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KLAMATH FALLS. ORE., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1941
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By FRANK JENKINS
Y EAV1NG Suntn Maria.
'-' Tha tun, believe It or not,
ii (hilling, But the weather man
If (till sloomy. lie aays there'!
another atorm lurking out at aea
and due to hit the const omo
time tonlKht, or maybe tomor
row. Can't he aee ANYTHING else
when he looka In that crystal
ball of his?
""THERE waa a time when In our
mlnda we placed the weather
mini dally contribution back
on the funny page.
"Hon! Hen! Hen!" we'd chortle
aa we read It. Sez your Then
we'd laugh merrily.
That waa In those dear, dead
daya before actenco came Into
our Uvea. Now wa listen to him
and reach morosely for the um
brella. QUT east of Santa Maria la a
great new flying field, where
young men are being trained for
the army air corps. The air
above It la full of planea on thla
aunny morning.
Looking at them up there,
fomethlng click, and auddenly
you know the answer to a prob
lem that haa been troubling you
vaguely for daya.
- , , .r.. ...
TN tha cities, the bar art crowd-
ed-n-more no -thin usual. And
In the chatter 'over the glasses
I thera is a brittle tone.
There ia laughter. There Is
gayety. There is lightness. But
under It all you feel that people
are listening listening for some
thing they couldn't describe If
asked to.
JLJEN you have known for
years, men of ability, men
who understand their business
to its last detail, have a curiously
detached attitude toward the
whole subject of business.
Ask them how last year was
and they will tell you it was fine.
Speak of tho prospects for this
year and they will reply without
hesitation that they can't be
other than good.
But you have the feeling that
their minds aren't wholly and
. unreservedly fixed on tho sub
ject.
Their lives hava been spent
in toe service of the profit sya-
tem. .Suddenly (quite uncon
sclqusly, one feels) their minds
' -. "'"iflwncre.
I . . .
I at Dfvft z e at those tiny
'y ,. .gh up In tho (tem
porarily, at least) blue Califor
nia sky, a small, quiet voice
within your consciousness says
wnn startling distinctness:
"You ought to bo up there
with them."
THE voice continues:
"Contributing your bit to
the American way of living 1ias
been your life, You hove bought.
You havo sold. You have hired,
You have fired. In your smoll
way, you have BUILT. You and
millions of others like you.
"The aggregate of your efforts
Is AMERICA. And because this
aggregate Is good, bettor than
anything the world has known
before, your efforts have been
tremendously worth while.
"Your buying, your selling,
your hiring, your firing, your
building, your WORKING, have
mado this America what it is
and so they have been tho most
Important things in the world.
You havo had reason to be proud
of them.
"But new daya are coming.
DIFFERENT days. Those boys
up there In the sky aro prepar
ing to meet the problems of
these now days that are on the
way."
VOU itruggle. You say:
"Wo, can't all be up there.
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25 YEARS
AGO TODAY
By The Associated Presa
Feb. 21, 1018 Germans open
great attack on Verdun.
This unique combination of
Round lake district to school over the muddy road that connects that . district with the Green
springs highway. The tractor, equipped with mud lugs, pulls a "prairie schooner" type of trailer,
which was built at the county school ahops and is comfortably upholstered. About 12 children
ride the trailer each day, taking
Joins the Oreensprlngs highway,
pulled the trailer, but tha road
Allis-Chalmers Company
Accepts Federal Plan ;
Now Up to Union
Br The Associated Presa
Hopes brightened today for
needy settlement 'of 'the 'month'
long etrlKe at the Milwaukee
plant .0 -iAUiaOalmerg Manu
facturing company, which holds
148,000,000 in national defense
orders. ' -(:.
Company negotiators an.
riounccd last night their accept
ance of a strike-settlement form'
ula offered by the office of pro
duction management in Wash
ington, D. C. The agreement re
mained to be acted upon by the
ClO-united Automobile Workers,
representing 6800 striking work'
men.
Tentative Agreement
Arbitration o f disciplinary
matters was the principal stip
ulatlon in the agreement pre
pared by tho production man
agement office.
Another bright spot in the
defense labor picture was a re
ported tentative agreement to
end a strike of 400 employes of
the Vanadium Company of
America plant at Niagara Falls.
N. Y. The strikers, members of
the ClO-Unlted Mine Workers
union, were to vote on ratifying
the agreement today. Wage In'
creases and a - closed shop were
at Issue. The company manu
factures ferro vanadium, used
in making many articles of de
fense.
Big Michigan automobile fac
tories felt repercussions of the
strike1 of-2500 employes' df the
Motor, Wheel corporation at
Laming, Mich., called February
13 by AFL'Unlted Automobile
Workers who sought a ' closed
shop.
Tho automotive division of
Packard Motor company in De
troit was shut down, making
7S00 Idle. Company . officials
snld defense work would not be
affected. .
Two Lansing, Mich., plants
Oldsmobile and Fisher Body
resumed work after temporary
suspensions last night. Fisher of
ficials said a "slow-down" forced
their short lived shutdown and
Oldsmobile was able to resume
after Fisher Body again began
supplying It with bodies.
A few hours later, however,
Fisher Body closed down again,
an official blaming another
"slow-down." Oldsmobile in turn
had to curtail. operations!
SprngiMV Urges
Warning to Inps
SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 21 (IP)
Japan should be warned that
this country will not tolerate a
southward thrust by Japan,"
Governor Charles'A. Sprague of
Oregon said in a telegram to
President Roosevelt yesterday.
His messago stated, "The Paci
fic coast atates are vitally con
cerned . , . We desire friendly
relations with Japan, but strong
ly opposo Japan's policies which
threaten 'the security . of tho
Orient and endanger the nation
al interest of the United States."
Youngsters Hide "Schooner"
modern and plontr' transportation methods takes children of
a modern bus at the Kerns ranch where the Round Lake zoad
and riding from there on into Keno to school. Last year a team
Is now said to be almost impassable lor horses.
British Seeking
U. S. Help in
Handling Irish
LONDON. Feb. 21 VP) The
British government - la seeking
the aid of the United States and
Canada to galqr the use of Irish
ports on the ground that a Ger
man dominate , Ireland would
constitute a definite 'threat, to
their' Interest In - the ' Atlantic,
an usually reliable source-wld
today. . ' '
' ' Thli soured asserted .Ot'aV',i!
spile Prime JlnUiUjr. Jtarnon- te
ValeraV insistence on absolute
neutrality for Ireland, there were
almost "continuous discussions
regarding Irish ports .which Brit
ain says she needs to counter
German aerial and submarine at
tacks on her shipping. '-
. It wa said there was a move
ment to get the United States
and Canada to take a lead in
these discussions.
"The feeling here," this source
said, "is that Ireland is a po
tential enemy base in the At
lantic which is Just as much a
problem from a long range view
point to the United States and
Canada as it is Immediately to
Britain."
Liquor Store, Banks
And Public Offices
To Close Sa(urday;
The places that close regular
ly on holidays in Klamath Falls
will be closed Saturday, Wash
ington's birthday, ' :
These include the banks, '.city
hall and courthouse offices,
postofflce and oh,, yes, the
liquor store. .
To accommodate purchasers
of liquid refreshments for the
weekend, the liquor store will
be kept open until lip. m; Fri
day.' ;
But the police . department.
state police , and sheriff's office
will be working , as usual over
Saturday and Sunday.
' ALFONSO FADES
ROME, Feb. 21 (Doctors
described the condition, of for
mer King Alfonso XIII of Spain
as grave today. They said he
spent a restless night during
which he suffered another heart
attack. ,-....... , I
Farm Outlook
Troubled Condition of
' Critical world conditions af
fecting agriculture strongly in
fluened reports of the Klamath
county agricultural outlook con
ference committees - announced
Thursday. The reports warned
against sacrificing American ag
ricultural for reciprocal trade,
outlined future trends for Klam
ath county economy, and went
extensively ' Into problems of
land use, farm crops, homa and
rural life' and livestock.
"Facts Evident"
"The national agricultural
problem with respect to Pan-
American trade relations' In view
of the Impact of the war and the
need for preparedness, must face
several facts that are very evi
dent," said the land use commit-
too in one phase of its report.
to School
LEAK IN REPORT
Exposure of Marshall's
Testimony on Planes
Held Unethical
WASHINGTON, Feb.' 21 UP)
President Roosevelt said today
he considered the disclosure of
whaL.Vaa;lnWndfd jtabeecrei!
icjuiuuiiy ueiore a senate com
mittee yesterday by General
George C-Marshall,- army chief
of staff,, a hurtful to national
defense.
ine president told a press
conference that it raised a ques
tion of ethics, morals and patri
otism on the part of committee
members and editors, publishers
and broadcasters who printed
reports of Marshall's testimony.
People's ' Question
The chief executive said it
was a question for the Ameri
can people to consider. At the
conclusion of lengthy question
ing on the subject he said it
was purely a voluntary matter,
that he was not thinking about
censorship, but that he was
merely putting it up to the
people as a - nice question to
think about.
(Information about General
Marshall's testimony . yesterday
was given to . the Associated
Press by members of the sen
ate military committee before
whom he testified).
' . Marshall ' was reported by
some members of the commit
tee es having said that the Pa
cific fleet was being bolstered
with an unspecified number, of
army and navy planes and as
having described the Pacific
situation as serious.
Asked to clarify the accounts
on Marshall's testimony, the
president said he read them in
the. newspapers at breakfast this
morning.
The president said' that' there
were various stories on . what
Marshall was suDDOsed to have
saldi "but" that they" all' differed
from a memorandum he had on
his desk from the chief of staff
as to, what actually was told the
committee.. . . .
The belief spread In some
congressional circles today that
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Report Here Reflects
"American agriculture does not
heed South American imports.
Klamath county stockmen don't
want Argentine beef. With world
markets gone and crop shifts in
evitable, the American farmer is
in no position to be sold down
the river for capital and indus
try." Over 80 members attended the
final meeting-at the Elk hotel
and approved the reports. In the
absence of E. A. Geary, county
chairman, Fred Rueck, chairman
of the county agricultural con
servation association, presided.
Reciprocal Trade
Pursuing the subject of reci
procal trade, the land use com
mittee went on to say:
"Reciprocal trade-with South
America, which jeopardizes in-
Bill Lifts Crash Pena
HOUSE SEEKS
TO CUT AUTO
WRECK TOLL
Licenses Would Be Sus
pended Until Ability
, To Pay Proven
By PAUL W. HABVEY JR.
SALEM, Feb. 21 W The
house passed and sent to the sen
ate today, by a 51 to 8 vote,
bill to provide that owners and
drivers of automobiles involved
in automobile accidents should
have their drivers' licenses and
license plates suspended until
they prove their financial re
sponsibility. The bill would affect all per
sons Involved in accidents, re
gardless of whether they are to
blame. It was introduced by the
house insurance committee.
New Hampshire Cited
The effect of the bill, oppon
ents charged, would be to force
every car. owner to cany liabil
ity insurance.
SiBeb.' LX. JRrJsbiaAB-Baker).
chairman of the committee, said
the bill would reduce the num
ber of accidents and reduce in
surance rates.
He said that in New . Hamp
shire, which has a similar law,
the number of traffic fatalities
has been reduced by SO per cent
in three years, insurance rates
have dropped 30 per cent, and
that 80 per cent of the car own'
ers. now are protected by li
ability insurance.
Frisbie said that in Oregon,
owners have one chance in six
each year of being involved in
accidents, 74,000 of Oregon's
477,000 licensed drivers having
been involved last year.
"Today, if the reckless driver
is caught, we fine him and let
him go on his reckless way,'
Frisbie said. "If this bill is
passed, it would drive some of
them off the highways and give
the public protection against the
rest.
Handicap Seen
ReD. George H. Duncan (It-
Marion) said the bill would drive
many cars off the road and work
a hardship against indigent car
owners who could not aitord in
surance. He suggested an ont-
riKht. compulsory insurance law.
Ren. Phil Brady (K-Muiino-
mah). said 150,000 Portland la
boring men who drive to work
each day would be handicapped
by having to pay $1.10 a month
for insurance.
Those voting against the .bill:
Democrats Adams, Gleason
and Neubcrger, all of Multno
mah: republicans Duncan of
Marion, French of Sherman
Kimberling of Grant, McAllister
of Jackson, and Miller of Mor
row. .
Highway Funds
Tho senate roads and high
way committee approved today
a proposed constitutional amend
ment to prohibit diversion of
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World Trade
f
terests of our agricultural popu
lation, can be justified only as a
war measure can be justified
only as a measure to protect
democratic government in the
western hemisphere. Reasonable
assurance that such protection Is
afforded should be obtained be
fore agriculture is asked to sacri
fice for reciprocal trade."
Farm Readjustment
- The final report on land use
was prepared by the following
committee: Henry Semon, chair
man, B. E. Hayden, J. W. Kerns,
Fred Rueck, R. H. Anderson,
Charles Mack, Lee McMullen,
William Kittredge, Walt Jendrie
jewskl, secretary. This report
emphasized the pressing need of
readjustment of farming actlvl
(Contlnued on Pge Six)
Army May
I
Tommy Roberts. 24, a mountain guide, Tolunteerad la Denver
for a year of selective, aerviee training and to have his shoulder
long blond, hair shorn oil.- Captain A. W., Hutchinson, a hunting
friend, (hows what the. scissors ould do...uVTomi will, jrait
until JI is set' before' having hisTialr cut .ir'ili:"
Indians Vote 71
Funds to Seek '
Defense ScKool
The general council of Klam
ath Indians voted Thursday to
furnish' $150,000 to the U." S.
government from their funds in
Washington, D. C. toward estab
lishment of a defense training
school at Klamath Agency, ac
cording to B. G. Courtright,
superintendent. ' "
Courtright said the proposal
would require congressional ap
proval to withdraw the money.
which is kept on deposit in the
tribal fund. He said the offer was
being made by the council as a
gesture to show the Indians'
willingness to cooperate with the
national defense program.
The defense school would be
under the direct supervision of
army officials and would train
young Indian men in aviation
and forest fire control, but par
ticularly training connected with
national defense. The only string
that would be attached to the
offer would be that the training
school be established at Klamath
Agency, Courtright said. He add
ed that the Indians want army
officials to come here, construct
necessary buildings and possibly
an airport, as well as to provide
training planes.
At the all-day meeting Thurs
day the council also voted to
spend $100,000 for construction
of a packing and cold storage
plant at the Yainax farm on the
reservation near Beatty.
Ernest L. Wilkinson of Wash
ington, D. C. was elected to
handle prosecution of any claims
Klamath Indians might proffer
against the government It was
brought out in the meeting that
the disputed boundary case
might be given to Wilkinson.
Chinese-British
War Plan Humored
SHANGHAI, Feb. 22 (Satur
day) VP) Japanese newspapers
here reported today that the
Chinese government at Chung
king had obtained British "ap
proval in principle" for a joint
Chinese-British defense plan ex
tending from southwestern
China to India.
The Japanese reports . were
vague as to details, but assert
ed - the defense plan included
improvement of communications
linking British Burma and Yun
nan, China's southwestern prov
ince; British help in building a
railway in Yunnan; construc
tion of military communications
facilities throughout the region
involved.
Get Ills Ilalr
Rome . Claims Ethiopians
Recruited to Help' .
Against British "
ROME, Feb.. 21 UP) Every
able-bodied Italian- in Italy's
east African Empire, as well as
all possible native manpower, is
being mustered for defense
against the British,' it was re
ported today.
In Ethiopia native ' help was
being massed with support of
native chieftains opposed to the
return of Haile Selassie.
' The dispatches pictured ' the
Italian colonists as laying down
their farm implements and tak
ing up war weapons much as
American colonists quit their
farms to fight the Indians.
.' The British army driving into
Italian Eritrea from the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan is .a force of
100,000 men, including colonials
and natives, "amply supplied
with motor trucks,, artillery and
tanks," an official Italian state
ment declared today. '
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 21 (P)
British general headquarters an
nounced today its forces invad
ing Italian Somaliland had
forced a new crossing of the
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Britain, Germany
Both Send Aid to
Storm Hefugees
SANTANDER, Spain, Feb. 21
UP) Warring Britain and Ger
many both sped help today -to
this storm and fire devastated
city of neutral Spain the for
mer with two ship loads of
grain and the latter with hos
pital kitchens, technicians and
engineers en route in a motor
transport column.
The Germans, bringing field
kitchens capable of preparing
30,000 meals, were expected to
arrive late this afternoon.
They were donated by the
German high command for
refugees in this Bay of Biscay
port which was devastated by
fire after a violent storm last
weekend. . '.
The nazl soldier and equip
ment are to help the homeless,
aid in clearing away debris and
re-establishing disrupted public
services.
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GERMAN ARMY
POURING INTO
EAREA
Pontoon Bridges Built to
Carry Troop s Info 'f.
' .Bulgaria, Report 7 :
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia,-Feb.
21 UP) Nazi pontoon, bridges'
in considerable number already
span the Danube between Ru
mania and Bulgaria, a leading
Balkan diplomat said today, and
the passage of troops and equip
ment south "is a matter of days,
li not hours." " ;' '
The river was ' virtually ice
free and the nazl motorized ex
peditionary force on - the Ru
manian side showed every evi
dence of getting ready for .a
move Into Bulgaria. '
Columns Moving
Columns of these troops are
moving south' through Rumania
toward the river border,' mill
tary- dispatches said. . ' - 1
' ' Foreign - legations - in. .Soil
heard T ports tonight that soviet
Bussi,wa i making aJast-nainuto
effort to forestall a German
entry, into' Bulgaria, but thera
was no confirmation in official
quarters of the countries chiefly
concerned.' - - :
' Safety Measures '
' The United States legation in
Sofia had a number of placards
printed in English, Bulgarian
and German, saying "This build
ing is property of the United
States" and displaying the Amer
ican' flag and seal. .' :
The general staff of Germany's
Balkan army' was said to have
moved from Bucharest -to Crai
ova, only 40 miles north of. tha
Danube.' ' " ' .'.,
- Demonstrations
"The Yugoslav cabinet went
into emergency session in the
early .afternoon as the Belgrade
government's attitude toward the
fast-moving international events
still lacked complete clarity. '
Dispatches from the Bulgarian
port of ' Ruse, on the Danube
facing Rumania where German
troops are massed, said the Bul
garian police fought "communist
demonstrations" against the ex
pected entry of nazi troops into
Bulgaria. '- v '
Unusual activity was reported
from all Rumanian airports con
trolled by the German air force,
with fighting and bombing planes
lined up on the runways-
Military, observers at- Ruse
(Ruschuk), Bulgaria, on the Dan
ube facing Giurgiu, Rumania,
said that German engineers con
tinued their drill of floating pon
toon bridges, . but they insisted
that none had touched the Bul
garian shore. ',' ,
This drill has been going on
daily for many weeks, apparent
ly in the nazi effort to have
everyming in readiness wneu
and if the. time comes for cross
ing. . ' ;
The Balkan situation was typi
cally complex. . . I .
High-lighted was the belief ex
pressed by observers that Adolf
Hitler had approved cession of
another slice of dwindling Ru
mania to soviet Russia in return
c ' nlnn'. .
that is, a passive attitude with
his plans for southeastern Eur
ope.. Russia reward, .these observ
ers said, probably will be the
province of. Moldavia on which
the soviet long has cast covetous
eyes, as even red diplomats
acknowledge, - ':
' ';News Index ,
Church New ., ; ..Page IS
City Briefs - .Page 8
Comics and Story Page 12
Courthouse Records . Page 4
Editorials ...... .......Page 4
High School News ...Page 18
Information ... Page 8
Market, Financial ........ Page 14
Midland Empire News ..Page 11
Pattern .u................:. ...... Page 8
Sport Page 10, 11
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