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. Br PRANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT HOOSEVKLT. in
lilt broadcast lo the nation
(he other night, Indicated be
lief that the war won't end this
year and won't go on until 1040.
Ho added:
"Tho length of the war will
depend on uninterrupted con
tlmiance of all-out offort on the
fighting ironti and here at
home."
kwE'VE all icon football teams
w win tho first half and go In
to the socond half thinking It
was about all over but the cheer-
lug at tho end and GET
LICKED.
That could happen to us In
tills war if we let ourselves fall
Into the belief that since Italy
It's about all over but tho mop
ping up.
U7HAT has happened Is this:
(We've, turned the corner on
the deadly fear that WE'LL BE
LICKED. Our chief - concern
now Is when we'll get the other
fellow licked.
, Wo won't speed that time any
by pulling our punches.
Js. '
'Tift hardest fighting of our
war between the states came
I after the turning point at Gettys
burg. It's UeilitUwa-tUialy .that
th hardest fighting of this war
till Ilea ahead of us.
At any rate. It's sound policy
to hop for the best and prepare
for the worst.
TT la safe, though, to begin to
1 do a little thinking about after
ihe war, and the President Indi
cate he's doing It himself when
he sayt It's tlmo to lay plana for
the return to civilian life ot the
men AND WOMEN in the armod
services.
Such a policy, he thinks,
should Includo mustering out pay
to help In tiding over until a
job la found, unemployment in
surance when no Job Is located
alter diligent search, further edu
cation or trade training at gov
ernment cost, better provisions
for hospitalization and medical
I cre and sufficient pensions for
1 W thnut HIahl.H
'
TO these reasonable provisions
to bo mado by tho govern
ment, this writer would like to
add another one, to be made by
private Individuals:
EVERY EMPLOYER should
tako back EVERY MAN (who
wants to bo taken bock) who
, went out of his organization to
the armed services, giving him
as good a Job as ho left and a
better one if possible.
If that is done, the shock of
demobilization will be cushioned
and the men who return will be
made to feci that their services
have been genuinely appreciated
by those who stayed at home.
'FHAT is probably about enough
aftcr-the-war talk for one
)dy. , It's a dangerous habit to
got Into like taking opiates to
make you sleep.
'THE Italian news has domlnat
ed our Interest for the past
week pushing everything else
almost out of our minds.
But the war has been going on
elsewhere.
Among other things, the bat
tering of Germany from the air
has been pushed With unremit
ting determination. There has
been another 1000-plane raid.
(Continued on Pago Two) .
Lakeview Man Listed
As Prisoner of Japs
Maxwell Albert Marlcttc,
pharmacist's mato 1c of Lake
. view, was among the 303 par
sonnol of the U. S. naval serv
ices announced by the navy de
partment today, as Japanese pris
oners of war in the Philippine
islands and Manchukuo.
Marietta Is the son of Layton
A. Marietta of Lakeview. Tho
list brought to 4235 tho number
of navy confirmed prisoners of
war whoso names have been re
leased for publication, less those
who have died In prison camps.
ETNA LINE
BREACHED BY
ALLjEOPfllR
Advance Threatens' to
Trap Nazis at
Catania
By DANIEL DE LUCE
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN NORTH AFRICA. July 30 (P)
American and Canadian troops
have driven deeper into the
central and right flanks of the
Germans' wavering Mt. Etna
line, allied headquarters an
nounced today, as the nazls
strove desperately to repair the
breach.
A communique declared that
tho Canadians had "advanced
farther against strong opposi
tion," and that the U. S. army
front from tho north coast inland
to captured Nicosia was "ad
vanced in sevoral places."
Trap Threatened
The whirlwind American as
sault had' driven the: Germans
back about 20 miles In two days
and threatened to trap toenails
around Catania or force a gener
al retreat toward Messina. -
Lieut. Gen. Georgo S. Patton
(Continued on Page Two)
Powder Magazine
Explosion Rocks
Redding Mho
REDDING. Calif., July 20 P)
The Hornet mine, rocked by the
explosion of between 10 and IB
tons of dynamite yesterday, wilt
not resume full operations for
several days, Supt. J. O. Huseby
said today.
The explosion earn Just be
fore noon when fire of undeter
mined origin broko out in a brick
powder magazlno about 850
yards from tho main entrance.
Two hundred miners who had
been eating their lunch in the
surface area near the powder
magazine went back Into the
mine Just before tho blast.
Only two men were injured.
Charles Elrod and R. K. McCal
I um were slightly cut by flying
glass.
The mill building was almost
entirely destroyed, but tho ma
chinery was largely undamaged
as was the mino itself, Huseby
said.
Burning dynamite showered
In the wooded country for a
quarter-milo around the mine,
located on Iron mountain about
eight miles west of Redding. A
number of brush fires were set
and ono turned into a forest fire.
Hurtling Truck
A metallic bang and a flash
the fleeting thought last night that th bombars had eom at last. But it turned out to b a
hurtling truck which rolled backwards on th steep Lincoln street hill and splintered a power
pole as it cam to a stop against th pol on th parking.. Albert Ous Baart, 528 North Seventh
street, was driving the truck. Th truck stalled when he shifted gears, and' rolled back out ot
control when the brakes failed. As It struck th pel, an electric wire from th pol to th resi
dence of Walter Hannon was given a violent yank. There was flash of, light caused by a mo
mentary short, A board on the sld of Hannon'sjhous. to which the wlr was attached, was
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KASSEL PLANE
IRKS SOCKED
WITH HEAVIES
Hamburg Showered by
RAF in Night
Raid
LONDON, July 30 (P) Strong
formations of U. S. eighth air
force heavy bombers attacked
the Flcseler Aircraft works at
Kassel, Germany, today, a Joint
Amorican and British commun
ique announced tonight.
Tho weather was clear and
crews reported good bombing re
sults, but the Fortresses ran Into
strong flghtar opposition,., the
announcement added.
Plans Destroyed -
At least fifty-two enemy fight
ers were destroyed.
Twenty-seven fighters were
shot down by the Fortresses, a
preliminary count showed, and
28 mor U.a S. , Thunderbolts
which met the returning Fort
resses near the German border.
protecting them eothehome
ward flight. The Germans kept
up their attacks and) "many com
bats" occurred.
Kassel also was, hit by the
Americans on Wednesday..
The Thunderbolts damaged
others In the fleets of attacking
German -planes.
Airfields Bombarded
- Several enemy airfields also
. (Continued on Page Two)
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Uncontrolled Forest
Fire Rages Over 200
Acres Near Eugene
EUGENE, July 30 WV-A for
est fire, one ot the most serious
to strike this area in the past two
years, Is out of control and
sweeping over more than 200
acres of privately-owned land
four miles north of Horton, and
about 20 miles northwest of Eu
gene. The blaze, which started
Thursday at ' 1 1 a. m. from a
spark of a donkey engine, is be
ing fought by more than 200 tiro
fighters, including many 'teen
aged boys trained during the
past school term in wartime
methods of lighting fires and
firo protection. . I
Provides "Incident" .at
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of light gave residents of Mf Eighth pnd Lincoln streets district
Flood Spreads Over
M-rill
This map shows the location
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v.; . ,-' K t
Tul lk sump waters oa a 5400-aer leased land tract. Th
brtak is marked, with an X la th. lower center of th picture,
at th southwest corner of th tract. Oa Friday, a secondary
dike was being erected ia aa effort to (top th water inside an
1100-acr area Immediately adjacent to th break. -
Yards Nearer
By C. YATES McDANIEL
- ALLIED HEADQUARTERS
IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC,
July 30 (P) American troops,
Inching relentlessly forward
through the- Jungles of New
Georgia,, have moved 200 yards
nearer the Munda air base and
General Douglas MacArthur to
day described their progress as
satisfactory and according to
plan.
The ceaseless pounding of the
Munda area by sea and by air,
General MacArthur said, has cut
the enemy's supplies to the very
bone. Bombers have dropped at
least 700 tons of explosives on
the Munda defenses in the past
tour weeks and U. S. warships
have poured more than 400 tons
ot shells upon that central Solo
mons stronghold, which for three
weeks has been Isolated from
any important reinforcement by
land. .,
Pillboxes Taken
Fourteen Japanese pillboxes
were destroyed yesterday by the
advancing ' American soldiers
and marines, who now are with-
8th and Lincoln
tin
to
Tula Farm Land
of th dike break which released
f
rs
too::
a Japs
In 1900 yards ot the airdrome.
The ground forces carried the
entire brunt of the attack. They
were in too close contact with
the enemy to risk bombing.
(A navy spokesman at Admir
al William Halsey's headquart
ers in the South Pacific said
that so far there had been no in
dication the enemy was evacu
ating Munda as in the final days
of the Guadalcanal campaign.
The American drive was pushing
into more level terrain, he said,
but this was not regarded as ne
cessarily an advantage.) .
: Japs Hemmed Ia
. Japanese forces at Bairoko, 10
miles north of Munda, have been
hemmed in by Americans -who
landed a few miles away at Bice
Anchorage July S. The enemy
still holds coastal strips west and
north of Munda, but their beach-
continued on Page Two)
Navy Blimp Lost ,
After Fighi
With Submarine
By JOHN M. HIQHTOWER '
WASHINGTON, July 30 (VP)
A navy blimp was lost at sea
recently, the navy reported to
day, after, being damaged in an
extraordinary fight with a sur
faced enemy submarine. It was
the first airship ever reported
so destroyed.
Only one man of the crew.
which ordinarily numbers seven
enlisted men and four officer-
pilots, was lost.
What' eventually happened to
the submarine the navy did not
say,, although if American craft
were close enough to rescue the
men from the airship they nrob-
ably were close enough to at
tack the submarine.
Baseball
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York .....13 17 0
Pittsburgh 7 12 4
Melton, Feldman (6), Adams
(6). and Lombardl: Klinour
Gornicki (2), Butcher (9), and
i,opez, Baker (4).
First game:
Boston '.; 0-3 3
Cincinnati ................ 2 . 8 - 0
' Andrews and Kluttz; ' Riddle
and Mueller.
Second game:
Boston ' ; ; . 3 7. 2
Cincinnati 0 3 0
Barrett and Masl; Starr,
Beggs (9) and Lakeman.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit ..................... 2 7 8
Boston '4 8 1 0
Trout and ' Richards; Hugh
son, Terry (2), and Conroy. -
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SUMP WATERS
SPREAD OVER
11D0AGRES
Attempt to Repair
Original Break,
Salvage Crop
A fleet of bulldozers was
working at high speed Friday
afternoon to throw up a second
ary dike designed to stop the
spread of the Tule lake sump
waters over rich farm land in
the southern part of the Tule
lake basin.
Temporarily surr endering
1100 acres of the cropped land
to the spreading waters, - th
flood-fighters were pinning their
hopes on the secondary defense
line, a 21-mile dike thrown up
across the southwest corner of
the 5400-acre tract endangered
by the flood
May Save 4300 Acres ' '
If this dike holds, 4300 acres
of land will be definitely saved
from the flood. Reclamation oft
ficials here -said there it it good
chance that this wtH"be aceom
plfehed, but the fate of the crops
oa the entire tract -was still in
the balance. - - -' - "r
' Meanwhile, equipment also
wis used in. an attempt to repair
tho -original - break, -which oc
curred Thursday morning. If this
can be also done, it Is planned to
pump the water off the 1100
acres and salvage., the grain crop
there for feed. .. '
Lower Water.
Release of the water over the
1100 acres will lower the water
. (Continued on Page Two)
Keno Accident :
Injuries Fatai
To Army Inductee
John Douglas Dexter, IB, died
early Friday morning ' in' the
Klamath Valley hospital from In
juries received near Keno Mon
day when he was struck by an
Klamath's 1 943 automobile driv
Auto Toll en by Lee Fields
- ' : .. of this city..
4: Dexter, -who
' had been induct
ed into the army
on July IS and
home on a ten-day furlough, was
crossing the road from a stalled
car when he saw the Fields car
approaching. He tried to run
across the highway to beat .the
car, according to state police, and
at the same time the Fields car
swerved to avoid him. He ran
into the side ot the automobile
and was thrown to the pavement.
The young man was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Dexter of
1410 Martin street. He attend
ed Mills grade school and Klam
ath Union high school. Before
Ihls induction into the army he
ftvas employed by Bill Raymond;
Gilchrist logger.
Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the Earl Whitlock Fu
neral home here.
Jap Burma Targets '
Blasted by Allies
; NEW DELHI, July 30 (P
American and British bombers
and fighter, planes staked suc
cessful attacks on Japanese tar
gets . in central and western
Burma yesterday, ' blasting
bridges, railways, factory instal
lations and shipping without the
loss of a single plane, U. S. and
British communiques said today.
Bombers of the 10th United
States air force wrecked the im
portant - bridge over the My
river, 23 miles west ot Mandalay,
blasting the east and west plans
to- the bottom of the river, and
severely damaging the center
span. . Destruction of this bridge
will delay rail traffic between
Monywk and towns to the north
between- the CWndwin and Ir
rawaddy rivers. '
Italian Troops
RebelWarning
Issued by FDR
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man and Italian trnnnu in nnrtham Toltr ot Aa4kK.U
.w... . vu.j Ul, V. VDbOUIJBII".
ment by the Germans of guard over five Italian ub
marines they found at Flume were reported in messages
to Madrid today.
A methodical nazi military occupation of the Iatrlaa
neninituln nnt tha whnlo TTinA Mmn -t ..... 4-v .
- ....w.w. WM.MV tiuu uvm MIO UUU Ui
Trieste to the Austrian border wu outlined in advices
direct from Rome.
The lack of reaction by the Rome radio to the nazi
movement into Fiume, Trieste and other Italian points
so lone; as Italy remains in the
luupciaituu uetween allies.
By ROGER GREENE .
Associated Press War Editor
Italian troops were reported to have mutinied at Milan
today for the first time in Italy's bitter crisis over war
and . peace, and as the internal struggle -took a graver
turn. President Roosevelt again voiced willingness toi
treat for an end to hostilities. - . .... '
Simultaneously, Mr. Roosevelt Issued a , virtual ulti
matum to neutral nations not to offer asylum to leaders
of the axis powers. .-
ULTIMATUM ISSUED
Commentinaf on rumors that "Mussolini and memhm
of his fascist gang may attempt to take refuee in neutral
territory," the chief executive
The government of the United States would regard
the action by a neutral government in affording asylum
to axis leaders as inconsistent with the principles for j
which the United Nations are fighting. . . . . The United
States government .hopes that no neutral government will
jiennis us wjmwry xo dc usea as a, piace .or reiuge or
otherwise assist such, persons in any effort to escape their -just-deserts,"-
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'Mr.Hodsevelt said that when the time comes he was
willing to treat for peace with-a. king, prime minister or
even a mayor of a city--sor long as he is not a member '
of the fascist iarty. '
; ' BRITISH CABINET MEETS 'i '
ffAs the Italian crisis mounted. Prime Minister Churchill
held a sudden post-midnight meeting of the British cab
inet st.N6.U0. Downing Street, starting at 1:30 a. ml,
amid signs of a major turn in developments.
The cabinet met again later in the day, and London
speculated on the possibility of Italy's asking peace terms.
A. Rome broadcast said the Italian people were "con
sidering with great understanding those conditions which'
the enemy proposes and is aware of the seriousness of
the dilemma." - -
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
The broadcast went on to say that the allied terms of
capitulation unconditional surrender "implied for Italy
not only the overthrow of the fascist party, already a
complished, but also the use of Italian metropolitan ter
ritory by the armies of the United Nations in continuation
of the war against Germany."
Reports of new fighting between German and Itaiian
troops in northern Italy came from Madrid, and the riazis
were said to have seized five Italian submarines at Fiume.
... : .'-.- TROOPS REFUSE TO FIRE
Dispatches from Switzerland, said : Italian troops at
Milan had openly refused to obey orders to fire on civil
ians who swept through tRe streets by the thousands
shouting demands for peace. . ' - . - - -
Crowds defied warnings that they would be shot for
parading. -.''.. v., yv-... .'.!. ' "
Marshal Badoglio was reported to have ousted the
Milan military ommanderGeneral Canale, and ordered
Gen. Vittorio Ruggero, chief
take over the riotous industrial area: '. ' '
. ; FASCISTS ARRESTED y
y. At the same time, Transocean, the German propa
ganda agency, reported that all members of the outlawed
fascist grand council except one had been arrested. -The
exception . was not named..- Council members included
ex-Premier ' Mussolini and his son-in-law, Count Gale
azzp Ciano. ''' ',.''.' .'.?- " . ; ':y.-- .-
No immediate announcement was forthcoming on the)
British . cabinet meetings. . : .
'.-. "NO" ANSWER INDICATED y
; Straws in the wind, however, indicated that the Italian
answer'to Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's five-point terms
for an end to hostilities may have been "No." This was
suggested, by the fact that after a virtual lull of several
days, allied warplanes renewed the bombing of south,
ern Italy. ' ! .-. . ' . : . -
A bulletin from Gen. Eisenhower's headquarters said'
allied air' forces, led by U.! S.' Flying Fortresses, werel
again blasting southern Italian airfields in day and night
attacks synchronized with a climatic land drive against
the axis bridgehead in Sicily. ' '..'' ' . ' . '
CASABLANCA FORMULA ...
At the same times, the Swiss telegraph agency quoted
Italian government circles, as declaring that the Roosevelt
Churchill speeches this week had not modified the Casa
blanca formula of unconditional surrender which Italy
could never accept without renouncing the most elemental
sense of dignity.". , , ,
' The Rome radio also asserted the allied peace terms
were, too drastic, and complained that Great Britain was
asking for a "Carthaginian peace" a peace that would
completely wipe out the defeated. 1 -y
- BALKS OCCUPATION . y
Marshal Pietro Badoglio, the new premier, was said ..t
to be balking particularly against allied occupation
of Italy. . . . - : '. ; . '''"", ,
In London, Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told th ,
house of commons that the British government approved
Gen. Eisenhower's offer, but emphasized that the allies
still demanded uncemdltianal surrender. -
war it was merely peaceful
declared formally: ,: .
of an Alpinist division, to