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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
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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
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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,