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"'KCIV. FOTTRTTTFrN MEPFORP MAIL TRTBUNE. MTOFORP. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 1941. BRITISH VARSHIPS KEPT GUNS HOT BY AT Battle In Waters Around Crete Writes New Chapter In Naval History, Is Word Br terry Allen. Alexandria, Egypt, May 28 WO British warships In the wat er! around Crete wrote a new chapter of courage under one of the heaviest air attacks In his tory, naval sources here said to day, when, amid Incessant battle against hundreds of Nazi dive bombers, they prevented the landing by sea of a single Ger man soldier on that island. Constantly attacked by Nazi fliers, dropping 1,000 -pound bombs as the ships of the royal navy broke up axis convoys at tempting to reinforce air-borne divisions already on the island, the guns of the British warships turned red-hot firing thousands of shells into the swarms of sky raiders. Continuous Fire. Officers said British battle ships, cruisers and destroyers, smashing one convoy and scatter ing a large expeditionary force of 30 vessels, flung six-inch and four-inch anti-aircraft shells at swooping dive-bombers continu ously from dawn to dusk on May 22. r-a A AU0F. CANADA TOM COLLINS DELICIOUS ! ,- Z It was a day, they said, which will go down In history as mark ing one of the biggest aerial as saults ever made upon warships. Scores of German dive-bombers were shot down by the ships' anti-aircraft batteries, the Brit ish said, while the other guns of the fleet were sinking one Italian destroyer and two trans ports; and blasting swarms of caiques (fishing boats) carrying between 9,000 and 8,000 Nazis practically all of whom drowned. Convoy Broken Up. One squadron of cruisers and destroyers, they said, broke up an axis convoy of at least 30 vessels with gunfire, forcing its remnants to flee northward to ward Greece. Returning to this Egyptian base aboard a battleship before the big air-blitz around Crete began, I learned later from offi cers of other naval units how the British seamen even after their fighter aircraft protection had been withdrawn from Crete gave the Nazis some of the hottest barrages yet seen in this war. For five days after leaving their base most units of the fleet were constantly at action sta tions, with Nazi bombers swoop ing overhead in great masses. England's gaaollne ration now per mits the ordinary driver to travel approximately aoo miles a month. It hu been estimated that about 06,000 square miles of Alaskan ter ritory could be developed for farming. More than 160,000 men have ap plied for admittance to the Aus tralian air force In the last year, that country'a air department an nounces. The Mississippi river and Us tribu taries drain 19 states, or about two- Ilfths the area of the United States. OR DRY M MIXER I0MCMUNI "MM- m - .-I 30 rJWTTStZE 15 (11. law . a m ill FREE POLICE KILL BUM ATTEMPTING TO ROB EOF El Los Angeles, May 28 VP) Detectives killed a butler today after, they reported, he bound a wnoiesaie mercnam ana a maid, threatened the merchant's son with a gun and sole $200. Detective Lleuts. Wallace Greetran and William Molle trapped Ben Smith, 28, In the William Klatscher home and shot him after, they said, he threatened to kill them. They ioia this story: Smith, emnloved at Kt. scher's palatial home in the Wil shire district, entered the house shortly after midnight, bound the maid, Smiles Love. 48, and forced William Klatscher, Jr. 16, to bind his father. While he KeareheA Inr mnnjv Jeanette Klatscher, 22, freed her xainer. Klatscher, Sr., went to a neighbor's and called police. As they arrived, Smith sought refuge in a closet, using the boy as a shield, and cried "I'll kill anybody that comes through that door." William, Jr., shoved Smith and grabbed his gun. The de tectives killed Smith. CRETAN CHUTISTS Berlin, May 28. (IP) Max Schmeling, former world heavy weight boxing champion, was among the parachutists landed in Crete, well-informed sources reported today. Schmeling was accepted as a volunteer in the nazl parachute forces during the summer of 1940 although he was overage, at 33, and considerably over weight for that particular branch of the service. Last October he sufferer) a leg fracture in a practice Jump. liter ne had recovered, news reel pictures of him going through various training move ments and finally making a headlong dive from a niano were widely displayed in Ger man theaters. a. WHY not let an eitra boot out of ths big werk-end ahead? see what the eenaattoiial Sew High Standard Caanline can really do for your car! You'll neer regret this convincing .-dr try out: Fill up when the tank Is low to be sure It's the New High Standard you're testing. Then. gWe It the work. Let your car fairly poke uphill In high and No I Iff. 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They wars accused of extorting $550,000 from four leading movie producers and distributors through threats to tie up the movie industry with a strike. Aztec Ruins Kattonal Monument In weetero New Mexico embraces a great E-shaperl atmcture built by atone age architects and maaona more than 800 years ago. Wat whwtt and TWO JAPS INDICTED STEEL OILS HOME San Francisco, May 28. OP) Two Japanese were indicted by the federal grand jury today on a charge that they attempted to export defense tools in viola tion of national defcw icgula tions. The two, Glzo Yueno, 34, and Shiro Higuchl, 36, were arrest ed May 10. Assistant U. S. Attor ney James T. Davis said thev had tried to export to Japan about 3,600 steel drills. Yueno operated a candy shop here; Higuchl drove truck for a Japanese warehouse company. Four months ago, Davis said, Yueno went to Japan. On his re turn he asked Higuchl to pack his furniture for shipment to Japan. At the warehouse, the attorney stated, Higuchl was told to pack steel drills in the furniture and to pack others in crates marked condensed milk. On May 16 customs agents found milk cases in Yueno's cab in on the Japanese liner Asama Maru. The cases, Davis said, were packed with steel drills, and others were found in the furniture en route to the ship. The men had been in jail since their arrest. TO VOTEQUOTAS Washington, May 28. fP) Chairman Fulmer (D. S.C.) of the house agriculture commit tee, today appealed to wheat farmers to vote for marketing quotas on their 1941 crop in a special farmer referendum Sat urday. "If Quotas are disannrnveri farmers may look for greatly de creased prices for their wheat. because the AAA wheat pro gram is holding domestic wheat above the world level," he said in a statement. Fulmer also warned govern ment loans on wheat, now fixed by law at 83 per cent of parity, would be prohibited if quotas were not approved. on your LDFE INSURANCE LOAN If you poy five or six per cent interest on life insurance loans, you can save up to 50 a year by refinancing with this bank. This means a cash saving of 30 on each '1000 borrowed. You may refinance your old loan or place a new insurance loan with the First ' National at these rates i 100O or mors ..... 3 per annum Less than M000 A per annum Unulti ot unite -ny lLnch FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF PORT LAND L IS WON BY WIDOW Salem, May 28. OP) The Mutual Life Insurance company of New York was ordered by the state supreme court today to pay double indemnity to Betty Jean Trevathan of Port land, whose husband was killed April 15, 1939, when his motor cycle collided with a truck in Portland. The husband, Clarence E. Tre vathan, had $1,000 life Insur ance policy, containing pro vision that his widow would re ceive $2,000 if he were killed accidentally. The company paid the $1,000. but refused to pay the extra $1,000. 'F Portalnd, May 28. (IP) De Luca & Son of San Francisco was lowest of six bidders today for Installation and construction of a gasoline storage and fueling system at the CAA Pendleton airport, the U. S. army engineers announced. Deluca's bid was $173,000. Bids on a sewage disposal plant at the Pendleton airport will be opened May 29. To man the fleet now being con templated. th TJ. 8. navy must train 18.000 otflcera by 1947. The United Statea haa about 128. 000 mtlea or on pipeline and the rest or the world 11.000 mtlea. Nw Tork'a 11,000 firemen fought mora than 38,000 flrea In 1940. BIL(0)S Part Dry 0011 Heaping load 12 or 16 inch MEDFORD FUEL CO. Tel. 3111 1122 N. Central aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaajaaBaaaeaaawBBl - I .F. Butte Falls, May 28. (Spl.) Formation of a Boy Scout troop here got under way. last night with a meeting of committee men who are sponsoring the troop. Scoutmaster Is Virgil Clark, and members of the com mittee are W. I. Petterson, chair man; Clay Conley, Clyde Smith, Ted Fredenburg and Gus Ed mondson. The committee-, which will meet every second Wednesday of every month, plans to finance the troop by small individual donations from residents of the community. First meeting of the troop will be held Tuesday night, June 3, El THURSDAY ONLY! Men's "Loafer" Coats Attention Men! Here's a Real Bargain in Hollywood made, all wool Loafer Coats. A light weight coat styled for summer. Plain back styles In blue, tan and green. On sale tomorrow in the Men's Section. Regular $4.95 & $5.95 and subsequent meeting! will be held every Tuesday. Cloalng time lor Too Late to elaa- T Ify Ada la 140 p. m. San tyiOHcUctA 1000 lOO Ml a 10OO BATHS sas S)tvsT) $4 rwa s)atsssami aUUUSUUNT SAN L lONeOM HOTEL ST. 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