June 18, 1940
THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE.
PAGE NINE
i ALLIED POSITION
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By DeWITT MscKENZIE
When you tea Uio epic stand
the French polluii nro making
before Paris In tho dice of terrl
fla odds, you undumtund how It
In thnt mon enn cheer whllo
comrades are dying."
Thli dovotlim 'and sacrlflco
make It posslblo a'.ll' to record
that tha allied position In no
mora irrloui than It has been
for diiyn.
Indeed, tho French high com
mand having decided to with
draw to position! south of tho
hlitorlo Marno rivet, which
flanks tho capital to the eaiit, tho
defense should bo considerably
easier.
Stronger Clna
Generalissimo V' e y u a n d ' a
strategy appurontly uvitoniplnius
1(0 utilizing tho Seine, which
forms, a flank for Paris to tho
wait, as a complementary defen
sive line, although his present
front bulges out to the north of
tho capital.
This Mame-Selne combination
would give him tho first "solid"
front tho French have hnd slnco
tha Germans crashed tho allied
line up on tho Somma and Alsno
river early In the offonslve.
Strategically It la stiongcr, for
the terrain makes It easier of
defenso.
Whether the Germans will bo
able to force their way Into tho
beleaguered city depends on
how much their stamina hns
been sapped by the fury of their
protracted offensive.
Halt Possible
They havo Uio nun und ma
terials to turn the trick but
have they the roserso strength
necessary? We shall hove to
wait and see.
If Weygand can hold not only
Parts but Ills lin's along the
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been ordeicd to llfebuata before Uio submarine commander ordered the Washington to proceed on Its course.
Marno and Scino rivers It may
be tho turning point of tho war.
If the Germans exhaust them
selves In this assault, their posi
tion will become decidedly un
comfortuble, slnco lllllor Is be
lieved to huve thrown Into this
drivo virtually every ounce of
atrength ho posscssus
Even tho capture of Paris
wouldn't mean success for tha
German fuehrer, unless in tho
procosa ha crushed the French
armies. Berlin seems to recog
nize this from a suiiement this
morning by an authorised source
who declared that li.o cupturc
of Paris Isn't tho primary object
but that "tho real purpose Is to
crush our foes' armies complete
ly." Different Probltm
Obviously If Weygand had to
give up Purls ho could retire
further south to nci positions
and continue the fight provid
ed ho maintained his army In
tact. Tho generullssimo has on his
hands a fur different strategical
problem thun had tho allies in
11)14 when they performed their
"mlraclo" by throwing back the
kaiser's forces on the Mnrnc.
This time the Gerniuns havo a
powerful right wing which Is
smashing at tha allied forces
from the coast along the Solne
river.
Not only la Weygand In dan
ger of having this loft flank
turned, but he must at all costs
maintain the solidity of hla right
wing which la anchored to the
Maginot line. Destruction of
this anchor would threaten en
velopment of the entire French
army.
Buaa Threatened
I haven't mentioned tha Ital
ian operations because, forsooth,
there hasn't been much to say
ubout them.
We shall get action In this
southern war zono tnough, and
soon enough,
Tho closure of the Suez canal
to Ituliun shipping has Immedi
ately raised difficulties for Mus
solini. Ho has depended on the
canal to reach Ethiopia and his
possessions on tho Hcd sea
One would expect heavy fight
ing to develop In this area.
From Bclgrado and Buenos
Aires come reports of student
riots against one belligerent or
another. Anything will do, It
seems, to keep the mind off
studies at final exam time.
ROTARY CLUB TO
GIVE 273 BOOKS
TO CITY LIBRARY
Residents of the city are asked
to tako noto of the many attrac
tive children's books now on dis
play in the United States Na
tional bank building as a part of
the collection donated by the
Rotary club which gave to the
city library 273 new books for
the Rotary section.
This Is an annual gift of Ro
tary to the city library, and ac
cording to Enola Hawkins, li
brarian, the books ore more at
tractive, beautifully Illustrated
and of greater interest to that
group of readers than ever be
fore. They have been placed In
the lending library and arc avail
able for the fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth and high school
grades.
So enemy planes won't use
them for landing fields, Eng
land Is digging up the fairways
on her golf courses. In America,
this sort of thing lias been go
ing on for years.
Bone has twice the strength
of oak.
Passing
Through
A column of chat about
Klamath viiitors.
By BOB LEONARD
pELLULOID collar, gold stick
pin and all, 79-year-old
David Height stopped In our
town yesterday on his annual
trek through the western states.
"Just stopped In Chlco to
see a buddy," he said, "but he's
84 now and a lectio too old to
be gettln' around."
Height is a perennial wan
derer. He calls Kansas City
hla home, but spends only a
fow months of the year there.
The rest of the time he Just
travels.
"Been In every state west of
the Mississippi many a time,"
ho asserted proudly. "Got over
Into Tennessee once, but I
didn't like the country so I
came back."
Height came west the first
time back in the '80s. After
roaming for a number of years,
he settled in Sand Point, Ida.,
in 1900, where he pursued his
profession, that of bricklaying,
for a while.
"Raised a family there," said
the old fellow, as he fingered
his gray handle-bar mustache,
"but that didn't stop me. When
I wanted to go, I took 'em
along."
The septuagenarian left Idaho
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In Kansas City, But he's been
footloose tha major part of tha
time since. Two weeks ago a
friend in Kansas City told
Height ha was going to Califor
nia and wanted company.
'Walt'U I pack my bag,"
Height told him, and Inside of
a half-hour was on his way.
The aged wanderer limps a
little now. "Was In the hospital
for two weeks a couple of years
back," he recalled. "Broke my
jaw, my nose, smashed both
hands and bashed my ankle
when I tangled with a car one
night."
Height left his friend in San
Diego and worked his way up
the coast by hitch-hiking. The
buddy to whom he referred
was an old schoolmate whom
he hadn't seen for 65 years.
'The old fellow wanted to talk
all week," Height said, but "I
couldn't stay."
- Height plans on seeing Port
land, Spokane, and the upper
Idaho country before returning
east. He has to be In St Louis
by the first of July, he said.
"Only got to be there a few
days, and there'll be a lot of
summer after that to do some
more'travelln',"
Rollle Hemsley Cleveland
catcher who took the cure last
winter, still holds forth in big
style behind the plale, proving
that there can still be punch
without the rum.
UNMANNED BOAT
MENACES FISHING
FLEET AT ASTORIA
ASTORIA, Ore., June IS (?)
A derelict fishing boat, its mo
tor running and trolling lines
out, menaced the salmon fleet
off tho Columbia bar Tuesday
after the operator apparently
fell overboard and drowned.
The boat was checkrelned af
ter another boat maneuvered
alongside and Fisherman Tapnl
Piippo leaped aboard the un
manned craft.
Fishermen said the diver went
out yesterday morning with Alex
Salmincn of Astoria aboard.
They said he probably fell while
tending lines. He la the teeond
fisherman to disappear from
boat here this season.
WEATHER
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Fair tonight and Friday but fog
on coast; little change In tern
perature; moderate northwest
wind off coast.
OREGON Fair tonight and
Frlty; slightly cooler In Inter
ior of west portion tonight; mod
erate northwest wind oft coast.
Every second, 18 ton of
ter fall on the earth's surface)
In the form of rain.
ioth Pests
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pesta Ja to sprinkle your clothe, clon
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acts af a swift sure repellent ana insect
icide odorldM best protection against
moths that yoa have tier tried.
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firnery. Seed Store and Pet Shops.
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