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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1943)
ato PJP September SO High 10 Low SO - Precipitation as el September 24, IMS Stream ytar to data ...........18.17 Last rear .........13.20 Normal .... I J. 1 1 ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHAST ' ,VCADE WONDERLAND NEA FEATURES PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH F .v' ult, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1943 Number 9916 I I - V t' By FRANK JENKINS NAPLES, ona of MAINLAND Europe's C1REAT PORTS, li now wholly In our possession, and the Mediterranean Ik open and rcBioniibly safe for our ship- "ng-. ... ."THE clty'i port fncllltlci have boon badly damaged, but wo'll loon fix that. First In Africa and later In Sicily, we've had lot of experience In clear ing port that were wrecked by our bomber and further wreck ed by German demolition squads. . When our Job of restoration l completed, our nliipn will bo able to steam up to dock! where they will be unloaded by machinery, "KJMPARE the speed and ef flelcncy of thin prnciMia with LANDINGS ON BEACHES and you'll got an Idea of the very great importance of tha taking of Nuolcs. You can't help but fool that It hai Juittifird the bloody fighting by which it wai accomplished. TTO fight In Europe, we've got to act men and supplies ON TO EUROPEAN SOIL. To do thut efficiently, we muit have port In Europe. Naplci If our FIRST one. A LANDMARK hat been reached in the war In Rus- 1 0 With the fall of Gomel, which In momentarily expected, tho Germana will have been driven HACK of the Dnieper line, which they have been itrcngthening for months. Thli l the big question: Can they HOLD at the Dnieper? ... HITLER I quoted today (not too reliably) si saying they've (JOT to hold and si speaking of the IMPREGNABIL ITY of the Dnieper lonuic tlont. NO fortified line Is Impreg- noble. The Great Wall of China wasn't. The Maginot line wasn't. It all depends on the relative strength and skill of the atlac crs and the defenders. MP Correspondent Chester VV CIules today from London: "Hun la's' BRILLIANTLY SUCCESSFUL offeTiMW-Wr the eastern front with all It IM MENSE implications for the whole course and duration of the uarhM led to a definite de cision for curly and Intimate Amxrli-nn.Ri-llliih.SnvIrt mlllturv staff discussions, even In advance of the forthcoming three-power UlrUAJMAl iJ meeting. PUT two and two together as you have to (In these days of censorship) to gel ai an approxi motion of the truth. Your conclusion will be that Germany's defeat is INEVIT ABLE and that the German mil itary leaders KNOW IT and will be fighting from here on morcly to GET A BETTER PEACE. TF you arrive at that conclusion, the NEXT step in your tninfr (ig will be: It's high time for Britain, Rus in and America to be GET' T1NO TOGETHER In their Ideas of what Is to be done when Ger many is defeated Including what each of us Is going to IN SISTon. JAV1NG reached that point, inn a rnflripo ni m 1 1 oil nnn imps" clearly tho fact that the end of tho war In Europe will do lor us merely the beginning of EF . KECTIVE conduct of the war In tho Pacific which is OUR REAL WAR. . "N the homo front, there's a v growing ruckus over what should bo done to Increase our steadily shrinking supply of dalrv Droducts. The producers want higher prices NOW, which, they say, juould not only stimulate pro (fiction but would pay the bill as we go along instead of adding it to tho national debt. ' The, administration wants to hold prices down and pay tho dolrymcn a SUBSIDY (hand-out), thus putting It on the cuff to be nam later. Thot'a the rcol nub of the dairy products controversy. rREGON goes over lis third war loan quota. The seven able-bodied ship yard workers who have been sitting on a raft in tho river at Portland, twiddling their thumbs and going uselessly hungry, are doubtless happier than anyDoqy else. Now they can Ret back to work, along with tholr fellows, building ships and GETTING SOMEWHERE In the war effort. f . AsVON'T be TOO cynical about Ly this stunt. Tha country Is full of sap ideas, and this was one of them. Just feel sorry for the poor devils who were stuck to go through with it. , FLEE CORSICA LONDON, Oct. 1 (IP) The Al Biers radio, quoting a French communique, said today that the (Germans had been forced to flea on all fronts In Corsica. (1(M 4200 Hunters Jam Nearby Forests as Deer Season Opens An armed force numbering more than 4200 moved furtively through the pine woods of the Lake-Klamath counties protective area in a meat-seeking campaign today that broke all records for hunters if not for bags. Whether tho army of deer hunters, that found gasoline and ammunition In spite of wartime shortages, was having any luck was a debatablo question here, for not a single deer carcass had been brought to a leading local cold storage house at 2 p. m. 1600,000 111 TOP E Bond Tota I May Jump Figures Even More Klamath's "won't-stop" Third War Loan drive was approxi mately 8600,000 over the quota today, G. C. Blohm, who has kept tab on the totals for tho Elks war bond committee, revealed total salea of S3, 108,703.88 at noon. Tha quota, now almost forgotten, was $2,818,000. i Here is the division of tales as given by Blohm: E bonds $488,090.18. ; F bonds S142.200. G bonds $142,200. C bonds $1,407,000. 78 certificates $211,000. 2 per cent treasury bonds- $72,000. 2 1 per cent treasury bonds $399,000. Special allotments $302,000. E Bonds Uncertain Many E bond sales at Elks bond headquarters had not yet been tabulated and passage of the $900,000 mark on these bonds was believed certain. Southern Pacific allotted $80, 000 to Klamath's drive today. The Elks headquarters at 313 Main street will definitely close at noon Saturday. The chain store part In the successful drive will come to a conclusion tonight at 8 p. m. at (Continued on Page Two) Count Sforxa Pushes Fight Against Germany NEW YORK, Oct. 1 (IP) Count Carlo Sforzo, Italian anti-fascist leader, announcing he had received stato department permission to return to Italy, said today that Italians must support Marshal Pietro Bado gllo's efforts "so that he will fight Germany cnoigotlcally," Asserting that although he did not know when ho would return to his homeland, Count Sforza sold he would not be a part of a government headed by Marshal Badogllo. He said he would be more useful in defeating the. nazis "out of gov ernment than inside any gov ernment." Count Sfroza, former Italian foreign minister, - said he wished to clear up conflicting reports concerning his stand on the matter of Italian government, because "any ultimate political views of mine and of my friends are subordinate to one supreme duty union of all the Italians in , the war against Germany." Germans Forced To Give Ground In Corsica Battle ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Oct. 1 (IP) German troops still holding out on Corsica were forced to give ground over the entire front today after furious battle and evacuated positions essential to the defense of the port of Bastia, a French communique said tonight. , - A hill commanding the Saint Florent-Bastla road In the northern section of the island was captured, and further south fierce Moroccan warriors captured San Stefano hill, the announcement said. - Jbmmwd today. However, because Klamath county forests are largely closed as a fire preventive measure, most hunters are seeking deer at considerable distances and might not come into town today. Reports from Lakeview, which Is nearer the open area, indi cated a few deer -were being brought in, but not in a volume comparable to the recorded num ber of hunters In the woods. The Fremont national forest office reported that 2700 hunters had registered at Bly, in Klam ath county: 1144 at Lakeview, and 400 at Paisley. The highway between here and the hunting area was crowded with more cars today and registration was continuing at an active pace. One Klamath Falls man reported counting 280 deer hunters' cars while driving from Bly to Klam ath Falls. , ( Bly wu a , veritable boom h'iiu T.". Ki.SSff. town. - The settlement hunters, with eating places neck ed and cars standing in long lines at filling stations and the registration station. Forest officials said that In spite of warnings, some hunters were sifting into operating and slash areas in the forests and causing some trouble. No un usual incidents had occurred, however. London Opposes 'Hush Policy'in Postwar Planning TOPEKA, Kas., Oct. 1 (IP) Alt M. Landon said today he feared the mind of the American people Is being conditioned for "tho old fashioned balance of power alliance that will hang like a mill stone around the neck of generations yet unborn." Opposing a "hush-hush policy" In dlcussing post-war alliances, the 1936 presidential nominee as serted In a radio speech that plain talk would help clear the air of suspicion. He said this country should use its power and influence to restrain imperialism. "But how can we talk to Rus sia about the rights of small na tions while we are talking about a partnership with imperialistic Britain? "If the British-American al liance were to continue for a good many years, as Churchill suggests, how are you going to unscramble the eggs when, if ever, it ends?" Landon inquired. CCC SANTA CLAUS WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (IP) Edward A. O'Neal, president of the American Farm. Bureau fed eration, told the house banking committee today that "attempts are being made to convert the commodity credit corporation Into a "colossal Santa Claus to dis tribute rebates and bonuses to the public at'large. KLAMATH VS. SALEM ' MODOC FIELD. 8 P. M. KUHS , SALEM No. Name Wr. Poi. No. Namo Wt. 21 Coddington 170 LER , 31 Barlow 165 33 Patzke .195 ' LTR " 42 Salter 193 13'Prarie .195. LOR. 37 Elwood 170 18 Conroy 198 . C 41 Widdows 195 7 Clement 195' RCL '35 Wilson 178 31 Yank 192 RTL . 23 Bisbee , ' . 185 22 Eastman 167 REL 21 Langan 200 19 Robin. 158 Q 11 Cross 157 4 Perkins 153 : , LHR 25 Cetzendaner 160 24 Petersteiner .157 RHL 36 Purcell 170 1 0 Schortgen 1 67 F 24 Reinhart 1 80 . . Klamath substitutes with numbers Bessonette 17, De- vore 00, Foster 92, Wilson 29, Vanderhoff 14, Sari 99, Westrom 19, Rose 8, Bethune 66, Long 1, Weaver 73, Reed 69, Benning ton 8, Brotherton 20, Jones 74, Noggle 93,. Glovannini 32, Klmsey 30, King 77, Pope 27, Ellis 23, Palmer 34, Bickers 11, DeMaln 12, Haney 44, Smith 2, Fitzgerald . 26, Hannen 91, Don Vanderhoff 93, Bud Biehn 37, Blggers 3, Lohrey 39, Welch 6, Hicks 8WUllams 38, Bradford 89, Biehn 28, Silva 29, WHITE RUSSIA TOWNSFALLTO SOME Reds Rake Cliffs of Kiev With Heavy Gunfire LONDON, Oct 1 (IP) Soviet troops pushed on in White Rus sia, taking 460 more towns and hamlets, including Cherikov, BO miles southeast of Mogilev, in an other break across the Sozh river, Moscow announced to night. The Moscow communique, re corded by the soviet monitor, said the Russians advanced up to 12 miles In their march on Mogi lev, Dnieper river city that bars the way to Minsk. -Other advances came In the at tacks on Gomel, where over 100 towns were taken, and In the push on Vitebsk. . By EDDY GILMORE ' MOSCOW. Oct. 1 UP) Russian forces driving deeper into White Russia hourly are gravely threat ening tha German defense line .ward to Vitebsk, but there was per river. Tour cities of the German northern line immediately threatened by soviet forces were uomei, Aioguev, ursna and Vitebsk. Westward Push - After taking Krichev on the jtosiavi-iuoguev railway yester day, the red army pushed west ward alons the rail line, drawing to within SO miles of that objetfl uve. At Gomel, Russian forces drawn in on that Dnieper fortifi cation have thrown an arc within 12 miles of the city s outskirts. Forces moving in toward that goal widened the area for ma neuvers yesterday by forcing the river Besyet and capturing Svetl lovichi. The crossing simultane ously opened another possible avenue for a northward drive up on Moguev. The Germans are putting up (Continued on Page Two) Simplification Of Taxes Moved By Ways, Means WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (IP) In its first major move to simpli fy federal .tax payments, the house ways and means commit tee voted today to credit back to taxpayers Immediately a portion of tlio S per cent victory tax, amounting to 29 per cent for sin gle and 40 per cent for married persons. By such action, the govern, ment would assume that all tax payers are entitled to the credit, erasing the requirements of bond purchases, debt payment and in surance purchases as conditions to receiving the credit. If congress approves the com mittee's recommendation, the taxpayer, in the interest of sim plification, would take the so- caued victory tax "post war credit" In his next tax return and would not be allowed the option of credit or refunds In the post war area, Bombers 'at U. S. I Ua Vd 1 & w B . '-""Oar- ,-; k4 r?5 V,: M The Japaaes airfield en Tarawa island ia the Gilberts was pock narked with bomb craters and several burned out bombers-as the remit ef a series of zalda by the 7th air force bombers and navy carrter-basea planes., Military r jTp'hs; Moy eaoipjprnatic Conference . By JOHN F. CHESTER LONDON, Oct. 1 (JPl Russia's brilliantly successful ' offensive on the eastern front with all its immense implications for the whole course and duration of the war has led to a definite deci sion for early and intimate American-British-Soviet military staff discussions, even in advance of the forthcoming three-power diplomatic meeting. This was learned today from a non-British source. Military Flavor The rush of events on the fighting fronts at a pace that had not been foreseen has now made it plain that a meeting here will have a military flavor more marked than had appeared likely only a few weeks ago. It now is very probable that Russian staff officers will par ticipate in it; in fact, that mili tary men of all three countries will take part not only in a gen eral conference along with their diplomatic chiefs, but have their own sessions among themselves. Come With Hull The London press today print ed reports that Gen. George C. Marshall, himself, the prospec tive allied commander-in-chief for the mortal blows being pre pared against the enemy, probab ly would come here with Secre tary of State Cordell Hull in the likely event that this is the scene of the big three meeting. Sequence s The probable sequence of events promises to go about like this: First, a meeting within two weeks of ' high American ' and xiritisn omcers primarily con cerned with the Russian situa tion, i. Second, another mpplino in stem from this among officers of the three allies, America, Brit ain and Russia. This second meeting would prepare the military men of all three countries for the final grand discussions to be held in me tnree-power conference itself. Harriman Named For Russia Post WASHINGTON Oct. 1 w. Avereil Harriman was nomi nated by President- Roosevelt to day to be ambassador to Russia Harriman was named to suc ceed Admiral William H. Stand ley, who returned .recently to make a report on the soviet gov ernment s attitude toward pro tected Anglo-American-Russian war talks. Before leaving Mos cow, the 71-year-old Standley made it known he did not want to return to his diplomatic post. - Harriman, who will be 82 next month, has been lease-lend ad ministrator in - London since 1941.- Bom to wealth he was the son of E. H. Harriman, rail road v builder the president's choice for the Moscow position has been prominent in Washing ton almost from the beginning of the new, atai. . . , , . , Blast Tarawa Airfield 7 V i 41 ' 4Vw; ;Tt i sCV . seventn atr xorca pBoto...-.'- Australian Spear Hears Finschhafen Br WILLIAM F. BONT ALLIED- HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Oct'V W--New Guinea front line- reports today plaeeo- one spearhead ox Australians a naif mile ; from the well-protected harbor of Finschhafen. The Japanese, elected bloodily from all high ground before the onetime German settlement, now oppose the encircling assault troops from outskirt positions separated by only a few yards from those of the Australians. . Cross River In their drive which opened September 22 six miles north of Finschhafen. the Aussies crossed the Bumi river, sent two columns swinging west and south, then turned back in towards the main part of the village. - The line of their progress resembles a hook with the point directed eastward. ' ' .r ' Artillery near the coast pound ed the shrinking core of enemy resistance. -Inland, several miles above Finschhafen, another Aus sie force has been engaging Jap anese about two miles by jungle track east of Sattelberg. These Australians repelled three bitter counter-attacks Monday night and early Tuesday. - Spur Falls. - Kakagog spur, the last high, around position in enemy hands, fell late Tuesday after a pocket of resistance before it was Allies Crusade To Free Rome, Says Roosevefi WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (IP) President Roosevelt said today the objective of allied forces in Italv was to free Rome, the Vat ican and the pope, -much in the manner of a crusade, while at the same time avoiding all possi ble destruction.. Mr. Roosevelt showed some skepticism at a press-radio, con ference aDout news reports mat the Germans might make their next stand on the line of Rome, now that the allies have entered Naples. He said he did not think even General Dwight D. Eisen hower, allied commander in chief in the Mediterranean, knew wnere the nex,t stand would be. Flying Fortress Downed by Swiss BERN, Oct. 1 (IP) Swiss anti aircraft fire definitely downed one American Flying Fortress when a group of Fortresses fought- a battle with German fighter planes over Swiss ter ritory at midday today,- a Swiss army communique announced. The communique said bombs were dropped in various parts of eastern Switzerland. "Crashes also took place in these areas as the result of an aerial battle between American Fortresses and German fighter planes." the communique said. "Reports so far show only ma terial damage was caused by the in Gilberts Harbor Japs crushed, with 90 Japanese killed and the survivors scattered. - Up the Markbam-valley, 74 ouw uwuirc w t -u I 7.vy-l,l'Tl the city ings in New Guinea slowly de veloped. Australians seized the valley settlement of Wankon, 60 odd jungle and mountain miles inland and south of their objec tive. Madang, a coastal . base. This movement started Septem ber 18 with the seizure by air borne forces of the village of Kalapit, 60. miles northwest of Lae and 24 miles southeast of Wankon.. Plane Bald In the Solomons, a - navy SDokesman said 200 American planes participated Monday and Tuesday in raids on tne Japanese bases of Kahili on Bougainville Island and Vila on Kolomban- eara. Monday, more than 60 Lib erators and Fighters dropped 790 bombs in neat patterns on Div- ouac areas at Kahili. - The Lib erators shot down five and the (Continued on Page -Two) Fiume Shelled by Liberation Army i IINDON. Oct 1 UP) The Italian Adriatic port, of Fiume is under heavy fire from - the Yugoslav liberation army which is throwing shells into the city from the hills bemnd susaK, and heavy fighting continues in the Gorizia area of northern Italy, reports from the Yugoslav peoples' army said today.. . A Berlin broadcast ot a war correspondent's dispatch had ad mitted previously that the com munications - center of Gorizia had -been virtually destroyed by artillery fire during the prolong ed siege or lis nazi occupation troops. '';i :-. Nazi Subs Active Aqain; Canadian Destroyer Sunk " OTTAWA, Oct. 1 (IP) The Canadian destroyer St. Croix has been torpedoed and sunk oh con voy duty with a loss of 146 men, Navy Minister Angus MacDon ald announced today in a state ment driving home the fact that German submarines - again are preying on the North Atlantic supply routes. ' MacDonald'a statement gave no details concerning the loss of the St. Croix one of 90 U. S. destroyers turned over to Great Britain before Pearl Harbor in exchange for naval bases but it recalled Prime Minister Church ill's disclosure in his house -of commons war review September 9 that an Atlantic convoy was at that moment under attack. Four Free Months Un to that time. Churchill added, not a single allied ship had been sunk in the North At lantic for four months an asser tion the Germans themselves ad mitted was true. Onlv one member of the 'St Croix's crew was rescued Mac Donald said. She was the fourth Canadian destroyer lost since the beginning of the war and the first of seven former U. S. ves sels, allotted .to Canada -togo YANKS READ FDR PUSH UP Italy's Second Great . Port Clear of A- Germans By lfOLAND If ORGAARD ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA. Oct 1 VP) The American fifth army cap tured Naples, the great and one beautiful metropolis of southern Italy, today and prepared to push , nonnwara along tne ancient Ap pian way to Rome, 120 straight line miles to the north. The biggest city and port yet won on the European mainland by British and American forces, Naples fell to the combat teams of Lt Gen. Mark W. Clark after a week's fierce battling in the mountains ringing the bay and two days less than a month after the landing on the Italian to. Great Liberation The entry of the United Na. Hons forces was a great libera tion for the once-gay city of pic turesque views which for mora than week had been subjected to an Iron-fisted reign of terror by the Germans who had burned, dynamited and sacked In an orgy ot spite against their former Ital ian allies The destruction was so great that it -Unauestianahlv will-taka that it unquestionably will- take to Its former beauty. - The announcement of Naples capture said it was found empty of Germans. The bulk of tha -German forces retired to tha north, presumably to fight some where in the mountains or along; any one of the three chief rivers which may form their defenses south of Rome. :.. ' Battle for Rome ' There was a question as to whether the Germans would elect to stand for battle at Rome, but if they did it was likely that (Continued on Page Two) . Lull on China Front Broken by Spirited Fight J CHUNGKING. Oct. 1 dPy Spirited fighting was in ' prog ress in a number of sectors in China today as Japanese forces in western Chekiang, southern Kiangsu and southern Anhwet provinces started a drive against Chinese operations. A Chinese high command . communique said a severe bat. tie was going on near Hang chow, the occupied capital of Chekiang, 100 miles southwest of Shanghai. The scale of the drive was not indicated but it appeared possible that the protracted lull on the China front had been broken. - - It was assumed here that the drive was intended principally to disperse ' Chinese concentra tions which might menace Jap anese strongholds. down. Before leaving U. S. serv ice she was known as me mo Cook. ' - Action Recant In the absence of detailed in formation it was believed possi- , ROAD TO HOME ble that the St. uroix migni nave been sunk in the action in which five Liberator bombers of the Royal Canadian air force were reported to -have engaged six submarines in two days recently. The lull In submarine warfare in the Atlantic has been attri buted to the tremendous batter ing given the German U-boat fleet under an Improved convoy escort system, which has in. volved extensive use of carrier based aircraft, . Haw Tactics - Renewal of the submarine campaign suggests the possibility that the nazis may have de- -veloped new tactics with which they hope to counter improved allied defenses. - Three men whose next of kus live in the United States wera f among those lifted aboard the Lt Croix. - They Included Assistant Cook William Frederick Pook, who-a father, William Tho-nas I , Hvsat83nAlnoPic,r; j,
