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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1941)
graving staff piovid Nw and Karald f J ft hems to . . Jfi readais with comprehensive photograph' Season to ilt .,s.S VL Y&i ASSOCIATED PRESS IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS J ?w W&i? Trice five cents klam ath falls, ore,, Monday, January 13, 1941 Number 9182 j """1V1 1 - SK ASKS H) Tffl DBffiAl in I . I . Ifriifeh Put It Allan Prfonr to Work f 4v,i A niTTC Pninf II I lure Anntn Shrtk& f: '.i"-,--- -si , By FRANK JENKINS PREMIKR HOCiAN PIlll.OFF, of niilRnrln, says this morn ing: "Our country may yt he swung into the wr, but Uulgar lan will not forgive anybody who trim to mukc Uulgnria nan, comiminliit or fimclnt." Thut may hi' true but tlwrc Isn't much forgiveness In Eur ope, anyway. yHE great mystery (excepting ) when Hitler will deckle to tackle England! l what Russia will do about it If Germany decide to attack Turkey and the pardanellea by way of Hulgnria. On litis point, Tbm, the official Russian news agency, reports from Moscow that "Germany has never aked Russia's consent to go into Bulgaria and Bulgaria has never sounded out Russia regarding such possibility. If you can believe that, your capacity for belief is admirable, t CREDIT for the best wisecrack " of the year to date goes to Dorothy Thompson for her story bout Hitler kneeling before the painting of Moses and praying for enlightenment as to how he got across the Red Sea on dry land. The English channel has him worried. - - - JTPEAK1NO of troubles: Mussolini first took Marshal Pletro Badogllo out in Greece, replacing him with General Ubaldo Sodriti. He now calls Eoddu out and sends in General Ugo Cavallero In hia place. It sounds like a football game. VjmLLKIE approves generally w the lend-lease nld-to-Brltain bill now before congress and aayi that with modifications it should be adopted. To this, Alf Lnndon retorts: "If Mr. Wlllkle had revealed that to be his position before the Republican nntlonnl convention, he would not have been nomin ated." That may be true enough, but America's, situation has under gone great changes since the fnr away days before the Republican national convention. ... AS one modification of the Bid rt to-Brltnln bill, Wlllkio sug gests a time limit to the aid to be given. The Associated Press reports today that the suggestion Is finding backing among the Republican senate leaders, who advocate a two-yenr period. Ordinary '-niilion cerlnlnly suggests that as long as Uncle Sam is willing to finance Britain, or any other country, he will be PERMITTED TO. if, The last war leaves no doubt on that point. McCloud Workman Injured In CrnNlt Early Sunday uonn jones, zo, employe 01 me trtc(jioua Hiver number com pany at McCloud, Calif., Is in a , saml-conscloii c o n d i ti o n at Klamath Valley hospital as the ' result of an automobllo accident ! which occurred early Sunday morning on the Kcno road. ; Jones' companion, Lloyd Null of this city and employed In C Dunarmilr, Cnllf., was uninjured i and returned to his work Mon- i day. I According to Jones' mother, j Mrs. William Lester of Dims- , mulr, who Is at her son's bed- side, the men were en route to I KlBmnth FbIIs from the south. i The CBr skidded on the wot pave- ment and overturned. It is under stood. Jones' condition is consid ered serious but not crlticBl. 25 YEARS AGO TODAY Br The Associated Press I Jan, 13, 1016 Allied troops J occupy Island of Corfu. Cettinje, J Capita! of Montenegro, inllB to i' Austriflns, ' , ' I Up Command of Italian Army German troops In trenches -long the nail-occupied French and Belgian roasts presumBbly awaiting Adalph Hitler's signal to invade England were re ported todny to have ueen mach ine gunnrd by Brilisl warplanes in low-flying attacks, while other HAF raiders bombed nuxi u boat buses and pounded the itulian cities of Venice, Turin and Cnntnnla. Amid reported new reverses In the war with Greece, Premier Mussolmt stiook up his army command for the third time In two months, dispatching his Chief of Staff, Gen. Ugo Caval lero, to take charge of Italy's hard-hit armies nf Albania. General Cavallero, who help ed Mussolini take over the lan military machine in 3825, was credited with having play AFL STANDING ON Labor Willing to Make Sacrifices for De- fe'nse, Claim WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 UP) The American Federation of Labor gave congress to under stand today that It would fight any attempt to legislate away labor's "right to strike" In de fense production. Although saying that Its members were ready to "make sncrlfires" for prepredness, the federation asserted that it would be "suicidal" to "aban don democracy" while building an invulnerable military defense for the United States. Relief Cut Congress also learned that the AFL, estimating current unemployment at 8.000,000 was willing to havts relief appropria tions reduced in view of quick ening defense hiring but would Insist on "adequate provision for those nimble to find Jobs In Industry." The estimate Indicated that AFL's belief that unemployment had declined about 20 per cent in the last 12 months. On Janu ary 1, 1940, the federation es timated the number at 10,200, 000. The statements were made In connection with the AFLs an nual legislative recommenda tions, made public yesterday. Supreme Court ITphoidN Two Spy i'onvietioitft WASHINGTON, Jan. IS iF) The supreme court upheld to day the conviction of two men one a citizen of Russia and the other a Russinn-born naturalized American on a charge of vio lating federnl anti-spy legisla tion by obtaining Information from United States naval intelli gence files. Justice Reed delivered the opinion, which applied to Hnfij Sallch, former Russian employed by nnval Intelligence at San Pedro, Calif., and Mikhail Nich olas Gorln, a soviet citizen em ployed by a Los Angeles tourist company, Sallch was alleged to have supplied Gorin with data from nnval intelligence files in 1938 after Gorin had solicited infor mation concerning "Japanese activities in that bb for use in the event of trouble between Japan and Russia." SBlich was sold to have received $1700, PLANE CRASH JOHANNESBURG, Union of South Africa, Jan. 13 F Six teen members of the South Afri can air force were killed when their plBne crashed near Mbeya, Tanganyika, it was announced officially today. ed major role In reorganiz ing ltd) tail defenses after the Caporotto disaster In the world war. He mcceedi Gen. Ubaldo Soddu, who was sent to command the Albanian cam paign in a shake-up on Nov. 10. Gen. Covailrro replaced Mar shal Pietro Bnggll as fascist chief -of stolo Dec. 6. Daylight Attack Autharatlve London quarters said the RAF'i daylight gunning attack on nazl troops. Intrench ed near the beach along the channel coast, was part ol campaign to drive German de fenses back from the channel. Jt was the RAF's fourth straight daylight attack on the Germans highlighted by Fri day's spectacular machine- gun ning raid on German airdromes over 1,000 square mites of north ern France. The London air ministry also reported RAF bombing attack overnight on oil targets In Ger many, Italy and Belgium, Includ ing a low-flying smash at refin eries In Porto Merghera, near Venice, Italy, and Regensburg, In the Reich, and Ostend, Bel glum. Grka Attack On the Albanian war front, dispatch from- an Associated Presa .correspondent . with, .the. Greek counter-Invasion armies said Greek shock troops were Imperiling the Italian defense line beyond Klisura, In central Albania, and that the Greek advance was so rapid that un burled dead "still litter the bat tlefield." Klisura, he said, la only a clus ter of blackened ruins after an Incessant rain of Greek artillery fire. German warplanes lashed at London with another "fire raid" last night but thousands of vol unteers snuffed out the flomes of incendiary bombs Bnd the at tack ended in less than four hours. German raiders also spread their operations over other parts of Britain, attacking a south west town for several hours and inflicting some casualties. Pointo along the Thames Estuary also; were raided. British Libyan forces still were hauling guns from the Bar dia area to surrounded Tobruk, 70 miles away, and putting them into action agnlnst outlying Ital ian defense points. The important fascist outpost st Giarlmb Oasis, 1.10 miles south of Bsrdia, was said to have been cut off by the British. The Italian high command re ported one British cruiser in the Mediterranean was struck in a Joint German- Italian attack, and that another cruiser was "seen sinking" after an Italian torpedo attack. Premier Bogan Philoff of Bul garia yesterday declared his country might yet be swung into the war but said he was certain that Bulgarians "would not for give anybody who tried to make Bulgaria national socialist nazi), communist or fascist." Rrl.lsh Halt French Vessel MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan. 13 W) Foreign office sources reported today that the 8000-ton French merchantman Mertdoza, which left here last night In an attempt to run the British block ade, had taken shelter In Mai dauado bag, east of Montevideo, after signalling she had been chased by a British warship. These Informants said Foreign Minister Alberto Guanl was pre paring a protest to the British government against this reported violation of Uruguay's, territorial waters as well as the pan-Anted-can neutrality zone. IN DISTRESS NEW YORK, Jan. 13 m Lashed ' by heavy seas, the American freighter West Kcbar reported the was in distress and taking In water early today gome 600 miles east of Baltimore, near tha regular : New York-to-Ber-mttda track. HUM PUTS 1 600D I! FOR AID PI! President's Proposal to Expedite Passage Wins Over Committee Move WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 P The administration won today the first congressional skirmish over Us lease-land bill for aiding Britain when the house upheld procedure charted by the lead ership for rushing consideration of the measure. By a voice vote. Speaker Ray bum 'a assignment of the bill to the foreign affairs committee was approved and an effort by the military committee to bring the measure under its control was defeated. Hearings 51td The vote was taken without debate, house Tules permitting no argument on such an issue. The balloting was the first in volving IhtrvBrrUib-aid bill in troduced in 4r new congress Friday, Tp.s"nj cleared tha way for Ch rtmTi Bloom (D N.Y.)wof tftii t.,iin affairs corr mittee to comrhaw hearings to morrow with Secretary Hull as the first witness. : ' . Chairman May . fD-Ky.) had acted on instructions from his military committee in moving that the speaker be overruled. He had contended that since the measure was concerned with na tional defense it should be re ferred to his committee. A short time before the house session started, Hayburn de clared that he "certainly wouldn't oppose" a lime limita tion on powers granted in the bill "if the iiroit ran concurrent ly with the emergency." Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 re publican presidential nominee, (Continued on Page Two) tlnmes Joyce, Irish Author, Passes ZURICH. SWITZERLAND, Jan. 23 P) James Joyce, Irish author whose novel "Ulysses" touched off world-wide literary controversy and influenced a new school of writing, died early today In a Zurich hospital where tie had undergone an intestinal operation. He would have been 59 years ' old Feb. 2. He was operatpd upon Satur day and his son said he appeared to be Dut of danger, seemed cheerful and was looking ahead to completing some unfinished writings, Sunday evening he suf fered a relapse. His wife and son were at his bedside when he died. Joyce was a gaunt, studious youth, and In his face, accord ing to a contemporary, was a sad quality "suggesting Dante." Klamath Rejects "Pork Barrel" Plans For Improvement of Defense Highways Cooperation with the war de partment in every possible way, rather than pulling strings for local defense appropriations through " rk barrel" activities, was struck as the keynote of Klamath county's participation in tha national defense program Monday at a conference be tween members of trie county court and the Klamath county chamber of commerce. The conference wbs called to discuss a communication from the Redwood Highway associa tion in California asking Klam ath county officials to attend a meeting Friday, January 17, at San Francisco. Purposes of the meeting, according to local county officials, Is to bring to gether representatives of vari ous localities on th Pacific coast to build up a pro. lotion v ,4' 7 1 r-mrr xl Italian piisonen are put to work unloading freight at Sidl Barraoi msdtc tuswrrision f Australian toldiai. After tba fall of Sidl toarraai tuppiit wz poured lata tbt tarns to main tain tha sapid British advasea into Italian tarritorr- LB niEO ON FLORIDA SAND No Danger Seen for 200 Passengers Aboard; - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Jan. 13 (IP) Some of the 200 passengers were transferred from the grounded liner Man hattan to the coast guard cutter Vigilante today although turf swells interfered at least tem porarily with plans to take off all of them in small boats. Despite the efforts of the cut ters Vigilante and Mojave to re float the ship, ground swells car ried the Manhattan farther on the beach. Several hawsers were snapped in attempts to tow the ship off. Plans were made io take off the passengers this afternoon in coast guard surf boats and other small craft and lodge them at the PBim Beach Biliroore bole! tem porarily. The sea was still calm. Coast guardsmen said there was no imminent peril threaten ing the 200 cruise passengers and 558 crew members aboard when the 24.289-ton ship went aground last night. Warrant Issued For I'rineess WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 The justice department announc ed today a depovtatior. warrant had been issued and would be served immediately uson Prin cess Steuhamc Kohenlone Waldenburg of Hungary. She has been living at Palo Alto, Calif., the department said, under the name of "Mrs. Fran cis" since she decided to fight orders to leave the United States. group known as Western States Defense Highways. Conferring on the matter with H. P. Bosworth, president of the chamber of commerce, county officials took the posi tion that time would be wasted by attempting to bring pressure to bear under such a plan. Representatives of this commu nity, it was asserted, can bettor serve tho national defense pro gram by staying at home. "We want no part in Ihe po litics! dogfight that's sure to ensue," members of tho county court ssid. "Various delega tions to the meeting will be pulling in opposite directions for their own interests." Unless further information is forthcoming, representatives of this county will not attend. In the meantime, efforts will be made to provide good accom modations for troops soon to sajuro. -sf V,2 Farrell Wins Speaker Gavel In Caucus As 41st Oregon Legislature Session Opens Bt PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SAlEH,53aa, 3 VPf - jie 3lslOregoQ legislative assembly organized without 'Incident to day, Ihe wounds of the bitter speakership fight having been healed in last night's house cau cus. , Hobert S. Tarrell Jr., 34-year-old Multnomah county rep resentative who defeated Bep resentetive William M. McAl lister of Jackson county 33 to 2T in last night's house caucus, 8H elwtwt STkpaiteT- nf tWp I house unanimously. His was !the only name placed before the house today. Senator Dean Walker of Poik county, who CORNETT NAMED SALEM, Jan. i35V-Senate committee assignments an nounced today include; Marshall E. Cornett, Klam ath municipal affairs (chairman), agriculture, game, industriea, roads and highways. was the only candidate, was In stalled as president of the sen ate. JO-Oif Session The bitteT two-months speak ership contest was forgotten by the members today after Mc Allister expressed the hope for a "harmonious" session. Members of both houses were optimistic that the session would be considerably shorter than the 1638 record session of 63 days, since all' administration sues. Chief Justice Percy Kelly of the Oregon supreme court sivore in the 80 house members and the 30 senators. The num- be routed through this section, in an attempt to be of . t h e greatest possible assistance to the war department. County heads expressed the opinion that bringing political pressure to bear will not in fluence the war. department In the use of defense highways. Use of The rwlles-Callfornia highway lor a main defense route will probably be decided upon on a basis of the high way's' superior characteristics, It wbs pointed out. SiBie Engineer R.' H. Bald ock bBa previously termed the route as the moat direct be tween southern Bnd northern coBstai points. Another factor leading to speculation thBt ar my officers will concentrate on The Daiies-California highway is the fact ibat most of ihe targe freight shipping concerns have adopted it. I TT,-- wo - a 'i'l I 1 her included 14 new represent atives Vtti smtanr senators. . The - -eieetksv of- FarrsJS,- ST- yer-oli ' Fortlander, vras ss 4ured last night when a caucus oi the state's representatives gave aim 33 votes to 27 for tus opponent, - William M. McAllis ter of Medford.. Joseph F. Singer of Portland, veteran aergeant-at-arms of the house was nominated without opposition. Frank B. Tichenor, Port Or ford, defeated the veteran Rol- iie Southwlclr for house door keeper, 35 to 2. "Wendell Will kie received one vote. Fred Draer of Salem was re elected chief cleric and Patri cia Syivera of Eugene was named ins assistant. Jack Eakin of Dallas -wbs named reading cierfc of the house. Edith Eynon Low, Salem, was named house calendar clerk. Three contests developed in the senate caucus for desk and floor positions. Mrs. Etirabeth Giatt of Port land was elected assistant chief clerk, defeating Walter Meach- am, also of Portland, 17-lu. Meacnam later was elected cal endar clerl. with 17 votes over Pearl Sehaefer of Lane county Roy Corey, Salem, was elect ed senate doorkeeper over Wal ter McPherson, also of Salem. While McAllister obtained 22 of the 38 house republican tCootmued on Page Two) Three Killed in Willamette Pass Highway Crash EUGENE, Ore., an, 33 (UP ThTee men were killed and a fourth injured SaturdBy night when a light car left the new Willamette highway near the Cascade summit, 51 miles south east of Eugene, Bnd plunged down an embankment into a small creek. The dead were Cart Housiey, SsJem, Henry Garrick, Saiem, and Jdb Dono trae, address unkonwn. All were employes of the Southern Pa cific laihoad working in b Ibpo? gang at KcCredie Springs. Two Drown EdwaTd Muicrome, address unknown, was injured seriously . A fifth occupant of the car whose name was not given es caped unvnjuTed, Dr. G. C. Varney of Westfir, a community near the scene of the wreck, was among the first to arrive at the place where ihe crash occurred. The physician said Housiey and Donohue were knocked out by the impact of the crash snri then drowned in the waters pi Salt creek, in which the car wbb pattialiy immersed. GBrrick, driver of the car, died 5n an am bulance en toute to Eugene. State police bjhS coroner's of fice deputies were summoned and the bodies taken to Eugene, lEfElECITi PQINTEQ OUT BILLS FAVOBED Track Legation Eyed As Controversial Item , for Legislature i SALEM, San. 33 UP) Gover nor Charles A, Spragua askeA the legislature today not io enact any new taxes, asserting thai Oregojusns should he- spared, in creased state levies because the federal government will have to impose heavy taxes to finance lis defense program.. , . Addressing the opening ses sion of the 41st legislative assem bly. Governor Sprague advised the iegisiators to avoid "ssstrava gance" in their appropriation so .that the budget won't p thrown out of balance. . ; ? Six Reconnnmdiitfopa - The governor, after Bsseriipf . that the state iiquor control com mission wiii not submit any ieg isiation because the people ap parently approve of existing liquor laws, made six major recommendations". ' :. :' , i. Increase the limits on length and weight of trucks per mitted on state highways. , 2. Create the office of admin istrater for the -workmen's cojjw penastton law, vriili the. admiiv-, ' wtreter ttfSpoasiftte fa the Indus- . trial accident commission. . 3. Equalize school taxes vtiyv in counties. . ' :!:. ... ; 4. Extend the administrstioo's forestry ; program by stronger fire prevention and suppression methods, by enforcing minimum forest standards to permit na ture! reforestation, end by fur ther acquiring lands for groTrtil of new forests. 5. Construct a new state build ing in Salem to house the pub lic utilities commissioner and the unemployment compensation commission. These offices aytr use rented quarters, and the rent they pay would pay for the building, wiuctt would b erected opposite tee new state library. . . 9. Adopt slK-year buildieg program for the 12 state insti tutions. , Sig CtiuM Cost ' "I would remind you,, the governor declared, "that the oast of national rearmament will be enormous, and that the federal government must impose heavy additional taxes upon the peo ple. Dfe should recognioe priority of claims for this cause and hence the si&te should avoid increasing the tax burdens ol our people. I hope the legisla ture will not devote valuable time in trying to uncover new . sources ol revenue, hut that .it will seek to apportion, wisely . the revenues now furnished un der the existing tax structure. While endorsing President Hooseveits defense program and his policy ol "accelerated aid tor Great Britain," Governor Sprague said "Our national pol icy should he one ol aid to Chin and economic restraint io Ja pan." . . : :- The highway commission bill ICon&aued on Page Two ' Two Shot la Eentar Riots ' QUITO, Ecuador, Ja. 33 UP) Many arrests were made today and strong lorcea ol military police were held In readiness tor new outbreaks following bloody clash in which two riot ers were shot dead, I? others wounded and 13 policemen hurt. . Authorities blamed communist agents lot the disorders, which started with demonstration through the capital' street and ended in the stoning of the pres idential palace yesterday. Tit attack was dispersed by tear gas barrage and gunfire. News Index Citv Briefs ! Comics and Story Editoriais Information Market, Financial Pattern Sports Pag 6 ....Pftje ft ..FBg 8 , Page 4 . i..i'g D
