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:IRCH1LL (aa uiual when
speaks) U the big newi
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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.
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$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.
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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
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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 .
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