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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1940)
WEATHER High I0r Low B0 ' ' PRECIPITATION - - 24 houra to I a. m. . .00 5 $490.46 to Go At neon Saturday $.1509.54 had been eol lected In the Klamath county Rad Croti war relief drlva. Season to data .......17.01 Normal pxoeipltatlon ;....11.54 Laat year to data ............ 7.11 Friday's Maximum il . ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS CLEAR PRICE FIVE CENT1 KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1940 Number 9009 . PRICE FIVE CENT ;v V, y' jC;7,'In:Thc-; .News ' By FRANK JENKINS AT noon Saturdoy (when these wordi aro wrltton) lliera are reports that Franco Ins algned n armlatlco with Gormuny and must now talk to Italy, Indication! are that Germany wanU vengeance and Italy WANTS SWAG. TWHAT has happened lo the " French fleet la atlll In doubt. , "Authoritative a o u r c e a" In t Washington hear that the bulk f it haa been taken over by Britain; (An authoritative aource l an insider who doesn't want )o go out on a Hmb and be quoted by nome.) There are report from Alex andria (Egypt) that the com bined BrltUh and French fleota .lying In the harbor there have been attacked by Italian air iorce and that tho French ahlpt joined with the British in re pelling the raid. CVEN if the British have taken cover the French fleet, they will have a Job on their hands servicing it and supplying it with ammunition, as French ship yard! and factories have been largely taken over by Germany or will be. t ' (If you bought used Ford In a place whore only Chevrolet , parts ware obtainable, or vice f versa.lyou would face the same situation faced-by the British in taking over tha French fleet.) If the British have taken over the French warships, they will next have to build factories to manufacture snare parts and ammunition for them, which will ba quite task. "IN the other hand, failure to get the Fronch fleet will be a real blow to Hitler and Mus solini, who already have France under their thumb and would be able to use the French ship yards and factories to service the captured ships. . The combined Italian and French navies, along with what la left of the German navy, would come pretty close to out weighing that part of the British navy which can be spared for use In the European battle tone. When Britain is attackod, an equal or superior navy would come In very handy indeed. If the French navy la KEPT AWAY from the axis twins, even If it won't be much good M Immediate fighting, it will be left-handed triumph for the British. Keeping thla in mind, you can imagine the pressure that must have been put on the French to deliver their fleet. XJEANWHILE, note thla dis- 7 patch irom Tokyo: "Japan plani to deal herself aitrongar hand regarding British and French possessions In the southern Orient perhaps even to take direct action against them whllo the European dem ocracies are too busy to oppose her." (The lnformotlon contained in this dispatch is said to come , from a '"source closo to the Jap- i anese government.") Among individuals, we call that looting, and punish It severely, but one must always remember that national stand ards have no relation to indi vidual standards. (andhl Advises Non-Vlolence BOMBAY, June 22 (P) Mo handas K, Gandhi, writing In his weekly newspaper Harljan to day, advocated non-violence as the only way to meet "Hitler Ism," which ho called "naked, ruthless forco reduced to an exact science and worked out with sclentlflo precision." ' Tho aged notionalist leader said that Adolf Hitler was giv ing the Germans "not the pleas ure of owning an empire but tho burden of sustaining Us crushing weight." ''Hitlerlsm will never bo de viated by countor-llltlerishi," Gandhi-wrote. EARLY FIGURE GIVES COUNTY 40,368 TOTAL 24 Per Cent Growth for Ten Years Shown ; Su burban Area 9454 METROPOLITAN AREA Klamath Falls 16,389 Shasta Precinct 2,709 Enterprise Precinct .... 08 Homedale Precinct .... 1,343 Altamont Precinct 1,434 Orlndalo Precinct 472 Pelican City ; 308 Pelican Bay Precinct . 652 Mill Precinct 1.484 23,813 Preliminary official figures. Klamath county's total pre. Uminary population for 1940 Is 40,366, and the population of the metropolitan area of Klam ath Falla la 23,813. Katherlne G. Nelson, district census supervisor, made public on Saturday the official prelim' I nary figures lor tha county as a whole, and for the "fringe precincta which make up the suburban area of Klamath Falls. Sho emphasized that the figures are subject to correction prob ably -upward) before' final cen- sus figures are announced irom Washington, D. C. v . 24 Per Cent'; I . The county's population Is up slightly more than 24 per cent over the 1930 census population Of 32,407. But the area of the , county outside of Klamath Falls showed a gain of 47 per cent In the decade. In the 10-year period, great strides were made in the de velopment of Klamath Falls' suburbs. Mrs. Nelson's report shows a total populaUon of 9434 In Shasta, Enterprise, Alta mont, Homedale, Mill, Orlndale and Pelican Bay precincta strictly suburban districts, on the fringe of Klamath Falls. This, together with Klamath Falls' 16,339, makes a total of 23,813 for the so-called metro polltan area. Percentage Blips How the population has shifted to outside areas is shown In the fact that Klamath Falls now has 40.3 per cent of the total county population, where as in 1030 Klamath Falls' popu lation represented 49.8 of the total. Mrs. Nelson said she Is un- ablo yet to give figures on the population of Merrill, MaUn, Chlloquln and Bonanza, the other Incorporated cities in the county, but their population Is represented In the county total, she announced Saturday; BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE R H K Pittsburgh 7 8 0 Brooklyn 2 9 3 Sewcll and Lopez; Carleton, Pressncl (8) K!"iball (0), and Phelps. R H E. Cincinnati ...3 10 2 New York 1 8 2 Turner and Lomberdi; Lohr man, Brown (0), and Denning. R. H. E. Chicago 10 14 0 Philadelphia 2 8 2 Passcau and Todd; Blenton, Pearson (3), Brown (6), Smoll (8), and Atwood, Warren (7). 1 R. H, E. St. Louis 9 13 0 Boston 2 10 0 Cooper and Padgett, Poscdcl, Javery (0) and Borres, Andrews (8). , AMERICAN LEAGUE R. H. E. Now York 2 7 0 Detroit 3 9 0 Chandler, Hlldebrand (0) and Dickey; Bridges, Benton (9) and TebetU . . . . . . . 1 h mmm mm mm mm mm BBiMBmniaaHBi I usnsS0 wrfSJWV-'V tMAAAAMM ." ' A Large and f Wftik'l W.lu r-V ri !.--ir. y tit tvuj't 7 (i"'V-t'lf.tV -i . . ktw f.jfiu-'t', :; 4 i i This huge woodan "deed" to an undivided Interest in Diamond lake was presented to Douglas county folks Friday at the Dia mond laka calabratlon of the completion of the North Umpqua highway between Roteburg and Diamond lake. Plywood was used for the dead, which was made by Gib Fleet, left, who Is holding it with William Dlrumore, chairman of the community advertis ing committee of the chamber el wmmmmmBmmqcmmmammmmmmmmmmn Hong Kong Jitteiy When Troops Reoccupy South China Neighborhood TOKYO, June 22 (P) Japan plans to deal hcrsolf a "strong er hand" regarding British and Fronch possessions In the south ern orient perhaps even to take direct action against them while the European democ racies are too busy to oppose her, sources close to the gov ernment indicated today. These circles said Japans for eign policy had been revised, In view of the recent turn ol the war In Europe, Into a three point program designed to give her: 1. Closer relations with Ger many and Italy. 2. A stronger position in the southern orient (where principal allied holdings are the British crown colony of Hongkong and' French Indo-Chlna). 3. A negotive attitude re garding any American efforts toward rapprochement. Demands Stated In Hongkong, military author ities announced that Japanese troops had begun to occupy areas of south China adjacent to tho British colony but said (Continued on Page Eight) King Cnrol Asks Mental Itevislon To Nazi Pattern BUCHAREST, June 22 (P) King Carol called upon Ruman ians today to "revise their en tiro mental attitude" to con form to tho new nazi-pattemed totalitarian porty Into whoso hands tho government has been placed.. It's aim, the king said in a radio' address, will be to "put aside personal Interests and aspirations in the interest of tho stoto." ' "No one must any longer think about himself, but only of Rumanian nntional Interests, Carol said. "Its typical obliga tions are Imposed on all Ru manians they must work, struggle, renounce all personal interests, and sacrifice them selves to the new Ideals of the people." i i The king said he created tho party "with the conviction that I have succeeded in realizing a totalitarian union which Is so essential now, for no one knows what the future holds in. store for us." Kindly Deed rr-. Turn, kuumh. . t ' .fi, y ,;, .. . ' . commerce, j.- Umpqua Link v Ends 57-Year Road Clamor Opening ' of the North Ump qua highway from Roseburg to Diamond lake,, a project' initi ated in 1883 and supported dur ing all the Intervening 57 years by the people of Douglas county, was celebrated at Diamond lake Friday by delegations from Southern Oregon . communities and representatives from many points in Oregon. The celebration ceremonies, which followed a picnic lunch eon, were held at tho south end of the lake and were conducted by the Roseburg chamber of commerce. ' Harris Ellsworth, publisher of the Roseburg News (Continued on Hage Eight) French Forces Active on Swiss Frontier Sector CHANCY, Swiss-French Fron tier, June 22 (fP) French sour ces reported todoy the French defenders of O'Ecluse Fort, neor Bellcgrade, not only repulsed an attack on the mountain cit adel early this afternoon, but drove tho Germans out of the town of Bcllegarde, five miles away. The guns of the big fort de fending tho Rhone river gorges and the junction of the lower Jura with the . Alpine foothills below the Italian front were sil ent in midaftcrnoon for the first time since early morning. Refugees said the French re gained possession of Bcllegarde. The French dynomitcd the railroad south of Bellegarde to prevent an attack north along the Rhone. Powerful German motorized forces, backed by artillery and supported by bombers, were re ported to have captured hours earlier, and were attacking Fort O Ecluse called the "Gibraltar of the Rhone." CCC to Study Tank Repairing . WASHINGTON, Juno 22 (F) James J. McEntce, CCC director, added today a course in army tank "maintenance and repair" to the civilian conservation corps' national defense program for non-combatant training. He asked the war department to lend the corps as many tanks as it could spare from the active military service along with what ever wornout equipment it had in the repair shops. fi British ITALIANS UAID FLEET BASE AT EGYPTIAN CITY German Bombers Fly Over Britain Again; Three Killed in Attack BERLIN, June 22 (P) This nazl capital, exulting in the German triumph over France and waiting for her uncondi tional acceptance of Adolf Hit ler's armistice terms, underwent its first real air raid of the war early today- Astonished Inhabitants scurried into air - shelters as planes dumped bombs - on suburban Babelsberg, the "German Holly wood" between Hitler s metrop olis and the former imperial residence at Potsdam.-. h 1 Other Raids . r '-' There is a great military air port not far away, and the big UFA movie studios at Babels berg resemble airplane hangars, What the bombs actually hit, however, htccordlng. ,.tq .official reports,, were Babelsberg -garc age and telephone system: Seven persons were- injured. Enemy -Taids elsewhere in Ger many killed seventeen and in jured 18 during the" past three days. ' ' C ' Cologne, in the Rhineland, and Essen, home of the German arms industry, bore the brunt of these raids in western and northern Germany. Six were killed and 14 wounded in mid-town Col ogne, two killed and two wound ed in the suburbs; at Essen nine were killed and a raid on Brem en injured two. While admitting that British planes reached the outskirts of Berlin, the German high com mand claimed extensive damage by German bombers in England during the three day period. DNB, the official news agency, said " great fires" were caused by hits on storage tanks along the Thames and Humber yester day. LONDON, June .22 (IP) Waves of German warplanes swooped over England early to day for the third time in four days, scattered bombs along the east coast and killed three civil ians before they were driven out to sea. Three persons were wounded, the government reported. Fierce anti-aircraft fire and quick action of British fighter planes appeared to have scat tered the raiders and prevented them from concentrating on any objective. Numerous fires red dened the sky, but the air min (Contirrued on Paae Eight) Pelican Ray Feeling Effects of Lamm Strike Effects of the drawn-out Lamm Lumber company logging camp strike at Yamsey were felt Fri day at the Pelican Bay plant, where arrangements were being made to open new logging oper ations next week at the Sycan timber unit north of Beatty. A one-day shutdown of the Pelican Bay sawmill was called Monday, and a change-over to the new logging operations is ex pected early next week. The brief shutdown will come as a result of a log shortage created by the Lamm camp strike, which blocks Pelican Bay log ship ments over the Lamm railroad. ' Under the new operations logs will be hauled 16 miles by truck from the Sycan timber unit to the O, C. & E. railroad, thence transported by rail to Klamath. Shipments of 280,000 feet per day are expected over the new route. Pelican Bay has received its logs from private operations since the strike was called May 30 Bombs Remaking of Europe Hinted As France's Defeat Knocks British Hold Off Continent BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER '. BERLIN, June 22 UP) Adolf Hitler's blitzkrieg may be fol lowed by a coincidental Euro pean blitz peace. . This predominant impression I received in the forest of Com piegne, France. Britain wlU have no band in this peace. On the contrary, once this peace is established , Germany and Italy can pursue the war with England more remorse lessly than ever. . England Removed Naturally I am not at liberty to reveal the names of the men with whom I talked during the historic hours at -. Compiegne. STOCKHOLM, June 22 VP) Indications that Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania might eventually form fuUy . sovietized regimes were seen today in reports to Swedish newspapers of big pro soviet demonstrations . in those Baltic countries after their oc cupation bTed army troops, ;; Guayaquil, Ecuador, June 22 (F) The correspondent of El Telegrafo in ,Rio Bamba report ed today that immigration auth orities hadi discovered that a German citizen had prepared a landing field for planes on a beach - near Chambo. and was ordered to leave Ecuador within 10 days. . ., . ; ' NEW YORK, June, 22 (P) The German radio says that Great Britain is planning mili tary occupation of Ireland but that "the actual Invasion has been postponed to avoid arous ing anti-British feeling among Irish citizens in the United States." LONDON, June 22 (ff) The air ministry announced tonight a British reconnaissance air craft attack and sank a large enemy supply ship-in the North sea.' LONDON. June 22 UP) The admiralty announced tonight that a large , Italian submarine had surrendered to the British trawler Moonstone. German Troops Cut Off at Lyon GENEVA, June 22 () French sources reported today that German troops in the vi cinity of Lyon had been cut off from northern German forces by closing of French lines above them. . Th e southeastern French forces, according to reports reaching the Swiss border, are welding their hitherto separated armies in the upper Rhone val ley and generally are having in creased success with local counter-attacks. German motorized units in Lyon now stand in a pocket amid reassembling French forces which are aided by fresh ma terials from the south, it was said. The French were report ed to have closed their lines above Lyon across the Dombes lakes and the Saone valley to the Auvergne mountains on the west. , Refugee Problem Explored In V. S. WASHINGTON," June 22 UP) Three government deportments and a congressional committee are exploring the possibility of bringing thousands of English refugee children to the United States. . " , . The British government al ready is selecting boys and girls from B to 16 years of age whose parents would consent to their removal to America, said Miss Katherlne Lenroot, chief of the U. S. children's mreau. . ' K War Briefs MESS WIS UP I ' Hit They are men in the know, however. They all agree in be lieving that some southern Ger man city has been chosen for remaking the European contin ent. These men point out that the German thesis consistently even before the outbreak of the war was that England has no busi ness mixing in continental af fairs. - . - - They say that with France's defeat the last great prop for Britain's influence on the con tinent has been knocked down. The way Is now open, they say, for the axis partners in co operation with all continental powers to rear this war-weary continent on a new foundation. BIG DEFENSE TASK Slate ; Virtually Cleared :'bf $4,000,000,000 in i Appropriations ,Lv, - WASHINGTON, June 22 UP) In an extraordinary burst of activity, congress sent appropria tions bills-, totaling almost $4, 000,000,000 and a $1,000,000, 000 defense tax measure to the White House today, virtually clearing its calendar for a week's recess for the republican nation al convention. - j - The only item remaining oh the leadership s list of things-to-be-done before the recess was a $170,000,000 deficiency bill, carrying $20,200,000 for training workers for national defense in dustries. . Quick final action on this was in prospect. ; Debt Raised ' . The senate completed . con gressional action on the tax measure, which raises the na tional debt limit from $45,000,- 000,000 to $49,000,000,000. low ers personal income tax exemp tions and raises various income and excises levies to produce a new federal revenue of approxi mately $1,000,000,000 annually. Excise tax increases will be come effective immediately upon the president s signing the bill. Income tax changes will effect returns on 1940 earnings and will be payable March 15, 1941. . The appropriations measures passed were: ' A supplemental emergency de fense measure, last of those rec ommended thus far by President Roosevelt, totaling $1,768,913, 908. ' The money would go for planes, tanks, guns and other munitions and supplies. Relief Bill A relief bill amounting to $1, 157,711,357 and including funds (Continued on Page Eight) ; Stage Set for Coronation of Ruckaroo Queen The stage is set for the crown ing of queen of Klamath Buck aroo Days in the armory to night, and six pretty Klamath basin girls are excitedly await ing the moment that one of them is chosen to rule over the four-day celebration. i Dancing will start promptly at 9 o'clock, with the crowning of the queen at 11 o'clock by President O. D. Matthews. Master of ceremonies is Jack Franey, i i i- Candidates will appear In or der of drawing and judges will mark them on poise, personality, charm and beauty. Scores from last Sunday's riding tests will be token from the ' padlocked container, added to the person ality scores, ; and prestol . The queen is chosen. Judges nomes will be withheld until after the contest. - The public is Invited to attend tha ball. . Berlin E PACT SIGNED Delegates Flying to Rome . After Ceremonies in Historic Forest - BERLIN, June 22 UP) It wa officially announced tonight that the German-French- armistice agreement 'has been signed In Compiegne forest.' ., The' announcement said the agreement was signed at 8:50 p. m. (8:80 a. m. PST). i - j - 'Text of the German announce ment: -i -.,' ;: : The high command announces: On the 22nd of June the armistice; was signed between Germany and France. The. German rep resentatlve. was the chief of the German army general staff ; Gen eral Keitel; on the French' side. General Huntziger. ' The cessation of hostilities Ig not connected with the signing of the treaty. , It will iqllow si hours after the Italian govern ment hes jiotified .the German supreme command of the text of the Italo-French armistice treaty. Terms of the armistice were not revealed.- -, ,..'; . - ' .- Officials stated that - concern ing terms of the armistice "noth ing can be announced at present." NEW YORK;. June 22- (JP) A National . Broadcasting company report, from Compiegne said to day an armistice has been sign ed between Germany and France. The broadcast was received here jointly by NBC and Col umbia Broadcasting system. ' It said the armistice was sign ed at 6:50 p. m. (8:50 a. m. PST). ...William L. Shirer, CBS cor respondent, in a special broad cast from the Compiegne forest announced the signing. - The armistice, the broadcast said, would pot take effect Until six hours after Italy has reached an armistice with France. . The French plenlpotentlariei (Continued on Page Eight) Republicans Deny; Low Vote Areas V PHILADELPHIA.- June 23 UP) A sweeping rule ' denyina any delegate representation in future republican national con ventions to congressional dis tricts that do not poll at least 1000 votes for the party ticket was adopted, today by . the re publican national committee. - The rule, subject to approval by the convention starting Mon day, was proposed by former Senator , Daniel O. . Hastings. committeeman for Delaware, who told reporters it would take about 75 . delegates away from : southern' - states 1 unless they become increasingly ' ac tive to get out the republican vote. ' 1 : ' ..' Other committeemen said it would "clean up" a situation in the south by making it impos sible to "buy up delegates." . Under existing . rules, each congressional district is allowed one delegate regardless of the vote polled by ' the republican ticket in prior elections, and an additional delegate if the party polls 10,000 votes in tha dis trict. The amended rule would require a district to poll 1000 votes in order to get the first delegate. r., ;,. '.. ' 11 News Index ' r Building News .-.....Page 0 Citv Briefs .Page 3 Comics and Story Page 2 Editorials ................Page 4 Garden Tins .....-...Page 9 Market, Financial ....Pag 0 Pattern : .'...Page 8 Society '............Pages 8, 6, 7, 8 Sports .,......-...........Page 10 Wnlhar Vnam Weekend Magazine -Fsge 13 WARTOCLOS WHEN ITALIAN