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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1940
Number 9060
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In The
Day's
News
By THANK JENKINS
''plIKHK i niiilrriiil fur M-rinus
thought hi lliln itisnili-li from
London today:
"Unofflrlnl but well Informed
sources Indicated today that lln
ItrilMi government n SKKKING
A MIl.ri'AKV AI.I.IANt K Willi
the Unilcd Suites."
NTO enliinulliig nlliMnccs Is imp
of our traditions. No llnrd
term for any I'rcMdi-nt Is an
othir. Arc we Krtt,lK ready lo throw
tlicm ALL (IVKIIIIOAHD-
TMIE London dispatch (Avio
nuti'd PrcO ctintitiucs:
"The plain troth of the mut
ter," Mild a ne utral diplomat,
is that m-ithi-r (iniil llntiiin
nor thi' United Stalls has n
powerful friend lt-f t iniywherc
in the world It behooves Ihrm
In gel together and make the
lii-st of the Horry situation "
llindsiisht (always clcnr and
plain) tells ns that if wr had
followed Theodore lloosi-vrlfs
ndvlrp to "walk softly nnd carry
h his Mirk" wo would now have
more friends and the Mtuiition
would be less sorry.
f1 ERM AN tnctu-s In Hip nir nt
lack on llrllnlii appear to bp
i changing. IiisIpikI of mussed
formations of planes Ihey urc
now sendini! over large minibers
of LONE boinbers. which dive
from the rlouds. drop thrlr
bombs nnd run.
If you shoot ducks, you will
understand why. Massed flocks
arc easier to hit than singles
flying like n bullet.
vN the African front, the Rrit
lull abiindon Soinaliland lo
the Italians -as Ihey intimated
nt the start they wuuld probably
do
The Mrillsh hope is to retain
control of the Mediterranean,
thus shuttinii off supplies from
the Malum forces in Africa and
ultimately starving them out.
OTH sides (British nnd Ger
man) have declared block
ades on each other. Hunger, so
Liar, hasn't played n large part
n the war. but there is plenty
of expectation that It will be
fore tho winter Is over.
-nEEK ITALIAN tension Is
getting tighter. A (I rock
"spokesman" says: "We'll not
bo caught by surprise If Greece
Is invaded." Virglnio Gaydn.
Itnty'n chief breast-beater, de
claims: "Italy and Albania are
ready to defend Albania against
the Rrrco-Brilish plan of of
fense." What does It mean? Well,
such talk usually means MORE
WAR.
O'Mnhoney Wins
Wyoming Hlersioii
CHEYENNE. Wyii.. Aug. 21
(IP) By n into 1 walkaway,
United States Senator Joseph
C. O'Mnhoney won democratic
Tenomlnntion I n yesterday's
Wyoming primary election nnd
I'Ynnk O. Ilorton, republican
house member, was renominat
ed by b H to 1 majority.
By contrast, John Mclntyre,
Douglas attorney, nnd Dr. J. C.
Mcllcnry, Gillette physician en
dorsed by Townsend pension
supporters, wrestled In n hot
eontest for the democratic nom
ination for Wyoming's single
house of representatives sent.
Overcoming Dr. Mcllcnry's
early advantage, Mclntyre held
n slight lend In the unofficial
count for 412 of 81)5 precincts
which gave: Mcllcnry 4502; Mc
lntyre 4017.
25 YEARS .
AGO TODAY
By The Associated Pros
Aug. 21, 1915 Great battle
rages along Hie Gallipoli front.
Bulgaria mobilii.es on Turkish
Irontler. Venli'.clos becomes pre
mier of Greece,
Italians Threaten Greece
SUCCEEDS WALLACE
r -
Claude R. Wlckard of Indi
ana, present undersecretary,
nominated by Presldont Roose
velt to succeed Henry A. Wal
lace as secretary of agriculture.
Organization Faulty, In
adequate, Delayed,
Candidate Says
RUSHVILLE. Ind.. All. 21
(711 Criticizing the administra
tion defense program ns "hope
lessly inadequate, delayed, nnd
improperly organized," Wendell
I,. Wlllkie suggested today that
he nnd President Roosevelt de
bate the issue during one of the
chief executive's visits to pre
paredness projects.
Mr. Roosevelt should tell us
how much (military equipment)
is on hand, nnd how much on
order," the republican presi
dential nominee said in n state
ment. Invitation Renewed
Willkle's proposal followed n
renewal of his invitation that bis
I democratic opponent meet him In
"public discussion" on nil cam
paign questions. The renewal
was made nt n press conference
yesterday nfter Mr. Roosevelt
had turned down the original
chnllcnge by saying conditions
made it obvious he could not
campaign.
Then Willklc issued the state
ment about defense ns n supple
ment to bis remarks to report
ers. A debate during a prepared
ness .Inspection trip, tho nom
inee declared, "won't wnstc" nny
of tho president's time.
"lie probably would be mnk
ing n speech anyway," Willklo
added, "and it would just give
me the privilege of making n
speech nt the same time, nnd
then ench could reply to the
other."
Willklc plans to leave tonight
or tomorrow for n weekend trip
to New York.
Tho nominee had a quiet morn
ing nnd afternoon yesterday, but
nppenrcd unexpectedly nt a Joint
(Continued on I'ago Eight)
KrifiKli Firm Soils
Oil to tlapnnoso
HOUSTON, Aug. 21 (V) The
Chronicle today said "tile Hous
ton oil industry buzzed with re
ports that two British-controlled
companies were selling to Japan
petroleum products recently em
bargoed by the United States."
The Chronicle said one exe
cutive asserted "when the United
States stopped Amcricnn oil com
panies from shipping avintion
gnsollnc and otlur products to
Japan, these two International
oil companies, one controlled di
rectly by the British government,
slopped in nnd begnn supplying
Ihc Japnneso market.
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ATHENS GALLS
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Fascist Press Attacking
Alleged Mistreatment
Of Albanians
By The Associated Press
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Aug.
21 il'l Italian troops were re
ported massing along Greece's
western frontier today ns the
Greek government, belabored
by the. fascist press for alleged
mistreatment of Albanian mi
norities, strengthened Us de
fenses by placing more reserves
under arms. i
The call to the colon was Hie
third Issued In a week of grow
ing tension in relations with
Italy.
Not Confirmed
Premier General John Me
taxes conferred at length last
night with King George II, but
no explanation for the sudden
increase in the nation's armed
forces was given and official
circles declined to comment on
the reports ppjtalinn troop con
centrations. "Reports abroad can neither
be confirmed nor denied," a
spokesman said.
Usually well informed sources
here, however, snid they hnd
informnlion that Italy was moss
ing considerable numbers of
troops, including at least one
armored division, in Albania
opposite the Greek border.
Italian Claims
The fascist press lias been
hinting strongly that Italy would
mnko territorial demands on
Greece for the Ciamuria fron
tier region on the ground it is
rightfully part of Albania, which
Italy annexed in 1939 after her
Good Fridny invasion.
(In Rome, the official Italian
news agency, Stefani, renewed
attacks upon Greece last night,
charging Greek authorities with
hiring assassins to terrorize Al
banians in Ciamuria and declar
ing the Albanians were await
ing Italian "action to ban the
criminals").
Italian diplomatic representa
tives also have been pressing
Greece to repudiate Britain's
guarantee of her independence
and hnve said flatly Greece
must be prepared to enter
Italy's sphere of Influence.
ATHENS, Greece, Aug. 21 OP)
Tho Greek army cancelled all
leaves for officers nnd men to
day nnd a responsible spokes
man snid "we will not bb
caught by surprise if Greece
should be Invnded."
.In the third move to strength
en the army within a week, the
government called to arms sev
eral thousand men of a number
of military classes.
BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE
R. 11. E.
Cleveland 4 7 0
Boston 2 14 1
Harder and Hemsley; Oster
mucllcr, Fleming (9) and Foxx.
R. H. E.
Chicago 0 5 1
Philadelphia 3 3 0
Rigncy and Trcsh; Bcckman
and F. Hayes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
R. H. E.
Boston 2 8 1
Pittsburgh 3 10 0
Sullivan, Coffmnn (S). and
Musi; Hclntzclmnn nnd Dnvis.
REFUGEE BILL
WASHINGTON. Aug. 21 (P)
The house completed congres
sional action todny on legislation
to permit the use of American
vessels to transport refugee chil
dren from tho European war
zone.
Nazis Switch
To Solo Plan
In Air Raids
LONDON, Aug. 21 IIP) Ger
many's airforce blanketed Eng
land with scattered solo raids to
day, striking Its heaviest blows
in the southeast, where one coast
resort was bombed twice in the
early afternoon.
Three nazi bombers were shot
down by British fighters, and a
fourth was believed to have
plunged into the English chan
nel. Almost constant patrols of
spitfires and hurricanes were
kept in the air as reports in
dicated a change in German
tactics from mass raids to scat
tered "sneak-in" attacks by in
dividual bombers.
Late today a lone raider at
tacked a town in the southwest
and dropped a bomb which de
stroyed a bouse, causing three
casualties, including one fatal
ity. The heaviest of these attacks,
which the British said were
modelled on "hit and run", tac
tics, was concentrated "on the
southeast coast, ..but. numbers of
single raiders also wert reported
over the midlands the-. Welsh
coastal areas and 1lOthrfejt Eng
land. . -ypf 4 if vi. 'M1
The greatest damefe was;, re
ported from the IndiostrJal Jiild
lands, where scvitjuV, bomb At
a thickly-populated residential
and shopping area," killing one
woman and injuring ' several
others.
OF
House Rejects Scheme to
Delay Draft Until War
Declared By U. S. J
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 IIP)
The house military committee
rejected today a proposal to
amend the Burke-Wadsworth
conscription bill to defer actual
drafting of men for military
service until the United States
was at war.
Chairman May (D-Ky.) said
the committee rejected the
amendment by a vote of 15 to
3.
The proposal to make a draft
operative only after a declara
tion of war first gained wide
spread attention yesterday when
it was put forward in the sen
ate by Senator Walsh (D-Mass.)
who said he would offer it form
ally os an amendment later.
In the senate today Walsh
joined in debute over the draft
bill pending there with the
charge that airplane manufact
urers were delaying acceptance
of government contracts for war
planes because they were re
ceiving 18 per cent profit on for
eign orders. ,
Supporting an amendment by
Senator Lee (D-Okla.) to "draft"
wealth as well as manpower,
Walsh asserted that industrial
leaders were now "knocking at
the door" of the senate in an ef
fort to obtain repeal of airplane
and ship profit limitations.
"How enn anybody vote to
conscript manpower when the
manufacturers of airplnnes and
ships insist that they would have
the same profits as in peace
time?" he shouted.
Soviet Offers
1'rizoN for s'oll
MOSCOW, Aug. 21 (IP) A
soviet gold-rush open to nil cit
izens was encouraged today by
the people's commissariat of non
ferrous metallurgy.
It offered prizes of 3000 to
200,000 rubles nominally ($600
to $40,000) for the discovery of
gold or platinum fields nnd a
share in tho exploitation of
mines.
PLANESURVEYS
FIRE DANGERS
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Swan Lake Fire Threat
ening to Break Away,
Airmen Report
An airplane survey of the
smoking Klamath Indian reser
vation timber lands Wednesday
disclosed an incipient break
away by the huge Swan lake
fire, which has already black
ened 8000 acres.
Lines appeared to be holding
on other sections of the reser
vation's far-flung fire front, ac
cording to G. S. Kephart, reser
vation forest supervisor. He
made the plane trip in a Spo
kane ship, accompanied by
Thomas Carter, Yakima reser
vation forest supervisor, and a
special officer from the Yakima
agency.
Supervisor Kephart said the
Swan lake fire is in such rugged
terrain as to make suppression
impossible so long as the weather
continues In its present stage.
It is Jjot po.ssible to establish-a
line that will hold, and spoUir
ing is constantly nullifying the
hard-won gains of the big force
of men on this blaze.
Kephart reported the Black
hills fire north of Beatty and
the Wilson point fire east of
Kirk were being held in check
when the plane passed over.
The airplane party, however,
sighted a new fire in Long Bell
timber northeast of the reserva
tion. Men in automobiles were
moving along forest roads to
wards this blaze, which had just
started and was said to be in a
dangerous location.
The plane was sent here by
the Spokane regional office of
the Indian service. Fire condi
tions on the Klamath reserva
tion arc said to be the worst
on record at this time. Seven
hundred men are now fighting
fire there.
Klamath Forest Protective as
sociation officials here reported
fires in association areas well in
check, but said that weather
conditions are so uncertnin "any
thing can happen." Predictions
of thunder storms had the for
esters in a jittery condition as
they kept in close touch with
lookouts and crews in the field.
One hundred and fifty men
and motorized trenching equip
ment stemmed a 2000-acre fire
six miles east of the twin north
ern Klamath county towns of
Gilchrist and Crescent.
Calm weather supported the
crews' confidence that the lines
would be held.
Shevlin-Hixon Lumber com
pany, Gilchrist and forest serv
ice timber were in the path of
the flames but the commercial
loss was not treat. Forest au
thorities said tho course of the
blaze wns "mnn made."
Visibility had improved con
siderably today in the central
Oregon district.
American Ship
Vast Danger Zone
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (IP)
The state department said today
the refugee ship American "Le
gion was about 400 miles west
of the British coast line and
thus well out of the area which
Germany had described as high
ly dangerous.
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 21 (AP
via Radio) The newspaper
Dagcns Nyhcter reported from
Oslo today that Crown Prince
Olnv intends to board the Unit
ed States army transport Ameri
can Legion, now en route to the
United States from Petsamo,
Finland, with American refu
gees as soon as the ship reaches
the vicinity of England.
The paper declared also that
King Haakon and members of
the former Norwegian govern
ment may board tho vessel.
II
AND
BRITISH STRIKE BACK
How the British are striking back at Germany on far-flung
fronts is shown in this picture leceiyed in New York by clipper
plane, on which the caption. apprOTed by the censor, sayst "Just
receired from Sweden, this picture shows a column oi smoke
aboTe the quay at Bergen, Norway, after bombs from a British
dive bomber found their mark
berg as she lay in harbor.
Trotsky Near
Death After
Pickax Blow
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 21 (IP)
Leon Trotsky, at the point of
death from a pickax assault,
was quoted tonight as murmur
ing to his secretary that "this
time it is the end" and that he
was sure his assailant "was a
member of the OGPU (soviet
secret police) or a fascist
most likely the OGPU."
The one-time Russian war
minister had a wound in the
skull which exposed his brain
and a fracture at the base of
the skull. Two other blows
from the ax injured his right
shoulder and his right hip.
Surgeons operated on Trotsky
last night, a few hours after
he was set upon in the office
of his home in nearby Coyoa
can. Gen. Jose Manuel Nunez, fed
eral district police chief, said
"there are hopes of saving his
life." But the Russian, who es
caped unharmed as a machine
gun band inVaded his residence
May 24, was given few chances
to live. Oxygen was adminis
tered. Police said the "friend" who
attacked Trotsky gave his name
as Jacques Mortan Vandcn
dreischd, 36, native of Teheran,
Iran. He studied in France and
became a subject of Belgium.
He said he was a newspaper
writer, but so far as could be
learned he had no journalistic
connections in Mexico.
He had known Trotsky a
year, frequently visited the
walled-in, well-fortified Coyoa
can estate, and often dined pri
vately with Trotsky while the
two discussed political ideas.
Police said Vandendreischd
confessed, saying political opin
ions Trotsky recently expressed
so angered him that he decided
to kill the Russian. He ex
pressed regret and said he
hoped he would be put to death
police said.
Luzon Typhoon
Takes Eight Lives
MANILA, Aug. 21 (IP) A
typhoon that swept northern
Luzon Island caused at least
eight deaths, destroyed hun
dreds of houses and flooded
large crop acreages, said belated
reports received hero tonight.
Tho storm passed into tho China
sea yesterdny.
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on he German .cruiser- Konigs-
EXPERTS PONDER
DESTHDYER SALE
Legal Questions Rising
From Proposed Ai3 to
Britain Probed
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (IP)
The government's ranking le
gal, military and foreign policy
officials conferred today on le
gal questions involved in ac
quisition by the United States
of offshore naval and air bases.
Negotiations with the British
for such bases have been re
ported in London to be ad
vanced to the stage of agree
ment in principle.
Attorney General Jackson
said after today's meeting at the
justice department: "We have
discussed the legal questions in
volved in the proposal and pro
cedure for American acquisition
of offshore naval and air bases
along the Atlantic."
Jackson did not amplify and
none of the other conferees
would comment in response to
questions whether a British
government request for 'United
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Gunsmith Charged
Willi Manslaughter
In Silvertou Case
SILVERTON, Aug. 21 (IP)
L. B. Robinson, Rickreall gun
smith, appeared today before
Justice Alf O. Nelson and was
given until 2:30 p. m. tomorrow
to answer a charge of voluntary
manslaughter in connection with
the death near Salem last night
of Joseph Williams, 52, Salem
battery service man.
Robinson, who asked the case
be continued 24 hours, is being
held in lieu of $5000 bail.
Deputy Sheriff L. L. Pittenger
said Williams died late yester
day after an altercation with
Robinson.
Pittenger quoted four wit
nesses as saying that Robinson
struck Williams on the head
with a gun. The altercation
took place alongside a highway
south of here, where tho men
were discussing details of a gun
trade.
The witnesses added that Rob
inson started to drive away and
Williams jumped on the car's
running board, the officer said
Tho automobile smashed Into a
I pergola.
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Basis for Settling Far
East Situation After
War Under Study
By DREW MIDDLETOW
LONDON, Aug. 21 (VP) Un.
official but well - informed
sources Indicated today that tha .
British government is seeking a
military alliance with the United
States.
Canadian - American discus
sions on mutual defense are1 eon
sidered in these quarters to b
the opening wedge in a British
effort to obtain a full military
accord between the United State
and Britain.
No Friends Left
As envisaged now, such afl
alliance would embrace the de
fense of Canada and other Brit
ish possessions in the western
hemisphere and, perhaps even
more important, "wouid form
the basis for common diplomacy
in the far east at the conclusion
of the European conflict," as on
Informant put it.
- VThe-plain -truth -of the mat--ter,"
said a neutral diplomat,
"is that neither Great Britain
nor the United States has a
powerful friend left anywhere
else in the world. It behoovea
them to get together and make
the best of the sorry situation."
Official sources were reluct
ant to comment on the talks be
tween President Roosevelt and
Canadian Prime Minister W, L.
MacKenzie King, which result
ed in a decision to estabtlsh a
joint defense board, but satis
faction was evident.
Logical Progression
There were reports here that
the conversations progressed to
the hypothetical naval defense
of Canada and the United States
in the event the British fleet
were lost, and aerial defense
not only on the seaboard but
from United States bases on the
Pacific such as Sitka and north
ern Alaska.
"It is a logical progression
from these talks to a military
alliance with Great Britain,
said one reliable person. 'I think
we may regard the present Canadian-American
talks as similar
to those which, in the early
nineteen hundreds, preceded
creation of the entente cordlale
between France and his ma
jesty's government."
Official British reluctance to
comment may be explained by
the presence of public opinion
in England that a non-belliger
ent United States is more valu
able to Britain than an America
at war. In the latter event,
these persons reason, the United
States would have to use most
of her planes and munitions for
strengthening her own Panama
and Atlantic defenses, instead
of letting Britain use them.
This group probably is far
more powerful than the smaller
and more vocal body, including
a sprinkling of American ex
patriates, who are calling for
immediate American interven
tion against Germany.
Indeed, there are evidence
that the activities of the second
group are embarrassing the
British government in its ef
forts to obtain war supplies from
tho United States. These ac
tivities, it is feared, are arous
ing isolationist sentiment in
America by what one member
of parliament describes a
"short-sighted and arrogant
tactics."
News Index
City Briefs Pages, 3,11
Comics and Story Pago 2
Courthouse Records ....Page : 4
Editorials Pag
Market, Financial Page 12
Midland Empire News, Page a
Pattern Page 4
Railroad News Pag 1
Sports Pages 10,11
Weather ...Page 3
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