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KLAMATH " ' S, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1943 Number 8870 I MhEll y U lyJlmNp u Mis. u Mm , ! v 'y ' ' .. ,' - ; Hitler Ttar Hii Iriralof WsbpSi , 1 ' Homburg Shipyord Blotting Bringi Fear to Heort of Berlins niPTMTflDOUin V TDIIII IL"BB!ITC ,he,,r. f t 'iK",V, 'V' V- nilllf IUP DriPU 5; M - Prisoners A SWISS ncwtpapcr, quoting a " traveler Jtut returned from Gennany, ay the mot PKR filSTENT rumor la that a mil itary dlctatornhlp will be art up jti September, Today the German Interna tional Information bureau (a nazl propatanda outfit) aayt in a Lroadcatt: "It it understood In ffrrlln that a number of import ant dtscuuiona of a military and political nature have taken place in the fuehrer's headquartcrt In the pant few dayi." These discussions, it is added, were participated in by Kcitri, head of the German army, Doenitx, head of the German risvv, and (among others) the JAPANESE AMBASSADOR. MOTE, please, that thesa rumors follow the downfall of fascism in Italy and the set ting up of what appears to b military dictatorship. Ideas, you know, DO SPREAD.) 'THIS returned Swiss traveler think possible replacement of Hitler may be more wishful thinking than the truth, but Jdds: 'There ,1a CERTAINLY much speculation ' among the people at to tho possibility of ending the devastating battles and returning to peace, in whjch human wisdom would again have tha upper hand." "VOV'D be tilly to believe these . rumon Implicitly. But DONT UTTERLY DISBELIEVE them. Remember this: The comforting German plan ait along has been to withdraw, IF NECESSARY, from outlying conquered areas to the "fortress of Europe" In which German military power would, with short Interior lines, defy the enemy Indefinitely and win stale mated peace. This comforting dream of un shakable German security has been rudely shaken by the stern Valltles of ALLIED AIR "TOWER. The quip that set England laughing a while back to the effect that "the trouble with Hitler's fortress of Europe it that it HAS NO ROOF" was coined ;BEFORE HAMBURG. ' It Is now more than a mere smart crack. Hamburg has made -it a dread and awful PROBABILITY. JJAMBURG'S fate appear to . have impressed the German tirofoundly especially tho Ber liner, who have a pretty good Idea they're next on the list, London hear today through German sources (spies, presum ably) that Berlin is approaching a state of panic, with mass stam pede of terrified people seeking to get away from the doomed rflty. . J There aro reports that the fiorliners' panic Is being fed by bombcrazcd refugees from Ham burg who aro spreading stories of fantastic casualties and hor rors In that destroyed me tropolis. There are rumor from the neutral countries that the Ger mans aro planning to declare perlln an "open city" In hopes of saving it from tho fate of Hamburg, don't have to rely entirely upon rumors for a picture of German panic following Ham burg. " Suppose the Japs had just de stroyed San Francisco from the air, In spite of ALL we could do to prevent It. Los Angeles ould be reasonably certain that would be next, and might be getting panicky! , . Even up here, some of us might be heading for the hills with our families. DEMEMBER 1918 ' and what followed when tho going got bad for Germany, ! Remember Tacitus' estimate mide 2000 years ago) of tho AN ' .; .(Continued en Pan Three) ' ':.74 ' ii- rf Important Military, J I " 'V4,JV- ' Political Talks L' -j n . :: , or t ?? El - ' " ' 1 By FKANK BRUTTO fill K'-? "if aVJL . f, P' f --s BERN,SwitoIaad,ABg.TttJ I J f VlfiFY ' rf?.Vi VCiS'A- V,J l'1-,, - - i '! reported today that a traveler H F AW I - - -.'v I 4 f - V who had just returned from Ger- II I fjit-i t'.X I . . r1 -w-'-' V mi aaU that among mm t LI 1 While a tcro f amok from pravlout attack bans aw th devastated port f HtmbUTg, bomb bursts from as 'attack bf U. S, Flying Fortran add thair thattartsg blast te tha wrack aga. Bunts bit th git HosIdijwrk faipj'Mds, U-boat pro duction canter In tha port which gave bavas to on-third of tba Garmaa under flt. Hambtoy was ridd in gnatatt fore by sin attack in 10 days. A Danish consular official wtimatM tha cost la Ufa at 200,808. Army air forc photo, ' D1TISWN0T BIG,' SAYS HERSHEY Two Million Men Will 8e Needed in Next Year SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7 P) MaJ. Gen, Lewi B. Her shey said "today "Selective serv ice, in the procurement of men for the armed forces, Is on the plateau" and "the job ahead of us is nasty but not big." The national director of ' se lective service, at a press con ference here, wa referring to the drafting of pre-war fathers now authorized for October 1 whenever essential to meet quotas. He said 2,000,000 men would be needed within tho next year, and that they could not be ex pected to como entirely from sources other than fathers from 18 to 37. Ho said, however, that of the 7,000,000 such men "We would (Continued on Page Two) 4faert Qienger, Early Chiloquin Merchant, Dies Albert Charles Glcnger, 68, for 34 years connected with va rious merchandising enterprises in Klamath county, died Friday evening at his homo at Chilo quin, Mr, Gicnger had been suffer ing for some time from a heart ailment which was believed re sponsible for hi death. The Chiloquin merchant was born In Wurttenburg, Germany. He came to Klamath Falls from Tillamook 34 years ago, and for a number of years was In busi ness here, , He operated the old Ashland fruit market at Third and Main streets. Moving to fhtloquin, he operated a general merchan dise business which he told to the Klamath Supply, Ho then returned to Klamath Falls, and for a time ran a store at Sixth and Main streets. About 1820, Mr, Gicnger and Jack Almeter of Klamath Falls set up a store at Chiloquin, Al- (Continued ea Put Two " -A MMV''- 4 "X I 1 1 1 IHl lit 11 111 11 111 1 1 W' I I U. S. Airmen Bring Ruin to South Pacific Jap Bases By C. YATES McDANIEL ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug. 7 (P) Vulnerable spots where the next blowt against the Jap anese may fait now that Munda is ours, felt the fiery impact of America growing air might in the Pacific during raids reported in today's communique from Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Our fighters whipped a Alt Crater Lake Entrances Now Open to Travel All entrances, Including the north and east gates are now open to Crater Lake, it was an nounced by Thomas C, Parker, assistant superintendent ol Crater Lake national park Sat urday, . . , . The rim road around the lake is also passable, though it Is not in the best of condition. There is stiil plenty of snow at the lake, according to Parker, who said the depth is that which is usually found in May and June, and it is probable that the snow will remain on the ground all summer. There are no lodge or store accommodations at the lake this year, though many people bring their own lunches and spend the day at the resort. Parker was in Klamath Jails Saturday to try to get a crew of 10 or 15 men to work on road Improvements - In - the Crater lake area, , , Community Sing To Boost August Sale of War Bonds , A big community sing in front of the American Legion hall at 8 p. m. Tuesday is set as an out standing August event in the American Legion-sponsored war bond drive. Mrs. Elsie Weaver is in gen eral charge of this event, A feature of the evening will be an auction of bonds and stamps, with merchandise and airplane' rides offered. The public was urgently invit ed to attend this gathering, A previous community aing in con nection with the bond drive was numerically superior enemy in an air battle off southern Bou gainville. That enemy air and shipping sector is the most form idable barrier still between us and Japan mighty fortress of Rabaul, New Britain, , Fighter Escort Our bombers "In all categories with a fighter escort" a recur ring phrase in Pacific reports which yet is new enough to x cite the emotions blasted Ee kata bay, a float plana base, with 6 tons of explosives. It is on Santa Isabel island, north east of New Georgia, flanking the line' of advance and supply from Guadalcanal to Munda, Its elimination is vital. . Other bombers 750 miles te the west ranged along the New Guinea coast, wrecking the sup ply barges Japan 1 utilizing to maintain the garrison at Sato- maua, New Guinea, Salamaus, menaced by -Australians and Americans only five miles away, is the objective of the left prong of the offensive which opened last' June 30, Munda was the goal on the right. Stragglers Tracked On Munda, our jungle troops fanned out from the newly won 4000-foot airstrip into nearby mangrove swamps tracking down fleeing stragglers of the crushed Japanese garrison. More than 1600 enemy dead have been . (Continued on Faga Two) Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE R, H. E, New York ;..,3 8 1 Philadelphia 1 5 3 Wensloff and Dickey; Black, Arntzen (8) and Swift, Wagner (8). R. St. Louis U .-..2 H. E. S X S 8 Smith, Cleveland . 0 Sundra and Hayes; Kennedy (8) and Bosar, S. H. E, Washington S 10 2 Boston -7 11 0 Mertz, Miller (8) and Guiliani; Dobson, Brown (9) and Partee, NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Boston ...,;..7 15 0 Brooklyn .4 12 0 Javery, Barrett (8) and Kiutts; Davis, Head (8) and Melton (8) and Owaa. ' NAZIS EVACUAT! SMOLENSK RE Orel ; Big Deflation Puts German Base In Danger LONDON, Aug. ? m Rus sian troops driving on Bryansk advanced six to eight miles, cap- taring mora than 100 populated places today, Moscow announced. By HENRY C. CASSIDY " MOSCOW, Aug. 7 W) Infor mation received from Russian; guerrillas behind the German lines today said the nazia were carrying out a general civilian evacuation o the Smolensk re gion. Smolensk, 220 miles west of Moscow and probably the meat important German base in all Russia, would be endangered by complete deflation of the Orel salient to the southeast as the Russians already hold positions lew than 50 miles te the north east between Yartsevo and Vy azma. ' The information from tha par (Continued on Page Two) IN Admirals Celebrate Anniversary of South Pacific Baiiie by Outlining Strategy, Promising Jap Destruction By JOBS M. KIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, Aug. T ,(P) Admiral Ernest J. King out lined today an allied world strategy aimed at keeping China in the, war against Japan and exerting "every possible effort" to assist Russia by diverting German forces front the Rus sian f ronC The commander in chief ol th United States fleet said that in the Pacific area the allies are following a "concerted plan of operations" to put in? creasing pressure on Japanese communications and also cap ture, strategic positions "which enable, us to give the enemy more hell as we go along." Oiicusiti War King, a member, of the allied high command as well as chief of the fleet discussed the war is? ,o interview gristed on. the By FRANK BRUTTO i BERN, Switzerland, Aug. t ijF; The Keue Zaercher Hachriehten reported today that a traveler who had just returned from Ger many said that among rumors sweeping the resell was the "most persistent one that a mil itary dictatorship might be set up in September. The article gave measure of support te recent reporting of Spanish correspondents in Ber lin that momentous develop ments were shaping inside Ger many. The traveler was not iden tified. wtthfttl Tbiaking - The expectation of the re placement of Hitler by a mili tary dictatorship as soon Sep tember' may be more "wahful -thinking, than -the -tret,1- taiiii the writer to NaeftrfehteB, but he added that certainly there was much speculation reported among the people en the possi bility of ending fee "devastat ing battles ami returning to peace, in which human wisdom would again have the u hand." Upon arrival in Berlin, the traveler was quoted as saying, ha was bombarded with ques tions, mostly "When will the war end?" . " -; Faac Safest The hope of victory us longer keeps the Germans plodding, he said, but the fear of defeat. Asa result, he added, a cleft had de veloped among thinking German people, one side eager to see Continued on Page Two) Police Hmi Lone Spokane Bank Bandit SPOKANE, Aug. 7 m Search was continuing today for tha lone bandit who made away with $5378 in the holdup of the Old National bank's East Sprague branch yesterday. The iaxieab which he com mandeered to make his escape later' was found in Use ware house district near the center of the city, Detective August Bet tinger reported. Ho quoted a witness as saying a man left the cab and walked toward the bus iness district, one hand stuffed In his shirt front Bettinger saw a possibility, however, that the bar,dii might . (Continued en Fag Two'? request o wire service report ers at the navy department. . He had been asked particular ly to discuss the situation in Use Pacific an this anniversary of the start of the conquest of Guadalcanal, the first American offensive operattoa of the war. NAVAL HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, Aug. 7 (Admiral William F. Hal sey Jr., on the first anniversary of the beginning of the battle for the South Pacific, promised today that the United States will carry the war Into Japan itself. rtroy Enmy We will destroy the enemy, Halsey told a press conference. "We shall push forward until the battle of the South Pacific becomes the battle of Japan. "W hav ieiraad by gsla Mrs. W. 8. OiHsay, SS. what S-say-eia aaagataij Jsaits, kidaappad from as Albasy bo- pttat 'BmsarsTIt shown with aar g-yMi-eld dtuohur. Ku- Ms. H trac of t&a child ill bB found. BUYiliP ..nrnrrflT imiiirj Tirol mm No Evidence Found; Mrs. Gurney -- Improved ALBANY, Ore, Aug. 7 m ! The mysterious disappearance of baby Judith Gurney took on the aspect of the "perfect erase to day as authorities admitted flat ly they lacked "one iota" of evi dence to link anyone with the Harlow Weinrick, Linn county district attorney, said that i&vesH tigaung officers were "just as much in the dark now as os the day the child disappeared." She was missed from her crib in the Albany General hospital nursery early Tuesday when she was two days old. ' . Strang? Observers reported unidenti fied strangers te civilian clothes had arrived. in Albany and ap parently were working on the case, but the FBI said it was tak ing no part to the investigation, Russell Kramer, chief of the ; (Continued on Page Two) , Dry Creek Timber ; Blaze Under Control - The 400-acre Umber blaze fa the Dry creek area near take- view . is ; now . under control, Klamath "Forest Protective as sociation officials disclosed to day. Mopping-up ' operations were in progress Saturday, but it was too early to estimate damage to timber la the area. . The tee started about a week ago. - and Woody experience the best manner la which te deal with the crafty foe, who appears des perately to resist until he is de stroyed." . r : .:-?. ' Confidant : . -. - The commander te chief ef naval forces in this war theatre said the United States is enter ing the second year of the South Pacific campaign "with every confidence in ultimate victory. - "We view what lies ahead with the satisfaction that comes from having thus far soundly beaten a powerful enemy' to every phase of air and sea. war fare, be , continued. - ' S irons; Forces "Jn the past we , have often fought against forces Stat great. ly outnumbered our own, how our forces are stronger than at any time since we first began (Continued on Pag Thi By DA-SirL BE LUCE ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IHHGRTH AFRICA, Aug. 7 m AiBericas first division - iio-p ' have stormed and captured th vital mountain fortress town of Tronia in central Sicily and allied forces advanced on other sectors to sweep up a total of 125,000 axis prisoners, bead - quarters announced today. A field dispatch reported trt Italian soldiers in Bianeaviila. iS miles northwest of Catania and two miles south of Adrano, raised white Sag and furrend-" ered yesterday to British eighth -army units after heavy air: takt - - - .- . Lis rHj'oiaid The German line to now dis hy seizure cf Treiaa guarding the escape hatch west of Mt Etna, it was announced. U, S. units inflicted heavy ea- ualties os German elite troop ' aeieadtog tae town in tome of the most sang fighting of tb - American ssval forces eees- J5iJ th Miami fit ITitti- A miles Esfrfe of Paflthnov-and'al" Bed bombers shattered Messina . in uir Heavies mvscs cevas tattog this last Sicilian escape pert - Brttisfe warships again poanded the east coastal read of withdrawal near Taormina, Thiila Rtit The fall of Troina threatened te prevent. Junction of the Ger man 15 th armored division and Herman Goering division in their retreat toward Messina. (Field '"reports Tuesday bast said Tresis was taken, bet in' Americans had bees able only to wts toeholds near the town the fare of the stem German The Sicilian front now Is only 45 miles wide. The British eighth army ad vanced on all sectors, threaten - Continued oa Page Two) Retrooctve Pay Dates far CIO Workers Told Retroactive dates for, ceres and a half cent pay increases te employes of logging operations affiliated with toe Internationa! Woodworkers of America, CIO, have seen recommended by Esferee Richard M, Steiner, of the war labor board, and Will some before the West Coast Lam- her commission for approval. August 11 has been reeom mended for the retroactive date for Algona Lumber company, Other retroactive date reeom mendattosa ase August S3 for .the John G Og&urs Lumber company, for the Barley Lumber company, Feather , River com pany. Shevlia-Hixoa Lumber, Srooks-Scanlon, Scott, Medoud Lumber company, the Medford corporation, Chiloquin Lumber company, Maxwell logging, tha BMehcsefe company .and th Crawford Lumoer company, - weyeroaeuser ana iong &eii - employes have been recommend ed for retroactive increase hack to September 1. Stetaer recommended Septem ber 23 for tee retroactive date for Gchoca Lumber company employes,.: . ' - - , . Allied Bombs Fall Or Western Germany LOSSOK. Aug, T W A larga force of plane, apparently heavy bombers, thunderea aouwwara across the English Channel early today and the nazi high comma nd iaid feme Bossos were drop-pea over western Germany "without causing damage, , , - Specific targets were not 1js mediately disclosed. Britain had Its sixth raid Ire ight to a row. Sot sinfl sir raid casualty his beea r ported sow to 33 d?. f
