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;: News
By FRANK JENKINS
ANOTHER bomUhrll bursts:
Turkey ilia 4 new com
mercial agreement with Ger
many providing for exchange o(
certain product to the extent o(
21.000.0UO Turkish poundi. It
ia announced ai the remit o(
"month of negotiation between
the Turkish government and
Franz von Papon, German am
t bassador to Turkey. '
' " Presumably Russia had a
finger In the pie.
W7HAT doe It mean?
This wrltor doesn't know
nd doubta If anyone outside the
inner diplomatic circle know
But It prove again (n history
ha o amply proved before) that
when war ahako Europe to It
foundation It EVERY MAN
TOR HIMSELF.
.
THE Jap-controlled "Chinese
central government" at Nan'
king demandi withdrawal of all
troop, warahlpa and other
armed force of European bel
liferent In China. Tno demand
Cite that tho Brltisii, the French
and tha Italian all have armed
forces in China, which may "re
sult In aimed conflict developing
to erlou proporuoni." -
' ' It li alto good excune to
f kick everybody1 elst out of
China, which 1 -tha real reason
for tha demand,
MORAL: f
' If you want U HE SOME
BODY among tho nation, make
'Ourelf o big and (trong that
all tha other nation will fear
you with a great fear.
Never mind about being ad'
mired or respected that doesn't
count In International relation.
f .
THE atock' market, when the
allied cause first began to
Jook definitely bad, went to
pieces. Now, with tho now
tnuch worse, It stages recoveries.
; The reason If ar.y.
J, Recovery from the first and
worst hysteria and hope that the
American preparedness program
Will result In bolter business and
more profit.
.
THIS writer hope greatly that
American business won't eek
,- to make BIO profit. Abnormal
. profits, a wo learned to our
cost in the last war, merely start
' vicious upward cycle that ends
Jn Inflation.
J The lower the price (allowing
reasonable profit) the more can
be had for the money available.
JWORE OF EVERYTHING Is
What we are going to need.
v ,U. S. Launcher
-Second Warship,
'North Carolina'
. .. NEW YORK, June 13 W)
treat grey-painted man-of-war,
.christened tha USS North Caro-
llnar by a daughter of that
southern stato and heralded as
an Important unit In national
. defense, slipped down the ways
of Brooklyn navy yard today.
. Miss Isabel Yourfe Hoey,
daughter of North Carolina's
'governor, smashed a bottle of
.champagne against the bow of
the $70,000,000, 35.000-ton bat
tleship. Seconds later the ves
lei, a sister ship of' the USS
.Washington which wjis launched
.at Philadelphia, Jurio 1, struck
the water.
, The ship, said Gqv. Cloyde R.
Hoey, "commands our respect
.and It will help u to command
.tho respect of tho world. It
speaks a longungo that even a
.dictator can understand. It
represents another effort of our
great nation to provide an ade
quate defense." ,
25 YEARS
AGO TODAY
By Tha Associated Pre
,, June 13, 1018 Austrtans
'blow up forts as Italians occupy
) Mori and Rovcrto, strategic
.points. ,'
ASSOCIATED PRESS
nnnrnnnnnarivvrLrLAAnjmrin.r
PRICE
Air Raids Continue
BRITAIN SENDS
BOMBERS DVEH
THHEEFRDNTS
Unrelenting Attacks on
Norway, France, Af
rica Carried Out
By The Associated Pre
LONDON, June 13 For the
third day of unrelenting air at
tacks, British filer dived
through anti-aircraft fire today
and came back to their bases
with account of (mashed en
emy hangar, ship set afire and
troop and supply center blasted
In Norway, France and Africa.
Not a tingla raiding plane
was reported lost but at home
one ship plunged In flames, ap
parently after hitting a balloon
cable, and another drew the
fire of Its own land batteries
for a few minutes until It could
bo Identified.
, In Norway: t
Bombers who groped, through
mist and fog ' bombed Carman
shipping in Bergen harbor by
the duTri-ed glare of the fires
they started along tha water
front. A fort, an anti-aircraft
battery and ships In the har
bor were reported hit. A Ger
man airdrome at Verne also
was bombed, wrecking runways
and hangars. German ground
crew who rushed from their
quarter were machine gunned
by the diving planes.
In the North sea:
Plane "blind bombing'
through fog attacked two Ger
man destroyers, but could not
see whether they were hit.
In France:
British navy fliers claimed
their bomb blew up a German
motor speedboat and damnged
other ships and ammunition
barges In the German-held port
of Boulogne.
Operating from bases In
Egypt, the west coast province
of Kenya and perhaps other
field. British bombers contin
ued raids on Italian ships, air
dromes, and land supply and
troop centers In Libya on the
Mediterranean, Italian-conquered
Abyssinia, and Eritrea along
tho Red sea. Blenheim bomb
ers were credited with direct
hits on airdromes, forts and
munitions dumps In Eritrea, and
at Diredawa, Abyssinia. Mac-
asca, near Assab, across the
lower end of the Red sea from
tho British protectorate of Aden,
and objectives at the towns of
Asmara and Gura were attack
ed. Porta and Libya also were
bombed a second time. Mean
while fliers from Eqypt and
(Continued on Page Six)
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(10 Innings) R. H. E.
Detroit .: 2 13 2
Cleveland 3 10 1
Rowe, Trout (8). and Tebbetts:
Smith and Hemsley,
Egypt Puts AH
War liases in
British Hands
ALEXANDRIA. Eavot. June
13 iff) Egypt placed all her
communication systems, air and
naval bases and ports at tSa dis
posal of Great Britain today and
pledged her ally the "greatest
possible assistance" in the war
against Italy.
Premier Aly Maher. Pasha de
clared the nation would fulfill
all her obligations under the
Anglo-Egyptian treaty of friend
ship, ' but intended to , refrain
from any offensive action against
itaiy although diplomatic rela
tions had been severed. '
Since the 'alliance Is purely
defensive, he continued, - the
country does not intend to send
an expeditionary force with the
British if Libya or other Italian
colonies were Invaded, but means
to protect herself from attack.
FIVE CENTS
Lome Meet?
h V' .ft", y I ' '''''
.. .... jrr-ii"(.(-i.-?iMJi ( i-r-aJWsSTSI
. Samuel " F. Pryor, . above,
ehatnnan,' of the OOP conten
tion, commute on arrange
mena,' "Started preparation for
the 1840 convention at pnua
delphla Thursday with the
warning! "If w don't produc
a leader to lead us out of this
trouble (the new deal), this
form of government i gone. It
might be our last convention."
Special Bill to Remove
'CIO Leader Sent to
Senate for Action
WASHINGTON, June 13 (IP)
The house passed and sent to the
senate today a bill to deport
Horry Bridges, the CIO maritime
leader on the west coast. '
-The measure would require
the attorney general to take
Bridges into custody and deport
him. It also carried a declara
tion that congress deems his
presence in this country "hu't
ful." '
Pa.ua go came after Rep. Mar-
cantonlo (AL-N.Y.) read a letter
from Bridges in which the labor
leader denied charges of labor
dictatorship and or irregular
ities in his citizenship applica
tlon papers and said "I apprecl
ate and support" American con
stltution, civil liberties and
American democracy.
When it began debate on the
Bridges bill earlier in the day
the house was told that the Aus
tralian born labor leader was
a "troublemaker" who had no
business In this country, ,
Rep. Colmer (D-Miss.), who
thus labeled Bridges, called the
bill unusual legislation designed
to meet an unusual situation.
Rep. Marcantonio (AL-N.Y.)
(Continued on Page Six)
Senate Unanimous
In Passing War
lte)lef .Measure
WASHINGTON, June . 13 (ff)
The senate unanimously voted
today a $50,000,000 war relief
fund requested by " President
Roosevelt.
Senator Adams (D-Colo.) suc
ceeded in attaching the proposal
to the relief bill tlready passed
by the hpusa after a brief ex
planation. ..'...
This automatically increased
the total of the bill to $1,123,-
000,000.
Under terms of the Adams
provision the wnr relief funds
must be spent in the United
States to buy agricultural, medi
cal and other supplies for refu
gees of war torn Europe.
HOUSE VOTES TO
DEPORT BRIDGES
IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND
KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, JUNE
ITALY BOMBS
F
Norway, Belgium, Holland
Call Envoys Home;$
Rome Mines Sea
By The AssociaUd Pre
ROME, June 13 UP) Nor
wegian, Belgian ' and Nether
lands diplomats prepared today
to leave Rome (possibly the tig'
nal of a breach of relations with
Italy) as the soviet Russian am
bassador returned to his post,
an Indication of Improvement
in relations between Italy and
Russia.
Italian government circles re
frained from saying whether
the departure of the Dutch and
Norwegian ministers and their
staffs and the Belgian ambassa
dor and his aides would be the
equivalent of a severance of
diplomatic relations with Italy,
now a war partner of Germany.
Tha ' Italian .air 'force - last
night. bomberX"the-Fxencu Med
iterranean naval bases of Tou
lon and Blzerta, tha high com
mand announced, in Its. second
communique of the war. .
'Huge fires were started and
damage was caused to buff
ings, at Bizerta, on -the Med
iterranean south coast in French
Tunisia, the communique said,
and nine grounded planes were
"put out of action."
Ships Sunk
Toulon Is in France proper
east of Marseille. All Italian
planes were ' said to have re
turned safely.
An Italian submarine in the
Mediterranean "torpedoed a
cruiser and a 10,000-ton tanker,
tho communique said. ' The ves-
(Continucd on Page Six)
LATE NEWS
FLASHES
TOURS, France. June 13 (IP)
Premier Raynaud in a radio
speech late tonight said he had
sent a last appeal loi help to
day to President Roosevelt.
He added that it was a "new
and final" appeal.
"The soul of Franc la not
beaten." he said. "This life of
France, however, is at stake."
LONDON, June 13 (ff) A
Reuters (British News agency)
distpatch from Aden said that
an enemy bomber presumably
Italian was shot down when
that British possession at the
southern end of the Red sea was
raided early today. Five Arabs
were reported killed and six
wounded in a series of three
raids last night and this morning.
BERLIN, June 14 (Friday)
(?) The high command, in a
special communique, said
early today that the- German
navy has destroyed 43 ships
of the combined British.
French and Norwegian war
fleets during the Scandinavian
campaign. ,
JERUSALEM, Juno 13 OF)
Fitawari Bcrou, newl appointed
commander-in-chief of Haile Se
lassie's imperial forces in Eth
iopia, is leaving Jerusalem by
air today - to take the field
against Italy in Ethiopia.. Berou,
former minister of war under
the Negus, declared in an inter
view that "Now is our golden
chance," , ' ..
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE,
Canary Islands,-June 13 (ff)
The crew of the Italian steamer
Malta was reported today . to
have driven their ship aground
at Las Galletas beach in the Can
ary islands ' yestm-day . aftor : a
French warship in hot pursuit
had fired several shells at her.
TI
NAVY
M
A
No
The French government Thursday informed Berlin that no attempt will be made to defend .the
city of Paris and that troop will not fight inside the town. This means that the Germans will
be spared tha "necessity" of bombing the city as they bombed
hire above was taken as French bombers staged a demonstration ever tha city.
T
Efforts Pushed to; Send
More British Troops
to Aid Weygarid . "
LONDON, , June 13 CD-
Trapped by masses of German
troops, about 6000 British and
French soldiers were captured
at St. Valery - En - Caux on
France's English channel coast,
it was disclosed today.' as Brit
ain rushed thousands of troops,
guns and tanks across the chan
nel, to support the French de
fenders of Paris.
"Fresh reinforcements are in
line and fighting under French
orders," military informants
said.
The capture of allied troops at
St Valery occurred as they were
running short of ammunition
and reduced ' to pinched food
rations. .
xHigh cliffs and heavy fog pre
vented the escape Dy sc-a of more
than "a comparatively small
number" of the surrounded al
lies, but two British brigades
escaped with French units and
fell back to aid in the defense of
Le Havre, Franco's vital port
CI communication with England.
Children Leave
(The German high command
reported yesterday that 20,000
prisoners had been captured at
St. Valery, including six gener
(Continued on Pago Six)
Grants Pass Man
Beats Lewis for
Grange Office
SALEM, June 13 (IP) The
Oregon grange's t7th annual
convention confirmed yesterday
the reelection of Kay W. Gill as
master for another two-year
term.
W. A. Johnson of Grants Pass
defeated L. Alva Lewis of Klam
ath Falls in the, run-off election
for executive committeeman.
Other election results:
Allen P. Wheeier, Eugene,
over Marion Kerchem, Oregon
City, . for assistant steward;
Blanche Pickering, Warrenton,
over Winnie Cade, Albany, for
chaplain; Mabel Hughes, Grants
Pass, over Eleanor Rich, Yam
hill, Pomona; Bertha Hanscom,
Pendleton, over Mrs. T. B. Bu
senbark, Roseburg, Flora; Lucy
Woodward, Adams, over Elsie
Tate, Sublimity, route 1, lady
assistant steward.
A resolution was adopted fa
voring an increase in the 'gross
weight and length limits of Ore
gon trucks to conform with
limits of neighboring slates. The
convention also approved free
ferries and bridges across the
Columbia river where traffic
justifies.
13, 1940
fi)
Bombs for Gay Paris
Fire in North ,
Spreads Oyer
linn A;
Firefighters . summoned, from
nearby: logging operations
brought a small forest fire near
Chemult under control Wednes
day night but a second fire at
the north end of the' Klamath
country wasreported still burn
ing Thursday over an area of
2100 acres.
The Klamath Forest Protec
tive association announced that
a crew of 65 men, recruited
from Doug Puckett's logging
operations and 7 the KFPA,
brought the Chemult fire under
control at 9:30 p. m. Wednesday.
The blaze, located at Beaver
Marsh four miles south of Che
mult, covered about 300 acres.
burning largely in jackpine. The
fire was at first reported as two
separate blazes, but KFPA offi
cials said one was a spot fire
starting from the original blaze,
wmcn originated irom an un
known source between the high
way and the railroad. The fire
started early Wednesday after
noon.
The large fire, still reported
burning late Thursday, was lo
cated near Wickiup reservoir, in
the extreme northwest corner of
Lake county, between LaPine
and Fort Rock. .
According to an Associated
Press dispatch from Bend, cool
er weather and absence of wind
aided a crew of 500 men Thurs
day in combatting the fire.
which spread from brush burn
ing operations and was whipped
into timber by Wednesday's
winds.
A forester who Inspected the
Upper Deschutes river country
from an airplane, said the blaze
appeared quiet on the most se
vere front, although some timber
was burning in the rear of fire
lanes.
Bend was shrouded in smoke.
The fires were encouraged
from two days of above normal
heat, and temperatures ' were
only slightly lower In the Klam
ath basin Thursday.
NLRB Man Here in
Lamm Labor Case'
Kenneth McClasKeyr a repre
sentative of the national labor
relations board, arrived in Klam
ath Falls Thursday to study the
Lamm Lumber company dispute.
McCIaskey, it Is understood, con
ferred with representatives ' of
the company and the striking
employes of the logging camp.
He was reported at Yamsey, log
ging camp location 70 miles
north of here, Thursday after
noon V . .
Still scheduled was a meeting
between the company officials
and the International Wood
workers of America, represent
ing the employes, at the offices
of John Eblnger,.company attor
ney, on Thursday evening.
UNITED PRESS
Number 9001
' 1 1 .-"
and destroyed Warsaw. The" pic-
TURKEY, GERMM .:
JGPEEp
.'V"fv
Countries" - Agree - to , Ex-
: change Products; Pact
" "Blow to Allies "''
ANKARA, June 13 CD The
Turkish government today
signed, a new commercial agree
ment with .Germany. ;
The accord came as a bomb
shell, especially since Turkish
leaders had:- insisted Turkey
would fulfill her mutual aid
pacts with Britain and France
and the controlled press, had'
severely attacked Italy. , .
Diplomats flocked to the for
eign ministry in an attempt to
learn the significance - of the
move.-
The accord, it was announced.
provides - for the exchange of
certain products to the extent
of 21,000,000 Turkish pounds.
It was the -result of months
of negotiations between the gov
ernment and Franz von Papen,
German ambassador. to Turkey.
(The deal involves about $14,
280,000. The Turkish pound
was quoted at 68c in New York
today). . "1
Trade between Germany and
Turkey has been. at a standstill
for months because of credit
and other difficulties.
Informed circles said the
agreement was of no political
(Continued on Page Six)
Tokyo Protests As
British Reported
Landing in Indies
TOKYO, June 13 (JPh-The
Japanese foreign office said to
day it regarded wilh ' extreme
gravity" a published report al
leging that 2000 British troops
had landed in the Dutch East
Indies after. the Islands requested
protection.'
While both the Dutch legation
and the British embassy here
denied the' report, the foreign
office awaited direct word from
its own consular representatives.
(In London a war .office
spokesman said he neither could
confirm nor deny tne report.
British sources said they con-'
sidered such action unlikely.)
The report was published by
the large Tokyo newspaper
Nichi Nichl in a dispatch from,
Surabaya, Java, which said a
British officer had disclosed ac
cidentally that he was a member
of a force sent from Singapore
to east Java. J
The - status of the Dutch East
Indies, rich in rubber, coffee
and tin and strategically located
between the Indian and Pacific
oceans, has been matter of
special Concern, to . Japan ever
since Germany occupied The
Netherlands. ,
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CITY DP PARIS
French in Need of Rest
,'. as Word Comes .to ,
-" .""Fight to End".-
By The Associated Press ,
. Driving In from their strong
west, flank , to encircle Paris
from, that quarter, great masses
of German troops stormed
through three bridgeheads on
the Seine river Thursday night.
They were headed, apparently
toward the Loire valley of cen
tral France and toward the area
where the French government
has taken refuge. -
. ' .'Need Best
The French defenders," fight
ing without rest against forces
constantly, relieved by ' fresh
troops, were. In dire need, in
every fighting sector.
Also to the north and east of
Paris, as weU as on- other, ac
tive sectors, the .. battle for
Franco raged more violently :
than- before and -the dogged
French were falling back.
v..-..To Bitter End - 11
.. But in the face of great re
verses', and their .their beloved,
beautiful capital on the Seina
menacedJh$. defenders got .tha ,
word-Irom their government
that French resistance would be
carried out to' the bitter end. '
The "decision was made " by
the French council of ministers.
which,' having fled Paris, met at
the '.temporary' French, errpital.
Tours, ' together 'with ' British
Prime Minister Winston Church-?
ill and. Foreign Secretary Lord
Halifax. .' .' , ' . , .' " '
, ; British Aetlva' ;': ; '.
Britain strained every.' sinew
to send all possible help to her
hard pressed ally. ' -"
The British ministry of infor
mation said the army was send
ing "all available troops and
materials", to - be thrown into
the fight against the nazi army
of nearly 2,000,000 men,' storm
ing ever closer to Paris and
pressing ever onward through
the Weygand line. ." ' ' '
Supported by American-made
bombers, Gen. Maxine Wey
gand's French pollus hurled the '
Germans back five miles north
of Paris today, a French mili
tary" spokesman said, and tha
allied line was reported nolo
ing elsewhere under the on
slaught of 120 nazi divisions.
DNBP the official' German
news agency; meanwhile carried
a brief dispatch under a Paris
dateline saying It was officially,
announced that Paris would not
. j (Continued on Page Six) . '
Cooler Weather in'
Prospect for City;"
Pendleton not
5. The US weatherman, scanning
blue skies Thursday, forecast
cooler temperatures with no im
mediate prospect of rain In thta
section for Friday and Saturday. ...
Dense clouds, pouring in from
the Pacific early Thursday, end
ed the heat wave in Oregon for
many sections of the state,
: Klamath Falls' maximum of
83 degrees Wednesday, was re
duced somewhat Thursday when
unofficial y thermometers regist
ered between 80 and 80. The
government - reading - was not
learned;- - : r - "
Hottest ; p 1 a c e ' In . Oregon
Thursday was Pendleton with a
temperature of 89; Baker, 87:
Bend, 64; Burns, 85; Brookings,
61: Eugene, 78; Hood River, 83;
Lakeview, 86;. Medford, 81;
Newport, 64; Portland, 83; Rose
burg, 83; Siskiyou Summit, 83,
News Index .
City Brief . ..,......Pages 8, T
Comics and Story Page 8
Courthouse Records -....Page 4
Editorials , ....Page 4
Job-Hunting ... ,.....:Paga 16
Market, Financial ;......Paga 14
Midland Empire News Page. 11
Passing Through Page 0
Pattern Page 10
Railroad News Paga 7
Snorts .....Pages 13, 13
Weather -.. .-Page 9
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