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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1940)
December 21, lf f5 PAGE TWO THE NEWS AND THE HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, ORE. L i M n g , I 1 i: a . k a i B I f: r " PROPOSALTu SEIZE SHIPS (Continued From Page One) systematic policy of pin-pricks, challenges, humiliations and ven moral aggression. "Tha relch government is, therefore, centering its entire attention upon this problem." The conference was one of the most serious ever held by the spokesman. Cross was speaking, he said, at the moment when "Great Britain is in a death struggle." The German government for some time has become accus tomed to formulations by Amer ican officialdom which "are guided by certain rabullstic characteristics," the spokesman said. "Demands and interpretations are launched as though actions contemplated did not fall with in the scope of practices defined by international law." Unbearable The English-American discus sions over the United States as sistance to Great Britain have become Increasingly interestingt the German spokesman added, because it is unbearable for Germany to let things drift fur ther. The importance of the Wil helmstrasse spokesman's utter ances may be gauged by the fact that there are several rumors in press circles that Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop him self was originally intended to come before the foreign press to give the German reaction to the Cross proposal. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (P) Secretary Hull declined today fo comment on statements made in Berlin to the effect that Germany would consider it an unfriendly act if the United States requisi tioned foreign flag ships now in American ports and sold them to the British government. The secretary was asked at his press conference if he would give the views of tha American govern ment on the question and replied in the negative. ' Book Club The Edith Cun ning Book club will meet at the home of Grace Kintgen, 120 El' dorado street, for a Christmas party Monday night In 14th century France, butch ers were forbidden by law to sell meat by candlelight - or lamplight. . FAT IS. UNFAIR TO YOUR FIGURE Mai; LOSE WEI 6T.y iNur rial EAT CAHDT EvtrvDiy ' Mur Iqm vttr pom w4 Wv Imitamr. mora craecfnl flcorts. A YDS Cudr oataioa NO DBUO0 Nn harmful iMTdlnt I1.CK Parity GuimIh, W tnvfta tu mmm. A YD8 pna bum xor xrcni. ftUay ttmptr mt titto fkUdow enr to curb tfcrir appatttw for rich, fattcntn food. AYD8 plan fa ffettr voir fn am of o- nwm mom wei muuicmc m wiue atVJt htetaAaM BWttt Oltrw right VOt. ATM Candr hdm vapnlr Vitamin A Bt, muA D to prvrrat dfleltneiM that nibt eexrr 4tm to taend npprtrta. Alto entofns -vaJmbt food tecton from on ToOu milk. inhoM and acUctad vctablt. Only ? mT tfl Ait sopptr for onlr W. Vros Do ihmrr. Bo atyltab ot A YDS m thowawla r oAppr vonitn nro ootns-i onrinai ATM iwt mm latUtton. 6ATIBF ACTIO !f OR MONkTY BACK I Start now 1 Ordon flUad prompttr Jost pbon SOU BT Moe's : By The "Suburban" ; Reporter i There are so many good foot . ball teams now that it's easier t to pick the eleven best notes . played by the band's tuba play , ar than to pick the eleven best . football players In the entire nation. Still it's being done. Three Niagara, Wis., hunters , reported seeing a freak deer whose front and back legs were t reversed. Easy now, boys was : it a pink deer? ' The 20-30 club Is having a dance Christmas night to raise money for the Milk Fund. And that milk will NOT be used for Tom and Jerrys, even though they're In season. Haven't you often wished for more room for living? Another bedroom, play room or nursery? It's easy to add additional rooms to modernise. You . can pay for your improvements for a small turn each month with nothing down. For superior lum ber products hardware materi als, paints, varnishes,i roofing, financlna heln. nlnn. narl(li-. HELD WARLIKE lions go to Suburban Lumbar Co., 4784 So. 6th St. or Farmers , Lumber Co., 1436 Klamath Ave. Phone SSbl. WORK ON POWpER PLANT RUSHED TO OFFSET SHORTAGE (Continued from Pus One) full production until -next sum mer. Dismayed Secretary Stimson, disclosing the arrangement to open part of the Charlestown plant, in ad vance, said he was "astonished and dismayed" to learn the time required to build and equip such munitions , factories. He told reporters he had been press ing for speed and reported that the Du Pont company, which will operate the Charlestown establishment, was making "fast progress." The war department under took to step up the army's powder supply at the outset of the current $800,000,000 pro gram to asstlre adequate muni tions for the expanding land forces. The navy already had accelerated the output of its In- dianhead, Md.. arsenal. Between 20,000.000 and 25. 000,000 pounds of powder was produced in the United States in 1939, congress heard from ordnance officials who said this would be exhausted by a single day of such a battle as the world war Meuse-Argonne offensive. Orchestra Leader Dies of Injuries MADERA, Calif., Dec. 21 (TP) Hal Kemp, 36, the orchestra leader, died here today from complications that developed from injuries he received in an automobile accident Wednesday. Death came from pneumonia. His physicians announced yes terday that his condition was grave, and he was placed in an oxygen tent. The band leader died in Bev erly Hills. His wife was at his bedside. One of Kemp's lungs was punctured and several ribs were broken when his car and an other collided near here. Yes terday pneumonia developed in the injured lung, and spread to the other. HELD FOR JURY PORTLAND, Dec. 21 W) Loyal McCready, 48, Los An geles, charged with robbing a branch bank of $664 last Wednes day, was ordered held for fed eral grand jury action yesterday after he waived hearing. His ail was set at $25,000. 2 R , HALIFAX EYED ' LONDON, Dec. 21 UPt Ap pointment of Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax as ambassador to the United States was regarded as certain by an influential sec tion of the British press today and the London Times said it could conceive of no one "better fitted for this important post." FUNERALS JOHN WALTER WISHER The funeral for the late John Walter Wisher, who passed away at bis late residence in the Al tomont district on Wednesday, December 18. will take nlace from the chapel of Ward's Klam ath Funeral Home. 825. Hizh street, on Monday, December 23. at 1 D. m. Commitment nerv. ice and interment in the Link- villa cemetery. The services will be conducted bv Klamath Falls American Legion post No. 8. Friends are respectfully in vited to attend. OBITUARY ADDIE ELIZABETH MITCHELL Addie Elizabeth Mitchell, for the last 11 years a resident of Merrill, Ore., passed away in ihat city Saturday, December 21, 1940, at 6 p. m., following an illness of one year. She was a native of Oneida, 111., and at the time of her death was aged 75 years and 12 days. Surviving are her husband, John N. Mitch. ell of Merrill, Ore., one son. Ora r. Mitchell; two daughters, Mrs Minnie Spencer of Redmond Ore., and Mrs. Grace Lawless of Merrill, Ore.; three brothers, Orange B. Stevens of Shenan doah, Iowa, E. L. of Kanorado, Kas., and A. R. of Rosemead. Calif.; also one sister, Mrs. Olive Kendall of Oregon City, Ore. rne remains rest in the Earl Whltlock Funeral Home. Pine street at Sixth. Notice of funer al to be announced later. DANIEL MUSKELL Daniel Muskell. for the last 14 yean a resident of Klamath county, Oregon, passed away in wis city Friday, December 20, 1940, at 7:45 p. m. following an illness of two weeks. He was a native of New York City, and at the time of his death was aged 68 years and 8 days. Sur viving are one sister. Miss Vina Muskell of Oswego, New York, and one brother. John Muskell also of Oswego, New York. The remains rest in the Earl Whlt lock Funeral Home, Pine street at Sixth. Notice of funeral to be announced later. Crater Lake Florist Shop ' - FUNERAL DESIGNS 128 S. 8th St, Phone 8433 PLANES CROSS ADRIATIC FOR (Continued From Page Onc railways at Brindlsl, across the Adriatic Strait of Toranto on the heel of the Italian boot. "Poor visibility and intense anti-aircraft fire made observa tion difficult." said the RAF com munique, "but all bombs ex ploded in the target area. Large fires were started and subse quently there were several ex plosions." While the RAF reported this and other assaults to support the Greek offensive Into Italian held Albania, dispatches from the fighting front said Greek forces had captured an Italian colonel and two battalions in fighting around Tepelcni. Greek infantrymen, battling cold and a stubborn fascist force, were said to have occupied two villages and two strategically im portant heights in the Tepelenl area. Heights taken in the Tepelenl area were described as strongly guarded with barbed wire. A naval communique indicated today that a Greek destroyer force actually preceded British warships in their sweep of the lower Adriatic, as reported by the London admiralty yesterday. BERLIN, Dec. 21 (VP) Six persons were killed and 1? in jured by British warplanes which attacked Berlin during the night, the German high command re ported today. The Qora (Protestant) cathed ral in the capital was damaged and small fires were set in the suburbs by incendiary bombs, but no military damage was caused by the raiders, a com munique declared. The reich's church ministry estimated the cathedral damage at 1,500,000 marks (about $600, 000), and said the raiders drop ped flares before they dropped their bombs. The bombing of the cathedral, which faces the former Imperial palace, was intentional, 'the min istry said $000 RAIDS NEW YORK, Dec. 21 m The British have made nearly 5000 air raids on Germany and Italy and axis-occupied territory In the past eight months, the British radio said today in a broadcast heard here by CBS. Sunday rs nor v t. 4 L. A" ITALIAN STAB eaieis W.rt Diy "3-i Cm. toe JL& IVININOf 3 Saturdays, Surma yi ind Holiday! Owt. M . 40a Logca M-fie GRANT MITCHELL NANA BRYANT JOHN LITEL CHILDREN ANYTIMI nrvfc,l. NO WORD RECEIVED ON SECOND CALL OF DRAFTEES No word has been received here about further quotas to be sent from Klamath Falls under the national selective service program, it was made known Saturday at the local draft head quarters. Major T. D. Case, selective service supervisor, said more men will be sent up some time after the first of the year, but so far nothing official has been received in the way of orders. Out of the first 10 men sent from this county nil volun teers only one was disqualified for physical disability. Ho was replaced by Howard L. Cabbl ness of Mnlln. Army men estimate that about 7 to 10 per cent of all draftees ordered into service will be dis qualified for physical disability. IT, (Continued From Page One) Italian defense front of tank traps, gun emplacements and pill boxes manned by some 20,000 troops many of them survivors of the fascist flight from Egypt. The British counter-drive into Libya in the desert lands to the south also was reported advanc ing. There the British, spearheaded by a unit of Australian cavalry, were fighting to oust an Italian garrison from the oasis of Glara bub, about 20 miles west of the Egyptian frontier. BERLIN ASKS U. S. RECALL PARIS ENVOYS (Continued From Page One) many while in the embassy hideout. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 (JP) Secretary Hull said today that the state department would comply with the request of the German government and with draw two officers and an em ploye of the American embassy in Paris. The state department will in vestigate the charges against Cross, Hunt and Mrs. Dcegan, Hull said, but a preliminary ex amination ol the facts had not disclosed that they were guilty of assisting a British officer to escape, as charged by the Ger mans. To keep an air force of 50,000 airplanes in service will require ! approximately 700,000 men. - Monday - Tuesday CONTINUOUS SUNDAY FROM 12 1 a tt ell &mim V THIS PCATUni STARTS nut . mi in4 Tier io:it HIT NO. 2 . f URIOUS FAM, ,tw. rAM ai Ct U eft 4) George Rv Jon Clayton . Ue Potrlck Directed by Noel Smith Saw. rtav by lotel I Km In o ptoy by So Km Unci ml Am J. M.d THIS PSATURS STARTS lill . 4H1 . Il . III! NEW DEFENSE BODY HANDED FULL POWERS (Continued From Page One) to perfect executive orders nec essary for its establishment. Three Elements The board, Mr. Roosevelt said, will represent all three of Aia elcmonU involved In every process of production labor, management, and the buyer user. Big, Danish-born Knudson, one of the nation's outstanding production experts, will repre sent management. Hillman, a union man for 30 years, will handle labor prob lems, and will be assistant direc tor of the board. Secretaries Knox and Stinson will present the viewpoint of the buyer-user the army and navy. "Flreilde Chat" With the public's interest fo cused on the big job of produc ing arms and military equip ment, it was learned from usu ally well-Informed quarters out side the White House that the president was considering a "fireside chat" on the status of the program. There was no In dication when It might be given. The new four-man board will be given full responsibility to make decisions of policy, with out conferring with tho presi dent. But, said Mr. Roosevelt, if any of their decisions went wrong, he would call in the four and talk it over with them. The board, he indicated, will have all the powers which the president constitutionally can turn over to subordinates. Un der the constitution, he said, there can be no second presi dent. The new Lockheed Interceptor Is reported to have a top speed of 500 miles an hour. The P-38 can climb 4000 feet a minute, car ries a one-pound cannon and five machine guns, and has a range of 1100 miles. During the first three quarters of 1940, American civil airplane production showed an increase of 69.7 per cent over the same period of 1939. A total of 4S43 planes were constructed during this period. During 1939 nine of the most important American aircraft cor porations had net sales totaling $255,004,218, as compared to $171,016,224 In 1938. PHONE 4567 NOON HIT NO. 1 J ADDED JOYS, POPEYE In "My Pep My Pop" LATEST UNIVERSAL NEWS WV E alHi 9 W.LMft m 1 JpjC Bowling At Klamath Recreation INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE Big Lakes Box Co. Baylsa 203 122 200 (134 L. Young IBB 120 IflS 402 Roister 208 103 230 (131 Hickman 120 106 1B2 467 Poller 2S5 170 166 600 Hnncttcan (18 88 88 204 1031 897 1010 21)98 Lamm Lumber Co. Lanhs 172 lfl 200 840 Hull 138 14 128 410 Smith IBS IAS 143 488 Bickers 156 1B2 147 4.15 Short 105 188 124 477 Handicap 01 01 81 273 007 003 840 2050 Lona Bell Lbr. Hayden 164 135 164 463 Johnson 127 148 162 437 Qulnn 178 160 127 474 White 148 120 132 400 Clark 184 159 152 405 Handicap Ill 111 111 333 012 842 848 2602 Weyerhatuier Martin 161 170 101 531 Ross 184 226 C10 620 Gclger 142 187 188 407 Welch 226 103 163 5H2 Strong 181 140 170 500 Handicap 37 37 37 111 031 031 008 2850 Ewauna Box Co. DcMaln 176 203 109 378 Yarncll 145 153 180 487 Tilton 165 170 203 538 Lohrcy 147 156 154 457 Erlandson 141 174 150 474 Handicap 112 112 112 336 886 072 016 2774 r. W. Bold it Son Booth 211 180 233 635 Drlscoli 160 158 198 515 Bold 162 177 105 534 Brny 194 103 167 354 Haley 47 47 47 141 940 922 1035 2004 FOOD FOR THOUGHT OKLAHOMA CITY. (IP) Butch, a mongrel pup owned by Henry Van Bu.ikirk, was per mitted to carry home a can of dog food. Now he practically camps at the store. As soon as a cus tomer opens the door, Butch dashes in, grabs a can of the i same variety and runs home. The proprietor tried hiding that brand behind other cans but the pup dug through the pile and came up with his favorite. Chasing the dog did no good. So the store owner Just adds each of Butch's "purchases" to the Van Busk irk account. .gmrjEB.- U I 4587 PHONE 4587 Starts Xmas Day CONTINUOUS SHOWS FROM 12 NOON THEIR LOVE AFFAIR STARTED IN SPAIN . . . PICKED UP IN PARIS . . . BOILED OVER IN BERLIN: IT'S ROAR INS, RACING, ROMPING ROMANCE WHEN FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT CLAUDETTE TANGLES WITH WAR ACE RAY MILLANDI rsATuni iV'''- j C A STARTS V-l f Sj 4 1 ,0 1 ,40 jf jj , lT t MSiJ ' TORRID ZONE Delightful Musical Holiday Highlights Merrie Melody Cartoon Paramount Nawi If '1 1"" T.ZfBf BY GRAND JURY (Continued From Page One) slaughter on Ralph Atcheson Hat field and Robert Wilcox Rhodes. lliitflold Is charged with In voluntarily causing tha death of Venln Drlukwater In an auto mobile accident on the Ashland Klnmntli Fulls highway ncur Kono. Rhodes was served with two indictments for tha deuths nf two persons In an automobile accident un the Dorrls highway, Rhodes was the driver of a wood truck which collided head-on with a car in which Mr. and Mrs. Howard Johnson were riding, Both were instant ly killed. Other true bills wore returned against: Joe Vincze, obtaining money by false Drclensu: Cllno Roper, I eimtHhnllnif tn thn rlolincttleneV of a minor; Tex Williams, lar ceny from a person! Burl Hugh McKechnic, burglary not In a dwelling (The Drumstick, Eosl Main street); Fred Hammond, larceny from a cur; Claude Davis, laborer, larceny of a cor. ' Not-True Bills Four not-true bills were re turned, one of them covering four persons. Those cleared of churiie arc: William F. Padgett and John Wilcher, both of whom hod been charged with rape; O. E. Schupp, who had been charged with burning with Intent to In jure the Insurer; R. E. McGrcer, Bob McGrcer, Don Newsom and ! Goldle Newsom, all of whom had been charged with araault and battery. Tho complaint was filed by II. M. Parks. Judge Speaks Following the Jury's report Judge Ashurst addressed re marks to the courtroom, praising members of the Jury for their efforts In law enforcement work. He also voiced praise for the press of Klamath county and the state of Oregon, comment ing on the "fulrness of the press" In law enforcement. Judge Ashurst declared the term "controlled press" Is bunk and said nowspupers in this county and the atuto as a whole : have operated with "eminent fairness." He asserted that no news paper had given him praise, but commented thnt this was com- mendobto because newspapers I should not resort to false aggrandizement of public of-1 flclals. The grand Jury also returned a number of secret Indictments. ; Each star rises approximately four minutes earlier than It did the preceding evening. J1A NO CELEBRATION MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (!') Joseph Stulln's (list hlrllicloy anniver sary passed today without form al observonee, A year ago It was celebrated. There was no mention of tho birthday In to day's press, RYTI SWORN HELSINKI, Dee. 21 (IP) Rlsto Rytl, newly-elected president of Finland, pledged himself to Im provement of relations with Russlu, Germany and Sweden as he took the oath of office before parliament today, STUDENT KILLED PORTLAND, Dee. 21 (IP) Clyde Waymlre, about 18, high school Hludenl, was killed by n automobile driven by Huns C, Kursteus, 25, Helix, last nltiht, Pntrolmun Andy Crnbtrea re ported. In the Middle Ages, Ituly was the grcfltent resort for stu dents desiring hlHlier education. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY ROOM AND HOARD For two and share r o o m, close in. Phono 4.152. 12-24 LOST Laily's yellow gold Gruen wrist watch. Return Geo, Meti Jewelry. Rewurd. 12-21 SUNDAY From 12:30 to 3:30 C'larlnns Loiter Shop, lllh at , Main will be open. Beautiful cords, stationery, wrapping and gifts. 12-21 an it- 4 141 eHONt 4 14 1 ENDS TODAY CONTINUOUS SHOWS rnoM it noom I BIG HITS I HIT NO. 1 America' last -fW 'flahllng frontier! pit larrtae Richard Dix 4, Florence Rict Wlfiim Henry Victor Jory Andy Clyd OlractMl by Utloy Solondw A HARRY SHERMAN PRODUCTION A moamouni "nun HIT NO. 2 SSr5f TEMPO' !' i Y".,i S ill i mi ANDREWS SISTERS i 4Pj-l Conitoneo Moot paramount nowo oaluno on. PORKV OARTOON OHinOKIl OTnlP STARTS ii mo hoi hoi mi ARODMTIMB NIO.HTS ' i tit . 4 1 Tin mill
