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WEATHER High th Lew 60 PRECIPITATION COVERAGE Th Herald and Nws blanket a rich gil eullural and Industrial amplra ol Bouthaio Oregon and Northara California 24 houra to I a. m. Sauon to data Normal pradpltatlon ASSOCIATED Pcr IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Last yaar to data ............ Monday' Maximum 97 SUNNY KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1940 Number 9011 7"i MB sMrm 1; i-'ln The i. ; Day's, .-News ' , Br THANK JENKINS , nTHE whereabouts of the French fleet li allll the world'! No. 1 mystery. It will make a story worth reading when It can fin ally bo told. wHEN Hitler attocks the Brit " Uh In their own Island, ....ni will attack at tho tame time In tlie Mediterranean. Brit- Uln will then neea an wo nv. atrength ahe can lay handa on. That la why the fate of the French flee! holda the Intcrcat of the world. DR. Maynard C. Rueger. Social lat party candidate for vlce prealdent, aaya at Portland: sFrjia tr.rfu with South Amer ican countrlea could be a potent weapon against rimer, ma" ti e tariff have nrcludtced South America agalnal thli coun try." True enough, no doubt. But free trade with predominantly agricultural South America would prejudice American farm era against any administration that tried it. STILL, If w hav to live to .,,nivn' In the Western Hemisphere while the rest of the world la readjusting lucu, hav in find some way for West- am Hemisphere countrlea to (rani, u, llh aarh other. Trade, unfortunately, can't move ALL ONE WAY. at THIRTY-THREE - YEAR OLD Governor Stassen of Mlnne aota, kcynotlng for the Republi can convention, call the New Deal a failure. Those are hard words, but after aeven years we have boost ed our national debt to a dlzxy Mlllni. fill kiva nanrlv at manv unemployed as In 1033 and have been brought to mo eago oi war we havo no business to be In and have no adequate wea pons to fight. That isn't record of suc cess. a ttERE Is something for the Re- publicans at Philadelphia to ramamher: Unless they name a candidate who has something bettor to offer than mere criticism of what has been done and write a platform In which people can believe and for whose principles millions of ordinary citizens will be willing to make sacrifices, they might as well quit now and lava hntfil bills. Old-fashioned straddle politics Will get tne KcpuDiicans no where in this year. 'THE Republicans can win In 1940 only by convincing the American people that they can DO THE JOB BETTER. Klamath Youth II I-Y President Bob Kent, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Kent of this city, was elected president of the Pacific Northwest area at the Hl-Y congress now being hold in Obcrlin, O. . Word of this election was re ceived in Klamnth Falls Tues day. Kent is president of HI-Y at Klamath Union high school. Ho is ono of four Klamath dele gates attending the meeting, the other three are Carter Sparks, Phil Blohm and James Shaw. Ilees Given Free Ileln Hy Police For once In their lives city police officers wore stymied on account thero Isn't an apiarist on the force. Officers received a call from Tenth and Main streets shortly before noon Tuesday advising the force bees wore "swarming by tho millions." Officers couldn't do anything but let them finish their swarming and move on. GDP CHAIHMAN ONE-MAN P .S. Republicans Called Upon to OppoBe "Absolutism" as Candidates Active PHILADELPHIA, June 25 UP) A platform plank sharply attack ing the Roosevelt administra tion's defense record, and con taining an "anti-war" pledge and a promise to aid "oppressed peo ples," was approved tonight by the platform committee of the republican national conven tion. CONVENTION HALL. Phila delphia, June 23 (P) Summon ing his party to oppose 'govern mental absolutism," Rep. Joseph W. Martin of Massachusetts took charge of the republican nation al convention today in the midst of row over foreign policy which fell athwart the course of former President Herbert Hoover's address tonight. Martin, aa permanent chair man, called upon republicans to rally behind the constitution and bar "trojan horses" from the government s Dispute Rises The foreign policy dispute de veloped in Uie resolutions com1 mitute which sought to recon cile views of advocate of aid to the allies and those staunchly battling "iiitorventlonlim." .... In the tumult over candidates and foreign policy, Hoover de layed completion of hi speech until later in the day. He is on the program to address his party Just before the platform Is taken up for adoption. Mar tin gavoled the cheering con vention rapidly through adop tion of a series of committee reports. It adopted rules thought likely to trim drastically south ern representation In future conventions. Wild Cheers A convention torn by the con- fllct of opposing candidates (Continued on Page Twelve) Sprague Urges Wlllkle As Second Choice of Oregon SALEM, June 28 'Of) Gover nor Charles A. Sprague urged Oregon s delegation to the re publican national convention to day to support Wendell Wlllkle for president If It Is unable to obtain the nomination of Sea ator McNory. In a telegram to Walter L. Tooze, chairman of tlie Oregon delegation, the governor explain' ed his endorsement of Wlllkle "Is a reversal of my former atU hide toward him." The text of the governor's telegram follows: "I wish to renew my endorse- tnent of Senator McNary for president as a man sound In Judgment and experienced in na tional affairs. He deserves loyal support of delegation. In view of reports of convention devel opments, I feol I should indicate a second choice now for refer ence If you cannot secure Mc Nary s nomination. "That would be Wendell Wlll kle. Prime issues now are neith er control of utilities, reciprocal tariffs or past party labels, but developing sound foreign policy, organizing America for defense and restoring financial and in dustrial security.. Internally. I approve In general the Wllljtlo auituao on incso issues. . . , ' BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE (First game) R. H. E. Boston 11 18 - 2 Detroit .... 7 14 3 Wilson and Desautets; Rowe, Trout (6), Seats (7) and ' Teb betts. NATIONAL LEAGUE R. H. E. Pittsburgh, 0 15 0 Phllodelphla 7 14 1 Butcher, Lanning (2), Klingcr (7), and Lopez: Hlgbe, St John son (0) and Atwood. Governor ' ' ," " , - . . - . IS fc I Governor Charles A. Spragu arrived at the Klamath airport by plan Tuesday morning. Im mediately mounted a Klamath Buckaroo Days horse, and issued an invitation to Klamath people to attend th Salem centennial, July 3L August I. 2. 3 and 4. That's Mayor Chadwlck of Salem la th background. Secretary of Stat Earl Bntll also mounted a horse for a speech of Invitation to Klamath folk. In turn, th visitor were Invited to Buckaroo Day and th opening oi the Willamette highway July 30. U. S. FLEET LEAVES JSEJML! Destination Unannounced But Believed to Be Panama Canal HONOLULU. June 25 (ZD Warships of the United States fleet moved from Hawaii to ward an unannounced destina tion today but hour after the departure of powerful units the general assumption her was that they were headed for the Panama canal. The ships, operating In Ha waiian waters since conclusion of the 1940 war games two months ago, departed yesterday amid strict censorship reminis cent of World war days. 30 Ships Remain Navy circles maintained tight lipped alienee, but navy fliers bidding their wives and chil dren goodbye intimated they were heading for the Panama canal. As the ships got under way navy men's families hastened to Diamond head for a farewell look and saw them pass from view on the steamer lane to the mainland. The fleet exodus continued last night. Still at Pearl harbor were the battleships Colorado, West Vir ginia and Arizona, and it was reported that the Hawaiian de tachment of about 30 warships would remain here. County's 1910 Tax Collections llooni. Treasurer Ileports Klamath county tax collec tions are booming. County Treasurer George P. Tavlor renortcd Tuesday that 1940 collections to date repre sent 76.94 per cent of the year's levy. Last year, on a comparable date, 71.85 per cent of the levy had been collected. The total levy for this year's collection is $1,828,240.18. Col lected in current year's taxes la $1,-184,817.76, or 63.35 per cent, and collected this year on de linquent taxes Is $211,761.51, or 11.59 per cent. That makes a total of 78.94 per cent. .The total levy for last year's collection was $1,723,358.43. Notwithstanding the larger levy this year, taxpayers have made a better percentage show ing than they had a year ago on tho same dato. TAX BILL WASHINGTON. Juno 25 (JF) President Roosevelt signed Into law today a $4,692,500,000 tax bill to pay for the huge na tional defense appropriations of the recent congressional session. Invites Us to Salem Salem Party Hears Local 5 ShowtioQsie'd Klamath boosters got In a few licks for a couple of home town celebrations Tuesday when Governor Charles A. Sprague and a party of Salemltes roar ed into town by airplane to pub licize the Salem centennial, July 31, August 1, 2, 3 and 4. Governor Sprague, Secretary of State Earl Snell, Mayor W. W. Chadwlck of Salem, Dr. Bruce Baxter of Willamette uni versity, Jerrold Owens of the American Legion and Irl Mc Sherry of the centennial man agement, gave invitations to Klamath people to attend the big Salem celebration. After the visitors spoke Into a microphone at the Klamath airport, where the ceremonies were . held, invitations were given to them to attend Klam ath Buckaroo Days July 4, 5, 6 and 7, and the celebration of the completion of the Willam ette highway, July 30. Governor Sprague agreed to make an ad dress at the Willamette highway celebration, and pointed out that Klamath people can roll right through the mountains to (Continued on Page Twelve) - n i j & ALTURAS, Calif. Plctur abov shows what remained aftar fir raged through th Altura Moulding company plant Sunday vning, causing damag stlmatd as high as 1100,000, most of which was covered by insurance. Barney Smith, owner, of th plant, said h blivd th fir was incendiary sine no on had been at th plant cither Saturday or Sunday. Aa Investigation is under way. Centennial t JAPAN S WARSHIPS Reports Indicate "Pro tectorate" May. Be, Nippon's Plan TOKYO, . June 25 (ff) Japan sent an undisclosed number of warships to the French Indo- China port of Halphon?- today amidst reports that she might attempt to declare a "protec torate" over the far eastern ter ritories held in the name of conquered Franca and Holland. The admiralty announced that the ships were dispatched from the China fleet "to ob serve the movements" of ves sels suspected of carrying mu nitions and supplies destined for China. An admiralty spokesman said the vessels would remain only until the arrival of Japanese in spectors assigned to watch for .arms shipments to China. An agreement reached be tween Tokyo and the Indo china government last Thurs day provided . for such inspec tors and stipulated that they (Continued on Page Twelve) Fire Destroys moulding Plant t Armistice R WORD HI FLEET TAKEN Loss of Warships Not Fa tal to Britain, Chief Tells Commons LONDON, June 25 W) Prime Minister Churchill told commons today the French had broken their promises not to let their fleet fall into enemy hands, but in the home oi lords, Viscount Caldecote, do minion secretary, said Church ill would not relax his efforts to retain French naval help. Churchill,, making his sixth war report to commons, made no reference to the whereabouts of the French fleet, but said it was "clear that French vessels under this armistice pass into German or Italian control fully armed." Caldecote summed up the sit uation -thu briefly: , i : - ?The 4trire- minister" will re? lax no effort , to secure' that French ships will continue to serve the cause for which they have been employed so many months." Churchill said he mad - It clear to . the French that . the British would go on fighting, and that he had made it plain to, the Petain government - that the conditions indispensable to their release from their agree ment with the British had not been complied with. A dispatch from Alexandria, Egypt, said units of the French fleet, stationed at that British naval base, flew their flags at half mast today in compliance with a French government or der for a day of mourning. (This dispatch indicated that thus far these French ships have not obeyed the reported stipula tion of the French-German arm istice that all French naval ves sels return to home ports for disarming or internment). The prime minister disclosed that he had refused a request of Premier Paul Reynaud to release France 'from ier obliga tions as an ally. Churchill made the disclosure after telling commons that "we hope to rescue France from the (Continued on Pase Twelve) Woman Hurt As Lightning Hits Algoma ALGOMA, (Special) Light ning played over the Algoma district late Monday afternoon, struck a hillside overlooking the community garden here and severely injured Mrs. Frank Lp Vere who was working in the garden as the storm broke. According to Mrs. Walter L. Ambers, standing nearby, the lightning seemed to strike Mrs La Vere in the back of the head just behind the ear. She was knocked to the ground and her right side paralyzed. A man standing near the women said he felt an electric shock which seemed to "go into his hair and come out his feet" A dog with him was "flattened out," but revived a short time later. Mrs. La Vere was carried to the Lloyd residence across the garden where she was given hot coffee to bring her to. She was reported improved Tuesday. ions mi Wide Attack Kills Only Three, Wounds 13; , . Damage Slight LONDON, June 25 m Ger man bombing planes attacked a widespread area of England be fore dawn today in the most ex tensive raids of the war, send ing thousands from their beds to shelters and giving London its first alarm since the first weeks of the conflict. Despite the great sweep of the raiders, however, the govern ment said that only three civil ians were killed and 13 injured. It said that no damage or cas ualties were reported from the London area. Nation Primed It was feared, however, that the death roll might reach five as police and air raid precau tions officials searched in ruins of bombed houses in a south western English town for two persons reported missing. With all Britain primed for a possible large scale nazi offen sive, the raids came hard upon the cessation of fighting in France. In the raids on Britain "a num ber of bombs were dropped in the eastern counties and in the midlands, most of which fell in open country and caused no serious damage," said a joint communique issued by the min isters of air and home security. Bombers used machine guns on at least one village in eastern. England.' Most of the damage, however, was in one district of southwest (Continued on Page Twelve) 50 Fires Started By Lightning in Klamath Hegion ' Upwards of 50 lightning fires kept blaze-chasers busy Tuesday throughout the forest and brush land on all sides of Klamath Falls. . Twenty-nine fires had been reported at mid-morning on the Fremont national forest, and 15 were sighted on Klamath Forest Protective association lands east of here, A brilliant electrical storm played over the whole mountainous area between here and Lakeview Monday ; night, shooting bolts at the tinder-dry forest land.- . ' A 15-acre fire on Bryant mountain, in an area protected by the county fire warden, was also blamed on lightning. Only one fire occurred In the mountains west of here, but for esters pointed out that more fires are likely to show up after a few hours. There were pre dictions for another thunder storm Tuesday evening. apped ' NAZIS OCCUPY J -NATION'S LAI French Turn Over Planes, . Ban Radio; Fleet to Be Interned ITALIAN TERMS ROME. June 25 (AO Italy tonight made public armistice terms with France which granted the Italians full rights over the port of Jibuti in French Somaliland, and re stricted Italian troops to' "stand on their advanced line In all theatres of operations." Italy also gained control of the French section of the Jibuti-Addis Ababa railway. The terms caU for a demili tarized zone from 30 to 120 miles wide in France, Tunis, Algeria and French Somali land. . .' . For the duration of hostil ities between Italy and th British empire and for ; the duration' of the armistice, the French Somaliland coast is to be entirely demilitarized.. BERLIN, June 25 VP) Ger- many published the terms of her armistice with France to night. f -' . - The first article provided for France's termination of hostil ities against Germany In Eur ope, on the sea and in her colonies and mandates. . . Lay Down Ann The terms were published in ' short sections through DNB, the official German news agency. No English translation was pro vided. . , France agreed - to order tho French troops surrounded by German forces to lay down their arms. The second article stipulated that France, north of a line In dicated on a map, which ac companied the document . of agreement,' would be occupied by German troops. . The third : article specified that in the occupied regions Germans exercise complete au thority, 3 with French officials to be instructed to; give full and "correct" , cooperation. The ar; to; be occupied was fixed ' tlie .territory north of a line 't-GeWva crossing the communities- ol"Dale, Paray Le about 20 " kilometers east of Tours. ' From .''that - point Monial and Bourges to a point the line runs southeast along the Tour-Angouleme railway, then to Libourne; then over Mont Demarson and Orthez - to the Spanish border. ' Germany, in this third article, , stated its intention of occupy ing the west French coast only . as long as was necessary for completion of the war against England. -i The French wlU be permitted to set up a government- any where within the unoccupied ;. region or, if they prefer, to re- -turn to Paris. ' , . Troops Removed . In the article dealing with , occupation it was provided that those parts of France not yet ' occupied by the German in -the territory to be occupied un- ' der the agreementshould be cleared of French troops lm (Continued on Page Twelve) News Index Council Report Page 4 City - Briefs Page 3 Comics and' Story ....u....Page 2 Courthouse Records ....Page 4 , - Editorials ..Page 4 2. Job Hunting .......Page 4 . Market, Financial ..........Page 10, Midland Empire New ....Page 0 New Books ..........-..Page 3 Pattern Page 4 Sports v.:.......,........Pag 8 Veterans Column .......Pag 4 Weather . ..,,..L.,.Page i 4