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Newspaper Page Textmi I liiiiiiiiiii.iiilliililllliillliilillillllliilllNiimiii."' iiiuihuii ffpff i!tfltirtTitflTiiJ Ob J-mlnut blast on lrn and whlstlts U the alanal far bliokaul In Klamath ralli. Another long blast during black out li lgnal lor all-claar. In vrcu I tlonary periods, witch your (treat light. . August IS Mian It. Low 10 Precipitation as of Auguit 17. 14$ stream rat to data Last year .........13.10 , Normal . 1T.MI 12.3( ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1943 Number 9884 fo) fo) o) N Will 54; o)W iff TONS OF BOMBS UNLOADED OVER Uiilalc.Lyj KSISr lllllll liill II i i li ;1 litllHIII!lIIIIIIIIIIHIIIlllW!il"lilJ By FRANK JENKINS A FTKn tho lull of yesterday, there's plenty of new todny. Moit of it li (ignlfli-ant ncwi. THE "llamburgerlng" of Ber lin, long expected, begins. An an yet unknown but un doubtedly very large number of heavy Iirlllsh bomberi pours J800 long ton (a long ton U two and an eighth American ton) of explosive and Incendiary Onmbs on tho Germun cupltal. Detailed report of tho dam ago done ar unavailable a till I written, but the flrei let aro visible for hundred of miles. - A TOTAL of 88 bomber was lost In tho raid tho heavlet lot of tho war. Assuming ten to lha crew, thl mean upwards of 800 men. It Is a tragic low, of course. Still, when tho cost of the dam age done 1 compared with a slm liar damage Inflicted by a LAND operation (assuming such an operation to be possible) it Is obviously light. "THERE Is nothing to Indicate that 88 bombers are moro than we can AFFORD to lose. CThat, In Itself, Is significant, and lives a hint as to the huge air force we must have at our dls- , posaL -,: . - ' -. r. ,..;.) ' -r pOUR such raids finished Ham burg off, and four lesser ones completed 1U reduction to a mass of rubble. That gives an Idea of tho fate that awaits Ber lin. QDDLY enough, anti-aircraft fire was relatively light. Op position from German night fighters I reported by returning pilot as "stern." The nazl night fighters rode the skle In "dcspcrotlon squods," some of them even leaving their navigation lights on (presum ably to Identify them to their own planes.) This may bo what the Ger mans have been saving tholr air Okrce for. TJITLER has appointed Gestapo Chief Himmlcr nazl minister of the Interior and "chief of the relch administration" what ever that may be. Giving such power to tho drcadod chief of the German secret police offers an Interest ing hint of possibly explosive nervous fear in Germany. nADOGLIO today formally ad vises our side that steps have been taken to demilitarize Rome and make it an open city. . (Our planes flew over Rome tho other night dropping fluros and loaf lets, but NO BOMBS. Possibly thoy wcro checking up on the demilitarization of Rome.) Our bombers hit two more allroad points near Naples, and n the other sido of the Italian ninsula, at Barl, above the heel of the boot on the Adriatic side, we pound railroad junc tions. WfATCH tho Russians. They're booming on' from Kharkov, and tho fighting has flamed over a 100-mlle front southeastward from there. It looks as if the big drive to pinch off tho Gorman wedgo reaching along tho Sea of Azov to Tagan rog may bo on. ; If they can keep It up, Im portant results will follow. ... pROM Denmark come incrcas Ing reports of sabotage. Dan ish patriots aro reported to be stealing and hiding rifles. Hard ly a day passes without heavy "guerrilla damage to German establishments In Denmark. fHE South Seas offers little In tho way of striking news to day. We're crowding the Japs more closely every day at Sal ariiaua. Our bombers again range over tho former Dutch (Continued on Page Two) I! I I I l ia i.a Bv-l V AI(1 (Men "B8ata.Harr.Spy Churchill,FDRHint Russian Meeting as Quebec Talks End QUEBEC, Aug. 24 IP) President Roosevelt and Prime Minis ter Churchill closed the Quebec war conference today with a statement hinting a tri partite meeting with Russia and declaring that "necessary decisions have been taken to provide for the for ward action of the fleets, armies and air forces" of Britain and the United States. "The military discussions of the chiefs of staffs," the two added, "turned very largely upon the war against Japan and the bringing of effective aid to China." Tho president and prime minister brought their meeting here to an end at a press conference on the terrace of the citadel where they have been deliberating for eight days. Nothing of the strategy directives that have been sent to mili tary commanders In the field was disclosed, but the two lead or spoko with utter confidence of the future. To Confer Again In their formal statement, Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill said they had decided to confer again before the end of the year, "In addition to any tri partite meet ing which It may be possible to arrange with soviet Russia." They said full reports ot the decisions reached here, so far as they-affect tho war-in Eu rope, would be supplied, to the Russian 'government. Jap Important Churchill made It clear that the war against Japan had held an important spot on the Que bec conference agenda. Russia Is not fighting Japan, and the prime minister left the definite impression that she had not been Invited to send representa tion here for that reason. The two allied leaders dis closed also that . consideration had been given to the question of the French committee for na tional liberation and said an nouncements might be expected In - that connection over the weekend from many govern ments. Begin Press Talk The noon gun boomed from the bastions of the moated cita del just before the president, Churchill and Prime Minister MacKenzle King of Canada- ap peared on the upper bastion of the king's terrace, posed for photographs for four minutes, then began their press confer ence. In lino with a pattern fol lowed at Casablanca last win ter, no questions were ' per muted. Mr. Roosevelt and Churchill said they had surveyed "the whole field of world opera tions," in the light of "many gratifying events," which had taken place since they met last In Washington May 1. More Talks Seen : Further conferences probably will be necessary, and at short er intervals, they said, as the (Continued on Page Six) n An For the I hereby authorise the . $ maturity value In Series E War 8avings Bonds, using funds from my retroactive pay, accumulated to my credit and due me under the recent West Coast Lumber Commission awards, The company will deliver the war bond to me with the bal ance of my pay, - :-. ; Please have the bonds registered In the name (or names) r Miss Name Mrs, (Mr. (Show Address (Street and Number) Address of Co-Owner or Beneficiary . if different from above (street ana Number) (city or Town) (state) ... i I ' , . .' . . ' - J; The above form Is suggested for use of Klamath lumber workers in ordering purchase of war bonds out of retroactive pay soon to be made to the workers. Some firms have reported these authorisations should be in by Saturday. If the above form is not acceptable, it ia presumed another, will be given the worker when he submits this one. For discussion el war bond and retroactive pay. turn to page 4, the adltc-rlal column. ' . (Street and Number) Nab Women inn Poltava Appears Next . ,,. Soviet Armyvft ... :r.f Objective LONDON, Aug. 24 W) Rus sian forces continued their of fensive today southwest ; and south of Kharkor and occupied several inhabited place in the Iiyum area and south of Vor oshilovgrad, the eovlat high command announced in com munique broadcast by the Mos cow radio and recorded by the soviet monitor. . By HENRY C. CASSIDY MOSCOW, Aug. 24 WV-The red army drove west and south through the smoking ruins of Kharkov today pursuing the Ger mans who were thrown Into full (Continued on Page Two) Aeronautical Work Stoppage Continues JOHNSVILLE, Pa., Aug. 24 W) A work stoppage held by the war labor board (WLB) to be "seriously Interrupting pro duction, of vitally needed air planes" in violation of labor's no-strike pledge continued today at the Brewster Aeronautical corporation plant here. - "We just all quit work; we are not working for Brewster any more," declared Bruce Earl, vice president of aircraft local 389,. United Automobile Work ers of America (CIO) after thousands of .workers left their Jobs yesterday In protest against the , military arrest of four guards, . members of the coast guard temporary reserve. Authorization Purchase of War Bends Series E .....................'.......... Given Name, Middle Name or Initial, and Surname) - ' (City or rag FOUR GRABBED IN CRACKDOWN ON ESPIONAGE War Information Sent To Germany, Says FBI WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 UP) The Justice department announc ed today the arrests on espionage charges of four persons, one an attractive 34-year-old woman who was named as leader of an alleged epy ring furnishing war information to- nazl Germany. - The four, first to be arretted under the wartime espionage act which provides maximum pen alty of death, were identified by the federal bureau of investiga tion as Grace Bucanan-Dineen, described as an "attractive, well educated descendant' ot French nobility"; Bertrand Steuart Hoff man. -JIJ, Theresa Behren. 44, and Dr FroiSertrana Thomas, 44, surgeon, all of Detroit. ' The two women stood mute upon arraignment before a U. S. commissioner in Detroit . and were held in $50,000 bond each. Dr. - Thomas pleaded innocent and also was held in $30,000 bond. Trial dates were set for Theresa Behrens on September 14; Dr. Thomas September- IS, and Grace Buchanan-Dlneen'-on September 17. . Hoffman was arraigned before (Continued on Page Two) -' Sotato Growers Issured Price Support Program Assurances that the potato sup port price program will be made effective "wherever needed" were given the Tulelake Grow ers on Tuesday, according to Chester Main, president. In response to inquiries. Main received the following telegram from E. A. Mercker of the Food Distribution administration: " ' "Retel August 17 to Wickard. Price support announced Feb ruary 3 will be made effective all growers in all areas where needed. Suggest keep Merritt A. Clcvenger, regional director, Food Distribution administra tion, - 821 Market street, San Francisco, advised." Main received substantially the same telegram from Senator Downey of California. . The Tulelake- Grower presi (Continued on Page Two) ..company to , purchase oft Town) . (State) (State) M k-i fv: ' 7.t.:i K 7 O Apprentice Seaman Hoe Gallagher, daughte r of Mr. and Mr. J. H. Callaghar of Weyeahaeo ser Junction is shown here as WAVE Commander McAfee and -Eleanor Roosevelt inspect hex room at Hunter college, New York, Mis Gallagher enlisted In the .WAVES la June. T,lf 'l" ,,J ill JWI .1.1 Hitler's "Hangman" Named Chief of Reich, Minister LONDON. Aug. 24 VP) Ger man home affairs fell wholly un der, the gestapo rule today with the' announcement that Adolf Hitler- has appointed Heinrich Himmler, head of the nazi secret service" and German police, to serve also as minister' of the in terior and "chief of the reich administration.".' The announcement came in a DNB dispatch broadcast by the Berlin radio and recorded by The Associated Press. ,. New Powers DNB did not enlarge on the term "chief of the reich admin istration," but it apparently laid Resignation of Sumner Welles On FA's Desk WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (ST The Evening Star said today that Sumner Welles had submitted his resignation as undersecretary ot state after 10 years in the state department. . An article by Constantine Brown, the newspaper's, writer on foreign affairs, said that Welles' letter of resignation was on President Roosevelt's desk and that it would be acted upon soon after the president returns from Canada. (The state department report ed that the undersecretary is at Bar Harbor, Me.; for a brief va cation and is expected to return to his desk later this week). (At Bar Harbor, the undersec retary said he had "absolutely no comment" on the Star's story). The Star story said that "ac cording to his friends," Welles ; (Continued on Page Two) t Baseball AMERICAN LEAGUE " ' R H " E New York 2 ll' 1 Detroit 1-41 Chandler and Dickey; White, Gorsica (9), and Richards.. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Chicago : : 7 12 . 3 New York 8 12 3 Blthorn, Erickson (4), War- neke (8), Passeau (8), Allen (9), and McCullough; Chase, Feld- man (8), HubbeU (8), Adams (8), and Lombardl. ; R. H. E. St. Louis ; 19 0 Boston ...j. 0 11 0 M. Cooper and W. Cooper; Javery and Poland; Mas! (10). v Klamath Girl and First Lady ' It I. I Ill I ! , i. 1111,1 M,H, - vast new powers In the hands of the nazi gestapo chief. - : The DNB announcement said that Himmler, reichsleader of the SS and chief of German police, succeeded Reichminlster Dr. Wil helm Frick, who is being re lieved to take over the post of protector of Bohemia and Mo ravia, in old Czechoslovakia. Von Nourath Out The move thus throws out, "at his own request,"' DNB said, Baron Konstantin von Neurath, long-time major party function ary who formerly was ambassa dor to London and once the Ger man minister of foreign affairs. He also has been the chairman of . Hitler's secret cabinet coun cil. . Also "retired at his own re quest" as acting state secretary in the German ministry of in terior was Hans Pfundtner, who has been appointed minister without portfolio, DNB said. - Pfundtner has long been a party bigwig the man selected by Hitler in 1936 to seek fric tionless administration of the Olympic Games when the war clouds already were hanging over Europe. - i ! . Rape-Slaying Trial May Go To Jury Today DALLAS, Aug. 24 (P) The first degree murder trial of Rich ard H. Layton, ex-Monmouth po lice chief, was expected to go to the jury today following closing arguments by attorneys. Testimony was concluded In the case yesterday, in which Lay- ton is . charged with drowning Ruth Hildebrand, 17, in an at tempt to rape her on a Willa mette river road 'near Buena Vista June 7. Layton testified the girl ac companied him there voluntarily and fell into the river while they were playing a nude and noctur nal game of tag. Defense Attorney Roy Hewitt devoted closing efforts to an at tempt to demonstrate Layton was of irresponsible mentality. For the prosecution, Dr. John C. Evans, superintendent of the state hospital for the insane, said showed Layton was "a dull nor mal, not mentally sick, insane or leeble-mmded." . Brief Argument The state's opening argument today was brief. District Attor ney Bruce Spaulding asserted that the . torn clothing on the river bank and nude body in the ' (Continued onPage Two) , Official V. S. navy photograph. , I I iii, , . n. - , .! I !. I ,. HIT OF KEWfTLL STARTS One Contract Let in Changing Center to ''Disloyal" Camp;;' . Construction has started, on the enlargement of the Tulelake war relocation project in con nection with the changeover of this center to a "disloyal" camp. ' Macco Construction company, Oakland and Clearwater, has the contract on the fence, bridges, towers and roads at the center. and has moved in equipment for the big job. - . ; - -The contract on the barracks has not yet been let. Barrack for Battalion' ' It Is understood here that new barracks will be built for a -bat talion of military guardsmen. and also that the present bar racks for a smaller guard may be used as a part of the war re location facilities oro the project. There is a distinct difference be- (Continued on Page Two) 18,000 Drown in Elbe Tunnel During Raid LONDON, Aug. - 24 (JP Reuters said today in a dispatch from Zurich that 18,000 persons drowned when the Elbe tunnel was hit during one of the recent allied heavy raids on Hamburg. Aussies Probe Jap Lines Two Miles From Salamaua ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 24 (Pi Australian troops, emerging into - the Francisco river valley .. after months of mountain- fighting, probed the enemy's prepared defenses to day within two miles . of the Salamaua, . New Guinea, . air drome. Today's communique from Gen. Douglas MacArthur report ed the Australians crossed the river northeast of old Bobdubl to a position due west of the air strip. Warships Gun Jap It also disclosed that for the first time the guns of allied war ships have been brought into play In the showdown battle for northeastern New Guinea. Mon day night,' light warships probably- destroyers, moved more than. 70 miles above Salamaua HAZICflPITnU 700 Pla nes Used in Raid; 58 Shot Down By WILLIAM SMITH WHITE LONDON, Aug. 24 (JP) RAP squadrons - smashed at r-rlin) last - night In a raid twice as) heavy a any capital ever euf fered, casting down more than 1800' long ton - of explosives) and incendiaries, and opening of the supreme offensive to "Hamburg" Hitler's seat of pow er was indicated. f ' Fifty-eight bomber went down before German anti-air. cran xwiensea m -ni3nureono assault, the air ministry an nounced, ' the ' largest numbet ever lost by tho British in any on night. ; - - - Devastation Devastation was plainly on at scale comparable to the power of the attack. One returning pilot said the smoke boiled up three mile. - The air ministry story of the operation did not mention the size of the raiding force ex. cept xo aay xnai me assaun waa- twice a heavy as any made be fore on any capital and that it wa "In very great strength." . - The previous heaviest raid on- anyieapltatl waa the March attack on Berlin In which 900 long too) the British standard of 1)40 pounds were dropped. RAF and Canadian crew and (Continued on Page Two) Allied Bombers Batter Dari, Key Rail Points r" ': By RZXMAH MORHf . ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 24 (A1) Allied, bomber fleets have hammered two more key railway points near Naples without meet ing a single axis defender, while U. 3. - Liberators sweeping in from 'the Middle' East struck Barl on the southeastern coast, downing 14 enemy planes' In blazing - air battle, it ' was an nounced today. "- --i, :- None of the-Liberators -waa lost. ' No-" enemy 'fighters rose to challenge U. S. medium Mit chells slamming a load of bomba by daylight into Battipaglia. south of Naples, nor British Wel lingtons that pounded Bagnoll in Naples' environs before dawn today. v:'-"' ' -American Warhawks had a similar experience of no opposi tion in a sweep over Sardinia and a sharp raid upon enemy barracks -and factory buildings at Cagliari. - Strings of bombs ripped up the 'tracks at Battipaglia and some large explosions were seen on the east side of the main yards.- . Warehouses " were . hit and fires started.. Ground forces threw up a heavy curtain of anti-aircraft fire. -. ' - -. ' - . into the narrow part of Dam pier strait ; for . a , close range bombardment of the ' rock and supply dumps at Flnschhafen on the Huonl peninsula. - ; ' Hitherto, planes and men have: carried the burden of the fight for Salamaua, with allied naval activity confined to speedy torpedo-boats. The navy unit moved close to the shore to shell Flnschhafen, supply base for Salamaua. Little Opposition In the ground fighting, the Australians apparently encount ered little opposition from the retreating Japanese in crossing the Francisco river; which flow south of the airdrome to empty into Bayern bay a short distance from' the southeastern edge of the field. , Beginning at the coast, whera . . (Continued on Pge Six) ;