughout the na tion, forbade gatherings of more than three persons, directed the people to remain at their work and empowered the troops to fir on anyone whe violated the Instructions. Developments Broadcast Hour by hour, developments in the situation which may has- LONDON, July 28 (VP) Bnito Mussolini mad a statement ea the political and military situa tion bior an ' xtraordiaarr mUng of th fascist grand council Saturday night, on " th v of hi resignation, th Ital iaa Stofaai News agency an nounced ovr th Rom radio to night. It was th first mtlag of th council sine Dcmbr 7. 1939. six month rxfor Italy ntrd th wr. . ten the end to the struggle Into which Mussolini plunged Italy j with the attack, as Germany's all, upon France, June 10, 1940, were broadcast by the Rome radio and recorded by listening posts throughout the world. Dispatches from both Switzer land and Sweden said Mussolini had been arrested. These were without confirmation from axis quarters. A Reuters report from Stock holm said officers . seized the dictator while he was trying to escape from Italy to Germany. A Bern dispatch said that he and his ministers were taken into custody. War - Continues . Confronted by some of the gravest problems that the com mander of a beaten and dls spirited army ever faced, with the bulk, of Sicily overrun by allied armies, with German troops and German police on Italian soil, and with mainland cities beset by bombings which threaten ever increasing force, Badoglio said "the war con tinues.',' In addition to his instructions to the people, the new premier issued a special order of the day stating that the voluntary fascist militia "is an integral part of the armed forces of the nation and with them, as al ways, cooperates in the common work and intentions for the de fense of the fatherland." Black Shirts The 250,000 Blackshirts once Mussolini's private army are the best equipped group among Italy's military forces of about 2,000,000 men. (The broadcast did not bring out why Badoglio considered such a special order necessary, but it may have been a tacit warning to the militiamen that they would remain under his control to the end, despite the withdrawal of Mussolini and the fascist ministers): The Berlin radio said Badog lio had appointed Baron Raf faele Guariglia, 54, Italian am bassador to Turkey for the past six months, as foreign minister in Italy's new government. The foreign ministry was among the portfolios formerly held by Mussolini. Baron Named With 30 years experience, in diplomacy, Baron Guariglia could have been a go-between in any negotiations for a separ (Continued on Page Two) government shake-up fascist cabinet and in Badoglio In li Marshal Piatro Badoglio Italians Cheer II Bute's Fall, End of Fascism By FRANK BRUTTO BERN. Switzerland. July 26 VP) The Italian oeoDle went wild with joy on hearing of the downfall of Mussolini and the end of more than 20 years of fas. cism and years of preparation for war, reports reaching Bern said today. The only Italian newsnaDer ar riving at Chiasso on the Swiss frontier, the Gazzetta Del Sport published in Milan, declared that cheering throngs had burst Into the streets as soon as they heard tne radio announcement, and de spite the blackout, paraded through the streets of Rome and invaded the empty halls of the Palazzo Venezia from whose bal- cony 11 duce had harangued them for a score of years, i - Parades , An Impromptu parade formed' and there were demonstrations against fascism with shouts of long life to Italy's king, to Mar shal Pietro Badoglio and the' army. , . The throngs carried Italian flags and sang.' . i One parade went to the Qulr-. Inale where the people shouted for the king. Others demonstrat ed at the war ministry, acclaim. (Continued on Page Two) Down to Earth Policy ' Of Rationing Pledged HARTFORD, Conn , July 28 UP) Chester Bowles, newly-appointed general manager of the -national office of price admin- istration, today promised a down-to-earth policy of ration ing and price control as he pre pared to leave for Washington to assume his new duties under OPA Director Prentiss M. Brown. ' ' Tanned and weather beaten from his two-weeks sailing . cruise along the Massachusetts coast, the 41-year-old Bowles, , New York advertising executive and Connecticut OPA head the last 18 months, declared he was in favor of cutting regulations to the bone- and asserted that "the less rationing we have to do, the better." . I -I - " f S . ' ' i V- -- "i j, .- J?)