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Newspaper Page Text' - -. N o)fnlM fpfo) bi UUI will . FRANK JENKINS ' , if.lv today, wo CUT ioSS AND BLOCK High PSJwl bolow Viilmontono. l.llliii roulo 7 or 8 miles to Soan.ri:r If lh Sncco vulloy pocket, f'w lui ONLY ONE loft to t). . ,ltE Brllll and tho French .mi only 18 miles nwuy to ,A Thopood with iJh they ro odvunclng lit ' At of tho retreiitlnil Our 2 ilronglhoiw tho guess that '!Zmt l ttln tho bulk hU armies oul. HAT will happen to Romo f bccoi becomes u growlngly touchy . Tliu Popo, in a pre loblcm f )cccli today, expresses GlUt Unit tlio city, will bo r unit tho city EJ7 nnd udds ''Whoever ald'doro lilt hand ogulnst 0 would bo guilty of nrntrl. (mulrlcldo in mother urdcr.) .... UR Britain-based planci con ' Unuo to hammer tronsporto , routes In Franco and Bel L Tho British ulr ministry vi today that In general wore icckinil rullrouds faitor than e Gornians aro ablo to repair icm (Unoblo to repair ALL. tho Germans aro con- LirtdiiL' on keeping tho ilHOyUH Nncs open.) II AM AG IS done to railroads ind liiKhwnya by our planes Minn extensively supplemont by French and Belgian sabo- tirt worxmg wmi 1-xpiuiivcs opped to them by air. THE Ruiuiuns assert today I ihcv have smashed tho Gcr' ian . attacks In Romania, mow Mivs thoro wore throo iMrito nazl thrusts, all of tnich wcro stopped cold by uilon artillery, mortars 1 and lichlnc guns. rilEltE aro two unexplained I but interesting . incidents ' In ic news, I An "important" Gorman con Mr attucked by allied planes tho Aegean sea, north ot irclc. ' At the same time ports it Crete wcro bombed. Four of no German ships wore left turning and othors damaged. fro dcBtroyors, among tho tlGIlT German escorting ves 1), were dnmnged. That Is QUITE n German con. y. What was It doing down fcrc; wnai s m tne wind? 'HE British, by German ad f mission., attack, and damnuc I German convoy off tho coast H Norway. What was 11 doing? loving German troops IN or (oving mem OUT WE see those straws In the wind but don't know what fty mean. In a big football pme, only tho quarterback fwws Just what ho Is doing Mwhy. Tho spectators In the pnos can only guess. It's the rno m war. WE'RE putting moro reinforce I ments ashore on Blak. un. sr cover of our fleet guns. Our roops on the coastal road load H to the airport aro still wait "1 until our planes and naval can smash tho Jap gun F. urns on mo ridgo command' I the rnnrl I Thcro is no word so for of I'vieiniorccmcnts arriving on r " IN northern ttacklng Myltkylnn today from I Jdcs, nnd aro reported to I" interior China, tho outlook I sfOWS rin.i-l.nf- nA-Hnt rr ! Chinese army spokesman at ngkinR, says today tho Japs ''gathered 280,000 troops SmSS. "kow.Canton drlv in rianuow ona " I 70,ooo at tho Canton end. S'J your map.) ne i snys tho now Jap strategy Vpny,, on th0 defensive ;Hm? "HERE EXCEPT liJ Ho ndds: "As tho allies E Prossuro ngalnst Japan, X, wl11, nPPly GREATER wssuro against China," uencrni Tseng says tho Japs massing troops on the bor fiL. woon Indo-Chlna and nnan province, building a big &Q,,nt the same point and continued on Pago Four) tomage Great as train' Explodes LONnnM t , nUion7lodr I ' n ail Enst Annllo mni.V.1 !entn'i,"f""8 roofs from adja- ask .. "iming the : rail nri i ii t on lnt0 a shambles, ull lnllir nrt , og o iiuiiiuer oi .pcr- illllri lman ot tho train was IZhl Tuho troln station and wLMUlldln8s cau8nt llre Wltie, thw any additional fa- felt ?ie,y known. The blast was hlshii u ' MB town s ousiness Folav mcnta were lorcei 't0 hn ,Penng in order to re- f"es of broken Bins and '"womblo their stocki. ;. ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS Ul mi Channeling Labor to Meet War Needs McNuttAim WASHINGTON. June 2 (!) SwccnlnK new controls over the nation's dwindling supply of male workers were ordered to day bv the war manpower com mission to bo placed in eiiect oy July 1. , , They provide (hat virtually every lob-sceKing man in Amer ica will Do required to apply 10 tho United States employment service for assignment to tho war plant where ho is most needed, rciiordless of whero thot plant may bo located.' Employers, on the other hand,.' will be permit ted to hire only those men re ferred to them by tho USES. "Priority HtUrrsd" "The successful conduct of the war now requires the channeling of all available malo labor in the nation to J o b s of greatest war iiroductlon urgency, and the re entlon of such labor in-1 h o s e obs,", War Manpowor Commis loner Paul V. McNutt declared n announcing tlio new program. It extends on a nation w 1 d e basic the WMC'i voluntary pro gram already in effect .in about a dozen areas of critical labor shortage. " : ' i ' ' . "Wo propose,"' McNUtt de clared, to accomplish tho chan neling "by a system of priority referral, effective throughout the nation, but varying among com munities by such adaptations as may be found desirable." ' "" " Farm workers aro not restrict ed, nor are businesses with eight or less employes. . Over Optimism . ' McNutt said the program would make It possible for a worker anywhere in the country to "tako his most useful place on . (Continued on Page Two) ; 3 Girls Out for Rodeo Queen Two young Klamath county girls and one girl from Siskiyou county have announced their candidacy-for queen of the Fourth of July Buckaroo days, it was announced Friday by O. D. Matthews, . president of the local rodeo association. Tho girls are Grace Jones of Tulelokc, Fannie Adams of Mer rill and Monnletta Calmes of Kcno. Tho contest Is open to any sinsle slrl of the Klamath basin area who is between the ages of 16 and 24, who can ride and who Is able to furnish her own horso for tho riding tryout to be held June 18 at 2 p. m. at the fairarounds. i In judging the girls, 85 points out of 100 will be given . on riding ability and the other 38 points on appearance, person ality, charm and poise. NEW CONTROLS OFHI) SLATED JULY 1 Total Victory Demand May Prolong War, Pius Warns ' LONDON, ' June 2 ffl Pope Plus II, in a speech to' the Col lege of Cardinals, expressed the hope today that peace 'soon would appear on Rome's hills and over the whole world but added that a demand for total victory might prolong the war. In an Italian language broad cast the pontiff called on the victors to give hope and faith to tho vanquished, and declared that "whoever would dare lift a hand against Rome would be guilty of matricide."- ' Tho pontiff . said that many persons fear the theory of "full victory or complete 'destruction" and that this "operates with a bad influence as a stimulus pro longing the war and; also, on those, who following their In ternal impulse or for reallstlo considerations, would be inclin ed to a reasonable peace." ' , : ( A fear of the enemy's determ ination "to destroy national life down to the roots suffocates all Other arguments and brings about .' .,a courage pf despcr linn.", he said. ; , . . .'. . : IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1944 Russia Rebuilds In :,t..v.jt.-. Althouah Dnttv busy with th til i .i.tfcS.I jf 'V, f-'-inar'-'l'. rit .-'- i r---- al -: rebuilding destroyed Industrial installations. Photo' abora shows soviet workers at Yenakievo reconstructing huge 'plant demol ished by Germans before they ilea from rea army. j. The navy has approved "a $148, 000 grant for the paving and im provement of access and second ary roads' leading up, to' and within the Marino Barracks, it was learned today in telegrams from Senator Guy Cordon and Representative Lowell , Stock man. ' r , ' ' ' Roads, included are the Old Fort road from the city limits to the Barracks and all the roads running within the marine re habilitation and training area. The pioneer Old Fort road at the time the Marine Barracks was started here was widened, straightened, re-located in spots and surfaced with cinders. The new appropriation -will provide a permanent pavement .on the road. . Meanwhile, work is progress ing rapidly on construction of-a navy air station acesse road along Altamont drive, on which C. A. Dunn Is contractor. . . Ship Repairmen Faint at Brooklyn NEW YORK, June 2 (IP) A gang of 28 men repairing a United Nations freighter at a Brooklyn pier, were overcome today in the unventiiated . hold as 108 persons crammed hos pitals after being stricken' by chlorine gas fumes whlcn af fected an estimated 1000 per sons yesterday. The accidents were not related. i Three men fainted and the rest of the repair crew became ill and dizzy as the oxygen sup ply in- the ship's hold was de pleted. "Those who' feel this," the pope continued, "advance as in a hypnotic sleep amid unspeak able sacrifices and compel all others to an extenuating and bloody struggle, the social, economic and spiritual conse quences of which threaten to become tho scourge of future times.". Ho said that Rome was re ceiving "more considerate treat ment from air raiders. "We -cherish the hope," the pope continued, "that this more just and moderate tendency will prevail .. . .'and that the city will in all cases ' and at what ever cost be preserved from be coming a theater of war." Ho warned, however, that "we do not hesitate to repeat once more with equal impartial ity r and dutiful firmness that whoever' would dare: lift a hand against Rome would be guilty of matricide before the present world and in fnpnt of the eter nal Judgment of God." . 1 iui mi Wake of Nazis war. Husslans'lOM no time in Jack Patike, Bly, Held'frisoner in, German Hand? V TSgt. Jack Palzko, -2d, 'with the AAF-in Italy, is reoorted a prisoner ' of war -in "the hands of Germany. ac-OT'r-frs2 cording to word received May 30 by the young flyer's wife; the former Marie Coke : ,of , Bly. Patzke iyas re ported missing Ms a c 1 1 o n- on AdHI 30. Jack Is the son of Mr.- and Mrs. Frank Patzke- of Bly. He was born February 8, 1S24. in Cass Lake. Minn., and was - graduat ed from Klamath Union high school in 1942. He also attend' ed the Bly schools. Prior to en tering ' the service.'. Jack- was pmnlnved at Garcelon's. After entering -the service November 23, 1942, Jack was graduated from gunnery school at Harlingen, Tex., and 'later from radio school at Scott Field 111. Jack has been overseas for the past- seven months. 'His plane,, "The. Jerry Killer," had been on numerous missions nrior to April 30. Jack is the first Bly youth reported prison er of war. Rains Continue, Bring Farm Smiles ; Continued rain Friday damp onori i-itv shonners' clothes and spirits but was - received grate fully oy ruamavn . counvy urur era and ranchers. . The . rain is facilitating the erowine of local crops and is especially essential to the range lanas wnicn are not urigai.vii. . ; A light fall Monday brought .02 inches of precipitation into the basin area and a trace was recorded Tuesday. On wednes. rtav there was a eoodlv down pour which netted .19 of an inch and up to 11:30 a. m. Friday the past 24 hours showed a fall of .28 of an inch. The U. S. weatherman figured that more than one-half of an inch would be recorded before the day was over for the four-day period. Elk Hills Deal Gets House OK WASHINGTON, June 2 (If) A unanimous house voice vote sent to the senate -today legisla tion authorizing the navy de partment -to- enter into, a- new contract with the Standard Oil Company of . California for use of petroleum in the Elk Hills reserve of California. , " The vote came after Chair man Vinson (D-Ga.) of the na val committee assured the house that full control of the vast re serves would be retained by th gavernment, ' with with drawals subject to approval by the navy and (iongress., , NEA FEATURES AERIAL SWEEP FAILS TD STIR T Pas-de-Calais Bashed; Armada Hits Rails in Hungary Bv GLADWIN HILL LONDON. June 2 (P Up to 1500 U. S. heavy bombers and fiehters struck the heaviest sin gle blow yet at the French in vasion coast today and anomer ereat armada of 9UU-73U lour- engined planes from Italy bomb ed five railway yaras in nun gary and Transylvania. Mediterranean air lorce neaa quarters reported "good" results in tne assaults upon iuiskoic, Szolnok and Szeged in.. .eastern.! Hungary and upon Clul -and; Si-i merian in Transylvania,- the mountainous Romanian province which Germany ceded partially to Hungary in 1940. Aids Reds The - Mediterranean strikes were in direct tactical support of -the Russian armies massing in '.the Carpathian slopes. Ger man; troops and material ; had been funneled to the front-ver lines Mssingiihrough the.:-live langiea yaras. The Britain-based plane stfuck the Pas-de-Calais depart ment of-France and -reported no sign of German -fighter, opposi tion; '' - Before dawn, - - allied f Hcts struck over 2000. miles of air ways from. Scandinavia to France'; and from .Hungary-: to Crete. . Th 6 Pas-deCalais' . section, probably the; most intensively bombed 'area In the world, for its size, is a-scant 25 miles across the channel'from England wnere Gen. Eisenhower's invasion arm ies are massed and eager.- The department extends SO miles in to the French interior arid along 35 miles of the coast and con tains such familiar points -as Calais; the World War I debark ation port of Boulogne; the re sort Le Touquet and Cape Griz Nez, terminal for channel swims. Rail Yards Hit . r .. RAF heavy bombers concen trated on southwest French rail yards at Saumur. ISO miles from Paris, and the French coast last continued on age xwoj Reds Smash Nail Line Assaults ' LONDON, June 2 (P) Red army troops have smashed all German attempts to crack the Russian lines north of lasi.in Ro mania and have even counterat tacked in some sectors, inflicting heavy casualties on the enemy, Moscow announced today. . A- broadcast soviet communi que, telling of the fourth, succes sive day of battle' north of the Moldavian, province' city,, said BOO nazl soldiers were killed and 17 tanks were knocked out. Throwing in large forces. of tanks and infantry, the. nazis made three separate thrusts, but were stopped by soviet artillery, mortar and machine gun f ire,' the communique declared. Red tanks and infantry launched successful counterattacks on some sectors. OP A Controls Get Extension Okeh f WASHINGTON, June 2 ) The house banking committee voted unanimously today to ex tend wartime price controls for a year beyond June 30, -after de cldine that nresent food subsi dies should be continued and de feating a modified "Bankhead amendment" that would have provided special price treatment for the textile industry. Baseball Scores NATIONAL LEAGUE , .- v . . R. H. E. Cincinnati ..........0 3 1 Boston :.4 - 4 '.' 0 Heusser ' and Mueller; Tobin and Masi. ' ' ' R H ' E Plttsburah ...... ...:...4 . 7 3 New York 6 . 7 . 0 , Roe, Cuceurullo (4); Fischer, Adams (7), Polli (8) and . Davis, Lopez (8) and. Manuso. - UPOPPOSl i Jus 2. 1944 Max. (June 1) .... 63 Min. Precipitation .last 24 hours Strum yaar to date Normal 11.11 Last ytr... Foracasti Showers; ' Boot Top &-C09SKkS . -v . 'HTvA5 .Mjig,, SARDINIA S -u-WUh-allled troops-, maklna headway in their drive on Rome, German Marshal Albert Kenelrino is undoubtedly makina slans for stand. farther up the Italian map indicato the best natural positions where he can attempt to siam me uae oi aniea advance Japs Concentrate Power To Take Vital Railroad; Yanks, Gafn at Myitkyina ' By J. B. KRUEGER -Associated. Press -War. Editor The . . Japanese have concen trated 280.000 trooos to pry the Chinese loose -from .the . Hanko Canton railroad . and .to . clear the .way - for new .blows .else where, in China, a Chungking military spokesman said ..today. in manifest .. a i a rm . over Japan's widespread offensives in north-central and south China, Maj. Gen. C.'C. Tseng said the enemy nad embarked on a new strategy: "as the allies apply greater pressure against. Japan, Japan will exert greater pres sure against China." Greater, -pre s-s u r e against Japan seemed imminent in the Central Pacific, oil. the strength of a three-way ' aerial offensive which .'took- U; S; fliers to the Kuriles north of Japan, to Wake, Guam' and the' string of Csrc line islands including Ponape and'Truk. ' . . Such far-reaching raids might be the- forerunners of a new fleet-borne offensive in the Central-Pacific, -the. intent being to immobilize enemy -bases adjac ent to. the .principal' target. This strategy was followed in pre paration for the Marshalls .in vasion last January. ' 'A big battle- was brewing along, the -Hankow-Canton line Committee Okehs Halved Road Bill i WASHINGTON, June 2 () .The house" roads committee to day approved- a bill by 'Chair man Robinson- (D-Utah) to au thorize expenditure .of $1,500,. 000,000 for a vast,- post-war pro gram of . nighway- construction, The committee halved the $3.- 000,006,000 allocation, proposed in .previous Robinson bills - on which ' it conducted hearings throughout the winter. , The. new bill also changed the matching system,', dropping the old plan ot 75 per cent trom the . federal: ; government , and 25, per cent from- the states in favor 'of a sliding scale system Of 60-40 the first year of work and BO-50 thereafter.. Shuttle Bombing Program Starts MOSCOW.: June 2 (ff) American bombers with Amer ican crews escorted by .Amer- : lean and Russian fighter planes landed at United States bases in the soviet union today on the first leg of a shuttle bomb- ' ing oi eastern Europe between Britain. Italy. North Africa . and Russia, v Soviet ground' crews, work lng alongside American ground ' crews, raced to the first planes and went about the job of con ditioning them for the second laa nf their mission! droDDing more-bombs on industrial and -military targMs In eastern Eu rope on the way k back. mm ......M ......28 . 8.08 ' .17.02 Barricades boot. Stnoed areas in the abava up tne peninsula. for- possessto n of strategic Changsha in southeast ' China. The British radio broadcasts a report Japanese forces were' 12 miles from the city, which 'has been cleared of ' non-combatant civilians in preparation for -battle.- Thrice before the. Chinese have .successfully.- defended the town. - , . .'i.1. . Tseng said 210,000 - Japanese were concentrated, near -Hankow, 200 miles north of Chang sha, while- 70,000 were poised at Canton at the southern end of the railroad. Speaking of pos sible new enemy drives,- he said the Japanese -were massed- on the Indo-China-Yuhnah v. border and were constructmg a big air: base near the . frontier. . .. Such concentrations would pose a threat to, Kunming, major 'U. S. airbase on the Burma road. - ' -in the Honan provmce fight ing to- the northwest Chinese recaptured Sunghsien, 45 . miles south of Loyang.. The Japanese meantime struck west toward Tungkwan, gateway 'city to China s- .'northwest. ' A - fierce struggle was underway 35' miles east of there. - : In the. Burma road battle. Chinese and American trooos scored new gains in the drive to capture Myitkyina and Chi nese troops - occupied more vil lages in their drive west to join the Burma allied forces. '.. " American reinforcements poured into . the Biak island beachhead, gathering strength for a renewed assault to cap ture the island's three, air dromes, which are within strik ing distance of the Philippines. WLB Orders To Court WASHINGTON. June . 2 (iP) The United States court of - ap? peals for the District of Colum bia ruled today that orders ot- the war labor board are not re viewable) by the , courts. ;.- The ruling was on an appeal brought by the employers group of Motor Freight Carriers, Inc., an association of carriers' and individuals who represent about 300 trucking companies engaged in transporting freight in New England. : . .. . : Three appeals court . judges who heard the - case, Miller, Edgerton ' and Arnold;, held un animously that,- "it is clear and undisputed ' that no statute , au thorizes review of the war labor board's order," ' "History of the war labor disputes-act," the opinion - said, "imnlles a -. nositive - intention that these orders should not. be reviewed. Aside from that Im portant and probably conclu sive fact, the question .is. wheth er general equitable principles authorized 4 review. 'We -..think they do not.- ' "Appellants (the employers group) say in effect . . that If feBRE'Ne'R PASS'Sai '" VALMQNTONE AND VELLETR! ! GO TO ALLIES Fifth Army Straddles Via Casilina Cut i . ting Off Enemy ; By SID' FEDER " '' ' ' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS! NAPLES, June 2 (Ph The Ger mans' wall before Rome began to crumble today as the fifth army captured both Velletrl and Valmontone. the two biggest fort ress cities guarding the eternal city. .. 1 .. The fifth army was firmly astride the Via CasiUna after cut ting .it near Valmontone, threat ening to cut off whatever troops the Germans had been unable to withdraw of the nine divisions battling on the lower front. ' - ,.. '. Wide Arc -.- ? Fifth army vanguards were) spreading out in a wide arc, from . the- northern- Alban. foothills to an area between highway 6 and, highway 5 (the Via TibiirtiriaV The Pepinl mountains south of highway 6 were almost complete ly cleared of the enemy, the AP' Daniel De Luce reported from the front. .Total, prisoners taken, sine the allied offensive started May 12 were approaching 20,000. .; Velletri is an Appian wajt junction 18 miles from Romev American troops are fanning out beyond it into, the Alban hills, fighting within sight of Rome's prized buildings. . -. Rear Guard Action " Valmontone, bitterly defendecT by- the - crack Hermann Goering armored-division, is on the- Via? Casilina 20 miles southeast of Rome. The Germans were fight ing a rear guard action nor thr and west of the breakthrough ohf to tne via uasa-na by u. B. tanks and infantry forces. - " xne -eighth army- smashlne uii the Via Casilina pounded into. FerentinoV only 18 miles souths ease, oi Valmontone, and; aleo struck' on the east side of th highway, winning ' Veroii, '- t vj miles northeast of Frosinone. . .- Beginning of End :V-''" All these advances foresha ' owed- the -beginning of the end of the battle for -Tlome-the city toi ward which the allies have been pushing, with blood- and sweat; since the landings at Salerno last September.- : c. . .... . .-.v -ii Fall of Valmontone and Feren. tino-left a gap. of no more than la miles Between the eastern and western sectors of -the allied fronts.i' With the "French driving ! ;i.onunuea on-f age iwoj --u Big Pacific Area . HitbyUS.Bombi : V. S. PACIF IC FLEET HEADQUARTERS, Pearl Har bor,-June 2 (P) A giant Pacifii triangular area was dotted by. bomb craters today across 1000 ; miles of the Carolines; north to Guam, then -beyond Japan in the frigid Kuriles and back to -Wake as the conse quence of coordinated blows by American : bombers, from; three; J war theaters. i In' operations 'unprecedented for their swift extent, bombers from- the southwest and Central Pacific combed , the Carolines; Central Pacific' planes flew the 1200 miles to Guam; other Cen tral Pacific bombers pounded W a k e ; and Aleutian-based planes struck the Kuriles. All planes returned . safely- -from these - hazardous operations. ? These blows . .were massed from Sunday through. Tuesday and were announced today and yesterday, by Gen. . Douglas Mad Arthur . and Adm. Chester - W, Nimitz.- - :- - -.-' i .- ' ' " Not Subject Review, Ruling they do not comply with the or der the board may notify' the president of their noncompli ance ; and the president may take possession of . their; plants and facilities. . - ' "We- have no occasion to de cide whether in our opinion tliis is true. ' In some instances concerns which have failed to comply with .board orders have ultimately been 'taken over by presidential orders. In other in stances concerns which hav not -been the subject of - an boatd order have been taken ovei1 by' presidential orders. -"If . it- be true,' . as . appellants suggest, that the president may ultimately take possession of their plants and facilities, that possibly is irrelevent not- only because it is speculative but al so .because it is independent of .the board's order. ,,. ' "Neither the broad 1 constltu tional p o we r' nor the broad statutory- power of -the presi dent to take -and use iproperty in furtherance , of the wer el fort depends upon any : action of the -war labor board.. Any action of the boatd would be (Continued on Pg Two)