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am I'lliKilliifaliiif ilhfl i August It High II, Low IS Precipitation a of August II. 144 Stream year to data Lait yat ...13.17 - Normal ......... 13.54 On 6-mlnut blast en sirens and whistles U the signal for a blackout tn Klamath Falli. Another long blast, during a black out. U a ilgnal lor all-clear. In precau tionary periods, watch your ilreat light. ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1043 Number 9880 .,Ki - iiivvt ill M r j ill l I I If f 111 V-- I I I I I I I Ml II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I rn In typos pmOsqI a SIS I ijjijjiijj:jp By FRANK JENKINS AGAIN today thoro 1 a del " Inlte, completo-ln-itclf ac complishment In the South Pa cific. A Forty-eight hour after our Qorcra landed on Veil Lavolla ialand In the Solomons, the Jup try to tako It back, rushing the beach with 20 to 30 barges, each containing 78 or more men, cov ered by four Jup destroyers. The landing attempt was In tercepted by a light U. S. naval taak force (number and type of ships not announced.) One Jup destroyer was sunk, another se verely dntnnaed and a third was hit. The fourth destroyer ran for cover. Most of the barge were sunk, but a few, containing maybe 300 Japs, Rot nMiorc and aro now being hunted down in the jungles, TN the rumble of coming great event In Europe, let' not lose Iglit of these devoted men of urs (only a comparative hand ful) who ar not only holding the lln against everything the Japs can send but from time to time are making gains. . 'THERE are two Interesting do velopments In Europe one an official, announcement by our side, the other a second-hand rumor: 1. The people of the occupied countries, especially France, are warned to get ready In th "shortest possible time." 3. The entire German govern ment Is said to have left Berlin. 'THE warning to the people of the occupied countries la broadcast by both the Algiers radio and the British Broadcast ing Corporation In London, It urges them to "perfect all a heir preparations in the short at poasiblo time," and adds that with the fall of Sicily a now phaao of the war In Europe be-gan.-This phase, It says, Is the liberation of the occupied coun tries. The peoplo of the occupied country who will bo the first to WELCOME tho armies of libera ' tion, tho broadcast continues, will be notified at the last min ute. "Obviously," the radio mes lago concludes, "wo'ro not going to reveal where the blow will fall." HTHE people of the occupied countries have been told all along they'll be warned when the blow Is ready to fall, so they'll be ready to do their port. They're told NOW that the earning Is near. ' To mislead them on thai point would be to BREAK FAITH with them. That could hardly be expected. 'THE abandonment of Berlin story comes from the Algiers radio, which quotes a Bern dis patch which In turn quotes Hit ler's Gorman newspaper. It falls definitely in the rumor class. Still, London doesn't wholly discredit it. YOU'LL be wise neither to be lieve or to disbelieve. Tim will tell. : But It tho Germans are loav ' Ing (or havo loft) Berlin,, they're SCARED. They're scared of an air Invas ion on a huge scale tlmod to Qfcstroy tho NERVE CENTERS f German government at the same time that an Invasion forco is landing on 'tho continent. - . TF Russian reports of disposl , tlon of German forces In Eur opo aro anywhere near accurate, It is obvious that Germany Is (Continued on Pago Throe) Score One More IOUflAINVIU.1 HOIMUt 77" .L,iii9V M There's one more ex-Jap baae In the Bolomone. It' Valla La valla Ialand. taken by U. 8. troopa on Auguat IS aa Ihey by paaaed enemy-held Kolomban gara to capture the new point and 3S0 unarmed Japanese army and navy personnel. The Japs attempted to retake the is land Thursday, but were thrown oil by a U. B. surface force with bloody losses. NAZI I FIELDS Amiens - Glissy, Plane Bases Poix Socked LONDON, Aug. 10 (P) Aroer- lean two-engined Marauder bomber attacked enemy air fields at Poix and Amlens-Glissy in France today and RAF Mitch ells struck Poix later, a joint British-American communique announced tonight. "Bombing results were good at both targets." said the bul letin, which added that RAF, Dominion and allied Spitfires es corted the medium bomber on (Continued on Page Two) Gay Crowd Packs Theatre for Army Premiere A gay crowd which planked down premium prices to help the army emergency relief fund filled the Pelican theatre to the last -seat Wednesday night for tho premiere showing of Irving Berlin's "This Is tho Army." Entire proceeds went to the army fund, with similar pre mieres held In leading theatre towns throughout tho United States Wednesday night. The Klamath audience not only saw the opening showing of tho army picture, but was entertained for an hour with a snappy prologue provided by (Continued on Page Two) rtrv I. niw 7CIOGIA Police Huni Man as Evidence Points To Robbery of Slain Red -Haired Girl PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 10 (P) The discovery today that a red-headed woman shipyard worker had been robbed after sho was slain intensified a search for Harry E. Lewis, 31, Phoenix, Ariz. Detective B. H, Yoemans disclosed. Tho search turned south to California. The almost-nude body of 24-year-old Mrs. Virginia Glllen of Cheyenne, Wyo., divorcee and swing shift worker, was found in Lewis' room In a northwest Portland rooming house ' last night, The discovery resulted from a round-about tip that came from Cheyenne, Mrs. Gll len was tho mother of a five-year-old son who was awarded to tho father when they were divorced. Missing Money Yoemans learned this morning that almost $300 in currency, one or more $50 war bonds, a dia mond ring and a suitcase belong ing to Mrs. Glllen were missing. Ho also learned from a source ho would not disclose that Lewis remarked rccantly that, he wbs going to California. : Before discovery of the mis U. S. MEN CUT TfiYTD RETAKE VELLA LAVELLA Surface Units Kill and Capture Enemy , ' On Barges ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PA CIFIC, Aug. 10 (TP) The Japan ese have been bloodily repulsed by a U. S. surface force In their first attempt to retake Vella La vclla Island In the Central Sol omons, occupied only last Sun day by American Invasion forces. A spokesman at headquarters of Admiral William F. Halsey. Jr.' South Pacific command said that hundreds of barge-borne Japancso troops were killed or captured during a frustrated landing attempt in the early morning hours Wednesday. The thrust thus came a bare 48 hours after the first American amphibious units landed unop posed on this northerly Island of th New Georgia group, v';: .'. ..Few Jen . bland '.".'. ' Of an estimated 1600 to "2200 troop in th enemy counter invasion force, not. more than 300' succeeded In reaching the island. And while there has been no ground action as yet, the spokesman said "unquestionably there are small groups" of the (Continued on Page Two) Dates Set for CIO Retroactive Pay Increases Date for retroactive pay ln creases were set by a west coast lumber commission decision for operations affiliated with the International Woodworkers of America, CIO, it was learned here today. The decision affirmed Referee Richard Steincr's recommenda tion, except In the case of five operations. The date for the Gil christ operation was left for fur ther Investigation. Dates for the Maxwell Logging company, the Hitchcock sawmill, the Crawford Lumber company, and the Hitch cock and Crawford Lumber com pany had been left open by the referee for action by the commis sion. It set December 5 as the date. The effective date of the direc tive was set at August 28, and (Continued on Page Two) sing property, Portland officers including Yoemans and Detec tive Capt. T. T. Schulpiueb lieved they were looking for a dead man..- . ' , " , Suicide Not ' Detective Capt. Schulpius said a suicide note from Lewis reached relatives yesterday in Cheyenne. Authorities there wir ed Portland police who went to Lewis' room and found Mrs. Gil len's body on a bed, covered with a blanket. Deputy Coroner Gid eon Snook said she had been shot in the chest once with, a .25 cali ber bullet. On the floor was a crumpled note dated 3 'p. m., August 16, and signed by Lewis. It read: ' "To Whom it May Concern: I want to be cremated and my ashes dumped into the Willa mette river at Portland. The joy of living ended here In Port land." Schulpius said a nearly empty bottle of brandy was on a chair. , ' . ., , j : Worked at Shipyard : Mrs. Glllen had , been em ployed on the swing shift at the I Willamette Iron and Steel ship- - . . INTO ITALY FOB i2i J PIPII V DAPm Italians Soy This Rome Damage ft -..-A jILILi-dAjLU cf. rr?- , 'nri rinuTi 7 inn me V . i n4!kilbni pound axis V: -a-: '-)) jtH Power Installations, y' ft" J " Bridges Targets- "A Vy H Of Navy fU I I m m m , - , m. , Condemnlog a "weak, uncer tain and vacillating policy In Washington, national American Legion Commander Roane Wax ing, above, ut bis chin to make hi point during a ipeech be fore th opening (eseloa of the California state Legion meet In Ban rwneUeevr ' REDS 111 BLOWS AT ESCAPE LINES Russians Move Yithln ; ";,N ine" Miles,,6oithf" ' Of Kharkov ; ' MOSCOW, Aug. 19 () Red army troops,' slogging their way ahead through dogged German resistance south of Kharkov, to day were approaching the two remaining railway escape lines supplying the beleaguered nazi garrison inside the key Ukraine bastion. ' ' . A soviet communique last night announced the capture of Zmyev, 20 miles south of Khar- LONDON. Aug. It (P) Rus-' sian troop advancing toward Bryansk captured more than 20 villages, and alio gained a much as seven miles and captured more than 30 point in th Kharkov lector. Moscow communique recorded by th aovlat monitor said tonight. kov, In a "decisive assault" which smashed that - enemy strongpoln't and killed 1200 Hit ler shock troopers. . Zmyev Is less than ' 10 miles ' from the Kharkov. Lozovaya .; railway, main enemy supply line. . Railway Spur A few miles beyond lies the Kharkov Krasnograd spur, which also must be severed be fore the Russians can close the (Continued on Page Two) yards, Lewis worked the morn ing shift at the same yard. De tective Schulpius learned that Lewis quit his job Saturday and was last seen hereabouts Mon day night, August 16. Verne Glllen, former husband ot the victim, told the detective (Continued on Page Two) Story. Indian All Wet Jerry Chocktoot was all wet. So. was his story, Ity police agree Thursday, The Indian told.! police that he had dived into the canal near the high school bridge and had saved a child from drowning. Mrs. Edith Yancy, employed at Klamath Union high school, said she had seen Chocktoot at the edge of, the - canal - about 11:30 this morning, apparently coming out ot the water and that she had seen a boy, about 11-years-old, and his dog at the top of the bank watching. Later she sawathe boy leave, and walk up the bank to Crescent street. - When Charles and Mary -Cox,' By RELMAN MORIH ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 19 W) American warship (helled the Italian mainland yesterday for 'the first time, developing violent explosions at Giola Ta uro and Palml, and allied air fleetai deprived beaten axis troop of respite by pounding communication thro u g h o u t southern Italy, it was announced today. . , . .' . "United State nival forces which had been supporting the advance of the (U. S.) seventh army in Sicily have taken up shelling military objectives on the Italian mainland now that the Island has fallen," a com munique said. . Bridge Cut ' Specific target o tit .'.Urt thrust were bridge and 'power tnsiallatfbns at Giod Tauro and Palml. on th gulf itf Oloia to mile north of, captured Me- in. " i -.'Jr. i ' Light bomber ' and fighter bombers carried out attacks on roads and railways which es caped from Sicily, pitting the track and destroying enemy ve hicle. . " "Medium bombers-, attacked bridges at Angltola and - roads and rail communications at Ponte di Staletti," it was an nounced. Ground activity w "limited to occasolnal exchanges of ar (Contlnued on Page Two) - Judge Admits, "Confessions" In Rape Triai DALLAS. Ore., Aug. 19 (P) Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker today admitted into evidence two statements made by Richard H. Lay ton in which according to State Police Capt. Vayne Gur dane he confessed the rape slaying of 17-year-old Ruth Hil debrand, Dallas. - Judge Walker announced his decision when the jury returned to the box after a lengthy recess during which the defense con tended the statements were not legally admissible because they had not been voluntary and be cause the defendant was not men tally stable. The judge held that the de fense had produced no evidence of Layton's, mental instability and commented that he (Layton) had appeared normal on the stand. After the decision, Capt Gur dane was recalled to the witness stand to identify the first statement, a 28-page document taken the afternoon of July 7 at state police headquarters at Milwaukle, Ore. District Attor i (Continued on Page Two) UPh-American warships shelled I of 1248 Kane street, came down the bridge, Chocktoot, who was intoxicated, called to them that a boy 'had fallen in the river and drowned and told them to call for help. They called the city' police, but by the time they arrived the Indian had-disappeared. Police searched the banks, and found a wet-black sombrero belonging to - Chock toot. : ..:. . ' About 12 o'clock the still wet Indian was picked up at Pine and Main streets and was taken to the city jail where he was booked on a charge of being drunk. n -If 0 ' - v. aweTi'k This picture, radioed from Stockholm to Hew York, was ob tained be Freseens BiM. -wUll eictur -Mency. which Mid it wa' received by airmail, bom. mowing damage la Home altar Master Highway Program Outlined for Klamath Area An outline of Klamath' major highway needs both in city and county was agreed .upon' Wed nesday by the county court, the city planning commission, and the roads and highways commit tee of the Klamath county cham ber of commerce. This program will be submitted to state high way commissioners when they visit Klamath Falls August 27. The city's phase of the master program - strongly emphasizes South Sixth street development and definite location and estab lishment of permanent highway routes through the city. It was Major Suit Writes Home From Jap Camp A former Lakeview man is now In a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines,' according to word received by Mrs.' M. C. Suit, now in Eugene. Her hus band, Major Michael Suit, for merly a dentist in Lakeview, sent her a card bearing the im print of the imperial Japanese army, saying that he was well and uninjured. This is the first direct word from Major Suit, who has been imprisoned since the fall of Corregidor in April, 1942. He was reported a prisoner of war by the war department in Feb ruary, 1943. Baseball NATIONAL LEAGUE . . R. H. E Pittsburgh . 8 , 12 1 New York 18 1 Herbert and Lopez; Fisher, Mungo (5), Adams (9) and Matt cuso. . . R. H. E Cincinnati 7 12 0 Boston 5 8 2 Starr, Shoun (3) and Mueller; Barrett, MacFaden (7), Odom (9) and Poland, Masi (7). AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Boston ........................ 4 6 1 Detroit 3 12 2 H. Newsome, Brown (7) and Partee; Newhouser, Trout (9) and Richards, Unser (9), , J . : R. H. E Washington ; 4 6 1 Chicago 3 4 0 Leonard and Early; Grove and Castino. ," an Italian agency, ilea it IbecV a ib August 13 air raid. - - . agreed at the meeting to place the city's proposals in the pro gram along with proposals for primary and 'secondary state highway work already approved by-the county- court- and -, the chamber of commerce roads and highway committee. Divide Expenditure . In a letter from highway of ficials, it was pointed out that (Continued on Page Two) - Parents Receive Purple Heart for Tommy Pritchard 1 Mr. and Mrs. Joe" Pritchard have received the Purple Heart and a Citation of Honor from General H. H. Arnold in behalf of their son Charles, better known as Tommy, who was killed in action on January 29, 1942. . '' A bombardier. Tommy Pritch ard was one of the first Klamath casualties in the war. ; . :,. Mrs. Pritchard said she has been informed Tommy was killed over Java. For a long time the family did not know where the fatal action occurred. Some time ago, a sailor visited Mrs. Pritchard and told her he had seen the grave of Tommy Pritchard in Hawaii. . , 1 Speed-Up in Allied War Plans Likely Result From British-American Meeting By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER , QUEBEC, Aug. 19 (VP) A speed-up in allied plans for the invasion of Europe to take full advantage of the Russian offen sive on Germany's eastern flank appeared today to be a likely result of the current- British American strategy conferences here. As President Roosevelt, Prime Minister - Churchill and . their command staffs went into the second full day of meetings, the sustained Russian campaign, winning a success equal to the most optimistic hopes ot allied observers, shaped up as the great est single war development be fore them. - .;. Invasion Probabl The general picture of - war strategy ajmed at the eventual smashing of Germany it over Several Divisions Are . ..Reported in . North - By LEWIS HAWKINS LONDON. Aug. 19 Ml The Germans aro moving troop into Italy in considerable strength apparently intending to make a real fight for at least th north ern end of . that country, a com- petent British military Informant said today. : - . "Several divisions" hav been on the move to Italy from France and Germany In the last week or two, but an exact esti mate of nazi strength in Italy is not possible now, said this com mentator who-cannot bs identi fied further. rreacn Coast - From other sources came indi cations that the Germans ar not- only moving into Italy., but that their troop from weatern and northern Fr. nee have taken over the French coastal stretch from the Italian border to Toulon previously garrisoned by Italian troop.- f- A radio broadcast in the name of the allied high command told patriot in occupied Europe last night to prepare for Invasion ot the' continent which already ' -, . Southern Defease 'The best information in Lon don before the fall of Sicily in dicated the Germans had two or three 'divisions south, of Naples on the Italian mainland and these . plus perhaps 25,000 troops evac uated from the island would give the German a force of 80,000 to 75,000 for defense of southern Italy if they still are there. - -: With the Italian army fairly -well written off as Ineffective without German support,-, the southern Italy is regarded a a kev factor affectinc-th next al lied step. Won't Risk Force The majority of guesses her . I 4H k. 4V. 4kA r..nnan army is unlikely, to risk large forces for long in southern Italy where they face the danger of be ing cut off .by landings to the north, but is quite likely to em ploy forces large enough to es tablish widespread -position to the north. . . : It was ; still . unclear Just iconunuea on riit iirei Government Has Left Berlin, Says ; Hitler's Paper XiUPiLnj.pi, Aug. d vri i United Nations radio at Algler today broadcast a Bern dispatch quoting Adolf Hitler's newspaper. Voelklscher Beobachter as lay ing that 'the whole German gov ernment hai left Berlin." Th broadcast was recorded by The Associated Press. . : There was no Immediate ex : . (Continued on, Page Two) ; shadowed even the swift allied triumph in Sicily as well as the indication that an invasion ot the Italian mainland la in prog ress of preparation. For, as. military observer here evaluate the situation, Ger many is so heavily occupied with advancing Russian armies at pre sent and even her vital rear posi tions in the east ere so gravely threatened that European inva sion in th near future would tax her defensive resource to the utmost. .-. Estimate '- i How ' fully - these considera tions have entered into th dis cussions her could only bo esti mated. ..Since the president's ar rival Monday there has been no word from th Chateau Fronto nc v or " the - historic citadel, (Continued on Pag. Two)
