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HERALD AND NEWS, KLAMATH FALLS. ORECON PACE TWO ENEIPUSHES iE RAIL LINEGAMPAIGN (Continued From Page One) niifna TM fnnrth Chinese defense of the key rail city was producing heavy casualties, fKi.nctlrintf cniH. The Japanese purpose in its many-sided onensives in noumi and Hunan provinces is to split China and seal off the eastern part against allied bomber use, a Chungking official said. Saipan Hit T -onii-al Pnrifin IT. S. airmen struck Saipan in the Mar iana islands in tnc second lana based raid of the war against . this outpost. . In North Burma allied Chmdlt forces again struck at communi cations to prevent Japanese re inforcement of their stubbornly resisting garrison still holding parts of Myitkyina. Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell's troops have pierced the defenses nt thle ritv. b kev stOD on his way to reopening the Burma- unma roan, ine jaiiHiiusc i cently have made great efforts to reinforce the defenders, and the allies have replied with in creased air assaults. Refugees Spend 9 Hours On Rafts Under Nazi Guns (Continued from Page One) 22, New Bedford, Mass., a bar ber, and Manuel Pinto, 22, Waterbury, Conn., listed as a farmer. Both had been in Por tugal for a number of years. The navy said: "The ship was stopped by gunfire and signals at 12:05 a. m., on a clear dark night and a calm sea. Her captain, Americo Dos Santos, was summoned to the bridge when blinker signals were sighted. Engines were stopped at 12:30. Boat Sent "The submarine flashed 'send a boat.' "The chief officer, Manuel Valentine Pinto, and the second officer were sent with the ship's papers, the ship passport, lists of crewmen, passengers and cargo , manifests. . "Pinto was held as hostage aboard the U-boat while the ship's boat returned with a sub .marine - officer and a sailor armed with a tommy gun. Line Up Everyone :"The German officer, speak ing English, ordered the crew and passengers lined up in the salon, "The U-boat officer informed Captain Dos Santos that he in tended to take Camilo Grande Perez, 24, native of Canada and British citizen. Perez went to his cabin and failed to reap pear. "The U-boat officer informed Dos Santos the ship would be sunk unless Perez were pro duced within five minutes. Search was instituted and Perez was found and put aboard the ship's boat,- which returned to the submarine with him and the two Germans at about 10:40 a. m. "Pinto returned in the boat with a message from the sub marine that the vessel would be torpedoed in . 20 , minutes. Captain Dos Santos immediately gave the order to abandon ship. The submarine moved among the lifeboats in the darkness and during the dawn. The Ger man commander had ordered the Serpa Pinto not to use its wireless. "Five hours after the boats were launched the submarine approached the captain's, life boat and took Don Santos aboard. Describing his inter view with the U-boat command er, Dos Santos said the German appeared to be about 28 years old and wore a beard. Await Decision : "His rank was not learned. The U-boat officer stated that he was awaiting an answer to his radio message to Berlin in quiring whether to sink the ship. "Calling from the submarine deck, Dos Santos ordered his boats to remain near the Serpa Pinto while the U-boat awaited decision. , "At this time Perez was re leased and put aboard one of the boats. At 7:30 a. m. the German wireless operator hand ed the commander a message. The latter informed Dos Santos that the answer was not defin ite and there would be a delay of half hour. "After a half hour, the Ger man received word not to sink the ship." CHINES Sunday "willam .'srT. v" Carrier Burned By Hot Lead In Printing Accident Jimmy Thornton, young son of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Thornton, 1801 Worden, suffered painful burns at about S o'clock Tues day afternoon when he was sca"lded on the left foot by hot lead. Young Thornton was In the back shop of The Herald and News watching the casting when the bottom bar of the casting box slipped and a spurt of hot lead ran into Jimmy's tennis shoe. He was given first aid at the newspaper office and then moved to Hillside hospital for treatment. City police aided in moving Jimmy. The boy is a carrier for The Herald and News. He is now at his home. (Continued from Page One) further action, workers at two CIO' mills in Eugene, Ore., an nounced they would return to work tomorrow. Plants in the Washington lumber area at Everett, Cathla met, Yakima and Longview were operating, except for the woods camps of the giant Wey erhaeuser company at Long view. Some 1800 AFL workers re ported at Portland mills, leav ing only two AFL plants still idle. Both of these were sched uled to reopen tomorrow. Normalcy Expected Through the Willamette vaK ley except for several firms which expected to return to normal tomorrow plants re sumed capacity operations. In some areas, however, the men were drifting back slowly. Seattle mills were operating on a curtailed basis, and the president of the AFL Seattle local called a mass meeting for tonight to explain the return-to-work order to the men. whom he described as "a little reluct ant to go back." WLB Promt The AFL issued the order after receiving what it inter preted as assurance that the war labor board would reconsider wage demands. At Toledo. Ore., a new walk out sprang up. Three hundred CIO loggers left the job, cur tailing the log supply for 1100 AFL sawmill workers who re turned to work this morning. PORTLAND, May 31 (P) Members of the AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers union be gan returning to their-jobs to day but the full response of the estimated 26,000 idle workers to their leaders' back-to-work call will not be known until to morrow. Kenneth Davis, executive sec retary of the union's northwest ern district council, predicted all would heed the council's plea by Thursday. The plea was made after the council received what it interpreted as assurance that the national war labor board will reconsider wage in crease demands upon - resump tion of work. . . First of the more than 100 idle Pacific northwest lumber operations to resume production was a sawmill at Valsetz, Ore., where. 200 AFL men reported on the Memorial Day holiday. Meanwhile leaders of the CIO International Woodworkers of America, whose members make up the remainder of the esti mated 40,000 men who walked out in the past 12 days,' re mained firm in their refusal- to recommend that their members end the unauthorized walkouts as requested by -the WLB and awaited a reply from President Roosevelt to. their requests he intervene. TACOMA, May 31 W) Lum ber mills here remained idle this morning. - - i Outcome of the AFL walkout was expected to be known fol lowing a mass meeting of the un ion in Tacoma this morning. No meeting has been called by the CIO International Wood workers of America Tacoma lo cal, it was said at the union head quarters. The St. Paul and Ta coma Lumber company mill and logging camps were still closed down. SALEM, May 31 OP) More than 150 striking employes of That's Starts SUNDAY BDMBEHS BASH RAIL CENTERS FIRE OILFIELDS (Continued From Page One) resistance appeared to be cover ing the retreat of the German tenth army on the Allied right. The Germans were paying a heavy price in casualties but so were the allies, and no large group of the enemy forces were trapped. Britons Take Ardea Near the Rome shoreline, the British captured Ardca, 24 miles southeast of Campo Ilmini coast al anchor of the Rome line. They worked into l'Americano,. 18 miles below the mouth of the Tiber. Americans fought into the outskirts of Villa Uroceta, just southeast of bulwarked La nuvia in the slopes of the Alban hills mass. The eighth army closed within four miles of the Via Casilina road center of Frosinonc, 45 miles southeast of Rome. Every where the Germans fought with determination and skill, mount ing frequent counterattacks with tanks and self propelled guns, flamethrowers and infantry. Fifth Day of Attack Europe was under strong air attack for the fifth straight day. American ' fleets were reported by the enemy to be penetrating the Berlin, Hannover and Bruns wick areas. In air blows at Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Austria and Yugoslavia yesterday, the allies destroyed 81 nazi planes and lost 28. The British air ministry said 25,000 plane attacks in the last ten days had seriously disorgan ized supply routes to German in vasion defenses in northwest Eu rope. - Silence Shattered The Germans shattered the brooding silence on the Russian front with a strong infantry and tank attack which dented soviet lines in Romania north of Iasi. The attack appeared aimed at upsetting Russian troop concen trations rather than of starting a real offensive.. The enemy sent planes to re connoiter Gen. Eisenhower's in vasion preparations in England. Marshal .Tito - reported violent fighting In . western Bosnia. A Turkish report said seven high Bulgarian' officers, one a wound ed general, reached Istanbul af ter a gun fight with German frontier guards. TULELIKE JAPS ATTENDJUiVERAL (Continued From Page One) the results of its investigation. A reverberation of the Oko- moto incident was reported from London last Friday, when me uerman radio was neard quoting Tokyo as saying he was shot without provocation and that the Japanese government considered it "extremely seri ous." No Auto Accidents In Klamath During Memorial Weekend Klamath county was free of automobile accidents over Mem orial Day and a check with state police, city police and the sheriff's office resulted "in a clear slate as far as serious in juries were concerned. There were few cars on the highway and city streets were quiet after parade hours Tues day morning. City police report ed that an unknown driver nit the viaduct but details were not learned. the Oregon Pulp and Paper company lumber division will return to work tomorrow morn ing, officials of the AFL Lum ber and Sawmill Workers local announced. , The men, who walked out last Wednesday, were willing to re sume work today but decided to wait until an adequate sup ply of logs accumulated in the boom, the announcement said. "r"""'T " 1 'J Iff a&Jl 1 1 i,timm,im vfe I 7F M 3syL iamm m Liberty Ship Runs Aground ciMPDiMricrn Mnv si tir VJrfUl xw- w, ...... w - An in-bound Liberty ship with "a large passenger complement" was aground today on the Fnr allon islands 30 miles west of the Golden Gate, (lie 12th nnvnl dis trict announced. There were no casualties reported. The navy said the ship ground ed in rain and fog shortly before dawn. T BRINGS 115 FINE (Continued From Page One) picking up too many dogs in tnat vicinity and that he. Fields, was not going to pick up his dog. At that point, according to rioios, luccnnlocK grabbed the pound master by the left arm and started to strike him. Fields stepped back and flashed his star. McClintock thou returned to his home and Fields called the paddy wagon which arrived in due time and transported Mc Clintock to the city Jail. There he posted $15 bail. Fields said Wednesday that mis was nis first encounter in his work as pound master. Chief worry at this time is caused by youngsters out of school who want to take their dogs with them at play. Children are urged to cooperate in keeping their dogs on leash. Since May 1, when the city ordinance went into effect or dering all dogs penned or on leash during May and June, the pound master has picked up 125 strays. Thirty dog owners have been called into court. IT A $10,900 damage suit evolv ing out of an automobile acci dent opened in circuit court Wednesday morning against O. A. McCord and Arthur Berk. Plaintiff in the suit is Ray swinaier. Swindler is asking damages for alleged personal injuries re ceived on December 31 in an automobile accident when his car was struck on Summers lane by a truck operated by Arthur Beck and owned by McCord. The complaint states that the truck wason the wrong side of the road at the time of the ac cident. , "" Attorney for the'plalritlff Is Henry Perkins, and the defense attorneys are Richard Maxwell and Paul Farrens. Following this civil trial an other suit against McCord and Beck will begin immediately with Nellie Swindler the plain tiff. Mrs. Swindler was a pass enger in the Swindler car at the time of the accident and also re ceived injuries. Circuit Judge David R. Van denberg is hearing the cases. TRADE RUBBER FOR HATS Black, derbies are fulfilling a vital war function in Panama where they are used to stimu late the rubber drive, being the most popular medium of ex change for rubber among the Indians. II ENDS TODAY I III "See Here Private II Hargrove" Robert Baker Donna Reed y -i feature . t I - NIMITZ SEES SURFACE SHIP STABS AT JAPS U. S. PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, May 31 V) Conservative Admiral Chester W. Niinitx now foresees the day when American planes and warships will move boldly into Japanese areas whero only submarines roam now In search or -more ships to add to the 2.500,000 tons the submvrslbles already have sunk. Decorating subinarlno heroes for deeds which must bo kept secret, the commander of tho Pa cific fleet and Pacific ocean areas told the men they will "be Joined sooner or later by our surface and aircraft" In thoir field ot action. Only a short time previously, the admiral announced that for the second time In tho wan land based army and navy Liborotors moved 1100 miles wost of their Marshalls bases Sunday to at tack Saipan in tho Marianas on the south approach to .Tokyo. Thcso bombers tangled with 12 Interceptors, shooting down two, weathered anti-aircraft opposi tion in bombing . their, targets and all returned safely from the long flight over waters .dotted with enemy bases such. as Truk. Among the heroes, decorated by Nimitz at a submarine base was Cmdr. Richard Hethcring ton O'Kano, . of Now London, Conn., and San Rafael, Calif., whoso submarine. Tang, recent ly rescued 22 fliers of carrier filanes downed In or near Truk's agoon. The Navy Cross was added to O'Kano's Silvor Star and two Gold Stars. ' . Another Navy Cross went to Capt. Charles B. Momsen, in ventor of the Momsen lung, and this fact attached added Interest to Nimitz' assertion .that sub marine crews "have shown noteworthy capacity to learn new tactics and new methods of getting tho most out of. their versatile weapons." Torpedoman, third class., J. D. Ersklns, Wenatchee, Wash., was awarded the Bronze Star. Police Firearm School Underway A police school of Instruction in tho use of f ierarms. Including both combat and target firing, is park under tho tutelage of Lloyd ttrlce oi aiem,..stau1 ooara oi education member . and expert pistol shot. The school Is for all active police officers including mem bers of state police, city police and sheriff's offices. There Is a certain competitive air about the school, participants qualifying cither as marksmen or experts. The program will continue through Friday. There is also a course in disarming. VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE LONDON, May 30 (P) A violent earthquake has ravaged Bolu in central Turkey about 85 miles from Istanbul In the region where several others have, oc curred in recent months, a Ger man broadcast said today. UNDER 2 PER CENT The U. S. casualty figure in this war is less than 2 per cent of our armed forces. "ox Office Opens 1:30 - 8:45 Starts Thursday Packing Workers Favor Strike SALEM. Mav 30 (fP) Salem employes of California Packing company Monday night voted 124 to SB in favor of strike If called upon by thoir officials to tuKo such action. The NLRB-coiuluoted elce Hon, according to Roy Riley iiriviiflniit nf tho AFL Cannery workers union local, followed tho company s refusal to aa nrnvo contract clauses assorted' ly 'Mmlliir to those under which union members work In other canning establishments here Tho comnuny offer was sub' mittcd to the national labor re- lotions board approximately two months ago. TO More than $100 was contrlh titcd for ii port It of the lato Senator Churlos L. McNary. to bo placed in the national capital, at a mooting of tho directors of the Klamath county chamber of commerce today, The directors voted a chamber donation and the remainder was mado up of individual contribu tions by members present. Any resident of Kluinnlh Fans inter ested in contributing to this fund may do so through tho chamber office, which is a receiving agency. A stulo fund of $2300 Is plan ned. Tho chamber directors roller- a tod their stand against proposed federal legislation which would bo detrimental to tho interests of irrigation and Industry In con nection with tho use of water on navigablo streams. Bookmobile Trips To Start Thursday The summer County library bookmobile trips will start Thursday in tho Falrhaven dis trict. The bookmobile will ba at Lien's cash store from 1:30 p. m. until 2; at Junction service station from 2 to 2:30: at Log Cabin from 2:30 to 3, and at Keno from 3:30 to 4 p. m. Panama hats originated In Ecuador, but got their name from being distributed through Panama. ' Bex Office Opens 6i8 - Ends -Thursday NO CIILINO ON OAOtl OAlll lAfFSI SONOU KOTTY Another Hit ' Continuous Show Dally Box Office Opens 13:30 2 Big Hits NOW PLAYING tdete mim . Mty MUTTON AtXl LULUBEUI WW g ? -. moRcnns trim L PORTLAND, Oro., May 31 (I') A program by which thn war production bourd will control production and consumption of all lumber and forest products In the Untied States was being presented to Industry roprnsen. tativea here today. Such control Is mudo manda tory by tremendous military needs and a gradual shrinking of Inventories, snlri upokmmun for a group of WP11 executives meeting today with the West Coast Lumbermen's association war committee. v With control established, all needs, Including military, would be screoned, with primary atten tion being given to boxing, crat ing and . dunnage for ovoraeus shipments and offshore require ment. "Some 700,000 Items of sup ply are going to our overseus armed force which must bo packaged In lumber or heavy paper," said Col.. M. S. McDon nell, forest products chief of headquarters staff, army service force, a member of tho WP13 group. "W propose to be ready for any eventuality. Needs are un predictable." The group ' Includes, besides Col. McDonnell, J. Philip Boyd, director of the WPB lumber di vision; Harold Bocschonstcln, acting director of tho division of production control, forest pro ducts bureau, and LI. Command er Walter Kellogg, lumber co ordinator of the U. S. navy. The program will be present ed to tho western plno war com mittee Friday. Dead Sea Alive In Wealth Potash deposit of tho Red Sea are valued at approximately $70. 000,000,000. In edition, this 10 oy 17-mua body of water con tain a wealth of bromlno, chlor ide, gypsum, and magnesium. ENDS TODAY ' Errol Flynn ' Paul Lukes "Uncertain Glory" WPR IE CONTROL PLAN TO BE VIEWED fiOPAT 0ANlr ur rw i viTMuwr UfSWi' r.nifirrnnt CHARLES STARRETT JANE FRAZEE VERA VAGUE TEX GUINN W WII11AMS THE MIUS BROTH I3f WJUtaV S MD9U PALS BOCK, CHICKS . MT ACWF -MBST ' THE TAH.W W$ Tha Government of The United Staf' and Great Britain (Cotue(, KromP. I now ond tl v.... 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