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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1943)
v .V; SflptJ f'ipi !llUUIIIililil!llii;illi!l!l!!illUllililillll itiitjmiiii I S-mlnete blul on etrens and whistle the signal for blackout in Klamath I Tilli. Another long blast, during black Lpu", Is a ilgnal for all-clear. In precau flosary periods, watch your atraat llghti. September 10 High 88. Lew 48 -Proclpltanoa aa of September 14. IMS Stream year to data ....lt.T Last year 13.20 Korma) 12.T4 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1943 Number 9907 NWW rrrui a rnrn 'a.s'ai):iM o) 1) lm;) AHVHHI'I A.ilKHH AINf) - $tttr$ illllmllliiliiimi:!iiiiiiiiiimiiiii 1 f G jjlaa Winter Um (Mlaps mm I Br FRANK JENKINS :IRCH1LL (aa uiual when speaks) U the big newi ,v f W end the report of hli address thu house of commons that is printed In an adjacent column ' ' . this page. You'll find it filled th the kind of useful Informs X n us to tha progress of the that Is available only in f urchlll's speeches. 'E VE wondered, for example, why our side let Mussolini . through Its fingers. Church f tails us. - I He ssys that INSISTING on ivlng tha duoa handed over to y us would have tipped tha Ger- rrsns off to Badoglloa plan to maka peace with us. Thus we'd have lost tha valuable element "rprlse that was Involved In V allan surrender. I O ,- JJ so, he adds grimly, Mus tliui would have been SHOT 1 th reseum Germans ap- l III 1t,l, U.u. IIPU ID OUT THE ORDERS been given to them. II wondered why the u-mans were allowed to ' Into Rome. had been made. Church 4 , to land an American if ROM THE AIR, but the A is held the alrflolds and jfildn't get In.. . lIERE has been speculation .. I. i to why we didn't land r north than Salerno, thus bly) trapping the Germans i south of Italy. To do so, I 1 WO 1 hill t.GC I ry .ft, ?.? Vfrlt hill explains, we d h a v a GO WITHOUT the vitally ry support of land-based whose bases In Sicily Vfrica would have been too far sway. . ) so oh. . Only Churchill . gives us thes little Inside details that put flesh and blood on the bare skeleton of the war news. : We have to wait for his ipe- 'hes to got them. - fr if. JRE'S so much of the prog- 'tess of the war .that doesn't meet the eye (of the ordinary taxpaylng, home-front working , :lzen). ' ', WVve been getting hints of some of this under-cover stuff for several days. The unofficial but exceedingly well Informed Army and Navy Journal printed an article tha othtr day In which this state- 0ent was made: "Thinking only winning tha war In the short est . time and of saving every American life possible, General Marnhall has COME INTO CON-Fr.'fl-T with POWERFUL IN t '(JESTS which would like to 1T,iminate him from the Wash ig ton picture and place In his i ead an officer more amenable V his wm." I On the floor of the house of Jt"'',irecntatlves in Washington J day, Congrcsswoman Jessie Jr jumner, of Illinois, hints vague ly v that these nowerful interests -e "slick English diplomats." nOR a guarded and cautious, , but probably rather well-in formed, discussion of this hit- nd-rumor situation, read De- r Mtt MacKenzle's column on W'lge 4 of this newspaper today. MacKenzie Intimates strongly ,hat Marshall has demanded in t'vaslon of Europe from Britain a by. the . short route across the I tihanneli but that other stra ' legists, "notably those on , the 1 fltlsh side," have OBJECTED. I, the opposition to G e n e r a 1 rshall that Is mentioned by r i Army and Navy Journal, he (Continued on Page Two) IN HANDS OF ALLIEDFORCE Fifth Army Making Gains in Drive . At Salerno ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. Sept. 21 (P) ' A i French communique an nounced tonight that "the whole western side of Corsica Is now liberated" from the Germans and that advance troops are in pos session or at, riorient in the north. In addition, the communique said, French troops who were dis closed earlier to have landed on the Island have taken the eastern region of Corte and the city of Sartene. Corte Is virtually In the center of the island and Sartene Is in the south. St. Florient is on the north coast at the western base of Cape Corso. about eight miles across the narrow neck of land from Bastla, occupied by the Germans. German troops attempted to recapture the heights of Sorba. the communique said but "were easily repulsed." . , - Tab Corslcaa) Capital ' ' Reports said French mandos, fighting on the soil of metropolitan France for the first time since 1040, were reported to have occupied the capital city of Apaccio In Corsica today, and a communique said the bat tle to wrest the island back from the Germans was taking "a favorable turn." . Napoleon's birthplace, Corsica lies within easy bombing range of Rhone valley industrial cities on the French mainland 200 miles away. In addition, it is only 80 miles .from the La Spe- (Continued on Page Two) ' Virgil A. Bell Dies in Action In New Guinea Official word that their son, Corporal Virgil Albert Bell, 29, had been killed in action in the New Guinea area was received here Monday afternoon by Mr. and Mrs. Bert Bell, 2602 Bly street. Parents of the young army infantryman were advised by the war department that a letter would follow. Death of Bell on September 8, brings the unofficial list of Klam ath men lost In World War II, to 30. Corp. Bell was born In Talent, Ore., December 13, 1913, and (Continued on Page Two) VIRGIL A. BELL Corp. Bell's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bart Bell, 2602 Bly atreet, were advised Monday that their son was killed In action in tha New Guinea ' area, South Pacific, Klsmsth county's first fatality In many years from dreaded Rocky Mountain spotted fever, was reported here Monday with the death of Irene Arminda Clark, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Clark of Ma lln. I Tho child died at' 11:15 a. m Sunday at tha county isolation hospital a little over one hour following her admittance. Dr. Peter Rozendal, Klamath county health officer, attributed the lit tie girl's death to tick fever fol lowing laboratory tests made Monday. .. Clark Is employed as a sheep herder north of Sprague River and his wife and daughter vis ited him at his camp approxi mately one month ago, Dr. Rot endal stated. Irene became 111 with nausea and vomiting some four days ago but her condition was not considered critical until the day before her death. Fu neral services were conducted by Whltlock a Tuesday afternoon. E. $100,000 ' NetteeMtsr Loan; Press Box' . Battle On . 1. ARMY SHOW Going to see the Camp White army show at the Peli can next Tuesday? Well, you're going to have to hurry. Already every -orchestra and balcony logo seat has been sold in addition to some 600 other seats. The logo seats went for $100 each, in bonds of course, the others for $23. There are no re serves. First come, first served. Only bonds purchased at Elks headquarters on or after September 16, make the hold ers eligible for tickets to the Camp White army show, offi cials announced. Klamath county's part In the Third War Loan stepped out high, wide and handsome Tues day as the junior livestock show and the Grant-Pelican game re served seat aale netted approxi mately $100,000 up to noon to day. Figures on the Grant game, slated for Friday night at Modoc field, ran up to $70,000. Cham ber of commerce officials said scats were going rapidly.. The junior livestock show, cli maxed Monday night in a gener ous sales spree, found $27,000 in bonds as the figure to be contrlb- (Continued on Page Two) Klamath Men War Casualties I : J. F. ROOFNER Reported missing by tha U. S. navy, tha name of Joe Francis Roofner, son of John Frank Reofnar, 2317 South Sixth street, was added to the list of Klamath war casualties. I 0 1 Whole German Front Crumbling Before Russian Drives V By JAMES M. LONG " LONDON, Sept. 21 P The whole German Desna river win ter defense line collapsed today under a terrific red army on slaught which broke the nazi stand along the entire west bank and took by storm the important bastion town of Chernigov, 30 miles from the Dnieper river and 77 miles northeast of Kiev, Mar shal Stalin announced In an or der of the day. - Tha successful forcing of the Desna, described by Stalin aa a "skilful outflanking maneuver," followed three days of violent fighting, .the premier's announce ment said. Nasi Defenses Fall Tha order of the day, broad cast by Moscow and recorded by The Associated Press, said as the result of Chrnigov's falU- "D ' Germans' . defenses prepared . en the western bank of the River Desna htve been overcome by our troops along the whole length of the river and tha plan of the Germans to stem .the ad vance of our troops on the line of the River Desna must be con sidered to have failed." An earlier Moscow communi que announced that red army forces had slashed, across the Kiev-Chernigov highway on the Middle Dnieper and cut the main Crimean escape railway between Zaporozhe and Dnepropetrovsk. Other Russian troops stormed on from captured Velizh, 65 miles northwest of Smolensk, to out Continued on Page Two) Jap Losses in LaeSalamaua Action Heavy ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Sept 21 (P) Japan paid a high price in men and equipment while losing Lae and Salamaua on New Guinea. Now that these air bases are firmly In General MacArthur's hands, enemy gar risons in the area are beginning to undergo attacks by fighter escorted bombers and to ' see more strafing allied fighters than they have experienced before, . Just how many of a Japanese army once estimated at 20,000 men were slain as Salamaua fell i' . (Continued on Page Two) VI ALBERT L. WILSON" An explosion at tha Norfolk, Va., naval air station Septem ber 17. claimed the life of Albert Lytla Wilson, son of Mrs. Pearl Burke, 121 Spring street. : TbM two fat Iambs were sold bf BUI Hill was first sold to Currin's Drugs, and later sold to the Cal-Or Packing company (Waat and Dalton) for S1S9.90, proceeds going to the Commando fund. Edith Gift's 90-pound Corrtedalo waa sold for- th second time to Dick Hensel by Lee gave the moner from the sale to the Boy Scout fund. la tha picture are Date West Bill HilL Paul Dalton. Dick Heasel and Edith Gift. Buyers Pay $8408 for Stock; Scouts, . Commandos, Red Cross, 4H Benefit By MARJORIE TOUNO . Livestock sales Tuesday night at' the annual - junior livestock show totaled 8406.7ff, including original, firices- and rtrsele fig- ures, it was announced today, . Lamb at the auction sold for an average price of 853.71 each. or 55 cents per pound, while beef brought an average price of $333.68 per head, averaging 361 cents per pound. Some . of . the livestock ' was nought, then resold lor some charitable cause.. A 78-pound Collaboration Plan Overwhelmingly Favored WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (tP) In an historic stand on foreign policy, the house overwhelm ingly passed today the Fulbright resolution, placing congress on record In favor of United States post-war collaboration with oth er nations to maintain a 'lust and lasting peace. . The first congressional pledge of its kind was made on a roll call vote of 300 to 29, or more than the two-thirds vote required for approval. The measure goes now to the senate, where it will be considered by the foreign re lations committee ' along with several other resolutions similar in purpose but different in langu age and scope. Top-Heavy Vote In sharp contrast to the nar row division "in; the strength of interventionists- and '.non-interventionists during pre-Pearl Har bor legislative, fights, the top heavy vote reflected a mounting congressional demand for Ameri can participation in world coun cils in peacetime as well as In war. .- During two- days of debate, that sentiment was reflected in speeches of influential legislators on both the republican and dem ocratic sides of the aisle as they called for unity of action in out lawing war and' leadership by this nation in the peace table planning. . Tulelake Bars to Close Weekends v TULELAKE Proprietors of Tulelake bars have voluntarily agreed to close all places where liquor is sold between the hours of Saturday midnight and 10 m. Monday, the plan to con tinue for the duration of the harvest in the Tulelake basin. The decision is in cooperation with the war effort, according to Chief of Police Frank G. Rhodes and the action la entirely local. Commando, Boy Scout Funds -,0 twice at the Junior livestock Hampshire Iamb, first sold to Currin's drug company, was later resold for the benefit of the Com mandos at 82.05 cents per pound -to the Cal-Ore Packing company. The lamb first sold for 80 cents. ' Resale For Scouts Another lamb, first purchased by Lee Hendricks' drug at 55 cents, was resold for the Boy Scouts at 70 cents to Dick Hen zel. Safeway purchased a steer for 35 cents, which had previ ously been sold to Dr. Ralph Steams for 43 cents. Proceeds from the second sale went to the 4-H summer- camp. " , : Lorraine and Alma Stover do nated one of their capons to the Red Cross, and it was sold at $14 a pound to Bill Hammond ranch. Another capon was sold to Mur phey's Seed store for $8 per pound by Lorraine Stover. Winner of the 1000 pound steer offered by the Elks' bond committee was Michael Theisen, 227 Oregon avenue.- Bonds to taling $27,000 were purchased during the four-day sale in con nection with the show.. . ' Youngest buyer of bonds was Jimmy Schulze, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Schulze, and the old est buyer was Elmer Balsieer. Jimmie received a $5 merchan dise order from Montgomery Ward, and Balsiger a $5 mer chandise order from Sears Roe buck. .-, v ' -i ' - ' . Top Prices ' Top prices paid at the show were $15 per pound for a grand champion capon purchased by Marshall Cornett from Alma Stover, and $15 a pound for a New. Zealand . white rabbit bought by Specialized Service from Jeanne.-Robinette. - . Balsiger Gets Champ .' The grand champion Hereford, raised by Joanne Kandra, weigh ing 1012 pounds sold for 69 cents per pound to Balsiger Motor com- Now Dale Hankins Has to Do It ' All Over Again ; PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (P) And now Dale Hankins of Klam ath Falls has it all to do over again. . ... He enlisted in the marines a month before Pearl Harbor when he was 15. Early in 1942 he was manning a three-inch gun in Sa moa. Then the corps caught up with him and gave him an honor able discharge because he was under age. Last weekend, Hankins, just turned 17, was given permission to rctenlist Now, marine . re cruiters here announced, he's on his way to boot camp again. Marine Dale Hankins, who turned 17 on September 5, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Hankins, 115 North Tenth street, the father employed as mechanic at Dick Miller company. The youth attended Fremont school and spent one year at Klamath Union high acbojU - ; Benefit show last rdalrt. Th oaa awnad Hendricks draa a tors, which pany, and the reserve champion, weighing 874 pounds, raised by Lois Lee Kandra, - was sold to .uicx jiuuer lor 7 - cents per pouna. nom tna girls took the entire purchase . price In war bonds, as did many of the other exhibitors. , :. Grand champion fat lamb, a Southdown weighing 120 pounds, owned by Mary Hammond, sold for 60 -cents per pound to the Klamath Medical Service bureau. Other livestock sold, their - (Continued on Page Two) E 'Kick Upstairs' Wins Objection From Solon . WASHINGTON. Sent. 21 JP Chairman Reynolds (D-N.C.) of the senate military committee gave notice today that he would interpose strenuous objection if General George C. Marshall should be transferred from his post as army chief of staff to other duties. . Commenting on ah editorial in the Army and Navy Journal wnicn discussed recurring re ports that Marshall might be re-assigned as allied comman der in chief in the European (Continued on Page Two) Marshall Slated to Assume Post As Global War Chief Of Anglo-American Forces By KIR ICE L. SIMPSON (Copyright 1943 by The Assod ' ated Press'1 WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 The blunt fact ' about General George C. Marshall, is that he is tentatively slated to become virtual global- commander-in-chief of all Anglo-American forces" in the field, ground," sea and air, and put into execution the pattern of victory east and west shaped at the Quebec con ference. , '. .Just when an announcement to that effect will be forthcom ing : from London or Washing ton is uncertain. This , writer can say, however, that the nom ination of the American army chief of . staff for the task was perhaps the major decision reached at Quebec.. If it meets the final approval of the Lon don war cabinet as expected, it will put General Marshall at tha head of a super-global field command with authority to co ordinate aggressive .action' on main mm YET TO GOME, British Superiority In Aircraft Held 4 to 1 .By ROGER GREENE - Associated Press War Editor Prime Minister Churchill, sharply foreshadowing an in vasion of Hitler's European fortress, told parliament today ' he had never regarded opera- tions in the Mediterranean war , theater "aa a substitute for a direct attack across the channel -on the Germans in France and the low countries." - "On the contrary," he said, -"the opening of this new front -in the Mediterranean was al ways Intended to be an essential ' preliminary to the main attack dn Germany and her ring of subjugated and satellite states." : The prime minister said the - long-awaited grand assault would be launched "at the right time" and "a mass invasion of the continent from the west will be- gin.".. Confident Survey Churchill further disclosed '' that the American 8th and Brit- ' ish 8th armlet battling their -way forward from the Salerno 1 beachhead in Italy are getting -In position to advance on a broad front- ' ' " :-.'.3u In a long arid confident survey .. of the war, Churchill also mad these points: 1. Britain's svpply ad air craft now asasaa Germany's by more than tear to one. This factor, be said, "opens th pee- ibility of saturating German de fsnasa ea the freaad and la tne air.?.. " i ' i 2. Oerasaa U-fcoets nave re- , stewed their assaults on allied shipping is th North Atlantic. A battle between nasi underseaa raiders and an allied oavoy la new la progress, - 8. Th wetoht of bombs dropped ea Germany by . the ' RAF la the past It months was three times greater than la the -preceding 12-month period. The - (Continued on Fag Two) Senate Action On Father Draft Held Over Week WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (ZD Senate consideration of the Wheeler bill to defer the draft ing of pre-war fathers the rest of this year was postponed today until next Tuesday. Majority Leader Barkley (Ky.) said Senator McNary, the minor ity leader, and Senator Wheeler CD-Mont.), author of the bill, had agreed to the delay to permit members to study the volumi nous testimony taken before the military committee. SAYS PREMIER all fronts tinder the . Quebee -strategic directives. . - ) . Played. Major Role -It will recognize, also, that in successive inter-allied mill tary conferences,, from Wash ingtoa to Casa Blanca ta Wash ington to Quebec, the American chief of staff was the outstand-f ing contributor to the fashion", ing of the strategic plans for victory, v : v- " i : Rumors that - Marshall is to be eased out of his present chief of staff assignment due to th i pressure of Interests opposed tot him, presumably British, are in : direct conflict with the facta. The American chief of staff ha won the admiration and respect , of all the British officials with, whom he has come in contact, including Prim Minister Churchill. ; : Huge Seep ' The unprecedented scope of his contemplated ultimate com mand, giving General Marshall . , (Continued on PQ) Twt) -
