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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1941)
WEATHER V PICTURES I Associated Prei Telematt, NEA Tel photoi and live local nawiplctuta and engraving staff provlda Tha Ntwi and Harald laadara with a eomprahanilva photographla service. High Iti tew II PRECIPITATIOH " ' 24 hear to a. ra. .00 Saaaon to data t.77 Normal precipitation .... 7.1f Last year to data ..!,...... 0J7 ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE FIVECF""- IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND UNITED PRESS Number 9208 I KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1941 CLOUDY II 91 la LOJ V- .- r-i n A row r WW By FRANK JENKINS COR th moment (In Northern r California) tha rain has craned, and pnlo sunshine 1 fil tering through a curtain o( mUt. It It a welcome change alter the howling winds and cascading mini of the past few days. According to tho weather man, however, It li only tcmporury respite, and another storm Is booming In from the Pacific, due to hit tomorrow. TJEHE on the Paclfio Coast, we a Ucd to laugh hoarsely whon i weather predictions were men' i hnrrsii hni been hlttlno It rlsht on the nose. So raincoats and '. umbrellas are,. being kept within easy reaching distance. , COR years, San Francisco and Klamath Falls have been the last strongholds of the good old cart-wheel dollar that rattles so satisfyingly in the pocket, but Kan Francisco Is slipping. Nine time out of ten now, you get your change In shlnplaster dot ' lar bills. When you do get ll ver, It' apt to be in half-dollar. This morning a cashier apolo gized humbly to this writer for tendering a two-dollar bill. "If you're superstitious," she offer ed, "1 11 go and get It changed,. ' , She wis assured that (2 bills are. under no -suspicion In this .quarter. This writer only at titude toward two dollar bill is that h would twice a soon have them dollar bill. THIS morning' paper contain on of those Item that cause one to doubt the veracity of the press. The dispatch, dated at St Louis (which, to New Yorkers, ' i away out West) assert that topper hat are going to sweep the country thl year, being pop ular for both day and night wear. If you can imagine Market trect (or, even better, Mission and Howard) teeming with top hats, there lin t anything you aren't capable of. 1 .TF you want to bow a mental J .. , tendon, try Imagining top hats . . . ... rcming common on Main ana r; 3ui. iT.,-. ; f ACCORDING to the late after it I .noon editions (which here appear early . in tho forenoon) France and Suncr, of Spain, Mussolini and . possibly ' Hitler and Rlbbentrop, are holding a secret meeting in Itnly. (It took 17 automobiles to transport Franco and Sunor nnd their entourage across France, accord 1 ing to the correspondents.) The wire are buzzing with rumors, running all the way from guesses that Britain and Italy are about to declare a truce jMto tiles that Hitler 1 about to strike through Gibraltar. ' Thl writer ha neen keeping his fingers crossed steadily of late that considerable callouses hove already been worn. -Wouldn't it bo interesting to have something reported from f overseas that you could believe instantly and whole-heartedly? WAR talk, Incidentally, is as prevalent down here as else where. When three or four peo ple get together, a determined effort I made to talk on ordin ary, close-at-home topics, but anywhere from five minutes on somebody is sure to throw in a remark about the war and after that it's 8 strategy session, with no holds barred, until the party break up. . People are people, wherever you find them, and they're pretty euro to do the bulk of their talk ing about tho thing that intorests them most, ' 25 YEARS . AGO TODAY By The Associated Pros Feb. 13, 1816 Russians gain gainst German in offensive long Gallclan front. Wlii'ii the liigliirff Slopped In Klamath , -s jus v ' v t if t , .v isex. A5&, ,.n . Ai Jr Above A taction of tho army ."parade"- stagad on Klamath of the 18th engineer (topped Not th big pontoon on th trailer at eantar. Below wntn a nglnrs' troubI-shootr got busy. Officers xpressd , warm to make their stay her convenient ana pleasant. ! Several Large Ships. De clared Among Lost In Naval Blow -!- BERLIN, Feb. 13 ' (IP) The German high ' command an nounced today that 13 armed British merchantmen laden with war supplies had; been sunk In the Atlantic by German war ships, in what some sources called "probably the most suc cessful attack on a convoy, in naval history." "Among them," the dally com munique declared, "were several large trans Atlantic steamers which were loaded to capacity with war material for England." - A spokesman said the Ger mans, in speaking ot a trnns-At- (Contlnued On Pogo Two) Washington Solon Demands Oregon Control of Fishing By PAUL W. HARVEY JR. SALEM, Feb. 13 (A3) Break ing all precedents, Sen. Thomas Voyco (D-Whatcom), chairman of a Washington legislative fish eries delegation, demanded to day that the Oregon legislature give its fish commission power to regulate fishing in the Colum bia river so It can cooperate with Washington - in conserving the river's salmon. Sneaking from the senate ros trum to members of bbth houses, Voyce said '"We're asking Ore gon to shoot square with Wash ington. ' We want 00 per cent of the fish.' We're asking you to do your share ot conserva tion and tiropagatlon ot fish. We want you to be good neighbors." Voyce, proposing that Wash ington, Oregon and ; Idaho or ganize tri-state authority to J her over night on route from Knox Opposes Willkie Plan For Warships WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 (P President Roosevelt and Secre tary Knox discussed today the question of - sending- more de stroyer" to aid' BrltaVn..'but there was no Indication "Whether any decisions had been: reached. Knox said that 'the destroyer question . was considered 'it I luncheon conference with the chief executive, but he would not reply to a question whether this country was going to send more of the swift vessels to the British. . , , . , Asked whether he had changed his mind about the availability of the destroyers for that purpose,,' the secretary replied: "I have not changed my opin ion at all." Ha had told his press confer ence yesterday . that the navy could not spare any more de (Continued on Page Two) have full powers over conserva tion and propagation, said "Washington urges and demands that the Oregon legislature pass a law to give the Oregon fish commission power to regulate fishing." The state senate voted 19 to 11 Tuesday against giving, the fish commission increased .au thority. ColUg Budget ' The joint way and . means committee virtually completed action today on the . board of higher ' education's budget for the blennlum beginning July 1. It allowed $350,000 to supple ment millage receipts, .compar ed with the board's request for $850,000 and tHe governor' recommendation for $538,564. . The committee member said ' (Continued ' on Pago Two) ' sttaata whaa 880 oiflcera and men Colorado to-Vancouver Barracks. motorcycl. developed trouDla, Ui appreciation . for the, local efforts E Italians Put Up Desperate ..v Resistance, in Cen V ' tral Sector ATHENS, Feb. 13 (fl3) Greek troops were- reported today to have advanced their lines about three miles'tn the coastal sector after an intense artillery 'action to prepare the way toward Va lona, Italian-held port on the Al banian coast. The Greeks also were report ed to have, attacked over a wide front in. the central sector and to 'be threatening "an important enemy base. The fighting near Valona was said to .have occurred in the heights, within a short, distance Of the Adriatic shore, with the Italians ' stubbornly defending strongly fortified positions. The Italian units at length were re ported dislodged by bayonet continued On Page Two) ; Death Claims Faithful Laddie MONTEREY, Calif., " Feb. 13 (F) Ten-year-old Laddie, his canine heart weakened by grief, died today at the Mon terey presidio four day after the 2000 'mile flight which brought him to his be loved master. ' Dr.' R. I. Lovell, veterinar ian, for the 7th division at nearby Fort Ord, said the air dale's death was due to heart collapse and old age. ' Private Everett Scott, whose leaving of a Chanute, Kan.,' farm caused Laddie to begin a ' self imposed r fast broken only Monday when the two were reunited, was on duty at Fort Ord . when the heart of his faithful friend ceased to beat. 5 - Far East Tension AUSTRALIA IN FEAR OF NEW Washington .Takes Steps To Protect Citizens In Danger Areas WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 UP) Concern was in evidence in some diplomatic quarters today over the possibility that Japan was preparing for a lightning thrust in the far east against British or Netherlands possessions. ' . Secretary ot State Hull told reporters he had no late advice from American diplomats in that area but he confirmed that re newed notice had been given to Americans in some sections -of the tar east to return to the United States. ' Precaution Taken '- , ,-This, Hull said, was in eon. formlty with the government's policy of taking all precautions for the .safety ot American, in disturbed areas of the world, v In other diplomatic quarters. It was learned that reports ot disturbing - nature concerning possible plans for move in the south Pacific had been received. These coincided with" an 'Aus tralian government-' statement that "the war has moved into a new stage involving the utmost United State 'Officials ;wouia not venture-a, guess-on--what moves Japan might be planning. The possibilities menttoneo'ih diplomatic quarters embraced advances on the rich Netherlands East Indies or on Singapore, Britain's naval stronghold in the east.. SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. .13 (JP) A. W. Fadden, deputy prime minister of Australia,- declared today that the war had reached n,w utaea-of the utmost grav ity in Australia, and indicated that "grave advices" concerning the situation in the Pacific baa Information on the- situation was received during a session of the war advisory council which was' dramatically - adjourned nonritnff annearance of service chiefs at a- meeting of the . war cabinet tomorrow. - - The Australian cruiser Syd nev. which, sank' the . speedy, 5000-ton . Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni -hi . the Aegean sea last July, arrived in Sydney harbor last night after a year's service aboard. " (The return of the. ' 6880-ton Sydney may mean that Australia :. . (Continued on Page Two) . Attorney Injured When World War Shell Explodes REEDSPORT, Ore", Feb. 13 (P)r-A one-pounder shell, manu factured more than 20 years ago to destroy life nearly achieved its intended destiny yesterday; not on a battlefield but in a law office. ' . Wallace Benson, Reedsport at torney, picked 'up the shell in France while serving as a com missioned officer with the AEF. For 20 years the war momento had served as a paper weight on the desk in-his office. Yesterday evening he acciden tally knocked the shell, to the floor. . It exploded, tearing a large gash in his abdomen and mangling one of his hands. Al though seriously hurt, ha was ex pected to recover. .,.' ,,.,.: '. v Klamath Bill Introduced " SALEM, Feb. 13 (flV-A biU to permit the Klamath county court to hire a deputy treasurer; was Introduced yesterday by Rep. Harry D. Boivin (D-Klamath). ' MOVE BY JAPS Franco Heads Talks With ROMS, Feb. 13 WV-Nationalist Spain and -fascist Italy have reached complete accord on their wartime -roles, European reor ganization : and. Mediterranean and African' "problems," it was announced authoritatively today, and now rl is believed France has been 'informed -of their de cisions. " ..- -. - - , ' Generalissimo Franco, motor ing homeward :t bio ugh the French Riviera after five hours ot consultation, with . Premier Mussolini yesterday at. Bordi ghera, Italy, was understood to have acquainted Chief of State Petain with the results ot. the conference in 'which France has a territorial stake. . .' Meet Petain. - Adolf Hitler, it is expected, also will be. informed. '.(Franco and bis heavily guard ed .'entourage -arrived in. mid afternoon at Montpellier, France, where- he talked.. .with. Petain and the Spanish party-was en Dogs, Dogs, Dogs Force Solons to Re ject Dog law SALEM, Feb. 13 "(flV-A de termined lobby-of toy dogs won )t rjoiqt today when -the house defeated S3 to-.27 bilfwhtch would-' have , denied" dogs" their traditional first -bite' permitted under common law1. . , ; ; i . : The: toy . dogs wee placed . on the . desks of each member by Representative Harvey Wells of Portland, who owns a wire-haired fox terrier; and. the toy dogs JolrietLin a squeaking chorus of protest when Representative Al lan G. Carson of Salem explain ed Ihe.bill. u-.-v--".V ..':-'.- Stolen March - '"Sabotage!" cried Carson. He admitted opponents ot the bill had stolen a march on him and said "We should have put a few postmen, with seats torn out of their, pants on. your desks. - Representative Phil Brady of Portland said that Dr. E. H. Hedlund, . Portland postmaster, had Informed .him that mail car riers are not required to deliver mail at houses harboring vicious dogs, but Representative William H. Hedlund of Portland, son ot the- postmaster.- said "All of the family might as well, be in this1 and he favored the bill. . The bill,' sponsored by .the Oregon-Letter-Carriers- associ ation, would have; made dog owners liable for dog bites with out, proof: of past viciousness. The dogs now get to have a first bite before they can be proved Vicious. . . . :., '... ! The dogs did equally as well in the senate, which sent back to committee a bill to make dog owners liable if their dogs kill poultry. The law already af fects dogs which kill or wound livestock.' ' - Senator Lew Wallace (D-Mult- nomah) objected to the bill, ask ing" it be amended so a dog wouldn't be shot if he chased a chicken across a city street and killed it ' . Republicans Differ on Way Best to Aid British Cause ' By The Associated Press ; Sharp differences of opinion on 'the mechanics of American aid to ' Britain arose in the speeches of Wendell L. WUlkie and other republican orators at Lincoln day banquets over the nation last night. 1 . - Willkie's appeal for prompt American assistance for the em battled British did not set the keynote for all the other speak ers. Some of them had sharp criticism for terms of the pend ing lease-lend bill,' which Will kie previously . . had endorsed with modifications. The .1840 presidential nominee called on republicans to seize "a golden opportunity" and take the lead in furnishing American equipment to "the fighting men of Britain." r Home After II Duce. Petain tertained at lunch. The motor cade continued on toward, the Spanish : border in late after noon. ' ' ; . .- - (The French insisted that the visit - by Franco to- Petain, his former professor at the Superior War college at Paris, was only a courtesy call.- ; ' ' - ' (Diplomatic sources at Bern, Switzerland, said Petain ' met Franco ' at the French-Italian border this morning).- '-':" - ' Germans are willing to help settle Italian -Spanish -French problems, axis - observers said, but first Hitler must have an swers on e v e r a 1" important points:- ' - 1.' Whether France is willing to fall in with the axis program for the "new order in Europe." : 2. Whether -the Vichy govern ment is stable and can clear up "political uncertainties" in France and bring changes con (Continuedr on -Page Two) , COIHEESENDS Austirj Calls for ;Stateraent Of BritisiOAims ihP" " European- War - ' ; - WASHINGTON, Feb.13 (IP) A call on - Britain to state her "peace aims" in establishing a post-war' order of world peace was .voiced in the senate today shortly afterthe foreign rela tions. committee Voted a 15 to 8 approval of the administration's aid-to-Britain bill; ' - Senator Austin of Vermont, the assistant republican leader, explained that in making this suggestion he was not proposing its incorporation' in 'the lease lend bill, but merely that Brit ain's peace views should be con sidered when , the negotiations began for, the transfer of war materials. " - ' Britain, Austin said, should be willing to state her "peace aims" what she intended to do after the war ended to establish a "new sanction of - peace" - by which disputes would be settled without resort to force. - ' (The British-aid bill, approved by the .foreign relation commit tee in substantially the form voted by the -house,- would em power President Roosevelt to procure and ;lease .or lend wat supplies to nations whose de fense he deemed necessary to the security of the United States.) The committee rejected also an amendment proposed by Sen ator . McNary (R-Ore.) ; which would have stated specifically that any ships transferred to for eign countries must be returned. No amendment was put for ward in the committee on Wen dell L. Willkie's suggestion that aid under the legislation be lim ited to . Britain, - China and Greece., - . .. .... ' . i- hi- He declared that death awaits the party if it finds "nothing nobler-to do than compromise!' now "in one of the critical mo ments of history." , . While WUlkie spoke in New York before the National Repub lican club last night, other Lin coln day banquets were being held in, every state and the Dis trict of Columbia. Iowa reported 70 such dinners, California 20, Utah 15. . . ., Not all the speechmakers agreed with Willkie's conclus ions. - Most of them: conceded the advisability of American aid abroad, but some took sharp ex ception to terms of the pending lease-lend bill. Willkie, who has endorsed it' with: modifications, did not mention It directly in his' speech. mounts BALKANS FEAR E T r Conference May Bring Re . v' quest for Corridor ;': Against Greece ; - SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb; 13 IP) Bulgaria, with Italian and Ger man aid, is making determined diplomatic efforts to obtain a pledge from ; Turkey to refrain from fighting if nazi troops enter Bulgaria; usually - reliable - in, f ormanta said tonight. - BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, Feb. 13 iP) --Yugoslavia's premier and : foreign minister - left - for Germany' aboard a special plane today and were reported to have reached Munich,' and been met ' " -'. PREDICTION " LONDON, . Feb. - 13 m British circles said today twin German thrusts ' at Gibraltar and . the Suez canal were ex pected ' "within th next 30 days" in an effort to seal both -nels-efthe--tMedlterranean and isolate British forte in the' Libyan campaign;. " A-drivo in the west,' they asserted,' would be made "with the full .acquiescence of: the Spanish government '; which, -would allow the Germans free movement through Spain, v The drive in the east "prob ably will .force the Turks to fight"; but this new foe would be balanced by cutting off Greece, they' added." v;,i there by German Foreign Minis ter Joachim yon Hibuentrop. It was reported here mat ine Viioniisir nfflftalx. Premier Gra- gisa Cvetkovic and Foreign Min ister Alksander Cincar-Markovlc, would go on to Berchtesgaden to see Adolf Hitler tonight. . , Posilble . Corridor ; Tha Yneoslav leaders went to Germany upon the invitation of HiUer himself, presumably to learn of their, country's rote in the coming spring phase ot the war. Yugoslavia might be a corridor for- nazi legions in the event they strike at Greece. : : Well-informed quarters said they also would discuss- Yugo slavia's adherence - to- the wi power pact of Germany. Italy and' Japan.- They were accom nanieri kv Viktor vnn Heeren. German minister to Belgrade. - It was understood Hitlers in vitation -was extended 10 .days 'nan' annarentlv with the date timed to ' follow Generalissimo Francisco Franco a talks yester day with Premier Mussolini and today with Marshal Petain. -No Resistance ' The- absence of any unusual military measures in Yugoslavia was interareted to mean that the government does not expect to resist and that whatever wuer expects of this country the pre mier and foreign minister are ready to grant. ?'' - i: Informed Berlin' sources con firmed plans for the meeting. Tho news startled dinlomatlo quarters which a few hours be fore had been discussing extorts of Turkish diplomats to form a nrn.Rrltih line-un ot Yugoslavia. Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey to preserve peace in the Balkan. Reports ' from other Balkan eanitali added to a fieneral clo ture of tension and fear of swift- moving development. - ! . Rumania began moving civil (Continued on Page Two) v . .;.'. ' i; "v.-New Index City Briefs .....:...:....J,age 7 Comics and Story .Page U Editorial Page 4 High School News -..Page 16 Information Jage 7 Market, Financial Page S Midland Empire New, Pag Pattern Page Sport . ......,.Page 10, 11 NEW ADVANG on
