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giiiiiiiiIIHiiiji mm (IllliiiUiilililiil On B-mlnute bint on ilrani and whistles ii th tlgnil lor bUckout in Klamath Fall. Another long blait. during black out Ii a tlgnal lor all-elar. In rcu tlonary ptrlodi, watch your alrt light. August t High It. Low 41 " Prclpliatlo aa July It, IMS . Stram year t data 17.M Last yar 13.17 Normal m ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1943. Number 9866 fo) n u ml 1J III) urn . W i ii M .ni ".' i Hi! I i i i: n m i i i ' I UrU.Ti :Vr., i is mmm hi Br FRANK JENKINS A FEW outlinr of prubublo fact " aro beginning to emerjfo' Irom tho (on that have shroudod tha Itullnn itiiatlon In tho pit week and a half. ""THE Germans ccm to have bundled a bad situation rath er well. Thcy'vo gained tho time thoy to critically needed to organize strong defensive positions In tho valley of tho Pu and the Adluo Italy' miut Important Indus I trial and strategic are. They've plugged what might havo been a noly gup at Flume, at tha eastern tip of the Istrlan "peninsula," which I tho finger of Italian soil that curves around tho upper end of the Adriatic sea. Through this gap, If It hadn't been walled up, we might hive been able to move LATER from Jugoslavia Into the rear of the German positions In north ern Italy. In the face of possible disaster, they've moved swiftly and 'bold ly, with no signs of panic. nOR an accuralo and realistic r estimalo of Badnglin and hi little partner Victor Emanuel, we shall have to wait possibly for tho verdict of history. But we know already that k nadoglio Is no superman, to bo ' Included in, the list of the great patriot of history. If he had been, he would have known that Hitler Is the enemy of tho Italian people and would have taken advantage of tho con fusion following Mussolini's downfall to STRIKE HARD AT GERMANY. Instead he temporized and fid dled and gave the Germans precious time. TT may be, of course, that WE A didn't- strlko boldly enough when the Iron of Italian upheaval was hot. But there were limit ing military factors, such as lock of sufficient forces for an enter prise of such magnitude. We were probably compelled in the sudden emergency -to lean upon Badoglio, who ho proved to be a weak reed. OU must understand that these are pure guesses, based upon the flimsiest kind of evi dence. We outsiders are a mere aud ience sitting beforo a stago with the curtain down and speculating from obscure noises, blurred shadows and such-like undepend ablo testimony s to what is go ing on behind the curtain, Our opinions can't count for much, AT any rale, we're emerging from rosy dreams and get ting back today to the hard reali ties of war. We're going nftor Sicily for blood. Pattern's 7th American army Is pounding Its way cast ward along tho northern coast toward Messina. Tho Canadians are driving a wedge in the center .toward Mount Etna. Montgom ery in In action at Catania. We'ro taking Sicily tho hard way, in order to use It as a baso for the accomplishment of what ever has to be done In Italy. IT)ONT got the idea wo V4-' haven't GAINED by what ever has happened In Italy. Wo have. We've golncd and tho Germans havo lost. We're far bettor off than wo wore.) - A ND don't take your cyo off " Italy, even for a moment. Much remains to happen there ' yet, and most of it will bo useful over tho long pull to us. NB (German propaganda serv ice) says today FDR has of fered a seven-point armistico roposal to 1 1 a 1 y Involving topping of fighting by the Ital ian army and navy, the end of Italian collaboration with Ger many, bringing back of Italian troops now In the Balkans and Franco, handing over war ma terials undamaged, a British-American-Russian military gov ernment for Italy, arrest of war (Continued on Page Two) ,' THOOPS PUSH TO EDGE OF Biblo Hill Seized in Drive; Resistance Lessens . By C. YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PA CIFIC, Aug. 3' W) The battle of Munda nearcd Its climax to day with United States forces breaking down final Japanese defensive position after a gen eral advance of 800 to 1,200 yards carried them almost to the edgo of the strategic New Geor gia airfield. Supplementing General Doug las MacArthur's Tuesday com munique which announced the advance, naval spokesman for Admiral William F. Halsey's command In the South Pacific said American troop reached a point "close to the eastern edge of tho field." Bilbo Hill Taken A portion of Bilbo Hill, ene my atrongpoint defending the northeast approach to Munda, was captured In the American onrush, the spokesman said.. He disclosed that tanks, flame throwers and artillery supported marine and army units 'in their advance. Many Japanese were killed In the attack. Although there was no indication of rotreat, Jap- anew resistance was not is strong heretofore. Simultaneously allied forces in New Guinea brought the Jap (Continued on Page Two) Lewis Appears Before WLB for UMW Portal Pay " By JOSEPH A. LOFTUS WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (P) John L. Lewis told the war la bor board today that American miner "aro the only mine worker in any civilized coun try who do not receive compen sation for travel time at each end of the shift." Without a trace of belliger ency before the board he long defied and Ignored, Lewis ap peared in behalf of a proposed supplemental wago agreement with the Illinois coal operators which would increase miners' earnings a minimum of $2.75 a day, including $1.25 for travel time. Lewis' United Mine Workers contended tho miners aro en titled to portal-to-portal pay not only under tho wage and hour law, but under their contract, as a just correction of a work ing condition. Wayne L. Morse, public member of the board, said this was a new approach to the portal-to-portal pay prob lem. Morse implied that so far as ho is concerned the problem had been considered exclusive ly in tho light of requirements laid down by tho wage and (Continued on Page Two) IN Roosevelt's Seven-Point Armistice Demands Revealed as Badoglio Stalls LONDON, Aug. 3 (P) A DNB broadcast of a Geneva dispatch to II Popolo Dl Roma, recorded by the Associated Press, de clared today President Roosevelt had advanced a soven-polnt ar mistico proposal to Italy. (There was no comment in Washington.) Tho axis account, without confirmation from allied quar ters, listed the points proposed as follows: 1 Tho Italian army and navy are to cease all resistance 2 Collaboration with Ger many must ceaso at once.' 3 Italian troops in Greece, Albania, France and ' former Yugoslavia are to be withdrawn at once, - ' War Materials , j 4 War materials must be handed ovor to the allies undam aged. 8" An Anglo-American-Soviet military , government Will be Battle Hero r Jm Btilp, 23 wibov). Ma man ilrst class from Nashville, Tnn., gunner on a small ship carrying gas and vehicles off Guadalcanal, was a hro in tha big air battle off th island. Juna 16. His ship was hit and st afir by Jap bombs. H cud thru man, carrying on of thm th Ungth of th burn ing ship. H than returned to hi gun and shot down a Jap bomber. Associattd Press photo from U. 8. signal corps TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS IN CANAL Eugene Jackson Slips . Down Bank; Body " Recovered The government's "A" canal through Klamath Falls claimed another life Monday evening when Eugene C. Jackson, . 10, slipped into the stream and was drowned near the Main street bridge. It was the first canal drowning this year, but it add ed to a heavy toll covering a period of several years. The Jackson boy slipped down a near-vertical bank at tho east side of the bridge while throwing rocks into the stream, (Continued on Pago Two) Klamath Men Awarded Oak Leaf Clusters Two Klamath county men have been awarded Oak Leaf clusters to their Air Medals, it was an nounced today by the war de partment. They are . Captain John B. Harding of Klamath Falls who received his. eighth bronze Oak Leaf cluster to his Air Medal and Staff Sergeant Ray R. Crydcrman of Keno who received his first bronzo Oak Leaf cluster to his Air Medal. Harding, who was here on fur lough recently, Is a pilot of a Flying Fortress and has seen considerable action In North Af rica and from England. His wife, the former Margaret Hor ton, and he, attended Klamath Union high school. Staff Sergeant Crydcrman re (Continucd on Page Two) - established in Italy until the end of operations. 6 Tho arrest of all war crimi nals. 7 Tho release of all allied prisoners of war on Italian soil. The roundabout report through axis channels followed up re peated German and. Italian ru mors of negotiations for an ar mistice, as opposed to tho allied demands for unconditional sur render. Badoglio Silant Premier Marshal Badoglio con tinued his silent defiance of the allied warnings of air bombard ments and invasion to come. Anti-fascist forces inside Italy were reported gathering strength to aid allied divisions when de fenses of the Italian mainland are finally breached. .That an alllod landing on the southern shores of Italy is not far distant was promised the Italian people yesterday ' by L PROJEGTTO ED Strong Fence, Housing For More Guards To Be Built Well-founded reports that the Tulclake WRA project is to be enlarged immediately to house 19,000 evacuees, an addition of about 3000 over the present ca pacity, were received here Tues day, and aroused apprehension in the basin lest a building pro gram at the project will upset the labor situation here as it did when the original camp was built. Largtr Guard It was also reported that ad ditions will be made to the mil itary guard facilities to house a battalion, and that a strong fence is to be . constructed around the project. The whole development pro gram now in prospect, it is un aeratood, result from the deci sion of the WRA to segregate all' disloyal evacuee in the 10 WRA . camps and concentrate them at the Tulelake project. It was reported a well-known contracting firm has been given the contract and is to finish the job by October 1. - ' v . Labor Disturbance The Klamath county, cham ber of. commerce received, mess ages of concern from arm sources In the basin over tne possibility that the reported building project would create a serious disturbance ' in the delicate basin labor supply sit uation. Chamber executive com . (Continued on Page Two) Three-Day-Od Girf Kidnapped From Hospital ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 3 () The mysterious disappearance of a three-day-old girl from a hos pital nursery here today sent state, county and city police on a hunt for a kidnaper. The baby was born to Mrs. B. W. Gurncy, wife of the presi dent of a labor union,' Veneer Si Plywood Workers, AFL, here Sunday. She was taken early today from the second . floor nursery of the Albany General hospital, Chief of Police Perry Stellmachcr said. Although Chief Stellmacher hinted that the case might be "broken" soon, he said there was an absence, of clues. The par ents are not wealthy, precluding the probability that ransom was the motive. The Gurneys, par ents of another 8-year-old girl, insisted they had no enemies. A nurse, a Mrs. McQuaid, the police chief said, heard a baby crying in the nursery at 2 a. m. When she investigated, she found the Gurney baby missing. A blanket had been rolled and placed in the crib, possibly' to make it appear that the occupant still, was there. , broadcasts from Radio Algiers, which coupled the names of Be nito Mussolini and Badoglio as "those evil forces," responsible for the betrayal of Italy, Peace March Evidence of the growing strength of the anti-fascist, antl "adogHo movement in Italy came from Madrid, where talk of an impending "peace march" on Rome was reported in Italian quarters in the Spanish 'capital The Madrid dispatches assert ed that If Badoglio stalls much longer, Italian leftists may or ganize a people's .march on the Italian capital, Milan and other centers from all points in Italy. This was the strategy by which Benito Mussolini succeeded in grasping power for his fascist party on Oct. 30, 1022. Occupation Prelude Regardless of the situation in side Italy, tho prelude to allied i (Continued on Page Two) NEWE L WRA B 'Peace!" MA . In lhi photo, zdiod from Bern, Swltserland, to London to Nw York, a crowd wild with Joy in Turin, la northern IUlr. i shown staging a peace demonstration after the fall of Mus solini. ... FIFTY MORE TOWNS FAa TOREO PUSH Nazis Claim . Russian Breach in South ..Nullified LONDON. Aug. S Driv lag soviet divisions cxaihad into the suburban Tillages of ambat tlfd Orel tonight capturing th railwar station - of Domnino, cevsn mil eatt of th city. Fil atovka and Stish, five mil to th louth. The ipecial Russian bulletin, recorded by the soviet monitor, alio indicated that th second big German summer offensive in Russia had ingloiiously ptrd out like th first at Oral last month. LONDON, Aug. 3 m The Russians, driving . upon Orel from tho south, have captured the town of Stish, 10 miles below the big semi-circled nazi bastion, and have advanced from four to six miles on various sectors of the Orel front, Moscow an (Continued. on Page .Two) RAF Batters Hamburg for -, Eighth Time LONDON, Aug.' 3 (IP) A great fleet of the RAF's biggest bombers returned to , battered Hamburg last night, and gave that once-thriving German port its eighth pounding in' 10 days to break all records for sustained attacks upon a single target. ' Fires set in the last assault on Hamburg Thursday night were still burning as the RAF swept over the city to add to the havoc created by some 8,000 tons of bombs dropped in the seven pre vious raids. . , - Thirty bombers were reported lost in the raid, which was- car ried out in great force and was accompanied by attacks . upon other objectives in northwest Germany, an announcement said. An air ministry communique said that in addition to the raid on Hamburg, other bombers blasted objectives in the Ruhr valley, and that Beaufighters and Mosquitos from the fighter com mand flew deep into Holland and northwest Germany. Air fields and targets at Sylt and Cuxhaven were bombed, but re sults were not announced. Two (Continued on Page Two) . No Wedding Bells for Memphis Belle Pilot MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 3 (IP) Romance has flown from the hearts of Margaret Oik and Ma jor Robert K. Morgan, the heroic young pilot of her Flying Fort ress namesake, "The Mempnis Belle." . ' That word came' last night from blond Miss Polk who re vealed: "There will be no wed ding. But Bob and I will , al ways be good friends." . It Cry of Italians in Turin -Mr. ' General Tax Rate Cut Set For lUamath iii 1943-1944 Reflecting the effects of the new state school support law, 1943-44 tax rates lor Klamath county as announced today show general reduction under last year. Only Malm s rate , Is higher than 1942-43, due to an increased Combined Tax Levies i . .'. , tin Mats) - - ; ' Citr - '43-44 '42-43 Klamath rail ....72.4 ' 74.1 Bonanza, 49.8 Sl.I ChUoqula : S2.7- 59.0 Matin , 70.9 97.7 Merrill 1 5S.7 . 89.9 Principal ; ' suburban 33.8 40.8 Genual country area 27.7 31.0 budget and a somewhat lower valuation. The rate-in every other taxing unit is lower. ' County Assessor Newton Nel son disclosed that the amount available from the state school support fund was sufficient to offset the entire budget for the county unit elementary district. The result was that no levy was necessary in that district, and this omission shows up favorably in the combined levies for out side communities and the coun try. ' ,. . .,-'. ; .. Funds to District Under the new law,' funds from the state income tax are distributed to the various school districts throughout the state on a pupil day .basis. Klamath county's total allocation was $188,578.30, divided as follows: Elementary school district, No. 1352,703.17. - Union high district No. 2 $26,407.78. County unit elementary $86, 493.42. . County unit high school $22, 973.93. . . , 4 . . The county's assessed valua tion .for the .coming . year is $386,142.15 under that of . the previous year.-. This year's total is $32,619,824.14. ' Assessor Nelson said the as sessed value reduction Was due to a marked - curtailment in building ' construction, together with an exceptionally heavy timber cut, and county' foreclos- Ddseball NATIONAL LEAGUE , 'V - R. H. E. New York .. .. 5 13 1 Cincinnati ......... :: 3 5 1 ' Feldman and Lombardi; Rid dle, Shoun (9), Fisher (7) and Mueller.' , . R. H. E. Boston ........ 6 7 0 Pittsburgh 1 5 1 Andrews and Mast; Riscigno, Podgajny (6) and Baker. AMERICAN LEAGUE , R. H., E. Detroit.... . 4 11 0 New York ........-.....0 .31 Trucks, Henshaw (6) and Rich ards; Bonham and Dickey. -. . r ' !" n H E Cleveland .......l...:....ll' 15 4 Boston 9 16 2 Bagby, Reynolds (0) and Rosar; Terry, Ryba (5) E. O'Neill (6) and Partee. . :fpTTJ ure upon lands upon which taxes bad become delinquent. Here Is the breakdown on as sessments, in each instance the figure for 1943-44 being given before that of 1942-43: Assessed valuation of all lands $10,006,335 and $10,497,000. Improvements on lands $6, 7SS.200 and S6.647.905. 1 - Total valuation of land and Im provements $16,765,533 . and $17,144,905. ? - Assessed valuation of personal property $5,544,335. and $5, 883,820. - . ; : , ,-, Total real and personal pro perty $22,309,870 and $22,988,- 555,. - Less soldiers' exemptions $37,860 and $39,630. . Total local assessed valuation $22,272,010 and $22,988,555. , Public utilities $10,347,- 814.14 and $10,017,411.29. , . Total assessed valuation, for county $32,619,824.14 and $33,- 005,966.29. . Here are the' component parts of the Klamath Falls city tax rate: . ' ' County Tax ...19.7 . 'Elem. School' r. 5.9 ' Union High 14.1 ' City Special Tax 32.7 ' , " ".: v 72.4 " Labor, Wage Policies Set by Spud Growers . Klamath potato farmers dis cussed labor and -wages policies for the coming year at length at a meeting held at the Henley grange hall Monday night. . Officers of the growers associ ation were authorized to prepare a. statement on the whole mat ter for public announcement within the . next day or two. Henry Semon, president, is ex pected to make public the state ment. .: - .- . " George Stephenson Killed In South Pacific Action Lt. Geexg . Itephensea II. S. FORGES GRAB TROINA Regalbuta Taken As Canadians Breach : Axis Wall LONDON. Aug. 8 UP The, Algiers 'radio declared tonight in broadcast recorded by The Associated Pre that "the vie torious end of th Sicilian tettle is la slgtrt." - AI.T.Tim TTF ATVMT ATJTl-Tje: IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 8 UP) American forces yesterday oo- cupied Tronla, vital road Junc tion 60 mile uulhwixt M Mm. sina, it was announced today. xne - enure northern wing af: the German line wavered and fell - back ' and tha AimtUm spearheaded deeply Into the nanx oetween Tronla and the Messina strait. - . Capture Rogalbute) : The Anirieiii . aiuM mm. after they routed the Germans from Capiztt and Ceraml, and Canadian eamtuMM. Ttan1n,A - breech the Mount Etna line. - uernian envisions backed In-, to Sicily's "Cap Bon" reeled un der fiery, fotweTted attacks by American, Canadian and Sritish troops heavily supported from the air. ' . :a - JUidbbadlihd. ; - -v As. the U. S. seventh army in exorably .battered the weaken in? northern flank nt ihm i.mv Cam. Sir T. ' Hfratt Miumr1, vnmm ' established a substantial bridge head, north of the Dfttalnb river and entered the western end of the Catania plain. ' , ' These successes were but the highlights of a series of viclou allied Jabi which- headquarters luonunuea on page Two) ; , Chiloquin Bantam Hen Declared "Sweetheart1: The little bantam hen, Chick-ie-naw-nee,' sponsored by the community of Chiloquin, was declared the sweetheart of Cap tain -Jack, the bond-selling .ban tam rooster, -when final returns of the July sale were tabulated by the bond committee of the Soroptimist and BPW clubs to-, day. Chickle-naw-nee received 13, 000 votes, each dollar on a bond counting as one vote. Red Wing, Merrill's banty, came in second with .11,800,, and Minnehaha at Bly took third place with 11, 250. ' Henley's Cinderella ' brought ' in $10,750 in" bonds; the Merry Widow at Bonanza $7575; Jill at Gilchrist $6400; Pocahontas at Keno $5480; Malm's Little (Continued on Page Two) : ' Lieutenant (Jg) George Steph enson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Stephenson of Swift and company of this city, was killed in action in the South Pacific, according 'to word received by' his parents on July 30. Lieutenant Stephenson was with the Seabees, U. S, naval , reserve, specializing in electri cal engineering. KUHS Graduate ' Young Stephenson was a grad uate' of Klamath Union high ' school with the class of 1934. He registered the same year in . Sacramento iuuior wuuege ruu Southern Oregon College of Edu- ' cation. He enrolled for the elec trical engineering ' courses at Hm.aii Qfnfa rrtllaOM tn anit i-snAltrajt hl rf.ifPM 111 101. ne- waa- a memocr ox riu Sigma Kappa social fraternity and also held memberships in other groups. He belonged to the. Eta, Kappa Nu, honorary mathematics fraternity; - Tail' Beta Pi and Sigma Tau, honorary (Continued on PagefTwo) IN NEW DIE
