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. HERALD AND NEWS. KLAMATH FALLS. OREGON ' 'Aturunt 6, wn PAGE TWO. ALLIES SHOVE NAZIS NORTH; , TAKE GAGLIANQ (Continued From Page One) gress" forward of Centurlpe and Regalbuto, headquarters laid, but the Germans are resisting fiercely. Oagllano lies back of a line between Troina, where Ameri can troops have gained toeholds in- the hills, and Regalbuto which was seized by Canadians. Its fall helps straighten the allied line and further endang ers the German defense shield ing withdrawal of large axis forces from the south and cen tral areas of Sicily. Accapt Surrender The communique said that a British eighth army brigade ac cut the last lateral roads still In enemy hands. The Flying Fortress assault upon Messina marked the first time in many weeks that the allies' tieaviest air weapon has been used against that badly battered Sicilian target. Threaten Ban Fratello . On the north coast the Ameri cans are threatening San Fra tello and late reports put them within two miles of that road junction, whose capture would cepted unconditional surrender of Catania, the east coast sea port and anchor of the Etna line, at 10:15 a. m. yesterday, and that the British then swept northwest to take Misterbianco ' and cross the Slmeto river to Paterno 10 miles away. Other British eighth army units were smashing ahead north up the east coast toward Taor- mlna and Messina 93 miles way. Wellingtons blasted the beaches near Messina in a follow-up raid during the night, to disrupt German supply efforts and the evacuation of non-essential personnel reported under way for about a week. Small boats can ply the narrow Mes sina straits despite the continu ous allied air and naval siege of those waters. A ship offshore was fired by a direct hit last night Swarms of medium bombers, fighter-bombers and fighters continued to fill the sky over the dwindling - enemy - bridge head, roving unopposed over roads - and railroads, hurling steel Into troop convoys and blasting the towns of Adrano, Franca villa and other key points of the German defense system. Italian Unrest Renewed as Badoglio Stalls on Peace ' (Continued From Page One) party is to be liquidated for the benefit of the state. Factory workers in northern Italian cities were reported still holding half-hour daily strikes in protest against prolonging the war. They also were said to be demanding that their families be given shelter in the country in the event of bombing raids and Have demanded wase increases. .Many factory managements have responded to the latter demand with bonuses, because of the "proved discipline" shown by the workers in the recent excep tional circumstances. In Milan, however, the Die Tat correspondent said, 'the people already are whispering of a new government in which Marshal Pietro Caviglia, hero of the first World 'war and known as the "red general of Perouse," would play an important role. Swedes Pleased by Transit Decision STOCKHOLM, Aug. 8 (IP) The Swedish public demonstrat ed pleasure today at the decision by the government of King Gustav V to bar Sweden's transit facilities to German troops and war material. - The average Swede never ap proved of the nazi transit traf fic between Germany and Nor way and Finland through Swed en. It was accepted by, the gov ernment as an expedient meas ure when war threatened the un prepared nation In 1940. WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (JP) Secretary of State Hull ex pressed gratification' today that Sweden is canceling facilities given Germany since 1940 for the movement of troops and war materials through Swedish ter ritory to Norway and Finland. sure if s CAN Japs Lose Twice As Many Warships As United States U. S. HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug. 6 (IP) Japan has lost more than twice as many warships and four times as many planes as the United States in the South Pa cific since the beginning of the Solomons campaign one year ago. A compilation based on of ficial communiques showed to day the extent of American superiority over the enemy in the air as well as on sea. Figures covering the period of August 8, 1842 to May 8, 1943, for the South Pacific only, placed Japanese losses as 96 war ships sunk, 18 probably sunk and 129 damaged. United States losses were 41 ships sunk and nine damaged. FIRE TOTAL Seventy-seven fires have been cdmbatted in the Klamath basin thus far in the season, Vern Moore, county chairman for the "Keep Oregon Green" cam paign, said today. Man-caused fires in the Klam ath Forest Protective association number four, while lightning has been responsible for 16. In the Rogue River-Lake o' the Woods district, no man-caused fires have been reported, and only three fires were started by lightning. In the- Fremont forest area, lightning caused '18 fires and men 12. In the reservation area there were 12 of each type of fire. None of the fires have been very serious, but the most dan gerous season for fires is yet to come, Moore cautioned. Favor able weather and restricted travel were given as possible reasons for the good record to date. Moore warned about a com placency which might allow more fires to be started through carelessness. The prevalence of grass fires in . suburban areas and hills surrounding Klamath Falls indicates, a disregard for laws designed to protect us and a general attitude of careless ness as well as a failure to edu cate children properly in re gard to starting fires, Moore said. . The "Keep Oregon Green" campaign also includes keeping highways free from unsightly and unsanitary objects. Some cases have been reported in which debris has been dumped within 10 feet of the highway, Moore revealed. Production Slumps; Orders Jump in Pine Industry PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 6 (JP) Orders for white, ponderosa and sugar pine jumped five million board feet during the week end ing July 31, while production sank one million, the Western Pine association reported today. Production that week was 91, 136,000 feet as against 92,808,000 the previous week, and 104,356, 000 last year. Orders totaled 77,264,000 compared to the pre vious week's 72,102,000 and last year's 98,985,000. Shipments were 84,491,000 compared to 81, 379,000 the previous week and 103,815,000 last year. OBITUARY MARY ETTABELLE (WAHR MUND) FARMER Mary Ettabelle (Wahrmund) Farmer, for years a resident of Klamath Falls, Ore., but for the last seventeen months making her home in Tacoma, Wash., passed away in that city on Mon day, August 2, 1943 at 10:15 p. m. following a brief Illness. She was a native "of London, Texas, and at the time of her death was aged 31 years and 12 days. Surviving are her hus band, Floyd Farmer; one son, Franklin Gene; one daughter, Joyce Elaine, all of this city; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stroberg of Keno, Ore., and one sister, Mrs. Addie May Hill of this city. The remains rest in the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth, where friends may call. Notice of funeral to be announced in this issue of the paper. r SUGAR SUGAR FOR PRESENT SEASON GIVEN '- V. If Urn IgywMip I Permanent Lumber Industry Predicted at Tree Banquet (Continued From Page One) danger Is that people like you and me will hesitate to take the risks involved in new ventures suggested by research, because government has removed our chance to reap the benefita of hard work and enterprise in volved in putting these ventures over." No Incentive Pointing to the tax problem, which has taken as high as 81 per cent of earnings, he said: "There exists today no incen tive whatsoever for a company like ours to risk $750,000 or any other sum of money to effect cost reductions, to pursue research or bring out new products, except the hope that after the war the taxing power will be more gent ly exercised. 'This company's present and post-victory policies are entirely predicated upon a belief in the return of endurable taxes and degree of business freedom com mensurate with the responsibili ties we are willing to assume. We expect to continue to remold our plant facilities as new mar kets can be developed markets that will utilize the wood now growing on the Weyerhaeuser Klamath tree farm and on other similar areas. To Stay In Business "In short, with your permis sion, we expect to stay in busi ness." Macartney reviewed the his tory of the Klamath lumber in dustry from the first little mill at Fort. Klamath to the big de velopments following the com ing of the railroads. The Weyer haeuser people began buying timber here early in the century, and started construction of a mill in 1928, beginning produo tion in 1929. "Our company is quite proud of the fact that except for three months in 1933 its mill has never entirely shut down from that day to this and we hope it never will," said Macartney. ' Taxes Paid He pointed out that the Wey erhaeuser company had paid nearly $3,000,000 in taxes on real and personal property in this county, paying taxes not only on forest lands, but retain ing its ownership of cut-over lands after the first crop was har vested. "Only by being sure of our supplies of raw material can we plan for steady and continuous manufacturing," said Macartney. We have planned as carefully as we know how to make ours a permanent wood-working indus try in Klamath Falls. We believe all this is simply the exercise of good, common-sense business practice. We believe it makes good business sense for the com .munity of citizens who live in the Klamath basin. In sum, we are trying to keep the harvest in step with the growth." Forests Attacked The local manager told how decay, fire and insects are con stantly attacking the forests. Stating that it is expert opin ion that intensive management can materially increase the yield of saw timber. Macartney added that it is common knowledge that the total potential growth in this region is considerably less than the present cut. The region Is not now in balance. 'It means that when the pre sure of cutting for war needs is over and when the pressure of cutting on old timber is over, then eventually Klamath basin's permanent forest industries will find a natural balance between growth and cut," he said. Tree Farming Turning to tree farming, he said: "This dedication marks an un written understanding between TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR THE BETTER grades of fuel oils, accurate, metered de liveries, try Fred H. Hellbron ner, 821 Spring street, tele phone 4153. Distributor Shell Heating Oils. 8.13m AUTO MECHANIC WANTED Good pay. Get your clearance and work at Lombard's. 8-7 PHONE 5315 for Quality, Dis tilled, Clean burning ASSO CIATED BURNER OILS. Every gallon a full gallon of heat energy. BALSIGER OIL COMPANY. 8-31m WOMN-5Experience3TrTnex. perienced. Call in person. New City Laundry, 8-9 LOST Gas ration book "C." Pine Industrial Relations Com mittee, Inc., 200 Stewart Drew Bldg. 8-9 WE DO altering, cleaning and ; pressing make new clothes for men and women, 129 So. 1 7th. Orres Tailors. 8-6 FOR SALE 2 houses, both for $3150, at 328 Martin St. $500 : down. 4-room house with Ve netian blinds and drapes, 2 room house in rear, complete- . ly furnished, renting for $18.50 month. Phone 6730, or inquire 2536 Wiard. 8-7 FOR SALE Coca-Cola cabinet. Phone 4527. 8-9 FURNISHED house, 2552 Shasta private company on one hand and the citizens of the basin on the other, as participants in the harvest from those lands. It is a many-sided undertaking for mu tual advantages, with corres ponding responsibilities delegat ed to each side. Together, we can make it work." Important Step Governor Snell said that the dedication of the "pine tree farm" marks an exceedingly Im portant step in the stabilization of the economic life of Oregon and the west. "Now let us protect this and subsequent tree farms from the ravages of fire and destruction. "It is generally recognized that the success of any forestry program depends about 75 per cent on fire prevention. How ever, any well-rounded forestry program demands more. A com plete program demands fire pre vention, conservation and educa tion, sustained yield, orderly cut ting and the utilization of waste. Oregon Leads "And in auch a program, it is my understanding that Oregon leads the nation. "This means much In the years to follow in the post-war per iod. I wish to emphasize that the over-all success of any post-war program is inseparably connect ed with the post-war success of private industry and free enter prise." Presents Certiiicate Governor Snell then presented the tree farm certificate to Wey erhaeuser and Macartney. Mayor John Houston intro duced Governor Snell, who left after the meeting to return to his offices at Salem. J. Vern Owens, president of the chamber of commerce, presided at the banquet. Vagrancy Charge On Barbara Jean Thompson Dismissed LONG BEACH. Calif.. Aug. 8 (IP) Year-old charges -of disor derly conduct and vagrancy against Barbara Jean Thompson, who his sued Film Actor Henry Fonda, charging he is the father of her six-weeks-old daughter, have been dismissed in muni cipal court. The dismissal was ordered on motion of her attorney, on grounds for lack of prosecution. The 25-year-old divorcee has demanded $2000 monthly sup- port for the child and $17,500 for medical and legal expenses. Fonda, now in the navy, denied the child's paternity. Hospital Staff Questioned in Baby Kidnapping s (Continued From Page One) was kidnaped by a person who left the hospital by a fire es cape. They said they believed the infant was taken by someone who was familiar with the lay out and routine of the hospital. 33 Pie Poisoning Victim Stricken (Continued From Page One) tage Grove bakery, apparently due to inadequate refrigeration in their distribution or in their handling by customers. Sanitary conditions at the bakery were satisfactory, he said. Lindgren and Lane County District Attorney William Bar tie said the investigation was continuing. ,Famlly Groups Most of the victims lived in rural districts, indicating the poisonous cultures developed after the pies had left the bak ery. Many of the stricken were members of family groups. Some of the pies were baked Sunday and distributed Mon day, Lindgren said. The poisonings were Oregon's worst since' last year when 47 inmate of the state hospital at Salem died from eating scram bled eggs into which roach pow der had been mixed instead ol powdered milk. 18 Fires Stopped In Fremont Area LAKEVIEW, Aug. 6 (IP) John Herbert of the Fremont national forest staff reported today that 15 lightning and three man-, caused fires have been extin guished in the forest within tho past two weeks. The worst blaze burned over two acres in Gerhart mountain. - Starts Today - UUUUST "Hff mFsmr smith FRAMK7;nBUCK MISINTS "JACARE" Henry Armstrong, ' Garrison Battle Ten Rounds Tonight PORTLAND, Or., Aug, 6 (IP) Hammering Henry Armstrong and Jimmy Garrison will ham mer it out for 10 rounds or lest tonight. Tho Los Angeles negro, once holder of three world's ring e r o w n a simultaneously, has scored 21 victories out of 14 in a speedy comeback climaxed two weeks ago by a decision over Willie Joyce. Garrison will enter the ring for the first time since he won a 15-round draw with Mexican Rodolfo Ramirez. CAPITULATION PERILS NIPS AT (Continued From Page One) througlis which carried one American infantry unit around the enemy's northern flank to the New Georgia coast, and an' other, paced by tanks, into the center of the airdrome. Loss of Munda and Its garri son unofficially estimated at 5000 men leaves in precarious possession of the Japanese one other weaker foothold on New Georgia, around Bairoko harbor ten miles north of Munda, and the long-established base at Vila on adjacent Kolombangara III and. Road Blockade Little has been reported from the Bairoka sector since July 10 when an American force which had landed on the north coast of New Georgia five days earlier established a road blockade cut ting the principal line of com municatlon between two Japa nese forces. 1 The enemy has managed to hold out at Bairoko and at Vila eight miles to the northwest In the face of repeated American bombings. Meanwhile, mauling blows delivered by surface and aircraft have beaten back all major Japanese efforts to send in reinforcements and supplies by sea. Ships JaU Failure of the Nipponese war ships to fight their way into the area forced the enemy to at tempt to send assistance by barg es under cover of darkness but even this line of supply was hit hard and often by our light sur face craft. Baby Found in Unventilated Closet LOS ANGELES, Aug. 6 (IP) Policeman F. L. Speck asked the city prosecutor's office today for a complaint against the mother and stepfather of 17-months-old Mike Freeman, who Speck said had been found confined naked in an unventilated closet with a pile of rags for a bed. The policeman said .the land lady of the apartment house where the family resided dis covered the child in the 2-by-5- foot closet, whose door was wedged shut with a can opener. FUNERAL MARY ETTABELLE (WAHR MUND) FARMER Funeral services for the late Mary Ettabelle (Wahrmund) Farmer, who passed away in Tacoma, Wash., on Monday, Au gust 2, 1943, following a brief illness, will be held in the Klam ath Temple, 1007 Pine street on Saturday, August 7, 1943 at 3:30 p. m. with the Rev. Daniel B. Anderson, pastor, officiating. Commitment services and inter ment L 1 n k v i 1 1 e cemetery. Friends are invited. Arrange ments are under the direction of the Earl Whitlock Funeral Home of this city. To Move Mr. and Mrs. Peter Peterson of Dunsmuir, Calif., are moving to Klamath Falls shortly to make their home. They have purchased property at 2027 Eberlein street from Mrs, Clifford A. Dunn. Peterson is with the Southern Pacific. HURRY! LAST TWO DAYS Taken From N Gypsy Rose Lee's "G-String Murder" BARBARA i i NOW Show 7-9 BAIROKO f.llF (IfnTTTanvf SOVIETS ROLL THROUGH OREL, BELGOROD GAPS (Continued From Page One) wage a successful offensive In tho summertime." Even as details of capture of the two cities reached the cap ital Jhe red army pushed on in its great offensive against des perate rearguard action. (The Berlin radio said a Ger man military spokesman de clared the Russians had suc ceeded In entering Belgorod "in the course of a now uttack un dertaken with the strongest forces" but claimed florce fight ing was progressing within the city. Bitter Fighting (The German communique re ported bitter fighting in the Belgorod area "which is still raging with undiminished vio lence," The Gormtins claimed to have taken 60,164 prisoners in the past month and to have destroyed 7847 tanks in the same period. The Russians indicated rapid progress in the Belgorod sec tor, where it was understood another German unit had been cut off at the same time .the Belgorod garrison was defeated. Credit 8hared The soviet communique gave red army airmen and artillery a large share of credit for the Belgorod victory. Dispatches said the Germans carried out methodical demoli tion of Orel before the red army's entry, even cutting the railroad tracks at Intervals of every two or three yards. Only the walls remained of the rail road station. Mouse Ruined Along Moscow street, main thoroughfare of Orel, many houses were in ruins, dispatches said, tattered German posters still flapped In the warm breeze. Around Orel the land was described as stripped of vegetation, scarred by ditches and craters, blackened villages and saturated with enemy mine. All nearby landing fields were destroyed. Thousands of refugees who had been hiding in the fields streamed back to Orel along the dusty roads. Realtors Convene In Eugene Session EUGENE, Aug. 6 (IP) More than 250 realtors from every section of the state were gath ered here today for the second session of the three-day confer ence of the Oregon Association of Real Estate Boards. Claude G. Stotts of Marshfield. associ ation president, presided at all sessions. VITAL STATISTICS BOTENS Born at Klamath Valley hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 6, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Rotcns. route 3. box 2348, a boy. Weight: 7 pounds 9 ounces. SCHORR Born at Hillside hospital, Klamath Falls, Ore., on August 8, 1943, to Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Schorr, 1918 Ogden street, a boy. Weight: 7 pounds 8 ounces. Board Meeting The Salva tion Army advisory board will meet on Tuesday, August 10, at 12:15 p. m. at the army dining room. If you want to sell it phone The Herald and News "want ads," 3124. Continuous From 1:00 P.M. MEW TrtnAY 111 M ewaw- TWO ACE FEATURES HEART-STABBING DRAMA OF A 10VE THAT WOULDN'T DIE! First Klamath Showing NON-STOP ACTION! CtiartaSTARRETT fefcj, IHIRUY PATTIRSON KjT ftp ART HUNNICUTT Jj Oregon News Notes By Th Associated Press Tho body of a youth found in (ho Columbia river below the In terstate brldtio was Identified by Mrs. Ethel Watlln, Portland, as that of her son, Richard, missing since May 16, , Young adults at Oregon Meth odism set their third annual sum: mer fellowship for Aimn.it 15-22 at Smith creek, . , . Kl(fhty-two ycur-old Mrs. Jaine Denholni, Portland, was credited by Red Cross and British Relief agencies with knitting record 200 sweat' crs. , . , J. Kenneth Riley, former re Islrur of Linfield college, MC' Mlnnville, and associate business manager since 1938, resigned to accept an executive position with a Portland business firm, . Two employes in the secretary of state's office rt Salem, Miss Barbara J, Williams and Miss Jane F, MncLachlan, enlisted in (he WAVES at Portland. Tear Gas Crabs Riot of Vancouver Pay-Day Drunks (Continued From Pg One) shouting for the release of the man arrested for aiding th sol dier resist arrest. Help Call.d Chief Blaker called authori ties at nearby Kelso and Long view and asked that state guard units be mobilized, Mayor John Hogg appealed to th crowd from the police station step to disperse. He was Jeered and a rock crashed through the glass pane in the station door. Police then charged the mob and fired tear gas shells until it dispersed. 3000 Boats Used in Sicilian Invasion ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA; Aug. 6 (fP) The official allied naval story of the Sicilian invasion was re leased today and It disclosed that 3266 surface craft of all type from battleships to motor torpedo boat took part. LOOK OUT. ADOLFI INDIANAPOLIS, (IP) Heinz Hammerschmidt, 34, who was brought out of Germany through the determined effort of rela tives here, still has the upper hand over Hitler. While In German concentra tion camp gestapo officers had left Hammerschmidt to die after they had broken his arches, smashed his knee, knocked out some teeth, shot him in the arm and stabbed him In the eye and neck with a bayonet. Despite the injuries, he was inducted Into the army her. Classified Ads Bring Result. U I I M. -1 P. I r i nurryi Mir i ujyi Door Open li30-l:4S cuvs got a my -WITH wild OlADYS OIOIOI VIIOINIA fldD'CKIl KtUAWAY and William Bendix Comedy 'Sensation of Wek Island' Pat Smith "SEVENTH COLUMN" Band Act Variety Latnt News blilHlllillllilliHil'l liiillM ( STARTS SUNDAY RAY PAULETTE FBI CHECKS JAP EVACUEES SAYS WRA MAN SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 6 OP) Dillon S. Myer, director of tha war l'oloi'iillon authority, said Japanese evacuees or In no hurry to leave relocation cen ters, (hough auy 'ovacuo may apply for Indefinite leave, out side of evacuated areas. The WRA, Meyer told the Commonwealth club in a lunch eon address, "bends over back words In precautions tuken," re Jecting petitions for leave when It has any evidence tho evac uee might endanger national safety, . The FBI, Meyer said, h4 checked nearly B0 per cent of th adult evacuees. The WRA chief denied th evacuees got a better diet than the averoue civilian family. All civilian ration restrictions, he said, "are atrietly followed." Cost of feeding the Japanese, h said, ranged from 34 to 42 cents a day per person. To protect bearings of auto matlo piano pilot mechanisms from dust, dirt and moisture, they are Installed under glass coverings. Hurry! Last 2 Days mi. BROLUn H 7JU0V cpnovn m sky PLUS NEXT BIG HIT! k rut trow of I mm or 13 HEMES! 0 STARTS with a Midnight Prevue Saturday m m Y7TTr 'n viXsf way. " 89
