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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1940)
J UN RED CROSS NEWS County Quota 4, $6500 Received lo Dale I1231.DS WEATHER High 37i Low 29 PRECIPITATION 24 houri to . m... ............ .00 Season to data ,...... 3.14 Normal praelpltalloa 3.13 Lait year to data ... 1.10 RedCrobb ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1940 CUAR ,llHOt A" . , $3 1 J1l . ) Jd) . s:.n !)n lt I ii i in . Day's News i.lll V '' in' I V I By FRANK JENKINS THKHE In much tnlk these day of Inflation. That -nuiiiiculi tn interesting o.uetlo."Wht I InflallonT" tJtfrY, VjOST propla have 'the ' idea that Inflnllon In paying gov trnmenl' blllii with printing pre money that l to oy, wllh government I O U'i. .. Thla definition promptly runa ftilo a snag. .. Kor year the government of the United Slate hat been pay Inn Ita bllla with II own I O U'i. But we have had no Inflation, In aplte of repeated gloomy pre diction to that effect. WhyT . TIERS la an anawer: Inflation I reflected In constantly rllng price which 1 another way of aaylng that In .flatlnn la a reflection of DE CREASED public confidence In the value of money. Hut during the year when the govern ment haa been paying Ita bill with ita own I O U'i there haa been a SUriPI.US of labor and a corresponding aurplui of plant capacity. Every time price have ahown tendency to rla the result hat been putting Idle men and idle machine to work, thus lucre- i .1 II. Jit .r. ,.,,..-., rXnimoditlei above the capacity of the public to bur nd so tend ing price down again. That, In the opinion of many economists, i why we have had no Inflation In the pant. A LOT of liberal thinkert have been flirting with the Idea of repealing the law of upply and demand, but nobody ha been able to get away with It yet. In a world whoe stand rda have been changing to rap idly a to make most of ut dlzty, It remain a true a It ever we that when there are more sellers than buyer TRICES CO DOWN!) THE Inflation predicter are bimy again, and t h I time (hey have a theory that ound t pluMible. Thl theory wa voiced ' Ii Portland the other day by Dh William Trufont Fotter, form' f er president of Reed college, now director of the Pollnk Foundation for Economic Re search. Dr. Foster aald: "I eatimnte the Income In Wages In defense expenditures alone will mean an Increase In consumer Income of more than $100,000,000 a day. This will be an average for the next 13 months. .i'. "But the wages produced for the making of these goods (guns, tanks, planes, etc.) will be spent for consumption, and they can not incrcano the production of consumers' goods as rapidly as Oiey Increase the flow of money to consumers. The result of this situation, he jhlnks, will be rising prices, f ET'S put It a little more simply "Vflian Dr. Foster does. ' W"he defonso money that will produce this $100,000,000 a day in added wages will bo spent for guns, tanks, planes., etc which people CAN'T CONSUME. The production of these guns, tanks, planes, etc., will tako up si considerable part of our factory capacity which would otherwise be used for production of what thn economists coll ' consumers goods" automobiles, washing machines, radios, vacuum clean ers and tho like, The result will bo thnt these things will become SCARCER, '. But nil the timo tho added Ac I (Continued on Pago Two) 25 YEARS AGO TODAY ': By The Associated Press .'flyov. 21, 1018 Allied war. ships coopernto with British troops In heavy fighting against Turks. tr. '."' QGGGGfOOO oooooooa l minMjHLajii.aj.'.j,e.ijL.V-L'n Column Moves on Second Important Town in Albania ATHENS, Nov. 21 (T) Greek forces were reported to have reached the outskirts of the be sieged Italian base city of Kor itia In Albania this morning. At the same time, In the coastal aector of the fighting zone, Greek columns were said to be marching rapidly on an other important Italian base, Argirocastro, also In Albania. Italian resistance In that tone was reported to have collapsed almost totally. War Supplies Latest information from the front said the Greeks were with in six miles of Argirocastro, which Is said to rank cminllv with Korltza in strategic Maine. it was on these two cities that the Italians had based their drive Into Greece. Huge stores of war materials had been assembled in both cities. A thrust through the center of the Italian lines, putting the fascist forces to hasty flight at a point six miles within Albania, was the previous high spot of Greek successes reported today vvonunuea on Page Two) CIO, AFL Start Remove 'Isms,' Racketeering ATLANTIC CITY, N. J Nov. 21 f) A declaration against tho philosophy of communism, naz- Ism and fascism was reported drafted and ready for a vote in tho CIO convention today. For a , wock there has been open agitation for CIO action on such a policy and for a show down between so-cnllcd left and right wing srouiy. Proposals calling for tho adop tion of this policy , have been under consideration , in tho reso lutions committee since CIO members gathered hore in their third convention to determine policies they would , follow after John L, Lewis retires' from CIO's presidency. . Thorny Issue Since Lewis and a group of labor : leaders . established (SlO Thankfltflvlntf, 1010 tEfi 1 1 ir iri 1 KU 'A British Stop ' German Raid In Midlands LONDON, Nov. 21 (if) Lon- don'a sirens sounded two day. light alerts in quick succession today, shortly after raiders were reported over scattered towns In England. The first two daylight raids on London were of short duration. Fir Bombs A southeast England village turned out en masse to help fire men control fires caused last night by hundreds of incendiary bombs dropped by nml raiders. In the London area a high ex plosive bomb killed a family of four, the parents and two daught ers. Raid Scattered Terrific anti-aircraft fire was reported today to havo taken tho sting out of the nazis' second successive night of "all out" raiding on Britain's vital mid lands and the government de scribed tho attacks as "intermit tent and on a minor scale." Apparently trying to strike another blow similar to that at Coventry a week ago, swarms of raiders poured over an east midlands town during tho night but were said to have been dis persed by ground guns after less than two hours of incendiary bomb-dropping first step in the technique of total air war. A British communique said "a (Continued On Page Two) Action to ncre live years ago to engage In a militant campaign to union' ir.o big industry there have been charges that adherents of com munism had obtained a foothold In tho now movement and were nctlvo in organizing work, " During tho past week the drive to bring about a showdown on CIO's attltudo toward tho thorny Issue became one of tjie conven tion's major activities, ' The Amalgamated Clothing Workers'- union headed by Sid noy Illllman, labor member of the national defonso commission, played ' a leading part in the drive, supporting a resolution to condemn communism, fascism and nazism, and also a proposal to put Into CIO's constitution an amendment which would make (Continued On Page Two) . mmmmmm ! w W Father Brings Suspect to County Jail After Charge Filed Joe Kirk, wanted for the al leged murder of Leonard Monte John, appeared at the door of the county jail at 10:13 o'clock Thursday morning. He was accompanied: by his father, Clayton Kirk, prom in ent reservation Indian. ' Gives Self Up When the startled Jailer. Rheu- bin Herner, opened the jail door, Clayton Kirk announced: "Joe has come in to give him' self up." The 29-year-old Indian, against whom a murder complaint was signed Wednesday by Sheriff Lloyd L. Low, walked into the jail and was booked. He had little to say and would not talk ot the shooting of John at Bon, anza Tuesday morning, which led to the charge against Kirk. "I think you've done the right thing, Joe," said Herner, as he booked the Indian. "You're sav ing yourself a lot of trouble." - Clayton Kirk said that when he started from his home for Chiloquln Thursday morning, he went over to another place and found Jo there. Knowing of the charge that had been filed in Klamath Falls, he advised his son to come along with him. The elder Kirk did not state where Joe had been since Tues day morning. He stated he was going to obtain legal counsel for his son. ' ' ' Search Called Off - Herner immediately made a long distance chII to Bonanza, where Sheriff Lloyd Low was making .further investigation of the shooting scrape that was fol- (Continued on Pago Two) Ilrillsh Itcport 1 Kl!yp VlHory LONDON. Nov. 2t P) The British middle east command re ported today that 108 "enemy" troops wero killed in an engage ment in ,the western desert of Egypt Tuesday at "small cost" to the British forces. , . ' Five Italian tanks were de stroyed and six were severely damaged, tho oommunique from Cairo said. ... ,. Dies PENETRATION AFFAIRS TOLD German Diplomats, News Service Charged With Activities in U. S. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 OP) The 'Dies committee published today ita long-heralded "white paper," reporting on its invest! gation ot German activities the United States. It set forth testimony and documentary evi dence designed to show: 1. That German diplomats took a lively interest in spread' ing 4he work of the Transocean News Service' (not affiliated with any American news serv ice) which the committee de scribed as a "propaganda' agency capable of engaging "in espionage activities." Post War Plans 2. That the German govern' mcnt has undertaken a "far- sighted policy" of economic pene tration In both North and South America. . , i.,, t . 1 3. That a document eie! in New York contained a plan for tna organization of German in dustry in America after the war. Complete even to names of pro posed officers. 4. That Mandred Zapp, named as Transocean representative in the United States, "took a deep interest in the manner in which the United States handled its diplomatic relations with Japan and, in fact, at times not only gave advice to representatives of the Japanese government but also indicated to his own coun try, nazi Germany, certain teps that might be taken to aid his country in the handling of dip lomatic affairs.' The SOO-page report, which Chairman Dies (D-Tex.) describ ed in advance as a "white paper, was heavily documented with the testimony of scores of wit nesses and with letters, tele grams and other exhibits seized by committee agents in raids, mostly in New York City. The committee said: "As a result of these investi gations, it became apparent that the activities of the German gov ernment in this country were not devoted solely toward propa ganda and so-called military espionage, but also reflect the fact that the German government over a period of years has been (Continued On Page Two) llrliish Worships Sunk lly German Speedboats, Claim BERLIN, Nov. 21 W) Ger man speedboats have sunk Brit- isn war vessels, including six destroyers and two submarines, with a total tonnage of 11,300 since the. beginning of the war, the high command claimed to day. in addition, a communique said, the speedboats have de stroyed 212,000 tons of merchant shipping. . "Now for the first time." the high command said, "one Ger man speedboat was lost in a tight with several English destroyers during an operation against the English east coast." (The British reported that such a torpedo craft was sunk Tuesday night by light naval forces in the North sea.) Attributing the loss ot "a great number of enemy war ships" to the German speed boats, the communique reported that the boats had had "numer ous fights with superior Brit lsh forces." Informed sources added, meanwhile, that German fliers had dropped more than 100,0" ) kilograms (221,000 pounds) uf bombs in raids last night, and also, attacked Bristol. Liverpool, Southampton and southeastern coastal harbors. Findings Hit Youth Killed on Icy Road As Car Hits Logging Truck Below Sun Mountain Grade Klamath's staggering highway toll mounted still another notch Wednesday when Max Blohm, 26, was instantly killed in a truck-car smashup blamed on icy pavement near Fort Klamath junction. Three persons riding with Blohm were injured. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Callahan were con fined in Klam ath Agency hos pital and Jack Rossen was treated for min or injuries. All 26 Klamath Auto were from Toll in 1940 Ocean Park, Calif. The accident occurred on the straight stretch at the bottom of Sun mountain grade on The Dalles .. California highway, twb miles north of Fort Klamath junction. According to investi gating officers, Blohm's car, northbound, first veered off the highway to the right and then went out of control on the icy pavement as the driver swerved to regain the road. Continuing toward the left, British Air; Officer Heldm By Italians ROME, Nov. 21 (P) The cap ture of the new vice commander of the British air forces in the middle east, Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd, was announced to day by the Italian high com mand. Tudor, former commander of the British balloon barrage forces, and six other men, in cluding four officers, were cap tured in Sicily when a British Wellington plane made a forced landing, its communique said. He was reported en route from England to take over the post when his plane went down. (Air vice-Marshal Boyd, . a World war veteran, joined the royal air force in 1916 after serv ing in the Indian army." He was Kiirector of .air ministry personal services from 1938 to 1938.) Fascist troops smashed repeat ed Greek attacks along the Al banian front, particularly in the Korltza sector, the daily com munique said. LONDON, Nov. 21 (JP) The air ministry announced today that Air Marshal Owen Tudor Boyd has been taken prisoner by the Italians. " ' The announcement said that the marshal had "been reported missing while crossing the Medi terranean by air," and added, "it is now learned that he is a pris oner in Italian hands." Boyd, who was promoted to the post of air marshal Novem ber 8, was appointed deputy to the chief air officer in the mid dle east command in sweeping changes in the royal air force announced November 17. Gray Skies Cover Klamath's Observance Thanksgiving was a gray and quiet day in Klamath Falls. . Light skiffs ot snow fell from an overcast sky as the faithful gathered for special church services in which gratitude for blessings was tho general theme. A large union protestant serv ice was held at the First Metho dist church, with Rev. J. Clar ence Orr as the speaker. "O Magnify the Lord!", from Psalms 34:3, was Rev Orr's text, and he gave the historical background of the Thanksgiving observance. Several local min isters participated in the service. Turkey Featured r Family gatherings around tables loaded with "turkey and trimmlns featured the days observance throughout the Klamath area.' Presence of tur- the car smashed Into the loaded log truck. The impact spun the car to the left and threw Blohm onto - the pavement under the wheels of the heavy log trailer which passed over his head, in vestigators said. The skidding car smashed against a large tree at the side of the road, scattering parts of the motor for 30 feet. The truck went off the road where trailer and logs upset The truck is owned by Updegrave brothers of Fort Klamath who haul logs for Algoma Lumber company from the Yawkey tract on Sun moun tain. The Blohm party was en route to Seattle. Sheriff Lloyd Low, District Attorney Orth Sisemore and state police officers investigated the accident. PORTLAND, Nov.' 21 (JP) Four persons died in Oregon in pre-Thanksgiving day road acci dents last night. Near The Dalles, Charles Wheeler, 25, a government era- (Continued on Page Two) - Antonescu in Berlin for ' Conference With Hit ler on Balkans BERLIN, Nov. 21 (JP) General Ion Antonescu, premier of Ru mania, arrived in Germany to day, bringing his country to the fore as the probable next recruit for the expanding axis alliance. Accompanied by his foreign minister, Prince Cost in Sturza, and the German minister to Ru mania, Wilhelm Fabricius, the Rumanian premier was greeted at the Austrian border town of Bruck by the German chief of protocol, Baron Alexander Von Doernberg, and other high reich officials. U. S. Opposed i As Antonescu reached Ger many, : authorized German sources observed that if the United . States were to go to war against any one of the axis powers, - not only ' Hungary, which joined the alliance yester day, but all other countries which may yet join automatical ly will be at war with America. Also .those countries would find themselves at war with England, it was said. One authorized commentator added that adherence to the pact automatically means that the axis powers can move troops through the adhering country. This source said, however, that emphasis is to be laid, not on the military aspects of the al- (Contlnued on Page Two) of Thanksgiving key on tho tables was less of a burden on family budgets than in many years, for prices on the festive bird have been run ning unusually low. Thanksgiving eve was mark ed by numeious large dances in various parts ot the Klam ath country. In Klumath Falls, hundreds . jammed the armory for the annual dance of the Po 1 i c e . Beneficiary association, whose members declared the event a complete - success. An other, big -local affair was the annual Thanksgiving eve dance of the Elks club. - Br The Associated Pre Under roofs unmenaced by bombers and at dinners prepared without ration cards. Americans i (Continued on Page Two) ; Nazis LEADERS TELL OF PLANS FOR E Churchill Confident of Success; Halifax' Says.! Offer Made Russia ,l ' By The Auodated Press LONDON, Nov. 21 (JPy-KicJ George opened another wartime parliament today with grateful reference to "the ever-increasing volume of munitions of war", from the United States and with a sober pledge that his empire will fight "until free dom is made secure." - British-American relations, ha said from the throne, ."could not be more cordial," and he gave thanks that Britain's "ideals of ordered freedom, jus tice and security," are so "wide ly shared." Grains of Hope -. In the ensuing sessions of the house of commons and the house of lords, Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax - cava Britain- other - grains of hope: Churchill, for a British victory before Suez: Halifax for torn compromise, with soviet Russia. Not only is there some rea son to believe Russia and BrnV ain will make . a . trade agree ment Lord Halifax informed the press, but he disclosed that Britain has offered to Moscow "a compromise settlement aris ing out of soviet annexation of territory' '(presumably the Baltic states, credits of which have been frozen by Britain).' No Pomp - The ancient ceremony In this house of lords, where king and queen sat on twin thrones, con formed with: the realities of war. There were no peeresses in flashing jewels in the gal lery, no scarlet and ermine robes for the peers, no diplo mats nor members of the pub lic present, and there was no state drive to Westminster in the golden coach of royalty.-; Afterward, both houses went quickly- into the actual prob lems of the conflict. . - . . , . Confidence In a passage answering ques tions of Britain's war aims. Churchill proclaimed his , sov- ernmentls intention to keep parliamentary institutions "vital and active" even "under enemy fire." Churchill declared he looked forward "with confidence and hope" to the time . "when we ourselves shall be is well armed as our antagonists" and beyond that to the timo when "the arsenals and training grounds and science of the. British em pire" will "bring victory and deliverance to all mankind." King George paid a tribute to United States aid to Britain both in his opening speech to day and in another proroguing the old session yesterday. . Tha latter was read by Lord Simon, the lord chancellor. Today the king attended the ceremony in the house of lord - clad In the uniform of an ad miral of the fleet. Queen Elizabeth accompanied him, wearing a gown and coat of deep purple. Tha ceremony was shorn of much of its cus tomary pomp because of the war. ' . Greeks Praised The king also revealed hit "gratification" at the exchange of -British defense bases for American destroyers He said in the speech read by Lord Si mon that ne noped tne Dases (Continued on Page Two) News Index City Briefs Page j 8 Comics and Story Page r 6 Courthouse Records -....Pago . 4 Editorials : :...Page 4 High School News . Page 14 Pattern Page Sports Page 10 Weather Page I II) AOVANC
